Volume  XV. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER  13,  1897. 

Number  734

DEALERS IN

ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Howard  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City,  Fremont,  Hart, 
Whitehall, Holland and  Kennville

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These goods are extra-plated, of handsome design and are made by one 
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years.  25 of Our Yellow  Labels, attached  to original  tin-foil wrappers, will 
procure one  Silver  Plated Teaspoon,  and  50 of  same  will  procure  one 
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will  receive  one  Silver  Plated  Steel  Table  Knife,  and  for  10 a  hand­
some Aluminum Thimble  is given.

Present  labels,  attached  to tm-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.

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is to find out how  the  men  in whose  interest  it is 
published value it.  Ask the merchants of  Mich­
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sole  agents  in  this  territory  for  the  celebrated 
roast coffees of the

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The  Law  of  1889.

E very 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 
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price.

People  want  that  kind  of Flour.
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  13,  1897.

Caldicott,  with  headquarters  in  Yuma 
have  commenced  active  development  c 
the  sulphur  mines  in  Lower  Californu 
about  thirty-two  miles  west of Yuma an 
six  miles  from  the  Colorado  River.  Rt 
cent  developments  have  revealed  almost 
incalculable  quantities  of  ore  which  as 
says  80  per  cent,  pure  sulphur,  and  can 
be  shipped 
in  the  crude  state  to  the 
Eastern  refineries  at  a  handsome  profit 
The  method  of  mining  the  ore  is  sim 
plicity  personified.  Wagons  are  driven 
into  deep  vertical  cuts,  the  walls  of 
which  are  sulphur,  and  the  ore  is  sim­
ply  broken  down  and 
into  the 
wagons  by  means  of  chutes.  The  ore 
is  combustible,  and  hums  readily 
lighted  with  a  match.

loaded 

A  Maine  clergyman  is  credited  with 
an  unusual  scheme  for  securing  texts 
for  sermons.  On  a  recent  Sunday  he 
passed  around  slips  of  paper  upon 
which  the  people  wrote  various  texts 
that  they  would 
like  to  hear  prenched 
them.  He  then  passed  around  a  hat 
ant>gathered  up  the  slips,  and  asked  a 
young  lady  present  to  choose  one  with 
out  looking.  She  drew  forth  the  text 
What  think  ye?”   upon  which  he 
preached,  according  to  report,  an  ex 
cellent  sermon.

Queen  Victoria  evidently  expects  to 
ive  for  many  years  to  come,  for  she 
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manifesting  a  very  keen  interest  in  the 
construction  of  her  new  yacht,  which  is 
to  take  the  place  of  the  old Victoria and 
Albert. 
Indeed,  so eager  is  she  to  have 
the  new  yacht  in  readiness  for  her  use 
next  year  that  she  has  demanded  that 
ts  construction  should  be  carried  on 
both  day  and  night,  without  any 
inter­
ruption,  by  relays  of  artificers.

Artificial 

legs  are  to  be  made  with 
pneumatic  feet,  to  lessen  the  jar  on  the 
body  when  walking.  Church  members 
who  have  been  swearing  at  the  brother 
who  always  comes  late  when  he  has 
squeaky  boots  will  wish  he  could  slide 
down  to  his  seat 
in  the  front  pew  on 
pneumatic  feet.

An  inspector  for  the  Pure  Food  Com­
mission  of  New  York  charged  a  firm  of 
merchants  with  selling  impure  mustard. 
The  case  has  just  been  tried  at  Strouds­
burg.  The  judge  held  that  the  defend­
ants  were  entitled  to  acquittal  on  the 
ground  that  mustard  is  not  an  article  of 
food.

In  September nearly  $5,000,000  worth 
of  grain 
left  Pacific  Coast  ports  for 
Europe,  one-half  of  which  was  shipped 
from  San  Francisco.  The  total  value 
of  wheat  and  barley  shipped  in  August 
and September  was  about  $10,000,000.

An  expert  having  reported  that  the 
northern  parts  of  New  South  Wales  are 
suitable  for  coffee  planting,  the  gov­
ernment  has  decided  to  form  a  nursery 
for  the  propagation  of  plants  to  be  dis­
tributed  among  growers.

New  Zealand  will  shortly  be  a  com­
petitor  against  the  United  States  in  the 
way  of  apples.  The  fruit 
is  said  to 
grow 
in  great  abundance  and  can  be 
shipped  profitably.

How  the  Trading  Stamp  Scheme  Is 

Regarded  in  Other  Localities.

St.  Joseph  (Mo.)  Journal  of  Com­
merce: 
The  trading  stamp  scheme, 
which  was  tried  in  this  city  last  year, 
and  which  cost  the  grocers  who  went in­
to  it  a  pretty  penny,  is  now  finding 
its 
way  East.  Paraphrasing an  old  saying, 
one 
“ What 
suckers  these  grocers  be.”   All  are  not 
suckers, neither  are all mortals fools—but 
what  a  number  there  be!

in  quoting: 

is  justified 

New  York  Retail  Grocers’  Advocate: 
When  a  trading  stamp  man  calls  to 
solicit  a  grocer  s  business his arguments 
are  very  alluring.  There  is  plenty  of 
new  business  to  come  and  the grocer  as­
sumes  a  comparatively  small  obliga­
tion.  His  first  payments  are  small,  but 
before  the  year  is  up  the grocer has paid 
a  large  amount,  and  what  be  cannot  see 
at  the  start  is  that  he  cannot  stop  after 
beginning  the  system.  This  is  where 
so  many  are  deceived.

Brooklyn  correspondence  Retail  Gro­
cers’  Advocate:  An  original  way  of 
securing  the  nullification  of  the  one­
sided  contract  enforced  by  the  trading 
stamp  schemers  has  been  discovered 
and  carried  out  by  Van  Hassel  &  Hahl, 
156 Third avenue,  Brooklyn.  It  appears 
that  they  placed  a  sign  in  their  store 
which  read:  “ We  sell at  lowest  prices! 
To  those  who  want  premiums,  we  must 
charge  10  per  cent,  extra.”   The  effect 
of  this  sign  was  that  customers  would 
not  ask  for  stamps,  and  the  manager  of 
the  trading  stamp  concern  called  soon 
fterwards, 
infuriated,  and  took  away 
all  the  books,  advertising  signs,  etc. 
This  method  seems  to  be  the  simplest 
and  most  effective  for  those  who  wish 
to  secure 
from  a  contract 
which 
is  so  unfair  that  no  man  would 
enter  into  it  with  his  eyes  wide  open.

immunity 

Pittsburg  Mercantile  Journal:  There 
s  a  suit  at  present  pending  at Pittsburg 
over  the  trading  stamp scheme.  A  con­
cern  which  calls  itself  the  Lyons  Mer­
cantile  Co.  is  suing  a  grocer named  T. 
D.  Davis  on  the  ground  that  Mr.  Davis 
agreed  with  a  representative  of 
the 
Lyons  company  to  distribute  among  his 
customers  tickets  which  would  entitle 
them  to  ceitain  premiums  to  be  sup­
plied  by  the  Lyons  Mercantile  Supply 
Co.  After  Mr.  Davis  thus  agreed,  he 
studied  over  the  matter  and  came  to  the 
conclusion  that  there  was  nothing  in the 
scheme  for  him,  after  which  conclusion 
he  refused  to  distribute  the  tickets.

Much  amusement  has  been  created  in 
Germany  by  the  discovery  that  almost 
the  entire  funds  of  the  powerful  social- 
st  and  anarchist  movement  in  the  do- 
inions  of  Emperor  William  are  in­
vested  for  safety  in  Prussian  and  Ger­
man  government  bonds.  This  fact  has 
been  brought  to  light through  the  publi­
cation  of  a  financial  report  by  the  lead­
ers  of  the  movement,  appealing 
for 
subscriptions  and  complaining that  dur­
ing  the  last  year  the  expenses have been 
so  heavy,and  the  contributions  relative­
ly  so  small,  that  the  treasurers  found 
themselves  unable  to 
invest  the  same 
amount  of  money  in  government  bonds 
as  in  previous  years.

Volume XV.

THUM  BROS.  &  SCHMIDT,

Analytical  and  Consulting  Chemists,

8 4   CANAL  8 T .,
GRAND  R A PIDS.  M IC H . 

Special attention  given  to W ater,  Bark and 

Urine Analysis.

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Saturday,  Oct.  30,  with  a  full  line  of 
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THE  PACIFICATION  OF  CUBA.
The  new  Spanish  Premier,  Sagasta, 
has  announced  that  the  pacification  of 
Cuba  will  be  the  main  feature  of  his 
programme.  Just  how  he  proposes  to 
carry  out  his  scheme  of  pacification  is 
not  apparent;  but,  as  the  first  step  has 
already  been  taken,  in 
the  recall  of 
General  Weyler,  it  may  be  safely  as­
sumed  that  he  contemplates  the  aban­
donment  of  a  policy  ot  repression.

Were  Sagasta  prepared  to compromise 
with  the  Cubans  on  lines  that  would 
grant  them  practical  independence,  his 
policy  would  be  sure  of  success;  but  if 
it  be  true  that  he  proposes  merely  to  al­
low  a 
the 
suzerainty  of  Spain  to  remain  unim­
paired,  he 
is  sure  to  meet  with  disap­
pointment  and failure,  and be compelled 
to  resume  the  same  policy  of  repression 
of  which  he  now  complains.

large  share  of  autonomy, 

There  is  not  the  least  doubt  that  the 
Cubans  are  tired  of  the  war,  and  would 
gladly  see 
it  terminated,  provided  al­
ways  that 
independence  were  secured. 
They  are  even  prepared  to  agree  to a 
large 
indemnity  to  Spain,  or,  in  other 
words,  are  willing  to  purchase  the  is­
land,  if  they  can  secure  the  financial 
backing  of  this country.  Mere autonomy 
under  Spanish  sovereignty  would  not 
satisfy  the  aspiration  of  the  patriots.

There 

is,  consequently,  every  pros­
pect  that  Sasgasta  will  realize  within  a 
short  time  that  his  effort  to  pacify  Cuba 
on  the  lines  indicated  above  will  prove 
abortive,  and  that  the  repressive  meas­
ures  which  he  has  discountenanced  will 
have  to  be  again  resorted  to. 
In  that 
event  be  would  be  at  a  great  disadvan- 
tage,  as his self-respect  and  pride  would 
hardly  permit  the  restoration  of  Weyler. 
There 
is  probably  no  one  among  the 
Spanish  generals  who  so  well  fills  the 
role  of  leader  in  an  aggressive  and  re­
pressive  campaign  as  the  late  Captain 
General  of  Cuba.  Leaving  all  sent, 
ment  aside,  Weyler 
is  an  excellent 
soldier,  and  having'been  sent  to  Cuba, 
not  to  parley,  but  to crush  the  rebellion, 
he  has  set  about  accomplishing  his 
work  with  thoroughness  and  in  keeping 
with  the  orders  of  his  superiors.

The  recall  of  Weyler  for  the  time  be­
ing  disarms  the  United  States,  as  it 
is 
tantamount  to  a  notification  that  the 
new  Spanish  Ministry  is  in  earnest  in 
a  desire  to  inaugurate  reforms  in  Cuba. 
The  real  merits  of  the  situation  remain 
unchanged,  however,  as  it  is  impossible 
that  the  Cubans  can  be  induced  to make 
terms  on  the  lines  proposed  by  the 
If,  therefore,  it 
Spanish  government. 
has  been  decided  to 
intervene  in  the 
event  that  Spain  does  not  successfully 
cope  with  the  Cuban difficulty,  the  soon­
er  intervention  is  inaugurated  the  bet­
ter,  as  there  is  actually  but a  very  small 
prospect  that  Spain  will  make  any  real 
change  in  her  treatment  of  Cuba.

To  coerce  even  so  weak  a  country  as 
Spain  some  degree  of  preparation  will 
be  necessary,  so  that  we  cannot  set 
about  such  preparations  too  soon  if  we 
expect  to  be  in  readiness  for  any  such 
eventuality.

Save Trouble 
Save Loues 
Save Dollars

A  company  of  Pittsburg  capitalists, 
represented  by J.  A.  Dubbs and Graham

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

judge  of 

would  stagger  a  less  confident  man.  He 
is  an  excellent 
everything 
pertaining  to  the  lumber  business,  his 
knowledge  of  the  details  of  the business 
being 
intuitive  as  much  as  they  are 
perceptive.  This  probably  accounts for 
the  apparent  recklessness  with  which 
he  enters 
into  extensive  deals  without 
taking  time  to  contemplate the outcome, 
as  is  usually  the  case  with  large  opera­
tors.  The  reason  for  this 
is  that  he 
knows  where  to  place  the  stuff  before 
he  buys  it,  so  that  the  distribution  is  a 
matter  which gives him  very  little  after­
concern.

lives 

Mr.  Barrett  was  married  Feb.  11, 
1880,  to  Miss  Leola  Wood,  of  Cedar 
Springs,  and 
in  a  comfortable 
home  at  538  Jefferson  avenue,  where  he 
has  resided  for  the  past  eight  years. 
There  have  been  rumors  of  late  that  he 
contemplates  the  erection  of  a  commo­
dious  mansion  on  one  of  the  avenues; 
but  as  Mr.  Barrett 
is  never  known  to

prove  to  be  as  successful  as  the  father, 
it  will  not  be  because  he  has  not  had  a 
sufficiency  of  good  advice or  the  advan­
tage  of  an  excellent  example.

Mr.  Barrett  attributes  his  success  to 
the  wonderful  magic  of  push.  He  has 
no  use  for  a  non-producer and  has  no 
sympathy  with  a  man  who  has  neither 
the  faculty  nor  inclination  to  make  his 
own  way 
in  the  world.  Genial  to  an 
unusual  degree  and  communicative  on 
most  any  topic  with  which  he  is  famil­
iar,  he  has  seldom  much  to  say  of  his 
own  business,having apparently adopted 
the  motto  of  Phil  Armour,  “ Say 
little 
about  what  you  have  done  and  nothing 
about  what  you  propose  to  do. ”   He 
keeps  close  track  of  his  business,  giv­
ing  it  every  moment  of  his  time  during 
ordinary  business  hours  and  never 
causes  a  break  by  taking  a  vacation. 
He  never  buys  beyond  bis  means;  al­
ways  pays  promptly;  never  quarrels 
with  his  customers;  never 
trusts  a 
customer  over  a  certain  limit  of  credit; 
always  handles  first-class  goods  to  avoid 
unpleasantness 
in  business;  is  always 
prompt  to  settle  the  claims  of  custom­
ers 
if  investigation  discloses  that  he  or 
his  employes  or  agents  have  made  a 
mistake.  Although comparatively  young 
in  years,  Mr.  Barrett  has  every  reason 
to  feel  gratified  over  the  business  he has 
created  and  the  friends  he has acquired, 
and  those  who  know  him  best  and  ap­
preciate  his  methods  believe  that  he 
will  always  be  able  to  meet  and  master 
the  complex  business  problems  which 
are  a  distinguishing  characteristic  of 
the  competitive  age  in  which  we live.

Special  Service  for  Traveling  Men  at 

Kalamazoo.

The  Trading  Stamp  Scheme  a  One- 

Sided  Arrangement.

From the (St.  Louis) Interstate  Grocer.

illustrated 

The  old  story  of  the  Indian  and  the 
white  man  who  were  hunting  together 
and,  after  having  killed  a  turkey  and  a 
buzzard,  proceeded  to  divide their game 
is  being  practically 
in  St. 
Louis  and  elsewhere. 
It  will  be  re­
membered  that  the  white  man  said  to 
the  Indian:  “ I  will  take  the  turkey 
and  you  can  take  the buzzard,  or you can 
take  the  buzzard  and  1  will  take  the 
turkey.”   The  Indian  thought  deeply 
over  the  matter  for  a  while,  then  said : 
“ White  man  get  turkey  both  times.”

It 

is  said  that  the  “ green  goods, ” or 
counterfeit  money  distributers,  explain 
their  continued  success  in  spite  of  the 
fact  that  their  methods  have  been  ex­
posed  by  the  press  for years by the state­
ment  that  “ a  sucker  is  born  every  min­
ute,”   and  it  would  really  appear  so.

For  several  weeks  past  trade  jour­
nals,  as  well  as  daily  papers,  have  had 
much  to  say 
in  regard  to  the  trading 
stamp  scheme.  St.  Louis,  up  to  now, 
has  been  free  from  it  and  we were about 
to  congratulate  our  readers,  when  be­
hold,  one  of  our  local  subscribers  in­
forms  us  that  representatives  of  a  trad­
ing  stamp,  or  some  other  like  concern, 
are  quietly  working  among 
the  gro­
cers  of  this  city.  He further  stated  that 
he  felt  a  hesitancy  in  signing  his  name 
to  the  iron-clad  agreement  without  first 
being  assured  of  the  practicability  and 
profit  of  the  scheme.

In  order  to  give  our readers an insight 
into  the  working  of  it,  and,  perhaps, 
save  them  from  unnecessary  trouble and 
loss,  we  have  looked 
into  the  scheme 
and  our  advice 
is  to  steer  clear  of  it. 
The  scheme  has  some  very  attractive 
features  and  on  the  impulse  of  the  mo­
ment  a  merchant  is  apt  to  be  lured  into 
it  by  a  smooth  tongued  scoundrel  who 
promises  almost 
anything  verbally. 
Not  until  after  this  individual  has taken 
his  departure  does  the  merchant  care­
fully 
inspect  the  contract,  in  which  he 
signs  away  a  share  of  his  profits  to  an 
unknown  party  for  a  year  or  more.

Then  he  notices  that  half  of the prom­
ises  are  not  down  in  the  contract  and 
at  the  bottom  of  the  contract  he encoun­
ters  the  following  sentence:  “ Agents 
are  not  allowed  to  alter  or  add  to  the 
terms  of  this  contract.”

The scheme,  in a nutshell,  is this:  The 
merchant  binds  himself  for  a  year  or 
more  to  pay  the  trading  stamp  concern 
from  3  to  5  per  cent,  on  all  cash  sales 
made  during  that  time,  in  exchange  for 
which  the  customers  of  this  merchant 
will  receive  certain  articles  from  the 
trading  stamp  concern  for  a  certain 
number  of  coupons  or  stamps  to  be  giv­
en  with  each  purchase.

The  contract  does  not  state  that  this 
commission 
is  given  only  on  new  ac­
counts,  although  the  agents  often  make 
their  victims  believe  so. 
The  mer­
chants  of  Philadelphia,  New  York, 
Syracuse,  Pittsburg  and  a  number  of 
other  cities  in  the  East  have  bad  some 
very  unpleasant  experiences  along  this 
line,  and  the  writer  advises  his  friends 
in  the  trade  to  steer  clear  of  the  scheme 
if  they  wish  to  preserve  their  peace  of 
mind  and  avoid  the  loss  of  much  valu­
able  trade,  as  the  scheme 
invariably 
alienates  more  custom  than  it  attracts.

a

MEN  OF  MARK.

Wm.  E.  Barrett, 

the  Well-Known 

Lumber  Jobber.

Wm.  E.  Barrett  was  born  at  South 
Bend,  Ind.,  June  9,  1857.  His  mother 
was  of  German  descent,  while  his  ante­
cedents  on  his  father’s  side  were  Irish, 
the  latter  having  been  the first Master of 
the  first  Masonic 
lodge  organized  in 
South  Bend,  in  1835.

William  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  place  until  16  years of age, 
when  he  learned  the  jewelry  business. 
Not  liking  that  business,  he learned  tel­
egraph  operating 
in  a  local  school  of 
telegraphy,  his  first  assignment  being  at 
Fite  Lake,  where  he  went  on  June  1, 
1874.  Here  he  remained  three  years, 
when  he  was  transferred  to  Cadillac, 
where  he  remained  a  year.  He  after­
wards  worked  at  Traverse  City  for a few 
months  and  also  at  Petoskey  as_extra 
operator  during  the  Centennial.  His 
next  assignment  was  at  Cedar  Springs, 
where  he  remained  a  year,  from  which 
place  he  was  transferred  to  the  position 
of  night  dispatcher  in  the general offices 
of  the Grand  Rapids &  Indiana  Railroad 
at  Grand  Rapids.  Heiemamed  in  this 
position  two  or three  years,  when  he  ac­
cepted  a  more  lucrative  offer  from  the 
Grand  Trunk  system,  to  take  charge  of 
its  office  at  South  Bend,  being alternate­
ly  manager  of  the  offices  of  the  Mutual 
Union  Telegraph  Co.  and  the  American 
Union  Telegraph  Co.

in 

the  meantime 

Reaching  the  conclusion  that  the  tel­
egraph  business  did  not  offer  him  suffi­
cient  opportunity  for advancement,  he 
decided  to  embark  in  the  lumber  busi­
ness,  opening  a  retail  yard 
in  South 
Bend  and  carrying  on  a  wholesale  busi­
ness  for  the  Osterhout  &  Fox  Lumber 
Co.,  of  this  city.  Meeting  with  suc­
cess  almost  from  the  start,  he  subse­
quently  closed  out  the  business  at  South 
Bend  and  came  to  Grand  Rapids  and 
formed  a  copartnership  with  Frank 
Smith,  engaging  in  the  wholesale 
lum­
ber  trade  under  the  style  of  Smith  & 
Barrett.  This  copartnership  continued 
four  years,  when  Mr.  Barrett  went  on 
the  road,  selling  lumber  on  a  commis­
sion  basis  for  a  year,  making  his  head­
quarters 
at  South 
Bend.  He  then  returned  to  Grand  Rap­
ids  and  re-engaged  in  business  on  his 
own  account  under  the  style  of  W.  E. 
Barrett  &  Co.,  which  business  has 
never  been  discontinued  and  has  con 
stantly  received  the  larger  portion of his 
time  and  attention.  He  has  frequently 
formed  temporary  alliances  for  the  pur­
pose  of  handling  special  deals,  and 
in 
1888  associated  himself  with  Joseph 
J.  Tucker,  under  the  style  of  Tucker  & 
Barrett,  for  the  purpose  of  handling  the 
product  of  the  extensive  lumber  plaut 
of  Wilson  &  Luther,  at  Luther.  W.  H. 
Hoops  was  subsequently  admitted 
to 
partnership 
in  this  firm,  which  was 
changed  to  Tucker,  Hoops  &  Co.,  but 
a  few  months  later  Mr.  Barrett  retired. 
During  the  past  year  Mr.  Barrett  has 
again 
associated  himself  with  Mr. 
Tucker,  under  the  style  of  Tucker  & 
Barrett,  for  the  purpose  of  wholesaling 
lumber  from  Benton  Harbor.  This stock 
is  shipped  from  Ashland  and  Duluth 
by  water  to  Benton  Harbor,  where  it  is 
assorted  and  distributed.

Mr.  Barrett  conducts  his  business  al­
most  wholly  by  means  of  commission 
salesmen,  having had  as  many  as  thirty- 
five  men  representing  him  on  this  basis 
at  one  time.  He  is  known  far  and  wide 
by  reason  of  the  large  deals  he  manipu­
lates  and  the  coolness  and  sagacity with 
which  he  carries  on  undertakings which

Kalamazoo,  Oct.  9—The  First  M.  E. 
church  of  this  city  has  within  it  an  or­
ganization 
known  as  the  Traveling 
Men’s  Association  of  the  First  M.  E. 
Church,  composed  entirely  of  traveling 
men,  the  object  being  to  invite  those 
who  stop  here  over  Sunday  to attend  our 
church.  Our plan  is  to  have  a  letter  for 
each  one  at  the  hotel  on  Saturday  night 
or  Sunday  morning,  enclosing  a  card 
to  be  presented  to  the  usher.

Our  pastor  has  a  warm  spot  for  the 
boys  and  some  time  ago  suggested  that 
we  have  a  special  service  for  traveling 
men  and 
invite  all  those  living  here 
and  get  as  many  visitors  as  we  could. 
Sunday,  Oct.  17,  is  set  aside  as  travel­
ing  men’s  day  and  we  expect  to  have 
anywhere  from  150 to  250  in  attendance.  | 
We 
shall  meet  at  some  hotel  at  10 
o’clock  and  go  in  a  Body,and  the  ushers 
expect  to  reserve  the  best  seats  for  us. 
Special  music  has  been  provided  for 
and  we  are  assured  that  our  pastor  will 
trot  out  the  best  sermon  he  has  in  his 
barrel  for  that  day.

If  you  can  give  us  a  little  write-up,  I 
do  not  think 
it  will  do  you  any  harm 
and  may  do  us  good  in  influencing some 
of  the  boys  to  Sunday  here  on  that  date. 
It 
is something  new  to  us  and  I  think  I 
never  heard  of  such  a  service  before. 
Everything  is  absolutely  free.

E .  S t a r b u c k .

affirm   or  deny  a  report  before  the  de­
tails  are  decided  upon  and  the  negotia­
tions  closed,  he  declines  to  make  any 
statement  on  this  subject.  He 
is  a 
"home  man”   in  the  full  acceptance  of 
the  term,  being  seldom  found  anywhere 
except  at  his  own  hearthstone  outside 
of  business  hours;  in  fact,  it  is  a  mat­
ter  of  common  knowledge  among  his 
friends  that  he  is  nearly  always  in  the 
arms  of  Morpheus  by 9  o’clock  and  that 
a  deal  which 
involves  his  meeting  a 
man  at  his  office  or  at  a  hotel  in  the 
evening  must be an  exceptionally tempt­
ing  one.  He  has  never  been  known  to 
meddle  in  politics,  although  several  at­
tempts  have  been  made  to  swerve  him 
from  his  purpose  along  these  lines  by 
the  offer  of  flattering  and  lucrative  offi­
cial  positions.  He  is  liberal  in  bis  re­
ligious  views  and  equally  free  with  his 
contributions, 
irrespective  of  denomi­
nation  or  the  character  of  the  charity 
which  seeks  his  influence  and  support. 
He  has  but  one  hobby—horseback  rid­
ing—which 
is  his  only  exercise  and 
which  constitutes  his  chief  enjoyment 
aside  from  the  pleasures  of  home  and 
the  fascination  of  chasing  the  dollars. 
He 
is  a  member  of  the  Hoo  Hoos  and 
all  of  the  Masonic  bodies  up  to  the  32d 
degree,  including  Knights  Templar and 
the  Mystic  Shrine.  His  hopes  and 
aims  are  very  largely  centered  in  a  son, 
Glenn  Wood  Barrett,  now  15  years  of 
age,  who  graduated  from  the  Grand 
Rapids  grammar  school  last  June  with 
unusual  honors,  and  who  is now at  Notre 
Dame,  at  South  Bend,  pursuing  the 
If  the  son  does  not
commercial course. 

Movements  of  Lake  Superior  Travel­

ers.

H.  C.  Carr  (Plankington  Packing 
Co.)  worked  the  D.,  S.  S.  &  A.,  west 
of  Marquette  last  week.

Mr.  Edwards  (Plankington  Packing 
Co.),  whose  territory  has  been  a  week 
in  the  copper  country  and  a  week  in  the 
vicinity  of  Menominee,  has  resigned 
his  position.  He  will  enter an  entirely 
different  business.

Mr.  Muldrew  (Strong,  Lee  &  Co.) 

was  in  the  iron  country  last  week.

New  members  to  the  Lake  Superior 
Commercial  Travelers’  Club  are coming 
in  fast. 
It  is  expected  that  the  new  as­
sociation  will  have a  membership  of  200 
by  Jan.  1.  There  are  several  reforms 
in  view  and  the  boys  should  all  lend 
their  influence.

This  Season’s  Florida  Orange  Crop. 
From the Florida Times-Union and Citizen.

Florida’s  orange  crop  for  1897-98  will 
soon  be  going  forward  to  market,  and  a 
good  many  estimates  are  being  made  as 
to  what  the  crop  in  the  State  will  figure 
up.  Last  season 
it  amounted  to  about
125.000  boxes.  That  was  the  first  year's 
fruit  after  the  freeze,  and  the  crop  was 
accordingly  very  small,  especially  when 
it  is  recollected  that  the  product  of  the 
State  had  been  numbered  in  millions 
rather  than  in  thousands  of  boxes.

A  careful  estimate  made  by  a  gentle­
man  in  the  city,  who  is  well  informed 
as  to  the  crop  throughout  the  State, 
in  round  numbers  at  about
places 
200.000 boxes. 
It  is  believed  that  these 
figures  are  conservative,  and  that  the 
crop  will  go  above  rather  than below the 
figures  named.

it 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

®f  Interest  to  tbe  llnsurmg  flMibUc.

The  following  list  of  testimonials  from  people  living  in  the  City  of 
Grand Rapids, the  home  of the  Grand  Rapids Fire Insur mce Company,  will show the 
popularity of  this Company where  it is  best  known.  This  list  is  but  a  few  of  the 
In  1896  it did the  largest business in Michigan  of  an^Mkhigan 
many claims paid. 
Company, and  paid  276  claims,  amounting  to  $58,584.74. in  its  own  state.  The 
Company  was  incorporated  in  1882. has  a  paid  up  Capital  of  $200,000.00.  cash 
Assets  of  over  $475,000.00,  net  Surplus  to  Policy Holders  of  over  $260,000.00. 
Its  fifteen  years  of  successful  underwriting  well  entitles  it  to  the  claim  of  being 
Michigan s Leading and Popular Company«

W. FRED McBAIN. 

Secretary. 

J.  w .  CHAMPLIN.

nPresident.

SEE  TH A T  Y O U R   P O L IC Y   IS   R E N E W E D   IN  TH E   G R A N D   R A PID S .

Grand  Rapids.  Mich..  April  13th,  1895.

r° n ^ PprU ,i , h ™yfbar“-  in ,he 

I notified
afternoo"«  Z h  
““  C°mpany °f ,hc loss' and rcccived •> check in full  payment  the  same
afternoon.  Such promptness is commendable and I heartily recommend this Company  to all insurers
A.  Laban.

°f  No. 162  Alpine Avenue, was destroyed  by fire. 

The house I occupied took  fire from the gas heater in the bath room and burned  and as a result  I 
1 “ h^ Vyl0SS °" my household furniture, which I am  glad  to  say  was  insured  in  the  Grand 
Its promptness in adjusting  the  loss  was  very  pleasing  to  me  and  I  can 

“
Rapids Fire Insurance Co. 
heartily recommend it to all desiring good insurance.
Dr.  S.  C.  Graves.

Grand  Rapids.  Mich.,  March  6, 1896.

As the result from a burning chimney I had a loss on a building which was insured in the Grand 
Rapids Eire Insurance Co.  Upon notifying it of my loss an early and satisfactory  settlement  was  soon 
made, and I  was  ,n  possession  of a  check for S922.45.  I can heartily  recommend  it  to any persons 
desiring insurance.
D.  M.  Amberg.

Grand  Rapids.  Mich..  March  12th.  1896.

&

Grand  Rapids.  Mich..  April  4th.  1896.

Fire  h,suraCnccSCo0fThCak, ,n '  8aS°linc/ ovc' 1 had a >«» «   - Gilding insured  in  the  Grand  Rapid, 
be  f  ,? 
'UT en' 3nd paymcnt wcre to,h ««fe >'n one day. showing  the officers to 
be  full of push and  business. 
Emil  J.  Klag.

It is a very satisfactory Company to deal with.

,   u 

u 

On May 2 3d our livery outfit was badly damaged by fire.  On the 28th the loss was satisfactorily 
ad,usted and  paid through the office ol the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Company, and we can reconv 
mend this office to all people who are desirous of prompt, honorable and courteous  treatment.
H.  A.  Greenley.

Grand  Rapids.  Mich.,  May  29th,  1895

On  March 10th I suffered a loss by fire  in my refrigerator. 
I held  a policy  in the  Grand Rapids
T T f   Z ’.Z Z "   pr;mp"y took UP ,hc adjustment of  the  loss  and  Secretary  McBain  handed 
me a check for S225 00 ,n  lull payment.  This Company's prompt settlement and  courteous treatment 
made business a pleasure when dealing with it.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich..  March  13th.  1896.

F. 

J.  Dcttcnthalcr.

r

Yesterday my house at No. 174  Lyon street was badly damaged by the fire in the  Second  Reform 
Church.  1 reported the loss to the Grand Rapid Fire  Insurance  Co.'s office, and they immediately  took 
up the adjustment, and this morning Secretary  McBain handed me a check in full payment. 
I reconv 
mend all Grand Rapids citizens to insure their property in our Home  Company, where you are sure  to 
receive prompt, honorable and courteous treatment.

Grand  Rapids.  Mich..  May  24th.  1895.

„ 
'hc ,23d ,ns*' ! had a Ioss on onc of mY buildings, which was promptly adjusted  by  the  Grand 
Rapids Fire Insurance Co., which  held the  policy, and  a  check  in  full  payment  was handed  me  the 
following day. 
N.  W.  Northrop.

I can heartily recommend this office for prompt and courteous treatment.

Grand  Rapids. “Mich.,  May  25th.  1896.

Calvin  L.  Ives.

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Grand  Rapids.  Mich..  Feb.  2d.  1897.

This morning at 4  o’clock a  fire started in my  dwelling.  No. 144  Innis  Avenue,  from  a  gasoline 
I reported the loss to the  Home Office of the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance  Co. and before  noon 

It is a pleasure to do business with this office.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  June  4th.  1895.

stove. 
the  loss was satisfactorily adjusted and paid. 
Henry  Joseph.

A&

Sunday afternoon my  home on  Laurel Avenue  was entirely destroyed by fire. 

I reported the loss 
to the  Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co.'s office, and they promptly took up  the adjustment,  and .to-day 
Secretary  McBain  handed  me  check  in  full  payment. 
I  would  recommend  the  citizens  of  Grand 
Rapids to insure their property in a Home Company, where you are  sure to receive prompt, honorable 
and courteous treatment.
Hii

Whitcomb

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  June  4th,  1895.

At 10 o'clock last night a lamp exploded in my home and caused  considerable  damage  to  the fur­
niture. 
I  was  fortunate  enough  to  hold  a policy  in  our  Home  Company,  the  Grand  Rapids  Fire 
Insurance Co., and before noon to-day the loss was  satisfactorily  adjusted  and  paid.  I  would  recom­
mend all Grand Rapids citizens to patronize the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co.
Wilbur  S.  Bum.

^  On March 2bth  wc  had  a  small  loss  by fire,  caused by the furnace.  Upon notifying the  Grand 
Rapids Fire Insurance Co.,  the matter  was immediately taken up and within a  few hours I was handed 
a check in full for my loss.

Grand  Rapids.  Mich.,  March  26th,  1897.

Joseph  Penny.

We had a loss November 26th. in our printing office, which was insured  with  the  Grand  Rapids 
Its prompt settlement  makes us  feel perfectly safe in  recommending it to  persons 

Fire Insurance Co. 
wishing insurance.

Grand  Rapids.  Mich..  Nov.  29th,  1895.

Hcnscn  L  Johnson.

lO&iL&kl/

On January 9th I suffered a loss by fire. 

I immediately notified the  Grand  Rapids  Fire Insurance 
Co., with which I had the good luck to be insured, and its adjuster  settled  the  loss  by  a  very  prompt 
and liberal payment. -  Persons wishing prompt and courteous treatment will always find it there.
Wm.  Thurston.

Grand  Rapids.  Mich..  Jan.  10th.  1896.

We had a fire loss in the upper story of our main factory building.  The Grand Rapids Fire Insur 
ance Co. hearing ol it was the first one on the scene to settle and adjust, which it did in one  day.  This 
Company is noted for its promptness.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich..  Feb.  6th.  1896.

G.  R.  Stave  Co.

Grand Rapids. Mich,. July 6.1897,

..Y'perdfy my awr *  *  515 w' Leonafd *  was des«r°ycd by fire.  It was insured  in  the Grant 
adi« ^ r  settled  the  loss  in  a  yery satisfactory manne, 
C°mpany ,0  aU  Grand  ^Pids  citizen^  for  its  promptness  an

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Wm« Brugma.

Grand  Rapids.  Mich..  April  2lst.  1897.

On  April  20th wc suffered a loss by fire.  Wc were fortunate  enough  to  have  insurance  in*the 
Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co. and upon  notifying  Secretary  McBain  he  immediately  took  up  the 
adjustment, and the same afternoon handed us  a check  for the  full  amount of  loss,  This  Company's 
promptness is a. matter that cannot be overlooked in these times.
Wegner Bros. 

W e^ | ^ B ^ 0 8 .

1  take pleasure in testifying to the promptness and fairness of the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co. 
in the settlement of its losses.  The loss on my furniture June 1st. 1897. was adjusted immediately after 
notice  was given, in a fair and impartial manner.

Grand  Rapids.  Mich.,  June  11th,  1897.

H.  Sprague.

Last evening wc  had  a  very  narrow  escape  from  total  destruction  by  fire  of  our  "Children’s 
Home." but fortunately the promptness of the firemen saved  the  building, and the  fire  was soon  sub­
dued.  And  just  as  prompt  was  the  Grand  Rapids  Fire  Insurance  Company in  adjusting  the loss 
To-day I  was handed a check for the full payment which will enable us  to  repair damages  wi|h  very 
little inconvenience to ourselves or the little ones.

Grand  Rapids.  Mich-  June  22d,  1897.

Mrs. M. R. Bissell.

Pres. Children's Home Society.

Wednesday evening last my house was damaged by fire.  The Grand Rapids Insurance Company 
immediately took up the adjustment of the loss, and Thursday I was  handed a check  in  full  payment’ 
This prompt settlement of a Home Company saved me several days  of  annoyance  resulting  from  the 
confusion of a fire, and I cheerfully recommend it for its prompt and honorable dealing.
Franklin Barnhart 
_ _

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Grand Rapids, Mich.. July 9th, 1897.

ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

St.  Joseph—Wallace  &  Son  have  been 
awarded  the  contract  to  supply  the  lum­
ber  and  timber  for  the  Big  Four  docks 
at  this  point,  and  also  for  the  new  life 
saving  station.  The  whole  amounts  to
500,000 

feet.

Middleville—Aaron  Clark  has  pur 
chased  the  lumber  yard  and  stock  of 
M.  Rosenberg  &  Co.  and  the  business 
will  be  managed  by  his  oldest  son, 
Ronnie,  under  the  firm  name  of  Aaron 
Clark  &  Son.

Dimondale—G.  W.  Shepard  and  B. 
S.  Harris  have  formed  a  copartnership 
with  E.  S.  Harris,  of  Eaton  Rapids, 
for  the  purpose  of  embarking 
in  the 
lumber  business  here  under  the  style  ol 
E.  S.  Harris  &  Co.

employing  more  than 

Grand  Ledge— A  week  ago  the  report 
was  sent  out  that  the  Grand  Ledge chair 
factory, 
100 
hands,  was  about  to  move  to  Bluffton, 
Ind.,  that  town  having  offered  very  flat­
inducements.  During  the  past 
tering 
year  other  cities  had  made 
similar 
offers,  but  our  business  men  have  put  a 
stop to  this sort of  thing  in  the  future  by 
subscribing  over  $1,500,  to  which  the 
Detroit,  Grand  Rapids  &  Western  Rail­
way  Co.  will  add  $1,500  more,  as  an  in­
ducement  to  the  chair  company  to  re­
main.  The  money  will  be  used  for  the 
erection  of  a  building  60x80  feet  to  ac­
commodate  the  rapidly  growing  busi­
ness  of  the  factory  and  enable  it  to  em­
ploy  a  larger  force  of  workmen.

Muskegon— Louis  Christenson,  gro­
cer at  47  Ionia  street,  has  completed  an 
addition  to  his  store,  including  a  com­
modious  cellar.  He  will  also  remodel 
the  interior  of  the  building,  making  it 
one of the  handsomest stores  in  the  city.
Saginaw— Fred  Disher,  of  Bay  City, 
has  taken  a  position  with  the  Saginaw 
Hardware  Co.  and  will  have  charge  of 
the  store  department,  succeeding  J.  L. 
Ash,  who  has  taken  a  position  as  trav­
eling  salesman  for  Olds  &  Son,  gas  en­
gine  manufacturers  at  Lansing.

Lansing— A  warehouse  built  for  the 
use  of  the  Robert  A.  Pott  Oil  Co.  has 
just  been  finished  at  the  junction  of 
Saginaw  street  and  the  M.  C.  tracks, 
and  the  new  concern  will  commence  to 
do  business  as  soon  as  the  tanks  arrive 
and  are  placed  in  position.  Frank  G. 
Wells  is  manager  of  the  company,  with 
neadquarters  at  Lansing.  Another  bulk 
is  Bay  City,  where  a  warehouse 
•station 
*¡>1 
immediately  be  built,  and  others 
will  be  established  in  various  cities  of 
the  State  as  soon  as  the  business  de­
mands.

Olivet—Olivet  merchants have entered 
into  an  association  for  the  purpose  of 
pulling  the  farmer  trade  of  the  neigh­
into  this  burg,  instead 
boring  vicinity 
of  allowing 
it  to  go  to  Charlotte  and 
Bellevue.  The  business  portion  of  the 
town  has  been 
lighted  with  acetylene 
gas,  which  gives  a  light  so  strong  that 
good  photographs  have  been  taken  by 
it.  Saturdays  are  made  sale  days  by 
the  various  merchants,  and  in  the  even­
ing  brass  bands, 
free  theaters  and 
black-face  minstrels  amuse  the  crowds. 
For  the 
last  three  weeks  the  town  has 
been  crowded  and  the  business  men  are 
jubilant  over  the  experiment.

4

Around  the State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Flint  J.  W.  Van  Loo  has  opened  a 
meat market at  118  East  Kearsley  street.
Nashville— Fred  Baker  has  opened  a 
in  the  Roe  build­

confectionery  stock 
ing.

Carleton  -Bruce  &  Wallace,  grocers 
and  jewelers,  are  succeeded  by  Wallace 
&  Wallace.

B|g  Rapids— War.  Barton  has  opened 
a  grocery  store  and  bakery  on  North 
State  street.

Beldmg—J.  T.  Angell  has  sold  out 
his  meat  market  business  to  Porter  & 
Forbes,  both  of  whom  hail  from  Granu 
Rapids.

Lansing— Hoff  &  Tenny,  grocers  and 
meat  dealers,  have  dissolved.  F.  L. 
Hoff  will  continue  the  business  in  his 
own  name.

Mears—J.  R.  Robinson,  formerly  ol 
the  firm  of  R.  T.  Morse  &  Co.,  general 
dealers,  has  embarked 
in  the  meat 
business  here.

Reed  City— Wm.  M.  Goehrend  &  Co. 
have  purchased  D.  L.  White's  meat 
market  and  will  continue the business at 
the  same  location.

Manistee— Nathan  Loeb,  who  has  had 
charge  of  Gus  Kitzinger  s  general  store 
at  Stronach,  has  taken  a  position 
in 
Phil  Parry’s  hardware  store.

Shelby—L.  E.  Griffin  has  sold  his  in­
terest 
in  the  grocery  stock  of  Griffin 
Bros,  to  his  brother,  who  will  continue 
the  business  under  the  style  of  W.  H. 
Griffin.

Lansing—F.  J.  Birney  has  resigned 
his  position  with  R.  B.  Shank  to  as 
sume  charge  of  the  J.  V.  Peck  cigar 
store,  recently  purchased  by  the  Creole 
Cigar  Co.

Battle Creek  Chas.  H.  Thompson has 
purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner  in 
the  grocery  stock  of  C.  H.  Thompson 
&  Co.  and  will  continue  the  business  in 
his  own  name.

Nashville—Stephen  S.  Ingerson  has 
sold  his  interest  in  the  hardware  stock 
of  Ingerson  &  Brattin  to  his  partner 
who  will  continue  the  business  unde 
the  style  of  Frank  J.  Brattin.

St.  Ignace—J.  H.  Steinberg  has  let 
the  contract  tor  the  construction  of  an 
addition  to  his  store  building  in  th 
shape  of  a  two-story  and  basement 
building,  20x40  feet  in  dimensions 

Reed  City—Chas.  F.  Sears  has  leased 
a  store  building  at  this  place  and  will 
shortly  occupy  it  with  a  dry  goods  and 
clothing  stock.  He  will  continue  his 
business  at  Rockford  without 
interrup­
tion.

Traverse  City— P.  (Mrs.  Meyer)  Sav- 
lin  announces  her  intention  of removing 
her  dry  goods  and  clothing  stock  from 
Iron  River  to  this  place.  The  stock  at 
Crystal  Falls  will  also  be  removed  to 
this  place.

Bloomingdale—E.  A.  Haven,  pro- 
pi ietor  of  the  Bloomingdale  cheese  fac­
tory,  has  been  invited  to  attach  himself 
to  the  field  force  of  the  Dairy  and  Food 
Commissioner  during  the  winter  and 
will  probably  avail  himself  of  the  offer.
Marquette— Last  Sunday  a  large  dele­
gation  of  merchants  from  the  copper 
towns,  as  well  as  from  this  range,  went 
to  Duluth  as  patrons  of  the  Duluth  Job­
bers’  Union  excursion. 
The  Duluth 
people  furnished  transportation  to  all. 
but  were  particular not  to  include  any 
travelers  from  other  towns.  Duluth  job­
bers  have  not  had  flattering  success  in 
this  neck  of  the 
soliciting  trade 
woods. 
like  making  water 
run  up  hill.

It  seems 

in 

Menominee—The  DeWitt  Brown  Ce­
dar  Co.  has  secured  the  contract  to  fur­
nish  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  bt. 
Paul  Railroad  100,000  ties,  which  are to 
be  used  along  the  line  of  the  Superior 
branch  of  the  system.  The  contract  in­
volves  a  consideration  of $22,000.

Saginaw—Bliss  &  Van  Auken  are 
running  their  sawmill  day  and  night 
and  report  business  better  than  it  has 
been  before 
in  many  years.  They  are 
having  all  the  trade  they  can  handle 
comfortably.  The firm  has  finished  lum­
in  the  Lower  Peninsula,  and 
bering 
their  logs  hereafter  will 
come  from 
Canada.

Menominee— It  is  generally  conceded 
that  at  least  400,000,000  feet  of  logs will 
be  banked  on  the  Menominee  and  trib­
utaries  before  the  “ break-up”   next 
spring.  This  will  mean 
lively  times 
among  the  lumber  mills  during  1898. 
The  business  outlook 
that 
there  will  be  at  least  two  or  three  years 
of  prosperity  among  the  lumber  manu­
facturers  and  dealers  of  this  district.

indicates 

in 

its 

lake. 

Grass  Lake—This  village  has  a  ver­
itable  Klondike 
E.  J. 
Beebe,  of  Sandusky,  O.,  has  been  here 
for  the  past  week  negotiating  with  par­
ies  owning  land  extending  to  the  lake 
shore.  He  has  secured  the  lease  of 
a  strip  two  rods  wide  nearly  around  the 
entire  lake.  He  has  the  capital  pledged 
by  Ohio  parties  to  erect  a  factory  for 
the  manufacture  of  Portland  cement 
and  tile  and  also  for  making  brick.  He 
has  thoroughly  tested  the  mud  at  the 
bottom  of  the  lake  and  finds  it  the  very 
best  quality  for  the  purpose  to  the depth 
of  sixteen  feet.  Sand  for  tilemaking 
is  to  be  had  near  by and  clay  for  brick 
is  plentiful  on  the  south  shore  of  the 
lake.  The  plant 
is  expected  to  cost 
$150,000  and  to  employ  100  workmen. 
Some  stock  has  been  taken  by  parties 
here.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Grand  Marais— Morse  &  Schneider 
have  begun  operations  at  their  new 
shingle  mill.

Gaylord—The  Cleveland  Co.  has  se 
land  near  this  place 

cured  a  tract  of 
and  will  operate a  cedar  yard  here.

Big  Rapids— The  grocery  stock  for 
merly  owned  by  M.  E.  Curtis has passed 
into  the  hands  of  W.  J.  Gould  &  Co.,of 
Detroit.

Ford  River—The  Ford  River  Lumber 
Co.  has  two  camps  near  Sagola,  and 
one  east  of  Fleetwood. 
In  these  camps 
9,000,000  feet  of  pine  will  be  banked.

Cheboygan—O.  A.  Grover  is  negotia 
ting  for  a  tract  of  pine  land  in  the  Up 
per  Peninsula,  on  which  there  is  esti 
mated  to  be  15,000,000 feet of stumpage.
Sagola—The  Metropolitan  Lumber 
Co.  will  put  in  7,000,000  feet  of  logs, 
this  season,  near  this  place.  They  will 
be  banked  on  the  Sturgeon  River,  over 
a  haul  of  six  miles.

Menominee— The  Girard  Lumber  Co. 
will  procure  its  stock of  logs  this  seaso^ 
land  on  the  Michigamme,  Brule 
from 
and  Deer  streams. 
input  will 
amount  to  20,000,000  feet.

The 

Cheboygan—Thompson  Smith’s  Sons 
have  contracted  to  saw  3,500,000  feet  of 
logs  for  Hale  &  Booth,  of Ottawa.  The 
logs  are 
in  Tawas  Bay  and  are  to  be 
towed  to  the  mill  at  Cheboygan.

Lake  Linden—The  sawmill  of  the 
Gregory  estate 
is  nearing  the  end  of 
the  most  successful  season  of  its  exist­
ence,  due  to  the  management  of  that 
practical  foreman,  Mitchell  De  Haas.

Hanover— Keeney  Brothers,  of  Ad­
rian,  have  bought  the  Hanover  roller 
m  ils  and  are  putting  in  new  machinery 
which  will  double  the  present  capacity. 
They  will  also  erect  an  addition  to  the 
mill  20x40  feet  for a  store  house.  E.
O.  Keeyen will  have  charge  of  the  busi­
ness.

in 

L ’Anse—The  lumber  pilers 

Lansing— Articles  of  incorporation  of 
E.  Bement  &  Sons,  a  corporation  com­
posed  of  the  persons  comprising  the  old 
company  of  E.  Bement  &  Sons,  have 
been  filed  with  the  Secretary  of  State. 
The  new  company 
is  the  successor  of 
the  old  one  and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness.  The  officers  of  the  new  company 
are  the  same  as  of  the old  and  there will 
be  no  change  in  the  conduct  of  affairs.
the 
mill  of  the  Nester  Estate  at  this  place 
recently  struck  for higher  wages.  They 
were  getting  $1.75  a  day  and  wanted $2. 
The  manager  agreed  to  comply  with  the 
request, beginning  the  increase  of  wages 
on  October  10.  This  the  men  would 
not  agree  to.  The  mill  was  shut  down, 
and  Superintendent  James  F.  Markle 
took  the  first  train  for  Marinette,  Wis., 
to  secure  new  men.  He  returned  with 
eighteen  hands,and the  mill  was  started 
with  the  imported  crew.  The  men  a. 
Marinette  were  getting  but  $1.25  for 
piling, 
is  said,  and  were  much 
pleased  to  receive  $1.75.

it 

Marquette 

It  has  been  a  long  time 
since  there  has  been  as  much  activity 
n  the  woods  in  the  Upper  Peninsula  as 
at  the  present  time.  There  are  up­
wards  of  twenty-five  camps  in  operation 
near  here  now, where  there  were  not  five 
the  last  winter.  A  very  large  timber 
deal  was  closed  here  last  week,  J.  R. 
Gordon  selling  to  the  Cleveland  Saw­
mill  Co.  a  block  worth  $100,000.  This 
will  be  cut  next  season  by  the  Dead 
River  Mill  Co.  and  will  necessitate  in­
creased  sawing  capacity  for  the  mill,  as 
well  as  an  extra  force.  Never  has  a 
season  closed  with  less  iron  ore  on stock 
piles 
in  this  county  than  at  present.
This  will  compel  the  mines  to  run  with 
large  forces  the  coming  winter  and  sev­
eral  of  the  old  properties  will  resume, 
after an  idleness  of three  to  five  years.

Telephone  Topics.

Grand  Rapids—A  careful  compila­
tion,  based  on  the  cost  of  telephone 
service  when  the  Bell  company  had  a 
monopoly  of  the  business  here and at the 
present  time,  when  the  Citizens  Co.  is 
practically  in  control  of  the  field,  shows 
that  the  telephone  users  of  Grand  Rap­
ids  are  saving  $60,000 a  year  by  reason 
of  the  reduced  rates  of  the  Citizens  Co. 
This 
is  a  net gain  to  the  city,  as  the 
entire amount  is  kept  at  home,  instead 
of  being  sent  abroad.

Detroit— It  has  recently 

transpired 
that  the  American  Bell  Co.  has  been 
compelled  to  guarantee  the  payment  of 
the $750,000  worth  of  bonds  recently  is­
sued  and  now  being  offered  for  sale  by 
the  Michigan  Telephone  Co. 
This 
means  that  within  a  short  time  the  Bell 
properties  will  pass 
into  the  hands  of 
the  parent  company  in  Boston  The 
same  thing  is  true  of  other  states  where 
the  Bell  companies  have been compelled 
to  mortgage  their  plants  in  order  to 
maintain  themselves  against  the  com­
petition  of 
independent  companies, 
which  has  not  only  reduced  rates,  but 
in  many  cases  compelled  the  Bell  ex­
changes  to  do  the  same  as  it  is  doing  ¡n 
this  city—give  free  service  to  such  as 
are  willing  to  place  themselves 
in  a 
peculiar  light  in  the  community.

Adrian-The  new  Adrian  Telephone 
Co.  has  declared  a  quarterly  dividend 
of  3  per  cent.  It  recently  sco/ed  a  point 
against  the  Bell  company  when 
the 
Board  of  Education  voted  to  replace  all 
the  Bell  ’phones  in  the  school  buildings 
with  the 
in­
struments.

independent  company’s 

Low  Rates  to  Detroit.

D.,  G.  R.  &  W.  Railroad  excursion 
Thursday,  October  21.  Train  will  leave 
Grand  Rapids  at  7  a.  m.  Leave  Detroit 
at  6  p.  m.  Round  trip  rate,  $2.50. 
Good  chance  to  visit  the  city  for  pleas­
ure  or  business.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

b

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Grain  Market.

increase  of 

The  drought  which  has  been  so  prev­
alent  throughout  the  winter  wheat  belt 
has  at 
last  been  broken.  The  copious 
rains  have  been  universal  and  have 
soaked  the  parched  earth  very  nicely 
and  had  a  weakening  effect  on  the  mar­
ket.  Chicago  wheat  receded  ic  during 
the  past  week  and  Detroit  cash  wheat 
i^ c   per  bushel.  The  visible  showed  a 
fair 
1,690,000  bushels, 
against  2,319,000 bushels  for  the  corres­
ponding  week  last  year,  leaving the  vis- 
i ble 22,794,000 bushels, aga i nst 50,434,000 
at  the  corresponding  time  in  1896.  The 
exports  were  large,  although  not  quite 
up  to  the  previous  week.  The  winter 
wheat  receipts  are  not  crowding  the 
mills  at  present.  The  receipts  from 
farmers 
in  the  Northwest  are  also  de­
creasing  and  it  looks  as  though  the crop 
in  that  section  was  not  as  large  as  was 
first  anticipated.  Trade 
in  wheat  cen­
ters  has  been  limited,  owing  to  the  fact 
that  large  operators  were  waiting for the 
Government  crop  report.  However,  the 
figures  were  not  changed  from  the  pre­
vious  week.  There were  no  markets  last 
Saturday,  which  was  observed  in  Chi­
cago  as  the  anniversary  of  the  great  fire 
of  1871.  We  must  expect  larger trades 
and  more 
foreign  demand  to  boost 
prices,  and  this  we  think  we  will  have 
before  long.

Corn  was  ruled  by  wheat  and  also 
weakened.  All  that  can  be  said  of 
coarse  grains  is  that  both  corn  and  oats 
are  down  fully  ic  per  bushel.

The  receipts  during  the  week  were 
very  large,  being  72  cars  of  wheat,  6 
cars  of  corn  and  19  cars  of  oats.

cheese  now being  received  is  not  large, 
being  simply  about  equal  to  the  de­
mand.  Michigan  factories  are  expected 
to  close  about  November  1,  after  which 
the  price  will  gradually  advance.

Eggs—The  market  is  a  little  stronger 
than  a  week  ago  and  prices  are  some­
what  firmer,  owing  to  a  general 
im­
provement 
in  the  quality  of  receipts. 
Dealers  pay  12c  on  the  basis  of  case 
count,  holding  common  candled  stock 
at  13c  and  fancy  candled  at  14c.

Grapes— The  market  is  rather  firmer 
than 
last  week,  but  the  receipts  are 
good.  New  Yorks  are  now  coming  to 
market,  and  are  giving  good  satisfac­
tion.  Delawares  are  going  out  of  mar­
ket,  having  advanced  to  15c 
in  4  lb. 
baskets.  Concords  are  the  staple  grape, 
and  are  selling  at  10c  in  8  lb.  baskets. 
Niagaras 
lb.  baskets  are  held  at
IOC.

in  8 

Honey— White  clover 

is  scarce  and 
higher,  having  advanced  to  11312c  per 
lb.

Onions— Home  grown  are  in  good  de­
mand  and  adequate  supply  at  35340c 
per  bu.  Spanish  are  in  moderate  de­
mand  at  $2  per  crate.

Smocks  fetch  $1.4031.75  per  bu.

Oranges— New  Mexican  oranges  are 
now  on  the  market,  and  selling  at  $15.50 
@5-75  Per box.  Some  Jamaica  oranges 
are  also  offered.  Mexico promises  to  cut 
a  considerable  figure  in  the  orange mar­
ket  this  season.
Peaches—This  week closes  the season. 
Pears—75c3 $>  per  bu.
Potatoes—Conditions  have 

improved 
at  all  the  large  distributing  markets 
and  quotations  have  advanced  3@5c  per 
bu.  Local  dealers  pay  40345c  and  are 
getting  ready  for  an  active  shipping 
season,  believing  that  the  demand 
is 
sure  to  be  strong  and  the  market  firm.

Peppers—Green,  $1  per  bu.
Quinces—75c  per  bu.
Squash— ic  per  lb
Sweet  Potatoes—Genuine  Jerseys  are 
in  good  demand  at  $3.25  per  bbl.  V ir­
ginias  are  in  active  demand  at  $2.25.

Tomatoes—40c  per  bu

Local  millers  are  paying  85c 

for 

wheat. 

C.  G.  A. V oigt.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples—There  are  few  changes 

in 
prices  as  quoted  last  week.  Everything 
goes  to  show  that  there  will  be  a  re­
stricted  movement  in apples this season. 
Spys  and  other  choice  winter  varieties 
command  $2@2  25  per  bbl.

Beans—Owing  to  the  absence  of 

im­
portant  demand,  combined  with  pres­
sure  to  dispose  of  stocks,  the  weakness 
previously  developed  continues,  and 
values  show  a  decline.

the  entire  country 

Butter— The  bulk  of  the  supply 

is 
coming  from  near by  points,  and  the 
output  from  these  sections 
shows  a 
gradual  decline.  The  make  of  butter 
for 
large 
enough  for  the  demand,  considering  the 
present  prices.  The  make  is  said  to  be 
smaller  than 
is 
strong  at  22@23c,  while  choice  dairy  is 
scarce  and  strong  at  I4@i5c.

last  year.  Creamery 

is  not 

Bananas—The  market  has  advanced 
because  of  the  cooler  weather  and  the 
scarcity  of  fruit.  This  later  cause  is 
the  result  of  the  yellow  fever  plague 
that  hinders  the  transmission of the fruit 
through  regular  channels.
Cabbage—35c  per  doz.
Carrots—25c  per  bu.
Cauliflower—75c@$i  per  doz.
Celery—8@ioc  per  bunch.
Cranberries— The  stock  of  fruit  on the 
market 
is  considerable,  and  although 
the  prices  quoted  are  lower  than  last 
week,  it 
idea  that  the 
market  will  not  be  low  this  season  be 
cause  of  the  scarcity  of  apples.  Cape 
Cods  are  held  at  $5@5  50  per  bbl. 
Home  grown  cuts  very  little  figure  in 
the  market,  on  account  of  the  small 
amount  offered.

is  the  general 

Cheese—There  has  been  a  better  de­
mand  for  cheese  during  the  past  week, 
in  price. 
but  no  particular  change 
Cheese  bought  earlier  in  the  season 
is 
now  becoming  exhausted,  and  buyers 
are  coming  again  on  the  market.  There 
is  some  demand  at  present  for  Septem­
ber  cheese  for  future  use,  the  quality  of 
which 
is  very  good.  The  supply  of

Distinguishes  Between  Retailer  and 

M anufacturer.

The  new  pure  food 

law  of  Massa­
chusetts  makes  a  proper  distinction  be­
tween  dealers  and  manufacturers.  The 
dealer  who  sells  adulterated  goods  in 
violation  of  the  law  is  liable  to  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  $10  and  not  more  than 
$100,  and  the manufacturer, for violating 
the  law,  is  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  $100  nor  more  than  $500. 
If  the 
dealer  who  has  goods  put  up  bearing 
law. 
his  own  private  label  violates  the 
he  will  be  subject  to  the  fine 
imposed 
upon  the  manufacturer.

Detroit  Weekday  Excursion.

D .,  G.  R.  &  W.  Railroad  agents  will 
sell  tickets  to  Detroit  and  return  on 
Oct.  21  at  low  rates.  The  train  will 
leave  Grand  Rapids  at  7  a.  m.  and  ar­
rive  at  Detroit  at  11140 a.  m..  returning 
at  6:10  p.  m.  Round  trip  rate,  $2.50.
G e o .  D e H a v e n ,  G.  P.  A.

The  trading  stamp  scheme  is  a  real 
Klondike  in  some  respects.  The grocer 
signs  his  contract  in  the  hope  of  catch­
ing  the  gold  from  many  new  customers, 
hut  like  the  people  who  undertake  the 
gigantic  journey  to  the  land  of  gold  on 
the  Youkon,  the  grocer  is  generally  dis­
appointed.  All  the  claims  in  the  trad­
ing  stamp  Klondike  belong  to the  com­
pany.  The  trading  stamp  scheme  is  a 
Klondike  only  to  the  company,  and 
very  rarely  to  the  grocer

The  trading  stamp company operating 
in  Philadelphia  has  changed  the form of 
its  contracts. 
Instead  of  binding  the 
dealer  to  give  stamps  for one  year,  as 
was  the  case  formerly,  the  new  con­
tracts  now  permit  him  to  withdraw  at 
any  time  if  the scheme is unsatisfactory. 
This  removes  one  of  the  serious  objec­
tions  to  the  scheme,  although  the  whole 
thing  seems  objectionable.

The  G.  R.  Wheelbarrow  Co.  has been 
awarded  the  diploma  of  the  highest 
award  for  the  Universal  Washing  Ma­
chine  at  the  Illinois  State  Fair,  held  at 
Springfield,  111.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The  European market  is saggy 
and  weak  and  the  domestic market like­
wise  shows  but  little  strength.  Refiners 
are  not  buying  at  present  prices.  Since 
the  foreign  raw  market  has  declined, 
foreign  sugar  has  started  to  again  come 
into  the  markets  of  this  country,  and  is 
being  sold  at  a  decline  from  the  Trust’s 
price.  This,  and  the  decline  in  raws, 
make  a  decline  in  refined  sugar  by  no 
means  unlikely,although  the  rentiers  in­
sist  that  an  advance  is  more  probable 
than  a  decline.

Syrup— The  glucose  trust  has  effec­
tually  antagonized  the  jobbing  trade  by 
loading  the 
latter  up  with  corn  syrup 
on  the  basis  of  the  topmost  quotations, 
coupled  with  the  assurance  that  prices 
would  surely  go  higher,  and  then  drop­
ping  the  price  about  30  per  cent.  Chi­
cago  jobbers  are  most  largely  interested 
in  the  action  of  the  trust  and  talk  as 
though  they  proposed  to  organize a com­
pany of their own  to manufacture glucose 
independent  of  the  trust.

Coffee—Prices  hold  very  low  and  the 
prospects  at  primitive  markets  show  no 
indication  of  immediately  higher  mar­
kets.  The  Brazil  crop 
is  still  coming 
very  freely  to  Rio  and  Santos  and  the 
record  of  all  previous  years  will  be 
broken  this  season.  Reports  from  the 
East  Indies  show  the  total  crop  to  date 
there  to  be  about  50  per  cent,  larger 
than  last  year.

Tea— Prices  still  continue  good,  al­
though  the  past  week  has  witnessed  a 
slight  indication  on  the  part  of  holders 
little  more  freely.  This  has 
to  sell  a 
scarcely  affected 
the  market,  as  all 
offers  found  ready  takers.  Prices  have 
not  made  any  quotable  change.  The  re­
ceipts  of  the  week  in  New  York  con­
sisted  of  about  50,000  packages  from 
China  and  Japan,  but this  will  not  make 
any  difference  in  the  market  situation, 
as  their  arrival  has  been  known 
in  ad 
vance  and  discounted.

Rice— While  the  Japan  crop  is unusu­
ally 
large,  recent  advices  are  to  the 
effect  that  the  rainy  weather  has  caused 
considerable  damage.  The  American 
market  is  high.  Japan  rice  is  propor­
tionately  high  and  the  prospects  are  for 
a  firm  market  here  for the  season  at  not 
less  than  present  prices.  The  new 
American  crop 
is  not  promising  to  be 
excessive.

Dried  Fruits—The  curing  season  for 
is  well  advanced  on  the  Coast. 
prunes 
The  warm  weather 
in  the  East  has 
slacked  off  the  demand,  but  the  holders 
are  comparatively  firm,  as the  European 
crop  is  reported  shoit.and a good  export 
trade  is  looked  for.  The  French  prune 
crop  is  reported  to be  but  about 25,000,- 
000  pounds,  one-half  of  which  has  gone 
for  immediate  needs.  Advance  sales of 
raisins  on  the  Coast  are  not  up  to  those 
of  last  year,  nor  to  expectations.  The 
market  is  now  in  favor  of American rai­
sins  by  reason  of  the  tariff  duties,  but 
consumers  seem  to  be  apathetic  and 
dealers  are  not  anxious  to  buy  for  fu­
ture  needs. 
It is suggested  that  if  there 
is  not  an  early  resumption  of  demand, 
some  consignments  may  be  made  to 
is  often 
Eastern  dealers.  This  plan 
weakening  to  the  market 
in  the  end. 
There  have  been  such  unsatisfactory  re­
sults  from  this  method  of  handling  rai­
is  thought  this  will  not  be 
sins  that  it 
resorted  to.  The  raisin  season 
is  on, 
and  generally  good  weather  prevails. 
Packers  are  holding  for  better  prices 
than  are  generally  offered.

Canned  Goods—Tomatoes  are  firm,  at 
unchanged  prices,  but  with  the  prob­
ability  of  further  advance  within  the

next  three  months.  Some  authorities 
predict  exceedingly  high  prices  before 
next  spring.  Nothing  is  doing  in  corn, 
which  rules  at  unchanged  prices.  Peas 
are  also  neglected  and  the  price  is  un­
changed.  Very little trade  is  being  done 
in  peaches,  which  rule  at  unchanged 
prices.

Fish—During  the  past  week  mackerel 
has  continued  in  very  active  demand  at 
firm  prices.  The  receipts  continue  light 
and  all  advices  reiterate  the  story  of  the 
light  catch.  Prices  have  not  advanced 
over  last  week,  but  if  no 
improvement 
in  the  receipts  an  advance  of 
occurs 
about  $1  per  barrel 
is  likely  to  occur 
during  the  next  week.  But  three  weeks 
of  the  catch remains.  Cod remains about 
unchanged.  The  market 
is  very  firm 
and  the  demand  improving.  Salmon  is 
steady  at  unchanged  prices.  The  de­
mand 
is  very  high 
with  a  limited  demand.

is  fair.  Lobster 

Detroit  Doings.

Detroit,  Oct.  12—The assets and prop 
erty  of  the  financially embarrassed Cres 
cent  Brass  &  Iron  Works  has been trans­
ferred  to  the  recently  incorporated Cres­
cent  Brass  &  Iron  Co.  The  new  corpo­
ration  is  capitalized  at $25,000,  of which 
$12.500  has  been  paid  in.  The  stock­
holders  are:  James  P.  Buckley,  830 
shares;  Henry  Foe,  400;  John  W.  Beau­
mont,  20  shares.

The  Larkins  Brick  Co.  has  been 

in­
corporated,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $10,- 
000.  and  $i,ooo  paid  in.  The stockhold­
ers  are:  Thomas Larkins,  Springwells, 
500 shares ;  Andrew Lonvo,  Detroit,  250; 
Louis  Lonyo.  Detroit,  125,  and  Albert 
Lonyo,  Springwells,  125  shares.

The  Frontier  Mineral  Paint  Co.  has 
filed  articles  of  association  with  the 
County  Clerk. 
It  will  manufacture  and 
sell  paints  upon  a  capital  of  $50,000,  of 
which  one-half  has  been  paid 
in.  The 
incorporators  are  John  Webster,  Joseph 
De  Gurse,  William  McGregor,  Thomas 
McLaughlin  and  John  L.  Murphy,  each 
being  the  owner  of  500  shares.

Last  June  the  pine  organ  business  of 
the  Farrand  &  Votey  Organ  Co.  was 
assumed  by  a  new  company,  which  was 
organized  for  the  purpose, with  a capital 
stock  of  $100 000 and  under  the  name of 
the  Votev  Organ  Co.  The  stock  of  the 
new  company  is  largely  owned  in  New 
York,  and  an  arrangement  has  been  en­
tered  into  with  the  Aeolian  company  of 
that  city  wherebv  the  business  of  the 
company  can be  transferred  to  the  East. 
A  new  factory  for  the  combined  inter­
ests  in  the  manufacture  of  self  playing 
attachments  for  pipe  organs  will  soon 
be  built,  probably  on  the  Jersey  side  of 
the  river.  The  Farrand  &  Votey  Co. 
began  the  manufacture  of  pipe  organs 
nearly  six  years  ago,  up  to  which  time 
the  output  had  been  reed  instruments 
only.
A  victory  was  scored  Monday  by  the 
peddlers,  who  had  combined  to  fight the 
ordinance  by  which  the  license  fee  for 
peddlers  of  fruits  and  vegetables  was 
raised  from  $5  to $25.  Judge  Hosmer 
rendered  the  decision  in  the case,  to  the 
effect  that  the  ordinance  is  invalid  and 
unconstitutional,  and  ordered  that  all 
fines 
in  the  Recorder’s  Court 
be  remitted  and all pending proceedings 
be  quashed.  The  Judge  holds  that  the 
is  to  secure  the 
object  of  the  license 
names  and  addresses  of  the  peddlers  for 
the  purpose  of  regulating 
the  trade, 
which  could  be  properly  done  at  the  old 
rate. 
There  had  not  been  secured, 
through  the  new  ordinance,  any  better 
inspection  of  the  fruit  and  articles  ped­
dled,  and  the public  had  not  been  bene­
fited,  neither  bad  the  profits  of  the  ped­
dlers  grown.  The  increase,  therefore, 
was  unjust  and  unreasonable,  amount­
ing  to  burdensome taxation.  The license 
was  not  intended  as  a  source  of  revenue 
to  the  city,  and  as  the  ordinance  was 
passed  at  the  request  of  the  retail  gro­
cers  and  their  attorneys,  the  court  held 
that  the  Council’s  action  in  passing  the 
same  was  unwarranted.

imposed 

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

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

e

Shoes  and  Leather

Standard  Last  Measurements—Their 

Weak  and  Strong  Points.

From  time  to  time  complaint  comes 
up  from  this  direction  or  that  that  the 
tables  of standard measurements adopted 
some  years  ago  by  the  Retail  Shoe 
Dealers’  National  Association  are  not 
all  that  th e y   should  be.

It  would  be  strange  indeed  if  a  stand­
ard  could  be adopted  in  any  trade  that 
would  fit  the  ideas  of  all  the  workers  in 
that  trade.

It  would  be  truly  remarkable  if  in  the 
shoe  trade  an  even  dozen  experts  could 
agree  upon  a  model  last  that  all  would 
readily  acknowledge  to  be  perfect.

Possibly  the  existing  standards  of 
measurement  are  open  to  criticism. 
Doubtless  there  are  faults  and  glaring 
ones;  still  would  not  the  same  be  true 
of  any  code  from  the  point  of  view  of 
nine  out  of  ten  manufacturers?

It  would  be  easier  to  mix  oil  and 
water  than  to  evoive  a  system  of  stand­
ard  measurements  that  the  majority  of 
manufacturers  would  adopt  to any great 
er  extent  than  has  been  done  with  the 
present  standard.

The  question  was  put  to  a  factory 

superintendent  this  week:
“ Have  you  adopted 

measurements?”

the  standard 

He  answered,  “ Yes  and  no.  So  far 
as 
length  and  breadth  of  last  are  con­
cerned,  yes. 
I 
have  a  table  of  my  own  which  I  con­
sider  about  perfect. 
I  presume  others 
would  differ  with  me  on  many  points, 
however."

In  other  respects,  no. 

This  is  indicative  of  the  entire  situa­
tion.  Able,  competent  men  who  have 
studied  shoes  in  the  factory  so  long  that 
they  forget  when  they  began  cannot 
agree  on  an 
standard  of 
measurements  and  acknowledge  that  a 
change 
the  present  standards 
would  be  no  nearer  satisfying everybody 
than  the  existing  ones.

inflexible 

from 

A  factory  superintendent  complains 
that  the  standard  measurements  do  not 
give  room  enough  for  the 
instep.  An­
other  goes  on  an  exactly  contrary  pre­
cept  and  praises  his  goods  because 
they  provide  for  the  low  insteps  of  the 
majority  of  people.

These  two  veterans  know  shoemaking 

from  A  to  izzard.

A  capable  pattern  maker  brought  to 
our  attention  lately  a  German last which 
he  praised  highly.  He  said  truly  that 
the  Germans  are  a  nation  of  soldiers 
and  hence  know  the  requirements  of  a 
good-fitting  shoe.

in 

the 

The 

last  would  not  fit  the  standard 
least.  Neither 
measurements 
would 
it  fit  any  American  shoe  the 
writer  ever  came  across.  There  was  an 
excess  of  wood  at  the  ball.  The  heel 
was  surprisingly  thin  toward  the  top.

The  thinness  of  the  heel  the  pattern 
maker  commended  especially  as  being 
productive  not  of  good  appearance 
alone,  but  of  fit  as  well.

A  manufacturer  agreed  with  him 
thoroughly  and  produced  a  sample  of 
his  own  work  to  show  that  he  was  par­
ing  the  last  down  very  thin  at  the  heel.
On  the  foot  the  shoe  fitted  snug  as  a 
glove.

Another  manufacturer  said,  “ Forsev­
eral  years  the  heel  of  the  last  has  been 
growing  thinner,  but  I  think  it 
is  now 
thin  enough.  There 
is  a  possibility  of 
getting  the  heel  too  thin.”

The  views  of  these  two  veterans  were 
widely  different  on  this  simple  point.
So  it  runs.

After all  is  said,  then,  the matter  re­
solves  itself  to  this,  that  standard meas­
urements  serve  a  purpose  of  determin­
ing  the  proportionate  length  and  width 
of  the  last.  Further  than  this  individual 
manufacturers  model  their  goods  ac­
cording  to  their own  sweet  will.

It 

Then  there 

is  another  phase  of  the 
question.  While  it  is  true  that  the exist­
standard  measurements  were 
ing 
adopted  some  years  back  w hen 
th e 
shoemaking  art  as  to-day  practiced  was 
comparatively  in  its  infancy,  yet  this  is 
not  sufficient  to  impeach  the  standards.
is  equally  true  that  the  require­
ments 
in  the  factory  are  much  finer 
drawn  than  in  former years.  That  is  to 
say  that  the  day  of  quarter  and  half­
inch  distinctions  has  gone  by  and  the 
operatives  are  at  the  present  time work­
ing  on  fractions  of  an  inch  so  minute 
that  five  years  ago  they  would  not  have 
been  considered.

Thus  the  measurement  must  be  exact 
little 

and  for  its  exactness  depends  on 
things  to  a  very  consideiable  extent.

For  instance,  so  insignificant  a  thing 
as  the  lacing  up  of  the  shoe  in  the  fac 
instep  and  waist 
tory  will  alter  the 
measures. 
If  the  shoe  is  laced  loosely 
the  upper  will  be  drawn  farther over 
the  last  and  the  instep measure reduced. 
If  it  is  laced  tightly  together  the  meas­
ure  will  be  as  intended.
So  also  in  the  apparently  small matter 
It  is  readily 
of  lapping  for  the  seams. 
is  pro­
seen  that,  if  a  quarter-inch  lap 
vided  for  and  a  three-eighths 
lap  is 
made  by  the  fitter,  it  is  going  to  throw 
the  measure  off a  full  quarter  inch.  As 
remarked  above,  when  lasts  are  graded 
to  the  hundredth  of  an  inch  this  “ out”  
of  a  quarter  seriously  affects  the  fit  of 
the  completed  product.
measurements?

What,  then,  becomes  of  the  standard 

Not  the  average  shoe  manufacturer, 

Who  will  adopt  any  code  of  measure­
ments  other  than  his  own  when  trivial 
differences  of  this  sort  mean  the  suc­
cess  or  failure  of  his  business?
that  is  certain.
.  The  present  system  of  measurements 
is,  it  is safe  to  say,  as  generally adopted 
and  to  as  considerable  degree  as  would 
be  any  other  system 
that  might  be 
agreed  upon.

While,  therefore,  it  may  be  an  easy 
matter  to  discern  inaccuracies  in  the 
standard,  from  the  varying  points  of 
view  of  different  manufacturers,  yet, 
after  all,  the  existing  standards  serve 
their  purpose  very  well  and,  having 
once  been  established  and  adopted  in 
their  general  outline  by  the  great  ma­
jority  of  manufacturers,  it  is  decidedly 
inadvisable 
to  attempt  any  radical 
change«:,  which,  when  all 
is  said  and 
done,  would  doubtlessly  be  quite  as  un­
favorably  criticised  as  are  the standards 
that  prevail.—Shoe and Leather Gazette.

trying 

If  you  are  a  mer­
chant and have lost 
money 
to 
handle
Clothing
write  us  for  infor­
mation  how to sup­
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with  new, 
fresh, 
stylish and  well  fit­
ting  garments  at 
satisfactory  prices 
to them  and  profit 
to you  No capital 
or  experience  re­
quired.

Standard  line  of 
Men’s  Suits  and 
Overcoats, $4.00  to 
$(6.oo.

W H ITE  CITY  TAILORS,

323*33«  ADAMS STREET.  CHICAGO,  ILL.

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  yi  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 eveiy 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,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Rindge,  Kalmbach &  Co.,

12,  14,  16  Pearl  Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

M anufacturers and Jobbers of

Boots  and  Shoes

Our  Lines and  Prices for fall are right/'  W e carry 
a  full 
line  of  Warm  Goods—Felt  "Boots  and 
Socks;  also,  Boston  and  Bay State  rubber goods, 
business is solicited.

We  believe  the  boy— and 
if you  look  over  our  line  of 
Warm  Goods,  you  will  be­
lieve  us,  too.

.  Our  general  line  of  Foot­
wear  never  was  stronger  in 
the  history  of  our  business, 
“ and these are our busy days.”

Johnm g  $ays o u r d i t   Goods 

ARE  warm!

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5  &  7  PEARL  STREET.

SROE TRE BHBT REflTLT

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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.

D ry  Goods
The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Cotton  Goods—With  the  exception  of 
brown  and  bleached  sheetings  and shirt­
lines  are  moving  in  quite  an 
ings,  all 
encouraging  manner. 
It  is  hardly  to be 
expected  that  the  volume  of  business 
will  continue  unabated  much  longer this 
season,  but  up  to  the  present  time  there 
has  been  an  amount  accomplished  that 
has  surprised  even  the  most  sanguine. 
Denims  and  ducks,  both  plain  and 
fancy,  continue  to  show  a  very  fair  re­
quest ;  the  demand seems  to  tend  toward 
specials  and  special  styles. 
is 
particularly  true  when  the  buyers  can 
find  a  pattern  that  they  can  have  the 
exclusive  control  of 
in  their  section. 
These  will  be  used  in  place  of  low  cost 
woolens,  that  somewhat  took  their  place 
during  the  past  two  or  three  years. 
Printed  fabrics  and  calicoes  have  been 
in  somewhat  better  request  in  some  di­
rections,  and  quite  good  quantities have 
been  sent  forward,  but  the  business,  as 
a  whole,  has  been  rather  slow  than 
otherwise.

This 

Woolens—All  eyes  on  the  woolen mar­
ket  this  week  are  centered  on  the  dress 
goods,  but  while  all  of  the  foreign  dress 
goods  departments  are  busy,  and  some 
of  the  domestic  accounts are open,  some 
important  ones  are  still 
of  the  most 
waiting.  They  are 
liable  to  open  any 
day  and  are  uncertain  themselves  as  to 
the  exact  date. 
It  may  be  the  last  of 
this  week  or  the  first  of  next,  but  at  any 
rate  it  will  be  very  soon.  Prices  have 
been  advanced  very  sharply  on  all  lines 
that  have  been  opened,but  not  as  much, 
the  manufacturers  generally  say,  as 
they  ought  to  be  considering  the  cost  of 
raw  material.  Orders  are  being  re­
ceived 
in  very  satisfactory  numbers for 
spring  goods.  Duplicate  orders  on  fall 
dress  goods,  where  the  line  is  not  sold 
up,  are  frequent  and  manufacturers 
say  they  are  well  satisfied.  Prices  are 
firm  all  along  the  line,  but  no  particular 
advances  have  been  made  during  the 
week  under  review.  A  large  number  of 
the  mills  are  simply  making  deliveries 
on  fall  goods  and  have  been  refusing 
orders  for  some  time.  While 
in  the 
natural  course  of  events  this  should  be 
somewhat  around  the  middle  of  the 
blanket  season,  a  number  of  the  mills 
are  well  sold  up  and  agents  are  taking 
no  more  orders.  Prices  have  been  ad­
vanced  about  25  per  cent,  since  the 
opening,  but  this  does  not correspond  to 
the  advance  on  wool. 
It  is  not  likely 
that  the  advance  ever  will  be  the  same, 
but  many  agents  are  looking  for  better 
prices  at  the  opening  of  the  next  sea­
son,  which  may  open about December  1. 
But  this  is  uncertain  as  yet.

Flannels— The  condition  of  the  flan­
is  good,  but  prices  are  not 
nel  market 
where  they  ought  to  be  if  the  manufac­
turers  were  compelled  to  go  into  the 
market  for  wools  to-day.  The  majority 
of  the  mills,  it  would  appear,  have  a 
good  supply  yet, 
from  the  way  the 
agents  talk,  for  they  say  that  if  they 
were  obliged  to  buy  now  it  would  be 
necessary  to  advance  prices  about  20 
per  cent.  As 
is,  the  mills  will  use 
what  they  have  on  hand  and  stop.  Next 
season  tne  price  will  undoubtedly  be 
placed  on  a  basis  which  will  pay  when 
buying  wool  in  the  market.

it 

Knit  Goods—The  prospects  for spring 
trade  in  the  knit  goods  market  are  very 
bright  with  one  exception,  and  that 
is, 
the  old  question  of  price.  The meeting- 
of  the  manufacturers  was  a  good  move 
is  followed  up  in  the  right  way,  I
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detriment  than  a  help. 
It  is  time  that 
something  was  done  on  these  lines,  the 
lines  laid  down  at  the  meeting,  but  un­
less  there  is  more  of  a  concerted  spirit 
shown,  the  good  resulting  from  it  will 
be  small.  Traveling  men  are  generally 
reporting  good  success  on  the  road,  and 
say  that  small  stocks  ru le   everyw here, 
jo b b e rs  and  re ta ile rs. 
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The  jobbers  are  calling  for goods  for 
immediate  use  and  are  in  a  hurry  for 
them,  and  few  mills  are  in  position  to 
supply  the  demand  at  the  time  wanted ; 
in  fact,  the  question  of  short  supply  is 
growing  to  be  a  more  formidable  one 
every  day,  and  there  should  be  no  delay 
in  advancing  prices. 
Several  cases 
have  been  reported  during  the  week  of 
slight  advances  of  10  to  15  per  cent.,but 
is  hardly  enough,  although  it  is  a 
that 
very  good  start 
it  can  be  supple­
mented  by  another advance  in  the  near 
future.

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Hosiery— Hosiery  manufacturers  are 
busy,  and  a  considerable  number  of 
duplicate  orders  are  being  received 
daily.  This 
is  caused  by  the  low  con­
dition  of  stocks  and  the  certainty  of 
higher  prices.  This  latter  fact  is  caus­
ing the re-orders to  be  somewhat  heavier 
than  they  would  otherwise  have  been 
The 
importers  are  well  satisfied  with 
the amount  of  business  they  are  accom­
plishing,  and  say  the  prospects  for  fu­
ture  business  seem  to  be  very  bright, 
considering  the  tariff  conditions.  With 
the  advances  that  will  be  made  on  do­
mestic  hosiery,  the 
importers  hope  to 
compete  on  a  more  favorable  basis.

A  Battle  Cry.

T o  arms—

A gain st  the ears too deaf to  hear 

Recited  virtues of  a friend;

T he tongue too dumb  to gently cheer 

O r absent one defend.

A gain st the eyes too blind  to seek 
Between  the clouds a bit of blue;

T he selfish,  grasping hand  too weak 

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Think  what  that  means:  we carry the stock, 

you  order  as  you  need  goods.

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Our traveling salesmen will remain 
in the house  during  the  fo’*r  days 
of  the  Carnival  of  Fun--October 
26,  27,  28  and  29—and  will  take 
pleasure  in  exhibiting  our  line  of 
fall  and  winter  goods  to  those 
merchants  who  honor  us  with  a 
call  on  that occasion.

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GRAND  RAPIDS.

T o  arms—

A gainst the limbs  too stiff to  steal 

Unto a brother in  distress;

The marble heart  too cold to feel 

To beat in tenderness.

Against  the breast so callous  grown 

That to ignore, forget,  it  dares

Its  neighbor’s stifled sob and  moan 

Beneath  oppressing cares.

T o arms—

Against  the doubt that tears and  takes

L ife’s sweetest hopes with  scorn  and spurn,

Y*-t giveth  naught  that compensates 

The slightest in  return.

A gain st the creed  that welcomes in 

The man  with arms, aye,  open  wide,

Aback from  paths of blame and sin,

But  woman  bars outside.

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OCTOBER 14,  1897.

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION
A  combination  of  causes,  of  which 
in  Southern 
the  long  drouth,  the  fever 
cities  and  professional  bear  stock  oper 
ations  are  elements,  have  served  t 
check  the  volume  of  business during th 
past  week.  This  check,  which  is  owing 
to 
local  and  temporary  causes,  is  of 
healthy  tendency,  for  the  reason  that, 
the  ratio  of  recent 
improvement  had 
continued  without  diminution,  it  would 
have  been  scarcely  possible  to  escape 
some  of  the  bad  consequences  of  the de 
cided  boom  which  seemed  to  be  upon 
us.

The  general  conditions  of  business 
continue  as  favorable  as  at  any  time, 
The  depreciations  in  stocks,  which  are 
all  of  an  unquestionably  professional 
character,  are  the  result  of  stock  gam 
bling  operations.  The  reports  of  rail 
way  earnings  are  more  favorable  than 
ever  since  the  panic,  and  all  of  the  in 
dustrials  seem  to  be  as  steadily  improv 
ing  as  ever.  The  influence  of  the  bea 
element  was  felt  in  the  money  market 
so  that  quite  a  scare  resulted  in  spite  ol 
the  fact  that  the  mint  report  of §712, 
660,417  gold 
in  the  country  at  the  first 
of  the  month exceeded  the  quantity  ever 
previously  given. 
In  addition  to  this, 
larger  shipments  have  been  made  to 
this  country  sufficient  to  indicate  that 
the  balance  is  heavy  enough  in  our  fa­
vor  to  make  any  real  stringency  impos­
sible.  As 
indicating  the  magnitude  of 
the  general  improvement,  the  month  of 
September,  following  on  August—which 
was  a  record  breaker—was  phenomenal. 
It  not  only  exceeded  that  of  every  other 
September,  last  year  by  56.1  per  cent, 
and  September,  1892,  by  17  per  cent  , 
but,  although  September  is  not  a  month 
of  annual  or  quarterly  payments,  and 
for  other  reasons  is  not  one  of  the  lar­
gest  months  in  business, 
it  exceeded 
every  other  month  on  record  except  five 
—namely,  two  of  annual  settlements, 
January,  1892  and  1893;  one  of  quarter 
ly  settlements,  October,  1890,  and  two 
months,  usually  of  the  largest,  May, 
1890,  and  December,  1892.  Nor  can  it 
be  said  that  New  York  speculation  only 
made  the  return  large,  for  outside  New 
York 
the  exchanges  at  all  clearing­
houses  were  $2,119,000,000,  against 
$2,033,000,000 
in  the  same  month  of 
1892,  an 
increase  of  4  per  cent.  The 
week  of  quarterly  settlements,  the  first 
of  October,  resulted in clearings 33.6  per 
cent,  larger  than  last  year,  and  8.8  per 
cent,  larger  than  in  1892.

While  the  movement  in  prices  of  ce­
reals  has  not  been  great  in  either  direc­
tion,  the  tendency  of  prices  has  been 
upward,  and  the  Western  receipts,  as 
well  as  exports,  have  been  heavy.
In  the  iron  trade  the  increase 

in  the 
number  of  new  furnaces  blowing  in, 
with  speculative  selling  of  Bessemer 
pig,  has  caused  a  depression  of  15  cents 
at  Pittsburg,  while  grey  forge  has  ad­
vanced  25  cents.  Most  finished  prod­
ucts  are  gradually  advancing,  with 
in­
creasing  demand  for  plates,  bars,  sheets 
and  pipe.  Among 
is 
one  of  15,000  tons  of  steel  rails to Japan.
The  decline  of  cotton,  which has been 
the  feature  for  some  time,  has  at  last 
turned  and  an  advance  is  recorded  fo 
the  week.  Woolens  are  kept  strong  by 
the  increasing  price  of  wool.  The  ship 
ments  of  boots  and  shoes  are  reported 
larger  for  the  month  than  for  the corres 
ponding  month  of 
Leather  and  bides  are  both  weaker.
for  the  week 

are 
among  the  heaviest  on  record—$1,399, 
000,000.  Failures  were  237,  as  against 
189  for  the  preceding  week.

important  sales 

Bank  clearings 

last  year  or  i< 

That  the  peace 

idea 

is  taking  firm 

root  in  Continental  Europe  to-day  is 
heated  by  press  utterances  which  from 
time  to  time  find  their  way  to  this  side 
of  the  Atlantic.  Speaking  of  “ decora 
tive  politics,”   as  represented  by  the 
interchange  of  royal  visits  and  social 
amenities  between  leading lulers,  which 
are  having  such  prominent  place 
ii 
continental  history  just  now,  the  princi 
pal  journal  of  Vienna  says:  “ The  ac 
knowledged  and  universally  recognized 
object  of  the  triple  alliance  is the main 
tenance  and  confirmation  of  peace 
while  the  dual  alliance  has  the  same 
end in  view,  and  there  only  remains  be 
tween  the  two  alliances  a  noble  emula 
ion,which  shall  confirm  peace.”   And 
t  very  pertinently  remarks,  in  conclu 
sion,  that  “ it 
is  strange  in  these  cir 
cumstances,  that  not  the  slightest  refer 
ence  is  made  in  any  quarter  to  the  dis 
armament  and  reduction  of  the armies 
or  the  diminution  of  military burdens.’

cigarette 

excessive 

the  digestion,  paralyzes 

Several  cases have lately been reported 
illness  resulting 
11  England  of  serious 
from 
smoking. 
When  will  people  awake  to  the  fact  that 
there  is  no  vital  function  that  too  much 
smoking  will  not  injure?  If tobacco does 
not  spend 
its  force  upon  the  brain,  it 
ffects 
the 
healthy  energy,  induces  heart-weakness 
ultimately,leaving  the  subject  a  nervous 
wreck,  which  it  takes  months  to  repair. 
Then  why  over-smoke?  Three  cigars 
or  pipes  a  day  should  be  the  indulgence 
of  strong  men,  and  for  people  who  are 
elicate  one  or  at  most  two  good quality 
¡gars  after  dinner  should  be  the  limit. 
This  was  the  opinion  of  the  late  Sir 
Andrew  Clarke,  and  it  is  shared  by  the 
still  living  Dr  Robson  Roose  and  Dr. 
Caldwell  Stephen,  men  eminently  quali­
fied  to  guide  people 
in  their  peche 
mignons.

Lord  Macaulay  used  to  declare,  as  an 
nstance  of  the  retentiveness  of  his 
memory  and  his  knowledge  of  London, 
that  he  could  tell  the  name  and  the  sit­
uation  of  every  street  in  the  metropolis. 
Such  a  feat  would  be 
in 
these  days,  when  the  number  of  streets 
has  so  greatly 
increased.  One  is  ap­
palled  by  the  knowledge  that  there  are 
fewer  than  7,000  thoroughfares  in 
London.  This 
is  the  number  given  in 
the  new  “ London  Street  Directory.”  
The  village  of  Greater  New  York  is  not 

impossible 

it  with  London.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

THE  UNIONS  AND  FURNITURE.
As  industrial  conditions improve, with 
the  consequent  increase  in employment, 
there  must  needs  be  a  corresponding  in­
crease 
in  the  activity  of  those  who,  as 
leaders  and  agitators,  depend  for  their 
aggrandizement,  as  well  as  living,  upon 
the  unions.  During  the  years  of  indus 
trial  stagnation  there  was  little  to  en 
courage  the  efforts  of  these  philanthro 
[lists.  Naturally,  it  would  he  supposed 
that  in  such  a  time,  when  suffering  and 
deprivation  were  so  widespread,  there 
would  have been  the  more  to  engage the 
attention  of  those  who  were  real  friend 
of  the  oppressed  laborer,  and  that  union 
activity  would  be  at  its  height.

But  the  work  of  unionism  is  not  pro 
portioned  to  the  obvious  needs  of  the 
working  classes.  During  a  season  of 
depression  the  unions  do  little  more, 
many  cases,  than  maintain  a  nominal 
existence,  and  the  walking  delegates, 
who  can  do  little  with  men  anxious  to 
make  the  most  of  every  opportunity  for 
employment  and  its  remuneration,  may 
even  be  compelled  to  engage  in  actual 
work  themselves.  However,  such  a  de 
gree  of  depression  is  not  common.

So,  when  industrial  activity  becomes 
is  himself  again 
greater,  Richard 
While  the  greater  proportion  of  the 
manufacturing  artisans  are  too 
intelli­
gent  to  waste  their  opportunities  in  fol 
lowing  his  pernicious 
lead,  there  are 
yet  enough  to  supply  the  material  for 
his  successful 
impositions.  While  the 
majority  are  content  to  make  the  most 
of  the  seasons  of  activity,  earning  and 
demanding  fair  compensation  for  thei 
work,  and  with  manly  positiveness  en 
forcing  such  demands  when  they  are 
backed  by  the  conditions  of  the  trade, 
there are  enough  of  the  less 
intelligeut 
and  more  unstable  to  lend  a  willing  ear 
to  the  promises  of  these  vampires  of  la 
bor,  and  so  make  it  possible  for  them 
to  resume  their  normal  habit  of 
living 
at  the  expense  of  others.

industry  are 

interesting  since 

Thus,  the  meetings  of  the  delegate 
in  this  city  have  become  more 
unions 
the 
mportant  and 
in  full  motion 
wheels  of 
the 
again.  The  ordinary  unions  of 
trades of  minor  importance  are  again  in 
flourishing  condition  and  the  leaders 
are  beginning  to  cast  about  for  oppor 
tunities  to  enter other  fields.  Naturally, 
the  first  to  engage  their  attention  is  the 
one  which  has  done  the  most for  the  up­
building  of  the  city  and  on  which  its 
growth  and  permanence  must  depend. 
The  proposition  is  made  that  the  work 
of  union  organization  shall  be  pushed 
among  the  furniture  operatives  at  an 
early  date.  This  work  is  to  be  pushed 
vigorously.  Organizers are to  be  brought 
n  from  outside  and  no  effort 
is  to  be 
pared  to  extend  union  influence  and 
control,  as  far  as  possible,  in this indus­
try.

While  some  branches  of  the  furniture 
trades  have  been  brought  under  the con­
trol  of  unionism  in  years  past for a short 
me,  in  general  the  industry  has  been 
In  one  not­
free  from  this  domination. 
instance  several  years  ago,  they 
able 
had  secured  enough  control  of  the  carv- 
ng  trade  to  apparently  warrant  them  in 
declaring  a  strike.  The  result  of  this 
action  was  the quick  dissolution  of  the 
union  and  the  giving  of  an 
impetus  to 
the  introduction  of  machines  for  doing 
the  work  of  the  carvers,  which  has 
caused  a  revolution 
in  that  branch  of 
manufacture.

In  the  light  of  the  experience  of  the 
is  scarcely  probable  that  these 
past,  it 
in 
leaders  will  make  much  headway 
tbeir  onslaught  on  this  leading  industry

of  the  city. 
If  they  would  confine  their 
operations  to  some  comparatively unim­
portant  branch,  they  could  make  a  bet­
ter  showing  and  might  succeed  in  gain­
ing  a  sufficient  control  to  drive  some 
important  enterprises  to  other  centers 
which  they  do  not  control.  But,  in  un­
dertaking  to  subjugate  the  furniture  in­
terests,  they  are  undertaking  too  much, 
for  the  same  independence  on  the  part 
of  both  employers  and  employes  which 
has  made  this  the  principal  industry  of 
the  city,  and  which  has  given  the  city 
the  lead  in  the  furniture  world,  will  in­
terpose  a  sufficient  barrier  to  prevent 
any  serious  harmful  depredations.

The  rush  to  the  Alaska  gold  fields  is 
expected  to  make  a  market  for  the 
semi-wild  horses  of  Washington  and 
Oregon.  Hitherto  these  ponies  have 
been  regarded  as  a  nuisance,  and  as 
eating  grass  that  should  have  fattened 
sheep.  They  have  been  classed  with 
the  jack-rabhits  of  other  sections,  and 
several  times  their  extermination  has 
been  plotted.  They  have  been  sold  in 
large  numbers  to  the  abattoirs  to  be 
slaughtered  and  canned  for consumption 
in  France,  while  their  hides  were  used 
for  covering  trunks.  The  price  at  the 
slaughter-house  ranged 
from  $1.50  to 
$4,  but  prices  are  stiffening  now  with 
the  demand 
the  Yukon.  Good 
prices  for  the  larger  horses  of  the sturdy 
breed  have  been  given  for  their  use 
over  the  mountain  trails.  They  are  just 
as  serviceable  to  flounder  through  the 
mud  and  over  the  boulders of the treach­
erous  trails  as  would  be  better  horses, 
and  they  can  be  more  readily  spared 
if 
lost

for 

Philadelphia 

is  exercised  over  the 
disappearance  of  the  corner-stone  of  In­
dependence  Hall. 
It  has  disappeared 
n  the  sense  that  it  has  not  appeared  at 
all.  There 
is  no  record  of  its  having 
been  seen  by  anyone,  or,  indeed,  that  it 
ever  existed.  However,  as  the  laying 
of  a  corner-stone  is  a  custom  that  is  as 
ancient  as  civilization  itself,  it  is  rea­
sonable to  suppose  one  was placed under 
Independence  Hall  when  the  founda- 
ions  were  laid.  The  Restoration  Com­
missioners  can  find  no  trace  of 
it, 
however.

It  is  claimed  by  those  who  have made 
something  of  a  study  of  the  trading 
stamp  scheme  that  no  merchcant  has 
ever  renewed  his  contract  a  second  year 
that  one  year’s  experience is sufficient 
to  satisfy  him  that  the  damage  to  his 
is  greater  than  all  the  advan­
business 
tages  secured. 
If  the  scheme  were  a 
money  maker,  as  claimed  by  the  oily 
tongued  chaps  who  exploit  the  fake, 
surely  the  dealers  who  have  tried  it  a 
year  would  be  anxious  to  continue  the 
arrangement.

The  two  men  who have been  operating 
trading  stamp  scheme  at  Jackson have 
abandoned  the  field,  on  account  of  the 
ndifference  of  the  retail  dealers  of  the 
Central  City,  and  taken  up  their  resi­
dence  in  Saginaw,  where  they  propose 
to  “ organize  the  town,”   as  they  glibly 
express  it.  The  Tradesman  advises  its 
Saginaw  readers  to  give  the  schemers  a 
ide  berth,  as  any  deal  they  may  make 
ith  the  gentlemen  will  cause  them 

much  trouble,  annoyance  and  regret.

The  announcement  that  a  short  course 
instruction  in  cheesemaking  will  be 
naugurated  at  the  Agricultural  College 
'  is  winter  deserves  the  commendation 
every  man  who  would  like  to  see  an 
mprovement  in the present methods and 
product  of  Michigan  factories.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

9

INADEQUATE  PUBLIC  DEFENSE.
The  recommendation  by  the  special 
Government  Dock  Commission 
that 
naval  dry  docks  should  be  constructed, 
one  each  at  New  York,  Boston  and  Nor­
folk,  on  the  Atlantic  Coast,  and at  Mare 
Island,  San  Francisco,  on  the  Pacific, 
coupled  with  the  suggestion  for  a  float­
ing  dock  at  New  Orleans,  has  already 
been  published.

It  is  by  no  means  likely  that Congress 
will  vote  at  an  early  day  any  money  to 
build  these  docks,  so  long  as  the  few 
large  warships  possessed  by  the  United 
States  can  get  access,  when  they  need 
repairs,  to  the  great  docks 
in  Nova 
Scotia,  St.  Thomas,  the  Bermudas  and 
other  of  the  British  possessions.  The 
merchant  marine  of  the  United  States 
has  practically  abandoned  the  seas,  so 
far  as  any  foreign  commerce  is  con­
cerned.  Having  surrendered  the  for­
eign  carrying  trade  to  foreign  nations, 
one  of  the  chief  reasons  for  the  main 
tenance  of  a  navy  disappears.

It  is  true  that  the  Monroe  doctrine  of 
preventing  European  interference  in the 
American  hemisphere 
is  likely  sooner 
or  later  to  get  the  United  States  into 
trouble  abroad ;  but  that  can  be  easily 
settled  by  abandoning  all  pretensions  to 
dictating  public  policy  in  North,  Cen­
tral  and  South  America,  and  giving  no­
tice  to the land-hungry nations of the Old 
World  that  they  may  seize  on the New at 
their  pleasure,  provided  they  will  con­
sent  not  to  harm  us.

With  such arrangements perfected,  the 
United  States  will  not  need  to  have  a 
therefore,  any  naval  dry 
navy,  nor, 
docks. 
It 
is  not  to  be  inferred  that, 
were  this  country  insured  against  for­
eign  attack,  its  people  would  wholly 
abandon  the  arts  of  war  and  retire  to 
peaceable  callings.  On  the  contrary, 
they  would  have  plenty  of  opportunity 
to  fight,  and  to  fight  where  they  delight 
to  do  it—that 
themselves. 
The  people  of  the  United  States,  in 
their  internal  and  internecine  conflicts, 
have  slaughtered  of  their  own  fellow- 
citizens  one  hundred  to  one  of  foreign 
ers  slain  in  all  the  foreign  wars  of  the 
United  States.

is  among 

It  is  a  remarkable  fact  that  the Amer­
ican  people  delight  to  slay  each  other, 
and  they  seem  to  have 
inherited  the 
passion  for 
internecine  war  from  the 
red  aborigines.  The  American  Indians 
could  easily  have  delayed,  if  not  pre­
vented,  the  settlement  of  the  Americas 
by  the  whites  if  only  they  had  from  the 
first  combined  against  the  invaders.  On 
the  contrary,  the  various  tribes  of  the 
natives  were  constantly  at  war,  each 
with  the  others,  so  that  they fell  an  easy 
prey  to  the  small  numbers  of  the  white 
settlers.

This  habit  or  passion  for  internal  war 
seems  to  have  been 
inherited  by  the 
whites  as  a  sort  of  retribution  for  their 
war  of  extermination  made  upon the na­
tives ;  but  it  is  possible that the red  men 
were,  themselves,  in  some  period  far  in 
the  past,  invaders  and  strangers 
in  a 
country  possessing  a  considerable  and, 
perhaps,  a  high  civilization,  and  that, 
having  overrun  and  conquered  the coun­
try,  they  engaged  in  bloody  internecine 
conflicts  for  possession  of  the  booty.
The  monumental  remains  found 

in 
all  parts  of  the  American  hemisphere 
seem  to  point  to  some  such  catastrophic 
events,  and  in  that  way  the  Indians  ac­
quired  that  degree  of  distrust  and  dread 
of  their  own  people  that 
induced  them 
to  break  up  into  families and  groups, 
each  standing  on  guard  against  the 
others.

If there  be  any  reason and  probability

in  these  views.it  is further  possible  that, 
the  whites,  who  came  last,  have 
inher­
ited  from  the  red  savages  a  passion  for 
internal  warfare.  No  matter  how 
it 
was  obtained,  the  passion  exists,  for  the 
constantly  recurring  and  most  startling 
feature 
in  the  history  of  the  whites  of 
the  Western  Hemisphere,  without  re­
gard  to  race,  is their civil  wars  and  rev­
olutions.

As  the  inter-tribal  wars  of  the  red  In­
dians  hastened  and  made  easy  the  con­
quest  of  their  country,  so  the  civil  con­
flicts  constantly  taking  place  among  the 
American  whites  will  precipitate  upon 
them  the  attacks  of  foreign  nations,  and 
it  will  come  about  sooner  or  later,  shirk 
and  evade  the  responsibility  as  we  will, 
that  foreign  war  will  be  forced  on  us.

With  all  past  experience  as  a  source 
of  information,  it  should  not  be difficult 
is  most 
to  understand  that  a  nation 
liable  to  attack  when 
it  is  least  pre­
pared  and  most  helpless,  and  this  fact 
should  teach  that  some  preparation  for 
the  public  defense  is  absolutely  neces­
sary  for  even  the most peaceable people.
We  cannot  afford  to  renounce  the  nat­
ural  dictates  of  self-interest,  chief  of 
which  is  self-protection,  and  throw  our- 
seives  on  the  mercy  of the predatory and 
enterprising  nations  of  Europe. 
It  is 
not  likely,  however,  that  any  efficient 
measures  will  be  taken  for  the  public 
defense  until  the  United  States  shall ac­
tually  become  involved  in war with some 
foreign  power,  and,  in  such  an  event, 
this  great  nation  would  be  found  pretty 
nearly  defenseless.

There’s a

■nack

1 W A D  A Y S   in  knowing  how  to  conduct  a  Retail 
Grocery  Store.  T h e   successful  merchant must have 
more  than  mere  capital  and  brains  and  enterprise. 
■ He  must  have  experience;  and  experience  must  be 
paid  for  and  paid  dearly  for,  m any  and  m any  a  time,  before 
it's  pressed  right  home  and  its  profitable  lesson  learned.  Be­
yond  all  these  qualities  he  must  possess  K N A C K — the  fac­
ulty  of  knowing  exactly  w hat  the  people  want  and  will 
have.  T h e   merchant  who  possesses  this  faculty  always 
handles  the  most  staple  and  popular  brands  on  the  market 
and  included  in  his  stock  is  invariably  found  a  liberal  sup­
ply  of

Cleveland 

is  experimenting  with  a 
change  in  the  hours  of  attendance  at the 
high  schools.  Hitherto,  in  that  city,  as 
elsewhere,  the  high  school  pupils  have 
been  required  to  attend  from  9 a.  m. 
until  2  p.  m.,  with  a  half-hour  inter­
mission  for  luncheon.  This  latter  was 
necessarily  a  cold  one,  as  there  was  not 
sufficient  time  to  go  home,  and  Cleve­
land  had  not  provided,  as  is  done  in 
some  other 
accommodations 
whereby  the  pupils  could  buy  warm 
broths,  stews  and  the  like.  The  new 
hours  are  from  8  a.  m.  to  12:30  p.  m., 
with  no 
Advantages 
claimed  for  the  change  are  that  it  will 
permit  the  pupils  to  go  home  to 
lunch­
eon,  and  will  give  them  a  longer  after­
noon,  either  for  study  or  recreation.

intermission. 

cities, 

On  Jan.  1,  1898,  the  enlarged  city  of 
New  York  will  begin  is  corporate  exist­
ence,  with  a  debt of  $200,000,000,  with  a 
budget  of  about  $60,000,000  for  running 
expenses,  to  be  met  from  the  proceeds 
of  taxation,  with  two  sinking  funds, 
amounting  to  about $10,000,000  a  year, 
to  be  maintained  and  replenished  from 
other  sources  of  revenue,  and  with  a 
complete system of local  administration, 
to be  organized  or  reconstructed  by  the 
creation  of  new  departments,  and  by the 
readjustment  of  the  relation  of  each  de­
partment to the  others,  under the general 
plan  and  scheme  established  by  the 
Charter  Commission.

in 

in  sisal  growing 

A  London  paper  is  responsible  for 
the  statement  that  Mr.  Chamberlain’s 
experiment 
the 
Bahama  Islands  has  not  been  success­
ful,  and  that  the  sum  of  $250,000  has 
been  lost  in  consequence  of  the  land  se­
lected  being  unsuitable  for  successful 
cultivation.  The  sisal  hemp,  named 
from  Sisal,  a  port 
in  Yucatan,  is  the 
prepared  fiber  of  the  American aloe  and 
■ s  used  for  cordage.  The  English  Sec­
retary  of State for the Colonies,  however, 
is  not  discouraged,  and  will  make  an­
other  attempt,  if  not  in the Bahamas,  in 
some  part  of  the  British  colonies.

T h is  “ knowing  how”  comes  not  entirely  from having a 
nose  for  business,  but  from  old-time  training,  trials  and  mis­
takes,  blanks  and  finds,  correction  and  requital.  O n ly  an 
amateur  insists  that  it  is  easy  to  win  success.  W hen  the 
Yankee  asked  the  old  castle  gardener how  he made his  mar­
velous  lawn,  the simple  Englishman replied:  “ W e rolls  it and 
we  mows  it  and  we  waters  it.”   “Oh!  that’s  a ll!”   chuckled 
the  amateur  at  the  easy  lesson  he  had  learned. 
“Yes,  and 
we  does  it  for  about  four  hundred years,’’added the old  man, 
as  he  went  on  watering.

W e  have  been  selling  goods  to  the  grocery  trade  for 
nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century.  W e  know  what  our  trade 
want  and  w hat  their  customers  want,  too.  T h a t’s  w h y  we 
have  handled  nearly  a  hundred  carloads  of  P IL L S B U R Y ’S 
B E S T   in  the  past  six  months.

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FROM  FARM  TO  FIRM.

How  Sam  Brown  Achieved  Success 

W ritten for the T badesman.

in  Business.

‘ ‘ Now,  gentlemen,”   said  the  sheriff, 
loud  and  harsh  on 
his  voice  sounding 
the  crisp  December  air,  ‘ ‘ there  is 
just 
one  thing  more  to  sell—the  shingle  roof 
on  that  sod  house  yonder.  How  much 
am  I  offered  for 
Ten  dollars? 
Come  now,  gentlemen,  don't  be  stingy. 
Remember,  this  is  the  last  thing  left  to 
sell,  and  we  haven’t  realized  enough  to 
satisfy  the  creditors  yet.”

it? 

Beg  or  banter  as  he  might,  he  was 
obliged  to 
let  the  old  roof  go  for  ten 
dollars,  and  the  sheriff  sale  of  William 
Brown’s  earthly  possessions  was  at  an 
end.  There  was  now  a  general  move­
ment  among  the  little  crowd  of  poor 
people  who  had  assembled  to  buy  their 
neighbor’s  poor  effects.  This  one  led 
away  a  horse;  that,  a  cow.  The  few 
household  goods  had  been  sold  first  and 
were  now  being  packed  in  the  various 
owners’  wagons,  and  the  man  who  had 
bought  the  shingle  roof  began  with 
crowbar and  saw  to  tear  it  down.

‘ ‘ Come,  Samey,  I  guess  we’d  better 

be  going. ”

The  speaker  was  a  feeble  old  man, 
whose  hand  trembled  visibly  as  he 
placed  it  upon  his  son’s  shoulder.  The 
expression  on  his  face  showed  plainly 
that  he  was  trying  hard  to  hide his emo­
tion  from  these  men  who  for  four  years 
had  been  his  neighbors.  Thus  father 
and  son  turned  their  backs  upon  the 
home  that  had  been  the  scene  of  so 
many  struggles  with  poverty.  Yet  it 
was  dear  to  them  and  neither  could 
bear  to  stay  to  see  the  little  house  de­
stroyed.  They  took  their  way  towards 
a 
lone  cottonwood  tree  that  had  long 
ago  given  up  its  last  leaf  to  the  persist­
ent  winter  wind,  and  stood  for  a  few 
moments  beside  a  lonely  grave,  at  the 
head  of  which  was  a  rough  white  stone, 
upon  which  the  word  “ Mother”   had 
been  clumsily  chiseled.  Then,  without 
a  word,they  began  their  townward  jour­
ney.

*  *  *

It  was  past  nine  o’clock  and  dark and 
cold  when  an  old  man  and  boy  stopped 
in  front  of  a  little  deserted  cabin  on  the 
outskirts  of  Hays  City.

“ It’s  no  use,  Samey,  I can’t  walk  an­
other step,”  said  the  old man.  “ We  can 
stay  here  for  the  night. 
I’ll  feel  more 
like  myself  in  the  morning.”

Entering  the  cabin,  he  sank  upon  the 
floor,  utterly  exhausted.  The  boy  un­
rolled  a  blanket, 
inside  of  which 
were  what  few  clothes  they  possessed. 
Spreading  them  on  the  floor  for  his 
father  to  lie  upon,  be  covered  him  with 
the  blanket.

“ Now,  father,  I ’m  goin’  in  to  town.
I  won’t  be  gone  any 
longer’n  I  can 
help.  You  try  to  sleep  till  I  get  back. ”
Sam  knew  Hays  City  “ like  a  book.”  
Frequent  visits  for  supplies  had  made 
him  familiar  with  every  street  and 
house.  He  also  knew—what  he  hoped 
his  father  had not  remembered—that the 
deserted  cabin 
in  which  they  were  to 
spend  the  night  had  at  one  time  been 
their  own  property. 
The  boy’s  long 
strides  soon  brought  him  to  the  now  de­
serted  main  street  of  the town,  up which 
he  went  at  a  pace  that  indicated  that  he 
had  an  object 
in  view.  He  finally 
in  front  of  a  large  two-story 
stopped 
building  and  looked  at  the  windows 
in 
the  upper  story. 
“ Y es,”   he  mused, 
“ there’s  a  light  up  there.  I’m glad  they 
haven’t  gone  to  bed.”   Going  to  the 
door  between  the  two  store  rooms  that 
comprised  the  lower  part  of  the  build­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

ing,  he  rang  the  bell.  A  window  up­
stairs  was  raised  and  a  female  voice 
asked,  “ Who’s  there?”

“ Is  Mr.  Phillips  at  home?”
“ Yes;  but  who  wants  to  see  him?”  
“ Sam  Brown.”
“ O,  Sam  Brown!  Just  come  right  up 

— that  door  isn’t  locked.”

Sam  quickly  obeyed the invitation and 
was  soon  engaged  in  earnest  conversa­
tion  with  Mr.  Phillips.

“ So  they  sold  your  father  out?  Well, 
that's  too  bad.  What  does  he 

well! 
think  of  doing?”

“ That's  just  what  I  came  to  see  you 
about  to-night,  Mr.  Phillips,”   replied 
the  boy. 
"You  see,  father  is  sick  and 
ain't  able  to  do  anything.  He’s  com­
pletely  broke  down  an’  I’ve  got  to  do 
the  doin’. ”

“ Have  you  heard  from  your  brother 

yet?”

“ No,  sir;  we  hain't  heard  nothin’ 
seuce  he  went  to  Colorado  last  October; 
but  I  hain't  lost  faith  in  him  yet. 
I 
believe  he  hain’t  wrote  ’cause  he  hain’t 
found  no  work.  He  wouldn't  never  de­
sert  us  that  way.  Mr.  Phillips,  I’ve  just 
got  to  find  work ;  and  I’ve  got  to  find  it 
right  away.  There  wasn’t  anything  left 
us  after  the  sale;  an’  we’ve  got  to  live 
somehow.  Can  you  give  me  a  job  of 
any  kind,  or  do  you  know  of  anybody 
that  wants  a  boy— I’d  work  hard?”  

“ I’m  glad  you  came  to  me,”   was  the 
reply.  “ I  need  a  boy  myself  to  help 
in 
the  store  and  take  care  of  my  horse  and 
cow,  now  that  Alex  has  gone away  to 
school. 
I’ll  give  you  $15  a  month  and 
the  use  of  a  little  furnished  cottage  that 
I  own 
in  the  West  End.  Your  father 
can  keep  a  cow  and  some  chickens 
there. 
I  think  you  will  be  very  com­
fortable. ’ ’

The  lad  could  scarcely  believe  his 
ears.  He  chokingly  thanked  Mr.  Phil­
lips  for  his  kind  offer.

“ Come  around  about  seven 

in  the 
morning,  Sam,  and  get  the  cow  milked 
and  the  barn  chores  done  before  the 
store  opens.  You  had  better  bring  your 
father  along  and  have  breakfast  with 
us.  Now  good  night,  my  boy.  Keep  up 
courage  and  you’ll  come  out  all  right. ”  
The  boy's  good  night  was  scarcely 
audible,  but  Mr.  Phillips  understood. 
It  was  with  a  joyous  heart  that  he  re­
traced  his  steps  to  the  lonely  old  cabin.
you, 
father,”   said  Sam,  as  he  got  under  the 
blanket  beside  his  father;  and  he  told 
him  the  arrangement  with  Mr.  Phillips.
“ You  don’t  know  how  proud  I  am  of 
you,  Samey.  Now,  if  Bill  would  only 
write,  how  happy  we  would  be.  You 
didn’t  tell  Mr.  Phillips  that  we  were 
sleeping  down  here 
like  a  couple  of 
tramps,  did  you?”

“ I ’ve  got  good  news 

for 

“ To  be  sure  I  didn’t. 

I  was  afraid 
he  was  going  to  ask  me,  an’  then  I ’d 
had  to  tell  him. ”

“ I ’m  glad  he  didn’t.  We  can  get  out 
in  the  morning  and  no 
it. 

of  here  early 
one  will  ever  know  anything  about 
You’d  better  go  to  sleep  now. ”

“ All  right,  father;  good  night.”  
“ Good  night,  my  boy;  God  bless 

you.”  

M a c  A l l a n ,

[t o   b e   c o n t i n u e d ]

in 

A  cyclist  of  Louisville  was  so  fright­
ened  at  finding  herself 
imminent 
peril  of  being  run  down  by  one  of  two 
vehicles  that  she  was  unable  to  turn 
her  wheel  to  either  side  until  a  big  dog 
ran  out  from  a  dooryard,  barking,  and 
scared  her  into  forgetting  the  wheel  al­
together.  She  sought  to  gather  her 
skirts  about  her  and,  as  she  let  go  the 
handle  bar,  the  wheel  wobbled  to the 
curb  and  she  was  thrown  off to  safety.

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In  Grand  Rapids

October  26=27-28-29

H O T   T I M ®

In  the  Old  Town 
Day  and  Night

Billing Over win merriment !

G a y   Maskers  in  Gorgeous  Costumes,  Bicycle  Parades, 
Secret  Society  Parades,’ Industrial ] Parades,  N e w   and 
O ld  W om en,  T ig h t  Rope  Walkers,  the  Fascinations  of 
the  M id w a y  Plaisance,  Exhibitions  of  every  Sort, 
Wonderful  and  W ierd  Light  Effects,  Charm ing  Sur­
prises,  and  an y  number  of  Beautiful,  Funny,  Unique 
and Startling  Sensations  w ill  be  on  tap  for  the  delight 
of  visitors.  N o   Admission  charged,  as  the  Carnival 
takes place  upon  the  Finely  P aved Streets  of  the  Beau­
tiful  C ity   of Grand  Rapids,  the  K eys  of  w hich  w ill  be 
in the  possession  of  K in g  Carnival.

You  fiau  Well  flfioru  to Travel

a  Long  Distance  to  enjoy  w ith  us  our  H appy  Carnival 
T im e .“ , Excursion  Rates  o n 'a ll  Railroads,  and  your 
Local  T ick et  A gent  can  tell  you  all  about  them  and 
the  Special  Trains. 
D on't  forget’  the  date  of  the 
H O T T E S T  F O U R   D A Y S  ever  seen  in  the  West.

Oct.  26-27-28-29—twenty-four  hours  a  day  at

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

HE  DIDN’T   THINK.

Employers  Sometimes Responsible for 

the  Carelessness  of  Employes. 

Written for the  Tradesman.

I  have  a  cane  of  Malacca  joint  which 
I  have  owned  and  carried  since  the  first 
term  of  my  sophomore  year.  The  rich 
brown  stick,  the 
ivory  handle  and  the 
silver  band,  the  pride  and  delight  of 
my  eyes  as  a  full-fledged  “ Soph,”   and 
the 
joy  of  my  heart  as  a  memento  of 
that  delightful  period  of  existence, 
have  been  one  of  the  sacred  treasures 
which  1  have  brought  with  me  from 
that  enchanted  Golden  Age.

I  cannot  take  that  cane  in  hand  with­
out  some  pleasing  recollection.  To  me 
it  is  the  emblem  of victory.  It has never 
known  defeat. 
It  received  its  baptism 
of  fire  one  fair  October  day  when  the 
sun  looked  kindly  down  upon the chapel 
and  campus  of  Brown University,  where 
certain  misguided  students  had  decided 
that  “ the  Sophs”   that  year  should  not 
carry  a  cane.  For  weeks  thereafter  the 
exultant  ribbon  of  victory  fluttered  from 
its  conquering  staff 
in  the  face  of  the 
vanquished  foe,  heralding,  as  it  proved, 
the  college  career  of  a  class which never 
knew  defeat;  and  to-day  I  gaze  with  a 
thrill  of  delight  upon  a  certain  indenta­
tion  near  the  ferrule,  made  on that well- 
fought  field  by  the  forceful  contact  of  a 
Junior skull.  “ Many  a  time  and  oft”  
have  I  leaned  upon  this  sturdy  stick 
in 
the  starry  hours  of  the  early  Saturday

morning,  and  felt,  as  I  gained,  suc­
cessfully,  the  summit  of  College  street, 
that  “ A  friend 
in  need  is  a  friend  in­
deed.”  
It  has  often  stood  with  me  be­
neath “ bcnnie Annie Laurie’s”  chamber 
window  and  made  more  perfect  the 
“ Midsummer-Night’s  Dream”   of  tune­
ful  tenderness  as  “ Stars  of  the  Summer 
Night”   and  “ Sweet  Dreams,  Ladies,” 
filled  the  soft  splendor  of  the  moonlit 
air  with  the  passionate  cadences  of  the 
seranade;  and,  amid  all  the  glories  and 
it 
honors  of  “ Class  Day,”   in  which 
took  a  leading  part,  this 
ivory-headed, 
silver-banded  walking 
stands 
stick 
crowned  with  an  unwonted  glory,  which 
the  clouds  and  shadows  of  time  can 
never  dim.

With  all  these  reminiscences  crowd­
ing  thick  upon  me,  I  took  my  cane  last 
Sunday  for  a  walk,  and  found  that  the 
ferrule  was  gone  and  with  it  some  half­
inch  of  the  stick.  Yesterday  I  took  it  to 
a  cane  hospital  and  was  pleased  to  be 
told  that  the  job  could  be  done  while  I 
waited.  Five  minutes  after,  it  occurred 
to  me  that  it  might  be  well  to  caution 
the  workman  about  handling  the  stick. 
I  had  hardly  crossed  the  threshold  of 
the  back  shop  when  I  heard  an  ominous 
“ Thunder!”   and  saw  the  workman 
with  the  handle 
in  two  pieces,  one  in 
each  hand,  gazing  with  a  dazed  look 
first  at  one  piece  and  then  at  the  other.
“ That’s  too  bad!”   he  exclaimed. 
“ Ye  see,  I  didn’t  think,  and  I  s’ pose 
I  rested  the  cane  too  much  on  the  end

of  the  handle  in  poundin'  on  the  fer- 
rile,  an’ 
I’m 
awfully  sorry.  But  we  can  stick  it  to­
gether  ag’ in  in  less’n  no  time.”

it  come  right 

in  two. 

While  I  was  feeling  around  for  the 
proper  explosive  the  proprietor  came 
promptly  to  the  front,  and  “ in  good 
terms,  in  good  set  terms,”   gave  the  ex­
pected  tongue-lashing  and,  with  the  air 
of  a  man  who  has  done  all  that  could be 
expected  of  him,  sauntered  leisurely  in­
to  the  front  store.

“ You  seem  to  think,  sir,”   said  I, 
“ that  that  ends  it. 
It  may  satisfy  you, 
but  not  me.  You,  not  the  boy,  are  the 
one  to  blame.  You  take an  article  that 
money  can’t  buy,  put  it  into  the  hands 
of  a  workman  whose  fingers  are  as 
clumsy  as  his  brains  and,  after  he  has 
broken  it,  you  give  me  the  pieces!  You 
are  my  responsible  party,  sir— I  have 
nothing  to  do  with  your  workman—and 
I’d 
like  to  have  you  tell  me  what  you 
propose  to  do  about  it. ”

* * What  do  you  want  me  to  do  about 

it?”

“ Pay  me  a  good  round  sum.”
“ Why,  I  couldn’t  do  that!”
“ You  mean  you  won’t  do  it  ;  and 
that  brings  the  whole  matter  down  to 
this:  You,  like  the  rest  of  your  kind, 
instead  of  getting  the  best  workmen, 
get  the poorest,  and pay them  according­
ly.  Then  you  advertise  yours  as  ‘ the 
only  first-class  place  in the city. ’  That’s 
why  I  came  to you ;  and,  with one stroke 
of  your  hammer,  you 
ruin  what  I

H

wouldn’t  have  anything  happen  to  for  a 
hundred  times 
I  have  the 
pleasure,  sir,  of  telling  you  that,  in  my 
opinion,  you  are  a  first-class  cheat!”  

its  value. 

There 

is  too  often  an 

idea  among 
store  managers  that  they  are  not respon­
sible  for  the  mischief  done  by their sub­
ordinates. 
“ Accidents  will  happen,”  
they  tell  us;  and 
the  customer  must 
stand  the  loss.  The  grocer's  delivery 
clerk  brings  damaged  goods 
to  the 
kitchen,  the  butcher’s  boy  fails  to  de­
liver  the  roast 
in  time;  but,  after  the 
goods  leave  the  store,  all  responsibility 
on  the  part  of  the  proprietor  seems  to 
cease,  and  the  customer  must  help  him­
little  or 
self— if  he  can. 
much, 
in 
it  becomes  exasperating 
either  case 
when  the  proprietor  shirks  responsibil­
ity  and  hides  behind  the  luckless  clerk 
who  has  been  employed  because his lack 
of  skill  makes  him  willing  to  work  for 
the  lowest  wages.

is  provoking  enough;  but 

loss, 

The 

R ic h a r d   M a l c o l m   St r o n g .

Could Adapt  Herself to Circumstances.
if  she  could  be 

“ So  you  asked  her 
happy  without  money?”

“ I  did.”
“ Was  her  answer  encouraging?”
“ Not  exactly 

She  said  she  was  sure 
she  could ;  that  she bad always preferred 
buying  things  on  credit.”

Adversity  may  ruin  a  man,  but 

gives  him  a  chance  to  die  game.

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OLD  AND  NEW.

Evolution  of the  Public  Market  from 

Street  to  Island.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

The  rapid  increase  in  the  population 
of  Grand  Rapids—the  principal  growth 
having  been  gained  in  less  than  two de­
cades—is  the  explanation  of  so  many 
branches  of  municipal  development 
continuing  the  crude  methods  of  the 
village  until  comparatively recent dates. 
Thus,  it  would  be  difficult  to  find  an­
other  instance  where  a street  market had 
attained  such  remarkable  proportions 
as  has  been  the  case  here  for  a  number 
of  years  past.

It 

is  not  so  very 

long  ago  that  the 
fruit  and  produce  growers  were  ex­
cluded  from  the principal thoroughfares. 
Then  a  block  or  so  of  space served their 
purpose,  first  on  Ottawa  street ;  then,  as 
the  growth  became  too  great  for  that 
locality,  they  moved  to  the  streets  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  head  of  Monroe. 
They  were  soon  too  numerous  for  this 
locality  and  were  assigned  to  Louis 
street,  where  for  several  years  they  oc­
cupied  all  available  space, including the 
cross  streets  for  considerable  distances 
at  the  height  of  the  sea«on.  The  pav­
ing  of  South  Ionia  street  seemed  to offer 
a  more  commodious  site,  with  less  in­
terference  to  business,  and  a  little  over 
two  years  ago  the  market  was  moved  to 
that  locality.  During  these  two  years 
the  growth  continued,  until  last  season 
there  were  frequently  800  teams  in 
line | 
in  the  half-mile  appropriated  and  the 
streets  tributary  in  all  directions.  The 
first  view  given  on  this  page  shows  the 
market  as 
it  appeared  on  one  of  the 
most  busy  mornings  of  last  season.

THE  OLD  MARKET  ON  SOUTH  IONIA  STREET.

The  question  of  providing  a  suitable 
location  for  the  market  was  a  live  one 
for  several  years.  The  limits  of  this 
sketch  are  such  as  to  preclude  a  de­
scription  of  the  many  projects  brought 
toward.  When  the  Island  site  was  final­
ly  decided upon,there  was  a  long  delay, 
on  various  accounts,  until  the  purchase 
was  finally  completed  last  year :  and  in 
the  winter  the  needed  filling  in  of  the 
site  was  made  to  serve  the  purpose  of 
giving  employment  to  many  who  would

otherwise  have  been  compelled  to  draw 
upon  the  charities  of  the  city.  As  soon 
as  the  spring  was  sufficiently  advanced, 
the  work of  preparation  was  pushed  and 
the  removal  was  accomplished  in  the 
latter  part  of  July.

The  Tradesman  has  already  noted 
the 
incidents  attending  the  opening  of 
the  new  market.  Little  has  been  at­
tempted  as  yet  in  the  way  of  providing 
shelter  or  other  than  street  accommoda­
tion.  An  office  and  scale  house,  res­

taurant  and  hay  sheds  have  been  built, 
and  these,  with  walks,  screen  fences, 
and  horse  sheds  now  under  construc­
tion,constitute  the improvements further 
than  the  preparation  of  the  site.  A 
view  is  given  looking  across  the  market 
from  one  of  the  hay  sheds as it appeared 
on  an  average  morning  of  the  present 
season.

It 

is  hardly  prob­
important  interests. 
it  will  continue  to  be  only  a 
able  that 
street 
institution,  although  on  streets 
especially  provided,  for  many  years  to 
come.  The  need  of  permanent  and  suit­
able  buildings  is  an  urgent  one  and  one 
which  will  doubtless  soon  receive  con­
sideration.

While  the  change 

is  a  decided  im­
provement,  the  market  is  yet  unique  in 
I the  slight  provisions  for  such  large  and

The  boy 

the  other  day. 

The  young  hopeful  of  a  certain  busi­
ness  man  not  a  thousand  miles  from 
Grand  Rapids  somewhat  shocked  thi 
family, 
is 
something  of  a  naturalist,  as  children 
go.  His  mother  ripped  a  bird  off  an 
old  winter  hat,  a  bird  the  lad  had 
long 
coveted;  and,  thinking  to  “ kill  two 
birds  with  one  stone,”   as  it  were,  she 
said  to  him,  “ Sweetheart,  would  you be 
awfully  awful  good  if  I’d  let  you  have 
this  beautiful  vogel?”  
“ Oh,  my  yes!”  
was  the  more  than  enthusiastic  answer, 
accompanied  with  expectant  look  and 
eager  manner. 
“ How  good?”   queried 
the  mother.  Her  religious  sensibilities 
were  shocked  by  the  reply  fiom  the 
in­
fantile  lips—“  I’d  be  as good  as Jesus !’ ’ 
But,  when  she  came  to  think  it  over, 
she  came  to  the  conclusion  that  the 
child was wholly  right  in  his  intentions.

A  marketman  of  Portland,  Me.,  drew 
unexpected  custom  to  himself  by  ex­
hibiting  in  his  window  a  number of live 
and  jumping  frogs.  He  put  them  there 
merely  for  variety's  sake,  but  they 
seemed  to  make  people  hungry 
for 
frogs’ 
legs,  and  he  had  to  dispense 
them presently to hosts of new customers.

Acetylene  gas 

is  now  in  use  in  sev­
eral  of  the  Paris  omnibuses.  The  gen­
erator  weighs  about  29  pounds,  and  is 
carried  under  the  front  steps.  Each 
load  of  carbide 
is  about  0.71  pounds, 
and  produces  about  3  cubic  feet  of  gas, 
which 
is  enough  for  six  and  one-half 
hours,  with  a  light  of  sixteen  candles.

THE  NEW  PUBLIC  MARKET ON  THE  ISLAND.

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Gallantry  Past  and  Present.

in  any  lawsuit 

Ordinarily  women  have  little  enough 
interest 
in  which  they 
are  not  personally  concerned,  but  a case 
was  recently  decided 
in  a  small  Iowa 
town  which  was  of  momentous 
im­
portance  to  the  entire  sex.  All  of  the 
circumstances  of  the  case  were  unusual. 
In  the  first  place,  a  girl  suing  her  best 
beau  to  recover  her  bicycle  was  uncom­
mon  enough  to  attract  attention ;  but  of 
far  deeper  significance  than  this  was 
the  fact  that,  in  a  way,  it  established 
the  attitude  of  the  new  man  towards 
the  new  woman.  And 
it  was  an  atti­
tude  of  uncompromising  ungallantry.

The  story,  as  told 

Instead  of  rejoicing 

in  the  courts,  was 
to  the  effect  that  a  certain  young  man 
of  Atlantic,  Iowa, 
invited  his  sweet­
heart  to  attend  a  theatrical  performance 
with  him.  The  company  had  offered  a 
bicycle  to  the  person  who  should  hold 
in  a  raffle  which  was 
the  lucky  ticket 
part  of  the  evening’s  entertainment. 
It 
chanced  that  fortune  smiled  on  the 
lady  friend  and  she  won 
young  man’s 
the  bike. 
in  his 
luck,  and  congratulating 
sweetheart’s 
himself  that  he  had  been  the means,  un­
der  Providence,of adding a  wheel  to  her 
store  of  earthly  happiness,  the  young 
man  was  consumed  with  envy  and  a 
covetous  desire  to  possess  that  wheel 
himself.  Had  not  his  money  bought  the 
ticket  that  drew  the  wheel?  he  darkly 
enquired.  Had  not  he  laid  out  good 
Iowa  silver  dollars  on  taking  the  girl  to 
the  show,  and  shouldn’t  that  satisfy  any 
reasonable  woman,  without  a  bicycle 
added  to  it?  At  length  he  descended  to 
chicanery  and  deceit.  He  “ borrowed”  
its 
the  wheel  and,  when  she  demanded 
return,  flatly  refused  to  give 
it  up. 
Therefore,  she  brought  suit  and,  after 
a  trial  that  lasted  a  day  and a  half,  suc­
ceeded  in  regaining  her precious  wheel.
That  this  case  is  one  of  melancholy 
significance  as  showing  the  trend  of  the 
times  even  the  most  unthoughtful  must 
perceive. 
is  another,  and  convin­
cing,  piece  of  circumstantial  evidence 
to  prove  the  decline  of gallantry  on  the 
part  of  the  modern  man,  and  the  no less 
startling  fact  that  the  modern  woman 
does  not  intend  to  let  sentiment stand in 
the  way  of  her  rights.  But  what  a 
change  this  apparently 
insignificant 
squabble  over  a  bicycle  marks!  Who 
can  imagine  the  woman  of  the  past,  so 
defrauded,  doing  anything  but  suffering 
in  silence?  Who  can  conceive  of  a  gay 
gallant  of  other  days  counting  up  the 
price  of  a  theater  ticket  on  his  lady 
love,  or  begrudging  her  winning  the 
prize  in  a  raffle?  On  the  contrary,  by 
every  law  and  precedent,  he  was  bound 
to  congratulate  her,  and  tell  her  that 
it 
would  not  have  been  good  enough  for 
her  if  the  spokes  had  been  of  gold  and 
the  handle  bars  of  diamonds!

It 

ivy-and-oak  pattern. 

That  this  conspicuous  case  of  ungal­
lantry  should  have  come  about through a 
bicycle  seems  almost  prophetic,  and  I, 
for  one,  feel  like  saying,  I  told  you  so! 
It  was  inevitable  that  the bicycle should 
give  the  deathblow  to  gallantry  of  the 
cherished 
The 
wheel  is  the  very  type  of  independence. 
There 
is  no  chance  to  do  the  clinging 
act  there.  You  must  stand  or  fall,  sur­
vive  or  perish,  scorch  or  stand  still  on 
your  own  merits.  This  practical  view 
seems  to  have  been  adopted  from  the 
very  first.  A  man  who  would  not  think 
of  striding  off and  leaving  the  lady with 
whom  he  was  walking  to  come  on  alone 
in  riding  ahead
has  no  compunctions 

on his  wheel  and  ungallantly  permitting 
her to  straggle  along  in  his  wake.  On 
the  other  hand,  there 
is  the  manifest 
absurdity  of  a  man  who  has  to  be  car­
ried  home  in  a  farm  wagon,after  he  has 
ridden  a  dozen  miles,  posing  as  the 
gallant  support  of  a  woman  who  has a 
dozen  century  runs  to  her  credit.  Any 
the  matter  was 
way  you 
it  was 
fraught  with  difficulties;  but 
bound  to  make  a  decadence 
in  old- 
fashioned  gallantry.

look  at 

it, 

Perhaps,  after  all,  this  is  only  a  new 
illustration  of  the  old  philosophy  that 
it, 
one  cannot  have  one’s  cake  and  eat 
too.  The  new  woman  sighed  for 
inde­
pendence.  She  has  gotten  it,  and  with 
it  the  necessity  for  independent  action. 
So 
long  as  she  was  merely  a  clothes­
line  that  was  glad  to  hang  onto  any sup­
port,  man  gallantly  served  as  a  more  or 
less  steady  prop.  Now  that,  through 
the  process  of  evolution,  she  has  ac­
quired  a  backbone,  he  expects  her  to 
stand  alone,  like  other  vertebrate  ani­
mals.

In  the  face  of  the  changed  conditions 
of  to-day,  many  theories  have  had  to  be 
reconstructed  and  we  have  had  to  find 
new  definitions  for  many  old  terms. 
New  players  have  come  into  the  game 
of 
life  and  demand  a  new  shuffle  and 
a  new  deal.  The  old  ideal  of  gallantry 
was  based  on  the  theory  of  woman’s 
weakness—weakness  mental  and  physi­
cal.  It  was  natural  and  right  for  a  man 
to  support  the  faltering  step  of  the  frail 
being  who  was  ready  to  faint  after  the 
exertion  of  a  stroll  in  a  garden.  That 
was  gallantry.  But  it  would  be  the 
merest  absurdity  to  request  a  splendid­
ly  athletic  woman,  who  can  play  golf 
all  day  and  then  take a ten-mile  spin  on 
to  lean  on  any­
a  wheel  for  exercise, 
body.  That  wouldn’t  be  gallantry. 
It 
would  be  imbecility. 
In  old  times,  the 
impoverished  and  helpless  maiden,  the 
recipient  of  grudging  charity,  was  gal­
lantly  rescued  by  her  equally  poor  lover 
and  transferred 
scene  of 
drudgery  to  another.  Nowadays,  an  in­
dependent bachelor  girl  considers  well 
before  she  gives  up  a  $60  job  for a  $40 
young  man.

from  one 

It 

It 

In  reality, 

the  complaint  that  gal­
lantry  is  dying  out  comes  oftener  from 
men  than  women.  The  new  conditions 
are  not  of  their  making,  neither  greatly 
to  their  liking. 
is  apparent  to  even 
the  most  superficial  observer  that  the 
clinging  woman  always  has  the call over 
her  independent  sister.  Men  like  to  be 
looked  up  to,  and leaned  on,  and  to  play 
the  grand  seigneur.  The  man’s  ideal 
is  always  a  bright-plumaged 
woman 
bird 
in  a  gilded  cage  forever  eating 
sugarplums  out  of  his  hand—never  the 
homely  and  industrious  hen  scratching 
for her  own  living. 
is  the  impossi­
bility of  coaxing  her  back  into  the cage, 
where  she  may  be  petted—and 
inci­
dentally  be  out  of  the  way—that  makes 
men  sigh  over  the  old 
ideals  of  gal­
lantry.

Women  look  at  it  differently.  They 
do  not  say  that  gallantry  is  dead—only 
that  it  has  changed,  just  as  men  are  no 
less  brave  in  times  of  war because  they 
do  not  sally  forth  in  cumbrous  coats  of 
mail.  The  old-time  gallantry  mani­
fested  itself  in  picking  up  a  lady’s  fan, 
or  fetching  her  a  glass  of  water,  and 
speaking  of  her  as  being  from  a  celes­
tial  sphere.  The  modern  gallantry  rec­
ognizes  woman’s  right  to  a  common 
heritage  in  all  that  life  can  give. 
It  is 
a  chivalry  grander  and  broader  than  a 
Launcelot  or  King Arthur ever dreamed, 
for  it  says  not  that  I  give  you  this  out 
of  my  grace,  but  I  give  you  this  as  your 
right. 
is  a  gallantry  that  means 
something  beside  high-flown  phrases. 
is  nothing.  Anyone  can  be 
To  give 
generous. 
But  plain,  "unsentimental 
justice  is  the  attribute  of  a  god.

It 

D o r o t h y   D i x .

Grocers who  sell Oysters or |g 
Oyster  Crackers  should fl 
handle ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦

Sears’  Sanine  wafers

A -

They  are  the  finest  Oyster 
Crackers made*  Are  light,; 
slightly salted or plain*  Cut 
square*
Show  them  up  and  they! 
will  sell  themselves*  Made I 
only  by  *  *  *

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min unì.

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WITH  A  CARGO  OF

5c  CIGARS

SOLD BY ALL JOBBERS.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Fruits  and  Produce.
Development  of  the  Process  Butter 

Business.

Correspondence N. Y. Produce Trade Review.

Not  much  has  been  said  about  so- 
called  “ process”   butter  in  the  consum­
ing  markets  during  the  summer,  partly 
because  it  does  not  give  very  good  sat­
isfaction 
in  warm  weather,  and  partly 
because  of  the  cheapness  of  creamery. 
During  this  period,  however,  the  man­
ufacturers  have  figured  largely  as  buy­
ers  of  factory  and  packing  stock  in  the 
producing  sections  of  the  West,  and  at 
the  present  time  they  are  estimated  to 
be  holding  between  $5,000,000  and  10,- 
000,000  pounds.  Think  of  what  that 
means!  It  is  equal  to  166,000  tubs  of  60 
pounds  each.  The  number  of  factories 
for  making  “ process”   butter  has  not 
increased  much,  but  the  capacity  of 
some  of  those  that  were  in  operation 
last  winter  has  been  enlarged.

The  season  for  these  goods 

just 
opening,  and  I  strolled  around  among 
the  receivers  on  Monday  to  see  what 
was  going  on. 
“ Trade  has  hardly  be­
gun  as  yet,”  said  one  seller. 
“ We  are 
putting  out  some  samples  but  wholesale 
buyers  are  not  operating.  The  price  of 
finest  goods  is  about  18c;  when  we  ex­
ceed  that figure  it  is  in  a  small way.”

is 

Another  operator  remarked  that  he 
was  having  fair  success  in securing cus­
tom. 
“ I  started  the  price  at  i6<?r;i7C, 
with  two  objects  in  view.  One  was  that 
the  quality  of  the  first  lots  was  not  par­
ticularly  attractive,  and  the  other  was 
that  I  have  found 
it  necessary  in  past 
seasons  to  coax  the  trade  a  little.  The 
figures  that  I  mention  proved  attract­
ive,  a  number  of  buyers  were 
induced 
to  take  a  few  and  the  result  is  that, with 
better quality  this  week,  I  have  had  no 
difficulty 
in  getting  I7'<@i8c  for  the 
finest  lots.”   I  examined  several  marks 
and  was  surprised  at  the  high flavor that 
has  been  secured. 
It  is  a  marvel  how 
the  ruff,  off-flavored  stuff  that  goes  into 
the  manufacture  of  these  goods  can ever 
come  out  so  fine. 
In  the  handling,  col­
oring,  salting,  etc.,  the  makers  under­
stand  their  business  well. 
I  was  not 
favorably 
impressed  with  the  grain  of 
the  butter,  which  seemed  to  be  very 
later  shipments  may  show 
short,  but 
some 
in  this  direction. 
Enquiring  about  the  size  of  the  tub,  I 
found  that  the  standard  60  pound  tub 
was  preferred  by  most  wholesale buyers, 
but  a  little 
later  in  the  season  a  fair 
proportion  of  small  tubs  can  be  used.

improvement 

is 

in  these 

There  is  a  peculiar  feature  connected 
“ re-made”  
with  the  trade 
goods.  Unless  the  quality 
fancy, 
just  suited  to  the  wants  of  the  buyers 
who  use  that  stock,  the  price  is  as  un­
certain  as  the  weather.  A  little  loss  of 
flavor  or  character  often  means  a  reduc­
tion 
in  the  selling  value  of  3@5c  per 
pound.  This is exceedingly unfortunate, 
for  there  is  no  class  of  butter  in  market 
that  is  so  liable  to  come  out  of  the  fac­
tory  wrong.  Manufacturers  have  not 
solved  all  the  problems  that  enter  into 
the  proper  manipulations  of  poor but­
ter  to  make 
it  fine,  and  that  is  why  a 
mark  may  be  fine  this  week  and  off 
next.

sell 

intention 

In  the  further  investigation  as  to  the 
disposition  of  the  stock  I  discovered 
that  the 
the 
in  competition  with 
“ process”   butter 
medium  grade  fresh creamery. 
Indeed, 
some buyers  have been able, in  past  sea­
sons,  to  work  off  a  certain  quantity  to 
their  best  trade.  This 
is  too  high  an 
ideal,  however.  Thus far  exporters  have 
not  taken  kindly  to  it,  the  term  “ proc­
ess”   arousing  a  suspicion  on  the  part of 
English  buyers  that  Yankee  ingenuity 
has  devised  another  scheme  of  adulter­
ating  butter. 
I  want  to  say  that,  so  far 
as  my  knowledge  goes,  the  so-called 
“ process”   butter  is  pure.  If  the makers 
ever  get  to  using  glucose,  gelatine  or 
anything  of  that  kind  they  will  get  into 
trouble  with  the  State  Commissioners  of 
Agriculture, who  would  at once forbid its 
sale  under our  State  laws.
The  effect  of  the  sale  of  these  goods, 
this  winter,upon  the  regular butter trade 
cannot  be  determined  at  present.  The 
absorption  of  the  cheap ladles and pack­

to 

is 

it 

ing  stock  will  keep  the  markets  com­
paratively  bare  of  these,  and  home  buy­
ers  who  want  baking  butter  will be com­
pelled  to  pay  good  prices  for  it. 
If  the 
“ process”   goods  become  plentiful,  as 
now  seems  probable,  they  will  undoubt­
edly  have  an  unfavorable 
influence  on 
the  sale  of  medium  grade  creamery, 
either  fresh  or  held.
O f Interest to Dealers in Dairy Products.
Process  butter  is  all  right  in  its  way, 
but 
isn’t  always  profitable  to  sell  it 
for  creamery  butter,  as  the  customer 
may  find  it  out  and  present  his  bill  for 
the  difference  between  what  he  bought 
and  what  he  got.

The  Columbian  cheese 

factory,  at 
Cambridge  City,  Indiana,  won  the  first 
premium  on  cheese  at  the  recent  In­
diana  State  Fair.

An  effort 

is  on  foot 

in  Ohio  to  in­
clude  in  the  Ohio  Dairy  Union  all  deal­
ers 
in  and  commission  men  handling 
dairy  products  throughout  the  entire 
State.

The  first  shipment  of  Argentine  but­
ter,  comprising  190  boxes, 
reached 
Southampton,  England,  about  ten  days 
ago.  Advices 
indicate  that  no  butter 
has 
left  Australia  as  yet,  and  that  the 
first  shipments  are  not  likely  to  reach 
London  until  early  in  November.

It  is  reported  that  over  40,000  pounds 
in  Pitts­
of  oleomargarine  was  sold 
burgh,  Pa.,  during 
last  month.  The 
Government  reports  that  nearly  250  li­
censes  were  taken  out  to  sell  manufac­
tured  butter 
in  Western  Pennsylvania. 
Many  suits  are  pending  and  efforts  are 
being  made  to  completely  stop  the  sale 
in  Pittsburgh.  Fines  of  over  $40,000 
have  been  paid  in  the  past  by  dealers.
The  butter  exports  from  the  entire 
United  States  during  the  last  fiscal  year 
are  estimated  at  31,345,000  pounds, 
valued  at  $4,493,000;  over  one-half  of 
this  butter  went  direct  to  the  United 
Kingdom.

It  is  a  cheerful  statement,  that  of  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture,  that  the  in­
creased  prices  of  products  the  present 
year  will  put  400,000,000  additional dol­
lars  into  the  pockets  of  the  farmers.

1,200 

Denmark  has 

improvement  of 

co-operative 
creameries. 
It  costs  the  government 
$85,000  annually  for  prizes  to  encourage 
live  stock,  and 
the 
about  $20,000 
is  paid  yearly  to  experts 
for 
instructing  buttermakers.  Libeial 
contributions  are  also  made  by  the  gov­
ernment  to  the  Poultry  Farming  Society 
and  other organizations.

A  lot  of  butter was recently confiscated 
by  the  Canadian  government  at  Kings­
ton  and  sent  to  the  House  of  Industry. 
The butter  was  made  in prints weighing 
slightly  less  than  one  pound  each  as 
prescribed  by  law.

A  correspondent  speaks  of a new Eng­
lish  process  of  preserving  milk  without 
hermetically  sealing  it,  which is  in  sub­
stance  as  follows:  The  milk  is  brought 
to  a  boiling  point,  when  from  one-half 
to  one  and  a  half  pounds  of  glycerine, 
mixed  with  about  five  times  its  volume 
of  distilled  water, 
to  100 
pounds  of  milk,  whereupon  the  whole is 
evaporated  to  one-fourth  or  one-fifth  of 
its  original  volume.

is  added 

Arabian Proverbs.

He that  knows  not, and  knows  not that 

he  knows  not,  is  a  fool.  Shun  him.

He  that  knows  not,  and  knows  that 

he  knows  not,  is  simple.  Teach  him.

He  that  knows,  and  knows  not  that he 

knows,  is  asleep.  Wake  him.

He  that  knows,  and  knows  that  he 

knows,  is  wise.  Follow.

His  Qualifications  All  Right.

Isaacson—“ I  hear  your  son  Jakey  has 

failed  in  his  examination.”

Si Iverson—“ Sure  he  failed—d is  is  de 
fourth  time.  I ’m  going  to  oben  a  sthore 
for  him  now. 
I  t’ ink  he’ll  make  a 
good  peesness  man. ’ ’

The  Test  of Constancy.

couple. ”

“ They  seem  to  be  a  very  devoted 
“ I  should  say  so.  They’ve been  mar­
ried  three  years  and  still  ride a  tan­
dem. ’ ’

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16

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 
Special  Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  Oct.  9 —New  York 

is 
revelling  in  the  most  delightful  kind  of 
weather  and  buyers  who  come  here  now 
are  loath  to  leave.  Jobbing  grocers  are 
busy,  the  boot  and  shoe  industry  seems 
to  be  humming,  great  piles  of  dry  goods 
cases  greet  the  eye,  hardware  dealers 
are  rejoicing,  and  the  only question now 
is,  Who  will  be  our  next  Mayor?  The 
conflict  appears  to  be  watched  with  a 
sort  of  National  interest.

The  most  conservative  people in trade 
now  are  handlers  of  coffee  who  have  no 
connection  with  either  of 
the  big 
“  masteries. ”   The  war  between  the 
Ohio  wholesalers  and  the  Woolsons  is 
watched  with  interest,  but  outside  deal­
ers  are  taking  mighty  little  coffee.  The 
general  tone 
is  firm,  however,  and  we 
have  even  to  chronicle  an  advance  from 
6%@7C  and  on  the  spot  7>^c.  Just  what 
caused  the  advance  is  difficult  to  deter­
mine,  although  the  advices  received 
here  from  Europe  and  Brazil  both  show 
greater  strength.  Stock  here  and  afloat 
aggregates  834,500 bags,  against  564,000 
bags  at  the  same  time  last  year.  Mild 
coffees  are  quiet  and  sales  made  are 
seemingly  to  supply  everyday  wants.

The  tea  market 

is  one  of  ups  and 
downs,  with  the  latter  most in  evidence. 
For  several  days  we  will  hear  reports  of 
good  orders  and  fair  prices  at  auction. 
Then  a  relapse  will  set  in— it  is  present 
now—and  everything  indicates  that  tea 
is  going  to  the bow-wows.  Importers say 
we  shall  see  a  better  turn  in  November, 
and  we  all  await  the  result  of  their 
prophecies.

The  demand  for  refined  sugar  has 
been  ridiculously 
light,  as  a  rule,  and 
yet  some  very  good  orders  are  reported. 
There 
is  no  delay,  however,  in  filling 
orders  on  the  part  of  the  refineries. 
Granulated  is  worth  5y%z.  Raws  have 
been  in  moderate  demand  by  refiners.

Rice  is  active.  Dealers  are confident 
and  make  no  concessions.  Orders  have 
been  satisfactory  and  the 
indications 
are  that  the  firmness  will  prevail  for 
the  remainder  of  the  season.  Of  course, 
the  situation  South  is  a  disturbing  fea­
ture,  but 
is  not  of  much  account  in 
the  market  here  now.

Pepper  and  ginger  show more activity 
and  prices  have  shown  some  advance. 
Other  articles  in  the  spice  line  are 
in 
about  the  usual  demand  and  the  market 
is  in  a  fairly  satisfactory  condition,  al­
though  there  is  still  room  for 
improve­
ment.

Molasses  is  quiet.  Some  fair  orders 
have  been  filled  which  required  the  bet­
ter  grades,  but  there 
is  still  room  for 
improvement.  Prices  are  well  adhered 
to  and  dealers  express  considerable con­
fidence that  within  a  month  we  shall  see 
a  much  better  demand. 
Syrups  are 
meeting  with  the  usual  inquiry.  Per­
haps  there  is  a  little  more  activity,  but 
prices  are  practically  unchanged.

it 

The  canned  goods  market 

is  firm. 
Not  for  a  decade  have  packers  been 
in 
as  good  shape  as  they  find  themselves 
this  season.  Prices  have  appreciated 
rapidly  and 
it  is  certain  that  we  shall 
hear  of  many new factories  in the spring 
and  the  enlargement  of  old  ones,  all  of 
which  will  call  for  more  cans  and  ma­
chinery,  and  thus  the gaiety  of  nations 
will  be  added  to.  Tomatoes  and  corn 
are  objects  of  affection 
just  now  and 
there  is  pulling  and hauling on all sides. 
Other  articles  are  all  active and,  upon 
the  whole,  the  market  for canned  goods 
is  about  the  most  active  of  any.

Lemons  and  oranges  are  selling rather 
slowly  and  yet  the  outlook  is  brighter 
than  a  week  ago  and  dealers  are  confi­
dent  of  the  future.  Prices  for  Sicily 
lemons  range  from  $3  all  the  way  to 
$4.75  for  fancy  stock.  Bananas  are firm­
er  and  sell  at  8o@goc  per  bunch  for 
firsts.  Pineapples  are 
in  light  supply 
and  quotations  are  nominal.

Dried  fruits  are  quiet  and  without 

any  particular  change.

Beans  are  dull.  Medium  marrow, 

$1.15;  Pea,  $ i . io @ i . I 2 y2.

Aside  from  the  best  Western  cream­
ery,  the  butter  market  is  not  active  and 
the  supply  is  fully  equal  to  the  demand.

%

%

I

*

For  best  grades  22c 
is  about  the  top 
rate.  Little  interest  is  shown  by  ex­
porters.

Little  animation^pervades  the  cheese 
is 

market.  Full  cream  large  size  State 
held  at 9 c;  small  do,  9J^c.

Eggs  are  quiet.  Western  fresh  stock, 

17c;  nearby,  i9@2oc.

Case  Count  Would  Compel  Closer 

Grading.

Correspondence N.  Y. Produce Trade Review.

1  met  one  of  the  large  Western  egg- 
shippers  a  few  days  ago.  He 
is  a  suc­
cessful  packer—one  whose  goods  have  a 
good  reputation  on  this  market,  and  a 
man  of  good  judgment and large experi­
ence.  He  talked  to  me  about  the  cus­
tom  of  selling  eggs  loss  off,  and  ex­
plained  some  of  the  serious  disadvan­
tages  to  which  it  put  Western  egg  ship­
pers.  He  said,  among  other  things: 
“ You  can  see  that  loss  off  sales  prevent 
any  certainty  of  operations  in  the  West. 
We  figure  a  margin  of  profit on the basis 
of  first  cost  and  New  York  quotations, 
but  there  is  no  certainty  that  we  realize 
it,  even  if  the  price  holds,  because  ex­
cessive 
losses  often  wipe  out  all  mar­
gins.”

“ Cannot  more  certain  results  be  ob­
tained  by  close  selection  of  stock?”   I 
asked.

“ Not  with  any certainty,”  he replied, 
“ for  even  with  a  careful  selection  the 
losses  are  often  reported  heavier  than 
we  have  any  means  of  calculating. 
“ Why,”   said  he,  “ I  have  shipped  se­
lected  eggs  here  with  the  seconds  all 
packed  separately,  and  had  the  latter 
sold  case  count,  and  the  best  eggs  sold 
loss  off,  with  the  result  that  the  seconds 
brought  within  15c  per  case  as  much  as 
the  firsts. ”

I  remarked  that 

it  did  seem  rather 
strange  that  the poor and medium grades 
of  eggs  could  be  satisfactorily  sold  here 
on  a  case  count  basis,  while  the  best 
class  of  trade 
insisted  upon  sales  loss 
o ff.

in  some  other  markets. 

“ Yes,”   said  the  shipper;  “ but  it 

is 
not  so 
I  ship 
many  eggs  to  the  Pacific Coast and there 
they  are  sold  at  mark  without  difficulty, 
the quality  being  determined  when  the 
sales  are  made and  the  price  fixed  ac­
cordingly. ”

On  further  conversation  on  the  sub­
ject  this  shipper agreed  with  me  that  if 
the  custom  of  egg  sales  were  changed to 
case  count  it  would  very  soon  compel 
a  closer  grading  of  eggs  at  primary 
points  and  cause  a  material  improve­
ment  in  the general  quality  of  our  egg 
receipts.

The  Passing  of  Filled  Cheese.

The  report  of  the  Commissioner of In­
ternal  Revenue  for  the  year ending  June 
30,  1897,  contains  some  very  interesting 
statements of facts  relating  to  the  opera­
tion  of  the  national  filled  cheese  law, 
which  statements  are  full  of  encourage­
ment  to  the  friends  of  pure  food  and 
honest government.  At  the  date  of  the 
report  the  law  had  been  in  existence ten 
months.  During  that  time  1,663,067 
pounds  of  this  cheese  was  made  from 
seven  factories,  all 
The 
product  was  all  retailed  in  eight  states, 
Illinois,  Indiana,  Louisiana,  Maryland, 
Missouri,  New  Jersey,  Virginia  and 
West  Virginia.  This condition  of  affairs 
is 
in  marked  contrast  with  that  which 
existed  before  hostile  legislation,  both 
state  and  national,  was  had  against  the 
fraud.

in  Illinois. 

Found at Last-^^
Gongdon’s Cider Saver 
and  Fruit  Preservative 
Compound

Guaranteed to keep your cider  and  fruits  pure  and 
sweet  without changing their flavor  or  color.  N o 
salicylic acid or ingredients injurious to the health. 
Send for circulars to manufacturers.

J.  L.  Gongdon  &  Co.

P E N T W A T E R ,  M IC H IG A N .

BUTTER
EGGS

Handled  only  on  Commission.

On  Commission  or  bought  on  track.
M.  R.  A L D E N ,  98  S.  Division  St.,  Grand  Rapids.
Mail  Us  Your Orders

For  Peaches,  Pears, Grapes, and all  kinds of Vegetables.  Cor­
respond with us before placing your  order  for your winter sup­
ply of Onions, Potatoes, Cabbage, Apples, etc.  We  can  furnish 
them  in carlots, or less, and shall be pleased to quote you prices.

The  Vinkemulder  Company,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

MILLER &  TEASDALE  CO.

FRUIT  AND  PRODUCE  BROKERS

BEANS 
ONIONS 

OUR 

s p e c ia l t ie s  

POTATOES
CABBAGE

601  NORTH  THIRD  ST., 

ST.  LOUIS,  MO.

Consignments solicited.  Advances made. 

Reference:  American  Exchange  Bank,  St.  Louis.

H a r r is  &   F r u tc h e y

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

6o  Woodbridge  St.,  W. 

350  High  St.

W a n te d

Creamery  Butter,  Eggs,  Poultry, 
Apples,  Potatoes,  Onions,  Beans, 
Fruits  of  all  kinds.

Correspondence solicited

Hermann C.  Naumann  &  Co.

M A IN   O F F IC E   N O W   A T

33  W oodbridge  Street,  W est,  Detroit.

Branch Stores:  353  Russell  S treet,  opposite  Eastern  M arket.

799 M ichigan  A ven ue,  opposite  W estern   M arket.

MiseDtiG Fibre 
Package go.

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.

16

Personal  Experience  on  a  Five  Per 
Stroller In Grocery World.

Cent.  Discount  for  Cash.

Several  years  ago  I  was  clerking  for 
in  a  live  little  country 
a  retail  grocer 
town  of  5,000  people.  The  store 
in 
which  I  worked  was  on  a  corner  right 
opposite  a  hotel,  and 
it  had  a  good 
family  trade,  besides  considerable  of 
a  transient  character.  I  figured  that  the 
proprietor  was  making  money,  not  be­
cause  of  the  size  of  the  stipend  he  paid 
me,  but  because  he  lost  very  little  in 
bad  debts,  and  sold  his  goods  at  a 
good,  safe  margin.

in  their  heads  every  once 

This  grocer  was  a  crotchety 

indi­
vidual—-you  know  the  type.  They  get 
ideas 
in 
look  to  them 
a  while,  and  these  ideas 
like  the  greatest  schemes 
that  ever 
emanated  from  a  human  brain.  They 
dream  over  the  revolution  they  are  des­
tined  to  work  in  the  trade,  and  can  see 
their  own  store,  in  which  the  new 
idea 
is  being  worked,  slowly  crowding  all 
others  to  the  wall.

This  was  exactly  the  style  of  my  em­
ployer,  and  one  day  he  got  an  idea that, 
by  giving  a  discount  of  5  per  cent,  for 
cash,  he  could  get  a  great  big  lot  of 
new  trade.  He  thought  and  thought 
over  it,  until  it  assumed  gigantic  pro­
portions.  He 
it  and 
dreamed  about  it.  The  idea  bad  never 
been  tried  in  the  place  before,  and  that 
was  one  reason  why  my  employer  ex­
pected  it  to  electrify  the inhabitants and 
ruin  the  other  stores.

talked  about 

it 

After  a 

lot  of  preparations,  the  dis­
count  scheme  was  launched.  He  ad­
vertised 
in  the  local  weeklies,  and 
had  several  thousand  circulars  printed 
and  distributed  over the town and placed 
in  farmers’  wagons  wherever  one  could 
be  found. 
If  I  were  to  take  the  time  to 
look  back  over  the  files  of  the  news­
papers  published  in  that  town,  I  could 
find  those  advertisements  which exploit­
ed  the  discount  scheme. 
In  them  the 
grocer  simply  offered  5  per  cent,  dis­
count  for  cash  on  every  purchase,  with­
out  limit  as  to  size. 
I  well  remember 
the  way  my  employer  talked  about  this 
scheme—before  it  was  tried :

“ Five  per  cent.  !”   he  would  exclaim. 
“ Five  per  cent.  !  Just  think  of  the 
saving  to  a  family  in  the  course  of  a 
year!  Why,  it  ought  to  double  my  busi­
ness,  and  it  will,  too!”

You've  heard  of  that  old  expression, 
chickens  before  they  are 

“ counting 
batched. ’ ’

The  scheme  did  work  in  one  way,and 
that  was 
in  the  way  of  arousing  en­
quiry.  Five  per  cent.,  you  know,  looks 
big. 
“ Why,  that’s as  much  as  legal  in­
terest!”   they  would  argue,  and  straight­
way  conclude  that  it  was  a  good  thing 
and  that  they  ought  to  get  in  on  it.

I  believe  a  good  many  people  came 
to  the  store  to  see  how  it  worked. 
I 
remember  one  lady  in  particular.  She 
was  a  boarding-house  mistress  on  a 
small  scale  and  a  business  woman  from 
start  to  finish.  She  came  in  one  day 
and  bought  a  bill  amounting,  if  I  re­
member  correctly,  to  about  60  cents.

count  on  that,  don’t  I?”   she  asked.

“ Now,  I  understand  that  I  get  a  dis­
“ Yes,  ma’am .”

‘Well,”  she said, "let me see. 

I hat’s 
quite  a  little sum  now,  isn’t  it?  Five 
is—let  me  see—five 
per  cent,  of  60 
times six are thirty—”
“ Three  cents,  ma’am ,”   said  the  gro­

cer,  who  was  waiting  on  her.

“ Only  3  cents ¡’ ’exclaimed  the 

disappointedly. 
“ Why,  I 
would  be  more  than  that. 
twice  that  to  walk  up  here. ”

lady, 
thought 
it 
It’s  worth 

in 

Then  she  went  out.
That’s  a  good  sample  of  the  way  the 
scheme  worked  with  everybody.  Lots 
and  lots  of  people in a country  town,  you 
know,  buy  their  groceries 
small 
quantities.  For  instance,  they  will  buy 
25  and  30  cents’  worth  at  a  time.  Well, 
when  a  woman  would  buy  a  quarter’s 
worth  of  tea  and,  without  figuring  it  up 
herself,  ask  for  her  5  per  cent,  dis­
count,  she  would  be  handed  1  cent, 
which  she  very  promptly  sniffed  at. 
It 
was  5  P e r  cent,  all  right,  but  figured 
down  to  a  rather  fine  point.
When  a  customer  bought  a  whole  dol­
lar’s  worth—and  by  no  means  everyone 
did  this—he  or  she  would  be  given  5 
cents  as  their  discount.  While  they 
couldn’t  dispute  the  correctness  of  the 
calculation,  the  scheme  was  still  a  fail­
ure,  because 
it  didn’t  look  big  enough 
to  take  with  the  people.

And  there  was  the  weakness  of  the 
whole  thing,  and  there  will  ever  be 
its 
weakness.  Five  per  cent.,  which  on 
good-sized  purchases  is  quite  a  respect­
able  sum,  looks  very  trifling  when  cal­
culated  on  a  small  purchase.  The  aver­
age  customer  would  much  rather  have  a 
premium  that  cost  5  cents,  and  whose 
value 
is  unknown  to  them  and  inflat­
able,  than  to  have  the  5  cents  it  cost  in 
cash,  because somehow  or  other  a nickel 
looks  mighty  small  when  you’ve  just 
spent  a  dollar  to  get  it.

And  so  the  discount  scheme  failed.
I  believe  this 

is  exactly  the  reason 
why  so  few  retail  grocers  discount  their 
bills.  They  buy  a  bill  say,  of  S50,  at  2 
per  cent,  for  cash,  which  is $1.

“ Huh !”   they  exclaim. 

“ I  only  get 
a  dollar  for  payin’  cash,  do  I?  Guess 
I’ll  take  three  months. ”   They  forget, 
and  so  did  my  old  employer’s  custom­
ers,  that  the  discount  ought  properly  to 
be  reckoned  on  a  year’s  purchases.  You 
take  a  consumer  who  spends  $9  a  week, 
or $450  a  year,  for  groceries,  and  figure 
up  5  per  cent,  on  that.  You’ve  got 
$22.50—-almost  enough  to  pay 
taxes. 
Then  take  a  retail  grocer  who  buys 
$10,000  worth  of  goods  a year,  and figure 
an  average  of  2  per  cent,  discount  for 
cash,  and  you've  got  $200—quite  a  tidy 
little  sum,  and  worth  saving,  isn’t  it? 
Four  dollars  a  week—enough  to  pay  a 
boy.  The  grocer’s  dollar  discount  and 
the  consumer’s  5  cents  both  look  like 
small  returns,  but  it’s  such  small  things 
as  these  that  make  us  rich.  That  didn’t 
make  the  scheme  succeed,  all  the  same.

Wife— “ Doctor,  can  you  do  anything 

for  my  husband?”
Doctor—“ What 
trouble?”
“ Worrying  about  money.”

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COYNE  BROTHERS

WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS 

■ 61 S. Water St., Chicago.

BUTTER,  EGGS,  H I M ,  FRUITS  ADO  VEGETABLES

c» uts:  minis, irnis, mss, asms

References:  \V.  M.  H oyt  C o.,  W holesale  Grocers, 
Chicago.  W .J . Qiian  &   Co.,  Wholesale  Grocer,  C h i­
cago.  Bradstreet and  Dun’s Agencies.

Bankers:  Merchants  Nantional  Bank,  Chicago.

Write fo r  Tags and Stencils.  Mention  this Paper when  W riting«

R.  HIRT,  Jr.,

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Market St., Detroit.
«£ Butter  and  Eggs  wanted «£

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or  delivered,  in  small  or  large  lots. 
W rite  for  particulars.

M ILLER  BROS.,

MFRS.  OF  THE

SGIEHTIFIG  BEAU  PICKER

ROCHESTER,  MICH.

Elgin  System of Creameries

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templating  building a Creamery  or  Cheese  Factory.  A ll  supplies  furnisned  at 
lowest prices.  Correspondence solicited.

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Contractors  and  Builders  of  Butter  and  Cheese  Factories,  Manufacturers 
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C o m m e rc ia l T ra v e le rs

experience  of  the  salesmen  are  respon­
sible  for  this.

Reducing  the  Guaranty  on  Bicycles. 
Written for the  Tradesman.

Michigan  Knights of the Grip. 

President, J ab. F  Hammell, Lansing;  Secretary 
D.  C.  Slag ht, Flint;  Treasurer, Chas. McNolty, 
Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President, S.  H.  Hart,  Detroit;  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D. Morris, Detroit.

United  Commercial  Travelers of Michigan.

Grand  Counselor,  F.  L.  Day.  Jackson:  Grand 
Secretary, G. S. Va m o r e , Detroit ;  Grand Treas­
urer, Geo  A.  R eynolds, Saginaw.
Michigan  Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­

dent Association.

Treasurer, Geo.  F.  Ow en, Grand Rapids. 

President,'A. F . P eake, Jackson;  Secretary and 
Board  of  Directors—F.  M.  T yler, H.  B.  F air- 
child, J ab. N. Bradford, J. Henry Dawley,Geo. 
J. Heinzelman, Chas. S.  Robinson.

Lake  Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President,  W.  G.  Brown,  Marquette;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F. Wixson,  Marquette.

Gripsack  Brigade.

The  American  Commercial  Traveler, 
which  purports  to  be  published  in  the 
interest  of  commercial  travelers,  lauds 
the  new  interchangeable  mileage  book 
to  the  skies  and  insists that the men who 
originated  the  book  and  are  urging  it 
upon  the  fraternity  are  public  benefac­
tors.  The  average  traveling  man  never 
entertained  a  very  high  opinion  of  the 
American  Commercial  Traveler,  and 
the  opinion  is not likely to be heightened 
by  the  manner 
in  which  the  publica­
tion  seeks  to  betray  the  boys  when  it 
gets  a  chance.

I«am  not 

James  T.  Eaglesfield  in  Northwestern 
Lumberman; 
in  sympathy 
with  the  idea  that  any  class  of  men  are 
better  than  the  average  man.  The  en­
vironments  of 
life  may  have  a  great 
deal  to  do  in  concealing  true  character, 
and  a  man  may  live  out  an  almost 
blameless  life,  if  free  from  temptations, 
who  would  have  yielded  miserably  if 
subjected  to  them.  To  us,  therefore, 
who  live  in  an  atmosphere  of  quietude 
and  home 
life,  who  daily  mingle  with 
the  same  friends  and companions, whose 
inclinations  are  turned  into pleasant and 
harmless  channels,  no  special  praise 
is 
due  if  we  make  honorable  and  upright 
law  demands  this  and 
citizens.  The 
circumstances  almost  require 
it.  But 
the  men  who  are  ever  going  up  and 
down  the  world,  meeting  all  manner  of 
other  men,  brought  daily  and  hourly 
in 
direct  contact  with  the  vices  as  well  as 
the  virtues  of  mankind,  to  such  of  these 
as  keep  a  clean  conscience  and  an  up­
right  soul  too  much  honor  cannot  be 
given.  One  must  know  of  the  tempta­
tions  of  life  before  he  can  be  certain 
that  he  would  be  strong  to  overcome 
them,  and  I  am  pleased  to  say  that,  of 
the  many  acquaintances  I  have  among 
the  traveling salesmen,I  number  friends 
whom  I  believe  to  be  true-hearted  men. 
And  I  believe  that  the  nature  of  their 
calling 
is  largely  responsible  for  de­
veloping  and  strengthening  characters 
which  would  under  other  circumstances 
have  been  upright  and  pure.  A  man 
who 
in  contact 
with  other  minds  is  very  likely  to  have 
the  sharp  corners  of  his  own  opinions 
rounded  off,  and 
is,  withal,  a  pleasant 
fellow  to  meet  and  have  a  chat  with ; 
and  such  a  man  is  our  traveling  sales­
It  is  his  business  to  be  courteous 
man. 
and  well 
improves 
upon 
the  requirements  of  his  trade. 
Often  we  regard  him  more  highly  than 
his  firm,  because  he  knows  more  about 
the  needs  and  is  better  informed  as  to 
the  conditions  of  his  trade.  An  order 
through  a  good  salesman  ranks  higher 
than  a  mail  order,  and the character  and

is  constantly  coming 

informed,  but  he 

R.  N.  Hull  in  Ohio  Merchant:  The 
interchangeable  mileage  book  is 
new 
now 
in  full  operation,  and  as  most  of 
the  old  books  have  passed  away,  the 
former  will,  of  necessity,  come 
into 
more  general  use. 
The  commercial 
travelers  find  the  subject  a  prolific  one 
for  general  discussion  as  they  gather  in 
the  hotel  corridois  at  the  close  of  the 
day’s 
labors.  Many  experiences  are 
related  of  funny  incidents  and  annoy­
ing  episodes  pertaining  to  carrying  out 
the  restrictions  attending  its  use.  The 
writer  tackled  one  for  the  first  time  on 
this  week’s  trip,  but  fortunately  has 
met  with  no  disastrous  delays.  A  call 
was  made  at  one  of  the  local  ticket 
offices,  where  the  genial  official  kindly 
parted  with  one  for  the  stipulated  com­
pensation.  A  start  was  made  the  night 
before  to  avoid  the  rush.  The  city 
ticket  agent  at  the  diverging  line  taken 
proved  to  be  a  lightning  calculator,  for 
he  tore  out  the  exact  mileage  offhand, 
filling  out  the  several  forms  and  specifi­
cations  in  a  good-natured  way  and  with 
alacrity.  Time,  two  minutes  and  two 
and  a  half  seconds.  At  the  first  stop­
ping  place,  where  a  repetition  was  re­
quired  to  again  embark,  a  young  man 
in  charge  of  the  office  was  encountered 
who  was  conscientious  and  solicitous  to 
retain  his  job,  hence  he  proceeded  with 
caution  and  great  care.  He  computed 
the  distance  by  subtraction  and  ampu­
tated  it  with  a  square  and  compass;  but 
he  was  mathematically  correct  at  last 
and  handed  out  the  perfected  transac­
tion  with  a  sigh  of  relief.  Time,  ten 
minutes  and  thirty seconds by the watch, 
but  the  train  was  behind  time  and  he 
remarked  that  he  could  make  better 
time  under  pressure.  The  next  agent 
was  asked  what  he  would  do  if  nineteen 
commercial 
in 
hand  were  clamoring  for  exchange  and 
the  train  a  whistling  for  the  station,  but 
he  gave  up  the  conundrum  with  a  sigh. 
One good  thing  will  be accomplished  by 
the  new  deal:  the  boys  will  get  well  ac­
quainted  with  the important official—the 
ticket  agent.  This  class  has  been  neg­
lected  by  the  craft  for a  long  time,  yet 
they  are  found  to be,  as  a  rule,  obliging 
and  efficient.  Several  representatives 
of  the  different  commercial  travelers’ 
associations  met  the  committee  of  the 
Central  Traffic  Association 
in  Chicago 
Oct.  5  and  talked  over  the  different  ob­
jectionable  features.  The  railroad  offi­
cials  were  well  disposed 
the 
commercial  travelers,  and  will  arrange 
to  do  away  with  all  the  restrictions 
they  possibly  can  and  yet  guard  the 
matter  to  protect  themselves  against 
fraud.

travelers  with  books 

toward 

Costs  the  Grocer  Too  Much.

A  Pittsburg  grocer  recently  discussed 
the  trading  stamp  fraud  to  a  reporter  of 
the  Mercantile  Journal  as follows:

“ What  is  my  opinion  of  the  system? 
Well,  the  only  way  I 
like  it  is  that  I 
would  like  to  be  out  of  it.  It  is  no  good 
for  my  business.  It  may  bring  me  some 
new  trade,  which  l  very  much  doubt  in 
the  first  place,  but the method of  getting 
it  costs  too  much.  Why,  say  I  were 
doing  a  business  of  $200  per  week,  and 
these  stamps  were  to  increase  my  trade 
25  per  cent.,  that  would  give  me  $250 
wt rth. 
I  pay  5  per  cent.,  or $12.50,  for 
stamps,  or  $12.50  for $50  worth  of  new 
business.  Therefore, I  pay  25  per  cent, 
for  this 
is  far greater 
than  the  profit  on  any  line  of  goods  I 
sell.  If  I  were  in the jewelrly,dry goods, 
shoe  or  some  such  business where profits 
were  larger,  I  would  be  glad  to  use  the 
scheme,  but 
it  costs  the  grocer  too 
much;  his  profits  are  too  small."

increase,  which 

The  action  of  the  National  Cycle 
Board  of  Trade  in  reducing  the  time 
of  guaranty  on  bicycles  to  60  days  from 
the  date  of  sale  made  by  the  agent 
should  be  appreciated  by  dealers 
in 
wheels  generally.  Bicycles  have  gotten 
to  be  a  factor  in  the  hardware  business, 
and  no  other  line  of  goods  has  caused 
so  much  annoyance. 
It  is  a  well-known 
fact  that  guaranteed  goods  of  any  kind 
are  not  as  well  taken  care  of  by  the user 
as  those  sold  without  a  guaranty.  Lo­
cal  dealers  themselves  are  to  blame  for 
most  of  the  trouble  they have had.  They 
are  too  anxious  to  make  the  sale,  and 
seldom  give  the  full  particulars  of  the 
guaranty,  leaving  the  customer  to  think 
that,  if  his  wheel  is  damaged  from  de­
fective  workmanship  or  material  within 
a  year,  it  will  be  repaired  free  of  ex­
pense  to  him,  no  provision  being  made 
before  the  sale  as  to  who  shall  pay  the 
express  charges.  The  buyer  is 
invari­
ably  arbitrary  and  insists  that  the  deal­
er  stand  the  expense  of the repairs.  The 
dealer  is  sure  to  complain  to  the  jobber 
or  manufacturer,  and bis  complaint  falls 
upon  deaf  ears,  his  attention  being 
called  to  the  actual  terms  of  the  guar­
anty.  Jobbers  have  often  lost  a  hard­
ware  customer  over  controversies  per­
taining  to  wheels.  Now  that  the  time  of 
the  guaranty has  been  reduced,  dealers 
should  at  all  times  impress  their  cus­
tomers  with  the  fact.  Explain  fully  the 
terms  of  the  guaranty  and  settle  the 
question  of  express  charges  on  repairs 
before  the  sale  is  made,  thus  avoiding 
untold  annoyances.
What  a  relief 

it  was  when  the  war­
ranty  of  axes  was  discontinued !  True, 
there are a  great  many  warranted  axes 
made  now,  but  dealers  do  not  advertise 
the  fact.  They  use  the  guaranty  only 
as  a  last  resort. 
It  would  be  a  relief  if 
there  were  no  guaranty  on  bicycles. 
Dealers  then  would  study  quality  of 
wheels,  the  record  of  makers,  and  strive 
to  handle  good  reliable  wheels,  rather 
than  buy  the  cheapest  thing  possible 
that  will  come  under  the  National Cycle 
Board  of  Trade  guaranty.  The  bicycle 
business  then  would  be  very  much 
less 
annoying  and  much  more  satisfactory.

_______ 

Ouix.

The  Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’ 

Association  on  Record.

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Michigan 
Commercial  Travelers’ Association,held 
Saturday,  Oct.  g,  the  following  resolu­
tions  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  the  holder  of 
the  ticket  to  exchange  it  for another be­
fore  he  is  entitled  to  the  two-cent  rate; 
and

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

Whereas,  If  said  holder  changes  his 
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;  and

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

Whereas,  The  price  asked  for  said 
mileage  ticket  would  mean  to  our  As­
sociation,  numbering  600  members,  the 
loaning  of  $6,ooo,  without  interest;  and
is 
not  only  the  largest purchaser of mileage 
tickets,  but  furnishes  a  large  percentage

Whereas,  The  commercial  traveler 

of  both  passenger  and  freight  business 
to  the  lines  of  the  said  Association  and 
should  be  entitled  to  some  considera­
tion ;  therefore.

Resolved,  That  we, 

the  Michigan 
Commercial  Travelers’  Association, 
condemn  the 
interchangeable  mileage 
ticket  of  the  Central  Passenger  Associa­
tion  as  an  unreasonable  and  unjust  dis­
crimination  against 
the  commercial 
traveler.

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  reso­
lutions  be  sent  to  F.  C.  Donald,  Sec­
retary  Central  Passenger  Association, 
Chicago. 

D.  M o r r i s ,  Sec’y.

Northern  Hotel,

J.  L.  Kitzmiller,  Prop.

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

HOTEL WHITCOMB

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH. 

A. VINCENT, Prop.

W H i t n e y   H o u s e

Best  Hotel  in  Plain well,  Mich.,  Only  house  in 
town  holding contract  with Travelers*  Educational 
Association of America.
-tC• W T i i t n e y , P r o p .
Cutler  House  at  Grand  Haven.

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

N E W   R E P U B L IC

Reopened  Nov.  35,

FINEST  HOTEL  IN  BAY  CITY.

Steam beat,

Electric Bells and Lighting throughout. 

Rates,  $1.50 to $2.00.

Cor. Saginaw and Fourth Sts.

GEO.  H.  SCH IN D H ETT,  Prop.

Young  men  and  women  acquire  the  greatest  Inde­
pendence  and  w ealth  by  securing  a  course  In  eithei 
the Business, Shorthand, English or Mechanical  Draw­
ing  departm ents  of  the  Detroit  Business  University, 
11-19 Wilcox St., Detroit.  W. F. Jewell,  P.  R.  Spencer.

HOTEL  NEFF

FRANK  NEFF,  Propr.

GRAND  LEDGE, MICH.

Rates,  $i.oo. 

One block east of depot.

He  Kew  Griswold House

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.

Postal  Sc  Morey,

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, 
w e  reduce  the  rates  on  fifty  rooms  from  $2.50  to 
$2 per day, and rooms with bath from $3.50  to $3.

T he popular rate of 50 cents per meal, established 
when the  Normandie  was  first  opened,  continues.
Change of rates w ill in no w ay affect the quality, 
and our constant aim in the future w ill  be, as in the 
past,  to  furnish  the  best  accommodations  for  the 
rates charged,

C arr  &  Reeve.

WILD  CHERRY.

Formula  for  a  Fluid  Extract  Yielding 

a  Clear  Mixture.

By  the  official  process  for fluid extract 
of  wild  cherry,  the  bark,  in  coarse  pow­
der,  is  macerated  for  forty-eight  hours, 
after being  moistened  with a menstruum 
consisting  of  one  volume  of  glycerin  to 
two  of  water.  The  exhausting  men­
struum  is  a mixture of  alcohol and  water 
in  the  proportion  tif  eighty-five  volumes 
of  the  former  to  fifteen  volumes  of  the 
latter.  We  are 
left  to  infer  that  this 
menstruum  was  decided  upon  after  de­
liberation  and  experiment.  To  me  the 
reason  for  making  it  so  strongly  alco­
holic  is  not  evident.

There  is  a  demand  for a  fluid  extract 
of  this  drug  that  shall  be  miscible  with 
aqueous  liquids. 
It  comes  principally, 
we  admit,  from  those  who,  through  in­
dolence  or 
inertia,  are  given  to  the 
practice  of  making  syrups,  tinctures, 
and  wines  by  diluting  fluid  extracts. 
There  are  doubtless  occasions  when  the 
most  scrupulous  among  us  would  be 
willing  to  take  advantage  of  such  con­
venience  to  meet  an  emergency;  but 
the  disposition  on  the  part  of  pharma­
cists  to  avail  themselves  of  what  is 
“ ready-made”   needs  to  be  resisted  and 
discouraged.  However,  at  the  risk  of 
being  considered  inconsistent,  I  offer  a 
formula  for a fluid extract  of  wild  cherry 
that  will  yield  a  product  giving  a  clear 
It  differs 
mixture  with  wine  or  syrup. 
from  the  official  article 
in  both  the 
menstruum  and  the  process,  but  not  as 
regards  moistening  the  ground bark  and 
the  time  allowed  for  maceration  and 
fermentation.  To 
insure  a  good  prod­
uct,  carefully  selected  bark  should  be 
taken  and  reduced  by  grinding  to  a  No. 
20  powder.  The  whole  bark  should  be 
purchased,  for  reasons  which  need  no 
explanation  here.  Of  this  ground  bark 
i, goo  grams  are  to  be  taken  and divided 
into  portions  of  250 grams  each  and  ex­
hausted  with  a  menstruum  consisting  of 
mixture  of  200  cubic  centimeters  of 
glycerin,  200  cubic  centimeters  of  al­
cohol,  and  600  cubic  centimeters  of 
water,  the  process  to be employed  being 
that  of  repercolation.  Each  portion  of 
drug  (25ogi^ms)  is,  before  percolation,

to  be  moistened  with  a  mixture  consist­
ing  of  twenty-five  cubic  centimeters  of 
glycerin  and  fifty  cubic  centimeters  of 
water,  packed  firmly 
in  a  cylindrical 
glass  percolator,  closely  covered,  and 
macerated  for  forty-eight  hours. 
In the 
initial  operation  the  reserved  portions 
m aybe:  From  percolator  No.  1,  150 
Cc.  ;  from  percolator  No.  2,  200  Cc.  ; 
from  percolator  No.  3,  250  Cc.  ;  from 
percolator  No.  4,  300  Cc.,  a  total  of 900 
Cc.  The  final  weak  percolates  being 
collected 
in  portions  and  used  in  sub­
sequent  operations  as  a  percolating 
menstruum,  1,000  cubic  centimeters  of 
fluid  extract  may  be  made  from  1,000 
grams  of  drugs.

The  process  of  fractional  percolation, 
the  details  of  which  are  given  in the last 
edition  of  the  “ National  Formulary,” 
could  be  adapted  to  the  making  of  this 
preparation. 
The  astringency  of  the 
tannin  and  the  strong  odor  and  taste  of 
hydrocyanic  acid  are  very  pronounced.
taking  an 
equivalent  of  the  bark  in  fluid  extract— 
that  is,  150  cubic  centimeters  of  fluid 
extract,  and  syrup  sufficient  to  make 
1,000  cubic  centimeters.  J.  M.  G o o d.

is  made  by 

The  syrup 

Pabst’s  Insult  to  the  Flag.

Traverse  City,  Oct.  5—Enclosed  find 
some  views  on  the  Pabst  advertising 
question—his  use  of  the  American  flag 
to  make  known  the  merits  of  his  beer. 
Same  was  elicited  through  your copying 
the  New  York Sun’s comment;  also,  you 
have  since  touched  on  the  subject  of 
the  United  States  making  a  law  pro­
hibiting  the  use  of  the  flag  for  such 
purposes. 
P A B ST   S  W A R E S  A N D   J H E   A M E R IC A N  

A.  S t e i n b e r g .

FLA G .

The  Government  is  made  to  appear as 
sanctioning  the  manufacture  of  Pabst’s 
wares,  which  he  (Pabst)  considers  su­
perior  to  all  others.  The  approval  of 
the  Government  is  portrayed by the flag, 
and  the  superiority  by  the  man  holding 
it.  This  is  presumably  the  idea  of  the 
man  whose  horizon  is  bounded  by  kegs, 
and  whose  ideas  of 
the  eternal  fitness 
of 
things”   are  somewhat  “ frothy.”  
His  advertisement  offends  in  others that 
which  he  does  not  possess— the  finer 
sensibilities.

Should  the  Government  license  that 
which  its  best  emblems cannot represent 
without  insult  to  them?

M o l l i e   Q u i n t a l .

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Drugs—Chem icals

MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
Term expires 
S. E. Parkill, Owosso 
Dec. 31, 1897 
F.  YV.  R.  Perry, Detroit 
Dec. 31,1898 
A.  C. Schumacher. Ann  Arbor 
Dec. 31, 1899 
Geo. Gundrum,  Ionia  - 
Dec. 31, 1900 
L. E. R eynolds, St.  Joseph 
- 
Dec. 31, 1901

President, F. W.  R.  P erry, Detroit.
Secretary, Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
Treasurer, A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor. 
and 3.
MICHIGAN  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

Coming  Examination  Session—Lansing,  Nov.  2 

ASSOCIATION.

President—A. H. Webber, Cadillac. 
Secretary—Chas.  Mann. Detroit.
Treasurer—J ohn D.  Mu ir, Grand Rapids.

Ways  by  Which  the  Druggist Can Win 

Success.

To  be  successful 

in  the  retail  drug 
business  to-day,  we  need  to  rely  upon 
our  good  business  qualifications  as  mer­
chants  more  than  upon  our  good  quali­
fications  as  pharmacists. 
I  mean  by 
this  that  no  matter  how  good  a  pharma­
cist  one  may  be,  he  must  be  able  to 
tickle  the  fancy  of  the  public  and  in 
numerous  ways  so  please them that when 
there 
is  a  want  in  a  family  his  name 
must  be  the  first  one  thought  of—th 
we  must  do 
if  we  expect  success 
crown  our  efforts.  This  can  be  don 
only  by making  use of every opportuni 
for  advertising.  And  advertising  does 
not  consist 
in  the  use  of  printer’s  in 
alone,  but  in  affability,  kindness,  clev 
erness,  courtesy,  etc.

Can  we  be  hustling  merchants  and yi 
not  lose  our  identity  as  druggists?  W 
can,  provided  we  persistently  put  forth 
every  effort  to  impress  our  patrons  with 
the  fact  that  our  leading  line  is  drugs, 
and  our  specialty  prescriptions,  but  at 
the  same  time  keeping  our  weather  ey 
open  for  every  good  side  line.  And  w 
country  druggists  especially  should  try 
to  have  one  or  more  for  every  dull  sea 
son  of  the  year.

In your  city  store,  of  course,  you  have 
your  soda  fountain,  and,  properly  at 
tended  to,  it  should  be  one  of  your  best 
advertisements  and  investments.  And 
as  you  are  constantly  looking  for  some 
thing  to  add  to  appearances,  what would 
be  prettier  or  what  would  catch  a  worn 
an's  eye  more  quickly  than  a  small 
show  case 
in  a  prominent  place  filled 
with  cut-glass  articles  or  Japanese  brie 
a-brac?  Also  distribute  in  various  cor 
ners,  or  on  top  of  casing,  several  pretty 
jardinieres,  with  a  palm  or  other grow 
ing  plant 
in  each ;  and  again,  put  on 
your  soda  fountain,  and  in  other  places, 
footed  globes  with  a  couple of  goldfish 
in  each,  with  price  card  attached,  offer 
ing  to  furnish  fish  with  every  globe.

Get  some  handsome  pieces  of  statu­
ary,  busts  of  celebrated  statesmen, 
musicians,  etc.  Where  you  now  use 
several  mirrors,  hang  a  few  pretty  pic­
tures  or  works  of  art,  with  cards  giving 
history  and  price.  Even  get  a  pretty 
canary  bird—nothing  attracts  more  at­
tention  from  the  women  and  children, 
and  if  it  is  a  good  singer  it  will  com­
mand  a  fancy  price.  Keep  a  “ for 
sale  card  on  every one of these articles, 
so  that  customers  may  know  they  are 
not  solely  for  ornament.

A  nice  line  of  choice  patterns 

in 
pocket  cutlery  and  scissors,  of  such  a 
quality  that  you  can  guarantee  satisfac­
tion  ora  new  article  given  in exchange, 
is  a  profitable  line. 
If  you  are  in  the 
suburbs  of  a  city  you  can  adopt  most  or 
all  of  the  lines  that  we  can.  Make ar­
rangements  with  a  florist  and  take  or- 
nders  for  cut  flowers  for  weddings,  fu­
nerals,  school  entertainments, 
social 
gatherings,  etc.

Z  Paints,  oils,  varnishes  and  stationery 
are  now  so  universally  found  in  drug 
stores  that  they  can  hardly  be  classed as 
side  lines. 
I  find  wall  paper about  as 
profitable  as  any  line;  it  also  comes  on 
sale  just  when  there  is  usually  a  lull 
in 
the 
legitimate  drug  business.  Nice 
candies  are  an  attraction for the younger 
element  and,  put  up 
in  pound  boxes, 
neatly  printed,  yield  a  good  profit  and 
for  the 
form  a  good  advertisement, 
boxes  are  usually  kept 
in  view  unti 
worn  out.

is  no 

Good  jewelry  is a  pretty and profitable 
line,  especially  about  Chirstmas  time, 
but  is  a  bad  stock  to  handle  if  you  ob 
ject  to  work.  It  you  are  in  a town where 
there 
jewelry  store  or  where  the 
workman  is  not  an  expert or hustler,  you 
can  make  money  by  getting  a  workman 
from  some  neighboring  town  to  come 
with  you  for two  or  three  days every two 
weeks,  and  then  advertise  the  fact  and 
share  the  profits.  Musical 
instruments 
and  merchandise  are  money  doublers, 
and  the  strings  yield  a  good  profit.

Every  good  business  man  makes  it 
his  business  to  know  all  of  his  regular 
customers  by  name,  and  also  as  many 
of  his  transient  ones  a‘s  possible,  even 
down  to  the  small  children.

Don’t  encourage 

loafing,  for  of  all 
the  disagreeable  things  and  trade-kill­
ers,  that  is  one  among  the  worst.  Know 
your  customers  so  well  that  you  can 
recognize  them  anywhere,  and  always 
be  ready  to  acknowledge  any  sign  of 
recognition  on  their  part,  and  do  so 
with  the  same  degree  of  interest  you 
display 
in  the  store—don’t  cause  the 
remark  to  be  made  about  you  that  was 
made  to  me  last  week  by  a  dear  old 
German  woman,  who,  in  speaking  of 
a  fellow  townsman  and  merchant,  said : 
“ I  don’t  likes  dot  feller—one  time  he 
know  you  an’  de  next  be  don’t. ”

V e r n o n   D r i s k e l l .

The  Drug  Market.

Opium,  Morphine  and  Quinine—All 
are  very  firm  at  the  late  advances,  with 
prospects  for  very  much  higher  prices 
for  quinine.  Morphine  is  also  likely  to 
be  higher.

Castor  Oil—This  article  has advanced 

4C  per  gal.,  with  a  higher  tendency.

Cinchonidia— Has again advanced and 

there  is  very  little  to  be  had.

in 

Essential  Oils— Cajiput has advanced. 
Cassia  and  anise  are  very  firm  at  pre­
vious  prices. 
Clove  has  advanced. 
Sassafras 
large  demand  and  is 
is 
higher.  New  crop  worm  seed  is  coming 
nto  market  and  prices  are  lower.
Buchu  Leaves— Have  advanced,  on 
account  of  scarcity  and  higher  prices 
abroad.  There  has  been  an  advance 
equal  to 
ioo  per  cent,  in  the  last  four 
weeks.

Japanese  Menthol— Is  higher  in  Japan 

and  has  been  advanced  here.

Golden  Seal  Root— Is  almost  out  of 
market.  Prices  have  been  advanced 
about  50  per  cent.

Sugar  of  Milk—On  account  of  the 
drouth,  lower grades  are  out  of  market. 
High  grades are  as  yet  unchanged,  but 
an  advance  is  looked  for.

M a u d ie   U p -to -D a te .

Maud  Miller,  on a summer night,
W as riding her wheel without a light;
W ith  graceful hump and bicycle face,
She scorched along at a merry  pace,
W hen across  her path there loomed a man, 
And  into him  Maudie straightw ay ran.
But alas!  to her sorrow he proved  to be 
A   police court Judge o f stern decree;
A nd she sighed next day as he fined  her ten— 
’Stead  of S9.9S, as it  m ight have been.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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Bouquetts 
Perfectos 
Cabinets 

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i -40 
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B.  J.  REYNOLDS,

Grand  Rapids.

B A T EH A N   &   FOX,

B ay  C ity.

JOHNSON  &  FOSTER,
Detroit.

Distributers for Michigan.

The  darkest  hour 

in  the  history  of 
any  young  man  is  when  he  sits  down  to 
study  how  to  get  money  without  honest­
ly  earning  it.— Horace Greeley.

MILTON  KERNS,

Manufacturer,

No.  53  9th  Street, 

Pittsburgh,  Pa.

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Oil
Y .

Golden  Seal  Root,  Castor  Oil,  Menthol,  N. 
inline,  Turpentine

1  00

2 00 
1  00 
85 
50 
18

Morphia, S.P.& W...  2 05® 2 30 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C. Co....................  2 05® 2 30
Moschus Canton__ 
®  40
Myristica, No. 1......
65®  80
Nux Vomica.. .po.20
10
Os  Sepia.................
15®
18
Pepsin Saac, H. & p.
D. Co....................
Picis Liq. N.N.Xgal.
doz........................
Picis Liq., quarts....
Picis Liq., pints......
Pil Hydrarg...po.  80 
Piper Nigra.. .po.  22
Piper Alba__po. 35
Piix  Burgun...........
@
......
Plnmbi  Acet........... 
10@
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  io@ 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
& P. D. Co., doz 
Pyrethrum,  pv...
Qnassite..............
Quinia, S. P. & W.
Quinia, S. German
Quinia, N.Y......
Rubia Tinctorum 
SaccharumLactis
Salacin................
Sanguis Draconis
Sapo,  W..............
Sapo, M...............
Sapo, G...............

30® 33
8@ 10
37© 42
• 
28® 3-i
!.. 
.. 
37® 42
12® 14
pv  18® 20
40® 50
12® 14
.. 
.. 
10® 12
@ 15
..  20  @ 22

Voes..................

Sinapis....................
@ 18
Sinapis, opt............
® 30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
® 34
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s
O 34
Soda Boras..............
7  @ 9
Soda Boras, po........
7  @ 9
Soda et Potass Tart.  _
26® 28
Soda,  Carb.............. 
l^i®
1 K@ 2
Soda,  Bi-Carb......... 
3®
3® 5
Soda, Ash...............   3%®
3H@ 4
Soda, Sulphas......... 
~
®
2
Spts. Cologne...........
® 2 60
Spts. Ether  Co........
50® 55
Spt  Myrcia Dom...
@ 0 00@ 2 42
Spts. Vini Reet. bbl.
Spts. Vini Rect.HbbI 
2 47 
Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal 
2 50 
^
Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal 
@ 2 52
Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  oubl.........   2V4® 
3
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
2®  2%
Tamarinds.............. 
g® 
10
Terebenth Venice... 
28®  30
Theobromae............   42®  45
Vanilla,..................   9 00@16 On
Zmci  Sulph............  
8

7® 

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

BBL.
70
40
35

Linseed, pure  raw.. 
34 
Linseed, boiled......   36 
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
Spirits Turpentine..  37 

19

37
39
70
42

Paints  BBL. 

LB
Red Venetian.........  
IX  2  @8
Ochre, yellow Mars.  1X2  ®4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. 
ix   2  ®3 
Putty, commercial..  2X 2X@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2%  2V@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13® 
15
70®  75
Vermilion, English. 
Green, Paris...........  13X© 
19
Green,  Peninsular.. 
13® 
16
Lead, Red...............   5%® 
6
Lead, white............  5%® 
6
Whiting, white Span 
®  70
Whiting,  gilders’. . .  @  90
White, Paris Amer.. 
®  1 00 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................  @ 1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15

i 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

Advanced—Buchu  Leaves, 
Morphine,  N. 
Declined—Linseed  Oil.

13©
6®

24®
28®
11®13®
14®
16®

50®  55
@ 2 40 
40®  45
75®  80

2 00® 2 25 
80®  1  00 
45®  50
2 50® 3 00

Acldum
Aceticum................. * 
6®«
8
Benzoicum, German
70® 75
Boracic....................
® 15
Carbolicum............
29® 41
Cltricum.................
4U@ 42
Hydrochlor............
5
3®
Nitrocum...............
8© 10
Oxalicnm...............
12® 14
Phosphorium,  dii...
® 15
Salicvlicum.............
60® 65
Sulphuricum...........
5
IX®
Tannicum.............. 1  25®  1 40
Tartarlcum..............
38® 40
Ammonia
4© 6
Aqua, 16  deg...........
Aqua, 20 deg...........
6®
8
Carbonas.................
12® 14
Chloridum..............
12® 14
Aniline
Black......................
Brown  ..................
R ed.......................
Yellow....................
Bacete.
Cubesee...........po. 18
Juniperus................
Xanthoxylum.........
Balsamum
Copaiba...................
Peru......... ...............
Terabin, Canada__
Tolutan...  ..............
Cortex
Abies,  Canadian__
Cassia  ......... ..........
Cinchona Flava......
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgini........
Quillaia,  gr’d .........
Sassafras....... po. 18
Clmus...po.  15,  gr’d 
Extractum 
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra
Glycyrrhiza, po...... 
Haematox, 15 lb box.
Hsematox, I s ...........
Haematox, !4s.........
Hsematox.  x®........
Perru
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  ...... ........... 
Anthémis.- ........... 
Matricaria  .. ........... 
Barosma___ ........... 
23® 25
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly.  .. ........... 
18® 25
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.  25® 30
Salvia officinalis, Xs
and  Hs__ .........  
12® 20
U ralrsl.  ...
8® 10
.........  
Gummi
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
® 65
Acacia, 2d  picked..  @ 45
Acacia,  3d  picked..  @ 35
® 28
Acacia, sifted sorts. 
Acacia, po...
.........  
60® 80
Aloe, Barb. po.lH&20  12<â
14
Aloe, Cape ..
.po. 15  @ 12
Aloe, Socotri .po. 40  @ 30
Ammoniac..
55® 60
.........  
Assafcetida..
.po. 30  25® 28
Benzolnnm  . .........  
50®
Catechu, Is.. .........   @ 13
Catechu, Xs.
.........   @ 14
Catechu, Xs.
.........   @ 16
Camphorte ..
.........  
48® 55
Euphorbium. • po.  35  @ 10
Galbanum__ .........   @  1 00
Gamboge  po. .........  
65© 70
Guaiacum.... • PO.35  @ 35
Kino...........po. #3.u0  @3 00
Mastic......... .........   @ 60
Myrrh........... po.  45 
© 40
Opii...po. *4.00®4.20 2 85®  2 95
Shellac......... .........  
25® 35
Shellac, bleached... 
40f&
Tragacanth.. .........  
50® 80
Herba 
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eu pa tori um .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, P a t.........
55®
Carbonate, Pat........
Carbonate, K. <Sc M.. 
20®35®
Carbonate, Jennings
Oleum
Absinthium............
3 25® 3 50 
Amygdalae, Dulc__
30®  50
Amygdalae, Amarae . 
8 00®  8 25
Anisi..............
......  2 a0@ 2 60
. 
Auranti  Cortex.....   2 00® 2 20
Bergami!.................  2 40® 2 50
Cajiputi...................  85®  90
Caryophylli............   65®  70
................ 
edar. 
35@  65
Cheuopadli.............. 
© 3 75
Cinnamomi...........   1900200
GHronella...............  
40®  45

12® 14
18® 25
30® 35

Polin

„   ^ 

-  —

Conium  Mac...........  35®  50
Copaiba.................  i  10@  i  go
Cubebæ..  ...............  
90®  1  00
Exechthitos 
.........  l  00®  1 10
Erigeron.................  1  00®  1 10
Gaultheria..............  i  50®  1 eo
Geranium,  ounce...  @
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma.................  1  on®  1 10
Junipera................. 1  50®  g 00
Lavendula.............. 
90® 2 00
Limonis 
..............  1 30®  ,  40
Mentha Piper........  1 60@ g go
Mentha Verid.........   1 9J@ 2 00
Morrhuae,  gal__ 
Myrcia,...............
Olive..................
Pieis  Liquida.  ..
Picis Liquida, gal
R icina...............
Rosmarini.............. 
m w
50® 8 50
Rosse,  ounce........6 
Suceini...................  40©  45
| ab*na ..................  
90®  1  00
§anta] ......................  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras................. 
55®  go
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce. 
@  65
............... .......  1 40®  1  50
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
]5@  go
Potassium
Bi-Carb....................
Bichromate  __ 
13®
Bromide..................   43®
j2@
Carb....................... 
Chlorate..po. 17@Ì9c 
16®
Cyanide..................  
35®
Iodide.. 
..............  2 60®
Potassa,  Bitart, pure  28®
Potassa, Bitart,  com  @
Potass Nitras, opt.. 
8®
7®
Potass Nitras........... 
Prussiate.................
20®
Sulphate p o ...........
15®
Radix
Aconitvm...............
20®
25 
Althae..................
25 
22®
Anchusa..............’
12 
Arum po.................
25 
Calamus.................
20®
40 
Gentiana........po  15
12®
15 
Glychrrhlza...pv. 15 
18 
16®
Hydrastis Canaden .
45 
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
@  50
Hellebore.Alba, po..
15®  20
Inula, po
15@  20
Ipecac, po............... g 00© 2  10
Iris plox  ... po35@38 
35®  40
Jalapa,  pr........... 
30
25® 
Maranta,  Xs............  @  35
Podophyllum, po. 
..  22@  25
ghei  ....................... 
75®  1 00
Rhei, cut. 
...........  @  1 25
Khei.pv.............. 
1 35
fPteel a............... 
38
Sanguinaria... po.  40  ©  35
Serpentaria............   30©
i f “«»» —................ 
35®
®
Stmilax,officinalis H 
Smilax, M............
®10®
Scillae..............po.35
Symplocarpus, Fceti- 
dus,  po.................
Valeriana,Eng. po'áó 
Valeriana,  German
Zingiber a...........  
Zingiber j ...........  
Semen
Anisum......... po.  15
Apium  (graveleons)
13®
Bird,Is..................
4®
Carui..............po.  is 
10®
Cardamon...............   1  25®  j
Coriandrum..............   8®
__ 
. 
 
 
10
Cannabis  Sativa
4®  414
annabis  Sativa__ 
Cydonium............... 
75®  1  00
Chenopodium  ........ 
io@ 
12
Dipterlx  Odorate...  2 00® 2 20
Fceniculum............   @ 
10
Foenu&reek, po........ 
7® 
9
£Ìn{ 
3® 
4
................... 
4®  4%
Lint,  grd........bbl. 3 
Lobelia  . 
35®  40
Pharlans  Canarian. 
4®  4%
5
.............. 
Sinapis Albu........... 
7® 
g
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
ll@ 
12
Spiritus

75® 
35® 

12@
gs®

@15®

„ 

 

.

 

Frumenti, W.  D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00© 2 25
Frum enti...............   1  25®  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T..  1  65® 2 00
Juniperis Co...........  1  75® 3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ....  1  90® 2  10
SPtTVini Galli........  1  75@ e 50
Vini Oporto............   1  25® 2 00
Vini  Alba...............   1  25® g 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage................. 2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage...............  
@200
' elvet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage......   @  1  25
Extra yellow sheeps’ 
@ 1 00
wool,  carriage  ... 
Grass  sheeps'  wool,
carriage..........  @ 
1 00
Hard, for slate use.. 
@  75
Yellow  R ee f,  for 
slate  use  ............   @140

Syrups

Acacia  ..................   @  50
Auranti Cortes........   @  50
Zingiber.............  
© 
50
®  60
Ipecac 
...... 
Ferri I o d ...........  @ 
50
Rhei Arom.........  @ 
50
Smilax Officinalis... 
50® 60
50
Senega...............  
® 
.. 
Scili« 
®  50

50 
1  50

niscellaneous 

Scillse Co 
Tolutan 
Prunus virg
Tinctures 
Aconitum Napel lis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes.................
Aloes and Myrrh
Arnica......
Assafœtida 
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.........
Opll........................‘
Opii, camphorated..
Opii, deodorized__
Quassia..................
Khatany................ ’
Rhei...................   ”
Sangninaria  . 
”
Serpentaria............
Stromonium...........
Tolutan..................’
Valerian..............
Veratrum Veride ! ! 
Zingiber..................
Æther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30® 
’4®
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F 
Alumen..................   254®
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
3®
Annatto..................   40®
50
4®
Antimoni,  po...... 
Antimoni et PotassT
40®  50
Antipyrin..............
1  40
Antifebrin 
......
@ 15
Argent! Nitras, oz . !
@ 50
Arsenicum...........
10® 12
38® 40
Balm Gilead  Bud  .
Bismuth  S. N........
40®
50
Calcium Chlor.,  is 
®
Calcium Chlor., Xs 
@ 10
Calcium Chlor.,  xs. 
® 12
Cantharides, Rus.po 
@ 75
Capslci  Fructus, af 
@ 15
Capsici Fructus, po 
@ 15
Capsici FructusB.po 
@ 15
Caryophyllus..po.  15 
10® 12
Carmine, No. 40  .
@ 3 00
Cera Alba, S. & p" ’ ’
50® 55
Cera Flava............
40® 42
Coccus..............
@ 40
Cassia Fructus !..
33
■
Centraria............... '
© 10
Cetaceum..........
© 45
60® 63
Chloroform, squlbbs 
@  1 25
50®  1 60
Chloral H ydCrst...
20® 25
Cinchonidine,P.& W 
25® 35
Cinchonidine, Germ
22© 30
05® 3 25
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct 
70
Creosotum..
35
a
®
Creta.............bbl.' 75
2
Creta, prep......
5
®
Creta, precip__...”
9® 11
Creta, Rubra......
8
®
18© 20
Cudbear
24
5© 6
10® 12
Ether Sulph...........
75® 90
Emery, all  numbers
@ 8
Emery, po.........
@ 6
Ergota.............po/40
30® 35
Flake  White.........
12® 15
Galla.......................‘
@ 23
Gambier.................
8®
9
Gelatin, Cooper.. ”  
@  60
Gelatin, French...... 
35®  60
Glassware, flint, box  60,  10&10
60
Less  than  box__ 
Glue,  brown........... 
9® 
12
13®  25
Glue, white............  
Glycerina...............  
14®  20
Grana  Paradis! 
is
Humulus........ 
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
@  80 
Hydraag Chlor Cor.
@  70
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.
@  90®  1 00 
Hydraag Ammoniati 
45®  55
HydraagUnguentum
Hydrargyrum.........
@  65
Ichthyobolla, Am...
65®  75
Indigo.....................
75®  1  00 
Iodine, Resubi.. 
!
? 60® 3 70 
Iodoform.................
@ 4 20 
Lupulin..............’”
@ 2 25 
Lycopodium...........
45 
Macis 
............
75
Liquor  Arse- et h.j-
drarg Iod.............
LiquorPotassArsinit
Magnesia, Sulph__
Magnesia, Sulpb.bbl
Mannia, S. F ...........
Menthol  .................

10®
m
@
51© 1* 60 
2 75

_  @ 
25®

65®

to ltin e & Perkins 

Drug  60.
Sundry  Department

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

Perfumes 

Soaps 

Combs 

Mirrors 

Powder  Puffs

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

Shaving  Brushes 

Fountain  and  Family Syringes 

Tweezers 

Key Rings 

Cork Screws 

Razors 

Razor  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.

Hazeitine & 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

G R O C E R Y   P R I C E   C U R R E N * *
The  PFJ065  Qu°ted  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.

Grits.

Beans.

Parlna.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

FA RIN A C EO U S  GOODS.
i  24 l lb.  packages............ .1  75
5  Bulk, ner 100 lbs............ .3 50
5 
D  Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s........ .2 40
Bulk in 100 lb. bags........ .3 40
5 
s  Barrels  .......................... .2 25
Flake, 50 lb.  drums........ .1  00
Dried L im a...................
34
Medium Hand Picked... 1  00
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box......
60
Imported,  25 lb. box..  .. 2 50
Common..............   ........
Chester..........................
Empire  ..........................
Green,  bu......................
Split,  per lb....................
Rolled  Oats.
Rolled Avena,  bbl...... 4 00
Monarch,  bbl...............
3 60
Monarch.  4   bbl............ 2 05
Private brands,  bbl__ 3 50
Private brands, 4bbl__ 2 00
1  Quaker, cases................. 3 20
1  German..........................
34
East  India......................
3
Cracked, bulk.................
■'M
24 2 lb packages.:........... 2 50

2 40
2 50
2  75
£0

Wheat.

Sago.

Peas.

F i s h .
Cod.

Halibut.

Herring.

flackerel.

Georges cured............ @  44
Georges  genuine........
©  54
Georges selected........ @ (H
Strips or  bricks.........   5 @  74
Chunks...........................
10
Strips.............................
9
Holland white hoops keg
80
Holland white hoops  bbl
Norwegian......................
Round 100 lbs.................
Round  40 lbs.................
Scaled..............................
Mess !<X) lbs....................
Mess  40 lbs....................
Mess  10 lbs....................
Mess  8 lbs....................
No.  1 100 IDS....................
No. 1  40 lbs....................
1  No. 1  10 lbs....................
No. 1  8 lbs....................
No. 2 100 Lbs....................
No. 2  40 lbs....................
No. 2  10 lbs....................
No. 2  8 lbs....................
Russian kegs...................
No. 1  100  t>s....................
.v lbB....................
No. 1 
No. 1  !01bs...................... 
No. 1  8 lbs...... ............... 

16 on
6 70
1  75
1  41
14  50
6  1
:  60
1  30
1  75
4 60
1  22
1  00
55
4 00
1  9j
55
47
No. 1  No. 2  Fam
100 lbs...........  6 00  5 00  1  90
40 lbs  ____  2 70  2 30  1  06
10 lbs........... 
34
8 lbs........... 
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Sardine«.
Trout

Whitehall.

75 
63 

65 
55

CONDENSED  MILK.

Daisy

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__

w w

JIlpEpfijlif.
Universal Grade.

50 books, any denom__  1  5(
100 books, any denom__  2 5(
500 books, any denom__11  5<
1,000 books, any denom__20 01

Superior Grade.
50 books, any denom 

  1  5<

Coupon Pass Books,

Can be made to represent an 
denomination from 110 down.

Credit  Checks.

DRIED  FRUITS—DOnESTIC 

Apples.

California Fruits.

Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  © 1 
Apricots.....................  84©
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................  ©
Peaches........................  8 @9
Pears..............................8 ©
Pitted Cherries.........
Prunnelles..................  12
Raspberries................

California Prunes.

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

Raisins.

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

1  60

5
6
7

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

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

BAKING  POWDER.

Absolute.

H lb cans doz.. 
4 lb cans doz.. 
1 
lb cans doz..

Acme.

45 
85 
1  50

X  lb cans 3 doz................. 
4  
lb cans 3 doz........... 
1 
Bulk.................................... 

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

El Purity.

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

Home.

35
55
90

X  lb cans 4 doz case........ 
4  lb cans 4 doz case........ 
lb cans 2 doz case  ......  

m S3 3 i i

X lb cans, 4 doz case......  
4  lb cans. 4 doz case...  .. 
1 

45
85
lb cans. 2 doz case........  1  60

Jersey Cream.

1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. ca  s, * er doz.............  1  25
85
6 oz. cans, per doz.............  

Our Leader.

X  lb cars..........................   4S
.  4  lb ea>ifc......................... 
75
1 
....................   1  50

lb cans. 

Peerless!

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

85

BATH  BRICK.

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

BLUINQ.

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

BROOnS.

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

CANDLES.

8s.......................................... 7
16s......................................... 8
Paraffine................................ 8

CANNED  GOODS. 
Hanitowoc  Peas.

Lakeside Marrowfat.........  
95
Lakeside E.  J ....................  l  15
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng.  ..1 2 ' 
T.ikeeidp  Gem. Ri  lifted.  '  4' 
Extra Sifted Early Jane....l  75

CHEESE.

Acm e......................  @  11
Amboy..................   @  lltf
Byron......................  ©  104
Elsie.......................   ©
Gem.........................  @  114
Gold  Medal............
Hartford..................   ©  11
Ideal.......................   ©  11
Jersey  ....................   ©  114
Lenawee.................  ©  104
Riverside.................  @  11
Sparta....................   ©  104
Brick.......................  ©  10
Edam.......................  @ 75
Leiden....................   ©  18
Limburger..............  @  10
Pineapple................ 43  ©  85
Sap  Sago.................  @  18

CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

German Sweet  ............ .  ...  23
Premium................................?2
B reakfast  Cocoa................. 44

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per doz  ....  1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz  ......  1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz......  1  4O
Cotton, 70 ft. per  doz......   1  60
Cotton. 80 ft, per  doz  .....   1  80
Jnte  6C ft  per do*__  
80
Juife  72 r:.  oe- dnj.. 
-f

Chicory.

Bulk
Red

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

24
3
4

CRBAfl  TARTAR.

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

COFFEE.

Qreen.
Rio.

Fair 
...................................   TO
Good.....................................   12
Prim e......................................13
Golden  ...................................14
Peaberry  ................................15

Santos.

Fair  ....................................... i<
Good  ....................................  15
Prim e......................................16
Peaberry  ................................17

Mexican  and  Ouatamala.

Fair  .....................................   16
Good  ....................... .......   ..  17
............................   .16
Fancy 
Maracaibo.

PrlTHfi  .................................  20
Milled....................................  21

Java.
Interior............... 
fo
Private Growth...................... ?2
Mandehllng..........................   24

 

Mocha.

Im itation............................... ?2
Arabian  ................................. 24

Roasted.

 

Clark-.Tewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue...... 
28
Jewell's  Arabian Mocha__ 28
Wells’ Mocha and Java.......24
Weils’ Perfection  Java.......24
C oncslbo 
2a
 
Breakfast  B’end...............   20
Veliev f’ity Maracaibo. 
...I84
Ideal  Blend..........................13
Leader  Blend.................."!l2

.........  

 

Package.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  packaee  coffees,  to 
the  wholesale  dealer 
which 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
invoice 
for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  navs  from  the 
market  In  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point, including 
weight  of  package.  In  60  lb. 
cases the list is 10c  per  100  lbs. 
above the price in full cases.
Arbuckle.......................   11  00
Jersey.............................   11  00
ncLaugbllu’z  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...................2 25
Columbia,  4  pints................... 1 25

CLOTHES PINS.

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

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Patras bbls..............................© 64
Vostlzzas 50 lb cases........ @ 6%
Cleaned, bulk  ..................© 8
Cleaned, packages........... © 84
Citron American 10 lb  bx  @14 
Lemon American 10 lb bx @12 
Orange American 101b bx  @12

Peel.

Raisins.

Ondura 28 lb boxes......8  © 84
Sultana  1 Crown.........   @
Sultana 2 Crow n........  ©
Sultana 8 Crown.........   @11
Sultana 4 Crown.........   ©
Sultana  R Grown 
@
Sultana 6 Crown.........   @12

Jennings’ .

D. C. Lemon
D.C. Vanina 
2oz.......1  20 
2oz........   75
3 oz........1  00
3 oz....... 1  50 
4oz.......2 00 
4 oz.........140
6 oz.........2 00
6oz.......3 JO 
No.  8...2 40
No.  8  4 00 
No. 10. ..4 00
No.  10.  .6 00 
No.  2 T.  80
No.  2 T.l 25 
No.  3 T.l  35
No.  3 T.2 00 
No.  4 T.l  So
No  4 T.2 40 
Sage.....................................   15
Hops....................................  15
Madras, 5  lb  boxes............   55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes___  50
15 lb  palls............................  40
301b  pails............................  75
Condensed,  2  doz  .............1  20
Condensed,  4  doz.............. 2  25

HERBS.

INDIGO.

JBLLY.

LYE.

Souders’.
in  the  world 

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon, 

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

Regular
Vanilla.doz
2  oz....1  20
'4 oz.......2 40
XX  Grade 
Lemon.

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

.1  75 
.3 50

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In  box.

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

SAL SODA.

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

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

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

Common Grades.

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

Worcester.

50  4  lb. cartons....................3 25
115  241b. sacks........................4 00
60  5  lb. sacks........................3 75
22 14  lb. sacks...............   3  50
30 10  lb. sacks........................3 50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................  60
Bulk in barrels.........................2 50

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

56-lb dairy In iinen  sacks.  .  60 

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

56-lb dairy In linen  sacks...  60 

Solar  Rock.

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

Common.

Granulated  Pine.................   77
Medium  Fine......................  83

SEEDS.

A nise...............................  9
Canary, Smyrna......... ...... 
3
Caraway..........................  8
Cardamon,  Malabar  .....  6 •
Ce'ery...............................  n
Hemp,  Russian.............. 
3w
Mixed  Bird...................... 
-w
... 
Mustard,  white........ 
5
Poppy  ...................................t 4
Rape..................  
 
44
Cuttle Bone......................  20

SNUPP.

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

SPICES.
Whole Silted.

Allspice  ............................  10
Cassia, China in mats  ......  2
Cassia, Batavia in bund__25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........32
Cloves, Amboyna................ 10
Cloves, Zanzibar................   9
Mace,  Batavia...........  .......55
Nutmegs, fancy................  !eo
Nutmegs, No.  I..................Iso
Nutmegs, No.  2................... 45
Pepper, Singapore, black.!!  9 
Pepper, Singapore, white.. .12 
Pepper,  shot........................10

Pare Ground In Bulk.

.

. 

Allspice  .............................. 12
Cassia, Batavia...................22
..........'35
Cassia,  Saigon 
Cloves, Amboyna  ... 
.20
Cloves, Zanzibar 
...............15
Ginger,  African..................15
Ginger,  Cochin................... ¿0
Ginger,  Jamaica................. 22
Mace,  Batavia.....................70
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste..................25
Nutmegs........................ 40@=0
Pepper, Sing , black — 10@14 
Pepper, Sing., white.... 15@18
Pepper, Cayenne...........17@20
Sage......................................is

SYRUPS
Corn.

Barrels  ............................  18
Half  b b ls .......................   20

Pure Cane.

Fair  ................................  
is
Good.................................  20
Choice...... 
25

 

 
SODA.

Boxes  ...................................54
Kegs,-English......................  44

tVEGANr 
{^Flavoring

« l g

ftoYAL  M  

.DAYT0N.0,

2 oz. 
4 oz.
GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

............................4 00

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

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

Kegs  ....................................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.........................................  so
Calabria  .............................   25
Sicily..... 
...........................  14
Root.....................................   10

MASON  FRUIT JARS. 

Pints, 1 doz. box, per gross 4  25 
Quarts,  1 d'z. hox, per gr’ss 4  50 
Half gal. 1 d’z. h'x, p'r gr’ss  6 10 
Fruit Jar Rubbers, p’r gr’ss  25 
Mas^n Caps only  per gross 2 25 

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

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

MINCE MEAT.

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

HATCHES.

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

Half-barrels 2c extra.

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216.......................  1 6J
Clay, T. D. full count........ 
6?
Cob, No. 3..........................   85

48 cans in case.

POTASH. 
Babbitt’s ....................
Penna Salt  Co.’s  ......
PICKLES.
rtedlum.

4  00 
3 00

Barrels, 1,200 connt...........  5 00
Half bbls, 600 count...........  3 CO

Small.

Barrels, 2,400 count.........  6 00
Half bbls, 1,200 count........  3 50

RICB.

Domestic.

Carolina head....................  qu
Carolina  No. 1  .................   5
Carolina  No. 2...................  44
Broken...............................  3%

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1......................  53$
Japan.  No. 2......................  54
Java, fancy  head..............  6
Java, No. 1.........................  5
Table..................................   54

SOAP.
'indry.

Arir „ ’  s Brands.

Armour's  fam ily..............  2  50
Armour’s  Laundry...........  3 30
Armour's White, 100s........  G 85
Armour’s White, 50s........... 3 20
Armour’s Woodchuck...... 2 50
Armour’s Kitchen  Brown.  2 00 
Armour's Mottled  German  2 25

Single box............................ 2
5 box lots, delivered...........2
10 box lots, delivered.........  2 65

American Family, wrp’d__3 33
American Family, unwrp’d.3
Dome.........................................3 33
Cabinet.................................2
Savon........................................ 2 50
Dusky Diamond. 50 6  oz__ 2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz__ 3 00
Blue India, 100 Si lb................. 3 00
Kirkoline............................. 3
Eor.......................................3  «5
One  box  American  Family 
free with five.
Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Single box........................... 2 80
5 box lots...............................2  75
10 box lots............................2 1
25 box lots............................ 2 (
Wolverine Soap Co.’s Brands.

Single b o x ........................... 2 65
5 box lots, delivered........... 2 60
10 box lots, delivered.  ........2 50
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. 

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  ..2 75
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars__ 3  75
Uno, 100 %-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars............ 2 05
Sapolio. kitchen, 3 d o z......2 40
Sapoiio, hand, 3 doz...........2 40

Scouring.

Washing Powder.

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

STARCH.

Kingaford’s  Corn.

40 1-lb packages...................  8
20 1 lb packages...................  6)4

Klnggford’s  Silver  Glosa.
♦ 0 1-lb packages...................  634
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 
20 1 lb. packages..................  4%
40 1 lb. packages..................  434
20 lb. boxes..........................  4
401b. boxes.........................
1-lb  packages......................  434
3-lb  packages......................  4)4
6-lb  packages......................  43k
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   3
Barrels 

Common Gloss.

.................
STOVE POLISH.

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

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

21

Crockery  and

Glassware.

9 50 
12 56 
10 75 
16 50 
14 56 
9 56 
9 56
6'

934
9
»348
16
6$
@9
634
834
11

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

Butters.

34 gal., per doz.................  50
1 to 6 gal., per gal.............  
534
8 gal., per g a l....................  034
10 gal., per gal....................  
gw
12 gal., per gal.....................  634
lo 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 
53485
60
534
34 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  65 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  534 

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

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

Milkpans.

Churns.

Stewpans.

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

Jugs.

34 gal., per doz.................   40
34 gal., per doz......... ........  50
1 to 5 gal., per gal..
634

Tomato Jugs

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

Sealing Wax.

LAMP  BURNERS.

5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
No.  0 Sun................... 
45
No.  1  Sun........................ !!  50
No.  2 Sun..........................  
75
Tubular..........................  
50
Security, No. 1...........!!.'.”  65
Security, No. 2................ 
35
Nutmeg  ............................ 
50
Climax...............................  1  50
LAMP  CHIMNEYS-Common. 
_  
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun.......................  
1  75
No.  1  Sun..........................! 1  88
No.  2  Sun..........................   2 70
No.  0  Sun,  crimp  top,
No.  1  Sun,  crimp  top,
No.  2  Sun,  crimp  top,

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

First  Quality.

XXX Flint.

No.  0  Sun,  crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled....  2 55 
No. 
1  Sun,  crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled....  3 75 
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................   3 70
No  2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................   4 70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled.........................  4  gg
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamps............  
80

La  Bastie.

No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................   j  25
No. 2 Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
do?  .................................  1  50
No.  1 Crimp, per doz.........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz......... 1  60

Rochester.

Electric.

OIL  CANS. 

No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)____4  06
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........  4  70
No.-2, Lime  (70c doz)  ...... 4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)........  4  40
Doz.
gal tin cans with  spout..  1  25 
gal galv iron with spout.  1  65 
gal gaiv iron with  spout.  2 87 
gal galv iron with spout.  3  50 
gal galv iron with  spout.  4  75 
gal galv iron with faucet 4 75 
gal galv iron with  faucet 5 25
gal Tilting cans................g  00
gal galv Iron  Nacefas  ...  9 00 
gal Rapid steady stream.  9 00 
gal Eureka non-overflow 10 56
.......10  50
gal Home Rule..... 
gal Home Rule................12 00
gal  Pirate  King..............  9  50
o.  0 Tubular..................   4  25
No.  1 B  Tubular..............  6 50
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... e 30
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__ 7 00
No.  12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  00
No.  3 Street  Lam p.........   3 75

LANTERNS.

Pump  Cans

LANTERN  OLOBES. 
o.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents...........  45
o.  0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
each, box 15 cents.........   45
o.  0 Tubular,  bbis 5 doz.
each, bbl 351....................   40
o. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,
cases 1 doz. each............   1 25
o. 0 per gross...................  20
No. 1 per gross................... 
25
No. 2 per gross.................  
38
No. 3 per gross................... 
58
Mammoth........................... 
70

LAMP  WICKS.

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

SUQAR.

, 

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 75
Domino................... 1. . . 
5 6j
Cubes..................... . . . . .. .  b Si
Powdered  ............... ......... a
XXXX  Powdered__
.5 50 
Mould  A......................
.5 38 
Granulated in bbis! !! 
.5  13
Granulated in  bags__
......P ............5  13
h me Granulated................. b  13
Extra Fine Granulated...... 5 25
Extra Coarse Granulated  o 25 
Diamond  Confec.  I 
........5 1 1
Confec. Standard A
___5 U0
No.  1....................
........4 8a
No  2..............
........4 88
No.  3............... .
........4  t8
No.  4 ..............
........4 88
No.  5................**
........4 81
No.  6............... .
........4  75
No.  7 .........
........4 69
No.  8.................
........4 56
No.  9.........
........4 44
No.  10........
........4 38
No.  11..............
........4 3i
,
No.  12...............  
4 25 
no.  13.......................
19
14................................. ÜÜ4 13
No.  15.......................................3 06
No.  lb.................................... 00

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand
New  Brick..............................35 00
Morrison, Plummer & Co.’s b’d.
Governor Yates, 434  in.....58 00
Governor Yates, 4%  in.....65 00
Governor Yates, 5!£ in ..  ..70 00
Monitor.................................. 30 00

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand.

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

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

bbis.  pails
Standard.................  634©  714
-
Standard H.  H. 
~ 
6y*@ 734 
Standard Twist 
6  ©  8 
Cut Loaf.........
@  bjá 
cases 
Jumbo, 321b  ..........
© 614
Extra H. H.........
© »yä
Boston  Cream........
@

Mixed Candv.

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

Fancy-In Bulk.

Lozenges, plain......
Lozenges,  printed..
Choc.  Drops...........
Choc.  Mouumeutals
Gum  Drops............
Moss  Drops........
Sour Drops............’
Imperials............ !

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

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 Bar  ...!... 
Hand Made Creams.
Plain  Creams.........
Decorated Creams
String Rock............
Burnt Almonds...... )
Wintergreen Berries
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes  ...................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  ib!
boxes...................
No. 2 wrapped, 2  ib. 
boxes  .........

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.

CIGAR

Star Green.........................35 06

VINEGAR.

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

WICKING.

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

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

Oysters in Cans.

F. H. Counts...........
F. J. D. Selects........
Selects ....................
F. J. D. Standards..
Anchors..................
Standards...............
Favorites...............

Oysters  in  Bulk

F  H. Counts.........
Extra Selects........
Selects..................
Anchor Standards.
St  ndards..............
Clams....................

Shell  Goods.

Per lb.

@  32 
@  27

@1  75 
©I  60 
@1  36 
@1  20 
©1  X') 
@1  25

Fruits.
Oranges. 

Choice Naples.

160s
266s.
266 Fancy. Rodls.
Lemons. 
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice 3009..
Fancy 366s..............
Ex.s ancy  300s........
Ex.  Rodi 360s.........
Bananas.

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

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Figs, Choice  Lavers
101b Califoruias... 
Figs  New  Suijiuag
12 lb boxes...........
Figs,  Naturals 
in
30 lb. bags,..  .......
Dates, Fards in 101b
boxes.................
Dates, Fards in 60 lb
cases  ....  ...........
Dates,Persians,H.M.
B., 60 lb cases, new 
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb
c ases...........

Nuts.

<a 8t4

Almonds, Tarragona..  @13
Almonds, Ivaca.........   @n
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............   @15
Brazils new...............  
Filberts  ....................  @xo
Walnuts, Grenobles ..  @13
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.  @ie
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif.......................  @12
Table Nuts,  fancy__  @13
Table Nuts,  choice...  @12
Pecans, Med...............  @m
Pecans, Ex. Large__  @12
Pecans, Jumbos........   @14
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Cocoauuts,  full  sacks 

Ohio, new................  @175
—
@3  75

Peanuts. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suus 
Fancy,  II.  P„  Flags
Roasted..................
Choice, H. P., Extras 
Choice, H. P.,  Extras. 
Boasted  ...............

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© 6 
© 8 
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©56 
©66 
©tí I 
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©36 
©75 
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Grains and Feedstuffs

•Provisions.

Wheat.

Wheat.

Local Brands.

Winter  Wheat  Flour. 
Patents............................  5
Second  Patent..............  . ’  5 60
Straight......
4 86 
Clear.........................
4  46 
Graham  ...........
4 75 
Buckwheat__
3 46 
R ye..................
3 75
Subject  to  usual  _  
count.
Fiour in bbis., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  34s...................  
4  g0
Quaker,  54s...................... !  4 ev
Quaker, 34s........................  4  80
Fairfield & Co’s Brand.
Whole Wheat 1-I6s ............  520

Spring  Wheat Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand. 
Pillsbury’s Best Us.  . 
5 65
Pillsbury’s Best )4s...........  5 55
hUry.S £esl v*s...........  5 45
p!ii<^ry.s 5ebt ' 6s paper .  5  4o 
Pnlshury s Best >*s paper..  5 45
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand.
Grand Republic, %s.......... a  65
Grand Republic, 14s...........5 55
Grand Republic, 34s...........5  *5
Lemon <& Wheeler Co.’s  Brand. 
Gold Medal 34s...
5  63 
Gold Medal Ms...
5 55 
Gold Medal ¡4s...
5  45 
Parisian,  )js.......
5  C5 
Parisian, )4e.....
5  55 
Parisian. 34s........
45
5  65
5 gg
a 4a

Ceresota, * s ................... 
Ceresota, 34s........  
 
Ceresota, 34s. . . . . .  
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand
Laurel,  34s.......................   5  6.
Laurel, 34s ....... 
5  55
Laurel, 34s......................"   5

Judson’s Brand.

Olney 

 

 

 

Meal.
Bolted................
Granulated

1  75
2 60
Feed and Millstuffs.
xt1’ c,aJ,Feed. screened__ 14  ao
IGornand  Oats......... 13  ao
Unbolted Corn Meal........  13 no
Winter Wheat  Bran......... 11  00
Winter Wheat Middlings..Li 00 
Screenings..........................  99
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co 
quotes as follows:

New Corn.
Car  lots.............. 
29
Less than  car lots!.....!..  32
Car  lots............................  24
Carlots, clipped.......... . . ..  26
Less than  car lots...... .!! ’.  28

Oats.

Hay.

No. 1 Timothy carlots........  9 00
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots__16 00

Crackers.

TheN.Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

Oyster.

as follows:
Butter.
SeymourXXX.  ... 
4
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  434
Family *XXX......................  4
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  434
Salted XXX.........  
4
Salted XXX. 3 lb carton!!!  434
Soda.
Soda  XXX  .......................   4
Soda XXX, 3 lb carton...  434
Soda,  City................. 
5
Zephyrette.........  
...........   9
Long Island  Wafers!!!!!!!  9 
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  10
Square Oyster, XXX.........   434
Sq. Oys. XXX, 1  lb carton.  534 
Farina Oyster,  XYY.........   4
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  9
Bent’s Cold Water............   13
Belle Rose................... 
6
Cocoanut Taffy............ g
Coffee Cakes............... ...!  g
Frosted Honey...................  10
Graham Crackers  ............   g
Ginger 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..............  10
Molasses Cakes.....................g
Marshmallow  ...................  12
Marshmallow  Creams......   13
Pretzels,  hand  m ad e......  6
Pretzelettes, Little German  6
Sugar  Cake.......................  g
Sultanas.................... .....!  jq
Sears’Lunch............ !.!!!!!  6
Vanilla  Square...........   ” *  7
Vanilla  Wafers......... . .!.  12
Pecan Wafers................. 
12
Mixed Picnic................. !.'  jo
Cream Jumbles...............!  jnz
Boston Ginger  Nuts..........   g
Chimmie Fadden.............  9
Pineapple Glace................  12
Penny Cakes......................  g
Marshmallow  Walnuts....  13 
Belle Isle Picnic................  io

Swift  &  Company  quote  as 

follows:
Barreled Pork.
Mess  .............................
B a c k ......................
Clear  back....... ..........
Shortcut...........
Pig..........................
Bean  .... ........................
Family  .................. . .  . .
Dry Salt Meats.
Bellies............................
Briskets  ...................." ’ ‘
Extra shorts............... . .
Smoked fleats.
Hams, 12 lb  average  __
...
Hams, 14 lb  average 
Hams, 161b  average......
Hams, 26 lb  average......
Ham dried beef  ............
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut)."!
Bacon,  clear............... g
California  hams...........
Boneless hams...............
Cooked ham............... !!! 
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound......................
Kettle........................... ;;
55 lb Tubs..........advance
80 lb Tubs..........advance
501b T ins..........advance
20 lb Pails..........advance
19 lb Pails..........advance
5 lb Pails..........advance
31b Pails..........advance
Bologna............ ..........
Liver........................ ;;;;;
Frankfort.........
P ork................... .! " " "
Blood  ..............!!!!.!!!.
Tongue................ !.!!!!!
Head  cheese...................
Extra  Mess...............
Boneless  ......... ...**' 1
Rump...................
Pigs’ Feet.
Kits, 15 lbs.........
34  bbis, 40 lbs.................... ■
1  56
34  bbis, 80 lbs.................  2  80
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
75
34  bbis, 40 lbs................  1  40
34  bbis, 80 lbs.................  2 75
Casings
Pork.......................
18
Beef  rounds......... !
Beef  middles.........
Sheep......................
Butterlne.

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

Sausages.

Tripe.

Beef.

Rolls,  dairy................. 
SoUd,  dairy.................’. 
Rolls,  creamery............  
Solid,  creamery............  

.  9 06 
.12 66 
.12 00

60

u
iq3s
14
1334

Canned  Meats.

Corned  beef,  2 lb........  2 10
Corned  beef, 14  lb..........u   00
Roast  beef,  2 lb........... 2 i 0
go
Potted  ham,  34s.........  
Potted  ham,  34s.........   1  00
60
Deviled ham,  34s__ 
Deviled ham,  34s.........   1  00
Potted  tongue 34s.........  
60
Potted  tongue 34s.........   1  00

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

Carcass ...............  6
Forequarters............! 5
Hind  quarters........  7
Loins  No.  3.............  9
Ribs.......................! 
Rounds................
Chucks............... .
Plates  .................
Pork.
Dressed
Loins 
Shoulders 
Leaf Lard
Mutton.
Carcass..................
Spring Lambs........
Veal.
Carcass  .........   ....

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Hides.

Hides  and  Pelts.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows:
Green...................  . . . 7  @8
Part  cured.................  ©  834
Full Cured.................  7&@  834
g r y .............................. 9 @11
Kips,  green................  7 © 8
Kips,  cured................  8 @  9
Calfskins,  green........  734©  9
Calfskins, cured........9  @1034
Deaconskins  .............25  ©30
Shearlings...............  
5©  30
  40© 90
Lambs..................... 
Old  W ool.......................  gn©  90

Pelts.

Oils.
Barrels.

Eocene  .....................   @1134
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @ 834
W W Michigan...........  © g
Diamond White.........  @ 7
D„ S. Gas....................  @g
Deo. N aptha..............  © 734
Cylinder....................25  @36
Engine.......................11  ©21
back, winter...........  © g

22

Hardware

Why  the  Organization  of  Hardware 

Dealers  Is  a  Necessity.

Ante Lucem in American Artisan.

Some  thirty  days  ago  I  met  a  friend, 
the  representative  of  a  large  wholesale 
house,  and  in  our  conversation  alluded 
to  the  contemplated  organization  of 
North  Dakota  hardware  dealers.  My 
companion  asked  who  was  at  the  head 
of  the  movement  and  if  an  organization 
was  probable.  An  affirmative  answer 
brought  out  the  statement  such  an  or­
ganization  would  affect  his  people,  as 
they  had  a  large  department  store  trade 
in  that  State,  “ but,”   said  he,  “ I  pre­
sume  we  can  give  it  up. "   This  same 
house  are  supposed  confieres  with  other 
state  organizations  like  Wisconsin  and 
Minnesota.

interest 

This  revelation  shows  two  things,  at 
(i )  that  they  will  only  conserte 
least: 
the  dealer’s 
in  a  state  whete 
organized  demands  or  requests are made 
upon  them  to  do  so;  (2)  that  other  sec­
tions  or  states  can secure  just  protection 
or  their  co  operation  only  when 
the 
united  voice  calls  for  it. 
If  any  con 
corn  or  jobbing  house  concedes  protec 
lion  to  the  dealers  of  one  state  under  a 
united  request  of  reasonable  demands, 
ami  grants  those  requests,  it  is a reason 
able  acknowledgment  of  the  justice  oí 
such  requests,  and  it  is  strange  indeeo 
why  a  reputable  house  would continue to 
sell  such  a  class  of  trade  in another state 
where  no  organization  exists,  and  where 
no  requests  have  been  made. 
Such 
innate  selfishness  of 
action  shows  the 
man  and  a  corporation’s  greed. 
in 
■ *ue  case  or  state  concessions  are  freely 
giai  ted  upon  t<  e  united  requests  of 
oealer-,  wtiy  should  it  not  be  allowed  in 
another  ca-e  or  state  on 
the  br iad 
grounos  ol  equal  and  exact  justice  to

If 

1  he  foui,deis  of  this  Government, 
"ho  nacl  hut  lately  been  under  the  yoke 
ot  oppression  from  trade  conditions, 
conceived  of  a  National  government 
broad  and  strong,  where  freedom 
of 
thought,  freedom  of  speech,  fieedom  of 
action,  freedom  of  religion,  every  man 
to  his  own  Goti  111  his  own  way  so 
long 
as  he  abridged  not  the  rights  of  other 
men ;  a government untrammeled  in  any 
of 
its  commercial  relations  as  between 
individuals  and  states;  a  government 
where  there  should  be  no  centralization 
of  any  power;  a  government  granting 
special  privileges  to  none,  and  promis­
e s   equal  and  inalienable  rights  to  ail. 
Such  was  the conception  of  the  framers 
of  our  constitution,  and  such  was  the 
patriotic  spirit  of  those  who  carried  the 
Stars  and  Stripes through the revolution, 
and  the  same  spirit  has  defended  it  a 
thousand  times  since

the 

The  close  observer  cannot  have  failed 
to  notice  within 
last  decade 
or  two  the  rapid  tendency  to the central­
ization  of  all  our commercial  industries. 
in  the  organized  trusts,  in 
It 
is  found 
consolidated 
industries  and  combina­
tions  of  cap  tal,  to  control  the  output, 
control  the  raw  product  and  manipulate 
prices,  all  of  which  are  in  direct  vio­
lation  of  the 
intent  and  spirit  of  our 
constitution.

The  rancorous  trusts  have  iheir  ad­
juncts 
in  the  devil  fish,  the  catalogue 
house  and  the  department  store,  the  lat­
ter  two  of  the  greatest  curses  10  trade, 
commerce  and  morality,  and  that  ought 
to  be  moved  against  by  the  united  and 
concerted  action  of  every  honest  trader 
of  the  country,  manufacturer,  wholesaler 
or  retailer.  They  are  but  arteries  sup­
plying  a  life  blood  to  the  defiai  t  trusts, 
a  cancerous  growth  upon  the  commer­
cial  industries  of  fair  America.

If  no 

legislation  can  be  had  against 
these  monsters,  then  should  come  the 
surgeon  s  knife 
in  the  hands  of  every 
retail  merchant,  to  cut  off  every  supply 
of  every  source  that  gives  life  or  sup 
port  to  these  incubi. 
If  any  manufac­
turer  or  wholesaler  persists  in supplying 
their  wants  and  aids  them  with  his 
stocks  and  goods,  to  the  manifest  injury 
of  the  honest  tiader,  then  is  he  or  they 
an  enemy  to  your  prosperity,  an  enemy 
to  your  business,  and  you  should  have 
naught  in  common  with  them.

Much  has  been  done  in  the  few  short 
months  since  the  first  retail organization 
formulated  its  work,and  the  addition  of 
every  member 
is  but  one  more  nail  in 
the  box  that  shall  seal  the  fate  of  uniair 
trading  and 
illegitimate  competition, 
which  rob  men  of  their  honor  and  worn 
en  of  their  virtue.  Let  every  state  or­
ganize.  Let  every  retailer  become  an 
active  member,  and  commercial  pros­
perity  will  come 
iong  before  congres­
sional  legislation  can  bring  it.

Takes  Traveling  Men  to  Task.

The  Railway  Age,  in 

its  last  issue, 
says  that  the  traveling  men  are  not  the 
ones  to  prescribe  the  methods  under 
which  the  railways  must  supply  them 
with  reduced  rate  transporation.  The 
editorial,  in  which 
this  expression  of 
opinion  occurs,  reads  as  follows:

The  efforts  of  the  Eastern  and  West­
ern  roads,  by  somewhat  different  meth­
ods,  to  accommodate  the  commercial­
traveling  fraternity  with 
interchange­
able  mileage  tickets  have  not  resulted 
in  satisfying  the  demands  for  mileage 
books  that  can  be  used  upon  the  train, 
without  stopping  at  the  ticket  window, 
and,  therefore,  some  of  the  traveling 
lien  aie  raising  loud  objections.  These 
’ e n ilt-m e n ,  naturally 
looking  very  ear­
nestly  after  their  own  convenience,  do 
not  seem  to  appreciate  the  difficulties 
with  which  the  railways  have  had  to 
contend  in  evolving  a  plan  under  which 
numerous  competing  roads  can  accept 
transportation  sold  by  any  one  of  them 
under  rea-onable  precautions  against 
misuse  and  error.

Speaking plainly.it  is  the  commercial 
travelers  themselves  who  have  made 
precautions  necessary  and  they  are  not 
the  ones  to  prescribe  the  methods  under 
which  the  railways  must  supply  them 
with  reduced-rate  transportation.  The 
forms  which  have  been  experimentally 
adopted  may  be  susceptible  of  improve­
ment,  but  they  ought  to  have  a  fair 
trial.  The  real  tendency  of  the  demand 
for  interchangeable  mileage  tickets 
is 
to  bring  the  railways  down  to  a  flat  rate 
of  2  cents  a  mile  to  everybody.  That  is 
not  what  the  commercial  men  want,  for 
the  more  the  public  travel  on  cheap 
tickets  to  shopping  centers  the  less  de­
mand  will  there  be  for  the  traveling 
salesman. 
In  consideration  of  the  re­
duced  rate  and  convenience  of  being 
able  to  enjoy  this  rate  on  any  road  in  a 
large  territory,  the  traveling  men  might 
well  afford  to  undergo  the  annoyance  of 
having  to  present  themselves  at 
the 
like  those  who  pay  full 
ticket  window 
rates.
Cranberry  Crop  This  Year  and  Last.
The  total  cranberry  crop  of  the  coun­
try  a  year  ago  was  over  900,000  bushels, 
divided  about  as  follows:  Cape  Cod 
and  other  New  England  districts,  650,- 
000  bushels;  New  Jersey  and  Long  Is­
land,  225,000;  Wisconsin  and  other 
Western  States,  40,000.  Based  on  above 
figures,  the  estimated  crop  for  this  year 
shows:  Cape  Cod  and  other  New  Eng­
land  districts,  487,500  bushels,  decrease 
25  per  cent  ;  New  Jersey  and  Long 
Island,  231,750  bushels,  increase  3  per 
cent.  ;  Western  States,  60,000  bushels, 
increase  50  per  cent.  ;  estimated  total 
crop  in  bushels,  779,250.

An  Equitable  Arrangement.

From the Ohio  Merchant.

The  millers  and  grocers  of  Grand 
Rapids  have  gotten  together  in  a  com­
mon  sense  agreement  and  are  helping 
one  another.  The  agreement  is  recipro­
cal  and  both  sides  profit  by  it.  The 
grocers  were  caused  much  trouble  by 
price  cutters,  so  the  members  of  the 
Retail  Grocers'  Association  push  the 
sale  of  home-made  flour  and  the  millers 
refuse  to  supply  flour  to  dealers  who  cut 
the  established  price.  This  is  equitable 
and  helps  to  keep  the  flour  trade  in  a 
healthy  condition,  as  well  as  to  encour­
age  the  use  of  home-made  flour.

The  fact  that  the  supply  of  gold  is be­
ing  tremendously  increased  isn’t  as  im­
portant,  after  all,  as  is  the  growing  op­
portunity 
in  most  lines  of  industry  to 
earn  some  of  it.

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

Anticipating that hundreds of Michigan 
merchants  will  visit  Grand  Rapids  for 
the first time  during  Carnival  Week  and 
believing  that  this  will  prove  an  excep­
tional opportunity to show the trade what 
we are manufacturing  in the tinware line, 
we have  arranged  to  exhibit  samples  of 
our entire line of  tinware,  enameled  and 
nickel  plated  ware  with  W.  H.  Rouse, 
ground floor  New  Blodgett  building,  cor­
ner Ottawa and  Louis  streets, and  solicit 
a call from  every  merchant  who  handles 
these goods either as a staple or specialty.
WM.  BKUMMELHK  &  «SONS,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

F a c to ry ,  260  S o u th   Io n ia  S tre e t.

specially  invites 

in sp ectio n   by  all 
d e alers  a t  o u r

REPOSITORY  ON  WEST 

BRIDGE  STREET.

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No.  iS R ice Boilers............. $4  47  per dozen
No.  20 Rice  Boilers.............  5 20 per dozen
No.  26 W ash Bow ls.............  i 15  per dozen
No.  28 W ash  B ow ls.............  1 32  per dozen
No. 30 W ash  Bow ls...........  
1 62 per dozen
No. 32 W ash  Bow ls.............  1 93 per dozen
No.  16 Preserving  Kettles,  i
iS per dozen
No.  iS Preserving  Kettles,  i 47 per dozen
No.  20 Preserving  Kettles.  I 77 per dozen
No.  22 Preserving  Kettles.  2 08 per dozen
No.  24 Preserving  Kettles.  2 3<S per dozen
No.  26 Preserving  Kettles.  2 67 per dozen
No.  28 Preserving  K ettles.  3 12 per dozen
No. 30 Preserving  Kettles.  3 72 per dozen
N o. 32 Preserving  Kettles.  4  47 per dozen
No. 60  1Tea  K ettles...............  4 75 per dozen
No. 70 T ea  Kettles...............  5 60 per dozen
No.  So  Tea  Kettles.............   6 40 per dozen
No. 90 Tea  K ettles...............  7 60 per dozen
10 quart  Flaring  Pail 
3  85  per dozen
4  75  per dozen
12 quart  F larin g Pail 
ifi quart  F laring Pail:
5  65 per dozen
10 quart  Dish  P ans..
3  72 per dozen
14 quart  Dish  P an s..
4  47 per dozen
*7 quart Dish  P an s...............  5  20 per dozen
2i  quart Dish  P ans...............  S  95 per dozen
1  quart M ilk P an s............... 
73 per dozen

2 quart M ilk  Pans........
3 quart M ilk  P ans.......
4 quart  M ilk P ans.......
5  quart M ilk P an s.......
6 quart  M ilk Pans  __
2 quart  Pudding  Pans.
3 ouart  Pudding  Pans.
4 quart Pudding  Pans.
5 quart Pudding  P an s.
6 quart Pudding  Pans.
9 inch P ie  P lates.........
10 inch Pie  P lates.........
No.  16 Sauce Pans,  2  q 
No.  iS Sauce  Pans,  21 ¿  q 
N o. 20 Sauce Pans,  3  qt 
No.  22 Sauce Pans,  4  qt 
N o. 24 Sauce Pans,  5  qt 
N o.  26 Sauce Pans,  6  qt 
N o. 28 Sauce  Pans,  7V2  ql 
N o. 30 Sauce Pans,  10  qt 
No.  10 T ea Pots,  1 }/2  qt 
N o. 20 T ea Pots,  2  q t.. 
N o. 30 T ea Pots, 3  q t .. 
N o. 40 T ea Pots,  4  q t .. 
No.  25 Coffee  Pots, 2 q t.. 
N o. 35 Coffee Pots, 3 q t.. 
No. 45 Coffee Pots, 4 q t..

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Less  5  per cent,  discount  for cash  with 
order.  All  goods  warranted  to  be  perfect. 
Send  in  your  orders  at  once,  as  we  shall 
withdraw  these  prices  in  one  week.

FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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The  Hardware  Market 

Business 

larger  amounts  and 

in  the  hardware  line  keeps 
up  very  well,  orders  coming  in  with  a 
great  deal  of  frequency  and  consisting 
larger  assort­
of 
ments  than  have  been  ruling 
in  the 
past.  The  general  tendency  of  the  mar­
ket 
is  upward.  Factories  seem  to  be 
very  busy  in  all  lines,  which  fact,  with 
combinations and agreements,  which  are 
becoming  quite  general,  will  have  a 
tendency  to  hold  prices  up  during  the 
coming  winter.

:

Wire  Nails—The demand keeps up un­
usually well and  it is  very  difficult  to get 
orders  filled  within  thirty  days  of  the 
time  of  placing  with  some  of  the  fac­
tories.  The  price  is  much  firmer  than 
it  has  been  and  at  the  present  time  it  is 
impossible  to  place  an  order  with  any 
factory  at  less  than  $1.50  base,  and  in 
some  instances  as  high  as  $1.60.  With 
the  high  price  that  is  being  asked  for 
steel  billets,  as  well  as  steel  rods,  it 
not  believed  that  any  lower  prices  wi 
prevail  this  year,  it  is  asserted  by some 
that  an  agreement  will be reached which 
will  bold  the  price  up  much 
longer. 
Jobbers  are  quoting  wire nails  at factory 
at  S i . 60  and  from  stock  $ i . 75@ j. 8o .

Barbed  Wire—Although the demand 

limited 
in  this  section  of  the  country 
the  price  is  fully  maintained  and  there 
is  no  indication  of  any  lower  price  be 
ing  made  this  fall.

Galvanized  Pipe—At  a recent meeting 
of  the  manufacturers  in  Pittsburg,  an 
advance  was  made  all  along  the  line, 
amounting  to  at  least  10  per  cent.

Shovels  and  Spades--The  recent  ad 
vance  made  by  manufacturers  is  fully 
maintained  and  jobbers,  as  a  rule,  hav 
advanced  their  prices 
in  conformity 
thereto.

Rope—-The  demand  for  rope  is  excel 
lent.  The  sales  for  the  past  mouth  or 
two  have  exceeded  those  for the  corres 
ponding  months  of  last  year.

Window  Glass— No  agreement  has  yet 
been  reached  between  manufacturers 
and  their  employes  and  it  is  stated  by 
those  who  are  on  the  inside  that  it  is 
doubtful  if  any  glass 
is  made  before 
December  1,  and 
it  may  run  into  the 
next  year.  The  price  is  advancing  and 
it  is  impossible  to get  an  order  filled  at 
any  of  the  mills  at  better  than  60and  20 
per  cent.

Reports  from  other  markets  are as fol 

lows:

Chicago:  Shelf  hardware  jobbers  re­
port  a  falling  off  of  business,  but,  in the 
main,  a  fair  condition  of  trade,  far  re­
moved  from  dulness.

St.  Louis:  Trade  at  this point  is now 
feeling  the  effects  of  the  yellow  fever  in 
the  South  and  the  drought  which  has 
been  prevalent  through  the  entire  West.
St.  Paul:  Fine  weather,  fair  crops 
and  good  prices  for  farm  products  have 
jointly  helped  to  improve  trade  in  the 
Northwest.

Boston :  Business  is  good  in all lines, 
being  a  large  increase  over  the  corres­
ponding  month  for  last  year.

Portland,  Oregon:  The  month 

just 
closing  is  the  best  for  the  hardware  and 
metal  trade  that  our  city  has  seen  since 
the  collapse  in  1893.
The 

in 
business  which  began 
con­
tinued  throughout  the  month  of Septem-
ber

improvement 

Baltimore: 

in  July 

Omaha :  To  sum 

it  all  up  i 
words,  the  whole  trade  situation 
most  satisfactory  condition.

few

and  prices  are  firm,  with  orders  fairly 
large.  Collections  are  fair.

Cleveland .  The  volume  of  business 
is  very  fair,  still  showing  an  increase 
over  that  of  last, year,

What  Is  the  Best  Paint?

Pure  linseed oil alone  should  be  used 
no  coal  oil  should  be  mixed  with 
it,  as 
is  often  done  to  cheapen,  for  coal’ oil 
has  no  binding  properties,  and  even­
tually  evaporates,  leaving  the  pigment 
with  nothing  to  hold  it  to  the  surface. 
No  animal  or  other  vegetable  oil 
should  be used,  for  they  do  not  dry,  and 
the  surface  will  not  become  hard  and 
durable.  No  rosin  oil,  a  frequent  adul­
terant,  should  be  used,  for  this  makes 
the  paint  dry  and  brittle,  thus  easily 
chipping  or  cracking  off.

What  shall  be  combined  with  pure 
linseed  oil  to  make  the  best  paint?  The 
experience  of  many  centuries  points  to 
pure  white  lead.  This  substance  has 
the  faculty  of  mixing  most  readily  with 
linseed  oil.  It  assists  the  oil  to  dry;  by 
combining  with 
it,  the  oil  is  rendered 
waterproof,  and  the  resulting  dry  film 
for a  long  time  remains  elastic,  so  that 
it  adapts  itself  readily  to  expansion and 
contraction  of  the  surface  without  a 
tendency  to  scale  off.

it  that 

There  are  additional  reasons why pure 
white  lead  is  the  best  pigment.  Among 
others,  it  has  greater  opacity  than  any 
other  substance,  therefore  hiding  the 
surface  better ;  consequently  fewer  coats 
are  required.  The  cost  of  paint  is  not 
very  great,  but  it  is  the  labor  of  apply 
ng 
Therefore 
when  you  can  cover  as  well  with  two 
coats  of  white-lead  paint  as  with  three 
or  four  coats  of  other  paint,  it  follows 
that  the  lead  paint  is  the  cheapest  by 
far.  Any  substance  that  is  added 
white  lead  except  for  the  purpose  of 
coloring  diminishes 
in  some  way  the 
value  of  paint.

is  expensive. 

Within  the  last  fifteen  or  twenty  years 
large  demand  has  been  created  for 
what  are  known  as  ready-mixed  paints, 
or  paints  prepared  with  oil  and  ready 
for  use,  which  appeals  to  the  user  a 
great  convenience. 
Some  makes  of 
these  appear  to  give  fair  satisfaction 
but  the  very  general  complaint  as  to 
their  want  of  durability  has  caused  the 
whole  class  to  fall  somewhat  into  dis 
repute.  The  cause  of  this  is  not  hard 
to  find.  We  have  previously  shown  that 
the  base  of  the  best  paint  for general 
use  should  be  pure  white  lead  and  pure 
’  nseed  oil.  Now,  white  lead  in  its  na 
ture  is  so  heavy  an  article,  so  dense  are 
ts  particles  (it  is  this  that  gives  it 
its 
great  value  as  a  covering pigment),  that 
cannot  be  held  in  suspension  for  any 
length  of  time  in  pure  linseed  oil.  As 
ready-mixed 
paints  contain  but 
lead, 
other  and  cheaper  substances,  inferior 
pigments,  being  substituted  there 
for;  and  in  order  to  cause  the  paint  to 
dry  quickly  various  driers  containing 
turpentine  and  benzin  are  introduced. 
The  effect  of  these  is  to  thin  the  oil 
and  render 
it  less  capable  of  holding 
the  various pigments  in  suspension.  To 
counteract  the tendency  to  settle,  the  oil 
is  treated,  to  make  it  thicker—alkalies 
and  water,  which  form  soap  or  emul­
sions  with  the  oil,  being  frequently 
used. 
is  not  difficult,  then,  to  see 
why  such  paints  so  often  prove  disap­
pointing  to  the  user;  nor  does  the  ex­
pense  stop  here,because, if  he  desires  to 
repaint  with  a  poor  article  and  secure 
the  best  results,  the  old  coats  must  first 
be  entirely  removed.

matter  of  fact,  most 

little  white 

It 

San  Francisco:  Since our last  report, 
business  has  improved  to  a  marked  de­
gree  in  all  lines.

The  moral  of  all  this  is,  The  best  is 
the  cheapest  in  the  long  run;  better  re­
sults  are  obtained,
are  obtained,  greater  durability 
i and  satisfaction;  besides,  at  the  present
Ihe  market  is  steady! time,  the  best  is  actually  the  cheapest.

Philadelphia

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HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Stamped Tin Ware................. 
new list 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware......... 
......... Dew llst £ ?   2
Granite Iron  Ware.................. I.’.'.mw itoVSftio
P o .„....................." 0 L L 0 W
Settles.........................................................

8plders.....................

Gate, « a rk ’s, 1, 2, 3...............................  dis 60*10
...............................per doz. net  2 50

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Bright............... WU!E  «

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Gate Hooks and Eyes...................| ”  ........

LEVELS

ROPES

inch and  larger

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dis
Sisal, 
Manilla.............. 
Steel and Iron.. 
Try and Bevels 
Mitre...............

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

SQUARES

5*

SHEET  IRON

com. smooth.

Nos. 10 to 14.....  
com. 
«2  40 
Nos. 15 to 17........... ......................   o in
2  40
Nos. 18 to 21..............  ................. % in
Nos. 22 to 24............  
i *9
................. S ™ 
Nos. 25 to 26..............  .................   oYX 
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„A ’J sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
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SAND  PAPER
List  acct. 19, ’86....................... 

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SASH  WEIGHTS

Solld Eyes........................................per ton  20 00
Steel, Game..................  
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Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .........  
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TRAPS  ■

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WIRE

Mouse, delusion........................ per doz 
Bright Market.............. 
Annealed  Market........!............................. 
Coppered  Market.......
Tinned Market...........
Coppered Spring  Steel__
Barbed  Fence, galvanized
Barbed  Fence!  painted.™...’!

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70*1062K
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HORSE  NAILS

Putnam............  
.............. • •... dis 40&1C
Northwestern.......... .'!!!!!.'!.'.'.'.'!.'.'!.W!dis 10*10
WRENCHES
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled 
*>n
Coe’s Genuine...............................' .............
so
Coe s Patent Agricultural, wrought 
go
Coe’s Patent, malleable........... 
Bird  Cagea................... 
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Pumps, Cistern................. 
¡5Í
Screws, New List...............  
S S S S & j s SLI!»*...... :: 
Dampers, American
600 pound casks................ 
Perpound............................... 
SOLDER

: 50*10*10
50
Rl,
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MISCELLANEOUS

METALS—Zinc

The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
ate/by  private  brandsvary 
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according to composition. 
10x14 IC, Charcoal..............
14x20 IC, Charcoal............  
20x14 IX, Charcoal............. !.!!
Each additional X on this grade, #1.25,

.................... * 5 75
5  75 
7 00

TIN—Melyn Grade

TIN—Allaway Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal.............. 
14x20 IC, Charcoal......................................  
10x14 IX,Charcoal............... . . " .................  "
14x20 IX, Charcoal....................... !!.'.!! 
Each additional X on this grade, 81.50. 

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ROOFING  PLATES
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean......... 
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean....  
 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean......... in 
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allawav Grade 
35  20*28 1C, Charcoal,’Allawav Grade 
25

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BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE 
for  No-  8  Boilers, ) _

¡ÍXK 
14x56 IX.  fo r  No.  9  Boilers,  f Per Pound.

TR A D ESM AN  
ITEM IZED  
LED G ER S

Size  8  1*2x14— T h ree  C olum ns.

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

voices...................................   K;00

TRADESMAN COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUQURS  AND  BITS

S n ell’s ........................
Jennings’, genuine
Jennings’;Imitation

A xes
First Quality, S. B. Bronze
o. a . xtruuze............. 
7
First Quality, D. B. Bronze...... 
Sirsi ,Huai!ty-8-B- s- steel.......; 
First Quality. D. B. Steel.................

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.........   Ö S  I state
..........   5 ^

Ä e T 1  ....................................... .  00  14 «O I
.................................................  net  30 00 1

BARROWS

BOLTS

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

Well,  plain.

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST

Cast Loose  Pin, figured............   ... 
70Æin
Wrought Narrow..............................  ” ” ’.!.70*10

Ordinary Tackle.

BLOCKS

CROW  BARS

Cast Steel.

.per lb
Ely’s  1-10...................... 
___ m
Hick’s c. F .................... ............. ........g f l“
G .  D ..................... 
............................ P fr in
M usket...........   ........................................... S f r m
...................................................... per m

CAPS

Rim   Fire.  .. 
C entral  F ire.

CARTRIDGES

CHISELS
Socket Firmer....................
Socket Framing............... ” '
Socket Comer.............
Socket Slicks..............."!...
DRILLS

Morse’s Bit Stocks......
Taper and Straight S h a n k . . . ...............
Morse’s Taper Shank.....................'.50*   5

ELBOWS

doz  net
..aoz.net

EXPANSIVE  BITS

Com. 4 piece, 6 in.......................  
Corrugated................ 
Ad^ustable.................. ::;;; ;dls 40*10
8 5 1  W i Si 5 »
New American...........
Nicholson’s..............; ; ; ; ; ; ; ...................... 70&>o
Heller’s Horse Rasps...... ............................. rrA,i>

FILES—New  List

o a l v a n u e d   « o n ...........

List  12 

?*!t0 201 22 and 24; 25 and 26;  27 
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13 

15 

14 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

GAUGES

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s__
KNOBS-New List

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings 
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings....'".' 

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MATTOCKS

NAILS

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IW F ™ .....................................#16 00, dis  60*10
H m t’a
.......................................  00, dis 60*10
Hunts......................................... #18 50, dis 20*10 1
„Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire
Steel nails, base............  
Wire nails, base.................. ........................  
20 to 60 advance...........................................
10 to 16 advance.............  ............................
8 advance..................................................
6 
4 advance
3 
...
2 advance.................... ..............................   ml
Fine 3 advance....
Casing 10 advance 
Casing  8 advance 
Casing  6 advance 
Finish 10 advance 
~lnish
inish  6 advance 
Barrel % advance.

fínñiJnnrn.......................................  
0 advance............  
8 advance................................¡g

advance 
advance...................... 

MILLS

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s.................
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  MaUeabies! !
Coffee, Landers. Ferry *  Clark’s....
Coffee, Enterprise....................  ............."

MOLASSES  GATES

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

..............fio*in

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy...................
©50
Sciota Bench...........
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy” ! " I ! " ...........
^¿n
Bench, first quality...............  
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood.!!”  *' ”   —
60 |

PANS

................................. 60*10*10
g

Fry, Acme 
Common, polished.................................. 
RIVETS
,  
Iron and  Tinned..................
Copper Rivets and Burs......... ...!....!! ’..!! 

60

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PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 I 
B  Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9 20 
Broken packages %c per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

Maydole & Co.’s, new  list...............  
dis  sxu
2
Kip’s  ..................................  
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Yerkes *  Plumb’s....................
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 30c list * 7 0
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 80c Us,40* 191

short  of the  year  of  1895.  Thus  it would 
be  fair  to  estimate  the  turkey  crop  of 
1897  to  be  about  75  per  cent,  of  last 
year  or  about  60  per  cent,  or  little  over 
half  of  a  full  crop.  The  reasons  as­
signed  for  the  short  crop  are  unfavor­
able  weather  conditions  during 
the 
spring  and  possibly  more  to  the  fact 
that  but  few  turkeys  were  carried  over 
from  the  crop  of  1896  to  raise  turkeys 
with.  High  prices  during  the  fall  and 
winter  of  1896 and  early  winter  months 
of  1897 
influenced  farmers  to  market 
their  stock  closely.

Chickens—The  reports  in  nearly  all 
cases  note  a  liberal  supply  of  chickens 
and  a  crop  possibly  10  per  cent,  larger 
than  last  year.  From  many  sections  the 
reports  state  a  considerable 
young  chickens  by  rats,  which,  owing 
to  the  amount  of  corn  kept  cribbed 
i 
the  country,  were  very  abundant;  espe 
cially  throughout  Illinois,  Iowa  and 
Northern  Missouri,  more 
especially 
Iowa,  they  killed  a  great  many  chick 
ens,  but  notwithstanding  this 
loss  the 
supply  will  be  heavy  and  exceed  that  of 
last  year.

loss 

Ducks— As  a  rule,  the  reports  indi 
cate  a  larger  crop  of  ducks  than 
last 
year.  A  fair  estimate  would  probably 
oe  about  15  per  cent,  more  than  last 
year.  A  good  many  ducks  were  carried 
over  from  the  crop  of  1896,  which  was 
the  foundation  for  an  increased  supply, 
and  the  weather  conditions  evidently 
were  favorable  at  the  time  the  youn 
ducks  were  hatched.

Geese— From  the  repotrs  received  we 
would  estimate  the  crop  of  geese  at 
least  15  per  cent,  short  of  last  year,  or 
about  85  per  cent,  of  a  full  crop.  Ad 
vices  from  some  sections  state  the  rea 
son  for  a  smaller  crop  was  the  unfavor 
able  weather  at  the  time  of  hatching— 
cold  and  wet  weather.  Nearly  all  re 
ports  note  a  scarcity  of  geese  and  many 
state  that  the  quality  is  poorer  than  last 
year,  the  geese  being  smaller  and  thin­
ner  than  at  the  same  period  last  season. 
Possibly  the  higher  prices  for  grain 
made  farmers  less  inclined  to  feed,  at 
least  not  so  liberally  as  last  year.

S pr a g u e  Com m issio n  Co.

Heavy  Fines  for Selling Colored Oleo
Providence,  R.  I.,  Oct.  6—Fines  ag­
gregating  $2,500  have  been  paid  by  K. 
Carleton  and  his  associates  in  the  Su­
perior  Criminal  Court  for  a  violation 
of  the  oleomargarine  law.  This  is  the 
largest  fine 
imposed  for  oleo  violation 
at  one  time  in  this  country.  Eddie  K 
Carleton  was  fined  $1,000,  D.  J.  Moriar- 
ty  $1,000,  Maurice  Healey  $400  and 
Edwin  P.  Hickman,  $100.  It  is  alleged 
these  men  have  been  in  the  business  for 
several  years,and both the  United  States 
and  the  State  officials  have  attempted  to 
prove  their  violations  of  the  law,  but 
ailed  until  now.  Carleton  was  prose­
cuted  on  the  charge  of  selling  oleo­
margarine  colored  in  imitation  of  but­
ter,  which  the  Massachusetts 
law  for- 
ids,  but  the  Rhode  Island  does  not. 
The  Oakdale  Manufacturing  Co.  of 
3rovidence  makes 
large  quantities  of 
the  article.  E.  K.  Carleton  was  the 
agent  of  the  Oakdale  company.  The 
defendants  were  arrested  last  Decem­
ber,  and  tried  in  the  Municipal  Court, 
and  on  appeal  their  cases  were  taken  to 
the  Superior  Criminal  Court,  and  tried 
n  March.  A  verdict  of  guilty  was  re­
turned.  They  appealed  to  the  Supreme 
Court,  and  sentence  has  been  delayed 
pending  the  hearing  of  the  exceptions, 
“ esterday  they  withdrew  their  excep- 
ons  on  the  condition  that  sentence 
would  be 
imposed  only  on  part  of  the 
counts.

24

Status  of  Beans  and  Potatoes  at  the 

St.  Louis  Market.

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Oct.  i i — For ten  days 
prior  to  last  Thursday  (Oct.  7),  the  po­
tato  market  was  very  much  depressed 
the  arrivals  being  very  heavy,  much 
excess  of  the  consumptive  local  demand 
and  for  shipping account.  The shipping 
was  much  interfered  with  on  account  of 
warm  weather  and  the  yellow 
fever 
quarantine 
in  the  South,  which  had  cut 
off  much  of  the  trade  from  this  market 
The  market  was,  therefore,  very  much 
depressed,  and  heavy  declines  were  ex 
Prices  were  hammered 
perienced. 
down  until 
it  was  hard  to  get  over  45c 
for  the  very  best  stock,  and  inferior  po 
tatoes  sold  as 
low  as  35c,  with  some 
fancy  Burbanks  bringing  as  high as 50c 
Toward  the  latter  part of  the  week  there 
was  an  improvement  in  this  condition 
The  low  prices  ruling 
interested  not 
alone  local  buyers,  but  also  buyers  from 
out  of  town  who  came  here  and  pur 
chased  potatoes  and  shipped  them  out, 
The  weather  turned  cooler,  also,  and 
all  of  these  conditions  tended  to  im 
prove 
situation.  Slightly  bette 
prices  were  obtainable  toward  the  close 
of  last  week,and  to-day  (Monday)  quit 
an 
is  noted,  and,  whil 
prices  are  not  very  much  higher,  there 
is  a  better feeling,  with  a  disposition  on 
the  part  of  the  trade  to  take  hold  and 
general 
considerably  higher  before  the  close 
this  week.  Any  fresh  receipts  of  choice 
Burbanks,  choice  Rurals,  and  other  de 
sirable  white  varieties  sell 
readily 
Rose,  Hebrons,  Early  Ohios  and  othe 
red  varieties  are  not  wanted  except  at 
lower  prices  than  Burbanks,  Rurals  and 
other  choice  white  stock.  With 
the 
advent  of  cooler  weather,  which  is  pre 
dieted,  we  look  for  higher  prices  and 
a  good  healthy demand.

impression  that  prices  will  be 

improvement 

the 

The  offerings, 

The  bean  market  has  been  dull  and 
weak,  with  considerable  decline  to  note 
during  the  past  week.  The  new  crop  of 
1897  is  beginning  to  arrive ;  the  quality 
is  very  fine  and  the  extent  of  the  crop 
much 
larger  than  was  reported  or  an­
ticipated  a  little  earlier  in  the  season. 
Buyers,  learning  of this,  were not willing 
to  buy  beans  except  at  low  prices,  and 
many  show  a  disposition  to  hold  off 
and  wait  and  see  what  the  market  is 
going  to  do.  Beans  are  as  weak,  or 
weaker  at  the  opening  of  the  market 
to-day  than  ever,  and  further  declines 
are  anticipated. 
too, 
are  heavy,  with  a  disposition on  the part 
of  shippers  to  force  sales.  This all tends 
to  lower  the  price.  The  market  here  at 
the  present  time  is  as  follows:  Choice 
new 1897 crop hand-picked Pea,  g6@98c ; 
choice  new  scieened,  go@92c ;  old hand­
picked,  94@95c ;  choice  old  screened, 
S5@SSc.  Lower  prices  are  expected. 
New  hand-picked  are  selling  at90c,  de­
livered,  at  Chicago.  We  must  advise 
selling,  as  we  expect 
lower  prices  to 
rule  later.  The  supply  of  old  beans  on 
in  this  market  and  we 
hand 
in  other  markets. 
understand 
The  quality  of  the  old  beans 
is  gener­
ally  very  poor  and  low  prices  have  to 
be  named  to  move  them.  The  quality 
is  very  inferior,  as  compared  with  this 
year’s  crop,  and,  of  course,  consider­
ably  lower  prices  have  to  be  named  as 
compared  with  the  prices  of  new  beans.

is  heavy 

is  so 

it 

M il l e r   &  T e a s d a l e  Co.

The  Poultry  Crop  of  1897  Short  All 

Around.

Chicago,  Oct. 

11— After  a  careful 
study  of  the  500  or  more  reports  re­
ceived  by  us  from  the  prominent  ship­
pers  and  dealers  throughout  the  princi­
pal  poultry-raising  districts,  we  are  en­
abled  to  make  the  following  report, 
which  we  believe  to  be  about  as  accu­
rate  an  estimate  as  can  be  given.  We 
have  no  interest  in  the  market  as  buyer 
or  speculator  and  therefore  would  have 
no  object 
condi­
tions.  Our  sole  purpose  is  to  place  be­
fore  the  poultry  dealers  the  most 
inter­
esting  and  at  the  same  time  best  and 
most  reliable  information  which  will  be 
of  benefit  to  them.

in  misrepresenting 

Turkeys—The  general  tenor  of  the 
reports  received  indicates  that  the  crop 
of  turkeys  will  be  short  of  last  year,  and 
last  year  was  very  much
the  crop  of 

The  Inference  to  Be  Drawn.

The  Groom— The  minister  seems  to 
think  he  knows  more  about  you  than  I 
do.

The  Bride— How’s  that?
The  Groom—I  gave  him  a  ten  and  he 

handed  back  five  of  it.

Don’t  Want  Such  ’Tators. 

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Since  the  strike 

in  his  shoe  factory 
Governor  Pingree  has  been  decidedly 
quiet.  There’s  one  kind  of  ’tatershel 
doesn’t  encourage.  That’s agitators,

impediment 

is  speech  probably  had  a 

Traveling  men  meet  with  all  sorts 
and  conditions  of  men,  no  doubt ;  but 
in 
the  one  with  the  slight 
little  the 
most  aggravating  experience, 
lately, 
that  falls  to  the  lot  of the average “ tour- 
st. ”   He  had  set  forth  the  beauties  of 
in  his  best  manner,  and  an­
swered  all  sorts  of  questions  over  and 
over  again,  when  the  prospective  cus­
tomer  gravely  remarked:  “ Now  just 
tell  that  yarn  again,  will  you?  I  do  like 
I to  see  you  work  your mouth. ”

goods 

M I C H I G A N   TRADESMAN

Notes  by  the  Way.

W ritten for the T rad esm an.

A  nice  studious  boy  who  is  nevei 
found  in any mischief  is,  undoubtedly,  a 
great  comfort  to  his  maiden  aunts  and 
friends  generally,  in  his  youth.  But  did 
you  ever  follow  him  up  through  life  to 
the  business  age  and  note  which  it  is 
who  comes  out  the  better—the  harum- 
scarum  boy  or  the  one  just  mentioned; 
not  calling  iniquity  or  dissipation  mis­
chief,  but  just  lively,  healthy  sport  and 
energy  which,  although  sometimes 
little  apalling  to  his  elders,  presage 
the  energy  that  will,  later  on,  be  turned 
to  valuable  account?

I  have  in  mind  a  family  of  brothers 
noted  for  their  success  in  business,  but 
whose  early  life  in  the  little staid Maine 
village  was  almost  one  of  terror  to  the 
neighbors.  One  series  of  escapades  will 
serve  as  an  example  of  their  many  de 
vices  for amusement:

A  careful  Yankee  mother  always  en 
forced  the  rule  of  staying  in  their  own 
yard  after  tea  at  night,  and this the boys 
found  somewhat  restricted  for  their  ex 
cess  of  spirits.  A  Wild  West  show  had 
just  been  through  the  town,  and  we 
know  its  effect  on  the  small  boy.  Every 
“ kid”   had  a  lasso  safely  concealed  be 
neath  bis  innocent-looking jacket,  ready 
for  any  possible  emergency,  and  only 
regtetting  that  the  “ emergency”   did 
not  oftener  present  itself.

for 

This  family  owned  a  cow  that  for  ra 
cing  qualities  was  only  equaled  by  the 
razor  back  hog  of  the  South,  and  the 
boys  saw  here  rare  possibilities 
for 
sport.  Almost  every  evening, 
time,  when  the  boys  had  been  safely 
gathered  in  out  of  harm’s  way  and  time 
was  beginning  to  hang  heavily  on  thei 
hands,  one  of  them  would  slip  out  to 
the  stable  and  untie  the  cow  and  re 
turn  with  a 
look  of  innocence  hard  to 
mistrust.  Soon  the  cry  would  go  up 
from  the  ones  deputized  to  watch  for 
this  event,  “ The  cow 
Then  the  scramb.e  would  begin,  for,  of 
course,  she  must  be  brought back.  De 
spite  the  advice  of  the  older  ones,  the 
cow  could  never  be  “ headed  off”   near 
home  and  would  soon  be  out  of  sight. 
Then  came  regular  circus  fun  with  the 
lassos.

is  out  again! 

Before  the  ruse  was  suspected  the cow 
was  ruined.  But  the  boys  had  “ just 
dead  loads  of  fun.”

* 

*

Perhaps  no  one  more  than  the  busir 
ness  man  will  appreciate  the  feelings  of 
the  old  deacon  whose  professions  were 
faithfully  carried  ou,t  but  who  realized 
their  hampering  effects 
in  matters 
In  conversation  he  once  re­
temporal. 
marked :  “  What  a  pity  ’tis  that  it’s  a 
in  to  lie— it  comes  so  awfully  handy  in 
trade!”

This  reminds  me  of  the  remark  of the 
foreigner  who  came  over  to  a  certain 
Michigan  town  and  established  himself 
n  the  business  of  “ funeral  director.”  
When  a  good  man  died,  he  was  heard 
to  observe:  “ Yes,  too  bad,  too  bad  he 

ed—aber,  me  make  coffins!”

One  often  wonders,  when  watching 
comedians,  what  sort  of  people  they  are 
at  home.  A  short  residence  in  Minne­
apolis  will  convince almost  any  one that 
the  case  of  “ the prophet without honor”  
is  not  that  of  Sol  Smith  Russell.  The 
frequency  with  which  the  fact 
is  cited 
that  this  is  his  place  of  residence,  and 
the  pride  which  the  people  seem  to 
feel  about  it,  are  proof  of  the  esteem  in 
which  he 
is  held.  The  most  amusing 
instance  of  the  kind  occurred,  recently, 
in  the  place  of  an  optician  who  was 
examining  a  lady’s  eyes.  When  he  had 
finished,  he  stepped  back  and,  with 
a  now-you-ought-to-die-happy  air,  an­
nounced :  “ You  have  the  same  trouble 
with  your  eyes  that  Sol  Smith  Russell 
has—you  know  he  lives  here!”

M.  N.  Me  D.

A  good  many  people  would  say  more 

if  they  didn’t  talk  so  much.

WANTS  COLUMN.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

411

412

410

409

408

' 
Cash Register valued  at  $225. 

IpoR  SALE—FIRST-CLASS  FILL  ROLLER 
mill,  100  barrel  capacity,  located  at  Fen­
wick, on Stanton  branch of D., G. R. & W. K. R. 
For full  particulars  address J. E. Carroll, Lans­
ing. 
V17ANTED—GOOD  DRY  BEECil  AND  MA­
TT  pie 16-iuch block wood, not less than  two- 
thirds  hard  maple.  Price  on  cars at shipping 
point.  A. Hyde, 800 Madison  Ave., Grand  Kap- 
ds. Mich. 
IpOR  SALE—STOCK  DRY  GOODS AND GRO- 
ceries,  invoicing  about  $4.000;  good room; 
discount for cash; population 2,500: good reasons 
for selling.  Address  Lock  Box  325,  Chicago, 
Huron Co., Ohio. 
\ \ T ANTED—A  BUYER  FO R  A  L IG H T  
leather tannery  a‘most completed  cheap 
TT 
power;  cheap  a  or.  Would make a big paying 
nvestment for right party  Reason for selling, 
death  of  proprietor.  Address  Carl  Junge,  Jr., 
Muskegon, Mich. 
Drug stock  a n d  fix t u r e s  f u r   sa le
Having sold my drug store will sell the bal 
ance of  the  stock  and  fixtures  at  a  very  low 
figure  any  time  within  the  next  sixty  days. 
None of  the  stock  or  fixtures  over  two  years 
old.  Write for terms.  Geo.  W.  Kern,  Prairie- 
ville, Barry County,  Mich. 
\ \ T ANTEu—AN EXPERIENCED SALESMAN 
to  handle  fine  line  lubricating  oils  and 
TT 
greases,  side  line  or  exclusively,  crown  Oil 
-,oo
Co., Cleveland,  Ohio. 
U O R  SALE,  CHEAP FOR CASH—NATIONAL
Address  No. 
405, care Michigan Tradesman.
405
WANTED—BUTTER  AND  ECUS.  IF  * Ol 
want good prices and quick  returns  w  ite 
Lunn <& Strong, Toledo, Ohio. 
402
Ir»OR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—A  CLEAN 
drug stock, invoicing  $2,500.  in  one  of  the 
best cities in Michigan;  no cutting;  on a ra- lug 
basis;  good thing for live man.  Address Drugs, 
40 i
caTe Michigan Tradesman. 
tpOR SALE—GROCERY AND NOTION STOCK 
and  double  store  building  in  one  of  the 
liveliest towns of Northern Iowa;  doing strictly 
cash  business.  Will  be  sold  separately  if  de­
sired, with.or  without  buildings.  Address  W., 
Tenth St.. Mason City, la. 
JpOR SALE-SMALL  DRUG  STOCK,  IN Voic­
ing about $700, in best town for size in Mich- 
gan;  doing $60 to  $75  per  week  business;  rent, 
$100  per  year;  best  location  in  town;  best  of 
reasons for selling.  Address Lock Box 50, Lake 
Odessa, Mich. 
WANTED
FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
Cash paid.  Correspond with 
Caulkett & Co.
Traverse City, Mich. 
381
IT'OR SALE—JUDGMENT FOR $8 08 AGAINST 
Niles H. Winans,  real  estate  agent  in  the 
Tower  Block.  Tradesman  Company,
Grand
Rapids.
382
7IOR EXCHANGE —A  WELL-ASSORTED 
drug stock that  will  inventory  $1,200  for  a 
stock of  groceries.  Address  John  Cooper,  340 
Woodworth avenue, Grand Rapids. Mich.  366
?OK  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  rash. 
Rent,  $50  per  month,  with  terminable  lease 
Stock and fixtures will inventory $3.500, but  can 
be  reduced.  Reasou  for  selling,  owner  has 
other  business  which  must  be  attended  to. 
Business established five years and made money 
every year,  Answer quick if  you  expect  to  se­
cure this bargain.  Address  No. 358,  care  Mich­
igan Tradesman. 
jIOR  EXCHANGE—TWO  FINE  IMPROVED 
farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care M ichigan Trades
W ANTED—1,000  CASES 
FRESH 
F.  W. EGgh,
dally.  Write  for  prices.
Brown,
Ithaca. Mich.
249

retail trade 

4m

404

353

PATENT  SOLICITORS.

J'REE—OUR  NEW  HANDBOOK  UN  PAT- 
ents.  Cilley  &  Allgier,  Patent  Attorneys, 

Grand Rapids, Mich.
" 

339

T r a v e le r s *  T im e   T a b le s .

D E T R O IT, Grand Rapids & W estern

CANADIAN p*c,,k

BAST  BOUND.

Lv. Detroit.............................til;45am  *11:35pm
Ar.  Toronto..........................  8:30pm 
8:15am
Ar. Montreal..........................  7;20am 
8:00pm

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|I5E HO YEA5T.SAIT.SOOA DM 
BA K IN G  POWDER

Going to Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........7:00am  1:30pm  5:35pn
Ar. Detroit.................   ll:40am  5:40pm  10:20pm

Returning from  Detroit.

Lv. Detroit.................... 8:00am  1:10pm  6:10pn:
Ar.  Grand  Bapids......   1:00pm  5:20pm  10:55pm

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Lv. Q 8 7:10am 4:20pm  Ar. G R 12:20pm  9:30pm 
Parlor care on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Gao.  DbHavbn,  General Pass. Agent.

n n   A   \ m   Trank  Railway  System

i  a J   Detroit and Milwaukee Div.

(In  effect  October 3,  1897.)

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive.
+ 6:45am.  Saginaw,  Detroit  and  East..t 9:55pm
+10:10am------- Detroit  and  East........ + 5:07pm
+ 3:30pm..Saginaw,  Detroit and  East..+12:45pm 
*10:45pm.. .Detroit, East and Canada...* 6:35am 
* 7:00am— Gd. Haven  and  Int. P ts....*10:15pm 
+12:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate. + 3:22pm 
+ 5:12pm.... Gd. Haven Mil. and Chi.... +10:05am
+10:00pm........Gd. Haven  and Mil.........................
Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner parlor car.  No. 
18  parlor  car.  Westward—No.  11  parlor  car. 
No. 15 Wagner parlor car.
tExcept Sunday.

•Daily. 

WEST

E. H. Hushes, A. G. P. & T. A.
Ban. F l e t c h e r , Trav. Pass. Agt., 
Jas. Campbell, City Pass. Agent, 
No. 23 Monroe St.

For 1c aod  up.

E ve ryth in g  in  that  line  that  your 
business  w ill  require.  Letter  files 
for 25c, and general office stationery.

Everything

W rite  me 
prices. 
promptly attended  to.

information  and 
Y our  orders  will  be 

for 

WILL  M.  HINE,

49 Pearl  Street, 

2 and  4  Arcade, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Don’t  fail  to  attend  The  Great  Carnival—  
October 26 to 29,  and  while here  come  and 
see me.

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. Montreal.........................  8:50am 
Lv. Toronto...........................   4:00pm 
-l-..................10:45pm 
Ar' i?et,r,oiAT; 

9:00pm
7:30am
2:10pm
D. McNicoll, Pass. Traffic Mgr., Montreal.
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids.

MINNEAPOLIS,

WB8T  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I.)..................+7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City.......................  
..  4  00pm
Ar. Gladstone........................................  9:50pm
Ar- ^t. Paul..............................................  8:45am
Ar. Minneapolis 
....................................9:30am
EAST  BOUND.

Lv-Minneapolis.....................................   +6:30pm
Ar- 
5a? 1.............................................  7:20pm
Ar. Gladstone. 
..................................   5 ;45am
Ar. Mackinaw City.................................  ll:0;am
Ar. Grand Rapids............................ 
’  10-00pm
W. R. C a l l a w a y , Gen. Pass. Agt-i Minneapolis 
E. C. Ov ia t t , Trav. Pass.  Agt., Grand  Rapids

WHOLE  WHEAT  FLOUR

contains the entire grain of wheat  with 
only  the  fibrous  covering  removed. 
E very  pound of this flour  represents  16 
ounces of food value.

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CHICAGO-rtr8'

Going to Chicago.

Muskegon.

Returning from  Chicago.

Lv.  G. Rapids...............8:30am  1:25pm *ll:30pm
Ar.  Chicago..................3:10pm 6:50pm  8:40am
Lv. Chicago................   7:20am  5H5pm  * 9:30pm
Ar. G’dRapids............1:25pm  10:3ipm * 6:20am
Lv. G’d  Rapids..............8:30am 1:25pm  6:25pm
Ar.  G’d Rapids..............  1:25pm..........  10: Item
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv.G’d  Rapids..........................  7:30am  5:30pm
Ar. Traverse  City  .................    12:40pm  11:10pm
Ar.  Charlevoix.........................  
3:15pm . . . .
Ar.  Petoskey.............................   3:45pm.....
PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CABS.  CHICAGO.
Parlor  cars  leave  Grand  Rapids  1:25  p 

leave  Chicago  5:15  p m.  Sleeping cars  leave 
Grand  Rapids  *11:30 pm ;  leave  Chicago  *9:30 
p m.

TRAVERSE  CITY  AND  BAY  VIEW.

Parlor  car  leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:30  a  m 
Geo. DeHaven, General Pass. Agent.

Others week days only.

♦Every  day. 

GRAND  Rapids  ft  Indiana  Railway

It contains  all  the  elements  required 
to  build  up  the'  daily  wastes  of  the 
human system.  Bread made from  it is 
easily assimilated;  is  highly  nutritious 
and is most palatable.

E very  grocer should  have it in stock. 

Manufactured b y . ...

GUARD,  FAIRFIELD  ft  CO.,  Allegan,  Mich.

Olr

Michigan trade supplied  by the 

y *  Judson  Grocer Co.,  Grand Rapids.

Northern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...+ 7:45am  t 5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey <& Mack.,  t 2:30pm  + 6:3jam
C ad illac..................................... + 5:25pm t u  :15am
Train leaving at 7:45 a. m. has  parlor car, and 
train  leaving at 2:30 p.  m.  has  sleeping  car  to 
Mackinaw.
Southern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati 
t  7:10am  + 8:25pm
Ft. Wayne................................ t  2:00pm  + 2:10pm
Cincinnati................................ * 7:00pm  * 7:25am
7:10 a. m.  train  has parlor  car to  Cincinnati. 
2:00 p.m .  train  has parlor  car  to Fort  Wayne. 
7:00p. m  train  has  sleeping  car  to Cincinnati. 

 

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Ar G’d Rapids............9:30am  12:56pm  5:20pm
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