Volume  XV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER  22,  1897.

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sole  agents  in  this  territory  for  the  celebrated  bulk 
roast coffees of the

WOOLSON  SPICE CO.

A sk  our  salesman  to  show  you  our  line  of  samples.

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For sale by all first-class jobbers and  the 

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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,

''end  for catalogue and  discount  sheet.

12  W.  Bridge  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

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that they  are  the  finest  Peas  ever 
put  in  a  can;  in  fact,  some  insist 
that  they  are  better  than  fresh 
picked  Peas.  This  season’s  pack 
is  very  fine  and  somewhat  larger 
than  usual and we hope  to be  able 
to supply the large demand.  Please 
place your orders  as  soon  as  con­
venient and secure  the  finest  Peas 
you ever tasted.

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Manitowoc, Wis.

WORDEN GROCER CO.,

Jobbing  Agents,

Grand  Rapids.

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FREE!  SILVERWARE!  FREE!

T|iesp goods are extra-plated, of handsome design and are made by one 
of  the  largest  manufacturers  in  the  United  States  and  will  wear  five 
years.  2j of Our Yellow Labels,  attached to original  tin-foil wrappers  will 
procure one Silver  Plated  Peaspoon,  and  50 of same  will  procure  one 
of either, Table Spoon,  Fork,  Butter  Knife or Sugar Spoon  For 75  you 
will  receive  one  Silver  Plated  Steel  Table  Knife,  and  for  10 a  hand­
some Aluminum  Thimble  is given.

Present  labels,  attached  to tin-foil wrappers, at our office in this city 
and  receive premiums free of any charge in  return;  or  hand  labels, at­
tached to tin-foil  wrappers,  to your grocer,  with your name and address 
and premiums  will be delivered through him the following day.

Premiums cannot be mailed  under any circumstances.

Detroit  Agency,  118  Bates St.
Grand  Rapids Agency,  26  Fountain  St.

FLEISCHMANN  &  CO.

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If You 
Sell Oysters

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Something  to keep them  fresh  in  i 
a  necessity.  Our  C A B IN E T S   an 
right  in  D U R A B IL IT Y ,  C O N  
S  E N T E N C E   ond  P R IC E .  W rit 
for particulars.
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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.

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Take no Chances and Sell Mrs. Jones’ Uncolored Catsup.

At wholesale by Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.,  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  CoM  Grand  Rapids, 

and the best jobbers everywhere in the United States. 

WILLIAMS  BROS  &  CHARBONNEAU.  Detroit,  Sole Proprietors.

DEALERS IN

ILLUMINATING  AND LUBRICATING

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

Office and  Works,  BUTTERWORTH  AVE., 

ORAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

Hulk works at Grand  Rapids,  Muskegon,  Manistee, Cadillac,  Rig  1  ¡1 
ids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse  City,  Ludington, Allegsn. 
Howard  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City,  Fremont,  Hart, 
Whitehall, Holland and Fennville

Highest  Price  Paid  for  Empty  Carbon  and  Gasoline  Barrels

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Scissors Sharpener

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The  Law  of  1889.

Every  druggist,  grocer or other person  who  shall  sell  and 
deliver at retail  any  gasoline,  benzine  or  naphtha,  without 
having  the  true  name  thereof  and  the  words  “ explosive 
when  mixed  with air”  plainly  printed  upon a label securely 
attached  to  the  can,  bottle  or  other  vessel  containing  the 
same,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hun­
dred  dollars.

We are prepared  to furnish labels which enable dealers to comply with  this 

law, on  the following  basis:

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5  M ..  ...........................50c per M
10  M ...............................40c per M
20 M ...................................... 35c per M
50 M ................................... 30c per j\\

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids.

It is a daisy.  Quick  seller.  Every  lady wants one.  Lasts  a  life­
time.  The only perfect sharpener made.  Will  sharpen  any  pair 
of shears or scissors in ten seconds  Made of the finest tempered 
steel, handsomely finished and nickel  plated.

SELLS AT SIGHT because  every  lady  can  see  at  a  glance 
the practical benefit she will derive from this addition to  her work 
basket.  Her scissors will always have a  keen  edge.
Put up one dozen on handsome 8x12 easel card.

$1.50  Per  Dozen. 

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FOR  SALE  A T  WHOLESALE  BY

TRADESMAN COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  HICH.

EDGAR’S

30 cents  per  gallon, 
freight  prepaid.

HOUSEHOLD

J. A. MURPHY, General Manager.

W.  H.  EDGAR  &   SON , 
Detroit.  Mich.

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AUSTRALIAN  FEDERATION.
Ever  since  the  celebration  of  the  dia 
jubilee  of  Queen  Victoria  some 
mond 
months  ago,  a  great  impetus  has  been 
given  to  schemes  of  imperial  federa 
tion,  and  in  each  of  the  British  colonies 
ardent  supporters  of  the  movement  are 
actively  at  work  in  order  to  take  advan 
tage  of  the  feeling  created  in  favor  of 
closer  relations  with  the  mother coun 
try.  Of  the greatest  importance  to  thi 
general  movement  is  the agitation  in fa 
vor  of  Australian  federation.

The  union  of  the  nine  Australasian 
colonies  under a federal constitution  and 
government  has 
long  been  a  favorite 
scheme  with  leading minds in Australia, 
and,  although  practical  difficulties 
in 
the  way,  mainly  of  an  economic  kind, 
have  prevented  the  consummation  of 
the  federation  plan  up  to  the  present, 
there  are  net  lacking  evidences  that  the 
movement  has  steadily  grown  and  there 
are  now  many 
indications  that  suc­
cess  is  close  at  hand.

The  present  system  of  separate  gov­
ernments 
is  costly  and  imperfect;  the 
influence  of  the  colonies  is  but  slight, 
whereas,  were  they  united,  they  would 
exert  almost  as  powerful  an  influence in 
the  councils  of  the  British  Empire  as 
does  Canada.  The  growth,  both  in  ma­
terial  prosperity  and 
im­
portance,  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada 
since  the  union  of  the  various provinces 
composing  it  under  the  act  of  union  of 
1867  has  been  phenomenal. 
It  is  be- 
'ieved  that  similar  results  would  fol­
low  Australian  federation.

political 

Under  the  existing  system  of  separate 
governments  in  Australia  there  is a con­
flict  of 
interests  in  many  cases,  and  a 
great  waste  of  energies  which,  if  com­
bined,  could  be  made  productive  of 
much  more  important  results. 
In  point 
of  population  the  Australian  colonies, 
with  the  exception  of  New  South Wales, 
New  Zealand  and  Victoria,  are  of  no 
great  consequence,  but  a  united  Aus­
tralia,  with  a  population  of  close  onto 
,000,000  souls,  would  be  a  political 
factor  which  the  world  at  large  would 
have  to  reckon  with.

deliberative 

For  the  best  part  of  two  decades  the 
federation  problem  has  been  before  the 
people  of  Australia.  On  several  oc- 
casions 
conventions  have  been  held 
which  delegates  from  nearly  all  the 
colonies  attended,  and  in  one 
instance 
federal  council  was 
formed.  During  the  present  year,  how­
ever,  a  more  practical  movement  has 
taken  place,  which  bids  fair  to  end 
in 
complete  success.  A  convention  met 
n  Adelaide  in  March  at  which  all  the 
colonies  but  Queensland  were  repre­
sented. 
This  convention  adopted  a 
constitution  which 
is  to  be  submitted 
to  the  various  colonial  Legislatures  for 
mendment,  and  subsequently  returned 
to  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the  conven- 
on.  When  finally  passed  upon  by  that 
body,  the  people  of  each  colony  will  be 
called  upon  to  vote  for  the  adoption  or 
rejection  of  the 
federal  constitution. 
Should  it  be  accepted  by  all  the  colo­
nies,  or  by  the  most  important  of them, 
Australian  federation  will  become  an 
accomplished  fact.  Any  one  of 
the 
colonies  remaining  out of  the federation

would,  by  force  of  circumstances,  be 
compelled  to  seek  admission  sooner  or 
later.

The  union  of  the  Australian  colonies 
would,  no  doubt,  be  ultimately  followed 
by  a  union  of  the  South  African  col 
onies,  all  of  which  would  make  the 
scheme  of  the  British  Imperial  federa 
tion  easier  of  accomplishment.  ThL 
federation  movement  among  the  British 
colonies,  even  without  reference  to  th 
scheme  of  Imperial 
federation,  wil, 
greatly  simplify  the  relations  with  the 
mother  country  and  lessen  the  labors  of 
the  British  Colonial  Office. 
It  will  also 
have  a  tendency  to  strengthen  the  mil 
itary  resources  of  the  British Empire.
Detroit  Merchants  and  Manufacturers 

Oppose  the  Book.

At  a  meeting  of the Detroit Merchants 
and  Manufacturers’  Exhange.beld Tues 
day,  the  new  mileage  book  was  de 
nounced  in  unmeasured  terms  by  some 
of  the  most  conservative  business  men 
of  the  city,  it being  the  general  opinion 
that  the  railroads  were  imposing  unnec 
essary  hardships  on  the  traveling  pub 
lie.  Resolutions  expressive  of  the  sense 
of  the  organization  were  adopted,  as 
follows :

Whereas,  The  conditions  and 

limita 
interchangeable  mileage 
tions  of  the 
tickets  recently 
issued  by  the  Central 
PasseBger  Association  have  been  found 
to  cause  great  delay  and  annoyance  to 
our  traveling  salesmen,  many  of  them 
having  thereby  missed  trains  and  con 
nections;  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  Merchants  and 
Manufacturers’  Exchange  of  Detroit  re­
spectfully  request  the  Central  Passenger 
Association  to  modify  the  conditions 
and 
limitations  of  the  interchangeable 
mileage  tickets  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
enable  our  salesmen  to  use  them  for 
transportation  and  the  checking  of  bag­
gage  without  being  delayed  to  procure 
additional  tickets 
the  station 
agents ;  also  that  arrangements  be  made 
so  baggage  can  be  checked  and  excess 
paid  to  destination  beyond 
junction 
points.

from 

Resolved,  That  we  respectfully  sug­
interchangeable  mileage 
gest  that  the 
book  be 
issued  to  the  members  of  this 
and  similar  associations  of  meichants 
and  manufacturers  for  the  joint  use  of 
members  and  their  employes  and  that 
the 
rovers  be  redeemed  " when  such 
members  certify  that  the  tickets  have 
been  used  only  according  to  contract,

The  Meat  in  the  Cocoanut.

From the Grocery  World.

There  is  one 

feature  of  the  trading
stamp scheme  which  ought  to be brought 
forward. 
If  a  grocer  wishes  to  give 
presents  with  his  goods,  why  not  lay 
aside  5  per  cent,  of  his  profits  for  that 
purpose,  buying  them  himself and  de­
livering  them  when  the  time  comes? 
He  could  then  have  the  benefit  of  the 
advertising  which  the  display  of  such 
presents  could  give,  and  he  would  not 
have  to  pay  for  them  six  months  or  a 
year  before they were delivered,as  is  the 
case  if  he  signs  with  the  trading  stamp 
scheme.  Then,  it 
is  highly  probable 
that  he  could  get  a  much  lower  price 
for  his  premiums  than  if  he  purchased 
them  from  the  Trading  Stamp  Co.  at  a 
cost  of  5  per  cent,  of  his  sales.  We 
have  not  seen  any  of 
the  Trading 
Stamp  Co.’s  premiums,  but  we  scarcely 
imagine  that  the  company 
is  cutting 
prices  on 
It  would  be  ex­
tremely  foolish  if  it  did.

its  goods. 

Number 731
Satisfactory  Outcome  of  the  Saginaw 

Visitation.

Saginaw,  Sept.  21— The  Jobbers  and 
Manufacturers’  Association  meeting, 
in  this  city  Sept.  16  and  17,  was 
held 
intended 
just  what  they 
it  to  be—a 
grand  success 
in  every  respect.  The 
visitors  were  met  at  the  different  trains 
and  given  a cordial welcome.  The  doors 
of  all  the  jobbing  bouses  and  manufac­
turing  establishments  were  thrown  open 
to  them  and  they  were  well  entertained 
at  the  different  places  of  business  and 
amusement.

Symons  Bros.  &  Co. 's  house  was  very 
neat  and  attractive. 
In  their  sample 
room  was  erected  a  booth  where  coffee 
was  served  with  hot  biscuit.  Besides 
this,  each  guest  was  presented  with  a 
box  of  chocolate  creams  and  a  fragrant 
rose.  Their  traveling  men  were  all 
present  and  assisted 
in  entertaining. 
This  firm  report  a  great  many  orders 
taken  and  are  well  satisfied  with  their 
two  days  of  entertainment.

Melze,  Smart  &  Co. :s  house  was  very 
prettily  decorated  with  palms,  and  each 
man  was  in  his  place,  ready  to  receive 
guests  and  customers  with  a  happy 
greeting  and  pleasant  smile.

At  Phipps,  Penoyer  &  Co.’s,  on  the 
west  side,  an  elegant  lunch  was  set  out 
for  the  visitors,  it  being  served  by  Bur­
ton,  the  caterer.

In 

The  Jas.  Stewart  Co.  dispensed  hos­
pitality  with  a  lavish  hand,  by  making 
its  customers  feel  that  the  genial  head 
of  the  hr use  was  as  able  as  an  enter­
tainer  as  he  is  aggressive  as  a  fighter.

like  manner  the  other  houses  and 
factories  did  all  they  could  to  make 
it 
pleasant  for  the  out-of-town  visitors, 
and  each 
in  turn  feels  that  he  is  well 
paid  for  the  expense  of  the  occasion.

It  was  thought  at  first  that  the  rain 
Thursday  would  put a  damper on  all  the 
amusements  of  the  dav.but toward even­
ing 
it  cleared  off and  the  policemen’s 
outing  was  happily  ended,  after  which 
the  concert  at  Germania  garden  was 
enjoyed.

It 

little  faith 

Flour  and  Feed.

is  hoped  that  the  visitors  left  our 
city  with  many  happy 
thoughts  and 
pleasant  remembrances  of  Saginaw  and 
ts  manufacturers  and  jobbers.
• 
The  market  for  the  past  week  has  not 
been  unusually  active,  but  stocks  are 
low  and  buying  for  actual  needs  has 
been  regular and  steady.  Flour  buyers 
generally  had  but 
in  the 
rapid  advance,  and  the  small  stocks  on 
hand  when  the  advance came  have since 
been  so  reduced  that  nearly  all  of  the 
trade  must  now  buy  for  present  wants 
at  the  advanced  price.  A  large  amount 
of  wheat  has  come  forward,  yet  the  ex­
port  demand  has  been  so  great  that  the 
in  this  country  has  in­
isible  supply 
creased  only  about  2,000,000  bushels, 
leaving  the  present  visible  the  smallest, 
for  this  time  of  the  year,  for  many 
ears.  The  city  mills  are  well  sold 
ahead  for  October  shipment,  and  the 
prospect  for  a  steady  demand  was  never 
better  than  now.

Bran  and  middlings  are 

in  fairly 
good  demand, with  prices  well  sustained 
on  middlings,but a trifle  easier  on  bran. 
Feed  and  ineal  are  rather  slow  sale  but 
are  moving  steadily,  with  prices  about 
the  same as last week.  Wm.  N.  R o w e .

There  is  a  lemon  squeeze  on  in  Phil­
adelphia,  where the  importers  of  lemons 
are  abandoning  their  fruit  because  the 
freight  and  duty  exceed  their  selling 
price.

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Woman’s World

Women  and  Conversation.

The  other  day  an  interviewer  taxed 
Mr.  Richard  Croker  with  the  ungallant 
crime  of  being  a  woman  hater.  Mr. 
Croker  denied 
the  accusation,  as  a 
whole,  although  he  admitted  that  he  did 
not,  as  a  general  thing,  like  to  be  with 
women,  or  to  talk to  them.  “ For  how,”  
asked  the  wily  Tammany  chieftain,  “ is 
a  man  who  lives  with  men,  and  works 
in  things  in  which  women  have  no 
in­
terest,  to  know  what  to  say  to  a  woman? 
There  are  so  many  American  men  who 
are  too  busy  to  figure  out  what  women 
want to  talk  about  that  I  believe  we are 
the  most  bashful  race  on  earth.”

This  is  a  new  and  important  light  on 
an 
interesting  subject.  Mr.  Croker’s 
personal  opinion  of  the  fascinations  of 
is,  of  course,  of  little 
female  society 
importance  to  women 
in  general,  but 
he  is  emphatically  what  is  known  as  a 
man’s  man.  He  may  justly  be  regarded 
as  understanding  the  masculine  bent 
of  thought,  and  when  he  declares  that 
large  numbers  of  American  men  are 
driven  to  conversing  with  men  only, 
because  they  have  not  the  leisure  to 
think  up  something  to  talk  to  women 
about,  it  becomes  a  matter  for  serious 
consideration.

Heretofore  we  have  not  been  in  the 
way  of  regarding  the  American  man  as 
suffering  from  bashfulness,  or  as  unduly 
troubling  himself  to  originate  conver­
sational  subjects  calculated  to  be  of  in­
terest  and  suited  to  the  feeble 
intellect 
of  the  American  woman.  Indeed,  if  the 
truth  must  be  told,  it  had  not  occurred 
to  most  of  us  that  there  was  any  subject 
on  earth  on  which  the  American  woman 
was  not  ready  to  talk  at  a  moment’s 
notice,  and  without  previous  warning. 
As  a  matter  of  fact,  she  prides  herself 
upon  the  Catholicism  of  her  interests. 
There  is  nothing  from  the  latest  theory 
in  microbes  to  the  shortest  cut  to  the 
Klondike  of  which  she  has  not  some 
knowledge,  and  so  the  announcement 
that  men  still  have  to  think  up  subjects 
on  which  to  talk  to  her  is  a  blow  that 
strikes  her  in  the  tenderest  spot  of  her 
vanity.

It 

If  the  matter were  put  to  women,  it  is 
certain  that  they  would  say  the  trouble 
is  quite  the  other  way,  and  bring  a 
countercharge  of  conversational 
lazi­
ness  against  American  men. 
is  the 
women  here  who  must  think  up  the  top­
ics  of  conversation,  and  make  the  gen­
In  other 
eral  conversational  running. 
countries  men 
lead  the  talk. 
In  this 
country 
is  almost  invariably  left  to 
women.  An  Englishman  who 
is  well 
known  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic 
was  telling  me  recently  that  nothing 
better  illustrated  the  difference  between 
the  English  girl  and  her  American  sis­
ter  than  this  national  peculiarity  of 
ours. 
“ In  England,“ be  said,  “ when 
you  take  a  girl  down  to  dinner  you 
know  quite  well  what  she  is  going  to 
say.  She  will  remark :

it 

“   ’ Yes. ’
“   ‘ How  extremely  odd.’
“   ‘ Just  fancy. ’
“   ‘ Yes.’

* Fancy  now.'

“  Whereas, if you take an American girl 
in  to  dinner,  she  will  do  the  talking, 
and  you  will  ejaculate  from  time  to 
time 
fancy,’  as 
your  contribution  to  the  general  conver­
sation. ’ ’

‘ How  odd,’ 

‘ Only 

In  spite  of  all  criticism,  the  Ameri­
can  woman 
is  probably  rot  more  fond 
of  the  sound  of  her  own  voice  than

other  women,  and  that  she  should  so 
often  take  the 
lead  in  conversation  is 
solely  the  result  of  circumstances  and 
her  environment.  The  American  is  al­
most  never  a  man  of  leisure.  He  comes 
home  at  night  tired  in  mind  and  body 
from  the  strain  of  business  or  profes­
sion,  and  he  wants  to  be  amused,  di­
verted,  entertained.  He  does  not  want 
the  trouble  of  “ figuring  out,’ ’  as  Mr. 
Croker  says,  what  women  want  to  talk 
Indeed, 
about. 
it  may  be  seriously 
if  he  gives  that  side  of  the 
doubted 
question  a  thought.  He  feels 
it  is  his 
turn  to  be  considered  and  coddled,  and 
he  gets 
it.  Women  talk  to  him  about 
what  he  wants  to  talk  about.  They  do 
the  conversational  figuring.

It  is  often  remarked  that no other men 
in  the  world  are  so  tender  and 
lavishly 
generous  to  their  womankind  as  Amer­
icans.  But  no other men expect as much 
in  the  way  of  entertainment either.  The 
American  man  demands  that  his  wife 
assume  the  whole  responsibility  of  the 
family  and  home,  and  when  he  deigns 
to  enter  society  he  expects  to  be  re­
ceived  with gratitude.  He has  furnished 
the  money  to  pay  for  the  home,  and  to 
run  society.  He  has  pushed  the  but­
ton,  and  women  must  do  the  rest.  And 
they  do.  They  are  glad  to  take  him  on 
his  own  terms,  and  if  he  will  come  to 
their  dinners,  and  dances,  and  recep­
tions,  they  will  put  themselves  under 
bond  to  be  as  agreeable  and  charming 
as  they  know  how,  and  talk  to  him 
about  anything  in  which  he  will be good 
enough  to  manifest  an  interest.  That  a 
man  has  no  conversational  responsibil­
ity,  so  to  speak,  seems  to  be  tacitly  ad­
is  satisfied  if  her 
mitted.  A  woman 
masculine  companion  will  feign  an 
in­
terest  while  she  talks  at  him. 
If  he 
will  join  in  with  a  little animation,  and 
throw 
in  a  few  original  remarks  now 
and  then  to  show  he  is  listening,  she 
hails  him  with  rapturous  gratitude.  No 
one 
is  ever  wild  enough  to  expect  a 
mao  to  take  real  interest in the pursuits, 
or  aims,  or  amusements  of  a  woman— 
to  be  solicitous  to  know,  for 
instance, 
how  her  club  is  conducted,  or  what  her 
baby 
she  prefers 
Parisian  frills  to  London  trigness  in  a 
gown.  These  might  be  burning  ques­
tions  which  the  woman  was  dying  to 
if  the  conversation  de­
discuss,  but 
pended  on  the  man  manifesting  an 
in­
terest 
in  these  matters  you  could  hear 
the  cold,  dull  thud  of  the  silence  that 
would  fall  between  them.

said,  or  whether 

little  bud 
The  most  unsophisticated 
who  ever  made  her  debut 
in  society 
knows  well  enough  that  she  has  got  to 
talk  about  what  men 
like,  instead  of 
what  she  likes herself.  She may  hate  the 
sight  of  a  bicycle,  she  may  not  know 
the  difference  between  stealing  a  base 
in 
and  a  home  plate,  she  may  wonder 
her  guileness  young  heart  why 
they 
keep  buils  and  bears  penned  up  to­
gether  in  the  board  of  trade,  hut  unless 
she  learns  to  manifest  an  interest  in 
these  topics,  and  knows  enough  to  ask 
questions  that  will  start  a  mar.  off  dis­
coursing  on  his  favorite  hobby,  her 
doom  is  sealed  socially.  No  man  is  go­
ing  to  trouble  to  figure  out  what  she 
would  like  to  discuss.  The  woman who 
can’t  talk  and  won’t  talk,  and  who 
is 
ignorant  of  the  fine  art  of  drawing  out 
others,  has  a  millstone  around  her  neck 
that  will  surely  drown  her  in  the  social 
swim.

The  inevitable  result  of  this  peculiar 
social  system  has  been  to  broaden  and 
enlighten  women. 
In  a  condition  of 
society  where  women  occupy  the  back 
seat,  and  are  only  to  speak  when  they

are  spoken  to,  there  is  little  incentive 
for  them  to  improve  themselves.  The 
woman  who 
is  expected  to  be  a  good 
housekeeper  and  housemother  may  nat­
urally  rest  satisfied  when  she  can  make 
incomparably  good  bread,  or  set  ex­
quisite  stitches  in  the  family  clothing, 
but  the  woman  who  is  expected  to 
lead 
society  and  entertain 
intelligent  men 
must  be  something  more.  Clever  men 
do  not  want  to 
listen  to  vapid  talk. 
Broad-minded  men  are  bored  by  narrow 
and  prejudiced  views  The  right  Amer­
ican  woman  is  quick  to  grasp  the 
in­
learn  something 
ference. 
She  must 
worth  talking  about. 
It  has  stimulated 
her to  read  and  think,  and  is  to-day  her 
greatest  educational 
influence.  Above 
all,  it  has  made  her  famous  the  world 
over  as  a  conversationalist. 
In  every 
little  community  may  be  found  women 
who,  in  grace  of  expression,  brilliancy 
of  wit  and  delicacy  of  fancy  might 
have  adorned  a  salon  in  the  days  when 
conversation  was  a  fine  art.

looking  over 

On  the  whole, 

the 
ground,  it  must  appear  that  Mr.  Crok­
er’s  fears  are  groundless.  The  Ameri­
can  woman  is  quite  able  to  take  care 
of  herself—and  a  helpless  man  or  two— 
when  it  comes  to  talking,and  no  worthy 
young  man  need  remain  without  the 
pales  of  feminine  society  because  he 
hasn’t  time  to  think  out  something  to 
talk  to  a  woman  about.  Come on,  young 
man.  She  will  figure  cut  the  whole  sit­
uation  for  you,  and  talk  to  you  upon 
whatever  topic  you  find  most  agreeable, 
from  politics  to  religion,  or  prize  fight­
ing  to  Ibsen. 
is  her  occupation  to 
talk,  and  she  knows  her  business.

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Dry  Goods  Trade.

Claflin’s  Opinion  of the  Boom  in  the 
Prom the New York Sun.

For  time  to  time  lately  the  Sun  has 
called  attention  to  the  congested  con­
dition  of  the  streets  and  sidewalks  in 
the  wholesale  dry  goods  district  as  an 
indication  of  the  great  revival  of  trade. 
Daily  the  crush  grows  greater  and  one 
has  only  to  take  a  glance  at  the  heaped- 
up  sidewalks  to  realize  the  vast  amount 
ot  business  that 
is  being  done.  The 
sight  is  most  striking  in  the  afternoon, 
when  the  greater  part  of  the  shipping 
is  done.  On  either  side  of  the  streets 
are 
lines  of  huge  packing  cases 
piled  two  and  three  high,  and  the  road­
ways  are  full  of  trucks, 
loaded  and 
empty,  struggling  to  make as  good  time 
as  possible.

long 

In  addition  to  these  outward  and  vis­
ible  signs  of  prosperity  have  come  re­
ports  about  the  enormously  increased 
business  of  the  wholesale  dry  goods  and 
commission  merchants.  One  report  had 
it  that  the  H.  B.  Claflin  Co.’s  sales  for 
August,  1897,  were  $1,000,000  in  ad­
vance  of  those of  August,  1896.  A  Sun 
reporter  saw  John  Claflin  and  asked 
him  if  this  report  was  true.

if  the 

“ I  cannot  give  the  exact  figures,”  
said  Mr.  Claflin,  “ regarding  the  in­
crease  of  our  business  for  August,  ‘97, 
over  that  of  August,  ’96,  but  I  will  say 
that 
increase  had  been  only 
$1,000,000  we  should  have  been  very 
much  disappointed.  As  a  matter  of 
fact,  the 
increase  this  year  over  last  is 
so  great  that  there  is practically no com­
parison.  We  have  not  taken  the  trouble 
to  compare  1897  with  1896,  but  have 
gone  back  to  1892,  the  biggest  year  we 
ever  had.  I  cannot  speak  with exactness 
last 
without  looking  up  the  figures,  but 
month’s  business  was  very  much 
larger 
than  that  of  the  corresponding  month  of 
1892.  Perhaps  the  increase  would  ap­
proximate  $1,000.000. ”

“ This  extraordinary  increase  of  busi­
ness  is  not .confined  to  this  one  bouse  or 
to  a  few  firms?"  the  reporter  asked.

“ N otât  a ll,”   replied*  Mr.  Claflin. 
“ We  are  only  getting  our  proportionate 
increase.  From  what  1 
share  of  the 
hear  I  should  say  that  all  the  firms  are 
sharing 
in  this  renewal  of  prosperity 
and  they  can  all  tell  the  same  story  of 
increased  business.  All  of  them  have 
practically  all  the  business  they  can 
handle  with  comfort.”

“ Do  you  attribute  any  great  part  of 
this 
increase  to  the  work  of  the  Mer­
chants’  Association  in  inducing  buyers 
to  come  to  this  city  by  offering  low 
fares?”

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

two  prosperous  years.  For  myself,  I  do 
not  see  why  we  shouldn’t  have  four  or 
five.  The outlook  was  never  so  bright  as 
it  is  now,  and  business  was  never  in.  a 
better  condition.  As  I  said  before,  we 
have  stopped  comparing  this  year  with 
last  because  the  difference  is  so  great 
that  comparisons  become  worthless,  and 
now  we  are  calculating  how  far  we shall 
exceed  the  top  notch  record  of  1892. 
There 
is  no  reason  why  everybody 
should  not  be  happy.”

The  Dry  Goods  Market.
the 

Cotton  Goods—Among 

jobbers 
in 
there  is  more  activity  than  has  been 
evidence  for  many  years  Every  de­
partment  in  every  house  is  full  ol  life 
and  business.  The  force  of  clerks  is 
hardly  large  enough  to  handle  the  buy­
ers,  who  are  not  only  on  the  lookout  for 
concessions  in  buying  bargains,  but  are 
placing  orders  at  the  advanced  prices; 
in  fact,  the  jobbers  are  having  the  best 
business  that  they  have  seen for years.

Printed  Cottons—Printed  cottons  have 
been  in  great  demand  during  the  week, 
but  stocks  have  been  low,  and  the  mills 
have  been  unable  to  keep  up  to  require­
ments.  As  a  consequence,  prices  are 
particularly  stiff  and  not  the  slightest 
concessions  can  be  found.  There  are 
many  new  patterns  being  shown  and 
they  are,  comparatively,  receiving  fully 
as  much  attention  as  the  older  and more 
settled  lines.

with  a  view 
to  accomplishing  any 
amount  of  business  just yet.  The woolen 
dress  goods  manufacturers  in  this  coun­
try  are 
in  no  hurry  to  quote  prices  on 
spring  goods,  nor  to  show  samples, 
even.  They  do  not  care  to  enter  into 
big  contracts  for  future  delivery  at 
present  prices,  as  they  have  every  rea­
son  to  feel  that  the  longer  they  wait  be­
fore  quoting  prices, 
the  better  their 
chances  will  be  to  make  trades  on  the 
most  profitable  basis.  Many  domestic 
manufacturers  will show  handsome lines 
of  patterns  in  woolen  and  worsted  dress 
g< o Is  at  popular  prices,  which,  in  point 
of  style,  design  and  coloring,  will  rival 
anything  ever  brought  out  by  import­
ers.
Cuban  Souvenir  Dollars  in  Demand. 
From the Washington Evening Star.
Specimens of  the  new  Cuban  souvenir 
silver  dollar,  of  which  1,000,000  have 
been  issued  for  the  purpose  of  raising 
funds  to  continue  the  war  for  freedom, 
are  being  exhibited  by  proud  owners  in 
Washington.  The  coin  is  a  particu'ar- 
ly  beautiful  one.  On  the  date  face  is  a 
fine  reproduction  of  the  head  of  the 
goddess  of  Cuban  liberty,  with  ihe  in­
scription  “ Patna  Libertad”   above 
it, 
and  “ 1897  souvenir  ”   beneath.  On  the 
reverse  side  is  the  Cuban  coat  of  arms 
and 
inscription  “ Republica  de 
Cuba. ”

The  demand  for  the  coins  is  so  great 
that  Treasurer  Benjamin  Guerra  of  the

the 

3

Cuban  revolutionary  party,  who  is  also 
the  Treasurer  of  the  Cuban  republic, 
cannot  supply  orders 
full  as  re­
ceived.  The  coins  contain  the  same 
amount  of  silver as  the  standard  silver 
dollar  of  this  country,  and  in  case  Cu­
ban  freedom  is  gained  they  will  be  re- 
deemed  at  the  rate  of  100  cents  in  gold.

in 

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Cotton  Flannels— Cotton  flannels  con­
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at  the  advanced  prices.  The  low  grades 
are  hard  to  find.  The  more  desirable 
qualities  and  styles  are  very  scarce; 
in 
fact,  there 
is  not  a  line  in  which  the 
supply  can  be  said  to  be  more  than 
moderate.

Brown  Cottons—All  brown  cottons  are 
still 
in  good  position  and  have  a  very 
fair  business  in  receiving  many  orders 
for  future  delivery. 
It  is  probable  that 
the  market  will  continue  rather  short 
for  browns,  as the  manufacturers  will  be 
very  busy  making  deliveries  on  these, 
rather  than  on  later  orders  received.

Hosiery— As  the  autumn  draws  on 
and  fall  trade  approaches  the retail mer­
chant, there  is  a  more  lively  demand  for 
goods  of  all  descriptions.  Higher prices 
have  been  set  and  are  met  with  appar­
ent  readiness  by  the  buyers,  for  they 
are glad  to  get  them  at  the  present  fig­
ures.

Knit  Goods—There  has  been  a  fair 
duplicate  demand  for  heavy  weights, 
and  considerable  anxiety  on  the  part  of 
buyers  to  hurry  orders,  and  some  of 
them  are 
long  overdue.  The  buyers 
were  in  no great  hurry  a  short  time ago, 
and  at  the  time  the  order  was  placed, 
the  date  of  delivery  was  placed  on  the 
order,  seemingly  more  as  a  matter  of 
form  than  because  there  was  any  par­
ticular  time  at  which  they  were  wanted. 
The  buyers  wish  now  that  they  bad  put 
on  an  earlier  date,  for  they  are  in  a 
hurry.  The  long-continued  cool  weath­
er  has  undoubtedly  had  the  effect  of 
hurrying  the  trade.

Dress  Goods— The  woolen  dress  goods 
market  is  firm.  Prices  have  advanced 
a  trifle  during  the  past  week on  goods 
for 
immediate  delivery,  although  no 
specially  noteworthy  transactions  can 
be  reported.  Jobbers  are  filling  up  their 
stocks  on  certain  lines 
in  which  great 
inroads  have  been  made  by  the  retail­
ers. 
is  expected  in  all  quarters  that 
the  woolen  dress  goods  business  this fall 
will  last  longer  than  usual,  and  that  the 
demand  for  most  lines  will  continue  to 
the  end. 
lines  are  not  yet 
opened,  with  the  exception  of  one  or 
two  small  foreign 
lines  which  have 
been  opened  more  as  “ feelers”   than

Spring 

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“ The  great 

in  business,”  
answered  Mr.  Claflin,  “ is  due,  first  and 
foremost,  to  the  great^wave  of  prosper­
ity  that 
is  sweeping  over  the  country 
from  one  end  to  the  other.  The  work 
of  the  Merchants’  Association  is  a  step 
in  the  right  direction.  It  is  undoubted­
ly  a  fact  that  a  great  many  merchants 
who  have  taken  advantage  of  the  cheap 
fares  would  have  come  anyway. 
It  is 
equally  true  that  a  great  many  new  buy­
ers  have  come  on  account  of  the  work 
of  the  Merchants’  Association.  At  the 
same  time,  whatever  increase  may  have 
come  from  that  source  is  but  an 
insig­
nificant  part  of  the  whole.  Prosperity  is 
responsible  for  the  latter.”

“ Do  you 

look  on  this  prosperity  as 
permanent  or  only  a  temporary  boom 
due  to  the  crop  conditions?”

“ I  believe,”   said  Mr.  Claflin,  “ that 
we  are  at  the  beginning  of  at  least  two 
of  the  most  prosperous  years  this  coun­
try has  ever known.  I can  compare  them 
only  with  1879  and  1880,  the  two  most 
prosperous  years 
in  the  history  of  the 
country.  Those  years,  I  think,  we  are 
is  a  well-known 
about  to  surpass. 
fact  that  every  period  of  depression 
is 
followed  by  a  period  of  corresponding­
ly  great  prosperity.  We  have  just  had 
four  of  the  worst  years  in  the  history  of 
the  country.  The  spell  has  been  broken 
now.  From  one  end  of  the  country  to 
the  other  industries  are  starting  up 
again  and  prosperity  is  found. 
If  we 
can 
judge  by  the  conditions  that  pre­
vailed  in  1879  we  should  have  at  least

It 

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Around  the  State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Kalkaska—C.  Kryger  has  opened  a 

new  dry  goods  store.

Hancock—The  Superior Sa/nigs Bank 

will  start  a  branch  at  Launum.

Olivet -Robt. Wirtz  has  purchased  the 

bakery  business  of  F.  C.  Wetmore.

Springport—Smith  Bros,  have  sold 

their  meat  market  to  a  Mr.  Jewell.

Saginaw-  L.  C.  Quinnin,Jr..succeeds 
Ennis  &  Quinnin  in  the  hotel  business.
Morenci—smith  &  Willis,  grocers, 
have dissolved,  L.  M.  Smith succeeding.
Kingston— Buffum  &  Dixon  succeed 
Maud  D.  (Mrs.  John)  Buffum  in  gen­
eral  trade.

Negauuee--Martin  Joyce  has  finally 
concluded  to  re-engage  in  the  dry good- 
business  in  this  city.

Manchester— Henry  Root,  of  Oakley, 
will  shortly  move  to  this  place  and  em­
bark  in  the  jewelry  business.

Big  Rapids—J.  C. 

riangstafer  suc­
the  meat 

ceeds  Wm.  Hangstafer 
business  on  South  Michigan  avenue.

in 

Lowell—L.  K.  Clark,  of  Oakley,  has 
purchased  the  interest  of  F.  L.  Fallass 
in  the  hardware  firm  of Fallass & Clark.
Ewen—F.  J.  Hargrave  is  spending  a 
few  days  at  Seney  and  Grand  Marais, 
where  he  has 
large  mercantile  inter­
ests.

Jackson— W.  J.  Tompkins  and  J.  S. 
Coons  are  arranging  to  open  a  new  gro­
cery  at  243  W.  Main  street  in  a  few 
days.

Big  Rapids— F.  O.  Vandersluis,  for­
merly  engaged 
in  the  dry  goods  trade 
here  for  many  years,  has  opened  a 
shoe  store.

Maple  H ill—N.  C.  Race  has 

leased 
the  store  building  formerly  occupied  by 
S.  M.  Geary  and  put  in  a  stock  of  gen­
eral  merchandise.

Grand  Ledge— D.  B.  Freeman,  who 
opened  a  dry  goods  and  boot  and  shoe 
store  here 
last  spring,  has  moved  his 
stock  to  Shepherd.

Mar juette— The  Marquette  Dry Goods 
Co.  has  been  closed  by  an  attachment 
issued  at  the 
instance  of  the  Coronet 
Corset  Co.,  of  Jackson.

Cbassel—J.  A.  McLachlan  is in Grand 
Rapids  while  Mrs.  McLachlan 
is  un­
dergoing  an  operation  at  a  hospital.  He 
will  remain  below  a  month.

Cadillac— Henry  Stickle  has  disposed 
of  his  tailoring  business  to  T.  H.  Slater 
and  has  accepted  a  position  as  the  lat­
ter’s  traveling  representative.

Menominee— D.  G.  Both well  &  Co., 
dry  goods  dealers,  have  merged  their 
business  into a  stock company  under  the 
style  of  the  D.  G.  Bothwell  Co.

Zilwaukee---- Mr.  Oppenheimer,  of
Saginaw,has  opened  a  grocery  store 
in 
one  of  the  Rutier  buildings.  Miss 
Myrtle  Sweet  has  been engaged as clerk.
Sturgis—Lewis  and  Charles  Loetz 
have  purchased  the  meat  market  of 
Gorbutt  Bros,  and  will  continue  the 
business  under  the  style  of  Loetz  Bros.
Benton  Harbor— Frank  Borgis,  well 
known 
in  this  city  and  St.  Joseph,  has 
returned  to  the  city  and  will  probably 
establish  himself 
in  the  bakery  busi­
ness.

interest  of  Wm.  A.  Engle 

Muskegon—John  Hoos  has  purchased 
the 
in  the 
grocery  firm  of  Hoos  &  Engle  and  will 
continue  the  business  at  the  same  loca­
tion.

Lansing— Miss  May  Borden  has  pur­
chased  the  baking  outfit  of  the  late 
Mrs.  Arthur  Carlton  and  will  continue 
the  business  at  922  Capitol  avenue, 
north.

Chelsea— Alis. 

j.  Schenk  has  pur­
chased  the  millinery  stock  of  Miss 
Hooker.

Saginaw-----George  Arrowsmith  has
opened  a  general  store  at  the  corner  of 
Hancock  and  Bond 
the 
building  formerly  occupied  by  John  H. 
Frederick.

streets, 

in 

Oscoda—W.  A.  Tomlinson,  whose 
drug  stoc-i  was  recently  destroyed  by 
tire,  has  purchased  the  stock  of  J.  M. 
Bittman,  at  Saginaw,  and  removed 
it 
to  this  place.

Ypsilanti —The  b  ot  and  shoe  stock 
of  Davis  &  Co.  was  sold  at  auction  to 
Charles  Chamberlain  at  60  cents  on  the 
dollar. 
I he  stock  and  fixtures  inven 
tor led  $3,833.72.

Otsego— H.  B.  Parmeley,  of  Alamo, 
has  purchased  Ed.  Hinkson’s  interest 
111  the  meat  market  business  of  Jackson 
&  Hinkson.  The  firm  will  be  known  as 
Jackson  &  Parmeley.

Vanderbilt—J.  A.  Hixon,  formerly  of 
Hixon  &  Long,  general  dealers,  has 
embarked 
the  hardware  business. 
Geo.  Long  continues  the  general  mer­
chandise  business  at  the  old  stand.

in 

Cadillac—John  Maurer,  who  recently 
purchased  the  confectionery,  fruit,  ice 
cream  and  soda  water  business  of  Har­
vey  F.  Wenzel,  has  removed  the  goods 
and  fixtures  purchased  to  his  own  store 
building.

Fremont— Peter  F.  Dykema,  who  for­
merly  occupied  the  position  of  head 
clerk  with  Darling  &  Smith,  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  F.  E.  Holt 
and  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same  location.

Evart—George  B.  Selby  has  become 
sole  proprietor  of  the  grocery  and  meat 
establishment  ot  McDougall  &  Selby  by 
the  purchase  of  F. ,E.  McDougall’s 
in­
terest.  Mr.  McDougall  has  not  decided 
what  he  will  do  in  the  future.

Akron—Thomas  Hartwell,  postmaster 
and  general  dealer  at  this  place,  has 
riled  chattel  mortgages  on  his  stock  and 
property and  is  alleged to be short $1,067 
in  his  accounts  with  the  Government. 
His  bondsmen  have  put  ex-Postmaster 
Waldo  in  charge  of  the  office,  pending 
investigation  and  settlement.

Ishpeming— P.  Kahn,  who  has  con­
ducted  a  dry  goods  business  in  this  city 
for  the  past  year and  a  half,  has  con­
cluded  to  go  to  the  new  gold  region. 
He  has  begun  to  dispose  of  his  goods 
with  that  object  in  view,  and  hopes  to 
get  rid  of  the  greater  part  of  the  stock 
before  the  end  of  this  month.

Petoskey—J.  Welling  &  Co.  have 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  J.  Lev­
inson  and  wijl  continue  the  business.
A  partition  has  been  put  in  separating 
it  from  the  Sheriff  Sale  Fair’s  clothing 
department.  The  services  of  all  the 
clerks  formerly  employed  in this depart­
ment  have  been  retained  by  the  new 
proprietors.

Big  Rapids —F.  W.  Morton, 

the 
jeweler,  recently  met  with  a  peculiar 
accident.  He  was  doing  some  decorat­
ing 
in  front  of  his  place  of  business, 
and,  in  getting  down,  the  ring  on  his 
little  finger  caught  on  something  just  as 
he  let  himself  drop,  and  the  finger  was 
torn  off,  or  so  nearly  so  that  it  was  nec­
essary  to  have  it  amputated.

Kalamazoo— Albert  Scholtens,  for  the 
past  seven  years  employed  by  the  Mus­
kegon  branch  of  the  LJ.  S.  Baking  Co. 
in  the  capacity  of  shipping  clerk  and 
city  salesman,  has  purchased  the  Palace 
bakery  from  Mrs.  John  Rohrig  and  will 
continue  the  business  at  the  same 
loca­
tion.  J.  E.  Sunderland  has  taken  Mr. 
Scholtens’  place  with  the  U.  S.  Baking 
Co.

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

Muskegon—William  Franke will move 
his  drug  stock  into  the  building  at  the 
corner  of  Third  street  and  Western 
avenue,  formerly  occupied  by  the  T.,S. 
&  M.  railroad  company.

Rothbury—J.  E.  Farnbam,  of  New 
Era,  and  F.  A.  Robbins,  of  Rothbury, 
have  formed  a  copartnership  for  the 
purpose  of  handling  grain,  fruit  and 
farm  produce.  They  will  immediately 
begin  the  erection  of  a  warehouse  at 
Rothbury.

Jackson—W.  F.  Morous  has  filed  a 
bill 
in  chancery,  making  L.  C.  Town­
send  respondent,  asking  for  a  dissolu­
tion  of  the  firm  of  Townsend  R  Morous, 
and  asking  for  the  appointment  of  a  re­
ceiver  to  wind  up  the affairs  of the firm. 
An 
issued  restraining 
Mr.  Townsend  from  collecting  any  ac­
counts  of  the  firm  or  from  disposing  of 
or  encumbering  the  firm’s  property.

injunction  was 

Manufacturing  Matters.

Houghton— The  Atlantic  Mining  Co. 
is  putting  up  an  addition  to  its  al­
ready  large  stamp  mill.

Detroit—The  Welded  Steel  Barrel 
Co.  has  been  reorganized  under the style 
of  the  Welded  Barrel  Co.

Alma— W.  F.  Knox  has  purchased the 
business  heretofore  conducted  under  the 
style  of  the  Alma  Anti-Coffee  Co.

Detroit—The  Pungs-Anderson  Manu­
facturing  Co.,manufacturers of vehicles, 
has  dclared  a  semi-annual  dividend  of 
5  per  cent.

Allegan— R.  E.  Sturgis has contracted 
to  put  in  a  creamery  at  Glendale,  Van 
Buren  county,  to  cost  $3,550.  Work  on 
the  structure  will  soon  be  begun.

Bay  City—The  sawmill  of  Jonathan 
Boyce,  at  Essexvilie,  has  shut  down, 
having  run  out  of  logs.  The  firm  has 
plenty  of  timber  on  the  Hauptman 
branch,  but  cannot  get  cars  to  bring  the 
logs  down.

Marquette— Lumbermen  are  showing 
their  faith  in  the  future  by  making  ar 
rangements  for  a  heavier  cut  of  logs 
this  winter  and  crews  are  going  into 
the  woods  faster  than  they  have  the 
past  two  or  three  falls.

Bay  City—The  Crump  Manufacturing 
Co.  is  using  a  million  feet  of  lumber  a 
month  and  has  orders  booked  which 
will  keep  the  plant  busy  until  February 
1.  Every  factory 
in  the  city  is  busy 
and  the  concerns  operating  them  are 
stocking  up 
the  expectation  of  a 
sharp  advance  in  lumber  prices.

in 

Menominee— Considerable lumber  has 
been  sold 
in  Menominee  during  the 
past  week.  A great  many  of  these  sales 
were  made  at  prices  which  six  weeks 
ago  would  have  been  considered  high, 
but  buyers  now  are  willing 
to  pay 
prices  asked  during  the  remainder  of 
the  season.  This shows a  great  improve­
ment  in  the  lumber  market  here.

Saginaw—The  Saginaw  Basket  Co. 
contemplates  putting  a  second  story  on 
its  main  factory  building  as  soon  as  the 
basket  trade 
for  this  season  closes, 
which  will  be  in  about  two  weeks  The 
building  is 60x110  feet  in  size.  During 
the  winter  the  company  will  manufac­
ture  box'shocks,  bicycle  crates,  fruit 
jar  boxes  and  other  things  for  which 
it 
has  special  facilities.

Saginaw—Articles  of  association  of 
the  Melchers  Lumber  Co.  have  been 
filed.  The  organization  is  for  the  pur­
pose  of  the  purchase  and  sale  of  lumber 
products  and  the  manufacture  thereof 
and  dealing 
lumber.  The 
capital  stock  is  $5,000,  of  which  10  per 
cent,  is  paid  in.  The  stockholders  are 
Max  R.  Le  Maire,  Geo.  W.  Hill,  A. 
W.  Platte,  Henry  Melchers,  Charlotte 
Yates,  Henry  J.  Yates.

in  dressed 

Onekama-----The  Onekama  Lumber
Co.’s mill,which  has  been  idle  for  some 
time,  started  up  last  week  with  a  good 
supply  of 
logs  on  hand,  largely  hem­
lock.

Saginaw—The  receiver  of  the  Linton 
Manufacturing  Co.  has  leased  the  plan- 
mgmill  and  salt  works  of  that  concern 
to  the  Saginaw  Lumber  &  Salt  Co., 
which has started the plant.  The Saginaw 
Lumber  &  Salt  Co.  brought  ovei  from 
Canada  before  the  new tariff law became 
operative  about  10,000,000  feet  of 
lum­
ber,  which  was  piled  in  the  yard  of  the 
Linton  Co.,  and  this  will  be  worked  up 
by  the 
lessees.  Employment  will  be 
given  to  about  fifty  men.

Trenton— Peace  now  reigns  around 
the  Trenton  creamery.  Joseph  Buchel, 
who  secured  a  warrant  for  the  arrest  ot 
Lessee  A.  Henry,  of  Detroit,  charging 
him  with  obtaining  $15  worth  of  milk 
under  false  pretenses,  let  the  case  go  by 
default  and  Justice  Stokes  promptly 
discharged  Mr.  Henry.  Not  to  be  out­
done 
in  generosity,  Henry,  who  had 
caused  the  arrest  of  his  buttermaker, 
Fuller,  on  the  charge  of 
larceny,  with­
drew  the  complaint  and  paid  the  ac­
cumulated  costs.

Gaylord—A  new  lumber  town  by  the 
name  of  Toledo,  is  being 
laid  out  in 
this  county  by  J.  VV.  McGraw.  He late­
ly  built  an  extension  of  four  miles  of 
railroad  to  the  Bagley  branch  of  the 
l;he  Michigan 
Mackinaw  division  of 
Central,  which  enters  the 
tract 
of  timber 
land  which  he  owns.  This 
extension  lets  out  the  logs  for  transpor­
tation  to  Bay  City.  Mr.  McGraw  has 
purchased  iron  for  two  additional  miles 
of  road,to  be  built  at  once.  On the  line 
of  the  extension,  at  a  convenient  point, 
the  town  is  growing.  A  saw  and  shingle 
mill  will  be  erected  there.

large 

Purely  Personal.

Chas.  N.  Remington,  Jr.,  the  mer­
chandise  broker,  has  returned  from  the 
Northland,  having  spent  a  fortnight  at 
Traverse  City,  Petoskey  and  Cheboy­
gan,  in  search  of  relief  from  an  attack 
of  hay  fever.

E.  S.  Matteson,  manager  of the Grand 
Rapids  Leaf  Tobacco  Co.,  has  returned 
from  his  semi-annual  visit  to  Connec­
ticut,  New  York  and  Philadelphia, 
where  he  purchased  stock  for  the  fall 
and  winter  trade.

Jas.  A.  .Morrison,  Vice-President  of 
the  Shi elds-Morley  Grocery  Co.,  at 
Colorado  Springs,  is  in  town  for a  few 
days. 
“ A d .”   is  the  picture  of  health 
and  says  his  family  was  never  in  better 
health  and  spirits.

L.  P.  Witzleben,  local  manager  for 
R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.,  has  gone  to  New 
York  to  arrange  for  the  transfer  of 
three  Southern  Michigan  counties  from 
the  Detroit  to  the  Grand  Rapids  office. 
Mr.  Witzleben  has  made  many  friends 
among  the  trade  since  he  assumed  the 
management  of  the  Grand Rapids office, 
all  of  whom  rejoice  with  him  over  the 
extension  of  his  territory  and  the  suc­
cess  he  is  achieving  as  the  conservator 
of  the  mercantile  credits  of  Western 
Michigan.

Christian  Bertsch,  President  of  the 
Herold-Bertsch  Shoe  Co.,  was  60  years 
old  on  Sept.  17,  although  he  could 
easily  pass  for  a  man  of  40.  His  busi­
ness  associates  improved  the  opportu­
nity  by  presenting  him  with  a  hand­
some  Masonic  charm,  studded  with 
diamonds  and  rubies,  while  the  boys  in 
the  store  presented  him  with  a  hand­
some  umbrella  with  silver  trimmings. 
Both  presentations  were  made  at  the 
family _ residence  on  Lafayette  street, 
the  recipient  being  taken  completely  by 
surprise  in  both  cases.

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

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Orand  Rapids  Gossip
Alva  Riblet  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Lake  Odessa.  The Worden  Gro­
cer  Co.  supplied  the  stock.

Bremer  Bros,  have  embarked  in  the 
grocery  business  at  Plato,  Ind.  The 
Worden  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.
A.  O.  Wynkoop  has  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  at  Cedar  Fun.  The 
Worden  Grocer  Co.  supplied  the  stock.
in  the 
grocery  business  at  Gowen.  The  stock 
was  supplied  by  the  Worden  Grocer 
Co.

John  Hansen  has  embarked 

R.  G.  Campbell  has  engaged 

in  the 
grocery  business  at  Schoolcraft.  The 
stock  was  furnished  by  the  Worden Gro­
cer  Co.

J.  H.  Spanger  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  the  corner  of  Third  and  Fre­
mont  streets.  The  Worden  Grocer  Co. 
furnished  the  stock.

Lockwood  &  Braun  have  leased  the 
store  building  at  127  Louis  street,  for­
merly  occupied  by  Allerton  &  Hagg- 
strom,  and  will  handle  the  P.  &  B. 
brand  of  oysters.

The  premium  stamp  craze  now  exist­
ing  in  this  city  in  a  mild  form  is  likely 
to  wear  away  in  a  short  time  as  the  in­
consistencies  of  the  system  and 
the 
its  propagators  become  ap­
avarice  of 
parent.  The  scheme  has  nothing 
to 
commend 
it  except  cunning  of  a  very 
low  order,  being  simply  an  adaptation 
of  the  old  tea-store-glassware-gift-sys- 
tem.  The  Tradesman  regrets  to  note 
that  two  or  three  reputable  merchants 
should  have  been 
into  the 
scheme,  but  believes  they  will  pull  out 
of  it  as  soon  as  they  can  do  so  grace­
fully  and  consistently.

inveigled 

The  Grain  Market.

larger 

increase 

The  wheat  market  has  been  rather 
tame  during  the  past  week  and  a  drop 
of  2c  per bushel  has  been recorded.  The 
in  the  Northwest  have  been 
receipts 
very 
large,  but  our  exports  have  kept 
pace  with  them,  the  world’s  shipments 
being 
10,000,000  bushels,  of  which 
America  furnished  6,500,000  bushels. 
The  reports  show  an 
in  the 
visible  of  only  1,374,000  bushels,  which 
was  about  the  amount  expected,  and 
this  had  been  discounted  in  price.  We 
must  expect  a 
increase  in  the 
visible  from  now  on,  as  farmers  in  the 
Northwest  have  now  commenced  thresh­
ing  and  will  be  rushing  their grain  into 
market,  as  they  think  the  prices  are 
about  right.  Many  operators  are  look­
ing  to  Argentine  for  an  early  supply, 
but,  owing  to  the  unfavorable  weather 
and  the  locust 
in  that  country,  a  full 
crop  can  hardly  be  expected.  Their 
empty  granaries  will  have  to  be  filled, 
to  a  certain  extent,  consequently  we 
need  have  no  fears  of  early  Argentine 
shipments.  France  seems  to  have  sup­
plied  her  present  wants  and 
is  now 
waiting  for  further  developments.  Ger­
many  will  probably  import  some  of  our 
wheat,  but 
just  at  present  she  is  out  of 
sorts,  owing  to  our  new  tariff.  We  do 
not  think  there  wili  be  much  change  in 
prices  for  the  present.
Corn  and  oats,  as 

is  usual,  remain 
stationary.  Some  days  there  would  be 
a  slight  advance 
in  these  cereals,  but 
invariably  they  would  drop  back  to  the 
point  of  beginning.

The  ground  is  very  dry  and  farmers 
are  complaining  bitterly,  as  they  say  it 
i$  unfavorable  for  seeding.

The  receipts  during  the  week  were  84 
cars  of  wheat,  4  cars  of  corn  and  9  cars 
of  oats.

Local  millers  are  paying  87c 

for 

wheat. 

C.  G.  A.  VoiGT.

The  Produce  Market.

fruit 

Apples—Good 

is  scarce  and 
high.  Offerings  are  confined  mainly  to 
Duchess  and  Red  Streaks,  which  are 
held  at  about $2  per  hbl.
the 
Gulf  Coast,  and  the  consequent  quaran­
tine  has  cut  off  the  supply  of  bananas, 
so  that  the  price  is  bound  to  go  higher 
for  a  time.

Bananas—The  yellow  fever  on 

Butter  -Fancy  dairy 

is  very  scarce, 
commanding  I4@i5c  per  lb.  Separator 
creamery  has  taken  a  decided  upward 
tendency  and  has  recovered  almost  all 
it  lost  in  the  recent  hot  weather  slump, 
holders  having  advanced  their  quota­
tions  to  19c  in  tubs  and  20c  in  jars.

Cabbage—$2. 50  per  100.
Carrots—25c  per  bu.
Cauliflower— $1  per  doz.
Celery— io@i5c  per  bunch.
Cucumbers— Pickling  stock  has  ad­

vanced  to  35c  per  100.

Cranberries—Berries  of  good  color 
from  Cape  Cod  are  bringing  $7  per 
bbl.  Home  grown  Michigan  stock  is 
beginning  to  arrive  and  is taken  readily 
at  $2@2.25  per bu.

Eggs—The  market  has  rallied  from 
the  hot  weather  last  week  and  is  fairly 
strong  on  the  basis  of  14c  for  case  run 
and  15c  for  selected  as  to  size.  The  re­
ceipts  are  about  equal  to  the  demand.

is 

Grapes—Wordens  and  Niagaras 

in  8 
lb.  baskets  command  $1.25  per  doz. 
Delawares  in  4  lb.  baskets  fetch  $1.50 
per  doz.  The  crop 
in  this 
large 
vicinity  and  the  quality  is  fine.

Honey— Without  change as  to price.
Melons—Watermelons  are  practically 
out  of  market.  A  few  hundred  are 
still  in  stock  around  town,but no  further 
shipments  will  be received  Osage  still 
meet with  a  steady  demand  on  the  basis 
of  35c  per  doz.

Onions— Dry  stock  has  declined  to 

35c  per bu.

Peaches—The  offerings  are  light  and 
not  equal  to  the  consumptive  demands 
of  the  market,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
shipping  demand. 
Chilis  command 
$1.25@i.50  per  bu.  and  Late  Crawfords 
range  from  $2@2-75  Per  bu.

Pears—$1.50  per  bu.
Plums—$1.50  per bu.
Potatoes—The  market  continues  to 
strengthen,  dealers holding  choice  stock 
at  55c 
in  carlots  and  60c  in  less  quan­
tity.  The  recent frosts  did  less  damage 
to  the  growing  crop  than  was  feared 
would  be  the  case  and  the  indications 
are _ favorable  for  a  profitable  season’s 
business  for  both  grower  and  dealer. 
The  action  of  the  railroads  in  restoring 
potatoes  to  the 
former  classification 
—raising  the  classification  from  sixth 
to  fifth  class— is  verv generally  deplored 
by  large  handlers  all  over  the  State,  as 
it  was  thought  that  the  railroads  would 
leave  the  matter  as  it  was  long  enough 
to  enable  th^ni  to  recoup  themselves  on 
the  serious  losses  sustained  in  trying  to 
move  the  crop  under  such  discouraging 
circumstances  last  season.  The  Trades 
man  solicits  correspondence  under  this 
head and  will cheerfully  co-operate  with 
the  dealers 
in  any  concerted  effort  to 
secure  a  rehearing  of  the  matter.

Popcorn— 50c  per  bu.
Peppers—Green,  75c  per  bu.
Squash— 1 
Sweet  Potatoes—Genuine  Jerseys  con­
tinue  to  be  sold  at  S3.25  per  bbl.,  but 
Baltimores  and  Virginias  have declined 
to S i.75.

c  per  lb.

Tomatoes—The  recent  frosts  have  ad­
vanced  the  price  of  choice  ripe  stock 
to  75c  per  bu.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler 

is  again  at  the 
front  with  his  celebrated  Anchor  brand 
'of  oysters,  which  has  been  a  leader  for 
the  past  dozen  years  and  which 
is  evi­
dently  destined  to  retain  its  position  at 
the  head  of  the  procession  for  many 
years  to  come.  Mr.  Dettenthaler  has 
exceptional  facilities  tor  handling  oys­
ters  and  invariably  guarantees  satisfac­
tion.

The  Grocery  Market.

from 

change 

Sugar— The  market 

is  strong,  but 
without  material 
last 
week,  powdered  having  been  marked 
up  %c,  while  No.  8  and  No.  13  have 
If  the  yellow 
advanced  a  sixpence. 
fever  becomes  epidemic 
in  New  Or­
leans,the result will be  the  closing  of  the 
refinery  there  and 
the  throwing  of  a 
large  part  of  the  Southern  and  South­
western  trade  -upon  the  Eastern  refin­
eries.  Such  a  state  of  affairs,  it  is  be­
lieved,  will  precipitate  a  considerable 
advance.

Tea—Japans  are  reported  to  have  ad­
vanced  a  little,  making  up  a  portion  of 
the  decline  after  the  first  excitement 
caused  by  the  tariff  bill. 
It  has been 
discovered  that  the new test  for teas per­
missible  under  the  new  tariff  law  will 
include  much  of  the  fine  Ceylon  and 
India  teas.  This 
is  the  test  that  per­
mits  only  10  per  cent,  of  all  importable 
teas  to  pass  the  No.  16  sieve.  Much  of 
this  tea  that  will be  excluded  is  tea  that 
sells  readily 
for  75c  per 
pound,  and  the  exclusion  of  it  is  con­
trary  to  the  spirit  of  the  new  law,  al­
though  it  is  disbarred  by  the  letter.

in  England 

Coffee—There  is  a  fairly  firm  tone  to 
the  market,  and  offerings  from  Rio  and 
Santos  are  conservative.  There 
is  a 
rather  better  feeling  in  milds,  and  the 
demand 
is  steadily  improving.  Javas 
are  unchanged,  with little doing.  Mocha 
is  firm  at  ^ c  advance.

Rice— Both  domestic  and 

imported 
promise  to  open  high  this  year  and 
consumption  will  probably  be  restricted 
thereby.

Dried  Fruits—Comparatively  little  is 
in  currants.  Prices  are  pretty 
doing 
last  year,  which 
high  compared  with 
condition  is  entirely  due  to  the  increase 
in  the  tariff.  Further  advances  are  not 
improbable.  The  demand  for  raisins is 
only  moderate.  There  has  been  a  good 
trade  done 
loose  Muscatels,  which 
are  nearly  cleaned  up.  There  will  be  a 
bare  market  by  the  time  the  new  crop 
raisins  appear.  Reports  from  the  Coast 
indicate  a  very  strong  market,  with  an 
upward  tendency.

in 

Canned  Goods—The  appearance  of 
the  whole  line  presents  a  very  strong 
and  active  market.  Tomatoes,  com­
manding  the  most  attention.are steadily 
taken  at  very  much  advanced  values. 
The  outlook  for  the  coming  pack  is 
very  discouraging  and  spot  stocks  are 
well  cleaned  up.  California  fruits  are 
in  fair  demand,  with  most  of  the  Coast 
packers  well  sold  up.  Lobster  stocks 
light  and  prices  firmly  held.

Fruit  Jars—Jobbers  have  small  stocks 
on  band,  but  appear  to  be  determined 
to  move  their  supplies  before  the  close 
of  the  season,  in  consequence  of  which 
attractive  quotations  are  being  made 
this  week.

Syrup — A  new  company  has  been 

in­
corporated,  with  §5,000.000  capital,  to 
compete  with  the  glucose  trust,  and 
lively  times  are  anticipated  as  soon  as 
the  new  company  enters  the  market.

Rolled  Oats---- Manufacturers  have
weakened,  probably  on  account  of  the 
condition  of  the  oat  market,  and  an­
nounce  a  reduction 
in  former  quota­
tions.

Pickles-— Manufacturers  have  ad­
vanced their  prices  5o@75c  per  bbl. and 
jobbers  have  marked  up their quotations 
accordingly.

Cheese— While  other  makes  are  dull 
and  stationary,  Michigan manufacturers 
have  crowded  their  product  up  another 
}£c.  Jobbers  have  followed  suit.

Fish—The  new  catch  of  Norway  her­
ring  is  on  the  way  across  the  ocean,  to

arrive  early  in  October.  The  catch  this 
season  is  better  than  that  of  last  year  in 
volume,  and  is  fine  in  quality.  There 
is  still  a  disappointing  catch  in  mack­
erel.  There  is  not  a  large  catch  of  for­
eign  mackerel  this  season.  Cod  fish  has 
advanced  very  sharply  of late.  The bulk 
of  the  round  herring  catch  does  not  be­
gin  to  come  to  this  market  until  in  Oc­
tober.  This  year  the  catch  thus  far  has 
been  very  light,  although  the  quality 
is 
unusually  good.

Provisions—All  hog  products  are 
affected  by  the  higher  prices  of  live 
hogs. 
Bellies  are  ruling  at  bighei 
prices  than usual,  owing  to  the  unusual­
ly  large  demand  and  the  fact  that  fewer 
hogs  have  been  killed 
in  the  East. 
The  market  for  large  hams  and  picnic 
hams 
is  very  dull  at  present  prices. 
Dried  beef  still  holds  its  own  and  the 
demand 
It  seems  to  be  the 
general  impression  that  lard has reached 
the  topmost  notch  and 
that  present 
prices  will  probably  be  maintained  for 
some  time  to  come.  The  demand  for 
lard  is  very  fair.
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Asso­

is  good. 

ciation.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  Tuesday  evening.  Sept.  2i,  Presi­
dent  Dyk  presided. 
It  being  the  first 
meeting  over  which  he  was  called  upon 
to  preside,  Mr.  Dyk 
addressed  the 
members  at  some  length,  congratulating 
them  over  the  several  achievements  of 
the  Association,  such  as  early  closing, 
the  annual  holiday,  the  sugar  schedule, 
the  peddling  license  and  the flour agree­
ment,  and  expressed  the  belief  that  the 
members  had  reason  to  be  hopeful  for 
the  future. 
It  should  be  the  aim  of  the 
organization  to  continually  strive  for  a 
higher  ideal,  to  the  end  that  the  grocer 
may  occupy  a  worthy  place  in  the  com­
munity,  and  that  the  trade  may  be  free 
from  falsehood,  misrepresentation  and 
strife.  To  accomplish  this  there  must 
be  a  stronger  bond  between  grocers 
in 
general  and  those  who  are  interested  in 
the  work  should  not  be  discouraged  be­
cause  some  dealers  neglect  or  refuse  to 
fall  into  line. 
In  conclusion,  Mr.  D>k 
bespoke  the  co-operation  of  the  mem­
bers 
in  his  new  position,  asking  them 
to  be  lenient  in  the  event  of  his  making 
any  mistakes,  and  assuring  them  that 
he  would  do  his  best  to  render  the  com­
ing  year  a  memorable  one  in the  history 
of  the  organization.

Communications  were  received 

The  Committee  on  Button  reported 
progress and,  on  motion  of  J.  Geo.  Leh­
man  was  given  further  time.
from 
J.  C.  Grebel  and  the  G.  J.  Johnson  C i­
gar  Co.  relative  to  the  use  of  the  Asso­
ciation  name  on  a  brand of cigars.  Both 
communications  were  laid  on  the  table 
for  the  present.
The  matter of  the  salary  of  the  Sec­
retary  was  referred  to  the  Executive 
Committee.

The  Chairman  announced  the  follow­

ing  standing  committes:

Executive—A,  Brink,  F.  L.  Merrill, 
Peter  Braun,  Fred  W.  Fuller  and  J.  S. 
Valentine.

Trade  Interests— B.  S.  Harris,  J.  A. 

Wagner  and  Edward  C.  Jenkins.

and 

total 

Treasurer  Lehman  reported  that  the 
total  resources  on  hand  amounted  to 
$485.19, 
disbursements 
SiiQOi,  leaving  a  balance  on  hand  of 
$366.18.  The  report  was  adopted  and 
accepted.
Mr.  Lehman  reported  that  he  had  a 
quantity  of  goods  still  on  hand  which 
had  been  contributed  to  the  annual 
picnic  as  prizes,  which  it  was  decided 
to  auction  off  at  some  future  meeting

There  being  no  further  business  the 

meeting  adjourned.

Sumner  Wells,  Secretary  and  Treas­
urer of  the  Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.,  has 
returned  from  Pen  Yan,  N.  Y .,  whither 
he  was  summoned  by  the  death  of  a 
sister-in-law.

Ask  Visner  for  Inducement on Gillies’ 

New  York  spice  contest.  Phone  1589.

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

Fruits  and  Produce.
Features  of  the  New  Canadian  Cold 

Storage  System.

Written for the T r ad esm an.

FIRST  PAPER.

The  Dominion  of  Canada 

is,  pre­
eminently,  an  agricultural countrj.  The 
agricultural  interest  is  paramount  to  ail 
others,  and  commands  more  attention 
and  receives  a  larger  share  of patronage 
from  the  government  than  any  other  in­
terest.  The  agricultural  classes  are  the 
bone  and  sinew  ol  the  population  and 
the  natural  products  of  the  soil  are  the 
main  sources  of  the  wealth.  Stimula­
tion  of  agricultural  pursuits  by  way  of 
improved  processes  of  production,  and 
in  the  facilitating  of  'ransportation  and 
the  marketing  of  products,  is  an  im­
portant  function  of  the  dominion  and 
provincial  governments.  For  years  the 
people  of  Canada  have  cherished  a hope 
that  some  reciprocal  trade  arrangement 
might  be  effected  with  their  big  Re­
publican  neighbor  whereby  these  ever- 
increasing  natural  products  might  enter 
her  markets  duty  free.  But  recent  de­
velopments 
in  the  tiscal  policy  of  the 
United  States  have  given  that  fondly- 
cherished  hope  “ a  black  eye, ”  and  now 
they  have  pinned  their  hopes  on  more 
distant  and  more 
friendly  maikets, 
namely,  those  of  the mother  country.

is  rich 

furnished 

Of  late  years,  Johnnie  Bull  has  been 
developing  a  taste  for  a  softer  cheese— 
one  that 
in  body,  apart  from 
having  a  large  percentage  of  butter  fat 
in  it.  To  meet  this  demand  means  bet­
ter  prices  and  an  increase  in  consump­
tion,  and  will  be  one  object  to  be  at­
tained  under  the  new  system.  Last 
year,  he  bought  $74,674,537  worth  of 
butter,  but  Canada 
only 
$1,653,421  worth  of 
it.  Canadian  but­
ter  is  all  right,  but  under  old  transpor­
tation  methods  it  was  impossible  to  get 
it  to  the  other  side  in  first-class  condi­
tion.  When  the  McKinley  bill  went  in­
to  operation  a  stream  of  Canadian  eggs 
was  turned  on  the  British  markets;  but 
when  John  Bull  wanted  a  “ strictly 
fresh”   egg,  he  patronized  a  hen  that 
did  not  live  so  far away.  Ever  since 
the  McKinley  bill  was  laid  on  the  shelf 
the  egg  trade  in  this  country  has  multi­
plied  at  a  wonderful  rate.  At  a  meet­
ing  of  egg  shippers  last  winter  in  West­
ern  Ontario,  it  was  reported  that  forty- 
four  carloads  of  eggs  would  be  forward­
ed  in  July,  sixty-two  carloads  in  August 
and  seventy-five  carloads 
in  Septem­
ber,  for  cold  storage  transportation,  and 
all  from  that  single  section.  This 
im­
mense  trade  is  too  valuable  to  suffer  de­
cline  simply because the great  American 
hen  cannot  take  care  of  herself,  hence 
the  new  system  which  will  furnish  free 
and  unlimited  market  for this  perish 
able  food  product.

level  of 

importance  with 

Although  the  primary  object  of  the 
new  cold  storage  system  is  to  encourage 
the  butter trade  and  place  the  creamery 
the 
on  a 
cheese  factory,  it  will  act 
incidentally 
as a  stimulus  in  the  production and han­
dling  of  all  perishable  food  products 
Every  creamery  in  Canada  conforming 
to  certain  requirements  will  receive  a 
government  bonus  of  $100.  The  cream­
eries  must  be  provided  with  refrigera­
tor  rooms  constructed  and  insulated  ac­
cording  to  prescribed  specifications,and 
kept  at  a  certain  temperature  for  three 
successive  seasons.  In  addition  to  this, 
they  must  furnish  for  export  at  least 
15,000  pounds  of  butter  between  April 
1  and  December  1. 
They  will  receive 
$50  of  the  bonus  this  year,  $25  in  1898

and  the  remaining $25  in  the  last year of 
the  Nineteenth  Century. 
The  Depart­
ment  of  Agriculture  recommends  that 
butter  for  export  be  packed  in  square 
boxes  having  a  capacity  of 
fifty-six 
pounds  net—the  British  half  hundred 
weight— the  boxes  to  be  made  of  spruce 
H  of  an  inch  thick,  with  corners  dove­
all 
tailed  and 
joints  tongued  and 
inside  to  be  covered  with 
grooved,  the 
paraffin  and 
lined  with  paraffin  or 
parchment  paper.  Every  box  is  to  be 
put 
into  a  canvas  or  jute  bag,  to  pre­
vent  the  boxes  from  soiling;  and,  when 
shipped,  the  packages  are  to  be  con­
veyed  to  the  station  in  the  nighttime,  if 
possible.

to 

lines  and,  attached 

The  next  thing  to  be  noticed  is  the 
refrigerator  car.  These  cars  must  be 
painted  white,  and  bear  the  following 
inscription  in large plain letters :  “ Gov­
They 
ernment  Cold  Storage  Line.”  
lead­
will  start  at  distant  points  on  all 
ing 
regular 
freight  trains,  will  run  at  regular  stated 
intervals  They  will  stop  at  all  stations, 
and  when  a  car 
is  full  it  will  be  de­
tached  and  sent  flying  over  the  rails  to 
the  shipping  port.  Shippers  will  pay 
only  the  ordinary  freight  rates,  as  the 
government 
indemnifies  the  railroad 
companies  for  the  extra  cost  of  the  re­
frigerator  service.  The  companies  have 
agreed  to  provide  these  cars,  properly 
insulated, 
for  the  protection  of  the 
perishable  freight  they  are  intended  to 
carry.  The  cars  are  cooled  by  means  of 
an 
ice  and  salt  mixture,  which  is  re­
plenished,  whenever  necessary,  at  dif­
ferent  points  along  the  route.  The cars 
are  painted  white,  to  insure  increased 
coolness—white  radiating  the  sun’s  rays 
better  than  any  color—and  also  for  the 
purpose  of  making  them  distinctive. 
Running  on  schedule  time,  exact 
in­
formation as  to the  time  a  car  will  be  at 
a  particular  station  can  be  had  from 
the  local  agent.  Of  course,  when  two 
or  more  cars  arrive  at  a  junction  with 
enough  produce  to  fill  one  car,  this  will 
be  made  up  and  rushed  through.

The  shipping  ports  are  Montreal, 
Quebec,  St.  John,  Halifax  and  Char­
lottetown.  Montreal 
is  the  shipping 
port  for all  Ontario,  and  the  cars  will 
be  delivered  on  the  wharf  alongside  the 
steamship, 
thereby  avoiding  cartage 
and  its  attendant  evils.  There  will  be  a 
weekly  refrigerator  car  service 
from 
Windsor  to  Montreal  via  Toronto,  and 
from  Pembroke  to  Montreal  via Ottawa. 
There  will be  a  fortnightly  service  from 
Teeswater  and  Owen  Sound  to  Montreal 
via  Toronto;  from  Wierton  and  God­
erich  to  Montreal  via  Stratford,  Guelph 
and  Toronto,  besides  a  number  of  other 
defined  Ontario  routes.  And  the  serv­
ice 
in  the  other  provinces  will  be  as 
complete.

In  order  to  make  the  cold  storage 
scheme  as  perfect  as  possible,  the  gov­
ernment  has  appointed  two 
inspectors. 
One  will  see  to  it  that  the  cold  storage 
buildings  and  refrigerator  cars  are  kept 
in  good  condition  and  give  satisfaction 
to  those  using  them.  The  other  will  be 
stationed 
look  after 
through  shipments;  and,  when  notified 
of  a  shipment  by  any  shipper,  it will  be 
the  special  duty  of  this  inspector  to  see 
that  the  produce 
is  properly  put  on 
board  the  steamship,  or  otherwise  cared 
for.  The 
inspectors  are  paid  by  the 
government,  shippers  getting  the  ben­
efit  of  their  services  free  of  charge.

in  Montreal, 

to 

Other  features  of  the  system  will  be 

noticed  in  a  future  article.

E.  A.  Ow en.

W e  are  teaching  shippers  that  there  are

iquesi  commission  houses

Consign  to  us  your  B utter,  E g g s  and  any 
Country  Produce  or  F ru its  and  be  con­
vinced.

Hermann C.  Naumann & Co.

MAIN  OFFICE  NOW  AT

33  Woodbridge  Street,  West,  Detroit.

Branch  Stores:  353  Russell  Street,  opposite  Eastern  Market.

799  Michigan  Avenue,  opposite Western  Market.

S E E D S

Best  grades,  and  prices  always  right.

CLOVER 

TIHOTHY 

ALSYKE

Full  line  of  light  grass  seeds,  etc.  W ill  buy or sell  Beans,
Clover  Seed,  Alsyke,  Popcorn  car  lots  or  less.  Write  us.

A L F R E D   JT.  B R O W N   S E E D   C O ..

24  and  26  North  Division  St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Harris &  Frutchey

are the only  exclusive  dealers in  BUTTER 
and  EGGS  in  Detroit.  They  can handle 
your  shipments  to  the  best  advantage  and 
will pay cash for eggs on track at your station.

60  Woodbridge  St.,  W . 

350  High  St.

Telephone  2524.

B U T T E R

H andled  only  on  Com m ission.

EG O S

On  Com m ission  or  bought  on  track.
M .  R .  A L D E N ,  9$  S.  Division  St.,  Grand  Rapids.
F ruits  for  C an n in g

Everything  now  plentiful  and  prices 
within  reach  of  everybody.  Never 
finer.  Write  for prices.

Bunting & Co., Jobbers,

Grand  Rapids.

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We  make  a  specialty  of  filling  mail  orders, and  give all 
requisitions so sent in our most  prompt and  careful  atten­
tion.  Merchants  can  rest  assured  that  they  will  receive 
bottom  market  prices on  day  ol  shipment.  Let  us  know 
what your requirements are  in  the  way  of  Peaches,  Plums,
Pea's. Grapes, Melons and  all  kinds of Vegetables.
This week  we are able to bill  good  canning  peaches  at  $i 
to $1.50 per bushel.

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placim Eycmr orders^vit'h  us 
orders  quick at  prices that  should  warrant  you  in
t o o ^ h E S - C r a w i o r d s ,   Barnards.  Mountain  Rose  and  Plums  now  in  market.  N ow   is  the  time 

,ars:e  s,ock-  Can 

kets'aifd^covers* 

Beans’  Polatoes>  Onions,  Apples,  Peaches,  Plums  in  carlots  or  less.  Bushel  bas-

Small  and  steady  gains  give  com­

petency,  with  tranquility  of  mind.

Established  1876.

M U S K L E Y   B R O S . ,

Wholesale Seeds, Potatoes, Beans, Fruits

Grand  Rapids, hieb.

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

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in 

scarce  at  that. 
It  is  said  that Maryland 
farmers  who  contracted  their  tomatoes 
at  $6  per  ton  are  violating  their  con­
tracts  and  selling  at  $21.

Lemons  have  advanced  about  25c  per 
box.  The  hot  weather  has  been  ot  great 
assistance  to  holders  and  some  of  them 
may  yet  realize  a  handsome  return. 
Oranges  are 
light  request,  Stocks 
are  small.  Bananas  are  moving  slowly 
and  selling  at  90C@$(.i2j£  for  firsts  per 
bunch.

Evaporated  apples  are  in  demand  at 
7J^c  for  finest  stock;  cherries,  i o @ i i c ; 
raspberries,  I2j£@i4c.

Everything 

inaicates  a  high  market 
for  butter  from  now  on.  The  demand 
i8}4c 
is  good,  and 
is  easily  obtained 
for  fancy  Western.  Receipts  will  con­
tinue  small  if  the  Western  drouth  con­
tinues  and  we  may  have  25c  butter  be­
fore  long.

The  demand  for  cheese  is  light,  but 
a  little  better  feeling  prevails  and  a 
higher  range  of  prices 
looked  for 
soon.  Large  size  full  cream  is  worth 
9l^c.  There  is  not  much  doing 
in  an 
export  way.

Fancy  near-by  eggs  fetch  18c,  but  16c 
covers  most  of  the  purchases.  The  mar­
ket  generally 
is  firm  and  holders  are 
confident  as  to  the  future.

The  bean  market  is  dull  for  marrows 
and  firm  for  mediums,which  are  scarce. 
Choice  pea  are  held  at  $1.20;  choice 
marrow,  $i.42>£@i.45.

Fruits  and  nuts  are  firm  and  the  gen- 
eral  situation  is  one  that  favors  holders.

is 

Trade 

The  Drug  Market.
in  the  drug  line  shows  a  great 
improvement  and  the  volume  of  busi­
ness  exceeds  that  of 
last  year.  The 
staples  are  all  moving  upward.

Opium— This  article  has  advanced 
is 
ioc  per  lb.  during  the  week.  There 
no  doubt  that  the 
large  stock  is  in  a 
few  hands  and  that  prices  will  go  still 
higher.  The  native  dealers  of  Smyrna 
are  paying  higher  prices  than 
foreign­
ers  would  offer,  and  with  only  a  fair 
crop  very  much  higher  prices are looked 
for  at  the  primary  market.

Morphine— Has  not  yet  changed  but 

an  advance  is  looked  for  daily.

Quinine— P.  &  W.  advanced  their 
price  last  Thursday  4c  per  oz.  Foreign 
advanced  on  Monday  4c  per  oz.  As 
higher  prices  are  being  paid  for  barks, 
30c  quinine  would  not  surprise  any  one.
Cinchonidia— Has  advanced  and  un­
der  the  conditions  noted  some  weeks 
ago  is  likely  to  be  higher.

Soap Bark—On account of short stocks, 
has  advanced  and  is  likely  to  be  much 
higher  before  supplies are  received.

cassia 

Essential  Oils—Anise  has  again  ad­
vanced,  with 
following.  Oil 
cloves  has  advanced,  in  sympathy  with 
the  rise 
Lavender 
flowers  are  higher,  owing  to  the  crop 
shortage.  Sassafras  has  advanced,on  ac­
count  of  an  active  demand.

in  raw  material. 

Linseed  Oil— This  article  has  de­
is  very  firm,  on  account  of 

clined,  hut 
better  prices  for  seed.

PEACH ES

A n   experience of twelve years  should  be a  sufficient  guarantee that  orders  placed  with 
us  will receive  proper and  careful  attention.  There is no house  in  the  trade  better able  to 
execute  the filling of  inaii  or  telegraph  or.iers  more  sa tisfa cto rily  than  ourselves.  We 
hand.e  peaches  largely,  in  fact  have  made a  business  of  it  for  years.  We  promise  you 
good  treatment.  Write us. 

(L o n g   D istan ce  Telephone.)

ALFRED  J.  BROWN  SEED  CO..

24  and  16  North  Division  St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

R.  HIRT,

Market  St., Detroit.

*£ Butter  and  Eggs  wanted
Will buy same  at  point  of  shipment, 
or  delivered,  in  small  or  large  lots. 
Write for particulars.

A B S O L U T E

PURE GROUND SPICES, BAKING  POWDER, 

BUTCHERS’  SUPPLIES,  ETC.

FOR  THE TRADE.

THE VINKEMULDER COMPANY,

PHONE  555-

418-410  S.  Division  St.,  Grand  Rap’ds.

I X E i l l e r  

T < s a s d . a . l e   C o .

F i~ u .it   a n d   F r o d u e e   B r o k e r s

B e a n s   S p e c i a l t y   P o t a t o e s

3 0 1   N o r t h   T l a i r d   S t r e e t ,   S t .   L o u i s ,   HXCo.

Consignments solicited.  Advances made.

Reference:  American  Exchange  Bank,  St.  Louis.

BARNETT  BROTHERS

Are  still at their old  location,  159 South  Water  Street,  Chicago,  in  the  center  of 
the  largest  fruit  market  in  the  United  States,  with  ample  room,  occupying  the 
entire  nuilding.  W ell  equipped  for  business,  they  are  still  in  the  front  in 

handling all  kinds of P R  U  I T S

D E P O S IT S   A T   P R IN C IP A L   P O IN T S . 

Stencils  furnished  on  application.

&  O u r  E x h ib it  a t  th e  S ta te   f a i r «  «  «  «  «

Will create a demand for

SILVER

POLISH

(The no-acid kind.)

Are you prepared for the demand?  We will continue our 
75c per doz. price for another  week, then—back  it goes  to 
$1.00 per doz.

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

the  Market.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to
Special  Correspondence.
New  York,  Sept. 

18—The  yellow 
fever  scare  has  probably  kept  many 
buyers  from  coming  here  who  would 
have  made  their  fall  and  winter  pur­
chases  Nevertheless, 
the  big  stores 
are  all  scenes  of  great  activity  and  the 
sidewalks  in  front  are  piled  high  with 
cases.  The  boot  and  shoe  district  is 
particularly  crowded  and  the  sight  is 
enough  to  convince  one  that  a  new  era 
has  dawned.  Jobbing  grocers  are  hav­
ing  all  the  trade  they  can  handle  and 
seem  well  satisfied  with  the  fall  cam­
paign.

Rio  coffee,  No.  7,  6^c.  Think  of 
it!  The  decline  is  phenomenal.  The 
is  dull,  however,  or  at  least 
demand 
such  orders  as  have  been  received 
in­
dicate  that 
interior  dealers  are  taking 
only  enough  for  present  wants.  Cable 
advices 
report  a  hardening  market 
abroad,  but  there  can  be no reason  for  it 
except  speculation.  The  receipts  con­
tinue  to  be  large,  66,000  bags  arriving 
on  Thursday. 
In  store  here  and  afloat 
there  are  782,204  bags;  last  year,  same 
time,  457,913  bags  Mild  coftees  are  in 
more  liberal  supply  and  of  West  India 
growths  there 
is  some  accumulation. 
East  Indias  are  steady,  but  no  large 
transactions  were  reported.

There  is  said  to  be  an  actual  scarcity 
of  the  poorer  grades  of  teas.  This  is 
important,  if  true.  Business  during  the 
week  has  been  decidedly  better  than  for 
some  time.  Quotations  are  firmly  ad­
hered  to,  although,  as  yet,  there  has 
been  no  advance.  Sales  Thursday  cov­
ered  3,000  packages  of  Formosas  and 
1,500  packages  of  Japans.

is  a  very  firm  sugar  market, 
both  for  raws  and  refined.  The  former 
are  especially  strong,  and  holders  seem 
inclined  to  cling  to  their  supplies  with 
great  tenacity  rather  than  let  them  go. 
Refined  have  been  less  called  for,  and, 
except  on  some  of  the  softer  grades,  re­
finers  are  well  caught  up  on  deliveries. 
Foreign  refined  is  firm  and  supplies  are 
moderate.  Granulated  is  listed  at  5>6c.
Some  new  crop  Caroline  rice has been 
received,  and  has  been  promptly  taken. 
Foreign 
is  firm  and  offerings  are  very 
limited.  Japans  close  firm  at  4^c.

There 

Spices  are  firm.  The  general  appear­
ance  of  things  is  encouraging  and  deal­
ers  are  feeling  better  than  for  a  long 
time.  Advices  from  abroad  are  of  an 
encouraging  nature  and,  as  the  season 
advances,  confidence 
is  felt  that  we 
shall  see  some  advance  all  along  the 
line.  Some  quite  laige  transactions 
in 
pepper have  been  recorded.

Molasses  and  syrups  are  moving  in 
about  the  usual  manner  and  there  seems 
to  be  very  little  activity  among  either 
sellers or  buyers.  Good  to  prime  cen­
trifugal,  i7@ 2ic;good  to  prime  open 
kettle,  26@28c.

is  less  activity  than 

While  the  canned  goods  market  is 
firm,  there 
last 
week.  The  tomato  crop  is  likely  to  be 
only  a  quarter  crop.  Corn  is  firm  at  60c 
—the  same  that  sold  not  long  ago  for 
45c.  N.  Y.  Mate 
is  held  at  75c  and

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all about us?

W rite to

Corn  Exchange  National  Bank,

Philadelphia,  Pa.

Fourth  National  Bank,

Grand  Rapids.

W.  D.  Hayes, Cashier,

Hastings National  Bank,

Hastings,  Mich.

W.  R.  BRICE. 

Established  1852. 

C.  M.  DRAKE.

W. R. Brice & Co.,

Com m ission
M erchants

Butter,  Eggs and  Poultry

SPECIAL  NOTICE.
W e  want 

Live  Poultry 

in

Car  Load 

Lots.

Write  for  Information.

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Coopersville, Mich.
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WEDNESDAY,  •  -  -  SEPTEMBER 22,1897.

It 

in 

CONFLICTING  ORGANIZATIONS.
Many  writers  on  industrial  and  eco­
nomic subjects  in Great  Britain are com­
ing  to  recognize  that  there  is  much  of 
value  in  the  leading  organization  of  la­
bor  in  that  country,  an  organization 
which  has  no  corresponding  type  on 
this  side. 
is  now  about  thirty  years 
since  this  organization,  known  as  the 
British  Trade  Union  Congress,  began 
its  annual  sessions.  From  the  first  the 
tendency 
its  work  has  been  in  the 
direction  of  moderation  and  conserva­
tism  During  the  time  of  its  existence 
there  have  been  many  serious  industrial 
disturbances, 
in  which  unscrupulous, 
self-seeking 
leaders  have  come  to  the 
front  and  caused  undue  prolongation  of 
strikes, with  consequent suffering and  in­
jury  to  industries;  but  these  have  gen­
erally  operated  without  the  sanction  ol 
this  organization  and  against 
its  prin­
ciples  and  tendencies.  A  consequence 
of  this  spirit  of  moderation  is  that  the 
organization  has  come  to  be  recognized 
in  many ways,  some of which,  politically 
tor 
instance,  may  not  be  matters  for 
congratulation.

is  a 

in  this  there 

Unfortunately  for  the  cause  of  Ameri­
can  labor,  there  is  no  corresponding  or­
ganization 
in  this  country.  That  most 
nearly  in  the  line  of  the  British  organi­
zation 
is  the  American  Federation  of 
loose­
Labor;  but 
ness  of  organization,  making 
it  more 
the  opportunity  of  demagogic  personal 
leadership  than  serving  as  a  general 
conservator  of  the  better  principles  and 
interests  of  organized  labor.  The  lack 
of  cohesion  and  the  changeability of  the 
membership  go 
far  to  neutralize  any 
beneficent  influences  it  might  otherwise 
exert.

One  trouble  in  the  American situation 
in­
is  that  there  are  so  many  rival  and 
dependent  organizations. 
the 
Thus, 
Knights  of  Labor,  a  secret  body  which 
has  served  principally  to  further  the 
selfish  ends  of  its  projectors  and 
lead­
ers,  is  entirely  antagonistic  to  the  for­
mer  society,  which  is  seeking  to  occupy 
its  field  and  prerogatives,  although  with 
different  methods.  The  consequence  of 
this  rivalry.is that  increased opportunity 
is  given  for  personal  aggrandizement, 
and  no  good  purpose  is  served  in  the 
cause  of 
in  addition, 
many  lines  of  labor,  with  their  brother­
hoods  and  national  or 
international 
unions,  recognizing  no  common  inter­
ests,  and  even  at  times  antagonizing 
each  other  to  the  extent  of  furnishing

labor. 

Then, 

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

men  to  break  strikes  out  of  revenge, 
still  further  complicates  the  situation. 
The  consequence  of  this  state  of  affairs 
is  that  the  conservative influences which 
are  coming  to  govern  in  cases  of  strikes 
and  walkouts 
in  England  and  other 
European  countries  are  entirely  lacking 
here,  our  organizations  principally  serv­
ing  as  hotbeds  for  personal 
leadership, 
to  furnish  the  material  and  influences  to 
intensify  and  aggravate  the antagonisms 
which  are  constantly  appearing  between 
capital  and  labor.

it 

The  condition  of  labor 

in  England 
influenced  by  trade  unionism  is  far 
as 
enough  from  being  desirable. 
The 
principles  and  methods  there,  as  here, 
serve  to  reduce  everything  to  the  level 
of  mediocrity  and  there 
is  the  same 
spirit  of  intolerance  of  all  who  will  not 
accept  its  yoke.  But 
is  to  be  con­
gratulated  that  in  its  general  organiza­
tion there  are  a  spirit  of  harmony  and  a 
tendency  to  recognize  the  better  ele­
ments,  which  has  done,  and  promises 
to  do,  much  for  the 
improving  of  in­
dustrial  conditions.  It  is  to  be  deplored 
that  in  this  country  there  is  nothing  to 
correspond  to 
it,  and  that  our  general 
organizations  only  serve  to  aggravate 
the  worst  features  of  unionism  and  to 
afford  opportunity  for  the  leadership  of 
self-seek in?  demagogues.

impetus 

The  co-operative  system  which  the 
Illinois  Central  Railroad  introduced  for 
the  benefit  of  the  road  and  its  employes 
four  years  ago  will  be  given  the  great­
est 
it  has  yet  received,  at  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders. 
Round-trip  passes  are  now  being  issued 
to  all  employes  and  others  who  are 
stockholders  and  who  desire  to  attend 
the  meeting.  No  matter  if  an  employe 
holds  only  one  $ioo  share  and  lives  as 
far  away  as  New  Orleans,  he  will  re­
ceive  his  pass  just  the  same  as  a  mil­
lionaire  stockholder,  if  he  wishes  to  be 
present  at  the  meeting. 
is  expected 
that  several  hundred  will  attend  and 
cast  their  votes  at  the  election of officers 
and  directors.  Four  hundred  officers 
ind  employes  of  the  Illinois  Central 
own  nearly  2.000  shares  of  the  com 
pany's  stock.  At  present  1,624  men 
have  each  partially  paid  for  one  share. 
News  of  the  experiment  of  the  Illinois 
Central  has  traveled  all  over  the  world, 
and  capital  and  labor  are  both  deeply 
interested  in  it.  Scores  of  letters  have 
been  received  from  railways,  corpora­
tions  and  labor  organizations  regarding 
its  operation.  One  enquiry  was  recent­
ly  received  from  the  London  and North 
western  Railroad.

It 

One  of  the  greatest  grain  elevators  in 
the  country,  now  nearing  completion  at 
Buffalo,  is  to  be  operated  by  electric 
power  from  distant  Niagara. 
It  is  a 
novel  affair altogether.  The  grain  bins 
are  huge  steel  cylinders  There  are 
three  rows  of  ten  each.  The  capacity 
of  a  bin  is  100,000  bushels,  so  that  the 
elevator  will  hold  3,000,000  bushels, 
which  in  these  days  of  dollar  wheat 
is 
large  amount  of  valuable  property. 
a 
Each  bin  is  84  feet  high  and  38  feet 
in 
diameter,  and  the  rows  are  all  flanked 
by  smaller  bins  about  15  feet 
in  di­
ameter,  Owing  to  the  enormous  weight, 
the  foundations  were  carried  down  60 
feet,  and  the  whole  structure  for  sup­
porting  the  bin  is  of  steel.  By  the  use 
of  electric  power,  the  work  of  the  ele­
vator  will  be  greatly  expedited,  and  it 
is  expected  to  secure  many  incidental 
advantages.

The  yellow  fever  liar  and  gold  mine 
liar  are  having  a'tight  race  for the Ana­
nias  pennant.

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION
While  August  proved a record-breaker 
in  volume  of  business  for  most  lines  of 
trade,there  was  a  question  as  to whether 
it  would  be  followed  by  a  proportional 
increase  at  the  usual  season  of  fall  re­
vival.  This  question  is  being  very  pos­
itively  answered  in  the  affirmative. 
In 
spite  of  disturbance  in  the  South caused 
by  the  yellow  fever  scare,  the  strike 
disturbances 
in  the  East  and  the  un­
seasonably  hot  weather,  the  country,  as 
a  whole,  showed  a  rapid 
increase  in 
activity  and  volume  of  trade.  Already 
there  are  favorable  effects  manifest  in 
the  mining  regions,  although  work  has 
only  just  been  resumed  in  many  local­
ities.  The 
improvement  there  is  more 
in  anticipation  than  in  actual  increase 
of  purchasing  power  of  consumers.

The 

increase 

in  wholesale  trade  in­
cludes  all  the  principal  jobbing centers. 
Chicago  makes  a  more  favorable  show­
ing  than  for  many  years and  most  of  the 
other  principal  centers  are  not  far  be­
hind,  relatively.

The  general  share  market  of  Wall 
Street  was  subjected  to  another  strong 
bear  effort  early 
in  the  week  but  the 
slight  decline  was  more  than  recovered 
the  next  day  and  the  advance  continued 
through  the  week,although  with  a  slight 
reaction  on  Saturday.  The 
improving 
reports  of  railway  earnings  have  been 
sufficient  to  account  for  the  advance 
in 
that  line.  The  aggregate  of  transactions 
was  very  large.

Besides  the  termination  of  the  coal 
strike,  there  was  much  increase of  the 
working  force  by  starting  of  mills  and 
factories 
in  no  way  affected  by  that 
event.  The  iron  and  steel  works  have  a 
steadily  increasing  demand,  which,  as 
it  catches  up  with  the  capacity  of works 
in  one  branch  after  an­
in  operation 
other,  causes  a  gradual  advance 
in 
prices,  which  has  not  yet  exceeded 
about  7  per  cent,  from  the  lowest  point 
ever  touched.  With  really  heavy  de­
mand-for  structural  forms,  for  bridges 
on  the  Santa  Fe  Railway,  the  elevation 
of  the  Fort  Wayne  track  at  Chicago 
and  the  Harlem  bridge  in  New  York, 
and  for  the material  to  be  used  in build­
ing  many  thousand  cars,  for  plates  re­
quired  in  construction  of  lake  vessels, 
and  for  wire  for  fencing  and  nails,  it  is 
evidence  of  good  sense and  moderation 
that  prices  of  iron  and  steel  products 
have  not  been  hoisted  much  more.

The  situation  in  the  textile  manufac­
tures  still  continues  all  the  favorable 
features  of  activity  except  that the spec­
ulative  price  of  wool  has  curtailed  buy­
ing 
in  many  mills  until  present  stocks 
shall  be  consumed.  Prices  of  woolen 
goods,  especially  for  spring  use,  are 
being  advanced  and  manufacturers  and 
dealers  are  chary  about  engaging  in  fu­
ture  contracts.  Cotton mills  are  general­
ly  active,  with  enough  demand  to  ad­
vance prices ;  but this advance is limited 
by  the  continued  low  price  of  cotton.

The  record 

Bank  clearings  continue  the  rapid  in­
crease  of  recent  weeks  until  the  report 
for  the  last  shows  the  largest  aggregate 
since  January,  1893. 
is 
increase  over  last 
SLS^.ooo.ooo-  The 
week  is  25  per  cent.,  and  over  the  cor­
responding  week  cf 
last  year  52  per 
cent.  The  record  has  only  been  ex­
ceeded  a  few  times  in  the  history of this 
feature  of  financial  management,  and 
then  only 
in  the  height  of  the  toom 
preceding  the  panic.

The  variations  in  the  price  of  wheat 
have  been  less  than  for  some  time  past, 
with  a  tendency  toward  decline,  on  the 
average. 
The  wheat  movement  has 
been  large.  Exports  of  both  wheat  and

considerably  more 

corn  were 
than 
double  those  for  the  corresponding week 
last year.

Failures  were  still  less  than  for  pre­
ceding  week—only  169,  against  175. 
The  corresponding  week  of 
last  year 
showed  315.
GOVERNMENT’S  CUBAN  POLICY.
The  rumors  to  the  effect  that  the  au­
thorities  at  Washington  are  preparing 
for some  important  move  in  the  direc­
tion  of  the  settlement  of  the  Cuban 
question  has  had  the  effect  of  somewhat 
unsettling  business. 
is  unfortunate 
that  this  question  should  be  constantly 
trumped  up  and  held  as  a  menace  over 
the  heads  of  merchants,  disturbing  their 
trade calculations and otherwise creating 
a  feeling  of  uneasiness.  Either  the 
Government  ought  to  make  up  its  mind 
to  act  promptly  and  oultine  some  defi­
nite  policy  with  respect  to  Cuba,  or  the 
matter  should  be  dropped  altogether.

It 

It  may  be  true  that  the  Government 
is  contemplating  some important change 
in  the  handling  of  the  Cuban  question, 
but  so  far,  at  least,  there  are  no  indica­
tions  of  that  fact.  Of  course,  interfer­
ence 
in  Cuba  would  mean  war  with 
Spain.  There  are  no  evidences  what­
ever  that  war  is  contemplated,  or  even 
deemed  probable,  in  the  near  future. 
The  fleet 
in  the  ordinary 
cruising  manoeuvers,  and  some  of  the 
ships  are  being  docked.  No  prepara­
tions  are  being  made  for  the  transpor­
tation  of  troops.  Moreover,  the  Presi­
dent  could  not  declare  war  without  the 
consent  of  Congress,  and  no  evidence 
of  preparations  for  calling  Congress  to­
gether  has  been  developed.

is  engaged 

In  the  absence  of  preparations  for 
war,  it  should  be  assumed  that  no  radi­
cal  change  in  the  Government’s  policy 
is  contemplated,  at  least  in  advance  of 
the  reassembling  of  Congress in Decem­
ber.  Should  it  actually  prove  true  that 
the  President  contemplates  making  a 
change 
in  his  attitude  towards  Spain 
with  respect  to  Cuba,  then  he  is  follow­
ing  a  very  imprudent  course  in  failing 
to  make  preparations  to  enforce  any  de­
mands  he  may  make,  or  properly  back 
up  any  position  he  may  be  forced  to  as­
sume  in  pursuance  of  his  policy.

A  war  with  Spain  over  Cuba  would 
mean  not  only  a  naval  demonstration 
in  Cuban  waters,  but  also  the  occupa­
tion  of  the  island  with  a  large  military 
force.  This  military  force  must  be  pro­
vided,  and  the  transportation  facilities 
for  moving  a  sufficient  force  must  also 
be  secured.  There  are  no  evidences 
that  preparations  are  in  progress  in  this 
direction. 
In  the  first  place,  the  Gov­
ernment  does  not  possess  a  sufficient 
quantity  of 
improved  small  arms  with 
which  to  equip  a  large  force,  nor  has 
any  plan  for  mobilizing  an  army  and 
concentrating  it  at  some  of  the Southern 
ports  for  embarkation  been  matured.

President  McKinley  has  already  been 
in  office  six  months,  and  as  yet  no  one 
has  been  able  to  ascertain  his  policy  to­
wards  Cuba.  Mr.  Cleveland  pursued  a 
consistent  policy  of  non-interference, 
and  refused  to  be  swerved  from  his 
course  by  popular  clamor.  President 
McKinley’s 
friends  have  constantly 
promised  a  prompt  declaration  of  a 
new  Cuban  policy ;  but  so  far  no  such 
declaration  has  come,  the  President  be­
ing  evidently  loath  to  commit  himself. 
Business 
is  suffering  to  some  extent 
from  this  uncertainty  as  to  the  Presi­
dent’s  course.

Another  piece  of 

juicy  Federal  pie 
will  probably  soon  be  known  as  soup’ 
house  commissioner  on  the  Klondike.

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STR EET  CAR  MANNERS.

The  Philadelphia  Times  is  troubled 
about  the  demoralization  of  street-car 
manners. 

It  says:

There  is  a  variable,  flexible  code  of 
gallantry,  as  expressed  by  the  conduct 
of  the  man  who  rises  for  all  women,  an­
other  who  resigns  his  seat  to  old 
ladies 
and  women  with babies,the callow youth 
who  has  an  eye  solely  for  a  pretty  girl 
and  the  man  who  does  not  rise  at  all. 
Whoever  will  invent  a  code  of street-car 
ethics  at  once  gallant  and  sensible,  sat­
isfactory  to  men  and  agreeable  to  wom­
en,  will  well  have  earned  the  gratitude 
and  glory  that  shall  be  his.

Every  man,  in  such  cases,  will act ac­
cording  to  his  heart  and  his  breeding. 
It  cannot  be  concealed  that  there  is  a 
growing  tendency  on  the  part  of  men  to 
let  women  in  the  street  cars  shift  for 
themselves. 
It  has  not  come  to  that 
point  yet;  but  the  movement  is growing 
in  that  direction.  Politeness  and  cour­
tesy  are  not  by  any  means  wholly  for­
mal.  They  proceed  from  a  good  heart 
and  a  chivalrous  nature,  and  are  their 
proper  expressions 
in  dealing  with 
others;  but,  as  people  become  more 
and  more  selfish,  politeness  with  them 
is  a  very  thin  disguise  to  their  real  na­
tures,  and  is  a  mere  matter  of  policy, 
and  not  a  manifestation  of good feeling.
It  is  a  fact  that  men  are  rapidly  fail­
ing  in  the  courtesy  which  was  once  uni­
formly  shown  to  women, and  the  reason, 
to  a  large  extent,  is  that  men  are  meet­
ing  women  as  competitors  in  all  fields 
of labor,and  this  fact  vastly  changes  the 
social relations between the sexes.  Wom­
en  are  claiming  all  sorts  of  equality 
with  men,  moral,  political and  physical, 
and  are  declaring  more  and  more  their 
independence.  The  effect  on  the  next 
generation  will  be  very  marked  and  pe­
culiar.  The  men  and  women  of  the 
present  are  affected  to  an  overpowering 
extent  by  the  influence  of  old  ideas  and 
training,and  that  is  the  reason  they  talk 
about 
street-car  manners  and  social 
ethics in  their  relation  to  the  sexes;  but 
in  the  year  1930,  just  33  years,  or  the 
period  of  one  generation,  from the  pres­
ent  time,  people  will  no  longer  concern 
themselves  about  such  matters.

is 

The  invasion  by  women of the various 
fields  of  labor  once  wholly  occupied  by 
men 
interesting.  The  Government 
census  statistics  show  the  numbers  of 
women  employed in  gainful  occupations 
for  the  census  years  of  1870,  1880  and 
1890,  as  follows:

increase 

1870—Women  employed,  1,836,000.
1880—Women  employed,  2,647,000.
1890—Women  employed,  3,914,000.
The 

is  more  than  100  per 
cent.,  or  double,  in  twenty  years.  A l­
lowing  an 
increase  of  50  per  cent,  for 
each  period  of  ten  years,  in  the  year 
1930,  just  forty  years  from  1890,  there 
should  be  15,656,000  women  at  work, 
and,  since  the  total population  increases 
at  about  the  rate  of  25  per  cent,  in  ten 
years,  it  would  appear  that  women  in 
this  country  are  acquiring  a  sort  of 
in­
in  the  various 
dustrial 
branches  of 
industry,  including  those 
formeily  monopolized  by  men,  at  a  rate 
twice  as  great  as  the  increase  of  popu­
lation,  and,  as  the  sexes  in  number 
maintain  a  general  equality,  women 
who  were  in  earlier  periods  of  our  so­
ciety  almost  entirely  supported  by  men 
are  going  out  to  work  for  themselves  at 
a  rate  twice  as  great  as  is  that  of  their 
increase  in  the  population  of  the  coun­
try.

independence 

The greater  the  numbers  of  the  wom­
en  at  work  in  proportion  to  the  men,the 
more  stringent  the  competition,  and  it 
can  easily  be  seen that,  according  to  the 
figures  shown,  the  day  might  com-1

when  there  would  be  no  street-car  man­
ners,  but  every 
individual  would  look 
out  for  himself  or  herself,  as  the  case 
may  be.  Even  should  chivalry  be  ex­
tinguished  from  human  manners,  there 
will  always  remain  the  Christian  grace 
of  charity;  so,  in  the  time  to  come, 
able-bodied  young  men  and  women  who 
have  seats  in  the  cars  will  rise  to  give 
their  places  to  old  men  and  women,  and 
to  others  who  may  be  sick  or  disabled.
After  all,  true  ethics,  which  should 
be  the  foundation  of  all  social  manners, 
are  based  on  love,  charity  and  a  sense 
of  duty  to  others,  and  these  graces  will 
never  depart  from  the  earth  while  men 
and  women  shall  inhabit  it.

There  seems  to  be  an  impression  that 
there 
is  a  federal  law  prohibiting  the 
use  of  the  stars  and  stripes  for  advertis­
ing  purposes;  in  fact,  the  New  York 
Sun  has  recently  charged  a  Milwaukee 
brewer  with  having  violated  such  a  law 
by  posting  lithographs  of  the  flag  with 
the  brand  of  his  beer  printed  on  the 
stripes.  The fact is  that  there  is  no  such 
law 
in  existence.  A  bill  prohibiting 
the  use  of  the  flag  for such  purposes  has 
in  Congress  at  every  ses­
been  offered 
sion  for  a  number  of  years,  but 
invari­
it  has  passed  one  house  it 
ably  when 
has  failed  in  the  other.  At  the  last  ses­
sion  of  Congress  the  bili  was  not  re­
ported  from  the  Senate  committee  hav­
ing  it  in  charge.'  As  a  result,  there  is 
no  penalty  for  the  prostitution  of  the 
American  flag.  There 
is,  however,  a 
very  strong  sentiment  against  such  an 
offense,  and 
it  is  almost  certain  that  at 
the  next  session  of  Congress  the  bill 
will  become  a  law.  It  is  significant  that 
no  American-born  citizen  has  ever been 
guilty  of  polluting the National emblem. 
The  offenders  in  all  cases  have been cit­
izens  of  foreign  birth.  The  law  will 
enforce  the  reverence  for  “ Old  Glory”  
that  has  not  been  given  voluntarily.

The  German  post  office  department 
has  decided  to 
introduce,  experimen­
tally,  automatic stamp-selling machines. 
These  machines  were  exhibited  at  the 
Berlin 
industrial  exhibition  last  year. 
They  will  be  placed  at prominent points 
where  the  demands  for  stamps  are  the 
largest,  and  operate  on  the  deposit  in 
the  slot  of  the  proper  coin  to  furnish 
the  purchaser  with  the  stamps  desired.

In  the  northern  parts  of  China  there 
are  many  villages  which  are  almost  de­
serted  in  winter,  the  inhabitants  going 
live  by  begging. 
South,  where  they 
They  form  regular  guilds  and 
literally 
compel  shopkeepers  to  help  them,  by 
threatening  a  riot 
front  of  their 
stores,  which  Chinese  merchants  abhor.

in 

The  sale  of  ice  cream  by  Italians 

in 
the  streets  of  London  is  said  to  yield  a 
profit  of  700  per  cent. 
In  the  cities  of 
the  East  and  North  on  this  side  of  the 
Atlantic 
fountain  keepers 
claim  that  there  is  no  money  in  the 
ice 
cream  business,  and  are going  out  of  it.

the  soda 

If  mankind  would  spend  more  time 
in 
they  would  know  more 

studying  themselves  and 
prophesying, 
and  guess  less  than  they  do  now.

less  time 

There  are  some  people  who  are  the 
lords  and  masters  of  their  money,  but 
most  people  are  the  servants  of  it.

No  man  ever  yet  sailed  under  false 
colors  but  what  he  had  to  strike  them 
sooner  or  later.

Ireland  cannot  starve  so  long as Uncle 

Sam  has  such  splendid  corn  fields.

Betting  $10 on  it  won’t  prove  how  far 

the bullfrog  can  jump.

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Methods  of  Transportation 

in  Early 

Days.

“ ocean  greyhounds,”  

The  ways  and  means  of  transporta­
tion  in  any  country,  in  any  age,  furnish 
a  very  satisfactory 
index  to  material 
progress  and  development.  Good  roads 
have  come  to  be  lecognized  as  factors 
in  government,  while  the  locomotive, 
the 
intelligent 
electrical  machines—even  the  unpre­
tentious  bicycle—have  revolutionized 
the  realm  of  economics  and  bade  de­
fiance  to  the  predictions  of  the  most 
skillful  economic  doctors.  The  number 
of  horses  displaced  by  the  bicycle  is 
enormous.  .The  bicycle,  it  may  be  said, 
has  abrogated  some  of  the  laws  of  po­
litical  economy.  And  what  will  the  re­
sult  be  when  the  prospective  horseless 
carriage  and  the  airship  are  added  to 
the  list  of  realities!

It 

is  true  that  in  the  sphere  of  intel­
lect  there  may  be  the  highest  attain­
ments  while  at  the  same  time  the  ma­
terial 
interests  la g ;  yet  the  ways  and 
means  of  locomotion,  of  transportation, 
whether  they  be  rude  or  highly  refined, 
remain,  obviously,  characteristics—dis­
tinguishing  marks—of  a  civilization.

In  these  days  of  rapid  transit,  of  dis­
tance-annihilating  lightning  expresses, 
telegraphs  and 
telephones,  when  “ old 
ti mes have gone,  old manners changed, ’ ’ 
it  is  pleasant  to  look  back  through  the 
mists  of 
fifty  years  and  contrast  the 
quaint,  unwieldly  boats  and  vehicles  of 
our  fathers  with  the  steamships— veri­
table  floating  palaces—the  railroad,  the 
telegraph  and  telephone  of  to-day.

Fifty  years  ago  the  expression,  “ Dis­
tance  lends  enchantment  to  the  view ,”  
it  does  to  day.  A l­
meant  more  than 
though  Fulton’s  Clermont  plied 
the 
Hudson  as  early  as  1807,  forty  years  be­
fore,  the  steamship  was  yet  in  its  in­

fancy.  There  were  a  few  steamers  run­
ning  between  New  York  and  Liverpool 
and  on  the  rivers  and  the  Great  Lakes; 
but  by  far  the  great  bulk  of  traffic  and 
transportation  was  carried  on  by  sailing 
vessels.  There  were  a  few  railroads  in 
Massachusetts  and  New  York,  but  of  a 
very  primitive  kind.  The  Government 
had  constructed  several  important West­
there  were  so  called 
ern  highways; 
“ territorial  roads”   even 
in  Michigan. 
The  Erie  Canal  had  been  opened,  but 
the  magnetic  telegraph  had  only  just 
been  invented,  and  the  news  of  Polk’s 
nomination  telegraphed  from  Baltimore 
to  Annapolis.  But  all  those  agencies 
which  have  since  grown  so  great  were 
as  yet 
in  the  experimental  stage—the 
exceptions,  not  the  rule -  so  that,  when 
the  Hollanders  came  to  America  in  the 
forties,  the  whole  American  continent 
still  lay  in  the  gloom  and  loneliness  of 
the  era  of  long  distances.  We  of to  day 
can  scarcely  realize  the  pall  of  solitude 
that  hung  over  the  frontier  settlements 
of  this  country  fifty  years  ago.  Imagine 
the present  generation  waiting  for  satis­
factory  election  returns 
for  months! 
Imagine  the  news  of  the  Battle  of  Wa 
tirloo  or  of  Gettysburg  reaching  us  two 
months  after  the  encounter !  Yet  such 
was the  case  fifty  years  ago.

Then,  one  unhroken  forest  of  tall 
pines  and  monster oaks  stretched  from 
Kalamazoo  to  Grand  River.  Grand 
Haven  and  Grand  Rapids  were  small 
trading  posts 
in  the  depths  of  the  for­
est;  Port  Sheldon,  a  typical  “ Deserted 
V illage."  No  roads  connected 
those 
small  points  except  an  old  Indian  track 
or  a  trail  blazed  through  the  woods 
In 
|  1847,there  were  a  few  shivering  French- 
j men at Port Sheldon,  and a few stragglers 
I at  Saugatuck,  while  the  bosom  of  Black 
Lake  was  disturbed  only  by  the  wind

and  the  redman’s  canoe. 
Reverend 
Mr.  Smith,  the  missionary  among  the 
Indians,  and  Mr.  Isaac  Fairbanks,  who 
taught  the  Indians  agriculture,  were  the 
only  white  men  in  the  vicinity  of  Black 
Lake  when  the  first  Hollanders  arrived. 
There  was  no  C.  &  W.  M.  Railway then 
no  Lizzie  Walsh,  City  of Holland  or  Soo 
City  then—not  even  a  Fanny  Shriver.

But  then,  as  now,  the  great  water­
ways  were  there  and  almost all  transpor­
tation  was  carried  on  by  water.  Travel 
by  land  was  almost  impossible,  for  the 
extremely  dense  forest,  with 
its  close 
undergrowth,  and  the  wet  swampy  soil 
made 
it  hazardous—in  fact,  often  im­
possible—to  travel  on  foot,  not  to  speak 
of  wagons  and  teams.  This  explains 
why  the  emigrants,who  had  crossed  the 
ocean  in  the  sailing vessel—not a steam­
boat—the  voyage  frequently  lasting over 
ninety  or  one  hundred  days,  continued 
the 
journey  by  water.  Many  of  the 
Hollanders  who  came  to  America  dur­
ing  the  forties  and  fifties  made  the  en­
tire  trip  from  their  homes  in  the  Neth­
erlands  to  their  new  homes  in  America 
by  water.  Landing  at  New  York,  they 
sailed  up  the  Hudson,  then  through  the 
Erie  Canal  to  Buffalo,  thence  over  the 
Great  Lakes  to  the  mouth  of  Black 
Lake,  where  Macatawa  and  Ottawa 
Beach  are  to-day. 
From  the  mouth 
they  proceeded  to  “ De  Stad”   by  means 
of  scows  or  Hatboats,  which  were  pro­
pelled  by  sails  when  the  wind  was high, 
but  more  often  by  means  of 
long  poles 
with  which  the  men  on  board  pushed 
the  scows  along  the  shore—a  very  la­
borious  process,  to  be  sure.  The  set­
tlers  at  Groningen  and  Zeeland  went  up 
Black  River  beyond  the  present  Schol- 
ten’s  Bridge  to  Groningen,  where  they 
finally  disembarked.

Those  of  the  Hollanders  who  went

farther  west  sailed  down  the  Ohi.o,  or 
up  the  Mississippi  from  New  Orleans, 
to  St.  Louis  or  to  Keokuk,  whence  they 
continued  the 
journey  by  land  to  that 
Western  Dutchman's  Jerusalem— Pella, 
Iowa.

In  1846,  when  Doctor  Van  Raalte  ar­
rived,  the  Michigan  Central  Railway 
terminated  at  Kalamazoo,  the  Michigan 
Southern  reached  as  far  west  as  Hills­
dale,  while  from  Detroit  to  Pontiac  was 
the  beginning  of  the  Detroit,  Grand 
Haven  and  Milwaukee,  the  promise  of 
the  present  three  great  trans-Michigan 
railroads—the  Central,  the  Southern  and 
the  Detroit,  Grand  Haven  and  Milwau­
kee.  The  story  of  these  early  ventures 
at  railroading  forms  an  interesting  bit 
of  history.  The  romantic  episode  of 
Governor  Mason  and  Mr.  Romeyn,  with 
their  trunkful  of  bills,  the  failure  on 
the  part  of  the  State  when  it  undertook 
the  work  of  building  railroads,  and  the 
curious  blunders  of  the  projectors  have, 
in  the 
light  of  subsequent  develop­
ments,  acquired  the  aroma  of  fiction.
The  construction  of the roads, in  itself, 
is  interesting.  Wooden  stringers  about 
five  by  seven 
inches  were  placed  on 
ties  or  crossbeams  sunk  into the ground. 
On  the  wooden  stringeis  was  spiked 
down  a  flat  iron  bar,called “ strap rail," 
about  one-half 
inch  thick,  somewhat 
like  wagon  tire.  Judge  Cooley  says: 
“ The  railroad,  with 
little  cars  of 
stagecoach  fashion,  was  doing  what  it 
could  to  help  the  procession  (of  emi­
grants)  move 
It  car­
ried  baggage  ‘ at  the  risk  of  the  owner,’ 
but  its  speed  was  not  such  as  to  put  life 
at  much  risk,  except  perhaps  when  a 
broken  strap  rail  ran  a  ‘ snakehead’  up 
through  the  car  floor.”   That  accidents 
were  none  too  uncommon  on  those  early 
late  trains  were  some-
roads,  and  that 

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Flour  is  as  good  as  Alaska  gold.
It is hard to get at times but it is a 
money  producer  to  those  who 
handle it.  We deliver it to you all 
the  year  around. 
Invest  your 
money in Cream of Wheat instead 
of Klondike.  It will pay you.

Ebeling’s  Best  XXXX

Is  another  grade  of  our  Spring 
Wheat  Flour,  being  a  strong  one 
and  adapted 
to  bakers.  Both 
Cream of Wheat and Best XXXX 
are  guaranteed  to  surpass  any 
flour  on  the  market.  They  cost 
no  more  than  the  "just  as  good” 
flours and are decidedly better.

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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 

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I*   YOU are a Grocer.

People want that kind of Flour.
We call it “LILY WHITE."
It is no trouble to sell it.
EVERYBODY likes it.
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thing  “ regular,”   does  not  require  a 
violent  stretch  of  the  imagination.  The 
average  speed  was 
far  greater  than 
that  of  the  stagecoaches,  and  those  rail­
roads,  primitive  as  they  were,  wherever 
they  went  superseded  the  old  reliable 
stage  lines.

It 

of 

With  the  heavy  forest  and  swampy 
soil  the  project  of  roadmaking  was  the 
problem  of  those  early  colonial  days 
in 
Michigan.  The  utter  want  of  experi­
ence  proved  the  great  obstacle  to  prog­
ress  in  this  line.  On the  plains  of  Iowa, 
Nebraska,  Kansas  and  the  Dakotas 
roads  may  be  said  to  have  existed  from 
the  beginning.  All 
that  the  settlers 
needed  was  the  proper  direction,  when 
they  could  strike  out  over  the  prairie 
wherever  they  wanted  to  go.  Roads 
could  be  made  simply  by  driving  over 
lit­
the  same  track  a  few  times.  Very 
in 
tle  bridging  was  necessary.  But 
Michigan,  where  the  country,  in 
its 
primitive  shape,  was  a  swamp  full  of 
gigantic  trees  resembling  those  of  the 
Carboniferous  Age,  the  labor  of  open­
ing  roads  and  building  bridges  was  a 
Herculean  task.  The  amount  of  work 
and  money  devoted  to  roads and bridges 
was  enormous. 
is  safe  to  say  that 
more  than  one-third  of  the  time  and 
energy  of  the  colonists  of  Allegan  and 
Ottawa  counties  was  expended  in  the 
construction 
roads  and  bridges. 
First,  trees  were  felled  and  stumps  re­
moved  so  as  to  admit  of  the  passage 
of  wagons.  Log  bridges  were  thrown 
across  streams  and  in  boggy  places  logs 
were  laid  crosswise  over  the  way,  mak­
ing  that  excellent  road  called, 
from 
its  pronouncedly  ribbed  appearance, 
“ corduroy.”  In  1847,  the State  made an 
appropriation  of  400  acres  of  land  for 
the  purpose  of  building  a  bridge  across 
Black  River.  The  work  was  afterwards 
completed  under  the  supervision  of 
Doctor  Van  Raalte  and  Mr.  J.  Binne- 
kant.  A  little  later,  the  business  men  of 
Grand  Rapids  helped  in  the  construc­
tion  of  the  Grand  Rapids  road—a  bee 
line— in  order  to  obtain  more  of  the 
colony  trade.  A  stage  was  put  on  this 
line,  running  through  Groningen,  Zee 
land,  Jennison 
(now 
Grandville),  with  the  “ halfway  house” 
at  DeRegt’s,  in  the  southeast  corner  of 
Blendon  township.  Still 
later,  a  road 
was  constructed  by  a  commission  ap­
pointed  by  the  Governor,  from  Allegan 
to  Holland  and  northward,  called  the 
“ Allegan,  Muskegon  and  Grand  Trav­
erse  Bay  State  Line. ”   This  road  en­
tered  Holland  City  by  what 
is  now 
called  State  street.

and  Wyoming 

in  roadmaking. 

At  first  there  was  little  order  or  sys­
People  helped 
tem 
each  other  as  best  they  could,  with  the 
same  spirit  that  prompted  the  scheme 
of  the  “ colony  store”   and  “ colony  ves­
sel;’ ’ but 
it  was  only  when  highway 
taxes  became  prominent,  and  a  force  of 
highway  commissioners  elected, 
that 
rapid  and  systematic  progress  was 
made.

Considerable  of 

local  traveling  was 
done on  foot. 
In  1847,  Messrs.  T.  Kep- 
pel,  H.  Van  der  Haar  and  J.  Binne- 
kant,  a  committee  of  three  for  a  party 
of  colonists,  came  all  the  way  from  Chi­
cago  on  foot.  Trips  of  twenty  miles  or 
more  to  Allegan,  Grand  Haven 
or 
Grand  Rapids  were  often  made  on  foot. 
In  1848  49.  many  emigrants  who  had 
landed  at  Grand  Haven  walked  to  Hol­
land.  Business  trips  to  “ The  Haven”  
and  “ The  Rapids”   were  usually  made 
on  foot;  that  was  the  cheaper,  often  the 
quicker—sometimes  the  only— way  of 
traveling.

The  ox  played  an  important  role  in

those  early  days.  The  horse  was  con­
sidered  beyond  the  reach  of  common 
people.  Besides,  the  slow,  patient  ox 
was  admirably  adapted  to  the  bad  roads 
and  stumpy  fields,  and  the  shouts  of 
“ Whoa,”   “ Haw”   and  “ Gee”   mingled 
on  all  sides  with  the  sound  of  the  wood­
man’s  ax  and  the  crash  of  the  falling 
tree.  The  ox  was  the  locomotive  of 
those  days,  and  was  only  gradually  dis­
placed  by  the  horse  when  roads  im­
proved  and  the  woods  were  removed. 
For  years,  though,  people  drove  to  town 
with  a  yoke  of  oxen  and  on  market days 
the  streets  were 
lined  with  ox  teams. 
Mr.  G.  J.  Havekate  claimed  the  dis­
tinction  of  having  introduced  the  first 
yoke  of  oxen  and 
first  span  of 
horses.

the 

In  1838, 

in  another  town. 

The  mails  of  those  days  would  sim­
ply  create  a  panic  in  the  business  world 
of  to-day 
if  we  should  all  at  once  be 
subjected  to  the  same  delays  and  slow 
carriers.  For  years,  the  Western  mail 
from  New  York  and  New  England  had 
come  along  the  shore  of  Lake  Erie  in 
winter,  by  boat  over  the  lake  in  sum­
mer  and  from  Monroe  to  Chicago  by 
stage. 
there  was  a  weekly 
stage  from  Jackson  to  Kent  (now  Grand 
Rapids.  Mails  were  exceedingly  slow, 
and  postage  was  sometimes  as  high  as 
25  cents  on  a  single  letter,so  that  it  cost 
a  fellow  a  pretty  penny  if  his  best  girl 
lived 
In  1846,  Rev­
erend  Mr.  Smith  and  Mr.  Fairbanks 
were  obliged  to  go  to  Saugatuck  for 
their  mail,  or  to  Grand  Haven  by  In­
dian  trail,  or  along  the  Lake  Shore  for 
In  1848,  a 
mail  and  the  Indians’  pay. 
postoffice  was  established 
in  what  is 
now Holland City,and  was called “ Black 
River.”   Henry  D.  Post  was  the  first 
postmaster.  The  mail  came  once  a 
week  from  Manlius,  then  the  nearest 
post  office.  Wm.  Notting  was  the  first 
mail  carrier,  carrying  the  mail  on  his 
back.  Later  on,  when  a  postoffice  was 
established at  Zeeland,a  private  carrier, 
a  Mr.  Van  der  Hock,  brought  mail  to 
Vriesland  and  Drenthe,  receiving  five 
cents  apiece  for  carrying  letters.

The  most  interesting  part  of  the  sub­
ject  clusters  around  those  heroic  men 
who  braved  the  weather,  roads,  forest 
and  all—the  stage  drivers.  Rich 
in 
anecdote  and  thrilling  experiences  is 
the  lore  of  those  jolly  fellows.  Their 
daily  trips  averaged  over  twenty  miles. 
The  roads  were  of  the  roughest  kind, 
full  of  stumps  and  through  dense  for­
ests.  Swamps,  morasses,  sink  holes, 
sand  and  clay  obstructed  and  delayed 
travel.  No  graded  and  graveled  roads. 
In  winter,  the  snow  was  frequently  ten 
feet  deep;  and,  until  the  advent  of  the 
spring  wagon, 
the  heaviest  kind  of 
lumber  wagon,  covered  with  canvas  like 
a  gpysy’s,  served  as  a  coach  Perhaps, 
in  after  years,  when  our  citizens  shall 
have  nothing  better  to  do, 
they  may 
duplicate  the  old  stage  between  Hol­
land  and  Grand  Rapids,  with  its  jolts 
and  corduroy,  just  as  the  elite  of  New 
York  and  Philadelphia  every  summer 
reproduce  the  tallyho  of  a  hundred 
years  ago.

The  first  regular  mail  carriers  and 
stage  drivers  were  John  Trimp,  Jan 
Van  Dyk,  G.  J.  Havekate,  while  P.  F. 
Pfanstiehl  was  one  of  the  first  who  held 
the  contract  for  carrying  the  mail  to 
and  from  Kalamazoo.  Among  the  early 
occasional  drivers  may  be  mentioned 
E.  Visscher,  S.  Hofstraat,  James  West- 
veer 
and  Richard  Van  den  Berg. 
Trimp,  Van  Dyk  and  Visscher at  differ­
ent  times  drove  the  stage  to  Grand 
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and  Kalamazoo  and  Havekate  to  Grand 
Rapids.

They  were 

The  stage  drivers  were the 

important 
men  of  their  day.  They  connected  the 
settlement  with  the  outside world.  They 
carried  passengers, 
freight,  packages 
to  the  express  office,  and  anything  else 
that  was  portable. 
the 
“ lightning  express”   of  their  day ;  but 
they  did  wonderfully  well  if  they  suc­
ceeded 
in  reaching  their  destination 
after  a  whole  day’s  travel  on  the  road. 
They  braved  all  sorts  of  weather,  drove 
through  sleety  rain  and  howling  snow­
storm,  often  stuck  in  the  mud,  and  as 
often  capsized.  Their  lot  was  hard  and 
the  pay  small.

Mr.  Havekate,  the  I  rst  regular  driver 
on  the  Grand  Rapids 
line,  made  the 
trip  up  and  down  semi-weekly,  stop­
ping  at  the  halfway  house  of  I)e  Regt, 
about  two  miles  and  a  half  west of  Hud- 
sonville.  Among  the  other  drivers  on 
that  line  may  be  mentioned  S.  Hof- 
straat,  Cornelius  De  Young,  C.  Blom, 
Sr.,  and  Adam  Westma.  De  Young  was 
driver  during  the  war— 1862-64—and 
was  succeeded  by  Cornelius  Blom. 
Adam  Westma  was  the  last  stage  driv­
er,  and  with  him  the 
line  died  when 
the  Grand  Rapids  branch of the  railroad 
reached  Holland.

P.  F.  Pfanstiehl  and  Captain  Peter 
lity 
Pfanstiehl,  men  to  whom  this  lo 
owes  so  much 
in  the  line  of  shipping 
facilities,  had  charge  of  the  Kalamazoo 
and  Grand  Haven  line,  the  trip  up  and 
down  taking  six  days-one  day  from 
Holland  to  Allegan,  the  next  from  Al­
legan  to  Kalamazoo, 
from 
Kalamazoo  to  Allegan,  the  fourth  from 
Allegan  to  Holiand,  the fifth,  from  Hol­
land  to  Grand  Haven,  the  sixth,  the  re­
turn 
from  Grand  Haven  to  Holland. 
This  stage  line  was  discontinued  when 
the  Allegan  and  Grand  Haven  railroad 
reached  Holland  in  1868.

the  third 

One  of  the  early  merchants of Holland 
described 
the 
transportation  of  his 
wares  as 
follows:  “ Before  Holland 
harbor  was  built,  goods  came  by  ves­
sel 
to  Saugatuck  or  Grand  Haven, 
whence  they  were  brought  forward  to 
Holland  by  team.  We  were  obliged  to 
lay  in  a  stock  of  goods  in  the fall before 
the  close  of  navigation,  to 
last  until 
May  or  June  following.  We  bought  on 
credit,  six  months  sometimes  elapsing 
before  we  could  pay.  We  often  bought 
bark  and  staves  at  Groningen,  loaded 
them  on  scows  there  and  shipped  them 
to  the  mouth  of  Black  Lake,  the  trip 
taking  a  whole  day  or  more.  At  the 
mouth  the  staves  and  bark  were  un­
loaded  and  piled  on  the  beach.  Fre­
quently,  while  thus  piled, 
the  water 
an 1  the  wind  would  cover  them  over 
with  sand.

“ I 

lost,”   the  merchant  continued, 
“ three  or  four  hundred  dollars’  worth 
in  that  way  during  the  Crimean  War; 
but  I  made  the  loss  good  by  the  rise 
in 
prices 
incident  to  that  war.  At  the 
mouth  of  Black  Lake  we  would  watch 
for  a  vessel  bound  for  Chicago.  The 
vessel,  when  sighted,  would  be  signaled 
and  stopped  and  would  cast  anchor 
about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  shore. 
Then  a  rope  was  stretched  from  the ves­
sel  to  a  scow  on  which  the  bark  and 
staves  had  again  been  piled,  and  by 
means  of  that  rope  the  scow  was  pulled 
toward  the  vessel  and  the  bark  and 
staves  were  loaded;”

The  merchant 

in  charge  of  such  a 
cargo  would  frequently  go  along  with 
the  vessel  to  Chicago,  to  sell  the  staves 
and  bark,  and  return  by  another  vessel 
with  a  supply  of  goods.

little 

Sometimes  it  happened  that  the  har­
bor  was  entirely  barred  with  sand  and 
the  water  in  Black  Lake  and  the  river! 
would  be  very  high,  although  usually 
light  crafts  could  enter.  The  old  chan­
nel  ran  where  Ottawa  Beach  Hotel  now 
stands,  and  considerably  north  of  the 
present  pier.  At  one  time  the  Govern­
ment  spent  about  $6,000 
in  building 
a  pier  west  of  where  Macatawa  Park 
Hotel 
is  now,  but  the  job  was  given 
up.  A 
later,  L.  Schaddelee,  P. 
F.  Pfanstiehl,  John  Roost  and  others 
took  up  the  matter  of  harbor 
improve­
ment  and  soon  the  present  harbor  was 
begun.  A  little  trench  was  dug  and  the 
water  allowed  to  widen  the  trench 
into 
a  channel.  One  of  those  present  when 
that  work  was  performed  afterward  de­
clared : “  It  was  a  magnificent  sight; 
the  pressure  of  the  water  was  tremen­
dous. ”   When  this  channel  was  com­
pleted,  larger  vessels  could  enter  the 
harbor  and  go  as  far  as  Holland  City. 
The  lake  trade grew  considerably  dur­
ing  the  sixties,  and  freight  and  passen­
ger  rates  were  reasonable;  but,  when 
the  railroad  from  Allegan— 1868— and 
the  railroad  from  Chicago  and  Grand 
Rapids— 1871— reached  Holland,  most 
of  the  transportation  was  done  by  rail­
road. 
It  was  so  much  quicker  by  ra il; 
and  time,  with  business  men,  is  always 
the  essence  of  a  transaction.  The  ad­
vent  of  the  first  railroad— 1868—also 
brought  a  more  expeditious  mail  serv­
ice,  and  an  express  office,  with  Otto 
Breyman  agent,  at  a  salary  of  $8.

The 

incidents  of  life  on  the  frontier 
are  generally  very  similar;  the  same 
phenomena  present themselves, with only 
slight  differences—the  same 
long  dis­
tances,  the  same 
trackless  woods  or 
plains,  the  same  familiar ox  team  as  in 
every  new  settlement.  What  applies  to 
in  Michigan  ap­
the  early  settlements 

except 

that  “ the 

plies  with  equal  propriety  to  those  in 
Wisconsin.  The  settlers at  Pella,  Iowa, 
had  the  same  experiences  as  those  in 
this  State 
forest 
primeval”   was  not  so  primeval  in  that 
region  as  in  Michigan;  but,  so  long  as 
they  had  no  railroads  there,  the  settlers 
were  obliged  to  travel  by  stage,  and 
mails  came  the  same  way 
from  the 
stations  miles  away.  The  settlers  in 
Sioux  county,  Iowa,  had 
little  to  con­
tend  with  in  the  way  of  swamps  and 
jungles,  and  roadmaking  was  no  prob­
lem  with  them ;  but fora  long  time  they 
had  to  go  sixty  or  seventy  miles  to  and 
from  Junction  City,  new  Le Mars,  the 
nearest railroad  station.  The  settlers  in 
Nebraska,  Kansas,  and 
in  Douglas, 
Charles,  Mix  and  Campbell  counties, 
Dakota, had  the  full  benefit  of  improved 
railroad  appliances  to  their  nearest  sta­
tion ;  but  the  journey  from  the  station 
was  all  the  way  from  twenty  to  seventy 
miles.  The  horse  had,  by  this  time, 
completely  supplanted  the  ox,  for  on 
the  plains  the  slow  and  steady  ox  was 
not  a  prime  necessity,  as  among  the 
stumps  and 
logs  of  Michigan,  and  in 
Dakota  and  Northwestern  Iowa  all  local 
transportation  was  carried  on  by  horses, 
the  ox  doing  the  plowing  and  heavier 
farm  work.

It 

is  beyond  the  province  of  this 
sketch  to  enter 
into  the  details  of  the 
different  ways  and  means  of  transporta­
tion  of  fifty  years  ago  and  of  the  pres­
ent  day.  To  do  justice  to  the  subject 
would  involve  a  reproduction  of  that 
noble  exhibit  in  Transportation  Build­
ing  at  the  World’s  Fair.

When  the  Hollanders  emigrated  from 
the  Netherlands  to  the  settlements  in 
America,  all  the  giant-like  agencies  of 
transportation  of  to-day  were  in  their 
infancy.  The  ocean  voyage,  fifty  years 
ago,  took  several  months;  now,  it  takes 
from  six  to  ten  days.  The  inland  trip 
from  the  seaboard  was  a  pilgrimage  of 
weeks’  duration;  now,  it  can  be  done 
in  thirty  or  forty  hours.  The  journey 
from  “ The  Haven”   or  “ The  Rapids”  
took  from  twelve  to  twenty-four  hours; 
now,  it  takes  only  one  hour.  The  trans­
mission  of  a 
letter  from  New  York  to 
the settlements  took  three  or four weeks; 
now,  only  two  days  at  the 
longest. 
Then,  such  a  thing  as  people,  miles 
apart  talking  over  a  wire  was  not  so 
much  as  an  “  irridescent  dream. ”  
In 
those  days,  a  President  would  be  in­
augurated  before  the  election  news  had 
reached  the  frontier  settlements ;  now, 
the  telegraph  scatters  the  news  broad­
cast  within  twentv-four  hours.

One  of  the  brightest  chapters 

in  the 
world’s  history  is  that which  records  the 
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he  is  the  only  representative  extant.  He 
sits  at  the  same  board  with  a  farmer 
and  pays  twice  as  much  for  his  meals 
without  a murmur,  and  has  no  intention 
of  starting  a  political  party  to  right  his 
wrongs.  Now  and  then  he  drives  across 
country  and,  after  buying  the 
team, 
it  to  his  host.  He  travels 
presents 
nights  and  Sundays,  spoils  a  dream  of 
home  to  catch  a  train,  and,  worse  than 
a  soldier,  campaigns 
in  wet  and  dry, 
hot  and  cold.  He  eats  oleo  for butter, 
drinks  abominable, 
coffee 
without  cream,  devours  eggs  that  any 
hen  ought  to  be  ashamed  to cackle over, 
and  is  regaled  with  spring  chicken  that 
was  beheaded 
in  the  presence  of  her 
mourning  grandchildren.
Such,  in  brief,  is  his 

lot,  and  such 
the  hero  of  the  grip.  His  vices  are 
known,  but  his  virtues  are  all  untold. 
Like  the  turtle,  his  voice  is  heard  in 
the  land  and  he  is  soup  for  many.  He 
goes  forth  from  the  ark  when  the  waters 
subside,  to  pluck  the  first  green  leaf 
and  blaze  the  way  for  the  children  of 
men.  Those  who  can’t  see  his  blaze 
will  do  well  to  follow  his  smoke.

lukewarm 

J.  A d a m   B e d e .

Must  Take  His  Medicine  Monthly. 

From the Chesaning Argus.

Elgin  System of Creameries

It  will  pay  you  to  investigate  our  plans  and  visit  our  factories,  if  you  are  con­
templating  building a Creamery  or  Cheese  Factory.  A ll  supplies  furnished  at 
lowest  prices.  Correspondence  solicited.

it  necessary  to 

W.  E.  Miller,  a  groceryman  of  Ches­
aning,  has  seen 
in­
augurate  a  new  way  of  collecting  his 
very  poor  accounts.  Several  weeks  ago 
Albert  Nelson  purchased  of  him  one  of 
his  $5  check  cards,  promising  to  pay 
for  the  same  the  following  Saturday, 
stating  that  he  was  working  and  would 
have  the  money  then.  During  the  week 
the  entire  $5  was  traded  out,  and  when 
Saturday  came  the  purchaser  of  the 
ticket  failed  to  put  in  an  appearance. 
He  was  some  time  afterwards  accosted 
on  the  street  by  the  groceryman  and 
asked  to  settle,  whereupon  the 
reply 
came  that  he  would  as  soon  as  he got 
the  money.  After  several  such  notifica­
tions,  Miller  became  convinced  that  be 
did  not 
intend  to  pay  and  politely  in­
formed  him  that  the  account  must  be 
settled  within  the  next  thirty  days,  and 
that 
it  was  not  done  he  would  whip 
him.  The  thirty  days  were  up  last  Sat­
urday  and  the  whipping  came,  with 
still  further  promise  of  a  whipping 
every  thirty  days  until  the  account  was 
settled.  Application  was  made  for  a 
warrant,  but  none  could  be  obtained.

if 

Many  people  in  this  world  run  after 
happiness  like  an  absent-minded  man 
hunting  for  his  hat,  while  all  the  time 
it  is  on  his  bead  or  in  his  hand.

A  MODEL CREAM ERY OF TH E TRUE  SYSTEM

True  Dairy Supply Company,

303  to 309  Lock  Street, 

Syracuse,  New  York.

Contractors  and  Builders  of  Butter  and  Cheese  Factories,  Manufacturers 
and  Dealers in  Supplies.  Or  write

R.  E.  STURGIS,  General  Manager of  Western  Office,  Allegan,  riich.

It 

during  the  past  fifty  years.  For  ages 
the  horses,  the  stagecoach,  the  sailing 
vessels  were  the  only  “ common  car­
riers.”   During  the  past  half  century, 
the  steamship,  the  railroad,  the  electric 
road, 
the  “  irrepressible”   bicycle  and 
the  telegraph  and  telephone  have  prac­
tically  annihilated  a  hitherto  “ impass­
able  gulf,”   rescued civilization from the 
shell  of  seclusion  and  division  and 
welded  humanity  into  a  closer  brother­
hood. 
is  not  a  common  occurrence 
now  for a  whole  nation  to  die  of  hun­
ger,  as  was  frequently  the  case  in  for­
mer  years;  now,  the  telegraph  spreads 
the  news  of  famine  and  straightway  the 
trains  and  the  steamship  speed  on  their 
mission  of  mercy  and  relief. 
It  is  dur­
ing  the  past  fifty  years  that  these  agen­
cies  of  speedy communication and trans­
portation  have  been  perfected ;  and  we 
share  the  benefits.  What  advancement 
line  of  transportation  the  future 
in  the 
in  store  for  us  we  know  not,  but 
has 
this 
is  certain—that,  to  do  as  well  as 
our  fathers  have  done,  we  must  do  bet­
ter. 

W m .  O .  V a n   E y c k .

Holland,  Mich.

The  Hero*of the  Grip.

The  traveling  man  is  the  forerunner 
of  prosperity  and  the  envoy  extraordi­
nary  and  minister  plenipotentiary  to 
all  whom 
it  may  concern.  He  hails 
from  the  house  of  light  and  is  commis­
sioned  by  all  the  jobbers  in  joy.  He 
goes  forth 
in  the  springtime  and  fer­
tilizes  the  earth  with  unctuous  story, 
and  in  the  autumn  he  joins  in  the  har­
vest  song,  covering  his  person  the while 
with  fine  linen  and  velvet  out  of  his  ex­
pense  money.  He  knows  his  rights 
and,  knowing,  dares  maintain.  He 
lives  on  the  fat  of  the  land,  despising 
small  things,  and  cultivates  the  liberal 
arts,  or  the  art  of  being 
liberal,  which 
is  much  the  same.  Like  the  busy  bee 
that  bears  the  pollen  from  flower  to 
flower,  so  he  bears  seed  thoughts  from 
man  to  man,  and  the  world  fructifies 
and  is  more  glad  and  bountiful  for  his 
being  in  it.

He 

is  ever  a  pilgrim  but  never  a 
stranger.  He  sings  in  the  church,  talks 
politics  on  the  street  and  plays  cards  on 
the  train.  He  cheers  the  country  mer­
chant,  educates  the  cross-roads  politi­
cian,  and  by  dropping  a  dollar  among 
the  Peter  Pence  throws  a  ray  of  light 
athwart  the  pathway  of  the  man  of God. 
A  homeless  wanderer,  his grip  is  no less 
embarrassed  in  the  check  room  than  he 
among  the  children of  men.  He is  easy 
and  informal  in  his  manner  and  often 
engages  the attention  of  the  waiter  girls 
without  the  eccentricity  of  an  introduc­
tion.  Probably  he  has  met  them  else­
where  on  his  route,  and  it  makes  him 
feel  at  his  own  fireside  to  hear their 
gentle  voices  calling  roast  beef,  roast 
mutton,  veal  and  Irish  stew.  And  if 
he  is  a  true  knight  of  the  grip  he  will 
aptly  answer,  Give  me  Irish,  too.  So 
there  is  a  new  music  on  the  porcelain 
cymbals  and  joy  about  the  board  of  the 
wayside  inn  that  day.

Beneath  the  gay  and  nonchalant  de­
meanor  there  is  ofttimes  a  serious  vein. 
Some  little  locket  holds  the  counterfeit 
of  those  who have a story,  or in his watch 
case  is  a  face  that 
is  much  to  him. 
More  than  one  dependent  relative  may 
be  a  pensioner  on  his  purse  and  now 
and  then  he  takes  a  flyer  in  the  market 
just  to  chance a  little  Christmas present 
for  the  fireside  folks  at  home.  He 
troubles  not  the  world  with  his  own 
affairs, whether  of  grief  or  gladness,  but 
bears  to all  about  him  the  spirit  of  ro­
mance  and  knight-errantry,  of  which

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Antiseptic  Fiore 
Packaoe Co.

Manufacturer of 
Packages for marketing 
Lard,  Butter,  Jelly, 
Mincemeat,  etc.

Pay  for  themselves  in  securing  higher 
prices.  Always clean and  attractive. 
Furnished  with  your advertisement 
printed  upon  them  Cheaper than packages 
now  used.

187-189  Canal  St.
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

W ho  urges  you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

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

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SHOE THE BHBT HEART

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

HIRTH,  KRAUSE  &  CO.,  Grand  Rapids.

Our Specialties:

Children’s  Shoes,

Shoe  Store  Supplies,

Goodyear  Glove  Rubbers.

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We  Manufacture

Men’s Oil Grain  Creoles  and  Credmeres  in  2  S.  and  T. 
and  %  D.  S., also  Men’s Oil  Grain and  Satin Calf in  lace 
and  congress in  2  S.  and  T.  and 
D.  S., all  Solid—a 
good  western shoe at  popular prices.

We  also  handle  Snedicor  &  Hathaway Co.’s shoes in 
Oil Grain and Satin. 
It  will  pay  you  to  order  sample 
cases as they are every one of them a money-getter.  We 
still handle our line of specialties in  Men’s and  Women’s 
shoes.

We still handle the best .rubbers— Lycoming  and  Key­

stone—and  Felt Boots and  Lumbermen’s Socks.

Geo.  H.  Reeder &  Co.,

19  South  Ionia  Street,
Qrand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

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Then buy  Rindge, Kalmbach & Co.’s factory line—the line that will win 
and  hold the trade for you.  W e handle everything in the line of footwear.
W e are showing  to-day  the  finest  spring  line  in  the  State— all  the 

latest colors and  shapes.

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

can  give you some  bargains.

W e 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., 
Qrand Rapids.

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

Shoes  and  Leather
How  Wanamaker 

Inaugurated  His 

Shoe  Department.

Much  money 

is  annually  wasted  in 
advertising,  but  the  fault  lies  with  the 
advertiser  and  not  in  the  theory  of  ad­
vertising.  To  advertise  by  simply  us­
ing  the  business  card  of  the  advertiser, 
or  in  the old-fashioned,stereotyped man­
ner,  simply  stating  what  one  has  to 
sell,  may  prove  of  little value,  but  judi­
cious  advertising,  whatever  the  media, 
in  such  an  original  or 
should  be  done 
novel  manner  that 
its  originality  or 
novelty  will  of  itself  attract  the  atten­
tion  of  the  reading  public.  Herein  lies 
the  secret  of  judicious  advertising.

A  notable  instance  of  such  manner  of 
advertising  came  under  the  eye  of  the 
writer  only  a  few  days  ago,  the  bene­
ficial  result  of  which  was  so  palpably 
demonstrated 
in  a  few  hours  after  the 
appearance  of  the  advertisement  as  to 
be  convincing  proof  of  the  value  of 
judicious  advertising. 
in 
point  was  the  announcement  in the daily 
papers  of  New  York  City,  a  few  weeks 
ago,  by  John  Wanamaker,  of  the 
in­
introductory  sale  of 
auguration  of  an 
men’s  shoes  in  the  famous  department 
store  formerly  occupied  by  the  late  firm 
of  A.  T.  Stewart  &  Co.,  Broadway  and 
Tenth  street.

The  case 

Previous  to  this  announcement  this 
palace  of  retail  trade  had  never  con­
tained  a  department  for  the  sale  of 
men’s  shoes,  although  there  is  scarcely 
anything  else  that  one  can  conceive  of 
for  the  comfort,  pleasure  and  luxury  of 
man  and  beast  but  what  could  be 
obtained  here.  Notwithstanding  no  man 
would  be  likely  to  go  there  to  look  for 
a  pair  of  shoes  for  his  own  wear,  he 
could  there  find  an  endless  assortment 
to  select  from  for  the  feminine  portion 
of  his  family.

About 

ii  o’clock  of  the  first  day  of 
the  appearance  of  the  advertisement 
curiosity  prompted  the  writer  to  visit 
the  establishment,  and  at  this  early 
hour (only  three  hours  after the  opening 
of  the  sale)  there  were  at  least  a  hun­
dred  men  seated 
in  the  shoe  depart­
ment  purchasing  shoes,  and  I  feel  sure 
that  it  is  no  exaggeration  to  say  that  in 
the  first  day’s  sale  the  newly-advertised 
shoe  department  sold  at  least a thousand 
pairs  of  men’s  shoes  at  retail.

The  writer  continued  his  visits  to  the 
department  each  day  for  a  week,  and 
each  time  witnessed  as 
large  and  at 
times  even  a  larger  aggregation  of  buy­
ers  of  shoes,  and  the  sale  still  contin­
ues,  and  crowds  of  buyers  continue  to 
come,  until  now,  after  less  than 
two 
weeks  since  the  appearance  of  the  first 
advertisement  of  this  gigantic  sale,  it 
can  truly  be  said that  a  solid  foundation 
has  been 
laid  for  a  permanent  depart­
ment  for  the  sale  of  men’s  shoes  in  the 
Wanamaker  store.

This  sale  is  cited  here  simply  for  the 
purpose  of  proving  the  value  of  judi­
cious  advertising. 
’Tis  true,  we  cannot 
all  be  Wanamakers,  nor  all  of  us  gifted 
with  the  talent  exhibited  in  the  attract­
ive  reading  of  the  novel  style  of  diction 
of  the  writer  of  Wanamaker's  advertise­
ments.  Neither  can  all  merchants  be 
expected  to  have  in  their  employ one  of 
such  shrewdness  and  thorough  practical 
experience  and  ability  as  ’ ’ Andy”   Mc- 
Gowin,  who  is  buyer  and  general  man­
ager  of  the  shoe  departments  of  Wana­
in  both  the  New  York  City  and 
maker 
Philadelphia  stores, 
to  whose  ability 
we  give  the  credit of  making it  possible 
for  John  Wanamaker  to  have  bargains

to  advertise,  and  to  conscientiously  per­
form  what  he  advertises.

But  every  business  man  or  merchant, 
if  he  will  give  the  subject  a  little  at­
tention,  wili  soon  find  himself  able  to 
place  his  wares  before  the  public  in 
■ such  an  attractive  form  of  advertising 
that  he  will  soon  be  convinced  that  it 
does  pay  to  advertise— judiciously.— 
Harry  T.  Nisbet  in  Boots  and  Shoes.
Good  Things  Said  by  Up-to-Date 

Shoe  Dealers.

if 

Fashion’s  fickle  finger  points  to  a 
fuller  toe  shape  for  the new shoes—more 
room  for  the  toes,  and  so  a  more  sen­
sible  style.  Our  “ Lenox”   shape 
is  a 
beautiful  combination  of  graceful  lines 
and  comfort—broad  enough  to  be  easy, 
narrow  enough  to  he  daintily  stylish.— 
Gimbel  Bros.,  Phila.

The  days are getting short; that  means 
the 
life  of  the  summer  shoe  is  about 
over.  We  don’t  mean  to  have  any  die 
on  our  hands 
low  prices  can  move 
them. — Five Brothers,Shoe  Store,  Bing- 
hampton,  N.  Y.

We  do  not  indulge  in  empty  phraseol­
ogy,  nor  can  we  afford  to  make  hap­
hazard  statements  as  to  quality  and 
price.  We  have  a  reputation  to  guard, 
and  whenever  you  read  of  bargains 
in 
the  Big  Store’s  announcements  you  can 
depend  upon 
it  that  we  are  ready  to 
“ deliver  the  goods.” — Siegel,  Cooper 
&  Co.,  N.  Y.

It’s  harder  to  make  fine  shoes  that 
shall  wear  well  than  to  make  good- 
wearing  shoes  with 
less  beauty.  So 
shoemakers  are  more  than  content  to 
find  buyers  for  the  easier sort.  We won’t 
have  them  in  regular  stocks—our  shoes 
must  be  both  fine  in  finish  and  great  for 
endurance.  But  one  of  the  shoemakers 
who  works  for  us  works  for  others  as 
well—others  who’ll 
take  these  shoes 
easier  to  make.  Just  now  he  has  an  ac­
cumulation  of  thirty-five  hundred  pairs 
and  we  take  them  in,  not  for  stock,  but 
to  sell  to-day.  They’re  as  good  as  they 
look  and  they’ll  wear  longer  than  many 
finer  shoes.— John  Wanamaker,  N.  Y.

The  Trading-Stamp  Scheme.

From the Grocery World.

Letters  on  the  trading-stamp  scheme 
still  keep  pouring 
in  to  trade  papers 
everywhere  and  associations,  nearly  all 
enquiring  as  to  the  best  way  out  of  it. 
The  advice  given  here  to  stop  giving 
out  the  stamps  seems  to  have been taken 
up  by  quite  a  number,  and  many  of 
those  who  were  the  first  to  take  it up are 
now  so  sick  of  it  that  the  mere  mention 
of  trading  stamps  seems  to  give  them  a 
pain.  The  Morgenthaler  case  in  Brook­
lyn,  N.  Y .,  in  which  the  company  is 
suing  him  for  refusing  to  continue  giv­
ing  the  stamps,  as  per  contract,  has  not 
as  yet  reached  the  courts.  This  case  is 
attracting  considerable  notice,  since  the 
defendant  is  determined  to  see the thing 
through,  cost  what 
it  may.  This  will 
act  as  a  precedent  for  all  the  others 
who  have  broken  their  contract,  and 
we  await  the  outcome  with  considerable 
interest.

Why  She  Was  Silent.

“ Well,  sir,”   said  the  traveling  man, 
“ I  heard  of  a  Chicago  woman yesterday 
who  had  not  spoken  a  word  for  six 
weeks. ’ ’

“ Oh,  say,  now,”   exclaimed  the skep­
tical  man,  “ that’s  too  much!  What 
was  the  matter  with  her?”

‘ She  died  a  month  and  a  half  ago.”

Purely  Business.

“ Julia,”   said  the  old  gentleman  re­
proachfully,  “ if  I  am  not  mistaken  you 
gave  that  young  man  a  kiss.”

“ I  did  no  such  a  thing,”  returned the 
“ It  was 

young  woman  with  emphasis. 
a  trade. ’ *

The  question  as  to  whether  angels 
have  wings  is  to  be  settled  by  the  New 
York  Supreme  Court.  A  woman  artist 
made  a  memorial  window  for  a  church 
in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  When  the  man  who 
ordered  the  window  saw  that  there  was 
a  wingless  angel  therein  he  refused  to 
accept  it  and  a  suit  followed.

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this market by us.

Goodyear,— none  better.

We are showing  the  strongest line of Shoes ever placed on 

We are just as  emphatic  about  our  Rubber  Line— W ales- 

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

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5  and  7  Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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The  Beginning  of  Another  Era  of 
Written for the  T r ad esm an.

Prosperity.

It 

that,  from 

latitude,  gold 

A  most  important  factor  in  the  com­
in 
mercial  horizon  is  again  appearing 
the  discovery  of  gold 
in  new  districts 
of  the  world.  By  examining  a  map  of 
the  world  on  a  globular  projection,  it 
will  readily  be  seen 
the 
fortieth  to  the  seventieth  degree  of 
in  greater  or  less 
north 
quantities 
is  taken  from  the  earth  in 
numerous  places  on  the  globe  we  in­
habit. 
is  quite  probable  that,  be­
tween  the  degrees  named,  in  the  Brit­
ish  possessions  in  America,  Russia 
in 
Europe,  and  in  our  own  American  pos­
sessions,  fabulous  sums  of  the  precious 
metal  will  be  taken  from  the  earth  and 
added  to  the  visible  wealth  of  the world 
within  the  next  decade.  Just  how  or  in 
what  manner  this  would  affect  the  com­
merce  of  our  globe,  and 
incidentally 
the  United  States,  can  only  be  con­
jectured.  One  thing,  however,  is  cer­
tain—either  that  the  value  of  the  metal 
must  decline,  or  labor  and  all 
its  pro­
ductions  must  and  will  advance in price 
the  world  over.  The  latter  clause  of  the 
prediction  is  the  more  probable.

If 

in  her  operations. 

This  is  only  a  natural 

law  and  con­
sequence ;  and  Nature  makes  no  mis­
takes 
it  were 
otherwise,the  effect  would  be  disastrous 
and  deplorable,  as  the  great  mass  of 
producers  of  food  and  raiment  would  in 
time  be  reduced  to  serfdom.  But,  with 
the  price  of  everything  produced  by  la 
bor  advanced—and  by 
labor  we  also 
mean  its  requisite machinery—the  poor­
est  individual  who  labors  with  spade, 
tongue  or  pen  will  find  not  only  em­
ployment,  but  will  be  able  to  purchase 
for  cash  sufficient  for  all  his  wants,  and 
to  spare,  and  he  who  tills  the  soil  will 
reap  a  golden  harvest 
in  the  widest 
sense  of  the  word.  Our  merchants,  who 
are  the  real  distributers  of  all  goods 
and  wares,  required  or  desired,  will 
witness  a  revival  of  trade  and  prosper­
ity  before  unknown.  Their  numbers 
will  increase,  towns  and  cities  will  ex­
pand  in  size  and  beauty  and  the  farmer 
become  a  peer  of  the  realm.

Granted  that  millionaires  will 

in­
crease  also.  The  great  Republic  has 
use  for  them.  Without  them,  few  large 
enterprises  could be undertaken success­
fully.  Millionaires  are  the  very  foun­
dation  upon  which  rests  the  stability  of 
a  great  nation ;  and,  held  in  check  by  a 
wise  legislation  and  by  the  free  voters 
of  any  republic,  they  are  a  power  in  the 
land  which,  in  times  of  trouble,  either 
foreign  or 
is  priceless. 
The  ease  with  which  the great capitalist 
can  respond  to  a  call  for  money  may 
sometimes  be,  in  itself,  the  very  safety 
of  a  nation.

internecine, 

Within 

the  boundaries  heretofore 
named—in  1848,  almost  half  a  century 
aS° —gold  was  discovered 
in  Califor­
nia,  and  we  distinctly  remember 
its 
effect  upon  the  commerce  of  our  cou- 
try,  and  more  especially  its  productive 
portions.  Our  manufactories  were  lim­
ited  and  our  large  cities  few 
in  com­
parison  with  the  present,  but  for  the 
following  five  years  a  great  tidal  wave 
of  prosperity  swept  over  the entire land. 
Immigration 
the  most  desirable 
classes  came  with  this  tide,  viz.,  Ger­
man  and  Scandinavian 
laborers  and 
their  families,  seeking  homes 
the 
Far  West.  There  were  no  criminals, 
anarchists  or  socialists  among  them. 
Everyone  of  mature  age  could  read  and 
language,  and  con­
write 
verse 
to  do 
business.  Plainly  but  well  dressed,  |

in  his  own 
in  English  sufficiently 

of 

in 

each  family  brought  with  them  large 
sums  of  money,  chiefly  in  foreign  gold 
and  silver,  sufficient  at  least  to  supply 
them  with  every  comfort  desired 
in 
transit,  and 
to  purchase  a  home  in 
America.  When  asked  their  destina­
tion  from New York,  the  answer  almost 
invariably  was,  “ Chicago,”   which  was 
then  a  small  city  with  only  two  rail­
roads  entering  it.

In  closing,  allow  me  to  say,  even  at 
this  early  hour  of  the  late  discoveries 
of  gold  in  America,  that  it  will  be  wise 
for  our  own  Government  to  put  forth 
every  effort  to  exclude  the  undesirable 
classes  who  will  swarm  upon  our shores. 
in  preventing 
The  expense  entailed 
their  landing  can 
in  no  wise  be  com­
pared  with  the  cost  of  maintaining 
them  as  criminals  or  paupers.

F r a n k   A .  Ho w i g .
Interest  of  Honest 

Legislation  in  the 

Advertising.

What  a  sad  commentary  it  is  upon the 
veracity  and  perspicacity  of  the  mer­
chants  of  Illinois  that  the  last  Legisla­
ture,  which  a  consensus  of  public  opin­
ion  classifies  as  the most perfidious body 
which  has  ever  disgraced  the  fair  fame 
of  that  State,  should  have  deemed 
it 
necessary  to  provide  “ an  act  to regulate 
and  prohibit  sensational  or  false  adver­
tisements 
in  newspapers  or  otherwise 
and  to  provide  penalties for  the  viola­
tion  thereof.”

Although  the  Illinois  statute  may  be 
classed  in  that  great  division  of 
law 
known  as  fool  legislation,  it  serves  to 
point  out  that  not  every  merchant has  as 
yet  accepted  the  fact  that  honesty  is  the 
best  policy.

in  their  business 

To  one  who  watches  the  course  of 
trade  as  it  flows  from  one  dealer  to  an­
other  it  seems  almost incredible that any 
considerable  proportion  of  merchants 
should  fail  to  appreciate  the  value  of 
truth 
I 
have  known  dozens  of  cases  where 
splendid  special  sales  were  fathered  by 
absolute  prevarication,  but  I  have  never 
known  an  instance  in  which  the  lie  did 
not  come  home  to  roost;  in  which  the 
untruth  did  not  result  in  more  lasting 
injury  than  immediate  profit.

literature. 

I  know  of  two  shoe  men  who  are  do­
ing  business  in  a  provincial  city.  One 
has  a  considerable  advantage  in  loca­
tion  but  marvels  that  purchasers  go 
blocks  out  of  their  way  to  reach  the 
other’s  store.  One  man’s advertisement 
reads,  “ $3  Oxfords  $1.29. ”   The  other 
says,“ Good  Oxfords  $1.50. ”   The  wom­
en  of  the  city  tested  both.  The  first 
season  one  found  many  gullibles.  To­
day  the  other  has  the  business  of  the 
town.  Truth 
is  mighty  and  does  pre­
vail.

I  have  never  known  of a  permanently 
successful  business  built  upon  any foun­
dation  other  than  that  of  integrity. 
I 
know  of  several  fine opportunities which 
have  been  ruined  by  misrepresentation.
I  also  know  of  dozens  of  business  men 
who  would  not  permit  a  clerk  to  prac­
tice  deceit  who  are  trying  every  day  to 
lure  purchasers  to  their  counters  by 
woeful  exaggerations.

One  of  Chicago’s  great  department 
stores  lost  many  thousands  of  dollars 
through  an  ineffectual  attempt  to  hood­
wink  the  public.  At  first  the  attempt 
succeeded,  then  turned  to  utter  failure. 
lesson 
Now 
institution,  with  a 
itself 
learned,  is  slowly  re-establishing 
in  the  confidence  of  those  whom 
it  de­
ceived,  while  an  advertising  manager 
and  several  buyers  are  “ at  liberty.”

the 

It  is a  matter of  regrettable  surprise

that,  with  so  many  examples  of  the 
in- 
expedience  of  misstatement  beneath 
every  advertiser’s  nose,  the  tendency  to 
exaggeration  is  not  counteracted  either 
by  the  morality  or  the  prudence  which 
Nature  made  a  part  of  every man.  The 
Illinois  law  provides  for  a  fine  of  $25 
for  every  offense  against 
the  clause 
which  prohibits  the  publication  of  ad­
vertisements  of  goods  or  merchandise 
whereby  the  same  are  falsely  represent­
ed  to  be  of  a  greater  value  than  the 
price  at  which  the  articles  are  offered 
for  sale.  There  ought  to  be  a  stronger 
incentive  than  this  to  restrain 
those 
who  are  prone  to  disregard  the  truth. 
The  department  store  which  advertises 
two-dollar  shirt  waists,or  even  fifty-cent 
shirt  waists,  for  twenty-five  cents,  would 
better  save  the  price  of  the  space  unless 
the  garments  are  actually  of  the  quality 
stated. 
Such  bargain  offerings,  and 
they  are  very  common,  may  sell  twenty- 
five  cent  waists  for  a  quarter  of  a  dollar 
for  a  time,  but  a  business  of  this  char­
acter  will  prove  a  mighty  difficult  thing 
to  maintain.

No  man  can  construct  an  ever-flowing 
patronage  for  his  wares "by  the  bare  but 
oft-repeated  statement  that  he  is  selling 
goods  at  less  than  they  are  worth.  Such 
advertisements  are  unproductive,  be­
cause  the  public 
is  fast  gaining  a 
knowledge  of  values  and  of  business 
methods.  Every  sensible  person  knows 
that  no  one  can  perpetually  sell  at 
less 
than  cost. 

H u g h   B .  R o b e r t s .

All  the  Same

‘ P a,"  said  Bobby,  finding  his  father 
on  the  front  porch,  “ ma  wants  to  bor­
row  your  knife.”

^  What  does  she  want  with  it,  son?”  
“ I  thiuk  she  wants  to  whittle.”  
“ Wants  to  whittle?”
“ Well,  she  wants  to  sharpen  a  lead 

pencil. ”

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Where  Business  Is  Brisk.

A  Kansas  man  was  talking  of  that 
State  yesterday  and  the  “ good  times”  
there.

“ Business  brisk,is it?”  he  was  asked.
“ Well,  it  is  pretty  lively,”  he  replied 

—“ at  least,  in  my  town.”

‘ What  business  are  you  in?”
“ Well,”   he 

replied,  nesitatingly, 
“ my  wife  is  chief  of  police  and  I’m  on 
the  force. ’ ’

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If  your  hands  cannot  be  usefully  em­
ployed,  attend  to  the  cultivation  of  your 

mind. All
Leaders

Stark’s Specialties:

Solid. Serviceable. 
Stylish Shoes

Men’s,  Boys’,  Youths’.

Custom  made for  dealers  to  retail  at $2 to 
$5.  They  have  a  record  for  nearly  Half  a 
Century of Uniform  Reliability.
winter of ’97 and  spring of ’9S..

Entire  new  line of samples  now readv  for 

To insure an  early  call  and  secure  exclu­
sive agency,  address  A.  B.  CLARK, Law-
ton,  Mich.

E.  H.  STARK  &  CO.,

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

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ft  iUord  to  the 
is 
Better than  a  Century 
Dictionary to  the  Otherwise

Rubbers are going to be higher.
The price will advance October  i.
The advance will be all of 5  per cent.
Your customers can’t afford it.
Rubber  buying  time  is  almost  here—the  time  when  you 

will be asked for all kinds of  rubbers.

Are you ready? 

If not, you are going to  be compelled  to 

buy more rubbers later—after that 5  per cent,  advance. 

They will cost you more.  You must charge more.

you  ,can  make  it  all  right  with  your  customers. 
Maybe they will cheerfully pay more, and maybe they won’t. 
Maybe they will  go  to  some  dealer  who  bought  at  the  old 
price.

Better  go  through  your  stock  and  see  if  you  have  all 

you need.

We are better fixed to  supply  your  rubber  demands  tlian 
any other jobber.  We “ don’t do  a  thing ” but  sell  rubbers. 
We are the only house handling nothing  but  rubbers, which 
sells the goods of the Boston  Rubber Shoe Company and the 
Bay State  Rubber  Company.  We  have  all  kinds  and  we 
have a plenty.  We  can  fill  at  once  any  order,  no  matter 
how varied, no matter how large.

The  duck  goods  of  the  Boston  Company  are  becoming 
scarce.  We have plenty, and can fill  orders at the old price 
if sent at once.

We want your trade.  We do everything to get it.

Yours truly,

OP.  J l.  I h c f ir a w   «   C o .,  D etro it,  Iflic b .

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Clerks’ Corner

The  Biter  Bitten.

Written for the T rad esm an.

She  was  tall  and  angular  and gave one 
the  impression  that,  if  she  were  better 
natured,  she  might  be 
fatter.  Every 
salesman  behind  the dress goods  counter 
was  busy  when  this  attenuated  female 
seated  herself  among  the  other  custom­
ers  at  the  counter. 
It  chanced  that  she 
chose  a  seat  next  to  the  woman  upon 
whom  I  was  waiting  and,  as  I  glanced 
at  her,  I  remember  distinctly  wishing 
that 
it  might  not  be  my  misfortune  to 
wait  on  her.

There  were  many  pieces  of  disor­
dered  goods  heaped  upon  the  counter. 
Some  of  these  the newcomer impatiently 
examined,  making  several 
ineffectual 
efforts  to  get  hold  of  the  end  of  one  of 
the  bolts.  Then,  looking  up  and  down 
the  counter  and  seeing  that  every  sales­
man  was  occupied,  she  was  seized  with 
that  peculiar  kind  of  impatience  known 
only  to  the  woman  shopper  who  has  un­
limited  time  only  when  she  has  secured 
the  services  of  the  only  available  clerk 
and  there  are  half  a  dozen  people  wait­
ing.

“ Why  can’t  I  be  waited  on? 

a  dreadful  hurry. 
firm  might  keep  enough  clerks  to 
to  their  customers.’ ’

I’m  in 
I  should  think  the 
'tend 

is 

“ What 

it,  madam?  Can  I  be  of 
any  service  to  you?”   asked  Mr.  Fan­
ning,  the  manager.

“ Yes,  you  can!”   she  snarled. 

“ I 

want  to  see  some  black  dress  goods.”  

“ Certainly,  madam;  I  shall  be  glad 
to  show  them  to  you,”   said  the  mana­
ger,  making  his  way  behind  the  coun­
ter. 
“ Now  what  class  of  goods  would 
you 
like  to  see,  fancy  or  plain,  and 
about  what  price?”

“ I  don’t  want  to  see  none  of this  stuff 
heaped  up  here  like  so  much  wire  rope. 
It’s  last  year’s  goods  anyway.  Show 
me  y ’r  new  goods.”

took  time  to 

Although  doing  my  best  just  then  to 
sell  one  of  the  pieces  characterized  as 
“ wire  rope”   and  “ last  year’s  goods,”
I 
look  at  Mr.  Fanning. 
His  face  was  beaming with good nature; 
but  there  was  something 
in  his  eye 
which  said,  “ Keep  right  on,  old  g ir l; 
my  turn  will  come  by  and  by.”

The  woman  evidently  supposed  that 
Mr.  Fanning  was  a  regular  salesman, 
for  she  certainly  did  not  show  the  re­
spect  for  him  which  a  manager  usually 
inspires.

“ And  you  have  the  face  to  stand  up 
there  and  tell  me  that  this  piece  of 
goods  is  the  latest  thing  out?  Sol-Yale, 
you  call  it?”

“ Yes,  ma’am,  soliel.  It  is  one  of  the 
most  stylish  of  the  new  fall  fabrics  and 
we  just  opened  it  up  yesterday. ”

‘ Why,  it’s  nothing  but  wool  satine.  I 
bad  a  dress  of  that  stuff  six  years  ago, 
and 
it  was  the  worst  goods  to  hold  the 
dust  ’at I  ever saw'.  New style!  Humph! 
you’d  better  tell  that  to  somebody  that 
don’t  read  the  fashion  books. 
It’s  no 
use  to  believe  what  dry  goods  clerks 
say,  anyw-ay.  They’d  tell  lies  even 
if 
the  truth’d  answer 
I’ll 
consult  higher  authority  than  you,  sir, 
before  I  11  believe  that  old  wool  satine 
has  come  back  into  style!”

’em  better. 

“ Pardon  me,  madam, ”  said  the man­
ager,  without  the  least  show  of  temper; 
“ but,  while  you  may  think  that  you  are 
if  I 
very  smart,  ycu  will  excuse  me 
say  that  I  don’t  think  so. 
If  you  have 
read  the  fashion  journals,as you say,  you 
must  have  done  so  without  your glasses, 
or  else  you  would  have  seen  that  plain

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

fabrics  are  very  stylish  this  fall.  I  have 
just  returned  from  New  York,  where  I 
spent  a month  in  looking  up  and buying 
the  best  and  most  stylish  things  I  could 
find  in  dress  goods.  You  will  have  to 
pardon  me  again 
if  I  seem  to  think 
that  I  ought  to  know  more  about  dress 
goods,  and  everything  pertaining  there­
to,  than  an 
ignorant  old  woman,  such 
as  you  have  shown  yourself  to  be,  could 
be  expected  to  know. ’ ’

There  was  a  vacant 

stare—also  a 
vacant  place  in  front  of  the  dress  goods 
counter,  and  the  angular  female  who 
had  occupied 
it  did  not  pause  on  her 
way  out  even  to  take  a  fine large colored 
fashion 
journal  from  the  stand  at  the 
door. 

M a c   A l l a n .

First  Cotton  M ill  in  America.

in  America. 

The  tablet  which  is  to  mark  the  site 
of  the  first  cotton  mill  in  America  was 
put 
in  place  recently  at  the  corner  of 
Dodge  and  Cabot  streets,  North  Bever­
ly,  Mass.  There  were  no  formal  exer­
cises,  but  among  those  invited  by  the 
Beverly  Historical  Society  to  be present 
was  R.  S.  Rantoul,  of  Salem,  as  the 
result  of  whose  researches  the  fact  was 
demonstrated  that  this  was  really  the 
first  cotton  mill 
It  ap­
pears  that  when  Mr.  Rantoul  was Mayor 
of  Salem  he  was  invited  to  Pawtucket, 
R.  I.,  to  attend  the  celebration  of  the 
centennial  of  the  opening of the first cot­
ton  mill  in  America.  He  did  not  go, 
but  he  began  to  look  up  the  history  of 
the  cotton  mills.  The result  demonstra­
ted  beyond  doubt  that  the  mill  in  Bev­
erly  antedated  that 
in  Pawtucket  by 
some  years.  The facts  are  substantiated 
by  no  iess  a  person  than  George  Wash­
ington,  who  on  his  tour  through  New 
England  made  a  visit  to  this  mill  in 
1789,  and  recorded  at  length his impres­
sions.  This  was  a  year  before  Slater 
came  to  America,  and  two  years  before 
he  started  his  mill  in  Pawtucket.  The 
Beverly  mill  was  built  and  running  in 
1788. 

s

Grand  Opening  of the  Grand  Trunk
Railway System’s New Single Arch 

Steel  Bridge  at  Niagara  Falls, 

Thursday,  Friday  and  Sat­
urday, Sept. 23,24 and 

25,  1897.

The  Grand  Trunk  Railway  system 
will  give  a  three  days’  free  entertain­
ment  on  above  dates,  when  this  great 
achievement  of  bridge  building  will 
be  formally  opened  to  the  general  pub­
lic.

Low  excursion  rates  to  Niagara  Falls, 
Out.,  and  return  will  be  named  from 
all  stations  on  the  Grand  Trunk  Rail­
way  system  west  of  the  Detroit  and 
St.  Clair  rivers,  good  going on  all  after­
noon  trains  of  Wednesday,  Sept.  22  and 
for  all  of  Thursday,  Sept.  23,  good  for 
return  on  all  trains  up  to  and  including 
Monday,  Sept.  27.

Among  the  various  features  and  at­
tractions  of  the  three  days’  free  carni­
val  will  be  a  continuous  open  air  enter­
tainment  of  a  unique  character,  from 
large  elevated  stages  erected  on 
two 
either  side  of 
the  Niagara  River. 
Grand 
illumination  of  the  bridge  and 
falls,and  magnificent  pyrotechnical  dis­
plays  and  fireworks,  under  the  direction 
of  Prof.  Paine  of  New  York,  on  a  scale 
of  magnificence  unequaled  since  the 
marvelous  display  at  the  World’s  Fair, 
Chicago.

For  program  of  the  three  days’  fes­
tivities,  containing 
illustration  of  the 
new  single  arch  bridge  and  particulars 
of  excursion 
rates,  apply  to  ticket 
agents  of  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway 
System,  or  D.  &  M.  depot  and  city 
ticket  office,  23  Monroe  street.

W.  M.  Marr,  Acting Agent.

His  Business.

Pedestrian—  Have  you  no  occupation?
Beggar—Yes,  sir;  I  am  a  collector  of 
rare  coins.  You  haven’t  a  spare  ten- 
dollar  gold  piece  about  you,  have  you?

Association M atters

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J. W is l e k ,  Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 
A .  Sto w e,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F. 
T atm an, Clare.

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  C h as.  F.  B o c k,  Battle  Creek;  Vice 
President,  H.  W.  W e b b e r ,  West  Bay  City; 
Treasurer, Hen r y C. Min n ie,  Eaton Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers' Association 

President, J oseph K n ig h t;  Secretary, E.  Ma r k s, 

221 Greenwood ave;  Treasurer, N.  L. K oenig.

Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J.  G eo.  L ehm an.

President,  F r a n k  J.  Dy k ;  Secretary,  H om er 

Saginaw Mercantile Association 

President,  P.  F .  T r e a n o r;  Vice-President, J ohn 
Mc Br a t n ie ;  Secretary,  W.  H.  L e w is ;  Treas­
urer, L o u ie  S ch w erm er

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, G e o.  E.  L e w is ; Secretary, W .  H. P or­

t e r ;  Treasurer, J.  L.  P etbrm ann

Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

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

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  Martin  Gafney;  Secretary,  E  F. 

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

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

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

b e l l ;  Treasurer, W. E. C o llin s.

Alpena Business Men’s Association 

President,  F .  W .  G il c h r is t;  Secretary,  C.  L. 

P a r t r id g e.

Why  hunt  for  happiness  when 

the 
whole  thing  lies  in  health  and  good  hu­
mor?

Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association 
President, L. J. K a t z ;  Secretary, P h ilip Hil b e r ; 

Treasurer, S. J.  Hu tpo r d.

Given  Away!!
Free! 
Cash  Register 

Our Offer to the Trade:

W ith  i .ooo of our best  S-cent  Cigars at $39 per  M   we  will  send  free  a 
solid  nickeled  case  detailed  self  adder  Cash  Register,  equal  to  registers 
heretofore  sold  for  $175 and  upwards.  The Cigars are  equal  to  any  c-cent 
Cigar in  the market.  Terms 30  days;  less  2  per cent.  10 days.

Our Guarantee:

W e  will  ship  by  freight  the  above  Cigars  and  Register  on  five  days’ 
approval,  to  be  returned  if  not  exactly  as  represented  and  entirely  satis­
factory to yourself.  W hy  pay  $175 for a  Cash  Register when you  can  ob 
tain  one  free?  Sign  and  return  the  enclosed  order  blank  and  the  goods
will  go promptly forward  on  five  days’  triai. 
If you  do  not find the  Cigars

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D E S C R I P T I O N   O P   C A S H   R E G I S T E R - 

THIS,SA STUPENDOUS OFFER, AND MANY WHO READ THIS ADVERTISEMENT WILL BE INCREDULOUS.

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DETROIT  TOBACCO  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Qrip. 

President, J as. P. Hammkll, Lansing;  Secretary, 
D. C.  S la g h t, Flint;  Treasurer,C h as.  McN olty 
Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President, S.  H.  Hart,  Detroit:  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D. Mo r r is, Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan.

Grand  Counselor,  F.  L.  D a y .  Jackson;  Grand 
Secretary, G.  S. Valmore, Detroit;  Grand Treas 
tirer,  G eo.  A.  R e y n o ld s,  Saginaw .
Michigan Commercial Travelers* Mutual  Acci­

dent Association.

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

President, A. F. P e a k e , Jackson;  Secretary and 
Board  of  Directors—F.  M.  T y l e r ,  H.  B.  F a ir - 
c h ild ,Ja s. N. B r a d fo r d , J. H e n r y D a w l e y .G eo. 
J.  Hein zelm an, C h as. S.  Robinson.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club.
^>r^s™en t’  W.  C.  B row n,  Marquette;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F.  VVixson,  Marquette.
Detroit  on  Record  on  the  New  Mile­

age  Monstrosity.

Detroit.  Sept.  20— I would like a small 
space  in  your  valuable  paper  to  express 
my  views  on  the  new  interchangeable 
mileage  book,  which  is  calling  forth  so 
much  well-deserved  condemnation. 
In 
the  first  place,  I  think  the  book  was  not 
intended  for  use  of  traveling  men  (for 
there  does  not  seem  to  be  one  redeem­
ing  feature  in  it),  but  to  do  away  with 
other  mileage  books,  so  they  would  be 
compelled  to  pay  cash  fares. 
I  cannot 
understand  why  railroads  should  be  so 
careful  to  discriminate  against commer­
cial  travelers,  as  they  are  the  men  who 
supply  the  roads with two-thirds  of  their 
freight,  as  well  as  one-half  of  the  pas­
sengers. 
I  have  been  traveling  for  a 
good  niimber  of  years,  have  always  car­
ried  heavy  trunks  and  have  been  re­
peatedly  at  railroad  stations  getting  my 
baggage  checked,  when  some  one  would 
come  up  to  have  checked  a  personal 
trunk,  weighing  fully  as  much  as  mine, 
have  theirs  checked  unquestioned, while 
I  would  be  obliged  to  pay  excess  bag­
gage,  because 
it  was  known  that  I  was 
a  traveler.  Also  preachers  have  bought 
tickets,  when  I  was  purchasing  mine, 
at  the  2  cent  rate,  while  I  had  to  pay  3 
cents  a  mile  or  purchase  one  thousand 
miles  at  one  time.

The  traveling  man  is  only  allowed  150 
pounds  of  baggage,  while  any 
little 
troupe  of  actors  get  transporation  at  a  2 
cent  rate  and  are  allowed  300  pounds 
on  each  ticket. 
like  to ask 
which  party  is  the  more  beneficial  to  a 
railroad—the  one  who  is  on  the  road  all 
the  time  and  all  goods which he sells are 
shipped  by  rail,  or  the  one  who  only 
travels  a  part  of  the  time  and  has  no 
freight  to  ship?

I  would 

I  am  surprised  and  sorry  to  hear  of 
any  railroad  official  making  such  re­
marks  as  the  papers  report  were  made 
by  H.  F.  Moeller,  Assistant  Passenger 
Agent  of  the  F.  &  P.  M.  They  were 
entirely  uncalled  for and  unjust.  As  to 
traveling  men  being  “ dishonest”   and 
“ kickers,”   they  will  compare  very  fa­
vorably  with  any  body  of  railroad  men !
I  have  traveled  a  good  many  years, 
both  in  the  United  States  and  Canada,' 
and  have  used  nearly  all  kinds  of  mile­
age.  but  have  never  seen  a  book  that 
contained so many objectionable features 
as  the  one  we  now  have. 
In  Canada 
there  is  a  Traveling  Men’s  Association 
which 
is  recognized  by  all  railroads. 
Any  member  showing  his  ticket  at  the 
ticket  office  can  purchase a ticket  to  any 
place  for  2X  cents  a  mile  (Saturdays 
going  and  returning  Mondays  for  i 
cents  per  mile.) 
If  he  has  any  excess 
over  the  300  pounds  he  can  check  it, 
pay  the  excess  from  one  end  of  the 
road  to  the  other,  and  get  a  stop  over, 
with  no  extra  charge,  at  every  station 
on  the  road.  The  same  can  be  done  on 
most  roads 
in  New  York  State  on  a  2 
cent  rate.

There  is  only  one  way we,as  traveling 
men,  can  make  our  strength  known, and 
is  to  band  together  and  vote  and 
that 
use  our 
influence  to  elect  men  to  the 
Legislature  who  will  force  the  railroads 
to  a  straight  2  cent  rate,  which  they 
could  have  avoided  by  making  a  mile­
age  book  that  would  be  acceptable  to

the  traveling  men,  who  number"’  over 
50,000  in  the  district  covered  by  th 
interstate  book.

I  am  glad  to  see  so  many  traveling 
men’s  associations  taking  action  in  th 
matter,  as  it  shows  a  unanimous  sent, 
ment  among  the-fraternities  for  justice
At  the  regular  meeting  of  Detro 
Council  No.  9,  U.  C.  T.  of  A.,  held 
Saturday  evening  last,  strong  condemn­
atory  resolutions  were  passed  in  regard 
to  the  book,  as well  as  the  slurs  on  trav 
eling  men.  There 
is  a  prospect  of 
great  mass  meeting  being  held  in  th, 
near  future, composed  of  wholesale  mer­
chants, manufacturers and  traveling  men 
to  formulate  some  plan  or proposition to 
offer  the  railroads  in  regard to a suitable 
mileage  book  which  will  be 
just  to 
both  parties. 
J.  W.  S c h r a m .
Toledo  Traveling  Men  Condemn  th 

New  Mileage  Book.

Toledo,  Sept.  20—At  a  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  the  Toledo  Trav 
eling  Men’s  Association,  held Saturday. 
September  18,  the  following  resolutions 
were  unanimously  adopted ;

Whereas,  The  Central  Passenger  As 
sociation  has  placed  on  the  market  an 
interchangeable  mileage ticket  which  is 
not  only  detrimental  but  inconveniences 
the  traveler  by requiring  holder of ticket 
to  exchange  it  for  another  ticket  before 
he  is  entitled  to  the  two  cent  rate ;

Whereas,  The  holder,  if  going  over 
two  roads  and  making  close  connection, 
will  not  have  time  to  exchange  tickets 
at  depot  of  connecting  line  or  to  re 
check  baggage as  said  ticket  requires

Whereas.  If  said  holder  changes  hiu 
mind  en  route  in  regard  to  destination 
(which 
is  often  the  case),he  would  be 
compelled  to pay  cash  fare,  as  he  would 
not  have  time  at  way  stations  to  ex 
change  tickets ;

Whereas,  In  getting  to  the  depot  in 
time  to  exchange  tickets,  it  is  not  al­
ways  practicable,  for  the  reason 
that 
is  of  such  varied  condi­
our  business 
tions ;

Whereas, 

Whereas,  The  price  asked  for  said 
mileage  ticket  would  mean  to  our  As­
sociation,  numbering  1,000  members, 
the  loaning  of  $10,000  without  interest;
If  the  Central  Passenger 
Association’s  only  object  was  to  dis­
criminate  against  the  unlawful  use  of 
said  mileage  ticket,  they  would  require 
the  photograph  of  purchaser  placed 
therein,  thus  preventing  counterfeiting 
and  obviating  all 
the  objectionable 
features  of  the  ticket  by  allowing  the 
conductors  to  detach  mileage;

Whereas,  The  commercial  traveler  is 
not  only  the  largest  purchaser  of  mile­
age  tickets,  but  furnishes  a  large  per­
centage  of  both  passenger  and  freight 
business  to  the  lines  of  the  said  Asso­
ciation  and  should  be  entitled  to  more 
consideration ;  therefore

Resolved,  That  we,  the  Toledo  Trav­
eling  Men  s  Association  condemn  the 
interchangeable  mileage  ticket  of  the 
Central  Passenger  Association  as  unrea­
sonable  and  unjust  to  the  commercial 
traveler ;

Resolved,  That  w.e,  as  an  Associa­
tion,  refrain  from  purchasing  said  in­
terchangeable  mileage  ticket  in  its pres­
ent  form.

Resolved,  That  we  request  the  firms 
represented  by  us  to  co-operate  with 
us  by  the  discrimination  of  freight;

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  reso­
lutions  be  sent  to  all  traveling  men’s 
associations  effected  by  the  Central Pas­
senger  Association  and  ask  their  en­
dorsement  of  same ;
Resolved,  That  two  copies  of  these 
resolutions  be  mailed  to  each  member 
of  our  Association,  one  for  himself  and 
one  for  his  employer.
Even  the  Tradesman’s  Angel  Dislikes 

the  Book.

Gladwin,  Sept.  20— In  accordance 
with  your  instructions,  I  bought  one  of 
the 
infernal  $30  mileage  books,  so  as 
to  “ note  how 
it  works.’ ’  Am  sure  I 
lost  the  sale  of  a  bill  of  goods at  Pin­
conning  because  of  the  time  I  had  to 
lose 
in  order  to  get  the  ticket  ex­
changed.  Every  commercial  man  who 
does  not  work  tooth  and  nail  for a  5,000 
mile  book  for  $100  is  a  chump.

M.  J.  Wr isl ev.

Grand  Rapids  Jobbers  Unanimously 

Oppose  the  Book.

it 

in 

last  Saturday 

Although  the  opposition  to  the  new 
mileage  book  originally  came  almost 
is  a 
wholly  from  traveling  men, 
notable  fact  that  the  wholesale  trade 
is 
beginning  to  take  the  matter  up  and 
adopt  strenuous  protests  against 
the 
continuation  of  the  present  system.  The 
Tradesman  notes  that  mercantile  asso­
ciations  and  boards  of  trade  in  many 
¡ties  have  already  taken  action  in  the 
matter,  and  the  feeling  in  Grand  Rap- 
ds  against  the  book  is  so  strong  that  it 
culminated 
the  ap­
pointment  of  a  committee,  composed  of 
Hon.  O.  A.  Ball  and  Mr.  Wm.  Judson, 
who  were asked  to  visit  General  Mana­
gers  Heald  and  Hughart  and  protest 
against  the  book  now 
In 
taking this  action,  the  wholesale  dealers 
expressly  stated  that  they  did  not  seek 
to  antagonize  the  railroads,  but believed 
that  a  friendly  conference  would  ulti­
mately  result  in  the  abolition  of  the  ob 
noxious  conditions  accompanying  the 
present  book.  The  committee  was  re 
ceived  very  courteously  and  was assured 
by  both  general  managers  that 
they 
would  use  their  influence  in  behalf  of  j 
more  equitable  arrangement.

in  vogue. 

is 

unit 

The  action 

of  the  Grand  Rapid 
wholesale  trade 
in  the  nature  of  l 
rebuke  to  Assistant  Passenger  Agent 
Moeller  for  stating  that  none  but  dis 
honest  traveling  men  oppose  the  new 
book.  The  Grand  Rapids  jobbers  are 
in  opposition  to  the  book  in  its 
present  form,  because  they  believe  it  i 
imed  at  the  small  percentage  of  men 
who  have,  perhaps,  acted  unfairly  with 
the  railroads.  They  claim,  and  ap­
parently  with  justice,  that  the  rank  and 
file  of  the  fraternity  are  honest  and  that 
their  employers  will  not  wink  at  any 
system  which  smirks  of  dishonesty. 
In 
common  with  the  long-time  demand  of 
the  traveling  men,  the  Grand  Rapids 
wholesale  trade  believe  that  the  rail 
roads  should  issue  a  5»000  mile 
inter 
changeable  book  for  $100,  good  on  all 
regular  trains,  throwing  around 
it  all 
the  restrictions  necessary  to  protect  the 
railroads  in  every  particular;  and  if  i_ 
s  necessary  to  do  it,  the  employers  of 
traveling  men  will  become  personally 
responsible  for  the  proper  use  of  the 
book.  This  position  seems  to  be  a  ten­
able  one  and  the  Tradesman  candidly 
believes  that  the  smaller  roads  in  the 
Central  Passenger  Association  will  be 
able  to  convince  the  public-be-damned 
Vanderbilt  lines  that  the  rights  of  the 
obber are  paramount  to  the  rights  of 
he  railroads,  and  that  any  attempt  to 
mpose  unnecessary  hardships  on  the 
raveling  men  will  be  resented  by  the 
wholesale  trade  and  opposed  to  the  ex­
tent  of  their  ability.
Kalamazoo  Not  in  Love  with  the New 

Book.

Kalamazoo,  Sept.  20— Post  K,  Mich­
igan  Knights  of  the  Grip,  held  a  meet­
ing  at  the  American  House  Sunday  aft­
ernoon.  The  members  heard  read,  and 
they  endorsed,  the  resolutions  passed 
by  the  Toledo  traveling  men  condemn- 
:ng  the  new 
interchangeable  mileage 
look  system.  The Post also  adopted  res­
olutions  of 
its  own,  which  are  as  fol­
lows :

Resolved,  That  we,  the  traveling  men 
Kalamazoo  condemn  and  disapprove 
the  interchangeable  mileage  book  of 
Resolved,  That  we  refrain  from  pur­
in 

the  Central  Passenger  Association ;

chasing  said 
its  present  form  as  far  as  possible ;

interchangeable  book 

Resolved,  That  we  request  firms  rep­
resented  by  us  to  co-operate  with  us  by 
the  discrimination  of  freight.

C.  D.  Waldo,  H.  E.  Rice  and  Ed 
Zander  were appointed additional  mem­
bers  of  the  Street  Fair  Committee.

F.  L.  N ix o n,  Sec’y

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

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TUB  lew   Griswold  loose

Has  NOT reduced  its rates 
but has  100 of the

Newest  Rooms  in  Detroit

at  $2.00  per  day.  Meals 
Fifty  cents.  Rooms  with 
bath and parlor $2.50 to  $3.
Most  popular  moderate 
priced hotel  in  Michigan.

P o s t a l   8 c   M o r e y ,

D e t r o i t ,   M i c h .

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 
rates charged.

Carr  &  Reeve.

IK! Pti0Nt:4OO.  3  Canai S t.

N E W   C I T Y   HOTEL

HOLLAND,  MICH.

W e  pledge  the  Commercial  Travelers  of 

Michigan  our  best efforts.

Rates $2.00.

E. 0. PHILLIPS, Mgr.

NEW  REPUBLIC

Reopened Nov.  35.

PINEST HOTEL  IN  BAY  CITY.

Steam heat,

Electric Bells and Lighting throughout. 

Bates,  $1.50  to $2.00.

Cor. Saginaw and Fourth Sts.

GEO.  H.  SCHINDHETT, Prop.

y ' o i / - ___

Young1  men  and  women  acquire  the  greatest  Inde­
pendence  and  w ealth  b y   securing  a   course  in  either 
the Business, Shorthand, English or Mechanical  Draw­
in g  departm ents  o f  the  D etroit  Business  U niversity, 
11-1« W ilcox St., D etroit.  W. F. Jew ell,  P.  R.  Spencer.

HOTEL  NEFF

FRANK  NEFF,  Propr.

GRAND LEDGE, MICH.

Rates,  $1.00. 

One  block east of depot.

HOTEL WHITCOMB

W h itn e y  H o u s e

A. VINCENT, Prop.

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH. 

Best  Hotel  in  Plainwell,  Mich.  Only  house  in 
town  holding’ contract  with  Travelers*  Educational 
Association  of America.
C l r a s .  JtO. W l n i t n e y ,  F-*r*op>.
Cutler  House  at  Grand  Haven.

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

Northern  Hotel,

J.  L.  Kitzmiller,  Prop.

•  Grove  and  Lafayette  Sts.,  Greenville, Mich.

Photographs

of

Samples,  Display  Cards,  Etc.
often  occurs  that  traveling  salesmen  find  photo- 
aphs  of  such  articles  as  are  too  large  to carry 
..  great  convenience.  The  engraving  department 
of the Tradesman  Company  is  prepared  to  furnish 
such photographs of the best quality on  short notice.

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Drugs-=Chem icals

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MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
Term  expires
-  Dec. 31, 1897
S. E. Park ill, Owosso 
Dec. 31,1898
P. W. R.  Pe r r y . Detroit 
-  Dec. 31,  1899 
A. C.  Schu m ach er.  Ann  Arbor 
Geo. Gu n d r u m .  Ionia  - 
D^c. 3!, 1900
L. E. Reynolds, St.  Joseph 
- 
-  Dec. 31,1901

President, F. W. R.  P e r r t , Detroit.
Secretary, G e o .  G u n d r u m ,  Ionia.
Treasurer, A .  C. Sch u m ach er, Ann Arbor. 
and 3.
MICHIGAN STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

Coming  Examination  Session—Lansing,  N o t.  2 

ASSOCIATION.

President— A. H. W e b b e r ,  Cadillac.
Secretary—C h a s .  Man n .  Detroit.
T reasurer— J o h n  D.  M u ir , Grand Rapids.
How  Druggists  May  Increase  Their 

Income.

NATURAL  SALICYLIC  ACID.

Some  months  ago  I  was  asked  by  a 
prominent  pharmacist  whether  it  would 
be  profitable  for  a  pharmacist  to  pre­
pare  his  own  salicylic  acid  from  oil  of 
sweet-birch,  or  oil  of  wintergreen,  say­
ing  that  the  different  manufacturers 
charged  such  prices  for  their  products 
that  they  were  entirely  out  of  propor­
tion  with  the  regular  price  of  a  prime 
quality  of  the  oil.  Never  having  given 
the  matter  much  attention,  I  set  to work 
to  investigate  and  found  that  prime  oil 
of 
for 
$1.30  per  pound,  and  that  at  this  rate 
there  seemed  to  be  no  reason  why  the 
pharmacist  should  not  be  able  to  make 
what  salicylic  acid  he  might  want  and 
save  more  than  100  per  cent,  by  so  do­
ing.
It 

sweet-birch  could  be  bought 

is  an  easy  matter  to  prepare  the 
acid  from  the  oil.  The  process  T  use  is 
to  add  a  known  excess  of  solution  of 
caustic  soda 
(the  solution  should  be 
concentrated)  to  the  oil  in  a  porcelain 
evaporating  dish,  and  after 
stirring 
thoroughly,  raise  nearly  to  the  boiling 
point,  and  maintain  this  temperature 
for  five  minutes;  then  add  more  water 
and  boil  a  few  minutes;  then  allow  to 
cool  and  add  hydrochloric  acid  in  ex­
cess;  allow  to  stand  a  few  minutes  after 
thoroughly  stirring ;  then  transfer  to  a 
filter  free  from 
iron  and  wash  with 
water  until  free  from  sodium  chloride, 
and  finally  dry  without  heat.  This  proc­
ess  yields  an  unexceptional  product, 
equal 
in  every  respect  to  the  salicylic 
acid  of  manufacturing  chemists.

It  is  maintained  by  many  very  obser­
vant  physicians  that  the  natural  acid  is 
in  every  way  superior  to  the  synthetical 
product  as  a  medicinal  agent.  This 
being  so,  and  in  view  of  the  abundant 
evidence  at  hand  we are  bound  to  ac­
cept,  it 
is  best  that  only  the  natural 
product  should  be  used  in  medicine.

But  it  is  objected  that  it  is  not  pos­
sible  to  obtain  oil  of  known  natural  or­
igin 
in  the  market.  While  I  am  aware 
of  the  fact  that  a  very  large  part  of  the 
oil  of  wintergreen  sold  is  of  synthetic 
origin,  there  need  be  no  trouble  experi­
enced 
in  obtaining  oil  of  undoubted 
natural  origin,  and  there  is  no  trouble 
in  making  the  acid  from  this.  This  is 
only  one  of  the  many  articles  where  the 
pharmacist  can 
increase  his 
profits  by  making  them  himself.
PHOTOGRAPHIC  SUPPLIES.

largely 

In  almost  every  city  of  any  size  there 
are  quite  a  number  of  amateur  photog­
raphers  and  their number  is  constantly 
growing.  This  trade  the  pharmacist 
can  make  a  source  of  some  profit, in  the 
sale  of  ready-made  developers  and  pho­
tographic  chemicals 
In  some  places 
the  pharmacist  can  make  photographic 
supplies  a  profitable  side  line,  but  I 
think  he  should  carefully  canvass  the 
ground  before  venturing  into  this  field.

It  might  be  taken  for  granted  that  he 
can  sell  some  of  these  goods,  but  can 
he  sell  enough  to  make  it  profitable  and 
pay  him  for  his 
investment?  But  if 
the  pharmacist  lets  it  be  known  that  he 
puts  up  an  excellent  developer  he  can 
easily  secure  sale  for  it,  and  this,  too, 
at  good  profits  and  at  no  considerable 
expense  to  himself.  Among  developing 
agents  I  have  found  hydroquinone  the 
best  suited  for  making  one-solution  de 
velopers.  These,  if  kept  tightly  corked, 
keep  indefinitely  and,  beside,  are  easily 
and  cheaply  made.  This  developer 
is 
very  popular,  is  easily  handled,  gives  a 
considerable  range  of  exposure,  yields 
negatives  of  good  density,  and  is  a  fa­
vorite  where  once  used. 
I  have  found 
the  following  formula  to  yield  an  ex­
cellent  preparation  that  keeps  nicely 
and  gives  excellent  satisfaction  wher­
ever  used:

PAR  EXCELLENCE  DEVELOPER. 

ozs.

Hydroquinone,  1  1-10  drs.  to  2  drs. 
Sodium  sulphite,  cryst,  3  ozs. 
Potassium  carbonate,  1  1-10  ozs.  to  2 
Potassium  bromide,  3  grs.
Water,  enough  to  make,  32  fl.  ozs.
Add  the  potassium  bromide  to  the 
solution  of  the  hydroquinone  and  po­
tassium  carbonate,  then  filter.  Put  up 
in  bottles  and  seal.

This  developer  can  be  used  over  and 
o\er  again  as  long  as 
it  will  work; 
however, the  developer  once  used  should 
be  put  in  a  different  container  and  used 
only  on  plates  that  have  been  fully  or 
slightly  over-exposed.  To  restrain  its 
action  in  cases  of  over-exposure  dilute 
with  water.  This  solution  has  a  kind  of 
tanning  action  on  the  gelatin  and  thus 
effectively  prevents  frilling.  This,  if 
put  up 
in  8-ounce  bottles  and  labeled 
neatly,  can  easily  be  sold  for  25  cents  a 
bottle,  while  costing  less  than  6  cents  to 
put  up.

is  the  one  I  use 

While  1  would  highly  recommend  this 
formula,  I  would  also  recommend  an­
other,  using  dry  pyrogallic  acid  and  a 
solution  containing  the  other chemicals. 
The  pyro  can  be  put  up  in  5-grain  pow­
ders,  or  made  into  two  and  a  half  grain 
tablets,  and  used  as  directed.  This  de­
veloper 
in  my  own 
work ;  it  does  not  stain  the  hands  where 
ordinary  care  is  used,  and  the  pyro  be­
ing  always  fresh  is  much  to be preferred 
to  a  two-solution  developer  where  but  a 
limited  amount  of  work 
is  done.  Of 
course,  where  wprk  is  being  done  stead­
ily,  necessitating  the  constant  use  of a 
developer,  the  two-solution  developers 
are  to  be  preferred.  The  formula  reads 
as  follows:

Sodium  sulphite,  4  ozs.
Sodium  carbonate,  2  ozs.
Potassium  ferrocyanide,  2  ozs.
Water,  enough to  make, 64  fl.  ozs.
To  each  two  ounces  of  the  solution 
use  five grains  of pyro.  This  is  enough 
for  a  4x5  or  5x7  plate.  Use  potassium 
bromide  as  a  restrainer or  dilute  with 
water.

Either  of  the  above  developers  are 
easily  and  cheaply  made and  will  not 
large  profits  on  their  sale, 
only  yield 
but  they  will  give 
satisfaction  and 
recommend  themselves where once used.
The  aim  of  the  pharmacist  should  be 
to  regain  the  trade  on  flavoring  extracts 
and  spices  that  once  belonged  to  drug­
gists,  but  which  of  late  years  has  gone 
to  the  grocers  The  pharmacist  has  it 
in  his  power  to  do  this,  for,  making the 
flavorings  himself,  he  is  in  position  to 
meet  any  kind  of  competition  and  to 
furnish  better goods for  the  money.  By 
giving  out  a  few  samples  among  the 
best  trade  be  can  easily  demonstrate the 
superior quality  of  his goods.  Not  only 
is  this  so,  but  I  believe  that  be  can  do 
a  good  business  with  baking  powders  of 
his  own  make.  These  goods  are  easily 
made  and  yield  good  profits,  and  their 
sale  belongs 
legitimately  to  the  phar­
macist. 

F r a n k  E d e l .

Mr.  Bowser’s  Proposed  Remedy  for

Impending  Pneumonia.

M. Quad in American Druggist.

“ And  now  what’s  the  matter with that 
boy?”   demanded  Mr.  Bowser  as  he 
came  home  the  other  evening  and found 
young  Bowser  cuddled  up  on  the  lounge 
and  looking  very  pale-faced.

“ He  seemed  to  have  a  chill this after­

noon, ”   replied  Mrs.  Bowser.

“  Seemed  to  have!  Don  t  you  know 

whether  he  did  or  not?”

“ Yes,  he  did,  and  now  he  has 
1  presume  he  caught  cold  in 

a  fever. 
that  storm  the  other  day. ’ ’

fact  are 

“ Well,  what  you  presume  and  what 
two  different  things. 
is  a 
Young  man, 
run  out  your  tongue!”  
Young  Bowser  obeyed  orders,  and  after 
a  brief  glance  the  father  turned  away 
with:  “ Probably  a  case  of  pneumonia, 
and  be  won’t  live  over  three  days. 
I’ll 
see  about  doctoring  him  up  after  din­
ner. ’ *

After  getting  seated  at  the  dinner- 
table,  Mrs.  Bowser  felt  that  she  ought 
to  make  ready  for  the  coming  move  on 
Mr.  Bowser’s  part,and she  quietly  said : 
“ I  thought  I’d  send  over  after a  few 
doses  of  quinine  to  break  up  his  fever. 
It’s  just  a  simple  cold,  you  know.”

“ I  know  nothing  of  the  kind!”   ex­
claimed  Mr.  Bowser;  “ and  it’s  prob 
ably  a  good  thing  I  got  home  as  I'd id .
I  haven’t  made  a  thorough  examina­
tion  of  the  case  yet,  but  there  are  all 
the  symptoms  of  pneumonia  present. 
I 
shall  try  to  save  his  life,  of  course,  but 
if  it  is  too  late  you  alone are to blame. ”  
“ Then  we  should  call  a  doctor  at 

once!”

“ After  I  have  made  a  diagnosis  of 
the case we shall see  what  we  shall see, ”  
loftily  replied  Mr.  Bowser.
A  quarter  of  an  hour 

later  he  was 
feeling  of  young  Bowser’s  pulse—mak­
ing  a  fresh  examination  of  the  to' gue— 
turning  back  the  eyelids and 
indulging 
in  many  a  wise  shake  of  the  head.

“ It’s  only  a  cold,  eh?”   anxiously 
queried  Mrs.  Bowser  when  the  “ diag­
nosis”   was  concluded.

“ On  the  verge  of  pneumonia,  just  as 

I  thought,”   replied  Mr.  Bowser.

“ But 

it  can’t  be!  See—his  fever  is 
almost  gone  now,  and  I  think  I’ll  make 
him  some  tea  and  toast.”

“ I  tell  you  that  boy  is  on  the  verge  of 
pneumonia!”  
repeated  Mr.  Bowser; 
“ and  pneumonia  is  something you can’t 
fool  with.  Don’t  give  him  even  one 
drop  of  water  until  I  return.”

“ Are  you  going  for  the  doctor?”
“ No,  ma’am. 

I’m  going  over  to  the 
I 
drug  store  to  have  a  remedy  put  up. 
know  the  disease  and  I  know  the  rem­
edy.”

“ But  this 

is  no  time  to  experiment! 
You  don’t  know  anything  about  pneu­
monia  or  the  remedy.”

“ Oh!  I  don’t,  eh?  I  haven’t  had  it 
it  about  twenty  different 
and  cured 
times,  perhaps? 
In  one  hour  I’ll  have 
him  drawn  back  from  the  grave,  and no 
doctor  could  do  any  more. ”

Mrs.  Bowser  made  further  protests, 
but  they  fell  on  stony  ground,  and a  few 
minutes  later  Mr.  Bowser  appeared  at 
the  drug  store  around  the  corner and 
said:

“ My  boy 

is  threatened  with  pneu­
monia,  and  I  guess  I ’ll  have  you  put 
up  a  remedy."

“ Got  a  prescription?”   was  asked. 
“ No;  I  know  the  cure  for  it.  You 

have  jollop,  of  course?”

“ Jollop?  Jollop?  Never  heard  of  it. 

What’s  the  nature  of  it’ ?’

“ A  laxative,  of  course.  Perhaps  you 
the  drug  business 

in 

haven’t  been 
long!”

“ Only  twenty  years.  Do  you  mean 

jalap?”

That  was  what  Mr.  Bowser  meant,but 
he  felt  mad  and  obstinate  over  his  mis­
take  and  replied:

it,  but  I'll  call 

“ Perhaps  they’ve  got  a  more  fancy 
name  for 
it  jalap  to 
please  you.  You  have  flaxseed,  I  sup­
pose,  and  you  don’t  call  it  hayseed  or 
birdseed?”

“ And  do  you  propose  to  mix  jalap 
and  flaxseed  together?”   exclaimed  the 
druggist.

That’s 

“ I  do,  and  add  a  little  paregoric  and 
sweet  spirits  of  nitre.  1  shall  want  to 
make  a  big  bowl  full  in  a ll.”

it,  exactly. 

“ But  not  for a  case  of  pneumonia?”  
I  seem  to  be 
perfectly  sane,  don't  I?  I  am  not  in  the 
habit  of  asking  for  chloride  of  lime 
when  I  want  a  porous  plaster!”
the  druggist, 
after  a  moment’s  thouglft,  “ have  you 
had  a  doctor  to  see  your  boy?”

“ Mr.  Bowser,”   said 

“ No,  sir.”
“ Then  how  do  you  know  it’s  a  case 

of  pneumonia?”

Because  it has every symptom of it. ”  
“ You  will  excuse  me,  but  how  do  you 

know?”

“ How  do  I  know  I’m  living!”   shout­
ed  Mr.  Bowser  as  his  neck  took  on  a 
blush. 
“ I  am  here  for  a  remedy  for 
pneumonia. 
If  you  don’t  want  to  put 
it  up  somebody  else  w ill!”

At  that  moment  a  family  physician 
entered  the  store,  and  the  druggist  ap­
pealed  to  him  with :

“ This is  Mr.  Bowser.  He  says  he  has 
a  case  of  pneumouia  at  the  house,  and 
his  remedy  is  jalap,  flaxseed,  paregoric 
and  sweet  spirits  of  nitre.”

“ Great  heavens,  man,  but  you  don't 
mean  you  are  going  to  give  anybody 
such  a  dose  as  that!”   exclaimed  the 
physician.

"And  why  not?”
“ Because  you’d  probably  be  hung  for 
is 

murder.  Are  you  sure  the 
pneumonia?”

“ That's  my  diagnosis,  s ir!”   stiffly 

case 

replied  Mr.  Bowser.

“ But  how  do  you  come  to  make  a 

diagnosis?  Are  you  a  physician?”

“ No,  sir,  but  I  think  I  can  tell  pneu­
monia  from  bilious  colic. 
I  came  here 
for  a  remedv,  but  as  my  patronage  is 
not  desired  I’ll  take it somewhere else. ”  
The  druggist  wanted  to  smooth things 
over,  and  the  doctor  wanted  to  talk 
further  about  the  case,  but  Mr.  Bowsei 
walked  out  as  rigid  as  a  ramrod.  As  he 
had  to  pass  his  house  to  reach  another 
drug  store,  he  ran  in  to  see  if  any  new 
symptoms  had  developed.  Young  Bow­
ser  had  got  away  with  a  cup  of  tea  and 
a  slice  of  toast  and  was  kicking  a  ball 
around  the  sitting-room.
“ He 
Bowser.

is  better,  you  see,”   said  Mrs. 

Mr.  Bowser  sat  down  and  looked from 
her  to  the  boy  and  back  for  two  long 
minutes  without  a  word.  Then  he  sud­
denly  stood  up  and  exclaimed :

“ Young  man,  you  take  yourself  off 
to  bed  and  don’t  let  me  hear  a  peep 
from  you;  and,  woman,  if  there 
is  any 
more  tomfooling  around  this  house  I 
shan’t  be  three hours in making arrange­
ments  about  the  divorce  and  alimony!”
Ideas  are  always  bigger  than  words, 
therefore  the  simplest  language fits them 
best.

Your  character  cannot  be  essentially 

injured  except  by  your  own  acts.

THUM  BROS.  &  SCHMIDT,

Analytical  and  Consulting  Chemists,

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

Special attention  given  to Water,  Bark and 

Urine Analysis.

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Acidum

Aceticum.................I 
t¡@*  g
Benzoicum, German  70®  75
Boracic....................   @ 
15
Carbolicum............   39®  41
Citricum................. 
40®  42
Hvdrochlor............  
3® 
5
8®  10
Nitrocum...............  
12®  14
Oxalicum...............  
®  15
Phosphorium,  d ll... 
60®  65
Salicylicum............. 
Sulph uricum...........  1 jj® 
5
Tannicum
..  1  25®  1  40
Tartaricum..............
38© 40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg...........
4® 6
Aqua, 20  deg...........
6®
8
Carbonas.................
12® 14
Chloridum..............
12® 14
Aniline
Black....................... 2 00® 2 25
Brown  ......................  
80® 
45®  50
R ed...........................  
Yellow....................  2 50® 3 00

Baccæ.
Cúbeme...........po. 18 
Juniperus...............  
Xanthoxylum.........  
Balsam  um
Copaiba...................  
Peru.........................
Terabin. Canada__
Tolutan...  ..............
Cortex
Abies, Canadian__
Cassise  ....................
Cinchona Flava......
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgini........
Quillaia,  gr'd.........
Sassafras........po. 18
Ulmus.. .po. 15,  gr’d 
Extractum 
Glycyrrblza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhiza, po...... 
Haematox, 15 lb box
Haematox, I s ...........
Haematox, Ms.........
Haematox, Ms.........
Perru

13®  15
6® 
8
25®  30

59®
55 
© 2 40 
40®  45
75®  80

24® 
28®
11®13®
14©
16®

15 
2 25

18®
30®

15®  20
18®
25®
12®
8®

Carbonate Precip... 
Citrate and Quinia..
Citrate Soluble.......
Ferrocyanidum Sol.
Solut.  Chloride......
Sulphate, com’l ......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........
Sulphate,  pure  __
Flora
Arnica  ..................
Anthemis...............
Matricaria.............. 
Folia
Barosma..................
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly.  ..............
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.
Salvia officinalis, M8
and  Ms................. 
Dra Crsl..................
Qumml
Acacia.  1st pjcked 
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
@
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
@
Acacia, sifted sorts.
®
Acacia, po...............
00®
Aloe, Barb. po.lS@20
12®
Aloe, Cape__po.  15
Aloe, Socotri.. po. 40
@
55®
Ammoniac.............. 
ABsafcetlda__po. 30 
25®
Benzolnum............  
50®
Catechu, Is.............. 
®
Catechu, Ms............  
®
®
Catechu, Ms............  
Camphorse.............. 
48®
10 
®
Euphorbium..po.  35 
Galbanum...............   @
1  00 70 
Gamboge  po........... 
65®
Guaiacum...... po. 35 
®
35 
Kino...........po. 13. uO  @
3 00 
a
Mastic....................  
60
Myrrh............ po.  45
@  40
Opii.. .po. *4.00®4.20 2 80®  2 90 
Shellac....................   25©
Shellac, bleached.
40®
Tragacanth ............
Herba
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium . oz.  pkg
Lobelia........oz. pkg
Majorum__oz. pkg
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vir..oz. pkg
Rue.............. oz. pkg
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
riagnesia.
Calcined, Pat...........
Carbonate, Pat____
Carbonate, K. & M.. 
Carbonate, Jennings
Oleum

55®
20@
20®
35®

Absinthium............   3 25® 3 50
Amygdalae, Dulc....  30® 
50
Amygdalae, Amarae .  8 00®  8 25
Anisi.......................   o ¿0® 2 60
Auranti  Cortex......   2 00® 2 20
Bergamii.................  2 40® 2 50
Cajiputi................... 
75®  80
CaryophylU............  
60®  65
"edar...  .  ..............  35®  œ
Chenopadli..............  @400
Clnnamonii.............  1 go® 2 00
Citmneiig...............   40®  45

50® 60

Conium  Mac........... 
35®  50
Copaiba..................   i  10®  1  20
Cubebae....................... 
90© 1 00
Cuhehav 
wvn.  1  m
Exechthitos 
.........  1  00® 1  10
Erigeron.................  1  00®  1  10
Gaultheria..............  1  50®  1  60
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
75
Gossippii, Sem.gal.. 
Hedeoma.................  1  on®  l  10
Junipers  ...............   1  50@  2 00
Lavendula................  
90® 2 00
L im o n is ..............  1  20®  1  40
Mentha  Piper.........  1  60@ 2 20
Mentha Verid......... 2  l(j@. 2 25
Morrhuae,  gal.........   «  oo@  1  10
Myrcia,....................  4 00® 4 50
O live..;................. 
75®  3 00
Picis  Liquids.........  
10© 
12
Picis Liquids, gal...  @  35
giclna  ..................   99®  1 04
Kosmarini...............   @  1  00
Rosae,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succini..................  
40®  45
Sabina..................  
go®  i  00
Santal......   ............   2 50®  7 00
Sassafras.................  50@  55
Sinapis, ess., ounce.  @  65
TJf111.......................  1  40®  1  50
Thyme,  opt............  
©  1 60
Theobromas........... 
Potassium
Bl-Carb.................... 
15® 
Bichromate............  
13®  ia
48©
Bromide..................  
12®
Carb.......................  
Chlorate..po. 17@19c 
16®
Cyanide................... 
*5®
Iodide......................  2 60® 2
Potassa, Bitart, pure  2r@ 
Potassa, Bitart,  com  @ 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
8@
Potass Nitras__ 
7®
Prussiate.................  20®
buiphate p o ........... 
15®

15® 20

1  00

ig

Radix
Aconitvm...............  
20®
Althae.................  
22®
i0@
Anchusa......... . . ” 
Arum po..................  
<a
Calamus.................  20®
Gentiana........po.  is 
12®
Giychrrhiza.. .pv. 15  —
16®
Hydrastis Canaden .
@
Hydrastis Can., po..
®15®
Hellebore, Alba, po..
Inula, po............ 
15®  w
Ipecac, po...............   2 00@ 2  10
I ns plox —  po35@38  35@  40
Jalapa, pr...............  
25®  30
Maranta,  \ s ...........  @  35
Podophyllum, po__  22®  25
® hei....................... 
75®  1  00
ghei, cut.................  @  1  25
Rhei,pv..................  
75®  ,  35
35®  33
Spigelia................... 
Sanguinaria... po. 40  @ 
.35
Serpentaria............  
aoja
Senega.................... 
35<$
Similax,officinalis II
©
Smilax, M............
@to©
Scillse..............po.35
Symplocarpus, Fceti-
dus,  po.................
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30 
Valeriana,  German
Zingibers........... 
Zingiber j ...............  
Semen

©15®
12®
25®

Anlsum.........po.  15  @ 
12
13@ 15
Apium  (graveleons) 
J*lrd. Is....................  
4@ 
6
10® 
Carui.............po. 18 
12
Cardamon...............   j  25®  j  75
Coriandrum............  
8® 
|g
Cannabis  Sativa__ 
4®  4^4
Cydonium.................  
75® 
Cnenopodium  ........ 
io@ 
12
Dipterix  Odorate...  2 00®  2 25
Fcenlculum............
®7©
Foenugreek, po  . . . . .
Llnl.........................
3®
Lini,  grd........bbl. 3
4®
Lobelia..................
35®
Pharlaris  Canarian .
4®
Rapa.....................
4M®
Sinapis Albu........
7®
Sinapis  Nigra.........
11®
Splritus 
Frumenti, W.  I). Co.
2 00@ 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F.  R.
2 00® 2 25 
Frumenti...............
1  25®  1  50 
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Juniperis Co. O. T..  _  _ 
1  65®
Juniperis Co...........  i  75® 3 50
Saacharum N.  E....  1  90© o  in
Spt. Vini Galli...............™
75® 6 50
\  ini Oporto............   1  ¿5®
Vinl Alba...............   1  25® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............
Nassau sheeps  wooi
carriage...............
Velvet extra  sheeps' 
wool, carriage.  ..
Extra yellow sheeps' 
wool,  carriage....
Grass  sheeps’  wool.
carriage............
Hard, for slate use 
Yellow  Reef,   for 
slate  use.............. 
Syrups
Acacia...............
Auranti Cortes......
Zingiber.................
Ipecac.
Ferri Iod...............
Rhei Arom............
Smilax Officinalis..
Senega..................
ScilliB.....................

5U@ 2  75 
®  2 00
@  1  25 
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60 
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60 
60 
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60 
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75 
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75 
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50 
60 
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60 
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niscellaneous 

SciilæCo.................
Tolutan...................
Prunus vlrg............
Tinctures 
Aconitum Napellls R 
Aconitum NapellisF
Aloes......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafoetida............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex......
Benzoin...................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
Cantharides...........
Capsicum..............
Cardamon............  .
Cardamon  Co.........
Castor......................
Catechu................. ’
Cinchona.................
Cinchona Co......
Columba.................
Cubeba....................
Cassia  Acutifol.... !
Cassia Acutifol Co  .
Digitalis.................
Ergot.................... ”
Ferri Chloridum__
Gentian..................
Gentian Co..........”
Guiaca.................
Guiaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus...........
Iodine................... ”
Iodine, colorless,. '.
Kino........................
Lobelia..........
Myrrh.....................
Nux  Vomica........
Opii......................
Opii, camphorated..
Opii,  deodorized....
Quassia..................
Rhatany...........
Rhei................... ;;;;
Sanguinaria.........
Serpentaria............
Stromonium...........
Tolutan................. ”
Valerian...............’*
Veratrum Veride. !
Zingiber..................
Æther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30® 
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
Ajumen...................  2M@
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
3®
Annatto...................  40®
Antimoni,  po__J”  
4®
Antimoni et PotassT  40®
Antipyrin.
®  1  40
Antifebrin 
@ 15
Argent! Nitras, oz
® 5(
Arsenicum..........
10® 12
Balm Gilead  Bud 
38@ 4Í
Bismuth  S. N.
1  40® 
1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  is 
s..
®
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms 
4s.
@ 1(]
Calcium Chlor.,  vs 
® 12
<s.
Cantharides, Rus.po 
po
@ 75
Capsid  Fructus, af 
@ 15
if.
Capsid Fructus,  po 
® 15
X).
Capsid FructusB,po 
© 15
po
Caryophyllus.po.  15 
15
10® 12
Carmine, No. 40 
® 3 00 
Cera Alba, S. <fc F
50®  55
Cera Flava.........
40®
Coccus..............
®  40
Cassia Fructus” .
@  33
Centraria...........
® 
10 
Cetaceum.............
45 
C h l o r o f o r m . . 60® 
63
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  50®  1  60
Chondrus................  20®  25
Cinchonidine.P.* W  20®  25
Cinchonldine, Germ 
15®  22 
—
Cocaine. 
3 05®  3 :
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
Creosotum.
Creta........... bbl. 75
Creta, prep
:ta.
Greta 
Crocu
18®
Cudbear............
®5®
Cupri Sulph......
Dextrine.............
I«®75®  90
Ether Sulph.......
Emery, all  numbers
® 
8 
Emery, p o ............
6 
® 
Ergota............ik).40
«I®  35
Flake  White
13®  15
Gaiia.............
@  23
Gambier...............”
8® 
9
Gelatin, Cooper..  .. 
®  60 
35®
Gelatin. French...” 
60
60.  10*10 
Glassware, flint, box  “   '
60
Glue,  brown...........
9®  12
Glue,  white 
.........
13®  25
Glycerina 
..  ..
<4®  20
Graua  Paradisi  ....
Ilurnuius...........
25®  55
HydraagChlor  Mite 
®  80 
Ilyiiraag Chlor  Cor. 
@  70
Ilydraa,'  Ox  Kubm 
®  90
Uvdraag Ammouiatl 
@  1  00 
45®  55
llydraaglngiientum
Hydrargyrum.........
@  65
ichthyobolla.  Am.
6i@  75
Indigo.....................
75®  1  UU 
iodine,  Iiesnbi......
(.0© 3  0 
Iodoform.................
@  4  20 
Lupulin
@ 2 25 
Lycopodium  ........
4J@  45
Macis 
........
65©  75
Liuuo'  4rsei.ethj-
drarg Iod.............
25 
LiquorPotassArsinit 
10®
12 
Magnesia.  Sulph  ... 
3 
2®
Magnesia, Sulph.bbl
IM
Mannia. S.  F ...........
50®  ¿5
Menthol.................
@ 2 40

Less  than  box

recip
Rubra.

j  00

Morphia, S.P.& W... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  Co....................
Moschus Canton__
Myristica, No. 1......
Nux Vomica...po.20
Os  Sepia.................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D. Co....................
Picis Liq. N.N.Mgal.
doz........................
Picis Liq., quarts__
Picis Liq., pints......
Pil Hydrarg...po.  80 
Piper Nigra... po.  22 
Piper Alba....po.  35
Piix  Burgun  .........
Plumbi  Acet...........
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
& P. D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
Quassias..................
Quinia, S. P. «& W .. 
Quinia, S. German..
Quinia, N.Y............
Rubia Tinctorum... 
SaccbarumLactis pv
Saladn....................
Sanguis Draconls..
Sapo,  W............
Sapo, M..............
Sapo. G..............
Siedlitz  Mixture

1  95® 2 20
1  85® 2 10 
®  40
65®  80
® 
10 
15®  18
®  1  00
@ 2 00 
@  1  00 
@  85
®  50 
®  18 
30 
@
7
®10@  _  
1  10®  1  20
®  1  25 
30®  33
8®  
10 
32®  37
23®  30
32®  37
12©  14
18®  20 
3 00® 3  10 
40®  50
12®  14
10®  
12 
@  15
20  @  22

Sinapis....................
@  18 
Sinapis, opt............
®  30
Snuff, Maccaboy.De
Voes.....................
®  34
Snuff, Scotch,DeVo’s
®  34
Soda Boras..............  7  @  9
Soda Boras, po........  7  @  9
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb.............. 
2
im@ 
Soda, Bi-Carb......... 
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3M® 
4
Soda, Sulphas......... 
© 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
50©  55
© « 00
Spt'  Myrcia Dom... 
© 2 46 
Spts. Vini Reet. bbl. 
® 2 51 
Spts. VinlRect.Mbbl 
Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal 
© 2 51 
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal 
© 2 56 
Less 5c gal.  cash 10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl.........  2M@ 
3
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
2®  2M
Tamarinds.............. 
8® 
10
Terebenth Venice... 
28®  30
Theobrom*............   42®  45
Vanilla..................   9 00@16 On
Zinc!  Sulph............  
8

7® 

Oils

, 

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

BBL.  SAL.
70
45
40

Linseed, pure  raw..  38 
Linseed,  boiled......  
40 
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
Spirits Turpentine..  34 

41
43
70
40

Paints  BBL.  LB

Red  Venetian.........  Hi  2
Ochre, yellow Mars.  1M  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Her..  Hi  2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  2% 2M@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2M  2&®3 
Vermilion,  Pr i me
American.............  
13© 
15
Vermilion,  English.  70© 
75
Green, Paris...........  13M®  19
18
Green,  Peninsular..  13© 
Lead, Red...............   5M@ 
6
Lead, white............  5M© 
6
Whiting, white Span 
©  70
Whiting,  gilders’. ..  @ 
90
®  1  00
White, Paris Amer.. 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
,   Cliff...................... 
©  1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  00©  1  15

[Varnishes

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

fWWWWWWWVWWWWWW>^

tellin e & PerKinsg  

Drug  60.
Sundry  Department.

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

Perfumes 

Mirrors 

Soaps 

Combs 
Powder Puffs

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

Shaving Brushes 

Fountain and  Fam ily Syringes 

Tweezers 

Key Rings 

Cork Screws 

Razors 

Razor  Strop?

Violin,  Guitar and  Banjo Strings 

Atomizers

Suspensory  Bandages 
Toilet and  Bath Sponges

And  many other articles  too  numerous 

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

M in e  & Perkins Drug go.

Grand Rapids. Mich.

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

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

AXLE  OREASE.
Aurora................. ......55
Castor Oil........... ......60
Diamond............ ...... 50
Frazer’s .............. ......75
IXL Golden. tin boxes 75
Mica, tiu boxes... ......75
Paragon.............. .  ...55

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

BAKINd  POWDER.

Absolute.

M lb cans doz................... 
4  
1 

45
lb cans doz..............   %
lb cans doz...................  1 50

Acme.

M lb cans 3 doz................. 
45
4  lb cans 3 doz................. 
75
lb cans 1 doz.................  1  00
1 
10
Bulk.................................... 
38
a  lb cans, 6 doz case.......  
Vi lb cans, 4 doz case.......  
66
lb cans, 2 doz case.......1  00
1 
lb cans. 1 doz case.......   5  00
5 
6 oz Eng. Tumblers............  85

El Purity.

H lb cans per doz............. 
75
4  lb cans per doz  ...........  1  20
1 
lb cans per doz............. 2  00

lb cans 2 doz case   

a  lb cans 4 doz case........ 
35
Vi lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
 
90
p / i V . 4 » i : i
Vi lb cans, 4 doz case......  
45
Vi 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, rer doz.............  1  25
6 oz. cans, per doz............. 
85

Our Leader.

Vi lb cans..........................  
Vi lb cans..........................  
t 

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

Peerless.

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

85

BATH  BRICK.

BLUINQ.

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

CWffilffiSED

~ < P F A R | S * -

k

s

1 doz. pasteboard Boxes... 
40
3 doz. wooden boxes.........   1  20

b r o o m s .

So. 1 Carpet.....................  l 90
No. 2 Carpet........................   l 75
No. 3 Carpet........................   1 50
No. 4 Carpet........................   1 15
Parlor Gem........................   2 00
Common Whisk.................  
70
80
................ 
Fancy Whisk.. 
Warehouse........................... 2 25

CANDLES.

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

CANNED  OOODS.
H an  i to  w o e   P e a s .

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

CHEESE.

Acm e......................  @  lovi
Amboy................... 
<a  104
Byron......................  @  104
Elsie.......................   @  n
Gem.........................   @  11
Gold  Medal...  ___
Hartford..................  @  11
Ideal.......................   @  11
Jersey  ....................  @  104
Lenawee.................  @  104
Riverside.................  @  104
Sparta....................   @  104
Brick.......................  @  10
Edam.......................  @  75
Leiden....................   @  is
Limburger..............  @  10
Pineapple................ 43  @  85
Sap  Sago.................  @  18

CHOCOLATE. 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.
German S w eet.................
Premium................ ...........
Breakfast Cocoa

CLOTHES LINBS.

Cotton, 40 ft,  per doz.....   1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz  ..........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz.........  1  40
Cotton, 70 ft,  per doz........1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz.........  1  80
Jute, 60 ft.  per  doz  .........  
80
Jute. 72 ft.  per  >1o*.. 
vf
... 

Chicory.

Bulk
Red

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

24
3
4

CRBAn  TARTAR.

5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes. .30-35

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

Fair  .....................................   "0
Good....................................... 12
Prim e......................................13
Golden  ...................................14
Peaberry  ................................15

Santos.

Fair  ..................  
i<
Good  ......................................is
Prim e......................................16
Peaberry  ................................17

 

Mexican  and  Guatamela.

Fair  ........................................16
Good  ......................................17
Fancy 
.. is

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

Prim e. 
Milled.

Java.

Interior...............................  po
Private  Growth....................  P2
Mandehling..........................   24

Im itation...............................22
Arabian  ................................ 24

Roasted.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue...................... 28
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha.. .  28
Wells’ Mocha and Java___ 24
Wells’ Perfection  Java...... 94
.......  ............23
Ssnoalho 
Breakfast B’end...............   20
Valiev City Maracaibo. 
...184
Tdeal  Blend.  ...................... 13
Leader Blend....................... 12

Package.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
invoice 
for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  .the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point, including 
weight  of  psekage.  In  60  lb. 
cases the list is 10c  per  100  lbs. 
above the price in full cases.
Arbuckle.......................   11  00
Jersey............    
11  00
McLaughlin’s  XXXX......... 11 00

 

 

Extract.

Valley City 4  gross...... 
Felix 4  gross................. 
Hummel's foil 4  gross 
Hummel’s tin 4   gross 

75
1  15
85 
1 43

CATSUP.

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

CLOTHES PINS.

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

CONDENSED  MILK

4 doz in case.
Gail Borden  Eagle..................6 75
Crown  .  ............................   6 25
Daisy.................................  5  75
Champion  ...........................4  50
Magnolia 
4 25
Challenge..................................3 50
Dime 
................................. 3  36

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

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade. 
50 books, any denom... 
100 books, any denom... 
500 books, any denom...
1.000 books, any denom...
Economic Grade. 
50 books, any denom... 
100 books, any denom... 
500 books, any denom...
1.000 books, any denom...

1  50
2 50 
li  50 
20  00

Universal Grade.

50 books, any denom__  150
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00

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 #10 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.

Apples.

California  Fruits.

500, any one denom'n......  3 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ......  8 00
Steel punch.......................  
75
DRIBD  FRUITS—DOMESTIC 
Snndrled.....................   @ 44
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @ 6 
Apricots......................  9 @10
Blackberries...............
Nectarines....................6 @
Peaches.......................  74® 9
Pears..............................8 @
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles..................  12
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes.........  @
90-100 25 lb boxes.........  @5
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  @ 54
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   @6
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........  @ 64
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........   @7
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.......  @
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........  @
4  cent less In 50 lb cases

California Prunes.

Raisins.

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

44
5
54

FOREIGN.
C urants.

Patras bbls...................... @ 6
Vostizzas 50 lb cases.......@ 64
Cleaned, bulk  ................. @ 8
Cleaned, packages..........@ 84

Peel.

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

Raisins.

Ondura 28 lb boxes......  @ 84
Sultana  1 Crown.........   A
Sultana 2 Crown  ____  @ 94
Sultana 3 Crown.........   @104
Sultana 4 Crown.........   @
Sultans  fi Pmwti 
4M 14
Sultana e.Crown.........   @12

...  . 

Grits.

Beans.

Farina.

Hominy.

FARINACEOUS GOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages.........
..175
Bulk, per 100 lbs.........
..3 50
Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s ....
..2 40
Bulk in 100 lb. bags__ ..3 40
Barrels  .......................
..2 25
Flake, 50 lb.  drums__ . .1  00
Dried L im a................
34
Medium Hand  Picked.
..1  10
Macearon! and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  101b. box.  .
..  60
Imported,  25 lb. box..
..2 50
Pearl Barley.
Common......................
..  2 40
Empire  .......................
..  2  75
Green,  bn....................
..  £0
Split,  per lb...............
2
Rolled  Oats.
Rolled Avena,  bbl.  .. .  .4  75
Monarch,  bbl..............
.4  45
Monarch.  4   bbl.........
..2 35
. .4  25
Private brands,  bbl..
Private brands, 4bbl..
.  2 25
Quaker, cases.  ...........
.3  20
German.......................
..  34
East  India................
3
Wheat.
Cracked, bulk..............
24 21b packages...........

Sago.

Peas.

. .2 50

Herring.

Mackerel.

F i s h .
Cod.
Georges cured......
@ *Vt 
Georges  genuine..
@ 54 
Georges selected.. 
_
@ 64
Strips or bricks.........   5  @  74
Halibut.
Chunks.  .......................... 
10
Strips................................ 
  9
Holland white hoops keg. 
75 
Holland white hoops  bbl.  9 50
Norwegian.......................   5 25
Round 100 lbs...................
Round  40 lbs...................
Scaled............................... 
15
Mess lflO lbs......................  14  50
Mess  40 lbs......................  6 10
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  60
Mess  8 lbs......................  1  30
No. 1 100 lbs......................  12 75
No. 1  40 lbs......................  5 40
No. 1  10 lbs......................  1  43
No. 1  8 lbs......................  1  16
No. 2 100 lbs....................   11 75
No. 2  40 lbs.....................   4  60
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1  22
No. 2  8 lbs......................  100
Sardines.
Russian kegs...........
56
Trout
No. 1  100 lbs............
4 00 
No. 1  40 lbs..............
1  9J 
No. 1  10 lbs..............
55 
No. 1  8 lbs............
47
Whltefish.

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

100 lbs.... ....  6 00
.. ....  2 70
40 lbs 
10 lbs.... .... 
75
8 lbs.... .... 
63

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

Jennings’.

D. C. Lemon
D.C. Vanilla 
2 oz.......1  20 
2 oz....  75
3 oz...... 1  00
3 oz.......1 50 
4 OZ.......2 00 
4 oz....140
6oz...... 2  00
6oz.......3.10 
40
No.  8  4 00  No.  8. ..2 
00
No.  10.  .6 00 No. 10.. .4 
No.  2 T.  80
2 T.l 25 
No. 
No. 3 T.l  35
No.  3T.2 00 
No 
No.  4 T.l  5n
4 T.2 40 
Sage.....................................   15
Hops....................................  15
Madras, 5  lb  boxes............   55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb boxes___  50
151b  palls............................  45
30 lb  pails............................  75
Condensed, 2  doz  ..............1  20
Condensed, 4  doz............... 2 25

INDIOO.

HERBS.

JBLLY.

L*YK3.

Souders*.
in  the  world 

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

for 

Best 
money.

SALBRATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In  box.

Church’s ...................................3 3C
Deland’s .................................. 3 16
Dwight’s .................................. 3 30
Taylor’s.................................... 3 00

SAL SODA.
. 1  10
Granulated, bbls__ 
Granulated,  100 lb cases.. 1  50
Lump, bbls.  .................... 
1
Lump. 1451b kegs  ...........  I  in

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  bagB........... 3 00
Butter, 280 lb bbls...................2 50

Common Grade*.

100 3 lb sacks.............................2 00
60 5-lb sacks.............................1 80
28 10-lb sacks........................... 1 65

Worcester.

lb. cartons.............. 3 25
50  4 
115  241b. sacks.................. 4 00
lb. sacks..................3 75
60  5 
2214 
lb. sacks..................350
30 10 
lb. sacks..................3 50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................  60
Bulk In barrels.........................2 50

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

56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

56-lb dairy in linen  sacks...  60

Solar Rock.

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

Common.

Granulated  Fine...... ..........   75
Medium  Fine......................  ¿5

SBBDS.

A nise.................................   13
Canary, Smyrna..................  4
Caraway............................   10
Cardamon,  Malabar  .....  80
Hemp,  Russian............. 
4
Mixed  Bird..................   44
Mustard,  white.........  
64
Poppy  .............................  
g
Rape................................  
5
Cuttle Bone................... 
20

SNUFF.

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

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Allspice  ................................9
Cassia, China In mats.....” 10
Cassia, Batavia in  bund...  20
Cassia, Saigon In rolls.....32
Cloves, Amboyna.............15
Cloves, Zanzibar..............  9
Mace,  Batavia..................” ao
Nutmegs, fancy................  *60
Nutmegs, No.  l .................. '50
Nutmegs, No.  2...... 
45
Pepper, Singapore, black...  9 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 12 
Pepper,  shot........................to

Pore Oround In Balk.

Allspice  .............................. 12
Cassia, Batavia................   .22
Cassia,  Saigon..................35
Cloves,  Amboyna.............20
Cloves, Zanzibar...............15
Ginger,  African...............15
Ginger,  Cochin................ 20
Ginger,  Jamaica.............. 22
Mace,  Batavia.....................70
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste................  25
Nutmegs........................ 40@*0
Pepper, Sing , black ... ,10@14 
Pepper, Sing., w hite.... 15@18
Pepper, Cayenne...........17@20
Sage................  
ig

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels.............................   22
Half  bbls...............  
24
Pare Cane.

Fair  ................................. 
ig
Good.................................  go
Choice..........................   '  25

 

SODA.

Boxes.................................. 54
Kegs,-English.................... 4^

OUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.
.................................. 4 00

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

 

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

K egs........................................ 4 25
Half Kegs.................................2 40
Quarter Kegs............................ 1 35
1 lb. cans..............................  34

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

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

LICORICE.

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

MASON  FRUIT JARS. 

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

Glass Cover Fruit Jars. 
“The Best” Fruit Keeper. 
Pints. 1 doz  box, per gross  5 50
Suarts, 1 d’z. box, per gr’ss  5 75 
alf gal. 1 d’z b’x, p’r gr’ss 7 75
Ideal, 3 doz. In case.............2 25

MINCB MBAT.

MATCHES.

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

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

Half-barrels 2c extra.

PIPBS.

Clay, No.  216......................  1 60
Clay, T. D. full count........ 
«5
Cob, No. 3..........................  
85

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s..........................  4 00
Penna Salt  Co.’s __ 
.  ..  3 no
PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 connt...........  4 50
Half bbls, 600 count...........  2 75

Small.

Barrels, 2,400 count...........  5 50
Half bbls, 1,200 connt........  3 25

RICB.

Domestic.

Carolina head__ 
.  ........  gv
Carolina  No. 1  .................   5
Carolina  No. 2...................  44
Broken...............................  3

Imported.

Japan,  No. l .....  ..............   54
Japan.  No. 2......................  5
Java, No. 1........................  5
Table...... ...........................  54

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

SOAP.
in d ry.

1 

Arir ^ ’  's Brands.

Armour’s  fam ily................2  50
Armour’s  Laundry......... .  3 30
Armour’s White, 100s..........6 25
Armour’s White, 50s........... 3 20
Armour’s Woodchuck...... 2 50
Armour’s Kitchen  Brown.  2 00 
Armour's Mottled German  2 25

3321

Single box.
5 box lots, delivered.. . 
10 box lots, delivered...
JUS. 8. KIRK 8 CO.'S BRANDS
American Family, wrp’d....3 33 
American Family, unwrp’d.3 27
Dome............................... 
3 33
Cabinet............................ ..,2 20
Savon..............................   ” 2 50
Dusky Diamond. 50 6 oz...!2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz__3 00
Blue India, 100 % lb.............3  00
Kirkoline............................. 3
Eos...............................  
' ’3 fin
One  box  American  Family 
free with five.
Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

SUGAR.

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New  York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf..........................   5 69
Domino .................... . . .....b 56
Cubes............................ ” ” 5 31
Powdered  ...........................5  44
XXXX  Powdered........ 
5 41
Mould  A.............................[5 31
Granulated in bbls.............. 5  13
Granulated In  bags__.... .5  13
Fine Granulated......... . 
5 06
Extra Fine Granulated.!.. .b  Is 
Extra Coarse Granulated..  5  19 
Diamond  Confec.  A 
.5 06 
Confee. Standard A.
.4  94
No.  1......................
.4  81 
No  2..............
.4 81 
No.  3...............
.4  81 
No.  4...............
.4 81 
No.  5..................."
.4 81 
No.  6....................
.4  75 
No.  7 .................
.4  69 
No.  8...........
.4 56 
No.
.4  44
No.  10.............................. "4 38
No.  11..............
.4 3i 
No.  12....................
4  25 
No.  13......................
4  19 
No.  14.............."
.4 06 
No.  15.................
3 00 
No.  16............
3 94

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

bbls.  palls
„. 
Standard.................  654® 754
Standard H.  H 
oy2® 7*4 
Standard Twist 
& 8 
Cut Loaf.........
to
cases 
Jumbo, 321b  .....
@ 614 
Extra H. H............
@
Boston  Cream........
@

Mixed Candv.

Competition............
Standard.................
Conserve..............
Royal................  ...
Ribbon................
B roken.............. .'
Cut Loaf...........!." j
English Rock.........
Kindergarten.........
French  Cream........
Dandy Pan..............
Valley Cream.........

@ 754 
to 8 
@ 8 
@ 814 
@
@ 814 
to 
to  9 
to 9 
@10 @13

Fancy—In Bulk.

Lozenges, plain......
Lozenges,  printed..
Choc.  Drops...........  11
Choc.  Monumeutals
Gum  Drops............
Moss  Drops.........
Sour Drops......
Imperials.........

to 9 
to 9 
@14 
@12 
to  6 
to 8 
to 9 
to 9

Grains and Feedstuffs

■Provisions.

Wheat.

Local Brands.

Wheat.................................
Winter  Wheat Flour. 
Patents............................  1
Second  Patent..
Straight....................
Clear....................
Graham 
......... .
Buckwheat........
R ye.....................
count.
ditional.

5 50 
5 00 
4  80 
4 40 
4 75 
3  40 
3 75 
Subject  to  usual  cash 
dis-
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  54s......................   5 00
Quaker, 54s.......................   5l)u
Quaker, 54s-......................   5 00
Guard, Fairfield & Co’s Brand.
V*hole Wheat I-I6s............  5 20

Spring  Wheat Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand. 
Pillsbury’s Best 5*8...........  5 80
£-HS5Ury s  Best MS...........  5 7u
1 lllsbury 8 Best Ws...........  5 60
Pillsbury s Best 54* paper..  5  60 
Piilsbury s Best 
paper..  5  60 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand.
Grand Republic, 54s......... .5  85
Grand Republic, 34s..  ...".  5 75
Grand Republic,  54s........." 5  65
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s  Brand. 
Gold Medal Us... 
¡jin
Gold Medal 3 s.
.
Gold Medal 54s.................. 5 to
Parisian,  54s......................   5  80
Parisian, 54s..........  
Parisian. 54s............! " ." !   5  60

5
Gluey A Judson’s Brand.

:

t

.

¡00
5  on

Ceresota,  54s................... 
Ceresota, 54s......... 
Ceresota, 54s............5  ^
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel,  54s..............
........  6 00
Laurel, 54s ........” ............
........5 9j
Laurel, 54s........''' '
.......5 80
Meal.
Bolted....................
Granulated 

’
Feed and Millstuffs.
14 50
St. Car Feed, screened  . 
No. 1 Corn and  Oats.........13 50
Unbolted Corn Meal... 
13 no
Winter Wheat  Bran...  .  11  00 
Winter Wheat Middlings.. 1j 00 
Screenings..........................  qq
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co 
q uotes as follows:

2  00

1  75

New Corn.

Car  lots............ 
gg
Less than  car iots:... ..:.':  3g 
Oats.
Car  lots............................. 24
Carlots, clipped.........." ’ ’ ’  26
Less than  car lots....... !"  30

Hay.

No. 1 Timothy carlots__  9 00
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots.... 10 00

Swift  &  Company  quote  as 

Barreled Pork.

Smoked  fleats.

follows:
Mess
9 50 
Back
11  00
Clear  back.....................   11  to
bnort cut.................
10
fig.......................
14 50 
Bean  .... ........................
9 50 
Family  ..............  . 
” ‘
9 50
Dry Salt Meats.
Bellies............................ 
7
Briskets.................. . . .. 
7
Extra shorts................       634
Hams, 12 lb  average  __ 
10
9^
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
Hams, 161b  average......  
yu
85k
Hams, 20 lb  average......  
Ham dried beef................  
(g
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut). 
7
Bacon,  clear..................8  @9
California hams............. 
754
Boneless hams.............  
¿54
Cooked  ham........................\\
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound...................... 
4%
t}£?
Kettle............................*’ 
55 lb Tubs.......... advance 
54
80 lb Tubs.......... advance 
54
50 lb T ins.......... advance 
54
20 lb Pails...........advance 
54
10 lb Pails...........advance 
34
jjlbPails...........advance  %
31b Pails...........advance 
Sausages.
Bologna...................
Liver......................’!
6/4
Frankfort..............'
-
P ork.................  
e
B lo o d ............. t"::.*:::* 
Tongue...................."....! 
9
6^
Head  cheese..........!!.’.’ 
Beef.
Extra  Mess........ 
9  0J
Boneless  ................ ! " "  12  uo
Rump...................................12 oo
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
gg
54  bbls, 40 lbs......  
1  am
m  bbis, so lbs........... ;;;; 2 so
Tripe.
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
75
54  bbls, 40 lbs.................  1  4n
54  bbls, 80 lbs.................  2  75
jg
P ork.............................  
Beef  rounds...... . . . . . . . . 
4
Beef  middles................  
91/
Sheep...........................!.: 
go

Pigs’ Feet.

Casings.

1

Butterlne.
Rolls,  dairy..................  
Solid,  dairy............  
Rolls,  creamery......
Solid,  creamery............  

jj
inu
13^4

Canned  Meats.

Corned beef,  2 lb....  2  10
Corned  beef,  14  lb.........14 00
Roast  beef,  2 lb ..........2 jlO
Potted  ham, 
go
54s...... 
54s_ 
Potted  ham, 
j  00
54s....” :  go
Deviledham, 
Deviled ham, 
54s .........  100
Potted  tongue 54s.........  
go
Potted  tongue 54s...........  1 00

Fresh  Meats.

Crackers.

The: N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

Soda.

Butter.

Oyster.

as follows:
Seymour XXX...................  4
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  454
Family XXX........ 
4
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton!4 5 4
Salted XXX.................... 
4
Salted XXX, 31b carton...  454 
Soda  X X X .......................   4
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__  454
Soda,  City........... 
5^
Zephyrette............................ 9
Long Island  W a f e r s 9 
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  10 
Square Oyster, XXX.........   454
Sq. Oys. XXX, 1  lb  carton.  554 
Parma Oyster, XXX.........   4
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  9
Bent’s Cold Water.........!.  13
Belle Rose....................  
6
Cocoanut Taffy......... \ * * ‘ J  g
g
Coffee Cakes............... . 
Frosted Honey...................  10
G rah a m Crackers  ...... . 
g
Ginge r Snaps, XXX round!  5 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...  5
Gin. Snps,XXX home made  5 
Gin. Snps,XXX scalloped..  5
Ginger  Vanilla.................  7
Imperials............... 
’  g
Jumbles,  Honey................  jo
Molasses Cakes............... .  6
Marshmallow  ..................’  12
Marshmallow  Creams......  13
Pretzels,  hand  m ade......  6
Pretzelettes, Little German  6
Sugar  Cake.......................  g
Sultanas..............................(g  .
Sears’ Lunch......................... 6
Vanilla  Square........... 
7
Vanilla  Wafers......... . !'  42
Pecan Wafers.....................! 12
Mixed Picnic................10
Cream Jumbles............ jju
Boston Ginger Nuts........6
Chimmie Fadden..............  9
Pineapple Glace............12
Penny Cakes......................  g
Marshmallow  Walnuts....  13 
Belle Isle Picnic................  10

Beef.

Carcass.........
Fore quarters.. 
Hind  quarters.
Loins  No.  3__
Ribs...........
Rounds__
Chucks......
Plates  ......

6  to 754 
5  to  6 
754@ 9 
9  @12 
8  @12 
654®   754 
4  @ 5 
to 3

to 8 
to  654 
554@ 8

Pork.
Dressed.
L oins................... ,
Shoulders...........
Leaf Lard...........¿j"
Mutton.
Carcass...........  ......
Spring Lambs....... !
B  to  9 
Veal.
Carcass  ............
754@ 8
Hides  and  Pelts.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Hides.
Green... 
.................  654® 754
Part  cured................. 
<a su
to 85. 
Full Cured........
854®  954 
D ry ...................
9  @11 
Kips,  green......
654® 7
Kips,  cmed............... 8>i@i0
Calfskins,  green........  754@ 9
Calfskins, cured.......  9  @1054
Deaeonskins  ............25  @30
Shearlings...............  
g@  30
Old  Wool................  6u@  90

Pelts.

Oils.
Barrels.

Eocene......................  @1154
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @ 854
W W Michigan...........  @8
Diamond White......... 
<a 7
D„ S. Gas.................... 
to 8
Deo. N aptha..............  @754
Cylinder....................25  @36
Engine.......................u   @21
B ack, winter.............  @  8

2 1

Crockery  and

Glassware.

Blitters.

AKRON  STONEWARE. 
go
54 gal., per doz.............. 
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
554
gu
8 gal., per g a t................. 
10 gal., per gal..................  654
12 gal., per gal..................
15 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
20 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
25 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 
30 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 

Churns.

2 to 6 gal., per gal............  
554
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 

Milkpans.

54 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  go 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  554 

Fine Glazed Milkpans.

54 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  65 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  554 

Stewpans.

54 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.  85 
1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.l  10 
54 gal., per doz.................   40
54 gal., per doz..................  50
1 to 5 gal., per gal............  
gi£

Jugs.

Tomato Jugs.

54 gal., per doz.................  70
1 gal., each...................... 
7
Corks for 54 gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
54 gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz...l  00 

Sealing Wax.

 

2
5 lbs. in package, per lb... 
LAMP  BURNERS.
No.  0 Sun....................  
4a
sn
No.  1  Sun.........  
«
No.  2 Sun............... 
Tubular.......................  
50
Security, No.  1.......  
 
 
55
Security, No. 2..... 
85
 
 
Nutmeg  ......................  ;;; 
50
Climax...............................  1  50
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common.
Per box of 6 doz.
„   „ „ 
No.  0 Sun......................... 
j  75
No.  1  Sun.................  
"  1 qq
No.  2 sun..................::::::  2 70
First  Quality.
No.  0 Sun, 
No.  1  Sun, 
No.  2 Sun, 

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

crimp  top,
crimp  top,
crimp  top,

XXX Flint.

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

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

La  Bastie.

No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz
1  25
No. 2 Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................   (50
No. 1 Crimp,per doz!...":.':  1  35 
No. 2 Crimp, per doz......... j  go

Rochester.

Electric.

OIL  CANS. 

Pump  Cans

No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........  3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz). . . . .   4  0C
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........  4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ...  4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)____  4  40
Doz. 
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv iron with  spout.  1  65
2 gal galv iron with  spout.  2 87
3 gal galv Iron with spout.  3 50 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  4  75 
3 gal galv iron with faucet 4  75 
5 gal galv iron with  faucet 5  25
5 gal Tilting cans..............  8 00
5 gal galv iron Nacefas  ...  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9 00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule..... 
...... 10 50
5 gal Home Rule...............12 00
5 gal Pirate  King..............  9 50
No.  0 Tubular...................  4  25
No.  1 B  Tubular..............  6 50
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... g 30
No.  1 Tub., glass fount....  7 00 
No.  12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C 
No.  3 Street  Lamp  .........   3 75
LANTERN  GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents........... 
45
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
each, box  15  cents__  
45
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls 5 doz.
each, bbl 35!.................... 
40
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,
cases 1 doz. each............   1 25
No. 0 per gross................... 
20
No. 1 per gross.............V.”  
25
No. 2 per gross.................   38
No. 3 per gross................... 
58
Mammoth........................... 
70

LAMP  WICKS.

LANTERNS.

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Single  box................................2 80
5 box lots.............................."2 75
10 box lots  .......................".’2  70
25 box lots.................................2 60
Wolverine Soap Co.’s Brands

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

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

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. 

Old Country, 80 1-lb  bars  . .2 75
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars__3  75
Uno, 100 34-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars............ 2 05
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 d o z......2 40
Sapolio. hand. 3 doz...........2 40

Scouring.

Washing Powder.

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. 
New  Brick........................ 35  00

Morrison, Plummer & Co.’s  b’d.
Governor Yates, 454 in......58  00
Governor Yates, 43S£ in...... 65  00
Governor Yates, 5*4 in.. 
.. 70 00
Monitor............................. 30  00

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. 

Quintette...........................35  00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

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

STARCH.

c.  W.............................35 00
H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes

@50 
@50 
@60 
@60 
@75 
@30 
@75 
@50 
@50 
@50 
@50 
@55 
@o0 
@50 
80  @90 
60  @80 
@90 
@60 
to @61)

Lemon Drops.........
Sour  Drops............
Peppermint Drops..
Chocolate Drops__
H. M. Choc. Drops..
Gum  Drops............
Licorice Drops....'.
A. B. Licorice Drops 
Lozenges,  plain.... 
Lozenges,  printed..
Imperials...............
Mottoes............ . . ..
Cream  Bar......
Molasses B a r.........
Hand Made Creams.
Plain  Creams.........
Decorated Creams.
String Rock............
Burnt Almonds__  1  25
Wintergreen Berries
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes ...............
No. 1 wrapped, 3  ib.
boxes ...................
-No. 2 wrapped, 2  ib! 
boxes  ...........

Fruits.
Oranges. 

Choice Naples.

160s
200s.
200 Fancy. Rodis.
Lemons. 
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 360s..............
Ex.Fancy  300s........
Ex.  Rodi 360s.........
Bananas.

@30
@45

to@4  50
@5 00

@3 50 
@3 50 
@4 50 
@4 50 
@9  00

Klngstord’s  Corn.

40 1-lb packages...................  6
201 lb packages...................  654
Kingsford’s Silver  Glosa.
40 1-lb packages...................  614
6-lb boxes.......................... 7

Diamond.

Common Corn.

64 10c  packages  ............... 5 00
128  5c  packages.................5 00
32 10c and 64 5c packages...5 00 
201 lb. packages..................  414
40 1 lb. packages..................  4M
20 lb. boxes..........................  4
40 lb. boxes..........................  3j£
1-lb  packages......................  414
3-lb  packages.....................  4)4
6-lb  packages......................  45k
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   3
Bairels  ...............................

Common Gloss.

STOVE POLISH.

CIG AR

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

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine...................  7
Pure  Cider.............................   8

WICKINO.

No. 0, per gross....................   25
No. 1, per gross....................  30
No. 2, per gross....................  40
No. 3, pergross....................  75
Fish and Oysters

Fresh Fish.

Per lb. 
Whitefish:........... 
_
%  9
T rout......................  @
&  8 
Black Bass............   @
10 
Halibut................... 
to
15 
Ciscoes or Herring..  @
4
Bluefish..................  
to
10
Live Lobster.........   @
18
Boiled Lobster........  @
20
Cod......................... 
to
10
Haddock.................  @
8
No.  1  Pickerel........ 
<a
Pike......................... 
^
Smoked White........  @
Red Snapper...........  @
Col  River Salmon..  @ 
Mackerel 
..............  @

Oysters in Cans.

F. H. Counts.
Selects .........
Standards__

Shell Goods.

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

Oysters, per  100......... 1 25@1  50
Clams,  per  100.........   9o@i  00

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

@1  50 
@2  00

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 
<0
<g
to 8

Pigs, Choice  Layers 
10 lb Califoruias... 
Figs,  Naturals  in
30 lb. bags,............ 
Dates, Fards in 10 lb
boxes...................
Dates, Fards in 60 ib
cases  .................:
Dates, Persians, H.M.
B., 60 lb cases, new 
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb 
cases  ............

554

Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona..
Almonds, Ivaca.........
@11
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............
@15 
Brazils new...............
@ 8 
Filberts  ................
@10 
Walnuts, Grenobles . 
@13 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. 
@10
Walnuts,  soft  shelled 
..............   @12
Table Nuts,  fancy__  @12
Table Nuts,  choice...  @11
Pecans, Med...............  @10
Pecans, Ex. Large__  @12
Pecans, Jumbos........   —
@14
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio, new...............
to
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks
@3 50

Calif

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

22

Hardware

Cut-Throat  Tactics  in  Stove  Prices. 
From the American Artisan.

The axiom  of  political  economy to the 
effect  that  the  greater  the  distance  of 
the  consumer  from 
the  producer  the 
larger  will  be  the  prices,which  we  have 
all  assumed  as  a  positive,  fact  has  been 
rudely  upset  by  the  business  tactics  of 
some  stove  manufacturers  who,  accord­
ing to a  prominent  member  of  the  Stove 
Manufacturers’  Association  of  Eastern 
Pennsylvania,  have  evolved  a  new  rule 
in  political  economy,which  runs:  “ Our 
price  in  other  makers’  territory is  lower 
than  in  our  own,”   thus  completely  re­
versing  the  axiom  referred  to.  This 
Pennsylvania  stove  manufacturer,  in  a 
conversation  with  a  representative  of 
this  paper,  had  no  complaint  to  make 
concerning  the  fellow  members of  his 
Association who  lived  up  to  their agree­
ment  as  to  prices  rigidly  and  satisfac­
torily.  Makers 
in  other  states,  how­
ever, would  send  traveling  salesmen  into 
the  territory  covered  by  the  Association 
and  offer  stoves  for  sale  at  no-profit 
prices,  while  maintaining  prices  sub­
stantially  agreeing  with  those  of  the 
Eastern  Pennsylvania  scale  in their own 
particular  bailiwick.  Of  course,  retal­
iation  would  be  the  order  of  the  day, 
but  this  maker,  being  a  clear-sighted 
individual,  could  see  that  coming  back 
in  a  fight  of  section  against  section  was 
not  a  whit  more  profitable  than  the  old- 
time  house-to-house 
fight,  for  whose 
avoidance  his  and  other  associations 
were  expressly  formed.  Suicidal  strife 
transferred  to  a  wider  plane  of opera­
tions  doesn't  enable  the  payment  ot  any 
larger  dividend  than  when  confined  to  a 
narrower  field.  Another  stove  man  com­
plained  that  a  Detroit  house  sold  stoves 
in  Southern  territory 
in  competition 
with  his  goods  at  lower  prices  than  they 
accorded  their  customers  in  the  North­
ern  States,  and  threatened,  unless  this 
practice  was  stopped,  to  pboto-engrave 
some  of  the  bills  at  which  this  Michi­
gan  house  sold  the  Southern  trade  and 
send  them  broadcast  to  the  Northern 
customers  of 
thereby 
creating  a  disturbance  of  considerable 
dimensions.

this  concern, 

The  state  of  affairs  thus  frankly  com­
is 
mented  on  by  this  manufacturer 
certainly  detrimental  to  the  best 
inter­
ests  of  the  stove  world,  and  the  remedy 
is  so  simple  that  it  seems  almost  super­
fluous  to  point  it  out. 
If  an  association 
of  makers  can  maintain  a  schedule  of 
prices  in  one  state,and  another associa­
its  members  to  a  mini­
tion  can  hold 
mum  rate 
in  another  commonwealth, 
there  is  no  reason  why  the  two  associa­
tions,  acting 
in  conjunction,  cannot 
check  the  depredations  of  their  respect­
ive  members  upon  the  territory  of  the 
sister association.  Transferring the ideas 
and  methods  of  a  successful  state  asso­
ciation  into the  wider sphere of National 
action  and  the  stove  Indians  will  all  be 
compelled  to  stay  on  their  own  reserva­
tions,  and  will  be  severely  dealt  with 
when  they  wander  out  into  other  fields 
armed  with  cut  prices  and  other  dan­
gerous  business  weapons.

Cut-throat  tactics  do  not  pay,  what­
ever  the  sphere  in  which  they  may  be 
indulged,  and  the  extension  of  the  idea 
embodied  in  the  successful  stove  asso­
ciation,  covering  a  limited  territory,  is 
the  remedy  for  certain  ills  that  are  now 
pressing  heavily  on  stove  men  in  some 
sections.

The  Hardware  Market.

Reports  from  all  classes  of  trade  con­
tinue  very  satisfactory,  indicating  the 
gradual,  and  in  some  cases  rapid,  im­
provement  which 
is  characterizing  the 
market.  Dealers  are  placing  orders 
much  more  freely  than  they  have  been 
in  the  past,  although  there  does  not 
seem  to  be  any  disposition  to  buy  be­
yond  actual  needs.  Where  one  cannot 
pay  for  goods  promptly,  we  think  this  a 
wise  course  to  pursue,  but, 
in  many 
lines 
is  quite  evident  that  higher 
prices  will  rule  for  a  long  time to come.

it 

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

The  iron  and  steel  market  is very active 
and  prices  are  growing  firmer every  day 
and  more  difficulty 
is  experienced  in 
having  orders  filled  with  any  degree  of 
promptness.

Wire  Nails—At  the  present  time  the 
market  is  very  firm  and  advancing  all 
the  time.  Three 
large  factories  at  the 
present  time  are  closed  down,  which 
makes  at 
least  9,000  kegs  a  day  from 
the  capacity  which  would  be  running 
full  under  ordinary 
circumstances. 
Manufacturers  are  holding  firm  at  gi.50 
base  for  wire  nails  in  carlots  and 
job­
bers  are  getting  an  advance  from 5@ioc 
per  keg  beyond  this  when  shipment 
is 
made  from  factory;  and from  stock  they 
are  getting  from  2o@3oc  a  keg  beyond 
the  cost  at  the  mill. 
is  believed  the 
advance  has  not  yet  reached  its  highest 
point.

It 

in  all 

Barbed  Wire— In  sympathy  with  the 
taken 
general  advances  which  have 
place 
iron  and  steel  products, 
prices  are  much  higher  than  they  have 
been  and,  although  the  demand  is  not 
as  great  as  for  wire  nails,  it  is  believed 
that  much  higher  prices  will  prevail 
in 
the  near  future.

Contrivances  Used  with  Stoves  and 

Ranges  at  Sea.

is 

Stoves  and  ranges  used  at  sea  have 
two  peculiarities.  One  is  that  the  doors 
are  made  to  turn  down  and not to swing, 
and  have  fastenings  to  hold  them  se­
curely  when  they  are  shut,  so  that  they 
can’t  possibly  fly  open.  The  other  pe­
culiarity 
It  is 
elevated  four  or  five  inches,  and  runs 
around  the  edge  of  the  stove  to  keep the 
pots  and  kettles  from  sliding  off.

in  the  rack  on  top. 

Some  stoves  and  ranges  used  afloat 
are  also  provided  with  cross  rods  which 
run  from  the  fixed  rod  at  the  back  of 
the  stove  to  the  rod  in  front,  across  the 
top  of  the  pots  and  kettles  and  hold 
them  down  and  keep  them  from  shift­
in  very  heavy 
ing.  They  are  used 
weather,  or  when  the  ship 
is  rolling. 
For  some  reason  these  cross  rods are 
more  used  on  British  than  they  are  on 
American  ships.

When  a  vessel  is  in  port  the  front rail 
of  the  rack 
is  usually  taken  out  and 
then  the  cook  has  as  easy  access  to  the 
top  of  the  stove  as  he  would  have  with 
a  stove  ashore.

A  Joke  on  the  Hen.

A  grocery  clerk  in  a Connecticut town 
recently  delivered  a  bag  of  corn  at  the 
house  of a  customer and  was 
instructed 
to  empty  it  in  a  barrel  in  the barn.  The 
clerk  proceeded  to  the place designated, 
found  an  apparently  empty  barrel  and 
the  corn  went 
in.  A  short  time  later 
the  firm  was  notified  that 
the  corn 
wouldn’t  be  paid  for and  damages  were

demanded  on  account  of  the  death  of  a 
hen  and  fourteen  chicks  that  were  re­
posing  in  the  barrel.  No  settlement  has 
been  effected.

The  city  does  not  take  away,  neither 
can  the  country  give,  solitude;  solitude 
is  within  us.

The  rich  are  more  afraid  of  poverty 

than  the  poor  are.

New
Catalogue of

Tinware
aql
Enameled 
Ware_

just out.  Drop 
us a postal for it.

Wm.  Brummeler  &  Sons,

Manufacturers and  Jobbers,

260  S.  Ionia  St. 

Grand  Rapids.

Corn Hooks

The Brooks Corn  Hook.
The Carver Corn  Hook.
The W.  C.  & Co.  No.  i  bright. 
The W.  C.  &  Co.  No.  2  blued.

Get  in your orders  now and  be  ready  when  the  de­

mand  begins.

Foster, Stevens & Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Sheet  Iron— Most  of  the  mills  are  full 
of  orders  and  in  many  cases  it 
is  diffi­
cult  to  get  prompt  shipments.  Prices 
have  advanced  $2@4  per  ton  and  but 
little  change  has  been  made 
in  prices 
from  the  jobber.

Carriage  Bolts—Carriage  as  well  as 
machine  bolts  have  been  affected  by  the 
prevailing  revival 
and 
prices  have  been  advanced  io@i5  per 
cent,  by  the  manufacturers.

in  business 

Shot—Owing  to  certain  conditions ex­
in  the  St.  Louis  shot  market,  it 
isting 
has  been 
impossible  for  the  manufac­
turers  to  advance  prices  materially,  al­
is  selling  as 
though  at  present  shot 
less  than 
cheap  as  pig  lead  and  much 
the  price  of 
If  the  differ­
ences  now  existing  could  be  healed 
over,  prices  undoubtedly  would  advance 
at  least  10c  per  bag.

lead  pipe. 

Window  Glass— None  of  the  factories 
having  yet  started  up  and  no  progress 
having  been  made  in  settling  their  dif­
ferences  with  their  men  have  a  tend­
ency  to  advance  the  price  of  glass.  Job­
bers  are  getting  60 and  20  per  cent,  by 
the  box,  and  60 and  10  per  cent,  by  the 
light.  Unless  the  factories  soon  resume 
operation,  this  price  no  doubt  will  go 
higher.

Miscellaneous—On  German  coil  and 
halter  chains  a  new 
list  has  been 
adopted,  which  means  an  advance  of 
about  10  per  cent.  The  manufacturers 
of  screws  have  withdrawn  the  old  price 
which  they  have  been  making  and  have 
advanced  their  discount  from  10  to  15 
per  cent.  Lead  pipe  is  now  worth  5J£c 
per  lb.  in  coils;  yic  extra cut  to  length. 
Ice  skates  have  been  advanced  on  the 
cheap  grade  from  5  to  7c  per  pair.
Necessity  of  Currency  Reform.
“ It  seems  to  me,”  said  the  man  who, 
in  an  unguarded  moment,  had  allowed 
his  wife  to  lure  him  into  a  dry  goods 
store;  " it   seems  to  me  that  we  need 
currency  reform. ’ ’

“ What  do  you  mean?”   she  asked.
“ Why,  instead  of  issuing  dollars  and 
fifty-cent  pieces,  the  Government  ought 
to  turn  out  ninety-eight  cent  bills  and 
forty-nine  cent  pieces.”
Home  Seekers’  Excursions  to  South­

ern  and  Western  Points.

On  Oct.  4,  5,  18  and  19  C.  &  W.  M. 
and  D.,  G.  R.  &  W.  agents  will  sell 
tickets  one  way  and  round  trip 
to 
Southern  points  and  round  trip  to West­
ern  points  at  low  rates.  Ask  agents  or 
write  to  the  undersigned  for  full 
infor­
mation.  Geo.  De Haven,  G.  P.  A.

T h is  is  our  FRUIT  AND  DELIVERY  WAGON.  Furnished  with  F ru it 
R acks  when  desired.  T h e  B est  is  none  too  good. 
See  this  and  our 
com plete  line  of  hand  m ade  H arness,  Carriages,  etc.

W rite  for  new  catalog.

BROWN  &  SEHLER,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

23

Condemnable  Trade  Trickery.

Written fo r the  T rad esm an.

While  on  my  way  down  town the other 
day,  I  noticed  a  card  in  the  window  of 
a  certain  Sixteenth  street  shoe  store  up­
on  which  was  printed  the  following: 
“ Beginning  to-day,  all  of  our  men’s  $5 
shoes  at  $3.75.  Come 
in  and  get  a 
pair.  Sizes  to  fit  all  feet.”

Being 

in  need  of  a  pair  of  shoes,  I 
accepted  the  printed 
invitation.  As  I 
stepped  inside,  I  was  met  by  a  gentle­
manly  salesman,  who  showed  me  to  a 
seat  and  politely  asked  what  he  could 
do  for  me.

“ I  want  a  pair  of  those  $5  shoes  that 

you  are  selling  for $3.75.”

“ Yes,  sir;  what  size,  please?”
“ Nine,  double  A .”
“ I’m  very  sorry,  but  we  are  out  of 

that  size  in  the $5  grade.”

“ Well,  let  me  have  an  eight  A,  then.
I  guess  that  size  will  fit  me  even  better 
than  the  longer  and  narrower  ones. ’ ’

The  salesman  went  to  the  shelves 
and,  after  spending  several  minutes 
in 
looking  over  his  stock,  came  back  to 
where  I  was  sitting,  with  several  pairs 
of  shoes  in  his  hands.

“ We  are  out  of  that  size,  also,”   he 
remarked,  “ but  here  is  a  pair  at  $4.50 
that  I  think  you  would  like  as  well  as 
the  others.  Let  me  fit  one  of  them  on 
for  y o u a n d   he  began  unlacing  one 
of  my  shoes.

‘ * It  seems  strange  that  you  should  be 
out  of  those  sizes  in  the  shoe  that  you 
have  advertised. 
first 
day  of  your  special  sale?”

Isn’t  this  the 

*  Yes,  sir;  but  there  is  more  demand 
for  those  sizes  than  for  any  other,  so 
that  we  find  it  difficult  to  keep  a  com­
plete  assortment  on  hand.”

“ Well,  but  this 

is  the  first  day  of 
your  sale  on  them,  and  your  store  has 
been  open  for  business  only  a little  over 
an  hour. 
I  don’t  understand  why  you 
should  be  out  of  those  sizes.  You  can’t 
have  had  trade  enough  so  early  in  the 
day  to  take  them  all.  Besides,  you  said 
just  now  that  there  is  more  demand  for 
eights  and  nines  than  for  any  of  the 
other  sizes. 
should  think  that  you  would  keep  up 
with  the  demand  by  buying  a  larger 
number  of  those  sizes  than  of the others. 
The  card  in  your  window  plainly  states 
that  you  have  them  in  all  sizes.”

is  the  case, 

If  such 

“ Well,  the truth  is, ”  replied the clerk 
as  be  realized  that  an  explanation  was 
necessary  “ the  line  of  $5  shoes  that  we 
are  offering  at  $3.75  is  composed of very 
small  sizes.  There  are  no  medium  or 
large  sizes  among  them.”

“ That 

is  exactly  what  I  wanted  to 
know. 
If  you  will  kindly  replace  my 
shoe  I  won’t  trouble  you  any  further 
this  morning—nor  any  other  morning 
If  you  care  to  do  so  you  may  tell  your 
employer  that,  for  the  sake  of  his  busi 
ness,  he  should  take  that  card  out  of 
his  window.  Good-morning.”

The  above 

is  an  instance  of  what 

term 
illegitimate  advertising.  There 
was  no  excuse  for  this  Sixteenth  street 
firm's  resorting  to  any  such  methods. 
They  have  a  large  and  well-established 
business. 
as 
thoroughly  reliable;  and  a  thing  of  th 
sort  can  do  them  nothing  but  injury.
Mac  A l l a n .

regarded 

They 

are 

Straight  Talks  to  Young  Men.
The  success  or  failure  of  every  young 
man  depends  upon  his  own  efforts,  and 
the  sooner  he  discovers  this  fact  the 
better  it  will  be  for  him.  The  school 
ing  a  young  man  gets 
in  acquiring 
few  paltry  dollars 
is  exactly  what  he 
must  have  in  order to retain his accumu 
lated  wealth  and  use  it  in  a  right  man

ner.  We  append  a  few  business  rules 
that  should  be  adopted  and  strictly  ad­
hered  to  by  the  young  man  just  starting 
out  on  his  business  career:

His  first  ambition  should  be  to  ac­
quire  a  perfect  knowledge  of  the  details 
of  his  business,  so  that  he  will  not be  at 
the  mercy  of  inefficient  or  incompetent 
subordinates.

He  should  acquire  a  correct epistolary 
style,  for  he 
is  judged  by  the  business 
world  according  to  the  expression  and 
style  of  his  letters.

He  should  never  suffer  a  letter  to  re­
main  unanswered,  however  unimportant 

may  seem.
He  should  never  fail  to  meet  a  busi­

ness  engagement.

ness  he  has chosen.

Confine  his  capital  closely  to the busi­

Avoid  display,  and  choose  associates 

discreetly.

Avoid  litigation,but  in  case  of  neces- 
ty  employ  competent  counsel.  For­
tunes  have  been  lost  by  “ every  man  his 
own  lawyer.”

Never  “ run  down”   a  competitor’s 
goods,  remembering  that  he  has  friends 
s  well  as  you.
Never  misrepresent, 

falsify  or  de­
it  to  be  done  by  those 

ceive,  or  allow 
nder  you.
Have  one  rule  of  moral  conduct,  and 

never  swerve  from  it.

Never  refuse  a  choice  when  offered. 
Never  sign  a  paper  for  a  stranger. 
Personally 
least  monthly.

inspect  your  accounts  at 

little 

With 

longer 

the  above  suggestions  as  a 
groundwork  upon  which  to  build  a busi­
est  career,  your  structure  will  rise 
storm-proof;  and  a 
in 
reaching  the  topmost  course,  its  char­
acter  for  solidity  and  business  probity 
will  more  than  repay.  All  that  should 
be  done  for  any  young  man  is  to  help 
im  to  help  himself.  The  individual 
who  depends  upon  others  is  a  clog  in 
the  wheels  of  progress.  You  cannot  pass 
pon  the  reputation  of  your  ancestors. 
rou  are  either  genuine  or  counterfeit, 
and  the  world  knows  it.  Bear  this  in 
mind.

Claims  That  Clocks  Get  Tired.
‘ Do  clocks  get  tired?”   remarked  a 
Canal  street  merchant.“  I  imagine  they 
do. 
I  love  to  hear  a  clock  tick ;  I  sup­
pose  everybody  does.  We  had  a  little 
clock  that  1  used  to  keep  in  my  own 
It  stopped  one  day  and  I  shook 
room. 
it  up  a 
little  and  it  started  on,  but  it 
soon  stopped  again,  and  after  that  it 
kept  stopping,  and  sometimes  it  would 
take  me  ten  minutes  to  shake  it  up  so 
that  it  would  go  on  and  keep  going, 
suppose  I  spent  on  that  clock  as  much 
time  as  would  have  paid  for  half 
dozen  clocks 
finally 
stopped  altogether and  I  gave  it  up  and 
the  little  clock  lay  idle  for  months, 
supposed  that  sqoner or  later  we  should 
throw  it  away,  and  I  thought  the  only 
reason  that  we  didn’t  was  because  we 
hate  to  throw  anything  away.

like  "it;  and 

“ But  one  day  one  of  the  children  got 
hold  of  the  clock  and  took  the  back  off 
it  to  see  what  was  the  matter  with  it 
You  know  what  happens  when  children 
begin  fooling  with  a  clock.  I  never  ex 
pected  to  hear  the  clock  tick  again 
but  I’m  blessed 
if  the  shaver  didn’ 
make  it  go.  What  he  did  to  it  I  don’ 
know;  nothing,  I  guess,  except  to  oi 
it,  and  I  suppose  that  was  all  it needed, 
or  else  it  had  simply  got  tired  and  had 
it’s  going  again 
wanted  a  rest.  But 
now,  and  ticking  away 
like  a  good 
one. ’ ’
Last  Sunday  Excursion  to  Detroit.
October  3  will  wind  up  the  Sunday 
excursions  tor  1897  via  D.,  G.  R.  & W. 
Railroad.  Last  chance  to  visit  Detroit 
at  low  rates.  Special  train  will  leave 
Grand  Rapids  at  7  o’clock,  arriving  at 
Detroit  at  noon.  Leaves  Detroit,  re­
turning,  at  6:30  p.  m.  Round  trip  rate, 
$2. 

G eo.  D e H a v e n,  G.  P.  A.

Klondikes  within  Our  Grasp.

“ Half  the  effort  required  of  a  man 
before  he  can  get  gold  out  of  the  Klon­
dike, ”  
said  a  philosopher,  “ would 
bring  him  comfort  and  something  more 
right  here.”

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUGURS AND  BITS

Snell’s ........................................................... 
70
Jennings’, genuine  ..................................... 25610
Jennings’, imitation ... 
.  ......................... 60610

AXES

?irst Quality, S. B. Bronze.........................  5  00
i’irst Quality, D. B. Bronze.........................  9  50
?irst Quality. S. B. S. Steel.........................  5 50
?irst Quality, D. B. Steel............................  10 50

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

BARROWS

BOLTS

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

60610 
70 to 75 
50

.# 3 25

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

BUCKETS

BUTTS.  CAST

Cast Loose  Pin, figured............   ................70610
Wrought Narrow.........................................70610

Ordinary Tackle.

CROW  BARS

..p e r lb

CAPS

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

CARTRIDGES

Rim Fire.  .. 
Central  Fire.

Socket Firmer... 
Socket Framing. 
Socket Corner... 
Socket  Slicks__

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

.506 5 
.256 5

60
.506 5 
.506  5

Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net
Corrugated..............................................  
Adjustable.............................................. dis 40610

1

EXPANSIVE  BITS

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

FILES—New  List

New American............................................  70610
Nicholson’s................................................... 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................6C610

GALVANIZED  IRON

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

13 

14 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

28
1

15 
GAUGES

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s...................... 60610

KNOBS—New List

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

70

MATTOCKS

Adze Eye.....................................#16 00, dis 60610
Hunt Eye.................................... #15 00, dis  60610
Hunt’s.........................................#18 50, dis 20610

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.
Steel nails, base..................................... :...  165
Wire nails, base...........................................  1 75
20 to 60 advance...........................................   Base
10 to 16 advance.......................................
8 advance...............................................
6 advance...............................................
4 advance...............................................
3 advance..............................................
2 advance..............................................
Fine 3 advance........................................
Casing 10 advance...................................
Casing  8 advance...................................
Casing  6 advance...................................
Finish 10 advance  ..................................
Finish  8 advance...................................
Finish  6 advance...................................
Barrel % advance..........................................  85

MILLS

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

MOLASSES  QATES

Stebbin’s Pattern.......................................... 60610
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60610
Enterprise, self-measuring......................... 
30

PLANES

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

PANS

Fry, Acme.............................................. 60610610
Common, polished.................................. 
Iron and Tinned  ........................................  
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 

RIVETS

706

60
60

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

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

Broken packages He per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

Maydole 6 Co.’s, new  list.....................dis  >5.
Kip’s  ......................................................dis. 
25
Yerkes 6  Plumb’s.................................. di«  t0610
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 30c list 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c 11s .40610

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

HOLLOW  WARE

Stamped Tin Ware........................new list 75610
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 20610
Granite Iron Ware........................ new list 40610
Pots...............................................................6061
K ettles......................................................... 60610
Spiders......................................................... 60610
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3................................ dis 60&10
State......................................... per doz. net  2 50
Bright..........................................................  
ho
80
Screw Eyes................................................... 
Hook’s..........................................................  
so
Gate Hooks and Eyes.................................. 
80

WIRE  GOODS

HINGBS

LEVELS

ROPES

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dis 
Sisal, Yt inch and  larger.............................  
Manilla......................................................... 
Steel and Iron..............................................
Try and Bevels......... .................................
M itre............................................................

SQUARES

70

554
8

SHEET  IRON

com. smooth,  com.

WIRE

TRAPS

#2 40
2 40
2 60
2 70
2 80

SAND  PAPER 
SASH  WEIGHTS

2 90
All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14...................................(3 30 
Nos. 15 to 17...................................  3 30 
Nos. 18 to 21................................   3  45 
Nos. 22 to 24...................................  3 55 
Nos. 25 to 26...................................  3  70 
No.  27 .........................................   3 80 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86...................................... dis
Solid Eyes........................................per ton  20 00
Steel, Game............................................. 
60610
50
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ......... 
Oneida Community, Hawley 6  Norton’s 70610
15
Mouse, choker............................per doz 
Mouse, delusion.........................per doz 
125
Bright Market............................................. 
75
Annealed  Market........................................  
75
Coppered  Market..........................................70610
Tinned Market.............................................  62*4
Coppered Spring  Steel.."............................. 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ...........................  2 05
Barbed  Fence,  painted....................................  1 70
Au Sable..................................................dis 4061C
Putnam..................................................dis 
5
Northwestern..........................................dis 10610
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
50
Coe’s Genuine..............................................  
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought 
. 
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
80
Bird  Cages  ...........................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern..............  
80
Screws, New List..............'.................... 
85
Casters, Bed and  Plate........................... 50610610
50
Dampers, American...............................  
600 pound casks...........................................  
6Q
Per pound................................................... 
6M

MISCELLANEOUS

METALS—Zinc

HORSE  NAILS

WRENCHES

 

 

 

SOLDER

*4@*4...........................................................   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, Charcoal......................................   5  75
7 00
20x14 IX, Charcoal...................... 

Each additional X on this grade, (1.25.

 

 

TIN—Allaway Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, (1.50. 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  5  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean............................  6 00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean............................  10 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   4  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   5 50
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   9 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   1100
BOILER  SIZE TIN  PLATE 
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers,
14x56 TX. for  No.  9  Boilers. ■ per pound.

80

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LEDGERS

Size 8  1-2x14— Three Columns.

2 Quires, 160 pages.................. #2 00
3 Quires, 240 pages...................2 50
4 Quires, 320 pages...................3 00
5 Quires, 400 pages...................3 50
6 Quires, 480 pages...................4 00
Invoice Record or Bill Book.
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voices.....................................   #2-00

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Gripsack  Brigade.

2 4

THE  NEW  KLONDIKE.

How  the  Trading  Stamp  Scheme 

Works  in  Oswego.

Oswego,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  20—Strangers 
wandering 
in  the  streets  of  this  tow 
are  sometimes  attracted  by  a  placard 
which  appears  in  about  half  of  the  store 
windows,  making  this  announcement:

TRADING  STAMPS  GIVEN  HERE.

it. 

If  the  stranger  is  curious,he  drops  in 
to  the  store  and  asks  the  proprietor 
an  assistant:  “ What 
is  th is ‘ trading 
stamp’  business,  anyhow?”   To  which 
the  storekeeper, who  has  been  asked  the 
same  question  at  least  a  thousand  times 
since  he  got  out  of  bed,  will  invariably 
reply:  “ Come 
in  this  evening  at  the 
close  of  business,  when  you  have  an 
hour  or  two  to  spare,  and  I’ll  tell  you 
all  I  know  about 
I’m  busy  just 
now.”   The  merchant  is  not  busy,  but 
the  excuse 
is  pardonable,  because  the 
trading  stamp,  besides  being  the  root 
of  a  war  that  is  shaking  the  town  from 
stem  to  stern,  is  a  sore  subject.  The 
cause  and  author  of  the  confusion  i: 
Will  H.  Selleck.  Everybody 
in  Os 
wego  county  knows  Selleck.  Not  only 
was  he  born  and  brought  up  in  the 
county,  but  for  years  he  has  been  prom 
inent  in  the  councils  of  the  Republican 
party.  He  served  two  terms  in  the  As 
sembly  and  one  as  Sheriff  of  the county 
Perhaps  it  was  his  experience  as  a  pol 
itician  that  suggested  to  him  the  trad 
ing  stamp  scheme.  At  any  rate,  a  few 
weeks  ago  he  opened  a  place  in  East 
First  street  bearing  the  sign,  “ The  Os 
wego  Supply  Company  Trading  Stamp 
Association. ”   The  stock  consisted  of  a 
job  lot  of  such  odds  and  ends  as  are  to 
be  found  on  what are  known  as  “ five 
cent  counters,”   much  of  the  trash  be 
ing  shop-worn  and  fly-specked,  includ 
ing  an  assortment  of  musical  instru 
ments  and  cheap  silverware  picked  up 
at  pawnbrokers’  auction  sales.  Then  it 
was  that  the  windows  of  the  other  stores 
of  Oswego  blossomed  out  with  the  pla­
cards  above  referred  to  advertising  the 
trading stamps.  On  enquiry the trading 
stamp  scheme  proved  to  be  this  simple 
device:  Selleck  has  made  a  contract 
for  one  year  with  forty  representative 
merchants 
in  various  lines,  to  each  of 
whom  he  has  issued  stamps  resembling 
United  States  postage  stamps  of  va­
rious  denominations.  The  merchants 
have  contracted  to  give  to  their  cus 
tomers  these  stamps  to  the  value  of  5 
per  cent,  on  all  their  cash  sales.  The 
stamps  are  good  at  Selleck’s  for  their 
face  value 
in  trade.  Since  the  mer­
chants  pay  Selleck  cash  for  the  stamps, 
they  virtually  give  him  under  the  con­
tract  5  per  cent,  of  their gross  receipts. 
What  they  get  in  return  is  the  supposed 
benefit  of  the  advertisement  resulting 
from  the  publication  of  the  fact  that 
they  issue  trading  stamps,  and  also  the 
increase  of  cash  business,  as  no  stamps 
are given  on  credit  transactions.  The 
increase  of  business  from  this  sort  of 
advertising  must  have  been  consider­
able,  for  very  soon  after  the  trading 
stamp  blossomed  in  the  windows of  Sel­
leck’s 
in  whose 
windows  the  new  plant  did  not  bloom 
began  to  note  a  falling  off 
in  their 
trade,  which  they  naturally  attributed 
to  a  corresponding  increase  in  the  trade 
of  their  stamp-giving  rivals.  This  was 
the  beginning  of  trouble.  The  anti- 
Selleckites  formed  a  new  association 
and  appointed  a  committee  to  devise 
some  new  scheme  to  win  back  their 
truant  trade.  The committee  has  not  yet 
reported,  and  meanwhile  the  anti-stamp 
fellows  are  circulating  among  the Sel­
leck  men  pointing  out  what an  exceed- 
ingly  good  thing  Selleck  has  of  it. 
Thanks  to  this  talk,  it  has  dawned  at 
last  upon  the  Selleck  men  that  they  are 
being  made  the  cat’s-paws  of  one of  the 
most  cunning  swindles  ever  concocted ; 
Selleck  is  getting— cash  in  advance— 5 
per  cent,  of  the  gross  receipts  of  forty 
merchants,  giving  in  return  merchand­
ise  at  his  own  price.  Five  per  cent,  on 
forty 
is  equal  to  200  per  cent,  on  one, 
and  as  all  the  forty  are  representative 
dealers,  and  some of  them,  at  least,  very 
extensive  dealers,  the  average 
is  as­

forty,  the  merchants 

is  full  of  war  talk. 

sumed  to be  very  considerable,  and  it  is 
figured  out that ex-Assemblyman Selleck 
is  doing  a  business  of  $80,000  a  year 
in  commodities  on  which  he  is 
cash 
able  to  fix  his  own  profits. 
In  conse­
quence,  the  air 
If 
one-tenth  of  the  lawsuits  that  are threat­
ened  ever  get  onto  the  calendar,  the 
court  of  Oswego  county  will  be  busy  fo 
a  decade  to  come  and  the  lawyers 
all  get  rich.  Everybody  in  town  is  in 
volved  on  one  side  or the  other.  The 
only  man  in  town  who  seems  to  be  en 
joying  himself  thoroughly 
is  Selleck 
whose  scheme  started  the  row.  He 
said  to  have  figured  it  out  that  he  sim 
ply  can’t  lose,  come  heads,  come  tails,
English  Package  Ceylon  Teas  Shut 

Out.

in 

into  this  country 

The  Treasury  Department  at  Wash 
ington  last  week  made  a  decision which 
will  vitally  affect  the  market  for  several 
English  package  Ceylon  teas,  which  are 
imported 
large 
quantities,  and  which  are  advertised 
very  heavily  all  over  the  United  States 
The  decision  of  the  Treasury'  De 
partment  was  given  in  the  matter  of  the 
contention  of  the  Ceylon  tea  importers 
that  a  good  part  of  their  tea  was  what 
known  as  “ needle  leaf,”   which  had 
been  unjustifiably  excluded  by  the  tea 
inspectors  as  dust.  They  claimed  that 
their  tea,  being  machine-made,  was 
equally  good  both  in  the  large and small 
leaf,  and  that  the  “ needle  leaf”   should 
not  be  discriminated  against  and placed 
the  same  forbidden  category  with 
dust. 
The  United  States  authorities 
decide  that  the  Ceylon  tea  must  come 
n  under  the  same  restrictions  as  all 
other  teas.  The  decision,  however,  will 
allow  the  Ceylon  people 
to  bring 
‘ needle  leaf”   into  this  country,  but  i 
nsists  that  dust  must  be  removed  from 
the  tea  before  its  entry  is  allowed.

During  the  examination,  which  was 

part  of  the  case,  the  committee  took 
samples  of  some  of  the  leading  package 
Ceylon  teas  and  removed  all  of  tb< 
‘ needle  leaf, ”   finding,  when  this  wa 
done,  that  there  was  still  a  decided  ex 
cess  of  dust  over  the  percentage allowed 
by  the  law.  While  the  Ceylon  people 
admitted  this—after  its  presence was re 
vealed  to  them—they  claimed  that  thei 
dust  was  good  in  every  respect,  and that 
there  was  no  reason  why  it  should  he 
excluded.  This  claim  was  overruled  by 
the  Government.

The  principal  effect  of  this  decision 
will  be  to  compel  the  English  packers 
of  Ceylon  tea  to  change  the  quality  of 
their  product,  under  penalty  of  total  ex 
elusion  from  this  country. 
In  some  of 
the  English  Ceylon  package  teas  there 
"s  considerable  broken 
leaf  and  dust. 
The  packers  will  be  forced  to  leave  out 
both  of  these,  and  to  ship  a  cleaner  tea 
to  this  country.  This  will  not necessari- 
advance  the  price,  as  it  is said  that 
other  varieties  of  Ceylon  tea,  costing 
’  ttle,  if  any,  more,  can  be  used.

It  looks  very  much  as  if  the day of tea 
It  may  be  sold  right 
dust  was  over. 
long  at  a  very 
low  price,  simply  as 
dust,  but  it  will  hardly  be  used  to  any 
extent  as  an  adulterant  from  now  on.
Movements  of  Lake  Superior  Travel­

ers.

C.  E.  McCrone  (R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.) 
s  working  east  of  Marquette  this  week.
J.  A.  Whiting  (Fletcher  Hardware 

Co.)  spent  Sunday  at  Marquette.

L.  D.  Packer  is  doing  the  Upper 
territory  this 
is  a  whole-souled  fel­

Peninsula  part  of  his 
week. 
“ Pack”  
low,  to  be  sure.

H.  A.  Carr  (Plankington  Packing 
Co.)  is  doing  a  kodak  snap  shot  busi­
ness as  a  side  line.

J.  A.  Gonzales  (Best  &  Russell  Co.) 
has  finished  this  territory  and  gone  to 
the  Lower  Peninsula.
Low  Rates  to  Newaygo  for  Soldiers 

and  Sailors’  Reunion.

The  C.  &  W.  M.  Railway  will  sell 
ckets  on  Sept.  27,  28,  29  and  30 and 
Oct.  1—all  good  to  return  Oct.  2—at 
one  and  one-third  fare.  On  Sept.  30 
(G.  A.  R.  day),  the  rate  will  be  one 
fare,  good  only  on  that  day.

G e o .  D e H a v e n ,  G .  P.  A .

In  steering  the  ship  of  trade  into  the 
harbor  of  success  don’t  get  scared  at 
every  passing  cloud.

If  the  dead-beat  can  write  fiction 

well  as  he  can  talk  it,  the  publishers 
will  make  him  rich.

We  can’t  see  anything  out  of  joint 

in 
the  world  when  we  look  through  the 
spectacles  of  success.

Keep  talking  about  what  you  think 
you  know  and  people  will  soon  learn 
how  much  you  don’t  know.

Who  wants  the  mill  to  run  with  the 
water  that  has  passed,  when  there’s 
plenty  more  water  coming?

The  merchant  who  maintains  that 
is  a  crime  usually  has  all  his 

failure 
property  in  his  wife’s  name.

When 

it  comes  to  building  a  bank 
account  an  ounce  of  hustling  is  worth  a 
pound  of  political  theorizing.

Did  you  ever  notice  that  it  gives  the 
merchant  who  keeps  a  dirty  store  the 
rheumatism  to  wash  his  windows?

T h e  salesm an  who  does  better  work 
because  his  salary  was  advanced  proves 
that  he  w asn’t  doing  his  best  before.

The  more  intimate  we  become  with 
some  self-made  men,  the  more  sincere 
ly  we  wish  they  had  failed  in  the under 
taking.

By  doing  good  you  may  lay  up  treas 
ures  in  heaven,  but  it  is  only  by  doing 
business  that  you  can 
increase  you 
bank  account.

An  honest  traveling  man  cannot  pos­
sibly  travel  as  fast  as  the  lie  of  a  dis 
honest  competitor,  but  it  is  a  satisfac- 
ion  to  know  that  the  lie  will  ge t. tired 
first.

John  Shields (Lemon  & Wheeler  Com­
pany) 
is  confined  to  his  bed  at  Petos- 
key  by  an  attack  of  the  grip.  His  route 
in  the  meantime  by 

being  covered 
Austin  K.  Wheeler.

Harry  R.  Radford  has  severed  his 
connection  with  the  Clark-Jewell-Wells 
Co.  and  resumed  his  former  connection 
with  Godsmark,  Durand  &  Co.,  of 
Battle  Creek,  changing  his  residence 
from  Kalamazoo  to  Battle  Creek.  W. 
H.  Sigel  will  hereafter  cover  Mr.  Rad­
ford’s  former  route  for  the Clark-Jewell- 
Wells  Co.

We  won’t  give  him  away,  but  he’s  a 
traveling  drug  man  and  goes  armed 
with  chewing  gum,  sample  bottles  of 
perfume, 
licorice  sticks,  moth  balls, 
and  other  things.  The other night,  while 
walking  with— well,  we’ll  say  a  Petos- 
key  belle,  who  was  troubled  very  much 
with  a  horrid 
little  cough,  the  drug 
rummer  gave  her  a  troche  to  relieve 
the  cough,  but 
it  had  no  effect.  The 
next  day  she  returned  the  trouser  s  but­
ton  with  a  note,  suggesting  that  he 
might  need  it.

Detroit  Journal,  Sept.  18:  The  hotels 
nowadays  are  unusually  full  of  traveling 
men.  At  the  Cadillac  this  morning  an 
even  dozen  registered  in  a  bunch  from 
New  York  and  many  others  have  tele­
graphed for accommodations.  They rep­
resent  all  lines  of  business,  from  collars 
and  cuffs  to  machinery,and  each  and  all 
of  them  are  almost,  if  not  quite,  en­
thusiastic  over  the  changes  for  the  bet­
ter  that  are  noted  in  all  lines  of  busi­
ness.  Said  an  agent  of  a  large  New 
ork  carpet  house,this  noon :  “ We  are 
experiencing  what  might  be  called real­
ly good  times  in  our  business 
I  have 
not  been  out  since  May  until  this  trip 
and  the  way  we  are  selling  our  goods 
now  compared  to  the  business  done  by 
is  almost  remarkable.  Then, 
wt  had  all  we  could  do  to  get  rid  of  the 
stuff  we  had  on  hand,  but  now  the  mer­
chants  of  the  country  are  ready  buyers

then 

and  our  establishment  is  taxed  to its  ut­
most  to  fill  orders.  We  are  importing 
largely  and  the  local  merchants  tell  us 
that  they  look  for  excellent  tiade  this 
fall  and  winter.  Higher  priced  goods, 
in  demand,  which  should  be  a 
too,  are 
sufficient  sign  that  times  are  improving 
I  have  talked  with  many  trav­
greatly. 
eling  men 
lines  of  business  other 
than  my  own  and  all  of  them,  with  very 
few  exceptions,  agree  with  m e.”
WANTS  COLUMN.

in 

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'II/'ANTED—TO EXCHANGE  A  TWO STORY 
H   brick store building for stock groceries  or 
furniture;  building  located  in  one  of  the  best 
towns  in  Southern  Michigan.  Address  S.  F. 
Caldwell, Battle Cteek, Mich. 

STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS  AND  GROCERIES, 
invoicing about $800 or $900, to  exchange for 
a small  farm  in  good  locality.  Address  Lock 
Box 124, Middleton, Mich. 
399
r p o   EXCHANGE—I  HAVE  A  TEN  ACRE 
A  pi ml try farm,  with  all  new  buildings,  one- 
half  mile  west  of  Main  street,  Lake  Odessa, 
Mich., which  I  would  like  to  exchange  for  a 
stock of goods  in  a  good  location.  Enquire  of 
or address A. C. Karr, Lake Odessa, Mich.  400
tpORSALE-SMALL  DRUG  STOCK,  INVOIC- 
ing about $700, in best town for size in Mich­
igan;  doing$60 to $75  per  week  business;  rent, 
$100  per  year:  best  location  in  town;  best  of 
reasons for selling.  Address Lock Box fO, Lake 
Odessa, Mich. 
f p o  RENT-THE  FINEST  STORE  AND  THE 
A  best location for a first-class shoe,  clothing, 
or furniture or carpet store;  size 35x100;  lighted 
by  gas  or  electricity;  in  Battle  Creek,  Micb. 
Parties in search of a good  location  should  not 
overlook this chance.  Apply to E. Trump, Bat- 
tle Creek, Mich. 
IpOR  SALE—STOCK  GENERAL  MERCHAN- 
dise and building  in  railroad  town  of  400; 
best farming country in Central  Michigan;  pos­
itively no trades.  Address No. 396,  care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
f |M)R  SALE — GROCERY  AND  BAKERY 
stock, also  meat  business  in  connection  if 
wanted, In  live  city  of  7,000  inhabitants;  best 
location;  business  conducted  on  strictly  cash 
system;  in fact, best of  the  kind  in  Michigan. 
Address No. 395, care Michigan Tradesman.  395 
X \ T ANTED—LOCATION,  WITHOUT STOCK, 
» v 
for druggist and physician in Michigan or 
Northern Indiana.  Must be good town, market, 
railroad,  etc.  Address  No.  391,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
y y  ANTED—FARM.  IF FARM  SUITS  BIG 
deal  will  be  given.  G.  11. Kirtland, 1161 
South Division St., Grand Rapids. 
Fo r  sa l e—boot  a n d  shoe  stock  in -
voicing about $1,800.  Best location and only 
exclusive shoe store in town of 3.4U0 inhabitants. 
Address No. 391, care Michigan Tradesman.  :-9l
IpOR  SALE—16J  ACRES  OF GOOD ROLLING 
prairie land in Brown county, South Dakota;
30 acres under cultivation ; $4 per acre. 
Address 
R  A.  Wohlfarth, Aberdeen, So. Da
38(5
IT'OR  sa l e- seco n d h a n d  sca les,  re'-
■  paired  and  warranted,  at  very  low  prices; 
we take secondhand scales in trade when parties 
want  scales  of  larger  capacity,  etc.  Address 
" tandard Scale & Fixture Co , St Louis. Mo.  385
IjlOR SALE—GOOD  CLEAN  STOCK  OF GRO- 
J-  eeries and notions In country village;  doing 
a  nice  business;  can  leave  postofiice  with  pur­
chaser  Reason  for  selling,  poor health.  Ad­
dress G.  W. Townsend, Watson, Mich. 

w retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with
Caulkett & Co., Traverse City, Mich.
381
IpOR SALE-JUDGMENT FOR $8.08 AGAINST 
m  Miles.H. Winans_,  real  estate  agent  in  the 
Tower  Block. 
Company,  Grand 
Rapids.
382
Ii'OR  EXCHANGE-A  WELL-ASSORTED 
drug stock that  will  inventory  $1,200  for  a 
ock of  groceries.  Address  John  Cooper,  340 
Woodworth avenue, Grand Rapids, Mich.  366
IpOR  SALE—CLEAN  STOCK  GROCERIES 
and  crockery,  enjoying  cream  of  trade  in 
best growing city in  Michigan.  Lake  port  and 
center  of  fruit  belt.  Patronage  mostly  cash. 
Rent,  $50  per  month,  with  terminable  lease. 
Stock and fixtures will inventory $3,500, but  can 
1^ re<*uced.  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- 
lgan Tradesman.  _________  
ANTED—PARTNER  WITH  $3,000  FOR 
one-half interest  in  hardware, stoves  and 
unshop, 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
298
I^IOR  EXCHANGE—TWO  FINE  IMPROVED 
~   farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades-
W  AN TED-1,000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS, 
daily.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
xtnaca, Mich._____  
249

7 AiNTED —FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER

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PATENT  SOLICITORS.

pREE—OUR  NEW  HANDBOOK  ON  PaT- 
*   Allgier,  Patent  Attorneys, 

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339

Walter Baker & Go. m

E stablished 1780.

Largest Manufacturers of

PURE.HI6H GRADE

Dorchester, Mass.
The Oldest and 

COCOASAND
CHOCOLATES

on this Continent.

No  Chemicals  are  used  in 

their manufactures.

Trade-1
Their  Breakfast  Cocoa  is  absolutely  pure, 
delicious,  nutritious,  and  costs  less  than  one 
cent a cup.

Their  Premium  No.  i  Chocolate,  put  up  in 
Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the  best 
plain chocolate in the market for family use.
Their  German  Sweet  Chocolate  ú   good  tc 
eat and good to drink.  It is  palatable, nutri­
tious, and  healthful ;  a  great  favorite  with 
children.
Buyers should ask for and be sure that they 
get the genuine goods. The above trade-mark 
is on every package.
W alter Baker &  Co.  Ltd., 

Dorchester,  Mass.

Is  n   Law  Enîorcefl
m Your Township?

Under the new  law  the  operations 
of  country  peddlers  can  be  con­
siderably curtailed— in some  cases 
abolished altogether—by the  ener­
getic  enforcement  of  the  statute. 
It  is  the  duty  of  the  merchant  to 
see that the township board  of  his 
township  enforces  the  law.  The 
Tradesman has had  drafted  by  its 
attorney blank  licenses and  bonds, 
which it  is  prepared  to  furnish  on 
the following terms:
LICENSES,

10 cents per  dozen;
75  cents per  ioo.

BONDS,

25 cents per dozen;
$1.50 per 100

Please  accompany  orders  with 

remittances.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

Grand  Rapids.

Travelers*  Time  Tables.

DETROIT,Grand Rapids & Western.

June 37,1897.

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

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Geo.  DbHavbn,  General Pass. Agent.

1:10pm 6:10pm

GRAND Trank Rnilwny System

Detroit and Milwaukee Div

(In effect  May 3,  1897.)

WEST

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive.
+ 6:45am..Saginaw,  Detroit  and  East..t 9:55pm
tl0:10am......... Detroit  and  East........ t 5:07pm
+ 3:30pm..Saginaw,  Detroit and  East..tl2:45pm 
*10:45pm.. .Detroit, East and Canada.. .* 6:35am 
* 8:35am....Gd. Haven  and Ink Pts....* 7:10pm
fl2:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate.t 3:22pm 
+ 5:12pm  Gd. Haven Mil. and Chi__ +10:05am
* 7:40pm.... Gd. Haven Mil. and Chi 
* 8:15am
+10:00pm........Gd. Haven  and Mil..........+ 6:40am
Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner parlor car.  No. 
18  parlor  car.  Westward—No.  11  parlor  car. 
No. 15 Wagner parlor car.
♦Daily.  tExcept Sunday.

B. H. Hushis, A. G. P .4 T .A . 
B n . Futohsb, Trav. Pass. Agt, 
Jab. Campbell, City Pass. Agent, 
No. 23 Monroe St.

CHICAGO

Going  to  Chicago.

Muskegon.

Returning  from  Chicago.

Lv. G.Rapids..8:35am  1:25pm  *6:25pm  *ll:3)pu
Ar. Chicago__3:10pm 6:50pm  2:0uam  6:40an
Lv. Chicago................   7:20am  5:15pm  *  9:30pu
Ar. G’dRapids............1:25pm  10:45pm  * 4:00a»
Lv. G’d  Rapids..............8:35am  1:25pm  6:25pi:
\r.  G’d Rapids..............  1:25pm 5.>5pm  10:45a^
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
\r. Charlevoix..........   3:15pm  7:30am 
.
\r.  Petoskey..............  3:45pm  8:C0am  ..........
Ar  Bay View..............  3:55pm  8:10am  ..........
Parlor cars  leave  Grand  Rap ds 8:35 a m  and 
1:25 p m; leave Chicago 5:15 p m.  Sleeping cars 
leave  Grand  Rapids  *11:30  pm;  leave Chicago 
*9:30 p m.

PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CARS.  CHICAGO.

View.

... 

TRAVERSE  CITY  AND  BAY  VIEW.

Parlor  car  leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:30  a  m: 

sleeper at 11:30 p m.

♦Every  day. 

Others week days only.

Geo. DeHavbn, General Pass. Agent.

GRAND Rapids  &  Indiana Railway

June  20,  1897

Northern  Div.  Leave  Arrivi 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...* 7:45am *10:00pm 
L’rav. C’y, Petoskey A Mack...+ 2:20pm  t 5:10( m
Cadillac....................................t  5:25pm tll:10a>.
Petoskey & Mackinaw........  .+11:10pm +  6:30am
Trains  leavingat 7:45 a.m. and 2:20 p. m. have 
parlor cais, and train  leaving at 11:10  p.  m.  has 
sleeping cars tc  Petoskey  and  Mackinaw.
Southern  Div.  Leave  Arrivi
Cincinnati...............................+ 7:10am  t  8:25pr>
Ft. Wayne................................+ 2:00pm  + 2:10pm
Cincinnati, Louisville & Ind..*10:15pm * 7:20«.
i :10a.m.  train  has  parlor  car  to  Cincinnai' 
2 00p.m.  train  has  parlor  car  to  Fort  Wayne. 
10:15p.m.  train  has  sleeping  car  to Cincinnati, 
Indianapolis and Louisville.

Muskegon Trains.

GOINS WEST.

Lv G’d  Rapids............ +7:35am  +1:00pm  t5:40pi
Lv G’d Rapids..........................  ¿9:00am  +7:00pm
ArMuskegon..............  9:00am  2:10pm  7:< 0. m
Ar Muskegon...........................   10:25am  8:25pm
Ar Milwaukee, Steamer...........  4:00am
GOING  EAST.
Lv Milwaukee, Steamer.........  
7:30am
Lv Muskegon..............+8:10am  +11:45am  +4:10pc
Lv Muskegon..........................   i 8:35am  i6:35pm
*rG'd Rapids............ 9:30am  12:55pm  5 3  c
Ar G’d Rapids......................... 
ID :00am  8:00pm
+Excqpt Snndav.  »Daily.  ¿Sunday only. 
Steamer leaves Muskegon daily except  Satur­
day.  Leaves Milwaukee  daily  except  Saturday 
and Sunday.
A. almquibt, 
Ticket Agt.Un. Sta.  Gen. Pass. Jk Tkt. Agt.

C. L. Lockwood,

CANADIAN Pacific Railway.

BAST  BOUND.

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

WEST  BOUND.

DULUTH, South Shore and Atlantic 

Railway.

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I.)+ll:10pm  +7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City..................  7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St  Ignace..........................  9:00am  5:20pm
Ar. Sault Ste. Marie................   12:20pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marquette  .......................   2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestoria.............................  5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. Duluth............................................. 
8:30am
Lv. Duluth............................................   +6:30pm
Ar. Nestoria.............................+11:15am  2:45am
Ar. Marquette........................ 
1:30pm  4:30am
Lv. Sault Ste. Marie..............  3:30pm 
.........
Ar. Mackinaw City.  .............  8:40pm  11:00am
G. W.  H i b b a r d ,  Gen. Pass. Agt., Marquette. 
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids.

EAST  BOUND.

MINNEAPOLIS, St Pan! & Sault Ste.
Marie Railway.

WEST  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.....................................   +6:30pm
Ar. St. Paul.............................................  7:20pm
Ar. Gladstone..........................................  5:45am
Ar. Mackinaw City.................................  11:03am
Ar. Grand Rapids....................................  10:00pm
W . R. C a l l a w a y , Gen. Pass. Agt., Minneapolis. 
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass.  Agt., Grand  Rapids

BAST BOUND.

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active  merchant  is  seeking, 
ind  those  most  successful 
ire  using  the  co-operative 
system—giving  their  cus­
tomers  the  benefit  of  their 
advertising  bill.

We  Can 
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Our  business  would  not  be 
constantly  increasing  were 
we not giving good service. 
W e  know  how  to  manage 
Premium  Advertising  suc­
cessfully  and  can  instruct 
you  how  to conduct  it  on  a 
safe and  profitable  basis.

Harvest 
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That’s  Just  what  it  is  now 
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The above cut  shows  our 
No.  7 Parlor  Table  in  Oak, 
Polished  Antique 
finish,

and  is  usually given  with  $25.00 to  $30.00 in  trade.

W e  want to send  you  our catalogue,  showing a  fine  line of  useful  premium  goods.  Then  we believe 
you  will  send  us a trial  order,  with  which  we  include a  full  supply  of  circulars, coupons  and  placards, 
all sent on 60 days*  trial,  subject  to approval.

Stebbins  Manufacturing  Co.,

M e n t io n   T r a d e s m a n .

Lakeview,  Mich.

The
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Its  circulation 

Needs no introduction to those  ad­
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Those  who  have  not  tried  it,  and 
are desirous of  reaching the Michi­
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most direct means for the purpose. 
It  is  old  enough  to  be  strong— no 
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is 
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many” but of the  “how good” kind. 
It  is  positively  without  a  hobby—  
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Treats  everybody  alike.  Nobody 
owns  us. 
Is  this  what  you  are 
looking for?  Sample and rates on 
request.

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And  a Money Weight System

W ith them  you can easily find your profits for each  day, 
each week, or each  month.

The  Profit  Telling  and Goods Marking Systems are sent free 
to  all  our. patrons  who  request  them,  provided  the  request 
contain  the  kind and  number of  our  scale,  about  how  long  it 
has  been  used,  about  what  condition  it  now  is  in,  and  how 
your customers  like it.

Our  motto is:  “The  more  profits  we  can  help  make  for 

our  patrons,  the  more  they  will  patronize us.”

T H E   CO M PU TIN G   S C A L E   CO.,  Dayton,  Ohio.

8 Computing  Scale

mm
The  Stimpson 

Simplicity,  accuracy,  weight  and 
Value  shown  by  the  movement  of 
one  poise.

It  is  the  acme  of  perfection  and 

not  excelled  in  beauty and  finish.

W e  have no trolley  or tramway to 

handle.

W e  have  no  cylinder  to  turn  for 

each  price  per pound.

W e  do  not  follow,  but  lead  all 

competitors.

W e  do  not  have  a  substitute  to 

meet  competition.

We  do not indulge in  undignified 
and  unbusinesslike  methods 
to 
make  sales— we  sell Stimpson scales 
on  their merits.

Agents  of other companies would 
not have to spend  most  all  of  their 
time  trying  to  convince  the  trade 
that  our  scale  was  no  good  if  the 
Stimpson  did  not  possess  the  most 
points of merit.

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facts.  Write us and give  us  the opportunity.

The  Stimpson  Computing  Scale  Co.,

ELKHART,  1ND.

'¡M  Represented  in  Eastern Michigan  by 

R.  P.  B IG E L O W ,

Represented  in  Western  Michigan by  II® 

C.  L .  S E N S E N E Y ,

Grand Rapids.  Telephone  No.  266.

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