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These goods are extra-plated, of handsome design and are made by one 
of  the  largest  manufacturers  in  the  United  States  and  will  wear  five 
years.  25 of Our Yellow Labels, attached  to original  tin-foil wrappers, will 
procure one  Silver  Plated  Teaspoon,  and  50 of same  will  procure  one 
of either, Table Spoon,  Fork,  Butter  Knife or Sugar Spoon.  For 75  you 
will  receive  one  Silver  Plated  Steel  Table  Knife,  and  for  10 a  hand­
some Aluminum Thimble is given.

Present  labels,  attached  to 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.

FLEISCHMANN  &  CO.

Detroit  Agency,  118  Bates St.
Qrand Rapids Agency,  26  Fountain  St.
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are  mauufactured  by  us  and  all  sold  on  the  same  basis,  irrespective 
of  size,  shape  or  denomination.  .  Free  samples  on  application.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids.

GRAND  RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER  20,  1897.

Number 735

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It  is  the general  opinion  of the  trade that  the  prices  on

COFFEE

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

WOOLSON  SPICE CO.

Ask  our  salesman  to  show  you  our  line  of  samples.

MUSSELMAN GROCER CO., Grand Rapids.

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This Catsup has  been  analyzed by  the Chemist of the  Ohio  Pure  Food  Commission  and  found 
to be ABSOLUTELY  PURE and  in conformity with the rigid  Ohio state  laws.

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

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

and the best jobbers everywhere in the United  States. 

y  WILLIAMS  BROS.  &  CHARBONNEAU,  Detroit,  Sole Proprietors.

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FEED  CUTTERS, 

ENSILAGE  CUTTERS, 

FODDER SHREDDERS,

W E L L   M A D E ,  N IC E L Y   F IN IS H E D . 
L IG H T   R U N N IN G ,  S T R O N G .

Adapted  to  Hay,  Straw  and  Corn-fodder,  and
suitable  for  parties  keeping  from  one  to  four  or  five 
animals.

Can  be  knocked down  and  packed  for  shipment, 
thus  securing  lower freight  rate.  Has  one 
inch 
kflife and by very simple changes  makes  four  lengths
of cut.  Write for catalogue and  prices  on  full line. 

THE  “ OHIO”  PONY  CUTTER 

Full  line  of Engines,  Sawmills,  Tread  Powers,  Corn  Huskers,  H ay  Balers* 
Cream  Separators,  Feed  Cookers,  Etc.
Drop  in  and  see  us  when you come to the Carnival.

ADAMS  &  HART, 

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Grand  Rapids.

Don’t  Go  to  Klondike

to better your finan­
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not  necessary. 
If 
you  strike  the  key­
n o te   to  profitable 
a d v e r t i s i n g  your 
business w ill  thrive 
and  prosper  where 
you  are.  W e  are

ADVERTISING
SPECIALISTS

Our  whole  study  is 
to  bring  merchant 
a n d   customer  to­
gether  on  a  mutual 
and  s a t i s f a c t o r y  
basis.

Advertising  must  be  done  if ever vou  succeed;  then 
why not give your customers  the benefit  of this expend­
iture?

The  above  cut  shows  another  of  our  Cash  Trade 
Premiums.  A n  elegant  polished  antique  Toilet  Case 
for  gentlemen. 
Its  usefulness  is  evident  at  a  glance, 
having  apartments  for  collars,  cuffs,  neckwear,  per­
fumes,  jewelry,  handkerchiefs,  gloves,  shaving  mug, 
razo r strop,  brush  and comb,  etc.  It also  makes a com­
plete  Medicine Cabinet.  The  door at  the  top  has  lock 
and  key  which  also  locks  the  lower  lid  when  closed.
If  desired  we  furnish  either  plain  or  bevel  mirror for 
the door,  size  io x  io inches.  Two'mirrors  can  be  put 
in the  door,  if wanted,  one  facing  inside  and  one  out­
sid e.  The  lid  shown  at  the bottom  is'12 x  14%  inches, 
and  when  raised  upright,  closes  the  lower  part  of  the  cabinet,  and  the  outside  is  handsomely  carved 
Oval head screws are furnished  for fastening to the wall.  Our New Catalogue is now ready.  Would  you 
Uke one?

height 36  in.,  width  ie  in.,  depth  7K   in. 

STEBBINS  MANUFACTURING  CO.

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

LAKEVIEW,  MICH. I

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freight  prepaid.

HOUSEHOLD

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

SYRUP

J.  A .  M U R P H Y ,  General  Manager. 

F L O W E R S ,  M A Y   &  M O L O N E Y ,  Counsel.

Special  Reports. 

Law  and  Collections.

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

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

Personal service given  all  claims.  Judgments  obtained  without expense to subscribers.

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advertising  for  some  time  for 
the  merchants'  trade  without 
knowing  that  the  very  best 
medium  he  could  employ  for 
that  purpose  is  the

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of 
the  above  statement. 
talking  after 
takes  no 
the 
first  trial. 
If  they come in once 
they  stay.  W e  are  not  in  the 
business for fun.  W e want your 
money,  but  we  have  honest 
value to  exchange  for it.  Better 
think  about  these  things  a little 
in  advance  and  write  us*

Tradesman  Company,

Grand  Rapids.

T hose  who  are  fam iliar  w ith  L akesid e  Peas 
fully  appreciate  them  and  know  their  value. 
W e  have  m ade  the  canning  of  peas  a  scien ­
tific  study  and  feel  am ply  repaid  by  the  re­
sults  obtained.  T h e y   are  for  sale  by  all 
grocers.  A sk  for  them .

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us attention  to collections.

L.  J.  STEVENSON,  Manager,

R.  J.  CLELAND,  Attorney,

411=412=413 Widdicomb Building 

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

TUO Preierrefl B aite 
Life Assurance Co.

Incorporated  by

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

Home Office,  Moffat Bldg.,

F R A N K   E .  R O B SO N ,  P res.
T R U M A N   B.  G O O D S P E E D ,  S e c ’ y .

DETROIT,  MICH.

Practice  vs.  Theory  in  Business 
It  is  habitual  with  the  hustler  to sneer 
at  the  book  man  in  business,  and  there 
are  many  bankers  in  this  country  who 
have  never  owned  or  read  a  work  on 
finance.  They  have  no  more  concep­
tion  of  the  theory  of  its  operation  than 
they  have  of  weather  laws. 
If  you  ap­
proach  one  of  these  men  with  the  sug­
gestion  that  such  a  work  (naming  some 
popular  one)  will  throw  a  flood  of  light 
upon  certain  customs,  or  will 
show 
precedents  for  decision  upon  new  and 
intricate  points,  he  will  say,  “ Oh,  yes; 
but  I  haven’t  time  to  look  it  up."  Of 
course,  a  man  must  not  study  the 
weather  until  he  becomes  a  crank,  nor 
must  a  man  in  business  read  books  and 
never  study  conditions  and  human  na­
ture;  but  farmers  and  business  men 
may  learn  much  to  their  advantage  by 
reading.

Let  us  consider  the  relative  value  of 
theory  and  practice  to  the business man. 
What  do  these  terms  imply?

Theory  embraces  the  world ;  practice 
stays  at  home. 
Theory  deals  with 
causes;  practice  only  with  events. 
Theory  reasons,  practice  simply  does. 
Theory 
is  broad,  practice  narrow. 
Theory  studies  every  collateral  branch 
of  its  business  by every means ;  practice 
hunts  some  (hypocritical)  move 
for 
neighborhood  popularity.  Theory  reads, 
practice  talks.  Theory  susberibes  for 
the  best  special  newspaper  in  its  line of 
trade  and  reads  it;  practice  splits  open 
envelopes  to  obtain  figuring  paper  on 
an  economical 
Theory  would 
succeed  by  knowledge,  practice  by 
friends.  Theory 
independent,  prac­
tice  fawns.

form. 

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Made to hold from 27 to  60  names 

and  sell for 75  cents  to  $2. 

Send for sample leaf.

BARLOW  BROS.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

William  Connor, will  be  at 
S w e e t ’ s
Hotel, Grand  Rapids,  Mich., all the week 
beginning  Monday,  Oct.  25,  and  ending 
Saturday,  Oct.  30,  with  a  full  line  of 
samples from  KOLB  &  SONS,  of  Roch­
ester,  N.  Y.,  Wholesale  Ready  Made 
Clothing  Manufacturers.

Customers’  expenses  allowed,  or  Mr. 
Connor  will  wait  upon  any  retail  mer­
chant with his samples  if  you  write  him 
at his permanent address,  Box  346, Mar­
shall,  Mich.

Y O U

Young  m en  and  women  acquire  the  g reatest  inde­
pendence  and  w ealth  by  securing  a  course  in  either 
the Business, Shorthand, English or Mechanical  Draw­
ing  departm ents  of  th e  D etroit  Business  University. 
11-1» Wilcox St., Detroit.  W. F. JeweU,  P.  R.  Spencer.

It 

is  true  these  contrasts  may  be 
slightly  exaggerated,  but  they  produce 
the  effect  we  desire  to  convey.  A  man 
cannot  know  too  much  about  his  avoca­
tion.  The  vast  fortunes  of  the  world 
have  been  made  essentially  by  broad­
minded  men. 
They  have  had  keen 
perceptions,  but  the  background  was 
widespread  knowledge  of  affairs.  They 
saw  opportunity  when  other  men  were 
plodding.  Like  moles,  that  always  re­
turn  over  the  same  track,  these  men 
who  relied  upon  the  knowledge  which 
practice  gave  them  never  made  many 
new  discoveries.  And  mark,  by  dis­
covery  or  utilization  of  natural  products 
have  all  great  fortunes  been  made. 
It 
is  not  work  that  rules  the  world  but 
is  necessarily  a 
thought.  The  thinker 
theorist.  He  speculates,  he  combines 
and  analyzes.  The  vast  business  world, 
complex,  powerful,  almost  unfeeling, 
is  to  him  a  field  of  effort,  where  suc­
cess  is  open  to  him  who  can  command 
its  forces.  But  how?  Rushing  blindly 
to  battle  will  not  win  the  day,  neither 
will  knowledge  of  “ the 
the 
land;”   but  military  tactics,  the  results 
of  human  experience  applied  to  the 
actual,  may  do  so.  And  after  all  it  is 
not  so  much  either  the  one  or  the  other 
factor  alone  which  makes  for  success  in 
business,  but  rather  both,  or  the  ap­
plication, 
to 
practice.

if  you  will,  of  theory 

lay  of 

A  knowledge of  the  history  and opera­
tion  of  any  trade  or  business  cannot  be

learned  except  from  books  and  news­
papers.  Men  do  succeed  who  never 
read  or  study  their  business.  But  where 
one  succeeds  many  fail. 
It  matters  no 
that  a  man  be  a  small  merchant.  H 
can  learn  something  from  the  experi 
ence  of  others 
in  collateral  branches, 
which 
it  should  be  his  purpose  in  life 
to  apply  to  his  own  benefit.  He  must 
never 
lose  sight  of  details  and  imme­
diate  conditions,  but  he  can  shape  his 
course  better  with  a  chart  than  without 
one.  Theory,  in  the  sense  in  which  we 
are  using  the  term,  is  his  chart.

Which  succeeds  better  in  life,  mere 
activity  or  forethought?  And  what  is 
forethought  but  applying  theory  to  con­
ditions?  The  hustler,  if  we  may  allude 
to  him  again,  may  make  a  temporary 
success,  but  too  often  he  does  so  at  the 
expense  of  a  permanent  one.  Disre­
garding  well-established  principles  is 
a  dangerous  thing.  One  man’s  lifework 
is  a  mere  puff  in  the  great  currents  of 
the  world’s  activity. 
“ Ah,  but,”   you 
say,  “ it  is  my  energy  alone  which  will 
individual  success  to  me.  No 
bring 
one  will  get  wealth  for  me. 
If  I  wait 
upon  theory  I  am  borne  down  in  the 
mad  onrush.  I  must  be  up  and  doing.”  
This 
is  partially  true,  but  if  you  ride 
the  storm  you  will  need  something more 
than  your  own  power.  He  who  gu'des 
and  commands  cannot  pull  the  oars !

In  a plea  for  study,  forethought,  plan­
ning,  let  us  not  disparage  doing.  En- 
ergy  and  steadfastness  are  necessary  to 
any  success.  But  the  tortoise 
its 
race  with  the  hare  must  have  carefully 
calculated  the  chances  ahead  or  inde­
fatigable  industry  would  have  been  use­
less. 
is  the  application  of  industry 
and  the  direction  of  energy  which  is the 
true  combination.

in 

It 

Pride 

in  business, 

Then,  too,  there  is  an ethical question 
involved. 
that 
which  demands  true  principles  and  an 
adherence  to  honorable  customs,  is  of 
great  moment 
in  all  trade.  The  man 
who  plans  wisely,  who  maps  out  a 
course  in  life  and  pursues  it  to  the  end, 
adds  his  mite  to  a  civilization  which 
is  beneficial  to  all.  A  straightforward  j 
career 
is  something— indeed,  shall  we 
not  say  it  is  a  glorious  thing?  Chican­
ery,  ill-gotten  wealth,  success  bought  at 
a  sacrifice  of  true  dignity  and  prin­
ciple,  is 
it  not  a  degradation?  Never 
sell  a  man  goods  without  studying  his 
interest  as  well  as  your  own,  was  the 
motto  of  an  old  wholesaler.  Should  it 
not  be  the  motto  of  all  trade?  And  the 
man  who  combines  theory with practice, 
who  looks  out  of  the  tower of knowledge 
over  the  vast  field  of activity about him, 
is  the  man  who,  if  for  no  other  than  a 
selfish  reason,  will  value  high  character 
and  honorable  methods  in  business.

C h a r l e s   W.  S t e v e n s o n .

There are  more  breweries  in  Califor­
nia  than  there  are  in  Illinois,  more  dis­
tilleries  in  Massachusetts  than  there  are 
in  Kentucky,  and  more  cigarettes  man­
ufactured 
in  New  York  State  than  in 
all  the  other  states  of  the  country  com­
bined.

The  man  who  makes  fun  a  steady  job 
makes  a  steady  job  for  two  men  clean­
ing  up  after  him.

The  Hardware  Market.

Trade 

is  moving  along  in  good  vol­
ume,  with  orders  coming  in  very  liber­
ally  from  the  retail  trade.  The  advan­
ces  which  have  been  made  of  late  in 
various 
lines  of  hardware  are  being 
fully  maintained  by  jobbers,  as  well  as 
manufacturers,  and  it 
is  believed  that 
there  will  be  no  special  weakening 
in 
prices  during  the  remainder  of  the  fall 
months.  Retail  dealers  are  buying  with 
much  more  freedom  and  collections  in 
this  part  of  the  State  average  fairly 
well.

Wire  Nails— The  scarcity  which  has 
in  this  branch  of  trade 
been  existing 
has 
let  up  a  little  at  the  present  time, 
as  three  of  the  largest  mills  which  had 
strikes  on  their  hands  have  now  ad­
justed  their  differences  and  are  running 
full  time,  which 
increases  the  supply 
of  nails  at 
least  12,000  kegs  per  day. 
The  price,  however,  remains  very  firm 
and  it  is  not  believed  that  there  will  be 
any  decline  this  year.  At  the  present 
price  ruling  for  steel  billets,  as  well  as 
wire  rods,  the  mills  which  manufacture 
the  entire  line  find  it  more  profitable  to 
sell  billets than to manufacture them  into 
nails.  They  must  keep  in  the  nail  busi­
ness,  however,  as  they  do  not  desire  to 
lose  any  of  their  nail  customers.  We 
quote  at  present  S i.55  from  mill  and 
Sr-75@r-8o  from  stock.

Barbed  Wire—Although  but  little  is 
moving  at  the  present  time  of  the  year, 
the  price  continues  firm. 
In  smooth 
is  more  or  less  demand  for 
wire  there 
the  wire  that 
is  used  for  baling  pur­
poses.  The  manufacturers  at  a  recent 
meeting  changed  the  advance on smooth 
wire  to  read  as  follows:

6  to  9,  base.
10 advance  5c.
11  advance  10c.
12  advance  15c.
13  advance  25c.
14  advance  35c.
15  advance  45c.
16 advance  55c.
The  present  ruling  price  on  barbed 
wire 
is  S1.55  for  painted  at  mill  and 
Si.80  from  stock;  No.  9  plain  wire, 
Si. 35  at  mill,  Si.60  from  stock,  with  an 
advance  of  30c  per  cwt.  extra  for gal­
vanizing.  Steel  baling  wire  advances 
io c   beyond  the  price  of  plain  annealed. 
This  is  only  carried  in  stock  in  No.  14,
15  and  16 gauges.

Coil  Chain—The  coil  chain  market 
is  in  a  much  better  condition than  it has 
been  and 
is  quite  evident  that  the 
manufacturers  are  agreeing  to  main­
tain  prices  which  afford  a  margin  of 
profit.

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Window  Glass— No  agreement  has  yet 
been reached  between  the mills and their 
workmen,and  stocks  in  the hands of job­
bers  and  factories  are  very  much broken 
and  prices  are  fully  maintained.

Shovels  and  Spades—The  recent  ad­
vances  made  on  shovels  and  spades 
average  from  5°@75c  per  dozen,  de­
pending  upon  the  quality.
Building  Paper—Owing  to  the  closing 
down  of  nearly  all  mills  except  those 
managed  by  the  American  Strawboard 
Co.,  this  article  is  now  quite  difficult  to 
get  and  prices  have  advanced  about  20c 
per  cwt.  in  the  last  two  months.  We 
quote  plain  building  paper  at  $1.05, 
tarred  building  paper  at  $1.15  and 
tarred  felt  at  $1.50.

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Dry Goods

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Cottons  and  Prints— Buyers  now  com­
ing  along  are  dealing  cautiously  and 
are  feeling  the  market  through  bids 
lower  than  what  prices  are  generally 
quoted,  but  the  check  to  the  downward 
course  of  raw  cotton  has 
imparted  a 
firmer  tone  that  puts  sellers  in  a  more 
cautious  mood.  A  level  on  the  price  on 
print  cloths  has  now  been 
reached 
where  it  seems  quite  probable  that  the 
run  of sales will  show  a  good expansion, 
which  will  in  turn  have  its  effect  upon 
kindred  lines.  Sellers  are  not  slow  to 
realize  this  and  manifest no  impatience 
to  secure  orders.

It  needs 

Woolens—Many  mills  are  oversold  to 
such  an  extent  that  manufacturers  are 
expressing  considerable  uneasiness  re­
garding  their  ability  to  execute  the  or­
in  hand  in  time  to  meet  the 
ders  now 
requirements  of  their  customers. 
A 
feature  of  the  present  market  is  the  al­
most  entire  absence  of  cancellations, 
they 
and  where  these  have  occurred 
were  generally  due  to 
some  special 
cause  and  not  to  any  overpurchasing  on 
the  part  of  the  buyer.  The  outlook  for 
the  coming  heavy-weight  season  would 
seem  to  suggest  a  very  strong  market, 
as  everything  is  tending  in  that  direc­
tion. 
little  argument  to  con­
vince  buyers  that  woolen  and  worsted 
goods  will  have  to  be  put  upon  a higher 
price  level,  the  course  of  the  law  wool 
market  being  in  itself  sufficient  to  sup­
port  this,  to  say  nothing  of  the  restric­
tions  put  on  foreign  goods  which  have 
heretofore  figured  as  an  important  fac­
tor  in  keeping  prices  down.  The  course 
of  lightweights  tends  to  confirm  this,  as 
recent  advances  made 
in  clays,  serges 
and  all-wool  cheviots  have  been  well 
maintained,  putting  these  in  a  relative­
ly  stronger  position  with  cassimeres, 
while  fancy  worsteds,  in  sympathy  with 
other  makes,  are  steadily  working 
into 
better  shape.  Cotton-backed  worsteds 
and  union  and  cotton  warp  cassimeres 
are  all  well  sold,  but  only  moderate  ad­
vances  have  been  made 
these,  as 
compared  with  goods  composed  of  all 
wool  or  worsted.  Doeskin  jeans  have 
been 
improved  request; 
satinets  have  ruled  quiet,  but  are  firm 
in  price.

in  somewhat 

in 

Knit  Goods— In heavy  goods  the  trade 
is  very  satisfactory  for  this  late  stage 
of  the  season,  but  the  price  situation 
from  a  manufacturer’s  standpoint  is  as 
perplexing  as  ever.  Manufacturers  still 
complain  of  the  difficulty  in  obtaining 
higher  prices  to  offset  the 
increased 
cost  of  production,  and  this  is  the  one 
unsatisfactory  feature  of  the  situation 
at  present  prevailing,  with  no  way  to 
remedy  it  as  yet  in  sight. 
In  some  in­
stances  advances  of  io  per  cent,  are  be­
ing  recorded,  and  one  mill  particularly 
well  situated  has  notified 
its  trade  of 
advances  on  their  product  varying  from 
15  to  40  per  cent.,  but  as  their  product 
for  the  most  part  has  been  secured  by 
buyers  at  old  prices,  it  has  had  no  ma­
terial  effect  upon  the  situation.  The 
majority  of  sellers  still  manifest  a  will­
ingness  to  accept  orders  at  old  prices, 
while  some  have  resorted  to  the  system 
of  scaling  down  the  quality  of  their 
products 
increase  profits.
In  low  and  medium  grades  of cotton un 
derwear,  in  Balbriggan  goods  and  other  1 
staple 
lines  up  to  $2.50  and  S3  per  | 
dozen,  sales  have  been  large  and  most  I 
makes are  heavily  sold  ahead,  while the 
in  combed  yarns  show  a 
finer  grades 
good 
in  the  volume  of  j

improvement 

in  order  to 

accomplished. 

business 
The  better 
grades  of  goods  have  come  in  for  more 
attention,  which  is  a  good  indication  of 
the  improvement  in  general  conditions.
Carpets —Manufacturers  are  adhering 
strictly  to  the  recent  advances  made, 
which  has  had  a  tendency  to  check  the 
demand.  Some  old  orders  secured  early 
in  the  season  at  prices  beiow  current 
rates  are  now  being  filled,  but  in  the 
way  of  new  business 
little  has  so  far 
been  accomplished. 
An  advance  of 
from  7%  to  io  per  cent,  is  imperative 
where  goods  are  to  be  made  from  yarns 
secured  at  present  prices  and  orders 
now  being  filled  at  old  prices  are  being 
produced  from  yarns  secured  prior  to 
the  present  advanced  prices. 
These 
are  not  above  the  parity  on  the  cost  of 
raw  wool.  Should  the  market  for  car­
pets  fail  to  advance  in  accordance,  it  is 
predicted  that  the  production  will  be 
materially  curtailed  next  season,  as  few 
manufacturers  have  a  sufficient  quantity 
of  yarn  on  hand  to  enable  them  to  a\er- 
age  up  the  cost  with  the  price  now  be­
ing  paid  for  new  supplies.  But  it  is 
doubtful 
if  this  old  stock  will  carry 
them  along  much  further  than  the  end 
of  the  year.  Should  prices  at  that  time 
fail  to  show  an  advance,  to  cease  pro­
ducing  is  the  only  alternative.

How  a  Trade  Was  Lost  by  an  Un­

fortunate  Discussion.
Fpom the N. Y. Dry Goods Chronicle.

I stood  by,  the  other day,  while a sales­
man 
in  an  uptown  store  argued  with  a 
customer  regarding  the  particular  shade 
of  a  piece  of  broadcloth.  She  called  it 
“ old  blue.’ ’  He  said 
’twas  “ jockey- 
blue.’ ’  She  thought she couldn’t  be  mis­
taken ;  she  had  seen  the  same  shade  at 
her dressmaker’s  and had been informed 
by  that  authority  that  it  was  old  blue.

But  the  smart  young  man  behind  the 
counter  was  a  stone  wall  of  stubborn 
fact  as  to  colors  and  as  he  explained 
that  the  jockev-blue  was  the  new  shade 
not  yet  familiar  to  some  dressmakers, 
he  assured  the lady that he was thorough­
ly  up  on  colors  and  shades,  as  it  was  a 
part  of  his  business  to  be  so  posted.  He 
offered  to  get  the  color  card  in  order  to 
convince  her  that  he  was  right  and  the 
shade  was  jockey-blue,  when  she cut the 
argument  short. 
“ All  right,  then,  it  is 
jockey-blue ;  what  of it?”  and she tossed 
the  end  of  the  cloth  she  was  holding 
back onto the counter and,  with a slightly 
flushed  face  and  an  impatient  snap  in 
her  eyes, 
the 
counter.

turned  short  and 

left 

so 

The  clerk 

looked  after  her;  he  had 
nearly  completed  a  trade  when  they  fell 
afoul  of  that  unfortunate  question  of 
jockey-blue  which  ended 
disas­
trously.

“ What  of  it?”
She  was  evidently more disturbed than 
she  cared  to  admit  and  kept  straight 
ahead  until  she  passed  out  of  the  street 
door.  The  clerk’s  eye  caught  mine  as 
his  glance  settled  again  to  the  counter 
and  I  heard  a  muttered  expression  that 
ended  in—“ Crank!”

That  woman  gave  him  a  lesson  he 
should  never  forget  when  she  uttered 
that  short  sentence:  “ All  right, 
it  is 
jockey  blue;  what  of  it?”

What  of  it,  indeed? 

It  wasn’t  of  the 
slightest  consequence  what  shade  of 
blue  it  was,  nor  whether  it  was  blue  at 
all  or  not. 
it  old  blue, 
then  old  blue  it  should  have  been.  She 
meant  to  pay  for  it  and  the  clerk  should 
permit  her  to  buy 
it  under  whatever 
name  she  chose.

If  she  wanted 

If  that  was  an  average  woman,  she 
spoke  of  that  clerk  as  an  impudent  fel­
low  when  she  told  the 
incident,  colored 
according  to  her  frame  of  mind,  to  her 
friends.

The  matter  may  or  may  not  influence 
her  against  the  place  in  the  future,  she 
certainly  will  avoid 
that  particular 
In  any  case,  the  game  isn’t 
■  ounter. 
worth  the  powder. 
“ Woman  convinced 
against  her  will  is  of  the  same  opinion 
If  you  are  right she  will  hate 
still  ”  
you  for  it;  if you  show  her  that  she  is 
wrong  she  won’t  thank  you  for  it;  and 
there  you  are.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

The  Farmer  Was  Fixed  for  Him. 

From the Atlanta Constitution.

A  well-to-do  Georgia  farmer  invited 
a  merchant  friend  to  dine  with  him 
The  merchant  was  known  for  his  crank­
iness  and  had  once  or  twice  tried  to 
shoot  people  for  imagined  wrongs.  The 
farmer  had  considerable  business  deal­
ings  with  him  and  they  were  on  the 
best  of  terms.  However,  the  farmer  al­
ways  kept  a  wary  eye  on  him.

Several  days  after  the  dinner at  the 
farmer's  house  the  merchant  said  to 
him :

in 

For 

“ I  can’t  account  for  the  queer  feel­
ings  and  impulses  I  have  occasionally.
instance,  the  other  day  when  I 
was  dining  at  your  table  it  suddenly 
into  my  mind  to  kill  you—al­
came 
the  world 
though  I  had  nothing 
against  you! 
in  my 
pocket  at  the  time  and  once  I  had  my 
hand  on 
it,  when  the  strange  feeling 
passed  from  m e!”

I  had  a  pistol 

“ Don’t  let  that  bother  you,”   said  the 
farmer. 
‘  I  knowed  all  about  your 
failin’s  ill  that  line,  an’  I  wurn’t  asleep 
when  I  saw  your  hand  to  your  hip.  My 
son  John  wuz  standin' 
in  the  hallway 
back  of  you  with  a  shotgun  leveled  at 
you  an’  you 
just  did  save  your  bacon 
by  changin’  your  mind.  Ef  you  hadn’t 
he’d  er  Slowed  daylight  through  you!”

An  English  paper  gives  the  following 
illustration  of  the  frugal  mind  appear­
ing  even  when  on  sorrow  bent:  A  litho 
graphing  establishment 
in  Manchester 
recently  received  from  a  London  cus 
tomer  a  circular  note  announcing  the 
ft  was 
death  of  the  head  of  the  firm, 
given  to  a  clerk  with 
instructions  to 
write  a  letter  of  condolence 
in  reply, 
and  this  is  what  he  produced :  ‘  We  are 
greatly  pained  to  learn  of  the  loss  sus­
tained  by  your  firm,  and  extend  to  you 
our  heartiest  sympathy.  We  notice  that 
the  circular  you  sent  us  announcing 
Mr.  — ’s  death 
is  lithographed  by  a 
London  firm.  We  regret  that  you  did 
not  see  it  in  your  way  to  intrust  us  with 
the  work.  The  next  time  there  is  a  be­
in  your  house  we  shall  be
reavement 

glad  to quote  you  for  lithographed  cir­
culars,  and  are  confident  that  we  can 
give  you  better  work  at  less  cost  than 
anybody  else  in  the  business.”

A  curious  regulation  has been recently 
issued  by  the  director  general  of  agri­
culture  of  Belgium.  All cattle are hence­
forth  to  wear  earrings.  These  are  not 
for  ornament,  but  as  a  hygienic  meas­
ure, and  intended  to  check  the  introduc­
tion  of  tuberculosis 
into  the  country. 
The  rings  will  be  a  sign  that  the animal 
has  been  examined  by  the  veterinary 
authorities.

Japan,  which  forty  years  ago  had  no 
other  than  coasting  vessels, none of them 
steamers,  now  has  several  steamship 
companies,  the  largest  of  which  owns 
sixty-three  vessels.

trying 

If  you  are  a  mer­
chant and have lost
money 
to 
handle
Clothing
write  us  for  infor­
mation how to sup­
ply your customers 
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 
$(6.00.

WHITE  CITY  TAILORS,

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Come  to  the  Carnival!

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.

P. Steketee&Sons,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

UNDER  FIRE.

Constitutionality  of  the  New  Peddling

Law.

is  guilty 

The  constitutionality  of  the  new  State 
peddling  law  is now under consideration 
by  Judge  Adsit,  of  the  Kent  Circuit 
Court.  The  case  is  known  as  the  Peo­
ple  vs.  Arthur  Fisher, 
the  complaint 
being  that  the  defendant 
in  Kent  county  without  first 
peddling 
license,  as  pro­
obtaining  a  township 
vided  by  the  new  law. 
In  order  to  test 
the  matter,  a  plea  of  guilty  was  with 
drawn  arid  a  plea  of  not  guilty  entered 
A  motion  was  made  to  quash  the  pro 
ceedings  on  the  ground  that  the act gov 
erning  peddlers’  licenses 
in  townships 
is  unconstitutional  and  void,  the  argu 
ment  of  Arthur  C.  Denison,  who at 
tacked  the  statute,  being  summarized  i. 
his  brief  under  six  headings,  as follows 

I.

but,  if  they  should  neglect  this  dutv, 
peddling  without  a  license  is  forbidden 
just  the  same;  and,  after  the  amount  of 
the  license 
is  fixed,  the  act  gives  no 
basis  for guessing  to  whom  application 
should  be  made  for granting  a  license, 
issue  the  license,  nor 
nor  who 
where  any  record  of 
is  to  be  pre 
justice  of  the  peace  or  a 
served.  A 
highway  commissioner  has just  as  much 
authority  under  the  statute  to 
issue  a 
license  as  the  supervisor  or  the  town 
clerk,  the  fact  being  that  neither  of 
them  has  any  authority.

is  to 

it 

Another  consideration  is  found  upon 
the  subject  of  the  bond.  Every  person 
to  whom  a  license  shall  be  issued  shall 
give,  upon  the  demand  of  the  township 
clerk,  a  bond.  This  did  not  contem 
plate  a  bond  necessarily  simultaneou 
with  the  license,  because 
is  to  be 
only  on  demand  of  the  clerk ;  yet,  if  the 
party  declines  to give  a  bond,  there  i: 
no  remedy,  and  the  clerk,  apparently, 
may  demand it  from any peddler against 
whom  he  has  a  grudge,  and  not  ask  i 
from  any  others.

it 

IV.

. The  act 
ritorially  unequal.

is  invalid  because  it  is  ter­

The  act  purports  to  relate  to  town­
ships  and  townships  only.  Whether  it 
in­
is  intended  to  cover  the  territory  of 
corporated  villages  no  one  can 
tell. 
Sec.  q  seems  to  imply  that  it  only  ap­
plies  to  territory  outside  of  any  incor­
porated  city  or  village,  and  Sec.  4,  that 
it  does  apply  to  villages. 
It  certainly 
does  not  apply  to  cities.

Many cities  have,  under  their  char­
ters,  power  to  make  regulations  on  this 
same  subject,  but  others  may  not  have, 
or  may  not  have  exercised  the  power! 
One  peddler, 
therefore,  who  lives  in 
the  city,  may  exercise  his  business  in 
the  vicinity  of  his  home  without  any 
'■ cense  fee  whatever.  Another  who  lives 
1  the  country  finds  the  same  calling 
forbidden  to  him.  This  would  seem  to 
be  unlawful  discrimination.

V.

is 

The  act 

invalid  because 

it  dis­
criminates  against  citizens  of  other 
states,  infringing  both  upon  the  exclu­
sive  control  by  the  United  States  of  in­
terstate  commerce  and  upon  the  pro­
vision  which  guarantees  citizens  of  one 
state  the  same  privileges  as  those  of an­
other.

The  title  and  body  of  the  act  are  gen­
eral,  prohibiting  everyone  from  ped­
dling  without  a  license.  By  Section  8, 
manufacturers, 
farmers  or  mechanics 
residing  in  this  State  are  permitted  to 
sell  their  goods  by  peddlers,  without 
icense. 
Those  residing  outside  the 
State  are  not  exempt,  but  remain  cov­
ered  by  the  general  prohibition. 
It  fol­
lows  that  a 
license  regulation  is  im­
posed  upon  a  non-resident  which  is  not 
imposed  upon  a  resident,  all  other  cir­
cumstances  being  the  same.
This  general  proposition 

is  covered 
by  Walling  vs.  Michigan,  116  U.  S., 
page  454,  reversing  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Michigan,  and  holding  that  a  license 
fee  for  selling 
liquors,  imposed  upon 
non-residents,  where  a  similar  one  was 
not 
in­
valid.

imposed  upon  residents,  was 

The  act 

is  unconstitutional  because 

embracing  more  than  one  subject.

Skinner  vs.  Wilhelm,  63  Mich.,  at 
illustration  of  the 
page  568,  is  a  good 
constitutional  requirement. 
The  act 
contains  provisions  about  merchants 
mut ;al  insurance  companies  and  mer 
chants  and  manufacturers’  mutual  in 
surance  companies. 
It  was  held  that 
the  objects  had  no  necessary  connection 
and  that  the  statute  was  invalid,  it  be­
ing  impossible  to  tell  which  object  was 
intended  by  the  Legislature. 
(See  d 
572-).
This  act,  by  its  title  and  by  sections 
one  and  six,  covers  hawking  and  ped­
dling  and  also  pawnbroking.  We  know 
of  no  connection  that  can  be  suggested 
between  the  two  kinds  of  business.  One 
is 
is  not.  While 
Sec.  1  seems  to  refer  to  itinerant  pawn 
broking,  it  should  not  be  so  construed, 
because  it  makes  nonsense,  and  the title 
seems  to  refer  to  pawnbroking  general 
ly.  The  act  supplanted  (137  of  1895) 
also  referred  to  pawnbroking  generally.
Apparently  when  the  act  was  first 
formulated 
it  did  not  refer  to  pawn­
broking,  but  during  its  passage  through 
the  Legislature,  someone  who  thought 
township  boards  should  regulate  pawn­
broking 
inserted  the  clause  in  one  or 
two  places  and  the  advocates  of  both 
measures  joined  their  foices  to  procure 
the  passage  of  the  combined  act—the 
very  evil  against  which  the  constitu­
tional  inhibition  is  directed.

itinerant;  the  other 

II.

incomplete  and  inopera­

is 

The  act 

tive.

included 

The  only  reason  for  such  a  law  is  to 
provide  reasonable  supervision,  inspec­
tion,  etc.,  by  the  township  authorities; 
in  other  words,  reasonable  regulation.’ 
This  was 
in  the  title  of  the 
act,  and  forgotten  in  the  body.  All  ex- 
isting  provisions  of  law  by  which  town­
ship  boards,  or  any  other  authorities 
may  prescribe  conditions,  regulations, 
provision,  inspection,  etc.,  are repealed 
and  nothing 
their 
place.

is  substituted 

in 

This  makes  the  act  solely  for 

impos­
ing  taxes;  and  the  power  of  taxation 
upon  professions  or  occupations,  if  it 
may  be  exercised  at  all,  cannot  be  del­
egated  to  township  boards  to  be  applied 
according  to  their  discretion  by  a  slid­
ing  scale.

This  entire  class  of  laws  is  upheld 
laws 

whenever  upheld  at  all,  as  license 
and  not  as  tax  laws.

HI.

T be  act 

is  unlawful  as  absolutely

prohibiting  a  lawful  business.
.T h e   business  of  hawking  and  ped- 
1S.unquestionably  a  lawful one and 
the  Legislature  has  no  power  to prohibit 
it,  yet  we  find  that  Sec.  1  does  abso­
lutely  prohibit  the  business  unless  a 
license  is  first  obtained  from  the  town­
ship  board,  and  Sec.  6  imposes a penalty 
on  any  person  exercising  the  business 
contrary  to  the  provisions  of  the  act • 
that  is,  without  such 
It  does 
not,  however,  contain  any  provisions by 
which  one  may  obtain  a  license. 
is 
true  it  is  made  the  duty  of  the township 
board  to  fix  the  amount  of  the  license,

license. 

It 

Wei ton  vs.  Missouri,  91  U.  S.,  page 
277,  is  to  the  same  effect,  and  is  a  case 
of  a  license  tax 
imposed  on  hucksters 
and  peddlers.

These  two cases seem to be conclusive.

VI.

The  act  is  invalid  as  being  class  leg­
6

islation. 

Class  legislation  is  forbidden  by  the 

constitution  of  the  United  States.

In  Re-Grice.  75  Fed.  Rep.,  at  page 
045,  is  an 
instructive  case,  and  a  sub­
stantially  parallel  one.  By  the  act  there 
involved  there  was  a  general  prohibi­
tion  against  certain  acts,  but  farmers 
were  exempted.  The  act  was  held  in- 
valid.  By  the  act  here,  peddlers  of 
meat  and  fish,  nurserymen,  peddlers  of 
farm  machinery  or 
implements,  and 
'^•^^bteturers  and  mechanics, 
peddling  their  own  products,  are  ex­
empted.

Class  legislation  is  also  forbidden  by 

the  constitution  of  Michigan.

State  vs.  Wagner,  72  N.  W.  R.,  67, 
is  a  parallel  case  from  Minnesota,  and 
controls.

The  same  constitutional  provisions 
there  relied  upon  exist,  in  general,  in 
Michigan.  The  distinction made  by this 
act  between  the  different  classes  of 
citizens  is  obvious.

argument  ui 

The  argument  of  Mr.  Denison

ivir.  uenison  was 
ably  answered  by  Prosecuting  Attorney 
Rodgers,  who  insisted  that  the  assump- 
ions  of  Mr.  Denison  were  untenable 
and  gave  good  reasons  why  the  law 
should  be  held  valid.  Judge  Adsit  took 
the  matter  under  advisement,  and  will 
probably  not  reach  a  conclusion 
in  the 
premises  under  a  week  or  ten  days. 
Whichever  way  the  case  is  decided,  the 
matter  will  probably  be  taken  to  the 
Supreme  Court  for  final  adjudication.
Three  Weeks’  Experience  with  the 

Trading  Stamp  Scheme.

From the Pittsburg Leader.

Consequently, 
e*ce^dingly  fortunate. 
the  lucky  man  with  his  5  per  cent, 
would  find  that  be  was  very unfortunate, 
according  to  Mr.  Hubner’s  deductions,' 
if  he  was  tied  up  by  a  trading  stamp 
contract.

“ Suppose  I  am  doing  a  small  busi- 
ness,  say  $iog  per  week,**  said  a  rner* 
is  giving  trading  stamps, 
chant  who 
and  suppose  that  the  trading  stamp 
people 
increase  my  business  even  100 
per  cent.,  which  would  be  enormous, 
if  I  paid  them  $10  it  would  really  be 
10  per  cent,  of  the  new  business.  As 
it  takes  10  per  cent,  to  conduct  our 
business,  you  can  readily  see  where  we 
would  be  at.  Of  course,  we  reserve  the 
right  not  to  give  stamps  unless  they  are 
asked  for,  but  if  we  refuse,  our custom- 
ers  get  angry  and  go  somewhere  else  to 
deal.  The  stamp  people  argue  that  we 
are  really  paying  only'  about  2
per 
cent,  on  our  cash  sales,  because  if  a 
purchase  of  19  cents  is  made,  we  are 
only  required  to  give  one  stamp;  but  if 
the  trading  stamp  people  would  stand 
in  this  store  for  a  while  they  would  see 
that  the  person  who  buys  a  19  cent  ar­
ticle  will  say,  you  can  give  me  a  stick 
of  candy,  or  ‘ throw  in  a  cent’s  worth 
to  make  the  purchase  20 
of  apples, 
cents,  so  that  they  can  demand 
two 
stamps.  You understand,  of  course,  that 
one  stamp 
is  given  for  each  purchase 
of  10  cents,  and  any  amount  over  that 
up  to  20 cents  does  not  entitle  the  pur­
chaser  to  a  stamp.  You  notice  that  we 
are  not  displaying  any  trading  stamp 
advertisement,  and we  don’t  intend  to. ’ ’ 
Mr.  Hubner  says  that  the  trading 
stamp  business  may  be  all  right  for 
business  men  who  get  large  profits,  but 
will  not  do  for  the  man  who  sells  on 
close  margins. 
“ If  it  continues,  ”   he 
adds,  “ it  will  mean  simply  that  the 
man  who gives stamps will be compelled 
to  add  5  ptr  cent,  to  the  price  of  the 
goods  he  sells.  When  the  public  gets 
something  for  nothing  it  may  feel  satis­
fied  that 
it  will  pay  for  it  somewhere 
in  the  long  run. ’ ’

business  and 

Charles  Hubner,  groceryman  on  Fifth 
avenue,  has grown  tired  of  the  trading 
is  very  anxious  to 
In­
shake  off  the  5  per  cent,  incubus. 
deed,  he  so  much  regrets  his  action 
in 
making  a  contract  with  the  stamp  com­
pany  that  he  has  offered  $25  for  its  dis­
continuance.  The  offer  was  made  by 
Mr.  Hubner's  brother  at  the  headquar­
ters  of  the  stamp  company,  but  was  de­
clined.

The  writer  called  at  Mr.  Hubner’s 
store  and  obtained  from  him  a  state­
ment  of  the  facts,  which  he  was  loth  to 
give.  His  contract  is  for  a  quarter,  and 
is  usual.  Three 
not  for  one  year,  as 
weeks  has  elapsed  since  it  went 
into 
force,  and  Mr  Hubner  has  come  to  the 
conclusion  in  that  short  time  that he has 
the  wrong  end  of  the  bargain.  He  fig­
ures  that  a  retail  grocer  s  running  ex­
penses  are  10  per  cent.  With  a  trading 
stamp  contract,  he  must  therefore  earn 
15  per  cent,  on  his  total  receipts  to 
make  himself  even,  not  to  mention 
profits.  The  margin  of  profit  is  so  close 
in  the  grocery  business,  according  to 
the  statements  of  many  dealers,  that  a 
man  who  clears  5  per  cent,  yearly  is

Maud  Miller.
Maud  Miller,  in the summer’s  heat,
Raked  the  meadow  thick  with  wheat.

Th eju dge  rode slowly down  the  lane 
Smoothing  his  horse’s chestnut mine

“ With  wheat at  a  dollar  per,”   said  he,
“  I his  maid  is about  the size for  me.”

Then  he smiled:at her and
And  over  the  miendow  fen

“  W ill  vou  marr
And she  told  liiin  yes^mid
Alas  for maiden ,  alas  for J
For  old  designer and  wheatfield  drudge.

•et  maid ?”   he said,

Lord  pity them  both and  pity us  all,
For  Maud  didn't  own  that  wheat at  all.

And  thejudge remarked, when he  learned the cheat 
“ Don’t  talk  to me about dollar wheat!”

Consul  Dobbs,  at  Valparaiso,  points 
out  that  the  attempts  to  introduce 
light 
bottled  beer  from  the  United  States  into 
Chili  have  proved  failures  The  na­
tives  prefer  their  own  heavy  brews, 
which  cost  5y2  to  7X  cents,  to  the 
im­
ported  beer, which cannot  be  sold  at  less 
than  14y2  cents  a  bottle

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Soliciting  your  orders,  we  are,

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Around  the  State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Empire—Jas.  F.  Eean  has  sold  his 

tinshop  to  Fritz  Rohr.

Luther— E.  Kennedy,  meat  dealer, 

has  retired  from  trade.

Douglas—Geo.  J.  Menold  has  moved 

his  drug  stock  to  Mesick.

Cadmus—Chas.  W.  Stock well,  grocer, 

has  removed  to  Sand  Creek.

Frankemnuth— M.  F.  Schick  has  sold 

his  drug  stock  to  A.  O.  Speckhard.

St.  Joseph—Harry  Stone’s 

jewelry 
store  has  been  closed  under  mortgages.
Newberry—Stafford  &  Smith  succeed 
Stafford  &  Johnson  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Negaunee— Martin  Joyce  has  opened 
his  new  dry  goods  and  furnishing  goods 
store.

Freeport—W.  Elliott  &  Co.  have 
to  Lake 

moved  their  clothing  stock 
Odessa.

Ishpeming—Whitford  &  Gill  succeed 
in  the  undertaking 

Mrs.  M.  Robbins 
business.

Perrinton—L.  E.  Woodruff  will  close 
out  his  hardware  stock  and  remove  to 
Lansing.

Almont—Mair  &  Cathcart  have  pur­
chased  the  general  stock  of  J.  N.  Sulli­
van  &  Co.

Van  Buren— T.  G.  Anderson  has 
in 

erected  a  warehouse  and  will  deal 
feed  and  hay.

Ishpeming---- Gust  Beyer 

succeeds
Richard  Quayle  as  local  manager  for 
Nelson  Morris  &  Co.

Ishpeming—J.  H.  Olds  has purchased 
the  confectionery  stock  of  Mrs.  Pelton 
on  South  Main  street.

Charlesworth— Rufus  Rose  is  erecting 
in  which  he  will  en­

a  store  building 
gage  in  general  trade.

Escanaba— Geo.  Young  has 

closed 
out  his  bakery  and  confectionery  stock 
and  retired  from  business.

Cedar  Springs—C.  J.  Bradish  has  re­
purchased  the  harness  stock  sold several 
months  ago  to  Fred  Harding.

Central  Lake— Richard  Blackman,  of 
intention  of 

Wheeler,  announces  his 
opening  a  grocery  store  here.

Brown  City— Wm.  McLeod  &  Co. 
have embarked  in  the  furniture  business 
in  the  Knickerbocker  building.

Alden— The  R.  W.  Coy  Estate,  gen­
eral  dealer  at  this  place,  has  opened  a 
branch  general  store  at  Van  Buren.

Traverse  City—G.  A.  Herkner,  meat 
dealer  on  South  Union  street,  has  sold 
out  to  John  Heiland,  of  East  Jordan.

Alba—Jas.  Hamacher  &  Son  have 
moved  their  general  stock  to  Negaunee, 
where  they  have  re-engaged in business.
Sunfield— Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  C.  Ste­
phens,  of  Lake  Odessa  have  opened  a 
millinery and  bazaar store  in  the  Wilson 
block.

Lacota— Ed.  Myers 

is  preparing  to 
put  in  a  new  stock  of  general  merchan­
dise 
in  the  store  C.  W.  Long  just  va­
cated.

Lisbon— T.  H.  Condra  has  sold  his 
general  stock  to  E.  King  &  Sons,  who 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Hopkins  Station— Baxter  &  Davison, 
of  Bloomingdale,  succeed  Noggle  & 
Gordon 
in  the  hardware  and  tinshop 
business.

Menominee— Pauli  &  Seidl,  whose
clothing  stock  was  recently  damaged  by 
fire,  announce  their 
intention  of  in­
augurating  a  department  store  as  soon 
as  the  building  can  be  repaired.  The 
damaged  stock  has  been  sold  by  Geo. 
P.  Gore  &  Co.,  of  Chicago.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Potterville— Nixon  Bros,  have  pur­
chased  the  general  stock  of  G.  N.  Pot­
ter  aud  will  continue  the  business at  the 
same  location.

P  rt  Huron— O.  L.  Boice  will  shortly 
remove  his  drug  stock  to  the  new  build­
ing  at  the  corner  of  Thomas  street  and 
Pme  Grove  avenue.

Lansing—J.  H.  Brusselsback  has  re­
signed  his  position  with  A.  Ronk  and 
taken  a  position  in the  linen  department 
of  Burnham  &  Co.

Menominee— Marten Janowitz and Ed­
ward  Smith  have formed a copartnership 
and  embarked  in  the  grocery  business 
in  the  Wanek  building.

Ludington— Peter  Wangen  has  em­
barked  in  the  tea,  coffee and  spice  busi­
ness  on  Dowland  street  under  the  style 
of  the  Ceylon  tea  store.

Charlotte— L.  Barrick,  of  the  City 
bakery,  has  sold  out  to  Wesley  Ander­
son,  of  Bellevue,  who  will  continue  the 
business  at  the  same  location.

Coopersville---- M.  Durham  and  S.
Vander  Meer  have  formed  a  copartner­
ship  under  the  style  of  Durham  &  Van­
der  Meer  and  engaged  in  the  feed  busi­
ness.

Mt.  Pleasant— Bert  Isbell  has  em­
barked 
in  the  restaurant  business  on 
Main  street,  placing  in  charge  thereof 
Mr.  Jocelyn,  who 
is  an  experienced 
baker.

Flint—Bert  M.  Garner  has  embarked 
in  the  undertaking  business  on  South 
Saginaw  street. 
‘ Mr.  Garner  is  a  grad­
uate  from  the  Chicago  School  of  Em­
balming.

Lansing— R.  B.  Shank,  Clyde  Chris­
topher  and  Frank  Loftus  have  formed  a 
copartnership  for  the  purpose  of  em­
barking 
in  the  bazaar  business  at  217 
Michigan  avenue  east.

Sault  Ste.  Marie— The  new  Iroquois 
Hotel  is  progressing  finely.  Jan.  1  will 
It  will 
see  the  hotel  ready  for  guests. 
be  considerably 
larger  than 
the  one 
which  recently  burned.

Ludington— H.  P.  Hilton  has  repur­
chased  the  City  bakery  of  A.  J.  Yakes 
and  will  conduct  the  business  at  the  old 
stand,  also  continuing  the 
ice  cream 
business  on  James  street.

Newberry—J.  C.  Foster  is  in  quest  of 
a skunk  exterminator.  He  prefers  high- 
priced  chickens  and  the  hardware  busi­
ness  to  skunks,  sleepless  nights  and  the 
odor  in  the  neighborhood.

Lansing— Milo  Walker,  of  the  former 
firm  of  Walker  Bros.,  millers  at  Bath, 
has  purchased  a  store  building  on  Tur­
ner  street,  in  which  he  expects  to  open 
a  stock  of  boots  and  shoes.

Negaunee—Henry  Trajarvi,  confec­
the  fruit  and 
tioner,  has  purchased 
confectionery  business  of  Peter  Auno 
and  removed  his  stock  to  the  building 
formerly  occupied  by  Mr.  Auno.

Calumet—A.  J.  Ruhl  has  formed  a 
copartnership  with  John  W.  Ruhl  and 
M.  Piowaty  for  the  purpose  of  conduct­
ing  the  produce  and  commission  busi­
ness  here  under  the  style  of  A.  J.  Ruhl 
&  Co.

Belding— F.  P.  Fisher,  who  has  been 
manager  of  the  Hustler  grocery  for  the 
past  year,  has  severed  his  connection 
with  that  establishment  and  returned  to 
his  home  at  Clyde.  Ernest  Moore  will 
have  charge  of  the  business 
in  the  fu­
ture.

Dollarville—The  old 

log  cabins  be­
tween 
the  railroad  track  and  the  busi­
ness  part  of  the  town  will  be  torn  down 
in  the  spring  and  the  ground  leveled 
and  converted  into a park,  with a flowing 
well  in  the  center.  Shade  trees  will  be 
planted  and  Mr.  Danaher  expects  quite 
a  tourists'  resort  here.

Houghton— Roach  &  Seeber,  produce 
dealers  at  Waterloo,  Iowa,  have  pur­
chased  a  building  lot  here  for  the  pur­
pose  of  erecting  a  cold  storage  ware 
house,  30x45  feet  in  dimensions,  which 
will  be  operated  as  a  branch  of  their 
Waterloo  establishment.

The  ordinance 

Saginaw—An  ordinance  has  been 

in­
troduced 
in  the  Common  Council  pro­
viding  for  a  tax  of  $5  a  day  upon  tran­
sient  merchants. 
is 
aimed  at  fire  sale  and  other  temporary 
business  concerns  which  compete  with 
local  merchants  for  a  brief  period  with­
out  bearing  any  of  the  burdens  of  the 
city’s  expenses.  A  similar  ordinance, 
which  was 
in  force  several  years  ago, 
was  taken  into  the  courts  and  declared 
unconstitutional.

Detroit—State  Dairy  and  Food  Com­
missioner  Grosvenor  has  secured  an  or­
der  from  Judge  Hosmer  commanding 
Police  Justice  Sellers  to  show  cause  on 
Oct.  25  why  a  mandamus  should  not 
issue  compelling  him  to  entertain  com­
plaints  against  persons  complained  of 
for  selling  colored  oleomargarine.  The 
petition  sets  forth  that  in  one  instance 
the 
justice  refused  to  take  the  com­
plaint  for  the  reason  that,  in  his  opin­
ion,  it  does  not  charge  any  offense 
aaginst  the  laws  of  Michigan.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Burr  Oak—Hincher  &  Wilier  succeed 
A.  R.  Hincher  &  Son  in  the  furniture 
manufacturing  business.

Jackson—The  Lewis  &  Allen  Spring 
its  corporate  style  to 

Co.  has  changed 
the  Lewis  Spring  &  Axle  Co.

Fouch—Geo.  Southard  has  leased  the 
S.  K.  Northam  shingle  mill  and  begun 
operations  with  thirteen  bands.

Petoskey—John  Karamol  has  em­
barked  in  the  cigar manufacturing busi­
ness  at  this  place,  making  two  brands 
of  cigars,  the  K.  P.  and  Esther.

Farnsworth—Goggins  &  Sturgis,  who 
operated  a  broom  handle  factory  at  this 
place,  have  dissolved  partnership,  Mr. 
Sturgis  retiring  from  the  business.

Bay  City—The  South  End  Lumber 
Co.  has  secured  a  contract  to  saw  sev­
eral  million  feet  of  Canadian  logs,  and 
is  this  week  cutting  on  the  new  con­
tract.

Coldwater—August  Visel  has  pur­
chased  the  interest of Wallace E.  Wright 
in  the  Coldwater  Bicycle  Novelty  Co. 
The  business  will  be  continued  under 
the  same  style.

Detroit— McIntosh,  Crane  &  Co.  have 
filed  articles  of  association  and  will 
manufacture  candies 
in  this  city  upon 
a  capital  of  $10,000,  three-fourths  of 
which  has  been  paid  in.

Ionia— R.  L.  Burger  has  purchased 
the 
interest  of  his  partner,  Z.  B.  Cut­
ler,  in  the  firm  of  Cutler,  Burger  & 
Co.,  cigar  manufacturers,  and  will  con­
tinue  the  business  in  his  own  name.

Lewiston—The  Miohelsnn  &  Hanson 
Lumber  Co.  shipped  3,200,000  feet  of 
lumber  from  the  mill  of  the  company 
in  September,  next  to  the  largest  ship­
ment  ever  made  by  it  in a single month.
Detroit— Emil  Jacob  and sixteen other 
Detroiters  have  organized  the  Chatta- 
hoochie  Mining  Co.,  with  a  capital 
stock  of  $25,000,  of  which  $6,000 is paid 
in.  The  business  office  will  be 
located 
at  Waconchie,  White  Co.,  Ga.

Manistee—There 

is  evidently  going 
to  be  a  large  amount  of  logging done  on 
the  river  here  this  winter,  and  already 
the  competition  for  mossback 
logs  is 
getting  quite  keen.  The  established 
price  for  hemlock  has  been  so  far $3.25, 
but  rumor  has  it  that  one  large  block  of 
about  5.000,000  feet  has  changed  bands 
at  $3.50.

Detroit— Notice  of  the  increase  of  the 
capital  stock  of  the  Burrell  Chemical 
Co.  from  $100,000 to  $150,000  has  been 
filed  with  the  County  Clerk.  The  action 
was  taken  at  a  special  meeting  held  on 
Oct.  16,  by  a  vote  of  over  two-thirds  of 
the  capital  stock.

Detroit—The  Dickinson  Chemical 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of  incorporation 
and  will  manufacture  chemicals  and 
other articles  of  like  nature  in  this  city 
upon  a  capital  of  $50,000,  of which $10,- 
500  has  been  paid  in.  Albert  E.  D ick­
inson,  650,  Porter  A.  Tucker,  100,  and 
Henry  F.  Meier,  300  shares,  are  the  in­
corporators.

Coldwater—J.  R.  Maltby has accepted 
the  lot  selected  by  the  committee  on 
the  southwest  corner  of  Bennett  and 
Hooker  streets  near the  waterworks  for 
the  location  of  his  furnace  factory.  The 
committee  will  proceed  at  once  to  col­
lect  the  subscriptions  to  pay  for  the 
lot 
and  meet  the  conditions  of  the  contract 
with  Mr.  Maltby.

Owosso— R.  N.  Parshall,  ofWilliams- 
ton,  formerly  of  Perry,  has  purchased 
the  lot  at  the  corner  of  Washington 
street  and  Corunna  avenue,  alongside 
the  D.  &  M.  Railway  track,  and  will 
erect  a  flouring  mill 
The 
building  is  to  be  three  stories  high,  32X 
48  feet,  with  a  boiler  room  at  one  side. 
It 
is  hoped  that  the  mill  will  be  ready 
for  business  before  January  1.

thereon. 

Lansing— The  Lansing  Wheelbarrow 
Co.  has  begun  excavations  for  a  new 
building.  The  improvements  will  con­
sist  of  an  addition,  50x100  feet,  to  the 
blacksmith  shop  and  a  new boiler room, 
the  erection  of  which 
is  necessary  to 
accommodate  two  large  new  boilers  re­
cently  purchased.  The  erection  of  these 
buildings  and 
improve­
ments  to  be  made  will entail an expend­
iture  of  $5,000.

the  minor 

lumber 

Bay  City— The 

lumber  business 

is 
active  here.  All  of  the  mills  are  run­
ning  and 
is  being  sold  and 
shipped  by  water  and  rail  at  a  lively 
rate.  There  have  been  a  large  numbei 
of  sales  during  the  last  thirty  days,  and 
a  good  deal  of 
lumber  has  been  dis­
posed of  to  go  forward before navigation 
closes.  Prices  are  more 
satisfactory 
and  manufacturers, who  have  been  down 
in  the  mouth  the  last  three  years,  are 
now  looking  cheerful.

Marquette—Wm.  Malmborg,  formerly 
warden  of  the  Marquette  prison,  comes 
out  with  a  card  in  the  Mining  Journal 
advocating the establishment of  a  crack­
er  factory  at  this  place. 
In  view  of  the 
large  number  of  idle  factories  in  differ­
ent  parts  of  the  State—and  all  over  the 
country,  as  well— in  consequence  of  the 
cracker  war  which  has  been  in  progress 
for  several  months,  the suggestion  is  not 
favorably  regarded  by  the grocery trade, 
which  realizes  that  baked  goods,  both 
crackers  and  sweet  goods,  are  now  sell- 
ing  at  less  than  the  cost of manufacture.
St.  Ignace—Chas.  Moore  has  pur­
chased  the  sawmill  of  Wm.  Baird,  lo­
cated  on  Bois  Blanc  Island.  The  mill 
has  been  idle for  the past  two  years,  but 
will  be  started  up  again  about  Decem­
ber  1.  The plant  consists  of  engine  and 
boiler,  two  circular  saws,  one  lath  saw 
and  two  shingle  machines.  There  is 
plenty  of  pine  and  cedar  in  the  vicinity 
to  keep  the  mill  running  for  five  years, 
after  which  time  it  is  the  intention  of 
Mr.  Moore  to  move  the  mill 
to  the 
mouth  of  Carp  River  and  operate  it 
there.  Mr.  Moore  has  taken 
in  his 
brother,  John  C.,  and  his  nephew,  Rob­
ert  John,  as  partners  and  the  plant  will 
be  operated  under  the  style  of  Moore’s 
lumber,  lath  and  shingle  mill.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

b

Grand  Rapids  Gossip
L.  A.  Mellings  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Angell.  The  Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

J.  M.  Medler  &  Co.  have  opened  an 
office  in  the  Michigan  Trust  Co.  build­
ing  for  the  sale  of  photographers'  sup­
plies  and  mill supplies.

F.  J.  Leach,  confectioner  at 535 South 
Division  street,  has added  a  line  of gro­
ceries.  The  stock  was  furnished  by  the 
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.

J.  C.  Sedam  has  sold his grocery stock 
at  113  South  Division  street  to  Fred. 
Greenwood,  of  Manistee,  who  will  con­
tinue  the  business  at  the  same  location.

L.  H.  Fancher,  formerly  engaged 

in 
the hardware  business  at  Bloomingdale, 
has  opened  a  grocery  store  at that place. 
The  stock  was  furnished  by  the  Olney 
&  Judson  Grocer  Co.

George  Metz 

is  erecting  a  two-story 
brick  store  building  at  Mill  Creek,  the 
ground  floor  of  which  has  been  leased 
by  J.  H.  Baker,  of  Cannonsburg,  who 
will  occupy  it with a general stock  about 
Nov.  1. 
It  is  understood  that  Mr.  Bak­
er  will  continue  to  conduct  his  general 
store  at  Cannonsburg,  the  same  as  here­
tofore.

The  new  furniture  enterprise  exploit­
ed  by  Wm.  H.  Boyns  will  have  a  paid- 
in  capital  of $25,000,  composed  of  eight 
extensive  buyers  of  furniture,  several 
traveling  salesmen  and  a  number  of  lo­
cal 
investors.  The  new  company  will 
occupy  the  Winegar  plant,  at  the  corner 
of  Prescott  street  and  the  G.  R.  &  I. 
Railroad.

The  Tradesman  will  keep  "open 
house”   carnival  week  and  cordially  in­
vites  all  business  men  who  visit  the city- 
on  that  occasion  to  make  the  Trades­
man  office  headquarters.  Ample  ar­
rangements  have  been  made  for  the 
checking  of  wraps,  umbrellas  and  par­
cels  and  any  information  in  possession 
of  the  office  force  will  be  at  the disposal 
of  the  visitors.

The  assets  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Paper  Co.  were  sold  at  auction 
last 
week  by  the  Peninsular  Trust  Co.,  be­
ing  bid 
in  at  $2,235  by  J.  H.  Martin, 
father  of  one  of  the  partners.  This  sum 
will  not  cover  the  claims of the creditors 
included  in  the  first  mortgage,  leaving 
the  other  secured  creditors  out  in  the 
cold.  Whether  the  business  will  be  con­
tinued  or  wound  up  as  soon  as  the  pres­
ent  stock  is  disposed  of  has  not yet been 
determined.

Frank  Jewell,  Vice-President  of  the 
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.,  celebrated  the 
twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  his  entrance 
on  a  business  career  Tuesday.  Previous 
to  that  time  he  had  resided  at  Cedar 
Springs,  where  he  won  an  enviable 
reputation  as  a  student 
in  the  public 
schools.  October  19,  1872,  he  entered 
Swensberg's  business  college,  putting 
in  a  few  spare  hours  each  day  at  the 
wholesale  grocery  establishment  of  I. 
M.  Clark  &  Co.,  and  covering the near­
by  towns  Saturdays  in  the  capacity  of 
traveling 
Three  months 
later  he  devoted  his  entire  time  to  the 
sale  of  goods  on  the  road  and,  with  the 
exception  of  about  eighteen  months,  he 
has  been 
identified  with  the  wholesale 
grocery  business  ever  since,  rising  by 
degrees  to  the  important position he now 
occupies.

salesman. 

increasing 

The  Michigan  Central  Railway 

is 
its  holdings  of 
constantly 
Grand  Rapids  real  estate,  evidently  for 
the  purpose  of  securing  the  benefit  of 
the  "unearned  increment”   which  it  has 
steadily  undertaken  to  prevent  by unjust 
discriminations  against  the  city  ever 
since  the  system  was  connected  with 
this  market.  The 
latest  acquisition  is 
two  lots  on  McConnell  street,  the owners 
of  which  were  agitating  the  matter  of 
opening  the  street  across  the  tracks  of 
the  Central,  necessitating  the  removal 
of  the  wood  and  coal  yards  which  have 
occupied  the  street  for  years  in  defiance 
of 
law  and  the  rights  of  the  people. 
Chas.  B.  Judd  owned  a  thin  slice  of 
land  of  13  feet  frontage  on  McConnell 
street  and  136  feet  frontage  on  South 
Ionia  street,  for  which  he received $900. 
Wm.  Brummeler  owned  the  adjoining 
lot,  having  a  frontage  of  44  feet  on  Mc­
Connell  street  and  a  depth  of  136  feet, 
for  which  he  received  $3,000. 
The 
warehouse  on  the  latter  property  is  still 
held  by  the  former  owner  and  will  be 
occupied  by  Wm.  Brummeler  &  Sons, 
the  same  as  heretofore.

The  Grain  Market.

The  past  week  has  been  an exception­
ally  quiet  one.  There  were  some  spas­
modic  bulges  in  the  market,  but,  on  the 
whole,  it  was  a  weak  market  and  prices 
are  now  about  where  they  were  one 
week  ago.  The  visible  showed  an  in­
crease  of  only  1,136,000 bushels,  against 
2,374,000  bushels  at  the  same  week 
last 
year.  Notwithstanding  the  market  is 
weak,the conditions  were  never  stronger 
than  they  are  now.  The  exports  are 
arge,  having  averaged  19,000,000  bush­
els  per  month  for  the  last three  months. 
September  capped  the  climax,  as  there 
has  not  been  a  month  recorded  when  so 
much  wheat  was  exported  as  there  was 
during  the  last  month.  The  world’s 
shipments  were  large,  of  which  nearly 
two-thirds  came  from  the  United States. 
Trade 
is  congested—not  much  doing ; 
in  fact,  there has  not  been  so  little  trad­
ing  in  grains  for  years.  The  great  diffi­
culty 
is  bringing  about  its 
value  or  a  little  less,  and  the  bears  are 
afraid  of  bounding 
it,  especially  as 
Chicago  has  only  about  2,000,000  bush­
els.  As  a  rule,  Chicago  has  12,000,000 
to  15,000,000  bushels. 
The  question 
arises,  Where is  the  wheat  to  come  from 
to  fill  the  orders  for  the  6,000,000  to 
8,000,000  bushels  which  has  been  sold 
short  in  that  market?  The  ground  has 
been  so  dry  that  the  growing  crop  has 
not  been  making  any  headway.

is,  wheat 

Corn  held 

its  own  until  Tuesday, 

when  it  slumped  off  2c.

Oats  are  down  a  little  and  will  prob­
ably  go  lower,  as  the  consumption  of 
this  cereal  is  growing  less  every  year.

There 

is  more  enquiry  for  rye  and 

prices  have  been  sustained.

Mill  feed  is  in  good  demand  and flour 
sales  are  about  as  usual,  as  the  market 
is  barren  of  stocks.

The  receipts  during  the  week  were  59 
cars  of  wheat,  8  cars  of  corn,  u   cars  of 
oats  and  8  cars  of  rye.  The  rye  is 
shipped  through  here,  as  none  is  used 
in  this  market  for  grinding  purposes.

Local  mills  are  paying  85c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A. Voigt.

Fred  B.  Clark,  of  the  lumber  firm  of 
Clark  &  Jackson,  at  Duluth,  is  in  town 
for a  few  days.  Mr.  Clark  will  be  re­
membered  through  his  connection  with 
the  wholesale  grocery  bouse  formerly 
known  as  the  I.  M.  Clark Grocery Co.

Ask  Visner  for  Inducement on Gillies’ 

New  York  spice  contest.  Phone  1589.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—Opinions  seem  to  agree  that 
the  next  fluctuation  is  more  likely  to  be 
a  decline  than  an  advance.  The  Euro­
pean  market 
is  steady  and  weak  by 
turns,  and  the  net  condition  shows  no 
advance  over  the  decline  of  the  week 
previous.  The  domestic  raw  market  is 
steady  and  with 
little  business.  The 
consumptive  demand  for  refined  sugar 
is  falling  off  somewhat,  but  is  still  fair.
Tea— Retailers  are  not  very  free  buy­
ers, and  the  movement  in  general  is  not 
large.  There 
is  a  considerable  tea  in 
transit  or  just  landed  on  the West Coast. 
Both  Japan  and  China  teas  are  coming 
with  more  freedom  than  at  any  time 
since  the  discussion  of  the  tariff  bill. 
Low  grade  teas  are  scarce  here  and 
abroad,  and  cheap  teas  will  not  be  in 
the  market  this  season.  The  low  price 
of  coffee  is  undoubtedly  cutting  off  not 
a  little  of  the  demand  for  tea.

Syrup  and  Molasses—The  market  for 
sugar  syrup 
is  very  steady  and  with  a 
small  demand.  Prices  are  unchanged 
and  no  fluctuation  is  expected.  There 
is  rather  a  better  demand  for  molasses 
and  the  stock 
is  now  going  out  more 
freely  at  unchanged  prices.  The  sup­
ply  of  molasses is at  present limited,and 
no  new  stock  has  as  yet  been  received. 
The  planters 
in  Louisiana  have  at  last 
been  able  to  start  work,  however,  and 
there  is  some  prospect  now for the open­
ing  of  the  new  season. 
If  there  are  no 
interruptions  new  molasses 
further 
should  be  received 
in  this  market  in­
side  of  two  or three weeks.  The opening 
price  is  likely  to  be  less  than  last  year.
is  practically 
in  tomatoes  at  present,  al­
no  market 
though  everybody  expects  higher  prices 
later 
in  the  season.  Nearly  all  of  the 
packers  have  now  ceased  packing. 
Practically  nothing  is  doing  in  corn.  A 
little 
the  time,  at  un­
changed  prices.  Peas  are  likewise  dull, 
without  change 
Baltimore 
packers  claim  to  have  sold  large  quan­
tities  of  their  product  in  other  sections 
of  the  country,  but  their  sales 
in  this 
section  have been  comparatively  small. 
Peaches  are  quiet.  Very  few  Balti­
more  goods  are  selling  and  jobbers  are 
now  waiting  for  the  receipt  of  the  Cali­
fornia  peaches  which  they  purchased 
earlier  in  the  season.

Canned  Goods— There 

is  selling  all 

in  price. 

Rice— Prices  are  still  high,  both  on 
foreign  and  domestic  rice.  The  in­
creased  tariff  on  foreign  will  probably 
have  some  effect  on  keeping  up  the 
price  of  the  domestic  product.

Spices—The  market  is  advancing  on 
spices,  especially  on  pepper  and  mace. 
The  market 
is  very  firm, 
and  the  movement  good  from  this  mar­
ket.

in  extracts 

Dried  Fruits— West  Coast  reports  say 
that  about  three-fourths  of  the  apricots 
of  the  Coast  have  gone  out,  and  that 
there  is  a  heavy  and  increasing  demand 
for  export. 
If  this  report  is  true  there 
will  be  a  higher  market.  Peaches  are 
holding  firm  at  prices  hitherto  quoted. 
There 
is  a  good  stock  in  this  market 
and  the  movement  is  good.  Prices  are 
lower  than 
last  year,  which  is  helping 
the  movement  materially.  From  Ore­
gon  the  report  is  that  there  is  a  scarcity 
of  40s  to  50s  prunes,  and  that  producers 
are  trying  to  induce  buyers  to  take  50s 
to 60s.  The  Oregon  crop 
is  said  to 
turn  out  only  about  50  per  cent,  of  the 
40s  sizes  expected.  Eastern  reports  are 
to  the  effect  that  figs  of  the  new  crop 
are  coming  earlier  than  usual,  about 
twice  the  amount  having  arrived  as 
compared  with  the  same  date  last  year. 
The quality is  poorer; the warm  weather

checks  demand,  but  prices  are  com­
paratively  high,  owing  to  the 
increased 
duty.

It 

Rolled  Oats—There  is  a  weakness 

in 
the  market,  manufacturers  having  re­
duced  the  price  25c  per  barrel.

Provisions— Lard  is  very  quiet,  both 
pure  and  compound,  and  prices  are 
easy. 
is  the  opinion  of  the  trade 
that  prices  have  about  reached  bottom 
and  but  little  change  is  expected  until 
after  the  first  of  the  year,  when  there 
will  be  more  activity  through  buyers’ 
willingness  to  take  hold of stock.  Pres­
ent  prices  are  very 
low,  and  both 
pickled  and  smoked  meats  are  being 
sold  below  the  cost  of  production.

in  Michigan, 

Fish— Round  herring  is  very  scarce, 
as  are  all  lake  fish,  the  latter  growing 
more  scarce  every  week.  Cod  is  steady, 
but  is  plentiful.  The  catch  of  mackerel 
is  no  better  than  last  reported,  and  is 
counted  almost  a  failure.  Very 
little  of 
it  will  come 
into  the  salt  fish  market, 
as  the  greater  part  goes  to  market fresh. 
Trade  in  salt  fish  is  very  good  in  this 
market.
Rapid  Growth  of a  Progressive  House.
Hirth,  Krause  &  Co.  engaged  in busi­
in  the  spring  of  1883  at  118  Canal 
ness 
street,  handling leather and  furnishings, 
hides,  etc.  After several years  the  house 
discontinued  the  handling  of  hides,  at 
the  same  time  adding  a  full  line  of 
shoe  store  supplies  until  it  is  now  con­
ceded  to  carry  the  largest  and  best  as­
sorted  stock  in  the  West.  A  little  later 
the  house  added  a  children’s  shoe  de­
partment,  in  which  line  it  has  succeed­
ed  so  well  that  it  is  now  supplying  the 
largest  trade 
Indiana, 
Wisconsin  and  Nebraska.  Three  years 
ago  the  house  took  the  agency  of  the 
Goodyear  Glove  Rubber,  of  which  it 
carries  a  complete  line,  and  on  which 
it  has  succeeded  in  building  up  a  large 
trade.  A  recent  addition  to  its  busi­
ness 
is  the  importation  of  the  German 
Elastic  Circular  Feed  Sewing  Machine. 
Being  direct  importers  and  sole  agents 
for  the  United  States,  the  house  is  in  a 
position  to  quote  greatly  reduced  prices 
on  this  machine,  which 
it  is  claimed 
has  several  points  superior to  other  ma­
chines  of  the  same  class.  The  firm 
makes  a  constant  study  of bringing each 
department  up  to  its  highest  efficiency. 
In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  house  has 
outgrown 
its  present  quarters,  12  and 
14  Lyon  street,  the  two  senior  members 
of  the  firm,  F.  Hirth  and  G.  A.  Krause, 
have  purchased  a 
lot  on  South  Ionia 
street,  on  which  they  will  erect  a  brick 
building,  50x100  feet,  five  stories  and 
basement,  with  all  modern  appliances, 
which 
firm  will  occupy  about 
March  1.

the 

For  the  Benefit  of  His  Customers.
While  talking  with  a  druggist  in  a 
neighboring  city,  a  few  days  ago,  the 
writer  noticed  a  bulky  scrapbook  lying 
on  the  counter  in  full  view  of  all  visit­
ors  to  the  store.  Enquiry  disclosed  the 
tact  that  the  druggist  keeps  that  scrap­
book  solely  tor  the  benefit and education 
of  his  customers. 
In  it  are  to  be  found 
clippings  concerning  department  stores 
and  their  methods,  historical  articles  of 
popular 
interest  concerning  the  drug 
trade,  several  items  concerning  inferior 
goods  on  the  market,  and  a  whole  mass 
of 
information  of  various  kinds  calcu­
lated  to  inspire  the  reader  with  the  ad­
vantage  of  patronizing  exclusive  stores 
and  of  demanding  the  best  class  of 
goods.  The  idea  is  a  good  one,  capable 
of  application  to  any  line  of  trade.

If  some  merchants  worked  half  as 
hard  to  do  things  the  right  way  as  they 
do  to  explain  why  they  have  been  doing 
them  the  wrong  way  all  the  time,  there 
would  be  fewer  failures.

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SU C C E SSFU L   SALESM EN.

Fred  J.  Ephlin,  Representing  Lautz 

Bros.  &  Co.

Fred  James  Ephlin,  who  at  an  early 
stage 
in  his  career  became  familiarly 
and  affectionately  known  as  “ Fritz,”  
first  smiled  upon  this  vale  of tears thirty 
years  ago—the  exact  date  was  February 
28,  1867— in  the 
little  Indiana  city  of 
La  Porte,  where  his  parents  still  reside 
in  the  fine  old  homestead.  His  father, 
Edward  Lion  Ephlin,  is  a  contractor, 
being  the  founder  of  the  firm  of  Ephlin 
&  Whorwell.  His  mother was Miss  Syl­
via  Annette  Shreve  before her marriage. 
Both  she  and  his  father  were 
from 
Pennsylvania,  but  were  originally  de­
scended  from  Yankee  families  in  New 
England.  Fred’s  father  was  a loyal  sup­
porter  of  the  Union,  serving  every  day 
through  the  late  war.  He  was  a  mem­
ber  of  Company  F,  Ninth  Indiana  Vol­
unteers,  serving  as  Fife  Major  and  Sec 
ond  Lieutenant.  At  Christmas  time 
when  his  boys  are  at  home,  he  delights 
in  entertaining  them with reminiscences 
of  war  times—but  he  is  free  toacknowl 
edge  that  his  most  thrilling  experiences 
and  exciting  engagements  were  tame 
as  compared  with  the 
interviews  he 
used  to  have  with  Master  Fred  in  the 
woodshed,  after  one  of  that young man’s 
in  Northern 

scouting  expeditions”  

Indiana!

Fred’s  schooldays  were  marked by the 
usual  boyish  pranks,  followed,  presum­
ably,  by  the  usual  punishments;  but, 
while  he  had  the  name  of  being  the 
most  mischievous  boy  in  town,  he  also 
was  looked  upon  as  the  kindest  hearted 
and  one  of  the  bravest  and  most  gener­
ous.  Nature  had  endowed  him  in  am­
ple  measure  with  one  of  her  most  prec­
ious  gifts—unfailing  good  nature,a  trait 
which  has  developed  until,  as  one  of 
his  customers  said,  “ His  cheery ‘ Hello’ 
and  his  mirth  and  music  make  one  feel 
young.”   This  perennial  geniality  has 
won  for  Mr.  Ephlin  hosts  of  friends.

One  of  his  pet  hobbies  from  boyhood 
up  has  been  the  advancement  of  all 
athletic  sports.  This  taste  led  him,  at 
one  time,  to  follow  off  some  traveling 
show—the  necessity  of  walking  home 
after  a  few  days  dampening  his  enthu­
siasm 
in  this  direction.  At  another 
time,  after  several  months  of  training, 
he  considered  himself  proficient  to  en­
ter  himself  in  the  Field  Day  sports  of  a 
certain  Michigan  town  as  a  “ boxer.”  
His  opponent  was  a  professor  of  the 
manly  art  and  the  time  they  were  to 
box  was  ten  minutes.  It  is  told  the  con­
test  lasted  just  ten seconds.  Fred landed 
on  him  once.  The  professor  landed 
once.  Fred  has  not  sparred  any  since.
In  the  business  world  Fred’s  ventures 
have  been  successful.  After  finishing 
school,  at  the  age  of  21  he  embarked  in 
the  grocery  business  in  his  native  town 
with  Allen  B.  Chaney,  of  Olney,  111. 
After  one  year  the  partnership  was  dis­
solved,  that  Fred  might  take  a  position 
on  the  road.  The  same  month—De­
cember,  1890—he began  his  service  with 
Lautz  Bros.  &  Co  ,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
manufacturers  of  laundry  soaps  and 
starches,  a  position  he  still  holds,  be 
ing  now  their  Michigan  State  agent.

As  characteristic  of  the  boy,  Mr. 
Ephlin  has  brought  into  manhood,  and 
its  duties  and  pursuits,  the  qualities  of 
perfect  sincerity  and  originality, 
the 
latter  manifesting  itself  in  the  most  un 
conventional 
unique  business 
methods.  One  of  his  novel  schemes, 
upon  bis  first  rounds  through  the  State, 
was  to  carry  a  small  piccolo  banjo,  and 
give  a  song  and  banjo  solo,  or  a  song

and 

it?”   Needless  to  say,  a  good  fat  order 
for  “ octaves”   was  forthcoming.

Into  his  social 

life  Mr.  Ephlin  also 
brings  that  enthusiasm  and  good fellow­
ship  which  make  for  him  friends  of  all 
who  come  within  the  circle  of  his  ac­
quaintance.  He  is  an  Elk  and  a  mem­
ber  of  the  Knights  of  the  G rip ;  belongs 
to  the  Baptist  church,  and  to  each  or­
ganization  he  gives  his  best  efforts  in 
promoting 
like 
his  father’s,  Republican,  “ andtoosolid 
to  jar. ”

interests;  politics, 

its 

Until  1892,  Fred  was  one  of  the  fish 
in  the  matrimonial  sea,  for  whom  many 
fond  mammas of marriageable daughters 
angled,  but  unsuccessfully.  Then,  one 
happy  day,  Fate  took  the  matter  in 
hand  and  Fred  met  Miss  Blanche  Hol­
ton,  the  charming  young  daughter  of R. 
W.  Holton,  of  New  York. 
In  speaking 
ofhiscourtship.be  says:  “ I  thought 
I  wasn’t  in  the  ‘also  rans’  on  the  start 
in  the  race  for  my  wife,  for  several 
suitors  were  so  much  handsomer  than  I 
The  race  was  ‘ neck  and  neck’  for  some 
time;  but  I  finally  won,  because,  for 
once 
‘ jest  a 
jokin’ i’  ”

life,  I  was  not 

in  my 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ephlin  reside  at  the 
Livingston  Hotel 
in  Grand  Rapids, 
which  city  he  also  makes  his  business 
headquarters.

The  Whirligig  o f  Time.

Mary  had a  little lamb,

Its fleece  was  white  as  snow,

And  everywhere that  Mary went 

The  lamb was  sure  to  go.

Its fleece Is still as  white as  snow,

But  Mary’s  lamb  has  grown,

And  now  she’d  rather  walk three  miles 

Than face  that lamb alone.

Toronto  hotels  have  been  bothered  by 
a  man  who  persists 
six 
names  on  the  register  and  ordering  six 
rooms,  although  no  one  accompanies 
him  and  he  represents  nobody  but  him­
self.

in  putting 

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the  order; 

and  dance, in  exchange  for an  order,  the 
song  usually  winning 
if, 
however,  the  buyer  happened  not  to 
have  a  soul  tuned 
in  harmony  with 
Fred’s  banjo,  then  he  played  until  the 
buyer  was  glad  to  give  the  order,  to 
have  him  quit.  Here’s  another:  One 
time  this  young  man  entered  a  Jackson 
grocery,  greeting  the  proprietor  with 
that  bonhomie  of  which  he  is  master. 
Walking  over  to  a  great  pile  of  empty 
soap  boxes  labeled  “ Acm e,”   he  began 
at  the  lowest,  striking  each 
in  succes­
sion,  at  the  same  time  singing  the notes 
of  the  scale.  This  performance  he  re­
peated  several  times,  when,  turning  to 
the  grocer,he  said:  , ‘ They  play a  pretty 
tunp,  Mr.  Blank ;  but  were  you  to  re­
place  them  with  full  ones,  I  promise 
you  the  tune  they’d  play  would  pay  you 
better.  How  many  octaves  shall  I  make

holiday goods

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you  can 
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To  the  Trade

We trust  all  that  can  come  to  Grand  Rapids  this  fall  will  call 
upon  us  without  fail.  We  have  something  worth  your  visit.  We 
want to show you  the  splendid  improvements  we  have  made  in  our 
Wholesale Store, corner Spring and  Fulton streets;  improvements by 
which we are able to display  one of  the  most  Complete  Assortments 
of  Merchandise  ever shown  in our lines, by which  we are able to offer 
our goods at lower prices than  ever  before.

Owing  to  our  entire  stock  arriving  before  the  great  advances 
caused  by  the  new  U.  S.  Tariff,  our  prices  on  Holiday  Goods  are 
entirely based  upon  old  values,  so  that  any  purchases  from  us  this 
fall  will be a perfectly safe  investment, as  goods  will  probably  never 
be as cheap again.

We want to show you, also,  the  following  lines  of  goods  from 

our Holiday Catalogue.  If not  received, send  for  it.

Dolls of every sort,
Cups and  saucers,
Plate sets,
Bread  and  milk  sets, 
Children’s  m ugs, 
Shaving  mugs,
Cream  pitchers,
Sugars  and  creams,
Four  piece  sets,
Tea sets,
Tete-a-tete sets,
Berry sets,
Salad  bowls,
Oat meals,
Fruit saucers,
Bone dishes,
Bread and  butter  plates, 
Cake  plates,
Celeries,
Spoon  holders,
Mustards,
Candle sticks,
Toothpick holders,
Match safes,
Cracker jars,
Chocolate  pots,
Syrup jugs,
Celery trays,
Manicure trays,
Comb trays,
Pin and  pen  trays,
Olive, 

jelly  and  alnioi 

dishes,

Butters,
Cuspidores,
China  novelties, 
Jardinieres,
Teapot stands,
Japanese ware, 
Vases,
W ater  sets,
Celluloid:

,

Toilet cases,
Manicure cases,
Glove boxes, 
Handkerchief  boxes, 
Necktie  cases,
Smoker cases,
Shaving sets,
Collar and  cuff sets, 
Photo  boxes.

W all  pockets,
Scrap albums,
Picture  books,
Reading  books,
Bibles,
Board covered juveniles, 
Calendars,
Games—5c, 

10c,  25c,  51 

$1.00 to  $3.00 each, 

Puzzles,
Blocks,
Checkers,
Dominoes, 

id  Chess,

Playing: cards.

Soldiers,
Tin  toys,
Imported  toys  of every sort, 
Tool chests,
Blackboards,
T o y furniture,
Wooden  toys,
Iron  toys,
Ships,  boats,
Chairs,  tables,
Wash sets,
Horses,
Shoo  Flies,
Carpet sweepers,
Drums,
Doll  carriages,
Carts,
Velocipedes,
Iron  wagons,
Desks,
Cradles,
Beds,
Girls* sleighs,
Coasters,
Cutters,
Skates,
Tablets,
Box paper,
Pencils,
Slates,
Silverware  (hollow),
Rogers  Bros.  1S47 silver, 
Clocks,  lamps,  etc.,  etc.

We  also  publish  the  following  separate  Catalogues.  Write  for  any 

needed,  if  you  have  not already  received them:

No.  128.  Children’s  Carriages,
No.  131.  Glassware Catalogue,
No.  132.  Grocers’ Sundries and Bazaar Catalogue,
No.  134.  Crockery and China Catalogue,
No. 135.  Lamp Cata'ogue,
No.  137.  General Catalogue, consisting of Nos. 131.  132,  134 anu  135,
No.  136.  Holiday Catalogue,  1897:  Catalogue of  Sleighs  and  Desks;  Catalogue 
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THE  DIVINE  PLAN.

That  Life  Truly  Successful  Which  Is 

in  Harmony  Therewith  *

our being .’’—Acts  XVII, 28.

Text:  “In Him  we  live  and  move  and  have 
It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  greet 
the  brothers  of  the  traveling  fraternity 
to-day.  The  members  of  the  particular 
branch  of  the  profession  to  which  I  be­
long  are  familiarly  known  as  “ itiner­
ants, ' ’  and,  when  one  becomes  a  full- 
in  our  church,  he  is 
fledged  minister 
said  to  have  been  admitted 
into  the 
“ traveling  connection.”   He  has  his 
“ territory, ”  his “ route, ”  his “ circuit. ”
Traveling  men  are  a  benefit  to  busi­
ness  in  many  ways,  and  are  a  progress­
ive,  intelligent  and  interesting  class  of 
men.  Their  contact  with  the  bright men 
of  business  and  their  observations  of 
the  world  tend  to  give  them  a  social 
culture  which  is  worth  winning.  Hav­
ing  had  traveling  men  in  my  own  fam­
ily,  and  having  known  them  intimately 
in  a  social  and  business  way.  it  is  my 
opinion  they  represent  as  generous  and 
jolly  a  class  of  people  as  one  finds.
Instead  of  the  retail  men  in  the 

little 
towns  making  the  journey  to  the  large 
cities  once  or  twice  a  year,  at  great 
expense,  the  traveling  man  brings  the 
wholesale  house  to  them,  at  much 
less 
expense,  and  with  much  better  results, 
for  the  bewilderment  of  an  immense 
stock  is  thus  avoided. 
In  my  boyhood 
I  clerked 
in  a  general  store,  w here  I 
sold  everything,  from  tar  to  lace,  with 
soap  between—which  was  very  ap­
propriate,  of  course.  My  employer 
went  every  season  to  New  York  to  buv 
his  stock.  He  was  gone  about  a  week. 
Took  quite  a  bunch  of  money  with  him 
to  pay  expenses— and  I  suspect  some 
other 
Came  back  without 
money  and  with  headache  and  was  not 
good  for  much  for  business  for  another 
week.  But  modern  methods  in  business 
are  a  great  improvement.  The  retail 
dealer saves his  money,  and  if  there 
is 
any  headache,  it  is  on  the  other  fellow’s 
shoulders.

things. 

Your  ranks  are  honored  by  having 

in 
in  his­
them  some  of  the  greatest  men 
tory. 
Indeed,  our  Lord  was  a  traveling 
man,  going  about  on  his  Father’s  busi­
ness,  representing  his  Father’s  house. 
Paul  was  a  traveling  man. 
In  his  nat­
ionality  he  represented  that  great  race 
of  commercial  men,  the  Jews,  who  have 
been,  and  still  are,  identified  with  the 
foremost  business  interests  of  the world. 
But,  although  he  was  a  traveling  man 
from  a  bustling  city,  nevertheless he had 
high  and  large  thoughts  about  men  and 
life. 
In  one  of  his  trips  he  “ made”  
Athens,  a  great  commercial  city  and  a 
college  town,  as  your city  is;  and,  ob­
serving  the  importance  of  the  place  and 
the  high  quality  of  its  citizens,the  large 
lofty  thoughts  of  this  great  travel­
and 
lips  and  he 
ing  man  sprang  to  his 
made  this  declaraton:  “ For 
in  him 
we*  live  and  move  and  have  our 
being.”

You  hear  enough  of  business  the  year 
through:  “ So  much  a  barrel;”   “ by 
the  gross, so much 
“ ten off  for  cash!”  
These  are  familiar  expressions,of which 
you  must  be  tired,  and  I  have  decided 
to  turn  your  thoughts  away  from  them 
for  a  season.

In  response  to  a  special  message,  you 
have  “ run  in”   to  the  house  to  day,  and 
I  have  a  special  “ drive”   for  you.  The 
Michigan  Tradesman  promises  you  that 
I  will  “ trot  out  the  best  sermon 
in  the 
barrel.”   But,  the  truth 
is,  I  have  no 
“ barrel;”   I  don’t  place  my  goods  on 
the  market 
I  offer  you 
absolutely  fresh  goods  this morning.

in  the  barrel! 

I  have  been  “ off on  the  road”   myself 
lately;  and,  when  night  came  on—these 
wonderful,  awe-inspiring,  holy  nights 
— I  strolled  alone  in  the  forest.  And, 
wherever  I  could  find  an  opetiing  be­
tween  the  trees  looking  toward  the  sky, 
I  could  see  the  countless  stars,  which 
the  astronomers  declare  are  so  many 
moving  worlds,  and  some  of  which  are 
said  to  be  much  larger than  this  pon­
derous  earth  on  which  we  live.  And, 
alone  there  in  the  woods  at  night,  as
♦Sermon  delivered  to  Knights  of  the  Grip  at
the First M.  E. church, Kalamazoo,  Oct.  17, by
Rev. L. DeLamarter.

the  gay  stars  were  dancing  their  figures 
on  the  celestial  floor,  I  thought  such 
thoughts  as  these :  What  a  power  must 
have  been  required 
to  make  one  of 
these  stars!  What  power  must  be  em­
ployed  io  keep  them  all  in  proper  mo­
tion  and  order!  What  power  would  be 
required  to  destroy  one  of  them !  Then 
my  thoughts  came  back  to  myself.  So 
small  was  I  that  I  could  hide  behind 
one  of  the  countless  millions  of  trees  in 
the  woods,  and  yet 
in  my  thoughts  I 
could  go  to  those  stars  and  think  their 
Creator’s  thoughts!  And  then  I  thought 
in  His  plan.  And 
that  the  stars  are 
so  are  we. 
It  would  require  no  more 
power  to  destroy  yonder  star than  to  de­
stroy  you or  me,  because  of  the  suprem­
acy  of  Law.  Then  came  into  my  mind 
this  saying  of  Paul,  the  traveling  man : 
“ In  him  we  live  and  move  and  have 
our  being.”   Then  you  came  into  my 
mind.  Out  on  the  road—everywhere— 
north,  south,  east,  west—but  always  un­
der  the  same  arching  sky,  always  in 
the  same  Father’s  tender  care.

Now,  certain  great  and  fundamental 
laws  determine  the  course  and  affect 
the  life  of  these  stars.  And  so  certain 
fundamental  laws  determine  and  affect 
our  life.  Yonder  vast  and  enchanting 
system  of  worlds  is  not  a  hodgepodge, 
a  happy-go-lucky,  rollicking, 
lawless 
crowd;  but  law,  order,  system,  are 
everywhere 
always 
maintained.

displayed 

and 

For  instance,  there  is  the  law  of 

UNITY  OR  INDIVIDUALITY.

The 

is  complete 

The  stars,  as  they  stand  out  in  the 
sky  to-night,  are  the  same  that  they 
were  centuries  ago.  The  Jupiter  of  to­
day,  king  of  the  skies,  "is  the  same 
Jupiter  that  the  astronomers  saw  in  the 
ages  gone  by.  The  maintenance  of  yon­
der  system  of  worlds  depends  upon  each 
scholars  assert 
one’s  selfhood. 
that,  if  one  of  those  stars—even 
the 
smallest—should  be  destroyed,  chaos 
would  reign  and  the  catastrophe  of  the 
ages  would  result.  As  Venus,  Queen  of 
Beauty,  sweeps  on  through  space  and 
swings  among  the  myriads  of  admiring 
worlds,  she  remains  Venus,  the  Beauti­
ful,  still;  and  the  safety  of  the  vast 
system  depends  upon  her  unitv,  her  in­
dividuality,  according 
to  the  divine 
plan.  There  is  as  much  widsom,  pur­
pose  and  divinity  in  one  of  you  travel­
ing  men  as 
in  the  entire  twelve  hun­
dred  and  fifty  millions  of  our  earth’s 
population!  And  the  safety  of  our  life 
depends  upon  each  man’s  unity  and 
harmony  with  the  divine  plan.  Each 
man  of  you 
in  himself. 
Each  traveling  man 
is  a  part  of  the 
house  he  travels  for,  and  his  work  fig­
ures  into  the  footings  of  the  year’s busi­
ness.  The  largest  wholesale  house  in 
Michigan  cannot  balance  up  the  year’s 
business  until 
it  hears  from  the  agent 
of  the  smallest  territory 
in  the  State. 
Every  Knight  of  the  Grip  counts  one. 
Each  one  of  you,  swinging  around  your 
circle  and  making  your  towns,  is  in  the 
Father’s  care. 
into  His 
business,  you  are  related  to  the  whole. 
Reautiful,  indeed,  were  the  teachings 
of  Jesus  of  Nazareth  on  this  subject: 
“ The  very  hairs  of  your head,”   said 
He,  “ are  all  numbered!”   The  spar­
rows !  “ One  of  them shall not fall  to the 
ground  without your  Father!”   We  have 
but  to  live  the  normal  life  as  God 
planned 
it  out,  and  the  Hand  which 
drives  the  steeds  of  the  skies  in  their 
courses  will  guide  you. 
“ For  in  him 
we  live  and  move  and  have  our being!”
But,  in  the  study  of  these  wonderful 
worlds,  in  these  wonderful  nights  when 
I  was  “ off  on  the  road,”   I  was  im­
pressed  with  the  law  of
PROGRESS  IN  THE  DIVINE  PURPOSE.
Suppose  one  of  these  stars  should 
stop! 
It  would  surely  get  run  over,  and 
the  whole  system  would  he  plunged  in 
ruin.  Astronomers  claim 
foretell 
where  the  stars  will  be  a  thousand  years 
hence,  without  the  variation  of  even  a 
few  seconds.  They  run  on  schedule 
time,  to  fulfill  the  divine  purpose;  and, 
if  they  should  be  “ off  tim e,”   even  a 
few  seconds  in  a  thousand  years,  there 
would  surely  be  a  collision  somewhere 
on  the  road.  Not  only  does  each  one 
maintain  its  individuality,  hut  each  one 
goes  to  the  right place  at  the  right time,

You  figure 

to 

is 

and  so 
in  the  divine  order.  The 
normal  life  of  man  is  one  of  progress. 
The  personnel  of  the  traveling  frater­
nity,  as  of  other  bodies  of  men,  is  con­
stantly  improving.  Progress is the  spirit 
of  business,  as  it  is  also  the  genius  of 
life.

is  assured 

And  here  the great  traveling  man  who 
teaches  us  to-day  has 
large  and  lofty 
thoughts  of  us.  He  says:  “ In  Him 
we  live  and  move.”   Move!  Movement 
makes  the  music  of  the  skies.  Move­
ment  makes  the  harmony  of 
life. 
Movement  gets  business.  Once,  on 
one  of  his  trips,  on  a  grain  vessel, 
Paul  was  shipwrecked.  But  good  came 
of  it,  for  he  had  regard  to  the  divine 
purpose.  The  supreme  success  of  a 
man’s 
life  depends  upon  its  harmony 
with  the  supreme  purpose  of  the  great 
God.  This  seems  to  be  the  traveling 
man’s  thought  at  Athens.  Your  safe­
keeping 
if  you  progress  in 
find 
the  divine  order.  Whether  you 
yourselves 
towns  of 
Northern  Michigan  or  in  the  mildewed 
towns  of  Southern  Michigan;  whether 
you  register  at  the  Burdick  or  the  Ar­
lington  or  Sweet’s  or  Hibbard  or Down­
ey  or  Morton  or  Palmer,  you  are  in  the 
Father’s  care 
if  you  are  progressing 
along  the  divine  plan  and  in  harmony 
with  the  divine  purpose.  A  man’s  life 
can’t  run  riot,  any  more  than  a  star’s 
life  can,  without  danger  to  the  individ 
ual  and  the  whole  system.  Neither  a 
star  nor  a  man  can  run  against Nature’s 
normal  course  without  disaster 
ft  is 
“ in  Him”   that  we  move  insecurity 
and  with  success.

in  the  sawdust 

Again :  As  those  worlds  came  out  at 
night  to  whisper  to  one  when  I  was  “ off 
on  the  road,”   I  thought  of  the  great 
law  of

ATTRACTION.

We  are  taught  by  those  who have  a 
right  to  be  heard  that  the  heavenly 
bodies  do  not  move  in  a  straight 
line, 
but  that  all  revolve  around  a  common 
central  sun,  to which  they are constantly, 
strongly  and  normally  attracted.

The  law  of  attraction!  What  power 
there  is  in  that!  The  ponderous  worlds 
are  held  captive  in  its  invisible  chain. 
They  sweep  round  and  round,  held  in 
perfect  poise  by  that  wonderful 
force— 
attraction.  Were 
it  not  for  that,  no 
morning  star  would  presage  the  dawn 
of  day.  Were  it  not  for  that,  our  earth 
would  bid  adieu  to  the  sun  and  wander 
afar  in  the  dark  and  the  cold  or  fatally 
collide  with  some  other  lawless  tramp 
of  the  skies.  Our  earth  is  dependent 
upon  the  sun  for  its  life,  and  attraction 
to  that  source  of  life  is  necessary.

And  what  is  true  of  the  stars 

is  true 
of  human  lives.  We  are  strongly  and 
strangely  affected  by  the  law  of  attrac 
tion.  Not  only  are  audiences  held 
spellbound  by  it,  but  whole  lives  are  in­
fluenced  by  some  thought  or  some  per­
son  through  the  law of attraction.  Some­
one  whose  character  wins  and  whose 
spirit  attracts  directs  the  course  of  our 
life  forces,  affects  our  career  and  de­
termines  our  destiny.  Attraction  gives 
zest  to  our  life,  relish  to  our  work  and 
happiness  to  our  heart.  Swinging  round 
your  route,  you  ate  held  by  an  invisible 
cord  to  one  spot— Home—for  which 
your  journeys  are  performed  and  your 
labors  endured. 
is  the  power  of  at­
traction,  the  law  of  star  and  man  alike.
The  higher  and  nobler  life  of  man 
has  its  supreme  attraction  in  God—the 
great,  the  glorious  God!  The  travel­
ing  man  of  Athens  was  imbued  with 
this  nobler  spirit  when  he  said,  “ In 
him  we 
live  and  move  and  have  our 
being.”   And  it  is  this  living  that  puts 
us  into  the  Father’s  care  and  keeps  us 
in  his  plans.
Should  our  earth  grow  weary  of  re­
straint  and  refuse  the  attraction  of  that 
central  sun,  it  would  ruin  the  trade 
in 
harvesters  and  windmills  and  groceries, 
and  every  traveling  man  would be  “ laid 
off”   to-morrow  morning!  But,  if  the 
earth  remains  true  to  that  attraction, 
seedtime  and  harvest  are  promised, 
and  “ confidence 
is  restored”   at once. 
And  God  will  see  that  the  uncounted 
millions  of  stars  in  yonder  sky  shall  get 
out  of  our  way  as  the  earth  makes  her 
seasonal, trips!

Thus,  brothers,  are you  in  the Father’s 
care,  in  the  divine  plan,  when  you  live

It 

the  normal  life,  maintaining  your  own 
unity,  your  selfhood,  pursuing  His  sub­
lime  and  sacred  purposes,  yielding  to 
His  supreme  attraction.
Now,  several  “ side 

lints”   may  be 
worked  piofitably  along  with  our  mam 
business.  Of  course,  our  chief  employ­
ment  relates  to  our  Father’s  house. 
Moral  character  is  the  staple  article  on 
If  it  does  not  go  to­
the  market  of  life. 
day,  it  will  to-morrow, 
It  will  season
over without  loss. 
1Sut religion affords,
also, a 
large  v. orld of thought,  of  cul-
tu re, of  comfort,  of USi:f uluess.  These
are side 
lines.  NY1  gl eater  or  grande r
thoui?hts  can  come to the  mind  than
thost;  which  have  to do with  man’s  or-
igiu, duly  and  destii:iy~ in  other  words,
character.  These  expand  the  mind  and 
broaden  the  thought.  The  enterprising 
mind  of  the  traveling  man  finds  no  sat­
isfaction  without  sure  margins;  and 
should  find  no  resting  place  short  of  the 
ultimate  cause,  which 
is  God.  True 
culture  is  born  of  the  refining  senti­
ments  and  pure  ideals of religion.  After 
a  week’s  “ hard  run”   and  small  sales 
and  poor collections,  the  traveling  man 
must  fall  back  upon  his  inner  life  for 
anything 
like  comfort.  And,  as  for 
usefulness,  no  field  offers  greater  op­
portunities  than  does  that  of  religion.

But  these  are  only  “ side  lines,”   after 
all.  The  chief  business  of  man  is  life, 
life  according  to  the  purposes  of  God.
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life  is  right.  And  only  right  life  is  se­
cure.  The  stars  move  in  their  normal 
course,  and  only  thus  are  secure  in  the 
divine  system  Man,  also,  living  nor­
mally,  is  safe  in  the  Father’s  care.

Our  traveling  man  at  Athens  had  a 
idea  of  your  nature  and  of  your 
high 
“ In 
possibilities  when  he  declared, 
him  we 
live  and  move  and  have  our 
being.”   That  is,  whether  we  travel  by 
land  or  by  sea,  or  journey  from  state  to 
state,  the  same  Lord  is  over  all,  and  we 
are  in  the  Father’s  care—our  life  is 
in 
the  divine  plan.

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parts  of  water  will  surely  and  speedily 
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and'recommends  that  barrels  of  the  so­
lution  be  kept 
in  foundries,  etc.,  in 
which  workmen  could  be 
immersed. 
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blisters  prevented  and  a  cure  completed 
in  four  or  five  days.

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these 
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WEDNESDAY,  -  -  -  OCTOBER 20,  1897.

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION 
The  conditions  governing  for  the  past 
two  or  three  weeks  seem  to  continue 
without  much  change.  The  unpreced­
ented  buying,  to  fill  the  long-depleted 
stocks  of  the  retailers  throughout  the 
country,  which  characterized  the  months 
of  August  and  September  could  hardly 
be  expected  to  continue  undiminished 
indefinitely,  so  it  is  not  to  be  wondered 
at  that,  as  compared  with  the  unseason­
able  activity  of  those  months,  October 
should  appear  relatively  more  quiet.

But  this  quietness  does  not  extend  to 
the industrial  situation,  for  the  ratio  of j 
increase 
in  the  capacity  of  production 
continues  undiminished  in  all  lines.  A 
significant  feature  of  the  situation  is 
the  condition  of  foreign  trade.  During 
the  month  of  September  the  excess  of 
exports  over  imports  was  over  $62,000,- 
000,  a  sum  which  assures  an  inflow  of 
gold  and  favorable  exchange  for  some 
time  to  come.

While  bear  influences  have  continued 
to  hold  stock  speculation  in  check,  the 
general  factors  which  would  seem  to 
warrant  a  change  are  decidedly  in  evi­
dence.  Railway  earnings  continue  to 
improve  in  nearly  all 
lines. 
The  industrials  are  backed by continued 
demand  everywhere  and  the  general 
crop  conditions  are  all  favorable.

important 

It 

is 

The  breaking  of  the  long  drouth  had 
a  depressing 
influence  on  the  price  of 
wheat,  and  the  decline  in  turn  stimula­
ted  movement  decidedly,  especially  for 
export. 
interesting  to  note  that 
the  export  of  corn  is  fully  up  to  that  of 
the  same  time  last  year,  which  was  re­
markably 
large  on  account  of  the 
abundance  and  cheapness  of  that cereal. 
The  exports  of  wheat  for  the  first half  of 
October  were  32  per  cent,  more  than  for 
the  same  time  last  year,  and  the  Sep­
tember  exports  of  wheat  and  flour- 
25,868,838  bushels,  against  17,646,815 
last  year— were 
ever 
known.

the  heaviest 

The  characteristic  feature  of  the  iron 
trade 
is  the  continued  heavy  demand, 
which  is  crowding  many  of  the  mills  to 
the  utmost,  notwithstanding  capacity  is 
continually  being 
increased.  While 
prices  advance  but  slowly  as  a  whole, 
there  is  enough  improvement  to  keep  a 
healthy  upward 
tendency.  Advances 
are  announced  for  Bessemer  pig  and 
steel  billets.

The  textile  situation  is  favorable  for 
wool  and 
its  products,  while  there  has 
been  a  slight  decline  in  print  cloths  as

a  consequence  of  the  lower  price  of  cot­
ton.  Activity  continues  in  all  lines  and 
the  price  of  woolen  products  continues 
to  advance,  although  as  yet  not  in  pro­
portion  to  the  advance  in  wool.  The 
persistent  delay  of.  jobbers  to  give  or­
ders  for  spring  boots  and  shoes at prices 
now  asked  does  not  check  production, 
because  the  distribution  to  consumers 
has  been  so  large  that  additional  orders 
for  winter  have  sufficed  to  keep  the 
shops  at  work,  and the  shipments  in  two 
weeks  of  October  were  again  the  largest 
on  record  for  corresponding  weeks,  over 
30  per  cent,  larger  than 
in  1895,  and 
over  8  per  cent,  larger  than  in  1892.

The record of bank clearings continues 
heavy—$1,308,000,000.  This 
is  a  de­
cline  of  6.5  per  cent,  from  the  remark­
able  showing  of  the  preceding  week, 
but  the  amount  is  greater  than  for  any 
corresponding  week 
in  six  years  past. 
Fa  lures  were  only  196,  against  237  for 
preceding  week.

RETALIATION  ABANDONED.
Even  before  the  present  tariff  law was 
finally  enacted,  Germany  showed  by  her 
frequent  protests  that  it  contained  a  se­
rious  menace  to  German  trade.  The 
countervailing  sugar  duty  was  in 
itself 
a  serious  blow  at  Germany,  and,  more­
over,  there  were  many  other  provisions 
of  the 
law  which  were  calculated  to 
diminish  the  shipments  of  German 
products  to  the  United  States.

Since  the  Dingley  bill  became  law, 
Germany  has  viewed  with  dismay  tbe 
full  realization  of  all  her  forebodings. 
German  trade  has  already  suffered,  and 
suffered  severely,  and  the  commercial 
interests  in  that  country  realize  that  a 
continuance  of  existing  conditions  will 
mean  very  serious  losses.

The  first  intention  of  the German gov­
ernment,  backed  up  by  the  clamor  of 
the  agrarians,  was  to  resort  to  a  tariff 
war,  and  thus  retaliate  upon  us  for  tbe 
losses  to  which  German  trade  had  been 
subjected.  This  policy  has 
in  some 
measure  been  put  in  practice,  to  the ex­
tent  of  unfair  discriminations  against 
American  products  wherever  practic­
able  without  actual  change 
tariff 
laws.  American  meats  and  cattle  have 
especially  suffered,  because  these  ar­
ticles  could  be  kept  out  on  the  plan  of 
sanitary  precaution.

in 

The  German  government,  after  care­
tbe  facts  in  the 
fully  considering  all 
case,  has  apparently  made  up  its  mind 
that  retaliation  would  not  improve  tbe 
situation  a  single  jot,  and  is  now  seri­
ously  considering  the  advisability  of 
entering  into  a  reciprocity  arrangement 
under  tbe  provisions  of  the  Dingley 
law  permitting  such  an  arrangement. 
Although  no  direct  negotiations  have 
yet  been  opened,  it  is  expected  that  the 
American  Minister  at  Berlin  will  soon 
be  approached  on  the  subject,  or  the 
German  Ambassador  at Washington may 
be  instructed  to  make  formal  applica­
tion  for  a  reciprocity  treaty.

Owing  to  the  constant  demands  of  the 
German  agrarians  for  protection  from 
outside  competition,  Germany  is  in  no 
position  to  make  a  strong  fight  against 
high  foreign  tariffs.  To  blame 
the 
United  States  for  doing  what  she  has 
not  hesitated  to  do  herself  did  not  ap­
pear  either a wise  or  safe  policy ;  hence 
it  was  deemed  more  expedient  to  com­
promise  matters by seeking a reciprocity 
agreement.

The 

increased  employment  of  labor 
is  beginning  to  make  itself  manifest  in 
a  greater  demand  for  commodities  of 
all  kinds.

OUR  SPANISH  POLICY.

The  McKinley  administration  is  pur­
suing  a  cowardly  and  two-faced  policy 
with  respect  to  Cuba.  Although  per­
mitting  the  impression  to  get  abroad  in 
this  country  that  a  vigorous  course  was 
to  be  pursued,  nothing  actually has been 
done,  except  the  presentation  through 
our  Minister at  Madrid,  General  Wood­
ford,  of  a  mild  protest  against  the  pro­
tracted  war being  waged  in  Cuba,  and 
island  be  pacified 
a  request  that  tbe 
within  a  reasonable  time. 
It  was  be­
lieved  at  first  that  Nov.  1  had  been 
fixed  as  the  limit  for  pacification,  but 
tbe  State  Department  has  denied  that 
any  time  had  been  specified.

To  the  protest  made  by  General 
Woodford,  Spain  has 
replied  by  a 
change  of  Ministry,  in  the  first  place, 
and,  in  the  second,  by  an  announce­
ment  that  she  was  prepared  to  grant 
autonomy  to  the  island,  under  Spanish 
sovereignty;  but  at  tbe  same  time  was 
determined  to  put  down  the  rebellion 
with  the  sword,  and  would  promptly 
send  large  re-enforcements.  This  is  not 
the  answer  the  people  of  the  United 
States  expected  of  Spain.  The  removal 
of  General  Wevler,  and  the  substitution 
of  Marshal  Blanco,  means  the  continu­
ation  of  the  war,  with 
incidental 
damage  to  American  trade.  Tbe grant­
ing  of  autonomy  means  merely  the hold­
ing  out  of  promises  of  reforms  which 
will  not  be  carried  out.  Besides,  the 
Cubans  want  absolute 
independence, 
and  the  people  of  the  United  States  are 
desirous  that  they  should  be  successful 
in  securing  what  they  wish.  Spain’s 
reply  to  the  remonstrances  of  our  Gov­
ernment 
is,  therefore,  unsatisfactory  in 
every  sense.

its 

to 

The  question  now 

is:  What  will 
President  McKinley  do? 
Should  he 
consent  to  autonomy  for  Cuba,  and com­
pel  the  Cubans  to  sue  for  peace  on  the 
terms  now  offered,  the  course  of  his  ad­
ministration  will  be  roundly  denounced 
from  one  end  of  the  country to the other. 
The  people  of  the  United  States  are  not 
prepared 
submit  to  half-hearted 
measures,  and  demand  that  the  war  in 
Cuba  be  brought  to  an  end,  even  if 
Spain  is  compelled  to  acknowledge  the 
island.  President 
independence  of  the 
McKinley 
should, 
therefore, 
either 
show  the  moral  courage  of  his  predeces­
sor,  Mr.  Cleveland,  and  resolutely  re­
fuse  to  interfere,  or  he  should  take  the 
bull  by  the  horns  and  notify  Spain  that 
the  war  must  cease  by  a  certain  d a te- 
say,  Dec. 
the  United 
States  will  actively  intervene.  Such  a 
course  might  lead  to  war;  but  it  would 
be at'least  honest,  and  would  be  much 
more  likely  to  impress  Spain  with  the 
necessity  of  coming  to  some  final  deter­
mination  with  respect  to  Cuba.

1—otherwise 

It 

is  absolutely  necessary  that  some­
thing  should  be  done  by  President  Mc­
Kinley  before  Congress  meets,  unless 
he  proposes  to  allow  that  body  to  take 
the  matter  out  of  his  hands  altogether. 
The 
jingoes  will  certainly  adopt  some 
very  radical  measures  as  soon  as  Con­
gress  assembles,  and 
is  barely  pos­
sible  that  the  President  may  be procras­
tinating,  in  order  to  shoulder  the  re­
sponsibility  for  the  settlement  of  the 
Cuban  question  onto  Congress.  Such 
a  course  would  be  in  strong  contrast  to 
that  pursued  by  Mr.  Cleveland.

it 

THE  SAFETY  OF  OCEAN  TRAVEL.
For  years  past  the  numbers  of  serious 
accidents  at  sea  have  steadily  dimin­
ished,  and  although  from  time  to  time 
there  occurs  some  terrible  maritime dis­
aster  which  serves  to  show  that  the

point  of  absolute  safety  at  sea  has  not 
yet  been  reached,  it  is  gratifying  to  re­
flect  that  these  accidents  are  for  the 
most  part  connected  with  the  obscurer 
ocean  highways. 
In  the  great  roads  of 
traffic  between  this  country  and  Europe 
accidents  have  become  rare,  until  it 
is 
now  safe  to  state  that  travel  by  sea  has 
become  equally  as  safe  as  travel  by 
land.

According  to  a  report  issued  by  the 
Supervising  Inspector  General  of  the 
Marine  Service of  the  Government,  only 
forty-six  passengers  lost  their  lives 
last 
year  on  vessels  navigating  the  ocean 
from  American  ports.  How  great  a  re­
duction  this  figure  represents 
the 
liability  to  accident  at  sea  is  shown  by 
the  fact  that,  fifty  years  ago,  one 
in 
lost  his  life, 
every  56,000  passengers 
whereas  now 
is  but  one 
the  record 
death  to  every  1,886,000  passengers.

in 

This  greater  safety  of ocean  travel 

is 
no  doubt  in  a  large  measure  due  to  the 
improvement  in  ship  construction;  but 
the  careful 
inspection  by  the  Govern­
ment  is  certainly  the  principal  cause  of 
the  improvement.  Not  only  are  vessels 
inspected  and  compelled  to 
carefully 
supply  every  modern 
life-saving  ap­
pliance,  but  a  stricter  compliance  with 
the  rules  of  the  road  is  enforced  and 
infraction  of  the 
penalties  for  every 
laws  controlling  navigation  are 
impar­
tially  inflicted.
The  careful 

the 
causes  of  all  accidents,  with  a  view  to 
in  a 
fixing  the  responsibility,  is  also 
measure  responsible 
the  greater 
safety  of  passengers.  Taken  altogether, 
the  risk  to  passengers  on  transatlantic 
ships  is  very  sm all;  hence  it  is  not  sur­
prising  that  travel  at  sea  has  greatly  in­
creased  and  that  now  a  sea  voyage  has 
ceased  to  be  associated  with  the terrible 
tales  of  shipwreck  and  suffering  which 
used  to  be  so  common.

investigation 

into 

for 

AS  TO  THE  ARMY.

It  is  understood  that  the  forthcoming 
annual  report  of  the  Secretary  of  War 
will  advocate  the  addition  to  the  army 
of  two  or  three  regiments  of  artillery, 
as  well  as  such  reorganization  of  the 
forces  as  will  permit  of  the  adoption  of 
the  three  battalion  system  of  regimental 
organization.  The additional  regiments 
of  artillery,  it  is  claimed,  are  required 
to  properly  garrison  the  new  coast  de­
fenses,  many  of  which  are  approaching 
completion.

In  the  event  that  Congress  should  re­
fuse  to  authorize  the  desired  increase  in 
th**  artillery,  it  is  proposed,  as  an  alter­
native,  to  reduce  the  number of  infantry 
regiments  and  draft  the  officers and men 
composing  them 
into  the  artillery  arm 
of  the  service.  As 
is  believed  that 
the  principal  duty  of  the  regular  army, 
for  the  future,  will  be  to garrison  the 
seacoast  defenses  and  the  various  posts 
in  the  neighborhood  of  large 
industrial 
centers,  a  large  excess  of  infantry  over 
artillery  is  not  required.

it 

Our  present  standing  army  o£ 25,000 
men,  while  sufficient  for  ordinary  peace 
purposes, would prove scarcely  a  nucleus 
for an  army  in  time  of  war.  The  total 
strength  would  not  suffice  to  properly 
man  the  coast  defense  works  which  are 
now  being  erected. 
Such  being  the 
case,  it  would  be  wise  for  the  Federal 
Government  to  give  more  attention  to 
tbe  militia,  both  by  modernizing  the 
militia  laws  and  by making more liberal 
appropriations  for  arming  and  equip­
ping  the  State  troops.  No  changes 
in 
the  militia  laws  have  been  made  since 
the  very  beginning  of  the  Republic, 
hence  they  are  not  very  well  adapted  to 
modern requirements.  Tbe militia  could 
be  made  a  very  efficient  force  for  na­
tional  defense  at  very 
little  cost  and 
with  very  little  reorganization,  hence  to 
neglect  making  the  necessary  changes 
in  the  laws  would  be  very  shortsighted 
policy.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Is

THE  INCREASE  IN  ARMAMENT. 
Although  our  relations  with  the  coun­
tries  of  Europe  are  becoming  annually 
more  complicated,  and  the  possibility 
of  foreign  entanglements 
is  more  im­
minent  than 
it  ever  was  before,  our 
Government  is,  nevertheless,  totally  in­
different  to  the  condition  of  our  de­
fenses,  and is  making  but  little  progress 
in  preparing  for  possible  emergencies. 
Although  our  navy  is  still  very  weak for 
the  work 
it  would  be  called  upon  in 
time  of  war  to  perform,  Congress, 
nevertheless,  permitted  last  year  to  pass 
withont  making  any  provision  for  a 
further  increase  in  the  number of  fight­
ing  ships.  Although  it  is  admitted  that 
the  country  does  not  possess  sufficient 
arms  and  supplies  to  equip  a  force  of 
100,000  men,  nevertheless  no attempt  is 
being  made  to  provide  a  supply  of 
weapons  and  other  military  stores.  This 
short-sighted  policy  is  made  more  glar- 
ingly  apparent  by  comparison with what 
other  powers  are  doing.

torpedo  boat  destroyers 
in  England ; 
eight  90-ton  torpedo  boats  in  Germany; 
four of  like  type  in France;  three 3,000- 
ton  protected  cruisers  and  one  9,600-ton 
armored  cruiser  in  Japan.  Such  is  the 
list  of  vessels  under  construction  at  the 
present  time.  The  progress  it  indicates 
is  phenomenal.

It 

is  quite  within  the  possibilities 
that  we  may  sooner or  later  be  brought 
face  to  face  in  a  war  with  Japan;  hence 
the  activity  of  that  power  in navy build­
ing should be carefully watched.  Already 
Japan  is  more  powerful  in  the  Pacific 
Ocean  than  we  are,  and  within  a  few 
years  no  power  will  be  able  to  cope 
with  her  there  but  Great  Britain.  Our 
relations  with  Japan  are  already  a  trifle 
strained,  owing  to  the  annexation  prob­
lem,  and  this  fact  alone  should  warn  us 
that  we  are  living  in  a  fool’s  paradise. 
Congress  ought  to  strengthen  the  navy 
at once,  and  provide  a  sufficient  supply 
of  arms and  stores  to  be  able to mobilize 
a  respectable  army  at  short  notice.

Great  Britain  will  spend  during  the 
coming  year  on  her naval  establishment 
alone  $106,000,000,  and 
in  the  way  of 
new  construction  will  lay  down  fifteen 
vessels,  including  four battleships. 
In­
cluding  the  vessels  to  be  commenced 
during  the  coming  year,  the  following 
ships  will  be  under  construction 
in 
British  dock  yards  during  the  next  two 
years:  fourteen  battle-ships,  eight  first- 
class  cruisers,  nine  second-class  cruis­
ers,  ten  third-class,  two  sloops, 
four 
twin-screw  gunboats,  fifty-two  torpedo 
boats,  eight  light-draft  vessels  and  the 
royal  yacht.  Thus  the  total  number  of 
vessels  of  all  classes  under  construction 
during  the  year  will  be  108— more  by 
fifty  than  the  total  strength  of the Amer­
ican  navy.  Their  aggregate  displace 
ment tonnage  will  be about  380,000 tons, 
and  the  aggregate  horse-power  about 
800,000. 
is  anticipated  that  during 
the  next  fiscal  year  sixty-six  of  these 
vessels  will  be built,  including  fifty-two 
torpedo  boat  destroyers.

It 

France  has  a  very  ambitious  pro­
gramme  of  naval  construction  in  pre­
paration. 
It  includes  220  vessels  of  all 
types,  the  principal  of  which  will  be 
six  battle-ships  and twenty-two cruisers. 
These  boats  will  cost  $200,000 000,  and 
their construction  will  be  extended  over 
a  term  of  eight  years,  so  that  the  drain 
upon  the  finances  will  reach  only  $25,- 
000,000  each  year.

Japan 

is,  perhaps,  the  most  active 
navy  builder  after  England,  and  unless 
this  country  authorizes  a  large  number 
of  ships  in  the  near  future,  the  distant 
Oriental  empire  will  soon  outrank  us  as 
a  naval  power.  Japan  now  has  forty- 
eight  sea-going  warships  and twenty-six 
torpedo  boats.  She  has  built  five  ships 
since  the  war  with  China, 
including 
two  first-class  battle-ships  of  12,800  tons 
each. 
In  five  years  from  date  the  total 
strength  of  the  Japanese  fleet  will  be 
sixty-seven  sea-going  ships  and  sev­
enty-five  torpedo  boats,  and  all  the  new 
ships  will  be  up  to date  and  equal,  if 
not  superior,  to  vessels 
in  European 
navies.

Japan  has  devoted  the  indemnity paid 
by  China  to  navy  building,  and  she  has 
the  following  vessels  under  construc­
tion:  Three  14,800-ton  battle-ships  in 
England;  one  10,ooo-ton  battle-ship  in 
England ;  four  first-class  armored  cruis­
ers,  each  of  9,600  tons  and  20  knots 
speed,  two  being  in  English  yards  and 
one  each  in  France  and  Germany;  two 
5>ooo-ton  protected  cruisers,  23  knots 
speed,  in  the  United  States;  one  4,300- 
ton  protected  cruiser,  with  speed  of 
23  knots,  in  England;  eight  30-knot

THE  SPEED  OF  SHIPS.

The  achievement  of  the  great  ocean 
greyhound,  Kaiser  Wilhelm  der  Grosse, 
in  smashing  all  records  in  making  the 
transatlantic  voyage  has  served  to  call 
renewed  attention  to  the  efforts  which 
the  various  steamship  companies  en­
gaged 
in  the  passenger  business  are 
constantly making  to  shorten  the  time of 
the  sea  voyage  between  this country  and 
Europe.  Great  speed,  whether  in  rail­
roads  or  in  ships,  has  a  fascination  for 
the  American  traveling  public,  hence 
the  struggle  for  supremacy  in  speed 
is 
something  more  than  mere  sentiment 
with  the  steamship  companies.  The 
fastest  ships  secure  the most passengers, 
are  able  to  charge  higher  rates  and  se­
cure  the  most  lucrative  portion  of  the 
trade.  There  is  sufficient  in  this  to keep 
up  a  constant  rivalry.

With  the  constant  increase  in  speed 
there  has  come  a  steady  growth  in  the 
size  of  vessels.  When  the  Great  East­
ern  was  built,  years  ago,  she was regard­
ed  as  an  abnormal  and  unwarranted  de­
velopment.  The  leviathan  ship  was  re 
garded  more  as  a  curiosity  than  as  a 
vessel  designed  for  practical  commer­
cial  purposes.  There 
is  now  building 
a  ship  designed  for  the  regular  passen­
ger  trade  which  will  be  25  feet  longer 
than  the  Great  Eastern. 
is  hoped 
that  this  mammoth  ship  will  lower  the 
record  of  the  Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 
and  still  further  shorten 
the  voyage 
across  the  Atlantic.

It 

This  constant  increase  in  the  size  of 
ships  rendered  necessary  by  the  more 
powerful  machinery  required  to  drive 
them  through  the  water  at  the  high  rate 
of  speed  aimed  at seems to have reached 
its  greatest  development.  These  great 
ships are  not  unwieldy,  nor  has  comfort 
been  sacrificed  to  speed,  but  the  limit 
does  seem  to  have  been  about  reached 
as  far  as  size  is  concerned,  and  future 
increases 
in  speed  will  be  sought  by 
a  reduction  in  weight  of  machinery,  the 
employment  of  more  perfect  material 
and  the  elimination  of  waste  space. 
That  the  limit  to  the  reduction  of  the 
time  of  the  transatlantic  voyage  has 
not  yet  been  reached 
is  certain,  and 
many  people  believe  that  the  crossing 
will  yet  be  made  in  four  days.

A  report  to  the  State Department from 
the  United  States  Minister  at  Buenos 
Ayres  says  that  agents  of  the  British 
War  Office have  purchased  1,400  horses 
in  Argentina  for  use  by  the  British 
army 
is  believed  that 
these  horses  are  better  able  to  stand  the 
trying  African  climate  than  any  others.

in  Africa. 

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and  habits  that  should  safeguard  them 
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wealth 
In  a  bouse 
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The  mothers’  convention  did  not  be­
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was  a  satisfactory  substitute  for  a  baby; 
and  when  the  question  of  the  mother­
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Santa  Claus,  and  fairies,  and  told  of 
games  they  had  devised  for  rainy  days, 
when  little  people  grow  cross  and  quar­
rel,  like  their  elders,  simply  because 
they  are  bored.  Dull, 
indeed,  must 
have  been  the  woman  who  went  away 
without  a  wealth  of  happy  suggestions, 
and  new  theories  for  meeting  the  every­
day  problems  of  her  own  nursery.

At  first  it  is  a  little  startling  to  those 
of  us  who  were  only  “ raised”   and  not 
“ reared”   on  scientific  and  kindergar­
ten  principles  to  be  told  that  all  child's 
play  is  symbolic,  and 
is  forming,  un­
knowingly,  but  none  the  less  surely,  the 
character  of  the  man  or  woman.  Thus 
the  child  who  is  given  a  whip  and  al­
lowed  in  sport  to  beat  his  mother  loses 
in  the  act  not  only  the  sacredness  that 
should  hedge  her  in,  but  learns  the  love 
of  cruelty  and  of  pleasure  in  seeing  an­
other  suffer.  On  the  other  hand,  games 
were  suggested  that 
inculcated  tender 
care  for  the  weak  and  helpless,  and  that 
held  up  an  ideal  of  nobility  and  chiv­
alry. 
In  a  word,  the  mothers'  convoca­
tions  are  trying  to  do  in  miniature  for 
the  little  men  and  women  what 
is  so 
often  suggested  for  their  elders,  and  use 
the 
love  of  amusement  and  dramatic 
expression—the  stage,  if  you  please—as 
a  most  potent  moral  teacher.

That  the  complicated 

life  of  to-day 
brings  with 
it  many  fresh  problems  is 
too  obvious  to  be  controverted ;  and  it 
was  these 
issues  the  women  dis­
cussed,  with  a  good  common  sense  I 
could  not  sufficiently  admire.

live 

it 

“ There  should  be  no  hotel  child,”  
said  one  woman,  ' ‘ but  unhappily 
is 
almost  necessary  for  many people to live 
in  hotels  and  boarding-houses,and many 
children  must  be  raised  in such environ­
ments.  What  is  the  mother  of  the  hotel 
child  to  do?"  Wasn’t  that  a  pertinent 
question?  And  there  was  no  beating 
about  the  bush  in  the  answer,  either.  If 
she  did  her  duty  she  was  not  to  turn  the 
child  loose,  to  wander  up  and  down  the 
corridors,  and  scrape  acquaintance  with 
bell  boy  and  elevator  man,  or  still 
worse,  to  be  the  plaything  of  the  motley 
company  of  “ the  office’ ’  or  smoking- 
room.  No.  She  was  to  recognize  that 
the  unfavorable  environment  rendered 
ceaseless  watch  and  care  necessary,  and 
she  should  keep  him  with  her 
in  their 
own  rooms,  and  make  herself  his  most 
fascinating  companion. 
It  would  re­
quire  tremendous  self-sacrifice  on  the 
part  of  the  mother,  of  course,  but  the 
convocation  mothers  seemed  to  think  a 
child’s  salvation  worth  it.

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About  the  Mothers’  Convention.
When  we  drop  into  the  cant  phrase  of 
the  day  and  talk  about  the  advanced 
woman,  we mean  the woman  who  has  in­
vaded  the  professions  once  sacred  to 
man,  or  who  is  rafting  sawlogs  or  go­
ing  to  the  Klondike,or doing some  other 
extraordinary  and  freakish  thing  We 
never  think  of  applying  such  a  term  to 
that  vast  majority  who  are  following the 
time-honored  profession  of  wife  and 
motner. 
et  they,  too,  have  caught  the 
spirit  of  the  age,  and  there  is  no  more 
important  or  significant  figure  in  our 
dav  than  the  new  mother.

We  are  so  accustomed  to  seeing  the 
in 
new  woman  gather  herself  together 
conventions  to  demand  the  ballot,  or  to 
clamor  for  admission  to  new  fields  of 
enterprise,  or  to  read  learned  papers  on 
recondite  subjects,  that  it  scarcely  calls 
for  comment.  But  the  spectacle  of  a 
thousand  women  assembled  tor  the  sole 
purpose  of  discussing  the  best  methods 
of  rearing  their  children  to  be  broad 
intelligent  men  and  women,  and 
and 
good  citizens.  is  an  event  so 
important 
it  almost  marks  an  epoch.  Fur  it  is  an 
eternal  truth  that  the  hand  that  rocks 
the  cradle  ruHs  the  world,  and  in  such 
a  convention  did 
the  loving,  tender, 
womanly  side  of  the  advanced  woman 
question  come  up  for a  hearing.

That  is  what  I  was  thinking  the  other 
day  as  I  sat  in  the  big  Handel  Hall,  in 
Chicago,  at  the  convocation  of  mothers. 
The  room  was  crowded  to  the  very 
doors  with  women— pretty  joung  moth­
ers,  for  the  most  part,  in  stunning  new 
gowns  and  picture  hats,  who  had  babies 
at  home 
in  the  nurserv,  and  little  chil­
dren  at  school,  and  who  are  confronted 
every  hour  of  the  day  with  questions 
compared  to  which  the  riddle  of  the 
Sphinx  was  an  easy  conundrum.  Every 
child  is  in  itself  the  whole  human  prob­
lem,  that  the  mother  must solve offhand, 
rightly  or  wrongly,  clearly  or  bungling- 
ly,  according  to  her 
light  and  knowl­
edge,  and  these  women  had  foregath­
ered  from  all  over  the  country  to  com­
pare  notes  and  gather  wisdom 
from 
each  other’s  success  or  failure.

On  the  platform  sat  a  notable group 
of  women  andvmen  who  have  devoted 
their 
lives  to  child  study.  There  was 
Mrs  Crouse,  Prof.  Snyder,  Miss  Har­
rison,  the  most  famous  kindergartner 
in  the  world,  perhaps—women  who 
in  club  work,  learned 
were  prominent 
professors 
in  tne  Chicago  University, 
and  other  women  who  give  their  lives 
to  work  among  the  children  of the slums 
—the  baby  criminals,  who  play  at  be­
ing  anarchists  and  throwing  bombs,  and 
who  are  sentinels  set  to  guard  the  dens 
of  thieves.

Of  course,  there  was  a  wide  variety 
of  speeches  on  a  great  many  interesting 
topics,  but  almost  invariably  the  heart 
of  the  matter  was  reached  in  the discus 
sion  that  followed  every  paper.  Ten 
women  rose  up  from  all  over  the  house 
and  turned  it  into  an  experience  meet- 
ing,  and  discussed  the  relative  value  of 
spanking  and  moral  suasion  as  a  means 
of  grace,  or  told  how  they  dealt  with 
refractory  tempers,  or  how  they  showed 
selfish  and  grasping 
little  natures  the 
beauty  and  sweetness  of  preferring 
others  to  self.  They  talked  about  al­
lowances  of  pocket  money,  and gift  giv­
ing  and  receiving,  and  of  patriotism, 
and  how  to  so  celebrate  our  National 
holidays  as  to  inspire  the  love  of  coun­
try 
in  childish  souls.  They  talked  of

Women  who  are  poor,  who  have  to 
study  from  day  to  day  how to make  both 
ends  meet,  and  who  lie awake  of  nights 
planning  bow  to  get  Johnny  new  shoes, 
and  Susie  a  Sunday  frock,  are apt  to 
think  that  the  rich  mother  has  no  prob­
lems.  They  picture  her  as  turning  her 
children  over  to  a  French  bonne  or  an 
English  nursery  governess,  and  washing 
her  hands  of  all  further  responsibility.  . 
The  true  mother's  anxiety  is  always  the 
same,  and  wealth  brings  with  it  its  own 
burdens.  One  of  the  most  interesting 
discussions  was  along  this  line,  on  the 
problems  of  the  mother  who  has  wealth 
and  the  mother  who  lacks  wealth.  One 
speaker  told  the  story  of  a  rich  woman 
whose  two  sons  were  to  inherit  several 
millions  apiece  on  coming  of  age,  and 
of  the  heroic  sacrifices  of  personal 
pleasures  and  desires  their  mother  had 
made  to  try  to  fit  them  for  that  most 
difficult  career—a  gilded  youth.  She 
began  the  training  in their  infancy,  and 
through  all  their  childhood  and  bud­
ding  adolescence  she  strove  without 
ceasing  to  cutivate 
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any  sentimentalizing  about 
admitted  of  no  argument.

it,  and 

it 

Real  mother  love  branches  into  a love 
it  was  natural 
of  all  children,  and  so 
that  these  happy, 
fortunate  mothers, 
with  rosy  darlings  safe  in  the  shelter  of 
their  nests,  should 
listen  with  intense 
sympathy  while  one  of  the  women  be­
longing  to  the  social  settlement  told  of 
her  work  among  the  children  of  the 
Such  a  pathetic  tale  it  was,  of 
slums. 
little  waifs  whose  whole 
lives  have 
known  nothing  but  bruises  and  heat­
ings  and  starvation  and  filth,  who  are 
gathered 
into  the  free  kindergartens, 
where  they  are  cleaned  and  clothed,  and 
have  their  little  feet  set  tor  a  while,  at 
least,  in  the  right  paths. 
In  time  many 
of  these  children  win  their  mothers  to 
the  mothers’  classes,  and  so  the  work 
of  reformation  and  regeneration  begins 
at  the  very  bottom,  and  “ a  little  child 
shall  lead  them. ”

It  is  generally  thought  that  the  con 
vocation  of  mothers  was  an  assemblage 
of  theorists.  On  the  contrary,  it  struck 
me  that  it  was  eminently  practical  and 
sane.  The  child  of  to-day  is  not  differ­
ent  from  the  child  of  the  past,  only  the 
new  mother,  with  greater 
intelligence 
and  broader  knowledge,believes  she  can 
do  her  duty  better  by  him.  Just  as  now, 
science  may  remedy  many  defects,  so 
that  the  child  born  crippled  may  often 
walk  straight  and  strong  before  men,  so 
weakness  of  mind  or  character  may  be 
strengthened  and 
it 
grows  into  beauty.  That  was  the  dom­
inant  idea. 
“ Teach  your  children  to 
aspire,”   said  Miss  Harrison,  her  thin, 
worn  face  glowing  with  light;  “ teach 
them  to  aspire  to all  that  is  best  moral 
ly,  physically,  in  religion,  and  act,  and 
nature.  Aspiration 
is  God's  call  to 
come  up  higher. ”   And  that’s  the  new 
mother’s  creed. 

enlarged,  until 

D o r o t h y   D i x .

the  earlier  history  of  the  human  race 
are  almost  innumerable.

An 

immense  amount  of  human  in­
genuity  has  been  spent  in designing and 
fashioning  the  means  of  killing  fellow- 
m en,  and  every  resource  of  science  has 
been  draw n   upon  to  that  end.  A  writer 
in  the  Popular  Science  Monthly  for 
October  declares  that  it  is  almost 
im­
possible  to  enumerate  the  means  in­
vented  by  men  to  exterminate  each 
other 
in  turn,  from  the  spear and  the 
yataghan  to  shrapnel,  from  hemlock  to 
prussic  acid,  from  Greek  fire  to  dyna­
mite.

Even  the  most  savage  tribes,  which 
have  no  other  evidence  of  progress  in 
the  arts,  possess  the  most  elaborate  and 
effective  means  of  committing  slaugh­
ter.  The  bow  and  arrow,  the  blowgun, 
shooting  poisoned  darts,  and  the  boom­
erang  are  triumphs  of  this  science, 
which  the  savages  in  different  parts  of 
the  earth  have  developed  in  the  manu­
facture  of  deadly  weapons,  while 
in 
none  of  the arts  of  peace  and  of  provid­
ing  home  comforts  have  they  made  any 
but  the  rudest  progress.

The  burnings  at  the  stake  and  other 
atrocious  means  of  torturing  human  be­
ings  are  by  no  means  confined  to savage 
peoples  or  to  the  primitive  ages.  They 
have  appeared  at  every  period  of  hu­
man  development  down  to  the  present 
The boasted  civilization  of  the  present 
day  has  made  itself  notorious  by  the  in 
vention  and  adoption  of  the  most  de 
structive  methods  of  warfare  ever 
known.  The  possibilities  of  survival  in 
a  war  with  modern  weapons  are  vastly 
diminished.  As  to 
individual  crimes 
of  bloodshed,  they  are  shockingly  nu 
merous,  and  civilization  has  nothing  to 
boast  of.

Men  the  Most  Ferocious  of  All  Ani­

mals.

is 

When  some  act  of  outrage  by a human 
being 
invested  with  characteristics 
of  unusual  ferocity,  cruelty  and  horror- 
striking  recklessness  generally,  it  is  the 
custom  to  describe  it  as  brutal.

It 

is  much  to  be  doubted  if  the  vio­
lence  perpetrated  by  beasts  ever  is  as 
shocking  and  atrocious  as  that  commit­
ted  by  men.  With  the  exception  of  the 
tame  or  domesticated  cat  and  dog, 
which  are  the  constant  associates  of  hu­
man  beings,  it  is  extremely  doubtful  if 
any  beast  ever  kills  except for  the  high­
ly  practical  purpose  of  making  a  meal. 
The  tame  cat  and  dog  will  kill  for  the 
pleasure  of  it,  and  the  cat  will  torture 
the  mouse  that  falls  into  her  claws;  but 
there 
is  no  reliable  evidence  that  the 
wild  creatures  of  the  cat  kind either tor­
ture  their  victims  or  kill without eating. 
As  to  the  wild  dog  or  wolf,  his  hunger 
is  proverbial.  He 
is  always  too  raven­
ous  to  kill  except  to  satisfy  the  de­
mands  of  nature.

It 

is  doubtful  if  any  wild  beast  ever 
waylays  and  slays  a  victim  except  in 
obedience  to  some  urgent  appetite.  Of 
course,  the  killing  done  by  any  animal 
in  combat  while  defending  itself  or 
its 
young  cannot  be  supposed  to  possess 
any  of  the  features  of  a  crime.  But 
men  kill  deliberately  for  purposes  and 
to  satisfy  demands  that  are  not 
imperi­
ous.  Many  men  have  taken  delight 
in 
torturing  as  well  as  murdering  their fel­
lows.  History  is  little  more  than  a his­
tory  of  murders, 
.conflagrations,  rape 
and  robbery  on  a  gigantic  scale,  under 
the  name  of  war,  while  the  individual 
crimes  by  personages  of  distinction  in

It  is  a  remarkable  fact  that  the  most 
voluptuous  and  sensual  races  of  men 
are  the  most  bloodthirsty  and  cruel, 
and  if  this  be  true  of  races,  it 
is  more 
true  of  individuals.  All  history  teaches 
these  facts.  The  monarchs  who  were 
most  notorious  for  their  moral  deprav­
ity  were  also 
infamous  for  their  most 
truculent  and  atrocious  destruction  of 
human  life.  Voluptuous  outrages  are 
unknown  among  the  animals  which  we 
are  accustomed  to  denominate  beasts, 
and-the  shocking  and  bloody  depravity 
which  is  characterized  as  brutal  and  in­
human 
is  peculiarly  and  exclusively 
human.

The  unnecessary  cruelties  practiced 
by  domesticated  cats  and  dogs  appear 
to  be  derived 
in  some  wav  from  the 
conditions  of  their  association  with  hu­
man  beings.  Among  wild  creatures 
there  appears  to  be  no  such  thing  as 
malignant  and  criminal  design.  The 
magpie  in  the  wild  state  will  steal  and 
hide  away  small,  bright  or  glittering 
articles  which  are  of  no  use  to  it,  but 
there  seems  to  be  some  notion  of  prac- 
ical  utility  in  the  act.
However,  the  worst  crimes  of  beasts 
and  birds 
in  the  wild  state  are  trivial 
compared  with  the  violent  and  bloody 
acts  of  human  depravity—are trivial and 
even  excusable.  The  beasts  could  even 
furnish  to  men  examples  of  behavior 
worth  imitating,  instead  of  being  made 
standards  of  wickedness. 
The  worst 
crimes  and  the  lowest  state  of  morality 
are  wholly  human.

F r a n k   S t o w e l l

Three  tobacco  dealers  in  Toledo  have 
been  arrested  for  giving  away  buttons 
with  cigarettes, and warrants for  a  dozen 
more  have  been  issued.  The  authorities 
are  vigorously  enforcing  the  jaw  forbid 
ding  the  giving  away  of  buttons,  pic­
tures,  etc.,  with  such  goods.

Association M atters
Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J .W isler,  Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 
A.  S t o w e ,  Grand  R apids;  Treasurer,  J.  P. 
T a t m a n ,  Clare.

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  Chas.  F.  Bock,  Battle  Creek;  Vice 
President,  H.  W  Webber,  West  Bay  City- 
Treasurer, Henry C. Minnie, Eaton Rapids

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J oseph Knight;  Secretary, E.  Marks, 

22! Greenwood ave;  Treasurer, N.  L. Koenig.

Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’ Association
Kl a p;  Treasurer, J.  Geo.  Lehman.

President,  F rank  J.  Dy k ;  Secretary,  Homer 

Saginaw Mercantile  Association 

President. P. F. T reanor;  Vice-President. J ohn 
McBratn ie;  Secretary,  W.  H.  L e w is;  Treas­
urer,  Louie S chwermek

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,Geo.  E.  Le w is; Secretary,  W. H. Por­

t e r ;  Treasurer, J.  L.  P ktermann

Lansing Retail Grocers  Association 

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

Darling;  Treasurer,  L. A.  G ilkey.

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association

President,  Martin  Gafney;  Secretary,  E  F 

Cleveland;  Treasurer, Geo.  M.  Hoch.
Traverse City Business Men’s Association 
Holly ;  Treasurer, C. A.  Hammond.

President,  T hos.  T.  Bates;  Secretary,  M.  B. 

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, A. D.  Whipple ; Secretary, G. T. Camp­

bell;  Treasurer, W. E. Collins.

Alpena Business Men’s Association 

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

Partridge.

spect.

O.  A.  TURN6Y,  Manufacturer. 

Detroit,  Mich.

MIX COLO WATER ANC 
SWEET  MILK 
^BAKEATONCE

Fanis’  Pancake  Flour 

Fanis’  Seif-Rising  m e a t

20 5 lb. sacks to  a case. .13.50

Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association
President. L  J. Katz:  Secretary, Ph il ip Hil b ek; 

Treasurer. S. J.  Huppord.

PALUS  &  CO.,  Toledo,  0.

WM.  R.  TOMPKINS,  Agent,  Detroit,  Mich.

w w m w m m

Y O U   are  a  Grocer.
W e  are  interested  in  your  welfare.
W e  w ant  you  to  succeed.
If  you  don't,  we  can't.
W e  make  Flour.
W e  w ant  you  to  sell it.
W e  believe  you  can  make  money  at  it. 
W e  make  good  Flour  at  a  reasonable 

price.

People  want  that  kind  of  Flour.
W e  call  it  “L IL Y   W H IT E ."
It  is  no  trouble  to  sell  it.
E V E R Y B O D Y   likes it.
W omen  are  particular  about  Flour.
Lily  W hite  pleases  them.
Please  the  women  and  you  get  the  fam­

ily  trade.

It  is  worth  while*
Order  “L IL Y  W H IT E "  Flour  now.
W e  guarantee it.
Your  money  hack  if  you  w ant  it.

Valley Gty Milling Co*

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

T u m m m m t

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Shoes  and  Leather

S T .  CRISPIN’S  DAY.

Historical  Significance  of  a  Discarded 

Holiday.

October  25  isn’t  marked  down  on  the 
calendars  of  to-day  as  a  holiday.  Not 
a  shoemaker or  shoe  man  in  all  Amer­
ica  probably  ever  witnessed  a  celebra­
tion  of  the  day,  yet  historically  the  25th 
of  October  is  of  interest  to  the  craft and 
years  ago  was  fitly  celebrated 
in  Eng­
land.

October  25  is  St.  Crispin’s  Day.
Crispin  and  Crispinian,  two  brothers, 
were  born 
in  Rome  along  about  the 
middle  of  the  third  century  after Christ. 
They  were  nobly  born,  and  were  con­
verted  to  Christianity  early  in  life,  at  a 
time  when  followers  of  the  cross  were 
cruelly  persecuted.

Leaving  home,  the  two  brothers  trav­
eled  to  Gaul  (now  France)  with  St 
Quentin  and  others  and 
set  about 
preaching  the  gospel,eking  out  a  scanty 
subsistence  meantime  by  making  shoes.
The  story  runs  that  the  leather  which 
they  utilized  in  their  industry  was  sup­
plied  by  the  angels,  a  tale  originating, 
doubtless,  in  the  fact  that  they  sold 
their  product  to  the  poor  at  what  we 
should  to-day  call  cut  prices  and  which 
were,  even  for  those  days,  exceeding­
ly  low.

The  heathen  listened  to  their  instruc­
tion  and  were  astonished  at  the  charity, 
disinterestedness,  piety  and  contempt 
of  glory  displayed 
in  their  lives  and j 
many  were  converted  to  the  Christian 
faith.

After  they  had  been  thus  engaged  for 
several  years,  the  Emperor  Maximianus 
Hercules  came 
into  Belgic  Gaul  and  a 
complaint  was  made  to  him  against  the 
brothers.  He,  desiring  to  gratify  their 
accusers,  as  well  as  to  indulge  his  own 
savage  cruelty,  gave  orders  that  they 
should  be  brought  before  Rictius Varus, 
the  most 
implacable  enemy  of  the 
Christians  of  that  time.

The  saints bore  with patience and con­
stancy  the  most  cruel  torments  and  at 
length  finished  their  course  by  being 
beheaded  with  the  sword,  about  287 
A.  D.

According  to  a  Kentish 

tradition, 
their  remains,  being  cast 
into  the  sea, 
were  washed  ashore  at  Romney  Marsh. 
In  the  sixth  century  a  great  church  was 
built  in  their  honor  at  Soissons,  and  St. 
Eligish  richly  ornamented  the  shrine.

While  the  shoemakers  in  many  parts 
of  England  formerly  celebrated 
in  an 
appropriate  manner  the  recurrence  of 
the  saint’s  day,  yet  in  other  crafts  the 
honor of  the  two  brothers  was  held 
less 
in  reverence.

instance,  we  are  told  that  ‘ ‘ at 
For 
Tenby 
it  was  customary  for  members 
of  other  trades,  chiefly  the  carpenters, 
on  the  eve  of  St.  Crispin's  Day  to make 
an  effigy  of  the  saint  and  suspend  it 
from  the  steeple  or  some  elevated place. 
In  the  morning  it  was formally cut down 
and  carried  in  procession  through  the 
town.  The  procession  halted  in  front  of 
the  residence  of  each  member  of  the 
craft,  when  a  document  purporting  to 
be  the 
last  will  and  testament  of  the 
saint  was  read  and,  in  pursuance  there­
of,  some article  of  dress  was  taken  off 
the  effigy  and  left as  a  memento  of  the 
noisy  visit.  At  length,  when  the  effigy 
was  stripped,  the  stuffed body  was  made 
into  a  football  and  kicked  about  by  the 
crowd  until  they  were  tired.  In  revenge 
for  the  treatment  thus  accorded  to  St. 
Crispió  the  shoemakers  bung  up,  on  St.

Clement’s  Day  (November  23),  the 
effigy  of  a  carpenter,  which  they  treated 
in  a  similar  manner.”

This  glancing  back  along  the  line  of 
shoemaking  to  A.  D.  250  causes  won­
der where  and  when  the  making  of  foot­
gear  was  first  undertaken  and  by whom. 
One  of  the  learned  shoemakers,  and  one 
of  the  best  students  of  the  sixteenth 
century,  Benedict 
gives 
Adam  credit  for  making  the  first  cover­
ing  for  the  foot. 
In  a  treatise  on  the 
footwear  of  the  ancients Saddouth traced 
shoemaking  back  to  Adam,  who,  he 
says,  was  a  shoemaker  and  Eve a tailor- 
ess.  Certain  it  is  that  shoemaking 
is 
as  old  as  history  itself.

Saddouth, 

When  humanity  put  on  clothing  it 
put  on  shoes.  Necessity  was  the  mother 
of  both,  or  at  least  of  shoes.  Men 
early  found  it  imperative  to  protect  the 
feet  tqually  from  the  burning  sands  of 
the  desert  and  the  frozen  Northland.

"H ere,”   says  a  writer,  “ we  find  a 
beautiful 
illustration  of  the  law  of  de­
velopment.  That  principle  of  growth 
or  progression  which  we  trace  in  all 
continuous  human  efforts  we  perceive 
to  be  at  work  in  the  evolution  of  the 
shoe— in  its  three  principal  and  clearly 
defined  stages— first, 
the  sandal ;  sec­
ond,  the  shoe;  third,  the  boot—remind­
ing  the  philosophic  observer of the three 
in  plant  growth—the  seed,  the 
stages 
leaf, 
the  flower.  A  sole  of  wood  or 
leather  shaped  to  the  size  of  the  foot 
and  fastened  to  it  by  straps  or  strings 
was  the  earliest  form  of  the  sandal,  as 
you  may  see  depicted  on  the  ancient 
Egyptian  monuments.  This  is  the  shoe 
of  which  such  frequent  mention 
is 
made  in  the  Old  Testament.”

late  years  this 

in  reversed  order, 

It  is  interesting  to  consider that  with­
law  has  been  again 
in 
observed, 
through 
the  abandonment  of  boots  and  the popu­
larity  of  shoes,  with  a  tendency  toward 
low  shoes among  females.  Are  we com­
ing  back,  as.  the  barefoot  Kneipp  cur- 
ists  advocate,  to  a  shoeless  condition?

Writing  of  shoes  and  shoe  customs  of 
more  modern  times,  yet  in  periods  that 
to  us  are  ancient,  Edwin  Wellington 
Kidd,  in  the  Gentleman’s  Magazine  of 
London,  says :

“ The  custom  of  throwing  one  or more 
old  shoes  after  the  bride and  groom, 
either  when  they  go  to  church  to  be 
married  or  when  they start  on their wed­
ding  journey,  is  so  old  that  the  memory 
of  man  stretches  not  back  to  its  begin-

SH O ES  OF  ALL  CO LO RS.

New  Departure  Undertaken  by  N.  W.

Gokey  &   Sons.

From the  Jamestown  (N.  Y.)  Evening  Journal.
The  big  window  of  Samuels  &  Sons’ 
dry  goods  store  on  East  Third  street 
contains  an  unusual  exhibit  which  has 
attracted  the  eyes  of  nearly  every  pas­
serby.  The  display  was  of  shoes,  and 
was  not  made  by  the  owners  of  the 
store,  but  came  from  a  new  department 
instituted  this  season  by  N.  W.  Gokey 
&  Sons,  representing  the  winning  part 
which  the  firm  will  play  in  the strife for 
the  trade 
in  the  large  cities  for  the 
spring  and  summer  of  '98.

This  department  is  conducted  exclu­
sively  for  the  manufacture  of  men’s fine 
shoes,  the  factory  devoted  to  it  being 
remodeled  and  equipped  with  new  ma­
chinery  and  lasts.  Expert  shoemakers 
have  been  brought  on  from  Brockton, 
Mass.,  for  this  work.  The  entire  rich 
line  is  designed  to  retail  at  $3  and  $4. 
The  company’s  traveling  men,  fourteen 
in  number,  leave  for  their  various  fields 
the  first  of  the  coming  week.

Milton  Reeder,  of  Grand  Rapids,  who 
looks  after  the  Michigan  trade  for this 
house,  has  been  identified  with  the  shoe 
trade of  the  State  for  the  past ten  years.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

We  Manufacture

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

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

We still handle the best .rubbers— Lycoming  and  Key­

stone—and  Felt Boots and  Lumbermen’s Socks.

Geo.  H.  Reeder &  Co.,

19  South  Ionia  Street,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Rindge,  Kalmbach  &  Co.,

12,14,16  Pearl Street,

Grand  Rapids, Michigan.

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

Boots  and  Shoes

Our Lines and  Prices for fall are right.  W e carry  1 
a  full  line  of  Warm  Goods—Felt  Boots  and  |  
Socks;  also,  Boston and  Bay State rubber goods. 
Your business is solicited.

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

HEROLD-BERTSCH  SUE 60.,

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

5  & 7  PEARL  STREET.

Johnnie  says o u r d it   Goods 

ARE  w a rm !

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

it 

ning.  Some  think  that  it  represents  an 
assault  and 
is  a  lingering  trace  of  the 
custom among savage nations of  carrying 
away  the  bride  by  violence;  others 
think  that 
is  a  relic  of  the  ancient 
law  of  exchange  or  purchase  and  that  it 
formerly 
implied  the  surrender by  the 
parents  of  all  dominion  or  authority 
It  has  a  likeness 
over  their daughter. 
to  a  Jewish  custom  mentioned 
in  the 
Bible.  Thus,  in  Deuteronomy  we  read 
that, when  the  brother  of  a  dead  man  re­
fused  to  marry  his  widow,  she  asserted 
her  independence  of  him  b y ‘ loosing his 
shoe.'  Also,  in  Ruth,  when the kinsman 
of  Boaz  gave  up  his  claim  to  the  in­
heritance  of  Ruth,  and  to  Ruth  also,  he 
indicated  his  assent  by  plucking  off  his 
shoe  and  giving  it  to  Boaz. 
It  was  also 
the  custom  of  the  Middle  Ages  to  place 
the  husband's  shoe  on  the  head  of  the 
nuptial  couch 
in  token  of  bis  domin­
ion.”

After a  brief  reference  to  the  shoes 
worn  during  the  reign  of  the  Tudors, 
the  author  deals  with  the  Elizabethan 
shoe,  which  he  says  was  " a   really  ar­
tistic  affair  and,  when  powdered  with 
gems  and  worn  on  the  foot  of  a  Sidney 
or a  Raleigh, was a thing  to  look  upon.”  
When  Leicester  received  his  Queen  at 
Kenilworth  he  wore  shoes  of  white 
velvet.  The  Queen  was  a  connoisseur 
in  shoes.  The  shoe  had  developed  into 
the  boot  about  the  middle  of  the  fif­
teenth  century  and  in  stout  boots  with 
tops  and  spurs  Yorkists  and  Lancas­
trians  rode  against  each  other  on  many 
a  bloody  battlefield.  Then  boots  were 
so  heavy  that  their  removal  fell  to  the 
lot  of  squire  or  page  or  any  other  at­
tendant.  After  the  revolution 
(1568) 
immense  rosettes  on  shoes  were  re­
the 
placed  by  buckles  and 
large  wide 
strings.  At  first  these  buckles  were 
not  unlike  beans 
in  shape  and  size. 
Since  that  period  the  buckle  has  under­
gone  every  variety  of  form  and  dimen­
sions,  and  in  the  year  1777  buckles  and 
buttons  on  the  coat  became  so  enor­
mous  that  they  gave  birth to many ridic­
ulous  caricatures.  High-heeled  boots 
were  worn  by  ladies  for  three  parts  of 
the  eighteenth  century. 
They  raised 
their  fair  wearers  some  inches  and  ren­
dered  walking  difficult  and  running  out 
of  the  question.  Boots  and  shoes  of  all 
kinds  have  been  worn 
in  England; 
shoes  made  of  leather,  wood,  and  reeds; 
brass-bound, 
iron-bound,  gold-bound; 
with  wide  blunt  toes,  with  narrow 
pointed  toes  a  foot  long,  but  the  right 
shoe  and  the  left  shoe  exactly  the  same 
shape.

About  fifty  years  ago  a  young  surgeon 
lost  his  election  as  resident  surgeon  for 
a  country 
infirmary,  in  spite  of  first- 
class  testimonials,  because  he  wore  but­
ton  boots  and  a  fiat  watch  in  his  waist­
coat  pocket  instead  of  his  breeches  fob.
“ Have  you seen  Haydon?”   asked  Sir 
Win.  Allen  of  David  Bridges,  a  well- 
known  character  of  a  set  and  a  good 
hearty  fellow.  “ Y es!”   “ And  bow’d  ye 
like  him?”   said  the  other.  “ Why,”   re­
turned  David,  “ there  is  a  good  deal  of 
genius  in  the toes of his boots, ”  alluding 
to  the  square  toes  he  wore  to  avoid 
corns.

The  fact  that  there 

is  a  decidedly 
better  feeling 
in  the  centers  where  the 
finer grades  of  footwear  are  produced, 
and  where  the  dulness  was  greatest, 
tells 
its  own  story  as  to  the  improve­
ment.

The  more  a  man  studies  himself,  the 
less  fault  he  will  find  in  his  neighbor.
Next  to  a  clear  conscience,  for  solid

comfort,  comes  an  old  shoe.

Hard  to  Grow  Old  Gracefully. 

Written for the T radesman.

They  had 

taken  a  “ spin”   out  to 
Reed’s  Lake, 
the  two  business  men 
about  whom  I  write,  on  one  of  those 
balmy  autumn  days  which  give  no  hint 
that  Jack  Frost 
is  not  far  in  the  dis­
tance,  and  it  did  our  hearts good  to  see 
boys  grown  tall  give  evidence  that,  for 
a  time  at  least,  they  were  care  free.

We  could  not  help  hearing  what  they 
said,  when  they  settled  down  for  a  quiet 
chat 
just  back  of  us;  for  it  was  not  in 
reason  that  we  should  leave  the  restful 
seats  upon  which  we  had  long  had  an 
eye,  nor  could  we  close  our  ears  to  their 
conversation.

At  first,  they  talked  in  jubilant  tone, 
as  they  discussed  the  encouraging  out­
look  for  business,  as  well  as  the  coming 
Carnival  of  Fun ;  and  then  they  drifted 
into  personal  matters,  to  which  we  tried 
to  be  deaf.  After  a  moment’s  silence, 
one  assumed  a  minor  tone,  as  he  said, 
ruefully:

‘ ' It  never  occurred  to  me,  John,  that 
I  could  be  looked  upon  as  old  until  to­
day. ’ ’

“ Well,  how  were  your  eyes  opened, 
for  time  has  dealt  more  gently  with  you 
than  with  most  of  us?”   was  his  com­
panion’s  rejoinder.

Then,  with  a  sigh  which  sounded 
quite  feminine,  the  first  speaker  made 
answer:

It  was 

“ The  looking-glass  did  not  open  my 
in 
eyes,  but  my  firstborn  did. 
this  w ay: 
I  was  at  the  other  end  of  the 
store,  when  I  heard  him  say  to a  friend 
who  was  urging  him  to  turn his  back  on 
business  and  ‘ bike  it’  into  the  country, 
‘ Well,  I’ll  see  if  the  old  man  can  spare 
me. ’  ”

“ So  you’ve  had  your  dose,  too,”   was 
like 

the  laughing  reply;  “ how  did  you 
it?”

“ Like  it! 

I  was  mad  through  and 
through  for a  moment. 
It  sounded  dis­
respectful,  to  say  the  least;  and,  be­
sides,  it  hadn’t  dawned  upon  me,  until 
I  heard  myself  dubbed’ the  old  man, ’ 
that  my  upstart  of  a  son  could  look  up­
on  me  as  ‘ old !’  ”

“ What  did  you  do  about  it?”   was  the 

next  query.

“ O,  swallowed  the  dose,  bitter as  it 
was,  as  best  I  could.  At  first,  I  felt like 
giving  the  young  rascal  a  trouncing. 
Then  I  made  up  my  mind  to  let  it  pass 
as  if  I  hadn’t  heard  it.”

“ I  can  guess  your  reason  for  coming 
to  that  conclusion,”   laughingly  replied 
the  other. 
“ You  were  reminded  that 
you  used  to  speak  of  your  father  in  the 
same  heartless  fashion,  old  boy.”

“ How  do  you  know?”   was  the  quick 

retort.

“ Because,  I  also  had  the  unpleasant 
experience  of  hearing  my  son  refer  to 
me  as  ‘ the  old  man, ’  when  he was  home 
from  college,  and  all  that  saved  him 
from  a  tongue-lashing,  at  least,  was  the 
bitter  memory  that  I  once  thought  it 
smart  to  thus  speak  of  the  father  who 
is  now  sleeping  his  last  sleep;  and  1 
know  you  were  not  over  exemplary  in 
such  matters  when  you  were  ‘ one  of  the 
boys. ’

The  plaintive  tone  of  the  speaker  was 
in  evidence  of  his  sincerity,  as  he 
made  answer:

“ You  are  right.  The  memory  of  the 
half-forgotten  words  of  long  ago  shut 
my  mouth  and  saved  a  scene;  but,”  
added  he,  lowering  his voice,  “ the  hurt 
is  there  yet,  and,  to tell  the  truth,  I have 
found  it  hard  to  love  that son of  mine  as 
before,  since 
fell  from  his 
lips. ”

‘old  man’ 

“ W ell,”   sighed the other father,  ‘ ‘ if  I

had  my  life  to  live over,  I’d  bite  my 
tongue  off  before  I’d  be guilty  of speak­
ing  of  my  father  as  ‘ the  old  man,’  now 
that  experience  has  shown  me  how  it 
hurts  to  be  thus  spoken  of.”

‘ ‘ So  would  I,”  said  the  other,  as  both 
if  too  heavy 
arose  to  go, 
hearted  to  enjoy  the  ride home;  “ but, 
we  -must  keep  mum,  for  we  are  only 
reaping  as  we  sowed.”

looking  as 

to  wondering 

And  then,  as  they  wheeled away,  after 
leaving  behind  this  heart-glimpse,  we 
fell 
if  some  hitherto 
thoughtless  sons  might  not  be  led  to ’re­
frain  from  this  too  common  mode  of 
expression,  if  they  could  know  what  we 
just 
had 
listened  to.  And,  with  that 
end 
in  view,  came  the  resolve  to  be  a 
talebearer. 
Good  Things  Said  by  Up-to-Date Shoe 

H.  H.  T.

Dealers.

They  are  the  luxuries  of  shoedom,  the 
“ elixir  of  life”   to  weary  feet. 
It’s  un­
just  to  your  feet  to  do  without  them.— 
Partridge  &  Richardson,  Phila.

It  saves  talk  if  a  guarantee goes  with 
a  pair  of  boys’  shoes.  We  guarantee 
our  “ Iron-clad”   shoes.  They  are  spe­
cially  made  for  hard  service.  Cost  half- 
a  dollar  more  than  the  ordinary—but 
that’s  because  they’re  not  ordinary. 
They’ll  outlast  two  pairs  of  the ordinary 
kind.— Gimbel  Bros.,  Phila.

In  the  schoolroom 

is  where  the  ill- 
fitting  shoe  does  its  worst:  While  the 
child  endeavors  to do problems  in  arith­
metic,  the  shoe  pinches;  while the little 
one  stands  before  the  blackboard,  the 
shoe  rubs;  when  he  goes  to  or  from  his 
seat  to  “ class,”   the  shoe  binds  the 
in­
step  or  hurts  the ball  of  the  foot. —John­
son  Shoe  Palace,  Altoona,  Pa.

Family  shoe  buying  isn’t  the  under­
it  once  was—one  best  place  to

taking 

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go  saves  hunting.  Wanamaker Rvalues 
save  price-worry,  and  keep  the  cost 
near  to  half  what  they’d  be  without  this 
store’s  price  power.  A  wonder  shoe 
store  at  Thirteenth  and  Market—more 
wonderful  this  fall  than  heretofore.  The 
coolish  air has  led  to  the  hurrying off  of 
box  lids  and  the  vast  fall  showing  is 
ready  this  morning.  Correct  shapes, 
excellent  workmanship,  elegance  of 
finish 
in  every  shoe  of  the  thousands 
shown.—John  Wanamaker,  Phila.

BULLDOG,  OPERA  LAST

No.  i<i.  Men’s Fine  Satin  Calf.  M cK ay  Sewed. 
Cylinder  fitted.  Outside  backstay.  Dongola  top. 
Bright raised eyelets,  smooth  inner  sole,  one  piece 
sole leather  counter,  solid  heel and  bottom.  B ull­
dog,  Opera,  Coin,  English  or  Boston  cap  toe  or 
Globe,  Glaze  or  French  plain  toe  lasts.  Balls  or 
Congress.  Order  sample  case  and  prove  our  as­
sertion that this  is.the  B E S T  shoe  made  for  $1.50. 
Satisfaction guaranteed.  N ew  samples  now ready. 
To insure an  early call and  secure exclusive agency 
address 
E.  H.  S T A R K   &   CO.,

A.  B.  CLARK,  Lawton,  Mich.

Worcester,  Mass.

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w ith  New  Stock,  New  Styles,  Cash  Prices, 
and  near  enough  for  you  to  get  goods  w ithin 
tw enty-four  hours  after  you  order  them.

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you  order  as  you  need  goods.

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G rand  Rapids Paper Box Co.

Plain  and  fancy shelf boxes;  suit,  pant  and  millinery  boxes:  plain and  fancy 
candy  boxes;  druggists’ slide  boxes;  pigeonhole  file boxes;  sample  trays; 
sample cases;  mailing tubes.

Folding  Box  and  Printing  Department.

Folding boxes, plain and printed, of all descriptions;  tuck end folding bottle 
cartons  a  specialty;  embossing;  gold  leat  printing; 
special  envelope 
making;  die cutting.

8 1   and  8 3   Campati  St. 

e s t a b l is h e d  1866.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

FIRE  PROOF  ASPHALT 
PAINT  AND  VARNISH

can reach.

We are offering to the trade the genuine  article,  and  at  a  price  that  all 
Our paints are suitable for any use where a nice raven black is required. 
Contains no Coal Tar, and will not crack, blister or peel.  Sold in  quan­

tities to suit purchasers.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &   SON,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Fruits  and  Produce.

Effects  of  Filled  Cheese  Law.
The  filled  cheese  law  has  been 

in 
operation  a  little  over  a  year,  and  there 
has  been  ample  opportunity  to  test  its 
provisions  and  to  see  the  benefits  that 
have  resulted  to  the  trade 
in  pure 
cheese.

It  needs  only  a  little  investigation  to 
see  what  those  benefits  are.  Two  years 
ago  the  manufacturers  of  filled  cheese 
had  worked  their  product  into  nearly 
all  of  the  Southern  States. 
It  was  sold 
to  the  consumers  as  cheese,  and  in  most 
cases  there  appeared  to  be  no  suspicion 
as  to  the  true  character  of  the  article. 
Thousands  of  boxes  went  into  that  sec­
tion,  where  pure  milk  cheese  had  once 
gone,  the  cheapness  of  the 
imitation 
product  crowding  out the genuine goods. 
In  some  of  the  Northern  and  Western 
States,  where  no  legislation  on  the  sub­
ject had  come  into effect, the  bogus  stuff 
was  sold  to  a  limited  extent.  But  the 
effects  upon  our  export  trade  were  even 
more  damaging. 
It  was  known  in  the 
British  market  that  filled  cheese was be­
ing  shipped  from  this  country  and  it 
cast  a  stigma  upon  our  product,  with  a 
consequent  loss  of  trade.

The  make  of  filled  cheese  in  the 
United  States 
in  1895  was  estimated 
at  about  300,000  boxes,  and  the  profits 
to  the  manufacturers  were  so  large  that 
arrangements  were  being  made  to 
further  increase  the  output. 
It  was  just 
at  this  point  that  the  damaging  effects 
upon  the  traffic in pure cheese were fully 
appreciated,  and  immediate  steps  were 
taken  to  place  the  manufacture  and  sale 
of  filled  cheese  upon  the  same  footing 
as  oleomargarine.

As  a  result  of  the  law  that  went 

into 
effect  on  September 6,  1896,  the produc­
tion  of  filled  cheese  for  the  ten  months 
ending  June  30,  which  is the close  of  the 
fiscal  year as  reported  by  the  Commis­
sioner  of  Internal  Revenue,  was  only 
1,663.067  pounds,  or  33,260 boxes  of  an 
average  of  50  pounds  each.  According 
to  a  Washington  press  dispatch,  “ the 
number  of  factories  engaged  in  the 
in­
dustry  was  seven,  all  of  which  were  lo­
cated  in  the  State  of  Illinois.  Taxes  at 
the  rate  of  one cent  per  pound,  amount­
ing  to  Si6,630.67,  were  collected  on  the 
In  addition  to  this 
cheese  produced. 
the  seven  factories 
in  existence  were 
subjected  to  a  special  tax  at  the  rate  of 
S400  per  annum.  There  was  but  one 
wholesale  establishment 
in  the  United 
States  which  qualified  under  the  law, 
and  paid  a  special  tax  at  the  rate  of 
$250  per  annum.  This  is located  in  the 
State  of  Maryland.  There  were  sixtv- 
two  retail  establishments,  each  of  which 
paid  a  special  tax  at  the  rate  of  S12  per 
annum.  Four  of  these  were  in  Illinois, 
three  in  Indiana,  twenty-nine  in  Louis­
iana,  nineteen  in  Maryland,  two in Mis­
souri,  two 
in  New  Jersey,  two  in  V ir­
ginia  and  one  in  West  V irginia.”

Merchants  in  New  York’and other dis­
tributing  markets  report  larger  sales  of 
pure  cbeese  to  home  trade  during  the 
past year,especially  for  shipment South, 
and  with  better  State  laws,  which  are 
promised  soon,  it 
is  believed  that  the 
in  filled  cheese  at  home  can  be 
traffic 
well  controlled.

The  effects  upon  the  export trade have 
been  quite  marked  already.  According 
to  the  Bureau  of  Statistics,  the  ship­
ments  of  cheese  from  the  United  States 
for  the  year  ending  June  30  were 
50.944.607  pounds,  against  36,777,291 
pounds  for  the  fiscal  year  1896. 
“ This 
marked  improvement  over  the  previous 
year 
is  chiefly  in  the  exports  to  the 
United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and 
The  value  of  the  exports 
Ireland. 
shows  a  considerable 
improvement  in 
price,  being  $2,491.088  for  1896  and 
$3,701,536  for  1897.  The  figures  for  July 
also  show  an 
improvement  during  the 
last  year.  The  exports of  July  1896  were 
5,299,738  pounds,  valued  at  $360,868, 
while  those  for  July 
to 
12,072,677  pounds,  valued  at  $982,326.”
A  number  of  lots  of  filled  cheese  have 
been  shipped  abroad  during  the  year 
without  any  distinguishing  mark— in 
fact,  deception  was  resorted  to  in  order 
to  obliterate  the  brand,  which  the  law 
says  shall  be  large  and  plain.  But  our

rose 

1897 

the  ice  in. ”

lend  them. ”

are?”

“ Oh!  I’m  sorry;  but  I  don’t  care  to 

“ Well,whose  tongs  do  you  think  those 

custom  authorities  are  now  on  the  alert 
and  will  see  that  the  spurious  goods  are 
properly  branded  when  cleared  for  for­
eign  ports.  Earnest  effort  on  the  part 
of  some  of  our  English  friends  has  se­
cured  from  the  proper  officers  at  the 
ports  of  entry  a  promise  that  future  ar­
rivals  of  filled  cheese 
into  the  British 
markets  shall  be  classified  as  “  imita­
tion”   cheese.

The  Turning  of  the  Worm.

The  driver of  the  ice  wagon  was  sur­
prised  to  see  the  occupant  of  the  house 
sitting  on the  front  doorstep  as  he  drove 
up.  As  soon  as  the  wagon  stopped,  the 
householder  was  at  the  curbstone,  with 
his  eyes  fixed  on  the  scales.  The  ice 
man  paid  no  attention  to  him,  but,  after 
weighing  a  small  chunk,  started  toward 
the  house  with  it.

“ Hold  on,”   said  the  customer,  “ I’ll 

take  that  in. ”

“ You  needn’t  bother.”
“ But  I  know  just  where  to  put  it.”  
‘ All  right.  But you  want  to be  quick, 
for  it’s  a  warm  day,  and  we’ll  have  to 
deliver  the  stuff  in  sponges  if  we  let 
it 
stay  out  in  the  sun  much  longer.”

The  customer  seized  the  tongs  and 
disappeared.  In  a  little  while  he  came 
out  of  the  house  and,  seating  himself 
on  the  doorstep,  began  to  whistle.

“ Well!  well!”   shouted  the  ice  man. 

“ I  can’t  stay  here  until  next winter. ”  

“ Are  you  waiting  for  anything?”   en­

quired  the  customer,  blandly.

“ Of  course,  I'm  waiting  for  some­

thing. 

I  want  my  tongs.”

“ What  tongs?”
“ The  tongs  you 

just  used  to  carry 

“ Mine.”
“ Maybe  you’ve  gone  down  town  un­
beknown  to anybody  and  bought  out  the 
ice  company  with  all 
its  furniture,”  
was  the  sarcastic  rejoinder.

“ No.  But  I  bought  those  tongs. 

I 
pay  you  so  much  a  pound  for  your 
commodity,  don’t  I?”

“ Y es.”
“ Well,  I  noticed  that  the  tongs  were 
weighed 
in  with  the  rest,  and  I’m  not 
going  to  pay  for  tongs  at  so  much  a 
pound  and  then  not  get  them. 
I  have 
been  taking 
ice  from  you  for  the  last 
three  months,  and  that  makes  at  least 
ninety  pairs  of  tongs  still  due  me. 
If 
you  have any  proposition  ready,  to trade 
off 
ice  for  tongs,  I’m  willing  to  listen 
to  it. ”
Important  Trademark  Decisions  Af­

fecting  Minneapolis  Flour.

Two 

In  the  first  case 

important  trademark  decisions 
were  handed  down 
last  week  by  Fed­
eral  judges. 
it  was 
sought  to  protect  the  form,  style  and 
matter  of  an  advertisement  from  imita­
tion  bv  a  rival  in  business.  Judge  Jen­
kins  of  the  United  States  Court  in  Chi­
cago  denied  the  petition,  holding  that 
advertisements  are  not  protected  by  the 
trademark  law.

Judge  Sbnwalter  of  the  United  States 
Court 
in  Chicago  subsequently handed 
down  a  decision  in  the  case  of Pillsbury 
and  others  against  H.  R.  Engle,  which 
is  of  great 
interest  to  milling  people 
generally.  Judge  Showalter  holds  that, 
because  a  certain  line  of  goods  is  made 
in  a  certain  place,  it does  not give to the 
makers  the  right  of  a  trademark  to  the 
name  of  that  locality.  He  said 
if  the 
flour  made  elsewhere,  although  branded 
“ Minneapolis,”   was  made  by  the  same 
method  of  grain,  and  of  as good quality, 
the  manufacturer  had  a  right  to  brand 
it  or  designate  it  as  he  pleased,  provid­
ing  be  did  not  use  the  word  or  name  of 
another 
like  business  protected  by 
direct  copyright  or  trademark.  This 
decision  completely  upsets  the  claim  of 
the  Minneapolis  millers,  who  asserted  a 
vested  right  to  the  use  of  the  word Min­
neapolis  as  a  brand  of  flour.  The  suit 
decided  by  Judge  Showalter  is  the  first 
of  a  large  number begun  in  various  sec­
tions  of  the  country  by  the  Combined 
Millers’  Association  of  Minneapolis.

in 

Antiseptic Fibre 
Package Go.

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

Pay  tor  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.

Potatoes  -   Beaps  --  Opiops

W e are  in the market  daily;  buy  and  Sell  Potatoes  and  Beans,  carlots; 
if any to offer,  write  or wire,  stating what you  have,  how  soon  can  ship.

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Established  1876. 

Wholesale  Seeds,  Potatoes,  Beans,  Fruits.

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Full  line  of  light  Grass  Seeds,  etc.  Will  buy  or  sell  Beans, Clover Seed,  Alsyke, 
Popcorn  car lots or less.  Write  us  .  .  .

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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.

M IL L E R  &  T E A S D A L E   CO.

FRUIT  AND  PRODUCE  BROKERS

BEANS 
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our 

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601  NORTH  THIRD  ST., 

ST.  LOUIS,  MO.

Consignments solicited.  Advances made. 

Reference:  American  Exchange Bank,  St.  Louis.

H a rris  &   F r u tc h e y

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

As a  general  rule,  the  folks  who  ought 

to  succeed  are  those  who do.

60  Woodbridge  St.,  W. 

350  High  St.

Telephone 3534.

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jflt a Profit

August  10,  i860,  at  10  cents  a  pound. 
Other articles  used  by  farmers  are noted 
the  same  year,  as  follows :

Butter,  10  cents.
Corn,  35  cents.
Sugar,  10  cents.
Oats,  50  cents.
Tea,  50  cents.
Beans,  $1.50.
Flour,  3^  cents.
Vinegar,  25  cents  a  gallon.
Lard,  12%  cents.
Salt,  per  barrel,  $2.50.
Pork,  12^2  cents.
Soap,  per gallon,  25  cents.
Candles,  16  cents.
One  plow,  $11.
Bear’s  oil  and  paregoric  are  credited 

to  the  doctor  at  25  cents  a  bottle.

September  17, 

i860,  is  recorded  the 

sale  of  the  following:

500 pounds beef @2% cents per pound.
63  pounds  hide  @  6  cents  per  pound.
45 pounds tallow @  10 cents per pound.
February  17,  1862,  cash  account 
is 
credited  $2,  as  revenue  tax  on  buggy ; 
and  June  15,  1863,  by  freight  on  cheese

AUGUSTU S  HAVEN.

The  Father  of Cheesemaking in  Mich­

igan.

When  the  Tradesman  prepared  and 
published  a  history  of  Michigan cheese- 
making,  a  dozen  years  ago,  it  was  con 
ceded  that  Rufus  Baker  and  the  father 
of  Hon.  Geo.  B.  Horton,  of  Lenawee 
county,  were  the  first  men  in  the  State 
to  build  and  operate  cheese  factories 
They  began  the  same  spring— 1862—but 
Mr.  Baker,  owing  to  his  knowledge  of 
plumbing,  so  that  he  was  able  to  make 
connections  himself,  while  Mr.  Horton 
was  compelled  to  go  to  Adrian  to  pro 
cure  assistance  to  complete  the  work  of 
equipment,  was  enabled  to  begin  opera­
tions  a  few  days  in  advance  of Mr.  Hor­
ton.  The  curing  room  of  his  factory 
still  stands  in  a  pleasant  little  grove  of 
maples  near  his  home,  at  Baker’s  Cor­
ners,  where 
is  used  as  a  storehouse 
and  toolroom.

it 

While  the  honor  of  the  pioneer  work 
of  Messrs.  Horton  and  Baker  should 
not  be  detracted  from.it is  believed  that 
the  subject  of  this  sketch— Augustus 
Haven,  of  Bloomingdale—was  actually 
the  first  man  in  the  State to manufacture 
cheese 
in  a  private  dairy  in  sufficient 
quantity  to  supply  the  dealers  of  sur­
rounding  towns.

Mr.  Haven  was  born  in  Shalersville, 
Ohio,  in  1833.  His  father  and  grand­
father  were  dairymen,  and  we  have  rea­
son  to  believe  that  about  the  first  work 
in  the  line  of  dairy 
he  ever  did  was 
husbandry.  His  early 
life  was  passed 
on  the  farm  at  the  same  occupations 
that  come  to  all  boys  of  similar  circum­
stances.  He  taught  a 
few  terms  of 
school.  When  only  20  years  of  age, 
raised  some  chin  whiskers,  the  envy  of 
other  boys—and  the  admiration  of  a 
handsome  young  lady,  who  married  him 
when  the  April  showers  came  in  1854.

Soon  after  the  honeymoon  he  moved 
to  Bloom ingdale,  where  he  had  pur­
chased  160  acres  of  land  for $500,  the 
second  deed  from  the  Government.  At 
that  time,  the  nearest  railroad  was  Mat- 
tawan,  twenty  miles  distant,  while  the 
“ corner grocery”   was  at  Paw  Paw,  six­
teen  miles  away.  During  his  first  year 
in  Michigan  his  team  was  a  yoke  of 
oxen  and  a  sled,  and  pleased  he  was  to 
own  even  that  conveyance.  The  house 
in  which  he  lived— log,  of  course— was 
built 
In  1856,  he  put  up  a 
barn,  and  two  years  later  built  a  frame 
house,  which 
is  now  occupied  by  his 
youngest  son.

in  1853. 

Mr.  Haven’s  work 

in  cheesemaking 
began  in  i860. 
In  the  spring  of  that 
year,  accompanied  by  his  father,  a  res­
ident  of  Ohio,  he  went  to  Northern  In­
diana,  where  he  purchased  twenty-two 
cows.  Seven  of  them  were  bought of one 
man  for $85.

During  his  absence  a  neighbor  with 
carpenter  abilities  made  a  cheese  vat 
and  press.  The  material  used  in  the 
vat 
is  represented  by  an  entry  in  his 
memorandum  book,  under  date  of  April 
6,  i860,  where  the  owner  of  a  sawmill 
is  credited  with  96  feet  of  pine  lumber, 
at  $18  per  M. 
It  was  simply  a  tub 
about  six  feet  long  by  two  wide  and two 
deep.  The  milk  was  heated  in  a  boiler 
on  the  kitchen  stove,  then  poured  into 
the  vat  and  set.  The  curd  was  cooked 
by  dipping  whey 
into  the  boiler and, 
when  sufficiently  warm,  pouring  it  back 
into  the  cheese  vat.  That  same  vat  did 
service  for  many  years,  after  its  place 
in  the  factory  had  been  filled  by  a  more 
modern  one,  as  a  scalding  tub  at  butch­
ering  time.

The  first  cheese  sale  we  find  recorded

vat,  $6.30.  That  was  a  100 gallon  vat 
complete,  with  heater,  purchased  of  H. 
H.  Roe  &  Co.,  of  Madison,  Ohio. 
It 
did  valuable  service  for  many  years, 
and  was  used  as 
late  as  1894,  having 
been  retinned  once  and  having  had  a 
new  heater  put  on.

During  the  years  from  i860  to  1869, 
Mr.  Haven  followed  home  dairying, 
keeping  as  high  as  forty-five  cows. 
In 
the  later  years  of  the  war,  farm products 
brought  very  remunerative  prices;  the 
price  of  cheese  reached  the  highest 
point  in  1864—25  cents.

In  1869,  he  began  purchasing  milk 
from  neighboring  farmers,  paying  90 
cents  per  cwt.  and  sending his own team 
after  it.  The  first  complete  record  we 
find  is  for  1870,  as  follows:

Total  pounds  of  milk,  203,189.
Total  pounds  of  cheese  sold,  20,017.
Average  price  of  cheese,  13c.
Paid  for  milk,  $2,210.
Cost  of  making,  @  2c  per  pound, 

$400.34.

Average  price  of  milk per cwt.,  $1.08.
i860  to  1895,  Mr.  Haven  was 
From 
either  owner  and  manager  of  a  factory 
or  made  cheese  in  a  private  dairy.  He 
now 
lives  one-half  mile  from  his  old 
homestead, where  he  follows  dairy  farm­
ing.  He  has  eight  children—three  sons 
and  five  daughters.  All  are  married 
and  all  live  in  the  same  county,  seven 
of  them  within  three  miles  of the paren­
tal  roof.  His oldest  son  owns  and  oper­
ates  a  factory  at  Hartford;  his  youngest 
son  is  a  farmer,  and  the  remainder  of 
the  boys 
is  the  Haven  Cheese  Co.,  of 
Bloom ingdale,  and,  at  present,  State 
Dairy  Inspector.

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News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to
Special  Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  Oct.  16— Business is  good, 
prices  are  well  maintained  and  every­
indicates  that  we  shall  have a 
thing 
busy  winter.  True,  there 
is  room  for 
in  some  lines,  and  to  go 
improvement 
through  the  busy  city  of  Newark,  N.  J., 
and  talk  with  the  manufacturers  of 
hardware,  one  would  think  there  was 
still  a  long  step  to  take  before  all  the 
wheels  were  moving  on  full  time.  So 
far  as  the  grocery  trade 
is  concerned, 
just  as  hungry  as 
however,  people  are 
ever  and  they  seem  willing  to  pay  the 
advance  that  has  been  established  on 
almost  everything  since  last  June.

is  that  ot 

it  seems  as 

Coffee  is  well  held  at  the  recent  rise; 
but  it  is  yet  to  be  seen  whether  there  is 
any  solid  foundation  for  the  apprecia­
tion.  Certainly 
though 
there  could  be  no  good  grounds  for  an 
advance,  with  such  an  enormous  supply 
and 
immense  crops  promised.  Rio 
No.  7  is  worth  here  to-day 7@7%c.  The 
total  stock  here  and  afloat  aggregates 
872,406  bags,  against 614,114  bags at  the 
same  time  last  year.  The  consumption 
of  coffee  is  certainly  increasing,  and  so, 
it  would  seem, 
“ baked 
wheat"  and  similar  preparations.  Do 
people  want  more redness in their blood, 
or  have  they  lost  their  liking  for  coffee? 
Baked  wheat  at  25c  to  the  consumer  is 
“ too  rich  for  the  blood"  and  grocers 
should  work  for  a  larger  coffee  outlet. 
Mild  coffees  during  the  week  have  re­
mained  about  steady,  the  call  being  for 
only  enough  to  last  temporarily.
lot  of  sugar  refineries  in  Brooklyn 
are  having  their  usual  fall  shut-down 
and  3.000  men  are  out  of  work,  which 
means  more  money  for  the  gin  mills. 
The  demand  for  granulated  has  been 
of  moderate  proportions  and,  now  that 
canning  operations  have  ceased,  it  is 
very  easy  for  the  refineries  to  meet  the 
demand.

Trading 

in  teas  has  been  of  rather 
is  evident 
small  volume,  although 
that  the 
large  stocks  of  a  few  months 
ago  are  becoming  depleted  to  some  ex­
tent.  The  main  call  has  been  for  the 
better  grades  of  China  and  Japan.

A 

it 

The  canned  goods  market  is  firm  and 
is  one  of  content  among 
the  feeling 
brokers. 
Salmon,  corn  and  tomatoes 
are  especially  active  and  apples  are 
meeting  with  a  demand  that  can  hardly 
be  satisfied.  Maine  corn  packers  may 
be  able  to  fill  contracts,  but  will  have 
none  to  spare.  Tomatoes  are  held  at $1 
for  3 
lb.  New  Jersey  of  good  quality, 
and  some  have  even  sold  for  $1.15. 
Standard  New  York  corn,  75c.
Oranges  have  been  in  better  request 
and  at  auction  Jamaica  sorts  went  off 
at  full  prices.  Arrivals  are  somewhat 
later  than  usual.  Florida  oranges  are 
full  prices. 
quickly 
and  at 
Lemons  are  steady  and 
in  better  de­
mand.  For  pineapples  there  is  a  light 
demand  and  stocks  are  not 
large. 
Florida  oranges  are  worth  $3  75@4.5o 
per  box.  Sicily lemons,  $2.25@4.75.

In  dried  fruits  the  situation  is  pretty 
much  the  same  as  last  week.  Seeded

taken 

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Philadelphia,  Pa.

Fourth  National  Bank,

Grand  Rapids.

W. D.  Hayes, Cashier,

Hastings  National Bank,

Hastings,  Mich.

D. C. Oakes,  Banker,

Coopersville, Mich.

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raisins  are  having  great  call and  in time 
it  seems 
likely  that  the  retailer  will 
have  little  call  for  anything  else.  Job­
bers  have  had  a  fair  trade  in  California 
prunes,  which  are  worth  8Xc  for4o-5os. 
Evaporated  apples  are  worth  9c,  if  of 
extra  quality,  and  there  is  sure  to  be  a 
steady  appreciation.  Dried  cherries are 
firm  and  held  at  io@i2^c.

The  demand  for butter  is  of  about  the 
usual  character. 
Supplies  are  larger 
than  it  was  anticipated  they  would  be, 
but  quotations  are  well  adhered  to.  For 
best  Western  creamery  22c  is  the  pre­
vailing  rate  and 
is  likely  we  shall 
soon  see  further appreciation.

to  be 

growing 

Cheese  seems 

in 
strength.  The demand  is  better and  this 
is  true,  both 
for  export  and  home 
trade.  Large  size  full  cream  is  worth 
Sji@gc.  Not  much  doing  in  an  export 
way.

it 

Western  fresh  gathered  eggs  are  held 
at  17c  and  sell  freely  at  this.  Nearby 
stock,  2i@22c.  The  quality  of  much 
of  the  arriving  stock  is  not  lacking 
in 
“ flavor.”   This 
is  not  in  favor  of  the 
egg.

Some  few  new  marrow  beans  have 
from  $i.4o@i.45. 

arrived  and  sell 
Choice  medium,  $1.15.

Hops  are  interesting  just  now,  quota­
tions  for  N.  Y.  State  having  been  made 
at  16c.

Young  Men  Out  of  Employment.
A  publication  representing  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  in  an  Eastern  trade  center  says: 
There  are  large  numbers  of  young  men 
out  of  employment  at  the  present  time, 
and  it  is  trying  for  us  not  to  be  able  to 
place  the  many  who  apply  to  us.  When 
scoies  of  young  men  are  ready  to  step 
into  the  first  place  that  offers,  a  very 
little  thing  may  turn  the  scale  for or 
against  a  man.  The  following  may  be 
suggestive:

1.  Expect  to  find  work  every  day.
2.  Never  get  discouraged.
3.  Don’t  go  from  city  to  city.
4.  Spend  eight  hours  a  day  looking 
for  work. 
If  you  had  a  position  you 
would  be  expected  to  work  that  many 
hours.

5.  Be 
6.  Remove  your  hat  when  entering 

in  earnest.

the  office.

7.  Be  neat  and  clean 

in  your  per­

sonal  appearance.

8.  Don’t  have  the  fumes  of  tobacco 

on  your  breath  and  clothes.

9.  Have  nothing  to  do  with  intoxi­

cating  liquors  of  any  kind.

10. 

Impress  the  gentleman  on  whom 
you  call  that  you  must  have  something 
to  do.
11.  When  you  get  a  position  stick  to 
it.  Don’t 
it  unless  you  are  sure 
of  bettering  yourself.

If  you  desire  to  advance,  make 
12. 
your  employer’s  interest  your  interest.
13.  Say  but  little and  do  a good deal.
14.  Be  prompt,  and  don’t  watch  the 

leave 

clock  for  closing  time.

15.  Keep  yourself  thoroughly  posted.

It 

is  said  that  men  who  work  for  a 
Labor  agitators 

living 
longest. 
should  take  warning.

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Pennsylvania  Grocer: 

Reign  of the  Trading  Stamp  Scheme
If  the  trading 
stamps  could  be  given  out  to  cash  cus­
tomers  only,  some  good  might  result  to 
the  dealer  through  the  increase  of  cash 
sales  and  corresponding  decrease  of 
book  accounts.  Dealers  find,  however, 
from  experience,  that  it  is necessary,  in 
order  to  avoid  dissatisfaction,  to  treat 
all  alike,  giving  stamps  to  both  cash 
and  credit  customers.

Merchant  Review:  Better  a  visitation 
of  fleas,  such  as  Brooklyn 
is  said  to 
have  been  recently  cursed  with,  than 
an  epidemic  of  trading  stamps!  Brook­
lyn,  by  the  way,  has  experienced  both 
simultaneously.  Poor  Brooklyn !  Some 
of  her  fair daughters  have  gone  nearly 
daft  over  trading  stamps. 
If  they  buy 
postage  stamps  they  expect  to  receive 
trading  stamps !  And  the  dear,  simple 
creatures  are  so  hopeful  and  sanguine, 
too.

St.  Louis  Grocer:  A  trading  stamp 
store_bas  been  opened  in  St.  Louis.  We 
advise  the  retailers  to  have  nothing  at 
all  to  do  with  it,  as  it  will  prove  of  no 
benefit  to  them  and  will  cut 
their 
profits  just  5  per  cent,  without  mate­
rially 
is 
only  good  for  the  man  who  issues  the 
stamps,  and  Eastern  retailers  are  al­
ready  sick  of  the  scheme.

increasing  their 

trade. 

It 

Women’s  Christian  Temperance  Union 

Convention.

The  Canadian  convention  will  take 
place at  Toronto,  October  20  to  22,  and 
the  World’s  convention  will  be  held  at 
Toronto  immediately  after the Canadian 
convention,  Ocotber  23  to  26.

For  this  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway 
System  has  made  a  rate  of  one  fare  and 
a  third  on  the  certificate  plan,  from  all 
points  on 
its  lines  west  of  the  Detroit 
and  St.  Clair  Rivers,  and these rates  are

also  made  from  all  points  in  Central 
Passenger  Association  territory  via  the 
Grand  Trunk  Railway.  Tickets and cer­
tificates  may  be  had  of  any  agent  of  the 
Grand  Trunk  Railway  System  and  con­
necting  lines.

From  Oct.  27  to  Nov.  5  the  National 
convention  will  take  place  at  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  for  which  a  rate  of  one  fare  and 
a  third  on  the  certificate  plan  is  also 
made.

Attendants  to  these conventions should 
in  mind  that  the  Grand  Trunk 
bear 
Railway  System 
three 
trains  daily  to  Toronto,  with  Pullman 
parlor  cars  on  day  trains  and  Pullman 
sleepers  on  night  trains,  and  is  the only 
line  running  the  celebrated  Pullman 
sleepers  via  the  Lehigh  Valley  Road 
to  Buffalo.

running 

For  further  information  and  reserva­
tion  of  berths,  apply  to  any  agent  of  the 
Grand  Trunk  Railway  System,  or to  C. 
A.  Justin,  Acting  C.  P.  A.,  23  Monroe 
St.,  Grand  Rapids.

is 

The  exports  of  corn  oil  for  the  month 
of  July,  1897,  were  232,551  gallons, 
valued  at $48,549.  No  comparison  can 
be  made  with  previous  years,  as  it  was 
not  enumerated  prior  to  July,  ’97,  but 
in  the  grand 
the  value  was 
total  of  exports. 
It  was  formerly  put 
under  the  head  of  "a ll  other  articles."

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Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

President, J as. F. Hammell, Lansing;  Secretary, 
D. G.  Slaght, Flint ;  Treasurer, Chas.  McN oltt 
Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President, S.  H.  H art,  Detroit:  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D. Morris, Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Grand  Counselor,  F.  L.  Day.  Jackson:  Grand 
Secretary, G. S. V almork, Detroit ;  Grand Treas­
urer, Geo. A. R eynolds, Saginaw.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci 

dent Association.

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

President.'A.  F. P eake, Jackson ;  Secretary and 
Board  of  Directors—F.  M.  Tyler, II.  B.  F air 
child,J as. N. Bradford, J. Henry Da w ley.Geo 
J. Heinzelman, Chas. S.  R obinson.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club
President,  W.  C.  Brown,  Marquette;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F.  Wixson,  Marquette.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Milton Reeder (N.  W.  Gokey  &  Sons 
has  returned  from  Jamestown,  N.  Y 
whither  he  went  to  get  out  his  spring 
samples.

The  commercial  travelers  of  Kalama 
zoo  covered  themselves  over  with  glory 
at  the  street  fair  held  at  that  place  last 
week,  taking  the  sweep  stakes  prize  for 
the  finest  float  in  the  industrial  parade.
F.  S.  Doud  (Baldwin,  McGraw  & 
Co.)  writes  the  Tradesman  that  his  , 
year  old  son  had  the  misfortune to break 
his  leg  Saturday  by  falling  out  of a tree 
The  accident  occurred  at  the  family 
residence  at  Albion.

E.  R.  Brainerd  has been appointed re 
ceiver  of  the  Star  Accident  Company 
and  also  of  the  Continental Masonic Ac 
cident  Association,  both  of  Chicago. 
Neither  organization  ever  possessed  th< 
entire  confidence  of  the 
insuring  pub 
lie,  owing  to  the  character  of  the  men 
who  managed  the  institutions.

John  M.  Shields  (Lemon  &  Wheeler 
Company)  will  be  married  Oct.  27  to 
Miss  Sallie  Lankford,  the  ceremony  to 
take  place 
in  the  M.  E.  church  at 
Princess  Anne,  Maryland,  at  8  p.  m. 
Mr.  Shields 
is  a  fine  young  man  and 
richly  deserves  the  rare  prize  he  has 
captured.  The  Tradesman 
joins  with 
the  fraternity 
in  extending  the  hope 
that  the  union  may  prove  to  be  a  long 
and  happy  one.

E.  A.  Stevens—better known  through­

out  the  West  as  Sapolio  Stevens—is 
town  for  a  few  days  in  the  interest  of 
Enoch  Morgan’s  Sons.  Mr.  Stevens  is 
a  veteran  organizer  of  retail  dealers 
associations,  and  enjoys  the  distinction 
of  holding  an  honorary  life  membership 
in  the  Retail  Grocers  and  Merchants’ 
Association  of  Illinois.  He  will  under­
take  to  renew  his  acquaintance  with  the 
trade  of  Western  Michigan  during  the 
next  month  or  six  weeks  and  will  be 
assisted  in  this  territory  by R.  V  Stiles.

Circulation  of  a  Damaging  Report 

Which  Was  Devoid  of  Truth.

Detroit,  Oct.  16—The  Board  of  Trus­
tees,  having  received  a copy of  a  certain 
pamphlet,  entitled  “  The great record  in 
memory  of 
seventeen  hundred  and 
twenty  dead  co-operative  assessment 
and  fraternal  societies  that  have  failed 
and  ceased  to  do  business,”   and finding 
therein  the  name  of  said  Michigan 
Commercial 
Travelers’  Association, 
wrote  to  the  publisher  of said pamphlet, 
W.  E.  Thompson,  of  Mil waukee,  Wis., 
asking  him  to  explain  how  he  obtained 
his  information  that  the  Michigan Com­
mercial  Travelers’  Association  was 
defunct  or  had  ceased  to  do  business. 
Mr.  Thompson  replied,  September  11, 
‘ ‘ That 
it  was  all  a  mistake;  but  could 
not  give  his  authoritv  for  publishing 
the  name  of  our  Association 
in  his 
pamphlet. ’ ’  -

The  Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’ 
Association  has  had 
some  corres­
pondence  on  this  subject,  and  Mr. 
Thompson  voluntarily  sent  the  Associa­
tion  six  hundred  copies  of  a  circular 
letter,  stating  that  he  made  a  mistake 
in  publishing  the  name  of  the  Michi 
gan  Commercial Travelers’ Association 
and  endorsing  said  Association.

In  order  to  show  the  fallacy  of  any 
such  report  going  to  the  public  about 
the  Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’ 
Association,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
said  Association  hereby  submit  that  on 
October  1  the  assets  of  said  Association 
were  as  follows :
Cash  in  bank,  death assessment  fund.......$  2,500.
Cash in  bank,  expense  fund....................... 
654.
Cash  in  bank,  reserve  fund......................  10,246.
Cash  in  bank,  reserve  fund......................   6,668.

The  Association  during 

Total.................................$20,069.^ r
its  lifetime 
has  paid  to  the  beneficiaries  of  de 
ceased  members  the  sum  of  $253,000, 
and  does  not  owe  a  single  dollar  to  any 
one. 

D .  M o r r is ,  Sec’y.

Movements  of  Lake  Superior  Travel 

ers.

to 

Membership 

Commercial 
Travelers’  Club  is  coming  in  at  a  lively 
rate. 
following  are  the  latest 
members:

The 

the 

M.  V.  Foley,  Saginaw,  E.  S.,  repre 

senting  Ben  Hur  Cigar  Co.,  Detroit.

H.  C.  Carr,  Marquette,  representing 

Plankington  Packing  Co.,  Milwaukee
E.  R.  Morrison,  Marquette,  repre 
senting  Standard  Oil  Co.
J.  C.  Foster,  Newberry,  representing 
M.  R.  Manhard  Co.,  Ltd.,  Newberry,
C.  D.  Danaher,  Newberry,  represent 
ing  Danaher-Melendy  Co.,  Dollarville.
R.  G.  Quinn,  Negaunee,  representing 
M.  Gimbel  &  Sons,  Chicago.
A.  F.  Draper,  Hancock,  representing 

Reid,  Murdock  &  Co.,  Chicago.

John  J.  Bogue,  Marquette,  represent 

ing  Peter  White  &  Co.

senting  C.  M.  Henderson  &  Co.

Willard  H.  James,  Chicago,  repre 
Welland  M.  Porter,  Cleveland,  repre 

senting  Atwood  &  Steele,  Chicago.

W.  J.  Crane,  Negaunee,  representing 

Fuller  &  Fuller  Co.,  Chicago.

Chas.  Doty,  Ishpeming,  representing 

Edson,  Moore  &  Co.,  Detroit.

P.  G.  Teeple,  Marquette,  represent 
ng  Peter  White  &  Co.,  Marquette.

Success  of  the  Traveling  Men’s  Meet 

ing.

It  affords  the  Tradesman  much  pleas 
ure  to  be  able  to  publish  a  verbatim  re­
port  of  the  sermon  delivered  to the trav­
eling  men  last  Sunday  by  Rev.  L.  De- 
Lamarter,  the  ¡distinguished  Methodist 
divine  of  Kalamazoo.  In  a  letter to  the 
Tradesman  accompanying  the  manu­
script  of  the  sermon,  E.  Starbuck  refers 
to  the  matter  as  follows:

Our  meeting  was  a  decided  success 
point  of  attendance,  there  having 
been  eighty  of  the  traveling  men  in line 
and  others  scattered  through  the  audi­
ence.  All expressed  themselves  as  high­
ly  pleased  with  the  service.  Senator 
Colman  moved  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the 
pastor  for  his  excellent  sermon  and  to 
the  church  for  the  invitation  and  enter­
tainment,  which was carried  with  a  ven­
geance.

From  the  Great  Lakes  to  Colorado.
1,069  miles  in  less than  33 hours  in  an 
electric-lighted sleeping car, from Chica­
go to  Denver,  over the Omaha Short Line 
of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul 
Railway  and  the  Rock  Island  Route, 
ia  Lincoln,  Nebraska.
Time  annihilates  space,  and 
‘mighty  easy  ridin’  ”   on  the  cars. 
Ticket  offices,  95  Adams  street  and  at 
Union  Passenger  Station,  Canal  and 
Adams  streets,  Chicago.  Train  starts 
every  night  at  10  o’clock.  Don’t  get 
left.

is 

it 

No  Time  for  Fun.

“ Going to your mother-in-law’s  funer- 
,  old  man?”
“ No.  Business  comes  before  pleas­

ure with  me  every  tim e!”

Flour  and  Feed.

There  has  been  a  steady  demand  for 
flour  during  the  past  week  and,  in  fact, 
for  the  past  month.  Since  the  sharp 
advance  took  place  several  weeks  ago, 
buyers  have  purchased  very  cautiously 
and  only  for  immediate  needs,  so  that 
stocks  of  flour  among  merchants  are 
much  smaller  than  usual  at  this  time  of 
the  year.  The  heavy  export  demand 
has  prevented  the  usual  large  increase 
of  the  visible  stocks  of  wheat  at  thi: 
season.  Considering  the  most  authentii 
reports  of  the  past  wheat  harvest,  to 
gether  with  present  stocks  of  wheat  and 
flour,  and  the  large  present  and  pros 
pective  demand,  the  situation 
is  cer 
tainly  a  very  unusual  one;  and  the  nat 
ural  sequence  would  be  a  still  highe: 
range  of  values for breadstuffs.  The city 
mills are  well  supplied  with  orders  and 
are  running  at  full  capacity  with an out 
put  of  from  8,000  to  10,000  barrels  per 
week.

Millstuffs  are 

in  good  demand,  with 
prices  ranging  from  50  cents  to  $1  per 
ton  higher.  Feed  and  meal  are  nom 
nally  unchanged,  with  prices  tending 
rather  lower,  in  sympathy  with  corn.
W m.  N .  R o w e.

17

Marquette—Last  week  the  Iron  Age 
asked  its  subscribers  to  discuss  the tax­
ation  of  hardware 
stocks.  A  Lake 
Superior  hardware  dealer  has  an  orig­
inal  idea  about  that.  A  new  clerk  had 
just  told  a  customer  that  they  were  out 
of  lanterns  because  there  were  none 
in 
sight.  The proprietor  ordered  the  clerk 
to  go  to  the  warehouse  and  get  a  box, 
remarking  shortly  afterward  that  the 
reason  for  carrying  so  many  goods  in 
the  warehouse  was  that  if  he  kept  them 
in  sight  he  would  be  taxed  for  them.

Menominee—The  sawmill  of  the  Bay 
Shore  Lumber  Co.  was  lately  shut  down 
for  the  season,  its  supply  of  logs  having 
been  exhausted.  The  mill  cut  18,000,- 
000  feet  of  lumber this year,  and  most  of 
it  is  sold.  The  logs  were  brought  in  by 
rail,  and  will  be  next  year,  also.  From 
18,000,000 to  20,000,000  feet  will  be  put 
in  for next  season’s  sawing.

Barrios  starts  to  put  down  the  revolu­
in  Guatemala  by  assassinating 
tion 
Senor  Juan  Aparicio,  probably 
the 
ablest  financier  and  one  of  the  largest 
merchants 
the  whole  of  Central 
America.

in 

HOTEL WHITCOMB

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH. 

A. VINCENT, Prop.

Sincerity  in  Advertising.

The  best  advertisement,  like  the  best 
sermon,  comes  from 
A 
the  heart. 
in 
preacher  who  prepares  his  discourse 
a perfunctory manner, not more  than  half 
believing,  or  at  least  not  entirely  pos­
sessed  by  his  topic,  and  who  delivers  it 
in  a  half-hearted,  slipshod  manner, 
cannot  expect  to  save  souls.  Neither 
can  the  man  who  advertises  in  a  half­
hearted,  don’t-care  sort  of  style  expect 
to  sell  goods.  The  advertisement  that 
has  the  working  power  of  vitality  in 
it 
and  carries  logical  conviction 
in  the 
reading 
is  written  usually  by  the  man 
who  is,  in  the  first  place,  full  of  his 
subject  and  knows  all  there  is  to  know 
concerning  what  he  is  talking  about.  In 
the  second  place, 
the  advertisement 
writer  must  not  only  have  sufficient 
knowledge,  but  he  must  have  abundant 
faith 
in  what  he  advertises.  He  must 
know  that  he  has  something  worth  the 
money.  He  must  not  only  know  it  as 
a  matter  of  fact,but  be  so  possessed  and 
filled  to  overflowing  with  the  knowledge 
that  sincerity  gleams  in  every  line  and 
truth  flashes  from  every  sentence.

How  to  Begin.

The  great  question  with  some  stores 
s  how  to  begin  advertising.  Many  say 
that,  “ We  have  only  a  limited  amount 
to  spend, and  we  want  to  spend  it  where 
it  will  do  the  most good,  and  yet  we  do 
not  know  where  to  place  it.”   With  a 
limited  expenditure  at  hand,  it  will  be 
well  to  use  only  that  kind  of  advertis­
ing  which  seems  to  be  the  very  best, 
-et  all  uncertain  methods  alone;  pick 
out  the  best  newspaper  in  your  city,  use 
this  paper  as  far  as  your  means  will  go, 
and  stick  absolutely  to  the  one  thing. 
Do  not  try  to cover  ten  newspapers  with 
the  money 
to  one. 
Spreading  your  money  too  thin  over 
a 
is  just  as  bad  as  the 
farmer  who  tried  to  cover  a  ten-acre 
field  with  a  pint  of  seed. 
If  there  are 
other  good  papers  besides  the  one,  best 
let  them  wait  until  you  have  a  larger 
sum  to  spend,  so  that  you  can  divide 

that  should  go 

large  surface 

ith  them.

The  Spirit  of  Accommodation.

Would  that  we  might  impress  upon 
every  merchant  and  salesman  the  price­
less  value  of  the  spirit  of  accommoda­
tion.  Strive  to  give  satisfaction  in  the 
case  of  small  orders,  and  the  large  ones 
hll  take  care  of  themselves.  Place 
yourself 
in  sympathy  with  the  feelings 
and  needs  of  every  customer.  This  line 
of  policy,  persisted 
in  and  reinforced 
by  all  the  necessary  requirements  of 
stock  and  price  and  assortment,  will 
give  any  man  his  full  measure  of  busi­
ness  success.

Northern  Hotel,

J.  L.  Kltzmiller, Prop.

Cor.  Grove and  Lafayette  Sts.,  G reenville, M ich.

W h i t n e y   T-T,

Best  Hotel  in  Plainwell,  Mich.  Only  house  in 
town  holding contract  with  Travelers’  Educational 
Association  of America.
C h a s .   E .  W h i t n e v i   P r o o .
Cutler  House  at  Grand  Haven.

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

_

  C O A L

jf  Phone:490.  3  Ca n a i

NEW  REPUBLIC

Reopened  Nov.  ag,

FINEST  HOTEL  IN  BAY  CITY.

Steam heat,

Electric Bells and Lighting throughout. 

Rates,  $1.50 to  $2.00.

Cor. Saginaw and Fourth Sts.

GEO.  H.  SCHINDHETT,  Prop.

me  Hew  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.

a l   8c  M o r e y ,
i t r o i t ,   M i c H .

Hotel  Normandie  of  Detroit  Re­

duces Rates.

Determined  to continue  catering  to  popular  de­
mand for good  hotel accommodations at low prices, 
we  reduce  the  rates  on  fifty  rooms  from  $2.50  to 
$2 per day,  and rooms  with  bath from  $3.50  to $3. 

The  popular rate of 50 cents  per meal, established 
hen  the  Normandie  was  first  opened,  continues. 
Change of rates will  in no way affect the  quality, 
and our constant aim In the future will  be, as in  the 
past,  to  furnish  the  best  accommodations  for  the 
rates charged.

Carr & Reeve.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

1 8

Drugs-=Chemicals

MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
Term  expires
-  Dec. 31,  1897
- 
Dec. 31,1898
-  Dec. 31,1899 
-  Dec. 31,1900
-  Dec. 31,1901

S. E.  P a r k  ill. Owosso 
- 
F.  \V. R.  Perry, Detroit 
A. C. Schumacher, Ann  Arbor 
- 
Geo. Gundrum,  Ionia  - 
L. E. R eynolds, St.  Joseph 
- 

--------  
- 

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. W ebber, Cadillac.
Secretary—Chas.  Mann. Detroit.
Treasurer—J ohn D.  Muir, Grand Rapids.

The  Poison  Closet.

One  of  the  most  important  parts  of 
the  dispensing  counter 
is  the  poison 
closet,  or  at  least  it  should  be,  although 
we  find  many  establishments  totally  un­
provided  with  such  an  article,  and  have 
sometimes  expressed  surprise  that  ac­
cidents  are  not  more  common  when  we 
find  morphine  and  quinine,  compound 
tincture  of  gentian  and 
tincture  of 
opium,  side  by  side.  Of  course  one  of 
the  requisites  of  a  good  dispenser  is 
eternal  vigilance,  and  in  such  cases 
it 
is  absolutely  necessary,  whereas  with 
a  proper  place  to  store  poisons  a  great 
deal  of  worry  and  anxiety  is  taken  from 
one’s  mind.

I  have  given  a  great  deal  of  thought 
to  the  arrangement  of this part of the fix­
tures,  and  have  tried  many  of  the  pat­
ent appliances,  but  have  found  that  they 
are  either  too  complicated  or  fail  to 
work  when  required.  The  closet  ar­
ranged  with  electric  bell  is  one  of  the 
best  and  simplest.  The  only  objection 
I  have  to  it  is  that  it  warns  the  custom­
er  as  well  as  the  dispenser,  and  the 
tinkle  of  the  bell 
immediately  notifies 
him  that  a  poison  is  being  dispensed, 
and  every  dispenser  knows  that  a  ner­
vous  patient  or  friend  waiting  for  the 
prescription 
is  apt  to  dread  this  fact, 
which  makes  him  suspicious  of  the 
whole  proceeding.

is  very  small; 

The  arrangement  I  have  adopted 

is 
based  on  one  proposed  by  Henry 
Broth,  of  Chicago,  some  years  ago,  and 
my  modification  is  in  contradiction  to 
what  should  be  an  inflexible  rule  in  the 
pharmacy—“ A  place 
for  everything 
and  everything  in  its  place.”   First  of 
all,  I  had  a  cupboard  made  with  double 
doors,  the 
inner  divided  horizontally, 
each  door  having  a  lock  and  key,  the 
object  of  this  being  that,  two  doors  hav­
ing  to  be  unlocked,  one  has  to  be  wide­
awake  during  the  operation,  and  to 
thoroughly  appreciate  what 
is  being 
done.  The  upper  half  ot  the  cupboard 
contains  in  one  division  such  tinctures 
as  aconite,  strophanthus,  green  helle­
bore,  and  others  of  that  class,  of  which 
the  dose 
in  another, 
tinctures  of  opium,  belladonna,  nux 
vomica,  etc.  ;  in  another,  fluid  extracts, 
and  in  the  fourth  the solid extracts.  The 
lower  half  contains  the  salts  and  alka­
loids,  arranged 
in  a  somewhat  similar 
way,  according  to  dose,  with  one  com­
partment  for  odds  and  ends.  This  is 
the  only  classification  allowed ;  there  is 
no  fixed  place  in  any  compartment  for 
in 
any  particular  bottle  or  box,  and 
order  to  get  at  anything 
it has  to be 
looked  for,  and  the  label  read  carefully 
before  being  used,as I  believe  over  half 
the  cases  of  accident  are  due  to  care­
lessness  engendered  by  having  a  fixed 
place  for  each  article,  and  if  through 
is  put 
any  chance  atropine  sulphate 
where  the  morphine  sulphate 
is  sup­
posed  to  be  kept,  then  there  will  be  a 
chance  for  trouble;  but  by  the  plan  I

have  adopted  this  cannot  happen,  be­
cause  one 
is  compelled  to  look  for  the 
required  article,  and 
thus  on  his 
guard  all  the  time. 

is 
F.  R.  Ma c y .

The  Drug  Market.

The  market  has  been  quiet  during  the 
week,  with  very  few  changes  of  im­
portance  to  note.

Gum  Opium—The  market 

is  very 
firm and  prices are gradually advancing.
Morphine—The  demand  is active and, 
with  opium  in  its  present  firm  position, 
a  further  advance  is  looked  for.

Quinine—A  steady 

increase  of  the 
price  for  bark  at  the  sales  in  London 
and  Amsterdam  places  quinine 
in  a 
very  firm  position.  Holders  of  large 
quantities 
in  New  York  are  getting 
higher  prices  than  rule  at  this  market. 
A  further  advance  must  take  place 
shortly.

Alcohol—The  American  Spirits  Co. 
is  selling  off  old  goods  that  have  been 
made  five  or  six  months,  and,  while 
they  are  not  as  good  as  new  distillation, 
they  are  being  offered  at  a  less  price. 
is  firm  for  present  distillation.
Market 
Norwegian  Cod  Liver  Oil—Has  ad­
vanced  about  §2  per  bbl.  and  higher 
prices  are  looked  for.

Glycerine— The  market  is  very  firm 
for  this  article,  on account  of  the  higher 
prices  for  crude,  but  there  is  no  change 
as  yet.

Essential  O ils—Anise  remains  in 

its 
in  previous  re­
firm  condition  noted 
ports,  with  higher  prices 
looked  for. 
Cassia  is  being  sold  in  this  country  at 
a  lower  price  than  China,  the  primary 
market,  and  an  advancce  must  take 
place  soon.  Owing  to  the  advance  in 
cloves,  the  price  of  this  oil 
is  advanc­
ing  and  will  be  higher.  Sassafras  is also 
in  a  firm  position  and  the  price  has 
been  advanced.

Buchu  Leaves—Continue  to  harden 
in  value  and  we  again  advance  our 
price.

Roots—Golden  seal  is  practically  out 
of  the  market  and  prices  are  very  high. 
Lady’s  slipper  root  is  also  very  scarce 
and  prices  have  advanced  about  50  per 
cent.  Senega  is  in  a  very  firm  position 
and  has  advanced.

Seeds—Canary  and  hemp  are  firm  hut 
unchanged.  Celery 
is  higher  abroad 
and  has  been  advanced  in  this  market. 
Lobelia 
is  higher,  with  an  upward 
tendency.

Spices—Cassia  bark  is  scarce  and  all 
kinds  are  advancing.  Cloves  are  higher 
and  steadily  advancing.

Ginseng  Culture.

From the St.  Louis Republic.

It 

The  secret  of  raising ginseng has been 
discovered  at  last. 
is  being  grown 
on  Missouri  soil  and  cultivated  by  a 
Missouri  farmer. 
China  has  an  un­
limited  demand  for  the  ginseng  root, 
and,  because  of 
its  scarcity,  pays  the 
handsome  price  of  $2.50  for  a  single 
pound  of  it.  Heretofore  the  market has 
been  supplied 
from  certain  sections 
where  the  herb  grows  wild.  Repeated 
attempts  to  cultivate  it  have  proved  a 
failure,  but  Spencer  Brown,  a  farmer  in 
Texas  county,  is  cultivating  an  acre  of 
ginseng.  It  matures  in  six  years.  From 
the  product  of  that  acre  he  expects  to 
realize  the  modest  sum  of  $20,000.  He 
will  limit  the  product  so  as  to  keep  the 
price  up.

limestone  soil 

Mr.  Brown  says  that  the ginseng flour­
shaded 
ishes 
in  rich 
from  the  sun. 
It  requires  eighteen 
months  to  germinate  and  six  years  for 
full  growth.  He  is  making  no  secret of 
the  discovery,  but explains  its  mysteries 
to  any  one.

By  the  Chinese  ginseng  is  considered 
ingredient  of  wonderful 
a  medicinal 
powers.  A 
is  distilled  from  it 
which  is  supposed  to  cure  all  diseases. 
They  have  never  been  able  to  find  the 
secret  of  its  culture,  and  have  depended 
upon  the  wild  roots  found  here  and 
there  for  their  supply.

liquor 

Failures  in  the  Drug  Business.

A  most  interesting  enumeration  of the 
number  of  concerns  engaged  in  thirty- 
seven 
lines  of  trade,  together  with  the 
number  of  failures  in  each  line  for  the 
past  three  years,  has just been published 
by  Bradstreet.

in 

idea,  which 

in  point  of  numbers 

We  find  that  there  are  27,262  dealers 
engaged 
in  the  handling  of  drugs  and 
medicines,  "wholesale  and  retail  and 
this  being  the  fifth 
manufacturers,”  
calling 
the 
United  States,  being  preceded  numeri­
cally  by  102,786  grocers,  102,642  gen­
eral  stores,  27,625  butchers,  and  73,238 
restaurants.  The 
is  very 
generally  prevalent,  that  the  retail  drug 
business  is  one  in  which  none  fail  and 
few  lose  money  is  shown  to be erroneous 
by  the  fact  that  the  percentage  of  fail­
ures 
in  the  year  i 8 q6   was  1.81  in  this 
line,  while  the  average  percentage  of 
failures  throughout  all  the  various  com­
mercial  lines  for  the  year  was  only  1.40. 
If  one  be  in  search  for  a  safe  business 
it  would  seem  that  he  should  go  into the 
handling  of  coal  and  wood,  for  in  that 
line  the  percentage  of  failures  is  only 
0.96  for  the  past  year. 
It  is  unfortu­
nate,  in  the 
interest  of  historical  ac­
curacy, 
ice 
business  and  the  plumbing  business  are 
not  recorded. 
it  possible  that  the 
witticisms  of  our  newspaper  paragraph- 
ists  are  founded  on  fact  and  that  ice­
men  and  plumbers  do  not  fail?

that  the  failures 

in  the 

Is 

The  highest  percentage  of  failures  for 
is  among  manufacturers  and 
the  year 
dealers 
in  bicycles,  5.17  per  cent,  of 
whom  failed  during  the  past  year.  This 
unusually  high  rate  of  failures  in  this 
particular  line 
is  no  doubt  due  to  the 
reaction  from  the  overproduction  from 
which  this  trade  suffered  in  the  early 
part  of  i8q6. 
In  the  matter  of  commer­
cial  death-rate,  the  drug  trade  stands 
eighteenth  on  the  list  of  thirty-seven 
enumerated 
lines  of  trade  for  the  year 
1896,  which  would  tend  to  prove  that 
while  the  percentage  of  failures is above 
the  average,  it  is  nevertheless  a  fairly 
safe  business  in  which  to  embark.

One  very 

interesting  feature  of  the 
is  that  the  proportion  of  total 
exhibit 
liabilities  of  those  failing 
in  various 
lines  of  business  holds  a  fairly  uniform

MILTON  KERNS,

proportion  to  the  total  number  of  per­
sons  engaged 
in  that  particular  line. 
Altogether  the  drug  trade  makes  a  fair­
ly  presentable  showing  in  the  commer­
cial  field,  both  as  regards  the  number 
engaged  in  the  business and commercial 
stability.

it 

Nostrums  the  Bane  of  Pharmacy.
The  following  is  an  extract  from  the 
address  delivered  by  President  John  J. 
Teten  before  the  Nebraska  Association :
The  shelves  of  every  pharmacy  groan 
under  the  weight  of  patent  and  trade- 
marked  nostrums  that  have  had  their 
brief  life  and  are  no  more.  The  drug­
gist  who  helped  the  manufacturer  to 
introduce  them  can  now  enjoy 
the 
pleasure  of  seeing  them  sold  at  retail 
in department  stores  for  less money than 
he  can  buy  them  from  the  manufactur­
er.  Surely  we  druggists  have  reason  to 
exclaim, 
in  the  language  of  Shake­
speare,  “ How  sharper  than  a  serpent’s 
tooth  it  is  to  have  a  thankless  child!”  
For  much  of  this  we  druggists  are  to 
blame,  but 
is  not  too  late  to  call  a 
halt.  The  patent  medicine  men  have 
slandered  and  vilified  us  until  for­
bearance  has  ceased 
to  be  a  virtue. 
They  have  not  only  accussed  us  of  sub­
stitution  and  fraud,  but are trying  to  rob 
us  of  the  right  to  sell  our  own  prepara­
tions  even  when  called  for. 
It  seems  to 
me  that  the  time  is  now  ripe  when  we 
members  of  this  great  pharmaceutical 
association  should  break  away 
from 
these  Egyptian  task,  masters  and  pro­
claim  our  liberty.  Let  the  manufactur­
er  sell  his  goods  through  the  dry  goods 
stores  while  we  pay  closer  attention  to 
the  manufacture  of  formulas  that  the 
physicians  require  and  use. 
is  a 
slander  on  the  medical  profession  to 
think  for  a  moment  that  they  cannot 
originate  formulas  to  meet  all  cases 
that  come  under  their  care,  and  it  is 
and  should  be  the  duty  of every druggist 
to  be able  to  prepare  every  formula  that 
his  physician  may  entrust  to  his  care, 
thus  gaining  the  confidence  of  the  pro­
fession  and  public.

It 

About  one-half  that  even  the  wisest 

man  knows  is  mere  theory.

T H U M   B R O S .  &   S C H M ID T , 

Analytical  and  Consulting  Chemists,

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GRAND  R A P ID S ,  V IC H . 

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13® 15
6®
8
25® 30

4®
6
6@ 8
12® 14
13© 14

Aceticum.................. $  6@i 
s
Benzoicum, German  70®  75
Boraclc...................... 
@ 
15
Carbolicum.............  
41
29® 
42
40® 
C itricum ................... 
3@
Hydrochlor .
........... 
N itrocum ................. 
10
8® 
14
13® 
Oxalicum ................. 
Phosphorium,  d ii... 
© 
15
Sallcylicnm.............. 
60© 
65
Sulphuricum............  194®
Tannlcum  ................  1  25®  1  40
Tartaricnm............... 
38® 
40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16  deg............
Aqua, 20  deg............
Carbonas...................
Chloridum...............
Aniline
Black......................... 2  00© 2 25
80©  1 00
B row n......................
R e d ...........................
45® 50
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Baccse.
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Juniperus.................
Xanthoxylum..........
Balsamum
Copaiba.  ..  ..............
Peru...........................
Terabin, Canada__
Tolutan.....................
Cortex
Abies,  Canadian__
C assia ......................
Cinchona Flava.......
Euonymus atropurp
Myriea Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgini........
Qnillaia,  gr’d ..........
Sassafras.........po. 18
Ulmus.-.po.  15,  gr’d 
Extractum
Glyeyrrhlza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhiza, po....... 
Hamatox, 15 lb box.
Ham atox, I s ............
Hsematox, 54s..........
Hsematox,  tis ..........
Ferru
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Citrate and Q uinia..
Citrate Soluble........
Perrocyanidum Sol.
Solnt.  Chloride.......
Sulphate, com’l .......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cw t..........
Sulphate,  p u r e .......
Flora
A rn ica......................
Anthem is.................
M atricaria...............
Folia

50® 55
© 2  40
40® 45
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2 25 
75 
40 
15 
2

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28®
11®
13®
14®
16®

18
12
18
30

12®
18®

Barosma....................  
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
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Cassia Acutifol,Alx.
Salvia officinalis, 14s
and  H s................... 
Ura Ursi.  .................... 

28®
18®
25®
12®
 

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10®  

35®   50
Conium  Mac............ 
Copaiba....................  i  10®   1  20
Cubebae......................... 
90® 1 00
E xechthltos............  1  00®  1  10
E rigeron...................  1  00®   1  10
G aultheria...............  1  50®  1  60
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
75
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma..................   1  on®  1  10
Junipera...................  1  50® 2 00
Lavendula.................. 
90© 2 00
Limonis....................   1  20®  1  40
Mentha  Piper
1  60®  2 20 
1  9.:® 2 00 
Mentha V erid__
Morrhua,  gal__
1  0u@  1  10 
Myrcia,................
4 00®  4  50 
Olive....................
.  75®  3  00 
Picis  Liquida.  ..
12 
Picis Liquida, gal
®  35
R icin a.................
1  03®  1  08 
©  1  00 
Rosmarini............
Rosa,  ounce.......
6  50®  8 50 
S uccini...............
40©
90®  1  06
S abina.................... 
Santal.......  ..............  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras................... 
55©   60
@  65
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce. 
Tiglii.........................   1  40® 1  50
40®  50
Thyme 
................... 
Thyme,  o p t.............. 
@  1  60
Theobrom as............ 
15@  20
Potassium
15® 
18
Bi-Carb...................... 
Bichromate  ............ 
13® 
15
Bromide.................... 
48@  51
12© 
Carb.........................  
15
Chlorate..po. 17@19e 
16© 
18
Cyanide....................  
35©  40
Iodide........................  2  60®
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
28© 
30
Potassa,  Bitart,  com 
© 
Potass Nitras, opt..
8®
Potass Nitras..........
7®
Prnssiate.................
2«i©
Sulphate p o ..........
15@
Radix
Aconitvm.................
20®
22®
A lth a ........................ 
to®
A nchusa...............  
Arum po....................  
©
20®
C alam us................... 
Gentiana........ po  15 
12®
16®
Glychrrhiza...pv. 15 
©
Hydrastis C anaden. 
Hydrastis Can., po 
©15©
Hellebore,Alba, po
Inula, p o .............
15®
Ipecac, po.................  2  00®
Iris plox.... po35@38  35®
Jalapa,  p r...................'  25®
Maranta,  14s ............ 
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Podophyllum, po__  
22®
75©  1 00
5 5 ej  ......................... 
Rhei, cu t................... 
@  1 25
Rhei, pv....................  
75©  1 35
35® gg
Spigelia..................... 
Sangumaria.-.po. 40 
©  35
Serpentaria.............. 
30®  35
Senega...................... 
40®  45
Simtlax,officinalis H
Smilax, M.................
Scillse..............po.35
Symplocarpus, Foeti- 
dus,  po..................
Valeriana,Eng.po.30 
Valeriana,  German.
Zingiber a ................. 
Zingiber j ................. 

©
©
10®
©
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12®
25@

Gummi 
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
65 
45 
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
@
35 
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
@
Acacia, sifted  sorts.
28 
@
Acacia, po.................
60®
80 
12®
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20
14 
Aloe, C ape__ po. 15
©
12 
Aloe, Socotri..po. 40
30 
©55®
Ammoniac...............
60 
_
Assafcetida__ po. 30 
25®
28 
50®
Benzoinum .............. 
55
Catechu, Is...............  
®
13
Catechu, Hs.............
14 
©
Catechu, 94s.............
16 
©48®
Camphorse...............
55 
Buphorblum..po.  35
10
_
Galbanum................. 
®   1  00 70
65®
Gamboge  po............ 
Guaiacum......po. 35
©   35
Kino............po. $3.u0
@ 3 00 
M astic......................
@  60 
Myrrh............. po.  45
@  40
O pii..  po. #4.00@4.20  2 85®  2  95 
Shellac...................... 
35 
Shellac, bleached... 
45 
T ragacanth.............. 
80
Herba
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium .oz. pkg
Lobelia.........oz. pkg
M ajorum__ oz.  pkg
Mentha Pip.. oz. pkg 
Mentha Vir..oz. pkg
Rue................oz. pkg
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
flagnesia.
Calcined, Pat............ 
55®
Carbonate, P at____  
20®
20®
Carbonate, K. & M.. 
Carbonate, Jennings  35®

25©
40®
50®

Oleum
Absinthium..............  3 25® 3 50
Amygdala, Dulc.... 
30®  50
Amygdala, A m ara .  8 00®  8 25
Anisi..........................  2  50®  2 60
Auranti  Cortex.......  2 00®  2  20
Bergamii...................  2 40® 2 50
85®  90
Cajiputi....................  
Caryophylli.............. 
65® 
70
Cedar.........................  
35®  65
Chenopadil............... 
@ 375
Cinnamonii..............  1  90® 2  00
C’tronella................. 
4g®  45

Semen
Anlsum..........po.  15 
Apium  (graveleons) 
Bird, Is...................... 
Garni.............. po. 18 
Cardamon.................  l  25®  1
Coriandrum.............  
Cannabis  S ativa.." 
Cydonium.................
Chenopodium __ _
Diptenx  Odorate...
Fcenicnlum.............
Foenngreek, po........
L tn l.......... .
Lini,  grd........bbl. 3
Pharlaris  Canarian.
R apa.........................
Sinapis Albu.........”
Sinapis  Nigra..........
Spiritus 

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Frumenti, W.  D. Co.  2  00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R ..  2  00®  2 25
F ru m en ti.................  1  25©   1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T ..  1  65®  2 00
Juniperis Co............  1  75© 3  50
Saacharum  N. E __   1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vini G alii.........  1  75®  6  50
Tini Oporto..............  1  25® 2 00
Vim  Alba.................  1  25® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage.................  2  50® 2  75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage................. 
@  2 00
Velvet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage....... 
@  1  25
Extra yellow sheeps’ 
@ 1  00
wool,  carriage.... 
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................. 
©  1 00
@  75
Hard, for slate use.. 
Yellow  R e e f,  for 
slate  use...............  
@  1  40
Syrups
A cacia...................... 
Auranti Cortes........  
Zingiber.................... 
Ipecac...................... 
F e rrilo d ..................  
Rhei Arom............... 
Smilax Officinalis... 
Senega...................... 
Sell la .................. 
.. 

@ 
50
©  50
@  50
@  60
@ 
50
@  50
50®  60
@  50
@  50

50

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Miscellaneous 

Scilla Co  ................. 
T olutan....................  
Prunus virg.............. 
Tinctures 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconi turn N apellis F
Aloes.........................
Aloes and Myrrh__
A rn ica......................
Assafcetida.............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex.......
Benzoin....................
Benzoin Co...............
Barosm a...................
Cantharides............
Capsicum ............
Cardamon............. ..
Cardamon  Co__ . .
Castor........................
Catechu..................
Cinchona..................
Cinchona Co............
Columba..................
Cubeba....................’.
Cassia  Acutifol__ !
Cassia Acutifol Co  .
D igitalis..................
Ergot........................]
Ferri Chloridum__
G entian....................
Gentian Co.............. !
G uiaca..................... ’
Gtiiaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus............
Iodine........................
Iodine, colorless..!
Kino...........................
Lobelia................ ”  ’
Myrrh...................   ”
Nux  Vomica............
O pii...........................
Opii, cam phorated..
Opii,  deodorized....
Q uassia....................
Hhatany.................
Rhei....................
Sanguinaria  .  . . . . ’]
Serpentaria..............
Strom onium ...........
Tolutan....................
V alerian..................*
Veratrnm Veride . ''
Zingiber....................
-Ether, Spts.  Nit. 3 F  30® 
? >©
-«Ether, Spts.  Nit. 4 F 
Alnm en....................   214©
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
3®
Annatto....................  
40©
Antimoni,  po....... 
4®
Antimoni etPotassT  40®
@
Antipyrin................ 
Antifebrin 
@
............ 
@
Argenti Nitras, oz .. 
Arsenicum............. 
10®
Balm Gilead  Bud  . 
38®
Bismuth  S. N .........  1  40®
Calcium Chlor.,  Is 
@ 
Calcium Chlor.,  54s 
©
©
Calcium Chlor.,  54s. 
Cantharides, Rus.po  @ 
@
Capsici  Fructus, a f. 
©   15
© 
Capsici Fructus,  po. 
©  15
«a 
Capsici FructnsB.po 
©  15
Caryophyllus. .po.  15 
10©  
12 
Carmine, No. 40  .
© 3 00 
Cera Alba,  S. & F
50©
Cera Flava............''
Coccus
Cassia Fructus
Centraria................... 
Cetaceum.............. ’ j 
Chloroform.........  
Chloroform, squibbs 
Chloral H ydC rst....  1  50®  1  60
Chondrus..............  
Cinchonidine,P.& W  25®  35 
Cinchonidine, Germ  22®   30
Cocaine.
3 05®  3 Z
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 
Creosotum ..
Creta.............. bbl.'75
Creta, prep...............
Creta, precip.......
Creta, Rubra........."
©
Crocus................ HU
18®
C udbear........*
5®
CupriSuiph..........” ”  
Dextrine............  
10®
Ether Sulph............. 
75®
Emery, all  numbers  @
Emery, po.......... 
Ergota.............po. 40  30©
Flake  W hite........... 
12®
Galla................... 
Gambler............. 
Gelatin, Cooper___ 
@
Gelatin, F ren ch...... 
35®
Glassware, flint, box  60,  1C
Less  than  box__
Glue,  brown...........  
Glue,  w hite............. 
Glycerina................. 
Grana  Paradis! 
Hamulus.......... 
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
Hydraag Chlor  Cor.
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.
Hydraag Ammoniati 
HydraagUnguentum
Hydrargyrum..........
Ichthyobolla, A m ...
Indigo........................ 
Iodine, Resubi........   3 60® 3 70
Iodoform..................  
@ 420
Lupulin.  .................  
@ 
Lycopodium............ 
40®
65®
Macis 
 
Liquor  Arse:, et h.j-
d rarg lo d ............... 
Gh
LiquorPotassArsinit
10©
2®
Magnesia, Sulph__
_
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
50®
Mannia, S. F ............ 
M enthol................... 
A

9®
13®
u®
....  @
25®

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©
45®
©
6o@
75®  

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©
60©
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8®

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20®

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75

2 05® 2  30
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15© 
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Morphia, S.P.& W ... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  Co......................
Moschus Canton__
Myristica, No. 1.......
Nux Vomica... po.20
Os  Sepia..................
Pepsin  Saac, H. & P.
D. Co......................
Picis Liq. N.N.^igal.
doz..........................
Picis Liq., quarts__
Picis Liq., pints.......
Pil Hydrarg...po.  80 
Piper N igra.. .po.  22 
Piper A lba....po.  35
Pi ix  Burgun............
Plumb!  Acet............
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
& P.  D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
Q uassia....................
Quinia, S. P. & W .. 
Quinia, S. German..
Quinia, N.Y.............
Rubia Tinctorum ... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin......................
Sanguis Draconis...
Sapo,  W ....................
Sapo, M......................
Sapo. G......................
Siedlitz  M ixture__

10©
1  10®   1
©  1 
30® 
8® 
37® 
28® 
37® 
12® 
18@
3 00@  3 
40® 
12® 
10®
©
20  @

@ 
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Sinapis...................... 
Sinapis,  opt.............  
@  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
@  34
Voes.......................  
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s  @  34
Soda Boras...............  7  @  9
Soda Boras, po........   7  @ 
9
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb............... 
154® 
2
Soda, Bi-Carb.......... 
3©  
5
Soda, Ash.................  3H@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.......... 
@ 
2
@ 2  60
Spts. Cologne............ 
50@  55
Spts.  Ether  Co........  
Spt  Myrcia Dom... 
@  9 00 
Spts. Vini Reet. bbl. 
@  2  42 
Spts. Vini Rect. 94 bbl  @ 2  47 
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal  @ 2  50 
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal  @  2 52 
Less 5c gal.  cash 10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl..........  2*4©  
3
Sulphur,  Roll......... 
2®  294
8® 
Tam arinds...............  
10
Terebenth Venice... 
28®  30
Theobrom a.............  
42®  45
Vanilla......................  9 00@16 Oo
Zinci  Sulph.............  
7®  
8

Oils

Whale, winter.......... 
Lard,  ex tra.............. 
Lard, No.  1...............  

BBL.  SAL.
70
70 
45
40 
40
35 

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

19

37
39
70
42

Paints  BBL. 

LB
Red Venetian..........   13£  2  @g
Ochre, yellow Mars.  194  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..  194  2  ©3 
Putty, commercial..  2>4  294@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2%  2%®3 
Vermilion,  P r im e
13® 
American............... 
15
70® 
Vermilion, English. 
75
Green, P aris............  1394® 
19
16
Green,  Peninsular.. 
13® 
Lead, R ed.................  5)4® 
6
Lead, w hite.............   5%@ 
6
Whiting, white Span  @ 
70
Whiting,  gilders’... 
@ 
10
@  1  00 
White, Paris Amer.. 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
„ c lif f ........................ 
@  1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15

Varnishes

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

In  Grand Rapids

^ f ^ O c t o b e r   2 6 - 2 7 - 2 8 - 2 9  

DAY  AND  NIGHT

Our  customers  and  & 

friends  are  invited  to 

make  our  office  their 

headquarters.  All  our 
travelers  will  be  on 

hand  to  entertain  you.

We  will  take  care  of 
your  umbrellas,  over­
coats,  bundles  and 

babies,  so  you  will  be 

free 

to  help  make  it 

hotter,  «¿g  ** ,¿6

HAZELTINE  &   PERKINS 

DRUG  CO.

20

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

AXLE  GREASE.

Aurora...................
Castor O il............ .......60
Diamond.............. .......50
F razer's............... .......75
IXL 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.

ii lb cans doz....................  
*  lb cans doz....................  
1 

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

Acme.

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

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

El Purity.

14 lb cans per doz.............. 
75
*  lb cans per doz  ............   1  20
lb cans per doz..............2  00
1 

Home.

14 lb cans 4 doz case........  
14 lb cans 4 doz case......... 
lb cans 2 doz case  ....... 

35
55
90

14 lb cans, 4 doz case....... 
14 lb cans, 4 doz case____  
1 

45
85
lb cans, 2 doz case........   160

Jersey Cream.

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

Our Leader.

14 lb cans............................. 
14  lb can©...........................  
1 

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

Peerless.

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

85

BATH  BRICK.

Am erican................................   70
.English....................................... 80

BLUING.

Ç0 S8S S D
Ö l ü iMG

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

BROOflS.

So. 1 Carpet.........................   1  90
No. 2 Carpet.........................   1  75
No. 3 Carpet.........................   1  50
No. 4 Carpet.........................   1  15
Parlor G em .........................   2  00
Common W hisk...................... 
70
Fancy W hisk.. 
.................... 
80
Warehouse............................. 2  25

CANDLES.

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

CANNED  GOODS, 
flanitowoc  Peas.

Lakeside M arrowfat..........  
95
Lakeside E.  J ......................  1  15
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng....  l   23 
Lakeside. Gem, Ex. Sifted.  1  45 
Extra Sifted Early J a n e .... 1  75

CHEESE.

A cm e........................  @ 11
Amboy.............. .... 
© n *
Byron.................
@ 11
E lsie .................. .....   © 11*
Gem................... .....  
•© 11V,
Gold  M edal...  .
10J£
Hartford..................   © H *
Id e a l.................. ....  © 11
Jersey  ............... ....  © 11*
Lenawee........... ............. © 10*
Riverside........... .......  @ 11
S p a rta ......................  © 10*
B rick..................—   © 10
Edam ..................—   © 75
Leiden............... —  
18
Lim burger.......
10
Pineapple..........
85
Sap  Sago...........
18

a
.......43  ^

CHOCOLATB. 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

German Sw eet..........................23
Premium..................................... 32
Breakfast  Cocoa...................... 44

CLOTHES LINES.
Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz  ... 
1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz  .......  1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz........   1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz........   i  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz........   1  80
Jute. 60 ft.  per  doz 
30
Jnle. 72 ft.  per  J ok. 
<*

 

Chicory.

Bulk 
Red 

....... 

. . . . . . .  

COCOA SHELLS.
20 lb  bags.......................... 
Less quantity................... 
Pound  packages.............. 

5
7

214
3
4

CREAIT  TARTAR.

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

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

F a ir.............................................10
G ood...........................................12
P rim e......................................... 13
Golden  ...................... * ............14
Peaberxy  ...................................15

Santos.

Fair  ........................................... 1<
Good  .............. 
15
P rim e......................................... 16
Peaberry  ...................................17

 

Mexican  and  Guatamala.

F air  ........................................... 16
Good  ..........................................17
Fancy 
18

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

Maracaibo.

P rim e......................................... 20
Milled...................................... .21

Java.

In terio r......................................20
Private  Growth........................ 22
Mandehllng............................... 24

Mocha.

Im itatio n ................................. 22
Arabian  ................................... 24

Roasted.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue.......
....28
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha ....28
wells’ Mocha and Java. ....24
Wells’ Perfection  Java. ....24
SiiTiPalbn......................... ....23
Breakfast  B 'end............ ...  20
Valley City Maracaibo.
...18H
Ideal  Blend.................... ....13
Leader  Blend...............
....12

Package.

for 

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

Extract.

Valley City *4 g ro ss....... 
Felix *   gross................... 
Hummel’s foil *  gross... 
Hummel’s tin *   gross  .. 

75
l  15
%
1  43

CATSUP.

Columbia, 
pints.......... ...2   25
Columbia, *  pints.................1 25

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes.... 

............... 40

Grits.

Beans.

Farina.

Hominy.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages....... ..1  75
Bulk, i>er 100  lbs............ ..3  50
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s ....... . .2 40
Bulk in 100 lb. bags....... ..3  40
Barrels  ........................... ..2 25
Flake, 50 lb.  drum s....... ..1  00
Dried Lima  ................... .. 
3*
Medium Hand  Picked.. ..1 00
Macearon! and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  101b. box__ ..  60
Imported,  25 lb. box..
..2 50
Pearl Barley.
Common....................... ..  2 40
..  2 50
C h ester.........................
..  2  75
E m p ire.........................
Green,  b u ........................ ..  90
Split,  per lb...........
2
Rolled  Oats.
Rolled Avena,  bbl_ ...3 75
Monarch,  bbl..........
.3  40
Monarch.  ^4  bbl...... ..1  P5
Private brands,  bbl.. ..3 30
Private brands, * b b l.. ..1  80
Quaker, cases.  ............
..3 20
Huron, cases................. .. 1  75
..  3*
G erm an.........................
East  India.................
3
Wheat.
Cracked, bulk...............
3*
24 2 lb packages............
..2  50

Sago.

Peas.

Fish.
Cod.

Halibut.

Herring.

nackerel.

Georges cured.............  @414
Georges  genuine........   @514
Georges selected........  
©  614
Strips or  bricks..........   5  @  714
10
Chunks................................ 
Strips........................... ........ 
S
Holland wbite hoops, bbl.  12 00 
Holland white hoop 14 bbl  6 50 
Holland white hoop,  keg. 
85
Holland white hoop mchs 
95
Norwegian..........................
Round 100 lbs....................  3 40
Round  40 lbs.....................  1  60
Scaled.................................. 
17
Mess 100 lbs........................  16  00
Mess  40 lbs........................  6  70
M.ess  10 lbs........................  1  75
Mess  8 lbs........................  1  43
No.  1100 lbs........................  14  50
No. 1  40 lbs........................  6  10
No. 1  10 lbs.......................  160
No. 1  8 lbs.......................  130
No. 2 100 lbs........................  10 00
No. 2  40 lbs......................   4 30
No.2  10 lbs.......................  115
8 lbs..................... 
No. 2 
95
Sardines.
Russian kegs......................  
55
No. 1100 lbs........................  4 00
No. 1  40 lbs......................  190
No. 1  10 lbs......................  
55
No. 1 
8 lbs....................... 
47
No. 1 No.2 Fam
100 lb s.... ....  6 00
1  90
40 lb s__ ....  2  70
1  06
10 lbs__
34
8 lbs__ .... 
31
63
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

5  00
2  30
65
55

Whiteflsh.

Trent

CONDENSED  MILK.

4 doz in case.

Gail Borden  Eagle................... 6 75
C row n..........................................6 25
D aisy ...........................................5 75
Champion  ............................. 4  50
Magnolia  ................................4 25
Challenge.....................................3 35
Dime.....................................8 35

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.

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

Economic  Grade. 
50 books, any denom .. 
100 books, any denom.. 
500 books, any denom .. 
1,000 books, any denom ..

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

Universal Grade.

50 books, any denom ....  150
100 books, any denom__   2 50
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
1,000 books, any denom__ 20  00

Superior Grade.

50 books, any denom__   1  50
100 books, any denom __ 2  50
500 books, any denom 
11  50
20  00
l,000_books, any denom 

Coupon  Pass Books,

denomination from 810 down.

Can be made to represent any 
20 books...........................  
i   00
50 books..............................  2 00
100 books..............................  3 00
250 books..............................  C 25
500 books.............................. 10 00
1000 books.............................. 17 50

Credit Checks.

500, any one denom 'n.......3 00
1000, any one denom’n .......5 00
2000, any one denom’n .......  8 00
75
Steel punch.......................... 

Apples.

California  Fruits.

DRIED  FRUITS—DOITESTIC 
Sundrled.........................   © 4*
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  ©  754 
Apricots.......................   8*©
Blackberries................
N ectarines...................  @
Peaches..........................  8  @ 9
Pears.......  ...................  8  @
Pitted Cherries............
Prunnelles.....................12
Raspberries..................

California  Pranas.

100-120 25 lb boxes..........  @
90-100 25 lb boxes..........   @  5
80 - 90 25 lb boxes..........  @  5*
70 - 80 25 lb boxes..........  @ 6
60 - 70 SS lb boxes..........  ®  6*
50 - 60 25 lb boxes..........   © 7
40 - 50 25 lb boxes..........  ©
30 - 40 25 lb boxes..........  ©
14 cent less In 50 lb cases

Raisins.

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

1  50 

5
6
7

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Patras bbls.................................@ 614
Vostizzas 50 lb cases.........©   6%
Cleaned, bulk  ...................@ 8
Cleaned, packages.............©   8<4

Peel.

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

Raisins.

Ondura 28 lb boxes......8  © 814
Sultana  1 Crown..........   ©
Sultana 2 C ro w n .........  ©
Sultana  8 Crown..........   ©11
Sultana  4 Crown..........   ©
Sultana  fi Crown..........   ©
Sultana 6 Grown.........  ©12

Jennings’.

D. C. Lemon
D.C. Vanilla 
2 oz.........1  20
2 oz........  75
3 Oz.........1  50
3 oz____1  00
4 oz.........2 00
4oz........ 1  40
6 oz........ 3 00
6 oz........2  00
No.  8  100
No.  8...2 40 
No. 10.  .6 00 
No.  10...4  00 
No.  2 T.1  25 
No.  2T.  80 
No.  3 T.2 00 
No.  3 T.l  35 
No  4 T.2 40
No.  4 T.l  5q
Sage.................................   15
H ops.......................................   15
Madras, 5  lb  boxes...........   56
S.  F., 2, 3 and 5 lb  boxes__  50
15 lb  palls.........................   40
301b  palls.........................   75

INDIGO.

JBLLY.

HERBS

Souder*’ .

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

in  the  world 

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.

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

2oz..........1 75
4 oz......... 3 50

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.
..................  

Kegs 
4  00
H alf Kegs................................2 25
Quarter Kegs...........................1 25
1 lb. cahs..........  ...................   30
14 lb. cans...............................  18

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

K e g s........................................4 25
Half Kegs..........................— 2 40
Quarter Kegs...........................1 35
1 lb. cans.......... .....................   34

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

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

LICORICE.

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

MASON  FRUIT  JARS. 

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

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

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

guarts, 1 d’z. box, per gr’ss  5  75 

MINCE MEAT.

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

riATCHBS.

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.  ................................  
11
F a ir...................................... 
14
Good.................................... 
20
Fancy  ................................  
24
Open Kettle........................ 25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra.

1  60 
65 
85

4  00 
3  00

5 00 
3 00

6  00 
3  50

È*
4*3?<£

PIPB5 .

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

48 cans in case.

POTASH. 
Babbitt’s ......................
Penna Salt  Co.’s .......
PICKLES.
fledlnm.
Barrels, 1,200 count.., 
Half bbls, 600count...

Small.

Barrels, 2,400 count... 
Half bbls, 1,200 count

RICE.

Domestic.
Carolina head.............
Carolina  No. 1............
Carolina  No. 2............
Broken.........................
Imported.
Japan,  No. 1...........
Japan.  No. 2 ...........
Java, fancy  head —
Java, No.  l ..............
TWHb.r....-............

SALERATUS. 

Packed 60  lbs. In  box.

Church’s .......... .-....................3 3C
Deland’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  10

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Cases, 24 3-lb  boxes...............1 50
Barrels,  100  3 lb bags..........2 75
Barrels,  40  7 lb bags..........2 40
Butter, 28 lb. bags................   30
Butter, 56 lb  bags.................   60
Butter, 20  141b  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.

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

Warsaw.

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

Ashton.

56-lb dairy In linen  sacks...  60 

Higgins.

56-lb dairy in linen  sacks...  60 

Solar  Rock.

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

Common.

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

SEEDS.
A n ise .........................
Canary, Smyrna........
Caraw ay...................
Cardamon,  Malabar
Celery........................
Hemp,  Russian........
Mixed  B ird...............
Mustard,  w bite........
Poppy  .......................
R ape...........................
Cuttle Bone...............
SNUFF.

9
3
6)
113Q
4*
i*
4*
20

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

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Allspice  ................................  10
Cassia, China in m ats...........12
Cassia, Batavia in  bund___25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls.........32
Cloves,  Amboyna..................10
Cloves, Zanzibar...................  9
Mace,  Batavia.......................55
Nutmegs, fancy.................  .60
Nutmegs, No.  1.....................50
Nutmegs, No.  2.....................45
Pepper, Singapore, black...  9 
Pepper, Singapore, w hite.. .12 
Pepper,  shot.......................... 10

Pure Ground In Bulk.

Allspice  ................................. 12
Cassia, B atavia.....................22
Cassia,  Saigon..  ..................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................. 20
Cloves, Zanzibar....................15
Ginger,  A frican....................15
Ginger,  Cochin.....................20
Ginger,  Jam aica................... 22
Mace,  Batavia.......................70
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
Mustard, Trieste................... 25
Nutmegs...........................40@50
Pepper, Sing , black — 10@14 
Pepper, Sing., w hite.... 15@18
Pepper, Cayenne............17@20
Sage..........................................is

SYRUPS
Corn.

Barrels...................
Half  bbls..............
Pure Cono,
Fair  ......................
Good......................
Choice...................
SODA.

Boxes  ....................
Kegs,'English.........

1820

16
20
25

5*  
*X

SOAP.
•»nory.

1 

Arir_,’  s Brands.

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

Single box....................................2 75
5 box lots, delivered............2  70
10 box lots, delivered..........  2 65
JAS.  S.  KIRK  g CO.’S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d....3  33 
American Family, unwrp’d.3 27
Dome............................................ 3 33
Cabinet.........................................2 20
Savon............................................2 50
Dusky Diamond. 50 6  oz___2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8  oz___3  00
Blue India, 100 % lb...................3 00
Kirkoline.....................................3 75
E o s..........................................3  «5
One  box  American  Family 
free with five.
Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

<E.a

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

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

m i
¡Mil11

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 Ji-lb. bars............... 2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars..............2 05
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 d o z .......2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 d o z ............2 40

Scouring.

Washing Powder.

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

STARCH.

Kingsford’s  Corn.

40 1-lb packages....................   6
20 1 lb packages....................   614

Klngsford’s  Silver  Gloss.
401-lb packages.....................  6(4
6-lb  boxes.............................7

Diamond.

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

Common  Corn.

201 lb. packages...................   4%
40 1 lb. packages...................   4Q
20 lb. boxes............................  4
401b. boxes............................  3%

Common Glosa.

1-lb  packages........................  414
3-lb  packages........................  4Q
6-lb  packages........................  414
40 and 50 lb boxes.................  3
Barrels  ..................................  254

STOVE POLISH.

SUGAR.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New  York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf................................. 5 75
Domino...................................5 61
C ubes...................................... 5 38
Powdered  ............................. 5 38
XXXX  Powdered.................. 5 50
Mould  A..................................5 38
Granulated in bbls................ 5 13
Granulated in  bags...............5 13
Fine Granulated....................5 Id
Extra Fine Granulated........ 5 25
Extra Coarse G ranulated.. .5  25
Diamond  Confec.  A............. 5 1j
Confec. Standard A...............5 U0
1............ ...
No.
. . . . . . . . .   4  80
No
2.................
.................4 88
No. 3.................
.................4  fc8
No. 4.................
............... 4  88
No. 5.................
.................4  81
No. 6.................
No. 7.................
................. 4  69
No.
.................4  56
No. 9.................
.................4 44
No. 10.................
.................4 38
No. 11.................
..............  4 3i
No. 12.................
............. 4 ©
No. 13.................
............... 4  19
No. 14.................
.................4  13
No. 15.................
.................3 06
No. 16.................
.................4  00

ft

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand.
New  Brick............................ 35 00
Morrison, Plummer & Co.’s  b’d.
Governor Yates, 4)4 in ........58 00
Governor Yates, 454 in ........65 00
Governor Yates, 5*4 in ........70 00
M onitor................................. 30 00

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand.

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

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

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.

CIGAR

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

VINEGAR.

Malt White W ine.....................  7
Pure  Cider................................  8

WICKING.

N o. 0, per gross......................  25
No. I, per gross......................  30
No. 2, per gross......................  40
IJo. 3, per gross......................  75
Pish  and  Oysters

Fresh Fish.

Per lb.
W hitefish.................   @  9
T ro u t........................  ©  8
Black Bass...............   @  10
H alibut....................   @  15
Ciscoes or H erring..  ©   4
Bluefish....................   @  10
Live Lobster..........  
©  16
Boiled Lobster........  
©  18
C o d ...........................   ©  10
©  8
Haddock................... 
No.  1  Pickerel........   ©   9
Pike...........................   © 
7
Smoked W hite........  
©  8
Red Snapper............  @  12
Col  River  Salmon..  ©   ]5
Mackerel 
...............   ©  18

Oysters in Cans.

F. H. Counts............  @  32
©  27
F. J. D. Selects........  
Selects......................  @  23
F. J. D. Standards.. 
©   22
Anchors....................  @  20
Standards.................  @  18
F avorites.................  @  16

Oysters  in  Bulk

F.  H. Counts............  ©1  75
Extra Selects..........   ©1  60
¡selects......................  @1  30
Anchor Standards..  @120
St  ndards.................  @1  10
Clams.......................   @1  25

Shell  Goods.

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

Oysters, per  100.......... 1  2S@1  50
Clams,  per  100..........   90© 1  00

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

Standard................... 
Standard H.  H ........  
Standard Twist....... 
Cut Loaf................... 
Jumbo, 32 lb  ........... 
Extra H .H ...............  
Boston  Cream........  

bbls.  pails
6%@ 7)4
6&@ 7%
6  © 8
©  8J4
cases
©   6%
©  854
©

Mixed Candv.

Competition............. 
Standard................... 
Conserve................... 
g?YaJ  - ................... 
g lbb° n ........ .............  
Cut  Loaf................... 
English Rock..........  
Kindergarten.......... 
French  Cream........  
Dandy Pan............... 
Valley Cream..........  

@ 7
@  7^4
©   g
@ 8
@  8)4
©  8V4
©
©   9
@ 9
@10
@13

Fancy—In Bulk.

Lozenges, plain....... 
©  9
@  9
Lozenges,  printed.. 
Choc.  Drops............  H  @14
Choc.  Monumentals 
@12
Gum  Drops.............  
©  6
© a
Moss  Drops.............. 
Sour Drops............... 
@  y
Im perials................. 
@ 9

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon  Drops..........  
©50
Sour  Drops.............  
©50
@60
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate Drops__  
@60
@75
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
Gum  Drops.............. 
©30
Licorice Drops........  
@75
@50
A. B. Licorice Drops 
Lozenges,  plain__  
@50
©50
Lozenges,  prim ed.. 
Im perials................. 
©50
Mottoes....................  
©55
Cream  B ar...............  
©oo
Molasses B a r ..........  
@50
Hand Made Creams.  80  @1  03
Plain  Creams..........  60  @90
Decorated Creams.. 
@90
String Rock.............. 
©oo
Burnt Almonds.......125  @
Wintergreen Berries  @60

Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
b oxes....................  
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
Mb0* e s ....................  
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 

boxes...................

©30
@45

Fruits.
Oranges. 

Choice Naples, 

160s  .................
200s....................
Rodis.
200 Fancy................

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

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

Foreign Dried  Fruits.

Figs, Choice  Layers 
10 lb Californias...
Figs,  New  Smyrnas 
12 lb boxes............
Figs,  Naturals  in 
i5) lb. bags,.............
Dates, F&rds in 10 lb 
boxes....................
Dates, Fards in 60 lb 
cases  .....  ............
Dates,Persians,H.M. 
B., 60 lb cases, new
Dates,  Sairs  60  lb 
cases  ....................

Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds, Ivaca..........
Almonds,  California
soft shelled............
Brazils new ...............
Filberts  ....................
Walnuts, Grenobles . 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1 
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
C alif........................
Table Nuts,  fancy... 
Table Nuts,  choice..
Pecans, Med..............
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans,  Jumbos........
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio, new.................
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks

Peanuts.

Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted....................
Choice, H. P., Extras. 
Choice. H. P.,  Extras, 
Roasted  ...................

@
@4  50 
@5  00

@3 50
@3 50
@4  00
@4 50
@5 00

@  10
@  14
@  6
@  8
@  6

@

@13
@11
@15 
@  8(4 
@10 
@13 
@10
@12
@13
@12
@10
@12
@14
@1  75l 
@3 75

@  7 
@ 4
@   6

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
G ra in s  a n d  F e e d s tu ffs

W heat.

W heat...................................  85

W inter  W heat Flour. 

Local Brands.

P a te n ts................................ 5 50
Second  Patent..................  5 00
Straight...............................  4 so
Clear..................................... 4  40
Graham  .................... ..........4  75
B uckw heat..................  . *  3  40
B y e ..................................... '  3 75
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.

Quaker,  34s..........................   4  75
Quaker,  J4s ..........................  4  75
Quaker, 54s...........................  4  75
Guard, Fairfield & C o’s Brand.
Whole Wheat l-i6s .............  5 20

Spring  W heat  Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s  Best )*s............  5  55
Pillsbury’s  Best Ms............5  45
Piilsbury's Best vas ............  5  35
Pillsbury’s Best 34s paper..  5  35 
Pillsbury’s Best * s  paper..  5  35 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman's Brand. 
Grand Republic, Ms.. ......  5  55
Grand Republic, 54s...........  5  *5
Grand Republic, 34s............. 5  35
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 34s....................  5  55
Gold Medal 34s .. .. . . . . . . . . .   5  45
Gold 'Medal 34s. . . . . . . . . . . . .   5 35
Parisian,  Ms........................  5  55
Parisian, 34s...........................5  45
Parisian.  34s.........................  5  35

Olney <ft J udson’s Brand.

Ceresota, 34s ........................   5  55
Ceresota, 34s ........................   5  45
Ceresota, 34s..  ... .. .. .. .. ..   5  35

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel,  34s...........................   5  60
Laurel, 34s ...........................   5  50
Laurel, 34s ............................  5  40

Meal.

j  75

B olted................................  
G ranulated..............2 00

Feed and Millstuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened__ 14 50
No. 1 Corn and  Oats..........13 50
Unbolted Corn Meal__  
13 00
Winter Wheat  B ran.......... 11  0G
Winter Wheat Middlings..Ls 00
Screenings............................10  00
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 
quotes as follows:

New Corn.

Car  lots................................   2834
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___10  00

Crackers.

The N. Y.  Biscuit  Co.  quotes 

as follows:

B utter.

Soda.

Oyster.

Seymour XXX .  .................  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  XXX  ..........................  4
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__   434
Soda,  City...........................   5
Zephyrette...........................   9
Long Island  W afers..........   9
L. I.  Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  10
Square Oyster, XXX..........   434
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1  lb  carton.  534 
Farina Oyster,  XXX..........   4
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
A nim als...............................  9
Bent’s Cold W ater..............  13
Belle R ose...........................   6
Cocoanut Taffy...................  8
Coffee Cakes........................  8
Frosted Honey....................   10
Graham Crackers  ..............  6
Ginger Snaps, XXX round.  5 
Ginger Snaps, X X x  city...  5 
Gin. Sups,XXX home made  5 
Gin. Snps,XXX scalloped..  5
Ginger  V anilla...................  7
Im perials.............................  6
Jumoles,  Honey.................  10
Molasses  Cakes...................  6
Marshmallow  ....................   12
Marshmallow  Creams.......  13
Pretzels,  hand  m a d e .......  6
Pretzelettes, Little German  6
Sugar  Cake.........................   6
Sultanas..............................   10
Sears'Lunch........................  6
Vanilla  Square................. 
7
Vanilla  W afers.................  12
Pecan W afers......................  12
Mixed Picnic......................   10
Cream Jum bles....................  1134
Boston Ginger  Nuts...........   6
Chimmie Fadden...............   9
Pineapple Glace..................  12
Penny Cakes........................  6
Marshmallow  W alnuts__   13
Belle Isle Picnic.................   10

^ P r o v i s i o n s .

Swift  &  Company quote  as

Barreled  Pork.

5k
it,
m
id
%
kd
%
1

Smoked  fleats.

... 
Lards.  In Tierces.

follows:
Mess  .........................
9 50
Back  .........................
...  12  50
Clear  back.................
...  10  75
S hortcut.................... ....  10  50
P ig...............................
...  14 50
Bean  ......................
Family  ......................
9 50
... 
Dry Salt  Meats.
B ellies........................
6J4
Briskets  .  ................. __  
6 ”
Extra shorts.............
by.
Hams, 12 lb  average
9)4
Hams,  14 lb  average
9
Hams,  16 lb  average.
Hams, 20 lb  average.
8
Ham dried beef........
... 
16
6«
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
Bacon,  clear.............
-.8  @9
California  ham s.......
6)4
Boneless ham s..........
8 H
Cooked  ham .............
11
Compound...................
Kettle.........................
55 lb Tubs..........advance 
80 lb Tubs..........advance 
50 lb T in s ..........advance 
20 lb Pails.......... advance 
10 lb Pails.......... advance 
5 lb Pails..........advance 
3 lb Pails..........advance 
Sausages.
B ologna...................
Liver...........................
Frankfort.............
P o rk ........................
Blood 
Tongue  ...................
Head  cheese..............
Extra  Mess...............
Boneless  ....................
R um p........................
Pigs’ Feet.
Kits, 15 lbs.................
M  bbls, 40 lbs............
)4  bbls, 80 lbs............
Kits, 15 lbs.................
M  bbls, 40 lbs............
Ms  bbls, 80 lbs............
Casings.
P o rk .........................
Beef  rounds..............
Beef  m iddles............
S heep........................
Butterine.
Rolls,  dairy...............
Solid,  dairy...............
Rolls,  cream ery.......
Solid,  cream ery.......

...  1  40
...  2  75
16
4ft
60

... 
...  9  00
... 12 00
...12 00

... 
80
...  2 80

5
6)4
6)4
6
9
6)4

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

11
10)4
14
13)4

... 
... 
... 

Tripe.

Beef.

... 

Canned  Meats.

Corned  beef,  2  1b...
Corned  beef,  14  lb ...
Roast  beef,  2  lb ...
Potted  ham,  Ms...
Potted  ham, 
i£s...
Deviled ham,  Ms...
Deviled ham.  vis...
Potted  tongue Ms...
Potted  tongue Ms...

...  2 10
.. .14  00
...  2 4.0
...  00
...  1  00
60
... 
...  1  00
.  . 
60
...  1  00

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

C arcass......................
Fore quarters............
Hind  quarters..........
Loins  No.  3...............
Ribs...........................
Rounds  ....................
Chucks........................
Plates  ........................

Pork.

@  3
Dressed......................
@ 5)4
L o in s.........................
@  8)4
Shoulders...................
@  6
Leaf Lard..................
5)4@  8
Mutton.
C arcass...................... 6  @  7
Spring Lambs............ 8  ©  9
Carcass 
...................... 8  ©  9

Veal.

Hides.

Hides  and  Pelts.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol-

lows:
G reen.........................
7  ©  8
Part  cured...................
Full Cured.......  ........ 7&@  8
D r y ............................. 9  @11
Kips,  green............... T  @ 8
Kips,  cured...............
8  ©  9
Calfskins,  green........ 7)4© 9
Calfskins,  cured........ 9  @10)4
Deaconskins  ............ 25  @30
Shearlings.................
5@  30
L am bs........................ 40©  90
Old  Wool..................
60©  90
Oils.
Barrels.
Eocene  ......................
@11)4
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
@ 8)4
W  W Michigan..........
@ 8
Diamond W hite........
@ 7
D., S. Gas....................
@  8
Deo. N ap th a..............
@ 7)4
Cylinder...................... 25  @36
Engine......................... 11  @21
Black, winter............
©  8

Pelts.

21

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

Butters.

34 gal., per doz..................   50
1 to 6 gal., per gal............ 
534
8 gal., per g a l................... 
634
10 gal., per gal........... ........ 
634
12 gal., per gal.................... 
634
15 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
20 gal. meat-tubs,  per gal..  8 
25 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 
30 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 

2 to 6 gal., per gal.............. 
534
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 

Churns.

Milkpans.

34 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  534 

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

534 

Stewpans.

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

Jugs.

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

834

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. ..1  00 

Sealing Wax.

2

5 lbs.  in package, per lb... 
LAMP  BURNERS.

 

No.  0  Sun................................ 
45
No.  1  Sun...............................  
50
No.  2  Sun................................ 
75
Tubular................................... 
50
Security, No.  1.......................  
65
Security, No. 2.......................  
85
Nutmeg  ..............................  
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, 
No.  1  Sun, 
No.  2 Sun, 

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

F irst  Quality.

top,
top,
top,

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

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

La  Bastie.

crimp 
crimp 
crimp 
XXX Flint.
crimp 
crimp 
crimp 

50

Rochester.

Electric.

OIL  CANS. 

No.  1, Lime  (65c doz).........3  50
No. 2,  Lime  (70c doz).........4  00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........   4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  .......  4  00
No. 2, Flint  (8O0 doz)......  4 40
Doz.
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv iron with  spout.  1  65
2 gal galv iron with  spout.  2  87
3 gal galv iron with spout.  3  50 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  4  75 
3 gal galv iron with faucet  4  75 
5 gal galv iron with  faucet  5  25
5 gal Tilting cans................. 8  00
5 gal galv Iron  Nacefas  ...  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9  00 
5 gal Eureka non overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule.................10  50
5 gal Home Rule.................12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King...............   9  50

Pump  Cans

LANTERNS.

No.  OTubular....................   4  25
No.  1 B  Tubular...............   6 50
No. 13 Tubular Dash.......... 6 30
No.  1 Tub., glass fount....  7 00 
No.  12  Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C
No.  3 Street  L a m p .......... 3  75
LANTERN  GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents............ 
45
No.  OTubular,  cases2 doz.
each,  box  15  cents..........  
45
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls  6 doz.
each, bbl 35]...................... 
40
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,
cases 1 doz. each..............  1  25

LAMP  WICKS.

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

20
25
38
58
70

5)4© 7)4
5  @  6
7  @ 9
9  @12
8  @12

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

22

Hardware

Wherein  the  Regular  Dealer  Can  De­

feat  the  Giant  Octopi  of  Trade. 

Ante Lucent  in American Artisan.

It  is  known  and  stands  without  denial 
the  cataloguer  sells  a  few  staples  at  cost 
or  less  than  cost  as  a  trade  attraction. 
It 
is  also  known  that  he  advertises 
brands  of  goods  as  genuine  articles 
which  do  not  contain  one  single particle 
or  ingredient  of  genuineness,  all  to  the 
mamlest 
injury  of  the  honest  trader, 
particularly  of  the  rural  district.

is  as  notorious  a  fact  that  depart­
ment  stores  advertise  and  run  bargain 
sales  for  days  at  a  time,  when  inferior 
grades  of  goods  advertised  as  At  are 
often  sold  for  less  than  factory  cost,  and 
all  this 
is  done  for  the  purpose  of  ex­
torting  an  excessive  price  on  other  ar­
ticles  with  which  the  public  are  more 
or  less  familiar.

It 

Another  understood  fact  is  that  both 
these classes of traders conduct their  sev­
eral  businesses  upon  the  most  niggard 
and  extortionate  plan,  so  far  as  living 
compensation  goes,  with  their  employes 
for  services  rendered. 
In  many  cases 
it 
is  but  a  beggarly  pittance,  hardly 
sufficing  to  keep  soul  and  body  to­
gether.  So  baneful  has  this  become  in 
the  public  eye  that  the  virtue  of  women 
employed  in  these  institutions  is  looked 
upon  as  being  of  little  moment.  This 
is  a  sad,  sad  commentary  upon  virtuous 
womanhood.  Compelled  to  work  in  such 
institutions  because  nowhere  else 
is 
there  work,  with  long  hours  of  toil  at no 
price,  she  must  make  good  the  losses  of 
these  bargain  sales  (from  what  should 
be  her  wages)  and  pay  another  penalty 
with  her  womanhood 
if  she  would  not 
starve.  Such  is  the  public  verdict  ren 
dered  upon  the  street  corner  in  every 
populous  city  of  our  land.

No  one  at  all  conversant  with  the 
methods  of  catalogue  and  department 
store  trading  but  what is also acquainted 
with  their  schemes  and  methods  of 
working  credulous  patrons.  When  an 
one  pretends  to  say  they  are  blessing 
in  disguise,  doing  a  good  to  the  com 
munity  or  city 
in  which  they  live,  he 
simply  speaks  without  knowledge  or 
forethought  and  closes  his  eyes  to  the 
real  curses  they  entail  upon  property 
and  individuals.  The  two  great  octop 
have  taken  millions 
the  com 
munities  where  they  have  practiced 
their  calling,  and  have  never  given 
in 
return  a  single  farthing  beneficial  to the 
public  welfare  or 
individual  patrons,
If  they  have  been  in  any  way  a  contrib 
utor  to  charities,  it  has  been  with  a 
twofold  purpose  of  extortionate  gain 
from  the 
is 
just  as 
impossible  that  these  institu­
tions  can  give  $2  worth  of  goods  for  $1 
in  money,  just  as 
impossible  that  they 
can  sell  goods  for  less  than  cost,  as  it  is 
impossible  to  grow  figs from  thistles.

increased  patronage. 

from 

It 

from  any 

There  can  be  no  possible  objection 
from  any  source  or 
fair- 
minded  person  to  the  formation  of  any 
association  or  any  number  of  associa­
tions  whose  whole  purpose  is  the  cor­
rection  and  wiping  out  of  these  monster 
evils  which  rob 
the  people,  debase 
womanhood  and  make  slaves  of  inno­
cent  children.  These  institutions  crush 
out  all  the  smaller  honest  competition, 
lower  the  values  of  all  adjacent  prop­
erties,  wreck  the  homes  of  the  small 
dealer  and  often  send  to  beggary  and  to 
shame  most  worthy  people.  All  this 
can  be  verified  by  watching  the  career 
of  these  institutions  in  any  large  city  of 
our  land.  The  man  who  will  not  sup­
port  reform  organizations, 
the  man­
ufacturer  or  wholesaler  who  will  con­
tinue  to  aid  and  abet  these  monsters  by 
furnishing  them  goods,at  ruinous  prices 
often,  by  making 
it  possible  for  them 
to  longer continue  in  the  work  of  trade 
destruction,  is  an  enemy  to  honest  com­
petition,  an  enemy  to  honest  prosperity 
and  a  slave  to innate, indomitable greed.
If  they  can  so  readily  see  these things 
in  one  state  where  organizations  exist, 
and  if  so  ready  of  acquiescence  where 
such  organizations  have  an  influence, 
why  should  they  not  be  as  willing  to 
grant  the  same  concessions 
in  states 
where  organizations  do  not  exist?  The

facts  are  that  many  of  the  very  large 
manufacturers  and  wholesalers  are  little 
else  than  trusts  (only  in  name) and  they 
would  crush  out  all  the  smaller  ones,  as 
would  the  cataloguer  and  department 
dealer  crush  out  the  smaller  dealer 
Honest  competition  and  fair  tradinj 
but  a  synonym  without  a  meaning.

The  future  of  our  internal commercial 
trading  depends  upon  the  early  and 
complete  organization  of  reform  asso­
ciations,  and  as  these  evils  threaten 
and  encroach  upon  all  kinds  of  busi 
ness,  so  must  these  associations  come 
up  from  every  line  of  trade.  They  must 
be  founded  upon  broad  principles  of 
fairness  to  all,  and  should  be  co-opera 
tive  one  with  another.

First  should  come  reason  and  argu 
ment,  and  he  who  will  not  listen  to 
their  pleadings  should  be  given  drastic 
treatment  by  cutting  off  all  trade  sup 
port,  so  far  as  membership,  at  least 
controls  support.  There 
is  not  a  state 
in  the  Union  with  her  retail business or 
ganized  but  could  wield  an  influence 
sufficiently  great  to  bring  to  terms  the 
most  refractory  concern.  That  has  been 
demonstrated  in  the  work  of  the  Min 
nesota  Association.

long  evenings 

The  time  for  discussion  is  on.  The 
time  for  organization is here.  One  good 
active,  earnest  worker  is  worth  a  cen­
tury  string  of  those  fellows  who  are  al­
ways  waiting  to  see  what  is  going  to 
be  done,  what  is  going  to turn up.  The 
winter  will  soon  be  upon  us,  and  with 
its 
little  gatherings  of 
tradesmen  can  be  held  in  every  town, 
village  and  hamlet  in  every  state,  and 
the  evils  of  trade  talked  over.  New 
life,  vigor  and  action  can  be  put  into 
the  movement,  and  before  tne  winter  of 
1890,  more  than  half  of  all  the  states 
will  be  organized  in  every  line  of  busi­
ness. 
It  is  impossible  that  there  is  not 
one  man  in  every  town  who  is  willing 
to  undertake  the 
initiatory  movement. 
He  who  lacks  the  courage  of  a  good 
action  is  an  undeniable  coward.

It  Brought  Them  Out.

The  retail  grocers  in  Pittsburg  turned 
out  to  a  recent  meeting  of their Associa­
tion  to  the  number  of  200  to  air a griev­
ance  they  had  against  the  commission 
men  of  that  city,  whom  they  accused 
of  selling  to  consumers.  They  will 
make  short  work  of  the  matter,  and 
will,  doubtless,  make  the  commission 
men  promise  to  behave  better  in  the 
future.

-... ------------------------

A  Dorchester  woman  tells  a good story 
of  one  of  the  grocerymen  of  that  classic 
suburb  of  Boston.  She  received  a  bill 
for  two pounds of ‘ ‘ psalmon. ’ ’  When the 
dealer  came  to  collect  his  bill  Mrs.  B. 
called  his  attention  to  the 
incorrect 
spelling  of  salmon.  The  dealer  ex­
That  s  the  work  of  my new 
claimed : 
book-keeper. 
I  am  ashamed  to  have 
such  bills  sent  out.  He’s  a  good  book­
keeper,  but  he’ll  have  to  learn  to  spell 
if  he  wants  to  work  for  me.  Let  me 
correct  the  word.”   Taking  out  a  pencil 
the  dealer  drew  a  couple  of 
lines 
through  the  word  and  wrote  above  it 
“ sammon.”  
“ There,”   he  said,  “ I’ll 
teach  that  book-keeper  how  to  spell  that 
word  or  get  rid  of  him. ”

T h e  old  w haler  Progress,  which  was  a 
popular  feature  of  the  World’s  Fair  in 
Chicago,  has  been  sold  to  a  club  of 
Chicagoans  for  $400.  For  two  years  the 
vessel 
lay  sunken  in  the  south  pond  at 
Jackson  park.  Then  it  was  pumped  out 
and  towed  to  the  mouth  of  the  Calumet 
River,  where  it  straightway  went  to  the 
bottom  again,  and  has  remained  undis­
turbed  until 
this  day.  Nobody  yet 
knows  what  the  club  will  do  with  it.

The  export  of  beer  from  Germany 

is 
gradually  growing  less,  owing  to  the  es­
tablishment  of  native  breweries  in  other 
European  countries.  The  value  of  the 
beer  exported  in  1885  was  about $6,000,- 
000;  now  it  is  little  more  than  half  that 
sum  annually.

Success  has  attended  an  effort  at 
banana  growing 
in  Fitzgerald,  Ga., 
where  a  plant  reached  the  height  of 
twelve  feet  and  put  forth  satisfactory 
fruit.

WM.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Made  in  smooth  iron  jacket,  with  heavy  steel 
lining.  Ornamented  stamped  steel  raised  top. 
Body,  heavily  beaded.  Size,  24x24x17.
Brice.......................................$4.00
With  nickel  rail...................  5.00

Delivered  at  any  railroad  station  in  Michigan. 
Five  per  cent,  discount  for cash  with  order.  We 
have  other  styles.  Send  for circular.

FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

specially  invites 
inspection  by  all 
dealers  at  our

REPOSITORY  ON  WEST 

BRIDGE  STREET.

f,
Grand  Rapids.

Anticipating that hundreds of Michigai 
merchants  will  visit  Grand  Rapids  fo 
the  first time  during  Carnival  Week  ant 
believing  that  this  will  prove  an  excep 
tional  opportunity to show the trade wha 
we are manufacturing  in the tinware line 
we have  arranged  to  exhibit  samples  0 
our entire line of  tinware,  enameled  anc 
nickel  plated  ware  with  W.  H.  Rouse 
ground  floor  New  Blodgett  building, cor 
ner Ottawa and  Louis  streets, and  solicii 
a call from  every  merchant  who  handle: 
these goods either as a staple or specialty
BRUMMELER  &  SONS,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Factory,  260  South  Ionia  Street.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Hardware  Price  Current.

Festival  of the  Mountain and  Plain. 

W ritten for the T radesman.

Three  years  ago,  when  Denver 

lay 
paralyzed  by  the  financial cyclone which 
struck  her and  left  her  well-nigh  help­
less,  the  business  interests  of  the  Queen 
City  of  the  Plains,  without  wasting  a 
tear  over  the  milk  which  had  been  so 
hopelessly  spilled,  or  even  a  glance  at 
the  overturned  milkpail,  promptly  met 
—and  as  promptly  decided—that  laugh­
ing  is  “ enough  sight”   better  than  cry­
ing  and  that  the  “ proper  caper”   for 
Denver  to  cut  under  the  depressing  cir­
cumstances  was  to  snap  her  fingers  in 
the  face  of  disaster,  resolutely  turn  her 
back  upon  the  dreadful  had-been  and 
drown  her  sorrows  and  remembrance  of 
them,  not  in  the  flowing  bowl,  but  in  a 
three  days’  carnival,  which  should  be 
known  as  the  Festival  of  the  Mountain 
It  would  revive  the  droop­
and  Plain. 
ing  spirits  of  the  prostrate  city; 
it 
would  bring  a  crowd  to  the  capital  of 
the  State;  it  would  attract  strangers;  in 
fact,  in  a  thousand  ways  it  would  be  a 
benefit—better  in  every  way  than  to  sit 
down  in  sackcloth  and  ashes  bewailing 
a  disaster  the  effects  of  which  could 
be  overcome  only  by  cheerfully  looking 
them 
in  the  face  and  as  determinedly 
going  to  work  to  counteract  them.

125 

include 

So  the  Festival  of  the  Mountain  and 
Plain  was  inaugurated. 
It  proved  such 
a  success,  financially as  well  as  morally, 
that  it  was  repeated  last  year,  with sim­
ilar,  although  larger,  results;  and,  when 
this  year  the  time  came  for  the  affair, 
it  was  taken  up  and  carried  through 
with  such  heartiness,  and  has  been  such 
a  splendid  success,that it  will  be  doubt­
less  put  down  on  the  calendar  of  Colo­
rado  as  its  most  important annual event.
It  began  this  year at  one  o’clock  on 
the  afternoon  of  October  5.  But  long 
before  that  date  the  city  had  been  pre­
paring  for  it.  How  great  this  prepara­
tion  had  been  can  be  suggested  by  the 
announcement  that  the  Pageant  of Prog­
ress,  a  single  item  of  the  three  days’ 
program,  would 
floats, 
pulled  by  1,200  horses,  and  would  be 
eighty  blocks,  almost  five  miles  long!
While  the  city  had every where donned 
its  gala  day  attire,  Sixteenth  street, 
the  principal  business  thoroughfare  of 
Denver,  was  especially  attractive  with 
the  Carnival  colors,  yellow  and  white. 
These  were  everywhere  in  flags  and 
banners  and 
in  pleasing  designs—the 
tallest  buildings  proving  no  trouble  to 
the  skillful decorator,so that,  for  a  mile, 
the  sun  from  a  cloudless  sky  looked 
down  upon  a  street  scene  of  unwonted 
splendor.  Night  only  added  to  the  at­
tractiveness  of  the  display.  From  the 
foot  of  Sixteenth  street,  after  dark,  the 
eye  took  in  the  long  wide  avenue,  bor­
dered  with  handsome  architecture,  gay 
with  decoration  and  bright  with  electric 
lamps,  which,  like  strings  of  red  and 
yellow  and  blue  beads  upon  the  build­
ings,  added  to  the  charm  by  falling 
in 
festoons  of  light  at  every  street  crossing 
unti.l,  in  the  distance,  the  magnificent 
dome  of  the  Capitol  appeared  radiant 
with  the  glory  of  electric  bulbs  and 
huge  arc  light  crown.

from 

Into  these  streets  Denver’s  population 
of  165,000  poured  by  day  and  night,  to­
gether  with  50,000  visitors 
the 
State  and,  in  some 
instances,  far  be­
yond  its  borders.  The  sidewalks  were 
packed  by  the  crowds,  who  had  come 
early,  determined  to  stay  until 
the 
last  tap  of  the  drum.  Promptly  to  the 
minute,  the  long  program  began;  and, 
from  Tuesday  noon  until  the small hours 
of  Friday  morning,  the  city  gave 
itself 
up  to  fun  and  frolic.  The  first  day’s

procession  was  the  Pageant of  Progress, 
made 
interesting  by  the  constant  con­
trasts  presented  by  bringing  together 
the  old,  in  the  history  of  the  State,  and 
the  new.  The  leading  feature  of  the 
second  day  was  the  parade  of  the  mask­
ers,  with  a  “ Bal  Cbampetre”   in  the 
evening.  The  third  day  presented  a 
parade  of  the  military  in  the  afternoon, 
and  in  the  evening  the  gorgeous  Parade 
of  Silver  Serpents,  the  whole  ending 
with  a  ball  in  the  Broadway  Theater.

the  omnipresent 

The  leading  feature  throughout—the 
one  that  gave  no  signs  of  weariness, 
and  was  as  fresh  at  the  end  as  at  the 
beginning—was 
tin 
horn.  The  first  powerful  toot  came  from 
the  lips  and  lungs  of  boyhood ;  but girl­
hood  promptly  seconded 
it.  Then  the 
youth  and  the  maiden  joined  in ;  then 
the  grown-up  parents,  and  long  before 
the  sun  went  down  on  the  first  day,  the 
gray-haired  man  and  woman  were  seen 
horn  in  hand,  blowing as  lustily  as  their 
grandchildren,  and  for  the  same  laud­
able  purpose!

With  the  close  of  the  maskers’  par­
ade,  pandemonium  broke 
loose  and 
from  three  o’clock  until  six  the  entire 
length  of  Sixteenth  street  was taken pos­
session  of  by  the  maskers  and  their 
hilarious  friends.  From  the  baby 
in 
arms  to  the  octogenarian,  everybody was 
there ;  and  everybody  was  contributing 
his  full  share  to  the  general  hullabaloo. 
Masked  or  unmasked,  each  felt  that  he 
had  a  duty  to  perform ;  that  now  was 
the  accepted  time,  and  that,  after  all 
was  over,  there  was  to  be  no  grieving 
over  an  opportunity  lost  to  make  a 
racket!

Among  the  “ sidelights,"  the  wild 
life  easily  took  the  leading 
Western 
place.  The  Indian—a  party  of  Utes  and 
Apaches— in  all  his  glory  was  there,  the 
same  Red  Man  who,  years  ago,  came 
from  the  fight,  his  tomahawk  and  scalp­
ing-knife  stained  with  blood  and  his 
belt  adorned  with  the  scalps  of  his 
enemy.  They  “ powwowed ;’ ’  they  had 
their  dances  and  games;  they  held  up  a 
stagecoach,  and  had  a  sham  battle,  the 
whole  a  kind of realism  which  made  the 
shivers  creep  up  one’s  back.  The  cow­
boy  brightened  the  festival  with  his 
presence,  bringing fresh  from  the  plains 
the  “ outfit"  and  the  skill  with  lasso 
and  broncho,  which  made  him  a  great 
attraction.  Head,  hoof  or  horn,  as  the 
looker-on  decided,  was  seized  by  the 
unerring  noose,  while  the  fiantic  but 
futile  efforts  of  the  broncho  to 
free 
himself  from  his  rider  was  simply  “ fun 
alive!”   The  whole  festival  furnished 
nothing  better.

The  closing  Parade  of  the  Silver  Ser­
pents  cannot  be worthily described.  One 
could  think  only  of  Milton’s  “ royal 
state  where  the  gorgeous  East,  with 
richest  hand,  showers  on  her  kings  bar­
It  was  here 
baric,  pearl  and  gold." 
that  the  most  time, 
labor,  art  and 
money  had  been  expended;  and  the  re­
sult  was  a  fitting  close  to  a  round  of 
pleasure  and  delight  unequaled  any­
where this  side of the Carnival  at Rome.
From  first  to  last,  it  was  a  splendid 
success. 
It  more  than  accomplished  its 
purpose,  and  it  looks  now  as  if  the  Fes­
tival  of  the  Mountain  and  Plain  would 
do  for  Colorado  what  the  Mardigras  has 
done  for  New  Orleans  and  the  Carnival 
for  Rome.

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

One  man  with  money  enough  to  buy 
his  mortuary  monument  ahead  of  time, 
who 
is  not  ashamed  of  his  vocation,  is 
John  Hyman,  of  Loogootee,  Ind.,  who 
has  had  carved 
in  stone  a  barrel  with 
a  keg  on  top  of  it,  the  barrel  inscribed: 
“ A  Cooper  by  Trade.”

23

HOUSE  PURNISHINQ  GOODS

Stamped Tin Ware...........................new list 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware.........................................20*10
Granite Iron  W are...........................new list 40*10

HOLLOW  WARE

HINGES

Pots.....................................................................60*1
K ettles...............................................................60*10
Spiders...............................................................60*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3...................................dis 80*10
State.............................................per  doz. net  2 50
Bright...................  
80
 
Screw Eyes........................................................ 
80
Hook’s............................................. 
80
Gate Hooks and Eyes..................................        80

WIRE  GOODS

 

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

LEVELS

ROPES
Sisal, % Inch and  larger........
Manilla.......................................
SQUARES
Steel and Iron...........................
Try and B evels........................
M itre.........................................

70

5*8

SHEET  IRON

com. smooth,  com.

 

Nos. 10 to 14.......................................12  70 
Nos. 15 to 17................ 
2 70 
Nos. 18 to 21.......................................  2 80 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................   3  00 
Nos. 25 to 26......................................   3  10 
No.  27.............................................   3 20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct.  19, ’86..........................................dis

2 75
All sheets  No.  18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

SAND  PAPER

12 40
2 40
2 45
2 55
2 65

SASH  WEIGHTS

TRAPS

Solid Eyes—   ................................... per ton  20 00
Steel, Game........................................  
60*10
... 
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .......... 
50
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 70*10
15
Mouse, choker.............................. per doz 
Mouse, delusion...........................per doz 
1  25
Bright Market................................................. 
75
Annealed  Market............................................ 
75
Coppered  Market..............................................70*10
Tinned Market.................................................  62H
Coppered Spring  Steel.................................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ...........................  2 05
Barbed  Fence,  painted..................................  1  70
An Sable................................................................. dis 40&1C
Putnam ........ ............................................... dis 
Northwestern.........................................................dis 10*10

HORSE  NAILS

WIRE

5

WRENCHES

Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
Coe’s Genuine..................................................  
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought  ..........  
Coe’s Patent, malleable.................................. 
Bird  C ages...........................................  
 
50
Pumps, Cistern.......................................... 
80
85
Screws, New List....................................... 
Casters, Bed and  Plate..............................50*10*10
Dampers, American.................................. 
go

MISCELLANEOUS

30
50
80
80

600 pound casks...............................................  
Per pound.    ....................................................  

METALS—Zinc

6m
6M

SOLDER

.................................................................  12*4
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary
according to  composition.

TIN—Melyn Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.2».

 

TIN—Allaway Grade

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

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50. 

ROOFING  PLATES

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

BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE

14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
-
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers, j per pound

TRADESMAN 
ITEMIZED 
LEDGERS

Size  8  1*2x14—Three Columns.

_  2 Quires, 160 pages.................... $2  00
9  3 Quires, 240 pages..  ...............   2 50
9  4 Quires, 320 pages....................   3 00
5 Quires, 400 pages....................   3  50
6 Quires, 480 pages.....................4 00
Invoice Record or Bill Book.
80 Double Pages, Registers  2,880  in­

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

AUGURS  AND  BITS

Snell’s .....................................
Jennings’, im itation...................

AXES

First Quality, S. B. B ronze.......
First Quality,  jj.  B. Bronze.......
First Quality. S.  B.  S. Steel.......
First Quality. I). B. S teel..........
BARROWS

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

BOLTS

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

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

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

BLOCKS
Ordinary Tackle......................

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

CROW  BARS

CAPS

Ely’s  1-10....................................
Hick’s C. F ..................................
G.  1)............................................

CARTRIDGES

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

CHISELS

Socket Firmer......................
Socket Fram ing...................
Socket Comer...................
Socket  Slicks..........................
DRILLS
Morse’s Bit Stocks...............
Taper and Straight Shank........
Morse's Taper Shank..............
ELBOWS

Com. 4 piece, 6 in .................
Corrugated.............................
Adjustable................................

EXPANSIVE  BITS

Clark’s small, $18;  large, $26__
Ives’, 1, $18;  2, $24; 3, $30.........

FILES—New  List

New A m erican.........................
Nicholson’s ...................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps..................

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

.............   5  00
.............   9  50
............   5 50
..............  10 50

...$12  00  14  00

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

70

4

..per lb 

..............25*  5

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

80
80
80
80

.............  
60
..............5Ü& 5

doz. net 

¿0

..............30*10

70&I0
70

............ec&io

GALVANIZED  IRON

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

13 

14 

15

Discount, 75 to 75-10

28
¿7

GAUGES

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s . ..

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

KNOBS—New List

Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings..
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings
MATTOCKS
Adze Eye.....................................
$16  00, dis  60*10
Hunt Eye....................................... $15 00, dis  60*10
Hunt's..........................................
$18  50, dis  20*10

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

70
80

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

NAILS

Steel nails, base...........................
Wire nails,  base............. .............
20 to 60 advance...........................
10 to 16 advance.........................
8 advance.................................
6 advance....................................
4 advance.....................................
3 advance...................................
2 advance....................................
Fine 3 advance............................
Casing 10 advance........................
Casing  8 advance.......................
Casing  6 advance........................
Finish 10 ad v an ce......................
Finish  8 advance..................
Finish  6 advance......................
Barrel  % advance........................

MILLS

.............   1  65
..............  Base
............ 
05
10
20
30
70
15
35
25
35
45
85

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

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

C o ffe e ,  Parkers  Co.’s ...................
................  
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleabies__  
Coffee, Landers, Ferry *  Clark’s................. 
Coffee, Enterprise............................................ 

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  GATES

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

PLANES

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

PANS

Fry, Acme................................................... 60*10*10
Common, polished..................................... 
70&  5
go
Iron and  T in n ed ............................................ 
Copper Rivets and B ars.................................. 
go

RIVETS

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

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

Broken packages 

per pound  extra.

HAMMERS

Maydole & Co.’s, new  list........................ dis
25
Kip’s  ............................................................dis 
Yerkes & Plumb’s..................................................di<* ni&lO
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel....................30c list 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c 11« ,40*10

TRADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND   RAPIDS.

24

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  AssO' 

"elation.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association 
held  at  Retail  Grocers’  Hall  on  Tues 
day  evening,  Oct.  19,  President  Dyk 
presided.

There  being  three  visitors  present 
outside  of  the  ranks  of  the retail grocery 
trade,  the  usual  order  of  business  was 
suspended 
in  order  that  the  gentlemen 
might  be  given  an  opportunity  to  ad 
dress  the  members  on  matters  pertinent 
to  the  grocery  trade.

latter  class.  He  pronounced 

Wm.  Judson  was  the  first speaker.  H 
commended  association  work  in  general 
and  the  efforts  of  the  retail  grocers  in 
particular,  because  of  the  great  neces 
sity  of  organized  effort  on  the  part  of 
the 
ganization  as  the  modern  way  of  doing 
business,  citing  the  organizations  of  in 
surance  and  railway 
companies  and 
steamboat 
lines  as  examples  of  what 
can  be  done  by  concerted  effort.  Even 
the  farmers  have  felt  the  effects  of  or 
ganization  through  the  broadening  in 
fluence  they  have  over  each  other and 
the  cultivating  of  pleasant  relations,but 
when  they  overstep  the  mark,  as  they 
did 
in  the  P.  of  I.  organization,  thei 
efforts  ended  in  failure.  Every  associ 
ation  must  work  along  legitimate 
lines 
to  achieve  success,  as  failure  invariably 
ensues  as  the  result  of  the  adoption  of 
methods  originated  and  championed  by 
rattleheads  and  radicals. 
In  getting  in 
touch  with  each  other  and  exchanging 
experiences,  men  discover  methods 
which  other  successful  men  pursue  and 
although  they  may  not  be  able  to  adopt 
them  altogether  for  use 
in  their  busi 
ness,  yet  certain  modifications  may  be 
incorporated  to  excellent  advantage, 
Every  grocer  should  become  a  member 
of  an  association  because  it  will  bring 
him  returns  tenfold.  He  urged 
the 
members  to  get  all  the  new  members 
they  could  and  to  be  loyal  to  the  Asso 
ciation,  maintaining  its  prices  and  liv 
ing  up  to  its  agreements.  There  is  no 
glory 
in  being  a  cutter,  because  any 
man  can  do  that.  The wholesale  grocery 
trade  of  Grand  Rapids  is  interested 
the  movement,  because  the  tendency 
is 
to  make  better  merchants  and  to  bring 
about  better  conditions  in  trade.

Parke  Mathewson,  of  Detroit,  also 
addressed  the  members  at  some  length, 
starting  out  with  the  statement  that  no 
retail  grocer  can  afford  to  do  anything 
to  his  neighbor  which  he  would  not  like 
to  have  his  neighbor  do to him.  He  re­
ferred  to  the  fact  that  §200,000 has  been 
sunk  in  one  location  in  Detroit 
in  un­
dertaking  to  carry  on  the  retail  grocery 
business  on  the  cut-rate  plan,  and stated 
that  during  the  last  fifteen  years  he  has 
lived 
in  Detroit  no  grocer  who  was 
known  to be  a  cutter  has  made  a success 
of  the  business.  The  only  dealers  who 
have  made  money  are  those  who  have 
sold  good  goods  at  fair  prices. 
In  Bos­
ton,  where  the principle of the‘ 'survival 
of  the  fittest”   obtains,  the  successful 
grocer  has  been  the  one  who  has  done 
business  along 
legitimate  lines.  The 
man  who  sells  goods  at  less  than  cost 
does  himself  an  irreparable  injury,  be­
sides  the  damage  he  does  the  manufac­
turer  in  case  the  article  sold  happens 
to  be  a  proprietary  article  on  which 
the  manufacturer  has  spent  vears  creat­
ing  a  demand.  The  manufacturer  can 
protect  the  grocer  if  he  wishes  to,  and 
few  jobbers  will  sell  cutters  if  they  are 
asked  not  to  do  so.  His  experience 
led  him  to  believe  that  most  of  the  bad 
debts  sustained  by  the  jobbers  origina­
ted  with  the  cutting  class.  He  urged 
the  members  to  remain  steadfast  in  the 
work  of  organization.

individual 

E.  A.  Stevens  was  the  next  speaker. 
He  started  out  with  the  statement  that 
the  collective  importance  of  the  grocer 
is  greater  than  the 
im­
portance  and  that  the  preparation  and 
distribution  of  food  products  is  to-day 
the  most  important  problem  before  the 
American  people. 
Italy  builds  monu­
ments  to  its bakers,  and  there  is  no  rea­
son  why  we  should  not  build monuments 
to  our grocers  and  cooks.  The  educa­
tion  of  the  people  along  the  lines  of 
proper  food  and  diet  has  been  accom­
plished,  not  by  physicians  and  scien­
tists,  but,by  the  much-maligned  retail

in 

laws 

The  grocer  should  be 

less 
grocers. 
humble,  show  that  be  is  an 
important 
factor  of  society  and  an  important  fea­
ture 
the  mercantile  world  and 
should 
insist  upon  taking  his  proper 
place  in  the  community.  Mr.  Stevens 
described  at  some  length  the  work  of 
the  Illinois  Association  in  securing  the 
new  exemption 
in  Illinois,  pro­
it  the  most  heroic  fight  ever 
nouncing 
known  in  the  annals  of  Illinois 
legisla­
tion.  Every  scheme  known  to  schemers 
was  tried  to  defeat  it.  Even  the  cohorts 
labor  arrayed  themselves 
of  organized 
in  solid  phalanx 
in  opposition  to  the 
measure  as  the  champions  of  the  dead­
beat.  Mr.  Stevens  deplored  the  tend­
ency  of the  times  to handle cheap goods, 
asserting  that,  in  his  opinion,  an  im­
provement  was  manifest  and  that,  as 
the  people  were  becoming  better  edu­
cated  and  the  grocer  came  to  realize  his 
duty  to  the  public,  better  results  would 
follow.

All  of  the  speakers  were  welcomed 
with  hearty  applause  and,  at  the  close 
of 
the  addresses,  Julius  J.  Wagner 
moved  that  a  vote  of  thanks  be tendered 
each  of  the  gentlemen for his interesting 
and  instructive  talk,  which  was  unani­
mously  adopted.

Henry  J.  Vinkemulder  moved  that 
the  stores  be  closed  at  6  o’clock the four 
days  of  the  carnival, which was  adopted.
The  hour  being  late,  it  was  deemed 
advisable  to  postpone  further business 
until  the  next  meeting,  but  every  mem 
ber  present  joined  in  the  statement  that 
the  meeting  was one of the most instruct 
ive  and  practical  the  Association  had 
ever  held.

Pictures  Tell  the  Story

Of  how  everything  looks  in  South Da 
kota  as  the  result  of  the  great  crops  of 
the  last  three  years.  The  Chicago,  Mil 
waukee  &  St.  Paul  Railway  company 
has  had  photographs  taken  of  actual 
in  South  Dakota  and  has 
farm  scenes 
had  them  reproduced 
in  an  attractive 
eight-page  illustrated  circular,  which  i 
distributing  free  of  cost  to  all  who 
are  looking  for  new  homes  in  the  most 
fertile  section  of  the  Middle  North­
west.

Send  your  address  to  H.  F.  Hunter, 
Immigation  Agent  for  South  Dakota, 
91  Dearborn  street,  Chicago,  111.,  or 
to  W.  E.  Powell,  General  Immigration 
Agent,  410  Old  Colony  Building,  Chi­
cago,  111.
New  York’s  Beet  Sugar  Manufacture 
The  manufacture  of  sugar  at  the  first 
New  York  beet-sugar  factory  in  Rome, 
N.  Y.,  began  last  week.  The  plant  has 
been  ready  for  operation  for  several 
weeks,  but  the  beets  have  not  been  ripe 
enough  to  harvest.  The  company  ex­
pects  to  use  about  20,000  tons  of  beets 
this  season,  and  will  turn  out  white and 
brown  sugar.  There  were  a  large  num­
ber  of  spectators  at  the  factory.  Every­
thing  worked  smoothly.  There are  about 
500  tons  of.beets  on  hand  now.

New  Canned  Goods  from  Florida. 
Last  week  a  house  at  Seminole,  Fla., 
put  up  a  Florida  beef  in  the  form  of 
stew,  which  has  been  pronounced  ex­
cellent  by  judges.  A  Tampa  wholesale 
house  has  tried  this  canned  beef  and 
is 
it  that  they  are 
figuring  to  see  how  prices  will  com­
pare  with  the  canned  goods  brought 
from  the  North,  and  if  the  comparison 
s  satisfactory  the  goods  will  be pushed.

well  pleased  with 

The 

Increasing  Salt  Imports.
imports  of  salt  have  nearly 
doubled  since  the  duty  was  removed 
three  years  ago,  amounting  during  the 
last  year  to  about  520,000,000  pounds. 
Manufacturers  report  a  losing  business 
for  1896.

A 

lake  near  Morrilton,  Ark.,  dried 
up  a  couple  of  years  ago,  leaving  a  rich 
deposit  of  soil  ten  feet  deep.  A  portion 
of 
it  was  planted  with  corn  this  year, 
and  it  will  yield  200 bushels  to  the acre. 
The  corn,  so  the  story  goes,  was  sown 
broadcast,  like  wheat,  and  came  up  so 
strong  and  thick  that  a  coon  which  re­
cently  tried  to  make  its  way  through the 
stalks  was  unable  to  extricate  itself,  and 
was  captured.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples— Buyers  of  winter  stock  are 
not  taking  hold  very  freely,  evidently 
anticipating  an  easier  market. 
The 
warm  weather  last  week  sent  many  cars 
into  storage. 
In  common  varieties  the 
market 
is  steady  at  $ i .6o@ 2,  while 
choice  eating  stock  commands  §2.5o@3 
per  bbl.

Beans— The  market  is  lower  and dull, 

both  for  old  and  new  stock.

Bananas— Prices  are  still  as  high  as 
last  week,  and  the  movement  is restrict 
ed  to  some  extent  by  both  high  prices 
and  short  supplies.

Butter— Separator  creamery  is  strong 
at  22@23c,  with  every 
indication  of 
a  still  higher  range  of  values.  Dairy 
grades  are  almost  out  of  market, country 
merchants  requiring  nearly  all  their  re­
ceipts  to  meet  the  demands  of  their 
home  trade.  The  price  ranges  from  15 
@i6c  down.

Cabbage—35c  per  doz.
Carrots—25c  per  bu.
Cauliflower— 75c@$i  per  doz.
Celery—8@ioc  per bunch.
Cranberries--The  market 

is 

steady 
and  receipts  are  liberal.  Cape  Cods  are 
coming  freely,  commanding  $6@6.50 
per bbl.

Cheese— New September cheese is  now 
arriving,  but  the  trade  is  still  working 
on  earlier-made  cheese,  as  the  Septem­
ber goods  are  rather  mild for immediate 
use,  buyers  preferring  cheese  which  has 
more  age.  The  demand  for  medium 
grades 
is  not  very  active,  but  the  mar­
ket  seems  well  cleaned  up  on  the  most 
popular  makes  of  Michigan  factories.

Eggs— The  receipts  are  less  than  they 
were  a  few  days  ago  and  the  market 
is 
firmer  and  higher in consequence.  East­
ern  markets  are  also  advancing.  Local 
dealers  pay  14c,  case  count,  holding  at 
i4 /4 c,  case  count,  or  15c  for 
fancy 
candled.  Very  few  poor  eggs  are  now 
coming  forward.

Grapes— Delawares  are  about  out  of 
market.  Niagaras are in  fair  supply  and 
demand  at  10c  for  8  lb.  baskets.  Con­
cords  in  8  lb.  baskets  command  10c  for 
home  grown  and  12c  for  New  York.

is 

Honey—White  clover 

in  fair de­
mand  at  12c,  while  dark  buckwheat  is 
in  occasional  demand  at  10c.

Lemons—An  easy  feeling prevails and 
prices  on  Messinas  are  slightly  lower 
than  last  week.

Onions— Home  grown  are 

stronger 
and  higher,  having  advanced  to  60c 
per  bu.  Spanish  are  weaker  and  lower, 
having  declined  to Si.75@ 1.85.

Oranges— Mexican  oranges  are  com­
ing 
in  better  supply,  and  prices  are 
easier than  last  week,  fancy fruit  bring­
ing §5.50  per  box.

Peaches—Smocks  still  hang  on  and 
insist  that  offerings  will  con­
for  a  week  yet. 

growers 
tinue  to  be  made 
Handlers  hold  at $i.5o@ i.6o  per  bu.

Pears— Keefers  command  S3.50  per 

bbl.

Potatoes— The  hot  weather  of 

last 
week  gave  the  market a  hard  rub,  but 
the  cooler  weather  of  this  week  has  al­
ready  caused  a  reaction  which  seems 
likely  to  continue  until the upward tend­
ency 
is  again  checked  by  some  unfor­
tunate condition.  Reports from Southern 
markets 
indicate  that  they  are nearly 
bare  of  stock  and  that  fresh  supplies 
must  be  forthcoming  to  meet both  the 
consumption  and  distributive  demand. 
Unless  all  signs  fail,  the  price  will 
gradually  advance  from  now  on.  Local 
dealers  pay  4o@45c  per  bu.  for  best  va­
rieties.

Quinces—75c  per bu.
Squash— ic  per lb.
Sweet  Potatoes—Genuine  Jerseys  are 
n  fair  demand  at  §3.25  per  bbl.  V ir­
ginias  are  in  strong  demand  at  $2.

Tomatoes—The  market 

is  still  sup­
plied  with  stock  of  good  quality.  Deal­
ers  hold  at  50c  per  bu.

Successful  Operation.

Did  you  get  back  that  five-dollar 

gold  piece  your  baby  swallowed?”

No;  the  doctor  took  it  for  his  fee.’

It 

is  said  that,  although  King  Oscar 
of  Sweden  and  Norway 
is  one  of  the 
most  unaffected  of  monarchs,  he  wears 
his  crown  more  frequently  than  any 
other  European  sovereign.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

WANTS  COLUMN.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

414

\ V TOULD  EXCHANGE  FOR  OTHER  GOODS 
TV  or real estate stock of old and  new  cloaks.
Inventorying 
A.  Lustfield,  C rystal  F alls, 
Mich.

w ick, on S tanton  branch of  D., G.  R.  &  W . K. R. 

i i'OR  SALE—FIRST-CLASS  FULL  ROLLER 

m ill,  100  barrel  capacity,  located  at  Fen 
F or fu ll  particulars  address J.  E. Carroll,  Lans­
ing. 
V * J AX TED—GOOD  DRY  BEECH  AND  MA­
TT  pie lti-iuch block wood, n ot less than  two- 
thirds  hard  m aple.  P rice  on  cars at shipping 
point.  A. Hyde, 860 M adison  Ave.,  G rand  R ap­
ids,  Mich. 
YX7 ANTED—A  BUYER  F O R   A  L I G H T  
TT 
leath er tannery  alm ost  com pleted:  cheap 
pow er;  cheap ta t or.  W ould m ake a big paying 
investm ent for right party.  Reason fo r selling, 
death  of  proprietor.  A udress  Carl  J uiige,  Jr., 
M uskegon, Mich._____________ 

412

411

410

RUG STOCK  AND  FIXTURES  FOR" SALE 
H aving sold my drug store w ill sell the bal 
ance of  th e  stock  and  fixtures  a t  a  very  low 
figure  any  tim e  w ithin  th e  n ex t  sixty  days. 
N one of  the  stock  or  fixtures  over  two  years 
old.  W rite fo r term s.  Geo.  W.  K ern,  Prairie- 
ville, B arry County, ML h. 

to   h andle  fine  lin e  lubricating  oils  and 
greases,  side  lin e  or  exclusivelv.  crow n  Oil 
Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

W ANTED—AN EX PERIEN CED  SALESMAN 
I p OR SALE,  CHEAP  FOR CA 

Cash R egister valued  at  $; 
405, care M ichigan Tradesm an.
\ \ T ANTED— BUTTER  AND  EGGS. 
IF   YOU 
»»  w ant good prices and quick  retu rn s  w  ite 
ns.  L unn  & Strong, Toledo, O hio. 

HI—NATIONAL 
15.  A ddress  No.

40.1

403

402

.oo

' 

381

441

38->

I pOR SA L E- SMALL  DRUG  STOCK,  INVOIC- 

ing about $700, in  best tow n fo r size in  M ich­
ig an ;  doingSG0 to  $75  per  week  business;  rent, 
$100  per  year:  best  location  in  to w n ;  best  of 
reasons for selling.  A ddress Lock  Box £0,  Lake 
Odessa,  Mich. 

Canlk e tt & Co., T raverse City,  Mich. 

ANTED — FIRST-CLASS  B U T T E R 'F O R  
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond w ith 

w
IpOR SALE—JUDGM ENT FOR $8.08 AGAINST 

N iles H. W inans,  real  estate  agent  in   th e 
Tow er  Block.  Tradesm an  Com pany,  G rand 
Rapids. 
I p  OK  EXCHANGE —A  W ELL-AsSUKTED 
A   drug stock th a t  w iil  inventory  $1,200  for  a 
stock  of  groceries.  A ddress  Jo h n   Cooper,  340 
W oodworth avenue,  G rand  Rapids,  Mich.  366
IpO R   EXCHANGE—TWO  F IN E   IMPROVED 
farm s  for  stock  of  m erchandise;  splendid 
X- 
location.  A ddress No. 73. care M ichigan Trades
EL______________  
73

V 1 7  ANTED—1,000  CASES 
FRESH  EGGS, 
TT  daily.  W rite  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
Ithaca.  Mich. 
_____PATENT  SOLICITORS.
TpRKE—OUR  NEW  HANDBOOK  ON ,  PAT- 
X1  ents.  Ciiley  &  AHgier,  P atent  A ttorneys,
G rand  Rapids.  Mich.
330
_____  MISCELLANEOUS.
VVfANTED—SITUATION  AS  SALESMAN  IN 
“ V  dry  goods  or  general  store.  Hav°  had 
ive years’ experience.  A1 references furnished, 
ddress No. 413,  care  M ichigan  Tradesm an.  413

940

to  come  in  and  make  yourself  known 
while you are here to attend  the  carnival 
next  week.  We  will  undertake  to  care 
for your wraps and  show  Jrou  where  you 
can  check  your  babies.  We  will  also 
show you  how we  handle  our  celebrated 
Anchor Brand  of Oysters, which has been 
designated  as  the  OFFICIAL  BRAND 
OF THE CARNIVAL.

F. J.  Dettenthaler,

117 and  119 Monroe Street.

Travelers’  Time  Table*.

CANADIAN p“"k

n P T D O I T   Qrand R“Pld8 & Western
U C   1  K U 1   1  t  

June 37, 1897.

EAST  BOUND.

Lv. Detroit........ ......................-»11:45am *11:35pn
A r. Toronto__ ......................•  H:3ipm
8:15 hu
Ar. Montreal..  . ......................  7 ;20 > m
8:00pn

Elgin  System of Creameries

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

Going to Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids.......7:00am  1:30pm  5  3ip>
Ar. D etroit...................  11:40am  5:40pm  10:2Jpi

Returning from  Detroit.

Lv. D etroit....................8:00am  1:10pm  6:10pi
Ar.  Grand  Rapids___   1:00pm  5:20pm  10:55px>

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Lv  O R 7:10am 4:20pm  Ar. G R 12:20pm  9-30p» 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Geo.  DeHavbn,  General Pass. Agent.

HI? A l\in ^rnn^ Rallway System
vI I y / x I T a ß   Detroit and Milwaukee Dir

(In  effect  October 3,  1897.)

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t   6:45am..Saginaw,  Detroit  and  E ast..t  9:55pm
+10:lUam..........Detroit  and  East......... t   5:07pm
t  3:30pm..Saginaw,  Detroit and  East..tl2:45pm 
*10:45pm.. .Detroit, East and Canada.. .*  6:35am 
* 7:00am__ Gd. Haven  and  Int. Pts  ...*i0:15pm
tl2:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate. +  3:22pm
t  5:12pm__ Gd. Haven Mil. and C hi—  +10:05am
tlO :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.  H u g h e s , A. G. P. & T. A. 
B e n .  F l e t c h e k ,  Trav. Pass. Agt., 
J a b .  C a m p b e l l , City Pass. Agent, 
No. 23 Monroe St

CHICAGO and West Michigan R’y

Sept, a t, 1897.

Going  to  Chicago.

Returning  from  Chicago.

Lv.  G. Rapids.................8:30am  1:25pm  *ll:30pi
Ar.  Chicago....................3:10pm 6:50pm  6:40ai
Lv. Chicago..................7:20am  5:15pm  *  9:30pi
Ar. G’d Rapids.............  1:25pm  10:31pm  *  6:20a:
Lv. G’d  Rapids...............8:30am  1:25pm  6:25pt
Ar.  G’d Rapids...............   1:25pm..........   10:10a
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv. G’d  Rapids............................     7:30am 5:a0pn
Ar. Traverse  C ity .......................12:40pm  U:10pn
Ar.  Charlevoix........................ 
3:15pm......
Ar.  Petoskey................................  3:45pm..........

Muskegon.

PARLOR  AND  BLEEPING  CARS.  CHICAGO.

Parlor  cars  leave  Grand  Rapids  1:25  p  m : 
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. DbHaven, General Pass. Agem.

Others week days only.

♦Every  day. 

QRAND Rapids  &  Indiana Railway

June  ao,  1897.

Northern  Dlv.  Leave 

Ar»* 

Trav.C’y,Petoskey & M ack...t  7:45am  +  5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey a M ack...+ 2:30pm  t   6  3  am
Cadillac........ ..............................t  5:25pm tll: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  Arrlvt
Cincinnati  .. 
.................t  7:10am  t   8:25pD
Ft. W ayne..................................t  2:00pm  t  2-lOpn
Cincinnati..................................* 7:03pm  *  7:25in
7:10 a.m .  train  has parlor  car to  Cincinnati. 
2:00 p .m .  train  has parlor  car  to Fort  Wayne. 
7:00 p .m   train  has  sleeping  car  to Cincinnati. 

Muskegon Trains.

GOING WEST.

LvG ’d  Rapids..............+7:35am  +1:00pm  +5:40pr
Ar Muskegon...............   9:00am  2:10pm  7:05pm
Lv Muskegon...............+8:10am  +11:45am  t4.03p.
Ar G’d Rapids..............9:30am  12:55pm  6:2)pi
C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 

tE xcept Sunday.  »Daily

QOIBO  BAST.

Gen’l Passr. and Ticket Agent.

DULUTH, South Shore and Atlantic 

Railway.

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I.)tll :10pm 
t7:45am
Lv.  Mackinaw City....................   7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St. Ignace...........................   9:00am  5:20pm
Ar. Sault Ste. Marie.................  12:20pm  9:50pm
Ar. M arquette.............................  2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestoria................................  5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. D u lu th ............... ............................... 
8:30am
Lv. Duluth................................................  +6:30pm
2:45am
Ar. Nestoria.............................   +11:15am 
1:30pm 
Ar. M arquette.........................  
4:30am
Lv. Sault Ste. Marie................ 
3:30pm 
..........
Ar. Mackinaw City................. 
8:40pm  11:00am
G. W. Hibbard, Gen. Pass. Agt.  Marquette. 
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass.  Agt., Grand Rapids

BAST  BOUND.

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. M ontreal... ......................  8:5r>am
Lv. Toronto...... ......................  4:00pm
Ar. D etroit....... ......................10:45pm

9 :0:tpn
7:30am
2:lopn
D.  McNicol  ,  Pass. Trafic  Mgr .  Montreal.
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids

MINNEAPOLIS, st Pau,^ n w V

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G.  R. & I.)...................+7:45an>
Lv.  Mackinaw City......................: .............  4:20pm
Ar. Gladstone................................................  9:50pm
Ar. st.  Paul...................................................  8:45am
Ar.  Minneapolis 
9:30am

 

............. 
EAST  BOUND.

Lv. Minneapolis.........................................  +6:30pm
Ar. St. Paul.................................................  7:26pm
Ar. Gladstone..............................................  5:45am
Ar.  Mackinaw  c ity ........ ...........................  11:0  am
Ar. Grand Rapids.......................................  10:00pm
W.  R. C a l l a w a y , Gen. Pass. Agt. Minneapolis 
E. C. O v ia t t .  Trav.  Pass.  Agt., Grand  Rapids.

WHOLE  WHEAT  FLOUR

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

A  MODEL  CREAM ERY  OF  THE  TRUE  SYSTE M

True Dairy Supply Company,

303  to 309  Lock  Street, 

Syracuse,  New  York.

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

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

A B SO L U T E

PURE GROUND SPICES, BAKING POWDER 

BUTCHERS’  SUPPLIES,  ETC.

FOR  THE  TRADE.

THE VINKEMULDER  COMPANY,

PHONE  555-

418=4-20  S.  Division  S t.,  Grand  Rapids.

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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.

THE  ONLY  WAY...

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

To learn the  real value of a trade  or class paper 
is to find out how  the  men  in whose  interest  it is 
published  value  it.  Ask the merchants of  Mich­
igan what they think of the .  .  .

Manufactured  b y....

Michigan  trade supplied by  the 

Every  grocer should  have It in  stock. 

Save Trouble 
Save Losses 
Save Dollar«

Olney  & Judson  Grocer Co.,  Grand Rapids.

GUARD,  FAIRFIELD  &  CO.,  Allegan,  Mich.

TRADESMAN COUPON

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We  are  willing  to  abide  by  their  decision.

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Y o u r   ow n  go o d   sense  will  tell  —S  
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W h o   u rges  yo u   to  keep   Sapolio? 

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public?  T h e   m anufacturers,  b y   constant  an d   judi- 
cious advertising, b rin g  custom ers  to yo u r stores  w h ose  —g  
v e ry   presence  creates  a  dem an d  for  other  articles. 

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Office  of  the  Secretary,

Corner  Park  Avenue  and  Leavenworth  Street.

Telephone 1759.

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O FFICER S

C.  R.  C O U R TN EY,  P R E S ID E N T

H .  J.  H U G H E S ,  V ic e -P r e s id e n t  

O .  J.  W IL D E ,  J R .,  TREASURER

E  T .  J O H N S O N ,  SECRETARY

BOARD  OF  DIRECTO RS

W M .  FLEM ING  
A.  PETER SO N  
A.  G LAD STO NE 
W .  J.  H U N TER  
FRED  B RU N IN G  
W M .  G EN TLEM AN

J.  M .  JO H N SO N
E.  D.  EVANS 
C H A S .  HANLEY 
R.  A.  LENHART
F.  A.  JO N ES 
GEO .  F.  M U N R O

Resolutions Passed by the Retail Grocers’ Association of Omaba, neb.

R E S O L V E D — That, 

in  view  of  careful  consideration  and  the  practical  knowledge  of  our 
members,  we  recognize  the  Dayton  Computing  Scale  as  being  of  material  benefit  to  the  retail 
grocers  at  large,  for  the  following  reasons:

3fd-  That  we  believe  the  dollar  and  cent  system  to  be  far  more  convenient  and  safer than the 

Its  extreme  accuracy.
It  places  a  check  on  all  goods  weighed.

ist. 
2nd. 

pound  and  ounce  system.

It  takes  the  place  of  a  living  auditor  and  prevents  errors  and  mistakes.
It  cleans  up  a  great  leakage  in  the  retail  grocery  business.

4th. 
5th. 
W e  believe  it  to  be  to  the  interest  of  all  retail  grocers  to  carefully  investigate  this  system.
Therefore,  the  secretary  is  hereby  instructed  to  furnish  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  to our lead­

ing  Grocery  Journals  for  publication. 

(Signed) 

E.  T.  JO H N SO N ,  Secretary.

THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  COMPANY,  Dayton,  Ohio.

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

It  is  the  acme  of  perfection  and 

not  excelled  in  beauty and finish.

W e  have no trolley or tram wav to 

handle.

W e  have  no  cylinder  to  turn  for 

each  price  per pound.

W e  do  not  follow,  but  lead  all 

competitors.

W e  do  not  have  a  substitute  to 

meet  competition.

W e do not indulge in  undignified 
and  unbusinesslike  ' methods 
to 
make sales— we sell Stimpson scales 
on their merits.

A gents of other companies would 
not have to spend  most  aU  of  their 
time  trying  to  convince  the  trade 
that  our  scale  was  no  good  if  the 
Stimpson  did  not  possess  the  most 
points  of merit.

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DEALERS IN

ILLUMINATING  AND LUBRICATING

OILS «

N APH TH A  AND  G A SO LIN ES

Office  and  W orks,  BU TTER W OR TH   A V E ., 

A ll  we ask  is  an  opportunity  to  show you the  Scale  and  a  chance  to  convince you  that 

our  claims  are  facts.  Write  us and give us the opportunity.

G R AN D   RAPID S,  MICH.

Bulk works at Grand  Rapids,  Muskegon,  Manistee, Cadillac,  Big Rap­
ids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse  City,  Ludington, Allegan, 
Howard  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City,  Fremont,  Hart) 
Whitehall, HoUand and Fennvllle

Highest  Price  Paid  for  Empty  Carbon  and  Gasoline  Barrels.

The  Stimpson  Computing  Scale  Co.,

ELKHART,  IND.

Represented  in  Eastern Michigan  by 

R.  P.  B IG E L O W ,

Owosso.

Represented  in  Western  Michigan by 

C.  L .  S E N S E N E Y ,

Grand  Rapids.  Telephone  No.  266.

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