Volume  XV. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  22,  1897. 

Number 744

T o prepare for your advertising for  1898. 
The prospects for a  good  year's  business 
never  appeared  brighter  for  us  all,  and 
judicious advertising cannot fail to  bring 
gratifying  results*  "Which  method  of 
advertising will pay me best?"

Chafs the QuestionS i t i

Our plan  is  based  on  the  correct  princi­
ple  of  mutual  co-operation — giving  the 
customer  the  benefit  of  the  advertising 
bill.  The best thing we can say  for  our 
method is:  W e will  send  you  an  outfit 
on 60 days' trial, subject to approval.  A  
great many Tradesman readers have  ac­
cepted  this  offer.  Catalogue  for  the 
asking.

Stebbins manufacturing  Co.,

Cakeview, lllich.

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fO E   centuries  the  E nglish  have been known as great mustard-eaters— the greatest  in  the 
world.  T hey  differ from the Southern races,  such as  the  French,  Spanish,  Italian,  etc., 
in that they rank condiments  higher than  sauces.  True,  they  manufacture  and  export 
sauces,  but  they  prefer  for  their  own  use  condiments,  and  the  greatest  of  all  condiments is 
mustard.  T he  average  Englishm an  delights  in  having  his  mustard  prepared  for  him  fresh 
every  day.

Is the ORIGINAL and GENUINE  Horseradish  Mustard.

There seems to be a reason  for this  Sauces, although appetizing, are made  with drugs and 
are more  or  less  disguised  in  their  nature and  artificial in  their effects.  Mustard,  on  the con­
trary,  strengthens  the  natural  tone of the stomach,  increases the flow of the gastric juice, and 
thereby  promotes the general bodily health. 
It is  probably on account of this power of giving 
life  to  the  system  ana  enabling  it to throw off unhealthy  products that the  English  in former 
years  used  mustard  as  a  medium o f purifying the blood  in  skin  diseases and similar ailments.
F or some time past we have made quite a study of mustard,  its  proper preparation and the 
preservation  of  its  qualities.  Our line of mustards is quite  complete, and each and all w ill be 
found to be so put up and packed as to last for  years in  perfect condition
F or Sale by
W holesale  and  Retail  Grocers 
Throughout  the  United States.

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These goods are extra-plated, of handsome design and are made by one 
of  the  largest  manufacturers  in  the  United  States  and  will  wear  five 
years.  25 of Our Yellow Labels, attached to original tin-foil wrappers, will 
procure one  Silver  Plated Teaspoon,  and  50 of same  will  procure  one 
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will  receive  one  Silver  Plated  Steel  Table  Knife,  and  for  10 a  hand­
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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.

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with the delivery of the goods.  You only want 
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have money with which to buy— in a direct  and 
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It  pays  others  to  do this—wouldn’t  it  be 
strange  if it didn’t pay you  also?

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L.  J.  STEVENSON,  Manager,

R.  J.  CLELAND,  Attorney,

411-412-413 Wlddicomb Building,

Grand  kaplds, Mich.

Taney  C alendars

The  Tradesman  Company  has 
a large line of Fancy Calendars 
for  1898, to which it invites the 
inspection of  the  trade.  The 
Company  is  also  equipped  to 
prepare and execute  anything 
in the line of specially designed 
calendars,  either  engraved  or 
printed.

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER 22,1897.

Number 744

SU CCE SSFU L  SALESMEN.

J. C .  Saunders,  Secretary of the  Mich­

igan  Knights  of  the  Grip.

J.  C.  Saunders  was  born  at  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  July  28,  1862.  His  father  was 
English  and  his  mother  Irish.  He 
lived  in  Buffalo  until  1888.  He attended 
the  public  schools  of  that  city  until  16 
years  of  age,  when  he  commenced  work 
as  clerk 
in  a  meat  market  at  a  small 
salary,  remaining  there  two  years.  He 
then  entered 
the  employ  of  W.  H. 
Glenny,  Sons  & Co.,  wholesale  crockery 
and  china  dealers,  starting  in  the  pack­
ing  room  and  working  along up to house 
salesman,  taking  the  road  in  1886.  His 
first  trip  was  through 
Indiana.  He 
then  traveled 
in  Western  New  York, 
coming  to  Michigan  in  1888  in  the  in­
terest  of  the  same  firm.  He  remained 
with  them  until  they  gave  up  the whole­
sale  part  of  their business,  in February,

1891,  when  he  engaged  to  travel  for 
Jones,  McDuffee  &  Stratton,  of  Boston, 
still  covering  the  same  territory.  He 
remained  with  them  five  years,  when  he 
engaged  with  Pitkin  &  Brooks,  of  Chi­
cago,  January,  1896,  covering  a 
large 
part  of  the  same  territory.  He  has  re­
mained  with  Pitkin  &  Brooks  up  to 
the  present  time  and  has  recently  re­
newed  his  contract  for  1898.

Oct.  21,  1886.  Mr.  Saunders was  mar­
ried  to  Miss  Julia  Allen,  also of Buffalo. 
The  couple  have  two  children,  both 
girls,  Frances  and  Gertrude.  They  oc­
cupy  their  own  home  on  St.  Joseph 
street,  Lansing.  He  has  been  a  mem­
ber  of  the  Knights  of  the  Grip  ever 
since 
it  was  organized  and  an  active 
member  of  Post  A,  holding  various 
offices 
in  the  latter  organization.  He 
was  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  In­
vitations  and  a  member  of the Hotel and 
Executive  Committees  when  the  con­
vention  was  held 
in  Lansing  in  1895. 
He  came  out  victorious  in  the  contest 
undertaken  by  the  members  of  Post  A 
by  securing  the  greatest  number  of 
members  for the  State  organization  dur­
ing  1895.  Mr.  Saunders  was  appointed 
by  the  Board  of  Directors  to  fill the  va­
cancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Secretary 
Slaght  and  has  received  the  unanimous 
endorsement  of  Post  A  for  re-election at 
Kalamazoo  next  week.

Reception 

Tendered 

the  Owosso 

Traveling  Men.

Owosso,  Dec.  20— The  reception  and 
dinner  tendered  the  traveling  men  of 
Owosso  by  the  proprietor of  the  Hotel 
Wildermuth 
last  Friday  evening  was  a 
most  enjoyable  affair.

On  the  arrival  of  the  guests,  they

in 

were  announced  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wil­
dermuth by  R.  P.  Bigelow  and  directed 
to  the parlors by Mrs.  Bigelow.  The host 
and  wife,  occupying  a  position  where 
one  of  the  side  corridors  turned  off 
from  the  main  hall,  were  completely 
surrounded  with  palms  and  cut  flowers, 
furnishing  a  beautiful  retreat  for  the 
music  as  well  as  to  keep  J.  F. 
line 
to  receive  the  congratulations  of  his 
many  friends.  After a  short  time  spent 
in  social  conversation  in  the  parlors, 
dinner  was  announced.  Following  the 
sweet  strains  of  a  beautiful  selection  of 
the  orchestra,  the  guests  were  escorted 
to  the  dining  room,  which  was  tastily 
decorated  with  smilax  and  cut  flowers. 
The  tables  were 
laid  for  100  people, 
but,  on  account  of  the  inclemency  of 
the  weather,  there  were  not  that  number 
present.  Our  host,  in  a  few  well-chosen 
informed  us  that  we  were 
remarks, 
thrice  welcome; 
that  the  house  was 
ours;  that the  keys  were .hanging  on  the 
outer  wall  and  requested  us  to  “ help 
ourselves.”   The  way  the  good  things 
described  on 
the  menu  disappeared 
showed  that  most  of  his  guests  were  not 
timid  or  bashful  and  were  availing 
themselves  of  their  host’s  hearty  wel­
come.  After the  banquet,  W.  D.  Royce, 
when  called  upon  by  the  toastmaster, re­
sponded  in  his  usual  happy  manner  to 
our  welcome  by  saying  that  words  were 
inadequate  to  express  the  appreciation 
of  the  hospitality  we  were all receiving ; 
that  we  would  all  carry  an  individual 
souvenir  of  our  more  than  genial  host, 
and  that,our  memories  were  ever  green 
with  the  many  acts  of  kindness  the  es­
timable  hostess  was  ever ready to bestow 
upon  the  weary  knights  of  the  road.  I 
The  toastmaster  then  called  upon  Fred 
Hooper,  who  told  us  how  much  he  had 
and  always  should  appreciate the ladies. 
In  the  course  of  his  remarks  he  advised 
the  practicability  of  occasionally  carry­
ing  home  a  boquet  of  flowers,  believing 
it  better  practice  to  bestow  these  gifts 
while  they  were  with  us  than  wait  until 
they  were  gone  and  then  scatter them  in 
profusion  on  the  casket.  J.  H.  Web­
ster,  in  his  usually  jolly manner,  related 
a  few  of  the  traveling  man's  mistakes. 
Geo.  W.  Haskell  gave  us  a  few  his­
torical  facts,  covertly 
insinuating  that 
if  he  was  to  do  his  best  he  would  be 
compelled  to  wear  the  mantle  now  car­
ried  so  gracefully  by  Chauncey  M.  De­
pew.  Being  of  a  very  retiring  dispo­
sition,  he  was  naturally  reticent  about 
acquiring  any  popularity  that  belonged 
to  others.  At  this  juncture,  all  present 
were  cordially  invited  to  participate  in 
cards  in  the  parlors  or  join  in  tripping 
the  light  fantastic  to  the  time  of  the 
Wesner  orchestra. 
the  wee  sma’ 
hours,  one  after  another 
reluctantly 
shook  bands  with  the  host  and  hostess 
and  bidding  them  Godspeed  wended 
their  way  home  to  dream of happy hours 
spent.

In 

Movements of Lake Superior Travelers.
Will  C.  Brown  spent  two  weeks  in 
Appleton,  Wis.,  inventorying  the  stock 
of  the  Lake  Superior Knitting  Works,of 
which  he 
is  a  part.  While  there  he 
took  occasion  to  give  about  fifty  girls 
employed 
in  his  factory  a  sleigh  ride 
party  and  a  supper  at  one  of  the  prin­
cipal  hotels.

Lake  Superior  merchants  have  gotten 
rid  of  Harry  Brilling  for  1897.  He’ll 
be  on  deck  for his  'steenth annual debut 
soon  after Jan.  1.

J.  A.  Fuller  (Jewett  &  Sherman)  and 
H.  F.  Alexander  (Chas.  Baumbach 
Co.)  both  from  Milwaukee,  after  hav­
ing  spent  about  twenty  years 
in  the 
telegraph  business,  took  to  the  road. 
We  never  have  heard  of  their  lately 
practicing  their  old  profession—getting 
things  on  tick.

iron, 

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION.
The  natural  diminution  of  wholesale 
demand  as  holiday  week  and  the  season 
for  stock  taking  approaches is becoming 
manifest,  but  it  is  remarkable  that in so 
many  lines  there  seems  to be  no  lessen­
ing  even  on  these  accounts. 
In  the 
industries,  notably  that 
manufacturing 
the  demand  continues  very 
of 
heavy,  so  that  with  a  constantly 
in­
creasing  output  stocks  are  diminishing. 
The  only  exception  of  importance  is the 
cotton  manufacture,  which  has  persisted 
in  accumulating  such  tremendous stocks 
in  the  face  of  relatively  less  demand 
than  in  other manufactures.  In the stock 
markets  there  has  been  a  slackening  of 
the  advance  movement  which  was  in 
evidence  last  week,  which  is  accounted 
for  by  the  hardening  of  money  rates 
caused  by  the  heavy  payments  to  the 
Treasury  on  Union  Pacific  account.  All 
other  elements  in  the  situation  in  Wall 
Street  seem  to  have  a  bullish  tendency.
The  demand  for  iron  products  has  re­
sulted  in  the  greatest  output  of  pig  ever 
known  in  this  country.  This  is so great 
that  there  has  been  a  slight  lessening 
in  prices  of  both  Bessemer  and  grey 
forge,and  yet  there  has  been  a  strength­
ening 
in  prices  of  most  steel  forms. 
This  is  significant  in  that  the  widening 
of  the  margin  means  better  profits  and 
increased  wages.

In  the  grain  trade  the  movement  of 
wheat  has  been  upward  again,  recover­
ing  more  than  the  loss  of  the  preceding 
Export  movement  continues 
week. 
heavy  although 
lessening,  and  that  of 
corn  considerably  exceeds  the  outgo  of 
last  year,  which,  on  account  of  the 
plentiful  crop  and  low  price,  broke  all 
previous  records. 
The  quantity  this 
year  is  of  more  significance  on  account 
of  the  better  prices  obtained.

There  is  no  change  of  significance  in 
the  woolen  situation,  while  cotton  con­
tinues  its  low  level,  with  the  discoura­
ging  accumulation  of  products  men­
tioned  elsewhere.  Boots  and  shoes  are 
still  breaking  records  for  Eastern  ship­
ments.

Bank  clearings  continue  heavy,  the 
record  for  the  week  exceeding  that  of 
the  corresponding  week  in  any  preced­
ing  year.  The  amount  was  $1,369,000,- 
000.  Business  failures  were  283,  against 
359  for  the  corresponding  week 
last 
year.

A  bridegroom  down  East  who  was 
married  on  Tuesday,  a  week  or  two 
ago,  hung  himself  the  following  Thurs­
day.  Few  men  display  such  prompti­
tude  in  extricating  themselves  from  the 
embarrassing  experiences  of  the  honey­
moon.

is 

The  Durrant  case 

interesting  as 
showing  how  many  years  a  murderer 
can 
justice  and  be  kept 
from  hanging  after  he  has  been  duly 
convicted  and  sentenced  to  die.

juggle  with 

After the  mischief  is  done  we are told 
that  American  warships  “ will  closely 
watch  Hayti.”   This  is  about  the  de­
gree  of  “ vigor”   there  is  in  our  foreign 
policy.

The  faults  we  rail  at  in  others  are 

usually  the  ones  we  possess  ourselves.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Dry  Goods
The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Cotton  Dress  Goods— The 

jobbing 
trade  in  the  cotton  dress  goods  depart­
ment  shows  the  same  lack  of energy that 
characterizes  most  of  the  dress  goods, 
and  with  the  exception of  a  few  lines  of 
heavy  goods  and  napped  fabrics  there 
is  no  special  activity.  Fall  prints  have 
been  extremely  backward  this  year  and 
jobbers  have  been  unable  to  move  the 
amount  of  stock  that  they  expected  to 
earlier  in  the  season. 
In  spring  goods 
there 
is  an  unusually  large  advance, 
business  being  taken  at  first  hands,  and 
the  jobbers’  salesmen  who  have  started 
on  the  road  with  lines  of  printed  wash 
fabrics  report  fairly good business in the 
West.  There  is  quite  a  strong  demand 
for  percales,  and  the  jobbers  are  sup­
plying  the  retailer as  fast as  possible.

Woolen  Dress Goods—At  present writ­
ing  the  retail  dry  goods  merchants  are 
devoting  more  of  their  time  to 
the 
Christmas  trade,  and  less  to  their  regu­
lar  staple  business.  They  have  sold 
off,  as  far as  possible,  the  dress  goods 
that  they  have  bought  for  this  season, 
and  are  waiting  until  after  this  month’s 
trade 
in  toys  and  novelties  is  over  be­
fore  replenishing.  This  is necessary on 
account  of  the  room,  as  well  as  the  fact 
that  their customers  are  generally  more 
interested  with  this  business during  this 
time  of  the  year.  Wool  and  silk  mix­
tures  and  crepons  are  moving  to  some 
extent  to  replenish  certain 
lines  that 
have  been  selling  well  and  still  con 
tinue  in  demand.  Jacquard  effects  will 
be  again  prominent,  as  they  were  last 
season,  and  some exceedingly handsome 
designs  will  be  shown  in  flowered  pat­
terns.  Etamines  will  again  be  promi­

it 

nent  features 
in  the  retail  trade,  next 
spring,  but  far  different  fabrics  in  ap­
pearance  from  what were  seen  last  year. 
They  will  be  not  only  handsome  in  de­
sign,  in  flowered,  striped  and  irregular 
figures,  but 
is  hinted  that  a  fabric 
will  be  placed  on  the  market  ready- 
backed— in  other  words,  a  cloth  that 
is 
bright 
in  color,  of  silk,  cotton  or  wool, 
with  the  net  finish  loosely  woven  on  the 
surface.  No  samples  of  these  are  yet 
shown,  but  it  is  one  of  the  possibilities 
in  the  manufacturing  trade.

Linens— November  was  a  compara­
tively  light  month  in  the  linen  depart­
ment  of  the  jobbing  houses.with  the  ex­
ception  of  such  orders  as  were  placed 
for  January  delivery,  but  it  is  expected 
that  the  sale  of  linens  for  December, 
preparatory  to  the  usual  January  sales, 
will  more  than  make  up  this  deficiency. 
Salesmen  on  the  road  have  very  nearly 
completed  this  season’s  business,  and 
the  only  efforts  now  made  are  to  work 
all  lines  preparatory  to  stock  taking.

last  season, 

Hosiery— Many  new  lines  of  hosiery 
will  be  shown  after  the  first  of  the  year. 
Some  of  the  samples  are  now  ready  and 
many  more  are  on  the  way,  and  are  ex­
pected  to  arrive  within  a  few  days  from 
Chemnitz.  The  market  abroad,  while 
lower  than 
is  very  firm. 
For  these  reasons,  the 
importer  of  ho­
siery  is  in  a  position  to sell  inthiscoun 
try  to  better  advantage  than 
importers 
of  many  other  lines. 
It  is  generally ex 
pected  that  fancies  will  be  in  an  excel 
lent  position  for  at  least  another  year, 
but  after  that  their  popularity  will  be 
gin  to  fade.

Tapestry  Carpets—The  manufacturers 
report  that  they  have  a  fair  demand  fur 
tapestries  and  velvets;  there  is  no  rush. 
Many  large  department  stores  and  other 
buyers  are  loaded  up  at  low  prices  from

the  large  sales  Nov.  i 
in  New  York, 
and  until  they  have  sold  the  goods  in 
stock,are  not  eager  to  place  new  orders.

effect,  that  is  exceedingly  deleterious to 
the  proper  interest  a  man  should  feel  in 
the  sermon.

The  Hat  Question.

The  hat  question,  so  far  as  women 
are  concerned,  has  recently  taken  on  a 
new  and  alarmitig  feature.  The  down­
fall  of  the  theater  hat  is  a  matter  of  so 
recent  history 
it  need  not  here  be  re­
called.  Envious  man,  having  no  adorn­
ment  for  his  head  beyond  the  hideous 
Derby  and  the  unaesthetic  stovepipe, 
rose  up,  and,  by  preconcerted  action 
with  his  fellows,  passed 
laws  making 
even  a  $25  Fans  pattern  bonnet  a  mis­
demeanor 
in  a  theater,  urging  only  by 
way  of  excuse  that  he  was  tired  of  pay­
ing  a  dollar  and  a  half  for  two  hours’ 
uninterrupted 
inspection  of  a  conglom­
erated  mass  of  feathers  and  flowers  and 
velvet.  It  was  a  cas-e  ot  “ top-knot  come 
off,’ ’  and  it  came  off,  for  no  woman,  as 
men  are  well aware,  has  enough  money, 
alter  buying  a  picture  hat,  to  pay  a fine 
for  the  privilege  of  wearing 
in  a 
theater.

it 

That  was  one  side  of the hat  question, 
and  it  must  be  said  in  extenuation  that 
now,  since  they  have  tried  it,  women 
are  the  staunchest  upholders  of  the 
theater  bat  law,  but  it  seems  the  mat­
ter 
is  not  to  be  allowed  to  rest  there. 
The  hat  question  has  now  invaded  the 
churches,  and  it  looks  as  if  there  would 
soon  be  no  place  where  a  woman  could 
display  a  picture  hat  with  peace  and 
satisfaction  to  her  soul. 
is  claimed 
that  the  women’s  hats  keep  men  away 
from  church,  and  that  when  men  do  go 
they  are  unable  to  see  the  minister  for 
the  hats  that  block  every  pew,  and  that, 
furtnermo'e,  the  spectacle  of  a 
large 
number  of  hats  with  sweeping  feathers 
and  nodding  flowers  has  a  somnolent

It 

and 

issue—there 

Of  course,  when  the  matter 

is  pre­
in  this  light—as  a 
sented  to  women 
great  moral 
is  only  one 
thing  that  they  can  do,  and  that  is  take 
off  their  hats. 
In  Kansas,  where  the 
women  are  always  the  first  to  fearlessly 
grapple  with  great  problems,  a  momen­
tous  experiment  is  just  now  being  tried 
along  this  line.  For  years  it  has  been 
a  source  of  great  trouble  to  the  women 
of  Hutchison,  in  that  State,  that  their 
husbands,  sweethearts 
brothers 
showed  a  deplorable  lack  of  interest  in 
church  affairs.  One  woman  who  re­
proached  her  husband  with  his  remiss­
ness 
in  this  regard  received  in  reply 
the  statement  that 
it  wouldn’t  do  him 
any  more good  to  go  to  church  than  to 
a  winter  millinery  opening,  because  he 
couldn’t  see  the  preacher.  This  set  the 
women  to  thinking,  and  the  result  has 
been  a  bargain  between  the  saints  and 
the  sinners,  by  which  the  women  agree 
to  remove  their  hats 
if  the  men  will 
come  to  church.  The  compact  has been 
ratified,  and  the  different  clergymen, 
irrespective  of  creed,  will  see  to  its  be­
ing  carried  out.

Church-going  women  will  watch  this 
experiment  with  much  interest,  and  if, 
indeed,  the  women’s  hats  are  a  stum­
bling-block  in  the  way  of their brothers, 
they  will  be  removed ;  but  let  no  man 
underestimate  the  sacrifice  he  is  de­
manding.  To  have  to  take  off  one  of 
the  picturesque  and  becoming  hats  in 
vogue  this  season  and  hold  it  in  your 
lap,  instead  of  displaying 
it  on  your 
head  to  an  admiring  congregation,  will 
take  the  courage  of  a  hero  and  the  self- 
abnegation  of  a  martyr!

&  STRONG,  LEE  &  COMPANY &

W H O L E S A L E   D R Y   G O O D S,  N O T IO N S , 
,*   ,*
U N D E R W E A R ,  H O SIE R Y ,  E T C . 

ANNOUNCEMENT»“ EXTRAORDINARY

To  the  Retail  Merchants  of  Michigan,  Ohio  and  Indiana:

Monday  Morning,  December Twenty-Seventh,

We  will  begin  our

ANNUAL  REDUCTION  SALE

Continuing  five  days,  closing  with  the  old  year.  Merchants  who  attended  the  sale  last year  were  decidedly  enthusiastic 
over  V A L U E S  AND  P R IC E S —as  many  inquiries  as  to  the  date  of  the  sale this year prove.  A L L   GOODS  W IL L   BE 
O FF E R E D   AT  PR ICES  TH A T   W IL L   S E L L   TH EM   Q U ICK LY.  Attend  this  sale— secure  jobs  which  will  enable 
you  to  inaugurate  a  January  sale— that  will  do  you  good  and  at  the  same  time  enable  you  to  CLEAN   UP  YOU R 
STOCK  AT  A  PR O FIT. 

Special  Announcements  for the  Sale.

First:  Your  car  fare  to  and  from  Detroit  will  be  allowed  on  purchases  amounting  to  over  Four  Hundred  dollars. 
Second:  Your  terms  on  general  invoices  will  be  Spot  Cash,  March  1,  1898.
Third:  Your terms  on  winter  goods,  Spot  Cash,  July  1,  1898.
Under  these  conditions,  AS  A  W ID E   AW AK E  R E T A ILE R ,  you  cannot  afford  to  miss  this  sale.  Our  road 
salesmen  will  be  in  the  house  to  wait  upon  you.  This  sale  is  for  you.  Attend  it.  Attend  it  early  Monday  morning. 
Profit  by  it.  Enjoy  it.

Our  slogan  for  1898— Highest  Values,  Lowest  Prices.

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W o m a n ’s   W o r ld
Christmas  Shopping  from  the  Wo­

man’s  Standpoint.

The  new  woman  pushed  her  chair  up 
close  to  her  favorite  window 
in  the 
club  and  surveyed  the  hurrying  throng 
in  the  street  with  calm  philosophy.

“ Undoubtedly,”   she  remarked,  “ the 
proper  study  of  mankind  is  man  and 
woman,  and  the  best  way  to  take  a  post 
graduate  course 
in  human  nature  is  to 
watch  the  holiday  crowd  doing  their 
shopping.  Look  at  the  faces  passing 
here—so  tired,  anxious,  care-burdened 
with  the  awful  responsibility  of  choos­
ing a  Christmas  gift  that,  like  as  not,  is 
going  to  be  a  misfit. 
I  don’t  think 
there’s  anything  funnier  than  the  rev­
erential  awe  with  which  we  approach 
that  subject.  All  the  rest  of  the  year  we 
are  so  cock  sure  of  our  own  judgment, 
but  just 
let  Christmas  come  around, 
and,  with 
it,  the  necessity  of  buying 
somebody  a  present,  and  we  are  thrown 
into  a  state  of  panic  bordering 
on 
hysteria.

“ Of  course,  the  principal  reason 

is 
because  we  try  to  buy  something  that 
will  be  highly  ornamental  and  perfectly 
useful  at  the  same  time.  It  is  as  absurd 
as  to  expect  to  find  a  pair  of  goloshes 
that  could  be  used  for  a  parlor  mantel 
ornament  on  dry  days.  The  things  that 
fire  our  fancy  and  the  things  that  come 
up  to  our 
ideal  are  never  one  and  the 
same. 
If  you  will  pin  your  faith  to  the 
useful  present  theory,  or  entirely  aban­
don  that  and  launch  out  on  the  utterly 
aesthetic  principle,  you  will  save  your­
self  trouble  and  gray  hairs.  Either 
one  is  good,  but  the  combination  is 
bound  to  be  a  failure.

“ Then  there’s  the  folly  of  waiting 
until  the  last  minute  to  buy 
things 
when  you  can’t  get  waited  cn  in  the 
stores,  and  are  just  as  liable  to  buy  a 
wooly  horse  for  a  clubman  and  a  cut- 
glass  whisky  decanter  for a  prohibition­
ist,  as  any  other  way.  Of  course,  we 
all  say  we  will  never  do  that  way again. 
We  will  commence  buying  our  Christ­
mas  presents  for  next  year  promptly  on 
the  ist  of  January,  so  that  if  Christmas 
should  happen  to  come 
in  August  it 
would  find  us  ready.  But  we don’t.  We 
put  it  off  until  the  week  before  Christ­
mas,  and  then  we  get 
in  among  the 
fighting,  scrambling,  scrouging  mob, 
and  bully  the  poor  shop  girls,  and  buy 
the  wrong  things  and  do  our  best  to 
make  the  season  of  peace  and  good  will 
a  free-for-all  scrap,  with  malice  and 
hatred and all uncharitableness thrown  in 
for good  measure.

Isn’t 

“ But  watch  them  as  they  come,  the 
noble  army  of  shoppers,  equipped  with 
lists  that  will  be  valuable  souvenirs  of 
the  things  they 
intended  to  buy  and 
didn’t. 
it  one  of  the  mysterious 
dispensations  of  nature  that  we  can 
never  tell  whether  we  really  want  a 
thing  or  not,  until  after  we  have  bought 
late?  That’s  the 
it,  and  then  it  is  too 
trouble  with  all  experience,  anyway. 
It 
comes  at  the  wrong  end  of  the  line, 
after  we  have  done  the  thing  we 
shouldn’t.

Ah,  here  comes  the  woman  who  re­
futes  my  theory.  This  is  she  who  knows 
her own  mind,  and  is  never  swayed  by 
bargains  like  those  of  us  of  feeble intel­
lect.  She  doesn’t  buy  a  pink  chiffon 
boa  when  she  meant  to  get a flannel pet­
ticoat,  as  I  have  done  many  a  time  and 
oft.  Marked-down  things  don’t  swerve 
her  from  the  narrow  path  she  has  laid 
out. 
I’ll  warrant  she  will  put  a  pair  of 
tout  shoes  in  the  baby’s  stocking,  and

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

problem, isn’t it?  Ah,look at these men. 
I  confess  there 
is  none  to  whom  my 
sympathy  goes  out  so  freely  and  unre­
strainedly  as  to  the  man  who  has  to  do 
his  own  Christmas  shopping.  People 
who  talk  about  the  superiority  of  the 
masculine  intellect  have  never  observed 
the  conduct  of  a  poor,  forlorn,  unpro­
tected  man  in  the  agony  of  buying  his 
family  their  Christmas  presents. 
It’s 
simply  pitiful.  He  may  be  capable  of 
running  a  railroad,  or  engineering  a 
cotton  deal,  or  organizing  a  trust,  but 
the  moment  be  strikes  a  dry  goods  store 
he  becomes  like  a  lamb  in  the  hands  of 
the  shearers.  He  sadly  realizes  his 
doom,  too,  poor  fellow,  and  you  don’t 
need  to  be  a  mind  reader  to  know  that 
when,  these  times,  you  see  a  middle- 
aged  business  man  going  along 
the 
street  with  a  set,  hard,  determined  look 
on  his  face,  and  a  wild  glare  in  his 
eye,  he 
to  remember 
whether  it  was  an  ostrich  feather  boa 
his  wife  had  hinted  she  wanted,  or  a 
yellow  brocade  opera  cloak,  and  that 
he 
in  thunder  she 
doesn’t  take  a  check  and  go  and  pick 
it  out  herself.

is  wondering  why 

is  only  trying 

lines 

“ Ah,  there’s 

little  Mrs.  Push,  with 
the  anxious,  worried 
showing 
through  all  the  stereotyped  smile  on 
her  face.  To  me,  she’s  a  pathetic figure 
of  the  Christmas  shoppers.  She’s  a libel 
on the day and custom of giftgiving.  She 
spends  money  she  can’t  afford  making 
presents  to  rich  people  who  don’t  want 
them. 
he  casts  her  Christmas  presents 
abroad  on  the  waters  of  society,  and 
expects  them  to  return  to  her  in  the 
shape  of  invitations  to  teas  and  recep­
tions.  No  child  will  be  made  happy  by 
her;  no  poor  person  will  call  down 
heaven’s  blessings  on  her,  but  a  lot  of 
rich  people  will  wonder  scornfully  how 
she  could  have  afforded  to  send  them 
bric-a-brac,  and  editions  de  luxe,  and 
what  on  earth  made  her  do  it,  and  will 
despise,  as  they  have  a  right  to,  the 
gift  that  proclaims  itself  the  forerunner 
of  a  purpose.

Ah,  here’s Cholly.  Do you know that 
is  the  time  when  summer

Christmas 

I  am 
flirtations  come  home  to  roost? 
always  a  bit  sorry  for  Cholly  at  Christ­
mas.  When  he  begins  to  count  up  how 
many  really  best  girls  he  has  who  will 
all  expect  to  be  remembered  at  Christ­
mas,  he  sees  nothing  before  him  but 
bankruptcy. 
I  met  him  at  a  party  last 
night,  and  he  confessed  to  me  he  was 
on  the  verge  of  lunacy  trying  to  figure 
out  how  he  was  to  divide  his  salary  up 
so  it  would  go  around. 
‘ It  used  to  be,’ 
he  said,  ‘ that  you  could  stand  a  girl  off 
with  a  box  of  candy,  but  the  enemy  of 
all  mankind  has  devised  these  fancy 
boxes  and  baskets  to put  the stuff in,  un­
til  now  a  respectable  offering  of  bon­
bons  consigns  you  to  the  free  lunch 
counter  for  the  next  two  weeks.  Say, 
why  don’t  some  smart  girl  shake  this 
present  racket?’  he  went  on. 
‘ If  I  was 
a  debutante  I ’d  have  ‘ no  presents’  en­
graved  on  my  coming-out  cards,  and 
the  men  would  just  be  falling  over  each 
other  to  come  and  worship  at  my 
shrine.  That’s  a  dead  straight  tip  you 
can  give  the  girls;  but,’  he  concluded 
gloomily,  ‘ I  know  none  of  them  will 
take 
isn’t  stingy. 
He’s  the  most  liberal  soul  alive,  and  I, 
for  one,  should  like  to  see  him  have  the 
courage  to  come  out  honestly  and  say 
that  on  a  bread  and  butter salary  he 
can’t afford to give turtle and champagne 
presents.

it.’  Now,  Cholly 

in 

little  children  from 

“ But  here  are  the  pathetic  figures 

in 
The 
the  Christmas  sidewalk  shew. 
poor 
the  dingy 
courts  and  alleys,  who  creep  forth  to 
look 
in  the  shop  windows  at  toys  they 
shall  never  have,  and  sweets  that  are 
not  for  them.  See  them  choosing  the 
dolls  and  the  toys  that  they  can  possess 
only 
imagination,  and  sniffing  the 
savory  odors  from  rich  men’s  dinners. 
A  little  while  in  the  brightness  and  the 
light,  a 
little  peep  into  other  people’s 
happiness,  and  then  they  are  jostled 
back  into  the  poor  homes  where  there 
will  be  no  Santa  Claus  and  no  joy  of 
Christmas  morning  will  come.  Come, 
let  down  the  curtain.  We  have  seen 
enough.  Let  us  go. ’ ’

D o r o t h y   D i x .

300  pieces  of  best  standard 
Print  to  close  out  before  in­
ventory  at  4c  per yard.
Order  at  once.
P.  Steketee  &  Sons,

Grand  Rapids.

present  a  tract  and  a  serviceable  apron 
to  the  pretty  housemaid  as  a  token  of 
the  joyous  season.  Christmas  is  strictly 
business  with  her,  and  she  hails  it  as 
the  time  when  a  really  clever  woman 
can  wring  tears  of  gratitude  from  her 
family  by  presenting  them  with  the 
necessities  of  life  that  they  would  have 
gotten  anyhow.

it 

it 

“ Now,  right  behind  her— the  woman 
who 
is  stopping  to  buy  a  climbing 
monkey  of  the  street  peddler—the wom­
an  of  moderate  means  with  a  houseful 
of  children  to  make  Christmas  for—she 
is  the  one  who  really 
is  to  be  most 
envied 
in  all  the  Christmas  throng 
When  you  come  to  think  of  it Christmas 
is  only  for  the  children.  For  the  rest 
of  us 
is  a  kind  of  hollow  mockery 
when  we  try  to  be  gay  and  merry  and 
have  some  sort  of  unusual  feelings  of 
is  the  traditional 
mirth  because 
thing  to  do,  but  we  don’t  feel  it. 
It 
takes  children  to  get  the  joy  out  of  it, 
and  it  is  only  in  those  homes  where  lit­
tle  anxious  faces  are  pressed  against 
looking  for  eerie 
the  window  panes, 
little  stockings  are  to  be 
reindeer,  and 
filled,  that  there 
is  any  of  the  real 
Christmas  spirit.  The  poorest  mother 
in  all  the  world  who  plays  Santa  Claus 
on  Christmas  eve,  although  she  may 
only  fill  the  little  stockings  with  noth­
ing  better  than  pink-striped  candy,  and 
red  apples  and  oranges,  and  her  best 
gift  may  be  but  a  tin  trumpet,  and  a 
painted  drum,  on  that  day  of  all  the 
year  need  envy  no  woman  anything. 
She  sees  all  the  joy,  and all  the  rapture, 
and  all  the  wonder  that  Christmas  can 
bring  before 
hearts  have 
learned  the  sordid  avarice  and  envy and 
covetousness  of  the  world.

childish 

“ Look !  there  comes  a  woman  behind 
her  who 
illustrates  what  I  was  saying.
You  know  her.  Rich  and  childless,  and 
so  far  as  the  world  can  see,  with  not  a 
thing  left  on  earth  that  she  couldn’t 
have  for  the  asking.  Yet— there's  al­
ways  a  yet,  isn’t  there?  Yet,  the  other 
day  I  was  at  her  house,  and  I  asked 
her,  casually  and  idly,  what she  was  go­
ing  to  do  for  Christmas.

“ ‘ I'm  going  to  borrow  some,’  she 
said,  and  then  she  went  on. 
‘ Oh,  I 
know  what  you  are  thinking,’  she 
said. 
‘ You  think  that  I  can  buy  what­
ever  I  want.  1  can't.  There  are  a  good 
many  things  money  won’t  buy,  and 
Christmas  is  one  of  them.  On  Christ­
mas  morning  I  shall  give  my  husband 
something  he  doesn’t  want,  and  he  will 
present  me  with  some  jewelry  that  I 
have  longed  ceased  to  care  for,  and  our 
house  will  be  just  as  quiet  and  solemn 
and  staid  as  a  funeral,  and  we  shall 
have everything we want—except Christ­
mas. 
I  am  tired  of  giving  presents  to 
rich  people  who  return  them  at  their
market  value  to  me. 
I  am  sick  of  rich 
children  who  have  had  all  there  is  to 
have,  and  couldn’t  be  surprised  by  an 
earthquake. 
I  want  to  hear  a  child 
shriek  with  delight,  and  stand  gaping 
before  a  stocking  so  full  of  wonders  he 
can’t  make  up  his  mind  which  treasure 
to  take  out  first,  and  I  am  going  to  bor­
row  two  real,  live,  poor  children,  who 
are  unsophisticated enough to be pleased 
with  a  wall-eyed  doll,  and  a  tin railroad 
train,  and  peppermint  candy,  and  I  am 
going  to  hang  their  stockings  up and  fill 
them  myself  with  all  the  simple  things 
I  can  think  of  that  would  delight  a 
child. 
Furthermore,  don’t  imagine  I 
am  doing  this  from  any  noble  philan­
thropic  purpose  whatever.  I  have  given 
my  charity  where  it  was  expected  and 
needed,  and  I  am  going  to  do  this  other 
for  a  purely  selfish  reason—because  i 
want  to  see  a  child  delight in his Christ­
mas  things,  and borrow  a  little of  it.’ 

“ That’s  one  side  of  the  Christmas

4

Around  the State
Movements  of  Merchants. 

Laurium—Coon  &  Bowe  have  opened 

a  grocery  store  here.

Moline— E.  N.  Bates  succeeds  Bates 

&  Gilbert  in  general  trade.

Burr  Oak— E.  A.  Luton has purchased 

the  grocery  stock  of  James  Mowry.

Saginaw— Schmaler  Bros,  succeed  L. 

C.  Schmaler  in  the  grocery  business.

West  Branch— Bond  &  Co.  succeed 

\V.  H.  Sachs  in  the  grocery  business.

Harbor  Springs—Wm.  Foster  has sold 
his  hardware  stock  to  Foster  &  Burke.
Port  Huron— Fred  Lorie,  of  Detroit, 
has  embarked  in the meat business here.
Pinckney—Swarthout  Bros,  have  sold 
their  general  stock  to  Murphy  &  Ruen.
Fre i burger—A.  C.  Graham  has  re­
moved  his  general  stock  to  Port  Huron 
Buchanan—Corey  Bros,  have opened a 
new  grocery  and  will  add  a  meat  mar­
ket.

Lake  Odessa—J.  G.  Ralston  has  pur­
chased  the  meat  business  of  J.  E.  War­
ner.

Alpena—Geo.  D.  Bradford  succeeds 
Bradford  &  Stevens  in  the  meat  busi­
ness.

Vassar—The  grocery  store  of  Marvil 
Ogden  has  been  closed  on  chattel  mort- 
gage.

Rapid  River— H.  N. 

(Mrs.  A.  P .) 
Waldo  succeeds  A.  P.  Waldo  in .general 
trade.

St.  Louis—John  L.  Buck  has  pur­
chased  the  bazaar  stock  of  Geo.  M. 
Whittaker.

Marion  Springs—Chas.  Sensabaugb 
has  purchased  the  general  stock  of  P. 
E.  Willoughby.

Lansing—G.  A.  Munyon  has  opened 
a  grocery  store  at  the  corner  of Saginaw 
and  Larch  streets.

St.  Louis— ]as.  E.  Bush 

succeeds 
Bush  &  Buck  in  the  furniture  and  un­
dertaking  business.

Escanaba—N.  Blanchette  has  opened 
in  bis  store  building  at  309 

a  grocery 
South  Elmore  street.

Lansing—C.  J.  Rouser  has  engaged 
Miss  Edith  Francis,  of  Detroit,  as  as­
sistant  in  his  drug  store.

Sunfield—J.  C.  Haslett  and  Frank 
Madison,  of  Charlotte,  have  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business  here.

Brookfield—W.  R.  Goff  &  Son  are 
erecting  a  new  store  building  for  the 
postoffice  and  harness  business.

Lansing—Calvin  S.  Hoag,  of  Adrian, 
has  purchased  the  meat  market  of Owen 
Jones  at  113  Washington  avenue.

Manton— B.  Danziger,  of  New  York, 
will  embark  in  the  general  merchandise 
business  here  in  the  near  future.

Berrien  Center— A.  J.  Ford,  of  Mex­
ico,  Ind.,  has  engaged  in  the  hardware 
and  farm  implement  business  here.

Lansing— C.  F.  Long has  opened  up  a 
jewelry  stock  in  the  drug  store  of  C.  M.
W.  Blakeslee  on  Michigan  avenue.

Nashville— Hicks  &  Leismer  have 
embarked 
in  the  vehicle  and  agricul­
tural  implement  business  at  this  place.
L ’Anse—Sol.  Jacobson,  of  the  firm  of 
Jacobson  &  Levitan,  general  dealers, 
has  opened  a  branch  store  at  Dollar 
Bay.

Petoskey— I.  Goldstick,  of  East  Jor­
dan,  has  opened  a grocery and provision 
store  at  the  corner  of  Petoskey  and 
Mitchell  streets.

Lakeview—S.  E.  Youngs’  drug  busi­
ness  has 
increased  to  that  extent  that 
he  has  been  obliged  to  get  an  assistant 
pharmacist,  who  arrived  last week.  He 
is  of  small  proportions,  weighing  only 
8yi  pounds.

Lansing—The  Dunham  Hardware  & 
its  stock 
its 

Implement  Co.  will  remove 
from  its  branch  store  at  De  Witt  to 
main  store  at  this  place.

Grand  Ledge----Lambie,  Clark  &
Hulse,  clothiers,  have  enlarged  their 
floor  space  by  leasing  the  store building 
adjoining  them  on  the  south.

Lansing—Sidney  Edson  will  occupy 
part  of  the  store  with  F.  M.  Alsdorf, 
druggist,  with  his  jewelery  stock,  as 
soon  as  the  building  is  opened.

Central  Lake— Nelson  Cummings  has 
sold  his  meat  market  to  H.  Van  Alls- 
burg  &  Co.,  of  Charlevoix,  who  will 
continue  the  business  at  the  same  loca­
tion.

Eaton  Rapids—W.  D.  Brainerd  has 
sold  his  stock  of  groceries  to  J.  F. 
Knapp,  of  Hillsdale.  Mr.  Brainerd 
has  been  in  business  here  twenty-seven 
years.

Cadillac— The  firm  of  Garvin  &  Lar­
son,  proprietors  of  the  Central  meat 
market,  has  dissolved,  John  Garvin  re­
tiring  and  Peter  Larson  continuing  the 
business  alone.

Mulliken—Charles  Graves  has  closed 
out  bis  stock  of  groceries  to  Eber  Van 
Antwerp,  and  removed  to  Sioux  City, 
South  Dakota,  where  he  will  engage  in 
the  mercantile  business.

in  the  agricultural 

Shelby—J.  C.  Munson  has  sold his in­
terest 
implement 
stock  of  Barker  &  Munson  to  C.  E. 
Abraham,  who  will  continue  the  busi 
ness  at  the  same  location.

Alma—A.  J.  Dingman  has  purchased 
the  lot,  70  feet  deep,  east  of  his  store 
building  and  expects  soon  to  erect a fine 
brick  block  thereon,  which  he  will  oc­
cupy  with  his  dry  goods  stock.

Petoskey—S.  J  Long,  florist,  has  sold 
bis  store  building  to  William  Petten- 
gill,  who  will  put 
in  a  bakery.  Mr. 
Long  will  continue  the  flower  business, 
taking  orders  at  his  greenhouse.

Holland—Gerrit  M.  Van  Tubbergen 
has  retired  from  the  grocery  firm  of 
Klomparens  &  Van  Tubbergen.  The 
business  will  be  continued  at  the  same 
location  by  Henry  J.  Klomparens.

Sherman— B.  H.  Rose,  whose  store 
building  was  destroyed  by  fire about two 
years  ago,  has  just  completed  a  new 
building,  24x80  feet,  which  he  will  oc­
cupy with  his  drug  and hardware stocks.
Durand—W.  L.  Ash,  formerly of Reed 
City,  has  opened  a  shoe  store  at  this 
place.  He 
in  a  new  brick 
block,  25x85  feet  in  dimensions,  one  of 
the  finest  store  buildings  in  this  vicin­
ity.

located 

is 

Detroit— The  McLacblin  Coal  Co.  has 
filed  articles  of association.  The  con­
cern 
is  capitalized  at  85,000,  with 
81,060  paid  in.  Shares  taken  up  num­
ber  106,  of  which  Louise  McLachin 
holds  too,  John  McLacblin  1,  and  E l­
mer  L.  Allor  5.
"D etroit—Judge  Swan,  of  the  United 
States  Circuit  Court,  took  the  suit  of  J.
K.  Burnham  &  Co.  against  the  United 
States  Casualty  Co.  from  the  jury  and 
directed  a  verdict  of  812,005.59  for  the 
plaintiffs.  The 
insured  with  the 
company  against  loss  by  everything  ex­
cept  fire.  On  July  4  the  intense  heat 
set  off  an  automatic  water  tank  on  the 
roof, 
flooding  the  establishment  and 
causing  heavy  damages.  The  verdict 
represents  the  entire  loss,  after  deduct­
ing  what  was  received  for  the  damaged 
goods.  The  Casualty  Co.  refused  to 
pay,  claiming  that  misrepresentations 
had  been  made. 
It was  alleged  that  the 
firm  stated  that  a  watchman  was  always 
on  duty  at  the  store,  while,  on  the  day 
of  the  accident, 
left 
wholly  unguarded.

the  place  was 

firm 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Detroit-----Schowitz  &  Hirscbfield,
clothiers  at  18  Monroe  avenue,  have 
uttered  a  chattel  mortgage  to  Simon 
Cohn  as  trustee  for  83.313.65. 
The 
principal  creditors  are  Bertha  Hirsch- 
field,  82,600,  and 
the  Palms  estate, 
8666 65,  for  rent.

Jackson— Newell,  Galbraith  &  Rich­
ardson’s  furniture  store  was closed Mon­
day  morning  on  attachments.  An  in­
ventory 
is  being  taken,  and  a  member 
of  the  firm  said  the  firm  expected  to  re­
sume  business  in  a  few  days.  Their  in­
debtedness aggregates S25.000,  the  prin­
cipal  creditor  being  Foster  &  Co.,  o'f 
Fort  Wayne.

Hancock—The  recovery  of  Herman 
Stark’s  stock  of  dry  goods  goes  merrily 
on,  and  it  is  now  certain  that  the  cred­
itors  will  receive  a  considerable  com­
pensation 
instead  of  the  total  loss  that 
faced  them  at  the  time  of  the  failure. 
Goods  are  being  received 
the 
vicinity  of  the  Entry  and  stored  in  the 
Kauth  building  under  the  care  of  Mr. 
lamblyn,  the  assignee. 
It  is estimated 
that  no  less  than  810,000  worth  of  goods 
were  ‘  planted,”   and  clues  to  fully  half 
amount  have  already  been 
of 
found. 
looks  as  though  Stark, 
who  has  been  forced  to  much  legal  and 
other  expenses,  is  apt  to  come  out  at 
the  short  end  of  the  deal.

It  now 

from 

that 

Manufacturing  Matters. 

Onaway— T.  W.  Dickerson,  of  De­
troit, 
is  negotiating  for  ten  acres  of 
land 
in  this  vicinity  and  will  at  once 
commence  buying  elm  and  basswood 
stave  bolts  for  a  stave  and  heading  mill 
plant,  which  he  will  erect  on  the  land 
purchased.

It 

Manistee—The  Babcock  shingle  mill 
commenced  operations  on  Dec.  11  and 
will  saw  all  winter. 
is  cutting  pine 
bolts  for  E.  R.  Wheeler  and  the  com­
pany  has  made  a  contract  with  him 
which  will  keep 
it  sawing  nights  in 
summer  and  daytime  winter  for  about 
three  years.

Detroit—The  Aertz-Meyers  Furniture 
Co.  has  given  a  chattel  mortgage  to  U. 
Grant  Race,  as  trustee  for  creditors, 
with  claims  amounting  to  814.162.92. 
The  heaviest  creditor  is  the  Home  Sav­
ings  Bank,  which  holds  a  note  for 
86,000.  Manager  Wm.  Flynn  says  that 
if  the  creditors  do  not  press  the  firm too 
hard  it  will  pull  through  the  embarrass­
ment  all  right.

Saginaw—Ernest  Jochen,  of  this  city, 
purchased  the  salt  block of  Pack,  Woods 
&  Co.,  at  Oscoda,  and 
is  tearing  it 
down  and  bringing 
it  here.  He  paid 
about  8600  for  the  block,  and  it  is  esti­
mated  that  he  will  take  out  of  it  1,400,- 
000  feet  of  lumber and  timber,  making 
it  cost  him  about  50  cents  a  thousand 
feet.  He  has  sold  a  portion  of  the 
lumber at  810 a  thousand.

Midland—Jay  S.  Bristol  succeeds  the 

Midland  Electric  Light  &  Power  Co.

Trent— Frank  Hatch,  of  Grand  Rap- 
dis,  has  been engaged  as chief  miller at 
the  Trent  roller  mills.

Angell—John  L.  Wealcb,  general 
dealer,  will  begin  the  manufacture  of 
shingles  as  soon  as  there  is enough snow 
to get  in  bolts.

Lawndale— Robt.  McKinney,  of  Sagi­
naw,  has  organized  a  stock  company  to 
manufacture  cheese  at  this  place  the 
coming  season.

Saginaw—The  Saginaw  Clay  Manu­
facturing  Co.  has  discontinued  opera­
tions  for  the  season,  having  completed 
a  very  successful  season’s work.

Bailey— The  creamery  here  has  gone 
out  of  business,  and  much  of  the  par­
aphernalia  has  been  absorbed  by  the 
Crystal  Spring  creamery  of  Fremont.

Lakeview—Jas.  Edgar 

is  repairing 
and  remodeling  his  sawmill,  prepara­
tory  to  starting  up  the  first  of  the  year. 
He  expects  to  cut  about  1,000,000  feet 
of  lumber  this  winter.

Petoskey—C.  N.  Teets  will  stock  the 
mill  of  J.  D.  Andrus,  at  Pleasantview 
Center,  this  winter.  He  expects  to  put 
in  at  least  half  a  million  feet  of  elm, 
birch,  ash  and  basswood.

Barry ton— Plato,  Renwick  &  Co.  will 
start  their  sawmill  near  Chippewa  as 
soon  as  there  is  sufficient snow  for  haul­
ing  purposes.  They  have  a  fine  tract 
of  hardwood  timber  to  lumber  this  win­
ter.

Barryton-Kemp  Bros,  have  pur­
chased  eighty  acres  of  cedar  timber, 
north  of  here,  which  they  will  put 
into 
their  mill.  With  other  stock  secured, 
this  will  make  a  steady  winter’s  run  on 
shingles.

Alpena— The  cut  of  the  Alpena  mills 
for  the  season  foots  up  to  105,200,000 
feet  of  lumber;  lath,  27,500,000  pieces, 
and  shingles,  53,000.000.  The  lumber 
.concerns  here  expect  a  full  stock  of logs 
for next  season's  cut.

Freesoil  Manegold  &  Stephens  have 
started  their  sawmill  for  the  winter  and 
have  a  good  stock  of  logs  on  hand. 
When  sleighing  comes  again,  they  ex­
pect  to  get 
in  enough  to  supply  them 
until  the  last  of  April.

is  done. 

Houghton— From  present 

indications 
the  sound  of  the  explorer’s  pick  will  be 
familiar  on  the  south  range  the  coming 
summer  and  some 
idea  gained  of  the 
extent  and  value  of  the  deposit  of  cop­
per  located  in  this  thirty  miles  of  min­
eral  territory.  The  success  being  at­
tained  at  the  Baltic  has  served  to  open 
the  eyes  of 
local  capitalists,  and  they 
realize  that  a  splendid  opportunity  was 
lost  when  they  failed  to  secure  this 
property  and  instead  let  the  control  of 
it go  to  outside  parties.  Confidence 
in 
the  south  range  was  greatly  established 
by  the recent purchase  of the  Isle Royale 
consolidated  properties, 
together  with 
the  vigorous  exploratory  work  being 
conducted  by  the  Atlantic. 
It  was  not, 
however,  until  the  Baltic  began  to  show 
up  so  rich  that  the  sentiment  among  a 
number  of  local  business  men  began  to 
crystalize  in  the  idea  of  forming  a com­
pany  for  exploratory  purposes.  This 
organization 
is  not  yet  completed  and 
the  names  of  the  promoters are withheld 
until  this 
It  can  be  stated, 
however,  that  a  diamond  drill  has  al­
ready  been  secured  for  this  purpose. 
The  company  will  secure  options  on 
various  tracts  of  mineral  lands  in  the 
direction  of  Ontonagon.  A  number  of 
homesteaders  residing  in  the  territory 
are  only  too  glad  to  give  options  for 
work  of  this  kind,  as  they  will  be  richly 
benefited 
in  case  of  favorable  results 
being  secured.  The  south  range 
is 
practically  unexplored,  while  the  work
thus  far done  upon  it  has  proved  satis­
factory.  The  Winona  is  the  only  point 
at  any  distance  south  where  develop­
ment  work  was  conducted,  and  were 
it 
not  for  the  absence  of  means  of  trans­
portation  the  mine  might  have  a  differ­
ent  history  to-day,  as every one  familiar 
with  the  propeity  knows  that  it  showed 
up  well  in  good  copper  rock.  The  new 
company  will  have  ample  means  and 
its  success  would  be  shared  by  every 
resident  of  the  county  in  many  ways,  as 
it  is  believed  nothing  would  have great­
er. tendency  toward  securing  one  of  the 
Chicago  trunk  lines  than  the  opening  of 
this  territory,  with  its  valuable  timber 
and  heavy  copper  deposits.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
The  Grocery  Market.

Grand  Rapids  Gossip
W.  J.  Bailey  succeeds  Bailey  &  Barn­
in*  the  grocery  business  at  265 

ard 
Straight  street.

C.  McHugh  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Sutliff’s  Siding,  near  Tustin. 
The  Musselman  Grocer  Co.  furnished 
the  stock.

J.  A.  Spooner,  the  Cedar  Springs 
clothier,  has  added  a  line  of  groceries. 
The  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co. 
fur­
nished  the  stock.

Quartell  &  Venema  have embarked  in 
the  grocery  business  on  Maple  street. 
The  stock  was  purchased  of  the  Ball- 
Barnhart-Putman  Co.

The  Citizens  Telephone Co.  had 2,074 
telephones  in  active  use  on  the  date  of 
its 
last  directory,  Nov.  1.  Since  that 
time  93  new  telephones  have  been  lo­
cated  and  connected,  making  the  total 
connections  2,167.

Geo.  F.  Stevens,  formerly  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Moseley  &  Stevens,  Ltd., 
has  formed  a  copartnership  with  Moses 
D.  Girard,  formerly  engaged  in  general 
trade  at  Mears  under  the  style  of Comp­
ton  &  Girard,  and  engaged  inthecarlot 
fruit  and  produce  business  under  the 
style  of  Geo.  F.  Stevens  &  Co.  The 
new  firm  will  be  located  for  the  present 
at  737  Michigan  Trust  building.  Both 
partners  have  had  a  somewhat  extended 
acquaintance  with 
the  produce  busi­
ness,  which  will  serve  them  to  good 
purpose  in  their  new  undertaking.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples— Home  grown  Northern  Spys 
are 
in  moderate  request  at  $2.25@2.50 
per  bbl.  The  quality  is  far  from choice. 
Arkansas  Jonathans,  fine  in  appearance 
and  excellent  in  quality,  command  $4. 
Ozarks  and  Etrus,  also  Arkansas  prod­
ucts,  fetch  ^3.75.

Bananas— Fancy  fruit  is  selling  at the 
last  week.  The 
outside  quotations  of 
movement 
is  good  for  this  season  of 
the  vear.  The  cold  weather  now  pre­
vailing  will  curtail  the  movement  to 
some  extent.

Butter— Dairy  grades  are  about  the 
same  as  a  week  ago.  Fancy  is  slow 
sale  at  15c,  while  fair  stock  can  be  had 
at  12@ 13c.  Factory  creamery 
is  held 
at  20@ 21 c.

Cabbage—The market  is  sluggish  and 
unsatisfactory,  choice  stock  command­
ing  only  $2.50  per  100.

Carrots—25<^30c  per  bu.
Celery— io@ i2^c  per  bunch,  accord­

ing  to  size  and  quality.

Cranberries—Cape  Cods  have  ad­
vanced  to  $7.75.  while  Wisconsins  have 
been  marked  up  to  $8.

Eggs—Strictlv fresh,carefully candled 
command  21c.  Storage  stock  is  held  at 
12c,  case  count,  13c  for  candled  and 
14c  for  fancy  candled.

Game—Squirrels  are very scarce,  local 
dealers  willingly  paying  $1.20  per  doz. 
for all  offerings.  Rabbits  are  in  plenti­
ful  supply  on  the  basis  of  75c  per  doz. 
Honey— 12c  for  white  comb  and  10c

in 

for  dark.
T  Lemons—The  market 
is  easier by  a 
quarter of  a  dollar  a  box  on  California 
lemons.  New  Messinas  aie  on  the  mar­
ket,  but 
light  supply  and  are  not 
attracting  much  attention.  Californias 
are  in  best  demand.  The  movement  in 
the  total  is  not  large.
Lettuce— Hothouse  goods 
fetch  15c 
per  lb.
Onions—White  Globe  and  Red  have 
declined  to  60c.  Spanish,  $1.75  per 
crate.
Oranges—The  market  is well supplied 
with  oranges,  seedlings being now  freely 
offered  at  low  figures.  The  first  receipts 
are  not  as  good  as  later  receipts  will 
be.  Navels  are 
in  good  supply  and  of 
good  quality,  as  is  the  case  with  Mexi­
cans.  The  movement  for  Christmas 
is 
quite  large.  Prices are  off  25c  per  box.

Potatoes—The  market 

is  passing 
through  a  period  of  uncertainty,  as  the 
result  of  over  activity  among  shippers 
and  dealers.

Poultry—Turkeys  are  in  good  demand 
at  ioc.  Ducks  and  geese  are  in  plenti­
ful  supply at 8c,  although  strictly  choice 
stock  fetches  8j4 c.  Hens  command 
5@6c,  and  spring  fowls  bring  6 @ 7 C . 
There  appears  to  be  an  abundance  of 
chickens  to  meet  the  holiday  demand.
Sweet  Potatoes— Kiln  dried  Illinois 
Jerseys  fetch  $3.75.  Genuine  Jerseys 
are  entirely  out  of  market.

The  Grain  Market.

in 

especially  when 

the  neighborhood 

The  past  week  has  been  another  of 
gradual  advance 
in  the  wheat  market. 
The  most  absorbing  topic  among  the 
trade  was  the  Chicago  December  wheat 
corner,  and  never  in  the  history  of  the 
Board  of  Trade  have  there  been  such 
large  deliveries.  Chicago  has  probably 
seen  as  large  corners,  but never so much 
delivered, 
wheat 
seemed  to  be  so  scarce.  P.  D.  Armour 
has  drawn 
of 
7,000,000  bushels  of  cash  wheat  to  Chi­
cago  to  fill  his  short  contracts  with  the 
Leiter  clique.  Both  have  millions  at 
their  command  and  traders are watching 
to  see  who  will  come  out  victorious. 
Looking  at  it  from  a  distance,  it  would 
seem  that  both  parties  are  well  pleased 
with  the  way  things  have  gone.  Armour 
is furnishing the  wheat  and  Leiter  takes 
it  with  the  expectation  of  realizing  a 
profit  on  it  and,  as  long  as  both  parties 
are  satisfied,  it  is  no  one’s  business  but 
theirs.  Of  course,  the  ordinary  trader 
has  no  business  in  the  arena.

Our  visible  increased  about  half  what 
was  expected.  Wheat  on  passage  as 
well  as  in  Liverpool  showed  a  decrease, 
which  made  the market strong.  Millers 
find 
it  hard  just  at  this  time  to  secure 
much  wheat,  owing  to  the  fact  that  all 
the  wheat 
is  headed  for  Chicago.  We 
think  the  millers  will  have  to  wait  un­
til  all  the  contracts  in  Chicago  on  De­
cember  wheat  have  been  filled. 
In  case 
Leiter  should  ship  the  wheat  out  of 
Chicago  it  would  leave  the  market  very 
barren  of  wheat  and  might  make  things 
very 
interesting  at  home.  However, 
December 
is  drawing  to  a  close,  and, 
as  the  roads  are  getting  fairly  good, 
which  will  enable  farmers  to  mo\e their 
wheat  (if  they  have  any  quantity  to 
move),  we  may  expect  to  see  more 
lib­
eral  offerings.

Corn  has  kept  pace  with  wheat  and 
advanced  about 
ic  per  bushel,  while 
oats  made  a  gain  of  2c  per  bushel  and 
are  doing  very  well.

The  receipts  were  very 

large,  being 
64  cars  of  wheat,  3  cars  of  corn  and  7 
cars  of  oats.

Local millers are paying 88c for wheat.

C.  G.  A. V oigt.

Judgments  for  Sale.

The  Tradesman  Company  herewith 
judgments 

offers  for  sale  justice  court 
against  the  following  persons:

C.  M.  Philabaum,  traveling  repre­
sentative  Franklin  MacVeagh  &  Co., 
Muskegon.

Division  street.

Geo.  W.  Williams,  formerly 300 South 
Frank  E.  Drew,  605  Cherry  street.
John  Faulkner,  Bridge  Street  House.
John  Fehsenfeld,  64  Page  street.
Theodore  Kemink.  80  Clancy  street.
Albert  W.  Lobdell,  254  Clancy  street.
Emil  Rebentisch,  865  Griggs  avenue.
Horace  B.  Rose,  40  Houseman  block.
Niles  H.  Winans,  40  Tower  block.

The  commonest  kind of  cheerful giver 
is  the  one  who  gives  nothing  but  good 
advice.

Gillies  N.  Y.  Clearance  Tea  Sale now

on.  Phone  Visner,  1589.

Sugar— The  European  markets  are 
reported  firmer.  The  estimate  of  Euro­
pean  beet  sugars  for  the  season  past 
is 
reduced  70,000  tons  from  the  last  esti­
mate,  and  the  sugar  in  Europe  at  this 
date 
is  estimated  at  about  2  per  cent, 
less  than  the  estimate  of  a  year  ago. 
The  movement  in  refined  sugars 
is  al­
ways  better  at  this  season  of  the  year 
than  just  before  or  just  after  this  date. 
The  movement  now  is  rather better than 
the  usual  Christmas  trade,  and  is 
large 
in  the  aggregate,  not  only  in  this  mar­
ket,  but  in  the greater  part  of  the  coun­
try.

Molasses- -The  demand,  especially  for 
the  lower  grades,  is  better  than  it  has 
been.  Good  supplies  are  now  being  ob­
tained,  and  prices  are  low.  The season 
was  late  this  year,  and  the  quarantine 
had  a  depressing  effect  on  the  market.
teas  is 
short,  and  the  new  inspection  law  will 
continue  to  keep  them  short.  There 
is 
no 
inclination  on  the  part  of  retailers 
to  buy  beyond  their  immediate  require­
ments.  The  volume  of  business  is  very I 
fair.

Tea— The  supply  of  cheap 

is  a  slight  diminution 

Coffee— Receipts  have  fallen  off  and 
there 
in  the 
stocks.  Reports  of  drought  in  Santos 
and  growing  crop  somewhat  damaged. 
Maracaibos  show  a  firmer  tendency. 
Desirable  qualities  held  at  a  premium. 
No  change  in  Java  or  Mocha.

is  doing 

Canned  Goods —An  advance  in  toma­
toes  is  likely  after  the  first  of  the  year. 
Corn  is  slightly  easier and  offerings  are 
made  at  slight  shadings.  The  demand 
is  not  heavy.  Nothing  is  doing  in  peas, 
which  rule  at  unchanged  prices.  Very 
little 
in  peaches.  There  is 
some  slight  demand  for  seconds,  but 
this  is  about  all.  Prices  are  unchanged.
Dried  Fruits—The  movement  of 
prunes  from  the  Coast  this  season  has 
been  unusual.  During  the  three  months 
from  Aug.  23  to  Nov.  27,  there  were 
from  California  68,254,000 
shipped 
pounds  of  prunes,  a  quantity  largely 
in 
excess  of  the  entire  crop  of  the  State  in 
any  preceding  year. 
In  the  year  1895 
the  full  crop  of  the  State  was  estimated 
at  64,750,000  pounds,  and  it  took  a  full 
year  to  market  it,  while  this  crop  has 
gone  out  in  three  months.  The  export 
trade  is  very  much  larger  this  year  than 
last,  but 
is  also  true  that  Eastern 
brokers  and  jobbers  bought  earlier  than 
usual,  believing  that  the  market  would 
advance  This 
it  has  not  done  to  the 
extent  expected.  New  Persian  dates 
are  reported  to  be  of  fine  quality,  and 
some  are  now  afloat  for  this  country, 
but 
in  spite  of  their good  quality,  the 
interest  in  them  seems  dull,  and  prices 
are  low.

it 

Fish—The  demand  for  mackerel  still 
in  spite  of  the  season, 
continues  good 
is  un­
but  considerable  of  the  trade 
doubtedly  speculative,  in  view  of  in­
evitable  higher  prices  after  the  first  of
the  year.  Holders  are  very  firm  and 
there 
is  no  doubt  of  higher  prices  in 
January.  No  further  advance  this  year 
is  likely.  Cod  is  not  selling  on account 
of  the  warm  weather,although prices  are 
is  a  little  higher,  al­
firm.  Lake  fish 
though  nothing 
is  doing.  Salmon 
is 
quiet,  at  unchanged  prices.  Sardines 
are  rapidly  advancing  and  are  liable  to 
he  still  higher.

Hides,  Pelts,  Wool  and  Furs.

Hides  have  not  changed  materially  in 
price  or  demand.  The  demand  is  equal 
to  the  supply,  with  orders  ahead.  Light 
stock  is  in  demand,  but  prices  are  held 
too  high  to  give  tanners  a  new  dollar 
for an  old  one.

t

Furs  are  in  good  demand  at  full  quo­

Pelts  are  well  cleaned  up  at 

fall 

tations.

prices.

lately  received 

Wool  is  in  light  demand,  even  at  the 
prices  at  which  it  is  held,  and  holders 
are  not  anxious  sellers.  The  supplies 
for  coming  use  are  far short  of  any such 
indicate. 
needs  as  present  appearances 
Estimates 
from  New 
Zealand  alone  show  200,000  bales  short­
age,  as  compared  with 
last  year,  and 
Australia  has  a  big  shortage  besides. 
While  the  imports  here  have  been large, 
sales  have  been  still  larger,  making  a 
big  shortage 
in  this  country  from  last 
year’s  holdings,  with more spindles  run­
ning than ever before.  W m .  T.  H e s s .

the 

first  place, 

Merchants’  Journal:  We take  no  stock 
in  the  talk  of  the  traveling  man  going 
out  of  business  and  the  merchants  buy­
ing  direct  from  the  wholesale  bouses. 
In 
the  merchants 
wouldn’t  save  anything  by  the  opera­
tion ;  the  railroads  and  hotels  would  be 
knocked  out  of  their  best  passenger 
traffic  and  small  towns  out  of  a  large 
amount  of  entertainment.  The  travel­
ing  man  who  understands  his  business 
and 
is  not  an  “ Aleck”   comes  to  the 
country  merchant  like  a  special  Provi­
dence.  He  keeps  the  merchant  in  touch 
with  the  outside  world  and  helps  him 
to  stock  up  with  the  kind  of  stock  his 
trade  demands. 
If  the  merchant  had  to 
go  to  the  city  and  select  his  stock  after 
the  old  fashion,  he  would  find  himself 
bewildered  with  an  array  of  goods  in 
the  wholesale  houses  and  would  load 
up  with  a  lot  of  goods  he  could  not sell, 
while  he  would  forget  to  stock  up  on  a 
lot  of  things  he  really  needed.  Further­
more,  the  wholesale  houses  ceuld  not 
get  along  without  the  traveling  man  any 
more  than  the  country  merchant.  The 
commercial  man  is a  traveling  commer­
cial  agency. 
is  onto  his  job  in 
proper  shape  he  will  find out more about 
a  man’s  standing  financially  in  half  an 
hour  than  Dun  or  Bradstreet  can  find 
out  in  a  year.

If  be 

Detroit—The  Farrand  &  Votey  Organ 
Co.  has  decided  to  try  the  experiment 
of  allowing  its  employes  to  manage  all 
the  details  of  the  firm’s  business  after 
Jan.  1.  The  factory  will  be  conducted 
by  a  factory  board,  composed  of  the 
foremen  of  the  several  departments, 
while  W.  R.  Farrand,  Treasurer  of  the 
company,  who  first  suggested  the  new 
plan,  will  have  general  supervision 
over  the  concern. 
It  is  thought  that,by 
this  scheme,  the  foremen acting  as mid­
dlemen  will  have  a  tendency  to  bring 
the  company  and  employes  into  closer 
relationship.

Grayling---- The  Michigan  Central
Railroad  Company  is  building  another 
branch  line  to  tap  a  large  tract  of  pine 
and  hardwood  in  Otsego  county,  which 
is  owned  by  Sailing,  Hanson  &   Co. 
It
will  be  twelve  miles 
long  and  leaves 
the  Lewiston  branch  one  mile  east  of 
Lovell  station,  extending  in  a  northerly 
direction. 
It  is  said  that  Sailing,  Han­
son  &  Co  will  build  a  sawmill  at  the 
terminus  of  this  line  and  lay  the  foun­
dations  of  a  town  there.

Otsego—The  Bardeen  Paper  Co.  will 
add  machinery  for  the  manufacture  of 
line  of  goods—cardboard  and 
another 
wrapping  paper. 
In  connection  with 
the  new  addition  there  will  be  a  kin­
dergarten,  with  a  competent  matron 
in 
charge,  where  mothers  who  work  in  the 
mills  can 
leave  their  children  for  the 
day.  There  will  also  be  free  reading 
rooms,  where  all  employes  will  be  wel­
come.

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The  foxy  boy  applied  for a  job  at  a 

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“ Nobody  needs  a  boy,”   came  the 

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The  magnate  collapsed.
“ I’m  sorry  to  say  we  do,”   he  said, 
“ and  I  guess  you're  about  what  we 
want. ”

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Surely  it  is  asking  ot  the  public  more 
than  any  trust  ever  demanded,  that  it 
should  lend  its  support  to help the union 
label  to  a  power  so  general  and  irre­
sponsible  and  so  clearly  opposed  to  the 
welfare  of  a  large  body of citizens whose 
interests  are  vital  to  the  public  good. 
No  other  trust  ever  asked  of  the  public 
support  for  itself  alone  on  the  grounds 
of  its  public  benevolence.

If  the  trades  unions  had  proved  to  be 
half  as  wise  as  they  are  active  and  ag­
gressive,  if  they  had  been  as  kind  to 
their  fellow-workmen  as  they  have  been 
cruel,  if  they  had  looked  to  the  general 
welfare  as  carefully  as  they  have  to 
what  they  fancy  to  be  their own,  if  they 
had  endeavored  to  be  as  useful  as  thev 
were  powerful,  one  might  indeed  regard 
them  with 
every  advance  made  by 
pleasure  and  advocate 
its  further  de 
velopment.  But,  with  their  past  unruly 
history,  it 
indeed  a  grave  matter  to 
give  force  to  so  drastic  a  supervision  as 
the  union 
into  their  hands 
exclusively.  Its  general adoption  would 
go  far  to  make  them  masters  of  the 
Its  support  by 
business  community. 
citizens  at 
little  else 
than  a  surrender  of  the  whole  working 
class  to  their  imperious  orders.

large  would  be 

label  puts 

is 

2. 

i-  The  union  label  is  mainly  a  dis­
tinctive  device  for  enforcing  boycotts 
and  making  them  more  effective.

Its  object  is  to  increase  the  power 
of  trades  unions  and  to  force  all  to. sub­
mit  to  union  authority.

Its  asserted  purpose—to 

insure 
good  conditions among working men— is 
mere  pretense,  since  the  label  is  not  al­
lowed  to  all  manufacturers  who  can 
prove  their  conditions  to  be  satisfac­
tory,  but  only  to  those  who  employ none 
but  union  workmen.

3- 

4.  The  circulars  of 

its  advocates 
harp  on  the  employment  of  union  men 
only  and  say  little  about  their  vaunted 
‘ good  conditions.”
5-  The  claim  of  the  label  to  the  sup­
port  of  good  citizens  is,  therefore,  un­
warranted,  unless  good  citizens  ought 
ways  to  support  trades  unions  and  re­
pudiate  free  and  independent  workmen.
6.  The  general, success  of  the  label 
would  result 
in  raising  the  prices  of 
goods,  reducing the  employment  of  free 
workmen,  curtailing  the  liberty  of  con­
tract  between  employers  and  employed, 
njuring  many  skilled  and  useful  non­
union  laborers,  and giving  to  the  unions 
new  and  wide  power  in  the  commu­
nity  equivalent  to  areal  tyranny,  a  most 
un  American  and  dangerous  enlarge­
ment.

It  would  seem,  therefore,  to  be  better 
that  the  community  should  oppose  the 
use  of  the 
label  and  refuse  to  buy  the 
goods  on  which  it  appears,  preferring 
to  favor  the  nine-tenths  of  laborers  who 
are  non-union  men  to  the  one  tenth  who 
are,  because  the  one-tenth  are  seeking

a

Sham  and  Pretense  of  the  Union 

Label.

label  which 

Starr H oyt N ich ols in  North  A m erican   R eview .
If  the  unions,  instead  of  devising  a 
union  label  to  increase  the  effect  of  the 
boycott  by 
forcing  retailers  to  buy 
union-made  goods  at  higher  prices  on 
penalty  of  ruin  if  they  sold  other goods, 
would  devise  a 
should 
mean  superior  goods  for  less  money, 
which  would  ensure  the  customer  that 
he  was  getting  his  money's  worth  in 
quality  and  finish,  they  would  not  need 
to  go  to  the  expense  of  sending  com­
mittees  around  to  examine  every  retail­
er’s  stock  for  their  label.  The  com­
munity  would  be  eager  enough  to  buy 
such  articles and the unions would  thrive 
upon  the  skill  and honesty of their mem 
bers,  rather  than  on  their  brutality  and 
arrogance  toward  their  fellows.

in 

the 

is  most 

in  almost  every  doma 

With  a  disciplined  army  of  advocates 
so  numerous  and  very  active,  it  is  easy 
to  see  that  they  wield  a  power  capable 
of  bringing  extreme  pressure  to  bea 
upon  retailers,  and  through  them  upon 
manufacturers 
of  business.  They  form,  in  fact,  a  vast 
dominating  trade  union  trust,  which, 
by its  pressure,  can  dictate to every great 
manufacturing  body  what  men 
thev 
shall  employ  as  laborers,  to  the  retailers 
what  goods  they  shall  sell 
shops,  and  to  all  workmen  what  work 
they  shall  be  permitted  to  do  or  not  to 
do,  according  to  their  will. 
It  will  be 
seen  at  once  that  such  comprehensive 
powers  throw  into  the  shade all  that 
arrogated  by  any  other  trust,  whether 
be  the  Standard  Oil,  Tobacco,  Sugar 
or  whatever  trust 
spoken 
against  by  the  enemies  of  suchaggrega 
tions.  None  of  these  aspires  to  manag 
any  business  but 
its  own  at  any  rate 
and  not  one  reaches  to  the  power  of  life 
and  death  which 
lies  in  the  hands  o 
those  who  control  the  employment  of  la 
borers  and  dictate  as  to  who  shall  and 
who  shall  not  have  a  chance  to  earn  hi: 
bread.  And  when  one  knows  before 
hand  that  this  last  power  will  be  exer 
cised  after  the  accustomed  violent  fash 
ion  of  unions  towards  all  but  its  own 
members,  by  cutting  off  free  or  inde 
pendent  workmen  on  every  side,  watch 
ing  their  movements,  picketing  shop: 
where  scabs  are  permitted  to  work,  per 
suading,  terrorizing,  spying  and, 
ir 
fact,  performing  all  the  acts  of  war  up 
on  outsiders,  one  may  well  hesitate  to 
throw  his  influence  in  favor  of  further 
ing  the  aims  of an  organization  so harsh, 
and  exclusive  towards  men  of  its  own 
kind.

it 

It  should  be  remarked,  too,  that  the 
violent  outcry  of  working  men  against 
the  trusts  of  capitalists  must  have  little 
weight  with  those  who  see  in  the  union 
label  nothing 
less  than  an  attempt  to 
organize  the  same  sort  of  combination 
in  their  own 
interest.  Their  attempt 
appears  to  be  to  stifle  the  competition 
of  laborers  with  themselves  as  capital­
ists  extinguish 
in  their  own  ranks. 
They  are  trying  to  limit  production  to 
what  union  men  can  produce,  setting 
aside  a  larger  body of the laboring class. 
They  are  trying  to  prevent  all  produc­
tion  below  a  certain  rate of wages which 
they  wish  to  prescribe,  not  heeding  the 
needs  of  workmen  who  cannot  be  em­
ployed  at  such  rates  because  they  are 
not  worth  them.  They  wish  to  prevent 
a  fall  in  the  price  of  goods,  forgetful  of 
the  fact  that  such  declines  bring  goods 
within  the  reach  of  multitudes  who 
otherwise  could  not  purchase  at  all. 
They  are  ready  to  coerce  all  vendors 
who  shall  sell  other  goods  than  those  of 
their  approval.  They  would  limit  pro­
duction  as  the  coal  barons  are  said  to 
do;  would  limit  selling  as  the  Tobacco 
Trust 
is  accused  of  doing;  would  mo­
nopolize  the  labor  supply  as  Italian 
padrones  are  blamed  for  doing ;  would 
starve  some  kinds  of  workmen  as cloak- 
makers  were  accused  of  doing ;  would 
close  non-consenting  factories,  which 
the  Standard  Oil  Trust  was  reprobated 
for  doing ;  would cut off  the  public  from 
various  brands  of desirable goods,  which 
no  trust  ever  even  attempted;  would 
finally  control  many  enterprises 
for 
which  thev  furnish  neither  the  plant, 
the  capital,  nor  the  brains,  and 
in 
which  they  neither  take  the  risks  nor 
devise  the  policy.

They all say ~ 

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“It’s as good as  Sapolio,”  when  they try to sell you 
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell 
you  that they are only  trying to get you  to aid  their ^  
Z ^
new article. 
Is it  not  the Z ^ 
public?  The  manufacturers,  by constant and judi- Z ^ 
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose —3  
very presence creates a demand for other articles. 
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Who  urges you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

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7

Clerks’  Corner

A  Glimpse  at  the  Other  Side. 

W ritten fo r the T r ad esm an.

I  called  at  the  Bostwick  mansion  the 
other  evening  and  found  him  at  home. 
It  was  a 
little  flattering  to  my  vanity 
to  Lave  him  come  into the  hall  and  take 
me  by  the  hand  and  tell  me  that  he  was 
glad  to  see  m e;  that  he  had  been  want­
ing  to  see  me  for  several  days,  and that, 
after  he  had  introduced me to Mrs.  Bost­
wick,  he  would  take  me  into  “ his  part 
of  the  house."  These  preliminaries 
gone  through  with,  a  few  minutes 
later 
we  were  up  in  the  attic.

is 

if  to  balance  this,  a 

The  house  is  a  large  one  standing  on 
a  corner  and  the  apartment  into  which 
I  was  ushered 
long  and  wide  and 
high.  A  billiard  table— it  was  a  new 
one!—occupied one end of  the room and, 
as 
large  library 
table  was  at  the  other  end,  in  front  of 
a  roaring  hardwood  fire.  There  were 
bookshelves  against  the  walls  and  such 
masculine  bric-a-brac  as a man  is  liable 
to  pick  up  in  his  wanderings  about  the 
country.  Sofas  and  comfortable  chairs 
were  arranged  here  and  there  and  two 
Morocco  easy  chairs  stretched  out  their 
arms  to  us  in  kindly  welcome from their 
places  on  either  side  of  the  blazing  fire.
“ I’m  mighty  glad  you've  come,”  
said  mine  host in  the  unmistakable  tone 
of  genuine  hospitality. 
“ I  can’t  say 
that  we  are  going  to  dedicate  the  bil­
liard  table,  because  I’ve  been  playing 
against  myself  for  over  a  week ;  but  I 
haven’t  played  with  anybody  yet  and  so 
we’ll  call  this  the  dedication.  Yes,  it’s 
a  good  one,  as  good,  anyway,  as  I 
wanted  to  pay  for;  not  so  much  on  the 
ornamental,  but all  the  better  for  that.  I 
think. 
It’s  a  first-class  make  and  one

that  will  easily  keep  good.  Help  your­
self  to  a  cue  and  let’s  have  a  game. ’ "

I  recalled  what  I  had  said  to  this man 
about  “ like  clerk,  like  merchant,’ ’  or 
something  to  that  effect;  and,  with  a 
curiosity  I  was  almost  ashamed  to  ac­
knowledge,  I  watched  this  man who had 
been  so  “ dead  set"  against  his  clerk’s 
billiard  playing.

“ You’ll  have  to 

look  out  and  get  a 
I ordered  a  picked  set,  but 
good  stick. 
I  guess  they  took 
’em  as  they  came. 
Just  look  at  that!  The  man  that  made 
that  cue  had  an  idea  of  shooting  around 
a  corner  with 
I  don’t  know  what 
weight  you  like  best,  but  there  are  three 
or  four  ranging  from  fifteen  up and they 
are  dandies.  Help  yourself.”

it! 

While  I  was  admiring  and  selecting 
my  stick  the  cigars  were  brought  and 
lighted. 
I  confess  to  a  little  surprise 
when,  after  banking  for  the  first  shot, 
Mr.  Bostwick  quietly  put  the  light  red 
ball  back  into  its  case,  and  I  said: 
“ Three  balls,  Mr.  Bostwick,  doesn’t 
I’m  not  sorry,  but 
mean  a  beginner. 
it  looks  as 
if  you,  away  back  some­
where,  had  at  least  heard  of  the  gam e; 
and  I  don’t  remember  seeing  a  novice 
quite  so  particular 
in  the  selection  of 
his  cue. ”

There  was  a  gleam  in  the  man's  eyes 
I  had  not  seen  before  and  something 
like  a  smile  nestled  down  into  the  cor­
ners  of  his  mouth,  as  he said:  “ I  don’t 
mind  saying  it  to  you  now,  although  at 
first  I  thought  you  were  going  a  bit  too 
far,  but  the  fact 
is  you  hit  the  nail 
plumb  on  the  head the other night,  when 
you  said  that  a  man's  clerks  are  only  a 
reflection  of  himself.  That  was  what 
set  me  to  thinking;  and,  although  I’ve 
carried  myself  straight  enough  of  late 
years,  somehow  I’ve  understood what all 
these  fellers  have  been  leading  me  to

infer  about  Will,  and  have  easily  and 
too  readily  fancied  that  he  was  getting 
over  my  old  ground  at  the  usual 
lively 
pace.  I  thought,  for  a  while,  that  I  was 
following  him  up  because  I  rather  like 
him ;  but,  after  you  hit  me  that  dab  be­
tween  the  eyes,  I  gave  myself  an  over­
hauling,  and  I  honestly  believe  that  my 
liking  means  envy!  Did  you  ever  hear 
of  anything  quite  so  foolish  as  that? 
For  two  days  I  kept  away from the look­
ing-glass,  and  even  now  I  don’t  catch  a 
glimpse  of  myself  there  without  calling 
myself  a  d—d  fool?

“ That  has  brightened  things  wonder­
fully  and.  instead  of 
looking  at  Will 
through  an  inverted  opera  glass  and  lo­
cating  him  way  off  somewhere,  I’ve just 
come  right  up  close  to  him. 
I’ve  made 
up  my  mind  that  he  ain’t  any  worse 
than  I  used  to  be—nor  so  bad,  perhaps, 
if  the  truth  were  known—and  that,  if  a 
young  man 
thirty  years  ago  knew 
enough  to  stop  when  he’d  got  through, 
there  is  just  as  much  likelihood  of  an­
other  young  man’s  doing the  same thing 
now.  That’s  where  1  stand  this  min­
ute;  and,  after  you  run  this  game  out— 
and  hurry  up  about  it— I  want  to  talk 
the  matter  over  with  you.

“ There!  Now  we’ll  talk.— Will  has 
got  it  into  his  head  that  I’m  not  the  old 
de’ il  he  thought  I  was.  1  guess  I’m  to 
blame  for  it,  but  that’s  all  right. 
‘ I’m 
beginning  to  see  the  error  of  my  ways,’ 
as  some  old  wiseacre  has  said,  and  the 
more  I 
look  at  the  young  feller  in  that 
light  the  more  I  see  what’s  in  him  and 
the  more  I  am  convinced  I was like him 
at  his  age.  Well  now !  do  you  know, 
when  that  dawned  upon  me,  I  began  to 
have  the  old  liking  for  this  game,  and 
because  I  don’t  like  the  idea  of  going 
out  nights  to  play,  I  just  had  this  table 
put  up  and  have  been  playing  solitaire

every  night  ever  since. 
I ’ve  a  notion 
that,  one  of  these  days  when  we  wear 
round  to 
it,  I’m  going  to  have  Will 
over  here  to  spend  the  evening.  He 
plays  a  gcod  game,  I  hear,  and  I  know 
he  likes  a  good  cigar.  By  the  way, 
I’ve  got  some  of  the  best  old  port  you 
ever  tasted. 
it  for  rare  occa­
sions.  There!  if  you  don’t  like  that  I 
shall  be  astonished.”

I  keep 

The  wine  and  the  cigars  and  the  bil­
liard  table  and  certain  breaks—called 
“ give-aways”   now— in  the  man’s  nar­
rative  made  it  plain  that  Mrs.  Bostwick 
had  probably  had  considerable difficulty 
in  convincing  her  father  and  mother 
that  her  lover  was  in  all  respects  an  ex­
emplary  young  man !

I  had  reached  this  conclusion  when  a 
tap  was  heard  on  the  door,  followed  a 
moment  after  by  the  entrance  of  Mrs. 
Bostwick,  who  took  a  seat  between  us 
before  the  fire.

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WEDNESDAY.------ DECEMBER  22,  1897.

A  NATIONAL  BANKRUPT  BILL.
There  is  a  fairly  good  chance  that the 
present  session  of  Congress  will  adopt 
a  bankruptcy  law  which  will  carry  out 
the  leading  aims  of  the  Torrey  bank­
ruptcy  bill,  which  has  been  before  the 
country  for  so  many  years. 
It  will  be 
remembered  that  this  measure  has  been 
introduced  in  each  of  the  five  last  Con­
gresses,  but  has  always  failed  of  pas­
sage.  On  two  occasions 
it  actually 
passed  one  of  the  bouses,  but  was  not 
reached  in  the  other,  owing  to  the  large 
amount  of  pressing  business  which 
claimed  precedence.

Owing  to  the  actual  demand  for  the 
enactment  of  such  a  measure,  coming j 
from  the  business  interests  all  over  the 
country,  repeated  failures  have  not  dis­
couraged  the  promoters  of  the  bill,  and 
in  the  various revisions it has undergone 
prior to  its  réintroduction  in  the  differ­
ent  Congresses  which  have  considered 
it,  it  has  been  modified and  improved to 
a  considerable  extent.

indorsed 

Nearly  all  the  important  commercial 
conventions  which  have been  held  in re­
cent  years  have 
the  Torrey 
bill  and  the  measure  has  also  from  time 
to  time  received  the  approval  of  about 
all  the  commercial 
and 
boards  of  trade  of  any  prominence  in 
the  country.  Whether  the  measure  now 
before  Congress 
is  the  Torrey  bill  it­
self,  or  a  measure  akin  to  it,  there  is  a 
practical  certainty  that  before  the  com­
mittee  to  which  it  bas  been  referred has 
finished  with  it,  all  the  essentials  of  the 
Torrey  bill  will  be  included.

exchanges 

is 

legislation 

The  main  argument  behind  the  pro­
posed  bankruptcy 
the 
great  dissimilarity  of  the  bankruptcy 
laws  of  the  States.  These laws  differ  so 
radically 
in  different  states  that  busi 
ness  men  find  it  practically  impossible 
to  regulate  credits  with  any  degree  of 
confidence.  Unfortunately these laws  are 
often  taken  advantage  of  by  unscrupu­
lous  men  to  victimize  jobbers  and  man­
ufacturers  at  the  great  distributing  cen­
ters,  and  the  uncertainty  which  is  thus 
infused  into business  calculations  works 
a  hardship  to 
those  who  are  anxious 
and  willing  to  meet  their  obligations.
The  principal  objection  to  a  National 
is  the  extortionate  charges 
measure 
levied,  under  the  authority  of  the 
law, 
by  the  officials  of  the  United  States 
courts  on  all  business  which  passes 
through  the  channels  of  those  tribunals. 
Federal  courts  should  be  poor  men’s 
courts,  to  which  any  man  may  resort

for  justice  after  all  other  legal  tribunals 
are  closed  to  him.  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
oui  Federal  courts  are  gigantic  shear­
ing  machines,  exacting  the 
last  pound 
the  body  of  the  litigant, 
of  wool  on 
whether  he  stauds 
in  the  position  of 
victor  or  vanquished.

A  National 

law  which  would  correct 
these 
infamous  practices  and  also  en­
sure  business  men  against  fraudulent 
failures  would  meet  with  general  sat­
isfaction ;  but  at  the  same  time  Con­
gress  can  be  depended  on to  oppose  any 
measure  which  will  not  throw  all proper 
protection  and  safeguards  around,  debt­
ors  as  well  as  creditors.  What is  aimed 
at  is  a  law  which  will allow no premium 
on  dishonesty,  and,  by  making  it  pos­
sible 
to  pqnish  fraudulent  failures, 
place  credit  on  a  safer  basis.  It is  held, 
and  probably  with  reason,  that,  owing 
to  the 
interstate  character  of  all  com­
merce  at  the  present  time,  a  National 
law  is  the only  way  in which  the  subject 
can  be  properly  dealt  with.  At  any 
rate,  the  practically  unanimous  indorse­
ment  of  the  business  people  from  all 
parts  of  the  country  is  a  strong  argu­
ment  in  favor  of  such  a  measure.

CONSOLIDATING  THE  MINTS. 
The  closing  of  the  New  Orleans mint, 
which  Director  Preston  recommends  in 
his  annual  estimates,  is  the  beginning 
of  the  policy  of  concentrating  coinage 
work  at  places  as  near  as  possible to the 
centers  of  the  production  of  gold  and 
silver.

The  closing  of  the  mint  at  Carson 
City  is  also  recommended.  No  coinage 
has  been  done  there  for  several  years, 
but  some  deposits  of  gold  and  silver 
have  been  received  and  assayed.  This 
mint  has  been  closed  several  times  by 
the  Director,  but  has  been  reopened 
under  pressure  from  Nevada  congress­
men.  On  June  i,  1893,  Secretary  Car­
lisle  ordered 
it  closed  and  refused  to 
yield  to  requests  for  its  reopening.

The  New Orleans mint was established 
in  1838  upon  a 
lot  given  by  the  city. 
Under  the  terms  of  the  agreement  the 
property  can  be  returned  to  the  city 
with  the  privilege  of  having  the  build­
ing  used  for  hospital purposes.  Louisi­
ana  congressmen  make  some  opposition 
to  the  abolishment  of  the  mint,  but  they 
may  be  satisfied  if  the  Government  do­
nates  the  building  to  the  city  without 
charge,  or  for  a  small  compensation.

THE  MIXED  FLOUR  PROBLEM. 
The  practice  of  adulterating 
food­
stuffs  is  again  commanding  considera­
ble attention throughout  the country,  and 
no  doubt  Congress  will  be  assailed  to 
provide  remedies  for  this  condition  of 
things.  At  the  present  time  New  York 
is  discussing  adulterated  molasses,  a 
question  which 
in  times  past  has  been 
considerably  discussed  in  New  Orleans. 
The  New  York  trade  papers  advocate 
an  appeal  to  the  State  Legislature  for  a 
remedy,  which 
is  the  proper  course  to 
pursue.  By  far  the  most  widespread 
agitation  on  the  subject  of  food  adulter­
ation,  however, 
is  the  fight  which  is 
being  made  against  mixed  flour.

It  is  only  recently  that  the mixed flour 
evil  has  attracted  any  attention;  but  its 
influence  is  now  being  felt  all  over  the 
country,  particularly 
in  the  South  and 
West.  It  is  not claimed  that  mixed  flour 
is  at  all  deleterious  to  health,  or  in  any 
way  an  unwholesome  foodstuff. 
It  con­
sists  of  a  mixture  of  a  percentage  of 
corn  flour  with  the  ordinary  wheat  flour 
so  skillfully  prepared  that  the  mixture 
is  able  to  sell  as  pure  wheat  flour.  The 
greater  cheapness  of  this  mixed  article 
enables  the  mixers  to  undersell 
the 
makers  ot  legitimate flour;  hence,  if the 
practice  is  allowed  to  go  on  unchecked, 
the  reputable  millers  will  either  have  to 
go  out  of  business  or  resort  to  the  mix- 
ing  practice  themselves.  The  manifest 
tendency  of  this  adulteration  of  flour  is 
to  drive  out  of  the  market  the  pure  ar­
ticle.

In  order  to  check  the  manufacture  of 
mixed  flour,  it 
is  proposed  that  Con­
gress  be  asked  to  place  a  high  tax  up­
on  the  article  and  compel  the  manufac­
turers  to  properly  brand  it,  so  that  it 
can  be  readily  distinguished  from  the 
pure  product.  This  was  the  process 
followed  with  oleomargarine,  and  the 
taxing  power  of  the  Government 
is 
again  to  be  appealed  to,  to  practically 
prohibit  the  manufacture of mixed flour. 
The  National  Board  of  Trade,  which 
has  been 
in  session  for  several  days  at 
Washington,  was  asked  to  consider  the 
matter  and  pass  resolutions  requesting 
Congress  to  act.  Some  opposition  was 
developed,  however, 
to  an  appeal  to 
Congress,  on  the  ground  that  the  states 
were  the  proper  authorities  to  deal  with 
the  matter.  The  subject  was  Anally 
referred  to  a  special  committee  for 
further  investigation.

The  Government  expects  hereafter  to 
do  the  coinage  work  entirely  at  San 
Francisco  and  Philadelphia,  until  the 
Denver  mint  is  completed.  This  will 
not  be  for  several  years,  but  the  Den­
ver  mint  will  be  capable  of  doing  work 
enough  to  meet  any  probable  demand 
in  excess  of  the  work  at  the other mints. 
Denver  has  become  a  great  center  of 
gold  deposits,  and  the  assay  office  there 
has  been  receiving  more  than  a  million 
dollars  per  month  in  new  bullion.  Work 
on  the  Philadelphia  mint  is  now  pro­
gressing,  so  that 
it  will  be  finished  in 
two  or  three  years.  The  capacity  of  the 
new  building  will  be  much  superior  to 
that  of  the  old,  and,  with  the  new  mint 
at  Denver,  will  be  capable  of  turning 
out  an 
immense  quantity  of  new  gold 
and  silver  coins  of  all  classes.  Most  of 
the  gold  coinage  is  now  done  at  Phila­
delphia  and  much  of  the  subsidiary  sil­
ver coinage.

The  abolition  of  the  mint  at  New 
Orleans  will  save  the  services  of  some 
sixty  or  seventy employes,  and  the  coin­
age  of  the  future  can  be  executed  qt 
Philadelphia  at  a  diminished  cost  to 
the  Treasury.  Even  at  Philadelphia 
the  force 
is  considered  too  large,  and 
forty-two  employes  have  just  been  dis­
charged,  thus  effecting  a  saving  in  ex­
penses  of  about $40,000 annually.

There  can  be  no  denying  the  fact that 
the  mixing  of  flour  is  an  evil  of  con­
siderable  proportions,  and 
is  a  fraud 
perpetrated  upon  the  masses  of  the  peo­
ple.  At  the  same  time  it  is  manifestly 
wrong  to  appeal  to  the  Federal  Govern­
ment  for  a  remedy.  The  taxing  power 
of  the  Government,  which 
is  the  only- 
way 
in  which  such  matters  can  be 
reached  by  Congress,  has  been  already 
too  much  abused  for  the  purpose  of 
regulating  trade  affairs.  The  evil  is 
one  which  will  no  doubt eventually work 
its  own  cure;  but,  in  the  meantime,  the 
various  states  have  all  the  authority 
necessary  to  prevent  the  sale  of  mixed 
flour  disguised  as  the  pure  article.

legitimately;  but 

As  the  adulterated  article  is  not  un­
wholesome  as  food,  its  sale  under  its 
proper  character  cannot  be 
interfered 
laws  can  be 
with 
passed  compelling  handlers  of 
such 
flour  to  plainly  brand  it  as  mixed  and 
imposing  penalties  for 
its  sale  as  the 
genuine  article.  The  disposition  shown 
by  the  business  world  to  run to Congress 
for  remedies  for  trade  evils  is  a  serious 
mistake,  and  a  stop  must,  sooner  or 
later,  be  put  to  the  practice  by  a refusal 
on  the  part of  the  National  Legislature

to  further  abuse  the  taxing  power  for  a 
purpose  not  contemplated  in the organic 
law.

GRANT  NO  EXTENSIONS.

There  are  undoubtedly  two  distinct 
reasons  why  the  matter  of  granting  the 
new  franchise  to  the Consolidated Street 
Railway  Company  engages  so  little  of 
the  public  attention.  One  is  that  ques­
tions  of  economic  policy  in  which  the 
future  is concerned lose their importance 
in  a  rapidly  increasing  ratio  as  that  fu­
ture  is  more  distant.  Thus  the  ques­
tion  of  buying  a  garbage  reducing  ap­
paratus 
involving  a  few  thousands  is 
given  more  attention  than  the  other  in 
which  millions  are  at  stake.  The  other 
is  that  there  is  so  much  of 
inter­
in  the  welfare  of  the 
est  concerned 
street  railway  stock  that  consciously 
or  unconsciously  there  is  the disposition 
interests  to  an  extent 
to  favor  such 
which  decidedly 
lessens  discussion. 
There 
is  also  another  element  which 
tends  to  diminish  the  interest—the  fact 
that  the  amounts  which may be involved 
are  indefinite.

local 

it 

It  is  unfortunate  that  the  interests  of 
the  city  are  not  receiving  more  careful 
attention,  for 
is  but  natural  that  in 
the  presentation  of  the  case  of  the  com­
pany  its  representatives should endeavor 
to  secure  as  good  a  bargain  as  possible. 
As  a  means  to  this  end  there  are  urged 
the  financial  vicissitudes  of  the  enter­
prise  for  several  years  past. 
is 
shown  that,  without  sparing  expense,  it 
has  established  and  maintained  one  of 
the  best  systems  in  the  country  and  that 
in  so  doing  the  loss  has  been  heavy  and 
it 
in  asking  something  in 
return.

is  justified 

It 

There  should  be  no  hesitation  on  the 
part  of  the  fairminded  to  accede  to 
this  proposition.  But  to  give  every­
thing  they  may  ask  without  any  consid­
eration  of  values  granted  and  the 
in­
terests sacrificed  is another matter.  Then 
it  should  be  taken 
into  consideration 
that  all  that  the  company  has  done  for 
the  city  has  not  been  done  out  of  pure 
generosity  and  good  will. 
It  is  a  part 
of  a  business  speculation ;  and,  further­
more,  the  apparent  loss  which  has  been 
sustained  by  the  company  is 
increased 
by  the  evil  of  an  over  capitalization 
resulting  from  the  failure  of  previous 
systems.

No  one  should  object  to  the  granting 
of  such  a  franchise  as  will  properly 
recognize the  interests  of  the  company, 
but  to  acceed  to  its  extreme  demands 
without  a  question  would  seem  to be  the 
height  of  folly;  there  should  be  some 
advocate  to  represent  the  interests of the 
city.

In  granting  an  unconditional  and  un­
limited  franchise  for  thirty  years  the 
Council 
is  asked  to  grant  that  which, 
judging  from  the  ratio  of  development 
of  the  past,  involves  many  millions. 
It 
may  be  conceded 
that  the  ratio  of 
change  will  not  continue  as great as in a 
like  period  of  the  past,  but  the  prob­
abilities  are  such  as  to  warrant  serious 
consideration  of  this  point.

in  the  petition 

Perhaps  the  most  ridiculous  request 
embodied 
is  that  the 
company  shall  have  control  of  its  time 
schedules. 
It  is  not  probable  the  peti­
tioners  expected  to  receive  such  a  con­
cession,  but  expecting  to lose something 
from  their  demands,  put  this 
in  for 
such  a  purpose.  The  idea  of  permitting 
a  company  to  run  its  system  wholly 
in 
the 
interests  of  the  revenue  produced 
without  any  regard  for  the accomoda­
tion  of  the  public  beyond  wbat  those 
interests  would  prompt 
is  too  absurd 
for  serious  discussion ;  and  yet  it  would 
look  as  though  such  a  provision  would 
pass  for  want of  any  to  defend the city’s 
interests.

MERRY  CHRISTMAS!

These  words  convey  the  gracious  ex­
change  of  good  will  between  uncounted 
millions  of  kindly  hearts.  One  cannot 
say  how  many  will  pause  to  find  or  re­
call  the  significance  of  the  sacred  an­
niversary  in  ancient  scrolls,  or  modern 
translations;  but  it  has  been  lived  as  it 
has  been  written.  Turning  the  pages 
backward,  Christmas  alter  Christmas 
rises  out  of  the  deep  past  in  a  blended 
light  of  memory  and  hope,  pointing, 
like  posts  along  the  road,  to  the  origin 
and  meaning  of  its  observance.

It 

This  is  no  time,  this  is  no  place,  for 
the  speculations  and  conjectures  of  a 
groping  criticism. 
is  true,  beyond 
all  controversy,  that  the  consciousness 
of  universal  neighborhood  and  brother­
hood  prevails  more  and  more 
in  the 
world,  leading  on  to  the  reign  of  peace 
and  good  will  in  every  zone  that  belts 
the  globe.  But  out  of  what  deep  dark­
ness  did  that  light  begin  to  shine—the 
greed  of  conquest,  the  pride  of  empire, 
the  contempt  of  the  great  and  strong  for 
lowliness  and  weakness  everywhere! 
Now  men  have  come  to  believe  in  the 
possibility,  and  even 
in  the  certainty, 
of  a  world-wide  progress.  Extremely 
difficult  problems  arise  from  time  to 
time  and  press  for  practical  solution  in 
the  course  of  social  development;  but 
there 
is  no  despair.  The  solution  of 
those  problems is expected upon grounds 
of  common  justice  and  humanity.  No 
one  any 
in  the  prac­
ticability  of  an  arbitrary  adjustment  of 
the  relations  of  man  to  man,  or  of  class 
to  class.  It  is  profoundly  felt  that  pros­
perity  in  every  quarter  depends  upon  a 
frank  and  complete  recognition  of  the 
rights  and  interests  of  the-poorest  of the 
poor. 
In  the,  realms  of  science  it  has 
been  for  a  long  time  understood  that  all 
truth  is  related,  and  now  it  is  dawning 
upon  the  common  sense of mankind  that 
the  moral  balance  must  be  equally  per­
fect.  A  broader  philanthropy  has  in­
troduced  a  new  statesmanship  and  a 
new  diplomacy.  Time  was,  not  so  long 
ago,  when  every  foreigner  was  regarded 
as  a  barbarian  or  held  for  ransom.  The 
modern  world  has  built  up  a  body  of 
international 
law  and  cherishes  usages 
of  comity  based  upon  considerations  of 
justice  and  humanity,  and  all  the  great 
nations  have  pledged  themselves  to  a 
policy  of  peace.

longer  believes 

it 

It 

It 

is  true  that  Europe  is  sometimes 
described,  with  too  near  an  approach  to 
justice,  as  an  armed  camp. 
is  true 
that  blood  is  shed  even  now  under  one 
pretext  or another,  in  the  name  of  free­
dom  or  in  the  name of loyalty and order. 
But 
is  also  true  that  humanity  has 
become  a  conquering  cause,  and  there 
is  a  public  opinion,  at  once  just  and 
philanthropic,  which  even  the  most 
powerful  governments  must  take  into 
account.  Whence this  enormous  change? 
Was  it  first  suggested  in  the  secret  con­
sultations  of  French,  German,  Russian 
or  English  cabinets?  Or  was  it 
in­
spired  by  the  conflicting  ambitions  of 
great  party  leaders?  Let  men  philos­
ophize  as  they  may,  it  finds  expression 
in  that  sentiment  pre-eminently  appro­
priate  to  Christmas,  “  Peace  on  earth, 
good  will  to  men.”   Preachers,  teach­
ers,  writers,  myriads  of  unknown  work­
ers,  hoist  that  banner  and  take  their 
stand  beneath 
is  in  the 
air.  The  future  belongs  to  the  people 
on  that  condition,  peace  and  good  will. 
There 
is  no  strength,  no  policy,  that 
can  prevail  on  any  other  terms.

its  folds. 

It 

The sentiment  is here without analysis, 
or 
It  is 
natural  that  parents  should  give  good

it  would  not  be  here  at  all. 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
STORE  RULES.

It 

In  business  and 

gifts  to  their  children,  it  is  natural  that 
kinsmen  and  neighbors should exchange 
kindly  offices  and  tokens  of  friendship ; 
but  it  has  become a gladly accepted cus­
tom,  not  only  to  give  these  things  em­
phasis  on  Christmas  day,  but  also  then 
to  remember  those  who are most  in  need 
of  sympathy. 
is  the  beautiful  dis­
tinction  of  the  true  Christmas  gift  that 
it  is  given  in  love.  Given  to  the  rich 
or  to  the  poor,  it  is charity  in  the  broad 
Christian  sense. 
in 
politics,  general  principles  are  too 
much  forgotten,  especially  those general 
principles  that  have  a  purely  unselfish 
application.  Give  full  measure  and 
keep  your  word ;  ‘ ‘ Be  true  to  thyself, 
thou  canst  not  then  be  false  to  any”  
—these  are  worldly  maxims,  marred  by 
a 
is  no  real 
sense  of  neighborhood  or  brotherhood 
in  them ;  and,  after  all,  it  is  more  than 
doubtful  whether  one  can  be  just  unless 
he  is  also  generous.  The  honest  mer­
chant,  the  fair  dealer  in  every  line  of 
life,  deserves his meed  of praise;  but on 
a  day  like  this,  one  would  rather think 
of  the  missionary  in  savage  lands,  the 
nurse  in  a  plague-haunted  hospital,  the 
sailor 
in  a  lifeboat  buffeting  th'e  fury 
of  a  winter  storm—something  in  kind­
ness  meant,  with  all  the  deep  sincerity 
of  life  at  stake.  There  is  something  in 
the  noble  heart  that  says:  Give,  spend 
and  be  spent.

leaven  of  self.  There 

Rules  Established  at  Marshall  Field 

&  Co.’s  Retail  Store.

A  careful  observance  of  the  following 
is  expected  of  every  employe  in 

rules 
this  store:

1.  Record  your  time  promptly  upon 

entering  the  store  in  the  morning.

2.  Never leave  the  store  during  busi­
ness  hours  (except  for  dinner)  without 
permission  from  manager,  superintend­
ent  or  assistant  superintendent.

3.  Never  leave  your  department  on 
any  account  without  informing  head  of 
department.

4.  Proper  reasons  must  be  given  for 

absence.

5.  Be  cleanly  and  neat  in  appear­
ance,  avoiding  extravagance  and  dis­
play.

6.  Do  not  use  tobacco,  neither  eat 
candy,  fruits,  nuts,  or  lunch of any kind 
while  on  duty.

7.  Avoid  gossiping,  and  do  not  al­
low  your  friends  to  consume  your  time 
by  visiting  with  you.

8.  Respectable  and  moral  associa­
tions  outside  of  business  are  expected 
of  every  employe.

9.  Printed  books  and  papers  must  not 

be  read  during  business  hours.

11. 

10.  Letter  writing,  while  on  duty, 
cannot  be  allowed  when  letters  do  not 
relate  to  business  of  the  bouse.

If  you  desire  to  make  purchasts 
in  the  store,  do  so  during  the  less  busy 
hours  of  the  day.

12.  Borrowing  or  loaning  of  money 
among  employes  is  strictly  prohibited.

individual 

“ In som e good cau se, not in th in e ow n .”
Nowadays  there  is  a general advocacy 
of  organized  charity,  and  unquestion­
ably  that  kind  of  enterprise  is  one  of 
the  grand  distinctions  of  the  age;  but 
organized  charity  might  become  self­
destructive  if  it  ever  became  exclusive 
of 
impulse  and  expression. 
Benevolent  societies  cannot  meet  everv 
need  and  occasion  of  persoral  influ­
ence.  The  giver  should  be  bestowed 
sometimes  with  his  gift,  in  the glance 
of  his  eye,  in  the  touch  of  his  band,  in 
the  accents  of  his  voice;  for  then 
is 
blessed  both  he  that  gives  and  he  that 
receives.  The  lesson  of  the  day  is  love 
and  sympathy,  and  the  poor  should  be 
helped as little children  are  made  happy 
with  the  things  they  cannot  provide  for 
themselves.  Misfortune needs  no  certifi­
cate  but  suffering.
Police  Prohibit  the  Use  of  Trading 

Stamps.

local 

The  most  radical  stand  against  the 
trading  stamp  scheme  yet  taken  was 
made  last  week  by  the 
legal 
authorities  of  Williamsport,  Pa.  The 
stamp  scheme  became  such  a  nuisance 
that  the  Chief  of  Police  issued  an  edict 
ordering  all  merchants  using the scheme 
to  discontinue  it,  on  the  ground  that 
it 
violated  the  provisions  of  an  act  passed 
in  June,  1885,  prohibiting  all  such 
schemes.  This  order  became  operative 
last  Monday,  and 
in  consequence  the 
stamp  scheme  has  become  a  dead  letter 
in  Williamsport.  The  Chief  of  Police 
called  on  the  merchants  in  person  and 
told  them  plainly  that  any  disobedience 
of  his  order  would  be  followed  by  ar­
rest.  He  reports  that  he  didn’t  find  any 
who  objected 
the 
scheme.

to  discontinuing 

Some  of  the  merchants  endeavored  to 
have  the  Trading  Stamp  Co.  indemnify 
them,  under  which  protection 
they 
would  continue  to  give  out  stamps. 
This  the  company  declined  to  do.  The 
stamp  company  now  threatens  to  bring 
suit  against  the  merchants  who  handled 
their  stamps  for  violation  of  contract, 
but  the  merchants  declare  that  the  com­
pany  must  show  in  the  courts  that  the 
scheme 
is  legal  before  they  will  abide 
by  the  contract.

to  the  following :

The  attention  of  all  employes is called 
is  required 
The  greatest  courtesy 
from  employes  in  all  matters  relating  to 
business  of  the  house,  whether  custom­
ers  wish  to  purchase,  to  inform  them­
selves  regarding  an  article  on  sale,  to 
exchange  merchandise,  or  simply  to 
visit  the  different  departments.  The 
same  promptness  and  care  will  be  used 
when  merchandise 
and 
money  refunded.

returned 

is 

All  merchandise  which  has  failed  to 
give  satisfaction 
is  exchanged  or  re­
deemed  at  choice  of  purchaser.  This 
privilege 
is,  however,  subject  to  the 
following  exceptions:

1.  When  article  has  been  worn.
2.  When  sufficient  time  has  elapsed 
between  purchase  and  return  to  make 
article  unsalable.

3.  When  goods  are  marked  “ Jobs,”  
and  sold  with  the  understanding  that 
they  shall  not  be  returned.

Any  lost  article  found  in  the store will 
be  sent  without  delay  to  the  lost  and 
found  department.  Moneys  or  jewelry 
not  called  for  and  identified  within  six 
(6)  months  shall  become  the  property of 
finder,  subject  to  decision  of  superin­
tendent.

TO   H E AD S  O F  D EPAR TM EN TS.

From  the  beads  of departments,  es­
pecially,  will  a  strict  performance  of 
duty  and  a  willing  compliance  with  the 
rules  of  the  house  be  looked  for—as  an 
example  to  others.

It  is  expected  that  they  will  use  their 
best  efforts  to  assist  salespersons  under 
them  in  making  sales,  and  it  is  partic­
ularly  desirable  that  they  shall 
instruct 
the  less  experienced  salespersons  in  the 
methods  of  handling  merchandise,  ap­
proaching  customers,  displaying  goods, 
etc.

TO   SALESPERSONS.

Salespersons  will  take  their  positions 
in  stock  to  which  they  may  be  assigned 
by  head  of  department  and  perform  to 
the  best  of  their ability  the  duties  con­
nected  with  same.

They  will  at  all  times  while  on  duty 
obey  orders  relating  to  business  of  the 
department,  of  the  head  of  department 
or  assistant.  They  will  obey  directions 
of  the  ushers  when  same  refer  to  atten­
tion  to  customers.

Salespersons  will  treat  all  visitors 
alike,  courteously  and  with  care,  using 
the  same  promptness  whether  they  wish 
to  purchase,  examine  goods,  or  simply 
visit  through  curiosity.  Any  want  of

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courtesy 
in  speech  or  manner  will  oc­
casion  a  reprimand  or  dismissal,  while 
a  second  offense  will  subject  employe 
to  discharge.

Salespersons  will  have  patience 

in 
serving  customers,  showing  goods  will­
ingly  and  pleasantly,  without  asking  too 
many  questions  as  to  price,  width,  size 
or  color  wanted.
Salespeople  will  never  misrepresent 
an  article,  nor  guarantee  wear  or  color.
Salespersons  and  stock  boys  will  keep 
in  good  order all  stock  under  their care.
In  case  of  loss occasioned  by  error  of 
salesperson  in  making  out ticket,  exten­
sion  of  figures,  or  in  delivery  of  pack­
ages,  the  loss  must  be  made  good by the 
one  in  error.

GOODS  IN  W INDO W S.

When  articles  are  displayed 

in  the 
windows  that  cannot  be  duplicated  in 
stock,  these  articles  must  be  subject  to 
sale.  And  when  customers  desire  to 
purchase  same,  salesmen  will  request 
the  window  dresser  to  return  them  to 
stock.

M AN NER  OF  ADDRESSING  LAD IES.

It  is  requested  that  employes  use  the 
word  “ madame”   instead  of  “ lady,”   in 
addressing 
ladies  who  visit  the  store, 
when  not  familiar  with  the  visitor's 
name.

PRESERVATION  OF  WRAPPING  PAPER.
Many  pieces  of  merchandise  come 
from  the  manufacturer  wrapped 
in 
paper  of  superior  quality.  These  pieces 
of  wrapping  paper  we  wish  to  preserve, 
to  be  used  in  lining  express  packages, 
etc. 
All  heads  of  departments  will, 
therefore,  please  see  that  this  is  done 
and  will,  each  morning,  have  sent  to 
express  counter 
in  the  shipping  room 
such  wrappers  as  are  not  required  for 
the  goods  in  stock,  or  are  not  too  badly 
soiled  or torn  to  be  used  by  express  de­
partment.  All  employes will co-operate 
with  department  managers  in  this  mat­
ter.

UNBECOMING  D EPO R TM E N T.

Complaint  has  been  received  by  us 
that  our  salesgirls  sometimes  so  far for­
get  themselves  as  to  clean  their  finger­
nails  or  perform  other  small  duties  of 
the  toilet  while  on  duty  in  their  depart­
ments.  As  any  acts  of  this  kind  are 
entirely  inconsistent  with  our  rules  and 
with 
ladylike  behavior,  we  wish  any­
thing  of  this  kind  entirely  done  away 
with.  To  the  many 
in  the  bouse  who 
have  never  committed  any  fault  of  this 
kind,  this  bulletin  does  in no  way  refer. 

m e n ’ s   g o o d s .

Some  time  since,  we  expressed a wish 
in  a  bulletin  that  salespeople  address 
ladies  as  madame  and  not  as  lady.  We 
further  wish  to  ask  that  they  will,  in 
speaking  of  men’s  goods,  refer  to  them 
as  men’s  goods,  and not  as  gents’ goods. 
The  word  gents’ should  be  avoided  with 
reference  to  any  merchandise 
in  this 
store.

SALESM EN  M UST  B E   A L E R T .

It 

We  are  receiving  complaints 

from 
indifference  and 
customers  regarding 
inattention  of  salespeople,  and  there 
is 
hardly  any  fault  which  we  cannot  ex­
cuse  more  easily  than  this. 
is  rec­
ognized 
in  this  store  that  the  undue 
urging  of  merchandise  upon  customers 
is  not  desired,  but  this  does  not  in  any 
way mean  that  indifference in the slight­
est  degree 
is  to  be  permitted.  Sales­
men  must  be  much  more  alert  and  will, 
under  no  circumstances,  allow  any  of 
their actions  to  be  such  that  customers 
can  interpret  them  to  be  actions  of 
in­
difference.  Salespeople  will  always en­
deavor  to  serve  customers  immediately 
as  they  approach  their  counters  or  sec­
tion,  and  not  wait  to  be  asked  either  by 
customer  or  floorman;  and,  when  all 
salesmen  are  necessarily  busy,  the  one 
nearest  to  the  customer  will excuse him­
self  for  the  moment  and  ask  the  cus­
tomer  to  be  seated.  A  very  strict  com­
pliance  with  this  rule  will  be  required.
is  one  to  which 
the  attention  of  all  floormen  is  particu­
larly  called,  as  they  will  be  held  largely 
responsible  for  its  very  careful  mainte­
nance.  Floormen  are  requested  to  be 
extremely  watchful  to  see  that  every 
customer,  as  far  as  possible,  receives 
attention  (and  the  best  of  attention, 
too),  at  once  upon  approaching  a  de-

The  above  bulletin 

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partment.  Where  one  customer  may 
ieei  aggrieved  at  what  may  setm  too 
great  an  effort,  very  many  will  be 
pleased  by  the  evident  attentiveness.

P R O FA N E   LAN G U AG E.

:  regret  to 
overbeard 
young  men 
lage  in  talk

We  recrret  to  learn  from  a  customer, 
the  same,  that  one  of 
recently  psed  profane 
ing  to  a  cash  bov.  We
are  sorry  that  we  could  not  obtain  his 
name  or  numner,  as  immediate dismiss­
al  would  bavve  followed.  Any 
lan­
guage  other  than  that  of  a  gentleman 
will  not  be  permitted  for  one  moment; 
and  a  little  reflection  on  the  part  of  any 
employe  will  show  him  how  entirely 
anything  improper  in  speech  should  be 
avoided,  especially  in  this  house  where 
so  many  young  people  are  employed.

TREATMENT  OF  CUSTOMERS.

in 

this  end  we 
employes  upon  any  point 
method,  etc., 
ments  or  elsewhere,  which, 
judgment,  can  be  bettered.

invite  criticisms  from  all 
in  system, 
in  either  their  depart­
their 

We  wilt,  until  further  notice,  give  to 
any  employe  (with  exception  as  below)  | 
one  dollar  for  each  and every suggestion 
made  to  the  manager  for an  improve­
ment 
in  the  method  of  performing  any 
piece  of  business,  when,  in  the  mana- 
ger's  judgment,  the  suggestion  is  prac­
ticable  and  can  be  put  into effect  This 
announcement 
in 
causing  our  people  to  be  more watchful, 
studious  and 
interested  in  the  general 
improvement  of  the  store.

is  made  to  assist 

The  exception  above  referred  to  ap­
plies  to  managers  of  departments,  or 
assistants,  who  may  make  suggestions 
or 
improvements  regardmg  their  own 
departments,  as  we  consider  such  sug-  I 
gestions  as 

in  the  duties  be-

included 

It 

The  greatest  possible  care  must  be 
in  the

c o r r e ct io n s  in  a d v e r t is e m e n  

used  by  every  one  in  this  house 
treatment  of  customers.  We  receive I longing  to  these  positions, 
visits  from  many  out  of  town,  and  the | 
impression  which  is  made upon them by 
a  few  moments'  interview  with  one  of 
our  employes  remains  forever 
in  tbeir 
minds. 
If  the  employe is  courteous  and 
polite,  the  impression  is  good;  if  he  is 
too  short 
in  bis  answers  or  other  than 
very  attentive 
in  his  actions,  the  im­
pression 
is  bad.  We  are  particularly 
desirous  that  visitors  from  out  of  town 
be  allowed  to  see  that  we  understand 
how  to  do  business  correctly,  and  this 
effect  can  only  be  had  when  every  em­
ploye  treats  every  visitor  with  careful 
consideration.

is  our  intentioo  that  every  adver­
tisement  published  under our name  shall 
be  absolutely  true  and  correct  in  every 
particular. 
It  is  fuitber  our  desire  that 
the  employes  in  the  house  shall,  as  far 
as  possible,  become  familiar  with  the 
advertisements  as  rapidiy  as  they  ap­
pear,  so  that  questions  asked  them  by  j 
customers  may  be  answered  intelligent­
ly,  whether  the  goods  referred  to  are  in 
their  department  or  not. 
In  order  to 
draw  many  critical  eyes  to  our adver­
tisements  and, 
to  give 
double  interest  to  the  reading  of  same 
by  ail  employt s 
in  the  bouse,  we  do 
hereby  offer  one  dollar  ($i)  to  the  em- 
ploye  who  Will  first  call  the  attention  of 
our advertising  department  to  an  error 
in  any  of  our  advertisements.  Errors 
will  be  considered  as  such—

furthermore, 

is  altogether  too  much  loud 
conversation  between  employes  during 
business  hours,  especially  between  em­
ployes  upon  opposite  sides  of an aisle or 
at  some  distance  from  each  other.  We 
must  ask  that  this  annoyance  cease  and 
that  ushers  pay  careful  attention  to  the 
enforcement  of  this  bulletin.
UNDUE  F A M IL IA R IT Y .

When  the  price  is  wrong.
When  a  word  is  misspelled.
When  the  advertisement  is  grammati­

When  there  is  in  any  way  an exagger­

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is that of being able to give your  customers a 
good cigar.

cally  incorrect,  or

When  a  false  statement  occurs.
SYSTEM   OF  FINES  ABA ND O NED .

in  this  bouse. 

We  propose  abandoning  the  system  of 
fines  for  tardiness 
It 
will,  of  course,  be  recognized  by ail | 
employes  that  punctuality  is  a  very nec­
essary  qualification,  and  in  doing  away 
with  fines  we  shall,  instead,  keep  a  very 
careful  record  of  those  who  are  late  or 
absent. 
At  regular  periods  such  a  list 
will  be  examined  closely  by  the  man­
ager  and  when  in  his  judgment  the  i.st 
of lates  is  sufficiently  great  to  make  any 
employe’s  service  unsatisfactory  we 
shall  act  accordingly 
In  other  words 
we  do  not  wish  nor  propose  to  exact 
fines  from  employes;  but  we  do  insist 
that  employes  shall  as  far  as  possible, 
be  punctual  and  regular  in  attendance 
Tardiness  is  oftentimes  caused by either 
carelessness  or  habit and neither of these 
reasons  can be,under any circumstances, 
considered  as  an  excuse. 
Employes 
who  are  necessarily  delayed  and  can 
give  good  reason  for  same  may  obtain 
excuses  as  heretofore  from  the  superin­
tendent.  Excuses  will  not  be  given  by 
anyone  other  than  the  superintendent 
unless  he 
is  absent  from  the  store,  in 
which  case  they  may  be  obtained  fiom 
the  manager.

A  suggestion  came  to  us  which hardly 
seems  to  apply  to  our  salespeople;  and 
especially  those  who  have  been 
in  the 
store  some  time,  and  we  think  are  not 
referred  to 
in  this  notice.  The  sug­
gestion  is  that  ladies,  in  being  waited 
upon  by  saleswomen,  are  often 
ad 
dressed  in  other  stores  as  "m y  dear" o 
with  similar  expressions.  Anyone  n 
the  store  who  may  be  in  the  habit  of 
using  such  expressions  to customers wil 
please  discontinue  it.

CH A N G E.

So  many 

instances  are  continually 
occurring  where  customers  claim  that 
they  do  not  receive  the  proper  amount 
of  change,  that  it  becomes  necessary  to 
request  salespersons, 
instances 
where  the  change  is  not  even,  to  repeat 
to  the  customer  the  amount  received 
before  giving  the  checks  to  the  inspect­
or.  For  the  same  reason  salesmen  will 
see  to  it  that  cash  boys  return  change  to 
them  instead  of  to  customers.

in  all 

VACATIO N S.

A  vacation  of  two  weeks  will  be  al­
lowed  only  to  those  who  have  been  here 
for  twelve  consecutive  months,  and  one 
week  to  those  who  have  been  here  for 
six  consecutive months.  The two  weeks’ 
vacation  cannot  be  allowed  during  the 
summer  to  those  who  begin  work  after 
the  first  of  September.

CRITICISM S.

Well-directed  and 

intelligent  criti­
cisms  are  very  valuable;  and,  although 
they  are  often  unfriendly  for  one  reason 
or  another,  yet  in  a  general  way,  when 
they  come  from  the  customers  of  the 
house,  they  are  worthy  of  our  attention. 
Employes  hearing  any  criticisms  re­
garding  this  business  will  please  write 
ihem  out  in  brief  form  and submit them 
to  the  manager  for  attention.  We  feel 
that 
from  criticisms  we  can  improve 
this  business,  and  therefore  solicit them 
from  all.

SUGGESTIONS.

There  are  probably  a  number  of  mat­
ters  connected  with  this  house  which 
are  being  fairlv  well  done,  but  which 
is  our  desire 
could  be  better  done. 
in  every  portion  of 
that  every  detail 
this  business  be  done 
the  most 
thoroughly  approved  method,  and  to

in 

It 

One  very 

GOOD  M ANNERS.
important  qualification  in 
all  employes 
is  that  of  good  manners, 
and  we  would  ask  that  department 
heads  thoroughly  scrutinize  their  em­
ployes  frequently  and  critically,  and 
report  any 
lack  in  this  direction.  We 
must  insist  upon  gentlemanly  and  lady- 
'ike  conduct,  and  think  we  have  it  gen­
erally  throughout  the  store.

C A L LIN G   SALESPEO PLE  “ F O R W A R D .”
The  use  of  the  word  "forward”   in 
calling  salespeople  to  wait  upon  cus­
tomers  should,  we  think,  be avoided  as 
far  as  possible. 
is  much  better  to 
name  the  salesman  or  saleswoman  in 
person  and  request  that  he  or  she  wait 
upon  the  customer.  Please,  therefore, 
let  the  word  "forward”   be  used  only 
when  it  seems  especially  necessary.

It 

T R E A T M E N T   O F  EA C H   O TH E R .

We  wish  to  ask  that  our  employes  use 
dignity,  respect  and  care  in  addressing

Include some in your order when our traveling  men 

call on you.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich

each  other  while  on  duty,  as  a  careless 
word  or  an  act  of  familiarity  may,  in 
the  mind  of  some  passing  customer, 
cause a reflection, to the discredit of those 
who  are  responsible  for  same,  or  allow 
customers  to  wrongfully  interpret  words 
or  gestures—and  this  we  wish  to  avoid.
We  desire  also,  as  far  as  possible, 
that  the  prefixes  miss  and  mister  be 
used  in  cases  warranting  the  same.

W A S T E   OF  TIM E.

Employes  are  requested  to  be  more 
careful  and  conscientious  in  the  use  of 
their  time. 
It  sometimes  happens  that 
salespeople 
in  the  toilet  rooms,  during 
working  hours,  do  embroidery,  crochet - 
ing,  read  books  and  waste  time  gener­
ally.  This  is  not  fair  and  will  not  be 
indulged 
is  con­
scientious  in  the  use  of  the  time  which 
belongs  to  the  house.

in  by  anyone  who 

C A R E   OF  STRAN GERS.

It 

This  store  is  daily  visited  by  stran­
gers  from  other  cities  and  from  smaller 
towns.  It is our  desire  that  these  stran­
ger»  shall  be  made  to  feel  as  much  at 
home  as  possible,  and  we  therefore  ask 
that  our  ushers  endeavor especially to be 
on  the  watch  and  pay  them  careful  at­
tention. 
that 
strangers  would  be  pleased  to  be  shown 
through  the  store,  and  that  they  are, 
perhaps,  desirous  of  buying  merchan­
dise  which  they  do  not  know  we  carry 
Please  let  these  strangers  have  special 
attention,  and 
if  we  find  it  to  be  suffi­
ciently  necessary  we  will  establish  a 
corps  of  guides  to  take  them  in  charge 
and  show  them  over  the  house.

frequently  occurs 

USE  O F  T ELEPH O N E S  B Y   EM PLO YES.

Employes  have  grown  into  the  habit 
of  using  the  telephones  for  personal 
business  to  altogether  too  great  an  ex­
tent.  While  we  do  not  wish  to  stop  the 
use  of  telephones  for  this  purpose  en­
tirely,  we  must  ask  that  they  be  used 
only  when  necessary,  and  not  for  petty 
matters  or  for gossip.

USE  OF  TO B ACCO   PR O H IBITE D.

The  chewing  of  tobacco  by  employes 
while  on  duty  has  more  than  once  been 
prohibited 
in  this  store,  and  yet  we 
have  frequent  indications  that  this  rule 
is  not lived up to.  We shall  immediately 
dismiss  anyone  in  this  house  who  is  de­
tected 
in  chewing  tobacco  while  on 
duty,  and  shall,  furthermore,  consider 
it  a  misdemeanor  on  the  part  of  any 
usher  or  head  of  department  who  fails 
to  inform  the  superintendent  when  this 
rule  is  being  broken.

C A R E   OF  FIX TU R ES.

Any  who  find 

it  necessary  to  stand 
upon  the  counters  at  any  time  will 
please  use  pasteboaid,  or  some  other 
protecting 
their 
shoes.

substance,  beneath 

E M PLO YE S’  TIM E   FOR  SHOPPING.

Again  it  is  necessary  to  call the atten­
tion  of  employes  to  the  time  of  making 
purchases,  and  to  ask  them  to  do  their 
shopping  during  the  less  busy  hours  of 
the  day.  This  is  asked  both  for  the  rea­
son  that  they  may  be  required  in  their 
own  departments  and  the  salesmen  in 
the  department  in  which  they  buy  may 
be  busy  with  outside  customers.

C L O SIN G   TIM E.

The  writer  recently  endeavored 

It  is  especially  desired  that  all  em­
ployes give  careful  and  courteous  atten­
tion  to  the  customers  who  may  come  to 
the  store  at  closing  time  or  just  before.
to 
make  a  purchase  at  one  of  the  small 
stores  just  before  closing  time,  and  the 
incivility, 
lack  of  courteousness  and 
apparent  extreme  haste  on  the  part  of 
the  employes  to  get  out  of  the store was, 
least,  disagreeable,  and  in 
to  say  the 
instance 
the  present 
left  a  very  un­
pleasant 
in  the  customer’s 
impression 
mind^  regarding  that  portion  of  that 
store’s  management.

Please,  therefore,  let  all  employes  see 
that  customers  who  may  approach  the 
counters  at  this  time  of  the  day  receive 
careful  attention.  The  doors  are  closed 
promptly  and  customers  are  not  ad­
mitted  after  the  closing  bell- conse­
quently  there  is  no  probability  of delays 
amounting  in  any  way  to  hardship.

G E N E R A L   K N O W LED GE.

It  occasionally  occurs  that salespeople

therefore, 

are  called  from  one  section  of  a  depart­
ment  to  another  section  of  the  same  de­
partment  to  wait  upon  customers,  and 
through  absence  of  familiarity  with  the 
merchandise  fail  to  please the customer. 
'It  would  seem, 
that  sales­
people  in  one  department  should,  as  far 
as  possible.be  made  conversant  with  all 
portions  of  that  department  by  being 
occasionally  placed 
in  each  section. 
There  are,  of  course,  exceptions  to  this, 
and  heads  of  departments  will  use  their 
judgment 
In  the 
main,  however,  please  let  salespeople 
be  informed  regarding the whole depart­
ment.

in  carrying 

it  out. 

UNCO M PLIM EN TARY  REM AR K S.

We  are  sorry  to  have  it  reported  that 
employes  occasionally  make 
remarks 
derogatory  to  customers  after  they  have 
left  the  counter or  department ;  for  in­
stance,  suggesting  that  the  customer 
is 
a  “ crank,”   or  making  some  equally 
uncomplimentary remark.  Language of 
this  kind  should  be  avoided,  and  we 
must  insist  that  our  people  refrain  from 
using  anything  of  the  kind.
PUBLIC  DISCUSSION  OF  BUSINESS  M A TTE R S.
It  has  been  suggested, by  one  who  has 
overheard  such  a conversation,  that  any 
of  the  saleswomen  who  may  be  using 
the  toilet  rooms  which  are  also  used  by 
customers  should  not  discuss  business 
of  the  house,  as  it  is  complained  that  in 
the  presence  of  customers  matters  have 
been  referred  to  which 
included  the 
mentioning  of  customers’  names.  Our 
salespeople  will  avoid  anything-  of  this 
kind  for  very  obvious  reasons.

M AN NER  O F  DRESS.

While  we  have  never  insisted,as  have 
many  other stores,  upon  our  saleswomen 
wearing  black,  we  do  desire  that  they 
shall  appear in  modest  costume,  and  we 
deprecate  the  use  of  striking  colors  and 
patterns.  We  should  much  prefer  that 
young 
in  dresses  which 
may  be  conspicuous  for  their neatness 
and  tidiness  and  inconspicuous  for  the 
color and  pattern  of  material.

ladies  appear 

IM PO R TA N T  POINTS  IN  SALESM ANSHIP.
Many  salespeople  seem  to  think  that 
the  house  holds  them  so  strictly  to  ac­
count  in  the  matter  of sales  that it  is not 
always  easy  to  allow  the  desired  time  to 
some  particular  customers  and  at  the 
same  time  place  the  required  amount  of 
see 
sales  to  their  credit.  We  can 
bow  such  a  feeling  might  arise,  and 
in 
response  to  the  same  would  say  that 
while,  of  course,  large sales are  very  im­
portant  factors  in  the  value  of  salespeo­
ple,  they  do  not  alone  form  the  basis 
upon  which  salaries  are  paid.  Polite 
attention,  interest 
in  one’s  duties  and 
care  in  waiting upon customers  are  also 
important  factors ;  and  it  must  be  re­
membered  that  these  same  factors  are 
often 
largely  responsible  for  producing 
the  other  much  desired  result,  viz., 
large  sales. 
These  points,  and  all 
others,  will  be  carefully  considered  in 
estimating  the  excellence  of  employes.

He  Was  a  Careful  Buyer. 

Customer— Keep  any  flytraps?
Grocer— Best  in  town.  Only  success­
ful  flytrap  on  the  market.  Use  ’em  in 
my  storj  all  the  time.  Let  me  show  you 
one.  You  see,  the  flies  enter here,  pass 
through  this  aperture,  and  are  unable  to 
return.  Cleans  a  room  of  flies  in  no 
time.  Wrap  you  up  one!
You  find  them  good  practical  traps, 
do  you?”

“ Absolutely. ”
“ Use  them  yourself,  I  believe  you 

said?”

“ All  the  time.  Make  one  to  you  real 
low  as  the  season’s  nearly  over. ”
“ You  don’t  have  hardly  any 
flies 
around  your  store  when  you  use  this 
trap,  do  you !”

“ You  bet  I  don’t.  This  trap  is  the 

best— ”
“ All 

right, 

then.  Give  me  two 

pounds  of  dried  currants.  ’

So  Like  the  Scotch 

‘  Mrs.  Blimbre  has  put  up  four  hun­

dred  cans  of  fruit. ”

“ Scotch,  isn’t  she?”
“ Why?”
‘ ‘ So  canny. ’ ’

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Association M atters

Michigan  Retail  Grocers’ Association

President, J. W is l e k ,  Mancelona, ;  Secretary,  E 
A.  Stow r,  G rand  K ap id s;  Treasurer,  J.  F  
T atm an,  C lare.

Michigan  Hardware  Association

President,  C h as.  F.  B o ck,  B attle  C reek;  V ice 
President,  H.  W.  W e b b e r ,  W est  B ay  C it y  
Treasurer, He n r y C.  Min n ie,  Eaton  Rapids.

Detroit  Retail  Grocers’  Association 

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

221  G reenw ood av e :  Treasurer,  N.  L. K oenig.
Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’  Association

President,  F r a n k  J.  D y k ;  Secretary,  Homer 

K l a p ;  Treasurer, J.  G eo.  L ehm an.

Saginaw Mercantile  Association 

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

Jackson  Retail  Grocers’ Association 

P resident, Ge o .  E.  L e w is;  Secretary,  W.  H.  P or- 

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

Lansing  Retail  Grocers’ Association 

President,  F .  B.  J oh nson;  Secretary,  A.  M 

D a r l in g :  Treasurer.  L.  A.  G il k e y .

Adrian  Retail Grocers’  Association 

President,  M artin  G afn ev :  Secretary  E  F 

C levelan d :  Treasurer,  Geo.  M.  Hoch.

Traverse  City  Business Men’s Association

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

Ho l ly ;  Treasurer, C.  A.  Hammond.

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association

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

b e l l :  Treasurer,  W.  E.  C ollin s.

Alpena  Business  Men’s  Association

President.  F.  W.  Gil c h r is t:  Secretary,  C  L. 

P a r t r id g e.

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

Treasurer.  S. J   HtrppoRé.

St. Johns  Business  Men’s  Association. 

President, T hos  B r o m l e y:  Secretary,  F r a n k  A. 

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Shoes  and  Leather

The  Art  of  Tanning  as  Exemplified  in 

W ritten  fo r  th e T r ad esm an.

Michigan.

One  may  fairly  suppose  that  tanning 
industries  engaged 
was  one  of  the  first 
in,  aside  from  the  purely  agricultural, 
as  first  to  feed  then  to  clothe  our  bodies 
has,  since  time  began,  been  the  Ultima 
Thule  of  all  human  labor.  At  any  rate, 
its 
invention  reaches  beyond  the  dawn 
of  history.  The  first  written  record  ap­
pears 
in  Genesis,  where  we  read  that 
Abraham  gave  Hagar  a  water  bottle  on 
the  morning  he  sent  her  away  in  obedi­
ence  to  the  mandate  of  Mrs.  Sarah. 
That 
leather,  or  at  least  the  skins  of 
animals,  must  have  been  used  for cloth 
ing  long  ages before  Abraham’s  time  is 
a  fair  presumption.  The  climate  out­
side  the  Garden  of  Eden  probably  com­
pelled  Adam  and  Eve  to  seek  some 
other  material  than  fig  leaves  for  cloth­
ing,  and  the  necessity  to  preserve  these 
skins  in  some  way  no  doubt  led  to  ex­
periments  with  the  materials  nearest  at 
band.  Bark  was  among  these,  and  it 
was  probably  accidentally  discovered 
to  be  the  best  preservative.

Among  other  early  records  of  leather 
is  the  description  given  of  the  clothing 
worn  by  Elijah  when  he  went  to  carry 
God’s  message  to  King  Moab,  which 
costume  seems  to  have  consisted  main­
ly  of  a “ leathern girdle about his loins. ”
Specimens  of  leather  have  been  found 
which  prove  them  to  be  at  least  3,000 
years  old.  When  Columbus  reached 
this  continent  he  found  the  Indians  us­
ing  skins  tanned  with  oil,  clay,  etc  , 
which 
is  practically  the  same  as  the 
alum  tan  used  to  some  extent  to-day. 
Through  all  these  thousands  of  years 
it 
was  not  until  the  present  century  that 
any  marked 
improvement  was  made 
upon  the  original  methods  of  tanning 
leather.  Among  the  first  experiments 
toward  an 
improved  process  was  that 
made  in  1831  by  a  Mr.  Drake,  of  Bad- 
minster,  who  tried  filtering  the  ooze  of 
tan  liquor  through  the  skins  underpres­
sure.  This,  however,  was  not  more  suc­
cessful  than  the  experiments  with  elec­
tricity  now  being  conducted  on  a  large 
scale 
in  Europe;  no  results  have  yet 
been  attained  worthy  of pursuing,  hence 
it  seems  tanning 
is  one  of  the  things 
best  done  in the good old-fashioned way, 
and  that 
improvement  of  machinery, 
tools  and  appliances  is  about  all  the up- 
to-date  tanner  can  hope  to  accomplish.
In  order  to  get  some  personal  knowl­
edge  of  this  very  interesting  industry  I 
determined  to  visit  some  of  the  large 
tanneries  of  our  own  State.  My  first 
visit  was  paid  to  the  extensive  plant  of 
the  Grand  Haven  Leather  Co.,  at  Grand 
Haven.  My request  to  be  shown  through 
the  works  was  most  graciously  granted, 
and  Mr.  C.  Nyland,  the Superintendent, 
undertook  to  be  my  guide  and  tutor. 
He  showed  me  every  department  and 
explained  every  process  through  which 
the  skins  go  from  hide  to  leather.  I  left 
the  tannery  deeply 
its 
courteous  officers  for  their  kindness,  but 
in  the  dark  as  to  their 
still  somewhat 
art.  Visions  of 
shiny-looking  cows’ 
skins  and  a  very  bad  smell  clinging  to 
my  clothing  were  the  only  tangible  re­
sults  of  this  visit.

indebted 

to 

Upon  my  arrival  in  Holland  a  few 
hours  later,  I  thought  I  would  supple­
ment  my  primary  lesson  in  tanning  by 
a visit  to  the  Cappon  &  Bertsch Leather 
Co.  This 
is  the  largest  and  probably 
the  finest  tannery 
in  the  State.  Mr. 
John  J.  Cappon,  the  Superintendent  _of

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the  works,  kindly  undertook  my  second 
lesson 
in  the  art  of  tanning.  He  first 
gave  me  some  bits  of  information  as  to 
the  different  kinds  of  bides,  skins  and 
barks  used  and  where  obtained.  The 
skins  of  cattle  are  used  for  the  uppers 
of  heavy  shoes,  and  wholly  for  sole 
leather,  for  saddles,  harness  and  all 
horse  equipment  and  for  belting;  calf 
skins  for  finer  shoes,  gloves,  etc.  Goat 
is  also  used  for  shoes,  and  dog  skins 
for  gloves.  Some  of  the  other  skins 
used  are  the  seal,  snake,  kangaroo, 
lizard  and  horse.  These  are  used  prin­
cipally 
in  the  manufacture  of  valises, 
pocketbooks,  cardcases  and  goods  of  a 
like  character.  Walrus  hide,  which  re­
quires  three  years 
in  the  tanning,  is 
used  to  polish  knives and tools.  Russia 
leather  is  valued  for  its  odor,  which 
it 
derives  from  the  peculiar  oil  of  birch 
used  in  tanning.  The  odor  is  said  to 
prevent  moths  and  other  insects,  hence 
it 
is  particularly  valuable  for  binding 
rare  books.  The  process  of  making 
it  was  discovered  by  a  tanner  named 
Marshall  Jewell,  who  in  1873  was  sent 
as  United  States  Minister  to  Russia. 
Morocco  leather  was  formerly  all  im­
ported  from  Barbary,  but  is  now  made 
here  from  goat  skin,  sheep  being  used 
for  imitation.

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The  different  barks  used in the United 
States  are  hemlock,  also  pine,  which 
stands  first  in  favor. 
It contains  from  7 
to  12  per  cent,  tannin,  is  a  native  bark 
and  easily  and  cheaply  procured.  Next 
comes  oak, 
then  birch,  willow  and 
gambier,  the  last  being  imported  from 
Singapore. 
leaf  of  a  shrub, 
which 
is  gathered  by  the  natives  and 
prepared  by  boiling  to  a  paste,  then 
it 
into  blocks 
weighing  about  200  pounds.  These  are 
wrapped  in  straw  matting  and  shipped 
to  the  American  tanners,  who  use  large 
It  works  quickly  and  gives 
quantities. 
a  good  color.  Sumach 
is  also  used  to 
some  extent.  Galls  were  formerly  used 
extensively,  but  are  now  in  disuse.  The 
extracts  of  these  different  woods  and 
barks  are  becoming favorites throughout 
America  and  Europe,  because  more 
easily  shipped  and  handled.

With  all  this  information  I  followed 
Mr.  Cappon 
into  the  “ beam  house”  
with  an  idea  that  I  knew  quite  a  bit  of 
the  trade.  The  beam  bouse  is  the  first 
stage 
in  the  evolution  of  the  hide. 
Here,  after  having  been sorted,  they  are 
split  up  the  back  and  put  to  soak  in 
water  for  eight  or  ten  days,  being  thus 
somewhat  cleansed  and  made  pliable. 
They  are  n ex t‘  limed’ ’—that  is,  hung 
over  poles 
in  large  tanks  containing  a 
solution  of  quicklime  and other  chemic­
als.  Here  they  remain  for  six  or  seven 
days,  being  lifted  and  plunged  up  and 
down 
liquid  frequently  during 
this  period.  This  process  loosens  the 
hair,  which 
is  then  scraped  off  with 
knives  made for  the  purpose.  Next  they 
are  “ fleshed,”   which  means  that  the 
inner  part  of  the  skin  is  scraped  clean 
of  all  the  flesh  which  may  still  adhere 
to  it.  Again 
is  washed,  by  being 
placed  in  a  huge revolving cylinder. 
It 
is  then  ready  to  put  into  the  tanbark 
liquor.

in  the 

it 

In  the  bark  shed  I  saw  somewhere 
near 6,000  cords  of  bark  piled  up.  The 
bark  is  ground  and  carried  by  machin­
ery  to  enormous  vats  or  leaches,  which 
hold  ten  colds  each. 
In  this  tannery 
there  are  fourteen  of  these  leaches.  Be­
ginning  with  the  first  leach  at  one  end 
of  the  row,  water  at  about  140  deg. 
Fahrenheit  is  turned 
in,  which  filters 
through  the  bark,  producing  a  liquor  of 
about  6  deg.  specific  gravity.  This,

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at  an 
increased  temperature,  is  con­
veyed  to  the  next  vat  and  goes  through 
the  bark.  This 
infusion  is,  of  course, 
stronger.  At  a  still  higher  temperature 
it,  in  turn,  is  conveyed  to  the  third  vat, 
and  so  on  until  a 
liquor  of  about  30 
deg.  specific  gravity,  and  nearly  or 
quite  at  the  boiling  point,  is  obtained. 
It 
is  then  fit  for  use  in  the  tannery. 
When the hides  emerge  from the tanning 
liquor  they  are  a  nice  wholesome-look­
ing  piece  of  leather  which,  after  dry­
ing,  is  ready  for  the  curriers.  Webster 
defines curry,“ to beat,to drub,  to scratch 
and  smooth,’ ’  and  the  curriers  I  saw  at 
work  surely  exemplified  this  definition.
The  different  processes  to  which  the 
bides  were  subjected  after  this  stage 
were  so  numerous  and  complicated  that 
I  dare  not  attempt  a  description,  but  I 
remember  the  long  tables  of  marble  on 
which  the 
leather  was  laid  while  men 
rubbed  oil  and  grease  in  and  wrinkles 
out.  I  asked  one  man,  “ What  have  you 
there?”   He  answered,  “ Von  leedle  bull 
hide.”   As  I  watched  the  wrinkles  and 
creases  disappear,  I 
thought  how  a 
woman  might  apply  the  lesson  to  her 
own  “ crows’-feet” —always  rub  with 
the  wrinkles,  not  across  them.

the 

This  tannery  is  equipped  with  all  the 
latest  machines:  a  blacking  machine, 
which  automatically  brushes  the  color 
into 
the  leather;  staking  machines, 
which  do  away  with  hand-staking, 
which,  by  the  way,  is  simply  scraping 
“ biasways”   of  the  grain ;  a  special ma­
chine  for  brushing  and  polishing,  in­
vented  by  Mr.  Cappon  himself;  ma­
chines  for  splitting 
leather,  on 
is  a  knife;  printing 
which  the  belt 
jacks,  where,  from  an 
innocent  cow 
skin, 
kid,  goat,  Morocco,  kip,  box 
calf,  or  any  other  leather  desired,  may 
be  produced  by  simply  changing  the 
die!  The  most  wonderful  machine  is 
the  Sawyer  measuring  machine,  through 
which  is  run  a  side  of 
leather,  and  no 
matter  how  irregular  in  shape,  the  ex­
act  number  of  square  feet  is  computed 
can  actually 
and  registered. 
“ square  a  circle"  with  it. 
I  was  in­
formed  that  the  inventor  lost  his  mind, 
at  which  I  did  not  wonder;  for  one 
brain  to  have  evolved  such  a  marvel 
is 
enough  to  produce  insanity.

One 

leather 

After  about  three  months’ 

labor  the 
finished 
is  ready  for  the  mar­
ket.  This  tannery  turns  out  about  400 
finished  hides  per  day;  so  that  some­
thing 
in  different 
stages  of  tanning  or  currying  are  in  the 
tannery  constantly.

like  36,000  hides 

In  answer  to  my  enquiry  where  all 
these  hides  come  from,  I  was  told  that 
most  of  them  are  from  Chicago  pack­
ing  houses.  But  many  hides, are  im­
ported  from  the  East  Indies,  China  and 
South  America.  The 
imported  bide  is 
inferior 
in  quality,  being  small  and 
much  scarred  from  fly  bites  and  brand­
ing.

There 

is  absolutely  no  waste,  every 
particle  of  the  refuse  being  in  demand 
for  some  purpose.  The  hair  is  cleansed 
and  used 
in  the  manufacture  of  cheap 
cloth, 
for  mattresses  and  for  plaster. 
The  scrapings  of  flesh  are  bought  by 
people  who  reduce  it  to  oil  to  be  used 
as  filling  and  stuffing  by  tanners.  There 
is  a  factory  somewhere  that  buys  up  all 
the  shavings  of 
leather  and  by  some 
process  reduces 
it  to  a  pulp,  which  is 
mixed  with  sizing  and  under  pressure 
made 
imitation  of 
sole  leather.  This is  used  for heels  and 
soles  on  cheap  shoes.

into  a  very  good 

Duty  or  no  duty  on  hides,  the  subject 
of  skins and  leather  has  been  much  dis­
cussed  lately.  Gov.  Pingree  has  ex­

pressed  some  very  decided  views  on 
this  subject  and  his  telegram  to  the 
President  and  Michigan  representatives 
in  Congress  will  be  remembered  in  this 
connection.  His  statement  that “ labor­
ers  wear  as  many  shoes  as  millionaires, 
and  must  contribute  as  much  toward the 
tax  on  hides,’-’  and  that  “ it  is  grossly 
unfair  to  make  the  poor  pay  so  much 
per  capita  as  the  rich  towards  the  sup­
port  of  the  Government,”   is  a  senti­
ment  with  which  many  can  agree.  But 
alas  for  the  farmer and  the  poor  pack­
ing  house  owner!  The  free  admission 
of  hides  certainly  cannot  help  them. 
The  farmer’s  hope  that  a  restricting 
tariff  on  foreign  hides  might  put  some 
value  on  the  hide  of  old  “ Bossy”   or 
“ Brindle”   would  be  a  vain  one.  Free 
hides  would  also 
increase  the  supply 
and  proportionately  lower  the  price  of 
the  home  product,  thus  bringing  a 
loss 
on  the  packing  house  owner.  So  the 
tariff question  must  ever have two  sides, 
with  the  poor  man  in  the  middle  to  act 
as  a  buffer.

A  gentleman  kindly  procured  me  a 
copy  of  the  little pamphlet entitled  “ An 
act  to  provide  revenue  for  the  Govern­
ment  and  to  encourage  the  industries  of 
the  United  States,”   known  as  the 
“ Dingley  B ill.”   I  am  thus  able  to  give 
the  exact  wording  of  the  section  which 
applies  to  hides. 
It  reads:  “ Hides  of 
cattle,  raw  or  uncured,  whether  dry, 
salted  or  pickled,  15  per  cent,  ad  va­
lorem ;  provided  that  upon  all  leather 
exported  made  from 
imported  hides, 
there  shall  be  allowed  a  drawback  equal 
to  the  amount  of  duty  paid  on  such 
hides.”   Another.section  provides  that 
skins  of  all  kinds,  raw  (except  sheep 
skins  with  the  wool  on)  shall  come  in 
free.  And  now  it  has  been  decided  to 
call  calf  under  one  year  and  a  half “ old 
skins,”   and 
in  free,  also. 
Well,  as  a  tariff  does  not  seem  to  make 
our  shoes  wear  much  longer,  or  obviate 
the  necessity  of  frequent  half-soling,  I 
am  unable  to  get  up  much  interest  in 
this  phase  of  the  leather  question.

let  them 

The  first  tanner  of  whom  there 

is 
any  record 
is  Simon,  a  Christian  con­
vert  who  lived  at  Joppa,  and  gave lodg 
ing  to  Peter.  Many  men  prominent  in 
American  history  began  life  at  the  tan­
ner’s  bench,  notably  Ulysses  S.  Grant, 
Zachary  Taylor  and  the-late  Jay  Gould.

E m m a   L .  A l l e n .

He  Didn’t  Sit  Down.

up  ”

She  was  young  and  good  looking  but 
very  rural,  and  the  arummer  in  the  seat 
hack  of  her  did  want  to  move  over  and 
talk  to  her,  hut  she  didn’t  give  him  any 
chance.  Finally  he  offered  to  put  the 
window  up  for  her.
“ No,”   she  said,  “ 1  don’t  want  it 
‘ I  beg  vour  pardon,”   he  responded
“ You  don’t  have  to,”   she  chirruped, 
“ but  if  you  want  to  set  in  this  seat with 
me,  whv 
I 
promised  my  bushand  this  morning that 
I  wouldn’t  talk  to  any  man  that  wacn  t 
homelier  than  be  was,  and  he  said  if  I 
would  keep  that  promise  he  was  willin’ 
to  let  me  go  clean  ’lound  the  world  bv 
myself.  You  never  saw  my  husband, 
did  you?”   and  she  moved  over  to  make 
room  for  him.  but  he  heard  seven  peo­
ple  laugh,  and  he  backed  out  and  went 
in  another  car

in  thunder  don't  you? 

Wants  Women  to  Walk.

Chicago  women  are  being  talked  to 
energetically  and  enthusiastically  by  a 
woman  physician  who 
is  advocating 
pedestrian  clubs  of  women  who  shall 
walk  several  miles  a  day.

If  the  Chicago  lady  can  establish  this 
fad  the  shoe  dealers  and  shoe  manufac­
turers  of  this  country  will  be  neglecting 
their  plain  duty  if  they  fail  to  recom­
pense  her  in  the  degree  that  her  efforts 
merit.

Good  Things Said by Up-to-Date Shoe 

Dealers.

Shoes  like  this,  $1.75.  Real  $3  foot­
wear  for  $1.75,  and  according  to  the 
papers  this  is  the  poorest  bargain  State 
street  has  seen  for  a  month—the  shoes 
tell  a  different  story.  At  a  time  when 
you can  read  about buying “ $7  shoes  for 
69c,”   these  of ours  at §1.75  are quite re­
freshing.  For  they’re  the  best  bargain 
for  the  money  we’ve  ever  seen.— Car- 
son,  Pirie,  Scott  &  Co.,  Chicago.

Never  such  a  big  variety  of  fine, 
well-made  and  shapely  slippers  in  all 
the  newest  novelties.  And  for  so  little 
least  a 
money— we  can  save  you  at 
“ quarter”   a  pair,  generally  more. 
It’s 
worth  knowing  that  there  is  not  a  man’s 
in  our  stock  that  has  not  the 
slipper 
easy  turnsole,  and  the  kid  sock 
lining. 
—Gimbel  Bros.,  Phi la.

It’s  a  mistake  to  advertise  an  inferior 
shoe  at  a  cheap  price.  Nothing 
is 
more  certain  to  create  dissatisfaction 
than  the  shoe  that 
looks  well  but  is

poor  in  quality.  Apparent  economy 
is 
often  real  extravagance.  But  low  prices 
and  good  shoes  make  a  wonderfully 
strong  combination.  Nothing 
is  so 
quickly  appreciated  as  a  really  good 
shoe  sold  cheap.— Ehrich  Bros.,  N.  Y.
Si.90 a  pair  seems  absurd  for  really 
high-grade  up-to-date  shoes  for  women. 
It 
is  absurd  looked  at  from  the  usual 
shoe  store  standpoint.  But 
it’s  our 
method.  The  method  we’ve  been  build­
ing  our  business  on  for  twenty-seven 
that  has  made 
years. 
Hallahan-made  a  magnet 
for  thrifty 
shoe  buyers.— P.  T.  Hallahan,  Phi la.
Very Much Attached to His Last Place.
“ Why  were  you  discharged  from  your 
last  place?”   asked  the  merchant  of  the 
applicant  for a  situation.

The  method 

“ I  was  discharged  for  good  behavior, 

“ Wasn’t  that  a  singular  reason  for 

sir. ”

discharge?”

“ Well,  you  see,  good  behavior  took 

nine  months  off  my  sentence.”

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P ortrait  C alendars

W e  have  lately  placed  on  the  market  a 
line  of  portrait  calendars  which  we  think 
superior  in  many  respects  to  the  colored 
calendars  so  long  in  use,  in  that  the  cus­
tomer  who  hangs  up  a  calendar  with  the 
merchant’s  portrait  thereon  w ill  think  of 
him  and  his  establishment  every  time  he 
glances at the calendar.

This  line  of  calendars  is  7x11  inches  in 
size,  print* d  on  heavy  S -piy  coated  litho. 
cardboard,  with  portrait  of  merchant,  or 
his clerks,  or his fam ily  at  top  of  card and 
larir*- monthly calendar  pads  wire  stitched 
to  lower portion of card,  samples  of  which 
w ill cheerfully be sent on  application.

W e  can  make  calendars  in  any  size  de­
sired,  printed  either  from  engraved  plates 
or from  type,  with  monthly  pad,  in  one  or 
tw o colors of  ink.

W e also have on  hand a large line of fan­
cy colored calendars,  which  we can  furnish 
on exceptionally favorable terms.

In case you con clude to favor us with your 
order for anything*  in  the  calendar  line,  we 
trust you  w ill send on  photograph and  copy 
for reading matter as early  in  the  month as 
possible.

tradesman Company

Grand Rapids.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

14

Fruits  and  Produce.
Narrowing  Margin  as  the  Result  of 

Process  Butter.

It  is 

in  the  increase 

The  margin  between  store  butter  and 
creamery  butter  is  narrowing,  with 
in­
dications  that  there  will  never  again  be 
so  wide  a  difference.  The  increasing 
number  of  creameries  will  suggest  it­
self  to  all  as  a  reason  for  this,  but  there 
is  another  reason  of  an altogether differ­
ent  nature. 
in 
“ process”   butter.  The  store  butter  of 
low  grade,  or  of  no  grade,  is  clarified 
and  deodorized  and  colored  and  fixed 
up 
into  a  resemblance  of good  butter. 
It  is  certainly  cleaner  after  this  process 
than 
it  was  before,  the  same  as  a  sow 
pulled  out  of  the  wallow  and  scrubbed 
up 
is  cleaner  than  before;  but  this  is 
compromising  with  bad  practices  which 
robs  real  excellence  of  its  due  reward. 
It  also  fosters  a  continuance  in  bad 
methods.  When  a  method 
is  bad  the
right  way 
is  to  reform  the  method, 
rather  than  reform  the  bad  product  of 
It  is  cause  for  joy  when  a 
the  method. 
dissolute  woman 
is  reformed,  but  it  is 
far  better  to  keep  womanhood  pure  and 
clean  from  the  start. 
is  a  help  to 
unclean  butter  to  melt  and  clarify  it, 
but  it  is  better  to  keep  all  dairy  prod­
ucts  clean  and  pure  from  the  milking 
to  the  finish.

It 

it 

abundant. 

From  the  consumer’s  point  of  view, 
“ process”   butter  is doubtless welcome, 
for 
improves  the  grade  of  the  low 
class  and  gets  rid  of  its  offensive  rank­
ness,  while 
it  also  depresses  the  price 
of  the  best  grade  by  making  eatable 
butter  more 
Anything 
which  fosters  unclean  and  objectionable 
customs  by  dependence upon subsequent 
conversions,  so  to  speak,  is  essentially 
wrong  in  itself.  It  is  in  the  same line as 
sending  filthy  milk  to  the  factory  and 
asking  that  the  taint  be  taken  out  after­
wards. 
Canada  Puts  Up  the  Bars  Against 

G.  C.  B e n n e t t .

Rejected  Tea.

ments  of  the  great  English  masses, 
which  are  the  principal  demolishers  of 
Canadian  cheese,  will  be  considerably 
augmented.

Now  that,  to  all  appearances, 

the 
trouble  between  the  cotton  operatives 
and  their mastets  has been  adjusted, it  is 
only  reasonable  to  expect  that  consump­
tion  will 
increase,  more  especially  as 
prices  are  low  and  popular  among  the 
English  cutters.  Of  course,  no  one  ex­
pects  any  great  activity  until  after  the 
holidays,  but 
it  may  be  said  here  that 
there  are  a  great  many  more  cheese  be­
ing  placed  over  the  cable  than 
is  gen­
erally  credited.  That business  is  being 
done  we  know  from  the  complaints  of 
some  shippers  here  who  have  no  stocks 
and  have  to  go  into  the  market  to  fill 
current  orders,  to  the  effect  that  holders 
here  are  selling  on  the  other  side  at 
lower  limits  than  the  former  can  pay. 
Another  feature 
is  that 
short  sales  have  been  made  to  a  large 
extent  for  December  and  January  ship­
ment,  and  when  the  time  arrives  for the 
execution  of  these  contracts 
it  is  ex­
pected  that  a  little  more  life  will  be  in­
fused  into  the  situation  here.

in  the  trade 

Sugar  Made  from  Potatoes.

From  the London Telegraph.

Brighter  days  are  in  store  for Ireland, 
and  her  inhabitants  will  soon  forget  all 
about  home  rule  in  their anxiety to flood 
the  English  market  with  Irish  sugar. 
At  present  that  useful  commodity 
is 
manufactured  either  from  canes  pro­
duced  under  tropical  sunshine,  or  from 
the  beet  root  cultivated  in  France  and 
Germany,  whose 
inhabitants,  with  a 
self-sacrifice  highly  meritorious,  pay  14 
and  16  cents  a  pound  for an  article  pro­
duced  in  their own  country  in order that 
perfidious  Albion  may  enjoy 
it  for  4 
cents. 
Ireland  expects  soon  to  enter 
into  competition  with  the  foreigner  and 
to  drive  him  out  of  the  field.  A  scien­
large  experience  of 
tist  who  has  had 
cane  cultivation 
in  Java,  and  bears  a 
name  which  under  a  Dutch  exterior 
shows  indisputable  marks  of  Hibernian 
extraction,  has  discovered  a  process  by 
which  excellent  sugar  in  immense quan­
tities  can  be  got  from  potatoes.  It  does 
not  matter  whether  the  tubers  are  in 
first-class  condition  or  not;  they  yield 
the  sugar  all  the  same. 
Irish  agricul­
turists  are,  it  is  reported  from  Donegal, 
waiting  anxiously 
for  details  of  the 
process,  which  may  revolutionize  the 
future  of  Ireland.

From  the G rocery  W orld.

It  appears  to  be  generally  conceded 
law  of  the  United 
that  the  pure  tea 
States 
is  destined  to  revolutionize  the 
tea  trade  of  the  entire  world.  During 
the  first  few  months  of  this  law’s  opera­
tion  it  was  easy  to  find  a  market  for  all 
the  tea  rejected  at  United  States  ports 
Much  of  it  was  shipped  to  Canada,  and 
some  to  London,  whence 
it  was  trans­
shipped  to  the  Continent.  The  most  of 
the  rejected  tea  was  Ping  Suey,  a  cheap 
green  tea  for  which  the  retailer  pays  15 
to  30  cents  per  pound.  Even  the  30- 
cent  grade  is  rejected  because  its  com­
paratively  high  value  springs  from  its 
appearance,  and  not  from  the  real  qual­
This  excellence  of  appearance 
ity. 
comes  from  the  free  use  of  rice  paste.
The  customs  authorities  of  Canada 
now  announce  that  no  more  ot  this  re­
jected  tea  shall  be  allowed  admission  to 
its  ports.  That  disposes  of  one  good 
market  for  it.
Cheese 

in  a  Stronger  Position 

in 

England.

From   the M ontreal T rade Review .

increased 

Were  it  not  for  the  fact  that  the  price 
of  cheese  is  sufficiently  low  to  induce  a 
largely 
consumption,  one 
would  be 
inclined  to  believe  that  the 
trade  is  in  a  very  unenviable  position, 
but 
its  salvation  would  seem  to  lie  in 
the  very  reasonable  prices  that  now  ob­
tain.  The  London  Times,  in  predicting 
stjll 
lower  prices,  of  course  voices  the 
wishes  of  consumers,  whose  object  it  is 
to  buy  as  cheaply  as  possible,  but  as 
long  as  choice  Canadian  Cheddars  can 
be  sold  at  the  popular  sixpenny  cut, 
and  show  a  good  profit to retailers,  there 
is bound  to  be  a  big  demand ;  and  now 
that  the  cotton  strike  has  fortunately 
been  averted,  the  consumptive  require-

Orange-Growing  in  Ceylon.

The  orange 

is  grown  to  a  consider 
able  extent 
in  Ceylon.  The  oranges 
grown  in  this  colony  are,  mostly,  unlike 
those 
from  Australia  and  the  West. 
However  ripe,  they,  as  a  general  rule, 
preserve  their  green  hue,  and  do  not 
change  to  the  ^yellow  fruit  with  which 
we  are  so  familiar.  This 
is  not  ex­
clusively  the  case,  but  is  so  with  most 
varieties  grown,  while  the  flavor  is  a 
sharp  one,  and,  consequently,  even more 
refreshing  than  the  sweet  orange  of 
Europe,  America  and  Australia.

California  Mandarins  from  Italy.
Riverside  navel  oranges  grown 

in 
Spain  made  their  appearance 
in  the 
Eastern  markets  last  year,  and  now  Cal­
ifornia  mandarins  from  Italy  have  be­
gun  to  arrive.  They  are  said  to  be 
from  trees  grown  from  seed  obtained  in 
California  nine  years  ago.  The  fruit  is 
packed 
is 
decked  with  tinsel  and  tin  foil  a  la 
Italienne.  On  the  covers  stand  out 
in 
letters,  “ Riverside,”   and  other 
bold 
sections 
in  California  where  the  seeds 
were  procured.
Are  Jamaica  Oranges  Being  Sold  as

in  American  boxes  and 

From the Grocery World.

F lo rid a s?

The  repacking  of  Jamaica  oranges 
from  barrels  and  boxes  has  created  a 
suspicion  among  dealers  that  a  great 
deal  of  this  fruit  is  going  out  branded 
as  Florida.  We  believe that,  even  if  the 
fruit  does  bear  a  mark  or  brand, 
experienced  fruit  merchants  ought  to be 
able 
tell  the  difference  between 
Jamaica  and  Florida  oranges.

to 

p o ta to e s   —  B e a p s   —  G p io p s

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

E stablish ed   1876. 

M O S E L E Y   B R O S .. 
Harris & Frutchey

W holesale Seeds,  Potatoes,  Beans,  Fruits.

*

W holesale  Commission  M erchants

Are  a  good  firm  to  ship  Butter and  Eggs to.

60  Woodbridge St.,  W., 

Detroit,  Mich.

MILLER  &  TEASDALE  CO.
FRUITS 
N U TS 

O R Ä N Q B S

P R O D U C E

We have  100  cars  La Barca  and  Sonora Oranges rolling,  which can 

be diverted  to any point;  wire for prices.

601  NORTH  TH IRD   S T ., 

S T .  LO U IS,  MO.

We are in the market to buy

PEAS,  BEANS,  POTATOES

Onions and Onion Sets, Clover Seed,  Alisyke,  Pop Corn, etc.

If any to offer,  Telephone, Wire or Write us, stating quantity.

ALFRED J.  BROWN SEED CO.,

24 and  26  North  Division  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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Produce  Commission  Merchant  I
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¿6 Market  Street,  Detroit. **

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Write for particulars.

N.  W O H L F E L D E R   &   C O .,

Wholesale Grocers  and

Commission  Merchants

CHEESE,  BUTTER  and  EGGS.  Consignments  Solicited.

399-401-403  High  S t„   East,  DETROIT

COYNE  BROTHERS

WHOLESALE COMMISSION  MERCHANTS

161 5. Water S t., Chicago.

BUTTER,  EGGS.  POULTRY.  FRUITS  AND  VEGETABLES

C*r Loti:  POTATOES, APPLES, BEANS, ONIONS

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

Bankers:  Merchants  Nantional  Bank,  Chicago.

W ritt fo r  Tags and 8/enoile.  Mention  thio Paper when  W riting.

Cranberries
Grapes
Celery
Onions
Apples

All kinds of

VEG ETABLES

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Ask for prices upon carlots  or less.

The Vinkemulder Company,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 
Special  Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  Dec.  18— Coffee,  while  rel­
atively 
in  about  the  same  condition  as 
last  .week  as  to  quotations,  is  not  meet­
ing  with  any  great  amount  ot  enthusi­
asm.  Orders  trom  interior  points  have 
been  for  present  wants  and  there  is  an 
entire  absence  of  speculation.  Rio No. 
is  held  at  6y%c  in  invoice  lots.  The 
7 
supply,  both  here  and  afloat,  remains 
large, 
bags, 
against  693,000  bags  at  the  same  time 
last  year. 
In  mild  grades  there  is  only 
a  limited  amount  of  business  going  for­
ward,  and  the  general  feeling  seems  to 
be  one  of  quietude.  Of  course,  dealers 
profess  to  be  simply  waiting  until  after 
the  holidays  before  making  a  brave 
fight  for  more  business.

aggregating 

1,020,384 

An  advance  of  y$c  has  been  made  on 
nearly  all  grades  of  sugar  and  granu­
is  now  listed  at  5>£c  after  a  long 
lated 
period  of  absolute  rest. 
In  general, 
trade  during  the  week  was  extremely 
quiet  and  buyers  seemed  to  take  only 
enough  for  temporary  purposes.  Deal­
ers  look  for a  firm  market  until  at  least 
the  turn  of  the  year.  Raw  sugars  are 
firm.

Teas  are  dull.  Matters  seem  to  have 
fallen  back 
into  the  same  old  rut  and 
neither at auction nor  at  private  sales  do 
buyers  seem  to  take  any  interest  in  the 
article.  Just  waiting—that’s  the  word. 
The  finer  grades  sell  pretty  well,  but, 
as  a  rule,  purchases  are  for  sorting-up 
purposes.  Invoice  trading  is  at  a  stand­
still.

There 

is  a  somewhat  better  demand 
for  rice,  both  for  foreign  and  domestic 
sorts,  but  no  change  in  quotations.  Ad­
vices  from  abroad are  firm  and  a  good 
market  is  looked  for  after Jan.  1.

Pepper  is  decidedly  more  active  and 
some  very  liberal  orders  have  come  to 
hand— liberal,  that  is,  as  compared with 
many  previous  ones.  Some  speculative 
buying  has  evidently  been  going  for­
ward.  Orders  have  come  from  many 
points  and  the  general  tone  is  satisfac­
tory.  Prices  on  all  lines  are  firm.

It 

The 

canned 

goods  market  grows 
firmer  day  by  day  and  it  is  becoming 
very  evident  that  stocks  are  lower,  both 
with  packers  and  retailers,  than  for a 
long  time. 
is  said  that  Maryland 
warehouses  are  more  nearly  depleted 
than  for  a  long  time.  Corn  is  especial­
ly 
in  request  this  week  and  standard 
brands  are  worth  8s@goc  at  Portland. 
Stocks there are light.  New York,7o@90C 
on  the  spot,  as  to  quality.  Standard 
New  Jersey  tomatoes  sell  very  quickly 
at  $1,  and  higher  prices seem inevitable 
within  a  month.  And  there  are  yet 
eight  months  before  new  goods  arrive! 
Salmon  are  also  firm.  No.  1  Columbias, 
tall  tins,  $i.3o@ i.5o.

Lemons  and  oranges  are  very  quiet 
and  the  holiday  rush  seems to  be  over or 
gathering  strength 
tor  the  final  on­
slaught.  The  better  grades  of  Florida 
fruit  sell  with  quite  a  degree  of  readi­
ness,  but  there 
is  room  for  improve­
in  the  general  market.  Florida 
ment 
oranges  are  worth  $3@4.50  per  box.
is  hardly  an  atom  of  interest 
displayed  in  the  dried  fruit  market  for 
anything.  Prices  all  around  are  low 
and  seemingly  unremunerative.

There 

The  butter  market  is  without  interest. 
The  demand  is  of  an  average  character 
and  23c 
is  top  price  for  best  Western 
dairy.  For  grades  not  up  to  standard 
there  is  no  market.
is  quiet,  but  in 
rather  better  condition than  a  week ago. 
New  York  State,  small  size,  full  cream, 
is  worth  9@io#c.  Very  little  is  doing 
among  exporters.

The  cheese  market 

Western  fresh  gathered  eggs  are  firm 
at  23c  and  the  market  is  very  firm.  The 
demand  is  for greater  supplies  than  are 
available  and  the situation will  probably 
favor  holders  for  the  remainder  of  the 
year.

Beans  are  quiet  for  nearly  all  sorts. 
Choice  marrow  are  worth  $ i . 35@ i . 40. 
Choice  pea,  $ i . 15@ i . 17K.

Written for the  Tradesman.

The Microbe in Our Everyday Life. 
From  the  day  when  our  forefathers 
and  foremothers  expiated  their  sins  by

doo  devotee,  who  believed  the  unpar­
donable  sin  was  to  eat  animal  food— 
particularly 
if  alive— was  permitted  to 
gaze  through  the  lens  of  a  microscope 
and  see  the  swarms  of  animal  life  that 
he 
in  his  ignorance  was  daily  devour­
ing,  mankind  have  persistently  sought 
for  a 
lower  life  principle  until  to-day 
the  initial  cause  of  all  our  ills,  together 
with  numerous  blessings  to  balance 
them,  is  found  in  the  dreaded  microbes 
which  the  subtle genius of man still later 
discovered.  According  to  our scientists, 
we  now  have  a  microbe  not  only  for 
every  disease,  but  also  for  all  the  chem­
ical  changes  which  take  place  in  the 
vegetable  and  animal  food  we  have 
hitherto 
and 
wholesome.  Heretofore,  we  have  as­
serted  that  certain  kinds  of  food  “ did 
not  agree  with  us;”   in  other  words, 
caused 
ignorance  we 
weie  not  aware  that,  like  mankind  in 
general,  there  are  good  and  bad  mi­
crobes ;  and,  while ceitain kinds produce 
disease,  others  whose  home  is  in  other 
foods  are  friendly  to  our  organisms  and 
produce  health  and  longevity.

considered  harmless 

In  our 

illness. 

These  infinitesimal  bacteria  seem  to 
be  often  amphibious— in  fact  all-per­
vading—and  whose  vital  spark  is  not 
easily  extinguished. 
The  scientist, 
with  his  gummed  glass,  may  ensnare 
their  unwary  feet  in  all  places,  whether 
cleanly  or  putrid,  and  by  the  aid  of  his 
microscope 
is  enabled,  by  their  form, 
features,  complexion  or  size,  to  decide 
whether  they  be  good  for  food,  danger­
ous  or  harmless.  Shades of Hahnemann ! 
Sim ilia  similibus  curantur!  Think  of 
the  infinitesimal  dose  of  microbe  which 
can  neither  be  seen,  tasted  nor  felt,  but 
which  • is  to  kill  or  cure  the  patient  if 
is  not  counteracted.  Here­
the  effect 
after  death  may 
literally  “ lurk  in  the 
pot”   unsuspected  and  unknown.  All our 
exquisite  flavors  which  gratify  taste  or 
smell  are  also caused  by  these microbes. 
Henceforward 
it  will  be  the  province 
of  science  to  simply  furnish  the  dose 
which  will  render  the  bite  or  the  pres­
ence  of  each  species  of  microbe  harm­
less,  when  considered 
fatal,  and  to 
propagate  the  species  which  add  to  the 
delicious  flavor  of  the  various  kinds  of 
our  food  and  drink.  The 
fertilizing 
butter  microbe  is  actually  on the market 
to-day,  and  not  only  is  a  greater  quan­
tity  obtained  from  a  given  quantity  of 
milk,  but  the  butter  is  considered  su­
perior  to any  other.

life 

One  writer  says,  “ A  thousand  living 
animals  are  in  every  glass  of  water.”  
This  assertion 
is  doubtless  true,  yet 
most  of  them  are  harmless  and  con­
ducive  to  health.  The  animal 
in 
bur  food  and  drink  are known as bacilli, 
bacteria  and  infusoria and,  because they 
are 
invisible  to  the  naked  eye,  are 
spoken  of,  in  general,  as  microbes,  or 
material  which  must  be  examined  with 
a  microscope.  One  of  the  most  com­
mon  organisms  found 
in  water  is  the 
Omoeba. 
It  is  one  of  the  lowest  forms 
of  animal  life,  and  really  nothing  more 
than  a  speck  of  jelly,  and  as  nutritious 
as  gelatine.  The  infusoria  are  among 
the  prettiest,  as  well  as  the  smallest,  of 
all  micro-organisms.  Most  kinds  of the 
harmless  and  eatable  microbes  with­
stand  the  effects  of  extreme  heat  and 
cold  to  a  marvelous  degree. 
“ You  do 
not 
intend  to  eat  that  ice  cream,  after 
listening  to  the  lecture  by  Professor 
Gamot?”   said  one 
lady  to  another. 
“ Yes,  indeed,  I  do,”   was  the  answer. 
“ I  think  the  ice  cream  microbes  deli­
cious,  and  a  glass  of  old sherry immedi-

ately  after  it  puts  the  little  animals  to 
sleep.”  
“ But  if  they  should  awaken?”  
queried  the  lady. 
“ Then,  of  course,  I 
take  another  glass  of  sherry,  and  con­
tinue  the  treatment  until  one  of  us  is 
locked 
in  sleep  for  at  least  ten  hours, 
and  then  we  all  arise  refreshed.”

One  old  farmer  tells  me  that  he  has 
food  for 
discovered  a  microbious  (?) 
fowls,  and  that 
it  surpasses  all  other 
food  in  the  production  of  both  the  num­
ber  and  quality  of  eggs;  also fattens the 
birds  at  one-half  the  expense.  He  says 
the  home  of  this  microbe  is  found  only 
in  the  seeds  of  our  common  sunflower. 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that,  unlike  the  Eng­
lish  sparrow  and  potato  bug,  no  enemy 
will  arise  to  declare  a  war of extermina­
tion  against  it  and  thus  bar  this  rising 
industry.

Our  good  wife  offers a  premium  for  a 
microbe  which  will  cause  her  bread-

rising  to  “ hump  itself”   inside of fifteen 
minutes  after  mixing,  and  also  with­
stand  a  temperature  in  the  oven  of  212 
degrees  Fahrenheit  for  thirty  minutes 
longer.  She  believes 
it  would  add  at 
least  a  decade  of  years  to  her life.  Ver­
ily,  we  live  in a wonderfully progressive 
age,  in  which  science  is  bounded  by  no 
lines;  and  to  “ labor  for  bread”   will 
soon  be  only  an  annoying  dream  of  the 
past. 

F r a n k   A .  H o w i g .

It  is  he  who  spends  his  life  in  doing 
nothing  at  all,  or  in  doing  nothing  that 
he  ought  to  do,  who  ever  complains  of 
the  shortness  of  time—always  complain­
ing  that  our  days,are  too  few,  yet acting 
as  though  there  would  be  no  end  of 
them.

The  hardest  of  all  tasks  is  to  be  tol­

erant  of  intolerant  people.

Wbo  gets  the
Oyster  Trade?

The man  whose oysters are  the 
freshest and  best flavored.
Who  loses other  trade?

T he man who sells fishy oysters 
diluted  with  ice  to  disgust  his 
customers.

A void  such  a  calamity  by 
using  our  Oyster  Cabinets. 
(See cut.)  T hey  are  lined with 
copper so you can  use  salt with 
the  ice.  T h ey  have  porcelain 
lined cans.  Send for circular.

Grand  Rapids  Refrigerator  Co.

Qrand  Rapids,  Mich.

ANCHOR  BRAND

Will  please your customers and make  you  money.
Popular prices prevail.  Ask for quotations.

F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R ,

117-119  MONROE  S T R E E T ,  GRAND  RA PID S,  MICH.

E  will  send  our  Machine  on  10  days’  trial 
to  interested  parties,  as  we  know  that  it 
will  give  satisfaction.  A  card  will  bring  Cir­
culars,  Prices  and  a  Machine  if you  wish.

M ILLER   BR O S..

M nfrs of  Foot and  Power 
Bean  Picking  Machinery.

ROCH ESTER,  MICH.

HOLIDAY  ORANGES

Gloriously  Fine and  going to be  higher.

Cape Cod Cranberries, Honey, Lemons,
Bananas,  Sweet  Potatoes,  Red  and 
Y e llo w   O nions,  Spanish  Onions«^.**.?*

BUNTING  &  CO., 
- 
For  h o l i d a y  t r a d e d

Grand  Rapids

Carloads of -j*  j*

F an cy  C allifo m ia  N a v e l

ORANGES

Be sure to get our price before buying.

Hermann  C.  Naumann  &  Co.,

33 Woodbridge St. W., Detroit

1 6

EVIL  DAYS  AHEAD.

How  the  Wise  Merchant  Should  Hus­

band  His  Resources.

Prosperity  ruins  nine  out  of  ten  busi­
ness  men.  The figure  is  not  exact  per­
haps,  but  it  is  little,  if  any,  too  high.
Look  along  the  street  of  any  town 
and  compare  the  signs  with  those  that 
hung  in  the  same  place  ten  years  ago. 
How  similar  are  the names?  How  many 
of  the  signs  have  remained  unchanged 
for  a  decade?

Run  down  the 

list  of  absentees  and 
figure  each  one’s  present  condition. 
How  many  of  them  who  are  still  alive 
are  enjoying  the  moderate  fortune  that 
they  possessed  ten  or  even  five  years 
ago?

I  am  reminded  of  a  shoe  man,  a  pop­
ular  gentleman,  honest,  upright  and 
capable.  Less  than  ten  years  ago  this 
man  was  one  of  the  leading  shoe  mer­
chants  of  the  West,  drawing  from  his 
income  annually 
business  a  princely 
and 
in  extravagant,  lavish  lux­
ury.  To-day  he  is  flat.

living 

There  are  plenty  of  others  who  have 
been  equally  unfortunate. 
Prosperity 
has given  them  unbounded  confidence 
in  themselves.  Their  business  has  been 
so  successful  that  they  fall  into  the  er­
ror  of  believing  that  it  will  always  be 
so  and  that  as  they  prosper  to-day  so 
will  they  prosper  to-morrow.

It  seems  strange,  in  the  face  of  the 
number  of  examples  to  the  contrary, 
that  this  should  be  so,  but  it  is.

It  is  characteristic  of  the  American 
business  man  to  be  over-confident  and 
this  trait  usually  results  in  his  undoing.
The  average  business  is  built  up from 
nothing  or  next  to  nothing.  A  man 
with  a  little  money  and  unlimited  con­
fidence  in  himself  starts  in  with a  small 
stock  of  goods  obtained 
largely  on 
credit.  Hard  work,  close  economy  and 
oftentimes  a  fortuitous  combination  oi 
circumstances  put  the  business  on  a 
good  paying  basis and  before  tte  mer­
chant  fully  realizes  it  he  is  one  of  the 
prosperous  men  of  the  town.

Then  he  makes  one  of  two  mistakes. 
He  either  sits  down  to  enjoy  his  in­
come,  letting  the  business  run  on  in  the 
same  old  way,  or  he  regards  himself  as 
an  able  business  man  with  unlimited 
capacity  and  in  a  bold-bluff  plan  to  get 
rich 
jiffy  spreads  himself  over  a 
variety  of  business  enterprises  until  the 
fabric 
is  so  thin  that  the  first  sharp 
point  punctures  it.

in  a 

A few  days ago a prosperous Louisiana 
merchant  failed  for  about  $100,000.  Ht 
was  doing  well,  but  ambitious  to  do 
better.  He  owned  and 
leased  no  less 
than  twelve  plantations  and  had  cotton 
been  high  would  have  come  out  with 
colors  flying  and  a  bank  account  ap­
preciably  fattened.  With  cotton  low  he 
was  unable  to  meet  the  strain  and  as­
signment  was  the  only  course  left.

So  it  goes.
Business men have their ups and downs 
in  the  world  and  must  expect 
them. 
The  merchant  of  to-day  may  be  the 
broken-down,  disheartened  wretch  of 
to-morrow  and 
to 
profit  by  the  prosperity  of  the  present 
to  avoid  trouble  in  the  future.

lies  with  him 

it 

It 

is  so  easy  to 

increase  one’s  ex­
penses  to  keep  pace  with  the  growth  ol 
one's  income  and  so  difficult  to  econo­
mize  once  the  habits  of  extravagance 
have  been  formed.  Better  progress  less 
slowly  at  the  start  than  to  shoot  up 
rocket-like  and  fall  as  does  the  stick.
If  the  young  business  man  whose 
is  growing  and  whose  profits  are 
trade 
increasing  will  hold  himself  down  he

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

will  find 
it  the  best  action  of  his  life. 
He  need  not  be  niggardly,  but  careful. 
It 
is  not  well  to  try  to  live  in  too  big  a 
house  that  is  plastered  with  mortgages. 
It  is  safer  to  stick  to  the  smaller  house 
until  the  cash  account  is  large  enough 
to  build  the  new  one  without  jeopardi­
zing  the whole future with debt that must 
be  met  sometime— possibly  when  con­
ditions  are  less  rosy.

He  is  a  wise  merchant  who  husbands 
his  resources  even  to  the  extent  of  tak­
ing  from  his  business  the  full  percent­
age  that  it  will  stand  and  putting  it  in­
to  safe  property  in  the  name  of  his  wife 
or  children.

Every  merchant  can  with  confidence 
count  in  a  falling-off  in  his  business  in 
the  future.  It  may  be  one  year  hence  or 
it  may  be  ten,  but  it  is  almost  as  sure 
to  come  as  death 
itself  and  it  is  the 
height  of  wisdom  for  the  merchant  to 
make  provision  for 
I  would  not 
stifle  ambition. 
Almost  every  good 
thing  in  this  world  comes  from  ambi­
tion.  But  1  would  control  it.  Over-am­
bition  has  strewn  the  commercial  shore 
with  mercantile  wrecks  and  made  of 
Wall  Street  a  graveyard  of  hopes.

it. 

I  would  have  the  merchant  watch 
himself  more  closely  when money comes 
easy  than  when  it  comes  by  hard  work. 
I  would  have  him  less  quick  to  spend 
more  for  his  food,  more  for  his  clothes, 
more  for  his  amusements,  more  for van­
ity. 
I  would  have  him  live  well  and 
comfortably,  dress  neatly  and  in  style, 
enjoy  life  in  a  wholesome,  honest  man­
ner—and  1  would  have  him  work  just as 
hard  to  keep  his  business  moving  for­
ward  when  it  is  on  a  prosperous  basis 
as  when  he  was  building  it  up  to  that 
level. 
In  short,  I  would  have  him mas­
ter  prosperity,  not  let  prosperity  master 
him.

in 

the 

The merchant is peculiarly surrounded 
with  the  elements  which  in  nine  cases 
out  of  ten,  perhaps,  accomplish  his 
ruin  He  buys  his  goods  on  credit.  He 
grows  accustomed  to  buying  to-day  and 
paying 
Familiarity 
breeds  contempt  and  he  plays  with  the 
fire  that  a  man 
less  used  to  it  would 
dread. 
In  a  supremely  confident  mo­
ment  he  bites  off  more  than  he  can 
chew  and  when  the  day  of 
liquidation 
comes—and 
it  always  does  come— his 
life’s  work  falls  in  ashes  at  his  feet.

future. 

it  and 

“ It’s  true  enough,’ ’  you  say  and  you 
will  go  about  your  business  in  the  same 
old  way.  You  will  not  heed  the  warn­
It’s  human  nature  that  you  should 
ing. 
not.  Your  business  is  paying  you. 
It 
is  prosperous.  The  year  1897  shows  up 
far  brighter  than  you  expected.  Next 
year  will  be  better  yet—so  you  hope, 
it  for  granted 
and.  hoping,  will  take 
that  it  is  bound  to  be  so ;  but  it 
is  for 
you  that  this  warning  is  given.  Your 
business  will  not  always  prosper.  E x­
perience  teaches 
you  should 
realize  it.  Some  day  there  is  coming  a 
liquidation  day.  The  old  business  will 
begin  to  stop  moving  up  the  hill  and 
will  begin  to  slide  back.  And  how  fast 
it  will  slide!  Now 
is  the  time  to  pre­
pare  for  that  day.  Sticking  to  a  busi­
ness  hard  and  pushing  it  for  all  there  is 
in  it  will  usually  result  in  better returns 
than  drifting 
into  uncertain  outside 
speculations.  Get  all  you  can  out  of  it 
and  adjust  your  living  so  that  you  save 
a  good  margin  every  year.  Work  your 
buying  around  to  as  nearly  a  cash  basis 
as  possible.  Keep  an  eagle  eye  on  col­
lections  and  a  close  guard  on  credits. 
Keep  the  stock  close  trimmed  and  buy 
often  rather  than  on  speculative 
lines.
Get  ahead.  Own  something  besides 
is  safe

your  business;  something  that 

and  more  than 
valuable.

likely  to  grow  more 

Study  from  to-day,  to  the  end  that 
when  the  sign  over  your  door  makes  its 
inevitable  change  there  will  be  no  op­
portunity  for  your  old  friends and newer 
competitors  to  shake  their  heads  sadly 
and  mutter,  “ Too  bad,  too  bad !  Poor 
old  Smith,  I  guess,  is flat  oh  his  back. 
Hung  on  too  long  and  lost everything.’ ’ 
— Shoe  and  Leather  Gazette

Vows  made  in  storms  are  forgotten  in 

calms.

WHOLE  WHEAT  FLOUR

contains the entire g ra in  of wheat with 
only  the  fibrous  covering  removed. 
E v e r y   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.

E very  grocer should  have it in stock. 

Manufactured b y . .. .

QUARO,  FAIRFIELD  &  CO.,  Allegan,  Mich.

M ichigan trade supplied by the 

Olney & Judson  Grocer Co., Grand Rapids.

P o o r
E c o n o m y

It  is  poor  economy  to 
handle  cheap  flour.  It 
is  never  reliable.  You 
cannot guarantee it.  You 
do not know  whether  it 
will make good  bread or 
not.  If  it  should  not 
make  good  bread — and 
poor flour never  does — 
your  customer  will  be 
displeased and avoid you 
afterwards. 
You  can 
guarantee. . .

“Lily W hite” Flour

We authorize you  to  do 
so.  It makes good bread 
every  time.  One  sack 
sold  to-day  will  bring 
customers for two  sacks 
later  on.  Order  some 

NOW.

V a l l e y   C i t y   M i l l i n g   C o .

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

W.  R.  BRICE.

ESTABLISHED  1 8 5 2 .

C.  M.  DRAKE.

W.  R.  Brice  &   Co.,

Produce  Commission  Merchants

Butter, Eggs and Poultry 

23 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

)  To our many shipper friends:

The past year has had a good 

many ups and downs, and has no doubt 
|||  been profitable  to some of you,
£0$  while right  the reverse  to others. 
Our business has grown year by year, 
and  this has been the banner year. 
^   Our sales have run over  the million 
dollar mark,  and we believe that 
our  success  is due  to  the energy 
and perseverance with which we have 
conducted our business  for many 
years.  We believe we have a repu­
tation for  treating consignors 
squarely,  giving  them right prices, 
proper weights and quick returns. 
Would  this not interest you?
We wish you all a Merry Christmas and 
a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

17

CommercialTravelers

Michigan  Knights of the drip. 

President, J as. F. Haxmkll, Lansing;  Secretary, 
J. C. Saunders,  Lansing;  Treasurer,  Chab.  Mc- 
Nolty, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association.
President, S.  H.  Hart,  Detroit;  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D. Morris, Detroit.

United  Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 

Grand  Counselor,  F.  L.  Dat.  Jackson;  Grand 
Secretary, G. S. V almobe, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
urer, Geo.  A.  Reynolds, Saginaw.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutnal  Acci­
President, A. F. Peake, Jackson;  Secretary and 
Board  of  Directors—F.  M.  T yler, H.  B.  Fair- 
child, Jas. N. Bradford, J. Henry Dawlby,Geo. 
J.  Heinzelhan,  Chas. S.  Robinson.

Treasurer, Geo.  F. Owen, Grand Rapids. 

dent Association.

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

Gripsack  Brigade.

J.  Henry  Dawley  severs  his  connec­
tion  with  the  Hanselman  Candy  Co. 
Jan.  i  to  return  to  the  fold  of  the  Put­
nam  Candy  Co.,  with  which  establish­
ment he  was  connected  for  several  years 
prior  to  his  going  with  A.  E.  Brooks  & 
Co.

C.  W.  Saylor,  who  has  been  repre­
senting  Morley  Bros,  in  this  territory, 
has  engaged  to  travel  next  year  for  the 
Clark-Rutka-Jewell  Co.,  covering  the 
same  territory  as  formerly.  Other  sales­
men  will  be  engaged  by  the  new  house 
as  soon  as  the  necessary  preliminaries 
can  be  arranged.

Frank  W.  Haddon, 

formerly  on  the 
road  for  H.  Leonard  &  Sons,  but  for 
the  past  year  in  charge  of  the  Heyman 
Co.,  has  engaged  to  cover  Central  and 
Western  Michigan  for  Jenness  &  Mc­
Curdy,  of  Detroit.  Mr.  Hadden  has 
made  an  excellent  record  with  the  Hey­
man  Co.,  but  has  yearned  to  resume 
road  work,  which  is  more  congenial  to 
him  than  life  behind  the  counter.

Council  116,  United  Commercial 
Travelers,  was  organized  at  Hillsdale 
last  Saturday  by  F.  L.  Day,  Supreme 
Counselor,  assisted  by  G.  S.  Valmore, 
Supreme  Secretary.  The  organization 
starts  out  with  fourteen  charter  mem­
bers,  the  territorial  jurisdiction  extend­
ing  from  Adrian  to  Sturgis.  After  the 
organization  of  the  Council  was  com­
pleted,  a  banquet  was  given  by  the  lo­
cal members  to  the  supreme  officers  and 
visitors  at  Smith’s  Hotel.

in  your  last 

T.  V.  Childs,  the  pioneer  merchant 
of  Reed  City,  now  88  years  of  age, 
writes  the  Tradesman  as  follows:  " I  
was  much  pleased  to  read  Mr.  Brad­
ford's  biography 
issue, 
is  very  true,  so  far  as  my  ac­
which 
quaintance  with  him 
I 
have  dealt  with  him  a  good  many  years 
and  he  has  always  given  me  good  ad­
I 
vice  and  been  a  good  friend  to  me. 
am  always  glad  to  meet  him,  as 
it 
seems  like  meeting  a  brother.”

is  concerned. 

S.  H.  Hart,  President  of  the  Michi­
gan  Commercial  Travelers’  Associa­
tion,  assures  the  Tradesman 
that  the 
report  which 
has  become  current 
throughout  the  State  to  the  effect  that 
the  new  club  rooms  maintained  by  the 
Association 
in  Detroit  entail  financial 
loss  on  the  parent  organization  is  un­
true.  Mr.  Hart 
states  that  enough 
money  was  voluntarily  pledged  to  keep 
up  the  expenses  of  the  club  rooms  last 
year  and  that  more  than  enough  has 
been  pledged  to  meet  the  expenses  the 
coming  year.

Commercial  Bulletin :  A  commercial 
in  discussing 
traveler  of  experience, 
the  essential  qualities,  the  other  day, 
for  a  successful  salesman,  was  beard  to

individual 

remark  that  “ cheerfulness  was  the  most 
desirable  attribute  through  which  suc­
cess  could  be  obtained.”   The  dis­
gruntled 
is  not  alone  un­
happy  himself,  but  he  casts  a  gloom 
over  those  with  whom  he  comes  in  con­
tact. 
If  a  man  cannot  be  cheerful  un­
der  the  influence  of  adverse  conditions 
and  annoying  surroundings  he  would 
better  retire  to  the  life  of  a  hermit.

The  necessity  of  changing  the  time 
of  bolding  the  annual  conventions  of 
the  Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip  is 
emphasized  this  year  by  the  fact  that 
Saturday  is  a  legal  holiday. 
If the con­
ventions  were  held  on  Thursday  and 
Friday,  instead  of  Tuesday  and  Wed­
nesday,  those  of  the  boys  who  have  to 
be  out  on  the  road  holiday  week  could 
get 
in  three  full  days  the  first  part  of 
the  week,  spend  two  days  at  the  con­
vention  and  end  the  week  by  remaining 
home  New  Years.  As 
it  is,  they  are 
compelled  to  go  out  Monday,  jump  to 
Kalamazoo  Tuesday  and  Wednesday, 
and  then  complete  their  routes  Thurs­
day  and  Friday.  Several  efforts  have 
been  made  to  change  the  time  of  hold­
ing  the  convention  to  conform  to  these 
conditions,  but  each  time  the  effort  has 
proved  futile,  owing  to  the  opposition 
of  the  Board  of  Directors.  Inasmuch  as 
the  constitution  can  be  amended  by  a 
two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  present 
at  any  convention,  it  is  quite  likely  that 
this  and  other  amendments  of  an  es­
sential  nature  will  be  taken  up  and  dis­
cussed  and  possibly  acted  upon  at  Kal­
amazoo.

The  inconsistency  of  men  was  never 
more  strikingly 
illustrated  than  in  the 
action  of Post E  (Grand  Rapids)  in  vot­
ing— 24  to  12—to  go  to  the  Kalamazoo 
convention  over  the  Lake  Shoie  Rail­
road.  Half  fare  rates  to  the  convention 
were  made  by  the  Michigan  Railway 
Association,  so  that  the  selection  of  the 
route  naturally  depended  on  which  road 
could  offer  the  better facilities and stood 
on  the  closer  terms  with  the  traveling 
fraternity.  The  G.  R.  &  I.  route  is 
nine  miles  shorter;  its  depots  are  more 
advantageously  located  at  both  ends  of 
the  route,  and  there  are  three  trains  a 
day  over  the  road,  whereas  the  Lake 
Shore  has  only  two  trains;  furthermore, 
the  G.  R.  &  I.  has  always  been  on 
friendly  terms  with  the  boys,  having 
exerted  its  kindly  offices  many  times  in 
their  behalf  and  having  persistently and 
consistently  advocated  the  change  re­
cently  made  in  the  new  mileage  book ; 
moreover,the G.  R.  &  I.  has always been 
a  law-abiding  institution,  selling  fam­
ily  mileage  books  for $20,  in accordance 
with  the  act  of  the  Legislature.  The 
Lake  Shore,  on  the  other  hand,  ignores 
the  law,  defies  the  decisions  of  the  Su­
preme  Court,  insults  the  boys  on  fre­
quent  occasions  and 
invariably  treats 
them  with  scant  courtesy;  yet  in  spite 
of  this  fact,  a  majority  of  them  in,  vot­
ing  in open meeting,  voluntarily stooped 
to  “ kiss  the  hand  that  smites”   and 
voted  to  patronize  a  road  which  never 
had  any  use  for  a  traveling  man  and 
probably  never  will have.  The spectacle 
is  not  one  calculated  to  increase  the 
respect  of  the  community  in  the  con­
sistency  of  the  fraternity;  and,  in  com­
mon  with  all  true  friends  of  the  travel­
ing  men,  the  Tradesman  deplores  the 
hasty  action,  believing  that 
if  a  vote 
were  taken  of  the  entire  traveling  men 
of  Grand  Rapids, 
it  would  be  found 
that  nine  votes  would  be  cast  for  the  G. 
R.  &  I.  route  where  one  would  be  cast 
for  the  Lake  Shore.

The  pruned 

that dies.

limb  is  sçldpm  the  one 

The  Men'Whom  Lake  Superior  Trav­

elers  Meet.

i .

Dick  MacLean,  the  general  manager 
of  the  Isaac  Stephenson  Lumber  Co., 
Wells,  is  good  company  for  any  travel­
er  to  meet,  whether  it  is  in  a  business 
way  or  not.  Dick 
is  as  full  of  witty 
Scotch  poetry  as  he  can  well  be  and 
when  he  does  “ give  up”   a  little,  he 
is 
an  entertainer—AA  N o . 

loe  Hayden  (I.  E.  Swift,  Ishpeming) 
can  roast  a  traveler  to  the  queen’s taste. 
He  enjoys  a  good  story  as  well  as  the 
best  of  them  and  when  his  old  sides 
shake—each one weighs  130 pounds—you 
may  know  that  when  he  catches  his 
breath  he  has  got  a  better  one  to  tell. 
If  there  were  more  Joe  Haydens  there 
would  be  fewer  gloomy  traveling  men.
M.  R.  Manhard  (Marquette),although 
pretty  well  along 
in  years,  is  just  as 
young  at  heart  as  any  of  the  boys.  He 
is  on  deck  for  business  all  the  time  and 
conducts  a  fine hardware  business  in his 
own  store—one  of  the prettiest  and  most 
conveniently  arranged  in  the  State.

A.  M.  LeRoy  (Chicago  Lumber  Co., 
Manistique)  was  an  old traveler,  having 
covered  the Upper Peninsula  for  Jenness 
8c  McCurdy  for  years.  His  popularity 
on  the  road  has  followed  him  to  his 
present  position.  He knows  how  it  was 
on  the  road  and  has  rather a  smooth 
way  of  calling  down  a  faulty  traveler. 
LeRov  is  all  right,  just  the  same.

M.  R.  Manhard  Co.,  Ltd. 

(New­
berry),  have  purchased  the  Hubbard 
grocery  stock.  The  manager  of the  for­
mer  concern,  T.  C.  Foster,  who  has  been 
in  no  other  business  but  hardware,  will 
tackle  the  job  of  keeping  up  stock  in 
the  grocery  department.  He  solicits 
hardware  business  in  several  adjoining 
towns  and  is  a  very much mixed up man 
at  the  present  writing.  His  order  book 
is  more  varied  than  a  traveling  man’s 
character or  an  old  maid's  crazy  quilt. 
Items  appear  in  this  order:  Axes  and 
eggs,  butter  and  axle  grease,  matches 
and  gunpowder,  boiled oil and molasses, 
pickles  and  a  carload  of  hay,  chewing 
gum  and  glue,  potatoes and axe handles, 
syrup,  screen  doors  and  fly  paper.  He 
thinks  of  buying  tea  by  the  keg,  tobac­
co  by  the  crate  and  soap  by  the  gross 
He  insists  on  buying  sugar  at  75,  10and 
list  and 
wants  to  place  an  order  for  a  carload  of 
pork  at  present  price  for  spring  deliv­
ery,  price  guaranteed  to  date  of  ship­
ment,  specifications  subject  to  change 
or  cancellation.  His  troubles  have  only 
begun.

per  cent,  discount  from 

looks 

little  town,  to  be  sure. 

Grand  Marais,  Dec.  20—This 

A  Traveler’s  Tribute to  Grand  Marais.
is  a 
pretty 
It 
is 
situated  beside  one  of  the  best  harbors 
of  Lake  Superior  and  is  the terminus of 
the  Manistique  Railway,  which  runs 
something  of  a  novelty by way of a train, 
like  an  ordinary  mixed  or 
it 
“ cannon  ball”   train,  but  it  is  different 
— it 
is  a  “ smear”   train.  While  it  is 
thirty  miles  to  Seney—a  point  on  the 
D.,  S.  S.  &  A.  Railway— it  doesn’t 
interested,  you 
seem  ten—you  get  so 
know.  The  scenery 
is  grand!  The 
town 
inhabited  by  as  fine  a  lot  of 
people  as  one  will  find  anywhere.  They 
are  ^wholesouled  and  make  a  traveling 
man’s  stay  a  pleasant  one. 
In  no  other 
town  on  the  top  of  the  green  earth  can 
a  traveler  put  more  hours  into  a  day 
than  here.  He 
is  on  duty  from  early 
morning  until  early  morning;  and,  if 
he  went  there  often  enough,  he would be 
able  to  prove  or  disprove  Edison’s 
theory  that  man  doesn’t  need  much 
sleep.

is 

Hoffman  Endorsed  by  Post  E. 

Grand  Rapids,  Dec.  20—At  a  special 
meeting  of  Post  E,  held  at  Sweet’s 
the  Entertainment 
Hotel  Dec. 
18, 
Committee  was 
instructed  to  order 
coaches  for  a  special  train  over  the 
Lake  Shore  road  to  the  Kalamazoo  con­
vention. 
It  was  decided  to  have  the 
train  leave  at  q :3o a.  m.

Geo.  F.  Owen  was  designated  to  act 

as  custodian  for  the  occasion.

Jas.  N.  Bradford,  Geo.  F.  Owen  and 
John  Cumins  were  appointed  a  Com­
-»
mittee  on  Decoration. 
On  motion  of  E.  M.  Tylei\  the'can­

didacy  of  John  A.  Hoffman 
for  the 
presidency  of  the  State  organization 
was  unanimously 
the 
members  of  the  Post  were  instructed  to 
vote  as  a  unit  for  that  gentleman.

endorsed  and 

It  was  decided  to get  out  a  circular 
letter  to  all  Grand  Rapids  traveling 
men,  asking  them  to  join  the  members 
of  the  Post  in  attending  the  convention.
It  was  also  decided  to  get  out  500 
ribbon  badges,  reading  “ Hoffman  and 
Bradford.”  

E.  A.  S t o w e ,  Sec’y.

And  Still  They  Come.

Marquette,  Dec.  20—The  following 
are  the  most  recent  additions  to  the 
membership  of  the  Lake  Superior  Com­
mercial  Travelers’  Club:

Geo.  A.  Donlin,  Detroit,  with  U.  S. 

Accident  Association,  Detroit.

J.  C.  Watson,  Grand  Rapids,  with- 

Daniel  Lynch,  Grand  Rapids.

Fred  Marymont,  Detroit,  with  Pres­

ent  &  Co.,  New  York.

Sam  Rose,  Detroit,  with  Detroit  Cap 

G.  F.  Mack,  Chicago,  with  Keith 

Bros.  &  Co.,  Chicago.

J.  A.  Fuller,  Fonddu Lac,  with Jewett 

&  Sherman,  Milwaukee.

H.  J.  Kremer,  Ashland,  Wis.,  with 
Marshall-Wells  Hardware  Co.,  Duluth.
A.  L.  Thompson,  Marquette,  with 

Phelps,  Brace  &  Co.,  Detroit.

Co.

Speculation  is  very  rife  just  at  pres­
ent as to  what  will  be  done  when  all  the 
coal  of  the world  is  exhausted,  but  there 
is  a  dumb  silence  in  regard  to  the  fu­
ture  of  the  country  when  the  timber  is 
all  cleared  away.  There 
is  more  than 
sufficient  evidence  to  prove  that the coal 
will 
last  for  thousands  of  years,  but  at 
the  rate  at  which  the  wood  is  disap­
pearing  there  are  grave  doubts  whether 
the  present  supply  will  last  even  a  life­
time.

Cutler  House  at  Grand  Haven.

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

HOTEL WHITCOMB

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH.

A. VINCENT. Prop.
THE  WHITNEY  HOUSE

Rates  $1.00  to  $1.25  per  day.  Complete  Sanitary 
Improvements.  Electric  Lights.  Good  Livery 
in connection.  State  Line Telephone.

Chas. E. Whltnçy. Prop., Plalnwell. Mich.
Hoskins  &  Company
GRAIN, PROVISIONS and STOCK

COMMISSION  BROKERS.

176 Griswold Street, Detroit, Mich. 

Hodges Building.

Private w ires:  N ew   York,  Chicago and St.  Louis.

For  Two  Dollars
£  
® 

A day,  it’s  the finest
hotel 
the  State;
newly furnished, high- 
class  table  and  ex­
cellent service,  at
T h e  G r isw o ld

in 

POSTAL &  MOREY, Props.  DETROIT, MICH.

lotel  Normandie  of  Detroit  Re­

duces Rates.

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

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

Carr à  Reeve.

1 8

Drugs—Chem ¡cals

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

8.  E.  Park ill. Owosso 
- 
F.  W.  R.  Perry.  Detroit 
A. C. SciiniACHER.  Ann  Arbor 
Geo.  Gundrum,  Ionia  - 
L.  E.  Reynolds,  St.  Joseph 
- 

-------- 
- 

- 

President, F.  W.  R.  Perry, Detroit.
Secretary,  Geo.  Gundrux,  Ionia.
Treasurer, A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor.

Examination  Sessions.

Detroit—Tuesday, Jan. 4 and 5.
Grand Rapids—March 1 and 2.
Star Island—June 27 and 28.
Marquette—About Sept. 1.
Lansing—Nov.  la n d 2.

All meetings will  begin  at  9  o’clock  a. m. ex­
cept the Star Island meeting,  which  begins  at 8 
o’clock p. m.

MICHIGAN STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

President—A. H.  Webber, Cadillac.
S ecretary— Chas.  Mann,  D etroit.
T reasurer—John D.  Mu ir ,  G rand  R apids.

A  Druggist  Whom  Nothing  Could 
M. Quad in American Druggist.

Feaze.

There  may  be  another  druggist in this 
world  the  equal  of  Hazen,  who  departed 
this 
life  the  other  day,  but  I  know  I 
shall  never  find  him.  There  are  drug­
gists  and  druggists.  Hazen  wasn't  born 
for  a  minister,  lawyer,  doctor,  plumber 
or blacksmith,  but  for  a  druggist.  He 
was  suave,  courteous,  cheerful,  calm 
in 
and  nervy.  He  never  took  sides 
politics,  had  no  religion 
to  dispute 
about,  and  nothing  ever  rattled  him.

incident. 

The  beginning  of  our  acquaintance 
I  had  been 
was  a  pleasant 
into  the  store  by  a  bargain  in 
lured 
toilet  soap,  and  Hazen  had  entered  into 
a  lengthy,  but 
interesting,  dissertation 
on  the  subject  of  fly-specked  toilet  soap 
at  3  cents  per  cake,  when  a  man  came 
rushing  into  the  store  and  exclaimed : 

“ My  God,  man,  but  you  sold  me 
morphine  for  quinine  and  have  killed 
my  w ife!”
jumped  a  foot  high,  and  felt  mv 
hair  trying  to  stand  up;  but  not  so  with 
Hazen.  He  finished  his  harangue  bv 
warning  me  that  sassafras-scented  soap 
was  not  made  from  sassafras  root—not 
by  a  jugful—and  then  calmly  turned  to 
the  man,  and  said :

I 

“ Let’s  see!  Your  name 

is  Dover, 

isn’t  it?”

“ Yes;  and  my  wife  has  taken  two  of 
your  morphine  capsules  and  won’t  live 
an  hour!’ ’  shouted  the  man.

‘ “ Just  so—just  so.  Will  you  have  a 

glass  of  soda  water,  Mr.  Dover?”

“ My  God— My  God!  but  what  an 

awful  mistake!”   groaned  the  man.

“ You  see,”   continued  Hazen,  as  he 
toyed  with  a  toothbrush 
from  the  bas­
ketful  on  the  show-case,  “ you  were  in 
here  about  half  an  hour  ago.  You  asked 
for  quinine  capsules.  T  put  them  up 
for you.  Had  your  wife  taken  two after 
you  got  home  she  would  not  be  in  a 
dying condition  now.  It  takes  morphine 
longer  to  act  than  that.  A  doctor  and 
a  stomach-pump  will  save  her.  She 
doesn’t  want  to  be  saved,  however. 
It 
so  happened  that  I  sold  the  last  speck 
of morphine  in  the  store  this  morning, 
and  although  I  telephoned  for  more  it 
has  not  arrived  yet. ”

Then—you—you ?’ ’

“ Then 

I  put  up  quinine—only 

quinine,  Mr.  Dover.”

It 

“ Thank  God—Thank  God!”   almost 
sobbed  the  excited  man  as  he  rushed 
from  the  store.

“ You  see,”   said  the  druggist  to  me, 
as  he  ran  his  finger  over  the  toothbrush 
in  an  absent  wav,  “ I  am  not  contend­
ing  that  fly-specks  add  to  the  virtue  of 
toilet  soap;  but  neither  will  I  admit 
that  they  detract. 
is  an  open  ques­
tion—a  problem  which  may  be unsolved 
for  years  to  come!’ ’

On  another  occasion  I  had  made the 
purchase  of  a  5-cent  sponge  as  an  ex­
cuse  to  enter  the  store  and  admire 
Hazen  for  a  few  minutes,  and  the  pur­
chase  had  almost  been  concluded,  when 
a  wild-eyed  man  with  a  gun  in  one 
hand  and  a 
letter  in  the  other kicked 
the  door  open  and  almost  veiled : 

“ Perfidious  wretch,  but  I  have  caught 
last,  and  now  you  shall  feel  my 
I  suspected  that  my  wife

you  at 
v«ngeance! 

received  this  letter  to-day,  and  holding 
this  pistol  to  her  head  I  made  her  give 
it  up!”

“ Your— your  name 

is  Jones,  I  be­
lieve?"  replied  the  druggist,  in  an  ab­
sent  way  as  he  continued  to  look  over 
the  sponges.

“ No.  sir— it’s  Philbrick!”   shouted 

the  man.

“ Oh!  I  see.  Well,  Mr.  Philbrick, 

what  can  I  do  for  you  this  evening?”  

“ Do!  Do!  You  can  explain  this 

letter and  then  d ie!’ ’

I  did  not  write  it. 

“ A  letter?  Ah!  yes—a  letter  to  Mrs. 
Philbrick. 
I  never 
even  saw  her.  There  are  several  cor­
ner  drug  stores 
in  this  town,  and  you 
have  got  us  mixed  up ."

“ Do  you  pretend!”   shouted  the  man 
with  the  gun,  as  he  waved  it  on  high, 
when  Hazen  suavely 
interrupted  w ith: 
“ Some  other corner drug store,  please, 

as  I  am  very  busy  just  now. “

Then  he  turned  to  me  and  explained 
that  sponges  were a marine growth found 
in  tropical seas—that they were bleached 
before  coming  into  market—that  5 cents 
was  less  than  the  original  cost  of  a 
clotbes-cleaning  sponge,  and  I  don’t  be­
lieve  he  even  heard  the  man  with  the 
gun  back  out  and  slam  the  door.

Again,  as  I  hypocritically  purchased 
a  5-cent  box  of  chloride  of  lime in order 
to  have  an  excuse  for  hanging  about the 
store  a  few  minutes,  a  woman  with bare I 
head  and  woe-begone expression entered 
and  exclaimed :

“ Mr.  Hazen,  my  husband  has  struck 

me  again!”

“ Struck  you  again? 
the  druggist  without 
his  work  of  filling  a  prescription.

I  see,’ ’  replied 
looking  up  from 

“ And  I  don’t  care  to  live a day longer 

—not  a  d ay!’ ’

“ Not  a  day,”   he  repeated.
“ He  shall  come  home  in  the  morning 
and  find  me  dead  and  cold,  and  I  don’t 
care  if  it  breaks  his  heart.  The  idea  of 
his  daring  to  strike  m e!”

“ Yes,  the  idea.”
“ I  want  some  poison,  Mr.  Hazen. 

What  would  you  recommend?”

“ Why,  we  have  arsenic,  strychnine, 
morphine  and  several  other  sorts,  all 
warranted  to  do  the  business. 
I  think 
arsenic  will  suit  you  best  of  all.  Here 
are  ten  grains.  Good-bye,  Mrs.  Tay­
lor. ’ ’

And  he  banded  her  a  package  of 
chalk  and  began 
telling  me  about 
chloride  of  lime and  other disinfectants, 
and  he  didn’t  see  the  woman  fling  the 
package  into  a  soap-hox  and  sail  out  in 
a  huff.  These  and  scores  of  similar  in­
cidents  endeared  Mr.  Hazen  to  me  and 
made  me  his  staunch  admirer.  He  was 
not  rattled  even  when  the  doctor told 
him  that  death  was  only  a  few  hours 
away.  On  the  contrary,  he  smiled  and 
sought  to  rub  his  hands,as  if  greeting  a 
ladv  customer  at  the  store,  and  cheer­
fully  whispered:

Tust  so,  doctor—just  so.  Hope  the 
public  will  not  fail  to  take  advantage 
of  my  cut-down  sale  next  week—all 
cough  medicines  cut  half  in  two,  and 
genuine  castile  soap  for  less  than  the 
cost  of  importation."

The  Drug  Mar icet.

few  and 

There  are 

unimportant 
changes  to  note.  At  all  the  large  trade 
centers 
is  taken  about  this 
time  and  there  is  no  movement  of goods 
in  large  quantities.

inventory 

Balsam  Peru—Very  firm  and  advan 

cing.

Cloves  -Stock  in  this  country  is  con­
centrated  and,  on  account  of  higher 
prices  abroad,  an  advance  is  noted.

Opium— Is 

in  a  strong  position,  but 

unchanged.

Morphine— Is 

in  active  demand  at 

Quinine—This  article  is  steady  at  the 

is  very  firm  and  the 

unchanged  prices.

decline.

Borax— Market 
article  is  scarce.

per  lb.

Caffein—This  article  has  declined  $1 

Gum  Camphor— Has  declined  on  ac­

count  of  Japanese  competition.

Calamus  Root— Is  scarce and  higher.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Consolidation  of  Wholesale  Drug 

Houses.

Detroit,  Dec.  20—The  papers  in  the 
consolidation  of  the  drug  firms  of  Wil­
liams,  Davis,  Brooks  &  Co.  and  T.  H. 
Hinchman,  Sons  &  Co..were  signed  to­
day,  and  the  deal  goes  into  effect  Janu­
ary  1.  The  consolidated  house  will  be 
known  as  “ Williams,  Davis,  Brooks  & 
Hinchman  Sons. 
The  two  firms  had 
not  been  incorporated,  but  the  consoli­
dation  will  be  a corporation,with  a  cap­
ital  stock  of  $600,000,  and  the  articles 
of  incorporation  will  be  filed  in  a  few 
days.

The  officers  of  the  new  concern  will 
be  as  follows:  President,  Wm.  C. 
Williams,  President  of  the  present  firm 
of  Williams,  Davis,  Brooks  &  Co.  ; 
Vice-President  and  General  Manager, 
James  E.  Davis,  also  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Williams,  Davis,  Brooks  &  Co.  ; 
Second  Vice-President, 
Charles  C. 
Hinchman;  Treasurer  and  Auditor, 
John  M.  Hinchman;  Secretary,  Alan- 
son  S.  Brooks.  All  those  at  present 
members  of  the  old  firms  will  be 
inter­
ested in  the  consolidation,  and  members 
of  both  firms  say  they  will  now  be  in  a 
better  condition  than  ever  to  hustle  for 
business.

“ The  purpose  of  the  consolidation,”  
said  Mr.  Davis  last  night,  “ was  to  re­
duce  expenses  and  increase  our  sales. 
Any  idea  that  the  consolidation means a 
raise  of  prices  is  erroneous.  There  will 
he  just  as  much  competition  as  ever,  as 
there  is  a  rival  house  in  Detroit  and  we 
shall  have  competition  from  Chicago. 
But  as  a  consolidated  concern  we  shall 
be  able  to  get  goods  at  better  prices 
and  be 
in  a  position  to  sell  for  less,  if 
anything,  than  before.  Both  firms  have 
had  control  of  certain  proprietary  med­
icines.  These  will  be  kept,  and  we 
shall  push  them  harder  than  ever.  We 
have  made  perfumes  heretofore  and will 
try  to  extend  our  business  in  this 
line, 
and  we  expect  to  do  a  business  of  from 
$1,800,000  to $2,000,000 a  year.
“ The  store  occupied  by  Hinchman, 
Sons  &  Co.,  on  Jefferson  avenue,  will 
he  closed  on  January  1,  although  the 
business  will  he  carried  on  at  that place 
as  usual  until  that  date.  The  business 
of  the  new  corporation  will  be  carried 
on 
in  the  quarters  at  present  occupied 
by  Williams,  Davis,  Brooks  &  Co.,  at 
26 38  Congress  street  East,  which  is  a 
model  building  for  the  drug  business. 
We  shall  be  one  of  the  largest  drug­
gists’  supply  houses  in  the  country,  and 
probably 
in  Michigan. 
There  is  no  house  in  Chicago  or  in  this 
part  of  the  West  that  is  better  equipped 
to  do  business  than  we  shall  be.  ’
Perfumed  Glycerin  an  Excellent  Hair 

largest 

the 

Oil.
Gylcerin  possesses 

in  a  high  degree 
the  property  of  extracting  the  fragrance 
from  flowers.  Besides,  it  has  proved  to 
he  excellent  for  the  skin  as  well  as  for 
the  hair,  so  that  it  puts  even  the  finest

into 

olive  oil  in  the  shade.  If  we take  a  ves­
sel  of  best  glycerin,  putting 
it 
lilacs,faded  hyacinths,narcissuses,  lilies 
of  the  valley,  mignonette,  violets,  roses, 
lime  flowers,  jasmine  flowers,  etc.,  and 
leave  them  in  for  three  weeks,  they  will 
have  given  off  their  whole  fragrance  to 
the  glycerin  when  taken  out. 
In  this 
manner  a  hair  oil  is  obtained  that  can­
not  be  surpassed  by  any  Parisian  “ par- 
fumeur. ”   Since  glycerin  can  be  mixed 
with  water  in  any  proportion  (in  con­
tra  distinction  to  the  fat  oils),  a  few 
drops  may  be  poured 
into  the  water 
used  for  washing,  in  order  to  perfume 
it  delicately.

He  surely  may  walk  straight  who hath 

nothing  to  draw  him  aside.

■C.B/
Gough
Drops

’* 

* 
MANUFACTURED  BY

—»*  *

I

[THE  C.BLOn,tlR 

CANDY CO.,

I HOLLAND,-M IC hJ

For  Sale  by  Leading  Jobbers.

Manufactured  by

H. VAN TONGEREN, Holland,  Mich.

For Sale by All Jobbers.

M A S T E R "
Y U M A ”

The best 5 cent cigars ever made.  Sold by

Represented In Michigan by J. A. GONZALEZ, Grand Rapids.

BEST St  RUSSELL CO..  C h i c a o o . 

WHY  NOT  TRY  THEM  NOW?

S o   C I G A R S

SOLD  BY ALL JOBBERS.

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

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M ICH .

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced—Linseed  Oil 
Declined—Gutn  Camphor.

Addam

4® 
6
6® 
8
13®  14
13®  14

Acetieum................. $  6@l  S
Benzoicum, German  70®  75
Boraclc....................   @  15
Carbolicum............  
39®  41
Cltrlcum................. 
40®  42
3® 
Hydrochlor............. 
5
8®  10
Nitrocum................ 
13®  14
Oxalicum................ 
®  15
Phosphorium,  dll... 
Sallcyllcum............. 
80®  66
Sulphuricum...........  114® 
5
Tannlcum...............  1 35® 1  40
Tartarlcum.............. 
38®  40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg........... 
Aqua, 30 deg........... 
Carbonas................. 
Chloridum.............. 
Aniline
Black......... .............   2 00© 2  25
Brown.................... 
80®  1  00
R ed......................... 
45®  50
Yellow.....................  3 50® 3  00
Baccte.
Cubeae..........po. 18 
13®  15
6® 
Juniperu8................ 
8
25®  30
Xantnoxylum.........  
Balsam urn
55®  60
Copaiba...................  
Peru.  ......................  @ 240
Terabln, Canada__ 
45®  50
Tolutan...................  
75®  80
Cortex
Abies, Canadian.... 
C assl»......... ........... 
Cinchona Plava...... 
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrlca Cerifera, po. 
Primus Virgin!........ 
Quillaia,  gr’d .........  
Sassafras.......po. 18 
Ulmus.. .po. 15,  gr’d 
Extractum
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhiza, po...... 
Hsematox, 15 lb box. 
Hsematox,l8 ........... 
Hsmatox, V4s.........  
Hamatox, 14s.........  

34®  25
28®  30
11®  12
13®  14
14®  15
16®  17

18
12
18
30
20
12
14
12
15

Ferro

Carbonate Precip... 
Citrate and Quinia.. 
Citrate Soluble.......  
Ferrocyanidum Sol. 
Solnt.  Chloride...... 
Sulphate, com’l ...... 
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........  
Sulphate,  p u re ...... 
Arnica  ................... 
Anthemis...............  
Matricaria.............. 

Flora

Folia

15
2 35
75
40
15
2
50
7
13®  14
18®  25
30®  35

25® 28

® 30

21®  28
Barosma................... 
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly.................  
18®  25
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.  35®  30
Salvia officinalis, 14s
and  Vis.................  
12®  20
Ora Orel..................  
8® 
10
Gumml

Acacia,  1st picked..  @  65
Acacia,  3d  picked..  @  45
Acacia,  3d  picked..  @  35
Acacia, sifted sorts.  @  38
Acacia, po...............  
60®  80
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20  12®  14
Aloe, Cape__po. 15  @  12
Aloe, Socotri.. po. 40 
®  30
Ammoniac.............. 
55®  60
AssafcBtlda___po. 30 
Benzoinum............  
50®  55
Catechu, Is..............  @  13
Catechu, Vis............   @  14
Catechu, 14s............   @  16
Camphor».............. 
42®  45
Enphorbium..po.  35  @ 
10
Galbanum...............  
®  1  00
Gamboge  po........... 
65®  70
Guaiacum........po. 25 
Kino.............po.S3.u0  @3 00
M astic.................... 
®  60
Myrrh.............. po.  45  @ 4 0
Opii  .. po. *4.10@4.30 3 00®  3  10
Shellac.................... 
25®  35
Shellac, bleached... 
40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®  80
Herba

25
20
25
28
33
25
39
22
35

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium .oz. pkg 
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majorum__oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vir. .oz.  pkg 
Rue.............. oz. pkg 
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
riagnesla.
Calcined, Pat........... 
55®  60
Carbonate, Pat........ 
30®  22
20®  25
Carbonate, K. A M.. 
Carbonate, Jennings  35®  36

Oleum
Absinthium............
Amygdalae, Dulc__
Amygdalae, Amarse .
Anisf.......................
Auranti  Cortex......
Bergamll.................
Cajiputi...................
Caryophylli............
"eaar.. .  .................
Chenopadii..............
Cinnamonli.'...........
CMtronella.  ..  __

3 25® 3 50 
30®  50
8 00®  8 25 
2 25®  2 3» 
2 00®  2 20 
2 40® 2 50 
85®  90
65®  7o
35®  65
@  2 75 
1  80®  I  90 
45®  50

mi C m  ü a n   T R a D E S M aïni

19

35®  50
Conium  Mac........... 
Copaiba..................   i  io@  1  20
Cubebae.................... 
90®  1  00
Exechthitos...........   1  00®  1  10
Erigeron..................  1 0u@  1  10
Gaultheria...............  1  50®  1  00
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
75
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma..................  1  on@  1  10
Junipera...................  1  go® 2 00
Lavendula.............. 
90® 2 00
Limonis....................  1  so®  1  40
Mentha Piper..........   1  60® 2 20
Mentha Verid..........   1  50®  l  60
Morrhuæ,  gal...........  l Ou®  l  10
Myrcia......................  4 00® 4  50
Olive....................... 
75® 3 00
Picis  Liquida.........  
10® 
12
Picis Liquida, gal...  @  35
Rieina.....................   1  03@ 1 08
Rosmarini...............  
®  1 00
Rosae,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succini..................   40®  45
Sabina..................  
90® 1  00
Santal......................  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras................. 
55®  80
©  65
Sinapis, ess., ounce. 
Tiglfl.......................  1  40®  1  50
40®  50
Thyme.................... 
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
15@  20
Theobromas..........  
Potassium
Bi-Carb.................... 
is® 
18
13® 
Bichromate............ 
15
Bromide..................   50®  55
Garb....................... 
12® 
15
Chlorate..po. 17@19c 
16® 
18
Cyanide..................  
35®  40
Iodide......................2 60®  2 65
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28® 
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
“ 
©
Potass Nitras, opt...
8®
Potass Nitras...........
Prussiate.................
Sulphate po  ...........
15®
Radix
Aconitvm..............
22®
...
Althae....................| 
Anchusa................. 
io@
Arum po..................   @
Calamus.................  20®
Gentiana........po  15 
~
12®
Glychrrhiza.. .pv. 15 
16®
Hydrastis Canaden .
Hydrastis Can., po..
Hellebore,Alba, po..
Inula, po................. 
Ipecac, po............... 2  10® 2 25
Iris plox —  po35@38  35@  40
Jalapa, pr...............   25®  30
Maranta,  >4s........... 
35
Podophyllum, po.
23®  25
Rhei  ..................
75®  1  00 
Rhei, cut............
®  1  25 
Rhei, pv...........
75®  1  35
35®
Spigelia...................  
Sanguinaria. ..po. 15  @
Serpentaria............  
30®
Senega....................  40®
®
Si milax,officinalis H 
Smilax, M...............  
<a
Sfillae............ .po.35
10®  
Symplocarpus, Fceti-
dus,  po....   .........
@
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30 
@15®
Valeriana,  German.
Zingiber a ...............  
12®
Zingiber j ...............  
25®
Semen
Anisum
po.  15 
@ 
12 
Apium  (graveleons)
13®  15
Bird, Is....................
4® 
6
Carui..............po. 18
10®
Cardamon...............   1  25©  1  75
Coriandrum.
10
Cannabis  Sativa__
4®  4V4 
Cvdonium...............
75®  1  00 
Cnenopodium  ........
10®  
12 
Dipterlx  Odorate...
2 00® 2 20 
Fcenlculum............
@  10 
Fcenugreek, po........
9
L ini.........................
4 
3®4®
_
Lini,  grd........bbl. 3 
4V440
Lobelia..................... 
35®
4®
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
4V4
Rapa.......................  4 Vi®
5 
Sinapis Albu........... 
7®
8
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
11®
12
Splritus
Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00© 2 25
Frum enti..................1  25®  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T..  1  65® 2 00
Juniperis Co...........  1  75® 3 50
Saacharum N. E__  1  90® 2  10
Spt.  Vini Galli........  1  75© 6 50
Vini Oporto............   1  25© 2 00
Vini  Alba...............   1  25® 2 00

15®
is®

12

1»

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............   2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage...............
2  00 
v elvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......
1  25
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool,  carriage__
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............
Hard, for slate use..
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............
Syrups

Acacia....................  @  50
Auranti Cortes.......   @  50
Zingiber..................  @  50
@  60
Ipecac 
Ferri lod.................  @  50
Rhei Arom..............  @  50
Smilax Officinalis... 
50®  60
Senega....................  @  50
Soill»......................  
so

.........  

1  40

1  00

© 

 

 

niscellaneous

...........  @ 
10® 
38® 

Scillse Co................. 
©  50
Tolutan...................  @  50
Prunus virg............   @  50
Tinctures
Aconitum NapellisR 
60
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes....................... 
60
60
Aloes and Myrrh__ 
Arnica.................... 
50
Assafcetida............  
50
60
Atrope  Belladonna. 
Auranti  Cortex...... 
50
Benzoin................... 
60
Benzoin Co.............. 
50
Barosma................. 
50
C&ntharides........... 
75
Capsicum.............. 
50
Cardamon............. 
75
Cardamon  Co.................  
75
1  00
Castor...................... 
Catechu................... 
50
Cinchona................. 
50
Cinchona Co........... 
60
Columba................. 
50
Cubeba....................  
50
Cassia  Acutifol...... 
so
50
Cassia Acutifol Co  . 
Digitalis................. 
50
Ergot....................... 
50
Ferri Chloridum__ 
35
Gentian..................  
50
Gentian Co.............. 
60
Guiaca.................... 
50
60
Gutaca ammon........ 
Hyoscyamus........... 
50
Iodine...  ................ 
75
Iodine, colorless..!. 
15
Kino........................  
50
Lobelia................................... 50
Myrrh................... ” 
50
Nux  Vomica........... 
50
Opii......................... 
75
Onii, camphorated.. 
50
Opii, deodorized__ 
I  50
Quassia................... 
50
Rhatany..................  
50
Rhei....................... 
50
Sanguinaria........... 
50
Serpentaria............  
*0
Stromonium........... 
60
Tolutan...................  
60
Valerian................. 
50
Veratrum Veride... 
50
Zingiber.................. 
ao
.¿Ether, Spts. Nit.3F  30®  35
?-)©  38
■¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F 
Alumen..................   2Vi@ 
3
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
3® 
4
Annatto..................   40®  50
Antimoni,  po.........  
4® 
5
Antimon! et PotassT  40®  50
Antipyrin.............. 
@  1  40
Antifebrin 
.15
Argenti Nitras, oz ..  @  50
Arsenicum..............  
la
Balm Gilead  Bud  .. 
10
Bismuth  S. N.........  1  40®  1  F0
Calcium Chlor.,  is.. 
@  9
@  10
Calcium Chlor., Vis. 
@  12
Calcium Chlor.,  Qs. 
@  75
Cantharides.  Rus.po 
@  15
Capsici  Fructus. af. 
@  15
Capsid Fructus, po. 
@  15
Capsici FructusB.po 
10®  12
Caryophyllus.po.  15 
Carmine, No. 40  ... 
@ 3 00
Cera Alba, S. A F  .. 
50®  55
Cera Flava........... 
40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
Cassia Fructus........  @  33
Centraria.................  @ 
lu
Cetaceum..............”  
@  45
Chloroform............. 
60®  68
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  25 
Chloral HydCrst....  1  50®  1  60
Chondrus................ 
20®  25
Cinchonidine,P.A W  25®  35 
Cinchonidine, Germ  22®  30
Cocaine..................   3 55®  3 75
70
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 
@  35
Creosotum...........  
@  2
Creta.............bbl. 75 
Creta, prep..............  @ 
5
Creta, precip........... 
9® 
11
Creta, Rubra.........  
@ 
8
Crocus.................... 
18®  20
Cudbear.................  @  24
CupriSulph............  
5® 
6
Dextrine.................. 
10® 
12
Ether Sulph............ 
75®  90
Emery, all  numbers  @ 
8
Emery, po...............   @ 
6
Ergota.......... po. 40  30®  35
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla.......................   @  23
8® 
Gambier..................  
9
Gelatin, Cooper.. . .   @  60
Gelatin, French...... 
35®  60
Glassware, flint, box 
70
Less  than  box__ 
60
Glue,  brown........... 
lg
9® 
13®  25
Glue, white............ 
Glycerina 
......... i3Vi@  20
Grana  Paradis i  __  @ 
15
Humulus................. 
25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite  @  80 ]
Uydraag Chlor Cor.  @  7n 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.  @  90 
Hydraag Ammoniati  @  1  00 
Hydraag Unguent um  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.........  @  65
lcutliyobolia, Am... 
65@  75
Indigo.....................  
75®  1  00
Iodine, Resubi........  3 o0@ 3  0
Iodoform.................  @420
Lupulin...................  @225
Lycopodium........... 
40®  45
Macis 
65®  75
Liquor  Arsen et Hy­
dra rg lod.............   @  25
LiquorPotassArsinit  10® 
12
Magnesia, Sulph__ 
3
2® 
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl  @  1%
Mannia. S. F ........... 
50®  60
Menthol. 
@ 2  75
...... 

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

Morphia. S.P.A W. 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.A
C.  Co...................
Moschus Canton__
Myristica, No. 1......
Nux Vomica.. .po.20
Os  Sepia.................
Pepsin Saac, H. A P.
D. Co....................
Picis Liq. N.N.V4gal.
doz...  ..................
Picis Liq., quarts__
Picis Liq., pints......
Pil Hydrarg.. .po.  80 
Piper Nigra... po.  22
Piper Alba__po.  35
Piix  Burgun  .........
Plumbi  Acet...........
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Py rethrum, boxes H.
A P.  D. Co., doz...
Pyretbrnm,  pv........
Quassias..................
Quinia, S. P. A W .. 
Quinia. S. German..
Quinia, N.Y............
Rubia Tinctorum... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin........ 
...
Sanguis Draconis
Sapo,  W  ........
Sapo, M...............
Sapo. G...............
Siedlitz  Mixture

2  15® 2 40
2  15® 
@ 
65®
15®

2 00 
1  00
50
18
30
12
1  20
1  25 
33 
10

14 
20 
3  10 
50
14 
12
15
22

10®
10®

30® 
8® 
35© 
28® 
33® 
12® 
19® 
3 00® 
40® 
12® 
10®
20  @ 

8  @
8  @
26®
1V4®
5
3® 
4 
3Vi@ 
2 
@ 
@ 2 80 
50®  55@ 0 00 @ 2 40 

Sinapis......
Sinapis, opt............
Snuff, Maceaboy, De
Voes.....................
Snuff,Scotch,De Vo’s
Soda Boras............
Soda Boras, po......
Soda et Potass Tart 
Soda,  Carb...
Soda, Bi-Carb
Soda,  Ash__
Soda, Sulphas 
Spts. Cologne.
Spts. Ether  Co......
Spt  Myrcia Dom..
Spts. Vini Rest, bbl.
Spts. Vini Rent. V6 bbl 
@ 2  45 
Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal 
@ 2 
.
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal 
2 50
Less 5c gal.  cash 10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2V4® 
3
2®  2H
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
Tamarinds.............. 
8® 
10
Terenenth Venice... 
28®  30
42®  45
Theobrom»............  
Vanilla...................  9 00@16 ¿0
Zinci  Sulph............  
7® 
8

Oils

Whale, winter.
Lard,  extra__
Lard, No.  1......

B B L.  S A L .
70
70 
40 
45
35 
40

Linseed, pure  raw 
38
Linseed, boiled  .... 
40
65
Neatsfoot, winter str  65
3054

42
43
70
42

BBL.
LB
Red Venetian.........  
ljf  2  @£
Ochre, yellow Mars.  Hi  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. 
l£   2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  2U  2V£@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2V4  2%@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13®  15
70®  75
Vermilion, English. 
Green, Paris...........  1354®  19
13®  16
Green,  Peninsular.. 
Lead, Red...............   5V4® 
6
Lead, white............  5V£@ 
6
Whiting, white Span  @  70 
Whiting,  gilders’...  ~i  @  30
White, Paris Amer..  @100 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................  @  1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15

Varnishes]’

No. l"Turp Coach...  1  10®  1
Extra  Tarp............  1  60®  1
Coach Body............   2 75® 3
No. 1 Turp  Fum __  1  00®  l
Extra Turk Damar..  1  55®  1 
Jap. Dryer,No. lTurp  70®

PAINT 
BRUSHES

We  shall  display  Sample  Lines 
of a  complete  assortment of Brushes 
January  1,  1898,  consisting  of
W hitew ash  Heads, 
Kalsomine,  Wall,

O val  and  Round 

Paint and  Varnish.

Flat, Square  and 

Chiseled  Varnish,

Sash  Tools,

Painters’  Dusters, 

A rtists’  Materials.
and  invite  your  inspection  and  or­
ders.  Quality  and Prices  are  right

HAZELTINE 
&  PERKINS 
DRUG CO.

G rand  Rapids,  Mich.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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

lhey are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. 

,  The  prices  quoted  in  this  list  are  for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail 
dealers, 
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 
tnose  who  have  poor  credit.  Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is 
our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers.

AXLE  GREASE.
Aurora................
..... 55
Castor Oil........... ......60
Diamond.............
...5 0
Frazer's.............. ...  .75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
Mica, tin boxes... ......75
Paragon..............
..  55

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

Acme.

Absolute.

BAKING  POWDER.
M lb cans doz......... ......... 
45
85
£  lb cans doz................... 
lb cans doz...................  I  50
1 
W lb cans 3 doz................. 
45
75
H lb cans 3 doz................  
lb cans 1 doz..  .............  1  00
1 
10
Bulk.................................... 
X lb cans per doz............. 
75
*  lb cans per doz  ...........   1  20
lb cans per doz............ 2  00
1 
35
14 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
H lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz case  ......   00

El Parity.

Home.

Jersey Cream.

>4 lb cans, 4 doz case......  
45
H lb cans. 4 doz case........ 
85
1 
lb cans. 2 doz case........  1  60
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. cans, rer doz.............  1  25
6 oz. cans, per doz.............  
85
M lb cans..........................  
45
lb can«......................... 
75
I 
lb cana.  ......................  1  50
1 lb. c a n s......................... 
85
American................................70
English.................................... 80

BATH  BRICK.

Oar Leader.

Peerless.

BLUING.

c o m m
B l u i M G
1 doz. pasteboard Boxes... 
40
3 doz. wooden boxes.........   1  20

BROOMS.

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

CANDLES.

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

CANNED  GOODS, 
flanitowoc  Peas.

Lakeside Marrowfat...............  95
Lakeside B.  J .................. 1  15
Lakeside, Cham, of Bng....  1  2 
Lakeside  Gem. Kx.  lifted,  t  4'
Extra Sifted Early Jane__1  75

CATSUP.

Columbia, 
pints................2 <K
Columbia, 14 pints............... 1  25

CHEESE

 

Acme......................  @  1114
Amboy....................  @  1114
Byron............  
  @  11
Elsie.......................  
a   12*
Gem.........................  @  12*
Gold  Medal............   @  11
Herkimer................ 
a   11
Ideal.......................   @  u *
Jersey  ....................  
a   12
a   11
Lenawee................. 
Riverside................. 
a   12
a   11
Sparta....................  
a   10
Brick....................... 
a   75
Edam....................... 
Leiden....................  
a   18
a   10
Limburger.............. 
Pineannle................ 43  a   85
Sap  Sago................. 
a   18
Chicory.
Bulk 
5
Bed 
7

.................  ........ 
............  
CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

German Sweet........................ 23
Premium.. 
 
BreakfastCocoa.....................45

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

 

CLOTHES LINBS.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz.........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz.........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz.........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz......... 1  60
Cotton, 80 ft. per  doz......... 1  80
Jute, 60 ft.  per  dos.............  80
Jute. 71 ft.  DPT  dm.. 
OR

.. 

COCOA 5HBLLS.
201b  bags.......................  
Less quantity.................  
Pound  packages............  
CREAM  TARTAR.

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

214
3
4

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

F air....................................... 10
Good......................................12
Prim e.................................... 13
Golden  .................................. 14
Peaberry  ...............................15
Fair  ........................................II
Good  ....................................  15
Prim e.................................... 16
Peaberry  ............................... 17

Santos.

Mexican  and  Gaatamala.

Fair  .......................................16
Good  ..................................... 17
..................................18
Fancy 
Maracaibo.

Prime......... ........................... 20
Milled.....................................21

Java.

Interior.................................. 20
Private  Growth...................... 22
Mandehling............................ 24

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

Mocha.

Roasted.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue.....................28
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__28
Wells’ Mocha and Java..... 24
Wells’ Perfection  Java......24
S fln caih n   ................... ..  ...............23
Breakfast B’end...............   20
Valley city Maracaibo.__ 18*
Ideal  Blend........................ 14
Leader  Blend..................... 12

Package.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
the  wholesale  dealer 
which 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
Invoice 
for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to bis shipping point, including 
weight  of  package,  also  1c  a 
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the list 
is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price in full cases.
Arbuckle.......................  10  50
Jersey...... .......................  10 so
McLaughlin’s  XXXX.........10 50
Valley City *  gross...... 
75
Velix *   gross................. 
1  15
Hummel’« foil *  gross  .. 
as 
Hummel’« Hn *   gm»s... 
1 4P
CLOTHES PINS.
  40
5 gross hove« 
 
COUGH  DROPS.

Extract.

C  B  Brand.

40 5 cent packages...........  1  00

CONDENSED  MILK.

4 doz in case.
Gail Borden  Eagle..............6 75
Crown  .  .............................. 6 25
Daisy....................................5 75
Champion  ...........................4 50
Msgnoifa 
....................   4  ok
Challenge............................. 3 35
Dime 
g  %

 

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.

50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00
50 books, any denom__  1  50
34
100 books, any denom....  2 50 
500 books  any denom....11  50
1.000 book«, any denom....80 00

Economic  Grade.

Universal Grade.

Credit Checks.

Superior Grade,

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from CIO down.

50 books, any denom....  1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00
50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1.000 booxs, any denom__20 00
Can be made to represent any 
JO books.........................  1  00
50 books...............................  2 00
100 books  .........................  3 00
250 books...............................  c 25
500 books................................10 00
1000 books............................... 17 50
500, any one denom’n ...... 3 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ......   8 00
Steel punch.......................  
75
DRIBD  FRUITS—DOMESTIC 
Sundried.....................   @ 5*
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @  8* 
Apricots.....................   714®8w
t b ’ li 
Blackberries.
Nectarines.................
Peaches.......................  8
Pears......   ..................  8
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles...................12
Raspberries................
California Prnnas.
100-120 25 lb boxes.........   @  3*
90-100 25 lb boxes.........  @ 4
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  @  4*
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   @5
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........  @ 5*
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........   @ 7*
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  @ 8*
30 - 40 25 lb boxes........  @
*  cent less In 50 lb cases 

California Fruits.

aa 9 a

Apples.

'

Raisins.

London Layers 3 Crown. 
London Layers 4 Crown.
Dehesias  .....................
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 

1  60 
2  00

SV4

FOREION.
Currants.

Peel.

Grits.

Parina.

Raisins.

Hominy.

Patras bbls........................ @ 6*
Vostizzas 50 lb cases.........@ 6*
Cleaned,bulk  ........... ....@ 8
Cleaned, packages............@ 8*
Citron American 10 lb bx  @13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx  @12 
Orange American 101b bx  @12 
Ondura 28 lb boxes......8  @  8*
Sultana  1 Crown.........   @
Sultana 2 Crown  ........  @
Sultana 8 Crown.........   @11
Sultana 4 Crown.........   @
UTiltan«  «
Snltana 6 C nw n.........   @12
Sultana package.........   @14
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages............. 1  75
Bulk, per 100 lbs............. 3 50
Walsb-DeRoo  Co.’s .........2  15
Bulk in 100 lb. bags.........3 09
Barrels  ............................2 50
Flake, 50 lb.  drums.........1  00
Dried Lima  ..................... 
3
Medium Hand Picked_  90
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box....  60
Imported.  25 lb. box....... 2 50
Common............... 
2 40
Chester.........................   2  5u
Em pire.........................   2  75
Green,  bn.....................  85
Split,  per lb..................  2
Rolled Avena,  bbl......... 3 75
Monarch,  bbl....................3 50
Monarch.  *   bbl............... 1 95
Private brands,  bbl......
Private brands, *bbl......
Quaker, cases....................3 20
Huron, cases......................1 75
Sago.
German................. 
 
3*
East  India.................... 
Wheat.
Cracked, balk................... 
94 21b packages....,.....250

Pearl Barley.
 

Rolled  Oats.

Beans.

Peas.

354

3

 

 

Sage.....................................
Hope....................................

Madras, 5  lb  boxes............
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes__

HERBS.

INDIGO.

JELLY.

Krant.

15 lb  palls............................   40
301b  palls............................   73
Barrels............................... 3 50
Half barrels....................... 2 25
Condensed, 2  doz  ..............1  20
Condensed. 4  doz  ..............2 25

LYB.

LICORICE.

Pure.....................................   30
Calabria..............................  26
Sicily....................................  14
Root.....................................   10

MINCB MEAT.

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

ITATCHBS.

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

nOLASSBS.
New Orleans.

Black................................  
11
F air..................................  
14
Good................................. 
20
Fancy  ............................ 
24
Open Kettle...................... 25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra. 

MUSTARD.

Horse Radish, 1 doz...........1  75
Horse Radish, 2 doz...........3 50
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz..........1  75

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216......................  1  70
Clay, T. D. fall count........ 
65
Cob, No. 3..........................  
85

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s............................  4 00
PennaSalt  Co.’s ...............   8 00

PICKLBS.
Medium.

Small.

Barrels, 1,200 count...........  5 50
Half bbls, 600 count...........  3 30

 

Barrels, 2,400 count.........   6 75
Half bbls,  1,200 count........  4 00

Domestic.
 

RICE.
Carolina head..... 
6Q
Carolina  No. 1  .................   5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4*
Broken...............................
Japan,  No. l ......................  5^
Japan.  No. 2 ....................  6*
Java, fancy  head..............  6
Java, No. 1.........................  5
Table 
...............................  5*
SALERATU5.

Imported.

Packed 60 lbs. in  box.

Church’s ............................j  sc
Deland’s ............................3  16
Dwight’s ............................8 30
Taylor’s ..............................3 00

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Worcester.

Common Grades.

Cases, 24 3-lb  boxes............1  50
Barrels,  100  3 lb bags........2 75'
Barrels.  40  7 lb bags........2 40
Butter. 28 lb. bags...............  30
Butter, 56 lb  bags................  60
Butter, 20  14 lb bags..........3 00
Butter, 2801b  bbls.............2 50
1003 lbsacks...................... 1  70
60 5-lb sacks...................... 1  55
28 10-lb sacks.....................1  45
50  4  lb. cartOHB..............3 25
115  2* lb. sacks..................4 00
60  5  lb. sacks..................3 75
22 14  lb. sacks..................3 50
30 10  lb. sacks..................3 50
281b. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................   60
400
Bulk In barrels................... 2 50
56-lb dairy in drill bags......   30
28-lb dairy in drill bags......  15
56-lb dairy In linen sacks  ..  60
56-lb dairy In linen  sacks...  60 
56-lb  sacks..........................   21
Granulated Fine.................   77
Medium  Fine......................  
ts

Ashton.
Higgle 
■ In liner
Solar Rock.

Warsaw.

Common.

45

SAL SODA.

Granulated, bbls..............   75
Granulated,  100 lb cases..  90
Lump, bbls.......................   75
Lump, 1451b kegs..............  85

SBBDS.

9
A n i s e ...................................... 
Canary, Smyrna................  3
Caraway........................... 
8
Cardamon,  M alabar......   60
Celery...............................  11
3 u
Hemp,  Russian................ 
Mixed  Bird......................  4*
Mustard,  white................ 
5
Poppy  .............................. 
8*
Rape................................. 
4*
Cuttle Bone......................  20

8NUPF.

Scotch, In bladders.............  87
Maccaboy, In Jars................  36
French Rappee, In Jars......   48

SOAP.

JA X O N

Single box.................................2 75
5 box lots, delivered...........2 70
10 box lots, delivered...........2 65
■IAS.  8.  KIRK  S CO.’S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d....3 33 
American Family, unwrp’d.3 27
Dome.........................................3 33
Cabinet..................................... 2 20
Savon........................................ 2 50
Dusky Diamond. 50 6 oz__ 2  10
Dusky Diamond. 50 8 oz__ 3 00
Bine India, 100 
lb................. 3 00
Kirkoline..................................3 75
Eos................................ 
free with five.

3 65
One  box  American  Family 
Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Single box............................ 2 80
5 box lots.............................2 75
10 box lots.............................2 70
25 box lots............................ 2  60

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands. 

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2 76 
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars.... 3 75
Uno, 100 5i-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars............2 05

Scouring.

S&pollo, kitchen, 3 d oz...... 2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz...........2 40

SODA.

Boxes  ...........
Kegs. E n g lish .

5*
4M

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

 

Allspice  ..........................   10
Cassia, China in mats 
12
Cassia, Batavia In bund...  ¡¡2
Cassia, Saigon In rolls........82
Cloves,  Amboyna................ 10
Cloves,Zanzibar............ 9
Mace,  Batavia...............'....55
Nutmegs, fancy.............. 
go
Nutmegs, No.  1............... ' . ’50
Nutmegs, No.  2.............. 
45
Pepper, Singapore, black... 10 
Pepper, Singapore, white.. .12 
Pepper,  shot........................12

Pure Oround In Bnlk.

Allspice  .............................. 12
Cassia, Batavia..................'22
Cassia,  Saigon.....................40
Cloves, Amboyna...........!.. 18
Cloves, Zanzibar..................13
Ginger,  African..................15
Ginger,  Cochin................... is
Ginger,  Jamaica..................23
Mace,  Batavia.....................70
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .18
Mustard, Trieste..................20
Nutmegs,...................... 40@?0
Pepper, Sing , black............12
Pepper, Sing., white............15
Pepper, Cayenne...»........... 20
8h*e..................................

F i s h .
Cod.

15

Halibut.

Herring.

riackorel.

Georges cared............  @ 4*
Georges genuine........  @ 5*
Georges selected........  @6)4
Strips or bricks.........   5  @ 7*
Chunks............................. 
10
Strips................................. 
9
Holland white hoops, bbl.  10 25 
Holland white boop *  bbl  5 50 
Holland white hoop, keg. 
72 
Holland white hoop mchs 
80
Norwegian............................   11 on
Round 100 lbs.......................   3 40
Round  40 lbs........................  1 60
Scaled...............................  
Mess 100 lbs..........................   16 00
Mess  40 lbs......................  6  70
Mess  10 lbs...........................  1 75
Mess 8 1bs,.......................  143
No. 1100 lbs......................  14 50
No. 1  40 lbs....................  6  10
No. 1 
10 lbs....................  1  60
No. 1 
8 lbs....................  1  30
No. 2 100 lbs......................  10 00
No. 2  40 lbs......................  4 30
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1  15
No. 2  8 lbs..................... 
95
Russian kegs  ................... 
56
No. 1 100 lba......................  4 50
No. 1  40 lbs......................  2  10
No. 1  10 lbs.................... 
60
No. 1 
51
8 lba..................... 
No. 1  No. 2  Fam
100 lbs...........  6 75  5 00  2 50
40 lbs...........  3 00  2 30  1  30
10 lbs........... 
40
8 lbs........... 
35
PLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Sardlnaa.
Trout

WhltafUh.

65 
55 

83 
69 

Jennings’.

D .C . V a n llia  
...1 20 
2 oz..
3 oz.
....1  50 
4 oz.. 
...2  00 
6 oz.. 
...3 .10 
No.
4 00
No. 10.  .6 00 
No.  2 T.l 25 
No.  3 T.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.  2T.  80 
No.  3 T.l  35 
No.  4 T.l  5q
Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

Souders’.
in  the  world 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

dos
2 oz........  75
4 oz......... 1 50

Regular 
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz_____1 20
4 oz......... 2 40

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

Choke Boro—Dupont’s.

Kegs 
Half Kegs................................. 2 25
Quarter Kegs............................ 1 25
1 lb. cahs..............................  30
*  lb  cans.............................     is
Kegs  ....................................4  26
Half Kegs......................  ...2  40
Quarter Kegs............................ 1 35
1 lb. cans..............................  34
Kegs..........................................8 00
Half Kegs................................. 4 25
Quarter Kegs........................... 2 25
 
lib .can s...... . 

Eagle Dnck—Dupont’s.

 

 

STARCH.

VINEOAR.
Malt White Wine.... 
Pure  Cider.................... g
Washing Powder.

Kingaford’a  Corn.
40 1-lb packages...................  6
20 1 lb packages.............. 
’  6h

Klngsford’s Silver  Oloss

401-lb packages.............. 
6-lb  boxes  ...................... 

ati
7

Diamond.

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

Common  Corn.

20 1 lb  packages..................  4yt
4011b  packages..................  4u
20 lb. boxes..........................  4
40 lb. boxes.........................

Common Qloss.

1-lb  packages......................  4)4
3-lb  packages......................  454
6-lb  packages.....................   41/
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   3
Barrels  ...............................  2%

STOVE POLISH.

No. 4. 3 doz in case, gross..
No. 6, 3 doz in case, gross..

SUGAR.

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New  York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
Including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf.................................. 5 75
Domino.................................... 5 63
Cubes......................................Is 31
Powdered  ...........................5 31
XXXX  Powdered.................... 5 38
Mould  A...................................5 38
Granulated in bbls................... 5 is
Granulated in  bags................. 5 13
Pine Granulated....................  5 i3
Extra Fine Granulated.......5 25
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 25
Diamond  Confec.  A........... 5  13
Confec. Standard A.............5 00
No.
4
No
4 75 
No.
....................
4 69 
No.
4  63 
No.
....................
4 56 
No.
..................
4  44 
No.
....................
4 38 
No.
..................
4 31 
No.
4  25 
No
4  19
No.  11............................   ...4  13
No.  12.....................................   4 06
NO.  13....................................... 4 06
No.  14....................................... 4 00
No.  15.......................................3 94
No.  16....................................... 3 88

2..............
3 
4  ............
5 
6 
7 
8 
9................
10.

SYRUPS.

_ 
Barrels................................. 1«
Half  bbls.............................is

Corn.

Pars Cano.

Fair  .................................  18
Good.................................  «0
Choice..............................  25

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

tobaccos.

Cigars.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. 
New Brick........................33 00

H. A P. Drug Co.’s brand.

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

8. C. W............................... 33 00

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand. 

Star Green......................  oo

00 12 oz pkgs..................... 3 50

WICKING.

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

Fish  and  Oysters

Fresh Fish.

Per lb. 
Whitefish........... 
<a
9 
T rout......................  @
9 
Black Bass.........  
<a
10 
Halibut................... 
<g>
15 
Ciscoes or Herring..  @
4
Bluefish...................  @
10
Live Lobster.........  
a
18
Boiled Lobster........ 
a
20
Cod.......................
@   10 @  8 
Haddock...............
No.  1  Pickerel......
@  8 
Pike.......................
@  7
Smoked White......
Red Snapper.........
Col  River  Salmon. 
Mackerel 
............

@

Oysters in Cans.

P. H. Counts........
P. J. D. Selects__
Selects....................
P. J. D. Standards.. 
Anchors..................
Standards..............’
Favorites..........,

@

t

Oysters  in  Bulk

P.  H. Counts...........  @1  75
Extra Selects.........   @1  50
detects....................   @,25
Anchor Standards..  @110
Standards...............   @1  oo
Liams......................  @,  26

Shell  Goods.

Oysters, per  100......... 1  a5@l  50
k’fcmg.  rwr  100.........   Q0&1  W

Hides  and  Pelts.

Hides.
............ 

Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows :
Green... 
  7  @ 8
Part  cured................. 
,»  8V4
Full Cured.................  8J4@  9*
g f y ...............................9  @n
Kips,  green................  T  @  8
Kips,  cured................. 8*®   9)4
Calfskins,  green........  7H@  9
Calfskins, cured........8h @10
Deaconskins  .............25  @30

Pelts.

D@ 30
.  40@ 1 10
.  60@ 1 25

Old  Wool.

Fnrs.

Mink.. 
Coon.., 
Skunk.
M uskrats, spring... 
Muskrats, winter..

.  50® 1 30
.  30® »0
.  50® 1 00
5® 12
■  @
.  12@ 16
.1  25® 1 50
■  40® 70
.2 5i@ 5 00
Badger...........
■  20® 60
Cat, W ild......
15® 40
io@  *0
Cat, House.................  
Fisher.............. 
3  50@ 7 00
L............ 1 <*@200
Martin, Dark----------1 50® 3 00
Martin, Yellow........  75©  1  50
g jifj...........................     00@ 
Wolf...........................  75® 
Bear.......................... 7 oo@J5 00
....................2  00@  6 00
Beaver 
Beaver Castors.........  @  8 00
Opossum 
............   5i& 
15
Deerskin, dry, per lb.  15®  25 
Deerskin, gr’n, per lb.  10@ 
15

Wool.

Washed 
Unwashed...... . . . ...1 7 @23 
@17

................. 14

niscellaneous.

Tallow.......................   2)4<&  3 u
1  a
Grease Butter.........  
Switches  ........... 
iiJ a   5
Gin«mg.......:::::::::  m »

Wheat.

Wheat................................  gg

Winter  Wheat Flour. 

Local Brands.

Patents..........................  
Second  P ate n t......." " "   5 00
Straight............................‘  4 80
..................................   4  40

5

Buckwheat..............  ...... 4
Bye..............................350
subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  Hs........................  4  go
Quaker, * s ........................  4
Quaker, )4s.........................  4  fo
Guard, Fairfield A Co.’s Brand.
Wfiole Wheat l-ibs............  5 20

Spring  Wheat Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury ’s  Best Hs...........   5 55
Piiisbury’s Best )4s...........  5  4o
i£HSKUry 8 i>esl * s...........  5  3d
Piilsbury s Best %s paper..  5  35 
Fills bury s Best * s paper..  5 35
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand.
Grand Republic, Hs...........5 55
Grand Republic, Hs...........5 .5
Grand Republic, Hs...........5  35
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand. 
Gold Medal Hs... 
a
Gold Medal h s..:.::::......& «
Gold Medal Hs........... 
’  5 45
Parisian,  Hs................... .  5 65
Parisian, hs.......................5 55
Parisian, Hs.......................  5  45

* 

Oiney A Judson’s Brand.

Ceresota, Hs......................
Ceresuta, Hs......... 
5 43
Ceresota, Hs......... " " “ “ I  5 35
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. 
Laurel, Hs..............  
5 »
Laurel, Hs............ " “ “ I  | 5
Bolted 
,
Granulated 
2 00

Meal.
............. 

Feed and Millstulfs.

St. Car Feed, screened ...  14 00
N° . 1 Corn and  Oats.........13 00
Unbolted Corn Meal__ 
12 aO
Winter Wheat  Bran...  .  .12 00 
Winter Wheat Middlings. .13 00 
Screenings........................ qq
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 
Quotes as follows:

New Corn.
Car  lots....................
Less than  car lots:..".’.".".’  32 
Car lots............................. 25
Carlots, clipped...... .¿g
Less than car lots...... . . . .  30

Oats.

Hay.

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

Candies.
Stick  Candy.
. 

bbls.  pails

- 

„. 
Standard................. 
Standard H.  H........ 
Standard Twist......   6
Cut Loaf..............
Jumbo, 321b  ...
Extra H. H......
Boston  Cream.

gw@ 7
6H@ 7
8
@ 8)4 
cases
@ 6 h
@ 8H

Fancy—In  5  lb.’ Boxes.

Mixed Candv.

Competition............
Standard...............
Conserve.................
Royal ..    ___ ***’’
Ribbon.................
Broken............**
Cut  Loaf.........
English Rock......."
Kindergarten..  .
French  Cream...... !
Dandy Pan...........
Valley Cream..  ” ”

Fancy—in Bulk.

Lozenges, plain......
Lozenges,  printed..
Choc.  Drops...........  n
Choc.  Monumentais
Gum  Drops............
Moss  Drops........
Sour Drops........
Imperials........

Lemon Drops.........
Sour  Drops............
Peppermint Drops .! 
Chocolate Drops....
H. M. Choc. Drops..
Gum  Drops.........
Licorice Drops 
A. B. Licorice Drops 
Lozenges,  plain.. 
Lozenges,  printed.
Imperials...........
Mottoes...........
Cream  Bar....’.’.’
Molasses Bar  ..” **!
Hand Made Creams.  80
Plain  Creams......  
60
Decorated Creams
String Rock............
Burnt Almonds...  1  25 
Wintergreen Berries
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes ...................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  ib!
b o x e s ........   ..........
No. 2 wrapped, 2  ib. 
boxes ........

Fruits.
Oranges. 
Mexicans  150 176-200 
Cal. Seedlings ..
Fancy Navels 112  .”
126to 216............ .

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

@ 6 
@ 7 
@ 7)4 
@ 7)4 
@ 8)4 
@   8)4 @  8)4 
@ 8 
@ 8)4 
@ 8)4 
@10 
@13

& 8)4 
&  8)4 @14 
@11 
@ 6 
@ 8 
@ 8)4 
@  8)4

@50 
@50 
@60 
@60 
@75 
@30 
@75 
@50 
@50 
@50 
@50 
@55 
@s0 
@50 
@1  00 @90 
@90 
@60 
@@60

@30
@45

@4 00 
@3 00 
@3  00 
@3 75

@3  25 
@3 25 
@3 75 
@4 00

@  10
@  12 
@  13 
@  14

Bananas. 

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

@1  50 
@2  00

Foreign Dried  Fruits 

Figs.

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

Choice, 101b boxes..
Extra  choice,  14  lb
Fancy, 12 lb  boxes’.'. 
Fancy, 50 lb boxes.. 
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes...............
Pulled, 6lb boxes... 
Naturals,  in  bags.
Dates.

Fards in 10 lb  boxes 
Fards  in  60 lb  cases 
Persians, H. M. B.,60
lb cases, new........
Sairs,  60 lb cases__

9 00
1  50

iaxa
@12
a n
soft shelled............   @13
9 
@10
@13
@11
@10 
@12 
@10 
@ 8 
@10
a i2
a i   75
~
@4  50

Almonds, Tarragona.. 
Almonds, Ivaca.........  
Almonds,  California,
Brazils new...............
Filberts  ...........
Walnuts, Grenobles ’ ’
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1 
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif.......................
Table Nuts,  fancy__
Table Nuts,  choice..
Pecans, Med...
Pecans, Ex. Large.
Pecans, J umbos....... 
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio, new...............  
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks 
Peanuts.
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns.
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Choice, H. P., Extras’
Choice, H. P.,  Extras,

Roasted........

@ 6H
@  6H 
@ 4
0 »H

B o asted .........

Crackers.

Soda.

Oyzter.

The N. Y. 
as follows : Biscuit Co.  quotes
Butter.
Seymour XXX . . . .  
514
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  6
Family XXX......................  514
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  6
Salted XXX................ 
¡51/
Salted XXX, 3 lb carton...  6  2
„  , 
Soda  XXX  ...................... 
ev
Soda XXX, 3 lb  carton
Soda,  City......
Zephyrette..............10
Long Island Wafers.........   n
L. 1. W afers, lib  carton  ..  12
_ 
Square Oyster, XXX.........   6
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1  lb  carton  7 
Farina Oyster,  x x v .........   6
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  jq
Bent’s Cold Water... 
13
Belle Rose........................   g
Cocoanut Taffy......
Coffee Cakes..............' 
014
Frosted Honey..............
Graham Crackers  ......  
g
Ginge r Snaps, XXX round!  7 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...  7 
Gin. Sups,XXX home made  7 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  7
Ginger  Vanilla.................  g
Imperials..........................'  gi/
Jumoles,  Honey..............
Molasses  Cakes............ g
Marshmallow  ................ ”  45
Marshmallow  Creams 
16
Pretzels,  hand  m ad e__ gu
Pretzelettes, Little German  6)4
Sugar  Cake....................  
g
Sultanas....................... ” ”  jg
Sears’ Lunch......................  714
Vanilla  Square...... ” 
8)4
Vanilla  Wafers................  14
Pecan Wafers................ 
jsiz
'  iqi!
Mixed Picnic............. 
Cream Jumbles................... \\y
Boston Ginger Nuts........”. 
g)4
Chimmie Fadden........ 
10
Pineapple Glace............... "  16
Penny Cakes............  
'  gi/
Marshmallow  Walnuts.!..’  16
Belle Isle Picnic................ii

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Grains and Feedstuffs

7

Provisions.

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled Pork.
Mess  ......................
8  50 
Back  .........................1
11  00
Clear back....................
9  50 
Shortcut.................
9  aO
pig..........................„ „
14  00
fean  ..........................  8 Oo
Family  ..........................  9 50

Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies...........................  
Briskets  ......................... 
Extra shorts................ .. 

5h
jj.
5h

Smoked  neats.
Hams, 121b average...... 
9
8J£
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
8h
Hams, 16 Id  average......  
7?,
Hams, 20 lb  average......  
Ham dried beef  ............  
15
6*
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
Bacon,  clear.................7H@SH
California hams..........  
5*
Boneless hams................ 
9
Cooked  ham................... 
n
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound......................
Kettle..........................."
55 lb Tubs..........advance
80 lb Tubs..........advance
50 lb T ins..........advance
20 lb Pails..........advance
10 lb Pails..........advance
5 lb Pails..........advance
3 lb Pails..........advance

Sausages.
Bologna.........................
Liver..........................
Frankfort...........
P o rk .......................
B lo o d .................. ::::::
Tongue..............
Head  cheese............ .

Beef.

Extra  Mess....................   9 00
Boneless  ....................   ' 12 z5
Rump............................;;12 50

Pigs’ Feet.

Kits, 15 lbs......................  go
H  bbls, 40 lbs..................  1 5u
H  bbls, 80 lbs..................  2 80

Tripe.

Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
75
h  bbis, 40 lbs........:::::  140
H  bbls, 80 lbs..................  2 75

Casings.
P ork.........................
Beef  rounds...:....’."
Beef  middles...........
Sheep......... .............
Butterine.
Rolls,  dairy
Solidi dairy......  .. 
Solid,  dairy___
DaII«  a....... ...  
....... 
Rolls,  creamery............
Solid,  creamery............  

16
4H
10
60

*944
I47*
13h

Canned  Meats.

Corned beef,  2 lb............2 10
Corned  beef, 14  lb...........14 00
Roast  beef,  2 lb............2 i0
Potted  ham,  Ha.........   80
Potted  ham,  Hs..........   1 00
Deviled ham,  Hs.........   60
Deviled ham,  Hs..........   i 00
Potted  tongue Hs.........   60
Potted  tongue Hs...........  1 00

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

Carcass........................5H@  7H
Forequarters............ 5  @ 6
Hind  quarters...........  7  @ 9
Loins  No.  3...............   9  @12
Ribs 
............. 8  @ 12
Rounds 
.............. 6H@  7H
Chucks. 
............   4  @5
Plates  .
.............  @  3
Pork.

Dressed. 
Loins  ... 
Shoulders.
Leaf Lard...................  5H@

@  4 
@ 6 
@  5

Mutton

Carcass......................6
Spring Lambs............ 8

Veal.

Carcass  .................... 6

@  7 
@ 9

@ 8

Oils.

Barrels.

Eocene.......................  @UH
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @ 8H
WW Michigan...........  @8
Diamond White.........  @ 7
D., S. Gas....................  @ 8
Deo. N aptha..............  @ 7H
Cylinder....................25  @36
Engine.......................n   @21
B  ack, winter............   @  8

2 1

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

Butters.

H gal., per doz.................  50
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
5H
8 gal., per g a l.................  6H
lugal., per gal............. 
6H
 
12 gal., per gal..................   6H
I d  gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
2o gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
25 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 
30 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 
2 to 6 gal., per gal............  
5h
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 
H gal. fiat or rd. hot., doz. 
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each 60
•>H
Fine Glazed Milkpans.
H gal. fiat or rd. hot., doz.  65 
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each  5H 

Milkpans.

Churns.

Stewpans.

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

Jugs.

H gal., per doz..................  40
H gal., per doz..................  50
1 to 5 gal., per gal.............  6H

Tomato Jugs.

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

Sealing Wax.

 

 

LAMP  BURNERS.

5 lbs. In package, per lb...  2
No. 0 Sun....................  
45
No.  1  Sun............................... 50
No.  2 Sun.................  
75
Tubular........................." "   50
Security, No. 1.......  
65
Security, No. 2........................85
Nutmeg  ............................   50
Climax...............................  j 50
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common. 
„  
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun..........  
vs
No.  1  Sun......................" "  1  os
No.  2 Sun.........................“  2 70

First  Quality.
crimp 
1  Sun,  crimp 

top,
No.  0 Sun, 
No. 
top,
No.  2 Sun,  crimp  top,

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

1 

XXX Flint.

No.  0 Sun,  crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled....  2 55 
No. 
1  Sun,  crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
2 Sun,  crimp  top,
No. 
wrapped and  labeled...  3 75
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................3 70
No.  2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................  4 79
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled................. 
4 gg
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Buib,”
for Globe Lames............. 
80
No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per 
doz  ................... 
j  25
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ...............................  4  53
No. 1 Crimp,per doz....:."  1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.........   1  60

La  Bastie.

Rochester.

Electric.

OILCANS. 

Pump  Cans

No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)........4 00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ......   4  on
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)......  4 40
Doz.
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv iron with spout.  1  65
2 gal galv Iron with  spout.  2 87
3 gal galv Iron with spout.  3 50 
5 gal galv iron with  spont.  4 75 
3 gal galv Iron with faucet 4  75 
5 gal galv Iron with  faucet 5 25
5 gal Tilting cans.............  8 00
5 gal galv Iron  Nacefas  ...  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9 00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule................10  50
5 gal Home Rule.....................12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King...................  9 50
No.  0 Tubular...................  4  25
No.  IB   T ubular............6 50
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6 30
No.  1 Tub., glass fount....  7 00 
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C 
No.  3 Street  Lamp  .......  3 75
LANTERN  GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls 6 doz.
No. 0 Tubular,  ball’s  eye,

each, box 10 cents...........  45
each, box  15 cents.........   45
each, bbl 35....................   40
cases 1 doz. each.............1 25
No. 0 per gross...................  20
No. 1 per gross................. | 
25
No. 2 per gross  .................   38
No. 3 per gross...,............  
58
Mammoth.................. 
fg

LAMP  WICKS.

LANTERNS.

22

Hardware

The  Arrangement  and  Care of Goods. 
Written for the T radesman.

A  desirable  arrangement  for  many 
kinds  of  goods  usually  kept  in  their 
original  packages  which  is  an  improve­
ment  over  the  use  of  open  shelves  is 
shown  in  the  illustration  herewith.  The

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

is  kept 

leaves  a  space  of  6  inches  back  of  the 
chisel  boxes,  where  the  stock  of  pocket 
cutlery 
in  the  original  boxes. 
The  numbers  corresponding  to  the  sam­
ples  in  the  case  are  marked  on  th^  end 
of  the  cutlery  boxes 
in  large  figures 
with  an  oil  crayon  or  marking  pencil 
The  smaller  numbers  are  put  on  the 
top  shelf,  with  the 
larger  numbers  in 
regular  order  below,  making  it  an  easy 
matter to  find  any  numbei  desired.

Along  the  line  of  suitably  hiding  the 
unsightly  packages  and  boxes usually  of 
varying  sizes  and  colors  and  more  or 
less  soiled  by  handling  is  the  plan  sug 
gested  by  the  engraving  below.

PICE  WIRE  Dill  HITS

Durable.  Will  not  roll, 
warp  or  crush.  Michigan 
agents  wanted.

E. E. METCALF

14  W .   B R I D G E   S T . ,  

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

Mfgk  Detroit  Flexible  Wire  Matting

P age Fence Headquarters.

--- ~ 

STANDARD  SIZES

16 X  24 in.  20  X  30 m.  24 x 36 in.

Any dimension to order.

Made  of  Flat Wire.  The Latest and Best.

Supplied  by all jobbers and  the mfrs.

W rite for prices.

THE  DETROIT SAFE COMPANY,

67-85  East Fort Street, Detroit, Mich.

DROP  DOOR  FOR  SHELVING.

shelf  openings  are  fitted  with  a  door  of 
half-inch  pine  or  ash,  hinged  at the bot­
tom  to  the  lower  shelf.  A  chain  is  at­
tached  to  the  top  of  the  door,  the  other 
end  being  fastened  to  the  under  side  of 
the  upper  shelf,  so  that  the  door,  when 
open,  will  form  a  continuation  of  the 
lower  shelf.  The  door  not  only  serves 
the  excellent  purpose  of  excluding  dust 
and  hiding  what  are  apt  to  be  unsightly 
packages,  but  also  affords  an  excellent 
surface  on  which  to  display  samples  of 
the  goods inside.  It is fastened by a cup­
board  catch  as  shown  in  cut  below.

The  frequency  with  which  hardware 
stores  are  burglarized,  cutlery  being  the 
article  most  largely  stolen,  has  sug­
gested  a  plan  of  keeping  cutlery  in  the 
original  packages  where  it  is  not  likely 
to  be  seen  by  intruders.  To  this  end  a 
il-
cutlery  case  is  used  as  shown  in  the 

POCKET  CUTLERY  BACK  OF CHISEL 

BOXES.

lustration  for  containing  the  cutlery. 
This  case  occupies  only  a  width  of 
one-half  of  the  shelving.  Chisels  are 
kept 
in  front  of  the  case  in  boxes  that 
fit  the  shelving,  with  a  sample  of  each 
size  chisel  fastened  to  the  face  of  the 
box,  as  shown.  The  chisel  boxes  are 6 
inches  deep  and  18 
long,  while 
is  12  inches  deep.  This
the  shelving 

inches 

In  front  of  goods  kept 

in  original 
packages  shallow  cases  are  hung  on 
hinges.  The  cases  are  about  3  inches 
deep,  the  back  and  sides  being  lined 
with  dark  cloth,  against  which  are  dis 
piayed  spoons,  cutlery, 
tools  and  the 
endless  variety  of  bright  and  attractive 
goods  which  go  to  make  up  a  hardware 
stock.  The  front  of  each  showcase  is  a 
glass  door  hung  on  separate hinges from 
those  upon  which  the  back  is hung.  The 
glass  door  may  be  opened  to  allow  a 
purchaser  to 
inspect  the  samples  more 
closely.  When  the  goods  have  been  de­
cided  upon,  the glass  door  is  closed  and 
the  showcase  swung  away  from 
the 
shelves,  when  the  articles  required  can 
be  taken  from  the  original  packages. 
Although  not  so  shown  in  the  cut,  the 
side  of  the  showcase  opposite the hinges 
should  be  beveled  from  front  to  back, 
so  that  the  case  will  swing  clear  with­
out  striking.  When  the  doors  reach 
from  the  ceiling  down  to  a  desirable 
point  above  the  counter  ledge,  drawers 
are  used  to  fill  the  intervening  space. 
An  array  of  hardware  goods  in  a  series 
of  such  cases  imparts  to  a  store  an  ap­
pearance  of  elegance  and 
is  not  very 
expensive.  The  plan  can  be  adopted  in 
many  stores  with  very  little  trouble  and 
it  pays  to 
impress  customers  with  the 
idea  that  the  goods  are  of  high grade.
J.  M e s s e r s c h m id t.

Is  Not Getting Something for Nothing. 
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

Trading  stamps  have  been  declared 
illegal  by  the  Court  of  Appeals  of  the 
District  of  Columbia  and  many  mer­
chants  who  now  feel  obliged  to use them 
because  their  business  rivals  do  so  will 
be  glad  to  have  them  done  away  with. 
At  the  best,  they  are  an  illegitimate 
method  of  doing  business,  since  they 
persuade  the  purchaser  that  he  is  get­
ting  something  for  nothing,  whereas 
both  the  stamps  and  the  profit  on  the 
goods  they  represent  must  be  paid  for. 
For  this  reason,  among others, the  larger 
merchants  do  not  use  them, nor  any sim­
ilar  device,  but  give  the  customer  the 
value  of  his  money 
in  the  goods  he 
buys,  and  expect  bim  to  recognize  that 
fact.

Wm.  Brummeler & Sons,

Manufacturers and Jobbers of
TINWARE,
ENAMELED  WARE  and 
NICKEL  PLATED  WARE
Factory  and  Salesrooms,  260  South  Ionia  Street

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Poor Kinds ot Cftiinnimnis

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

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that  objects  to  his  wife’s  making  any 
disposal  ot  his money without consulting 
him.  He 
is  not  close-fisted,  either, 
lhat  very  Christmas  he  bought  her  a 
superb  brooch  and  some  other  things, 
costing  six  times  the  amount  of  that 
little  gold  leaf  with  the  garnets.”
No  Sentiment  in  Business.

The  following  announcement  from  a 
Washington  shoe  house  contains  some 
excellent  points:

We  will  venture  to  say  that  not  te n - 
out  of  the  thousands  of  people  who 
bought  shoes  here  during  the  past  week 
care  a  snap  of  their finger—personally 
— whether  the  firm  sinks  or  swims  in 
the  sea  of  business;  the selling  of  shoes 
simmers  down  to  just  three  words— 
quality,  style  and  price!  There 
is  no 
sentiment 
in  business—you  want  the 
best  for  the  least  money—and  you  11 
it  where  you  can  get  it.  People 
buy 
used  to 
in  order  to  get 
good  shoes 
it  was  necessary  to  pay  a 
high  price  in  some  down  town  store— 
but  we  have  convinced  them  that  they 
can  save  almost  one-half  of  their  shoe 
bills  in  buying  here.  While  other deal 
ers  were  waiting  to  see  what  was  going 
to  happen— from  a  tariff  point  of  view 
—we  bought  shoes!  And  to-day  we  are 
selling  them  for  less  than  our  competi­
tors  can  buy  them  for at  wholesale!

imagine  that 

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUaURS  AND  BITS 

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

AXES

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

Railroad..............
Garden..................

BARROWS

......... 25*10
......... 60*10

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

.$12 00  14 00

BOLTS

Stove........... 
....................................... 
60&10
Carnage new list....................................  TO to 75
plow.......................................................  
gg

Well,  plain.................................................. t  3 85

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST

Cast Loose  Pin, figured.............................. 70&10
Wrought Narrow.........................................70&10

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

BLOCKS

CROW  BARS
Cast Steel.  .............................  

.. 

..perlb 

to

4

CAPS

.......................................... perm 
65
Hick s C. F ............ ............................ per m 
55
Musket..................................................perm  00

CARTRIDGES

Him Fire 
.................................................... 50* 5
Central  Fire.................................................¡¿5& 5

•  Lost  a  Clerk  S800  in  Sales  Whil 

She  “Looked  Around.”

“ Talking about cranky shoppers”  said 
the  salesman  in  the  jewelry  and  silver­
ware  store,  “ the  coming  of  Christmas 
reminds  me  of  a  customer  1  had  last 
year,  two  or  three  days  before  the  25th. 
About  11.30  one  morning,  just  when  the 
store  was  packed  with  shoppers,  a  lady 
came  in  and  asked  to  look  at  novelties, 
also  silverware.  She  was  interested  in 
only  the  expensive  goods  and  I  took 
pains  to  show  her  fully  our  best  line. 
Several  parties  whom  1  am  accustomed 
to  serve  were  in  the  store  while  she  was 
there,  but  1  let  others  wait  on  them  and 
devoted  my  time  to  her. 
1  flatter  my­
self  that  1  am  a  good  salesman,  and 
moreover  that  I  can  tell  pretty  quickly 
the  shopper  who  really  intends  to  buy 
that  day,  and  the  shopper  who  is  ‘ only 
looking  around. ’  This 
lady,  alter  ex 
amining  everything  closely,  pricing 
comparing,  getting  my  ideas,  and  oc 
casionally  rtferring  to  the  proprietor’!, 
taste  as  he  came  around,  taking  up  an 
hour’s  time  in  the  busiest  part  of  the 
day,  remarked  carelessly  that  she  had  a 
son  who  was  then  on  a  hunting  expedi­
tion  in  the  South.  ‘ He  expects  to  be  an 
usher  for  a  wedding  in  June,’  she  said. 
‘ I  will  write  him  about  these  things  1 
have  seen  and  very  likely  when  he 
comes  back  he  will  look  in  himself.’

"   ‘ In  June,  madam!’  I  could  not  help 
exclaim ing;  ‘ are  you 
looking  at  these 
things  now  for  a  wedding  in  June,  and 
all  these  people  waiting  to  get  things 
for  the  day  after  to-morrow?’  ”

Why,  yes,’  she  said,  seemingly not 
a  whit  em b arrassed I  thought  all  of 
your  prettiest  things  would  be  out  of 
their  cases  now  and  that  it  was  a  good 
time  to  get  suggestions. ’

“   ‘ Suggestions  for  a June  wedding,  ’I 
whispered  to  one  of  the  men,  as  my 
customer  swept  out  to  her carriage;  and 
then  the  laugh  was  on  me,  because  all 
had  expected  to  hear  of  a  gi.ooo  sale  at 
least. 
I  counted  up  and  found  that  1 
had 
lost  exactly  §800  worth  of  sales 
while  that  thoughtless  woman  was in the 
store!

“ We  have  people  in  here  sometimes 
who  do  such  odd  things that to tell  about 
like  exaggeration,”   he 
them  sounds 
went  on. 
“ See  this  brooch?”   pointing 
to  a  small  gold  leaf  with  vivid  glowing 
berries.  “ We  sold  one  like  it  to  a  lady 
who 
lives— well,  not  a  hundred  blocks 
from  here,  and  has  the  reputation  of 
being  wealthy. 
If  those  berries  were 
rubies  the  brooch  would  be  costly,  but 
being  garnets  it  is  worth  only  {540.  The 
day  after  the  brooch  was  sent  to  the 
purchaser,  a  tall,  self-collected,  stern­
looking  man  came 
in  and  addressed 
himself  to  me.

“   ‘ You  sold  this  brooch  to  my  wife,  I 
understand, ’  he  said,  holding  out  the 
brooch.

“ I  told  him  that  was  the  case.
“   ‘ I  want  you  to  take  it  back  and  re­

fund  the  money. ’

“ He  was  so 

it  with  my  consent. 

“   | Anything wrong about  it?’  I  asked.
No.  But  you  had  no  right  to  sell 
such  an  expensive  piece  of  jewelry  to 
my  wife  without  first  finding  out  if  she 
bought 
I  do  not 
choose  that  she  should  buy  goods  all 
about  town  in  this  fashion;  when  I  wish 
her  to  have  personal  ornaments  I  will 
get  them  for  her.  Besides,  you  over­
charged  her  because  she  was  a  woman. ’
in  earnest  and  berated 
me  so  roundly  that  I  really  felt  uncom­
fortable,  although  I  knew 
it  was  all 
ridiculous. 
I  explained  that  the  sale 
was  made,  that  the  lady  had  paid  for 
the  article  and  that  the  firm  did  not 
take  back  goods  under  such  conditions. 
He got  into a  towering  passion,  argued 
with  me  to  the  top  of  his  bent,  although 
there  were  other  customers  listening, 
and  then,  when  he  found  that  it  was  no 
go  and  that  we  would  not  take  back  the 
brooch,  he  pitched  the  case  out  through 
the  open  door 
into  the  middle  of  the 
muddy  street  and  took  himself  off.

“ What  did  we  do?  Why,  one of  our 
boys  ran  out  and  picked  up  the  case 
from  under  the  very  feet  of  a  cab horse. 
We  packed  the  brooch  carefully  in  a 
new  case  and  sent 
it  around  to  the 
lady’s  address.  What  was  it  that  made 
the  man  act  in  that  way?  Crankiness, 
pure  and  simple.  He  is  one  of  the  kind

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS-

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

HOLLOW  WARE

HINGES

WIRE  GOODS

Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3.........   ...................  dis 60*10
.........................................per doz. net  2 50
gu
go
go

Bright.......................................................... 
Screw Eyes............................................ 
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Hook’s.............................. 
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Gate Hooks and Eyes......go
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LEVELS
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dis 
Sisal, *  Inch and  larger.................... 
Manilla...................................................g
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Steel and Iron.....................................
Try and Bevels....................... ’**’
M itre............................

SQUARES

ROPES

70

514

SHEET  IRON

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TRAPS

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

com. smooth,  com.
12 40 
2 40 
2 45 
2 55 
2 65 
_
2 75
All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

„  
Nos. 10 to 14..................................$2 7o
Nos. 15 to 17.................................. 2 70
Nos. 18 to 21...............................2 80
Nos. 22 to 24..................................  3 00
Nos. 25 to 26..................................  3 10
No.  27..........................................  3 20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86...................................... .
Solid Eyes........................................per ton 20 00
Steel, Game..................................... 
60&10
gg 
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ... 
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Oneida Community, Hawley ¿Norton’s 70*10
Mouse, choker............................per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion........................ per doz 
1 gg
WIRE
Bright Market.....................
Annealed  Market..............
75
Coppered  Market.................
70^10
Tinned Market.......................................
....  62* 
Coppered Spring  Steel............
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ...........
....  2 10 
Barbed  Fence,  painted........
....  180
HORSE  NAILS 
Au Sable............................
dis 40* 1C 
Putnam......   ....................
dis 
5 
Northwestern............................
dis 10*10
WRENCHES
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
go
Coe’s Genuine.............................................. 
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought.........  
80
go
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
Bird  Cages  ...........................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern......................................  
go
Screws, New List...................................  
gg
Casters, Bed and  Plate.........................* 50*10*10
Dampers, American............................... 
go
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600 pound casks...........................................   g^
Per pound.................................................“  
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MISCELLANEOUS

METALS—Zinc

SOLDER

............................................................  12J4
The prices of themanv otherqualitiesof solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to  composition.
TIN—Melyn Grade
10x14 1C, Charcoal............................ 
$575
14x20 IC, Charcoal......................... 
...... "  5  «
20x14 IX, Charcoal......................................   7 00

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.

TIN—Allaway Grade

 

 

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

ROOFING  PLATES

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50. 
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean......................... 
500
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean.....................' ” 
g gg
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean............................... io 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   4  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   5  gg
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Alla way Grade............  9 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   11  00
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, i 
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14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers! f P*51 Pound- 

BOILER  SIZE TIN  PLATE 

9

W rite for prices. 

TH O M AS  DUNN  &  S O N S ,

’Phone 1357.

W H O L E S A L E

Hardware  S pecialties,  Belting,

Engineers,  Machinists and 

Factory Supplies.

93  P E A R L  S T R E E T . 

GRAND  RA PID S.

* *  

tradesman 
Itemized 
Ledgers*

Size,  8j£ x i4—3  columns.

3 
quires,  160  pages.................................... $3  00
3 q uires,  340  p a g e s ........................................................ ....  r0
4 quires, 320  pages..................................................   3  00
5 quires, 400  pages..................................................
6 quires, 480  p ages.................................................. 4 00

INVOICE  RECORD or BILL BOOK.

80 double pages,  registers 3,880  invoices..........$2  00

TRADESHAN  COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Plainly  Stated.

From the American Stationer.

The  trading  stamp  continues  to  cause 
trouble. 
It  has  engendered  bad  blood 
between  dealers;  it  has  been  the  cause 
of  a  very  large  amount  of  bad language, 
and  now  those  who  devised  it  and  who 
have  built  up  a  lucrative  business by its 
use  are  in  trouble,  authorities in  various 
places  having  proceeded  against  them 
under  the  anti-gambling 
Just 
what  the  outcome  will  be  is  not  very 
clear  at  the  moment.

laws. 

Experience  alone 

conviction.

is  unconquerable 

HOLIDAY GIFT

FOR  PROMPT SHIPMENT

M U SIC   C A B IN E T .

No.  34.  Either quarter sawed  Oak, antique fin- 
sh,  or  Birch,  Mahogany finish.  H eight 47 inches, 
idth  20  inches,  depth  14  inches.  Has  beautiful 
rench  Pattern  Plate  Mirror,  size  5 * 14   in. 
Is 
beautifully  hand  carved,  with  piano  polish  finish. 

Price only $ 7.78 net.

No. 34^*  Same  as  above  except  hand  carved 

back in  place of mirror.

Price $ 6.42 net.

W hen  remittance  accompanies  order  we  w ill 
prepay  the  freight.  Catalogue  sent  for  three  2c 
stamps.

BraDdltapids Wfioiesaie Fnm. Go.

G K A X II  R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

CHISELS

Socket Firmer..............................................  
Socket Framing 
................... 
Socket Comer.. 
................................  
Socket  Slicks...
................................. 

go
"   80
80
80

Morse’s Bit Stocks.....................................  
go
Taper and Straight Shank.................50* 5
Morse’s Taper Shank................................... gg* 5

DRILLS

ELBOWS

Com. 4 piece, 6 in ............................doz. net 
Corrugated..............................................  
Adjustable......................................’dis 40&10

50
j  25

EXPANSIVE  BITS

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

30&10
25

FILES—New  List

New American...........................................   TO&10
Nicholson’s......................................................... jq
Heller’s Horse Hasps.................................... 6CduO

GALVANIZED  IRON 

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

13 

14 

16.  ... 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

15 
GAUGES

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s...................... 60&10

28
17

KNOBS-New List

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

70
so

MATTOCKS

Adze Eye............................. .......$16 00, dis  60*10
Hunt Eye.....................................$15 00, dis 60&10
Hunt’s..........................................$18 50, dis 20*10

NAILS

 

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base............................... 
i 65
........ 
Wire nails,  base......... .............................1  75
Base
20 to 60 advance....................... 
 
gg
10 to 16 advance........................................... ’ 
8 advance.................................................... 
jo
6 ad vance.................................................... 
20
4 ad vance.................................................... 
30
3 advance..........................................................45
2 advance..................................................” 
70
Fine 3 advance..................................... 
50
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
15
Casing  8 advance.............................................25
Casing  6 advance....................................... 
35
Finish 10 advance  ..................................... 
35
Finish  8 advance............................................. 35
Finish  6 ad vance....................................... 
45
Barrel % advance....................................  
85
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s.................................... 
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleabies... 
ioffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s................ 
Coffee, Enterprise........................................ 

MILLS

40
40
40
30

 

MOLASSES  GATES

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

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy................................   @50
Sciota Bench................................................ 
go
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy........................“  @50
Bench, firstquality.......................................  @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............ 
  go

PANS

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

RIVETS

PATENT PLANISHED  IRON 

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

HAMMERS

Maydole & Co.’s, new  list..................... dis  33^
Kip’s  ......................................................dis 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s...................................di« tO&lO
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 30c Has 
70
Blackamlth’a Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c Ha .40A10

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CHRISTM AS  WINDOWS.

I 

Seasonable  Displays  of  the  Grand 
Written for the  T r a d e s m a n .

Rapids  Merchants.

standpoint? 

"M e  write  'em  up?  Man’s  or  wom­
an’s 
can  have  carte 
blanche  to  say  what  I  want  to?  Well, 
nothing  could  be  more  generous.  Say, 
can  I  take  Kit  with  me?  She’s  no  end 
of  fun  and  you know she’s bubbling over 
with  originality-and  I  might  cribbage 
an 
from  her  when  she 
wasn't  lookin’.  Yes?  How  kind.”

idea  or  two 

So  I  telephoned  to  Kit  to  meet  me  at 
a  certain  store  within  twenty  minutes. 
K it’s  always  ready  to  fly,  and  if  there’s 
a  "la rk ”  on  the  tapis,  can  be  relied  on 
to  do  her  full  share  of  flying.

“ W ell,”   said  I,  when  her  speaking, 
sparkling  eyes  came  within  hailing  dis­
tance,  “ where  shall  we  begin?"

"W hy  not  at  the  beginning? 

Isn’ 
that  as  good  as  at  the  end  or  in  the 
middle?”

It 

Talking 

I  assented,  so  we  took  Daane  &  Wit 
ters  for a  "starter,”   as  the  cheese  men 
would  say. 
about  cheese, 
there  was  a  nice  little  Edam  reposing 
in  the  right  hand  window,  labeled " E x ­
ported  by  von  Rossem Bros.,Rotterdam, 
Holland,”  
"made  one’s  mouth 
water,”   as  did  also  the  enormous dates, 
raisins,  Michigan  boiled  cider,  Michi­
gan  maple  syrup,  and  the  long  bottle  ol 
fat  queen  olives  with  which 
it  was 
flanked. 
In  the  other  window  were dis­
played  the  usual  Christmas  attractions 
in  the  way  of  nuts,  oranges,  grapes  and 
other  fruits,  arranged  on  the  bottom  of 
the  window  in  a  geometrical  pattern.

in 

the 

Passing  on  down 

street,  we 
stopped 
front  of  E.  J.  Herrick’s. 
The  window  on  the  right  was  easy  to 
impress  on  the  "gray  matter,”   for  it 
was  entirely  devoted  to  a  collection  of 
the  yellowest  of  Yellow  Kids  and  the 
brownest  of  saucy  Brownies.  We  had 
begun  to  succumb  somewhat  to  the 
in­
the  raw  atmosphere,  so 
fluence  of 
stepped  inside  to  recuperate.

"N ice 

little  fat  order,  Mrs.  Polly?”  
said  the  genial  proprietor,  eyeing  my 
notebook  and  busy  pencil  with  approv­
ing  optics.

"N o,  not  this  time,  Mr.  Herrick— 
I'm  just  making  a  little  picture  of  your 
window  here.  Don’t  you  think  it’s  a 
good  likeness?”
"F irst  rate, 

first  rate.  Looks  real 

natural, ’ ’  he  beamed.

"What  are  those  things  in  the  giant 

bottle  there?”

"Those?  Those  are  sickle  pears.”  
"A re  the  sickles  good  to  eat,  Mr. 

Herrick?”   piped  up  Kitty.

"W ell,  these  are  not  to  eat— just  to 
look  at.  Here  are  some,  though,  that 
are  made  to  serve  a  more  useful  pur­
pose;”   and  he  showed  us  cans  of  fruit 
of  such  evenness 
it  looked  as  if  each 
piece  had  been  measured  before  it  was 
placed  in  the  can.  Then  followed  a  lit­
tle  dissertation on  the  different varieties 
of  cheese  displayed  and,  with  a  hearty 
"Thank  you,”   we  ended the  interview.
We  zigzagged  over  to  take  a  peep  at 
Hoffman’s,  where 
the  old-fashioned 
vivid  pink  candy  cats and dogs  recalled 
our  firm  belief  in  the  blessed  Santa 
Claus  of  our 
lost  childhood.  And 
there  were  dear  little  pink  and  white 
baskets,  made  of  twisted  candy,  which 
ended 
in  a  handle  and  somehow  re­
minded  us  of  those  other  burdock  bas­
kets  we  used  to  fashion  in  that  same 
happy  Long  Ago.  The  other  window, 
its  wealth  of  rich  "plum  pud”  
with 
and  modem 
inventions  to  fill  the  doc­
tors’  pockets,  held  not  half  the  charm 
of  the  one  with  the  big  candy  canes.

Then  we 

inspected  Boss-Norton’s 
goods,  which 
include  many  pretty 
lamps,  keeping  company  with  a  row  of 
cups and  saucers,  and  in  front  of  these 
are  carpet  sweepers.  Water  sets  are 
sandwiched  in  with  heavy  rolls  of  car­
peting,  which  bode  no  good  to  the  sets 
should  they topple over.  A writing desk 
an 
inlaid  cabinet,  a  sofa  and  a  side 
board  are  also  in  evidence,  and  hang 
ing  high 
children’s 
chairs  which  give  an  uneasy  feeling  of 
insecurity  to  the  onlooker as  to  the  pos­
sible  fate  of  the  lamps  beneath.  Plain 
price  tags  on  everything

in  the  air  are 

“ le a v e   n o  room  fo r  u n b elief”

as  to  the  cost.

The  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Tea  Co.  offers 
its  heart—made  of  coffee—to  the  prac­
tical  public  and  extends  the  compli­
ments  of  the  season—not  in  honeyed, 
but  sugared  words.

Tony  Benjamin  displays  comfortable­
looking  sweaters,  shirts,  neckwear  and 
umbrellas 
the  masculine 
heart.

to  please 

Pennell’s  windows,  usually  quick  to 
respoud  to  a  new  call,  show  nothing 
different 
in  the  way  of  decoration  ex­
cept  a  brown  stuffed  bird  in  among  the 
shoes.

Vander  Veen  &  Witman  make  a 
fetish  of  skates  and  sleds  to  enrapture 
the  omnipresent  Small  Boy.

And  the  cigar  store  of  the  irrepress­
ible  Treusches!  Kitty  and  I  don’t 
know  a  meerschaum  from  a  toadstool, 
but  we  simply  could  not  resist  the 
temptation  to  stop  and  gaze  at 
the 
merry-go-round  of  fat  pipes  and  emaci­
ated  ones,  Turkish  pipes  and  Dutch­
man’s  pipes,  and  the  grandfather  of 
them  all,  a  German  one  at 
least  four 
feet 
long— "not  meant,”   explained 
" Monte, ”   who  had  noted  our  admira­
tion  and  invited  us  inside,  "not  meant 
to  take  along  with  him  and  smoke  on 
the  way  when  he  goes  of  an  evening  to 
call  on  his  ’ best  girl,’  but  to  enjoy  ii 
the  privacy  of  his  own  apartments.' 
Then  he  undertook  to  initiate  us  into 
the  mysteries  of  the  Turkish  pipe 
deftly  picking  up  one  from  the  revolv 
ing  mass  of  smokers’  delights  and  de 
positing 
it  carefully  on  the  show  case, 
‘ ‘ Now  understand” — and  we  did  our 
best  to—"that  the  great  trouble  with 
these  affairs  is  they  are  not  kept  clean. 
Cleanliness 
is  absolutely  necessary  to 
secure  pleasing  results.  The  whole  ap 
paratus  should  be  gone  over  after  each 
smoking,  and  fresh  water  used  each 
ime,  otherwise  it  becomes  as  disagree­
able  as  a  cuspidor.”

" I   don’t  suppose  a  woman  knows 
very  much about pipes?”   1 deprecating- 
ly  ventured.

"M onte”  gazed  out  the window with a 
reminiscent  look  in  his eyes and wither- 
ngly replied : “ Nothing—absolutely less 
than  nothing!”   Here  Kitty  sidled  over 
to  the  other  show  window,  to  refresh 
the  roguish  glances  of 
herself  with 
"Our  Cissy.”  
" N o ,”   he continued, 
"the  only  way  we  can  sell  ’em  goods  is 
to  have  them  rely  on our  judgment,  and 
tell  them, 
isn’t  satisfactory  to 
‘ Him ,’  we  will  change  it  for  something 
else. ”

if 

it 

The  conversation  seemed  somehow  to 
have  drifted  around  to  a  point  where 
a  change  would  not  be  undesirable,  so 
I  carelessly  remarked,  with  a  glance  at 
the  revolving  goods  in  the  window,  " I  
see  you  are  carrying  a  new 
line — 
pocketbooks. ”

His  reply  showed  I  had  not  mended 
matters  any,  for  he  said,  with  a  smile 
he  could  not  repress,  "N o —same  old 
line;  those  are  pipe  cases  ”

"O h !”   (with  chagrin).  And  Kitty 
I 
(Bob  calls  her  "D iavolita,”   .  and 
it),  that  dread­
guess  he’s  right  about 
ful  Kitty,  giggled  right  out.  Just  as  if 
she  were  wiser  than  I!  "N ever  you 
mind,  Mr.  Treusch,”   said  I;  "just 
wait  until  we  get  you  into  a  dry  goods 
store.  We’ll  get  even  with  you.”

" I   don’t  doubt 

least,” 
laughed  “ Monte,”   and  he  gallantly 
opened  the  door.

in  the 

it 

"W ell,  thank  goodness  here’s  some­
thing  you  know  something  about,”   said 
Kitty,  meanly,  as  we  came  on  down  the 
street  and  stopped 
in  front  of  Foote 
Bros. ’  elegant  windows.

"You  needn’t  say  anything,”   I  re­
torted. 
"Y ou  didn’t  know  any  more 
about  those  things  than  I  did—the  only 
difference  was  you  knew  enough  to keep 
your  mouth  shut  and  so not  display  your 
ignorance!”

Kit  subsided  at  this  shot,  and  we 

kissed  and  made  up— figuratively.

‘  Goodspeed  doesn’t  seem 

to  have 
made  any  change;  but  Whew!  just  look 
at  Mayhew’s  windows. 
Aren’t  they 
just  gorgeous!  Let’s  run  in  and  con­
gratulate  them;”   which  we  did,  and 
asked  them  who  trimmed  them,  and 
how  they  came  to  think  of  fixing  them 
just  that  way.

See 

"W e’vt  seen  Herpolsheimer’s  before 
—and  Friedman’s,  so  don’t  let’s  spend 
any  time  on  them,”   said  Kitty,  as  we 
look  here— if 
hurried  along. 
Friedman  hasn’t  changed 
this  west 
window 
those  dolls! 
Aren’t  they  having  a  good  time?  And 
doesn’t  that  dummy  with  the  cap  and 
apron  look  natural  as  the  nurse  to  take 
care  of  them?”

"W ell, 

again! 

But  our  time  was  flying,  and  we  must 
be  doing 
likewise.  We  skipped  past 
Wurzburg’s  notion  store,  where  it  is  al­
ways  such  a  delight  to  shop—everyone 
from  the  proprietor  down  is  so  accom­
modating.

in 

‘ Spring’s  windows  are always good, ”  
look  at 

said  Kitty.  “ Let’s  stop  and 
Foster-Stevens. ”

Cut  glass  and  cutlery  vie  with  each 
other 
this  mammoth  window. 
“ But,”   averred  my  observant  compan­
ion,  " I   don’t  like  the  way  they  display 
that  line  of  hair  brushes  alongside  the 
gravy spoons and put the coal receptacles 
next  door  neighbor  to  the  water  sets."
Studley  &  Barclay  have  not  made  the 
most  of  their  opportunities. 
"Why 
didn’t  they  pile  those  beautiful  big  red 
balls  way  up  high  in  a  pyramid,  and 
put  a  rubber  doll  on  each  one?”   de­
manded  Kitty,  the  planner. 
"W ell,”  
let’s  hurry  and  get  down  on  Canal 
street,”   she  continued,  "or  we’ll  never 
get  home. ”

The  G.  J.  Johnson  Cigar  Co. ’s  win­
dows  were  not  finished,  but  would  evi­
dently  be  fine  when  completed.

“ Look  at  the  Greek  temple!”   ex­
claimed  Katherine,  as  we  paused  in 
front  of  The  Giant.

"N o   Greek  Temple,”   I  scornfully 
It 

asserted. 
says,  ‘ Temple  of  Fashion!’  ”

"C a n ’t 

read? 

you 

"W ell, 

‘ Temp,  of  Fash.’ 

then—I

don’t  care!”

fill 

Music-loving  Germans touched elbows 
with  us  in  front  of  Friedrich’s,  admir­
in  no  half-hearted  way  the  fine  in­
ing 
struments  which  completely 
the 
southern  window,  while  street  Arabs 
cast  longing  glances  toward  ye  festive 
mouth-organ  and  Jews’-harp. 
Some 
foreign-looking  instruments  have  these 
strange-sounding  names: 
Samasen,
Gecken  and  Ni  Gecken,  all  coming 
from  Japan.  The Ni  Gecken  looks  like 
a  baby  totem  pole!

if  that’s 
'Paul  and  Vir­
"Wonder 
in  the  north  window, ”   re­
ginia’  over 
marked  Katherine. 
"And  I  wonder 
why  they  have  so  many  of  those  cards 
and  books  with  the  German  religious 
inscriptions  on,  and  those  little  paper 
houses. ’ ’

Let’s  go  in  and  ask,”   I  suggested. 

No  sooner  said  than  done.

"Yes,  the  statuette  is  ‘ Paul  and  Vir­
ginia’—very  pretty,  don’t  you  think?

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

in 

little  niggers 

Made  in  Milwaukee.  How  do  you  like 
those 
the  window? 
They  help  to  attract  attention.  Those 
cards  with  the  reading  on  we  keep  for 
German  customers. 
are  very 
in  the  Fatherland  and  we  sell 
popular 
very  many. 
It’s  harder  to  make  a  win­
dow  look  nice with  those, though—here’s 
where  it’s  easier;”   and  he glanced  ad­
miringly  at  the  other  window.

They 

Thanking  him,  we  drifted  a  few  steps 
farther  on,  to  be  confronted  with  the 
elaborate  windows  of  The  Star,  and  to 
try  to  solve  the  problem  why  a  dummy 
labeled  "O ld  Year,”   and  dressed  in  an 
up-to-date  style,  should  be  pointing  to 
an  electric-lighted  cross  on 
the  left, 
while  another  one  on  the  right 
in 
the  same  attitude  and  engaged  in  the 
same  pointing  occupation,  and  labeled, 
"N ew   Year,”   and  attired  in  a  cheese­
cloth  robe  de  nuit I 

P o ll y  P e p p e r .

is 

WANTS  COLUMN.

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and  one cent  a  word  for  each  subsequent  in­
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4,5

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

F OR SALE—ON ACCOUNT OF OTHER Busi­

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_______________________ 456
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INSURANCE  ORGANIZERS 
TpRATERNAL 
-A  ai tentón — An  opportunity 
to  organize 
Fraternal insurance without  the  lodge ”  The 
New  Era  Life  Association  of  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich., has accomplished this,  and  practical  or­
ganizers now in  the  field  are  having  splendid 
success.  Two district organizers and local  rep­
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General Manager. 
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School of Correspondence  and  Business  Arith­
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Grand Rapids.  Mich.____  
453
GOOD  DRUG  BUS'NESS  FOR  SALE;
*3,000 in  stock  and  fixtures.  Must change 
climate on account of health.  Address Dollars 
446  ’
CHie Michigan Tradesman. 
W ANTED —A  GOOD  FLOURING  MILL, 
best location in the State;also good plan- 
ing  mill.  Address  F.  Salisbury,  Middleton. 
Mich. 
447  ’
IjTOR SALE—DRUG STOLE  FOR CASH,  ONE-
Ho u se  a n d  l o t,  w e l l  r e n t e d ,  40
acre  farm,  land  contract;  first mortgage 
well secured and $2,000 to $5,000 cash  for  a good 
exclusive or  general  stock.  Investigate.  Wm. 
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T  HAVE  A  PARTY WANTING GROCERY OR 
“ ■  general  stock.  Must  be a  bargain.  I  have 
buyers for any line of merchandise.  W. H. Gil- 
bert, 109 Ottawa St.. Grand Rapids. 
IpOR  SALE-IN  ONE  OF  THE  BEST  BUSI- 

third its real value.  Address Copperas, care 

Michigan  Tradesman._______  

ness towns in Northern Michigan, my entire 
stock of groceries;  only grocery  store  In  Petos- 
key doing a strictly cash business.  Good reasons 
for-selling.  For  particulars write to J. Welling 
& Co., Pe oskev. M ich. 
441 s
r T u   R E N T — FO R  LIG H T  M A N U F A C T U R IN G  
-»-  purposes;  two-story building, 28x78, with  20 
to 30 horse power;  electric lights; side track and 
two railroad  connections;  Chicago line of boats 
daily for six months in the jear; located in best 
town in northern  Michigan;  timber of all kinds 
to be had;  low rent.  Address box 126, Petoskey,
Mica-__________________ ____________443
T I f  ANTED—BUTTER  AND  EGGS.  IF  YOU 
want good prices and quick  returns  w ite 
us.  Lnnn A Strong, Toledo, Ohio. 
W A N T E D - FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
n i, 
J^ra<*£'  <^asl1 Paid.  Correspond with
Caulkett & Co.. T raverse City, Mich. 
BTOR  EXCHANGE—TWO  FINE  IMPROVED 
A-  farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades* 
man. 
U'OK SALE-JUDGMENT FOR88.08 AGAINST 
A  Niles H  Winans,  real  estate  agent  in  the 
Tower  Block.  Tradesman  Company,  Grand 
Kapids. 

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W A N T ED -PO SITIO N  
IN  NORTHERN 
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or meat business.  Six  years’  experience;  first- 
class  references.  Address  No.  454,  care  Michi­
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ANTED  SITUATION  -  PH.  G.  REGIS- 
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Tradesman. 
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Travelers’  Tim e  Tables.

CANADIAN p,cl,kll‘"w‘r'

DETROIT, Qrand Rapids & Western,

Going to Detroit.

Lt. Grand  Rapids........7:00am  1:35pm  5:35pm
•Ar. Detroit..................   11:40am 5:45pm  10:20pm

Returning from  Detroit.

Ly. Detroit....................8:00am  1:10pm  8:10pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids.......12:55pm  5:20pm  10:56pm

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

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

Gbo.  DeHaven,  General Pass. Agent,

QRAND Trank  Railway  System

Detroit and Milwaukee Dir

(In  effect  October 3,  1897.)

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive.
+ 6:45am.. Saginaw,  Detroit  and  East..t 9:55pm
tl0:10am......... Detroit  and  East.........+ 5:07pm
+ 3:30pm. .Saginaw,  Detroit and  East..+12:45pm 
*10:46pm.. .Detroit, East and Canada.. .* 6:35am 
* 7:00am....Gd. Haven  and  Int. Pts  ...*10:15i>m 
-112:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate.t 3:22pm 
t 5:12pm....Gd. Haven MU. and C hi....+10:05am
tl0:00pm........Gd. Haven  and Mil.......................
Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner parlor car.  No 
18  parlor  car.  Westward—No.  11  parlor  car 
No. 15 Wagner parlor car.
♦Dally.  tExcept Sunday.

WEST

E. H.  Hushes, A. G. P. & T. A. 
Bbn.  Fletcher, Trav. Pass. Agt., 
Jab. Campbell, City Pass. Agent, 
No. 23 Monroe St

CHICAGO

Going to  Chicago.

Returning from  Chicago.

Ly.  G. Rapids...............8:45am  1:25pm  *ll:30pii
Ar.  Chicago..................3:10pm 6:50pm  6:40an
Lv.Chicago................   7:20am  5:15pm *ll:30pir
Ar.G’dR apids..........1:25pm  10:35pm * 8:20am
Ly. G’d  Rapids..............................1:25pm  6:25pm
Ar.  G’d Rapids..............  1:25pm..........  10:25am
Ly. G’d  Rapids.........................  7:30am  5:a0pm
Ar. Traverse  City  ...................  12:40pm  11:10pm
Ar.  Charlevoix..................   3:15pm...........
Ar.  Petoskey.......................   3:45pm..........

Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey

Muskegon.

PARLOR  AND  SLBBPXNS  OARS.  CHICAGO.

Parlor  cars  leave  Grand  RapldB  1:25  p  m, 
leave  Chicago  5:15  p m.  Sleeping  cars  leave 
Grand  Rapids  *11:30 pm;  leave  Chicago  11:30 
pm.

TRAVERSE  CITY  AND  BAY  VIEW.

Parlor  car  leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:30  a  m 
Gbo. DeHavbn, General Pass. Agent-

Others week days only.

♦Every  day. 

GRAND 

‘ India

Dec.  s,

■a  Raiiwa
**97

Northern  Div.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav. C’y,Petoskey & M ack..+ 7:45am  t   5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & M ack...+ 2:15pm  + 6.35am
Cadillac....................................+ 5:25pm tll:l5am
Train leaving at 7:45 a. m. has  parlor car, and 
train  leaving  at 2:15  p.  m.  has  sleeping  car  to 
Mackinaw.
Southern  Div.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati................................+ 7:10am t  8:25pm
Ft. Wayne.................................f 2:10pm t  2:00pm
Cincinnati................................* 7:00pm * 7:25an
7:10 a.m.  train  has parlor  car to  Cincinnati 
2:10 p.m .  train  has parlor  car  to Fort  Wayne. 
7.-00 p. m. train  has  sleeping  car  to Cincinnati. 

Muskegon Trains.

SOINO WEST.

LvG’d  Rapids............ t7:35am +1:00pm t5:40pm
ArMuskegon...............   9:00am  2:10pm 7:05pm
Lv Muskegon............. +8:10am  +11:45am  +4:OOpm
ArG’d Rapids............9:30am  12:56pm  5:20pm

some b a s t .

+Except Sunday.  »Dally.

C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 

Gen’l Passr. and Ticket Agent.

MINNEAPOLIS,

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I.)..................+7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City.................................... 4:20pm
Ar. Gladstone............................................  9:50pm
Ar. St. Paul...............................................  8:45am
......................................9:30am
Ar. Minneapolis 
BAST  BOUND.

Lv. Minneapolis.....................................   +6:30pm
Ar. St. Paul.............................................   7:20pm
Ar. Gladstone.........................................   5:45am
Ar. Mackinaw City.................................  U:0jam
Ar. Grand Rapids....................................  10:00pm
W. R.Callaway,Gen. Pass. Agt-, Minneapolis. 
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass.  Agt., Grand  Rapids.

Begin (be*
Hew year Righi*

«3*  •£>  and

S h a k e   o ff th e

Dragging* Chains^

f  Credit

EAST  BOUND.

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

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. Montreal..........................   8:50am 
9:00pm
7:30am
Lv. Toronto............................   4:00pm 
Ar. Detroit.................................10:45pm  2:10pm
D.  McNicolf, Pass. Traffic Mgr , Montreal.
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids.

DULUTH, Sooth  Shore and Atlantic 

Railway.

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I.)+ll :10pm  +7:45am
Lv.  Mackinaw City..................  7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St  Ignace..........................  9:Ooam  5:20pm
Ar. Sault Ste. Marie...............  12:20pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marquette  .......................   2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestoria.............................  5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. Duluth............................................. 
8:30am

EAST  BOUND.

Lv. Duluth.............................................  +6:30pm
Ar.  N e storia.................................  + ll:15am   2:45am
Ar. Marquette........................ 
1:30pm  4:30am
Lv. Sault Ste. Marie..............  3:30pm  __
Ar. Mackinaw City...............  
8:40pm  11:00am
G. W. H i b b a r d ,  Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. 
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass  Agt., Grand Rapids

T R A V E L

VIA

F.  &  P.  M.  R.  R.

AN D   8 T E A M 8 H I P   LIN ES  

T O   A L L   P O IN T S   IN  M ICH IG AN

H.  F.  M O E L L E R ,   a .  g .  p .  a .

Are You Goino

South?
Then make
the trip over the famous 
Queen  &  Crescent Route. 
Historic and  scenic country 
en route, vestibuled trains 
that have no equal 
in the South, and the 
shortest journey possible.
You save a hundred  miles of 
travel  to the most important 
Southern cities via the 
Queen  &  Crescent.
W rite for information to
W .  C.  Rinearson,  Gen’l  Pass’r A gent,
Cincinnati,  O.
Send i o  cents for fine A rt Colored L ith ­
ograph  of  Lookout  Mountain  and 
Ch ickamauga.

A  HEAVY  LOAD

is 

immediately 

Is carried by the merchant when 
he undertakes to handle the  credit 
transactions  of  his  establishment 
by  means  of  pass  books  or  other 
equally  antiquated methods.  The 
strain 
lessened, 
however, when he adopts  the  Cou­
pon  Book  System  and  places  his 
credit  transactions on  a cash basis. 
We  make  four  kinds  of  Coupon 
Books and cheerfully send samples 
free on application.
TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

by abandoning the time-cursed credit system,
,  with its losses and  annoyance,  and  substitut­

ing therefor the

S   Coupon  Book  System

which  enables  the  merchant  to  place  his 
credit transactions  on  a  cash  basis.  Among 
the manifest advantages  of  the  coupon  book 
plan are the following:

N o   Forgotten  Charge.
N o  Poor  Accounts.
N o  Book-keeping.
N o  Disputing  of  Accounts.
N o  Overrunning  of  Accounts.

N o  Loss  of  Tim e.
N o  Chance  for  Misunderstanding.

We are glad at  any  time  to  send  a  full  line 
of sample books to any one applying for them.

T R A D E S M A N   C O M P A N Y

G R A N D   RAPIDS.

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ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATINGOILS

NAPHTHA  AND  GASOLINES

Office and  Works,  BUTTERWORTH AVE.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 

Bulk works at Grand  Rapids,  Muskegon,  Manistee, Cadillac,  Big Rap­
ids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse  City,  Ludington, Allegan. 
Howard  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City,  Fremont,  Hart, 

hiteball, Holland and Fennvtlle

1  Highest  Price  Paid  for  Empty  Carbon  and  Gasoline  Barrels. 

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Is superior to all others for  Simplicity,  Accuracy  and  Finish.  So  say thousands  of 
chants all over this  vast country.  Sizes for all kinds  o f  business. 
If  not  using-  one 
for our new catalogue.

Stimpson  Com puting  Scale  Co,,

Elkhart,  Ind.

R. P. BIGELOW, Owosso, Mich., State Agent.

Is there a merchant in this land,
Who does not need a helping- hand? 
Statistics show but ten per cent.
Of Grocery men on business bent 
Have ever made the thing a go 
On scales where losses would not show.

To use the oldest scales invented 
And  close  your  store at night  contented, 
And wonder why  with every year,
A bare living only you can clear,
Will always keep you mystified 
Until  O u r System  you have tried.

You  don’t realize what you  have  lost  by  an  old  method  of  weiehinp* 

until  Our System  points  it out to you.

The  Dayton  Money  W eight  System  has  found  its way  into 

nearly  30,000  stores  in  the United States  alone.

D E T A I L S   WILL  I N T E R E S T   Y O U .   M A Y  WE  S E N D   T H E M ?

THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.,

DAYTON,  OHIO.

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