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TRADESM AN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.!

Volume  XIV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JULY  28,  1897.

PER  Y E A R

Number  723

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¡Michigan  Merchants

T h e  Universal 

Verdict

Manitowoc  Lakeside  Peas  have 
sold 
the  best  of  any  line  of 
canned vegetables this season.  In 

fact,  they  are  now  hard  to  se­

cure and will be until  new pack.
Price is  advancing  daily.  This 
tells the story.

The  Albert  Landreth  Co*,

Manitowoc,  Wis.

Worden Grocer Co., Agent.

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Are  rapidly  learning  the 
advantages  offered  by 
giving 
their  customers 
the benefit of their adver­
tising bill. 
In years  past 
you have,  perhaps,  spent 
hundreds  of  dollars  tell­
ing  the  people  you  sell 
goods at cost, etc.  They 
h?ve  no  confidence 
in 
such statements and  look 
upon the  old-time  adver­
tisement  with  continued 
distrust.

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patronage—and 
you’ll  get  it.  Take  3,  4 
or 5 per cent, of your sales 
and  invest  it 
in  useful 
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It is the general opinion of the trade that  the  prices  on

C O F F E E

have about, if not absolutely, reached bottom.  We  are 
sole  agents  in  this  territory  for  the  celebrated  bulk 
roast coffees of the

WOOLSON  SPICE CO.

Ask  our  salesman  to  show  you  our  line  of  samples.

MUSSELMAN GROCER  CO., Grand  Rapids.

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Four Kinds of Coupon  Books

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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Notice to  toe  Groeeru Trade

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

M.  S.  D O Y L E . E L S I E .  M I C H

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We carry a stock  of cake tallow for mill use.

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Grand  Rapids.

J. A. MURPHY. General Manager.

FLOWERS, MAY & MOLONEY. Counsel

The Michigan Mercantile Agency

SPECIAL  REPORTS. 

LAW  AND  COLLECTIONS.

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

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

N.  B.—Promptness  guaranteed  in  every  way.  A ll  claims  systematically  and  persistently 
handled until collected.  Our facilities are unsurpassed for prompt  and  s iicient  Eervice.  Terms 
and references furnished on application.

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

TRADESMAN  60MPANY,  Grand Rapids.

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Thirty  Long  Years

Of  experience  enable  us  to  excel  all  experimenters  in 
giving  you  the  Best  Goods  for  the  Price  as  is seen in

C L Y D E S D A L E   SO A P

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Premium given away with C'h’desdale Soap  Wrappers. 

DETROIT  MICH

One  Advantage

in  buying  Wash  Goods  now  is

The  Prices  are  Lower

Som e  lines  not  being  com plete,  a  general  re­
duction  has  been  made  to  clean  them all  out.

P.  S teketee & Sons,

We  Manufacture 
Kersey  Pants—

L ook  over  our  line  before  placing  your 
order. 
Just  w hat  you  want  at  prices  you 
can  afford  to  pay.  O ur  salesm an  w ill 
call  if you  wish  it.

Voigt,  Herpolsheimer & Co.,

W holesale  Dry  Goods, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

McCray  Refrigerator  and  Cold  Storage  Co.,

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

Fine  Roll  Top  Butter  and  Grocery  Refrigerators.

Designers and  Furnishers of all  kinds of Fixtures forati kinds of Stores. 

KENDALLVILLE.  INDIANA.

R I N E   S T O R E   F I X T U R E S

No Use for 6oupon Books

T r a d e s m a n   C o m p a n y ,  Grand  Rapids:

S l o w t o w n ,  May 3,  1897.

G e n t l e m e n   You need not take the trouble  to  send  me  any  more  circulars 
I  don’t  like  the  system.  Coupon  books  won’t  wait  on  cus­
about coupon  books. 
tomers.  Coupon  books  won t  deliver  goods.  Coupon  books  won’t  collect  them­
selves.  What I Want is a system so easy that I  will have nothing to do but entertain 
traveling  men  while  the  customers do the rest—wait on themselves and make their 
own change.  When you get up a system of this kind to amount to something  I  will 
adopt  it,  but  until  you  do  you  might  as  well  save  your  postage.

WM.  EASY.

Combination  Roll Top Counter,JSpice’ Drawers and Shelving.

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Wholesale Clothing  Manufacturers,

Rochester,  N.  Y.

Established  Nearly One-half Century.

Write  our  Michigan  representative,  William 
Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., to call on you, or 
meet him as under  (customers’  expenses  allowed) 
and  he  will  show  you  best  line  of  Kersey  Over­
coats, strictly all wool,  raw  and  stitch  edge,  at  $5 
and $7;  prices, fit, quality and make guaranteed.

William Connor will be at Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.,  on Thursday,  Friday and  Saturday, 
July 20,  30 and 31.

He Preferred Bankers 
Life Hssuranoe Go.

Incorporated by

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Maintains a Guarantee Fund.
Write for details.

Home Office,  Moffat  Bldg.,

F R A N K   E .  ROBSON,  P r es.
TRU M A N   B.  GOODSPEED,  S e c ’y .

DETROIT,  MICH.

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CHICAGO.

Save  Trouble 
Save  Loises 

Save  Dollars TBHDESjSP COUPONS

Bear  Investigation.

The  Tradesman  feels  called  upon  this 
week  to  advise  Michigan  shippers  to 
exercise  caution  in  dealing  with  Chas. 
H.  Kridler,  who  purports  to  conduct  a 
commission  business  in  fruit  and  vege­
tables  at  326 Broadway,Milwaukee.  The 
concern  has  men  at  work  in  the  fruit 
districts  of  this  State,  soliciting  con­
signments  from  growers  on  the  repre­
sentation  that  Kridler  is  a  man  of  con­
siderable  means.  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
he  is  a  man  of small  means—so  small, 
in  fact,  that  Dun’s  mercantile  agency 
never  had  occasion  to 
look  up  his 
lecord  or  standing  during  the  time  he 
was  engaged  in  the  saloon  business 
in 
this  city.  At  that  time  the  Grand Rap­
ids  Brewing  Co.  and  the  local  agpnts  of 
outside  breweries  refused  to  have  any 
dealings  with  him  except  on  a  cash 
basis,  as  it  was  understood  that  his  real 
estate  was  incumbered  and  that  he  had 
little 
if  any  capital.  This,  in  itself, 
ought  to  be  a  sufficient  reason  why ship­
pers  should  be  very  cautious  in  dealing 
with  him,  except  on  a  cash-in-advance 
basis.

indictment 

Aside  from the financial  irresponsibil­
ity  of  Kridler,  his  associates  in  the  en­
terprise  are  not  such  as  to  inspire  re­
spect  or  confidence.  The 
‘  power  be­
hind  the  throne”   appears  to  be  none 
other  than  Frank  J.  Lamb,  who  is  now 
under 
in  the  United  States 
Court  here  on  a  charge  of fraudulent use 
of  the  mails.  This  man  has  repeatedly 
been  exposed  by  the  Tradesman,  but 
appears  to  persist 
in  the  work  of  so­
liciting  shipments  without  any  thought 
of  making  returns  to  the  shippers. 
Realizing  that  his  past  conduct—and 
the  repeated  exposures  of  the  Trades­
man—have  made  the  name  Lamb  noto­
rious,  he  succeeds  in  getting  some  one 
else  to  stand  sponsor for him as the nom­
inal  owner  of  the  establishment,  while 
he  pulls  the  wires  from  the  background 
with  the  “ icy  eye  and  stony  heart”  
which  are  his  boast  and  pride.

It 

is  reported  that  another  attache  of 
the  institution  is  Chester A.  Lamb,  who 
is  also  under  indictment  in  the  United 
States  Court  here  on  the  same  charge  as 
his  father.

Still  another  attache 

is  Benj.  F. 
Striding,  who  at  one  time  conducted  a 
saloon  of  questionable  repute  on  Kent 
street,  Grand  Rap ids, and  who  has  been 
uncollectible  for  years  and  has  the  rep­
utation  of  being  a  dead-beat  net.  His 
career  as  a  commission  merchant  in 
Grand  Rapids  was brought  to  a  sudden 
termination  by  the  exposures  of  the 
Tradesman,  a  little  over  a  year  ago,  but 
in  spite  of  the  exposures  he  managed  to 
secure  considerable  plunder  from  mer 
chants  who  were  too  poor  or  too  short­
sighted  to  take  a  trade  paper.  At  this 
time  Striding  asserted  that  his  partner 
was  Chas.  White,  of  367^  Clark  street, 
Chicago;  that  he  owned  a  house  and  lot 
on  Gelock  street,  Grand  Rapids;  an 
acre  of  land  in  Benona,  Benzie  county; 
three  mortgages  on  farm  property,  ag­
gregating  $1,825;  a  section  of  land  in 
Virginia,  worth  $20  per acre;  a  carload

of  lemons  in  the  basement,  all  paid for, 
and  $600  in  cash—all  of  which  state­
ments  were  subsequently  found  to  be 
untrue. 
In  fact,  when  he  was  after­
wards  arrested,  in  company  with  Ches­
ter  A.  Lamb,  on  a  charge  of larceny,  he 
was  unable  to  furnish  bonds  and  re­
mained  in  jail  for  some  time.

Two  other  Grand  Rapids  worthies—• 
Harry  Bedell,  who  defaulted  to  the  city 
while  acting  as  Police  Court  Clerk,  and 
Isaac  L.  Austin,  who  formerly  con­
ducted  a  saloon  at  50  South  Ionia  street 
—are  understood  to  have 
located  at 
Milwaukee,  but  what  their  connnection 
with  the  concern  is— if any—the Trades­
man  has  been  unable  to  ascertain. 
Painstaking  investigation  of  the  entire 
establishment  and 
in 
progress  and  further  disclosures  will  be 
made  in  these  columns  as the facts come 
to  the  surface.

its  methods 

is 

Chas.  H.  Kridler  may  be  an  honest 
man  and  the Tradesman sincerely  hopes 
he  is ;  but  if  a  man  is  to  be  judged  by 
the  company  he  keeps,  Michigan  ship­
pers  would  do  well  to  have  a  pretty 
thorough  understanding  and  a  positive 
guaranty  from  some  responsible  party 
before  consigning  fruit  or  produce  to 
such  a  house.  The  establishment  was 
visited  twice  last  week  by  a  represen­
tative  of  the  Tradesman.  On  both  oc­
casions  a  dry  goods  box  served  as  a 
table  on  which  letters  were  being  writ­
ten  to  Michigan  shippers.  On  the  first 
visit  the  store  was  bare  of  stock,  but  on 
the  second  call  a  solitary  crate  of  toma­
toes  graced 
Frank 
Lamb  was  present on both occasions,and 
wherever  Frank  J.  Lamb  is,  there  is — 
business.

the  front  door. 

Flour  and  Feed.

flour 

The  past  week  has  been  a  very  active 
one  in  the  flour  market.  Buyers  have 
been  holding  off  so  long  that  stocks  are 
now  exceedingly  low.  The  demand  for 
choice  old  wheat 
is  strong  and 
prices  have  been  well  sustained.  The 
city  mills  are  now  running  all  of  their 
plants  strong  and  have  a  good  many  or­
ders  booked  for  August  shipment.  The 
outlook  for  winter  wheat  flour  this  year 
is  exceptionally  good  and,  in  all  prob­
ability,. the  mills  of  Michigan  which 
have  an  established  reputation  for  their 
goods  will  be  able  to  run  fulltime.  The 
conditions  are  such 
that  prices,  no 
doubt,  will  be  well  sustained  and  at  a 
time  when  the  farmer  will  get  his  share 
of  the  benefit  by  getting  good  prices  for 
his  wheat.

Millstuffs  are 

in  good  demand  and 
worth  about  50  cents  more  per  ton  than 
a  fortnight  ago.  Feed  and  meal,  while 
not  in  great  demand,  are  worth  a 
little 
more  money  on  account  of  an  advance 
in  both  corn  and  oats.

W m .  N .  R o w e .

Brewers  will  hold  their  National  con­
vention  at  Boston  on  Sept.  19. 
It  is 
quite  probable  that  a  resolution  will  be 
sprung  and  adopted  favoring  independ­
ent  labor  class  political  action,  and  that 
the  delegates  to  the  American  Federa­
tion  of  Labor  will  attempt  to  force  the 
same  through  that  body.

Number 723

So m e   Spe cial  Features  o f  the  G rand 

Ledge  Convention.

One  of the  interesting  features  of  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Michigan  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  which  oc­
curs  at  Grand  Ledge  next  week,  Mon­
day,  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  will  be  a 
capsule  filling  contest.  Each  contestant 
will  be  supplied  with  twenty-four  No. 
2  capsules  and  enough  powdered  willow 
charcoal  and  calcined  magnesia  to  fill 
them.  The  winner  must  fill  bis  capsules 
and  have  none  of  the  powder  left  on  the 
table;  and,  of  course,  be  the  first  one  to 
finish  his  task.  The  prize  for  this  event 
is  a  fine  quarter  sawed  oak  3 gallon  ice 
cream  cabinet.  This  contest  was  an 
event  at  the  Mackinac  Island  meeting 
last  year  and F.  W.  R.  Perry,  of Detroit, 
was  the  winner  of  a  pair  of prescription 
scales.

There  has  been  some  talk  among  the 
members  of  the  Executive  Committee 
about  a  plan  to  make  every  registered 
pharmacist 
in  the  State  a  member  of 
the  Association.  Should  the 
idea  as 
discussed  be  carried  out  at  this  meet­
ing,  it  will  be  so  arranged  that  each 
registered  pharmacist,  in  renewing  his 
certificate  of  registration,  may 
include 
a  fixed  sum  (which  will  not  exceed  50 
cents),  this  money  to  go  into  the  treas­
ury  of  the  Association.  Many  of  the 
most  successful  state  associations  are 
said  to  have  adopted  this  plan.

E. 

F.  Phillips, 

the  present  Presi­

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dent,  is  not  a  candidate  for  re-election 
and 
is  not  unlikely  that  Vice-Presi­
dent  Webber  will  be  chosen  as  Mr. 
Phillips’  successor.

B. 

Schrouder,  who  acted  as  Secretary 

for  the  past  two  years,  is  not  a  candi­
date  for  the  office  again  and  it  is  re­
ported  that  Chas.  Mann,  who 
is  now 
Treasurer,  has  his  eye  on  the  Secre­
tary’s  chair.  John  J.  Sourwine,  of  Es- 
canaba,  is  a  candidate  for  the  honor  of 
representing  the  Association  at  the  next 
annual  meeting  of  the  National  Whole­
sale  Druggists’  Association.

These  changes  will  produce  a  general 
shaking  up  among  the  present  officers 
and  will  add  many  new  names  to  the 
list  of  1897-98  officers  and  committees.
Those  buying  tickets  for Grand Ledge 
next  week  to  attend  the 
convention 
should  buy  them  on  “ the  certificate 
plan”   and  have  the  station  agent  fur­
nish  them with  the  proper receipt, which 
will  (if  too attend)  entitle  them  to  a re­
turn  ticket  for  one-third  the  regular 
fare,  making  the  round  trip  at  one  and 
one-third  fare.  This  arrangement  will 
be  made  so  that  all  Michigan  railroads 
will  make  the  same rate.  This  will  ap­
ply to all  who  attend,  whether  members 
of  the  Association  or  not.

Anticipating  the  Obsequy.

A  poor  man  lay  dying,  and  his  good 
wife  was  tending  him  with  homely  but 
affectionate  care.  “ Don’t  you  think  you 
could  eat  a  bit of something,  John?  Now 
what  can  I  get  for  you?”

With  a  wan  smile  he answered feebly: 
“ Well,  I  seem  to  smell  a  ham  a  cook­
ing  somewhere;  I think  I  could  do  with 
a  little  bit  of  that.”

Oh,  no,  John,  dear, ’ ’  she  answered,

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

___Bicycles____

N ew s  and  G o ssip  o f Interest to  Dealer 

and  Rider.

At  a  recent  dinner  of  the  National 
Hardware  Dealers’  Association,  Colonel 
Albert  A.  Pope  spoke  upon  the  origin 
and  development  of  the  bicycle  and  of 
the  business  method 
in  bringing  this 
industry  to  its  present  proportions.  He 
credited  the  first  idea  of  a  bicycle to the 
brain  of  an  artist,  whose  conception  of 
a  two-wheeled  vehicle  to  be  ridden  and 
propelled  by  the  rider  was  depicted 
in 
1643. 
In  1819 the  wheel  took  practical 
form,  but  not  until  much  later  did  the 
building  of  bicycles  become  an  estab­
lished 
in  this 
country  being  made  by  blacksmiths 
and  wheelwrights  and  being 
crude 
affairs.  Colonel  Pope  said  that  he  first 
saw  a  bicycle  at  the  Centennial  in  1876 
and  the  next  year  he  embarked  in  the 
business.  About  1886  the  safety  bicycle 
began  to be  heard  of,  and  it  resulted  in 
making  the  bicycle  a  popular  vehicle. 
The  next  important 
improvement  was 
the  pneumatic  tire,  which  came  into 
use  in  1892.

industry,  the  first  ones 

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finished 

One  of  the  wedding presents  given  by 
the  Queen  of  Italy  to  her  daughter-in- 
law,  the  Crown  Princess  of  Naples,  was 
a  bicycle,  magnificently 
in 
every  respect.  The  Queen  herself  pos­
sesses  the  most  costly  bicycle  in  the 
world,  presented  to  her  some  little  time 
the  fittings  are  of 
ago,  of  which  all 
gold.  This  bicycle 
is  kept  more  for 
show  than  use,  much  as  the  Queen  was 
delighted  with 
fittings 
naturally  make  it  heavy,  and  are  there­
fore  not  practical.  The  Dowager-Duch­
ess  of  Aosta  learned  to  ride  much  earli­
er  than  Queen  Margaret,  and  she  may 
be  said  to  hate  introduced the sport into 
Italy  for  women.

it.  The  gold 

*  *  *

In  strange  contrast  to  the  rest  of  the 
country  the  bicycle  seems  to  be  in  bad 
odor  in  Montreal,  Canada.  A  tax  of  $2 
is  levied  on  every  wheel  ridden  within 
the  city  limits.  Wheelmen  are  forbid­
den  to  ride  past  street  corners  at  a 
speed  exceeding  that  of  a  horse  walk­
ing,  and  have  been  debarred  from  the 
most  frequented  park  and  summer  re­
sorts  of  the  city.  And  now  the  Turn­
pike  Trust  gives  notice  of  application 
to  the  Provincial  Legislature  for  power 
to  levy  toll  on  all  bicyclists using any  of 
the  country  roads  leading  out  of  the 
city.  At  this  rate  the  bicycle  may  yet 
be  replaced  by  the  horse  in  Montreal.

*  *  *

It  is  good  news  to  wheelmen  of  Lon­
don  to  know  that  the  police  have  now 
apparently  forsaken  the  practice  of 
“ collaring”   the  handle-bar  of  a  ma­
chine  and  so  throwing  the  rider  over 
without  a  chance  of  saving  himself 
The  method  now  appears  to  be  for a 
cuople  of  constables  to  take  their  stands 
on  a  road,  upon  the  watch 
for  the 
scorching  brigade. 
In  preparing  to  re­
ceive  a  cyciist,  they  buckle  a  couple 
of  capes  together  and  hold 
them  at 
arm's 
The 
cape  “ gives,”   and  it  is  quite  possible 
for  a  wheelman  to  jump  off  backwards 
as  soon  as  he  runs  into  the  buffer.

length  across  the  route. 

♦   *  *

When  the  cyclist  gets 

into  active 
work  he  frequently  becomes  thirsty  on 
the  first  few  rides.  Some  cyclists  ad­
vise  their  friends  not  to  drink  at  all, 
but  to  endure  feelings  similar  to  those 
experienced  by  Tantalus  of  old.  The 
temptation  to  drink  something  is  too 
strong  for  the  average  man,  who 
is  not

disposed  to  become  a  martyr  to  any­
thing.  The  course  prescribed  by  Na­
ture 
is  to  drink  when  one  is  thirsty. 
Drink  moderately,  and  slake  your  thrist 
with  non-intoxicating  beverages.

$ 

jfc

The  statement  sometimes  made  that 
cycling  has  a  tendency  to  make  women 
is  one  of  the  most  libelous 
immodest 
that  could  be  uttered. 
Its  authors  mis­
take  the  absence  of  self-consciousness 
for  the  loss  of  the  most  prized  virtue  of 
the  fair  sex,  and  create  an 
impression 
which  has  no  foundation  in  fact.  There 
• s  a  vast  difference  between convention- 
alties  and  p-oprieties,  yet  a  distinction 
is  not  always  made.  The  bicycle  has 
made  women  think  of  something  else 
than  fashions  and  social  obligations, 
but 
it  has  not  made  them  forget  iheir 
modesty.

$ 

♦   M

There  are  physicians  now  who  make 
a  specialty  of  bicycle  diseases.  They 
candidly  admit,  however,  that thev  have 
been  driven  to 
it  by  the  number  of 
patients  who  have  deserted  them  since 
the  bike  fever  set  in.

*  *  *

Chains  may  be  thoroughly  cleaned  by 
removing  them  from  the  machine,  re­
moving  all  the  dirt  and  dust  from  the 
immersing  them  in  kero­
outside,  and 
sene  or  benzine,  leaving  them 
in  the 
receptacle 
in  which  they  are  placed 
overnight.  Another  good  plan  is  to  boil 
them  in  a  solution  of  washing  soda  and 
water.  When  the  latter  plan 
is  used 
they  should  be  thoroughly  dried  and 
well  lubricated  after  washing.

*  *  *

When  the  saddle  is  properly  adjusted 
the  heel  will  just  touch  the  pedal  at  the 
lowest  point,  with  the 
leg  perfectly 
straight.  The  ball  of  the  foot  should 
come 
in  the  center  of  the  pedals,  and 
when  the  saddle  is placed correctly there 
will  be  a  very  slight  bend  in  the  knee 
joint,  just  enough  to  give  transmission 
to  the  full  power of  the  leg.

*  *  *

in  the 

Century  riders  are  often  troubled  with 
cramps 
legs  and  tiring  of  the 
wrists.  Raising  the  saddle  a  trifle  and 
the  handlebar  considerably  will  give 
relief  in  almost  every  case.  A  different 
set  of  muscles  is  thus  brought  to  work, 
and the  tired  ones  are  permitted  to  rest. 

*  *  *

A  cyclist  who  had  nothing  else  to  do 
has  arranged  the  following  statistics:  If 
all  the  miles  ridden  on  cycles  last  year 
were  totaled  they  would  equal  twice  the 
distance  between  the  earth  and  the  sun. 
The  number  of  revolutions  of  the pedals 
would  be  150,000,000,000.  The oil  used 
for  lubricating  and  illuminating  would 
fill  to, 000  barrels.

Bicycles  on  Tow paths.

From the Troy Daily Press.

Superintendent  George  W.  Aldridge 
of  the  Public  Works  Department  has  an 
overweaning  ambition  to  be  Governor, 
and  one  year  ago,  in  his  desire to  have 
the  support  of  the  wheelmen  vote,  he 
generously  donated  the  canal  towpaths 
as  bicycle  wheelways.  As  superintend­
ent  of  the  canal  system  he  threw  open 
to  wheelmen  the  use  of  the  towpaths, 
and  they  were  not  slow  to  take  advan­
tage  of  the  offer.  Now  Mr.  Aldridge  is 
being  pestered  with  complaints  coming 
from  canal  boatmen,  who  say  that  their 
mules  shy  at  bicycles  and  have, 
in 
some  instances,  fallen  into  the  canal  as 
the  result  of  a  glance  at  a  passing  bi­
cyclist.  The  Superintendent  is  trying 
to  figure  out  just  what  he  shall  do.  Two 
courses  present  themselves,  either  to 
force  canal  mules  to  wear goggles  and 
blinders  or  else  compel  wheelmen  and 
wheelwomen  to  wear  costumes  on  the 
towpaths  that  will  be  warranted  not  to 
scare the  patient  but  shy  mules.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

M E N   O F   M A R K .

F.  C .  Larsen,  the  Manistee  Jobber 

and  Retailer.

The  sandhills  which  indicate  the  lo­
cation  of  Manistee  mark  the  spot  where 
immense  fortunes  have  been  made  in 
the  lumber  and  salt  business.  Not  all 
the  money  that  has  been  made  in  the 
Salt  City,  however,  has  been  made 
in 
pine  and  salt;  and  to-day,  when  lum­
bermen  are  complaining  that  there 
is 
no  money 
lumber and  scarcely  any 
in  salt,  a  wholesale  grocer  of  Manistee 
is  frequently  pointed out as the man  who 
is  making  the  most  money  of  any  man 
in  the  town.

in 

F. 

C.  Larsen  is  an  example  of  a  man 

who,  by  strict  adherence  to  strong  busi­
ness  principles  and  an  unfailing  atten­
tion  to business,  has  advanced  in  a  few 
years  from  dealing  in  a  limited  way  in 
second-hand  goods  to  be  the  head  of  a 
business  which  amounted 
last  year  to 
more  than  $300,000,  that  occupies  two 
large  stores  and  keeps  sixty  employes 
busy.

stories  and  a  basement.  The  first  floor 
of  the  wholesale  building  contains  the 
offices  and  storerooms  for flour,  soaps 
and  sugars,  with  a  20x40  refrigerator  in 
the  rear.  On  the  second  floor 
is  the 
fancy  grocery  stock  and  the  third  is 
given  up 
tinware, 
crockery  and  glassware.  The  basement 
is  utilized  for  the  storage  of  provisions 
and  canned  goods.

to  woodenware, 

store 

Mr.  Larsen  is  deep  rooted  in  the  be­
lief  that  low  prices  must  bring  custom­
ers,and  fully  as  firm  in  the  opinion  that 
credit  and  low  prices  are  incompatible. 
His  department 
is  conducted 
strictly  on  a  cash  basis,  and  he  car­
ries  the  same  principle  into  his  whole­
sale  business  probably  farther  than  any 
other  wholesaler  in  Michigan.  A  con­
servative  estimate 
is  that  one-third  of 
his  wholesale  trade  is  cash  business  and 
credit  is  given  only  to  customers  of  un­
questionable  standing.  The  cash  sys­
tem 
is  extended  even  to  the  clerks  of 
the  department  store  and  none  of  them

Fred  C.  Larsen  was  born  in  Denmark 
early  in  the  fifties.  When  he  was  less 
than  a year  old  his  parents  brought  him 
to  America  and  settled 
in  Milwaukee. 
In  1868  they  moved  from  Milwaukee  to 
Manistee  and  there Mr.  Larsen has spent 
the  major  portion  of  a  busy  and  emi­
nently  successful  life.

Larsen. 

In  1874,  when  the  panic  had  brought 
prices  down  to  rock  bottom,  the  three 
Larsen  brothers,  Fred  C.,  Albert  and 
H.  B.,  started 
in  business  under  the 
name of  Larsen  Brothers.  Three  hun­
dred  dollars  was  the  amount  of  their 
capital,  and  it  was a  very  modest  busi­
ness  that  they  carried  on  at  first  in  a 
little  store  20x40  feet 
in  dimensions. 
In  187g  H.  B.  Larsen  withdrew  and  in
1885  Albert  did  likewise,  leaving  Fred 
to  manage  the  business  alone.  Before 
Albert  withdrew,  the  brothers  moved 
three  times  and  in  1881  they  took  pos­
session  of  the  40x90 building  at  present 
occupied  by  the  retail  department  store 
of  Fred  C. 
In  1878  they 
dropped  the  second-hand  business  and 
put 
in  a  stock  of clothing,  boots  and 
shoes.  A  year 
later  they  added  dry 
goods  and  notions,  and  millinery  and 
carpets  were  taken 
In
1886  Mr.  Larsen  purchased  the building 
and,  using  only  the  giound  floor,  rented 
the  second  and  third  floors  for offices 
and 
In  1889  he  put  in 
a  stock  of  groceries  and  increased  the 
size  of  his  store  by  taking in  the  second 
floor. 
In  1893  the  business  demanded 
more  room  and  the  third floor was added 
to  the  already  large  store. 
In  1894,  by 
adding  to  his  business  a  stock  of  meats 
and  provisions,  Mr.  Larsen  became  pre­
pared  to  supply  his 
customers  with 
everything  that  comes  under  the  head 
of  household  needs.

living  rooms. 

in  soon  after. 

In  1894  he  built  a  40x80  brick  build­
ing  within  a  stone’s  throw  of  his  retail 
building,  to  accommodate  a  wholesale 
grocery  business  that  had  grown  to  con­
siderable  proportions  without  any  par 
ticular  effort  being  made  in  that  direc­
tion.  Mr.  Larsen  found  that  the  mer­
chants  of  smaller  towns 
in  Northern 
Michigan  were  attracted  by  the  low 
prices  he  was  enabled  to  make  by  buy­
ing 
large  quantities  and  this  trade 
grew  spontaneously  to  be  such  a  factor 
in  the  business  as  to  demand  special 
attention  and  a  wholesale  department. 
It  was  this  circumstance  that  led  to  the 
erection  of  the  large  brick  building  on 
Filer street, known  as  the  Lai sen  whole­
sale  grocery  establishment.

in 

Both  of  the  Larsen  stores  have  three

ever  ask  for credit.  Further  than  this, 
no  clerk  is  permitted to  wait  on  himself 
if  he  wants  to  buy  anything 
in  the 
store.  The  clerks  seem  to  appreciate 
the  businesslike  manner 
in  which  the 
store  is  conducted  and  take  noticeable 
pride 
in  the  success  of  the  business. 
They  are  unswerving  in  their  loyalty  to 
their employer.

At  the  department  store  one  side  of 
the  ground  floor  is  devoted  to dry goods, 
notions  and 
ladies’  furnishings,  while 
opposite  is  the  department  for  clothing, 
boots  and  shoes  and  men’s  furnishing 
goods,  and  at  the  rear 
is  the  main 
office.  On  the  second floor are  the  meat 
market  and  the  grocery department,  and 
on  the  third  floor  are  found  carpets, 
cloaks,  millinery  and house furnishings. 
The  basement  is  used  for  storing  sur­
plus  stock.

Probably  no  more  striking  record  of 
the growth  of  Mr.  Larsen’s  business  is 
found  than 
in  the  number  of  clerks 
employed  at  different  times  in  the  his­
tory  of  his  department  store. 
In  1877 
he  employed  only  two  clerks;  in  1881, 
ten;  in  1885, 
twenty-five;  at  present 
sixty  clerks  are  necessary  to  handle  his 
large business.  Five  wagons  are kept on 
the  street  constantly,  delivering  goods 
and  taking  orders.

Among  the  clerks  many  nationalities 
are  represented  and  customers  entering 
the  stores  are  directed  by  the floor walk­
er  to  a  clerk  who  speaks  the  language 
of  the  customer,  whether  it  be  French, 
Polish,  Norwegian,  Swedish,  Danish, 
German  or  English.  Mr.  Larsen himself 
in  French,  German,
converses  fluently 

Polish  and  Danish.  He  is  always at  his 
stores  when 
in  the  city  and  carefully 
watches  every  detail  of  the  business. 
When  not  busy  in  his  office,  he  acts  as 
floor  walker  and  is  expert  at  detecting 
the  needs  of  a  customer  of  any national­
ity  the  moment  he  enters  the  store.

Mr.  Larsen  avers  that  his  success  is 
mainly  due  to  selling  for  cash at a  small 
profit.  He  says  that  many  merchants 
pay  too  much  attention  to their expenses 
and  probable  profits,  marking  their 
goods  up  to  correspond  to  a  carefully- 
estimated 
schedule  of  expense  and 
profit.  His  idea  has  been  to  attract  cus­
tomers  by  low  prices,  to  buy  with  care 
in  the  best  markets  and  to  hold  prices 
down  to  a  point  where they  must  draw 
trade,  depending  for  profit  on  the  num­
ber  of  sales  rather  than  on  the  percent­
age  of  profit  on  each  article  sold.  For­
merly  he  patronized  the  jobbers  liberal 
ly,  but  of  late  he  has been  able  to  buy 
in  such  large  quantities  that  he  finds  he 
can  deal  to  better advantage  with  man­
ufacturers  and  importers.  He  takes  a 
ten  day  trip  East  about  every  three 
months  and  keeps  in  close  touch  with 
the  Eastern  markets,  doing  most  of  his 
buying  there.

Mr.  Larsen  was  a  small  lad  when  he 
first  set  foot 
in  the  Salt  City  and  the 
familiar  appelation  of  “ Fred,”   which 
seemed  to  become  him  then,  has  fol­
lowed  him  from  childhood  until now  the 
successful  business  man 
is  frequently 
referred  to as  “ Fred”   in  a  tone of  voice 
that  would  give  a  stranger  the  old  pic­
ture  of  a  popular  young  man  struggling 
to  earn  by  hard  work  and  close  atten­
tion  to  business  a  place  in  the  commer­
cial  world.  Although  Mr.  Larsen  has 
earned  for  himself  in  the  prime  of  life 
an  established  place  in  the  mercantile 
arena,  he  still  clings  to  the  business 
habits  formed  in  his  early  days  and 
the  first to appear in the morning and  the 
last  to  leave  the  stores  at  night,  the 
same  as  was  his  custom 
in  the  days 
when  his  business  was  in  its  infancy.

L o o k s  Forw ard  to 

the  G o od  Tim e 

C om ing.

Bliss,  July  22—I  read  what  E.  A. 
Owen  has  to  say  about  the  department 
stores  of  Toronto  in  the  Tradesman  of 
July  7. 
I  am  not  at  all  in  a  controver­
sial  mood  nor  fairly  in  a  writing  mood 
this  morning,  therefore  I  cannot  consid­
er  his  conclusions  in detail.  What  spirit 
prompts  his  utterance?  Does  he  desire 
to  see  the  good  of  the  whole  people 
prevail  or only  the  class  known  as  deal­
ers?  His  article  has  the  class  ring  in 
it.  How  much  better  off would  the con­
sumer  of  the  wares  of  the  merchant  be 
if  the  plan  advocated  by  Mr.  Oweri 
were  adopted?  The  true  American, 
whether  he  be  hawker,  doctor,  farmer, 
blacksmith,  bootlback,  or newsboy  will 
have  to  rise  above  every  class  consider­
ation  and  evolve  a  system,  political and 
economic,  that  will  render  obsolete  that 
maxim  of  antiquity— “ The  greatest 
good  to  the  greatest  number” —and 
vouchsafe  to  every  one  his  exact  rights 
and  privileges.  We  are  gravitating  to­
ward  a  higher  civilization,  but 
the 
grasping-class  nature  of  man  may  pre­
cipitate  a  most  fearful  revolution  before 
it  is  accomplished ;  but  it  is  coming.
G i d e o n   N o e l .

Very  Considerate.

“ Yes,  Mildred 
economical  w ife.”

is  going  to  be  a  very 

“ How  do  you  know?”
*  Why,  she  consented  to  be  married 
along 
in  the  middle  of  the  day,  just  to 
make  it  unnecessary  for  her  husband  to 
get  a  new  dress  suit. ”

H appy  Innocence.

The  Wife—What  a  sweet  smile  there 

is  on  the  baby’s  face,  John.

The  Husband— Yes,  he’s  probably 
dreaming  that  he's  keeping  me  awake.

\

3

W hy  So m e   M erchants  M is s   the  M ark. 
Written for the  T rad esm an.

I 

am  often  astonished  that a  merchant 

I 

am  well  acquainted  with  a  grocer  of 

in  business.  He 

is  so  blind  to  his  own  interests  that  he 
deliberately  drives  a  good  customer— 
rich or  poor—entirely away from  him  by 
his  crustiness  to  them,  and  jealousy  of 
his  brothers 
little 
thinks  that,  as  every  person  has  more 
or  less  influence,  he also  often  drives  a 
dozen  others  away  who  listen  while  one 
relates  his  experience  at  that  store.  He 
imagines  that  his goods  are  superior  to 
those  of  his  competitors,  and  plainly 
tells  his  customers  that  this  is  the  rea­
son  he  is  obliged  to  get  more  for  them, 
also  that  he  will  not  deal 
in  cheap 
goods,  and  that  those  who  purchase 
goods  at  less  than  his  are  fools,  etc., 
etc.  And  quite  often  the  acts  of  such 
merchant  are  not  from  any  forethought 
or  malice,  but  simply  because  he  has 
noticed  his  sales  have  in  the  aggregate 
fallen  off;  yet 
from  what  cause  he 
neither  knows  nor cares  to  enquire,  but 
exhibits  his  ill  nature  in  many  ways  too 
plainly  to  escape  notice.

this  kind,  who  was  formerly  doing  a 
large and  thriving  business,  but  who  is 
to-day  without  a  single  clerk  except  his 
own  son ;  and,  while  other  stores  beside 
him  are  busy,  his  own  is  bare  of  cus­
tomers,  and  yet,  strange  to  relate,  he 
cannot—or  will  not—see  the  reason  and 
is  as  cross  and  crusty  as  ever  when  a 
customer  occasionally  drops 
in  rather 
than  go  one  or  two  blocks  farther,  and 
even  then  he  is  met  with  a  countenance 
containing  enough  acidity  to  turn  sweet 
milk  sour,  and  the  ill-natured  remark 
that  “ you  had  lately  dealt  with  Jones  & 
Co.  so  long,  you  probably  wanted  a 
good  article  again.”  
In  justice  to  this 
man  I  will  say  that  his  goods  are  of  ex­
cellent  quality—yet  no  better  than  other 
dealers  sell  daily,  at  the  same  prices 
for the  same  stock.

It  bodes  no  good  for any  merchant 
when  he  really  believes  that  he  knows 
more  than  any  others  concerning  the 
quality  and  value  of  merchandise,  and 
better  how  to  conduct  the  business  than 
they. 

F rank A.  Howig.

Always  keep  the  store  neat  and clean.

f  GRAND 
:  RAPIDS

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Around the State

Movements  of  Merchants.

Hart— Chas.  J.  Kobe  succeeds  Kobe 

&  McManamy  in  general  trade.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—H.  Hutton succeeds 

Andrew  Hutton  in  the  meat  business.

Homer—Horace  Lee succeeds Sinclair 
in  the  diug  and  grocery  busi­

&  Lee 
ness.

Thom psonvi lie—O.  L.  Love joy  suc­
ceeds  Love joy  &  Hart  in  the  grocery 
business.

Saginaw—N.  Sheyer  has  removed  his 
clothing  and  boot  and  shoe  stock  to 
Shepherd.

West  Olive— Noor  &  Yonker,  general 
dealers,  have  dissolved,  Wm.  Noor  con­
tinuing  the  business.

Sherwood— F.  M.  Aunks  continues 
the  drug  business  formerly  conducted 
by  Kitchen  &  Aunks.

Monroe— Herzog  & Jelsch,  grain  deal­
ers,  have  dissolved.  The  business  will 
be  continued  by  John  Herzog.

Hillsdale—The  Hillsdale  Grocery  Co. 
is  closing  out  its  stock  and  will  retire 
from  the  wholesale  grocery  business.

Port  Huron—The  grocery  stock  of  E. 
N.  Akers  has  been  sold  on  a  chattel 
mortgage  to  Fred  J.  Dixon  for $1,334.

Otsego—Mrs.  Chas.  E.  Webster  has 
decided  to  continue  the  restaurant  busi­
ness  established  by  her  deceased  hus­
band.

Union  City—Samuel  Corbin  has  sold 
his  grocery  stock  to  Sol.  G.  Newman. 
He  will  continue  in  the  grain  and  wool 
trade.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Will  J.  Condlon has 
retired  from  the  boot  and  shoe  business 
of  Condlon  Bros.,  Robt.  J.  Condlon suc­
ceeding.

Amber— M.  Moore  has  sold  his  gro­
cery  stock  to  Miss  Villa  Parmalee,  who 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Stanton—Geo.  C.  Prevette  will  con­
tinue  the  furniture  and  undertaking 
business  formerly  conducted  by  Howe 
&  Prevette.

Scotts— H.  Wilson  has  purchased  A. 
H.  Snyder’s  feed  store and will continue 
the  business.  Mr.  Snyder  will  go  to 
Chicago  for  a  time.

Coldwater— N.  E.  Yesner,  of Kalama­
zoo,has leased  a  store  building  here  and 
will  open  a  new  clothing  and furnishing 
goods  stock  about  Aug.  1.

Kalamazoo—C.  L.  Gold  has  sold  a 
half  interest  in  his  drug  stock  to  a  man 
named  Galligan.  The  new  firm  will  be 
known  as  Gold  &  Galligan.

Battle  Creek—W.  C.  Henry  has  sold 
his boot and shoe and grocery stocks here 
and  at  Tekonsha  to  Hobbs  &  Russell, 
who  will  continue  the  business.

Negaunee— Richard  Skews,  who  has 
conducted  a  notion  store  here  for  the 
past  few  years,  will  soon  pull  up  stakes 
and  move  to  the  copper  country.

St.  Johns—Geo.  Hoerner  has  pur­
chased  an 
interest  in  the  meat  market 
of  his  father  and  the  firm  will  hereafter 
be  known  as  H.  M.  Hoerner  &  Son.

Charlotte— Fred  H.  McGrath  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the 
grocery  firm  of  McGrath  &  Harlow  and 
will  continue  the  business  in  his  own 
name.

Marquette— F.  L.  Herlich  &  Co.  are 
out  with  a  card  announcing  that cash 
and  coupon  books  only  will pass  current 
in  their  grocery  store  on  and  after 
Aug.  1.

Brown  City— Wesley  Schlichter  has 
sold  his  meat  market  to  Wm.  Holden, 
of  Yale,  who  will  remove  to  this  place 
and  take  possession  of  his  purchase 
Aug.  15.

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

Orange—O.  W.  Bliss  has  sold  his  in­
terest 
in  the  general  stock  of  Harwood 
&  Bliss  to  his  partner,  who  will  con­
tinue  the  business  under  the  style  of 
Riley  Harwood.

Colon—Chas.  H.  McKinster  has  pur­
chased  his  partner’s  interest  in  the drug 
and  grocery  stock  of  C.  Wilkinson  & 
Co.  and  will  continue  the  business  un­
der  his  own  name.

Albion— Mortimer  Talmage,  who  has 
been  employed  for  fifteen  years  by  Geo. 
Howard,  meat  dealer,  has  purchased 
the  market  of  Saunders  &  Calkins  and 
will  continue  the  business.

Union  City— F.  T.  Boise,  of  Nash­
ville,  has  purchased  the  hardware  stock 
formerly  conducted  by  Buell  &  Spring 
and 
is  also  figuring  to  buy  the  ground 
on  which  the  Ewers  drug  store  used  to 
stand.

Manton— Wm.  G.  Phelps  will  shortly 
retire  from  the  hardware  firm  of Ballard 
&  Phelps.  The  business  will  be  con­
tinued  by  the  remaining  partner  at  the 
same  location  under  the  style  of  Robert
C.  Ballard.

Altona—Eli  Lyons,  dealer 

in  drugs, 
dry  goods  and  groceries,  has  sold  his 
stock  to  M.  B.  Armstrong  of  Grand 
Rapids,  who  will  continue  the  business 
at  the  same 
location.  Mr.  Lyons  will 
retire  to  his  farm.

Escanaba— N.  C.  Gallagher’s  general 
store  was  closed  July  27  upon  an  at­
tachment  for  a  bill  of  $400  issued by the 
John  P.  Dousman  Milling  Co.,  of  De- 
pere,  Wis.  Mr.  Gallagher  insists  that 
he  is  perfectly  solvent,  but  disputed  the 
correctness  of  the bill  against  him.

Saginaw— Deputy  Sheriff  Wilkinson 
has  attached  a  portion  of  the  clothing 
stock  of  Kalman  Deutsch  to  satisfy  a 
judgment  for $250  obtained  by  the  Non­
pareil  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Detroit. 
The  attached  stock  was  removed  to  308 
Court  street,  just  cross  the  road  from 
Deutsch’s  place  of  business.

Holland—Johannes  Verhulst,  the  gro­
cer,  disappeared  from  his home Monday 
morning  and  no trace  of  him  could  be 
found  until  Tuesday  morning,  when  he 
was  found  wandering 
in  a  field  near 
Graafschap.  He  was  brought  to  the 
city  and  has  about  recovered. 
is 
thought  that  his  mind  was  affected  by 
brooding  over  the  mental  condition  of 
his  brother,  who  was  recently  taken  to 
the  asylum.

It 

M anufacturing  Matters.

Bay  City— C.  Mangold succeeds  Man­
gold  &  Fisk  in the  cigar  manufacturing 
business.

Ovid— The  Ovid  Elevator  Co.  is  re­
placing  its  old  elevators  with  new  ones 
of  improved  design.

Lum— The  cheese  factory  here  is  now 
doing  a  good  business  under  the  man­
agement  of  Abram  Fox.

Middleville—The  J.  E.  Ackerson 
Harness  Co.  is  manufacturing  a  line  of 
non-elastic  suspenders  for the  trade.

Mesick—L.  T.  Tripp,  proprietor  of 
the  Mesick  Turning  Works,  is  shipping
60.000  maple  broom  handles  and  5,000 
mop  handles  per  week.

Nadeau— Farmers 

this  vicinity 
have  organized  a  company to  engage  in 
the  manufacture  of  cheese.  They  expect 
to  begin  operations 
their  factory 
about  Aug.  1.

in 

in 

Keno— H.  A.  Mathieson  has  bought 
the  slabs  and  edgings  that  were  left 
when  Hartt  &  Horning's  mill  ceased 
operations  here. 
There  were  about
4.000  cords  of  the  stock  and  Mr.  Math­
ieson  has  a  wood  mill  at  work cutting  it 
lengths  for  shipment  to  Grand 
into 
Rapids,  Kalamazoo,  Muskegon 
and 
other  cities.

-Plainwell—The  Merrill  Milling  Co., 
of  Kalamazoo,  has  purchased  the  Bart­
ley  flouring  mill,  and  the  millwrights 
are  already  at  work  adding  substantial 
betterments.

Morenci— The  firm  of  Clark  Bros., 
composed  of  James  F.  Clark  and  Willis 
Clark,  has  succeeded  to  the  business  of 
the  firm  of  E.  Clark  &  Son,  brick  and 
tile  manufacturers.

Adrian— The  Lamb Fence  Co.,  build­
er  of  wire  fencing,  will  build  a  factory 
here  140x40  feet  in  dimensions. 
It  will 
employ  50  men.  The  firm  is  now  oper­
ating  in  Tecumseh.

Owosso—Castree & Shaw  have  merged 
their  foundry  business  into  a  stock com­
pany  under  the  style  of  the  Castree  & 
Shaw  Co.  The  corporation  has  a  capi­
tal  stock  of  $25,000.

Fennville—The  Fruit  Growers  Co.  is 
erecting  a  packing  house,  44x60  feet  in 
dimensions  and  two  stories  high.  The 
Fennville  Fruit  Co.  is  erecting  a  simi­
lar  warehouse,32x60  feet  in  dimensions.
Three  Rivers—The  Initial  Toe  Pad 
Co.  has  filed  chattel  mortgages  aggre­
gating  $30,000  to  secure  its  creditors, 
but  arrangements 
are  being  made 
which  are  expected  to  result  in  contin­
uing  the  factory  in  operation.

Frankenmuth-----The  Frankenmuth
Cheese  Manufacturing Co.  is having  one 
of  the  most  successful  seasons  in  its  his­
tory,  making  forty  cheese  per  day.  The 
steam  heating  apparatus  in  the  curing 
room  works  very  satisfactorily.

Kalamazoo—The  name  ol  the  Celery 
Medicine  Co.  has  been  changed  to  the 
P.  L.  Abbey  Co.  This change  in  name 
was  necessary  because  of  the  similarity 
of  the  old  name  with  a  local  concern 
called  the  Celery  City  Medicine  Co.

Detroit—The  Barnes  Novelty  Co.  has 
incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$5,000,  of  which  $3,000  is  paid  in.  The 
incorporators  are  Alfred  C.  Bowman, 
H.  C.  Hall  and  John  S.  Barnes,  each of 
whom  holds  100  shares  of  the  capital 
stock.

It 

Matherton—Edgar  Mather,  who  owns 
two  dams  on  Fish  creek—one  at  Hub- 
bardston and one at Matherton—proposes 
to  father  an  enterprise  having  for  its 
object  the  lighting  of  Hubbardston  and 
Carson  City  by  electricity. 
is  pro­
posed  to 
interest  Grand  Rapids  and 
Detroit  capital  in  the  enterprise.

Bronson---- The  Monarch  Portland
Cement  Co.  has 
its  big  factory  build­
ings  completed  and  a  part  of  the  ma­
chinery is placed already.  The buildings 
occupied  eighty-three  days  in construct­
ing  and  over  260  tons  of  steel  and  iron 
were  used.  The manufacture  of  cement 
will  commence  about  September  1.

Muskegon—The  Carl  Junge  Tannery 
Co.  has  about  finished  its  new  plant 
in 
the  Eighth  ward.  Within  two  weeks 
now  Mr.  Junge  expects  to  be  at  work 
tanning  hides.  A  large  quantity of hides 
has  already  been  bought  and a  shipment 
of  one  carload  is  expected  here  in  eight 
to  ten  days.  This  tannery  will  for  the 
present  at • least  make  dongola  leather 
exclusively,  and  for  this  bark 
is  not 
used.  The  tanning  is  done  by  means 
of  chemicals  which  will  be  bought  in 
bulk.  To  operate  the  tannery  on  its 
present  basis  will  require  ten  workmen. 
Mr.  Junge’ s  plan  is  to proceed cautious­
ly  and  as  the  business  prospers  to  ex­
pand  it  and  increase  the  force  of  work­
men  as  needed.

Houghton—About  $10,000,000  worth 
of  copper  shares  are owned  by  residents 
of  the  copper  district  and  the  steady 
dividends  received  from  the  mines  by 
local  shareholders  have  done  much  to 
keep  hard  times  away  from  Houghton

in 

county  in  the  last  four  years.  The  vol­
ume  of  business  done  here  in  copper 
shares  is  surprisingly  large.  There  are 
two  brokerage  concerns 
the  city 
which  make  money  on  dealings  in  cop­
per  shares;  the  banks  handle  an  even 
larger  amount  of  business,  and  many 
speculators  deal  direct  with  members  of 
the  Boston  stock  exchange. 
Itjs   large­
ly  due  to the  great  amount  of  trading  in 
copper  shares  that  the  Houghton  office 
of  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Com­
pany 
is  the  fourth  in  the  State  in  busi­
ness  handled,  being  exceeded  only  by 
Detroit,  Grand  Rapids  and  Saginaw. 
In  Houghton  county  alone  there  are 
nearly  2,000  stockholders  of  Lake  Su­
perior and  Montana  copper  mines.  The 
miners  save  their  wages  and  invest  in 
in  most  cases  pays  them 
stock,  which 
handsome  dividends. 
In  the  village  of 
Red  Jacket  there  is  a  saloonkeeper  who 
saved  his  first  money  from  wages  re­
ceived  as  a  day  laborer  for  the  Calumet 
and  Hecla  mine  twenty-five  years  ago. 
Being  frugal  he  amassed  sufficient  to 
buy  a  one-horse  dray  and  ^from  the 
profits  of  his  dray  he  saved  the  price  of 
another  horse,  after  which  all  his  sur­
plus  earnings  were  invested  in  Calumet 
and  Hecla  stock,  then  selling  for  less 
than  $20  a  share.  Sauer  eventually  sold 
his  dray  and  opened  a  modest  saloon, 
where  he  still  does  business,  with  a  bar 
and  furniture  that  when  new  must  have 
cost  nearly  $50,  but  which,  by  reason  of 
twenty  years’  use,  could  not  now  be 
consistently  valued  at  more  than  $5. 
During  all  this  time  whatever  money 
remained  after  paying  business  and 
personal  expenses  was  invested  by  the 
shrewd  old  German 
in  Calumet  and 
Hecla  stock.  Dividends  were reinvested 
in  the  stock  as  fast  as  paid  and  his  or­
der  to  buy  Calumet  and  Hecla  is al­
ways  “ unlimited,”   being  simply to  buy 
so  many  shares  at  the  market  price.  At 
present  Mr.  Sauer  holds  nearly  500 
shares  of  the  stock, which  is  selling  very 
close  to  $400  a  share,  his holdings being 
worth  nearly  $200,000.

Detroit  G roce rs  C om m end  the  Aboli­

tion  o f the  Rebate  on  Oil.

the 

Detroit, 

July  26—At 

regular 
meeting  of  the  Detroit  Retail  Grocers 
and  Butchers’  Association,  held  July 
21,  the  special  Committee  on  Solicitor 
reported  that  it  had  been  successful 
in 
securing  a  competent  man.  An  agree­
ment  had  been  made  as  to  terms  which 
were  satisfactory  to the Committee.  The 
terms  were  approved,  the  report  was  ac­
cepted  and the Committee was instructed 
to  make  arrangements  with  the  gentle­
man  to  enter  upon  his  duties  at  once.

The  special  Committee  on  Oil  report­
ed that  the  rebate  plan  had  been discon­
tinued  by  the  Standard  Oil  Co. ’s  tank 
wagons  and  that  the  company  was  giv- 
ing  a  reduction  of 
cent  per  gallon 
only  at  the  works.  The  report  was  ac­
cepted  and  the  Secretary  was  instructed 
to  communicate  to  the  company  the 
following  resolutions:

Resolved,  That  the  members  of  the 
Retail  Grocers'  Association approve the 
plan  outlined  by  the  Standard  Oil  Co. 
for  distributing  oil  in  Detroit.

Resolved,  That  the  members  of  this 
Association  encourage"  the  sale  of  oil 
and  gasoline  at  the present  low prices,to 
enable  the  dealers  to  regain  some  of 
their  oil  trade.

The  Excursion  Committee  reported 
progress,  with  a  request  for  more  time, 
which  was  granted.

The  Secretary  was  instructed  to  in­
sert  a  notice 
in  the  daily  papers  and 
let  it  be  known  that  Aug.  18  would  be 
Grocers’  and  Butchers’  Day  and  ex­
tend  an  invitation  to  all  dealers  to  join 
in  celebrating  the  event.

E.  M a r k s ,  Sec’y.

Ask  Visner  for  Inducement on Gillies’ 
New  York  spice  contest.  Phone  1589.

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

Jos.  W.  Crater  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  19  West  Bridge  street.  The 
Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company  furnished 
the  stock.

G. 

Heyt  has  embarked  in  the  grocery 

business  at  the  corner  of  Wenham  and 
Jefferson  avenues.  The  Ball-Barnhart- 
Putman  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

B.  Laubach  &  Son  have  sold  their 
hardware  stock  at  36  West  Leonard 
street  to  Glendon  A.  Richards,  who will 
continue  the business  at  the  same  loca­
tion.  Mr.  Richards  still  retains his  in­
terest  in  the  hardware  stock  of  Barnett 
&  Richards  at 66  West  Bridge  streets.
At  last  the  market  situation  is  assum­
ing  a  shape  which  promises  a  change 
from  the  village  street  methods  at  an 
early  date.  The  work  of  grading  and 
improving  the  streets  is  so  far advanced 
that  the  walks  have  nearly  all  been laid. 
The  filling  of  the  approach  is  rapidly 
nearing  completion  and  will  doubtless 
be  out  of  the  way  before  the  other  work 
is  done.  The  office  and  scale  house, 
26x35  feet 
in  dimensions,  is  enclosed 
and  painted,  and  the  restaurant,  24x55 
feet  in  dimensions,  is  nearly  as  far  ad­
vanced.  Two  sheds  for  hay—each  24x76 
feet  in  dimensions—are  yet  to  be built, 
but  these  will  require  but  a  few  days. 
Alderman  Gibson,  chairman  of  the 
informs  the 
Committee  on  Market, 
Tradesman  that,  as  the  work 
is  now 
progressing,  the market  should  be  ready 
for  use  by  the  middle  of  August.  The 
pa't  of  the  work  most  likely  to hinder is 
the 
improvement  of  the  streets;  but 
this  is  being  urged  and  it  is  hoped  will 
be  out  of  the  way. 
It  is  Mr.  Gibson’s 
idea  that  the  opening  of  the  market 
should  be  accompanied  by  some kind  of 
a  demonstration 
in  the  way  of  a  cele­
bration.  The  matter  has been discussed, 
but  has  not  yet  assumed  any  definite 
form.  The  only  suggestion  has  been 
that  the  military  take  part  by  drill  and 
evolutions,  but,  unfortunately,  they  will 
be  away  at  the  time  named  for  the com­
pletion  of  the work.

The  G rain  Market.

and 

New  wheat 

The  wheat  market  the  past  week  has 
been  fluctuating  materially— sometimes 
2c  and  3c  within  a  very  few  minutes. 
The  longs  and  shorts  have  had  a  very 
lively  time,  which  was  caused  by  the 
European  demand 
changeable 
cables.  Reports  from  threshers  are very 
favorable  for  a  good  sized  crop  of  fine 
quality.  My  prediction  that  Michigan 
would  have  an  18,000,000  bushel  crop  is 
being  verified  and  the  final  returns  may 
show  a  crop  in  excess  of  this  amount.
is  coming  to  the  market 
very  slowly  in  this  State,  owing  to  the 
rains  we  have  been  having  of  late. 
Threshing  has  progressed  very  slowly 
and  a  great  majority  of  farmers  have 
stacked  their  wheat  or  hauled  it  to  the 
barns,  instead  of  threshing  from 
the 
shock.  Besides,  many  are  unwilling  to 
accept  the  present  low  ruling  prices 
with  Argentine having  no  wheat  to  ex­
port, the F rencb crop being also short over 
40,000,000  bushels,  Russian and  Danub- 
ian crops also  short  and India  importing 
wheat;  yet,  in  the  face  of  these  facts, 
wheat  has  declined  from  the  highest 
price  about  4c  a  bushel.  New  wheat 
has  made 
in  farmers' 
wagons,  as  well  as  in  carlots,  and  it  is 
of  excellent  quality.  Contrary  to  all 
expectations,  we  had  an 
increase  of
708,000  bushels  of  wheat  where  there 
was  a  decrease  of  about  250,000  bushels

its  appearance 

expected.  This  and  other  bearish  news 
caused  a  sharp  break  at  the  closing 
time  in  the  market  yesterday.  It is  very 
unfortunate  at  this  time  to  sell  the  mar­
ket  below  its  normal  value.

Corn  has  been  rather  strong,  with  an 
upward  tendency.  As  has  been  stated 
before,  the  crop 
is  going  to  be  about
400,000  bushels  less  than  last  year.

Oats,  like  corn,  are  working  towards 
higher  prices,  as  the  oats  headed  out 
very  short  and  the  crop 
is  not  at  all 
promising  in  many  sections.

Receipts  during  the  week  have  been 
rather  small,  being  only  30  cars  of 
wheat,  9  cars  of  corn  and 
ij  cars  of 
oats,  which 
is  rather  a  large  amount  of 
oats  for  this  time  of  the  year.

The  millers  are  paying  71c  for  old 

wagon  wheat  at  their  doors.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Probably  Finds  Milw aukee  a  Fertile 

Field.

Thirteen  months  ago  Frank  J.  Lamb 
remarked  to  a  representative  of  the 
Tradesman,  as  a  result  of  the  exposure 
of his methods:

“ The  jig 

is  up.  We  may  as  well 
shut  up  shop  and  quit  the  town,  for 
the  day  of  fake  commission  houses,  so 
far  as  Grand  Rapids  is  concerned,  is 
past.  We  may  as  well  pull  up  stakes 
and  remove  to  Chicago,  where  half  the 
people  are  fakirs  and  where  there  are 
no  Tradesmans  to  camp  on  our  trail and 
hound  us  to  death,  simply  because  we 
catch  a  few  suckers. * ’

Mr.  Lamb  was  as  good  as  his  word. 
He  “ shut  up  shop,”   but  instead  of 
lo­
cating  in  Chicago,he  has  pounced  down 
upon  Milwaukee  in  company  with  some 
men  whose  reputations  are  scarcely  less 
savory  than  his  own.

Mr.  Lamb  has  taken  special  effort  to 
keep  his  whereabouts  from  the  knowl­
edge  of  the  Tradesman,  having 
in­
structed  one  of  his  henchmen here  to in­
form  the  Tradesman  that  he  was located 
in  Detroit,  which  was  done.  Within  a 
day,  however,  the  Tradesman 
learned 
that  the  urbane  old  deceiver  had  gone 
West  instead  of  East,  and  a  representa­
tive  was 
to 
Milwaukee  to  investigate  the  situation. 
The  result  of  his  investigations  is  set 
forth  in  detail  elsewhere  in  this  week’s 
paper. 
If  the  Milwaukee  papers  are  as 
chary  of  the  reputation  of  that  city  as 
the  Tradesman  is of  Michigan  markets, 
Mr.  Lamb  and  his  associates  will  have 
to  find  a  more  fertile  field— perhaps 
Chicago,  which  Mr.  Lamb  describes  as 
a  paradise  for  fakirs  and  swindlers. 

immediately  dispatched 

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No  M o re   Prizes  with  T ob acco   or 

Cigarettes.

The  Dingley  tariff  law  puts  an  end  to 
the giving  of  prizes  with  manufactured 
tobacco  of  any  kind,  the  paragraph  cov­
ering  this  prohibition  being  as  follows:
None  of  the  packages  of  smoking  to­
bacco  and  fine  cut  chewing  tobacco  and 
cigarettes  prescribed  by  law  shall  be 
permitted  to  have  packed 
in,  or  at­
tached  to  or  connected  with,  them  any 
article  or  thing  whatsoever,  other  than 
the  manufacturers’  wrappers  and  labels, 
the  internal  revenue  stamp  and  the  to­
bacco  or  cigarettes,  respectively,  put 
up  therein,  on  which  tax  is  required  to 
be  paid  under the internal revenue laws ; 
nor  shall  there  be  affixed  to,  or branded, 
stamped,  marked,  written,  or  printed 
upon,  said  packages,  or  their  contents, 
any  promise  or  offer  of,  or  any  order 
or  certificate  for,  any  gift,  prize,  pre­
mium,  payment  or  reward.

Frank  Jewell  (Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.) 
is  spending  a  week  on  the  Little Manis­
tee 
in  the  attempt  to  allure  the  finny 
tribe  from  their  accustomed  haunts.

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

The  Grocery  M arket.

Sugar— The  expected  advance  came 
is  strong  and 
further 

Monday. 
steady,  with  no 
changes  in  the  near  future.

indication  of 

The  market 

Coffee—There  has  been  a  decidedly 
improved  tone  to  actual  coffees,  accom­
panied  by  a  gocd  demand.  The  de­
mand  has  been  more  general,  seeming 
to 
confidence 
among  buyers  not  hitherto  shown.  Mild 
coffes  have  been  in  fairly  good  demand 
and  desirable  qualities  readily  disposed 
of  at  full  prices.

indicate  a  degree  of 

Tea— What  little  business 

is  doing 
does  not  extend  to  the entire line by  any 
means,  but 
is  confined  solely  to  a  few 
select  lines  which  people  want.  As 
there  is  no  general  attempt  to  buy,  so is 
there  none  to  sell.  Holders  of  large 
stocks  of  tea  are  at  present  feeling  very 
melancholy,  but  are  still  holding  their 
stocks,  not  for  higher  prices,  but  for a 
more  active  demand.

Dried  Fruits—New  apricots .are  now 
in  market,  but  the  price 
is  downward, 
owing  to  the  large  crop.  There  is  prac­
tically  no  old  stock  of  prunes  left  on the 
Coast.  Reports  from  certain  sections 
say  that  the  prunes  are  dropping,  but 
the  general  situation  shows  a  better 
yield  than  last  year,  with  a  probability 
of  a 
large  crop  of  good  quality.  The 
visible supply  of  currants  is  reported  to 
be  about  one-third  of  that  of  a  year ago.
Syrups  and  Molasses—The advance  in 
glucose  has  not affected compound syrup 
to  anywhere near  the  extent  that  would 
be  the  case 
in  winter.  All  told,  al­
though  glucose  has  advanced  g@ioc  per 
gallon,  syrup  has  gone  up  only  2c. 
Stocks  of  compound  syrup  are compara­
tively  scarce,  although fully  equal  to  the 
demand  for  sugar  syrup,  chiefly  from 
mixers  and  exporters,  and, 
in  conse­
quence,  all  of  the  refiners’  stock  is  ab- 
sobed  and  prices  are  ic  per gallon high­
er.  There  is  no  demand  for  molasses, 
which  rules  at  unchanged  prices.

Canned  Goods— Quotations  on  future 
corn  are  arriving,  but  some  packers  are 
declining  orders,  either  because  over­
sold,  or  because  of  shortage  of  corn 
in 
prospect.  The  season  has  not  been 
good  for  corn  thus  far,  the  late  frosts 
and  wet,  cool  weather  having  held  back 
the  season  and  damaged  the  stand  of 
corn materially.  The  prices  now  asked 
are  higher  than  those  of  a  year  ago. 
Packers  of  tomatoes  are  refusing  to 
name  prices  as  yet  for  futures.  The 
season  has  been  so  late  that  the  tomato 
crop 
is  not  promising  as  well  as  usual 
at  this  season.  The  salmon  situation  is 
fairly  firm.  The  catch  of  Columbus! 
River  salmon 
is  not  as good  as  usual 
and  the  season  will  be  over early  in 
August.  The  low  prices  named  on  red 
Alaska  salmon  are  attracting  buyers. 
The  Columbia  River  pack  is  said  to  be 
but  about  50  per cent,  of  last year’s  out­
put.

Provisions—With  the  great  increase 
in  supply  of  hogs  the  past  year,  eh- 
couraged  by  the  relative  good  prices 
realized  for  such  stock,  there  has  been 
such  an  absorption  of  product  as  to 
make 
it  appear  marvelous  as  to  what 
has become  of  it.  While  the  prices  of 
hogs  have  yielded  good  returns  for  the 
material  on  which  they were  fattened, in 
comparison  with  its  marketable  value, 
the  product  has been  available  for  con­
sumption  at  comparatively 
low  cost, 
which  has  favored  an  extension  of  de­
mand.  With  the  lessening  supply  of 
hogs  there  have  been  stronger  markets, 
and the  average price  is  251^300  per  100 
pounds  higher  than  a  week  ago.  This 
condition  has  manifestly  had  an  influ­

G

ence  in  advancing  prices  of  leading  ar­
ticles  of  product,  for  which  there  is  a 
liberal  current  demand  for  shipment, 
and  also  considerable  speculative  inter­
est.

Pickles—The  price  has  advanced 
about  10  per  cent,  and  the  local  market 
is  practically  bare  of  stock.

Corn  Syrup—As  a  result  of  the  organ­
ization  of  the  new  combination  among 
manufacturers  of  glucose,  the  price  has 
advanced  5c  per  gallon.

Fish—John  Pew  ik  Son  (Gloucester) 
write  the  Tradesman  as  follows:  The 
New  England  fleet  have  landed  to  date 
4,735  bbls.  salted  mackerel.  For  the 
same  period 
last  year  the  fleet  landed 
23,444  bbls.,  being this  year 18,709 bbls. 
less.  The  result  has  been  a  grievous 
disappointment,  as  the  catch 
in  the 
South  Atlantic  waters  showed  a  large 
increase  over any  catch made  there fora 
number  of  years,  and  we  expected  a 
fair  catch 
in  June  and  July  off  our 
Coast.  Most  of  the  shrinkage above  in­
dicated  was  caused  by  the  failure  of  the 
Cape  Shore  catch.  This  seaon 
it  was 
only  2,500  bbls.  against  18,000  bbls. 
last  year,  a  difference  of  15,500  bbls. 
From  the  reports  we  get  from  experi­
enced  fishermen  there  are  large  bodies 
of  mackerel  off  our  New  England  coast. 
The  fishermen  have  had  almost  contin­
uously  so  far  this  month  a  spell  of  un­
usually  foggy  weather  to  contend  with 
in  the  pursuit  of  their  business.  At 
times  it  has  been  impossible  to  see  the 
mackerel  schooling  and  the  men  have 
had  to  wait  over  and  over  again  for  a 
clear  atmosphere.  June  also was  an  un­
usually  stormy  month  and  seining  oper­
ations  were  much  restricted  in  conse­
quence.  The  mackerel  taken  off  our 
coast  have  been  nice  in  quality  and  of 
mixed  sizes,  ranging  beween  675  to  140 
in  number  to  the  barrel.  We  hope  for 
a  reasonable  catch  for  the  balance of the 
season  if  the  weather  is  good,  but  there 
cannot  be  a  large  catch.  The  season  is 
too  short  and  the  mackerel  fleet  too 
small 
in  number  to  bring  it  to  pass. 
The  Canadian  catch  to date  is practical­
ly  a  failure.  Thus  far  there  have  been 
only  four  arrivals  from the Grand  Banks 
with  900,000  lbs.  of  salt  codfish.  Last 
year  for  the  same  period  there  were  14 
arrivals  with  3,458,000  lbs.  The  stock 
of  codfish  on  hand  in  this market to date 
is  the  lightest  for  a  number  of  years, 
and  any  marked 
in  the 
demand  will 
inevitably  cause  a  sharp 
advance  in  prices  on  every  grade of  dry 
fish.  The  present  price  on  some  grades 
is  very  low  and  does  not  give  the fisher­
men  enough  for  his  toil  and  risk. 
In 
shipping  fish  to  the  markets  of  South 
America  and  West  Indies,  we  have  to 
compete  with  the  French  codfish,  which 
are  supported  by  the  French  Govern­
ment  at  the  rate  of  $2 per quintal bounty 
allowed  to  their  fishermen.

improvement 

Better  than  the  T rad esm an  Stated.
Hancock,  July  24— I  wish  to  call  vour 
attention  to  an  error  in  statement  which 
appeared  in  a recent issue of the Trades­
man.  The  dividend  of  $4  per  share, 
declared  by  the  Quincy,  means  a  dis­
tribution  of  $400,000,  and  not  $160,000 
as  given 
in  your  paper.  The  Quincy 
Mining  Co.  has  now  100,000  shares  of 
stock  and  a  dividend  of  $4  would  be  as 
stated  above,  and  not  as  you  have  it. 
A  paper  so  valuable  as  yours  wants 
things  as  they  are,  I  feel  sure.

A.  F.  M a c d o n a l d .

Some  of  the  biggest  fish  stories  have 

been  told  about  the  smallest  fish.

A  debt  of  honor  is  one  that  may  have 

been  dishonorably  contracted  for.

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Fruits and  Produce.

H ow   Roquefort  Cheese  Is  M ade.
Of  the  numerous  varieties of  cheese 
which  the  peculiar  characteristics  of 
certain  places  and  the  special  skill  of 
the  inhabitants  have  placed  at  the  dis­
posal  of  the  epicure,  none  holds  a  more 
assured  place  than  Roquefort,  which, 
it  may  not  be  generally  known,  is  the 
very  patriarch  of  cheeses,  which,  un­
changed  in  character,  has  been  made  in 
the  village  whence  it  derives  its  name 
for  at  least  twenty  centuries.  As,  two 
thousand  years  ago,  oysters  v/ere  sent 
from  the  shores  of  Britain  to  grace  the 
table  of  the  Roman  epicure,  so  the  re­
mote  ancestors  of  the  Roquefort  vil­
lagers  of  to-day  sent  off  their  cheeses  to 
the  same  enlightened  patron  of  good 
things.  So  remote,  indeed,  is  the  an­
tiquity  of  the  Roquefort  cheesemaking 
that  a  speculative  philosopher  has  even 
suggested  the  possibility  of  the  aborig­
inal  man  of  the  region  whose  bones, 
with  those  of  his  sheep  and  dogs,  are 
sometimes  uncovered  below  the  caves 
of  the  mountains  of  Larzac,  having 
milked  his  ewes  and  made  of their  milk 
just  such  cheese  as  the  Frenchman  of 
to-day  knows  how  to  make.  But  this 
were  to  speculate  too  curiously.

The  secret  of  the  unvariable  character 
of  the  Roquefort  cheese  product  is  to 
be  accounted  for on  purely  geographical 
grounds.  Ages  ago,  before  Romans  or 
Roquefort  were, 
the  South  of  France 
was  convulsed  by  gigantic  volcanic  dis­
turbances.  The  ancient  granite  rocks 
were  split  and  torn  apart,  and  from  the 
bowels  of  these  floods  of 
lava  were 
poured  forth,  which  flowed 
in  great 
streams  and  buried  the  ancient  surface 
under hundreds  of  feet  of  curious basalt­
ic  rock.  In  turn this rock must have been 
broken  up  and  fissured  by  repeated  out­
bursts,  and  thrown  up  into a  mountain 
range,  in  which  are  caverns  whence 
is­
sue  hot  springs,  sulphurous  and  bub­
bling  with  gases,  which  bear  testimony 
to  the  fires  which  exist still  in the depths 
below.  Upon  one  of  these  mountains, 
known  as  Larzac,  is  situated  the  village 
Larzac  is  nearly  twenty- 
of  Roquefort. 
length,  and  about  3,000 
five  miles 
in 
feet  high.  The  soil  is  chiefly 
lime­
stone,  and  the  fertility  is  moderate,  but 
it  affords  pasturage  for  about  300,000 
sheep, which  are  bred especially for milk 
production  for  cheesemaking.  But  the 
interior of  the  mountains  is  hollowed  by 
the  volcanic  forces  into  a  series of caves 
formed  of  vast  masses  of  rock  thrown 
together  as 
if  dropped  from  a  great 
height,  and  all  connected  with  each 
other,  and  with  some  subterranean  out­
let  by  which  constant  cool  currents  of 
air,  always  of  the  same temperature  and 
degree  of  humidity,  flow  in  a  never-in­
terrupted  stream.  Hardly  by  any  means 
known to  man  could there  have  Been  de­
vised  so  perfect  an  arrangement  for a 
chemical laboratory  of  even  temperature 
and  moisture,  and  free  from  every 
im­
influence,  and  to  the  system  of 
pure 
curing 
in  these  caves—a  system  which 
has  been  pursued  for  countless  genera­
tions— is  due  the  distinctive  character 
of  Roquefort  cheese.

It 

The  sheep  have  been  bred  always  for 
their  milking  quality,  and  the  hulk  of 
the  cheese 
is  yet  made of  their  milk, 
but  of  late  years,  as  the  demand  has  in­
creased,some  cow’s milk  has  been  used, 
without  any  material  difference 
in  the 
quality  of  the  product. 
is  not  the 
milk,  nor  any  special  preparation  of  it, 
upon  which  the  character of  the  cheese 
depends,  but  upon  the  unique process of 
curing,so that  whether  cow’s,or  sheep’s, 
or goat’s  milk  be  used,  the  cheese  is  al­
ways  Roquefort. 
It  is  to-day  just  what 
it  was  when  the  Romans  found 
it,  and 
what 
it  was  when  the  Gauls  strove  in­
effectually  against  the  superior  civiliza­
tion  of  their  conquerors.  After  the  pre­
liminary  stages  of  manufacture 
the 
cheeses  are  taken  into  the  caves  for  the 
special  treatment  to  which  they  are 
subjected,  which  has  the  effect  of  g iv ­
ing  to  the  raw  curd  a delicate  flavor  and 
mellowness.  The  caves  are  made  up  of 
labyrinth  of  open  spaces 
an 
and  narrow  passages, 
through  which 
currents  of  cold  air  are continually pass­
ing.  These  air  currents are controlled

intricate 

by  closing  up  some  of  the  passages, 
leaving  openings  which  may  be  closed 
or  shut  altogether,  as  the  wind  outside 
may  make  desirable.  Some  of the spaces 
are  arched  with  masonry,  but  all  are 
profoundly  dark,  and  the  visitor  sees 
only  the  little glimmering 
lights  flick­
ering  in  the  darkness,  as  he  passes  the 
open  portal  of  one  of  the  caves  where 
the  women,  dimly  seen,  are scraping  the 
mold  from  the  cheese,  or  turning  and 
moistening  them,  and  in  their  curious 
ways  aiding  the  wonderful  germs  at 
work  to  effect  the  slow  changes  in  the 
curd.  The  temperature  of  the  caves  is 
kept  at  60 degrees  by  the  use  of  ventila­
tors,  and  the  moisture  is  sustained  at  a 
humidity  of  48  degrees.  Day  after day 
the  turning  and  sorting  and  scraping  of 
the  cheeses  continues,  until  a  change  in 
the  character  of  the  constantly  gather­
ing  mold 
indicates  to  the  expert  that 
the  condition  of  the  curd  has  changed. 
First,  the  red  mold  that  appears  on 
cream 
in  damp  dairies,  and  then  a 
dense  blue  mold  covers  the cheeses and 
announces  the  completion  of  the curing. 
The  cheeses  are  then  finally  scraped, 
wiped,  and  wrapped 
in  tinfoil,  which 
excludes  the  air,  and  are  then  ready  for 
market.  The  whole  process  is  long  and 
intricate,  but 
is  an  outcome of  the 
experience  of  countless generations,  and 
its  results  are  unerring.

it 

D oes  Not  A gree  with  the  Assistant 

Attorney-General.

Holt,  July  24—My  attention  has  been 
called  to  an article  in  the  Tradesman  of 
July  14,  entitled  “ Notice  of  the  Exist­
ence  of  the  New  Peddling  Law;”   also 
the  letter of  the  Deputy  Attorney-Gen­
eral,  staling  that  he  thought  it  a  mis­
take  to  give  the  law  immediate  effect. 
The  friends  of  the  bill  in  the House and 
Senate  did  not  think  so,  and  I  am  sure 
the  most  of  us  have  felt  the  good  effect 
of  the  law  already.

One  of  the  first  acts  of  the  last  Leg­
islature,  passed  and  approved  Feb.  24, 
reads  like  this:  “ It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Secretary  of  State,  at  least  once 
in  each  month,  to  cause  to be  printed 
in  pamphlet  form  all  laws  of  a  general 
or  public  character  which 
shall  be 
passed,  given 
immediate  effect,  and 
have  received  the  approval  of  the  Ex­
ecutive  during  the  continuation  of  the 
legislative  session.”

This,  I  believe,  was done;  and  if par­
ties  wishing  a  copy  of  the  law will write 
to  the  Secretary  of  State,  they  will  be 
supplied. 
I  called  at  the  office  of  the 
Secretary  of  State  about  ten  days  after 
the adjournment  of  the  Legislature  and 
was  told  by  the  clerks  that  they  had  al­
ready  received  over one  hundred  letters 
from  all parts  of  the  State  asking  about 
the  new  peddling  law.  S.  W.  M a y e r .

Farm er’s  E g g s   Begin  to  Hatch  at a 

C om m ission  House.

Cleveland,  July  24—A  successful  shell 
game  of  a  new  brand  was  worked  on 
Cleveland  egg  consumers here  lately  by 
an  honest  Ohio  farmer,  who  lives  down 
on  the  Cleveland,  Akron  and  Columbus 
road,  seventy-five  miles  southeast  of 
this  city.  This  time  the  farmer  came 
near  victimizing  his  city  cousin,and  all 
but  succeeded
A  case  of  eggs  reached  the  commis­
sion  house  of  Will  &  Stateler,  44  Huron 
street,  this  afternoon.  When opened,  it 
was  found  that  one  of  the  eggs  had 
hatched,  and fifteen  minutes  later,  when 
the  eggs  were  exposed  to  the  air,  a 
dozen  chickens  were  peeping.
The  eggs  in  the  first  two  layers  con­
tained  chickens,  most  of  which  were 
dead.  The  commission  merchants  re­
ported  that  as  soon  as  the  eggs  were 
exposed  to 
chickens  were 
hatched.  The  temperature in which  the 
crate of  eggs  had  evidently  been  since 
the  shipment  will  not  be  changed,  and 
all  the  eggs  will  be  given  a  chance  to 
hatch.

the  air 

The  commission  merchants  decline  to 
give  the  name  of  the  consignee,  and 
agree  that  they  now  have  a  good  start in 
the  poultry  business.  The  eggs  which 
are  hatching  must  have  been  in  a  tem­
perature  of  over  90 degrees  for the  last 
three  weeks.

Always be  ready  for trade.

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

“De Breed am Larger now.”
“Sweet  Heart” 

Watermelons

Sweet clear to the rind, weighing 
25  pounds  and  over, now  here 
in car lots.

Osage  melons  are with  us  but 
they  will  be  cheaper  and  better 
next week.

Florida pineapples are vanish­

ing.

Red and  Black  Raspberries,  Blackberries,  Cherries,  Currants, 
Gooseberries,  Whortlebrries,  Bananas,  Oranges,  Lemons,
Onions,  Spinach,  Radishes,  Lettuce,  Cucumbers,  Tomatoes,
New  Potatoes, Summer Squash,  Wax  Beans,  New  Peas,  Cab­
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We will continue to put up Baking Powder under  special  or  private 
labels, and  on which  we will name very low prices, in quantities.
We  make  a  specialty  of  Butchers*  Supplies  and  are  prepared  to 
quote low  prices  on  Whole  Spices,  Preservaline,  Sausage  seasoning,
Saltpetre,  Potato Flour, etc.
We also continue  the  Fruit  and  Produce  business  established  and 
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ALFRED  J.  BROWN  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Wanted to pack and ship on commission. 
Good outlet.
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Elgin  System  of 
Creameries.

It  will  pay  you  to 

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

R.  E.  STURGIS,

Allegan,  Mich.

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

criticism,  for  they  deserted  the  shop  to 
a  woman,  and  it  had  to go  out  of  busi­
ness,  tor  the  proprietor  found  it  impos­
sible  to  keep  from  saying  what  she 
thought.  But  there  are  several  New 
York  girls  who  are  prospering  in  this 
business  so  well  that  they have branches 
in  other  cities.  The  most  profitable, 
and  at  the  same  time one  of  the  most 
agreeable,means of earning money seems 
to  be  that  devised  by  the  young  woman 
who  discovered  how  great  was her talent 
for  landscape  gardening.  She 
is  said 
to  have  realized  as  much  as  $3,000  or
S5.000 
for  single  achievements  in  this 
new  field.

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N ew s  from   the  M etrop o lis— Index  to 

the  M arket.

Special  Correspondence.

New  York,  July  24-E very  day  the 
oultook  grows  more  favorable  among 
grocery  jobbers.  There  is  a  more cheer­
ful  feeling  than  has  prevailed  for at 
least  four  years.  Buyers  are  coming 
from  all  points,  whether  they  take  ad­
vantage  of  reduced  rates  or  not.  The 
reports  of  big  crops  are  likely  to  be 
verified,  and,  altogether,  New  York 
is 
getting  ready  for a regular old-fashioned 
fall  trade  like  we  used  to  have.

it 

Prices  show  little variation.  Certain­
ly  there  has  been  no  advance,  and  per­
haps 
is  just  as  well  that  no  violent 
fluctuations  have  taken  place.  The  one 
notable  advance  has  been  in  the  stock 
market.  But  that  “ has  nothing  to  do 
with  the  case.’ ’

Seven  and  one-half  cents  is  the  pre­
vailing  quotation  for cargoes of Rio  No. 
7.  The  market  is  flat.  The  demand  is 
very,  very  light,  the  business  frcm  the 
interior  being  confined  to  a  few  strag­
gling  orders.  Reports  from  abroad  con­
tained  a 
little  encouragement,  but,  as 
a  rule,  transactions  were  for  future  de­
livery,  and  the  general  opinion  seems 
to  be  that  one  time  will  be as  good  as 
another  to  buy  coffee  during  the  next 
twelve  months,  notwithstanding  the  fact 
that 
it  has  gone  up  to $30 a  pound  in 
the  new  gold  regions.  Afloat  and  in 
store  there  are  about  700,000  bags, 
against  440,000  bags  at  the  same  time 
last  year.  Mild  coffees  are  quiet.  Sup­
plies  are  seemingly  ample  to  meet  all 
demands  and  prices  are  unchanged.

large  and  prices  are 

In  teas  the  business  done  has  been 
chiefly 
in  new  lines  and  buyers  have 
things  pretty  much  their  own way.  Sup­
plies  are 
low 
enough,  in  all  conscience,  to  satisfy  the 
most  chronic  seeker  after  “ bargains.’ ’
During  the  week  a  good  many  orders 
for  sugar  have  come  to  hand  from  all 
parts  of  the  country—not  large  in  any 
one  case,  but  together  forming  a  very 
comfortable  total. 
Prices  of  refined 
have  advanced  on  a  few  soft  grades.

The  rice  market  isstiong.  Enquiries 
have  come  in  from  all  parts  and foreign 
sorts  especially  are  in request.  Domes­
tic  grades  are  steady.  Supplies  of  the 
latter  are  small  and  stock  that  would 
grade  as  fancy  head  is  in  excellent  re­
quest.  The  future  seems  bright  and 
holders  are  very  confident  that  we  shall 
have  a  well-held  market  all  the  season. 
It 
is  probably  as  good  a  time  to  pur­
chase  as  will  be  found  this  fall.

transactions 

Aside  from  a 

in 
Singapore  pepper,  the  spice  market 
has been  very  quiet.  Prices  are  low  and 
the  seller  seems  inclined  to  make  still 
further  reductions 
if  necessary.  Of 
Singapore  papper,  25  tons  were  sold  at 
6%c.

The  market  closes 

An  advance  of  about 

ic  per gallon 
has  taken  place  in  molasses  during  the 
week. 
in  better 
shape  than  for  some  time.  Enquiries 
have  come  in  in  fairly satisfactory num­
ber  and  dealers  are  much  more  cheer­
ful.  In  sympathy  with  molasses,  syrups

few 

are  showing  up  better and  a  strong  tone 
characterizes  the  market.  An  advance 
of  ic  was  paid  over  last  week’s  rates for 
a  small  lot  of  table  syrup,  it working off 
quickly  at  13^0.

In  canned  goods  a  light  enquiry  has 
prevailed  during  the  week  and  the  situ­
ation  is  not  much, if any, improved.  The 
demand  has  been  light  and  goods  have 
sold  on  a  very  low  basis.  Quotations 
are  very  variable  and  one  can  get  just 
what  he  wants  as  to  price.  New  York 
tomatoes  are  worth  from  6o@7oc,  the 
former  not  very  good.

There  seems  to  be  very 

The  dried  fruit  season  has  hardly 
opened  and  quotations  vary.  Prices  are 
low  and  stow  very 
little  profit.  The 
demand  is  very moderate and dealers are 
taking  only  present supplies and leaving 
future  wants  out  of 
consideration. 
Raisins  have  advanced  %c  from  the 
opening  prices made  last  week  for  Cali- 
fornias,  2,  3  and  4-crown  selling  re­
spectively  at'2%c,  3c  and  3K c.  There 
is  little  call  for  evaporated  apples  and 
small  fruits.  Nuts  are  selling  in  the 
usual  summery  manner,  with  unchanged 
quotations.
little  anima­
tion  to  the  butter  market.  The  supply 
of  really  desirable  stock  is  not  much  in 
excess  of  wants,  but  there  is  so  much 
butter  here  that  will  not  grade  up  to 
standard  that  the  line 
is  drawn  very 
sharply.  The  quotation  of  15c  for best 
Western  creamery  is  still  maintained. 
There  is  a  lot  of  stock  which  shows  the 
effect  of  heat  and  which  is  very  hard  to 
dispose  of.
is  hardly  up  in 
Trading 
amount  to  last  week.  Very  little  seems 
to  be  doing  by  exporters  and,  while  the 
accumulation  here  is not excessive, there 
is  still  enough  to  meet  all  demands. 
State  full  cream,  large,  colored,  is  held 
at 7%@7Hc<  and  from  this  the  range  is 
down  to  5>£@6c  for  common.
Strictly  desirable  eggs  sell  readily  at 
I4@i5c;  best  Western,  i2@i3c. 
The 
supply  of  fresh  eggs  is  small  and  the 
recent  few  days  of  excessive  heat  have 
affected  a  large  part  of  arrivals.

in  cheese 

Beans  are  selling  with  rather  more 
freedom.  Marrows  are  very  firm at $1.30 
and  in  some  cases  a  trifle  more.  Choice 
pea,  87K@90C.

The  engagement  of  the  New  York 
business  woman  who  put  her  family 
coat-of-arms  on  the  window  of  her shop 
and  in  the  bonnets  she  sold seems likely 
to  end  another  enterprise  undertaken 
by  a  woman who  had  been  in society,or, 
at  all  events,  unaccustomed  to  business. 
Another  attempt 
in  just  the  same  line 
ended  a  few  years  ago  very  suddenly 
after  attracting  a  great  deal  of comment 
at  the  outset.  This  particular  bonnet 
shop  shut  up  for  very  unusual  reasons. 
The  young  woman 
it 
demonstrated  a  fatal  lack  of  tact and 
expressed  her  opinion  of  the  way  her 
patrons  looked  in  the  hats  they  tried  on 
with  a  frankness 
that  overwhelmed 
them. 
“ M y!  that  hat’s  entirely  too 
young  for  you,’ ’  or,  “ You  look  like  a 
perfect  fright 
in  that  bonnet,”   were 
comments  of  a  sort to  which  her intend­
ing  purchasers  were  entirely  unaccus­
tomed.  Evidently  they  had  no  desire 
to  harden  themselves  to  such  outspoken

in  charge  of 

R.  HIRT,  Jr.,

Market  St., Detroit.
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or  delivered,  in  small  or  large  lots. 
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Hastings,  Mich.

D. C. Oakes,  Banker,

Coopersville,  Mich.

W.  R.  BRICE. 

Established  1852. 

C.  M.  DRAKE.

W. R. Brice & Co.,

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

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Jj  .j  v*-  pretty  well  determined  that 
■ --ect.'.’-  M-i.  great  strike of the coal  miners  of  the 
ctrjr.try 
in  failure as  to  the 
main  objects  sought  to  be  gained  by  its 
It  has  served  the  wishes  of 
¡portion  of  mine  owners 
in 
pity  has  been  given  for  the 
arplus  stocks  to  good  ad- 
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the  opportunity  for 
in 
genera,  advance 
in  prices,  and  many 
are  w  ..ing  to  concede  the  demands  for 
increased  wages.  But  the  efforts  of  the 
leaders  have  been  devoted  mostly  to  the 
»'..ok  of  securing  recognition of  the  fun­
damental  doctrines  of  unionism 
in  the 
demands  for  “ true  uniformity,”   and  to 
secure  the  acknowledgment  of  the union 
as  the  universal  and  supreme  authority 
;c  a’i  labor  matters. 
It  is  natural  that 
these  leaders  should  thus  work  for  the 
success  of  the  order, which  secures  their 
own  leadership,  and  thus  this  supreme 
object 
is  placed  above  any  practical 
good  to  be  gained  by  such  movements.
That  the  strike  was  doomed  to  failure 
ear;y  became  patent  to those  who  were 
observing  the  aims  of  the  leaders. 
If 
tnese  bad  confined  their  efforts  to  the 
work  of  securing an advance in the  cases 
where  wages  were  too  low,  by  the  call­
ing  out  of  those  concerned,  that  object 
might  have  been  attained  as  soon  as  the 
effect  of  diminished  output  upon  the 
market  should  warrant  it.  But  this  was 
made  a  secondary  consideration.  The 
‘  sympathetic”   principle—an  excellent 
one 
in  theory'—must  be  called  into  ac­
tion,  and  those  whose  wages  and  posi­
tions  were  entirely  satisfactory  must 
j cease  work,  even  at  the  expense  of  the 
I violation  of  contracts  entered  into  with 
j their  employers 
the 
theory  of  the  sympathetic  strike,  in  the 
¡idea  of  standing  by  each  other 
in 
trouble,  that  which  appeals  strongly  to 
the  minds  of  the  workmen,  and  it  is not 
strange  that  those  whose  intelligence 
is 
not  sufficient  to  penetrate  the  thin  dis­
guise of  the  leaders,  who are thus “'steal­
ing  the  livery  of  heaven 
in  which  to 
serve the  devil,”   should  heed  the  call  to 
strike,  at  the  sacrifice  of  all  other  inter 
ests.

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is, 

in 

!  The  fundamental  theory  of  unionism 
I is  expressed  in  the  term  they  have  used 
in  announcing  the  object  of  this  move­
ment. 
“ True  uniformity”   means  the 
leveling  of  everything  to  one  common 
plane  and  the  destroying  of  all  indi - 
The 
j viduality. 
theory  of  universal 
biotberhood 
is  attractive  to  the  great 
mass  of  those  who  have  no  hope  or  am­
bition  to  change  tbeir  condition ;  but 
the more  intelligent  are  coming  to know 
that  there  is  nothing  inimical  to  the  in­
terests  of  all  that  some  should  rise  from 
the  ranks,  and  such  are  unwilling  to 
subscribe to  the  theory  which  robs  them 
of  their  birthright,  even  although  it  be 
urged  in  such  plausible  guise. 
It  must 
be  recognized,  in  a  great  country'  like 
ours,  that  conditions  vary,  and  that 
differences  according  to  locality  must 
be  recognized,  and  no  less  the  condi­
tions  of  varying  individuality.

is  that 

It  has  been  suggested  that  the  open­
ing  of  the  new  market  in  this  city  be 
made  the  occasion  of  some  sort  of  dem­
onstration  in  the nature of  a  celebration 
which  shall  serve to advertise the change 
and  afford  an  opportunity  of  interesting 
the  farmers  and  growers  in  the  new  en­
terprise. 
In  the  opinion  of  the  Trades­
man  there 
in  the  suggestion 
which  is  worthy  of  attention,  although 
is  inclined  to  regard  the  suggestion 
it 
that  the  military  companies  be 
invited 
to  participate  in  the  event  as  about  as 
absurd  as  could  be offered.  This  would 
seem  to  be  one  of  the  occasions  where 
‘ peace  hath  her  victories, ”   where  the 
occasion  and  its  participants,  as  to  the 
principal  features,  should  be  the  repre­
sentatives  of  the  business  interests  con­
cerned.  The  Tradesman  would  suggest 
as one  suitable  feature  that  speeches  be 
made  by  some  representative  business 
like  S.  M.  Lemon,  and  some 
man, 
prominent  grower, 
like  Hon.  C.  W. 
Garfield.  The  Tradesman is heartily  in 
accord  with  the  suggestion  for  some 
movement  of  this  kind  and  trusts  the 
occasion  will  not  be  permitted  to  go 
by  without  a 
demonstration 
which  shall  mark  the  transition  from 
village  to  city  methods.

formal 

Naturally,  such  occasions  are  taken 
to  test  the  power of  leadership  of  those 
j who  are  thus  given  an  opportunity. 
In 
this  strike  the  response  was  pretty  gen 
eral  except  among  the  better  informed 
workmen  of  West  Virginia.  So  it  was 
quickly  determined  to  send  the  most 
celebrated  and  capable  leaders  to  bring 
that  field  into  subjection.  These  flocked 
to  the  recalcitrant  State  in  great  num­
bers  and  the  most  desperate  efforts  were 
put  forth  to  bring  the  miners  out.  Of 
course,  these  efforts  were  responded  to 
here  arid  there;  but  it  was  soon  decided 
that  the  miners,  as  a  whole,  were  too 
intelligent  to  be  thus  duped.

Among  the  leaders  sent  to  the  Moun­
tain  State  was  the  celebrated  Debs. 
This  most  notorious  of  the  apostles  of 
strikes  and  anarchy  put  forth  the  great­
est  and  most  desperate  efforts  to gain  a 
hearing.  But,  in  spite  of  his  celebrity, 
he  o n ly  succeeded  in  demonstrating  his 
utter  impotence  as  a  leader,  thus  bear­
ing  out  the  proposition  that  it  was  not 
through  any  great  qualities  except  au­
dacity  that  he  was  successful  in  gain­
ing  his  notoriety  four  years  ago  by  tak­
ing  advantage  of  the  fact that  he  was  in 
high  office  among  the  strikers  at  that 
time.  That  proved  to  be  one  of  the  in­
stances  when  circumstances  made  the 
man ;  but,  when  he  attempts  to govern 
circumstances,  as  in  West  Virginia,  he 
only  demonstrates  that  he 
is  utterly 
lacking  in all  the elements  of  greatness.

It 

is  not  a  pleasant  duty 

for  the 
Tradesman  to  expose  the  wrongdoings 
or shortcomings  of  Grand  Rapids  men, 
as  it  feels  impelled  to  do  this  week  as 
the  result  of  the  Lamb  gang  resuming 
operations  at  the  Milwaukee  market; 
but,  however  unpleasant  the  task,  the 
Tradesman  does  not  shirk  any  respon­
sibility  in  the  matter,  believing  it  to  be 
the  duty  of  the  trade  journal to condemn 
the  wrong  as  well  as  commend  the  good 
in  commercial  transactions. 
It  is  not 
often  that  a  trade  journal  is  called  upon 
to  raise 
its  voice  and  use  its  influence 
against  fraud  and  deceit  in  trade,  but 
when  called  upon  to  do  so,  the  trade 
journal  which  does  not  do  its  duty, 
promptly  and  effectively,  is  unworthy 
the  name  and  not  entitled  to  the  sup­
port  of  the  mercantile  fraternity.

An  amateur  who  does  not  know  how 
to  sail  a  boat  has  a  right  to.go  out alone 
in  one  and  drown  himself;  but 
it  is 
criminal  for  him  to  take  a  pleasure 
party  out  and  sail  some  of  them  to 
death.

The  sugar  trust  is  not  working  its  sob 
machine  overtime  on  account  of  the 
alleged  victory  of  the  House  in  the con­
ference  committee.

If  any  of  that  gold  up  there  in  Klon­
dike  is  on  disputed  ground,  we  want 
it 
distinctly  understood  that  it  belongs  to 
us.

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upon  his  own  exertions  for  a 
living,  with  a good  English  education.
T he  only  fault  with  the  public  schools 
of 
is  that  they,  too,  are  run 
upon  a  too  ambitious  plan  and  consume 
too  much  of  the  scholar's  time  in  in 
ktruction  which  will  never  be  of  any 
practical  use  to  him  and  which  he  has 
not  the  time  to  learn.

tlie  cities 

thi

Education, 

to  reach  and 

become 
profitable  to  the  masses,  must  be  more 
practical  and  the 
idea  must  be  dis­
carded  that  a  poor  boy  has  eleven  years 
to  spend  at  school.  From  7  to  17  a  lad 
ought  to  be  able  to  acquire  not  only  a 
fair  English  education  but  learn  a  good 
trade.  Six  or  seven  years at  the  public 
schools  and  two  cr  three  years  m  the 
mechanical  trades  school  should  equip 
independent  means  for  a 
a  boy  with 
livelihood  and 
for  making  his  way  to 
responsible  positions,  if  there  be  any- 
thing  wbati
in  him  worth  develop-
mg-
ft

is  dou
doubtless  true  that  if  the  time 
and money
now  expended  by  cities  of 
the size  ol
Grand  Rapids  and  larger, 
upon  the  common  schools,  were  more 
practically  and 
intelligently  divided, 
so  as  to  give practical  results  in the way 
ol  equipping  both  girls  ami  boys  for 
some  specific  occupation  or  trade  as 
well  a#  to  confer  a  fair  English  educa­
tion,  such  objects  could  be  easily  ac­
complished.  What  the  Master  Build-

whatever 

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j  I he  masses  oif  Russia  are  no more
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ntry.  but  this  concession  will  be 
an  opening  wedge  both to i*te]i :gent ap­
preciation  of 
their  power  and  to  the 
growth  of  greater  liberty  for  the  people 
of  Russia,  ft will  undoubtedly  mark  the 
beginning  of  the  end of  bureaucracy and 
irresponsible  government 
in  that  vast 
this,  as  the  Czar 
empire.  Knowing 
must,  his 
is  particularly 
creditable  to  him  as  an  evidence  of  un­
selfish  enlightenment  and  liberality.

concession 

is  apparent 

Already  Russia 

is  making  giant 
strides  in  material  progress.  Her  pop­
ulation  is  increasing  as  rapidly  as  that 
of  this  country,  railways  are  being  built 
throughout  her  whole  vast  territory,  in­
dustries  are  multiplying,  revenues  and 
finances  are  being  reformed  and  devel­
opment 
in  all  directions. 
This  limited  franchise  is  for  Russia  a 
great  step 
from  a  political 
forward 
standpoint  also.  An 
intelligent  corres­
pondent  recently  in  St.  Petersburg  has 
in  this  steady  and  pronounced 
found 
material  expansion  a  reason 
for  the 
peace  policy  which  the  Czar  and  his 
ministers  have  pursued  for  several years 
I he  Russians  are  too  busy  to 
past, 
fight 
they  are  growing  so  fast  in  power 
and  resources  that  they  see  great  con­
quests  and  advantages  without  going  to 
war  for  them.  By  and  by,  when  Russia 
wants  anything 
in  Europe  or  Asia  it 
will  only  have  to  ask  for  it  to  get  it.

It 

in  America  democracy 

is  natural  for  the  pendulum  to 
swing  from  one  extreme  to  another. 
Absolutism  and  centralization  in the Old 
WoiId  are  slowly  giving  away  to  de­
mocracy ; 
is 
rapidly  being  supplanted  by  an  oli­
garchical  and  centralized  form  of  gov­
ernment  where  plutocracy  is  taking  the 
place  that  monarchy  and  bureaucracy 
cupy  in  Europe.  Selfish  and  corrupt 
politics  is  undermining  the  strength  of 
our  institutions  and  if  the people  do  not 
soon  take  the  alarm  and  right  matters 
it  would  not  be  surprising  to see Europe 
at  last  with  better  forms  ot  popular gov­
ernment  than  we  possess  here.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

T H E   A L A S K A   G O L D   M IN E S .

It  has 

The  reigning  sensation  of  the  day  is 
interest  excited  by  the  rich  gold 
the 
mines  of  Alaska. 
long  been 
known  that  there  was  gold  in  Alaska. 
There  was  good  reason  to  assume  the 
existence  of  gold  there  from  the  fact 
that  the  Rocky  Mountain  range,  which 
is  known  to  contain  the  precious  metals 
wherever  it  had  been  explored,  extends 
through  the  continent  to  the  shores  of 
the  Arctic  Ocean.  More  than  twenty- 
five  years  ago  miners  from  Idaho  and 
Oregon  voyaged  to  Alaska  and  up  the 
Stickene  River,  and  found  gold  in  pay­
ing  quantities,  but  the  rigors  of  the  cli­
mate  and  the  difficulties  of  securing 
supplies  drove  them  out.

Later  explorations  have  developed 
mines  of  extreme  richness  on  the  Up­
per  Yukon  River,  still  farther  north  and 
still  farther  from  the  coast. 
It  appears 
from  the  maps  that  are  extant,  none  of 
which  are  accurate, 
that  the  richest 
mines  are  not  in  the  United  States,  but 
in  British  America,  just  beyond  the 
United  States  line;  but,  as  no  survey  of 
the  country  has  ever  been  made,  it  is 
impossible  to  have  any  certain  knowl­
edge  of  the  international  boundary,  al­
though  England 
is  claiming  the  coun­
try,  in  accordance  with  her  usual  cus­
tom.

The  reports  from  the  gold  region  are 
of  the  most  extravagant  nature, but  there 
is  much  reason  to  believe  that,  however 
exaggerated,  there  is  a  good  foundation 
of  truth 
in  them.  The  wealth  of  the 
placers,  or  diggings,  is  established  by 
the  fact  that  the  season  in  which  work 
can  he  carried  on  is  very  short,  and  the 
difficulties  of  mining  very  great.  Mines 
which,  under  such  conditions,  will  yield 
great  finds  must  be  rich  indeed.

It  must  not  be  imagined  by  persons 
inexperienced  in  such  matters,  but  who 
are  attacked  by  the  gold  fever  and  want 
to  go  right  away,  that  even  in  the  rich­
est  mines  gold 
is  to  be  picked  up  at 
every  step,  or  that 
is  easy  to  find 
work,  or  to  maintain  one’s  self there  un­
less  the  adventurer  be  well  supplied 
with  money.

it 

The  mines  are  only  to  be  reached  by 
a  sea  voyage  from  San  Francisco,  or 
some  port  of  the  United  States  on  Puget 
Sound,  to  the  mouth  of  the  Yukon 
River.  This  river,  which  is  as  big  as 
the  Mississippi,  must  be  ascended  in  a 
steamboat  for  1,000  miles,  when  the  ad­
venturer  is  landed  in  a  wild  and  moun­
tainous  country,  which,  with  the  excep­
tion  of  a  few  scattered  mining  camps, 
is  a  bowing  wilderness.  Prices  of  all 
the  necessaries  of  life  are  exorbitantly 
high.  Bacon  and  flour  are  worth  each 
25  to  30 cents  a  pound  in  summer,  and 
in  the  winter  go  up  to  40 and  50  cents. 
Coffee  is  worth  90 to  100  cents and sugar 
sells  at  60  to  70 cents.  A  pair of  rough 
miner’s  boots  will  cost  $25,  a  pick  will 
cost  $10 and  a  shovel  $5.  The  man  who 
knows  how  to  work  with  these  tools  is 
accomplished,  while  such  mechanics  as 
blacksmiths  and  carpenters,  when  they 
can  find  employment, can  earn $20 a day. 
Ordinary  wages  are  $12  to  $15,  but  the 
difficulty 
is  to  find  work,  because  the 
summer  season,  when mining  and  build­
ing  can  be  carried  on,  lasts  less  than 
four  months,  while  during  the  long win­
ter  the  chief  business  is  to  keep  warm.
The  mines  are  north of  the Arctic Cir­
cle ;  that 
is,  they  are  less  than  23  de­
grees  from  the  north  pole.  The  winter 
season,  which 
lasts  from  September  to 
May, 
is  very  rigorous,  with  heavy 
snows,  the  temperature  often  falling  40 
to 60 degrees  below  zero.  Not  only  does 
the  water 
in  the  rivers  freeze,  but  the

ground  becomes  solid  to  the  depth  of 
6 to  8  feet.  Then  the  camps  are  shut in 
from  all  communication  with  the  outer 
world  and  the  people  in  the  camps  are 
virtually 
the  season. 
Rents  are  very  high,  and  it  is  usual  lor 
every  settler  to  build  himself  a  cabin. 
Fortunately,  timber  and  fire  wood  are 
abundant.  Gambling 
is  the  chief  in­
door amusement  in  the  winter.

imprisoned 

for 

Unless  a  man  can  go  well  fixed  in 
money  or  supplies  he  will  take  a  great 
risk,  particularly  if  he  be inexperienced 
in  mining  camps.  His  living  will  cost 
him  from  $25  to $50  a  week,  according 
to  style.  Mining 
is  a  lottery,  and  but 
few  win  prizes.  Occasionally  a  "green­
horn”   or  “ tenderfoot”   makes  a  big 
strike,  but  such  cases  are  rare.  Ex­
perience  and  judgment  are  worth  just as 
much  in  the  mines  as  in  any  other  situ­
ation,  and  inexperience  is  a  great  dis­
advantage.

It  has  been  estimated  that  every  dol­
lar’s  worth  of gold taken  out  of  the  earth 
has  cost  ten  dollars  in  labor,  privation 
and  suffering,  and  there is  no  doubt  that 
the  estimate 
is  not  exaggerated.  The 
greatest  fortunes  are  not  made,  as  a 
rule,  in  placer  mining,  but  in  business 
in  the  mining  camps,  provided the  mer­
chant  or  tradesman  can  avoid  giving 
excessive  credit.  The  trouble 
is  that 
every  man  with  a  piece  of  ground, 
which 
is  denominated  a  mine,  seldom 
has  enough  to  live  on  while  he  is  open­
ing  his  mine,  and  he  can  often  get 
credit  on  the  faith  of  what  he 
is  going 
to  find.  Too  often  he  finds  nothing,  and 
is  not  able  to  pay  his  debts.  This  sort 
of  ciedit  is  extremely  dangerous.
In  all  likelihood  there  will  be  a 

large 
emigration  from  the  various  States  to 
the  Alaska  mines. 
It  will  be  a  risky 
business,  and  many  will  repent 
it.  A 
few  may  be  successful,  but  nearly  all 
will  fail.

its  roof 

into  a  crumbling  ruin. 

We  all  remember  the  hue  and  cry 
raised  by  the  press  of  Chicago  a  short 
time  ago  about  the  dangerous  condition 
of  the  Government  building. 
It  was 
sinking  and  cracking,  and  every  man 
working  there  took  his  life  in  his  hands 
when  he  went  under 
in  the 
morning.  The  building  was  considered 
too  small,  and  the  walls  cracked  a  little 
and  ceilings  got  to  looking  blase  and 
the  Chicago  atmosphere  made  the  ex­
terior  look 
like  a  relic  of  the  Middle 
Ages.  Then  the  newspapers  began  to 
preach  the  need  of  a  new  post  office, 
and  did  their  work  so  effectively  that 
the  whole  country  breathed  more  freely 
when  Postmaster  Hesing  and  his  force 
were  able  to  evacuate  before  the  whole 
affair  fell 
In 
the  meantime,  Congress  had  taken  offi­
cial  cognizance  of  the  dangerous  condi­
tion  of  the  structure  and  appropriated 
something  like  $4,000,000  for  a  new 
building  in  which  the Government busi­
ness  could  be  done  without  endangering 
the  lives  of  hard-working  clerks  and 
high-priced  politicians.  The  old.build­
ing  was  sold  at  auction,  the  purchaser 
obligating himself  under heavy penalties 
to  take  away  everything  but  the  excava­
tion  before  April  i,  1897. 
It  was  popu­
larly  supposed  that 
it  would  only  be 
necessary  to  lean  against  the  walls  to 
bring  them  down.  The  Chicago  House 
Wrecking  Co.  secured  the  contract  and 
began  work  more  than  a  year ago,  but  it 
was  soon  found  that  there  was  a  mis­
calculation  somewhere.  The  building 
wouldn’t  crumble  according  to  expecta­
tions. 
In  fact,  it  couldn't  be  torn  apart 
without  tremendous  effort,  and  the  con­
tractors  fell  so  far  behind  with  their 
work  that  the  Government  is  preparing 
to  bring  suit  for  violation  of  contract.

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neer  D ru g   Store.

M.  Quad in American Druggist.

seven  pack-mules, 

We  had  four  or  five  saloons  and  one 
grocery  at  Cedar  Hill,  when  the  outfit 
of  a  man  named  Dayton  arrived.  H 
had 
loaded  with 
goods,  and  after  a  day  or  two  he  un 
packed  and  set  up  for  business  and 
hung  out  a  sign  reading,  “  Dry  Goods, 
Clothing,  Hardware,  Groceries,  Boots 
and  Shoes  and  Tinware,  also  Drug 
Store.”   The  shanty  which  he  occupied 
for a  store  was  about  14  feet square,  and 
he  had  everything  packed  in  a  heap.
The  drug  store  was  an  innovation. 

It 
was  not  only  the  first  to  be  established 
at  Cedar  Hill,  but  the  only  one  for 200 
miles  around,  and  we  were 
inclined  to 
look  upon  the  druggist  with  awe  and 
respect.  We  were  a  very  healthy  lot  up 
there,  and,  aside  from  accident,  no 
man  had  lost  a  day  for  six  months.  No 
sooner  was  that  drug  store opened  for 
business,  however,  than  most  of  us  felt 
a  yearning.  Hiram  Davis  hit  the  nai 
on  the  head,  when  he  said  to  the  crowd 
“ Boys,  that  drug  store  reminds  me  cf 
home  and  of  the  old  woman 
and 
children.  Jest  think  of  pills  and  salts 
and  calomel  and  quinine!  Civilizashun 
has  come  knockin’  at  our  doors,  and  it’s 
our  solemn  dooty  to  feel  bad  and  buy 
suntbin’. ”

Plenty  of  us  began  to  ’ ‘ feel  bad, ’ ’  but 
when  we  came  to buying “ sunthin’  ”  we 
found  that  the  druggist  was  doing  bus 
ness  on  a  line  of  his  own.  When  Abe 
Smallman  dropped 
in  to  get  a  dose of 
calomel  for  his  liver,  which  was  doing 
business  seven  days  in  the  week  and 
in 
need  of  no  encouragement  of  any  sort, 
Mr.  Davis  said  to  him :

“ I  bought  this  drug  store  outfit  of  a 
tenderfoot  down  at  Grass  Valley.  He 
was  sick  and  discouraged  and wanted  to 
I  don’t  know  much 
go  back  home. 
about  the  business  myself. 
I’ll  hunt  up 
the  calomel  and  sell 
it  to  you,  but  I 
won’t  be  responsible  for  the  results.”  
Abe.

“ What  d ’ye mean by results?”  queried 

“ Wall,  I’ve  got  calomel,  arsenic,  salts 
and  a 
lot  of  other  things  all  mixed  up 
here,  and  I’m  not  going  to  guarantee 
anything.  Mebbe 
it'll  be  calomel  and 
mebbe  not. ’ ’

We  all  shied  off  a  day  or  two  at  that, 
but  when  we  came  to  think 
it  over  we 
rather  liked  the  uncertainty,  and  the 
druggist  was  kept  busy  with  our  pur­
chases.  Some  of  his  liquids  and  pow­
ders  were 
in  bottles  or  papers,  duly 
labeled,  and  some  of  the  powders  were 
in  parcels  without  a  label  on  them. 
If ! 
anybody  asked  for  Epsom  salts,  for  in­
stance,  the  druggist  would  fish  around 
under  the  heap  of  boots  and  shoes  and 
clothing  till  be  got  hold  of  a  box  or 
parcel,  and,  bringing 
it  out,  he  would 
say:

“ All  I  know  about  this  stuff  is  that  it 
ain’t  copperas. 
I  took  a  parcel  of  cop­
peras  on  a  debt  once,  and  so  I  know  the 
stuff  when  I  see  it. 
If  you  want  to  run 
chances  you  can  take  it  along.”

Most  everybody  was  willing  to  run 
for  two  weeks  all  went 
chances,  and 
well. 
If  nobody  was  made any  better, 
nobody  was  made  any  worse,  and  the 
druggist  did  a  rushing 
trade.  Then 
came  an  afternoon  on  which  old  Joe 
Crosby  laid  down  his  working  tools  and 
announced  that  he  was  “ off  his  feed”  
and  had  got  to  have  something  to  ward 
off a  bilious  attack.

can 

you 

“ I  can’t  say  what's  good  for  it,”  said 
the  druggist,  “ but  I’ll  fish  up  a  lot  of 
packages  and 
take  your 
choice. ”

He  laid  out  ten  parcels  on  the  coun­
ter,  and  old  Joe  wet  the  tip  of  his  finger 
and  tasted  the  contents  of  each 
in  suc­
cession.  He  finally  found  one  to  suit 
his  palate,  at  least,  and  he  bought  a 
dollar's  Worth  and  went  off  to  his shanty 
to  dose.  Half  an  hour  later  be was taken 
with  violent  cramps,  and  inside  of  two 
hours  he  was  dead.  A  move  was  made 
on  the druggist,  but  the  smiling  and  ur­
bane  Mr.  Davis  replied :

“ Gentlemen,  it  might  have  been  pow­
it  might  have  been 
dered  borax,  or 
arsenic. 
I  can’t  tell  the  difference  be­
tween  the  twc,  and  I  have  been  free  to

lYiiCfiiüiÄN 

say  so. 
took  his  chances.”

I  gave him  good  weight  and  he 

Our  purchases  were  light  for  the  next 
week,  but  in  time  we got  over the  scare 
and  went  to  buying  again.  A  fortnight 
after  the  death  of  Crosby  a  man  named 
Healy  was  made  terribly  sick  for  two or 
three  days  by  a  dose  of  some  unknown 
stuff,  and  the  next  day  Sile  Warner  er 
tered  the  drug  store  to  say:

“ I  ain’t  feel in’  jest  as  I  orter,  and 
want  sunthin’  to brace  me  up.  Kin  y 
recommend  a  bracer.11 ”

“ I  never  recommend,”   was  the  reply 
“ Here’s  the  bottles  and  here’s the pack 
ages.  They  may  brace  or  they  may  lay 
you  out. ”

“ Wall,  this 

is  a  world  of  chance, 

continued  Sile  as  he  pawed  the  stuff 
over,  “ and  I’ll  take  a  dollar's  wuth  of 
this  stuff 
in  the.  bottle.  It’ll  wet  the 
throat  when  it  does  down,  anyway.”

The  stuff  was  probably  laudanum,  for 
Sile  never  woke  up  from  that  night’ 
sleep.  His  chum  went  over  to  give  the 
druggist  fits  about  the  matter,  but  Mr 
Davis  headed  him  off  with:

“ Dead,  eh?  Sorry  to  hear  it,  but  he 
I  will  now  label  that 
took  his  chances. 
bottle 
‘ Poison,’  and  should  any  of  you 
wish  to  commit  suicide  you  will  know 
wbat  to  ask  for. ’ ’

recommend 

We  tried  to  brace  up  after  the  second 
calamity,  and  were  gradually  getting 
our  confidence  back,  when  a man named 
Grimshaw  got  something  for chills.  The 
druggist  wouldn't 
it,  as 
it  had  been  marked  by  the 
usual,  but 
tenderfoot  as  “ Good  for  Chills.”  
It 
proved  to  be.  One  dose  removed  Mr 
Grimshaw  from  this  chilly  world,  and 
over his  grave  we  held  a  public  meet 
ng,  and—
”  Whereased— It  bein'  only  a  question 
if  time  when  our  drug  store  will  kill  off 
every  man  in  Cedar  H ill;  and 

“ Whereas—We  owe  a  dooty  to  our 
selves  and  them  as  has  gone;  now  thar 
fore

Resolved—That  one  or  the  tother  of 

us  has  got  to  git. ”

The  “ tother”   was  the  drug  store. 
After  a  general  consultation,  we  made 
up  a  shake  purse  cf  $50 to  buy  all  the 
drugs  left  on  hand,  and,  after  everybody 
had  given  himself  one  last  dose of what 
fancied,  the  remainder  was 
ever  he 
thrown 
into  a  ravine  and  Mr.  Davis 
turned  his  attention  entirely  to  other 
ines.

The  Proportion  o f  T h ose  W ho  Fail.
An  examination  of  the  records  of  the 
mmber of  firms,  individuals  and  corpo 
rations 
in  business,  together  with  the 
total  number  of  failures  in  years  pre­
ceding  1893, indicates  that  the total num­
ber  of  failures  in  business  of  both  kinds 
-that  is,  those  failing  to  pay  what  they 
owe  and  those  which  merely  fail  to  suc­
ceed—amounted  to  about  11  percent, 
annually  of  the  total  number  of concerns 
recorded  as  having  an  established  place 
in  business,  while  the  total  number  of 
those  failing,  owing  more  than 
they 
could  pay, was  only a  fraction  more  than 
1  per  cent,  annually.  From  such  inter­
esting  and  valuable  statistical  discover­
ies  is  made  plain  the  urrtruthfulness  of 
a  statistical 
lie  which  has  traveled  so 
far and wide for many years,  that “ 95  out 
of  every  100 concerns  or  firms 
in  busi­
ness  fail.”   As  has  been  pointed  out, 
the  total  number of  concerns  failing 
in 
business  annually,  unable  to  pay  their 
total 
indebtedness,  is  a  fraction  over  1 
per  cent.,  or,  we  may  say,  1.15  per 
cent,  or  1.20  per  cent.  This  being  the 
annual  “ commercial  death  rate,”   who 
shall  presume  to  say  what the “ commer­
cial 
If  one  chooses  to 
arbitrarily  define  a  “ commercial  life­
time”   as  twenty  five  years,  it  would fol­
low  that  the  proportion  of  failures  dur­
ing  the  commercial  lifetime  in  question 
would  be  about  30  per  cent,  of  the  total 
number  in  business,  or  thirty 
in  one 
hundred  of  those  having  an  established 
place  in  business.

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Pineapple  gardens  planted  two  years 
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so  successful  that  the  acreage  given  to 
largely  by 
them  has  been 
different 
Varieties  of  the 
pines  have  been 
the 
Azores  for  culture  there.

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its 

their 

If  anyone 

immortality. 

They  drink  milk  and 

The  Rise  and  Fall  o f  Com binations.
Combinations  have  their  cradles  and 
coffins. 
feed 
worms.  They  are  the  progeny  of  certain 
conditions  and  they  close  their  biogra­
phy  as  did  their  parents.  What  in  one 
set  of  circumstances  was  a  necessity,  in 
another  is  a  nuisance.  Gum  boots  are 
good 
in  a  swamp,  but  are  useless  on  a 
bridge.  Noah’s  ark  was  salvation  in 
the  deluge,  but  only  a  relic  when  the 
planet  emerged  from 
cold  bath. 
Balaam  rode on  an  ass;  to-day  he  trav­
els  on  a  bicycle.  The  pioneer  went 
West 
in  a  wagon;  his  children  come 
East  in  a Pullman.  In the law of change, 
we  have  the  stimulus  of  progress.  We 
cannot  avoid  the  one,  and  we  have  to 
keep  step  with  the  other.  Combinations 
trudge  behind  the  same  drum.  They 
make  their  march  and  get  their  dis­
charge.  They  are  not  accidents,  as 
some  suppose,  nor  always  such  con­
spiracies  as  some  allege.  They  have 
their  causes,  as  every  oak  has  its acorn, 
and  every  mustard  tree  its  seed.  They 
are  productions  and  not  creations. 
There  is  a  bat  behind  the  ball.  Condi­
tions  have  led  up  to  germination  and 
development,  and  with  these  conditions 
they  rise and  fall.  Severally,  they have 
their  limit  of  existence. 
It  may  be  that 
of  Methuselah,  or 
it  may  be  that  of  a 
kitten  doomed  to  the  water  pail.  Ap­
prehensions  as  to  their  immutability 
are  simply groundless.  The  bone  pile 
denies 
Icebergs 
form  in  Greenland,  but  thaw  out  in  the 
gulf  stream. 
imagines  that 
combinations  will  crack  up  the  planet, 
he  is  mistaken.  When they  are  not  what 
they  ought  to  be,  the  cracking  will  be 
upon  the  other side.  As  it  is,  combina­
tions  as  originally  conceived  were  sim­
ply  protective.  They  kept  the  razor  of 
competition  from  the  throat  of  business. 
They  economized  expenses,  centralized 
facilities  and  made  enterprises  possible 
that  otherwise  would  have  been  as  a 
melon  is when a mouth is absent.  That in 
some 
instances  they  have  degenerated 
into agencies  of  cupidity  and  conspir­
acy,  and  if  suckled  at  the  public  breast 
and  kept  in  flannel  will  become  a  great 
menace  to  the  public,  is  a  deplorable 
misfortune,  but  it  is  a  stupid  mistake  to 
charge  an  economic  principle  with 
its 
abuses.  A  tadpole  in  a  stream  is  not'a 
libel  on  the  spring.  Hemp 
is  not  a 
Calcraft  because  the  fatal  necktie  of  a 
gallows  is  made  of  its  fiber.  The  devil 
was  once  a  gentleman,  although  he  has 
no  claims  to  that  distinction  at  the 
present  date. 
In the  somewhat  free and 
unlicensed  abuse  of  combinations  we 
have  overlooked  the  distinction  between 
the  good  and  the bad.  We are more care­
ful  in  buying  a  necktie  or  disposing  of 
a  potato,  and  in  the  discussion of public 
questions  it  would  be  well  not  to  forget 
the  difference  between  what  is  white 
and  wbat 
is  black.  When,  however, 
combination  develops  into  monopoly,  it 
is  time  to  turn  the  hose  on  the  fire. 
When  it  corners  potatoes  and  pork,  the 
output  of  the  mine  and  the  produce  of 
the  field,  it  is  well  onto  the  danger  line. 
It  has,  however,  its  limits.  So  far  and 
no  farther,  is  the  edict.  Canute  opposed 
this  law  with  his  royal  toes,  but  to  es­
cape  a  chill  he  moved  his  chair.

to  get  them 

All  evils  carry  their  own  coffins,  and 
this  is  as  true  of  a  combination  organ­
ized  to  force  up  wages  as  of  a  com­
bination 
lemon 
squeezer.  Experiences  of  this  nature 
have  been  continuous,  since the  builders 
of  Babel  lost  their  memories  and  broke 
their  contracts.  Lessons,  however,  are 
sometimes  forgotten.  The  cat  that  eats

in  the 

a  canary  to-day,  and  is  punished  by  a 
protracted  bath  in  a  pail,  leaves  a  kit­
ten  to  repeat  the  same  act  to-morrow. 
We  agitate  and 
legislate  but,  under  a 
new  name  or  in  a  new form,  the Thomas 
we  kicked  down  the  front  steps  comes 
back  as  Peter  at  the  side  door.  The 
record 
is  one  of  births  and  deaths, 
cradles  and  coffins,  and  will  continue  to 
be  so.  Competition  and  combination 
will  act  and  react. 
It  may  be  in  iron 
to-day  and  leather  to-morrow,  but  until 
the  mouse  is  dead  it  will  simply  be  on 
a  scout  from  one  cheese  box  to  another. 
When  one  dies,  two  attend  the  funeral. 
We  live  in  an  age  of  hurry  and  greed. 
The  craze  for  wealth  at  a  short  notice 
is  inordinate  and  insatiable.  Anything 
to  get  there.  The  multitude  that  are 
eager  to  accumulate  and  unable  to  ad­
Com­
minister  continually 
petition 
It 
shaves 
its  neighbor  and  sells  the  hair. 
The  good  of  the  many  is  discounted  for 
the  benefit  of  the  few,  and  the  result 
is 
that  any  form  of  combination,  however 
outrageous  or  hurtful,  is  tolerated.  Un­
til  human  nature  is  improved  and  the 
whole 
industrial  situation  is  changed, 
and  we  have  more  of  co-operation  and 
less  of  competition,  combinations  of  a 
nefarious  character  will  continue  to  clip 
wool  and  monopolize  the  mutton.

is  astute  and  implacable. 

increase. 

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

The  G rocer  Knew   His  C usto m e r. 
“ This  maple  sugar,”   began  themild- 

looking  customer—

imitation,  of 
“ Is  a  fraud  and  an 
course,”   interrupted  the 
irritable  gro­
cer,  “ but  I  manage  to  get  16 cents  a 
pound  for  it  all  right.  When  a  man  be 
gins  to  talk 
like  that  I  know  exactly 
wbat  he’s  going  to  say,  and  I've  got 
tired  of  having  the  same  speech  slung 
at  me  a  hundred  times  a  day!”

“ I  was  about  to  say,”   resumed  the 
mild-looking  customer,  “ that this maple 
sugar 
is  the  finest  I  have  seen  on  the 
street,and  I  am  something  of  a  judge  of 
the  article,  having  dealt  in  it  myself.  I 
wanted  fifty  pounds  of  it,  but  as 
it’s  a 
fraud  and  an  imitation,  why,  of  course,
I  bid  you— ”  
I  haven’t  any  use  for  it. 
grocer. 
said 
the 
“ Where  did  you  ever  deal 
in  maple 
sugar?”

“ Hold 

“ I  used  to  have  an  extensive grove  of 

on!”  

maple  trees  in  Ohio.”

“ What  part  of  Ohio?”
“ In  the  edge  of  the  little  town  called 

Hunkersville. ”

“ How  many  trees  were  in the grove?” 
“ I  think  there  must  have been  over  a 

“ How  much  sugar  did  you  make from 

hundred. ”

them?”

“ Well,  some  seasons  I  turned  out  as 

high  as  750  pounds.”

“ You  don’t  live  there  now?”
*' No. ’ ’
“ When  did  you  move  away?”
“ About  nine  years  ago.”
“ I  think  that’s  right,”   rejoined  the 
grocer,  after a  brief  mental  calculation 
“ I  lived  in  that  town  myself when  I was 
a  boy,  and  I’ve been  back  there  several 
times  since,  and  I  happen  to know there 
isn’t  a  sugar  maple  tree  within  four­
teen  miles  of  the  place.  Your  name  is 
Higginside,  and  I  know  you  from  awav 
back.  You  hadn’t  any  more  idea  of 
buying  fifty  pounds  of  this  sugar  than 
you  had  of  going  to  heaven  in  a  chariot 
of  fire.  You  only  wanted  5  cents’  worth 
to  eat,  and  you  know  it.  You’re  the 
same old  liar  you  used  to  be,  and—go­
ing?  Well,  good  morning!”

Considerably  Mixed.

A  man  called  the  other  day  at  a  coun­
try  store  where  memorandum 
books 
and  stationery  are  kept  and  puzzled  the 
proprietor  with  this  strange  order:  “ I 
want  ter  git  a  conundrum. 
I’ve  got  ter 
go  ter  the  corner  ter  serve  an 
interjec­
tion  on  a  man,  and  I  want  ter  make  an 
atlas  of  it. ”

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J A N E   C R A G IN .

C y   B egin s  to  C a rry   O ut  H is  G o od 

Written for the  T r ad esm an.

Resolutions.

The  utter  contempt  which  Cy  had  en­
tertained  for  himself  did  not  vanish 
in 
the  night.  The  morning  found  it strong­
er  than  ever,  and  after  the  expression  of 
considerable  regret  that  circumstances 
over  which  he  had  no control  had  forced 
upon  him  that  sort  of.  bedfellow,  it 
pleased  his  fancy  to go  on  with  the  dis­
course  where  he  had  dropped  it  when 
he  finally  went to  sleep.

There are  two good  jobs that  you  are 
going  to  do  to-day,  my man.  There  will 
be  something  of  a  sameness  about  them 
and  I've  an 
idea  that  there  will  be  an 
attempt  made  to  do  some  pretty  tall 
shirking. 
I'll  make  it  a  point,  though, 
to  look  after  that  part  of  it  and  I  espe­
cially  recommend  that  you  have your in­
terview  with  Dr.  Day  just  as  soon  after 
breakfast  as  the  Lord  will 
let  you. 
You’d  go  now,  if  my  regard  for  the 
Doctor  didn’t  compel  me  to  wait  until 
the  man  has  something  to  stay bis stom­
ach ;  and  I  want  you  to  understand right 
here  that  there  ain’t  going  to be  any 
keeping  back.  You’ve  been  making 
believe  that  you  were  his  friend—that 
kind  of  friend,  you  know,  that  stabs  a 
man 
in  the  back  when  he  has  every 
right  to  believe  that  you  are  going  to 
‘ Take  him  to  ride  and  give 
pat  him! 
a  him  a  cigar  and  then  tell  him? 
It 
will  be  easier  that  way?’  Oh,  no.  We’re 
going  down  to  breakfast  now.  As  soon 
as  you  see  the  Doctor  you’ll  say  to  him 
that  you  want  a  little  talk  with  him  in 
his  room  right  after  breakfast.  D ’ye 
hear?  Then  you’ll  go.  D ’ye  mind  that? 
And,  by  the  Lord  Harry,  you’ll  make a 
good  job  of  it,or  the  Milltown  store  will 
have  a  new  partner  in  Huxley’s  place. 
Now  come  along. ”

As  luck  would  have 

it,  a  sleepless 
night  prevented  the  Doctor  from  com­
ing  to  breakfast,  which  Cy’s  baser  self 
exalted  over;  but  the  meal  was  no  soon­
er disposed  of  than  the  man  within  him 
seized  the  craven  by  the  collar  and 
led 
him,  so  to  speak,  to  the  Doctor’s  cham­
ber.

“ May  I  come 

I  have 
something  to  say  to  you  and  I  want  it 
over  with. ’ ’

in,  Doctor? 

The  door  was  soon  opened  by  its 

in­
mate,  who  had  hastily  donned  his dress­
ing  gown,  not  a  little  surprised  at  his 
caller’s  tone  and  earnestness.  There 
was no ceremony;  and the door was hard­
ly  closed  behind  the  visitor  when  he 
said:

“ Doctor,  you  have  been  thinking  all 
along  that  I  was  a  friend  to  you. 
I 
ought  to  have  been,  but  I  haven’t  been.

I  haven’t  been  true  to  you  nor  to  my­
self.  To  my  everlasting  shame  I  so  far 
forgot  all  sense  of  honor  as  to  try  to  rob 
you  of  the  woman  who  has  promised  to 
be  your  wife;  and  I  knew 
it  when  I 
made  the  attempt.  I  confess  to  you  that 
it  was  underhanded  and  mean,  and  I 
have  come  to  say  to  you  that  I  am 
ashamed  of my  conduct  and  sorry  for  it. 
I  should  have  come  to  you  and  have 
told  you  that 
in  spite  of  your  engage­
ment  with  Miss  Cragin  I  would  win  her 
if  I  could;  and  I  have  come  to  say  that 
now.  While  the  odds  are  all  in your  fa­
vor,  I  tell  you  plainly  I  will  win  her 
if 
I  can.  That  I  was  wrong,  all  wrong,  in 
my  method  I  admit;  but  I  do  not  admit 
that  I  am  wrong  in  wanting  her  and  I 
do  not 
regret  the  motive  that  has 
prompted  anything  I  have  done.  What 
I  am  saying  may,  or  may  not,  mar  the 
relations  which  have existed between  us. 
With  that  1  have  nothing  to  do. 
It  is  a 
fair  field  and  no  favor  and  with  that  for 
an  understanding  let  the best man win. ”
it  a  little  late  in  the 

“ Huxley,  isn’t 

day  for  you  to  be  saying  this?”

“ Is  it  ever  too  late  to  right  a  wrong?
I  didn’t  come  out  like  a  man ;  that’s 
what  sticks  me. 
I  wasn’t  aboveboard 
and  honest.  Now  I  am ;  and  if  1  should 
marry  Jane  Cragin  to-morrow,  I  could 
look  you  straight 
in  the  eyes  and  feel 
that  neither  of  us  had  anything  to  com­
plain  of.  That’s  my  point.  Do  you 
admit  it?”

“ I  don’t  see  why  I  shouldn’t;  but 
don’t  you  see  that  there  is  another  side 
to  this?  Now,  Huxley,  see  here.  You 
are  too  good  a  fellow  to  be  led  away  by 
any  such  fancy  as  has  control  of  you, 
and  I 
like  you  too  well  not  to  caution 
you,  if  I  may.  Miss  Marchland— ”

“ You  needn’t go  on.  That  part  will 
be  taken  good  care  of.  The  only  thing 
to  be  settled  with  you  was  what has been 
settled ;  and  now,  with  thanks  for  your 
kindness  and  ten  thousand  pardons  for 
intruding  so  early  upon  you,  I will  leave 
you.  Good  morning.’ ’

“ Well,”   said  the  Doctor,  with several 
exclamation  points  in  his  voice,  “ he’s 
odd,but  he’s  honest, with courage enough 
for  a  dozen  common  men,  and,by Jingo,
I  like  him  all  the  better  for  it.  So  far 
as  the  other  matter  is  concerned,  I’m 
sorry. 
I  know  Marjorie  thinks  her  life 
of  him,  aud  that  fellow  is  going  to  tell 
her  the  whole  story.  He  isn’t  the  one 
to  keep  things  back  aud  wait  for  the 
cyclone  later  on. 
I  must  talk  that  over 
with  Jane.  He  headed  me  off  all  right 
—there’s  where  I  forgot myself—but I’m 
going  to  do  him  a  good  turn  if  I  can, 
even  if  he  did  tell  me  to  mind  my  own 
business.  We’ve  got  to  get  our  fingers 
into  other  people’s  affairs  sometimes,  if

we  are  ever  going  to  do  them  any  good, 
and  I’d  be  willing  to get  mine  in  up  to 
my  elbows  to  shield  these  good  friends 
from  the trouble  ahead. ’ ’

From  the  Doctor,  Cy  went  to his  own 
room.  “ There!”   he  exclaimed,keeping 
up  the  whimsical  idea  of taking  himself 
in  hand,  “ you’ve  done  your duty  and 
that’s  never  anything  to  be  proud  of. 
The  other  fellow  now  knows  where  to 
find  ye  and  that’s  all  that’s  necessary. 
The  worst,  though,  is  to  come.  A  man 
rather  expects  to  be  taken  advantage  of 
and  so  is  prepared  for  it;  but 
it’s  dif­
ferent  with  women. 
I’m  free  to  tell  ye 
that  I  don’t  know  where  you’re  coming 
out. 
I’m  mighty  certain  that  Marjorie 
is  high-strung  and  that  there’s  going  to 
be  the  devil  to  pay.  Now  whether 
it’s 
going  to be  best  to— I ’ve heard  Jane  say 
time and  again  that  women  folks  rather 
like  to  be  fooled  by  a  man  once  in 
awhile;  but  when  you  come  right  down 
to  the  point,  I ’d  a  leetle  rather have  the 
other do  it.  Now,  if  Marjorie— ”

The  man  had  forgotten  his  baser  self 
as  he  pronounced  the  name  that  had 
been  growing  dearer  to  him as the weeks 
had  beeh  speeding  by.  He  went  back 
to  that  evening  when  he  had  met  her 
first, with  the  rose  in  her  raven  hair, and 
recalled  the sweet  picture  she  had  made 
as  she  leaned  towards  him  in that grace­
ful  attitude.  Then  followed  the  rest  of 
the  pleasing  story,  with  the  vows  they 
had  exchanged  and  sealed  with  love’s 
own  seal.  For  a  while  he  forgot  every­

far  the  best,  to 

thing  but  that;  and,  under  the  spell,  it 
seemed  best,  by 
let 
things  take  their  course, 
to  wed  the 
woman  whom  fate  and  his  own  mistake 
had  chosen  for  him,  to  make  her  happy 
and 
in  time  to  love  her  as  she  thought 
he  loved  her  now.  Fate read  his  thought 
and  smiled  approval;  but  the  smile 
faded  when  the  old  harsh  tone  came 
back  and  said:  “ Remember,  you  are 
going  to  let  that  blessed  woman  see  just 
what  sort  of  a  man  you  are  without  any 
covering  up  or  keeping  back,and you’re 
going  to  do  it  this  afternoon.  Then  if 
she’ll  have  you, well  and good,and  if  she 
won’t,  you’d  better—‘ go  to  the  devil 
and  shake  yourself!’  ”

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

English  G ro ce rs  and  Co-operative 

Sto re s.

It  appears  that  English  grocers  are 
holding  their own  with  the  co-operative 
stores,  and  have  proved  conclusively  to 
the  public  that  they  can  give  better 
goods  for  less  money.  The  management 
oi  these  co-operative  stores 
lacks  the 
spur  of  self-interest 
in  the  same  de­
gree  possessed  by  the  retailer,  and  in 
the  attempt  to  obtain  patronage  and 
hold 
it  permanently,  the  bait  of  high 
dividends 
is  too  much  depended  on. 
The  London  Grocers’  Gazette  recently 
published  a  circular  in  which  a 
list  of 
co-operative  prices  were  compared  with 
a  list  of  retail  prices,  showing  that  the 
co-operative  prices  are  22  per  cent, 
above  the  current  prices  of  the  retailer.

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Is  There  a  G rocery-C lerk  Problem ? 
Stroller In Grocery  World.

“ servant-girl 
You  always  hear  the 
problem”   talked  about. 
It  seems  to  be 
generally  admitted  that  the  getting  of 
first-class  servants  is  the  hardest  nut 
which  confronts  the  housewife. 
I  never 
yet  have  heard  of  the  “ grocery-clerk 
problem,”   and  yet  if  one  experience  I 
listened  to  last  week  can  be  regarded  as 
a  general  sample, 
the  grocery-clerk 
problem  is  just  as  much  to  be  dreaded 
as  the  servant-girl  problem.

I  was  talking  with  a  grocer  in  a  little 
Delaware  village.  His  store  is  quite  a 
large  general  store  and  caters  to  the 
trade  of  the  whole  county,  in  the  county 
seat  of  which  it  is  located. 
I  spent  the 
hour  from  12  to  1  with  the  grocer,  and 
among  a  hundred  and  one  things  we 
talked  about  was  that  of  the  difficulty  of 
getting  first-class  clerks..
_ “ I  had  no  idea, “ said  this grocer, 
“ that  the  getting  of  a  clerk  was  such  a 
serious  matter  until  I  had  occasion  to 
try.  Why,  I’ve  had  more  trouble  get­
ting  a  clerk  for  my  store  than  I  would 
have  to  get  almost  anything  else  you 
could  mention.”

“ How  many  clerks  do  you  keep?”   I 

asked.

It 

“ Two  always,”   he  replied,  “ and  oc­
casionally  three. 
is  absolutely  nec­
essary  for  me  to  have  two,  however,  and 
when  one  of  my  regulars  got  a  job  up 
to  the  city  I  had  to  look  about  me.  The 
young  fellow  who  occasionally  comes  in 
to  help  me  out  was  at  school  and 
couldn't  leave,  so  I  advertised  in  one  of 
the  Philadelphia  papers. 
I  put  it  in  in 
a  way  that  I  thought  would  get  me  a 
good  class  of  answers.  Here’s  the  ad­
vertisement  here.”
He  got  a  copy  of  the  Philadelphia In­
quirer  of  four  or  five  weeks  ago  and 
showed  me  this  advertisement:
WA N T E D -A   GROCERY  CLERK  FOR  A 

country  town  In  Delaware.  On'y  one 
with experience desired.  A  good  place  to  the 
right  man  and  a permanent situation.  Wages, 
*8 to start.  Address------- , ------- ,  Del.
“ Well,  did  it  get  you  any  replies?”

I  asked.

“ Did  it!”   he  repeated. 

“ Well,  the 
postmaster  had  hard  work  handling  my 
mail  for  several  days  after.  Why, 
actually,  I  got  replies  from  as  far  West 
as  Wisconsin.  All  told,  I  got  thirty-six 
letters,  all  from  men  claiming  to  have 
had  experience.  Some  of  ’em  enclosed 
their  photographs,  and their ages  ranged 
from  17  to  58.  The  58-year-older  I 
pitied.  He  said  he  had  lost  his  job, 
and  didn’t  know  anythiug  but  grocery 
clerking,  and  had  an  old  wife  to  sup 
port.  He  was  too  old, 
though,  and 
could  hardly  write,  so  I  couldn't  touch 
him. 
I  picked  out  six  of  the  likeliest, 
and  put 
’em  away  separate.  Then  I 
wrote  to  the  fellow  I  considered  the  best 
and  told  him  to  come  down  here.  He 
was  a  young  fellow,  not  over  32  or  33, 
but  he  had  a  wife  and four children.  He 
was  an 
intelligent  fellow  and  seemed 
eager  for  the  job,  so  I  set  him  to  work.
I  wondered  how  the  mischief  he  could 
keep  a  family  on  $8  a  week,  but  that 
was  none  of  my  business,  so  I  said 
nothing.

“ Well,  things  \vent along  for  three  or 
four  weeks.  The 
fellow’s  name  was 
Bock ¡us  and  he  did  fairly  well.  He 
was  quick  and  had  an  occasional  good 
idea,  so  I  decided  that  I  had  got  the 
man  I  was  after.  His  family  looked 
fairly  well  dressed,  too.

“ I  go  out  after  the orders  myself,  so 
one  morning  I  was  out on  the street,  and 
about  ten  squares  away  from  the  store, 
when  I  came  across  one  of  the  Bock ius’ 
boys—a  lad  about  10  years old.  He  was 
puffin’  along  under  a  great  big  basket 
of  groceries,  and  the  thought  struck  me 
all  at  once  that  there  was  something 
queer  here.  So  I  stopped  the  little  fel­
low.

“ That’s  a  pretty  heavy  load  for  you,’

I  said.

‘ Yep, 

’tis, ’  he  said,  ‘ but  I  ain’t 

got  much  furder  to go  now. ’
ies?’  I  asked.

‘ What  have  you  got  there,  grocer­
‘ Yep,’  he  said,  ‘ I 
just  been  down 

to  the  store. ’

you,’ I  asked. 
money. ’

You  order  a 

lot  at  a  time,  don’t 
‘ Must  run  into  a  lot  of 
‘ Oh,’  said  the  boy,  ‘ my  pop  he’s

in  old  man  Jones’  grocery  store, 

down 
an'  he  do git  his  things  fur  nuthin’. 
I  saw  it  all.

“ That  made  me  hot. 

‘ Oh,  he  do,  do  be?’  I  said.  ‘ Well, 
I  happen  to  be  old  man  Jones  myself, 
an’  you  just  trot  them  things  right  back 
to  my  store.'

The  boy  was  scared  to  death,  and  he 
walked  the  whole  distance  back  again 
in 
with  bis  basket.  When  he  walked 
the  store  behind  me  his 
father  was 
waiting  on  a  customer,  and  he  turned 
as  white  as  chalk.  He  saw  the  jig  was 
up,  and  I  pitied  the  fellow.  He  went 
that  afternoon,  and  then  I  wrote  to  the 
next  best,  an’  he  came  down.
looked  en­
quiringly.

The  grocer  laughed. 

I 

“ The  second  one  was  a  funny  fel­
low,”   he  said. 
“ He  wasn’t  a  bad  sort 
of  a  clerk,  but  he  was  such  a  measly 
hog.  Why,  I  give  you  my  word  that 
that  fellow  was  stuffing  something  all  of 
the  time.  He  hadn’t  been  in  the  place 
a  week  befoie  he  was  carrying  around 
the  nick-name  of  ‘ Stufiy, ’ and  of  all  the 
stuffers  I  ever  saw,  he  went  ahead.  He 
would  eat  anything!  Why,  I’ve  caught 
him  eatin’  crackers  and  molasses  down 
in  the  cellar,  and  he  wouldn’t  think  a 
thing  of  eatin’  pickles  and  raisins  to­
I  don’t  believe  there  was  a 
gether. 
in  the  place,  fit  to  eat  raw,  that 
thing 
he  didn’t  get 
into.  He  was  a  pretty 
good  clerk,  but  I  had  to  let  him  go. 
Why,  the  amount  of  stuff  that  fellow  eat 
would  have  really  run  into  dollars,  so  I 
had  to  discharge  him.

“ Then  I  wrote  to  auother  of  the  lot, 
and  he  came  down.  He  was  a  thunder­
in’  bright  fellow—studied  for  a  while 
for  a  lawyer,  but  he  got 
in  hard  luck 
and  had  to  look  out  for  what  he  could 
get.”

“ Is  he  here  yet?”   I  asked.
‘ ‘ No—no,”   said  the  grocer,  rather 

hesitatingly,  “ he’s  went,  too.”
“ What  ailed  him?”   I  asked.
“ Well,”   he  said,  “   I  read  in  a  paper 
the  other  day  an  expression  that  just 
exactly  fitted  him!  He  was  an  ‘ argu­
mentative  bore!’  Phew!  That  fellow 
would  argue  the  legs  off you !  Anything 
at  all  that  he  could  hinge  a  long  string 
of  talk  on  he’d  do  it,  an’  he  got  to  be  a 
nuisance.  Why,  he  got  several  of  the 
customers  mad,  an’  I  had  to  do  an  aw­
ful  lot  of  smoothing  down  before  they’d 
come  back.

“ Why, 

just  to  show  you,  he  got  to 
infant  damnation  with  the 
arguin’  on 
’ Piscopalian  dominie 
in  here  one  day 
while  I  was  out.  My  wife  told  me 
afterward.  She  said  they  were  there for 
three-quarters  of  an  hour,  gettin’  hotter 
and  hotter  all  the  time.  When  custom­
ers  would  come  in,  she  said,  the  clerk 
would  wait  on  ’em,  but  he  would  keep 
on  firing  things  at  the  minister  all  the 
time.  The  dominie  got  so  mad  before 
he 
the  clerk  a 
‘ plague-on’d  ripper!’  Best  swearword 
he  could  think  of,  I  suppose!  Ha!  Ha!
“ So  he  went,  and  the  next  fellow  I’ve 
got  yet. 
I’ve  decided  to  let  him  go  to­
morrow,  an’  then  I  suppose  I’ll  write 
again.”

left  that  he  called 

“ What’s  the  matter  with  the 

last 

one?”   I  asked.

“ Breaks  everything !”  ejaculated  the 
grocer. 
“ Greatest  butter-fingers  you 
ever  saw.  This  morning  he  dropped 
a  keg  of  eggs  and  smashed  half  of  ’em. 
Yesterday  he knocked over  a  dozen  tum­
blers  an'  broke  every  last  one of  ’em. 
Every-----”

“ By  gum !"  exclaimed 

Smash !  Smash !  Bang !  These  sounds 
just  then  proceeded  from  the  cellarway.
the  grocer, 
“ he’s  busted  something  else.”   And  he 
ran  to  the  cellar  stairs,  where  the  clerk 
met  him.  He  was  a  great  big  bumpkin 
with  red  hair  and  freckles-one  of  the 
sort  that  always  wear  their  pants  about 
four  inches  too  short.  He  had  broken 
some  more  eggs  and  his  great  big  feet 
were  splashed  with  the  yolks  halfway 
up  to  his  knees.  He  was  the  picture  of 
a  clumsy  gump.

“ Well,  of  all  the  awkward,  clumsy 
lunatics  I  ever  saw!”   began  the  grocer, 
angrily,  “ you’re  the  worst.  You  can 
work  till  to-night  and  then  you  g it!”

The  poor  clerk  stood  the  picture  of 
despair,  with  yellow  egg  yolks  trickling 
down  his  legs.

“ An’  now  I’ve  got  to  go  over  the

whole  thing  again!”   said  the  grocer. 
“ A in’t  I  ever  goin’  to  get  a  decent 
clerk?”

And  then  I  left him,  face  to  face  with 

the grocery-clerk  problem.

Retail  M onopolists.

From the Stoves and Hardware  Reporter.

in  the  smaller 

A  great  many  retail  merchants,  espe­
cially 
towns,  regard 
themselves as monopolists.  A  merchant 
with  this  mistaken  idea  in  his  head  is 
one  who  owns  the  only  store  of  its  kind 
in  the  town  or  neighborhood  and  who 
thinks  that  all  the  nearby  trade  must 
come  to  him  because  it  has nowhere else 
to  go.  So  he  manages,  or  mismanages, 
his  business  to  suit  himself,  and  then 
wonders  why  he  is  not  successful,  as  he 
knows  he  ought  to  be.  He  buys  such 
goods  as  he  pleases,  without  regard  to 
public  wants  or  convenience,  and  if  he 
happens  to  be  out  of  an  article  which  a 
customer  wants  he  does  not  worry  over 
the  matter,  because  he  thinks he can  get 
it 
in  time  and  the  customer  will  be

obliged  to  come  back  for  it.  But  he 
is 
not  the  only  dealer  in  the  trade.  There 
are others,  as he  may  find  out  to  his sor­
row. 
If  there  are  no  other stores  in  the 
neighborhood  where  the  desired  article 
may  be  obtained,  there  are  yet  depart­
ment  stores  and  catalogue  houses  within 
reaching  distance  by  mail  and  from 
which  .that  article  may  be  had  in  as 
short  time  as  can  be  accomplished  by 
the  dealer. 
If  the  dealer thinks  he  is  a 
monopolist,he also  forgets  that  there  are 
bigger  monopolists  than  he  and  that 
they  will probably not only  cut  under  his 
prices,  but  take  away  a  great  portion  of 
his  trade 
if  he  only  allows  them  a 
chance.

A  Mississippi  paper  says  that  a  negro 
living  near  Newton,  who  beard  his  dogs 
barking  one  night,  found  that  they  had 
killed  a  remarkable  animal. 
It  had  a 
head 
like  a  bulldog,  ears  like  a  mule, 
legs  like a  duck,  and  a  tail  like  an  ele­
phant  and 
like  a 
weasel.

it  was  long-bodied 

Profils

A  grocer’s profits are notoriously 
small.  In  the  course  of  a year 
he  loses  a  great  deal of  money 
because  of  dust.  Dust  makes 
groceries unsalable.  People will 
not buy things to eat that do not 
look clean and inviting.
Stop that leak in your"profits! 
Stop it with  D U SYLE SS!

DUSTLESS is a lioor dressing, to be put on with a mop.
It is not sticky,  but it  prevents dust from rising just the same.
One  application  will  keep  the dust 
off your shelves for six months.
It is a good  deal cheaper to use than 
not  to  use  it.  Write  for  a  free 
book  that  tells  all  about  DUST­
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Big  Talk  About  Circulation

Counts  for  little  unless  quality  goes hand  in hand with quan­
tity— Advertisers  are  learning  to  discriminate  in  this matter, 
and  are looking more and  more into the character  of  circula­
tion.  As a matter of fact

Circulation is of No Consequence

Unless it be of a character to reach and  directly  interest  buy­
ers and consumers of the class of  goods  for  which  the  adver­
tiser is seeking a market.

Advertisers  Care  Nothing 
For  Circulation

That  does  not  reach  and  directly  appeal  to  the  purchasing 
constituency  of  the  class  of  goods  the  advertiser  wishes  to 
sell—that medium only which can show a  bona fide circulation 
to buyers should be considered.

The  Michigan  Tradesman

Reaches  more  paid  subscribers  in  Michigan  than  all  other 
trade  journals  combined,  and  is  therefore  able  to  give  its 
patrons better returns than any  other trade  journal published.

These  Are Telling  Points

Do you  sell  Shoes?
Do you want  to sell more Shoes?

Then buy Rindge, Kalmbach & 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 

latest colors and shapes.

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

can give you some bargains.

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

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

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.

Rindge,  Kalmbach  &  Co.,

12,14 and  16 Pearl  St., 
Grand  Rapids.

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...For this  Fall...

We are showing  the  strongest line of Shoes ever placed  on 

this market by us.

Goodyear,— none  better.

We are just as  emphatic  about  our  Rubber  Line— Wales- 

Big  line  of  Lumbermen’s  Sox.
Grand  Rapids Felt Boots are our Hobby.

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5  and  7  Pearl  Street, 

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Shoes and  Leather

Reasons  Why  the  Advantage  Lies with 

the  Jobber.

I  have  had  an  experience  of  twenty- 
eight  years  in  the  shoe  business,  during 
the  past  sixteen  of  which  I  have  been 
running  a  retail  store  in  Chicago.

Until  within  a  few  years  it  was a com­
paratively  easy  matter  to  keep  stock 
in 
a  satisfactory  condition,  but  since  the 
advent  of  the  department  stores  with  $5 
shoes  for  $1.98,  etc.,  and  the  lightning 
changes  in  styles,  the  case  has  assumed 
such  serious  conditions  as  to  agitate  the 
‘ think  boxes”   of  the  wisest  in  the  shoe 
world.

There 

is  undoubtedly  a  great  advan­
tage  in  buying  from  a  jobber  of  strictly 
reliable  goods—shoes  that  are  made  in 
factories  with  reputations,  and  not  the 
kind  designated  as  “ bats”   by  the  boys 
on  the  road  and  so  often  found  among 
jobbers’  linés.

I  am  glad  to  notice  the  constantly  in­
creasing  number  of 
jobbers  who  are 
making  a  specialty  of  thoroughly  good 
goods—shoes  that  no  retailer  need  be 
ashamed  to  put  upon  his  shelf  and  offer 
to  his  “ best  customer.”

This  is  one  of  the  reasons  why  the  re­
tailer 
is  passing  the  manufacturer and 
buying  more  freely  from  the  jobbing 
house.

is  the  aforesaid 

Another  and  very  important  factor  in 
the  case 
lightning 
changes  in  styles.  The  majority  of  the 
road  salesmen  visit  the  retailer  with 
spring  samples  before  he  has  more  than 
started  up  on  fall  business. 
Is  he  in  a 
position  to  judge  of  what  he  will  want 
for  the  next  season—six  months  ahead?

I  should  say  “ No!”   with  a  big  N.
Here  is  some  personal  experience:
During  the  spring  and  summer of 1896 
we  had  a  very  satisfactory  trade  on  a 
line of  men’s  ox-bloods,  which  we  ear­
ned  from  A  to  E.  We  bought  them 
from  the  local  agency  of  a reliable East­
ern  manufacturer,  and  found 
it  very 
convenient  to  get  sizes  as  we  needed 
them,  and  it  was  of  great ¡assistance 
in 
running  the  stock  down  to  a  low  point 
during  the  latter  part  of  the  season,  as 
the  agency (or  jobbing  house)  carried  a 
good  line  of  sizes.

Last  November  one  of  the  salesmen 
for  the  local  bouse  called  on us and tried 
very  persistently  to  get  us  to  place  an 
order,  to  be  made  up  and  shipped  di­
rect  from  the  factory,  offering  some 
special  inducements  in  the  way  of  dis­
counts.

We  kept  delaying  the  matter,  in  the 
meantime  making  up  a  memorandum 
order,  but  finally  decided  to  wait  and 
pick  up  what  we  wished  from  the  local 
agency.  The  result  was  that  in  March 
we  bought  twenty-four  pairs  of  the  ox- 
bloods  to  size  up  lightly,  as,  by  feeling 
of  our  trade  through  showing  sample 
pairs,  we  found  a  very  evident  inclina­
tion  to  the  chocolate 
instead  of  the 
“ reds,”   and  so,  instead  of  placing  the 
order  which  we  had  made  out  for one 
hundred  and  twenty  pairs,  by  holding 
off  we  bought  but  two dozen, and through 
this  same  bolding  off  we  obtained  two 
new 
lasts  for  chocolates,  which  were 
“ hot  sellers”   this  season ;  and  then  the 
great  advantage  comes  in  at  the  latter 
part  of  the  season  in  being  able  to  do 
business  while  running  the  lines  down 
to  the  smallest  possible  amount.

Another  important  point  is  the 

indi­

viduality  of  your  stock.

All  of  the  best  factories  are  now  turn­
ing  out  their  goods  perfectly  plain—de­
void  of  any  distinguishing  marks,  such |

as 

their  name  or  any  trade-mark.
They  have  found  out  that  the  best  re­
tailers  are not  buying  goods  to advertise 
the  manufacturer,  consequently  it  is  an 
easy  matter  now  to get  almost  any grade 
of  shoes  without  the  maker's  name  on. 
The  rest  is  very  simple.

Get  a  steel  die  with  your  name on,and 
two  sizes  of  labels,  one  4x6  for  men’s 
cartons  and  the  other  3x5  for  ladies’, 
both  of  which  sizes  allow  for  a  liberal 
margin  all  around  and  extra  full  at  the 
top  where 
it  reaches  up  under the  lid, 
which  gives  your  cartons  and  shoes  a 
uniformity  and  individuality that cannot 
fail  to  pay  dividends  every  season.

It  is  so  easy  to  convert  a  reliable  shoe 
into  a  still  more  reliable  one  by  putting 
your  own  name  on  the  shanks,  besides 
the  advertising 
it  gives  you  at  such 
small  expense.

The  goods  are  now  identified as yours, 
and  are  as  separate  and  distinct  as  if 
made  in  some  factory especially for you, 
but  the  beauty  of  it  is  that  the  jobber  is 
carrying  your  reserve  stock,  and  if  for 
any  of  the  hundred  and  one  reasons  the 
season  turns  out  poor,  you  do  not  have a 
big  stock  to  “ put  the  knife  into,”   and 
in  these  days  of  “ closing-out”  sales this 
is  an  important  item.

In  a general  talk  regarding  the  situa­
tion  with  one  of  the best  and  most  suc­
cessful  retailers  on  State  street  a  few 
days  ago,  among  other  things  he  said  to 
me:  “ The  shoe  business  is  just  in  the 
proper  condition  to  lose  big  money  for 
the  man  who  buys  his  goods  without  a 
great  deal  of  caution.”

With  a  steel  stamp  and  the  labels 
above  mentioned  we  find  ourselves  in  a 
position  to  buy  cautiously, 
in  every 
sense  of  that  term,  and  still  do  business 
on  our own  individual lines, which gives 
us  a  great  advantage  over  the  little  fel­
low  around  the  corner who  sells  every­
body’s  and  nobody’s  goods.

To  recapitulate:
The  jobber  carries  the  reserve  stock, 
and  so  reduces  our  average  amount  of 
liability.

Competition  forces  him  to  be  up  to 
date  on  styles,which  enables  us  to  “ feel 
of  the  trade”   on  specialties and  still  get 
them  in  time  for  business  each  season, 
without  loading  up  early  and  “ taking 
the  chances, ”   often  to  find  our  judg­
ment  at  fault  later  on,  and  having  to 
perform  the  surgical  operation  of “ put­
ting  the  knife  into  them.”

Buying  from  the  jobber,  we  can  hold 
a  customer  for  any  odd  size,  and  make a 
sale  on  stock  that  we  never  carried.

The  small  amount  of  extra  expense 
attached  to  this  way  of buying 
is  more 
than  offset  by  the  advantage  of  lessened 
liability  of  old  stock  and  loss  in  “ clos­
insur­
ing-out”   sales,  to  say  nothing  of 
ance  and  money  tied  up 
in  useless 
goods.

One  of  the  great  advantages  is  in  be­
ing  able  to  wait  until  the season actually 
begins  before  buying,  in  the  meantime 
getting  a  few  pairs  of  different  styles 
and  showing  them  to  your  customers—to 
post  yourself  at  the  expense  of  the  job­
ber,  I  may  say,  as  to  which  new  styles 
your  particular  customers  will 
favor 
during  the  coming  season.

This 

is  worth  a  great  many  dollars 
every  season  to  the  retailer,  as  all  the 
advantage  of  buying  from  the  manufac­
turer  direct 
is  more  than  balanced  by 
the  added  value  of  delaying  until  you 
can  get  the  judgment  of  the  very  people 
you  are  expecting  to  sell  to,  especially 
as  your  stamp  and  labels make the goods 
yours.

My  judgment,  therefore,  is  that  the 
jobber  is  by  far  the  more  advantageous 
for  the  average  retailer  to  buy  from.— 
Correspondence Boots and Shoes Weekly.

SHOE TIE BUT BEIM

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in  doing 
this buy your children’s shoes 
from

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Leather  Goods,  Pelt  Boots, 
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.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

1 6

Not  Luck  But  H ard  W o rk   W ill  Win

Success.
Written for the T rad esm an.

To  live  on  a  farm  or  not  to  live  on  a 
farm  was  not  the  question.  That  had 
been  decided  long  ago,  and  the  young 
man  making  the  decision  had  made  up 
his  mind  to  turn  his  attention  to  some­
thing  else.  Not  that  any  fault  was  to  be 
found  with  the  farm.  Like  most  well- 
tilled  farms,  it  was  large  enough  and 
productive  enough  for  those  who  like 
that  kind  of  life;  but  the  young  man  in 
question  didn’t,  and  he  had  been  on  the 
farm 
long  enough  to  know.  Life  had 
begun  with  him  in  the  Old  Bay  State, 
and  on  the  ancestral  acres  he  had 
learned  all  he  cared  to  know  of  what 
“ working  on  a  farm”   means.  Begin­
ning  early,  his  willing  hands  had  soon 
seized  the  shovel  and  the  hoe,  and  this, 
continued  tor  fifteen  or  twenty  years, 
had  given  him  a  powerful  physique,  so 
that  when  that  fair  May  morning  saw 
him  on  the  seat  of  the  farm  wagon  with 
his  trunk  behind  him  and  his  face 
turned  towards  the  future,  it  found  a 
young  fellow  asking  no  odds  of  the 
world  and  ready to fight inch  by  inch  for 
the  foothold  he  waS  determined  to  have.
is  contrary  to  the  general  idea  of 
luck  that  the  life about  to  begin  did  not 
take the  natural  drift  from  the  farm  to  a 
place 
in  the  country  store  where  the 
farm  produce  was  sold  or  exchanged. 
That  is  more  like  the  work  of  circum­
stance—the  change  which  chance  so 
often  guides  and  colors;  but  to  pass  at 
once  from  the  quiet  farm  to  the  busiest, 
in  New  England  and 
thriftiest  city 
there,  unknown  and  unaided, 
to  leap 
into  the  unfamiliar  waters  of  trade,  has 
something 
it  of  the  sink  or  swim, 
survive  or  perish  element  which  luck 
never  claims.

in 

It 

Boston,  the  end  of  the  journey  that 
day  begun,  was  duly  reached;  but  the 
great  fire  then  raging  and later known  as 
the  most  disastrous  conflagration 
the 
East  has  seen  gave  the  newcomer  a 
warmer  reception  than  he  cared  for, 
and  that  same  day  saw  him  on  his  way 
to  New  York.

Here,  as  in  Boston,  he  was  a  stranger 
and,  alone  and  unaided,  his  life  began. 
What  was  he  to  do?  Anything.  He  had 
come  to  stay,  and 
it  made  little  differ­
ence  what  the  work  was,  provided  he 
could  earn  enough  to  pay his way.  Life 
here,  as  on  the  farm,  had no  soft  places, 
the  bane  of  any  life  worth  living,  and 
thankful  for  that  well-learned  lesson,  he 
asked  for  work.  He  found  it  where  he 
had  every  reason  for  hesitating  to  take 
it— in  the  freight  house  of the old  Ston- 
nington  depot.  What  did  this  country- 
bred  lad  know  about  freight  and  freight 
houses,  of  merchandise  and  the  ship­
ping  of goods?  Nothing—an  idea  that 
cannot  be  stated  too  strongly;  and  yet, 
from  that  unpretending  farm  he  had 
brought  a  trait of character which served 
in  this  test-time  of  his  life.  He 
him 
freight 
found  dire  confusion 
its  place,  but 
house.  Everything  had 
some  other  thing  got  into 
it  and  staid 
there.  Heaven’s  first  law  had  been  a 
stranger  there  so  long  as  to  suggest  the 
establishment  at  the  other  end  of  the 
road.

in  the 

A  few  general  directions  from 

the 
office  and  the  novice  pulled  off  his  coat 
and  went  to  work.  It was  a  day  of  kicks 
and  curses—that  first  day—but  he  lived 
it.  The  second  day  was  little  better,¡but 
he  lived  it.  The  third  day  came  and 
went,  but  somehow  the  idea went abroad 
that  kicks  and  curses  were  getting  to 
be  out  of  place 
in  the  freight  house. 
Things  seemed  to be  settling,as it  were,

and  it  began  to  be  possible  even  in  the 
freight  house  to  find  something  which 
was  wanted.

At  that  time,  some of  my  readers  may 
remember  a  prosperous  coffee  and  spice 
house  was  doing  business  on  Canal 
street.  The  proprietors  were  having  no 
end  of  trouble  at  the  freight  house. 
Coffee  bags  might  come  and  spice bags 
might  go,  but  they  seemed  to  go  on 
forever,  with  no  possibility  of  return  so 
far  as  shipping  clerk  or  freight  agent 
was  concerned.

“ Have  you  seen  anything  of  any 
coffee  in  bags,  or  bags  of  spice,  in  here 
during  the  last  eight  or  ten  days?’ ’

“ How  many?”
“ That’s  what  I  want  to  find  out. 
We’ve  lost  track  of  them—thanks  to  a 
careless 
there 
might  be a  bare  possibility  of  finding 
them  down  here.  By  the  looks of things, 
I  guess  it’s  good-bye  bags.  Good  morn­
ing.”

clerk—and  I  thought 

That  was  during  those  first  few  days. 
Later  on  word  came  to  the  coffee  firm 
that  some  bags  of  coffee— the  number 
and  kind  were  given—had  been  found, 
and  orders  for  their  disposal  were 
wanted.  Would  some  one  come to attend 
to  them?  Somebody  went  at  once.  The 
bags  were  identified and forwarded ;  and 
on  his  way  back,  the  proprietor  stopped 
at  the  freight  office  to  ask  what  that 
young  fellow’s  name  was  in  the  freight 
house.

“ He  has  one  thing  the  rest  of  you 
fellows  are  in  need  of,and  that’s  a  level 
head.  Thunder  and  guns! 
I  was  in 
there a  day  or  two  ago  and  it  looked  as 
if  there  had  been  an  earthquake. 
I  lost 
track  of  some  coffee  and  had  given  up 
all  hope  of  finding 
it,  and  that  young 
‘ skeezicks’  has  fished 
it  out and  made 
everything  straight  as a  string.  Where’d 
he  come  from?”  and  the man  went away 
saying  to  himself:  “ You  won’t  have 
him  a  great  while,  I  can  tell  you  that!”  
and  they  didn’t.  There  was  a  pressing 
need 
in  the  coffee  and  spice  business 
for a  young  man  brought  up  on  a  Mass­
achusetts  farm,  who  had  wit  enough  to 
see  that  method  is  as  much  in  demand 
in  a  freight  house  as  it  is  elsewhere; 
and  when  that  same  young  man  had  a 
flattering  offer  to  remove  that  pressing 
need,  he  was  not  long  in  accepting  the 
one  and  removing  the  other.

It  is  remarkable  how  the  same  prin­
ciple  in  the  same  individual  is  sure  to 
develop  similar  results,  irrespective  of 
circumstances,  a  fact  which  takes  away 
much,  if  not  all,  of  the  ground  upon 
which 
luck,  and'  what  pertains  to  it, 
stands.  The  business  of  the  farm  has 
apparently 
little  or  nothing  to  do  with 
the  work  of  a  freight  house  or  with  that 
of  a  commercial  traveler,and  yet  in  this 
instance  it  proved  so.  The  method that 
brought  order  out  of  confusion  in  one 
instance  did  the  same  thing  in  another 
and  this,  turned  to  practical  account 
in 
commercial 
life,  brought  about  results 
as  satisfactory  as  they  were  surprising. 
Luck  may  or  may  not  have  thrown 
into 
this  young  man’s  way—now  a  drummer 
—this  or  that  good  customer.  Chance 
may  or  may  not  have  mada him  too  late 
for  this  train  or  too  early  for  that  one. 
Circumstance  may  or  may  not  have  so 
shaped  his  course  to-day  and  so  ham- 
peied  him  to-morrow;  but,  be it  luck  or 
chance  or  circumstance  or  all  of  them, 
it  is  surprising  how  all  of  these  furnish 
to  one  man  the  elements  of  success  and 
to  his  fellow  overwhelming  failure.

So  the  weeks  and  the  months  went  by 
and,always  seeing  a  chance  to  do  some­
thing  and  making  the  most  of  it,  the 
young  man  took  an  early  liking  to  his

calling  and—so  it  seemed— it  to  him. 
Summer and  winter  saw  him  always  on 
the  move.  Business  men  found  them­
selves  waiting  for  him  and  always  put­
ting  something 
in  his  way  when  he 
came.  So  his  circle  of  friends  grew, 
and  the  same  tact—or  was  it  luck?—that 
made  them  kept  them ;  and  when  the 
summing  up  came  for  the business year, 
the  young  man’s  sales  were  away  up 
among  the  hundred  thousands,  far above 
many  with  much  more  experience  than 
he.  Pretty  good 
for  a  boy 
brought  up  on  a  farm  and  starting  out 
with  only  willing  hands,  a  stout  heart 
and  luck  (?)  to  help  him.

returns 

Soon 

luck  gave  him  another  lift.  A 
leading  wholesale  house  began  to  talk 
of  changing  heads, and  it  somehow  hap­
pened  that  everybody  who  had  anything 
to do  or  say  about  it  chanced  to think of 
the  same  man.  To  all  intents  and  pur­
poses  everything  was  against  him. 
In 
the  first  place,  he  was  too young.  What 
sort  of  a  figure  would  a  chap  like  that 
cut  at  the  head  of  so  large  a  concern? 
Where  was  the  needed  experience  in  a 
man  with  not  a  gray  hair  in  his  head, 
and,  especially,  the  influence  which  al­
ways  goes  with  the  white-headed  arti­
cle?  That  was  one  side.  The  other 
didn’t  express  any  opinion.  They  sim­
ply  voted ;  and  when  the  result  was  an­
nounced, 
freight- 
straightening, 
trade-gathering  young 
man  was  lucky  enough  to  receive  every 
vote;  and  to-day  he  is  at  the  head  of 
one  of  the  most  successful  wholesale 
houses  in  New  York.

farm-bred, 

that 

Luck?  No.  Chance?  No.  Circum­
stance?  No.  What?  An 
idea 
that  intelligent  work  is  about  the  only 
thing  that  will  ever  get  anything  worth 
having,  coupled  with  another 
inborn 
idea,  that  the  thing  worth  having  is

inborn 

waiting  to  be  worked  for  in  that  par­
ticular  neighborhood  where  the  intelli­
gent  worker  happens  to  be.  This  is  the 
secret  of  this  man’s  life,  as  it  is  the 
secret  of  every  successful  life,  and  is no 
more  to  be  attributed  to  lu«k,  or  to any­
thing  that  pertains  thereto,  than  chance 
or 
every 
earnest  worker  shapes  to  his  own  pui- 
pose  and  uses  for  the  accomplishment 
of  worthy  ends.

circumstance 

is,  which 

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

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Clerks’ Corner

T alm age   to  D ry  G o o d s  C le rk s.

Dr.  Talmage,  in  a  recent  sermon,  ad­
dressed  himself  to  the  clerks.  Speaking 
of  dry  goods  clerks,  he  said :

“ One  great  trial  for  clerks  is  the 

in­
consideration  of  customers.  There  are 
people  who  are  entirely  polite  every­
where  else,  but  gruff  and  dictatorial and 
contemptible  when  they  come 
into  a 
store  to  buy  anything.  There  are  thou­
sands  of  men  and  women  who  go  from 
store  to  store  to  price  things  without 
any 
idea  of  purchase.  They  are  not 
satisfied  until  every  roll  of  goods  is 
brought  down  and  they  have  pointed 
out  all  the  real  or  imaginary  defects. 
They  try  on  all  kinds  of  kid  gloves  and 
stretch  them  out  of  shape,  and  they  put 
on  all  styles  of  cloaks  and  walk  to  the 
mirror  to  see  how  they  look,  and  then 
they  sail  out  of  the  store,  saying,‘ 1  will 
it  to-day;’  which  means,  ‘ I 
not  take 
don’t  want 
it  at  all,’  leaving  the  clerk 
amid a  wreck  cf ribbons,  and  laces,  and 
cloth,  to  smooth  out  a  thousand  dollars' 
worth  of  goods—not  one  cent  of  which 
did  that  cheat  of a woman  buy  or expect 
to  buy.  Now  I  call  that  a  dishonesty 
on  the  part  of  the  customer. 
If  a  boy 
runs  into  a store  and  takes  a roll  of cloth 
off the  counter and  sneaks  out 
into  the 
street,  you  all  join  in  the  cry  pell  m ell: 
‘ Stop  thief!’  When  I  see  you  go  into  a 
store  not  expecting  to buy anything  but 
to  price  things,  stealing  the  time  of  the 
clerk  and  stealing  the  time  of  his  em­
ployer,  I  say  too,  ‘ Stop  thief!’

‘ How  much 

“ If  I  were  asked  which  class  of  per­
sons  most  needed  the  grace  of  God 
amid  their  annoyances  I  would  say, 
‘ Dry  goods  clerks.’  All  the  indignation 
of  customers  about  the  high  prices 
comes  on  the  clerk.  For 
instance:  A 
great  war  comes.  The  manufactories 
are  closed.  The  people go  off to battle. 
The  price  of  goods runs  up.  A  customer 
comes  into  a  store.  Goods  have  gone 
up. 
‘ A 
dollar!  A  dollar!  Outrageous!’  Why, 
who  is  to blame  for the  fact  that  it  has 
got  to  be  a  dollar?  Does  the 
indigna­
tion  go  out  to  the  manufacturers  on  the 
■ banks  of  the  Merrimac  because  they 
have  closed  up?  No.  Does  the  indigna­
tion  go  out  toward  the  employer,  who  is 
out  at  his  country  seat?  No. 
It  comes 
on  the  clerk.  He got  up  the  war!  He 
levied  the  taxes!  He  puts  up  the  rents! 
Of  course,  the  clerk !

is  that  worth?’ 

“ Then  a great  trial  comes  to  clerks 
in  the  fact  that  they  see  the  parsimo­
nious  side  of  human  nature.  You  talk 
about  lies  behind  the  counter!  There 
are  just  as  many lies  before  the  counter. 
Augustine  speaks  of  a  man  who  adver­
tised  that he  would on  a certain occasion 
tell  the  people  what  was  in  their  hearts. 
A  crowd  assembled  and  he  stepped  to 
the  front  and  said: 
‘ I  will  tell  you 
what 
is  in  our  hearts:  To  buy  cheap 
and  sell  dear!’  Oh,  lay  not  aside  your 
urbanity  when  you  go 
into  a  store. 
like  gentlemen  and 
Treat  the  clerks 
ladies—proving  yourself  to  be  a  gentle­
man  or  a  lady.  Remember  that,  if  the 
prices  are  high  and  your  purse  is  lean, 
that 
is  no  fault  of  the  clerks.  And  if 
you  have a son  or a  daughter amid  those 
perplexities  of  commercial 
life,  and 
such  a  one  comes  home all  worn  out,  be 
lenient  and  know  that  the  martyr  at  the 
stake  no  more  certainly  needs  the  grace 
of  God  than  our  young  people amid  the 
seven-times-heated  exasperations  of  a 
clerk’s  life. ’ ’

W om en  C le rk s  Not  Liked 

in  Sh oe 

Stores.

In  speaking  of  men  and  women  as 
clerks 
in  a  shoe  store  or  department  a 
well-known  Chicago  dealer  said:  “ A 
woman  cannot  sell  shoes to other women. 
Strange  as 
it  may  appear,  women  will 
make  their  selections  and  purchases 
from  male  clerks  every  time,  and  it  is 
for  this  reason  that  so  few  shoe  dealers 
employ  women  clerks.  While  women 
will  buy  shoes  from  male  clerks,  they 
would  not  think  of  buying  stockings 
from  them.  It  is  not  only  fn  this,  but  in 
all  other  cities  in  this  country  that  this 
In  Europe  it  is  somewhat  the 
is  true. 
other  way,  and 
in  many  of  the  larger

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

establishments 

shoe 
there  are  more 
women  clerks  than  men  clerks,  and 
women  customers  prefer  the  women 
clerks  nearly  every  time,  except  in  the 
case  when the purchasers are Americans. 
They  prefer  to  deal  with  the men clerks. 
In  buying  shoes  women  are  much  more 
confidential  than  men  are.  A  man—that 
is,  the great  run  of men—doesn’t care  so 
much  for  the  looks  as  he  does  for  com­
fort  and  fit.  With  women  this  is  re­
versed.  They  make  comfort  and  fit  sec­
ondary  to  the  matter  of  looks.  Somehow 
women  think  that  the  man  clerk has bet­
ter  judgment  in  the matter of  looks  than 
any  woman  clerk  has  or  could  have. 
There 
is  no  use  trying  to  argue  the 
question,  even 
if  there  were  any  room 
for argument.  Dealers  have  to  recog­
nize  the  fact  and  be  governed  by 
I 
have  never  had  a  woman  ask  me  why  I 
did  not  employ  women  clerks,  while  I 
have  had  hundreds  of  men  ask  that 
question.  Now,  while  men  will  ask 
that  and  similar questions,  there  is  not 
one  in  one  hundred  who  would  buy their 
shoes  from  a  woman  clerk  if  we  had 
them. 
I  suppose  it  is  the  laws  of  trade 
which  regulate  such matters.  Certain  it 
is  that  I  don’t  know  anything  of  the 
causes,  although  I  have  been  selling 
shoes  for over  thirty-five  years. 
It  is  to 
be  presumed  that  I  would  have  learned 
something 
in  that  time  about  it,  but  I 
confess  I  have  not. ’ ’

it. 

G lad  He  C ould n’t  Give  It  Away.

Eau Claire (Wis.)  Correspondence  Minneapolis

Times.
In  1890,  while 

living 

in  Duluth, 
Julius  O.  Swanson  purchased  750  shares 
in  a  Colorado  mine  near  Colorado 
Springs,  paying  10 cents  a  share  for  it. 
A  few  years  later  he  offered  the  lot  for 
$7.50.  His  friends  laughed  at  him  and 
refused  to  buy. 
In  1893  he  came  to  this 
city  and  accepted  a  position  in  a  shoe 
store  at  a  small  salary.  Fearing  he 
would  have to  pay  taxes  on  his Colorado 
property,  he  tried  to  give  his  shares 
away.  No  person  wanted  them  even  as 
a  gift.  Swanson  was 
industrious,  and 
a  year  ago  opened  a  shoe  store of  his 
own  and  did  a  good  business.  Yester­
day  Colorado  Springs  parties  offered 
Swanson  $37,000  for  his  750 shares.  He 
sold  his  shoe  store  and  will  leave  for 
Colorado  Springs  on  Thursday.  He  says 
$37,000  for $7.50  is good  enough for  him 
and  he  will  sell.

The  members  of  the  Atlanta  Woman’s 
Club  have  promised  to  make  all  pur­
chases  in  the  morning  if  merchants  will 
allow  clerks a  half  holiday on Saturdays.

Report  comes  that  the  Chilian  con­
gress  has  offered  $125,000  as  a  subsidy 
to any  corporation  establishing  an 
iron 
foundry  in  that  country.

NOT  ALWAYS  BEST.

H ow   a  M erchant  Som etim es  Profits 

by  H is  M  istakes.

it 

The  merchant  who  always  buys  just 
the  right  article  at  the  right  time,marks 
it  at  just  the  right  profit,  with  the  per­
fect  assurance  that  it  will  go,  is  so  rare 
that  he  does  not  figure  in  humanity. 
Strange  as 
is,  our  mistakes  are  our 
stepping  stones  to  success.  On  the  face 
it  seems  a  base  contradiction,but  never­
theless  it  is  a  well-recognized  fact.  Let 
a  merchant  make  a  large  deal  of  sea­
sonable  goods  with  the  firm  belief  that 
his  trade  will  snap  at  them,  and  for 
some  reason  or other  the  sale  falls  flat, 
to  what  are  we  to  attribute  the  non-suc­
cess? 
It  may  be  that  the  price  was  not 
a  catchy  one. 
It  might  have  been 
marked  even  money,when  an  odd  price, 
even  although  a  higher  one,  might  have 
taken  them  out  in  a  jiffy.  Possibly  it 
was  too  late  in  the  season  to  risk  an  ex­
tensive  sale  of  something  which,  per­
haps,  may  have  been  selling  freely 
in 
the  season.  Supposing  such  to  be  the 
case,  the  merchant’s  only  salvation  is 
to  advertise  the  goods  at  prices  which 
will  cause  the  eyes  of  competitors  and 
trade  to  open  in astonishment;  hence  he 
gains  a  reputation  for  selling  cheap, 
which  is  brought  about  by  his  own  mis­
takes.

With  the  most  conservative buying  dry 
goods  accumulate,  and 
is  a  sort  of 
commodity  which  does  not improve with 
age.

it 

Let  us  consider  lines  of  goods  classed 
as  seasonable  and  also  novelties.  One 
may  figure  on  just  what  was  consumed 
the  previous  season,  using  that  as  a 
basis  for  estimating  on  the  present  sea­
son’s  output. 
If  the  season  before  was 
a  good  one,  usually  a  plunge  is  made. 
Then  if  weather  conditions  are  at  odds, 
or  Dame  Fashion  takes  a  sudden  freak 
to  change  her  mind,  what  is  the  inevi­
table  result?  Accumulated  stock.  The 
merchant  very  naturally  thinks  that  he 
must  get  all  he  can  out  of  the  present, 
so  he  resorts  to  a  clearance  sale,  with 
the  standard-bearing  prices  which  force 
into  the  consumers’  hands, 
the  goods 
oftentimes  against  their  better 
judg­
ment,  which  plan  does  not  always  re­
sult  in  ultimate  good.  To  be  sure, it  has 
cleaned  out  all  surplus  stock,  but  has  it 
not  killed  the  sale  of  a  like  article  for 
the  coming  year.

The  rise  and  fall  of  the  shirt  waist 
has  served  to  treat  us  to  an  object 
les­
son.  During  the  shirt-waist  period  of 
1896  everybody  was  overstocked  regard­
less  of  the  hot  weather  which  prevailed. 
Consumers  were  bargained 
to  death. 
The  offerings  were  of  such  exquisite 
novelties,  at  prices  next  door  to  noth­
ing,  that  they  were  purchased  with  a 
view  to  holding  over  until  this  season.

When  the  new  things  appeared  they 
were  not  materially  different  from  those 
on  hand.  A  slight  alteration  of  the 
sleeve  readily  conformed  last year’s gar­
ment  into  this  year’s,  which method was 
resorted  to  by  thousands  of  women, 
who  would  purchase  one,  possibly  two, 
stunning  waists,to  alternate  with  the  re­
modelled  garment,  whereas 
last  year 
they  bought  a  half  dozen.  An  apt  il­
lustration  occurs.  Let  us  calculate  that 
two  millions  of  women  economized  to 
the  extent  of  one  shirt  waist  apiece,  es­
timating  that  the  economy  was  but  50 
cents  a  person.  One  million  dollars  has 
been  withheld  from  the  shirt-waist  in­
dustry.  A  neat  little  business.  Did  it 
pay,  at  a  loss  of  profit,  to  eat  all  the  pie 
last  season?
While  we  are  on  the  shirt-waist  ques­
tion we  will  mention  the  foolhardy prac­
tice  of  producing  the  same  for  Decem­
ber  sales.  Let  us  trust  that  the  new  era 
of  trade  buying  and  selling  will  entirely 
obliterate  the  buying  away  ahead  of 
possible  requirements.

This  new  trade  era  is  conspicuous 

in 
It  has  developed 
more  ways  than  one. 
very  noticeably 
in  the  method  of  sup­
plying  goods  for the moment in demand. 
A  buyer  stepping  into  a  house  with  his 
mind  centered  on  a  special  line  that  his 
trade  are  that  instant  ripe  for,  and  find­
ing  that  he  cannot  secure  them  inside 
of 
longer,  drops 
the  idea  and  turns  hisattention  to  other 
channels  for  drawing  trade  rather  than 
speculate  on  a  month  or  even  a  wefek 
ahead.  Heretofore,  the  custom  was  to 
say  to  the  manufacturer,  “ Well,  ship 
them  as  soon  as  you  can, ’ ’  or  a  remote 
date  was  set.  Not  so  now.  Now  is  the 
time.

ten  days,  possibly 

The  sooner  merchants  realize  that  the 
rolling  up  of  sales  at  the  expense  of 
profit  has  a demoralizing  effect  the  more 
they  will  adjust  themselves  to  the  new 
conditions.— Dry  Goods  Economist.

Applause  fo r  a  Heroic  Drum m er. 

From the Springfield Republican.

A  Bangor  drummer  recently  saw  a 
woman  enter  the  train  at  North  Bucks- 
port  and  rush  through  the  car  just  as 
it 
was  getting  speedy.  He  coolly  walked 
after  her,  and,  just before  the  fatal  leap, 
grasped  her  firmly  to  his  manly  bosom. 
She  struggled,  but  he  only  tightened  his 
grip  saying: 
shan’t 
jump  off  the  car  and  kill  yourself!’ ’ 
When  she  got  her breath  she  shrieked : 
“ You  big  fool,  I  was  only  going  out  on 
the  platform  to  wave  my  handkercief  to 
my  friends.’ ’  A  party  of  Bangor  yachts­
men  aboard  the  train  applauded  the 
drummer 
for  his  heroism  fully  half  an 
hour  and  at  intervals  thereafter.

“ Madam,  you 

Do  not  forget  that  a  person  “ too 
busy”   to  take  care  of  his  health  is  like 
a  workman  too  busy  to sharpen his  tools.

I  Xhey  all  say w 

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“Its  as  good  as  Sapolio,” when  they  try  to  sell  you  Z ^  
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell Z ^  
you  that  they  are  only  trying  to  get  you  to  aid  their 
new  article. 

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W ho  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 
very  presence  creates  a  demand  for  other  articles.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan  Knights of the Grip. 

President, J a s. P. Ham m ell, Lansing;  Secretary, 
D.  C.  Slaght, Flint;  Treasurer,C hab. McNoltt, 
Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President, S.  H.  Ha r t,  Detroit:  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D.  Mo r r is, Detroit.

United  Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 

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

dent Association.

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

President, A. F.  P e a k e , Jackson;  Secretary and 
Board  o f  Directors—F.  M.  T y l e r , H.  B.  F a ir - 
c h ild , J as. N. B r ad fo r d , J. H e n r y Da w l e y .G eo. 
J.  Hein zelm an,  C h as.  S.  R obinson.

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

G ripsa ck  Brigade.

Escape  a  duty  and  you  will  avail  no 

gain.

buy  a  good  deal.

unseen  degrees.

Politeness  costs  nothing,  but  it  will 

Bad  habits  grow  on  traveling  men  by 

A  traveling  salesman  without  ambi­

tion  is  like  an  engine  without  steam.

If  you  will  constantly  wear  good 
for 

humor  you  wili  be  well  dressed 
business.

Peter  Steketee  (P.  Steketee  &  Sons), 
is  spending  his  three  weeks’  vacation 
at  Macatawa  Park.

You  have  two  eyes  and  only  one 
tongue;  therefore  you  should  see  twice 
as  much  as  you  say.

Your  customers  will  not  bother  about 
your  politics  or  religion  if  your  prices 
and  goods  agree  with  them.

A  traveling  man  should  believe  noth­
ing 
ill  against  his  competitor  but  on 
good  authority.  Then  hesitate  to  repeat 
it.

John  M.  Fell  (Bradley &  Metcalf Co.) 
is  making  Petoskey  headquarters  now­
adays,  having 
located  Mrs.  Fell  there 
for  the  season.

Some  traveling  men  are  good  story 
tellers,  while  others  produce  a  widen­
ing  circle  of  weariness  every  time  they 
attempt  the  role  of  raconteur.

Traveling  men  are  progressive  men, 
but,  with  some,  progress  may  not always 
be  improvement.  Some  of  them seem  to 
grow  in  gall  instead  of  grace.

Arthur  B.  Clark,  Michigan  represent­
ative  for  E.  H.  Stark  &  Co.,  of  Wor­
cester,  Mass.,  has  returned  from  Wor­
cester,  where  he  spent  a  fortnight  for 
the  purpose  of  becoming  familiar  with 
his  fall  and  winter  line.  He  is  well 
pleased  with  his  assortment.

Jas.  D.  Wadsworth,  who  will  be  re­
membered  as  traveling  salesman  for  the 
former  firm  of  Arthur  Meigs  &  Co.,  is 
a  partner  in  the  house  recently  organ­
ized  at  San  Francisco  under  the  style 
of  the  Jones-Paddock  Co.  for  the  pur­
pose  of  carrying  on  the  tea,  coffee,  bak 
ing  powder,  extract  and  spice  business. 
Jimmy’s  many  Michigan  friends  will 
be  pleased  to  note  the  success  he  ap­
pears  to  be  achieving  on  the  Coast.

News  Letter:  The hotel  keeper  should 
give  his  patrons  everything  that  rules, 
agreement  or  custom  calls  tor at  a  stip­
ulated  price. 
If  he  does  not  the  patron 
has  the  privilege  of  going  elsewhere. 
To  obtain  things  by  tipping  the  waiter, 
porter  and  bell  boy  may  be good  policy, 
but  is  nothing  less  than  bribery,  and yet 
it  is  encouraged  by  many  hotel  mana­
gers.  Will  the  American  commercial 
traveler  ever  have  the  moral  courage  to 
refuse  to be  plucked?

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

17

Edward  Frick  (Olney  &  Judson  Gro­
cer  Co.)  is  spending  a  fortnight’s  vaca­
tion  at  Petoskey  and  with  his  brother- 
in-law  at  Sturgeon  Bay.  He  is  accom­
panied  by  his  wife.

Kalamazoo  Gazette:  About one  hun­
dred  friends  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  J. 
Rogan  surprised  them  at  their  home  on 
Academy  street  Monday  evening  and 
took  complete  possession  of  the  prem­
ises.  Dancing  and  cards  were  the  fea­
tures  of  the  evening,  and  refreshments 
were  served  by  Mrs.  Underwood.  Be­
side  Crossett’s  full  orchestra,  the  Man­
dolin  club,  composed  of  Messrs.  Kel­
ley,  Flynn  and  Waldo, 
furnished  de­
lightful  music  all  through  the  evening. 
The  singing  by  T.  J.  McHugh  and 
others  was  very  much  enjoyed.  Mr. 
Rogan  and  family  will  leave for  Detroit 
next  Wednesday,  where  he  will  open  a 
branch  office  in  the  Kanter  Building for 
the  firm  of  Moore,  Smith  &  Co.,  the 
manufacturing  hatters  of  Boston,  whom 
he  represents  in  the  West.  During  the 
evening  Dr.  S.  D.  O’Brien,in  behalf  of 
Branch  17,  C.  M.  B.  A.,  and  other 
friends  of  Mr.  Rogan,  presented  him 
with  a  handsome gold headed  cane.  Mr. 
Rogan,  in  a  neat  speech,  thanked  his 
friends  and  said  he  hoped  to  see  them 
all  in  Detroit.  Mr.  Rogan  has  resided 
in  this  city  for  about  nine  years  and 
during  that  time  has  made many friends 
who  will  greatly  miss  him  and  his  fam­
ily.
The  T a riff on  S u g a r   Under  the  New 

Law.

The  new  tariff  protection  on  sugar 

is 
as  follows;  Granulated  sugar  and  all 
refined  and  raw  sugars  above  No.  16 
Dutch  standard,  from  countries  not pay­
ing  bounties,  will  pay  a  duty  of  1.95c 
per  lb.  Raw  sugars  of  96  deg.  test, 
from  non-bounty  paying  countries,  will 
pay  a  duty  of  i.68j£c  per  lb.,  or  say, 
1.811c  per  lb.  on  107.47  lbs.  raws  re­
quired  to  make  100 
lbs.  Deducting 
1.811c  from  1.95c  gives  . 139c  per  lb., 
which 
is  the  refiners’  protection  under 
the  new  bill  against  granulated  sugar 
from  any  non-bounty  paying  country, 
such  as  Holland  and  Russia  and  pos­
sibly  the  United  Kingdom.

The  duty  on  113% 

Granulated  sugar  from  bounty  paying 
countries  pays a duty  of  1.95c  per  lb., 
plus the countervailing duty  of  .383c  per 
lb.,  making  total  duty  of 2.333c  per  lb.
lbs.  of  88  deg. 
analysis  beet  (94  test)  from  which  to 
make  100  lbs.  refined  equals  2.144c  per 
lb.  Deducting 2.144c  from  2.333c  gives 
.189c  as  refiners  protection against gran­
ulated  from  Germany.

The  new  law,  therefore,  reduced  the 
American  refiners’  protection  on  Dutch 
granulated  and  other  non-bounty  sugars 
.281c  to  .139c—say  50  per  cent, 
from 
reduction.  On  fine  German  granulated 
the  reduction 
is  from  .324c  per  lb.  to 
.189c  per  lb.—say  41  per  cent.  On  first 
marks  granulated  the  protection  is  re­
duced  from 
.2632c  per  lb.  to  .189c  per 
lb.—28  per  cent,  reduction.

This  statement gives  the  actual  status 
of  the  new  law  as  regards  the  refiners’ 
protection  from  a strictly business stand­
point  without  assumptions  or theories  of 
any  kind.  Actual  business 
is  being 
put  through  or  can  be  put  through  on 
the  basis  of  the  figures  given.

The  Northern  Hotel  at  Greenville 

Is  the  successor  to  the  Webster  House, 
at  corner of  Grove  and  Lafayette streets. 
Mr.  F.  L.  Kitzmiller,  the  new  proprie­
tor,  brings  to 
it  twenty-six  years’  ex­
perience  as  host  and  a  large  acquaint­
ance  in  Michigan.  He  has  extensive­
ly  remodeled  the  building,  newly  fur­
nished 
it  throughout  and  now  offers 
travelers  strictly  first-class  accommoda­
tions.

Good  sample  rooms  and  livery  in con­

nection.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples—Duchess  of  Odenburg  are 
now  on  the  market,  commanding  gi  per 
bu.

Bananas—The  market 

is  steady  and 
the  movement  good.  There  is  a  good 
supply  of  fruit,  with  good  demand.

Beets—40c  per  bu.
Blackberries—Cultivated command  5c 
per qt.  They  are  large  in  size  and  fine 
in  flavor.

Butter—The  recent  wet  weather  has 
changed  the  situation 
somewhat,  as 
compared  with  last  week,  and  pastures 
in  Michigan  are  generally in good shape 
again,  and  the  milk  production  will  in­
crease  rapidly  during  the  next  two  or 
three  weeks.  In  consequence  of  the  im­
proved  condition  of  the  pastures,  re­
ceipts  have  materially 
increased  and 
the quality  has  also  improved,  as  a  re­
sult  of  the  cooler  weather.  Jobbers  hold 
separator creamery  at  I4^c  and  choice 
dairy at  io@i2c.

Cabbage—75c  per  doz.,  according  to 

Carrots—50c  per  bu.
Cauliflower—$1.50 per  doz.
Celery— 15c  per  bunch.
Cherries—Red  and  Black  command 
$i@i.25  per bu.,  according  to  size  and 
quality.  The  crop  turns  out to be large, 
contrary  to  the  predictions  of  the  grow­
ers  earlier  in  the  season.

Cheese— The  market  is  about  steady. 
The  receipts  are  not  heavy  and  the  de­
mand  is  sufficient  to  clean  up  the  sup­
ply.  Sellers  are  pretty  firm 
in  their 
ideas,  and  are  unwilling  to  make  con­
cessions,  even  to  clean  up  lots.
Corn—Green  has  declined  to 
per  doz.

io@i2c 

Currants— Red  bring  50c  per  crate  of 

size.

16 qts.

Cucumbers,—30c  per  doz.
Eggs—Local  dealers  hold 

candled 
stock  at 9c,  accepting  consignments  on 
the  basis  of  the  count  after candling. 
The  general  quality  of  the  receipts  is 
better  than  during  the  last  few  weeks. 
The  chief  factor  in  the  activity  and  the 
higher  prices  have been the decided fall­
ing  off  in  the  receipts.  At  present  it 
looks  as 
if  the  top  of  the  market  had 
been  reached,  at  least  for  some time,  as 
at  present  prices  a  considerable  quan­
tity  of  eggs  are  coming  out  of  storage, 
being  generally  better  than  present  re­
ceipts,  on  account  of  showing  no  heat, 
and  keeping  longer.

Lemons—The  market  has  eased  off 
with  the  cool  weather,  and  if the  cool 
weather  shall  hold,  the  market  is  likely 
to  decline.  Eastern  markets  are  easier.

Lettuce—35c  per bu.
Melons—Watermelons are  in  excellent 
demand  on  the  basis  of  2o@25c for large 
and 
for  small.  Little  Gems 
from  Illinois  command  $1  per  doz. 
Osage  bring  Si.75  per  doz.

i5@2oc 

Oranges—The  late  Valencias  are  now 
out  of  the  market,  as  are  also the  paper 
rind,  St.  Michaels  and  Navels.  Other 
varieties  are  unchanged  in  price,  and- 
are  moving  in  light  quantity.
Peas—Advanced  to  gi@75c  per bu. 

Stock  is  scarce.

Peaches—Alexanders  put 

in  an  ap­
pearance  Wednesday  for  the  first  time, 
commanding  §2  per  bu.

Pineapples—About  out  of  market.
Potatoes—Home grown  are  coming  in 
so  freely  that  the  scarcity  of  Southern 
stock 
is  not  seriously  felt at  this  mar­
ket.  The  price  remains at  85@goc,  on 
which  basis  local  growers  are greatly 
elated,as  it  is  more  than they  have  real­
ized  on  potatoes  for some  time.

Radishes—Charter  and  China  Rose 

command  10c.

Raspberries— Black  command  4o@5oc 
per  16  qt.  crate  and  Red  are  i5@2oc 
per  crate  higher.  Both  are  fine  in qual­
ity  and  excellent  in  appearance.

Squash—3c  per  lb.
Tomatoes—gi  per  crate of  4  baskets.
Turnips— Home  grown  command  40c 

per  bu.

Wax  Beans—gi  per  bu.
Whortleberries---- Arrivals  are  more
plenty  and  the  quality  has  improved. 
The  price  has  declined  to gi.5o@ i.75 
for  all  offerings.

Always  treat  traveling  men  in  a  gen­
for  they  generally 

tlemanly  manner, 
have  something that you may profit by.

Northern  Hotel,

J.  L.  Kitzmiller,  Prop.

Cor.  Grove and Lafayette Sts.,  Greenville, Mich.

H OTEL  W H ITCO M B

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH.

A. VINCENT, Prop.

Ulbitney Rouse Ptatawe] 11^M iclf.^ ’ Pr°P*

Best house in town and as good as any in the 
State for $i.oo per day.  Sanitary conditions 
are com pile.  Long distance telephone.

Cutler  House  a t  Grand  Haven.

Steam Heat.  Excellent Table.  Com­
fortable  Rooms.  H.  D.  and  F.  H. 
IRISH,  Props.

HOTEL  NEFF

FRANK  NEFF,  Propr.

GRAND LEDGE, MICH.

Rates,  $1.00. 

One block east of depot.

Welcome  to  Druggists.
NEW  CITY  HOTEL

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HOLLAND,  MICH.

We pledge the  Commercial  Travelers  of 

Michigan our best efforts.

Rates  $2.00. 

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

Grand Rapids.

Telephone 381-1 

Commercial  House

Iron  Mountain,  Mich.

Lighted by Electricity, Heated by Steam.

A ll modern conveniences.

$2 per day. 
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Reopened  Nov.  25.

FINEST  HOTEL  IN  BAY  CITY.

Steam heat,

Electric Bells and Lighting throughout. 

Rates,  $1.50  to  $2.00.

Cor.  Saginaw and  Fourth Sts.

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Determined to continue  catering  to  popular  de­
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we  reduce  the  rates  on  fifty  rooms  from  $2.50  to 
$2 per day, and roôms with bath from $3.50  to $3.

The popular rate of 50 cents per meal, established 
when the  Normandie  was  first  opened,  continues.
Change of rates will in no way affect the quality, 
and our constant aim in the future will be, as in the 
past, to  furnish  the  best  accommodations  for  the 
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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

Drugs°=Chemicals

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many  abuses.

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of  its  former  confidence  in  the druggist; 
the  only  way  to  regain  this  confidence 
is  to  purge  the  trade of its impure stock, 
and  having  done  so,  to  call  in  and  wel­
come.— F.  T.  Aschman 
in  American 
Druggist.

T he  Sa v in g  Hope 

Is 
Physicians.

in  Educated 

I  have  been  greatly amused  over  the 
agony  of  mind  and  perturbation  of 
spirit  manifested  by  writers  for  the 
pharmaceutical  press  in  discussing  the 
department  store,  the  cutter,  the  ad­
vance  in  the  price  of  nostrums,  the  pre­
scribing  pharmacist, 
the  dispensing 
physician,  window  dressing,  the  most 
effective  mode  of  sensational  advertis­
ing,  etc. 
Is  legitimate  pharmacy  to 
stand  or  fall  by  any  of  these  things?

As  to  the  commercial  side  of  phar­
macy,  is  it reasonable  to  expect  that  the 
immutable  laws  of  trade  will  be  set 
aside  at  the behest  of  any  one 
interest? 
The  price  of  commodities  and  the value 
of  service  always  have  been,  and always 
will  be,  fixed  by  the  law  of  supply  and 
demand,  and  the  superior  will  always 
take  precedence  of  the  inferior.  Hence 
the  fallacy  of organization  in  the 
inter­
est  of  material  prosperity.  Prosperity 
does  not  come  to  the  individual  by  or­
ganized  effort  or  legislative  enactment. 
is  a  matter  for  each  individual  to 
It 
work  out 
in  his  own  way,  influenced 
only  by  his  environments.

The  present  condition  of  pharmacy  is 
that  of  congestion.  There are  too  many 
in 
i t ;  we  have  quantity  rather  than 
quality,  and  there  is  but  little  satisfac­
tion  in  a  knowledge  of  the  fact  that  the 
profession  of  medicine  is  in 
like  con­
dition.  Doctors  and  drug  stores  have 
increased  way  beyond  the  needs  of  the 
people. 
In  these  days  of  such  keen 
competition,  there  is  inspiration  in  the 
thought  that  the  fittest  will  survive. 
This  declaration  of  Darwin 
isexem-' 
plified  in  the position the fittest pharma­
cist  now  bolds 
in  every  community. 
Did  the  average  indivdual  in  the  drug 
business  give  half  as  much  thought  to 
the  question  how  to  become  a  better 
pharmacist  as  he  now  gives to the  above 
subject,  the  people  he  serves,  and  the 
physician  he  aids,  would  be  greatly  his 
debtor,  besides  his  own 
interest,  peace 
of  mind  and  comfort  would  be  greatly 
enhanced.

The  past  few  years  have  witnessed 
in  all  branches  of 
great  depression 
trade.  The  hard  times  have  been  most 
keenly  felt  by  the  small  dealer,  for  the 
trend  of  sentiment  and  the  popular 
prejudices  seem  to  run  in  the  direction 
of  concentration. 
In  other  words,  the 
large  dealer  has  had  the  call. 
Is  this 
condition  to go  on  until  we  witness  the 
passing  of  the  small  drug  store?  It 
looks  very  much  like  it.  An  important 
factor  to  this  end  is  the  fact  that  the 
medical  men  are  no  longer  making  use 
of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia and Nation­
al  Formulary,  either  through  ignorance 
of  their  existence  or  a  contempt  for 
their  authority.  The  literature  of  the 
manufacturer  seems  to  have almost  sup­
planted  these  text  books.  This  is a  de­
cided  change,  but  is  it  progress?  What

will  the harvest be?  The  saving  hope 
is 
in  those  physicians  who  have  had  a 
pharmaceutical  education,  and  when 
this  is  made  a  condition  by  our medical 
colleges  we  may  hope  to  see  true  prog­
ress  made  in the science  of  medicine on 
the  basis  of  a  higher  education  and 
its 
practice  along  the  line  of  constituted 
authority.—John  F.  Patton  in  Era.

The  D ru g   M arket.

is  now  a  law. 

The  tariff  bill  has  passed  the  Senate 
and 
It  places  a  duty  of 
$i  on  opium,  which  has  been  free,  and 
50c  per  oz.  additional  on  morphine.

Argols—The  placing  of a  duty  on  this 
article  advances  the  price  of  tartaric 
acid,  rochelle  salts  and  cream  tartar. 
While 
large  line  of  goods 
besides  these  staples,  the  other  things 
are  not  so  important.  Advances  may 
be  expected  for  the  next  few  days  on 
the goods  affected.

it  affects  a 

Quinine—The  New  York  Quinine  & 
Chemical  Co.  and  foreign  manufactur­
ers have  advanced  this  article  2c  peroz. 
There  has  been  no  change  as  yet  in 
P.  &.  W.

Tartaric  Acid— This  has  been  ad­
vanced  to  meet  the  new  duty;  also 
cream  tartar  and  rochelle  salts.

Essential  Oils—Anise  has  been  stead­
ily  advancing  for  the  past  week  until 
now  it  amounts  to  30c  per  lb.  Croton  is 
higher  and  will 
probably  advance 
further.

Saffron  American—On  account  of 
competition  among  holders,  has  de­
clined.

a  strong  position, 

Gums  —  Assafoetida  still  continues 
the  price 
in 
tending 
do­
mestic  refiners  of  gum  camphor  will get 
a  protection  of  2c  more  per  lb.,  the 
price  has  not  advanced.

Although 

upwards. 

Vanalin— Has  advanced 

and  very 

much  higher  prices are  looked  for.

Seeds—Celery,  cardamon  and  quince 
are  in  a  very  firm  position  on  account 
of  the  tariff  law.

Linseed  Oil—On  account  of  higher 
prices  for flax  seed,  this  article  has  ad­
vanced  and  the  market  is  very  firm.
Borax—Has  advanced  50  per  cent.
Chloral  Hydrate—The  new  tariff  ad­

vances  the  price  35  per  pound.

The  chemical  industry  in  the  district 
of  Mannheim 
is  described  as  having 
had  an  extremely  prosperous  year  in 
1896,  in  spite  of  the  severe  check  in  the 
export  trade  to  America  which  it  ex­
perienced  during  a  portion  of  the  year. 
Sixteen  new  factories  were  established, 
but  they  are  mostly  on  a  small  scale, 
the  aggregate  capital  being  only  about 
^1,000,000.

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MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
Term   expires
-  Dec. 31, 1897
S. E. P a r k il l ,  O wosso 
-  Dec. 31, 1898
- 
F. W. E. P e r r y , Detroit 
-  Dec. 31,1899 
A. C. Schum ach er,  Ann  Arbor 
- 
Geo. Gu nd rum ,  Ionia  - 
-  Dec. 31,1900
L. E.  R e y n o l d s, St.  Joseph 
- 
-  Dec. 31,1901

President, F. W. R.  P e r r y , Detroit.
Secretary, G eo. Gu ndrum, Ionia.
Treasurer, A. C.  Sch u m ach er, Ann Arbor. 
Aug. 24 and 25;  Lansing, Nov. 2 and 3. 
MICHIGAN  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

Coming Examination Sessions—Sauit Ste. Marie, 

ASSOCIATION.

President, G. C. P h il l ip s,  Armada.
Secretary, B. Schrou der,  Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, C h as. Man n, Detroit, 
executive Committee—A. H. W e b b e r , Cadillac; 
H. G. C olm an,  Kalamazoo;  G eo.  J.  W a r d ,  St. 
C l a ir ;  A.  B.  Ste v en s,  Detroit;  F.  W.  R. 
P e r r y , Detroit*

The  D ru ggist and the  Pure  D ru g  Law s.
The question  of  laws  regarding  pure 
foods  and  drugs  has  of  late  attracted 
considerable  attention.  Until  recently 
these  laws  have, in our country, been very 
inadequately  enforced,  principally  ow­
ing  to  lack  of  funds.  But  in  the  last 
year  or two  there has  been  an  awaken­
ing  in  a  few  of  our  states ;  appropria­
tions  have  been  provided  for  carrying 
out  the  provisions  of  the  various  stat­
utes,  and considerable activity  has  been 
noticeable  in  many  quarters.  That  the 
necessity  for  State  or  Government  con­
trol  over  the purity  of  our  food  products 
and  drugs  does  exit,  is  acknowledged 
by  all  unprejudiced  observers.  Wher­
ever  such  contiol  has  been  properly  ex­
ercised,  the  most  beneficial  results  have 
been  experienced,  and 
it  is  not  to  be 
doubted  that  the  lengthening  of  the 
average  period  of  human 
life,  as  re­
corded  by  European  statistics,  has,  in 
part,  been  brought  about  by  the  enact­
ment  and  enforcement of laws  tending to 
purge  the  market  of 
impure  and  in­
jurious  foods  and  drugs.

However,  the  object  of  these  lines 

is 
not  to dwell  upon  these  truisms,  but  to 
show  that  not  only  are  these  laws,  if 
properly  enforced,  of  great  advantage  to 
the  general  public,  but  that  they  are  of 
special  benefit  to  the  druggist—this, 
in  spite  of  the  fact  that  some  seem  to 
have  taken  the  stand  that  the  measures 
in  question  should  be  resisted  and  their 
in  spite  of  the 
repeal  sought  for,  and 
fact  that  a  portion  of  this  opposition 
is 
due  to  the  manner 
in  which  the  laws 
have  been  carried  out,  especially in  one 
of  our states.

if 

for  naught 

The  public  has  always  looked  to  the 
druggist  to  furnish  drugs  and medicines 
of  a  standard  quality. 
It  feels,  for  in­
stance,  that  all  the  skill  and  insight  of 
the  physician  go 
the 
prescription  furnished  the  patient is  not 
filled  with  pure  medicines  of  proper 
strength.  But  the  publications  of  the 
committees  on  adulterations  of  the  va­
rious  pharmaceutical  associations,  and 
of  the  different  state  food  and  dairy 
commissioners,  which  reports  have  fre­
quently  been  quoted  in  the  daily  press 
with  exaggerated  embellishments,  have 
undermined  this  confidence. 
It  has  be­
come  known  to  the  public  that  not  only 
have a  good  many  of the  spices  and  the 
cruder  drugs  handled 
in  pharmacies 
been  found  to be  adulterated,  but  even 
standard  medicines,  tinctures  and  ex­
tracts  were  not  up  to  the  requirements 
of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  or  even  of  com 
mon  honesty.  This  has  created  a  grave 
doubt  in  the  minds of  men,and  wrought 
great  injury  to  the  profession.

That  such  distrust  has  become  great­
ly  exaggerated, 
is  true;  but,  on  the 
other  hand,  has  it  not  some  foundation 
in  fact?  Keen  competition  and  the  de­
mand  on  the  part  of  this  same  critical

it 

Not  to  elaborate  upon  the  above-men­
tioned  reports,  much  equally  damaging 
evidence  will  occur  to  us.  We  all 
know,  for  example,  how  difficult 
is 
to  obtain  pure  lots  of  the  higher-priced 
essential  oils,  even  when  we  are  willing 
to  pay  the  full  market  price  of  the  best 
article.  And  what  shall  we  say  when 
we can  personally  testify  to the  fact  that 
a  wholesaler  has  been  known  to  deliber­
ately  send  out  oil  of  sandlewood  with  a 
“ compound”  
label  on  the  container, 
and  that  his  customer,  the  retailer,  has 
dispensed  this  article  to  his  unsuspect­
ing  client,  of  course  without  the  dis­
criminating  label?  Or,  take  the  cases 
we  hear of,  where  filtered  hydrant  water 
was  dispensed 
for  distilled  water. 
While  it  may  seem  a petty affair to pros­
ecute  a  man  for  such  an  offense;  while 
it  may  appear  to be  drawing  too  fine  a 
point  as  long  as  so  many  grosser  adul­
terations  exist;  while  a  jury  may  see  fit 
to  acquit  the  defendants  in  such  a case, 
does  not  the  whole  matter  leave  some­
thing  of  an  unpleasant  flavor  in  our 
mouths? 
is  just  such  petty  delin­
quencies  as  these  that  cause  the  critical 
world  to  enquire  whether a  man  who 
is 
not  to  be  trusted  in  little  things  may  be 
trusted  in  greater  ones.  This  distrust 
is  very  far-reaching  and  detrimental, 
and  has  much  to  do  with  the  gradual 
decline  of  the  druggist’s  trade  in  many 
specialties  that  were  formerly  his  own, 
such  as  the  spices,  condiments  and 
others.

It 

Now,  what  must  the  druggist  do  to 
regain  the  former  confidence  of the pub­
lic?  The  only  possible  way  out  of  the 
difficulty  will  be  to  root  out  this  cancer 
of  sophistication  by  bringing  the  drug­
gists’  wares  up  to  the  standard  of  rec­
ognized  authorities.  That  this  opera­
tion  will  be  attended  with  much  trouble 
and  some  loss  is  to  be  expected.  And, 
moreover,  it  will  require  the  co-opera­
tion  of  every  one  concerned,  from  the 
importer  and  manufacturer down  to  the 
dispenser.  But  the  result  will  be  equal 
to  that  following  the  removal,  by  the 
sharp  knife  of  the  surgeon,  of  the  ma­
lignant  growth  that  threatens  the  life  of 
a  patient.  And  then,  all  that  will  be 
needed  to  completely  restore  the great 
measuTe  of  confidence  which  the  drug­
gist  formerly  enjoyed  will  be  to  have 
this  purification  of  his  stock  certified  to 
by  the  proper  authorities.  The  mere 
announcement  on  his  part,or  on  the part 
of  his  associates,  that  this  great  im­
provement  has  taken  place  will  not  be 
sufficient  to  satisfy  the  public,  but  will 
of  necessity  have  to  be  verified by a dis­
interested  state  officer. 
In  other  words, 
the  druggist  will  now  welcome  the 
in­
spector  and  court  his  examination  of 
his  drugs  and  spices,  and  we  will  hear 
less  and 
less  of  prosecutions  against 
him  for  selling  impure articles.  The 
general  public  will  not  be  long  in not­
ing  this  and  regaining  its  pristine  be­
lief 
in  the  purity  of  the  druggists’ 
goods.

Thus 

it  will  be  seen  that  the  rigid 
and  honest  enforcement  of  the  pure 
drug  laws,  the  need  of  which 
is  known 
to  the  public,  as  well  as  to  all  drug­
gists,  cannot  but  be  of  benefit  to all 
concerned.  They  should,  therefore,  not 
be  resisted  or  nullified,  but  should  have 
the hearty  co-operation  and 
intelligent 
assistance  of  the  druggists 
their 
in 
proper and  honest  enforcement.

To  sum  up:  The  necessity  for 

im­
pure drug  laws  is  acknowledged  by  a ll; 
the  general  public  is aware of  this  ne­
cessity,  and  has  consequently  lost  much

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

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced—Linseed Oil, N. Y. 
Declined—American Saffron.

Acidum
Acetlcum.................
6@8 8
70® 75
Benzoicum, German
@ 15
Boracic....................
29® 41
Carbolicum............
4U@ 42
Citricum.................
5
Hydrochlor............
3®
8® 10
Nltrocum...............
Oxalicum...............
12® 14
@ 15
Phosphorium,  dii...
50® 55
Salicÿlicum.............
ia£® 5
Sulph uricum...........
Tannicum.............. 1  25©  1 40
Tartaricum..............
36® 38
Ammonia
4® 6
Aqua, 16 deg...........
6®
Aqua, 20 deg...........
8
12© 14
Carbon a s.................
12© 14
Chloridum..............
Aniline
Black....................... 2 00© 2 25
80©  1  00
Brown....................
45© 50
R ed........  ..............
Yellow.................... 2 50© 3 00
Baccæ.
13@ 15
Cubesee..’........po. 18
6©
JuniperuB...............
8
25® 30
Xanthoxylum.........
Balsamutn
Copaiba...................
Peru.  ..  .................
Terabln, Canada 
Tolutan...................  
Cortex
Abies, Canadian__
Cassise....................
Cinchona Flava......
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgini........
Quillala,  gr'd.........
Sassafras........po. 18
Ulmus.-.po.  15,  gr’d 
Extractum
Glycyrrhiza Glabra.  24®
Glycyrrhlza, po...... 
28®
Hsematox, 15 lb box. 
11®
Hsematox, I s ........... 
13®
Hsematox, Vis.........  
14®
Hsematox, V4s.........  Hi®

50© 55
m  2  40

  40®
75®

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

15
2 26
to
40
15
2
50
7

Flora

Folia

Arnica.................... 
12@  14
18@  25
A nthem is.............. 
Matricaria..............  30®  35

Barosma..................  
15®  20
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly................. 
18@  25
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.  25®  30
Salvia officinalis, *£s
and Vis................. 
12®  20
Ura Ursi..................  
8®  10
Gumml
Acacia,  1st picked..  @ 0 5
@  45
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
@  35
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
Acacia, sifted sortB. 
@  28
Acacia, po...............  
60®  80
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20  12®  14
Aloe, Cape__po. 15  @ 
12
Aloe, Socotri.po. 40  @  30
Ammoniac.............. 
55®  60
AsBaf cetida.... po. 30  25®  28
Benzolnum............ 
50®  55
Catechu, Is..............  @  13
Catechu, Vis............   @  14
Catechu, >{s............  
®  16
Camphorse.............. 
48®  55
Buphorbium..po.  35 
®  10
Galbanum...............   @  1  00
Gamboge  po........... 
65®  70
Guaiacum....... po. 35  ®  35
Kino............po.C3.uO  @3  00
Mastic....................  @  60
Myrrh............. po.  45  @ 4 0
Opii..  po. S3.80@4.00 2 50®  2 60
25®  35
Shellac.................... 
Shellac, bleached...  40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®  80
Herba
25
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
20
Eupatorium .oz. pkg 
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
25
28
Majorum__oz. pkg 
23
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
25
Mentha Vir.. oz. pkg 
Rue.............. oz. pkg 
39
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
22
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
25
Hagnesia.
Calcined, Pat........... 
55®  60
Carbonate, Pat____ 
20®  22
Carbonate, K. & M..  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings  35®  36

Oleum
Absinthium............  3 25® 3 50
Amygdalae, Dulc__ 
3Q@  50
Amygdalae, Amarse .  8 00®  8 25
Anisi......................   2 30®  2 40
Auranti  Cortex......   2 00®  2 20
Bergamii.................  2 40®  2 50
Ca)lputi..................  
75®  80
Caryophylli............   55®  60
Cedar......................  
35®  65
Chenopadii..............  @ 4 00
Cinnamonii.............  1  75®  1 90
40®  45
Gitronella............... 

1 20

@ 75

1 40

35®  50
Conium  Mac..........  
Copaiba..................   i  10® 
Cubebae.................... 
90®  1  00
Exechthitos...........  1  00®  1  10
Erigeron.................  1  00®  1  10
Gaultheria..............  1 50®  1  60
Geranium,  ounce... 
Gossippii, Sem. gal..  50®  60
Hedeoma.................  1  on®  1  10
Junipera.................   1  50® 2  00
Lavendula.............. 
90© 2 00
Limonis..................   1  20® 
Mentha  Piper.........  1  60® 2 20
Mentha Verid......... 2  10® 2 25
Morrhuse, gal.........   1  0U@ 1  10
Myrcia,...................   4 00® 4  50
Olive....................... 
75® 3 00
Picis  Liquids......... 
10©  12
Picis Liquids, gal...  @  35
Ricina.................... 
99®  1 04
Rosmarini...............   @  1  00
Rosae,  ounce...........  6 50@ 8 50
Succini..................   40®  45
Sabina..................  
90@  1  00
Santal....................... 2 50® 7  00
Sassafras.................  50®  55
Sinapis, ess., ounce.  @  65
Tiglii.......................  1  40® 1  50
40®  50
Thyme.................... 
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15@  20
Potassium
Bi Carb.................... 
15©  18
Bichromate............ 
13® 
15
Bromide..................  48®  51
Carb....................... 
12@ 
15
Chlorate..po. 17@19c  16@  18
Cyanide..................   35®  40
Iodide....................... 2 60© 2 65
Potassa, Bitart, pure  26©  28
Potassa, Bitart,  com  @ 
15
Potass Nitras, opt... 
8®  10
7@ 
Potass Nitras........... 
9
Prussiate.................  20@  25
Sulphate p o ..  ...... 
15©  18

Radix

Aconitvm...............  
20®  25
Althse.....................  
22®  25
io@ 
Anchusa................. 
12
Arum po..................  @  25
Calamus.................  20®  40
Gentians.......po.  15 
12®  15
Glychrrhiza...pv. 15  16®  18
Hydrastis Canaden .  @  35
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  40 
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
15®  20
Inula, p o...............  
15©  20
Ipecac, po................. 2 00© 2  10
Iris plox —  po35@38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   25®  30
Maranta,  J£s...........  @ 3 5
Podophyllum, po....  22®  25
75®  1  00
R hei....................... 
Rhei, cut.................  @125
Rhei, pv..................  
75®  1  35
Spigelia................... 
35®  38
Sanguinaria... po. 40  @  35
Serpentaria............   30®  35
Senega....................  35©  40
Similax,officinalis H  @ 4 0
Smilax, M...............   @  25
Seillae............po.35 
10®  12
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus, po.................  @  25
Valeriana,Eng.po.30  @  25
15©  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ...............  
12®  16
Zingiber j ...............  
25®  27
Semen
@  12
Anisum.........po.  15 
13® 
Apium  (graveleons) 
15
Bird, Is.................... 
4® 
6
Carui.............po. 18 
10®  12
Cardamon...............   1  25®  1  75
Coriandrum............ 
8® 
10
Cannabis  Sativa....  3V4® 
4
Cvdonium............... 
75@  1  00
io@ 
Cnenopodium........ 
12
Dipterix  Odorate...  2 00® 2 20
Fceniculum............  
to
© 
Fcenugreek, po........ 
7® 
9
Llnl........................   2V4® 
4
4
Lini,  grd —  bbl. 2V4  3V4© 
Lobelia..................   35®  40
Pharlaris  Canarian.  3V4@ 
4
Sapar  v,K...........  *K@ 
5
Sinapis Albu........... 
7® 
8
Sinapis Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Spiritus

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...............   1  25© 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage................. 2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage...............   @  2 00
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......  @  1 25
Extra yellow sneeps’ 
wool,  carriage.... 
@ 1 00
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............   @  1  00
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
Scillse......................   @ 5 0

.........  

 

Scillæ Co.................  @  50
Tolutan..................   @  50
Prunus virg..  ........  @  50
Tinctures
AconitumNapellisR 
60
AconitumNapellisF 
50
Aloes....................... 
60
Aloes and Myrrh__ 
60
Arnica.................... 
50
Assafcetida............  
50
60
Atrope  Belladonna. 
50
Auranti  Cortex...... 
Benzoin..................  
60
Benzoin Co.............. 
50
Barosma................. 
50
Cantharides........... 
75
Capsicum.............. 
50
Cardamon............. 
75
Cardamon  Co.........  
75
1  00
Castor...................... 
Catechu..................  
50
Cinchona................. 
50
Cinchona Co........... 
60
Columba................. 
50
Cubeba....................  
50
50
Cassia Acutifol...... 
50
Cassia Acutifol Co  . 
Digitalis................. 
50
Ergot......................  
50
Ferri Chloridum.... 
35
Gentian..................  
50
Gentian Co.............. 
60
Guiaca.................... 
50
60
Guiaca ammon........ 
Hyoscyamus........... 
50
Iodine...................... 
75
75
Iodine, colorless__ 
Kino........................  
50
Lobelia...................  
50
Myrrh...................... 
50
Nux Vomica........... 
50
Opii......................... 
75
Opii, camphorated.. 
50
1  50
Opii, deodorized.... 
Quassia..................  
50
Rhatany..................  
50
50
Rhei........................  
Sanguinaria........... 
50
so
Serpentaria............ 
Stramonium........... 
60
Tolutan...................  
60
Valerian................. 
50
Veratrum Veride.... 
50
Zingiber.................. 
20
niscellaneous
Æther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30®  35
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen..................   2W© 
3
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
4
3® 
Annatto..................   40®  50
Antimoni,  po 
4©
50
40®
Antimoni etPotassT
Antipyrin..............
@  1  40 
Antifebrin..............
@  15
Argenti Nitras, oz
@  50
Arsenicum...........
10®  
12 
Balm Gilead  Bud 
38®  40
Bismuth  S. N
1  40®  1  50 
Calcium Chlor.,  is.
@ 
9@ 
Calcium Chlor., Vis 
10 
Calcium Chlor.,  Qs. 
@  12
Cantharldes, Rus.po 
Capsici  Fructus, af 
15 
Capsid Fructus, po.
15 
Capsici FructusB,po 
15 
Caryophyllus..po.  15 
12 
Carmine, No. 40  ..
@ 3 00 
Cera Alba, S. A F
50®  55
Cera Flava...........
40®  42
Coccus.................
@  40
Cassia Fructus..  .
@  33
Ceutraria..............
@  
10 45 
Cetaceum.............
60®
Chloroform.............
63 
1  25 
Chloroform, squibbs 
Chloral Hyd Crst 
1  50®  1  60 
Chondrus................
20®  25
20®  25 
Cinchonidine.P.&W 
15®  22
_
Cinchonldfne, Germ 
Cocaine..................   3 05® 3 25
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
Creosotum........
Creta.............bbl. 75
Creta, prep..............
Creta, precip..........
Creta, Rubra........... 
Crocus.................... 
Cudbear.................
Cupri Sulph............
Dextrine..................
Ether Sulph........
Emery, all  numbers
Emery, po...............
I
Ergota.......... po. 40 
30®
Flake  White........... 
12®
Galla........................ 
<a
Gambier...............[
8®
Gelatin, Cooper.. . .  
_
35®
Gelatin, French...... 
60
60, 10&10 
Glassware, flint, box  “   '
Less than  box__
60 
9®
Glue,  brown........... 
12 
Glue, white............  
13®
25 
14®
Glycerina................ 
20 15 
Grana  Paradisi  __  @
Humulus................. 
25®
55 
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
80 
@
Hydraag Chlor Cor.
70 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.
@  90
Hydraag Ammoniati 
@  1 00 
45®  55
HydraagU nguentum
Hydrargyrum.........
@  65
_
Ichthyobolla, Am... 
65®  75
Indigo.....................   75®  1  00
Iodine, Resubi.......   3 60® 3 70
Iodoform.
m
4 20
Lupulin...................  @
2 25 
Lycopodium........... 
40®
45 
............  
65®
Macis 
75
Liquor  Arse;, et R/-
drarg Iod.............   @
25 
12 
LiquorPotassArsinit  10®
Magnesia, Sulph__ 
2®
3 
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl  @
IK 60 
Mannia, S. F ........... 
50®
Menthol.................   @
2 40

®
@9®
_
23®
@5®
10®
75©

@

 

Morphia, S.P.&W... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C. Co...............
Moschus Canton. 
Myristica, No. 1.. 
Nux Vomica.. .po.20
Os  Sepia.................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D. Co..................
Picis Liq. N.N.K gal
doz......................
Picis Liq., quarts...
Picis Liq., pints__
Pil Hydrarg...po.  80 
Piper Nigra.. .po.  22
Piper Alba__po.  35
Piix  Burgun...........
Plumbi  Acet.........
Pulvis Ipecac et Opi 
Pyrethrum, boxes H 
& P. D. Co., doz.
Pyrethrum,  pv__
Quassias...............
Quinia, S. P. & W. 
Quinia, S. German
Quinia, N.Y.........
Rubia Ttnctorum... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin..............
Sanguis Draconi;
Sapo,  W............
Sapo, M..............
Sapo, G..............
Siedlitz  Mixture

1  96®
1  85® 
® 
65® 
© 15®
@

@
10® 
1  10®

30®

20® 
26® 
12® 
18® 
3 00® 
40® 
12® 
10® 
®
20  @

2  20
2  10 
40 
80 
10 18
1  00
2  00 
1  00 85 
50 
18
30
12
1  20
1  25 
33 
10
31 
29 
31 
14 
20
3  10 
50
14 
1215 
22

Sinapis....................  @  18
Sinapis, opt............  @  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes.....................   @  34
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo's  @  34
Soda Boras..............  11  @ 
13
Soda Boras, po........  11  @  13
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
2
Soda,  Carb..............  154© 
Soda, Bi-Carb......... 
5
3® 
Soda, Ash...............   3K@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether Co........ 
50®  55
@ 0 00
Spt/  Myrcia Dom... 
Spts. Vini Rect.bbl.  @2 42 
Spts. Vini Rect. Kbbl 
© 2 47
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal  @2 50 
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gai  @ 2 52
Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2H@ 
3
2®  2V4
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
Tamarinds.............. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice... 
28®  30
Theobromse............   43®  45
Vanilla....................  9 00@16 0o
Zinci  Sulph............  
8

7® 

Oils

B B L.  SA L.
Whale, winter......... 
70
70 
Lard,  extra...............  40 
45
40
Lard, No. 1................  
35 

Linseed, pure  raw..  30 
Linseed,  boiled......  32 
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
30 
Spirits Turpentine.. 

IO

33
35
70
35

Paints  B B L . 

LB
Red Venetian.........  141  2  @£
Ochre, yellow Mars.  14£  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..  1 ^2   @3 
Putty, commercial..  2J4 2K@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2V4  2%@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American............. 
13®  15
70®  75
Vermilion, English. 
Green, Paris...........  13K®  19
13®  16
Green,  Peninsular.. 
Lead, Red...............   5K@ 
6
6
Lead, white........... 
5K@ 
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting,  gilders’...  @ 
10
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 Furn....  1  00®  1  10 
Extra Turk Damar..  1 55®  1  60 
Jap. Dryer,No. lTurp  70®  75

Hazeltine & Perkins 

Drue 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.

M i n e  & perils Drug Go.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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

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

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

doz.  gross

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

CLOTHES LINES.

6 00
7 00
4 00
9 00
9 00
9 00
6 00

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..........! 00
C o tto n , 80  ft  p e r  d o z ............ 1 80
J u te . 60 f t  p er  d o t ................ 
so
J u te .  72  ft,  p e r   do».. 
95
Chicory.

BAK1NO  POWDER.
34 lb cans doz..................  
A lb cans doz..................  
1 

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

Absolute.

Bulk
Red

Acme.

34 lb cans 3 doz................. 
36 lb cans 3 doz................  
1 
Bulk................................... 

45
75
lb cans 1 doz.................  1  00
10

El Purity.

34 lb cans per doz............  
75
34 lb cans per doz  ......... .  1  20
1 
lb cans per doz............ 2  00

Home.

34 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
35
36 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz case  ......  
90
JAXON
34 lb cans, 4 doz case......  
45
36 lb cans. 4 doz case........ 
85
lb cans, 2 doz case........  1 60
1 

Jersey Cream.

1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............  1  25
6 oz. cans, per doz............. 
85

Our Leader.

34 lb cans.......................... 
36 lb cans.......................... 
1 

45
75
lb cans..........................  1  50

. 

Peerless.

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

85

BATH  BRICK.

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

BLUING.

C Q Ä S D

1  doz. pasteboard Boxes... 
3 

40
doz. wooden boxes.....  1  20

BROOriS.
So. 1 Carpet...............
No. 2 Carpet...............
No. 3 Carpet.............
No. 4 Carpet...............
Parlor Gem...............
Common Whisk.........
Fancy Whisk..............
Warehouse................
CANDLES.

8 s..............
16s  .........
Paraffine.

1  90 
1  75 
1  50
1  15
2  00 70 
80
2 25

CANNED  GOODS, 
riaultowoc  Peas.

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

CHEESE.

Acme  .....................   @
Amboy....................  @
Byron......................  @
Elsie.......................  @
Gem.........................  @
Gold  Medal............
Ideal.......................  @
Jersey......................  @
Lenawee.................   @  7
Riverside.................  @  8
Sparta.....................   @  736
Brick  .....................   @  9
Edam— .................   @  75
Leiden.....................  @  18
Llmburger.............   @  15
Pineapple...............  48  @  85
Sap Sago.................  @  18

CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker & Co.'s.

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

CATSUP.

Columbia, 
pints.............4 25
Columbia, 36 pints............ 2 50

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes..........................40

COCOA SHELLS.

201b  bags...........
Less quantity__
Pound  packages.

CRBAfl  TARTAR.

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

COFFEE.

Oreen.
Rio.

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

Santos.

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

Mexican  and  Guatamala.

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

Prim e..................................... 23
Milled..................................... 24

Java.

Mocha.

Roasted.

Interior.................................. 25
Private  Growth......................27
Mandehling............................28

Im itation............................... 25
Arabian  ................................^

Clark-Jewell-Well s Co.’s B rands
Fifth  Avenue....................28
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__28
Wells’ Mocha and Java......2536
I Wells’ Perfection  Java...... 2536
Sancaibo.............................23
j Valley City Maracaibo........1836
Ideai  Blend.........................14
j Leader Blend..................... 12
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brands
I Quaker Arabian Mocha......31
i  Quaker Mandehling Java..30 
Quaker Mocha and Java... 28
j Toko Mocha and Java....... 25
Quaker Golden Santos.......21
State House Blend..............19
Quaker Golden Rio.............1736
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
invoice 
the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point, including 
weight  of  package.  In  60  lb. 
cases the list is 10c  per  100  lbs. 
above the price in full cases.
Arbuckle.......................  11  50
Jersey.............................  11  50
ncLaughHn’s  XXXX......... 11 50

Package.

for 

Extract.

Valley City 36 gross...... 
75
Felix 36 gross........  ...... 
1  15
Hummel’s foil 36 gross  .. 
Si 
Hummel’s tin 36  gross  .. 
14?
Kneipp Malt Coffee.
1 lb. packages,  50 lb. cases  9 
1 lb. packages, 100 lb. cases  9
CONDENSED  MILK.

4 doz In case.
Gall 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__  1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00

Economic  Grade.

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

lai'iliiiiE^asgg

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 books, any denom__2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00
Can be made to represent any 
20 books.........................  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—DOnESTIC 
Sundrled.......................  @ 236
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @  4 
Apricots......................  9 @10
Blackberries...............
Nectarines..................  6 @
Peaches......................   736®  9
Pears...........................  8 @
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles...................12
Raspberries................
California Prunos.
100-120 25 lb boxes.........  @336
90-100 25 lb boxes.........  @  3M
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  @4
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........  @ 436
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.......  @
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........  @ 536
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  @ 734
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........  @
14 t-ent 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« 
534 
034

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Peel.

Patras bbls........................ @ 534
Vostizzas 50 lb cases.........@ 5%
Cleaned, bulk  ................. @  636
Cleaned, packages............ @ 7
Citron American 10 lb bx  @14 
Lemon American 101b bx  @12 
Orange American 10 lb bx  @12 
Ondura 28 lb boxes......
Sultana  1 Crown.........
Sultana 2 Crown.......
Sultana 3 Crown.........
Sultana 4 Crown.........
Sultans 5 Grown........
FLY PAPER. 
Tanglefoot.

Raisins.

@ 8

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

336

.  . 

Pearl Barley.

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

Farina.
Grits.
Hominy.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
B ulk................................   3
Walsh-BeRoo  Co.’s..........2 00
Barrels  ............................2 25
Flake, 501b.  drums...........1 00
Dried 
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box.......   60
Imported, 25 lb. box.........2 50
Common........................... 
134
Chester............................  2
Empire  ............................  236
Green,  bu.........................  80
Split,  perlb.....................   234
Rolled Avena,  bbl.........3 50
Monarch,  bbl................... 3 25
Monarch,  36  bbl............... 1 75
Private brands,  bbl....... 3 00
Private brands, 36 bbl........1 62
Quaker, cases................... 3 20
German............................  4
East  India.......................  
336
Cracked, bulk..................  
3
24 2 lb packages................ 2 40

Rolled  Oats.

Wheat.

Sago.

Peas.

Halibut.

Herring.

rtackerel.

Fish.
Cod.
Georges cured.....
@ 336 
Georges  genuine..
@ 4
Georges selected........  @ 5
Strips or bricks......... 5  @ 8
Chunks..........................
10
Strips.............................
9
Holland white hoops kei 
60 
Holland white hoops  bb
7  50
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs..................   2 50
Round  40 lbs................... 
I 30
Scaled............................... 
13
Mess 100 lbs......................  10 50
Mess  40 lbs.....................   4 50
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  20
Mess  8 lbs......................  1  00
No. 1100 lbs......................  9 50
No. 1  40 lbs......................  4  10
No. 1  lOlbs......................  110
No. 1  8 lbs...................... 
91
No. 2 100 lbs......................  7 00
No. 2  40 lbs......................  3  10
No. 2  10 lbs...................... 
85
Russian kegs.................... 
55
No. 1,1001b. bales............
No. 2 ,1001b. bales............
No. 1100 lbs......................  4 00
No. 1  401b*......................  1  93
No. 1  101b*.
No. 1  8 lbs................
WhltaHsb.

Sardine*.
Stockfish.

100 lbs.... ....  6 40
40 lbs__ ....  2  85
10 lbs__ .... 
79
8 lbs__ .... 
66
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

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

Trout.

Jennings’.
D.C. Vanilla 
~
D. C. Lemon
2 oz.......1 20
2 oz.......  75
3 oz....... 1  50
3 oz........1  00
4 oz.......2 00
4 oz....... 1  40
6oz.......3 .X)
6 oz.......2 00
No.  8  4 00
No.  8. .  2 40 
No. 10.  .6 00 
No. 10 . . . 4 00 
No.  2 T.l 25 
No.  2 T.  80 
No.  3 T.2 00 
No.  3 T.l  35 
No  4 T.2 40
No.  4 T.l  5o
Sage...............................
....  15 
Hops.............................
....  15
Madras, 5  lb  boxes......
56 
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes 
50
15 lb  palls.........................   30
17 lb  palls..........................  34
30 lb  palls..........................  55
Condensed, 2 dos  ...........1  20
Condensed, 4  doz.............,.2 25

JELLY.

HERBS

INDIGO.

LYB.

Souders'.
in  the  world 

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

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

SALERATU5 .

Packed 60 lbs. in  box.

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

SAL SODA.

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

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

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

Common Drades.

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

GLUE.

. 

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

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.
 

 

K egs................  
4
Half Kegs............................ 2
Quarter Kegs......................'l
1 lb. cahs.............................
36 lb. cans..................
Choke Bore—Dupont’s.
Kegs  ................................... 4
Half Kegs....................... 
2
Quarter Kegs....................i. 1
1 lb. cans.............................
Eagle Duck—Dupont's.
Kegs......................................... 8 00
Half Kegs.................................4 25
Quarter Kegs........................... 2 25
1 lb. cans.............................   45

LICORICE.

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

MASON  FRUIT JARS. 

Pints, 1 doz. box, per gross 4 25 
Quarts, 1 d’z. box, per gr’ss 4 50 
Half gal. 1 d’z. b’x, p’r gr’ss  6 00 
Fruit Jar Rubbers, p’r gr’ss  25 
Mason Caps only, per gross 2 25 

Glass Cover Fruit Jars. 
“The Best” Fruit Keeper. 

Pints, 1 doz. box, per gross 5 50 
Quarts, 1 d’z. box, per gr’ss 5 75 
Half gal. 1 d’z b’x, p’r gr’ss 7 75

MINCB MEAT.

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

nATCHBS.

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

nOLASSBS.
New Orleans.

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

Half-barrels 2c extra.

PIPES.

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

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

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

Barrels,. 1,200 count...........  3 75
Half bbls, 600 count...........  2 40

Barrels, 2,400 count...........  5 00
Half bbls, 1,200 count.......   3 03

PICKLES.
rtedium.

Small.

RICB.

Domestic.

Carolina head....................  634
Carolina  No. 1  .................  5
Carolina  No. 2..................   436
Broken...............................  3

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1......................  536
Japan,  No. 2.... .................  5
Java, No. 1.........................  *%
Table..................................  536

Worcester.

50  4  lb. cartons.......... ...3 25
115  2361b. 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

Warsaw.

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

56-lb dairy in linen sacks ...  60

Ashton.

Higgins.

56-lb dairy in linen  sacks...  60

Solar Rock.

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

Common Fine.
Saginaw......................... ...  70
Manistee  ....................
...  70

SEEDS.

A nise............................
.  18
Canary, Smyrna..............
4
Caraway........................
10
Cardamon,  M alabar__
80
Hemp,  Russian............
4
Mixed  Bird......................  414
636
Mustard,  white................ 
Poppy  ............................. 
8
Rape................................ 
5
Cuttle Bone......................  20

SNUPP.

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

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Allspice  .............................  g
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...................go
Nutmegs, No.  2...................45
Pepper, Singapore, black...  9 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 12 
Pepper,  shot........................10

Pure Oround In Bulk.

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@50
Pepper, Sing., black ... .10@14 
Pepper, Sing., white.... 15@18
Pepper, Cayenne...........17@20
Sage......................................is

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels.............................   17
Half  bbls.........................  19

Pure Cane.

Fair  ................................   16
Good................................   20
Choice.............................   25

SODA.

Boxes..................................536
Kegs, English......................  4)4

SOAP. 
Laundry. 

Armour’s Brands.

Armour's  Family..............  2 70
Armour’s  Laundry...........  3 25
Armour’s White, 100s........  6 25
Armour’s White, 50s.........   3 20
Armour's Woodchuck......2 55
Armour’s Kitchen  Brown.  2 06 
Armour’s Mottled German  2 40

Single box.............................2 75
5 box lots, delivered........... 2 70
10 box lots, delivered.........  2 65
JAS.  S.  KIRK  8 CO.’S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d__3 33
American Family, unwrp’d.3 27
Dome.........................................3 33
Cabinet.....................................2 20
Savon........................................2 50
Dusky Diamond, 50 6  oz_2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8  oz_3 00
Blue India, 100 
lt>................. 3 00
Kirkoline..................................3 75
Eos.......................................3  65
One  box  American  Family 
free with five.

Schulte Soap Co.'s Brand.

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 63
Domino................................5 50
Cubes...................................5 2>
Powdered  .......................... 5 25
XXXX  Powdered................ 5 38
Mould  A..............................5 25
Granulated in bbls...............5 00
Granulated in  bags............. 5 00
Fine Granulated..................5 00
Extra Fine Granulated....... 5 13
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5  13
Diamond Confec.  A............5 00
No.  1..........................
...... 4 75
No  2..........................
......4 7à
No.  3
No.  4.......................... ...... 4  69
No.  5.......................... ......4 19
No.  6..........................
No.  7.......................... ...... 4 50
No.  8.......................... ...... 4 44
No.  9.......................... ......4  38
No.  10........
4 3i
No.  11.......................... .  ...4  19
No.  12.......................... ....  4  13
No.  13..........................
....4 00
No.  14.......................... ......3 88
No.  15.......................... ...... 3 75
No.  16.......................... ......3 63

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Single box...........................2 85
5  box lots........................2 80
10 box lots............................2 75
25 box lots........................... .2 65
Wolverine Soap Co.’s Brands.

TABLE  SAUCES.

Lea & Perrin’s,  large. 
Lea & Perrin’s, small.
Halford,  large...........
Halford small............
Salad Dressing, large. 
Salad Dressing, small.
TOBACCOS.

. .4  75 
. .2 75 
. .3 75 
..2 25 
. .4 55 
..2 65

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. 

Single b o x ...............................2 65
5  box lots, delivered.......2 60
10 box lots, delivered...........2 50
Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2 75
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars__3 75
Uno, 100 3£-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars............ 2 05

Scouring.

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

Washing Powder.

100 12 oz pkgs.....................  3 50

STARCH.

6

Diamond.

Kingsford’s  Corn.
40 1-lb packages.................
20 1 lb packages................. •  6m
Kingsford’s  Silver  Gloss.
40 1-lb packages................. .  64
6-lb  boxes......................... .  7
64 10c  packages  .............. .5 00
128  5c  packages............... .5 00
32 10c and 64 5c packages.. .5 00
20-lb boxes......................... 44
40-T>  hnx«s
4*
1-lb  packages.................... .  4
4
3-lb  packages....................
6-lb  packages....................
44
40 and 50 lb boxes.............. .  24
Barrels  .............................
24

Common Gloss.

Common  Corn.

STOVE POLISH.

Cigars.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand.
New  Brick............................. 35 00
Morrison, Plummer & Co.’s  b’d.
Governor Yates, 44 in.......58 00
Governor Yates, 4% in.......65 00
Governor Yates, 5M in.......70 00
Monitor..................................30 00

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand.

Quintette...............................35 00
G.  J. Johnson Cigar Co.’sbrand.

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

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.

Star Green..........................35 00

Miscellaneous Brands.

American Queen................35 00
Mallory...............................35 00
Michigan............................ 35 00
Royal Knight.....................35 00
Sub Rosa.............................35 00

VINEGAR.

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

WICKING.

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

Fish and  Oysters

Fresh Fish.

Whitefish...............
T rout......................
Black Bass..............
Halibut..................
Ciscoes or Herring..
Bluefish..................
Live Lobster.........
Boiled Lobster........
Cod.........................
Haddock.................
No.  1  Pickerel........
Pike.........................
Smoked White........
Red Snapper...........
Col  River Salmon..
Mackerel 
..............

Per lb.
© 8
© 8
© 10
@ 14
© 4
© 10
© 18
© 20
© 10
© 8
© 8
© 7
© 7
© 10
©
© 124

Oysters in Cans.

F. H. Counts...........

© 40

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

Oysters, per  100.........1  25© 1  50
Clams,  per  100.........   90@1  00

Shell  Goods.

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

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

bbls.  pails
Standard................. 
5a© 7
54©  7
Standard H. H.......  
Standard Twist......   6  © 7
@ 8
Cut Loaf................. 
cases
Extra H. H.............. 
@ 814
@
Boston  Cream........ 

Mixed Candv.

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

@ 6
© 6%
@ 7
@ 7
@ 7
©
©
© 8
©
© 854
© 854
©10
©13

Fancy—In Bulk.

Lozenges, plain...... 
@854
Lozenges,  printed.. 
© 854
Choc.  Drops...........  11  @14
Choc.  Monumentals 
@12
Gum  Drops............  
@ 5
© 754
Moss  Drops............  
Sour Drops.............. 
© 854
Imperials...............  
© 854

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon Drops.........  
@50
@50
Sour  Drops............  
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.. 
©go
String Rock............  
@60
Burnt Almonds......125  @
Wintergreen Berries  @55

Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes..................  
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes..................  
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes..................

@30
@45

@3 71 
@3 5

@4 5

@4 5 
@4 5i 
@5 0 
@5 5

Oranges.

Med’t Sweets.

150-176-200..............
Messinas.
Fancy  200s..............
Choice 200s.............

St. Michaels. 

200s..........................
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. 
©
@12
© 6
© 8
@6

Figs, Choice  Layers
101b.....................  
Figs,  New  Smyrna
14 lb boxes...........  
Figs,  Naturals  in
30 lb. bags,............ 
Dates, Fards in 10 lb
boxes..................  
Dates, Fards in 60 lb
cases  .....  ........... 
Dates,Persians,H.M.
B., 60 lb cases, new  @ 554
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb 
cases  ................... 

@4

N u t s .

Almonds, Tarragona.. @124
Almonds, Ivaca.........
@11
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............
©
Brazils new...............
©  74
Filberts  .................... @10
Walnuts, Grenobles .. @124
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 
@3 50
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns. 
Fancy,  H.  P„  Flags ©  7
Roasted........  ........
© 7
Choice, H. P., Extras. 
Choice, H. P„  Extras. ©  4
Roasted  .................
©  6

Peanuts.

Grains and Feedstuffs

Provisions.

Wheat.

Old Wheat.........................   71
New Wheat....................... 
68
Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

Local Brands.

Patents.............................  4 40
Second  Patent..................   4  00
Straight............................  3 80
Clear..................................  3  40
Graham  ...........................   3 75
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, 54s........................  4  20
Quaker, 54s............................   4 20
Quaker, 54s........................  4  20

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-WeUs Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s Best 54s...............   4 85
Pillsbury’s  Best 54s...............   4 75
Pillsbury's Best 4 s ...........  4 65
Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper..  4  65 
Pillsbury’s Best ms paper..  4 65 
Ball-Bamhart-Putman's Brand.
Grand Republic,  14s.................4 75
Grand Republic, Ms..  ____ 4  65
Grand Republic, 4 s............ 4  55
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand.
Parisian, 4 s ...........................  4 85
Parisian, Ms............................. 4 75
Parisian. 4s...........................   4 ¿5

Olney & Judson’s Brand.

Ceresota, 4 s...........................  4 85
Ceresota, Ms...........................  4 75
Ceresota, 4 s..  .............  4  65
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel,  4 s.............................   4 85
Laurel, Ms.............................   4 75
Laurel, 4 s .....................     4  65

Meal.

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

Feed and  Millstuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened__ 13 00
No. 1 Com and  Oats..........12 00
Unbolted Corn Meal..........11 50
Winter Wheat  Bran........... 9  00
Winter Wheat Middlings.. 10 00
Screenings.............................   8 00
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 
quotes as follows:

New Corn.
Car  lots.................... 
.....29
Less than  car lots...... .’  31

Oats.

Hay.

Car  lots............................. 23
Carlots, clipped....... ........  244
Less than  car lots.............2?

No. 1 Timothycarlots........  9 50
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots__ 10 50

Sausages.

Swift  &  Company  quote  as

Lards.  In Tierces.

follows:
Barreled Pork.
Mess  ..........................
8 00
Back  ..  .......................
9 00
Clear back....................
8 75
Shortcut..  ..  ..............
8 75
Pig................................ .  12 00
Beau  ........................... . 
8 00
Family  ........................
8 50
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies..........................
54
Briskets  .......................
5
Extra shorts.................
4M
Smoked Heats.
10
Hams,  12 1b  average  ...
..
Hams,  14 lb  average 
9M
Hams, 161b  average__
94
Hams, 201b  average__
8M
Ham dried beef  ...........
144
Shoulders  (N.  Y. cut).
64
Bacon,  clear...............
California hams...........
Boneless hams..............
84
Cooked  ham.................
11
Compound....................
33£
Kettle............................
5iá
55 lb Tubs......... advance 
4
801 b Tubs.........advance  M
501b T ins......... advance  M
4
20 lb Pails......... advance 
10 lb Pails.........advance 
k
5 1 b Pails......... advance 
%
1
3 lb Pails......... advance 
Bologna.......................
5
Liver.............................
Frankfort.....................
64
P ork..........................
64
Blood  ..........................
Tongue  ........................
9
Head  cheese.................
6ì4
Extra  Mess.................. .  ? 00
Boneless  ...................... .  9 50
Rump..........................
.10 00
Pigs’ Feet.
Kits, 15 lbs....................
80
M  bbls, 40 lbs...............
4   bbls, 80 lbs............... .  2 80
Kits. 15 lbs....................
M  bbls, 40 lbs..............
.  1  40
4   bbls, 80 lbs............... .  2  75
Pork.............................
18
Beef  rounds.................
34
Beef  middles..............
8
Sheep..........................
60
Butterine.
Rolls,  dairy.................
Solid, dairy..................
Rolls,  creamery........... . 
Solid,  creamery........... . 
Canned  Meats.
Corned beef,  2 lb......
Corned beef, 14  lb......
Roast  beef,  2 lb......
Potted  ham,  Ms......
Potted  ham,  4 s ......
Deviled ham,  Ms......
Devi) ed ham,  4 s ......
Potted  tongue Ms......
Potted  tongue 4 s ......

10
94
13
124
.  2  15
.14 00
.  2  15
.  80
.  1 00
.  60
.  1  00
60
.  100

Casings.

Tripe.

Beef.

Crackers.

The N. Y.  Biscuit Co.  quotes 

as follows :

Butter.

Seymour XXX..................   4
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  44
Family XXX......................  4
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  44
Salted XXX.......................  4
Salted XXX, 3 lb carton...  44 

Soda.

Soda  XXX  .......................  44
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__  5
Soda,  City.........................  54
Zephyrette.........................  10
Long Island  Wafers.........   9
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  10 

Oyster.

Square Oyster, XXX.........   44
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1  lb  carton.  54
Farina Oyster,  XXX.........   44

 

SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  9
Bent’s Cold Water............   13
Belle Rose.........................  6
Cocoanut Taffy.................  9
Coffee Cakes.............  
8
Frosted Honey..................   10
Graham Crackers  ............   64
Ginger Snaps, XXX round.  5 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...  5 
Gin. Sups,XXX home made  5 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  5
Ginger  Vanilla.................  7
Imperials..........................   64
JumDles,  Honey................. 10
Molasses Cakes.................  64
Marshmallow  ..................   12
Marshmallow  Creams......  13
Pretzels,  hand  m ade......  6
Pretzelettes, Little German  6
Sugar  Cake.......................  64
Sultanas................... 
  10
Sears’ Lunch......................  64
Sears’ Zephyrette............... 10
Vanilla  Square...............  
7
Vanilla  Wafers...............   12
Pecan Wafers....................  12
Fruit Coffee.......................   9
Mixed Picnic....................  10
Cream Jumbles..................  114
Boston Ginger Nuts..........   6
Chimmie Fadden..............  9
Pineapple Glace................   12
Penny Cakes......................  6

 

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

Carcass..................... 1 4 © 7
Forequarters............   • 4©  6
Hind  quarters...........
©  84
Loins  No.  3...............   ! @12
Kibs.................. .........8  @12
Rouuds.....................   64oa  74
Chucks.... ............
© 5
Pork.

Dressed.....................
Loins.........................
Shoulders..................
Leaf Lard..................
Mutton.
Carcass.....................
Spring Lambs............
Carcass 
....................

Veal.

©  44
© 7
©  54
4©  8
© 9
1  @10
© 74

Hides  and  Pelts.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol-

Hides.

low s:
Green.........................6  @7
Part  cured.................  © 74
Full Cured..................  74© 84
D ry .............................. 8 @9
Kips,  green................  6 © 7
Kips,  cured....................... 74© 84
Calfskins,  green........  64©  8
Calfskins, cured........  8 @  94
Deaeonskins  .............25 @30
Shearlings.................. 
5©  10
  25© 50
Lambs..................... 
O ld  W o o l........................   60©  90

Pelts.

O i l s .
Barrels.

Eocene  .....................   @114
XXX W.W.Mich.Iidlt  @ 84
WW Michigan...........  @8
High Test Headlight..  @ 7
D.,S. Gas....................  @8
Deo. Naptha..............  © 74
Cylinder................... 25  @36
Engine...................... 11  ©21
Black, winter............   © 8

2 1

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

Butters.

4  gal., per doz.................  50
54
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
8 gal., per g a l...................  
64
10 gal., per gal....................  
64
12 gal., per gal.....................  64
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 
54
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 

to 6 gal., per gal...  ... 

Churns.

Milkpans.

4  gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  60 
1 gal. fiat or rd. bot., each  54 

Fine Glazed Milkpans.

4  gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  65 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  54 

Stewpans.

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

Jugs.

M gal., per doz.................   40
4  gal., per doz..................  50
1 to 5 gal., per gal............  
64

Tomato Jugs.

4  gal., per doz.................   70
1 gal., e«ch...................... 
7
Corks for 4  gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30
Preserve Jars and Covers.
4  gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz. ..1  00

Sealing Wax.

LAMP  BURNERS.

5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
No.  0 Sun.......................... 
45
50
No.  1  Sun.......................... 
No.  2  Sun.......................... 
75
Tubular............................. 
50
65
Security, No.  1..................  
Security, No. 2..................  
85
Nutmeg  ............................ 
go
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
First  Quality.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
wrapped and  labeled 
  2  10
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
wrapped and  labeled__2 25
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 
  3 25
wrapped and  labeled 
XXX Flint.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 

top,
wrapped and  labeled__  2 55
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled__  3 75
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................3 70
No. 2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................. 4  70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled..............................4  88
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamps............  
80

top,
top,
top,

La  B as tie.
No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ..................... 
 
 
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  .................................   I 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 06
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 00
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 90
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.
each, box 10 cents........... 
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
each, box 15 cents.........  
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls 5 doz.
each, bbl 35’.................... 
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,
cases 1 doz. each......... 
LAMP  WICKS.

45
45
40
1  25
No. 0 per gross................... 
20
No. 1 per gross................... 
25
1 No. 2 per gross  .................  
38
No. 3 per gross...................  58
Mammoth..........................  
70

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22

H ow   an  Early  C lo sin g   Movem ent  C an  

Be  Inaugurated.

Fulton,  July  21— In  a  recent  issue  of 
the  Tradesman  you  stated  that  any  sug­
gestion  from  your  patrons  would  be wel­
come. 
I  would  like  to  suggest  that,  if 
there  could  be  a  merchants’  association 
formed  in  this  State,  with branch  lodges 
established 
in  all  the  several  towns,  it 
would  be  a  blessing  to all  concerned. 
For 
instance,  in  regard  to  closing  at 
night :  As  it  is at  present,  even  if  we 
all  agree  to  close  at  a  certain  time  in 
one  town,  it will  drive  a  certain  amount 
of  trade  away,  for some  people  will  go 
to  other towns  evenings,  whereas  if  we 
were  members  of  the  same  association, 
we could  arrange  it  to  close  in  all  towns 
at  a  certain  time,  thereby  running  no 
risk  of  losing  our  customers.  This, 
alone,  is  worth  a  good  deal  to  me,  for 
what  merchant  can  enjoy  life and  be 
tied  down  to  his  business  from  early 
morning  until  the  late  hours  of  night?

Another  suggestion  I  have to  offer  is 
that,  if  a  law  could  be  passed  in  favor 
of  the  merchants,  how  much  it would be 
appreciated,  because,  as it  is  now,  if we 
even  try  to  collect  an  honest  debt,  we 
are  baftled. 

L.  H.  Wood.

There  is  only  one  reason  why  a  mer­
cantile  association  built  on  State  lines 
cannot  be  successfully  maintained—and 
that 
is  the  apathy  of  the  merchants 
themselves.  From  1883  to  1888 the  edi­
tor  of  the  Tradesman  personally assisted 
in  the  organization  of  over  one  hundred 
local  associations  of  retail  merchants, 
in  dealing 
which  did  excellent  work 
with  the  dead-beat,  the  peddler, 
the 
itinerant  merchant,  matters  of  early 
closing,  the  observance  of  holidays  and 
questions  of  public  improvement. 
In 
1886  representatives  of  the  local  asso­
ciations  then  in  existence  met  at  Grand 
Rapids  on  the  invitation  of  the  Trades­
man  and  created  a  State  organization, 
to  take  up  the  work  where  the  local  as­
sociations  left  off  and  carry  it  forward 
to  a  successful  termination.  Annual 
conventions  were  held  at  Flint,  Cheboy­
gan  and  Muskegon and genuine progress 
was  made along  several  lines.  Through 
the  influence  of  the  organization,  the 
peddling  law  was  amended,  the  Insur­
ance  Policy  Commission  was  created 
and  the  uniform  insurance  policy  was 
adopted,  the  formation of  local  building 
and  loan  associations  was  encouraged, 
and  the  agitation  of  a  mutual  fire  insur­
ance  company 
induced  the  companies 
in  the  field  to  make  marked  con­
then 
cessions 
in  rates.  The  relations  be­
tween  the  State and  local  organizations 
were  so  intimate  that  thousands  of  dol­
lar  of  poor accounts  were  collected  and 
many  more  thousands  were  saved  by 
merchants  being 
informed  beforehand 
as  to  the  true  character  of  itinerant  cus­
tomers.

It  would  naturally  be  supposed  that 
such  a  powerful  influence  for  the  wel­
fare  and  prosperity  of  the  retail  mer­
chant  would  never  be  allowed  to  wane ; 
but,  strange  to  say,  the  men  who  were 
most  benefited  by  the  movement  ap­
peared  to  be  least  concerned  in  its  sup­
port.  After  the  novelty  had  worn  off, 
the  attendance  at  the  meetings  of  the 
local  organizations  began  to  decrease 
and  after  a  while  regular  meetings  were 
too  often  abandoned.  This  indifference 
naturally  contributed  to  the  disgust  of 
those  who  were  disposed  to  give  the 
movement  their  constant  support  and 
ultimately  many 
local  organizations 
were  allowed  to  lapse.  Depending  en­
tirely  upon  the local  associations  for en­
couragement  and  support,  the  State  or­
ganization  sank  into  a  dormant  condi­
tion,  from  which  it has  never  roused. 
Thus  the  retail  merchants  of  Michigan 
voluntarily  abandoned 
a  movement 
which  elevated  the  standard  of  mer­
chandising  in  every  locality  in  the State

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

An  Honest  But  Sh re w d   Yankee.
There  is  a  funny  case  of  international 
honesty  down 
in  Arizona,  just  on  the 
line  between  that  Territory  and  Mex­
ico.  A  Yankee  farmer  lives  there,  one 
Amasa  Barrow  by  name,  and  it  is  his 
business  to  raise  chickens.  Chicken 
feed  is  cheap  in  Mexico,  and  chickens 
bring  fine  prices  in Arizona,but  to  raise 
fowls  in  Mexico  and  bring  them  across 
the  boundary,  or  to  buy  the  feed  and 
bring  it  across,  would  involve  the  pay­
ment  of  a  considerable  duty,  which 
would eat  the  profits  about  as  fast  as  the 
hens  could  eat  the  corn.  As  for  smug­
gling,  that  was  not  to  be  thought  of.

Amasa  is  a  Yankee,  and  is  so  honest 
that  his  neighbors  say  he  wouldn’t  take 
advantage  of  a  man  in  a  horse  trade. 
But  he 
is  also  full  of  Yankee  ingenu­
ity,  and  after  deep  cogitation  he  built

a  long,  slim  hencoop,  one-half  of  it 
in 
Arizona  and  the  other  in  Mexico.  On 
the  line  there  is  a  gate.  Over  the  line 
there  are  barns  containing 
feed.  At 
feeding  time  the gate  is opened  and  the 
chicken  fancier  shoos  his  flock 
into 
Mexico,  where  they  eat  their  meal. 
Then  he  shoos  them  back  to  the  protec­
tion  of  the  American  flag,  where  they 
digest  this  Mexican  grain, 
lay  their 
eggs  and  carry  on  their  family  affairs. 
Mr.  Barrow  saves  about  50  per  cent,  on 
grain,  and  makes  about  that  much  on 
his  chickens,  and  if  there  is  any  smug­
gling  done 
is  done  by  the  innocent 
and  irresponsible  biddies.

it 

Suretyship,  indorsing  and  accommo­
dation  paper  pave  the  way  to  the  poor- 
house. 
“ He  that  hateth  suretyship  is 
sure.”

Straw  Board.  Billing  Paper,  Roofing  pialerial

We are jobbers of these goods, among which are

Tarred Board,  Rosin Sized Sheathing, W. C. Oiled Sheathing, 
Tarred Felt, Roofing Pitch, Coal Tar,
Rosin,  Asphalt Paints,  Elastic Cement,
Ready Roofing, Carpet Lining, Mineral Wool.

Qualities the best and  prices the lowest.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS &  SON, Grand  Rapids,  filch.

This  is  the  NEATE-ST  DELIVERY  WAGON  made.  Weighs  380  pounds. 
Stands 30 inches from  ground.  Construction  and  finish  first  class.  Turns  within 
its own  length with  patent short turn gear.

Many other styles in our new catalogue.  Write  for it.

Manufacturers of  Hand  Made  Harness foi  all  uses.

BROWN  &   SEHLER,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

and  made  it  easier  and  safer  for  every 
man  in  trade  to do business.  Until  there 
is  a  change  of  sentiment  relative  to 
the  maintenance  of  local  organizations, 
the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Wood  in  regard 
to a  general  organization  and  the  work 
it  could  accomplish  along  the  line  of 
early  closing 
is  devoid  of  pertinence. 
In  the  meantime  the  desired  result  can 
be accomplished  by  energetic  effort  of  a 
local  or  neighborhood  character,  secur­
ing  the  signatures  of  all  interested to  an 
agreement  to  close  at  a  certain specified 
time.

Foolishness  o f  Continually  H arborin g 

Pessim istic  Views.
Ante Lucem in American Artisan.

fellow 

pessimistic 

I  sometimes  think  we  are  all  born 
pessimists.  A  week  ago  my  trip  was 
through  a  section  of  the  country  where 
crop  prospects  were 
in  the  aggregate 
good.  We  were  then  having  rains  and 
hot  winds  bordering  on  the  cyclone 
edge.  Each  particular  feature  of  the 
weather  brought  out 
its  pessimistic 
censors.  For  the  past  week  the  journey 
has  been  through  a  district  showing 
much  less  favorable  crop  prospects— in 
fact,  a  portion  of  the  crop  is  entirely 
wiped  out  by  hail  storms.  Like  other 
sections,  the 
is 
around,  and  all  the  earth  looks  black  to 
him.  The  hay  crop  is  so  immensely 
large  it  will  bring  nothing—$1.50 or  §2 
a  ton  at  the  stack.  Corn 
is  a  failure. 
Wheat  is  being  all destroyed  by  insects. 
Oats  too  early  to  determine,  but  the 
whole  thing  going  to  the  demnition 
bow-wows.  So 
it  goes,  and  I  cannot 
understand  why  it  is  just  a  little  easier 
to  look  upon  the  dark  side  of 
life  than 
to  eschew  pessimism  and  view  the 
brighter  side  of  things.  We  have  no 
right  to  censure  our  Creator,  but  can­
didly,  it  would  seem  our  natures  lean 
Even 
toward  the  pessimistic 
those  whose  surroundings  put 
them 
above  want  and  in  the  cradle  of  luxury 
are  prone  to  complaints.
*  *  *

side. 

While  in  company  with  several  trav­
elers  at  a  country  hotel  (we  called  them 
“ taverns”  
sixty  years  ago)  waiting 
train  time,  a  team  in  charge  of  a  young 
lad  some  fourteen  or  fifteen  years  of 
age,  who  was  unloading  some  truck 
from  the  wagon,  made a  dash  across  the 
yard,  over  the  pump  and  out  into  the 
alleyway.  The 
lad  was  on  to  his  job, 
climbed 
into  the  end  of  the  wagon  box 
and  so  soon  as  he  could  recover  the 
lines  sawed  the  team  down  to  a  stand­
still,  receiving  the  plaudits  of  the  trav­
eling  men  and  curses  of  the  landlord, 
who  was  out  a  pump. 
In  ten  minutes 
the  whole  town  was  out  viewing  the 
wrecked  pump  and  condoling  with  the 
hotel  man  over  his  loss,  it was  so dread­
ful—a  serious  thing.  Not for a  moment 
did  they  stop  to  think  of  the  good  for­
tune  wrapped  up  in  the  heroic  action  of 
the  lad,  who  had  prevented  what  might 
have  been  a  most  disastrous  runaway 
had  the  team  sped  up  through  the  nar­
row,  crowded  street  colliding with  other 
teams,  people,  etc.—perhaps  a  horse  or 
two  killed,  people  injured  seriously  or 
killed.  As  it  was a $10 pump  was  de­
molished,  and  a  nervy  boy  had  per­
formed  a  commendable  act,  only  to  be 
upbraided  by  his  father.
*  *  *

it 

So 

is  the  dark  side  shines  to  our 
lining 
pessimistic  view  and  the  silver 
never.  One  day 
it  rains  driving  the 
small  grains  down,  preventing  cultiva­
tion  of  corn,  then  comes  hail,  or a  little 
devil  worm  in  countless  millions  nest­
ling  among  the  wheat  roots,  and  two  or 
three  days  later  their  course  is  marked 
by  countless  white  stalks  and  barren 
heads,  all  followed  by  the  pessimistic 
wail  of  short  crop  or  crop  failure.  How 
much  worse  it  might  be,  and  how  much 
better  all  this is than famine.  We grieve 
because  of 
idle  labor,  a  meager  trade, 
and  cloudy  outlook.  How  much  worse 
it  might  be!  How  much  worse 
it  is 
with  others!  This  constitutional  ever­
lasting  pessimistic cloud  may be a  good 
thing,  it  may  be  the  very  identical part 
of  our  make-up  that  keeps  us  everlast­
ingly  employed,  living or trying  to  live.

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

23

T H E   E T H I C S   O F   C R E D IT .

M erchants  Sh ould  C ease to  Be  Pawn- 

Brok ers  o r  Usurers.

In  seeking  the  origin  of  credit  we 
find  it  in  the  form  now  known  to  us  as 
bills  of  exchange.  The  honor of  its  in­
vention 
is  variously  claimed  for  the 
ancient  Chinese,  Egyptian  and  Hebrew 
traders.  This 
is  still  a  true  beneficial 
and  necessary  use  of  credit.  Without 
it  the  distribution  and  exchange  of  hu­
man  products  would  be  rendered  prac­
tically  impossible,  except  on  the  most 
limited  scale.  No  harm  can  arise  from 
the  use  of  credit  to  this  extent  and  this 
I  believe 
is  the  true  and  only  use  of 
credit  which  can  be  made with safety.

into 

With  the  gradual  decay  of  serfdom 
and  the  feudal  system  came  about  an 
extension  of  manufactures  and  com­
merce.  Commensurate  with  the  decline 
of  landed  estates  was  the  rise  of  com­
mercialism.  The  lowly  pawnshop  rose 
to  the  dignity  of  the  bank.  The  petty 
tradesman  became  the  lordly  manufac­
turer  and  the  meek  shop-keeper  was 
transform ed 
the  m erchant  prince. 
Large  cities  were  built  and filled  with  a 
luxury  and  glitter  exceeding  that  of  the 
proudest  feudal  castles.  With 
increas­
ing  security  for  life  and  property  and 
the  venturesome  craving  for  large  oper­
ations  came  also  an  enormous  exten­
sion  and 
inflation  of  credit.  Usury 
was  relieved  of  its  odium  and  became a 
regular  business  under  the  protection  of 
the  state.  The  nobility  or  leisure class, 
to  whom  real  property had been  the  only 
permissible  possession,  now  found  their 
revenues  curtailed.  An  upstart  class  of 
traders  and  brokers 
insolently  jostled 
blueblooded  paupers.  They 
invented 
stocks,  bonds,  funds,  annuities and pen­
sions. 
If  anybody  wanted  something 
which  he  did  not  have  and  was  not  en­
titled  to,  he  no  longer  needed  to  turn 
highwayman  and  hazard  his  skin  to  get 
i t ;  he  just  floated  bonds,  bonds,  bonds.
The  robber  baron,  the  feudal  lord, 
the  rack-renter,  in  another  form,  were 
established  in  the  saddle  once  more  and 
it  was  a  much  easier  seat. 
this  time 
Credit  had  been  perverted 
its 
original,  beneficent  use  and  was  now 
become  an  instrument  of  oppression. 
In  this  country  the  process  has  been 
analogous.

from 

Perhaps  the  connection  may  seem  re­
mote  to  you  between  the  retail  mer­
chants  who  loan  a  few  hundred  dollars’ 
worth  of  goods  to  their  petty  customers 
and  the  bloated  bondholders  who  loan 
your  country,  your  state  or  your  Uncle 
Sam  the  tens  of  thousands  or  the  mil­
lions.  Under  our  political  and  com­
mercial  organization  this  connection  is 
most  close  and  intimate.  One small  in­
judicious  load  necessitates  another  and 
the  aggregate  is  enormous.  Out  of  pure 
kindness  of  heart  we  loan  our  goods  to 
our  farmer  friends,  who  never  under 
any  circumstances  are  in  absolute  need 
of  it.  Let  me  repeat—and  I  say  it  with 
positive  knowledge  that 
it  cannot  be 
controverted—-there  never  was  a  time, 
and  there  never  will  be  a  time,  when 
any  man  anywhere  on  earth  must  have 
credit  of  the  kind  we  are  accustomed  to 
extend.  Nothing  can  ever  justify  the 
selling  of  goods  at  retail  on  credit. 
1 
in  one 
doubt  if  there  is  one  exception 
thousand  cases  where 
it  would  not  be 
the  greatest  kindness  to  the  applicant 
for credit  to  refuse  it  altogether.

This  Nation  must  stop  discounting 
the  future.  We  must  learn  to  conduct 
public  affairs  with  ordinary  horse  sense 
and  prudence.  When  there  is  any  pub­
lic  work  to  be  done  we  do  not  put  our

shoulder  to  the  wheel  and  do  it  like 
men.  No,  we  mortgage  posterity,  hav­
first  mortgaged  everything  else. 
ing 
Fortunately,  our  equity 
in  posterity 
seems  to  be  nearly  exhausted  and  we 
shall  find  it  easier  hereafter  to  do  hon­
est  work ourselves  than  to  float  bonds.

is  time  that  merchants  cease  to 
It  is  no 
countenance  this  evil  practice. 
part  of  their  calling. 
It  is  a  perversion 
of  their  business,  which  is  to  distribute 
and  exchange  the  products  of  human 
toil.  Mercantile  credit  is  a  curse  to the 
human  family.

It 

If  the  merchant  attempts  to add  to his 
regular  occupation  the  business  of  the 
pawn  broker  and  usurer  his  legitimate 
business  must  suffer.  No  man  can  serve 
two  masters.  He  must  go  out  of  the 
loaning  business,  or  he  will  soon  be 
forced  to  get  out  of  the  merchandising 
business. 

C.  C.  P e t b r so n.

Current Superstitions Concisely Stated.
To  begin  a  journey  on  Friday  is  con­
sidered  extremely  unlucky.  This  holds 
good 
in  every  case  except  that  of  a 
mother-in-law  or  a  presidential  candi-
date.
To  sit  thirteen  at  a  boarding  house 
is  considered  unlucky  by  all  ex­

table 
cept  those  near the  carver.

itches 
If  the  palm  of  the  right  hand 
it  signifies  that  you  will  meet a  stranger 
with  money,  which  he  will  keep.

If  the  palm  of  the  left  hand  itches 

it 
signifies  that  you  will  meet  a  stranger 
who  will  endeavor to  separate  you  from 
a  dime.

To  see  the  new  moon  over  the  right 
shoulder  and  make a  long wish  is  a  sure 
sign  that  you  will  collide  with  a  cable 
car  unless  you  bring  your gaze  down  to 
mundane  affairs.

To  see  the  new  moon,  the  old  moon 
and  46,789,432  stars  over  your  right 
shoulder  in  winter  is  a  sign  that there  is 
ice  on  the  pavement.  In  summer  it  sig­
nifies  a  banana  skin.

A  hairpin  working 

To  let a  third  and  unknown party pass 
between  you  and  your  sweetheart  with­
out  an 
introduction  while  you  are  en- 
route  for  the  theater  is  a  sign  that  you 
will  sit  behind  a  large  and  picturesque 
hat.
itself  out  of  a 
young 
lady’s  hair  is  a  sign  that  it  will 
go  on  an  exploring  expedition  down  the 
back  of  her  neck  if  she  doesn’t discover 
it  in  time.
To  stub  your  left  toe when you stumble 
is  a  token  that  you  will  land  on  your 
right  ear;  if  you  stub  your  right  toe  you 
will  reach  terra  firma  by  means  of  your 
left  ear.  Scientists  claim  that  this  is  a 
state  of  affairs  caused  by  the  laws  of 
gravitation.
To  find  a  horseshoe  in  your  omelette 
is  a  sign  that  the  cook  is 

at  breakfast 
absent-minded.

. 

,  . 

To break  a  looking-glass is a  sign  that 
the  furniture  dealer  will  have  a  custom­
er  shortly.

If,  when  you  give  up  your  room  you 
give  up  your  trunk,  it  is  an  omen  that 
you  haven’t  paid  your  rent.

To  remove the  wedding  ring 

While  walking  under  a  ladder good 
luck  is  yours,  that  is  if  the  brick  stays
UP- 
.
is  con­
sidered  unlucky  everywhere,  except  in 
Chicago.
To  walk  under the  elevated  road when 
a  train  is  passing  is  a  sign  that  you  are 
rich  and  will  get  a  new  suit  of  clothes 
very  soon.
wish 
get  you  if  you  don’t  watch  out.

To  meet  a  load  of  hay  and  make  a 
is  a  sign  that  the  bunco  man  will 
To upset  the  pepper  box  signifies  that 
you  will  give  a  slight  imitation of a man 
who  has  hay  fever.
To  spill  ink  is  bad  luck.  That  is  why 
so  many  would-be  authors  fall  by  the 
wayside.  They  spill  too  much  ink.

If  you  wake  up  in  the night,  think you 
hear  burglars,  and  find,  instead,  a  black 
cat  with  a  white  star  in  its forehead  try­
ing  to  force  an  entrance  into  the  refrig­
erator,  it  is  an  omen  that  the  free  and 
unlimited  coinage  of  swear  words  will 
go  into  effect  right away.

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUGURS  AND  BITS

Snell’s........................... 
70
Jennings’, genuine 
25*10
Jennings', imitation....................../V .  ..60*10

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

 

AXES

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

BARROWS

Railroad............................................ #12 00  14 00
Garden................................................   net  30 00

BOLTS

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

 

 

Well,  plain.

BUCKETS

t 3 25

BUTTS,  CAST

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

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

BLOCKS

 

 

CastSteel.............................. .  .. 

CROW  BARS

..perlb 

CAPS

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

CARTRIDGES

Rim Fire....................................................... 50* 5
Central  Fire................................................. 25* 5

70

4

65
55
35
60

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
1 25
Corrugated.............................................. 
Adjustable..............................................dis 40*10

EXPANSIVE  BITS

FILES—New  List

Clark's small, $18;  large, $36....................... 30*10
Ives’, 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, $30............................ 
25
New American.............................................70*10
Nicholson’s..................................................  
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps.............................. .60*10
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26;  27.........  
List  12 
16.........  

GALVANIZED  IRON

28
17

13 

14 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

15 
GAUGES

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s......................60*16
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
70
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
80

KNOBS—New List

MATTOCKS

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

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.
Steel nails, base.............................................  1 
Wire nails, base.............................................  1 
20 to 60 advance...........................................  Base
10 to 16 advance.........................................  
05
8 advance...................................................  
10
6 advance...................................................  
20
30
4 advance...........  .....................................  
3 advance..................................................  
45
70
2 advance................................................... 
Fine3 advance.................................   .  ... 
50
Casing 10 advance....................................... 
15
25
Casing  8 advance....................................... 
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
35
Finish 10 advance  ....................................  
25
Finish  8 advance.......................................  
35
Finish  6 advance.......................................  
45
Barrel % advance..........................................  85

H0 U5 B  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin Ware........................ new list 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................20*10
Granite Iron Ware........................ new list 40*10
HOLLOW  WARE
.60*10
Pots.............................. ................
K ettles.........................................
60*10
60*10
Spiders.........................................
HINGES
..............dis 60*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3.........
per doz. net  2 50
State......................................
Bright..........................................................  
80
8'J
Screw Eyes................................................... 
Hook’s.......................................................... 
80
finite Hooks and Eyes............................  
80
 
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dis 
70
Sisal, *  inch and  larger.............................  5Q
Manilla.......................................................   8
SQUARES
Steel and Iron........................
Try and Bevels.....................
Mitre......................................

WIRE  GOODS

LEVELS

ROPB£>

80

SHEET  IRON

com. smooth com.
$2 40
Nos. 10 to 14................................ $3 30
2 40
3 30
Nos. 15 to 17.  .............................
2 60
3 45
Nos. 18 to 21................................
Nos. 22 to 24................................
2 70
3 55
3 70
2 80
Nos. 25 to 26................................
No.  27........................................ 3 80
2 90
over  30 inches
All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter, 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
SAND  PAPER
List  acct 19, ’86...................................... dis
Solid Eyes........................................per ton  20 00
Steel, G am e.........................................................  
60*10
O neida C om m unity, N ew b ou se’s ............ 
50
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton's 70*10*10
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................ per doz 
1  25

SASH  WEIGHTS

TRAPS

WIRE

HORSE  NAILS

Bright Market...................................
Annealed  Market.............................
Coppered Market.............................
Tinned Market.................................
Coppered Spring  Steel.....................
Barbed Fence, galvanized  ..............
Barbed  Fence,  painted....................
An Sable...........................................
Putnam............   .............................
Northwestern...................................
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled  ......
Coe’s Gqhuine...................................
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought 
Coe’s Patent, malleable..................
MISCELLANEOUS
Bird  Cages.....................................
Pumps, Cistern..............................
Screws, New List............................
Casters, Bed and Plate..................
Dampers, American.......................
600 pound casks.............................
Per pound......................................

METALS—Zinc

WRENCHES

SOLDER

75
75
.  ..70*10 
....  62* 
.... 
50
....  205 
....  170
dis 40&1C 
dis 
5
dis 10*10
30
50
80
80
50
80
85
50*10*10
50
654
6*

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

TIN—Melyn Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, 11.25.

TIN—Allaway Grade
 

10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................   5 00
65
14x20 IC, Charcoal................. 
5 00
75
10x14 IX, Charcoal......................................   6  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal......................................   6  00

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50.

 

ROOFINQ  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  5 00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean...........................   6 06
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean...........................   10 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   4 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   5 50
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   9 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   1100

BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE

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

9

MILLS

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

 

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  OATES

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

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
Fry, Acme...............................................60*10*10
Common, polished..................................... 
Iron and  Tinned  ........................................ 
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 

RIVETS

PANS

70*  5
60
60

PATENT PLANISHED  IRON

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

Broken packages *c per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

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

TRADESMAN 
ITEMIZED 
LEDGERS 

«  
fJ J
m

Size  8  1-2x14— Three  Columns.

2 Quires, 160 pages.................$2 00
3 Quires, 240 pages..  ..............2 50
4 Quires, 320 pages..................   3 00
5 Quires, 400 pages................... 3 50
6 Quires, 480 pages..................   4 00
Invoice Record or Bill  Book.
80 Double Pages, Registers 2,880  in­

voices.....................................   $2-00

TRADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS.

M I C H I G A N   TRADESMAN

24

G E N E R A L   T R A D E   S IT U A T IO N .
It  was  with  a  general  feeling  of  relief 
that  the  business  community  received 
the  announcement  Saturday  that  the 
tariff  bill  had  become  law ;  for  it  has 
been  demonstrated  that  tariff  considera 
tion,  whether  in  the  direction  of  an 
crease  or  decrease,  is always  an  element 
of  uncertainty  and  uneasiness  to  trade 
In  the  case  of  reduction  of  rates,  as 
ii 
the  consideration  of  the  Wilson  bill 
the  effect  is  to  cause  a  general  suspen 
sion  of  trade  in  dutiable goods  on  ac 
count  of  the  reduction  in  price  likely  to 
be  caused.  So 
in  the  case  of  an  ad 
vance  in  duties  there  is  an  undue  stim 
ulation  of  imports  due  to  the  expecta 
tion  that  prices  will  be  raised,  such  a: 
that  which  characterized  the  month  of 
consideration  of  the  Dingley  bill.

increase 

While  the  increase  in  imports  seemed 
to be  distinctly  marked,  giving  an  un 
due 
in  stocks  to  be  reckoned 
with  in  future  trade,  there  is  yet  less  to 
injurious  effects 
be  apprehended  of 
than  has  generally  been  supposed. 
It 
seems  probable  that  in  the  wool  trade 
there  will  be  a  pressure  to  realize  on 
speculative  importations  to  an  extent  to 
cause  depression  and  put  off  the  day  of 
a  recovery 
in  prices  in  that  line;  but 
the  fear  that  the  market  has  been 
fore 
stalled  in  manufactured  goods  is  prob­
ably  not  well  founded,  as  it  is  impos 
sible  for 
importers  to  determine  what 
goods  and  styles  will  be  popular  and 
demand  many  months  in  advance.

There  are  some  minor  branches  of 
trade  which  may  be  adversely  affected 
by  the  anticipatory 
importations;  but 
in  most  important  lines  it  will  not  be  a 
factor  to  any  great  extent.

in  about  May 

The  general  advance  of  the  stock 
market,  which  set 
i 
and which  met  with  a  slight  speculative 
reaction  for  a  few  days  the  first  of  this 
month,  has  since  resumed  its  steady up­
ward  course. 
Sales  have  been  very 
large,  exceeding  those  of  any  other 
week  this  year  by  more  than  550,000 
shares.  The  condition  of  the  share 
market  would  argue  that  a  general  re­
covery  in  prices  is  fairly  upon  us.

The  movement  of  wheat  has  been  up­
ward,  with  two  slight  reactions  during 
the  week.  The  general  report  of  in­
creased  crop  prospects  in  this country is 
more  than  offset  by  the  assurance  of  an 
unusual  foreign  demand,  on  account  of 
poor  yields  elsewhere, 
to  an  extent 
which  assures good  returns  to  the  farm­
er,  with a  corresponding  increase  in  his 
ability  to buy.

In  the 

iron  trade  the  most  marked 
condition  is  the  low  prices  still  holding 
for  pig  and  many  manufactured  prod­
ucts ;  yet  orders  have  been  numerous, 
and,  as  many  works  are  idle  on  account 
of labor troubles, the others  are  in  a  state 
of encouraging activity.

The  fall  trade  in  woolens  is  opening 
unusually  early  and  most  samples shown 
are  marked  at  an  advance  which  seems 
to  indicate  that  recovery  in  that  direc­
tion  is  near.  Cotton  goods  are  still  dis­
tressingly  dull  and  production  is  being 
held  down  by  restricting  output.

The  boot  and  shoe  industry  is  getting 
more  orders,  which  will  start  more  of 
the  shops  and  at  prices  generally  a 
shade  better  than  have  been  paid. 
in  July  are 
Shipments  from  the  East 
about  4  per  cent,  smaller ;than 
in  1895 
but 
in  any  other  year. 
Leather  is  unchanged  in  price,  although 
the  recent  advance  in  giain  has  stopped 
buying.  Hides  are  generally  lower  at 
Chicago,  where  the  receipts  of  cattle 
since January  1  are  not  6  per  cent,  be­
hind  last  year’s.

larger  than 

A  notable 

indication  is  found  in  the 
increase  of  bank  clearings,  which  ex­
ceed  those  for  the  corresponding  week 
for  many  years,  even 
including  the 
high  tide  of  1892.  The  amount  was 
$1,098,000,000.  This  increase  is  largely 
owing  to  the  resumption  of  activity 
in 
the  stock  markets.  Failures for the week 
were  220.

M A N IA   F O R   C O N S O L ID A T IO N .
The  fact  that  some  of  the  great  com­
bination 
companies  of  the  United 
States,  like  the  Standard  Oil,  Diamond 
Match  and  others,  have  passed  through 
the  years  of  panic  with  a  constantly  in 
creasing  share  value  appears  to  have 
turned  the  attention  of  promoters  and 
investors  to  new  combinations  of  a  sim 
ilar  character  until  a  mania  for  consol 
idation 
is  resulting.  Thus  those  who 
have  watched  the  press  during  the  past 
few  days  will  bear  out  the  statement 
that  rumors  and  reports  of  such  move 
ments  are  more  frequent  than  ever  be 
fore.

It  will  be  noted,  however,  that  many 
of  these  reports  are  of  a  sensational  and 
unreliable  character;  as, 
for  instance 
the  one  alleged  to  be  headed  by  the 
Standard  Oil  Company  and  comprising 
a  great  proportion  of  the  most  diversi­
fied 
in  trade  in  the  country, 
That  a  combination  of  such  different 
and  unrelated  interests  should  be  seri 
ously  considered  is  absurd,  but  the  pub­
lication  of  such  reports  simply  reflects 
the  tendency 
in  that  direction  which 
amounts  to  a  craze  in the  public  mind.

interests 

itself 

There 

manifesting 

is  unquestionably  a  decided 
movement  in  the  direction  noted  which 
in  the  union  of 
similar  interests  to  an  unprecedented 
extent.  The 
increased  movement  of 
stocks,  on  account  of  improving  condi- 
ions,  naturally  gives  opportunity  for 
such  changes,  and  the  alluring  reports 
of  increased  returns  on  account  of  re­
ductions  in  cost  of  operation  made  pos­
ible  is  a  sufficient  explanation  of  the 
movement.

in 

The  consolidation  of  municipal  in­
terests 
in  the  creation  of  the  Greater 
New  York  not  only  affords  a  most  not­
able  instance  of  combination 
itself, 
but gives  opportunity  and suggestion for 
the  combination  of  several  of  the  mu- 
icipal  enterprises  of  the  several  cities. 
Thus  we  hear  of  the  union,  or  the  pro­
posed  union,  of  several  of  the  transit 
companies  of  New  York  with  the  simi- 
ar ones  of  the  absorbed  region  adjoin- 
ng.  Then  some  of  the  gas  companies 
must  fall  into  line,  and  so  with  other 
municipal  enterprises.

The  craze  for  such  unions  is  by  no 
means  confined  to  the industries affected 
by  the  re-organization  of the metropolis. 
The  activity  of  railroads  in  this  direc­
tion  seems  to  be  recovering  from  the 
set-back  caused  by  the  unfortunate  re­
sults  of  such  combinations 
in  recent 
years;  but 
in  industrial  lines  es­
pecially  that  the  movement  is becoming 
most  pronounced.  Thus  we  hear  of 
negotiations  for  the  consolidation  of  the 
anthracite  coal  roads  to  complete  the 
combination  governing  that 
industry, 
and  so  of  many  similar  movements.

is 

it 

It  is 

interesting  to  conjecture  as  to 
the  extent  to  which  the  movement  is 
likely  to  obtain.  As 
it  seems  to  be 
based  so  largely  upon  the  idea  that  the 
lessened  cost  of  production  resulting 
from  such  concentration  of  interests  is 
increased  profits,  it 
to  account  for  the 
may  be  well  to  note  that  the 
instances 
of  pronounced  success  in  this  direction 
are  not  numerous.  The  idea  that  such 
combinations  shall  control  production

and  prices  is  becoming  less  popular  as 
a  result  of  the  many  instances  where 
they  have  served  the  opposite  purpose 
of  establishing  a  fatal  competition.

Bay  City G ro ce rs T o   Picnic A u gu st  19
Bay  City,  July  22—The  annual  outing 
of  the grocers  and  meat  dealers  will  be 
held  this  year  on  August  19.  The  Com 
mittes  on  Location  decided  to  go  to  the 
new  resort  on  Tawas  Bay,  and  thereby 
patronize  the  Detroit  & Mackinaw Rai‘ 
way,  which  made  a  rate  of  50 cents  ft 
the  round  trip.  The  grocers  decided 
that  they  preferred  to  patronize  the  new 
road  because  it  was  assisting  them 
working  up  a  trade  up  the  shore,  be 
sides  the  beach  on  Tawas  Bay  offered 
every  facility  for  a  fine  outing.  An 
effort  will  be  made to have  all  kinds 
business  close  down  for  the  annual  out 
ing  and  thereby  have  the  biggest  excur 
sion  ever  turned  out  of  Bay  City.

$ 2 .5 0 — Milwaukee and Return— $ 2 .5 0
It  is  quite a  while  since  we  had  on< 
of  those  popular  excursions  to  Milwau 
kee,  so  the  A,  O.  U.  W.  has  come  to 
the  front and  will  leave  here at 10 p.  m. 
Saturday  night,  D.  &  M.  depot,  arriv 
ing  at  Milwaukee  Sunday  morning 
Will  have  a  good  time all  day  and  en 
joy  the  night  trip  home,  arriving  here 
at 6.40  a.  m.  Everybody 
is  invited  to 
join  the  party.  Tickes  can  be  secured 
from  the  committee  or at  D.  &.  M.  city 
office,  23  Monroe  street.

Excursion  to  Detroit.

The  G.  T.  Ry.  System,  “ D.  &  M. ’ 
division,  will  run  another  Sunday  ex 
cursion  to  Detroit  August  1, 
leaving 
Grand  Rapids  at  6  30  a.  m.,  D.  &  M 
depot. 
For  full  particulars  call  on 
agent  at  depot  or  city  office,  23  Monioe 
street.  Jas.  Campbell,  C.  P.  A.

A.  B.  Taylor,  the  Saugatuck  banker 
and  general  dealer,  has  returned  home 
after  a  week’s  respite 
in  the  city  as  a 
guest  at  the  residence  of  Bishop  Gilles 
pie.  Mr.  Taylor  had  not  been  in  the 
city  for  fifteen  years  and  was  greatly 
pleased  over  the  progress  made  in many 
directions.

A  factory  for  making  smokeless  pow 
der  is  to  be  established  in  the  City  of 
Mexico by  an  American  company.  The 
factory  will  cost  $350,000 gold,  and  will 
be  conducted  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Mexican  government.

WANTS  COLUMN.

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under  this 
head  for  two  cents  a  word  the  first  insertion 
and  one  cent a  word  for  each  subsequent  in­
sertion.  No advertisements taken for less than 
35 cents.  Advance  payment.

w

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

Drug  stock  and  fixtures, 

ILL  SELL  MY  FOUR  DEPARTMENT 
stores of general  merchandise, as  I  must 
retire  from  business.  Here  is  a  fortune  for 
somebody. 
Julius  H.  Levinson,  Petoskey
____________________________353_
"IXflLL  SELL  AT  A  GREAT  BARGAIN— 
inventorying 
about $3,0(10. in a city of  0,000.  Two  other drug 
stores.  Reason  given  to  intending  purchaser. 
Terms lii eral  Address  No  35!, care  Michigan
Tradesman.
354
STORE  FIXTURES CHEAP—ONE ASHLAND 
prescription  sea e  ai.d  weights,  one  drug­
gist's counter  balance end  weights <Fairbank), 
one prescription case, six  large store lamps, two 
showcases (one 4 ft. and one 0 ft), one iron safe, 
one grocer’s scale, tin scoop-all or any of above 
at a bargain.  For description  and  price  write 
Van I.  Witt, Grand Haven, Mich. 
ONLY  PHOTOGRAPH  GALLERY  IN  TOWN 
of  1.500  population  for  sale  cheap,  on  ac­
count  of  other  business.  Gross  receipts  are 
about  $1,200  annually.  Address  Photographer, 
Ovid,  Mich. 
IX)R  SALE—CLEAN  STOCK  GROCERIES 
and  crockery,  enjoying  cream  of  trade  in 
best growing city in  Michigan.  Lake  port  and 
center  of  fruit  belt  Patronage  mostly  cash. 
Rent,  $50  per  month,  with  terminable  lease. 
Stock and fixtures will inventory $3,500, but  can 
be  reduced.  Reason  for  selling,  owner  has 
other  business  which  must  be  attended  to. 
Business established five years and made money 
every year.  Answer quick if  you  expect  to  se­
cure this bargain.  Address  No.  358,  care  Mich- 
igan Tradesman. 
358
PX)R  SALE  CHEAP—ONE  1897  COUNTER 
Dayton computing  scale;  one  Vermont  pat-
tern  counter  Howe  scale;  one  Fairbanks plat­
form counter scale;  one Buffalo platform  coun­
ter scale.  Address S. 8.,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 

350

355

351

315

351

356

IX)R  SALE—ON  ACCOUNT  OF  OTHER 
'  business, two of the  finest  and  best-paying 
cigar stores in  the  West.  Everything  new  and 
the best that money can buy.  Would consider a 
trade  for  first-class  city  real  estate  or  a  good 
farm near a nice  lake.  F.  E.  Bushman, South 
Bend, Ind. 
IXJR  SALE—GOOD  82  ACRE  FARM,  WELL 
'  improved,  good  buildings,  good  growing 
crops, for part cash  and  long  time  on  balance. 
Address No. 349, care Michigan Tradesman.
349
ItOUNTY  RIGHTS  FOR  SALE—SAGINAW 
Iron  Co.,  Saginaw,  E.  8., 
)  Seif-Heating 
Mich. 
IpOR  SALE-GENERAL  STOCK  MERCHAN- 
dise  in  a  small  town  on  the  Chicago  & 
Grand Trunk  Railroad.  Sales last  year $15,000. 
Will  inventory  from  $3,500  to  $1,500;  double 
store, barn, two  good  peddling  wagons,  horses, 
harnesses,  buggies.  Will  se.l  complete  or  sell 
stock and rent buildings.  Address No. 348,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
348
De s ir e  to  t r a d e  f o r  m er ch a n d ise—
$4,000store. $1,500encumbrance;  rented $30. 
City  20,000.  Address  ¡No.  345,  care  Michigan 
345
Tradesman. 
IX)B  SALE—STOCK  OF  DRUGS,  PAINTS 
and wall paper in one  of the  best  towns  in 
Sou hem Michigan;  an old established business 
of thirty years  Yearly  sales  $12,000  to  $15,000; 
owner retiring.  Address No. 344, care Michigan 
Tradesman. 
344
t jU)R  SALE—STORE  BUILDING  WITH  KES- 
idence rooms in connection—a  fine location 
for millinery and bazaar trade.  Address Box 88, 
342
Leroy, Osceola Co., Mich. 
WANTED  TO  SELL  OR  TRADE,  FOR  A 
good  drug  stock  or  boot  and  shoe  and 
men’s furnishing goods, one  of  the  finest  fruit 
farms in Allegan county, one and one-half miles 
from  railroad  station.  Address  J.  Fisher  & 
Son, Hamilton, Mich. 
IBX)R SALE  CHEAP  FOR  CASH  OR  WILL 
Exchange for a  Mixed  Stock  of  Merchan­
dise—One  complete  Perkins  shingle  mill; 
plenty  of  boiler  room;  engine  12x20;  mill  in 
good  condition.  In  connection’  with  mill  we 
have  one  Iluyatt  &  Smith  hot  blast  dry  kiln. 
Mill will cut 60 M per day;  capacity of  kiln, 320 
M.  Morse & Schneider, Seney, Mich. 
336
tpOR SALE—CLEAN NEW STOCK GENERAL 
merchandise,  located  in  brick  building  in 
growing town, surrounded by excellent farming 
country.  Established  trade.  Address  No.  334, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
ARTIES  WISHING  TO  BUY,  SELL  OR 
exchange  real estate  or  merchandise,  any 
quantities  or  description,  can  depend  upon 
Townsend  &  Morous,  of  Jackson,  Mich.,  for 
quick and responsible  dealing. 
318
IX)R  SALE—CLEAN  HARDWARE  S’iOCK;
doing good business;  best location in Grand 
Rapids;  good reason for  selling;  no  exchange. 
Address Hardware,  care  Michigan  Tradesman.
IX) R  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
inventory  $1,700. 
Address Postmaster, New Salem, Mich. 
324
rTX)  EXCHANGE—A  GOOD  LIVERY  STOCK, 
X  doing a good  business,  for  a  stock  of  gro­
ceries.  Address No. 327, care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
EX)R  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
ebandise, inventorying  about $4,500, located 
n a thriving town in Central Michigan.  Would 
take a small farm in part payment, If location is 
desirable.  Address  No.  320,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
330
y o u   SALE—ONE  100-HORSE  POWER SLIDE 
X   valve engine, especially  adapted  to sawmill 
work,  and  fitted  with  a  Nordberg  Automatic 
overnor.  Can be seen running any  week  day 
at Wallin Leather Co.’s  tannery,  Grand  Rapids.
313
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 
n heart of city.  Address Box  522,  Big  Ranids 
Mich.______  
298
VSTANTED—WE  ARE  THE  OLDEST,  LARG 
TV  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 
y o R   SÄLE  OR  TRADE  FOR  STOCK  OF 
-I  merchandise—180  acres  of  choice  timber 
and  on  Section  2  of  the  Haskel  land  grant, 
Buchanan county, Virginia;  title o. k.  Address 
No. 262, care Michigan Tradesman. 
RUBBER  STAMPS  AND  RUBBER  TYPE. 
R 1
y O R   EXCHANGE—TWO  FINE  IMPROVED 
X   farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
W ANTED—1,000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS, 
daily.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
Ithaca. Mich. 
249

Will J. Weller, Muskegon, Mich. 

chandise  and  fixtures; 

262
too

334

337

73

6 

PATENT  SOLICITORS.

INILLEY & ALLG1ER, GRAND RAPIDS, PAT- 
J  ent  Attorneys  and  Practical  Draughtsmen. 
Our new Handbook free on application. 
339

MISCELLANEOUS.

W ANTED —REGISTERED  PHARMACIST 
to clerk In small  town.  Must  give  good 
reference.  Single man  preferred.  Address No. 
357, care Michigan  Tradesman. 
W ANTED—ACTIVE  SALESMAN  TO  REP- 
resent to  dealers  and  consumers  a  well- 
advertised and  meritorious soap  in  aDd  about 
Kent connty.  Address  No.  352,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
OUNG  MAN,  COMPETENT  BOOK-KEEP- 
er, understands  double entry,  desires  posi­
tion.  Best  of  references  furnished.  Address 
W., care Michigan Tradesman. 

352

347

357

H A N D L E

s. c. w.

C I G A R S

For sale by all first-class jobbers and the

G. J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO.. G r a n d   R a p i d s .

Good  Yeast  is  Indispensable

Fleischmann  &  Co.’s

is the  recognized  standard  of excellence.

Put up in pound  packages for bakers and in tin foil for family  use.

None  genuine 

without  our

&& ^  Without0*#
w facsimile Signature **  5

V °Y E A S tED/ >

Yellow  label 

and  signature

Prompt attention given to shipping orders.  Address orders for yeast to

FLEISCHMANN &  CO., 

Mlch > or

Travelers’ Time  Tables.
CHICAGO

♦ 

doing  to  Chicago.

Muskegon.

Returning  from  Chicago.

Lv. G. Rapids, ,8:35am  1:25pm  *6:25pm  *11:30pm 
Ar. Chicago....3:10pm 6:50pm  2:0uam  6:49am 
Lv. Chicago................  7:20am  5:15pm * 9:30pn
Ar. G’dRapids............  1:25pm  10:45pm  *  4:00asr
Lv. G’d  Rapids..............  8:35am 1:25pm  6:25pm
Ar.  G’d Rapids..............  1:25pm 5.15pm  10:45am
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix, Petoskey  and  Bay 
Lv. G’d Rapids...........  7:30am  11:30pm  5:30pm
Ar. Traverse City......  12:40pm  5:00am  11:10pm
Ar. Charlevoix.........  3:15pm  7:30am  .........
Ar.  Petoskey..............  3:45pm  8:00am  .........
Ar  Bay View..............  3:55pm  8:10am  ........

PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CARS.  CHICAGO.

Parlor cars  leave  Grand  Rap ds 8:35  a m  and 
1:25 p m ; leave Chicago 5:15 p m. 
¡Sleeping cars 
leave  Grand  Rapids  *11:30  p m;  leave Chicago 
*9:30 p m.

View.

TRAVERSE  CITY  AND  BAY  VIEW.

Parlor  car  leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:30  a  m; 

sleeper at 11:30 p m.

»Every  day. 

Others week days only.

Geo. DeHavbn, General Pass. Agent.

n P T D O I T  ^rand Rapids & Western.
U C U v y l l f  

June 20. 1897. 

Going to Detroit.

Returning from  Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........ 7:00am  1:30pm  5:3ipn.
Ar. Detroit....................11:40am  5:40pm  10:29pm
Lv. Detroit....................8:00am  1:10pm  6:10pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids.......  1:00pm  5:20pm  10:55pm
Lv. G R 7:10am 4:20pm  Ar. G R 12:20pm  9:30pm 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Gxo.  DeHavbn,  General Pass. Agent.

/ i n   A  V T I \   Trank Railway  System 
v EMv / aI  v i ß   Detroit and Milwaukee Div

(In  effect  May 3,  1897.)

WEST

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t  6:45am..Saginaw,  Detroit  and  East..t 9:55pm
tl0:10am____ Detroit  and  East..........t 5:07pm
+ 3:30pm..Saginaw,  Detroit and  East..+12:45pm 
*10:45pm.. .Detroit, East and Canada.. .* 6:35am 
* 8:35am....Gd. Haven  and  Int. Pts....* 7:10pm
tl2:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate. + 3:22pm 
+ 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 parlor car.
♦Daily.  tExcept Sunday.

E. H. H ugh es, A. G. P.  & T. A. 
B e n .  F le tc h e r, Trav. Pass. Agt., 
J a s. C a m pb e ll, City Pass. Agent, 
No. 33 Monroe St.

This strictiv  pure  High  Grade  Powder  I  have  re­
duced to retail at the following1 very low  prices: 
Guaranteed  to  comply  with  Pure  Food  Law  in 

9 q z.  15c; 

1 lb.  25c.

oz.  10c; 

9.  A.  TURNEY,  Manufacturer,

every respect.
Detroit,  Mich.

Established 1780.

Walter Baker & Go.

Dorchester, Mass.
The Oldest and 

Largest Manufacturers of

PURE,HIGH GRADE
COCOAS
CHOCOLATES

A N D

on this Continent.

their manufactures.

No  Chemicals  are  used  in 
Trade-Mark, 
Their  Breakfast  Cocoa  is  absolutely  pure, 
delicious, nutritious, and costs less than one 
cent a cup.
Their Premium  No.  1  Chocolate,  put up in 
Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the best 
plain chocolate in the market for family nse.
Their  German  Sweet  Chocolate  is  good  to 
eat and good to drink.  It is palatable, nutri­
tious, and  healthful ;  a  great  favorite  with 
children.
Bayers should ask for and be snre that they 
get the genuine goods. The above trade-mark 
is on every package.
Walter  Baker &   Co.  Ltd.,

n D A   h j n   Rapids  &  Indiana  Railway 
U K A l l l /  

June ao,  1897.

Dorchester,  Mass.

Northern  Div.  Leave  Arrlvi 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...* 4:15am  *10:00pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey«® Mack... + 7:45am  T o:10,-. 
Trav. C’y, Petos. diHar. Sp'gs.t 2:20pm  t  9:ltp
Cadillac...................................t  5:25pm +11: loan
Petoskey & Mackinaw...........+11:10pm  +  6:30am
Train  leaving  at  7:45  a.m.  has  parlor  cai  » 
Petoskey  and  Mackinaw.
Train leaving at 2:20 p.m. has parlor car to Pe­
toskey, Bay View and Harbor Springs.
Train leaving at 11:16 p.m. nas sleeping cars tc 
Petoskey and Mackinaw.
Southern  Div.  Leave  Arnvt
Cincinnati............................... + 7:10am  + n:25yv-
Ft. Wayne................................+ 2:00pm  + 2:10pn
Kalamazoo............................... t  7:00pm 
Cincinnati, Louisville* Ind..»10:lrpm  • 4:05a,.
Kalamazoo.............................. i  8:05pm t  8:50am
7:10a.m.  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati 
2:00p.m.  train  has  parlor  car  to  Fort  Wayne. 
10:15p.m  train  has  sleeping  car  to Cincinnati, 
Indianapolis and Louisville.

Muskegon Trains.

GOING WEST.

LvG’dRaplds..............+7:35am +l:00pm +5:40pm
Lv G’d Rapids..........................  *9:00am  J7:00pm
Ar Muskegon...............   9:00am  2:10pm  7:00. m
Ar Muskegon............................   10:25am  8:25pm
Ar Milwaukee, Steamer...........  4:00am
GOING BAST.
Lv Milwaukee, Steamer.........  
7:30am
Lv Muskegon..*..........+8:10am +U:45am +4:10pm
Lv Muskegon.......................... i 8:85am  }6:35pm
ArG’dR&pids............9:30am  12:56pm  5:3)pu
Ar G’d Rapids...........................  10:00am 8:00pm
tBxoept Sunday.  «Dally.  JSunday only. 
Steamer leaves Muskegon dally  except  Satur­
day.  Leaves Milwaukee daily  except  Saturday 
and Sunday.
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Office a n d   Works,  BUTTERWORTH AVE., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

Bulk work^atJGrand  Rapids,  Muskegon,  Manistee, Cadillac,^Blg Bap- 
Ids,  Grand  Haven, Travense  City,  Ludlngton, Allegan, 
Howard  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City,  Fremont,  Hart, 
Whitehall, Holland and Fennvllle.

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So  Shakespeare  says,  at  least,  but  your  cash  drawer  need  not  necessarily  be  an 
empty  dream  because  Shakespeare  hinted  at  the  vulgarity  of  a  purse;  he  perhaps 
meant  an  empty  one.  We  ourselves  think  an  e m p t y   cash  drawer  a  sort  of  useless 
thing  to  have  about  the  premises;  but  don’t  understand  that  we  are  going  to  fill  it 
for  you;  we  simply  offer  to  help  you;  we  offer  our  system,

“ The Money Weight Scale  System”

Place  20  grains  of  30c  coffee  in  the  palm  of  one  hand  and  two  pennies  in  the 
other.  Now,  honor  bright,  the  pennies  seem  the  more  valuable,  don’t  they? 
Our  Money  Weight  scale  will  show  you  that  the  20  grains  of  coffee  are  more  val­
uable.  That  is  the  secret  of  the  profit  saving  and  money  making  of  our  Money 
Weight  Scale  System.  You  measure  money for  money;  money  on  the  scale  beam 
for  your  customer’s  money.  All  are  careful  of  money,  and  our  Money  Weight 
Scale  System  insures  the  same  care  in  handling  goods  as  money.

Our  scales  are  as  Fine,  Sensitive  and  Durable  as  possible,  and  our  prices  are 

within  the  reach  of  all.

THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  COMPANY,  Dayton,  Ohio.

