Volume  XV.

X  D You  Hire Help—

♦

You should use our

Perfect  Time  Book  i 

— and  Pay  Roll.

x   Made to hold  from 27 to  60  names  ] 
1
X 

and  sell for 75  cents  to  $2. 

Send for sample leaf.

► 

BARLOW  BROS.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 

♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

o LDEST,  most reliable wholesale cloth­
ing manufacturers in Rochester, N. Y.t are

KOLB  &  SON

Our Spring Line ready—Winter Line still 
complete.  Best $5.50all wool Kersey Over­
coat,  and  best  $5.50 Ulster in market.  See 
balance  of  our  Fall  Line,  and  our  entire 
Spring  Line.  Write  our Michigan Agent, 
W il l ia m   C on n o r,  B ox  346,  Marshall, 
Mich, to call on you, or meet him at Sweet’s 
Hotel,  Grand  Rapids, January 25,  26, 27 and 
28.  Customers’ expenses allowed.

He Preferred Bankers 
Lile Assurance Co.
Incorporated by100 MICHIGAN

B A N K E R S

Maintains a Guarantee Fund. 
Write for details.

Home Office,  Moffat Bldg.,

DETROIT,  MICH.

F R A N K  E .  ROBSON,  P r e s . 
TRU M A N   B. GOODSPEED,  S ec’ y .

♦

♦

♦

♦

♦

Z  ^äthe
♦
♦
* **  A 

♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
F I R E «
INS. I
0 0 .   «
♦  
4
t .T.W.CHAMPLix, Pres.  W. F r ed Mc Ba in , Sec. 4
EBGIHL CREDIT  CO., LIK.

Prompt, Conservative, Safe. 

Commeicial  Reports.  Prompt  and 
vigorous attention to collections.

L.  J.  STEVENSON,  M anager,

R.  J.  CLELAND,  Attorney,

411-412-413 Widdicomb Building,

Grand kapids, Mich.

fancy  Calendars

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.

I

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, JANUARY  12,1898.
WRONG  METHODS.

—

Mutual  Encroachments  of the  National 

and  Savings  Banks.

When  the  prudent  merchant  or  manu­
facturer  finds  that  his  business  is  not 
proving  as  profitable  as 
it  ought,  he 
carefully  looks  the  situation  over  to  find 
the  weak  spots  and  then  he  proceeds  to 
apply  the  remedies. 
It  is  claimed  that 
the  banking  business  in  this  city  is  not 
profitable,  and  the  claim  seems  to  be 
well  founded  when 
it  is  learned  that, 
taking  the  banks  as  a  whole,  the  aver­
age  dividend  on  the  capital  stock,  after 
deducting  taxes,  for  the  past  year,  was 
only  about  4^  percent.,  and  that  if  the 
accumulated  surplus  be  added  to  the 
capital,  the  rate  was  only  about  3^  per 
cent.  The  banks  are  quasi-public  in­
stitutions  and  a  discussion  of  their 
affairs  is  permissible,  and  the  period­
ical  publication 
in  the  newspapers  of 
their  condition makes  it  possible  to  dis­
cuss  them  with  a  fair  degree  of 
intelli­
gence. 
If  the  banks  in  Grand  Rapids 
are  not  sufficiently  profitable,  what  is 
wrong 
in  their  management  or  in  their 
methods  of  doing  business?  That  is  a 
question 
the  prudent  business  man 
would  ask  in  relation  to  his  own  ^affairs 
under  similar  circumstances,  and 
is 
in  regard  to  the 
a  pertinent  question 
banks.

it 

A  study  of  the  bank  statements  of 
December  15  last  wjll  show  some  of  the 
reasons  why  the  banks  are  not  paying 
better  dividends.  The  statements  show 
that  the  savings  banks  are  encroaching 
upon  the  peculiar  province  of  the  Na­
tional  banks  and that  the National banks 
are  invading  the  field  which  should  be 
held  almost  exclusively  by  the  savings 
banks. 
It was  shown  by  the  Tradesman 
last  week  that  the  savings  banks  were 
doing  a  purely  commercial  business  to 
the  amount  of  $2,025,440.76,  while  in 
bonds,  mortgages  and  similar  securities 
— investments  particularly  desirable  for 
institutions  of  the  character  and  pur­
poses  of  savings  banks—they  were  car­
rying  but  $1,694,960.95. 
In  investing 
the  money  entrusted  to  their  safe  keep­
ing  by  the  wage  earners,  the  savings 
banks  are  neglecting  or  abandoning 
their  own  peculiar  field  of  investment 
to  do  a  line  of  business  which  the  Na­
tional  banks  were  specially  organized to 
transact. 
If  the  savings  banks  would 
keep  within  their  own  limits  and  con­
fine  their  operations  to  investments,  in­
stead  of  going  into  loans  and  discounts, 
there  would  be  less  complaint  of  over­
loaded  vaults  and  idle  money.

The  encroachment  of  the  National 
banks  upon  the  field  of  the  savings 
banks 
is  as  serious  to  the  general  pros­
perity  of  the  banking  interests  of  the 
city  as  that of  the  savings  banks.  The 
National  banks  are  organized  to  do a 
commercial  business,  but,  as  a  matter 
of  fact,  as  shown  by  the  last  bank  state­
ments,  they  are  really  doing  more  of  a 
savings  business— in  everything  except 
investments—than 
the  savings  banks 
themselves.  The  certificates  of  deposit 
issued  by  the  five  National  banks  ag­
gregate $3,201,269.62,  while  the  savings 
banks  are  carrying  only  $3,183,045.03 
in  certificates  and  savings  accounts.

These  National  bank  certificates up  to a 
year  ago  bore  3  per  cent,  interest  if 
held  three  months  and  4  per  cent,  after 
six  months,  the  same  rate  that  the  sav­
ings  banks  were paying on  their  savings 
deposits.  The  rate 
is  now  3  per  cent, 
after  six  months  and  this  is  also  the 
rate  at  the  savings  banks  on  deposits, 
except  in  two  of  the  banks,  where  4  per 
cent,  is  paid.  The  certificates  are  is­
in  any  amounts  from  $1  upwards 
sued 
and  are 
in  every  respect  a  savings  de­
posit  business,except  that no  pass  books 
are  issued,  although  one  of  the National 
banks  even  uses  the  pass  book  method 
of  recording  deposits.  While  the  Na­
tional  banks  are  carrying  $3,201,269.62 
in 
their 
other  deposits  are:  Bank  balances, 
$1,222,736.05,  and  commercial  deposits, 
$1,848,937.17,  a  total  of  $3,071,673.22. 
The  savings  deposits  in  the  form  of  in­
terest  bearing  certificates  exceed  all 
their  other  deposits  by  nearly  10  per 
cent,  and  exceed  the  savings  bank  sav­
ings  deposits  by  nearly  $20,000.  They 
are  paying  interest  on  these  deposits  to 
the  amount  of  between  $70,000 and $80,- 
000  annually—more  than  they  distrib­
uted 
this 
month  to  the  stockholders.

interest  bearing  certificates, 

in  semi-annual  dividends 

In  other  cities  the  line  between  sav­
ings  and  National  banking  business  is 
more  closely  drawn.  The 
last  state­
ments  show  that  the  Detroit  National 
banks  are  carrying  only  $1,286,000  in 
interest  bearing  certificates,  while  all 
the  other  deposits  amount  to  $19,509,- 
000—the  certificates  being  only  about  6 
per  cent,  of  the  others. 
In  Toledo  the 
certificates  are  only  about  10  per  cent, 
of  the  others. 
In  New  York  the  inter­
est  bearing  certificates  are  only  a  small 
fraction  of  1  per  cent,  of  the  other  de­
posits.  In  Chicago practically no certifi­
cate  business 
is  done  at  all,  and  it  is 
the  same  in  Boston,  Philadelphia  and 
other  cities.  In  Bay  City the  certificates 
amount  to  about  75  per  cent,  of  the 
other  deposits  and  in  Saginaw  they  are 
about 95  per  cent. 
In  Grand  Rapids, 
as  has  been  stated,  the  certificates  ex­
ceed  the  other  deposits  by  nearly  10 
per  cent.,  and  there  is  not  another  city 
in  the  country  that  can  make  such  a 
showing.  The  National  banks,  with 
their  business 
largely  to  the 
loans  and  discounts  of  a  purely  com­
mercial  nature,  are  practically  doing  a 
savings  banks  business  and  the  interest 
they  are  paying  on  their  savings  de­
posits  has  been  eating  the  head  off  the 
capital 
invested.  A  savings  deposit 
on  certificate  in  the  National  banks  at 
3  per  cent,  is  almost  as  good  an  invest­
ment  as  to own  the  bank  stock  and there 
is  no  danger  of  a  passed  dividend  or  of 
loss  and  the  investment  can  be  realized 
on  if  the  money  should  be  needed  at  a 
moment’s  notice.

limited 

If  this  mutual  encroachment  of  the 
National  banks  upon  the  field  of  the 
savings  banks  and  of  the  savings  banks 
upon  the  National  banks  were  profit­
able,  it  would  be  shown 
in  the  bank 
statements.  Yet  of  the  four  savings 
in  this  city 
banks  and  five  Nationals 
only  one  can  show  a  surplus  account 
in 
excess  of  the  capital.  None of the others 
can  show  a  surplus  or  undivided  profit

Number  747

account  exceeding  30  per  cent.  The 
average  for all  the banks  is  about  26 per 
cent,  and  this 
is  the  result  of  nearly 
twenty  years’  accumulation  with  a  ma­
jority  of  them.  Three  of  the  National 
banks  are 
in  the  last  quarter  of  their 
twenty  years’  existence  and  one  of  the 
savings  banks  is  within  sight  of  the end 
of  its  thirty  year  charter.  These  banks 
should  have  substantial  surpluses  laid 
up,  but  30  per  cent,  is  the  best  they can 
show,  and  not  all  of  them  can  show 
that.  The  banks  have  all  been  dividend 
payers,  but  none  of  them  have  records 
better  than  4  per  cent,  semi-annual. 
What  is  true  of  the  four  banks  referred 
to  is  equally  true  of  the  other  five,  with 
the  exception  of  the  single  bank  that 
has  a  surplus  exceeding  its  capital.

The  banking  business  in  Grand  Rap­
ids  is  not  as  profitable  or  satisfactory  as 
it  ought  to  be,  and  if  the  bankers  would 
follow  the  example  of  the  prudent  busi­
ness  man  and  enquire 
into  the  cause 
and  then  apply  remedies,  the  difficulty 
might  to  a  degree  be  remedied.  The 
trouble 
is  not  so  much  over-capitaliza­
tion  as  wrong  methods.  The  mutual 
encroachments  of  the  National  and  sav­
ings  banks  upon  each  other’s  field  is 
demoralizing  to  the  banking  interests 
generally  and  is  largely  accountable  for 
the  lack  of  banking  prosperity.  The 
remedy  will  be  found  in  each  class con­
fining 
its  business  to  its  own  peculiar 
field  and  not  attempting  to  do  the  kind 
of  business  demanded  in  a  small  town 
with  only  one  bank  to  serve  every  pur­
pose,  both  savings  and  commercial. 
When  the  National  banks  in  this  city 
were  established  under  their  present 
charters,  there  was  only  one  savings 
bank  here,  and  there  may  have  been 
some  excuse  for  their  encroachments  on 
the  savings  business  at  that time.  Since 
then  three  savings  banks  have  been 
added  to  the  list  and  the  old  excuse  no 
longer  exists  and  the  custom  of  paying 
savings bank  interest  on  deposits  should 
be  abandoned.  The  custom  has  been 
handed  down  as  a  tradition  and,  ad­
mitting  that 
it  is  wrong,  the  National 
bankers  cling  to. it  lest  some  rival  gain 
a  slight  advantage  in  the  matter  of  de­
posits.  As  it  was  with  resumption,  the 
only  way  to  remedy  the  difficulty  is  to 
remedy  it,  and  instead  of  waiting  for  a 
concert  of  action, 
individual  banks 
should  have  the  nerve  and  courage  to 
pursue  a  course  which  prudence  and 
experience  show  should  be  taken.

A  Pneumatic  Shoe.

instep.  The  foot  fits 

The  latest  athletic  sensation  in  Eng­
is  the  pneumatic  running  shoe. 
land 
The  shoe 
is  the  regulation  sprinter’s 
footgear,  with  a  pneumatic  pad  as  an 
inner  sole  for  the  ball  of  the  foot.  Air 
is  pumped  into  the  pad  through  a  small 
tube,  which  is  neatly  hidden  from  view 
in  the 
into  a 
chamois  pocket  over  the  tube.  The  in­
ventor  believes  that  the  shoes  will  in­
crease  the  bound  and  benefit  the  length 
of  the  stride,  and  should  therefore  be of 
more  use  to  middle  and  long-distance 
runners  than  to  sprinters.  The  pneu­
matic  tube  will  also  save  the  feet  from 
getting  calloused  when 
training  on 
board  floor  tracks.

It  is  said  that  a  man’s  hair  turns gray 

five  years  earlier  than  a  woman’s.

2

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Dry  G oods

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple  Cottons—The  general  demand 
for  staple  cottons  has  been  fair.  A l­
though  the 
individual  orders  are  gen­
erally  small,  in  the  aggregate  they  are 
very  satisfactory.  Brown  sheetings  are 
in  slightly  better  demand,  although  still 
irregular.  Brown  drills  are  quiet  and 
unchanged.  Brown  ducks  and  osna- 
burgs  are  without  feature  of special  mo­
ment.  Denims  are  quiet,  also  ticks 
and  other  colored  cottons.  There  is but 
little  anxiety  felt  in  New  York  on  ac­
count  of  the  trouble  in  Fall  River  and 
elsewhere,  nor  does  the  prospect  of  re­
stricted  manufacture  give  the  buyers 
any  uneasiness.

Prints  and  Ginghams— In  printed 
calicoes,  light  tones  for  spring  have  se­
cured  some  business  this  week,  and  the 
orders  have  been  fairly  well  distrib­
uted.  There  is  little  doubt  that  the  sup­
ply  of  spring  fancies  will  be  well  taken 
care  of,  as  the  business  already  placed 
indicates  that  stocks  will  not  go  beg­
ging.  Printed  napped  goods  are 
in 
moderate  demand,  the  woven  patterned 
napped  fabrics  selling  steadily  at  firm 
prices  in  leading  makes.  The  demand 
for  staple ginghams  continues  quiet  and 
without  change  in  prices.  Dress  ging­
hams, 
and 
other  woven  shirtings  have  all  ruled 
dull.

fine  ginghams,  madras, 

Carpets—In  view  of  the  large  distri­
bution  of  tapestries,  it  would  have  been 
suicidal  for  the  ingrain  manufacturers 
to  hold  for  the  advance  wanted  at  the 
opening  of  the  season.  The  tendency 
has  been, 
for  the  past  two  or  three 
years,  for  tapestries  to  replace  the 
in­
grains,  and  the  large  Eastern  cities  do 
not  handle  the  quantities  of extra supers 
which  they  have  in  former  years. 
It  is 
in  the  country  sections  and  in  the  West 
that  the 
ingrain  is  still  in  most  favor. 
The  season  for  straw  mattings  has  not 
arrived  yet.  The  distributing  demand 
is 
just  beginning  to  come  now,  and  is 
not  likely  to  be  as  large  as  last  year. 
The  consumptive  demand  commences 
the  latter  part  of  March,  or  the  first  of 
April.  Dealers  generally, 
last  year, 
bought  freely  to  avoid  the  increased 
prices  that  would  result  from  the  new 
duty.  This  year  the 
imports  will  be 
much  less.  Fibre  carpet  has  come  into 
more  general  notice  this  year,  as  the 
manufacturers  have  made  a  strong effort 
to  excel  any  of  their  previous  produc­
tions.  Some  dealers  are  not  friendly  to 
the  new  fabric,  and  point  out  some  of 
its  weak  points,  while  others  are  quite 
enthusiastic  and  claim  that  colorings 
can  be  obtained  on  the  fibre  carpet 
which  are  astonishing.  The  makers,  it 
is  also  claimed,  offer  to  subject  the  car­
pet  to  the  test  of  absolute  soaking  in 
water  and  let  it  lie  there  for  some  time, 
and  then 
it  will  not,  they  claim,  take 
the  color  out  or  destroy  the  tenacity  of 
the  fabric.  This  class  of  goods  is  sold 
at  32j^@5oc  per  yard,  and  some  claim 
that  it  will  be  a  strong  competitor  with 
the  ingrain  carpets,  as 
is  produced 
with  beautiful  scroll  figures,  and  high 
colors  eqnal  to  those  of  ingrains.

it 

Lace  Curtains—The  domestic  manu­
facturers  are  more  hopeful  of the future, 
as  the  present  tariff  will  exclude  the 
Swiss  goods  more  than  ever  before. 
The  American  manufacturers  are  pro­
ducing  some  of  the  finest  goods  ever 
made  in  this  country  this  season.  One 
Philadelphia  concern,the Bromley  Man­
ufacturing  Co.,  contemplates  engaging 
in  the  manufacture  of  bobbinets.  This

no  food  product,  nor  any  medicinal  ar­
ticle,  that  can  thus  come  directly  under 
the  supervision  of  the  Government.

An  Eye  to  Business.

“ Gosling,  the  commercial  traveler,  is 

going  to  turn  over  a  new  leaf.”
“ Who  has  influenced  him?"
“ He  says  the  Sunday  school  people 

get  the  best  rates  from  the  railways.”

Prof.  Hanson,  an  agent  of  the  Agri­
cultural  Department,  traveling  in  Tur­
kestan,  has  discovered  a  species  of 
muskmelon  which  sometimes  weighs 
as  much  as  thirty  pounds.

M E R C H A N T S

who  have  lost  money  trying  to 
carry a stock of clothing  should 
read this.

This celebrated brand of

Ready>to-Wear 

Men’s  and  Boys’  Clothing

Is sold In  every state and territory by our 
agents who furnish  the desired sizes from 
our great warehouses.
We want more good agents in towns  and 
cities where  we are not  now  represented.
Men’s suits.  $4.00  to  $15.00;  Boys’  suits 
$8.00 to $10.00.  Men’s pants 75c to $4.00.
Complete  outfit  free.  Write  for  par­
ticulars.

WHITE  CITY  TAILORS,

213 to 217 Adams Street, Chicago.

Government  Guarantees  Whisky.
Uncle  Sam  now  guarantees the whisky 
which  is  bottled  under  his  supervision. 
He  puts  his  internal  revenue stamp over 
the  cork  and  capsule  of  well-known 
brands,  which  are  bottled  at  the  distil­
leries,  thus  guaranteeing  the  proper  age 
and  absolute  purity  of  the  whisky  so 
stamped.  This  stamp 
is  about  seven 
inches 
It  is 
white,  with  an  engraved  background  in 
green,  the  lettering  on  the  stamp  being 
white  and  red.

long  and  one  inch  wide. 

But  there  is  still  another  precaution. 
The  whisky  bottled  under  the  new  law 
must  be  put  up  in  wooden  cases,  and 
on  one  side  of  each  case  a  duplicate  of 
the  Government’s  guarantee  of  the  bot­
tling  must  be  burned 
into  the  wood. 
the  case  must  have  a 
Besides  this, 
stamp  bearing  the  signature  of  the  col­
lector,  the  distributer,  the  store-keeper 
and  the  gauger.  A  penalty  is  provided 
for  misrepresenting  the  quality  of  the 
liquors  contained  in  each bottle  or  case. 
Severe  penalties are  provided  for  using 
the  stamp  more  than  once  and  for coun­
terfeiting  stamps.

Whisky  hoitled  in  bond  with  this 

in­
ternal  revenue  stamp  over  the  cork  and 
capsule  cannot  be  tampered  with,  since 
the  brittle  cannot  be  opened  without 
breaking  the 
internal  revenue  stamp, 
and  for  a  dealer  tu  do  this  and  tamper 
with  the  contents  is  an  offense,  subject 
to  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $1,000  and  to 
imprisonment  for  not  more  than  two 
years.  The  law  is  a  severe  blow  to  the 
men  who  make  ten-year-old  whisky  out 
of  alcohol  and  a  few  essences.  The  new 
law  meets  with  the  approval  of  all  rep­
utable  dealers. 
is  the  most  perfect 
guarantee  that  consumers  have  yet  had 
is
for  any  purchasable  article.  There 

It 

will  be  the  first  one  to  engage  in  this 
line  in  America.  They  will  put  in  one 
of  the  latest 
improved  looms  made  in 
if  they  meet  with  suc­
England,  and 
cess,  contemplate  going 
into  this  line 
quite  extensively.

Gloves—For  ladies’  walking  or  street 
gloves,  light  tans  or  ox-bloods  are  sell­
ing  extremely  w ell;  in  fact,  trade  in  all 
lines  is  very  good,  better  than  it  was  a 
year  ago.  Prices  are  higher  than  they 
were  before  the  tariff  bill  was  passed, 
but  this  has  affected  the  amount of busi­
ness  being  transacted  very 
little,  in­
deed.  Contrasts  are  much  desired  in 
gloves  for  evening  wear,  and  gloves  to 
contrast  with  the  garments  worn  are 
selling 
in  a  very  good  way.  Gentle­
men’s gloves  are  in  much better demand 
than  they  were  a  short  time  ago.  The 
reindeer  skin  gloves,  either  silk  lined 
or  not,  are 
in  good  request.  Driving 
gloves  have  sold  fairly  well,  but  the 
weather  has  been  almost too mild  for the 
use  of  very  heavy  gloves.

Clothing— Clothiers  say  that  the  over­
shot  plaid  will  be  worn  a  good  deal  this 
spring,  as  will  a  good  many  styles  of 
plaids,  but  they  will  be  quieter  than
they  were 
last  year,  for  a  great  many 
loud  patterns  were  worn  then.  Both 
plaids  and  stripes  are  popular,  and  a 
good  many  of  each  will  be  worn.

it 

Hats— The  coming  summer  will  be, 
from  all  present  appearances,  a  stiff  hat 
season,  as  derbys  will  be  sold  princi­
pally  for  that  period.  The  call  for  straw 
hats  usually 
commences  before  the 
others,  and  so  far  the  demand  is  pretty 
good,  although 
is  a  little  later  than 
usual  this  year.  Jumbo  and  split  straw 
braids  will  be  the  most  popular  braids 
in  straw  hats  this  year,  and  the  crowns 
are  to  be  smaller,  and  the  brims  not 
quite  so  wide  as  they  were  last  season, 
and  hats  of  this  character  are  expected 
to  have  a  large  sale.  The  stiff  hat,  or 
derby,  for this  summer,  has  a  more  roll­
ing  brim,  making  a  much  prettier  bat 
than  the  ones  which  have  been  used  be­
fore.

Trunks  and  Bags—Trunks  are  in  fair 
demand  only,  it  being  a  little  too  early 
for  trade  in  that  line  to  start  up  much, 
but  there  is  a  better  demand  for  bags  of 
most  all  shapes  and  sizes,  and  the  call 
for  dress  suit  cases  is  very  satisfactory, 
as  most  everybody  wants  one  of  these 
articles,  for  they  are  so  handy,  and  can 
be  carried  around  so  easily.  Prices  are 
such  that  one  can  get  a  better  class  of 
goods  for  the  same  amount  of  money 
than  he  could  a  year ago.

The  Most  Satisfactory.

When  profits  were  large  with  business 
brisk  the  average  merchant  could  afford 
to  credit  the  majority  of  people. 
In 
the  event  that  some  did  not  pay  for 
goods,  the  profit  made  on  goods  sold 
would  cover  the  loss  of  unpaid  bills.  It 
is  different  to-day,  and  the  merchant 
who  sells  on  credit  and  meets  compe­
tition 
in  danger  of  having  his  bal­
ance  on  the  wrong  side  of  the  ledger. 
The  cash  system,  or  as  near  that  as  pos­
sible,  is  not  only  the  safest  system,  but 
is  also  the  most  satisfactory  to  the  men 
who  expect  to  pay  for  what  they  buy.

is 

She  Was  Particular.

Young  Housewife—Any  liver  to  day, 

Mr.  Bones?

Butcher—Yes,  madam.
Young  Housewife— Then  I’ll  take  ten 
pounds;  but  please  see  that 
it  is  not 
that  torpid  kind,  which  the  doctors  say 
is  the  cause  of  so  much  disease.

A  new  issue  of  postage  stamps  will 
be  made 
in  Holland  to  commemorate 
the  coronation  of  the  young  queen  next 
year.  Prof.  Stang  has  been  commis­
sioned  to  paint  her  portrait,  which  will 
be  used  as  the  copy  for  these  stamps.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

“ Toothache,sir—the jumpingest of the 
jumping  sort  of  toothaches,  and  the 
cold-hearted  man 
in  there  won’t  even 
pour  a  drop  of  laudanum  into  the  hol­
low ! 
I’m  praying  that  I  may  fall  down 
and  d ie !”

“ He  wouldn’t  do  anything  for  you, 

eh?”
“ Not  a  thing  exceptjo  tell  me  to get 
out.  Is  it  any  wonder  that  the  poor  feel 
like  destroying  the  rich?”

“ No,  it  isn’t,”   answered  Mr.  Bow­
ser. 
“ Here—take  this  dime  and  go 
somewhere else  and  get  a  remedy.  The 
druggist  ought  to  be  ashamed  of  him­
self. “

The  toothache  man  was  calling  down 
blessings  when  Mr.  Bowser  entered  the 
store  to  free  his  mind,  but  before  he 
could  open  his  mouth  a  man  followed 
him  in—a  man  who  was  shaking  with  a 
chill  and  clicking  his  teeth  together, 
cut  who  managed  to  say :

*' It  was  a  street  car  that  knocked  me 
clear  across  the  street  and  shattered  my 
nerves,  and  if  I  don’t  get  something  to 
soothe  me  1  shall  be  a  dead  man  in  an 
hour!”

“ Chew  a  cork  for  a  change!”   replied 

the  druggist,  as  he  looked  up.

“ You  take  this,’ ’said  Mr.  Bowser,  as 
he  produced  a  quarter and  extended  it, 
’ and  go  to  some  drug  store  kept  by  a 
human  being  and  get  a  remedy.  My 
eyes  have  been  opened this  evening.  If 
any  man  bad  told  me  that  there  was  a 
druggist  in  New  York  who’d  refuse  to 
relieve  suffering  humanity  at  the  cost of 
a  cent  or  two,  1  wouldn’t  have  believed 
it!”

is,  sir! 

“ Isthat  for  me?”   asked  the  druggist.
“ It 
I  took  you  fora  man 
with  some  heart  about  you,  and how vou 
can  witness  the  sufferings  of  your  fel- 
lowman  in  the  cold,  cruel  way  you  do, 
knocks  me  out.  Why,  sir— ”
“ You  bought  whisky  for  the old wom­
an,”   interrupted  the  druggist,  “ the  old 
woman  who  has  lied  and  wept  me  out 
of  half  a  gallon—and  she  offered  you  a 
drink  from  the  bottle. 
I  saw  her  from 
the  window.  The  toothache  man  has 
come  around  here  about  forty  times 
with  the  same 
This 
man  with  the  chill  has  had  about  a 
quart  of  brandy  here  this  winter  free 
gratis.  This  must  be  about  the  thirtieth 
time  he’s  been  hit  by  a  street  car.”

tooth  aching. 

“ But,  sir— ”
“ And  if  you’ll  only  stop  here  half  an 
hour  longer,  the  woman with  a consump­
tive  cough—the  boy  with  a  dying 
father—the  father  with  a  dying  girl— 
the  man  who  has  lost  his  hearing—the 
whole  gang  will  come  in  and  tell  their 
tales  of  woe.  As  for  the  toothache  man 
and  the  man  with  a  chill,  please  step 
across  the  street  to  the  saloon with me. ”
“ But  I  tell  you,  sir— I  tell  you,”   be­
gan  Mr.  Bowser,  but 
the  druggist 
walked  him  across  the  street  and  up  to 
the  saloon  window  and  pointed  in.  The 
two  “ victims”   were  facing  each  other 
with  grins  on  their  faces,  and  had 
just 
touched  glasses,  and  their  words  were 
plain  as  one  said :

“ This 

is  the  stuff  for  the  toothache, 
Tommy,  and  may  we  strike  a  soft  snap 
every  evening!”

“ And  here’s  what  cures  the  chills,” 
laughed  the  other,  “ and  I'm  going 
down  to  work  the  old  duffer’s  cook  for 
a  square  m eal!”

Mr.  Bowser  backed  off  and  started 
down  the  street.  The  druggist  called 
to  him,  but  he  never  turned  his  head. 
As  the  darkness  was  about  to  swallow 
him  up  he  was  reminded  of  his  shav­
ing-soap,  and  asked  if  he didn’t  want to 
make  a  cash  gift  to  the  man  whose liver 
had  changed  sides,  owing  to  a  fa ll;  but 
he  continued  on  and  on,  and  his  foot­
steps  were  finally  heard  no  more.

COULD  NOT  BE  CAUGHT.

Had  No  Sympathy 
Humanity.
M.  Quad in American Druggist.

for  Suffering 

Mr.  Bowser  had  visited  the  corner 
drug  store  the  other  evening  tor  a  cake 
of  shaving-soap,  and  had  not  yet  made 
his purchase  when  a  woman  entered and 
pathetically  informed  the  druggist  that 
“ her  boy  Tom”   had  such  a  lame  back 
that  he  could  hardly  turn  over 
in  bed. 
It  was  a  struggle  with  poverty  with  her, 
and  would  the  druggist  be  so  kind  and 
charitable  as  to  give  her  a  little  whisky 
or brandy  in  a  bottle  she  took  from  un­
der  her  shawl? 
It  was  to  rub  Tom’s 
back  with,  and  as  she  left  home  Tom 
called  to  her:

“ Mother  darling,  just  go  to  the  first 
drug  store  you  come  to  and  tell  'em 
how  it  is.  He’ll  be  a  Christian  man, 
the  druggist  will,  and  he’ll  till  the  bot­
tle  to  the  neck and  put  in  a new cork for 
you. ’ ’

There  was  a  sob  in  her  throat  as  the 
woman  reached  the  bottle  towards  the 
druggist  with  one  hand  and  wiped  her 
nose  with  the  other.  Mr.  Bowser’s 
heart  was  touched.  Not  so  with  the 
druggist,  however.  Without 
looking 
her  way  at  all,  he  quietly  replied :

"R ub  salt  and  water  on  Tommy’s
back,  and  he'll  soon be  out.  Your  story 
is  too  gauzy  for  this  shop. ”

“ If  you’ll  only  fill 

it  half  full,  sir, 
I’ll  try  and  make  it  do,”   entreated  the 
woman.

“ Not  any  for Tommy,  nor  his mother, 
I  told  you  the  other  day  not  to 

either. 
come  in  here  any  more.”
Tears  began  to  run  down  the woman’s 
cheeks  as  she  turned  away,  and  Mr. 
Bowser  could  control  himself  no  longer.
“ I  wouldn’t  have  believed  you  so 
heartless,”   he  said  to  the  druggist. 
“ Here  is  a  woman  so  old  and  poor  that 
she  can  hardly  get  about,  and  yet  you 
haven’t  the  least  pity  for  her.”  

“ Perhaps  you  don't  know  where  the 
whisky  would  go  to  if  I  filled  her  bot­
tle, ”   smiled  the  druggist.
’ ‘ It  would  be  used  on  the  back  of that 
suffering  son,  of  course. 
If  you’ve  got 
eyes  in  your  head  you  can  see  that  the 
woman  doesn’t  drink.”

“ Of  course  not— never  a  drop,  sir,” 

she  muttered.

“ If  you  knew  the  number  of  people 
who  come  in  here  every  day— ”   began 
the  druggist 
in  explanation,  but  Mr. 
Bowser  slapped  a  quarter  down  on  the 
counter  and  interrupted  with.
“ Fill  the  bottle  for  her. 

I’m  not  a 
soft-hearted  man,  but  I  can  tell  the  dif­
ference  between  a  poor  old  woman  and 
a  dead-beat.  Why,  sir,  I  couldn’t  have 
slept  to-night,  knowing  that  her  poor 
boy  was  anxious  to  get  well  and  go  to 
work  again!”
“ Bless  you,  sir—bless  you!”   fervent­
ly  whispered  the  old  woman  as  she  re­
ceived  the  bottle  back ;  and  then,  step­
ping  closer,  she  added:
“. “ Come  out  doors  for a  minute  whilst 
I  speak  a  word  with  ye.”

Mr.  Bowser  followed  her  out  and 
around  the  corner,  and  she  halted  and 
handed  out  the  bottle  and  said :

“ You  may  have  the  first  drink,  sir, 

and  I’m  sorry  yoit  paid  for  it.”

“ W— what  do  you  mean?”   asked  Mr. 

Bowser.

“ Why,  he’d  have  given me two drinks 
to get  r?d  of  me,  or  I  could  have  cried 
half  a  bottle  out  of  some  other  drug 
store.  Never  pay  for  your  whisky,  sir, 
when  you  can  get  it  for  nothing!” 

“ And  your  son  Tommy?”

“  “ All 
in  me  eye,  sir;  but  it’s  a  good 
story  for  a  drink. 
Lift  the  bottle, 
darling,  and  let  the  contents  warm  up 
your  cold  feet. ’ ’

Mr.  Bowser  backed  off  and  locked  at 
her 
in  disgust  for  a  moment  and  then 
turned  on  bis  heel  to  re-enter  the  drug 
store.  He  had  reached  the  door,  and 
was  wondering  how  he  could  make  it 
all  right  with  the  druggist,  when  a  man 
came  out  holding  his  hand  to  his  jaw 
and  groaning.

“ Now  may  the  Lord  take  me  away 
this  blessed  night,  for  death  will  be  a 
relief  to  m e!”
“ What’s the matter with  you?”  asked 
Mr.  Bowser.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 
Special Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  Jan.  8— Figuring  up  the 
first  week  in  the  year  has  not  contrib 
uted  greatly  to  the  gaiety  of  nations. 
Business  has  been  held  back  until  the 
books  are  straightened  out  and  we  can 
see  just  what  amount of  profit  we  have. 
Of  course  there  is  a  big  improvement 
over  last  year  and  now  all  hands  are 
going  to  work  to  make  the  century  go 
out  with  great  eclat.  This  may  not  be 
the  right  word,  but  ’twill  do.

The  suicide  of  W.  T.  Buckley,  one 
of  the  most  prominent  dry  goods men  in 
the  city,  was  a  great  shock  in  commer­
cial  circles. 
It  seems  generally  con­
ceded  that  he  spent  a  good  deal  of 
money  on  the  good  things  of  life.  Not 
that  he  was  dissipated;  but  when 
$40,000  a  year  will  not  keep  one  going 
in  fairly  good  shape  he  is  hard  to  suit 
and  naturally  turns  to  something  else.

Coffee  has  been  moving  in  the  same 
channel  that  has  characterized  it  for  a 
long  time.  There  has  been  no  change 
in  quotations  and 
interior  dealers  are 
simply  taking  what  they  need  from  day 
to  day.  Supply,  of  course,  is  abundant 
and  the  amount  here  and  afloat 
is 
1,174,000  bags,  against  724,472  bags  the 
same  time  last  year. 
In  a  speculative 
way  there  is  nothing  doing,  the  big 
roasters  seeming  to  be  content  to  let 
matters  rest  as  they  are.

Refined  sugar  is  firm,  but  the  volume 
of  business 
is  not  large.  The  orders 
coming  to  hand  have  been  for  sorting- 
up  stocks  and  at  the  close  of  the  week 
the  supply 
is  sufficiently  large  to  pre­
vent  any  delay  in  filling  orders,  to  say 
the  least.  Raw  sugars  are inactive.
Holders  of  teas  are  confident  that  as 
the  year  grows  older,  we  shall  witness 
continual 
lower 
sorts  are  firm  and  altogether  the  outlook 
is  one  containing  more  encouragement 
than  for  a  long  time.  But  there  is  lots 
of  room  for 
improvement.  For  years 
the  whole  market  has  been demoralized.
If  quality  improves,  as  it  must,  there 
will  surely  be  a  higher  level  of  prices.
The  demand  for  rice  has  been  good 
and  the  outlook 
is  eminently  satisfac­
tory.  Orders  have  been  frequent  and as

improvement. 

The 

3

supplies  are  not  overabundant,  the  mar­
ket 
is  firm.  Domestic  has  been  en­
quired  for  with  about  as  much  freedom 
as  the  imported  article  and  from  pri­
mary  points  the  reports  are  all  favor­
able.  Prime  to  choice  Southern,
S % c .  Japan,  5@5Xc.

Jobbers  in  spices  have  been  doing  a 
fair  trade,  but  prices  are  not  showing 
much  improvement,  if  any.  Pepper  is 
a  little  stronger  and  ginger 
is  a  little 
firmer.

Molasses 

is  firm.  There  have  been 
some  excellent  orders  sent  in  and  the 
tone 
is  better  all  around.  Prices  are 
firmly  adhered to  and  there  is very  little 
disposition  to  “ shop.”  
Buyers  see 
what  they  want  and  take  it,  realizing 
that  they  are  getting  value  received  at 
present  rates.  Syrups  are  also  doing 
better,  and  with  rather 
light  supplies 
refiners  feel  that  we  shall  have an excel­
lent  market 
for  some  time  to  come. 
Prime  to  fancy  sugar,  i6@23c.

in 

“ Tomatoes  will  be  $1.25  before  we 
have  new  ones, “ said  one  broker. 
It 
does  look  that  way,  for  they  are  climb­
ing  the  hill  very  rapidly.  There 
is  a 
large  outlet  and  scarcely  an  article  in 
the  whole  list  but  is  feeling  the  effects 
of  better  times  all  around.  Tomatoes 
have  practically  reached 
the  dollar 
mark,  and  the  market  is  able  to  absorb 
all 
Corn  and 
beans  have  met  with  a  good  reception 
and  the  year  begins  in  a  very  favorable 
way  so  far  as  canned  goods  are  con­
cerned.

sight,  apparently. 

Dried  fruits,  too,  are  doing  better. 
It  is  the  season  when the appetite craves 
something  of  this  nature  and  the  de­
mand  has  been  very  satisfactory  during 
the  week.  Raisins  have  gone  off  well, 
and  the  humbler  fruits,  apples,  etc., 
have  moved  with  accelerated  pace. 
Evaporated  apples  are  worth  9c.

A  clever  advertising  scheme  is  suc­
cessfully  practiced  by  a  Quebec  shoe 
dealer.  With  every  pair  of  shoes  sold 
he  gives  a  pair  of  overshoes,  on  each 
sole  of  which  is  a  stamp of his business, 
with  the  letters  reversed  as  in  type.  At 
each  step  the  wearer  takes  in  the  snow 
the  shoe  dealer's  advertisement  is  vis- 
ble. 
It  is,  therefore,  visible  all  over 
town.

W H Y   N O T   T R Y   T H E M   N O W ?

So  C IG A R S

SO LD  B Y   ALL JO B B E R S .

G.  J  JO H N SO N   CIGAR  CO.,  M frs.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

*  The  Problem 
Can  Be  Solved

«

Three bovs have yo oranges between them 
divided as follows:  the first boy has  10, the 
second 30,  and  the  third  50.  They  are  to 
sell  them  at  the  same  price  per orange, 
each  boy  to  realize  the  same  amount  of 
money.  In what manner do they  dispose of 
them to get the desired result?

After you have solved  this  problem,  mail the solution to us 
with an order for some  of  our  goods.  We  will  make  the 
prices so low that you cannot afford to get along without them.. 
Remember we are headquarters for Building Papers, Tarred 
Felt, Tarred Paper,  Coal  Tar,  Roofing  Pitch,  Rosin,  Roof  Paints 
and  Ruberoid  Ready Roofing for use instead of shingles.

Cor. Louis & Campau Sts. 
Urand  Rapids,  Mich.

H.  fl.  Reynolds  &   Son.

If  the  year  has  brought  you  discour­
agements  in  your  business career,  sweep 
the  thoughts  of  them  out  of  your  back 
door  with  the  dust  of  the  dying  year 
and  let  them  be  forgotten.  Buy  a  copy 
of  Emerson’s  Essay  on  Self-Reliance, 
read  it  carefully,  buckle  up  your armor, 
and  go  at  it  again.  The  world  admires 
a  man  of  courage and  is  willing  to  help 
him.  Don’t  ever  lose  sight  of  this  fact.

J.  A .  MURPHY, General Manager. 

FLO W ERS,  M A Y   &  M O LON EY, Counsel

Tie  M a n   pieicanllle Hgency

Special  Reports. 

Law  and  Collections.

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

The  German  government  proposes  to 

try  to grow  potatoes  in  Africa.

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

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

4

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Around the State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Pickford—Geo.  P.  Taylor 
Taylor  Bros,  in  general  trade.

succeeds 

Menominee— Peter  Vannema  has  pur­
chased  the  drug  stock  of Joen Vannema.
Sutliff’s  Siding—Lum  McHugh  has 
embarked  in  general  trade  at this place.
Brown  City— Chas.  Ferguson  and  E.
F.  Thomas  have  opened  a  meat  market 
here.

Newaygo—John  Turner  &  Son  have 
opened  a  bakery  and  restaurant  at  this 
place.

Ionia—G.  W.  Arnold’s  Son  succeeds
in  the  foundry 

G.  W.  Arnold  &  Son 
business.

Whittaker—Trim,  McGregor  &  Har­
per,  general  dealers,  have  discontinued 
business.

Drayton  Plains—Judd  &  Judd  have 
purchased the general stock of Richmond 
&  Seeley.

Ionia—T.  A.  Carten  has 

engaged 
Fred  Cutler,  Jr.,  as  book-keeper  and 
office  manager.

Morenci—C.  C.  Wakefield  &  Co.  will 
be  succeeded  by  the  Wakefield  State 
Bank  Jan.  15.

Frankfort— M.  B. 

L.  E .) 
Grisier  succeeds  the  L.  E.  Grisier  Co. 
in general  trade.

(Mrs. 

Ionia—W.  E.  Knapman,  of  Lapeer, 
in  the  merchant  tailoring 

will  embark 
business  here  Feb.  1.

Sunfield— Deatsman  &  Welch,  general 
dealers,  have  dissolved  partnership,  E.
H.  Deatsman  succeeding.

Detroit— R.  Hirt,  Jr.,  is  erecting  a 
large  brick  block  near  his  commission 
house  to  be  used  for  cold  storage.

Detroit—The  Fish  &  Duncan  Co. 
succeed  Fish  &  Duncan  in  the  clothing 
and  men’s  furnishing  goods  business.

Greenville— Gibbs  &  Riley,  meat 
dealers,  have  dissolved  partneisbip, 
Chas.  W.  Riley  continuing the business.
Big  Rapids— A.  R.  Takken will short­
ly  engage 
in  the  meat  business  at  this 
place under the style of Takken &  Pshia.
Ovid—J.  D.  Gleason  &  Son  have  sold 
their  meat  business  to  Misner  &  Losey, 
but  will  continue  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Buchanan— W.  N.  Broderick succeeds 
Martha  E.  (Mrs.  Salma)  Barmore in the 
drug,  wall  paper  and  stationery  busi­
ness.

Manton—Chas.  H.  Bostick  is  erect­
ing  a  two-story  brick  building.  He  will 
occupy  the 
lower  story  with  his  drug 
stock.

Port  Huron— Peter  Hill,  lumber  deal­
er,  has  admitted  his  son  Otto  to  part­
nership, 
the  firm  name  being  Peter 
Hill  &  Son.

Negaunee-----LaCombe  Bros,  have
rented  a  building  on  East  Iron  street 
and  will  occupy  it  with  a  stock  of  wall 
paper and  paints.

Alma— Mrs.  M.  Scailen has purchased 
the  millinery  stock  of  Mrs.  G.  E. 
Hutchings  and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  at  the  same  location.

Port  Huron—John  Keyes  has  been 
admitted  to  partnership 
in  the  meat 
business  of  H.  F.  Marx.  The  new  firm 
will  be  known  as  Marx  &  Co.

Greenville—The  meat  business  for­
merly  managed  by  D.  D.  Cooper  will, 
in  the  future,  be  conducted  under  the 
firm  name  of  Cooper  &  Johnson.

Maple  City—Jas.  Ennest  has  sold  his 
interest  in  the  drug  stock  of  Ennest  & 
Fralick 
to  his  partner,  Dr.  G.  W. 
Fralick,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness.

Byron—S.  Dean  &  Co.,  of  Ann  Ar­
bor,  have  purchased  the  grocery  st  ck 
and  fixtures  of  E.  B.  Welch,  and  will 
continue  the business,  with  C.  E.  Welch 
in  charge.

Stockbridge—W.  H.  Simpson  has 
merged  his  business  into  a  corporation 
under  the style of the Stockbridge Imple­
ment  &  Harness  Co.,  to  continue  the 
business  formerly  conducted  by  him.

Ludington— Will  A.  Waite  and  G.  A. 
Johnson,  of  Manistee,  have  purchased 
the  stock  of  clothing,  shoes  and  men’s 
furnishing  goods 
in  the  Weimer  & 
Rohn  stand  and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness.

Pickles—A  circular  received  from  a 
prominent  Chicago  pickle  packer  says: 
“ You  may  believe 
it  or  not,  but  the 
pickle  crop  of  1897  was  not  over  one- 
third  of  an  average 
in  the  United 
States. ’ ’

Coldwater---- The  grocery 

firm  of
Adams,  Perry  &  Smith  has  been  dis­
solved  by  mutual  consent.  The  business 
will  be  continued  by  W.  H.  Adams  and 
J.  B.  Perry  under  the  style  of  Adams 
&  Perry.

Kalkaska—C.  Kryger  has  taken  pos­
session  of  the  store  building  recently 
purchased  from  T.  D.  Hobbs,  while 
Knowles  &  Hurley  have  removed  their 
meat  market  into  the  building  vacated 
by  Mr.  Kryger.

Benton  Harbor—  A  reorganization  of 
the  wholesale  grocery  firm  of  Kidd, 
Dater  &  Co.  is 
in  contemplation,  in 
which  case  the  capital  stock  will  be  in­
creased  and  a  larger  amount  of  money 
put  into  the  business.

Saginaw— Mitts  Bros.,  who  for  a 
number  of  years  have  conducted  the 
cigar  stand  at  the  Bancroft  House,  have 
purchased  the  cigar  and  news  depart­
ment  of  D.  E.  Prall  &  Co.,  where  they 
will  continue  the  business.

Hancock—W.  H.  Mason,  who  has 
been  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business 
for  a  number  of  years,  has  embarked 
in  the  wholesale  commission  business. 
He  is  succeeded  in  the grocery  business 
by  his  son,  Charles  Mason.

Northville— Alfred  K.  Carpenter,deal­
er 
in  hardware,  paints  and  oils,  and 
Yerkes  &  Harmon,  dealers  in  hardware 
and  coal,  have  consolidated  their stocks 
and  will  continue  business  under  the 
style  of  Carpenter,  Yerkes  &   Harmon.
Traverse  City— W.  J.  Robinson  has 
interest  of  O.  Pierce  in 
purchased  the 
the  grocery  firm  of  O.  Pierce & Co.  and 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  for­
mer  location  of  E.  L.  Ransom  &  Son, 
whose  grocery  stock  and  fixtures he  has 
also  purchased.

Cadillac—John  H.  Plett,  who  during 
the  past  twenty-one  years has  been  one 
of  Cadillac's  active  and 
influential 
business  men,  has  sold  his  retail  meat 
business  to  Bert  Gardner  and  Cornelius 
Wager,  who  will  continue  the  business 
at  the  same  location  under  the  style  of 
Gardner  &  Wager.

Detroit— Articles  of  association  of  the 
C.  H.  Little  Co.  have  been  filed  with 
the  County  Clerk.  The  capital  stock 
is  $50,000,  of  which  $40,000  is  paid 
in. 
The  shares  taken  are  held  as  follows: 
Chas.  H.  Little,  3,979;  Porter A.  Tuck­
er  and  Henry  A.  Haigh, 
10  each; 
George  G.  Torrey,  1  share.

Benton  Harbor— Geo.  R.  Dater  has 
purchased  the  drug  stock  of  Edgar 
Nichols,  who  has  retired  to  go  to  Klon­
dike  in  the  spring.  He  retains 
in  his 
employ  Bruno  Herman  and  Alphonso 
Parrish,  who  will  conduct  the  business 
for  him.  The  Harry  Kidd  cigar,  no­
tion  and news  stand  will be consolidated 
with the drug  stock.

Mears—J.  H.  Chapman,  druggist  at 
this  place,  has  purchased 
the  stoie 
building  and  warehouse  known  as  the 
AVager  property,  which  has  been  vacant 
for  some  time.  Mr.  Chapman 
intends 
to move  bis  drug  stock  in  the front part, 
use  the  warehouse  for  warehouse  pur­
poses  and  convert  the  barn  into  a  livery 
and  feed  barn  and  make  a  specialty  of 
diiving  traveling  men  about  the  coun­
try.

Wayland—The  failure  of  the  Wayland 
Manufacturing  &  Mercantile  Co.  has 
not  caused  the  other  merchants  of  the 
town  to  put  on  mourning  to  any  consid­
erable  extent.  Ever  since  the  concern 
came  here  it  has  been  a  disturbing  ele­
in  the  trade,  apparently  under­
ment 
taking  to  build 
itself  up  by  tearing 
down  other  institutions  conducting  a 
legitimate  business,  by  the  pursuance of 
illegitimate  and  unbusinesslike  meth­
ods.  No  institution  can  succeed  which 
persists  in  selling  goods  less  than  cost, 
and  the  creditors  are  now called  upon  to 
make  good  the  losses  sustained  by  the 
concern  while  undertaking  to  prove  to 
the  people  that  the  other  merchants 
in 
the  town  were  charging  too high  prices. 
The  man  who  figured  as  the  President 
of  the  organization,  Chas.  E.  Sherwin, 
had  h id  no  previous  experience  in  the 
mercantile  line,  his business  experience 
bring  confined  to  selling  baking powder 
on  the  road  and peddling notions  from  a 
wagon.  His  conduct  in  this  community 
has  been  anything  but  businesslike, 
and  the  bursting  of  his bubble will cause 
few  regrets,  except among  creditors  who 
were  so 
indiscreet  as  to  permit  them­
selves  to be made cat’s-paws  of  by  an  ir­
responsible  individual.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Port  Huron— H ill  &  Son succeed  John 

P.  Hill  in  the  lumber  business.

Owosso—E.  M.  Johnson  has  resumed 
operations  at  the  plant  of  the  Johnson 
Baking Co.

Alpena—The  Huron  Handle  &  Lum­
its  mill  last  Monday. 

ber  Co.  started 
The  timber  used  is  maple and  birch.

Detroit—The  Watson  Machine  & 
Novelty  Works  will  hereafter  be  known 
as  the  Detroit  Brass  &  Novelty  Works
Gladwin—C.  Mabie  is  about  to  start 
his  shingle  mill  and  is  securing  a  stock 
that  will  enable  him  to  run  during  the 
entire  season.

Bay  City—The  Smalleys  &  Wood- 
worth  sawmill  is  in  operation  and  will 
run  all  winter.  As  soon  as  spring  opens 
it  will  be  operated  day  and  night.

Jackson---- Knickerbocker  &  Reuter,
who  operated  a  planing  mill  at  this 
place,  have  dissolved  partnership.  The 
business  will  be  continued  by  Geo. 
Knickerbocker.

Grand  Ledge— A.  L.  Butler,  repre­
senting  the  Bell  Furniture  Co.,  of  Cin­
cinnati,  has  made  arrangements  to  put 
in  a  furniture  and  undertaking  stock 
here  about  Jan.  30.

Portland—The  Portland  Furniture 
Co.  declared  a  stock  dividend  of  40  per 
cent,  from  the  profits  of  1896 and  has 
recently  declared  a  cash  dividend  of  7 
per  cent,  from  the  profits  of  1897.

Detroit—The  Imperial  Cap  Manufac­
turing  Co.,  with  Max  Feldman  retired, 
has  moved  its  factory  and  salesroom  to 
larger  quarters  at  the  southeast  corner 
of  Shelby  street  and  Jefferson  aveuue.

Ravenna—The  Ravenna Creamery Co. 
began  operations  July  8  and  closed  Oct 
31.  During  that  time  385,000  pounds 
| of  milk  produced  15,534  pounds  of  but­
ter,  which  sold  for  $2,643.58.  The  net 
profit  on  the  four  months’  business  was 
$69.63. 

j

Detroit—The  Moore  Lumber  Co.  has 
filed  notice  that 
its  property  has  been 
sold  at  private  sale,  the  proceeds  dis­
tributed  among  the  stockholders,  all 
claims  paid,  and  the  business  wound 
up.

Benton  Hrabor—The  Hall  &  Nichols 
Cigar  Co.  has  foreclosed  a  mortgage  on 
the  cigar  factory  and  business  of  the 
Co-operative Cigar Co.,  lately conducted 
by  H.  J.  Wright,  Chas.  Hoffman  and 
Jas.  Ralston.

Saranac— The  Saranac  Creamery  Co. 
handled  1,038,875  pounds of milk during 
1897,  producing  43.380  pounds of butter, 
which  sold  at  an  average  of  17  cents 
per  pound.  A  cash  dividend  of  5  per 
cent,  was  declared.

Calumet---- Bajari  &  Ulseth  have
bought  all  of  the  lumber,  estimated  at
1.500.000  feet,  belonging  to  the  Gregory 
estate.  The  estate  runs  a  big  sawmill 
at  Lake  Linden  and  operates  a  planing 
mill  and yard  at  South  Lake  Linden.

Stetson—The  factory  of  the  Felter  & 
Devore  Manufacturing  Co.,  which  was 
recently  destroyed  by  fire,  has  been  re­
built  by  A.  J.  Felter  and  will  be  run  to 
its  full  capacity  during  1898,  manufac­
turing  staves  and  headings  for  the  But­
ters  &  Peters  Salt  &  Lumber  Co.,  at 
Ludington.

Detroit— The  Michigan  Foundry  Co. 
has  been  organized  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $15,000,  of  which  $2,500  is  paid 
in. 
The  shares  are  held  as  follows:  Frank 
Zanoth  and  John  Rutkowski,  50  each ; 
Henry  Brehm  and  Edward  Heinke,  100 
each;  Herman  D.  Keller,  500;  August 
Knebusch,  700  shares.

incorporating 

Detroit—Articles 

the 
Fish  &  Duncan  Co.,  for  the  manufac­
ture  and  sale  of  clothing,  have  been 
filed.  The  capital  stock  is  $10,000,  all 
paid  in.  The  shares  are  held  as  fol­
lows:  Albert  H.  Fish,  Oscoda,  499; 
Chas.  O.  Duncan,  Detroit,  500;  Ger­
trude  O.  Fish,  Oscoda,  1  share.

Lansing— The  Lansing  Boiler  &  En­
gine  Works  has  entered  into  a  contract 
with  O.  W.  Parsell,  of  Flushing,  who 
has  secured  a  patent  upon  a  combina­
tion  moving  truck  and  scales,  for  the 
manufacture,  during  the  present  year,of
2.000 
sold  by  the  company  and  the  remainder 
by  the  patentee.

of  these  articles,  a  portion  to  be 

Leslie — A  company  is being organized 
at  this  place  for  the  manufacture  of  the 
Randolph  combination  fencepost.  The 
capital  stock 
is  placed  at  $5,000,  of 
which  $2,000  has  already  been  sub­
scribed.  Fred  Randolph,  the  patentee, 
is  now  manufacturing  the  posts  on  a 
small  scale.  Wm.  Butler,  of  Jackson, 
is 
in  the  new  undertaking 
and  is  doing  considerable  in  the  way  of 
soliciting subscriptions.

interested 

Holland—The  Walsh-DeRoo  Milling 
Co.  ground  out  900  barrels  of  “ passover 
flour"  last  week  for  Chicago  customers 
of  the  Hebrew  persuasion.  The  order 
was  manufactured  under  the  personal 
supervision  of  Rabbi  Ahlbom,  B. 
Sbapiri  and  D.  Jacobson,  who  came 
here  as  representatives  of  the  Hebrew 
congregation  of  Chicago.  The  visitors 
donned  their  ceremonial 
robes  and 
blessed  the  mill,  the  ceremony  lasting 
over  thirty  minutes.

Portland— The  Portland  Manufactur­
ing  Co.  is  a  veritable  gold  mine  for  its 
stockholders. 
In  March  a  cash  divi­
dend  of  35  per  cent,  was  paid,  and  on 
Jan.  4  another  cash  dividend  of  50  per 
cent,  was  declared,  making  85  percent, 
disbursed  from  the  profits  of  last  year’s 
business.  The  record  thus  achieved  by 
W.  W.  Teriff,  the  manager,  is  little less 
than  remarkable,  in  view  of  the  limita­
tions  of  the  business  and  the  intense 
competition  met  with  on  all  sides.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

b

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

L.  G.  Fox  has  opened  a  grocery  store 
at  Pierson.  The  Ball-Barnhart-Putman 
Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Albert  Buning  has  engaged  in  gen­
eral  trade  at  Falmouth.  The  stock  was 
furnished  by  the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman 
Co.,  Rindge,  Kalmbach  &  Co.,  Voigt, 
Herpolsheimer  &  Co.,  Foster,  Stevens 
&  Co.  and  the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug  Co.

The  Grand  Rapids  School  Furniture 
Co.  has  purchased  of  the  defunct  Grand 
Rapids  Seating  Co.  all  the  stock  of  the 
Grand  Rapids  Furniture  Co.,  including 
the  sole  right  to  the  use  of  the  name 
during  the  remainder  of  the  corporate 
existence._____________

Arthur  Manley,  grocer  at  418  West 
Bridge  street,  has  purchased  the  gro­
cery  stock  of  T.  Callahan,  at  739  South 
Lafayette  street,  and  will  continue  the 
business  at  that  location.  The  Bridge 
street  store  will  be  placed  under  the 
management  of  S.  P.  Cooper.

W.  H.  Hicks,  who  was  engaged  in 
the  drug  trade  at  Morley  from  1879  to 
1893,  when  he  retired  from  trade to  take 
the  position  of  County  Treasurer  of Me­
costa  county,  which  position  he  filled 
with  satisfaction  to  all  concerned  for 
four  years,  has  concluded  to  re-engage 
in  the  drug  trade  at  Morley,  and  has 
this  week  placed  his  order  for a  new 
stock  with  the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug  Co.

The  Aldine Manufacturing Co.,  which 
has  enjoyed  a  checkered  career  by  rea­
son  of  the  peculiar  methods  of  Jas.  T. 
Phillips,  who  has  managed  the business 
for  several  years,  has  finally  decided  to 
dispense  with 
the  services  of  Mr. 
Phillips,  who  will  devote  his  entire  at­
tention  to  the  Grand  Rapids  Clock  and 
Mantel  Co.,  of  which  corporation  he 
is 
President  and  Treasurer.

The  purchase  of  the  Fletcher  flatiron 
property  by  Rindge,  Kalmbach  &  Co. 
is  a  matter  of  congratulation  all around, 
inasmuch  as  the purchasers have already 
entered  upon  the  work  of  preparing 
plans  for  one  of  the  finest  business  and 
manufacturing  structures 
in  the  city. 
The  building  will  be  used  for  both  job­
bing  and  manufacturing  purposes,  and 
they  confidently  expect  to  be  able  to oc­
cupy  the  new  structure  by  Oct. 
1. 
Messrs.  Rindge  and  Logie  will  leave  in 
a  day  or  two  for  Chicago,  where  they 
will 
inspect  various  factory  buildings, 
with  a  view  to  deciding  on  the  plan  of 
construction  best  suited  to  their  pur­
poses. 

_

Purely  Personal.

S.  A.  Sears,  who  has  achieved  a  wide 
reputation  as  the  manager  of  the  Sears’ 
branch  of  the  New  York  Biscuit  Co., 
has  been  compelled  to  go  to  Mt.  Clem­
ens  for  the  purpose  of  securing  relief 
from  a  severe  attack  of  sciatic  rheuma­
tism.  Mr.  Sears  has  succeeded  in  sys­
tematizing  his  business  to  that  extent 
that  everything  runs  like clockwork dur­
ing  bis  absence,  which  is  not  likely  to 
be  prolonged  beyond  another  week.

In 

trade, 

the  death  of  Enos  Putman  the 
wholesale 
the  manufacturing 
business  and  the  banking  interests  of 
Grand  Rapids  lose  a  man  who  has long 
been  recognized  as  a  tower  of  strength, 
both  as  a  financier  and  a  conservative 
adviser.  Mr.  Putman  possessed,  to  a 
remarkable  degree, 
"touch  of 
M idas,"  and  that  he  made  good  use  of 
is
his  ability  and  his  opportunities 

the 

institutions.  No  man 

shown  by  the  generous  investments  he 
made  in  manufacturing,  mercantile  and 
banking 
in  the 
city  was  higher  esteemed  on  account 
of  his  business  ability  and  no  man’s ad­
vice  was  more  eagerly  sought  for  or 
more  carefully  followed  than  his.

Edward  H.  Taylor,  who  managed  the 
advertising  department  of  the  Goshen 
Sweeper  Co.  up  to  the  time  that  corpo­
ration  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  Bis- 
sell  Carpet  Sweeper  Co.,  has  engaged to 
manage  the  sweeper  department  of  the 
Grand  Rapids  Furniture  Co.  and  has 
already  entered  upon  his  new  duties. 
Mr.  Taylor  is  a  gentleman  of  wide  ex­
perience,  careful  discrimination  and 
excellent  judgment,  and,  now  that  he  is 
in  a  position  where  he  can  give  full 
scope  to  his  ability  along  the  lines  of 
organization 
the 
Tradesman  confidently  expects  to  see 
him  make  an  enviable  record  for  him­
self  and the  department  of  which  he  has 
been  placed  in  charge.

exploitation, 

and 

The  Produce  Marker.

Apples—Michigan  grown  Northern 
Spys  are 
in  moderate  request  at  $3.50 
per  bbl.  The  quality  is  far  from choice. 
Ozarks  and  Etrus,  from  Arkansas,  fetch 
$4-
the  movement 
prevail  on  fancy  stock.

is  easier,  and 
is  good.  Lower  prices 

Bananas— The  market 

Beets—25c  per  doz.
Butter— Both 

creamery  and  dairy 
goods  are  lower  and  weaker  Factory 
creamery  has  declined  to  ig@2oc,  while 
fancy  dairy  ranges  from  I4@i5c.  Re­
ceipts  of  dairy  are  heavy  and  arrivals 
in  number 
are  constantly 
and  size,  which  is  takeu  as  an 
indica­
tion  that  there  will  be  no  scarcity  of 
butter  during  the  remainder  of  the  win­
ter  months.

increasing 

Cabbage—The  market 

is  without 
change,  choice  stock  commanding  only 
$2.50  per  100.

Carrots—25c  per  bu.
Celery— I3@i5c  per  bunch.
Cranberries—Cape  Cods  and  Jerseys 
command  $7.50.  Quite  liberal  supplies 
are  in  sight  and  the  movement  is  satis­
factory.

Eggs—The  mild  weather  prevailing 
during  the  past  few  days  has  helped  to 
weaken  the  market  somewhat  and  quo­
fresh  stock  have 
tations  on  strictly 
dropped  to  I7@ i 8c,  with  every 
indica­
tion  of  still  lower  prices  soon.

Game— Dealers  pay  75c  per  doz.  for 

rabbits,  which  are  scarce.

Honey— 11c  for  white  comb  and  10c 

for  dark.

Lemons—The  market 

is  unchanged 
and  prices  are  low.  The  movement  is 
not  large.
Lettuce— I2@i5c  per  lb.  for hot-house 
stock.

Onions— Red  and  yellow  command 
85c  for  No.  1  stock  and  75c  for  com­
mon.  Spanish are  still  in  market,  com­
manding  $1.75  per  crate.

Oranges—The  stocks  are  good  and 
quality  is  fine.  The  indications  are  that 
tne  crop  of  Californias 
is  to  be  the 
largest  ever  harvested,  and  that  the 
price  will  be  low  enough  to  allow  a 
large  volume  to  go  into  consumption.
their 
supplies  at  50c.  The  market  is  a  little 
weaker.

Potatoes— Local  dealers  hold 

Sweet  Potatoes— Kiln  dried  Illinois 
Jerseys  have  declined  to $3.75.  Gen­
uine  Jerseys  are  entirely  out  of  market.

Detroit—The Howard-Northwood Malt 
Manufacturing  Co.,  which 
recently 
joined  the trust,  has  notified  the  County 
Clerk  that  its  capital  stock  has  been  re­
duced  from  $150,000  to  $5,000,  and  the 
number  of  shares  from  15,000  to  500.

incorporating 

Detroit—Articles 

the 
Harris  Still  Alarm  Co.  have  been  filed. 
is  $50,000,  all  paid 
The  capital  stock 
in.  Following  are  the 
incorporators: 
John  S.  Allam,  Detroit,  2,124  shares; 
John  S.  Allam,  trustee,  2,874;  Franz  C. 
Kuhn,  i ;  George  C.  Morse,  1  share.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar— The  refiners  have  a  fair  sup­
ply 
in  stock,  which  is  quite  unusual  at 
this  season  of  the  year.  The,  situation 
in  raws  is  reported  to  be  a  little  easier 
than  at  last  report. 
It  is  not  likely  that 
there  will  be  any  change  in  the  sugar 
market  for some  time.  The  movement 
in  this  market,  as  well  as  through  the 
country,  is  not  heavy  now,  and  it  is  not 
normal  that  it  should  be.

Crackers—The  organization  of  the 
United  States  Biscuit  Co.  has  been 
practically  accomplished. 
The  new 
corporation  will  be  organized  under  the 
laws  of  New  Jersey  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $55,000,000,  comprising  $25,000,000 
7  per  cent,  cumulative  preferred  stock 
and  $30,000,000  common  stock.  The 
corporation  will  acquire  the  plants  of 
the  New  York  Biscuit  Co.,  the  Ameri­
can  Biscuit  &  Manufacturing  Co., 
the 
United  States  Baking  Co.,  the  National 
Cracker  Co.,  the  Decatur  Cracker  Co. 
and  others.  The  plan  will  be  to  place 
these  properties  upon  a  good  money­
making  and  dividend-paying  basis.

Tea—The  market  is  in  exceptionally 
good  shape  and  concessions  are  abso­
lutely  unprocurable.  Desirable  grades 
are  showing  themselves  scarce,  and  as 
the  demand  opens  this  condition  will 
be  more  pronounced.  There  have  been 
no  price  changes  during  the  week,  and 
will  be  none  until  the  demand  opens.

Coffee—The  war  is  still  on  between 
the  package  coffee  houses,  and  this  line 
of  coffee  still  has  the  preference  in  this 
market.  A  considerable  interest  is  be­
ing  shown,  however, 
in  spite  of  the 
efforts  of  the  warring  bouses  to push  the 
trade.  The  consumption  of  coffee  is 
very  large,  and  probably  up  to  the 
capacity  of  the  country.  The  crop  of 
Brazil  coffee  of  the  year  1897  is  esti­
mated  to  be  10,000,000  bags,  which  is  a 
surplus  over  that  of  the  year previous  of
is  too  early  to  esti­
1,300,000  bags. 
mate  the  crop  of  the  coming  year,  for 
it 
is  now  known  that  the  estimates  of  a 
year  ago  were  from  3,500,000  to  4,000,- 
000  bags  short  of  the  actual  crop. 
It  is 
btlieved  by  some  of  the  most  sanguine 
that  the  crop  of  the  coming  year  will 
be  about  as 
large  as  that  of  the  past 
year,  and  this  on  a  large  surplus  left 
over  from  the  year  just  past. 
In  this 
case  the  market  in  Rios  will  be  low and 
the  consumption  enormous.

It 

light  pack 

Canned  Goods—There was  an  unusual 
demand  for  tomatoes  during  the  holi­
days,  something  not 
common,  and 
prices  of  some  stocks  advanced  10c  a 
dozen.  This  strong position of tomatoes 
is  caused  by  the 
in  the 
South  and  West,  and  the unusually large 
consumptive  demand. 
is  reported 
that  New  York  peas,  corn  and  string 
beans  are  more  generally  cleaned  up 
than  usual.  The  stocks  of  American 
sardines  are  reported  to  be  extremely 
light.  The  condition  of  red  salmon 
is 
reported  to  be  very  strong.  Shipments 
have  been  less  than  half  of  those  of  last 
year,  while  the  spot  stocks  are  small 
and  the  market  is  very  firm.

It 

There 

Dried  Fruits— Peaches  are  dull  and 
unchanged. 
is  some  enquiry 
for  low  price  goods,  but  these  are  very 
scarce.  Prunes  are  very  strong  on  the 
Coast  and  have  advanced  to  the  point 
of  the  opening  prices.  Stock  is  selling 
here,  however,  at  a  lower  basis  than  the 
goods  can  be  laid  down  here  for.  Cur­
rants  are  very  strong  and  there  is  some 
demand  for  the  cleaned  article.  The 
total  advance  has  been  '¿c  per  pound. 
The  high-grade  goods  are  selling  the 
best.  Raisins  are  very  dull,  but  there 
has  been  a  good  sale  of  2-crown  loose

Muscatels  on  the  belief  that  the  market 
has  reached  bottom.  Apricots  are  very 
quiet,  with  prices  unchanged.

Rice—There  is  a  considerable  com­
petition  between  domestic and  imported 
Japan  rice.  The  latter  is  offered  quite 
freely,  and  although  not  of  quite  the 
same  quality  of  the  foreign, is  very  fine, 
and  is  going  into  consumption.

Fish— Stocks  of  mackerel  are  very 
light  and  the  expected  further  advances 
are  sure  to  ensue.  The  demand  is  very 
good  for  this  season.  Cod 
is  selling 
steadily  at  firm  prices.  Canned  salmon 
are  in  small  demand  and  will  be  quiet 
until  March.  There  is  a  strong  under­
tone  to  the  market,  however,  and  ad­
vances  are  expected  by  March  or  April. 
Sardines  are  firm.  The  top  prices  will 
probably  be  maintained.

Provisions—Western  packers  are  very 
firm  in  their  ideas.  It  is  difficult  to  get 
anybody  to  sell  on  the  old  basis.  The 
strongest  feature  of  the  provision  mar­
ket  is  the  demand  and  higher  prices  for 
lard,  the  pure  stock  especially.  Pure 
lard  still  continues  to  sell  at  the  ex­
pense  of  compound  and  other  lard  sub­
stitutes,  as  the  price  is  still  enough  to 
give  it  the  call.  The  provision  market 
all  through  is  in  a  very  healthy  condi­
tion,  and  higher  prices  are  apt  to  rule

The  Grain  Market.

The  wheat  market  was  lifeless  and 
dragged  along  during  the  entire  week. 
While  prices  sagged  in  wheat  centers, 
the  local  market  is  up  ic.  The  receipts 
of  both  winter  and  spring  at  initial 
points  are  indeed  very  small.  Reports 
regarding  the  visible  show  a  small  in­
crease  of  47,000  bushels,  notwithtsand- 
ing  an  increase  of  500,000  bushels  was 
expected.  Our  exports  continue  large 
and  we  can  certainly 
look  for  an  in­
crease  from  now  on.  Argentine  news 
is  rather  conflicting,  but,  judging  by 
the  most  rosy  reports,  she  cannot  ship 
more  than  50  per  cent,  of  as  much 
wheat  as  she  did  two  years  ago.  We 
need  have  no  fear of  that  country, as she 
grows  only  about  as  much  wheat  as  one 
of  our 
large  winter  wheat  growing 
states.  We  look  upon  the  present  mar­
ket  as  a  waiting  one,  so  that  but 
little 
can  be  said  until  the  market  gets  more 
life.  We  have  some  wheat  in  sight  at 
a  few  places  which  is  being  held  by  in­
dividuals  at  considerable  above  May 
price.

Corn  and  oats,  as 

is  usual,  remain 
unchanged.  However,  we  may  expect 
to  see  lower  prices  on  oats,as the visible 
increased  over  2,000,000  bushels. 
has 
The  flour  trade 
is  very  good  indeed. 
The  receipts  during  the  past  week  were 
47  cars  of  wheat,  6  cars  of  oats  and  3 
cars  of  corn.  The  receipts  of  wheat  at 
this  point  during  the  year  were  2,330 
cars—all  of  which  were milled here—323 
cars  of  corn  and  385  cars  of  oats,  of 
which  probably  one-half  was distributed 
up  North.

Local  millers  are  paying  87c 

for 

wheat. 
Good  English  Demand  for  California 

C.  G.  A. V oigt.

Fruit.

There  was  keen  competition  last week 
for  the  consignment  of  California  fruit 
which  has  just  arrived 
in  London  in 
perfect  condition.  The  2,600  cases  of 
pears  were  sold,  half  cases  bringing  8s 
to  10s,  whole  case  14s 
to  18s.  One 
thousand  six  hundred cases of California 
Newtown  pippins  were  auctioned  off  at 
from  10s  to  12s.  Two  hundred  cases  of 
navel  oranges  brought  from  17s  6d  to 
18s.  The  fruit  was  the best  ever  seen  at 
this  time  of  the  year.

Gillies  N.  Y.  Clearance  Tea  Sale now 

on.  Phone  Visner,  1589.

6
W o m a n ’s  W o rld ’

The 

Woman’s  Loss  and  Gain.
inexorable  law  of  nature,  which 
declares  that  no  loss is  wholly gain,  and 
that  for  every  good  we  must  pay  a  com­
mensurate  price,  has  recently  had  a 
curious  illustration  in  the  decision  of  a 
California  court,  that  a  wife  could  be 
forced  to  support  her  husband  by  labor. 
There  should  be  no  surprise  at  this. 
It 
is  the  logical  outcome  of  the  demand 
for  perfect  equality  between  the  sexes. 
If  a  woman  assumes  the  privileges  and 
perquisites  of  a  man,  she  must  also  as­
sume  his  responsibilities  and  obliga­
tions.

There 

is  nothing  new  womanish  in 
the  fact  of  a  woman  supporting  a  man. 
The  old  woman  has  done  that ever since 
time  immemorial,  whenever  a  worthless 
or  disabled  man  was  left  on  her  hands, 
but  she  did 
it  out  of  love  or  compas­
sion,  not  because  she  was  compelled  to 
do  it. 
It  is  only  now  that  she  is  held 
legally  responsible  for  her  husband’s 
support,  and  it  occurs  to  her  that  she  is 
getting  a  little  too  much  equal  rights, 
and  that  even  the  best  things  may  be 
overdone.  There 
is,  however,  nothing 
unjust  about  it.  Thousands  of  men  are 
compelled  to  support  good-for-nothing, 
idle  or  sickly  wives,  and when  a  woman 
is  made  to  support  that  kind  of  a  man 
she  is only  being  put  on  the  same  plane 
with  men—that  plane  of  equal  justice 
for  which  women  have  hankered  so long 
and  which  they  are  likely  to  find  such 
an  uncomfortable  abiding-place  when 
they  do  finally  arrive  at  it.

The  decision  of  the  California  court 
brings  up  in  all  its  far-reaching  signifi­
cance  the question  of  woman’s  loss  and 
gain  in  the  great  woman  movement  of 
which  we  hear  so  much.  She  has gained 
independence;  she  has  lost  in  the  chiv­
alrous  attentions  of men.  She has gained 
the  right  to work  in  every field,  and with 
it  often  the  necessity  of  labor.  She  has 
gained  strength ;  she  has  lost  in  sweet­
ness  and  gentleness.  She  has  ceased  to 
be  the  ivy,  and  the  oak  no  longer  offers 
her 
its  support.  She  has  won  an  in­
credible  victory;  now  she  must  pay  the 
penalties.  The  price  of  freedom  has 
always  been  assessed  in blood and scars.
To  women  this  seems  cruelly  hard.  It 
has  always  been  their  amiable  way  to 
eat  their  cake  and  have  it,  too;  or,  at 
least,  somebody  else’s  piece  of  cake, 
and  when  they  can  no  longer  do  it  they 
resent  the  hardship.  This 
is  not  what 
ideal  of  equal 
they  expected,  or  the 
rights  of  which 
In 
that,  men  were  to  present  them  with 
everything  they  wanted  on  a  silver  sal­
ver,  with their  best  compliments.  They 
expected  to  go  out  into  the  world  and 
hustle  in  trade  and  the  professions  with 
men  for  money,  but  the  men  were  never 
to  forget  their  drawing-room  manners 
or  fail  in  the  little  deferences  and  at­
tentions  that  make  life  sweet  to  women. 
Indeed,  it  has  taken  women  a  long time 
te  realize  what  a  Utopian  scheme  that 
was,  and  that  when  they  entered  the 
prosaic  world  of  business  to  compete 
with  men,  they  must  expect  to  be  treat­
ed  like  men. 
It  was  a  hard  lesson,  for 
no  matter  how  brave  and  swaggering 
her  air,  a  woman  is  still  a  woman,  with 
a  woman’s  love  of  compliments,  and 
the  lack  of  them  is  always  one  of  the 
things  she  sets  down  on  the  debit  side 
of  the  ledger.

they  dreamed. 

Another  thing  they  have  lost  is  the 
right  to  pose  in  a  stained-glass attitude. 
Old-fashioned  gallantry  always  pictured 
a  woman  as  a  feeble-minded  angel,  and

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

fashioned. 

the  traditional  attitude  of  man  towards 
this  superior  being  was  one  of meek ad­
option.  He  worshipped  her  goodness, 
but  he  mistrusted  her  judgment,  and 
she  was,  indeed,  a  creature  most  won- 
drously 
She  was  not 
thought  capable  of  grappling  with  any 
problem  greater  than  her  housekeeping. 
She  was  of  so  sensitive  a  disposition, 
and  in  so aenemic  a  state  of  health  that 
she  fainted  at  the  slightest  provocation. 
When  misfortunes  came  she  turned  her 
helpless  little  toes  up  to  the  daisies  and 
died,  as  the  only  resource left  her.  She 
never  ventured  out  beyond her  own  door 
without  a  gallant  and  manly  arm  to lean 
upon—and,  according  to  all  accounts, 
the  arm  was  always  ready  and  willing 
to  support  her.

It 

idea  of 

is  the  decadence  of  this  tpye  of 
gallantry  that  pessimists  deplore.  They 
sav  that  the  modern  woman  has  killed 
i t ;  and  she  has,  just  as  the  ridiculous 
mediaeval  chivalry  could  not  withstand 
Don  Quixote.  There  is  no  place  for  it. 
The  modern  woman 
is  not  brainless. 
is  not  helpless.  She  would  laugh 
She 
at  the 
leaning  upon  an  arm 
every  time  she  took  a  step  and  tell  how 
many  times  she  had  played  golf  all over 
the  links.  So  far  from  fainting  at  sight 
of  a  hurt,  she  probably  belongs  to  a 
injured  class,  and  can 
first  aid  to  the 
put  on  a  respectable  bandage. 
She 
doesn’t  sit,  like  Mariana,  in  a  moated 
grange  waiting  for  the  return of a sweet­
heart  or  husband. 
Instead,  she  has 
mounted  her  wheel  and  gone  with  him. 
His  sports  are  her  sports  and  he  has  to 
be  a  pretty  good  fellow  to  keep  up  with 
her.  She  reads  the  same  papers  and 
books,  discusses  the  same  problems  and 
has  substituted  goodfellowship and com­
panionship  for fine  speeches  and  defer­
ence.  No  one  can  deny  that  if  woman 
ever  stood  on  a  pedestal  for  man to wor­
ship,  she  has  gotten  tired  of 
it  and 
climbed  down  off  her  perch  to  his level. 
Perhaps  she  was  too  honest  to  want'to 
be  adored  for  qualities  she  knew  she 
didn’t  possess.  Certainly  she  was  of 
the  most  emphatic  opinion  that  a  good, 
wholesome,  human  woman  was  better 
suited  to  the  average  man  than  an angel 
was,  anyway.

life 

from 

Undoubtedly,  women  have 

gained 
much 
in  health  and  strength  and  have 
gotten  a  wider  outlook  and  a  saner  at­
titude  towards 
their  com­
in  out-of-door 
panionship  with  men 
sports,  but they have lost something,  too, 
in  gentleness  and  grace  of  manners  and 
speech.  The  athletic  girl  is  apt  to  be 
scornful  of  feminine  charms.  She  too 
often  makes  the  fatal  mistake  of  trying 
to  be  an 
imitation  man.  She  wears 
clothes  as  near  like  her  brother’s  as  she 
can  and  talks  slang 
that  borders  on 
coarseness.  Sometimes in her emancipa­
tion  from  the  old  ideal,  she  goes  to  the 
other  extremity  and  isn’.t  even  a  gentle­
manly  imitation  of  a  man.  Worse  than 
all, we  have  now  and  then  that abomina­
tion  of  abominations,  the sporty  woman, 
who  talks  horses  and  plays  the  races,  or 
risks  health  and neglects her home while 
she  makes  century  runs  on  her  bicycle, 
or  else  she 
is  a  golf  fiend  who  thinks 
that  the  chief  end  of  existence  is  in 
knocking  a  ball  around  a  field  full  of 
holes.  Then,  indeed,  does  one feel that 
woman’s  progress  has been  backwards, 
that  better were  the  days  of  the  fainting 
Clarissas  and  the  swooning  Angelinas, 
when  a  sedate  walk  around  a  rose  gar­
den  was  the  utmost  exertion  of  which  a 
lady  was  deemed  capable.

When  the  modern  woman  counts  up 
her  blessings  and  the  things  she  has 
gained,  she  is  sure  to  put  the  .woman’s

club  movement  very  near  the  top.  And 
rightly,  too,  for  it has been an education 
to  her  in  many  ways  and  opened  up  in­
numerable  fields  of  interest. 
In  the  ex­
tent  of  her  zeal  she  is  ready to  under­
take  anything  to  reform  everything  that 
needs  reforming,  and  to  ameliorate any­
thing,  from  the  climate  of  the Klondike 
to  the  suffering  Armenians.  She  talks 
a  great  deal  about  woman's  influence 
and  is  positive  this  is  the  very first time 
the  world  ever  had  a  sample of  the  real, 
Simon-pure  article,  but  it  is  very doubt­
ful 
if  the  aggressive  woman  of  to-day 
has as  much  influence  as  the quiet wom­
an  of  yesterday,  or  if  she  could  give her 
meek  grandmother  points  on  the  way  to 
get  what  she  wants.  The  new  woman 
has  the  platform  where  she discourses to 
other  women,  but  the  old  woman  gen­
erally  had  some  man's  ear. 
It  is  the 
fashion  to  describe the  dominant woman 
as  tall  and  majestic,  with  commanding 
eyes  and  voice.  The  real  woman  who 
rules  is  a  quiet  little thing,  with  kitten­
ish  ways  and  a  pleading  voice.  Men 
are  still  the  givers.  They  can  never  be 
bulldozed,but they  can  be  persuaded  in­
to  anything.

The  opening  up  of  so  many  fields  of 
occupation  to  women  wherein  they  may 
achieve 
independence  and  comforts  is 
a  blessing  so  vast  and  great  we  hardly 
like  to  admit  that  there  is  any  shadow 
on  its  sunshine.  But  there  is,  and  it  is 
one  which  every  working  woman  comes 
sooner  or  later  to  feel  for  herself.  She 
feels  with  wistful  patheticalness that she 
is  growing 
less  womanly,  less  gentle, 
less  trusting,  less  sweet.  She  may  be  a 
in  the  self-sacrifice  that  sends 
heroine 
her  out 
into  the  world  to  battle  for 
bread ;  she  may  be  all  that  is  true  and 
noble  and  good ;  still  she  feels  that  she 
has  lost  something  of  the  womanliness

that  is  our  ideal.  The  fight  for  exist­
ence 
is  bound  to  harden  the  heart  and 
blunt  the  sensibilities,  for  the  barba­
rous  old  rule still prevails,that  “ he  shall 
take  who  has  the  power  and  he  shall 
keep  who  can.”   No  one  comes  out  of 
this  struggle  unscathed.  The  rose that is 
carried  through  the  heat  and  burden  of 
the  day  and  the  crowded  street  cannot 
remain  as  sweet  and  fair  and 
lovely  as 
the  one  that  has  remained  secluded  and 
sheltered  within 
the  garden  walls. 
Women  who  have  succeeded  in  any  line 
are  often  accused  of  being  churlish  be­
cause  they  advise  young  girls,  whenever 
it  is  possible,  to stay within  their  homes 
and  attend  to  home  duties  rather  than 
go  out  to  work. 
It  is  an  unjust  charge. 
It 
is  because  the  woman  who  works 
realizes,  as  the  other  cannot,  that  there 
is  loss  as  well  as  gain  in  every woman’s 
struggle  for  place  in  the  world.

On  the  whole,  the  woman  movement 
has  brought  far  more  gain  than 
loss  to 
the  world.  To women  it has  given  God’s 
best  gift—freedom—and  if  with  it  have 
come  new  responsibilities  and  obliga­
tions,  it  has  also  brought  the  strength to 
bear  them  and  the  courage  to  meet 
them.  Women  are  no  longer  playthings, 
or  dolls,  but  thinking  human  creatures. 
It  is  tolly  to  say  that  men  are  less  will­
ing  to  meet  the  responsibilities  and  the 
cares  of  family  life,  or that women,  hav­
ing  demonstrated  they  can  stand  alone, 
will  be  more  and  more  required  to  do 
it.  The  human  heart  does  not  change. 
Tender  men  will  still  protect  and  care 
for  their own,  but  the  woman  who has to 
stand  alone  will  find  she  has  a  platform 
to  stand  on.  That  is  the  way  she  audits 
the  loss  and  gain  account  of  the  woman 
question. 

D o r o t h y   D i x .

As  a  matter  of  fact,  nobody  believes 

in  a  hell  except  for  his  neighbor.

/»

Bow's Vour System?

We mean  your system of advertising.  System is necessary in every - 
thing pertaining  to  business,  and  the  merchant  who  recognizes  this 
fact  is in a fair way to win success, and  will see to it that  his advertis­
ing is conducted in a systematic and not in a spasmodic manner.

Merchants who  have  adopted  our  method  of  advertising  have  a 
perfect system that is constantly in  operation.  They first  decide what 
Per cent,  they  can afford  to use for building up trade and from this they 
figure the amount of trade to require for each premium offered;  and as, 
they get the cash trade  in  advance  before  giving  the  premium,  they 
take absolutely  no chances on their advertising investment,  borne dis­
gruntled  merchants  who  find  trade  dull  complain  at  the  advanta­
ges of their competitors  who have adopted  our system.  They call it a 
“ humbug,”   “ fraud,” etc.,  but they  cannot  expect to  draw  trade  with 
bygone methods.  Our customers give their patrons  their advertising 
expenditure.  Is that  wrong  in  principle  or  policy?  Advertising  is 
conceded  to  be  absolutely  essential  to  the  success  of  any  business. 
Therefore,  in  making  the  selling  price  on  your  goods  you  must  con­
sider this point:  If  advertising  could  be  done  away  with—and  some 
fogy  merchants  who  fear  competition  wish  it  could  be—why,  then 
prices could be made somewhat lower,  but the tendency of the times is 
to seek a higher, not a lower, level.

/IS
/IS
/IS
#
$
#
/is/is
/is
#/is
è/is
/»s/is
/IS
$
/IS
#/IS
I   Stcbbins manufacturing £o.,

It does not matter how large or small your business  is,  we  can  help 
you.  If  you  can  afford  to  spend  anywhere  from  $50.00  to  $1,000 00 a 
year for advertising,  our system  will give you the most for your money, 
and  it  brings  the  merchant  and  his  customers  together on a mutually 
pleasant and satisfactory  basis

Our method  of  business is endorsed  by all the Trade Journals of the 
country,  as  it  is  founded  on  strictly  legitimate  principles, and should 
not  be  confounded  with  Trading  Stamp  methods.  We  would  like  to 
send you our catalogue.

Caketiew,  Ittici).

MENTION  TRADESMAN

M ICHIGAN  TRA D ESM A N

7

Some  Suggestions  Concerning  the 

Education  of Girls.

Written for the T r ad esm an.

The writer  of the book of  Ecclesiastes, 
in  a  single  statement  admirable  alike 
for 
its  brevity  and  comprehensiveness, 
has  defined  the  whole  duty  of  man. 
And  it  is  hard  to  find  in  all  ethical 
lit­
erature  a  single  sentence  richer  in  wis­
dom  or  more  forceful 
in  expression. 
Doubtless  the  preacher  here  used  the 
word  man  in  a generic sense,  applicable 
to  all  human  beings  without  regard  to 
sex.  But  that, 
for  some  reason,  the 
time-honored  dictum  of  the  preacher  is 
not  considered  sufficiently  definite  and 
specific  to  serve  as  a  guide  for  women 
has  for  some  time  been  apparent  to  the 
most  cursory  reader of current literature. 
Ever  since  “ the  woman  question”  
dawned  upon  the  intellectual  horizon, 
from  the  first  woman’s  rights  agitation 
to  these  days  of  newspapers  bristling 
with  comment  upon  the  “ new woman,”  
clergymen  have  preached,  authors  have 
written,  lecturers  have  proclaimed,  each 
setting  forth  his  or  her  convictions  as 
to  the  rights,  duties  and  proper  occupa­
tion  of  woman  and  the  education  that 
shall  best  fit  her  for  them.  So  varied 
and 
the 
theories  advanced,  and  so  plausibly 
have  they  been  promulgated,  that  the 
girl  or  her parents  must  indeed be clear­
headed  and  farsighted 
if  from  such  a 
maze  of  counsel  a  firm  and  sure  path­
way  can  be  discerned  for  her  inexperi­
enced  feet.

contradictory  have  been 

in 

life 

If  she  marries,  whether 

It  would  seem  to  be  a  sufficiently 
difficult  matter  to  train  a  child  for  its 
place 
if  it  were  known  exactly 
what  that  place  would  be.  But  who  can 
tell  the  future  of  any  child?  And,  in 
the  case  of  a  girl  especially,  it  is  im­
possible  to  predict  with  any  correctness 
what  station  she  will  occupy  or  what 
duties  she  will  be  called  upon  to  per­
form. 
it  be 
“ rich  man,  poor  man,  beggarman  or 
thief,  doctor, 
lawyer,  merchant  or 
chief”   is  purely  a  matter  of  conjecture. 
She  may  have  untold  wealth  at  her  dis­
posal  without  the  slightest  exertion  on 
her  part,  or 
it  may  be  her  lot  to  fight 
the  wolf  from  the  door  for  herself  and 
her  children.  Perhaps  she  will  never 
marry,  but  follow  some  business  or  pro-, 
fession  all  her 
life.  A  knowledge  of 
domestic  arts  may  be  a  most  essential 
thing  for  her,  or 
it  may  be  the  least 
used  of  all  her  acquirements.  Despite 
this  uncertainty  under  which  they labor, 
her  parents  and  friends  wish  the  girl  to 
be  not  only  cultured  and  refined,  but 
capable  and  efficient,  able  to  fill  grace­
fully  and  well  any  position  it  shall  be 
her  lot  to  occupy.

The  necessity  for  or  desirability  of 
some  particular  kind  of training  is often 
brought  forcibly  to  our  notice  by  some 
striking 
illustration  of  failure  or  suc­
cess.  We  see  a  woman  who,  by  the 
death  of  father  or  husband,  comes 
into 
possession  of  considerable  money  or 
other  property.  She  has  no  knowledge 
or  experience 
in  financial  matters  and 
falls  a  natural  prey  to  the  unscrupulous. 
Her  wealth  soon  altogether  escapes  her 
or  is  so  injudiciously  invested  as  to  be 
practically  valueless.  We  very  natural­
ly  exclaim,  By  all  means,  give  the  girl 
a  business  education.  Perhaps  a course 
at  some  good  commercial  college  sug­
gests  itself  as  a  remedy  for  cases  like 
the  one  described.  We  forget 
that, 
while  the  forms  of  business  and  much 
other  valuable  knowledge may be gained 
in  such  institutions,  the  peculiar  abil­
ity  to  invest  money  wisely  and  care  for 
property  interests coirectly cannot be ac­

quired 
years’  theoretical  training.

in  a  few  months’  or  even  a  few 

Or  some  woman  has  made  a  brilliant 
success  as  a  physician,  lawyer,  preacher 
or  writer,  and  we  say,  Why not  give  the 
bright  girl  as  well  as  the  bright  boy  a 
thorough  professional 
training?  Re­
move  all  obstacles  and  let  her  achieve­
ments  be  limited  only  by  her  energy 
and  her  genius.

it 

And,  after  all,  who  is  so  charming  as 
the  genuine  society  woman,  the  woman 
beautiful  by  nature  and  rendered  more 
fascinating  by  the  thousand  and  one 
graces  imparted  by  intercourse  with  the 
most  polished  and  cultured.  Such  a 
woman  makes 
it  her  business  to  be 
agreeable,  and  when  under  the  spell  of 
her  presence 
is  hard  to  make  our­
selves  believe  that  she  could  possibly 
have  any  better  or  higher  occupation. 
Then  we  think,  Give  the  girl  those  ac­
complishments  which  shall  enable  her 
in  society;  Have  her  learn 
to  shine 
music  and  dancing  and  the 
languages. 
Do  not  insist  on  long  years  of bard  drill 
in  the  heavy  branches,  but  let  her  have 
that  which  shall  give  her  a  charming 
exterior.  Thus  most  surely  will  she 
acquire  that  which  is  the  natural  birth­
right  of  a  pretty  woman,  viz  ,  a  pros­
perous  and  devoted  husband  and  a 
beautifully-appointed  home.  Or,  if  not 
handsome,  then  will  social  accomplish­
ments  render  her  plainness  less  notice­
able  and  she  shall  be 
like  the  many 
women  who  have  been  famous  for  tact 
and  agreeableness  in  spite  of 
irregular 
features  or  imperfect  complexions.

But  perhaps  among  our acquaintances 
is  some  former  belle  whom  a  few 
into  a 

there 
short  years  have  transformed 
inefficient  matron.  Her
shatternly, 
husband  is  not  able  to  supply  her  with 
the  luxuries  she  had  as  a  girl  and  she 
is, 
in  consequence,  discontented  and 
unhappy.  Her children  are  not  properly 
cared  for  and  her  home  lacks  a  wise 
and  thoughtful  direction.  Her  husband 
is  disappointed  and  morose  and  thinks 
— if  he  does  not  say  so—that  in  his  case 
marriage 
is  a  gloomy  failure.  How 
natural,  on  seeing  such  a  household,  for 
us  to  declare  that,  above  all  things,  a 
girl  should  be  well  skilled  in  house­
keeping  and  all  the  domestic  arts;  that 
no  time  should  be  wasted  on  flimsy  ac­
complishments  which  are  but  baubles 
of  an  hour,  but  that  all  effort  should  be 
directed 
solid  acquirements 
which  shall  be  of  use  during  her  whole 
lifetime.

toward 

responsibilities  of 

But  we  will  not  further  multiply  such 
instances.  The  problem  for  the  con­
scientious  parent  is,  How shall the  years 
—short  at  best—to  be  devoted  to  the 
daughter’s  education  be  spent  to  the 
utmost  advantage  in  fitting  her  for  the 
duties  and 
life? 
How shall  she  gain  that  which  will  ben­
efit  her  most,  and  expend  as  little  effort 
as  may  be  on  that  which  will  profit  her 
nothing?  And,  if  their  means  be  limit­
ed,  parents  are  won't  to  consider  the 
problem  more  difficult  of  solution  than 
if  they  had  the  wealth necessary  to  grat­
ify  their  ambition  for  their daughter. 
In  actual  fact,  in  education  as  in  other 
things,  there 
is  often  great  virtue  in 
necessity.  Narrowness  of  circumstances 
may  be  of 
itself  a  most  valuable  dis­
cipline,  while  on  the  other  hand  the 
training  of  children  who are  to 
inherit 
very  great  wealth  or  occupy  very  high 
positions  presents  serious  difficulties 
and  complications  not  always  counter­
balanced  by  the  liberal  means  for  cul­
ture.

Enough  has  been  said  regarding  the 
uncertainty  of  what  the  girl  may  do.

But  two  facts  may  be  regarded  as  set­
tled :  One  of  these  is  that  a  branch  of 
knowledge  thoroughly  mastered,  or  a 
particular  skill  thoroughly  acquired,  is 
often  of  use 
in  many  widely  varying 
walks  of  life.  Also proficiency  in  arith­
metic  is  alike  valuable  to  the merchant, 
the  surveyor,  the  teacher,  the  carpen­
ter,  the  manufacturer,  as  well  as  to 
every  other  man  and  woman  in  every­
day  transactions.  Let  the  girl  acquire 
an  habitual  tact  and  courtesy  of  man­
ner,  a  deference  to  the  opinions  and 
wishes  of  others,  and 
it  will  serve  her 
in  good  stead 
in  the  ballroom  or  the 
count ingrown;  whether  she  be  queen  of 
her  own  home  or  a  missionary  to  the 
South  Sea  Islanders.  The  othe/ fact  is, 
little  galling  to  parental 
perhaps,  a 
pride  but  is  none  the  less  valuable. 
It 
is  that  the  mathematical  probabilities 
are  much  greater  that  any  particular 
girl  will  occupy  some  rather  common­
place  position 
in  life  than  be  called  to 
some  very  distinguished  one.  As  some 
one  has  wisely  observed,  it 
is  much 
more  important  to  know how  to  live and 
get  something  out  of 
life  on  $10  per 
week  than  on  $10,000  per  year!  And 
the  parent  who  fits  the  child  for  the  for- 
met  may  be  excused  if  he  omit  some 
things  that  might  come 
in  good  play 
under the  latter.

At 

let  a  virtuous, 

the  risk  of  dwelling  upon  a 
particularly hackneyed  theme,  of saying 
what  has  already  been  said  many  times 
before,  I  cannot  refrain  from  express­
ing  the  conviction  that  the  greatest lack 
in  the  education  of  American  girls  is  a 
really  good home-training.  It can hardly 
be  imagined  how  a  girl  of  fair  intelli­
gence  can  make  a  failure  of  life  if 
rightly  brought  up  in  the  right  kind  of 
a  home  Some  one  has  pointed  out  that 
men  possessed  all  the  essential  things 
of 
life  before  the  days  of  railroads  and 
modern  inventions.  So  parents  possess 
in  themselves  and  the  home  they  make 
the  most  powerful 
instrumentality  for 
the  right  or  wrong  training  of  their 
children.  Let  the  home  atmosphere  be 
right, 
intelligent,  sys­
tematic  life  be  lived  therein,  and  what 
cannot  be  accomplished  for  the children 
coming  up.  Let  not  fathers  and  moth­
ers 
imagine  that  they  can  neglect  this 
home  training  for  business  or  social 
pleasures  and  make  up  foi  it  later  by 
giving  their  children  a  college  educa­
tion. 
is  necessary,  in  most  homes, 
that  the  daughter  t  We  a  share  in  the 
domestic  labors.  If  this  be  rightly  man­
aged  she  can  easily  be  trained  into  a 
neat  and  skillful  homekeeper. 
She 
should  be  allowed  to  handle  money  for 
her  own  expenditures  and  those  of  the 
household ;  thus  may  she  learn  its  value 
and  the  ability  to  use  it  wisely.  She 
to  orderly  habits, 
should  be  trained 
frugality,  thrift.  And, 
too,  should  be 
taken 
into  confidence  in  regard  to  the 
management  of  the  property interests,so 
that  she  will  not  be  all  at  sea  when  she 
has  property  of  her  own  to  care-for. 
In 
intelligent  home,  reading  and  con­
an 
versation  brighten  and  sharpen  the 
in­
tellect,  while  the  constant  interchange 
of  loving  duties  forms  the  best  culture 
for  the  heart.

It 

it,  what 

As  to  the girl’s school  education,  or  at 
least  the  early  part  of 
it  is 
must,  of  course,  depend  largely  on what 
the  schools  are  where  her  home is.  But 
one  point  the  parents  should  insist  up­
on,  and that is that the  girl be thoroughly 
grounded 
in  the  common  branches. 
These  should  not  be  sacrificed  to  showy 
items  in  the  curriculum,  for,  no  matter 
where  she  may  be  placed,  the  thorough 
knowledge  of  these  will  be  of  use  to

her,  while  the  lack  of  them  will  be  a 
constant  hindrance  and  often  a  bitter 
humiliation.

from 

Another 

important  factor 

in  equip­
ping  the  girl  for  the  struggle  of  life 
is 
to  give  her  some  knowledge  of  a  me­
chanical  nature  the  exercise  of  which 
has  a  money  value,  so  that  she  may 
make  her  own  living  in  case  of  need.

interpreted  to  derogate 

Let  not  anything  that  has  been  said 
be 
the 
higher  culture.  A  university  training 
of  the  mind  will  give  it,  and  should  be 
allowed  the  daughter  if  the  finances jus­
tify  the  necessary  expenditure.  But  let 
not  parents  of 
limited  means  be  dis­
couraged  or  think  they  must  fail  of  the 
most  essential  things  because  they  can­
not  do  all  their  hearts  would  dictate. 
And 
it  be  remembered  that,  desir­
able  as  is  a  beautiful  and  symmetrical 
edifice,  we  cannot  afford  to build a weak 
and 
imperfect  foundation  for  the  sake 
of  beauty  and  elegance 
in  the  super­
structure. 

Quillo.

let 

H. VAN TONGEREN,  Holland,  Mich.

For Sale by All Jobbers.

•■

•■

•■

•I

■

•■

•■

•■

•■

•■ •■

•■

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 
dr  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 White” iFlour

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.

Valley  City  Milling  Co.

.  (irand  Rapids,  Mich.

8

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

®HlGAt#ADESMAN

iS S &

Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men

Published at the New Blodgett Building, 

Grand Rapids, by the

TRADESM AN  COMPANY

ONE  DOLLAR  A  YEAR,  Payable  in  Advance.

ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION.

Communications invited from practical business 
men.  Correspondents  must  give  their  full 
names and addresses, not necessarily for  pub­
lication, but as a guarantee of good  faith. 
Subscribers  may  have  the  mailing  address  of 
their papers changed as often as desired.
No paper discontinued, except  at  the  option  of 
the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. 
Sample copies sent free to any address.

Entered at the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office  as 

Second Class mail matter.

When writing to any of our Advertisers, please 
say  that  you  saw  the  advertisement  in  the 
Michigan Tradesman.

E.  A.  STOWE,  E d it o r . 

WEDNESDAY,----- JANUARY  12, 1898.

A  FETTERED   PRESS.

for 

The  statement  is  made  that  seventy 
in 
or  more  German  editors  are  now 
lese  majeste,  or  offense 
prison 
against  the  sovereign  power.  When 
it 
is  remembered  that  any  criticism  of,  or 
slighting  remark  about,  the  Emperor, 
is  lese  majeste,  it  is  possible  to  see  un­
der  what  difficulties  editors  labor 
in 
Germany.
There 

is  scarcely  any  department  of 
government,  or  phase  of  social  life,  or 
development  in  literature  and  art,  about 
which  the  Emperor  William  has  not 
something  to  say,  or  in  which  he  does 
not  take a  hand. 
If  his  views  are  ques­
tioned  it 
is  a  case  of  lese  majeste,  or 
treason  against  the  sovereign  power  on 
the  part  of  the  bold  and  presumptious 
critic.  A  prosecution  and  imprisonment 
follow.  The  wild  statements,  the  claim 
of  Divine  right,  the  impulsive  and  dan­
gerous  conduct  of  the  imperial  William 
must  go  unchallenged,  or  the  challenger 
go  to  jail—unless  he  be  a  member  of 
the  Reichstag  discussing  public  meas­
ures,  and  even  there  the  limit  of  free­
dom  of  speech  is  drawn.

We  cannot  animadvert  too  severely, 
however,  in  Michigan  on  this  want  of 
freedom  of  the  press 
in  Germany. 
There  are  numbers  of  people  in  this 
State,  and  some  of  them  get  into  the 
law-making  body  from  time  to  time, 
who  would,  if  they  could,  prevent  any 
criticism  through  the  - press  of  public 
officials  or  measures.  They  have  been 
able  to  prevent  the  papers  from  expos­
ing  crime  and  doing  much  else  to  sub­
serve  the  public’s 
interests,  and  they 
continue  to  allow  vindictive  damages 
for  statements  made  without  malice  and 
in  perfect  good  faith  and  where  every 
apology  or  denial  necessary  has  been 
promptly  made.  To  this  extent,  a  dif­
ference 
in  degree  only  from  the  Ger­
man  law,  for  it is  a  kind of lese  majeste 
applied  to  the  so-called  private  sover­
eign  of  America,  the  press 
is  still  a 
censored  press  in  this  section.

There  can be  no genuine  progress,  nor 
individual  freedom  in  Ger­
growth  of 
many,  until  there 
is  an  untrammelled 
press.  Freedom  of  the  press  and  free­
dom  of  the  citizen  must  go  hand  in 
hand.  A  newspaper  should  be  permit­
ted  to  say  whatever  it  feels  impelled  to 
say  and  not  be  mulcted  in  damages, 
except  such  as  were  actually  suffered 
by  an 
innocent  victim  of  a  misstate­
ment,  unless  express  malice  were  back 
of  the  publication.  There 
is  much

progress  to  be  desired  in  this  direction 
in  Germany,  but  there 
is  much  more 
latitude  due  the  press  also  in  certain 
portions  of  this 
land  of  the  free  and 
home  of  the  brave.
ARBITRATION  AGAIN  FAILS  US.
It  seems  that  the  United  States  is  be­
coming  about  as  thoroughly “  isolated” 
in the  matter  of friendship and good will 
among  nations  as  Great  Britain,  with 
this  difference—that  Great  Britain  is 
feared,  while  any  little  country  feels  at 
liberty,  in  view  of  our  peace-at-any- 
price  policy,  to  snap  its  fingers  at  us.
We  have  recently  had an  illustration 
of  prejudice  against  us  from  a  source 
hardly  to  be  expected,  the  Argentine 
minister  at  Madrid.  We  are  great  on 
submitting  matters  to  international  ar­
bitration.  Where  Germany  sends  war­
ships  to demand satisfaction for outrages 
upon  its  citizens  abroad,  we,  in  similar 
cases,  ask 
the  offending  government 
please  to  consider  a  claim  for  damages 
to  be  submitted  to  some foreign court  of 
arbitration. 
Americans  were 
shamefully  treated  in  Mexico some time 
ago  and,  as  usual  with  us,  we  referred 
their  claims  for  damages  to  arbitration, 
the  Argentine  minister at  Madrid  being 
selected  as  the  court.  He  has  not  only 
promptly  decided  against  us,  but  has, 
according  to  best  accounts,  done  so 
in 
contemptuous  disregard  of  all  the  evi­
dence  and  through  openly  expressed 
prejudice  against  the United States.

Two 

Having  adopted  the  arbitration  plan, 
there  is  nothing  for  us  to  do  but  pocket 
the 
insult—and  possibly 
warn  American  citizens  not  to  go  away 
from  home.

loss  and  the 

Where  can  we  look  for  sympathy  or 
justice 
in  courts  of  this  kind  if  not  to 
South  American  arbitrators?  Germany 
and  France  and  Austria,  Italy,  Spain 
and  Great  Britain,  are  all  prejudiced 
against  us  at  present.  Chili  is  an  open 
enemy  in  South  America  and  now  Ar­
gentine  goes  back  on  us.  Brazil  and 
Peru  are  “ cold, ”   and  only  Venezuela 
may  be  regarded  as  a  friend.  Under 
our  pusillanimous  diplomatic  policy  we 
have  fallen  under  the  contempt  of  our 
sister  nations.  It  would  be  a  good  time, 
therefore,  about  now,  to  face  about  and 
indulge 
less  talk  of  arbitration  and 
display  more  self-assertion  and  force 
where  our  citizens  have  been  mistreated 
or  our 
interests  contravened.  Let  us 
at  least  avoid  becoming  another  China 
with  scores  of  impotent  millions.

in 

The  German  Empress  has  expressed 
herself  against  the  proposed  reform  of 
women’s  clothing,  saying  that  she  is 
quite  content  with  the  present  fashions, 
which  are  sensible  and  can  be  modeled 
according  to  every  one’s  taste.  Her 
Majesty  is  one  of  the  few  royal  ladies 
who  do  not  cycle,  and  her  reason  for 
not  doing  so  is  that  she  considers  it  a 
very  ungraceful  sport  for  women ;  and 
the 
lady  cyclists  she  has  seen  in  Ger­
many  have  not  impressed  her  by  their 
varied  costumes.

agreed 

The  report  that  the  British  govern­
ment  has 
to  guarantee  the 
Chinese  loan  of  $8o,000,000  at  3  per 
cent.,  the  issue  price  to  be  no,  is  gen­
erally  credited  in  London  financial  cir­
cles.  Should 
it  prove  true,  it  would 
appear  that  John  Bull  has  played  the 
highest  trump  card  in  the  whole 
inter­
national  deal.  Money  counts  for  more 
with  China  than  diplomacy  or  even 
force.

After  you  have  spoiled  some  station­

ery  you  will  get  used  to  1898.

THE  SEC R ET  OF  SU CCESS.
The  extraordinary  record  achieved  by 
the  Portland  Manufacturing  Co. 
last 
year,  in  disbursing  85  per  cent,  cash 
dividends  to  the  stockholders  from  the 
profits  on  9,580  washing  machines  and 
$2,500  worth  of  clothes  wringers,  will 
probably  stimulate  the 
invention  of  a 
score  more  washing  machines  and  the 
inauguration  of  a  dozen  new  factories 
in  the  same 
line.  While  it  is  barely 
possible  that  one  or  two  of  the  new  as­
pirants  for  recognition  may  succeed,  it 
is  more  than 
likely  that  they  will  all 
end  where  hundreds  of  other  enterprises 
of  a  similar  character  have  ended— in 
failure.  They  will  fail  because  they 
depend  altogether  too  much  on  the  sup­
posed  superiority  of  their  devices,  or 
the  money  put  back  of  the  patents, 
whereas  the  real  secret  of  the  success 
of  a  prosperous  institution  is  the  man­
agement—the  brains  employed 
in  ex­
ploiting  and  maintaining  the  business. 
Too  little  credit  is  invariably  given  the 
management  of  a  successful  manufac­
turing institution  and  too  much  reliance 
is  placed  on  the  efficiency  of  the capital 
and  the  patents.  The  manager  of  the 
Portland  Manufacturing  Co.  appears  to 
be  one  of  those  uncommon  men  who 
can  espouse  a business  which has strewn 
the  country  with  wrecks  in  the  shape  of 
dismantled  and  abandoned  manufactur­
ing  plants  and  win  success  where others 
have  achieved  only  failure.  The  stock­
holders  of  his  company  probably  imag­
ine  that  his  success  is  due  in  no  small 
degree  to  the  financial  backing  they 
have  given  him ;  but  the  Tradesman 
ventures  the  statement  that  the  stock­
holders  are  harboring  a  pleasing  delu­
sion—that  the  remarkable  energy  and 
shrewdness  and  far-sightedness  injected 
into  the  business  by  its  originator  and 
manager  would  have  produced  satisfac­
tory  results  under 
less  favorable  cir­
cumstances,  so  far  as  the  employment 
of  capital  is  concerned.

NEW  ENGLAND’S  TROUBLES. 
The  scheme  of  John  Wanamaker  and 
several  of  his  wealthy  associates  to  ac­
quire  some  thousands  of  acres  of  aban­
doned  farm  lands  in  New  England  and 
put  settlers  upon  them  once  more,  part­
in  the  way  of  charity  and  partly  in 
ly 
the  line  of  a  business 
investment,  calls 
attention  to  another  evidence  of  New 
England  decay  within  the  past 
few 
years.

in 

illustration 

Not  a  few,  but  many  hundreds  of 
that 
farms  have  been  abandoned 
rocky  and 
inhospitable  region  within 
the  past  ten  or twenty  years  and  their 
former  owners  have  taken  up  new  lands 
in  the  Great  West.  An 
is 
cited  of  a  Connecticut  county  which  to 
a  certain  extent  is  said  to  be applicable 
in  all  the  New  England  States.  Of 
twenty-six  towns  in  this  county  all  but 
four  are  farm  towns.  The population  of 
the  twenty-two  farm  town's  is  exactly 
what  it  was  eighty  years  ago  and  3,000 
less  than  forty  years ago.  When  nat­
ural 
is  considered,  it  is  pos­
sible  to  obtain  an  idea  of  the  emigra­
tion  from  that  region,  or,  at  least,  the 
abandonment  of  the  farm  lands.  Large 
tracts  of 
land  are  seen  all  over 
that  section  that  were  once  the  support 
of  a  busy  agricultural  population.

increase 

idle 

Now  we  hear  that  the  factories  are 
ceasing  to  pay.  When  agricultyre  be­
came  unprofitable  the  factory  interest 
became  the  hope  of  the  region  and  the 
support  of  the  population.  So  favored 
was  this  interest  by  the  absence  of com­
petition 
in  other  sections,  that  thou­
sands  of  mill  owners  became  wealthy,  I

while  the  factory  towns furnished a good 
market  for  the  farmers  who  had  re­
mained.  But  what  is  to  become  of  New 
if  manufacturing  must  be 
England 
abandoned  largely  as  was  agriculture? 
It  looks  gloomy  for  the  New  Englander, 
to  say  the least.

One  indication  of  trade  conditions 

is 
the  sale  of  pianos  and  organs.  These 
instruments  are  considered  as  luxuries, 
and  when  times  are hard the  demand for 
them  drops  off  materially.  A  represen­
tative  of  the  Chicago  Times-Herald  has 
been  interviewing  dealers  in pianos  and 
organs  in  that  city  in  reference  to  their 
trade  in  the  West.  One  firm  stated  that 
its  business  had  improved  15  per  cent, 
in  the 
last  six  months.  Not  for  four 
years  has  it  been  so  free  to  give  credit 
in  the  erstwhile  calamity  states  of  Kan­
sas  and  Nebraska  as  it  is  to-day. 
In 
fact,  the  West never  appeared  so  good  a 
field  as  now.  Another  firm  said  it  had 
just  received  an  order  for  150  instru­
ments  from  a  dealer  who  had  not  made 
a  purchase  since  1893.  A  third  firm 
said 
and 
that  collections are  better  in  Nebraska, 
Kansas,  Iowa,  Minnesota  and  the  Da­
kotas  than  they  have  been  in  five  years. 
An  organ  company  reported  conditions 
in  Iowa  as  exceptionally  good.  Cus­
tomers  there  are  paying  off  old  notes 
and  buying  now  mostly  for  cash.  State­
ments  of  other  makers  and  dealers  were 
to  the  same  effect,  and  all  pointed  to 
the  fact  that  there  has  been  a  marked 
improvement  in  the  country  within  the 
last  few  months.

that  sales  are 

increasing, 

The  foreman  on  one  of  our  daily 
papers,  by  mistake,  mixed  up an article 
on  the  conversion  of  the  heathen  with  a 
receipt  for  making  tomato  catsup,  so  it 
read  thus:  “ They  are  accustomed  to 
begin  their  work  by  securing  heathen 
children  and  educating 
The 
easiest  and  best  way  to  prepare  them  is 
first  to  wipe  them  with  a  clean  towel; 
then  place  them  in  dripping-pans  and 
bake  them  until  they  are  tender,  then 
you  will  have  no  difficulty  in  rubbing 
them  through  your  sieve,  and  save  time 
by  not  being  obliged  to  cut  them  in 
slices  and  cook  for  several  hours.”

them. 

The  following  is  a  good  specimen  of 
an  Irish  advertisement;  “ If  the  gen­
tleman  who  keeps  a  shoe  shop  with  a 
red  head  will  return  the  umbrella which 
he  borrowed  of  a  young  lady  with  an 
ivory  handle,  he  will  hear  of  something 
to  her  advantage,”

The  Governor  of  California  set a good 
example 
in  refusing  to  be  moved  by 
any  morbid  sentiment  in  favor  of  Dur- 
rant’s  pardon. 
Sickly  sentimentality 
has  stood 
in  the  way  of  the  execution 
of  too  many  murderers  already.

Two  hundred  kegs  of  beer  from  Port­
land,  Oregon,  were  recently  emptied 
into  the  harbor  of  Honolulu  by  the  cus­
toms  authorities.  There  being  no  sale 
for  the  stuff,  nobody would pay the  duty.

Labor  authorities in  London  place  the 
loss  to  the  nation  during  the  last  twelve 
months  by  reason  of  strikes  and  lock­
outs  at  the  enormous  sum of $75,000,000,

Colorado’s  gold  output  in  1897  is  now 
estimated  at  $22,000,000,  and  the  total 
output  of  the  United  States  at  $70,000,- 
000.

The  philosophy  of  cheerfulness—like 
lemonade  and  milk—will  not  set well on 
the  stomach  of  a  man  who  has  dyspep­
sia.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN 

8

THE  SEALSKIN  SITUATION.
England  refuses  to  co.operate  in  sup­
pressing  pelagic  sealing,  because 
its 
Canadian  dependency  finds  profit  in  the 
business  of  killing  seals.  After  years 
of  vain  efforts  to  preserve  the  seals  by 
joint  agreement  the  United  States  does 
what  it  can  alone,  by  forbidding  Amer­
ican  citizens  to  take  sealskins  in  the 
North  Pacific  and  prohibiting  the 
im­
portation  of  all  fur  sealskins  except 
those  taken  at  the  Prybiloff 
islands,  by 
the  company 
licensed  to  take  them. 
This  measure,  just  signed  by  the  Presi­
dent,  it  is  believed  will  render  sealing 
unprofitable  to  Canadians,  because  the 
best  market  tor  sealskins  has  been  in 
the  United  States.

law. 

England’s  selfishness  in  this  matter 
is  shown  further  by  the  London  press 
comments  on  the  new 
London 
does  the  dyeing  and  preparing  of  seal­
skins  for  market  for  all  the  world.  The 
London  papers  are  pleased  with  our 
new  law,  because  the  making  and  sell­
ing  of  seal  garments,  as  well  as  the  col­
oring  of  skins,  will  be  monopolized 
there.  American  money  will  flow  in 
greatly swollen streams  to  English  shop­
keepers.  How  will  the  shopkeepers  of 
the  United  States 
like  it,  the  London 
News  asks,  when  they  find  fair  Ameri­
cans  going  to  London  to  buy  sealskin 
garments?  The  News  thinks  the 
law 
not  made  for  enforcement,  but to “ cover 
a  diplomatic  retreat.’ ’

it 

for  carrying  them 

The hilarity of the English press is not 
justified,  as  the  terms  of  the  anti-seal­
ing  law  and  the  Treasury  Department’s 
into 
instructions 
effect  show.  These  terms 
is  even 
more  important  that  “ fair  Americans’ ’ 
shall  study  than  that London shall.  Lon­
don  will  get  acquainted  with  them  in 
time;  “ fair  Americans,’ ’  especially 
such  of  them  as 
contemplate  going 
abroad,  should  know  them  at  once. 
First,  they  should  give  attention  to  this 
provision  of  the  law:

No  fur  sealskins,  raw,  dressed,  dyed 
or  otherwise  manufactured,  shall  be ad­
mitted  to  entry  as  part  of  a  passenger’s 
personal  effects  unless  accompanied  by 
an 
invoice  certified  by  the  consul  as 
herein  provided.

The  purchaser  of  a  seal  garment  in 
London,  or  elsewhere  abroad,  cannot 
wear  it  home  or  put  it  in  her  trunk  to 
be  brought  home  subject  to  duty,  and 
no  further  trouble,as  heretofore. 
If  she 
does  either,  without  observing  the  pre­
scribed  formalities,  the  garment  will  be 
confiscated  at  the  port  of  entry.  She 
must  have  attached  to  her  purchase  the 
certificate  of  the  United  States  consul at 
the  place  of  exportation,  setting  forth 
that

lot  number. 

Said  skins  were  not  taken  from  seals 
killed  within  the  waters  mentioned  in 
said  act,  specifying  in  detail  the  local­
ity  of  such  taking,  whether on 
land  or 
at  sea,  and  also  the  person  from  whom 
said  skins  were  purchased  in  their  raw 
and  dressed  state,  the  date  of  such  pur­
chase  and  the 
Consuls 
shall  require  satisfactory  evidence  of 
the  truth  of  such  facts  by  oath  or  other­
wise  before  giving  any  such  certificate.
All  this  will  take  time  and be trouble­
if  the  skins  of  which  the 
some.  And 
garment 
is  made  prove  not  clearly  to 
have  been  taken  legitimately,  the  gar­
ment  will  be confiscated  and  destroyed, 
just  the  same. 
In  any  event,  at  the 
port  of  entry  the  seal  garments  must  go 
to  the  public  stores  for  careful  exami­
nation  and 
inspection  to  prevent  eva­
sion  of the  law.  Americans  buying  seal­
skins  abroad  should  know  the  risks they 
run.  Knowing  them,  few  will  buy,  and 
none  can  complain  if  the  purchase  gets 
no  further  than  the  home customs house,  i

Another  important  thing  to be remem­
bered  by  American  women  going 
abroad 
is  that  the  sealskin  garments 
they  carry  away  with  them  will  be  sub­
ject  to  the  same  scrutiny  returning  as 
new  purchases.  The  one  way  to  avoid 
their  loss  is  to  present  seal  garments  at 
the  office  of  the  Collector  of  Customs 
at  the  port  of  departure  and  get  his cer­
tificate  of  inspection.  That  will  assure 
safe  passage  through  the  customs  house 
on  the  return.

Thus  it  appears  that  the  new  law  was 
not  enacted  to  make  trade  for  London, 
nor  to  be  put  on  the  shelf  for  non-use.
is  an  earnest  effort  to  bring  seal 
piracy  to  an  end.  Americans  who  own 
sealskins,  or  think  of  buying 
them 
abroad,  should  study  the  law.

It 

JAPAN  AS  A  SEA  POWER.

Whatever  may  be  the  immediate  re­
sult  of  the  agitation  now  in  progress  in 
the  Far  East,  it  is  certain  that,  sooner 
or  later,  Japan  will  give  serious  trouble 
to  the  powers  now  meditating  the  ab­
sorption  of  China.  Although  occupy­
ing  but  a  small  territory,  the  Japanese 
Empire  is  as  populous  as  Germany  or 
France.  Unlike the  Chinese,  who  seem 
incapble  of  absorbing  modern  ideas,  the 
Japs  are  progresssive  and  enterprising. 
They  are  good  fighters,  excellent  diplo­
mats,  and  have  the  great  virtue  of  pa­
tience.  Although  resenting  Russia’s 
aggressive  course 
in  Corea  and  Man­
churia,  Japan  is  content  for  the moment 
with  diplomatic  protests;  but  this  pru­
dent  and  patient  attitude  deceives  no 
one.  Everybody  believes  that  Japan  is 
merely  waiting  for  the  completion  of 
the  vast  navy  she  is  now  building.

Japan  is  at  present  building more  and 
better  ships  than  any  other  country,  ex 
cept  England.  When  her  present  pro­
gramme  of  ship  building  is  completed, 
which  will  be 
in  less  than  two  years, 
she  will  rank  next  to  France  as  a  naval 
power,  and  her  vessels  will  be  of  the 
newest  and  most  approved  type.  Ac­
cording to  reliable  reports,  three  vessels 
of  14,800 tons,  two  of  which  are  nearly 
finished,  are  being  built 
in  British 
yards;  one  battle-ship  of  10,000  tons 
is 
being built by Armstrong ; four first-class 
armored  cruisers  of  9,600  tons,  with  a 
speed  of  twenty  knots,  are  assigned, 
two  to  Armstrong,  one  to  the  Vulcan 
Company,  near  Stettin,  and  one  to 
France;  two  cruisers  of  5,000  tons,  with 
twenty-three  knots,  have  been  ordered 
in  the  United  States;  one  cruiser  of 
4,300  tons,  with  twenty-three  knots,  and 
eight 
torpedo-boat  destroyers,  with 
thirty  knots,  in  England;  eight  torpedo 
boats  at  Elbing,  four 
in  France,  and 
three  crusiersof  3,000  tons,  with  twenty 
knots,  three  torpedo  boats  and  a  signal 
ship  are  being  built 
in  the  imperial 
yard  at  Jokosk,  in Japan,  where  an  iron­
clad  cruiser  of 9,600  tons,  with  twenty 
knots,  will  soon  be  begun.  Japan  has 
also  ordered  her  torpedo-boat  flotilla  to 
be  fitted  out  as  quickly  as  possible  in 
her  own  yards,  and  is  about  to  form  a 
second  squadron.

It  will  be  seen  that  the  great  bulk  of 
the  vessels  building  for  Japan  are  be­
ing  constructed 
in  England,  a  country 
with  which  the  Oriental  Empire  is  on 
friendly  terms  and with  which  she is not 
likely  to  clash.  All  the  ships  under 
construction  are  being  pushed  to  com­
pletion  as  rapidly  as  possible,  it  being 
evidently  the  intention  of Japan to make 
ready  for  the  contest  with  Russia  which 
seems  inevitable.  The problem  now  is, 
can 
long 
enough  to  enable  Japan  to  complete  her 
preparations?

the  contest  be  postponed 

COURAGE  ON  THE  SCAFFOLD.
Much  has  been  said  in  the  daily press 
during  the  past  week  of  the  firm  and 
courageous  bearing  of  Durrant  on  the 
scaffold  and  his  unceasing  protestations 
of 
innocence  from  the  day  he  was  ar­
rested,  charged  with  his  crimes,  to  his 
last  moment  of  life.  Such  deportment 
made,  and  always  makes,  a  profound 
impression  on  many  people,  who  find  it 
difficult,  despite  the  most  convincing 
in  the guilt  of  such  a 
facts,  to  believe 
man;  but 
is  easily  understood  by 
those  somewhat  extensively  acquainted 
with  human  nature.

it 

Durrant,  as  portraits  of  him  indicate, 
and  his  crimes  and  facts  brought  out  in 
the  testimony  show,  was  of  a  grossly 
sensual  nature.  He  was  also,  as  his 
behavior  testifies,  a  profound hypocrite, 
making  a  constant  display  of  his  relig­
ion.  Such  hypocrisy  and  sensualism 
very  commonly  are  found  associated  in 
the  same  person.  Such  hypocrisy  fur­
nishes  the  most  favorable  opportunities 
for  the  indulgence  of  such  a  nature  and 
a  convenient  cloak  for  concealment. 
The 
religious  hypocrite,  above  all 
others,  seems  to  be  destitute  of  a  con­
science.  He  seems  finally  to  be  able 
to  cheat  himself  into  the  belief  that  he 
is  exempt  from  all moral  responsibility.
There  is  a  common,  but  mistaken  no­
tion  that  the  perpetrators  of  atrocious 
crimes  suffer  constant  stings  of  con­
science.  This 
is  not  true.  The  man 
who  accidentally  kills  his  friend,  or 
slays  another  only  when  forced  by  the 
urgent  demands  of  self-defense,  will 
suffer  severely  and  for  a  long  period, 
when  the  murderer  for  revenge,  for  lust 
or  for  other  promptings  of  malice,  will 
never  have  a  qualm  or  pang  of  con­
science.  These  are  facts  well  known 
to  all  careful  students  of  human  nature, 
being  verified by  innumerable instances. 
Whoever  heard  of  a  lavisher  expressing 
remorse  for  the  murder  of  his  victim? 
On  the  contrary,  he  glories  in  his  tri­
umph.

The  most  wanton  and  deliberate  mur­
derers,  men  whose  crimes  are  prompted 
by  the  lowest  passions,  or  whose natures 
are  gross  and  sensual,  are  they  who 
have  the  reputation  of  “ dying  game,’ ’ 
or  of  exhibiting  courage  on  the scaffold. 
Durrant  was  one  of  these.  Such  mis­
creants  burden the  earth,  and,  like  brute 
beasts  mentioned  by  the  apostle,  they 
are  only  fit  to  be  taken  and destroyed.
THE  SITUATION  IN  THE  ORIENT.
The  horizon  has  cleared  very  materi­
ally  as  far as  affairs  in  the  Far  East  are 
concerned,  and  the  situation  is  not  now 
so  threatening.  The  fact  now  seems  to 
be  assured  that  no  immediate  dismem­
berment  of  the  Chinese  Empire  will 
take  place,  and  there  is  less  danger  of 
a  serious  clash  between  the  European 
powers  than  seemed  likely  a  week  ago.
According  to  the  latest  European  ad­
vices,  Germany  has  succeeded  in secur­
ing  the  consent  of  China  to  the  occu­
pation  of  Kiao  Chau  harbor  as  a  naval 
station,  but  the  place  is  to  be  held  un­
der  a 
lease  from  the  Chinese govern­
ment, for  which  a  nominal  annual  rental 
is  to  be  paid.  As  yet 
it  does  not  ap­
pear  that  Russia  has  secured  a  similar 
lease  of  Port  Arthur,  and 
it  is  known 
that  England  and  Japan  have  been 
scheming  to  prevent  such  a  consumma­
tion.

The  most  surprising  development  in 
connection  with  the  Eastern  situation  is 
the  floating  of  a  large  Chinese  loan  in 
London,amounting  to ¿16,000,000.  This 
loan  was  secured  by  the  guarantee  of 
the  British  government  It  is  not  stated

what  concessions  Great  Britain received 
for  this  loaning  of  her  credit  to  China; 
but  it  is  assumed  that  she  has  acquired 
a  firmer  control  than  ever  of the finances 
of  the  Chinese  Empire  and  a  practical 
mortgage  on  the  empire  itself.  That 
the  continental  powers  do  not  like  the 
loan  development 
is  shown  by  Ger­
many’s  desire  that  there  should  be  an 
international  guarantee, 
instead  of  a 
mere  British  pledge,  for  the  repayment 
of  the  money.

Having  guaranteed  so  large  a debt for 
China,  it 
is  not  to  be  supposed  that 
Great  Britain  will  now  permit  the  dis­
memberment  of  that  empire.  This  loan 
gives  the  British  a  plausible  pretext  for 
intervening  to  prevent  any  European 
power  from  amputating  fragments  from 
the  Chinese  hulk,  and  that  such  was the 
purpose  of  the  guarantee  there  can  be 
no  doubt  whatever.

Berlin  butchers  and  other  meat  deal­
ers  are  beginning  their  crusade  again 
on  American  meats.  They  have  for­
mally. petitioned  the  government  to  re­
open  the  frontiers  to  meat 
import,  and 
to  severely  restrict  the  traffic  in  Ameri­
can  meat.  They  say  that  in  1896  over 
28,000,000  marks’  worth  of  it  was  im­
ported  into  Germany,  and that  they  can­
not  compete  with  it.  At  the  same  time 
reports  of  German  government  experts 
on  trichinous  American  meats  for  the 
six  mouths  from  January  to  July  show 
an  enormous 
in  American 
trichinous  meat 
Ambassador 
White  has  been  furnished  with  the  reg­
istry  number  of  the  original  package 
and  other  marks  of  identification  in  or­
der  to  enable  him  to  acquaint  the  offi­
cials  at  Washington  with  the  facts  in 
the  cases  and  secure  the  punishment  of 
negligent  meat  inspectors  in  the  United 
States.  A  fact  which  has  been  very 
generally  neglected 
is  that  trichinosis 
is  prevalent  in  a  number of  districts  of 
Germany  at  present.

increase 

cases. 

There  is  one  institution  at  least in the 
country  which 
is  prospering  on  a  co­
operative  basis.  The  firm  of  Ballard  & 
Ballard, 
flour  millers,  of  Louisville, 
Ky.,  have  just  divided  $30,000  among 
their  employes  as  their  share  of  the 
profits  during  the  year  1897.  The  mill 
has  been  operated  for  several  years on  a 
profit-sharing  basis.

The  United  States  Supreme  Court  has 
decided  that  the  excise  duty  assessed 
upon  products  of  a  foreign  country, 
when  sold  in  that  country,  but  remitted 
when  the  products  were  exported,  must 
be 
included  by  United  States  customs 
officers  in  their assessment  of  the valua­
tion  of  the  articles  when  imported  into 
this  country.

When  the'pension  list  is  revised  and 
made  honest,  the  greatest  sufferer  will 
be  the  contingent-fee  lawyer  who  man­
ufactures  pensioners  and  evidence  of 
health 
in  the  battles  of  the  rebel­
lion. 

_____________

lost 

The  vigorous  and  soured  advanced 
woman,  who  lacks  the  refinement  and 
sweetness  necessary  to  win  a  man, 
wants  to  be  a  man  herself.

China  is  the  world’s  bone  of  conten­
is  expected  that  all  of  the 
in  Europe  will  soon  be 

tion,  and 
it 
dogs  of  war 
quarreling  over  the  bone.

In  politics,  as  in  business,  the  lead­
in  some  way  to  get 
ers  are  expected 
the  better  of  those  who  are  more  honest 
and  not  quite  so  tricky.

10

Change  of  Location  Not  Always  De­

sirable.

W ritte n   f o r  th e   T r a d b s m a k .

“ Thee  take  the 

lines,  Letty?”   said 
the  old  Quaker  farmer,  as  he  drove  up 
in  front  of  the  red  store  in  the  suburbs 
of  the  city,  “ while  I  take  in  the  tub  of 
butter  and  the  eggs  and  the  cheese,  and 
then  I’ll  drive 
'round  under  the  shed 
and  feed  the  team;’ ’  and,  placing  the 
reins 
in  his  wife’s  bands,  he  soon  de­
posited  the  produce  inside  the  open 
door.  A  man  had  stepped  to  the  door 
to  assist  him,  and,  as  he  said  “ Good 
morning,  sir,”   the  farmer  looked  up 
quickly,  first  at  the  man,  then  at  the 
sign  over  the  door,  before  he  spoke.
“ Art  thou a new clerk here,  and  where 

is  Samuel  Goodwin?”

“ Mr.  Goodwin  has  moved  farther  in­
to  the  city  and  I  alone  am  now  doing 
business  here  and  will  be  pleased  to 
purchase  your  produce,”   was  the  reply.
“ Thou  art  very  kind,”   was  the  an­
swer,  “ but  we  have  done  business  with 
friend  Goodwin  for  fifteen  years  past 
and,  as  he 
is  one  of  our  people,  we 
have  no  desire  to  change  yet,”   with  a 
strong  accent  on  the  last  word. 
“ By 
and  by  we  may  be  pleased  to  barter 
with  thee;”   and  the  old  gentleman  pro­
ceeded  to  place  his  packages 
in  the 
wagon  again.  The  merchant  saw  that 
an  offer  to  purchase  his  produce  at  that 
time would  be  fruitless,  and said kindly :
“ la m   a  new  resident  of  the city  and 
if  you  should  ever  change  from  Mr. 
Goodwin  please  give  me  a  call  and  I 
will  do  my  best  to  retain  your  trade 
and  merit  your  confidence.  Goodwin’s 
store  is  now  number  821  Main  street.”
“ I  will  remember  what  thee  says,”  
replied  the  old  man,  as  he  drove  away.
It  was  only  a  mile  farther  to  reach 
number  821  and  a  pleasant  greeting 
awaited  the  old  couple  as  they  stopped 
before  the  plain  but larger granite  front 
store,  where  Friend  Goodwin  stood 
in 
the  doorway,  and  came  out  at  once  to 
grasp  a  hand  of  each,  saying,  “ Do  not 
hitch 
thy  horses  here.  Friend  Strang ; 
we  will  remove  thy  baskets  and  then  I 
will  direct  thee  to  my  barn,  which  is 
near  by,  where  my  son  will  place  thy 
team  under  cover  while  thou art making 
thy  purchases.”

“ We  drove  up  to  thy  old  store  to­
day,”   said  Uncle  Strang,  “ and  after 
unloading  our  butter,  eggs  and  cheese, 
found  a  stranger  doing  business  in  thy 
stead,  and  he  was  anxious  to  purchase 
them,  but  thee  knows  that mother  and  I 
could  not  consent  to  that.  Then  he  as­
sisted  me  to  reload  them,  and  kindly 
gave  me  thy  number  and  street.”

As  a  rule,  it  will  be  found  that  the 
most  successful  persons  in  life  are those 
who,  at  mature  age,  having  once chosen 
their  vocation,  and 
location  as  well, 
make  no  experiments  nor  changes after­
ward  except  under  the  most  pressing 
necessity. 
I  have  known  a  few  mer­
chants,  whose  business  had  outgrown 
the  size  and  convenience  of  the  old 
store,  while  never  ceasing  to  do  busi­
ness,  to  move  the  old  building  with  all 
its  contents  back  upon  an  alley  at  the 
rear  and  erect  a  new,  larger  and  better 
front  and, 
structure 
in 
when  ready 
transfer 
their  stock  to  it.'  Not  every  customer 
will  consent  to  follow  his  favorite  mer­
chant  from  place  to  place,  although 
much  depends  upon  the  courtesy  with 
which  he  has  previously  been  treated. 
Always  being  able  to  say  “ found  at  the 
old  stand”   begets  a  world  of  confidence 
in  the  public  mind.

its  place 
for  occupancy, 

in 

Many  years  ago  it  was  the  custom 

in 
in  Pennsylvania,

all  the  small  towns 

M ICHIGAN   TRA D ESM A N

in  some  of  the  cities,  for 
and  often 
merchants  to 
furnish  shelter  for  the 
teams  of  farmers  and  others  coming 
from  a  distance  to  do  their  shopping. 
Unquestionably,  it  was  a  humane  cus­
tom,  and  who  shall  say  that  it  did  not 
pay  in  dollars  and  cents?  Here  Samuel 
Goodwin,  the  Quaker,  was  engaged 
in 
trade;  and  perhaps  if  the  custom  were 
revived 
it  might  pay  in 
more  ways  than  one.

in  Michigan 

But  to  return  to  Friend  Strang and bis 
wife.  After  making  all  their  holiday 
purchases  of  dry  goods,  groceries  and 
crockery,  and  paying  the  balance  due 
Friend  Goodwin—$12.40—in  cash  Sam­
uel  brought  forth  a  plain  warm  drab 
shawl  and  threw  it  over  the  shoulders of 
Aunt  Letty,  saying,  “ Thee  will  accept 
this  as  a  present  for  thy  stability  and 
kindness 
still  coming  one  mile 
farther  to  trade  with  thy  friend;  and 
may  the  Lord  bless  thee,  and  cause  me 
always  to  merit  thy  approbation.”

in 

F r a n k  A.  H o w ig.

Wanamaker  on  A.  T.  Stewart.
I  think  he  was  the  greatest  merchant 
this  country  has  ever  had.  Look  over 
his 
life  and  you  will  think  the  same. 
He  was  the  son  of  an  Irish  farmer.  He 
first  came  to  the  United  States  as  a 
teacher.  When  he  was  21  years  old  he 
bought  $3,000  worth  of  Belfast laces and 
linens  and  opened  a  store  for  the  sale 
of  these  in  New  York.  He  slept  at  this 
time  in  the  rear  of  his  shop.  He  turned 
his  capital  over  and  increased  his  busi­
ness  until  he  had  what  was  said  to  be 
the  largest  retail  store  in the world.  The 
building  alone  cost  Mr.  Stewart  nearly 
its  current  expenses  at 
$3,000,000  and 
the  time  of  his  death  were 
about 
$1,000,000  a  year. 
In  his  two  stores  he 
was  at  that  time  doing  a  business  of 
about  $20,000,000  a  year.  He  had,  in 
addition  to  these,  branch  houses 
in 
different  parts  of  the  world  and  he  was 
the  owner  of  a  number  of  mills  and 
factories.  When  he  died  he  was  worth 
about  $40,000,000  — John  Wanamaker.

An  Eel-Skin  Factory.

One  of  the  strangest  factories  that 
is  more,  pays 
ever  existed,  and  what 
handsomely  for  its  existence,  is situated 
in  a  quiet  street  in  the  neighborhood  of 
London  bridge.  Here  are  prepared  and 
manufactured  various  articles  from  the 
skin  of  the  commonplace  eel.

The  skins  are  manipulated  by  numer­
ous  complicated  processes  until  they  re­
semble  and  would  easily  be  taken  for 
leather,  although  of  a  more  gelatinous 
and  pliable  nature.  This  strange  com­
modity  is  cut  into  long  thin  strips  and 
plaited  very  closely  together  for  whip 
lashes,  and  to  cover  portions  of  the 
bandies  of more  expensive  whips.  Cer­
tain  kinds  of  lashes  and  harness-laces 
are  also  made  of  eel-skin.

leather  is  almost  indispensable 
in  articles  of  this  description,  where 
flexibility  allied  with  an  uncommon 
toughness  is  desired.

This 

A  Woman  Buys  Cattle.

Probably  the  largest  cattle  deal  ever 
made  by  a  woman  has  just  been  closed 
at  San  Antonio,  Texas.  The  transac­
tion  was  the  purchase  of  6,000  three- 
year-old  steers  of  Charles  Schiener,  of 
Kerr  county,  by  Mrs.  Anna  Martin,  of 
Mason  county.  The  consideration  was 
$150,000  for  the 
lot.  Mrs.  Martin  is 
well  known  in  Texas  live  stock  circles 
as  a  shrewd  cattle  woman.  She  will 
feed  the  6,000  head  just  purchased  and 
expects  to  make  a  profit  of  $30,000 on 
them  within  three  months.

Reversed  the  Usual  Process.

in  any  undertaking 

Parson —Young  man,  in  order  to  suc­
ceed 
life  you 
must  begin  at  the  bottom  and  work  up.
Young  man—That  was  not my father’s 
motto.  He  began  at  the  top  and  worked 
down.

Parson—And  made  a  failure  of  it,  no 

in 

Young  man—Not  on  your  life.  He 

made  a  fortune  digging  wells.

doubt!

A  Hot Time

You  can’t  warm  the  heart  of  a  shrewd 
buyer  with  high  prices  and  inferior  goods 
any  more  than  you  can  heat  a  city  with 
steam  arising  from sewer inlets on a frosty 
morning.  What  he  wants  is  something 
he  can  sell  at  a  profit,  and  the  better  the 
profit  the  more  he  will  want.  This  ap­
plies  especially  to

which  has  a  world-wide  reputation  as  the 
leading  brand  of spring  wheat flour manu­
factured  in  this  country.
Other  leaders  in  our line  are

Old  F a sh io n ed   Lard 
E m b lem   B rand  C anned  G oods 
N ew   B rick   C igars

which  you  are  solicited  to  include  in  your 
order  when  our  traveling  men  call  on  you.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

M ICHIGAN  TRAD ESM AN

were  St.  Ann’s  (Catholic)  and  a  church 
called  The  Protestant  Church,  alternate­
ly  used  by  the  Presbyterian  and  Epis­
copal  worshipers. 
The  Methodists 
held  services  in  the  old  Indian  Council 
House  on  Jefferson  avenue  near  the 
Campau  residence.  My  husband  began 
his  missionary 
in  the  partially 
organized  parish  of  St  Paul’s,  and  was 
also  employed  as  principal  in  a  clas­
sical  school.  He  continued  these  duties 
until  his  sickness  in  September,  1822, 
and  on  the  28th  of  the  same  month  he 
died,  as  I  trust  and believe  with  charity 
and  good  will  towards  all.

labors 

is 

“ There 

little  more  to  mention  in 
this  short  memorandum  of  events  con­
nected  with  the  early  days  of  Michigan 
that  would  be  of  interest. 
I  found  in 
the  sympathies  of  that  noble  brother­
hood,  the  Masons  (my  husband  being  a 
‘ both  oil  and  wine’  for  my 
Mason), 
widowed,  wounded 
spirit,  and  the 
pecuniary  means  furnished  by them car­
ried  me  back  to  my  early  home.  God 
will  surely  reward  them  for  their  kind-
ess  to  me  and  mine,  for  in  my  case 
the  widow  and  the  orphan  were  both  re­
membered.  With  me,  ‘ the  cruise  of oil 
has  never  failed,  nor  the  barrel  of  meal 
wasted’  in  all  my  eventful  life  of nearly 
fourscore  years. ’ ’

W.  S.  H.  W e l t o n .

Owosso,  Mich.

A  new  kind  of  match  will  shortly 
be  placed  upon  the  market  in  France. 
It  has  the  advantage  of  being  manu­
factured  without  phosphorus,  and 
is 
consequently  harmless  to  the  workmen 
in  the  state  manufactory  at  Pantin.  A 
delegation  of  the  matchmakers  called 
the  minister  of 
upon  M.  Cochery, 
finance,  and  begged  him,  in  the 
inter­
ests  of  their  health,  to  adopt  them.

Pioneer  Steamboat  Navigation  on  the 

Great  Lakes.

Written for the T r ad esm an.

in 

launched 

The  first  steamboat  built  foi  lake nav­
igation  was  named  “ Walk 
the 
Water."  She  was  built  at  Black  Rock 
near  Buffalo  and 
in  1821. 
Built  with  passenger  accommodations, 
intended  for  the  Buffalo  and 
she  was 
Detroit 
line,  landing  at  the  then  scat­
tered  intermediate  lake  ports,  to  which 
freight  and  passengers. 
she  carried 
This  was 
long  before  the  advent  of 
ocean  steam  navigation,  all  steamboat 
navigation  being  confined  to  the  Hud­
son  River  and  ports  on  the  Atlantic 
Coast.  This  first  experiment  in  the  use 
of  steam  on  the  lakes  was  looked  upon 
by  many  cautious  people  as  an  exceed­
ingly  dangerous  one  and  the  skeptical 
were  loud  in  their  prophecies  of  failure 
and  disaster.  This  record  will  show 
that  disaster  came,  as  foretold,  but  not 
failure. 
It  proved  only  a  partial  check 
to  the  ever-present  spirit  of  enterprise 
that  pervades  the  American  people.

Very  soon  there  followed  similar  ex­
periments  upon  a  larger  scale,  and  they 
have  continued  to  enlarge  until  the 
steam  marine  of  the  Great  Lakes  is  un­
paralleled  in  the  world. 
If  the  present 
generation  of  Tradesman  readers  can 
realize,  in  imagination,  this  little  side- 
wheel  steamboat  as  she  lay  puffing  and 
blowing  at  her  moorings  at  Black  Rock 
receiving  cargo  a  few  hours before leav­
ing  on  her  eventful  effort  to  reach  the 
port  of  Detroit,  subject  to  the  jeers  of 
the  sailors  of  passing  vessels,  who,  in 
passing,  bailed  her  as  the  “ d—d  old 
smokeboat, ”   and  contrast  her  insignifi­
cance  with  the  splendor  of  the  floating 
palaces  of  the  present day,  they  must  be 
bewildered  at  the  change  brought  about 
in  steamboat  navigation  in  the  lapse  of 
three-quarters  of  a  century.

The  narrative  given  below 

is  from 
memoranda  left  by  one  whose  name was 
on  the  list  of  passengers  and who shared 
the  perils  of  that  first  steamboat  dis­
aster  on  the  Lakes.  The  passengers 
were  all  residents,  or  on  their  way  to 
become  residents,  of 
stockade 
town,  Detroit,  and  it  is  also  worthy  of 
notice  that  their  descendants’ names are 
now  familiar 
in  Detroit,  among  the 
most  distinguished  of  her  citizens:

that 

“ The  steamboat  ‘ Walk  in  the  Water’ 
left  Black  Rock  the  evening  of  October 
31,  1821,  bound  for  Detroit,  with  the 
following  list  of  passengers: 
the  Rev­
erend  Alanson  W.  Welton  and  family, 
Jedediah  Hunt,  William  Lattimore, 
Thomas  Palmer,  Orlando  Cutter,  Wil­
liam  Bercry,  Silas  Meriam,  Mary  A. 
W.  Palmer,  Rhoda  Lattimore,  Catharine 
Palmer,  Marthv  Bearey,  Chauncey Bark­
er,  George  Williams,  Thomas  Gray, 
E.  N.  Berge,  John  Hudson,  F.  Martin 
and  George  Throop.  For  the  first  few 
hours  after  leaving  Black  Rock,  we  had 
fair  weather,  but  about  eight  o’clock  in 
the  evening,  and  while  we  were  at  sup­
per,  a  terrific  gale  commenced,  which 
lasted  throughout  the  night.  The  boat, 
being  unable  to  make  headway  against 
the  gale,  Captain  Rodgers  gave  orders 
to  cast  anchor.  We  were  then  a  few 
miles  above  the  old  Buffalo  lighthouse. 
Here  we  lay  until  nearly  daylight.  Dur­
ing  all  this  time,  the  creaking  of  her 
timbers  throughout  her  whole 
length 
warned  us  of  the  probable  fate  ih  store 
for  us  all.  The  joints 
in  her  timbers 
opened  in  a  frightful  manner.  At  day­
light,  her  anchors  dragging,  the  Cap­
tain  gave  orders  to  cut  her  cables  and 
let  her  drift  ashore,  and  the  passengers 
were  advised  of  the  possible fatal result. 
Tired  out  with  anxious  watching,  I

had  taken  my  berth  with  my  children, 
keeping  my  own  and  their  clothes  on. 
My  husband  was  still  on  deck.  When 
the  Captain’s  summons  came  to  the 
cabin  passengers  to  turn  out,  as the  boat 
was  going  ashore,  the  floor  of  the  cabin 
was  ankle  deep  with  water.  The  pas­
sengers  were  strangers  to  each  other, 
only  a  few  hours  having  elapsed  since 
leaving  Black  Rock. 
I  will  not  at­
tempt  to  describe  the  anxious,  prayer­
ful,  tearful  upturned  faces  that  were 
grouped  together 
in  the  cabin  of  the 
‘ Walk 
in  the  Water’  on  that  terrible, 
cold  morning  as  we  looked  into  each 
others’  faces  for  probably  the  last  time.
“ The  boat  struck  the  beach  in  a  for­
tunate  spot  for  the  safety  of  the  pas­
sengers  and  crew—near  the lighthouse—• 
and  all  were  saved.  The  warm  fireside 
we  gathered  around  at  the  lighthouse 
was  comfortable  to  our  chilled  limbs 
and  our  hearts  warmed  with gratitude to 
God  for deliverance  from our peril.  The 
anxieties  of  that  night may  be imagined 
by  those  who  have  been  placed  in  simi­
lar  circumstances,  but  its  awful  reality 
cannot  be  described  to  others.

“ How  the  poor missionary’s heart was 
saddened  by  these  misfortunes  at  the 
very  outset  of  his  pilgrimage,  and  with 
scanty  means  and  helpless  family,  I 
cannot  describe.  The  winds  and  the 
waves  seemed  against  us,  but  ourheaits 
were  strengthened  by  the  kindly  words 
of  Mr.  James  Campbell,  of Buffalo,  who 
took  us  to  his  home,  and  our  sorrows 
and  disappointments  to  his  noble  heart. 
We  enjoyed  his  hospitalities  until  Mon­
day,  November  5,  and  then  embarked 
on  the  schooner  ‘ Michigan,’ from  Black 
Rock,  determined  to  reach  Detroit,  our 
destined  home  and  field  of  missionary 
labors.  The  weather  was  favorable  un­
til  Tuesday,  when  opposite  Cleveland 
another  gale  broke  over  us,  before 
which  we  were  driven  like  a  feather, 
and  came  to  anchor  under  Long  Point, 
Canada,  only  sixteen  miles  from  Buf­
falo.  On  the  morning  of  the  8th  of 
November,  we  again  got  under  way, 
with  a  fair  wind,  reaching  a  point  op­
posite  Cleveland,  when  another  storm 
met  us,  from  which  we  sought  shelter in 
Erie  Harbor,  Pennsylvania.  Here  we 
were  obliged  to  remain  eleven  days,  the 
storm  was  so  severe  and  continued, 
having,  during  this  time,  made  three 
efforts  to  get  on  our  way  to  Detroit  and 
as  often  being  driven  back  to  Erie. 
Our  fourth  trial  was  successful,  and  al­
though  the  weather  was  still  what  the 
sailors  called  rough,  we  reached  the 
harbor  of  Put-in-Bay  Island.  Upon 
reaching  this  point  of  temporary  safety, 
I  recollect  an  exclamation  of  one  of  the 
sailors:  “ Oh,  how  I  did  pray  for  Put­
in-Bay!”   And,  if  his  heart  was  sin­
cere,  I,  for one,  had  joined  in  his  pray- 
ful  petition.  We  spent  the  Sabbath  on 
shore and  on  Monday  again  set  sail  for 
Detroit.  At  evening,  we  dropped  an­
chor  at  the  mouth  of  Detroit  River. 
Here  we  lay,  unfavorable  winds  detain­
ing  us  for  a  whole  week,  but  we  finally 
arrived  at  Detroit  on  Saturday  evening, 
December  1,  1821.  Of  all  the  passen­
gers  who  were  on  board  the  ‘ Walk  in 
the  Water’  on  the  last  day  of  October, 
1821,  our  little  family  were  the  only 
ones  that  ventured  upon  the  waters  of 
Lake Erie again that season, and I was the 
only  female  passenger  throughout  this 
tiresome  voyage.  The  other  passengers 
took  the  wagon  route  through  Canada 
and  arrived  at  Detroit  before  we  did. 
We  were  thirty-two  days  on  steamer 
and  sailing  vessel  between  Buffalo  and 
Detroit.

“ The  only  churches  then  in  Detroit

II

Association Matters
Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  C h a s.  F.  Bo ck,  Battle  Creek;  Vice 
President,  H.  W.  W e b b e r ,  West  Bay  City; 
Treasurer, IIen r t C.  Min n ie,  Eaton Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers' Association 

President, J oseph K n ig h t;  Secretary, E. Ma r k s, 
221 Greenwood ave;  Treasurer,  N.  L.  K oenig.
Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’ Association 
K l a p ;  Treasurer, J.  G eo.  L ehm an.

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

Saginaw Mercantile  Association 

President, P. F. T r e a n o r;  Vice-President, J ohn 
McB b a t n ie ;  Secretary,  W.  H.  L e w is ;  Treas­
urer, L ou ie  S chw brm er

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association 

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

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

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,  Martin  Gafney;  Secretary,  E  F. 

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

President,  T hos.  T.  Ba t e s :  Secretary,  M.  B. 

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association

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

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

Alpena Business Men’s Association

President,  F.  W.  G il c h r ist;  Seeretary,  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.  Hu ppo r d.

St. Johns Business  Men’s  Association. 

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

Pe r c y ;  Treasurer, C l a r k  A. P u t t.

Elgin  System of Creameries

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

A  MODEL CREAM ERY  OF TH E TRUE  SYSTEM

T rue  D airy  S u p p ly   C om p an y,

303  to  309  Lock  Street,

Syracuse,  New  York.

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

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

four Kinds 01 coupon Bools

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

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Grand Rapids.

12

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Shoes  and  Leather
How  the  Assignee  Disposed  of  the 

$10,000.

Stock.

Well,  as  I  told  you  in  my  last 

letter, 
chronicling  the  story  of  my  business 
failure  in  the  shoe  line,  Mr.  Laster  has 
taken  me 
into  partnership  under  the 
firm  name  of  Laster  &  Co  ,  but  up  to 
date  nobody  except  Mr.  Laster  him­
self,  good  old Mrs.  Green and  the  under­
signed  knows  about  it.

in 

You  will  remember  that,  after  I failed 
and  assigned  to  Mr.  Laster  for  the  ben­
efit  of  my  creditors,  Mr.  Laster  suc­
ceeded 
compromising  with  my 
creditors  on  the  basis  of  40  cents  on  the 
dollar.  Then  he  knocked  me  silly  by 
advancing  the  money  to  pay  the  credit­
ors,  accepting  my  note  for about  what 
it  took  to  pay  them  up,  and  offered  to 
join  the  stocks  and  take  me  in  as  a one- 
third  partner.

And  I  jumped  at  it.
As  I  told  you,  when  I  mentioned  that 
it  would  be  best  to  move  the goods right 
over  as  soon  as  possible,  he  smiled 
in 
that  old  foxy  way  of  his  and  unfolded 
the  scheme  which  has  made  trade  blos­
som  where  there  was  no  trade  before. 
He  called  me  into  the  office  and  this 
is 
the  conversation:

“ Now,  Fitem,  no  one  in  the  village 
or its vicinity knows  anything  about this 
little  deal  we  have  made.”

“ Certainly  not.”
“ Everybody  knows  about  the  assign­
is  wondering  what  is  to  be 

ment  and 
done  with  the  stock?”

" I   suppose  so.”
“ Well,  wouldn’t 

it  be  a  pity  to  lose 
the  opportunity  of  having  a  big  clos­
ing-out  sale?”

I  tumbled  so  quickly  that  I almost fell 
off  the  chair.  The  whole  scheme  came 
to  me  just  as 
it  probably  came  to  the 
■ old  man  the  very  moment  that  I  first 
mentioned  to  him  the  possibility  of  my 
making  an  assignment.

“ Mr.  Laster.”   I  said,  “ you’re  the 
whole  thing. 
I  haven’t  a  word  to  say. 
In  the  future  you  let  me  do  all  of  the 
good,  hard  work,  and  you  just  simply 
tell  me  what  to  do. 
I’m  beginning  to 
think  that  I’m  too  young  to  reason  for 
myself,  and  I  begin  to  understand  why 
it  was  that  I  didn’t  seem  to  be  able  to 
manage  my business on a paying basis. ”
“ We  won’t  open  for a  week  yet, ”   the 
old  man  said  with  a  satisfied  smile. 
little  announcement  I  have 
“ Here's  a 
fixed  up  to  put 
in  the  papers  for the 
next  few  days  and  to  print  on  about  ten 
thousand  handbills.”

I  took  the  paper  and  read : 

a ssig n e e’s sa l e  o f  boots  and  sh o e s.
To  settle  up  the  business  of  I.  Fitem, 
the  prominent  young  shoe  dealer  who 
was  obliged  to  suspend  on  account  of 
the  hard  times,  I  have  been  ordered  to 
close  the  stock  of 
carefully-selected 
boots,  shoes  and  rubbers  out  at  the 
earliest  possible  moment  and  regardless 
of  price.

The  reputation  which  Mr.  Fitem  has 
attained 
in  the  shoe  business  for  the 
splendid  assortment  and  excellent  qual­
ity  of  his  stock  of  footwear  makes  it 
probable  that  the  stock  will  not  last  at 
the  prices  which  the  creditors  have  de­
cided  to  put  upon  the  goods.  Every­
thing  will  be  sold  at  about  one-half  of 
the  regular  prices,  far  below  the  actual 
cost  of  manufacture.

It  will  require  about  a week to go over 
the  stock  and  arrange 
for  quick 
handling and  to  mark  the  goods  down to 
the  prices  at  which  they  will  be  sold, 
and  the  sale  will  open  promptly  at  q 
o’clock  on  the  morning  of  Monday,  De­
cember  27th.

Don’t  miss  this  great  opportunity  for 
bargains.  Those  who  come  first  will 
have  the  first  pick.

it 

$10,000  worth  of  boots  and  shoes. 

To  be  sold  regardless  of  cost.

T h e  I.  F it e m   St o r e .

By  order  of  A.  Laster,  Assignee.
There  were  several  statements  there 
which  1  didn’t  exactly  understand  how 
Mr.  Laster  reconciled  with  his  con­
science,  but  I  didn’t  say  anything.

“ What  do  you  think  of  it?”   queried 

my  senior  partner.

“ Great,”   I  said.  Secretly  I  felt  that 
I  would  have  worded  it  a  little  differ­
ently,  but  as  I  am  getting  more  and 
more  of  the  idea  that  Mr.  Laster  is  no 
deadhead  when 
it  comes  to  the  shoe 
business,  I  didn't  ask  the  privilege  of 
re-writing  it.

We  had  a  big  sign  painted  that  cov­
ered  the  entire  show  window  of  my  old 
stand,  and  men  and  boys  peddled  the 
bills  all  over  the  town  about  a  hundred 
times,  besides  putting  them  out  in  the 
country  with  horses  and  carriages.  We 
also  sent  several  boys  out  with  bicycles 
to advertise  the  sale  in  the  country,  and 
the  local  papers  were  just  running  over 
with  our announcements.

We  bad  the  town  wild  about  it.
As  for  me,  I  went  around  with  my 
face  very  long  and  sad,  took  the  sym­
pathy  of  my  many  friends  and  thanked 
them, while my  heart  was  lighter  than  it 
had  been  for  many  moons.

I  told  everybody  that  I  wasn’t  at  all 
sure  what  I  should  do.  I  said  that  I  had 
accepted  an  offer  to  act  as  manager  of 
the  sale  as  long  as  it  lasted,  and  that  I 
should  probably  go  back  to  clerking 
if 
I  could get  a  job. 
I said  that  it  seemed 
tough  to  see  the  old  stock  sacrificed  the 
way 
it  was  going  to  be,  but  I  couldn’t 
help  it.

Then  Mr.  Laster  surprised  me  again. 
One  day  he  was  going  through  the stock 
with  me  and  he  began  to  pick  out  a  lot 
of  my  best  goods  and  nail  them  up  in 
boxes  to  store  away  in  tbe  basement.

“ What  for?”   I  asked.
“ Why,  of  course  we  don’t  want  to 
sacrifice  the  cream  of  the  stock,”   he 
said.

I  was  learning  every  day.
Well,  we  packed  up  pretty near $2,000 
worth  of  my  best  stock,  including  sev­
eral  specialties  on  which  the  prices 
were  too  well  known  to  be  comfortable, 
leaving  a  few  pairs,  of  course,  to  show 
at  cut  prices  to  people  who  asked  for 
special  brands.  These  goods  we  stored 
away 
in  the  basement,  and  one  night 
Laster  and  I  took his  old  horse and plat­
form  spring  wagon  and  moved  over 
about  $3,000  worth  of  old  shopkeepers 
from  his  stock  and  arranged  them  on 
the  bargain  counters.  Oh,  I  tell  you, 
the  old  man  had  it  all  figured  out.  He 
was  like 
little  Willie  when  he  went  to 
see  New  York  City.  He  knew  just  what 
to  do.  He  engaged  four  extra  salesmen 
to  work  for  the  first  week  or  two,  and 
just  about  that  time  a  relative  of  his 
from  down  East  somewhere  came  to 
visit  him.  He  was  a  hard-up  lawyer 
and  he  had  a  face  on  him  like  a  Phil­
adelphia  banker.  Laster  knew  that  he 
would  be  boarding  on  him  for a  few 
weeks,  so  he  promptly  made  him  use­
ful.  He  coached  him  up  a  bit  and 
made  him  pose  as  the  agent  for  the 
creditors  to  supervise  the  sale,  and  I 
took  him  out  and 
introduced  him  all 
around  and  got  personals  in  tbe  local 
papers  about  his  arrival,  and  it  did  a 
lot  of  good.  He  was  a  solemn-looking 
cuss  and  he  dropped 
into  the  part  as 
though  he  had  been  made  for  t  ai d 
seemed  to  ei  joy  it.  It  was  a  good  thing 
for  him.  We  gave  him  $10  a  week  for 
just  standing  around  and  looking  glum, 
and  besides  he  got  his  board.

We  Manufacture

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

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

We still handle the best .rubbers— Lycoming  and  Key­

stone—and  Felt  Boots and  Lumbermen’s Socks.

Geo.  H.  Reeder &  Co.,

19  South  loula  Street,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Herold-Bertsch  Shoe  Co.

njbolcsale

▼

  ▼

  * 4 1 4 1 * * * 4 1 * 4 * * 4 1

A General Line  and a GOOD one  at  that. 

Values  that  are  Rock  Bottom.

5  and  7  Pearl  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

RINDGE,  KALM BACH  &  CO.,  |

I f  yo u  w a n t th e  BEST lin e o f 

River Shots \

♦

■

  \ * * * * *  

▼

  * * * * * *   t

Buy ours.  We know how to make them. 
See  our  full  Line  for  Spring  before 
placing-  your  order.  The  Qualities, 
styles an’d  Prices are Right  and  will 
please you.

12,  14,  16  Pearl  Street,

Grand  Rapids,

Michigan  i

Agents Boston Rubber Shoe Co. 

j

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

13

I  hadn't  much  confidence. 

Well,  the  advertised  date  for  the  sale 
came,  and  I  was  more  nervous  than  I 
was  the time  we  had  our grand opening, 
when  I  went  into  business.  I got  around 
early. 
I 
remembered  the  disappointment  I  ex­
perienced  when  I  flung  open  the  doors 
to the  crowd  the  time  I opened business, 
promptly  at  the  minute  advertised,  and 
found  only  a  yellow  dog  waiting  to  be 
admitted.

It  worked  differently  this  time.  We 
bad  everything  fixed  as  well  as  we 
could  to  handle  a  crowd—good  wide 
aisles  and  lots  of  bins  of  goods  marked 
in  plain  figures  for  the  bargain  hunters 
to  pick  among.

At  five  minutes  to 9  I  looked  out  of  a 
in  the  curtains,  and  I  am  willing 
hole 
if  the  sidewalk  wasn’t  actually 
to  die 
I  never 
blocked 
in  front  of  the  door. 
saw  anything  like  it  in  my  life. 
I  was 
actually  afraid  to  open  the  door.  For 
various  reasons  Mr.  Laster  didn  t  ap­
pear  at  the  opening  of  the  sale,  and  I 
didn’t  know  what  to  do.

The  “ agent  of  the  creditors”   thought 
it  would  be  a  good  idea  to  admit 
that 
only  a  storeful  at  a  time,  and 
then 
lock  the  door  and  send  people  out 
through  the  side  door  after  they  got 
through  trading. 
I  flung  up  the  curtain 
with  a  flourish  and  the  “ agent”   opened 
the  door,  stepped  outside  and  told  the 
people  how  things  were  to  be  managed. 
He  was  a  lawyer  and  he  took  more time 
at 
it  than  I  would,  but  it  didn’t  hurt 
anything  to  have  that  face  show  outside 
the  door  for  a  little.

it. 

like 

Then he  opened  the  door and  the  peo­
ple  thronged 
in.  The  little  store  was 
full  in  a  minute,  and  then  the  “ agent”  
forced  the  door  to  and  locked  it,  and 
I never 
we  went  to  work  on  the  crowd. 
saw  anything 
The  people 
seemed  actually  crazed  by  the  scent  of 
bargains.  I  saw  one  old  lady,  who  lived 
all  alone  and  wore  a  No.  3  shoe,  grab 
a  pair of  men’s  No.  11 calf  slippers  and 
lug  them  off,  just  because  she  could  get 
them  for  thirty-seven  cents! 
I  suppose 
she  must  have  sent  them  to  the heathen.
The  “ tough”   goods  from  both  stocks 
— the  off  styles,  the  odd  sizes  and  nar­
row  widths  and  the  shopworn  stuff— we 
had  marked  down  at  real  bargain 
prices,  but  the  real  first-class  stock  we 
sold  at  from  cost  up  to  5  and  10  per 
cent,  above  cost,  and  some  of  it,  in  the 
rush,  by  Jove 1  we  actually  sold  at a bet­
ter  profit  than  I  had  obtained  on  the 
same  lines;  and  people  were  tickeld  to 
death  to  get  them  and  probably bragged 
a  lot  about  it.  All of  that  day  we  let  in 
small 
locked  the 
doors  each  time,  and  none  of  us  got  a 
thing  to  eat  except  a  couple  of  sand­
wiches  and  a  glass  of  milk  apiece, 
which  we  had  sent in from the restaurant 
around  the  corner,  until  after  11 o'clock 
at  night.  Then  we  all  went  out  to  the 
Irvington  Inn  and  had  a  big  spread,and 
we  enjoyed 
it,  tired  as  we  were.  The 
“ agent”   made  a  speech  thanking  the 
employes  for  their  efforts,  which  was  a 
great success,  and Laster dropped around 
in  time  to  get  a  cup  of  coffee  and  a 
cigar;  and  we  had  taken 
in  so  much 
money  that  I  was  afraid  to  leave  it  in 
the  store  safe  and  got  the  cashier  of  the 
bank  to  get  up  and  put  it  in  that 
insti­
tution’s  big  vault.

lots  of  people  and 

Every  clerk  was  on  hand  at  7  the next 
morning  getting  the  stock  in  shape,  but 
we  couldn’t  open  before  9,  and  then 
there  was  almost  as  big  a  crowd  as  the 
one  of  the  day  before.  The  news  of the 
bargains  was  beginning  to  get  around. 
We  let  in  storefuls  until  about  noon  be­

fore  we  could  handle  the  crowd  at  all, 
and  it  was  another  big  day.

It  went  like  that  all  of  the  week,  and 
before  the  week  was  half  over  we  bad 
begun  to  size  up  nights  from  Laster’s 
stock.

Lasterville  never  saw  such a sale.  No­
body  seemed  to  tumble  at  all.  The  lit­
tle new  clerk  called  me  one side one day 
and  said  he  was  “ on”   all  right.  The 
“ agent”   wasn’t  really  the  creditors’ 
man  at  all.  He  was  a  cut-rate  dealer 
from  some  city  who  had  bought  the 
stock  of  the assignee  and  was  making  a 
“ But,”   the  boy 
sale  to  make  money. 
said,  “ that  don’t 
seem  reasonable, 
either,  for  he  doesn’t  seem  to  know  ‘ A ’ 
calf  from  patent  leather.”

The  other  dealers  were  all  crazy. 
Laster  said  himself  that  he wasn't doing 
enough  in  his  own  store  to  pay  for  the 
electric  lights,  but  as  he  was  sending  a 
wagonload  of  goods  over  to  the  sale 
every  night,  he  was  getting  rid  of  con­
siderable  stuff,  just the  same.

Well,  to  finish  up,  we’re  going  to 
keep  the  sale  going  for a  month,  and 
when  it  drops  below  one  hundred  dol­
lars  a  day  there’s  going  to  be  a  grand 
announcement  in  the  newspapers  to  the 
effect  that  the  balance  of  the  I.  Fitem 
stock  has  been  purchased  by  A.  Laster 
for almost  nothing  to  close  up  the  busi­
ness,  and  the  stock  will  be  moved  over 
to  his  store  and  the  sale  continued there 
until  it  won’t  pay  to  run  it  any 
longer. 
We  estimate  that  by  that  time  we  will 
have  sold  something  over  $9,000  worth 
of  the  goods,  both  of  the  stocks  will  be 
cleaned  up  nicely  and  we  will be  able to 
announce  the  new  partnership.

When  I  step  hack  into  the  old  store 
I’ll  be  happier  than  I  ever  expect  to  be 
again  until  the  day  on  which  I  finish 
paying  up  the  creditors  the  last  cent  of 
the  balance  that  I  owe  them.  Mr. 
Laster  says  that  if  I  stick  close  to  busi­
ness  I’ll  be  able  to  do  it  in  the  course 
of  a  year  or  two.

I  am  writing  this  at  12  o’clock  at 
night,  and  I’m  pretty  tired.  The  sale  is 
still  going,  you  know,  and  if  it  is  writ­
ten  a  little  incoherently  you  must  make 
allowances.  The  last  few  weeks  have 
been  rather  exciting,  and  a  bargain  sale 
isn’t  the  best  school  for  advanced  liter­
ary  efforts.

By  and  by,  when  I  get  settled  in  the 
new  store,  and  everything 
is  flowing 
along  smoothly  I’ll  write  some  more, 
but  the  undersigned  will  never  be  so 
much  inclined  to  give  advice  as  he  has 
been  in  the  past,for if his head  has  been 
swelled  the  swelling  has  gone  down. 
The  old  men  may  be  a  bit  “ old  fogy- 
ish”   at  times,  but  they  know  a  lot 
about  business  after  they  have  been 
in 
it  thirty  or  forty  years  that  we  young 
fellows  can’t  teach  them,  and  I  for  one 
won’t  try.

The  “ agent”   goes  home  next  week 
to  his  “ practice.”   He is  a  pretty  good 
sort  cf  a  fellow,  and  would  make  a 
rattling  good  shoe  man.  He  asked  me 
to  show  him  so  that  he  could  tell  the 
difference  between  “ dull  finish”   and 
“ pure  gum”   rubber  boots,  but  I  told 
him  that,  for  the  time  he  was  going  to 
be  interested  in  the  business,  he  could 
sell  a  great  many  more  goods  if  he  was 
ignorant  on  some  points.— I.  Fitem  in 
Boots  and  Shoes  Weekly.

The  Pennsylvania  Bankers’  Associa­
tion  has  voted  to  organize  a  chapter  of 
the  association,  whose  purpose  shall  be 
the  erection  in  Philadelphia  of  a  bronze 
statue  of  Robert  Morris,  the  patriotic 
the 
financier  of  the  revolution,  and 
founder  of  the  first  organized  banks 
in 
the  State  of  Pennsylvania  and 
the 
United  States.

Good  Things Said by Up-to-Date Shoe 

Dealers.

We  know  how  shoes  should  be  made 
to  give  the  best  possible  wear.  We  see 
that  the  shoes  you  get  here  are  so  made 
—they  are  Hallahan-made.  That  means 
neatness,  fitness,  stylishness—every shoe 
virtue.— P.  T.  Callahan,  Phila.

Reports  have  already  been  made  of 
our great  purchase  of  rubber  overshoes, 
and  the  cheapness  at  which  we  have 
been  selling  them. 
150  cases—a  mere 
retailing  trifle—went  astray,  and  we 
have  just  got  possession  of  them,  just 
in  the  nick  of  time.  After  a  snow­
storm-rubbers. —John Wanamaker, New 
York.

Cheap  good  shoes,  aye,  truly  cheap—■ 
just  as  truly  good.— N.  Snellen- 

and 
burg,  Phila.

It  pays  to  discuss  shoes. 

It  pays  to 
talk  about  the  leather  that  goes  into  the 
uppers,  the  soles,  the  heels,  the  linings 
and  all  the  details  of  the  shoe.  We 
know  something  about  these matters and 
we  will  talk  them  over  with  you  so  that 
you  will  understand  what  you  are  buy­
ing.—George  F.  Streit,  Altoona,  Pa.
in  our  shoe  store 
for  lines  of  shoes 
in  which  sizes  are

is  no  room 

There 

broken.  And  that  explains  the  varied 
bunch  of  shoe  goodness  now  collected 
here  at  $1.90 a  pair.  They are  not  chaff 
—but  it’s  a  chaff  price.  Stock winnow­
ing.—John  Wanamaker,  New  York.

Twins  and  troubles are like Megaffin’s 
in  that  they  never  come  singly, 
shoes 
but  in  pairs. 
'Tis  the  same  with  the 
sale  of  a  pair  of  good  shoes;  one  sale is 
sure  to  be  followed  by  another.  That 
is  the  very  best  reason  for  selling  good 
shoes  at  right  prices,  and  making  right 
whatever  goes  wrong.—J.  Megaffin,  Ot­
tawa,  111.

The  great  difficulty  in  getting  ready­
made  shoes  to  fit  is  the  variation  in  the 
size  of  the  feet  during  the  day.  They 
are  smallest  the  first  thing  in  the  morn­
ing,  and  expand  most  during  the  after­
noon,  especially  in  hot  weather.  A  man 
who  makes  hand-made  shoes usually un­
derstands  this,  and  consequently  makes 
due  allowance  for  the  variation,  but 
if 
you  buy  a  machine-made  pair  of  shoes 
in  the  morning,  they  are  apt  to  pinch 
you  regularly  toward  evening,  while,  if 
you  take  the  afternoon  for  your  shop­
ping,  the  shoes  will  feel  uncomfortably 
large  every  morning. 
In  either  case 
corns  are  created.

Page  mire  Door  lttat$

NEAT  DURABLE  CH EA P

Standard  sizes: 
13x24,  18x30,
22x36,  26x48.  Retail  6$  cents 
and up.  Agents  wanted.

€.  €.  IHetcalf,  District flat.,
Orand  Rapids.
■ 4  W.  Bridge  St, 

- 

Page  Fence  Headquarters.

Detroit  Flexible  Door  Mats.

STANDARD  SIZES

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

Retail for  $1.00 upwards. - 
Any  dimension  to  order.

Made  of  Flat  W ire.  The  Latest  and  Best.

Supplied by all jobbers and the mfrs.

Write for prices.

THE  DETROIT  SAFE COMPANY,

67-85  East Fort Street, Detroit, Mich.

jh  Write us for BARGAINS in <£* 

!  Rubber Boots 

and $boe$

ra

I

%  M onroe  Street.

Studley  $  Barclay,

Grand  Rapids,  ltlich.  |

« 1  

Ü
m
g «

D u ck   R u b b e rs

smmmiwimmmmmmmmwmimwmmwmmmm
m
8 bhe
msÿ>t
m
setm
Imset
m8p

pI
■  
■
p
pü
pp  ■  m  
■
A.  McQRAW  &  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.  1
M

Are  getting  very  scarce,  but  you  can 
Itaskas,  Perfec­
get 
tions,  Michigans,  Ottawas,  Eries, 
Boots— anything 
you  may  need. 
Also  the  celebrated  “ Hub”  arctics 
and  “ Storm”  goods  of  the  Boston 
Rubber Shoe Co.’s  make  from

m
9m

them  now. 

W.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

14

TH E  APPLE  TRADE.

Phenomenal  Conditions  Which  Have 

Prevailed  of  Late.

The apple  trade  in  many  years  prior 
to  Jan.  i,  1897,  has  had  its  discourage­
ments.  Prices  have  been 
low,-  trade 
dull  and  stocks  large  in  many  former 
years,  but  perhaps  never  since  the  trade 
became a  factor  in  the business  of  this 
country  bad  such  a  combination  of  dis­
couraging  elements  united  as  at  that 
date,  and  perhaps  outwardly  never  has 
the  contrast  been  greater  than  between 
the  period  from  the  first  harvesting  of 
the  summer apples  in  1896,  all  through 
the  fall  packing  season  and  along  to 
the  first  of  the  year  which  we  are  now 
considering,and that  of  the  same  period 
to Jan.  1,  1898.

In  considering  the  business  of  this 
year  (1897)  we  shall  be  assisted  greatly 
by  briefly  summarizing  that  of  the  time 
above  mentioned.  The  crop  gathered 
in  the  summer  and  fall  of  1896  was 
without  precedent  as  to  quantity,  and 
as  a  consequence  prices  ruled 
low  be­
yond  all  comparison  of  former  years ; 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  barrels  had 
been  sold  by the  Eastern  growers  on  the 
basis  of  35  to  50  cents  a  barrel  for  the 
fruit  in  the  orchard  for  the  finest  speci­
mens  of  greenings  and  Baldwins  ever 
seen,  and,  indeed  in  hundreds  of  cases 
good  apples  were  left  in 
large  quanti­
ties  to  rot  in  the  orchards  for  lack  of  a 
buyer.

So  common  was  this  that  it  is  said 
that  even the  cows  and hogs became par­
ticular  as  to  the quality  of  the  apples 
they  ate  and  would  select  nqthing  but 
strictly  No.  1  fruit.  Be  this  as  it  may, 
it  seemed  as 
if  there  could  be  no  end 
to  the  immense  stocks  aDd  both  growers 
and  dealers  were  in  gloomy  mood  at the 
commencement  of  the  new  year  1897.

Although  almost  unnoticed,  however, 
by  the  average  traders  in  apples,  there 
was  one  element  of  great  encourage­
ment.  The  extreme  low  prices,  com­
bined  with  good  quality 
in  the  main, 
had 
induced  a  consumption  of  apples 
both  here  and  abroad  which  was  as  un­
heard  of  as  the  magnitude  of  the  crop 
itself,  and  the  stocks  on  hand  through 
the  country  on  Jan.  1,  1897,  while  they 
seemed  so  large,  were 
in  comparison 
with  the  size  of  the  crop  harvested  as 
small  as  were ever known at  that  season.
In  the  nature  of  the  case  it  would  be 
impossible  to  arrive  at  even  a  close 
approximate  estimate  of  the  total  of any 
apple  crop  at  picking  time.  However, 
many  estimates have  been  made  of  both 
that  crop  and 
the  last  one  just  har­
In  the  former  the  estimates 
vested. 
vary  from  100,000,000 
to  150,000,000 
barrels  and  in  the  later  from  30,000,000 
to  50,000,000.  Taking  the  average  of 
all  the  estimates  as  being  most  likely  to 
be  nearest correct,  we would  have  a total 
of  120,000,000  barrels  for  1896  and  40,- 
000,000  barrels 
for  1897  at  picking 
time,  or  as  about  three  to  one.

Now,  continuing  the  comparison  to 
the  end  of  each  of  these  years,  and  as 
before  averaging  all  estimates which are 
entitled  to  credit,  we  find  a  total  stock 
on  hand 
in  the  whole  country  Jan.  1, 
1897,  of  about  4,000,000 barrels,  against 
a  stock  at  this  time,  Jan.  1,  1898,  of 
about  2,500,000  barrels;  thus  showing 
a  decrease  in  the  big  crop  year of  116,- 
000,000  barrels 
in  but  little  over  three 
months,  while  during  last  year the  de­
crease  was  about  37,500,000  barrels  in 
the  same  space  of  time,  a  difference  of 
78,000,000 barrels  and  in  percentage  of 
nearly  300.  Thos  the  year  1897,  which 
we are now considering,  opened  with  a

low, 

continued 

stock  on  hand  of  perhaps  4,000,000  bar­
rels,  mainly  of  fine  quality,  especially 
the  Eastern  varieties. 
Prices  being 
extremely 
from  85  cents  to  $1  a 
barrel 
in  Chicago  and  the  larger  sea- 
broad  markets  and  from  35  to  80  cents a 
barrel  on  the  farms,  consumption  was 
large  and  stocks  visibly  decreasing. 
This 
through  February, 
March  and  April,  and  by  the  middle  of 
May  this  unparalleled  crop,  so  large  as 
to  be  bewildering  (perhaps  120,000,000 
barrels,)  had  been  consumed,  every 
man,  woman  and  child  in  the  land  al­
most  doing  a  share,  with  even  the  farm 
animals,  as  a  potent 
factor—benefits 
and  privileges  almost  unknown  before. 
This  shows  what  becomes  of  an  enor­
mous  crop  of  this  favorite  fruit  when 
the  whole  rank  and  file  are  allowed  to 
work  upon  it.

The  crop  year 

last  fall  opened  with 
conditions  almost  exactly  opposite. 
It 
was  very  early  apparent  to those  well 
posted  that  the  crop  was  to  be  extreme­
ly  light  in  the  East  and  not  excessive 
in  the  West.  Speculators  were 
in  the 
field  buying  up  orchards  as  early  as 
July,  and  it  is  probable  that  over  one- 
half  of  the  good  orchards  of  the  West 
were  sold  by  Aug.  15.  The  sales  were 
made  largely  “ in  the  lump” — that  is, 
the  buyer  to  pay  so  much  for  the  fruit 
as  it  hung  on  the  trees,  and  to  take  all 
risks of  wind,drought,heat, insects,  etc., 
and  pay  all  expenses  of  picking  and 
packing. 
This  hazardous  method  of 
buying  was  attended  with  varying  re­
sults,  some  deals  favoring  the  growers 
and  some  the  buyers,  and  in  some  cases 
was  disastrous  to  the  daring  specula­
tors.  When  purchases  by  the  barrel 
were  made,  the  price  in  the  West  aver­
aged  perhaps  a 
little  over  $1  a  barrel 
for  the  fruit  in  the  orchard,  the  buyer 
to  pack  and  furnish  barrels  and  the 
owner  to  pick  the  fruit. 
In  the  East 
very  few  good  orchards  were  to  be  had 
at  any  price,  but  for  such  as  were  fair 
the  price  averaged  perhaps  between 
$2.50 and  $2.75  a  barrel  free  on  board, 
or  a  basis  of,  say,  $2  to  $2.25  for  the 
fruit  on  the  trees  in  the  orchard;  and 
the  packing  and  storing  season  of  1897 
closed  with  something  under  3,000,000 
barrels  on  hand,  which  has  been  re­
duced  to  possibly  2,500,000 barrels  by 
this  date,  and  mainly  in  cold  storage.

The  value  of  the  apple 

These,  with  the  export  trade  (a  mat­
ter of some  500,000 barrels,  against  about 
2,000,000  to  the  same  date  last  year), 
form  perhaps  the  main  features  of  the 
1897  trade 
in  apples,  but  they  suggest 
many  questions  which  might  be  dis­
cussed  with  profit by  the  orchardist  and 
dealer  in  apples,  but  which  are  perhaps 
out  of  place  to  more  than  outline  here.
intrinsically 
and  commercially;  the relative commer­
cial  value  of  the  varieties  from  Eastern 
and  Western  sections,  and  in  the  West 
of  the 
irrigated  sections,  as  compared 
with  those  depending  on  natural  con­
ditions;  the  difference  in  flavor  of  the 
apple  raised  by 
the 
same  varieties otherwise ;  the changes in 
the  relative  commercial  value  of  the 
Eastern  and  Western  varieties  in  a  sin­
gle season ;  the  causes  of  these  changes, 
sometimes  very  marked 
in  extent;  the 
problem  of  cold  storage,  the  increasing 
extent  of 
it,  the  danger  of  relying  too 
implicitly  on  it;  the  volume  of  the  ap­
ple  trade  in  the  largest  cities;  the  in­
crease  and  decrease  of  the  orchard 
in­
dustry  in  different  sections  of  the  coun­
try ;  the  export  trade,  how  best  to  keep 
it  and  increase  it;  improved methods  of 
planting,  caring  for  trees,  the  propaga­
tion  of  best  varieties,and at harvest time

irrigation 

from 

ns. ns, an, o a r /sn

,

-1 

Ship  your__  

B u tter,  E g g s  an d   P rod u ce

to  us.  Our  Commission  is  10  per cent, 
but  you  get  all  your  goods  sell  for.

H ER M AN N  C.  N AU M AN N   &   CO .,  D e t r o i t .

Main Office, 33 Woodbridge St.  Branch  Store, 353 Russell  St.,  op.  Eastern  Market.

*5t)r in n n r ffr im n n n n n n n n n r ^ ^

Q000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009 
6
x 
X
6 

What you  need  when shipping  Butter  and  Eggs 
is a G o o d,  Co m p e t e n t  H o u se  to receive them. 

HARRIS & FRU TCH EY

6 0   W.  W O O D B R ID G E   S T . ,  

g
J  
o
0 
6 
X
6
x 
OOOOOOO0000-0000-0-0-000000000000000000000000000-00000006

have every facility for  handling  large or small  lots 
and making  prompt returns. 

potatoes -  Beaps  -- Opiops

D E T R O IT  

-  

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

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

26-38-30-32 Ottawa  St.,

Qrand  Rapids,  /lieti.

Established  1876.

B U N T I N G   &   C O . ,

Wholesale Seeds,  Potatoes,  Beans,  Fruits.

W H O LESA LE

Oranges,  Cape  Cod  Cranberries,  Honey,  Lemons,
Bananas, Sweet Potatoes, Red and Yellow Onions,
Spanish Onions.

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

M IC H .
MILLER  &  TEASDALE  CO.

O  R A N G E S  ™ S DUOE

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

be diverted to any point;  wire for prices.

601  N O RTH   T H IR D   S T . ,  

S T .  L O U IS,  MO.

We are in the market to buy

P E A S ,  B E A N S ,  P O T A T O E S

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

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

A L F R E D  J,  B R O W N   S E E D   CO.,

24 and 26 North  Division  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

t

F * .   H I R T ,   J r - .

Produce  Commission  Merchant  1
|
y

Market  Street;  Detroit. 

Write for particulars. 

N.  W O H L F E L D E R   &  C 0„

W h o le sa le   G rocers  an d

C o m m issio n   M erch a n ts

CHEESE,  BUTTER and  EGOS.  Consignments  Solicited.

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

M ICHIGAN  TRA D ESM A N

transportation, 
of  picking,  packing, 
lessons  to  be  learned  from  other 
and 
years’  experience  and  a  thousand  other 
questions  are  of  great  importance  to  the 
apple  man.

It  may  not  be  out  of  place,  however, 
to  say  here  that  the  1897  crop  is  now 
practically  out  of  the  grower’s  hands 
and  he  as  a  class  will  take  small 
inter­
est  in  it. 
It  is  largely  in  cold  storage, 
and  as  a  rule  has  not  gone  in  under  any 
too  favorable  conditions.  While  at  this 
time  the  stock  on  hand  itself 
is  small, 
compared  with  a  year  ago,  the  rate  of 
decrease  has  been  so  much  smaller  that 
we  are  in  danger  of  seeing  come  true  a 
prophecy  made  by  one  of  the  prominent 
members  in the  trade—that  by  March  1, 
unless  we  had  much 
lower  prices  in 
January  and  February  to  stimulate  con­
sumption,  the  slocks  on  hand  would  be 
equal  to  those  of  last  year.

Should  this  come  true,  to  those  of  us 
who  remember  what  prices  were 
in 
March,  April  and  May  last  year  would 
come  the  question,  “ What  is  to  materi­
ally 
increase  them  this  year over  last 
year?”   and  to  some  of  us  who  have 
been 
indulging  in  visions  of  $5,  $6,  $7 
and $10 apples  next  spring  might  come 
the  question,  “ What 
is  to  prevent  the 
present  relatively  lower  rate  of  decrease 
from  continuing  right  on  through  Feb­
ruary,  March  and  April,  and  if  it  does 
continue  in  this  proportion,  what  is  to 
hinder  stocks  on  May  1  next  being fully 
twice  as 
large  as  last  year's?”   These 
questions  may  be  answered  satisfacto­
rily  to  some,  but  are  not  as  yet  to  me 
and  I  shall  not  be  surprised  to  see  the 
prophecy  above  mentioned 
come  to 
pass,  nor  to  see  as  remarkable  an  end­
ing  of  this  year’s  apple  season  as  that 
of 
in  an  entirely  differ­
ent  and  less  satisfactory  manner.

last  year,  but 

This  article 

is  already  too  long,  but 
it  is  perhaps  not  too  much  to  say  that  a 
business  which  pays  from  $35,000,000  to 
$60,000,000  annually  to  the  growers,  and 
which 
in  addition  pays  fully  as  much 
more  to  the  railroads,  the  cooperage 
establishmenst,  the  packers,  cider mak­
ers,  evaporators  and  the  wholesale  and 
retail  dealers,  is  well  worth  considering 
by  the  general  public.

B e n j .  N e w h a l l .

Advocates  Ten  Per  Cent. Commission 

on  Butter  and  Eggs.

cent., 

Detroit,  Jan.  10—We  have  reached 
the  conclusion  that  every  commission 
house  should  have  a  straight  10  per 
cent,  commission  on  all  butter,eggs and 
produce  handled  by  it,  as  we  know  by 
experience  that  no  one  can  handle these 
goods  on  5  per  cent,  and  make  any 
money;  that  is,  make  it  honestly.  Ship­
pers  of  these  products  should  consider 
this  fact  and  allow  the commission mer­
chant  10  per 
if  they  desire 
straight  and  honest  returns.  We  feel 
confident  that  any  reputable commission 
house  will  give  its  shippers  better satis­
faction  if  by  handling  their  goods it can 
secure  a 
legitimate  profit.  Take  into 
consideration  the  amount  of  labor  in­
in  putting  these  goods  on  the 
volved 
market 
in  proper  shape!  Every  egg 
that  comes  from  the  country  store  has 
to  be  candled  and  put  into  a  different 
crate  before  it  is  ready  for  the  market. 
Butter  has  to  have  its  proper  attention. 
A  customer  desiring  to  purchase  one 
crock  or  more  insists  on  “ trying”  every 
package  in  sight  before  selecting  what 
he  desires.  Now,  if  our  friends,  the 
country  merchants,  will 
the 
amount  of  labor  connected  with  dispos­
ing  of  their  product,  they  will  surely 
agree  with  us  in  the  statement  that  but­
ter  and  eggs,  or,  in  fact,  any  product 
that  comes  into  the  hands  of  the  com­
mission  merchant,  cannot  be  handled 
on  5  per  cent,  and  insure  any  profit  to 
him. 

Hermann  C.  Nauuann.

realize 

Effect  of  Process  Butter on Off Grade 

Creamery.

Man on the Street in N. Y. Produce Review.

It 

There  has  been  a  good  deal  of  dis­
cussion  about  process  butter  since  the 
recent  severe  arraignment  by the United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture  of  the 
product  made  under  the  Beardon  proc­
ess,  and  I  find  a  wide  difference  of 
opinion  as  to  the  effects  of  these  goods 
upon  the  butter  industry  of this country.
1  must  confess  that  1  have  some  feel­
ings  of  repugnance  toward  an  article 
that  is  made  in  the  manner  and  from 
the  material  that  these  process  butters 
are. 
is  true  that  much  of  the  raw 
material  that  goes  into  this  product  is 
of  fairly  decent stuff—sometimes cream­
ery  and  sometimes  the  best  of  farmers’ 
rolls—but  it  is  also  true  that  hundreds 
of  thousands  of  pounds  of  very  ordinary 
packing  stock  are  used  which  I  would 
not  have  in  my  bouse  for  cooking  pur­
poses.  By  a  process  of  manipulation 
these  butters  are  reduced  to  an  oil, 
aerated,  chilled,  re-melted,  mixed  with 
fresh  milk  or  cream,  colored,  churned, 
salted  and  packed  into  any  style  of  tub, 
box  or  prints  that  is desired by any class 
of  trade. 
frank  to  admit,  how­
ever,  that  the  finished  product  from  the 
best  factories  shows  a  marvelously  fine 
flavor,  closely  resembling  that  of  fresh 
creamery,  and 
it  to 
many  buyers.  A  close  examination  re­
veals  short  grain,  and  quite  often  an 
oily  after-taste,  which  seems  to  be  hard 
to  overcome  after  butter  has  once  been 
rendered.  But 
selling  qualities 
after  all  are  stronger  than  off  grade 
creameries,  and  that  class  of  stock  has 
felt  the  competition  more  than  any 
other.

this  commends 

I  am 

its 

Assistant  Commissioner  Kracke  has 
watched  closely  the  development  of 
these  process  goods,  and  with  a  feeling 
that  the  strong  temptation  to  adulter­
ate  the  product  with  some  foreign  sub­
stance  that  would  bring 
it  under  the 
ban  of  our  State  laws  might  be  too 
strong  to  be  resisted,  he has  had  various 
samples  analyzed.  One  of  these  reports 
made  by  a  chemist  of  high  reputation 
shows  5.67  per  cent,  of  soluble  fatty 
acids,  with  the  specific  gravity  of  the 
fat  at  100 deg.  Fahrenheit,  .91098.  An­
other  analysis  showed  15.6  per  cent, 
water,  78.6  fat,  2.2  curd  and  3.6 ash. 
The  Commissioner  allowed  me  to  look 
over  a  dozen  or  more  of  the  chemist’s 
reports  on  oleomargarine,  and  the  sol­
uble  acids  ranged  from 
.7  to  .39  per 
cent.,  most  of  them  .11  to  .15,  with  the 
specific  gravity  at  100  deg.  Fahrenheit, 
about  .9050.  This  would  indicate  rea­
sonable  purity  in  the  process butter,  but 
the  proportion  of  water  is  quite 
large. 
In  regard  to  the  last  analysis  reported 
above,  the  chemist  further  says:  “ On 
completing  the  data  as  to  the  fats,  I 
found  a  total  of  5.73  per  cent,  soluble 
acids.  This 
is  well  up  to  the  average 
If  it  had  not  been  for  the  fat 
amount. 
clarifying  differently 
the  usual 
run  of  butter  fats,  I  would  not  have 
questioned  the  character  of  the  fat,  al­
though  10  per  cent,  of  oleo  could  be 
added  to  butter  and  have 
it  analyze 
about  as  this  fat  does.  The  amount  of 
fat  is  rather  under the per cent,  required 
in  good  butter.  Borax  or  boracic  acid 
is  not  present  in this  butter."   I  am  told 
that  two  or  three  of  the 
largest  manu­
facturers  are  anxious  to  have  the  purity 
of  their goods  established.

from 

I  have  watched  the  sale  of these goods 
very  closely  and  have  been  surprised  at 
the  relatively  high  prices  obtained  for 
the  finest  quality.  For  instance,  they 
have  been  selling  this  week  at  i8>£@ 
19c,  with  a  22c  market  for  extra  fresh 
creamery. 
It  has  occurred  to  me  at 
times,  and  the  opinion  has  been  sup­
ported  by  some  of  the  best  operators 
in 
that  class  of  stock,  that  the  makers  are 
endeavoring  to  exact  rather  more  than 
the  butter  is  actually  worth.  Of  course, 
there 
is  a  desire  to  get  all  the  money 
there  is  in  the  business,  but  in  order  to 
obtain  a  high  price,  too  often  the  goods 
are  sold  both  to  retailers  and  consumers 
as  creamery,  and  if  this  is  persisted 
in 
there  may  be  a  reversion  of  sentiment 
against  them.  Why,  out  in  Elgin,  the 
place  made  famous  for  its  fancy  butter, 
manufacturers  of  process  stock are send­
ing  out  quotations  for  “ finest Elgin but­

ter,”   about  2@3c 
less  than  the  price 
established  by  the  Board  of  Trade. 
Many  customers  throughout  the  country 
are  misled  by  this  announcement,  be­
lieving  that  they  are  getting fine  cream­
ery  butter. 
In  this  city  there  is  quite 
general  disposition  on  the  part  of  the 
wholesaler  to  sell  the  goods  for  what 
they  are.

To  Send  Horse  Meat  to  Europe.
The  city  authorities  of  Kearney,  N. 
Y.,  duly  licensed  the  American  Horse 
Meat  Co.  to  carry  on  the  business  of 
slaughtering  horses  for  the  foreign  mar­
kets. 
stock­
holders  of  the  company  have  already 
put  up  bonds  guaranteeing  that  they 
will  carry  on  the  business  in  a  manner 
best  calculated  to  please  science  and 
that  they  will  not  sell  any  of  the  meat 
for^home  consumption.

incorporators  and 

The 

1 6

New  Cold-Weather  Oranges.

A  California  fruit-grower has  devised 
an  orange  which  will  stand  a  tempera­
ture of  12  degrees without  freezing.  He 
has  budded  the  Satsuma  orange  on  the 
wild  orange  of  Japan,  and  gotten  a 
plant  that  will  withstand  a  temperature 
of  12  degrees  and  at  the  same  time 
yield  a  sweet-flavored  fruit  of  average 
size.  This  combination  was  tried  in 
Louisiana,  and  was  the  only  one  of 
about  100  varieties  that  withstood  the 
cold  snap  of  the  winter^of  1893.

The  Woman  of  It.

“ What  poor  shoppers  the  men  are,”  
exclaimed  Mrs.  Trotter,  on  her  way 
expedition. 
home  from  a 
“ My  husband  hardly  ever  pays 
less 
than  15  cents  for a  cigar and here I have 
bought  a  whole  box  for  75  cents.”

shopping 

^ Y 7*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.
MILLER  BROS..

Mnfrs of  Foot and Power 
Bean  Picking  Machinery.

R O C H E S T E R ,  M IC H .

A N C H O R   B R A N D

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  M ONROE  S T R E E T ,  G RA N D   R A P ID S ,  MICH.

W .  R.  BRICE.

E S T A B L I S H E D   1852.

C.  M.  DRAKE.

W.  R.  Brice  &  Co.

B u tter  an d   E g g s 
on   C o m m issio n
Philadelphia,  Pa.

The largest receivers of Fancy  Butter and  Eggs in  Philadelphia.

I

A  New Year  is before  you,  and we  sincerely 
hope  it will  prove  a  Happy  and  Prosperous 
one  for  the  Dairy  interests.  We  offer  the 
creamerymen  our hearty support in marketing 
their  goods,  and  believe  that,  with  our  expe­
rience  extending  over half  a  century  and  the 
trade  and  facilities  at  our  command,  we  can 
render  them  valuable  service.

W e  respectfully  solicit  your  business,  and 
can  assure  you  it  will  be  taken  care  of  in  a 
manner  that  will  be  entirely  satisfactory.

W.  R.  B r ic e  &  Co.

\

4

I

M ICHIGAN  TRA D ESM A N

16

“Is  the  Corn  Shelled?”

Written for the Tradesman.

This  remark,  credited  to  the  “ laziest 
man  in  the  regiment”   was  given  utter­
ance  to  as  he  raised  up  from  what  was 
supposed  by  his  comrades  to  be his final 
resting  place,  when 
in 
charge  offered  to  exchange  the  carcass 
for  a  bushel  of  corn.  On  learning  that 
work  was  still  needed  to  complete  the 
deal,  it 
is  said  he  wearily  laid  down 
again  and  said,  “ Let the funeral  proces­
sion  move  on. ’ ’

the  corporal 

And  this  illustrates  a  peculiar  phase 
of  mercantile  life,  or  1  should  say  pe­
culiar  to  that  class  of  merchants  who, 
seeing  competition  of 
live  hustlers, 
whether  department  store  or  otherwise, 
making  encroachments  on  their  trade, 
lessening  their  profits  and  threatening 
their  very  existence  as  an  atom 
in  the 
business  world,  practically lie  down  and 
order  their  own  business  funeral  pro­
cession  to  move  on.

The  remark  was  amusingly  called  to 
my  mind 
lately,  while  waiting  my 
chance  to  introduce  my  line  of  special­
ties  to  the  owning  manager of  a  store 
claiming  to  be  leaders  of  their  lines 
in 
the  city.  As I  was  standing  to one  side 
while  a  deal  was  closed  involving  three 
reams  of  small-sized  wrapping  paper,  a 
newcomer  arrived,  one  always  ready  to, 
and  capable  of,  blowing  bis  own  horn, 
who  went  right  at  business  with  the first 
words  uttered  by  announcing,  “ My 
friend  Mr.  Slogoet,  I  have  here  exactly 
what  you  need—a  machine  endowed 
with  human 
intelligence  of  such  high 
order  that,  wanting  an  advertisement 
written,  written  right  and  written  well, 
all  you  have  to  do 
is  to  hint,  in  the 
presence  of  this  wonderful  machine, 
your  requirements,  when,  lo  and  behold, 
one  perfectly  adapted  to  the  require­
shortly  appears,  needing  no 
ments 
change  to  suit  your 
ideas,  with  no 
further  planning  for  the  printer  or  cor­
rections  to  be  made,  and  all  this  with­
out  your  even  having  had  to  turn  the 
crank.  Arrives  there  a  time  when  a 
window  needs  re-trimming,  all  required 
by  this  machine  is  freedom  to  exercise 
its  almost  immaculate  judgment,  when 
a  display  of  tasteful  elegance  results. 
And  you  don’t  even  have  to  turn  the 
crank !  Comes  there  a  time  when  signs 
are  needed  about  the  stock,  lo  they  are 
there.  Does  stock  need  placing  to  bet­
ter  advantage,  it  is  done  without  your 
aid  or  suggestions. 
Is  a  new  fixture 
needed  for  the  accommodation  of  new 
or  disposal  of  old  stock,  this mechanical 
compilation  of  machine  endowed  with 
brains  produces  that  fixture,  and  it  is 
right,  it  fits  the  spot.  Nor do  you  have 
to  turn  the  crank!  Times  will  arrive 
when  goods  must  be  sold.  Turn  our 
wonderful  machine  loose  with  freedom 
to  work,  and  those  goods  are  sold  to 
satisfied  customers.  And  you  need  not 
even  turn  the  crank ! 
Is  there  a  hitch 
in  your  office  workings  or  snarl  in  your 
accounts?  Have  you  baffling  business 
letters  to  write  that  annoy  you?  Suggest 
your  wants  and  the  thing  is  done  in­
stantly  by  our 
ingenious  machine 
manikin—done  correctly,  done  to  your 
taste  and  done  better  than  you  could  in 
person  have  done  it.  And  you  are  not 
even  required  to  turn  the  crank!  Are 
leaks  sapping  the  profits  of  your  busi­
ness,  evading  your  sharpest  detective 
work  to  find  and  locate  them?  Turn  the 
matter  over  to  our  machine  and  har­
mony  is  restored,  while  profits  go  where 
they  belong.  And  you  don’t  even  have 
to  turn  the  crank!  Please  notice  we 
emphasize  the  fact  that  you  don’t  even 
have  to  turn  the  crank !  This  machine

in  your 

works  with  what  we  sometimes  think  is 
more  than  human 
intelligence,  goes 
ahead 
interests  and  for  your 
business  welfare,  at  all  times  and  in  all 
places,  introduces  systems  that  improve 
your  plans,  no  matter  how  good  those 
plans  may  be,  studies  the  details  of 
your  business  and  will  shortly  know  it 
thoroughly,  but  never  was  known  to  dis­
sipate  or  have  chums  to  whom  your 
business  plans  are  divulged,  chews  no 
gum  nor  smokes  and  never  has  stories 
to  tell  that  interfere  with  efficient  work 
of  self  or  helpers.  Being  a  machine,  it 
can  open  store 
in  the  morning,  and 
close  up  at  night,  never  requires  a  day 
off  to  go  to  its  grandmother's  funeral, 
for  this  machine  has  no  ancestors— it  is 
the first  of  its  kind.  Infact.it  is the only 
machine  in  existence  that  does  all  this 
without  the  owner  even  having  to  turn 
the  crank !  This  wonderful  store-helper 
is  not  sold  outright,  but  we  are  willing 
to  rent 
it  to  you  for  so  long  a  time as 
you  choose  to  pay  for  its  services—only 
thirty-three  and  one-third  cents  a  day. 
And  please  bear  in  mind  that  you  don’t 
even  have  to  turn  the  crank !”

in  charge  of 

Slowly a beam broke over Mr.  Slogoet’s 
face—and  verily  it  would  break  a  much 
stronger  beam—but  it  was  that  of  cov­
etousness  rather  than 
recognition  of 
merit,  as  the vivid  description  was  un­
wound ;  but  even  this  faded  when  there 
was  named  a  price  to  pay.  As  the 
salesman 
the  machine 
ceased  speaking,  rather  from  lack  of 
wind  than  further  points  of  merit  to  ex­
patiate  on,  the  self-styled  up-to-date 
in 
leading  merchant  emulated  the  man 
his  coffin  who  asked,  “ Is  the 
corn 
shelled?'’  by  asking  “ if  the  machine 
could  dust  stock,  split  wood,  heave 
coal,  wash  windows  and  scrub  out  the 
store  once  a  w eek."  On  being 
in­
formed  that 
it  could  but  wouldn't,  he 
sighed  and  said,  “ In  that  case  I  could 
not  afford  to  pay  over  twenty-nine  cents 
a  day,  so  you  had  better  show 
the 
merits  of  your  machine  to  the  depart­
ment  store  two  blocks  nearer  the  center 
of  the  city’s  business.  They  can  suc­
ceed,  and  always  have  money  to  spend 
on  such  highfalutin'  things;  but  as  for 
me  and  my  business,  we  must  get  along 
on  a  cheap  scale.’ ’  And  he  got;  but, 
as  I  have  heard  in  another  connection 
than  this,  “ It  wasn’t  a  very  remarkable 
‘ get’  after  all. ”

The  machine  renter 

‘ got’  out,  also, 
and  so  did  I,  as  it  was  evident  nothing 
in  my 
line  would  command  attention 
where  this  had  failed;  and  as  I  ‘got’  to 
the  street,  I  was  just  in  time  to  see  the 
talkative  agent  fall  into  an  open  sewer, 
where  he  was  drowned,  and  both  he'and 
his  wonderful  machine—“ the only  one 
of  its  kind  and  which  required  no  one 
to  even  turn  the  crank !” — was  carried 
out  to  sea  aid  lost  to  mankind  under 
the  turbulent  waves.

This  forcibly 

illustrates  why  some 
stores  get  on  while  some  do  not.  Those 
men  and  managers  who  have  business 
acumen  sufficient  to  recognize  a  good 
thing  when  they  see 
it,  who  keep  it 
when  once 
in  hand,  even  if  its  work­
ings  cause  an  occasional  jar of the small 
potatoes  way  down 
in  the  basement 
bins,  and who  are  willing  to  base  wages 
on  work’s  worth,  succeed 
in  business 
ventures.  And  why?  Their  business 
experience  is  founded  on  common sense 
and  they  are  capable  of  filling  those 
niches  in the  business  world  where  Des 
tiny  or  their  own  hustling pushativeness 
has  cast  their  lot,  while  those  who  dis­
card  all  means  of  advancement  that 
haven’t  a  distinctively  “ cheap-sale”  
mark  upon  them  will  go  on  in  their

cheap  way  until,  figuratively  speaking, 
both  they  and  their  business  are  buried 
in  a  cheap  coffin,  from  which  we  can 
almost 
imagine  we  hear  them  rise  to 
ask,  “ Is  the  corn  shelled?”   Verily, 
there  are  places  and  times  when  econ­
omy  must  be  exercised,  but  if  the  mat­
ter  of  help  is  in  question  we  have  never 
been  convinced  that  truest  economy 
is 
is  the  gauge  of 
used  when  price  only 
cheapness,  for 
is  a  fact  essential  to 
business  success  that  the  highest  priced 
help  one  has,  if  worth  it,  is  cheapest  in 
the  end.

Since  this  accident  happened  there 
have  been  on my  mind  five  unanswered 
—and to me unanswerable—queries, viz.  :
1.  What  would  have  been  the  result 
to  the  world  of  business  had  this  won­
derful  machine  not  been  forced  out  of 
its  legitimate  business  place  with  the 
retail  trade.

it 

2.  Will  not  it  adapt  itself  to  its  sur­
roundings  so  we  may  soon  hope  to  hear 
of  a  new  and  improved  fish  hatchery, 
lobster  developer  or  general  storm 
calmer— to opeiate which “ no man needs 
to  turn  the  crank?”

3.  To  what  heights  of  business  suc­
cess  might  men  not  climb  if  they  were 
always  able  to  accept the chances thrown 
at  them  and  adapt  to  the  achievement 
of  their  own  ends  all  the  good  that  Fate 
furnishes  them,  and  were  willing  to  let 
others  live  besides  themselves?

Is  not  the  department  store  a 
forced  lesson  to  teach  business  men that 
what  might  have  been  good  in  their 
is  worthless  now— 
grandfather’s  time 
“ the  world  do  move,”   even 
if  some 
of  its  people  don’t—and  in  its  way  be­
come  a  blessing  that  recognizes  Na­
ture’s  fundamental  law,  “ greatest  good 
to  greatest  numbers?”

4. 

5.  Was  it  probable  or  even  possible

that  all  claims  made  for  it  actually  had 
existence  in  that  wonderful  machine— 
of  which  “ no  man  turned the crank !”
L.  A.  E l y.

The  Proprietor’s  Place.

To  be  a  successful  store-keeper  it  is 
not  necessary  that  you  should  look  after 
the  details  of  the  establishment.  It  will 
be  much  the  wiser  plan  for  you  not  to 
do  so,  in  fact.  Clerks  have  their neces­
sary  place  in  every  store  of  any  magni­
tude  at  all,  and  to  them  such  minor 
duties  should  be  delegated.  Your  place 
is  where  you  can  oversee  the  operations 
of  the  general  principles governing your 
establishment  and  where  you  can  keep 
a  firm  bold  on  the  results  your  clerks 
are  supposed  to  accomplish  for  you. 
Making  out  bills,  posting  to  the  ledger 
and  all  other  clerical  work  of  that  char­
acter  are  not  the  duties  of  a  proprietor.

Qoooooooooooooooooo 0000009
0   My prices on

1  Office  Supplies

W ill  save  you  money. 

Mail  orders a specialty. 

J
C
Will M. Hine, 49 Pearl St, Grand Rapids  < 
0000000000000000000 oooooot

£   I  Most  Peopled

Know  the  value  of  personal 
contact in  conducting  business 
of  any  kind.  An  advertise­
ment in the columns of the

Michigan«^
Tradesm ans

Is  just  like  personal  contact. 
In fact, it is better, for it  brings 
you  in  intimate  touch with  so 
many  more  people.  W e  are 
just  like  one  large  family— 
relying upon and  helping  each 
other.  W ant  to  come  under 
our roof?  Write us at

G r a n d   R a p id s «^

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

17

Commercial Tra velers

Michigan Knights of the Qrip. 

President, J ohn A. Ho ffm an, Kalamazoo; Secre­
tary, J. C. Sa u n d e r s,  Lansing;  Treasurer, C has 
M c N o l t y ,  Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President, S.  H.  Ha r t,  Detroit:  Secretary  and 

Treasurer, D. Mo r r is, Detroit.

dent Association.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Grand  Counselor,  P.  L.  Day.  Jackson;  Grand 
Secretary, G. S. V alm o b b, Detroit;  Grand Treas 
urer, G eo.  A .  R e y n o ld s, Saginaw.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­
President,*A. P. Pe a k s , Jackson;  Secretary and 
Board  o f   Directors—P.  M.  T y l e r ,  H.  B.  P a ir - 
c h ild , J a s. N. B r a d f o r d , J. H en r y D a w l e y .G eo. 
J. He in ze lm an, C h as. S.  Robinson.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President,  W.  C.  B row n,  Marquette;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. P.  W ix so n,  Marquette.

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

Gripsack  Brigade.

The  next  social  party  of  Post  E 
(Grand  Rapids)  will  be  held  a*t  Impe­
rial  Hall,  on  Wealthy  avenue,  Saturday 
evening,  Jan.  22.

Geogre  W.  Howell,  of  Muskegon,  has 
been  found  guilty  at  Chicago  on  a 
charge  of  forging  the  signature  of  Dr. 
B.  D.  King  to  a  bond  given  to  Merri- 
man,  Collins  &  Co.

R.  S.  N.  Simons,  a  Neenah,  Wis., 
traveling  man  aged  about  35  years, 
who  had  been  laid  up  with  rheumatism 
at  a  Marinette  hotel,  committed  suicide 
Jan.  11  by  taking  laudanum.

A.  F.  Chandler,  who  has  traveled 
fourteen  years  for  the  Wm.  Bingham 
Hardware  Co.,  of  Cleveland,  has retired 
from  the  road  to  take  the  management 
of an  oil  company  at Florence,  Ont.

Saginaw  Herald:  W.  H.  King,  for­
merly  with  L.  S.  Baumgardner  &  Co., 
of  Toledo,  and  George  Bunnell,  former­
ly  with  Spring  &  Co.,  of  Grand  Rap­
ids,have  come to this  city  and  taken  the 
places  of  S.  Goldstone  and  J.  B.  Good­
man  on  the  road  as  traveling  represent­
atives  of  William  Barie  &  Son.

Geo.  F.  Owen  is  treading  on  air these 
days  in  anticipation  of  the  prospective 
margins  he  sees 
in  his  new  acetylene 
gas  machine  as  soon  as  he  secures  the 
endorsement  of 
insurance  com­
panies,  which  appears  to  be  the  hardest 
task  to  accomplish  in  connection  with 
the  exploitation  of  a  gas  generator  of 
this  description.

the 

The  Tradesman takes off  its  hat  to  the 
Kalamazoo  boys  for  keeping  faith  with 
their  fraters  in  one  important particular 
—the  absence  of  politicians  at  the  an­
nual  banquet  tendered  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip.  Ever  since  the 
Association  was  organized,  it  has  been 
the  custom  to  search the State fur  politi­
cal  freaks  and  cranks  to  monopolize  the 
speechmaking  at  the  annual  banquet. 
When  the  Grand  Rapids  boys  came 
home  from  the  Saginaw convention with 
the  1894  convention 
in  their  pockets, 
they  registered  a  solemn  resolve  on  the 
train  that  no  one  but  traveling  men  and 
employers  of  traveling  men  would  be 
permitted  to  speak  at  the  Grand Rapids 
banquet.  How  well  the  resolution  was 
kept  can  be  seen  by  glancing  at  the 
flashlight  picture  of  the  banquet  hall 
and  noting  the  dearth  of  traveling  men 
at  the  toast  table 
in  the  center  of  the 
hall.  The  same  good  resolution  was 
subsequently  made  by  the  Lansing  boys 
in  1895  and  by  the  Detroit  boys  in 
1896,  but 
in  both  cases  the  resolution 
was  more  honored  in  the  breach  than  in 
the  observance.  When  the  Kalamazoo 
boys  announced that no freaks nor cranks 
need  apply,  the  Tradesman 
joined  in 
an­
the 
the  hilarity  which  greeted 

nouncement  and  covertly  hinted  to  the 
gentleman  who  is  now  President  of  the 
organization 
that  such  an  assertion 
sounded  exceedingly  well  but was other­
wise  meaningless.  Nevertheless  the 
boys  of  the  Celery  City  kept  faith  with 
their  friends— in  this  respect,  at  least— 
and  the  Tradesman  cheerfully  acknowl­
edges  that  Kalamazoo  has  furnished  an 
example  which  other  cities  that  have 
the  honor  of  entertaining  the  traveling 
men  may  well  and  profitably  imitate.
Ask  Certain  Reforms  in  Hotel  Man­

agement.

Ben  S.  Hoffman,  chairman  of  the 
National  Hotel  Committee  of  the  T.  P. 
A.  of  A.,  writes  the  Tradesman  that  a 
copy  of  the  following  circular  is  being 
mailed  to  all  hotels  of  the  United 
States:

Travelers’  Protective  Association  of 
America,  I  beg  to  call  your  attention  to 
some  facts  and  suggestions  which would 
be  to  our  mutual  benefit.

One  point  which  I  would  especially 
in  the 
mention  is  the  custom  of  hotels 
smaller  towns  to  charge 
commercial 
travelers  40  to  50  cents  for  a  meal, 
whereas  farmers  pay  only  25  cents  for 
the  same  food  and  service.  This  is  an 
injustice  to  the  commercial  travelers 
and,  in  my  opinion,  should  be  changed. 
If  the  landlords  wish  to  exact  an  extra 
charge  from  commercial  travelers  they 
should  provide  an  extra  table  and  give 
them  the  best  the  market  affords  (and 
the  best  is  none  too  good  for  the  com­
mercial  traveler),  serve 
it  on  a  nice, 
clean  white tablecloth,  with white,  clean 
napkins,  dishes  without  nicks 
and 
cracks,  and  with  bright  cutlery.  With 
these  improvements  they  will  be willing 
to  pay  the  additional  price;  otherwise 
they  most  certainly  protest.

I  do  not  find  fault  with  the  price 
made  the  farmer,  but 
justice  demands 
that  if  hotels  charge  one man  more  than 
another,  he  is  entitled  to  abetter bill  of 
fare  and  a  higher  degree  of  attention. 
If  your.grocer  charged  you  25  cents 
for  a  pound  of  coffee  and  his  next  door 
neighbor  15  or  20  cents  for  the  same 
coffee,  what  would  be  the  consequence?
The  office  and  sitting  room  are  im­
portant  to  the  commercial  traveler.  The 
former  should  be  kept  clean  and  clear 
of  chair  warmers  (loafers)  and  a  quiet 
place  should  be  provided  tor  a  writing 
desk  or  table  where  the  commercial 
travelers  can  do  their  writing  without 
annoyance.

Wash  rooms  should  be  kept  in  clean 
condition  and  provided  with  plenty  of 
water  and  soap  (I  would  suggest  some­
thing  better  than  common  laundry soap) 
and  clean  towels.

Water  closets  are  very much neglected 
in  the  smaller  towns,  and 
as  a  rule 
in  the  larger  ones.  This 
very  often 
should  be  remedied,  as  sanitation 
is 
one  of  the  principal  requisites  of civili­
zation.

Bedrooms  should  contain  clean  and 
comfortable  beds,  plenty  of  water,  soap 
and  towels  (at  least  two  towels).  Pro­
vision  should  also  be  made  that  a 
comfortable  fire  can  be  made  when  de­
mand  is  made  for  same.

We  do  not  make  war  on  the  hotels. 
We  simply  approach  you  and  ask  for 
certain  reforms 
in  hotel  management 
which  we,  as  your  daily  guests  who  pay 
all  just  claims  and  demands  cheerfully, 
are  most  certainly  entitled  to.

This  is  a  general  letter sent  to  many 
hotels  and  it  is  quite  possible  that  your 
methods  are  not  subject to the criticism. 
We  would  be  pleased  to  hear  from  you, 
however,  with  assurances  of  co-o'pera- 
ion.
'  You  ask  the  salesman  when  he  comes 
nto  your store  to  sell  you  goods,  “ What 
have  you  got  that's  new?”   This  ques­
tion  will  be  asked  of  you  through  the 
days  of  the  coming  year. 
If  you  can 
answer 
it  affirmatively  it  means  suc­
cess  for  you.

There  is  a  good deal  of  satisfaction  to 
be  derived  from  deceiving  people  who 
think  they  are  deceiving  you.,

SU CC ESSFU L  SALESMEN.

W.  J.  Carlyle,  Representing  Buckeye 

Paint  &  Varnish  Co.

from 

Wesley  J.  Carlyle was  born  in  Cannon 
township,  Kent  county,  March  10,  1869. 
His  father  was  of  Scotch  birth,  while 
his  mother  was  descended 
the 
sturdy  Swiss  Dutch  stock.  The  father 
died  when  the  son  was  5  years  old,  so 
that  as  soon  as  he  was  old  enough  to  go 
to  work  he  became  the  mainstay  of  the 
family,  the  support  of  which  devolved 
upon  him  on  account  of  his  being  the 
oldest  child.  From  the  time  he  was  11 
until  he  was  16  years  of  age,  he  worked 
on  a  farm,  while his  mother and  young­
er  brother  resided 
in  Cedar  Springs. 
He  then  came  to  Grand  Rapids  and 
worked 
in  the  car  shops  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  &  Indiana  Railway,  having 
charge  of  the  machinery  in  the  manu­
facturing  department. 
This  position 
he  filled  with  satisfaction  to  all  con­
cerned  for  three  years,  when  he  entered

him  with  the  idea  that he  ought  to  be 
remembered  in  the  distribution  of  pat­
ronage,  observation  having  taught  him 
that  the  men  who  are  anxious  to hold 
political  office  seldom  amount  to  much 
in  the  business  world,  and  he  insists 
that  he  would  rather  take  rank  among 
business  men 
than  politicians  and 
office  holders.

An  Unjust  Attack  Resented.

It  having  been  reported  that  the  Ken­
tucky Legislature proposed to investigate 
the  workings  of the  Kentucky Wholesale 
Grocers’ Association,  with  a  view  to  as­
certaining  whether  it  is  not  a trust,  Sec­
retary  Beckman  permitted  the following 
refutation  of  the  report  to  appear  in  the 
columns  of  the  Louisville  Commercial:
is  nothing  but  rot.  There  is  no 
National "association.  There  are  asso­
ciations  in  several  states,  but  they  are 
not  connected  with  each  other.  As a 
matter  of  courtesy  these  associations 
often  give  way  to  each  other’s  state 
in­
terests.

It 

The  object  of  the  Kentucky  Associa­
is  to  take  care  of  the  legitimate 
tion 
interests  of  jobbing  grocers. 
It  pub­
lishes  a  rate  book  for  its  members, 
which  makes  it  possible  for retailers out 
in  the  State  to  purchase  supplies  com­
paratively  as  cheaply  as  the  Louisville 
retailers.

This is done by  the Association's scale 
of  rates,  based  upon  the  carload  lot 
freight  rate  from  New  York  to  Louis­
ville,  and  the  local  freight  rate  from 
Louisville  to  the  point  of  delivery.”
Annual  Meeting  of  the  Jackson  Re­

tail  Grocers’  Association.

Jackson,  Jan.  11— The  annual  meet­
ing  of  the  Jackson  Retail  Grocers’  As­
sociation  was  held  at  the  office  of  the 
Association,  Tuesday  evening,  Jan.  4, 
President  Lewis  in  the  chair.  The  va­
rious  committees  on  the  seventh  annual 
social 
and  were 
granted  further  time.  The  date  for  the 
social  was  fixed  for  Jan.  27.

reported  progress 

The  election  of  officers  for  the  year 

1898  resulted  as  follows :

President—Geo.  E.  Lewis.
First Vice-President—J.  L.  Peterman.
Second  Vice-President— M.  M.  Whit­

ney.

Secretary—W.  H.  Porter.
Treasurer— L.  Pelton.
Trustee— W.  H.  Branch.

W.  H.  P o r t e r ,  Sec’y.

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. Whitnçy, Prop., Plain well, Mlcfa.

Hoskins  &  Company
GRAIN, PROVISIONS and STOCK

COMMISSION  BROKERS.

176 Griswold Street, Detroit, Mich. 

Hodges Building.

Private wires:  New York, Chicago and St.  Louis.

For Two  Dollars
Os
/l\
iß

A day,  it’ s  the  finest
hotel 
the  State;
newly furnished, high- 
class  table  and  ex­
cellent service,  at
T h e Q risw old

in 

POSTAL  &  MOREY, Props.  DETROIT,  MICH.

N

Swensberg’s  business  college,  taking 
six  months'  business  and  commercial 
course,  standing  98%  on  the  completion 
of  his  work  in  that  institution.  He  then 
purchased  a  flour  and  feed  store  at  522 
South  Division  street,  which  he  con­
ducted  two  years  until  he  met  a  nearly 
total 
loss  by  fire,  when  he  purchased 
the  wall  paper  and  paint  stock  of  P.  J. 
Lang,  at  476  South  Division  street. 
This  he  has  carried  on  for  the  past  five 
years  with  uniform success.  A little over 
a  year  ago  he  conceived  the  idea  of 
placing  his  business 
in  charge  of  his 
brother  and  going  on  the  road  for  the 
Buckeye  Paint  &  Varnish  Co.,  of 
Toledo.  He  was  given  the  entire  State 
for  his  territory  and  has  covered  the 
trade  four  times  during  the  year  so 
satisfactorily  that  the  house  has  asked 
him  to  sign  for another  year,  which  he 
has  done.  He  attributes  his  success  to 
the  fact  that  he  has  always  had  to  hew 
his  own  way,  has  no  bad  habits,  enjoys 
hard  work  and  knows  no  such  word  as 
fail.

Mr.  Carlyle was  married Nov.  2,  1890, 
to  Miss  Viola  Morse,  of  Grand  Rapids, 
and  has  one  child,  a  daughter  3  years 
of  age.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Feakin 
Memorial  church,  of  which  society  he 
is  also  a  trustee.  He  is  President  of  the 
South  End  Republican Club",  and during 
the  work 
the  last  campaign  directed 
so  effectively  that  he 
the 
hearty  congratulations  of  the  county 
and  congressional  managers.  His  suc­
cess  as  a  campaigner  does  not  imbue

received 

M ICHIGAN   TRA D ESM A N

1 8

D rugs-=C hem  ica ls

MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY.
Term expires
Dec. 31,1898
-  Dec. 31,1899 
Dec.  31,1900
-  Dec. 31,1901 
Dec. 31,1902

F. W. R.  P e r r y ,  Detroit 
A. C. Schu m ach er,  Ann  Arbor 
G*o. Gu n d r u m ,  Ionia  - 
L. E. R e y n o l d s, St.  Joseph 
H enry' He im ,  Saginaw  - 

-------  

- 

President, F. W. R.  Perrt, Detroit.
Secretary, Geo. Gu nd rum ,  Ionia.
Treasurer, A. C. Sch u m ach er, Ann Arbor.

Examination  Sessions.
Grand Rapids—March 1 and 2.
Star Island—June 27 and 28.
Marquette—About Sept. 1.
Lansing—Nov.  1 and 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.  W e b b e r , Cadillac.
Secretary—C h as.  Ma n n , Detroit.
T reasurer— J ohn D.  M u ir ,  G rand  R apids.

How  to  Treat  Clerks.

In  the beginning,  have an  understand­
ing  with  your  clerk  when  you  hire  him, 
in  regard  to  his  duties,  hours  of  work 
and  leisure,  as  well  as  his  wages.  We 
will  assume  that  the  clerk  comes  to 
you  well  recommended  and  has  had  ex­
perience  beyond  that  gained  during  bis 
apprenticeship;  he  has,  perhaps, 
just 
graduated  and  gained  the  much  sought 
after  title,  Ph.G.

He  opens  the  store 

in  the  morning 
and  engages 
in  the  work  that  may  be 
assigned  to  him  during  the  morning 
hours  before  your  arrival.  When  you 
enter  the  store bid him a pleasant “'Good 
morning,”   and  make  him  feel  you  are 
glad  to  see  him. 
It  encourages  the 
young  man  and  makes  him  feel  that 
you  are. interested  in  him.

If  you  enter  your  place  of  business  in 
the  morning  and  seldom  speak  to  your 
clerk,  except  as 
is  necessary,  you  will 
find  that  he  will  soon  begin  to  look 
upon  you 
in  anything  but  a  respectful 
manner.  But  treat  him  as  your  equal, 
so  far  as  it  is  consistent;  converse  with 
him  upon  matters  connected  with  the 
store  and  draw  out  his  ideas  on this new 
scheme  or the  other,  or  on  some  phar­
maceutical  preparation,  or’ some  pecul­
iar  prescription,  and  you  will  find  that 
he  will  make  your 
interests  his  and 
your business  will  grow  accordingly.

The  average  drug  clerk  spends  the 
greater  part  of  the  twenty-four  hours  of 
the  day  in  the  store.  If  you  do  not  con­
sult  his  convenience  and  comfort  as  re­
gards  bis  store  life,  but  leave  him  to 
shift  for  himself,  you  will  soon  find  that 
he  cares  no  more  for  you  other  than  the 
wages  you  pay  him.  On 
the  other 
hand,  if  you  are  kind  and  courteous  to 
him  he  will  reciprocate. 
If  you  allow 
him  leisure  hours  through  the week  (you 
probably  do,  you  should),  when  he  goes 
out  of  the  store  do  not look at your watch 
and  appear to  be  reckoning  the  time  he 
may  have  spent.  You  are  no  doubt  a 
judge  of  character to some  extent,  there­
fore  you  can  tell  an  honest  clerk  from  a 
rascal  by  his  general  bearing. 
In every 
man  there  is  an  expression  that  betrays 
his  disposition.  This  will  be  observed 
in  the  general  bearing,  gesture  or  tone 
of  voice.  The  posture  of  an  honest 
man  will  not  usually  appear  strained  in 
any  degree,  but  will  be  natural  and 
frank. 
If you  should  have  been  unfor­
tunate  some  time  in  having  had  a  clerk 
who had  proved  to be  dishonest,  do  not 
think  that  every  clerk  you  hire  after­
wards  is  a  thief  and  watch  him  accord- 
ingly.  The  salary  of  a  good  clerk  must 
be  a 
little  more  than  enough  to  keep 
soul  and  body together.  You  can  better 
afford  to  pay  a  fair  price  for  services 
rendered  than  to  have  a  dissatisfied

larceny 

clerk  around.  Clerks  that  are  compelled 
to  accept  wages  that  are  insufficient  for 
their  support  are  liable  to  become  dis­
honest  and 
is  likely  to  result. 
If  you  should  become  dissatisfied  with 
your  clerk,  if  he  seems  careless  or 
in­
different,  have  a  good  square  talk  with 
him,  confidentially;  it  will  do  you  both 
good  and  you  will  probably  understand 
each  other  better.— R.  G.  Cardwell  in 
American  Druggist.

Twenty-Two  Out  of Seventy-One.
At  the  examination  session  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  held  at  De­
troit  last  week,  seventy-one  candidates 
for  registration  presented  themselves. 
The  successful  candidates  were  as  fol­
lows :

Registered  Pharmacists— F.  G.  Aus­
tin,  Ann  Arbor;  J.  W.  Becker,  Sagi­
naw;  M.  D.  Bryant,  Detroit;  L.  E. 
Culbertson,  Cambria;  F.  J.  Grewe, 
Detroit;  H.  W.  Hart,  Lake  Odessa;  H. 
S.  Harrington,  Kalamazoo;  B.  A.  Her­
man,  St.  Joseph;  H.  Luckner,  Sagi­
naw;  C.  Nichols,  Grand  Rapids;  H.  S. 
Reid,  Detroit;  J.  D.  Robertson,  Holly; 
H.  E.  Soper,  Port  Sanilac;  E.  F.  Steet, 
Detroit;  C.  F.  Vanden  Bergh,  St. 
Louis;  VV.  G.  West,  St.  Louis;  L.  I. 
Wood,  Port Huron ;  H.  N.  Young,  Flint; 
N.  H.  Jones,  Detroit.

Assistant  Pharmacists—D.  E.  Laing, 
D e t r o i t F .   P.  Smith,  Romeo;  F. 
H.  Whiting,  Union  City.

The  Drug  Maricet.

There  are  few  changes  to  note  this 

week.

Opium,  morphine  and  quinine  are 

steady  at  unchanged  prices.

is 

Essential  Oils— Anise 

firm  and 
tending  higher.  Bergamot  is  firmer, 
under  foreign  advices,  and  has  ad­
vanced.  Cajiput 
firmer  and 
has  an  upward  tendency.  Orange  is 
advancing  rapidly.  The  market  is  ex­
cited  on  the  other  side  and  higher 
prices  will  rule.

is  also 

Borax—This  article  is  firm  at  the  ad­

vance  noted  last  week.

Powdered White Hellebore—This  arti­
cle  is  very  scarce  and  the  price  is  very 
much  higher  than  last  season.

Salicylic  Acid  in  Food.

A  Liverpool  Justice  has  decided  that 
the  addition  of  130  grains  of  salicylic 
acid  to  a  gallon  of  raspberry  wine  does 
not  constitute  harmful  adulteration. 
This  decision  is  of  very  great 
impor­
tance,  as  the  question  is  one  which  has 
long  been  a  topic  of  discussion.  The 
decision  was  rendered  in  a  case brought 
against  a 
local  grocer  by  the  public 
analyst.

A  French  druggist  has  discovered  a 
process  whereby  wine,  and even  brandy, 
can  be  made  from  the  leaves  of  plants. 
instance,  the  leaves  of 
He  places,  for 
the  appletree 
in  water  containing  15 
per  cent,  of  sugar ;  then  he  adds  yeast’ 
The  whole 
is  then  left  to  ferment.  A 
beverage  tasting  and  smelling  strongly 
like  wine  is  obtained,from  which “ gen­
uine”   cognac  brandy  can  be  distilled.

Peruvian  papers  report  that  there 

is 
a  danger  of  the  crop  of  coca,  the  base 
of  a  certain  medicinal  wine,  being 
destroyed  owing  to  the  ravages  of  some 
insect  pest,  the  name  of  which  is  not 
given.  The  plague  is described  as sim­
ilar  to  the  phylloxera,  which  destroyed 
so  many  of  the  vineyards 
in  France 
some  years  ago.

A  correspondent  of  one  of  the  Lon­
don  papers  says  that  it  is  common  re­
port 
in  the'  Transvaal  that  President 
Kruger  has  the  wonderful  art  of  saving 
ten  times  his  salary,  and  that  Jacobus 
Wolmarans, another member of  the  Boer 
government, 
is  accused  of  receiving 
in  bribes  from  the  dynamite 
$100,000 
monopoly.

Death  of  Mrs.  Ayer  in  Paris.

Mrs.  J.  C.  Ayer,  widow  of  the  fa­
mous  patent-medicine  manufacturer, 
who  died  last  week  in  Paris,  was  one of 
in  the 
the  most  remarkable  women 
world.  She  was  the  richest  woman 
in 
Paris,  had  the  costliest  diamonds,  the 
largest  number  of  gowns, 
the  finest 
horses  and  carriages  and  spent  more 
money  than  any  woman 
in  that  city. 
Her  wealth  was  estimated  at  $20,000,- 
000;  her  income  at $2,000,000,  and  she 
spent  every  dollar  of  it.  Although  she 
was  a 
liberal  contributor  to  charities 
and  assisted  many  poor American young 
men  and  women  who  appealed  to  her 
for  aid,  most  of  her  expenditures  were 
for  the  gratification  of  her  love  of  dis­
play.  She  purchased  one of  the  largest 
and  most  magnificent  private palaces  in 
Paris,  located  in  the  aristocratic  Saint 
Germain  quarter,  and  furnished  it  at  a 
fabulous  expense,  and  about  ten  vears 
ago,  soon_  after  she  took  possession, 
gave  a  series  of  entertainments  that  as­
tonished  the  most  extravagant  princes 
of  Europe.

Of  late  years  she  has  been  in  the 
habit  of  giving  her  entertainments  else­
where.  for  a  peculiar  reason. 
It  is said 
that  she  never appeared  in  public  twice 
in  the  same  gown ;  that  she  purchased 
from  200  to  300  costly  dresses  every 
year,  and  that  she  never  gave  one away, 
but  when  it  was  once  worn  it was placed 
upon  a  wire  dummy  and  set  up 
in  one 
of  the  rooms  of  her  house,  where  she 
its  beauties 
could  look  at  it  and  enjoy 
herself.  Her  collection  of  gowns 
in­
creased  so  rapidly  that  it  filled her great 
house  from  cellar  to  garret.  All  her 
parlors,  drawing  rooms,  bedrooms  and 
dining  rooms  were  filled  with 
lay  fig­
in  beautiful  ball  dresses, 
ures  clad 
many  of  which  cost  $1,000  each.  They 
were  even  stored  in  the  kitchen.  The 
only  part  of  the  bouse  that  was  not  oc­
cupied  with  them  were  chambers  for 
herself  and  her  servants,  a  small  re­
ception  room,  and  a  breakfast  room  in 
which  she  took  all  her  meals.  At  the 
time  of  her  death  this  collection  must 
have 
thousand 
dresses.

represented 

several 

Mrs.  Ayer  was  the  best-known woman 
in  the  American  colony.  She  was  one 
of  the  best-known  women  in  Paris.  She 
was  as  familiar  to  the  public  as  Sarah 
Bernhardt.  Her  appearance  was 
as 
peculiar  as  her  eccentricities. 
In  her 
desperate  fight  against  death  and  age 
she  employed  a  small  army  of  attend­
ants.  She  had  a  skillful  physician  em­
ployed,  to whom  she  is  said  to have paid 
25,000  francs  a  year  for  his  exclusive 
services.  He  examined  her  carefully 
every  morning  and  evening,  and  gave 
her  remedies  for  the  slightest  symptom 
of  an  ailment  that  he  could  perceive. 
She  had  a  masseur  from  Sweden,  said 
to be  the  most  skillful 
in  Europe,  who 
rubbed  her  twice  a  day ;  she  had a maid 
who  did  nothing  but'paint  her  face  and 
her  eyebrows.  Like  the  wife  of  Nero, 
she  bathed  in  milk,  and  there  was  not  a

trick  known  to  the  art  of  beauty that she 
did  not  practice  in  order  to  give  her  a 
youthful  appearance.  Although she was 
over  70,  at  a  distance  she  looked  like  a 
woman  of  35,  b u t. when  one  observed 
her  closely  her  face  was  so  completely 
made  up  that  she  seemed  to  wear  a 
mask.

So  rich  a  woman  could  not,  of  course, 
escape adventurers,  but Mrs.  Ayer  was  a 
shrewd  woman  and  was  impervious  to 
their  blandishments.  At  one  time 
it 
was  reported  that  she  was  engaged  to 
Don  Carlos,  the  pretender  to  the  Span­
ish  throne,  and  intended  to  marry  him 
and  furnish  him  the  means  to  recover 
power. 
It  is  probable  that  there  were 
negotiations  between  his representatives 
and  the  American  millionairess,  but 
how  far  they  advanced  will  never  be 
known.
TMrs.  Ayer  was  a  genuine  Yankee. 
She  was  born  and  bred 
in  Lowell, 
Mass.,  and  married  Dr.  Ayer  while  he 
was  a  drug  clerk 
in  that  city.  She 
came  of  good  family,  and  at  one  time 
was  a  school  teacher.  Dr.  Ayer’s  first 
medicine  was  a  cough  remedy,  which 
proved  go  profitable  that  he  abandoned 
the  general  drug  business  and  went  to 
compounding  patent  medicines  exclu­
sively  until  he  became  the  largest  man­
ufacturer  in  that  line  in the world.  Mrs. 
Ayer  went  to  Paris  because  she  could 
not  secure  the  social position  she  sought 
in  this  country.  She  tried  Boston,  New 
York  and  Washington,  and  built a beau­
tiful  palace  at  Newport,  but eighteen  or 
twenty  years  ago  she  gave  up  the  fight 
and  moved  her  household  goods 
to 
Paris,  where  her  wealth  and  her  dia­
monds  and  her  dresses  gave  her  all  the 
distinction  she  desired. 
She  leaves 
three  children,  two  sons  and  a  widowed 
daughter,  who  live  in  57th street in New 
York  City.

The  Long-Necked  Nursing  Bottle.
Members  of  the  drug  trade  who  are 
awake  to  the  evils  of  the  long-necked 
nursing  bottle  are  not  sorry  to  learn that 
the  Buffalo  Health  Department  has  se­
cured  the  conviction  of  a  druggist  who 
has  been  selling  this  article.  The  pur­
chaser  discovered  buying  one  was  a 
workingman,  who,  on  advice,  returned 
it,  and  demanded  a 
legal  article,  but 
the  druggist  refused  and  scoffed  at  the 
idea  of  getting 
it. 
When  he  was  brought  up,  however,  he 
weakened  and  was  let  off  with  a  $6 fine. 
Health  Commissioner  Wende,  who  se­
cured  the  passage  of  the  ordinance 
against  the  objectionable  bottle,  said 
after  the  trial  that  if  the  culprit  had  re­
sisted,  his  fine  would  have  been  made 
$50,  but  this  being  the  first  case  only  a 
nominal  fine  was  imposed. 
If  there  is 
suspicion  that  other  druggists  are  sell­
ing  these  bottles,  there  will  be  inspect­
ors  sent  out  to  look  for  them.

into  trouble  over 

The  Cheapest  Enameled  Playing  Card

ON  THE  MARKET  IS  THE

N O .  2 0   R O V E R S

Has  a  handsome  assortment  of  set  designs  printed  in  different  colors—Red, 
Klue,  Cxreen and Brown;  highly finished, enameled, and is the best  card  in  the 
market for the money.  Each  pack in a handsome enameled tuck box.  Put  up 
m  one dozen assorted designs and colors.  A  good  seller.  List  price  $20  per 
gross.  We make a full line from cheapest to highest grades, and can meet your 
wants in every way.  If you are handling playing cards for profit get  our  sam­
ples and prices before  placing your order.  They may help you.

T H E   A M ERICAN  PLAYING  C A R D   C O ..

KALAMAZOO,  MICH.

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.

B E S T   31  R U S S E L L   C O ..  C h io a o o. 

M ICHIGAN  TRA D ESM A N

SALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Conium  Mac........... 
35®  50
Copaiba...................  i  io©  l  20
Cubeb®.................... 
90©  1 00
Exechthitos...........  1  00©  1  10
Erlgeron.................  1 00©  1  10
Gaultheria..............  l  50© 1  60
Geranium,  ounce...  © 
75
Gossippii, Sem. gal..  50©  60
Hedeoma.................   1  on©  1  10
Junipera..................  1  50© 2 00
Lavendula.............. 
90© 2 00
Limonis....................  1  20© 
Mentha Piper.........  1 60©  2 20
Mentha Yerid.........   1 50©  1  60
Morrhu®,  gal.........   1 00©  1  to
Myrcia,.....................  4  00© 
Olive.......................  
75© 3 00
10©  12
Picis  Liquida.........  
©  35
Picis Liquida, gal... 
Ricina.................... 
99© 1  10
Rosmarini...............  
©  1  00
Rosae,  ounce...........  6 50© 8 50
Succini..................   40©  45
Sabina..................  
90©  1  00
Santal......................2  50©  7 00
Sassafras.................  55©  60
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce.  @  65
Pigili........................  1  40©  1  50
40©  50
thym e.................... 
Phyme,  opt............  
©  1  60
rheobromas........... 
15©  20
Potassium
M-Carb.................... 
15©  18
13© 
bichromate............  
15
bromide..................   50©  55
larb.......................  
12© 
15
Jhlorate..po. 17@19c  16©  18
lyanide...................  35@  40
odide.......................2 60©  2 65
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®  30
©  15
»otassa, Bitart,  com 
PotassNitras, opt... 
8©  10
»otass Nitras........... 
7© 
9
»russiate.................  20©  25
15©  18
lulphate po  ..  ......  

Radix

20©  25
Leonitvm...............  
22©  25
Hth®...................... 
tnchusa................. 
10© 
12
trum po..................  
©  25
'alam us................. 
20©  40
«entiana........po.  15 
12©  15
Jlychrrhiza...pv. 15  16©  18
lydrastis Canaden .  @  65
©  70
lydrastis Can., po.. 
Iellebore,Alba,po.. 
15©  20
nula, po................. 
is©  20
pecac, po.................2  10© 2 25
ris plox— po35©38  35@  40
alapa, pr................  25©  30
laranta,  54s........... 
©  35
’odophyllum, po....  22©  25
75©  1  00
th e i....................... 
©  1  25
tnei, cut................. 
thei.pv........... 
75©  1  35
... 
  35©  38
ipigelia................  
Sanguinaria... po. 15 
©  18
lerpentaria............  
30©  35
lenega....................  40©  45
Imilax,officinalis H  @ 4 0
milax, M...............  
©  25
¡cillae.............po.35 
10@  12
ymplocarpus, Poeti-
dus,  po................. 
©  25
' alenana.Eng. po. 30  @  25
15©  20
Valeriana,  German. 
¡ingiber a............ 
  12©  16
.ingiber j ...............  
25©  27
Semen
©  12
tnisum.........po.  15 
13©  15
kpium  (graveleons) 
Hid, Is................  4© 
6
lam i............ po. 18 
10©  12
lardamon...............   l  as©  1  75
loriandrum............  
8© 
10
4©  i%
Cannabis  Sativa__ 
lydonium...............  
75©  1  00
io@  12
ihenopodium  ........ 
Mpterix  Odorate...  2 00© 2 20
l’oeniculum............   @ 
10
rcenugreek, po........ 
7© 
9
3© 
<inl......................... 
4
4©  4)4
.Ini,  grd......bbl. 3 
.obelia................... 
35©  40
’harlaris  Canarian. 
4©  4)4
^Pa 
**<& 
5
Inapis Albu........... 
7© 
8
inapis Nigra.........  
ll@ 
12
Splritus

frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00© 2 50 
frumenti,  D. P. R..  2 00© 2 25
frumenti............... 1  25©  1  50
uniperis Co. O. T ..  1  65© 2 00
uniperis Co...........  1  75© 3 50
•aacharum N. E__  1  go© 2  10
pt. Vini Galli........  1  75© 6 50
rini Oporto............   I  25© 2 00
fini  Alba...............   1  25© 2 00

Sponges 
'lorida sheeps' wool
carriage................2 50© 2 75
lassau sheeps  wool
carriage................ 
©  2 00
elvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......  @  1  25
ixtra yellow sheeps’
©  1  00
wool,  carriage__ 
trass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................ 
©  1  00
lard, for slate use.. 
©  75
rellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............  @  1  40

 

 

Syrups

icacia....................  @  50
Luranti Cortes........  @  50
ingiber..................  
©  50
®  60
pecac. 
.........  
‘erri Iod......   .......  
©  50
Ihei Arom.............. 
©  50
milax Officinalis... 
50©  60
«nega...................  
©  50
Bill®......................  
A  50

©  50
©  50
©  50
60 
50 
60 
60 
50 
50 
60 
50 
60 
50 
50 
75 
50 
75 
75 
1  00 
50 
50 
60 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
35 
50 
60 
50 
60 
50 
75 
75 
50 
50 
50 
50 
75 
50 
1  50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
r0 60 
60 
50 
50 
20
35
38
3
4
50
5
50 
1  40 
15 
50 
12 
40 
l  50
9 
10 
12 75 
15 
15 
15 
12
3 00 
55 
42 
40 
33
10 
45 
63
1  25 
1  60 
25 
35 
30
4  00 
70 
35
25 
11
820
24
6 
12 

1 

4 

niscellaneous 

Scill® Co.................
Tolutan...................
Prunus yirg............
Tinctures 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis P
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafoetida............
Atrope  Belladonna.
40
Anranti  Cortex......
Benzoin...................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
50
Cantharides...........
Capsicum..............
Cardamon...............
Cardamon  Co.........
Castor......................
Catechu...................
Cinchona.................
Cinchona Co......... .*
Columba.................
Cubeba....................
Cassia  Acutlfol......
Cassia Acutifol Co  .
Digitalis.................
Ergot.......................
Perri Chloridum__
Gentian..................
Gentian Co............ !
Guiaca....................
Guiaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus...........
Iodine......................
Iodine, colorless....
Kino........................
Lobelia...................
Myrrh......................
Nux Vomica......... .
Opii.........................
Opii, camphorated..
Opii,  deodorized__
Quassia...................
Rhatany..........
Rhei.........................'
Sanguinaria...........
Serpentaria............
Stromonium...........
Tolutan...................
Valerian.................
Veratrum Veride ...
Zingiber..................
ASther, Spts. Nit. 3F  30© 
-¿Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34©
Alumeu...................  2K@
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
3©
Annatto...................  40©
Antimoni,  po.........  
4©
Antimoni etPotassT  40©
Antipyrin..............  
©
Antirebrin.  ........... 
©
©
Argenti Nitras, oz .. 
Arsenicum.......... 
10©
38©
Balm Gilead  Bud  . 
Bismuth  S. N......... 1  40©
CalciumChlor.,  Is.. 
© 
Calcium Chlor., )4s. 
©
Calcium Chlor.,  jfs.  @ 
© 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsici  Pructus. af.  @
© 
Capsici Pruetus, po.' 
© 
Capsici FroctusB.po 
10© 
Caryophyllus. .po. 15 
Carmine, No. 40.. 
©
Cera Alba, S. & P .. 
50©
Cera Flava.............. 
40©
©
Coceas.............. 
Cassia Pructus__ V.  @
Centraría................. 
©
®
Cetaceum................  
Chloroform.......... "  
60©
© 
Chloroform, squibbs 
Chloral HydCrst....  1  50©
Chondrus.............  
20©
Cinehonidine,P.& W  25© 
Cinchonidine, Germ  22©
Cocaine..................   3 80©
Corks, llst,dls.pr.ct.
Creosotum........  
©
Creta..............bbi.TS  @
Creta, prep..............  @
9©
Creta, preeip........... 
Creta, Rubra........... 
@
Crocus.................... 
is©
Cudbear................. 
©
CupriSulph...........’ 
5©
Dextrine.................. 
io@
Ether Sulph............  
75©
©
Emery, all  numbers 
©
Emery, po................ 
Ergota............po. 40 
30©
Flake  White........... 
12©
Galla........................  @
Gambler.................. 
8©
Gelatin, Cooper___  @
Gelatin, French...... 
35©
Glassware, flint, box
Less than  box__
Glue,  brown........... 
9©
13©
Glue,  white............  
Glycerina...............   13 ¡4©
Grana  Paradis!  __  
*@
Hamulus................. 
25©
© 
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
Hydraag Chlor Cor.  @ 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m. 
© 
Hydraag Ammonlatl 
© 
HydraagUnguentum  45©
Hydrargyrum.........   @
Ichthyobolla, Am... 
66©
Indigo......................  75©
Iodine, Resubi........  3 60©
©
Iodoform................. 
L upulin................. 
©
Lycopodium........... 
40©
65©
............  
Macis 
Liquop Arse:: et ty -
drarg Iod.............  
©
LiquorPotassArsinit  10©
Magnesia, Sulph__ 
2©
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl  @
50©
Mannia, S. P ........... 
Menthol,., 
©

90 
1  00 
55 
65 
75 
1  003 70
4  20 
2 25
45
75
25 
12 
3 
IH 60 
2 1«

9086

35
15
23
9
60
60
70
60
12
25 
20

Dil O

it 
i
i  75
>  15
»  41
>  4S
£
1 
1  1C
k 
14
k  15
k  «
k 
5
k  1  40
!  40

k  G
k 
8
k  14
k  14

> 2 25
.  1 0050
3 00

15
8
30
60
2 40
50
80

18
12
18
30
20
12
14
12
15

25
30
12
14
15
17

15
2 25
75
40
15
2
50
7
14
25
35

28
25
30
20
10
65
45
35
28
80
14
12
30
60
28
55
13
14
16
43
10
1  0070
30
3 00
60
40
3 10
35
45
80

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
2225
60
22
25
36

3 50
50
8 25
2 3.
2 40
2 50
90
70
65
2 75
1  90
W

Morphia,S.P.&W...  2  15© 2 40 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  Co....................  2  15© 2 40
Moschus Canton__ 
©  40
Myristica, No. 1...... 
66©  80
Nux Vomica...po.20 
©  10
Os  Sepia................. 
15©  18
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D. Co.................... 
©  1  00
Picis LIq. N.N.H gal.
doz........................  @200
Picis Liq., quarts....  @ 100
Picis Liq., pints...... 
©  85
©  50
Pil Hydrarg...po.  80 
©  18
Piper Nigra.. .po.  22 
Piper Alba__po.35 
©  30
Pilx  Burgun...........  @ 
7
Plumbi  Acet........... 
10©  12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  10©  1  20 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
& P. D. Co., doz...  @125
Pyrethrum,  pv........ 
30©  33
Quassi®..................  
8©  10
35©  40
Quinia, S. P. & W .. 
28®  38
Quinia, S.German.. 
Quinia, N.Y............  
33©  38
Rubia Tinctorum... 
12©  14
SaccharumLactis pv  18©  20
Salacin....................  3 00© 3  10
Sanguis Draconis... 
40©  50
Sapo,  W..................  
12©  14
Sapo, M.................... 
10©  12
Sapo, G.................... 
©  15
Siedlitz  Mixture__  20  @  22

Sinapis.................... 
©  18
Sinapis, o p t..........  
©  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes.....................  
©  34
Snuff, Scotch, DeVo’s  @  34
Soda Boras..............  8  ©  10
Soda Boras, po........  8  @  10
26©  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  1J4@ 
2
5
3© 
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
Soda, Ash...............   3)4© 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........  
© 
2
Spts. Cologne..........  
© 2 60
50©  55
Spts. Ether Co........ 
Spt  Myrcia Dom...  @*00 
Spts. Vini Reet. bbl. 
© 2 40 
© 2 45 
Spts. Vini Reet. V4bbl 
Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal  @ 2 48 
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal 
© 2 50 
Less 5c gal.  eash 10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40©  1  45
Sulphur,  Sub!.........   2)4© 
3
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
2©  2)4
Tamarinds.............. 
8©  10
Terebenth Venice...  28©  30
42©  45
Theobrom®............  
Vanilla..................   9 00©16 On
Zinci  Sulph............  
7© 
8

Oils

EBL.  SAL.
70
70 
Whale, winter......... 
45
Lard,  extra............   40 
Lard, No. 1.............. 
40
35 

19

44
46
70
43

Linseed, pure  raw..  41 
Linseed,  Dolled......  43 
Neatsfoot, winter str  86 
Spirits Turpentine..  38 
Paints  BBL. 

LB
Red Venetian.........   13i 2  @8
Ochre, yellow Mars.  1^  2  ©4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..  Hi  2  ©3 
Putty, commercial..  2U  2V4@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2)4  2*i@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13©  15
Vermilion, English.  70© 
75
Green, Paris...........  13)4©  19
18
Green,  Peninsular..  13© 
Lead, Red...............   5)4© 
6
Lead, white...........  5)4© 
6
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting,  gilders’...  @  10
White, Paris Amer..  @  1  00
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
©  1  40
cliff...................... 
Universal Prepared.  1  00©  1  15

{'Varnishes J'

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

PAINT 
BRUSHES

W e  shall  display  Sample  Lines 
of a  complete  assortment of Brushes 
January  1,  1898,  consisting  of
Whitewash  Heads, 
Kalsomine,  Wall,

Oval  and  Round 

Paint and  Varnish.

Flat, Square  and 

Chiseled  Varnish,

Sash  Tools,

Painters’  Dusters, 

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

HAZELTINE 
& PERKINS 
DRUG CO.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

20

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

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

doz. gross
6 00
7 00
4 00
9 (X)
9 00
9 00
6 00

BAKING  POWDER.

Absolute.
45
94 lb cans doz........
85
94 lb cans doz........
..  1 50
lb cans doz........
1 
Acme.
45
94 lb cans 3 doz......
75
94 lb cans 3 doz......
..  1 00
1 
lb cans 1 doz......
10
Bulk.........................
El Purity
75
94 lb cans per doz..
..  1 20
94 lb cans per doz  .
..  2 00
1 
lb cans per doz..
Home.
94 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
35
H lb cans 4 doz case........  %
lb cans 2 doz case  ......  
90

Jersey Cream.

45
14 lb cans, 4 doz case........ 
94 lb cans, 4 doz case........ 
85
lb cans, 2 doz case........1 60
1 
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............  1  25
6 oz. cans, per doz.............  
85
14 lb cans..........................  
45
94 lb caoA......................... 
75
lb c a m .........................  1  50
1 
1 lb. c a n s......................... 
85

Our Leader.

Peerless.

BATH  BRICK.

BLU1NQ.

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

cojmm
Btuñttí

BROOrtS.

1 doz. pasteboard Boxes...  40
3 doz. wooden boxes.........   1 20
So. 1 Carpet.......................   1 60
No. 2 Carpet.......................  1 75
No. 3 Carpet...................  ..  1  50
No. 4 Carpet.......................   1 15
Parlor Gem.......................  2 00
Common Whisk................. 
70
Fancy Whisk...................... 
80
Warehouse.........................2 25

CANDLES.

8s...................................
16s..................................
Paraffine.........................
CANNED  dOODS. 
flanl to woe  Peas.

,7
.88

CATSUP.

Lakeside Marrowfat............  %
Lakeside B. J ....................  1  15
Lakeside, Cham. ofBng....  1 20 
Lakeside. Gem. Ex. Sifted.  1  45
Extra Sifted Early Jane__1  75
pints......
Columbia, 
Columbia,  94 pints......
CHEESE

.2 on
.1  25
Acme...................... @ 1194
Amboy.................... @ 12
Byron......................
w 1194
Elsie.......................
(A 1294
Gem.........................
(A 1294
Gold  Medal............
(À 11
Herkimer................
0 11
Ideal.......................
0 1194
Jersey  .................... @ 12
Lenawee.................
(A 11
Riverside.................
0 12
Springdale..............
© 1194
Sparta....................
(A 11
Brick.......................
0 10
Edam.......................
0 75
Leiden....................
0 18
<a 10
Limburger..............
Pineapple................ 43 0 85
Sap  8ago................. @ 18
Bulk 
5
Red
1

Chicory
.....................
CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker ft Ce.’a.

German Sweet.......................23
Premium.................................84
BreakfutoOocoa...,,,.;  .,,..45

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz...... . 1   00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz...... ..1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz...... . .1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz...... ..1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz...... . 1   80
Jute. 60 ft.  pe"r  doz......... ..  80
Jute. 72 ft. 
OR

lint., 

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

294
3
4

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

COFFEE.

Oreen.
Rio.

F air.........................................10
Good.......................................12
Prim e....................... ,............13
Golden  ...................................14
Peaberry  ................................15

Santos.

Fair  ........................................14
Good  ......................................15
Prim e......................................16
Peaberry  ................................17

Mexican  and  Guatamela.

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

Prim e......... ............................30
Milled......................................21

Java.

Interior...................................20
Private  Growth...................... 22
Mandehllng............................ 24

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

Mocha.

Roasted.

Clark-,Tewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue.....................28
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__28
Wells’ Mocha and Java..... 24
Wells’ Perfection  Java..... 24
Sancaibo.............................23
Breakfast B'end...............   20
Valley City Maracaibo.......1854
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 his shipping point, including 
weight  of  package,  also  le  a 
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the list 
is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price in full cases.
Arbuckle.......................   10  50
Jersey............    
10 50
rtcLaughlln’f  XXXX........ 10 50
Valley City 44 gross...... 
75
Felix 44 gross.................  
1  15
Hummel ’s foil 54 gross... 
86
1  43
Hummel’s tin 54 gross... 
CLOTHES  PINS.
5 gross boxes 
............   40
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
...................... 
Magnolia 
4 25
Challenge............................. 3 35
Dime 
..............................3 35

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.

50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00
50 books, any denom__   1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books  any denom....11 50
1.000 books, any denom__ 90 00

Economic Grade.

Universal Grade.

Credit Checks.

Superior Grade.

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from 110 down.

50 books, any denom....  150
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 books, any denom__ 20 00
Can be made to represent any 
20 books.........................  1  00
50 books...............................  2 00
100 books...............................   3 00
250 books...............................  C 25
500 books................................10 00
1000 books................................17 50
500, any one denom’n ......   3 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
Steel  punch.......................  
75
DRIED  FRUITS—DOnESTIC 
Sundrled.......................   @  5%
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @ 814 
Apricots..................... 714@8}4
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................  
0   714
Peaches.......................  8  @814
Pears..........................   8  @ 794
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries.................
100-120 25 lb boxes.........   @354
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   @4
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  @454
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   @5
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........   @554
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........   @ 754
40-50251bboxes.........  @854
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........   @
54 cent less in 50 lb cases 

California Pranas.

California  Fruits.

Apples.

Raisins.

London Layers 3 Crown. 
1  60 
London Layers 4 Crown. 
2 00 
Dehesias.......................
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown  394
5
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown  6

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Peel.

Grits.

Farina.

Raisins.

Hominy.

Patras bbls.......................@ 654
Vostizzas 50 lb cases........@  694
Cleaned, bulk  ................. @8
Cleaned, packages...........@ 854
Citron American 101b bx  @13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx @12 
Orange American 10 lb bx  @12
Ondura 28 lb boxes......8  @854
Sultana  1 Crown.........   @
Sultana 2 Crown-------  @
Sultana 3 Crown..........954@10
Sultana  4 Crown.........   @
S u lta n a   R C ro w n ............   @
Sultana 6 Crown..................... @12
Sultana package..................... @14
FARINACEOUS GOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages................1 75
Bulk, per 100 lbs............... 3 50
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s..'....... 2 15
Bulk in 100 lb. bags...........3 00
Barrels  ............................ 2 50
Flake, 501b.  drums...........1 00
Dried L im a........................ 
Medium Hand Picked__  90
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb.  box......   60
Imported,  25 lb. box.........2 50
Common.............................  2 40
Chester..............................  2 50
E m pire..............................  2 75
Green,  bn...........................  85
Split,  per lb......................  2
Rolled Avena,  bbl......... 3 75
Monarch,  bbl....................3 50
Monarch.  94  bbl............... 1 25
Private brands,  bbl......
Private brands, 94hbl......
Quaker, cases....................3 20
Huron, cases......................1 75
German............................   314
East  India.......................  
Cracked, balk................... 
94 2 lb packages.................2 50

Pearl Barley.

Rolled  Oats.

Wheat.

Beans,

3
394

Sago.

Peas.

3

Jennings’.

D.C. Vanilla 
2 oz........1 20
3 oz........1  50
4 oz........2 00
6 oz........3 00
No.  8  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  5o
Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

Souders’.
in  the  world 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

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

Regular 
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz........ 1 20
4oz........2 40
XX  Grade 
Lemon.

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

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

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.
Kegs 
..................................
Half Kegs............................
Quarter Kegs__ i..........
1 lb. cahs........ 
.................
94 lb. cans............................
Choke Bore—Dupont’s.
Kegs  ...................................
Half Kegs......................—
Quarter Kegs.......................
1 lb. cans.........   .................
Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.
Kegs.....................................
Half Kegs............................
Quarter,Kegs......................
lib. oans..............................

4 00 
.2 25 
.1  25 
.  30 
.  18-
4  25 
2 40
1 35 
34
-8  00 
.4  25
2 25 
45

Fish.
Cod.

Halibut.

Herring.

riackerel.

Georges cured............  @494
Georges  genuine........  @ 594
Georges selected........  @694
Strips or bricks......... 5  @794
10
Chunks.............................
9
Strips................................
Holland white hoops, bbl. 10 25
Holland white hoop 94 bbl 5 50
Holland white hoop, beg.
72
Holland white hoop mchs
80
Norwegian....................... 11  00
Round 100 lbs................... 3 40
1  60
Round  40 lbs...................
15
Scaled...............................
Mess 100 lbs...................... 16 00
Mess  40 lbs.  ................... 6 70
1  75
Mess  10 lbs......................
Mess  8 lbs...................... 1  43
No. 1 100 lbs...................... 14  50
6  10
No. 1  40 lbs.....................
1  60
No. 1  10 lbs......................
No. 1  8 lbs...................... 1  30
No. 2 100 lbs...................... 10 00
No. 2  40 lbs...................... 4  30
1  15
No. 2  10 lbs......................
95
No. 2  8 lbs......................
Russian kegs....................
55
No. 1 100 lbs...................... 4  50
No. 1  40 lbs...................... 2  10
60
No. 1  10 lbs......................
51
No. 1  8 lbs......................
No. 1  No. 2 Fam
2 50
100 lbs...........  6 75  5 00
1  30
40lbs...........  300  230
40
10 lbs........... 
65
35
8 lbs........... 
55
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Sardines.
Trent.

Whltefish.

83 
69 

Sage.....................................   15
Hops....................................  15

Madras, 5  lb  boxes.............  55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes___  50

HBRBS.

INDIGO.

JBLLY.

KRAUT.

15 lb  palls............................   40
30 lb  palls............................   73
Barrels.............  
3  50
Half barrels.......................  2  00
Condensed, 2  doz  ...............1  20
Condensed. 4  doz.................... 2 25

LYB.

 

LICORICE.

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

MINCE MBAT.

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

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
...1  65 
...1  70 
...1  10 
...4 00

1TATCHBS.
No. 9 sulphur...............
Anchor  Parlor..............
No. 2  Home...................
Export  Parlor..............
flOL ASSES. 
New Orleans.
F air...............................
Good.............................
Fancy  ..........................
Open Kettle...................
Half-barrels 2c extra.
MUSTARD.

11
14
20
24
.25@35

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

SAL SODA.

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

SEEDS.

A nise............................
Canary, Smyrna............
Caraway.......................
Cardamon,  Malabar  ...
Celery............................
Hemp,  Russian............
Mixed  Bird............ .
Mustard,  white.........   .
Poppy  ......................
Rape.............................
Cattle Bone................ .

9

38

60
11
394
4945
894
494
20

SNUFF.

Scotch, In bladders......
Maecaboy, In jars.........
French Rappee, in jars

87
35
43

SOAP.

J A X O N

Single box............................. 2 75
5 box lots, delivered........... 2 70
10 box lots, delivered.........2  65

Americas Family, wrp’d....3 33 
American Family, unwrp’d.3 27
Dome.....................................3 33
Cabinet................................. 2 20
Savon...................................2 50
Dusky Diamond, 50 6  oz___2 10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8  oz___3 00
Blue India, 100 9¿ lb..............3 00
Klrkollne.............................. 3 75
Eos................................ 
.  3 65
One  box  American  Family 
free with five.
Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

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

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. 

Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars  . .2 75
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars__ 3  75
Uno, 100 9£-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars.............2 05

Scouring.

Sapolio, kitchen, 3 d oz...... 2 40
Sapollo, band, 3 doz...........2 40

SODA.

Boxes  .................................  594
Kegs. English....................  44i  .

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Allspice  ............................  10
Cassia, China In mats........  12
Cassia, Batavia in band...  22
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........32
Cloves, Amboyna................ 10
Cloves, Zanzibar.................  9
Mace,  Batavia.....'.............55
Nutmegs, fancy................... 60
Nutmegs, No.  1................... 50
Nntmegs, No.  2................... 45
Pepper, Singapore, black... 10 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 12 
Pepper,  shot........................12

Pure Ground In Balk.

Allspice  .............................. 12
Cassia, Batavia................... 22
Cassia,  Saigon...................  40
Cloves,  Amboyna................ 18
Cloves, Zanzibar..................13
Ginger,  African..................16
Ginger,  Cochin................... 18
Ginger,  Jamaica..................23
Mace,  Batavia.....................70
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .18
Mnstard, Trieste..................20
Nutmegs,...................... 40@60
Pepper, Sing , black............12
Pepper, Sing., white............15
Pepper, Cayenne..................20
Sage...................................... 15

PIPES.

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

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s.......................
PennaSalt  Co.’s...........

PICKLES.
fledlum.

..  1  70
65
.. 
85

..  4  00
..  3 00

..  5 50
..  3 30

Barrels, 1,200 count......
Half bbls. 600 count......

Small.

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

RICE.

Domestic.

Imported.

Carolina head................ ...  694
Carolina  No. 1  ............ ...  5
Carolina  No. 2.............. ...  494
Broken.......................... ...  3*
Japan,  No. 1................. ...  5*
Japan.  No. 2................. ...  594
Java, fancy  head.......... ...  6
Java, No. i .................... ...  5
Table 

.......................... ...  5V4
SALERATU5.

Packed 60 lbs. In  box.

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

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Worcester.

Common Grades.

Table, cases, 24 3-lb  boxes.,1  50 
Table, barreis, 100 3 lb bags.2 75 
Table, barrels.  40 7 lb bags.2 40 
Butter, barrels, 2801b. bnlk.2 25 
Butter, barrels,2014 lbbags.2 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............  55
100 3 lb sacks.........................1 70
60 5-lb sacks.........................1 55
28 10-lb sacks.......................1 45
50  4  lb. cartons................3 25
115  2941b. sacks....................4 00
60  5  lb. sacks....................3 75
22 14  lb. sacks...............   3 50
30 10  lb. sacks....................3 50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................  60
Bulk In barrels.....................2 50
56-lb dairy in drill bags......   30
28-lb dairy In drill bags......  15
56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60
56-lb dairy in linen  sacks 
60
56-lb  sacks..........................   21
Granulated Fine.................   77
Medium  Fine......................   83

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.
Common.

Warsaw.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

STARCH.

Klngsford’s  Corn.

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

Klngsford’s Silver  Gloss.
40 1-lb packages...................0M
8-lb boxes.......................... 7

Diamond.

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

Common Corn.

201 lb. packages..................  4M
401 lb. packages..................  434
20 lb. boxes..........................  4
401b. boxes..........................  354

Common Gloss.

1-lb  packages......................  4M
3-lb  packages......................  4M
6-lb  packages......................  434
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   3
Barrels  ...............................   234

STOVE POLISH.

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

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 88
Domino.............................. 5 75
Cubes................................. 5 44
Powdered  .......................... 5 44
XXXX  Powdered...............5 50
Mould  A.............................5 50
Granulated in bbls............. 5 25
Granulated in  bags............5 25
Pine Granulated................ 5 25
Bxtra Fine Granulated...... 5 38
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 38
Diamond Confec.  A.......... 5 25
Confec. Standard A............5  13
No.  1..................................4 84
No  2..................................4 88
No.  3..................................4 81
No.  4................................. 4 75
No.  5..................................4 63
No.  6..................................4 66
No.  7..................................4 50
No.  8..................................4 44
No.  9..................................4 38
No.  10..................................4 31
No.  11..................................4 25
No.  12...............................   4  19
No.  13..................................4  13
No.  14..................................4 06
No.  15..................................4 00
No.  16..................................3 94

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels...............................  16
Half  bbls............................18

Pare Cano.

Pair  .................................  16
Good.................................  20
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. & P. Drug Co.’s brand.

Quintette..........................35 00
G. J. JohnsonCigarCo.’sbrand.

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine. 
Pure  Cider...........

Washing Powder.

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

WICK1NG.

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................  @  8
T rout.....................  @  8
Black Bass..............  @  12
Halibut...................  @  15
Ciscoes or Herring..  @ 
4
Bluefish...................  @  10
Live Lobster......... 
@  18
Boiled Lobster........  @  20
Cod.........................  @  10
Haddock.................   ©  8
No.  1  Pickerel........  @  8
Pike.........................  ©  7
Smoked White........  ©  9
Red Snapper...........  ©  12
Col  River Salmon..  @
Mackerel 
..............  ©  jg

Oysters in Cans.

P. H. Counts.........  
©  35
F. J. D. Selects......   @  27
Selects....................   ©  22
F. J. D. Standards..  @ 20
is
Anchors............  @ 
Standards................  @  10
Favorites.........   @ 
14

Oysters  in Bulk
P. H. Counts....  @1 
75
Extra Selects........   @1  50
Selects....................   @125
Anchor Standards..  @110
Stindards.........  @1 
00
Clams...............  @1 
25
Shell Goods.

Oysters, per  100......... l  25@l  50
.  go@i  or
• »»ns.  nor  100 

Hides  and  Pelts.

Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows:

Hides.

G reen.......................... 7 @8
Part  cured.................  @ 814
Pull Cured..................  8m@ 9u
g r y ...............................9 @11
Kips,  green.................  7 @ 8
Kips,  cured................  8M@  9)4
Calfskins,  green........  7M@ 9
Calfskins, cured........8m@10
Deaconskins  .............25  @30

Pelts.

Shearlings.................. 
Lambs.......................   40@ 
Old  Wool...................  60® 

5@  30

Furs.

Mink...........................  50@ 
Coon...........................  30@  90
Skunk.........................  50@ l'OO
Muskrats, fall........... 
5@  12
Muskrats, spring......  @
Muskrats, w inter__  12@  16
Red Fox.....................1 25@  1  50
Gray Fox....................  40@  70
Cross Fox  ............... 2 50@ 5 00
Badger.......................   20@  60
Cat, W ild...................  15®  40
Cat, House.................   10@  ¿0
Fisher............. 
3  50@ 7 00
Lynx.......................... 1 00® 2 00
Martin, Dark.............1 50@ 3 00
Martin, Yellow........  75©  1  50
Otter.......................... 5 00® 9 00
W olf..........................   75® 
Bear.......................... 7 00@15 00
Beaver....................... 2 00® 6 00
Beaver Castors.........  @ 8 00
Opossum..................... 
5®  15
Deerskin, dry, per lb.  15®  25
Deerskin, gr’n, per lb.  10®  1 15

 

Wool.

Washed 
...................14  @23
Unwashed................... 17 @17

S. C. W...............................33 00

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand. 

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

rtiscellaneous.

Tallow........................   2)4® 3)4
Grease Butter..............   1 @ 2
Switches  ....................  1)4® 2
Ginseng......................  @3 25

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

bbls.  pails

Standard.................  6M@  7
Standard H. H........ 
6)4® 7
Standard Twist......  6  @ 8
@  8%
Cut Loaf................. 
cases
,  
Jumbo, 321b  ..........  
@ 6)4
Extra H. H.............. 
@ 8)4
Boston  Cream........ 
©

, 

Mixed Candv.

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

@ 0
© 7
© 7%
a S
@ 8)4
@ 8)4
(5*  «L^
©  g
@ «14
@
©to
@13

Fancy—In Bulk.

Lozenges, plain...... 
@ 8)4
Lozenges,  printed..  @ 8)4
Cboc.  Drops...........  11  ©14
Choc. Monumentals  @11
© 6
Gum  Drops............  
Moss  Drops............  
(Q>  g
Sour Drops.............. 
@ 8)4
Imperials...............  
© 8)4

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon Drops.........  
©50
Sour  Drops............  
@50
Peppermint Drops.. 
@00
Chocolate Drops__ 
@00
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
@75
Gum  Drops............  
@30
Licorice Drops........ 
©75
A. B. Licorice Drops  @50
Lozenges,  plain.... 
©50
Lozenges,  printed.. 
@50
Imperials...............  
©50
Mottoes................ 
©55
Cream Bar........ 
«w!
Molasses B a r...... "  
@50
Hand Made Creams.  80  @1  00
Plain  Creams.........   60  ©go
Decorated Creams.. 
@90
String Rock............  
©00
Burnt Almonds...... 125  ©
Win tergreen Berries 
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes .............. ... 
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boj e s ................... 
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes............

(3i30
©45

@60

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

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Fruits.
Oranges. 
Mexicans  150 176-200
Cal. Seedlings........
Fancy Navels 112  ..
126 to 216.................
Lemons. 
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 360s........
Ex. Fancy 300s...... ‘
Bananas.

Figs.

Choice, 101b boxes..
Extra  choice,  14  lb
boxes....................
Fancy, 12 lb boxes! .
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes...............
Pulled, 6 lb boxes...
Naturals,  In  bags...
Dates.

1  10
1  25

Fards in 10 lb  boxes 
Fards  in  60 lb  cases 
Persians, H. M. B., 60
lb cases, new........
Sairs,  601b cases__

1  30

1  50

Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds, Ivaca........
Almonds,  California
soft shelled...........
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, Jumbos.......
Hickory  Nuts per bu
Ohio, new...............
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks 
Peanuts.

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

@3 50
@2 7o
@2 75
@3 25

@3 25
@3 25
@3 50
@4 00

@ 11
@ 12
@ 14
© 14
@ 13
@ 6

@ 8
@ 6
@ 6
@ 4M

@12
@11
@13 
@ 9 
@10 @13 
@10

@  8 

@12 
@10 
@10 
@ 12
@1  60 
@4 50

@  6)4
@  6)4 
@ 4
@5)4

Grains and Feedstulfs

Provisions.

Wheat.

Wheat.................................  87

Winter  Wheat Flour. 
Local Brands.
Patents......................... 559
Second  Patent.......!!! 
5 00
Straight..........................   ' 4 80
^ let r ..............................4 40
feranam  ...... ....................4 75
Buckwheat......... ............. 4 25
Rye
................. !!!!!’  3 50
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  Ms...................   4 05
Quaker, J4s...................   4  65
Quaker, )4s....................  4  05
Guard, Fairfield A Co.’s Brand
Whole Wheat 116s............  5 20

Spring  Wheat Flour. 

Clark-Jewell- Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury ’s Best Ms...........  5 55
Pillsbury s  Best Ms...........5 45
Pillsbury s Best Ms...........  5 36
Pillsbury s Best Ms paper..  5  35 
rills bury s Best $43 paper..  5 35 
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand.
Grand Republic, Ms...........5 55
Grand Republic, Ms.......... 5 45
Grand Republic, Ms...........5  35
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s Brand. 
5  «
Gold Medal Ms... 
Gold Medal Ms.... 
.........  5  iX
Gold Medal Ms.... 
...........5 S
Parisian,  Ms.  .......'.'.'.'.'.V 
5 5X
Parisian, Ms..................... !  5 45
Parisian. Ms.................          5  35

Oiney A Judson’s Brand.

Ceresota, Ms......................  5 55
Ceresota, Ms..............  5  45
Ceresota, Ms......................  5  35
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, Ms..............
Laurel, Ms__..!!.'."
Laurel, Ms...... !.'."!!!!
Meal.

O  S3 
5 45 
5 oo

Bolted..............
Granulated ...! ........

Feed and Mlllstuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened  ...  14 00
N0- 1 Corn and  Oats......... 13 00
Unbolted Corn Meal... 
12 50
Winter Wheat  Bran. . . ! ’! 13 00 
Winter Wheat Middlings..14 00 
Screenings......................... 12 00
The  O.  E.  Brown  Mill  Co. 
quotes as follows:

New Corn.

Car  lots.

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled Pork.

Mess  ..............................  8  50
Back  .............................  
ji  00
Clear back......................  9 75
Shortcut....................... ! 
950
|i g ..................................   14  00
Family  ..........................  9  50

Dry Salt  Meats.

Bellies..........
Briskets  ___
Extra shorts.

Smoked  Heats.

Hams, 12 lb  average  __ 
9
8M
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
Hams, 16 lb average. 
8M
7>g
Hams, 20 lb  average...... 
Ham dried beef ............  
13
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
61£
Bacon,  clear............7M@8M
California hams....... 
5ji
Boneless hams................ 
Cooked ham............. 
12M

9

Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound.............  
4
Kettle.............................!! 
5^
55 lb Tubs...........advance 
m
80 lb Tubs...........advance  %
50 lb T ins...........advance  %
20 lb Pails...........advance  %
10 }b Palls...........advance 
34
5 lb Pails...........advance 
1
3 lb Pails...........advance 
1M

Sausages.
Bologna............... 
Liver.................. 
Frankfort........... 
Blood  .................... "!! 
Tongue......................... ”* 
Head  cheese............. 

 

 

5

Beef.
Extra  Mess........... 
Bump................... ::::if5o

«1/
i
0 *
9
0)4

9 no

Pigs’ Feet.
Kits, 15 lbs............... 
80
M  bbls, 40 lbs............ .!  1  50
M  bbls, 80 lbs............ ..!  2 80

 

Tripe.

Kits, lo lbs...  .......... 
75
M  bbls, 40 lbs.................  i  40
M  bbls, 80 lbs.................  2 75

.  33

Casings.

Pork.................
Beef  rounds........
Beef  middles........
Sheep...........

Oats.
Carlots, clipped.
Hay.

Butterine.

•  27M
.  30
fimothycarloU........  „
.  9 00 Foils,  creamery ...
L’imothy, ton lots.... 10 00
.10 00 Solid,  creamery  ...
Crackers.

Rolls,  dairy........
Solid,  dairv  ...

Canned  Meats.

as'follows:'  Bl8CUU  C°-  qnotes 
_ 
Seymour XXX....................   6
! S y  XXXX.’.3.lb‘  Carton  5*

Butter.

. 

Soda.

Salted XXX, 31b carton...  6)4
_ 
Soda XXX...........................  7
Soda XXX, 3 lb carton.. 
7)4
Soda,  City__ 
8
Zephyrette. ...!!!!!!.!!'“ ‘io 
Long Island Wafers.... 
11
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  !!  12 
„ 
Square Oyster, XXX.........   6
Sq. Oys. XXX, 1  lb carton.  7 
Farina Oyster,  XYY.........   6
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.

Oyster.

Animals.............................  JOM
Bent’s Cold Water..............  13%
Belle Rose.........................  8
Cocoanut Taffy.................  qu.
Coffee Cakes......................  g
Frosted Honey...................  12M
Graham Crackers..............  8
Ginge r Snaps, XXX round.  7 
Ginger Snaps,XXX  city...  7 
Gin. Saps,XXX home made  7 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  7
Ginger  Vanilla.................  8
Imperials............................  8M
JumDles,  Honey..................11)4
Molasses Cakes.................  8
Marshmallow  ...................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......   16
Pretzels,  hand  m ad e......   9
Pretzelettes, Little German  7
Sugar  Cake.......................   §
Sultanas............................  12M
Sears’Lunch......................  8
Vanilla  Square..................   8M
Vanilla  Wafers................  14
Pecan Wafers....................  ism
Mixed Picnic....................   iom
Cream Jombles.................  12
Boston Ginger Nuts..........  8M
Chimmie Fadden..............  10
Pineapple Glace................   16
Penny Cakes.......................   8M
Marshmallow  Walnuts....  16 
Belle Isle Picnic................  11

Corned beef,  2 l b .......2 10
Corned beef,  14 lb.....  14  00
Roast  beef, 
2 lb........ 2 10
Potted  ham,  Ms......... 
60
Potted  ham,  Ms.......  1  00
Deviled bam,  Ms.........  60
Deviled bam,  Ms........   100
Potted  tongue  Ms........  
60
Potted  tongue Ms.........   1  00

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

Carcass......................5M@ 7M
Fore quarters............ 5  @0
Hind  quarters...........  7 @ 9
Loins  No.  3...............   9 ©12
Ribs............................8  @12
Bounds......................  6M@ 7M
Chucks.......................  4  @ 5
Plates  .......................   © 3

Pork.

Dressed......................  © 4
L oins.........................  @ 7M
Shoulders...................  ©  5
Leaf Lard.....................5M@

Mutton.

Veal.

Carcass......................6  @ 7
Spring Lambs............ 8  ©  9

Carcass  .................... 6  ©8

Barrels.

Eocene.......................  @11M
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @  8M
WW Michigan...........  @8
Diamond White.........  @ 7
D., S. Gas....................  © 8
Deo. N aptha..............  @ 7M
Cylinder................... 25  @36
Engine...................... 11  ©21
Black, winter.............  © 8

21

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON STONEWARE. 

Butters.

5M
6M
6M

6M88

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

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

10
10
5M85
60
5M
M gal. flat or rd. hot., doz.  65 
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each  5M 

M gal. flat or rd. hot., doz.
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each 
Fine Glazed Mllkpans.

Milk pans.

Churns.

Stewpans.

M gal. fireproof, ball, do*.  86 
1 gal. fireproof, baU, doz.l  10 

Jugs.

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

6M

Tomato Jugs.

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

Sealing Wax.

5 lbs. in package, per lb... 
2 
LAMP  BURNBRS.
No.  0 Sun......................  ..  45
No.  1  Sun..........................  
50
No. 2 Sun..........................  
75
Tubular.............................  
50
Security, No. 1..................    55
Security, No. 2...................  85
Nutmeg  ............................   50
Climax....................................  1 50
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common. 
„  
For box of 6 do*.
No.  0 Sun...............................  1 75
No.  1  Sun...............................   1 88
No.  2 Sun...............................  2 70

First  QualHy.

No. 
No. 
No. 

0 Sun, 
1 Sun, 
2 Sun, 

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

top,
top,
top,

No. 
No. 
No. 

0 Sun, 
1 Sun, 
2 Sun, 

top,
wrapped and labeled___ 2 55
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled....  8 75 
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................3 70
No,  2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................... 70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled...................................4 88
No. 2  Sun,  ‘‘Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lames............. 

80

La  Bastle.

No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  — ..........................   1  25
No. 2 Sou,  plaiu  bulb,  per
doz  .................................  1  50
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.........   I -35
No. 2 Crimp, per do*..........  1  60

Rochester.

Electric.

OIL CANS. 

Pump  Cans 

No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c do*)........4 00
No. 2, Fliut (80c  do*)........4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ........ 4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)........  4 40
Doz.
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv iron with spout.  1  65
2 gal galv iron with spout.  2 87
3 gal galv Iron with spout.  3 50 
5 gal galv Iron with  spout.  4 75 
3 gal galv iron with faucet 4 75 
5 gal galv iron with  faucet 5 25
5 gal Tilting cans.....................8 00
5 gal galv iron  Nacefas  ...  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9 00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule................10 50
5 gal Home Rule.....................12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King...................  9 50
No.  OTubular.......................   4 25
No.  1 B  Tubular.....................6 50
No. 13 Tubular Dash........... 0 30
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__   7 00
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C 
No.  3 Street  Lamp  ..;....  375 
LANTERN  GLOBES.
No.  OTubular,  cases 1 doz.
No. OTubular,  cases2 doz.
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls 5 doz.
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,

each, box 10 cents...........  45
each, box 15  cents..........  45
each, bbl 35!....................   40
cases 1 doz. each.............1 25
20
25
38
58
n

No. 0 per gross................... 
No. 1 per gross................... 
No. 2 per gross.................  
No. 3 per gross................... 
 
Mammoth................ 

LAMP  WICKS.

LANTERNS.

 

crimp 
crimp 
crimp 
XXX Flint.
crimp 
crimp 
crimp 

22

H a rd w a re

The  Display  and  Care  of  Goods.

Written for the T r a d e s m a n .

The  almost  infinite  variety  in  a  hard­
ware  stock  makes  the  matter  of  arran­
ging  samples  for  instant  accessibility 
and  attractive  display  one  of  consider­
able  importance  and  difficulty. 
In  the 
descriptions  of  many  of  the  various 
containing  cases  which  have  been  men­
tioned  in  preceding  articles  there  has 
been  included  the  feature  of  sampling 
on  the  door  or  covers;  but  on  account 
of  the  variety  and  character  of  many 
goods  this  plan  is  not  practicable,  and 
so  it  is  necessary  to  have  special  facil­
ities  for  the  display  of  such  samples.

An  arrangement  of  sample  boards 
indefinite 
is  shown  in  the  accom­

which  are  capable  of  almost 
multiplication 
panying  illustration:

COLUMN  SAMPLE  BOARDS.

These  are  plain  pine  boards,  2^x4 
feet,  covered  with  black  cheesecloth,  so 
that  the  removal  of  samples  does  not 
show  any  disfiguration  of  the  boards  by 
exposure  of  screw  holes  or  other  un­
sightly  indentations.  The  outer  edges 
of  the  boards  are  trimmed  with  small 
oak  molding,  or  otherwise  to  corres­
pond  with  the  woodwork  of  the  room. 
The  boards  are  placed  around  the  col­
umns,  and  hung  on  hinges  so  that  they 
open 
like  the  leaves  of  a  book.  They 
are  easy  of  access,  occupy  but  little 
space,  and  afford  room  for  samples  on 
both  sides.  The  samples  are  secured 
to  the boards  by  screws,  double-pointed 
tacks  or  wire,  as  may  be  found  most 
appropriate.

A  neat  and  convenient,  although  in­
expensive,  sample  steel goods  rack  is il­
lustrated  below. 
It  should  be  situated 
as  near  the  front  of  the store as possible. 
It  consists  of  a  shelf  2  feet  wide  and  9 
feet  long,  being  6  inches  lower 
in  the 
front  than  at  the  back,  and  supported 
by  uprights  at  each  end-.  Against  the 
wall,  at  each  end,  pieces  4x4  are  fas­
tened,  extending  nearly  to  the  ceiling 
finished  at  their  tops. 
and  tastefully 
The  shelf  is  3^  feet  from  the  floor 
in 
front  and  4  feet  at  the  back.  A  lower 
shelf  is  placed  1  foot  from  the  floor,and 
is  level.  A  5-inch  space  is  left  between 
the  back  edge  of  the  upper shelf and the 
wall  to  allow  for  the  handles  of  the  hay 
and, manure  forks,  which  extend  down­
ward  from  the  hooks  on  the  wall.  The 
D-bandled  forks,  of  which  there  are two 
rows  on  the  wall,  are  suspended  from 
small-sized  harness  books,  while  the 
long  handled  hay  and  manure  forks  are 
held 
in  place  by  wardrobe  books,  one 
being  placed  on  each  side  of  the  han­
dle. 
lower  shelves 
are  over  50  r^-inch  holes,  through

In  the  upper  and 

M ICHIGAN  TRA D ESM A N

which  the  handles  of  garden  and  lawn 
rakes,  weeding  and  other  hoes,  manure 
and  potato  hooks,  hay  rakes,  etc.,  are 
passed.  Under  the 
is  a 
narrow  platform,  upon  which  the shorter 
handled  tools  stand,  while  the tools with 
longer  handles  rest  on  the  floor.  This

lower  shelf 

STEEL  GOODS  SAMPLE  RACK.

arrangement  results  in  a  uniform  height 
of  the  tools.  There  is  a  space  of  about 
a  feot  left  on  the  upper  shelf,  which has 
no  holes,  between  the  wood  racks, which 
stand  near  the  back  edge,  and  the  holes 
nearer  the  front.  This  space  is  left  for 
scythes  and  other  goods  which  show  to 
advantage  lying  down. 
Brass  screw 
hooks  are  used  on  the  end  and  along 
the  edge  of  the  upper  shelf  for  samples 
of  garden  trowels,  shuffle  hoes,  grass 
books,  weeding  forks,  scythe 
rifles, 
shovels,  spades,  hedge  shears,  etc.  The 
opposite  end  from  the  one  shown  has 
samples  of  D   bandies. 
The  shelves 
and  end  pieces  are  made of  i-inch pine, 
finished 
in  natural  wood.  Snaths  are 
hung  at  one  end,  and  boxes  of  scythe 
stones  are  placed  in  front  of  the  rack. 
By  this  arrangement  a  quantity of goods 
are  shown  to  good  advantage,  while  the 
rack  is  a  desirable  addition  to  the  store 
fixtures. 
It  is  inexpensive  and  so  sim­
ple  in  construction  that  any  hardware- 
man  could  reproduce 
it  for  his  own 
use. 

J.  M e s s e r s c h m id t.

Cards  That  Catch  Trade.

J. B. Rindfleisch in Hardware.

I  recently  encountered  an  up-to-the- 
hour  walking  advertisement.  The  sand- 
wicbman  was  a  darky.  The  advertise­
ment  read:  " I ’m  a  shining  mark  in 
black.  But  with  all my  polish,  the  stove 
polish  E.  N.  Ameline  &  Co.  sell  puts 
me  in  the  shade.”

A  unique  feature  of  window  adver­
tising  was  witnessed  at  St.  Louis.  A 
dealer  had  transformed  his  window 
in­
to  a  sort  of  pit,  and  gathered  therein 
was  a  family  of  rodents.  About  a  dozen 
mouse  and  rat  traps  of  different  pat­
terns,  all  baited  with  fragrant  cheese, 
had  been  placed  about  the 
improvised 
pit.  An 
interesting  rodent  pantomime 
was  soon  in  progress.  The  spectacle  at­
tracted  crowds  upon  crowds  of  passers- 
by,  and  there  was  danger of  a blockade. 
The  police  were  asked  to  interfere,  but 
so  appealing  to  the  humorous  sense  of 
the  blue  coats  was  this  original  show 
that 
instead  of  dispersing  the  crowd 
they  elbowed  their  way  to  the  "front 
row"  to  get  the  full  benefit  of  the  per­
formance.  The  display  opened  at  10 
o’clock  in  the  forenoon  and  closed  at  3 
in  the  afternoon—at  that  time  all  the 
rodents  having  yielded  to  temptation. 
The  merchant  says 
it  was  the  biggest 
business  day  he  ever  had.

A  number  of  travelers  were  discuss­

ing  epitaphs  en  route  by  way  of  pas­
time.  Although  sombre,  it  was  an 
in­
teresting  topic,  and 
it  ended  with  a 
tableau. 
‘  If  my  heirs  will  be  grateful 
enough  to  erect  a  tombstone  to  my 
the'manufacturer  of 
memory,"  said 
tools  who  lets  his  advertisements  do  the 
talking,  he  making 
sales,  "m y 
epitaph  shall  be,  ‘ He  Died  Advertis­
ing.’ 4”

the 

"  If_you  work”   a  bulletin  board,  and 
you  are  .short  of  bulletins,  use  this: 
"Polish  up  for  the  holidays.  We  have 
the  polish,  you  do  the  work. 
It’s  easy 
with  our  mittens,  which  we  give  free.”
Here’s  an  advertisement  I  ran across:
"K eep  your  nose  to  the  grindstone  if 
you  are  looking  for  success.  Also,  keep 
your  eyes  on  the  grindstone,  if  you  are 
looking  for  success.  We  are  grindstone 
specialists.  Are  you  whetted  for  this 
opportunity?”

It  is  easy  to  skate  into  popularity 

if 
you  can  suit  in skates.  Handle  a  make­
shift  skate  and  you  run  chances  of mak­
ing  an  endless  number  of  detractors and 
trade  killers.  There’s  nothing  more  ex­
asperating  than  a  skate  that  doesn’t ful­
fill  its  mission.  A  good  skate  is  a good 
advertiser.  You  can’t afford  to  sell  bad 
skates  as  good  ones,  any  more  than  you 
can  a  trashy  wheel  for  a  good  one. 
There's  method  in  skate-selling.  If  you 
sell  good  skates  at  a  close  profit,  you 
have  the  opportunity  of  making  it  up 
during  the  season  by  big  sales;  on  the 
contrary,  if  you  sell  ramshackle  skates 
at  a  large  profit,  you  run  the  chance  of 
killing  your  trade  for  seasons  to  come. 
The  skater  is  gregarious.  He  will  cer­
tainly  denounce  you, if he is not pleased, 
to  all  about  him.  And  slander  travels 
with  mile  boots. 
I  think  I  have  said 
enough  to  enable  Mr.  Skate  Dealer  to 
make  his  own  deductions.

This  is  the  way  a  saw  manufacturer 
puts  it:  "H e  came  and  saw.  When 
he  saw  our  saws,  he  saw  that  other 
saws  were  not  the  saws  he  wanted.  And 
it’s  the  old  saw:  * Look  well  before 
you—buy  saws. ’  ’ ’

"W e  got  it  on  files,”   said  the  junior 
‘ Well, I should

to  the head book-keeper. 

%

remark,”   interjected  the  salesmanager; 
"the  order  we  shipped  to  Rasptown  has 
just  been  returned  to  us,  marked  ‘ Re­
fused.’  ”

A  Southern  dealer advertises  thusly : 
" I   handle  the  best lumbermen’s crayons 
and  carpenters’  pencils  below  Mason 
and  Dixon 
line.  Underline  Dixon, 
bring  this  advertisement  to  our  store, 
and  I’ll  know  just  what  you  want.”  
"Screw  up  your  courage,  but  never 
wrench  youi  judgment.”
This  was  catching.  The  advertise­
ment  read •  "W e deal in  toys. 
’Nough 
said.  Just  show  this  to  the  youngsters, 
and  they’ll  explain  the  rest.’

"Iron-clad  rule  to our  clerks:  When 
If  nails 

you  get  a  customer,  nail  him. 
won’t  hold,  spike  bim. ”

A  Cleveland  electrician  has  put  the 
following  plate  on  the  doors  of  his  resi­
dence:  "Burglars  invited  to  call.  You 
will  be  well  received.”  
In  further  ex­
planation  I  might  say  that  his  house 
contains  a  mesbwork  of  alarms.  There 
are  bells  galore.  The  mats  are  alive 
with  electricity.  The  door  knobs  are 
charged  at  night.  Automatic  firearms 
guard  every  entrance.  Tampering  with 
any  window  would  at  once  light  and 
adorn  the  whole  house.  That's  house­
It’s 
hold  electricity  with  a  vengeance. 
also  Cleveland 
Look 
to 
Cleveland  for startling achievements.

ingenuity. 

Just  So.
A  man may  dare,
And a man may swear,
And a man may  puff and blow;
But he can’t get trade,
By  sitting in the shade 
Waiting for business to grow.

It  is  possible that  the  beaver  will  sur­
vive  longer  in  Europe  than  in America. 
It  is  said  that  a  few  individuals are still 
to  be  found  on  the  Elbe,  the  Rhine, 
and  the  Danube,  and  Prof.  Collett,  of 
Christiania,  estimates,  according 
to 
Cosmos,  that  there  are  now  100  individ­
in  Norway,  whereas  the 
uals 
number 
in  1880  was  estimated  at  60. 
Prof.  Collett  recommends  that  govern­
ment  protection  be  afforded  to  prevent 
their  extermination.

living 

Wm.  Brummeler & Sons,

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

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

Wire  Nails

Barb  Wire

Plain  and  Galvanized  Wire

Enter  your  order  now  for 
spring  shipments  and  save 
the  advance.

Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.,

Wholesale  Hardware, 
Grand  Rapids, Mich.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

23

Review  of a  Year’s  Work  by  the  M.

C .  T .  A  *

The  past  year  has  not  been  an  event­
ful  one.  That  we  have  sustained  our 
membership  is  a  subject  of  congratula­
tion,  when we  take  into  account  the  fact 
that  not  only  many  of  our  members,  but 
many  others  who  would  gladly  join  us, 
have  been  without  positions  the  greater 
portion  of  the  year.  Our  loss  by  death 
has  been  much  beyond  the  average, 
eight  of  our  number  having  been  called 
to  their  final  reward.  While  we  deeply 
deplore  their  loss,  it  is  pleasant  to  re­
flect  that  the  heavy  burden  their  fami­
lies  have  been  called  upon  to  bear  in 
the  loss  of  husband  or  father  has  been 
lighter  because  of  their  having 
made 
been  members  of 
this  Association, 
which  is,  and  has  ever  been,  prompt  in 
the  discharge  of 
its  financial  obliga­
tions.

Our  financial  condition,  as  will  be 
shown  by  the  Treasurer’s  report,  is such 
as  to  warrant  a  continuance  of  the  con­
fidence  we  have  always  had  in  this  As­
sociation,  because  of  the  fact  that  its 
business  has  been  conducted  by  busi­
ness  men  in  a  business  way.

Our  growth 

in  membership  has  not 
been  what  we  very  earnestly  desire.  A 
invitation  was  sent  to  every 
cordial 
member  early 
in  the  year  to  join  our 
President  in  bringing,  at  least,  one  new 
member  into  the  Association  during  the 
year. 
1  regret  that  the  response  was  so 
far  from  being  unanimous.  However, 
1  shall  not  attempt  to  say  to  those  who 
did  not  respond  that  you  have  failed  in 
your  duty,  or  to  warn  you  of  the  awful 
fate  that  awaits  you 
if  you  do  not  do 
in  the  future.  You  know  bettei 
better 
than  I  what  you  can  do.  1  content 
myself  with  saying  to  you,  most  heart­
ily,  gentlemen,  try  again.

1  believe  that  the  building  up  of  this 
Association,  like  the  building  up  of any 
other  business  enterprise,  depends  upon 
earnest,  enthusiastic,  persistent  effort, 
and,  it  one  plan  fails  or  becomes  worn 
out,  try  another.  Holding  these  views 
as  to  business  progress,  it  was  suggest­
ed last  year  than  an  improvement  in  the 
social  feature  might  prove  beneficial, 
not  only 
in  holding  together  our  pres­
ent  membership,  but  also  increasing  it, 
and,  if  so,  equally  desirable.  The  sug­
gestion  met  with  such  general  approval 
that  at  our  last  annual  convention,  as 
you  are  all  aware,  an  amendment  to  the 
constitution  was adopted,  directing  your 
Board  of  Trustees  to  procure  suitable 
rooms,  which  should  be  furnished  with 
billiard  and  card  tables,  to  be  used  by 
members  as  reading  and  social  club 
rooms,  such  rooms  to  be  connected  with 
the  office  of the Association.  The rooms, 
as  you  all  know,  have  been  secured  and 
furnished  and  we have  enjoyed  their use 
for  the  past  nine  and  one-half  months. 
That  they  have  already  proven  of  much 
benefit  to  the  Association,  I  am  very 
certain,  and  that  the  plans  for  future 
work  for  the  Association,  made  pos­
sible  by  their  possession,  will,  when 
sufficient  time  shall  have  elapsed  for 
development,  prove  very  successful,  1 
have  not  a  doubt.  Your  trustees,  in 
carrying  out  your  orders  in  providing 
and  maintaining  these  rooms,  have  not 
been  obliged  to  use  one  dollar  of  the 
Association  funds,  because  over  ioo  of 
our  members  have  put  their  hands 
into 
their  pockets  and  have  paid  the  ex­
penses.  Not  only  that,  but  I  hold  a 
guaranty  from  a  sufficient  number  of 
members  that  for the  year  1898,  as  has 
been  the  case 
in  the  year  1897,  there 
shall  be  no  extra  expense  upon  the  As­
sociation  for  the  maintenance  of  these 
rooms. 
In  addition,  we  are  prepared 
to  turn  over  to  the  Association  over 
£500  worth  of  club  room  furniture,  for 
which  not  a  dollar  of  the  Association 
funds  has  been  expended.  This  has 
been  done  by  active,  loyal  members, 
having  in  mind  only  what  was  believed 
would  best  advance  the  interests  of  our 
Association,  in  which  we  are  all  equal­
ly  interested.

I  congratulate  you  that,  notwithstand­
ing  the  fact  that  many  efforts have  been 
made  to  commit  this  Association  in  the 
interest  of  some  political  movement,  it 
has  ever  been  our  aim,  and  I  trust  ever
♦ Annual address of President Hart at annual  meet­

ing of the M.  C. T. A.

will  be,  to  stand  aloof  from  all  such 
and  to  devote  your  best  energies  to  the 
carrying  out  of  the  principles  for  which 
this  organization  was  formed—the  mu­
tual  benefit  of 
its  members  and  their 
families.

1  also  congratulate  you  upon  the  fact 
that  your  course  in  the  efforts  made  to 
secure  proper  concessions  from  railway 
companies  has  been  such  as  to  meet  the 
approval  of  the  business  world.  No de­
mands  have  ever  been  made  for  any 
lavors  to  which  we  were  not  justly  en­
titled,  nor  have  they  been  sought  in  a 
manner  to  biing  discredit  upon  us  as 
Such  a 
a  body  of  business  men. 
straightforward, 
course 
will,  in  my 
judgment,  emphasize  the 
tact  that  the  commercial  traveler  is  not 
only  a  necessity  in  the  business  world, 
but  a  power  in  this  land  which,  I  trust, 
in  our  case,  at  least,  will  ever  be  exer­
cise  for  good.

conservative 

The  Hardware  Market.

is  very 

At  the  present  time  of  the  year,  fol­
last  year’s 
lowing  the  closing  up  of 
business,  there 
little  doing  of 
any  mention.  The  prospects  for  future 
trade,  however, 
look  bright  and  it  is 
generally  believed  that  our  winter  and 
spring  business  will  exceed  that  of  any 
recent  years.

Wire  Nails—The  prospects  of  a  con­
in 
solidation  of  all  wire  and  hail  mills 
the  country  has  quickened  the  demand 
and  hardened  the  prices  with  all  manu­
facturers. 
"I he  indications  all  point  to 
a  successful  carrying  out  of  the  pro­
posed  consolidation  and,  if 
it  should 
succeed,  it 
is  believed  that  prices  will 
certainly  be  higher  than  they  are  now. 
Jobbers  are  taking  orders  for  both  wire 
and  nails,  for  shipment  up  to  March  1, 
at  present  prices.

Plain  and  Barbed  Wire— In  sympathy 
with  nails  and  the  general  condition  of 
the  market,  prices  are  firm  and  orders 
are  being  placed  for  future  shipment  on 
the  same  basis  as  that  of  wire.

Registers—The  new  list  adopted  by 
all  register  manufacturers  has  rendered 
necessary  a  new  series  of  discounts, 
which  we  quote  as  follows :  on japanned 
registers,  40  per  cent.,  and  on  white 
registers,  35  per cent.

Miscellaneous—The  manufacturers  of 
screws  have  evidently  concluded  that 
the  low  prices  at  which  they  have  been 
selling  has  gone  on 
long  enough  and 
have  now  advanced  their  prices  some 25 
per  cent.  The  present  discount  on  flat 
iron  screws  is  from  85  to 
head  bright 
85  and  10  per  cent. 
In  the  rope  market 
prices  are  very  firm  and  there  has  been 
an  advance  in  the  last  two  weeks  from 
K@/^c.  Figures  are  being  made  on 
wool  twine  for  shipment  during  the 
coming  spring  which  are  a shade higher 
than  quoted  last  year.  On  poultry  net­
ting  and  wire  cloth  orders  are  being 
placed  for  spring  shipment and  it  is be­
lieved  that  this 
is  the  right  time  to 
place  orders,  as  the  market  on  all  kind 
of  wire  will  feel  the  effects  of  the  con­
solidation  now  going  on  in the  wire  and 
nail  market. 
is  believed  that  sash 
and  doors  will  rule  higher  during  the 
coming  spring,  as  the  quality  of  lum­
ber  used  in  their  manufacture  is getting 
more  scarce  each  year.

It 

The  grave  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  in 
Philadelphia,  is  in  a  neglected  condi­
tion.  No  appropriate  stone  rises  over 
it,  and  the  ground  about  it  is  uncared 
for.  Only  an  old-fashioned  marble  siab 
covers  the  spot  where  the  great  man 
lies,  and  this  (now  worn  and  discolored 
by  age)  was  placed  there  a  hundred 
years  ago,  and  nothing  has  been  done 
to  it  since.  The  sexton  of  the  church 
says  that  the  descendants  of  Franklin 
would  not  do  anything  to  repair  the 
grave,  neither  would  they  allow  any­
body  else  to  put  it  in  order.

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUÛURS AND  BITS

Snell’s........................................................... 
70
.25*10
Jennings’, genuine................................ 
Jennings’, imitation....................................60*10

 

AXES

First quality, S. B. Bronze.........................  5 00
First quality, D. B. Bronze...................... 
0 50
First quality. S. B. S. Steel.........................  5 50
First quality, D. B. Steel............................  10 50

BARROWS

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

BOLTS

Stove......................................................  
60*10
Carriage new list....................................  70 to 75
Flow........................................................ 
50

Well,  plain................................ ..."............ g 3 25

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST

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

 

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

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

..per lb 

BLOCKS

CROW  BARS

CAPS

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

 
CARTRIDGES

Rim Fire........................................................50* 5
Central  Fire..................................................2b& 5

CHISELS
Socket Firmer........................ 
Socket Framing........................................... 
Socket Comer......................  
’ 
Socket  Slicks...............................................  

 

 

70

4

65
55
35
60

80
80
80
80

DRILLS

ELBOWS

Morse’s Bit Stocks ......................... ;............ 
60
Taper and Straight Shank............................ 50* 5
Morse's Taper Shank.................................... 50*   5

Com. 4 piece, 6 in...........................doz. net 
50
Corrugated........................................... 
1  25
Adjustable............................................... dis 40*10

EXPANSIVE .BITS

Clark’s small, 818;  large, 826....................    .30*10
Ives’, 1, 818; 2, 824; 3, 830.............................  
25

PILES—New  List

New American............................................. 70*10
Nicholson’s............ .................................. 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................6C*iO

 

GALVANIZED  IRON

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

14 

13 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

28
17

15 
OAUOES

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

KNOBS—New List

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

70
80

MATTOCKS

Adze Eye.....................................816 00, dis 60*10
Hunt Eye..................................... 815 00, dis 60*10
Hunt’s..........................................818 50, dis 20*10

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and Wire.

Steel nails, base...........................................   165
Wire nails, base...........................................   1  75
20 to 60 advance...........................................   Base
10 to 16 advance.......................................... 
06
8 advance....-............................................ 
10
6 advance.................................................... 
20
4 ad vance............... 
30
3 advance................................................... 
45
2 advance........................  
70
Fine 3 advance........................................... 
50
15
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
Casing  8 advance.......................................  
25
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
35
Finish 10 advance  ..................................... 
25
Finish  8 advance........................................ 
35
Finish  £ advance........................................ 
45
Barrel 5? advance..........................................  85

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  OATES

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

MILLS

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy.................................  @50
Sciota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy........................   @50
Bench, first quality.......................................  @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60
Fry, Acme...............................................60*10*10
70* 5
Common, polished.................................. 
Iron and Tinned  ........................................  
60
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 
60

RIVETS

PANS

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 £&c per pound  extra.

HAMMERS

Maydole & Co.’s, new  list...................... dis
Kip’s  ...................................................... dis 
25
Terkes & Plumb’s............................................. dis 1O&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...................30c list 
70
Blacksm ith’s Solid C ast Steel Hand 30c 11s . 40*18

HOUSB  FURNISHING  GOODS

HINGES

WIRE  GOODS

HOLLOW  WARB

Stamped Tin Ware........................ new list 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 20*10
Granite Iron Ware........................ new list 40*10
Pots.............................................................. 60*1
K ettles...................................................  ...60*10
Spiders......................................................... 60*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3................................dis 60*10
State......................................... per doz. net  2 50
Bright..........................................................  
80
80
Screw Eyes................................................... 
Hook’s..........................................................  
80
80
Gate Hooks and Eyes............................j. ”  
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dis 
70
Sisal, % inch and  larger.............................   6
Manilla.........................................................  8
SQUARES
Steel and Iron.........................
Try and Bevels......................
M itre......................................

LEVELS
ROPES

SHEET  IRON

WIRE

TRAPS

com. smooth,  com.
82 40
2 40

2 65
2 75
over  30 inches

All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter, 
SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

Nos. 10 to 14................................ .82 70
Nos. 15 to 17.............  ................. .  2 70
Nos. 18 to 21...............................
.  2 80
Nos. 22 to 24................................ .  3 00
Nos. 25 to 26................................. .  3 10
No.  27........................................ .  3 20
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19,’86...................................... dis 
50
Solid Eyes........................................per ton 20 00
Steel, Game............................................. 
60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .........  
50
Oneida Community, Hawley *  Norton’s 70*10
15
Mouse, choker............................per doz 
Mouse, delusion.........................per doz 
1 25
Bright Market............................................. 
75
Annealed  Market........................................  
75
Coppered Market..........................................70*10
Tinned Market...........................................   62H
Coppered Spring Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.........................  2 15
Barbed  Fence,  painted...............................  1  85
An Sable..................................................dis 40* 1C
Putnam................................  
dis 5
Northwestern....................................................dis 10*10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s Genuine..............................................  
50
80
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought  .........  
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
80
Bird  Cages............................................. 
50
Pumps, Cistern......................................  
80
Screws, New L ist..................................  
85
Casters, Bed and  Plate........................... 50*10*10
Dampers, American...............................  
50
600 pound casks...........................................   6)4
Per pound.....................................................  6If

MISCELLANEOUS

METALS—Zinc

HORSE NAILS

WRENCHES

SOLDER

The prices of the many otherqualltlesof solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to  composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............................................. $5 75
14x20 IC, Charcoal...........................................   5 75
20x14 IX, Charcoal...........................................   7 00

TIN—Melyn Grade

Each additional X on this grade, 11.25.

TIN—Allaway Grade
 

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

Each additional X on this grade, 81.50. 

5  00

 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................   5  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean............................  6 00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  10 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   4  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   5 50
20x281C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   9 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   1100
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, 1 
„
8
14x56 IX, for  No.  9 Boilers, ( P®r ponnd-• • 

BOILER  SIZE TIN PLATE 

Write for prices.

’Phone 1357.

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

WHOLESALE

Hardware  Specialties,  Belting,

Engineers, Machinists and 

Factory Supplies.

9 3   P E A R L   S T R E B T .  

GRAND  RA PID 8.

tradesman
Itemized
Ledgers«

Size, 8K*i4—3 columns.

2 quires,  160  pages............................................. $2  00
3 quires, 240  pages........................... .................2  50
4 quires, 320  pages............. ................................  3  00
5 quires, 400 pages......................... ...................  3  50
4 00
6 quires, 4S0 pages........................................ 
INVOICE  RECORD or BILL BOOK.

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

TRADESriAN  COMPANY,

GRAND RAP1D5,  MICH.

24
New Food To Be Added to the World’s 

Cuisine.
Written for the T r a d e s m a n .

in  advance  of 

As  the  population  of  the  globe  is  nu­
merically  increasing,  there  cannot  be  a 
more  vital  question  for  consideration 
and  discussion  than  that  of  our  food 
supplies. 
It  is  a  curious  law  of  Nature 
that  she  invariably  meets  every  neces­
sity 
its  birth,  and  by 
methods  which  command  our  aamira- 
tion  and  astonishment.  Of  course,  as 
the  supply  of  well-known  nourishing 
foods  becomes  scarce  or  too  high  in 
price,  we  are  led  to  enquire  if  another, 
and  a  cheaper,  cannot  be  found  and 
substituted.  And  at  this  point  we  com­
mence  to  scrutinize  and  study  the  slight 
changes  and  modifications  Dame  Na­
ture  has  slowly  made,  and  how,  in  the 
past.  Then  we  attempt  to  assist  and  to 
hasten  the  work  of  this  natural  law. 
We  will  only  point  to  a  few  of  the  most 
striking 
instances  of  Nature’s  work  as 
well-known  examples,  viz.,  first  our  de­
licious  peach,  an  evolution  from  the 
sweet  almond  (Amygdalus  Persica),  by 
the  grafting  and  budding  processes  of 
man,  an  astounding  improvement  upon 
the  original;  but  far  beyond  these  in 
value are  the  discoveries  of  the  chemist 
and  analyst,  in  his  searching  enquiries 
into  natural  law.  Thus  the  chemist  has 
given  us,  by  evolution,  the  now  famed 
celery  plant,  from  the  wild  Angelica 
root,  a  native  of  Lapland,  and  probably 
from 
its  class  at  one  time  poisonous; 
long  ago  used  by  the  natives  as  a  con­
diment  and  now  a  woild-wide  delicacy, 
the  salad  par  excellence  of  two  conti­
nents.  Year  by  year  we  are  constantly 
making  additions  to  our  cuisine  by  the 
almost  magic  aid  of chemistry;  and,  al­
though  millions  more  shall  be added  to 
the  world’s  eaters  in  the  future,  the  new 
kinds  of  food  evolved  by  our  chemists 
will  not  only  cheapen  the  daily  con­
sumption,  but  will  be  more  than  able  to 
meet  the  demand  of  the  hungry  in  ad­
vance  of  their  coming.

in 

I  am 

led  to  speak  upon  the  subject 
of  food  supplies  at  this  time,  by  noti­
cing  an  article 
the  Tradesman, 
credited  to  the  London  Telegraph, 
announcing  the  manufacture  of  sugar in 
Ireland  from  potatoes  and  intimating 
that this is a new discovery.  This new( ?) 
sweetening 
is  nothing  more  nor  less 
than  glucose,  identical  with  corn  sugar 
and  its  syrups,  which  created  such  an 
excitement  in  the  sugar  markets  of  the 
world  not  many  years  ago.  The  potato 
sugar  mentioned  is  simply  the  starch 
in  the  vegetable  changed  into  a  sweet 
syrup,  by  being  treated  or  boiled  with 
dilute  sulphuric  acid,  and  by  other 
means.

It 

Starch  sugar  does  not  granulate  per­
fectly.  Glucose,  or  grape  sugar,  in  its 
natural  state,  is  found  only  in the grape, 
from  which  its  name  is  derived. 
is 
not  a  strong  sweet,  like  cane  sugar  or 
that  from 
the  beet  or  sugar  maple. 
There  appears  to  be  no  way  yet  known 
by  which  glucose  can  be  so  concen­
trated  as  to  crystallize  or  granulate  per- 
ectly,  or  possess  the  strong  yet  grateful 
sweetness  of  the  true  cane  sugars.  The 
syrups  made  from  glucose  and  now 
offered  for  sale,  while  harmless  and 
wholesome,  and  even  more  beautiful  in 
color and  general  appearance  than  any 
others,  still  possess, 
in  proportion  of 
sweetness,  hardly  one-half  that  of  the 
cane  syrups.  The  glucose  syrup  being 
found  unsalable,  it  was  later  sweetened 
by  an  admixture  of  the  cane,  or  with­
drawn  from  the  markets 
in  our  own 
country.  The  natural  craving  for  sweets 
extends  to  the  peoples  of  all  lands,  and

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

a  wise  provision  of  Nature  seems  to 
have  furnished  them,  through  various 
sources  and  in  unlimited  quantities. 
It 
in  the  more  densely 
is  probable  that 
populated  countries,  and  among 
the 
poorer  classes  as 
in  Ireland,  glucose 
may  be  quite  extensively  used as a food, 
because  of 
its  cheapness,  being  free 
from  foreign  duties,  and  the  fact  that 
they  could  not afford  the cane product.

is 

little  known, 

if  cultivated  and 

There  are  still  many  grains  and  seeds 
which  will  yield  both  oil  and  flour,  and 
which, 
improved, 
would  prove  a boon to mankind as actual 
food  products.  The  seed  of  the  sun­
flower  is  a  grain  of  great  value  for  both 
man  and  th*e  lower  animals,  yet  its  true 
food  value 
'lhe  flour 
is  similar  to  that  of 
from  this  seed 
buckwheat  and,  it 
is  said,  will  make 
equally  good  cakes.  A  larger  quantity 
of  this  grain  than  buckwheat  could  be 
produced  from  an  acre  and  its  stalks 
would  be  valuable  for  fuel.  The differ­
ent  kinds  of  edible  nuts  which  will,  in 
lime,  be  used  for  culinary  purposes will 
also  prove,  as  food,  a  profitable  addi­
tion  to  the  world’s  supply.  The  mam­
moth  sweet  chestnut  of  the  Mediter­
ranean  is  a  standard  food  in  Italy.

In  the  December  number  of  “ New 
Ideas,"  a  monthly  paper  devoted  to 
new  discoveries  and 
inventions,  it  is 
said  that  a  peanut  oil  factory  is  soon 
in  Virginia  with  a 
to  be  established 
capital  of $60,000. 
It  is  calculated  that 
the  receipts  from  five  tons  of  peanuts— 
based  upon  actual 
experiments,  of 
course—will  amount  to  the  following: 
25  gallons  of  refined  oil  at  50c  per  gal­
lon;  3,680  pounds  of  flour,  at  2c  per 
pound;  the  same  amount  of  meal,  or 
refuse  for  feeding  stock,  at  60c  per 
hundred,  making  the  total  gross  re­
ceipts  per  day,  $415.90!  The  estimated 
yearly  profit  on  a  five-ton  factory  is 
$19,725.  Peanut  flour  can  be  used  for 
nearly  all  the  purposes  of  wheat  flour 
and  by  many  persons  is  considered  su­
perior.  According  to  Liebig,  the  cele­
brated  chemist,  all  the  edible  nuts,  if 
properly  prepared  for  food,  are  fully 
equal  to  any  of  our  grains  in  the  per­
centage  of  their  nutrition.  While  a 
space  of  a  thousand  square 
feet  of 
ground  will  yield  only  465  pounds  of 
potatoes, it  will  produce  4,000  pounds  of 
bananas,  and  in  a  shorter  tim e!  Thus 
shall  we  find  the  percentage  of  food  per 
in  the  peanut  industry.  Our  own 
acre 
scientist,  Mr.  Edison,  believes 
it  will 
yet  be  possible  for  man  to  produce  bis 
food  direct,  by  taking  from  the  earth 
the  elements  composing  them,  and com­
pounding  and  concentrating  these in the 
crucible  of  science.

F r a n k  A.  H o w ig.
Hides.  Furs,  Tallow  and  Wool.
Hides  do  not  change  in  value  Materi­
ally.  The  asking  price  is  % @ % c   above 
sales,  with  a  cleaned-up  market.  One 
after  another  of  the  tanners  manages  to 
take  a  few  and  keep  running,  hoping 
against  hope  that  prices  will  break  to 
their  advantage,  but  no  break  is  appar­
ent.  There 
light  stock  visible. 
Growers  have  plenty  of  feed  and  have 
gone  to  stock  raising  and  do  not  sell 
their  calves,  as  they  did  a  few  years 
ago.
Furs  are  in  good  demand.  Offerings 
at  the  London  sales  are  not  large  and 
good  prices  are  anticipated.

is  no 

Tallow 

is  sharply  on  the  advance, 
with  old  stocks  that  have  been  held  for 
years  fairly  worked  off.  The  outlook 
is  not good  for  much  advance,  with  the 
large  stock  of  soapers’  oils  on  hand  to 
take  the  place  of  tallow  in  that  line, 
while  fresh  renderings  go 
into 
lard.
large  sales 
Wools  remain  firm,  with 
and  a  slight advance.  Holders are  ask­
ing  higher  prices,  while  manufacturers 
are  offering  more  for  clothes.  Sales 
have  been 
in  fleece  and  terri­
tory,  to  the  neglect  of  foreign.  There

largely 

is  considerable  enquiry  in  regard  to  the 
replenishment  of  stocks.

W m.  T.  H ess

The  Trading  Stamp  a  Regular  Hold 

Up.

Detroit,  Jan.  11— I  give  both  kinds 
of  stamps,  but  I  am  dead  willing  to 
drop  the  stamp  business. 
If  every  cus­
it  would  rob 
tomer  demanded  stamps 
me  of  half  my  profits. 
is  a  regular 
It 
hold  up. 
I  do  not  deal  with  the trading 
stamp  company,  but  buy  my  stamps 
from  my  customers. 
1  give  them  5  per 
cent.,  and  that  is  better  value  than  they 
can  get  at  the  trading  stamp  store. 
Those stamp people are making all kinds 
of  money. 
In  the  first  place  the  mer­
chant  pays  5  per  cent,  cash  in  advance 
for  the  stamps.  Now the  trading  stamp 
people  do  not  expect  nor  do  they  re­
deem  over  30  per  cent,  of  them.  Con­
sequently  there 
is  a  net  profit  there  of 
233  per  cent,  of  the  business  that  they 
do.  Then  they  go  to  work  and represent 
that  they  will  give  a  $5  article  for  $99 
worth  of  stamps.  This  article  does  not 
cost  them  over  $1  or $2  and  they  make 
200 or  300  per  cent,  there.  The  custom­
er  pays  for  the  whole  thing.  It  is  a  reg­
ular  hold  up  and  the  authorities  should 
not  allow  the  thing  to  exist.  The  mer­
chants  of  Toledo  clubbed  together  and 
fired  them  out.  Down  in  Massachusetts 
they  are  prosecuting  merchants  who  use 
stamps  under  the  lottery  law.

S.  C.  Cow an.

WANTS  COLUMN..

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

468

469

Fo r  sa le — g r o c e r y,  w e l l  e s t a b -
lished in good farming town of 3.0u0;  terms 
to suit. 
I  have  other  business.  Address  No. 
467
467, care Michigan Tradesman. 
For  s a l e —c o n f e c t io n e r y ,  h esta u-
rant,  oyster,  lunch  and  ice  cream plant  in 
one  of  the  most  prosperous  cities  in  Indiana; 
perfect and complete iu everything:  will invoice 
$5,000  or  $6,000;  will  sell  for  less  than  half;  a 
place  that  will  pay  for itself in  a  short  time; 
reason for selling,  recent manager is going  into 
the  wholesale  business.  Address  Cbas.  An­
drews, Elkhart.^ Indiana. 
rp O   EXCHANGE—900 ACRES OF GILT-EDGE 
A  white and red oak timber,  only  three  miles 
from  railroad,  for stock * f bazaar or dry goods: 
also two houses in Battle Creek to exchange  for 
bazxarstotk;  al>o furniture  fact  ry  in  State  of 
Iowa to exchange for good bu-iness or residence 
property.  For particulars address  No. 469,  care 
Michigan  Tradesman. 
CHA MCE TO SPECULATE—A COMPLETE 
carriage factory, with all necessary  machin­
ery,  carriage  material.',  complete  vehicles  and 
an established  trade,  for  sale for less tr.an half 
its  value.  Mason  Carriage  Co.,  Mason,  Mich
_____________________________  
470
\ \ r   VNTED  TO  BUY—A  STOCK  OF  BOOTS 
TV  and shoes  and  turn  in  as  part  payment  a 
well-U.caied  piece of  Grand Rapids  real estate. 
Stock must nut be less than $  ,000 nor more than 
$5,000.  Address  Shoes,  care  M  chigan  Trades­
man. 
Bil o t h in g , dry goods a n d sh o e sa les-
)  man,  thoroughly  experienced,  wishes  to 
make a change by  Feb. 1.  References furnished. 
Address No  474, care Michigan Tradesman.  474
f 'OR  SALE—100  It.  new  Dayton  scale  at  50 
cents  on  the dollar  Address  GroCiryman, 
care Michgan Tradesman. 
Fo r  sa l e—n ic e c le a n  drug stock- in
good  locality  Good  reasons  for  selling; 
bargain  for  some  one.  Address  No.  472,  care 
Michigan Tradesman.
IpOrtSALE— PLANiaG  MILL  IN  THE  LIVE 
'  liest„  town  iu  Michigan;  also  hot  blast 
heater.  Address  Osborne,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
466
117 A M  ED—LOCATION  FOR  DRUG  STOCK 
in town of 500  to  5,17 0  Address  Geo.  W. 
” ” 
Kern, Prairieville,  Mich. 
EST LOCATION  FuK GRIST  MILL  IN  THE 
Stale  Good  gr«in  region.  Location  and 
building  wi 1  be  given  outrignt  to  man  with 
$1,000  capita .  Addrtss  for  particulars,  J.  C 
Neuman,  D  rr. Mich. 
7ti3
IpOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE-STOCK  GEN 
eral  Merchandise,  value  about  $9,Ouo,  in 
manufacturing  city  12,000  population.  Will 
trade  81. ■'OU.  long "time  payments,  ba ance  In 
good unincumbered city  or  farm  propertv.  No 
traders  need  aj ply.  Address  No.  460,'  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

,go

459

473

475

458

attention — An  opportunity 

IpOR  SALE — OLD-ESTABLISHED  MEAT 
business,  located  at  253  Jefferson  avenue. 
Smoke  house  and  all  modern  conveniences. 
Present  owner  soon  leaves  city.  Enquire  on 
464
premises. 
IpOR SALE—DRUG STOCK  AND  MATURES;
good stock in  good  town;  small  cash  pay­
ment.  Address No.  465,  care  Michigan  Trades­
465
man. 
IpOR  SALE  OR  RENT—STORE  BUILDING, 
30x70 feet,  fixtures  on  ground  floor,  good­
paying  opera  bouse  above,  dwelling  rooms, 
barns  and  ice  house  in  rear,  adapted  to  any 
kind  of  business.  Store  fitted  with  electric 
lights.  G.  K  Coffey, White Cloud. Mich.  457
I|>OR  SALE—FURNITURE  AND  UNDER- 
taking  business;  an  excellent  opportunity 
to  secure  an  old established  business.  Reason 
for  selling,  rheumatism.  Small  capital  re­
quired;  terms  easy.  Address  C.  E.  Singer, 
Hillsdale, Mich. 
F r a t e r n a l 
in su r a n c e  o r g a n izer s
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
resentatives  wanted.  Apply  C.  D.  Sharrow, 
General Manager._____________________4-5
ANTED —EVERY  YOUNG  MAN  AND 
young  woman  desiring  improvement  in 
Business Arithmetic to send for  circular of  the 
School of Correspondence  and  Business  Arith­
metic.  Address A.  S.  Parrish,  109  Ottawa  St., 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
453
ANTED —A  GOOD  FLOURING  MILL, 
best location in the State;also good plan 
ing  mill.  Address  F.  Salisbury,  Middleton, 
447
Mich. 
IpOR SALE—DRUG STOCK  FOR CASH,  ONE- 
thlrd us real value.  Address Copperas, care 
450
Michigan  Tradesman. 
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. 
440
ipOR  SALE—IN  ONE  OF  THE  BEST  BUSI- 
1  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,  Mich. 
ANTED—BUTTER  AND  EGGS.  IF  YOU 
want good prices and quick  returns  w  ite 
us.  Lunn A Strong, Toledo, Ohio. 
-1X7ANTED — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
v V  retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
Caulkett & Co.. Traverse City, Mich. 
liKIR  EXCHANGE—TWO  FINE  IMPROVED 
X;  farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades­
man. 

402

381

441

73

PATENT  SOLICITORS.

IpRKE—OUR  NEW  HANDBOOK  ON  PAT- 
ents.  Ciiley  &  AUgier,  Patent  Attorneys, 
339
Grand Rapids, Mich. 

MISCELLANEOUS.

W ANTED—BY  YOUNG  LADY  OF  LONG 
experience  as  saleswoman  position  as 
traveling  saleswoman  for  any  reputable  line. 
Address Lock Box 530, charlotte,  Mich. 
471 
\ \T  AN TED—POSITION  BY  REGISTERED 
Tv  pharmacist  as  traveling  salesman  or  in 
store;  eight  years’  experience.  Address  No. 
462. care Michigan Tradesman. 
X \T ANTED—POSITION  IN  WHOLESALE  OR 
T V   retail  grocery  or  crockery  business  by 
sale  man  of  eight  years’  experience.  Address 
No. 436  care Michigan Tradesman. 

462

436

We  are  ready  to  push  business  for

1898

ON

Bicycles

Write  for  catalogues  and  prices 

of  our

World

Line

Adams  &  Hart,

Mich.  Selling Agents, 

Grand  Rapids.

Paraffined 

Parchment“ Lined 

Butter  Packages

Light,  neat  and  strong.  Try  them.

Michigan  Package Co.,  Owosso,  Mich.

