Volume  XV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  3,  1897.

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ILLUMINATING  AND LUBRICATING

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NAPHTHA  AND  GASOLINES

Office  and  W orks,  B U TTER W O R TH   A V E ., 

G R AN D   RAPID S,  MICH,

Bulk  works"at G rand  Rapids,  M uskegon,  M anistee, Cacullae,  Big R ap­
ids,  G rand  H aven,  T raverse  City,  L udington, A llegan, 
H oward  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City.  Frem ont,  Hart.CT' 
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a  necessity.  Our  C A B IN E T S  are 
right  in  D U R A B IL IT Y ,  CO N­
V E N IE N C E  and  P R IC E .  Write 
for particulars.
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sent to any address on request.

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Grand  Rapids.

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

TRADESMAN  COMPANY, Grand  Rapids

Grocers  who  sell  Oysters  or 
Oyster  Crackers  should 
handle  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦

Sears’  Salía  Wafers

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

THE HEW YORK  BISCUIT C O M I

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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5c  CIGARS

SOLD BY ALE JOBBERS.

G.  J.  JOHNSON  CIGAR  CO.,  Mfrs.,

G RAN D   R A PID S,  MICH.

THE ONLY WAY.

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 .  .  .

M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

We  are  willing  to  abide  by  their  decision.

E stablished 1780.

Walter Baker & Go. L I

D orchester, M ass. 

The Oldest and

L argest M anufacturers of

PURE,HIGH GRADE
COCOAS
CHOCOLATES

AND

on th is Continent.

No  Chem icals  are  used  in  

th e ir m anufactures.

T heir  B reakfast  Cocoa  is  absolutely  pure, 
delicious,  n u tritio u s,  an d   costs  less  th a n   one 
c e n t a  cup.

T heir  P rem ium   No.  1  Chocolate,  p u t  up  in 
B lue W rappers and Yellow L abels, is th e  best 
p la in  chocolate in  th e m ark et fo r fam ily use.

T h e ir  G erm an  S w eet  Chocolate  id  good  to  
e a t an d  good  to   d rin k .  I t   is  palatable, nutrí- 
tious, an d   healthful ;  a   g re a t  favorite  w ith 
children.

B uyers should ask fo r and be sure  th a t  they 
g et th e  genuine g o o d s. The above tra d e-m ark  
is on every package.
Walter Baker &   Co.  Ltd.,

Dorchester,  Mass.

{WHOLE  WHEAT  FLOUR

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

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.
Every  grocer should have it in stock. 
Manufactured by....

GUARD,  FAIRFIELD  &  CO.,  Allegan,  Mich.

Michigan trade supplied by the 

Olney & Judson Grocer Co., Grand Rapids.

Save your yeast labels and tin-toil wrappers

FR EE!  SILVERW A RE!  FR EE!

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

Premiums cannot be mailed  under any circumstances.

Detroit  Agency,  118   Bates S t. 
Grand  Rapids Agency, 26  Fountain  S t. 

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Elgin System of Creameries

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

A  MODEL  CREAM ERY  OF TH E  TRU E  SY STEM

True  Dairy Supply Company,

30 3  to 309  Lock  Street, 

Syracu se,  N ew   York.

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

R.  E .  STU RQ IS,  General  M anager of  W estern  Office,  A llegan,  filch.

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EDGARS

30 cents  per  gallon, 
freight  prepaid.

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

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

|.  A.  M U RPH Y, General Manager. 

Special  Reports. 

Law  and  Collections.

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

Main  Office:  Room  110 2  M ajestic  Building,  Detroit,  Mich.

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

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

WOOLSON  SPICE CO.

Ask  our  salesman  to  show  you  our  line  of  samples.

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Hotel,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Thursday 
and  Friday,  November  11  and  12  for  the 
last time with winter samples from KOLB 
&  SONS,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Whole­
sale  Ready  Made  Clothing  Manufactur­
ers.  All jobs will be closed at a sacrifice.
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.

COjSfllERCIflL CREDIT 60., Lid.

Commeicial  Reports.  Prompt  and 
vigorous attention to collections.

L.  J.  STEVENSON,  Manager,

R.  J.  CLELAND,  Attorney,

411-412-413  Widdicomb Building.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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AFTER  THE  BALL.

Grand  Rapids  has  had  a  “ carnival  of 
fun,’ ’  lasting  four  days  and  a  good  part 
of  four  nights,  and the  business  men  are 
now  in  a  position  to  pass  judgment  on 
the advantages  and  disadvantages of the 
undertaking.  While 
it  is  probably  true 
that  a 
few  merchants  on  Canal  and 
Monroe  streets  reaped  a  rich  harvest, 
the  rank  and  file  of  the  retail  trade are 
surely  disapppointed  over the stagnation 
festivities 
of  business  attending  the 
and,  almost  without  exception, 
the 
wholesale  trade 
is  disgusted  over the 
outcome,  experience  demonstrating  that 
the  country  merchants  who  came 
to 
town  during  the  week  purchased  few 
goods  in  the  aggregate,  being  apparent­
ly actuated  solely  by  a  desire  to  partic­
ipate 
every 
visitor by  the  promoters  of  the carnival. 
The  committee  which  exploited 
the 
event  are 
insisting  that  the  carnival 
shall be  repeated  another  year,  but  when 
it  comes  to  collecting  funds  for  a  repe­
tition  of  the  event,  the  Tradesman  be­
lieves  that  surprises  will  be  in  store  for 
those  who 
imagine  that  others  must 
have  profited  by  the  influx  of  visitors 
because  they  themselves  reaped  a  rich 
harvest.

in  the  “ fun”   promised 

The  Tradesman  lays  no  claims  to  be­
ing  a  religious  leader,  but  as  an  ex­
ponent  of  good  morals,  it  feels  called 
upon  to  protest  against  the  infamous 
character of  the  tent  shows  which  were 
permitted  to  occupy  the  public  streets 
by  the  carnival  committee.  Some  of 
indecent  beyond  de­
the  shows  were 
scription  and  the  evil 
influence  they 
must  necessarily  exert  over  the  young 
men  of  the  community—and  other  com­
munities  as  well—is  greater  than  all 
the  work  the  preachers  can  accomplish 
in  a  contrary  direction  fora long time to 
come.  No 
trade  with  a 
dozen  down-town  merchants  or the  ex­
penditure  of  several  hundred  thousand 
dollars  by  visitors  from  other  localities 
can  compensate  the  city  for the  loss  of 
self-respect  involved  in  permitting 
in­
decent  exhibitions  to  be  made  on  the 
public  thoroughfares.

increase  of 

In  this  connection  the  Tradesman  de­
sires  to  call  attention  to  the  resolutions 
adopted 
last  evening  by  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
expressing  the  sentiment  of  that  organ­
ization  on  the  conduct  of  the  carnival 
and  protesting  against  a  repetition  of 
the  event  along  the  same  lines.  Few 
would  object  to  a  street  fair  on  the  plan 
of  the  German  Yahrmarkt,  which  has 
flourished  for  decades 
in  the  Father- 
land, but  any  attempt  on  the  part  of  the 
carnival  cornmittee  to  repeat  the  obnox­
ious  features  of  this  year’s  event  should 
meet  the  determined  opposition  of  the 
press,  the  pulpit  and  the  people.

Y oung  m en  and  wom en  acquire  th e  g rea test  Inde­
pendence  and  w ealth  by  securing  a   course  in  eith ei 
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THE  SEAL  CONFERENCE.

There  is  now  in  progress  at  Washing­
ton  a conference between  representatives 
of  Russia,  Japan  and  the  United  States 
on  the  subject  of  the  preservation  of  the 
fur  seals.  As  may  be  remembered, 
Great  Britain  declined  to  send  repre­
sentatives  to  this  conference,  or  to  be 
bound  by  its  findings  in  any  way.  De­
spite  the  absence  of  Great Britain,  how­

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER 3,1897. 

Number  737

the  conference 

ever, 
ahead  with  the  work  before  it.

is  going  right 

information 

Although  no 

is  vouch­
safed  as  to the  progress  of  negotiations, 
it  is  admitted  that  some  important  de­
cisions  have  already  been  practically 
reached.  ,  It  is  said  that  the  representa­
tives  of  the  three  countries  represented 
have  concluded  that  the  best  way to pro­
tect  the  seals 
is  to  prohibit  pelagic 
sealing  on  the  high  seas  altogether.  Of 
course,  such  an  arrangement  could  not 
be 
considered  binding  upon  Great 
Britain  or  Canada;  but  the  contention 
is  that,  when  the  countries  most directly 
interested  have  agreed  upon  this  solu­
tion  of  the  problem  of  preserving  the 
seals,  the  moral  pressure  upon  Great 
Britain  and  Canada  will  be  so  great 
as  to  practically  force  them  to  also  en­
ter  into  the  arrangement.

There  does  not,  however,  appear  to 
be  any  good  reason  for  expecting  that 
Great  Britain  and  her dependency,  Can­
ada,  will  respect  the  rules  established 
by  the  powers  now  conferring.  Canada 
more  largely  profits  by  the  pelagic 
sealing  than  any  other  country;  hence 
she  could  scarcely  be  expected  to  sub­
scribe  to  a  regulation  from  which  she 
would  be  the  principal  loser  when  she 
had  no  voice  in  framing  it.

Disregard  of  the  law  of  the  land  on 
the  part  of  those  who  have  especial 
cause  to  uphold  the  system  of  law  and 
order  naturally  leads  to  a  spirit  of  dis­
trust  and  a  feeling  of  hostility  toward 
the  courts  and  the  lawmaking  power. 
All  friends  of  good  government  deplore 
the  growth  of  socialism  and  anarchistic 
tendencies,  yet  men  of  the  President 
Ledyard  stripe  are doing  more  to  create 
distrust  and  disorder than  a  dozen  agi­
tators  and  blatherskites  could  possibly 
accomplish.  Bye  and  bye  Mr.  Ledyard 
will  be  invoking  the  aid  of  the  law  and 
the  courts and  the  militia  to protect him 
and  the  property  interests  he  represents 
from  the  wrath  of  the  people—wrath 
which  he  has  invited  by  bis  wanton dis­
regard  of  the  law  and  his defiance  of the 
courts  of 
last  resort.  Those  who  sow 
the  wind  surely  reap  the  whirlwind  and 
the  creature of the  Vanderbilt  millions 
will  probably 
live  to  see  the  day  that 
his  defiance  of  the  law  will  be  held  up 
as  an  example  worthy  of  emulation  by 
the  ignorant  and  the  vicious.

One  of  the  best-known  advertising 
agents  has  recently  declared  that  here­
after he  will  not  place  an  advertisement 
in  a  paper  that  permits  free  reading 
notices.  He  asserts  that  the 
journal 
which  refuses  to  fill 
its  columns  with 
trade  puffs  yields  the best  results  to  the 
advertiser,  inasmuch  as  inducement  of 
free  reading  notices  is  a tacit admission 
that  the  advertising  columns  of  the pub­
lication  are  not  worth  the  price  asked 
for  space,  and  that 
is  necessary  to 
throw  in  a  chromo  in  order  to  play  on 
the  credulity  of  the  advertiser.

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DESECRATION  OF  THE  FLAG.
The  Tradesman  has  frequently  pro­
tested  against  the  misuse  of  the  stars 
and  stripes  by  Pabst,  the  Milwaukee 
brewer,  who  prostituted  the  National 
emblem  by  causing  a  representation  of 
the  flag  to  be  used  in  advertisements  of 
his  amber  beverage.  The  act  of  Pabst 
has  naturally  produced  a  score  of 
imi­
tators,  including  a  wine  manufacturer 
in  the  Empire  State,  whose  misuse  of 
the  flag 
is  quite  as  reprehensible  as 
that  of  the  Milwaukee  brewer.

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On  a  par  with  the  act  of  Pabst  is  the 
custom  of  the  Salvation  Army  and  the 
Volunteers of  America  of  carrying  the 
stars  and  stripes 
in  their  boisterous 
marches  through  the  streets,  and  then 
utilizing  them  as  receptacles  for  the 
pennies,  nickels,  cigar stubs  and banana 
skins  contributed  by 
those  who  are 
edified  or amused  by  the  antics  of  the 
“ soldiers. ”   When 
is  remembered 
that  the  Salvation  Army  is  an  unAmer- 
ican  institution,  owing  sole  allegiance 
to  an  alien  organization,  and  sending  a 
large  portion  of  its  revenue  to the crafty 
old  Englishman  in whose name is vested 
every  dollar’s  worth  of  property  ac­
quired  by  Salvationists  the  world  over, 
the  inappropriateness  of  employing  the 
| flag  in  such  manner  is  readily apparent.
little 
radical  in  its  views  on  this  subject,  but 
it 
in  the  opinion  that 
Congress  should  pass  a  law  prohibiting 
the  use  of  the  flag  by  aliens  and  strictly 
forbidding  its  use  for  advertising  pur­
poses  of  any  kind  or character.

Perhaps  the  Tradesman 

is  not  alone 

is  a 

This 

PRO TECT  AMERICAN  CITIZENS.
It  has  been  the  policy  of  the  Govern­
ment  ever  since  the  breaking  out  of  the 
insurrection  in  Cuba  to  keep  American 
warships  as  far as  possible  from  Cuban 
waters,  so  as  to  avoid  all  appearance  of 
is  all  good 
coercing  Spain. 
enough  in  its  w ay;  but  this  sort  of deli­
cacy  should  not  be  permitted  to stand  in 
the  way  of  the  proper  protection  of 
American  citizens.  There  could  really 
be no  reasonable  objection  urged  to  the 
presence  of  an  American  warship  in 
it  is  customary  for 
Havana  harbor,  as 
all  other  nations  to  send  ships 
into 
waters  where  war  is  in  progress  for  the 
purpose  of  affording  protection  to  their 
citizens.

Of  course,  the United  States  can  exact 
of  Spain  the  safeguarding  of  American 
citizens  residing  in  Cuba,  and  the  pres­
ervation  of  their  property,  and  Spain 
would  be  liable  in  damages  for  any 
harm  which  may  befall  them.  Possible 
pay  for  damages  committed,  however, 
is  but  a  poor  substitute  for  the  feeling 
of  security  which  the  presence  of an 
American  warship  would  afford.

Tbe  Government  should, 

therefore, 
send  a  ship  to  Havana. 
It  could  in  no 
sense  be  construed  as  a  menace  to 
Spain. 
It  would  give  our  citizens  a 
feeling  of greater  security,  and  it  would 
serve  as  an  asvium  of  safety  to  which 
they  could  flv  in  th e   e v e n t  of  need.

So  far  over  seventy  devices  for  more 
or  less  practical  chainless bicycles have 
been  patented  in  America  and  England 
alone,  and  of  these  less  than  one-third 
I are  bevel  gear  appliances.

Atlanta  citizens are  tired  of  having 
their  light  supplied  by  a  private  corpo­
ration.  Philadelphia  citizens  are  tired 
it  being  furnished  by  a  municipal 
of 
plant.

M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

Clerks’ Corner

The  Kind  of  C lerk  To  Be  Avoided. 
Written for the Tkadkkman.

“ All  the  world  loves  a  lover” —but  1 
know  some  ot  the  feminine  shopping 
world  which  has  little  affection  to  waste 
on  a  certain  dapper  >oung  salesman 
in 
a  certain  tine  store  not  a  thousand  miles 
from  a  certain  beautiful  city  strongly 
resembling  our  own  Carnival  Grand 
Rapids.

Last  week,  I  read  in  the  Tradesman 
Theodore  Hamilton's  bright  article, 
“ Two  Kinds  ot  Clerks—Which  Kino 
Do  You  Employ?”   and  it  struck  a  re­
sponsive  chord,  tor  1  bad  just  had  an 
interview  with  one  of  the  most  exasper­
ating 
specimens  of  the  know-it-ali 
clerk.

In  the  language  of  Whittier,

‘•God pity us both and pity us all,” 

when  we  are  obliged  to  deal  with  some 
ot  the  haughty  damsels  employed  by 
store-keepers  to  hand  us  over  our  par­
cels  and  rake  in  our  shtktls;  but  they 
"can   t  hold  a  candle  ’  to  the  pompous 
individual  of  the  Adam  species  hired 
fur  the  same  purpose.

There  may  have  been  a  tiny  piece  ol 
wormwood  in  the  ink  in  which  1 dipped 
this  pen ;  but,  when  you  have  come  to 
my  last  period,  1  think  you  will  agree 
with  me  that  1  have  just  cause  to  “ ex­
plode. ’ *

On  this  particular  morning,  in  a  con­
tented  with-all-tbe-world frame of  mind, 
1  entered  a  certain  large  store  on  one 
of  the  principal  streets  of  the  far-famed 
city  I  mention. 
1  stepped  briskly  to 
the  rear  of  the  establishment,  to  settle 
for  a  bill  of  goods  sent  home  the  day 
before  on  approval.  That  errand  ac­
complished,  I walked  leisurely  back  the 
lengtn  of  the  store,  glancing  admiring­
ly  at  the  fall  novelties  attractively  dis­
played  on  either  side  to  tempt  fair  buy­
I  had  almost  reached  the  door, 
ers. 
when 
it  occurred  to  me  that  this  store­
keeper’s  stock  always  contains  a  band- 
some 
line  of  black  dress  goods  and  a 
large  variety  to  select  from.  Along  with 
this  remembrance  came  the  thought that 
I  bad  planned  that  my  next  street  dress 
was  to  be  of  beautiful  black  goods—a 
dress  of  elegant  simplicity,  that  should 
be  lined  with  silk  to  produce  that  fin 
de  siecle  rustle  so  dear  to  the  feminine 
heart,  and  that  would  cost  me,  when 
complete,  in  the  neighborhood  of $50. 
So,  with  the  pretty  gown  silhouttted 
against  my 
I  sauntered 
past  the  silks  spread  out  in  alluring 
folds  on  the.  polished 
counter,  and 
turned 
into  the  aisle  at  the  end  of 
which  I  knew  reposed  the  black  bolts 
of  my  “ elegant  sim plicity.”

imagination, 

“ A h !”   thought  I,  my  heart 

joyous 
with  the  anticipation  of  “ picking  out”  
the  dress  I  wished  to  purchase 
in  a 
couple  of  weeks;  “ now 
i ’ll  find  here 
just  what  I  want.”

Still  with  a 

light  heart  I  loitered 
along,  when,  just  as  1  reached  my  ob­
jective  point,  Horrors!  there  was  my 
bete  noire  of  a dry goods clerk,  the clerk 
I  had  for  a  dozen  years  tried  to  avoid ! 
last  time  1  bad  bought  a  dress  in 
The 
that  department,  I  bad  been  waited  on 
so  satisfactorily  by a  man  who  knew  his 
business  from  A  to  Z — an  ideal  clerk  in 
every  way.  My  purchase  then  bad  been 
a  dress  for  an  old 
lady,  a  Christmas 
present.  This  ideal  clerk  (so  different 
from  the  presiding  genius  there  now!) 
had  shown  me  many  different  patterns, 
expatiating  on  their  merits,  and  mate­
rially  assisting  me  to  make  my  selec­
in  reference  to  the  Grandma  who
tion 

was  to  be  the  happy  recipient.  Then 
he  went  farther,  and  advised  me  as  to 
the  best  taste 
in  trimmiugs  lor an  old 
lady’s  dress. 
1  do  not  know  what  has 
become  of  my  ideal  clerk,  but  this  1  do 
know:  Wherever  I  should  see  him,  in 
a  store,  or 
in  whatever  capacity  be 
might  be  employed,  I  should  go  far  out 
of  my  way  to  assist  him  by  all  that 
would  lie  in  my  power.

But  this  other  young  man !  The  last 
time  1  bad  seen  him,  he  was  in a differ 
cut  department  and  I  never  dreamed  ol 
encountering  him  in  this.

My  spirits  fled. 

I  would  still  have 
avoided  him  as  in  the  past,  but  1  had 
approached  too  near  before  1 discovered 
mm.

Did  you wish something?”  he asked.
He  was  arranging  bolts  of  goods  on 
the  shelves  in  the  rear,  and  the  enquiry 
was  made  over  his  shoulder,  in  an  in­
different,  1  hope-you-don't tone of voice.
just 
look  at  some  black  dress 

faltered; 

" I  

I 

“ N—no, “  
thought  I'd 
goods. ’ ’

“ Y —es,”  

lofty  disdain,  “ yes, 

U —m, ”   he condescended  to remark.
I  went  on  pleasantly,  to 
overcome  his 
I 
thought  I ’d  like  to  look  at  your  new  fall 
goods. 
I —I  didn’t  wish  to  purchase— 
really—this  morning,  but  I may be want 
mg  something  in  your  line  a  little  later 
on,  and—I—I  thought  I ’d  see 
if  you 
had  about  what  would  suit  m e."

No  reply.  He  was  still  industriously 
piling  up  the  bolts  of  cloth,  with  his 
back  to  me,  and  eyeing  them  critically, 
with  his  head  on  one  side.

I  had  not  succeeded  in  thawing  his 
icy  manner.  With  that  end  in  view,  1 
continued,  in as  suave a voice  as  I  could 
command: 
“ What  are  they  wearing 
most  this  fall  in  black—plain  or  figured 
goods?’ ’

"O h,  plain—mostly, ”   he  mumbled.
“ Do  you  mean  perfectly  plain,  or 
goods  with  a  small  pattern  that  gives 
an  all-over  effect?”  
I  asked,  still  with 
the  idea  of  drawing  him  out as  to  new 
styles 
in  general,  and  my  prospective 
new  garment  in  particular.

“ Plain—perfectly plain ; that is,a little 

rough,”   was  all  he  vouchsafed.

This  time  his  reply  did  not  reach  me 
from  even  over  the  shoulder,  but  was 
addressed  directly  to  the  unresponsive 
wooden  shelves.

No  coming  forward  with  a  cheery 
“ Good  morning”   and  a  "H ow   can  1 
serve  you  to  day,  Madam?”   No  spread­
ing  out of  goods  and  draping  into  folds 
that  should  make  the  money  jingle  in 
my  pocket,  and,  when  that  much  was 
accomplished,  no  adroit  suggestion  as 
to  the  becomingness  of  the  new  dress, 
uttered  with  the  finesse  of  which  the 
ideal  salesman  is  master.

I  waited  a  few  moments  to  give  this 
other  kind  a  chance  to  retrieve  himself. 
He  reached  up  and  gave  a  twist  to  a 
couple  of  the  bolts  in  front  of  him,  and 
I  jumped  to  the  conclusion  that  at  last 
he  had  come  to  his  senses and  was about 
to  take  one  of  them  down  for  my  in­
spection.

Some  stoic  has  said: 

“ What  is  to 
be  will  be;  and  what  isn’t  to  be  might 
happen. ’ *

My  anticipation  was  one  of 

the 
“ isn’t  to  be’s”   that  “ might  happen,”  
but didn’t,  for  the  clerk  remained  glued 
to  thé  spot. 
I  had  mistaken  his  move­
ment.  He  was  simply  changing  the 
angle  of  the  bolts—it  did  not  suit  him.
Seeing  that  he  considered  himself 
through  waiting  on  me,  I  slowly  moved 
away,  with 
lowered  lids  to  conceal  my 
indignation,  stooping  carelessly  to  ex­
amine  one  of  the  pieces  of  goods 
lying

at  a  little  distance,  but  really  to  tecover 
my  equilibrium  and  make  my  exit  with 
an  unconcern  to  match  bis  inattention.
“ ’ Tis an ill wind that blows nobody any 
good, ’ ’  but do  you blame me tor the wish 
that  never  again  may  1  be  blown  into 
this  young  salesman’s  vicinity;  and  for 
tbe  desire  that  arose  within  me  to  re­
port  his  conduct  to  the  man  who  em­
ploys  him  to  treat  customers—or  pos­
sible  customers—with  the  utmost cour­
tesy,  and  to  use  all  his  best  efforts  to 
promote  the  interests  ol  the  bouse?
And  1  am  not  the  only  one  who  has 
cause  for  complaint.  Time  and  time 
again  have  1  beheld  his  similar  treat­
ment  of  other  women—women  who count 
their  money  by 
1  do 
mine  by  dollars.  .  Is 
it  possible  that 
this  employer  is  ignorant  of  what  man­
ner  ot  man  this  is  who  has  worked  (?) 
for  him  more  years  than  be  can  count 
on  his  fingers?  You  know  women  have 
a  curious  way  of  comparing  notes;  and 
not  one  with  whom  I  have  talked  on  the 
seemingly  unaccountable  idiosyncrasies 
of  the  Genus  Clerk  has  bad  a  good 
word  to  say  of  this one concerning whom 
1  write.

tens  where 

1  have  simply  detested  his 

I  have  no  personal  grievance  against 
this—this  person. 
I  have  never  had  an 
"encounter’  with  him.  I  think  1  have 
bought  goods  of  him  once  -it  might  be 
twice. 
im­
perious  manner  and  have  avoided  him 
aud  his  goods  on  every  possible  occa­
sion,  looking  with  longing  eyes  at  the 
pretty  things  he  was  there  to  sell,  but 
turning  the  cold  shoulder  (I  got  the 
trick 
from  him!)  and  going  toother 
stores  to  purchase,  where the  clerks  rec­
ognize  the  existence  of  a  human  being 
other  than  their  own  immaculate selves.

H.  E.  R.  S.

0rocers

Can  reduce  stocks  at 
a  good  profit.  Also 
increase  sales  by  giv­
ing Street Car Tickets 
free  for  trace  marks 
and  coupons  from  B. 
T.  Babbitt’s  several 
products.

Same  will  be  re­
deemed  at  Spring  & 
Company’s,  Monroe 
Street.  Also  by  B. 
T.  Babbitt’s  Agent, 
who will call for them.

5  Tickets  for  50  “Best”  Soap 

Wrappers.

5  Tickets  for  50  “1776”  Small 
Fronts  (I  Large  '-1776”  counts  as  2 
small).

1 Ticket  for  Coupons  from  B.  T. 
Babbitt’s  Baking  Powder  equal  to  I 
pound.

Mackintoshes

New  Lot  Specially  Nice.

See  them  and you  will have some 
of them.  Prices lower than  ever.

R U B B ER   G O O D S  O F  A L L   K IN DS.

Stud ley  &  Barclay,

4  Monroe  Street. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

RoDerom  rail Room

Will  last longer than any other roofing  now on the market. 
We have full  faith  in  its  merits.  But  if  you  want  other 
kinds  we  always  have them at  reasonable prices.  Let us 
quote you prices,  if you need  roofing of any sort.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &   SON,

Detroit Office, foot of 3d  Street. 

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

Grand  Rapids Paper Box Co.

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

Folding  Box  and  P rin tin g   D epartm ent.

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

81  and  83  Campau  St. 

e s t a b l i s h e d  18 6 6.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

5olid  Rubber  Tires___ —

Write for Catalogue.  For sale by 

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Can  be  p u t  onto  an y   s ty le   of carriage.

ADAMS  &  HART,  12  W.  Bridge  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

W o m a n ’s   W o r ld
Educational  Influence  of  Expositions 

on  Women.

The  feminine  philosopher  who,  like 
Thackeray’s  heroine,  is  40  years  old, 
and  has  seen  pretty  much  all  the  world 
has  to  show,  sat  beside  me 
in  the 
handsome  big  hall  of  the  woman’s 
building  at  the  Tennessee  Centennial, 
and  calmly  surveyed  the  passing  crowd 
through  het  lorgnette.

it  to  see  how 

“ Do  you  know,”   she  said,  “ that  the 
most  interesting  part  of  any  exposition 
is  the  way  the  women  look  at  it?  Their 
attitude 
is  so  entirely  and  honestly 
personal.  A  man  comes  to  see  what  is 
curious  and  unusual.  A  woman 
looks 
at 
it  would  suit  her. 
That’s  the  reason  women  can always tell 
you  twice  as  much  about  a  thing  as 
men  can,  and  why  they  are  the  ones 
that  get  the  real  benefit  out  of  the  ex­
position.  They  go  home  and  copy  it. 
The  exhibit  of  a  fashionable  furniture 
store  will  give  a  hundred  women  an 
idea  of  a  better  way  to  arrange  their 
parlor  sofa  and  chairs,  and  the  drapery 
of  silk  brocade  over  a  $500 bed  will  be 
copied  in  15  cent  art  muslin  in  a  thou­
sand  bedrooms  before  the  month  is  out.
“ You  know,  '  she  went  on  reminis­
cently,  “ that  the  Philadelphia  Centen­
nial  was  the  birthplace  of  the  idea  of 
household  decoration  in  America.  Up 
to  that  time  we  had  naively  supposed 
beauty  to  be  the  sole  prerogative  of  the 
rich.  It had not even occurred to the poor 
people  that  the  commonest  and  cheap­
est  household  article  might  just  as  well 
be  made  of  pleasing  shape  and  agree­
able  color,  instead  of  the  hideous  things 
they  were  accustomed  to  using.  As  a 
matter  of 
little 
beauty  anywhere.  Newly-made  mil­
lionaires  filled  their  newly-erected  pal­
aces  with  carloads  of  brand-new  furni­
ture,  all  gilt  and  plush,  while  the  wom­
an  in  moderate  circumstances  sat  com­
placently  down  in  a  parlor  whose  walls 
were  covered  with  staring  gilt  paper, 
where  the 
furniture  was  of  funereal 
black  walnut  and  horsehair,  and  whose 
ornamentation  was  expressed  in  family 
portraits  done 
in  crayon,  a  bunch  of 
wax  flowers under glass and chromos that 
looked 
in  a  state  of 
chronic  eruption.

fact,  there  was  very 

like  volcanos 

it 

‘ ‘ Now  you  know,  when  the  American 
woman  sins  against  the  canons  of  good 
taste 
is  through  ignorance,  and  not 
with  malice  aforethought.  We  may 
always,  and  under  all  circumstances,  be 
relied  upon  to  put  the  best  foot  fore­
most 
if  we  know  how.  Well,  we  went 
to  the  centennial  by  the  tens  of  thou­
sands, and the result  was a revolution that 
swept  the country  Irom  Maine  to  Cali­
fornia.  For  the  first  time  we  saw  the 
restful  beauty  in  shades  that  harmon­
ized,  in  place of  swearing  at  each  other. 
We  got  an  idea  of  the  value  of  space, 
instead  of  having  the  floor  cut  up 
into 
infinitesimal  rooms,  each  one  shut  up 
as  tight  and  separate  as  a  prison  cell. 
We  saw  furniture  might  be  made  into 
graceful  shapes,  and  we  positively  got 
our  first  introduction  to  portiers.

‘ ‘ 1  shall  never  forget  how  my  house 
It  was 
looked  tc  me  when  I  got  home. 
a  hideous  nightmare. 
I  hauled  all  that 
figured  gilt  paper  off  the  wall  in a trice, 
and  wept  to  think  of  the  good  money  it 
had  cost  me;  the  horse  hair  furniture 
vanished,  to  be  seen  of  man  no  more; 
with  my  own  hands  1  smashed  the  glass 
case  and  flung  the  wax  flowers  in  an 
ash  barrel  and  transported  the  family 
portraits  to a  private  apartment,  where

filial  affection  could  make  up  for  the 
lack  of  art.

‘ ‘ Of  course, 

the  Chicago  World’s 
Fair was  the  next  great  art  lesson  to  the 
world,  but  its  effect  was  not  so  marked 
or  so  easily  traced.  The  first  was  a 
revelation.  The  second  was  merely  the 
result  of  the  growth  of  a  beauty-loving 
people  who  had  only  to  have  the  path 
shown  to  them  to  be  willing and anxious 
to  explore  it  for  themselves.  Every ex­
position  has  taught  the  same  lesson, 
its 
every  one  has  had  enlightenment  in 
presence  and  left  progress  in 
its  wake.
‘ ‘ Now,  an  exposition  like  this  simply 
bristles  with  suggestions  which  any 
clever  woman  would  be  sure  to pick up ; 
and  if  I  had  been  the  Governor  or  the 
Legislature,  I'd have  made  it  a  law  that 
every  woman  should  be  compelled  to 
it.  Why,  1  consider 
come  and  visit 
that  gourd  arbor  simply  an  inspiration, 
and  I  am  going  to  have  one  next  sum­
mer  for  an  outdoor  parlor,  where  I  shall 
serve  five  o’clock  tea  and  be the despair 
and  envy  of  the  community.  Think  of 
breakfast  of  a  hot  summer  morning  be­
ing  served  out 
in  a  room  that  is  all 
roofed  and  sided  with  great dusky green 
leaves,  and  with  big  brownish  yellow 
flowers 
little 
green  gourds  hanging  down.  Of course, 
we  have  had  the  gourd,  like  poverty, 
always  with  us,  but  I,  for  one,  never 
realized  its  decorative  possibilities  be­
fore.

starring 

it,  and 

tiny 

‘ ‘ Then  there’s  the  Chattanooga  room. 
To  my  mind,  that’s  the  gem  of  the 
woman's  building,  yet  only  the  sim­
plest  materials  are  used.  You’ve  seen 
it?  The  walls  are  covered  with  an
inexpensive  paper 
in  art  shades  of 
green.  About  four  feet  up  there  is  a 
heavy  molding  of  pine,  the  common 
yellow,  cheap  pine,  stained  with  a  coat 
of  green.  The  picture  molding 
is  a 
narrower  molding  of pine,stained green, 
too,  and  above  that  is  a  frieze,  painted 
by  four  Chattanooga  girls,  who  had  the 
artistic  feeling  to  paint  from  just  the 
thing  they  had  at  hand- great  bunches 
of  purple  rhododendron,  trailing  vines 
of  crimson  trumpet  flowers,  branches  of 
pink  wild  rose  and  masses of golden-rod 
and  coreopsis.  A  big  red  brick  chim­
ney  and  fireplace  sets  out  into  the room, 
and  over  the  mantel  are  suspended  a 
long  squirrel  rifle  and  some 
Indian 
relics.  The  windows  have  sash  curtains 
of-  white  muslin,  and  over  them  short 
straight  curtains  of  dull  green  cotton 
scrim,  woven  in  a  coarse  check.  Un­
der  the  window  there  runs  a long bench, 
with  a  cushion  of  green,  which  makes 
a  capital  window  seat,  and  at the corner 
of  the  fireplace  is  another  bench  with  a 
high  back—an  old  fashioned  settee. 
This 
is  made  of  the  common  yellow 
pine,  stained  green,  as  are  also  all  of 
the  hanging  cabinets,  the bookcase  and 
a  big  table, 
littered  with  magazines 
and  books.

is  exquisitely  beautiful. 

‘ ‘ Any  country  carpenter  could  make 
similar  ones,  and  any  woman  with  a 
box  of  prepared  stain  and  a  paint 
brush  could  stain  them,  and  the  cost 
need  not  be  but  a  few  dollars,  yet  the 
effect 
It  is  a 
room  that  the  poorest  woman  might 
possess,  and  of  which  the  richest  need 
isn’t 
not  be  ashamed. 
repeated  thoroughout  the 
length  and 
breadth  of  the  country,  I  know  my  fel­
low-women  much  less  well  than  I  think 
I  do.

If  that  room 

‘ ‘ Then  did  you  notice  that  couch  in 
the  hall—the  cozy  corner,  made  of  the 
old  hand woven  counterpanes,  in  shades 
of  blue?  I  suppose  there  are  thousands 
of  homes  where similar old counterpanes

are  stuck  down 
in  the  bottom  of  the 
bedding  chest,  and  where  the  women 
read  in  their  weekly  papers  about  cozy 
corners,  and  wish  they  could  afford  one. 
Take  my  word  for 
it,  there  will  be  a 
resurrection  of  the  old  blue  counter­
panes,  and  you  will  find  them  draping 
couches  made  out  of  dry  goods  boxes 
from  Dan  to  Beersheba.  Superfluous 
feather  beds  will  be  cut  up  into  sola 
cushions,and  the  melancholy  and  dreary 
country  parlor  will  become  human  and 
habitable  because  Sally  Ann  went  to 
the  Centennial.

than  walls 

“ Isn’t  there  a  wealth  of  suggestion  to 
any  woman  in  that  brown  room?  Could 
anything  more  like an autumn  dream be 
imagined 
covered  with 
golden  brown  burlap, above  wainscoting 
of  oak,  and  with  yellow 
liberty  silk 
draping  the  doorways  and  windows? 
And  how  exquisite the  effect  of  the  blue 
and  white  porcelain! 
I  don’t  think  l 
ever  realized  the  full  value  of  a  Delft 
plate  until 
I  got  it  against  that  back­

J el Puritano^

Guban Handmade!?!

it  to  get  notes. 

ground,  although  I  have  always  been 
one of  the  extremest  faddists  who  ever 
worshiped  at  the  sign  of  the  windmill.
*'I  mention  these  things  only  to prove 
my  point  that theie  is  no  greater  edu­
cator  than  an  exposition,  and  that  the 
women  go  to 
I  have 
looking  country 
come  across  plain 
women  in  quiet  corners  taking  patterns 
of  crocheted  tidies,  and  girls  studying 
out  new-fangled  sofa  cushions,  and  one 
determined 
lady  had  her hus­
band  long,  with  his  rule,  measuring  an 
inviting  looking  window seat.  They will 
ideas  back  with  them,  and 
take  these 
they  will  flower 
in  more  comfortable 
and  beautiful  surroundings 
in  a  thou­
sand  homes.  That’s  one  of  the  missions 
of  the  exposition,  and,  in  my  opinion, 
it  is  enough  to  justify  it,  now  and  for­
ever.  For  the  woman  who  loves  her 
home,  who 
it 
sweet  and  comfortable  and  beautiful,  is 
the  woman  who 
is  the  good  wife  and 
mother,  and the woman for you and me. ”  

is  ambitious  to  make 

looking 

D o r o t h y   D i x .

€1  Puritano

finest 10c Cigar on earth

Couchas 
Bouquetts 
Perfectos 
Cabinets 1-40 (5^ in.) $70.00

i ’ 20 
I -40 
1-20 

$55.00
$58.00
$60.00

MILTON  KERNS,

M anufacturer,

No.  52  9th  Street, 

Pittsburgh,  Pa.

B.  J .  R EY N O LD S,

Grand  Rapids. 

B A T E riA N   &   FOX,

B a y  C ity.

JOHNSON  &   FO STER , 
Detroit.

Distributers for  Michigan.

Dolls, Toys 
and  Games 
of every description.

Christmas Cards, 
Booklets,
Calendars, 
and  Novelties.

Albums,
Books,
Photo Frames, 
Mcdalions,

Leathe  , Metal, 
and Celluloid 
Fancy Goods.

Perfumery 
of all
Leading  Makers.

Fancy China 
Bric-a-Brac.

Druggists and 
Stationers’
Sundries,
School 
Supplies, 
etc., etc.

N u m i  GOODS

Season  1897-98.

On account of moving to our New Build­
ing  (50 x  125  feet—three  floors  and  base­
ment)  we  are  a  little  late  this  year,  but 
ovr  New  Line,  especially  adapted  to  the

Drug,  Stationery  and  Bazaar  Trades

will  be  on  exhibition  by  Nov.  ioth in our 
New Sample  Room,  (25  x  100  feet),  com­
prising  the  nr st  complete  and  attractive 
assortment of

POPULAR  PRICED 
HOLIDAY  ARTICLES
to be seen  in  Michigan.  Give us a chance 
to  prove this by a personal  visit.  Railroad 
expenses  allowed  up  to  5  per  cent, of your 
purchase  of  Holiday  Goods.  No  cata­
logues.  Correspondence invited.

Our travelers will soon be on their routes 

to solicit your orders as usual.

FRED  BRUNDAGE,

WHOLESALE  DRUGGIST,

32  and  34  Western  Avenue, 

•  Muskegon,  Mich.

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M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Around  the  State
■ Vlove nents  ot  Merchants.

De  W ilt—Homer  Brazee  will  shortly 

open  a  new  grocery  store.

Oak  Grove  E   E.  Pearce  succeeds 

C.  &  E.  Pcar«_e  in  general  trade.

I ustm—W.  J.  Milks,  of  Morley,  b.<a 
purchased  A.  E.  Gaw ley’s meat market.
lust in—bamutl  Mapes  ha s  opened  a 
meat  market,  witn  Orreu  Ide  in  charge 
Gladstone—Liras.  P.  Dolan  has  solo
his  meat  business  to  Herman  Bittner  & 
Co.

Mason---- Herman  Fiazell  succeeds
in  tOc  meat  bust 

lhurou.n 

F razed  & 
ness.

U.sego—Mrs.  Enzabtth  Smith  has 
purchased  the  restaurant  ot  Mrs.  Chas 
W ebster.

Castiovia  Geo.  Cooley  has  embaikei 
in  ttie  harness  bus  ness  in  the  Williams 
building.

Decatur  W illiam   Conway  and  Oir.s 
l.  B  Bag ley  s 

Roberts  have  purchased 
meat  market.

Central  Lake—Dowd  &  Blackman 
have  engaged  in  the  confectionery  auu 
cigar  business.

Olivet  Robt.  We'tz,  of  Charlotte, 
has  purchased  the coi lectionery stock  oi 
Fay  Whitmore.

fshpeming—W.  J.  Olds  succeeds  Mrs. 
M.  E.  Pelton  iu  the  coulectiontry  am. 
notion  business.

Brooklyn—A.  H.  Palmer  has  pur 
chased  the  harness  and  hardware  stock 
ot  E.  W.  Ellis.

Battle  Creek — Reyuolus  &  Ashley, 
grocers  and  crockery  aealers,  have  re­
moved  to  Union  City.

Manton—O. 

J.  Gibson,  of  Grana 
Haven,  will  open  a  Iced  store  htre.  He 
will  also  deal  in  wood.

_Belding — Henry  Shindorf  will  handle 
a  line  of  carriages  in  connection  with 
his  blacksmithiug  business.

Tusiin—W.  1.  Wilkins,  of  Morley, 
has  purchased  the  meat  market  of  1. 
M  (Mrs.  Leon)  Hay barker.

Milan—Gauutlett  &  Hitchcock  suc­
the 

ceed  Blackmer  &  Hitchcock 
grocery  and  crockery  bus'ness.

Coral —H.  B  Lake  has  sold  his  meat 
market  to  N.  Blackburn,  who  will  con­
tinue  tae  business  at  the  old  stand.

in 

Ithaca—F.  P.  Merreli  is  putting  in  a 
branch  stock  of  turnitare  at  Noitb  ¡star 
Cordie  Moore  will  have  charge  of  it.

Stanton—Z.  E.  Briggs  h«s  entered 
into  partnership  with  Chas.  Holland  in 
the  implement  and  produce  business.

Adrian-George  W.  Marvin  &  Co. 
have purchased the stock of “   l he Fair, ”  
on  Noitb  Main  siiett,  and  will  close 
it 
out.

Chase—C.  J.  Bachant  &  Son  have put 
a  stock  of  groceries  in  their  hardware 
store,  making  three  grocery  slocks  in 
Chase.

Bannister—John  Letts  will  shortlv 
embark  in  the  provision  business  in  the 
building  now  being  erected  by  Jake 
We id uer.

Isbpennng—F.  Braastad  &  Co  have 
engaged  an  expert  baker,  who  recently 
arrived  in  tnis  country  from  Denmark. 
His  name  is  James  Hansen.

Coral—It  is  currently  reported that  H. 
M.  Gibbs’  popular  pharmacist,  Henry 
Arbour,  is  about  to  receive  the  appoint­
ment  of  postmaster at  Delton.

Jackson—The  new  building in process 
of  erection  by  W.  A.  Richard  on  Cort­
land  street 
is  fast  approaching  com­
pletion.  The  west  store  will  be  occu­
pied  by  J.  H.  Grant  with  upholstering 
goods  and  the  east  side  by  S.  B.  Met­
er’*  lauudry.

Holland—John  Alberti  has  sold  his 
stock  and  undertaking  business  to  Ed 
ward  Van  den  Berg,  who  will  coniinue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

Port  Huron— Boynton  &  Son  have  en­
gaged 
in  the  crockery,  glassware  and 
bazaar  business  at  206  Huron  street  un­
der  the  style  of  the  Bee  Hive  Bazaar.

Kalamaz  10—The  style  of  the  Torge- 
sou,  Haw kins,  Torgeson  Co.,  wholesale 
conlectioners,  has  been  charged  to  the 
L’orgesou-Hawk ms  Co.,  nut 
iucorpo 
rated.

Oakley—Samuel  Henderson  has  solo 
ms  stock  of  general  merchandise  to  a 
in  Marion.  Mr.  Henderson  has 
man 
<eeu 
in  business  here  the  past  hfieen 
v ears.

Lansing-  Fred  and  Norman  Doughty 
nave  formed  a  copartnership  under  the 
style  ot  Doughty  Bros,  and  opeued  a  tea 
.lid  coffee  store  at  22g  Washington 
avenue,  north.

Isbpeming—William  Malmborg,  of 
Marquette,  is  trying  to  secure  a  desir­
a b le   place  with  a  view  to  opening  a 
oraneb  bakery  here  about  the  first oi 
>he  coming  month.

Pct'iskey—M.  I.  Fryman,  the  Lake 
street  shoemaktr,  has  purchased 
the 
shoe  stock  ot  Van  Every  Bros,  and  re­
moved  to  Howard  street,  where  he  will 
continue  the  business.

Benton  Harbor—Will,  Ray  and  Dud-, 
ley  Wallace  will  embark  in  the  cigar, 
confectionery  and  notion business in  the 
Robinson  block  about  December  1  uu- 
uer  the  style  of  Wallace  Bros.

Ovid—John  High  has  retired 

from 
the  tirm  ot  Cowan  &  High,  proprietors 
of  the  Michigan  Produce  Co. 
The 
ousiness  will  be  continued  by  Charles 
cowan  under  the  same  style.

Ann  Arbor^Klein  &  Theisen,  mer­
chant  tailors,  have  dissolved  partner 
ship,  Mr.  Klein  continuing  the  busi­
ness  at  the  same  location. 
fl|r.  Theisen 
will  embark  in  business  on  his  own  ac­
count.

Allegan—Irving  Franks  has  closed 
out  his  stock  of  crockery,  bazaar  goods 
and  school  supplies,  and  will  devote 
nis  entire  attention  to  the  bicycle  busi 
ness,  being  the  designer  of  the  Irving 
wheel.

Saginaw—Miss 

Ida  Himmelspach, 
who  has  been  employed  for  the  past  tne 
years  at  J.  W.  Ippel's  dry  goods  store, 
tins  resigned  to  accept  a  position  in  a 
dry  goods  house at  Mitideu  City,  where 
her  parents  reside.

Vicksburg—Win.  H.  Barker, 

flour 
feed  dealer,  died  suddenly  of 
and 
apoplexy  at  Rawson  Lake 
recently, 
where  he  had  gone  fishing  with  some 
frieuds.  He  was  an  old  citizen  of  this 
place,  about  60  years  old,  and  a  captain 
in  the  late  war.

Ishpeming—Kahn  &  Skud,  who  have 
conducted  a  clothing  business 
in  the 
vlcEucroe  building  for  several  years 
past,  have 
leased  the  double  stores  in 
the  McKey  block  across  the  street  and 
will  move  over  there  about  the  first  ol 
the  coming  year.

Jackson—E.  A.  Hill,  son  of  B.  C. 
Hill,  of  the  grorery  firm  of  Hill  Broth­
ers,  who  has  been  for  five  years  ship­
ping  clerk  for  the  Jackson  Grocery  Co., 
has  resigned  that  position  and  gone  to 
Calumet,  where  he  expects  to  engage  in 
ousiness  on  his  own  account.

Traverse  City—Max  Weiss  has  re­
signed  his  position  in  the  Boston  store 
and  will  remove  to  Harbor  Springs, 
where  he  will  embark  in  the  dry  goods 
business.  He  has  also  decided  to  em­
bark 
in  matrimony,  the  other  member 
of  the  copartnership  being  Miss  Lottie 
Seigel,  of  Harbor Springs.

Port  Huron—The 

large  brick  block 
built  two  years  ago  by  Swilt  &  Co., 
Chicago,  as  a  supply  depot,at  a  cost  of 
$16,000,  but  which  was  never  occupied 
uurmg  that  time,  was  formally  opened 
Monday, 
lhe  manager  will  be  J.  L. 
Yocum  and  he  will  have  six  assistants.
Owosso—John  Jerome  Davison,  one 
of  Owosso’s  oldest  and  mo-t  respected 
dry  goods  merchants,  closed  his  d. ors 
Nov.  2  under a  chattel  mortgage  given 
to  the  Owosso  savings  Bank,  on  which 
there 
is  about  $6.000  due.  There  are 
second  and  third  chattel  mortgages  ag­
gregating  about  $12,000  given  to  H.  S. 
Hadsall  lor  his  additional  creditors.

Vermontville—S.  S.  Rockwell  has  re­
tired  fiom  tne  general  hrm  ot  Barber, 
Ambrose  &  Rockwell.  For  the  past  Six 
months  or  more  Mr.  Rockwell  has  not 
been  able  to  attend  personally  to  the 
business  of  the  store,and  in  order  to  re­
lieve  his  mind  trom  care  he  concluded 
to  withdraw  lrom 
active  connection 
with  the  firm,  which  will  herealter  be 
known  as  Barber  &  Ambrose.

Adrian—C.  B.  Pennock  has  taken  an 
eight-years’ 
lease  ot  the  store  in  the 
Masonic  Temple  building,  formerly  oc­
cupied  by  W.  C.  McCounell,  and  win 
remove  his  stuck  ol  novelty  goods  t.. 
that  location  as  soon  as  the  place  can 
be made  ready  for  occupancy.  A  double 
vtstibuled  front  will  be  introduced,  and 
improvements  made  throughout  the 
in­
terior.

Potrerville—C.  D.  Colby  &  Co  have 
erected  and  equipped  an  elevator  espe­
cially  adapted  for  the  bean  trade.  They 
employ  about  fifty  hands  and  buy  bay, 
grain,  beans,  clover  seed  and  potatoes. 
The  capacity  of  the  bean  elevator 
is 
i.ooo  bushels  daily.  Mr.  Colby  is  lrom 
Canada,  but after  an  eighth  season  feels 
very  much 
l.ke  coming  to  Potterville 
for  a  permanent  home.

Ishpeming—Lars  Hoyseth,  who  has 
in  the  employ  of  F.  Braastad  & 
been 
Co.  for  the  past  fiiteen  years,  during 
the  latter  ten  of  which  he  has  bad 
charge  of  the  grocery  department,  has 
given  up  his  position  and  is  preparing 
to  engage 
in  the  grocery  business  on 
his  own  account.  He  has  rented  tht 
building  formerly  occupied  by  Ole  De 
void  as  a  meat  market  and  will  open 
up  for  business  as  soon  as  his  goods 
arrive.

Reed  City—Sears  &  Son  met  with 
unexpected  success 
in  the  opening  bf 
their  new  dry  goods  and  clothing  store 
last  Saturday.  The  clerks  were  kept, 
busy  and  several  times  duting  the  day 
the doors  had  to  be  locked  to  cheek  the 
crowd  which  surged  into  the  establish­
ment.  The  sales  aggregated  over  $500.
1 he genial  VVm.  Connor  (Michael  Kolo 
&  Son)  beamed  on  all  who  were 
inter­
ested  in  the  clothing  department,  greet­
ing  callers  with  that  infectious  smile 
wtiich  has  made  him  famous.

Benton  Harbor—Enders  &  Young 
have  closed  a  deal  whereby  they  have 
become  the 
lessees  of  the  rooms  now 
occupied  by  the  New  Yoik  Store,  C. 
W.  Teetzel  and  S.  B.  Van  Horn  in  the 
Jones  &  Sonner  block.  They  will  oc­
cupy  the  building  about  March  1  with 
an  up  to-date  department  store.  The 
building  will  be remodeled and arranged 
especially  for  their  occupancy. 
The 
Globe  clothing  store  will  be closed  Jan.
1  and  this  stock  will  be  combined  with 
the  new  stock  to  be  put  in  the  depart­
ment  store.  The  firm  will  continue  the 
Central  clothing  store  in  the  Hotel  Ben­
ton  block. 
In  the  department  store  they 
will  put  in  lines  of  clothing,  ladies’ and 
men’s  furnishings,  dry  goods,  boots, 
shoes and  carpets, and may  include  gro­

ceries  and  furniture  as  well  if  they  suc­
ceed 
in  securing  other  rooms  in  the 
block  for  which  they  are  negotiating.

The  Produce  M arket.

Apples—Northern ^pys  are  about  the 
only  variety  ot  winter  Iruit  in  market, 
The 
commanding  $2(^2  25  per  bbl. 
stock  is  not  strictly  No.  1,  but 
is  fair 
iu  quality.
Butter—Separator  creamery  has  ad­
vanced  to  24c,  with  indications  of  still 
higher  prices  in  prosptet.  Dairy  grades 
are  so  scarce  as  to  be  practically  out 
ot  market,  all  arrivals  being  promptly 
taken  011  the  basis  of  abunt  20c  tor 
fancy.

Cahbage—$5  per  100.
Carrots -  50c  per  bu.
Cauliflower—75c  per  doz.
Uelcry—I2@i5c  per  bunch.
Cranberries—choice  Cape  Cods  com­
mand  $6.75.  Fancy  Wiscousins  are  held 
at  $7.50.
E g g s - L o c a l   d e a le r s   p a y   r 4)4 c ,  c a s e  
c o u n t,  h o ld in g   a t   15c ,  c a s e   c o u n t,  o r  16c 
to r  fa n c y   c a n d le d .

Grapes—New  York  Concords  com­

mand  12c  for  8  lb.  baskets.

Honey— lhe  market 

is  steady,  with 
uuue  too  much  stock  on  the  market. 
is  held  at  11c   and  dark 
White  clover 
ouckwheat  at  10c.
Lettuce—Hot  house  goods  fetch  15c 

per  lb.

Onions—White  Globe  command  60c 
and  Red  50c.  Spanish,  $1.75  per  crate.
Oranges—The  market  as  yet  is  sup­
plied  only  with  Mexicans,  and  these 
lower  figures  than  ruled 
are  selling  at 
last  week.  The  quality  of 
later  arriv­
als  is  better,  and  this  helps  the  demand 
very  considerably.

is  giving 

Bananas—The  short  supply  of  other 
fruit 
the  banana  market 
strength.  The  quotations  this  week  are 
still  unchanged  and  prices  compara­
tively  high.
Pears—Keefers  command  $3  per  bbl.
Potatoes—Contrary 
to  expectations, 
the  market  is  weaker,  due  in  large  part 
to  the  enormous  shipments  which  are 
oemg  crowded  forward 
in  advance  of 
winter  weather.  The  Pittsburg  market 
is  so  glutted  with  stock  that  the  Penn­
sylvania  system  is  declining  to  accept 
any  more  shipments  to  that point  unless 
the  transportation  charges  are  guaran­
teed.  St.  Louis  reports  the  market  at 
that  point  as  follows:  “ Values  here  are 
low,  considering  the  tune  of 
relatively 
yar,  the  fact  that  stocks 
in  store are 
lather  light,  that  the  weather  has  been 
favorable 
lor  handling  potatoes,  and 
that  all  other  large  markets  are  com­
paratively  higher  tnan  this. 
It  can  be 
accounted  lur  only  by  the  prevalence  of 
yellow  fever  quarantine  regulations  in 
the  South  which  has  cut  off  our  ship­
ping  trade  in  that  direction.”   Locally, 
growers  are  getting  4o@45c  on  the  mar­
ket,  jobbers  holding  at  50c.

Quinces—lh e   markets  is  quiet,  job­
bers  holding  their  stocks  at  75c  per bu., 
with  few  takers.

Squash—$18  per  ton  for  Hubbard.
Sweet  Potatoes—Genuine Jerseys com­
mand  $3.25,  while  Virginias  and  Illi­
nois  are  tield  at  $2^2.25.

The  pure  food  laws  certainly  served 
a  useful  purpose  at  Clare last week when 
the  merchants  of  that  place  were  able 
to  hold  the  laws  over  the  head  of  an 
ir­
responsible 
interloper  and  induce  him 
10  return  a  carload  of  goods  to  Detroit, 
on  penalty  of  pro  ecution  for  non-com­
pliance.  The  Tradesman  heartily com­
mends  the  action  of  the  Clare  mer­
chants,  believing  they  are  entitled  to 
great  credit  for  the  promptness  with 
which.they  met  a  crisis  and  came  out 
victorious.  In  case  merchants  elsewhere 
in  the  State  have  had  any  experience 
with  the  Detroit  gentlemen  who  do 
business  under  the  alias  of  the  Detroit 
Supply  Co.,  the  Tradesman  would  be 
pleased  to  learn  the  particulars  incident 
to  the  visitation.

People  who 

leave  money  when  they 
die  leave  temptations  and  troubles  -for 
claimants  and  work  for lawyers.

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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Grand  Rapids  Gossip
J.  Cawley  has  opened  a  grocery 
C. 
store  at  Evans.  The  Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

K.  Dykema  &  Son  succeed  M.  Dyk- 
in  the  flour,  feed  and  lime  busi­

ema 
ness  at  12  North  Tefferson  street.

Herman  Aalderink  will  shortly  open 
a  grocery  store  at  West  Olive.  The 
Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company  has  the or­
der  for  the  stock.

F.  E.  Prestel,  general  dealer  at  Sher­
idan,  has  opened  a  branch  grocery  store 
at  McBrides.  The  Ball-Barnbart-Put- 
man  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Arthur  O.  Henny  and  Wm.  T.  Burns 
have  formed  a  copartnership  under  the 
style  of  the  Western  Shirt  Co.  and  em­
barked 
in  the  manufacture  of  custom 
made  shirts  at  93  Campau  street.

David  Wright,  manufacturing  con­
fectioner at  Grand  Haven  for  a  number 
of  years,  is  opening  a  similar establish­
ment  at  89  Monroe  street,  which  he  will 
conduct 
in  connection  with  the  Grand 
Haven  business.

The  headquarters  of  the  Michigan 
Wholesale  Grocers’  Association  have 
been  transferred  from  Detroit  to  this 
ci tv, Secretary Sanger  having  been  com­
fortably  installed  in  pleasant  offices  in 
the  new  Clark  building.

James  A.  Hunt  has  purchased  the 
holding  of  Geo.  W.  Hewes  in  the  Grand 
Rapids  Stave  Co.,  represented  by  a 
third  of  the  total  capital  stock  of 
$25,000,  and  succeeds  to  the  position 
of  Pres  dent 
formerly  held  by  Mr. 
Hewes.  Mr.  Hunt  also  fills  the  position 
of  Treasurer,  the  offices  of  Vice  Presi­
dent  and  Secretary  devolving  upon  Ed. 
Whittemore.  Mr.  Hunt  is  an  aggressive 
and  progressive  business  man  and 
thoroughly  deserves  the  success  he  is 
achieving.

The  Clark  Rutka-Jewell  Co.  has  been 
organized  with  a  capital  stock of $25,000 
to  engage 
in  the  wholesale  hardware 
in  the  new  Clark  building  on 
business 
South  Ionia  street. 
The  corporation 
will  be  managed  by  a  board  of  four  di 
rectors,  three  of  whom  are  M.  J.  Clark, 
John  J.  Rutka  and  Frank  Jewell,  the 
officers  being  as  follows:  President, 
M. 
John  J. 
Rutka;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Frank 
Jewell.  The  nominal  capital  stock  of 
the  corporation  will  not  represent  the 
actual  capital  of  the 
institution,  which 
will  have  the  benefit  of  M.  J.  Clark’s 
business 
financial 
strength.

J.  Clark ;  Vice  President, 

experience 

and 

Grand  Rapids  Retail  G rocers’  Asso­

ciation.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  at  Retail  Grocers’  Hall  Tuesday 
evening,  Nov.  2,  President  Dyk  pre­
sided.
The  matter  of  granting  a  franchise 
to  some  cigar  manufacturer  to  use  the 
name of  the  Association  on  a  cigar label 
was  referred  to  a  committee  composed 
of  Julius  J.  Wagner,  B.  S.  Harris  and 
J.  S.  Valentine,  to  report  at  the  next 
meeting.
The  Secretary  reported  that  Messrs. 
O.  A.  Ball.  S.  M.  Lemon  and  A.  S. 
Musselman  had  all  been  invited  to  he 
present  at  this  meeting,  but  all  had 
been  unavoidably  detained.

Julius  J.  Wagner  commended  the  plan 
of  having  the  jobbers  come  before  the 
meeting  and  suggested  that  arrange­
ments  be  made  to  have  them  come  one 
at  a  time.  The  suggestion  appeared  to 
meet the approval of the  members  and

the  Secretary  announced  his  inclination 
to  fall  in  line  therewith.
J.  Geo.  Lehman  suggested  that  the 
grocers  adopt  the  early  closing  schedule 
a  month 
in  advance  of  last  year  and 
close  their  stores  at  6:30  p.  m.  five 
nights  a  week 
from  Nov.  8  to  May  1. 
The  motion  was  adopted  and  the  Sec­
retary  was 
instructed  to  issue  cards  to 
the  trade  announcing  the  action  of  the 
Association.
L.  John  Witters  presented  the  follow­
ing  resolutions,  which  were  unanimous­
ly  adopted:

in  the 

Resolved,  That  the heartfelt sympathy 
of  the  Association  be 
tendered  our 
worthy  member,  Henry  J.  Vinkemulder, 
in  the  bereavement  he  has  sustained 
in 
the  death  of  his  infant  daughter.

Resolved,  That  the  sympathy  of  the 
Association  be  tendered  the  family  of 
loss  they 
the  late  A.  J.  Elliott 
have  sustained 
in  the  death  of  tbtir 
husband  and  father.
The  carnival  question  then  came  up 
for  discussion,  it  being  the opinion  of 
every  member  present  but  one  that  the 
carnival  had  caused  great 
loss  to  the 
grocery  trade  and  a  greater  loss  in  de­
bauching  the  morals  of  the  city.  Each 
member  expressed  himself  freely  and 
fully  to  the  same  effect,  when  the  fol­
lowing  resolution,  offered  by  J.  Geo. 
Lehman,  was  adopted  with  but  one  dis­
senting  vote:

Whereas,  we  have  had  an  opportunity 
of  participating 
in  a  carnival  and  are 
now  able  to  judge  of  the advantages and 
disadvantages 
an 
event;  and

incident 

such 

Whereas,  we  believe  that  the  disad­
vantages  outnumber  the  advantages  and 
that  the  losses  exceed  the  gains;  there­
fore

Resolved,  That  we  herewith  place 
ourselves  on  record  as  opposed  to  a 
repetition  of  the  carnival  along the lines 
of  this  year's  event  and  that  we  use our 
best  endeavors  to  discourage  any  move­
ment  in  that  direction.

There  being  no  further  business,  the 

to 

meeting  adjourned.

Flour  and  Feed.

It 

Active  and  higher  wheat  markets  last 
week  came  as  an  unwelcome  surprise 
to  many  flour  buyers  who  have  been 
waiting  to  purchase  on  an  expected  de­
cline.  On  the  other  hand,  there  are 
those  who  believe  in  wheat  and  flour  at 
present  and  prospectively  better  values, 
so  that  the  volume  of  trade  has  been 
well  up  to  the  average  and  millers,  the 
country  over,  have  been  booking  a  sat­
isfactory  volume  of  business,  excepting 
those  who  have  been  affected  by  the 
quarantine  against  yellow  fever 
in  the 
is  certainly  a  most  hopeful 
South. 
and  helpful  condition  when  the  actual 
demand  is  such  for  breadtsuffs  that  the 
professional  price  wrecker  gets  beaten 
at  his  own  game.  His  effort  to  depress 
prices  can  only  be  temporary  and,  in 
the  end,  will  serve  to  enhance  values. 
Exports  of  wheat  and  flour of  the  past 
thirteen  weeks  have  been  equal  to  over 
70,000,000  bushels,  an  amount  unprec­
edented  for  this  season  of  the  year  in 
the  history  of  our  export  trade  The 
strong  European  demand 
is  likely  to 
continue  for  some  weeks  to  come,  as 
it 
must 
look  to  America  this  year  for  the 
major  part  of  all  its  needs.  The  trend 
of  prices  will,  therefore,  probably  be 
upward,  and  we  have  every  reason  to 
expect  that  present  values,  at  least,  will 
be  well  sustained.

Millstuffs  are  in  good  demand  at  fair 
Feed  and  meal  are  nominally 

prices 
unchanged  for  the  week.

Wm.  N.  R owe.

Jacob  Liebler,  the  Caledonia  general 
dealer,  will  celebrate  the 
twenty-fifth 
anniversary  of  his  establishment  as  a 
merchant, Nov.  11.  Mr.  Liebler original 
ly  handled  groceries  only,  but  subse­
quently  added  lines  of  cjry  goods,  shoes, 
crockery a*d  glassware.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—All  grades  from  No.  j  to  16, 
inclusive,  were  marked  down  a  six­
pence  this  morning.  The  European 
market  is  at  present  at  the  lowest  point 
on  record,  and  is  decidedly  weak.  The 
domestic  raw  market  is  very  uncertain, 
in  view  of  the 
If 
buyers  appeared,  however,  they  could 
secure  substantial  concessions. 
The 
consumptive  demand 
for  sugar  has 
fallen  off,  but  is  fully  up  to  the  nornal
point  for this  season.

lack  of  demand. 

Toffee—The  demand  for coffee  is  very 
good.  The  low  pr.ces  are  conducive  to 
large  consumption.  The  demand  for 
package  goods  is  very  large.

Tea—The  fact  that 

the  wholesale 
in  the 
trade  all  over  the  country 
midst  of  canned  goods  deliveries  has  a 
tendency  to  create  a  temporary  dulness 
in  the  market.  Stocks  are  light  in  sev­
eral  sections,  however,  and  the  coming 
months  ought  to  witness  a  good  trade. 
No  immediate  changes  in  price  are  ex­
pected.

is 

is  very 

Canned  Goods—There 

little 
enquiry  for  tomatoes,  which  rule  at  all 
sorts  of  prices,  on  account  of  the  vary­
ing  qualities.  Taken  as  a  whole,  the 
market  is  slightly  weaker.  Corn  is  very 
dull,  and  with  very  little  doing.  The 
market 
is  easier  to  the  extent  of  about 
2J4c  per  dozen.  Peas  are  quiet  and 
rule  at  unchanged  prices.  Peaches  are 
not  very  much  in  evidence,  and  there 
is  no  change  in  price.

Dried  Fruits  -Evaporated  apples  are 
as  scarce  and  high  as  they  have  been. 
Prunes,  except  larger  sizes,  are  promis­
ing  to  be  plentiful  enough  for  the  sea­
son's  demand  without  any  very  high 
prices  ruline.  Peaches  are  good  prop­
erty  at  present  prices.  There  are  few 
foreign  dried  fruits  in  the  market,  and 
little  interest  is  shown  in  them.  Some 
\erv  fancy  rai-ins  have  arrived. 
In 
California  raisins  the  interest  is  prin­
cipally 
in  4-crown,  which  are  scarce 
and  promise  an  advance.

Syrup  and  Molasses—The  syrup of the 
Glucose,  Trust 
is  still  a  factor  in  the 
situation,  so  far as  price  is  concerned, 
hut  very  little  is  selling.  No 
immedi­
ate  change 
is  expected.  The  demand 
for  mixed  goods  is  at  present  very  fair, 
it  should  he  at  this 
although  not  what 
I sear on.  There 
is  no  demand  for  sugar 
syrup,  which  rules  at  unchanged prices. 
The  demand  for  molasses  is  fair,  and 
the  price  is  unchanged.

in 

is  giving  room 

Fish—The  shortage  of  mackerel  of 
American  catch 
for 
more  of  the  Irish  fish,  which  is  coming 
in 
larger  propoitions  than  usual. 
But  the  Irish  catch,  as  well  as  the  Nor­
way  catch,  has  been 
light,  the  former 
being  almost  as  complete  a  failure  as 
the  American  catch.  Prices  are  high, 
and  holders  are  very  firm  in  their  views 
as  to  the  future  of  the  market.  But  the 
advanced  prices  and  the  depression 
in 
business  have  cut  the demand down very 
materially,  so  that  the  movement 
in 
mackerel  is  very  limited  at  the  present.
Provisions—There  has  been  consid 
erabie  speculative  demand  among  deal­
ers  for  future  supplies,  and  this  has 
not  only  maintained  a  steady  spot  mar­
ket,  but  has  also  advanced  prices  on 
is  about  the  only 
futures  Dried  beef 
line  which  has  declined  during 
the 
week,  and  the  rest  of  the  provision 
list 
has  been  steady to  firm.  The  consump­
tion  of smoked  meats  is  very  fair for the 
season,  and  this 
is  due  to  the  excep­
tionally  low  prices.

The  Grain  M arket.

The  wheat  market  during  the  past 
week  has  been  very  strong,  with  an  up­
ward tendency,  and  the exports were as

large  as  ever.  Still  the  deliveries  seem 
to  keep  pace  and  exceed  the shipments. 
The  professionals  counted  on  a  moder­
ate  increase  in the  visible  of  about 500,- 
000  bushels,  but  ail  were 
surprised 
when  the  reports  came 
in,  as  they 
showed  an  increase  of  2,340,000 bushels, 
and  when 
it  was  found  that  there  had 
been  400  more  cars  reported  than  dur­
ing  the  same  day  last  year,  it  caused  a 
slump  of  about  2c  per  bushel  on  both 
cash  and  futures.  The  rains  in  the  win­
ter  wheat  belt  also  bad  a  weakening 
effect  on  the  market.

Farmers  seem  to  be  fair  sellers  at 
present  prices  and  many  of  them  have 
for  dollar  wheat. 
decided  not  to  wait 
The  growing  crop 
is  not  making  as 
much  headway  as  it  should,  but  if  we 
are  favored  with  good  weather  there 
is 
plenty  of  time  to  make  a  showing  yet.
in 
coarse  grains.  Business  was  very  slack, 
as  prices  were  so  very  low  that  specu­
lation  almost  ceased.  The  receipts  dur­
ing  the  w eek  were :  60  cars  of  wheat,  1 
car  of  corn  and  3  cars  of  oats—rather  a 
small  amount  of  corn  and  oats.

There  was  virtually  no  change 

Local millers are paying 90c for wheat.

C.  G.  A. Voigt.

Hides,  Pelis  and  Wool.

The  fall  take-off  of  hides  in  Michigan 
does  not  materialize  to  any  great extent. 
The  farmer  kill,  as  in  former  years, 
does  not  appear  here  or  in  the  country 
towns.  Collections  are  small  and  even 
those  are  eagerly  sought  for.  Prices  are 
kept  to  the  extremely  high  point,  where 
tanners  claim  there  is  no  profit 
in  tan­
nage.

Sheep  pelts  are  also  scarce,  but 
prices are contiolled  by  the wool  market, 
which  is quiet,  but  firm  in  price.  Some 
inferior  lots  of  wool  have  been  pressed 
on"the  market  and  showed  a  weakness, 
while  the  more  desirahle 
lots  have 
shown  a  slight  advance,  especially so  in 
lines  of  new,  bringing  them  nearer  the 
importing  point.  The  goods  market 
did  not  respond  to  the  advance  in  wool, 
and  manufacturers  buy  only  as  their 
needs  require  to  fill  oroers  hooked  and 
hook  no  new  orders,  only  as  price  is 
commensurate  with  cc st  of  wool.  A 
renewed  trade  will  soon  exhaust  the 
visible  supply  and  no  new  supply  is  in 
sight.  Prices  on  this  side  are  two  to 
three  cents  below  the  importing  point, 
with  demand  good  abroad.

Wm.  T.  Hess

M urder  Will  Out.

The  Cedar Springs Clipper reproduces 
from  the  Tradesman  the article  relating 
to  Frank  Jewell's  celebration  of  the 
twenty  first  anniversary  of  his  entrance 
upon  a  business  career  in Grand  Rapids 
and  adds:

Frank  Jewell  was  horn  three  miles 
west of  Cedar  Springs  in  the  first  frame 
house  built 
in  Solon  township,  and 
twenty-seven  years  ago  “ pushed'’  the 
roller  on  a  hand  press  in  the  Clipper 
office—our  first  devil.  The  next  grand 
act  was  when  he  married  one  of  our 
most  estimable  young  ladies,  Miss  Jen­
n ie   Osterhout.

Geo.  Arnott,  Vice-President  and  Sec­
retary  of  the  Matthews-Arnott  Co.,  at 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was 
in  town  for  a 
few  days 
last  week,  calling  on  fi rmer 
friends  and  acquaintances.  Mr.  Arnott 
will  be  remembered  as  the  manager  of 
the  now  defunct Priestly Express Wagon 
and  Sleigh  Co.,  previous  to  which  he 
was  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  on 
West  Bridge  street  under  the  style  of 
Arnott  &  Arnoit.

Phone  Visner  for  Gillies  N.  Y.  teas, 

all  kinds,  grades  and  prices.

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M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

Tw o  M ethods  of  Reforming  the  P res­

ent  Credit  System .

S troller In G rocery  W orld.

The  average  retail  grocer  has  no  idea 
bow  much  time  the 
jobber  spends  in 
pondering  over  the question  of retailers’ 
credits.  The  retailer  has  an  idea  that 
he  has  all  the  worrying  over  poor-pay­
ing  customers,  delayed  credits,  etc. 
H e's  away  off.  Divide  the average job­
bing  business  by  the  average 
retail 
business,  and  you’ll  have  the  extent  to 
which  the  jobber’s  worry  and  his  cause 
to  worry  exceed  the  retailer’s.

The 

Almost  every  jobber  has  some  scheme 
to  improve  the  conditions  of  credit,  but 
very  few  of  these  schemes  are  put 
into 
practical  operation,  because  they  are 
too  radical,  and  when  the  time  comes  to 
make  the  change—to  take  the  plunge— 
the  jobber  shivers  and  draws  back.

A  wholesale  grocery  friend  of  mine 
unfolded  a  scheme  to  me  the  other  day 
It  is 
which  has  some  new  points  in  it. 
only  a  scheme,  though;  he’ll  never 
in 
the  world  put  it 
into  operation.  Still, 
because  it’s a  contribution  to  the  litera­
ture  of  the  credit  problem,  I ’m  going  to 
give  you  the  main  details.
jobber  who  is  the  father  of  this 
idea  does  a  cash  business  exclusively, 
and  he  doesn't  find  it  easy.  He  wants 
his  money  when  the  retailer  gets  the 
gonds—not 
in  ten  days,  or  in  one  day, 
but  right  away.  He  has  found  it  mighty 
hard  to  do  this,  and  he  believes  the con­
dition  which  he  has  run  up  against  is 
the  principal  obstacle  to  the  successful 
cash  business.  If  he  sends  goods  by  ex­
press,  he can  empower  the  express  com­
pany  to  collect  the  full  amount  of  the 
bill,  as  well  as  their own  charges.  But 
groceries  aren’t  sent  by  express,  but  by 
freight,  and  the  charter  of  the  freight 
carrying  railroads  prohibits  them  from 
collecting  anything  but  their  own carry­
ing  charges.

The  scheme  of  my  friend,  the  jobber, 
is  for  the  railroads  to  be  authorized  by 
law  to  collect  for  goods  carried,  pre 
cisely  as  the  express  companies  collect 
—c.  o.  d.  The  retail  grocer,  when  the 
railroad  delivers  him  goods  which  have 
come by  freight,  would  have  to  pay  for 
the  goods  and  for the  carrying  of  them 
before  he  could  get  them  This  would 
give  the  jobber  the  same  service  as 
if 
he  had  a  collector  on  the  spot,  when  the 
goods  arrived,  to  accompany  the freight 
wagon  to  the  retailer’s  store,  with  the 
added  authority  to  withhold  the  goods 
until  they  were  paid  for.  My  friend 
thinks  that  after  the  law  is  changed  to 
allow  this,  any  wholesale  grocer  on 
earth  can  do  a  cash  business,  and  do 
it  easily.

That’s  one  suggestion  he  makes.  An­
other one  is  rather  more  startling. 
It 
comprehends  the  making  of  retailers 
factors  on  everything.  Don’t  sell  ’em 
anything  outright.  Make 
’em  agents 
for  the  jobbers  on  everything  they  buy, 
the  ownership  of  all  goods  to  remain  in 
the  jobber  until  they  are  sold,  when  the 
retailer  would  simplv  remit  for  them. 
Every  thirty  davs,  sav, 
if  the  goods 
haven't  been  sold  yet,  the  jobber  will 
swoop  down  on  the  store  and  confiscate 
everything  unsold,  which  he  would  have 
a  perfect  right  to  do  under  the  circum­
stances.
I  believe  the  first  idea,  for  the  rail­
roads  to  act  as  collectors,  would  be a 
mighty  good  thing,  from  the  jobbers’ 
standpoint.  I  don’t  suppose  the  retailer 
would  get  very  enthusiastic  over 
it. 
but  when  the  freight deliverer presented 
himself  before  the  door  of  lohn  Smith, 
grocer,  with  a  drayload  of  goods,  and 
presented  the  bill  for  them,  and  the  re­
tailer  knew  that  he  either  paid  or 
didn’t  get  the  stuff,  I  believe  lots  and 
lots  of  them  would  pay.  Some  would, 
anyway. 
railroads  would,  of 
course,  expect  to  charge  a  slight  com­
mission  for the  service.

The  idea  of  making  retailers  factors, 
though,  I  believe  is  absurd.  Think  of 
the  latitude  it  would  give  a  retailer who 
didn’t  know  how  to  buy. 
If  he  found 
that his  ambition  had  been  too  big  for 
his  pocketbook  and  his  business,  he 
could  simply  report  the  goods  as  un­
sold  and  ship  them  back.  The  scheme 
would  be  a  great  thing  for  the  retailer, 
there’s  no  doubt  about  that,  for  it  would 
absolve  him  from  all  breaks  in  buying,

The 

it  has,  but 

and  entirely  prevent  him 
from  over­
buying  on  anything.  Suppose  he  re­
solved  to  speculate  a  little,  and  early 
last  spring  bought  a  big  block  of  future 
."uppose  the  market  hadn’t 
tomatoes, 
stiffened  as 
instead,  had 
gone  down.  The  retailer,  we’ll  say, 
found  himself  loaded  to  the  neck  with 
tomatoes  whose  value  had  shrunk  sev­
eral  cents  per  dozen.  What  a  splendidly 
convenient  thing  for  him,  at  the  end 
of  thirty  days after  ihese were delivered, 
to  ship  three-quarters  of  them  back  to 
the  jobber!  Convenient,  why  it  would 
he  magnificent—for  the  retailer.  But 
we’re  supposed  to  be  discussing  this 
scheme  from  the  standpoint  of  the 
job­
ber.  because  a  jobber  started  it.

Why,  you  can't 

imagine  the  awful 
effect  which  such  a  wild  scheme  as  this 
would  have  on  the  general 
grocery 
trade. 
It  wouldn't  take  any  sagacity  to 
start  in  the  grocery  husiness  any  more, 
because  a  man  would  know  that  he  was 
protected  against  even  the  worst  breaks 
in  buying.  He  couldn't  go  wrong,  be­
cause 
indiscreet  the  factor 
plan  stood  behind  him  to  help  him  out.
The  Contagiousness of Good  Example. 
From th e Dry Goods Chronicle.

if  he  was 

If,  on  the  contrary,  he  is  watchful 

The  head  of  the  house  should,  ordi­
narily,  be  the  most  industrious  man 
in 
it;  according  as  he  cuts  out  the  lead 
so  the  others  will  follow 
If  he  is  care­
less  of  his  own  affairs,  what can  he  ex­
pect  from  those  who  look  up  to  him  but 
carelessness?
in 
governing  his  help  and  careful 
in  set­
ting  them  a  proper  example,  he  will  not 
only  get  better  service,  but  be  in  a  po­
sition  to  consistently  exact  it.
The  man  who  can  say,  “ I  only  ask 
from  my  clerks  the  same  effort  I  exact 
from  m yself.”   has  reason  on  his  side. 
No  man  will  object  to  hustle  for  an  em­
ployer  who  shows  himself  a  hustler. 
He 
is  less  likely  to  shirk  when  he  sees 
his  employer  willingly  shouldering  his 
chare.  Good  example 
is  contagious. 
Men  will  follow  their  leader-  let  him 
lead  them  where  he  will.

in 

Any  thoroughgoing  merchant  knows 
what  is  going  on  around  the  store,  and 
is  never  backward 
investigating 
affairs  that  concern  him  and  in learning 
anything  he  ought  to  know.

He  makes  his  authority  felt,  yet  is 
never  tyrannical,  keeps  men  always  in 
their  place  without  friction,  and  seldom 
has  occasion  to  speak  twice.  He  is  the 
head  of  his  establishment,  master  in  his 
own  house and  will  tolerate  no  division 
of  honors.

Respect  alwavs  follows  authority  well 
administered,  and  respect  for  authority 
is  the  very  fountain  head  of  good  store 
service.
Men  mav  serve  from  love,  but  if  they 
do,  it  is  from  self-love,  seldom  for  love 
of  another  or  his  interests  in  preference 
to their  own.

We  would  be  disposed  to  doubt  the 
candor  of  any  man  who  said  he  served 
another  s 
interests  in  preference  to  his 
own,  or  who  pretended  to  see  his  duty 
in  such  an  exaggerated  sense  that  he 
would  sacrifice  himself  for  his  employ­
er.  An  employer  would  be  a  fool  to 
expect 
it.  Dogs  will  return  a  caress 
for a  kick.  Men  don't  do  business  that 
wav.
Men  mav,  however,  he  driven  without 
feeling  the  whip,  curbed  without  mind­
ing  the  reins.  One  can  exercise  author­
ity  without  a  too  apparent  effort  at  en­
forcing 
it,  simply  because  authority  is 
dignified,  wise  and  worthy  of  regard, 
and  men  involuntarily  respect  it.
is  as  -plain  as  two  and  two  make 
is.  in  fact,  the  simplest  prop­
If  you  want  good 

four;  it 
osition  we  know  of. 
service,  deserve  it.

It 

It  doesn’t  require  much  genius  to  find 
in  a  dog’s  tail, 

fault  with  the  crooks 
but  to  straighten  them  out does.

II

Wise  men  make  the  mistakes,  and 
fools  the  blunders,  and  this  is  about  all 
the  difference  between  them.

A  straight 

line 

is  the  shortest, 

morals  as  well  as  in  mathematics.

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It  is 

less  painful  to  learn  in  youth

than  it  is to bo  ignorant  in  age.

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upon  us  without  fail.  We  have  something  worth  your  visit.  We 
want to show you  the  splendid  improvements  we  have  made  in  our 
r»  Wholesale Store, corner Spring and  Fulton streets;  improvements by 
W}  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 

jgjl  our goods at lower prices than  ever  before. 
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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 

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Dolls of every sort,
Cups and saucers,
Plate sets,
Bread and milk sets,
Children’s mugs,
Shaving mugs,
Cream pitchers,
Sugars and  creams,
Four piece sets,
Tea sets,
Tete-a-tete sets,
Berry sets.
Salad  howls,
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, 

dishes,

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

Soldiers,
Tin toys,
Imported toys of every sort,
Tool chests,
Black boards,
Toy 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,
ioc,  25c,  50c, Skates,
Tablets,
Box  paper,
Pencils,
Slates,
Silverware (hollow),
Rogers Bros.  1S47 silver,
Clocks, lamps, etc., etc.

Toilet cases,
Manicure cases,
Glove boxes,
Handkerchief boxes,
Necktie  cases,
Smoker cases,
Shaving sets,
Collar and cuff sets,
Photo boxes.
Wall pockets,
Scrap albums,
Picture books,
Reading  books,
Bibles,
Board covered juveniles,
Calendars,
Games—5c, 

$1.00 to $3.00 each,

Puzzles,
Blocks,
Checkers,
Dominoes,

Playing cards,

jelly  and  almond Chess,

We  also  publish  the  following  separate  Catalogues.  Write  for  any 

needed,  if  you  have  not already received them:

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p f l   No.  128.  C hildren’s   C arriag-s,
WM  No.  1 3 1 .  G lassw are C italo g u e ,
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No.  132  G rocers’ S undries and B azaar C atalogue,
No.  134 .  C rockery and China C atalogue,
No.  135.  Lam p C ata o eue.
No.  13 7 .  G enera! C atalogue, co n sist  ng of Nos.  1 3 1 .  13 2 ,  134 am .  13 5 ,
No.  136.  Holiday C atal  gue,  1897:  C atalogue of  S leighs  and  D esks;  C atalogue 

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of R efrigerators-

REHEHBER * We are  manufacturers  and  manufacturers’ 
agents.  Our  terms  and  prices  are  equal, 
and  in  very many items below those of  any  other  firm  in  the  United 
States.  You can make personal selections and  Save  Money.

R. Leonard $ $on$

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7

RETURNED  TO   DETROIT.

C lare  Grocerymen  Too  Many  for  an 

Irresponsible  Interloper.

farmers, 

Clare,  Oct.  30—On  or about  Sept.  30, 
agents  from  Detroit,  representing  B.  b. 
Summers,  canvassed  this  part  of  the 
country  among  the 
selling 
them  groceries,  telling  the  farmers  they 
could  save  30  per  cent,  on  their  pur­
chases,  compared  with  the  prices  they 
were  paying  local  merchants;  also  as­
serting  that  Clare  merchants  were  buy­
ing  cheap  goods  and  charging  the farm­
ers  exorbitant  prices  for  same.  By  so 
doing  they  secured  a  great  many  orders 
and  came  to  Clare  with  nearly  a  car­
load  of  groceries,  to  te  delivered  from 
the  depot  to  farmers  on  Thursday  of 
this  week.  As  soon  as  Mr.  Tatman, 
Treasurer  of  the  Michigan  Retail  Gro­
cers’  Association,  found  the goods  were 
being  distributed,  no  time  was  lost  in 
notifying  all  the grocerymen  of  the  city 
and  calling  a  meeting  at  the  depot  at 
once  to 
inspect  the  goods  and  keep 
track  of  those  who  were receiving them, 
for  future  reference.  Upon  examination 
of  the  goods,  however,  and  on  the  ad­
vice  of  one  of  our attorneys,  the  gro­
cerymen  notified  the  gentlemen  who ac­
companied  the goods  to  pack  ihem  and 
return  same  to  Detroit  at  once,  or  we 
would  arrest  them  under  the  provisions 
of  the  State  food  laws.  The  goods  were 
thereupon  packed  and  returned  to  De­
troit  at  once,  excepting  two  or  three 
orders  which  were  delivered  before  we 
reached  a  conclusion 
in  the  matter. 
Most  all  of  the  farmers  were  very  in­
dignant  when  the  local  dealers  showed 
them  bow  they  had  been  charged  almost 
double  the  amount  on  most  of  their  or­
ders  that  they  would  have  to  pay  to 
their  home  merchants,  most  of  our 
merchants  offering  to  fill  any  or  all  of 
the orders  at  25  to  30 per  cent,  less  than 
the  farmers  had  agreed  to  pay  on  the 
entire  orders.  All  the  spices and  coffee 
were  ground  goods  and  seemed  to be the 
biggest  part  of  the  orders.  They  were 
all  put  up  in  three  and  five  pound cans, 
marked  Pure  Ginger,  Pure  Pepper, 
Pure  Cloves,  etc.,  with no  other reading 
on  the  packages,  the  representative  ac­
companying  the  goods  claiming  they 
were  put  up  by  James  Bros.,  of  New 
York.

We  secured  samples  of  most  of  the 
spices  and  coffee  and  sent  them  to  the 
Food  Commissioner  for  his  inspection. 
The  syrups  were  put  up  in  plain  kegs, 
not  marked,  which  our attorney  claimed 
to  be  a  direct  violation  of  the  pure  food 
law ;  and  we,  as  grocervmen,  hope  our 
Food  Commissioner  will  investigate  the 
matter  thoroughly  and  take  steps  to 
prevent  a repetition of such occurrences.
In  order  to  show  the  prices  charged 
for goods,  I  herewith  submit  a  copy  of 
one  invoice,  which  represents purchases 
made  by  a  farmer  named  C.  Flood:
#i-351.64
S lbs. Japan  Tea, 27c....................................
S lbs. Java and Mocha Coffee, ground, 33c
>.SS
C lbs.  Baking Powder,  37c...........................
.  i.it
3 lbs.  Pepper, 37c.............................................
,  1.44 
3 lbs.  Cloves, 3c per o z ..................................
3 lbs. Cinnamon. 3c per oz............................
■  1-44
1.44 
3 lbs. Mustard, 3c per  oz...............................
.  1.44
3 lbs. Ginger, 3c per oz..................................
1 lb.  Nutmeg, 8%c per  oz..........................
1.30
1  pt.  Lemon,S%c  per oz...............................
1.30
1.44 
3 ibs.  Coco inut, 3c per oz..........................
% gal.  H.  Oil 
..............................................
73
5 lbs.  Chipps Tobacco,  17c.........................
•  85
5 lbs.  Kice, 6c........1.........................................
•  30 
S lbs Currants, 6c........................................... .
30
10 lbs. Raisins.................................................
60
2 lbs. Soda,  454c.............................................
09
1 Basket............................................................
19
Freight, Cartage and Packing....................
90
910.72
§0 lbs. G. Sugar at wholesale price on dav of deliv­
ery.
The  solicitor  who  took  the  orders  fur­
nished  each  purchaser  with  a  certificate 
reading  as  follows:

This  purchase  entitles  M-----to  all  the
privileges  of  our  Produce  Department 
for  the  period  of  one  year;  whereby  we 
agree  to handle  all  the  produce  he  may 
ship  us  free  of  commission  or  any 
charges  whatever.

We  wish  customers  to  thoroughly  un­
derstand  that  our  goods  are  strictly  one 
price  to  all,  and  under  no  consideration 
do  we  allow  our  salesmen  to  deviate one 
single  fraction  of  a  cent  on  any  article 
whatever.  No  countermands  or  changes 
in  orders  after  they  are 
can  be  made 
sent  to  us,  as  goods  are 
immediately

packed  and  prepared  for  shipment,  and 
as  hundreds  are  mixed  up  together  in 
cur  packing  house,  it  would  cause great 
inconvenience  to  make  any  change  in 
orders.

The  orders  were  taken  by  B.  S.  Sum­
mers,  alleged to  be doing  business  at  66 
Congress  street,  East  (Detroit),  under 
the  style  of  the  “  Excelsior  Coffee  & 
Spice  M ills,”  
importers  of  teas  and 
manufacturers  of  baking  powder  and 
extracts.  The  invoices  were  made  out 
in  the  name  of  the  Detroit  Supply  Co., 
but  the goods  were  all  shipped  to  Clare 
in  B.  S.  Summers’  name.

On  shipment  of  the  goods  from  De­
troit  each  patron  was  mailed  a  notice, 
of  which  the  accompanying 
illustra­
tion  is  a  fac  simile  reproduction.

mers  has  made  a  practice  for  several 
years  of  selling  farmers  direct,  claim­
ing  to  be  a 
jobber  of  groceries  and 
able  to  give  bis  customers  the  benefit 
of  wholesale  prices. 
In  many  cases  the 
regular  dealer  has  been  denounced  as  a 
Sbylock  and  a  robber,  while  at  the 
same  time  the  prices  he  has  obtained 
for  goods  have  averaged  higher  than 
those  charged  by  local  retail  dealers.  It 
would  be  well  for  retail  dealers  every­
where  to  keep  their  eyes  open  in  the 
event  of  Summers  invading  their  terri­
tory,  with  a  view  to  repeating  the  pun­
ishment  accorded  him  by  the  retail 
merchants  of  Clare.

DETROIT  SUPPLY  COMPANY,

m s - A .  

i i s Æ i F O i v r i E î ^ s

A N D

W H O L E SA L E   GRO CERS,
725  EIGHTEENTH  STREET, 
We are the largest dealers in Farm  Rapduce ipyMichigap.

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Your Groceries will  be delivered as agreed at

—

on the. ..  
......................................................
Amount of Bill, 
Number of Articles,___ 'P ..........................................................

. . . .  day of.. 

. . .  189

Notice.

Parties  ordering  goods  will  call  promptly for them  on the  ap­
pointed day as  agreed.  Failure on your part to  come  or  send  for 
your goods on that day will  compel  us to  send them  to your  resi­
dence,  at  your  expense.  Failure  on  our part  to  have  goods  at 
place and time agreed  on  for  delivery,  we will be responsible  for. 
Should  the  weather be stormy  on that day  so  that  persons  could 
not  consistently  travel,  then  our  delivery will  be  continued  one 
day longer 
Inquire a t.

.......................to ascertain place of delivery.
.

Call 

/ ..7  .t . .noon.

Yours truly,

DETROIT  SUPPLY  COMPANY

G r o c e r .

We  believe  the  time  is  ripe  for  the 
grocerymen  of  Michigan  to  begin  to 
the 
consider  such  circumstances  as 
above  and  do  all  they  can  to  prevent 
outside  parties  from  coming 
in  and 
making,  or  pretending  to  make,  big 
inducements  to  secure  trade  and  yet 
bear  none of  the  burdens  of  local  taxa­
tion.  Local  dealers  should  take  steps 
toward  stopping  it  by  some  legitimate 
means  and  all  grocerymen  intending  to 
attend  the  next  meeting  of  the  Michi­
gan  Retail  Grocers’  Association  should 
come  prepared  to  discuss  this  line  of 
work. 

A  visit  to  Detroit  disclosed  the  fact 
that  Benson  S.  Summers—alias  the  De­
troit  Supply  Co.—carries  on  a  small 
business  at  the  location  claimed—66 
Congress  street,  East.  The  store  is  a 
small  one  and  the  stock  is  somewhat 
meager  for an  establishment  pretending 
to  carry  on  a  wholesale  business;  in 
fact,  there  are  probably  a  hundred  re­
tail  grocers 
in  Detroit  whose  stocks 
would  amount to  more  in  the  aggregate. 
Reference  to  the  September  reference 
book  of  R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.  discloses  the 
fact  that  Summers  is  rated blank,  which 
is  certainly  not 
in  keeping  with  the 
pretensions  of  the  man  to  carry  on  a 
wholesale  business.
It  was  learned 

in  Detroit  that  Sura-

What 

Signs  That  Deceive.
idiotic  idea  will  encourage  re­
spectable  merchants  to  put 
in  their 
windows  deceptive  pricecards  and  pla 
cards?  Can’t  they  judge  from  their  own 
natures  what  the  effect  of  this  sort  of 
thing  will  be?

A  furnishing  goods  dealer  of  some 
prominence  bad  in  his  window  lately  a 
display of  neckties  that  looked like  reg­
ular  so-cent  goods.  A  placard  seemed 
to  offer  them  for  18  cents.  On  attempt 
ing  to  purchase  one  for  that  sum  a  cus­
tomer  was  informed  that  the  price  was 
48  cents.

Close  inspection  of the placard showed 
this  to  be  the  case.  The 4  was  made  in 
such  a  way,  however,  as  to  closely  re­
semble a  1,  the  stem  being  heavy  and 
the  other  lines  hair  lines.

The  customer  didn’t  buy.  Would 

you?

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

Don’t  waste  your  time  trying  to  con­
trol  the  passions  and  appetites  of  the 
world;  be  satisfied 
if  you  can  regulate 
them.

A  loafer  is  a  human  being,  and this is

the  most mortifying thing about  him.

T H E   O R IG IN A L

T H E   B E S T

T H E   O N L Y

Has the “ Bear”  trade-mark an every  package. 
A ll Grand  Rapids jobbers have fresh-made stock.

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Is  the  Tradesman  Company,^!  which 
makes the largest line and carries  the  largest 
stock of any house in the country  and  is  the 
only manufacturer which  stands  back  of  its 
product by an absolute  guaranty  as  to <£ Jt 
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Then  make
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Historic and scenic country 
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that have no equal 
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shortest journey  possible.
You save a hundred  miles of 
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WEDNESDAY.  -  -  •  NOVEHBER 3,  1897.

SCH EM ES  AND  FAKES.

it 

Not  all  schemes  are  fakes,  but  all 
fakes  are  schemes.  From  this  propo­
sition  it  is  to  be  inferred  that  there  are 
material  differences  in schemes.  Thus, 
every  enterprising  business  man  is  con­
tinually  scheming,  or  planning,  for  the 
advancement  of  his  business 
interests, 
and  the  success  of  his  undertaking 
is 
generally  in  proportion  to  the successful 
carrying  put  of  such  plans.  The  word 
scheme  has  a  very  elastic  definition; 
and,  while 
includes  all  systematic 
and 
legitimate  planning  for  the  ad­
vancement  of  any  enterprise,  it  also 
includes  all  such  plans  as  involve,  in 
varying  degree,  the  elements  which  go 
to  make  up  the  definition  of  the  more 
slangy,  but  more  specific,  term  fake 
While  the 
in  tht 
meaning  of  this 
latter  term  makes.it 
impertinent  to  warn  merchants  against 
engaging 
its 
characteristics,  there 
is  yet  such  a 
gradual  approach 
from  that  which  is 
unquestionably  legitimate  and  proper to 
that  which  may  involve  doubt  on  these 
points  that  a  brief  reference  to  the  sub­
ject  may  not  be  out  of  place.

lack  of  ambiguity 

in  anything 

involving 

in 

Attention  is  just  now  attracted  to  this 
subject  on  account  of  the  unusual  in­
crease  in  the  exploitation  of  question­
able  schemes,  made  possible  and  profit­
improvement  in  business 
able  by  the 
activity.  Perhaps  at  no  time 
its 
history  has  the  Tradesman  had  its  at­
tention  called  to  so  great  a  variety  of 
schemes,  either  intended  to  operate  to 
swindle  the  dealer  or to  betray  him  into 
engaging 
in  “ trade  bringing”   enter­
prises  which,  to  say  the  least,  are  un­
businesslike. 
Among  these  may  be 
noted  the  fraudulent  commission  con­
cerns  promising  undue  returns,  mer 
chandise-distributing  plans, 
triding 
ticket  schemes,  mckel-in-the-slot  ma­
chines,  etc.,  etc.  Indeed,  the  ingenuity 
of  the  fake  originator  was  never  so  ac­
tive  as  now.  And many of these  schemes 
come  with  backing  plausible  and  re­
spectable  enough  to  deceive  the  very 
elect.  Thus,  in  the  leading  trade  jour­
nal  in  one  of  the  principal  jobbing  cen- 
ers  of  the  country  is  found an  illustrated 
advertisement  of  a  sort  of nickel-in-the- 
slot  wheel  of  fortune  which  is  guaran­
teed  not  to  return  to  the  customer  com­
binations  above 
a  certain  amount, 
scaled  to  secure  the  most  profitable  re­
turns. 
It  is  a  commentary  on  the  prev­
alence  and  prestige  of  these  schemes 
when  a  trade  paper  will  prostitute  its

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

columns  to  the  advertising  of  such  fla­
grant  frauds.

But  not  all  the  schemes  which  are 
urged  upon  the  attention  of  dealers  are 
essentially  fraudulent  in  their  character 
either  to  the  merchant  or  his  trader  and 
yet  many  of  these  prove  costly  experi­
ments  to  those  who  yield  to  the  crafty 
solicitations  of  the  wily  agents.  Com­
ing  under  this  description  may  be noted 
the  “ trading  ticket"  schemes  which 
are  just  now  being  extensively  pushed 
in  many  cities.  These  tickets  are  is­
sued  by  some  great  central  distributing 
house  and  the  merchant  acting  as  agent 
gives  a  ticket  for  a  certain  amount  of 
each  purchase;  and,  when  the  customer 
has  a  certain  quantity  of  the  tickets,  he 
can  use  them  to  obtain  some  article 
from  the  concern 
issuing  them.  The. 
scheme  is  an  old  one,  especially  in  the 
tea  trade,  the  only  difference  being  that 
the  dealer  more  sensibly  furnishes  the 
article  in  exchange  for  the  tickets  him­
self.

In  the  working  of  this  ticket  scheme 
there  is  used  an  adroit  plausibility  very 
apt  to  catch  the  unwary.  An  attractive 
contract 
is  presented  which  seems  to 
oe  wholly  in  the  interests  of  the  mer­
chant.  The percentage  paid  to  the  con­
cern  is  a  very  small  one,but  it  is  on  the 
gross  sales,  which  makes  it  a  very  con­
siderable  portion  of  the  profits.  Of 
course,  the  compensation  to  the  mer­
chant  is  in  the  wide  advertising  which 
the  concern  engages  to  give  him. 
In 
■ ome  cases  the  contracts  specify  certain 
favoring  conditions  which  are  to  work 
for  the  interests  of  the  dealer.  Thus, 
in  one  it  was  agreed  by  the  agent  that 
no  other dealer  should  be  admitted  into 
the  scheme  within  a  distance  of  four 
the 
blocks.  On  this  being  violated, 
contract  was  referred  to  and 
it  was 
found  that  the  agent  had  cleverly  omit­
ted  to  fill  out  the  blank  specifying  the 
number  of  blocks.

It  may  be  accepted  as  a  general  rule 
that  the  best  mttbods  of  advertising  are 
the  commonly  accepted  channels.  The 
investment  of  so  large  a  part  of  the 
orofits  of  a  business  as  these  schemes 
lemand  will  yield  far  better  returns 
in 
ihe  ways  well  known  to  every  dealer; 
and  it  is  safer  for  the  merchant  to select 
his  agencies  and  advisors  rather  than  to 
lend  a  too  willing  ear  to  the members ol 
the  horde  of  scheme  promoters  which  is 
infesting  the  trade  everywhere.

The  widespread  misery  and  want  that 
prevail  in  Italy  appear  to  be  exercising 
a  disastrous  and  degenerating  influence 
on  the  physique  of  the  masculine  por­
tion  of  the  population.  According  to 
official  statistics,  just  issued  by  the  war 
department  at  Rome,  out  of  every  i,ooo 
young  men  of  20  years  of  age  liable  for 
military  service,  which  is  as  obligatory 
m 
in  Germany  and  Austria, 
520,  or  more  than  half,  were  rejected  by 
the  medical  authorities  as  physically 
disqualified  for  service  in  the  army.

Italy  as 

It  seems  that  France  is  not  above tak­
ing  a  leaf out  of  the  book  of  the heathen 
Chinee  in  regard  to  her  coinage. 
It  is 
proposed  to  try  the  experiment  of  using 
nickel  in  the  coins  of  smaller  denomi­
nations.  To  distinguish  the  new  coins 
from  silver,  they will have  smooth  edges 
and  be  pierced  through  the  center,  in 
much  the  same  way  as  the  “ cash”   of 
China.  Although  called  nickel, 
they 
will  still  have  75  per  cent,  of  copper  in 
their  composition.

A  modest  man  never  has  the  swell- 
head  conceit.  Unfortunately,  modest 
men  do  not  run  for  office.

RICH  MEN’S  SO NS.

Rich  men’s  sons  are  not always profli­
gate.  Stories  of  their  prodigality  and 
debauchery  have  repeatedly  been  used 
to  point  morals  and  adorn  pious  dis­
courses ;  but  the  fact 
is  that  they  are 
generally  men  of  prudence  and  business 
sense,  and  know  how  to  take  care  of 
and  to 
increase  the  wealth  that  they 
have  inherited.

This  statement  is  entirely  true  of  the 
Astor,  the  Vanderbilt  and  the  Gould 
fortunes,  and, 
indeed,  of  many  more 
which  need  not  be  mentioned  here. 
It 
appears  to  be  generally  the  case  that 
rich  men’s  sons  are  raised  up  to  under­
stand  the  importance  of  the responsibil­
ity  that 
impose  on 
them,  and  when  the  time  comes  for 
them  to  assume  the  duties  of  its  ad­
ministration  they  are  equal  to  the  situa­
tion.

large  wealth  will 

An  exception 

is  to  be  noted  in  the 
distribution  of  the  Pullman fortune. 
In 
parceling  out  his  possessions,  according 
to  the  terms  of  his  will  as  recently  pub­
lished,  Mr.  Pullman  left  to  each  of  his 
two  daughters  a  million  dollars,  besides 
other  bequests;  but  to  his  two  sons  be 
gives  only  §3,000 each  yearly.  The  will 
states  in  terms  the  following:

Inasmuch  as  neither  of  my  sons  has 
developed  such  a  sense  of  responsibil  ty 
as  in  my  judgment  is  requisite  for  the 
wise  use  of  large  properties  and  consid 
erable  sums  of  money,  I  am  painfully 
compelled,  as 
1  have  explicitly  stated 
to  them,  to  limit  my  testamentary  pro­
visions  for  their  benefit  to  trusts  pro­
ducing  only  such 
income  as  I  deem 
reasonable  for  their  support.  Accord­
ingly,  1  direct  that  out of  the remainder 
of  my  .estate,  after  satisfying  the  pro­
visions  hereinbefore  made  for  my  wife 
and  daughters,  my  executors  shall  set 
apart  bonds,  stocks  and  notes  or  other 
securities  in  two  portions,  each  of  such 
estimated  value  as  will,  in  the  judg­
ment  of  my  executors,  yield  an  annnal 
net  income  of  §3,000.

It  seems  a  pity  that  such  humiliating 
expressions  by  a  father  concerning  his 
sons  could  not  be  kept  among  the  sad 
and  unfortunate  secrets  that  are  the 
in­
heritance  of  many  fam ilies;  but  where 
they 
large 
property  they  must  be  made  matters  ol 
public  official  record.

the  disposal  of 

concern 

It 

But  not  merely  do  the  sons of million­
and  de­
aires  become  profligates 
bauchees. 
is  too  often  the  case  that 
young  men  of  less  wealthy  parents  grow 
up  idle,  unworthy  and  of  no  use  to  so­
ciety.  Young  men  should  be  made  to 
realize  at  an  early  period  that  every 
human  being  is  put  in  this world to sub­
serve  some  useful  purpose;  in  a  word, 
he  or they  are  placed  here  to  work.  All 
the  wealth,  all  the  civilization,  all  the 
benefaction,  all  the  learning  and  art,  all 
that  makes  life  worth  living,  are  the re­
sult  of  work.  The  races  that  do  not 
work  are ignorant and degraded savages.
The  man  who  lives  in  a  civilized  so 
cial  state  and  possesses  the  ordinary 
faculties  of  the  human  race,  but  who 
does  not  work  and  does  not  render  any 
useful  service,  but is  willingly  and  will­
fully  idle,  is  a  savage  in  the  midst  of 
civilization ;  he  is  an  ulcer  on  the  body 
politic,  a  clog  on  society.  He  produces 
nothing,-  but 
labor  of 
others,and  is  entitled  to  no  credit  above 
the  criminal  classes.

lives  upon  the 

Labor 

is  the  proper 

law  of  human 
life.  Every  man 
is  under  obligations 
to  render  some  useful  service  for  the 
privilege  of  living,  and  he  who  comes 
to  maturity  in  the  possession  of  all  his 
faculties  and  wantonly  fails  to  pay  that 
debt  is  a  social  drone,  a  nuisance  to his 
fellows  and  a  criminal  offender  against 
the  universal law of  labor.

Every  youth,  whether  he  be  the  son  of 
wealth  or  of  poverty,  should  be  taught 
this  rule  and  educated  in  its  great  re­
sponsibilities,  so  that  he  may  be  fitted 
to  do  his  part  of  useful  service. 
In  a 
country  where  the  poor  hoy  may become 
a  millionaire,  and  the  son  of  the  hum­
blest  may  rise  to  the  highest and  proud­
est  position,  every  youth  should  be 
taught  that  the  road  to  success  is  only 
through  worthy  and  useful  exertion.

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION
While  much  of  the  recent  dulness 

in 
the  stock  market  and  disturbance  in 
financial  circles  has  been  attributed  to 
the  pending  negotiations  for  the  sale  of 
the  Union  Pacific  under  the  mortgage 
of  the  Government,  and  to  the  usual 
distraction  of  the  election,  elements 
temporary 
in  their  effects,  there  is  no 
doubt  but  that  the  general  falling  off  in 
merchandise  demand  in  all  parts  of  the 
couutry  is  the  natural  result  of  the long- 
continued  period  of  unprecedented 
buying.  The  demand  is  lessening  sim­
ply  because  it  is  being  satisfied.  There 
is 
in  this  fact  nothing  which  should 
cause  apprehension,  for  it  could  not  be 
expected  that  the  replenishing  of  the 
long-depleted  stocks  could  go  on  in­
definitely  at  the  highest  rate  attained. 
When  it  is  stated  that  there  has  been  a 
lessening  of  demand  it  is  to  he  remem­
bered  that  thfe  comparison  is  made  with 
the  highest  tide  of  demand  and  that  the 
movement 
large,  and  in 
and  primary  markets 
manufacturing 
lessening  of  the  greatest 
there 
activity  attained. 
characteristic 
feature 
in  many  lines  is  the  refusal  of 
orders  for  future  delivery,  on  account  of 
the  belief  in  an  advance  in  prices.

is  still  very 

is  no 

A 

time  ago. 

The  two  great  American  staples, 
wheat  and  cotton,  are  having  a  consid­
erable  export  boom,  each  at  opposite 
extremes  in  price.  The  wheat situation 
has  grown  stronger  during  the  week 
and,  notwithstanding  a  material  ad­
vance,  passing  the  dollar  mark  in  many 
markets,  the  export  continues  unusually 
heavy.  Cotton 
is  at  about  the  lowest 
recorded  price,  but  movement  has  also 
been  large.
industries  are  crowded  with 
.  All  the 
orders  taken  some 
The 
abatement  of  new  demand  is  not  caus­
ing  embarrassment,  but,  owing  to  much 
uncertainty  about  prices  of  materials  in 
the  near  future,  the  delay  makes  for  the 
safety  of  manufacturers  and  consumers 
both.  Already, 
the  demand  for  coke, 
raising  the  weekly  output  to  149,563 
tons,  causes  sales  at  §1.65  to  §1.75,  and 
higher  prices  are  expected,  while  many 
buyers  believe  that  pig 
iron  must go 
lower  because  of  the 
increase  in  fur­
naces  working.  Wool  has  been  settling 
back,  with  some  large  sales  for  profit­
taking 
any  demand. 
Leather  also  ranges  a  little  lower,  en­
couraging  the  hope  that  advances  asked 
on  boots  and  shoes  may  prove  unneces­
industries  have  a 
sary.  All  the  great 
really  remarkable  demand  for 
imme­
diate  deliveries,  showing  that  enormous 
purchases  by  dealers  recently  are  found 
in  some  lines  too  small for the increased 
demand,  and  the  reports  of  retail  trade 
are  generally  satisfactory  excepting  as 
to  winter goods,  of  which  sales  are  re­
tarded  by  unusually  mild  weather.

scarcely 

and 

The  lessening  of merchandise demand 
has  begun  to  have  effect  on  bank  clear­
ings,  although 
continue 
large.  The  report  for  the  week  was 
$1,193,000.000,  or 9  per  cent,  less  than 
lor  the  preceding  week.  Failures  were 
2(8,  against  206 for last  week.

these 

still 

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

9

THE  CUBAN  PROBLEM.

It  can  no 

longer  be  denied  that  the 
Cuban  question 
is  now  the  most  im­
portant  matter  engaging  public  notice, 
and 
it  certainly  will  be  the  first  to  re­
ceive  the  attention  of  Congress  when 
that  body  assembles  a  month  hence. 
The  reply  of  the  Spanish  government  to 
the  demand  of  the  McKinley  adminis­
tration,  recently  presented  by  General 
Woodford,  is  calculated  to  bring  on  a 
crisis,  and  the  Washington  authorities 
will  now  be  compelled  either  to  adopt 
vigorous  measures  towards  Spain,  or 
admit  that  Ex-President  Cleveland’s 
non-interference  policy  was  the  proper 
course.

It 

Spain 

The  Spanish  government  has  refused 
to  give  out  the  text  of  its  reply  to  the 
United  States,  and  no  information  is yet 
vouchsafed  from  Washington;  but  it 
is 
known  that  the  reply  is  not  satisfactory 
to  the  administration. 
is  re­
ported  to  have  couched  her answer  m 
courteous  but  firm  terms. 
is  stated 
that  every  effort  has  been  made  to  put 
an  end  to  the  war,  and  that  it  probably 
would  have  already  been  ended  were 
it 
not  for  the  aid  the  insurgents  have  re­
ceived  from the filibustering expeditions 
fitted  out 
in  the  United  States.  The 
Spanish  note 
is  said  to  indicate  very 
plainly  that  every  effort  will  be  made 
to  crush  the  insurrection  as  quickly  as 
possible,  and,  with  that  purpose 
in 
view,  further  re-enforcements  of  troops 
are  to  be  dispatched  forthwith  to  Cuba. 
Our  offers  of  mediation  are  firmly  de­
clined,  with  the  statement  that  no  for­
eign  interference  in  Spanish  affairs will 
be  tolerated.

Here,  then,  is  food  for  serious  reflec­
tion.  To  be  consistent,  President  Mc­
Kinley  would  have  to  follow  up General 
Woodford’s  note  with  an  announcement 
that  by  a  certain  date  the  United  States 
will  actively  intervene  in  Cuba  unless 
the  war  is  ended  by  that  time.  Here  is 
where  the  difficulty  lies.  Evidently  the 
administration  believed 
that  Spain 
would  accept  the  friendly  offices  Gen­
eral  Woodford  was  commissioned 
to 
offer,  as  no  preparation  whatever  was 
made  to  use  force  should  the reply prove 
unsatisfactory.  At  the  present  time  it 
would  be  practically  impossible  for  the 
United  States  to  coerce  Spain,  for  the 
simple  reason  that  the  country  is  not 
prepared  for  war.  We  might,  it  is  true, 
order  our  fleet  to  Cuban  waters ;  but 
in 
it  would  be  necessary  to  ex­
doing  so 
pose  our  entire  coast 
line,  with  its  de­
fenseless  harbors,  to  attack  by  Spanish 
warships.

While  Spain  has  not  a  large  navy,  she 
has  quite  as  many  vessels  as  we  have. 
Our  battle-ships  are  heavier;  but  this 
superiority  is  offset  by  the  greater  coast 
line  we  are  compelled  to  defend.  To 
go  to  war,  even  with  a  second-class 
nation  like  Spain,  without  preparation 
would  be  the  height  of  folly,  and  so 
cautious  a  man  as  President  McKinley 
is  not  likely  to  be  so  imprudent  as  to 
shoulder  such  a  responsibility 
It  is, 
therefore,  pretty  certain  that  he  will 
temporize  until  Congress  meets,  and 
then  shoulder  the  entire  responsibility 
for  a  final  settlement  of  the Cuban prob­
lem  upon  that  body. 
It  remains  to  be 
seen  whether  being  brought  face  to  face 
with  the  prospect  of  war  will  have a 
sobering  effect  upon  ihe  jingoes.
ALASKAN  BOUNDARY  QU ESTIO N.
There  appears  to  be  no  end  to  the 
problems  and  difficulties  which  are con­
tinually  arising  in  connection  with  our 
relations  with  Great  Britain.  Were  our 
methods  of  meeting  these  difficulties

it 

more  diplomatic, 
is  probable  that 
they  could  be  more  readily  adjusted; 
but,  owing  to  intemperate  utterances  in 
Congress,  and  the  lack  of  harmony com­
monly  existing  between  the  executive 
and  legislative  branches  of  the  Govern­
ment,  they  frequently  become  danger­
ous.  Although-  the  protection  of  the 
seals  problem 
is  still  a  very  live  issue 
and  far  from  a  final  settlement,  there  is 
also 
looming  up  on  the  horizon  a  dis­
pute  over  the  boundary  line  separating 
British  Columbia  from  Alaska.

in  a  southerly  direction 

A  good  portion  of  the  frontier,  or 
to  within  ten 
leagues  of  the  seacoast, 
is  fixed  by well  established geographical 
the  southeastern  boundary 
lines;  but 
extends 
ten 
marine  leagues  from  the  coast.  The 
point  in  dispute  is  the  delimitation  of 
this  frontier.  Does  the  boundary  fol­
low  the  sinuosities  of  the  coast  line, 
or does  it  follow  merely  headlands?  As 
there  are  a  number  of  islands  strung  all 
along  the  coast,  it  may  be  contended 
that  these 
islands  are  included  in  the 
ten-league  limit.  Here  is an opportunity 
for  the 
in  Congress  to  start  a 
fresh  difficulty  by  indulging  in  a  little 
twisting  of  the  British  lion’s  tail.  This 
they  will  undoubtedly  proceed  to  do  at 
the  earliest  opportunity,  unless  they 
should  happen  to  be  too  busy  with  the 
Cuban  hobby  which  they  have  been  rid­
ing  for  so long.

jingoes 

Several  years  ago,  both  governments 
appointed  commissioners  to  survey  the 
territory  through  which  the  frontier 
is 
supposed  to  pass;  but  they  were  not 
empowered  to  determine  the actual line, 
nor  to  make  recommendations. 
The 
data  prepared  by  these  commissioners 
are  to  serve  as  the  basis  for  a  final  de­
limitation  of  the  frontier,  and,  were 
the  matter  to  be approached  in  a  liberal 
spirit,  the  question  could  no  doubt  be 
speedily  settled  in  a  way  satisfactory  to 
all  interests.  Although  the  reports  of 
the  commissioners  have  been  made  to 
the  respective  governments  long  since, 
the  problem  has  been  allowed  to  drag ; 
but  it  is  now  understood  that  it  will  be 
taken  up  again  shortly.

In  New  York,  over  a  year  ago,  Ben­
jamin  W.  Davis,  a  non-union  man 
whose  occupation  was  that  of  an  en­
gineer  in  charge  of  a  portable  hoisting 
engine,  obtained  employment  of  Merrit 
P.  Simpson.  The  latter  was  willing  to 
give  the  man  steady  work,  but  Peter 
Gibbons,  walking  delegate  of  the  hoist­
ing  engineers'  union,  threatened  to  or­
der  a  strike  if  the  non  union  man  was 
not discharged.  Davis  was  discharged, 
but  was  subsequently  re-employed  by 
Simpson.  Five  times  this  operation 
was  repeated,  until  finally  Simpson  was 
forced  to 
let  the  man  go  for  good. 
Davis  thereupon  brought  suit  against 
the  union  and  the  walking  delegate  to 
enjoin  them  from  interfering  with  his 
right  to  work,  and  also  for  damages  for 
past  injuries.  Justice  Beach  of  the  Su­
preme  Court  granted  a  permanent  in­
junction  and  entered  judgment  for  $500 
damages  against  the  hoisting engineers’ 
union. 

_________________

Switzerland  can  within  two days throw 
into  the  field  eight  army  corps  of 
100,000  trained  soldiers,  with  a  reserve 
of  equal  strength  at  its  back,  and  270,- 
000 
in 
emergency.  And  yet  the  Swiss  army 
costs 
the  government  but  $500,000 
yearly. 

landstrum  can  be  called  out 

_________________

When  a  man  blows  bis  own  horn  he 
it  will  be  blowed  the  way  he 

knows 
wants  it  done.

A  Barrel  of  Flour

Branded like this one

Is  The  Best

That money can  buy.

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

Clark=JewelI = W ells  Co.,

Western  Michigan Agents.

This brand  has  always  taken  first  rank 
among  the  direct  importations  of  Japan 
grades  and  the  quality  of  this  year’s  im­
portation  is  fully  up  to  the  usual  high 
standard  of  this  brand,  some  of  our  cus­
tomers  who are expert  judges of tea insist­
ing  that  it  grades  higher than  ever before.
We  are  handling  JEWELL  CHOP  on 
small  margins,  the  same  as  heretofore,  on 
the  theory  that  the  nimble  sixpence  is 
preferable  to the  idle  shilling.

Clark=Jewell=Wells  Co.,

Sole  Owners.

IO

H ardw are

Experiences  of  a  Pioneer  T raveler  in 

the  Lake  Superior  Country.

Many  an  interesting  sketch  might  be 
written  regarding  the  traveling  done 
by  the  commercial  traveler  of  the  past 
up 
in  the  far-off  regions  of  Lake  Su­
perior,  where,  in the early  days  to  which 
my  mind  reverts,  there  was  a 
large 
amount  of  adventure  surrounding  every 
doliar  of  business.

On  one  of  my  trips up  in  that  locality, 
when  1  was  representing  the  old  house 
of  Hoyt,  Busick  &  Co.,  I  enjoyed  more 
than  my  usual  success,  the  season  being 
one  extremely  favorable  for  trade. 
1 
stopped  off  at  Marquette  and,  among  a 
lot  of  other  things,  sold  Ben  Niedhardi 
enough 
looking  glasses  to  stock  a  car 
load.  A  more  surprised  man  than  Bet 
was  when  he  got  them  it  would  have 
been  hard  work  to  find  between  Mar­
quette  and  Escanaba.

I  think  that  was  the  trip  I  sold  Ed 
Breitiog,  of  the  old  Pioneer  Iron  Co., 
enough  files  to  run  his  mechanical  de 
part merit  for  five  years  to  come.  Oi 
course,  1  didn't  know 
it  at  the  time, 
but  he  surely  was  a  free  and  easy  buyei 
and  knew  bow  to  stock  up.  This  was 
about  the  time  when  some  of  the  older 
heads  in  Portage  Lake  and  Eagle River 
were  casting  sheep’s  eyes  toward  Du­
luth,  believing 
it  would  be  the  Upper 
Lake  city  of  the  future.  Ontonagon, 
Houghton  and  similar  points,  formerly 
so  prominent,  were  becoming  extremely 
dull  and  slow,  copper  mining  having 
I  extended  my  trip 
suffered  a  relapse. 
as  far  as  Duluth,  but  found 
it  well 
stocked  with  the  overplus  which  the 
stores  down  the  lake,  such  as  Ed.  Hol­
land’s  and  Northrup  &  Butler's,  found 
no  use  for,  but  thought  to  dispose  of  by 
moving.  The  place  gave  no  sign  ol 
its  present importance,  when  it  probably 
figures  a  population  of  nearly  40,000.
I  only  wish  I  had  bought  a  few  corner 
lots  at  that  time  and  been  able  to  hold 
them.

On  my  way  down  from  Duluth  1 
thought  I  would  stop  off  at  Bayfield  and 
make  a  short  cut  across  the  country  to 
St.  Croix  Falls  on  St.  Croix  River, 
which  was  a  distance  of  90 or 100 miles, 
feeling  after  I  reached  there  I  might 
sell  one  of  those $1,000  bills  which  was 
the  height  of  my  ambition.  After  fin 
ishing  what  business  I  could  at  Bay- 
field,  and  Lapointe  near  by,  I  pros­
pected  for  some  conveyance  to  take  me 
I  found  the  trip  was  a 
across  country. 
hazardous  undertaking 
in  more  ways 
than  one.  There  was  no  regular  post 
road,  as  I  had  imagined; it  was nothing 
but  a  trail,  and  a  trail  that  continued 
the  same  in  dimensions  and  importance 
for 
the  whole  distance,  which  was 
through  an  elegant  stretch  of  woods  all 
the  way. 
learned  that  the  mail  was 
carried  over  once  a  week  on  a  two­
wheeled  buckboard,  which  was  hauler 
by  an  ancient  mule  that  still  had  some 
go  in  him,  but  was  more  noted  for  last­
ing  and  time-serving  qualities 
than 
any  phenomenal  bursts  of  speed.

I 

found 

I  hunted  up  the driver  of  the  “ mail 
wagon,”   and 
that  the  white 
French  Canadian  whose  hands  usually 
guided  the  reins  was  replaced  for  that 
week  by  a  half-breed  Indian  who  was 
his  understudy,  or  substitute,  when  oc­
casion  demanded.  He  had  no  organized 
schedule  of  rates,  but  said  he  would 
carry  me  over  if I  so desired,  providing 
I  would  fill  a  whisky  jug he carried,  and 
which  held  about  two  or three  quarts 
My  knowledge  of  whisky  has  always

M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

I  began  to  speculate  upon  what  kind 
of  hotel  we  should  rind  at  the  nearest 
settlement,  and  while  cogitating  upon 
this  possible  variation  in  the  prevailing 
looked  ahead  and  saw  a 
monotony,  I 
big,  bright,  blazing  fire 
in  a  cleared 
space,  that  promised  to  infuse  a  little 
in  an  atmosphere 
warmth 
invariably 
clear  and  cold  after  nightfall.

that 

As  we drew  up  to  the  center  of  inter­
so  warmly  welcomed  us, 
est 
I  saw  six 
imagine  my  feelings  when 
big  buck 
Indians  stretched  out  in  all 
their  stalwart  proportions,  with  their 
feet  to  the  fire,  evidently  settled 
to 
spend  the  night,  each  one  reclining  on 
his  roll  of  birch  bark,  which  forms  the 
spring  mattress  of  the  forest  children.

been  very  limited  in  its  character,  so  I 
hunted  around  town  to  see  how  cheap 
I 
could  get  that 
jug  loaded,  and  finally 
compromised  at  a  dollar.  I  was satisfied 
the  trip  bid  fair  to  be  an  inexpensive 
one  at  that  rate,  and  if 1  could  only  take 
that  looked-lor  good  order  it  would  be  a 
fine  day’s  work.

About  4  o’clock 

in  the  afternoon  he 
was  ready  and,  stowing the jug carefully 
amidships,  where  the  risk  was  slight, 
away  we  started.  We  rode  like  the  very 
1 >ld  boy  over  that  trail  and through those 
dense  woods. 
The  mule  seemingly 
was  more  familiar  than  the  driver  with 
the  lay  of  the  land.  As  the  darkness 
fell  around  us 
in  big  solid  blocks  of 
opaqueness,  I  began  to  feel  a  little  skit­
tish,  and  almost  wished  I  hadn't  trusted 
myself  to  the  tender  mercies  of  this 
reckless  semi-barbarian,  especially  as  I 
now  dimly  remembertd  having  been 
idvised  by  one  of  the  store-keepers  in 
Bayfield  not  to  take  the  chances.  He 
-aid  this  half-breed  had  killed  a  man 
he took  over  with  him  on  some  previous 
trip,  and  as  my 
informant  put  it,  be 
‘ wouldn’t  take  the  trip  with  such  a 
pilot  for $500!’ ’

It  wouldn’t  be  difficult  to  guess  my 
surprise  when  my  guide  informed  me 
this  was  as  far  as  he  intended  to  travel 
that  night,  and  that  we  might  as  well 
make  ourselves  as  comfortable  as  the 
circumstances  would  permit 
So* we 
unhitched  our  mule,  took  off  the  har­
ness  and  let  him  run.  The  half-breed 
selected  a  piece  of  bark  for  each  of  us, 
and  with  my  grip  full  of  samples  under

Write for prices. 

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T H O M A S   D U N N   &   S O N S ,

W H O L E S A L E

Hardware  S pecialties,  Belting,

E ngiueers,  M achinists and 

F actory Supplies.

9 3   PEA RL  S T R E E T . 

GRAND  RAPID S.

Wm.  Brummeler &  Sons,

Manufacturers and Jobbers of
TINWARE,
ENAMELED  WARE  and 
NICKEL  PLATED  WARE.
Factory  and  Salesrooms,  2C0  South  Ionia  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

WROUGHT  STEEL  RANGE

$32.00 delivered at any railroad station  in  Michigan for No.  8 or No. 9.

F O ST E R ,  S T E V E N S   &   CO.,  Grand Rapid:

my  head  for  a  pillow,  I  lay  down  be­
tween  the  bucks  and  finally  was  in  the 
land  of  dreams.

I  remember,among  the  many  things  I 
had  in  my  mind  while  reclining  amid 
such  picturesque surroundings, 1  thought 
of  every  particular  murder  and  hair­
breadth  escape 
for  which  the  Lake 
Country  has  been  noted  for  years.  My 
conscience  pricked  me  for  buying  the 
poorest  whisky  I  could  find;  I  felt  that 
if  any  of  my  copper-colored  friends  im­
bibed  it,  my  passports  would  be  vised 
to  the  happy  hunting  grounds  with  the 
most  approved  dispatch;  but  I  finally 
slept  the  sleep  of  the  just,  dreaming  of 
the  big  bills  which  the  dealer  is  always 
going  to buy  “ the  next  time  you  come 
around.”

I  woke  up  about  midnight  feeling  too 
cool  for  comfort.  The  half-breed  and 
whole  breeds  were  sleeping  away  en- 
joyably;  the  fire  was  getting  low,  so  I 
got  some  dry  wood  and  rails,  which  I 
piled  up  on  the  smouldering  embers, 
and  soon  had  the  satisfaction  of  feeling 
warm  again.  Everyone  was  astir  at  4 
in  the  morning,  and  we  fraternized  in 
a  civilized  manner,  the  Indians  being 
as  sociable  as  though  they  had  become 
acquainted  with  the 
jug  of  jag  water, 
and  they  probably  had,  for  the  halt- 
breed  had  no  wish  to  be  inhospitable.

Well,  off  we  started,  and  we  rode  just 
as  fast  as  the  mule  could  jump,  until 
about  noon,  when  we  came  to  an  open 
space 
in  the  woods,  where  my  driver 
desired  I  should  hold  the  reins  over  the 
mule,  while  he  went  up  in  the  woods  to 
do  some  trading  with  the  squaws,  who, 
he  said,  were  picking  berries 
in  the 
neighborhood. 
I  couldn’t  imagine  how 
he  knew,  until,  on 
looking  around,  I 
saw  about  a  dozen  papooses  reclining 
gracefully  against  as  many  trees,  each 
of  them  strapped  safely  and  soundly  to 
a  piece of  bark  or  board,  and looking  as 
comical  and  quiet  as  a  six-day  kitten. 
I  thought  then  how  much  better  that 
was  than  the  highly-civilized  way  of 
bringing  them  up  by  the  aid  of  a  mile- 
sian  child’s  nurse,  who  probably  shook 
the  daylight  out  of  them  every  time 
they  tuned  up their pipes and squawked.
In  about  an  hour  my  half-breed  came 
back,  having  in  his  possession  a  superb 
black  bear  skin,  and  lots  of  buckleber 
ries,  which  he  had  speculated  for  with 
a  little  sugar,  a  little  tea  and  about  half 
of  the  whisky  he  had  left.

Well,  to  cut  this  sketch  of  primitive 
commercial  traveling  short,  we  got  into 
St.  Croix  Falls  about 
10  o’clock  that 
night,  and  taking  everything  into  con­
sideration,  I  was  thankful  when  I  got 
into  my  civilized  bed  that  I  still  had 
a  scalp  to  comb  when  morning  dawned. 
I  was  made  doubly  happy  by  selling  a 
bill  of  goods  that  footed  up  $1,200,  but 
you  can  bet  I  didn’t  return  by  way  of 
the  woods. 
I  went  over to  St.  Paul  and 
came  down 
the  Father  of  Waters.— 
Henry  T.  Wakeman  in  Hardware.

How  Second-Hand  Stoves  Injure  the 

Sale  of  New  Stoves. 

A nte-Lucem  in  American  Artisan.

I ,met  a  traveling  stove  salesman  one 
day  last  week  and,  of  course,  the  con­
versation  related  to  stoves  in  gtneral, 
including  second-hand  stoves.  My con­
frere  said 
it  was  enormous  the  power 
exerted  over  the  business  by  the second­
hand  goods,  and  in  our  talk  it  was  esti­
mated  fully  5,000  second-hand  stoves 
were  each  year  doing  duty  in  the  city of 
Minneapolis  alone.  'Ihev  are sold  in the 
fall  at  good  margins  of  profit,  and  re­
purchased  again 
in  the  spring  at  an­
other  good  margin  of  profit  to  buyer 
(loss  to  seller).  Many  are  kept  as  rent­
ers,  the  rentals  being  the  full  value  of 
the  stove.  Each  one_  of.  these  stoves

into 

takes  the  place  of  a  new stove,  and  does 
it  repeatedly  for  ten  or  twelve  years, 
thus  shutting  out  the  sale  of  so  many 
new  ones.

industry, 

This  business  a  few  years  ago  was 
confined  to  the 
large  cities;  now  it  is 
becoming  scattered  all  over  the country, 
many  of  the  larger of  the  country  towns 
going 
it  quite  largely.  The  sec­
ond-hand  stove 
if  you  are 
pleased  to  ca'l  it  so,  is  now  well  up  to 
50  per  cent,  of  the  whole  business,  and 
will  continue  to  he an  aggressive  factor 
against  new  goods  until  prosperity  shall 
send 
its  brightest  luster  over  all  our 
commercial 
The  second­
hand  stove  trade  is  quite  largely  sought 
after  in  the  largest  cities  for  its  sources 
of  profit.

industries. 

if  there 

But  what  are  you  going  to  do  about 
it?  My  companion  said  manufacturers 
should  take  some  recognizance  of  this 
feature  and  see 
is  not  some 
way  to  rid  the  markets  of  them.  He 
suggested  some  device  for a  re-melting. 
These  second-hand  stoves  do  more  than 
cut  into  the  new  goods  trade—they  are 
large  contributors  to  the  repair  wants. 
Hundreds  of  these  stoves  find  their  way 
to  the  secondhand  dealer  at  prices 
ranging  from  nothing  up  to  $3  and  are 
re  sold  at  from  $5  to  S12.  The  man  who 
can  sell  300 of  these stoves  annuallv will 
net 
larger  profit  than  he  can  net  from 
300  new  ones.
Sold  Explosive Pow der for Onion Seed. 
Man A bout Town in H udson  Gazette.

I  was  talking  with  Stephen  Eaton  the 
other  day  and  he  relapsed 
into  remin­
iscent  mood  about  Hudson’s  early  days. 
He  told  me  this story':  “ I made  a  funny 
mistake  once,  but  I  do  not  take  the 
blame  on  mvself,  for  there  were  many 
others as  deceived  as  myself.  When 
I 
was  clerking,  'wav  back  in  the  forties, 
people  used  to  use  a  very  roarsekind of 
nowder  to  blow  up  stumps  and  to  kill 
large  game,  which  was  quite  common. 
People  also  planted  onions  from  the 
seed  more  than  they  do  now.  On  one 
occasion  this  seed  was  in  great demand. 
it  all  out  and  the 
We  sold 
farmers 
it,  but  wondered  whv  the 
planted 
Later, 
“ blamed  stuff”   didn’t  grow. 
they 
’twas 
wanted  some  powder. 
I  could  not  find 
anv  high  nor  low  in  the  store,  but  I  was 
sure  we  had  powder.  After a  long  hunt 
I  found  a  large  box  and,  upon  opening 
it,  I found—not powder,  but onion  seed ! 
I  had  given  the  farmers  gunpowder  for 
onion  seed. 
I  never  felt  the  chagrin 
so  much  as  I  might  have,  because  the 
farmers  had  thought  they  were  buving 
seed  as  much  as  I  thought  I  was  selling 
it.  Not  one  in  perhaps  fortv  customers 
noticed, the  mistake.  This  instance  was 
one of  the  funniest  in  my  early  experi­
ence. ’ ’

in  the  winter,  I  helieve, 

A  Hardw are  Man.

There  was  once  a  hardware  dealer 
who  was  determined  to  set  up  an  image 
of  a  human  being  in  his  store  window. 
He  looked  about  his  stock,  and  finding 
all  the  needed  material,  went  to  .work, 
and  his  efforts  were  crowned  with  an 
unquestioned  success.  He  took  the legs 
of  a  stove,  the  teeth  of  a  rake,  the  ears 
of  a  pail,  the  elbows  of  a  stove-pipe, 
the  tongue  of  a  wagon,  the  nails  from 
a  keg,  the  fingers  of  a  cradle,  the  head 
of  a  hammer,  the  nose  of  a  tea  kettle, 
the  hands  of  a  cyclometer,  the  hair  of  a 
brush,  the  eyes  of  a  needle,  the  bottom 
of  a  t-uh,  the  neck  of  a  bottle,  the  arms 
from  his  gun  department,  the 
joints 
from  a  two-foot  rule,  from  which  he 
also  stole  the  feet,  the  back  of  a  refrig­
erator,  the  heel  of  a  scythe,  and  the 
cheek  of  his  traveling  man.  He  was  a 
little  uncertain  as  to  the  “ skin,”   but 
after  a  moment’s  thought,  decided  to 
get  that  part  from  the  fellow  next  door.

One of Mr.  Gladstone’s peculiar ideas, 
which  be has followed  for  fifteen  years, 
is  to go to bed the instant he finds that he 
has  caught  a  cold  and  stay  there  until 
the  indisposition  has  passed. 
In  this 
way  he  supposes  he  has  cut  short  fre­
quently  what  might  have  been  a  serious 
illness.  He  reads  and  writes  in  bed 
just  as  usual.

Earn  money  before  you  spend  it.

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUHURS  AND  BITS

70
Snell’s ........................................  .......................... 
................................."... ..25&10
Jen n in g s’, genuine 
Jennings’, imitation  ...    ............................<50*10

AXES

F irst q u ality . S.  B. B ro n ze.............................  5  00
F irst q u ality ,  D.  B.  B ronze.............................  9  50
F irst q u ality .  S.  B. S.  S teel.............................  5  50
F irst q uality.  D. B.  S te e l...  .........................   10  50

BARROWS
R a ilro a d ......................................
G arden...........................................

BOLTS
Stove ....................................
C arriage new list....................
P low ...,......................................

Well,  plain

BUCKETS

.812  00  14  00 
n et  30  00

6O&I0 
70 to 75 
50

I   3  25

BUTTS,  CAST

Cast Loose  Pin, figured................ ................... 70&10
W rought  N arrow ................................................70*10

BLOCKS

CROW  BARS

CAPS

CARTRIDGES

O rdinary Tackle 

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

Ely’s  1-10.............
H ick’sC .  F.  ...
G.  D .....................
M usket................

Rim  Fire.............
C entral  F ire __

CHISELS
Socket  Firm er.............................
Socket  F ram ing.........................
Socket  C orner.............................
Socket  S licks..............................
DRILLS
Morse’s Bit S to ck s..................
T aper and Straight Shank. 
Morse’s Taper S hank..............
ELBOWS

. 

70

4

55
35
60

..p er lb

Sor m
nor i
r**r m

25&  5

80
80
80
80

60 
.50*  5 
50&  5

Com. 4 piece, 6 in .................................doz. n et 
C orrugated..........................................  
A djustable....................................... "dis 40*10

; 0
j  25

EXPANSIVE  BITS

C lark’s sm all, 818;  large, 826.......................   30&10
25
Ives’, 1, 818;  2, 824 ; 3, 830  ......................... .. .  . 

FILES—New  List

New A m erican ............................................ 
70&I0
N icholson’s ............................................. ... j   ” , 
jo
H eller’s Horse  R asps................................... .".".SC*»u

GALVANIZED 

IRON

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

13 

15 

14 

16.  . . . . ’ 

Discount,  75 to 75-10

28
17

GAUGES

Stanley R ule and  Level  Co.’s .......................... 0U&1O

K NOBS-New  L ist

Door, m ineral, jap. trim m ings.......................  
Door, porcelain, jap.  trim m ings................. 

MATTOCKS

Adze Eye........................................... $16  00, dis  60*10
H unt Eye........................................... $15  U0, dis  60*10
H unt’s...............................................  $18 50, dis  20*10

NAILS

A dvance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

J 05
Steel nails, base................................................... 
j  75
Wire nails,  base..........................................  ."”  
20 to 60 ad v an ce..............................................   ”   jjase
10 to  lb ad vance.................................... !!.!!!!" 
05
8 ad v an ce.................................................................... 10
20
6advance..............................................  **“ “  
4 advance....................................................................30
45
3 a d v a n c e ........................................................ ”  
2 advance  .....................................  
70
 
Fine 3 advance............................................................go
15
Casing 10 ad vance.......................................... 
Casing  8ad vance......................................................25
Casing  6 advance...........................................”  
35
sg
F inish  10 advance  .......................................  .** 
F inish  8 advance..................................... .. ” . 
3,,
F inish  6 advance........................................ 
.  45
Barrel  %  ad vance............................. .... ’ ___ 
gg

 

 

 

MILLS

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s .......................... 
Coffee,  P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables" ’ ’ 
Coffee, Landers. Ferry *  C lark's.................. 
Coffee, E nterprise............................................... 

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  OATES

Stebbin’s P attern .................................................go* 10
Stebbin’s G en u in e...............................................60*10
30
Enterprise, self-m easuring............................. 

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fan cy ......................................  @50
Sciota B e n c h ........................................................ 
go
Sandusky Tool Co. ’s,  fancy..........................  @50
  @50
Bench, first q u ality ................................ 
Stanley R ule and Level Co.’s wood............ . 
60

 

PANS

Fry, A cm e.......................................................60*10*10
70&  5
Common, polished.......................................  
  go
 
60

Iron and  T i n n e d .......................................  
 
Copper Rivets and B urs....................................  

RIVETS

 

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

“A”  W ood’s patent planished,  Nos. 24 to 27  10  20 
“B”  Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9  30 

Broken packages He per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

M aydole & Co.’s j new   list..........................dis
K ip’s  ............................................................... d it 
25
Yerkes & Plum b’s ...........................................di« <0*10
M ason’s Solid Cast Steel..................... 30c lh». 
70
Blacksmith's Solid Cut Steel Hand 30c lia ,40*19

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

f t

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin  W are............................ new  list 75*10
Japanned Tin  W are............................................20A10
G ranite Iron  W are.............................new  list 40*10

HOLLOW  W ARE

P ots......................................................................... 60*1
K e ttle s ...................................................................60*10
Spiders 
................................................................. 60*10

Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ......................................dis 60*10
State  .............................................. per doz. n et  2  50

HINGES

W IRE  GOODS

B rig h t....................................................................  
Screw E yes...........................................................  
Hook’s....................................................................  
G ate Hooks and  E yes........................................ 

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

LEVELS

Sisal,  V4 Inch and  larger.................................. 
M anilla..................................................................  

ROPES

SQUARES
Steel and Iro n .............................
Try and B e v e ls .........................
M itre ............................................

so
go
80
80

70
514
g

SHEET  IRON

com.  smooth,  com.
82 40
2 40
2 45
2 55
2 6i
2  75
All sheets  No.  18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to   14.........................................82  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 
...................  3 20 
No.  2 7 .........................  
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct.  19, ’86............................................ dis

SAND  PAPER

 

Solid E yes...............................................per ton  20  00

SASH  WEIGHTS

TRAPS

Steel, G ame.................................................... 
O neida Com m unity, N ew house’s ........... 
O neida Comm unity, Hawley & N orton’s 70*10
Mouse, choker................................ per doz 
Mouse, delusion.............................per doz 

60* 10
50
15
1  35
75
B right M arket................................................... 
75
A nnealed  M arket............................................... 
Coppered  M arket................................................ 70*!0
Tinned M arket....................................................   02H
so
Coppered Spring  S teel...................................... 
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  .............................  » j )
1 8)
Barbed  Fence,  p ainted.......................................... 

W IRE

HORSE  NAILS

An Sable.........................................................dis 40*u
P u tn am .......   .................................................dis 
5
N orthw estern................................................dis 10*10
30
50
80
so

B axter’s A djustable, nickeled  ...................... 
Coe’s G enuine........... 
.......................................  
Coe’s P atent  A gricultural, w rought  ........... 
Coe’s Patent, m alleable.  ................................  

WRENCHES

MISCELLANEOUS

Bird  Cages  ................................................... 
50
Pum ps. C istern............................................. 
80
85
■Screws, New  List.........................................  
Casters,  Bed and  Plate.............................. 50*10* 10
Dampers, A m erican.................................... 
50

600 pound  casks................................................ 
Per p o und............................................................

6**

METALS-Zinc

SOLDER

70
go

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

i2H
The prices of the m any o th er qualities of solder 
in the m arket indicated by  private  brands  varj 
according to  com position.

TIN—M elyn Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................... .
14x20 1C, Charcoal...............................
20x14 IX. C h arc o al.......................................
Each additional  X on this grade, 81.15. 

TIN—A llaw ay  Grade

10x14 IC, C h arc o al........................................
14x20 IC, C h a rc o a l.......................................
10x14 IX, C h arc o al.......................................
14x20 IX, C h arc o al........................................
Each additional  X on this grade.  81.50. 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal,  Dean.............................
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean  ...........................
20x28 IC, Charcoal,  Dean.............................
14x20  IC, Charcoal,  All« way G rade.........
14x20 IX, Charcoal,  Allaway G rade.........
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Aliaway  G rade.........
20x28 IX, C harcoal.  Ailaway Grade
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, 
14x56 IX. fo r  No.  9  Boilers.

BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE

per pound

5  75 
5  75 
7  00

5  00
5  00
6  00 
6  00

5  00
6  00 
10  00
4  50
5  50 
9  00 
II  00

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

voices ............ ........................... 

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1 2

Dry Goods

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Carpets—The  large  department stores, 
as  well  as  the  retail  carpet  merchants, 
have  found  trade  dull  during  the  ex­
tremely  mild  weather  of  the  past  two 
weeks,  and  to  induce larger  sales  have 
offered  bargains  in  old stocks remaining 
over  from  the  last  season.  The  rapid 
advance  by  the  manufacturers  and  the 
jobbers  this  season  has  continued  to  re­
tard  business,  as  the  masses  of  the  peo­
ple  have  not  as  yet  recovered 
their 
financial  ability  to  purchase  even  at  old 
prices,  and  until  the  industrial  condi­
tions  are  such  as  to  give  more  confi­
dence  to  the  retailers  in  general,  they 
will  continue  to  purchase  conservative­
ly.  The  prospect  of  even  further  ad­
vances  is  no  temptation  to  those  who 
do  not  see  an  outlet  for  the goods.  The 
question  of  price  for  the  coming  season 
does  not  perplex  them  so  much  as 
the 
prospective  demands.  Assured 
latter,  they  will  have  less  hesitation 
in 
purchasing  more  freely,  as  the  demand 
develops.  At  this  time  a  majority  of 
the  manufacturers  are  only  running  a 
portion  of  their  looms,  and  those  whose 
financial  ability  would  permit  have,  in 
the  weeks  preceding,  availed themselves 
of  any  offer  made  by  the  spinner  to 
either  sell  spot  yarn  or  take  new  orders 
at  any  concession  below  full  market 
rates. 
fortifying 
themselves  in  advance  of  any  future  in­
crease 
in  price  for  next  season.  The 
reluctance  of  the  retailer  to  take  advan­
tage  of  the  low  prices  for  carpets  dur­
ing  the  past  few  weeks 
indicates  to 
many  manufacturers  that  it  will  not  be 
an  easy  matter  to  obtain  full  asking 
prices  for  some  time  to  come.  They 
realize  that  the  prices  of  raw  stork  and 
yarn  are  likely  to  go  so  high  next  sea­
son  as  to  very  materially  interfere  with 
large  orders  for  goods  being  p  aced. 
In 
fact,  some  freely  admit  that  the  outlook 
is  anything  but  promising  for  a  large 
volume  of  business.

Such  weavers  are 

Upholstery—American  manufacturers 
are  now  making  tambour  and 
imitation 
Irish  point  lace  curtains,  and  next  sea­
son  bids  fair  to  find  the  American  man­
ufacturers producing finer lines than ever 
before.  For  several  years  some  of  the 
largest  Swiss  embroidery  works  have 
had  branch  factories  in  America,  and 
during  the  last  four  years  under  the 
Wilson  bill,  they  did  a  very 
limited 
business  in  the  way  of  producing  goods 
in  America.  To-day  preparations  are 
being  made  to  increase  the  American 
branches,  and* with  superior  skill  there 
is  little  question  of  the  business  being 
more  firmly  rooted  here  during  the  next 
four  years  than  ever  before.  The  new 
goods  will  include  finer  lines  of  Swiss 
embroidery,  Hamburg  edgings  and  in­
sertions  made  on  both  hand  and  power 
machines. 
tambour  work  now 
made  in  America  is  done  on  the  heavy 
grades  of  muslin,  and  the  open  effects 
are  done,  after  being  bleached  and  fin­
ished?  by 
female  help,  who  cut  out  the 
open  work  effect  with  scissors.  Em ­
broidery  manufacturers  claim  that  next 
season  bids  fair  to  see  a  large  business 
done on  embroidered  dress  goods.  The 
braid  will  beworked on with embroidery 
machines  instead  of  by  hand and sewing 
machines.  Even  beads  and  pearls  can 
be  embroidered  by  these  machines, 
which  use  heavy  cords.

The 

Cotton  Goods—The  cotton  goods  mar­
ket  continues  to  plod  along  in  a  dull, 
uneventful  way  and  shows  no  feature 
that 
is  worthy  of  particular  mention.

M ICHIG AN  TRADESMAN

The  condition  of  raw  cotton  is  an  ad­
verse  factor 
in  the  market,  and  holds 
the  goods  down  to  very  unsatisfactory 
prices.  This  may  be  less  noticeable  a 
little  later,  when 
it  becomes  necessary 
for  buyers  to  replace  their  stocks,  but 
at  present  there  seems  to  be  no  escape 
from  it.

Laces—The  coming  season  will  be 
an  excellent  one  for  laces  of  all descrip­
tion,  but  the  most  popular  will  in  all 
probability  be  the  rich  Valenciennes 
lace.  As  a  very  large  amount  of  lace 
was  imported  before  the  price  on 
lace 
was  advanced  by  the  passing  of  the new 
tariff  bill,  there  will  be  probably  con­
siderably  more  buying  done  at  the  old 
prices  than  if  there  bad  not  been  much 
lace 
imported  until  after  the  bill  was 
passed.  Most  all  dealers  are  expecting 
a  very  good  business  in 
laces  by  next 
spring—much  better  than  the  past  sea­
son  has  been.

Fur  Garments—There  will  be  a  very 
good  business 
in  ready-made  fur gar­
ments  of  all  styles  this  season,  and there 
will  be  a  great  variety  of  furs  used, 
with  no  especial  regard  as  to  favorites 
Most  of  the  dealers  in  fur  garments  say 
that  they  had  looked  for  this  season  to 
be  a 
little  better  than  it  was  last,  but 
the  new  business  bids  fair  to  greatly ex­
ceed  that  of  last  year.

Rubber  Garments—The  dry  weather 
has  made 
the  rubber  garment  and 
mackintosh  trade  very  quiet,  but  both 
the  retailers  and  jobbers  are  quite  con­
fident  that  trade  will  be  much  better  as 
soon  as  the  season  is  a  little  more ad­
vanced.  The  plain  box  coats  will  be 
used  mostly  for  gentlemen’s  wear,  and 
black,  blue  and  tan  will  be  the  popular 
colors;  for  ladies’  wear,  black  and  blue 
cape  coats  are  sure  to  be  the  favorites, 
although  there 
is  some  attempt  being 
made  to  push  colors,  but  they  have  not 
hecome  very  popular  as  yet.

Hosiery—Plaids  and  some 

lines  of 
stripes  have  been  particularly  active, 
and  have  been  ever  since  the  season 
opened.  This  field  is  one  that  is  prac­
tically  controlled  by  the  foreign  manu­
facturer,  and 
if  the  present  demand 
continues, 
foreign  manufacturer 
will  feel  but  little  trouble  over  theques-, 
tion  of  tariff.

the 

Prints  and  Ginghams—The  market 
has  disclosed  a  very  quiet  demand  for 
printed  calicoes  of  all  descriptions. 
Business  for 
immediate  delivery  has 
been  accomplished  on  a  limited  scale, 
but  future  orders  have  been  few.  Buy­
ers  have  done  less  shopping  during  the 
week  for  fancy  prints  and  seem  to  feel 
that  they  can  get  just  as  much  satisfac­
tion  by  placing  orders 
immediately 
without  waiting  for  special concessions.

in 

There  was  a  slow  demand  noticed 
for 
most  styles  of  staple  prints,  and  also 
little  business  ac­
there  has  been  but 
complished 
indigo  blues,  shirtings, 
turkey  reds,  blacks,  whites,  etc.  Ordi­
nary  ginghams  have  also  been  slow  and 
without  material  change  in  prices.  One 
brighter  point  in  the  market,  however, 
is  that  finer  ginghams,  woven  dress 
goods,  and  napped  fabrics  have  had 
good  enquiry,  and  prices  are  generally 
firm  for  spring.  There  has  been  no 
particular  development  in  printed shirt­
ings,  except  from  manufacturers  who 
have,  in  some  instances,  placed  orders 
for  fair  quantities  of  special  assort­
ments.

If  there  were  no  fools this world would 
be  a  dreadful  desolate  place  to  live 
in ; 
it  wouldn't  pay  to  be  wise  or  even  cun­
ning.

Knowing  the  Cost.

Sometimes  it  is  a  decided  advantage 
for  a  salesman  not  to  know  the  cost  of 
the  article  he 
is  selling.  Frequently 
there  is  a  temptation  to  cut  when  there 
is  really  no  necessity  for  so  doing  and 
the  salesman  would  not  do  it  if  be knew 
nothing  of  what  the  goods cost.  Again, 
a  salesman  knowing  the  cost  will  cut 
closer  to  cost  than  the  one  who  knows 
only  the  selling  price.

An  inmate  of  the  Soldiers’  Home  at 
Augusta,  Me.,  has  been  smuggling 
in 
buttles  of  whisky  in  a  hole  he  carved  in 
his  wooden  leg.  The 
last  time  he  dis­
appeared  they  searched  for  him  until 
in  a 
they  found  him  lying  dead  drunk 
leg  un­
graveyard,  with  his  wooden 
strapped  and  the  empty  flask 
in  the 
hole  in  the  leg.

There 

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little  bad  luck  in  this 
world,  but  there  is  a  heap  of  bad  man­
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13

FROM  FARM  TO   FIRM.

How  Sam   Brown  Achieved  Success 

in  Business.

W ritten  for th e T radesman.

Next  morning  Sam  awoke at daybreak 
with  a  start  and  a  sense  of  trouble.  A 
snowstorm  had  begun  during  the  night 
and  white  heaps  were  on  the  floor  of 
the  cabin,  where it had sifted  in  through 
the  paneless  windows  and 
shattered 
door.  The  wind  was  blowing  fiercely 
and  moaned  and  shrieked  as  it  tore 
its 
way  through  the  cracks  and  crannies 
of  the  dilapidated  shanty.  He  lay  still 
for  a  minute,  watching  the  piles  of 
snow  growing 
larger  with  each  gust  of 
wind.  Suddenly  remembering  that  he 
had  to  report  for  duty  at  seven  o’clock, 
the  boy  turned  to  rouse  his  father.
“ Father!  wake  up.  Wake  up! 

It’s 
time  we  were  going.—He’s  sleeping  so 
sound  it’s  a  pity  to  disturb  him ;  but  I 
can’t  go  and 
leave  him  here.  Wake 
up,  father!”

Reaching  over,  the 

lad  shook  him 
gently  by  the  shoulder.  Receiving  no 
response,  he  put  his  hand  against  the 
wan  face.  With  a  cry  of  horror  he 
sprang  to  his  feet.  Then,  bending  over 
the  quiet 
form,  he  called,  “ Father! 
father 1”

But  never  again  was  he  to  hear  that 
familiar,  “ Yes,  Sammy.”   The  father’s 
troubles  were  at  an  end.
*  *  *

““ Sam  never  knew  how  he  reached  Mr. 
Phillips’  house  with  the  dreadful  news. 
When  consciousness  came  to  him  again 
he  was  lying  in  a  clean  white  bed  in  a 
hospital  ward.  The  sun  was  shining 
and  the  world  was 
bright  without 
clothed 
in  green.  He  looked  at  his 
hands  with  wonder. 
“ How  white  and 
thin  they  look.  Why,  I  must  have  been 
sick,”   thought  he. 
Just  then  a  young 
woman  quietly  entered,  crossed  to  the 
window  and  drew  down  the 
shade. 
Then,  coming  to the bedside,  she placed 
her  cool  hand  on  bis  forehead.

“ Where  am  I?”   he  asked.
“ Never  mind  now,  laddie,”   replied 
the  nurse.  “ After  a  while,  when  you’re 
stronger,  we’ll  tell  you  all  about 
it. 
You  must  keep  just  as  quiet  as  you  can 
now.”  
Too  weak  to  do  otherwise, 
Sam  was  soon  sleeping  soundly.

He  now  began  to  mend  rapidly  and 
after  a  week  was  able  to  sit  up.  With 
returning  strength  memory  came  back 
and  the  misery  of  the  last  few  days  be­
fore  his  sickness  was  lived  over  again. 
When  several  weeks  had  gone  by  and 
he  was  able  to  walk  a  little,  he  began 
to  wonder  why  Mr.  Phillips  did  not 
come  to  see  him.  He  thought  of  his 
brother  and  of  the  long  time  since  he 
had  gone  away. 
In  the  midst  of  his 
wondering  the  nurse  came  to  him  and 
he  at  once  asked  about  Mr.  Phillips.

“ Shortly  after  you  were  taken  sick,”  
she  replied,  “ Mr.  Phillips  sold  out  his 
business  here  and  went  back  to  Jack­
sonville,  where  he  came  from,  to  take 
a  partnership  in  a  large  dry goods store. 
He  left  word  with  us that  as  soon  as you 
are  well  enough  v/e  are  to  let  him  know 
and  he  would  send  for  you.  The  trans­
portation  came  this  morning and,  if  you 
keep  on  getting  strong,  the  Doctor  says 
you  can  start  a  week  from  to-day.”

This  was,  indeed,  pleasant  news,  and 
it  seemed  to  him  that  the  week  would 
ever  pass.  At  the  end  of  it  he  was pro­
nounced  well  enough  to  undertake  the 
journey.  How  glad  the  boy  was  to  bid 
goodby  to  blistering  old  Kansas,  where 
he  bad  done  so  much  hard  work  and 
had  endured  so  much  misery.

When  he  left  the  train at Jacksonville, 
a  carriage  was  in. waiting  and  be  was

driven  to  Mr.  Phillips'  home,  where  he 
was  regularly  installed  as  a  member  of 
the  fam ily;  and  on  the  first  day  of  July 
he  began  his  work  in  Phillips  &  Cal- 
lins’  store.

Sam  set  to  work  to  master  the dry 
goods  business  with  the  firm  resolve 
that  some day  he  would  have  a  business 
of  his  own.  He  soon  discovered  that 
he  was  deficient 
in  many  things,  and 
began  at  once  to  study  during  spare 
hours,  to 
improve  himself.  When  the 
business  college  opened  in  the  fall,  he 
entered  the  evening  classes,  to  acquire 
a  business  education.  He  proved  a  val­
uable  addition  to  the  working  force  in 
the  store  and 
it  was  not  long  before 
many  of  the  women customers,  especial­
ly  the  farmeis’  wives  who  came  into 
Jacksonville  to  do  their  shopping,  were 
asking  for  the  boy  and  would  wait  to 
have  him  serve  them.  He grew  steadily 
in  popularity  with  the  trade  and  in  the 
esteem  and  confidence  of  his employers. 
At  the  end  of  six  years  he  had  acquired 
so  thorough  a  knowledge  of  dry  goods, 
and  all  that  pertains  to  conducting  a 
dry  goods  store, 
that  he  was  given 
charge  of  the  greater  part  of  the  buy­
ing,  he  accompanying  Mr.  Callins,  the 
junior  member  of  the  firm,  to New  York 
twice  a  year  for  that  purpose;  and  it 
would  have  been  difficult  to  recognize 
in 
the  bright-looking,  well-dressed 
young  fellow  the  poor country  boy of six 
years before.

Sam 

felt  that  his  education  was,  as 
yet,  far  from  completed  and  the  spare 
moments,  which  so  many  young  men 
waste,  were  spent  by  him 
in  earnest 
study.  From  eight  in  the  morning  when 
he  entered  the  store,  until  he  left  it  at 
six  in  the  evening,  he  was  all  business. 
Somehow,  whether 
customers  were 
many  or  few,  Sam  always  found  work 
to  keep  himself  busy.  The  other  clerks 
might  “ stand  ’round”   and  gossip,  but 
he had  taken  Mr.  Callins  for  his  model 
of  a  business  man,  and  Mr.  Callins 
never  “ stood  ’round.”   To  this  he  owes 
his  present  responsible  position;  and 
there 
is  no  doubt  that  he  would  have 
been  delighted  could  he  have  heard  the 
following  conversation  that  took  place 
between  his  employers:

in 

“ That 

is  the  very  thing  I  have  had 
in  my  mind 
for  some  time,  Callins,”  
said  Mr.  Phillips.  “ I  have  always  been 
interested 
‘ my  boy’  and  I  am  very 
glad  to  know  that  you  feel  towards  him 
as  you  do. 
I  am  ready  at  any  time  to 
sign  the  necessary  papers  giving  him  a 
fourth  interest  in  the  business.  He  has 
shown  us  how  thoroughly  capable  and 
reliable  he 
is  and  as  a  partner  he  will 
be  able  to  take  a  great  share  of  the 
business  burdens  off  our  shoulders.  He 
will  be  22  the  third  of  next month—sup­
pose  we  take  him  into  the  firm  on  that 
day?”

“ Agreed,”   replied  Mr.  Callins  heart­

ily.

And  thus  Sam  Brown’s  aspiration  be­
came  a  happy—and  deserved—reality.

M a c   A l l a n , 

[c o n c l u d e d ]

Ingenious  Method  of  Heating  a  Store.
Retailers  who  have  difficulty  in  heat­
ing  their  stores 
in  real  cold  weather 
will  be  interested  in  the  invention  of  a 
Scotch  merchant,  David  Smith,  of  Clar­
ion,  Iowa.  This  genius  cut  a  hole  in 
the  bottom  and  another  in  the  top  of  a 
soft  coal  beater,  making  the  holes  of 
sufficient  size  to  admit  a  three-inch 
tube.  This  pipe,  open  at  both  ends, 
was  run  up  through  the  stove,  carrying 
the  cold  air  from  the  floor  up  through 
the  fire  and  out  the  top  heated. 
It  is 
claimed  that  this 
simple  expedient 
increases  the  heating  capacity  of  a  soft 
coal  stove  three  hundred  per  cent.

Association Matters

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association

President, J .W isler,  M ancelona;  Secretary,  E. 
A.  Stowe,  G rand  R apids;  T reasurer,  J.  F. 
T atxan, Clare.

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

P resident,  Chas.  P.  Bock, B attle  Creek;  Vice 
P resident,  H.  W.  Webber,  W est  Bay  City; 
T reasurer, Henry C. Minn ie, E aton Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association

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

221 Greenwood ave;  T reasurer, N. L. Koenig.

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

President,  F rank  J .  Dy k;  Secretary,  H omer 

Saginaw Mercantile  Association 

President, P. P. T reanor;  V ice-President, J ohn 
McBr a tn ie;  Secretary,  W.  H.  Le w is;  T reas­
urer, L ouie S chwermer

Fanis’  Pancake  Floor 

Fanis’  Self-Rising  BocKwteat

20 5 lb. Backs to a case. .$3.50

PALUS  &  CO.,  Toledo,  0.

W M .  R.  TOMPKINS,  A gent,  D etroit,  M ich.

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

t e r ;  T reasurer, J.  L. P etbrmann

Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

Dabbing;  T reasurer,  L. A. Gilkry.

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  M artin  G afney;  Secretary,  E  P. 

C leveland;  T reasurer, Geo.  M.  Hoch.

Traverse City Business Men’s Association
Holly;  T reasurer, C. A. Hammond.

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

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association

President, A. D.  Wh ipple ; Secretary, G. T. Camp­

bell;  T reasurer, W. E.  Collins.

Alpena Business Men’s Association 

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

Partridge.

Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association 
President, L. J. Katz;  Secretary, P h il ip Hil b e b; 

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

9 oz.  15c; 

1  lb. 25c.

oz.  ioc; 

every respect

D etroit,  M ich.

O.  A.  TURNEY,  M anufacturer,

T reasurer. S. J.  Hufford.

mwmm mm

t Y O U  are  a Grocer.

W e are interested  in yottr welfare.
W e want you to succeed.
If you  don't,  we can't.
W e  make Flour.
W e want 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.
Women  are particular  about Flour.
Lily White 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 want it.

Valley City Milling Co*

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Fruits  and  Produce.
Mixed  Varieties  the  Bane  o f  the  Po­

tato  M arket.

P rom  the M inneapolis Com m ercial B ulletin.

In  spite  of  the  belief  last  week  that 
the  potato  market  had  reached  its  bot­
tom  for  the  season,  the  market  has 
eased  off  this  week.  Fancy  potatoes  of 
straight  varieties  have  not  suffered  so 
much,  but  medium  grades  and  mixed 
varieties  have  fallen  into disrepute  and 
the dumps.  This  is  not  to  say  that  po­
tatoes are  not selling  at  prices  that  are 
fairly  remunerative  to  the  producer  and 
shipper.  But  there  is  an  accumulation 
of  mixed  stock;  and  it  is  hard  to  move 
out.

is 

The  reasons  for  this  condition  of 
things  are  easily  seen.  There 
is  but 
one  section  of  the  State  where  the farm­
ers  are  in  condition  to  hold  their  stock 
for  better  prices  after the  beginning  of 
winter.  This 
in  the  Princeton  and 
St.  Paul  &  Duluth  railroad  regions. 
There  large  storage  cellars  are common, 
and  there  the  shippers  or the  farmers 
are  storing  their  crop  very  freely 
It  is 
generally  believed  that  after  the  first 
of  the  year  potatoes  will  be  worth  50 
cents  per  bushel. 
In  other  sections,  es­
pecially  in  the  southern  and  southwest­
ern  parts  of  the  State,  the  farmers  are 
compelled  to  sell  their  stock  before  se­
vere  weather  sets 
in.  They  are  now 
anxious  to  sell  at  prices  15  cents  lower 
than  they  refused  some  weeks  ago. 
They  are  asking  buyers  to  come  and 
make  figures  for  the  moving  of  their 
stock.

The  larger  part  of  the  potatoes  that 
are  going  out  of  the  State  are  not  being 
sold  before  shipping,but  are  being  con­
signed  to  commission  merchants  in  the 
Twin  Cities,  in  Chicago  and  St.  Louis. 
Reports  from  the  last mentioned city are 
to  the  effect  that  this  State  is  sending  a 
very 
large  quantity  of  potatoes  direct 
from  producers  to  that  city  on  consign­
ment.  This  condition  of  things  is  not 
a  good  one  for  the  market  just  now,  but 
is  unavoidable.  The  potatoes  that  are 
not  to  be  stored  must  be  sent  off  in  the 
next  two  or  three  weeks,  and  must  go 
at  any  price.

in 

The  greatest bane  of  the trade is,  how­
ever,  the  common  practice  of  raising 
any  kind  of  potato and  shipping  them 
in  a  mixed  state.  The  bulk  of  the  po 
tatoes  received  here are mixed varieties. 
If  one  goes  along  the  streets  and  ex­
amines  the  potato  wagons  that  come  to 
long  procession  these  days, 
market 
he  will  find  not  one  wagon 
in  ten 
loaded  with  any  one  straight  variety  of 
potato.  On  the  other  band,  not  one 
in  ten  for  shipment  is  for  mixed 
order 
varieties.  The 
largest  buyers  in  this 
city  say  that  where  they  will  pay,  say 
30  cents  a  bushel  in  carlots  for  straight 
burbanks  or  rose,  they  will  not  pay 
15  to  20  cents  for  the  varieties 
over 
mixed.  The  reason  for  this  is  plain. 
The  demand  now 
is  very  largely  for 
seed.  Buyers  are  now  storing  away 
seed  to  be  shipped 
later  to  Southern 
fields.  One  commission  house  in  this 
city  had  an  order  from  Texas  for 50 cars 
of  seed  to  be  shipped  after  the  first  of 
the  year.  The  commission  merchant 
says  such  an  order  cannot  be  filled  from 
potatoes  coming  to  this  city.  Fully  50 
per  cent,  of  the  value  of  the  potatoes  is 
lost  merely  because  of  the  carelessness 
of the  farmer or the  shipper,  or  both.  If 
the  farmer  shall  take  the  pains  to  have 
pure  varieties  for  seed,  and  to  plant 
hem  in  separate  fields,  then  keep  them 
separate  when  he  sells,  he  will  do  him­
self  one  of  the greatest  favors 
imagin­
able. 
It  is  as  detrimental  to  the  profils 
of  potato  raising  to  mix  varieties  and 
seed  as  it  is  to  mix  wheat,  oats,  barlev 
and  rye  in  field  or bin.  The  mixing  of 
seed  brings  mongrel  potatoes  that  are 
sure  to  sell  off the  top  of  the  market, 
while  the  mixing  straight  varieties  by 
shippers  will  as  surely  lower  the  price 
of  the  stock  in  market. 
If  a  full  car  of 
one  variety  cannot  be  sent,  divisions 
can  be  made  in  the  car  and  the  stock 
put  in  separate bins.

Not  only 

it  the  seed  potato  men 
that  want  straight  varieties,  but  the 
housekeepers  want  them.  Varieties  of

is 

potatoes  are  of  such  different  qualities 
that  they  will  not  boil  evenly.  Any 
farmer’s  wife  can  tell  you  that.  Now, 
the  mixed  cars  of  stock  that  come  to 
this  city  must  of  necessity  be  sold to the 
local  trade.  This  means  in  large  part 
the  peddler  trade.  Any  one  knows  that 
the  peddler 
is  not  a  profitable  man  to 
market  to.-  He  is  out  for bargains,  and 
the  potato  on  the  bargain  counter  is  not 
a  joy  to  the  potato  farmer.  To-day  the 
potato  peddler  is  in  high  clover  in  this 
city.  If  all  the  potatoes  on  the  tracks  in 
this  city  that  now  so clog  the  market 
were  straight  varieties  instead  of  mixed 
stock  (and  it  would  have cost the farmer 
not  a  cent  more  to  have  raised  and 
shipped  them 
they  would 
clean  up  without  trouble,  and  at  50  per 
cent,  more  money  than  they  are  now 
bringing.  All  this  is  a  sheer  waste  of 
money.

straight), 

Disadvantages  Attending 
Mixed  Eggs.

the  Sale  of 

F rom  th e N ew Y ork P roduce Review .

The  mixture  of  fresh  and  stale  eggs, 
which 
is  always  troublesome  during 
the  fall  months,  has  been  especially  so 
this  season.  The disadvantages  of  hav­
ing  our  receipts  of  fresh-gathered  eggs 
so  largely  mixed  up  with  these  old 
country-held  goods  are  so  great  that  it 
seems  most  unfortunate  that  shippers 
cannot  separate  the  various  qualities.

At  this  season  of  year  the  old  eggs 
with  which  the  fresh  are  mixed  are  of 
very  irregular  quality.  Some  of them— 
those  which  have  been  held  but  a  short 
time  and  under  especially 
favorable 
circumstances—are  of  more  useful  qual­
ity  than 
long-held  refrigerators,  but  a 
large  part  of  them  are so much shrunken 
and  of  so  poor  a  quality  that  dealers 
cannot  use  them  even  in  channels  where 
good  refrigerator  eggs  are acceptable.

fine 

When  dealers,  in  order  to  obtain  a 
supply  of  really 
fresh  eggs,  are 
obliged  to  buy  them  mixed  with  old 
eggs  it  can  be  readily  understood  that 
the 
latter  are  of  less  value  than  they 
would  be  to  other  and  less  particular 
classes  of  irade,  consequently  the  price 
of  the  whole  lot  is  depressed,  the  ship­
per  gets 
less  for  the  defective  goods, 
and  the  good  eggs  cost  the  dealer a 
considerable  premium  above  the  price 
he  pays 
for  the  whole.  With  fresh- 
gathered  eggs  of  so-called  choice  qual­
ity  selling  at  18c,for  instance,  the  reallv 
fine  eggs,  when  candled  out,  probably 
cost  the  buver  fully  20c, by  reason  of  the 
reduced  value  of  the  old goods.

With  this  fact  in  view,  it  is  evident 
that 
if  the  goods  were  separated  when 
packed,  so  that  a  buyer  for  fancy  eggs 
could  get  them  free  from  mixture,  he 
would  be  glad  to  pay  at  least  as  much 
for  them  as  they  cost  now,  and probably 
more,  owing  to  the  saving  of  labor. 
It 
is  also  evident  that  the  stale  eggs,  if 
packed  by  themselves,  would  bring 
more  sold  to  a  cheaper  class  of  trade 
than  to  dealers  who  have  no  satisfactory 
use  for  them.

Another  serious  difficulty,  and  one 
which  is very  far  reaching  in  its  effects, 
is  that  under  the  present  system  of  sell­
ing  fresh  and  stale  together  many  of the 
latter  do  really  get 
into  consumptive 
channels  which  demand  better  goods, 
thus  materially  injuring  the  consump­
tive  demand. 
If  the  older  eggs  were 
sold  to  cheaper  trade,  where  the  sense 
of  taste  is  less  acute  and  where  price  is 
of  more  importance  than  quality,  their 
effect  on  consumption  would  be  far less.

Found at

Gongdon’s  Cider  Saver 
and  Fruit  Preservative 
Compound

Guaranteed to keep your cider  and  fruits  pure  and 
sweet without changing their flavor  or  color.  No 
salicylic acid or ingredients injurious to the health. 
Send for circulars to manufacturers.

J .  L.  Gongdon  &  Go.

P E N T W A T E R .  M ICHIGAN.

Potatoes  --  Beaps  -   Gpiops

We 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.

M O   O   C l   C Y   D   D   A   Q  
V /   O   C   L   C   T   D n U O i
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G rand  Rapids,  H ich.

E stablished  1876. 

Wholesale Seeds,  Potatoes,  Beans,  Fruits.

B E S T   G R A D E S .  A N D  
P R IC E S   A L W A Y S   R IG H T . 

CLOVER 
TIMOTHY
A I   C V I / E

1

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

„   . . .   *   N orth  D, „ „ r a  
Q rand  R apids,  M ichigan. 

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BUTTER
EGGS

Handled only on  Commission.

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

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

The  Vinkemulder  Company,

Qrand  Rapids,  Mich.

MILLER & TEASDALE CO.

FR U IT  A N D   PRODUCE  B R O K ER S

BEANS 
ONIONS 
601  NORTH  THIRD  S T ., 

o u r  

s p e c i a l t i e s  

POTATOES
CABBAGE

ST.  LOUIS,  MO.

Consignments solicited.  Advances made. 

Reference:  American Exchange Bank, St.  Louis.

Harris & Frutchey

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

6o  Woodbridge  St.,  W. 

350  High  St.

Telephone 2524.Antiseptic  Fibre 

Package Go.

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

P ay   for  the m selv e s  In  securing  h ig h e r 
prices.  A lw ays  clean and  a ttra c tiv e . 
F urnished  w ith   y o u r  ad vertisem ent 
p rinted  upon  th em   C heaper th a n  packages 
now   used.

187-189 Canal  St. 
GrandlEapids, Mich.

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16

GOTHAM  G O SSIP.

News  from   the  M etropolis— Index  to 

the  M arket.

Special  Correspondence.

New  York,  Oct.  30—It  has  been  a 
comparatively  dull  week  here 
and 
everybody  seems  to  be  awaiting  the  re­
sult  of  election  and letting business drop 
for  a  few  days.  The  sudden  and  tragic 
death  of  Henry  George  had a depressing 
effect  and  the  whole  community  was 
shocked  beyond  measure.

Coffee 

is  especially  “ out  of  sorts”  
and,  as  Europe  reports  the  unloading of 
is  not 
large  holders,  the 
situation 
for  holders  here.
especially  cheerful 
Not  an  invoice  sale  was made Friday. 
The  amount  of  coffee  in  store  and  afloat 
is  something  like  940,000  bags,  against 
about  635,000  bags  at  the  same  time last 
year. 
for 
Rio  No.  7 
is  now6J^c;  indeed,  some 
sales  are  reported  at  6^c.  Buyers have 
interest  and  interior 
shown  very 
reports  seem  to 
indicate  that  grocers 
and  dealers  have  supplies  sufficient  for 
temporary  purposes.

the  prevailing  quotation 

little 

There  is  a  little  better  feeling  in  teas 
and,  although  prices  show  no  apprecia­
tion,  there  is  an  air  of  rather  more  con­
tent  among  dealers  than  has  prevailed 
for a  few  weeks.  No  large  sales  were 
reported,  but  dealers  promise  a  differ 
ent  report  very  soon.

There 

in  number. 

Refined  sugar  has  been  in  very 

light 
movement  and  sales,  although  made 
over  a  wide  extent  of  territory,  have 
been  of  very 
limited  volume.  A  re­
duction  of  }ic   has been made on refined, 
and  at  the  close  orders, are  awaited  with 
interest.  Perhaps  after  election  things 
will  take  a  better  turn.
is  not the  activity  among  rice 
dealers  which  prevailed  a  week  ago and 
sales  are  reported  as  small  and  rather 
few 
Supplies,  however, 
are  not  large,  either  of  foreign  or  do­
mestic,  and  consequently  prices  have 
choice 
been  maintained. 
Southern  rice is worth 
Japan,
5@ 5# c.
Spice  sales  have  been  light.  No  in­
voice  trading  has  been  reported  and 
ginger  and  nutmegs  seem  to  be  in  buy­
ers’  favor.  Other  sorts  are  unchanged.
is  flat.  Distributing  busi­
ness  has  been  of  very  limited  character. 
The  stock  of  molasses  here  is  rather 
limited  and  the  whole  situation  is  one 
which'contains 
little  cheer.  Moderate 
receipts  are  reported  from  New  Orleans 
and  dealers are rather blue.  Centrifugal, 
good  to  prime, 
i7$J2ic;open   kettle, 
good  to  prime,  26@28c;  prime  to  fancy 
syrup  is  held  at  >6@22C.

Prime  to 

Molasses 

In  canned  goods,  a  fair  jobbing  busi­
ness  in  California  fruits  is  reported 
in 
one  or  two  cases,  but,  as  a  general 
thing,  trade 
is  not  as  active  as  last 
week.  Well-known  brands  of  corn  aud 
tomatoes  have  sold,  of  course  at  remun­
erative  figures,  and 
in  fact  there  has 
perhaps  been  no  actual  decline 
in  any 
article,  but  the  market  lacks  strength. 
Reports  of  the  canning  of  corn  and  to­
matoes  are  coming  to  hand  which  show 
a  great  reduction 
in  the  total  pack  of 
this  season.

Dried fruits are practically unchanged. 
12c. 
Evaporated 
Raisins  and  prunes  from  the  Pacific 
Coast  bold  their  own,  desp'ite  the  efforts 
made  to down  them.

are  worth 

apples 

Butter  in  unchanged.  For best  West­
ern  creamery  23J£c 
is  the  prevailing 
rate  and  has  been  for a  week.  Grades 
that  will  not  come  “ up  to  the  scratch”  
are 
in  rather  light  enquiry  and  alto­
gether  the  demand  is  about  of  an  every­
day  character.
The  outlook  for  cheese is anything but 
encouraging  and  dealers  seem  to  have 
lost  their grip.  The  demand  has  been 
very  light  and  quotations  are  nominal. 
Large  size  State  full  cream  is  held  at 
8Xc-  Small,  8% @ qc.
1897  marrows,  $1.323^ 
Beans,  choice 
@1.35.  There 
is  a  very  light  volume 
of  business  being  done.  Choice  pea 
beans,  $1.10.

A  large  supply  of  potatoes  have  come 
in  price  the 
upon  us  this  week  and 
range 
is  from  $ i.62@ i.87  for  Western, 
with  a  weak  tone  to  the  market  gener­
ally.

In  eggs  the  supply  is  light  and  the 
market  is  firm.  Best  Western  stock  is 
worth  i8j^c.  Nearby,  22c.

Effects of the  Restrictive  Law  on  Oleo­

m argarine.

1888. 

Then 

information  about 

As  oleomargarine  is  subject  to  an  in­
ternal  revenue  tax,  it  is  easy  to  secure 
accurate 
its  manu­
facture  and  consequently  about  its  con­
sumption.  The  first  full  year  in  which 
this  information  was  available  was  that 
ending  June  30, 
In  that  year
3>325.527  pounds  of  oleo  was  manufac­
in  this  country.  Thenceforward 
tured 
until 
1894,  the  manufacture 
increased 
in  the  last  named 
steadily,  reaching 
year  69.622,246  pounds. 
the 
tendency  was 
in  the  other  direction, 
and  in  the  fiscal  year  ending  with  June 
30  last,  the  production  was  only  45,534,- 
559  pounds,  or  less  than 
in  any  year 
since  1892.  The  decline  in  production 
of  late  years  is  variously  accounted  for. 
Doubtless  the  restrictive 
in  the 
various  states,  and  especially  the  anti­
color  laws,  have  had  considerable  influ­
ence.  And  very  likely  the  relatively 
low  price  of  butter  and  higher  price  of 
animal  fats  of  late  has  restricted  its 
manufacture  to  some  extent.  Whatever 
the  cause,  farmers  and  dairymen rejoice 
over  the  fact,  which  indicates  a  broader 
market  for  pure  butter.

laws 

To  Take  O ff  Mold.

Sometimes  you  will 

find  that  the 
blacking  on  the  tops  of  goods  has  been 
eaten  off  by  mold.  To  restore  the  color, 
wash  with  ammonia.

The  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company 
has  arranged  a  system  for  patrolling  its 
lines  at  night  under  special  police, 
employing a checking system,  which will 
guarantee  its  efficiency.

S o T   G R A P E S

are  closing  the  season 
very  fine.

Hubbard  Squash,  Sw eet  Potatoes,  Cape  Cod  Cranberries, 
Spanish  Onions,  Honey,  Lem ons,  Oranges  and  Bananas.

Grand  Rapids. 

BUNTING  &  CO.

R.  HIRT,

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

Will buy same at  point  of  shipment, 
or  delivered,  in  small  or  large  lots. 
Write for particulars.

¿ g !  The  right  way to do business and  make money  now is  to  make  your  place  % 
of business popular;  make  it a  leader by being the first to show seasonable  §j 
a   goods; get them before your competitor begins to  think  about  it.  And  al-  £  
« 5 ,  w ays  get  the  best  . . .  

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

How  the  T rading  Stam p  Fake  Is  Re­

garded  in  St.  Louis.

F rom  th e In te rstate Grocer.

In  order  to  ascertain  how  St.  Louis 
grocers  regard  the  new  trading  stamp 
scheme,  a  representative  of  this  paper 
recently  called  on  several  dealers  who 
have  had  experience  with  the  system. 
J.  H.  Gibson,  corner  of  Seventh  and 
Market  streets,  expressed  himself  as 
follows:

“ It  has  brought  us  inconsiderable 
new  trade,  and  has  stimulated  our  cash 
business  somewhat,  but  I  find  that  it 
is 
a  pretty  expensive  way  of  doing  busi­
ness. 
I  didn’t  stop  to  figure,  before en­
tering  into  the  contract,  the  big  differ­
ence  between  5  per  cent,  on  the  profits, 
and  5  per  cent,  on  the  gross receipts.  It 
may  be  all  right  in  some  lines,  where 
the  profits  are  larger,  but  some  articles 
in  the  grocery  business  don’t  bring over 
5  per  cent,  profit. ”

H.  Klein,  23  South  Fourteenth  street, 
reports  about  the  same  experience  as 
“ I  don’t  think 
Mr.  Gibson.  He  says: 
much  of  this  scheme,after  investigating 
it  a  little  more  than  I  did  at  first.  They 
are  pretty  slick  fellows,  those  who  do 
the  soliciting  for  that  concern. 
I  am 
beginning  to  see  that  they  get  all  the 
money,  while  we  get  the  experience. 
Another  thing  I  don’t  like  about  it  is 
that  some  of  my  customers  are  already 
beginning  to  suspect  that  I have  put  my 
prices  up  on  account  of  this  thing.  No, 
I  don't  think  it  amounts  to  much.’ ’

Mrs.  M.  McDermott,  Eighteenth  and 
Lucas  avenue,  has  had  no  experience 
in  giving  out  trading  stamps. 
so  far 
She  says: 
“ I  haven’t  given  out any 
yet,  and  don’t  know  whether  they  will 
help  me 
I  think  my 
customers  prefer  a  stick  of  candy  for 
their  children  to  a  trading  stamp.*'

in  my  business. 

in 

the 

M.  Bichler, 

107  North  Fourteenth 
street,  is  not  very  much  in  love  with  the 
trading  stamp  scheme,  nor  with  the  fel­
low  who  talked  him  into  it.  He  vents 
his  grief 
following  manner: 
“ That  fellow  was  a  pretty  smooth  one. 
He  promised  all  kinds  of  things,  among 
others,  that  he  wouldn't  put  his  stamps 
in  a  grocery  store  or meat market within 
four blocks  from  me.  Now  I  find  that 
there  are  two  other  fellows  in  adjoining 
blocks  that have  them.  So  you  see,  the 
company  has  not  carried  out  its  con­
tract,  and  can’t  hold  me  down  to  it.’ ’ 
When  his  attention  was  called  to  the 
fact  by  our  representative  that  the  com­
pany  would  not  recognize  a  verbal  con­
tract  made  by  its  agents,  he  said  it  was 
on  the  contract.  Upon  examination,  it 
was  found  hat  the  number  of  blocks 
was 
ingeniously  omitted  by  the  wily
agent,  re a d in g -----blocks,  whereupon
the  incensed  Mr.  Bichler  proceeded  to 
turn 
loose  bis  wrath  upon  the  bead  of 
the  agent,  as  well  as  upon  the  company 
and  everybody  connected  with  it.  What 
the  outcome  of  this  case  will  be  we  are 
not  prepared  to  foretell  at  this  time.

The  main  objection  seems  to  be  that 
a  percentage  on  the  old,  as  well  as  on 
the  new,  trade  has  to  be  paid  out;  that 
the average  retail  grocery  business  can­
not  stand  a  drain  of  5  per  cent,  on 
its 
gross  receipts  for  a  poor  advertising

in 

increase 

is  what 

it 
scheme,  which  after  all, 
amounts  to. 
It  creates  a  suspicion  in 
the  minds  of  customers  that  prices  have 
been  raised,  which,  of  course, 
is  not 
characteristic  of  this  scheme  alone. 
A  big 
the  cash  busi­
ness 
is  promised  which,  however,  does 
not  materialize  sufficiently  to  warrant 
a  commission  of  5  per  cent,  on  the 
gross  sales.  There  are  many  other  ob­
jectionable  features,  but  the  above  are 
sufficient  to  turn  any  thinking  business 
man  against  the  scheme. 
It  is  true  that 
there 
is  a  certain  class  of  people  who 
are  always  after  something  that  doesn’t 
cost  anything,  but  the  merchant  can 
easily  secure  a  few  choice  premiums  of 
his  own  and  conduct  his  private trading 
stamp  scheme  at  about  one-half  per 
cent,  of  his  sales.  The  best  way,  after 
all,  is  not  to  have  anything  to  do  with 
schemes  of  any  kind,  for  in  nine  cases 
out  of  ten  they  prove  expensive,  and the 
results  are  very  unsatisfactory  in  many 
ways.
lei­
“ Marry  in  haste  a  d  repent  at 
sure”  seems  to  be applicable  in  the ma­
jority  of  the  trading  stamp  cases. 
It 
seems  surprising  that  a  scheme  like 
this  should  have  had  any  attraction 
for 
a  number  of  merchants  who  are  on  the 
list,  and  especially  that  the  majority 
went  into  it  without  any preliminary in­
vestigation.  For  that  reason,  the entire 
blame  rests  on  their  shoulders,  and  if 
it  proves  as  unpopular and  obnoxious in 
St.  Louis  as 
it  has  in  the  cities  of  the 
East,  another  valuable  lesson  will  have 
been  learned  by  some  of  our  busines 
men.

Go  Slow 

in  Dealing  with  H.  A.
Mowery  &   Co.

H.  A.  Mowery  &  Co.,  produce  com­
mission  merchants  at  200  South  Water 
street,  Chicago,  are  flooding  the  State 
with  printed  matter,  soliciting  ship­
ments  of  butter,  eggs,  cheese,  poultry, 
veal  and  game.  The  Tradesman  has 
caused  diligent  enquiry  to  be  made  rel­
ative  to  the  antecedents  and  standing  of 
this  house  and  recommends  caution  in 
dealing  with  the  firm. 
It  has  no  real 
estate,  no  bank  account  and  no  rating 
by  either  of  the  mercantile  agencies.  If 
any  of  the  Tradesman’s  patrons  have 
made  any  consignments  to  the  house, 
the  Tradesman  would  be  pleased  to  be 
made  acquainted  with  the  result.

The  F iji  Islands  exported  $1,684,645 
worth  of  sugar  last  year.  The  area  de­
voted  to  the  cultivation  of  cane  is  said 
to  be  on  the 
increase,  notwithstanding 
the  unsatisfactory  state  of  the  market.

Minnesota  University  seems  to  lay 
little  stress  on  the  study  of  the  classics. 
Out  of  the 
instructors  at  that  in­
stitutions,  only  four  are  engaged  to 
teach  Greek  and  Latin.

185 

The  Belgian  government  offers a prize 
of  $10,000  to  anyone  who  will  discover 
a  chemical  that  will  take  the  place  of 
white  phosphorus  in  matchmaking.

It 

W orthy  Enterprise  by  Colored  Men.
At  Stanleytown,  Tenn.,  a  number of 
colored  men  have  formed  a co-operative 
association  for  the  manufacture  of foun­
dry  goods. 
is  called  the  Southern 
Hollow  Ware  &  Foundry  Co.  Their 
new  foundry 
is  now  about  completed, 
having  a  main  building  50x25  feet, 
with  a  number  of  outbuildings  and  an­
nexes.  They  have  stocked  the  plant 
with  a  40-horse-power  engine,  new 
cupola,  machinery,  models,  patterns, 
etc.,  costing  nearly  a  thousand  dollars.
in  operation  by 
November 
10,  and  can  turn  out  fifteen 
stoves  a  day,  employing  nearly 
fifty 
colored  men  when  running  complete. 
They  do  not  expect  to  make  much 
profit on  stoves—competition  being  too 
strong  with  much more extensive plants, 
but  expect  to  make  their greatest  profit 
on 
iron  hollow  ware  and  such  piece 
work  as  they  can  get  from  other  foun­
dries  in  their  vicinity.

They  expect  to  be 

Although  this  plant  may  or  may  not 
prove  a  success,  its  promoters  certainly 
deserve  considerable  credit.  The  idea 
of  building  and  operating  this  foundry 
started  with  the  President,  C.  H.  Fer- 
ran.  Ferran 
is  a  colored  man,  almost 
white,  who  was  formerly  the  slave  of  a 
wealthy  Huntsville  family.  Before  the 
war  he  was  the  chief  blacksmith,  or 
ironmaster,  on  the  Ferran  plantation 
near  Huntsville,  and  has  considerable 
knowledge  of 
ironmaking.  For the  past 
year  he  has  been  employed  as  head 
molder  at  Citico  furnace  and  makes 
good  wages.

He  works  all  day  at  Citico  and  walks 
to  his  home  in  Stanleytown  in  the  even­
ing.  Then  he  spends  half  the  night 
working  on  the  foundry  with  a  number 
of  other  colored  men 
interested,  all  of 
whom  are  employed  at  different  points 
in  the  city. 
It  has  been  under  Ferran’s 
supervision  that  the  foundry  was  built. 
Ferran  is a very  powerful  man  physical­
ly,  and  has  taken  an  intense  interest  in 
the  enterprise.

The  company,  as 

it  is,  is  somewhat 
different  from  other  concerns  of  this 
sort.  They  have  not  borrowed  a  cent 
of  money  on  which  to  start  the  enter­
prise.  Ferran  and  each  man  interested 
bad  some  money  saved,  and  with  what 
they  could  spare  from  their  earnings 
have  built  the  plant.

SEASON  IT!

When trade is flat, why 
don’t  you  season  it?  A 
windowful  of  D iamond 
Crystal  Salt  jJ"«.  will 
halt  the  passing  buyer.
See Price Current.

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Those  who are  familiar  with  Lakeside  Peas 
fully appreciate  them  and  know  their  value.
We  have  made  the  canning  of  peas  a  scien­
tific  study  and feel  amply  repaid  by  the  re­
sults  obtained.  They  are  for  sale  by  all 
grocers.  Ask for them.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan  Knights of the Grip. 

President, J ab. F  Hammell, Lansing;  Secretary, 
D.  C.  Slaght, F lin t ;  T reasurer, G has. McN olty, 
Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  S.  H.  Hart,  D etroit;  Secretary  and 

T reasurer, D. Morris, D etroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan.

G rand  Counselor,  F.  L.  Day.  Jackson;  Grand 
Secretary, G.  S. Valmore, D etroit;  G rand T reas­
urer, G eo. A.  R eynolds,  Saginaw. 
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­

.

dent Association.

T reasurer, G eo.  F.  Owen,  G rand Rapids. 

President, A. F . P eake, Jackson:  Secretary and 
Board  o f  D irectors—F.  M.  T yler,  H.  B.  F a ir- 
child.J as. N. Bradford, J   H enry Daw ley.Geo. 
J.  H einzelman, Chas. S.  Robinson.

Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club.
President,  W.  C.  Brown.  M arquette;  Secretary 
and T reasurer, A.  F.  Wesson,  M arquette.

Twenty-Three  Additions  to  the  List.
Marquette,  Nov. 

i —Lake  Superior 
in  with  the  new 
travelers  have  fallen 
deal  offered  by  the  Lake  Superior  Com­
mercial  Travelers’  Club  surprisingly. 
New  members  are  coming  in  fast  and 
the  new  directory  to  be  issued  Jan.  i 
will  certainly  contain  the  names  of  300 
travelers.  Among  the 
latest  additions 
to  the  membership  are:

D.  G.  Freeman,  Oshkosh,  Wis.,  with 

Thos.  G.  Plant  Co.,  Boston.

Thos.  D.  Ryan,  Hancock,  with  D.  F. 

Bremmer  Baking  Co.,  Chicago.

A.  B.  Wheeler,  Milwaukee,  with 
Kewaunee  Boiler  Co.,  Kewaunee,  Ills. 
“   Thos.  H. 
Lang,  Hancock,  with 
Standard  Oil  Co.

H.  F.  B.  Weendels,  Green  Bay,  Wis., 

with  Bunte  Bros.  &  Spoehn,  Chicago.

Robt.  F  Fee,  Detroit,  with  Banner 

Cigar  Manufacturing  Co.,  Detroit.

Geo.  W.  Cadv,  Chicago,  with  Ohio 

Suspender  Co.,  Mansfield.

Jno.  Burder,  Calumet,  with  Carlton 
Hardware  Co.,  Calumet.
"   Oscar  Hart,  Milwaukee,  with  Bradley 
&  Metcalf  Co.,  Milwaukee.
A.  A.  Muldrew,  Marquette,  with 
Strong,  Lee  &  Co.,  Detroit.
John  Thorny,  St.  Louis,  with  Mayer 

&  Lowenstein,  New  York.

H.  F.  Alexander,  Milwaukee,  with 

Chas.  Baumbach  Co  ,  Milwaukee,

nith  Paper  Co.,  Duluth.

Eugene  Murphy,  Hancock,  with  Ze­
W.  I.  Bolt,  Detroit,  with  Detroit  Lead 

Pipe  &  Sheet  Lead  Works.

E.  B.  Baldwin,  Ashland,  Wis.,  with 
Marshall  Wells  Hardware  Co.,  Duluth.
George  Wright,  Kiel,  Wis.,  with  Kiel 
Manufacturing  Co.,  Kiel,  Wis.
Antoine  Boex,  De  Pere,  Wis.,  with 
Johnston  Bros  ,  Milwaukee.
C.  H.  Buckley,  Freeport,  Ills.,  with 

Wm.  Barret  &  Co.,  Chicago.

H.  E.  Gilmore,  Marquette,  with West­

ern  Express  Co.,  St.  Paul.
T.  Rolph,  Minneapolis.

B.  F.  Brooks,  Minneapolis,  with  W. 
P.  C.  Hetzel,  Minneapolis,  with

W.  A.  Edwards,  Minneapolis.

W.  L.  Quigley,  Detroit,  with  Daniel 

Scotten  &  Co.,  Detroit.

A l b io n   F.  W ix s o n ,  Sec’y.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Chas.  P.  Reynolds  succeeds  to  the 
territory  formerly  covered  by  Sam.  R. 
Evans  for  the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman 
Co  ,  Grant  Galloway  taking  the  terri­
tory  formerly  covered  by  Mr.  Reynolds.
John  J.  Dooley  is  in  Michigan  again 
semi-annual  trip 
on  his  thirty-third 
It  is  not  a  com­
among  the  drug  trade. 
mon  thing  for  a  man  to  remain  seven­
teen  consecutive  years  with  one  house, 
but  that  is  the  experience of Mr.  Dooley 
with  the  H.  E.  Bucklen  Co.

Thomas  Macleod,  who  carried  the 
line  of  H.  P.  Baldwin  &  Co.  (Detroit) 
for  twenty-six  consecutive  years,  has 
recently  formed  an  alliance  with  the 
Geo.  W.  Farnham  Co.,  of  Buffalo,  and 
will  undertake  to  see  his  Michigan 
friends  five  or  six  times a  year.  Mr.

Macleod  is  a  host  in  himself  and  enjoys 
the  respect  and  confidence  of  all  who 
know  him.

Sam.  R.  Evans,  for  seven  years  past 
traveling  representative  for  the  Ball- 
Barnhart-Putman  Co.,  has  signed  with 
the  F.  F.  Jaques  Tea  Co.,  of  Chicago, 
and  will  cover  the  entire  State  for  that 
house,  the  engagement  dating 
from 
Nov.  1.  Mr.  Evans  is  a  clever salesman 
and  a  genial  gentleman  and  bis  friends 
among  the  trade  and  the  fraternity  will 
join  the  Tradesman 
in  wishing  him 
success  in  his  new  connection.

A  certain  Kalamazoo  traveling  man, 
who  is  not  a  member  of  the  traveling 
men's  organization  connected  with  the 
M.  E.  church,  was  recently  dismayed 
by  being  asked  to  say grace  at  a  strange 
table. 
To  refuse  and  explain  would 
be  embarrassing;  to  comply,  equally 
so.  He  chose  the  latter,  and  started  off 
briskly  enough  with,  ‘  Oh,  Lord,  bless 
this  table’ ’—just  here,  being  unused  to 
the  business,  he  nearly  broke  down, 
but  by  a  gigantic  effort  pulled  through 
with  “ World  without  end.  Yours  re­
spectfully,  amen.”

Another  week  has  gone  by  and  Presi­
dent  Ledyard  of  the  Michigan  Central 
Railway  still  walks  the  streets  of  De­
troit  a  free  man,  while  thousands  of 
other  men  who  have violated the statutes 
of  the  State  are  suffering  the  penalities 
of  the  law.  The  wanton  disregard  of 
the  laws  of  the  State  and  the  decisions 
of  the  courts  on  the  part  of  Mr.  Led­
yard  would  land  a  less  prominent  man 
in  prison 
inside  of  a  month,  yet  Mr. 
Ledyard  has  openly  defied  the  law  pro­
viding  for  the  issuance  of  family  mile­
age  books-for  several  years,  apparently 
without  fear  of  the  consequences  and 
with  no  regard  for  the  seeds  of  social­
ism  and  anarchy  he  is  sowing  broad­
cast.

Not  in  Love  with  the  New  Mileage 

Book.

Owosso,  Nov. 

1—There  has  been 
much  said  about  the  Klondike  mileage 
book.  As  I  am  not  accredited  with 
any  premiums  for  championing  the  use 
of  the  so  called  “ delight  of  the  com­
mercial  traveler,”   and  have  no  desire 
to  class  myself  with  the  “ thugs”   or 
"scapegoats,”   as  our  Saginaw  railroad 
official  designates  us,  I  am  free  to  say 
that  I  voice  the  opinion  of  ninety-nine 
out  of  every 
100  in  the  statement  that 
the  Klondike  mileage  is  a  nuisance  to 
the  commercial  traveler.  We  were  told 
that  we  should  have  a  book  that  would 
please  us 
if  we  would  only  wait,  keep 
our  influence  out of  sight  at  Lansing, 
and  keep  mum  in  our  commercial  gath­
erings.  After  having  complied  with  all 
of  these  requirements,  we  now  have 
thrust 
in  our  faces  the  so-called  inter­
changeable  mileage  book,  purchased 
with  the  money  of  our  employers,  but 
containing  so  many  restrictions  in  re­
gard  to  the  use of  it  that  we  can  hardly 
understand  how  to  proceed  to  secure our 
$10  which  the  Klondike  holds  in reserve 
until 
is  assured  that  we  have  not 
jumped  some  other  claim  or  left  our 
stakes  just  as  they  were  being  driven. 
Without  censure  to any special amplified 
cranium  which  had  a  hand 
in  the  con­
struction  of  such  a  grand  system  of 
mileage(  !)  I  must  say  that  the  Central 
Passenger  Association  representatives 
could  not  have  slept  very  much for some 
time  before  evolving  such  a  conglomer­
ation  of  restrictions  as  are  placed  on 
the  owners  of  their  magnanimous  Klon­
dike  mileage.  We  have  seen,  in  some 
instances,  traveling  men  present  this 
hook  to  the  conductor  on  the  train  and 
get  their  coupons,  but  are  told  that  we 
must  present 
it  at  all  stations  where 
there  is  a  ticket  agent  and  get  our  cou­
pons  from  him,  when  we  know  the  con­
ductor  has  the  same  thing  in  his  pocket 
to  exchange 
in  case  there  is  no  agent 
at  the  station.  Why  can  be  not  do 
this  in  all cases?

it 

“ The  book  we  want 
is  a  1,000  mile 
book,  good  on  any  road  and  on  any 
regular  passenger  train,  with  the  same 
system  of  checking  our  baggage  as  with 
our old  books,  with  covers  good  for  $10 
in  exchange  for  new  mileage,  when 
presented  to  the  same  system  which 
originally  sold  the  book,  with  a  proper 
certificate  signed  by  the  owner  and 
user  of  the  book,  fortified  by  an  affi­
davit,  if  desired.  With  this  form  of 
book  I  think  the  average  commercial 
traveler  would  not  attempt  to  turn  in 
any  covers  except  those  he  had  bought 
in  his  own  name. 
I  have  never  heard 
a  single  word  in  favor of  the  Klondike 
the 
mileage  as 
commercial  man's 
friend  since 
its  appearance;  but  it  is 
universally  condemned  by  all who speak 
of  it. 
If  the  Central  Passenger  Asso­
ciation  wishes  to  do  something  for  us, 
let  them  give  us  a  book  which  we  can 
use  without  requiring  so m u ch o fru r 
employer’s  time,  and  we  will  be  just  as 
quick  to  sound  its  praises  as  we  are  to 
condemn  this  doleful  attempt  to  hoo­
doo  us  with  a  thing  like  the  Klondike 
mileage  which  the  Central  Passenger 
Association  asks  us  to  use  at  the  pres­
ent  time. 

R .  P.  Big e l o w .

The  Cloven  Hoof of the Bell  Company.
The  Greenville  Independent  contains 

the  following :

There 

is  talk  of  extending  the  Bell 
telephone  line  from  Greenville  west  to 
Sheffield  and  east  to  Miller  on  the  T ., 
S  &  M.,  and  northwest  to  Coral  on  the 
D .,  G  R  &  W.,  at  an  estimated  ex­
pense  of 
¡55,000.  The  telephone  com­
pany  asks  for  subscriptions  to  equal 
83,500,  half  the  estimated  cost  of  the 
line,  the  $3,500  to  be  issued  in  script 
coupons  to  subscribers  to  equal  in  value 
the  amount  paid,  the  coupons  to  be 
worth  their  face  value 
in  payment  of 
messages.  Such  a 
line  would  be  of 
great  value  to  potato  buyers  and  sellers 
and  to  egg  merchants  and  others.

Inasmuch  as  the  Bell  Co.  has  had  but 
a  single  wire  connection,  with  atrocious 
service,  between Greenville  and  the  out­
side  world,  undoubtedly  the  company 
could  afford  to  build  a  one-wire  line  to 
the  points  above  named,  if  the  citizens 
would  aid  to  the  amount  of  $3,500,  as  a 
double-wire  or  metallic  circuit  would 
cost  much  less  than  this  amount.  The 
manager  of  the  Citizens  Telephone  Co., 
of  this  city,  has,  during  the  past  year, 
superintended 
the  construction  of  a 
metallic  or  double  wire  line  from Grand 
Rapids  to  Cedar  Springs,  Howard  City, 
Big  Rapids,  Reed City,  Evart  and  Cad­
illac,  besides  shorter 
lines,  so  that  he 
is  in  a  position  to  accurately  estimate 
the  cost  of  erecting  a  line  such  as  the 
Bell  people  insist  would  cost $5,000. 
In 
speaking  on  this  point,  he  recently 
stated: 
“ If  first-class  poles,  with  cross 
arm,  and  two  wire  or  metallic  circuit 
lines  are  used,  and  a  long-distance  in­
strument 
in  each  of  the  eight 
different  towns  on  the  proposed  lines, 
the  actual  cost  would  not  exceed  $2,500. 
If  the  one-wire  line  and  common  Blake 
telephone  is  used  (which  is  the  same  as 
the  Bell  Co.  has  furnished  the  Green­
ville  people  for  years),  the  cost  would 
be  within  $2,000.”   He  further  stated 
that  his  company  had  been  anxious  to 
connect  Cedar  Springs  with  Greenville 
and  the  points  named,  and  that  it  would 
construct  a  metallic  circuit  line  with 
long-distance  telephones  in  at  least  ten 
of  tht  tjwns.and  connect  with  following 
towns  via  Greenville—Cedar  Springs 
east  to  Miller  and  Coral  south  to  Beld- 
ing—provided  $2,500 of  service coupons 
were  subscribed  or  stock  taken  in  the 
State  line  company  to  the  same amount, 
as  preferred.  He  would  further guaran­
tee  to  reduce  toll  rates  to  Grand  Rapids 
and  make  the  rates  to  other  towns  cor­
respondingly  low.  The  Citizens  Co.,  of 
Grand  Rapids,  makes  the 
following 
rates:  Grandville,  Sparta  and  Rock-

located 

ford, 
10  cents;  Hudsonville,  Howard 
City  and  Lowell,  15  cents;  Holland, 
Lansing  and  Big  Rapids,  20  cents; 
Cadillac,  South  Haven  and  Kalamazoo, 
25  cents.  The  Citizens  Co.  now has  127 
State  line  points  and  over  4,000 tele­
phones  in  service.  A  line  is  being built 
to  Kalamazoo  and  will  probably  be 
completed  by  Dec.  1.

The  independent  companies 

in  this 
State  have  more  telephones  in  sevice 
than  the  Bell  Telephone  Co.,  and  if  the 
citizens  of  Greenville  desire  to  secure 
the  benefit  of  permanently  low  rates and 
a  greatly  improved  service,  they  should 
organize  a  company  and  build  for them­
selves  an  exchange  and  aid  in  securing 
independent  connections  with  the  out­
side  world. 
If,  however,  they  prefer to 
ally  themselves  with  some company  al­
ready  organized 
in  successful 
operation,  they  can  get  such  an  one  to 
build  the  extensions  and  secure  a  good 
investment  for  their  capital,  besides ob­
taining  the  service  and  rates  desired. 
Because  of  the  exorbitant  rates  charged 
by  the  Bell  Co.  in  the  past—and  even 
now  exacted  where  there  is  no  competi­
tion—and  the  superior  service  rendered 
by 
independent  companies,  the 
Tradesman  urges  its  readers  not  to  con­
tribute  one  dollar  in  aiding  the Bell Co. 
to  go  anywhere—except out of existence.

and 

the 

TKe  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.

P o s t a l   &   M o r e y ,

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

Hotel  Normandie  of  Detroit  Re­

duces Rates.

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

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

Carr &  Reeve.

N E W   R E P U B L I C

Reopened  Nov.  ag .

FINEST  HOTEL  IN  BAY  CITY.

Stream heat,

Electric Bells and L ighting throughout. 

R ates,  $1-50  to  $2.00.

Cor.  Saginaw  and F o u rth  Sts.

GEO.  H.  SCHINDHETT,  Prop.

HOTEL WHITCOMB

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH.

A. VINCENT, P rop.

Whitney House

Best  Hotel  in  Plainwell,  Mich.  Only  house  in 
town holding contract with Travelers' Educational 
Association of America.
C H a e .   D .   W h i t n e y ,   P r o p .
Cutler  House  at  Grand  Haven.

Steam H eat.  E xcellent Table.  Com­
fortable  Rooms.  H.  D.  and  P .  H. 
IRISH,  Prop*.

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Drugs—Chem icals

MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.
Term expires
-  Dec. 31,  1897
Dec. 31,1898
-  Dec. 31,1899 
Dec. 3i, 1900
-  Dec. 31,1901

S.  E.  P arkill. Owosso 
F . W. R.  Perry, D etroit 
A. C. Schumacher.  A nn  A rbor 
Geo. Gundrum,  Ionia 
- 
L. E. R eynolds, St.  Joseph 
- 

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- 

- 

- 

P resident, F.  W. R.  P er r t, D etroit.
Secretary, Geo.  Gundrum,  Ionia.
T reasurer, A. C. Schumacher, A nn Arbor. 

Com ing  E xam ination  Session—Lansing,  Nov.  2 

an d  3.
MICHIGAN STA TE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

P resident—A.  H.  Webber,  Cadillac.
S ecretary—Chas.  Mann.  D etroit.
T reasurer—J ohn D.  Mu ir, G rand Rapids.

Advertising  Counsel  to  Retail  Drug­

gists.

Advertising  his  store 

is  the  great 
need  of  the  retail  druggist 
to-day. 
Pushing  business  is  the  method  of  suc­
cess.  Getting  at  the  greatest  number 
of  one's  possible  buyers  in  a  way  that 
will  convince  them  of  the  value  of one’s 
store  as  a  place  of  business 
is  the 
modus  operandi  by  which  success  is 
cajoled  into  lingering  long  with  one.

the 

the  tawdry, 

A  man’s  advertisement 
it,  an 

is, 
to  the 
person  reviewing 
introduction 
that bears  in  its  personality the  earmark 
of  his  establishment’s  claim  upon  the 
approval  of  the  public.  A  vulgarly 
worded  advertisement—and  by  that  I 
mean  the  cheap,  the  mean,  the common­
place, 
sensational— 
means  a  vulgarly  conducted  business. 
It  foreshadows  nothing  that  the  refined 
man  and  woman  want  about  a  drug 
store.  Drug  buyers  want,  above  all, 
cleanliness  and  carefulness.  A  badly 
set  booklet,  full  of  big  black 
letters, 
smeared  pages,  or  flashily  printed, 
means  all  those  things  that  a  refined 
clientage  rebel  against. 
It  draws  cheap 
trade—the  buyers  of  cut-rate  paten’ 
medicines,  who  are  not  the  real strength 
of  a  druggist’s  clientage,  except 
in 
large  cities  where 
it  pays  to  handle  a 
large  assortment  of  these  miscellaneous 
articles  with  which  metropolitan  drug­
gists  have  stocked  their  stores.

ready-made  suits.  They fit  or  they  may 
not.  You  take  the  chances.  The  syn­
dicate  writer  will  tell  you  that 
it  is 
very  easy  to  alter  them  to  suit  your 
business.  Don’t  you  believe  anything 
of  the  sort.

Suppose  you  try  to  alter  that  ready­
made  coat  you  got  last  week  that  didn’t 
fit  you.  What a  botch  and  mess  you 
would  make  of  it. 
It  gets  worse  as  you 
cut  and  baste,  and  by  and  by  you  throw 
the  whole  thing  away in disgust.  You’re 
not  a  tailor,  neither  are  you  an  adver­
tisement  writer.

Let  any  druggist  who  has  used  the 
ready-made  advertisements  come  for­
ward  and  tell  me  that  he  can  trace 
profitable  results  to  his  use  of  them, 
and  I ’ll  show  him  fifty  letters  from  men 
who  have  used  them  and  found  them 
lacking  in  selling  force.

It  is  bound  to be so.  What fits Brown’s 
store  and  Brown’s  people  will  not  fit 
Jones’  or  Smith’s. 
If  they  would,  Jones 
and  Smith  would  not  be  in  business. 
The  very  existence  of  Jones  and  Smith 
argues  that  there  are  different  publics 
to  cater  to,  therefore  different  appeals 
to  be  made.  Good  advertising 
for 
Jones,  Smith  and  Brown  should  ac­
centuate  the  strong  point  of  the business 
of  each.  The  syndicated  advertisement 
cannot  do  this.

Do  not  use  ready-made  advertise­
is  wrong,  and 
is  strewn  with  advertising 

ments.  The  principle 
their  use 
failures.

thoroughly 

Whenever  you  want  an  advertisement 
or  a  booklet  or a  folder,  say  so.  Have 
your  advertising  man  write  it  for  you 
after  he  has 
familiarized 
himself  with  your  store  and  the  people 
to  whom  you  sell.  You  will  get  your 
money’s  worth,  and  you  will  get  peo­
ple’s  trade,  the  existence  of  whom  you 
had  hardly  known  before,  because  you 
have  a  method  and  a  principle  and 
follow  it  consistently.  And  the  appeal 
that  has  the  knowledge  of  human  nature 
to  back 
it  has  a  thousand  chances  to 
one  of  meeting  with  a  hearty  response.

E .  E .  S t .  E l m o   L e w is .

Bad  advertising  is  that  which  appeals 
only  to  the  lesser  clientage  and  drives 
away  the  greater.

The  druggist  has  to  be  extremely 
careful  of  his  advertising,  because  he 
has  the  physician  to  keep 
in  a  good 
humor  and  he  must  not offend  the sensi 
bilities  of  the  best  element  of  the  pub­
lic.  At  the  same  time  be  must  make 
his  store  popular.  Advertising,  for  a 
druggist,  thus  presents  a  hundred knotty 
problems.  My  advice  to  a  druggist 
is,  get  only  the  advertisements  that  suit 
your  business—that  were  made  espe­
cially  for  you,  and  those  that  are  made 
only  after  your  advertising  man  has 
thoroughly  understood  your business and 
its  requirements.

When  you  use  a  booklet,  have  it  well 
written,  well  printed,  and  distribute 
it 
as  if  you  were  proud  of it,  rather than as 
if  you  wished  to  get  it  through  a  crack 
in'  the  door  and  not  be  seen  doing  it. 
Send 
it  by  mail  in  a  sealed  envelope. 
There 
in  that.  Use 
is  some  dignity 
two  eight-page booklets  rather  than  one 
of  sixteen  pages.  Never send out  cheap­
looking  printing;  it  hurts,  because  you 
can  never  rise  above  a  cheap  reputa­
tion  for  cheapness,  and  when  you  want 
to  get  high-class  trade  you  have 
to 
spend  twice  as much  money  in  trying  to 
kill  your  old  advertising.

I  said,  get  only  the  advertisements 
that  were  meant 
I  may  be 
tramping  on  corns  here,  but  I  mean  it. 
like
Ready-made  advertisements  are 

for  you. 

Development  of  Fi;uit  Flavors.

Some  very  interesting  and  suggestive 
results  have  been  obtained  by  Jacque- 
min,  who  finds  that,  by  the  addition  of 
the  leaves  of  fruit  trees,  which  in  them­
selves  have  no  marked  flavor,  to  sac­
charine  solutions  undergoing  alcoholic 
fermentation,  a  very  marked  bouquet 
is  developed.  Thus,, by 
of  the  fruit 
immersing  pear  or apple  tree  leaves 
in 
a  io  or  15  per  cent,  solution  of  sugar, 
and  adding  a  pure  yeast,  which  by 
it­
self  gave  rise  to  no  marked  flavor,  after 
fermentation  a 
liquid  was  obtained 
which  had  a  strong  odor  of  pear  or  ap­
ple  respectively  and  an  excellent  fla­
vor,  and  on  distillation  gave  an  alco­
holic  distillate,  in  which 
this  aroma 
was  still  more  marked.  Vine  leaves  act 
in  a  similar  manner,  and  the  author 
suggests  that  it  may  be  possible  to  im­
prove  the  bouquet  of  a  poor  vintage  by 
the  addition  of  some  leaves  during  fer­
mentation. 
is  noteworthy  that  the 
results  are  far  more  marked  when  the 
leaves  employed  are  from trees in  which 
the  fruit  is  approaching  maturity.  The 
infers  that  the  flavors  of  fruits 
author 
are  due  to  a  body  elaborated 
in  the 
leaves,  possibly  of  a  glucosidal  nature, 
which 
is  not  transferred  to  the  fruits 
until  the  latter  approach  maturity,  and 
is  then  acted  upon  by  the  special  fer­
ments  contained  in  the  fruit  juices  and 
develops  distinctive  flavors.  The  mat­
ter  would  appear  to  be  of  considerable 
practical  importance.

It 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Eighteen  Examinations  in  Nine  Years.
Mr.  H.  M.  Whitney,  of  Massachu­
setts, in  a  paper  read  at  the  Minnetonka 
meeting,  stated  that,  out  of  575  candi­
dates  examined  by  the  Massachusetts 
from  October, 
Board  of  Pharmacy, 
1895,  to  October,  1896,  only 
110  were 
found  qualified.  Of  these,  only  eighteen 
passed  on  the  first  examination,  ten  on 
the  second,  twenty-eight  on  the  third, 
twenty-two  on  the  fourth,  twelve  on  the 
fifth,  six  on  the  sixth, 
three  on-  the 
seventh,  three  on  the  eighth,  and  others 
on  the  ninth,  tenth, eleventh,  thirteenth, 
fourteenth  and  eighteenth  examination. 
The  one  candidate  who  passed  on  the 
eighteenth  examination  had  been  exam­
ined  the  first  time  in  March,  1888,  and 
passed 
in  June,  1897.  This  persistent 
candidate  ought  to  be  awarded  a  prize 
for  his  persistency. 
It  is  certainly  true 
that  a  candidate  who  fails  in  three  suc­
cessive  examinations 
in  one  year  or 
two  years  ought  not  to  be  entitled  to 
any 
because, 
further 
even 
if  he  does  manage  to  squeeze 
through  at  some  subsequent  examina­
tion,  he  is  certainly  an  exceedingly  un­
desirable  and  unsafe  member  of  the 
profession  and  ought  not  to  be  let  loose 
to  practice  upon  the  public ;  and  yet 
it 
is  very  doubtful  whether  the  boards  of 
pharmacy  can,  under  the  present 
laws, 
refuse  examination  and  license  to  such 
fellows.  Most  of  the  pharmacy  laws, 
in  fact,  say  that  the  Board  shall  exam­
ine  all  candidates  who  present  them­
selves. 
In  view  of  the  results  obtained 
by  the  Massachusetts  Board,  bow  ab­
surd 
it  seems  to  refund  the  examina­
tion  fee  paid  by  all  candidates wbo fail, 
as  is  provided  in  many  of  thè pharmacy 
la.  s.

examination, 

Methyl  Alcohol  in  Pharm acy.

The  Committee  on  the  Revision  of 
the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
in  presenting 
its  report  at  the  Minne­
tonka  meeting,  described  certain  trials 
made 
in  the  use  of  methyl  alcohol  as 
a  solvent  and  menstruum  in  the  produc­
tion  of  pharmaceutical  preparations, 
especially  tinctures,  fluid  extracts,  and 
extracts  of  plant drugs.  Thecommittee 
did  not  recommend  the  use  of  methyl 
alcohol  for  these  purposes,  but  neither 
did  its  report  decide  against  it.  Some

important  question,  and 

testimony  was  given  in  the  discussion 
of  the  report  to  the  effect  that  methyl 
alcohol  had  been  taken  without  any 
more  injurious  effects  than are produced 
is  an  ex­
by  ethyl  alcohol.  Yet  this 
ceedingly 
it 
must  be  admitted  that  the  testimony  so 
far  deduced  regarding  the  effects  of 
methyl  alcohol  when  administered  in­
ternally 
is  overwhelmingly  against  it. 
There 
is  no  need  of  a  change  from 
ethyl  alcohol  to  methyl  alcohol.  We  do 
know  that  ethyl  alcohol  is  unobjection­
able  and  effective  as  a  menstruum  and 
solvent,  and  the  use  of  methyl  alcohol 
ought,  therefore,  not  to  be  sanctioned, 
even 
for  the  preparation  ot  solid  ex­
tracts,  until  after  far  more  conclusive 
testimony  shall  have  been  bought  out  to 
it  may  be  done  with  perfect 
show  that 
safety. 
It  may  be  mentioned  further 
that  it  seems  to  be  comparatively  diffi­
cult  to  purify  methyl  alcohol  so  as  to 
remove  from 
it  the  peculiar  odor  at­
taching  to 
its  impurities;  or,  in  other 
words, that perfectly  pure  methyl  alcohol 
is  not as  easily  obtained  as  is pure ethyl 
alcohol.

The  Drug  M arket.

There  are  no  changes  of  importance 

to  note  this  week.

Opium—The market is quiet,  with  lit­

tle  business  doing  in  the  article.

Morphine—The  demand 

is  fair,  but 

the  price  is  unchanged.

Quinine—The  market 

tLe  demand  is  light.

is  quiet  and 

Alcohol-----Has  declined,  owing  to

strong  competition.

in 

Quicksilver-----Has  been  advanced.
later 

This  may  advance  all  mercurials 
on.

Essential  Oils—Citronella  has  ad­
vanced  and  is  very  firm.  Lemon  grass 
is 
light  supply  and  advancing. 
Cassia  and  anise  are  weaker,  on  ac­
count  of  heavy  offerings  from  China. 
Wormseed 
is  now  in  large  supply  and 
has  declined.

Roots—Golden  seal  is  scarce  and  firm 
is  getting 

at  late  advance.  Gentian 
scarcer and  advancing.

T H U M   B R O S .   &  S C H M I D T .  

Analytical  and  Consulting  Chemists,

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

Special attention  given to Water,  Bark and 

Urine Analysis.

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In ordering be careful to state which kind of labels is desired.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

SALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

S inapis.......................  
@ 
18
@  30
Sinapis,  o p t............... 
Snuff, M accaboy,De
@  34
Voes.........................  
@  34
Snuff, Scotch, DeVo’s 
Soda B oras................   7  @  9
9
Soda Boras, p o .........  7  @ 
28
26® 
Soda et Potass T art. 
2
Soda,  C arb................   1%@ 
5
3® 
Soda,  Bi-Carb........... 
Soda,  A sh..................   3H& 
4
2
Soda, Sulphas........... 
@ 
Spts. Cologne............. 
@ 2  60
Spts.  E ther  C o......... 
55
50® 
Spt  Myrcia D om ... 
©   * 00
©   2  40 
Spts. V ini  Rest. bbl. 
Spts. V in iR e c t^ b b l  @ 2   45
Spts. V ini Rect.lOgal  @2  48
Spts. V ini Rect.  5gal 
@  2 50 
Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. 
Strychnia, C rystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Sub!...........  2%@ 
3
Sulphur,  R o ll.........  
2®  2%
8®  
10
T am arin d s................  
T erebenth V enice... 
28© 
30
45
42® 
Theobrom se............... 
V an illa.......................   9  00@16  0o
8
Zinc!  S u lp h ..............  
7® 

Oil*

W hale, w inter........... 
Lard,  e x tra .................. 
Lard, No. 1..................  

BBL.  SAL.
70
45
40

70 
40 
  35 

@ 
65® 
©  
15® 

M orphia, S.P.& W ...  2  05®  2  30 
M orphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  C o.......................   2 05®  2  39
M oschus C anton__  
40
80
M yristica, No.  1 ..... 
N ux V om ica... po.20 
10
Os  S epia.................... 
18
Pepsin  Saac, H.  & P.
D.  Co.......................  
@  1  00
Picis Liq. N.N.I4 gal.
@200
doz............................ 
Picis Liq., quarts__  @  1  00
Picis Liq., pints.......  
@ 
85
50
@ 
Pil H ydrarg... po.  80 
P iper N ig ra...p o .  22 
18
@ 
30
@ 
Piper A lb a.. ..po.  35 
7
P iix  B urgun............. 
@ 
Plum bi  A cet............. 
10® 
12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  10®  1  20 
P yrethrum , boxesH .
@  1  25
& P. D.  Co., d o z ... 
30®  33
Pyrethrum ,  p v ......... 
8®  
10
Quassias.....................  
37®  42
Q uinia, S.  P. & W .. 
40
31® 
Q uinia, S. G erm an .. 
Q uinia, N .Y ..............  
42
3r@ 
12®  
R ubia T in cto ru m ... 
14
20
18® 
Saccharum Lactis pv 
S alacin........................  3 00®  3  10
Sanguis Draconis... 
40® 
50
Sapo,  W ...................... 
14
12® 
Sapo,  M.......................  
10® 
12
Sapo. G.......................  
15
@ 
Siedlitz  M ixture__   20  ©  
22

@ 50
@ 50
50
a

60
50
60
60
50
50
60
50
60
50
50
75
50

00
50
50
60
50
50
50
50
50
35
50
60
50
60
50
75

19

Linseed, pure  ra w .. 
Linseed,  b o iled .......  
N eatsfoot, w inter s tr 
Spirits T u rp en tin e.. 

35 
37 
65 
35 

33
40
70
40

P ain ts  b b l . 

l b
lJ i  2  @8
Red V enetian...........  
ljf  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow M ars. 
Ochre, yellow  B er..  1J£  2  @3 
Putty, com m ercial..  2 ^   2K®3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2%  2%@3 
V erm ilion,  P r i m e
A m erican................ 
15
13® 
70®  75
V erm ilion, E nglish. 
19
Green, P a n s .............  13)4® 
16
G reen,  P en in su lar.. 
13® 
Lead, R ed ..................  5V4® 
6
Lead, w h ite ..............   554®  
6
@ 
W hiting, w hite Span 
70
W hiting,  gilders’... 
@ 
30
W hite,  Paris A me r . . 
@  1  00
W hiting, Paris  Eng.
r@  1  40
 
U niversal P repared.  1  00®  1  15

c liff.................. 

V arnishes]!

No.  l'.T u rp C o ach ...  1  10®  1  20
E xtra  T u rp ..............   1  60®  1  70
Coach B ody...............  2  75®  3  00
No.  1 T urp  F u m ....  1  00®  1  10 
E x tra T urk D am ar..  1  55®  1  60 
Jap. Dryer,No. lT urp 
75

70® 

@ 75
50@ 60

Coni urn  M ac............  
35® 
50
C opaiba......................  i  10@  1  20
Cnbebse.......................  
90®  1  00
E x e c h th ito s .............   1 00®   1  10
E rig e ro n .....................  1 00®  1  10
G a u lth e ria .................  1 50®  1  60
G eranium ,  o u n c e ... 
Gossippli, Sem. g a l.. 
Hedeom a....................  1  on®  1  10
Ju n ip era....................   1  50®  2  00
L a v en d u la............... 
go® 2  00
Lim onis......................  1  20®  1  40
M entha  P ip er...........  1  60®  2  20
M entha V erid ...........  1  9 ;@  2 00
Morrhuse,  g a l...........  1  0U@  1  10
M yrcia,.......................  4  00®  4  50
75®  3  00
O live...........................  
Picis  L iquida........... 
12
10® 
@ 3 5
Picis Liquida, g a l... 
R ic in a .......................   1  o?@  1  08
  @  1  00
Rosm arini................. 
Rosse,  o u n ce.............  6  50®  8  50
S u c c in l...................... 
40® 
45
go@  1  00
S a b in a ...................... 
S an tal.........................   2  50®  7  00
55®  60
S assafras.................... 
@ 65
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce. 
T ig lli...........................  1  40®  1  50
T h y m e .......................  
50
Thym e,  o p t..............  
@  1  60
T heobrom as............  
20
P otassium
18
Bi-Garb.......................  
15
B ichrom ate..............  
Brom ide.....................  
51
15
C arb........................... 
C hlorate..po. 17@19c 
18
40
C yanide...................... 
Io d id e......................... 2  60®  2  65
30
Potassa, B itart, pure 
15
Potassa, B itart,  com 
Potass N itras, o p t... 
10
9
Potass N itras............  
25
P russiate.................... 
S ulphate  p o ............. 
18

15®  
13® 
48® 
12® 
16® 
35® 
28® 
@ 
8@ 
7®  
20®  
15® 

40® 
15®  

Radix

20®   25
A conitvm .................. 
A ithse__ •..................  
25
22@ 
12
io@ 
A n ch u sa.................... 
@ 
25
A rum  po.....................  
20®  
40
C ala m u s.................... 
15
12® 
G entiana.........po.  15 
18
16® 
G ly ch rrh iza.. .pv. 15 
@ 
70
H ydrastis Canaden . 
15
@ 
H ydrastis Can., p o .. 
15®  20
H ellebore, Alba, p o .. 
15®  
Inula, po.................... 
20
Ipecac, p o ..................   2  00®  2  10
35® 
Iris p lo x — po35@38 
40
Jalapa,  p r.................. 
30
25® 
M aranta,  14s ............. 
35
@ 
22®  
Podophyllum , po__  
25
75®   1  00
R b e i ........................... 
@  1  25
Rhei, c u t.................... 
75®  1  35
R hei, pv...................... 
Spigelia......................  
35® 
38
@  35
S an g u in a ria...po. 40 
30®  35
S e rp en taria............... 
S e n e g a ..,..................   40©  
45
Sim ilax,officinalis H  @ 4 0
Sm ilax, M.................. 
@ 
¿5
10®  12
Scili® ...............po.35 
Symplocarpus, Fceti-
25
@ 
dus,  p o .................... 
25
©  
V aleriana,E ng.po.30 
20
15® 
V aleriana,  G erm an. 
13@ 
16
Zingiber a .................. 
Zingiber j .................. 
25© 
27

Sem en

12
A nisum ...........po.  15 
@ 
15
13@ 
Apium  (graveleons) 
4®  
Bird,  Is........................ 
6
C arn i............... po.  18 
10®  12
Cardam on..................  1  25@  1  75
8®  
10
C oriandrum ..............  
4©   4V4
Cannabis  S ativa__  
75®   1  00
Cvdonium .................. 
12
10@ 
C h en o p o d iu m ......... 
D ipterlx  O dorate...  2 00®   2 20
10
@ 
F oenlculum ............... 
7©  
9
Foenugreek, p o ......... 
L in i'............................ 
3® 
4
4®  4H
Lini,  g rd ........bbl. 3 
35®  40
L o b e lia ...................... 
4®  454
P harlaris  C anarian. 
R a p a ...........................  4H@ 
5
8
7®  
Sinapis A lbu............. 
11©  
12
Sinapis  N igra........... 
S piritus

F rum enti, W.  D. Co.  2  00®  2 50 
Frum enti,  D. F.  R ..  2 00®  2  25
.. . .   1  25®  1  50
F ru m e n ti.......  
Ju n ip eris Co. O. T ..  1  65©  2  00
Ju n ip eris C o............   1  75©  3  50
Saacharum   N.  E ....  1  90® 2  10
Spt.  Vini  G alli.........  1  75® 6  50
Vini O porto...............  1  25©  2  00
V ini  A lba..................  l  25®  2 00

Sponges 
F lorida sheeps’ wool
ca rriag e..................   2  50®  2  75
Nassau sheeps  wool
©   2 00
ca rriag e.................. 
V elvet ex tra  sheeps’
@  1 25
w ool, carriage....... 
E x tra yellow sheeps’
©   1 00
wool,  carriag e__  
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
©   1 00
ca rriag e.................. 
@ 
H ard, for slate u s e .. 
75
Yellow  R e e f ,  for 
@  1 40
slate  u se ................  
S yrups
A c a c ia .......................
A uranti C ortes.........
Z ingiber.....................
Ipecac. 
...........
F erri Io d ....................
R hei A rom ................
Sm ilax O fficinalis...
S en eg a.......................
S cilla..........................

50
50
50
60
50
50
60
50
GO

Scillae Co  ..................
T o lu ta n ......................
P runus v irg ..............
T inctures
A conitum  N apellis R
A conitum  N apellis F
A loes...........................
Aloes and M yrrh__
A rn ic a .......................
A ssafoetida..............
A trope  Belladonna.
A uranti  C ortex.......
B enzoin......................
Benzoin Co................
B aro sm a....................
C antharides.............
C ap sicu m ................
C ardam on............  ,
Cardam on  C o ..!___
C astor.........................
C atechu......................
C inchona....................
Cinchona Co............
C olum ba....................
Cubeba........................
Cassia  A cutifol.......
Cassia A cutifol Co  .
D ig ita lis....................
E rg o t..........................
F erri C hloridum __
G e n tia n ....................
G entian Co................
G u ia c a ....................
G uiaca am m on__
H yoscyam us............
Io d in e.....................
Iodine, colorless__
Kino.........  .........
L obelia................
M yrrh........................
N üx  V om ica...........
O p ii.......................
Opii, cam phorated.. 
Opii,  deodorized__
Q u assia....................
K hatany..................
R hei.........................
S a n g u in a ria ............
S erp en taria..............
S tro m o n iu m ...........
T ointan.....................
V a le ria n ..................
V eratrum  V e rid e ...
Z ingiber....................

niscellaneous

50
50
75
501 50
50
50
50
50
SO
60
60
50
50
20
Æ ther, Spts.  N it. 3 F
30® 35
Æ ther, Spts.  Nit. 4 F
38
3«a
A lu m en ..................
3
2'4@
3®
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7
4
A nnatto.............
40® 50
A ntlm oni,  p o .......
4®
5
40® 50
A ntim onl et PotassT
&   1 40
Anti p y rin ..............
A n tifé b rin ............
@ 15
Argent!  N itras, oz  ..
@ 50
10®
12
A rsenicum ........
Balm Gilead  Bud  .
38® 40
..
Bism uth  S.  N. 
1  40®  1 50
Calcium  Chlor.,  Is
@ 9
Calcium  Chlor.,  *4s.
@ 10
@ 12
Calcium  Chlor.,  ¿ s .
@ 75
C antharides,  Rus.do
@ 15
Capsicl  F ructus. a f
Capslcl F ructus,  po.
@ 15
@ 15
Capsicl FructusB .oo
10®
12
C aryophyllus..po.  15
Carm ine,  No. 4Ô
@  3  00
Cera Alba,  S. & F
50® 55
Cera F lav à.............
40® 42
C occus................
@ 40
Cassia F ru c tu s .......
33
®
@ 10
C entraria................
Cetaceum ............
@ 45
C hloroform ........
60® 63
@  1 25
Chloroform , sauibbs
C hloral Hyd C rst..
1  50®  1 60
20® 25
C bondrus...............
Cinehonidine,P.<fc W 25® 35
C inchouidine, Germ 22®
30
C ocaine..............
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
70
Creosotum .............
35
a
2
C reta............... bbl. 75
®
Creta, p rep ..............
@ 5
9® 11
Creta, precip.........
@ 8
Creta, R u b rà.........
C ro cu s..................
18® 20
C u d b e a r................
@ 24
6
Cupri S ulph.............
5®
10®
12
D extrine.................
E ther S ulph.........
75® 90
@ 8
Em ery, all  num bers
@ 6
Em ery, po................
E rgota.............. po. 40
30® 35
12®
F lake  W h ite.........
15
@ 23
G alla....................
8®
G am bier....................
9
G elatin, C ooper..  .
@ 60
G elatin, F ren ch __
35® 60
70
G lassware, flint, box
Less  th a n   bo x __
60
9® 12
Glue,  brow n...........
Glue,  w h ite.............
13® 25
14® 20
G ly ce rin a..................
G ràua  Paradisi  ..
@
H um ulus..................
25® 55
H ydraag Chlor  Mite
80
®
@ 70
Hydraag C hlor  Cor.
@ 90
H ydraag Ox R ub’m.
@  1  00
H ydraag Amm oniati
H ydraagU nguentum 45® 55
@ 65
H ydrargyrum ...........
Ichthyobolla, A m ...
65® 75
Indigo.......................
75®  1  00
Iodine, R esubl......... 3  60®  3 70
Iodoform ....................
@  4  20
L upulin.  .. 
...........
@  2 25
L ycopodium ............
45
Macis 
75
L iquor  Arseu et h i -
d ra rg lo d ...............
® 25
10®
12
LlquorPotassA rsinlt
2®
M agnesia,  S ulph __
3
M agnesia, Sulph,bbl
®
IH
M annia, S.  F ............
50® 60
®   2  75
Menthol 
..  ...

3 05®  3

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

.. 

3
75
15
41
42
5
10
14
15
65
5
40
40

6
8
14
14

:  25
00
50
: 00

15
8
30

55
40
45
80

18
12
18
30
2012
14
12
15

25
30
12
14
15
17

15
25
75
40
15
2
50
7

14
25
35

30
25
30
20
10

65
45
35
28
80
14
12
30
60
28
55
13
14
16
55
10
00
70
35
00
60
40
9’
35
45
80

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

60
22
25
36

50
50
25
oO20
50
90
70
65
75
00
50

Grand  Rapids,  Nov*  1st,  1897 

From

this date we will  make 

N o  Charge 

for

BO X   A N D ^
^ C a r t a g e

Hazeltine  &   Perkins 

Drug  Co.

Grand  Rapids,

Mich*

20

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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

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

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

24 1 lb.  packages...........  .
t  75
B alk, per 100  lb s............... 3  50

Best 
m oney.

F arin a.

G rits.

Soudera’.

Oval bottle,  w ith  corkscrew . 
the 

in   th e  w orld 

fo r 

AXLB  GREASE.
doz. 
A u ro ra....................
.......55
Castor O il............. ....... 60
D iam ond............... ....... 50
F razer’s ..  ........... ----.75
IX L Goldens tin  boxes 75
n ic a, tin  b o x e s... .......75
P aragon ................ .  ...55

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

BAKING  POWDER.

A bsolute.

54 lb cans d o z ..................... 
À lb cans d o z..................... 
1 

45
85
lb cans d o z .....................  1  50

Acme.

54 lb cans 3 d oz............... ... 
5£ lb cans 3 doz............... ... 
1 
B ulk......................................... 

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

El P u rity .

M lb  cans per d o z......... ... 
75
54  lb cans per doz  ............  1  20
lb cans per d o z..............  2  00
1 

Home.

35
55
90

M lb  cans 4 doz c a se __ ... 
54  lb cans 4 doz c a se__ ... 
lb cans 2 doz case  ...... 

msssn

H lb  cans, 4 doz case.......  
H lb  cans. 4 doz case................... 85
1 

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

Je rsey  Cream .

1 lb. cans, per doz................  2  00
9 oz. ca-  s,  t e r d oz...............   1  25
6 oz. cans, per d o z ...............  
85

O ur Leader.

u  lb cans............................... 
){ lb cao% .............................  
1 

45
75
lb ca n s..............................  1  50

P eerless.

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

85

BATH  BRICK.

A m erican .....................................70
E nglish.......................................... 80

BLUING.

C O N e a m

& L u i r i ( i

1 doz.  pasteboard B o x es... 
40
3 doz. w ooden boxes............  1  20

BROOITS.

So. 1 C arpet............................   1 90
No. 2 C arpet............................   1 75
No. 3 C arpet............................  1 50
No. 4 C arpet............................   1 15
Parlor G e m .............................  2 00
Common W hisk.................... 
70
Fancy W hisk.........................  
80
W arehouse............................... 2  25

CANDLES.

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

CANNED  GOODS, 
rianitow oc  P eas.

Lakeside M arrow fat........... 
95
Lakeside E.  J .........................  1 15
Lakeside, Cham, o f B n g ....  1  2 ' 
Lakeside. Gem. Ex.  lifted .  1  4- 
E x tra  Sifted E arly J a n e ....l  75

CHEESE.
© 1154
A c m e ................. .......  
A m boy............... .......  
© 1154
B y ro n .........................  
© 11
E ls ie ................... .......  
© 12
G em .................... .......  
© 12
Gold  M ed al...
11
H erk im e r........ .......  @ io ti
I d e a l.................. ........   @ i m
Jersey  ................
© 12
L e n aw e e...................   @ 10%
Riverside...........
© 1154
S p a r ta .......................  
© 11
B ric k ..................... . . .   @ 10
E dam .......................... 
© 75
L e id e n .......................  
© 18
L im b u rg er.......
10
P ineapple.......... ....... 43  © 85
Sap  Sago.............. . . .  
© 18

CHOCOLATB. 

W alter B aker & C o .'s.
..................
G erman Sweet 
Prem ium ...................................
B reakfast  C ocoa............

CLOTHES LINES.
1  00
Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz 
..
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz  ...
1  20
..  1  40
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz  ..
Cotton, 70 ft,  per  doz — ..  1  60
Cotton. 80 ft.  per  do« __ ..  1  SO
SO
Jute. 60 ft  per  Jo*  ...
Jn u i  tí  n ,  D*tr  ’ti»»..

C hicory.

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

Bulk 
Red

COCOA SHBLLS.
201b  bags..... .....................  
Less  q u an tity .................... 
Pound  packages..............  

6
7

254
3
4

CREAH  TARTAR.

5 and 10 lb. w ooden boxes..30-35

COFFEE.

G reen.
Rio.

P a i r ............................................... 10
G o o d ..............................................12
P rim e ............................................ 13
G olden  .........................................14
Peaberry  .....................................15

S an to s.

P a ir  .............................................. 1«
Good  ..........................................  15
P rim e ............................................ 16
P eaberry  .....................................17

M exican  and  G uatem ala.

P a ir  ..............................................16
Good  ............................. 
17
F ancy 
.........................................13

M aracaibo.

P rim e ........ 
.............................   20
M illed......................................   .  21

Ja v a .

In te rio r..................................  
20
P rivate  G row th..........................22
M andehling......... ; .....................24

M ocha.

Im ita tio n .....................................92
A rabian  .......................................24

Roasted.

Clark-Jew ell-W ellsCo.’s B rands
F ifth   Avenue.......................... 28
Jew ell’s  A rabian M ocha___28
W ells’ M ocha and  Ja v a ........24
W eils’  P erfection  J a v a ........24
8onc°lho  .......................... 23
B reakfast  B’e n d ...................   20
VsPeyCMty M aracaibo. 
...1854
Tdeal  B lend..............................13
Leader  B lend.......................... 18

P ackage.

for 

Below  are  given  N ew   York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
th e  w holesale  dealer 
w hich 
adds  th e  local  freight 
from  
New  York 
to  v o n r  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  th e 
invoice 
th e  am ount  o f 
freight,  buyer  pays  from   th e 
m arket  in  w hich  he  purchases 
to his shipping point, including 
w eight  of  package. 
In  60  lb. 
cases th e list Is 10c  per  100  lbs. 
above the price in  fu ll cases.
A rb n c k le ...........................  11  00
Je rsey ..................................   11  00
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX........... 11 00

E x tract.

V alley City 14 g ro s s .......  
F elix 14  gro ss....................  
Hummel ’s foil 14 gross... 
H ummel’s tin  14  gro ss... 

75
1  15
85
1 43

CATSUP.

Colom bia, 
p in ts ..................2 0°
Colum bia, 14 p in ts ..................1 10

CLOTHES PINS.

5 gross boxes...... 

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

CONDENSED  MILK.

4 doz In case.
G ail B orden  Eagle  .............6  75
C ro w n ........................................6 25
D a is y ......................................... 5 75
Cham pion  ............................... 4  50
.........................   4  25
M agnolia 
C hallenge...................................3 35
Dime...................................8 85

COUPON  BOOKS.

T radesm an Grade. 
50 books, an y .denom ... 
100 books, any d enom ... 
500 books, any d en o m .. 
1,000 books, any d en o m ..
Economic  G rade. 
50 books, any d en o m .. 
100 books, any denom .. 
500 books, any d en o m .. 
1,000 books,  any d enom ..

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

..  1  50 
..  2  50 
..II  50 
..20   00

U niversal G rade. 
50 books, any denom .. 
100 books, any d en o m .. 
500 books, any denom .. 
1,000 books, any d en o m ..
S uperior G rade. 
50 books, any d en o m .. 
10f> books, any d en o m .. 
500 bookB, any d en o m .. 
1,(XX) books, any d en o m ..
Coupon P ass Books,

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

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

Can be m ade to represent any 

denom ination from  110 dow n.

20book8  ...........................   1  00
50 books....................................   2 00
100 books  .............................   3  00
250 books....................................   C 25
500 books.....................................10 00
1000 books.....................................17 50

C redit  Checks.

500, any one denom ’n ....... 3  00
1000, any one denom ’n .......   5  00
2000, any one denom ’n .......   8  00
75
Steel  p u n c h ...........................  

DRIED  FRUITS—DOMESTIC 
S undrled...........................  ©   454
Evaporated 50 lb  boxes.  @  7%

A pples.

California  Fruits.

A pricots.................
....  854©
B lackberries..........
N ectarin es..............
©
Peaches.........................  8 ©   9
P ears.............................  8 ©
Pitted C herries___
P rnnnelies.............. ...1 2
R aspberries.............

C alifornia  P ru n es.

...  ©

100-120 25 lb  boxes. 
90-100 25 lb boxes...........  @ 5
80 - 90 25 lb boxes...........  @554
70 - 80 26 lb  boxes...........  @ 6
60 - 70 25 lb  boxes...........  ©   654
50 - 60 25 lb boxes...........  @ 7
40 - 50 25 lb  boxes  .........  @
30 - 40 25 lb boxes..........   @
14 cent less In 50 lb cases

R aisins.

I  50 
London Layers 3 Crown. 
2  00
London Layers 4 Crown. 
D ehesias 
.........................
Loose M uscatels 2 Crown 
5
Loose M uscatels  3 Crown  6
Loose  M uscatels  4 Crown  7

FOREIGN.
C u rran ts.

Patras b b ls...........................@  614
Vostizzas 50 lb cases.........©   6%
Cleaned, bulk  ....................©   7%
Cleaned, packages............ ©   814

Peel.

Citron A m erican 10 lb  bx  ©14 
Lemon A m erican 10 lb bx  ©12 
Orange American 10 lb bx  ©12

R aisins.

O ndura 28 lb boxes.......8  ©   814
S ultana  1 C row n...........  ©
S ultana  2 Crow n  . . . . .   @
S ultana  3 C row n...........  ©11
Sultana  4 C row n...........  ©
SnltftHfl  R prow ri 
^
S ultana 6 C ro w n ...........  @12

W alsh-DeRoo  Co.’s ......... 2  40
B ulk in  100 lb. bag s......... 3  40

H om iny.

Barrels  ............................... 2  25
Flake, 50 lb.  d ru m s......... 1  00

B eans.

D ried Lim a  ......................
M edium  H and  P ick e d ... 1  00
M accaronl and V erm icelli.
Dom estic,  10 lb.  b o x . — 60
Im ported,  25 lb.  b o x . . . . 2  50

354

2  40
2  50
2  75

£0
2

P earl B arley.

C om m on..........................  .
C h e s te r...............................
Em pire  ...............................

P eas.

G reen,  b u ...........................
Split,  per lb ........................

Rolled  O ats.

b b l.  __ 3  60
Rolled Avena, 
3  «4
M onarch,  b b l..................
M onarch.  %  b b l............... 1  75
P rivate brands, 
b b l___ 3  15
P rivate brands,  54b b l__ 1  70
Q uaker,  cases.................... 3 20
H uron, cases...................... 1  75

Sago.

G erm an ...............................
E ast  In d ia ......................... . 

354
3

W heat.

C racked, b u lk ....................
24 2 lb packages................ .2 50

354

F i s h .

Cod.

Georges cured ..............
©  454
Georges  genuine.........
©   5M
Georges selected .........
©   154
S trips o r  b ric k s...........  5 ©   754

H alibut.

C hu n k s................................
S trip s..................................

10
9

H erring.

H olland w hite hoops, bbl.  12 00
H olland  w hite hoop 54 bbl  6  ?0
85
Hoi  and w hite hoop,  keg
H olland  w hite hoop m chs 
95
tl  On
N orw egian.........................
R ound  100  lb s .................... .  2  90
R ound  40 lb s.................... .  1  2'«
Scaled......................
15

riackerei.

Mess IN) lb s ....................... .  16 on
Mess  40 lb s ........................ .  6  70
Mess  10  lb s ........................ .  1  75
Mess  8  lb s ........................ .  1  45
No.  1  lUu lb s ........................ .  14  50
No.  1  40 lb s ........................ .  6  1J
No.  1  10 lb s ........................ .  1  60
No.  1 
8 lb s ........................ .  1  30
lu  10
No. 2 100 ib s........................
No. 2  40 lb s........................
4  3)
No. 2  10 lb s ........................
1  15
No. 2  8 lb s ........................
95

.

56

R ussian kegs......................

S ardines.
Treat
. 
No.  1  100  Ob  .. 
No.  1 ¿u lta  .........
No.  1 10 l b s ............
No. 1
8 lb s ..............
W httaflsh

4  00
1  9
55
47
:No. 2 Pam
No.  i 
100 lbs ___   6  00
1  90
5  00
40 lbs
.........2  70
1  06
2  30
10 lbs ............  
75
65
34
8 lbs ............  
63
55
31
FLAVORINQ  EXTRACTS.

Jen n in g s’.

D. C. V anilla 
2 oz......... 1  20
3 oz.........1  50
4 oz.........2 00
6 oz.........3  JO
No.  8 
4 00
No.  1Ú.  .6 00 
No.  2 T .l  25 
No.  3T .2 00 
No  4 T.2 40

D. C. Lemon
2 OZ.........   75
3 oz..........1  00
4 oz.........1  40
6 oz......... 2  00
No.  8.. .2 40 
No.  10...4  00 
No.  2 T .  80 
No.  3 T .l  35 
No.  4 T .l  6o

R egular
G rade
Lem on.

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

R egular
V anilla.

doz
2 oz..........1  20
4 oz..........2  40
XX  Grade 
Lem on.

2 o z ..........1  50
4 oz..........3  00
XX  Grade 
V anilla.

2 o z..........1  75
4 o z ..........3  50

GUNPOW DER. 
Rifle— D upont’s.

Kegs 
...................................4  00
H alf K egs.................... t ..........2  25
Q uarter K egs.................................1 25
1  lb. c* h s...................................  30
54 lb.  ca n s.................................  18

Choke Bore—D upont's.

Kegs  . . v..........................................4 25
H alf K egs.......................................2 40
Q uarter K egs................................. 1 35
1 lb. ca n s...................................  34

Eagle D ock—D upont’s

HERBS.

Keg«...........................................8  00
H alf K egs.......................................4 25
Q u arter Kegs................................2 25
1 lb. can s.  ...............................   45
Sage............................................  15
H o p s..........................................  15
M adras,5  lb  b o x e s ..,.........   55
S.  F., 2,3 and 5 lb  boxes__   50
15 lb  p alls.................................  40
30 lb  pails  ...............................  73

INDIGO.

JBLLY .

LYB.
Condensed,  2  dos  .................1  20
Condensed  4  do* 
8 25

LICORICE.

so
P u re............................................ 
C a la b ria ..................................   25
8icily.......   ...............................   14
R oot...........................................   10

MINCB M EA T.

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

riATCHBS.

D iam ond M atch Co.’s brands.
No. 9 su lp h u r...........................1 65
A nchor  P a rlo r......................... 1 70
No. 2  H om e...............................1 10
E xport  P a rlo r......................v 4 00

MOLASSES.
New O rleans.

11
B lack...................................... 
F a ir ........................................  
14
G o o d ......................................  
20
Fancy  ............. 
24
 
Open  K ettle..........................25@35

 

H alf-barrels 2c extra.

P IP E S .

Clay, No.  216..........................    1 7 )
Clay, T. D.  fu ll c o a n t......... 
65
Cob, No. 3 ............................... 
85

POTASH.

48 cans in  case.

B abbitt’s .................................   4 00
P enna Salt  Co.’s ...................  3 00

PICKLBS.
riedlnm .

Barrels,  1,200 c o u n t.............   5 50
H alf bbls, 000 c o u n t.............   3 25

Sm all.

Barrels, 2,400 c o u n t...........   6 F0
H alf bbls,  1,200 c o u n t..........  is 75

RICE.
D om estic
C arolina h e a d ...........
C arolina  No.  1  .......
C arolina  No. 2 .........
B roken........................
Im ported.

Jap an ,  No. 1.................. .. . .   53£
Japan.  No. 2 ................
.. . .   554
Jav a, fancy  h e a d ......... ....  6
Jav a, No.  1...................... ....  5
T ab le...............................

....  554

SALERATUS. 

Packed 60  lbs. in  box.

C hurch’s ................................. .3  3C
D eiand’s ................................. .3  15
Dwight’s ................................. .3  30
Taylor’s ..................................
.3  00

SAL SODA.

G ranulated, b b ls................
G ranulated,  100 lb cases..
Lum p, b b ls.................... 
..
Lump,  1451b kegs 
.............

75
91
75
£5

SALT.

Diamond  C rystal.
Cases, 24 3-lb  b oxes............
.1  50
Barrels,  ino  3 lb bag s....... .2  75
Barrels.  40  7 lb bags....... .2  40
B utter. 28 lb. bag s................ .  30
B utter, 56 lb  bags................ .  60
B utter, 20  14 lb  bag s........... .3  00
B utter, 2801b  b b ls............... .2  50

Comm on G rades.

100 3 lb  sack s......................... .1  70
60 5-lb sacks.................. ....... .1  55
28 10-lb sack s.......................
.1  45

. W orcester.

lb.  ca rto n s................ .3  25
50  4 
115  2541b. sack s.................... .4  00
lb. sack s.................... .3  75
60  5 
22 14 
lb.  sack s..................
3  50
3010 
lb. sack s.................... .3  50
28 lb.  linen sack s................. .  32
56 lb. linen sack s.................. .  80
Bulk in  b arrels..................... .2  50

56-lb dairy in d rill bags__ .  30
28-lb dairy in d rill bag s__ .  15

56-lb dairy in  linen  sa c k s .. .  60

58-lb dairy in  linen  sa c k s .. .  60

S olar  Rock.

56-lb  sack s.............................

21

Comm on.

77
G ranulated  f in e ..................
M edium  F in e ........................ .  83

W arsaw .

A shton.

H iggins.

SEEDS.

A n is e ...............................
Canary, S m yrna..................
C a ra w a y ...............................
Cardam on,  M alabar  .......
C e'ery ....................................
Hemp,  R ussian ................
M ixed  B ird .........................
M ustard,  w h ite ..................
Poppy  ...........................
R a p e ..................................
C uttle B one......................

SNUFP.

g
3
8
6 >
11
354
4 w|

154
454
20

Scotch,  in b lad d ers............. .  37
Maccaboy. In ja rs ................ .  35
F rench  Rappee, In  Jars.... .  43

S P I C E S .

W hole Sifted.

A llspice  .............................
10
Cassia, China in m ats.........
Cassia,  B atavia in  b a n d ... .25
Cassia,  Saigon in ro lls....... .32
Cloves,  A m boyna................ .10
Cloves, Zanzibar.................. .  9
Mace,  B atavia  ....................
N utm egs, fa n c y ..................
.60
N utm egs,  No.  "I,..................
N utm egs, No.  2 ....................
Pepper, Singapore,  b lack.. .10
Pepper, Singapore, w h ite .. .12
P epper,  s h o t......................... .10

P n re  G round In B ulk.

Allspice  ................................. 12
Cassia, B a ta v ia ....................
Cassia,  Saigon...................... .35
Cloves,  A m boyna................ .20
Cloves. Z anzibar.................. .15
G inger,  A frican .................. .15
G inger,  C ochin.................... .20
G inger,  Ja m a ic a .................. .22
Mace,  B atav ia...................... .70
M ustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20
M ustard, T rieste......... ......... .25
N utm egs............................ 40©  0
Pepper, Sing  , b la c k ___10@14
Pepper,  Sing.,  w h ite __ 15@18
Pepper, C ayenne............ 17@20
Sage.......................................... .18

SYRUPS
Corn.

B arrels..................................
17
H alf  b b l s ............................. 19

P ure Cane.

F air  ......................................
G o o d ......................................
C h o ic e ....... .........................

16
20
25

SODA.

Boxes  ......................................   554
Kegs, E n g lish .........................   4M

SOAP.

SUGAR.

A rir  , 

m d ry .
'S Brands.

A rm our's  ta m ily ................
A rm our’s  L aundry............
A rm our’s W hite, luOs.........
A rm our's W hite, 50s..........
A rm our's W oodchuck.......
A rm our’s  K itchen  Brown. 
A rm our's  M ottled  German 

"*V

Single box......................................2 75
5 box  lots, delivered............ 2  70
10 box lots, delivered..........  2 65
JflS.  3.  KIRKS CO.’S BRANDS.
A m erican Fam ily, w rp'd__ 3  33
A m erican Fam ily,  unw rp'd.3  27
Dom e............................................... 3 33
C abinet........................................... 2 20
S avon...............................................2 50
D usky  D iam ond  50 6  oz___2  10
D usky Diamond, 50 8  oz___3  00
Blue India, 100 \  lb.................... 3 00
K irkoline........................................3 75
E o s ............................................3  «5
One  box  A m erican  Fam ily 
free w ith  five.

Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  w hich  the 
w holesale dealer adds the local 
freight from  New  York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  th e  invoice  for  the 
am ount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  th e  m arket  in  w hich  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
w eight of the barrel.
Cut  L oaf....................................5 63
D om ino......................................5 ou
C u b e s .........................................5 13
Powdered  ............................... 5  lit
XXXX  Pow dered...............  .5  25
Mould  A ....................................5 *5
G ranulated in bbls..................5 00
G ranulated in  bags................ 5 00
F ine G ranulated......................5  o
E xtra Fine G ranulated ...... 5  1j
E xtra Coarse G ran u lated .. .5  Is
Diam ond  Confec.  A ............5  00
Confec. Standard A ................ 4 8s
4  6j
1.......... 
No. 
2....................................... 4 tf«
No 
3....................................... 4 56
No. 
4 ........................................ 4 50
No. 
No. 
5....................................... 4 44
No. 
6........................................4 38
7 ....................................... 4 3.
No. 
8 ....................................... 4 2o
NO. 
9........................................4 19
No. 
10....................................... 4 13
No. 
11....................................... 4 06
No. 
12...................................  4 00
No. 
No. 
13....................................... 3 94
14........................................4 88
Np. 
15....................................... 3 81
No. 
16....................................... 3 75
No. 

 

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Single  b o x ................................2  80
5 box  lo ts................................ 2  75
10 box lo ts ................................ 2  70
25 box lo ts.................................2  60
W olverine Soap Co.’s Brands.

TABLE  SAUCES.

Lea & P errin ’s,  large.........4 75
Lea & P errin's, sm all.........2 75
H alford,  la rg e.....................3 75
H alford sm all..........  ........2  25
Salad D ressing,  larg e.........4 55
Salad  Dressing, sm all........ 2 %

TOBACCOS.

C igars.

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

A llen  B.  W risley’s  Brands. 

Old Country, 801-lb  bars  ..2  75
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb.  bars__ 3  75
Uno,  100 J£-lb. b a rs.................2  50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  b ars...............2  05

S couring.

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

W ashing Powder.

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

STARCH.

K lngstord’s  Corn.

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

K lngsford’s   S ilv er  Gloss.

40 1 -lb packages......................  6%
6-lb  boxes  .............................7

D iam ond.

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

Common  Corn.
2011b  packages...............
40 1  lb  packages................. ■ •  4 *
20 lb.  boxes.......................... ..  4
40 lb.  boxes.......................... ...  3&

Common Q loss.

1-lb  packages...................... ..  4*
3-lb  packages...................... •  4M
6-lb  packages...................... ..  4*
40 a nd 50 lb box es.............. ..  3
Barrels 
........... ■  2 *

STOVE POLISH.

No.  4  3 doz in case, gross..  4  50 
No. 6, 8 doz in  case, g r o s s . 7 20

Clark-Jewell-W ells Co.’s brand.
New  B rick................................36 00

H. & P. D rug Co.’s brand.

Q u in te tte ..................................35 00
G. J. JohnsonC igarC o.’sbrand.

H. V an T ongeren’s Brand.

CIGAR

S tar  G reen.............................35  00

VINEGAR.

M alt W hite W ine......................   7
P u re  C ider..................................   8

WICKING.

No. 0, per gross...................  25
No. 1, p erg ro ss........................  30
No. 2, per gross.......................   40
No. 3, per gross........................  75
Pish and Oysters

W hiteflsh ................
T r o u t........................
Black B ass...............
H a lib u t....................
Ciscoes or H erring.
B lueiish....................
Live  L obster...........
Boiled L obster.......
C o d ...........................
H addock..................
No.  1  P ick erel.......
Pike.  ........................
Smoked W h ite.......
Bed Snapper...........
Col  River  Salm on. 
M ackerel 
...............

O y sters in Cans.

F. H.  C ounts.............
F. J.  D. Selects.........
S ele cts........................
F.  J  D.  S tandards..
A uchors.....................
S tan d ard s..................
F a v o rite s..................

Per lb. 
©  
9
@  8 @  10 
@  15 
@  4
©  10 
©   16 
@  is @  10 
©  8 
9
©  
©  7
@ 
9
©  12 
@  15 
©   18

@ 35
© 27
21
© 2-
© 20
© 18
© 16

O yster*  In  B ulk

F  H. C o u n ts............. ©1 75
E x tra   Selects...........
60
se le c ts ........................ ©1 30
A ncnor S tandards..
©1 .0
St  u d ard s..................
©1 0>
©1 25
C lam s.........................

Shell  Goods.
Oysters, per  100...........1
C lam s,  p er  10 0............

51  50 
11  00

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Grains and Feedstuffs

Candies.
S tick   C andy.

bbls.  pails
S tan d ard ....................  6*@   7*
S tandard H.  H .........  6y2©   T*
S tandard  T w ist.......   6  ©  8
C ut  L oaf.................... 
©
cases
©   6*
Jum bo, 321b  ............ 
E x tra H. H ................ 
©   ay,
©
Boston  c re a m ......... 

M ixed C andv.

C om petition.............. 
S tandard.................... 
Conserve.................... 
B o y a l.........................  
K iobun.......   .............  
B ro k e n ...................... 
C ut  L oaf.................... 
English  B ock........... 
K in dergarten ........... 
French  C ream ......... 
D andy P an ................ 
Valley C ream ........... 

©   6*
@ 7
©  7*4
© 7 yt
© 8*
@  a *
@  ovt
©   8
©  8*4
©   8*»
@10
©13

F an cy —In B ulk.

Lozenges, p la in .......  
Lozenges,  p rin ted .. 
Choc.  D rops............. 
Choc.  M onum entals 
Gum  D rops..............  
Moss  D rops............... 
Sour D rops................  
Im p e rials..................  

@9
©   9
11  ©14
©12
©   6
©   y
©   8*
© 8*

F ancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

@50
Lemon  D rops........... 
©50
Sour  D rops............... 
©60
Pepperm int D rops.. 
©60
Chocolate D rops__  
©75
U.  M. Choc.  D rops.. 
©30
Gum  D rops..............  
©75
Licorice D rops_____  
©50
A. B. Licorice Drops 
© 5u
Lozenges,  p la in __  
©50
Lozenges,  p rin te d .. 
©50
Im p e rials.................. 
©55
M ottoes...................... 
Cream   B a r................  
©oO
©50
Molasses B a r ........... 
H and Made Cream s.  80  ©1  00
P lain  C ream s...........  60  ©90
D ecorated C ream s.. 
©yo
@«o
String B ock............... 
B u rn t A lm onds....... 125  ©
W lnteigreen Berries 
©60
C aram els.
No. 1 w rapped, 2  lb.
b o x e s...................... 
No. 1  w rapped, 3  lb.
b o x e s...................... 
No. 2 w rapped, 2  lb. 
boxes 
....................
Fruits.
O ranges.
1608  ............................. 
*008............................... 
200 F an cy ................... 
Lem ons.
Strictly choice  360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s„ 
F ancy  360s................  
E x.F ancy  300s......... 
Ex.  B odi  360s........... 
B ananas.

@3  50
©3 50
©4  uo
©4  50
@5  00

©
©4  50
@5  00

Choice N aples.

@30
@45

Rodis.

M edium  b u n ch e s... 1  25  @1  50 
Large bunches.........1  75  ©2  00

F oreign Dried  F ru its.

Figs, Choice  Layers 
101b C aiiforuias... 
Figs,  New  Sinyrnas
12 lb boxes............ 
Figs,  N aturals 
In
30 Jb. bags............... 
Dates, F ards in 101b
b o x e s ...................... 
Dates,  F ards in 60 lb
cases  ....  ............. 
D ates, Persians, H.M.
B., 60 lb cases, new 
D ates,  Bairs  60  lb 
cases  ...................... 

Nuts.
A lmonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  iv a c a ....... .
Alm onds,  C alifornia
soft  sh elled .............
Brazils n e w ................
F ilberts  ......................
W alnuts, Grenobles . 
W alnuts,  C alif No.  1 
W alnuts,  soft  shelled
C a lif.........................
Table N uts,  fa n c y ... 
Table N uts,  choice..
Pecans,  Med...............
Pecans,  Ex.  L arge...
Pecans,  Jum b o s........
H ickory  N uts per bu.
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks

Ohio, new . 

P ean u ts.

Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns. 
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
B oasted......................
Choice, H.  P., E xtras. 
Choice, H. P.,  Extras, 
B oasted  ....................

©   10
@  u
@  6
©   8
@  6
©   514
©

©13
@ 11
@15 
©   854 
@lo 
@13 
@10
@12 
@12 
@lu 
©   9 
@10 
@12
@1  75 
©3  75

© 654
©   654 
©   4
O S 54

W in ter  W heat  F lour. 

Local Brands.

G raham   .................................4  7;
B u ck w h eat...........................4  ¿5
B y e ........................................  3 50
Subject  to   usual  cash  dis­
count.
F lo u r in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

W orden Grocer Co.’s B rand.
Q uaker,  14s ............................  4  60
Q uaker,  Ms............................  4  6.
Q uaker,  its ............................   4  60
G uard, Fairfield & C o ’s Brand 
W hole W heat l-i6s ...................   5 20

S p rin g   W heat  F lour. 

Clark-Jewell-W ells Co.’s Brand.
P illsbury’s  Best 14s .................... 5 8j
P ilisbury’s  Best 14s .................... 5 10
Pills bury's n e s t  v,s...............5 6,
P iilsbury’s Best 14s paper..  5  60 
P illsbury’s Best  *4» paper..  5  oo 
K all-B arnhart-Putm an’s B rand
G rand Bepublic,  * s .............. 5  b5
G rand B epublic, 14s....................5 55
G rand Bepublic,  its .............. 5  to
Lemon ■£,  W heeler Co.’s  B rand.
Gold  M edal 14s .............................5 65
Gold  M edal 14 s........................  5 5o
Gold M edal  Its .............................5 45
Parisian, 14s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5  65
P arisian, 14s.................................. 5 55
Parisian,  its .................................. 5 45

Olney <& J u d s o n ’s B rand.

Ceresota, 14s .................... 
  5  65
Ceresota, 14s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5 55
Ceresota, * s ...............................   5 43
W orden G rocer Co.’s B rand.
Laurel,  14s ...................................  5 65
Laurel, Q s ...................................  5 55
Laurel, * s .....................................5 »5

M eal.

B o lte d ........................................  
G ra n u la te d ........................”   2 00

Feed and  M lllstuffs.

St. Car Feed, s c re e n e d ___ 14  00
No. 1 Corn and  O ats............13 00
U nbolted Corn M eal............12 oO
W inter W heat  B ra n __ _  .11  00
W inter W heat M iddlings.. 1j 00
Screenings................................... io 00
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 
quotes as follow s:
Car  lo ts.................................. 27^4
Less than  car  lo ts............ !  3u

New Corn.

O ats.

H ay.

Car  lo ts ...................................2254
Cariots, clipped....................  24
Less th an   car lo ts ............... 27

No. 1 Tim othy ca rlo ts.........  9  00
No.  1 Tim othy,  ton lo ts ___10  00

Crackers.

The N. Y.  B iscuit  Co.  quotes 

Soda.

B u tter.

O yster.

as follow s:
Seym our X X X ......................  4
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  454
Fam ily X XX ..........................  4
Fam ily XXX, 3 lb   ca rto n ..  454
Salted X XX...........................   4
Salted XXX, 3 lb c a rto n !!!  454 
Soda  XXX  ...........................   4
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  c a rto n ....  454
Soda,  C ity .............................   5
Zepby re tte .............................   9
Long Island  W afers...........  9
L. 1. W afers,  1 lb carton  ..  10
Square Oyster, X X X ...........  454
Sq. Oys. XXX.  1  lb  carton.  554 
F arin a Oyster,  XXX...........  4
SW EET  OOODS—Boxes.
A n im a ls..............................      9
B ent’s Cold W a ter...............  13
Belle  B o se.............................   6
C ocoanut  T affy....................  8
Coffee C akes.........................   8
Frosted H oney......................  10
G raham  Crackers  ...............  6
G inger Snaps, X X X round.  5 
G inger Snaps, XXX  c ity ...  5 
Gin. Saps,XXX home m ade  5 
Gin. Snps,XXX scalloped..  5
G inger  V anilla....................  7
Im p e rials...............................  6
J um Dies,  H oney.....................10
M olasses  C akes....................  6
M arshmallow  ......................  12
M arshm allow   C ream s.......   13
Pretzels,  han d   m a d e .......   6
Pretzelettes, L ittle G erm an  6
Sugar  C ake...........................  6
10
 
S u lta n a s...................... 
S ears'L u n ch ..........................  6
7
V anilla  S quare..................  
V anilla  W a fe rs..................   12
Pecan W afers______ _____   12
M ixed P icn ic.......................  10
Cream J u m b le s ....................  1154
Boston G inger  N uts............   6
Chim mie F a d d e n ................  9
Pineapple Glace...................   ]2
Penny C akes.........................   6
M arshm allow   W a ln u ts....  13 
B elle Isle P icn ic..................   10

 

P r o v i s i o n s .

Swift  &  Company  quote  as

B arreled  Pork

follows:
Mess 
............................... .. 
9  50
Back 
............................... ..  11  BO
C lear  b a c k .....................
10  t5
sn o rt c u t ........................ ..  1U  2d
F ig .................................... ..  14 50
...............................
Bean 
8  50
Fam ily  ...........................
9  50
D ry S alt  M eats.
B ellie s.............................
Briskets  ......................... .. 
E x tra  sh o rts..................
Sm oked  H eats
Hams,  12 lb  average  ..
9
.
Hams,  14 lb  average 
9
Hams,  16lo  av erag e...
8 *
Hams, 20 lb  av erag e...
8
H am dried b e e f ........... .. 
15>%
Shoulders  (N.  Y. cu t).
6%
Bacon,  cle a r.................. .8  ©9
C alifornia  h am s...........
6
Boneless ham s...............
8 *
Cooked  h am ..................
11

5X
5%

L ards. 

In  Tierces.

Com pound......................
K ettle...............................
551 b T u b s...........advance 
801 b Tu bs...........advance 
5u lb T in s ...........advance 
20 lb P ails...........advance 
10 lb F ails...........advance 
5 lb F ails...........advance 
31b P alls...........advance 

4Q
5 *
*
is
M
*
it
%
1

S ausages.

B o lo g n a .........................
5
L iv er.................................
6%
F ran k fo rt.......................
P o r k ...............................
6%
.............................
Blood 
6
Tongue  ...........................
9
H ead  cheese..................
6 *
E x tra  M ess.................... ..  9  00

Beef.

P ig s’  F eet.
Kits, 15 lb s ......................
80
M  bbls, 40 lb s ................ ..  1  50
*   bbls, 80 lb s ................
.  2  80

Tripe.

j 75

K its, 15 lb s ......................
M  bbls, 40 lb s ................
*   bbls, 80 lb s ................

C asings.

P o r k ................................
Beef  ro u n d s..................
Beef  m iddles.................
S h e e p ...............................

B u tterin e.

Rolls,  d a iry ....................
Solid,  d a iry ....................
Bolls,  c re a m e ry ...........
Solid,  c re a m e ry ...........
Canned  M eats.
C orned  beef,  2 lb .......
Corned  beef,  14  lb .......
B oast  beef,  2  lb .......
P otted  ham , 
.......
* s .......
P otted  ham , 
Deviled ham ,  Ms.......
D eviled ham , 
* s .......
Potted  tongue Ms.......
Potted  tongue * s .......

.  1  40

16
4 *
12
60

11
10*
14
13*

.  2  10
.14  00
.  2  ¿0
60
.  1  00
60
.  1  00
60
.  1  (10

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

C a rc a ss..........................5*@  7V4
Fore q u a rte rs...............
©   6
H ind  q u arte rs.............
'  &J9
Loins  JSo.  3.................. 9  6&12
B ibs.................................
@12
H o u n d s.........................   6 7 %
c h u c k s ...........................  4
Plates  ...........................
@  3

P ork.

Veal.

M utton.

©   5*
©   8
OL  6

D ressed .........................
L o in s .............................
Shoulders......................
L eaf L a rd ......................  6  ©
C a rc a ss .........................6  @7
Spring Lam bs...............8  ©   9
Carcass 
....................... 8  @ 9
Hides  and  Pelts.
Perkins  <&  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows:
Hides.
G re e n .........................  7  @ 8
P art  cu red ................
©   8 *
F ull C ured................
8M@  O,.
D r y ............................. ..  9  @11
Kips,  g reen ............... ..  7  ©   8
Kips,  c u re d ..............
Calfskins,  g reen __ • -  8M©  9M
..  7*@   9
C alfskins,  cu re d __
..  9  @10*
D eaconskins  ...........
. .25  ©30
P elts.

30
90
90

S h earlin g s................ . 
5© 
L a m b s ....................... .  40© 
Old  W ool................
.  6n@ 
Oils.
B arrels.
Eocene  ........................
@1154 
© 854 
XXX W .W .M ich.Hdlt
W W M ichigan...........
© 8 
© 7 
D iam ond  W hite.........
D., S. Gas......................
- 8
Deo. N a p th a ................   @754
C y lin d e r.......................25  @36
E n g in e.......................... 11  ©21
Black, w in te r............... 
©   8

2 1

Crockery and ^ 
Glassware.

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

B u tters.

54 gal., per d o z....................  50
554
1  to 6 gal., per g a l............. 
8 gal.,  per g a l .................... 
654
10 gal., per g a l....................  
654
12 gal., per g al.....................  
654
15 gal.  m eat-tubs, per gal.. 
8 
20 gal.  m eat-tubs,  per gal.. 
8 
25 gal.  m eat-tubs,  per gal..  10 
30 gal. m eat-tubs,  per gal..  10 

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

C hurns.

M ilkpans.

54 gal. flat or rd.  hot., doz.  60 
1 gal.  fiat or rd. bot., each 
Fine Glazed M ilkpans.

54  gal.  flat or rd.  hot., doz.  65 
1 gal.  flat or rd.  hot., each 

554 

554 

Stew pans.

54 gal. fireproof,  bail, dos.  85 
1 gal. fireproof,  ball, doz.l  10 

Ju g s.

M gal., per doz....................    40
54 gal.,  per d o z .....................  50
1 to 5 gal.,  per g al............... 

654

Tom ato Ju g s.

54 gal., per doz....................   70
1 gal., ea ch .......................... 
7
Corks for 54 gal., per doz..  20 
Corks fo r  1 gal., per doz..  30 

P reserve J a rs  and Covers.
54 gal., stone cover, d o z...  75 
1  gal., stone cover, doz. ..1  00 

Sealing W as.

2 

5 lbs.  in package, per lb ... 
LAM P  BURNERS.

No.  0  S un............................... 
45
No.  1  S u n ............................... 
50
No.  2  S un............................... 
75
T u b u lar................................... 
50
Security, No.  1 ...................... 
65
Security, No. 2...................... 
85
N utm eg  ................................. 
50
C lim ax....................................   1  50
LAM P  CHIMNEYS—Common.
P er box o f 6 doz.
No.  0  S u n ...............................  1  75
No.  1  S un...............................  1  88
No.  2  S u n .................................2  70

F irs t  Q uality.

No. 
No. 
No. 

0 Sun, 
1 Sun, 
2 Sun, 

w rapped and  labeled __ 2  10
w rapped and  labeled __ 2  25
w rapped and  labeled___3  2b

top,
top,
top,

crim p 
crim p 
crim p 
XXX F lint.
crim p 
crim p 
crim p 

No. 
No. 
No. 

0 Sun, 
1 Snn, 
2 Sun, 

w rapped and  labeled __   2  55
w rapped and  labeled.  ..  2  75 
w rapped and  la b e le d ....  3  75 

top,
top,
top,

CHIMNEYS—P earl  Top.

No.  1  Sun,  w rapped  and
No  2  Sun,  w rapped  and
No. 2 Hinge, w rapped  and
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”

labeled...................................3  70
lab eled ...................................4  70
labeled...................................4  gfe
fo r Globe Lam ps......................... 80

La  B astle.

 

No.  1 San. plain  bulb,  per
doz  .........  
1  25
No. 2  Snn,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ......................................  1  50
No.  1  Crimp, per doz........... 1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per d oz...........1  60

 

R ochester.

No.  1,  Lime  (65c doz)......... 3  50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)____  4  00
No. 2, F lin t (80c  d o z)......... 4  70

OIL  CANS. 

No. 2, Lim e  (70c doz)  .......   4  00
No. 2, F lin t  (80c doz).........  4  40
Doz.
1 gal tin  cans w ith  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv iron w ith  spout.  1  65
2 gal galv iron w ith  spout.  2  87
3 gal galv  iron w ith spout.  3  50 
5 gal galv iron w ith  spout.  4  75 
3 gal galv iron w ith faucet  4  75 
5 gal galv iron w ith  faucet  5  25
a gal T ilting ca n s...................8  00
5 gal galv iron  N acefas  ...  9 00

P um p  Cans

- gal R apid  steady stream .  9  00 
5 gal  E ureka non-overflow 10  50
3 gal  Home B u ie ...............10  50
5 gal  Home R u le..................12 00
5 gal  P irate  K ing................   9  50

LANTERNS.

No.  0 T u b u lar......................  4  25
No.  1 B  T u b u lar................   6  50
No. 13 T ubular D ash...........6  30
No.  1 Tub., glass fo u n t___  7‘00
No.  12  Tubular, side lam p. 14  0C 
No.  3 S treet  L a m p ............  3  75

LANTERN  GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box  10 cents......................  45
No.  0 Tubular,  cases2 doz.
each,  box  15  cen ts..................... 45
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls  5 doz.
each, bbl 35’........................ 
40
No. 0 T ubular,  b u ll’s  eye,
cases 1 doz. each...............  1  25

LAMP  W ICKS.

No. 0 per gross......................  
No.  1  per gross...................... 
No. 2 per g ro s s ..................... 
No. 3 per gross......................  
M am m oth..................  
 

 

20
25
38
58
70

22

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Shoes  and  Leather
Relation  Between  Shoes  and  Health.
The  girl  of  to-day  who  slips  into  her 
bicycle boots  for a  morning  spin,  later 
into  her  tennis  shoes  for  a  good  game, 
and  ends  her  day  in  dainty  house  shoes, 
perhaps  does  not  realize  the  action  she 
is  taking  toward  the  establishment  of 
perfect  health.  Yet  the  same  course  of 
shoe  changing  pursued  throughout  the 
year  would  mark  marvels  in  keeping 
her  free  from  ailments  of  the  throat,  in­
fluenza  and  kindred  troubles.
If  there  is  one  thing  more 

important 
than  another  to  which  woman’s  atten­
tion should  be  called,  it  is  the  necessity 
of  taking  care  of  her  shoes.  The  sym­
pathy  which  exists  between  the  foot and 
the  throat 
is  probably  more  marked 
than  between  any  other two  members  of 
the body,  and  nothing  obviates  the  pos­
sibility  of  throat  diseases  and  vocal  in­
conveniences  so  much  as  keeping  the 
feet  well  shod  and  perfectly  dry.

A  generally  delicate  feeling  prevails 
when  the  subject  of  feet  is  broached,  as 
if  a  conversation  based  upon  it  might 
have  in  it  somewhat  of  the 
indelicate, 
and  when  discussed  at  all,  the  style  of 
the  shoe and  the  cost  of  it  are  about  the 
only  permissible  points  one  may  dwell 
upon.  We  must  all  ruefully  admit  that 
is  a  worthy  subject  for  con­
the 
sideration,  but 
it  would  be  a  less  de­
pressing  one  if  taken  up  more  thought­
fully.

latter 

Proportionately,  it 

is  not  one  of  thé 
great  extravagances  of  the  wardrobe, 
but  we  demand  of  one  pair  of  shoes  at 
least  double  the  service  we  ask  of  a 
dress,  a  skirt  or  other  garment.  Were 
we  to  resolutely  supply  ourselves  in  the 
beginning  of  each  season  with  an  ade­
quate  number  and  variety  of  shoes,  the 
purse  as  well  as  the  body  would  ulti­
mately  be  the  gainer.

We  wear  one  pair  too  steadily.  We 
would  look  upon  it  as  dangerous  to  our 
health  to  wear  any  other  garment  a  pro­
portionate 
length  of  time.  From  an 
econominai  standpoint  it  is  more  profit­
able  to  keep  six  or  seven  pairs  of  street 
shoes 
in  regular 
turn.

in  wear,  using  them 

Notwithstanding  the  hard, 

firm,  al­
most 
impervious  character  of  the  fin­
ished  outside  of  the  leathern  footwear, 
it  should  be  remembered  that  the  rough 
inside  is  more  or  less  absorbent.  The 
healthy  foot  should  perspire  as  freely  as 
the  rest  of  the  body ;  and since we  cover 
it  with  leather  instead  of  the  light  and 
easily  covered  fabrics  employed  for  the 
person  generally,  we  should  at  least  see 
to  it  that  as  many  changes  are  provided 
for  it  as  for  the  freer  portions  of  the 
body.

Were  this  done  the 

leather  would 
have  the  same  opportunity  for  purifica­
tion  and  drying  out by  thorough  airing 
as  have  other garments,  the  heavy  tex­
ture  of  which  prevents  them  from know­
ing  the  cleansing  medium  of  soap  and 
water.
Good  Things Said  by  Up-to-Date Shoe 

D ealers.

The  tariff  hasn’t  affected  the  price  of 
our  ladies'  shoes—except  in  the  matter 
of  a  surprise  on  account  of  the 
lowness 
—Drex  L.  Shooman  says  he  has  never 
seen  such  a  complete  line  of  fall  and 
winter  shoes  for  the  ladies  at  such small 
prices  as  we  have  just  received—all  the 
latest  toes 
in  dress  and  wet  weather 
shoes,with  the  double  soles—cork  filling 
—you  can’t  make  any  mistake,  if  you 
want  an  up-to-date  shoe,by  selecting the 
new  this  season  high-cut  lace  shoe— 
with  Louis  Fifteenth  heel—one  of  the

it 

the 

most  elegant  shoes  for  the  ladies  ever 
made—our  new  fall  catalogue  is  ready 
for  mailing—send 
tor  one.—Drexel 
Shoe  Co.,  Omaha,  Neb.

It  there  were  some  who  were  not 
properly  served,  in  the  crush  of  yester­
day’s  buying,  we  tender  them  our  sin­
cere apology.  Even  our  army  of  sales­
people  found 
impossible  to  serve 
such  an  outpouring  ot  shoe-buying  peo­
ple.  Yesterday’s  sales  were  more  than 
double  those of  any  previous  day  in  the 
history  of  this  always-busy  store.  This 
is  a  direct  result  of  our  being  able  to 
sell  shoes  at  the  same  prices  other  deal­
ers  are  obliged  to  pay  for  them.  Our 
shoes  were  contracted  for  long  before 
the  price  of  shoe  leather  advanced.  Our 
great  fall  opening  sale  will  continue  all 
this  week,  and 
following  new 
souvenir  prices  will  prevail.—William 
Hahn  &  Co.,  Washington,  D.  C.

When  the question  of  shoes  presents 
itself  the  public  mind 
instinctively 
turns  to  this  store—the  one  great,  pop­
ular,  up-to-date,  complete  shoe  store  of 
Louisville.  The  New  Mammoth’s  shoe 
department  will not  rest  upon  the laurels 
of  the  old  house.  With  new  manage­
ment,  new  ideas,  new  store  fixtures,  and 
new  stocks  throughout,  it  now  enters 
upon  the  fall  season  farther  advanced 
at  “ the  head  of  the  procession”   than 
ever before—better  equipped  to  supply 
the  demands  of  the  great  masses  and 
the  exclusive  classes  than  the  small­
er  shoe  concerns  of  this  city  were  they 
all  concentrated 
into  one.  Take  the 
items  here  mentioned  as  examples: 
come  and  call  for  anything  your  fancy 
may  suggest;  if  we  can’t  funish  it,  you 
may  as  well  give  up  the  search.—Mam­
moth  Clothing  and  Shoe  Co.,  Louis­
ville,  Ky.

Shoe  Fitting  for  Children.

Of  all  toes  the  round  toe,  now becom­
ing  so  popular,  is  without  doubt  the 
most  sensible  shape. 
In  the  normal 
foot  the  second  toe  is  longer  than  the 
great  toe and  the  round  toe  gives  it  the 
room  it  requires,  following  in  comfort­
able  manner  the  shape  of  the  foot.

This  style  of  shoe  is specially suitable 
for  children.  Young  girls  especially 
require  comfortable  footwear  and  foot­
wear  that  will  not  ruin  the  growing  foot 
for all  future  time.

The  foot  of the  young  girl  should have 
It  should  be  fitted  for 
first-class  care. 
ease  and  comfort. 
it 
should  be  well  made,  should  fit  sung  to 
the  instep  and  leave  room  for  the  toes 
to  lie  in  a  natural  position.

The  shoe 

Too  much  care  cannot  be  exercised 

for 

in  fitting  children’s  shoes.

The  devil  was  never known  yet  to  de­
sert  his  friends  in  a  tight  spot,  but  gets 
them  into  a  tighter  one,  and  then  does.

BULLDOG,  OPERA  LAST

We  Manufacture

Men’s Oil Grain  Creoles  and  Credmeres  in  2  S.  and  T. 
and  Yz  D.  S., also  Men’s Oil  Grain and  Satin Calf in  lace 
and congress in  2  is.  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.

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

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

HEEBLD-BERTSGH  SHOE  CO.,

5  & 7  PEARL  STREET.

Johnnie  says ourTeit  Goods 

ARE  warm!

X  it and Quality 
Are  the  two essential 
Features combined in  the .

HARRISBURG  LINE 
OF  LADIES  SHOES

No.  151.  Men’s Fine  Salin  Calf.  McKay  Sewed. 
Cylinder  fitted.  Outside  backstay.  Dongola  top. 
Bright raised eyelets, smooth  inner  sole,  one  piece 
sole leather  counter, solid  heel and  bottom.  Bull­
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.  New samples now ready. 
To insure an early call and secure exclusive agency 
address 

A.  B.  CLARK,  L aw ton,  M ich.

E .  H.  S T A R K   &   CO.,

W o rcester,  M ass.

HIRTH,  KRAUSE '&  CO.,

MICHIGAN  STATE  AGENTS,

C orrespondence  solicited. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

23

WOMAN’S   LOT  IN  BUSINESS.

Attentions  That  She  Is  Advised  Never 

From  th e New York Sun.

to  Accept.

the 

"T h e  

restaurant, 

They  were  at  the  same  table  in  the 
women's 
prosperous 
business  woman,  with  ten  years  of  effi­
cient  work  to  her  credit;  the  veteran 
clerk,  who  had  been  twenty  years  in 
harness,  yet  showed  few  signs  of  wear, 
and  the  young  graduate  from  the  busi­
ness  college,  just  in  the  first  flush  of  ex­
perience  as  a  wage  earner.

less  a  woman 

in  business  is 
like  a  woman  out of  business  the  better 
it  will  be  for  her,’ ’  said  the  veteran 
clerk,  crumbling  a  morsel  of  bread  re­
lentlessly  on  the  tablecloth.

" Y e s ,”   agreed  her  neighbor. 

" A  
business  woman  can  be  as  womanish  as 
she  chooses  outside  of  business  mat­
ters,  but  she  must  adopt  a  different 
code  when  she  sets  out  to  compete  with 
men. ’ ’

"Sh e  must  be  oblivious  of  everything 
that goes  on  during  business  hours  ex­
cept  what  relates  strictly  to  her  woik, ”  
affirmed  the  veteran.
"A nd  she  must  not  have  her  business 
life  and  her social  life  in  any  way  re­
lated  to  each  other.  To  my  mind,  if  a 
woman  means  to  succeed  in  a  business 
career,  she  must  separate  her  business 
and  social  interests  wholly  and  entirely.
I  should  warn  any  girl  against  accept­
ing  attentions,  even  the  most  trivial, 
from  the  men  she  works  for,  even  from 
those  men  who  might  seemingly  be able 
to  help  her  on  her  way,”   and  this  was 
uttertd 
in  a  tone  that  said  plainly,  ” 1 
know  what  I  am  talking  about.”

"H ow   about  taking  luncheon  with  a 
really  high-toned  man  if  he  asks  you?”  
“ Two  or  three 
enquired  the  novice. 
have  asked  me. ’ ’
in  your 
office,  you  mean,  those  you  work  for?”  

"O h !  my  dear!  The  men 

The  novice  nodded.
"N ever  do 

it,”   said  the  veteran, 
jointing  her  chicken  wing  with  a  snap. 
"N ever  do  it  in  a  single  instance.”

" I t   is  a  mistake  to  accept  such  atten­
in  exceptional  cases,”   said 
tion,  even 
the  efficient  woman. 
"  Treat  all  such 
offers  politely,  but decline  them  firmly, 
and  in  such  a  way  that  they  will  not  be 
made  a  second  tim e.”

is  even  wiser  for  a  girl  not to 
in  the  cars  with  a  man  she  works 
in 

is,  not  voluntarily,”   put 

" I t  
ride 
for;  that 
the  veteran.

is 

“ And  she  should  certainly  not 

“ And  she  had  better  not  walk  on  the 
street  with  him,  either;  not  so  much  as 
a  couple  of  yards,”   said  the  woman 
manager,  stirring  her  coffee vigorously. 
“ I  doubt  even  if  she  ought  to  take  the 
same  elevator.  Better  wait  for  the  next 
trip. ”
laugh 
and  talk  with  him  in  between  times,  as 
I  have  seen  done,”   added  the  veteran. 
“ When  a  woman 
in  a  business 
office  she’s  there  for  work ;  that  stands 
to  reason.  But  she  also  occupies  j  .st  a 
little  higher  plane  than  the  men. 
1 
mean  higher  in  the  men's  estimation. 
When  she  laughs  and  talks  and  becomes 
familiar  with  them  she  steps  down  from 
that  plane  to  their  level.  The  best  way 
for  a  woman  to  get  along  in  business  is 
for  her  to  be  like  a  machine—an  ac­
curate,  painstaking  machine—and  do 
her  work  so  thoroughly  that  the  men 
will  forget  her  sex.  That  is  the  key­
note  of  all  the  successful  women’s  ca­
reers  that  I  know  o f.”

"B u t  why  must  a  woman  in  business 
be  a  mere  machine?”   said  the  college 
graduate.  "T h e   less  a  man  in  business 
like  a  machine  the  better  it  is  for 
is 
him. 
I  can’t  see  the  difference.  There 
are  a  good  many  little  deals  and  trans­
actions  entered 
into  and  half  formed 
ideas  developed  at  those  very  social 
communings  and  luncheons  and  outside 
chats  that  you  condemn. 
It  a  woman 
is  in  business  for  life ;  if  she  is  never, 
never  to  marry  and  give  it  up,  or  any­
thing  of  that  kind,  why 
she 
share  these  advantages?”
"Sim ply  because  she  can’t.  Women 
are  different.  What answers  for  men  in 
business  doesn’t  hold  good  for  them,”  
said  both  elders  in  a  breath.

‘ But  you  said  just  now  that  women 
in  business,  that

must  not  be  women 

can't 

they  must  be  machines,  sexless.  Now, 
I ’m  sure  there  can  be  no  harm  in  the 
business  part  of  a  woman  going  out  to 
luncheon.  She  could  leave  the  feminine 
part  out  of  the question,  and  she  might 
¡earn  much  during  that  luncheon  that 
would  be  to  her  advantage  if  the  man 
were  genuinely  kind  and  interested  in 
her.”

"Y e s,  she  might,”   said  the  veteran.
“ T  think  I  see  the  gist  of  the  mat­
"T h e  
ter,”   went  on  the  graduate. 
woman 
in  business  must  drop  all  the 
priviliges  of  her  sex,  but  abide  by  all 
the  restrictions. ’ ’

are  always  hedged  about  that  way.”

"P recisely,”   said  the other;  "women 
The  novice  sighed.
" I   think  that  it  women  have  to  meet 
men  on  the  same  plane  and  compete 
with  them  in  business, ”  she said,  "they 
ought  to  get  rid  of  these  embarrass­
ments  you  talk  of  and  make  use of  all 
their  chances,  socially  and  every  other 
way. ’ ’

The  veterans  looked  contemplative.
"Business  is  much  easier 

lor  men 
than  it  is  for  women, ”  the  older  woman 
said  as  she  folded  her  napkin  and  took 
up  her  pocketbook. 
" 1   have  thought 
a  good  deal  about  it.  Women  can  effect 
very  nearly  the  same  results  as men,  but 
they  have  to  go about  it  in  a  dead-in­
earnest,  hard-work 
fashion, 
whereas  the  men  can  go  round  by  short 
cuts  and  pleasant  paths  to  the  same 
end.

sort  of 

"A nd  you  think  that  being  friendly 
with  the  men  and  taking  luncheon  with 
them 
is  one  way  of  going  by  the  short 
cuts?”   said  the  fledgling.

It 

"Y e s,  and  the  woman  who  tries  to  do 
that  will  generally  meet  with 
interfer­
ences  that  will  cause  her  to  alter  her 
course  and  get  back  to  the  long,  monot­
onous  road.  You  mark  what  we  tell 
you,”   and  the  trio  separated.

The  graduate  from  the  business  col­
lege is not  so  wise  at  the  end  of  her  first 
year  in  business  as  she  is  at  the  end  of 
the  second,  and 
in  the  third  year  she 
just  begins  to  get an  inkling  of  things 
as  they  really  are. 
is  probable  that 
she 
is  human  at  the  start,  being  earth 
born,  and  that  she  forgets  and  lets  her­
self  out  occasionally,  and  gets 
into 
tepid,  if  not actually  hot,  water  in  con­
sequence. 
It  may  be  possible  that  she 
is  betrayed 
into  laughter  that  has  its 
origin 
in  matters  other than  business, 
and  that  occasionally,  when  she  runs 
across  one  of  the  lords  of  the  office  in 
the  street  or other  public  place  she  does 
not  pass  by  on  the  other  side. 
It  may 
be  possible  that  she  has  a  genuine  bit 
of  sunshine in her  nature  and  can’t  help 
getting 
in  things  or having 
things  get  interested  in  her.  All  these 
drawbacks  and  propensities,  however, 
get  duly 
ironed  out  after  a  time,  and 
she  learns  to  speak  by  the  card  and 
adapt  her  steps  and  bearing  and  per­
ceptions  to  the  accepted  code.

interested 

If  the  woman  clerk  encounters  unex­
pected  complications 
in  her  career,  it 
is  probably  because  certain  things  were 
not  made  plain  to  her  at  the  start.  For 
instance,  when  a  business  man  engages 
a  woman  for  any  clerical  work  it  would 
be  so  much  plainer  sailing  for  her  and 
if  he  should  stipulate,  among 
for  him 
other  things,  that  she  should  refuse  to 
go  to  luncheon  with  him 
in  case  he 
asked  her.  Perhaps  this  stipulation  is 
not  made  because  it  does  not occur  to 
the  business  man  at  the  time  that  be  is 
ever  likely  to  ask  her,  or  that  she  might 
ever  be  likely  to  want  to  go  if  he  did. 
Be  that  as  it  may,  it is  likely  that  when 
the  asking  does  come  it  is  entirely  un­
premeditated,  and  that  the  refusal 
is 
equally  premeditated.  The  asking,  it 
is  presumed,  is  prompted  solely  by  a 
generous  good  will  toward  human  kind, 
and  a  desire  to  expand  in  the  congenial 
company  nearest  at  hand,  a  motive  de­
void  of  any  impulse  that  the  most  mi­
croscopically 
inclined  skeptic  could 
scoff  at.  When  his  invitation  is declined 
the  would  be  host  is  reminded  suddenly 
that  the  clerk  whom  he  would  befriend 
is  dual  in  nature,  that  she  is  not  only  a 
clerk,  and  a  satisfactory  clerk,  but  a 
woman  as  well,  and  he  should  not  have 
asked  her  to  break  bread  with  him,  or 
to  pledge  a  cup  with  him,  or  to  do  any­
thing  that  might  have  been  the  thing

had  she  been  a  man  or bad  he  not  been 
responsible  for  her  weekly  salary.

"H ang 

it  a ll!”   he  thinks; " I  never 
meant  to  suggest  anything  awkward, 
and  I  never  thought of  what  might  or 
might  not  be  proper.  People  get  hun­
gry  at  this  time  ol  day;  she  has  to  get 
her  luncheon  and  I  mine;  why  not  eat 
it  in  company? 
It  won’t  hurt  her  and 
it  is  not  going  to  hurt  m e.”   But  the 
two go  their  respective  ways,  the  wom­
an  thinking  that  to  have  accepted  the 
proffered  hospitality  would  occasion 
talk,  and  her  employer,  although  at­
tributing  her 
refusal  to  a  somewhat 
overstrained  self-consciousness,  yet  re­
specting  her  womanly  deference  to  pub­
lic  opinion.
In  the  wage-earning  mart,  whether 
her  task  be  mental  or  tangible,  the 
business  woman  meets  with  many  men 
of  many  minds.  Often,  although  no 
conscious  fault  of  her  own,  her  sex  mil­
itates  against  her.”

" I   am  hurried  now,  and  have  no 
time  to  talk  about  the  matter,”   the 
well-informed  man  whom  she  has called 
upon  tells  her;  "but  I  go  out  to  my 
luncheon  in  just  an  hour. 
I  should  be 
glad  to  have  you  go  with  me,  and  we 
could  then  discuss  the  subject  at length. 
You  could  not  go  to-day?  Well,  to-mor­
row,  then—or  some  other day  that  will 
suit  you. 

I  am  at  your  disposal.”

The  woman  whose  acquaintance  with 
this  man 
is  of  the  slightest  does  not 
wish  to  go  to  iuncheon  with  him ;  in 
fact,  she  feels that for  her  to  accept such 
an  obligation  from  him  would  be  intol­
erable.  She  would  like  very  much  to 
hear  what  he has  to  say;  his 
informa­
tion would  be  of  real  use  to  her,  but  she 
at  once  decides  to  do  without 
it.  She 
makes  her  acknowledgments  and  gets 
away  wishing  devoutly  for  the  time  be­
ing  that  she  is  a  man.
The  flull-fledged  business  woman, 
she  who  has  sounded  the  ground  in  all 
directions and found firm footing whence 
she  can  see  the  quagmires  and  quick­
sands  around,  maintains  stoutly  that  the 
non-luncheon,  non-attention, 
sternly 
negative  path  is  the only route that leads

If 
to  a  woman’s  permanent  success. 
there 
is  testimony  to  be  heard  on  the 
other  side,  and  there  certainly  is,  it  is 
evidence  of  a  kind  so  mute  and  non- 
come-atable  that  the  voices  of  the  wom­
en  who  would  proscribe  it  are  far  in the 
ascendant.

laws  formulated  when 

There  are  laws  written  and  unwritten 
for guidance  in  matters  social  and  po­
lite, 
and  by 
whom  no  one  knows,  but that are judged 
admirable  in  their  way  and  regarded  as 
fixed  authority,  from  which  there  can 
be  no  appeal. 
In  the business  woman’s 
particular  orbit,  and  for  the  guidance 
of  the  woman  clerk,  there  are  no 
laws, 
alterable  or  otherwise. 
The  woman 
clerk  herself  is  an  anomaly  hatched  out 
only  twenty  years  or  so  ago,  a  mere 
iota  of  time  in  the  world’s  history.  No­
body  yet  has  thought  out  any  rules  of 
etiquette  for  her  convenience,  and  she 
has  hastily  adopted  a  half-defined  code 
for  herself.  The  business  woman  who 
has  accepted  attentions  more  than  once 
from  men  potent  in  her  career,  who  has 
taken  luncheon  occasionally  and  found 
that  all  went  well,  does  not  tell  her  sis­
ter  tyros  of  the  fact. 
If,  on  the  other 
hand,  the  experiment  precipitated  the 
embarrassments 
that  were  predicted, 
she  keeps  her  own  counsel;  and  if  it 
led  to  complications,  the  end  of  which 
is  not  yet,  she  remains  mute  regarding 
them,  also.  The  compiler  of  codes  of 
etiquette  for  the  business  woman  has 
nothing  to  go  by  on  her  side.  The 
question  as  to  whether  certain  things 
are  proper  and  expedient,  or  the  re­
verse,  remains  an  open  one,  and  the 
woman  clerk,  womanly  considered,  will 
have  to  be  much  older,  in  the  abstract, 
before 
In  the  meantime 
the  business  man  goes  on  treating  his 
woman  clerk  with  most  unbusiness-like 
inconsistency.  He  takes  off his  hat  to 
his  typewriter  because  she  is  a  woman; 
holds  the  door  open  for  her  and  lets  her 
pass  out  before  him  because  she  is  a 
woman,  and—pays  her  lower  wages  be­
cause  she  is  a  woman.

is  settled. 

it 

Keep your own secrets if  you have any.

Buy  Your  Shoes
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where  you  can  buy 
money.

A   N E W   JO BBIN G   HOUSE

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and near enough  for you to  get  goods  within 
twenty-four hours  after you order them.

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MICHIGAN SHOE COMPANY, Detroit, Mich.

I 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 
a  full 
line  of  Warm  Goods—Felt  Boots  and 
Socks;  also,  Boston and  Bay  State  rubber goods. 
Your business is solicited.

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24

MANUFACTURING  M ATTERS.
P o tterville—S w ift  &   Sh ainholtz  have 
resum ed  b u sin ess  in  the  g rist  m ill  lin e.
Jackson—The  Jackson  Candy  Co.  will 
line  of  candies  for  the 

manufacture  a 
wholesale  trade.

Whitehall—Geo.  H.  Nelson  and  Lew 
Myers  have  engaged  in  the manufacture 
of  a  never-slip  pipe  wrench  in  the  old 
Linderman  building.

Charlotte—Harlow  &  Sewall  are  en­
gaged 
in  the-  manufacture  of  a  sack 
holder  upon  which  the  former  received 
letters  patent  last  week.

Eaton  Rapids—Wm.  Smith has started 
up  his  egg  crate  works,  employing  from 
twenty-five  to  thirty  girls.  He  will 
in 
the  near  future  move  the  business  from 
Smithville  to  this  city.

Coleman—Wm. 

J.  Tower  and  Geo. 
Miller have  formed  a  copartnership  for 
the  purpose  of  engaging  in  the  sawmill 
and  general  merchandise  business  at 
Onaway,  Presque  Isle  county.

Hastings—The  firm of Wilmont,Green 
&  King,  founders  and  machinists,  has 
been  dissolved  by  the  retirement  of  A. 
A.  Wilmont.  The  firm  hereafter  will  be 
known  as  the  Green  &  King  Co.,  being 
composed  of  Wm.  T.  Green  and  E.  E. 
King.

Elk  Rapids—The  Elk  Rapids  Iron 
Co.  sold  and  shipped  nearly  5,000  tons 
of  pig  iron  the  past week.  Thefurnance 
is  making  nearly  ninety  tons  daily. 
The  Chemical  works,  which  burned 
nearly  sixty  days  ago,  will  be  replaced 
by  Jan.  1.

Detroit—The  Peerless  Hose  Coupler 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of  association,  and 
will  manufacture  and  sell  hose  couplers 
in  this  city  on  a  cash  capital  of  $9,000, 
of  which  James  H.  Donaldson  has  put 
in  $2,000,  Wilbur  W.  McAlpin  $3,000, 
and  Louis  E.  Eastman  $4,000.

St.  Joseph—The  Truscott  Boat  Man­
ufacturing  Co.  has  purchased  the  old 
tub  and  pail  factory  property  of  the 
Wells-Higman  Co.  and 
its 
capital  stock  to $100,000,  Messrs.  Wells 
and  Higman  taking  stock 
in  the  en­
larged  company  to  the  amount  of  the 
purchase  price  of  the  property.

increased 

Detroit—The  Dickinson  Chemical 
Co.,  of  which  Dr.  A.  E.  Dickinson 
is 
the  President  and  General  Manager, 
and  Henry  A.  Haigb,  the  Secretary, 
will  commence  doing  business  at  No. 
113  East  Fort  street  about  Jan.  1,  and 
will  develop  Prof.  Meiers’  new  process 
for  the  manufacture  of  caustic  soda 
and  glycerine.

St.  Ignace—James  Nickel  and  W.  J. 
Ross  have  formed  a  copartnership  for 
the  purpose of lumbering  a  tract  of  pine 
in  the  vicinity  of  Seul  Choix  point. 
The  firm  will  be  known  as  Nickel  & 
Ross.  The  latter  will  conduct  the  ac­
tive  operations 
in  camp,  while  Mr. 
Nickel  will  attend  to  purchasing  and 
shipping  in  supplies.

Alpena—The  latest  industry at Alpena 
is  the  Besser-Churchill  Co.,  a  corpora­
tion  just  formed  to  manufacture  staves, 
headings,  hoops,  shingles  and  excel­
sior.  The  company 
is  composed  of 
Herman  Besser,  W.  L.  Churchill  and 
H.  D.  Churchill,  all  men  of  large  busi­
ness  experience  and  abundant  capital. 
The  new  company  has  purchased  the 
old  Cockley  stave  mill  and  will  put in  a 
fine  plant,  costing  about  $100,000.  Part 
of  the  plant  will  be 
in  operation  by 
January  1.  This  is  the  fourteenth  plant 
outside  the  lumber  mills  established 
in 
Alpena 
in  recent  years,  and  all  are  in 
operation.  Alpena  seems  to  be  getting 
right  to  the • front  and  is  not  suffering 
much  from  the  dcadence  of  the  pine 
lumber  industry.

Buchanan—The  Columbia  Manufac­
turing  Co.,  manufacturer of  show  cases, 
grill  work  and  wood  novelties,  will  re­
It 
move  from  Chicago  to  this  place. 
expects  to  employ 
This 
makes  three  new  factories  secured  by 
Buchanan  within  six  months.  There 
are  no  vacant  business  places  and  but 
few  vacant  houses  in  town.

fifty  men. 

Traverse  City—The  Kelly  Shingle 
Co.,  of  which  W.  N.  Kelly,  of  the  firm 
of  Kelly  &  Coveil,  is  the  active  mem­
ber  and  manager,  has  purchased  8co 
acres  of  cedar  land  in  Lelanau  county, 
which  contains  timber  equal  to  about
75.000. 000  shingles,  which  it is designed 
by  the  new  organization  to  manufacture 
on  the  premises. 
is  expected  that
10.000. 000 shingles will be manufactured 
this  winter.

It 

Detroit—Articles 

incorporating  the 
Diamond  Stamped  Ware  Co.  have  been 
filed  with  the  County  Clerk.  The  object 
is  to  manufacture  and  sell stamped ware 
made  of  copper,  brass  and  other  metals. 
The  capital  stock  is $50,000,  of  which 
$20,000  is  paid 
incorporators 
are  all  residents  of  Detroit,  as  follows: 
Lewis  H.  Jones  and  Rufus  W.  Gillett, 
150  shares  each ;  Allan  Shelden,  Martin 
S.  Smith,  Henry  B.  Joy,  Oliver  Gold­
smith  and  George  W.  Bissell,  250  each; 
Wm.  F.  Montgomery  and  Charles  D. 
Milne,  100  each;  Lewis  H.  Jones,  trus­
tee,  3,250 shares.

in.  The 

Lansing—A  letter  from  one  of  the 
in 
prominent  manufacturers  of  vinegar 
the  State  was  recently  received  at  the 
office  of  the  Dairy  and  Food  Commis­
sion  which  stated  that  the  writer  had 
400 gallons  of  cider  vinegar  on  hand, 
which  the  merchants  refused  to  take 
unless  the  wholesaler  would  prove 
it  to 
be  salable,  and  he  asked  for  the  for­
mula  of  the  State  Analyst  to  determine 
the  amount  of  acetic  acid  it  contained. 
This  is  only  one  evidence  in  the  num­
ber  of  letters  of  a  similar  nature  which 
are  received  at  that  office,  and  which 
indicate  the  growing  regard  which  the 
retailers  of  the  State  have  for  the  pure 
food  laws  and  the  recognition  that  they 
will  be  rigidly  enforced.

Belding—During  the  past  few  days 
negotiations  have  been  pending  with  a 
view  to  releasing  the  Ballou  Basket fac­
tory  from  the  hands  of  the  receiver  and 
once  more  turning  it over  to Mr.  Ballou. 
Several  meetings  of  the  parties  inter­
ested  have  been  held  and,  although 
nothing  definite  has  as  yet  been  agreed 
upon,  it 
is  quite  probable  that  the  deal 
will  be  consummated  within  the coming 
week.  Mr.  Ballou’s  father,  a  gentleman 
of  some  means,  is 
in  the  city  for  this 
purpose,  and  the  plan 
is  to  purchase 
the  claim  of  the  Belding-Hall  Co.  and 
give  the  two  banks  security  on  the plant 
for  the  amount  of  their claims.  This 
arrangement  is  understood  to  be  agree­
able to  the  banks,  when  they  will  give 
their  consent  to  the  release  of  the  re­
ceiver  and  once  more  restore  Mr.  Bal­
lou  to  full  possession  of  the  business.

Adrian—The  Adrian  Packing  Co.  is 
now  out  of  existence,  the  real  estate, 
stock  and  accounts  of  the  corporation 
having  been  taken  possession  of  by  the 
Adrian  State  Savings  Bank.  The  com­
pany was  incorporated  about  three  years 
ago  with  a  capital  stock  of  $12,000,  di­
vided  equally  between  W.  N.  Swift,  G. 
R.  Swift  and  an  Eastern  man  named 
Cotton.  About  a  year  ago  the  Adrian 
Savings  Bank  was  given  a  mortgage  on 
the  plant  to  secure  $9,000 then  due  the 
bank  and  also  any  future  credits  which 
might  be  granted  the 
institution.  The 
mortgage  was  withheld  from  record  un­
til  a  few  weeks  ago,  at  which  time  the

bank  demanded  and  was  given  a  bill  of 
its 
sale  of  the  entire  property  to  cover 
claim,  amounting  to  $16,000. 
Fou r 
thousand  cases  of  tomatoes  were  sold 
to  Berdan  &  Co.,  at  Toledo,  and  3,000 
cases  of  squash  yet  remain  on  hand  un­
sold.  What  the  bank  will  do  with  the 
property  is  as  yet  problematical.

Saginaw—The  Michigan  Flax  Fibre 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of  association with 
the  County  Clerk. 
The  purposes  of 
the  company  are  the  production  and 
purchase  of  flax  straw  and  the  manu­
facture  therefrom  of  flax  fibre  and  tow 
for  the  market  and  the  spinning  and 
weaving  of  the  same  into  fibres  for  the 
market.  The  operations  are  to  be  car­
ried  on 
in  this  county  and  the  capital 
stock  of  the  company  is  $5,000,  89  per
cent,  of  which 
is  paid  in.  The  com­
pany  has 
leased  a  building  at  the  cor­
ner  of  Franklin  and  Meredith  streets 
and  will  shortly  place  the  flax  machine 
in  it  which  was  invented  and  patented 
by  General  Manager  Morrison. 
It  will 
be  run  by  electric  power  and  about  ten 
hands  will  be  employed.  During  the 
summer  about  sixty  women  have  been 
employed  working  on  the  flax  at  the 
different  farms  on  which 
it  has  been 
grown.  There  is  now  about  200  tons of 
straw  as  a  result,  which  is  being  rutted 
on  the  farms.

The  Facts  in  the  Case.

interest 

Gould  City,  Nov.  1—We  wish  to  cor­
rect  a  statement  which  appeared  in your 
issue  of  Oct.  27  under  the  heading  ol 
business  changes.

John  I.  Bovee,  Frank  W.  Robinson 
and  Frank  H.  Freeman,  of  Gould  City, 
and  A.  D.  Day,  of  Engadine,  bought 
of  Culver  &  McArthur,  at  Corinne,  an 
undivided  half 
in  the  firm  of 
Culver  &  McArthur,  H.  C.  Culver  re 
tiring  from  the  above  firm  of  Culver  & 
McArthur  and  A.  B.  McArthur  retain­
ing  an  undivided  half 
interest  in  the 
firm,  the  name  of the firm being changed 
to  A.  B.  McArthur  &  Co.  A.  B.  Mc­
Arthur  has  no  interest  whatever 
in  the 
firms  of  F.  H.  Freeman  &  Co  (Gould 
City),  Bovee,  Robinson  &  Co.  (Bovee), 
or  A.  D.  Day  &  Co. 
(Engadine).
There  has  been  no  change  in  the  first, 

the  partners  in  which  are  as  follows:
F.  H.  Freeman  Co.  (Gould  City) 

is 
composed  of  John  I.  Bovee,  Frank  W. 
Robinson  and  Frank  H.  Freeman.

Bovee,  Robinson  &  Co.  (Bovee)  is 
composed  of  John  I.  Bovee,  Frank  W. 
Robinson  and  Frank  H.  Freeman.

item 

A.  D.  Day  &  Co.  (Engadine)  is  com­
posed  of  A.  D.  Day,  owning  one  half 
interest,  and  John  I.  Bovee,  Frank  W. 
Robinson  and  Frank  H.  Freeman,  who 
jointly  own  the  other  half.

You  will  see  by  this  that  A.  B.  Mc­
Arthur  has  no  interest  whatever 
in  the 
firms  of  F.  H.  Freeman  &  Co.,  Bovee, 
Robinson  &  Co.  or  A.  D.  Day  &  Co., 
but  does  own  a  half  interest  in  the  firm 
of  A.  B.  McArthur  &  Co.,  which  is  the 
only  firm 
in  which  there  has  been  any 
change.  Please  correct  in  your  next  is­
sue,  as  the 
in  your  last  is  very 
misleading,  as  it  gives  Mr.  McArthur 
a  half 
interest 
in  the  entire  business, 
which  is  not  true.

Bo v e e ,  R o b in s o n   &  Co.
Jackson  Traveling  Men  on  Record.
Jackson,  Nov.  1—The  following  reso­
lution  was  recently  adopted  by  Jackson 
Council,  No.  57,  United  Commercial 
Travelers’  Association:

We,  the  members  of  Jackson  Council 
No.  57,  do  most earnestly protest against 
two  requirements  of'  the  new 
inter­
changeable  mileage  book  issued  bv  the 
Central  Passenger  Association—that  of 
checking  baggage  and  of  exchanging 
the  mileage  slip  at  the ticket  agent's 
window  for  a  train  ticket;  and  we  most 
earnestly  hope  and  pray  that  the  mem­
bers  of  the  Central  Passenger  Associa­
tion  can  see  their  way  clear  to  remove 
these  two  objectionable  features,  which 
will  then  give  to  the  traveling  public  a 
most  acceptable  and  popular  mileage
book.

W A N T S   C O LU M N .

A d vertise m e n ts  w ill  be  in serted   under  th is 
head  fo r  tw o   cen ts  a  w ord  th e  firs t  insertion 
and  one  cent  a  w ord  fo r  each  su bseq u en t  in ­
sertio n .  No a d ve rtisem en ts tak en  for  le ss th an  
25 ce n ts.  A dvance  paym ent.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

17'OK  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—STORE  AND 
JP  dw elling  com bined, at  McCord  Station,  on 
l).,(j.  R.  A  W.  K  R .;  good  w ell  in  house,  cis­
tern,  new ho.-'-e barn, etc.  Store  finished  ready 
lor  goods.  An  excellent  point  fo r  business. 
Price,  $700—a  bargain.  A ddress  Dr.  L.  E.  Has- 
kin,  McCord,  ilieh ._______________________ 4it
A \ r ANTED—STOCK  OP  DRY  GOODS  OK 
• v  general  m erchandise  for  N orthern 
In ­
diana,  Illinois and  Iow a im proved farm s.  Have 
buyers  for  general  stores,  and  stores  for  sale. 
\ddress No. 419,care M ichigan Tradesm   11.  419
{7*011 S A L E -C L E A N   STOCK O F HARI  WARE 
!?  In A!  shape and  fu ll set  tin n er’s  tools;  best 
iowii  in  M ichigan  and  best  farm ing  countty  in 
the State.  E xcellent  chance  to  engage  in  the 
hardw are  business;  reason  for  selling,  other
UllSillfiss 
Add re?is  Nio.  417,  care  Mich  gan
Trade -man.
417
A  t LOCATION FOR DRUGSTORE.  WJKITE
i l l
a t  once  to  iJo.  115, care  M ichigan  Ti ades-
man.
415
T   Ah!GE  STORE BUM.DING  AND  GENT:k a  l
L i   st*ock of merelilaudi se  to  exchange  for good
tarm i! g lauds.  A<id res s Lock Box 254,  \\ o1  -OU
ville. I nd.
41«
fj'O R KENT—OW ING TO  DEATH. TH E  IJEST
Ju  eq uipped  hard wate store  in  M ichigan :  old
es tabi islied  stand: gOO(1  location  iu  one  of  the
best  farm ing  and man u facturing  tow ns;
low
rent. A ddress  No.  418, care  M ichigan  Trades-
man.
US

AN TED -G O O D   DRY  BEECH  AND  MA­
TT  pie 16-inch  block wood,  not less than  two 
thirds  hard  m aple.  Price  on  cars a t shipping 
point.  A.  Hvde, 860 M adison  Ave.,  G iand  Kap- 
ids.  Mich._________________________________411
\ \ T ANTED—BUTTER  AND  EGGS. 
IF   YOU 
T  t  w ant good  pric  s and  quick  retu ru s  w  ite 
us.  L unn  & Strong, Toledo, Ohio 
j7*O RSALE-SM A LL  DRUG  STOCK,  INVOIC- 
T   ing about *700.  in  best  tow n  for size iu Mich- 
■gau;  doing $60 to  $75  per  week  business;  rent, 
$100  per  year:  best  location  in  tow n:  best  of 
reasons for selling.  A ddress  Lock  Box 50,  Lake 
Odessa, Mich. 
YXTANTED — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
Tv 
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond w ith 
C aulkett &. Co.. Trave  se City,  Mich.______ 381

412

4ui

366

ir*OR  EXCHANGE — A  W ELL-ASSORTED 

dru g  stock th a t  wi  1  inventory  $1,201)  for  a 
stock  of  groceries.  A ddress  Jo h n   C< oper,  340 
W oodworth  avenue.  G rand Rapids Mich 
L 'O R   EX CH A N G E-TW O   FIN E  IMPROVED 
r  
farm s  for  stock  of  m erchandise:  splendid 
location.  A ddress No. 73.care  Michigan T rades­
m an. 
VX7 ANTED—1.000  CASES FRESH 
EGGS,
Tv  daily.  W rite  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
Ithaca. Mich. 

F'lOR SA LE—JUDGMENT FOR $8 08 AGAINST 

Nile s  II. W inans.  real  estate  agent  in  the 
Tow er  Block.  Tradesm an  Company,  G rand 
Rapids 

249

38!

73

PATENT  SOLICITORS.

|7*RF.E—OUR  NEW   HANDBOOK  ON  P \T - 
r   ents.  Ciiley  &  AMgier,  Patent  A ttorneys, 
G rand  Rapids.  Mich. 

339

MISCELLANEOUS.

W /A N T E D  — A   GOOD  MAN  TO  MANAGE
\ \  
city  office.  L iberal  salary  to  th e  right 
narty  M etal-Back  A lbum   Co.,  B attle  C re-k, 
M irh. 
\1 7 A N T E D —SITUATION  AS  SALESMAN  IN 
Tv  dry goods or  general store;  five yea  s’ ex ­
perience;  Al  references.  A ddress No.  ,22, care
Michigan Trade-m iiii. 
432
A i r  A N TED -PO SITIO N  
IN  GROi  KKY  OR 
v V  general s t   re by experienced clerk.  Satis­
faction g u aran teed ;  n  ferences furni-hed.  Ad­
dress W alter E  Bigelow.  Bundy Mich. 

423

4 ’0

I For  Sale  by  Leading  Jobbers.

T ravelers*  T im e   T a b le s.

CANADIAN

n P T D H i T   Grand Rapids & Western.
U C   1  I V v F I   I   1  

Ju n e * 7 .  1897.

Going to Detroit.

Lv.  G rand  R ap id s....... 7:00am  1:30pm  5:3 ip n
Ar. D etro it....................  11:40am  5:40pm  10:23pn

Returning from  Detroit.

Lt .  D etro it..................... 8:00am  1:10pm  6:10pir
Ar.  G rand  R apids.......   1:00pm  5:20pm  10:55pn

Saginaw , Alm a and  Greenville.

Lv.  G R  7:10am 4:20pm  Ar.  G R 12:20pm  DrSOpirr 
P arlor cars on all tra in s  to  an d   from   D etroit 
and'S aginaw .  T rains run w eek days only.

Geo.  De Haven,  G eneral Pass. Agent.

H P  A NU   Tnu,k Ra,,w*y sy***®
v l I v A l l  1 ß   D etroit and M ilw aukee Div.

(In  effect  October  3,  1897.)

EAST. 

Leave. 
A rrive,
t   0:45am ..Saginaw ,  D etroit  and  E a s t..t  9:56pm
tl0:10am ...........D etroit  and  E a st..........t   5:07pm
t  3 :30pm. .Saginaw ,  D etroit and  E ast..tl2:45pm  
*10:45pm .. .D etroit, E ast an d  C an a d a...*  6:35am 
* 7:00am ....G d. H aven  and  In k  Pts....*10:15nm  
tl2:53pm .G d. H aven  and In term ed ia te .t  3:22pm
t   5:12pm__ Gd. H aven M il. and C h i___ tlO:05am
110:00pm.........Gd. H aven  and Mil.............................
E astw ard—Ho. 14 has W agner parlor car.  No. 
18  parlor  car.  W estw ard—No.  11  parlor  car. 
No.  15  W agner parlor car.

WEST

*Daily. 

tE x cep t Sunday.

. 

E. H. H u s h e s . A. G. P.  & T. A.
B n .  F l r c h i b , Trav. Pass. Agt., 
J ab. Ca m pbell, City Pass. Agent, 
No. 23 Monroe St

EAST  BOUND.

Lv. D etroit....... ......................... tll;45am *11:35pm
8:15am
Ar.  T o ro n to ...
8:00pm
Ar.  M ontreal...

........................  8:3i)pm
........................  7;20am

WEST  BOUND.

........................  8:50am
Lv.  M ontreal..
Lv. T oronto__ .........................   4:00pm
Ar. D e tro it___ ....................... 10:45pm

9 :00pm
7:30am
2:10pm
D.  McNicoll,  Pass.  Traffic  Mgr ,  M ontreal.
E.  C.  O viatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., G rand Rapids.

DULUTH, South Shore and Atlantic

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. G rand R apids  (G. R.  & I.)M l:10pm   17:45am
Lv.  M ackinaw  C ity....................   7:35am 
4:20pm
Ar.  St  Ign ace.............................   9:0'<am 
5:20pm
Ar.  S ault Ste.  M arie..................  12:20pm 
9:5Tpm
Ar. M arquette  ............................  2:50pm  10:  0pm
Ar. N estorla.................................  5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. D u lu th ..................................................... 
8:30dm

e a s t   b o u n d .

Lv. D u lu th ....................................................  
t6:30pm
Ar. N esto ria...............................fi 1:15am 
2:45am
Ar.  M arquette...........................  
1:30pm 
4:30am
3:30pm 
Lv.  Sault Ste. M arie................. 
Ar.  M ackinaw  C l'y ..................  
8:40pm  11:0nam
G.  W.  H ib b a r d . G en. Pass. Agt.  M arquette.
E. C.  O viatt, Trav.  Pass  Agt., G rand R apids

...

A B S O L U T E

PU R E GROUND S P IC E S, BA K IN G  PO W D ER  

B U T C H E R S’  S U P P L IE S ,  ETC.

FOR  THE  TRADE.

T H E  V IN K E M U L D E R   C O M P A N Y ,

PHONE  555.

4 18 -410   S.  D ivision  S t.,  G rand  Rapids.

Who  gets  the  .  .  .
Oyster  Trade?

The man whose oysters are  the 
freshest and best flavored.
Who  loses other trade?

The man who sells fishy oysters 
diluted  with  ice  to  disgust  his 
customers.

Avoid  such  a  calamity  by 
using  our  Oyster  Cabinets. 
(See cut.)  They  are  lined with 
copper so you can use  salt with 
the  ice.  They  have  porcelain 
lined cans.  Send for circular.
Grand  Rapids  Refrigerator Co.

Qrand Rapids, Mich.

CHICAGO and West Michigan R'y

Sept,  a s , 1897.

Going  to  Chicago.

M uskegon.

Returning  from  Chicago.

Lv.  G. Rapids............... 8:30am  1:25pm *ll:30pm
Ar.  Chicago.................. 3:10pm 6:50pm  6:40am
Lv. Chicago................ 7:20am  5:15pm  * 9:30pn
Ar. G’d Rapids............1:25pm  10:3jpm * 6:20am
Lv. G’d  Rapids..............8:30am 1:25pm  6:25pm
Ar.  G’d Rapids..............  1:25pm..........10:10am
T raverse  C ity,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv. G’d  Rapids.....................  
Ar. Traverse  City  ................     12:40pm  11:10pm
Ar.  Charlevoix......................... 
3:15pm..........
Ar.  Petoskey.............................  3:45pm...........
Parlor  cars  leave  Grand  Rapids  1:25  p  m ; 
leave  Chicago  5:15  pm .  - Sleeping  cars  leave 
Grand  Rapids  *11:30 pm;  leave  Chicago  *9:30 
p m.

PA RLO R  AND  8L E E PIN G   CARS.  CHICAGO.

TRA V ERSE  C IT T   AND  B A T   V IEW .

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

Others week days only.

*Every  day. 

 

7:30am 5: ^0pm

GRAND Rapids  &  Indiana Railway

Ju n e  so ,  1897.

Northern  D iv.  Leave 

Arrive 
T ra v .C’y ,Petoskey & M a c k ...t  7:45am  t   5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & M ack.. .T  2  39pm  t   6  3  am
C adillac......................................... t  5:25pm t i l  :15am
T rain leaving a t 7:45 a. m. has  parlor car,  and 
tra in   leaving  a t  2:30  p.  m.  has  sleeping  car  to 
M ackinaw.
Southern  D iv.  Leave  Arrive
C in c in n ati......................................t   7:10am 
F t. W ayne......................................t  2:00pm 
C incinnati...................  
* 7:0i)pm 
7:10 a .m .  tra in   has parlor  car to  C incinnati 
2  00 p. m .  train   has parlor  car  to   F ort  W ayne. 
7:00 p. m.  tra in   has  sleeping  car  to  C incinnati. 

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* 7:25mc

Muskegon Trains.

GOING WEST.

Lv G ’d  R apids...............t7:35am  t l  :00pm t5:40pm
Ar M uskegon.................. 9:00am  2:10pm  7:05pm
Lv M uskegon................ t8:10am  til:4 5 am   t4:01pn
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A rG ’d R apids...............9:30am  12:55pm  5:2Jpm

GOING EAST.
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tE x c e p t Sunday.  »Daily.

C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 

G en’l Passr. and T icket Agent.

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To

H E J N R Y   K O C H ,   your  c l e r k s ,   attorneys,  ager „3, 
s a l e s m e n   and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or 
holding  through  or  under  you,

H a a r a s , it  has  been  represented  to  us  in  our  Circuit Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of

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

ENOCH  MORGAN’S   SONS  COMPANY,

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

W on), th e re fo re , we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY

KOCH,  your  clerks,  attorneys,  agents,  salesmen  and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or  holding  through  or  under  you, 
under  the  pains  and  penalties  which  may  fall  upon  you  and  each  of  you  in  case  of  disobedience,  that  you  do 
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  manner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “  SAPOLIO,”  or  any  word  or  words 
substantially  similar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  any  scouring 
soap  not  made  or  produced  by  or  for  the  Complainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly,

By  word  of mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

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

MINNEAPOLIS, S t Paal & Sault Ste. 
Marie Railway.

that  which 
false  or  misleading  manner.

is  not  Complainant’s  said  manufacture,  and  from 

in  any  way  using  the  word  “  SAPOLIO”   in   a n y  

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. G rand R apids (G.  R.  & I.).....................+7:45am
Lv.  M ackinaw  C ity.......................................... 4:20pm
Ar. G ladstone...................................................  9:50pm
A r. 8t.  P a u l.......................................................  8:45am
Ar. M inneapolis.............................  
9:30am

 

BAST BOUND.

Lv. M inneapolis............................................  +6:30nm
Ar. St.  P a u l.....'............................................   7:20pm
Ar. G ladstone.................................................  5:45am
A t.  M ackinaw  C ity......................................   11:0  am
Ar. G rand R apids..........................................  10:00pm
W. R. Ca lla wav, Gen. Pass. A g t, M inneapolis. 
E. C. Ov ia tt, Trav. Pass.  Agt., Grand  Rapids.

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

[ s ig n e d ]

[ se a l]

ROWLAND  COX,

Complainants  Solicitor

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

S.  D.  ©LIPHANT,

Clerk

Omaha  Retail  Grocers’  Association

Office  of the  Secretary,

{[Corner  Park  Avenue  and  Leavenworth  Street.

Telephone  1759.

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O F FIC E R S

C .  R .  C O U R T N E Y ,  P R E S ID E N T

H .  J .   H U G H E S ,   V lC .E -P R E S ID E N T  
o.  J .  w i l d e ,  J r .,  T r e a s u r e r

E .  T .   J O H N S O N ,   S E C R E T A R Y

BOARD  OF  D IR E C T O R S

WM.  FLEMING 
A.  PE TE RS ON  
A.  GLADSTONE 
W.  J.  HUNTER 
FRED  BRUNING 
WM.  GENTLEMAN

J.  M.  JO H N S ON
E.  D.  EVANS 
CHAS.  HANLEY 
R.  A.  LENHART
F.  A.  JO N E S  
GEO.  F.  MUNRO

Resolutions Passed by the Retail Grocers’ Association of Omaha, Deb.

RESOLVED—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:

Its  extreme  accuracy.
It  places  a  check  on  all  goods  weighed.

ist. 
2nd. 
3rd.  That we believe  the dollar and  cent  system  to be far  more convenient  and  safer than the 

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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W e meet  a  man  who  has  been
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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When  we  have  had  the  op­
portunity  to  talk  to  him  we 
have had  no  difficulty  in  con­
vincing  him  of 
truth 
It 
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  h a v e ' honest 
value to exchange for it.  Better 
think about these things a little 
in advance and  write  us.

3  gr  Tradesman Company, 

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Grand Rapids.

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I The  Stimpson 
I Computing  Scale 

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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 tramway to 

handle.

We  have  no  cylinder  to  turn  for 

each price per pound.

We  do  not  follow,  but  lead  all 

competitors.

W e  do  not  have  a  substitute  to 

meet competition.

We do not indulge in  undignified 
and  unbusinesslike  methods 
to 
make sales—we sell Stimpson scales 
on their merits.

Agents of other companies would 
not have to spend  most  all  of  their 
time  trying  to  convince  the  trade 
that  our  scale  was  no  good  if  the 
Stimpson did  not  possess  the  most 
points of merit. \

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.

The  Stimpson  Computing  Scale  Co.,

ELKHART,  IND.

A  Represented in Eastern Michigan by 
a 
5 

R .  P.  BIG ELO W ,

Owosso.

Represented  in Western Michigan by 

C.  L.  S E N S E N E Y ,

Grand Rapids.  Telephone No. *66.

