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Volume  XIV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  9,  1897.

Number  716

Mutual  Cooperation

should  exist  between 
every merchant  and  his 
customefs.  Every live, 
active,  up-to-date  mer­
chant figures on  spend­
ing  a  certain  per  cent, 
of his sales for  increas­
ing  his  business.  He 
knows exactly what his 
profits  are  and  how 
much  he  can  safely  set 
aside 
for  advertising 
purposes.  He  knows 
that  a  credit  business 
brings  many  bad  ac­
counts,  and  that  prices 
must  be  kept  high 
enough  to  offset 
this 
loss,  which  his  good 
customers  have  to  pay.
i s  Foci is Wrong!
Our Mod Will Righl ll
Give  your  customers 
the  benefit  of  your  ad - 
vertising  bill — that’s 
mutual  cooperation! 
Set  aside, say  3,  4  or  5 
per  cent,  of  your  sales 
for  advertising.  Give 
every  cash 
customer 
coupons  to  the  amount 
of his purchase.  When 
he has accumulated  the 
required amount present 
him with a fine piece  of  i  
oak 
furniture -  some­
thing that wi.l be an ad. 
for  you in years to come.
Such inducements will  bring  you  in  new  customers,  and  do  away  with  bad  accounts,  all  of 
which you save.  If interested, send for catalogue and mention  the Tradesman. 

ANTIQUE  OAK  BOOK  CASE.

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The “immenseness” of our line of 

Shirt Waists

impresses  us  again  to  advertise  this  stock.  Many 
are the styles to select  from;  so  many,  in  fact,  that 
you can’t help buying.

W AISTS— Detachable  collars;  attachable  collars;  white  stand-up 
collars;  white  lay-down  collars;  collars  to  match  waist; 
cuffs white or same  as waist.

Our line at $4.50 per dozen.  We want  you  to  see  them whether  you 

buy or not.  Other qualities up to $10.50 per dozen.

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MONROE  AND  FOUNTAIN  STS.

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We carry a stock  of cake tallow for mill use.

Nos.  iaa and 124 Louis S t., 

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Grand Rapids.
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For a flour that is more uniform 
or that  will  suit  all  classes  of 
trade better than

Lily  mbit«

U alley  C ity   m illin g   Co.

It is not the highest fancy  patent nor is it a straight 
grade;  but it is an intermediate patent at a moderate 
price which  fully meets and satisfies the demand  of 
that  large class of  people who  use  only  one  grade 
of flour for all purposes.  In  other  words,  it  is  the 
best flour for  “all  around”  use  that  can  be  found 
anywhere.  It makes good bread and it makes good 
pastry.  You can  recommend  it  for  anything  from 
pancakes to  angel  food.  W e  refund  your  money 
if unsatisfactory.

Grand Rapids, IDicb.
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If you are in need of new shades for your  store  front send us the
measurements and we will send you samples and prices.  W e also 
carry  in  stock,  packed  in  dozen  boxes,  a  big  assortment  of  six
and  seven  foot  shades,  with  and  without  fringe,  mounted  on 
spring rollers,  to retail at 25 to 50c.
Mail orders receive prompt attention.

are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, irrespective 
of  size,  shape  or  denomination.  Free  samples  on  application.

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Wholesale  Dry  Goods, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

TRADESMAN COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids.  I

J. A. MURPHY, General Manager.

me Michigan Mercantile floencu

FLOWERS, MAY & MOLONEY, Counsel.

SP E C IA L   REPORTS. 

L A W   A N D   COLLECTIONS.

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

Main  Office:  Room  uoa,  Majestic  Building,  Detroit,  Mich.

N.  B.—Promptness  guaranteed  In  every  way.  All  clnims  systematically  and  persistently 
iicient service.  Terms 

handled until collected.  Onr facilities are unsurpassed for prompt and 
and references furnished on application.

SHIP  YOUR  FREIGHT 
AND  TRAVEL  via the

¡ m m   line
CHICAGO

THE MOST POPULAR LINE TO

AND ALL POINTS  WEST.

Leave riUSKEGON at 6:oo p.  m. 
Leave GRAND HAVEN at 9.00 p. m. 
Daily  except  Saturday,  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.

Sells
Best

Because  it  salts  best, 
tastes best, keeps best—  
is  best.  D IA M O N D  
C R Y S T A L   SA L T .

See Price Current.

Diamond Crystal Salt Co., St. Clair,Mich.

Through  tickets  to  all  points  via 
Chicago  can  be  had  of all agents on 
D., G.  H.  &  M.,  C.  &  W.  M.  R ’y, T.,
S. & M.  R’y, G.  R.  &  I.  R.  R.,  and of 
W . D.  R o s ie ,  Agent  Goodrich  Line, 
Muskegon, or N. R o bbins, Jr., Grand 
Haven.

H.  A .  BO NN,  G en’l  P a ss.  A g en t. 

CHICAGO.

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

Write  for  special 
inducements  to  in­
troduce it.

REED & CO., Eagle, Mich.

Save Trouble 
Save  Loues 

Save Dollars TUESIU M niS

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“It’s as good as  Sapolio,” when  they try to sell you  Z^ 
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell Z j| 
you  that they are only  trying to get you  to aid  their —2  
new  article. 

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Who  urges you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

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Is it  not  the Z^ 
public?  The  manufacturers,  by constant and judi- Z^ 
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose —3 
very  presence creates  a  demand for other articles.

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Travelers*  Time  Tables.
CHICAGO

doing to Chicago.

Manistee, Traverse City  and  Petoslcey.

Lv.  G’d. Rapids...........8:90am  1:25pm  til:00pm
Ar. Chicago..................  3:00pm 6:50pm t  6:30am
Returning from  Chicago.
Lv.Chicago................ 7:20am  5:00pm 
tll:30pm
Ar.G'dRapids............  1:25pm  10:80pm  t 6:10am
Muskegon and Pentwater.
Lv. G’d.  Rapids............ 8:80am 1:25pm  6:25pm
Ar.  G’d. Rapids............ 10:15am  ..........10:30pm
Lv. G’d Rapids...........  7:20am  5:30pm  ...........
Ar Manistee...............  12:05pm  10:25pm  ...........
Ar. Traverse City......  12:40pm  11:10pm  ...........
Ar. Charlevoix...........  3:15pm 
Ar.  Petoskey................  4:55pm  .......................
Trains arrive from north at 1:00p.m.  and  8:55
pm. 
Chicago.  Parlor cars on afternoon trains and 
deepen on night trains.
North.  Parlor car on morning train  for  Trav­
erse  City.

PAR LO R   AND  SLEEPING  OARS.

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Others week days only.

Gso. D e Ha v e n , General Pass. Agent.

tBvery  day.. 

DETROIT ^ rai><* 

k  Western.

Going to Detroit.

Returning from Detroit.

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........ 7:00am  1:30pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit....................11:40am  5:40pm 10:10pm
Lv. Detroit....................7:35am  1:10pm  6:00pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids.......12:85pm  5:20pm 10:45pm
Lv. GR 7:10am 4:20pm  Ar. Q R 12:20pm  9:30pm 
Lv. Grand Rapids........7:00am  1:80pm  5:25pm
Ar.  from Lowell......... 12:30pm  5:20pm 
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Parlor cars on all trains  between  Grand Rap­
ids and Detroit and between Grand Rapids  and 
Saginaw.  Trains ran  week days only.

To and from Lowell.

THROUGH OAR  SERVICE.

Gso.  DeHaven.  General Pam. Agent.

f t P A N n   TraBk Railway System 
v l  sVa r I t  a J   Detroit and Milwaukee Div

(In effect  May 3,  1897.)

W1CST

EAST. 

Arrive,
Leave. 
t  6:45am..Saginaw,  Detroit and  East..t 9:56pm
tl0:10am___ .Detroit  and  East.........t  5:07pm
t  3:30pm..Saginaw,  Detroit and  East..tl2:45pm 
*10:45pm.. .Detroit, East and Canada.. .* 6:35am 
* 8:35am....Gd. Haven  and  Int. Pts....* 7:10pm
tl2:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate.t 3:22pm 
t  5:12pm__Gd. Haven Mil. and Chi__ +10:05am
* 7:40pm— Gd  Haven Mil. and Chi__* 8:15am
tl0:00pm........Gd. Haven  and Mil......... t  6:40am
Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner parlor car.  No. 
18  parlor  car.  Westward—No.  11  parlor  car. 
No. 15 Wagner parlqr car.
*Daily.  tExcept Sunday.

E. H. Hughes, A. G. P. A T. A,
Ben. Firtohrr, Trav. Pam. Agt, 
Jab. Campbell, City Pass. Agent!
No. 23 Monroe St.

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Rapid»  t  Indiana Railroad

Northern  Div.  Leave  Arrive 
Crav. C’y, Petoskey A Mack... .t 7:45am t  5:15pm 
Trav..Cy, Petoskey A M ack...f 2:15pm t  6:30am
Cadillac.................................. .t 5:25pm til :10am
Train  leaving at  7:45  a.m.  has  parlor  car  to 
Petoskey and  Mackinaw.
Train leaving at 2:15  p.'m.  has sleeping  oar to 
Petoskey and Mackinaw.
Southern  Div.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati...............................t  7:10am t  8:25pm
Ft. Wayne................................t 2:00pm  t1:66pm
Cincinnati  .............................» 7:00pm * 7:25am
T:iua.m.  train  has  parlor  oar  to  Cincinnati. 
7:00p.m. train h u  sleeping car to Cincinnati. 

Muskegon Trains.

GOING  W EST.

Lv G’d Rapids..............t7:35am tl :00pm t6:40pm
Ar Muskegon................. 9:00am  2:10pm  7:05pm
LvMnskegon..............to :10am til :46am t4:00pm
Ar G’d Rapid»............ 9:30am  12:56pm  6:20pm
tSxoept Sunday.  «Daily.
A. Almquibt, 
Ticket Agt.Un. sta.  Gen. Pam. A Tkt. Agt.

C. L. Lockwood,

nooro hast.

11 VALUE IF 8 GHKE IS THE BUSINESS IT B S P
SUCCESSCUBANS 10 CENTS 

PER 
POUND

LATEST

OUR

Contain  all  the  good  qualities  of  a  rapid 
seller,  with  strong points  reinforced.

Write  for samples.

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DESMAN

GRAND RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9,  1897.

Volume XIV.

IL  CREDIT  CO.,  Ltd

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Private Credit Advices.

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in  the  United  States  and 

Canada.

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Incorporated by

1 A A   M IC H IG A N  
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Maintains a Guarantee Fund.
Write for details.

Home Office,  Moffat Bldg.,

F R A N K  E .  ROBSON,  P res.
TR U M A N   B.  GOODSPEED,  S e c’y .

DETROIT,  MICH.

TO CLOTHING  MERCHANTS

We 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  CONNOR,  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 W inter line.  Mail orders promptly 
attended to by

MICHAEL  KOLB  &  SON,

Wholesale Ready Hade Clothing rianufacturers. 

Rochester,  N.  Y.

Established nearly one-half a century.

Mf-  Connor  will  be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand 

Rapids, Thursday and  Friday, June  17 and  18.

W e w ish   to  
e sta b lish  
a   branch  of 
our
b u sin e ss in 
e v e r y  
to w n   in 
M ich igan  
w h ere  w e  
a re  n o t  n o w  
rep resen ted .

No
C apital
R equired.

MEN’S  SUITS 

AND

OVERCOATS 
$4.00 to 
$30.00

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WRITE  FOR  INFORMATION.

WHITE CITY TAILORS,

222-226  ADAMS ST.,

CHICAGO.

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Savo Trouble 
Save Losses 
Savo Dollars

The  Grocery  M arket.

The 

continues 

It  should 

importers, 

Sugar—The  market 

to 
strengthen  and  a  still  higher  range  of 
values  in  confidently  anticipated.  The 
European  market  has  been  firm,  with 
no  change  of  consequence,  and  the  do­
mestic  raw  market  has  been  steady. 
The  Trust  is  at  present buying  practic­
ally  no stock.  The  consumptive demand 
is  good,  owing  to  the  prevalence  of  the 
berry  season. 
increase  from 
now  on. 
Jobbers  are  buying  rather 
lightly,  being  well  stocked  up.
Tea—Jobbers  are  offering 

freely  at 
present  prices,  but  the 
importers  are 
refusing  more orders  at  present  figures. 
The  prime  cause  of  this 
is  the tariff 
suspense  and  the  promised  rise  in  price 
in  Japan. 
through 
whom  the  jobbers  must  supply  them­
selves  as  soon  as  they  have  sold  out 
present  holdings,  are  afraid  to  take  or­
ders  now  at  selling  prices  to-day  for 
fear  the  tariff  will  increase  the  cost  of 
the goods  before  they  arrive.  The  latest 
advices  from  Japan  say  that  the  most  of 
the  United  States  jobbers have cancelled 
their  limits  on  teas  for the  coming  sea­
son’s  trade,  and  are  ready  to  pay  the 
advance  asked  in  Japan.  This  has  not 
been  done  by  all  the  wholesalers, • how­
ever.  Whatever  is  done  about  the  tariff, 
the  price  of  tea  in  this  country  the com­
ing  season  will  be  higher  than 
last,  be­
cause  the  inspection  will  be  better  and 
poor  grades  of  tea  ate  to  be  kept  out, 
and  the  advance  of  market 
in  Japan 
will  not  wholly  decline,  even  if  the  duty 
is  not  laid  on  tea.

Coffee  Actual  coffees  are 

lower 
for  No.  7,  but  the  better grades  do  not 
participate  in  the  decline  where  quality 
and  style are  desirable.  There seems to 
be  a  better general  demand  in  the  way 
of  replenishing 
assortments.  Mara­
caibo  stiffened  up  a  little  on  the  sug­
gestion  of  proposed  duties  and  consid­
erable  has been  sold.  Javas are  firm  and 
demand  fair.

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Provisions—While  the  large  current 
manufacture  of  product  has  continued 
to  exert  more  or  less  of  a  weakening 
nfluence  on  the  market  and  is  promo- 
ive  of  an  unsettled  feeling,  there  has 
been  a good  distributive  business  and 
considerable  speculative 
interest  has 
been  displayed.  Prices  have  weakened 
moderately  on 
leading  articles.  The 
foreign  movement  of  product  continues 
’ iberal,  last  week’s  clearances  of  meats 
largely  exceeding 
the  corresponding 
period  last  year,  while  lard  fell  short  of 
the high  record  for  the  week  a  year ago. 
For  this  article  there  appears  to  be  an 
improving  call  from  continental  mar­
kets,  but  at  easy  prices.  The  British 
markets  continue  to  absorb meats freely.
Dried  Fruits—Prunes  and  evaporated 
apples  are  selling  at  exceedingly  low 
prices.  The  reports  from  California  are 
that  there  will  be  at  least  double  the 
apricot  crop  this  season  that  there  was 
last  but  this  will  not  be  larger  than  can 
be  well  cared  for.  The  crop  of  peaches, 
prunes  and  cherries 
is  reported  to  be 
very  large,  but  in  spite  of  this  the  crop 
of  these  fruits  will  probably  be  larger 
than  it  has  been  for  the  past  two  years. 
The  stock  of  loose  Muscatelle  two crown

raisins 
lative  interest  is  growing  in  them.

is  said  to  be  light,  and  specu 

is  very 

Canned  Goods—The  tomato  market  i: 
very  quiet.  Stocks are  not  very  heavy, 
but  the  market 
is  none  too  strong,  al 
though  no  immediate  fluctuation  is  ex 
pected.  The  demand 
light. 
Corn 
is  neglected,  and  the  market  has 
been  somewhat  depressed  by  the  pres 
ence  of  remnants  of  the  1895  pack  at  a 
low  price.  Peas  for  future  delivery  are 
selling  fairly,  and  the  new  pack  prices 
are 
years. 
Peaches  are  doing  very  little.  So  far 
as  can  be  learned,  no  sales  of  futures 
have  been  made.

for  several 

lower 

than 

Crackers—The  New  York  Biscuit  Co. 
has  advanced  the  price  of 
its  staple 
brands,  and  also  some  grades  of  sweet 
goods,  }4c,  the  advance  taking  effect 
June 9.
Detroit  Retail  G rocers  and  Butchers’ 

Protective  Association.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Detroit 
Retail  Grocers  and  Butchers’  Protective 
Association,  held  at  German  Salesmen’s 
ball,  Wednesday  evening,  June  2,  Pres­
ident  Knight  presided.

is  embodied 

The  special  Committee  on  Peddling 
Ordinance  reported  the  result  of 
its 
efforts  with  the  Common  Council,  which 
placed  the  license  fee  on  push  carts and 
one  horse  vehicles at  $25  a  year  and  on 
two  horse  wagons  at $50 a  year.  The 
license 
in  an  ordinance 
which  covers  the  field  pretty  thoroughly 
— so  thoroughly  that  the  peddler  must 
toe  the  mark 
The 
licenses  terminate June  1,  so  that a man 
who  takes  out  a  license  must  take  it  out 
for  a  full  year or  for  the  frational  part 
of  the  year  running  from  the  time  he 
starts  to  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year,  June
1.  The  report  was  received  with  much 
enthusiasm  and  the  Committee  thanked 
for  its  efficient  efforts.

in  good  shape. 

ideas 

The  special  Committee  on  Parker, 
Webb  &  Co.  reported  progress  and  gave 
the  substance  of  an  interview  with  Vail 
&  Crane,  which  was  not  as  satisfactory 
as  the  Committee  could  have  wished. 
Instead  of  giving  the  Committee  a 
definite  answer as  to whether  they  would 
continue  to  buy  lard  of  P.t  W.  &  Co., 
they  informed  the  Committee  that  they 
would  embody  their 
in  a  letter 
which  they  would  address  to  the  Secre­
tary  of  the  Association.  The  letter  was 
thereupon  read  by  the  Secretary,  but  in­
stead  of  its  containing  an  answer to  the 
enquiry  of  the  Committee,  it  suggested 
a  settlement  of  the  trouble  along  the 
line  of  compromise  and  urged  the  ap­
pointment  of  a  committee  by  the  Asso­
ciation  to  meet  a  representative  of  P., 
W.  &  Co.  at  the  office of  Vail  & Crane, 
with  a  view  to  ascertaining  whether  the 
trouble  could  not  be  adjusted  and  the 
boycott  lifted.  The  communication  was 
so  manifestly  unsatisfactory  that  it  was 
referred  to  the  Committee  having  the 
matter  in  charge,  with  the  request  that 
the  Committee  call  on  the  firm  in  ques­
tion  and  endeavor  to  ascertain  where 
they  stood  on  the  question  of  the  P.,  W.
&  Co.  boycott.

L.  D.  Edwards  moved 

that  Jos. 
Knight,  Duncan  King,  Jr.,  E.  Marks 
and  Mr.  Einfeldt  be  added  to  the  Com­
mittee,  which  was  adopted.

The  Association  was  then  addressed 
at  some  length  by  E.  A.  Stowe,  of 
Grand  Rapids,  and  Parke  Mathewson, 
of  Detroit,  who  undertook  to  explain 
some  elements  of association work which 
have  not  yet  been  taken  up  in  detail  by 
the  Detroit  organization.

There  being  no  further  business,  the 

meeting  adjourned.

The  Grain  M arket.

the 

A  decided  change  has  come  over  the 
last  report. 
wheat  market  since  our 
While  the  tendency  has  been  downward, 
the  moderate  exports  and 
large 
Northwestern  receipts  seem  to  strength­
en  the  position.  The  change  for  the 
better  came  very  suddenly  and  prices 
jumped  up  2c  per  bushel.  The  reasons 
for  this  were  larger  exports,  the  de­
creased  receipts  and  the  decrease  in  the 
visible,  but  the  trump  card  was  the 
large  visible  decrease,which  was  2,500,- 
000  bushels,  being  about  double  the 
amount  expected. 
The  Government 
crop  report,  which  will  come  out  to­
morrow,  will  probably  show  a  falling  off 
from  last  month.  As  predicted  when  the 
short 
interests  wanted  to  buy  in,  they 
would  find  there  was  no  wheat to be had. 
Our  visible 
is  only  24,500,000 bushels, 
against  50,147,000  bushels  last 
year. 
The  receipts  here  are  very  small,  in­
deed,  compared  with 
former  years. 
The  same  state  of  affairs  exist  all  over 
the  State.  This  alone  will  have  some 
effect  on  the  market  for  higher  prices. 
The  demand  for  flour  is  very  good  and 
the  mills  here  could  sell  twice  the 
amount  they  are  selling,  but  they  dare 
not,  owing  to  the  scarcity  of  wheat. 
The  growing  crop  does  not  look  as  well 
as  it  did  two  weeks  ago,  which 
is  due 
to  the,  continued  cold  weather.  The 
anticipation  of  a  huge  crop  has  disap­
peared.  We  think  Michigan  will  not 
have  much  more  wheat  than  she  had 
last  year.

Owing  to  the  large  increase  of  1,505,- 
000  bushels  in  the  visible,  corn  dropped 
2c  per  bushel.  Oats  held  their  own. 
However,  we  may  expect  to  see both 
corn  and  oats  advance,as  the  weather  is 
not  very  encouraging  for  large  crops.

The  receipts  during  the  week  were  27 
cars  of  wheat,  n   cars  of  corn  and  14 
cars  of  oats.

Local  mills  are  paying  74c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Vo ig t.

Having  adopted  every  bluff 

in  the 
category  of  stratagem,  without  result, 
and  pulled  every  string  from 
litigation 
to  bribery,  to  frighten  or  seduce  the 
business  public  from  continuing  to  sup­
port  the  local  telephone  company,  only 
to  meet  humiliating  defeat,  the  Trades­
man  suggests  that  the  Bell  Co.  pur­
chase  some  good  real  estate  at  a  bar­
gain  in  this  city,ostensibly  for  the  loca­
tion  of  an  exchange.  This  plan  would 
not  only afford  an  excellent  outlet  for  a 
portion  of  its  surplus,  but  when  resold 
at an  advance,  a  year  or  two  hence,  the 
investment  will  prove  a  cheap  method 
of  “ localizing”   the  Bell  Co.  and  thus 
afford  a  pretext  for  the  continuance  of 
its  system  of  free  telephones  and  miser­
ably  inadequate  service.

Attention 

is  directed  to  the  card  of 
Henry  C.  Smith,  of  Adrian,  published 
elsewhere 
in  this  week’s  paper.  The 
location  is  an  excellent  one  in  every  re­
spect,  Adrian  being  a 
live  and  pro­
gressive  city,  surrounded  by an unusual­
ly  prosperous  farming  community.

Ex-Postmaster  General  Horatio King, 
who  died 
in  Washington  recently,  was 
the  originator  of  the  “ return  penalty”  
envelope,  a  device  used  by  all  depart­
ments  of  the  Government  for  franking 
official  mail  matter.  This  device  has 
saved  the  Government  almost  $100,000 
every  year  since  its  introduction.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Bound  to  Have  an  1897  Wheel.

From the Indianapolis Journal. 

v
Pale and"  proud  she  stood  before  him. 
In  fact,  she had  him  in  the  corner  and 
he  could  not  depart.

“ Do  I  get  a  ’97  wheel?”   she  asked, 
and 
in  her  tone  there  was  a  threat 
veiled,  even  as  the  quinine  may  be

masked  by  the  liquid  softness  of  the 
rock  and  rye.

“ No,”  said  the  wretched  man  in  des­

peration.

“ Then,”   said  she,  her  voice  as  hard 
as  the  inside  of  a  ball  bearing,  “ I  shall 
see  my  lawyer to-day. 
I  will  buy  that 
wheel  out  of  the  alimony.”

BICYCLE  SUNDRIES

EVERYTH ING  UP  TO  DATE

LAMPS,  TIRES,  PEDALS,

SADDLES,  LOCKS,  BELLS,

ETC.
A D A M S   &   H A R T ,

PUMPS,  CEMENTS, 

WHOLESALE BICYCLES and SUNDRIES.

Send f *r Catalog and Discount Sheets. 

1 2 W» Bridge St«« Offllld R&pids.

©vai  jforh  Crowns

were  first  used  regularly  on  the  New  Clipper  No.  25,  which 
was placed  on  the open  market in  1894,  and  was  shown  and 
described in our *94 catalogue.  Previous to that time we were 
experimenting with it.  We  believe  this  excellent  crown  was 
original with us.  We never saw one until we made it.  Wedo 
not ‘'kick”  on others using and advertising it.  We don’teven 
object to their claiming originality.  It’s a good thing;  better 
than  any  other  kind,  and  riders  are  beginning  to recognize 
it.  They don’t  break.  You  don’t  have  to  pay  the  highest 
price in order to get it.  A ll  Clipper  bicycles  are  fitted  with 
this fork crown; they are finished differently, according to the 
price of the model, but all  crowns  in  the  rough  are the same.
Detachable brakes are readily fitted to this form, which is not 
passible in many others.

The  price  you  onght  to  pay  for  the  wheel  yon  ought to 

buy is given in the Clioper catalogue. 

Made  by the  GRAND  RA PIDS  CYCLE  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
No.  P.  249  N.

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B icy cles

News  and  Gossip of Interest to  Dealer 

and  Rider.

Summer  weather has  been  somewhat 
backward  this  year,  and  the  cyclists, 
when  preparing  to  start  on  an  extended 
run,  even  for  a  day,  have  often  been 
undecided  as  to  the  weight  of  clothing 
to  wear.  From  now  on,  however,  light 
woolen  materials  will  be  found  to  be  all 
right,  and  one  ought  to  be  able  to  dis­
card  the  heavy  sweater  for  the  next  few 
months  at  least.  There  are  those  who 
have  found  objection  to  the  sweater, 
and  have  said  many unkind things about 
the  sensible  cyclist  who  sticks  to  his 
in  uncertain  weather  and  pre­
sweater 
serves  his  health.  Nothing 
is  so  safe 
and  comfortable  when  the  wind  changes 
around  to  the  north  and  the  mercury 
drops  suddenly  as  the  homely  but  sen­
sible  sweater.  Of  course,  this  health- 
protector 
is  out  of  place  in  “ my  lady’s 
drawing-room, ”  or at a formal reception, 
but  it  is  only  the  prude  who  finds  fault 
with 
it  when  on  the  wheel,  winter  or 
summer.  It  is  good  advice  that  a  physi­
cian,  who 
is  something  of  an  athlete 
himself,  gives  to  all  cyclists.  He  says 
in  substance:  “ If  you  don’t  want  to 
wear  a  sweater,  then 
it  off  and 
take  chances.  But  don't  think  of  dis­
carding  this  garment  unless  woolen  un­
derclothing  is  substituted.  One  is  like­
ly  to  get  over-heated  while  wheeling, 
and  when  a  shady  nook  is  reached  it 
seems  inviting  to  recline  under the trees 
and  enjoy  the  rest  which  always  follows 
healthful  fatigue  brought  on  by  sensible 
exercise  in  the  open  air.  A  cold  con­
tracted  in  warm  weather  is  frequently  a 
disagreeable  thing  to get  rid  o f.”

leave 

*  *  *

Bicycling 

considered. 

A  commission  of  life  insurance physi­
cians  has  reported  that  bicycling  and 
beer  drinking  are  not  conducive  to 
longevity.  But  the  arguments  for  and 
against  these  practices  should  be  sepa­
rately 
alone 
might  contribute  to  length  of  days,  but 
with  beer  added  would  certainly  tend  to 
shorten  them 
if  experience  counts  for 
anything.  Beer  and  longevity  do  not 
commonly  go  together,  whether  the  bev­
erage be  taken  as  the  stimulant  of  exer­
cise  or the  sedative  of  repose. 
In  both 
cases  it  tends  to  a  mild  form  of  stupe­
faction,  and  ultimately  to  a  deteriora­
tion  of  the  tissues  and  brain  substance, 
leading  to  trades  unionism,  socialism, 
anarchy,  strikes  and  boycotts,  the  last 
being  the  most  malignant  manifestation 
which  it  exhibits.  Beer has no necessary 
connection  with  bicycling,  and 
the 
further  they  are  kept  apart  the  better 
for  the  votaries  of  the  wheel  of  all  ages 
and  both  sexes.

*  *  *

Chains  do  not  stretch. 

If  they  gain 
in 
length  they  do  so  by  wear.  The 
strength  of  a  chain 
is  its  weakest  link 
and  if  it  is  strained  along  its  full length 
in  one  place, 
the  stretch  will  be  all 
namely,  the  weakest,  and 
if  it  is  a  bad 
specimen  made  of  soft  material  all  the 
rivet  holes  may  be  pulled  oval.  But  or­
dinarily  stretch  comes  from  wear.

*  *  *

H.  B.  Chamberlin,  formerly  of  Den­
ver,  Colo.,  who  died  recently 
in  Eng­
land  from  a  fall  from  a  bicycle,  was  one 
of  the  most  unique  figures  in  the  West. 
He  made  a  failure  of thirty-six branches 
of  business  which  he  tried,  and  then 
started  to  boom  Western  real  estate. 
When  bis  friends  next  heard  of  him, 
instead  of  being  a  penniless  youth,  he 
was  worth  $i,ooo,coo.  He  started  the 
in
Chamberlin  Investment  Company 

Denver,  and,  through  his  speculations, 
amassed  a  fortune.  He gave  lavishly  to 
charity  and  founded  the  fourth  largest 
observatory  in  the  world, besides  several 
churches.  When  he  died  he  owed 
$15,000,000.

*  *  *

An  interesting collision case involving 
a  bicycle  and  a  cart  has  been  decided 
in  Philadelphia by  Judge  Wilson  of  the 
Court of  Common  Pleas.  Thomas  Tay­
lor  the  wheelman,  was  riding  along 
Dauphin  street  on the  single  car track  in 
the  street 
in  the  direction  traveled  by 
the  cars.  A  cart  belonging  to  the  rail­
road  company  was  coming  up  the  track 
in  the other direction.  The  wheelman, 
thinking  he  had  the  right  of  way,  held 
on,  as  did  the  cart,  until  an  accident 
was  unavoidable, and  the  wheelman  and 
his  bicycle  were  both  hurt,  for  which 
compensation  was  claimed.  The  Trial 
Judge  decided  against  the  wheel,  and 
his  opinion  was  confirmed by Judge Wil­
son.  The  latter  said:

To  sustain  the  point  that  the  plaintiff 
had  the  right  of  way  reliance  is  had  up­
on  the  statute  which  gives  to  the bicycle 
the  character  of  a  vehicle,  and  also  to 
an  ordinance  of  the  city  which,  in  ordi­
nary  cases, gives to  vehicles  the  right  of 
way  upon  the  tracks  of  the  passenger 
railway  companies,  in  the  direction 
in 
which  the  cars  ordinarily  run.  The 
obvious  reason  of  this  ordinance,  how­
ever.  is  that  it  was  intended  to  give  to 
the  vehicles  making  use  of  the  rails  of 
the  tracks  a convenient and  settled  right 
of  direction  and  occupancy  upon  these 
rails. 
I  do  not  think  it  has  any bearing 
whatever  upon  the  right  of  the  riders  of 
bicycles.  Nobody,  I  presume,  would 
dispute  the  proposition  that,  in  the  or­
dinary  occupancy  of  streets  and  under 
ordinary  circumstances  the  drivers  of 
vehicles  drawn  by  horses  and  the  riders 
of  bicycles  must  regard  the  ordinary 
rules  of  the  road,  for  each  other’s  con­
venience  and  safety. 
I  do  not,  how­
ever,  think  that  such  a  rule  would  re­
in  an  open,  unobstructed 
quire  that 
in­
highway,  a  vehicle  like  a  cart,  for 
stance  should  be  driven  to  one  side 
in 
order  that  the  rider of  a  bicycle  might 
be  relieved  of  the  necessity  of deviating 
from  a  straight  line.  Good  sense  and 
reasonable  regard  for  the  peculiarities 
of  such  cases  ought  to be  required,  both 
of  the  drivers  of  vehicles and  of the rid­
ers  of  bicycles.  Experience  emphasizes 
the  importance  of  proper  regulations for 
the  protection  of  the  many  thousands  of 
people  who  use  the  bicycle.  At the same 
time  it  is  also  to  be  borne  in  mind  that 
that  vehicle 
is  much  lighter and  more 
under  the  control  of  its  rider  than  vehi­
cles  of  the  other  sort,  which  are  drawn 
by  horses.

In  this  particular 

In  many  cases,  therefore,  it 

is  the 
duty  of  the  rider  of  the  bicycle to  regu­
late  his  course  and  to  make concessions, 
which  possibly  the  driver of a  vehicle 
of  burden  ordinarily  would  not  be 
obliged  to do. 
is 
quite  evident  that  the  plaintiff,  under 
the  notion  that  he  had  a  right  to  com­
pel  the  driver  of  the  cart  to  leave  the 
track 
in  order  to  give  him  a  free  and 
unobstructed  passage,  remained  in  his 
onward  course  so  long  that  the  collision 
which  occurred  was  unavoidable. 
In 
this  he  was  at  fault;  he  brought  the 
consequences  upon  himself by  his  own 
folly.

In adjusting the movements of vehicles 
in  the  streets  therefore  their  rights  are 
not  fixed  according  to  one  inflexible 
rule.  The  lighter and  more  easily  de­
flected  vehicle  owes  a  certain  amount  of 
deference  to  heavier  and  less  wieldly 
vehicles,  and  the  bicycle  must  proceed 
upon  that  understanding.

it 

The  Dangers  o f  Life.

A  man  will  die  for  want of  air  in  five 
minutes;  for  want of  sleep  in  ten  days; 
for  want  of  water  in  a  week ;  for want of 
food  in  from  twenty  to  sixty  days;  from 
broken  heart 
less  than  ten  pages; 
from  want of  an  office—never.

in 

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

Jo s.  Knight,  President  of  the  Detroit 

Retail  G rocers’  Association.

locating 

Joseph  Knight  was  born  in  Worces­
tershire,  England,  Marchó,  1845.  When 
13  years  of  age  his  parents  came  to 
America, 
in  Esssex  county, 
Ontario.  The  principal  reason  for  the 
change  was  the  poor  health  of  Joseph, 
who  was  so 
ill  when  the  family  began 
the  long  journey  that  grave  doubts  were 
entertained  as  to  the  probability  of  his

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standing  the  voyage.  The  change  was 
a  good  one  for him,  however,  and  from 
that  day  he  has  been  blessed  with  ex­
ceptionally good  health.  When  16  years 
of  age  he  left  his  father’s  roof  to  seek

employment  as  a  farm  hand  and  for  the 
next  four  years  he  worked  on  Canadian 
farms  during  the  summer  season  and 
sought  employment  in  the  pine  woods of 
Michigan  winters.  He  was  on  the train 
bound  for  home, 
in  April,  1865,  when 
news  came  of  the  fall  of  Richmond.
August  19,  1865,  he  married  Miss 
Mary  A.  Dawson,  and  the  two  began 
life  on  a  rented  farm  in  Essex  county. 
The  next  year  they  purchased  a  farm  of 
their  own  and  for  four  years  their  best 
energies  were  devoted  to  clearing  the 
land  and  bringing  it  into  a  state  of  cul­
tivation.  At  the  end  of  that  time  they 
to  Kingsville,  where  Mr. 
removed 
Knight  engaged 
in  the  brickmaking 
business  with  his  brother-in-law  under 
the  style  of  Knight  &  Fox.  Finding  the 
business  unprofitable  at  the  end  of  two 
years,Mr.  Knight  went  back  to  the  farm 
and  worked  out  the  debt  thus 
incurred. 
In  1877,  he  exchanged  his  equity  in  the 
farm  for  a  general  stock  at  North 
Ridge,  Ont.,  where  he  remained  for  ten 
years,  meeting  with  more  than  the  usual 
degree  of  success 
In  1887,  he removed 
to  Detroit  and  purchased  the grocery 
stock  of  Brigham  &  Crawford,  at  the 
corner  of  Greenwood  avenue  and  Calu­
met  street  Eight  years  ago  he  removed 
to  his  present  location,  282  Warren  ave­
nue,  west,  where  he  expects to  do  busi­
ness  as  long  as  he lives.  Four years ago 
he  started  a  branch  store  at  1324  Grand 
River avenue,  which  is conducted under 
the  management  of  his  sons,  Ernest  O. 
and  Frank  Knight.  Eight  years  ago he 
admitted  his  oldest  son,  Ed.  G.  Knight, 
to  partnership,  since-  which  time  the 
business  has  been  conducted  under  the 
style  of Jos.  Knight  &  Son.  Mr.  Knight 
is  the  father  of  six  children—three  boys 
and  three  girls—who  are  all  married 
and  settled  down 
in  life,  with  the  ex­

ception  of one  daughter and  one  son.

He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
denomination,  but  has  no  church  affilli- 
ation  at  present.  He is  a  Master  Mason, 
member  of  the  Orange  order and  also  of 
the  A.  O.  U.  W.

Mr.  Knight  attributes  his  success  to 
close  attention  to business  and  to  strict 
in  his  dealings.  These  prin­
honesty 
ciples  have 
laid  the  foundation  of  his 
success.  He  is  abstemious  in  his  habits 
and  careful  of  his  health  and confidently 
looks  forward  to  an  old  age  full  of 
health  and  happiness.
Annual  Meeting  of  the  Jackson  Retail 

G rocers’  Association.

The  regular  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Jackson  Retail  Grocers’  Association was 
held  June  3,  with  President  Byron  C. 
Hill  in  the  chair.

Communications 

from  Minneapolis 
and  from  the  Detroit  Retail  Grocers’ 
Association  were  received  and  the  Sec­
retary  was 
instructed  to  make  proper 
replies  thereto.

The  election  of  officers  for  the  next 
year  being  in  order,  the  following  were 
chosen:

President—Geo.  E.  Lewis.
First  Vice-President—James  H.  Ful­

ler.

Second  Vice-President—B.  S.  Mosher.
Secretary—W.  H.  Porter.
Treasurer—J.  L.  Petermann.
Trustee— H.  C.  Eddy.
The  matter  of  the  annual  excursion 
and  picnic  was  discussed  and,  after  a 
considerable  debate,  it  was  laid  over  for 
action  on  June  15.
On  motion,the  regular nights  of  meet­
ing  were  changed  to  the  first  and  third 
Tuesdays  of  each  month.

The  meeting  was  well  attended  and 
a  good  spirit  was  manifested.  The  an­
nual  outing,  for  which  our  Association 
has  become  famous  among  our  people, 
will  undoubtedly  be  given  the  same  at­
tention  as  heretofore.  The  agents  of 
all  the  railroads  have  made  us  offers  of 
their  respective  lines  for  our  use.

W .  H.  P o r t e r ,  Sec’y.

8

Association Matters

Michigan Retail  Grocers’ Association 

President, J.W isler, Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 
A.  Stow e,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F . 
T atm an, Clare.

Michigan  Hardware  Association

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

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J oseph Kn ig h t;  Secretary, E.  Ma r k s- 
Treasurer, N. L.  K o enig.
Regular Meetings—First and third Wednesday 
evenings  of  each  month  at  German Salesman’s 
Hall.

Grand  Rnpids  Retail  Grocers’  Association

President,  E .  C.  Win ch ester;  Secretary, Ho h b r 
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J.  G eo.  L ehm an.
Regular  Meetings—First  and  third  Tuesday 
evenings of each month at  Retail  Grocers' Hall, 
over E. J. Herrick’s store.

Saginaw Mercantile  Association 

President, P. F.  T r ea n o r;  Vice-President. J ohn 
Mc B b a t n ie ;  Secretary,  W.  H.  L e w is;  Treas­
urer,  L ou ie S ch w erm er.
Regular  Meetings—First  and  third  Tuesday 

evenings of each month at Elk’s HaU.

Jackson  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, Geo.  E.  L e w is; Secretary, W.  H. P or­
t e r ;  Treasurer, J.  L. P eter m ann

Lansing  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  F .  B.  J ohnson;  Secretary,  A .  M 

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

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  Martin  Gafney;  Secretary,  E  F. 

Cleveland:  Treasurer, Geo. M. Hoch.
Traverse City Business Men’s Association 
Ho l l y ;  Treasurer, C. A. Hammond.

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

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, A. D.  W h ipple ; Secretary, G. T. C am p­

b e l l ;  Treasurer,  W.  E.  C ollins.

Alpena  Business Men’s  Association 

President,  F .  W.  Gil c h r ist;  Secretary,  C.  L. 

P a r tr id g e.

Grand  Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association
President, L. J. K a t z ;  Secretary, Ph il ip Hil r e b ; 

Treasurer. S. J.  Hu ffo r d.

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ARAB  SPICES  ARE  PURE

We Slanil Behind  Our Customers!

The  recent  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  places  the  retail  merchant  in  a delicate po­
sition  and  renders  it  necessary  for  him  to  be  very  careful  where  and  of whom  he  buys 
his  goods.  We  have  decided  to  take  advanced  grounds  on  this  matter  and  herewith 
announce  to  the  trade  that  we  propose  to  stand  between  our customers  and  the  courts 
by  voluntarily  agreeing  to  pay  any  fines  which  may  be  assessed  against  our  patrons  in 
the  court  of  last  resort  by  reason  of  their  handling  standard  goods  purchased  of us, 
bearing either  factory  brands  or  the  brands  of our establishment.

The  principal  source  of  complaint  has  been  on  spices,  vinegar  and  molasses,  and  if 
the  retailer  is  right on  these  goods  there  is  but  little  probability  of  his  being  made  any 
trouble.  This  being true,  why  not  buy  your goods  of  the  house  which  claims  to  be  the 
pioneer  in  Western  Michigan in introducing goods of standard excellence and which  from 
the  beginning of its  history,  in  season  and  out  of season,  has  persistently  advocated  the 
handling  of goods  of recognized  purity  and  strength.

Every  article  bearing  the  Arab  brand  coming  from  this  company  can  be  confidently 
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MUSSELMAN  GROCER  CO.,  Grand  Rapids.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Around  the State
Movements  of  M erchants.

Interlochen— E.  Blackmore has opened 

a  meat  market.

Cedarville— Hodeck  &  Johnston  have 

opened  a  new  meat  market.

Manton— H.  D.  Smith  has  sold  his 

restaurant  and  bakery  to  S.  R.  Earl.

Middleville—Walter  Wesley  will 

shortly  open  a  new  meat  market  here.

Escanaba— Beck  &  Nelson  succeed 
Thorsen &  Beck  in the grocery  business.
Sault  Ste.  Marie—J.  R.  Ryan  &  Co., 
undertakers,  have sold  out  to  Geo.  Blue.
Leroy— Godfrey Gundrum succeeds M.
in  general 

V.  (Mrs.  G.  S .)  Gundrum 
trade.

Kalamo— Hydon  Bros,  have 

leased 
the  Bowers  building  and  opened  a  meat 
market.

Grayling—The  H.  Joseph  Co.  is  suc­
ceeded  by  Rachel  Joseph  in  the clothing 
business.

Hart—Mrs.  May  Leonard 

succeeds 
in  the  millinery 

Miss  Louise  Drake 
business.

Saginaw---- Fred  C.  Schirmer  has
opened  a  new  drug  store  at  120  North 
Baum  street.

Copemish— Franz  Krein,  manufac­
turer  of  hame  sticks,  has  removed  to 
Marion,  Ind.

Battle  Creek— Dr.  S.  M.  Holton  an­
intention  of  retiring  from 

nounces  his 
the  drug  business.

Bay  City— W.  C.  Legg  &  Co.  succeed 
in  the  agricultural  im­

E.  Terwilliger 
plement  business.

Bay  City—Jos.  Leighton 

succeeds 
Buck  &  Leighton  in  the  produce  com­
mission  business.

St.  Ignace—Charles  Ryerse  has  been 
engaged  to  take  charge  of the  grocery 
store  of  Massey  Bros.

Elm  Hall—James  Toy  has  purchased 
the  Gibson  store  building and will short­
ly  embark  in  the  grocery  business.

Ishpeming-----Hannah  (Mrs.  Alex.)
Nelson,  engaged  in  the  ice  and  bakery 
business,  has  sold  out  to  Chas.  Farm.

Barryton—'John  I.  Helmer  has  begun 
the  erection  of  a  store  building,  18x40 
feet  in  dimensions  and  two  stories high.
Big  Rapids—Terry  Laughlin  has  pur­
chased  the  Cochrane  grocery  stock  and 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Riverdale—C.  N.  Knapp, 

the  cloth­
ier,  is  erecting  an  addition  to  bis  store 
building,  which  he  will  occupy  with  a 
new  grocery  stock.

confectionery  business 

Ludington—A.  A.  Anniba  has  sold 
his 
to  Aid. 
Thompson,  and  will  shortly  open  a 
similar  store  at  Manistee.

Escanaba—T.  F.  Follis,  clerk  in  W.
W.  Oliver’s  hardware  store,  will  leave 
soon  for  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  where  he  will 
take  charge  of  a  commission  house.

Manton—The  Williams  Bros.  Co.  has 
built  a  dry  kiln,  26x10;  feet  in  dimen­
sions.  The  company  has  also  begun 
work  in  its  branch  plant  at  Mesick.
Battle  Creek—O.  M.  Rockwell 
store  building 

is 
on 
erecting  a  new 
Marshall  street,  which  he  expects  to oc­
cupy  with  a  drug  stock  about  July  1.

Battle  Creek—Wright  Bottomly,  for­
merly  engaged  in  the  crockery  and  gro­
cery  business  in  this  city,  died  recently 
at  his  residence  in  Cherry Valley,  Mass.
Saginaw—James  C.  Mills,  who  re­
cently  retired  as  manager  of  the  Grand 
Union  Tea  Co. ’s  store here, is succeeded 
by  Edward  Champion,  for  some  years 
head  clerk  in  the  store of  W.  F.  Twelve- 
trees.

Caledonia—Shisler  &  Near  have  sold 
their  meat  and  grocery  stock  to  David 
Brake  and  Chas.  Leonard,  who will con­
tinue  the  business  at  the  same  location.
Greenville—F.  ry.  Gibson  has  sold  his 
interest  in  the  book  and  stationery stock 
of  Nelson  &  Gibson  to  Chas.  C.  Wilson. 
The  new  firm  will  be  known  as  Nelson 
&  Wilson.

Kalkaska— Mr.  Harriot  has  retired 
from  the  grocery  firm  of C.  H.  Personett 
&  Co.  The  business  will  be  continued 
by  the  remaining  partner  under  the 
same  style.

Saranac— E.  A.  Richards  has  sold  his 
drug  and  stationery  stock  to  Arthur  W. 
Burnett  and  Will  M  Clark,  who  will 
continue  the  business  under  the  style  of 
Burnett  &  Clark.

Mackinaw  City—The  general  stock 
belonging  to  the  estate  of  the  late  C.  A. 
Callum  has  been  sold  to  Dr.  J.  A. 
Berry,  late  of  Henrietta,  who  will  add 
to  the  stock  and  continue  the business at 
the  same  location.

Bronson—C.  J.  Keyes, 

formerly  en­
gaged  in  the  grocery  business  here,  but 
more  recently  engaged  in  trade  at  Mt. 
Vernon,  South  Dakota,  has  returned  to 
Bronson  and  resumed  the  grocery  busi­
ness at  his  former  location.

It 

Reed  City— Mrs.  A.  Jacobson  has 
merged  her  general  merchandise  busi­
ness 
into  a  corporation,  which  will  be 
known  as  the  Reed  City  Joint  Stock 
Mercantile  Co. 
is  announced  that 
M.  I.  Jacobson  will  manage  the  busi­
ness.

Bellaire—August  Banowske,  who  has 
been  conducting  a  tailoring  establish­
ment  at  Thompsonville  for  several 
months,  has  disposed  of  his  business 
there  and  returned  to  this  place  for  the 
purpose  of  re-engaging 
the  same 
business  here.

in 

Detroit—A 

Summit  City—L.  J.  Tedman  &  Co. 
have  sold  their  store  building  and  gen­
eral  stock  to  D.  A.  Woodworth,  of Trav­
erse  City,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  at  the  same  location.  Tedman  & 
Co.  retain  their  grist  mill  property, 
which  they  will  continue  to operate  the 
same  as  heretofore.
jury 

in  Judge  Frazer’s 
court  returned  a  verdict  in  favor  of  the 
plaintiffs  in  the  replevin  suits of Brown, 
Durrell  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  against 
Henry  M.  Richardson,  who  operated 
the  mammoth  dry  goods  store  in  this 
city  for  a  short  time  not  long  ago.  The 
firm  brought  suit,  claiming  that  Rich­
ardson  had  told  them  when  he  called  to 
make  purchases,  that  be  had  $18,000  in 
a  bank  which  he  could  not draw  upon 
before  a  certain 
time,  and  that  this 
statement  was  untrue.  Richardson  was 
on  the  stand  a  long  time.  He  declared 
that  he  never  told  the  firm  that  he  had 
in  a  bank,  but  claimed  he 
the  money 
it  in  a  trunk.  He  stated 
said  he  had 
that  he  “ blew 
in”   his  money  on  the 
races  and  stock  speculations,  and  that 
after  this  money  was  gone,  he  borrowed 
some  more  from  his  mother  and  broth- 
er-in-law,  who  live 
in  Kentucky,  and 
that  this  money  went  the  same  way. 
The  jury  found  the  plaintiffs  entitled  to 
the  goods  replevined  and  six cents dam­
ages,  which  throws  the  costs  upon  the 
defendant.

M anufacturing  M atters.

Remus— L.  C.  Palmer  is  moving  his 
sawmill  from  Derby  Lake  to  this  place.
Jackson— The  Dennis  Machine  Co.  is 
packing  eighteen  bicycles  for  shipment 
to  Belgium.

Luther— The  business  men  here  have 
raised  a  cash  bonus  of $500 to  influence 
the  location  of  a grist  mill.

Shiloh— Homei  Morris  will  move  his 
sawmill  to  Osceola  Junction,  where  he 
has  a  contract  to  saw  for  C.  R.  Herrick, 
of  Belding.

Benton  Harbor— Lowe  &  Rouse  have 
begun  the  manufacture  of  ice  cream. 
Their  factory  has  a  daily  capacity  of 
150 gallons.

Hammond's  Bay—The  Grace  Lum­
ber  Co.,  of  Detroit,  will  build  an  addi­
tion  to  its  mill gnd  put  in  a machine for 
the  manufacture  of  shingles.

Lansing—W.  B.  Cross  has  leased  the 
building  south  of Stahl’s hardware store, 
and 
in  machinery  for  the 
manufacture  and  repair  of  bicycles.

is  putting 

Saginaw— L.  A.  Clark  has  secured 
pledges  to  the  amount  of  $1,500  for  the 
purpose  of  erecting  and  operating  a 
cheese  factory  on  his  farm,  five  miles 
south  of  this  city.

Elsie— M.  S.  Doyle  has  removed  the 
fixtures  from  his  St.  Johns factory  to  his 
cheese  factory  at  this  place,  the  output 
of  the  factory  here  having  increased  to 
that  extent  that  it  was  neccessary  to  in­
crease  the  capacity.

Bay  City—Green  &  Brama  have  sold 
all  of  the  last  year’s  lumber on  their 
mill  docks  and  about a  million  of  this 
season’s  cut.  The  mill  has  been  idle 
several  days,  having  exhausted 
the 
stock  of  logs  on  hand.

Coldwater—The  stockholders  of  the 
Tappan  Shoe  Manufacturing  Co.  held 
their  first  meeting  June  1,  when  five  di­
rectors  were  elected. 
The  directors 
have  elected  Fiank  I.  Tappan  Presi­
dent,  Edward  R.  Root  Secretary  and 
Lester  E.  Rose  Treasurer.

Munising—The  men  employed  by  the 
Sutherland-Innis  Co.  in  their  hardwood 
sawmill,  and  stave  and  heading  mill, 
struck,  demanding  higher  wages.  They 
were  receiving  $1.25  a  day,  and  de­
manded  $1.40.  The  management  an­
nounces  that  they  will  pay  only  $1.10 
when  the  men  want  to  go  to  work,  so 
the  mills  are  idle.

Tecumseh—The  Lamb  Wire  Fence 
Co.  has  been  organized  with  an  author­
ized  capital  of  $50,000  to  continue  the 
business  cf  manufacturing  wire  fence 
established  by  Lamb  Bros.  John  W. 
Allen,  of  Madison,  will  serve  the  cor­
poration 
in  the  capacity  of  President, 
H.  R.  Lamb  (Tecumseh)  will  act  as 
Secretary  and  Otis  A.  Clapp  (Adrian) 
will  hold  the  office  of  Treasurer.

Saginaw—Our  lumbermen  are  joyful 
over the  amendments  of  the  mechanic’s 
lien  law  that  have  recently  been  passed 
by  the  Legislature.  The  time  for  giv­
ing  notice  of  intention  to  file  lien  is  ex­
tended  to  30 days.  One  year  is  allowed 
for filing  a  bill  for  enforcement  of  lien, 
and  there  is  a  way  orovided  for  attach­
ing  the  homestead.  The 
lumbermen 
worked  hard  for  the adoption  of  these 
measures,  and  expect  to  find  them  of 
gieat advantage.
Change 

the  M anagement  o f' the 

in 
Woolson  Spice  Co.

Toledo,  June  8—A.  M.  Woolson  has 
resigned  the  Presidency  and  manage­
ment  of  the  Woolson  Spice  Co.  and  W.
A.  Brigham,  heretofore  the  Assistant 
General  Manager,  succeeds  Mr.  Wool- 
son  at  the  head  of  the  concern.

Herman  Sielcken,  representing  the 
Havemeyers,  was  here  yesterday  to at­
tend  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Direc­
tors.  Very  much  to  the  regret  of  the 
directors,  Mr.  Woolson  resigned  as  Gen­
eral  Manager,  although  still  remaining 
a  director.  This  he  did  because  he  felt 
he 
is  entitled  to  take  a  much  needed 
rest.  Lawrence  Newman  was  elected 
President to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by 
the  resignation  of  John  Berdan.  The 
directors  passed  very  flattering  resolu­
tions  as  to  both  Mr.  Woolson  and  Mr. 
Berdan.

WANT5  COLUMN.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

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 iess than 
cents.  Advance payment.
IpOR  SALE—GOOD CLEAN STOCK OP  GRO- 
'  ceries,  queensware  and  notions  in  town of 
700.  Good  reasons  for  selling.  Doing  a  nice 
business.  For terms address Lock Box 15, New­
317
port, Ind. 
S OCATION  WANTED  FOR  GOOD  DRUG 
store  that  will  pay.  Address  Druggist,  20 
316
Cherry St.,  Grand Rapids, Mich. 
OR SALE—50 BBL. WATER POWER GRIsl7- 
m ill;  or would  exchange  for  stock  of mer­
chandise.  Address  Miller,  Box  159,  Chelsea, 
Mich. 
315
W ANTED  TO  SELL  OR  TRADE—LARGE 
store building and stock general  merchan­
dise for good  farming  lands.  Address  Box 306, 
314
Wolcottville, Ind. 
FOR SALE—ONE  100-HORSE POWER SLIDE 
valve engine, especially  adapted  to sawmill 
work,  and  fitted  with  a  Nordberg  Automatic 
Governor.  Can be seen running any  week  day 
at Wallin Leather Co.’s  tannery,  Grand  Rapids.
313
WANTED—DEALERS  TO  SELL  SILVER 
cleaner.  A new thing;  does  quick  work; 
10c packages at retail  makes  8  ounces;  sells  it­
self;  good  maigins;  sample  free.  W.  Gleason, 
311
Manistique, Mich. 
For sa le—c l e a n   stock  o f  d r u g s,  in -
ventorylng about i860, located in  live  town 
of 600 people.  Will sell stock  for  cash  on  basis 
of  present  value.  Address  No. 309, care  Hazel- 
3 9
tine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids. 
Fo r sa l e—d r u g  stock  in   o n e o f  t h e 
best towns in Michigan, doing a  business of 
16,803 yearly.  Expenses  low.  Reason  for  sell­
ing, other  business.  Inspection  solicited.  Ad­
308
dress No. 308. care Michigan Tradesman. 
I7IOR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND  FIXTURES,
.  new;  doing  good  business;  stock  inven­
tories  $1,0C0;  a  bargain  if  sold  at  once;  terms 
right  Owner going to Europe.  Geo.  F.  Clark, 
307
Port Huron, Mich. 
For  sa le—b a n d  saw,  m il l  m a c h in- 
ery,  lot of lumber carts,  three  show  cases, 
one  fire  proof  safe,  lot  of  mammoth  store 
lamps—all at  closing-out  prices.  Address  The 
Converse  Manufacturing  Co.,  Newaygo,  Mich.
306
I7»OR  RENT—BRICK  HARDWARE  STORE 
1  and warehouse.  Owing to sickness a chance 
in  a  lifetime  to  step  into  an  old-established 
business in one of the best towns and best  fitted 
up  hardware  stores  in  Michlgm.  Low  rent. 
A. S. Mitchell, Nashville, Mich. 
305
W ILL GIVE  100  CENTS  ON  THE  DOLLAR 
for stock of merchandise  in  exchange  for 
good  piece  of  real  estate.  Address  Box  93, 
301
Memphis, Mich. 
FOR  SALE—JOB  LOT  OF  NEW  AND  SEC 
ondhand  Cash  Registers.  Very  cheap, 
Peck's,  Standard’s,  etc.  Address  J. NT. Biddle, 
302
226 South Clinton St., Chicago. 
f 'OR  RENT—LARGE  STORE  IN  NO  1  Lo­
lines: 
Boots and  shoes, clothing, house  furnishing  or 
hardware.  Call,  phone  (317)  or  address  B.  S. 
Harris, 525 South Division St., Grand Rapids.
303
ILL  HEALTH  OF  OWNER  COMPELS  SALE 
of largest and best located stock drugs,  books 
and wall paper in a  thriving  town in  southern 
Michigan.  Inventory about $4,090.  Address No. 
300. care Michigan Tradesman. 
300
WANTED—PARTNER  WITH  $2,000  FOR 
one-half interest  in  hardware, stoves and 
tinshop, plumbing  and  furnace  work  and  job­
bing, roofing,  etc.  Have  several  good  jobs on 
hand and a well-established trade;  best location 
in heart of city.  Address Box  522,  Big  Rapids, 
Mich. 
298
S O  RENT—THE  WHOLE  OR  A  PART  OF 
ground  floor and  basement,  68x100,  in  the 
Spoon block, coiner  Lyon  and  Kent  street;  fine 
place for large  grocery  and  market, restaurant 
or  beer  saloon. 
John  C.  Dunton,  76  Ottawa 
street. 
296
W 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 
agents in towns where 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
For  sa l e  o r  t r a d e  f o r   stock  o f 
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
Fo r  sa l e  c h e a p—stock  o f  seco n d.
hand  grocery  fixtures.  Address  Jos.  D- 
Powers, Eaton Rapids, Mich.____________233
Ru b b e r  sta m ps  a n d  r u b b e r  t y p e.
Will J. Weller, Muskegon, Mich. 
160
Fo r  ex c h a n g e—tw o  f in e   im pr o v ed
farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades­
73
man. 
WANTED—1,000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS, 
dally.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
Ithaca, Mich.________________________ 
249
SITUATION  WANTEn—BY  A  MIDDLE- 
aged gentleman with  twenty  years’  experi­
ence as buyer and  manager  of  a  general  store, 
now  traveling  Eastern  states,  who  wishes  to 
represent  a  good  house  in  Michigan.  Would
commence on small  salary.  Best of  references. 
Address No 312, care Michigan Tradesman.  312
Re g is t e r e d   ph a r m a c ist  d e sir e s  a
situation.  Will work for reasonable wages. 
Best  of  references.  Address  Pharmacist,  care 
310
Michigan Tradesman. 

cation  for  any  of  the  following 

MISCELLANEOUS.

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Grand  Rapids  Oossip

C.  B.  La  Clear has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Sand  Lake.  The  Worden  Gro­
cer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

M.  Schram  has opened  a  grocery store 
at  the  corner  of  Jefferson  avenue  and 
Sycamore  street.  The  Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Owing  to  the  large  amount of  stock  on 
hand,  the  A.  J.  Brown  Co.  has  beeu 
compelled  to  secure  its  principal  credi­
tors,  but  will  continue  the  business,  the 
same  as  heretofore,  converting  its  assets 
into  cash  as  rapidly  as  possible.

O.  W.  Gridley,  hardware  dealer  at 
Kalamo,  has  taken  a  partner  in  the  per­
son  of  L.  Z.  Slosson,  and  the  business 
will  hereafter  be  conducted  under the 
style  of  Gridley  &  Slosson.  The  firm 
has  added  a  line  of  groceries,  the  Olney 
&  Judson  Grocer  Co. 
furnishing  the 
stock.

As  predicted  by  the  Tradesman  last 
week,  the  appeal  to  the  Circuit  Court 
resulted 
in  the  acquittal  of  Richard 
Brummeler,  charged  with  purchasing 
stolen  goods  from  a  minor.  As  the case 
involves  an 
interesting  construction  of 
the  law  on  the  part  of  Judge  Grove,  the 
Tradesman  will  review  the  matter  at 
some  length  in  the  issue of  June  16.

The  morning  market,  which  had been 
steadily  increasing  about  the  corner  of 
Fulton  and  Louis  streets  until  that  lo­
cality began  to  resemble  its  appearance 
before  the  change  to  Ionia  street,  has 
finally  come  to  the  notice  of  the  Com­
mon  Council  and  the  request  for  it  to 
“ move  on’ ’  has  been  repeated.  On  ac­
count  of  the  slowness  with  which  such 
requests  come  to  the  knowledge of  the 
farmers  and  vendors,  the  result  has been 
to  scatter  the  wagons  over  both  loca­
tions,  until  the  resemblance 
the 
markets  of  a  country  village  is  more 
forcible  than  ever.

to 

John  C.  Bonnell,  who has  looked  after 
the  interests  of  the  Standard  Oil  Co.  in 
this  territory  for  seventeen  years,  with 
the  exception  of  a  few  months,  when  he 
was 
in  charge  of  a  collateral  branch  of 
the  Standard  Oil  Co.,  at  Philadelphia, 
has  been  requested  to  report  at  head­
quarters  after  a  six  weeks’  vacation. 
What  his  assignment  will  be 
is,  of 
course,  a  matter  of  conjecture,  but, 
judging  by  the  policy  of  the  company, 
it  will  be  in  the  line  of  promotion.  His 
successor 
is  S.  B.  Drake,  who has  as­
sisted  Mr.  Bonnell  in  the  Grand  Rapids 
branch  for  nearly  three  years  and  has 
become  thoroughly  familiar  with  the 
duties  devolving  upon  him  in  such  con­
nection.  Mr.  Bonnell’s  retirement  is  a 
matter  of  genuine  regret  to  all  con­
cerned,  as  he  possesses  the  esteem  of 
everyone  with  whom  he  has  come  in 
contact  during  his  long  business  career 
in  this  city.
Why 

the  Proposed  Sunday  Closing 
Ordinance  Was  Sidetracked.

As previously noted by the Tradesman, 
the  Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  As­
sociation  has  been  giving  some  atten­
tion  recently  to  the  matter  of  securing  a 
better  enforcement  of  the  laws  which 
should  govern  the  observance  of  Sunday 
by  business  places.  The  result  of  the 
discussion  was  the  appointment  of  a 
committee  to  obtain  the  enactment  of 
such  an  ordinance  by  the  Common 
Council  as  would  secure  the  co-opera­
tion  of  the  municipal  authorities  in  the 
matter.  The  fact  that  under the  State 
laws  complaint  must  be  entered  with

the  county  authorities  for  specific  viola­
tions,  warrants  issued,  and  suits  prose­
cuted  through  the 
information  of  wit­
nesses  makes  the  laws  practically  dead 
letters;  for  there  are  few  dealers  who 
would  care  to  assume  the  position  of 
witnesses and  informers  in  such  cases.
President  Emmer,  of  the  Common 
Council,  who  is  a  member  of  the  Com­
mittee  on  Ordinances,  gives  the Trades­
man  several  reasons  for  the  action  of 
the  Committee 
in  reporting  adversely 
upon  the  matter:  The  petition  was 
brought  before  the  Committee  with  the 
opinion  of  the  City  Attorney  that  the 
matter,  being  covered  by  existing  State 
laws  makes  such  an  ordinance  unneces­
sary,  and  that  the  enactment  of  such  an 
ordinance  would  subject  the  city  to  ex­
pense 
Further­
more,  the  petition  had  no  advocates 
before  the  Committee.  The  petition 
from  the  members  of  the  Association 
was  simply  sent  to  the  Council  and  no 
further attention  given  it.  Thus  the  al­
dermen  thought  it  a  matter of  no  par­
ticular  importance  and,  acting 
in  the 
light  of  the  report  of  the  City  Attorney, 
dismissed  it  without  special  considera­
tion.  Mr.  Emmer  says  that 
if  it  bad 
come  before  the  Commitee  with  such 
attention  on  the  part  of  the  Association 
as  was  given  to  the  license  schedule  a 
few  weeks  ago  it  would  have  received 
more  careful  consideration.

its  enforcement. 

in 

The  Tradesman  is 

inclined  to  take 
exceptions  to  some  of  the  reasons  for 
the  adverse  report.  The  fact  that  there 
are  State  laws  relating  to  the  same  sub­
ject  would  scarcely  seem  a  sufficient 
reason  why  it  should  not  receive  atten­
tion  at  the  hands  of  the  municipal  law­
makers.  There  are  State  and  Federal 
laws  regulating  the  liquor  traffic,  but 
it 
still  seems  necessary  that  it  should  re­
ceive  municipal  attention  as  well.  As to 
the  matter of  expense,  it  is  hardly  ap­
parent  that  the  enforcement  of  an  or­
dinance  by  the  city  police  would  be 
more  expensive  than  the  enforcement  of 
State  laws  through  the  county  courts. 
As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  roundabout, 
expensive  operation  of  the  State  laws  in 
many  city  matters  makes  them  entirely 
worthless,  while 
in  such  a  case  as  the 
closing  of  business  places  there  would 
need  be  no  addition  to  the  police  force 
necessary.  One  or  two  arrests  of  the 
violators  by  the  officers  on  their ordi­
nary  rounds,  with  the  moral  effect  of 
the  imminence  of  others  to follow, would 
be  far more  efficacious  and cheaper than 
prosecutions through  the  lumbering  and 
expensive  machinery  for  the  enforce­
ment  of  State  laws.  There  is  doubtless 
more  force 
in  the  last  reason  given  by 
the  Alderman. 
If  there  is  not  enough 
interest  shown  by  the  Association  in  the 
matter to give  it  proper  representation 
before  the  committee  of  the  Council,  it 
can  scarcely  be  expected  that  more  than 
formal  consideration  will  be  accorded 
by  that  body.

H.  B.  Fairchild  (Hazeltine &  Perkins 
Drug  Co.)  had  the  misfortune  to  sprain 
his  right  ankle  while  riding  on  his  bi­
cycle  last Sunday  evening.  He  is  mak­
ing  a  heroic  effort  to  keep  out  of  the 
clutches  of  an  accident  association  by 
the  use  of  crutches  and  the  employment 
of  conveyances  to  and  from  his  place of 
business.

Herbert  P.  Belknap,  Secretary  of  the 
Belknap  Wagon  Co.,  who  has  been 
spending  a  couple  of  weeks  among  the 
trade  of  the  Upper  Peninsula,  is  ex 
pected  to  return  Friday.

Gillies,)  New  York  Teas.  All  kinds, 
grades  and  prices.  Phone  Visner,  1589.

THE  BELL  A  SHELL.

The New Directory  Discloses  Its Weak­

ness.

On  May  10,  1897,  the  Citizens  Tele­
phone  Co.  issued  a new  directory,  being 
the  fourth  directory  gotten  out  during 
its  first  year,  while  the  Bell  Co.  on 
June  1  issued  its  first  directory  in  thir­
teen  months.  From  these  official  lists 
of  the  subscribers  of  each  company,  the 
public  can,  for the  first  time  in the  past 
year,  or  since  the  new  company  began 
business  in  this  city,  ascertain  the rela­
tive  strength,  numerically,  of  the  two 
companies,  and  also note the result of the 
Bell  Co^ 's  method  of  having  had  for  the 
past  seven  months  two  salaried  men 
in 
the  field,  soliciting  the  privilege  of 
putting 
in  free  residence  telephones. 
Both  directories  having  been  carefully 
compiled  and  brought  down  to  date  of 
June  7,  the  following  comparative tables 
show  the  telephone  situation  as  it  ac­
tually  exists:

Names  Iu  Telephones 
directory, 
in service.

Citizens Telephone Co......  2275 
Bell Telephone  Co............   1305 
970 

Excess Citizens Co__ 

1969
1137
832

Business  telephones— Bell  Co.  ;  those 

Offices  having  both  Bell  and  Citizens :

subscribers, 

not  having  Citizens:
I.  Old  subscribers,  offices,
etc................ 
...  ..
2.  Old subscribers,  second-
aiy or  private............
3.  Old 
rail
Toads..........................
4.  New subsciibers, offices,
»tc.....................................
5.  Bell Telephone Excb..  .
Total not  having Citi-
zens..........................

1.  Railroads.......................
2.  City phones, free...........
3.  All  other  business  tele-
phones.....................

Total Bell business phones 
Residence  telephones 

1.  Old  subscribers,  Bell
only............................
2.  Old subscribers:
both ■! doctors,  24 
001  (others, 
62”
3.  New 
tele-
residence 
phones......................
Total Bell residence phones
Actual  telephones  in
service,  Beil.............

6CT
14
11
33
2

120

30
10
372
412
—free :
135
86
384

Citizens  Telephone  Company

Users  ot  both  Citizens  and  Bell

......
Office and  business. 
1289
654
Residence phones..............
12
Free phones  | hospitals . . .
14
June 7, ’97. total Citizens Co 1969
June 7, ’97, total Bell Co  .. 1137
832

Excess Citizens Co__
Business  telephones,  Citi-
zeus Co..............  -..  . 1301
Business  telephones,  Bell
C o ..............................
532—
Residence  telephones, Cit-
izens  Co  ....................
668
Residence telephones, Bell
605
Co. (free)....................
—
Excess  Citizens  Co.’s,
telephones in  service

SUMMARY.

phones :
Business places.................
Residences (old)  ..............
Hospitals,-etc....................
Total using both........
Total Citizens Co.'s  lnstru-
m ^nts..............................
Subscriber,  having  both
phones.............................
Exclusively C itizens
phones used.............

Business telephones...........
Residences  (free)  j new  "
Excess Citizens............
Citizens Co............................
Bell Co., “exclusive” .........

Also :

410
74
14
498
1969
498

1471

120
135
384

1969
639

Total  instruments  in service :

Exclusively  Bell  Co. phones  used :

If  one,  which  one? 

In  the  light  of  these  facts,  the ques­
itself,  What  is 
tion  naturally  suggests 
for  the  best 
interests  of  this  city—to 
continue  two  telephone  companies  to 
accommodate  the  few  and  burden  the 
many  or  to  patronize  one  company  ex­
clusively? 
In  de­
ciding  this  question,  it  is  well  to  recall 
the arbitrary  policy  of  the  Bell  Co.  pre­
vious  to  the  appearance  of  competition ; 
the  poor  service;  the  high  charges;  the 
insulting  manner 
in  which  complaints 
and  remonstrances  were  met;  the  boast 
of  the  Bell  management  that  a  competi­
tor  would  never  be  allowed  to  enter  the 
field ;  the  threats  and  bluffs  repeatedly 
resorted  to  to  bolster up a decaying busi­
ness ;  the  underhanded  methods  em­
ployed  to  defeat  honorable  competition ; 
inaugurated  by 
the  system  of  bribery 
means  of 
free 
phones.  A  cursory  review  of  the  situa­
tion  from  any  standpoint  cannot  fail  to 
convince  the  unprejudiced  observer that 
local  pride  and  local  patriotism  dictate 
the  complete  annihilation  of  the  Bell 
institution  and  the  supremacy  of  the 
company  created  to  reduce  the  price  of 
telephone  service  to  living  limits.

the  distribution  of 

It  is  strange  that  patriotic  motives, 
alone, should not cause  every honest  man 
to  support  a  local  enterprise  of  merit, 
its 
especially  after  it  has  demonstrated 
ability  to  care  for  the  city’s  best 
inter­
est,  rather  than  be  induced  by  a  paltry 
benefit  to aid  in  bringing  hardship  and 
disaster  to  a  local  company  and  throt­
tling  an  enterprise  that  is  the  only  safe­
guard  against  extortion  and  abuse  in 
the telephone  businesss.such  as  for more 
than  a  dozen  years  was  practiced  in this 
and  other  cities.

Can  any  Grand  Rapids  citizen  long­
er  afford  to  remain  passive  or  neutral— 
least  of  all  permit  a  free  phone  to  be 
placed  in  his  bouse,  thus  permitting the 
Bell  Co.  to  advertise  him  as  a  man  who 
is  willing  to  act  as  the  cat’s  paw  of  a 
would-be  monopoly?

Flour  and  Feed.

The  recent  rapid  decline  in  wheat  of 
about  ioc  per  bushel  has  had  the  usual 
effect  of  making  flour buyers  extremely 
cautious  about  making  purchases,  es­
pecially  as  harvest 
is  approaching. 
Business  for  some  time  past  has  been 
restricted,  because  of  a  manipulated 
wheat'  market,  and  not  until  another 
crop  has  been  garnered  can  we  expect 
anything 
like  settled  conditions.  The 
prospect  for  a  good  crop  in  Michigan is 
fair  but  not  flattering,  as  the  growth  of 
the  wheat  plant  has  been  seriously  re­
tarded  by  the  cold,  backward  weather— 
so  much  so  that  the  lower  leaves have 
turned  yellow.  The  plant  has  been 
dwarfed  or  stunted  and  will  head  out 
with  unusually  short  straw.  The  most 
favorable  weather  from  now  on  is  re­
quired  to  ensure  a  good  average  yield.
Feed  and  meal  are  in  fairly  good  de­
mand,  with prices unchanged.  Millstuffs 
are  tending  downward,  with  a  rather 
inactive  market. 

Wm.  N .  R o w e . 

---- ♦   m  ♦ --------

Three  years  ago  Frank  Jewell  (Clark- 
Jewell-Wells  Co.)  scorned  those  of  his 
friends  who  rode  wheels.  Two  years 
ago  he  ignored  them.  Last  year  he  tol­
erated  them  and  his  year  he  has  become 
one  of  them,  with  every  prospect  of  his 
becoming  as  enthusiastic  on  the  sub­
ject  as  the  old-time  devotee  of  the 
wheel.

I  HAVE  FOR  SALE

a stock of furniture  and  crockery  here.  There  are 
only  two  furniture  stores  in  the  city  and  one  may 
soon  quit.  The  town  is  growing-  rapidly.  We 
have a new  railroad and  new factories  are  coming. 
A  better site could not be found.

HENRY  C.  SMITH,  Trustee,

ADRIAN,  MICH.

532

605
—
1137

769

63
832

639
832

2608

2608

Bell Co....................................
1137
Citizens Co., “exclusive” .. 1471

It 

is  a  remarkable  showing that  the
Citizens  Co.  bas  secured  the  subscrip-
tions  of  all  former  telephones  users  ex­
cept  255,  and  has added  743  subscribers 
who  formerly  used  no  telephone.

e

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Fruits and  Produce.
The  Ideal  C ream ery  M anager.

The  success  of  a  creamery  depends  a 
great  deal  upon  the  management,  con­
sequently  great  care  should  be  taken 
that  a  competent  man  fills  this  position. 
The  manager  of  a  creamery  should  be 
well  educated,  honest,  pleasant  and  ac­
commodating, so as to win  the  confidence 
of  the  patrons.  He  should  be  posted  on 
feeding  and  breeding,  as  the  patrons 
expect  to  draw 
from  him  something 
which  will  be  of  benefit  to  them.  He 
should  understand  the  business  in  ail its 
details,  and  should  be  at  the  factory 
every  day.  He  should  keep  up  with the 
progress  of  the  business  by  reading  the 
best  papers  devoted  to  dairy  matters 
and  should  encourage  the  patrons  to 
adopt  the  best  methods  in  feeding  and 
breeding.  Who 
is  better  able  to  fulfill 
these  requirements  than  the huttermaker 
who  has  made  bis  business  a  study  and 
gives 
it  his  undivided  attenion?  He 
meets  the  patrons  every  day  at  the 
weigh  can  and  can  with  a  friendly 
“ good  morning”   and  a  few  pleasant 
remarks  gain  their good  will  and  con­
fidence,  and 
is  therefore  better  able  to 
harmonize  all  discord  than  a  director 
who  does  not  come  in  daily  contact with 
the  patrons.  The  buttermaker  can  bet­
ter  explain  to  the  patron  the  necessity 
of  having  the  milk  brought  to 
the 
creamery 
in  good  condition,  and  by 
giving  him  advice  on  feeding  can  help 
him  to 
increase  the  quantity  and  im­
prove  the  quality  of  his  milk.

Many  a  farmer  who  has  ceased  to  be 
a  creamery  patron  because  the  quality 
of  his  milk  did  not  reach  his  expecta­
tions  could  have  been  gained  for  the 
creamery  business 
if  the  manager  had 
explained  to  him  why  his  milk  was  not 
up  to  the  standard,  and  proved  to  him 
that  the  Babcock  milk  tester  was  not 
invented  to  rob  him.  There  are  many 
ways  by  which  the  buttermaker  can 
make  his  creamery  prosperous,  and  be 
should  therefore  not  be  looked  upon  as 
a  part  of  the  machinery  only, but should 
be  consulted  by  the  directors  upon 
everything  that  pertains  to  the creamery 
and  made  to  feel  that  he  is  the  real 
manager,  which  would  encourage  him 
in  building  up  the  dairy 
in  his  work 
business  in  bis  locality. 
It  is  the  duty 
of  the  manager to  see  that  the  factory  is 
supplied  with  all  the  necessities,  such 
as  fuel,  salt,  color,  oil  for  machinery, 
packages,  tools,  etc.  and  to  dispose  of 
the  butter.  In  buying  supplies  it  is nec­
essary  for  him  to  know  what is  the  best, 
which  only  the  buttermaker  with  his 
practical  experience  can  tell;  and  in 
disposing  of  the  butter  many a creamery 
might  have  saved  a  good  deal  by  con­
sulting  the  buttermaker,  who  by  con­
stantly  reading  the  dairy  papers  knows 
the  names  of  most  of  the  responsible 
firms.

The  objection  may  be  raised  that  the 
buttermaker  has  enough  to  care  for 
in 
making  the  butter  and  keeping  every­
thing 
in  good  order,  and  therefore  has 
no  time  to  pay  any  attention  to  the gen­
eral  management  of  the business. 
In 
such  case  let  the  directors  provide  him 
a  helper  so that he  can  take  time  to  look 
after  the  business  outside  the  creamery. 
He  can  do  more  than  enough  good  to 
pay  the  company  for  what  is  laid  out 
for  the  helper.  The  manager of the  av­
erage  farmer’s  creamery  generally  has 
some  business  of  his  own  to  care  for; 
he  has  been  elected  to  the  position  by 
his  neighbors,  and  has  accepted,  al­
though  be  may  know 
little  about  the

creamery  business.  The  patron  of  such 
a  creamery  would  surely  realize  higher 
net  returns  for  his  product  if  the  man­
agement  were  given 
into  the  bands  of 
the  buttermaker,  even  if  his  wages were 
raised  $10  per  month ;  he  would  then 
know  that  his  position  was  not  one  of  a 
common  hired  hand,  but  of  a  leading 
power ;  be  would  know  that  his  position 
was  one  of  trust  and  responsibility, 
and  would  not  leave  any  stone  unturned 
to  make  the  creamery  a  success.

J.  Mo r ck.

Germania,  Iowa.

Why  Butter  Spoils 

in  Contact  with 

the  Air.

Boston,  Mass.,  June  5—Several  times 
during  the  past  year  I  have  had  speci­
mens  of  butter  brought  to  my  notice 
that  were  of  fine  quality  but  had  turned 
“ strong”   on  the  top  of  the  package 
next  the  air. 
In  nearly  every  instance 
of  this  kind  the  butter  was  simply  cov­
ered  with  a  cloth  with  no  salt.  With 
these  facts  I  shall  undertake  to  explain 
the  real  reason  why  this  butter  spoiled 
as  it did.

If  we  take  up  the question  from  the 
start  we  shall  find  that  there  are  two 
classes  of  bacteria  concerned  here. 
In 
the cream  before  churning  and  also,  of 
course,  in  the  resulting  butter there  is 
the  group  of  lactic  acid  bacteria,  and 
also  another group  containing  germs  of 
varied 
influence  to  the  product,  but 
among  them  (and  this  is  what  is  to  be 
considered  especially  here)  are 
the 
putrefactive  bacteria,  or  the  germs  of 
spoiling  or  decay.  These  latter  bacteria 
the  bacteriologist  as 
are  known  to 
aerobic  germs;  that 
is,  they  find  the 
best  conditions  for growth  when  atmos­
pheric  oxygen  is  present.  When  freshly 
made,  butter  contains  very little,  if any, 
air, ,and  it  is  only  by  exposure  that  any 
gets  into  it.  So  we  have  here  the  rea­
son  why  the  butter  which  was  in  imme­
diate  contact  with  the  air  through  the 
meshes  of  the  cloth  spoiled  first,  since 
the  bactetria  which  were  the  real  source 
of  the  spoiling  could  develop  there, 
but  could  not  develop  in  the  center of 
the  tub.

To  prevent  the  access  of air  to  butter 
the  tub  should  be  lined  with  parchment 
paper  and  the  top  of  the  butter should 
also  be  carefully  covered  to  the  sides  of 
the  tub with  it,  and  then  a  good  layer  of 
salt  put  on  top  of  this,  for  I  have  found 
that  there 
is  seldom  any  trouble  with 
spoiling  at  the  top  if  these  conditions 
are  fulfilled.

The  practice  of  treating  the  parch­
ment  paper  with  strong  brine  before 
use  cannot  be  too  strongly  recommend­
ed,  for  by  so  doing  the growth  of  molds 
and  many  other troublesome  germs  are 
to a  great  extent  prevented.

S.  C.  K e it h ,  J r .

Direct from 
Growers. 
Freshest  and 
Cheapest.

Peas,  Beans, Onions, Spinach,  Radishes,  Lettuce,  Cucumbers, Tomatoes, 

Oranges,  Lemons,  New  Potatoes, Summer Squash.

ALLERTON  &  HAGGSTROM, Jobbers,

Both Telephones 13 4 8. 

127 Louis Street. 

Grand  Rapids, filch.

c  t  p a u i h p p p i p ^   Car Lots received dai,y'
Obl uWUul I lUd  We are selling at Chicago  prices.

Onions,  Spinach,  Radishes,  Lettuce,  Cucumbers.  Tomatoes, 
Oranges,  Lemons,  New  Potatoes,  Sum m er  Squash,  Wax  Beans,
New  Peas,  Cabbage,  Fancy  Honey.  All  seasonable  Vegetables.

G R A N C ^ F I A P I D S ,  M I C H . 

BUNTING  &  GO.

Wanted to pack and ship on commission. 
Good outlet.
Eggs on  commission or bought on track.

M .  R .   A L D E N ,

98 S.  DIVISION  ST .

GRAND RAPIDS.

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Seeds When  in  want of Seeds for the  farm  or  garden 

we can supply  them  at  low  prices  consistent 
with  quality.  Don't  deceive  yourselves  and 
your customers by handling  seeds  of  question­
able character.

CLOVER, TIMOTHY,  ORASS SEEDS, 
ONION  SETS,  FIELD PEAS,  ETC.

I  ALFRED
o o o o o o o o o o o o <

GARDEN  SEEDS  IN  BULK.

I  R D O W N   f O  
J .   D l \ v  vv  IN  C - U .,  GRAND  RAP DS,  MICH.

GROWERS AND  MERCHANTS, 

000-0000000000000000000000000000000000000000-0-Ô

CLOVER  AND  TIMOTHY.

All kinds of

FIELD  A N D   G ARD EN  S E E D S .

Correspondence  solicited.  Your  order  will 

follow,  we  feel  sure.

BEACH,  COOK  &  CO.,

128 to 133 West Bridge St.  GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH

The season for FIELD SEEDS such as CLOVER and TIMOTHY is  now at  har.d.  We  are 

prepared to meet market prices.  When ready to buy write us for prices 

or send orders.  Will bill  at market value.

Wholesale Seeds,  Beaus, Potatoes, 

26*28*30*32 Ottawa  St., Grand  Rapids.

M OSELEY  B RO S.,

The M e u n ie r   Company,

JOBBER  OF

Fruits  and  Produce

MANUFACTURER  OF

“Absolute”  Pure Ground Spices, BaMno Powder, EtG.

BY

Kneipp Malt Food Co.

C.  H .  S T R U E B E ,  S a n d u s k y ,  O hio.

Agent for Ohio, Indiana and Michigan.

We will continue to put up Baking Powder under  special  or  private 
labels, and  on which  we will name very low  prices, in quantities.
"  e  m^ke  a  specialty  of  Butchers'  Supplies  and  are  prepared  to 
quote low prices  on  \V hole  Spices,  Preservaline,  Sausage  seasoning,
Saltpetre,  Potato Flour, etc.
VV e a.so continue  the  bruit  and  Produce  business  established  and 
successfully  conducted by H e n r y  J.  V in k e m u l d e k .

TH E   VINK EM ULDER  COM PANY,

Citizens.Phone 555. 

Successor to  Michigan Spice  Co.,

418-430  S.  DIVISION  ST„  GRAND  RAPIDS.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

7

GOTHAM  GO SSIP.

News  from   the  M etropolis— Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  M arket.

New  York, June  5— It  has  been  a  dull, 
plodding  hard-working  week. 
Such 
weeks,  however,  have  come  to  be  looked 
upon  as  the  regular  thing,  and  the  only 
thing  to  do  is  to  make  be  best  of  them. 
There  is  a quiet  satisfaction  among job­
bers  that  matters  are  not  quite  so  bad 
as  they  have  been.  Prices  are  fairly 
steady  and  men  who  really  want  to  pur­
chase  goods  are  taking  same  without 
"shopping  around"  to  any  great extent.
Among  the  new  food  products is white 
caviare,  introduced  here  for  the  first 
time  this  year.

The coffee  market  is  decidedly  dull. 
Advices  from  abioad  indicate  an  enor­
mous  amount  going  foward 
the 
European  markets— more,  in  fact  than 
can  be  readily  absorbed—and  the  tend­
ency  here  is  to  move  with  caution  "in  
a  slow  and  dignified  manner.”   What 
transactions  are  taking  place  are  with 
the  larger  roasters,  the  smaller  ones 
seeming  to  have  very  little  enthusiasm 
left.  Rio  No.  7 
is  nominally  7J^c. 
The  amount  afloat  and  in  store  contin­
In  mild 
ues  to  be  about  780,000  bags. 
sorts  not  much  activity 
is  displayed, 
but  quotations  are  quite  firmly  held. 
Java,  Padang,  ranges  from  25@3ic,  the 
latter  for  fancy  stock.

for 

There has  been  a  fair  demand  for  re­
fined  sugar. 
The  orders  coming  to 
hand  indicate,  however,  only  the  usual 
purchases,  and  little  buying  ahead  of 
wants.  Foreign  refined  sugars  are  at­
tracting  some  attention  in  small  lots. 
The  action  of  the  Indian  Purchasing 
Agent 
in  accepting  a  bid  for  foreign 
sugar  instead  of  American  is  denounced 
and  commended,  just  according  to the 
standpoint.  The  foreign  refined  hap­
pened  to  be  16c  per  100  lbs.  lower, 
and  although  the  Dutch  is  said  not  to 
be  equal  to  American,  it  is  not  likely 
Poor  Lo  will  have any  decided  convic­
tions,  one  way  or the  other.  Raw  sugars 
are  steady  and  refiners  are  taking  the 
offerings  in  a  satisfactory  manner.

received,  show  good 

Teas  are  moving  in  quite a  satisfac­
tory  manner.  Samples  of  new  Japans, 
just 
quality. 
Greens  and  oolongs  are  meeting  with 
rather  light  demand.  Dealers  are  await­
ing  the  tariff  proceedings  with  interest, 
but  no  further  advance  has  taken  place 
on  account  of  the  proposed  duty.

The  market  for  foreign  rice  is in good 
shape.  The  offerings  are  of  generally 
good  quality  and  prices  well  sustained ; 
in  fact,  the  bulk  of  the  trading  has 
been  in  foreigns  with  domestic  in rather 
light  request,  the  only  sales  to  speak  of 
being  for  the  very  best  grades  and  some 
of  the  opposite  extreme.  Choice  to 
fancy  domestic,  5^@6c.

There  is  little  business  going  forward 
in  spices,  but  prices  are  decidedly firm. 
Not  much  doing 
invoice  way. 
Pepper  is  especially  firm  and  it  seems 
likely  that  another  advance  wiil  take 
place  soon.

in  an 

Molasses,  low  grade  centrifugals,  had 
in  quota­

accumulated  until  a  decline 

tions  has  become  imperative.  Trade  is 
fair,but  there  is  room  for  improvement. 
In  syrups  there  has  been  some  trade  for 
export,  quite  a  decent  amount  going  to 
England.
The  canned  goods  market  is  dull  and 
quotations,  with  scarcely  an  exception, 
are  about  as  low  as  can  be  and  let  any­
body  make  a  living.  While  this  is  true, 
there  is  seemingly  a  growing  confidence 
that  things  will  soon  take  a  turn  in  this 
line  of  food  products,  the  one  thing 
against  this  theory  being  the  great  in­
crease  in  the  number  of  factories.  New 
Jersey  brands  of  tomatoes,  65c ;  Mary­
land,  60c.

Dried  fruits  of  all  kinds  are  in  slow 
movement.  There 
is  a  steady  feeling 
in  the  market  for  prunes,  as  stocks  are 
pretty  well  cleaned  up.  Peaches  are  in 
fair  request  and  really  desirable  goods 
are  rather bard  to  find.  Evaporated ap­
ples  are  firmly held,  although the request 
is  light.  New  evaporated  apricots,  it 
is  said,  will be  ready  for  shipment  from 
the  coast  about July  1.
fruits  have 

the  monopoly. 
Peaches  are  here  and,  in  fact,  every­
thing.  Oranges  are  on  the  back  seat. 
Lemons  are  selling 
freely,  although 
prices  are  about  unchanged.  Pineapples 
are  plenty  and  the  demand  is  hardly 
quick  enough  to  keep  the  market  clear.
is  lighter,  but 
with  smaller  arrivals  the  market  re­
mains  about  unchanged. 
For  best 
Western  creamery,  15c  is  paid.

In  butter  the  demand 

Fresh 

Cheese  is  dull  and  with  a  tendency  to 
even  a  lower basis  than  now  prevails. 
State,  full  cream,  large  size  8#@8>^c. 
White,  7^c,  and  this  price  might  be 
shaded  rather than  lose  a  sale.

The  egg  market 

in  rather better 
shape  and  quotations  are slightly firmer.
Beans  are  exceedingly  quiet,  with 

is 

choice  pea  selling  at  82>£@85c.

England’s  Egg  Consumption.

England  is  a  great  consumer  of  near­
ly  all  agricultural  products  in  excess  of 
her own  production.  America  has  fur­
nished  a  considerable  part  of these Brit­
ish  necessities  in  some  lines,  but  there 
are  several  articles  which,  although 
producible  here 
in  almost  unlimited 
quantities  at  relatively  low  cost,  have 
never  been  introduced  to  any  consider­
able  extent 
foreign  trade. 
into  our 
Among  these  are  eggs.

Previous  to the  imposition  of  the  first 
tariff  duty  on  eggs  our  country  used  to 
import  eggs  in  considerable  quantities, 
chieflv  from  Canada,  but,  at  times, 
from  Europe,  also.  Since  the  duty  was 
imposed,  however,  domestic  production 
has 
increased  so  much  as  to  make  a 
lower  average  of  prices  than  ever  be­
fore.  It  seems  as  though  we  should  be 
able  to  find  a  foreign  outlet  for  eggs  at 
prices  sufficient  to  afford  still  further 
increase  of  production,  on  a 
fairly 
profitable basis. 
It  is  stated  that  Eng­
land’s 
imports  amount  to  110,000,000 
eggs  from  Denmark  she  also  takes  a 
large  part  of  the 600.000,000  of  eggs  ex­
ported  from  France and  of  Italy’s  ship­
ments  of  500,000,000  annually,  beside 
nearly  all  of  Canada’s  300,000,000.

Ship your Butter, Eggs, Potatoes, Produce and Fruit to

HERMANN  C.  NAUMANN  &  CO.,

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ou  have before shipping elsewhere.
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Hastings,  Mich.

W.  R.  BRICE.

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C.  M.  DRAKE.

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stories  or  find  fault  with  our 
neighbors;  have  all  we  can 
do to 
take  care  of  our  own 
business.  W e  do  not  own 
all  of  Michigan, 
therefore 
haven’t  every  shipper  in  the 
State.  W e  cannot handle  all 
the  Butter  and  Eggs  in 
the 
United  States,  but  we  have 
never 
had  enough  Fancy 
Butter  and  Eggs  to  supply 
our trade.

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E .  A.  STOWE,  E d it o r .

WEDNESDAY,  -  -  -  JUNE 9,  1897.

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION.
While  there  are  few  sensational  fea­
in  the  developments  of  the  past 
tures 
is  more  of  general  encour­
week,  there 
agement 
in  the  character  of  the  im­
provements  noted  than  for a  long  time 
past. 
Perhaps  the  most  pronounced 
features  are  found  in  the  general  stock 
market.  For  some  time  past  it  has  been 
remarked  that  there  was  an  unusual  un­
dertone  of  strength  in  both  railway  and 
industrial  shares,  which  has  enabled 
them  to  resist  the  attacks  of  bear  influ­
ences  with  remarkable  steadiness.  At 
the  same  time  there  was  no  decided 
improvement  in  prices,  probably  for  the 
reason  that  the  prices  of  iron  products, 
textiles,  etc.,  were  tending 
steadliy 
downward.  During the  past  week  there 
was  a  decided  advance  all  along  the 
In  the  case  of  the  railway  stocks 
line. 
improvement  may  be  credited  to 
this 
the 
improvements 
in  earnings,  as  well 
as  to  the  apparent  arrest  of  the down­
ward  movement  of  other  prices.  This 
latter  feature,with  returning  confidence 
in  the  London  market, 
in  Americans 
accounts  for  the  general  advance 
in 
industrials.  There  is,  also,  a  decided­
ly  better  feeling  as  to general  trade  on 
account  of  the  progress 
the  tariff 
work,  and  on  account  of  the  expressions 
indicating  the  attitude  of  the  adminis­
tration  on  economic  matters.

in 

There 

is  more  of  encouragement  in 
the 
iron  and  steel  situation  than  for  a 
long  time  past.  Prices  seem  to  have 
reached  a  stop  in  the  decline  and a rally 
in  noted  in  some  lines.  The  labor  dis­
turbances  are  becoming  a  matter  of 
some 
importance  and  promise  to  con­
tinue  active  for a  considerable  time  to 
come,  being  the  most  serious  menace  to 
the  return  of  prosperity.

The  textile  situation  shows  less  fea­
tures  of  encouragement  than  any  other 
lines  of  industry.  Prices  of  cotton  and 
prints  are  still  tending  downward  with 
little  prospect  of  improvement.  Wool, 
however,  shows  some 
improvement  in 
demand  for  manufactures,  but  the  heavy 
importations  in  anticipation  of the tariff 
prevent  any  material  advance  in  prices.
Against  the  most  persistent  predic­
tions  and  declarations  of  scarcity  in 
wheat,  the  receipts  at  Western  points 
continue  to  exceed  those  of  last  year. 
Yet  the  steadily  declining  prices are 
met  with  an  upturn  this  week  which has 
already  regained  a  considerable  portion 
of  the  loss.

There  has  not  yet  been  sufficient 

in­
crease  in  the  general  volume of  busi­
ness,  as  measured  by  values  in  the  gen­
low  prices,  to  make  much  differ­
eral 
ence  in  the  money  market.  Capital 
is 
still  accumulating 
in  the  great  centers 
and  its  efforts  to  fìnd  profitable  employ­
ment  keep  the  market  decidedly  easy.
Bank  clearings  declined  3.2  per  cent, 
from  the  preceding  week,  to  $887,000,- 
000. 
Failures  are  again  unusually 
small,  numbering  197  against  257  last 
week.
THE  MOBILIZATION  OF  AN ARMY.
Modern  wars  progress  very much more 
rapidly  than  the  conflicts  of 
former 
days.  Hostilities  between  nations  now 
seldom  last  beyond  a  single  campaign. 
The  most  noteworthy  examples  of  this 
brief  duration  of  modern  wars  have 
been  the  Franco-German  war  of  1870, 
which  lasted  little  more  than  six months 
and  was  practically  decided 
in  six 
weeks;  the  Turko-Russian  war,  which 
was  finished  in  one campaign,  and quite 
recently  the  Greco-Turkish  war,  which 
terminated  practically  after  three  weeks 
of  fighting.

facilities  which  expedite 

The  rapidity  with  which  events  now 
proceed  after  a  declaration  of  war  is 
due,  firstly,  to  the  improved  transporta­
tion 
the 
movement  of  troops;  secondly,  to  the 
more  perfect  state  of  preparation  for 
war  which  is  maintained  in  most  coun­
tries  and,  lastly,  to  the  extensive  mili­
tary  organizations  which  exist.  At the 
outbreak  of  the  Franco-German  war 
Germany  put  850,000  men  in  the field 
almost  from  the  very beginning.  During 
the  existing  Greco-Turkish  war Turkey, 
although  supposed  to  be  bankrupt  and 
in  the  last  stages  of  political  decay,  has 
put  300,000  men  in  the  field  without  be­
ing  compelled  to  go  beyond  the  limits 
of  her  regular  military  establishment.

the 

These  facts  show  that  most  of  the 
countries  of  the  world  are  always  pre­
pared  for  emergencies  and  in  the  event 
of  war are  in  a  position  to  strike  quick, 
sharp  blows.  Of  all 
important 
countries,  the  United  States  is  the  least
prepared  for  war.  Our  lack  of  prepa­
ration  does  not  merely 
the 
smallness  of  our  standing  army,  be­
cause,  with  our  large  population,  there 
would  be  no  scarcity  of  men;  but  it 
consists  of  the  almost  total  absence  of  a 
supply  of  efficient  arms and  stores  of  all 
sorts.  We  could  easily  recruit  a  force 
of a  million  men,  but  we  could  not  arm 
a  quarter of  that  number  nor  maintain 
a  large  force.

include 

The  United  States  does  not  need  a 
large  standing  army,  as  the  militia  can 
easily  be  made  to  supply  the  place  of 
the  large  armies  held  in  Europe.  Be­
sides, our population  is  used  to  handling 
arms  and  would  offer an  inexhaustible 
supply  of  men.  This  strength  would 
prove  of  little  practical  value,  however, 
in  the  face  of  the  total  lack  of  all  sorts 
of  supplies,  including  efficient arms.

The  Government  should  at  once  pro­
vide  the  same  arms  now  used  in  the 
army  for  the  entire  militia  and  set 
about  accumulating,  as  speedily  as  pos­
sible,  a  sufficient  reserve  supply of riflts 
to  arm  a  quarter  of  a  million  men. 
With  these arms  and  sufficient  stores  of 
other  kinds 
in  constant  readiness  we 
need  feel  no  apprehensions  on  the  score 
of our  small  standing  army.

There  is  a  citizen  and  property holder 
who  opposes  all  kinds of pavement when 
his  neighbors  are trying to improve their 
streets.  His  name  is  mud.

Enthusiasm  is  the  genius of sincerity.

ADVERTISING  AND  MARGINS.
Among  the  elements  of  cost  to  be 
in  the  placing  of  any  com­
reckoned 
mercial  product  is  that  of  publicity. 
It 
is  a  fact,  patent  to  every  dealer,  that 
this  element  is  an  important  factoi,  in 
many  lines  casting  the  cost  of  produc­
tion  far  into  the  shade and  in  every line 
assuming  sufficient  magnitude  to  re­
quire  consideration.

In  the  case  of  the  staples  of  trade, 
which  are  kept  as  a  matter  of  course  by 
every  dealer,  the  advertising  may  be 
only  of  a  general  character,  such  as  to 
keep  the  dealer  and  bis  line 
in  the 
minds  of  the  people;  yet  there  must  be 
a  considerable of  the  margin  charged  to 
this  account.  Then  there are  all  grada­
tions  from  these  staples  to  specialties 
and  proprietary  articles.  The  cost  of 
this  advertising 
in  some  form,  a 
fairly  constant  factor  in  the  case  of  any 
given  line. 
instances  it  may 
be  largely  paid  in  the  rental  of  an  es­
pecially  good  business  location,  when, 
of  course,  the  variability  as  to  different 
lines  will  be  only  in  the  proportion  to 
the  quantity  sold.  When  a  trade  is 
“ pushed”   the  outlay  will  be  more di 
rect  for  the  different  articles. 
In  either 
case  this  must  be  reckoned  in  the  mar­
gin  to  the  extent  that  the  expense  is 
borne by  the  dealer.

In  some 

is, 

Of  course, the  great  proportion  of  pro­
prietary  articles  are  advertised  by  the 
producers  and  so  the cost  must  be  con­
sidered 
in  determining  the amount  to 
be  paid  by  the  dealer  in  the  purchase. 
There are  all  gradations  in  the  propor­
tion  in  which  this  expense  is  left  to  the 
In  the  case  of  many  the  policy 
dealer. 
of  the  manufacturer 
is  to  do  all  that 
may  be  needed  in  the  way  of  advertis­
ing,  thus  creating  the  demand  which 
makes  his  article  a  necessity  and  re­
ducing  the  dealer’s  margin  in  propor­
tion.

It  is a  matter worthy  of  enquiry  as  to 
the  extent  to  which 
it  is  desirable  to 
carry  the  policy  of  keeping  all  the  pub­
licity 
in  the  hands  of  the  producers, 
with  the  corresponding  reduction  of 
margins.  Where  there 
is  a  free  com­
petition 
in  the  production  of  similar 
articles,  such  a  policy  may  undoubtedly 
be  carried  too  far.  Examples  of  this 
may  be  cited  in  the  case  of  some  of  the 
most  widely  advertised  bicycles. 
In 
some  instances, such  manufacturers  have 
reduced  the  margins  to  such  a  degree 
that they  find  it  impossible  to  maintain 
an  agency  in  many  localities  where 
other  wheels  of  equal  or approximate 
merit  are  being  'pushed.  Of  course,  it 
may  be  presumed  that the manufacturers 
are  satisfied  with  the  results  of  their 
policy,  or  it  would  not  be  maintained, 
but  to  the  casual  observer  it  would seem 
as  through  much  of  the  advertising  is 
wasted  by  the  failure  to  make  the goods 
prominent 
If  a  mar­
gin  could  be  allowed  the dealers  which 
would  warrant  some  attention  to  effect 
sales,  it  would  seem  as  though  the ad­
vertising 
investment  would  be  better 
conserved.

in  local  markets. 

The  same  is  true  in  the  case  of  many 
proprietary  articles  in  the  grocery  and 
drug  trade.  The  policy  of  advertising 
until  there  is  a  demand  which  shall 
force  the  handling  of  an  article at  an 
unreasonably  small  margin  may  be  car­
ried  too  far.  For 
is  a 
great  cry  going  up  on  the  evils  of  sub­
stitution,  which  is  an  inevitable  conse­
quence  of  carrying  the  general  adver­
tising  to  the  extent  of  too great  a  reduc­
tion  in  margins.  With  two  articles  of 
perhaps 
identical  merit,  on  one  of 
which  the  profit  is double  the  other,  it

instance,  there 

is  natural  that  the  thought  of  the  dealer 
will  be  directed  to  the  securing  of  the 
greater  margin.  The  extent  to  which 
substitution  has  been  increased  by  the 
injudicious  reduction  of  margins  on  the 
presumption  of  a  created  demand  is 
much  more  than  is generally considered.
The  judicious  advertiser  of  a  spe­
cialty  will  not  carry  his  investments 
in 
the  securing  of  publicity  to  such  an  ex­
tent  that  he  cannot  have  a  sufficient 
margin  of  profit 
to  secure  the  hearty 
co-operation  of  the  dealer in the pushing 
of  his  wares. 
In many  lines  this  neces­
sity 
is  coming  to  be  realized  and  it  is 
found  desirable  to give every  attention 
and  aid  to  the  local  advertising  that 
is 
possible,  providing  for  the  expense  in 
the  margin  of  profits  in  cases  where  it 
would  not  be  practicable  to  meet  it by 
direct  outlay.

THE SEA  ISLAND  COTTON  CROP.
Reports  from  those  districts 
in  the 
South  where  the  famed  sea  island 
long- 
staple  cotton  is  grown  indicate  that  the 
crop  of  such  cotton  for  the  present  year 
will  fall  from  20 to  30  per  cent,  short  of 
that of last  season.  This  shortage  is  at­
tributed  partly  to  the  unfavorable  start 
the  crop  has  made,  but  mainly  to  the 
unsatisfactory  sale  of  the  last crop.  Last 
year  the  crop  of  sea 
cotton 
reached  105,000 bags,  which  was  about 
the  largest  ever  recorded.  Unfortunate­
ly  the  demand,  which  everybody  had 
supposed  would  be  equal  to  any possible 
production,  did  not  keep  pace  with  the 
increase  in  the  crop ;  hence  there  was  a 
considerable  decline  in  prices,and  there 
still  remains  a  considerable  stock  un­
sold  for  this  period  of  the  year.

island 

figures 

intended  mainly 

The  discovery  that  the  sea  island  cot­
ton  crop  has a  limit,  beyond  which  it  is 
not  safe  to  go,  will  be  considerable  of 
a  surprise  to  the  cotton  trade.  The fact 
is  stranger  when  taken 
in  connection 
with  the knowledge  that  the  imports  of 
Egyptian  cotton  during  1896  were  by 
long  odds  the  largest  on  record,being  in 
equivalent  to  100,00c 
round 
It  was  the  prevailing 
American  bales. 
belief  that  the 
imports  of  Egyptian 
were 
to  supply  the 
deficit 
in  the  production  of  domestic 
long-staple  cotton  compared  with  the 
demand.  The  fact  that  Egyptian  im­
ports  have  largely  increased  in  the  face 
of  a  sea  island  crop  apparently 
in  ex­
seem  to 
cess  of  requirements  would 
show  that  the  demand  for  Egyptian 
is 
based  upon  something  else  than  the  ne­
cessity  for  supplying  a  deficit  in  the 
home  production  of  long-staple  cotton.
It  is  possible  that  the  cost  of  Egyptian 
being  lower than  sea  island  may  be  an 
inducement,  and,  if  this 
is  the  case, 
there  is  no alternative  except to produce 
the domestic  long-staple  cotton  so as  to 
sell 
in  competition  with  the  lower- 
priced  Egyptian. 
If  lower  cost  is  not 
the  true  explanation  of  the  large  impor­
tations  of  Egyptian,  then  it  must  be ad­
mitted  that  there  is  a  special  demand 
for  the  foreign  cotton  for  some  particu­
lar  descriptions  of  manufactures. 
In 
that  case  the 
importations  would  not 
represent  actual  competitibn  with  do­
mestic  cotton,  as  was  feared  by  some 
might  be  the  explanation.

it 

The  advertising  for  Mark  Twain’s 
new  book  has  now  commenced  in  good 
earnest and  on  the  most  elaborate  plan. 
Three  days  in  the  week  the  humorist  is 
reported  in  the  best  of  health  in London 
and  on  the  ether  four days several physi­
cians  are  reported  at  his  bedside  hold­
ing  him  back  from  death's  door.

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

9

FOUNDATION OF HUMAN LIBERTY
Man  is  popularly  supposed  to  be  de­
voted  to  personal  freedom,  and  to  de­
sire,  above  all  things,  emancipation 
from  control,  and  it  is  a common  notion 
that  in  his  primitive  state  he resists and 
abhors  all  government  and  all  restraint 
upon  the  independence  of  his  actions.
The  facts  of  history  show  that  this 

is 
mostly  a  delusion  and  that  human  be­
ings,  so  far  from  possessing  and  prac­
ticing  any 
innate  and  unconquerable 
love  of  liberty,  never seem  to tire of  en­
acting 
laws  and  creating  restrains  for 
the  govenment  and  regulation  of  their 
own  conduct.  No  sooner  is  man  aware 
that  he  possesses  a  certain 
individual 
liberty  than  he  immediately takes meas­
ures  to  barter 
it  away  or  otherwise  to 
dwarf  and  mutilate  it.

History  shows  that  all  the  primitive 
peoples,  when  the  first  records  disclose 
any  information  concerning  them,  were 
suffering  under  the  bondage  of  despo­
tism  or absolutely  in  a  state  of  slavery, 
and 
it  has  taken  thousands  of  years  of 
effort  by  the  best  of  them  to  secure  any 
freedom  worth  the  name,  while  even  to 
this  day  there  is  not  a  race  in  Asia  or 
Africa  that  has  any  reasonable  concep­
tion  of  what 
liberty  and  constitutional 
governments  are.

These  remarkable 

conditions  must 
be  explained  upon  the  fact  that  the peo­
ple  generally  have  been  indifferent  to 
their  liberty,  since  what  the  masses  of 
the  people  earnestly  and  unitedly  desire 
they  have  always  been  able  to  secure, 
and  since  they  that  enslave  the  masses 
are always  in  a small minority compared 
to  those  who  are  kept  in  subjection  it  is 
plain  that  in  every  case  the  people  have 
consented  to  their  own  enslavement.

idea  of  government 

The  fact  seems  to be  that an  innate 
love  of  liberty  for  liberty’s  own  sake 
is 
possessed  by  few.  Probably  the  most 
desirable 
in  the 
opinion  of  the greatest  numbers  of  the 
people  would  be  a  system  which  would 
protect,  feed,  clothe  and  house  them  all 
without  requiring  any  exertion 
from 
any  one.  Most  governments  which 
have  grown 
into  powerful  despotisms
enslaving  the  people,  started  on  the 
paternal  system  of  caring for everybody.
The  chief  incentive  to  liberty  is  am­
bition.  The  more  men  there  are  who 
want to  rule,  the  more  liberty  there  will 
be.  Such  men  are  revolutionists.  They 
are  constantly  opposed  to  the  ruling 
powers  and  by  this  means  despotism  in 
rulers  is  checked.  Where  there  are  no 
such  revolutionists  the  people  are  con­
tent  to  live 
in  subjection.  But  these 
active opposers  of  despotism  are  not  so 
from  any 
love  of  liberty.  Their  only 
object 
is  to  drag  down  those  in  power 
and  to  occupy  their  places.  With  very 
few  exceptions,  when  the  revolutionists 
get  to the  head  of  affairs,  their  rule 
is 
just  as  oppressive  as  was  that  of  those 
they  ousted.

Nevertheless,  this  restless  revolution­
ary  ambition 
is  the  chief  means  by 
which  human  liberty  has  been  devel­
oped,  and,  therefore, 
it  must  be  wel­
comed  as  a  blessing.  The  fact  that 
every  native-born  American  man  may 
aspire  to  the  highest  office  in  the  Gov­
ernment  of  his  country  and  finds  no 
legal  bar  to  his promotion has a powerful 
effect  in  maintaining  a  state  of 
indivi­
dual  political  competition  which  is  the 
mainstay  of  human 
If  there 
were  no  popular elections;  if rotation  in 
office  were  impossible;  if,  under dynas­
tic  institutions  or  civil  service  laws,  all 
the  public  offices  in  the  United  States 
were  reserved  for members of  a particu­
lar  family  or of a  social  class,  all  popu­

liberty. 

interest 

lar 
in  public  affairs  would  be 
dwarfed,  if  not  entirely  lost,  and  the 
only  hope  for  liberty  would  be  in  the 
efforts  of  the  revolutionists  to overturn 
such  a  system  of  government.

Probably  the  indifference  to  human 
freedom  in  this  great  republic  and 
in 
this  enlightened  age  is  most  strikingly 
displayed  in  the  willingness  with  which 
people  place  their  public  affairs  in  the 
hands  of  political 
jobbers  and  in  the 
power  of  corporation  monopolies.  Many 
free  citizens  who  should  consider  it  a 
duty  to  exert  themselves  to  have  honest 
and  capable  men  put  into  public  office 
actually  refuse  to  go  to  the  polls  or  to 
take  any part  in  political  affairs,  caring 
not  how  or by  whom  the  Government  is 
conducted.

It  has been  said  with  much  truth  that 
in  political 
there  would  be  no  interest 
affairs,  or 
in  popular  elections,  but  for 
the  exertions  of  the  candidates  *who 
want  the  offices  and  of  their  followers 
who  expect  to get  paying  places  under 
them.  Then  the  people  submit,  with­
out  making  an  opposition  worth  the 
mention,  to  have  their  water  supply, 
their  light  supply,  their  air  supply, 
their  sanitary  service  and  every  other 
public  function  sold  out  by  the  political 
jobbers  to  private  monopolies,  and  they 
witness  with  patience 
the  various 
branches  of  commerce  and  industry  that 
deal  in  the  necessaries of life,  controlled 
by  private  corporate  monopolies.

Not 

less  strange 

is  the  fact  that  the 
masses  of  the  population,  the  work­
people,  will  voluntarily  place  them­
selves 
in  subjection  to  organizations 
which  dictate  to  them  concerning  their 
labor  and  which  can  order any and every 
man  to  quit  work  and  abandon  his  only 
means  of  support  because some  individ­
ual  worker  happens  to  have a  contro­
versy  with  some  individual  employer. 
The  subjection  of  workingmen  to  their 
trades  unions 
just  as  abject  as  are 
any  of the  other  sorts  of  voluntary  slav­
ery  mentioned  above,  so that  apparently 
the  liberty  which  is  most  used  by  peo­
ple  in  this  enlightened  age  of  freedom 
is  the  liberty  to  abandon  nearly  all their 
personal  rights  to  some sort of control.

is 

The  Medical  Record  quotes 

Of  course,  there  have  been  and  are 
still  many  individuals  who  are  devoted 
to  liberty  and  to  free  institutions  for 
liberty’s  sake;  but  it  must  be  said  that 
this  is  not  the  case  with  the  masses  of 
mankind.  True  freedom  hangs  heavy 
on  their  hands  and  they  hasten  to  get 
rid  of  it  in  every  way  they possibly can.
some 
statistics  on  the  morphine  habit  from  a 
work  recently  published  in  Paris.  From 
this  it  would  seem  that  morphinomania 
is  most  prevalent  in  Germany,  France 
and  the  United  States,  although  it  has 
victims  in  Russia,  Sweden,  Turkey  and 
the  remote  East.  Statistics  show  that 
the  medical  profession  supplies  40  per 
cent,  of  the  male  morphinists,  which 
is  the  largest  proportion;  after  which 
leisure,  15  per  cent.  ; 
follow  men  of 
merchants,  8  per  cent.  ;  while  peasants, 
clergymen  and  politicians  occupy  the 
lowest  positions  numerically  on 
the 
list.  Among  the  females  addicted  to 
the  habit,  the  largest  number,  43  per 
cent.,  are  women  of  means,  and  these 
are  followed  in  number by  the  wives  of 
medical  men,  who  make  up  10  percent, 
of  the  list. 
It  is  said  that  there  are  en­
tire  villages  in  Germany  whose 
inhabi­
tants  are all  addicted  to  the  use  of  the 
drug,  but  the  general  belief  that  the 
morphine  habit 
is  more  extensively 
practiced 
in  any  other 
city 
is  contradicted.  Morphinomania 
occurs  with  the  greatest  frequency  be­
tween  the ages  of  25  and  45  years.

in  Paris  than 

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W e  are  prepared  to  place  agencies  for 
either or  both  6f  these  brands in  towns 
where 
these  goods  are  not  already 
handled.  W e  solicit  correspondence 
with  the 
trade,  either  on  these  goods 
or on anything else  in  the  grocery  line, 
confident  that  we  are  in  a  position  to 
give  the  trade  as  good  value  as  any
house  in  the country,  quality considered.
W e  also  call  special  attention  to our 
Ideal  Cheese,  which is the favorite brand 
with  many  dealers.  The  output  of  the 
factory has been  increased  to  that extent 
that  we  expect  to  be  able  to  keep  our 
trade  constantly  supplied  with 
this 
brand.

Clark-Jewell- 
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W om an’s W orld
Innate  Selfishness  o f  the  Engaged 

Girl.

There  is  much  food  for  reflection  and 
a  world  of  suggestion  in  the  report  that 
comes  from  a  small  Ohio  town  about an 
engaged  girl,  whose  mother  offered  to 
give  her  $1,000 
if  she  would  only  go 
quietly  off  and  get  married,  without 
saying  anything  about  it.  To  any  one 
whose  painful  privilege  it  has  ever been 
to  live  in  the  house  with  a  girl  in  love, 
and  to  assist— in  the  French  sense—at 
the  wedding,  the  price  must seem  ridic­
ulously  low.  To  be  delivered  from  the 
everlasting  spooning,  to be  freed  from 
the  hurry  and  worry  and  flurry  about 
clothes;  to" escape  the awful  responsibil­
ity  of  the  invitations,  and  deciding  who 
is  to  be asked  to  the  house  and  who  to 
the  church—to buy  exemption  from  all 
these  tribulations  for  a  thousand  paltry 
dollars 
is  to  get  a  regular  marked- 
down,  special  sale  bargain  in  luxury.

Cynics  have  observed  that  a  family  is 
habitually  much  more  cheerful  at  a 
daughter’s  wedding  than  a  son’s.  This 
is,  doubtless,  accounted  for  by  the  fact 
that  by  the  time  a  girl  is  ready to march 
to  the  altar  her 
immediate  relatives 
have  been  through  such  an  ordeal  they 
are 
reconciled  to  anything  that  has 
promise  of  peace  in  it,  and  are  buoyed 
up  with  the  prospect  of  being  able to 
resume  their  accustomed  way of  living.
There  is  nothing  else  under heaven  as 
self-satistied  and  selfish  as  an  engaged 
girl.  She  is  not  only perfectly convinced 
that  she  and  Tom  are  the  center  of  the 
universe,  about  which  everything  else 
revolves,  but  she  expects  everyone  else 
to  recognize  it.  She  calmly appropriates

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

in 

the  house. 
If  you  want  to  receive  a 
caller,  she  and  Tom  are  spooning  in 
the  parlor;  when  her  father  wants  to 
write  a  letter,  he  has  to  retire  from  the 
library  with  a  confused  apology  to  two 
people  who  regard  him  with  baleful 
looks  as  an 
intruder.  You  run  over 
them  on  the  steps  and  stumble  against 
them 
the-  hall  when  you  .try  to 
shut  up  the  house  at  night,  and  if  you 
dare  to  enter a  protest,  Mamie  tells  you 
that  she  is  perfectly  aware  that  she  and 
Tom  are  the  first  people  in  the  history 
of  the  world  who  ever  really,  truly,  un­
alterably  loved.

is  neither a  hero  nor  a  genius. 

The  rest  of  the  family,  not  being 
keyed  up  to  this  pitch  of  sentiment, 
find  it  a  little  wearing  on  their  nerves. 
In  Tom  they  see  only  a  plain,  every­
day  sort  of  a  fellow,  who  will  do  his 
best  to  make  Mamie  happy,  and  pay 
her bills, but  to  their  dispassionate  gaze 
he 
In 
the  sublime  egotism  of  love  Mamie  de­
mands  that  every  one  shall  see  him  as 
she  does,  and  she  feels  that  she  is  mis­
understood,  and  unappreciated,  and 
sheds  bitter  tears  over the  snort  of  de­
rision  with  which  her  father  receives 
Tom’s  opinion,  when  she  brings  it forth 
as  a  sort  of  ultimatum  that  must  settle 
any question.

Then  comes  the  momentous  period  of 
preparation  for  the  wedding,  and-the 
universe  trembles  in  the  balance  while 
she  decides  whether  she  will  have  a 
church  wedding,  or be  married  at  home 
under  a  floral  design  in  the  back  par­
lor,  and  while  she  makes  up  her  mind 
as  to  the  number  of  bridesmaids  and 
what  they  shall  wear.  Then  ensues a 
| wild  and  chaotic  time,  full  of  confusion 
and  dressmakers,  and  bridesmaids  and 
arguments  with  mamma,  and  protests 
from  papa  about  the  bills,  and  general

If  we  read 

irritability  and  temper. 
It  is  a  time 
that  she always  remembers  afterwards, 
and  that  all  her  family  recall,  as  a  kind 
of  nightmare,  from  which  she  emerges 
a  married  woman,  the  possessor of more 
clothes  than  she  needs  and  nervous 
prostration.  Nine girls  out  of  ten  never 
look  so  ugly  in  their  lives  as  they  do, 
when  worn  and  wearied  with  all  this 
fuss  and  flurry  they  maich  to  the  altar 
in  the  bridal  finery  for  which  they  have 
paid  so  dearly. 
It  seems  the  greatest 
pity  that  Americans  can  never learn that 
there 
is  a  double  standard  for every­
thing  in  life.  But  we  don’t  find  it  out. 
We  want  to  do  everything  precisely 
alike. 
in  the  papers  that 
Miss  Coupon,  the heir  to  millions,  wore 
a  white  satin  gown  with  a  trail  a  mile 
long  when  she  married  Mr.  Bullion,also 
the  possessor  of  njillions,  we  all  feel 
that  every  other’s  daughter  of  us  had 
better  live and  die an  old  maid  than  be 
wed  in  anything  that  wasn't at  least  an 
imitation  of  that  splendor. 
is  all 
right  for  the  woman  who  has  only  to 
give  an  order and  write  a  check  to  have 
as  fine a  trousseau  as  she  likes. 
It  is 
one  of  the  good  things  her money  buys 
her.  But 
is  another  story,  and  a 
different  one,  when  a  poor girl,  in order 
to  wear  white  satin  and  orange  blos­
soms,  for  a  quarter of  an  hour,  imposes 
hardships  and  pinching  and  scrimping 
on  her  family  to  pay  for  it.

It 

it 

It  may  be  safely  set  down  that  the 
desire  for  a  display  wedding  always 
originates  with  the bride.  No  man  ever 
wanted  to  be  dragged  up  a  long  church 
aisle,  the  target  for  the  criticisms  of his 
dear five  hundred  friends.  He  realizes 
at  the best  he  is  but a  pitiable figure,  or 
rather that  he  cuts  no  figure  at  all,  and 
serves  only  as an  excuse for the wedding 
and  the  bride’s  dress. 
It  is  probably

necessary  to  have  a  bridegroom  at  a 
swell  wedding,  but  if  he  should  be  ac­
cidentally  forgotten,  I  am  confident  that 
in  the  interest  in  the bride’s  gown,  and 
the bridesmaids,  and  the  picture  hats, 
or  shepherds’  crooks,  or  whatever  was 
the  distinguishing  feature  of  the  wed­
ding,  “ he  never  would  be  missed.”  
I 
don’t  believe  there  are  a  dozen  men  ex­
tant  who  would  not  prefer  to  be  quietly 
married  at  home  or go  to  church  with 
only  a  witness  or  two,  and  there  plight 
their  vows.  The  masculine  horror  of  a 
swell,  display  wedding 
is  one  of  the 
answers  to  the  query :  “ Why  don’t  men 
marry?”  
If  a  man  could  just  take  his 
best  girl  and  step  around  to  the  parson,’ 
there  would  be  a  boom  in  the  matri­
monial  market.

life. 

In  all  good  truth 

it  does  seem  that 
nowhere  else  in  the  world  is  there  more 
need  for a  few  enlightened  rays  of  com­
mon  sense  than  right  here.  The  rich 
are  a  law  unto  themselves.  Let  them 
marry  and  give 
in  marriage  as  they 
let  the  poor  man  and  his 
choose,  but 
bride  sit  down  and  think  before  they 
plunge  into  the  folly  of a swell wedding, 
for  marriage  is  not  the  end,  but  the  be­
ginning  of  real 
I  have  known  a 
young  couple,  where  the  bride’  was  the 
daughter  of  people  in  moderate  circum­
stances,  and  the  groom  a  young  fellow 
on  a  salary,  who  had  his  own  way  to 
make,  who  were  almost  ruined  by  the 
idiotic  vanjty  of  the  girl’s  desire  to  be 
married  after  the  manner  of  the  rich 
and  fashionable.  On  the  white  satin 
gown  and  veil,  on  church  decorations  or 
flowers,  and bouquets,  and souvenir  pins 
for  the  attendants,  and  cari rages,  and 
the  wedding  breakfast, was spent  enough 
to  have  furnished  them  a  cosy  cottage. 
The  brides  of  poor  young  book-keepers 
do  not,  as  a  rule,  have  any  pressing

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need  for  white  satin  gowns,  and  so  the 
expensive  dress  was  never  worn  again. 
Worse  than  that,  it  became  a  regular 
incubus,  a  terror  to  take  care  of.  She 
was  always 
looking  for  a  place  to  put 
the  voluminous  package  it  made,  and 
the  first  desideratum  in  moving  into  a 
new  house  or  taking  board  was  always 
a  place  to  stow  it  away.

“ It  was  perfectly  dreadful,”   she  con­
fessed  to  me,  “ and  the  presents  became 
a  perfect  nightmare.  You  know  every­
body  had  sent  us  things  because  we sent 
out  so  many  invitations,  and  of  course 
they  all  had  to  be  returned.  Somehow 
it  always  came  about  so  inconveniently. 
Just  as  sure as  there  was  sickness  or  we 
had  saved  up  a  little  to  ha.ve  a  treat,  or 
buy a  coveted  piece  of  furniture,  some­
body  had  to  get  married,  and  we  had  to 
send  them  a  wedding  present.  There 
were  times  when  we  had  to  actually 
deny  ourselves  things  we  needed  be­
cause  we  were  vulgarly 
in  debt  for  a 
present.  Wasn’t  it  awful?”

There 

is  something  pathetic  in  the 
way  we  make  trouble  for  ourselves,  and 
burden  ourselves  with  unnecessary cares 
and  burdens.  Uncounted  generations 
of  women  have  made  martyrs  of  them­
selves,  stitching,  stitching away for  dear 
life on  a  girl’s  wedding  finery,  making 
up  dozens  and  dozens  of  articles  that 
were  put  away  to  mildew  and  rot  and 
be  stolen,  and  all  this  in  the  face  of  the 
fact  that  the  world  is going  on  as  usual, 
in  spite  of  the  fact  that  Mamie  Jones 
married  Tom Smith.  One  would like  to 
say  to  these  overburdened  little brides 
that  this 
is  not  the  last  opportunity 
there  will  be  to  buy  clothing.  Business 
will  continue  to  be  carried  on  at  the 
same  old  stand,  and  you  will  continue 
to  take an  interest  in  the  bargain  coun­
ter.  Don’t  let  your  last  days  at  home 
as  a  girl  be  a  memory  of  turmoil  and 
labor, and nerves and  worry  over  clothes. 
After  you  are  married  you  will  know 
that  this  time  should  have been the most 
precious  of  all  your life,  when  you  were 
tasting  for  the  last  time  the  sweets  of 
home  affection  and  tenderness  with  no 
intervening  presence,  and  the  clinging 
mother-love  that  grows  so  wistful  as  it 
realizes  that  it  is  giving  up to a stranger 
what has  been  so  dear  and  near.  Don’t 
start  your  new  life  with  debts,  or  with 
appearances  you  cannot  afford,  and  then 
when  the time  comes  for you  to be  mar­
ried,  just  go  off quietly,  like  the  Ohio 
girl,  and  get  married  without  saying 
anything  about  it.  So  shall  your  family 
and friends  rise  up  and  call you blessed.

D o roth y  D ix .

Sunbeam s  from   Cucum bers.

Extracting  sunbeams  from  cucumbers 
is  not  likely  to  commend 
itself  as  a 
business  idea  to  any  one  who  knows  the 
difference  between  the  one  and 
the 
other. 
It  is  not  easy  to  find  a  man  who 
looks  for  sap  in  a  knitting  needle,  soap 
in  a  walnut  or  feathers  on  an  oystei,  but 
the  gentleman  is  by  no  means  a  curios­
ity  who  is  expecting  what  he  never  gets 
inconsistent  and  un­
from  sources  as 
reasonable  as  looking  for  a  solar  ray 
in 
the  skin  of  a  cucumber.  We  make  a 
mistake  of  this  kind  when  we  expect  a 
five  dollar  bill  to  blow 
in  at  a  back 
door,  or  some  unknown  person  to  do  for 
us  what  we  will  not  do  for  ourselves. 
As  a  general  thing,  dollars  are  not  so 
familiar as  flies,  nor  are  our boots  paid 
for,  our  rent  bill  settled  or the  coal  shed 
filled  by  freaks  of  fortune.

The  rule  with  most  of  us  is  that  we 
must  catch  or  buy  a  fish  before  we  fry 
it  and  pay  or  promise  to  pay  for  pota­
toes  or  herring  before  we  can  peel  the

They 

one  or  pick  the  bones  of  the other.  Yet 
there  are  men  to  be  found  here  and 
there  and  everywhere  who  claim  this 
exceptional  privilege. 
spend 
more  than  they  can  earn  and  loaf  as 
often  and  long  as  they  please  and  sleep 
soundly  on  the  delusion  that  somehow 
or  other  the  cucumber  will  warm up like 
a  tropical  sun  and  illuminate a  lazy or 
wasteful  life  as  a  match  would  a  wood­
pecker’s  nest  or  a  Davy  lamp  the corner 
of  a  coal  pit.  The  idea  that  good  luck, 
fortune  or  whatever  you  may  please  to 
call 
it  will  find  a  plum  for  an  open 
mouth  or an  empty  basket  is  something 
ludicrous,  but 
it  finds  hat  room  where 
good  sense  has  failed  to  rent  even  the 
ground  floor.

It 

It 

is  more  pleasant  to dream  than  to 
work  and  to  have  visions  than  to  lose 
perspiration  in  labor.  The same  may  be 
said  of  such  of  us  as  are  looking  for 
contentment  or  happiness  where  we  fail 
to  carry  it.  A  man  with  a  moderate 
competence  who 
is  crusty  and  discon­
tented 
in  spite  of a  fair  income,  three 
meals  a  day and  a  warm  stove  when  bis 
toes  are  cold  flatters  himself  that  a 
change  in  his  circumstances  will  cure 
his  temper  and  remove  his  meanness. 
His  corns  will  vanish  in  a  new  pair  of 
boots,  a change of  cage will make a  can­
ary  of  a  sparrow  and  a  gentleman  of  a 
porcine. 
If  he  can  but  get  this  or  that, 
it  may  be  an  income  without  work,  the 
landlordship  of  a  farm,  a  mill  or  a 
mansion,  a  piano,  a  buggy,  or  his  pic­
ture  in  a  local  paper,  henceforth  all  will 
be  well,  and  what  has  been  as  full  of 
meanness  and  misery  as  a  hollow  tooth 
or a  mad wasp will be forever eliminated 
from  his  biography.  He  makes  a  mis­
take.  He  finds  out  that  he  carries  him­
into  everything  he  gets  and  every­
self 
where  he  goes. 
is  the  same  man, 
whether  he  dines  on  herring  or  venison, 
drinks blue  milk  or  red  wine  in  a  house 
of  marble  or  a  shell  of  slabs,  has  a 
diamond  stud 
in  his  linen  or  a  shirt 
minus  a  button.  Comforts  and  luxuries 
may  be  thick  and  warm  as  feathers  on 
a  goose,  and  many  privations  and  dis­
comforts  inseparable  from  comparative 
poverty  may  be  as  remote  as  the  north 
pole 
is  from  the  equator.  All  this  is 
possible,  but  the other is impossible,  and 
it  is 
in  the  daily  observation  and  ex­
perience  of  most  men  that  a  monkey  at 
the  top  of  a  tree  is  the  same  animal  he 
was  at  the bottom. 
is  only  a  change 
in  position,  but  none  in  the  tail  of  the 
ape.  Where  such  a  man  thinks  to  be­
come a  Gabriel,  he  discovers  only  Tom 
Brown.  He  has  sliced  the  cucumber, 
but  missed  the  sunbeam.  The  same may 
be  said  of  men  who  are  losing  flesh  and 
sleep  in  looking  for  happiness  in  fame. 
Their  ideal  is  notoriety.  The  top  rail 
of  the  fence  is  the  doorstep  of  paradise. 
While 
is  all  right  for  every  man  to 
make  the  best  of  his  talents,  as  an  in­
ventor,  an  engineer,  a  business  man,  a 
mayor,  a  scribe  or  a  poet,  he  mistake 
his  mission  and  practically  revokes  bis 
if  all  be  seeks  or  cares  for  is 
destiny 
is  better  to be a  plain  daisy 
fame. 
It 
than  a  button-hole  for a  rose,  and 
it  is 
no  wonder that  so  many  ambitious  men 
find  out  when  it  is  too  late  that  the  cu­
cumber  was  minus  the  sunbeam  and 
that  even  a  genius  can  be  a  fool.  The 
in  what  a  man 
fact  is,  that 
hath,  but 
is  that  he  finds 
either  happiness or honor.  The  man  in 
the  saddle  is  always  the  same,  no  mat­
ter  where  the  horse  carries  him.

is  not 
in  what  he 

It 

it 

it 

F r e d   W o o d ro w .

The  Bermudas  export  over  17,000.000 

pounds  of  onions  annually.

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Petting  the  People
C heap  Advertising  Not  Always 

the 

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

for  advertising 

Like  painting  or  sculpture,  advertis­
ing  is  an  art,  distinctive.  The  primary 
object  of  advertising  is  to  secure  the at­
tention  of  the  buyer  to  whatever  the 
seller  may  have  to  offei,  thus  leading 
the  public  to  the  latter’s  place  of  busi­
ness.  The  most  frequently  used  avenue, 
and  properly  so, 
is 
through  the  newspapers.  Yet,  in  this 
age—which  has  established  the  fact  that 
advertising  is  the  soul  and  main  spring 
of  business—every  legitimate  method 
must  be  utilized  to  secure  trade.  Some 
of  these  methods 
in  popular  use  are 
unique  but  cheap  and,  as  to  results,  ex­
tremely  unprofitable.  For  instance,  the 
use  of  a  paster  on  the  back  of  a  silver 
dollar  which  says,  “ This  silver  dollar 
will  be  accepted  by  Reliable  &  Co.  for 
$1.05  worth  of  groceries  or  dry  good.”  
This,  at  the  fust  glance  would  seem  to 
be  a  catchy  scheme,  but,  on  second 
thought,  the  careful  business  man  will 
recognize  the  fact  that  lots  of  people 
would  feel  a  certain  embarrassment 
if 
compelled  to  present  such  money  in 
payment  for  goods  in  order  to  make  the 
5  per  cent,  discount.  The  best  custom­
ers  do  not  desire  to  secure  something 
for  nothing  in  such  a  bare-faced  man­
ner—they  have  no  wish  to  receive  char­
ity.

I  picked 

Not  long  ago,  my  attention  was  at­
tracted  by  a  red  piece  of  paper  about 
the  size of  an  envelope  which  stared  at 
me  from  the  walk  in  front  of  my  resi­
dence. 
it  up  and  read  that 
ancient  and  musty  legend,“ Do you wear 
pants?  Have  them  cleaned  and  pressed 
at  Nowrinkles.”   Once  in  a  while  I  like 
to  have  my  clothes  pressed;  so  does 
every  man. 
I  could  not  argue  the point 
— it  is  a  self-evident  proposition.  Un­
doubtedly, had  I  seen  this  in the columns 
of  some  bright,  newsy  journal,  old  as 
the  remark  is,  it  might  have  struck  me 
forcibly  and  favorably,  inducing  me  to 
give  Mr.  Nowrinkle  a  share  of  my  pat­
ronage.  As  it  was,  1  decided,  from  the 
style  of  advertising,  that  it  was  a  cheap 
“ one-horse’ 'concern.  That  settled  it— 
it  received  none  of  my  custom.

These  are but  instances demonstrating 
what 
incalculable  harm  “ cheap”   fake 
advertising  can  accomplish.  Yet  some 
of  the  otherwise  brightest  merchants  in 
the  country  fall  victims  to  such  played- 
out  schemes.  Hundreds  and  thousands 
of  dollars  are  expended  annually  for ad­
vertising  in  hotel  registers,  hotel  blot­
ters,  programmes,  etc.,  which  is  worse 
than  being  thrown  away.  Why  should 
a  grocer  expect  trade  from  guests  at  a 
hotel?  Who  thinks  of  reading an  adver­
tisement 
in  a  programme  at  the  theater 
for  the  purpose  of  deciding  on  the best 
place to  purchase  a  coal  stove?

On  the  other  hand,  when  I  receive 
my  number of  Munsey’s  or  the  Cosmo­
politan  I  derive  pleasure and  profit from 
carefully  reading  the  advertisements. 
Why?  Because  1  know  the management 
of  Munsey’s  charges  the  advertiser a net 
rate  of $350  pei  page,  while  the  Cosmo­
politan  receives  something 
like  $300 
for  the  same  space.  And  then,  again,  I 
know  that  these  publications  go  into 
thousands  of  homes  and  reach  millions 
of  buyers.  This,  naturally,  forces  the 
conclusion  that,  if over  a million  people 
read  these  magazines,  together  with  the 
fact  of  the correspondingly large amount 
charged  for  space,  the  firms  advertising

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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therein  must  be  responsible  and  their 
goods  the  best.

A  further  illustration  of  the  error  of 
“ cheap”   advertising  may  be  seen  in  a 
incident  which  occurred  not  very 
little 
long  since. 
I  was  engaged  in  an  inter­
view  with  the  general  manager  of  a 
large  dry  goods  establishment  when  the 
advertising  manager  stepped 
into  the 
office  and  submitted  the  advertisements 
of  the  firm,  which were  to  appear  in  two 
newspapers  simultaneously.  Incidental­
ly,  1  learned  that  in  one  journal  the  ex­
pense  of  the  advertisement  was  $75, 
while  the  other  was  only  $25.  The head 
of  the  firm  evinced  especial  satisfaction 
with  the  “ bargain”   which  his  adver 
tising  manager  had  secured  in  obtain­
ing  the  same  amount  of  space  for the 
same  number  of 
issues,  in  the  papei 
charging  only  $25,  as  against  the  one 
charging  $75.  Upon  enquiry,  I  learned 
that  the  paper  charging  $25  had  a  cir­
culation  of  some 6,000  copies,  while  the 
paper  charging  three  times  that  amount 
enjoyed  a  circulation  of  over  250,000. 
Thanks  to  the  enlightenment  of  the age, 
such  benighted  instances  are  rare,  still 
they  occur.  A  child  could  divine  that 
this  “ bargain”   was  a  costly investment.
I  am,  however,  not  an  advocate  of 
newspaper  and  periodical  advertising 
channels  only.  Of  course,  different 
lines  of  merchandise  require  different 
methods  of  advertising;  but  judicious 
advertising,  in  whatever  direction  pub­
licity  is  sought,  does  not  consist  in  so- 
called  “ cheap”   advertising.  The  meth­
ods  and  mediums  through  which  the 
public  is sought  to be  reached  must  be 
up-to-date  and  absolutely  reliable.  Tell 
the  people,  in  plain  English,  the  rea­
son  "w hy”   they  ought to  patronize  your 
place  of  business  and  be  very  careful 
never  to  say  anything  which  may,  in 
any  possible  manner,  be  made  to  reflect 
upon  your  honesty  or  reliability;  and 
never  say  anything  which  might  be con­
strued  as  an  impossibility.

Next  to the  selection  of  your  medium 
and  methods,  comes  the  styles,  space, 
and  location.  Who  has  not  seen  and 
been  induced  to  read  the advertisements 
of  the  Royal  Baking  Powder  people? 
They  look  on  advertising  as  an  invest­
ment,  and  appreciate  a  good  space  on 
the  front  page  of  your daily,  are  willing 
to  pay  for  it,  and  invariably  secure  the 
desired  results.  And,  by  the  way,  see 
how  Hood’s  Sarsaparilla,  Carter's  Little 
Liver  Pills,  Pitcher’s  Castoria,  Scott’s 
Emulsion  and 
lots  of  other advertise­
ments  of  the  sort  loom  up  before  you. 
These  people  know  that  careful,  con­
tinuous  advertising  is  a  mine  of  wealth, 
even  if  they  do  spend over  a  round  mil­
lion  each  year  to  get  the best  space  in 
the  best  medium.  Take a  look  at  your 
monthly  magazines  and  you  will  find 
their  advertisements  hit  the  right  spot 
-both  attractive  and  to  the  point. 
Glance  over  the  columns  of  your  daily 
newspaper;  you  cannot  avoid  seeing 
and  reading  such  advertisements—no 
Cheap  John  about  them.  They  appeal 
to  reason,  common  sense,  economy  and 
everything  else  desirable  to  be  gained 
hy  publicity. 
They  point  out  the 
“ what’s,”   the  “ why’s,”   the  “ where­
fore’s. ”   1  might  say,  with  truth,  that
the  pure,  decisive  clean-cut  language 
of  such  advertising  almost  forces  you  to 
admit  the  necessity  of  purchasing  these 
particular  goods  whether or  not  you  are 
in  need  of  them.

Finally,  if  your business  and financial 
investment 
circumstances  preclude  the 
of  a  million  dollars  annually 
in  adver­
tising,  your  hundred  or  thousand  dol­
lars 
investment  may  be  made  corres 
pondingly  profitable  if  placed  with  the 
same  care  and  attention  to  details  that 
you  would  use  in  the  transaction  of  any 
other  business.  M.  Louis  O’K o o n e.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

13

JANE  CRAGIN.

Cyrus  T urns  the  Tables  on  His  Wily 

Partner.

‘ 'that  you  are 

“ I  think,  Cy,”   remarked  Jane  after 
a  brief  silence, 
the 
strangest  man  I  ever  saw.  Wbat’s got 
into  you  lately?  A  month  ago 
it  was 
Mrs.  Willowby,  and  now  you  are  head 
over  heels 
in— it  can’t  be  love—with 
Miss  Marchland,  and  at  the  same  time 
you  are  carrying  on  a  tremendous  side- 
1 
business  with  Miss  Mac  Donald. 
never  fancied  you  were that  kind  of  a 
fellow. 
it  the  altitude,  do  you  sup­
pose?”

Is 

“ When  you  are  in  Rome  you  must  do 
as  the  Romans  do,  Jane.  Besides,  we 
didn’t  have  these  ladies  in  Milltown, 
and  one  never  knows  what’s  in  him  un­
til  circumstances  put  him  to  the  test. 
If  either  of  these  had  been 
in  Mrs. 
Willowby’s  place,  I  don’t  believe  I 
should  have  been  quite  so  ready  to  start 
for  Colorado.  Do  you  know,  Jane,  I 
should 
just  like  to  see  Marjory  pull  on 
the  lines  behind  Spanker.  Wouldn’t 
she  make  him  spin!  and  wouldn’t  he 
like  to  feel  the touch  of  her  firm 
little 
hands  on  the  reins!  My!  but  she  looked 
stunning  last  night  when  we  were  driv­
ing  home. 
than  we 
thought,  and  when  I  told  her  what  time 
it  was,  she  touched  the  ponies  with  the 
whip  and  they  fairly  flew.  Talk  about 
the  starlight!  Her  eyes  outshone  them 
all;  but  for  all  that,  I  couldn’t  help 
wandering  whether  Miss  Mac  Donald 
wouldn’t  have  been  a  trifle  prettier 
with  that—O,  what  kind  of  a  way  is 
it, 
Jane,  when  she  looks  up  into  your  face 
and  you  feel  as  if  you  weren’t  doing 
your duty unless  you  bent  right  over and 
kissed  her!”

It  was 

later 

“ Now  see  here,  Cy,  you’ve  gone 
about  far  enough. 
It’s  been  on  my 
mind  for  several  days  to  have  a  talk 
with  you  about  this  very  thing,  and  I 
might 
just  as  well  have  it  now  as  any 
time.  What  do  you  think  you  are doing? 
You  can’t  make  me  believe  that  in  the 
little  time  you’ve been  here  you  are  so 
far gone  that  you  can’t tell  which  of  the 
two  girls  you  like best—or  is  it three? 
It’s  a  wonder you  don’t  go  into raptures 
over  delightful  Miss  Birkenmayer. ”

“ I  was  coming  to  her. 

I  like  to  talk 
’em  all  over  with  you,  Jane.  You  know 
me  so  well  and  know  exactly  what  I 
want  that 
in  some  way  I  feel  as  if  I 
couldn’t  be  quite  sure  unless  I  have 
your  opinion.  Miss  Birkenmayer 
is 
quiet,  more  so than  either  of  the  others, 
but  I  have  had  considerable  to  say  to 
her  lately  and  I  don’t  know but  she  is 
the  most  charming  one  after  all.  Seems 
as  if  she had  more  soul  some  way.  How 
does  she  strike  you,  Jane?”

“ I  won’t answer  such a question.  You 
ought  to  be  ashamed  to  ask  it ;  and  the 
idea  of  your  lying  there  and  talking  as 
if  all  you  have to do  is  to  make  up  your 
mind  which  one  you  want  and  that’s the 
end  of  it. 
I  hope  you  don’t  go talking 
to  anybody  else  as  you  are  talking  to 
me.  Then,  too,  Cy,  it’s  perfectly  dis­
gusting  the  way  you  act  with  these 
girls.  Everybody  is  talking  about  you 
and  laughing  at  you.  You  quarrel  about 
getting  the  back  seat  when  we go  to 
ride.  You  are  always  getting  into  cosy 
corners  with  one  or  another  of  them. 
You  go  mooning  first  with  one  and  then 
with  another  until  I  should  think  you’d 
get  lost.  Then,  too,  what 
is  Marjory 
Marchland  to  you  or you  to her?  She 
comes here  from  one  part  of  the  country 
and  you  from  another.  She  sticks  a  red 
rose  in  her  hair and  leans  towards  you 
at  the  table;  and  then  such  making  of

eyes  at  each  other  I  never  saw!  Do  you 
really  think  of  taking  her  back  to  Mill- 
town  with  you?”

“ I  have  thought  of  it.  As  I  think  of 
her  now and  of  the  delightful  times  I 
am  having,  1  shrink  from  the  dull,  old, 
stupid  life  that  I  lived  there  and  shall 
go back  to  it,  unless  she  goes,  too,  with 
more  reluctance  than  I  should  be  will­
ing  to  state  to anybody  else.  It  seems so 
strange  to  me,  Jane,  to  have  somebody 
lean  towards  me,  as  you  say,  and  to 
look  at  me  as  if  she  thought  I  was  say­
ing  something  worth 
listening  to.  Do 
you  think,  Jane  that  I  have  been  acting 
rather  spooney  towards 
these  women 
and  that  l  have  been  getting  acquainted 
rather too  fast?”
“ Yes,  I  do.”
“ Well,  Jane,  will 

it  surprise  you 
much  to  have  me  tell  you  that  you  are 
the  one  who  has  been  showing me how— 
you,  Jane  Cragin,  whom  I  have  been 
trying  my  best  to  make  to  love  me  for 
I  don’t  know  how  long? 
It  may  seem 
that  I  have  been  making  the  most  of 
the  short  time  since  I  came  here,  but 
by  actual  count 
it  is  a  day  or two  less 
it  took  for  you  to  do  th.e  same 
than 
thing. 
1  think  I  was  a  little  too  per­
sistent  in  keeping  the back  seat  on  our 
ride  the  other  night;  but  I  wanted  to 
see  with  my  own  eyes,  whether  Dr. 
Day’s  arm  was  allowed  to  go  and to stay 
where  mine  with  years  of  love  behind 
it  has  never  been  permitted  even  to 
dream  of  venturing.  I  know  now  and  so 
do  you;  and  I’ll  leave  it  to  you,  Jane, 
to  decide  whether  in  this,  I  have  been 
able to  better  my  instruction 
in  short­
ness  of  time  or  intensity  of  expression.
I  don’t  find  any  fault,  I  want  you  to  un­
derstand  that,  but  it  does  seem  to  me  a 
little  unfair after  my  years  of  useless 
hoping  and  waiting  to  befound  fault 
with,  because  1  am  so  closely— is  it  too 
closely?—following  your 
lead.  Has  it 
never  occurred  to  you,  Jane,  that  the 
only  real  difference  between  us  lies  in 
the  fact  that  my  trifling  is  only  trifling 
and  that  you  are  in  dead  earnest.  And 
has  it  never  occurred  to  you  when  you 
have  been  finding  fault  with  me—you 
who  ne\er  have  cared  for  me  and  never 
could  befnade  to  care—for  a  little game 
of  make-believe  which  everybody  un­
derstands  that  I  might  have  a  little feel­
ing  in  seeing  what  I  have  been  so 
long 
hoping  for given  to  another  at  the  turn­
ing  over of  his  hand?”

“ Cyrus  Huxley— ”
“ Don’t  stop  me,  Jane.  This  thing 
has gone  on  long  enough—too  long  for 
my  peace  or  for  yours.  Let  me  say 
what  I  made  up  my  mind  to  say  when  I 
left  Milltown,  if  I  saw  the  time  for  the 
saying  of  it.  The  time  is  here  and  the 
sooner  now  that 
is  said  the  better. 
Now,  then,  lisen  to  me.”

The  bantering  tone  and  the  spirit  of 
aggressive  determination  which  Jane 
feared  most  was  laid  aside;  and  throw­
ing  down  the  book  he  played  with  and 
rising  from  his  indolent  position  among 
the  cushions,  Cy  with  an  earnestness  in 
his  eyes  which  even  Jane  had  never 
seen  there began.

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R ic h a r d   Ma lco lm  Str o n g.

Curse  cards  are  being  used in Switzer­
land  and  Germany  to  check  profanity. 
People  go  about  with  cards  in  their 
pockets,  and  whenever  they  hear  bad 
language  present  one  to  the  swearer  to 
sign.  The  card  has  printed  on 
it  a 
pledge  to  abstain  from  swearing  for a 
specified  time  or  to  pay  a  pfennig  an 
oath  to  some  charity.  Nearly  40,000 
cards  have  been  distributed  in  Switzer­
land,  where  there are  three  languages  to 
swear  in.

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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.

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SHOEMAKER’S  ART.

A  T rade  with Traditions of  Honor and 

Dignity.

From the New York Mail and Express.

The  old  guilds  have  passed  away with 
the  times  out  of  which  they  arose.  With 
them  has  disappeared  the  romance  that 
illustrates  the 
industrial  and  political 
life  of  the  Europe  or  of  the  later Middle 
Ages.  Much  that  was  stirring  in  the 
history  of  the  tree  towns  of  the  Conti­
nent  and  in  the building  up  of  the  Eng­
lish  common  people 
is  associated  with 
the  stout  men  of  the  crafts.  Foremost 
among  them 
in  tubulence  and  spirit 
the  gentle  craft  of  leather has  been  the 
last  to  succumb  to  the  demands of  the 
modern  industrial organization.  Indeed, 
it  has  not  succumbed  at  all. 
It  has 
found  a  seat  and  a  home  in  the  New 
World.  New  York  is  now the  center  of 
America  of  the  ancient  craft  of  hand­
made  shoes.  There  are  survivors  else­
where,  but  nowhere  has  the  old  trade 
retained  so  much  of  its  dignity  as in the 
metropolis.  Here  are kept  up  many  of 
the  peculiar  institutions,  the  commu­
nity  shop life,the clannish  relations,  and 
here  are preserved  the  secrets of marvel­
ous  dexterity which  are  a  lost  art  to  the 
generation  of  mere  cobblers  who  have 
come  in  with  the  factories.

There  are  only  a  few  hundred  of these 
men 
in  the  metropolis,  and  there  are 
not  more  than  fifty beside  in  the  New 
World.  Among  them  there  is  but  one 
American.  The  trade  is  recruited  from 
Europe.  No  apprentices  have  ever  been 
taken  from  this  country.  Nor are  there 
any  novices  among  the  men.  They 
come here  as  the  most  expert  workmen 
of  their  own  nations.  They 
include 
Englishmen, 
Scotchmen, 
Frenchmen,  Swedes and Norwegians.  Of 
late  years  the  majority  of  the  arrivals 
have been  Scandinavians.  The  marked 
individualities  of  these  craftsmen  have 
kept  them  from  mingling  conspicuously 
in  the  affairs  of  the  city,  but  they  have 
dwelt  here  for  nearly  three  generations. 
It is recorded  of  them  that  they  were the 
cause  of  the  second  strike  in  Manhattan 
Island,  and  that  Governor  Clinton  tried 
to  settle  their  difficulties by imprisoning 
their  leaders.

Irishmen, 

While  they  have  rarely  come 

into 
prominence  themselves,  many  of  them 
have been  thrown  into 
intimate,  if  not 
lofty,  relationship  with  the  most  promi­
nent  men  of  their times.  New York has 
shoemakers  who  tell  of  measuring  the 
feet  of  royalty  and  sewing  the  shoes  for 
the  statesmen  in  whose hands  rests  the 
balance  of  power  in  Europe.  They  can 
the 
say  with 
“ Julius 
Caesar:”  
“ As  proper  men  as  ever 
trod  on  neat’s  leather  have  gone  upon 
my  handiwork.”   There 
is  not  a  de 
feet  in  a  royal  instep  but  what  is  known 
to  some  of  them.  The  work,  however, 
that  they  have  done  for  the  grand dames 
of  the  Knickerbockers  at 
the  fancy 
balls 
is  finer  than  that  performed  for 
the queens  of  Europe.

cobbler 

in 

In  “ Julius  Caesar”   the  cobbler  is  re 
buked  by  Flavius,  who  demands,  “ But 
wherefore  art  not  in  thy  shop  to-day?’ 
“ Why  dost  thou  lead  these  men  about 
the  street?”
Here  Shakespeare brings  out  the  two 
prominent  characteristics  of  the  men  of 
leather.  They  were 
leaders  of  their 
fellows,  and  they  were active at  scenes 
of  popular  unrest.  Writers  of  all  times 
from  the  satiric  poets  of  the  Latins  to 
the  statesmen  of  to-day  have borne  sim 
ilar  testimony.  Daniel  O’Connell  in  s 
speech  in  Parliament,  declared  that  the 
shoemakers  were  the  most  intelligent  of 
all  tradesmen.  Lord  Palmerston  told  the 
Lords  that  he  could  not account  for  it 
but  that  wherever  there  was  any  trouble 
in  the  country,  sooner  or  later  a  cobbler 
was  found  to  be  at  the  bottom  of  it, 
The  poet  Whittier,  himself  no  indiffer 
ent  man  at  the  awl  and  wax,  has  turned 
the  same  idea  into  stirring  verse.  Wit 
ness  these  lines  from  one  of  his  “ Songs 
of  Labor:”

The foremost still bv day or night,
Where’er the need of trampled right 
Where the free burghers from the wall 
Than yours,  at freedom’s trumpet call,

On moated mound or heather,
Brought toiling men together;
Defied the mail-clad master,
ISTo craftsmen rallied faster.

The shoemakers of'this city  have  dem­
onstrated that they can think,even  if there 
is  no  need  that  they should  fight.  Work­
ing  at  their  benches  in  the  community 
shops,  where  there  is  no  noise  save  the 
soft  tap  of  hammer  heads  on  leather, 
chance  is  given  for  discussion  and  for 
argument.  Many  of  the  men  have  re­
ceived  a  thorough  schooling  in the night 
colleges of  the  Old  World.  They  read 
widely.  They  are  fond  of  philosophic 
controversies,  and  the  habit  of  mind  in 
their  calling  is  to  think alertly.  Sociol­
ogy 
is  one  of  their  hobbies ;  each  has 
his  own  remedy  for  the  ills  of  the State. 
You  will  hear  them  sometimes  discuss- 
ng  such  literary  or  erudite  matters  as 
the  beauties  of  Renan  and  the  philoso­
phy  of  Spinoza  and  Herbert  Spencer. 
Their  tendency 
is  toward  philosophic 
socialism,  and  nowhere  in  the  city,  per­
haps,  will  one  hear  a  more  intelligent 
nterpretation  of the system of Karl Marx 
than 
in  one  of  the  community  shops 
during  a  noonday debate.

These  community  shops  are  the back­
ground  for  most  of  the  distinctive  life 
In  them  all  the  fine 
of  their  tenants. 
work  of  this  country 
is  done.  There 
are  only  about  eight  stores  in  this  city 
that  deal 
in  the  finest  grade of  shoes. 
They  are  made  by  craftsmen  who  hire 
large  rooms 
in  common  and  fashion 
leather  on  orders  that  they  receive  daily 
from  the  stores.  New  York  has  six  or 
seven  community  shops  occupied  by 
about  300  men  doing  women’s  work, 
and  about  twice as  many  doing  men’s 
work.  Chicago  has,  perhaps,  fifty  fine 
shoemakers,  and  there  may  be a  dozen 
in  San  Francisco.  Beyond  that 
more 
there 
is  not  a  shoe  made  in  America 
that  these  craftsmen  will  recognize  as 
being  a  shoe  in  anything  more  than 
name.  The  New  Yorkers  put  together 
the  footwear  of  the best dressed men and 
women 
in  the  United  States.  Orders 
come  from  the  South  and  the  Pacific 
Slope,  from  South  America  and  Can­
ada,  as  well  as  from  the  swell  Fifth 
avenue  clubs.

in  London. 

More  than  that,  some  of  the  most  en­
terprising  of these  craftsmen,  are  mak­
ing  a  handsome  sum  by  spending  their 
summers 
Two  or  three 
years' ago,  when  the  trade  was  feeling 
the  first  effects  of  the  panic,  about a 
dozen  workmen took passage for Europe, 
coming back  again  in  the  fall.  Abroad 
the  trade 
is  steadier  than  here.  The 
aristocracy  of  Europe  moves  slowly, 
and  it  has  not  accustomed  itself  to  fac­
tory  work.  So  there 
is  a  larger  field 
for  the  men  to  seek  work.  And  the 
aristocracy  abroad  is  not  migratory,  as 
it  is  in  America. 
Its  members  remain 
during  the  summer  within  hail  of  their 
tradesmen. 
In  the  summer  their  ranks 
are  swelled  by  the  recruits  from  the 
well-to-do  classes  of  the  New  World.  So 
it  has  become  the  custom  for  some  of 
the  New  York  craftsmen  to  follow  thei 
patrons  in  their  migrations. 
It  is  con 
sidered  the  proper  thing  for  the  swell  to 
be  shod  while  abroad by  a  London  boot 
maker.  He  is  charged  a  London  price, 
about  £\  sterling.  The  English  stores 
make  a  poorer grade  of  shoes  than  the 
best  houses  here.  They  are  keen  to  em 
ploy  the  craftsmen  who  have  gone  over 
from  America,  and  the  latter  serve them 
with  an  inferior,  although  still  satisfac 
tory  class  of  work.  The  same  shoe,  or 
rather  a  better  one,  would  cost  the 
American  about  $15  at  home.  More 
over,  it  is  more  likely  than  not  that  the 
London  article 
is  made  of  American 
calf,  which  already  almost  dominates 
the  markets  of  Europe. 
In  effect,  the 
swell  who brings back  a  pair of London- 
made  shoes  under  his  spats  is  paying  a 
fancy  British  price  for  American  work­
manship.

Right  here 

in  this  city  the  finest  il­
lustrations  of  an  ancient  art  are  to  be 
found.  Twenty  years  ago  there  were 
many  more  shoemakers  than  there  are 
now.  The demand  has  been  narrowed 
dewn,  and  employers  have  been  enabled 
to  winnow  out  of  the  supply  of  artisans 
the  most  adept.  The  remainder  have 
gone  into  the  factories  or have  sunk  to 
the  rank  of  cobblers.  The  shoes  made 
by  the  expert  workmen  are 
literally 
poems 
in  leather.  To  make  the  Louis 
Quinze  is  almost  a  separate  art.  Not 
more  than  one  man  in  a  hundred attains

S ta te  A g e n ts for

“ The  Earth’s Best”

Place your orders with our boys on the road.  Call on us when in the city.

Our discount is 25 and 5 off.

Herold=Bertsch Shoe Co(

5 and  7  Pearl  St., Grand  Rapids.

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Now  that  the  price  is  right  be  sure  you get the 

right  brand.

The  Goodyear 
Glove  Rubbers

December  1st  dating.  Don’t  overlook  this.

Hirth,  Krause  &  Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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latest colors and shapes. 

Then buy Rindge, K aim bach & Co.*s factory line—the line that will win 
and hold the trade for you.  We handle everything in the line of footwear. 
We are showing  to-day  the  finest  spring  line  in  the  State—all  the 

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Our  discounts  to  October  i  are 25 and 5  per cent, on  Bostons and 25, 
5, and  10 per cent, on Bay States.  Our  terms  are  as liberal as those of 
any agent of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. 

We are agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. and carry a very large 

See  our  line  of  socks  and  felts  before  placing your fall order.  W e 

Rindge,  Kalmbach  & Co., 

stock of their goods, which enables us to fill orders promptly. 

can give you some bargains. 

Dioioioioioioic

New Prices on M r s

LYCOMNQ,  as and s off.
KEYSTONE,  as and s 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,  Pelt  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  shoe  represents  our  Perfect  Fitting  Bi­
cycle Shoe,  made  of  moose tanned stock which is 
soft as kid.  The  soles  are  white tanned  stock and 
made for this kind  of  shoes.  They  are  light,  cool 
and  durable,  and  for  fast  or  slow  riding there are 
no  better  shoes  made.  Every  pair  stamped  with 
our trade mark.

Snedicor &  Hathaway  Co.,

DETROIT, MICH.

M ichigan  Shoe  Co.,  D etroit,  A gents fo r  M ichigan.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

what  the  trade  recognizes  as  perfection. 
These  men  make  the  slippers  for  the 
large  fancy  dress  and  masque balls.  For 
a  recent  ball  one  shoemaker  had  to  de­
sign  a  pair  of  slippers  from  a  pattern 
made  in  Europe  two  hundred  years  ago. 
So  fine  was  the  stitching  in  the  silken 
uppers  that  the  men  in  the  shop  where 
the  work  was  done  were  constrained  to 
admit  that  it  could  not  quite  be  dupli­
cated  by  any  craftsmen  living  to-day. 
For  the  same  ball  many  ladies  supplied 
the  silk  for  their  shoes  from  dresses, 
some  of  them  nearly  a  hundred  years 
old,  the  object  being  to  have  them 
match  exactly  the  costumes  they  had 
selected  to  appear  in.

Extravagant  prices  are 

sometimes 
paid  for  single  pairs  of  shoes.  The 
story  is told  or  a  shoemaker who brought 
around  a  pair  of  shoes  that  he had made 
for  Mrs.  A.  T.  Stewart. 
“ How  much 
dare  I  charge?”   he  asked  the  footman 
at  the  door. 
“ If  you  charge  less  than 
$100  you  will  see  the  shoes  thrown  down 
stairs,”   was  the  reply.  Acting  on  this 
the  maker  charged  this 
suggestion 
amount,  and 
it  was  readily  paid.  He 
left,  only  regretting  that  he  had  not 
named  a  higher  price.  Prices  nearly 
as  high  are  sometimes  paid  by  popular 
actresses.  A  noted  actress  of  the  stage, 
whose  early 
life  was  associated  with 
Chicago,  ordered  dozens of  pairs  of  the 
most  elaborate  patterns  made 
in  this 
city.  They  had  heels  two  and  one-half 
inches  high.  They  were  made by  one 
of  the  most  expert  workmen 
in  the 
world.  But  the  actress  forgot  to  pay for 
them.  The  incident  has  a  tragedy as 
its  concomitant.  The  shoemaker  some 
time afterward  went  out  of  his  head and 
shot  himself.

is  one  pseudo-royalty  who  is 
content  to  wear  a  shoe  of  pseudo-work­
manship.  When  Queen  Lil  was 
in 
New  York  about  eight  years  ago,  she 
crowded  a  generous  foot  into  a  slipper 
that  was  unequal  to  the  occasion,  in 
either  size  or  workmanship.  Mrs. 
Langtry,  it  is  the  tradition  of  the crafts­
men  here  who  should  know,  has  almost 
a  perfect  foot. 
In  their  gossip  of  the 
is  told  that  Queen  Victoria 
shops 
wears  squaie-toed, flat-soled street  shoes, 
size 
and  the  Princess  of  Wales a 
very  neat  fitting  shoe,  half  a  size  small­
er.  Gladstone  wears  bluchers  so  roomy 
that  bis  enemies  used  to  say  he was able 
to  turn  in  them—an  allusion  to  his mak­
ing  sudden  turns  in  his  politics.

There 

The  community  shops are  open  from 
in  the  morning  to  nine  at  night. 
seven 
They  hold  from 
fifteen  to  thirty-five 
men.  They  are  open  on  Sunday  also 
In 
until  one  o’clock  in  the  afternoon. 
none  of  them,  however, 
is  any  work 
done on  the  Sabbath.  The  men  gather 
there  to  chat  and  indulge  their  love  of 
political  discussion.  St.  Crispin 
is,  of 
course,  their  patron  saint,  but  recent 
generations  have  placed  the  name of an­
other  saint  conspicuously  on  the  calen­
dar.  He 
is  “ Saint  Monday,”   and  in 
his  honor  the  first  day  of  the  week  is 
often  devoted  more  to  leisure  than  to 
toil.  His  claims  to  canonization  are 
more  than  apocryphal.

it 

abandon 

The  life  of  these  shopmen  is  sociable 
to a  marked  degree.  They  have  their 
intellectual  diversions,  and 
favorite 
sometimes  they  will 
their 
benches  and  crowd  around  a  pair of  old 
duellists  who  have  each  other  by  the 
throat  at  chess  or  checkers.  When  the 
lunch  hour  comes  a  trio  will  club  to­
gether and  send  out  for a  pint  of  beer, 
which  they  will  discuss  in  common. 
Once  a  month  there are  shop  meetings 
at  which  the  standing  of  the  members 
and  the  affairs  of  the  union  are  sharply 
scrutinized.  The  meetings  are  apt  to 
be  in  halls  over  saloons.  A  small  fine 
is 
imposed  on  absentees,  and  the 
amount  thus  collected  goes  for  beer  and 
cigars.  That  pays  the  rent  of  the  hall. 
Business  over,the  evening  is  devoted  to 
tales  of  life  abroad  and  at  home,  and 
to  lusty  choruses,  wherein  are  exploited 
“ The  Harp  That  Once  Through  Tara’s 
Halls,”   “ The  Rocky  Road  to  Dublin”  
and  the  unwearying  melodies  of “ Annie 
Laurie. ’ ’

is  a  jest  of  the  Cockney  that  the 
London  bootmaker  is  never  seen  abroad 
without  his  apron.  That  would  not  be 
true  in  New  York.  The  men  dress  as

It 

neatly  as  piofessionals,  because  many 
of  them  can  afford 
it  nearly  as  well. 
They  doff  their  outer  garments  at  the 
shops  and  equip  themselves  in  overalls 
and  aprons.  For  the  finest  work  it  is 
needful  that  the  apron  be  scrupulously 
clean.  A  smutch  on  the  silk  of  a  slip­
per  means  the  ruin  of  the  job.  A  crafts­
man  has  been  known  to  pierce his finger 
with  a  delicate  needle  so  that  a  tiny 
drop  of  blood  spurted  forth  upon  thé 
white  satin  of  a ball slipper,  making the 
whole  useless.  Whenever  a  workman 
takes  up  such  a  task  he  washes  his 
hands  carefully  with  lemon  juice,  and 
men  who  perspire  freely  are  unable to 
make  the  finest  work.

Fiction  has  represented  the 

shoe­
maker as  a  skeptic,  and  the  speculative 
quality  of  his  mind  offen  gives  his  be­
liefs  that  cast.  Yet  from the first bishops 
of  Cappadocia  and  Alexandria  down  to 
Dwight  L.  Moody,  as  the  men  here 
point  out,  no  trade  has  contributed  to 
the  ministry  so  many  distinguished 
men.  The  list 
includes  Hans  Sachs, 
the  poet  of  the  Reformation ;  Jacob 
Behnan,  the  mystic  seer ;  Kitto,  the 
Biblical  scholar;  Fox, 
the  Quaker; 
Robert  Raikes,  Robert  Cary,  “ the  con­
secrated  cobbler ;”   Gifford  and  Bloom­
field  and  Cooper,  and Whittier,  the  poet 
who  sang  of  freedom  with  almost  the 
inspiration  of  Hebrew  prophecy. 
is 
the  peculiarity  of  a  graduate  of  the 
bench,  in  whatever  walk  you  find  him, 
that  he  makes  you  no  apologies ;  he  is 
proud  of  his  old  calling.

It 

Advertising  Hot  Weather  Goods. 

From the Dry Goods Reporter.

Merchants  who  are  most  wide  awake 
in  telling  the  public  about  the merchan­
dise  they  have  which  will  keep  people 
cool  during  hot  weather,  and  enable 
them  to  present  a  good  appearance,  will 
get  the  bulk  of  the  trade,  for  people 
usually  bestow  their  patronage  where 
most  effort  is  made  to  attract  it,  all 
other things  being  equal.

Advertising  for  hot  weather  goods 
should  take 
in  all  departments  which 
have  stock  that  will  come  under  this 
head.  Don’t try  to  tell  the  whole  story 
at  once,  unless  you  take  a  full  page, 
and  even  then  you  would  probably  find 
trouble  in  telling  people all  about  your 
summer goods at  one  tme.

Wheie a  small  space  is  used,  the  ad­
vertisements  from  now  until  July  should 
tell  a  different  story  every  day,  about 
the  store  and.the  goods. 
If  you  adver­
tise  in  weekly  papers  the  advertisement 
should 
certainly  be  changed  every 
week.

Not  only  tell  people about  the  goods, 
but  name  prices,  and  be  sure  that  they 
are as  low  as  will  be  quoted  by  any  of 
your competitors.

II  any  woman  wants  a  hammock,  or 
shirt  waist  or  pair  of  Oxford ties,  she  is 
more  apt  to  come  to  your  store  for  the 
article 
if  you  have  advertised  it  at  a 
popular  price  than  she  would  be  if  it 
had  not been  advertised.  But 
if  your 
competitor  advertises  and  you  do  not, 
don’t  be  surprised  or  offended  if  you 
see  trade  turning  his  way. 
It’s  one  of 
the  natural  laws  of trade  that  people  go 
where  they  can  buy  cheapest,  and  if  he 
has  made  them  believe  that  his  goods 
are  cheaper  than  yours,  you  will  have 
to  suffer from  this  competition  until you 
can  convince  them  that  you  are  selling 
just as  cheap.

Don’t  sit  down  and  wait 

for  hot 
weather trade.  Go after  it  with  a  deter­
mination  to  get  your  share,  if  aggress­
ive,  but  honorable,  methods  will win  it.

Technically  Expressed.
From the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter.

Tact 

is  the  silk 

lining  of  business 
talent,  and  no man’s commercial equip­
ment  is complete  without  it. 
Its  warp 
and  woof  are  patience  and  unselfish­
ness.  These  threads  of  character  are 
not  very  common,  and  the  peculiar 
weave  of  them  called  tact  is  still  more 
rare.  But  its  value  never  shrinks,  and 
scarcely  any  price 
is  too  high  for  the 
merchant  to  pay  for  it.  The  more  tact 
he  has  in  his own  person,  in  his  sales­
men  and 
in  all  those  around  him,  the 
more  certain  is  the  merchant  of  doing  a 
steady  and  prosperous  business  at  all 
seasons  and  in  bad  times  or good.

She  Was  a  Much  Abused  Wife. 

“ Is  this  the  National  Bank?”   she 
asked  as  she  presented  herself  at  the 
teller’s  window.

The  man 

inside  finished  assorting  a 
few  piles  of  money  before  he  replied. 
Then  he  said:

“ Yes,  madam.”
“ Are  you  the  teller?”
“ I  am .”
“ Well,  I  am  Mrs.  Theophilus  Win- 
tergreen  and  I  would  like  to  know  how 
much  money  Mr.  Wintergreen  has  on 
deposit  here. 
I  know  this  is  where  he 
banks,  for  he  has  one  of  your  check­
books  in  his  desk.  But  he  will  never 
tell  me  how  much  money  he  has  nor 
anything  about  it,  which 
is  something 
every  married  woman  ought  to  know 
and  no  husband  who  has  any  respect 
for  his  wife’s  feeling  would  keep  from 
her,  but  although  I’ve  asked  Mr.  Win­
tergreen  many  and  many  a  time  he 
either  tells  me  that  his  book  hasn’t been 
balanced  for  so  long  that  he  doesn’t 
know,  or  else  he  evades  the  question  al­
together  and  puts  me  off,  which  I  think 
is  a  downright  shame  and  so  I  thought 
I’d  come  right  down  to  headquarters 
myself  and  find  out.  Wintergreen,  The­
ophilus,  is  the  name. ”

“ Madam,”   replied  the  teller,  we  are 
re­

not  allowed  to  divulge  anything 
garding  our  customers’  accounts.”

“ Not  even  to  their  wives?”
“ No,  not  even  to  their  wives.”
“ Not allowed  to  tell,  ain’t  you?”  
“ No.”
“ Then  I'd  advise  you  to quit  calling 
yourself  a  teller. ”   And  Mrs.  Winter­
green  flounced  out.

The  Distinction  Was  There.

“ You  women”   said  he,  in  the  pecu­
liarly  exasperating  way  a  man  has  of 
saying  those  two  words,  “ You  women 
buy  bargain  things  because  they  are 
cheap. ’ ’

“ We  do  not,”   said  she. 

“ We  buy 
cheap  things  because  they  are  bar­
gains.”   The  distinction  was  almost 
too  subtle  for  the  blundering  masculine 
intellect,  but  it  was  there.

15

A  wealthy  widow  of  Chicago  has  pur­
chased  land  in  Indiana  upon  which  she 
intends  to  erect  a  clubhouse  for  women. 
No  man  will  be allowed  to  enter  it  in 
any  capacity ;  but  the  prohibition  will 
doubtless  be  unnecessary,  as no  sensible 
man  would  think  of  entering  a  woman’s 
clubhouse.

The  cigar  industry  at  Tampa,  Fla.,  is 
said  to  have  reached  such  dimensions 
that  the  average  weekly  pay  roll  now 
amounts  to $75,000.  It  is  said  that  nine­
teen  factories  turn  out  on  an  average 
3,600,000 cigars  weekly.

Fine..
Shoes

W o r c e s t e r ,  Mass.,  June  i—Our  new 
line of samples for  the  coming’  season  will 
consist  exclusively  of  SPECIALTIES IN 
FINE  SHOES  FOR  MEN,  BOYS  AND 
YOUTHS.  W e have concentrated our  line 
to  Leaders  Only,  such  as  the  trade  de­
mands,  and  at  popular  prices.  It  is  the 
strongest and best line of  Satins,  Calf, Box 
Calf,  Russias,  Vicis,  Enamels,  Etc.,  that 
we  have ever  offered,  both  as  to  quality, 
style and workmanship.  The  line will < 
brace  both  HcKay Sewed  and  Goodyear 
Welt, from especially  selected  stock,  made 
in all the leading styles, toes and lasts.

If you would like to inspect our  line, 

any  portion  thereof,  drop  a  card  to  our 
Michigan representative, A. B. Clark, La1 
ton,  Mich.,  who  will  promptly  respond  to 
your request. 

E. H. STARK & CO.

IHEMLOCK BARK.!
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Correspondence  Solicited. 

527 and  528 
Wlddicomb  Bid. 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

Pres.

MINNIE M. CLARK, 

Sec’yand  Treas.

We  are  now  ready 
to 
make  contracts  for  bark 
for the  season of 1897.
Correspondence Solicited.

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

16

IN  THE  SOUTHLAND.

The  Alabam a  Mill  o f 

the  DWight 

M anufacturing  Co- 

W ritten fo r the T rajdxsmah.

railroad 

fortunate 

is  considered 

Yes,  we  saw  Rome and 

Chattanooga,  May  31— “ See  Rome 
and  d ie!”   But  we  saw  Rome and lived 
— not  Rome  set  upon  seven  hi 11s,but  the 
little 
center  of  that  name 
nestling  amid  the  Georgia  mountains, 
the  Rome  of  Shorter  College  fame, 
where  are  gathered  beneath  its  hospit­
able  looking  roof  “ some  of  our  most 
beautiful  young 
ladies  of  the  Sunny 
South. ”   Here especial attention is given 
to  music  and  the  languages,  and  the 
girl 
indeed 
whom  Fate—or  a  rich  father— permits 
to  be  “ finished”   at 
this  temple  of 
learning.
lived—lived 
to  visit  the  growing  town  of  Gadsden, 
Alabama  (which,  since  the  “ boom”  
struck 
it  about  nine  vears  back,  has 
been  sleeping  at  the  southern  end  of 
Lookout  Mountain,  ninety  miles  from 
here,  but  is  now  shaking  off  its  lethargy 
and  gathering  to  itself  Northern  energy 
and  capital  to  combine  with  its  many 
natural  advantages),  and  to 
inspect, 
among 
its  other  new  enterprises  the 
great  cotton  mill  of  the  Dwight  Manu­
facturing  Co.,  located  at 
its  suburb, 
Alabama  City.
It  had  been  one of  the  unfulfilled  de­
sires  of  my  life to  see  cloth  of  any  de­
scription 
in  process  of  manufacture, 
and  at  last  my  wish  was  to  be  realized. 
At  the  end  of  a  pleasant  drive  of  a 
couple  of  miles,  the  high  walls  of  the 
red  brick  buildings  loomed 
in  sight. 
Entering  the  office,  we  were  introduced 
to  the  affable  new  agent,  Mr.  R.  A. 
Mitchell, 
the 
Queen  City  Bank  and  for  two  years 
Mayor  of  Gadsden,  until  March  25  of 
this  year.  Mr.  Mitchell  holds  numerous 
other  positions  of  trust,  among  others 
being  that  of  Alderman,  and  President 
of  the  Gadsden  Land  and  Improvement 
Company,  which 
is  doing 
much  for  the  place  in  the  way  of  laying 
out  tree-shaded  streets,  grading  of  roads 
leading  from  the  town,  development  of 
new  industries,  etc.,  etc.

formerly  President  of 

company 

it’s 

“ The  best  way  to  study  the  plant, ”  
said  Mr.  Mitchell,  “ is  to  begin  at  the 
beginning.  Here 
is  the  warehouse,”  
and  great  open  doors  yawned  upon  our 
vision,  disclosing  a  cavernous  basement 
open  to  the  roof,  filled  with  bale  upon 
bale  of  cotton. 
It  looked  dirty  on  the 
outside  and  I  remarked  that  I'd  never 
chew  cotton  ravelings  again. 
“ Oh,”  
said  our  host,  “ you  will  see  how  clean 
that  will  become  before 
in  the 
cloth. ’ ’

From  the  warehouse  to  the  mill build­
ing  the  bales  are  trucked  by  muscular 
“ niggahs, ”   who  do  all  the  roustabout 
work  of  such  establishments.  Rarely  is 
a  white  man  seen  in  such  capacity—not 
even  “ poah  white  trash.”   Here  each 
bale 
is  weighed  and  the  sacking  and 
thick  iron  straps  removed,  the  contents 
into  high  piles  of  fluffy  white­
tossing 
ness.  The  dirty  outside  observed 
in 
is  here  lost  to  sight  in 
the  warehouse 
the  quantities  exposed  to  view.  The 
“ da’kies”   now  feed 
into 
large  machines  called  “ openers, ”   one 
end  of  which 
is  filled  with  rapidly- 
revolving  cylinders  covered  with  sharp 
teeth  that  look 
like  wire  nails,  which 
pick  the  cotton  to  pieces  until  it  looks 
pretty  enough  to  eat.

it  rapidly 

Boxed  shafts 

“ conveyors”  
carry  it  to the  floor  above,  where  it  goes 
into  the  “ pickers.”   Five  rolls  of  thin 
flat  cotton  are  worked  into  one  immense 
cylinder,  to  remove  all  inequalities  and 
imperfections,  and  it  is  now  “ white  as 
the  driven  snow,”   and  one  could  not 
imagine  that  the  result 
is  to  be  un­
bleached  cotton.

In  the  next  process  the  cotton  comes 
off  of  these  large  clyinders  into a  veil­
like  sheet,  which  goes  through  tubing 
and  comes  out  in  a  transparent  roll  an 
inch  in  diameter,  and  is  evenly  fed  in­
to  an  open  cylinder  a  foot  across  and 
three  feet  high.  Right  here  occurred  a 
funny  little  incident:  One  of  the  party, 
an  old  lady,  curiously  took  bold  of  this 
delicate  “ tubing” — if  I  may call  it that. 
Imagine  her  consternation  when  the 
thing  broke  in  her  fingers!  Tears  crept

called 

into  her eyes and  her  face  was  the  pic­
ture  of  despair  and  remorse  as  the  ma­
chine  went  on  feeding  it  out, until  about 
ten  yards  of  the  stuff  lay  coiled  up  on 
the  floor 
instead  of  in  its  little bed  in 
the  cylinder.  An  operator  flew  to  the 
rescue  and  deftly  set  things  aright, 
when  the  old  lady,  who  thought  she  had 
stopped  the  machinery  of  the  entire  es­
tablishment,  breathed  a  sigh  of 
intense 
relief  and  registered  a  solemn vow never 
again  to  “ touch,  taste  or  handle”   any­
thing 
in  a  factory  while  the breath  of 
life  was  in  her!
The  accident  repaired,  we  turned  to 
the  next  machines,  which  wound  off  five 
of  the  coils  and  united  them  onto  one 
spool.  Then  two  threads  of this resultant 
five  were  joined,  and  for  the  first  time 
twisting  occurs.  The  threads  are  next 
into  cylinders  of  about  six  feet 
wound 
in  circumference.  These  go 
the 
starching 
apparatus,  where  they  are 
“ sized”   and  are  perfectly  dry  when 
they  reappear,  and  are  then  ready  for 
the  looms. 
“ Why,”   I  exclaimed,  “ I 
never  knew  that  unbleached  cotton, 
which  is  soft  to  the  touch,  has  starch  in 
it!”   “ Oh,  yes,”   said  Mr.  Mitchell; 
“ if  the  threads  hadn’t  starch 
in,  being 
so  thin  and  frail,  they  never  could  be 
bandied.  They  have  to  have  starch  to 
give  them  body  to hold  together.”

to 

looms 

The  looms,  the  looms!  The  racket, 
the  racket! 
I  thought  of  Huckleberry 
Finn,  who  told  the  “ niggah”   that  Sol­
omon  “ had  more’n  a  million  wives,”  
but  that,  for his  part,  “ he'd  ruther  run 
a  b ’ iler  shop,  cuz  ye  could  shut  up  a 
b'iler  shop—sometimes!”   Imagine  one 
thousand 
in  an  immense  room, 
and  all  of  them  in  operation  at  once, 
and  you  will  be  able  to  form  a  faint 
conception  of  the  roar that  greeted  our 
entrance. 
In  this  room  alone  are  em­
ployed  several  hundred  operatives,  both 
boys  and  girls,  not  a  few  of  whom  are 
handsome  and  attractive.  They  are  all 
paid  by  the  “ cut, ”  a “ right  smart”   (as 
they  say  down  here)  operative  earning 
from  $1  to $1.50  per  day.  Such  an  one 
must  attend  to  six  or  seven looms.  This 
part  of  the  work  was,  to  me,  the  most 
interesting  of  all,  but  the  noise  was  so 
deafening  we  did  not  “ stay  upon  the 
order of  our  going.”

We  climb  the  stairs  once  more,  this 
time  to  observe  the  last  process.  Here 
the  finished  product  is  placed  in  a  ma­
chine  which  folds  and  cuts  the  cloth 
in 
lengths  according  to  its  destination,that 
intended  for  export  to  China  being  cut 
at  thirty  yards.  After arrival  there  it  is 
cut  in  two,  fifteen  yards  being  required 
for  a  Chinaman’s  “ togs. ”   The  young 
women  employed  in  this  department ap­
pear  the  most  intelligent  of  the  opera­
tives.  They  are  neatly  dressed,  their 
clothes being  appropriate  to their  work, 
which  is  to  inspect  the  cloth  as  it comes 
from  the  measuring  and  cutting  ma­
chine,  stitch  the  ends  together,  and 
stamp  on  top  the  name  of  the  manu­
facturer,  and  the  kind,  quality,  quantity 
and  destination.  The  baling finishes  the 
work  begun  away  down  in  the  “ open­
ers. ’ ’

in  the  open  air  across  a  plat­
form,  and  we  are  in  the  cloth warehouse 
reading  with  interest  the  destination  of 
a  few  of  the  hundreds  of  snug  bales 
piled  high  around  us.  On  one  we  catch 
the  word  Shanghai;  on  another  Mada­
gascar;  Cape  Town,  South  Africa, 
stares  us 
in  the  face;  Turkey  brings 
up  bloody  visions,  France,  Holland  and 
Germany  come 
in  for  their  share,  and 
all  the  ports  of  the Mediterranean ;  also, 
the  hearts  of  many  South  Americans 
will  be  made  glad  with  a  goodly  sup­
ply  of  the  product  of  this  “ Mill  Num­
ber  One,”   as  it  is  called,  the  output  of 
which  is  just  one-half of  what  they  ex­
pect  to  have  in  the  near  future.

A  step 

This  Alabama  mill  uses  10,000  bales 
of  cotton  per  annum,  costing  $350,000. 
(I  should  have  mentioned  the  fact  that 
there  are  30,000  spindles.)  The  plant 
represents  an  outlay  of  $750,000.  This 
one  mill  is but  one-tenth  of  the  capac­
ity  of  the  Dwight  Manufacturing Co.,  it 
operating  several  other  mills  in  Massa­
chusetts  and  New  Hampshire,  the  ag­
gregate  number  of  spindles  being  300, 
000,000,  and  the  looms  “ looming”   up 
to  10,000.

At  the  plant  of the  factory  is a  large

reservoir,  with  a  capacity  of  7,000,000 
gallons,  for  steam  purposes.  The  enor­
mous  Corliss  engine  of 
1,500  horse 
power  drives  a  fly  wheel  28  feet  in  di­
ameter.  The  mill 
is  amply  protected 
against  the  Fire  King,  being  supplied 
with  automatic  extinguishers  and  two 
high  pressure  fire  engines.  There  is 
railroad  connections  with  the  Southern 
R ’y,  the  Queen  &  Crescent,  the  Louis­
ville  and  Nashville, 
the  Nashville, 
Chattanooga  &  St.  Louis,  and  the  Chat- 
tanoga  Southern.
you  have  strikes,  Mr.  Mitchell?”

“ And  what  do  you  people  do  when 

“ Strikes!  Don’t  have any !”
“ No  unions?  No  walking  delegates?”
“  No—no  such  things  down  here!  We 
pay  good  wages  qnd  make  it  an  object 
for  the  men  to  work  for  us  and  stay  by 
us,  and  we  run  our  business  our  own- 
selves,  without 
interference  from  out­
siders. ’ ’

And  I  may  say  that  all  the  business 
men  I  have  talked  with  down  here 
in 
the  Southland  have  given  the  same  ans­
wers  to  these questions.
“ The  climate  here 

is  very  healthy 
is  cheap, ”   continued  Mr. 
and  living 
Mitchell. 
“ Now,  I  want  you,  before 
you  go  home,  to  be  sure  and  take  a  look 
at  our  cottages.  Now,  don’t  neglect 
that,  for  I’m  sure  you  will  say  we  have 
the  handsomest  little  factory  town  in 
the  United  States.  There  are  some  200 
in  all,  and  no  two of  them  are 
houses 
alike—not  even  as  to the  paint. 
If  you 
find  any  two  painted  alike,  I'll  give you 
the best  one  on  the  grounds!  The  two- 
room  cottages  rent  for $2  per  month,  the 
three-room  rents  for $3,  and  so  on  up  to 
$7  for  the 
is  a  good 
well  to  every two  houses.  The  lots have 
a  frontage  of  75  feet.  Good  sanitary 
conditions  prevail  and  the  streets are 
graded  and  electric  lighted.  We  em­
ploy a  physician  by  the  year  for  the 
operatives,  deducting  1  per  cent,  of 
each  one’s  wages,  from  the  highest  to 
the  lowest,  for  that  purpose.  We  hire 
a  preacher  for  them ;  services  are  held 
in  the  large  hall  over the  store.  We  also 
have  a  graded  school,  providing  the

largest.  There 

teachers  ourselves,  and  shall  soon  have 
a  fine  library,  also  a  memorial  church 
—a  church 
in  memory  of  H.  Gardner 
Nichols,  the  only  son  of  Mr.  J.  How­
ard  Nichols,  the  Treasurer of  the  com­
pany.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard 
University  several  years  before  coming 
down  here.  His  father  sent  him  down 
to  make  a  model  plant  in  every  partic­
ular.  He  had  his 
ideas  about  every­
thing,  and  his  plans  were  carried  out  to 
the  minutest  details.  He  even  named 
the  streets—you  will  notice “ Minnehaha 
Dell.”   He  himself  lived  in  one  of  the 
smallest  of  the  factory  houses,  that he 
might  know  the  lives  of  the  operatives. 
The  machinery  of  the  mill  is of the most 
modern  description—you  won’t  find  an­
other  cotton  mill  anywhere  in  the  land 
with  such  fine  machinery—and  every­
thing  was  to  be  perfect.  But  the  young 
man  was  killed  accidentally,  in  May  of 
’96,  during  the  removal  of  a  piece  of 
heavy  machinery.  But  the  plant  lived 
after  him,  and  has  gone  on  improving 
and  enlarging,  until  we  think  we  have 
the  finest  cotton  mill  to  be  found  any­
where !”

And,  with  the  memory  of  a  pleasant 
good-bye  and  a  cordial 
invitation  to 
‘  Call  again,”   we  drove  on  through  the 
pretty  little  village,  coming  back  just 
in  time to see  the  operatives leaving  the 
mill  door.  They  came  out  like  bees 
from  a  hive.  Most  of  them  hurried 
along  in  groups,  laughing  and  cracking 
their  jokes,  while  here  and  there  slowly 
sauntered  a  couple  of  lovers  holding 
each  other’s  hands.  And  we  reached 
the  conclusion  that  life  might  be  much 
more  unbearable  than  as  an operative  in 
“ the  best  cotton  mill  in  the  laqd!”

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights o! the Grip.

President, J a s. P.  H a m m  e l l , Lansing;  Secretary, 
D.  C.  Sl a g h t, Flint;  Treasurer,C has.  McN o lty, 
Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association.
President, S.  H .  H a b t,  Detroit;  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D. Moiteis, Detroit.

United  Commercial Travelers of Michigan.

Chancellor, H.  U.  Ma s k s ,  Detroit;  Secretary, 
E dw in Hudson,  Flint;  Treasurer,  G ko.  A.  Re y ­
n o lds,  Saginaw.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mntnal  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 b ,  H.  B.  F a ir- 
ch ild , J a s. N. B r a d f o r d , J. He n r y Da w l e y .G eo. 
J. Hein z el h a n,  C has.  S.  Robinson.

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

Gripsack  Brigade.

Laziness  and  poor  trade  are  side part­

ners.

A  good  stock  of  patience  is  an  excel­
lent  side  line  for  every  traveling  man  to 
carry.

It 

When  a  commercial  traveler  allows 
his  customer  to  make  prices  at  which 
he  buys,  he  slips  his  trolley.

is  now  a  survival  of  the  fittest  on 
the  road  and  a  man’s  habits  have  a 
whole  lot  to  do  with  making  him  fit.

A  traveling  man  who  cannot  control 
his  temper  has  missed  his  vocation.  He 
should  be  pulling  a  bellcord  over  a 
mule’s  back  in  a  ten  acre  stump  lot.

Say,  boys,  have you “ touched up’ ’  this 
administration  on  the  subject of sending 
traveling  men  to  foreign  ports  as  con­
suls?  If  not,  why  not?  Now  is  the  time 
to  strike.

We  would  be  glad  to  hear  from  all the 
“ boys”   on  the  subject  of  the  creation 
by  Congress  of  a  Department  of  Com­
merce.  Do  you  want  it  or  not?  Let  us 
hear  from  you.

Freeman  D.  Blake  was  the guest  of 
his  twin  brother,  W.  Frederick  Blake, 
Saturday  and  Sunday.  Mr.  Blake  re­
sides 
in  Boston,  where  he  is  a  member 
of  the  shoe  manufacturing  firm  of  E. 
H.  Stetson  &  Co.

The  traveling  man  has  three  times 
more  work  to  perform  than  the  head  of 
the  house.  He  has  to  sell  goods,  pro­
tect  his  house  and  protect  and  hold  his 
customer.  A 
salesman,  a  diplomat 
and  a  credit  man!  Gee-whiz!  Did 
you  know  you  worked  that  hard?  Well, 
you  do  if  you  are  holding  your  job.

Parke  Mathewson,  Jr.,  who,  has  cov­
ered  Western  Michigan  several years  for
B.  T.  Babbit,  has  retired  from  the  road 
to  embark 
in  the  bicycle  business  in 
connection  with  the.  Mabley  &  Good- 
fellow  Co.  Mr.  Mathewson  is  succeeded 
by  F.  W.  Turner,  formerly  engaged 
in 
the  retail  grocery  business  at  Bay  City, 
but  tor  the  past  four  years  on  the  road 
for  Babbit  in  Northein  Ohio,  with head­
quarters  at  Cleveland.

Wm.  Connor  (Michael  Kolb  &  Son) 
writes  the  Tradesman  as  follows:  “ It 
puzzles  me  how  a  few  can continue com­
plaining  that  trade  is  very  dull,  when  I 
meet  so  many  commercial  travelers  rep­
resenting  various  lines  who  tell  me  that 
business 
is  picking  up  and  that  they 
are  booking  a  fair  amount  of  orders, 
which 
is  surely  an  indication  that  the 
retail merchants are doing better.  When 
is  settled,  you  will 
the  tariff  question 
find  that  American  trade  will  be 
itself 
again  and  everybody  will  be  happy.”

“ In  Union  T here  Is  Strength.”
St.  Johns,  June  7— You  have  un­
doubtedly learned  of  the interchangeable 
mileage  book  that  the  railways  of Mich­

In  this  there 

igan  will  voluntarily  put  on  the"market 
in  the  very  near  future.  The  manage­
ment  of  the  most  important  roads  tell 
me  (as  Chairman  of  the  Legislative 
Committee  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of 
the  Grip)  that 
it  has  been  simply  a 
matter  of  education that  has  been  forced 
to  the  front  by  the  agitation  of  the  com­
mercial  travelers. 
is  an 
important  thought  for  the  members  of 
our  Association  and  other  traveling  men 
who  do  not  belong  to  the  same,  and  that 
is,  the  “ strength  of  organization.”   No 
one  man,  nor  a  few  men,  could  have 
gotten  the  ear  of  the  railway  managers 
to  that  extent  as  to  awaken  them  to  the 
necessity  of  studying  the question  of the 
interchangeable  mileage  book  in  all 
its 
phases  had  not  he  or  they  the  backing 
of  a  couple  of  thousand  of  their  best 
patrons.

“ E.  P.  Waldron”   could  not  have 
done  anything,  but  “ E.  P.  Waldron, 
chairman  of  a  committee  which  had  the 
matter  in  charge,  backed  by  2,000  trav­
eling  men,”   was  able  to  get  most  re­
spectful  hearing,  and  what  was  advised 
and  suggested  was  taken as coming from 
a  very  important  source. 
In  my  opin­
ion,  the  concession  is  worth  more  than 
the  cost  in  the  simple  matter of showing 
the  value  of organization—that * * in unity 
there  is  strength.”

I  greatly  appreciate  the  manner  in 
which  the  members  of  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip  have  backed  me 
in  this  matter of  interchangeable  mile­
age and  given  my  committee the author­
ity  to  carry  on  a  campaign  to  a  success­
ful  termination.

E.  P.  Wa ld r o n,  Chairman.

Forty  Additions  to  the  Membership

List.

Flint,  June  5—Twenty  three  active 
and  seventeen  honorary  members  have 
joined  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
GriJ)  since  my  last  report,  as  follows: 

ACTIVE  MEMBERS.

W.  B.  Wilkinson,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.
M.  H.  Steiner,  Muskegon.
A.  W.  Knapp,  Detroit.
U.  B.  Wakeman,  Pontiac.
T.  S.  Edington,  Flint.
W.  J.  Canham,  Port  Huron.
M.  M.  Breyette,  Albion.
A.  McAfee,  Lakeview.
A.  S.  Chatfield,  Lansing.
O.  E.  Barlett,  Pontiac.
Rudolph  Otto,  Saginaw.
Frederick  Garbutt,  Detroit.
L.  A.  Burrell,  Cincinnati.  *
R.  E.  Bartlett,  Kalamazoo.
J.  E.  Hurd,  Lansing.
W.  W.  La  Moure,  Chicago.
M.  A.  Dunning,  Menominee.
Elias  Culver,  Mason.
F.  B.  Greenleaf,  Leonidas.
E.  M.  Karth,  Ashland,  Ohio.
A.  O.  Jones,  Battle  Creek.
C.  B.  Bennett,  Adrian.
Richard  Jackson,  Jr.,  Detroit.

Ennis  &  Quinnin,  Saginaw,  E.  S.
Ed.  R.  Bailey,  Ionia.
P.  R.  Dorman  Pentwater.
Wm.  Leland,  Hesperia.
James  M.  Campbell,  St.  Ignace. 
Forler  &  Radewald,  Niles.
M.  R.  Truesdell,  Caro.
F.  H.  Cody,  Hartford.
S.  J.  Brightman,  Scottville.
L.  W.  Nettleton,  Grand  Marias.
M.  T.  McKenna,  Sault  Ste.  Marie. 
Frank  L.  Harris,  Newberry.
B.  Stoll,  Stockbridge.
Chas.  J.  Lane,  Hudson.
T.  P.  Riley,  Union  City.
H.  S.  Read,  Ludington.
Geo.  H.  Day,  Mt.  Pleasant.

D.  C.  Slagh t,  Sec’y.

The  Illinois  Central  Railroad  is about 
to  experiment  with  electricity  as  a  mo­
tive  power,  with  a  view  to  its  adoption 
on  all  the  suburban  lines  of  Chicago. 
It 
is  said  that  both  the  third  rail  and 
overhead  trolley  systems  will  be  tried 
exhaustively  before  a  decision  is  come 
to  on  equipment.

Hundreds  of  sweet  girl  graduates  are 
just  now  being  turned 
loose  to  still 
further  embarrass the financial situation.

Quarterly  Meeting  of  the  Board  of 

D irectors,  M.  K.  of  G.

Flint,  June  7—The  regular  quarterly 
meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors of the 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip  was  held 
at  Lansing  on  June  5,  with  a  full  at­
tendance  of  the  Board,  except  Director 
Streat.

Secretary  Slaght  presented  his  finan­
cial  report  for  the  quarter,  showing  the 
total  receipts  of  the  death  fund  to  be 
$2,742;  the  general  fund,  $63;  and  the 
deposit  fund,  $54,  making  a  total  of 
$2,859,  f°r  which  amount  he  held  the 
Treasurer’s  receipts.  The  report  was 
approved  by  the  Finance  Committee 
and  adopted  and  placed  on  file.

Treasurer  McNolty  presented  his  re­
port,  showing  the  receipts  of  the  death 
fund  to  be  $3,317.59 and  the  disburse­
ments  to  be  $500,  leaving  a  balance  of 
$2,817.59. 
In  the  general  fund  the  re­
ceipts  were  $825.49  and  disbursements 
$268.08,  leaving  a  balance  of  $557.41. 
This  report  took  the  same  course  as that 
of  the  Secretary.

The  Finance  Committee  reported  that 
it  had  examined  the books  of  the  Sec­
retary and Trreasurer and  found  them  to 
be  correct.

Bills  to  the  amount  of  $279.45,  ap­
proved  by  the  Finance  Committee,  were 
allowed  and  ordered  paid.

Proofs  of  the  deaths  of  Uriah  Hoff-! 
master,  A.  M.  Sprague,  I.  D.  Durgy, 
E.  Averill,  N.  B.  Clark  and  J.  S.  Shaub 
were  presented,  approved  and  ordered 
paid.

The  claim  of  Elizabeth  Mallory,  as 
beneficiary  of  the  late  W.  H.  Jewett, 
was  laid  over  until  the  next  meeting  for 
the  reason  that  the  legal  beneficiary  is 
in  dispute.

The  following  resolution  was  adopted 

unanimously:

the 

Whereas—The  Board  of  Directors  of 
the  Michigan  Knights  of  the Grip  have 
received  with  great  satisfaction from the 
Legislative  Committee,  through  E.  P. 
Waldron,  chairman, 
information 
that  all  responsible  railroads  of  Michi­
gan  have  decided  to 
inter­
changeable  mileage  book  which  we  be­
lieve  will  be  entirely  satisfactory  to 
traveling  men;  and

issue  an 

Whereas—We  are assured  that this  re­
sult  is  entirely  due  to  the  consistent and 
reasonable  course  pursued  by  the  mem­
bers  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip  and  traveling  men  in  geneial,  and 
that  this  concession  is  made in acknowl­
edgement  thereof  by  the  railroads  of 
Michigan,  and  that  said  mileage  book 
will  be 
issued  during  or  before  the 
month  of  July;  therefore

Resolved—That  we  most  heartily 
thank  the  Legislative  Committee,  and 
especially  its  chairman,  E.  P.  Waldron, 
and  the  railroads,  and  assure  them  that 
we  will  use-our  most  earnest  endeavor 
to  prevent  any  abuse of  the  privileges 
granted  us  as  traveling  men.

The  Board  thereupon  adjourned  to 

Dell  C.  Slaght,  Sec’y.

It 

Dissatisfaction Over  Milk  Ordinance— 

The  New  Huckster  Ordinance.
Detroit,  June 8—There  is  dissatisfac­
tion  because  the  new  milk  ordinace  is 
not  rigidly  enforced. 
is  said  that 
many  of  the  large  dealers  refuse  to  pay 
their  licenses  and declare that they don’t 
care a  snap  of  the  finger  for  the  ordi­
nance,  anyway.

E.  L.  Andrews,  who  keeps  a  grocery 
store  at  the  corner  of  Sixth  and  Lysan- 
der  streets,  entered  complaint  at  the 
Mayor’s  office.  He  said  that  the  store­
keeper opposite  him  did  not  pay  a  cent 
and  continued  to  sell  milk  as  of  yore. 
He  told of another store-keeper,on Third 
avenue,  who  said  he  didn’t give a flip 
for  the  ordinance  and  hadn’t  taken  the 
trouble  to  pay  his  license.  Mr.  Andrews 
was  told  to go  to  the  office  of  the  corpo­
ration  counsel  and  enter  complaint.

committee,  composed  of  Aid. 
Batchelder,  Beck,  Reves,  Wild 
and 
Tossy,  called  on  the  Mayor  Monday  to 
enquire  what  he  would  do  with  the  ped­
dlers’  ordinance,  which  was  passed  at 
the  last  meeting  of  the  Board.  The 
Mayor,  after  talking  with  the Aldermen, 
stated  that  upon  being  assured  that  cer- 
tain^changes  would  be  made  in  it,  he

A 

would  approve  of  the  measure. 
In  ac­
cordance  with 
this  promise,  Mayor 
Maybury  sent  the  following  communi­
cation  to the  Common  Council:

I  have  returned  to  your  honorable 
body  with  approval  that  part  of  your 
proceedings adopting  an  ordinance  for 
the  regulation  of  peddlers and peddling, 
but  after  consultation  with those who are 
most  deeply 
interested  in  the  enforce­
ment  of  the  ordinance,  it  occurs  to  me 
that  very great  improvement  might  be 
made  by  way  of  amendment  to the  or­
dinance  adopted,  and  I  respectfully  re­
quest  the  privilege  of submitting to your 
honorable  body  the  following  sugges­
tions  of amendment,  viz.  :

I  think  the  ordinance  should  pro­
hibit  any  person  who has  not  attained 
the age of  16  years  from  peddling  mer­
chandise  on  the  public  streets.

I  think  that  provisions  should  be 
made  in  the  ordinance 
it 
necessary  for  each  person  applying  for 
a  license  to first  show  that  he  is  a  citi­
zen  of  Detroit.

rendering 

3.  Not  more  than  two  persons  under 
one  license  should  be  permitted  to  ope­
rate  a  wagon  in  connection  with  their 
business.  A  person  going  as  assistant 
to  the  licensee,  and  whose  occupation  is 
that  of  tending  to  the  horse  as  driver, 
should  have  a  badge  or  some  other  em­
blem  to  designate  him  as  assistant.

2. 

1. 

matter of  allowing  a  license  for a  short­
er  time  than  one  year  on  the  payment 
of  a  proportionate  part  of  the  license. 
I  am  not  prepared  to  say  that  I  fully en­
dorse  this  last  suggestion,  but 
it  has 
been  urged  with  a  great  deal  of  meri­
torious  argument  and  I  think  is  worthy 
of  further  consideration  before 
is 
either  adopted  or  rejected.

I  am  satisfied  that  the  adoption  of one 
or  more  of  these  suggestions  will  tend 
to  strengthen  the  ordinance,  and  cause 
it  to operate  with  more  equity  and 
jus­
tice  to  all  concerned. 
I  would,  there­
fore,  suggest  that  this  communication 
be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Streets 
and  Ordinances,  with 
instructions  to 
consider  the  recommendations  herein 
named,  and  to  report  their  conclusions 
thereon  to  your honorable  body.

it 

4. 

It  might  be  well  to  consider  the 

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15 and 17 North Waterloo St., 

Grand Rapids.

Telephone 381-1 

Commercial  House

Iron  Mountain,  Mich.

Lighted by Electricity, Heated by Steam.

All modern conveniences.

$2 per day. 
IRA  A.  BEAN,  Prop.
N E W   R E PU B L IC

Reopened Nov.  35.

FINEST HOTEL IN  BAY CITY.

Electric Bells and Lighting throughout. 

Rates,  $1.50 to $2.00.

Cor. Saginaw and Fourth Sts.

GEO.  H.  SCHINDHETT, Prop.

Steam heat,

Young  m en  and  women  acquire  the  greatest  inde­
pendence  and  w ealth  by securing  a  course  in  either 
the Business, Shorthand. English o r Mechanical  Draw­
ing" .departm ents  of  the  D etroit  Business  University, 
11-19.WUcox St., Detroit.  W. F. Jew ell,  P.  R.  Spencer.

HONORARY.

meet  Sept.  4.

Order your patent medicines from

PECK  BROS*  Grand  Rapids.

i - M A S T B R ” 

“Y U M A ”

The best 5 cent cigars ever made.  Sold by

BEST S t RUSSELL CO..  C hicago. 
Represented in Michigan by J. A. GONZALEZ^ GrandRapids.___________

Riwiiroifl Readu room

Will last longer than any other roofing  now on the  market. 
We have full  faith  in  its  merits.  But  if  you  want  other 
kinds  we  always  have them at reasonable  prices.  Let us 
quote you prices, if you need  roofing of any sort.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Detroit Office,  foot of 3d  Street.

I J « ? ! ? 1

THE  “ MONITOR.’
Soon  after our Cigar Department  was  in­
stituí ed on its  present  basis,  we discovered 
a demand for a $30.00 cigar of  better quality 
than the usual goods at  this  price.  We  met 
this call  with  the  MONITOR,  a  cigar made 
in the factory which  we  control, and by  the 
advantage  we enjoy  in  this  respect, we  are 
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 
we can  recommend in the strongest terms.

tempted  to  filter  it  before  I  gave  it  out. 
I’m  holding  onto 
the  prescription, 
though,  and  I’m  going  to  quiz  every 
drug  journal  in  the  country  about it. ”

The  Drug  M arket.

Trade  in  this  line  is  good  in the coun­
in  a  flourishing 
try  towns,  but  is  not 
condition  in  the  city.  The  cut  rate  war 
demoralizing  prices  to  the  extent 
that  some  drugs  are being  sold  at  retail 
for  less  than  the  cost  of  manufacture, 
otably  blue  vitriol  and  Paris  green, 
while  patent  medicines are  sold  by  the 
bottle  below  the  quantity  price  of  the 
proprietor.  There  are  few  changes 
in 
prices  to  record.

Opium—The  large  stocks  of  this  arti­
cle,  imported  to  take  advantage  of  the 
proposed  advance  of  $i  additional  duty, 
has  caused  holders  to  push  sales  at  a 
small  sacrifice  and  the  article  has  de- 

ined.
Morphine—Quiet,  but  firm.
Quinine—Very  firm  and  an  advance 

would  not  surprise  dealers.

Citric  Acid—On  account  of 

large 
stocks and  lateness  of  season,  this  arti­
cle  is  weak  and  lower.

Cocoa  Butter—On  account  of  large 

stocks,  this  article  has  declined.

Gelatin— Silver  and  gold 

label  are 
both  becoming  scarce  and  the  market  is 
very  firm  and  advancing.

Balsam  Copaiba—There is  a  large  de 
mand  for  this  balsam,  both 
in  this 
country  and  for  export.  Prices are  very 
firm.

Elm  Bark—Very  scarce,  on  account 
of  there.not  being  the  usual  amount 
peeled  this  year.  Prices  have advanced.
Essential  Oils—Anise  and  cassia  are 
dull  and  the  indications are  for lower 
prices.  Senna,  bergamont  and  orange 
are  unchanged.  There  are  reports  of 
damage  to  Michigan  peppermint  by 
frosts,  but  this  is  usual  at  this  time  of 
the  year.  The  reports  have,  however, 
advanced  prices  slightly.

Flowers—Saffron,  on  account  of  com­
petition  by  large  holders  in  New  York, 
has  declined  and  lower  prices  are  prob­
able.

Gums— Manufacturers  of  camphor  are 
behind  their orders  and  the  article 
is 
very  firm.  The  new  tariff  places 6c  per 
pound  additional  duty  on  refined and,  as 
soon  as  the  tariff bill  passes,  there  will 
be  an  advance,

Roots —Spring  dug  blood  root  is  very 

is  very  firm 

much  below the  price  of  fall  root,  but 
is  scarce  and 
not  as  good.  The  latter 
still  high.  Ginger 
for 
Jamaica.  The  demand  for  powdered 
hellebore  is  about  over.  There  is  very 
little  left  in  stock  and,  had  the  demand 
kept  up  a  week  longer,  very  high  prices 
would  have  ruled

Ipecac—Scarce  and  has advanced. 
Seeds—There  are  no  changes in prices 
except  in  mustard.  Supplies  of  Cali­
fornia  yellow  have  been  steadily  de­
creasing  and  prices have  advanced.

Linseed  Oil— Steady  at  what  is  con- 
siderd  a  low  price  for this  season  of  the 
year.

Turpentine— Has  declined.

Drugs—Chemicals

MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
Term expires
Dec. 31, ¡896
C. A.  B u g b e e .  Traverse City 
-  Dec. SI, ¡897
S. E. Pabkiix, Owosso 
- 
-  Dec. 3 1,1898
F. W. R. Perry, Detroit 
- 
A. C. Sc h u h a c h b r ,  Ann  Arbor 
-  Dec. 31, ¡899 
Geo. Gcndrun,  Ionia  - 
Dec. 31, i»ou

____  
- 

President, S. E. Parkiix, Owosso.
Secretary, F. W. R. Pekby, Detroit 
Treasurer, Geo.  Gundrum, 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. Phillips,  Armada.
Secretary, B. Schbouder, Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, Chas. Mann, Detroit.
Executive Committee—A. H. Webber, Cadillac; 
H. G. Colmar, Kalamazoo;  Geo.  J.  Ward,  St. 
Clair;  A.  B.  Stevens,  Detroit;  F.  W.  R. 
Perry, Detroit. 
___________

Charley  and  the  Prescription.

The  Western  Drug  Record  tells  a 
good  story  about  an 
incompatible  pre­
scription  which  was  handed  to  a  bright 
young  prescriptionist  to  be  filled.  The 
prescriptionist  is  known  to his intimates 
as  “  Charley. ’ ’  Charley,  it  seems,  is  a 
man  of  experience.  We  are  told  in  fact 
that  he  was  very  nearly  born  in the drug 
business,  and  has  acquired  a  tendency 
to  baldness  in  his thirty  years’  experi­
ence.  He  "went  to  college”   and  is 
more  than  ordinarily  competent.  But 
he  “ got  a  prescription”   a  week  or  two 
ago  that  pained  him.  He  carried  it 
with  him  to  gather  expert  opinions  in 
regard  to  it.  Probably he’ll write  a  book 
about 
if  profits  admit. 
" Y e s ,”   he  said,  " I   took  it  from  the 
in  my  usual  confident  way—‘ it 
man 
would  be  ready 
in  fifteen  minutes. 
But 
it  wasn’t.  Just  look  at  it;  here  i 
is :
R.

it  some  day 

 

Sod. arseniatis......................  
8 grs.
Argenti nitratis........................................... 6 grs.
Strychniae  sulph.......................................  1 gT-
Aloin.............. 
5 grs-
Fellow’s Syrup.  Hypoph.  Co.,
Elix. peptenzyme..................................... aa.8 ozs.
Mix.  Two  teaspoonfuls 

in  a  little 

milk  or  water  after  each  meal.

“ You  see,  the  things  oidered  are very 
much  to  the  point.  An  old  dispenser 
seeing  the  prescription  for'the  first time 
would  hesitate  to  say  what  the  patient 
would  get  in  his  bottle. 
I’ll  be  darned 
if  I  knew  whether  I’d  try  to  coax  an 
oxide  of  silver  into  existence,  first thing 
or  risk  an  arsenate.  Then 
if  the  pep 
tenzyme  stuff  had  any  free  hydrochloric 
acid  in  it,  maybe  I’d  get  a  chloride  of 
silver 
in  spite  of  myself.  Strychnine 
was  in  it  twice,  if  Fellow’s  syrup  had 
it  in,  too,  and  I  suppose 
it  has;  how 
ever,  the  strychnine  could  pass.  Alo‘ 
didn’t  count  much,  unless  the  question 
of  its breaking  up  came  in.  L oid !  the 
way  I  tried  the  different things in differ 
ent  ways  was  a  caution.  The  thing 
wasn’t  mixed 
in  fifteen  minutes.  The 
directions  for  taking  made  me  wonder 
whether  the  peptenzyme  wouldn’t curdle 
the  milk.  Blamed  if  I  didn’t  think  the 
milk  was a  good thing after a ll;  perhaps 
the  doctor  thought  that 
good  antidote 
get  onto  his  idea  about  mixing.  The 
dose  was  ready  in  about  two  hours, 
was  principally  murk  and  misgivings,
I  got  my  biggest  ‘ shake’  label  out  and 
stuck  one  on  with  an  extra  allowance 
paste. 
I  was  two  hundred  miles  from 
the  doctor  who  wrote  the  prescription 
so  couldn’t  ask  any questions.  I  wonder 
why  he  didn’t  divide the  prescription in 
two  and  make  a  pill  of  the  first half. 
Perhaps  he  meant  to. ’ ’

it  would  be 
if  the  dispenser  didn 

Charley  was  asked  what  became of 
the  transaction.  The  reply  was  easy: 
"Oh,  it  was  all  right;  the  man  never 
called  for 
it,  and  I’m  glad  he  didn’t, 
because  I  believe  I  should  have  been

MORBI 5S0 H,PLUHMIR6 C0.CHICAG0 ;j
Morrisson, Plummer & Co.,

As  the  Public  Views  It.

Proprietor- Does  the  new  clerk  seem 
to  know  anything  about  book-keeping?
Head  Book-keeper— Nothing  at  all, 
sir;  but  then,  you  must  remember  he 
has  never  done  anything  before  but 
teach  double-entry  in  a business college.

i i

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I THUM  BROS.  &  SCHM IDT, 

Analytical  and  Consulting  Chemists,  §

8 4   C A N A L   8 T ..
G R A N D   R A P ID S .  M IC H .  | 
|  
1

Urine Analysis. 

Special attention given to Water, Bark and 

8 

This  is  C. W. D i e r d o r f ,  the famous “ S. C. W. Giant,** who came in first at the great Grand 

Rapids road race.

The “ S. C. W.” cigars, like the people who sell them, are always First in ail competition.
All first-class jobbers have them.

G.  J.  JOHNSON CIGAR  CO.,  Mnfrs.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Declined—Citric Acid, Opium,

Addum
Acetlcum.................
8@* 10
80® 85
Benzoicum, German
Boracic....................
@ 15
29® 41
Carbolicum............
40® 42
Citricum.................
Hydrochlor............
3® 5
8® 10
Oxalicum...............
12® 14
@ 15
Phosphorium,  dil...
Salicylicum.............
50© 55
Sulphuricum...........
5
IX©
Tannicum.............. 1  40®  1 60
Tartaricum..............
36® 38
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg...........
4® 6
Aqua, 20 deg...........
6© 8
12® 14
Carbonas..................
Chloridum..............
12® 14
Aniline
Black....................... 2 00® 2 25
80®  1  00
Brown....................
45® 50
R ed.........................
Yellow.................... 2 50® 3 00.
Baccae.
13® 15
Cubeaee...........po. 18
8
Juniperus...............
m
25® 30
Xanthoxylum.........
Bai samum
Copaiba...................
Peru........................
Terabin, Canada__
Tolutan...................
Cortex
Abies, Canadian__
Cassiae....................
Cinchona Flava...... 
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerífera, po. 
Prunus Yirgini........ 
Quillaia,  gr’d .........  
Sassafras........po. 18 
Ulmus.. .po. 15,  gr’d 
Extractum
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.  24@
Glycyrrhiza, po...... 
28®,
Hæmatox, 15 lb box
11®
13©
Haematox, Is
Haematox, %s........
14©
16®
Haematox, V<b........
Perru
Carbonate Precip..
Citrate and Quinia.
Citrate Soluble.......
Perrocyanldum Sol.
Solut.  Chloride......
Sulphate, com’l......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........
Sulphate, p u re ......
Flora

25
30
12
14
15 
17
15 
2 25 
80 
50 
15 
2
35
7

60® 65
@ 2 60
40® 45
80® 85

18
12
18
90
20
12
12
12
15

Arnica.................... 
12®
Anthemis...............  
18®
Matricaria................   30®

Folia

Barosma.................. 
15®
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly................. 
18®
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.  25® 
Salvia officinalis, 14s
12®
and Vis.................... 
UraUrst................... 
8®
Oumml
65
®
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
45
Acacia, 2d  picked..  @
35
®
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
Acacia, sifted sorts. 
®
28
80
Acacia, po.................. 
60®
18
Aloe, Barb. po.20®28  14®
Aloe, Cape__po. 15 
®
1230
Aloe, Socotri. .po. 40 
®
60
Ammoniac................  
55®
25
Assafoetlda_po. 30 
22®
55
Benzolnum............... 
50®
Catechu, Is.
13
14 
Catechu, Vis............
16 
Catechu, 14s............
55 
C am phor*...............
Euphorblum. ,po.  35
10
Galbanum...............
1  00 
70 
Gamboge  po...........
35 
Guaiacum......po. 35
4 00 
Kino...........po. S4.u0
60 
Mastic.................
40
Myrrh............ po.  45
Opti.. .po. t3.80@4.00 2 45®  2 55
Shellac.................... 
40®  60
............................ 
40®  45
Shellac, bleached.
50®  80
Tragacanth ............
Herba
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorlum .oz. pkg
Lobelia........oz. pkg
Majorum__oz. pkg
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vir. .oz. pkg
Rue.............. oz. pkg
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
flagnesla. 
Calcined, Pat...
55@
Carbonate, Pat____ 
20®
20®
Carbonate, K. A M.
Carbonate, Jennings  35® 

®

Oleum

Absinthium............   3 25® 3 50
Amygdalæ, Dulc__   30®  50
Amygdalae, Amarse .  8 00®  8 25
AnisF......................... 2  10® 2 20
Auranti  Cortex......   2 00® 2 20
Bergami!.................  2 25® 2 30
75®  80
Cajfputi................... 
Caryophylli............   55®  6J
Cedar....................... 
35®  65
Chenopadli..............  @ 4 00
Cinnamon!!.............  1  80® 2 00
Qltronella...............  
45®  50

35®  65
Conium  Mac........... 
Copaiba..................   i  io@  1  20
Cubebse......................  
go® 
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  or®  1  io
Junípera.................   1  50® 2 00
Lavendula.............. 
go® 2 00
Limonis..................   l  20®  1  40
Mentha Piper.........  1  60® 2 20
Mentha Verid......... 2 65® 2 75
Morrhuse,  gal.........   1  00®  1  10
Myrcia,....................  4 00® 4 50
Olive....................... 
75© 3 00
Picis  Liquida.  ......  
10® 
12
Picis Liquida, gal...  @  35
Ricina.................... 
gg@ 1 04
Rosmarini...............  
®  1 00
Rosse,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succlni...................  40©  45
Sabina..................  
go®  1  00
Santal......................2 50® 7 00
Sassafras.................  50®  55
®  65
Sinapis, ess., ounce. 
Tiglii.......................  1 40® 1  50
Thyme 
40®  50
................. 
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
Bi-Barb.................... 
15® 
18
Bichromate  ........... 
13® 
15
Bromide..................  48®  51
Carb....................... 
12® 
15
Chlorate..po. 17@18c  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
15®  18
Sulphate po  ........... 

Radix

Aconitvm...............   20®  25
Althae...................... 
22®  25
Anchusa................. 
12® 
15
Arum po..................   @  25
Calamus.................  20®  40
Gentiana.........po.  15 
Glychrrhiza... pv. 15  16®  18
Hydrastis Canaden .  @  35
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  40
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
15®  20
Inula, po................. 
15®  20
Ipecac, po............... 2 00® 2  10
Iris plox —  po35®38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   40®  45
Maranta,  14s...........  @  35
Podophyllum, po....  22®  25
g£e! ” -;................. 
75®  100
Rhei, cut................. 
®  1  25
Rhei.pv..................  
75®  1  35
Spigelia................... 
35®  38
Sanguinaria... po. 40  @  35
Serpentaria............   30®  35
Senega....................  40®  45
Similax, officinalis H 
®  40
Smilax, M...............  
®  25
Srillse..............po.35 
10®  12
Symplocarpus, Foeti- 
dns,  po.................  @  25
Valeriana,Eng.po.30  @  25
Valeriana,  German. 
15®  20
Zingiber a...............  
ie
12® 
Zingiber j ...............   25®  27
Semen

Anisum...........po.  15  @ 1 2
Apium  (graveleons)  13®  15
Bird, Is.................... 
e
Carol...............po. 18 
Cardamon...............   1  25®  1  75
8® 
Coriandrum............ 
10
Cannabis  Sativa__  3V4@ 
4
Cvdonium............... 
75®  1  00
io@  12
Chenopodium  .......  
Dipterlx  Odorate...  2 90® 3 00
Foeniculum............   @ 
10
9
Fcenugreek, po........ 
7® 
4
L ini.........................  2V4® 
4
Lini,  grd —  bbl. 2V4  3V4@ 
35®  40
Lobelia..................  
Pharlaris  Canarian.  3Vi® 
4
Rapa.......................  4 Vi® 
5
Sinapis Albu........... 
7® 
8
Sinapis Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Splritus

4®  

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frumenti............... 1  25®  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T ..  1  65® 2 00
Juniperis Co...........  1  75® 3 50
Saacharum N. E ....  1  90© 2  10
Spt. Vini Galli........  1  75® 6 50
Vini Oporto............   1  25® 2 00
Vini Alba...............   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’
wool,  carriage__  @  85
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............   @  65
Hard, for slate use..  @  75
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............  @  1  40

Syrups

Acacia....................  @  50
Auranti Cortes........  @  50
Zingiber..................   @  50
Ipecac. 
@  60
Ferri Iod.................  @  50
Rhei Arom..............  @  50
Smilax Officinalis...  50®  60
Senega....................  @  50
ScllliB......................   @ 5 0

.........  

1 00

illsc e lla n e o u s

Scilla Co.................  @
50
Tolu ta n ...................  @
50
Prunus virg............   @
50
Tinctures 
Aconitum N apellis R 
60 
Aconitum Napellis F
50 
Aloes.......................
60 
Aloes and Myrrh__
60 
Arnica....................
50 
Assafoetlda............
50 
Atrope  Belladonna.
60 
Auranti  Cortex......
50 
Benzoin..................
60 
Benzoin Co..............
50 
Barosma.................
50 
Cantharides...........
75 
Capsicum..............
50 
Cardamon...............
75 
Cardamon  Co__ ....
75 
Castor.....................
1  00 50 
Catechu...................
Cinchona.................
50 
Cinchona Co...........
60 
Columba.................
50 
Cubeba....................
50 
Cassia Acutifol......
50 
Cassia Acutifol Co  .
50 
Digitalis.................
50 
Ergot......................
50 
Ferri Chloridum....
35 
Gentian..................
50 
Gentian Co..............
60 
Guiaca....................
50 
Guiaca ammon........
60 
Hyoscyamus...........
50 
Iodine......................
75 
Iodine, colorless__
75 
Kino........................
50 
Lobelia................. I
50 
Myrrh......................
50 
Nux Vomica...........
50 
Opii.........................
75 
Opii, camphorated..
50 
Opii,  deodorized__
1  50 
Quassia..................
50 
Rhatany..............
50 
Rhei.......................;
50 
Sanguinaria...........
50 
Serpentaria............
50
Stromonium...........
60
Tolutan...................  
Valerian................. 
50
50
Veratrum Veride... 
Zingiber.................. 
20
.¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30®  35
38
.¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F 
Alumen..................   254© 
3
4
3® 
Alumen,gro’d..po.7 
Annatto..................   40®  50
Antimoni,  po.........  
4® 
5
Antimoni etPotassT  55®  60
Antipyrin.............. 
@  |  40
Antifebrin ..............  @  15
Argenti Nitras, oz ..  @  55
Arsenicum............ 
10®  12
Balm Gilead  Bud  ..  38®  40
Bismuth  S. N......... 1  40®  1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  Is. 
@ 9
Calcium Chlor., Vis.  @ 1 0
Calcium Chlor.,  J4s.  @ 
12 
Cantharides, Rus.po  @  75
Capsici  Fructus, af.  @  18
Capsid Fructus, po.  @ 1 5
Capsici FructusB,po  @  15
10® 
Caryophyllus..po. 15 
12
Carmine, No. 40......  @ 3 75
Cera Alba, S. & F  .. 
50®  55
Cera Flava.............. 
40®  42
Coccus..................  
@  40
Cassia Fructus........  @  33
Centraría.................  @ 1 0
Cetaceum................   @  45
Chloroform.............  
60®  63
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  35 
Chloral Hyd Cret....  1  15®  1  30
Chondrus................ 
20®  25
Cinchonidine.P.* W  20®  25 
Cinchonldlne, Germ  15®  22
Cocaine..................   3 55® 3 75
Corks, list, dls.pr.ct.
65 
Creosotum..............   @
35 
Creta.............bbl. 75  @
25 
Creta, prep..............  @
9®
Creta, precip......... 
11
Creta, Rubra...........  @
830 
Crocus.................... 
25®
Cudbear.................  @
24
CupriSulph............ 
5®
6 
Dextrine.................. 
10®
12 
Ether Sulph............ 
75®
90
Emery, all  numbers  @
8 
Emery, po................  @
6 
Ergota...........po. 40  30®
35 
12®
Flake  White........... 
15 
Galla........................  @
23 
Gambler............... 
8®
9
Gelatin, Cooper
„   60
_J|_____ 
@
Gelatin, French...... 
35®  60
Glassware, flint, box  60, 10&10 
Less than  box....
60 
Glue,  brown........... 
9®
12 
Glue, white............  
13®
25 
14®
Glycerina................ 
20 
Grana  Paradis!......  @
15 
Hum ulus................. 
25®
55 
Hydraag Chlor  Mite  @ 
80 
Hydraag Chlor Cor.
@  70
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.
@  90@ 1 00 
Hydraag Ammoniati 
45®  55
HydraagUnguentum
Hydrargyrum.........  
_
~ 
65
Ichthyobolla, Am...  1  25®  1  50
Indigo.....................  
75®  1  00
Iodine, Resubi........  S 60© 3 IO
Iodoform.
_  4 20 
Lupulin.  .. 
..........
@ 2 25 
Lycopodium...........
@  55
Macis 
©   75
LiQuox  Arse- et Rj-
drarglod.............
27 
10®
LiquorPotassArsinit
12 
Magnesia, Sulph__
2®
3 
_
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
lVi 60 
Mannia, S. F ........... 
50®
Menthol.................  @
2 40

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

12® 15

10® 12

Morphia,S.P.&W...  1  95® 2 20 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C. Co....................  1  85® 2 10
Moschus Canton__  @  40
65®  80
Myristica, No. 1...... 
Nux Vomica...po.20  @ 
10
Os  Sepia................. 
15® 
is
Pepsin Saac, H. & p.
D- Co....................  @  1  00
Picis Liq. N.N.Vigal.
do«-;:.................... 
@ 2 00
Picis Liq., quarts....  @  1  00
Picis Liq., pints......  @  85
PilHydrarg...po.  80 
®  50
Piper Nigra... po.  22 
® 
18
Piper Alba  ...po.  35  @  30
Pilx  Burgun...........  @ 
7
Plumbi  Acet........... 
10®  12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  10®  1  20 
Py rethrum, boxes H.
& P. D. Co., doz...  @125
Pyrethrum,  pv........ 
30®  33
Quassias..................  
8® 
10
Quinla, S. P. & W .. 
26®  31
Quinia, S.German..  20®  29
QUinia, N.Y............   24®  29
Rubia Tinctorum... 
12®  14
SaccharumLacti8 pv  18®  20
Salacin....................  3 00® 3 10
40®  50
Sanguis Draconis... 
Sapo,  W.........   ...... 
12® 
14
Sapo, M.................... 
io® 
12
Sapo, G...................   @ 1 5
Siedlitz  Mixture 
20  @  22

 

Voes.

Sinapis....................
@  18 
Sinapis, opt............
@  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De 
„ 
  @ 3 4
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s  @  34
Soda Boras..............  6  @ 
8
Soda Boras, po........  6  @ 
8
Soda et Potass Tart.  26®  28
2
Soda,  Carb..............  1V4@ 
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
5
3® 
Soda, Ash...............   3V4@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether Co........ 
50®  55
Spt/  Myrcia Dom...  @ 9 00
Spts. Vini Rect. bbl.  @2 42
Spts. Vini RectVibbl  @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,  Subl.........   2V4® 
3
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
2®  2V4
Tamarinds.............. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice...  28®  30
Theobromae.........   .  42®  45
Vanilla....................  9 00@16 On
Zinci  Sulph............  
8

7® 

Oils
Whale, winter__
Lard,  èxtra........
Lard, No. 1.........

.. 

B B L.70
40
35

34
36
70
40

31
33
65
34

Linseed,pure  raw.. 
Linseed,  boiled......
Neatsfoot, winter str
Spirits Turpentine..
Paint*
B B L .
LB
Red Venetian.........
1*  2 
@8
Ochre, yellow Mars.
@4
1* 2 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..
@3
IX  2 
Putty, commercial..
2*  2V4@3 
Putty, strictly pure. 
2V4  2*@3
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13®
15 
70@
Vermilion, English. 
75 
Green, P aris...........  13 Vi®
19
Green,  Peninsular.. 
13®
16 
Lead, Red...............   5V4®
6 
Lead, white............   5%@
6
Whiting, white Span  @ 
70 
Whiting,  gilders’
TO 
White, Paris Amer..
@  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 Fum __  1  00®  1  10
Extra Turk Damar..  1  55®  1  60 
Jap. Dryer,No.lTurp  70®  75

M in e  & Perkins 

Drug  60.
Sundry Department

We  invite  examination  of  our  remodeled  and 
handsome  sundry  department  now  in  charge  of 
Mr.  J.  H.  Hagy.  We  display  in  sample  show 
cases  complete lines of the  following goods.

Perfumes 

Soaps 

Combs 

Mirrors 

Powder  Puffs

Tooth,  Nail,  Hair, Cloth, Infant,  Bath, and 

Shaving  Brushes 

Fountain  and  Family Syringes 

Tweezers 

Key  Rings 

Cork Screws 

Razors 

Razor  Strops

Violin,  Guitar and  Banjo Strings 

Atomizers

Suspensory  Bandages 
Toilet and  Bath Sponges

And  many  other  articles  too  numerous 

to mention.  Goods are up to date and prices right.

Hazel tine & m ins Drug go.

Grand Rapids. Mich.

20

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

AXLE  GREASE.
Aurora................. ..... 55
Castor Oil........... ......60
Diamond............ ...... 50
Frazer’s .............. ......75
IX L Golden, tin boxes 75
nica, tin boxes... ......70
Paragon.............. .  ...55

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

Acme.

Absolute.

BAKING  POWDER.
44 lb cans doz..................  
45
85
>4 lb cans doz..................  
lb cans doz..................   1 50
1 
45
M lb cans 3 doz................. 
15
44 lb cans 3 doz................. 
lb cans 1 doz.................  1 00
1 
Bulk................................... 
10
44 lb cans per doz............ .  75
% lb cans per doz  ...........  1 20
lb cans per doz............ 2  00
1 
*4 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
35
55
44 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
90
lb cans 2 doz c a se ...... 

El Purity.

Home.

JAXON

Our Leader.

45
85
lb cans, ? doz case........  1  60
45
75
lb cans..........................  150
85

44 lb cans, 4 doz case......  
44 lb cans, 4 doz case____ 
1 
44 lb cans.............., .......... 
44 lb cans..........................  
l 
Peerless.
1 lb. cans  .................. 
BASKETS.

 

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

BATH  BRICK.

BLUING.

C O N O I D
¡ ^ E A R L : ^
B l u i h G

BROOnS.

1 doz. pasteboard Boxes... 
40
3 doz. wooden boxes..........  1 20
So. 1 Carpet........................  1 90
No. 2 Carpet........................  1 
No. 3 Carpet......................   1 50
No. 4 Carpet.......................   1 
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.

CANDLES.

CANNED GOODS, 
rianitowoc  Peas.

Lakeside Marrowfat.........   1  00
Lakeside E.  J ....................  1  30
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng....  1  40 
Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted.  1  66 

CHOCOLATE.

CLOTHES LINES.

Walter Baker A Co.*«.
German Sweet.................. 
.22
Premium.............................. 31
Breakfast Cocoa.................. 42
Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz.........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz.........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz.........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz.........1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz  ........1 80
Jute, 60 ft,  per doz  ...........  80
Jnte, 73 ft,  per doz^ 
05

CHEESE.

844

Acme  ...............
@ 
Amboy..............
Byron.................
©  9
Elsie.................
344
©  
Gem.................
©  
9
Gold  Medal......
8M
Ideal.................
©  8 
@  8 
Jersey............
Lenawee...........
©  8 
Riverside...........
©  
844
Springdale........
Brick.......................  ©  1044
Edam.......................  @ 75
Leiden.....................  @  19
Limburger...............  ©  15
Pineapple...............43  ©  85
Sap Sago.................  ©  18

B ulk............................. 
Red 

. 

5
7

Chicory.

CATSUP.

 

 

Columbia, 
pints............. 4 25
Columbia, 44 pints.............2 50
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes...............  
.40
COCOA SHELLS.
201b  bags.... ..................  
Less quantity................. 
Pound  packages............ 
CREAn  TARTAR. 

244
3
4

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

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

Java.

Mocha.

Roasted.

Mexican  and  Guatamala.

F air.........................................17
Good....................................... 18
Prim e......................................19
Golden  ...............  
20
Peaberry  ............................... 22
Santos.
Fair  ....................................... 19
Good  ..................................... 20
Prime.................................... 22
Peaberry  ............................... 23
Fair  .......................................21
Good  ........................  
22
Fancy 
.................................. 24
Maracaibo.
Prime..................................... 23
Milled..................................... 24
Interior.................................. 25
Private  Growth......................27
Mandehllng............................ 28
Im itation............................... 25
Arabian  .................................28
Clark Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenne..................... 28
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__28
Wells’ Mocha and Java___2544
Weils’ Perfection  Java......2544
S&ncaibo.............................23
Valley City Maracaibo.......1844
Ideal  Blend........................16
Leader Blend.....................13
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brands
Quaker Arabian Mocha.__31
Quaker Mandehllng Java. .30 
Quaker Mocha and Java. ...29
Toko Mocha and Java....... 26
Quaker Golden Santos.......22
State House Blend..............2*1
Quaker Golden Rio............19

75
Below  are  given  New  York 
15
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
the  wholesale  dealer 
which 
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 Ms 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 00
ncLaughilo’s  XXXX.........12 00
75
Valley City 44 gross  . . .  
Felix 44 gross...............  
1  15
Hummel’s foil 44 gross.  . 
85
Hummel’s tin 44  gross... 
1 43
Kneipp Malt Coffee.
1 lb. packages,  50 lb. cases  9 
1 lb. packages, 100 lb. cases  9 
CONDENSED  MILK.

Package.

Extract.

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.....................................3 35

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

 

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade. 
50 books, any denom... 
100 books, any denom... 
500 books, any denom...
1.000 books, any denom...
Economic Grade. 
50 books, any denom... 
100 books, any d e n o m . 
500 books, any denom...
1.000 books, any denom...

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

.  1  50 
2 50 
.11  50 
.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.

Credit Checks.

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from $10 down.

50 books, any denom__  1 50
100 hooks, any denom___ 2 50
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
l,0003books,’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—DOnBSTIC 
Sundried....................  @  244
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  ©  4
Apricots......................  9 @1044
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................   6 ©
Peaches......................   744© 9
Pears.............................8 ©
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles...................12
Raspberries................
California Prunes.
100-120 25 lb boxes...  © 344
90-100 25 lb boxes...  @ 3J£
80 - 90 25 lh boxes.........  @ 4
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........  © 444
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........  © 4%
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........  @544
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  @744
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........  ©
44 cent less In 50 lb cases 

California Fruits.

Apples.

Raisins.

London Layers 3 Crown. 
London Layers 5 Crown. 
Dehesias....................... 
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4Crown 

1 55
2 50
3 25
4% 
544 
644 

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Peel.

Patras bbls...................... © 544
Vostlzzas 50 lb cases........ © 53»
Cleaned, bulk  ................. @  644
Cleaned, packages........... © 7
Citron American 101b  bx  @14 
Lemon American 10 lb bx @12 
Orange American 101b bx  @12 
Ondora 28 ib boxes.......  @
Sultana  1 Crown...........  ©
Sultana 2 Crow n.........   ©  8
Snltana 8 Crown...........  ©
Sultana 4 Crown...........  ©
S u ltan »   R C row n 
©

Raisins.

. . .  
FLY PAPER. 
Tanglefoot

Regular, per box...............  
30
Regular, case of 10 boxes..  2 55
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

Pearl Barley.

Lima  Beans.
.....................

Farina.
Grits.
Hominy.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
3
B ulk...............................
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s........ 2 00
Barrels  .......................... 2 25
Flake, 501b.  drums........ 1  00
344
Dried 
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
60
Domestic,  10 lb. box-----
Imported,  25 lb. box. . . . 2 50
Common.........................
IX
2
Chester..........................
Empire  ..........................
244
80
Green,  bu.......................
Split,  per lb...............   ..
254
Rolled  Oats.
Rolled Avena,  bbl...... 3 40
3 00
Monarch,  bbl......... .'...
Monarch.  44  bbl............ 1  65
Private brands,  bbl — 2 90
Private brands, 44bbl__ 1  60
Quaker, cases................. 3 20
4
German..........................
East  India......................
344
3
Cracked, bulk.................
24 2 lb packages.............. .2 40

Wheat.

Sago.

Peas.

Fish.
Cod.

Halibut.

Herring.

nackerel.

Georges cured............
© 344
Georges genuine.......
© 4
© 5
Georges selected........
Strips or bricks.........  5 © 8
10
Chunks...........................
9
Strips...............................
60
Holland white hoops keg
7 50
Holland white hoops  bbl
Norwegian.....................
2 50
| Round 100 lbs.................
1  30
| Round  40 lbs.................
13
Scaled.............................
10 50
No. 1 100 lbs....................
No. 1  40 lbs......................  4 50
No. 1  10 lbs......................  120
No. 2 100 lbs......................  7 00
No. 2  40 lbs......   ............   3  10
No. 2  10 lbs...................... 
85
Family 90 lbs....................
Family 10 lbs....................
Russian kegs.................... 
No. 1,1001b. bales............
No. 2,100 lb. bales............
No. 1 100 lbs......................  4 25
No. 1  40 lbs......................  2 00
No. 1  10 lbs.
No. 1  8 lbs.

Sardines.
Stockfish.

Trout.

66

Whiteflsh.

No. 1 No. 2
5 00
2 30
65
55

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

Jennings*.

HERBS.

D. C. Lemon
D. C. Vanilla 
2 oz.......  75
2 oz.......1  20
3 oz........1 00
3ÒZ.........1  50
4 oz....... t 40
4 oz..  ..  2 00
6 oz.......2 00
6oz.......3 00
No.  8. .  2 40 
No.  8  4 00
No. 10. . .4 00 
No. 10.  .6 00 
No.  2T.  80 
No.  2 T.l 25 
No.  3 T.l  % 
No.  3 T.2 00 
No.  4 T.l  5o
No  4 T.2 40
Sage.....................................  15
Hops...................................   15
Madras, 5  lb  boxes............   55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes__  50
16 lb  palls............................  30
17 lb pails............................  34
30 lb  palls............................  60
Condensed, 2 doz  .............1  20
Condensed, 4  doz.............. 2 25

INDIOO.

JELLY.

LYB.

Souderz*.
in  the  world 

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

for 

Best 
money.

Jackson Liquid, 1 oz 
Jackson Liquid, 2 oz 
Jackson Liquid, 3 oz.........   1  30

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Eagle  Dock—Dupont’s.

Choke  Bore—Dupont’s..

Kegs...................................4  25
Half Kegs...........................2 40
Quarter Kegs...................... 1  35
1 lb  cans.............................   30
44  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 25
1 lbcans....   .......................   45
Pure.....................................  80
Calabria.............................   25
Sicily...................................   14
Root.....................................  10
Ideal, 3 doz. In case........... 2 25
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9 sulphur...................... 1 65
Anchor Parlor.....................1 70
No. 2  Home......................... 1  10
Export  Parlor.....................4 00

MINCB MBAT.

HATCHES.

LICORICE.

flOLASSBS.
New Orleans.

B lack.............................. 
u
F air.................................. 
14
Good................................  
20
Fancy  .............................  
24
Open Kettle......................25©35

Half-barrels 2c extra.

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

48 cans in case.

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

POTASH.

PIPES.

PICKLES.
rtedlum.

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

Small.

RICB.

Domestic.

Imported.

Carolina head........ ...........   6M
Carolina  No. 1..................   5
Carolina  No. 2...................  444
Broken...............................  3
Japan,  No. 1......................  544
Japan.  No. 2......................  5
Java, No. 1.........................  4*
Table..................................  544
A nise...............................  18
Canary. Smyrna...............   4
Caraway..........................   10
Cardamon,  M alabar......  80
4
Hemp,  Russian................ 
Mixed  Bird......................  444
Mustard,  white......  ------ 
644
Poppy  .............................  
8
Rape................................   5
Cuttle Bone......................  20

SBBDS.

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in  box.

Church’s ..............................3 80
Deiand’s .............................3  15
Dwight’s .............................3 30
Taylor’s...............................3 00
Granulated, bbls...........  .1  10
Granulated,  100 lb cases.. 1  50
Lamp, bbls.  .................... 
1
Lamp, 1451b kegs............1  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
Batter, 28 lb. bags...............  30
Butter, 56 lb  bags................  60
Butter, 20  14 lb  bags............3 00
Butter, 280 lb  bbls...............2 50

Common Grades.

1003 lb sacks........................ 2 60
60 5-lb sacks....................... 1  85
2811-lb sacks.......................1 70

Worcester.

50  4  lb.  cartons................ 3 25
115  2441b. sacks....................4 00
60  5  lb. sacks....................3 75
22 14  lb. sacks....................3 50
30 10  lb. sacks....................3 50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................   60
Bulk In barrels.....................2 50

56-lb dairy in drill bags......   30
28-lb dairy In drill bags......  15

56-lb dairy in linen sacks...  60 

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.,

56-lb dairy in linen  sacks...  60 

Solar  Rock.

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

Common Pine.

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

SNUPP.

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

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Pure Ground In Bulk.

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................... 60
Nutmegs, No.  2................... 45
Pepper, Singapore, black...  9 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 12
Pepper,  shot........................10
Allspice  .............................. 12
Cassia, Batavia................... 22
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@£0
Pepper, Sing., black.... 10@14
Pepper, Sing., white__15@18
Pepper, Cayenne...........17@20
Sage.....................................18

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Pure Cane

Barrels.............................   12
Half  bbls.........................  14
Fair  ................................   16
Good................................   20
Choice.............................   25
Boxes....................................544
Kegs, English.......................  444

SODA.

SOAP.
Laundry.

Armour’s Brands.

Armour's  Family..............  2 70
Armour’s  Laundry...........  3 25
Armour’s White, 100s........  6 85
Armour’s White, 50s.........   3 20
Armour’s Woodchuck__ 2 55
Armour’s Kitchen  Brown.  2 oO 
Armour's Mottled German  2  40 

SOAP.

JAXON

Single box.............................2 75
5 box lots, delivered...........2 70
10 box lots, delivered.........   2 65
JAS.  S.  KIRK  X CO.’S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d....3 33
American Family, unwrp’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....................................... 3 65

Lautz  Bros. &  Co.’s Brands.

Acme, 70 1 lb. cakes.

Acme, 601 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  85
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 «fe 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.

p f l

i

i

Single b o x ... 
...................2  65
5 box lots, delivered........... 2 60
10 box lots, delivered........... 2 50

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. 

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2 75
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars___3 75
Uno, 100 J£-lb. bars...............2 50
Doll, 10010-oz.  bars............. 2 05

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

Scouring.

STARCH.

Common Gloss.

1-lb  packages.....................   4
3-lb  packages.....................   4
6-lb  packages.....................   4M
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   2M
Barrels  .............................   2M

STOVE POLISH.

No. 4, 3 doz in case............  4  50
No. 4, 3 doz in case............  4  50
No. 6, 3 doz in case............7 20
No. 6, 3 doz in case............7 20

SUGAR.

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the
weight of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf..............................5 25
Domino............................... 5  13
Cubes.................................. 4 88
Powdered  ..........................5 00
XXXX  Powdered................5  13
Mould  A..............................4 88
Granulated in bbls.............. 4 63
Granulated in  bags.............4 63
Fine Granulated................. 4  63
Extra Fine Granulated.......4 75
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .4  88
Diamond  Confec.  A........... 4  63
Confec. Standard A.............4  E.0
No.  1............................... ..4  38
No  2.......................................4 38
No.  3.......................................4 38
No.  4.......................................4 38
No.  5.......................................4 31
No.  6.......................................4 18
No.  7.......................................4 13
No.  8.......................................4 00
No.  9.......................................4 00
No.  10.......... 
No.  11.......................................3 75
No.  12.......................................3 63
No.  13.......................................3 50
No.  14.......................................3 44
No.  15.......................................3 31
No.  16.......................................3 25

3 88

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

Clark-JeweU-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. JohnsonCigarCo.’sbrand.

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. 

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

Standard.................
Standard H.  H.......
Standard Twist......
Cut Loaf.................
Extra H .H ..............
Boston  Cream........

bbls.  pails 

5*@ 7
5M@  7
6  @ 7
@  8
cases
@

Mixed Candv.

Competition............
Standard.................
Leader  ..................
Conserve.................
Royal ..  .................
Ribbon....................
Broken  ..................
Cut Loaf.................
English Rock.........
Kindergarten.........
French  Cream........
Dandy Pan.............
Valley Cream.........

@ 6
@  7
@ 7
@ 7
@
@
@  8
@
@ 8M
@10
@13

Fancy—In Bulk.

Lozenges, plain......
Lozenges,  printed..
Choc.  Drops...........
Choc.  Monumentata
Gum  Drops............
Moss  Drops............
Sour Drops..............
Imperlali...............

@ 8M
@ 8M
11  @14
@12
@ 5
@ ?M
@ 8M
@  8M

Fancy—In  5  lb. Boxes.

Lemon Drops.........
@50
Sour  Drops............
@50
Peppermint Drops..
@60
Chocolate Drops__
@60
H. M. Choc. Drops..
@75
Gum  Drops............
@30
Licorice Drops........
@75
A. B. Licorice Drops
@50
Lozenges,  plain__
@50
Lozenges,  printed..
@50
Imperials...............
@50
Mottoes..................
@55
Cream  Bar..............
@50
Molasses B a r.........
@50
Hand Made Creams. 80  @90
Plain  Creams.........
60  @80
Decorated Creams..
@90
String Rock............
@60
Burnt Almonds...... .  25  @
Winteigreen Berries
@55
Caramels
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes ..................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb. 
boxes......   .........
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes...................
Fruits.
Oranges.
Seedlings.
96-112.......................
250............................
150-176-200...............

@30
@45

Med’t  Sweets.

126..........................
150-176-200  ..............
Messinas.
Fancy  200s..............
Rodl.
100s..........................
Lemons.
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 360s..............
Ex. Fancy  300s........
Bananas.

Medium bunches... 1  25 @1  50
Large bunches........1  75 @2 00

Foreign Dried  Fruits.

@
@
@3 50

@3 25
@3 50

@3 50
@4 00
@3 00
@3 25
@3 50
@3 75

@10
@12
@
@ 8
@ 6
@ 5M
@ 4M

Miscellaneous Brands.

S. C. W....................................35 00
American Queen....................35 00
Mallory...................................35 00
Michigan................................ 35 00
Koyal Knight......................... 35 00
Sub Rosa.................................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, pergross............ /....  30
No. 2, per gross....................  40
No. 3, per gross....................   75

VINEGAR.

WICKING.

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
casés  ....   ...........
Dates, Persians, H.M.
B., 60 lb cases, new
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb
cases  ..................
Nuts.

Fish  and  Oysters

Fresh Fish.

Per lb.
@ 8
Whiteflsh.............
T rout................... @ 7
Black Bass............ @ 10
Halibut................ @ 12M
Ciscoes or Herring.. @ 4
Bluefish................ @ 12
@ 15
Live Lobster........
Boiled Lobster....... @ 17
@ 10
Cod.....................
Haddock............... @ 8
No.  1  Pickerel....... @ 7
6
Pike.....................
u
Smoked White....... @ 7
Red Snapper.........
@ 13
Col  River  Salmon.. @
Mackerel  ............ @ 20
Oysters in Cans
@ 40
F. H. Counts.........
Shell Goods.
Oysters, per 100........1
25(2
Clams,  per 100........
90C

H 50 
U 00

Kingaford’s  Corn.

40 1-lb packages..................   6
20 1.1b packages..................   6M
Klngsford’s Silver  Gloss.
401-lb packages...................6 Vi
6-lb boxes.......................... 7
64 10c  packages  ............... 5 00
128  5c  packages.................5 00
32 10c and 64 5c packages...5 00 

Diamond.

Common Corn.

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

Almonds, Tarragona.. @12
Almonds, Ivaca......... @11
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............
@
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.,
Ohio, new...............
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks @4 00
Peanuts.
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns. @ 6M
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted..................
@ 6M
Choice, H. P„ Extras. @  4
Choice. H. P.,  Extras,

Roasted  ................. @  5M

@

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

drains and Feedstuffs

Provisions.

Wheat.

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

74

Local Brands.

Patents.............................  4 60
Second  Patent..................   4  25
Straight............................  4  05
Clear..................................  3  70
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  15
Quaker, Ms.......................   4 15
Quaker, Ms........................  4  15

 

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 

Clark-JeweU-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s Best Ms...........  4 60
Pillsbury’s  Best Ms...........  4 50
Pillsbury's Best Ms...........  4 40
Pillsbury’s Best Ms paper .  4  40 
Piilsbury’s Best >*s paper..  4 40 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman's Brand.
Grand Republic, Ms............ 4 50
Grand Republic, Ms.........  4  40
Grand Republic, Ms............ 4 30
Lemon <fe Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Parisian, Ms......................  4 50
Parisian, Ms...................... 4 40
Parisian. Ms......................   4  30

Oiney & Judson’s Brand.

Ceresota, Ms......................   4 50
Ceresota, Ms......................  4  40
Ceresota, Ms......................  4  30
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, Ms.........................  4 50
Laurel, Ms.........................  4 40
Laurel, Ms.........................  4 30

Meal.

Bolted...............................  1  50
Granulated.......................  1  75

Feed and Miilstuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened__ 12 50
No. 1 Com and  Oats..........11  60
Unbolted Corn Meal..........11 00
Winter Wheat  Bran........... 9 00
Winter Wheat Middlings..  9 50
Screenings.............................   8 00
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 
quotes as follows:

New Corn.

Car  lots............................... 36M
Less than  car lots............   28M

Oats.

Hay.

Car  lots............................. 23
Carlots, clipped................ 25
Less than  car lots............   27

No. 1 Timothy carlots......   10 50
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots__ 12 00

Crackers.

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

as follows:

Butter.

Seymour XXX..................   4M
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  5
Family XXX......................  4M
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton--  5
Salted XXX.......................   4M
Salted XXX, 3 lb carton...  5

Soda.

Soda  XXX.........................  4M
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__  5
Soda,  City.........................  5M
Zephyrette................  
10
Long Island Wafers.........   9
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  10

 

Oyster.

Square Oyster, XXX.........   4M
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1  lb  carton.  5M 
Farina Oyster,  XXX.........   4M

Sausages.

Swift  &  Companv  quote  as 

Barreled Pork.

Smoked  fleats.

follows:
8 50
Mess  ................................ 
Back  ................................  9 25
Clear back........................ 
9 35
Short cut...........................  
9 00
Pig..................................  12 50
Bean  ................................ 
8 50
Family  ............................  
9 50
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies............................ 
5M
Briskets  ............................ 
5
Extra  shorts...................... 
5
10
Hams, 12 lb average  ___  
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
9%
Hams, 161b  average......  
§M
Hams, 20 lb  average......  
89£
13M
Ham dried beef.............. 
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
6M
7
Bacon,  clear...................... 
California hams.............. 6M@7
Boneless hams...............  
8M
11
Cooked  ham.....................  
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound...................... 
3%
Kettle.............................  
5M
55 lb Tubs..........advance  M
80 lb Tubs..........advance  M
50 lb T ins..........advance  M
20 lb Palls..........advance  M
10 lb Pails..........advance  M
5 lb Pails..........advance  M
3 lb Pails..........advance 
Bologna......................... 
Liver............................... 
Frankfort......... .............  
P ork............................... 
Blood  ............................ 
Tongue.......................... 
Head  cheese. -................ 
Extra  Mess.................... 7 00
Boneless  ...................... 9 50
Rump............................ 9 50
Kits, 15 lbs....................
80
M  bbls, 40 lbs...............
1  50
M  bbls, 80 lbs...............
2  80
Kits, 15 lbs....................
- 75
M  bbls, 40 lbs...............
1  40
M  bbls, 80 lbs...............
2 75
P ork.............................
18
Beef  rounds.................
3M
Beef  middles...............
8
Sheep............................
60
Rolls,  dairy..................
Solid, dairy..................
Rolls,  creamery...........
Solid,  creamery...........
Canned  Meats.
Corned beef,  2 lb.......
2  15
Corned beef, 14  lb....... .14 00
Roast  beef,  2 lb.......
2  15
Potted  ham,  Ms........
60
Potted  ham,  Ms........ .  1  00
60
Deviled ham,  Ms........
Deviled ham,  Ms........ .  1  00
Potted  tongue ms........
60
Potted  tongue Ms........ .  1  00

1
5
6M
6M
6M
6
9
6M

Pigs’ Feet.

Butte rine.

Casings.

10
9M
13
12M

Tripe.

Beef.

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

 

Carcass.......................  6 @7
Forequarters..............  5 @6
Hind  quarters...........  7M@  9
Loins  No.  3..................11 @14
9  @12
Ribs................. 
Rounds.......................  7 @  7M
Chucks................. 
4  @5
Plates  .......................  @4
Pork.
Dressed......................  @5
Loins.........................  @6
Shoulders...................  @  5M
Leaf Lard.................... 5M@  8
Carcass.........................7 @9
Spring Lambs............... 9 @10
Carcass  .........-.........5  @ 6M

Mutton.

Veal.

SWEET  GOODS-Boxes.
Animals............................  9
Bent’s Cold Water............   13
Belle Rose.........................  6
Cocoanut Taffy.................  9
Coffee Cakes......................  8
Frosted Honey...................  10
Graham Crackers  ............   6M
Ginge r Snaps, XXX round.  5M 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...  5M 
Gin. Slips,XXX home made  5m 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  5M
Ginger  Vanilla.................  7
Imperials..........................   6M
Jumoles,  Honey...............   10
Molasses Cakes.................  6M
Marshmallow  ..................   12
Marshmallow  Creams......  13
Pretzels,  hand  m ade......   6
Pretzelettes, Little German  6
Sugar  Cake.......................  6M
Sultanas............................  10
Sears’Lunch......................  6M
Sears’ Zephyrette................10
Vanilla  Square...............  
7
Vanilla  Wafers...............   12
Pecan Wafers.... ....... 
 
12
Fruit Coffee.......................   9
Mixed Picnic....................   10
Cream Jumbles.................  11M
Boston Ginger Nuts..........   6
Chimmie Fadden..............  9
Pineapple Glace................   12

Hides.

Hides  and  Pelts.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows:
Green...................  . . . 5  @ *
Part  cured.................  @  6M
Full Cured.................  6M@ 7M
D ry ............................6  @8
Kips,  green............... 5  @6
Kips,  cured............... 6M@  7M
Calfskins,  green.......   5M@ 7
Calfskins, cured........  7  @  8M
Deacon skins  ............ 25  @30
Shearlings........ ...... 
5@ 10
Lambs.............. ......   25@ 50
Old  Wool........
......  60@ 90

Pelts.

Oils.
Barrels.

Eocene  ......................  @UM
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @  8M
W W Michigan...........  @8
High Test Headlight..  @ 7
D„ S. Gas....................  @ 8
Deo. N aptha..............  @ 7M
Cylinder....................25  @36
Engine.......................11  @21
Black, winter.............  @ 8

2 1

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON  STONEWARE.

Butters.

M gal., per doz................. 50
1 to 6 gal., per gal...........
5H
8 gal., per g a l.................
6M
10 gal., per gal..................
12 gal., per gal............. .
<5M
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
2 to 6 gal., per gal............
Churn Dashers, per doz...

Churns.

5H
85

Milkpans.

M gal. flat or rd. bot., doz. 60
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each
Fine Glazed Milkpans.
M gal. flat or rd. bot., doz. 65
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each

5M

5M

Stewpans.

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

Jugs.

Tomato Jugs.

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

First  Quality.

LAMP  BURNERS.

5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
No.  0 Sun.......................... 
45
50
No.  1  Sun.......................... 
75
No.  2 Sun.......................... 
Tubular.............................  
50
65
Security, No. 1................... 
Security, No. 2................... 
85
Nutmeg  ............................ 
50
Climax...............................  1  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 

wrapped and  labeled__  2  10
wrapped and  labeled__2 25
wrapped and  labeled__  3 25

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,’’
for Globe Lamps............  
80

 
top,
top,
top,

La  Bastie.

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

Rochester.

Electric.

No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........  3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz).. 
..  4 00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........  4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ......  4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)........  4 40
Doz.
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  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  Ou
5 gal galv iron Nacefas  ...  9 00 

OIL CANS. 

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 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C
No.  3 Street  Lamp  .........  3  75
•LANTERN GLOBES.
No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz.
45
each, box 10 cents........... 
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...................•  38
No. 3 per gross................... 
58
Mammoth per dot........ . 
70

LAMP  WICKS.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

A  700 Pound  Barrel

can  be  handled  with  per­
fect ease  by

One  Man

And our Barrel Truck.

For further information address

BUYS BARREL TRUCK CO.

761  E. Fulton  St.

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Manistee,  Mich.

A . O. W H EE LER ,

M.  B. W H E E LE R . 
S.  D. KO PF. 

Private  Line 
Phonos

We  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 ere  not expensive.

M.  5.  Wheeler  &  Go.,

25  Fountain St., Grand  Rapids.

To  The  Wholesale  Trade

First  Premium  at  Mich­
igan  State  Fair.

Carriages,  goad 
Wagons,  Carries

and HARNESS of all 
kinds.

All  kinds of Spray  Pumps 
for barrels and  backets.

Send  for  Catalogues  and 

Wholesale Price List.

BROWN  &  SEhLER  

- 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

would  say  the  amount  must  be  much 
greater than  the  results  show.  The  fact 
remains  that  the  prices  of  goods  are  so 
low  that,  while  the  number  of  orders 
and  sales  are  beyond  the  average,  the 
total  amount  is  less  than  last  year.

San  Francisco—Trade continues about 
the  same  as  in  our  last  report.  The fruit 
industry  of  the  state  never  promised 
better  results.  Collections  are  slow  at 
this  time  of  the  year.

Omaha— Business  men,  as  a  rule,  ap­
pear to  be  considerably  encouraged  and 
various  enterprises  are  being  placed  on 
foot  that  have  been  dormant  for  the past 
two  or  three  years.

Portland,  Oregon—The  promise  of  a 
fair  trade  for  May  has  been  in  a  good 
degree  fulfilled.  More  money  has  come 
into  the  state  for the  purchase  of  cattle 
this  spring  than  for  several  years.

Obeyed  the  Law  as  Interpreted  by the 

Secretary.

Elsie,  June  5— I  noticed  in  your  issue 
of  May  19  an  article  entitled,  “ Pasters 
on  Silver  Coins. ”   The  present  Secre­
tary  of  the  Treasury  must  have  different 
views  on  the  subject  than  had  the  in­
cumbent  of  that  office  in  1891.  At  that 
time  1  was  about  to engage  in  trade  and 
I  conceived  the  idea  that  it would  be  an 
excellent  advertisement 
to  attach  a 
paster  to  each  silver dollar  I  took  in 
in 
the  course  of  business,  reading,  “ This 
dollar  bought  goods  of  J.  E.  Craven.”  
Not knowing  what  the  Treasury  Depart­
ment  might do  in  that  case,  however,  I 
wrote  the  Secretary,  and  in  his  reply  he 
stated  that the  law  was  very  plain on the 
subject.  He  said  I  would  be  guilty  of 
defacing  coin  and  would  be  liable  to 
suffer  the  penalty. 
I,  therefore,  aban­
doned  the  idea,  but  some  more  venture­
some  traders  have  used  the  paster,  as  I 
have  had  several  pasted  coins  within 
the  past  two  years. 

J.  E.  Cr a v e n.

Hardware

The  Hardware  Market.

General  trade  continues  in  fairly good 
condition,  the  backwardness  of  the  sea­
son  being  taken  into consideration.  The 
demand  for  goods  among  the  retailers 
evidently  keeps  up,  as  mail  orders  as 
well  as  orders  from  traveling  men  are 
very  frequent  and  of  fair volume.  There 
is  but  little  change  to  note  in  prices,  as 
there  seems  to  be  no  desire  on  the  part 
of  any  one  to  make any  advances  that 
are  not  fully  warranted.  The  recent 
flurry 
in  the  wire  and  nail  market, 
caused  by  the  report  that  a  new  combi­
nation  was  being  formed,  has  passed 
away,  as  it  was  found  impossible  at  the 
present  time  to  make  satisfactory agree­
ments  with  all  the  rod  mills.

Wire  Nails—As  foreshadowed 

in  our 
last  market  report  it  was an almost abso­
lute  certainty  last  week  that  an  agree­
ment  had  been  reached  between  the 
manufacturers  of  wire  rods  and  all 
products,  such  as  wire  nails,  staples, 
etc.,  and  that  the  advance of  ioc  which 
was  made by  manufacturers  and  jobbers 
generally  would  be  fully  maintained, 
and  a  further  advance  soon  take  place. 
Later  in  the  week  it  was  found 
impos­
sible  for  the  manufacturers  to  agree 
among  themselves  and  the  deal  was  de­
clared  off  and  all  prices  went back  to 
their  former base.  At  the  present  time 
it  does  not  seem  possible  that  there 
will  be  any  advance during  this  month 
or  next,  but  as  we  were  mistaken  in  the 
last  week  or  two,  we  may  be  mistaken 
as  to  the  future.  Jobbers are  not  specu­
lating  and  are  not  buying  any  great 
quantities,  except  for  their  immediate 
wants.

Barbed  Wire— In  sympathy  with  wire 
nails  and  other  wire  products,  barbed 
wire  has  again  gone  back  to  its originaj 
price.  The  demand  continues good  for 
this  time  of  the  year and the resumption 
of  the  old  price,  it 
is  believed,  will 
cause  increased  sales.

Glass—The  demand  continues  good 
and  the  recent advance  made  seems  to 
be  fully  maintained  by  all  jobbers,  as 
well  as  manufacturers. 
It  is believed 
by  those  who  understand  the  situation 
fully  that,  when  the  factories  shut  down 
in  July  for  their  annual  hot  weather  va­
cation,  it  will  be  several  months  before 
they  start  up  again.

Rope—There 

is  no  change  in  price 

and  the demand  is  only  fair.

Reports  from  other  markets  are  as 

follows:

Chicago—The  shelf  hardware  trade  is 
holding  up  very  well.  The  movement 
of  goods  is  so  large  that  business  would 
be  very  satisfactory  if  prices  were  not 
so  extremely  low.

St.  Louis—The  hardware 

jobbing 
trade  continues  to  report  satisfactory 
improvement  in  the  demand  and  in 
many  departments  jobbers  are  extreme­
ly busy.

Cleveland—Trade  in  general  is  fair, 
but  we  hear a  great  deal  of  complaint 
from  manufacturers'  representatives who 
visit  us.

Baltimore—With  the  close  of  May  we 
may  now  say  that  the  spring  trade  is 
over  and  now  begins  what with  us  is  the 
dullest  time  of  the  year.

Louisville—There 

is  quite  a  percep­
tible  movement  in heavy  goods  and gen­
eral  building  hardware  which  is  heav­
ier  than  has  prevailed  for  some time 
past.

Boston— The  past  month  shows  a  very 
large  amount  of  detail  and  it  one should 
judge  by  the  looks of  the  bill  file,  he

Umbrellas, 
Parasols  and 
Walking
f.a n A g  

-

Special attention given to mail  orders  for  anything 

in our line.

Largest  Assortment  in Michigan, 

58  Monroe  St. 

k m
• 

Grand Rapids.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

2 3

SU C C ESSFU L   SALESM EN.

C.  M.  Lee,  Representing  Strong, 

Lee  &  Co.

to 

Cuyler  M.  Lee  was  born  at  Lansing, 
Dec.  io,  1870.  He  lived  there  until  his 
mother  died,  at  the  age  of  12,  when  his 
father  sent  him 
the  preparatory 
school  at  Olivet.  He  attended  this 
school  two  years,  after  which  he  spent 
three  years  in  Olivet College,graduating 
in  the  classical  course,when  he  removed 
to  Boston  to  take  a  clerical  position 
in 
the  office  of  his  father,  who  was  then 
engaged  in  the  stock  and  grain  broker­
age business.  Two  years  later  he  took 
Horace  Greeley’s  advice and went West, 
locating  at  Kansas  City,  where  he  se­
cured  employment  with  the  M.,  K.  & 
T.  Railway  as  billing  clerk 
in  the 
freight  department.  Two  years  later he 
was  recommended  to  Geo.  C.  Smith, 
General  Manager  of  the  Missouri  Pa­

cific  Railroad,  at  St.  Louis,  with  whom 
he  remained  in  a  confidential  position 
tor  three  years. 
Ill  health  compelled 
him  to  resign  that  position  and  the sum­
mer  of  1893  was  spent  at  Mackinaw 
Island  and  other  resorts  in  Northern 
Michigan.  Starting  to  return  to  St. 
Louis  in  the  fall  by  way  of  Detroit,  he 
was  offered  a  position 
in  the  wholesale 
dry  goods  house  of  Strong,  Lee  &  Co. 
and  for  a  year  was  connected  with  the 
flannel  department  of  the  house.  He 
then  went  on  the  road,  covering  the  D., 
L.  &  N.,  Grand  River  Valley  and  J., 
L.  &  S.  Railroads,  seeing  his  trade 
every  thirty  days.  His  career  in  this 
field  has  been  marked  with  unusual  suc­
cess.

Mr.  Lee  was  married  March  24,  1896, 
to  Miss  Urba  Webber,  of  Warsaw,  Ind. 
They  reside 
in 
Lansing  and  are  members  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  church  of  that  place.

in  their  own  home 

Mr.  Lee  is  a  conscientious worker and 
is  noted  for bis enthusiasm  over  his  line 
and  for  the  manner  in  which  his  cus­
tomers  stay  by  him,  so  that  the  house  is 
reasonably  sure  of  securing  a  certain 
number  of  orders 
in  every  town  he 
touches.  He  was  formerly  hampered 
by  a  somewhat  peculiar  temperament, 
but,  after  an  unusual  experience  with 
cider  dealers  at  Cass  City  and  business 
men 
in  other  towns,  he  has  learned  to 
control  himself  in  this  respect.  He  has 
rare  ability  as  a  musician,  both  vocal 
and  instrumental,  and  can  sing  or  play 
any  piece after  bearing  it  once.
How  One  Millionaire  Began  His  Up­

w ard  C areer.

A  young  German  immigrant,  who had 
not  a  dollar  in  the  world  and  no  rela­
tives,  friends  or  acquaintances  in Amer­
ica,  worked  his  way  westward 
from 
New  York  until  he  reached  a small town 
in  Ohio,  where  he  secured  a  position 
in  a  flour  and  feed  store  and
as  clerk 

went  to  work. 
In  almost  an  incredibly 
short  time  he  learned  the  English  lan­
guage and  had  mastered  the  few details 
of  the  business  he  was  in.
One  day  he  walked  into another  feed 
store  a  few  blocks  away,  said  that  he 
that  the  proprietor  of  the 
had  heard 
place  desired  to  sell  out and  enquired 
the  price. 
The  feed  dealer  wanted 
$1, 500.  After a  few  enquiries the  caller 
sa id :
I  vill  call  to-morrow  at 
10 and  ve’ll  go  over  to  the  bank  and get 
the  money. ’ ’
No  one  knew anything about the young 
German.  The 
feed  store  man  who 
wanted  to  sell  jumped  to  the  conclusion 
that  the  prospective  purchaser  must 
have  brought  considerable  money  from 
Germany.  The  next  day,  promptly  on 
time,  the  German  called  to  take  pos­
session.

“ All  right. 

“ Come  on,”   he  said,  “ ve’ll  go  right 
over  to  the  bank  now  and  get  the 
money. ’ ’

Together  they  entered  the bank.  The 
German  approached  the  cashier’s  win­
dow,  introduced  himself  and  said :

“ Dis  is  Mr.  Jones  who  keeps  the feed 
store  on  Main  street. 
I  haf  bought  out 
his  place  for  $1,500  and  ve  haf  called  to 
get  the  money. ’ ’

“ I  beg  your  pardon,”   replied  the 
cashier,  “ but you  have no account  here, 
have  you.'1”

“ You  don’t  understand,”   earnestly 
remarked  the  German,  “ I  don’t  vant  an 
account  at  a ll;  I  vant  only  the  money. ”  
this 

“ But  you  have  no  money 

in 

bank,”   explained  the  official.

‘ * Of  course  not, ’ ’  assented  the  caller. 
“ If  I  had  the  money  I  vould  pay  dis 
man  myself.  But  I  haven’t  any  money 
at  all,  so  I  must  come  to  you  to get  it. ”  
“ But  we  can’t  let  you  have  money 
“ Then  why  is  a  bank?”  excitedly  de­

unless  you  first  give  it to  us. ”
manded  the  would-be  borrower.
. The  colloquy  which  ensued  waxed  so 
loud  that  the  President  of  the  bank 
came  out  of  his  private  office  to  see 
what  was  the  matter.  He  took  the young 
German  in  hand  personally.  The  latter 
told  the  banker  all  about himself  and 
his  aims  and  ambitions  and  in  less  than 
a  half  hour  the  bank  had  loaned  him 
$1,500  and  taken  a  first  mortgage  on  a 
feed  store  owned  by  the happiest  young 
foreigner  in  America.

That  occurred  many  years  ago,  but 
that  young  German  to-day  is the head  of 
the  American  Cereal  Co.,  and  his name 
is  Ferdinand  Schumacher.-

The  Kentucky  Court  of  Appeals  has 
decided  that the  death  of  a  man  as  a re 
suit  of  a  mosquito  bite  is  an  accidental 
death,  within  the  meaning  of  an  acci­
dent  insurance  policy,  and  that  the  rep 
resentatives  of  the  decreased  are  en 
titled  to  recover  accordingly.

WM. BRUMMELER & SONS,  ORAND RAPIDS, 

Pay  th e  highest  price  in  cash  for 

MIXED  RAGS,
RUBBER  BOOTS  AND  SHOES, 
OLD  IRON  AND  flETALS.

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

you our best  prices thereon.

The  Best

On  Earth

itali

Manufactured by

Schulte  Soap Co.,

Detroit,  Mich.
given  away  with 

Soap Wrappers.

Clydesdale

DTOIOTOTOTOTOTOTO™

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 Qualityi D. B. Steel.............................  10 50

BARROWS

BOLTS

Railroad............................................ 112 00  14 00
Garden................................................   net  30 00

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

Well,  plain...................................................I 3 25

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

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

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

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST

BLOCKS

CROW  BARS

CAPS

Ely’s  1-10..................................  .........per m 
Hick’sC. F ........................................perm 
G. D....................................................per m 
Musket...............................................per m 

CARTRIDGES

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

CHISELS

DRILLS

ELBOWS

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

EXPANSIVE  BITS

Clark’s small, $18;  large, 826........................30*10
Ives’, 1,118; 2, «24; 3, *30.............................  
25

FILES—New  List

New American............................................. 70*10
Nicholson’s................................................... 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................CC&iO

GALVANIZED  IRON

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

14 

13 

Discount, 75_to 75-10

28
17

15 
QAUGBS

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

MOLASSES  OATES

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............................... 
........  165
Wire nails, base...........................................  1
20 to 60 advance...........................................  Base
10 to 16 advance............................  
 
05
8 advance...................................................  
10
6 advance...................................................  
20
4 advance...................................................  
30
45
3 advance................................................... 
2 advance ..................................................  
70
50
Fine 3 advance........................................... 
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
15
Casing  8 advance....................................... 
25
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
35
Finish 10 advance....................................... 
25
Finish  8 advance........................................ 
35
Finish  «advance........................................ 
45
Barrel % advance..........................................  %

PLANES

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

PANS

RIVETS

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

70*

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

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. 

80
60

HAMMERS

Maydole * Co.’s, new  list..................... dis  33%
25
Kip’s  ......................................................dis 
Yerkes & Plumb’s...................................dis 40*10
I Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 30c list 
70
I Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 80c list 40*10

HOUSE  PURNISHINO  GOODS

HINGES

HOLLOW  WARE

Stamped Tin Ware.........................new list 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................20*10
Granite Iron Ware........................ new list 40*10
Pots................................................................60*10
K ettles..................................................... ...60*10
Spiders..........................................  
60*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1,2,3................................dis 60*10
State......................................... perdoz.net  2 50
Bright..........................................................  
80
80
Screw Eyes................................................... 
Hook’s..........................................................  
80
80
Gate Hooks and Eyes.................................. 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dis 
70
Sisal, % inch and  larger.............................  
6%
Manilla.........................................................  8
Steel and Iron..............................................  
Try and Bevels...........................................
M itre............................................................

LEVELS
ROPBS

WIRB  OOODS

SQUARES

80

70

4

65
55
35
60

SHEET  IRON

WIRB

TRAPS

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

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

Nos. 10 to 14...................................»3 30 
Nos. 15 to 17..................................   3 30 
Nos. 18 to 21...............................  .3  45 
Nos. 22 to 24...................................  3 55 
Nos. 25 to 26..................................   3 70 
No.  27 .......................................  3 80 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86.......................................dis
Solid Eyes........................................per ton 20 00
Steel, Game..................................... 
60*10
... 
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ..........  
50
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 70*10*10
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................per doz 
1  25
Bright Market............................................. 
75
Annealed  Market........................................ 
75
Coppered  Market..........................................70*10
Tinned Market.............................................  62H
Coppered Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  .........................  2 05
Barbed  Fence,  painted...............................  1  70
An Sable.......................................................... -dis 40&1C
Putnam................................ 
dis 5
Northwestern....................................................dis 10*10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.........
Coe’s Genuine...................................
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought
Coe’s Patent, malleable....................
MISCELLANEOUS
Bird  Cages  ......................................
Pumps, Cistern..................................
Screws, New List................................... 
85
Casters, Bed and  Plate........................... 50*10*10
50
Dampers, American............................... 
600 pound casks...........................................  
6M
Per pound...........................................   ......
H@&...........................................................   12J4
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

METALS—Zinc

HORSE  NAILS

WRENCHES

SOLDER

 

TIN—Melyn Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, «1.25.

TIN—Allaway Grade

40
40
40
30

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

Each additional X on this grade, «1.50.

 

ROOFINO  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  6 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
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   9 00
80x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   11  00

BOILER SIZE TIN  PLATE 

14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Bdllers, I 
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers, |► per p ou n d .

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

W rite  fo r  quotations  and  m onthly  illu strate d  

Catalogue.

Wit.  BRUMMELER  &  SONS,

M anufacturers  and job b ers o f 
P ieced and Stam ped  Tinw are.

360 S. Ionia St. 

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Grand Rapids, Mich

Telephone  640

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The  Produce  M arket.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Asparagus-----Home  grown  has  ad

vanced  to  30c  per  doz.  bunches.
Bananas—The  movement  of  bananas 
is  not 
interfered  with  by  any  tropical 
revolution  and  the  prices  that  prevailed 
for a  short  space  are  now  going down.

Beets—30c  per doz.  bunches.
Butter— Local  handlers  bold  separator 
creamery  at  14c  and  choice  dairy  at  qc, 
so  that 
it  nets  the  shipper  7@8c.  The 
market  is  fully  supplied  with  all  grades 
of  stock.

Cabbage—Cairo  stock commands$1.75 
fetches 

Louisiana 

stock 

per  crate. 
$2.50 per  crate.

Cauliflower—$1.75  per  box  of  2  doz, 

heads.

Cherries—While  the  weather  condi 
tions  have  been  against  this  fruit,  Mis 
souri  stock 
in  fairly  good 
condition,  commanding  $1.75  per  bu.

is  arriving 

Cheese—The  market  is  weaker,  prices 
having  further  declined  on  fancy  full 
cream,  choice and  fair.

Cucumbers— Home  grown  command 

40c  per  doz.  Southern  fetch  25c.

Eggs—Dealers  pay  7>£@8c  on  track, 
case  count,  reselling candled stock at qc
Gooseberries—The  first  gooseberries 
of  the  season  are  on  the-market  this 
week.  They  are  from  Benton  Harbor 
and  bring gi  per  16 qt.  crate.  The  re­
ceipts  are  light  as  yet.
Greens—Beet,  40c  per  bu.  Spinach, 
25c  per bu.

Lemons—The  weather  is  more  unfa­
vorable  to  lemons  than  to  any  other  line 
of  fruit.  The movement is  slow  although 
the  quotations  are  unchanged.  Local 
supplies are  liberal,  and  an  easier  tone 
is  noticeable  in  the  market.
per  lb.

Lettuce— Grand  Rapids  forcing  6@7c 

Onions—Green 

fetch  15c  per  doz. 
bunches.  Bermuda  stock  brings  $2.75 
per  bu.  crate;  Egyptian and Mississippi 
stock,  in  2  bu.  bags,  commands  gi  per 
bu.

Peas— Illinois  stock  brings  gi.40  per

bu
.Pieplant— }4 c  per  lb.
.  Pineapples—g i.25  per  doz.

being  bought  for  Indiana,  Ohio  and 
Pennsylvania  dealers.  All  of  these 
conditions  combined  have  caused  the 
recent  sharp  advance,  and  from  present 
indications  same  will  be  maintained, 
and we  are  most  likely  to see further  ad­
vances.  We  are  trying  to  state  the  sit­
uation  as 
it  presents  itself  at  the  mo­
ment.  What  will  develop 
in  the  next 
week  or ten  days,  we  are  not  able,  nor 
do  we  care  to attempt  to predict.  How 
ever,  we  beg  to  say  that  conditions  are 
favorable  for  further  advances.  We 
have  claimed,  after a  careful  consider­
ation  of  the  situation,  that  old  and  new 
potatoes  will  meet  at  40c  per  bushel 
basis  our  market.

Radishes— 10c  per  doz.  bunches.
Seeds— Medium  clover,  $4.50® 4.75 ; 
Mammoth 
clover,  $4.75@5  Timothy, 
$1.40@i.60;  Hungarian,  75@8oc ;  Com­
mon  or  German  Millet,  6o@7oc.
per box.

Squash— Mississippi  stock  brings  gi 

Strawberries—The  stock 

is  arriving 
in  excellent  shape,  the  quality  being 
rarely  surpassed 
in  this  market.  The 
cool  weather  that  aids  in  shipping  is 
cutting  off a  portion  of  the  demand,  so 
is  not  getting  the  full 
that  the  market 
benefit  of  it. 
is  nearing 
the  end  of  the  season,  the  current  price 
being  $1.50  per  crate  of  24  qts.  The 
finest  berries  are  from  Ohio,  bringing 
$2.60  per  crate—32  qts.  in  basket  crate. 
Indiana  berries are most  plentiful,  com­
manding  $1.75  per  crate of  24  qts.  Ben­
ton  Harbor  stock  is beginning  to come 
commanding  $1.30  per  crate of  16 

Illinois  stock 

qts.
Pingree  Puts a Premium on Dishonesty 
In refusing  to  sign  the Anderson  bills, 
providing  that  the  wages  of  municipal 
and  other  public  employes  could  be 
garnisheed  for  debt,  Governor  Pingree 
gave  the  business  public  a  slap  in  the 
face  which  is  quite  likely  to  haunt  him 
when  he  comes  up  for a  renomination 
a  year  hence.

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426-428-430  East  flaln  St.

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Not  How  Cheap 

But  How  Good

We warrant our make of wagons and  consequently 

produce»  no  cheap or  inferior  work.

Buyers  of the  Belknap  make  of wagons  do  not  find 

it  necessary  to constantly  repair and  replace.

Catalogue  on  application.

Belknap  Wagon  Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Potatoes—Southern  commands  about 
gi  per bu.  The  anticipated  advance  in 
old  stock  has  put  in  an  appearance,  but 
growers  are  now  too  busy  putting  in 
new  crops  to  stop  and  market  the  old.
The  condition  of  the  market  is  aptly 
described 
in  the  following  report  from 
the  Miller  &  Teasdale  Co.,  at St.  Louis: 
During  the  last  few  days  there  have 
been  heavy  rains  in  Arkansas  and  In­
dian  Territory,  which  prevents  their 
digging  their new  potatoes,  and they are 
not  able  to  load  and  ship  as  freely  as 
they  had  expected.  A great  many  ship­
pers 
in  Michigan  seem  to  be  short  of 
stock  and  are  not  able to  load  and  ship 
sufficient  quantity  to  supply  the  de­
mand.  This  is  true,  not alone  of  the  St.
Louis  market,  but  also  of  other  large 
markets  over  the  country.  We  under­
stand  that  the  same  conditions  prevail 
in  Chicago and  Cincinnati  as  we  have 
experienced  here  during 
the  present 
week.  Many  parties  have  held  off  buy­
ing  old  potatoes,  thinking  that  the  trade 
would  turn  their  attention  to  new,  but 
new  potatoes are  higher  to-day than they 
have  been  any  day  during  this  week. 
Shippers  in  Arkansas  are  asking 50c per 
in  sacks  on  board  the  cars  at 
bushel 
Fort  Smith  and  other  loading  stations 
and  the  rate  of  freight  to  our  makret 
is 
20c.  At  these  prices  much  of  the  trade 
find  old  potatoes  more  profitable  than 
new  and  have  not  been  willing  to  turn 
their  attention  to  new  until  they  were 
either not able  to get  old,or  the  price  of 
new  was lower.  Michigan  holds  the  key 
to  the  situation  now. 
If  shippers  of 
potatoes 
in  Michigan  are  not  able  to 
load  and  ship  fast  enough  to  supply  the 
demand,  we  will  yet  experience  further 
advances 
in  old  potatoes.  Wisconsin 
can  furnish  but  a  limited  portion  of  the 
supply  wanted.  The  stock  in  Minnesota 
is almost  exhausted  now,  and  all  hand­
lers  of  potatoes  look  to  Michigan  as  the 
principal  source  of supply.  Michigan 
shippers  claim  that  they  are  not  able  to 
load  and  ship;  that  buyers  in  their  sec­
tion  are  willing  to  pay  more  f.  0.  b. 
cars  their  loading  station  than  they  can
realize  by  shipping  to  some  of  the  large  r____
markets.  Many  of  these  shipments are | esty. ”

In  a  recent  interview  with  the  Gov 
ernor,  he gave  the  following  reasons  for 
withdrawing  his  official  approval:

These  bills  would  have  met  my  ap 
proval 
if  they  had  provided  that  judg 
ments  should  first  be  obtained  against 
employes  before  their salaries  could  be 
garnisheed.  As  the  bills  were  passed, 
they  would  have  resulted  in  involving 
arge  cities 
in  endless  litigation  and 
expense.

In  my  opinion  the  bills  should  have 
required  the  plaintiff  to  obtain his judg 
ment  first  and,  if  it  was  not  appealed 
from  or  paid  within,  say  10 days,  then 
filing  a  certified  copy  with  the  proper 
officer  of  the  city  should  operate  as  a 
lien  upon  any  amount  due  the  debtor, 
Then  by  providing  a  simple  way  of  en 
forcing  the  lien  all  proper claims  could 
be  satisfied.

I  approve  the  object of  the  bills,  but 
the  loose  way  in  which  they  were  drawn 
made  them  dangerous  to municipalities. 
The  reasons  given  by  the  Governor 
e  so  diaphanous  as  to  be  ridiculous, 
The  statement  that  the  garnisheeing  of 
an  employe  would  involve  the garnishee 
defendant 
is  so  far  from 
the  truth  as  to  exhibit  the  shallowness 
of  the  Governor’s  argument.

litigation 

in 

interview  with  the  author of  the 
is  thus  described  by  the  Grand 

An 
bills 
Rapids  Herald:

Jerry  Anderson  is  the  warmest  man  in 
town  because  Governor  Pingree  vetoed 
his  bills  allowing  the  pay  of  employes 
of  a  municipality  to  be  garnisheed. 
They  were  among  the  first  bills  intro­
duced,  and  Mr.  Anderson  worked  with 
them  all  winter,  got  them  through  two 
Judiciary  Committees,  and  through  both 
Houses,  only  to  have  them  vetoed. 
“ It 
shows  that  Pingree  is  the  champion  of 
the  dead-beats,”   said  Mr.  Anderson. 
“ The  bills  were  all  right,  and  every 
member  from  Detroit  voted  for  them, 
but  because  some  of  the  hangers-on  of 
the  Detroit  city  hall  do  not  care  to  pay 
their  bills,  Ping,  vetoes  this  measure. 
By  so  doing  he  has  simply  put  a 
premium  on  dead-beatism  ana  dishon-

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While you are buying wheels, do not neglect the

GROCERS’  SAFETY

No.  1  Cross  Spring  Delivery  Wagon.

Body, 6  ft  6  in.  Width,

ft.  7  in.  Depth,  y  in.  Capacity,  i,ooo  pounds.  Patent] wheels,  double 

collar, steel axles.  Price, $28.

Three Spring  Delivery Wagon— Made in  Two  Sizes.

No.  t.  Body,  6  ft.  6  in.  Width,  31  in.  Capacity,  600  to  800  pounds.  Drop  end  gate.  'Price,  $34. 
No. 2.  Body, 7 ft.  Width, 3 f t   Depth, 8 in.  Capacity,  1,200 to 1,500 pounds.  Body hardwood.  Price, $36.

Full  Platform  Spring  Delivery  Wagon.

No.  i. 

i% Concord  steel  axles.  1% tread  Sarven  patent  wheels.  Oil  tempered  spring,  1*4-4 and 5 
leaf.  Body,  9  ft.  Capacity,  1,500  to  r,S£oo  pounds.  Hand  made  and  fully  warranted  drop  tail  gate. 
Price,  $50.

No.  2 

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

Concord steel axles.  1%  tread Sarven  patent  wheels.  Oil  tempered  springs,  1 

and  6 

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

Full value in each wagon for the money!

BROWN,  HALL  &  CO.,

Manufacturers of  B U G G IES, W AG O N S AND  H AR N ESS,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Awnings  a n d   Tents

Best  goods  and  lowest  prices  In  the  State.  Ail 

work guaranteed.  Send for prices.

CHAS.  A.  COYE,  u   Peart Street.

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p)
Twelve  Dozen  is  a  Gross,  Sir!

A  Groc=er’s

Cost Book will help you keep  tab 
on  what  your goods  COST—“by 
the  Gross”  or  “by the  Dozen.” 
You can tben BUY BIGHT.  Send 
for sample leaf and prices.

BARLOW BROS.,

GRAND RAPIDS, M id i 

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A  Beautiful  Lawn Shade.  Easily handled.  Does not hurt  the  lawn.  Affords rest 

and comfort for a dozen or more people.  Made only by

THE  SPRAGUE  UMBRELLA  CO.,

N O R W A L K ,  OHIO.

A  beautiful  Lithograph sent free on application.

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INCLUDES  THE  ITEM

“ Ice  Cream  Lost  or  W asted.”

The  New  Round 
Grand  Rapids 

Ice  Cream  Cabinet

W ill  make  ciphers  of  the 
figures  opposite  this  item.

It is handsome  and in  keeping  with  Soda  Foun* 
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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.

Chocolate  Cooler Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

A L L   J O B B E R S   S E L L

T H E   FAMOUS

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FOR

5   Cents

It  is  a  pleasure  to  smoke 
them.  They are up-to-date*?« 
They  are  the  best

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ever made in America.  Send 
sample  order  to  any  Grand 
Rapids  jobbing  house.  See 
quotations  in  price  current.

Do  Yob soil Sospeoiers ?

We-make all leather.
Also a non elastic web  on the same plan 
improved.  You lose nothing to try.
Graham  Roys  &  Co.,

Pitch  Place,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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