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Volume  XIV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  4,  1897.

Number  724

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by telephone from your store:

to  learn  at  how little  cost  a 
perfect  telephone  line  can 
be  constructed  if  you  write 
us  for  an  estimate.  We  in- 
stall complete exchanges and 
private  line  systems.  Fac- 
tory systems right in our line.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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N A P H T H A   A N D   G A S O L IN E S

Office and  Works,  BUTTERWORTH  AVE., 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Bulk works atJGrand  Rapids,  Muskegon,  Manistee, Caaillae,  Big Rap­
ids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse  City,  Ludington, Allegan 
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Bicycle  Sundries

Everything up to date.

Lamps  ,Tires,  Pedals, Saddles, Locks, 
Bells,  Pumps,  Cements,  Etc.

A D A M S   &  H A R T ,

Wholesale Bicycles and  Sundries,
Send for catalogue and discount sheet.

12  W.  Bridge St., Grand  Rapids.

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G . J . .J O H N S O N   C I G A R  C O .. G r a n d   R a p i d s .

For sale by all first-class jobbers and the 

YO U are a Grocer.
We are interested in your welfare.
We want you to succeed.
If you don't, we can't.
We make Flour.
We want you to sell it.
We believe you can make money at it.
We make good Flour at a reasonable 

price.

People want that kind of Flour.
We ca 11 it "LILY WHITE."
It is no trouble to sell it.
EVERYBODY likes it.
Women are particular  about Flour.
Lily White pleases them.
Please the women and you  get the fam- 

ily trade.

It is worth while.
Order "LILY WHITE" Flour now.
We guarantee it.
Your money back if you want it.

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Valley  City Milling  Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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For Sale at  Public  Auction:
The plant of the McBain Creamery Co., at McBain, 
Mich.,  on  the  ist  day  of October,  1897-  Cost 
$3,600.  Good as new.  Run only two months.  Will 
sell building  and  machinery  separately  if  desired. 
Terms,  10%  cash  day  of  sale,  balance  60  days  if 
desired.  Full particulars bv addressing'

J.  O.' PACKARD,  Sec’y.

Vogel  Center, Mich.

SH IP  YOUR  FREIGHT 
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Elgin  System  of 
Creameries.

THE MOST POPULAR LINE TO

CHICAGO

AND  ALL  POINTS  WEST.

Leave HUSKEGON at 6:oo p. m. 
Leave GRAND HAVEN at 9-®o p. m. 
Daily  except  Saturday,  arriving 
in 
CHICAGO the following morning in  time 
for the outgoing trains.

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It  will  pay  you  to  investigate  our 
plans, and visit  our  factories,  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.

THIS  IS THE  SHORT  LINE TO CHICAGO
Passengers should see that their tick­

ets read via this popular line.

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

H.  A.  BONN,  Gen’I  Pass.  Agent 

CHICAGO.

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are  manufactured  by  us  and  all  sold  on  the  same 
basis,  irrespective of size,  shape or denomination.
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M ichael  Kolb  &  Son

Wholesale Clothing  Manufacturers,

Rochester,  N.  Y.

Established Nearly One-half Century.

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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  Monday  and  Tuesday,  August 
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The  Morning  Market.

There  is  an  interest  in  a  visit  to  the 
in  the  fact 
morning  market  just  now 
that  it  is  so  soon  to  be  numbered  with 
the  past  as  a  street  institution. 
It  has 
been  one  of  the anomalies  of  the  sub­
stantial  growth  and  metropolitan  posi­
tion  of  the  city,  consequent  upon  the 
rapidity  of 
its  development,  that  the 
primitive  street  market  of  the  village 
has  maintained  its  position  so  long. 
It 
is  probable  that  wide  search  would have 
to  be  made  to  find  another town  of  the 
size  with  the  wealth  and  architectural 
pretension  whose  morning  exchange  of 
country  produce  and  fruit  is  carried  on 
in  the  streets.  So for  the  next  few  days 
opportunity  will  be  given  to  see  the 
its  ex­
last  of  an  enterprise  unique  in 
tent  and  importance  as  a  street 
institu­
tion.

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first 

If  the  market  shall  move  to  the  new 
quarters  in  two  weeks,  as  promised,  it 
just  complete  two  years  of  occu­
pancy  of  its  Ionia  street  quarters.  For 
number  of  years  previous  to  its  re­
moval  to  Ionia  street  it  had  occupied 
several  streets,  with  its  principal  center 
at  the  corner  of  Ionia  and  Louis,  lim- 
ted  in  its  extent  by  the  varying  size — 
'first  come, 
served.”   Thus  it 
was  customary  for the more  enterprising 
vendors  to  come  sufficiently  early  to  se­
cure  the  most  favorable  locations,  often 
nvolving  the  use  of  most  of  the  night 
on  the  journey  and  the  tedious  waiting 
of  the  early morning  hours  for buying  to 
begin.  This  method,  involving  much 
of  waste  and  hardship,  was  continued 
until the opening of the market this year, 
when  agreements  were  made  which 
obviated  the  necessity  of  coming 
early,  the  positions  generally  being tak­
en  about  4  o’clock.

in,  the  old 

The  opening  of  the  market season this 
year  on  a  large  scale  has  taken  place 
unusually  early.  The  most  of  the  space 
available  is  already  occupied  in  a  man­
ner  which  indicates  that,  when  the  fruit 
season  fairly  sets 
space 
available  would  have  been  entirely 
in­
adequate.  When  it  is taken  into  consid­
eration  that  the  commission 
trading 
which  is  carried  on  outside  of  the  mar­
ket  has greatly  increased,  it  will appear 
that  the 
increase  of  country  produce 
trade  with  the  city  as  the  shipping  cen­
ter  is  wonderfully  rapid.

Telephone  Topics.

Holland— Edward  Crabbe,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  formerly  with  the  Citizens  Tel- 
phone  Co., is  now  manager  here  for the 
Ottawa  Telephone  Co.,  having  succeed­
ed  J.  R.  Watson.  The  new  manager 
states  that  the  return  system  will  be  put 
on  all  phones,  giving  much  better 
the  present 
satisfaction  than  with 
line  to  Grand 
grounded  wire. 
The 
Rapids  has  been  rebuilt  and  is  now 
in 
excellent  shape.  He  expects  to  run  a 
metallic  system  to  Grand  Haven  in  a 
few  weeks  and  the  line  to  Saugatuck 
will  also  be  changed  to  the  metallic 
system.

Athens—This  place  is  the  headquar­
ters  of  four  telephone  systems  which 
operate  nearly  1,000  miles  of  wire. 
They  are  the  F.  F.  Bisbee  Co.,  the  D. 
Eldred  Co.,  the  Snyder  &  Doran  Co.

GRAND RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST 4,1897.

is  325. 
Kalamazoo, 

and  the  Van  Middlesworth  Co.  The 
Bisbee  company  starts 
from  Athens 
with  an  exchange  of  twenty-seven  sub­
scribers  and  takes  in  Union  City,  Bur­
lington,  Tekonsha,  Hodunk,  Coldwater, 
Quincy,  and  connects  at  Homer  with 
an  exchange  that  gives  connections with 
Marshall,  Eckford,  Wilders  and  Jack- 
son,  and  which  will  eventually  run  to 
Detroit.  This  company’s  mileage 
is 
150.  The  Eldred  company  has  about 
twenty-two  subscribers  and  its  outside 
Its  lines  run  to 
wire  mileage 
Schoolcraft, 
Pavilion, 
Scott’s,  Climax  and  Hastings,  connect­
ing 
in  the  last  named  town  with  the 
Chicago,  Kalamazoo  &  Saginaw  com­
pany.  The  Snyder  &  Doran  company 
has  100  miles  of  wire,  taking 
in  all 
towns  between  here  and  Battle  Creek. 
It  also  has  exchanges  at Colon and Sher­
wood.  The  Van  Middlesworth company 
has  more  than  200  miles  of  wire  The 
lines  run  to  Factoryville,  Leonidas, 
Mendon,  Wasepi,  Centerville,  Corey’s 
Lake,  Fabius,  Jones,  Moore  Park,  Park- 
ville  and  Thtee  Rivers.  The  Bell com­
pany  operates  no  exchange  here,  only 
one  Bell  phone  being  used  in  the  vil­
lage- 
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Asso­

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ciation.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  at  Retail  Grocers’  Hall  Tuesday 
evening,  Aug.  3,  President  Winchester 
presided.

Fred  W.  Fuller,  chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Sports,  presented  a  final 
the  printed 
report  as  embodied 
pamphlet,  which  was  accepted 
and 
adopted.

in 

B.  S.  Harris  presented  the  following 
resolution,  which  was  unanimously 
adopted :

Resolved,  That  we  tender  our  heart­
felt  sympathy  to  our  old-time  member,
E.  J.  Herrick,  in  the  terrible  affliction 
which  has  befallen  his  family  in  the 
death  of  his  daughter  and  only  child.

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  re­
quested  to  communicate  with  the  fam­
ily,  expressing  the  sense  of  the  Asso­
ciation.

Brief  addresses  relative  to  the  annual 
picnic  were  made  by  President  Katz 
and  Secretary  Hilber,  of  the  Retail 
Meat  Dealers’  Association,  and  the 
meeting  adjourned.

Number  724

The  Grain  Market.

The  wheat  market  advanced  steadily 
during  the  past  week,  which  was  in  ac­
cordance  with  expectations,  as  the  for­
eign  situation  seems  very  strong.  The 
world's  supply  is  supposed  to  be  about 
242,000,000  bushels  short.  Foreigners 
have  been  importing  our  wheat  at  the 
rate  of  1,000,000  bushels  daily  for  the 
last  ten  or  fifteen  days,  which  is  some­
thing  unusual  for  this  time  of  the  year. 
The  exports  from  Baltimore  yesterday 
were  200,000  bushels  and  from  New 
York  480,000  bushels,  saying  nothing 
about  the  flour that  was  exported.  Tak­
ing  everything 
into  consideration,  the 
bulls  have  been  in  clover.  We  note  an 
advance  of  3c  per bushel  on  spring  and 
5C  on  winter since  our last report.  These 
are the conditions when we had an unpre­
cedentedly  large  increase  in  the  visible 
of  1,782,000  bushels,  while  the  visible 
decreased 408,000 bushels last year.  This 
goes  to  show  that  our  wheat  is  wanted 
importing  countries.  Our  crop  is 
by 
coming  forward  at  a  lively  pace,  but 
it 
is  being  absorbed  as  fast  as  it  makes its 
appearance,  which 
is  a  good  sign.  We 
do  not  wish  to  make any prediction,  but 
it 
looks  as  though  we  might  expect  to 
see  considerably  higher prices than were 
anticipated  some  time  ago. 
It  is  esti­
mated  that  the  crop  in  the  Dakotas  is 
not  up  to  the  general  average  and  we 
| are  creditably  informed  that  the  Great 
Northwest,  with 
increased 
acreage,  will  not have  as  much wheat  as 
it  did  last  year.  The winter  wheat  crop 
in  this  State  has been well secured, while 
in  Ohio,  New  York  or  Pennsylvania 
they  have  not  been  so  fortunate  as  the 
crop  has  been  damaged  by  wet  weather.
Corn  has  gained  some strength  during 
the  past  week,  owing  to  the  report  that 
the  crop  has  been  damaged  at  least  40 
per  cent,  in  Kansas  by  the  extremely 
hot  weather.  It  has  been  so  wet  in  some 
sections  that  the  growth  of  the  crop  has 
been  retarded.  Oats  have  not  changed, 
but  we  think  they  will  later  on,  as  the 
crop  seems  to  be  shorter  than  last  year.
Local  millers are  paying  74c  for  both 

its  greatly 

old  and  new  wheat.  C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Stringent  Provisions  Concerning  To­

bacco  in  the  New  Tariff.

The  closer  the  tobacco division  in  the 
new  tariff  act 
is  scrutinized  the  more 
stringent  its  provisions  are  found  to  be. 
Commissioner  Forman,  of  the  Internal 
Revenue  Department,  has  sent  out  a 
circular  to  collectors  in  which  he  says: 
‘ ‘ All  packages  of  smoking  tobacco,  fine 
cut  chewing  tobacco,  or  cigarettes,  con­
taining  foreign  articles  prohibited,  or 
having  such  articles  attached  or  con­
nected  therewith,  or  advertising  any 
promise  or  offer  of  gift,  premium,  re­
ward  or  prize  contrary  to  the  provisions 
of  the  new  law,  are  subject  to  seizure  if 
found  to  have  been  removed  from  the 
into  the  market  after 
factory  and  put 
July  24.  Collectors  will 
immediately 
notify  all  manufacturers  of  cigars  and 
tobacco  of  the  provisions  of  the  law  so 
far as  they  are  affected  thereby..”

Proper  stamps  are  now  being  pre­
pared  in  Washington  for  the  all-tobacco 
cigarettes  and  will  be  forwarded  with­
out  delay  to  the  collectors.  Without 
these  stamps  the  product  cannot  be 
placed  in  the  market.  The  stamps  will 
be  of  the  denomination  of  ten,  twenty, 
fifty  and  one  hundred.

Flour  and  Feed.

The  past  week  has  been  an  unusually 
active  one  in  the  flour  market  and  buy­
ers  generally  have  been  much  disap­
pointed  in  seeing  the  price  of  flour  ad­
vance  right  after  harvest  and  at  a  time 
when  they  expected  to  be  able  to  buy  at 
much  lower  prices  and  to  better  advan­
tage  for  fall  trade.

The  demand  for  export  continues  to 
be  an  active  one  for  both  wheat  and 
flour  and  the  bidding  by  exporters  has 
steadily  advanced  prices  at  country 
points.

The  conditions  are  such  and  the  de­
mands  so  great  that  our  markets  seem 
likely  to  become heavily  oversold  before 
traders  are  aware  of  it.  Flour  buyers 
in  this  country  are  at  last  waking  up 
to  the  true  situation  and  have  been 
placing  orders  more  freely.  The  city 
mills  are  all  running  night  and  day  to 
their  full  capacity  and  have  booked  a 
good  many  orders  within  the past  week.
in  better  demand  at 
Feed 
slightlv  advanced  quotations. 
and  meal  are 
in  fairly  good  demand, 
with  prices  ranging  from  25@soc  per 
ton  higher. 

Wm.  N.  R o w e.

Millstuffs  are 

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JOBBER  OF

Fruits  and  Produce

MANUFACTURER  OF

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Fruits  and  Produce.
Is  Hot  Skimming  the  Coming  Plan? 
Written for the T radesman.

Pasteurizing  milk  by  beating  up  to 
from  155  to  165  degrees  and  running 
it 
through  the  separator  while  hot  is  un­
doubtedly  the  coming  plan  for operating 
creameries. 
I  have  been  operating  my 
model  creamery  in  Chester  county,  Pa., 
on  this  plan  during  the  past  month  and 
the  results  have  been  very  gratifying.

The  butter  made  by  this  process  is 
sweet  and  I  think  exceptionally  pala­
table.  The  heat  seems to subdue,  if  not 
remove,  any  excessive  grassy or garlicky 
taste  and  I  believe  it  destroys  other  bad 
odors  that  may  be in the milk.  The  but­
is  of  a  much  better  quality,  being 
ter 
more  firm  and  solid. 
It  keeps  better, 
although  how  long  it  will  keep  I  have 
not  determined.

Pasteurizing  kills  the  bacteria  and 
I  have  found  that 
stops  fermentation. 
milk  taken  from  the  pasteurizer  and  set 
away  will  keep  sweet  for  several  days, 
whereas  I  know  that  the  same  milk,  not 
pasteurized,  under  similar 
conditions 
would  not  have  kept  twenty  four  hours. 
I  have  also  found 
it  necessary  to  use 
more  of  the  starter to  ripen  the  cream 
tor  churning,  showing  that  fermentation 
had  been  arrested.

When  we  first statted  to  pasteurize  the 
milk  we  were  surprised  at  the  amount 
of  steam  it  took  to  heat  the  milk  up  to 
165  degrees  fast  enough  for  the  separa­
tor,  in  fact,  our  10  horse  power  vertical 
boiler  would  not  make  steam 
fast 
enough  to  heat  the  milk  and  run  the 
separator  at  the  same  time. 
It  took  al­
most  as  much  steam  to  heat  the  milk  as 
to  separate  it,  using 
live  steam  in  the 
milk  heater,  but  after  making  another 
milk  receiving  vat,  especially  arranged 
for  using  exhaust  steam  from  the  en­
gine,  and  a  new  milk  heater  with  a 
stirring  device  and  the  steam  pipes 
arranged  in  such  a  way  as  to give active 
if  not  violent  circulation  to  the  water  in 
the  heater,  we  had  no  trouble  to  bring 
the  milk  to  the  proper  temperature  and 
at  the  same  time  run the  separator.

It 

is  necessary,  however,  in  heating 
milk  to  this  high  temperature,  to  keep 
it  continually  stirred,  otherwise 
the 
casein  in  the milk  settles  on  the  sides of 
the  heater  and  bakes  fast,  making  it 
exceedingly  hard  to  clean.  The  contin­
ual  stirring  not  only  prevents  the  coat­
ing  of  the  tin  work  of  the  heater,  but 
the  milk  heats  much  more  rapidly.

The  pasteurization  of  the  skimmed 
milk  will  be  an  advantage  to  the  farm­
er,  as  it  will  kill  tuberculosis  germs,  if 
there  be  any 
in  the  milk,  and  prevent 
their  spread,  as  is  liable at  creameries.
It  has  been  taught,  and  some  would 
have  us  believe,  that  to  heat  milk  above 
70 or 80  degrees  would  spoil  it  for  mak­
ing  first-class  butter,but  we  have  proven 
to our  own  satisfaction  that  the  contrary 
is  true  when  we  heat  the  milk up  to 160. 
The  milk  separates  very  much  easier 
when  thus  heated  and  in  our  testing  it 
was  almost  impossible  to  find  a  trace  of 
fat  in  the  skimmed  milk.

ADVANTAGES  OF  PASTEURIZING.

1.  Makes  better  butter.
2.  Makes  better  keeping  butter.
3.  Milk  skims  easier.
4.  Pasteurizes  skimmed  milk  for  the 

farmers.

SPECIAL  REQUIREMENTS.

1.  Milk  receiving  vat  of  ample  size, 
under  which  the  exhaust  steam  from 
engine  can  be  used,  with  regulating 
valves to heat  the  milk  as  nearly  as  pos­
sible  to  the  required  temperature.

2.  Milk  heater 

into  which  the  milk

is  run  or  pumped  from  the  milk  receiv­
ing  vat  and  of  ample  heating  capacity 
to  complete  the  heating  of  the  milk  to 
160  degrees.

3.  A  separator  that  will  separate  hot 

pasteurized  milk.

4.  A  cooler  and  aerator  to  cool  the 
cream  down  to  a  proper  degree  to  ripen 
right.

With  properly  adapted  machinery 

it 
would  be  no  more  expense or  labor to 
run  a creamery  on  the  pasteurizing  plan 
than  any  other. 

A.  H.  R eid.

The  Greenhorn’s  Advantage. 

Correspondence Boston Herald

I  «as  sitting  on  a  keg  of  nails  in  a 
West  Virginia  mountain  store  watching 
a  native  dickering  with  the  merchant 
over a  trade  of  a  basket  of  eggs  for  a 
calico  dress.  Alter  some  time  a  bargain 
was  closed,  the  native  walked  out  with 
the  dress  in  a  bundle  under  his arm  and 
I  followed  him.

isn't  any  business  of  mine,”   I 
said,  “ but  1  was  watching  that  trade, 
and  was  surprised  to  see  you  let  the 
eggs  go  for  the  dress.

‘ ‘ It 

1' What 

fer?”   he  asked 

in  astonish­

ment,  as  he  mounted  his  horse.

“ How  many  eggs  did  you  have?”
“ Basketful
“ How  many  dozen?”
“ Dunno.  Can’t count.
“ That’s  where  you  miss the  advan­
tages of education.  With knowledge  you 
might  have  got  two  dresses  for those 
eggs.”
“ But  I  didn't  want  two  dresses,  mis­
ter, ’ ’  he  argued.

‘ ‘ Perhaps  not,  but  that  was  no  reason 
why  you  should  have  paid  two  prices 
for  one.  The  merchant  got  the  advan­
tage  of  you  because  of  his  education. 
He  knew  what  he  was  about.”

He  looked  at  me  for  a  minute  as  if 
he  felt  real  sorry  for  me.  Then  he 
grinned  and  pulled  his  horse  over  close 
to  me.
“ I  reckon,”   he  half  whispered,  cast­
ing  furtive  glances  toward  the  store, 
“ his  eddication  ain’t  so  much  more’n 
mine  ez  you  think  it  is.  He  don't  know 
how  many  uv  them  aigs  is  spiled,  an’  1 
do,”   and  he  rode  away  before  I  could 
argue  further.

Keep  Your  Trade  at  Home.

If  you  want  to  keep  up  with  the  rest 
of  the  world,  and  not  allow  your  com­
petitor  to  creep  ahead  of  you,  visit  the 
leading  markets  this  fall  and  secure 
some  of  the  numerous  specialties always 
to  be  found  there. 
If  you  carry  as  at­
tractive  and  neat  a  line as  the  store  in 
the  larger  town,  you  will  then  have  no 
need  to  complain  about  your  townspeo­
ple  going  to  the  other  city  to  get  their 
supplies.

III Yom Township? 

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■   abolished altogether—by the  ener-  •  
2   getic  enforcement  of  the  statute.  5
•   It  is  the  duty  of  the  merchant  to  ■
■   see that the township board  of  his  •  
2   township  enforces  the  law.  The  5
•   Tradesman has had  drafted  by  its  ■
•   attorney  blank  licenses and  bonds,  •  
5  which  it  is  prepared  to  furnish  on  5
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2  LICENSES, 
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10 c- nt<  per  dozen; 
75 ce^ts per  100. 

25 cents per dozen; 
$1.50 per  100 

Grand  Rapids. 

"Absolute”  Pure  Ground  SplGes,  Bakina  Powder,  Etc.

We will continue to put up Baking Powder under  special  or  private 
labels, and  on which  we will naipe very low prices, in quantities.
We  ma"nake  a  specialty  of  Butchers’  Supplies  and  are  prepared  to 
quote low prices  on  Whole  Spices,  Preservaline,  Sausage  seasoning, 
Saltpetre, Potato Flour, etc.
We a'.so continue  the  Fruit  and  Produce  business  established  and
successfully  conducted by H enry J.  Vinkemulder.

THE  VINKEMULDER  COMPANY,

Successor to Michigan Spice  Co.,

Citizens Phone 555-

418-420  S.  DIVISION  ST.,  QRAND  RAPIDS.

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

Watermelons

Sweet clear to the rind.  Must be 
sampled to be appreciated.

Osage melons better  now, and 

reasonable in price.

Cantaloupes now in.
Alexandrian  Peaches,  Mich­
igan  grown,  were  never  better 
than those now in.

Red and  Black  Raspberries,  Blackberries,  Cherries,  Currants, 
Gooseberries,  Whortleberries,  Bananas,  Oranges,  Lemons, 
Onions, Radishes,  Lettuce,  Cucumbers,  Tomatoes,  New  Pota­
toes,  Summer  Squash,  Wax  Beans,  New  Peas, Cabbage.  All 
seasonable vegetables.

20  &  22  OTTAWA  -TREET, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

BUNTING  &  CO.,  Jobbers,

S U M M E R   S E E D S

Crimson  Clover,  Alfalfa,  Timothy,  Red  Top,  Orchard  Grass,  Blue  Grass

TURNIP  SEED

Garden  Seeds and  Implements,  Lawn Supplies.

ALFRED  J.  BROWN  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

S0,000 Pounds Butter

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

M .  R .  A L D E N ,

9 8   S   D I V I S I O N   S T   . 

G R A N D   R A P I D S .

Ship  your Butter,  Eggs,  Produce and Poultry to

H E R M A N N   O .   N A U M A N N   St  C O .

Who get highest market prices and make prompt returns.

Main Office, 353 Russell St. 

D E T R O I T .  

Branch Store, 799 filch. Ave.

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Special  Attention  to  Fruit  and  Berries  in  Season.

R e f e r e n c e s :  Detroit Savings Bank, or the trade generally.

Correspondence Solicited.

S E E D S

Established

1876

We  carry  large  stock Field  Seeds—Medium,  Mammoth.  Alsyke,  Crimson,  Alfalfa  Clover  Seed«. 
We buy and sell Beans, Potatoes,  Onions,  Cabbage,  Apples,  Pears,  Plums,  Peaches,  carlots  and  less. 

Tim othy,  Orchard  Orass,  Blue Grass  Redtop  Seeds.

Peaches—Early Alexanders now in market.  Hale's and Rivers peaches will soon  follow. 

Bushel Baskets and Covers.

Give us your daily orders.

MOSELEY  BROS..

2 6 * 2 8 - 3 0 - 3 2   O TTA W A   S T R E E T . 

©RAND  R A P ID S .  M ICH IG AN .

Wholesale Seeds, Potatoes, Beans, Fruits.

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lazy,  shiftless,  down-at-the- 
man  to  a 
heel 
individual,  with  all  nerve  gone. 
You  know  there  are  people  with  tem­
peraments  so  peculiar  that  if  you  strike 
them  in  the  face  they’ll  never after  have 
any  nerve. 
In  danger  they’ll  go  all  to 
pieces.  Well,  that  seemed  to  be  the  way 
with  Broadgauge.  He  had  been  struck 
in  the  face  once,  and  that  settled  it.

of  the  year  I  had  a  good  trade  and  was 
making  a  little  more  than  a  living. ”
ing?”   I  asked.

“ Did  you  stick  strictly  to  cash  in sell­
“ Very  nearly.  Of  course, 
in  cases 
where  I  knew  people  were  good  and 
prompt  pay,  I  let  them  have  the  goods 
on  credit,  but  all  others  paid  cash,  and 
it  paid  them  to  do  it.  Yes,  sir,  if  I 
hadn't  gone  to  pieces,  and  the  jobbers 
hadn  t  made  me  pay  cash,  I wouldn’t  be 
where  I  am  to-day. 
I  tell  you,  it  takes 
a  good,  strong  kick  to  make  some  peo-1

g

pie  wake  up,  and  I  was  one  of  that 
kind. ”

There  you  are.  The  failure  was meat 
to  Narrowgauge  and  was  really  at  the 
bottom  of  his  success.  But  over  the 
line,  in  your  own  State,  there  is  a little, 
shabby,  run-down  individual  to  whom 
exactly  the  same  experience  was  a  bit­
ter  poison.

Don’t  carry  too  much  bush  on  a  small 
canoe,  for  overtrading  has  caused  many 
a  failure.

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“One  Man’s  Meat  Is  Another  Man’s 

Stroller In Grocery World.

Poison.”

You  very  often  hear  the  old  proverb, 
“ What's  one  man’s  meat 
is  another 
man  s  poison.’ ’  That’s  a  pretty  good 
old  adage,  and  it’s  true  in  business  as 
well  as  in  anything  else.  Somehow  last 
week  my  mind  got  to  dwelling  on  it, 
and  there  came  to  my  mind  the  experi­
ences  of  two  grocers  whom  I  used  to 
know,  and  who  are,  in  tact,  still  known 
to  me,  which  bears  out  very  well  the 
adage  about  the  meat  and  the  poison.

These  two  grocers  are  situated  at least 
ioo  miles  apart,  one  in  Northern  Vir­
ginia  and  the  other  in  Pennsylvania. 
I 
wish  I  could  give  their  names,  but  it 
wouldn’t  be  fair  to  herald  abroad  a 
man's  misfortunes,  even  though  they 
happened  to  have,  in  one  case,  a  happy 
ending.  So  I’ll  call  one  grocer  Broad- 
gauge  and  the  other  Narrowgauge.

Both  Broadgauge  and  Narrowgauge 
failed  within  five  years after  their  start­
ing  business.  The failure  was  the  medi­
cine  which  to  one  was  meat  and  to  the 
other  poison.

Broadgauge  started 

in  the  grocery 
business  about  twelve  years  ago.  He  is 
the  Pennsylvania  man,  and  was  a  born 
business  man.  He  served  bis  clerkship 
with  a  thoroughly  good  grocer,  and  one 
who  appreciated  the  boy’s  good  quali­
ties  and  did  all  he  could  to  develop 
them.  Broadgauge’s  employer  taught 
him  the  grocery  business  from  A  to  Z, 
and  when  the  lad  left  his  place,  at about 
22  years  of  age,  he  felt  able  to  start 
in 
business  for  himself  in  a  suburb  of  the 
town  where  he 
learned  the  business. 
He  opened  a  little  store,  and  everybody 
predicted  that  some  day  he’d  be  rich.

infallible 

The  business  seemed  to  prosper  from 
the  first.  Broadgauge  was  a  slick  buyer 
and  had  an  almost 
idea  of 
what  would  go.  He  kept  enlarging  and 
enlarging,  and  when  he'd  been  in  busi­
ness  three  years,  he  had  two  stores,  both 
on  a  paying  footing,  and  not  owing  a 
dollar.  He  had  begun  to  lay  by  a  little 
money,  had  married,  and  was  regarded 
as  a  rising  young  man.  Then  came  his 
difficulty.  He  lost  his  head  a  little  and 
began  to  dabble  a  little  in  outside  mat 
ters.  He  did  a little  speculating,  and  a 
little 
in  the  scheming  or  promoting 
line.  Some  fellows  in  the  place  had  a 
patent  for  a  bicycle  engine,  and  Broad- 
gauge  was  completely  carried  away with 
it.  He  put  all  the  money  in  it  he  could, 
and  got  as  many  other  people  as  he 
could  to  go  into  it,  too.  And  all  this 
time  his  business  suffered.

The  scheme  went  to  piecs  in  a  very 
short  time,and  everybody  lost  all  they’d 
put  in.  Broadgauge  was  the  worst  bit­
ten,  and  his  affairs became  so  compli­
cated  that  he  had  to  fail.  His  stores 
were  sold  out,  and  he  made  a  payment 
of  33  cents  on  the  dollar.  Everybody 
understood  the situation and prophesied, 
now  that  Broadgauge  had  seen  what 
neglecting  his  business  would  do,  he 
would  brace  up,  settle  down  and  suc­
ceed  after  all.

That’s  where  they  were  mistaken. 
That  failure  absolutely  ruined  Broad- 
gauge. 
It  changed  him  from  a  shrewd, 
far-seeing,  energetic  young  business

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That  has  been  several  years  ago,  and 
Broadgauge  has  never  braced  himself 
up.  He  still  runs  a  little,  soap-forsaken 
store  in  the  same  town,  but  everybody’s 
long  since  given  up  any  idea  that  he’ll 
amount  to  anything,  and  he  never  will. 
He’s  no  more  the  Broadgauge  of  a  year 
before  the  failure  than  black  is  white. 
There’s  a  different  tone  to  his  voice,  a 
different  iook  in  his  eye.  Broadgauge 
is  a  discouraged,  nerveless,  despondent 
man,  and  never  so  long  as  he  lives  will 
he  be  anything  else.  Failure  was  to 
him  a  poison  for  which  there  was  no 
antidote.

in  every  way. 

Narrowgauge’s  case :  He  failed,  too, 
and  before  he  had  been  five  years  in 
business.  He  was  a  slower  sort  of  man 
less 
than  Broadgauge,  and  started  with 
advantages 
Indeed,  I 
question  whether  he  was  really  suffi­
ciently  acquainted  with  the  grocery- 
business,  when  he  started  in  it,  to  run 
the  store  intelligently.  This  was  prob­
ably  the  reason,  more  than  any  other, 
why  after about  four  years  Narrowgauge 
made  an  assignment.  He  only  paid  a 
trifle  over  io cents  on  the  dollar.

Now,  it’s  odd,  but  that  failure  abso­
lutely  made  Narrowgauge.  Like  Broad- 
gauge,  it  made  a  different  man  of  him, 
but  unlike  him,  it  made  him  better 
in­
stead  of  worse.  He  set  his  teeth  and 
made  up  his  mind  that  he  was  going 
to  succeed  or  die  in  the  attempt.  He 
faced  the  knowledge  that  everything 
now  rested  with  himself,  and  set  him­
self  at  the  task.

I  was  in  Narrowgauge’s  place  only  a 
few  months  ago,  and  congratulated  him 
on  his  success.  He  certainly  has  been 
marvelously  successful  for  a  man  who  a 
few  years  ago  went  to  the  wall  and  paid 
only  io  cents  on  the  dollar.  He  has  a 
large,  well-ordered  store,  up  to  date 
in 
every  particular  and  enjoying  a  large 
share  of  the  best  trade  in  the  place. 
I 
said  to  him  that it  was  rather  unusual  to 
see  a  grocer  succeed  so  well  after  so 
direful  a  collapse.  Pretty  bold  thing  to 
say,  I  admit,  but  then  I  know  Narrow- 
gauge  pretty  well.

“ My  dear  sir,’ ’ he  said,  “ that  failure 
It  turned  me 
was  the  making  of  me. 
I  hadn’t  realized  what  real 
inside  out. 
I  hadn't  under­
business  was  before. 
stood  that  a  man,  to get  there,  has  to get 
up  and  hustle.”

“ Didn’t  you  find  it  harder  to  do  busi­
ness  after  that  than  it  was  before?”   I 
asked.

‘ ‘ In  one  way,  yes, ’ ’  was the reply;  “  I 
couldn’t  get  credit.  Everybody  insisted 
that  I  pay -cash  for  what  I  bought,  and 
that  was  the  turning  point  in  my career.
I  raised  some  little  money  and  started 
to  both  buy  and  sell  for  cash. 
I  hadn’t 
been  doing  this  for  three  months  before 
I  saw  the  tremendous  advantage  a  cash 
man  had,  and  I  pushed  low  prices all  I 
could.  The  result  was  that  at  the  end !

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D. C. Oakes,  Banker,

Coopersville,  Mich.

Brice & Co.

Commission
Merchants

Butter,  Eggs  and  Poultry

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Around  the State

Movements  of  Merchants.

Elmdale—Lester  Grant  has  embarked 

in  general  trade.

Dover—A.  E.  Haines  has  sold  his 

general  stock  to  D.  E.  Hoover.

Frontier—Culbertson  &  Hopkins  are 

succeeded  by  Hopkins  &  Brown.

Sherwood— Minto  &  Hill  have  re­

moved  their  clothing  stock  to  Athens.

Watrousville—W.  J.  Wright  has  pur­

chased  the  drug  stock  of  J.  E.  Handy.

Mt.  Pleasant— T.  R.  Smith  succeeds 
T.  R.  Palmer  in  the  jewelry  business.
Alpena—jas.  Sczczkowski  succeeds 
Piaskowski  &  Sczczkowski  in  the  gro­
cery  business.

St.  Louis—B.  L.  Bassett  continues 
the  grocery  business  formerly  conducted 
by  Bassett  &  Sias.

Saginaw— Marcus  Michaels,  clothier 
and  boot  and  shoe  dealer,  has  removed 
to  Rochester,  N.  Y.

Battle  Creek— Mrs.  Dora  E.  Bryson 
has  purchased  the  clothing  and  hat and 
cap stock  of  G.  H.  Cooper.

Newberry—J.  L.  Richardson 

is  suc­
ceeded  by  E.  (Mrs.  J.  L .)  Richardson 
in  the  boot  and  shoe  business

Fair  Grove—Geo.  N.  Aldrich  suc­
ceeds  Marcus  L.  Aldrich  in  the  hard­
ware  and  implement  business.

Freeport—J.  W.  Edwards  announces 
intention  of  removing  his  general 

his 
stock  to  Woodland  about  Sept.  i.

Homer—Sinclair  &  Lee,  dealers 

in 
groceries,  drugs  and  wall  paper,  have 
dissolved,  H.  D.  Lee  succeeding.

Owosso—L.  Converse  & Son have pur­
chased  the Chapin meat  market  and  will 
continue  business  at  the  same  location.
Ionia— Amphlett,  Sanderson  &  Co. 
have  purchased 
the  Canfield  grocery 
stock  and  will  consolidate  it  with  their 
grocery  stock.

Lacota—Clarence  W.  Lang,  dealer  in 
dry  goods,  groceries  and  notions,  has 
left  town.  His  stock  has  been  seized 
by  his  creditors.

Ithaca— Win.  Dibble  has  purchased 
the  stock  of  buggies  and  farm  imple­
ments  of  Herbert  Derry  and  will  con­
tinue  the  business.

Hubbardston---- McVeigh  &  Finney
have  sold  their  meat  market  business  to 
a  man  named  McDermott,  who  hails 
from  Grand  Rapids.

Central  Lake— Wm.  A.  Cary  has 
leased  the  Blakely  building  and will put 
in  a  stock  of  drugs.  L.  E.  Bockes  will 
manage  the  business.

leased 

Baldwin—L.  Caplan  &  Singerman 
hate 
the  T.  P.  Wilson  store 
building  and  will  occupy  it  with  a  line 
of  dry  goods  and  groceries.

Belding—W. 

I.  Benedict  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  Dr.  I.  S.  Morris 
in  the  drug  store  of  W.  I.  Benedict  & 
Co.  and  will  continue  the  business 
in 
his  own  name.

Saginaw—The  stock  of  the  old  Ex­
celsior  clothing  and  shoe  store  is  to  be 
removed  to  Rochester,  N.  Y .,  and  the 
store  heretofore  known  as  M.  Murphey's 
will  be  closed.

Decatur—James  H.  Hinkley  has  pur­
chased  the  interest of Mrs.  Mattie Hink­
ley  in  the  grocery  firm  of  J.  H.  Hinkley 
&  Co.  and  will  continue  the  business  in 
his  own  name  hereafter.

Marquette— Duquette  &  Metz  have 
decided  that  there  are  better opportuni­
ties  to  do  business  in  their  line  in  the 
copper  country  and  they  are  out  with 
an  announcement  that  they  will  move to 
Hancock  about  October  i.  A  store  is 
now  being  built  for  them  there  and  it 
will  be  ready  for  occupancy  by  that 
date.

Pentwater— Wm.  E.  Ambler  has  sold 
his  interest  in  the  hardware and  imple­
ment  stock  of  C.  F.  Lewis  &  Co.  to his 
partner,  who  will  continue  the  business 
under  the  style  of  C.  F.  Lewis.

Holland—C.  M.  Phernambucq  has 
purchased  the 
interest  of  Thos.  Price 
in  the  meat  market  of  Price  &  Pher­
nambucq  and will  continue  the  business 
at  the  same  location  in  his  own name.

Alma— Edward  Kelly  has  sold  his  fix­
tures  to  H.  J.  Vermeulen,  who  will  re­
move  his  grocery  stock  from  Bowling 
Green,  Ohio,  to  this  place  Sept.  I.  Mr. 
Kelly  will  close  out  his  grocery  stock 
and  re-engage 
in  trade  at  some  other 
point.

Saginaw—The  Saginaw  Dry  Goods 
Co.  has  opened  a  new  dry  goods  store 
here.  The  capital 
is  all 
home  capital  and  the  gentlemen  con­
cerned  propose  to  make  the  store  rank 
well  with  the  fine  dry  goods  houses 
of  the  city.

interested 

Muskegon—The  loss  on  the  stock  of 
groceries  of  ex-Mayor  Waalkes,  which 
was 
in  the  Winters  building  on  Sixth 
street,  has  been  adjusted  by  the  insur­
ance  company  and  Mr.  Waalkes  will 
begin  business  again 
in  the  Yonker 
building  on  Third  street.

interest 

Benton  Harbor— E.  W.  Moore  has 
sold  his 
in  the  dry  goods  and 
grocery  stock  of  E.  W.  Moore  &  Co.  to 
M.  A.  Ferry,  who  will  continue  the 
business  at  the  same  location  under  his 
own  name.  Mr.  Moore’s  retirement 
from  business  is  due  to  ill  health.

Schoolcraft— E.  W.  Cairns,  of  Te- 
cumseh,  has  purchased  an 
interest  in 
the  dry  goods  stock  of  G.  M.  Hudson 
and  hereafter  the  style  of  the  firm  will 
be  Hudson  &  Cairns.  The  new  firm 
has  purchased  the  shoe  stock  of  F.  J. 
Bauer,  which  was 
located  in  the  same 
building.

Negaunee—Joyce  &  Mowick  will  dis­
solve  partnership  on  or  about  the  first 
of  the  coming  month,  as  soon  as  they 
complete  an  inventory  of their dry goods 
stock.  Mr.  Joyce will retire and  Mr.  Mo­
wick  will  continue  the  business.  The 
former  has  not  yet  announced  bis  plans 
for  the  future.

Edmore—Maley  &  Snyder  will  dis­
solve  partnership  Sept, 
i,  Mr.  Maley 
retaining  the  stock  of  hardware and  Mr. 
Snyder  taking  the  stock  of  groceries. 
Mr.  Snyder  will  remove  his  goods 
into 
the  store  building  now  occupied  by 
Mrs.  Holmes’  millinery  store,  which 
belongs  to  the  firm.

Saginaw—Thomas Stewart  runs  a  gro­
cery  store  at  the  corner  of  Holland  and 
Sheridan  avenues. 
In  the  rear  portion 
of  the  building  B.  E.  Flewelling  has  a 
meat  market.  July  30  the  two  engaged 
in  a  rough  and  tumble  fight.  Stewart 
claims  that  he  objected  to  the  presence 
of  a  woman  who has  been hanging about 
the  market,  while  Flewelling  says Stew­
art  insulted a lady customer.  As a result 
of  the  melee,  Stewart  received  an  ugly 
wound 
in  his  right  shoulder and  a  gash 
on  his  left  arm.  The  wounds  are  not 
considered  serious.

Bay  City— The  Miller  hardware  stock 
and  book  accounts  were  sold  at  auction 
sale  July  30  by  Charles  F.  Eddy,  as­
signee.  There  were  five  bidders.  They 
started  at  $10,000  and  came  up 
to 
$36,600, 
the  property  being  knocked 
down  at  that  amount  to  George  W. 
Ames,  who  acted  as  an  agent for parties 
thus  far  unknown.  The  Miller  Hard­
ware  Co.  made  a  general  assignment 
and  the  money  derived  from  this  sale 
in  paying  off  creditors. 
will  be  used 
They  will  receive  something 
like  50 
cents  on  the  dollar.

Detroit—Willard  T.  Hyne ’ has  sold 
the  W.  T.  Hyne  Produce  Co.,  at  36 
Woodbridge,  west,  to  Boyce  &  Spencer, 
who  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same  location.  Mr.  Boyce  hails  from 
Tecumseh,  while  Mr.  Spencer  is  a  for­
mer  resident  of  Holloway.  The  firm 
will  have  the  local  agency  of  the  Clover 
Leaf  creamery  at  Holloway.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Morenci— L.  E.  Rittenhouse,  cigar 
manufacturer,  has  removed  to  Waldron.
St.  Charles—The  St.  Charles  Milling 
Co.  is  succeeded  by  Crockett  &  Bog- 
gess.

Clare—'Mater  &  Arrand succeed Mater 
&  Naylor  as  proprietors  of  the  Novelty 
Works.
-  Jackson— Lewis  &  Allen,  vehicle 
spring  manufacturers,  will  start  an  axle 
factory,  employing  fifty  men.

Lansing— C.  L.  Burger  has  purchased 
a  stock  of  leaf  tobacco  and  will  open  a 
cigar  factory  on  Allegan  street,  west.

St.  Joseph— Wm.  Engberg  has  leased 
the  Shuler  building  and  begun  the man­
ufacture  of  bis  patent  electrical  valves.
Reed  City—T.  R.  Welsh  has  sold  his 
planing  mill  and  box  factory  to  W.  E. 
Williams,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness.

Detroit— The  Detroit  Paper  Co.  has 
given  a  mortgage  on  its  stock  for $6,806 
to  Edgar  H.  Shook,  as  trustee  for  vari­
ous  creditors.

Strugis— T.  Berridge  &  Son  have 
nearly  all  the  machinery  in  position 
in 
their  shear  factory  and  expect  to  begin 
operations  next  week.

Holland—C.  Blom,  Jr.,  who  has  oc­
floor  of  B.  Van 
cupied  the  second 
Raaite’s  block  for  manufacturing  con­
fectionery,  has  taken  possession  of  the 
Van  Dyke  building.

Ishpeming —After  being  idle  nearly  a 
year,  the  Excelsior  furnace  has resumed 
operations.  The  plant 
is  in  excellent 
condition  and  it  is  the  intention  of  the 
management  to  run  it  to  its  full  capac­
ity.

Traverse  City— The  Potato  Imple­
ment  Co.  is  preparing  to  add  a  wood­
working  plant  to  its  factory.  This  will 
enable  the  company  to  manufacture  all 
the  wood  parts  of  the 
implements  pro­
duced  at  the  factory.

Jackson—The  Jackson  Corset  Co.  has 
sold  all  the  buildings  on  its  lots  east 
of  No.  1  engine  house  and  they  will  be 
moved  off  at  once.  The  company  ex­
pects  to  get 
its  new  factory  building 
up  and  enclosed  this  fall.

Plainwell—The  Irland  Manufacturing 
Co.  is  the  style  of  a  new  firm  composed 
of  L.  E.  Irland  and  John  Blair,  Jr.,  to 
continue  the  manufacture,  on  a  larger 
scale,  of  several  specialties  heretofore 
produced  by  Mr.  Irland,  among  them 
fire  backs,  stove  grates,  and  churns  of  a 
pattern  lately  patented.

Saginaw—The American  Potato  Flour 
Co  , which  has  done  business  in this city 
for  the  past  three  years,  has  recently 
secured  the  advantage  of  additional 
capital  and  new  parties  have taken  hold 
of  the 
industry.  The  name  has been 
changed  to  the  Freud  Milling  Co.,  with 
office  at  Detroit  and  mills  at  Saginaw. 
Julius  Freud 
is  the  principal  owner. 
His  two  sons,  J.  Lincoln  Freud  and  Is- 
adore  Freud,  will  take an  active  part  in 
the  business.  R.  McKinney,  who  has 
been  the  manager  of  the  American  Po­
tato  Flour  Co.,  retains a  quarter interest 
in  the  concern.  The  company  has  es­
tablished  a  reputation  for  its  products, 
pure  potato  flour  and  evaporated  pota­
toes,  otherwise  known  as  potato  chips.

creditors, 

Owosso—J.  J.  Davis  has  uttered  three 
chattel  mortgages  on  his  dry  goods 
stock,  aggregating  $16,732.33,  to  Henry 
S.  Hadsall,  as  trustee,  to  secure  about 
seventy-five 
largest 
amount  being  the  Owosso  Savings  Bank 
with  $5,795,  the  first  chattel  mortgage, 
and  the  smallest  $238.  Mr.  Davis  will 
continue  the  business  for  the present,  in 
hopes  he  can  extricate  himself  from  his 
predicament  without going  into  liquida­
tion.

the 

SAVES  35c  PER  POUND  DUTY.

The  G.  J.  Johnson  Company  Makes 

Heavy  Purchases  of  Sumatra 

Wrappers.

From the Grand Rapids Democrat

August  Mueller,  representing the  John 
H.  Meyer  &  Son  Leaf  Tobacco  Com­
pany,  Chicago,  was  in  the  city  yester­
day and  reports  a  mammoth  sale.

Mr.  Mueller  sold  to  the  G.  J.  Johnson 
Cigar  Company,  of  this  city, 
thirty 
bales  of  the  finest  and  choicest  spotted 
Amst  DeJi  Sumatra  wrappers,  aggre­
gating  the  sum  of $25,000,  to  be  used  in 
the manufacture  of  their  S.  C.  W.  cigar.
This  is  decidedly  the  largest  sale ever 
made  to  a  Grand  Rapids  cigar  bouse, 
and  speaks  very  highly  of  the  wonderful 
development  of  the  G.  J.  Johnson  Cigar 
Company’s  business.
Grocers  and  Peddlers  to  Run  Rival 

Excursions.

Saginaw,  Aug.  3— There  is dissension 
among  the  grocers  and  peddlers  of  this 
city.  For  several  years  the  Retail  Gro­
cers'  Association  has  held  an  outing, 
the  objective  point  being  some  resort  or 
city  within  100  miles  of  Saginaw,  to 
which  an  excursion  was  given.  This 
year  the  Saginaw  Mercantile  Associa­
tion  decided  to  have  the  outing  and  ap­
pointed  a  committee  to  select  a  place 
and  fix  the  date.  After  considerable  in­
vestigation  the  committee  decided  that 
Port  Huron  was  the  proper  place  and 
the  date  was  placed  at  Aug.  12.  There 
was  another  faction  in  the  Association 
that  did  not  take kindly to this decision, 
so  they  pulled  out  and  started  an  excur­
sion  on  their  own  hook.  They  have  or­
ganized  under  the  head  of  the  Peddlers' 
Association  and  will  have  an  excursion 
to  Bay  Port,  the  date  selected  being  the 
same as  the  other,  Aug.  12.  The  mem­
bers  of  both  factions  are  doing  some 
tall  hustling  to  sell  tickets  to  their  re­
spective  excursions,  and  the  contest 
is 
growing  exciting. 
leave 
the  F.  &  P.  M.  depot  at  the  same  time, 
and  the  rivalry  for  patronage  will  con­
tinue  right  up  to  the  last  minute.

The  trains 

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

Antiseptic  Fibre  Package  Co.,

Lard, Butter, Jelly,  Mincemeat, etc.

Manufacturer  of  Packages  for  marketing 
Sealed air tight.
Pay for themselves in securing higher prices.

187-189 Canal St, 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

THUM  BROS.  &  SCHM IDT. 

Analytical  and  Consulting  Chemists,

8 4   C A N A L   S T .,
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Urine Analysis.

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Grand  Rapids  Gossip
E.  J.  Emmons  has  removed  his  gro­
from  319  South  Division 

cery  stock 
street  to  197  East  Bridge  street.

L.  Murray  has  opened  a  grocery  store 
at  307  Jefferson  avenue.  The  Ball-Barn- 
hart-Putman  Co.  furnished  the stock.

L.  J.  Calkins  has  engaged  in  the  gro­
cery  business  at  St.  Johns.  The  Mus- 
selman  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.
The  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  has 
foreclosed 
its  mortgage  for  $240  on  the 
grocery  stock  of  C.  B.  Slaght,  at  Grand 
Haven.

John  G.  Nordella,  formerly  city sales­
man  for  the  Kortlander  &  Murphy  Co., 
has  opened  a  grocery  store  at  40  West 
Fulton  street.

Louis  Hoelzley,  meat  dealer  at  527 
Ottawa  street,  has  added  a  line  of  gro­
ceries.  The  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co. 
furnished  the  stock.

The  New  York  Biscuit  Co.  is  getting 
a  duplicate  force  in  line  for the purpose 
of  running  double  time—one gang  dur­
ing  the  daytime  and  another at  night.

J.  E.  Cheney  continues  the  boot  and 
shoe  business  at  87  Monroe  street  form­
erly  conducted  by J.  E.  Cheney and Jas. 
C.  Bennett  under  the  style  of  J.  E. 
Cheney  &  Co.

O.  D.  Plaice  &  Co.  have  sold  their 
grocery  stock  at  220  Plainfield  avenue 
to  Jacob  E.  Stander and  Wm.  W.  All- 
gier,  who  will  continue  the  business  at 
the  same  location  under  the  style  of 
Stander  &  Allgier.

F. 

J.  Brainerd  and  Dr.  T.  F.  Thorn­

ton  have  formed  a  copartnership  under 
the  style  of  Brainerd  &  Thornton,  for 
the  purpose  of  engaging 
in  the  drug 
business  at  Eaton  Rapids.  The  Hazel- 
tine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  has  the  order 
for  the  stock.

M.  Fordham  &  Co.,  whose  drug  and 
boot  and  shoe  stocks  were  recently  de­
stroyed  by  fire  at  Elmira,  have  leased 
temporary  quarters  for  the  purpose  of 
resuming  the  drug  business  at  once. 
The'Hazeltine  &  Peikius  Drug  Co.  has 
the  order  for  the  stock.

Chester  A.  Lamb  has  returned  from 
Milwaukee  and  assures  the  Tradesman 
that  his  mission  there  was  solely  for  the 
purpose  of  completing  a real  estate  deal 
for  some  lots  at  South  Milwaukee;  that 
he  has  no  connection  with  the  Kridler 
commission  house,  and  that  he  does  not 
propose  to  become  identified  with  the 
establishment  in  any  capacity.

Fourteen  permits  to  peddle  without 
issued  by  Mayor 
licenses  have  been 
Stow  since  May  1. 
It  is  reported  that 
one  of  the  beneficiaries  of  the  city  put 
the  permit  up  to  the  highest  bidder  and 
reaped  a  reward  of  $3  per  week  from 
the  rental  of  the  privilege.  The Trades­
investigating  the  rumor  and 
man 
hopes  to  be  able  to  present  the  facts 
in 
the  case  in  the  next  issue.

is 

The  Tradesman  again  feels  called 
upon  to  caution  the  trade  to  make  care­
ful 
investigation  before  paying  any 
money  or  entrusting  any  collections  to 
the  New  England  Trade  Exchange, 
whose  business  card  gives  the  “ main 
office’ ’  as  1920 Westminster street,  Prov­
idence,  R.  I.  Enquiry  at  that  address 
shows  that  it  is  a  grocery  store  and  that 
no  one  in  the  vicinity  ever  heard  of  the 
concern.  Moreover,  the  names  of  the 
officers  do  not  appear  in  the  Providence

that 

institution 

the  entire 

city  directory,  giving  ground  for  the 
belief 
is 
fraudulent—or  at 
least  fictitious—and 
that  those  who  entrust  money  or  collec­
tions  to  the  New  England  Trade  Ex­
change  or  any  of 
its  representatives 
may  have  occasion  to  regret  their  ac­
tion.

Purely  Personal.

Dr.  Chas.  S.  Hazeltine,  President  of 
the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.,  is 
confined  to  his  house  by  illness.

Geo.  B.  Pratt,  of  the  Detroit  com­
mission  house  of  W.  C.  Robb  &  Co., 
was 
in  town  several  days  last  week  on 
business  of  an  urgent  nature.

Gaius  W.  Perkins,  President  of  the 
Grand  Rapids  School  Furniture  Co., 
is  spending  a  week  at  Lake  Harbor. 
He  is  accompanied  by  his  wife.

The  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  sys­
tem  has  established  an  office  in  this 
city,  placing  E.  C.  Oviatt 
in  charge. 
Mr.  Oviatt’s  title  is  Traveling  Passen­
ger  Agent  and  his  territory  will  include 
portions  of  Indiana  and  Illinois,  as  well 
as  Michigan.

L.  S.  See,  the  Charlevoix grocer,  was 
in  town  the  fore  part  of  the  week  on  his 
way  home 
from  Sheboygan,  Wis., 
whither  he  went  with  a  couple  of  car­
goes  of  hemlock  bark.  Mr.  See  is  en­
thusiastic  over  the  future  prospects  of 
Charlevoix,  which  he  believes 
is  des­
tined  to  take  rank  with  Petoskey  and 
Traverse  City,  both  as  the 
focusing 
point  for  neighboring  resorts  and  as  a 
commercial  center.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt  has  been  partially 
laid  up  for  several  days  by  reason  of  a 
very  sore  eye,  induced  by  a  cinder, 
which  has  resulted  in  severe 
inflamma­
tion  of  the  other  eye  by  way  of  sympa­
thy.  Mr.  Voigt  expected  to  attend  the 
grocers’  picnic  and  give  the  boys  a 
short  talk  on  “ How  to  get  rich’ ’—a 
subject  which  he  is excellently  qualified 
to  discuss,  both  by  experience  and  ob­
servation—but  from  present  indications 
the  talk  will  have  to  be  dispensed  with. 
However,  the  grocers have the assurance 
of  Mr.  Voigt  that,  if  the  wheat  market 
continues  to  advance  for  a  year,  as  now 
seems  probable,  he  will  give  them  a 
talk  next  August  on  the  subject,  “ How 
it  feels  to be  a  millionaire. ’ ’

The  heartfelt  sympathy  of  the  trade 
will  go  out  to  Mr.  E.  J.  Herrick,  the 
well-known  Monroe  street  grocer,  in  the 
loss  of  his  daughter  and  only  child, 
Eena,  by  drowning  at  Ottawa  Beach, 
on  Tuesday  of  this  week, in a  vain  effort 
to  rescue  her  companion,  Miss  Claire 
Hall,  daughter  of  Mr.  Sherwood  Hall. 
Eena  was  15  years  old.  She  was  of  an 
exceptionally  lovely  character,  possess­
ing  a  most 
that 
made  friends  for  her  wherever she went, 
among  old  and  young  alike.  Endowed 
by  Nature  with  rare mental attainments, 
she  made  the  most  of  her opportunities, 
standing  high 
in  her  studies  at  school 
in  music  being  one  of  Prof.  Col­
and 
well’s  most  proficient  pupils. 
“ Every­
body 
loves  Eena,”   was  always  heard 
when  her  name  was  mentioned;  and 
long  will  she  be  missed  and mourned by 
those  who  knew  her  best.

sunny  disposition 

No  Permanent  Gain.
“ Your  wife  doesn’t  seem  to 

improve 

in  health. ”

“ N o;  as  fast  as  she gains strength she 
it  up  telling  people  what  is  the 

uses 
matter with  her. ”

In  one  Kansas  town  a  citizen  is  cam­
paigning  against Sunday evening church 
services  on  the  ground  that  the  heat  and 
bugs  will  damn  more  souls  than  the  re­
ligious  exercises  will  save.

Grocers  Celebrate  for  the  Eleventh 

Time.

The  eleventh  anual  picnic  of-  the 
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­
tion,  which  will  be  held  at  Reed’s Lake 
to-morrow  in  connection  with the second 
annual  picnic  of  the  Grand  Rapids  Re­
tail  Meat  Dealers’  Association,  prom­
ises  to  be  the  monster  event  of  the 
series  in  point  of  attendance,  judging 
by  the  interest  manifested  in  the  anni­
versary  in  advance  of  the  event. 
is 
expected  that  every  grocery  store  in  the 
city  will  be  closed  and  that  every  meat 
market,  with  possibly  one  exception, 
will  permit  the  day  to  pass  without 
transacting  any  business  over  the  coun­
ter  The  programme  of  sports  is  unusu 
ally  full  and  complete,  as  follows:

It 

Base  Ball,  9:30 a.  m.— Retail Grocers 
vs.  Retail  Meat  Dealers.  Winners,  §5; 
losers,  1  box  cigars.

Bicycle  Race, 

11:30  a.  m.— First 
prize,  $5 ;  second  prize,  S3 ;  third prize, 
$2
Base  Ball,  1  p.  m.— Retail  Grocery 
Clerks  vs.  Retail  Meat  Clerks.  Win­
ners,  $5 ;  losers,  1  box  cigars.
Smoking  Race,  2:30  p.  m.— First 
prize,  $2;  second  prize,  5°  lbs.  Gold 
Medal  flour;  third  prize,  1  box  S.  C. 
W.  cigars.
Sack  Race,  2:45  P-  m .— First  prize, 
$2 ;  second  prize,  50  lbs.  Pillsbury flour; 
third  prize,  $1.

Washing  Powder  Race,  3 p.  m.— First 
prize,  50  packages;  second  prize,  30 
packages;  third  prize,  20  packages.
Fat  Men’s  Race,  3:15  p.  m.— First 
prize,  $2;  second  prize,  50  lbs.  Gold 
Medal  flour;  third  prize,  1  box S.  C.  W. 
cigars.
Three  Legged Race,  3:3op.  m.— First 
prize,  $2;  second  prize,  50  lbs.-Pills­
bury  flour;  third  prize,  $1.

Tug  of  War,  3145  p.  m—East  Side 
Dealers  vs.  West  Side  Dealers.  Win­
ners,  $5; 
losers,  1  box  New  Brick 
cigars.

Boat  Race,  4 :i5  p.  m.— First  prize, 
$2;  second  prize,  50  lbs.  Gold  Medal 
flour;  third  prize,  $1.
Walking  Slippery  Pole,  4:45  p.  m.-- 
First  prize,  $1;  second  prize,  $1  ;  third 
prize,  $1.  This  event  will  occur  at 
Manhattan  Beach.

Swimming  Race,  5  p.  m.— First 
prize,  $2;  second  prize,  20  bars  soap ; 
third  prize,  15  bars  soap.

S P E C IA L   P R IZ E S .

Guessing  Contest  for  Ladies  Only. 
Lady  guessing  nearest  number  of 
jar  has  first  choice  of 

beans  in  a  fruit 
three  fancy  cakes.

Lady  guessing  second  nearest,  second 

choice  of  cakes.

Lady  guessing  third  nearest  will  re­

ceive  the  remaining  cake.
Fifty  lbs.  Pillsbury  flour  will be given 
to  the  tallest  grocer  or  butcher  at  the 
picnic.
lbs.  Gold  Medal  flour  will  be 
Fifty 
given  to  the  shortest  grocer  or  butcher 
at  the  picnic.
Fifty  lbs.  Pillsbury  flour  will be given 
to  the  tallest  grocery  or  meat  clerk  at 
the  picnic.
Fifteen  bars  soap  will  be given  to  the 
shortest  grocery  or  meat  clerk  at  the 
picnic.

The  Grocery  Market.

island 

Sugar—There  has  been  no  change  in 
refiners’  prices  since  July  26,  but  the 
market  has  been  strong  and  it  is  given 
out  that  an  advance  will  be  made  on 
soft  grades  Thursday.  The  outlook  for 
the  sugar  crop  of  the  coming  season 
is 
very  good,  with  the  exception  of  Cuba. 
That 
is  growing  to  be  less  and 
less  of  a  factor  in  the  market,  as  the 
Spanish  army  goes  on  destroying  the 
inhabitants  and  their  resources.  The 
United  States  is  the  best customer of the 
European  beet  fields  and  takes  the  bulk 
of  the  Egyptian  crop  as  well.  The  beet 
sugar  industry  of  this  country 
is  grow­
ing  very  rapidly,  and  within  the  next 
few  years  will  become  a  considerable 
I item 
in  the  American  market.  The

is  large.  The 
present  crop  of  beets 
cane  crops  in  this  country  are  reported 
to  be  better  than  an  average  and  the 
weather  is  favorable  to  a  good  yield. 
Cane  grinding 
is  not  going  on  in  any 
part  of  the  world  now,  as  it  is  between 
seasons.

Tea— The  Japan  market  is  especially 
strong.  Several  orders  cabled  to  the 
primary  market  by  American  importers 
were  turned  down,  and  a  higher  price 
of  at  least  1  cent  per  pound  had  to  be 
paid.  Prices  on  desirable  grades  are 
perfectly  satisfactory,  although  on  the 
regular  line  concessions  in  price  must 
be  made  to  sell.  Everybody  expects  a 
good  business  in  tea  during  September 
and  October,  as with  a  great  many  deal­
ers  stocks  are  low.

Coffee—The  trade 

in  bulks  is  light, 
in  favor  of  package  goods,  and  the  total 
trade  is  not  more  than  enough  to  cover 
current  consumption.  Prices  are  low, 
and  from  the  outlook  will  continue  so, 
as  the  crop  coming  to  market  is 
large, 
and  the  world’s  visible  supply  much 
larger  than  normal.

in  appies 

Dried Fruits— Dried apples  are  scarce 
and  it  is  generally  believed  that  there 
is  a  corner  in  the  remaining  stocks,  so 
that  for  the  remainder  of  the  season 
prices  will  be  held  up  stiffly.  This  ad­
vance 
is  making  the  prune 
market  better.  New  apricots  are  in  the 
market,  and  although  opening  prices 
were  lower  than  those  of  last  year,  the 
market 
is  firming  up  a  little.  New 
peaches  are  en  route  and  will  be  here 
some  time  next  week.  The  opening 
prices  are  about  as  they  were  a  year 
ago.  Reports  from  California  show  an 
in  prunes  that  is 
active  export  trade 
holding  up  the  market  well. 
The 
French  and  Turkish  crops  are  reported 
to  be  short.  These  causes,  with 
the 
shortage  in  evaporated  apples,  are  tend­
ing  to  considerable  strength in the prune 
market.  The  Santa  Clara  Valley,  of 
California,  shipped  overland, 
for  the 
crop  year  of  1896-7,  38,000,000 pounds of 
prunes.  This  does  not 
include  local 
consumption  and  shipments  to  near-by 
points.  The  new  tariff  law  raises  the 
duties  on  all  kinds  of  California  dried 
or  evaporated  fruits.  While  the  duties 
are  not  as  high  as  the  coast  people  had 
asked  for,  they  are  high  enough  to  dis­
courage  any  competition  from  the  East.
is  jfirm  and 
the  demand 
for  all  kinds. 
Prices  have  an  upward  tendency.  Small 
hams,  skin-backs  and  picnic  hams  are 
especially  firm. 
The  lard  market  is 
quiet,  at  about  steady  prices.  There  is 
a  very  little demand  for  compound  lard, 
as  the  pure  can  still  be  bought  at  the 
same  price  as  the  compound.  There 
is  an  activity  in  the  market  for  bellies 
and  bacon.  The  local  supply  has  been 
quite  short,  and  it has  been  necessary  to 
bring  bellies  from  other  markets  to 
piece  out  the  supply  here.

Provisions—The  market 

is  good 

Cater  to  the  Ladies.

Now  that  the  summer  is  here,  dealers 
will  grumble  about  the  dulness  in  busi­
ness.  But  your  store  can  be  made  to 
yield  a  good  profit  these  days  simply  by 
your  making  an  effort  to  build  up  a 
good  reputation  for  dealing honestly and 
profitably  with  all.  At  this  time  of  the 
year,  when  a  cool  resting-place 
is  ap­
preciated  so  much  by  the  women  buy­
ers,  you  can  have  your  store  fitted  up 
with  cooling  apparatus  at  a  very  slight 
expense,  and  especially  so  when  you 
consider  the  satisfactory  results  likely 
to  accrue  from  such  an  outlay.
-------

  • 
firm  recently  shipped 
36,000  lbs.  of  butter  to Europe.  This  is 
the  largest  and  probably  the  first  im­
portant  shipment  of  butter  direct  from 
Cincinnati  to  the  European  markets.

------- ♦
A  Cincinnati 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

6

Necessity  of  a  National  Trade-Mark 

Law.

How  best  to  preserve and conserve  the 
public  health  and  purse  in  the  preven­
tion  of  the  sale  of adulterated  food prod­
ucts  has  come  to  be  a  problem  that  is 
attracting  the  attention  of  the  civilized 
world.  Our  country,  by  reason  of  its 
peculiar political organization,  has taken 
in  that  direction  in  a 
only  a  few  steps 
National  way. 
It  has  been  the  purpose 
for  many  years  to  delegate  what  are 
called  the  police  powers  of  the  states  to 
the  states  themselves,  and  to  preserve 
the  public  health  from  fraud  in  dealing 
in  food  products  by  legislation  in  the 
various  state 
legislatures  to  the  extent 
that  there  is  a  complication  of  laws  or 
a  variety  of  laws  relating  to  those  sub­
jects  that  are  not  uniform,  and  that 
in 
many  cases  work  injury  both  to  the  con­
sumers  and  manufacturers  and  dealers, 
because  laws  applicable  to  certain  sub­
jects  and  states  are  not  the  same  in 
other  states.  For  that  reason 
it  has 
been  thought  best,by  the  friends  of  pure 
food  all  over  the  country,  that  some 
general  legislation  by  the  National Gov­
ernment  should  be  had.

There  have  been  but  three cases  of the 
successful  passage  of  laws  in  that  direc­
tion,  one  of  them  relating  to  lard,  one 
to  imitation  butter  and  one  to  imitation 
cheese,  requiring  all  three  of  these  ar­
ticles,  when  compounded  or  mixed,  to 
be  marked  and  stamped  so  as  to 
indi­
cate  their  real  character,  and  thus  ad­
vise both  dealers  and  purchasers  of  the 
fact  that  they  were  not  the  pure  article. 
All  of  these  various  enactments  of  our 
general  Government  have  been  of  great 
benefit  both  to  the  producers  and  con 
sumers  of  the  articles  named.  And  yet, 
even  with  this National legislation,  peo­
ple  will  take  the  chances of  selling  the 
fraudulent  article  for  the  pure.  We 
know  that  such  is  the  case  in  relation  to 
all  of  these  various  articles  made,  and 
although  there  are  very  stringent  laws 
against  robbery,  burglary  or  even  mur­
der,  these  crimes  are  all  committed  and 
people  are  punished  sometimes  and 
sometimes  they  are  not;  but  this  is  no 
excuse  for  not  seeking  further  legisla­
tion  to  prevent  the  manufacture and  sale 
of  adulterated  food  products.  By  reason 
of  the  peculiar  political 
conditions 
where  states  are  supposed  to  be  inde 
pendent  in  their  actions  regarding  their 
own  police  powers,  there  has  not  been 
that  concerted  action  toward  securing 
National legislation regarding all articles 
of  than  food  there  would  have  been 
otherwise;  but 
it  has  been  generally 
conceded  by  the  advocates  of  pure  food 
products  .that  only  National  legislation 
can  completely  and  shortly  accomplish 
the  objects  desired.
A  manufacturer 

in  this  country  es­
tablishing  himself,  say 
in  the  State  of 
Wisconsin,  finds  a  market  for  his  goods 
all  over  the  country.  If the  laws  in  Wis­
consin  are  nil,  he  can  manufacture  the 
adulterated  article,  but  when  he ships  it 
into  another  state  where  laws  are  more 
rigid,  practically  prohibitory,  he  finds 
that  he  has  no  trade  and  the  dealers  are 
sometimes  prosecuted  or  persecuted 
in 
that  direction.  Now  if  a  National  trade 
mark  could  be  secured  for  pure  food 
products  by 
the  manufacturers  that 
would  guarantee  the  goods  to  the  buyers 
or  the  consumers,  that  they  were  what 
was  expected,  what  they  were  repre­
sented  to  be,  this  would  protect  manu­
facturers  and  consumers  in  all  parts  of 
the  country.  Therefore,  we  look  to  the 
agitation  directing  toward  this  method 
of  securing  for  the  manufacturers  and 
consumers  the  protection  of the National

law 

individuals  and 

Government  as  one  of  the best  moves 
that  has  been  made  in  that  direction. 
We are  not  fully  posted  as  to  the  provi­
sions  of  the 
introduced  by  Mr. 
Babcock  from  the  State  of  Wisconsin, 
but  think  it  should  be  somewhat  broad­
er,  so  that  not  only  states,  but  corporate 
bodies, 
corporations 
could  secure  from  the  National  Govern­
ment  this  protection  that  would  guaran­
tee  to  them  immunity  from  prosecution 
in  states  where  laws  regarding pure food 
are  in  force. 
It  would  protect  the  con­
sumers  and  guarantee  that  the articles 
bought  were  what  they  were  represented 
to  be.  Such  a 
law  should  be  enacted 
by  our  National  Government,  and  it 
seems  to  me  that  there  is  no  time  as 
good  as the  present,  when the  matter has 
been  so  thoroughly  discussed  and 
is  so 
uppermost  in  the  minds  of  the  people 
as  it  is  now.  The  entorcement  of 
laws 
of  this  kind  ought  to be  left  to the  vari­
ous  states  who  have food commissioners, 
and  if  not  it  should  be  relegated  to  the 
Internal  Revenue  Department,  while  the 
penalty  for  the  violation  of  these  laws 
should  be  made  so  severe  that  no  dealer 
or  manufacturer  could  afford  to  violate 
them. 
I  would  suggest  that  the  penalty 
connected  with  the  violation  of  the  Na­
tional  trade-mark  law,  if  such  should  be 
established,  should 
include  not  only  a 
fine  but  imprisonment.  Certain  manu­
facturers  could  well  afford  to  pay  heavy 
fines,  like  the  milkmen  of  the  various 
cities  who  have  heretofore  been  fined 
for  selling  skim  milk.  A  few  days’  or 
weeks’  business  could  more  than  com­
pensate  them  for  the  fines,  whereby 
when  they  are  liable  to  imprisonment 
they  hesitate  before  they  undertake  to 
commit  a  crime,  knowing  that  it  means 
not  only  heavy  fine,  but  imprisonment 
as  well.

It  seems  almost  a  necessity,  at  the 
present  time,  to  curb  the  greed  of  men 
and  corporations  along  that  line.  We 
know  that  many  of  our  laws  against cor­
porations  are  persistently  violated  be­
cause  the  penalties  are  not 
severe 
enough. 
In  our  judgment  the  law  in­
troduced  by  Congressman  Babcock  is 
not broad  enough  or  general  enough  to 
fulfill  the  requirements. 
If  the  law  can 
be  passed  at  all,  and  it  may  take  some 
time  before  it  can  be  passed 
in  our 
National Legislature,  it ought to be broad 
enough  to 
include  the  whole  scope  of 
food  products,  of  all  products  that  can 
he  labelled  with  a trade-mark that would 
guatantee  their quality ;  not only  in  food 
products,  but  along  all  other  lines where 
there  is  an  opportunity  for  adulterating 
or  cheapening  by  using other articles not 
belonging  to  the  same  class.

Our  republican  friends  are  strong  ad­
vocates  of  heavy  duties  on  wool  to  pro­
tect  the  wool  growers.  If  a  law  were  en­
acted  compelling  every  manufacturer 
who  puts  out  a  piece  of cloth  purporting 
to  be  made  of  wool  to  say  that  this  is 
shoddy  or  tbiee-quarters 
one-quarter 
shoddy,  and  sell 
it  at  a  corresponding 
rate,  the  demand  for  the  real  article 
would  be  sufficient  to  give  wool  growers 
a  much  better  price,  whereas  we  are 
now  buying  shoddy  for  wool.  We  a.e 
buving  all  sorts  of  things,  not  only  in 
food  products,  but  along  all  other  lines, 
that  are  purported  to  be  one  thing  when 
they  are  not,  and  the  honest  manufac­
turer,  it  seems  to us,  ought  to  have  some 
way  to  protect  him  from  this  injury  and 
harmful  competition  by  unscrupulous 
manufacturers  and  dealers.  Therefore, 
we  suggest  that  this  Association,and  all 
friends  of  pure  food  products,  broaden 
and  enlarge  the  scope  of  the  National 
trade-mark  law  in  such  a  way  as to give

the  whole  people  the  benefit  of  it. 
I 
am  not  lawyer  enough  to  undertake  to 
draw  up  such  a  bill,  but  you  can  find 
plenty  of  men  who are  thoroughly  capa­
ble and  would  be  glad,  I have  no  doubt, 
to aid  in  such  a  work  as  this,  because 
not  only  the  farmers,  but  all  of  the 
country  are  sufferers  from  this  fraudu­
lent  and  injurious  competition,  not  only 
in  food  products,  but  along  all  other 
lines.

that 

The great  difficulty  in  the  passage  of 
laws  regarding  this  matter  is that public 
sentiment  is  not  behind  the  movement 
strong  enough  to  compel  our  congress­
men  to  take  up  those  questions.  They 
go  upon  the  principle  of  doing  as  little 
as  they  possibly  can,  and  as  one  of  the 
congressmen  said  to  me one  time  when 
in  Washington:  “ You  must  remember, 
Mr.  Wilson, 
legislation  moves 
along  the  lines  of  least  resistance,”   and 
when  large  interests  see  that their profits 
will  be  decreased  and  their  business 
harmed,  any  movement  looking  toward 
compelling  honest  dealing  in  food  prod­
ucts  and  other  lines  will  bring  to  bear 
great  pressure  upon  our  legislative  bod­
ies  to  prevent  the enactment  of  any such 
laws;  therefore,  remember  that 
if  we 
ever  secure  laws  for  the  benefit  of  the 
people,  the  people  must  strongly  and 
unitedly  demand  them.  That  has  been 
the  only  way  in  which  has  been  accom­
plished  the  legislation  that  has  already 
been  had.  The  oleo  fight  is  an example, 
the  filled  cheese  fight  is  another and  the 
compound  laid,  although  of  a  somewhat 
different  character, 
is 
only  a  question  of  time,  of  course,when 
this  question  will  assume  a  force  and 
power  that  cannot  be  resisted,  and  it 
will  be  our  business,and  the  business  of 
all 
in  the  manufacture  and 
sale  of  food  products, to  see  to it that  the 
interest 
is  aroused  as 
quickly  as  possible.

in  this  subject 

is  another. 

interested 

It 

The  farmers  are  more  interested  than 
any  other  class,  because  they  are  the 
only  real  food  producers  in  the  world, 
and  upon  them  falls  heaviest  the  bur­
den  of  the  fraudulent  competition 
in 
food  products.  Therefore,they  are  more 
interested  than  any  other  one  class,  and 
being  as  large  a  class  as  they  are,  when 
they  join  forces  and  ask  for  legislation 
in  their 
interest  they  can  have  it,  and 
it  will.be  a  part  of  our  duty  and  busi­
ness  to  arouse  them  to  this thing as early 
and  as  quickly  as  possible.

Elgin,  111.

D.  W.  Willson.

Utilize  the  Prevailing  Craze.

too, 

in  tint 

Newspapers, 

With  the  Alaskan  gold  excitement 
distracting  public  attention,  the  mer­
chant  will  make  a  hit  who  will  place  a 
map  of  Alaska  and  the  gold  region 
in 
his  window.  From  a  late  atlas  a  good 
map  of  the  Klondike  district  may  be 
obtained. 
have 
printed  maps  of  this  part  of  the  world. 
They  may  be  redrawn,by  some  one  who 
has  ability 
line,  on  a  larger 
scale,  with  steamship  and  land  routes 
traced,  the  gold  fields  designated  and 
mining  towns  located.  A  few  facts  as 
to  temperature,  distances,  cost  of  trans­
portation,  etc.,  should  be  added  below.
A  placard  may  read,  “ Good  as  gold  are 
our  shoes.  You  take  no  chances  with 
them ;  they  stand  the  test, ”  or “ There’s 
a  gold  mine  for shoe  buyers  inside.  A 
glance  at  our  prices  will  prove  it.”
Excursion  to  Portland,  Me.,  via 
Grand  Trunk  Railway  System.

the 

The  Grand  Trunk  Railway  has  ar­
ranged  for  another  excursion  to  Port­
land,  Me.,  via  the following routes:  Via 
Detroit  or  Port  Huron  and  thence  to 
Niagara  Falls,  from  there  via  Montreal 
to  Portland,  Me.  Fare  for  the  round 
trip  only  $12.50,  good  going  Aug.  5  and 
returning  up  to  Aug.  16,  1897.

Jas.  Campbell,  C.  P,  A.

How  Smith  Made  a  Sale 

perate  Case.
From the Dry Goods Chronicle.

in  a  Des­

There  used  to  be  an  old-time  regula­
tion 
in  force  in  some  stores:  “ Three 
swaps  and  out.”   That  is,  the  clerk  who 
lost  three  consecutive  customers  with­
out  effecting  a  sale  stood  dismissed. 
This  rule  was  more  common  in  the  old 
country,  and  as  an  actual  fact  was  in 
force  some  years  ago  in  some  free-lance 
concerns 
in  this  country.  Of  course, 
such  a  plan  would  empty  any  store  of 
clerks  in  a  day  at  present.

One  can  easily 

imagine  the  state  of 
mind  a  clerk  would  be  in  when  he  was 
struggling  with  his  third  old  shopper, 
realizing  that  his  last  chance  was  going 
by  the  board. 
It  was  no  longer  a  ques­
tion  of  what  a  customer  wanted,  it  was 
sell  any  old  thing  any  old  way  to  make 
a  sale.

It  happened  one  morning^  in  one  of 
those  “ three  times and  out”   stores,  that 
Smith,  a  new  clerk  from  the  country, 
was  struggling with his fatal last chance, 
having  already  taken  two  swaps,  the 
third call being an old woman  with a six- 
yard  length  of  calico,  who  wanted  four 
yards  more  to  finish  out  a  dress  pattern. 
length  was  a  remnant 
As  the  six-yard 
at  the  time 
it  was  bought,  which  was 
two  years  previous,  things  looked  blue 
for  Smith,  and  as  the  house  accepted  no 
explanations  he  had  about  made  up  his 
mind  to  yield  to  the  inevitable  when  a 
happy  thought  struck  him.  “ How much 
did  you  say  you  needed,  madam?”  

“ Four  yards,  sir.”
“ I  believe  we  are  in  luck,  ma’am. 

I 
think  we  have  just  such  a  remnant, ”  
and,taking  her  piece.he  went  off  a  little 
way  and  dived  under  the  counter  to 
overhaul  the  accumulated  remnants, 
and  after  a  few  moments  bobbed  up 
triumphantly  with  an  end  of  calico  of 
just  four  yards  and  an  exact  match. 
The  sale  was  made,  the  old  lady,  who, 
by  the  way,  lived  miles  away  and  came 
to  town  not  oftener  than  once  a  year, 
going  home  joyful  at  her  lucky  find.

The  boss  congratulated  Smith,  al­
though  they  were  somewhat  puzzled 
about  that  four-yard  remnant—even  the 
manager,  who  had  about  slated  Smith 
for  dismissal,  gave  him  credit  for  his 
energy 
in  making  this  particular  sale, 
although  he,  too,  had  forgotten  that  such 
a  remnant  had  ever  been  in  the  bouse.
Smith  wore  an  anxious  expression  for 
a  few  days,  and  seemed  to  be  puzzled 
about  something.  He  got  on  well  after 
that,  however,  and  materially  improved 
his  standing 
in  the  house  before  the 
year  was  out.  And  to  such  an  extent 
had  he  grown  in  favor  with  the firm that 
a  year’s  contract  was  made  with  him.

It  was  a  year after  the  day  he sold  the 
four-yard  remnant  when  the  cat  was  let 
out  of  the  bag,  our  old  lady  of  the  rem­
nant  popping 
in  with  fire  in  her  eye 
and,  spying  Smith  before  that  worthy 
could  escape,  began  abusing  him.  The 
truth  is,  when  she got  home  and  opened 
her  parcel  to  examine  her  purchase,  she 
found  two  remnants,  it  is  true,  but 
in­
stead  of  one  six  yards  and  one  four 
yards,  she  had  but  the original six yards 
altogether—the  wily  Smith  had  sold  her 
four yards  from  her  own  piece.

Relation  of  Salary  and  Salt.

Manistee,  July  31— I  congratulate  you 
on  your  recent  article  on  salt,  descrip­
in  which  the  staple 
tive  of  the  manner 
is  manufactured  at  Manistee. 
I  note 
you  refer  to  salt  being used  in Abyssinia 
as  money. 
In  the  days  of  Caesar,  when 
the  Romans  invaded  Great  Britain,  the 
soldiers  received  their  pay  in  salt,  and 
■ t  was  through  this  custom  that the word 
it  de­
scribed  a  certain  amount  paid—the 
stipend  paid  the  soldiers  being  their 
salarium. 

salary  ’  came  to  be  used,  as 

H.  W.  Carey.

Requires  Ingenuity.

The  retailer  desiring  to  make  a  suc­
cess  of  his  business  to-day  must  be  ever 
on  the  alert  to  change  with  the  times 
and  with  the  styles.  Styles  change  a 
couple  of  times  a  year  nowadays,  and 
this  fact  calls  forth  the  retailer’s  in­
genuity  to  anticipate  styles  ahead  suc­
cessfully

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

7

T F A

QUAKERESS,  QUEEN 

PRINCESS  and  PERFECTION

These  are  the  trade  winners,  the  first  shipment  of  which  arrived  at 
Tacoma  on  the  Steamer Victoria  about ten  days  ago.  The  goods  are 
now  in  our  warerooms and  are  the  finest  specimens of high grade Japan 
Teas  that  ever  came  to  this  market,  and you  should give them  a  care­
ful  examination  before  placing  orders  elsewhere.  We  import  these 
Teas  direct from  Japan  and  control  these  brands,  and  offer  you  the 
advantage  of being  able to give your customers  the sam e g rad e  of tea 
through the  entire  year,  as  we  always  have  them  in  stock.  Many 
of you  have  placed  import  orders  with  us,  and  we  would  say  in  this 
connection  that  these  goods  are  being  shipped and  will arrive  soon,  at 
which  time  we  will  forward  promptly,  and  we  predict  for  you  the  best 
tea  trade  you  have  ever  had.  Some  ot  our  good  friends  who  placed 
orders  with  us  for  future  delivery  became  a  little  nervous  when  the 
Senate  proposed  to  put  a  tax  on  tea,  and  were  in  some  doubt  as  to 
whether their orders would be  filled.  To those  we said  that  we  accepted 
their  orders  in  good faith and  they should be faithfully  executed.  We 
did  not  worry  any of  our  customers  with  letters  asking them to  cancel 
their  orders.  We booked the  orders  because  we  wanted  them,  and  we 
expected to  fill  them  even if  we  made  a  loss.  We  want  all  our  cus­
tomers  to understand  that  we  consider  an  agreement with  them  sacred.
We  are ambitious to  be the  largest  tea  importers in  Western  Michigan, 
and  we  believe  that  when  those  who  are  not  already  acquainted  with 
our  goods  become  more  familiar  with  them,  they  will  materially  assist 
us  in our  desire.

When  convenient to you  come  in  and take  T ea with  us.

Worden  Grocer Co.

© '

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RETURNING  PROSPERITY.

in  business, 

Were  it  not  that  there  is  a  deep  sig­
nificance  in  the  subject  of  the  “ return 
of  confidence“  
the  long 
and  constant  discussion  of  that  subject 
would  have  become  very  wearisome.  As 
it  is,  it  is  not  strange  that  the  apparent 
delay,  with  the  reiteration,has provoked 
a  skeptical  pessimism  and  contempt  on 
the  part  of  some  of  those  who  fail  to 
see  substantial  evidence  of  better  times 
coming,  and  that  such  should  decry  the 
improvement  when  there 
claiming  of 
appear 
tangible  results.
Hope  deferred maketh the heart sick, ”  
and  it  has  been  a  long  time  since  it  be­
gan  to  be  proclaimed  that  evidences  of 
improvement  were  at  hand.

to  be  no 

As  a  matter  of  fact, many and  decided 
improving  conditions  have  been  in  evi­
dence  for  a  considerable  time  past;  but 
there  has  necessarily  been  very  slow 
progress  and  in  many  lines  and 
locali­
ties  the  improvement  even  yet  is  almost 
imperceptible,  if,  indeed,  there has been 
a  turn.  But  such 
lines  and  localities 
are  fast  becoming  the  exception  in  the 
long 
list  of  those  which  show  pro­
nounced  change  in  the  right  direction.
An  apparently  discouraging  feature 
of  the  situation  has  been  the  continued 
persistence 
in  the  decline  of  prices. 
When  in  many  lines  all  low  records  are 
broken  and  yet  there  appears  to  be  no 
end  to  the  downward  movement,  it 
is 
not  strange  that  there  should  be  con­
cern  as  to  the  outcome.  Declining 
prices  are  not,  ordinarily,  characteristic 
of  improving  conditions,although  some­
times  they  may  be  a  necessary  prepara­
tion  for  them.

is  shown 

That  the  reductions 

in  prices  have 
been  substantial  factors  in  the  prepara­
tion  for  improvement  in  the  present  in­
stance 
in  the  recent  experi­
ences  of  the  iron  trade  in  this  country. 
A  year  ago  most 
lines  were  governed 
by  combinations  and  prices  were  held 
far above  what  was  warranted  by  the 
situation.  But  in  the  condition  of  the 
industry  the  matter  of  prices  seemed  to 
have  little  importance.  Take  the  steel 
rail 
instance.  This  was  so 
thoroughly  paralyzed  that  it did  not  sig­
nify  whether  rails  were  $18  or  $28,  for 
the  mills  were  all  practically  idle,  only 
rails  needed  for  the  most  necessary  re­
pairs  being  purchased.  And  in  varying 
degrees  the  same  features  were  charac­
teristic  of  all  this  trade.  Naturally, 
there  was  great  reluctance  on  the  part 
of  the  managers  of  these  combinations

line, 

for 

in  the  prices. 

improvements 

to  permit  a  fall 
It  was 
acknowledged  that  these  were  too  high, 
but  it  was  hoped  that  market  conditions 
would  improve  naturally  until  the  arti­
ficial level should be reached.  Of course, 
material  improvement  under  these  cir­
cumstances  was  impossible  and the  long 
persistence 
in  maintaining  prices  only 
served  to  put  off  the  wished-for  change.
Many  elements  had  combined  to  re­
duce  the  natural  level  of  prices  far  be­
low  those  maintained  by  the  trusts. 
Among  these  were 
in 
processes,  which  seemed  to  progress  as 
rapidly  as  ever  through  the  long  period 
of  stagnation.  In  the  same  line  was  the 
improvement in transportation facilities. 
Then  there  was  the development of more 
accessible  and  better  ores  and  fuels; 
also  an  abundance  of  labor cheaper  than 
ever  before.  And  the  markets  of  the 
world  were  closed  to  any  output  on 
the 
artificial  basis  and  its maintenance sim­
ply  served  to  prevent  all  recovery. 
In 
varying  degrees  there  were  the  same 
troubles  to  contend  with  in  other  lines 
of  tiade,  and  so  a  general  revision  and 
lowering  of  prices  seemed  to  be a  nec­
essary  preparation  for  activity.

instances  that 

But  for a  considerable time  past  there 
seems  to  have  been  an  end  to  the  de­
cline 
in  most  branches  of  trade,  and 
the  changes,  while  small,  have  been 
in 
the  other  direction.  This  is  apparent  in 
so  many 
it  may  be 
claimed  that  there  has  been  a  positive 
advance all  along  the  line.  Now  this  is 
the  proper  condition  for  healthy  trade— 
in­
slowly  advancing  prices,  at  least  in 
dustrial  stocks  and  securities. 
It  is  a 
matter  for  congratulation  that  the  ad­
vance  is  slow—any  other  would  signify 
an  unhealthy  boom.

The 

factors  of  returning  prosperity 
are  many  and  various.  The  chief  “ con­
fidence”   may  be  considered  either  as 
a  cause  or an  effect;  for,  while  it  might 
be  looked  for  as  a  consequence  of  the 
other  factors,  it 
is  yet  a  most  potent 
cause.  Perhaps 
in  no  single  direction 
is  the  evidence  of  returning  confidence 
more  manifest  than 
in  the  steady  im­
provement  in  transportation  and  indus­
trial  shares  in  the general  stock market. 
This 
improvement  began  the  first  of 
May  and  has  progressed  steadily  ever 
since,  with  but  one  or  two  slight  spec­
ulative  reactions.

Then,  upon  the  settlement  of  the  in­
dustries  to  the  low  plane  of  prices, 
there  began  a  period  of  rapidly  increas­
ing activity.  Not only  have great enter­
prises  been  undertaken  in  this  coun­
try,  but  we  have  been  enabled  to  enter 
the  markets  of  the  world  on  terms  to 
compete,  and  the  result  is  the  placing 
of  many  large  orders  from  foreign coun­
tries.  An  interesting  instance of  this  is 
the  contracting  by  an  American  firm  to 
equip  an  electric  street  railway  for  the 
streets  of  London.

In  this  country  the  era  of  low  prices 
marks  the  beginning  of  many  public 
and  private  undertakings.  Among  these 
may  be  noted  the  betterment  and  exten­
sion  of  railways  and  the  building of ele­
vated  and  other  electric  roads  in  many 
of  the  larger  cities.  In  these  the  change 
to  electrical  propulsion  has  been  much 
slower  than 
in  the  smaller  towns  and 
cities.  A  notable  undertaking  of  this 
kind  which  is  now  being  pushed  is  the 
rebuilding  of  the  entire  system  of  the 
Metropolitan  company 
in  New  York 
City.  Such  undertakings,  with  the  in­
crease  in  building,  in  marine  construc­
tion— in  fact,  in  all  uses  of  iron  and 
steel—are  sufficient  to  account  for  the 
steady  activity 
in  all  the  iron  centers. 
The  same  condition  of  activity ob­

tains  in  any  other  lines  of  manufactuie. 
Take  our  own  furniture  industry. 
In 
this  there  had  been  no  artificial  hin­
drance  to  the  decline  of  prices  and  they 
had  naturally  reached  the  lowest  ebb. 
is  one  which  first 
Now,  this  industry 
feels  depression  and 
is  slowest  in  re­
covery,  yet  the  factories  of  our  city  are 
all  fairly  busy,  and  the  vast  exchange 
in  the  July  sales  gives assurance  that 
they  are  equally  busy  elsewhere.

The  financial  situation  was  never  in 
so  healthy  a  condition.  Money  centers 
are  still  crowded  with  funds  awaiting 
investment.  Among 
the  significant 
features  of  the  financial  situation  may 
be  noted  the  fact  that  this  year  marks  a 
great  increase  in  the world’s  production 
of  gold.  Not to  mention  the  Klondyke, 
the  output  of  the  South  African  mines 
is  far beyond  expectation.  The increase 
gives  assurance  that  there  is  no  danger 
of  an  undue  shrinkage  in  the  volume  of 
the  world's  standard.

Naturally,  the  settlement  of  the  tariff 
questions  is  a  potent  factor  in  the  pres­
ent  outlook.  Preparation  for  fall  trade 
is  unusually  early  and  there  is  a  gener­
ally  healthier  feeling  all  along  the  line. 
Orders  for  fall  delivery  are  given  with 
more  sreedom,  which  would  seem  to 
promise  the  ending  of  the  hand-to- 
mouth  policy  which  has  ruled  so  long.
Then,  a  factor  of manifest importance 
is  the  condition  of  the  harvests  now  be­
ing  gathered.  As  a  rule,  those  of  most 
value 
in  the  world’s  markets  are  most 
bountiful;  while  those  of  domestic  im­
portance,  like'potatoes,  are  just  enough 
smaller  than  usual  to  make  the  price 
sufficient  for  healthy  business. 
And 
there  is  enough  of  assurance  of  scarcity 
in  foreign  markets  to  make  a  sure  de­
mand  for all  the  grains and export prod­
ucts.

Business  improvement  is  not  just  be­
ginning ;  the  advance  already  extends 
over  many  weeks  or  months,  and  the 
factors  are  so  many,  and  are  of  such 
importance,  that  they  put  the  future  be­
yond  the  possibility  of  question.

incursion 

Californians  are  rebelling  against  the 
use  of  their  State  as  a  sanitarium  for 
consumptives.  There  was  a  time  when 
the  salubrity  of  the  climate  and  the 
consequent  advantages  to  people  of 
weak  lungs  were  held  out  as  an  induce­
ment  to  emigration ;  but  too  many  have 
accepted  the  invitation,  and  there  is  a 
feeling  now  among  the  unafilicted  that 
the 
is  dangerous  to  them. 
Just  what  they  can  do  about  the  matter, 
however,  is  a  puzzling  question.  Di­
rectors  of  the  State  Board  of  Trade 
have  decided  that  some  measures should 
be  taken,  and  they  have 
in  mind  a 
quarantine  against  the  health-seekers. 
Lawyeis  tell  them,  however,  that  this 
may  not  be  feasible,  although  no  great 
difference  would  seem  to  exist  between 
the  right  to 
isolate  people  ill  with  a 
contagious  disease  and  the  right 
to 
prevent  the  entrance  of  such  people  up­
on  the  State  domain.

Since  labor  agitating  has  come  to  be 
a  profession  pursued  by  numerous sharp 
fellows  who  refuse  to  work,  the  profes­
sion  should  be  recognized  by  educators, 
and  diplomas  to  the  busiest  agitators 
should  be  given  by  anarchist colleges.

The  Berlin  municipal  authorites  have 
granted  a  license  to  a  society  to  erect  in 
public  places  and  squares  where  chil­
dren  are  in  the  habit  of  playing,  auto­
matic  machines  for  the  sale  of  con­
densed  milk.

Don’t  neglect  to  study  human  nature 

while  you  are  selling  a  bill  of  goods.

GENERAL  TRADE  SITU A TIO N .
The  principal  characteristic  usual 

in 
the  middle  of  the  heated term from time 
immemorial  has  been  that  of  trade  dul- 
ness.  But  this  year,  while  there are  no 
unusually  favorable  conditions  as  to 
weather,  etc.,  the  order  seems  to  have 
changed,  so  that  the  last  two  weeks  of 
July  are  to  be  recorded  as  those  of 
greater  business  activity  than  the  cor­
responding  weeks  of  any  year  in  the 
history  of  thé  country.  The  volume  of 
trade  in  the  past  week,  as  measured  by 
value,  as  shown  by  bank  clearings,  is 
30  per  cent,  more  than  for  the  corres­
ponding  week  of  last  year;  14  per  cent, 
more  than  for  the  same  week during  the 
little  iron  and  steel  boom  in  progress  in 
1895 ;  34  per  cent,  more  than  for same 
week  of  1894 ;  exceeding  that  of  1893  by 
17  per  cent.,  and was 5  per  cent,  greater 
than  for  the  week  of  the  boom  year  of 
1892.  When 
it  is  remembered  that  the 
low  prices  mean  a  relatively  larger  vol­
ume  of  merchandise  exchanged,  it  will 
be  seen  that  these  figures  have  decided 
significance.  The  explanation  of  this 
remarkable  activity  seems  to  lie  in  an 
unusually  early  setting in of  fall  trade in 
general  merchandise  in  all  parts  of  the 
country,  and 
in  an  unusually  large ag­
ricultural 
implement  trade,  especially 
in  the  West.  The  stock  markets  still 
continue  their  steady  upward  course 
which  has  been  maintained  ever  since 
May 
the  week  a  strong 
speculative  attack  was  made  to  secure 
a  reaction ;  but,  although  the  bears  had 
the  aid  of  a  shipment  of  $3,200,000  of 
gold,  the  attack  proved  a  total  failure.
Of  course,  the  most  substantial  evi­
dence  of  continued  improvement 
in 
the  assurance  of  abundant  grain  crops, 
with  unquestionably  a  heavy  foreign 
demand.  The price  of  wheat  is  rapidly 
advancing,  with  no  appearance of  a  re­
action,  although  those  of  a  speculative 
character are  to  be  expected.

i.  During 

is 

The  only  quotations  of  the  week  to 
show  a  decline  are  in iron  and  steel,and 
these  are  very  slight.  Activity  in  these 
industries 
is  greater  than  usual  at  this 
time  of  year,  notwithstanding  the  fact 
that  many  works  are  idle  on  account  of 
the  high  price  of  fuel  caused  by  the 
strike.

In  textiles  the  situation  is  more  en­
couraging  than  for  a  long  time.  Not 
only  has  the  fall  trade in woolens opened 
much  earlier  than  usual,  but  the goods 
offered  are  taken  at  a  decided  advance. 
The  cotton  outlook  is  also  encouraging, 
although  there  is  vet  the  vast  accumu­
lation  of  overproduction 
contend 
with.  The  boot  and  shoe  trade  is  large, 
nearly  equaling  the  remarkable  record 
of  July  of  last  year 
line  and 
exceeding  any 
corresponding 
month.

in  that 

other 

to 

The  bank  clearings  were  $1,043,000,- 
000.  Failures  were  259—a  considerable 
increase  over  recent  weeks.

The  daring  raid  by 

the  Cubans 
through  the  outskirts  of  Havana  shows 
that  the 
insurgents  are  not  only  in  the 
field  yet,  but  bold  and  aggressive. 
Weyler  would  have  the  world  believe 
that  he  has  driven  every  insurgent  witn 
arms  into  the  eastern  provinces  of  the 
island,  when,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  they 
are  everywhere  and  as  courageous, 
skillful  and  confident  as  ever.  Spain 
can  no  more  reconquer  Cuba  than  Eng­
land  could  now  reconquer  America  by 
an  army  of  invasion.

There  is  a  whole  lot  of  difference  be­
tween  the  man  who  has  made  himself 
and  the  man  who  has  only  made  his 
money.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

0

TH E  WAY  WE  LIVE  NOW.

is  perennially 

Anthony  Trollope  entitled  one  of  his 
novels  “  The  Way  We  Live  Now. ”   The 
interesting,  and 
theme 
the  realistic  novel  proper  is  at 
its  best 
when  it  turns  from  every other and holds 
the  living  present  close  enough  to  paint 
its  faintest  wrinkles.  Whatever  else 
may  be  said  of  him, it cannot be charged 
against  Trollope  that  he  was not  at  least 
superficially  accurate.  If  to  many  read­
ers  he  seems  to  have  too  generally 
missed  the  deeper  meanings  of  life,  it 
may  be  that  he  was  unwilling  to  be  as 
literal  as  he  was  usually  supposed  to 
be,  and  counted  too  much  upon  sugges­
lieu  of  elaborate  analysis  and 
tion 
explicit  statement. 
It  happens,  no 
doubt  very  often,  that  men  refrain  from 
talking  much  of  the  things  they  think 
most  about  and  hide  their  feelings  be­
cause  they  are  distrustful  of  common 
sympathy.

in 

there 

influential 

Almost  all  men—perhaps 

is 
really  no  exception—have  a  philosophy 
of  life,  and  that  is,  of  all  their  posses­
sions,  the  most  interesting  to  the  deep­
est  thinkers.  How  far  is  a  man’s  way 
of  living  a  key  to  his  philosophy?  How 
far  do  temperament, 
fashion  and  the 
plastic  power of  social environment lead 
the  philosopher away  from  the  favorite 
haunts  of  his  thinking,  precluding 
anything 
like  a  clear  and  consistent 
translation  of  his  philosophy  into  vis­
ible  and 
life?  One  must 
often  suspect  that  the  humblest  people 
with  whom  he  deals  cherish,  under  the 
routine  of  the  commonplace  employ­
ments,  thoughts  for  which  their  vernac­
ular  hardly  affords  a  fit  expression, 
tragically  sad  or  heroically  hopeful. 
But  when  a  novelist  undertakes  to  show 
‘ ‘ How  We  Live  Now,”   the  reader  looks 
rather  for a  representation  of  contem­
porary  manners  comprehensive  enough 
to  suggest  a  philosophical  generaliza­
tion,  a  summary  of  a  whole  society, 
state  of  mind,  its  hopes,  its  doubts,  its 
reserves, 
its  surrenders,  or,  haply,  its 
latent  note  of  courage.
Trollope  wrote  of 

lords  and  ladies, 
squires  and  gentlemen 
fox 
hunters,  government  clerks,  politicians 
and  clergymen. 
In  short,  he  printed 
the  England  that  he  knew  in “  The  Way 
We  Live  Now.”   But  that  novel  ap­
peared  something  more  than 
twenty 
years  ago.  Were  its  author alive  to  day 
in  England  or 
in  the  United  States, 
with  unabated  strength  and  power  of 
observation,  would  he  simply  repeat  the 
former  picture,  so  far  as  essential  fea­
tures  are  concerned,  in  an  effort  to  por­
tray  the  ways  and  means,  the  modes 
and  manners,  of  the  holiday  and  worka­
day  world  of  to-day?

farmers, 

Not  long  ago—within  a  few  weeks,  at 
the  most—“ an  old  mustache”   said  to 
another  veteran  observer  that  it  seemed 
to  him  that  he  was  living  in  a  foreign 
country,  although  he  knew  that  he  was, 
in  a  certain  sense,  at  home  and  under 
his  native  sky. 
It  was  as  though  he 
had  gone  to  sleep  at  the  play  and  had 
waked  up  to be  confronted  with  a trans­
formation.  And  it  was  not  merely  that 
he  had  not  got  used  to  electric  cars, 
telephones  and  bicycles;  but it  was  that 
the  world  appeared  to  be  absorbed  with 
playthings,  and,  although 
it  spoke,  in 
language,  he  could 
the  main,  the  old 
not  but  suspect  that 
it  had  lost  the 
meaning  of  some  of  the  old  words.  One 
thing  that  struck  him  very  forcibly  was 
that  society,  and  a  great  part  of  busi­
ness,  had  fallen  under  the  control  of  the 
simplest  kind  of  young  people,  whose 
claim  to  leadership,  in  their  own  judg­
ment at  least,  was  that  they  were  ‘ * up

Is 

to  date.”   After  all,  enquired  the  old 
mustache,  what  does  that  mean—up  to 
date? 
it  that  the  world  has  reached 
a  new  exigency,  or  a  new  opportunity, 
so  unrelated  to  the  past  that  experience 
is  not  helpful 
in  dealing  with  it,  and 
only  the  abounding  confidence  and  as­
surance  of  youth  have  any  proper  place 
on  deck?

that  and 

That  was  one  side  of  the  transforma­
tion.  The  modern  Rip  Van  Winkle 
just  mentioned  admitted  that  his  atten­
tion  was  sometimes  caught  by  a  spec­
tacle  of  more  poignant  interest  than  the 
rushing  and  whirling  of  boys  and  girls, 
with 
strange  manners  and  strange 
clothes,  on  their  light  wheels,  or  en­
gaged  in  any  of  their  graceful or  daring 
sports  by  land  or  sea.  He  did  not  find 
everywhere  people  training  and  harden­
ing  their  muscles  with  the  costly  ap­
paratus  of  this, 
the  other 
athletic  sport.  He  did  not  hear  every­
where the  loud  bravado  of  the  immature 
in  the  presence  of  the  great  problems 
of  life.  On  the  contrary,  he  saw,  in  all 
parts  of  the  land,  many  thousands  of 
needy  and  nearly  desperate  men  and 
women  complaining  that  there  was  not 
only  no  longer  a  career  for  talent,  but 
that  there  was,  too  often,  only  scant  and 
precarious  employment  for  industry. 
It 
seemed  to  him  sometimes—certainly  he 
hoped  that  he  might  be  mistaken—that 
machinery  was  minifying  man;  that 
man  himself  was  becoming  a  machine, 
and  society  was  slowly  approaching  the 
condition  of  some  very  highly organized 
and  economically  effective  communities 
of  the  lower  animal  world—bees  and 
ants.  The  old  mustache  admitted  that 
he  was  something  older  than  he  was 
when  he  first  gave  his  hearty  adherence 
to 
it  struck  him  as 
rather  strange  that  he  should  have  be­
come 
incapable  of  understanding  the 
world  simply  because  he  had  been  so 
long  a  student  of  its  growth.  He're­
members  that  it  was  by  the  assertion  of 
individual 
independence,  power  and 
genius  that  the  civilization  of  the  hu­
man  race  has been  advanced  from  age 
to  age,  and  he  asks  whether  it 
is  ready 
to  retire  from  business,  so  to  speak,  and 
to  live  upon  the  inheritance  of practical 
power,  with  no  effort  to  add  anything  to 
its  mighty  sum.  For  that,  he  believes, 
is  what  the  surrender  of  private  enter­
prise  and 
initiative  in  the 
interest  of  a  social  state  would  amount 
to.  But  so  far  as  machinery  goes,  so 
far  as  mere  physical  comfort  is  con­
cerned,  there  is  no  occasion  for  mortal 
sorrow.  Men  travel  fast  enough ;  their 
machines  work 
fast  enough  already. 
But  what  good  fairy  will  take  the  place 
of  poverty  in  the  inspiration  of  heroism 
and  genius,  and  so  keep  ever  flowing 
the  old  fountains  of  youth—romance, 
poetry  and  the  beautiful  arts?

individualism,  but 

individual 

Preservation  of  the  good  eyesight  of 
the  pupils  of  the  public  schools  of  the 
land  has  long  been  one  of  the  most  seri­
ous  problems  confronting  the  school 
boards.  The  New  York  board  of  educa­
tion  has  determined  upon  a  novel 
method  to  render  the  schoolrooms  more 
conducive  to  proper  effects  of 
lighting. 
A  commission  of  expert  oculists  is to  be 
appointed,  which  will  report  upon  the 
most  advisable  color  to  use  for  the  walls 
of  the  schoolrooms;  and  this  uniform 
color  will  probably  be  adopted.  The 
idea  is  not  original  with  the  New  York 
board,  as  the  plan  has  already  met  with 
approval  in  France.  The commission’s 
report  will  be  in  many  respects  a  valu­
able  contribution to the science of optics.

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Branded  like this  one

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It  will  make  w hiter  bread  and  more  of  it  than  any  other  kind.

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This  brand  has  always  taken  first  rank 
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quality  of this  year’s  importation  is fully up 
to  the  usual  high  standard  of  this  brand, 
while  some  of our customers who are expert 
judges  of  tea  insist  that  it  grades  higher 
than  ever  before.  We  propose  handling 
JE W E L L   CHOP  on  small  margins,  the 
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M I C H I G A N  

1   ' K A D E S M A N

W o m a n ’s   W o rld

Reign  of the  Social  Vampire  at  the 

Summer  Resort.

The  first  dew  of  the  summer  social 
season  bad  evaporated  long  before  Mrs. 
Malina  Muddle  made  her  appearance  at 
the  Hotel  Cortez,  accompanied  by  sev­
eral  boxes  and  a  slave-like  husband 
who,  so  soon  as  she  was  installed,  fled 
cityward  with  manifest  relief written  on 
his  tired  and  workworn  features.

It  was  only  by  dint  of  the greatest 
scraping  that  Mrs.  Muddle  was  able  to 
accomplish  even  six  weeks  at  the  sum­
mer  resort,  but  she  managed  to  convey 
the 
impression  that  her  retarded  ap­
pearance  was  due  exclusively  to  her 
own  disinclination  to  leave  her  sumptu­
ous  home.-

The  Hotel  Cortez,  despite 

This  fine  language  is  not  to be  credit­
ed  to  Mrs.  Muddle. 
If  there  was  one 
thing  she  had  not,  elegance  of  speech 
was  that  thing.  To  the  contrary,  her 
thin,  strident  voice  dominated  the  sul­
try  corners  of  the  hotel  porch  with  the 
disagreeable  pertinacity  of  a  buzz  fly 
informed  eveiybody  in  gen­
while  she 
eral  that  nobody  never 
caught  her 
stayin’  all  summer at  home,  not much— 
she  liked  to  get  about  too  well  for  that.
its  high- 
sounding  name,  was  not  of  the  first 
Its  management  devolved  upon 
class. 
a  cheery-hearted 
little  French  officer 
and  his  prolific  American  wife,  who 
betwixt  them  fulfilled  every  role  from 
that  of  French  cook  to  hostler.  Not­
withstanding  the  excellent  cuisine,  the 
paying  guests  of  the  hotel  were comfort­
able,  sensible  and  thoroughly unfashion­
able,  drawn  from  the  middle  working 
classes,  and  with  only  an  oocasional 
representative  of  the  really  smart  set  to 
give  them  flavor.  They  belonged  to  that 
enviable  class  who,  so  long  as  they  live 
well,  are 
indifferent  as  to 
whether  their  surroundings  are  fashion­
able  or  not.  To  sit  on  the  broad  veran­
das  of  the  hotel  and  watch  the  antics of 
their  children  on  the  beach  below  was 
their  highest  ambition.  They  were 
there  for  rest  and  for  the  health  of  their 
children,  and  if  their  mental tranquility 
was  ever  ruffled  by  some  alerter  mind 
who  wanted  to  know  if  they  had  read 
in  the  paper  or  what  they  thought 
this 
of  that,  they 
invariably  turned  the  en­
quiry  off  as  promptly  as  possible  by  the 
statement  that  they  had  been  kept  so 
busy  getting  ready  for  the  summer  out­
ing  and  had  been  so  occupied  since 
reaching  the  resort  that  they  had  found 
no  time  to  keep  up  with  the  current 
news  of  the  day.

intensely 

it 

But  I  must  say  they  had  something 
that  is  worth  all  the  intellectuality  that 
itself  on  books  and 
ever  expended 
globes—they  had  good 
papers  and 
hearts,  hearts  that  responded 
instinc­
tively  to  the  tear  of  sorrow,  the  call  of 
distress,  the  heart  of  a  patriot  that  beat 
for  home,  the  heart  of  the  mother  that 
was  in  sympathy  with  the  young.  Per­
haps 
is  Balzac  who  says  that  the 
woman  of  thirty  has  no  sympathy for the 
girl  of  eighteen  because  she  has  no 
comprehension  of  her.  This  is  true  of 
many  women,  but  if  you  had  stopped  at 
the  Hotel  Cortez  you  would have learned 
that  there  are  women  who  carry  their 
ycuth  folded  away  in  their  hearts  as  a 
young  man  might  carry  bis  sister  or  his 
sweetheart  on  his arm,  keeping  in  touch 
with  it,  tender  to  it  and  never forgetful.
Upon  the  first  afternoon  of  Mrs.  Mud­
dle's  arrival,  there  was  the  usual  gentle 
It  is
flurry  concerning  the  newcomer. 

to  the  credit  of  these  ladies  that  they 
were  slow  to  enquire  what  she  was,  be­
ing  eager  rather  to  know  if  she  were 
pretty  and  gay  and 
likely  to  be  good 
company.

in 

Meanwhile  Mrs.  Muddle, 

the 
small,  stuffy  back  room  that  she  consid­
ered  a  fair  exchange  for  the  little  home 
whose  "elegance”   grew  daily 
in  her 
imagination  in  proportion  as  her  stay 
from  it  lengthened,  was  deep  in  prepa­
ration  for  her  first  appearance.

There  are  women  to  whom  every  new 
floor  is  a  stage,  and  the  opportunity  for 
acting  something  to  be  desired  and 
made  the  most  of,  and  in  Mrs.  Mud­
dle's shallow  little  mudpuddle  of  a heart 
there  was  a  grand  flutter  going  on, 
while  the  feeble  little  wizen  of  a  sweet­
bread  that  did  duty  in  her  skull  in place 
of  a  brain  took  on  more kinks and curls, 
as  it  tried  to  compose  striking  speeches 
with  which  to  complete  the  conquest 
begun  by  a  very  brave gown.

The  composite  American  face  is  said 
to be  rather  dish-shaped  and  pretty  on 
the  most  commonplace  lines.  This  de­
scription  answered  admirably  for  Mrs. 
Muddle.  She  belonged  to  that  class  of 
femininity  who  get  no  graces 
from 
books  or  literature  whatever.  It  is  pos­
sible  that  novels  of  the  French  school 
thoroughly  satisfied  her  desire  for  intel­
lectual  sweets.  Her  mouth, that  most  el­
oquent  and  tell-tale  feature  of  them  all, 
published  peevishness,  jealousy  and  a 
habit  of nagging.  Its coarse pose showed 
in  any 
that  she  was  absolutely  lacking 
delicacy  or  refinement  of  manner. 
It 
was  the  mouth  that  could  spit  vulgarly 
when  no  one  was  looking;  cram  itself 
greedily  with  food,and with  some  subtle 
and  mysterious  power  convinced  even 
the  most  casual  observer  that  it  was  a 
mouth  given  to  slanderous and  injurious 
speech  and  to  the  repeating  of  un­
womanly  and  unclean  jokes.  Her  eyes 
lacked  the  bright  look  that  must go with 
a  bright  mind;  they  glanced  about 
shiftily,  with  a  dishonest  look 
in  them 
that  was  as  pitiful  as  the  unintelligence 
with  which they regarded whatever came 
within  range.  Altogether,  hers  was  the 
face  of  an  idle,  vain  and  selfish  person, 
who  yet  possessed  some  qualities  for 
evil  that  were  entitled  to respectful  con­
sideration  because  they  were  so evil and 
of  such  power.

The  little  circle  on  the  cool  porch 
stirred  with  slow 
interest  as  the  new 
comer  advanced  with  much  repose  of 
manner  to  take  her  place  among  them. 
There  -are  two  sorts  of  repose,  that  of 
good  breeding,  and  that  of  ignorance. 
There  are  women  who  are  wrapped  up 
in  a  skin  of  ignorance  like  some  pills 
are  in  a  sweetened  gold  foil.  They  rush 
in,  usurping  everybody’s  rights;  wiser 
people  but  with  more  delicacy  give way 
to  them  in  affright.

It was  thus Mrs  Muddle took her place 
in  the  circle  of  the  Hotel  Cortez.  With 
broad-edged  curiosity she addressed her­
self  to  the  ladies  at  the  right  and  left  of 
her.  She  enquired  their  names  and  de­
manded  fuller  de'ails  of  their  personal 
history. 
In  a  friend  these  enquiries 
would  have  been  complimentary,  as 
showing  a  loving  interest;  from  an  en­
tire  stranger  they  were  thorough-paced 
impertinence.  Some  women  think  they 
are  pertinent  when  in  fact  they  are  only 
impertinent.  There 
is  a  play  whose 
plot  hinges  on  the  perfume  used  by  a 
woman;  everything  she  touched  pre­
served  the  taint  of  her  presence.  Each 
woman  travels  in  an  atmosphere  of  her 
is  as  suggestive  of  her  as  a 
own  that 
perfume. 
It  emits  something  subtle  to 
each  with  whom  she  comes  in  contact.

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iVltCHlQAN  TRADESMAN

II

Her  influence  for good  or  bad  is  unmis­
takable.

Mrs.  Muddle  had  not  been 

long  in 
association  with  the  ladies  at  the  sea­
side  before  each  one  was  conscious  of 
her  peculiar  qualities,  her  influence,  or 
her  atmosphere  rather—an  atmosphere 
of  low  thinking,  of 
low  standards,  of 
commonplace  talk  as  unmistakable  as 
ladies 
distasteful, 
whose  refinement  was 
innate  shrank 
away  from  it  with  something  approach­
in tu itio n s  w ere  all 
ing  horror.  Their 
set  against  this  woman  who  had 
intro­
duced  into  their  tranquil  rounds of tepid 
card  playing,  croquet 
tennis, 
suspicion,  discord  and  discontent.

these  gentle 

and 

and 

At  every  summer  resort,  whether it  be 
hotel  or  boarding  house,  there  is  certain 
to  be  one  or  two  female  mischief-mak­
ers  who  sow  trouble  between  the 
land­
lord  and  his  guests,  carry servants’  tales 
and  get  up  quarrels  between  children 
and  the  mothers.  These  mischief-mak­
ers  are  the  veritable  kill-joys  to  happy 
existence.  They 
invent  scandal  and 
heap  obloquy  upon  this  or  that  innocent 
head.  The  good  reputation  of  more 
than  one  perfectly  pure  and  innocent 
woman  has  been  hopelessly  hurt  by such 
dreadful  creatures,  whom  no 
law  can 
touch,  but  whose  crimes  are  blacker 
than  those of  a  Borgia.

Mrs.  Muddle,  whose  name  was  like  a 
premonition,  was  a  woman  of  this  type. 
At  the  end  of  a  week  she  had  managed 
to  set  the  whole  house  by  the  ears. 
It 
was  she  who  first  discovered  that  the 
meals  were  not  so  good  as  the  people 
were  paying  for;  it  was  she  who  with 
infinite  patience  composed  a  hideous 
scandal  concerning  the  best  assorted 
couple  in  the  house.

It 

is  a  wonder to  me  why  ladies  like 
Mrs.  Muddle  go  away  for  the  summer, 
cooping  themselves  up  in  the  cheapest 
room  to  be  had,  suffering  all  sorts  of  in­
conveniences,  when,  according  to  their 
own  accounts,  they  have  left  such  com­
fort  and  luxury  behind.  I  once  chanced 
in  a  hotel  where  everybody  seemed  to 
be  at  the  feet  of  a  lady  who  was  so  far 
like  Mrs.  Muddle  that  nothing was good 
enough  for  her,  and  nothing  was  to  be 
left 
compared  to  the  grandeurs  she  had 
in  her  far-off  city  home 
It  just  hap­
pened  that  I  did  not  meet  this  gorgeous 
person,  whom 
everybody  wanted  to 
know  and  whom  everybody  had been  in­
vited  to  visit—those  invitations  with  a 
string  on  them,  and  which  the  giver 
certainly  never  expects  to  substantiate. 
Every  woman  I  met  was  asking:  “ Oh, 
do  you  know  Mrs.  Smith?”   and  “ Have 
you  seen  Mrs.  Smith?”   And 
it  was 
Mrs.  Smith’s  horses  here,  and  Mrs. 
Smith’s 
there,  and  Mrs. 
Smith’s  boudoir  yonder,  until  I  got 
weary  of  Mrs.  Smith.
A  case  of  candy 

in  the  morning, 
candy  at  noon  and  candy  at  night,  you 
know,  is  rather  apt  to  pall  on  one’s 
palate.  Mrs.  Smith  had  not  her  equi­
page  with  her,  one  woman  naively  ad­
mitted, but  she  had  described  it  so  com­
pletely  that 
ir  was  almost  as  good  as 
seeing 
it.  She  had  also  edified  her 
ccmpanions  with  the  most  vivid  de­
scriptions  of  her  home,  and  so  fine were 
the  second-hand  accounts  I  had  of  it 
that  one  evening  I  eagerly  consented  to 
be  presented  to  this  grand  lady.

coachman 

And  then  there  was  a  little  tableau ! 
When  I  drew  near  I  discovered  that  the 
grand  Mrs.  Smith,  the  rich  Mrs.  Smith, 
the  patronizing  Mrs.  Smith,  the  Mrs. 
Smith  who  had  invited  half  the  hotel  to 
visit  her  next  winter,  was  a  quiet 
little 
body  who  lived  in  one  of  the quiet  little 
cottage  neighborhoods  in  my  own  city,

and  who  probably  had  never  been 
in  a 
carriage  in  her  life  except when  she  got 
a  free  ride  to  a  funeral.

I  have  always  thought  that  the record­
ing  angel  must  have  given  me  a  very 
long  white  mark,  for  I  came  away  with­
out  confiding  to  a  human  soul  that  Mrs. 
Smith’s  grandeurs  were  all  in  the air!

The  social  vampire  fairly  thrives  at 
the  summer  resort.  She 
is  like  some 
hideous  spider,  weaving  a  vile  web  and 
casting  its  skeins  over  whoever  comes 
along.  She  lives  on  the  reputations  of 
women ;  she sucks dry their  tempers  and 
teaches  them  to 
lie  through  her  evil 
habit  of  boasting  of  things  she  has  at 
home. 
It  doesn’t  take a  very  large  ex­
perience  to  learn  that  women  of  means 
and  refinement  and  experience,  women 
who  have  traveled  and  seen  the  world, 
are  not,  when  away  from  home,  contin­
ual  fault-finders  and  sticklers  for  this 
and  that.  They  have  too  much  sense  to 
expect  to  live  in  a  public  hotel  just  as 
they  would  in  their  own  houses.  They 
are  too  modest  to  boast  even  by  insinu­
ation  of  grandeurs  they  have 
left  at 
home.  A  woman  of  the  world, in  a  large 
and  liberal  sense,  has  learned  the  wis­
dom  of  good  temper and  that  comfort 
comes  of  making  the  best  of  things. 
There  are  summer  resort  women  who.  if 
they  do  not  actually  consort  with  the 
servants  of  their 
fellow-boarders,  at 
least  manage  to  pump  them  drv  con­
cerning  their  mistresses 
their 
charges.  These  summer  resort  vampires 
are  on  the  lookout  for  quarrels,  and 
with  a  faithfulness  that  the  most  ac­
complished  setter  might  envy, 
fetch 
and  carry  hearsay  and  gossip  until  real 
harm  is  accomplished.

and 

The  social  vampire  is  a  toady  of  the 
first  water.  She  wriggles  and  worms 
until  she  has 
inserted  her  sharp,  sus­
picious,  curious  face  into  the  most  ex­
is  received 
clusive  clique.  There  she 
on  a  sufferance  that  would 
insult  a 
worthy  woman,  but  she pays for  her  way 
by  retailing  all  the  gossip  and  scandal 
and  distorted  comment  that  she  can 
pick  up  by  listening  at  keyholes,  by 
questioning  children  and  by confidences 
with  nurse  girls.  There  is  something 
so  unlovely  in  the  spectacle  of  a  woman 
deliberately  set  down  to  accomplish 
the  harm  or  ruin  of  another  of  her  sex 
that  I  sincerely  believe,  could  Mrs. 
Muddle  see  herself  as  she  really  is,  she 
would  shrink  with  horror and  remorse 
from  the  sight.

It 

is  the  mission  of  each  woman  to 
help  another,  and  serious  and  distaste­
ful  as  the  task  may  seem,  it  is  the  duty 
of  those  who  must  associate  with  the 
summer  vampire  to lead  her  into a  bet­
ter  womanhood  and  a  noble  view of life. 
It  would  be  a  superb  vengeance  to teach 
such  a  one  the  grandeur of  good  deeds, 
how  beautiful  it  is  to  hear  one  woman 
speak  well  of  another,  and  how  the  loy­
alty  of  women  to  each  other  should  at 
least  equal  the  loyalty  of  men  to  each 
other.  One's  ear  should  be  everlasting­
ly  deaf  to  the  whisper  of  scandal;  but 
let  it  be  known  that  when  the  scandal­
monger  has  better things to say,  then her 
face  will  be  welcome  and  her  presence 
desirable.
There 

is  a  particular  devil  who  in­
habits  boarding  houses  and  summer 
hotels,  and  whose  Eve  to  be  tempted  to 
wrong-doing 
is  the  idle-handed  young 
wife  who  listens  to  gossip.  This  devil 
takes  the  shape  of  Mrs.  Muddle,  a 
shape  that  should  appall,  and 
from 
which  a  good  woman  will  turn,  nor 
conutenance  even  by  the  encouragement 
of  silent  listening.

Catharine  Cole.

Notice to  the  Grocery  Trade

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

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and  are looking more and  more into the character  of  circula­
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Unless it be of a character to reach and  directly  interest  buy­
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tiser is seeking a market.

Advertisers  Care  Nothing.

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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 f:de circulation 
to buyers should be considered.

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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

1 2

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

JANE  CRAGIN.

Alta  Vista  Guests  Start  for  Wilson’s 

Canon.
Written for the Tradesman.

Look  at 

it  as  he  pleased,  take  him­
self  in  band  as  he  might,  Cy  could  not 
regard  with  composure  the  task  that 
he  had  that  day  set  himself.  The  more 
he  became  acquainted  with  Marjory 
Marchland,  the  more  he  was  convinced 
that  the  story  he  had  determined to  tell 
her would  crush  her to the earth,  He had 
told  her  he  loved  her.  With  womanly 
frankness,  with  his  arms  about  her,  she 
had  confessed  to  him  her  affection  and 
had  sealed 
it  with  the  pledge  of  her 
lips.  Without  reserve  she  had  given 
herself  up  to  him  and,  happy 
in  the 
love  he  had  declared  for  her,  had  re­
vealed  to  him  day  by  day  the  riches  of 
her  mind  and  heart.  Beautiful  as  she 
had  been  to  him  before,never,  it seemed 
to  him  that  day,  had  she  been  quite  so 
fair to  look  upon.

in 

For  days  it  had  been  the  purpose  of  a 
small  party  of  the  guests  of  the  Alta 
Y’ ista  to  picnic 
in  Wilson’s  Canon,  a 
most  romantic  spot;  and,  as  the  idea 
had  been  Marjory’s  mostly,  she  had 
been  foremost  not  only  in  planning  the 
pleasing  undertaking,  but 
looking 
after  the  details  as  well.  Cy  had  been 
freely  called  into  requisition  as  Execu­
tive  Committee—of  one—on  Ways  and 
Means,  and 
it  had  been  a  pleasure  for 
him  to  watch  the  going  and  the  coming 
of  all  this  loveliness,  as,  in dainty  attire 
and  with  animated  countenance,  she 
flitted  about  from  place  to  place  to  for­
ward  whatever  was  lacking  or 
lagging 
and  so  threatening  the  success  of  the 
undertaking.

lane,  in  the  meantime,  had  been busy 
with  her  thoughts.  She  had  heard  from 
the  Doctor  an  account  of  his 
interview 
with  Cy,  and  the  part  which  had  im­
pressed  him  most  of  Cy's  straightfor­
ward  manliness  was  what  gave  her  the 
most  serious  alarm—the  more  so  from 
the  fact  that  her  own  words  had,  with­
out  doubt,  awakened  in  Cy  the  determi­
nation  to  straighten  what  had  been 
crooked  and, regardless  of consequences, 
to  place  himself  in  the  right.  He  had 
defined  his  position  with  the  Doctor. 
Marjory  would  come  next,  and  that 
in­
terview  she  was  determined  to  ward  off 
until  she  could  have  a  talk  with  Cy. 
She  knew  he  was  one  to  “ strike  while 
the  iron  was  hot”   and,  as  well  as  if  he 
had  told  her,  she  knew  that  sometime 
on  the  way  to  or  frcm  the  Canon  he  had 
made  up  his  mind  to  have  bis  say.

“ I  have  been  thinking,  Marjory,”  
said  Jane,  when  chance  had  brought  the 
busy  youne  woman  to  her  room,  “ that

somebody  ought  to be on  the ground  be­
fore  the  crowd  get  there;  and  somebody 
else  having  the  thing  in charge  ought  to 
go 
last  to  see  that  nothing  is  left  be­
hind.  I  wonder  how  it  would  do  for  you 
and  the  Doctor to  drive  on  ahead,  and 
Cy  and  I  will  bring  up  the  rear.  You 
and  the  Doctor  can  find  enough  to  talk 
about  to  keep  you  from being  lonesome, 
and  I’ve  one  or  two 
little  matters  to 
talk  over  with  Cy  before  a  great  while, 
and  this  will  be  just  the  time.  We 
sha'n't  want  to  start  much  before  four 
o’clock;  we’ll  have  the  spread  some­
where  about  six,  and  we’ll  let  the  rest 
decide  the  hour  for  coming  home. ”

“ Thank  you,  Jane;  I  can’t  tell  you 
what  a  burden  you’ve  taken  off  my 
shoulders.  For  a  day  or  two  something 
has  seemed  to  be  troubling  Cy,  and I’ve 
been  wondering 
if  I  have anything  to 
do  with  it;  and,  to  tell  the  plain  truth, 
I've  been  dreading  just  a  little this  ride 
over  there  with  him,  for  I’ve  been  feel­
ing  that  in  some  way  things  were  going 
to  be  a  great  deal  worse or better— I was 
afraid  worse,  though—and  I’m  glad  to 
have  it  put  off.  I  wish,  Jane,  you,  with 
your  knowledge  of  his  every  mood, 
would  tell  me  what  to  do  when  such 
fits  come  over  him. 
It  scares  me  and 
makes  me  feel  as  if  the  world  was  com­
ing  to  an  end.  Do  your  best  with  him, 
Jane,  and  bring  the  sunshine  along with 
him 
into  the  Canon,’ ’ and  away  she 
went,  “ blithe  spirit”   that  she  was,  the 
song  that  came  bubbling  up  from  her 
happy  heart  and  rippling  from  her  rosy 
lips  making  glad  the very air that  heard 
it  and  repeated  it  for  all  to  hear.

At  the  appointed  hour  the  wagons 
were  at  the  main  entrance  of  the  hotel, 
waiting for their loads  of life and gaiety, 
and  the  Doctor  was  not  only  waiting, 
but 
lustily  calling  for  “ the  next  to  the 
loveliest  woman  the  sun  looked  down 
upon”   to  take  the  vacant  seat beside 
him !  She  was  busy,  with  Jane,  looking 
after  the  thousand  and  one  details  that 
must  always  be  looked after ;  but upper­
most  in  her  maiden  heart  was the tender 
thought  for  “ the  only  being  in  the  wide 
world  worth  thinking  o f;”   and,  as  she 
stood  for  a  moment  with  the  red  rose­
bud  in  her  hand,  looking  and  calling 
for  Cy,  every  eye  brightened  at  the 
sweet  picture  she  made.

“ Oh,  here  you  are!”   she  exclaimed, 
as  the  laggard  at  last  appeared. 
“ Let 
me  fasten  this  in  your  buttonhole  and 
then  I  must  be off.  The  Doctor’s  been 
calling  me  for  the  last  quarter  of  an 
hour.  There !  You look too  handsome for 
anything!  I’m  almost atraid to  trust  you 
even  with  Jane!”

“ I  know  what  I'd  do  after  that  bud 
was  fastened to my coat!”  shouted Smith

from  the back  seat,  where  he  and  Miss 
Birkenmayer  were  looking  with  admir­
ing  eyes  at  the  pair.

“ So  do  I,”   was  the  prompt  response. 
“ That!”   and  a  formal  pressure  of  his 
lips  was  left  on  Miss  Marchland’s  fore­
head. 
“ But  this  is  what  I  do—and this 
—and  this”   and  each  blushing  cheek 
and  the  lips  received  a  tender  reward, 
and  then,  to  the  amusement  of  all  and 
to  the  astonishment  of  the  lady  herself, 
he  took  her  up  struggling  in  his  strong 
arms,  as  a  mother  carries  her child,  and 
placed  her 
in  the  open  buggy  at  the 
Doctor’s  side. 
“ There,  Doctor,”   he 
said,  “ bring  her  back  to  me  safe  and 
sound,  with  not  a  petal of  those red roses 
harmed,’ ’ and  as  they  rode  away  he 
watched  them,  hat 
in  hand,  until  they 
turned the corner,  when he waved a good­
bye 
backward-wafted 
kiss.  “ Bless  her!”   he  said  under  his 
breath;  “ and  bless Jane  for keeping  me 
from  clouding  for a  minute  that  sunny 
life. 
I  never  can  do  i t !  I  never  w ill!”  
and  he  turned  tc  Jane  with  a  smile.

to  Marjory’s 

“ Do  you  see  that?”   whispered  Smith 
to  Miss  Birkenmayer;  “ the  storm  has 
passed  over  and  we  shall  not  get  so 
much  as  a  whiff  of  the 
threatened 
gale!”

The  picnickers  were  soon  under  way, 
and  a  merry  crowd  they  were  Laughter 
and  song  followed  them  far  up  among 
the  shadows  of  the  mountains;  and 
after  they  entered  the  Canon  the  echoes 
caught  the  sweet  sounds  high  up  among 
the  cliffs  and  with 
invisible  hands 
tossed  them  again  and  again  to  the  re­
joicing  rocks.  Jane  and  Cy  were  not  far 
behind  at  first.  The  rocky  road  wound 
with  a  gentle 
incline  between  almost 
perpendicular  walls  brightened  here 
and  there  with  an  ambitious  evergreen 
and  darkened  by  the  dead  roots  of  what 
had  been  a  stunted  tree.  The  merri­
ment  jarred  a  little  with  the  mood  of 
both  Jane  and  C y ;  and,  the 
reins 
dropping,  the  horses  were  allowed  to 
walk.  When  a  sharp  turn  in  the  road 
had  hidden  the  last  carriage  from  view 
Cy  remarked,  as  he  brushed  a  fly  from 
one  of  the  horses,  “ I  am  glad  you  did 
it,  Jane.  What  made  you  think  of  it?”
It’s  been 
in  your  face  ever  since  we had that talk, 
and  I  felt  it  in  my  bones  that  you  were 
going  to  do  the  dreadful  thing  to-day; 
and  I  felt,  too,  that  I  couldn’t  have  it 
so.  Promise  me,  Cy,  that  you’ll  give  it 
up  and  make  Marjory  the  happiest, 
proudest  wife  the  sun  ever  looked  down 
upon.  Won’t  you,  Cy,  for  her  sake  first 
and  then  for  mine?”

“ I  knew  without  thinking. 

“ I  had  made  up  my  mind  to  do  it 

anyway—What  was  that!  My  God !”  
R ichard  Malcolm  Strong.

The  Witness  Was  a  Match  for  the 

Lawyer.

the 

learn  what  you  know  about 

It  often  happens  that  a  bulldozing 
lawyer,  who  tries  to  steer a  witness  and 
run  over  the  court,  strikes  a  snag  in  his 
ill-natured  probing.  A  local  lawyer  was 
recently  wrecked  in  such  a way,  through 
the  channel  of  his  own  smartness.  The 
cross-examiner  had  had  the  witness  on 
the  stand  for  some  time  and  the  latter 
was  naturally  getting  a  little  weary. 
“ If  you  would  only  answer  my  ques­
tions  properly,”   said 
cross-ex­
aminer,  who  was  called  by  courtesy  a 
lawyer,  “ we  would  have  no  trouble. ”  
The  witness,  who  was  a  good  witness, 
simply  looked  askance and  let  it  go  at 
that. 
“ If  I  could  only  get  you  to  un­
derstand,”   continued  the  lawyer,  “ that 
all  I  want  to  know  is  what  you  know, 
we— ”  
“ It  would  take  you  a  lifetime 
to  acquire  that,”   interrupted  the  wit­
ness. 
The  lawyer  recovered  shortly 
after,  being  accustomed  to  knock-out 
blows,  and  tried  to  explain  himself. 
“ What  I  mean 
is  that  I  merely  want 
to 
this 
affair,”   he  said. 
“ I  don’t  care  any­
thing  about .your  abstract  knowledge  of 
law  or  your 
in  regard  to 
theosophy,  but  what  you  know  about 
this  case.”   “ Oh,  that 
isn’t  what  you 
want,”   returned  the  witness  in  an  off­
hand  way. 
“ I’ve  been  trying  to  give 
you  that  for  some  time,  and— ”   Of 
course,  the  lawyer got  in  his deadly work 
in  the  line  of  objections  at  this  point, 
and  the  witness  had  to  stop. 
“ If.l 
don’t  want  to  know  what  you  know 
about  this  particular  case  and  nothing 
else,”  
later, 
“ what  do  you  think  I  do  want  to 
know?”   That  seemed  so  easy  to  the 
witness  that  he  almost  laughed,  and  he 
showed  a  willingness  to speak that made 
the  lawyer  prepare  to  object  before  a 
word  was  said:  “ It  isn’t  what  I  know 
that  you  want  to  know;  it’s  what  you 
think  I  know  that  you’re  after;  and 
you’re  trying  to  make  me  know  it  or 
prove  me  a 
it  was  that 
every  one 
in  the  courtroom  knew  that 
he  had  been  on  the witness stand before.

liar.”   Then 

information 

enquired 

lawyer 

the 

Easy  Enough  to  Arrange.

in  a  shoe  store 

Every  dealer  recognizes  that  a female 
purchaser 
is  more  or  less  diffident 
about  trying  on  shoes  in  a  place  where 
everyone  can  gaze  at  her.  A  lady  hap­
pened 
lately  where 
a  number  of  small  screens  were  seen 
placed  here  and  there  around  the  estab­
lishment.  The  novelty  and  the  utility 
of  the 
idea  appealed  to  her  at  once, 
and  her  lady  friends  in  that  enterpri­
sing  shoe  dealer's  district  are  whisper­
ing  among  themselves  bow  comforting 
it 
is  to  have  one’s  shoes  tried  on  in 
privacy.

D E A L E R S—Turn  your  money  over!  The  enormous  amount of  advertising
to  familiarize  house-keepers  with the  name  of

being  done

meline

The Modem STOVE POLISH

enables  merchants  to  make  quick  sales  and  fair  profits.  Don’t  load  up  with  dead  stock. 
“A  nimble  nickel  is  better  than  a slow  dime.”

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

SUC CESSFUL  SALESMEN.

Chas.  L.  Stevens,  Representing Weed, 

Colburn  &   Co.

Chas.  L.  Stevens  was  born  in  Detroit, 
Aug.  24,  1850.  On  his  father’s  side his 
antecedents  were  New  England  and 
English,  while  on  his  mother’s  side 
they  were  Irish,  his  mother  having  been 
born  on  the  Emerald  Isle.  When  he  was 
7  years  of  age,  his  parents  moved  onto 
a  small  farm  near  Denton,  Wayne 
county.  Nine  years  later  they  took  pos­
session  of  a 
larger  farm  in  Plymouth 
township 
in  the  same  county.  Mr. 
Stevens  attended  district  school when he 
was  not  actively  engaged  in  farm  work, 
afterwards  attending  the  high  school  at 
Plymouth,  and  spending  two  winters  at 
the  Ypsilanti  Seminary,  now  known  as 
the  Ypsilanti  high  school. 
In  March, 
1870,  he  went  to  Detroit,  through  the 
influence  of  a  relative,  and  took  a  po­
sition  as  order  clerk  in  the  wholesale 
drug  house  of  Farrand,  Sheley  &  Co.

After  filling  this  position  three  years, 
he  reached  the  conclusion  that  he  was 
cut  out  for  a  traveling  salesman,  and 
for  the  next  two  years  he  carried  a  line 
of  perfumery  and  extracts  on  the  road, 
the  first  year  in  Michigan  and  the  sec­
ond  year  in  Wisconsin  and  Minnesota. 
At  this  time  he  concluded  that  the  hat 
business  came  nearer  to  his  ideal  of  a 
career  than  any  other  line,  and  he  ac­
cordingly  engaged  with  the  wholesale 
hat  house  of  A.  C.  Bacon  &  Co.,  of 
Detroit,  with  whom  he  remained  twelve 
years,  covering  Southern  Michigan  at 
first  and  afterwards  the  entire  State.  On 
the  retirement  of  this  bouse  from  busi­
ness,  he  transferred  his  allegiance  to 
Weed,  Colburn  &  Co.,  of  Toledo,  for 
whom  he  has  traveled  in  this  State  con­
tinuously  for  the  past  eleven  years.

Mr.  Stevens  was  married  July  22. 
1874, 
to  Miss  Caddie  Thompson,  of 
Ypsilanti,and  is  the  father of a daughter 
now  22  years  of  age.  For  six  years  the 
family  resided  at  Detroit,  but  in  1880 
they  removed  to  Ypsilanti,  where  Mr. 
Stevens  built  a home  which  is  regarded 
as  one  of  the  finest  residence  properties 
in  the  city.

Mr.  Stevens’  antecedents  were  Pres­
byterian  and  he  has  always been closely 
identified  with  that  denomination  in  the 
cities  in  which  he  has  lived.  He  is  an 
active  member  of  the  First Presbyterian 
Church  of  Ypsilanti,  having  served  the 
Sunday  School  connected  with  that  or­
ganization  four  years  in  the  capacity  of 
Superintendent.  He  became  identified

with  the  Christian  Endeavor  movement 
in  the  earliest  days  of  its  organization, 
since  which  time  he  has  served  as  State 
Secretary  two  years  and  State  President 
one  year.

Mr.  Stevens 

is  also  a  “ jiner”   in  all 
that  the  word  implies,  having  run  the 
gamut  in  all  branches  of  Masonry.  He 
is  Master  of  Ypsilanti  Lodge,  F.  &  A. 
M.,  No.  128;  Past High Priest of Excel­
sior  Chapter,  No.  25 ;  Standard  Bearer 
in  Ann  Arbor  Commandery,  No.  13; 
member  of  the  Michigan  Sovereign 
Consistory  of  Detroit,  and  Grand  P.  S. 
of  the  Grand  Chapter.  He 
is  also a 
member  of  Moslem  Temple,  Mystic 
Shrine.  He  is  a  member of  the  Royal 
in  the  Michigan 
Arcanum,  a  director 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  one  of  the 
incor­
porators  of  the  Michigan  Commercial 
Travelers’  Association,  which  he  has 
served 
in  the  capacity  of  Vice-Presi­
dent;  Prelate  of  Queen  City  Lodge,  K. 
P.  He 
is  a  ready  speaker,  a  keen  de­
bater  and  an  excellent  presiding  officer 
and  is  held  in  high  repute  by  all  of  the 
organizations  with  which  he  is  in  any 
way  affiliated.

it 

Mr.  Stevens  has  managed  to  accumu­
late  a  considerable  fortune  while 
in 
pursuit  of  business  on  the  road,  having 
demonstrated  that 
is  not  necessary 
that  a  traveling  man  should  spend  his 
entire  income  simply  because  he  knows 
how.  He  is  Vice-President  of  the  Ypsi­
lanti  Electric  Light  Co.,  a  stockholder 
in  the  Toledo  Metal  Wheel  Co.,  pays 
taxes  on  considerable  Detioit  real estate 
and  possesses  a  strong  box  full  of  farm 
mortgages.  He  attributes  his  success  to 
hard  work  and  close  application  to 
business  and  to  sticking  to  one  place  as 
long  as  circumstances  permit,  having 
represented  but  three  houses  during  his 
career  of  twenty-five  years  on  the  road, 
one  of  which  he  left  because 
it  retired 
is  a  man  of  excel­
from  business.  He 
lent  character  and 
is  highly  esteemed 
by  his  customers,  his  house  and  his  as­
sociates  on  the  road.

The  Calf  Path.

One day through the primeval  wood 
A calf walked home, as good calves should; 
Hut made a trail all bent askew,
A crooked trail, as all calves do.
Since then two hundred years have lied, 
And,  I infer,  the calf is  dead.
But still he left behind his trail,
And thereby hangs a mortal  tale.
T h e  trail was taken up next day 
By a lone dog that passed that way.
And then a wise bell-wether sheep 
Pursued the trail o’er vale and steep,
And drew the flock behind him, too,
As good bell-wethers always do.
And from that day, o’er hill and glade, 
Through those old  woods a path was made, 
And many men wound in and out,
And dodged and turned and bent about,
And uttered words of righteous wrath, 
Because ’twas such a crooked  path;
But still they followed—do not laugh—
The flrst migration of that calf,
And through this winding woodway stalked 
Because he wabbled when he walked.
This forest path became a lane,
That bent and turned and turned again;
This crooked  lane became a road.
W h ere many a poor horse, with his load, 
Toiled on beneath the burning sun,
And traveled some three miles in one.  ’
And thus a century and a half 
They trod the footsteps of that calf.
The years passed on in swiftness fleet,
The road became a village street,
And this, before men w ere aware,
A city’s crowded thoroughfare,
And soon the central street was this 
Of a renowned metropolis'.
And men two centuries and a half 
Trod in the footsteps of that calf;
Each day a hundred thousand rout 
Followed the zigzag calf about;
And o’er his crooked journey went 
The traffic of a continent.
A hundred thousand men were led 
By one calf near three centuries dead.

In a  Deadlock.

“ Neither  of  your  typewriter girls  has 

taken  a  vacation  this  summer.”

“ No;  there’s  a  good-looking  young 
in  the  office,  and  neither  of  the 
is  willing  to  go  away  and  leave 

man 
girls 
the  field  to  the  other  one. ’ ’

Discounts  for  cash  swell  profits,  and 
hort  accounts  make  long  friends.

Wanted the Samples  Matched by Wire. 
From the Lewiston Journal.

The  manager  of  a  telegraph  office 

in 

Maine  tells  this:

“ I  suppose  the  most comical  thing  I 
ever  saw  in  a  telegraph  office  happened 
the  other  day. 
It  was  warm  and  I  was 
standing  near  the  desk  when  a  woman 
entered.  She  was  sweet  and  20,  or  pos­
sibly  a  year  or  two  older,  and  I  picked 
her  out  for  a  young  wife  just  in  the 
exultant  flush  of  her  first  success  as 
housekeeper.  She  wanted  to  know  if 
our  line  made connections with Boston— 
most  all  women  ask  that  question  when 
they  use  the  wire  for the first time, “  ex­
plained  the  manager  parenthetically.

“ I  gravely  assured  her  that  our  line 
did  connect  with  the  Hub  and  allayed 
her  fear  that  it  might  take half  a  day  to 
send  the  message.  Somewhat  reassured, 
she  opened  her  reticule, 
took  out  a 
bunch  of  samples  and  then  went  to writ­
ing.  After  some  difficulty  she  squeezed 
her  thoughts 
into  ten  words  and  ap­
proached  the  sending  table.  -She  laid

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down  the  written  blank,  two  samples, 
‘ A, ’  the  other  * B, *  and  a 
one  marked 
quarter.  The  message  read :

"   ‘ Sellum  &  Seilum,  Boston:  Send, 
express,  five  yards  sample  ‘A ’  and  six 
yards  ‘ B. *  “

Not  to  Be  Expected.

Salesman—If the goods  are  not  just  as 
represented,  we  will  cheerfully  refund 
your  money.

Rural  Customer—Don’t  tell  me  secb 
yarns  as  that,  young  man!  Ye  might 
gimme  me  money  back,  but 
’tain’t 
human  natur  fer ye to feel cheerful  about 
doin’  it.

State  Attorney  Deneeii  of  Illinois  has 
been  appealed  to  by  the  Grocers’  and 
Butchers’  Association  of  Chicago  to  re­
frain  from  prosecuting  violators  of  the 
butterine  law  recently  passed  by  the 
Legislature.  The  members  give  as  their 
reason  for the  request  the  belief  that  the 
law  is  unconstitutional.

Profits

A gro ce r’ s profits are notoriously 
small.  In  the  course  of a year 
he  loses  a  great  deal of  money 
because  of  dust.  Dust  makes 
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groceries unsalable.  Pe 
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It is not sticky, but it prevents dust from rising just the same.
One  application  will  keep  the dust 
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It is a good deal cheaper to use than 
not  to  use  it.  Write  for  a  free 
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Shoes  and  Leather
Not  Cheaper,  But  Better  Shoes.
That this  would  be  a  good  motto  for 
the  shoe  manufacturer to  inscribe  upon 
his  business  banner,  and  to  strictly  ad­
here  to,  will  not  be  questioned  by  the 
thoughtful,  experienced  and  conscien­
tious  producer  of  footwear  with  one 
perplexing  and  irrepressible  little  “ if”  
to  qualify  the  assertion. 
If  the  dear 
shoe-wearing  public,  in  their  rush  and 
eager  scramble  for  shoes,  would  encour­
age  the  manufacturer to  raise  the  stand­
ard  of  quality,  and  give  him  their  un­
equivocal,  moral  and  pecuniary  support 
in  this  desirable  reform,  the thing  could 
be  done  to  the  mutual  satisfaction  of 
both  parties.  To  the  average  manufac­
turer  it 
is  not  a  pleasure  to  turn  out 
shoddy  shoes,  for  his  profits  are  neces­
sarily  tinged  with  the  bitterness  that 
flows  through  innumerable  complaints. 
True,  he  may  reap  a  pretty  big  harvest 
from  his  output  of  worthless  goods,  but 
the  aftermath  is  apt  to  be  thin  and  un- 
remunerative,  for  the  customer  who  has 
once  had  a  certain  kind  of  shoes  fall 
piecemeal  from  his  feet,  or  go  to  sud­
den  wreck  and  ruin  like  the  deacon's 
“ one-horse  shay,”   will  shun  the  same 
sort  afterward,  although  he  purchased 
the  pretty 
looking  things  at  a  most 
“ astonishing  bargain,”   at  a  “ special 
sale for  one  day  only. ’ ’

But  whether  any  general  reform  can 
ever  be  accomplished  in  this  line,either 
through  the  co-operation  of  producer 
and  reformer or  by  the  courageous stand 
of  the  manufacturer  alone,  there  is  cer­
tainly  a  growing  minority  among  repu­
table  makers  of  shoes  favorable  to  the 
driving  out  from  their  factories  with 
whips  and  scorpions  those  too-cheap 
banes  of  a  once  honorable  trade,  the 
stings  of  the  unfortunate  producer  and 
the  disappointing  acquisitions  of  the 
deceived  consumer.  This  is  well  as  far 
as  it  goes,  and  for  the  good  of  the  trade 
it  is  a  pity  that  it  does  not  gc  farther. 
The  argument  that  the  refusal  on  the 
part  of  a  few  manufacturers  to  continue 
the  production  of  the  lowest  and  most 
worthless  class  of  footwear  will  only 
leave  a  larger  field  for  those  who  re­
main  in  it  should  have  no-weight  with 
those  who  believe  they  are  right in their 
resolve  and  who  are  certain to  find  more 
moral  satisfaction  in  putting  out a high­
er  grade  of  shoes.

interdicted 

As  to  the  claim  of  some  of  these  re­
formers  that  they  are  offering  a  better 
shoe  at  the  price  of  the  one  formerly 
made,  but  now 
in  their 
shops,  retailers  must  draw  their  own 
conclusions. 
It  may  be  easily  possible 
to  raise  the  grade  slightly  without  put­
ting  up  figures,  if  the  maker  is  content 
to  share  his  profits  with  the  public. 
But,  in  any  event,  better  goods  are  de­
sirable  for  the  reputation  of  the  trade 
and  the peace of  mind  of  the  shoe-wear­
ing  community.

Without  doubt,  one  of  the  meanest 
offerings  of  cheap  wares  is  the  one  that 
is  not  only  of  very  inferior  quality  and 
make,  but  which  at  the  same  time  poses 
as  a  genuine  shoe of  some  well-known 
brand.  The  article  covered  by  a  trade­
mark 
is  sacred  and  protected  by  law, 
so  far  as  the  trade-mark  itself  is  con­
cerned ;  but 
imitation  of  the  article 
cannot  be  prevented.  No  article,  per­
haps,  has ever been  produced  which  has 
met  popular  favor,  and  proved  success­
ful  as  a  business  venture,  without  rais­
ing  about 
it  a  hungry  horde  of  rivals 
and  imitators.  There are  men  who  will 
put  money  in  their  purse  by  fair  means

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

or  foul,  either  by  “ borrowing”   from 
the  pockets  or  the  brains  of  others  who 
are  better  equipped  at  both  points.

the  monkey. 

Imitation  has  been  going  on  since the 
world  began  by  man  and  his  humbler 
brother, 
Darwinian 
theories  about  the  relative  positions  of 
these  two  animals  are  of  little  conse­
quence  to  the  shoe  trade  in  general. 
Whether  man 
is  descended  from  the 
monkey,  or  whether  the  latter  has  only 
done  his  level  best  to  be  a  man  in  his 
imitative  efforts,  is of  little  importance. 
Imitation  is  regarded  as  high  praise  to 
the  thing  copied,  but  unfortunately  for 
this  species  of  flattery,  the  copy  is  by 
In 
no  means  always  a  creditable effort. 
imitating,  the  aim  usually 
is,  and  al­
ways  ought  to  be,  to  reproduce  a  work 
from  a  high  standard. 
imitating  a 
popular  and  salable  shoe  the 
effort 
seems  to  be  to  make  a  good  decoy,  to 
get  a  good  outline  and  exterior  of  the 
thing  copied,  with  little  value  and large 
profit  in  its  make-up.

In 

It 

But  no  one  imitates  trash  or  obscure 
things. 
In  painting,  only  the  works  of 
the  best  masters  are  chosen  to  copy;  in 
sculpture  a  like  rule  holds  good,  and  in 
shoes  only  the  best  works  of  sutorial  art 
are  chosen  for subjects  in  the  imitator’s 
work.  And  the  nearer  we  can approach 
these  masterpieces  of  art  in  the  copied 
work,  the  greater  will  be  the  triumph 
of  the  second-hand  artist.  And  yet, 
after  all,  the  results,  however  good,  will 
be  only  copies  of  the  original.  The  in­
spiration  of  genius  that  designed  the 
chef-d’oeuvre  guides  not  the hand of the 
imitator  and  copyist.  The  shoe design­
er’s  genius  and  skill  are  not 
in  the 
copied  shoe. 
is  only  the  result  of  a 
mechanical  operation,  depending  upon 
the  skill  and  cleverness  of  the  artisan 
which  shall  produce  a  turn  to  the  paint­
ed  Madonna,  the  Apollo  Belvidere 
in 
cold  marble,  or  the  thing  of  beauty  and 
graceful  curves  in  leather.  In  fact,  it  is 
the  forger’s  skill,  and  oftentimes  with 
no  more  praiseworthy  aim  than  his—the 
acquisition  of 
lucre.  Of  course,  there 
are  in  the  world  of  art  worthy  instances 
of 
imitation,  but  the  chief 
aim  of  imitative  effort  seems  to be  that 
basest  of  deceit  by  which  men  borrow 
others’  ideas  to  further  their  own  selfish 
ends.  But  the  products,  fortunately  for 
a  too-credulous  humanity,are  only “ clay 
men, ’ ’  without  a  spark  of  the  Pro­
methean  fire, stolen  from  heaven  or  else­
where,  to  animate  them  and  make  them 
“ breathe  of  genius  and  deceive  the 
eye.”   But  the  shoe 
imitator  catches 
only  at  the  salient  points  of  his  prey 
and  aims  to  give  an  exterior to his prod­
uct  without  embodying  in  it  the  intrin­
sic  worth  and  high  quality  of  the  thing 
copied ;  so  that  a  Blank’s  famous  shoe, 
with  a  world-wide  reputation,  is  repre­
sented  only  by  a  specious  counterfeit  to 
the  eye,  and  money  is  coined  often  by 
the  base  deception.

laudable 

The  producer  of  too-cheap  goods  in 
manufacturing  lines  helps  in  great  de­
gree  to  break  down  that  pleasant  confi­
dence  which  ought  to  exist  always  be­
tween  the  producer  and  the  consumer. 
Here 
is  a  wholesome  moral  maxim, 
from  the  pen  of  a  famous  writer,  that 
furnishes  food  for  reflection  upon  this 
important  subject:

“ The beginning  of all good  law,  and 
nearly  the  end  of  it,  is  in  these two  or­
dinances:  Every  man  shall  do  good 
Work  for  his  bread,  and every  man  shall 
have good  bread  for his work.”

Here 

is,  also,  a  proverb  for  the  re­
tailer,  who,  if  he  does  not  actually  deal 
in  “ green  goods,”   nevertheless  sells 
shoes  that  will  not bear a  close  inspec-

SHOE TIE BUT NEHTLT

and you will have  gained  the 
friendship  of  the whole  fam­
ily.  To  succeed 
in  doing 
this buy your children’s shoes 
from

H1RTH,  KRAUSE  &  CO.,  Grand  Rapids.

Our  Specialties:

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Children’s  Shoes,

Shoe  Store  Supplies,

Goodyear  Glove  Rubbers.

Do  you  sell  Shoes?
Do  you  w ant  to sell  more Shoes?

Then buy Rindge, Kalrabach & 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.

can give you some bargains.

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

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.

this market by us.

We are showing  the  strongest line of Shoes ever placed on 

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

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

Goodyear,—none  better.

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Sec’y and Treas.

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

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

His  Own  Manufacture.

It  is  said  that  thirty-five or more years 
ago  there  was  a  large  dry  goods  store  in 
Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  kept  by  a  man 
of  French  and  Hebrew  extraction, 
whose  name  was  Gosling.  Over  the 
doorway  of  the  store  he  had,  on  an  ap­
propriate  pedestal,  a  gilded  and  sculp­
tured  American  eagle.  He  had  twenty 
six  children  of  assorted  sizes;  and,  as 
Mrs.  Partington  would  say,  of  both  the 
male and  female  “ persuasion.”   Many 
of  these  were  clerks 
in  the  store  and 
others  were  scattered  along  the  streets, 
at  appropriate  distances,  to  advertise 
the  store and  run  in  customers. 
It  gave 
him  trade,  and  so  did  his  lively  adver­
tising 
In  all  his 
advertisements  he  urged  that  one  of  the 
reasons  why  he  could  outsell  all  com­
petitors  was  that  he  was  at  no  expense 
for  clerk  hire,  as  he  manufactured  his 
own  clerks.

in  the  local  papers. 

I New Prices on RuDDers

LYCOMING,  35 and 5 off.
KEYSTONE,  35 and 5 and  10 off.

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

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

Geo.  H.  Reeder  &  Co.,

19 South Ionia St.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

rather 

in  the  broad 

light  of  heaven. 
tion 
“ They  prefer  darkness 
than 
light,  because  their  deeds  are  evil.”  
How  many  dark  stores  there  are,  any- 
• w ay!  And  yet  not  all  of  these  dark 
stores  are  the  scenes  of  evil  deeds,  by 
any  means.  There  is,  however,  a  lurk­
ing  suspicion  in  the  minds of many  cus­
tomers  that  there 
is  “ method  in  this 
darkness,”   and  it  seems  to  be  designed 
to  cover  some  defects,  either  in  the  ap­
pointments  or  the  wares  of  the  gloomy 
place.  Customers  do  not 
like  dark 
stores,  even 
if  they  know  they  are  go­
ing  to  buy  cheap  goods.  They  want  to 
be  able  to  see  how  many  cents  on  the 
dollar they are  going  to  get  in  their  pro­
spective  purchase. 
A  sunless  store, 
somehow,  seems  to  suggest  a  sunless 
conscience  on  the  part of the proprietor; 
and 
furnish  oppor­
tunities  for  accomplishing  the  taking 
off  of  slightly  defective  goods,  shoes  a 
shade  mismated  in  color,  and  the 
like. 
Now,  a  good  receipt  for  the  retailer  of 
shoes  to  set  up  for  his  observance  is 
this:

it  certainly  does 

“ So  let  your  light  shine  before  men 
(and  women)  that  your  goods  shall  sell 
at  least  on  the  merits  of  their  external 
appearance. 
If  they  are  of  the  shoddy 
class,  the  less  internal  light  the  better; 
for  even  the  X-rays  would  reveal  noth­
ing  good  in  their  fabric  or  make.”

But  alas  for  the  perversity  of  human 
nature;  it 
is  love’s  labor  lost  to  try  to 
bring  about  this  reform  in  the  quality 
of  footwear  without  at  least  a  consider­
able  measure  of  approval  from  those 
who  pay  for  and  wear  it.  The  voice  of 
the  people  may  not  always  be  the  voice 
of  God,  but  it  is  wonderfully  potential 
with  the  manufacturer of  shoes,  just  the 
same. 
“ Educate the people  to  a  higher 
standard  of  excellence, ’ ’  says  the  re­
former.  That  is good  advice and  should 
be  followed  by  the  conscientious  dealer 
itself. 
whenever  opportunity  offers 
There  are,  however,  some  obstacles 
in 
the  way  of  success  to  this  educational 
work.  We  live 
in  an  age  of  luxuriant 
abundance  and  almost  infinite  variety 
of  shoes,  and  the  wage  earning  young 
woman  who  formerly  contented  herself 
with  one  good  pair  of  shoes,  for  which 
she  willingly  paid  a  fair  price  to  se 
cure  quality  and  durability,  now  insists 
upon  reveling  in  footwear  to  the  extent 
of  from  three  to six  pairs,  in  order to se­
cure  variety.  For  these  she  cannot  af­
ford  to  pay  more  than  half  the  price 
per  pair  that  the  one  substantial,  high- 
grade  pair  formerly  cost  her.  And  yet 
this  young  woman  is  from  three  to  six 
times  happier,  according 
to  the  in­
crease  of  her  pedal  possessions,  than 
she  was  before.  With  the  same  humble 
feet  she 
is  able  to  make  from  three  to 
six  times  as  much  display  in  a  given 
time,  and  though  the  cost  for  display 
is  only  about  half  the  former  price,  it  is 
eminently  satisfactory  to  her,  notwith­
standing  the  lamentable 
limit  of  life 
possessed  by  any  single  pair  in  her 
wardrobe.  Do  you  suppose  you  could 
educate  her  up  to  a  higher  standard  of 
excellence  in  shoes  by  a  great  decrease 
in  numbers  and  an  immense destruction 
of  her  vanity?  Could  she  be  induced  to 
accept  Seneca’s  two-thousand-year-old- 
maxim,  from  “ books”   to  “ shoes?”

“ It  does  not  matter  how  many,  but 

how  good,  shoes  you  have.' ’

“ Indeed, 

it  does  matter!’ ’ says  our 
multi-shod  young  working  girl,  quite 
resentfully.— E.  A.  B. 
in  Boots  and 
Shoes  Weekly.

Push  your  business,  or  it  will  push 

you.  >

Good  Things Said  by  Up-to-Date Shoe 

Dealers.

The  flexibility  makes  ’em  easy.  Not 
a  trace  of  stiffness—the  very  acme  of 
summer  comfort  for  tender  feet.  Made 
of  soft  kid  in  black  or  brown.  Hand- 
turned  soles  and  newest toes.— Partridge 
&  Richardson,  Phila.

A  jolly  July  for  shoe  buyers.  You  who 
are  late buying  summer  shoes,  as well  as 
you  who already  need  a  second pair, will 
have  no  occasion  to  find  fault  with  "the 
times”   this  July. 
It’s  a  jolly  July— if 
you  are  a  shoe  buyer,  for  prices  have 
been  cut  to  a  ridiculous  figure—so  low 
that  thé  good  shoes  we  sell  are  likely  to 
shrink 
in  shame  at  being  sold  at  such 
prices.  But  there  s  method  in  our  ap­
parent  madness—we  want  to  sell  all  our 
summer  shoes  and  not  have  a  lot  left 
when  stock-taking  time  comes. 
It  pays 
us  to  pay  you  our  profits.  You get  cheap 
shoes,  we  simply  get  our  money  back. 
What  can  we  do  for  you?—Johnson’s 
Shoe  Palace,  Altoona,  Pa.

Here’s  a  woman’s  shoe  at  $3—out  of 
the  question  elsewhere  under  §4—made 
on  our  exclusive  and  model  Moderation 
Bull  Dog  last.  Graceful  as  a  swan,  and 
holds  its  shape  to  the  last  stitch.  Light, 
cool  and  durable.  Rich  brown  leathers 
and  black.  Welted  soles  that  can  be  re­
soled  by  hand.  By 
long  odds  the  best 
shoe  even  we,with  our  exceptional facil­
ities,  ever  turned  out  for  §3.— Partridge 
&  Richardson,  Phila.

Our  shoe  store  is  a  new  factor  in  the 
New  York  retail  shoe  trade.  The  shoe 
stake  of  our  business 
is  being  driven 
deep  down 
into  the  confidence  of  the 
people.  Friday’s 
items  are  reprinted. 
They  are  too good  to  be  dismissed  with 
one  statement.—John Wanamaker,  N.  Y.

M inor  Shoe  Notes.

Keep  paper  between  the  patent  leath­
ers  in  the cartons,  otherwise this weather 
the  surfaces  will  stick  together.

A  shoemaker  cites  the  case  of  a  shoe 
wherein  the  pegs  around  the  toe  have 
pulled  out—due  to  an  insole  too  tight 
for  the  outsole.

A  shoe  that  will  prevent  shocking has 
been  brought  out. 
It  is  not  for  shapely 
wheelwomen,  as  might  be  inferred,  but 
for  electric  linemen.

While  three  pairs  of  lace  shoes  to  one 
of  button  are  being  sold  in  the  better 
grades  of  women’s  goods,  the  propor­
tion 
isn’t  so  great  in  cheaper  lines, 
Women  who  buy  cheap  shoes  usually 
want  button.

A  good  many  shoe  manufacturers  are 
compelled  to  write  apologizing letters  to 
their customers because they can’t  fill or­
ders  promptly. 
It is a  good  while  since 
they  have  had  to  do  this.

The  fellow  who  has  been  claiming 
that  the  field  for  novelties  in  footwear 
has  been  exhausted  ought  to  take a peep 
at  some  of  the  new  fall  samples!

The  indications  are  unmistakably  for 
higher  prices  for 
footwear.  A  good 
many  prudent  buyers  have  been  placing 
liberal  orders.

People  who  just  sit  around  and  wait 
for  prosperity  to  come  to  them  are  al­
ways  sure  to  have  plenty  of  time  to 
complain.

Low-cuts, 

in  both 
men's  and  women’s  goods,  are  con­
stantly  becoming  more popular.

for  bicycling, 

Chocolate 

ice 
cream  are  both  a  good  deal  in  evidence 
just  now.

shoes  and  chocolate 

Ripping  of  Cheap  Shoes.

If  shoes  rip  more  than  formerly,  as  is 
often  claimed,  the  reason  for  it  is  not 
difficult  of  determination.  Changes 
in 
methods  of  fitting 
in  the  factory  have 
been  radical  in  late  years  and  customs 
of  the  present  day  would  have  been 
ridiculed  ten  years  ago.  Vamping  a 
shoe  with  fine  thread  and  a chain stitch, 
now  very  much 
in  evidence,  would 
hardly  have  been  seriously  considered 
a 
The  trouble  all 
comes,  of  course,  from  the  heavy  de­
mand  for  cheap  goods  and  the  maneu­
vering  of  manufacturers  to  meet 
It 
isn’t  the  manufacturer’s  fault—although 
he  has  to  take  the  responsibility. 
It  is 
the  fault^of  the buying^public.

few  years  back. 

it. 

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Don’t  Buy  Goods  of  Shoddy  Shops. 
Written for the  T radesman.

The  “ young  feller’ ’  over  the  way  has 
been  cutting  his  wisdom  teeth  of  late. 
When  vacation  time began  to  loom  up 
in  the  distance  it  became  evident  that 
there  was  a  good  time  ahead,  requiring 
considerable  preparation.  My  entrance 
on  Monday  night  was  the  signal  for  un­
covering  a  small  battery  of  questions.

“ Could  a  fellow  who  amounts  to  any­
less  than  three 

thing  get  along  with 
suits  and  be  considered  respectable?”

“ Certainly  not!”   When  a  young  fel­
low  of  25  asks  such  questions  he  has 
made  up  his  mind  what  he  is  going  to 
do  and  all  he  wants  is  to  have  his  de­
cisions  confirmed  by  years of experience 
and  wisdom.  The  answer  expected  is 
always 
in  the question,  which 
makes  the  answer  easy  and the  dialogue 
run  smoothly  along.

implied 

“ Don’t  you  think  my  brown 

suit 
would  be  all  right  for  traveling,  with  a 
pearl  Fedora?"

“ Just the  thing!  1  (Enthusiastically.)
fellow  couldn't  possibly  be  re­
“ A 
spectable  without  his  dress  suit,  could 
he?”

“ I  really  don’t  see  how  he  could. 

wouldn’t  want  to  try  it  myself.”  

I 

‘ the  thing’ 

“ There’s  my  cutaway  suit  for  func­
tions  before  dark ;  but  1  have  a  notion 
that 
is  a  blue  serge  suit, 
with  a fine  straw  hat,  a  white  vest  and  a 
handsome  pair  of  tans.  How  does  that 
hit  you,  Old  Socs?”  
(I  had  better  say, 
by  way  of  parenthesis,  that  “ Socs”   is  a 
contraction  for  Socrates,  a  title  which 
this  specimen  of  Young  American man­
hood  applies  to  me—rather  familiarly, 
it  must  be  admitted,  but  with  no 
thought  of  disrespect.)

“ Favorably—just  the  thing.”
“ Well,  that’s  the  way 

it  struck  me. 
that 
The  drawback 
these  blue  serges  cost  like  the  divil. 
Now  I  stepped  into  Marx’  on  my  way 
home  and  1  find  I  can  get  a  suit  for $23 
that  will  answer  my  purpose.”

in  the  fact 

lies 

“ Marx’ !  That’s  that  snide  store down 

on  Curtis  street,  isn’t  it?”

“ Now  see  here!  you  needn’t  turn  up 
your  nose  in  that  way.  This  suit  will 
do.  The  same  thing  at  Blum  &  John­
ston’s  would  cost  me  $40,  and  I  can’t 
afford  it. ’ ’

“ You  can’t  afford  anything 

else! 
Don’t  you  know,  you  blooming 
ijit, 
that  in  buying  clothes  you  can’t  afford 
to  indulge  in  any  nonsense?  In  the  first 
place,they’ll  cheat  you  in  the  goods;  in 
the  second  place,  they’ll  cheat  in  the 
trimming,  and  when  you  come  to  the

M i c h i g a n

fitting,  you  know  just  as  well  as  I  do 
that  they  simply  can’t  do 
You 
haven’t  any  money  to  burn,  but  you’d 
better  burn  it  than  to blow  it  into  a  suit 
at  that  establishment.  Of  course,  you 
left  your  order?”

it. 

Still,  you’ll 

‘  Y-e-s” —
“ Then  let  me  tell  you  something: 
When  you  get  that  suit  home,  instead 
of  a  fine  blue,you’ll  have  a  nasty  black. 
Under  each  arm,  toward 
the  back, 
there’ll  be a  fold big  enough  to  lay  over 
and  pin.  The  collar  will  be  too  high 
and  will  roll  up. 
The  sleeves  will  be 
too  long.  When  you  button  it  in  front 
the  whole  blame  thing  will  hunch  up 
and  leave  a  deep  wrinkle  reaching  up 
over  each  shoulder,  and  the  general 
effect  will  be  something  like  a  shirt  on 
a  beanpole. 
save  the 
difference  between  the $40  and  the  §23; 
and,  if  you  don’t  care  whether  you  look 
like  a  gawk,  and  you  want  something 
to  swear at  every  time  you  put  it  on, 
why  you’ll  have  what  you want.  This  is 
a  free  country  and  a  man  has  a  right  to 
wear  what  he  pleases,  and  on  that  ac­
count  I  haven’t any  business  to  say any­
thing  except  in  the  way  of self-defense. 
From  that  point  of  view  I  will  remark 
that  I  don’t  want  to  spoil  what  little 
eyesight  I  have  left  by  looking  at  you 
with  that  suit  on;  and  I'm  sure  I  don’t 
want  to  be  shocked  by  your  profanity 
when  you  find  out  how  you’ve  been 
cheated.  Gi ’  me  a  match  and let's  talk
about  something  else.”

On  the  Saturday  evening  following,  I 
rigged  myself  up  in  my  new  suit  from 
Blum  &  Johnston’s  and  sauntered  over 
to  the  young  man’s  room.  He  was  ex­
amining  a  suit 
just  taken  from  a  box 
bearing  the  trade-mark  of  the  firm  on 
Curtis  street. 

I  noticed  that

“ A clo ud  w as Testing on  h is brow . 
A n oth er on his heart,”

but,  unmindful  of  these,  I  threw  my­
self  into  his  easy  chair  and  toyed  with 
my cane  until  he  was  ready  to  exchange 
with  me  at  least  the  civilities  of  the  oc­
casion.

I  waited  a  good  while.  There  was  a 
look  on  the  young  man’s  face  not  sug­
gestive  of  sociability  and 
it  seemed
best  to  observe  silence.  Finally,  with 
an  expression  which  indicated  an  ac­
quaintance  with  the  language  and  the 
learning  of  the  pulpit,  he  brought  the 
coat  and  thrust  it  on  my  attention.

“ Just  look  at  that!”
I  looked.
(As  this  paper  is  inflammable,I  think 
I  will  give  the  thought  expressed  rather 
than  a  verbatim  report.)

The  dealer  had  taken  a  shoddy  coat 
from  the  ready-made  counter,  ripped 
up the  collar  until  the  garment  had been 
tried  on,  then  sewed  up  the  rip  and,

packing  the  suit  in  a  fancy  box,  sent  it 
to  the  customer.  A  sample  brought 
home  from  the  goods  selected  showed 
the  cheat  which  had  been  practiced. 
The  suit  throughout  was  worthy  of  the 
description  which  naturally 
followed. 
The  fit  has  been  described  in  a  preced­
ing  paragraph,  and  merited  the  torrid 
adjectives  which  the  glance  in  the  mir­
ror called  forth.  The  deepest  indigna­
tion  found  vent  when  the  young  man 
found,  on  the  inside  pocket  of  the  coat, 
the  label  with  the  name  of  the manufac­
turing  establishment  where the garments 
had  been  made!

The  suit  was  hustled  unceremoniously 
into  its  box  and  taken  back  to  the  store 
on  Curtis  street. 
I  went  with  him.  On 
the  way  home  we  stopped  at  Blum  & 
Johnston’s,  where  be  left  his  order  for 
a  suit  of  serge  that  is  fit  to  wear.  And 
he  is  ready  to  give  to  those  who  need  it 
this  advice :  Don’t  deal  with  a  cheat. 
Buy  good  goods  or  go  without.  Patron­
ize  only  those  tailors  who  understand 
their business,  and  don’t  let a five dollar 
bill  on  the  price  of  a  suit  of  clothes  be 
the  means  of  making  it  hot  for  you 
hereafter. 

It  doesn’t  pay.

A  letter  just  received  from  the  satis­
fied  young  fellow  closes  with  the happy, 
“ I  am  going  to  bring  her  home  with 
me” —a  statement  he  never  would  have 
made 
if  he  had  worn  that  $23  suit  of
serge!  Richard  Malcolm  Strong.

ludicrous 

incidents, 

H o w   a  D ru m m e r  G ot  Into  “Z io n ” .
The  transformation  of  the  Hotel  Im­
perial,  at  Twelfth  street  and  Michigan 
boulevard,  Chicago,  into  a  faith  cure 
establishment  conducted  by  Rev.  John 
Alexander  Dowie  has  been  the  cause  of 
a  number  of 
in 
which  the  attaches  of  Zion,”   as  the 
place  is  now  called,  and  old-time  guests 
of  the  whilom  Imperial  figure  conspicu­
ously.  Hardly  a  day  passes  that  some 
traveling  man  or  other non-resident does 
not  wander 
from  the 
Twelfth  street  station,  close  at  hand, 
and  the  astonishment  depicted  upon 
the  countenances  of  these  former  guests 
of  the  house  would  be  ludicrous  if  the 
employes  and  other  “ Zionites”   were 
not  so  very  much  in  earnest.

into  the  hotel 

A  few  days  ago  a  drummer  for an 
Eastern  house  arrived 
in  town,  and, 
donning  a  bicycle  suit,  enjoyed  a  spin 
on  a  rented  wheel  over  the  boulevards. 
During  the  afternoon  he  remembered 
an  old  friend  whom  he  knew  to  be a 
guest  at  the  Imperial,  and  decided  to 
pay  his  respects  in  person  and  discuss 
old  times  over  a  convenient  table  in  the 
buffet.

The  traveling  man  alighted  at  the 
front  entrance  of  the  building and rolled 
his  wheel  into  the  lobby.

“ Here,  boy,”   he  called  to  a  youth  on 
the  bench  usually  occupied  by  bell 
boys,  “ just  check  this  wheel.”
The  young  man  cast  an  astonished 
look  upon  the  stranger,  but  before  he 
replied,  the  clerk  at  the  desk  hastily in­
terrupted.  “ I  think  you  have  made a 
mistake,  sir,”   he  said,  suavely.

“ A  mistake?  Well,  I  guess  not. 

I 
want  to  see  my  old friend Claxton.  He’s 
lived  here  for  a  year  or  more,  to  my 
knowledge. 

Isn’t  he  here,  now?”

"M r.  Claxton 

is  not  in  this  house,”  
replied  the  clerk,  firmly,  but  politely. 
“ You  have  made  a  mistake;  pray  per­
mit  me  to  explain.”

“ Explain  nothing,”   retorted  the  now 
“ I  know  what  I’m 
irate  drummer. 
I’ve  stopped  here  with 
talking  about. 
Claxton  myself. 
I’m  not  crazy.  Per­
haps  you'll  tell  me  this  isn’t  the  Hotel 
Imperial  ”

“ That’s  just  exactly  what  I’m  going 
“ This  is 

to  tell  you,”   was  the  reply. 
Zion. ”

The  astonished  drummer  gazed  with 
wide-open  eyes  at  the  clerk  and  hastily 
glanced  over  the  familiar  furniture  of 
the  office  and  lobby.  He  drew  a  long 
breath,  and  then,  with  an emphasis  that 
rattled  the  hymn  books  in  the  adjoining 
chapel—formerly  the  hotel  bar— blurted 
out,  “ The  hell  it  isf”

Five  seconds  later  a  bicyclist  might 
have  been  seen  scorching  down 
the 
boulevard  for  the  Auditorium,  and those 
close  enough  at  hand  could  have  heard 
him  murmur  to  himself,  “ Great  Scott! 
I’ve  got  to  quit  drinking.  I  ll  go  to  bed 
and  sleep  this  off.”

C a n ’t  Sell  P rize   G oods  in  B u ffa lo .
The  police 

in  Buffalo,  N.  Y .,  have 
ordered  the  grocers  there  to  stop  selling 
ail  coffee  with  which  prizes  are  given, 
under  penalty  of  arrest.

Employ  fit  help,  and  make  no  room 

for  a  lazy  clerk  or  shopworn goods.

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Do  not  live as  if  the  world  were made 
altogether  for  you  and  you  not  for  the 
world.

Happiness  may  come  to  some  people, 
but  it  is  best  to  prepare  yourself  to  do 
without  it.

H.  O.  Watkins  has  closed  out  his 
harness  stock  at  Riverdale and  gone  on 
the  road  for  Armstrong &   Graham,  of 
Detroit.

W.  F.  Wurzburg  and  E.  C.  Emmer 
line  of 
have  started  out  with  the  tall 
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In  addition 
to  the  jewelry  line,  the  boys  will  carry 
the  silverware  line  of  Jennings  Bros., 
of  Bridgeport,  Conn.

If  you  haven’t  good common  sense,all 
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good. 
It  will  only  give  you  more  op­
portunities  of  making  a  long-eared  ass 
of  yourself.  The  man  who  has  sense 
knows  that 
learning  is  not  knowledge, 
but  is  only  the  art  of  using  it.

The  annual  picnic  of  the  Grand  Rap­
ids  traveling  men  will  be  held  on  Sat­
urday,  Aug. 
14—probably  at  Reed’s 
Lake,  in  case  Alger  Park  can  be  se­
cured  for  the  use  of  the  boys  who  insist 
that  a  matched  game  of  base  ball  is 
necessarily  a  component  part  of a drum­
mers’  picnic.

injected 

Frank  H.  Manchester,  who  was  held 
up,  sandbagged  and  robbed  on  the 
night  of  June  29,  is  still  confined  to  the 
house  at  his  home  in  Battle  Creek  from 
the  effect  of  his  injuries,  which  con­
sisted  mainly of  a broken foot and ankle. 
He  is  improving  as  fast  as  could  be  ex­
pected  and  hopes  to  be  out  by  Sept.  1.
The  traveling  men  talk  ugly  over  the 
provision 
into  the  new  inter­
changeable  mileage  book  compelling 
the  bolder  to  exchange  the  proper  num­
ber  of  mileage  strips  in  the  book  for  a 
ticket  covering  the  distance proposed  to 
be  traveled. 
It  was  expected  that  the 
book  would  be  ready  for  delivery  Aug.
1,  but  it  is  now announced  that  the  date 
of  issue  has  been  set  at  Aug.  15.  Un­
less  the  railroads  recede  from  their  po­
sition  and  withdraw  the  obnoxious  fea­
ture  above  referred  to, the  boys— instead 
of  using  their  influence  to  prevent  un­
favorable  legislation—assert  that  they 
will  prevail  upon  Gov.  Pingree  to  call 
a  special  session  of  the  Legislature  for 
the  purpose  of  passing  a  law  establish­
ing  a  flat  2  cent  rate  on  all  the  roads  in 
the  State.  Considering  the  manner 
in 
which  the  boys  have  been  cajoled  by 
that  prince  of  duplicity,  President  Led- 
yard,  of  the  Michigan  Central  Rail­
way,  the  Tradesman  would  not  be  sur­
prised  to  see  them  go  to  the  other  ex­
treme,  as  no  one  likes to be flimflammed 
as  E.  P.  Waldron  has  been  by  the  gen­
tleman  above  referred  to.

If  we  would  ever  have  anything  of 
benefit  to  us,  we  must  earn  it.  This 
thing  of  hunting  for  “ snaps”   and  get­
ting  something  for  nothing  is  played 
out.

Kalamazoo  Telegraph ;  The  travel­
ing  men  are  preparing for a big minstrel 
show  to  be  given  at  Nashville  on  Au­
gust 6.  C.  D.  Waldo,  of  this  city,  is 
down  on  the  program  as  an  Ocarina 
soloist  and  the  champion  club  swinger 
of  Michigan,  and  Edward  Seventy-Six 
Rosenbaum  is  down  as  a  colored  come­
dian.  These  two attractions  will  doubt­
less  draw  all  the  belles  of  Nashville  to 
the  entertainment.

Fair  woman  has  now  invaded the field 
of  the  commercial  traveler  in  sufficient 
number  to  attract  the  attention  and  ex­
cite  the  comment  of  the  press  of  the 
country.  Some  of  the  dear  girls  who 
have  espoused  the  career  of  the  travel­
ing  salesman  are  by  no  means  beauties 
—some  would  scare  a  sawmill  off  a 
creek  or kill  weeds  in  a  back  yard—but 
most  of  them  succeed  in  selling  a  suffi­
cient  quantity  of goods  to  enable  them 
to  hold  onto  their  jobs.  The  successful 
salesman 
in  petticoats  who  takes  up  a 
man’s  work  must  expect  to be  treated 
exactly  as  a  man  is  treated.  Any  mer­
chant  who  gives  orders  to  a  woman sim­
ply  because  she 
is  a  woman,  not  be­
cause  he needs  the goods,  is  doing  him­
self  a  violent  injustice.  He  is  exerci­
sing  his  native  gallantry  toward  the  sex 
at  the  expense  of  common  business 
sense  and  judgment.  Women who  enter 
the  working  sphere  of  man  and  ask  any 
greater  consideration  on  the  score  of 
their  sex  should  be  relegated  back  to 
the  positions  which  they  most  adorn— 
that  of  sweetheart,  wife  and  mother— 
from  which  they  never  should  have 
emerged  to  try  conclusions  with  the 
sterner sex  on  their  own  battleground.

Traveling  men  will  be  interested  in 
an  important  decision  recently  handed 
down  by  Justice  Scripture,  of  the  New 
York  Supreme  Court.  James  W.  Cor­
coran  bought  a  mileage  ticket  from  the 
New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River 
Railroad  Co.  for  $20,  which  entitled 
him  to  travel  1,000  miles  on  the  lines 
of  that  railroad.  The  company  required 
him  to  sign  a  contract  which  declared 
that  the  book  was  good  only  for  passage 
when  presented  to  the  conductor  with  a 
ticket  received  in exchange  for  coupons 
taken  from  the  book.  Mr.  Corcoran 
arrived  at  a  station  where  he  wished  to 
take  a  train,  observed  that  the  station 
agent  was  not  in  his  office,  but  was  out 
on  the  platform,  and  boarded  the  cars 
without  having  procured  any  passage 
ticket  in  exchange  for  his  mileage  cou­
pons.  The  conductor  refused  to  accept 
the  coupons  themselves  and  put  Mr. 
Corcoran  off  the  train. 
In  a  suit  to  re­
cover  damages  for  the unlawful  ejection 
the  passenger  was  successful.  An  act 
of  the  Legislature  passed 
in  1895  re­
quires  railroad  companies  operating 
lines  more  than  100  miles  long  to 
issue 
mileage,  books  entitling  the  holder to 
travel  1,000  miles,  for  which  the  corpo­
ration  may  charge  not  more  than 2 cents 
mile.  Under this  statute  Mr.  Corcoran 
had  the  right  to  travel  upon  presenting 
his  mileage  book,  without  any  other 
ticket,  unless  he  had  made  a  valid  con­
tract  with  the  railroad  which  compelled 
him  to  procure  such  ticket.  The  court 
held  that  the  agreement  which  he 
signed  was  not  such  a  contract,  because 
there  was  no  consideration  for  it.  That 
agreement  declared  that  the  book  had 
been  sold  for a  reduced  fare,  but  such 
was  not  the  fact. 
It  was  sold  for the 
highest  sum  allowed  by  the  act  of  1895.

Tribute  to  the  Traveler.

The  commercial  traveler  is  neither 
intrusive  nor  obtrusive ;  he  knows  what 
he  knows,  and  knows  it  as  well  as  any 
one knows it,and doesn’t care  who knows 
it,  but  he 
is  not  forever  and  eternally 
thrusting  his  knows  upon  you.  He 
comes  to  you  with  a  mission  and  a  duty 
to  perform.  He  meets  you  with  the 
cordial  grasp  of  friendship,  and  upon 
the  completion  of  his  work  he  leaves 
you 
in  peace  with  his  blessing.  Sel 
dom  one  becomes  your  instructor or pre 
sûmes  tc  dictate  your  business. 
If  for 
one  moment  he  shall  presume  to  be 
either,  he  too  soon  finds  his  level.  He 
comes  with  no  great  heraldings,  and 
departs  in  the  same  dignified  manner. 
He  may  think  a  whole  lot,  and  know  a 
whole 
lot,  but  he  reserves  both  his 
knowledge  and  thoughts  and 
thrusts 
them  not  upon  you.

The  commercial  traveler  would  as 
soon  live  in  a  country  without a  flag  as 
a  country  without  commercial  interests. 
He  is  as solicitous  of one  as  the  other, 
and  would  fly  to  the  rescue  of  either 
or  both.  No  flag,  no  country.  No  com­
mercial  interests,  no  country.  Coupled 
directly  with  the  retailer’s  interests  are 
those  of  the  commercial  traveler.  You 
may  call  him  the  commercial  journal, 
looking  forward  to  the  retailer  and 
backward  to  manufacturer  and  whole­
saler.  He  is  the  happy  medium  stand­
ing  in  the  middle  ground,  looking  both 
ways  for  the  protection  of  trade  and  the 
building  up  of  commercial  industries.
In  boom  times  he  may  become  care­
less  and  somewhat 
indifferent.  Under 
depression he becomes studious,  thought­
ful and energetic.  The commercial trav­
eler  is,  or ought  to  be,  broad  minded. 
He  comes  in  contact  with  all  peoples, 
meets  with  all  dispositions,,  all  temper­
aments.  To-day  it  is  the  plethoric,  to­
morrow  the  pessimistic,  and  he  accom­
modates  himself  to  all  the  conditions, 
prosecuting  his  work  in  a  manner  born 
unto  himself.
To-day  he  greets  his  Wisconsin  cus­
tomers,  to-morrow he  shakes  hands with 
the  North  Dakotan,  the  next  day  he 
sells  a  bill  of goods  in  Montana,  and  a 
day  later  you  find  him  out  in  the  fast­
nesses  of  the  Rockies,a  month  later  you 
find  him  hobnobbing  in  Texas,  a  little 
later basking  in  the  sunshine of Florida, 
and 
later  still  you  will  find  him  down 
among  the  tar heels  of  old Georgia.  He 
calls  upon  John  Bull,  Prince  Bismarck. 
He  sees  the  Russian  bear.  He  con­
sorts  with  the  Mexican,  and  introduces 
our  products  to  all  the  world.  He  is  an 
up-to-date fellow, knows  the  latest  news, 
you  can  advise  with  him,  but  he  has  no 
knowledge  to  thrust  upon you,  his  inter­
ests  are  yours,  and  vice  versa.
There  is  one  thing  I  want  to 

impress 
upon  the  mind  of  every  retail  dealer, 
and  that  is  he  cannot  for  one  moment 
of  time  afford  to  turn  any  commercial 
traveler  down  without  a  hearing.  You 
may  know  a  whole lot,  you  may  know  it 
all,  but  you  don’t  know  what  the  com­
mercial  traveler  knows,  and  it  may  do 
you  a  whole  lot  of  good  to  know  just 
what  he  knows  and  is  about  to  tell  you. 
The  things  he  wants  to  sell  you  and  the 
prices  he  will  make  you  may  be just the 
goods  and  prices  you  are  seeking  for 
and  don’t  know  it. 
In  the  fifteen  or 
twenty  minutes  it  takes  to  learn  his  full 
mission  you  may  have acquired  much 
valuable  information,information  which 
means  money  to  you  in  the  final reckon­
ing.  No  one  knows  “ everything  that 
was,is  and  is  to  be”   (not  even  myself), 
and  it  is  mighty  good  business  for  the 
retailer  to  try  and  find  time  to  listefi  to 
the  commercial  traveler.

The  best  and  most  successful business 
men  I  have  known  in  the  past  twenty 
years  are  most  particular  in  learning all 
they  can  from  the  commercial  traveler 
and  his  goods.  Let  us  get  the  whole 
fraternity  of trades  into  the  co-operative 
business  and  department  stores and  pic­
ture  trading  houses  will  have  no  terrors 
for any  class  of  business  men,  nor  will 
they  have a  chance  to  rob  the  consumer 
through  their  system  of business,  selling 
a  few  staples  at  cost  or  less  and getting 
three  or  four  prices  on something else  to 
make 
it  up.  Good,  honest,  consistent 
merchandising  robs  no  one  and  gives 
every  one  an  equal  chance.

17

He  New  Griswold  House

Has  NOT reduced its rates 
but has  100 of the

Newest  Rooms  in  Detroit

at  S2.00  per  day.  Meals 
Fifty  cents.  Rooms  with 
bath and parlor $2.50 to  $3.
Most  popular  moderate 
priced hotel in  Michigan.

P ostal  8 c
D etroit,

Hotel  Normandie  of  Detroit  Re­

duces Rates.

Determined to continue  catering  to  popular  de­
mand for good hotel accommodations at low prices, 
we  reduce  the  rates  on  fifty  rooms  from  $2.50  to 
$2 per day, and rooms 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  b e s t   accommodations  for  the 
-ates charged.

Carr  &  Reeve.
NEW   CITY  HOTEL

HOLLAND,  MICH.

We pledge the  Commercial  Travelers  of 

Michigan our best efforts.

Rates $2.00. 

E. 0. PHILLIPS, Mgr.

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

Telephone 381-1 

Commercial  House

Grand Rapids.

Iron  Mountain,  Micb.

Lighted by Electricity, Heated by Steam.

AH modern conveniences.

$2 per day. 
IRA A. BEAN, Prop.
NEW  REPUBLIC

Reopened  Nov.  ag,

FINEST  HOTEL  IN  BAY  CITY.

Steam heat,

Electric Bells and Lighting throughout. 

Rates, $1.50 to $2.00.

Cor. Saginaw and Fourth Sts.

GEO.  H.  SCHINDHETT,  Prop.

Young  m en  and  women  acquire  the  g reatest  Inde­
pendence  and  wealth  by  securing  a  course  in  either 
the Business, Shorthand. English or Mechanical  Draw­
ing  departm ents  of  the  Detroit  Business  University, 
U-19 Wilcox St., Detroit.  W. F. Jewell,  P.  R.  Spencer.

HOTEL  NEFF

FRANK  NEFF,  Propr.

Rates, $i.ob. 

One block east of depot.

GRAND LEDGE, MICH.

HOTEL  WHITCOMB

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH. 

A. VINCENT, Prop.

ttJDitney  b o u se   p5idnw«li^MicI?.y' Pr°P’

Best house in town and as good as any in the 
State for $1.00 per day.  Sanitary conditions 
are complete.  Long distance telephone.

Cutler  House  at  Grand  Haven.

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

Northern  Hotel,

J.  L.  Kitzmiller,  Prop.

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

18

Drugs==ChemicaIs

MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
Term expires
-  Dec. 81,  1897
S. E.  P a r k il l, Owosso 
-  Dec. 31,1898
- 
F. W. R. P e r r y , Detroit 
-  Dec. 31, 1899 
A. C. Schu m a ch er,  Ann  Arbor 
- 
Geo. Gu n d ru m ,  Ionia  - 
-  Dec. 31,1900
L. E. R e y n o ld s, St.  Joseph 
- 
-  Dec. 31,1901

-------  
- 

President, F. W. R.  P e r r y , Detroit 
Secretary, G e o.  Gu n d ru m , Ionia.
Treasurer, A. C. Sc h u m a ch er, Ann Arbor. 
Aug. 24 and 25 ;  Lansing, Nov. 2 and 3. 
MICHIGAN STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

Coming Examination Sessions—Sault Ste. Marie, 

ASSOCIATION.

President, G. C. P h il l ip s ,  Armada.
Secretary, B. Sc h b o u d er, Grand Rapids. 
Treasurer, C h a s.  M a nn, Detroit, 
nxecutive Committee—A.  H. W e b b e r , Cadillac; 
H. G. Colm an,  Kalamazoo;  G e o.  J.  Wa r d ,  St. 
C l a ir ;  A.  B .  St e v e n s,  Detroit;  F.  W.  R. 
P e r r y , Detroit"

Our  Medicinal  Herbs  and  Plants.
Forty  years  ago  a  New  England 
kitchen  garden was  not  considered  com­
plete  without  a  collection  of  medicinal 
herbs  for  home  use,  such  as  sage, 
saffron,  chamomile,  wormwood  and  bur­
dock,  and  all  the  early  almanacs  con­
tained 
information  about  gathering, 
drying  and  preparing  these  plants  for 
internal  and  external  application. 
It  is 
so  rare to  find  a  garden  to-day  contain­
ing  any  of  these  useful  plants  that  the 
question 
if  people  no 
longer  employ  them  for  medicinal  pur­
poses,  and  if  the  substitution  of  chemi­
cals  and  minerals  has  not  entirely 
killed  the  trade  in  herbs.

is  often  asked 

No  statistics  are  published  by  the 
wholesale  druggists  to  show  just  how 
many  tons  of  common  medicinal  plants 
in  this  country  every 
are  consumed 
year;  but  the  best 
informed  dealers 
agree  that  twice  as  many  are  used  to­
day  as  in  earlier  times.  The only  differ­
ence is  that the  good  housewife now goes 
to  the  drug  store  for  her  supply of  herbs 
instead  of  raising  them  herself,  and 
great  numbers  of  herb  gatherers  and 
professional  growers  make a  business  of 
supplying  the  wholesale  botanical  drug­
gists  with  the various  plants.  The  trade 
in  these  medicinal  herbs  is  enormous, 
and  every  wholesale  botanical  druggist 
must  carry  between  one  thousand  and 
one  thousand 
five  hundred  different 
plants  in  stock.  The  minerals  used  by 
the  druggists  are  few compared with  the 
herbs  and  plants,  such  as  potash,  arse­
nic,  alum,  sulphur,  salt,  iron  and  lime, 
in  their  various  forms.  These are  com­
pounded  in  various  ways  with  the  me- 
icinal  plants,  and  constitute  the  bulk 
of  the  medicines  dispensed  to  the  pub­
lic.

The  manufacturers  of  patent  medi­
cines  use  great  quantiites  of  plants, 
but.as  they  generally  confine  themselves 
to  the  cheap  ones,  their  supplies  are 
made  up  chiefly  of  twenty  or  thirty  of 
the  common  roots  and  barks.  Some  of 
the  large  concerns  use  twenty  to  thirty 
tons  of  these  roots  and  barks  a year,  and 
many  smaller  ones  use  half  that  quan­
tity.

Germany,  France  and  Italy  send  con­
siderable quantities  of  medicinal  plants 
to  this  country,  but 
the  American 
growths  are  considered  best,  and  the 
leading  druggists  prefer  to  handle  them 
alone.  The  imported  horehound,  cen 
taury,  coltsfoot,  daisy  flowers,  and  the 
roots  of  burdock  and  angelica  sell  at 
from  three  to  ten  cents  a  pound  cheaper 
than  the  American  products,  and  patent 
medicine  manufacturers  who  have  to  go 
into  the  market  to  purchase  their  sup­
plies  generally  take  the  imported  be­
cause  of  the  difference  in  price.  The 
American  growths  are  generally  strong­
er,  and  cured  under  better  conditions, 
and  are  well  worth  the  extra  price  de­

manded.  European  countries  also  send 
us  aconite,  belladonna,  conium,  fever­
few,  foxglove,  henbane,  marigold  flow­
ers,  stramonium,  sage,  wormwood  and 
the  balms,  but owing  to  duties  on  these, 
the  prices  are  more  equalized.

On  the  other  hand,  we  export  consid­
erable  quantities  of  certain  medicinal 
plants  to  London  and  other  European 
ports,  such  as 
lobelia  and  hemlock 
bark,  and  the  extracted  medicinal  prin­
ciples  of  many  others.  By  exporting 
the  alkaloids  the  bulk  is  reduced  and 
transportation  rates are cut  in two.  The 
most  prominent  of  these  shipped  to 
Europe  are  podophyllin, 
leptandrin, 
sanguinaria,  sinecin  and  euonymin.

Most  of  the  medicinal  herbs  grow 
wild  in  this  country,  and  they  are  gath­
ered  from  the  woods  and  fields  by  pro­
fessional  herb  pickers;  but  a  few  are 
regularly  cultivated  on  farms  and  gar­
dens.  Most  of  the  peppermint  for  dis­
is  grown  in  New  York  and 
tilling  oil 
Michigan.  Sage 
is  raised  extensively 
on  farms  in  Massachusetts,  New  York 
and  Michigan.  Nevertheless,  we 
im­
port  over 
ioo  tons  of  sage  every  year, 
and  after  paying  three  cents  a  pound 
duty 
is  sold  at  $8o and  $85  per  ton. 
The  American  sage  brings  as  high  as 
$140  per  ton,  and  yet  no  more  than 
twenty  tons  are  raised  here.  Owing  to 
the  demand  for  it  here  and  the  inade­
quacy  of  the  home  supply,  French  and 
German  growers  have  in  late  years been 
sending  us  a  pure  and  superior article 
that  brings  evenmore  than  the  Ameri­
can  product.  The  cheap  imported  sage 
comes  chiefly  from  Italy.

it 

The  mountains  of  North  Carolina  and 
Tennnessee  yield  great  quantities  of 
medicinal  herbs  for  the  trade.  Most  of 
them  grow  wild  there,  and  the  pickers 
make  a  living  in  gathering  the  plants 
for  the  market  at  the  proper  season. 
Probably  twenty  tons  of  boneset,  penny­
royal  and  thornapple  leaves  come  from 
these  Southern mountain  districts  every 
year,  and  forty  to  fifty  tons  of  man­
drake,  Culver’s  root,  golden  seal,  gar­
get  root,  blood  root  and  black  cohosh.

Most  of  the  medicinal  herbs  that grow 
wild 
in  New  England  are  considered 
superior  to  those  raised  anywhere  else. 
Almost  without  exception  the  herbs 
raised  in  New  England  bring  $20  to $40 
per  ton  more  than  those  gathered  in  the 
Southern  or  Western  States.

Until  quite  recently  the  chief  supply 
of  saffron  came  from  Vermont,  but  a 
severe  drought  there  killed  so  many  of 
the  plants  that  the  price  advanced  from 
fifty  cents  a  pound  to  $6  and  $8  per 
induced  the  growers  in 
pound.  This 
the  West  and 
in  Mexico  to  enter  into 
the  cultivation  of  saffron,  and  the  price 
dropped  at  times  as  low  as  twenty  and 
fourteen  cents  a  pound.  But  three  times 
since  1846  the  price  has  run  up  to $5 
per  pound.

The 

common 

garden  wormwood 
thrives  in  many  old,  neglected  gardens, 
and  the  trade  demands  considerable 
quantities  of 
it,  but.  very  few  make  a 
business  of  growing  it.  A  good  deal  of 
this  is  distilled  for  the  oil,  and  is  often 
sold 
in  barrooms  under  the  name  of 
absinthe.  Sixty years ago  farmers  raised 
most  of 
it  in  New  York  and  Vermont, 
but  other  farm  crops  crowded  out  the 
plant,and the  supply  comes  chiefly  from 
the  wild  growths  in  various  parts  of  the 
country.  France  and Germany both  send 
wormwood  here,  which  sells  about  the 
same  as  the  best  American,  although 
some  of  the 
is 
cheaper.  Probably  five  times  as  much 
wormwood 
is 
imported  as  our  farmers 
at  home  raise.

imported  wormwood 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

The  Pacific  Coast  sends  a  great  many 
medicinal  herbs  to  the  large  markets, 
and patent  medicine  men  who  buy  their 
barks  and  roots  generally  go  direct  to 
the  mountains  of  Tennessee  or  to  the 
Pacific  Coast  and  make annual contracts 
for  the  delivery  of  a  certain  number  of 
tons.  California  produces  ten  or  twelve 
tons  of  horehound  annually,  and  this, 
with  the  amount  raised  at  Cape  Cod, 
enters 
into  competition  with  the  hore­
hound  imported  from  Mexico  and  Ger­
many.

The  medicinal  herbs  that  are  in  great 
demand  to-day,  and  which  are  used 
twenty  times  as  much  as they  were  in 
earlier  days,  make  a  pretty  formidable 
list.  Chief  among  the  roots  that  have 
increased 
in  popularity  are  Culver’s 
root,  mandrake,  blood root,  yellow dock, 
dandelion,  burdock,  angelica,  bayberry, 
bitter  root  or  dogbane,  blue  flag,  ele­
campane,  golden  seal,  garget  or  pigeon 
berry,  lady’s slipper,  pleurisy  root,  sen­
ega  or  snake  root,  spikenard,  sarsapa­
rilla,  unicorn  root  and  jessamine  root. 
The barks  of  the  following  trees,  shrubs 
and  plants  have  also  become  of  great 
value  to  the  medical  world,  and  they 
have  steadily increased  in  popular  favor 
with  druggists  and  physicians:  Prickly 
ash,  barberry,  black  haws,  buckthorn, 
cascarilla,  cherry,  cohosh  or  blacksnake 
root,  cotton  root,  cramp  bark  and  slip­
pery  elm.  Of  the  herbs  the  chief  ones 
are:  Arnica,  belladonna,  boneset,  cat­
mint,  clover  blossoms,  elder  blossoms, 
fireweed,  gold  thread,  gravel  plant  or 
trailing  arbutus  or  Mayflower,  henbane 
or  nightshade,  horehound,  sage, 
liver­
wort,  squaw  vine  or  partridge  berry, 
pennyroyal,  skull  cap,  balmony,  thorn- 
apple 
leaves,  thyme,  water  pepper  or 
smart  weed,  and  wintergreen.

Most  of  these  plants  grow  wild,  and 
there  is  little  systematic  effort  to  culti­
vate  them,  but  here  and  there  gardeners 
attempt  to  cultivate  them 
in  gardens 
and  fields  with  fair  success.  Besides 
these  mentioned,  there  are  others  that 
in 
always  sell  well  whether  gathered 
their  wild  state  or  cultivated 
in  the 
garden.  Among  these,  mention  should 
be  made  of  wormwood,  motherwort, 
lemon  and  sweet  balm,  burdock  root, 
comfrey  root,  yellow  dock,  hyssop  gar­
den  lettuce,  marshmallow  root,  and  the 
leaves  of  parsley,  poppy,  stramonium 
thornapple,  Jamestown  weed  and 
or 
stink  weed, 
peppermint, 
spearmint,  summer  savory  and  rue.

valerian, 

There  are  many  other  herbs  and 
plants  which  every  large wholesale deal­
er  must  keep  in  stock,  but  which  have 
not  increased  much  in  demand.  They 
are  only  occasionally  called 
for,  and 
the  demand  is  so  limited  that  the  wild 
plants  supply  the  market  easily.  These 
are  agrimony,  angostura,  sweet  balsam, 
betony,  borage,  buck  bean,  bugle  herb, 
bitter  clover,  cocash,  dittany,  ha ¡reap 
moss,  lungwort,  masterwort,  milkweed, 
mugwort,  yellow  parilla, 
sometimes 
called  Texas  sarsaparilla,  resin  weed, 
scabish,  vervain  and  yarrow.

Of  late  years  ginseng  has  grown 

into 
favor  in  this  country,  and  the herb gath­
erers  of  Tennessee,  North  Carolina  and 
West  Virginia  make  considerable 
in

in 

is  no  reason  why 

it.  Ginseng 
is  shipped  to 
gathering 
China 
large  quantities,  where  it  is 
in 
generally  accepted  as  possessing  mar­
velous  curative  virtues.  The  trade  in  it 
is  steady  and  will  continue  as  long  as 
the  Chinese  believe 
its  medicinal 
virtues.  All  through  the  Appalachian 
region  ginseng  abounds,  and  some  is 
found 
in  New  Jersey,  but  the  roots  are 
being  gathered  so  freely  that  the  supply 
will  in  time  run  short.  Attempts  to  cul­
tivate  ginseng  in  the  South  have  so  far 
failed,  but  with  the  right  conditions 
there 
it  should  not 
flourish  in  gardens  or  fields.  There  is 
probably  a  quarter of  a  million  pounds 
of  this  root  exported,  and  it  is  sold  all 
the  way  from  fifty  cents  to  several  dol­
lars  per  pound,  according to  its  quality. 
In  China  the  best  ginseng  comes  from 
Manchuria,  known  as  the  "im perial,”  
and  is  sold  only to  the  wealthy,  who  fre­
quently  pay  fabulous  prices  for  it.  The 
second  grade 
in  Corea, 
while  the  ginseng  used  by  the  common 
and  poorer  classes  is  gathered  in  the 
United  States.  In  China  this  latter  sells 
from  $2  to $5  a  pound,  while  the  " im ­
perial”   may  bring  $40,  $50 and  $100  a 
pound.  The  Chinese  call  ginseng  "jen  
shan, ”   and  believe  that  only  the  most 
perfect  grows 
in  the  Garden  of  the 
Gods,  and  that  all  else  is  merely  an  im­
itation. 
This  superstition  costs  the 
Chinese  many  thousands  of  dollars,  for 
while  the  root  has 
some  medicinal 
value,  it  possesses  no  specially  marvel­
ous  virtue. 

Geo.  E.  Walsh.

is  collected 

The  Drug  Market.

Changes  under  the  new  tariff have not 
taken  place  to  any  extent  in  the  drug 
market  as  yet. 
It  has  caused  a  firmer 
feeling 
lines  where  duties  have 
in  all 
been  increased,  but  there  are  only  a  few 
changes  in  prices.  Business  in  the  drug 
line  has  improved  very  materially  and 
may  be  said  to be  good.

Acids— Salicylic,pyrogallic  and  gallic 

have  all  advanced  about  10c  per  lb.

Chloral  Hydrate— Has  advanced  40c 

per  lb.

Borax— Has  advanced  about  ic per lb.
'Opium—This  article 
is  as  yet  un­

changed  and  prices  are  steady.

Morphine— An  advance  on  this article 
was  expected  by  the  manufacturers  on 
the  31st,  but  it  did  not  take  place.

Quinine— N.  Y.  and  foreign  brands 
have  been  advanced  2c  per  oz.  P.  & W. 
have  as  yet  made  no  change  in  their 
quotations.

Castile  Soap—On  account of increased 
duty,  both  white  and  mottled  have  ad­
vanced  and  will  be higher.

Saccharine— This  article  has  been  re­
importers  about 

duced  in  price  by  the 
$8  per  lb.

Linseed  Oil— Has  advanced under  the 

firm  market  for  seed.

Filter  Paper— French  gray  has  been 
advanced  about  25  per  cent.,  under  the 
new  tariff.  Regular  size  No.  33  is  now 
44c  per  pkg.

PATENT  MEDICINES
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Morphia,S.P.AW...  1  95®  2 20 
Morphia,  8.N.Y.Q.A 
C.  Co......................  1  85® 2 10
Moschus Canton....
Myristlca, No. 1.......
65®
Nux Vomica.. .po.20
Os  Sepia..................  
15®
Pepsin Saac, H. A P.
D. Co......................
@  1 00
Picis Liq. N.N.Hgal.
doz..........................
@ 2 00 
©  1  00 
Picis Liq., quarts__
Picis Liq., pints.......
@  85
Pjl Hydrarg.. .po.  80 
®  50
Piper N igra... po.  22
@  18 
Piper Alba__ po.  35
@  30
Pilx  Burgun............
@ 
7
Plumbi  Acet............ 
_
10®  
12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  iö®  1  20 
Py rethrum, boxes H.
A P. D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
30®
Quassi*....................
8®
Quinia, S. P. A W ..
26®
Quinta, S.German..
22®
Quinta, N.Y.............
26®
Rubia Tinctorum...
12®
SaccharumLactis pv 
_
18®
Salacin......................3 00@  3  10
40®  50
Sanguis Draconls... 
Sapo,  W.................... 
12® 
14
Sapo, M...................... 
10® 
12
Sapo, G...................... 
@ 
15
Siedlitz  M ixture__   20  @  22

® 
18 
®  30

Sinapis.........:...........
Sinapis, opt.............
Snuff,  Maccaboy.De
Voes.......................
Snuff,Scotch.De Vo’s
Soda Boras...............
Soda Boras, po........
7  @ 
9
Soda et Potass Tart.
26®  28 
Soda,  Carb...............
2
1H @ 
Soda,  Bi-Carb..........
3® 
5
Soda,  Ash.................
3H® 
4
Soda, Sulphas..........
® 
2 
Spts. Cologne............
@ 2 60 
Spts.  Ether  Co........
50®  55
Spt  Myrcia Dom... 
® 0 00 
Spts. Vini Reet. bbl. 
@  2 42 
Spts. ViniRect.Hbbl 
© 2  47 
Spts. ViniRect.lOgal 
@ 2 50 
Spts. Vlnl Rect.  5gal
2 52
Less 5c gal.  cash 10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
3
Sulphur,  aubl..........  2H® 
2®  2H
Sulphur,  Roll......... 
Tamarinds............... 
8®  
10
Terebenth Venice... 
28®  30
42®  45
Theobrom*.............. 
Vanilla.....................   9 00@16 On
Zinci  Sulph.............. 
7® 
8

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

BBL.
70
40
35

.. 
.. 

Linseed, pure  raw..
Linseed,  Dolled.......
Neatsfoot, winter sir
Spirits Turpentine..

30
32
65
30

19

33
35
70
35

Paints BBL.

Red Venetian..........
Ochre, yellow Mars. 
Ochre, yellow  B er.. 
Putty, commercial.. 
Putty, strictly  pure. 
Vermilion,  P r im e
American...............
Vermilion, English.
Green, P a ris............
Green,  Peninsular..
Lead, Red.................
Lead, w hite............
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting,  gilders’... 
White, Paris Amer.. 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................
Universal Prepared.
Varnishes

LB
IX  2  @8
IX  2  @4 
IX  2  @3 
2*  2H®3 
2H  2X®3
13®
15 
70®
75 
19
13H®
13®
16 
6 
SH©
6
5HO
70 
©
10 
1  00
®  1  40 
1  00®  1  15

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

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced—Salicylic  Acid,  German  Quinine 
Declined—

Acidum

Cltricum __
Hydrochlor . 
Nitrocum .  .
Phosphorium,  dii.
Salicylicum...........
Sulpnuricum........

Ammonia
Aqua, 16  deg............
Aqua, 20  deg............
Carbonas..................
Chloridum...............
Aniline
Black.........................i
...................
Brown 
R e d ...........................
Yellow..................... ;
Baccæ. 
Cubesee....
—  po. 18
Junlpen s.
Xanthoxylum..........
Balsam um
Copaiba.....................
Peru...........................
Terabin. Canada__
Tolu tan.....................
Cortex
Abies.  Canadian__
C assi* ......................
Cinchona Flava.......
Euonymus  atropnrp 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgini........
Quillaia,  g r'd ..........
Sassafras........po. 18
Ulmus  . .po.  15,  gr’d 
Bxtractum 

35®   E0
Conium  Mac............ 
Copaiba.....................  1  io@ 1  20
Cubebse........................  
90® 1 00
E xechthitos............   1  00®  1  10
Erigeron...................  1  00®   1  10
G aultheria................  1  50®  1  60
Geranium,  ounce... 
®  
75
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma...................   1  on®  1  10
Junipera....................  1  50® 2 00
• Lavendula.................. 
90® 2 00
Limonis....................  1  20®  1  40
Mentha  Piper..........  1  60®  2  20
Mentha Yerid.......... 2  10®  2 25
Morrhuse,  gal..........  1  ou@  1  10
Myrcia,......................   4 00® 4 50
Olive......................... 
75® 3 00
Pieis  Liquida.......... 
10®  12
@  35
Picis Liquida, gal... 
R icin a...................... 
99®  1  04
@  1  00
Rosmarini................. 
Bos*,  ounce............  6 50@ 8 50
Suceini.................... 
40®  45
Sabina.................... 
go®  1  00
Santal.........................2 50®  7 00
Sassafras..................  
50®  55
@  65
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce. 
Tiglii..........................   1  40®  1  50
40®  50
Thyme 
................... 
Thyme,  opt.............  
@  1  60
Theobrom as............ 
15@  20
Potassium
15® 
18
glO arb...................... 
Bichromate 
13@ 
.......... 
15
Bromide.................... 
48®  51
12® 
• V....................  
15
Chlorate..po. 17@19c  16® 
18
Cyanide.................... 
35®  40
Iodide.......................   2 60®  2 65
Potassa,  Bitart, nnre  26®  28
Potassa,  Bitart,  com  @ 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
8®
7®
Potass Nitras............ 
Prussiate..................  
20©
Sulphate  p o ............ 
15®

6®«
8
70® 75
© 15
29® 41
4t® 42
3@ 5
8® 10
12@ 14
@ 15
60® 65
5
lx ©
25®  1 40
36® 38

4®
6
6®
8
12® 14
12® 14

00® 2 25
80®  1 00
45® 50
50® 3 00

13® 15
6®
8
25® 30

51® 55
@ 2 40
40® 45
75® 80

18
12
18
30
20
12
12
12
15

,

12®
18®

24® 25
28® 30
11® 12
13® 14
14® 15
16® 17

15®  20
18@
25® 
12®
8®

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhiza,  po.......
H*matox, 15 lb box.
........
Hsematox.ls 
Haematox, H s..........
H*matox,  X s........
Perru
Carbonate  Precip..
Citrate and Q uinla..
Citrate Soluble........
Perrocyanidum  Sol.
Solut.  Chloride......
Sulphate, eom’l .......
Sulphate,  com'l,  by 
bbl, per cw t..........
Sulphate,  pure  ......
Flora
Arnica  ....................
Anthem is................
M atricaria...............
Folia
Barosma....................
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly.  ...............  
Cassia Acutifol,Alx. 
Salvia officinalis, 14s
and  %s..................  
Ora Orsi............  ..  .. 
Qumml
®
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
®
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
@
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
@
Acacia, po................. 
60®
Aloe, Barb. po.lS@20  12®
Aloe, C ape___ po.  15  ®
Aloe, Socotri.. po. 40  @
Ammoniac............... 
55®
Assafoetlda___ po. 30  25®
50®
Benzoinum .............  
Catechu, Is...............  
@
Catechu, Ha.............  
®
Catechu, Hs.............
48®
Cam phor*...............
Euphorbium.. po.  35 
10@  1 00
Galbanum.
Gamboge  po............ 
65®  70
35 
. Guaiacum.......po. 35
Kino..........  po. $3.u0
@  3 00 
M astic......................
60 
- 
40
Myrrh...... ... ..po.  45
Opii  .  po. *3.80®4.00  2 50®  2  60
25®  35
Shellac...................... 
Shellac, bleached... 
40®  45
Tragacanth.............  
50®  80

Herba

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

Absinthium..oz.  pfcg 
Eupatorium .oz. pkg 
Lobelia........ oz. pkg 
Majorum  ...oz. pkg 
Mentha  Pip..oz.  pkg 
Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 
Rue 
............oz. pkg 
TanaeetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V. .oz. pkg 
ITagnesia.
Calcined, Pat............ 
55®  60
Carbonate, P at........  
20®  22
20®  25
Carbonate, K. A M .. 
Carbonate, Jennings  35®  36

Oleum
Absinthium.............   3 25® 3 50
30® 
Amygdalae, Dulc__  
50
Amygdalae, A m ar* .  8 00®  8 25
2 40
Anisi.........................   2  30® 
Auranti  Cortex.......  2  00® 2 20
Bergamii..................   2  40® 
2 50
Cajiputl.................... 
75®  80
55®  6j
Caryophylli.............. 
Cedar......................... 
35®  65
@  4  00
Chenopadii............... 
Clnnamonli..............  1  75®  
Oitrnuella. 
. 
4j®  45

1 90

Radix

20®
Aconitvm................. 
Alth® ...  ................. 
22®
io®
A nchusa..................  
@
Arum po.................... 
20®
Calam us..................  
12®
Gentiana........po.  15 
16®
Glychrrhiza.. .pv. 15 
@
Hydrastis Canaden. 
@
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
15©
Inula, po................... 
is@
Ipecac, po................  2  00®
Iris plox.... po35@38  35®
Jalapa,  p r................. 
25®
Maranta,  Hs ............ 
@
Podophyllum, po.... 
22®
75®  1  00
B h e i......................... 
Rhei, cu t..................  
®  1  25
B h eip v .................... 
75®  1  35
35®  38
Spigelia..................... 
Sanguinaria... po. 40 
®
Serpentaria.......... 
3o@
Senega...................... 
35®
Similax,officinalis H 
®
Smilax, M.................
®
Scili*............. po.35
10®
Symplocarpus, Fceti-
dus,  po..................
Vaieriana,Eng.po.3Ò 
Valeriana,  German.
Zingiber a ................. 
Zingiber j ................. 

15®
Ì2©
25®

Semen
Anlsum......... po.  15
®13®
Apium  (graveleons)
Bird, Is....................
4®
10®
Carni..............po. 18
Cardamon.................  i  25®  l  75
8@ 
Coriandrum............. 
10
Cannabis  Sativa__   3H@ 
4
Cvdonium................. 
75®   1  00
Chenopodium  ........  
io® 
12
Dipterlx  Odorate...  2 00®  2  20
Foenlculum.............  
@ 
10
Fcenngreek, po........  
7© 
9
4
L in i...........................  2H® 
Lini,  grd.... bbl. 2H  3H@ 
4
L obelia.................... 
35@  40
Pharlaris  Canarian.  3H@ 
4
B,aPa ..........................  4H® 
5
Sinapis Albn............ 
7@ 
g
Sinapis  Nigra.......... 
11@ 
12
Spiritus

Frumenti, W.  I). Co.  2 00®  2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R ..  2 00®  2 25
Frum enti.................1  25©  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T..  1  65® 2 00
Junlperis Co............  1  75© 3 50
Saacharum  N. E ....  1  90®  2  10
Spt.  Vini G alli........   1  75@ g  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 sheeps'
wool,  carriage__
®  1  00
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage.................
Hard, for slate use.. 
Yellow  R e e f,  for 
slate  use...............
Syrups
A cacia......................
Auranti Cortes........
Zingiber....................
Ipecac. 
..........
Ferri Iod....... 
.......
Rhei Arom...............
Smilax Officinalis...
Senega......................
Scill*......

®50®

d
q
q

1  00 
50 
50 
60 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
35 
50 
80 
50 
60 
50 
75
50 
50 
50 
50
50 
1  50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
60 
60 
50 
50 
20
35 
38
3
4
50
5 
50
1  40 
15 
50 
12 
40
1  40®  1  50 
9
®  
10 
@ 
® 
12 
@  75
@  15
®  15
@  15
10®  
12 
@  3 00 
50®  55
40®

Scill* Co  ................. 
T olutan....................  
Prunus vlrg.............  
Tinctures 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes.........................
Aloes and Myrrh__
A rnica......................
Assafoetlda.............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex.......
Benzoin....................
Benzoin Co............. .
Barosm a..................
Cantharides............
Capsicum...............
Cardamon.............
Cardamon  Co.......
Castor.......................
Catechu...................."
Cinchona................”
Cinchona Co.......... .
Columba.................
Cubeba......................
Cassia  Acutifol__ !
Cassia Acutifol Co  .
D igitalis..................
Ergot........................[
Ferri Chloridum__
G entian....................
Gentian Co.............”
G uiaca..................  ”
Guiaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus.........
Iodine........................
Iodine, colorless
Kino...........................
Lobelia..............
Myrrh..................    ”
Nux Vomica..........”
O pil...........................
Opii, camphorated..
Opii,  deodorized....
Q uassia....................
Rhatany................
Rhei........................   ]
Sanguinaria  ........... '
Serpentaria.............
Strom onium ............
Tolutan.....................
V alerian...................
Veratrum V eride...
Zingiber....................
Æ ther, Spts.  Nit. 3 F  30® 
34©
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F 
Alumen....................   2X©
AInmen,gro’d..po. 7 
3®
Annatto....................  
40®
Antimoni,  po....... 
4®
Antimoni et PotassT  40®
A ntipyrin...............  
@
<a
Antifebrin .  ......... 
Argenti Nitras, oz ..
Arsenicum................
10®
Balm Gilead  Bud
Bismuth  8. N..........
Calcium Chlor.,  is 
Calcium Chlor., Hs 
Calcium Chlor.,  j¿s. 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsici  Fructus, af 
Capsici Fructus,  po 
Capsici FructusB.po 
Caryophyllus..po.  15 
Carmine, No. 40 
Cera Alba, S. & F
Cera Flava...............
Coccus...................  ’
Cassia Fructus” ...'
Centrarla..................
Cetaceum.............* ”
Chloroform........”  ”  
60©  63
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  25 
Chloral H ydC rst....  1  50®  1  60 
Chondrus.................. 
20®  25
Cinchonidine.P.&W  20®  25 
Cinchonidine, Germ 
15®  22 
Cocaine....................  3 05®  3 25
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct
Creosotum.........
Creta............. bbl.’75
Creta, prep.
Creta, precip__  
Creta, Rubra.......... . 
Crocus
C udbear............ 
CupriSulph.......... 
Dextrine...................  
Ether Sulph.............  
Emery, all  numbers 
Emery, po................
Ergota............. po. 40
Flake  W hite.......
Galla.....................
Gambler.............
Gelatin, Cooper..
Gelatin, French. . . ”  
Glassware, flint, box
Less  than  box__
Glue,  brown............

niscellaneous 

Grana  Paradisi  __
Humulus..................
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
Hydraag Chlor  Cor. 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m. 
Hydraag Ammoniati 
Hyd raagTJ nguen turn
Hydrargyrum..........
Ichthyobolla, Am...
Iodine, Resubi..
Iodoform............
Lupulin....................
Lycopodium............ 
Macis
Liquor  A ree-etH r-
d rarg lo d ..............  
LiquorPatassArsinit 
Magnesia, Sulph.... 
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
Mannia, S. F ............ 
Menthol

9®
®
@
5®
10®
12 
75®
90 
®
8 
6 
35 
30®
12®
15 
23 
8®
9 
60
60
■ I  
60,  10A10
60
9® 12
13® 25
14® 20
© 15
25© 55
© 80
© 70
© 90
©  1 00
45® 55
© 65
65® 75
75®  1  00
60® 3 70
@  4  20
® 2 25
41
40@ 45
65& 75

@
10® 
2®
@ 
50®
© 2 40

Hazeltlne & Perkins 

Drno Co.
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.

flazeitine 4 reruns Drug Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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

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

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

doz. gross
600
7 00
4  00
9 00
9 00
9  00
6 00

BAKING  POWDER.

Absolute.

M lb cans doz........   ........  
% lb cans doz....................  
1 

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

Acme.

w lb cans 3 doz.................. 
H lb cans 3 doz..................  
1 
Bulk...................................... 

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

El Purity.

M lb cans per doz.............. 
75
% lb cans per doz  ............  1  20
1 
lb cans per doz............. 2  00

M lb cans 4 doz case........  
)4 lb cans 4 doz case........  
lb cans 2 doz case  ....... 

35
55
90

lb cans, 4 doz case....... 
45
% 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.

X lb cans............................  
14 lb cans............................  
1 

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

Peerless.

1 lb. c a n s ........................... 

85

BATH  BRICK.

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

BLUING.

^

dfariV
U I N U
1 doz.  pasteboard Boxes... 
40
3 doz. wooden boxes..........  1  20

BROOriS.

So. 1 Carpet........................   1  90
No. 2 Carpet.........................  1  75
No. 3 Carpet.........................  1  50
1  15
No. 4 Carpet..
Parlor G em .......
2  00 70 
Common W hisk. 
Fancv Whisk.. 
80
Warehouse.........

CANDLES.

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

CANNED  GOODS, 
rianitowoc  Peas.

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

CHEESE.

Acme  ............... ......   @ 7%
Amboy............. .......  @ g
Byron.......................  
© 7H
E lsie.................. -----  @ 8
...  @ 9
Gem..................
Gold  Medal.......
Id e a l................. .. 
.  @ 8)4
Jersey................ ......   @ 8
Lenawee........... .......  @ 7
Riverside.......... .......  @ 8)4
Sparta................ ......   @ 7)4
@ 9
Brick.................
Edam................ ..  ..  @ 75
@ IS
Leiden...............
Llmbnrger...............   @ 15
Pineapple.......... .......43  @ 85
Sap  Sago.......... ......   @ 18

CHOCOLATE.

W alter Baker ft Co.'s.

German Sweet..........................22
Prem ium ................................... 31
Breakfast  Cocoa...................... 42

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz........1 00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz........1 30
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz........1 40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz.......... 1 60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz..........1 80
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz.............   so
Jute. 72 ft,  per  do».. 
96
Chicory.

Bulk
Red

CATSUP.

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

CLOTHES  PINS.

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

COCOA SHELLS.
201b  bags.........................  
Less quantity.................. 
Pound  packages.............  
CREAn  TARTAR.

2)4
3
4

Strictly Pure, wooden boxes.  35 
Strictly Pure, tin boxes........   87

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

F a ir........................................... 17
Good..........................................18
P rim e........................................ 10
Golden  .....................................20
Peaberry  .................................. 22

Santos.

Fair  ..........................................19
Good  .............................  .........20
Prim e............  ..........................22
Peaberry  ..................................23

Mexican  and  Ouatamala.

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

Maracaibo.

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

Interio r.................................... 25
Private  Growth.......................27
Mandehllng..............................28

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

Java.

Mocha.

Roasted.

Clark-Jewell-WellsCo-’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue....................... 28
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__ 28
Wells’ Mocha and Java...... 25V4
Wells’  Perfection  Java.......25)4
Sancaibo................................23
Valley City Maracaibo........ 18)4
Ideal  Blend...........................14
Leader  Blend....................... 12
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brands
Quaker Arabian Mocha.......31
Quaker Mandehllng Java. .30 
I  Quaker Mocha and Jav a ....28
Toko Mocha and Java........ 25
Quaker Golden Santos........21
State  House Blend...............19
| Quaker Golden Rio..............17)4

Package.

for 

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.
A rbuckie.........................   11  50
Jersey................................ 
It  50
rtcLaughlln’s  XXXX....... 11  50

Extract.

Valley City % gross....... 
Felix V4  gross........ ........ 
Hummel’s foil  )4 gross  .. 
Hummel’s tin 14  gross  .. 
Kneipp M alt Coffee.

75
1  15
86
1  43

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
C row n.................................... 6  25
D aisy......................................5  75
Champion  .............................4  50
Magnolia 
............................. 4  25
Challenge..............................3  50
D im e....................................... 8  85

C
Bef
mo

F A R IN A C E O U S   G O O D S.

Farina.

3 

3)4

Grits.
Hominy.

B u lk ................................ .. 
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s ....... ..2 00
Barrels  ........................... ..2 25
Flake, 50 lb.  drum s....... ..1  00
Lima  Beans.
Dried 
...........................
Macearon! and Vermicelli. 
>
..  60  W
Domestic,  10 lb. box...
..2  50
Imported,  25 lb. box..
Pearl Barley.
.. 
1M
Common........................
2
C h ester.........................
• 
2*
Empire  .........................
..  80
Green,  b u ......................
Split,  per lb .................. ■ • 
2*
Rolled  Oats.
Rolled Avena,  bbl — ...3 50
.3 25
Monarch,  bbl...............
..1  75
Monarch.  %  bbl..........
..3 00 
Private brands,  bbl..
1  82
..3 20
4
G erm an.........................
East  India.................
3)4
.. 
W heat.
Cracked, bulk............... ... 
3 
24 2 lb packages............ ...2  40 

Sago.

Peas.

Ja
Ja
Ja

!

F i s h .  

Cod.

Halibut.

Herring.

rtackerel.

Georges cured.............  @3)4
Georges  genuine........   @ 4
Georges selected........   @ 5
Strips or  bricks........ .  5  @  8
Chunks...................................  
9
Strips...................................  
Holland white hoops keg. 
60
Holland white hoops  bbl.  7  50
Norwegian.........................
Round 100 lbs....................   2 50
Round  40 lbs....................   1  30
Scaled...................................... 
Mess 100 lbs........................  11  50
Mess  40 lb s........................  4  90
Mess  10 lbs........................  1  30
Mess  8 lbs........................  1  07
No. 1100 lbs........................  9  75
No. 1  40lb s .....................  4 20
No. 1  10 lbs........................  113
No. 1  8 lb s........................ 
93
No. 2 100 lbs........................  8 00
No. 2  40 lbs........................  3 50
95
No. 2  10 lbs........................ 
Russian kegs...................... 
65
No. 1 ,1001b. bales.............
No. 2,100 lb. bales.............
No. 1100 lbs........................  4  00
No. 1  40 lbs........................  1  90
No. 1  lOlba........................ 
55
No. 1  8 lbs........................ 
47
Fam 
No. 1  No. 2
1  75 
5  00 
2  30 
1  00 33 
65 
30
55
EXTRACTS.

100 lbs............  6 40
40 lbs  ..........  2  85
10 lbs..
8 lbs............
FLAVORING

.Sardines.
Stockfish.

WhttafUh.

T reat.

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.

50 books, any denom__   1  50
100 books, any denom__ 2 50
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
.,000 books, any denom__ 20 00

Economic  Grade.

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

Universal Grade.

50 books, any denom__   1  50
100 books, any denom__   2 50
500 books,'any denom 
11  50
20 00
1.000 books,'any denom  
Superior Grade.

50 books, any denom__   1  50
100 books, any denom__   2 50
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from 810 down.

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

Credit Checks.

500, any one denom’n .......8 00
1000, any one denom’n .......  5 00
2000. any one denom’n .......8 00
Steel  punch.........................  
75
DRIED  FRUITS—DOflBSTIC 

Apples.

Snndried.......................   @  2)4
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @ 4

California  Prnlta.

Apricots........................   9 @10
Blackberries................
Nectarines....................  6 @
Peaches.........................  7)4®  9
Pears..............................  8 @
Pitted Cherries............
Prunnelles...................   12
Raspberries.................

California  Prunes.

100-120 25 lb boxes......
®  3M
90-100 25 lb boxes...... ..  @ 4
80 90 S& lb boxes....... ■  @  4M
70 80 25 lb boxes....... ..  @ 5
60 70 25 lb boxes..  .. ..  @5)4
50 60 25 lb boxes...... ..  @6)4
40 50 25 lb boxes — •  @  7
30 40 25 lb boxes......
@
Q  rent less in 50 lb cases 

Sonders’.

in  the  world  for  the

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

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

SALERATUS.

Packed 60  lbs. In  box.

Church’s ................................ 3  3C
Dei and’s ..........................3  15
Dwight’s ................................ 3  30
Taylor’s .................................. 3  00

SAL SODA.

Granulated, bbls...............l  10
Granulated,  100 lb cases.. 1  50
Lump, 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 Grades.

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

GLUE.

per doz.

Worcester.

lb.  cartons.....................3 25
50  4 
115  2Hlb. sacks..........................4 00
lb. sacks........................ 3 75
60  5 
2214 
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

GUNPOWDER. 
Rifle—Dupont’s.

.4 00

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

K«
Ht
Quarter Kegs...............................1 25
1 lb. cahs................................   30
)4 lb. cans..............................   18
Kegs  .......................................4  25
Half Kegs....................................2 40
Quarter Kegs.............................. 1 35
10
1 lb. cans................................  34
Kegs.............................................8 00
Half Kegs.......  .....................4  25
Quarter Kegs........................2 25
lib . cans.  .............................  45

Eagle Dnck—Dupont’s.

13

UCORICB.

Pure.........................................  80
C alabria................................  25
Sicily.......  .............................   14
Root........................................   10

MASON  FRUIT JARS. 

Pints, 1 doz. box, per  gross  4  75 
Quarts, 1 d’z. box, per gr’ss  5  00 
Half gal. 1 d ’z. b’x, p’r gr’ss  7 00 
Fruit Jar Rubbers, p’r gr’ss  25 
Mason Caps only, per gross 2  25 

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

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

§uarts, 1 d’z. box, per gr’ss 5  75 

MINCE MBAT.

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

flOLAftSBS.
New Orleans.

11
Black.  ................................ 
F a ir..................................... 
14
G ood...................................  
20
24
Fancy  ................................ 
Open K ettle........................25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra.

PIPBS.

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

65

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............  4  75
Half bbls,  1,200 count.........  2 90

PICKLES, 
riedlum.

Small.

RICB.

Domestic.

Carolina head......... ............  8*
Carolina  No. 1....................  5
Carolina  No. 2....................   4)4
Broken..................................  3

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1.......................  5)4
Japan,  No. 2........................  5
Java, No. 1...........................  4M
Table.....................................   5)4

W arsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

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

56-lb dairy In linen  sacks...  60 

56-lb dairy in linen  sacks...  60 

Solar Rock.

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

Common Fine.

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

SEEDS.

A n ise.................................... 
lj
Canary, Smyrna.............. 
4
Caraw ay.............................  10
Cardamon,  Malabar  .........  80
Hemp,  Russian............... 
4
Mixed  Bird........................ 
4)4
Mustard,  w hite................. 
6)4
Poppy  ...................  
 
8
R ap e...................................  
5
Cuttle Bone..........................  20

 

SNUPP.

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

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Allspice  ................................  9
Casst a, China In mats...........10
Cassia, Batavia in  bnnd___20
Cassia, Saigon In rolls.........32
Cloves,  Amboyna..................15
Cloves, Zanzibar..................   9
Mace,  Batavia...................... 60
Nutmegs, fancy.....................60
Nutmegs, No.  1.....................50
Nutmegs, No.  2.....................45
Pepper, Singapore, black...  9 
Pepper, Singapore, w hite.. .12 
Pepper,  shot.......................... 10

Pore Ground In Bulk.

Allspice  .................................12
Cassia, B atavia.....................22
Cassia,  Saigon...................... 35
Cloves,  Amboyna................. 20
Cloves, Zanzibar................... 15
Ginger,  African................... 15
Ginger,  Cochin.....................20
Ginger,  Jam aica................... 22
Mace,  Batavia...................... 70
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste...................25
N utm egs,........................40@50
Pepper, Sing., black___10@14
Pepper, Sing., w hite___15@18
Pepper, Cayenne.............17@20
Sage......................................... 18

SYRUPS.

Corn.

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

Pure Cane.

Fair  ...................................   16
Good...................................   20
Choice................... 
26
SODA.

 

 

Boxes.....................................5)4
Kegs,'English........................  4M

Raisins.

London Layers 2 crown- 
London Layers 3 crown.
London Layers 5 Crown.
D eheslas.........................
Loose Mnscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Mnscatels 4 Crown

FOREIGN.
C urrants.

1  50
1 fO
2 75
4) 4 
5
5) 4

Patras bbls.........................@  5Q
Vostizzas 50 lb cases........@  5%
Cleaned, bulk  ...................@6)4
Cleaned, packages...........@  7

Peel.

Citron American 10 lb bx  @14 
Lemon American 10 lb bx  @12 
Orange American 10 lb bx  @12

Raisins.

Ondnra 28 lb boxes......7)4@  8
Sultana  1 Crown...................  @
Sultana 2 Crown..........  @  0%
Sultana 3 Crown...........9M@
Sultana 4 Crown...................  @
Sultana 5 Crown..........   12@

Jennings’.

D. C. Lemon
D.C. Vanilla 
2 oz........  75
2oz........1  20
3 oz........ 1  00
3 oz........1  50
4 oz........ 1  40
4 oz........2 00
6 oz........2  00
6 oz........3 JO
No.  8...2 40 
No.  8  4 00
No. 10...4  00 
No.  10.  .6 00 
No.  2 T.  80 
No.  2 T.l 25 
No.  3 T.l  35 
No.  3 T.2 00 
No.  4 T.l  5q
No  4 T.2  40
Sage........................................   15
H ops.......................................  16
Madras, 5  lb  boxes..............  55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes___  50
15 lb  palls.................... 1........  41
301b  pails..............................   70
Condensed,  2 d o s ...............1  20
Condensed, 4 dos.................2 26

INDIGO.

JBLLY.

HERBS

LYB.

SOAP.
Laundry.

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

Single box...............................2  75
5 box lots, delivered...'.......2  70
10 box lots, delivered.........   2 65

<IAS.  S.  KIRK  S 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 34 lb..............3  00
Eirkoline.......................... 
3  75
E o s............................. 
3  65
One  box  American  Family 
free with five.

Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Single  box......................... ...2 85
5 box lots............... 
2  80
10 box lots..............................2  1
25 box lots............................   2  (
Wolverine Soap Co.’s Brands.

 

Single b o x ... 
.................... 2 66
5 box lots, delivered............2 60
10 box lots, delivered............2 50

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. 

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2 75 
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars... .*3  75
Uno, 100 34-lb. bars............... 2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars............. 2 06

Scouring.

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

W ashing Powder.

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

STARCH.

Klngsford’s  Corn.

40 1-lb packages....................   6
201 lb packages.................... 614
Klngsford’s  Silver  Gloss.
40 1-lb packages....................   6 Yi
6-lb  boxes  ...........................7

Diamond.

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

Common  Corn.

20-lb boxes............................   4)4
IO-1V»  hf>TfR 
4V

Common Gloss.

1-lb  packages.......................   4
3-lb  packages........................  4
6-lb  packages.......................   4)4
40 and 50 lb boxes.................  21/,
Barrels  .................................   2%

STOVE POLISH.

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

Oysters in Cans.

F. H. Counts............  @  40

Shell Goods.

Oysters, per  100..........1  25@1  50
Olams,  per  too..........  go@i  qq

Peanuts.

Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns.  @  7
Fancy,  H.  P„  Flags
Roasted....................   @ 7
Choice, H. P., Extras.  @ 4
Choice. H. P.,  Extras,
Roasted  ...............  @ g

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Grains and Peedstuffs

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

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..................................... g 63
Domino.......................................5 50
C ubes..................................... 5 2
Powdered  ...........................  ,5 25
XXXX  Powdered...............  .5 38
Mould  A................................ 5 2i
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
Confec. Standard A........... 4 8s
No.
....................... 4
No 
........................4
No.
........................4
No.
....................... 4 69
No.No.
....................... 4.69
........................4 56
No.
........................4 50
No.
....................... 4 44
No.
....................... 4  38
No.  10....................................4  31
No.  11....................................4  19
No.  12...................................4  13
No.  13....................................4  OO
No.  14....................................3  88
No.  15.................................... 3
No.  16.................................... 3  63

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand.
New  Brick..........................35 00
Morrison, Plummer & Co.’s  b’d.
Governor Yates, 4)4 in ......58 00
Governor Yates, 43£ in ......65 00
Governor Yates, 5J4 in ......70 00
Monitor............................... 30 00

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand.

Q uintette............................35 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

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

H. Yan Tongeren’s Brand.

CIG A R

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.

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

Fish and  Oysters

Fresh Fish.

Per lb.
W hiteflsh.................  @  §
T ro u t........................  @  8
Black Bass...............  @  10
H alibut....................  @  14
Ciscoes or Herring..  @  4
Bluefish....................  @  10
Live Lobster.......... 
@ 1 8
Boiled Lobster........   @  20
C od...........................  @  10
Haddock..................   @  g
No.  1  Pickerel........   @  8
Pike...........................  @ 
7
Smoked W hite........   @ 7
Red Snapper............  @  10
Col  River  Salmon..  @ 
Mackerel 

...............   @  1234

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

_  

bbls.  pails
534©  7%
534©  7
6  @  8
@  8}$
eases
@8)4
@

Mixed Candv.

Competition............. 
Standard..................  
Deader  .................... 
Conserve..................  
g W »;1 .......................  
Ribbon............... 
Broken  ..................  
Cut  Loaf..................  
English Rock.......... 
Kindergarten.......... 
French  Cream........  
Dandy Pan............... 
Valley Cream.......... 

@ 6)4
@ 7
@ 7%
@ 7%
@ 7
n
@
@ g
@
@ 8*4
@  9
@10
@13

Fancy—In Bulk.

Lozenges, plain....... 
@ 9
@  9
Lozenges,  printed.. 
Choc.  Drops............  11  @14
Choc.  Monumentals 
@12
Gum  Drops.............  
@ 5
@  7%
Moss  Drops.............. 
Sour Drops............... 
@  8%
Im perials................. 
@  8)4

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon  Drops.......... 
@50
Sour  Drops.............. 
@59
@60
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate Drops__  
@60
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
@75
Gum  Drops.............  
@30
Licorice Drops........  
@75
@50
A. B. Licorice Drops 
Lozenges,  plain__  
@50
Lozenges,  printed.. 
@50
Im perials................. 
@50
M ottoes....................  
@55
Cream B ar............... 
@50
Molasses B a r ..........  
@50
Hand Made Creams.  80  @90
Plain  Creams..........  60  @80
Decorated Creams.. 
@90
String Rock.............  
@00
Burnt Almonds.......125  @
Wintergreen Berries 
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes....................  
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes.......  ..........  
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes.................

@30
@45

@55

Fruits.
Oranges. 
Messinas.
Fancy  200s...............
Choice 200s...............

St. Michaels. 

300s.............................
Lemons.
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 360s...............
Ex.Fancy  300s........
Bananas.

@3  50

@4  50

@4 50 
@4 50 
@5 00 
@5  50

Medium  bunches... 1  25 
Large bunches........ 1  75

@1  50 
@2  00

Foreign Dried  Fruits.

101b................
Figs,  New  Smyrna
14 lb boxes............
Figs,  Naturals 
in
30 lb. bags,.............
Dates, Fards in 10 lb
boxes....................
Dates,  Fards in 601b
cases  ...............
Dates,Persians.H.M.
B., 60 lb cases, new 
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb
cases  ....................

Nuts.

©
@12
@  6
©  8
©  6
@  5%
© 4

soft shelled.............   @

Almonds, Tarragona..  @1234
Almonds, Ivaca..........  @11
Almonds,  California,
Brazils new .................  @  714
Filberts  ......................  @R)
Walnuts, Grenobles ..  @1234
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.  @10
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
C alif.........................   @12
Table Nuts,  fancy__   @11
Table Nuts,  choice...  @10
Pecans, Med........... 
@
Pecans, Ex. Large__   @10
Pecans,  Jumbos.........  @12
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks  @3 50

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

W heat.

Old Wheat............................ 
W inter  W heat  Flour. 

74

Local Brands.

P aten ts................................  4  65
Second  Patent.............  
4  25
Straight.............................. '  4  95
Ulear.....................................3 65
Graham  ............................   4 00
Buckw heat...............  .......3  40
B y e..................................... '  2 65
Subject  to usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.

Quaker,  )gs........ ................   4  30
Quaker,  34s ..........................  4  ¿0
Quaker, *4s..........................   4  30

Spring  W heat  Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand
Pillsbury’s Best %s..........   5 c(
Pillsbury’s  Best 34s ............  4 90
Pillsbury’s Best 34s............  4 so
Pillsbury’s Best %s paper..  4  80 
Pillsbury’s Best 34s paper..  4 80 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand.
Grand Republic, 34s........... 5 CO
Grand Republic, 34s........... 4  90
Grand Republic, 34s............4  go
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 
  5  qq
........ 
Gold Medal »4s......................4 go
Gold Medal  34s........  
'  4  80
Parisian,  34s.......................... 5  00
Parisian, 34s........................ ....  90
Parisian, 
.........................  4  80

Olney A Judson’s Brand.

Ceresota, 34s ........................   5 00
Ceresota, 
4  90
......... 
Ceresota, 
,  . .. ..........  4 80
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel,  34s..........................  5  00
Laurel, 34s ...........................   4 90
Laurel, 34s............................  4 go

 

 

Meal.
B olted....................  
G ranulated.......... 1 

j  50
75

Feed and Millstuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened  ...  13 &o
No.  1 Corn and  Oats........   12  50
Unbolted Corn Meal.... 
12 00
Winter Wheat  Bran.............9 00
Winter Wheat Middlings. .10 00
Screenings............................  9 00
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 
Quotes as follows:

New Corn.

Car  lots............................  
09
Less than  car lots. .. .. .. ..   31

Car  lots................................23
Carlots, clipped................  3414
Less than  car lots............"  27

Oats.

Hay.

No. 1 Timothy carlots...
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots.

.  9 50 
.10  50

Provisions.

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

Barreled  Pork.

follows:
9 00
Mess  ................................... 
Back  ..  .............................. 
9 50
Clear  back.......................... 
9 75
Shortcut..  .........................  
9 uo
Pig.......................................   12 50
Bean  ................................... 
8 50
Family  ............................... 
9 00
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies..............................  
5}4
Briskets  .  ........................ 
514
Extra  shorts....................  
5

Smoked  Heats.

Beef.

Sausages.

5
634
634
634
g
9
634

Hams,  121b  average  ____ 
10
... 
Hams, 14 lb  average 
934
Hams, 161b  average....... 
934
Hams, 20 lb  average....... 
SiSi
Ham dried beef.............. 
1534
Shoulders  (N.  Y. cut).  . 
6)4
Bacon,  clear...................6)4@7)4
California  ham s............ 
7
Boneless hams................. 
834
Cooked  ham .......................  
u
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound........................
K ettle.............................!
55 lb Tubs...........advance
80 lb Tubs...........advance
50 lb T in s...........advance
20 lb Pails...........advance
10 lb Pails...........advance
5 lb Pails...........advance
3 lb Pails...........advance
B ologna........................... 
Liver.................................. 
Frankfort............... 
" 
P o rk .............................. 
Blood  .............................. 
Tongue......................... ;; 
Head  cheese....................  
Extra  Mess.........................  7 
Boneless  ........................  10 
R um p...................................10 
Kits, 15 lbs.......................  
go
34  bbls, 40 lbs...............  
1  50
34  bbls, 80 lbs.....................   2 
Kits,  15 lbs.......................  
75
34  bbls, 40 lbs......................  1 
34  bbls, 80 lbs.....................   2 
P o rk ....................*........... 
,g
Beef  rounds....................  
4
Beef  middles..................  
934
S heep................................  
go
Rolls,  dairy.................... 
10
Solid,  dairy...................... 
934
Rolls,  cream ery.............  
13
Solid,  cream ery.............  
1234
Corned  beef,  2  lb ...........  2  00
Corned  beef, 14  lb ........... 13 50
Roast  beef,  2  lb............ 2 00
Potted  bam,  34s .......... 
60
Potted  ham,  34s..............  j 
Deviled ham,  34s..........  
60
DeviJedham,  34s ...........   1  00
Potted  tongue 34s..........  
60
Potted  tongue 34s...........   1  00

Canned  Meats.

Pigs’ Feet.

Butterlne.

Casings.

Tripe.

Crackers.

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

as follows:

Butter.

Seymour XXX................. 
4
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  4V4
Family XXX.......................   4
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  434
Salted XXX.........................   4
Salted XXX, 31b cartou...  4)4 

Soda.

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

Oyster.

Square Oyster, XXX..........  4%
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1  lb  carton.  oU
Farina Oyster,  XXX..........  4
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
A nim als..............................   9
Bent’s Cold W ater__ _!...  13
Belle R ose...........................  6
Cocoanut Taffy..................    8
Coffee Cakes........................  8
Frosted Honey....................   10
Graham Crackers  .............   6
Ginger Snaps, XXX round.  5 
Ginger Snaps,XXX  city...  5 
Gin. Sups,XXX home made  5 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  5
Ginger  Vanilla..................   7
Im perials............................ ;  ¿
JumDles,  Honey.................  10
Molasses  Cakes..................   6
Marshmallow  ....................   12
Marshmallow  Cream s...!!  13
Pretzels,  hand  made  .......  6
Pretzelettes, Little German  6
Sugar  Cake.........................   6
Sultanas....................  
  10
Sears’ Lunch.......................    6
Vanilla  Square................. 
7
Vanilla  W afers.................  12
Pecan W afers.....................   12
Mixed Picnic......................  10
Cream Jum bles..................  114
Boston Ginger Nuts...........   6
Chimmie F adden...............  9
Pineapple Glace..................  12
Penny Cakes................   
  6
Marshmallow  W alnuts....  13 
Belle Isle Picnic.................  10

 

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

C arcass.......................   534@  7
Fore quarters..............434©  6
Hind  quarters 
734®  834 
Loins  No.  3
9  @12 
Ribs............
8  @12 
Rounds  __
634@  734 
Chucks.......
4  ©  5 
Plates  .......
@ 3
Dressed......................
L o in s.........................
Shoulders..................
Leaf Lard..................
M utton.
C arcass......................
Spring Lambs............
....................
Carcass 

@  434 
© 7 
@  6

© 9 
@10

Pork.

Veal.

Hides.

Hides  and  Pelts.
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows:
G reen............................  6 @ 7
Part  cured..................  
©  734
Full Cured....................  734© 834
D ry ..................................8 @ 9
Kips,  green.................... 6 @ 7
Kips,  cured..................  7=4© 894
Calfskins,  green........   634©  8
Calfskins, cured........   8)»@10
Deaconskins  ..............25  @30
Shearlings.................... 
5@  30
Lambs 
......................   25@  60
Old  Wool....................   6o@  90

Pelts.

O ils.
Barrels.

Eocene  .......................   @1134
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  ©  834
W  W Michigan............  @ 8
High Test Headlight..  ©  7
D.,S. Gas......................  @ 8
Deo. N ap th a...............   @734
C ylinder........................ 25 @36
Engine............................11 @21
Black, w inter.............   @ 8

45
50
75
50
65
85
50

21

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

Butters,

34 gal., per doz..................   50
1 to 6 gal., per gal............ 
8 gal., per g a l................... 
10 gal., per gal.................... 
12 gal., per gal.................... 
1» 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 

534
634
634
634

Churns.

2 1° 6 gal., per gal.......  ... 
Churn Dashers, per doz... 

534
85

Milkpans.

34 gal. flat or rd. hot., doz.
1 gal. fiat or rd. bot., each 
Fine Glazed Milkpans.
34 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  65 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each 

60
5*4

534 

Stewpans.

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

Jugs.

34 gal.,  per doz..................  40
34 gal.,  per doz..................  50
l to 5 gal., per gal.............. 

634

Tomato Jugs.

34 gal.,  per doz.................   70
1 gal.,  each......................  
7
Corks for 34 gal., per doz..  20 
Cqrks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
34 gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz. ..1  00 

Sealing Wax.

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

00
00
50

LAMP  BURNERS.

80

40
75

No.  0  Sun...............................  
No.  1  Sun...............................  
No.  2  Sun...............................  
Tubular................................... 
Security, No.  1....................... 
Security, No. 2.....................  
Nutmeg  ................................. 
Climax..................................  j  50
LAMP  CHIMNEYS-Common.
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0  Sun............................   1  75
No.  1  Sun............................   1  8g
No.  2  Sun............................   2  70
No. 
No. 
No. 

wrapped and  labeled__   2  10
wrapped and  labeled....  2 25 
wrapped and  labeled__   3 25

First  Quality.
0 Sun, 
crimp 
1 Sun, 
crimp 
2 Sun,  crimp 
XXX Flint.

top,
top,
top,

No. 
No. 
No. 

0 Sun, 
1 Sun, 
2 Sun, 

crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled__   2 55
crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
crimp  top,
00
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  gs
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamps............. 
80

La  Bastle.

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

Rochester.

No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........   3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)........ 4  00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........   4  70

Electric.

OIL  CANS. 

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

Pump  Cans

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

LANTERNS.

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  OC
No.  3 Street  Lamp  ..........  3  75
LANTERN  GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents............ 
45
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
each, box  15  cents..........  
45
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls 5 doz.
each, bbl 351...................... 
40
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,
cases 1 doz. each.............   1  25

LAMP  WICKS.

No. 0 per g ro ss.................. 
No. 1 per gross....................  
No. 2 per gross  ................... 
No. 3 per gross.................... 
Mammoth............................. 

20
25
38
58
70

22

THEN  AND  NOW.

Food  Products  of  Seventy  Years 

Ago.
Written for the Tradesman.

I  think  it  was  Doctor  Franklin  who, 
when  he  saw  any  person  eating  a  new 
kind  of  tood,  said,  “ He 
is  creating  a 
new  want.”   By  this  he  would  not 
necessarily  mean  a  new  dish  of  food, 
but a  kind  which  was  wholesome  and 
had  not  heretofore  been  in common  use, 
if  at  all.  The Doctor  was  an  economist 
in  the  broadest  sense,  and probably  con­
sidered  time  more  valuable  for other 
purposes  than  the  acquisition  of  new 
desires  which  might  he  expensive  to 
gratify. 
In  the  coming  centuries,  with 
their  millions  more  to  feed,  that  man 
who  shall  discover  and  bring  into  gen­
eral  use  any  new  and  low-priced  vege­
table  or  animal  food  will  be  a  benefac­
tor  of  the  human  race.  A dozen  or  more 
different  kinds  of  food  might be  named, 
many  of  them  now  in  very  general  use 
and  considered  almost 
indispensable, 
which  were  scarcely  known  at  all  in  the 
early  part  of  the  present  century.  The 
rapid  communication  between  all  parts 
of  the  world  and 
the  comparatively 
cheap  transportation  now  give  every 
part  of  the  earth’s  inhabitants  the  prod­
ucts  of  every  other.

Let  your  readers  of  the  age  of  70 
years  recall  the  different  kinds  of  food 
served  upon  the  tables  when  they  were 
10  years  old,  or  still  younger—meager, 
indeed,  in  kind  and  quantity,  at  times, 
and  an  early  spring  was  hailed  with  joy 
by  the  poorer  classes,  who  might  then 
hope  for  a  “ mess  of  greens”   to  boil 
with  their  salted  meats.  The  bread  on 
the  farmer’s  table  was  more  often  made 
of  ground  rye  and  Indian  corn  meal,  or 
from  the  meal  alone,  than  from  wheat 
flour.  The  “ rye and  Indian 
loaf,”   as 
it  was  called,  was  the  standard  bread. 
Wheat  flour  was  then  high  in  price,  be­
ing  eaten  principally  by  the  wealthier 
classes  and  considerd  by  all  more  of  a 
luxury  than a necessity.  Raised biscuits 
made  from  wheat  flour  were  thought  too 
expensive  except  to  be  eaten  by  women 
and  children.  The  writer  can  well  re­
member  the  first  biscuits  he  ever  saw 
made  from  pure  wheat  flour,  and  with 
the  glorious  gift  of  a  boy’s  appetite  he 
watched  the  process  of  baking  them  in 
the  long-ago  tin  oven  before an  open 
fireplace,  and  afterward  earnestly  re­
quested  his  mother  to  keep  biscuits 
constantly  on  hand tor  his especial  diet! 
This  request  was  further  urged from  the 
fact  that  his  grandfather  promised  to 
furnish  him  honey  from  his  own  hives 
to  form  a  layer  over  the butter  spread 
upon  the biscuit!

For a  variety  of  food  there  were  no 
autumn  or  winter  squashes— nothing  ex­
cept  the  summer  crookneck,  and  these 
were  not  equal  to  those  now  grown ;  no 
varieties  of  Indian  corn;  no  tucket  nor 
popcorn  like  that  of  the  present;  no  to­
matoes—they  were  considered  poison­
ous;  no  oatmeal  except  imported,  and 
no  canned  meats,  fruits  and  vegetables. 
Fruits  and  vegetables  were  then  pre­
served  for  future  use  by  drying,  or 
were  made  into  a  confection.  Fruits  in 
general  were  scarce 
in  the  land,  and 
bread  and  meat  were  the  great  staples 
of  diet.  Pies  were  considered  an indis­
pensable  article  everywhere,  especially 
those  w h ich   w ould  keep  in  cold  weath­
er;  and,  as  winter  approached,  days 
would  be  set  apart  in  a  family  for  the 
preparation  and  baking  of  forty  to  fifty 
pies  at  once,  principally  mince.  These 
were  set  aside  to 
freeze,  and  were 
thawed  out  as  required.  Apples  were 
pared,  quartered  and  cored,  and  strung

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upon  twine  and  dtied,  both  for home 
use  and  for  sale  to  new  sections  of  the 
country  where  apples  were  not 
yet 
grown.  These  were  packed  and  pressed 
into  flour  barrels  and  were  a  staple  ar­
ticle  of  commerce—now  rarely  seen.  A 
variety  of  fruits  in  general  was  scarce 
throughout  our  country.  The  sweeten­
ing  used  generally  was  maple  sugar, 
also  West  India  molasses,  commonly 
known  as  “ blackstrap. ”   Few  people 
outside  the  cities  could  afford  to  eat 
fresh  meats  and,  therefore,  during  the 
summer  salt  or  pickled  pork  and  beef 
were  the  staple  kinds  of  flesh  meats  re­
lied  upon.

The  preservation  of  ice  for  the  sum­
mer  months  was  hardly  thought  of,  and 
a  butcher’s  shop  for  the  sale  of  fresh 
meat  was  unknown  outside  the  large 
towns. 
In  moderately  cool  weather  and 
during  the  grain  harvest,  farmers  who 
were  obliged  to  employ  extra  help 
would  occasionally  butcher a  small  an­
imal,  as  a  sheep,  calf  or  pig,  and  if 
it 
proved  an  oversupply,  portions  would 
be  given  to  their  neighbors,  who  would 
afterward  butcher an  animal  themselves 
and  return  the  compliment.

lye,  and  afterward  prepared 

Potatoes  were  raised  principally  for 
home  use,  as  all  means  of  transporta­
tion  to  market  was  limited,  and  only 
few  were  wanted. 
The  quality  was 
poor,  the  tubers  being  small  and  often 
strong  and  watery—quite  unlike 
the 
smooth,  dry  and  rich,  starchy  potato  of 
the  present.  Hominy—the  Indian  name 
for  samp,  or  Indian  corn divested  of  the 
bran  or  outer  covering  by  boiling  in 
weak 
in 
various  ways,  sometimes  eaten  with 
milk—was  a  favorite  food,  now  nearly 
or quite  out  of  use.  Tea  was  then,  as 
an  almost  universal  beveiage 
now, 
among  all  classes. 
Imported  tea  was 
far  higher  in  price  then  than  now.  A 
domestic  tea  was  made  by  using  the 
carefully-dried  leaves  of  sage,  and  the 
young 
leaves  of  the currant  bush,  and 
also  of  the  whortleberry.  This  illus­
trates  the  craving  generally  for  some 
drink  besides  water  with  our  food,  and 
these  possessed  at  least  one virtue—they 
were  healthful 
unadulterated. 
Among  the  class  of  people  using  these 
substitutes  for tea  a  breakfast  beverage 
was  often  used  as  a  substitute for coffee, 
made  by  browning  a  crust  of  bread  to 
nearly  the  burning  point  and  known  as 
4 4 crust  coffee, ’ ’  true  coffee,  as  a  bever­
age,  being  rarely  seen  except  on  the 
tables  of  the  wealthier  classes.

and 

The  cuisine  at  that  day  was  narrowed 
in  kinds  and  quantity.  As  a  rule,  cul­
tivated  fruits  were  natural,  for  as  yet 
little  pains  was  taken  to graft  or  bud 
them.  At  best,  thousands  ot  people  had 
an  insufficient  supply.  Dried  fruits  or 
those  preserved  in  sugar  were  prepared 
for  winter  use,  none  of  which  would  to­
day  be  considered  worth  eating with  the 
exception  of  the  foreign-dried  raisins 
and  figs.

Let  us 

look  in  for a  moment  upon  a 
farmer’s  or  mechanic’s  table at the mid­
day  meal 
in  the  year  of  grace,  1830. 
The  family  are  seated  on  short  benches 
or  wooden-bottomed  chairs  around  a 
large  square,  or  nearly  square,  deal 
table.  The  central  dish  is  a  large  tin 
pan  of  baked  beans  with  salt  pork,  just 
taken  from  an  iron  bake  kettle  with  a 
deep  cover  for  holding  live  coals  on  the 
top,  in  which  this  food  has  been  cook­
ing  since  breakfast  upon  a  bed  of  coals 
before  an  open  fireplace,  and  its  savory 
and  tempting  odor  pervades  the  room. 
A  generous  supply  of  small  boiled  pota­
toes  with  their  jackets  on  is  near the 
pan  of  beans.  An  earthern  bowl  con­

it.  A 

taining  boiled  samp  and  a  crock  of 
sweet  milk  with  the  cream  on  are  also 
seen.  No  warm  or  hot  drink  of  any 
kind  graces  the  table;  milk  or  water  is 
the  beverage  drunk.  A  large  loaf  of 
stale  rye  and  Indian  bread  has  been 
sliced  and  piled  high  upon  a  plate,  also 
a  warm  “ Johnny  cake,”   with  a  pitcher 
of  black  molasses  near 
large 
golden  pumpkin  pie  on  a  tin  pan,  pip­
ing  hot  from  the  oven,  completes  the 
menu.  At  the  evening  meal  the  table 
is  covered  with  a  figured  oilcloth ;  and 
we  find  a  generous  supply  of  mush,  a 
pudding  of  boiled  corn  meal,  which 
forms  the  central  dish,a  large  molasses 
cake,  a  pot  of  steaming  tea,  a  crock  of 
sweet  milk,  a plate  of  golden  butter and 
again  the  pitcher  of molasses.  Cups and 
saucers are  at  each  plate.  Around  these 
bountiful,  but  neither  stately  nor  fash 
ionable,  repasts  much  true  happiness 
was  found,  and  warm  and  generous 
hearts  dispensed  hospitality  to  the 
stranger  as  well  as  the  friend.

I  have  been  speaking  of  the  home 
lives  of  our  own  people  in  the  United 
States,  and  behold  the  contrast  with  the 
present!  And  yet,  the  coming  wonder­
ful  Twentieth  Century  will  witness  a far 
greater  contract  with the  present  time, 
in  the  still  greater  varieties  of  food 
produced  and  the  improvements of those

now  in  use.  Twice— even  thrice—the 
quantity  of  food  per  acre  will  yet  be 
produced,  and  with  less  labor  and  ex­
pense  and  of  better  quality.  All  hail 
the  day  when  the  poverty-stricken  of 
earth  may  revel  in  luxuries  as  well  as 
necessities! 

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

Outwitting  a  Store  Detective.

From the Philadelphia Record.

A  detective  in  a  well-known  retail 
store  is engaged  in  the  mental  process 
of kicking  himself  whenever  he  thinks 
of a certain  transaction which took place 
last  week.  At a time of day  when  the 
store  was  crowded,  the  detective,  who 
was  keeping a  sharp  lookout  for  evil­
approached  by  a  well- 
doers,  was 
dressed, 
intelligent-looking  man,  who 
informed him  that  he  was  employed  as 
detective  in  another store,  and  had  fol­
lowed a  shoplifter  from  his  firm’s  store 
to  the  present  place,  where  they  would 
find  her  at  the  glove counter  stealing 
gloves.
“ Let  her  alone,”  said  the  strange 
detective,  “ and  when  she  loads  up  I 
will  follow  her home,  and  we  can  then 
make a  big  haul.”
Consent  was  given  to  this  plan  and 
the shoplifter stole  $200 or$300 worth  of 
goods  unmolested.  Then  she  went  out, 
followed  by  the  strange detective.  That 
was  the  last  ever seen  of  the  pair,  and 
the store detective wonders how on  earth 
he was duped  so easily.

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23

Local  Bicycle  Legislation.

Written for the T radesman.

The  coining  of  the  wheel  has  been  so 
rapid  that  it  is  with  considerable  diffi­
culty  that  communities  are  able  to  ac­
cord  it  its  proper  place,  and  in  most  lo­
calities  there  have  been  a  series of more 
or  less  ridiculous 
regulations  before 
matters  became  settled  from  the  com­
motion  consequent  upon  the  innovation. 
To  recount  the  various  enactments  de­
fining  what  shall  be  done  and  what 
shall  not  be  done,  in  the  thousands  of 
towns  and  cities,  would  give  a  list  of 
the  most  contradictory  and  empiric pro­
visions  which  could  be 
In 
one  town  provision 
is  made  that  bells 
shall  be  rung  at-certain  places,in  others 
the  ringing  of  the  bells  is  forbidden. 
In  some,  lamps  must  be  lighted  on  the 
wheels  at  sundown  regardless  of  the  ex­
pectation  of  the  rider  to  reach  his  des­
tination 
In  some 
provisions  only  two  are  allowed  to  ride 
abreast. 
In  other  towns  riding  on  the 
walks  is  permitted,  but  the  rider  must 
dismount  a  certain  distance  from  a  pe­
destrian—and  so  the  list  might  be  ex­
tended  indefinitely.

long  before  dark. 

imagined. 

In  most  towns  it  has  been  found  nec­
essary  to  subject  the  wheel  ordinances 
to  a  number  of  revisions  before  the  un­
reasonable  and  absurd  elements  are 
eliminated. 
In  those  towns  where  the 
use  of  the  wheel  has  become  most  uni­
versal  the  amendments have been large­
ly 
in  cutting  and  pruning,  until  little 
is  left,  and  even  that  is  found  unneces­
sary. 
In  the  case  of  our  own  city  the 
regulation  of  the  wheel  was  not  under­
taken  as  early  as  in  most  cities;  but, 
it  did  come,  many  of  the  pro­
when 
visions  were  as  ridiculous  and 
impos­
sible  as  the  average,  and  soon  they  be­
came  dead 
letter.  The  law  has  been 
on  the  statute  books  a  year,  during 
which  time  it  has  been  violated  almost 
constantly  by  all  riders,  and  yet  a  great 
number  have  been  arbitrarily  arrested 
and  fined  for  exceeding  the  ridiculously 
slow  speed  limits  imposed.

After a  year  of  this  child’s  play  it 

is 
proposed  to  amend  the  ordinance  with 
a  new  and— it 
is  to be  hoped—less  ab­
surd  one.  However,  in  the  propositions 
that  are  offered  there  is  yet  enough  that 
is  too  ridiculous  for  patient  considera­
tion.  Perhaps  the  most  prominent  one 
is  the  requirement  of  a  license,  with 
its  corresponding  tax. 
It  is  urged  that, 
because  wheels  need  special  provisions 
for  use  in  rough-paved or muddy streets, 
they  should  be  taxed  and  the  proceeds 
devoted  to  the  construction  of  special 
paths  for  their  use. 
In  support  of  this 
proposition  the  fact  is  cited  that  some 
of  the  larger  cities  are  imposing  such  a 
tax,  and  that  the  system  seems  to  work 
successfully. 
is  quite 
common  in  European  cities,  and  in  this 
country  attention 
is  called  to  the  fact 
that  Chicago  has  just  enacted  an  ordi­
nance  exacting  a  dollar  tax.

The  practice 

Changing  conditions  are  making  this 
proposition  to  tax  the  wheel  more  un­
just  and  outrageous  every  day.  When 
the  new  vehicle  was  monopolized  by  a 
few  of  those  who  were able  to  pay  the 
large  prices  of  a  few  years  ago,  there 
might  have  bçen  some  sense  in  asking 
such  to  pay  for  special  work  for  their 
benefit  had  such  work  been  undertaken. 
But  now  the taxing  of  the  wheel  would 
be  more  absurd  than  the  taxing  of  other 
vehicles,  for  they  have  become  vastly 
more  numerous  than  all  others  com­
bined. 
Indeed,  on  many  streets  the 
number  of  wheels  passing  in  a  given 
time  far  exceed  the  number  of  pedes­
trians.  Yet  special  provision  is  made

imposing  an 

for  the  accommodation  of  the  latter, 
with  no  thought  of 
indi­
vidual  tax.  As  compared  with  other 
vehicles  and  with  pedestrians,  the  task 
of  furnishing  a  suitable  highway 
is 
small,  and  the  wheel  co-operates  most 
effectively  in  the  work of its preparation 
and  maintenance  as  neither  of  the  other 
classes  of  sojourners  do.

it  than  here.  While  Chicago 

But  how  about  Chicago?  Well,  in  the 
first  place,  the  provision  for  such  a  tax 
in  that  city  is  grossly  unjust,  although 
there  may  be  found  much  more  excuse 
for 
is 
doubtless  ahead  of  Grand  Rapids  in 
some  regards,  as  a  wheel  town  it  is  far 
behind  its  Michigan  rival.  The  rela­
tive  number  of  wheels  in  use  there  is 
very  much  smaller  than 
in  this  city. 
is  accounted  for  in  that  so 
This  fact 
much 
larger  proportion  of  the  people 
are  not  so  situated  as  to  make  the wheel 
practicable,either  on account  of  poverty 
or  on  account  of  location  and  business 
where  the  wheel  would  not be  available. 
Thus,  special 
improvements  for  the 
wheel  there  might  be  claimed  to  benefit 
a  class,  and 
it  seems  that  it  is  cheer­
fully  borne,  as  the  wheelmen  there  are 
generally  able  to  pay  such  assessments.
But  in  Grand  Rapids,  and  in  most  of 
the  smaller  cities  of  the  country,  the 
In  these  the 
conditions  are  different. 
wheel 
in­
strument  of  locomotion.  Poor  laborers 
save  car  fare  by  buying  second-hand 
wheels  Indeed,  the  number  of  families 
where  no  wheels  are  found  is  becoming 
comparatively  small.  So the  asking  for 
special  recognition  in  the  provision  of 
paths  is  not  the  request  of  a few wealthy 
faddists,  but  the  demand  for a  suitable 
way  for  what  is  becoming  the  most  uni­
versal  mode  of  transit.

is  becoming  the  universal 

Bicycle 

legislation,  as  a  whole,  is  a 
most  egregious  absurdity.  There might 
seem  some  excuse  during  the  period 
when  so  large  a  proportion  of  the  riders 
are  novices.  But,  as  the  people become 
proficient 
in  the  management  of  the 
wheel,  any  legal  regulations  beyond  the 
proper  suppression  of  scorching—and 
perhaps  the  keeping  out  of  the  way  of 
pedestrians  when  other  suitable  ways 
are  provided—are  uncalled  for  and  im­
pertinent. 

N a t e .

He  Wanted  to  Know.

He  seemed  very  much  in earnest when 
he  entered  the  office of the gas company, 
but  he  was  courteous  and  pleasant  and 
betrayed  no  desire  to  swear  or  call 
names.

“ 1  am  after  a  little  information,”  

he  explained.

“ Of  what  nature?”  asked  the  clerk.
“ Well,  you  see,  I  am  going  away  for 
a  month  or  two,  and  I  intend  to  shut  up 
my  house  entirely.”

intimated  that  he  had  no 

The  clerk 

objections.

“ I  did  the  same  thing  last  summer,”  
continued  the  sranger,  “ and  my  experi­
ence  then 
induced  me  to  come  around 
this  time  to  see  if  I  can  get  a  little 
in­
formation  that  may  be  of  value.”
“ Certainly,  if  we  can  give  it.”
“ Now,  I  want  to  know  if,  in  case  I 
have  the  gas  turned  off  clear  out  in  the 
street,  the  meter  will  still  keep  on 
working,  as  it  did  last  summer.”

Cure  for  the  Blues.

Never  sit down  and  permit  yourself to 
think  morbidly  over  things  that  look  a 
little  blue.  Strike  out  at  such  a  time, 
make  yourself aggressive,  become  a  lit­
tle  venturesome.  The  old  saw,  “ Noth­
ing  ventured,  nothing  won,”   is  just  as 
true  to-day  as  ever  it  was.  Venture­
someness  may  be  attended  with  some 
little  risk,  of  course,  but  then  it  is  the 
wiser  plan  to  take  a  little  risk  than  to 
simply  sit  back  and  mope  over a trifling 
misfortune.  Morbidness  is  a  curse.  Ag­
gressiveness  is  progress.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin Ware...........................new list 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware........................................ 20*10
Granite Iron  Ware...........................new list 40&10
HOLLOW  WARB
Pots....................................................
K ettles.............................................
Spiders......................................... „
HINGES
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3.............
State...................................
B right.........................
Screw Eyes............................
Hook’s.......................
Gate Hooks and  Eyes..............
LEVELS
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ..
ROPES
Sisal, ¡4 inch and  larger..........
Manilla..............................
SQUARES
Steel and Iron....................
Try and B ev els.......................
M itre....................................

6OA10 
GOA 10 
GUAIO
60* 10 
2  50
80
80
80
80
70
5*

WIRB  GOODS 

.per  doz. net

___dls

so

SHEET  IRON

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

Nos. 10 to 14......................................$3  30 
Nos.  15 to 17 ......................................  3 30 
Nos.  18 to 21.................................   .  3  45 
Nos. 22 to 24....................................... 3  55 
Nos. 25 to 26......................................  3  70 
No-  27........ ....................................   3 80 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct.  19, ’86..........................................dls
Solid Eyes............................................per ton  20  00
Steel, Game................................................  
6Q&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .......... 
50
Oneida Community, Hawley A Norton's 70*10*10
Mouse, choker..............................per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion...........................per doz 
1  25

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

TRAPS

WIRE

Bright Market......................................
Annealed  Market..............................
Coppered  Market................................
Tinned Market...................................
Coppered Spring  Steel......................
Barbed  Fence, galvauized  .............
Barbed  Fence,  painted.....................
An Sable...............................................
Putnam ................................................
Northwestern......................................

HORSE  NAILS

WRENCHES

Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled........
Coe's Genuine......................................
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought 
Coe’s Patent, malleable.....................

75
75
70*10

2 05 
1  70
, dis 40&1C 
dis 
5 
dis 10*10

30
50
80
80

go
85

MISCELLANEOUS

Bird  Cages............................................ 
Pumps, Cistern.........................................  
Screws, New List......................................  
Casters, Bed and  Plate........................ 50*10*10
Dampers, American.............................  
50
600 pound  casks.......................................  
Per pound.................................................... 6K

METALS—Zinc

gw

go

SOLDER

............................................................ 12)4

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, C harcoal..........;.............................   g  7g
20x14 IX, Charcoal..........................................  7  ¿0

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

TIN—Allaway Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal..........................................  g  00
14x20 IC, Charcoal..........................................  g  00
10x14 IX, C harcoal.........................................   6  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal..........................................  g  00

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50.  ’

ROOFING  PLATES

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

BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers,  I _____ __.
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers, f per Ponnd-

Hardware  Price  Current,

AUGURS AND  BITS

Snell’s .....................................
Jennings’, genuine............. .
Jennings’, imitation  ...  ...................

70
25*10
60*10

AXES

First Quality, S.  B. Bronze..........
First Quality, D. B. Bronze..........
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel...  . 
First Quality.  D. B. Steel...

R ailroad...............
Garden..............................................  

BARROWS 

...............  5  00
...............  9 50
...............   5 50
...............   to 50

30 qq

BOLTS

Stove........ ................................ 
Carriage new list......................
Plow...........................

Well,  plain...............

BUCKETS 

BUTTS,  CAST 

Cast Loose  Pin, figured... 
Wrought Narrow..............

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

BLOCKS

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

CROW  BARS 

CAPS

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

CARTRIDGES

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

Anorto
.........  70 to 75

............... $ 3 25

............. 70*10
................70*10

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

..per lb 

... per m 

70

4

65

p“r m  ©'

rujv  a

CHISELS

on
on
on

Socket Firmer................... 
Socket  Framing.................
Socket  Comer..................  
Socket  Slicks..........................  
DRILLS
Morse’s Bit Stocks...........................
............. ......60
Taper and Straight Shank..  ..
Morse’s Taper Shank....................... .........  .. 50<&  5
Com. 4 piece, 6 in .............................
Corrugated.......................................’
Adjustable............................

doz. net 
65
1  25
........  
........ dis 40 A10

ELBOWS

EXPANSIVE  BITS
Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26.........
Ives’, 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, $30  ............
FILES—New  List

..............30A10

New Am erican................................................. 70&10
Nicholson’s .................................................... 
70
Heller’s Horse Hasps.............’."’.eCAiO
GALVANIZED  IRON
Nos.  16 to 20; 22.and 24; 25 and 26;  27 
List  12 
16. 

28
17

13 

14 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

15 
GAUGES

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ....................... 60A16

KNOBS—New List

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

70
go

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

 

MILLS

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

 
MOLASSES  OATES

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

40
40
40
30

PLANES

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

PANS

Fry, Acme...................................................60*10*10
70& 5
Common, polished..................................... 
go
Iron and  Tinned  ............................................ 
Copper Rivets and Burs.................................. 
¿0

RIVETS

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 33H
Kip’s  ........................................................... dis 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s ................................................. dls 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel....................30c list 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel  Hand 30c list40*1 C

TRADESMAN
ITEMIZED
LEDGERS

Size  8  I -2x14— Three  Columns.

2 Quires, 160 pages....................$2 00
3 Quires, 240 pages..  ............... 2 50
4 Quires, 320 pages.................... 3  00
5 Q u ires, 400 p a g e s ........................3  50
6 Q u ires, 480 p a g e s ........................4  00
Invoice Record or Bill Book.
80  Double Pages, Registers  2,880  in­

voices.........................................  $¡£00

TRADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GOTHAM   GOSSIP.

The  Produce  Market.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

the  Market.

Special  Correspondence.

New  York,  July  30— There  are  many 
visitors  here  just  now  and  their  number 
is  being  augmented  by  the  arrival of  al­
most  every  train.  They  come  from  all 
parts,  the  South  and  Southwest  in  par­
represented.  Of 
ticular  being  well 
course,  they  bring 
joy  to  the  hearts  of 
our  jobbers  and  within  the  next  two 
weeks  we  probably  will  see  one  of  the 
liveliest  seasons  we  have  had  for  years. 
Jobbing  grocers  are  doing well even now 
and 
in  some  cases  have  about all  they 
can  do  to  meet  the  volume  of  trade. 
May  the  good  work  go  on !

Prices  are  practically  without  change 
and  there 
is  no  reason  to  expect  much 
advance  on  anything.  Good  prices  for 
wheat  mean  better  business  for  the  re­
tailer  throughout  the  country,  and  this 
is the  real  starting  point  for all business 
after all.

The  coffee  market  shows  a reaction  in 
buyers’  favor.  There 
is  little  interest 
displayed  by  either  side.  Brazil  sorts 
are  barely  steady  on  the  basis  of  7%z 
for  Rio  No.  7.  The  deliveries  here  are 
rather  lighter than  usual. 
In  store and 
afloat  there  are  719> 739  bags,  against 
451.309  bags  last  year.  Mild  coffees 
are  easy  and  Padang  Interior  is  nom­
inally  2 3 > á @ 2 4 C .

Granulated  sugar  is  worth  5c  and  ap­
pears  to  sympathize  with  the  stock mar­
ket.  The  demand 
is  better  than  last 
week  and  some  large  orders  have  been 
filled.  Deliveries  have  been  prompt 
and,  while there  is  room  for  more  busi­
ness,  there 
is  little  to  find  fault  with. 
There  has  been  considerable  trade  in 
raw  sugar  and  an  advance  of  }&c  has 
taken  place  in  refining  grades.

Teas  are  dull  and  dragging.  The 
public  sales  bring  out  few  buyers and 
the  whole  market  is  in  anything  but  a 
satisfactory  condition.  The finest  grades 
of  nearly  ail  sorts  are,  of  course,  meet­
ing  with  some enquiry, which  is  natural; 
but  an  abundant  supply  prevents  any 
advance  in  the general  run.

Japan  and  Java  rice have been in good 
request  and  have been  selling  at  4j^c. 
Most  of  the  orders  have  been  from  the 
city  trade.  Domestic  rice  is  in  lighter 
demand  and  the  supply 
is  not  large. 
Fancy  head  is  quickly  taken  at full quo­
tations.  Choice  to  fancy,

little  firmer  market  for 
Singapore  pepper  and  not  so  strong  a 
one  for  African.  Cassia 
is  selling 
pretty  well  and  the  market  is firm.  Nut­
megs  are  steady.  Singapore  pepper, 
6}i@6 i£c;  West  Coast,  5U @6c;  Zanzi­
bar  cloves,  4fá@4^c.
There  is  more  enquiry  for  molasses, 
and  the 
indications  are  that  within  a 
week  or so  we shall  have a  lively  trade 
in  this article.  The  market  here  is  firm 
and  prices  are  well  held.  Syrups  are 
dull  and  only  small  lots  are  moving. 
Glucose  is  doing  wonderfully  well  since 
the  trust  was  formed  and  has  advanced 
to $1.65  for 43  deg.

There 

is  a 

Some  days 

The  past  eighteen  days  have  been 
given  over to  what the  Weather  Bureau 
calls  “ showers.”  
there 
would  be  a  steady  downpour all  day. 
The  result is that in all this section of the 
country—N.  Y.,  N.  J.,  and  other  states 
— there  is  a  lake.  Corn  and  vegetables 
are  drowned. 
It  may  have  no  effect 
on  the  canned  goods  market,  but  cer­
tainly  corn  seems  in  a  bad  way.  The 
market  generally 
is  firm  and  there  has 
been  some  advance  in  quotations.  Gal­
lon  apples  and  string  beans  have ad­
vanced  and  tomatoes  seem  to  be  in­
clined  that  way,  too.

In  dried  fruits  scarcely  anything  is 
doing.  Sales  made  are  on  a  very  low 
basis.  Evaporated  apples  are  not  quite 
as  dull  as  formerly  and  are an  excep­
tion  to  the  general  run  of  dried  fruits. 
They  are quotable  at  6c  for fancy  stock.
No  material  change  has  taken  place 
in  butter.  There  is  a  moderate  enquiry 
for  best  Western  creamery,  which 
is 
still  quotable at  15c.

Cheese  is dull  and  with  very small en­

quiry.  Best  full  cream,  7%c.

Apples— Red  Astrichans 

command 
$1.75  per  bbl.  Duchess  fetch  $2@2.25 
per  bbl.

Bananas—The market  is well supplied 
with  good  fruit  and  the  movement  is 
very  fair,  although  limited  to  some  ex­
tent by  the  variety  of  fruit  on  the  mar­
ket.  Prices  are  unchanged.

Beets—30c  per  bu.
Blackberries—Cultivated  are 

large 
and  sweet,  commanding  75@85c  per 
16 qt.  case.  Wild  are  in  small  supply 
at 6o@75c.

Butter— Separator  creamery  is  firm  at 
I4j£c.  Dairy 
is  less  plenty  than  it  has 
been  and  extra  fancy  readily  commands 
12c.  The  cooler  weather  which  pre­
vailed  the 
latter  half  of  July  tended  to 
improve  the quality  of  shipments  very 
materially.

Cabbage—65 @750  per  doz.
Carrots—50c  per  bu.
Cauliflower—S i.50  per  doz.
Celery— 15® 20c  per  bunch,  according 
to  size.  The  quality  is  superior to  the 
offerings  for  the  past  two  seasons.

Cheese—Cheese  made  during  the  ex­
treme  hot  weather 
is  coming  on  the 
market  at  present,  and  is  decidedly  off 
in  flavor  and  quality.  This  accounts 
for  the  stationary  condition  of  the  mar­
ket  this  week.  Cheese  made  at  present 
should  be  very  fine,  the  weather  being 
cool  and  the  pastures  being jn'^fine  con­

Oranges—There 

is  a  steady  move­
ment,  but  it  is  light  in  face  of  so  much 
other  fruit.  The  only  \arieties  that  are 
offered  now  are  the  Seedlings,  Medi­
terranean  Sweets,  and  Malta  Bloods. 
Prices  are  unchanged.
£  Peas—Green,  75c  per bu.

Peaches— Alexanders  have  declined  to 
$i@ i.25  per bu.  The  flavor  is  excellent 
and  the  size  is  ahead  of  anything  ever 
before  seen  at  this  market.  Hale’s 
Early,  which  are  halfway  between 
cling  and  a  freestone,  will  begin  to 
come  in  the  latter  part of  the  week. 
In 
spite  of  the  gloomy  predictions  made 
by  the  growers earlier  in  the  season,  the 
peach  crop’ promises  to  be  fair 
in  size 
and  excellent  in  quality.

Seeds—Timothy 
is 

commands  $1.3S@ 
1.50.  Medium 
in 
fair  demand  at 
$4.5o@4.75.  Mammoth  is  very  scarce  at 
®4-75@5-  Alsyke,  $4.qo@ 5.  Crimson, 
$2.75@3.  Alfalfa,  $4.25@4.5o.

Squash—3c  per  lb.
Tomatoes— Home  grown  are  now  in 
market,  commanding  $2@3  per  bu. 
The  quality  is  superior  to  the  Southern 
stock.

Turnips—40c  per  bu.
Wax  Beans—75c  per  bu.
Whortleberries— Quotations  have  ad­
vanced  to  $2.25 @2.50,  on  account  of 
shippers  diverting  their^consignments 
to  other  markets  which*^ presented  a 
higher  range  of  values.  The  crop*is

SHERWOOD  HALL  AND  FAMILY.

The  oldest  child—the  daughter  in  the  center of  the  group— is  the  young 

lady  who  met  a  tragic  death  by  drowning  at  Ottawa 

Beach  on  the  afternoon  of  Aug.  3.

dition.  The  make  of  cheese  ought to 
be  heavy  from  now  on,  as conditions are 
favorable  for  the  making  of  a  large 
quantity  of  superior  quality  cheese.

Corn—Green,  7@ioc  per  doz.
Currants— Red,  50c  per  crate of 16 qts,
Cucumbers—25c  per  doz.
Eggs—The quality  of  the  general  re­
ceipts  is  very  much  better  this  week 
than  for  the  last  two  or  three.  The  eggs 
have  been  laid  in  cool  weather and  the 
hens  have been  feeding  on  grain  from 
harvested  fields,  which  produces  a bet­
ter quality  of  eggs.  Eggs  from  now  on 
should  be  fine 
in  quality,  unless  we 
have  another  spell  of  extremely  hot 
weather.  The  market  is  extremely  low 
for  this  season,  local  handlers  paying 
7^c  on  track,  subject  to  handling,, and 
holding  fancy  candled  stock  at  8^c.

Lemons—The  market is  firm  at  prices 
given  last  week.  The  slightly  warmer 
weather  has  had  the  effect  to  move  the 
fruit  better,  but  not  yet  to  advance 
prices.

Lettuce—50c  per bu.
Melons—Watermelons  are a  little  low­
er,  ranging  from  i5®2oc,  according  to 
size.  Canteloupes  command 75c® 1$  per 
doz. 
Little  Gems  bring  65c,  while 
Osage  are  still  held  at $1.50.

Onions—$1  per  bu.  for  dry.  10c  per 

doz.  for green.

thought  to  be  short,  the  cool  and  moist 
spring  having  had  a  more 
contrary 
effect  than  on  strawberries  and  raspber­
ries.

“ Won’t 

No  Advantage.
it  be  delightful  when  we  all 

have  flying  machines?”

“ I  don’t  know  about  that;  of  course 
our  creditors  will  all  have  them,  too. ”
The  Pure  Food  Commission  of  Cin­
cinnati  has  been  very  active of  late  in 
prosecuting  milk  dealers  who are violat­
ing  the  laws  by  skimming  or selling 
skimmed  milk ;  many  arrests  have  been 
made.

WANTS  COLUMN.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

ANTED—MEDIUM  SIZED  STOCK  OF 
clean merchandise in good town;  will pay 
cash.  Address,  Wanted, 211 North  Ionia  street, 
Grand Rapids. 
INVOICING 
about 1700.  Best location in Northern M ich- 
igan.  Address  Drugs,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 

17M)R  SALE—DRUG  8TOCK 

360

362

359

IpOR  SALE-STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 

IpOR  SALE-STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS,  FUR- 

'  chandise in  a  good  location  in  a  growing 
town.  Good  business.  Will  rent  building. 
Reason  for  selling,  poor  health.  For  further 
particulars inquire of  or write  to  I.  J.  Wlgent, 
Watervliet,  Mich. 
1  nishing  goods  and  shoes.  Will  invoice 
about 14.200.  Rent,  $5.00  per  month,  residence 
attached.  Bargain for some  one.  Address  No. 
363. cate Michigan Tradesman. 
363
W ILL  SELL  MY  FOUR  DEPARTMENT 
stores of general  merchandise, as  I  mast 
retire  from  business.  Here  is  a  fortune  for 
somebody. 
Julius  H.  Levinson,  Petoskey, 
353
Mich. 
WILL  SELL  AT  A  GREAT  BARGAIN— 
inventorying 
about $3,000, in a city of  6,000.  Two  other  drug 
stores.  Reason  given  to  intending  purchaser. 
Terms liberal.  Address  No. 351, care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
354
STORE  FIXTURES CHEAP—ONE ASHLAND 
prescription  scale  and  weights,  one  drug­
gist’s counter  balance  and  weights (Fairbank), 
one prescription case, six  large store lamps, two 
showcases (one 4 ft. and one 6 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. 

Drug  stock  and  fixtures, 

355

IflOR  SALE—CLEAN  STOCK  GROCERIES 

1  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

314

345

IpOR  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.  S.,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
350
DESIRE  TO  TRADE  FOR MERCHANDISE— 
$4,000 store. $1,500encumbrance;  rented $30. 
City  20,000.  Address  ¡No.  345,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
i pOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  DRUGS,  PAINTS 

and wall paper in one  of  the  best  towns  in 
Sou hern  Michigan;  an old established business 
of thirty years  Yearly  sales  $12,000  to  $15,t00; 
owner retiring.  Address No. 344, care  Michigan
Tradesman._________________  
I/'OK  SALE—CLEAN NEW STOCK GENERAL 
JC  merchandise,  located  in  brick  building  in 
growing town, surrounded by excellent farming 
country.  Established  trade.'  Address  No.  334, 
care  Michigan  Tradesman. 
■pARTIE->  WISHING  TO  BUY,  SELL  OR 
A  exchange  real estate  or  merchandise,  any 
quantities  or  description,  can  depend  upon 
Townsend  &  -Morons,  of  Jackson,  Mich.,  for 
quick and responsible  dealing. 

IP'OR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 

chdiidise, inventorying  about $4.500, located 
in a thriving town in Central Michigan.  Would 
take a small  farm in part payment, if location is 
desirable.  Address  No.  320,  care  Michigan 
Tiadesman. 
330
|?O K   SALE—ONE  '00-HORSE  POWER SLIDE 
J7  valve engine, especially  adapted  to sawmill 
work,  and  fitted  with  a  Nordberg  Automatic 
Governor.  Can be seen running any  week  day 
at Waliin Leather Co.’s  tannery,  Grand  Rapids.
_________ ;____________ _ 
WANTED—PARTNER  WITH  $2,000  FOR 
one-half interest  in  hardware, stoves  and 
tinshop, plumbing  and  furnace  work  and  job­
bing,  roofing,  etc.  Have  several  good  jobs  on 
hand and a well-established trade;  best location 
in heart of city.  Address Box  522,  Big  Rapids 
Mich. 
393

_______313

334

318

_ 

ANTED-W E  ARE  THE  OLDEST,  LARG- 
est and best laundry in the  city  of  Grand 
Rapids.  We  do  considerable  business  out  of 
town and  want more of it.  We  want  good  live 
agents in towns where we  do not now have any. 
we pay  a  liberal commission and  give  satisfac­
tory service.  Terms  on  application.  American 
Steam Laundry, Otte Brothers, proprietors.  289

I  ¡''OR  SALE  ORr TRADE  FOR  STOCK  OF 

merchandise—180  acres  of  choice  timber 
land  on  Section  2  of  the  Ilaskel  land  grant 
Buchanan county, Virginia;  title o. k.  Address 
No. 262, care Michigan Tradesman. 
262
Ru b b e r   s t a m p s  a n d   r u b b e r   t y p e !
160
i pOR  EXCHANGE—TWO  FINE  IMPROVED 
farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
ANTED—1,000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS,
daily.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 

Will J.  Weller,  Muskegon, Mich. 

Ithaca, Mich,________________  

73

PATENT  SOLICITORS.

CILLEY & ALLGIER, GRAND RAPIDS, PAT- 
ent  Attorneys  and  Practical  Draughtsmen. 
Our new Handbook free on application. 

339

MISCELLANEOUS.

W ANTED—COMPETENT  MEN  TO  WORK 
in  cracker  factory,  Must  be  capable  of 
running  machines  or  peeling.  Apply  to  the 
361
New York Biscuit Co., Grand  Rapids. 

ANTED — REGISTERED  PHARMACIST 
to clerk in small  town.  Must  give  good 
reference.  Single man  preferred.  Address No. 
357, care Michigan  Tradesman. 

357

■ ANTED—ACTIVE  SALESMAN  TO  REP- 

resent to  dealers  and  consumers  a  well- 
advertised and  meritorious  soap  in  and  about 
Kent county.  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. 

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To

K O C H y   yonr  o l o r k S y   attorneys,  ager.j, 
s o l e s r n e n   and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or 
holding  through  or  under  you.

Greeting :

\   It  has  been  represented  to  us  in  our  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of
New  Jersey,  In  the  Third  Circuit,  on  the  part  of  the  ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,  Complainant,  that 
it  has  lately  exhibited  its  said  Bill  of  Complaint  in  our  said  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District 
of  New  Jersey,  against  you,  the  said  HENRY  KOCH,  Defendant,  to  be  relieved  touching  the  matters  therein 
complained  of,  and  that  the  said

ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,

Complainant,  is  entitled  to  the  exclusive  use  of  the  designation  “ SAPOLIO”  as  a  trade-mark  for  scouring  soap.

lloro, ©jerefore, we  do  strictly  command  and perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY

KOCH,  your  clerks,  attorneys,  agents,  salesmen  and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or  holding  through  or  under  you, 
th^jiains^in^^^enalties^^vhicl^^inaj^^al^^jjoi^jrou^an^^eacl^ofyou  in  case  of  disobedience,  that  you  do 
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  manner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO,”  or  any  word  or  words 
substantially  similar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  any  scouring 
soap  not  made  or  produced  by  or  for  the  Complainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly,

B y  word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  r e  

“ SAPOLIO,”  or  when  “ SAPOLIO”  is  asked  for,

that  which  is  not  Complainant’s  said  manufacture,  and  from  in  any  way  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO"  in  any 
false  or  misleading  manner.

The  honorable  M e l v il l e   W.  F u l l e r ,  Chief  Justice  of 
United  States  of  America,  at  the  City  of  Trenton, 
Jersey,  this  16th  day  of  December, 
in  the  year  of 
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

[ signed}

[ s b a l]

ROWLAND  COX,

Com plainants  Solicitor

the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
in  said  District  of  New 
our  Lord,  one  thousand

&   D.  OLIPHANT,

Clerk

Good  Yeast  is  Indispensable

Travelers’  Time  Tables.
DETROIT,Grand Rapids & Western.

June 27. 1897.

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

Yellow  label 

and  signature

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

FLEISCHMANN  &  CO., 

Mu* 'ot

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

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids.

Going to Detroit.

Returning from  Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids..........7:00am  1:30pm  5:35pm
Ar. Detroit..................   11:40am  5:40pm 10:20pm
Lv. Detroit.......................8:00am  1:10pm  0:10pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids.......   1:00pm  5:20pm 10:55pu
Lv. G R 7:10am 4:20pm  Ar. G R 12:20pm  9:30p- 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and-Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Geo.  De Ha v e n .  General Pass. Agent.

r j n   A  k i n   Trank Railway System
v I I V / \ l V 19   Detroit and Milwaukee Dlv

(In  effect  May 3,  1897.)

WEST

EAST. 

Arrive,
Leave. 
t   6:45am..Saginaw,  Detroit  and  E ast..t  9:55pm
tl0:10am..........Detroit  and  East'....  .  t  5:07pm
t  3:30pm. .Saginaw,  Detroit and  East..tl2:45pm 
*10:45pm..  Detroit, East and C anada.. .* 6:35am 
* 8:35am....Gd.  Haven  and  Int. P ts....*  7:10pm
tl2:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Interm ediate.t  3:22pm 
t  5:12pm  Gd. Haven Mil. and Chi__ tlO :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.
tExcept Sunday.

*Daily. 

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

CHICAGO

Going  to Chicago.

Muskegon.

Returning  from  Chicago.

Lv. G. Rapids. .8:35am  1:23pm  *6:25pm  *11:30pm 
At. Chicago....3:10pm 6:50pm  2:0uam  6:40am 
Lv. Chicago..................7:20am  57l5pm  *  9:30pm
Ar.G’dR aptds.............1:25pm  10:45pm  *  4:00am
Lv. G’d  Rapids...............8:35am  1:25pm  6:2Spm
At.  G’d Rapids...............   1:25pm 5.  5pm  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  ............
At.  Petoskey...............  3:45pm  8:00am  ............
Ar  Bay View...............   3:55pm  8:10am  ............
Parlor cars leave  Grand  Rap dB  8:35  a m  and 
1:25 p m ;  leave Chicago 5:15 p m.  Sleeping cars 
leave Chicago 
leave  Grand  Rapids  *11:30  pm ; 
*9:30 pm .

PARLO R  AN D   SLEEPING  CARS.  CHICAGO.

View.

TR AVER SE  C ITY  AND  B A Y   VIEW .

Parlor  car  leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:30  a  m; 

sleeper at 11:30 p m.

•Every  day. 

Others week dayB only.

Geo. DeHavbn, Gem ral Pass. Agent.

GRAND Rapids  t   Indiana Railway 

Jane  ao,  1897.

Northern  Div.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey St Mack...* 4:15am  *10:00pm 
rrav. C’y, Petoskej  & Mack., .t 7:45am  t  5:10pm 
Trav. C’y, Pet os. & Hat. Sp’gs.t 2:20pm  t   9:10pm
Cadillac..................................... t  5:25pm i l l  :10am
Petoskey & Mackinaw............ til:10pm  t   6:30am
Train  leaving  at 7:45  a.m.  has  parlor  car  to
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. has sleeping eais to 
Petoskey and Mackinaw.
Southern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati.................................. t  7:10am  t   8:25pm
Ft. Wayne...................................t  2:00pm  i  2:10pm
Kalamazoo.................................. i  7:00pm  t   9:10am
Cincinnati, Louisville & Ind. .*10:15pm  * 4:05am
Kalamazoo................................i  8:06pm  7  8:50am
i :10a.m.  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnati. 
2  00p.m.  train  has  parlor  car  to  Fort  Wayne. 
train  has  sleeping  car  to Cincinnati, 
10:15p.m 
Indianapolis and Louisville.

Muskegon Traine.

GOING WEST.

LvG’dR aplds.................t7:35am tltOOpm  t5:40pm
Lv G’d Rapids............................  $9:00am +7:00pm
Ar Muskegon..................  9:00am  2:10pm  7:OOpm
Ar Muskegon..............................  10:25am  8:25pm
Ar Milwaukee, Steamer............  4:00sm
GOING BAST.
Lv Milwaukee, Steamer.......... 
7:30am
Lv M usxegon...............t8 :10am  ti 1:45an>  t4:10pm
Lv Muskegon.............................  £  8:35am  £6:35pm
ArG’d Rapids............. 9:30am  12:55pm  5:3{)pns
Ar G’d Rapids...........................  1J :00am  8:00pm
tExcept Sunday.  »Dally  »Sunday only. 
Steamer leaves Mnskegon daily  except  Satur­
day.  Leaves Milwaukee  daily  except  Saturday 
and Sunday.
A. ALuquiBT, 

Ticket Agt.Un. Sta.  Gen.  Pass. A Tki  Agt.

C  L. Lockwood,

CANADIAN

EAST  BOUND.

Lv. Detroit............................... t i l ; 45am  *11:35pm
Ar.  Toronto.............................  8:30pm 
8:15am
8:00pm
Ar.  Montreal............................  7 ;20am 
Lv.  Montreal...........................  8:50am 
9:00pm
Lv. Toronto..............................  4:00pm 
7:30am
Ar. Detroit................................  10:45pm 
2:10pm
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids.

W EST  BOUND.

DULUTH, South Shore and Atlantic

W EST  BOUND.

t7:45am
Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I.)111:10pm 
Lv.  MackinawCity..........   7:35am 
4:20pm
Ar. St.  Xgnace...................   9:00am 
5:20pm
9:50pm
Ar. Sault Ste. Marie........   12:20pm 
Ar. Marquette  .........................   2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestoria......................  5:20pm 
12:45am
8:30am
Ar. Duluth................................................. 
Lv. Duluth................................................  
t8:30pm
Ar. Nestoria.............................  t i l  :15am  2:45am
Ar. Marquette......................... 
1:30pm  4:30am
3:30pm 
Lv.  Sault Ste. Marie...............  
...
8:40pm  11:00am
Ar.  Mackinaw City................. 
G. W.  Hibbard, Gen. Pass. Agt., Marquette. 
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Kapids.

EA ST  BOUND.

MINNEAPOLIS, St. Paul & Sault Ste.
Marie Railway.

W EST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I.)................... +7:45am
Lv.  Mackinaw City.....................................   4:20pm
Ar. Gladstone...............................................   9:50pm
Ar. St. Paul.................................................. ■ 8:45am
Ar. Minneapolis.......................................... 9:30am
Lv. Minneapolis........................................   t6:30pm
Ar. St. Paul.................................................  7:20pm
Ar. Gladstone..............................................  5:45am
Ar. Mackinaw City....................................  11:00am
Ar. Grand Rapids.......................................  10:00pm
W. R. Callaway, Gen. Pass. Agt., Minneapolis. 
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass.  Agt., Grand  Rapids.

EAST  BOUND.

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