Volume  XV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  6,  1898.

Number  759

Elgin  System of Creameries

It w ill pay you to investigate  our  plans  and  visit  our  factories,  if 
templating building a Creamerv  or  Cheese  Factorv.  A ll  supplies 
lowest prices.  Correspondence solicited.

you  are  con- 
furnished  at

ILLUMINATING  AND LUBRICATINGOILS I

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NAPHTHA  AND  GASOLINES

O ffic e   a n d   W o r k s ,  B U T T E R W O R T H   A V E . ,  

O R A N D   R A P I D S ,  M IC H .

Bulb works at Grand  Rapids,  Muskegon,  Manistee, Cadillac,  Big Rap­
ids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse  City,  Ludington, Allegan 
Howard  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City,  Fremont,  Hart! 
Whitehall, Holland and Fennvllle

H ig h est  Price  Paid  fo r  E m p ty   Carbon  and  G asoline  B arrels.

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Owing  to  the

shortage  of  fruit  in  our  State

last  season,  we  are  having  an  unprecedented  sale  on  all  kinds 

of  Canned  Goods.

musselman Grocer Company

Grand Rapids,  micb.

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those  Nunley,  Hines  &  Co.’s 

Don’t  let  your  stock  get  low. 

Yellow  Peaches.

Pour  Kinds  of  Coupon  Books

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

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A  M O DEL  C R E A M E R Y  OF  T H E   TRUE  S Y S T E M

True  Dairy Supply Company,

303  to 309  Lock  Street, 

Syracuse,  New  York.

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

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

PURITY AND  STRENGTH!

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YEAST

As placed on the market  in  tin  foil  and  under 
our yellow label  and  signature is

ABSOLUTELY  PURE

Of greater  strength  than  any  other  yeast,  and 
convenient for handling.  Neatly  wrapped  in 
tin foil.  Give  our  silverware  premium  list  to 
your patrons and  increase your trade.  Particu­
lar attention  paid  to  shipping  trade.  Address,

Detroit  Agency,  118  Bates St.
Grand  Rapids Agency, 26  Fountain  St.

FLEISCH MANN  &  CO.

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

He piiciiip mercantile flgencu

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

Special  Reports. 

Law  and  Collections.

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

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

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

BICYCLE  SUNDRIES

One of the largest stocks in  Michigan.  Prices  right.  Service  prompt. 
Write for our  98 catalogue with dealers’ net price sheet.

ADAMS  &  HART,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

SACRIFICE  SALE!

PLANT  OF  THE** 
LANSING  LUMBER  CO.

W h a t  S u c c e s s  

W ill  Do

Diamond  Crystal  Salt  has  made  a  name  for  itself— fame  for 
itself— wherever  good butter is used.  The demand for it increased 
beyond  precedent;  ordinary  methods  of  production  were  not 
sufficient  to  supply  the  requisite  quantity. 
Increase  in  capacity 
brought  decrease  in  cost. 
The  benefit  of  this  saving  rightfully 
belongs  to  the  thousands  of  butter  makers  who  recognize  the 
superior  merits  of  “ The  Salt  that's  A ll  Salt,"  and  the  price  is 
therefore  reduced  as  shown  below:

Old  Price  List.
BUTTER  SALT.
B a r r e l s ,  2S0 lb s.,  B u lk .............
20  14-lb.  B ag s.........

S a c k s , 

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iS  lb:
56 
224 

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New  Price  List. 

BUTTER  SALT.

;  B a r r e l s ,  2S0 lb s.,  B u l k ....
20  14 lb.  B a g s ..
S a c k s ,  2S lb s .............................
$6 lbs,  (Irish Linen)
224 l b s ............................

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$2  25 
•  2  5°

$2  50 
3  00
30

During  the  Spring,  25  Sample  Bags  of  Butter  Salt 

will  be  packed  in  each  barrel  of twenty  fourteens.

IT   P A Y S   T O   U SE

DIAMOND  CRYSTAL  SALT

If you  would  know  more  about  it,  send  your  address.

of  its  kind  in  the  State. 

^ ^ H I S   property  is  one  of  the  finest  equipped  plants 
It  is  fitted  with  the 
latest  improved  and  best  kinds  of  woodworking  machinery, 
centrally  located  on  one  of  the  principal  avenues  of  the  city 
and  everything is complete for any first-class business adapted 
to  such  a  plant. 
The  property  must  be  sold  to  settle  an 
estate.  For  further  particulars  address,

DIAM ON D C R Y S T A L  S A L T  C O ..  s t . c l » , b . m ,c „ .

Horace  Lapham,  or  Chas.  C.  Longstreet,

Lansing,  Michigan.

FEED ATiD MEAL

Strictly  pure  com  and  oats  goods.  No  oat-hulls, 
barley-dust or other adulteration  in ours.  Orders 
for  any  quantity  promptly 
Favorable 
freight  rates to all  points  on  C.  &  W.  M .,  D .,  G.
R.  & W., G.  R.  &  I.,  F.  &  P.  M.,  M.  &  N.  E.,  or 
Ann Arbor R.  Rs.  Correspondence solicited.

filled. 

Walsh-DeRoo Milling Co.

Holland,  Mich.

THE"EUBEKA

THEPIINGREC

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DISCOUNT 
TUNS

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SEED  AND  FRUIT 

Pa t e n t
SACK

F o r S ale b y  Jobbers. 

U b e ra i  D iscou n t to   D ealers.

The “ EUREKA”  for  1898.  With  Improved  Tube and 
“Stud”  Lock.  As the tube  is largest at the bottom, perfectly 
round  all  the way  down,  and  free  from  obstructing bolt  or 
rivet heads,  it cannot  clog, and as the  “Stud”  Lock  relieves 
all tension on the front jaw,  it cannot pick  up the seed.

The “EUREKA” is 20 per  cent, faster  in  light  or  mel­

low soil  than any Stick  Handle  Planter made.

The  “ PINGREE,”  with  “Stud”  lock.  The  handiest 
best  finished  and  most  durable  Stick  Handle  Planter  on 
the  market.

The  "EUREKA”  and  the  "PINGREE”  are  the only 
Hand Potato Planters with  Self-Locking jaws  or  adjustable 
depth gauge.  As  the  jaws  lock  automatically  the  instant 
th® Planter is raised free from the ground, the potato cannot 
drop through, nor can it force the jaws apart so as to  permit 
the earth to enter between them and thus  crowd  the seed to 
the surface as the beak enters the ground.

Every tool warranted to work  perfectly.

GREENVILLE PLANTER CO., Sole M in, Greenville, Mich.

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\Ve guarantee the payment  of all moneys col­
lected  by  our  representatives  in  the  United 
States and  Canada when claims are  receipted 
tor by us.

L . J.  S T E V E N S O N ,  M anager and  Notary.

R. J.  C L E L A N D ,  Attorney,

W e are ready to buy for C A S H

Car  Lots or  Mill  Cuts

Pine  and  Cedar Shingles
rite us stating kind,  amount on  hand and price.
C. C.  Follmer & Co.,

13 Fountain St., 

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

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Prompt,  Conservative, 5afe. 

Rare Chance for  Small  Capital.
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equipped for planing, resawing,  turning,
inside finishing,  etc.,  costing  originally  over $io,- 
ooo, offered  for about  one-third  that.  Good condi­
tion.  N ow   in  operation.  Just  taken  on  debt bv 
present owners  who  have  other  business.  Grow- 
ing  city,  8,ooo  population. 
Fine  surrounding 
country.  Good opening for lumber yard.  Certain­
ly   a  s n a p .  E asy  terms.  Lock  Box  7.  Traverse 
City,  Mich.

t   If You  Hire H»ip

Y  ou should  use our

Perfect  Time  Book 

— and  Pay Roll.

X  Made to hold from 27 to  60  names

and sell  for 75  cents  to  $2. 

Send  for sample leaf.

BARLOW  BROS.,

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Prices,  styles,  fit  and  make  guaranteed  by

K O L B   &   S O N ,

O D D E S T ,  most reliable wholesale cloth­
ing manufacturers in R o c h e s te r ,  N .  Y .

See  our  $4  Spring  Overcoats  and  Suits. 
Spring line of fine goods— excellent.  W rite 
our  M ichigan  agent,  W i l l i a m   C o n n o r , 
Box  346,  Marshall,  Mich.,  or  meet him at 
Sw eet’s  Hotel,  Grand  Rapids,  Thursday 
and  Friday, A pril 7 and S.  H e has been w ith 
us  16 years  and  w ill  use  you  right  C us­
tomers’ expenses allowed.

PREFERRED  BANKERS 

LIFE  ASSURANCE  COMPANY

OF  DETROIT.  MIOHIGAN.

Commenced Business September 1,  1893.

Insurance in  force.......................................$2,746,000.00
104,000.00
N et Increase during  1897......................... 
32,738.49
N et A sse ts................................................... 
Losses Adjusted and  U npaid................. 
None
Other  Liabilities.......................................  
None
Total  Death  Losses  Paid  to D ate.................................  40.061.00
Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to B en ­
eficiaries....................................................  
Death Losses Paid During  1897.............  
Death  Rate for 1897.................................... 
Cost  per  1,000 at age 30 during  1897__  
F R A N K  E .  R O B S O N ,  P r e s .

812.00
17,000.00
6.31
8.25

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

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  APRIL 6,  1898.

BANK  NOTES.

investing.  The  machine 

Introduction  of  the  Automatic  Adder.
Labor  saving  machinery  is  finding  its 
way 
into  the  banks  and  ruthlessly  as­
saulting  and  overcoming  the  conserva­
tism  that has  so  long  characterized those 
institutions.  The  banks  were  among 
the  last  to  adopt  the  stenographer  and 
typewriter  as  a  method  of  expediting 
business,  clinging  to  the  old 
long-hand 
correspondence  long  after even the small 
storekeepers  and  manufacturers  had 
taken  to  the  machine.  Now  adding 
machines  are  being  added  to  the  equip­
ments  of  up-to-date  banks,  and  this  is  a 
far  greater  encroachment  upon 
the 
methods  and  traditions  of  the  past  than 
even  the  typewriter.  With  the  adding 
machine  the  art,  if  it  may  so  be  called, 
of  running  up  a  column  of  figures  as 
rapidly  as  the  pen  can  pass  up  the  page 
will  soon  be  a  lost  one.  The  ability  to 
cfuickly  foot  up  a 
long  row  of  figures 
will  not  be  a  necessary  qualification  in 
a  bank  clerk.  The  terrible  lost  cent  in 
striking  a  balance  will  forever  disap­
pear.  The  Old  National  Bank  has  pur­
chased  an  adding  machine,  the  Michi­
gan  Trust  Company  has  taken  one  on 
trial  and  other  banks  are  thinking  seri­
ously  of 
is 
about  the  size  of  a  typewriter,  at  least 
it  takes  up  no  more  100m  in  the  office. 
Its  sides  are  encased  in  glass and on the 
top 
is  a  bank  of  keys  like  those  of  a 
typewriter,  with  figures  on  the  keys  in­
stead  of  letters.  There  are  nine  rows  of 
figures,  up  and  down,  two  rows  at  the 
right  to  express  the  cents,  then  three 
rows  for  the  hundreds, 
three  for  the 
thousands  and  one  for  millions.  Trans­
versely,  the  bottom  row  is  all  ones,  the 
second  all  twos,  and  so  on  up  to  nine. 
There  are  no  naughts  on  the  board,  the 
machine  putting  them  in  automatically. 
Two  keys,  one  on  either  side  of  the 
main  bank,  are  of  silver  and  are  for  a 
special  purpose,  and  these,  with  a  lever 
and  a  curl  of  ribbon-like  paper  are  all 
that  is  to  be  seen  of  the  machine.  The 
operator stands  before  the  machine  with 
his  checks,  drafts  or  other  items  to  be 
added  on  a 
little  table  or  stand  at  the 
side.  The  figures  are  quickly  noted 
and,  as  a  typewriter 
is  operated,  the 
keys  are  touched  and  they  remain  de­
pressed,  that  the  figures  may  be  veri­
fied.  Then  the  lever at  the  side  is  given 
a  pull  and  this  prints  the  figures  upon 
the  ribbon  of  paper  in  the  rear  and  at 
the  same  time  moves  the ribbon  forward 
a  space  and  releases  the  depressed keys.
If  the  operator  wants  to  put  down 
1,000.01,  all  that  he  has  to  do 
is  to 
touch  the  figure  i  in  the  thousands  row 
and  the  i  in  the  cents  row  and  the  ma­
chine  automatically  puts  in  the naughts. 
By  touching  the  little  key  on  the  left 
side,  corresponding  to  the  shift  key  in 
a  Remington,  and  pulling  the  lever,  the 
exact  sum  of  all  the  previous  figures 
is 
given,  and  it  matters  not  if  the  number 
items  be  five  or  a  thousand.  At  the 
of 
Old  National 
last  week  the  certificate 
account  was  balanced  on  the  machine. 
There  were  upwards  of  3,500  items  in 
the  account  and  it  took  about  40  feet  of 
the  ribbon  paper  to  contain  them  all,

and  then  when  the  addition  key  was 
pressed  and  the  lever  pulled,  the  total of 
all  these  items  was  given  instantaneous 
ly  and  the  account  was  found  to  balanc 
to  a  cent.  This  operation,  in  the  old 
way,  has  usually  taken  a  week  or  longe. 
of  hard  work,  but 
it  was  struck  off  on 
the  machine  in  as  many  hours  as  it used 
to  take  days.  The  shift  key  at  the right 
is  to  repeat  an  item  that  may  have  been 
put  down,  and  it  can  be done indefinite 
ly,  and  the  addition  key  will  give  the 
total  of  these  repeated  figures  if  so  de 
sired.  The  machine  has  various  other 
knacks  and  is  truly  a  marvel  of  ingenu 
ity  and  effectiveness,  and 
im 
mense  possibilities  of  saving  brain-fag 
ging  and  nerve-racking  work  for  the 
bank  clerks.

it  has 

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The  deposits  in  the  People’s  Savings 
Bank  reached  the  million  dollar  mark 
this  week,  making 
it  the  third  State 
bank  to  reach  this  rank.
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Several  of  the  banks  have  adopted 
the  library  catalogue  card  system  of 
keeping  signatures  of  their  customers 
The  Fifth  National  was  one  of  the  first. 
adopting  the  system  three  or  four  years 
ago.  The  Old  National  did  the  same 
about  two  years  ago  and  some  of  the 
others  have  fallen  into  line.  The  Kent 
and  Grand  Rapids  Savings  Banks  hav 
had  the  system  in  vogue  for  some  time 
in  their  savings  departments  and  the 
People’s  will  soon  do  likewise.  The 
old  system  was  to  have  the  customers  or 
depositors  write  their  names  in  a  big 
book,  either  alphabetically  or  as  they 
came,  in  the  latter  case  the  names  to  be 
afterward  indexed.  These books  become 
cumbersome 
in  time  and  accounts  be 
come  dead,  but  once  on  the  book  the 
name  can  not  be  erased. 
It  stays  there 
to  take  up  the  room.  By  the  card  cat 
alogue  system,  as  soon  as  an  account 
becomes  dead  the  card  it  represents  can 
be  removed  and  the  list  can  thus  be 
kept  within  bounds. 
The  People’s 
Savings  bank  has  upwards  of  10,000 
names  on 
identification  books  and 
not  to  exceed  3,500of them are “ alive.”  
The  card  catalogue  system  will  easily 
eliminate  the  dead  wood.  The  Grand 
Rapids  Savings,  as  the  oldest  savings 
bank 
in  the  city,  dating  back  nearly 
thirty  years,  has  several  books,  and  it 
is  probable  a  highly  interesting  story 
could  be  written  about  them.  Many  of 
the  prominent  business  men  of  to-day 
date  their  prosperity and business career 
from  the  account  they  opened  as  young 
men  or  boys  in  this  bank.

its 

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The  associated  banks  of  Detroit  have 
tendered  to  the  State  a  loan  of  $200,000 
in  the  event  of war money being needed. 
The  State  has  no  surplus  funds,  and 
when  an  emergency  arises  requiring  a 
large  amount  of  money  it  is usually bor­
rowed  at  current  interest  rates  until  the 
money  can  be  raised  in  the  usual  way 
by  taxation.  The  banks  here  have  not 
tendered  a 
loan  to  the  State,  but  if  a 
loan  should  be  called  for  Grand  Rapids 
banks  could  be  depended  upon  to  take 
their  share.

The  State  law  making  Saturday  after­
in  banking

noon  a  half  holiday  is  felt 

Number  759

circles,  even  although  the  banks  do  not 
realize  any  benefit  from  it.  Since  this 
law  was  enacted  notes payable  on  Satur­
day  are  not  legally  due  until  the  follow­
ing  Monday. 
If  not  paid  until  due  in­
terest  is,  of  course,  charged  for  the  ex­
tra  two  days.  The  Saturday  half  holi­
day  exists  merely  in  theory  and  on  the 
law  books.

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F.  T.  Bisbee  has  purchased  an  inter­
est  in  the  banking  firm  at Athens known 
as  Nat.  L.  Rowe  &  Co.,  proprietors  of 
the  Farmers  and  Merchants’  Bank.  The 
other  members  of  the  firm  are  H.  J. 
Rowe,  Harriet  Rowe,  M.  A.  Kingsbury 
and  Nat.  L.  Rowe.

The  leaf  of  the  pineapple  has  a  fiber 
which  is  destined  to  take  a  prominent 
place  among  the  constituents  of  textile 
fabrics,  according  to  statements  made 
in  a  recent  report  of  the  United  States 
Department  of  Agriculture.  The  re­
port  shows  that  both  the  wild  and  the 
cultivated  plants  of  this  description 
yield  fiber  which  when  spun  surpasses 
in  point  of  strength,  fineness  and  luster 
those  obtained  from  flax.  Summarizing 
its  value,  mention 
is  made  of  its  use­
fulness  as  a  substitute  for  silk  and  as  a 
material  for  mixing  with  wool  or  cot­
ton—useful, 
for  cordage  sewing 
silk,  or  twist,  laces,  etc. 
In  China  it 
s  used  in  fabrics  for  clothing  for  agri­
culturists ; it is in request in  India as ma­
terial  for  stringing necklaces,  and  is  the 
substance  of  the  well-known  pine  cloth 
of  the  Philippine  Islands. 
is  re­
markably  durable,  unaffected  by  immer­
is  white,  soft,  silky, 
sion 
flexible  and 
in  staple.  Samples 
cleaned,  without  washing,  when  twisted 
to  the  size  of  binding  twine,  have shown 
a  breakage  strain  of  150  pounds.

in  water, 

long 

too, 

It 

for 

in  scientific  fashion. 

Brooklyn  has  a  tree-planting  society 
that  works 
Its 
labors  are  practical  and  educational. 
Any  advice  asked 
in  connection 
with  tree  culture  is  given. 
It  may  re­
late  to  the  best  sorts  of  trees  to  plant  or 
the  most  approved  methods  of  destroy- 
insects  and  fungi.  Circulars  con­
ng 
information  on  subjects  coll­
taining 
ected  with  trees  are  freely  distributed. 
It  employs  trained  men  who  care  for 
the  trees  of  members  at  cost. 
It  fights 
the  men  who  tack  signs  to  trees,  who 
itch  horses  to  them,  who 
ignorantly 
mutilate  them  under  pretense  of  prun- 
ng. 
interest  the  children 
and  to  secure  their  co-operation. 
It 
injury  to  trees  and 
teaches  them  the 
shrubbery 
violently 
swinging  them  or  cutting  and  hacking 
them  with knives.  In short,  its  influence 
s  felt  in  many  ways.

It  seeks  to 

resulting 

from 

torn  treasury  note,  declaring 

A  New  Jersey  court  has  upheld  a 
railroad  company  in  refusing  to  accept 
that 
while  the  Government 
is  bound  to  re­
deem  mutilated  bils  of  this  character 
private  parties  are  not  obliged to  accept 
them  as  legal  tender.  One  effect of  this 
decision 
should  be  to  decrease  the 
amount  of  mutilated  currency  in  circu­
lation,  giving 
the  Government  the 
trouble  of  taking  care  of  it,  as  it  always 
stands  ready  to  do.

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Tapestry  Carpets—The  constantly  in­
creasing  demand  for  this  line  has  in­
duced  several  new  concerns  to  begin  to 
make  samples  for  next  season,  as  they 
believe  the  outlook  more  favorable  on 
line,  as  compared  with  others. 
this 
Whether  their  confidence  is  justified 
in 
increasing  the manufacture of tapestries, 
the  future  will  determine.  It  should  not 
be  forgotten  that  last  year  several  of  the 
largest  tapestry  carpet  mills  shut  down, 
in  order  to  reduce  the  surplus,  and  even 
after  an  idleness  of  several  weeks  they 
were  obliged, 
the  first  of  November, 
1897,  to  have  a  special  sale,  in  order  to 
dispose  of  the  surplus.  Why  this  ac­
cumulated  may  have  been  due  in  part 
to  the  limited  purchasing  power  of  the 
masses  of  the  people.  There is  no  doubt 
that  the  general  industrial  condition has 
materially 
improved  since  that  time, 
is  also  true  that  it  will  take  a 
but 
long  time  yet  to  place  the  masses 
in  a 
position  where  they  will  buy  carpets  as 
freely  as  in  1892.

it 

Couldn’t  Understand  Why  He  Should 

Fail.

Percale 

Wrappers

This  cut  represents  one  of  the 
many styles of  Percale  Wrappers 
thatvve are producing in our factory, 
known  as  the  celebrated  Triton 
Wrapper, all  made from standard 
goods.  Honest  work.  Guaran­
teed  in  every  way to  please  as to 

fit,  style,  wear,  etc.

Prices range from $5.50 
to  $13.50 per doz.  Sample 
dozens sent subject to your 
approval.

Give  us  a  trial  order 
and  establish  a  trade  for 
yourself by carrying at all 
times  one  brand of  wrap­
pers, and that the

An old-fashioned  dry  goods  merchant, 
doing  business 
in  one  of  the  interior 
towns  for  many  years,  failed,  and  when 
an  agent  for  one  of  the creditors reached 
the  place 
it  was  to  find  the  proprietor 
working  hard  to  figure  it  all  out.

“ Lands!  but  I don't  see  why  I  should 
fail,”   he  kept  on  saying.  “ Mebbe, 
though,  I  didn’t  collect  sharp  enough.”
“ You  have  a  heap  of  goods  here, ”  

said  the  agent,  as  he  looked  around.

“ Yes.  more  or  less.”
“ When  did  you  take  the  last  inven­

tory?”

“ Inventory?  Take  everything down?”
“  Yes. ”
“ And  make  out  a  list?”
“ Yes. ”
“ And  dust  off  the  shelves  and  mop 

the  floor?”

“ That’s  it. ”
“ And  clean 

the  windows  and  paint 

the  front  of  the  store?”

“  Yes. ”
“ I  never  went  into  that. 

I  was  going 
to  one  day  about  fifteen  years  ago,  but 
they  had  a  wrestling  match  in town,  and 
I  left  the  inventory.  Mercy on  me,  but  I 
can’t  understand  why  I  should  fa il!"

Dad’s  Old  Breeches.

When dad has worn his trousers out,

T hey  pass to brother John;

Then mother trims them round about,

A nd William puts them on.

W hen W illiam ’s legs too long have grow n 

The trousers fail to hide  ’em ;

So W alter claims them  for his own,

A n d stows himself inside ’em.

N e xt Sam’s fat legs they close invest,

A nd,  when they w on’t  stretch  tighter,

T h ey ’re  turned  and  shortened,  washed  and 

pressed,

A nd fixed on me— the writer.

M a works them into rugs and caps 

W hen I have burst the stitches,

A t doomsday w e shall see— perhaps—

T he last o i dad’s old  breeches.

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M A N U F A C T U R E D   BY

Strong, Lee & Co.,

DETROIT.

OUR  LINE

of  Spring  Underwear  for  Children,  Misses,
Ladies and  Gentlemen is

YO UR  C H O IC E.

NEW   H O S IE R Y —

In  Black,  Colored, Stripes,  Polka-dots and  Plaids.

NEW   G L O V E S   A N D   S IL K   M IT T S

are very pleasing sellers.
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Dry Goods

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Dress  Goods—The  dress  goods  mar­
ket,  in  common  with  other 
lines  of 
woolens,  is  quiet  and  steady.  There  is 
in  both  spring 
business  being  done 
lines  and  fall  lines. 
In  the  former,  it 
is  principally  with  the  jobbers,  who 
find  it  necessary  to  fill  up  with  certain 
lines  that  have  become unexpectedly de­
pleted.  The  fall  lines  that  have  opened 
are  quoted  at  practically  last  season's 
prices,  but  with  the  changes  that  have 
been  made 
in  the  fabrics,  this  can  not 
be  said  to  mean  much.  The  prices  as 
quoted are  about  20  to  25  per cent,  high­
er  than  last  year.

Prints  and  Ginghams—Reductions  of 
shirtings  have  taken  place  during  the 
week.  The  Fall  River  manufacturers 
showing  no  signs  of  curtailing,  and  the 
immense  accumulation  of  goods  takes 
all  the  stiffness  out  of  the  market. 
Agents,  however,  maintain 
that  no 
changes  have  taken  place  in  the  prices 
of  their  shirtings,  and  there  is  no  rea­
son  to  doubt  that  some  of  the  most 
im­
portant  lines  are  well  sold  up.  The 
Merrimac  Manufacturing  Co.  has  bad  a 
most  prosperous  season,  and  has  not 
made  any  changes  in  the  prices  of  Mer­
rimac  prints.  Buyers  of  fancy  prints 
have  been  in  evideuce  at  jobbers’  dur­
ing  the  week,  and  the  movement  has 
been  fair.  No  change  has  taken  place 
in  the  aspect  of  affairs  with  respect  to 
ginghams.  Buyers  find 
it  almost  im­
possible  to  procure  what  they  want,  and 
have  to  content  themselves  with  the best 
available  substitutes  The  stocks  on 
hand  are  very  small,  and rapidly  dimin­
ishing.  Calicoes  are  not  so  well.  Sell­
ers  have  betrayed  a  disposition  to  close 
out  stocks,  and  as  a  consequence,  the 
price  has  shown  some 
irregularity,  not 
to  a  great  extent,  but  enough  to  unsettle 
the  market.

Staple  Cottons—Bleached  goods  have 
done  a  very  indifferent  business  in  all 
grades  during  the  week  and  the  prices 
show  weakness.  Concessions  are  diffi­
cult  to  obtain  from  sellers.  No  change 
has  taken  place 
in  the  prices  of  wide 
sheetings.  Cotton  flannels  and  blankets 
show  a  moderate  demand,  and  close  the 
week  in  better  shape than other branches 
of  the  market.  Coarse  colored  cottons 
merit  no  particular  observation,  as  the 
demand  for  them  has  continued  very 
moderate,  and  prices  have  not  been 
changed.

Knit  Goods—The 

jobbing  trade  has 
been  quite  busy  and  has  transacted  an 
amount  of  business  that 
is  above  the 
average.  Some  trouble  is  being  felt  in 
this  branch  of  the  market  on  account  of 
delayed  deliveries  of  spring  goods,  and 
there  is  also  a  notable  scarcity  of  some 
of  the  most  popular  and  necessary  lines 
in  their  stock,  the  way  to  remedy  which 
is  far  from  being  plain  at  this  time.  In 
a  market  so  firm  and  active  as  the  pres­
ent,  late  buyers  have  but  little chance of 
making  anything  like  a  free  selection, 
or  of  arranging  their  orders  to  their  sat­
isfaction.  Low  and  medium  balbrig- 
gans  and  cotton  goods  are  very  difficult 
to  obtain  at  this  time,  and  as  the  man­
ufacturers  have  their  hands  full,  it  is 
hard  to  say  when  they  will  be  replen­
ished.  The  idea  that  the  tariff  was  go­
ing  to  operate  very  strongly  against  im­
porters  seems  to  have  missed  fire  some­
how,  for  traveling  men  for  all  the 
im­
porters  are  sending  in  excellent  orders 
from  all  sections,  and  the  volume  of 
business  done  seems  as  though  it  would 
aggregate  above  that  of  three  years.

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Analyzing  Foreign  Food  Products.
The  Department  of  Agriculture  has 
been  quietly  at  work  analyzing  samples 
of  food imported from  the  countries  that 
have  been  excluding  our  products,  and 
has  discovered  a  quantity  of  impure 
sausage 
imported  from  Germany  that 
was  declared  to  be  totally  unfit  for  hu­
man  food.  These  analyses  'were  made 
in  order  to  be  prepared  for  retaliation 
should  other  countries  become  too  ar­
rogant 
in  their  refusal  to  accept  our 
products,  as  has  lately  been  done  in 
Germany.

Change  in  Symptoms.

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¡You’ll  be  Sorry

If you wait too long, 
banner season  for

This  promises  to  be  the  #

SHIRT  WAISTS

and  we bought accordingly.  Our aim has been 
to secure the latest  in style, the  best  in  quality 
at a price that will  leave you a  nice profit.  We 
think our line just about  right.  See  it andyou’lj 
say the same.

appendicitis 

after  all. ”

“ Hobbs  didn’t  have 
“ Who  said  so?”
“ His  doctors. 

It  seems  he  hadn’t 
money  enough  to  pay  for  a  surgical 
operation. ”

The  man  who gets  as  large  a salary  as 
he  thinks  he  deserves  is  usually  over­
paid.

Jobbers  •  •  •

DRY  GOODS, 
FURNISHINGS, 
and NOTIONS.

VOIGT,
HERPOLSHEIMER 
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Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Easter  Tokens  Gradually  Gaining 

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Prom the New York Sun.

Favor.

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It 

The  Easter  gifts  this season are quaint 
and  unusual.  The emblem  and  symbols 
used  are,  of  course,  the  same  that  have 
prevailed  more  or  less  since  first  there 
was  an  Easter,  but  they  are  served  up 
in  original  guise. 
in  bonbon 
holders  that  the  typical  Easter  gifts  are 
most  apt  and  pretty,  and  costly  as  well, 
for  all  their  airy  unsubstantiality.  En­
tirely  novel  are  holders  of  daintily  dyed 
straw,  with  a  suggestion  of  down  on  the 
cover  and  a  few  stray  wisps  about,  as 
though  Mrs.  Speckle  Hen  had 
just 
stepped  off  her  nest  to  pick  up  a  grain 
of  refreshment.  Within  the  nest  are 
eggs,  of  familiar  size  and  color,  filled 
with  the  various  comfits,wine  drops  and 
lozenges  that  even 
the  most  devout- 
minded  on  Easter  day  will  not  scorn  to 
sample.

A  mammoth  egg  with  a  cherub’s  face 
instead  of  a  chicken  looking  from  the 
chipped  shell  is  another  pretty  conceit. 
The  cherub’s  head  is  covered  with  long 
flaxen  ringlets,  and  wreathed  with  corn­
flowers  and  wisps  of  wheat.  Lyres  and 
harps  of  wicker  decked  with  flowers, 
and  with  a  cunningly  concealed  cavity 
beneath  the  string  for  holding  sweets, 
are  new  importations.  The  originator, 
doubtless,  had  choirs  and  paeans  of 
praise  in  mind  when  the  idea  surprised 
him.  One  will  be  of  pale  blue  and 
white  wicker  work,  plaited  closely,  and 
having  forget-me-nots  woven  about  the 
slender  end,  and a  bow  of  forget-me-not 
blue  satin  ribbon  to  set  off  the  heavier 
part.  A  mere  bagatelle  like  this,  filled 
with  choice  candies,  costs  £12.50.  A 
harp-shaped  bonbon  case  of  light,  deli­
cate  straw,  set  off  with  poppies  and 
bright  hued  birds,  filled,  costs $10;  and 
a  similar  device,  garlanded  with  apple 
blossoms  and  daintily  poised  humming 
birds,  costs,  when  filled  with  candy, 
$12.  The  straw  used  is  of  the  pale  tea 
color  that  makes  such  an  effective back­
ground.  Great  straw  eggs  are  shown 
made  of  interwoven  shaded  straw mixed 
with  gilt,  and  having  large  straw  rings 
ready  for  hanging  them.  When  one  of 
these  wicker  eggs  parts  in  the  middle 
the 
is  seen  lined  with  peach- 
blow  satin,  so  that  it  may  act  conven­
iently  as  a  workbasket  when  its  mission 
as  a  candy  bolder  is  over.

interior 

Scarcely 

Prettiest  of  all  such  dainty  holders 
are  those  fashioned  after  the  homely, 
covered  basket  of  genuine  market-going 
pattern. 
larger  than  one’s 
outstretched  hand,  but  complete  as  to 
the  two  covers  (one  on  each  side  of  the 
handle)  and  the  firmly  made  body  and 
with  the  handle  entwined with blossoms, 
the  miniature  market  basket  is  a unique 
Easter  reminder. 
It  hints  of  pats  of 
butter  brought  in,  made  fresh  from  the 
new  grass  that  the  cow  likes,  and  of 
eggs,  new 
laid,  and  bunches  of  crisp, 
fresh 
lettuce  and  asparagus  only  just 
cut.  One  of  these  homely  ornaments, 
to  be  filled  with  crystalized  fruit,  has 
a  strawberry  plant,  with  berries  hang­
ing  from  the  stem  and  the  white  blos­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

It 

soms  looking  out  from  the  leaves,  as 
seemingly  growing  on  the  cover. 
is 
the  texture  and  the  workmanship  on  the 
fruit  and  flowers  that  make  this  gilded 
bauble  cost  $8.50.

On all  the  wealth  of  fancy  bags,  boxes 
and  baskets  classed  under  the  general 
title  of  bonbon  holders  this  year  the 
quality  of  the  flowers  employed  in  dec­
oration  fixes  the  price.  The  ordinary 
field  flowers  are  most  used—buttercups 
and  cornflowers  and  diminutive  morn­
ing  glories  that  in  tint  and  shaping  de­
serve  the  name ;  but  there  are  roses  as 
well,  great  flaming  damask  roses,  and 
royal  Malmaisons  and  Jacks  almost  nat­
ural  enough  to  make  you  imagine  the 
satin 
fragrance.  One  heart-shaped 
holder  has  a  single  passion 
flower 
blooming  on  the  lid.  The  counters  at 
the  smart  confectioners  blossom 
just 
now  with  opera  bags  and  work bags that 
are 
in  shape,  either  heart 
shaped,  octagonal  or  five  sided,  and 
worked  in  typical  Easter  flowers.  The 
downy-looking  nests,  with  a  hen’s  head 
looking  out,  or  the  stimulated  brocade 
handkerchief,  tied up  at  the  corners  and 
bursting  with  eggs,  and  blossoms  and 
sprays  of  green  are  meant  to accompany 
one  of  these  broad  bags  as  an  Easter 
gift.

comely 

in  the  confectioner’s  trade 

Eggs  of  various  colors,  covered  with 
satin  and  exquisitely  hand  painted,  cost 
$3  and  $4,  ail  open  to  reveal  sweets 
within.  Some  are  lined  appropriately 
and  wadded  and  answer  for  ring  or  cuff 
button  cases.  There  are  few  mottoes 
used.  The  bright  blossoms  and  birds 
and  hints  of  awakened  life  are  regarded 
as  eloquent  enough.  Those  who  have 
been 
for 
years  say  that  Easter gifts  in  the  espe­
cial 
line  of  these  light  dainties,  not 
costly  enough  to  count  as  an  obligation, 
yet  giving  some  hint  of  the  taste  and 
consideration  of  the  sendei,  are  coming 
more  and  more  into  vogue.  One  popu­
lar  resort  has  a 
long  counter  and  two 
tables  covered  with  bonbon  holders, 
bags,  baskets  and  whatnots, 
fairly 
bristling  with  vivid  blossoms  and  but­
terflies  and  suggestions 
from  nature. 
Particularly  pretty  are 
the  holders, 
made 
in  imitation  of  a  fishing  net,  and 
having  on  the  cover  the  gay-colored 
flies  used  for  fishing.  There  are  no 
flowers  on  these,  but  to  the  angler  who 
just  beginning  to 
thinks  of  the  fish 
“ run”  
indeed. 
Dainty  gondola-shaped  bonbon  cases 
are  made  of  fine  porcelain,  decked  off 
with  butterflies  of  various  hues.  Some 
very  choice  and  rare china bonbonnieres 
have  on  the  closely  fitting  cover  little 
idyls  of  farm  life  naturally  portrayed, 
the  hen  and  her  progeny  having  promi­
nent  place 
in 
price  from  $6  to  $14  when  filled,  and 
flowers  accompany  them  as  a  gift.

in  each.  These  vary 

they  mean  Easter 

it 

Everything  is  nowadays  made  out  of 
paper,  so 
is  only  fair  that  papei 
should  be  made  out  of  everything.  The 
latest  step  toward  this  desirable  con­
summation  has  been  made 
in  Dutch 
paper  works  at  Groningen,  where  paper 
has  been  made  with  perfect  success 
from  potato  peelings,  which  cost  only 
about  five  shillings  a  ton.

AN OPPORTUNITY

FO R   M E N   W HO 
A R E   N O T   LA Z Y
4,000 agents are now canvassing  with our line of samples,  earning from  $50 
to $200 per month.  We want 4,000 more active, reliable men to take the  places 
not yet filled.

Many concerns advertise themselves as “ tailors to  the  trade,”   but  we  are 
the  o r ig in a l and  o n ly   manufacturers on a  la r g e   s c a le   of  “ ready-to-wear” 
clothing exclusively for c o n s u m e r s .  W e don’t wholesale!  W e don’t  retail! 
There is  but  one  small  profit  between  the  first  cost  of  our  garments  and  the 
men and  boys who  wear  them.  We  run  our  own  plant  and  the  samples  w e  
send out are cut from the cloths we make up in our factory.  W e cut suits a thou - 
sand at a time.  I Ience the low prices we offer.  These goods bear the trade mark,

I I  

W H ITE  H O R S E   B R A N D .

A   superb outfit and  advertising  matter  furnished  free  to  our  agents.  Do 
you not think with all these advantages you could interest your friends and neighbors and secure 
their orders  for clothing ?  The workmanship and trimmings are the very best on every garment.

M e n ’s S u its  $ 4  t o   * 15 . 
We also operate one of the largest  Custom  Departments  where garments are a ctu a lly - cut 

B o y s ' S u its  S 3  to   $ » .  M e n 's  T r o u se r s   75 c  to   * 4 .

and  made-to-measure by the most skillful workmen.  The trade mark for  this department is 

W H ITE  C IT Y   B R A N D .

W e furnish  our agents with a fine line of samples  and  all  necessary  blanks  from  this  de­
partment  without charge.  T he  prices for suits are $12  to  $25.  With  the  two  outfits  you  can 
meet  the taste and  purse of every man and  boy  in  your community.  W e pay  our agents  a  lib­
eral  commission.  Don’t miss this chance.  W rite for  particulars  to Dept.  G.  R. 

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W H ITE  C IT Y   T A IL O R S ,  222-226  ADAM S  ST R E E T ,  CHICAGO.

Dealers don’t  keep our goods;  they  SELL them.

Carpets

All grades cut at  wholesale.

You  Carry  Only  Samples

We  carry the stock.  When  you  make  a 
sale,  send  us  the  pattern  number,  size 
of  room  or  quantity  wanted  and  we will 
ship your order the same day as received 
— sewed  if desired.
OVER  3,000  DEALERS  are  now  han­
dling our carpets profitably.  Let us start 
you to success.

For One  Dollar

We will  send you a book of Carpet  Sam­
ples  containing  about  50  patterns—size 
gxi8 
inches.  These  samples  are  cut 
from the roll,  so you can guarantee every 
carpet as  represented— in  style, color and 
quality.  No  picture  scheme  or  Misrep­
resentation.  Every  sample  is  finished, 
numbered and quality specified on ticket, 
so you can make no  mistake when order­
ing.  We also make  up  books  as  above, 
18x18  in., which we will furnish
For  Three  Dollars
p   This  size  is  very  popular,  as  the  patterns show up beautifully. 
If you 
p   prefer large samples we  will cut them any length desired at the  price  of 
I®  the goods per yard.  We have the  best-selling  goods  on  earth.  Don’t 
p   wait, order samples at once;  it will be to  your  interest  and we want  you 
wfl  to represent  us.

Il  SOUTHEAST  CORNER  MARKET  &  MONROE  STS.,  CHICAGO.

HENRY  NOEE  &  CO.,

Complete price list and telegraph code w ill be sent with samples.

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

THE  O E K T   LflHDSETH  CO.,  tH IO V M .  i s .

Worden  Grocer Co.,  Wholesale  Agents.

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Around  the State

Movements  of  Merchants. 

Delton— Hartman  Bros.,  millers,  have 

sold  out  to  L.  N.  Bush.

Albion— Foot  &  Clancy  succeed  Car- 

son  Foot  in  the  grocery  business.

Twining— Dr.  S.  B.  Sandall  has  pur­
chased  the  drug  stock  of  Chas.  Wet- 
more.

Holland— The  Westveld Furniture Co. 
has  embarked  in  retail  business  at  this 
place.

Sturgis—C.  B.  Munger will  embark  in 
the  shoe  business  at  this  place  about 
April  io.

Benton  Harbor— N.  D.  Haynes  has 
purchased  the  meat  market  of  Geo. 
Bateman.

Saginaw—Wm.  B.  Drysdale  succeeds 
Mr.  McLean  as  manager  of  the  Ideal 
grocery  store.

Lansing—Wm.  Stoll  has  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  Geo.  E.  Cimmerer 
on  Franklin  street,  east.

Greenville— W.  H.  Gardner  has  sold 
his  shoe  stock  to  Thos.  Welsh,  who  has 
removed  it  to  Belding.

open  a  store  at  120  East  Ludmgton 
avenue,  handling  a  line  of  wall  papers 
and  painting  materials.

Traverse  City—W.  W.  Miller,  grocer, 
has  purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  Mrs. 
E.  M.  Daniels,  on  Front  street.  He 
will  continue  both  stores.

Manistee— Emil  Johnson  and  Chas. 
Dahlquist,  under  the  style  of  Johnson 
&  Dahlquist,  have  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  356  River  street.

Leslie—The  East  Side  bakery  will 
hereafter  be  conducted  by  Buckingham 
&  Clark,  Mr.  Clark  hav ing  purchased 
the  interest  of  Mr.  Clements.

St.  Johns—The  clothing  firm  of  Web­
ber  &  Peck  has  dissolved.  W.  W. 
Peck  has  retired  but  will  continue  to 
have  charge  of  the  business.

Iron  Mountain—Jas.  Prideaux 

is 
erecting  a  large  frame  store  building  at 
Tamarack  City  which  he  will  occupy 
May  1  with  a  stock  of  general  merchan­
dise.

Ann  Arbor— Muehlig  &  Schmid, 
hardware  dealers,  have  purchased  the 
paint  and  oil  stock  of  Hutzel  &  Co., 
which  they  will  combine  with  their  own 
stock.

OnumLga—Tiie  stock  of  furniture  of 
Stroud  &  McDonald  has  been  sold  and 
will  be  moved  away.  The  manager,  D. 
W.  Freeland,  will  re-open  the  store 
with  a  new  stock  of  furniture  and  un­
dertaking  goods.

interest 

Benton  Harbor—Geo.  B.  Warren  has 
purchased  a  half 
in  the  dry 
goods  and  millinery  stock  of  his  father, 
F.  G.  Warren.  The  business  will  be 
continued  under  the  style  of  the  Enter­
prise  Mercantile  Co.

Hancock---- Andrew  Bram,  formerly
clerk  in  the  drug  store  of  S.  D.  North 
&  Son,  of  Calumet,  has  engaged  in  the 
drug  business  at  this  place,  placing 
Arthur  T.  Ellsworth 
in  charge  of  the 
pharmacy  department.

Muskegon— K.  W.  Solbeim,  who  for­
merly  conducted  a  grocery  store  on 
Lake  street,  has  moved  back  to  Mus­
kegon  from  Traverse  City,  and  will 
open  a  grocery  store  at  the  corner  of 
Peck  and  Irwin  streets.

Ann  Arbor—All  dry  godds  merchants 
of  this  city  have  signed  an  agreement 
that  on  and  after  April  16 they  will  stop 
giving  trading  stamps,  cash  coupons 
and  similar  premiums. 
It  is  expected 
that  other  business  firms  will  follow.

Ishpeming  -J.  W.  Jocbim,  the  hard­
ware dealer,  is  putting  in  a  little  spare 
time among the Upper  Peninsular towns, 
introducing  a 
fire  extinguisher  which 
he  has  the  Northwestern  agency  for. 
Mr.  Jochim  is  rather  weighty  in  his  ar­
guments;  that 
is,  to  the  extent  of  280 
pounds.

Detroit— The  tobacconists  of  the  city 
are  still  engaged  in  the  pastime  of  cut­
ting  each  other’s  throats  in  a  business 
way.  The  wholesale  dealers  have  held 
several  meetings  since  John  T.  Wood- 
house  &  Co.  inaugurated  a  cut  on  the 
American  Tobacco  Co.’s  goods  in  par­
ticular  and  many  other  brands  in  gen­
eral,  but  so  far  have  been  unable  to 
agree  on  any  concerted action.  Each  is 
meeting  the  cut  when  there  is  no  other 
way,  and  as  a  result  there  is  a  shifting 
of  customers  and  demoralization 
of 
trade.

The  Produce  Market. 

Apples— Home  grown  cellar  stock— 
Greenings  and  Baldwins—commands 
$2@2.75  per  bbl.
Bananas—Values  are  rather  better 
than  they  were  at  the  first  of  the  year 
with 
to  advance.  Any 
trouble 
in  the  West  Indies  would  be 
liable  to  interfere  with  the  regular ship­
ment  of  this  fruit,  and  in  consequence 
would  advance  the  market  very  materi­
ally.

inclination 

Beans—Jobbers  pay  6o@7oc  for  coun­
try  cleaned,  holding  city  picked  at go 
@g2c  in  carlots  and  $1  in  small  quanti­
ties.  Few  beans  are  coming  into  mar­
ket  at  this  time.

Butter— The  strengthening 

in  price 
last  week  has  taken  place 
predicted 
due  to 
light  receipts,  which  are  not 
sufficient  to  meet  the  consumptive  de­
mands  of  the  market.  All  grades  of 
butter  are  affected  by  the  scarcity  of 
milk,  both  home  dairy  and 
factory 
creamery.  The  market 
is  practically 
bare  of  stock,  receipts  being  frequently 
sold  in  advance  of  arrival,  dairy  bring­
ing  I4@ i5c  for  choice  and  I5@i6c  for 
fancy.  Creamery  is  in  good  demand  at 
ig@2oc.

Cabbage—$2.50  per  100.
Beets—35c  per  bu.
Carrots—25c  per  bu.
Cucumbers—$1.25  per  doz.  for  South­

ern  grown.

Eggs—The  prevailing  cool  weather 
has  tended  to  hold  the  price  up  to  8c, 
whereas  a  continuance  of  the  warm 
weather  would  have  probably  forced  the 
price  down  to  7@7}4c.  The  quality 
and  appearance  of  the  arrivals  have im­
proved  very  materially  during  the  past 
week  and  a  still  further  improvement 
is  expected  during  the  ensuing  week. 
Local  dealers  ask  8^c  for  case  count 
stock  and  9c  for  sorted.

Grape  Fruit— Prices  are  considerably 
reduced,  boxes  of  this  fruit  selling  now 
at $4@4- 50.

Light  stock  commands  12c.

Green  Onions— 10c  per  doz.
from  9@ioc. 
Honey— Dark  ranges 
Lemons—The  demand  is  principally 
for  California  stock,  although  there  is 
some  Messina  fruit  in  the  market,  and 
it 
is  holding  up  the  full  values.  The 
movement  is  good  for  this  season  of  the 
year.
Lettuce—Grand  Rapids  Forcing  is  in 

ample  supply  at  !2j£c.

Onions—Dry  stock  has  declined  to 

Manufacturing  Matters.

Saginaw—The  Saginaw  Milling  Co. 
from 

its  capital  stock 

increased 

has 
$50,000  to $150,000.

Ovid—Twenty  business  men  have 
agreed  to  contribute  $100  each  as  a 
bonus  to  some  manufacturing  enterprise 
which  will 
locate  here.  No  frauds  or 
fakes  need  apply.

Marquette—The  D.,  S.  S.  &  A.  and 
the  L.  S.  &  I.  Railways  have  begun 
to  haul  ore  to  the  docks.  The  ice  in 
the  Lake  and  bay  would  not  hinder nav­
igation  now.  The  snow 
is  all  gone, 
except  in  the  dense  woods.  The  season 
is  at  least  a  month  earlier  than  usual.

Houghton—The  mill  and  attached 
property  belonging  to  the Moralee estate 
have  been  purchased  by  the  Armstrong 
&  Tbulman  Lumber  Co.  The  planing 
mill  will  be  fitted  up  and  operated  dur­
ing  the  present  season.  George  C. 
Bently,  heretofore  with  the  Sturgeon 
River  Lumber Co.,  will  be superintend­
ent  of  the  mill.

Menominee— Kirby,  Carpenter  &  Co. 
have  suspended  logging  operations  for 
the  winter,  having  banked  68,000,000 
feet,and  now  have  two  railroad contract­
ing  firms,  Holmes  &  Son  and  Sparrow 
&  Kroll,  hauling  for  them,  the 
latter 
firm  now  being  engaged  on  the  last  half 
of  a  10,000,000  contract,  to  be  brought 
here  by  rail  during  the  summer.

is 

Man 

incorrigible.  He  swears  he 
will  give  up  a  bad  habit-and  then 
keeps  on  swearing.

60c.

Oranges—The  sentiment 

is  firm  on 
the  best  navels,  these  being  still  the 
choice  of  the  trade.  The  movement  is 
very  large,  as  compared  with  the  ac­
tual  trade  of  this  season.  The  prices 
are  unchanged  on  all  varieties,  values 
ruling  very  low.

Pineapples—The  market  is  well  sup­
plied  with  Florida  fruit,  and  prices  are 
a  little  higher  than  last  week.

Potatoes— Local  dealers  pay  5o@55c 
is  weaker 
large  distributing  and 

and  hold  at  60c.  The  price 
at  most  of  the 
consuming  markets.

Radishes— Louisiana  are 

in  ample 
supply  at  20c.  Cincinnati  are  scarce  at 
25c.

Seeds—Timothy,  prime,  $i.4o@i.45; 
Medium 
clover,  $3@3-25;  Mammoth 
clover,  $3@3.40;  Crimson  clover,  $2.25 ; 
Red Top,  $1 @ 1.10;  Alfalfa,  $3.75@4.50; 
Alsyke,  $4.5o@4.65;  Orchard  grass, 
$1.60;  Kentucky  bluegrass,  $i.30@i.5o. 

Spinach—40c  per  bu.
Strawberries—30c  per  qt.
Tomatoes—60c  per  basket.
Vegetable  Oysters—20c  per  doz.

Chicago  Butterine  Cases  Dismissed.
The  butterine  cases  which  have  re­
cently  attracted  so  much  attention  in 
in  number— 
Chicago—seventy-seven 
were  recently  called  and  dismissed. 
It 
is  claimed  that  the  parties  who  swore 
out  the  warrants  and  the  constable  who 
served  them  did  it  with  intent  to  black­
mail  or  receive  money  for  the  work  of 
informers. 
is  estimated  that  over 
1.200 grocers  and  butchers  are  handling 
butterine  in  Chicago.

It 

He  who  is  intimate  on  short acquaint­
ance  js  liable  to  make  people  short  on 
an  intimate acquaintance.

Bronson—J.  Freidman  has  opened  a 
general  store  at  this  place  under  the 
name  of  the  Fair  store.

Scottville— E.  S.  Morris  has  sold  his 
stock  of  shoes  to  Dr.  Eaton,  who  will 
move  them  to  Fountain.

Owosso—John  T.  Walsh  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  to  E.  M.  Johnson,  the 
transfer  to  take  place  May  x.

Ypsilanti—John  Comstock  has  been 
admitted  to  the  dry  goods  and  clothing 
firm  of  E.  M.  Comstock  &  Co.

Jackson—James  Falihee celebrated the 
25th  anniversary  of  his  engaging  in  the 
shoe  business  here  on  April  1.

Reading—Curtis  &  Lathrop  succeed 
C.  M.  (Mrs.  Theo.)  Curtis  in  the  fur­
niture  and  undertaking  business.

Iron  Mountain—Geo.  F.  Seibert  has 
opened a branch drug store at Quinnesec, 
placing  Will  Rezin  in  charge  thereof.

Croswell---- Wm.  Owens  and  John
Lewis  have  engaged 
in  the  furniture 
and  undertaking  business  at  this  place.
Lansing— Dr.  J.  Ball  has  removed  his 
drug  stock  to  228  Washington  avenue, 
south,  directly  across  the  street  from  his 
old  stand.

East  Jordan—J.  J.  Gage  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  W.  R. 
Stewart  and  consolidated 
it  with  his 
bazaar  stock.

Elk  Rapids— A.  M.  Van  Wormer,  of 
Grand  Haven,  has  rented 
the  Sours 
building  and  established  a  bakery  and 
lunch  counter.

Crystal  Falls—J.  E.  Bower  &  Co., 
druggists,  have  dissolved.  J.  E.  Bower j 
will  hereafter  continue  the  business 
in 
his  own  name.

Alpine—Frank  Sleesman  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Monroe 
Crammer  and  consolidated  his  general 
stock  therewith.

Quincy—C.  G.  Powers  has  removed 
his  stock  of  clothing  from Adrian to this 
place  and  consolidated  it  with  the  stock 
of  F.  E.  Powers,

Lacey— D.  A.  Quick  and  A.  R.  Rog­
ers  have  purchased  the  Glasner  general 
stock  and  will  continue  the  business  at 
the  same  location.

Wayland— C.  C.  Deane,  clothier,  and 
Frank  E.  Pickett,  general  dealer,  have 
consolidated  their  stocks  under  the  style 
of  Pickett  &  Deane.

Buchanan—The  drug  firm  of  Dr.  E.
S.  Dodd  &  Son  has  been  dissolved,  the 
senior  member,  Dr.  E.  S.  Dodd,  retir­
ing.  Dr.  I.  L.  H.  Dodd  will  continue 
the  business  under  the  same  style.

Big  Rapids—J.  F.  Hughes  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the 
boot  and  shoe  business  of  Neahr  & 
Hughes  and  will  continue  the  business 
in  his  own  name.

Shelby— W.  H.  Griffin  has  sold  his in­
terest 
in  the  grocery  stock  of  Griffin  & 
Tinney  to  his  partner,  John  Tinney, 
and  will  devote  his  entire  attention  to 
his  meat  business.

Nashville— M.  H.  Reynolds  and  W. 
M.  Humphrey  have  formed  a copartner­
ship  under  the  style  of  Reynolds  & 
Humphrey  and embarked  in the carriage 
and  vehicle  business.

interest 

Barryton—S.  S.  Wilson  has  sold  one- 
half 
in  his  stock  of  hardware 
and  furniture  to  J.  E.  Geiger.  The  new 
firm  will  do  business  under  the  style  of 
Wilson,  Geiger  &  Co.

Jackson— The  Geo.  S.  Hawes  Co.  has 
embarked 
in  the  drug  business  at  118 
South  Mechanic  street.  The  company 
has  secured  the  services  of  Henry  Mar­
tin,  formerly  of  Martin  &  Gibbins.

Boyne  City— Mrs.  M.  A.  Ward,  who 
conducted  a  grocery  store  here,  has 
rented  her  building  to  Mrs.  Geo.  Steel, 
who  will  open  a  bakery  and  restaurant. 
Mrs.  Ward  will  retire  from  business.

Nashville— Henry  Glasner,  general 
dealer  at  Lacey,  has  purchased  the  gro­
cery  stock  of  Marshall  &  Reynolds,  and 
removed  same  to  a  store  building  on 
Main  street  recently  purchased  by  him.
Cheboygan— L.  F.  Lane,  formerly  en­
in  general  trade  at  Honor,  will 
gaged 
occupy  a  new  building  now  being 
erected  on  State  street  with  a  stock  of 
dry  goods,boots  and shoes and millinery.
Owosso—The  Geo.  Markham  grocery 
stock  has  been  purchased  by  W.  E. 
Miller,  the  West  Owosso  groceryman, 
and  will  be  conducted  by  him.  He  will 
also  continue 
in  business  on  the  West 
Side.

Jackson—The  furniture  and 

carpet 
stock  of  Newell,Richardson & Galbraith 
has  been  purchased  by  Chas.  Froelk,  of 
Cleveland,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  under  the  style  of  the  Froelk  Fur­
niture  Co

Charlotte—A  two-story  brick  build­
ing,  with  24  feet  frontage,  will  shortly 
be  erected  on  the  present  site  of  the 
store  building  occupied  by  Warren 
Shaull  with  his  grocery  and  bakery. 
Greenman  &  Selkirk,  clothiers,  will 
take  possession  of  same  as  soon  as  com­
pleted.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

F.  A.  Rice  has  removed  his  grocery 
stock  from  Kent  street  to  the  Arcade, 
at  the  rear  of  14  Canal  street.

Chas.  W.  Williams,  druggist  at  Alto, 
has  added  a 
line  of  groceries.  The 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

Frank  Smith  has  decided  to  conduct 
a  third  store,  locating  a  grocery  stock 
at  Tustin.  The  Worden  Grocer  Co.  fur­
nished  the  stock.

The  Musselman  Grocer  Co.  furnished 
the  stock  for  Martin  Viergever,  who 
has  opened  a  new  grocery  store  at  the 
corner  of  North  Union  and  Lyon streets.

Frank  Keech  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Johnston,  a  new  town  seven 
miles  west  of  Ionia.  The  Lemon  & 
Wheeler  Company  furnished  the  stock.
W.  G.  Phelps,  formerly  of  the  firm  of 
Ballard  &  Phelps,  hardware  dealers  at 
Manton,  will  open  a  new  hardware store 
at  Bellaire  about  May  15.  Foster,  Ste­
vens  &  Co.  have the order  for  the  stock.

O.  A.  Eaton  has  embarked 

in  the 
dry  goods  and  grocery  business at  Foun­
tain.  Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &   Co.  fur­
nished  the  dry  goods  and  the  Clark- 
Jewell-Wells  Co.  supplied  the  groceries.

Local  grocers  are  beginning  to  lay 
their  plans  for  the  struggle over  the  new 
license  schedule  which  will  be  adopted 
by  the  new  Council  in  May.  With  the 
return  of  good  times  the  Tradesman 
sees  no  reason  why  the  fee  should  not 
be  increased  $5  or  gio  this  year  and 
it 
is  believed  that  the  License  Committee 
of  the  Retail  Grocers’  Association  will 
take  this  view  of  the  matter  and  ask 
that  the  fee  be  increased  to  $40. 
is 
quite  likely  that  the  better  clasls  of 
peddlers  will 
join  the  grocers  in  this 
request,  as  the  former  have  come  to 
realize  that  a  reasonable  fee  and  such 
wholesome  restrictions  as can  be  thrown 
around  the  business  are  quite  as  much 
in  the  interest  of the  peddler  as the  gro­
cer,  because  they  tend 
lessen  the 
number  and  elevate  the  character  of 
the  peddling  class.

to 

It 

It  begins  to  look  as  if  the  infringe­
ment  suit  brought  against  Julius  Stein­
berg,  of  Traverse  City,  by  the  Consoli­
dated  Store  Service  Co.,  of  Boston, 
would  never  be  brought  to  trial.  The 
action  was  begun  last  summer,  the  bill 
of  complaint, 
filed  Aug.  17,  alleging 
that  Mr.  Steinberg  used  a  cash  carrier 
system  which  infringed  patents  alleged 
to  be  owned  by  the  complainant.  The 
request  for  a  preliminary 
injunction 
was  denied,  since  which  time  the  at­
torney  for  the  complainant  has  appar­
ently  been  in  no  hurry  to crowd  the mat­
ter  to  a  trial.  On  Dec.  2  Geo.  H.  Russ, 
of  Boston,  was  named  as  examiner,  but 
up  to  this  time  nothing  has  been  re­
ceived  from  him  by  the  officials  of  the 
United  States  Court.  The  case  can  not 
now  be  heard  until  the  October  term  cf 
the  Court,  and  the 
indifferent  attitude 
assumed  by  the  complainant's  attorney 
naturally  leads  to  the  belief  that  the  de­
fendant  will  never  be compelled to come 
to  Grand  Rapids 
for  the  purpose  of 
joining  issues  in  open  court.

The  grand 

jury  indictments  against 
Frank  J.  Lamb  and  Chester  A.  Lamb 
in  the  United  States 
are  still  on  file 
Court  here  and 
it  is  now  expected  that 
the  defendants  will  be  required  to  stand 
trial  at  the  October  term.  For  the  sake

of  securing  delay,  the  defendants  turned 
over  to  a  trustee  certain  properties, 
with  the  understanding  that  the  pro­
ceeds  were  to  be  divided pro rata among 
their  creditors.  The  properties  proved 
to  be  absolutely  valueless,  as the Trades­
man 
insisted  was  the  case  at  the  time, 
and  there  appears  to  be  no  reason  why 
the  Lambs  should  not  be  made  to  pay 
the  penalty  of 
their  misdeeds.  T h ey 
brought  the  Grand  Rapids  market  into 
temporary  disrepute  and 
influenced  a 
number  of  other  men  of  questionable 
character  to  embark  on  swindling  ca­
reers.  The  disciples  of  the  Lamb  gang 
took  refuge 
in  Canada  and  in  distant 
parts  of  the  country,  and  it  is  intimated 
that  the  senior  Lamb  has  left  the  coun­
try  for  the  country’s  good  and  will  not 
be  on  hand  in  case  he  is  wanted  in  the 
United  States  Court.

The  Hardware  Market.

General  trade  during  March  was  un­
usually  good  and  there  is  every prospect 
of  a  fair  business  during  the  month  of 
April.  The market  remains  quite  steady 
and  there  are  but  few  changes  made 
in 
the  general 
line  of  hardware.  Owing 
to  the  uncertain  condition  existing  with 
our  foreign  countries,  a  tendency  to 
more  conseivative  action  is  quite  prev­
alent  in  all  branches  of  trade.

Wire  Nails— The  wire  nail  market 
still  remains  stationary,  although  the 
consolidation  of  a  number  of  mills  is 
having  a  tendency  to  make  the  market 
quite  firm. 
It  is  not  believed  by  those 
who  are  conversant  with  the  intended 
operations  of  the  new  consolidation  that 
there  will  be  any  material  advance  in 
prices,  although 
it  is  believed  by  some 
that  they  will  advance  5@ioc  but 
further  than  that  make  no 
immedi­
ate  change.

Barbed  Wire—There  is  no  change  to 
note  in  the  barbed  wire market.  Prices 
are  firm  and  the  demand  is  good  and 
there  is  very  little  unevenness  in  price 
as quoted  from  the  different  markets.

thing,  have  advanced 

Window  Glass— An  advance  has  been 
made  by  all  manufacturers  which  aver­
ages  about  7%  per  cent.  Jobbers,  as  a 
general 
their 
prices  about  5  per  cent. 
It  is  generally 
understood  that  there  is no possibility of 
any  lower  prices  being  made  by  the 
glass  association  and  that  they  will  be 
higher  before they are lower.  Quotations 
at  present  in  box  lots  range  from  85  to 
85  and  5  per  cent,  discount.

Carriage  Bolts—The  recent  advance 
of  about  7%  per  cent,  by  the  manufac­
job­
turers  seems  to  be  firmly  held  and 
bers  are  gradually  advancing 
their 
prices,  in  sympathy  with  the  advance 
by  manufacturers.

Rope—The  advance  in  rope  still  con­
tinues  and  it  is  not  believed  that  there 
will  be  any  lower  prices  made  during 
the  next  thirty  days.

Tar  Felt—Owing  to  the  advance  in 
old  rags  and  other  articles  going  into 
the  manufacture  of  tar  felt,  another  ad­
vance  of  $3  per ton  has  been  made  by 
the  manufacturers. 
Jobbers  are  now 
asking  gi.75  per  cwt.  and  it  is  believed 
that  it  will  be  higher  before  it  is  lower. 
In  sympathy  with 
this  advance,  all 
kinds  of  building  paper  are  materially 
higher.

G.  J.  Johnson,  President  of  the  G.  J. 
Johnson  Cigar  Co.,  took  a  flying  trip 
through  the  Upper  Peninsula  last  week, 
making  personal  calls  on  the  trade  at 
Marquette  and  Ishpeming.

Gillies’  New  York  teas.  All  kinds, 
grades  and  prices.  Phone  Visner,  800.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—Raws  are  firm,  although  it 

is 
claimed  the  refiners  are  not  buying  very 
freely.  Refiners  claim  to  be  oversold 
on  refined  grades  and  a  still  higher 
range  of  values  is  very  generally  looked 
forward  to  by  experienced  buyers.

Tea— The  general  conditions  of  the 
tea  market  are  unchanged  from  last  re­
Import  orders  are  now  being 
port. 
placed  and  dealers  are 
for 
values  to  drop  a  trifle  on  the  higher 
grade  goods  and  to  advance  on the lower 
grades.  The 
inspection  rules  of  last 
year will  hold  this,  and very  poor  grades 
of  tea  will  be  entirely  excluded.

looking 

Coffee—Rio  grades  are  strong  and 
higher.  No.  7  having  advanced  from  554" 
to  6J4c  during  the  past  week.  The talk 
of  putting  a  duty  on  coffee  in  the  event 
of  a  war  with  Spain  is  the  principal 
factor 
in  the  advance.  Arbuckle  and 
the  roasters  throughout  the  West,  with 
the  exception  of  Woolson,  advanced 
their  quotations  on  package  brands  }£c 
Monday.

statement 

Dried  Fruits—There  is  no  change  as 
yet  in  prices,  although  there 
is  report 
of  the  worst  frost  on  the  Pacific  Coast 
for  several  years.  The 
is 
made  by  many  authorities  that  the  crop 
of  apricots,  prunes,  almonds,  peaches 
and  many  other  lines  of  fruit  has  been 
wellnigh  wiped  out 
in  many  sections, 
and  that  there  is  no  quarter  of  the  State 
in  which  the  deciduous  fruit  has  not 
been  damaged  to  a  great  extent.  The 
is  the  only  section 
Santa  Clara  valley 
that  has  escaped  with  a 
light  penalty, 
just  how  much  dependence  may  he  put 
on  this  report 
is  not  yet  determined, 
but  there  is  no  doubt  that  frost  damage, 
and  a  considerable  of  it,  has  been  done 
to  the  deciduous  fruit.

Canned  Goods—The  tomato  market 
is  easy  rather  than  otherwise,  and  pur­
chases  are  being  made  for  immediate 
wants  only.  The  demand  for  future  to­
matoes  exceeds  the  supply,  by  reason 
of  the  reluctance  of  the  packers  who 
last  year  to  make  very 
were  burnt 
large  offerings.  There 
is  a  moderate 
demand  for  spot  corn  at  a  low  price, 
and  the  market  is  unchanged  except 
in 
the  way  of  being  slightly  easier.  Spot 
peas  are  very  dull,  and  prices  are  un­
changed.  Stocks  in  first  hands  are light, 
and  full  prices  will  probably  be  asked 
later.  Peaches  are  very  slow,  and  prices 
are  unchanged.

it  to  say  that 

Molasses  and  Syrups— Buyers  are  tak­
ing  small  lots,  as  a  rule,  to  meet  urgent 
requirements.  Dealers  are  inclined  to 
hold  onto  their  supplies  so  that  they 
are  willing  to  sell  only  at  full  prices. 
The  offerings  of  syrups  were  not  at  all 
large,  as  refiners  were  not  turning  out 
much  stock.  The  syrups  offered  were 
taken  at  full  prices.
Fish— Mackerel 

is  no  stronger,  and 
if  anything,  is  probably  a  little  easier. 
The  future  of  the  market  is  uncertain. 
Suffice 
it  has  a  better 
chance  of  remaining  steady  than  of 
either  declining  or  advancing.  This 
applies  to  the  immediate  future.  There 
may  be  an  advance 
in  two  or  three 
months.  Statistically,  mackerel 
is  in 
is  selling  fairly 
good  position.  Cod 
well  at  unchanged  prices.  There 
is  a 
better  demand  for  canned  salmon,which 
also  rules  at  unchanged  prices.  Domes­
tic  sardines  are  slightly  easier.  There 
are  rumors  of  the  purchase  of  all  the 
New  England  sardine  canneries  by  an 
English  syndicate,  but  they  are  unreli­
able.

Provisions—Trade 

in  smoked  meats 
is  brightening  somewhat,  as  dealers  ex­
pect  a  better  demand  after  Lent.  The

5

to  be 

extremely  low  prices at which provisions 
have  been  selling  have  caused  the  de­
mand  this  season 
larger  than 
usual.  There  have  been  no  changes  of 
importance 
in  the  market  during  the 
past  week,  except  a  slight shading off in 
the  prices  of  pure  lard.  Compound  re­
mains  unchanged.

T h e  Grain  Market.

is  worth  or 

The  wheat  market  is  in  a  very  unsat­
isfactory position  at  present  for  both the 
millers  and  the dealers.  The May corner 
is  raising  hob  with  prices  generally. 
Cash  wheat  is  90c here, while May  wheat 
in  Chicago 
is  selling  at 
$1.05,  but  May  wheat  in  New  York  is 
only  99J4c.  On 
that  basis  Chicago 
should  be  only  about  90c,  but  the  bears 
do not  sell  any  May,  as  the Leiter clique 
has  about  all  the  cash  wheat  in  sight. 
There  is  nothing  new  as  regards exports 
except  that  they  are  very  large,  but  the 
same  can  be  said  of  the  receipts.  When 
a  decrease 
in  the  visible  of  1,500,000 
bushels  was  expected,  reports  show  that 
it  increased  162,000 bushels,  which  gave 
the  market  a  temporary  setback,  but 
it 
soon  gained  strength  again.  This  un­
certainty  will 
last  until  the  middle  of 
May  or  at  least  until  after  May  1.  For­
eigners  are  still  buying  wheat,  but  they 
are  not  as  heavy  buyers  as  they  were,  as 
we  are  drawing  near  a  harvest,  day  by 
day.  This  fine  weather  would  have  a 
depressing  effect  on  present  prices  were 
it  not  for  the  scarcity  of  wheat.

Corn  and  oats  are  both  very  strong ; 
in  fact,  prices  are  better  than  they were 
last  week.  The  same  rule  holds  good 
as  regards  rye.

The  receipts  were  rather  under  the 
usual  amount,  being  only  35  cars  of 
wheat,  4  cars  of  corn  and  9  cars  of  oats. 
The  receipts  from  farmers’  wagons  are 
merely  nominal. 
C.  G.  A.  V oigt.  *

Hides,  Pelts,  Furs,  Tallow  and  Wool.
There  are  no  hides  of  consequence, 
compared  with  the  demand,  the  few 
there  are  being  poor  in  quality.  Tan­
ners  are  tired  working  them,  but  find 
nothing  else  to  take  their  place.  They 
forced  down  prices,  first  by  staying  out 
of  the  market,  but  finding  nothing  bel­
ter,  they  are taking  a  few  at  a slight ad­
vance.  Dealers  ask  more 
for  their 
goods  and  it  looks  as  though  they  would 
secure  the  price  asked.  Light  stock 
remains  firm  and  in  good  demand,  with 
no  excess.  Harness  stock 
in  good 
demand,  on  account  of 
large  Govern­
ment  orders  for  harnesses.  The  supply 
is  light  but  ample  for  local  demand.

Pelts  are  few,  but  pullers  keep  work­
ing,  securing  their  supply  from  sources 
which  weaken on their  holdings and sell- 
at  a  loss.

is 

well  as  price,  with 

Furs  are  off  in  supply  and  quality,  as 
little  competition.
Tallow  shows  a  slight  advance,  with 

no  demand  beyond  the  ordinary.

There 

is  no  movement 

in  wools. 
Prices  do  not  change,  as  there  are  no 
buyers  at  any  price  and  no  enquiries. 
Cancellation  of  cloth  orders  have  forced 
manufacturers  to  be  cautious  while  they 
have  enough  stock  on  hand  to  fill  such 
orders  as  come.  Others 
looking  for 
Government  orders  prefer  to  wait.

VVm.  T.  Hess.

Frank  Stanton,  a  North  Carolina 
moonshiner,  recently  caught  in  the  toils 
of  the 
law,  made  his  defense  in  court 
that  he  only  engaged  in  illicit  distill­
ing 
in  order  to  get  money  enough  to 
paint-the  church.  The  judge  who  tried 
his  case  observed  that  most  of  Stanton’s 
efforts  went  toward  painting  the  town 
so  he  gave  him  the  customary  two  year 
for  reflection.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

6
W om an’s World

Exercising  Benevolence  in  the Care of 

Unwelcome  Callers.

its  possession,  although 

The  spirit  of  benevolence  is one thing 
and  the  spirit  of  beneficence  quite  an 
other.  Every  woman 
living  possesses 
the  former,  although  many  a  woman 
never  calls  it  up.  She  is  not even  aware 
of 
it  can  do 
more  to  keep  the  sex  young  than  all  the 
toilet  soaps,  face  bleaches,  and  com 
plexion  beautifiers  ever  compounded 
Benevolence 
is  simply  wishing  well  to 
all  mankind,  while  beneficence  means 
doing  good.  One  spirit  is  attained  by 
a  passive  process  and  the  other  requires 
activity.  One  grows 
into  the  other 
however,  for one  can  not  be  benevolent 
long  without  wanting  to  be  beneficent 
A  woman  whose  spirit  of benevolence  i 
constantly  vieing  with  her 
spirit  of 
beneficence  gave  a  number  of  other 
women  some  sound  advice  on  the  sub 
ject  the  other  day. 
It  all  came  about 
this  w ay:

"What  do  you  all  do  when  a  person 
you  really  dislike  calls?”   asked  a  sad 
eyed  woman,  with  feeling  enough 
to 
give  evidence  of  a  recent  experience 
along  that  line.  " It  has  puzzled  me  for 
over  twenty  years  to  know  what  is  the 
right  thing  to  do  under  such  circum 
stances. ”

"Why,  the  proper  thing  to  do  is  to 
rush  right 
into  the  drawing  room  and 
tell  the  caller  that  he  is  the  very  person 
you  most  wanted  to  see  and  that  you 
were  just  wishing  for  him, ”   answered 
a  woman  with  a  mischievous  twinkle  in 
her  eye.

‘ ‘ I  don’t  think  so,”   put  in  a  matron 
with  a  large  fund  of  common  sense.  “ I 
think  the  thing  to  do  is  to  send  word 
that  you  are  out,  although I don’t always 
do  it.”

”  I don’t believe  in  that  at all, ”   spoke 
up  a  usually quiet woman,  emphatically 
Most  women  contend  that  it  isn’t  lying 
to  say  that  you  are  not  in  when  you  are, 
but 
it  seems  to  me  that  it  is  a  case  of 
a  difference  without  a  distinction.  Ly­
ing  is  lying,  just  as  black  is  black  and 
white  is  white.  People  talk  about  big 
lies  and  little  lies,  but  all  the  same,  lies 
do  not  run 
like  shoes  and  gloves,  by 
sizes.

‘ harmful’  and 

“ Of  course,  I  grant  you  that  there  are 
two  kinds,  but  they  are  not  distinguish­
able  by  ‘big’  and  ‘ little;’  they  must  be 
‘ less 
characterized  as 
harmful. ’  To  say  that  one 
is  out  to  a 
visitor  when  one 
is  really  at  home  be­
longs  to  the  less  harmful  class,  but  it  is 
an  untruth  just  the  same  and  every  per­
version  of  truth  weakens  the  character 
of  the  one  who  preverts  it.  No,  I  for 
one  do  not  believe  in  saying  that  I  am 
out  when  I  am 
in.  And  yet  I  do  not 
believe  in  pretending  to  be  glad  to  wel­
come  a  person  whom  I  dislike,  so  after 
all  I  am  as  much  at  sea  as  the  rest  of 
you  about  this  question,  which confronts 
nearly  every  woman 
in  a  city 
nearly  every  day,  year  in and year out. ”  
‘ ‘ Did  any  of  you  ever  try  calling  up 
your  spirit  of  benevolence  when  a 
visitor  whom  you  do  not  like  calls?”  
asked  she  of  the  benevolent  and  bene­
ficent  spirit. 
‘ ‘ If  you  haven't  just  do 
so  and  you’ll  be  amazed  at  the  result.”  
“ Why,  what  do  you  mean  and  how  do 
you  do 
it?”   asked  a  young  woman 
eagerly,  and everyone  listened  earnestly 
for  the  reply.

living 

benevolence,”   explained  the  old 

“ You  know  we  all  possess  a  spirit  of 
lady.
“ Some  of  us  never  find  it  out  because 
we  never  call  it  up.  The  more  we  call

it  up  the  more  it  expands  and  grows. 
There  was  a  time  when  it  fretted  me  to 
death  if  I  received  a  call  from  a woman 
distasteful  to  me.  One  day  I  would 
send  the  visitor  word  that  I  was out,  the 
next  I  would  go  into  the  drawing  room 
and  actually  gush  over  her  to  hide  my 
real  feelings  and  again  I  would treat her 
indifferently,  almost  coldly.  No  mat­
ter  what  I  did  I  was  miserable  after  the 
caller  had  departed ;  and  as  I’m  just  a 
plain,  everyday  sort  of  woman  I  take 
it  that  my  experience  is  the  common 
experience  of  womankind.  Well,  one 
day  the  maid  brought  me  the  card  of  a 
lady  I  thoroughly  detested.  Her  char­
acter  and  personality  were  alike  dis­
agreeable  to  me. 
Instantly  I  said  ‘ Not 
at  home  and  I  never  shall  be  to  her.’  A 
look  came 
into  that  little  maid's  eyes 
that  struck  me  like  a  Spanish  bomb.  It 
said  as  plainly  as  words,  ‘ I’m  disap­
pointed  in  you’  and  quick  as  a  flash  I 
exclaimed, 
'Oh,  Mary,  how  unkind 
that was  of  m e!  Tell  Mrs.  Blank  I  shall 
be  down  presently. ’

‘ The  next  flash  I  got  from  that  ser­
vant  girl’s  eyes  repaid  me  for  what  I 
was  pleased  to  term  my  spirit  of  self- 
sacrifice.  While  I  was  rearranging  my 
hair  and  putting  a  tew  touches  to  my 
toilet  before  going  down  I  communed 
with  myself  something  like  this: 
‘ This 
woman  downstairs  is  a  woman  just  like 
you.  You  may  not  like  her,  but  many 
people  undoubtedly 
love  her,  so  she 
must  have  a  beautiful  side  to  her  na­
ture.  Perhaps  there  are  people  who  dis- 
ike  you  as  much  as  you  dislike  her. 
How  would  you 
like  to  be  treated  by 
such  people?  At  any  rate,  you  and  your 
visitor  have  a  universal  Father and  be­
long  to  the  same  universal  brotherhood. 
She  is  a  divine  creature as  well as every 
other  human  being,  and  it 
is  probably 
our  own  blindness  which  keeps  you 
from  recognizing  her  divinity.’

‘ With  this  thought  in  my  mind  I  en­
tered  the  drawing  room  and  was  dumb­
founded  to  find  that  I  greeted  my  guest 
with  an  easy,  sincere  cordiality.  My 
feeling  to  her  was  really  kind  and  in 
my heart  were  only  good  wishes  for  her. 
This  seemed  to  communicate  itself  to 
her,  and  when  she  left  I  found  myself 
thinking  her  a  very  agreeable  person.  I 
never  came  to  love  her  devotedly,  but 
after  that  I  felt  nothing  but  good  will 
toward  her  and  was  able  to  enjoy  her 
society.  That  came  about  because  I 
called  up  my  benevolent  spirit  that  day 
she  called.  Since  then  I  always  call 
it 
up  when  an  unwelcome  visitor  comes  to 
see  me,  and  I  am  always  able  to  greet 
her  cordially  but  without  hypocrisy. 
This  calling  up  the  spirit  of  benevo­
lence  sounds  like  a complicated process, 
but 
it  can  be  done  in  a  second  if  one 
only  tries  it  often  enough.  You  can  put 
yourself 
thoroughly  benevolent 
frame  of  mind  while  you  are  putting  a 
dash  of  powder on  your  face,  changing 
our  neck  ribbon,  or  patting  your  curls 
nto  their  right  place.
‘ ‘ Every  woman  possesses  the  spirit  of 
benevolence,  but  many  confound  it  with 
hypocrisy.  Every  time  you  see  one 
woman  greet  cordially  another  whom 
she  dislikes,  you  needn’t  set  her  down 
a  hypocrite.  Call  up  your  spirit  of 
benevolence 
judging  her,  and  give 
her  credit  for  having  done  the  same 
toward  the  other  woman. 
If  we  all  did 
is,  our  sex  would  be  much more close- 
If women  only  real- 
bound  together. 
zed  that  the  Fountain  of  Immortal 
Youth  is  found  in  this  spirit  of  benevo­
lence  they  would  call  it  up  in  their  re­
lation  with  every  human  being.  You 
know  the  mind  moulds  the  body.  What

in  a 

in 

we  think,  we  look.  Think  only  of  self 
and  you  will  look  selfish.  Think  mean 
thoughts  and  you  will  have  a  mean 
look.  Call  up  your spirit of benevolence, 
and  the  good  will  you  feel  for others 
is 
sure  to  radiate  from  your  own  face  and 
It 
form.  Try 
it. 
is  such  a  simple 
thing  and  yet 
it  makes  life  so  much 
more  livable. 
It  simplifies  our  socia 
relations  amazingly.  Finally,  it  is  balm 
to  the  conscience.  You  have  each  and 
all  admitted  that  you  are  troubled  to 
know  how  to  receive  visitors  for  whom 
you  do  not  care.  Oust  that  trouble  by 
calling  up  your  spirit  of  benevolence, 
and  the  visitor  and  the  visited  will  be 
the  better  for 

it.”
W i n n i e   W e a t h e r l y .

The  Merchant’s  Bank-Profits.

In  these  days  of  close competition and 
narrow  profits  the  business  man,  to  be 
successful,  must  study  every  detail  of 
his  affairs  with  careful  scrutiny. 
is 
by  this  means  alone  that he can discover 
where  unnecessary  expense  can  be  cut 
off and  where  additional  profits  can  be 
realized  without  sacrificing 
liberality 
toward  patrons  and  without diminishing 
the  popularity  of  his  store.

It 

It  is  frequently  discovered  that a mer­
chant,  while  progressive  in  most  mat­
ters,  still  fails  to  perceive  the  profits  to 
be  made  from  discounts.  A  case  in 
point  comes  to  my  mind:  Sometime 
ago  a  customer  of  a  certain  house  was 
found  to-be  very  tardy  in  his  payments. 
Investigation  of  his  statements  made  to 
the  commercial  agencies  showed  that 
he  was  in  good  financial condition,  hav­
ing  a  surplus  of  some  $20,000  over  all 
indebtedness.  He  carried  a  stock  of 
about  $10,000.  His  annual  sales  were 
about  $30,000,  which  would 
indicate 
that  he  turned  his  stock  three  times 
year. 
In  other  words,  with  a  capital 
use  of  only  $10,000,  he  was  doing 
business  three  times  that  volume 
amount.  This  is  an  important  fact  to 
bear 
It  was  found  further, 
upon  investigation,  that  this  merchant, 
in  common  with  many  others,  had 
idea  that  he  could  place 
gained  the 
investments  to 
his  money 
in  outside 
better  advantage  than  would 
follow 
from  using  it  in  bis  business.

in  mind. 

in  ten  days. 

Finally  I  had  the  opportunity  to  do 
some  figuring  for  this  man. 
In  some 
lines  of  goods  which  he  carried  he  re­
ceived  a  discount  of 6  per  cent,  on  bills 
In  other  lines  the 
paid 
discounts  varied,  grading  down 
to  2 
per  cent,  for  the  minimum.  The  aver­
age  discount  allowed  for  prompt  settle­
ment  was  4  per  cent 
It was soon  made 
clear  that,  inasmuch  as  the  capital  em­
ployed,  say  $10,000,  was  used  for  pur­
chases  three  times  a  year,  and  each 
time by  claiming  discounts  was  entitled 
to  4  per  cent.,  it  was  possible  to  make 
a  profit  of  12  per  cent,  per  annum  upon 
the 
through  this  means 
alone.  The  merchant  at  once  perceived 
that  a  yearly  income  of  $1,200  upon  a 
capital  of  $10,000  is  a  much  better  re­
turn  than  be  could  expect  from  any  out­
side  operations  that  are  absolutely  safe.
Such  a  return  for  prompt  payments 
will  go  far  toward  making  any  business 
an  unqualified  success.  One  prominent 
merchant  whose  annual  trade 
is  very 
large  recently  asserted  that  he  is  en­
tirely  satisfied  with  the  profit  from  his 
cash  discounts  as  the  net  return  from 
the  business.

investment 

The  question  arises 

in  many  cases, 
bow  to  take  advantage  of  discounts 
when  ready  cash  is  not  at  hand.  This 
however,  is  a  problem  of  no  very  great 
in
difficulty,  piovided  the  business 

is 

good condition  and  shows,by the relation 
of  live  assets  to  liabilities,that  the mer­
chant  is  entirely  solvent  and  in  posses­
sion  of  a  reasonable  surplus.  Money  is 
plentiful  in  the  banks,  and  bankers  are 
always  ready  to  lend  to  responsible  bor­
rowers.

The  rate  of  discount  at  which  money 
can  be  secured  from  a  bank  is  rarely 
above  7  per  cent,  per  annum.  Accord­
ingly,  the  merchant  who  occasionally 
borrows  from  his  bank  for  the  purpose 
of  claiming  discounts  which  net  him  12 
per  cent,  per annum  is  enabled  to  make 
a  clear  profit  of  5  pef  cent,  upon  the 
transactions.  Or  where  he  borrows  for 
all  his  payments,  with  a  business  of  the 
size  mentioned  above,  there 
is  still  a 
gain  of  $500  in  discounts.  These  facts 
clearly  show  that  every  merchant  who 
does  not  arrange  to  discount  his  pur­
chases 
is  neglecting  a  very  important 
source  of  profit. 

F.  R .  Boocock.

A  Maryland  judge  has  decided  that 
a  town  ordinance  prohibiting  the  rid- 
ng  of  wheels  on  sidewalks  when  the 
streets  are 
impassable  is  not  effective. 
The  rider  who  was  arrested  turned  on 
the  sidewalk  to  avoid  an  exceptionally 
bad  place  in  the  roadway,  and,  although 
he  rode  a  distance  of  only  25  feet  on 
forbidden  ground,a  warrant  was  issued. 
The  evidence  showed  that  a  wheel could 
not  be  pushed  through  the  mud  hole, 
and  the  court,  in  dismissing  the  case, 
ruled  that  under  such  conditions  riders 
and  drivers  were  justified  in trespassing 
on  private  property. 
It  is  possible  that 
the  higher  courts  may  not  sustain  so 
liberal  a  ruling,  but  its  reversal will  not 
deprive  the  judge  of  the  lower  court  of 
his  reputation  for  common  sense.

A  man  may  be  both  a  success  and  a 
failure;  he  may  be  a  success  as  a  fail­
ure  and  a  failure  as  a  success.

Poor
Economy

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

“Lily W hite’’ Flour

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

NOW.

Valley  City  Milling  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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oft  the  coming year.  The  success  of our

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give your orders for future Canned  Goods.  We have  made  §  
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country. 
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orders  for  these  goods  in  the  past,  and  can  assure you  S! 
that  the  high  standard  already  established 
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M chiganH a d e sm a n

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Published at the New Blodgett Building, 

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Michigan Tradesman.

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

WEDNESDAY.  ■  -  -  APRIL  6,1898.

St a t e  o f  M ic h ig a n   >
County  o f  K e n t 

f ss*

Henry Patterson,  being duly sworn,de­
I  am  press­
poses  and  says  as  follows: 
man 
in  the  office  of  the  Michigan 
Tradesman  and  have  charge  of  the 
in  that 
presses  and  folding  machine 
folded 
establishment. 
I  printed  and 
7,ooo  copies  of  the 
issue  of  April  6, 
1898,  and  saw  the  edition  mailed  in  the 
usual  manner.  And  further  deponent 
saith  not. 

H e n r y  P a t t e r so n .

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
Notary  Public  in  and  for  said  county, 
this  sixth  day  of  April,  1898.

Notary  Public  in  and  for  Kent  County.

H .  B.  F a ir c h il d ,

Mich.

in 

large  elective  boards 

EVIL  RESULTS  OF  AGITATION.
One  of  the  evils  attending  the  use  of 
unduly 
the 
management  of  city  schools  is  found  in 
the  fact  that,  in  the  struggle  for  recog­
nition  and  an  opportunity  to  get  to  the 
front,  there  will  always  be  some  elected 
on  such  boards  who  must  needs  intro­
duce  all  sorts  of  ill-considered  and  dis­
turbing  schemes  and  “ reforms,”   so  as 
to  keep  up  a  continual  campaign  or  ag­
itation  and  uneasiness  seriously  detri­
mental  to  efficiency  in  the  school  work. 
Instead  of  entrusting  the management of 
the  schools  to  a  board  selected  with spe­
cial  reference  to  its  fitness,  the  elective 
system,  at 
least  in  this  city,  affords  an 
opportunity  for  any  ignoramus  ambi­
tious  for  political  preferment  to  use 
this  means  to  get  a  start  and  then to im­
prove  the  advantage  gained  by  doing 
something  for  self-distinction— it 
little 
matters  what.

Just  now  there  seems  to  be  an  epi­
demic  of  this  sort  of  disturbance  on  the 
local  board,  and  so  in  all  departments 
of  the  school  work.  The  recent  elec­
tions  appear  to  have  been  unusually  un­
fortunate 
in  giving  opportunity  to  the 
class  described,  and  these,  with  the  aid 
of  the  natural  proportion  of  the  older 
iconoclasts,  have  “ put  in  their  oars”  
until  they  have  succeeded  in  getting 
matters 
Just 
what  are  the  questions  at  issue  it  would 
be  difficult  to  determine;  but  the  in­
jurious  effects  of  the  agitation  are  suffi­
ciently 
in  the 
High  School.

in  evidence,  especially 

into  a  pretty 

turmoil. 

A sa   sample  of  the  questions  of  “ re­
form”   under consideration,  a  resolution 
was 
introduced  at  the  last  session  of 
the  Board  to  the  effect  that  the  services 
of  all  married  teachers  should  be  dis­
pensed  with,  and 
that  in  future  the 
marriage  of  a  teacher  should  be  consid­
It  so
ered  equivalent  to  a  resignation. 

happens  that  several  of  the  best  quali­
fied  and  most  experienced  educators 
in 
the  High  School  are  in  the  class  which 
this  resolution  proscribes.  These  are 
such  as  have  retained  their  positions  on 
account  of  especial  fitness,  despite  the 
tendency  which  has  always  existed  to 
favor  the  unmarried  in  appointments. 
They  hold  their  positions  by  a  tenure 
of  personality  and  efficiency,  which 
makes  the  possibility  of  the  passage  of 
such  a  resolution  a  matter  of  serious 
concern  and  uneasiness  in  all  divisions 
of  the  school.

This,  with  other  less  easily  defined 
projects  and  meddling,  has  come  to 
seriously  hinder  the  efficiency  of  the 
work,  especially 
in  that  department. 
It  is  a  matter  to  be  greatly  deprecated, 
although  eventual  good  may  come  of 
it 
in  the  recognition  of  the  need  of  a 
change 
in  the  personnel  of  the  School 
Board  and  in  the  taking  of  measures  to 
secure  such  a  change.

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION. 
The  fact  that  last  week  marked  the 
close  of  the  first  quarter  of  the  year 
seems  to  have  had  more  influence  on 
the  business  situation,  in  the  tendency 
to  lessened  operations,  than  the  contin­
ued  serious  political  outlook.  As to  the 
latter  the  branches  of  trade  most  sensi­
tive  to  speculative  influences  have  been 
characterized  by  more  decided  strength 
than  for  several  weeks,  although  fluctu­
ations  dependent  upon  the  political  de­
velopments  have  been  decidedly  pro­
nounced.  The reports  this  week  show  a 
more  decided  strengthening,  which, 
considering  the  continued  unfavorable 
outlook  as  to  an  amicable  settlement, 
would  indicate  that  the  market  has been 
kept  below  its  natural  level  by  these  in­
fluences.

these 

is  favorable;  indeed, 

The  lessening  of  volume  in other lines 
of  trade  is  sufficiently  accounted  for  by 
the  season  and  corresponds  with  a  sim­
ilar  lessening  for  the  same  time  in  past 
the 
years.  As  compared  with 
showing 
taking 
the  country  as  a  whole, there  can  scarce­
ly  be  said  to  be  an  abatement.  There 
is  a  falling  off  in  bank  clearings  and  a 
hesitation 
future 
business  in  some  lines  on  account  of the 
possibility  of  war;  but,  on  the  other 
hand,  some  lines,  as,  notably,  iron,  show 
a  decided  increase  in  both  present  and 
future  business.

in  the  placing  of 

The  wheat situation  continues  to  show 
strength,  based  on  generally  favorable 
conditions.  Changes  in  price  have  been 
small,  and  the  reactions  have  been 
quickly  recovered  and  last  week  showed 
a  substantial  advance,  which  this  week 
is  continuing  with  apparently 
increas­
ing  strength.

The  continued  increasing  demand  for 
manufactured  iron  and  steel,  especially 
structural  forms,  accounts  for  a  slight 
increase 
in  the  price  of  Bessemer  at 
Pittsburg.  The  pressure  of  demand  is 
such  that  additional  works  are  coming 
into  operation  and  others  are  increas­
ing  output  to  utmost  capacity.

The  unfavorable  condition  of  the  tex­
tile  industry  continues,  although  cotton 
scores  a  small  advance.  Wool  sales 
have  been  very  small,  although  prices 
are  nominally  unchanged.  The  boot 
and  shoe  movement  continues  heavy 
and  the  decline 
in  bides  at  Chicago 
promises  an  easier  tendency  in  prices 
of  goods.

It 

is  easier  to  work  than  it  is  to  be 

always  looking  for  an  easy  job.

The  five-dollar  bill  loaned  is  keeping 

Lent  all  right.

the 

learning 

QUESTIONABLE  ADVERTISING. 
All  advertising  mediums  are  coming 
to  be  more  and  more  strictly  classified, 
as  to  value  and  effectiveness,  as  a  result 
of  continued  experience 
in  their  use 
and  a  more  careful  consideration  of  the 
principles  governing  the  work  of  se­
curing  public  attention. 
It  would  be 
indeed, 
if  merchants  should 
strange, 
continue 
indefinitely  to  pay  out  good 
money  with  no  substantial  returns  with­
out  eventually 
relative 
value  of  such  investments.  As  a  con­
sequence  of  this  experience  it 
is  com­
ing to be  recognized  that  the  best  adver­
tising  mediums  are  found  in  the  best 
established  newspapers  and  periodicals, 
and  that  in  these  there  is  a  great  varia­
tion  of  value,  dependent  upon  the  class 
of  readers  and  the  degree  of  attention 
such  periodicals  are  calculated  to  gain. 
Thus  the  discriminating  advertiser  is 
coming  to  first  select  the  best  mediums 
accessible  and  then  to  add  to  these  such 
as  may  be  warranted  to  meet  the  re­
quirements  of  his  business  from  those of 
lesser  value.

in 

But,  unfortunately  for  both  advertis­
ers  and  mediums,  there  are  too  often 
other  considerations  than  strict,  dis­
passionate  business  judgment 
the 
placing  of  advertising  contracts;  and, 
while  much  has  been  learned  as  to  what 
is  the  best  to do,  the lesson  of  how  to  do 
it 
is  a  more  difficult  one.  Too  often 
the  placing  of  the  contract  is  decided 
by  the  pertinacity  of  the  solicitor  and  it 
goes  to  the  medium  employing  the  most 
effective  talent  in  this  direction  regard­
less  of  the  value  of  the  publication. 
The  art  of  saying  No  is  also  being  ac­
quired,  but  more  slowly.

influence. 

Another  factor  in  the  problem  which 
has  long  exercised  a  material 
influence 
is  the  giving  of  orders  for  advertising 
on  account  of  other  than business claims 
on  the  part  of  the  medium. 
These 
claims  may  vary,  from  the  demand  for 
support  of  worthy  and  laudable  under­
takings  to  the  threat  of  lost  patronage 
and 
It  may  vary  from  the 
claim  of  the  periodical  for  support  on 
other  than  the  basis  of  value  given  to 
the  taking  of  worthless  space  in  sjciety 
conse­
publications 
quences  in  case  of  refusal. 
In  the  de­
gree  that  such 
influences  are  effective 
in  gaining  the  advertiser’s  business 
they  are  effective  as  a  means  of  black­
mail.

for  fear  of  the 

in 

In  many 

During  recent  years  there  has  been 
some  progress 
the  art  of  defense 
against  these  vampires  of  business,  but 
there  yet  remains  much  to  be  accom­
plished  in  this  direction. 
in­
stances,  as  in  this  city,  business  organ­
izations  have  taken  cognizance  of  the 
matter,  and 
in  some  cases  agreements 
have  been  made  to  refuse  all  such  de­
mands  whatever  the  basis.  Many  have 
learned 
from  the  operation  of  such 
agreements  that  a  manly  refusal  to  be 
mulcted  by  this  sort  of  blackmail,  how­
ever 
laudable  the  scheme  or  influential 
the  projectors,  does  not  mean  any  sub­
stantial  loss  in  patronage.  If  it  is  found 
desirable  to  help  a  good  cause  by  dona­
tion.  it  is  coming  to  be  recognized  that 
its 
the  transaction  should  be  put  upon 
proper  basis,  instead  of  disguising 
it 
by  charging  to  such  an  essential  part  of 
the  business  as  advertising,  in  which  it 
is  absolutely  worthless.

The  stand  taken  by  many  dealers  has 
served  to  lessen  the  army  of  fake  ad­
vertisers  to  a  wonderful  degree,  and  yet 
it  still  infests  business  to a  serious  ex­
tent.  Exceptions  are  made  in  favor  of 
various  society  annuals  and  programs 
which  certainly  are  not  justified  on  the

basis  of  legitimate  business. 
It  may 
be  necessary  to  support  these  undertak­
ings,  but  the  charge  should  be  borne  by 
other  than  the  advertising  appropria­
tion.

One  of  the  most  serious annoyances  of 
in 
im­
this  kind,  which  has  increased 
portance  during  recent  years, 
is  the 
publication  of  school,  or  school  society, 
annuals.  Not  only  are  the  university 
and  college  schools  taxing  their  busi­
ness  communities  with 
these  produc­
tions,  but  most  of  the  high  schools  are 
taking  up  the  fad ;  and  in  the  more  im­
portant  towns  the  annoyance  and  ex­
increased  by  the  division  of 
pense  are 
the  school 
into  several  societies,  and 
these  are  competing  in  elaboration  and 
expense. 
In  this  city  each  of  the  past 
two  or  three  years  has  witnessed  the 
production  of  several  sumptuous  publi­
cations,  costing  many  hundreds  of  dol­
lars,  each  beautifully 
illustrated  with 
the  portraits  of  the publishers,  teachers, 
etc.,  and  embellished  with  schoolboy 
pranks  and  jokes,  printed  in  the  high­
est  style  of  the  typographic  art,  on  the 
finest  and  heaviest  paper,  expensively 
bound 
in  boards  and  cloth,  with  gold 
stamping,  all  in  the  most  finished  style. 
Now  these  are  no  doubt  interesting  to 
those  who  appear  in  the  pages,  but  the 
exponent  of  the  advertising  value  to 
those  who  pay  for  the  publication  is  a 
quantity  so  small  that  the  contribution 
in  any  other 
can  hardly  be  regarded 
light  than  that  of  a  donation. 
It  is  the 
observation  of  those  who  have  given  the 
matter  attention  that  such  advertise­
ments  are  practically  worthless. 
If  it  is 
necessary  for  the  business  community to 
assume  the  expense  of  paying  for  these 
vehicles  of  schoolboy  rivalry  and  van­
ity,  let  it  be  done  as  cheerfully  as  pos­
sible,  but  any  expectation  of  their  serv­
ing  any  other  purpose  will  be  disap­
pointed.

The  saddling  of  charitable  and  other 
schemes  on  the  advertising  portion  of  a 
business 
is  of  more  than  questionable 
policy.  All  expenditures  for  the  pur­
pose  of  gaining  returns 
in  publicity 
should  be  carefully  gauged  by the strict­
est  business  principles,  and  the careless 
admission  of  schemes  of  questionable 
value  can  not  be  afforded  in  the proper­
ly-conducted  advertising  department  of 
any  business.

intention  of 

New  York  bank  clerks  may  go  to  war 
and  still  draw  their  salaries.  Officers 
of  all  the  leading  downtown  banks  say 
that  the  expressed 
the 
Chemical  National  Bank's  officers  to 
continue  the  salaries  and  retain  the  po­
sitions  of 
its  employes  who  are  mem­
bers  of  the  National  Guard  should  they 
be  called  to  duty  as  defenders  of  the 
Nation  was  the  plan  of  every  bank  in 
the  city.  The  precedent  of  the  course 
adopted  when  the  militia  were  called  to 
duty  by  the  railroad  trouble  at  Buffalo 
instance  no  bank 
was  cited. 
employe  lost  either  salary  or  place. 
It 
was  estimated  to  day  that  about  4  per 
cent,  of  the  employes  of  New  York 
banks  are  militiamen.

In  this 

A  bill 

is  to  be 

introduced 

in  the 
Maryland  Legislature,  copied  after  the 
pattern  of  that  in  Ohio,  which  provides 
that  all  applicants  for  marriage licenses 
must  pass  an  examination  before  a  duly 
appointed  board  of  physicians. 
If 
either  one  of  a  couple  be  suffering  from 
insanity  or  disease 
likely  to  be  trans­
mitted  to children,  the bill  provides  that 
the  license  shall  be  refused. 
It  also 
provides  that  the  salaries  of  the  physi­
cians  composing  the  board  shall  be 
$1,000 a  year.

BANKING  REFORM.

Review  of  the  Present  and  Proposed 

Systems.
W ritten  for th e Tradesman.

The  Committee  on  Banking  and  Cur­
rency  of  the  House  of  Representatives 
is  engaged  in  the  preparation  of  a  bill 
to  revise  and  reform  our  currency  and 
banking  system. 
It  is  hardly  to  be  ex­
pected  that  any  such  bill  will  become  a 
law  at  the  hands  of  the  present  Con­
gress. 
It  may  pass  the  House,  but  is 
quite  sure  to  be  defeated  in  the  Senate, 
where  the  prevailing  sentiment  seems 
to  be  strongly  in  favor  of  revolutionary 
schemes  rather  than  any  real  reform 
l’his  situation  is 
in  financial  matters, 
an  unfortunate  one  for  the  business 
in­
terests  of  this  country  for,  aside  from 
independent  of  the  question  of  a 
and 
standard  of  values,  there 
is  an  urgent 
need  for  reform  along  the  lines  recom 
mended  by  the  Committee.  Partisan 
politics  should  not  en‘er  into  the  settle 
ment  of  a  scientific  question  such  as 
this  and  the  sooner, the  American  peo­
ple  recognize  this  fact  and  act  upon 
it, 
aside  from  all  party  considerations,  the 
quicker  will  be  their  reward  in  the  way 
of  business  growth  and  stability.  Our 
present  currency  and  banking  system  is 
the  best  we  have  ever  had,  but  it  is 
weak  and  inadequate  in  many  essential 
points  and  quite  out  of  harmony  with 
modern  business  conditions and require­
ments.  Having  been  established  dur­
ing  a  war  period 
it  was  of  necessity 
based  largely  upon  war  conditions,  and 
its  creators  undoubtedly  expected  that 
many  of  its  weaknesses  would  be  over­
come  with  the  return  of  normal  busi­
ness  conditions. 
It  might  have  been 
reconstructed  with  profit  to  the  Ameri­
can  people  many  years  ago,  but  the 
passing  from  war  to  peace  conditions  is 
a  matter  of  social  evolution  and  matters 
such  as  these  can  not,  especially  under 
a  democratic  form  of  government,  be 
accomplished  in  a  day  or  a  decade.
country  was  split 

When  our 

into 
halves  over  the  slavery  issue,  the  ques 
tion  of  establishing  a  credit  system  to 
meet  the  needs  of  the  hour  carried  with 
it  many  perplexing  problems.  We  had 
reached  the  limit  of  tolerance  in  the 
matter  of  taxation;  the  ordinary  ex­
penses  of  government  had  to  be  met 
and,  in  addition  thereto,  we  had  to pro­
vide  our  army  with  supplies  and  pay 
our  soldiers.  The  meeting  ot  these  ex­
traordinary  obligations  was  no  small 
task,  and  the  Government  did  all  that 
could  be  done  to  meet  them  in  the  best 
possible  way.  Money  does  not  fall  from 
the  clouds,  as  we  are  told  manna  did  in 
the  days  of  yore,  and  the  power  of  tax­

ation—the  only  means  a  civilized  gov­
ernment  has  of  raising  money— failing 
to  meet  the  needs  of  the  hour,  some 
forced  system  of  credit  had  to  be resort­
ed  to  as  an  act  of self-preservation.  To 
meet  this  condition,  the  Government 
its 
compelled  the  citizens  to  accept 
promises  to  pay,  in  lieu  of  the  pay 
it­
issued  the  greenbacks  and 
self,  and 
other  forms  of  credit  to  accomplish 
its 
purpose.  These  forced  loans  were  nec­
essarily  allowed  to  find  their  own 
level 
in  a  short  time  it  took 
of  value,  and 
three  dollars  of  promises  to  purchase  as 
much  product  as  one  dollar  of  real 
money  would  purchase.  This  was  a  nat­
ural  result  of  the  hazardous  conditions 
surrounding  the  power 
issuing  them. 
There  was  an  element  of  risk  attendant 
upon  their  acceptance  every  moment 
in  circulation  until  the  war 
they  were 
terminated.  The 
future  was  clouded 
with  doubt.  The  conflict  might  end 
favorable  to  the  North  or  the  South 
might  prevail.  In  either  case  the  credit 
notes  of  one  side  or  the  other  would  be­
come  worthless;  or  the  side  that  ulti­
mately  pevailed  might,  before  gaining 
the  victory,  be  compelled  to 
issue  so 
many  promises  that,  after  hostilities 
ceased,  the  burden  of  redeeming  the 
over-issuance  of  such  notes  might  prove 
too  great  a  task  and  the  Government 
might  be  compelled  to  accept  the  al­
ternative  of  meeting  the  promise  to 
pay  one  dollar  with  fifty  cents. 
If  the 
conflict  ended  in  defeat  for  the  North, 
its  promises  would  not  be  worth  the 
paper  they  were  stamped  upon.  This 
was  the  experience  of  the  South—the 
vanquished  government.  We  make  this 
brief  reference  to  the  greenbacks  mere­
ly  to  call  attention  to  the  hazard  attend­
ing  their  use  during  war  times  and  the 
way  they  were  received  in  the  public 
mind.  They  were  but  emergency  notes 
and  should  have  been  treated  as  such 
when  the  emergency  was  over  and  re­
tired  in  some  such  way  as  is  now  pro­
posed.

Another  feature  of  our  currency  sys­
tem  which  it  is  sought  to  change  is  that 
of  basing  the  credit  notes  of  banks  on 
Government  bonds.  Our  war  debt  made 
an  issuance  of  bonds  necessary,  just  as 
a  corporation’s  debts  may  make  the 
is­
suance  of  corporation  bonds  necessary, 
to  tide  over  a  period  of  ill-luck or finan­
cial  embarrassment.  What  would  the 
reader  think  of  a  corporation,  with  a 
bonded  indebtedness  outstanding,  issu­
ing  credit  notes  upon  its  debts?  This 
is  precisely  what  has  been  done  upon 
the Government debt through an arrange­
ment  between  the  banks  and  the  Gov­
ernment.  This  plan  is  not  assailed  be­
cause  anyone  now  doubts  the  security  of

temporarily  and  quickly 

the  bonds  or  the  ability  of  the  Govern­
ment  to  ultimately  take  care  of  them, 
but  because 
it  is  an  unscientific  basis 
for  credit  notes  and  quite  out  of  har­
mony  with  the  laws  that  should  govern 
credits.  Credits  to  be  safe  should  be 
based  largely  upon  merchandise  process 
of  exchange,  so  as  to  be  capable  of  be­
ing 
turned 
from  the  channels  where  they  are  not 
needed  into  the  channels  where  there  is 
an  existing  need  for  them.  This  is  the 
only  way  in  which  elasticity  can  be  had 
in  a  credit  system  and  such  credit  notes 
are  far  superior  to  those  based  on  Gov­
ernment  bonds  and  the  power  of  taxa­
tion.  Credits  should  rise  and  fall  con­
temporaneous  with  the  rise  and  fall  of 
production  and  exchange  in  each  com­
munity.  What  system  of  credit  notes 
will  do  this  as  well  as  one  based  upon 
the  very  exchanges  that  call  them  from 
the  banks  when  needed  or  send  them 
back  for  redemption  and  retirement 
when  not  needed?  Under  such  a  system 
the  credit  notes  have  the  best  possible 
values  behind  them—all  the  wealth  of 
the  community  in  process  of  exchange. 
If  we  keep  the 
liquid  character  of 
credits  based  upon  the  general  business 
assets  of  a  bank  constantly 
in  our 
thoughts,  we  will  have  no  trouble  in 
detecting  the  weaknesses  of  a credit sys­
tem  based  upon  Goverment  bonds. 
Government  bonds  are  long-time invest­
ments  which  neither  rise  nor  fall  with 
local  exchanges,  and  this  lack  of  flex­
ibility  necessarily  attaches  to  credits 
based  on  them.  Long-time  investments 
can  not  be  utilized  with  profit  to  meet 
emergencies  and  be restored without loss 
when  the  emergency 
is  over.  Bonds, 
mortgages,  and  other  long-time  securi­
ties  may  be  good  investments  for  those 
not 
in  the  banking  business,  but  they 
are  not  good  to  hold  as  a  basis  for  a 
credit  note  system.  The  very  essence 
of  an  elastic,  responsive  credit  system 
is  the  rapidity  with  which  such  credits 
can  be  realized  on  in  an  emergency  and 
no  long-time  securities  can  be  as  safe 
or  desirable  as  the  general  assets  of  the 
banks,  which  pass  through  their  hands 
at 
least  once  in  three  months.  Banks 
issuing  notes  are  required  under  sound 
banking  systems  to  limit  their  loans  to 
periods  of  a  few  months,  which 
insures 
a  perpetual  stream  of  credits  convert­
ible  at  once,  into  coin,  if  the  necessitv- 
arises. 
If  the  proportion  of  loans  to 
cash  reserves  are  found  to  be  too  great 
it  can  be  changed  in  a  few  days by tem­
porarily  restricting 
loans  and  accumu­
lating  the  cash  received  on  loans  re­
paid. 
In  this  way  and  in  no  other  can 
a  bank  prepare  itself  to  meet  a  threat­
ening  emergency.  The  adoption  of  a

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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system  of  banking  upon  business  assets 
would  place  our  banking  system  upon 
the  broadest  possible  basis—the  pro­
ductive  and  negotiable  resources  of  the 
country—and  not  upon  any  narrow  mar­
gin  of  gold  and  silver.  Backed  by  sup­
plemental  securities  and  kept  strictly 
under  governmental  control  and  regula­
tions,  which  we  shall  mention  later  on, 
this  system  will  give  a  many  fold great­
er  capacity  and  security  to  our  paper 
obligations  than  we  now  have.

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A n d r e w   F y f e .

is, 

The  production  of  American  tin,  the 
American  tin  plate  industry,  so-called, 
has 
increased  twenty-five  fold  in  seven 
years,  and  incidental  to  its development 
and  expansion  there  has  been  a  large 
increase  in  the  canning  business  of  the 
United  States,  which  now  amounts  to 
$75,000,000  in  a  year,  requiring  nearly 
2,000,000  boxes  of  tin  plate,and keeping 
at  work  more  than  2,000  canneries  dis­
tributed  throughout  the  country.  The 
sale  of  canned  goods  is  subdivided  in 
the  United  States 
into  four  branches. 
There 
first,  the  canning  of  food 
preparations  of  all  kinds,  except  fish, 
fruit,  vegetables  and  oysters. 
In  it  are 
included  meats,  cereals  and  soups,  and 
this  branch  of  the  American  canning 
business  gives  employment  to  5,000 
persons  and  represents  a  capital 
in­
vested  of  some  $7,000,000,  while  the 
business  amounts  in  a  year  to  $15,000,- 
000. 
in  New  York. 
The  fruit  and  vegetable  canning  busi­
ness  of  the  United  States  is  very  much 
more  extensive, representing an  invested 
capital  of  $15,000,000,  an  annual  trade 
of  $30,000,000,  and  employes  to  the 
number  of  more  than  60,000.

largest 

It 

is  the 

Some  time  ago  it  was  decided  to  con­
in  Berlin  to  and 
vey  school  children 
from  school 
in  special  omnibuses,  on 
the  theory  that  their  morais  and  man­
ners  were  contaminated  by  riding  in 
the  public  tramcars.  But they  have been 
indulging  in  so  many  fights  and  other­
wise  misconducting  themselves  that  the 
special  omnibus  service  has  been  dis­
continued.  Among  other  things,  they 
would  constitute  themeslves  into  a  band 
of  Corsairs  and  dump  one  or  more  of 
their number  into  the  street.  They  are 
now  riding 
in  public 
tramcars,  and 
their behavior  is  angelic.

The  influence  of  the  bicycle  on  cities 
yearly  increases.  Toronto  has  just  ap­
propriated  $4,100  for  cycle  paths  on 
Hanlan’s  Island.  It  is not stated whether 
or  not  the  new  paths  will  be  open  to 
Sunday  riders,  for  the  powers  that-be 
in 
’ Toronto  the  Good”   abhor  the  very 
appearance  of  pleasure-seeking  on  that 
day.

EVERY  MAN  LIKES

“MR.  THOMAS”

The  Best  Nickel  Cigar in the State.

Ruhe  Bros.  Co.,  Makers. 
Factory  956,  ist  Dist.  Pa. 

,  

,  

♦  

F.  E.  Bushman,  Representative,

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

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MICHIGAN.  TRADESMAN

tfVas  the  Store-Keeper’s  Appearance 

an  Hallucination?

Written fo r the T radesman.

I  simply relate what actually occurred, 
and  the  reader  may  pronounce  it  a  vis­
ion,  a  dream,  or  Action ;  or  accept  it  as 
one  of  those  unexplainable  mysteries 
which  occasionally  occur  in  this  strange 
world  we  inhabit. 
I  shall  not  quarrel 
with  him,  or  "aught  set  down 
in  mal­
ice, ’ ' should  he  cry,  ‘ * Humbug !’ ‘  as  he 
lays  the  sketch  down.

Jerry  Lee  was  a  manufacturing  con­
fectioner  in  a  village  not  far  from  Bed­
ford,  Lawrence  county,  Indiana.  Jerry 
was  not  wealthy,  but  was  in  comtort- 
able  circumstances  at  the  time  of  which 
I  write.  He  had  lost  both  father  and 
mother  by  death  when  quite  young,  but 
bad  an  only  twin  brother,  Perry  Lee, 
who  was  known  to  be  somewhere  in  the 
Southern  States  before  the  war,  and  who 
at  that  time  was  a  bachelor.  The  two 
boys  had  grown  to  manhood and  most  of 
the  time  had  been  spent  in  each  other’s 
society.  As  is  often  the  case with  twins, 
the boys resembled each  other  in  feature, 
disposition  and  action  to  such  a  degree 
as  rendered  it  welluigh 
impossible  to 
be  certain  which  you  were  addressing, 
Jerry  or  Perry.  There  was  one  way  only 
by  which  you  might  always  be  positive, 
and  that  was  "the  scales  would  tell;’ ’ 
Perry  was  ten  pounds  the  heavier  at any 
stage  of  their  growth  after  the  twelfth 
year.

from 

really

There 

themselves. 

There  was  a  psychological  conscious­
these
ness  always  noticed  between 
brothers, 
their  boyhood,  which 
was  an  astounding  mystery  to  everyone 
except 
seemed,  in  this  case,  to  be  two  distinct 
bodies  with  but  one  and  the  same  rrind, 
whether  near  each  other  or  separated  by 
distance.  They  were  often  together  dur­
ing  their  hours  of  sleep,  remembering 
afterward  what  occurred  and  what  was 
said  by  each  to  the  othei,  although  hun­
dreds  of  miles  apart.  To  each  this  was 
as  real  and  pleasurable  as  if face to  face 
in  the  body. 
If  one  of  the  brothers  was 
ill,  the  other  was  always  conscious  of 
it  when  he  was  first attacked ;  and, when 
the  suffering  ceased,  he  knew  that  fact 
also,  but  had  no  means  of  determining 
whether  he  had  died  from  that  attack  or 
was  still  living,  unless  he  afterward  be­
came  conscious  that  he  was  again  ill. 
But,  as  both  the  brothers  were  generally 
in  good  health,  neither  was  alarmed 
if 
a  year  or  more  passed  without  a  con­
scious  assurance  of  the 
illness  of  the 
other,  even  had  no  letters  passed  be­
tween  them.

Jerry  knew  that  during  the  war  for 
the  Union,  Perry  was  a  sutler  in  the 
Union  army;  and,  as  he  had  neither 
trade  nor  profession,  Jerry Reasoned that 
it  would  be  natural  that  be  was  still 
in 
the  mercantile  business  somewhere.  He 
believed,  and  so  stated  to  his  friends, 
that  he  should  in  the  near  future  either 
hear  from  or  see  bis  brother  in  person.
At  the  close  of  one  blustering  winter 
day,  Jerry,  believing  he  had  seen  his 
last  customer,  replenished  the  fire  in 
the  stove  and  seated  himself  by 
its 
cheerful  warmth  to  enjoy  his  evening 
cigar.  He  had  hardly  finished  smok­
ing,  however,  when  the 
front  door 
opened,  and  in  strode  his brother Perry, 
so  closely  wrapped 
in  cloak,  cap  and 
muffler  that  for  a  few  moments he failed 
to  recognize  him. 
in­
formed  bis  brother  that  he  had  ar­
rived  by  the  night  stage  and  must  de­
part  with  it  within  the  next  hour;  that 
he  was  about  to  start  on  a  long  journey, 
perhaps  around  the  entire  globe,  but 
should  first  visit  Europe;  that  he  was

Perry  briefly 

alone 
in  the  world,  and  had  a  large 
stock  of  merchandise  in  a  rented  store 
at  Manchester,  Clay  county,  Kentucky, 
which  he  desired  his  brother  to  take 
possession  of  and  either  sell  or  remove 
at  once  to  his  own  place  of  business, 
and  furthermore  that  the  legal  convey­
ance  papers  would  be  found  in  posses­
sion  of  a  Mr.  C.  D.  Woodward,  his  at­
torney  at  Manchester.

from 

"M ake  use  of  those  goods  or  the  cash 
arising 
their  sale,”   continued 
Perry,"just  as  if  it  were  your  own,  lor, 
if  anything  occurs  that  I  do  not  return 
within  two  years,  you  may  know  that  I 
have  extended  my  visit  to  the  planet 
Mars,  and  possibly  to  one  other  planet; 
but,  whatever  may  happen  to  me,  there 
will  be  no  other  claimant.”

Then,  asking  Jerry  for  paper,  pen 
and 
ink,  he  seated  himself  by  a  table 
and  wrote  and  addressed  a  letter  to  Mr. 
Woodward,  over  bis  own  signature,  in­
troducing  his  brother;  and,  taking  from 
his  pocket  a  small  stick  of  sealing  wax, 
he  sealed  the  envelope  firmly  with  it 
and  stamped  the  yielding  wax  with  a 
peculiar  signet  ring  which  he wore  upon 
the  second  finger  of  his  right  hand,  and 
which  contained  the 
initials  of  his 
name.  Embracing  his  brother  affec­
tionately,  he  then  passed  out  of  the 
building.

Jerry  was  so  astonished  at  this  brief 
visit  from  his  brother,  after  his  long 
absence—his  strange  determination  to 
travel—to  visit  some  of  the  planets-  to 
bequeath  him  his  property,  together 
with  his 
inability  to  persuade  him  to 
converse  upon  other  subjects—that  for 
the  time  being  he  was  completely  dazed 
and  dumb  with  amazement.  Vet  he 
was  looking  so  well,  and  bad  acted  with 
so  much  earnestness and  apparent  pleas­
ure  and 
in  so  businesslike  a  manner, 
that  he  concluded  his  brother’s  whimsi­
cal  freak  might  be  to his own advantage 
after  all.

Britfly  informing  his  wife  of the visit 
and  business  of  his  brother,  he  made 
immediate  preparation 
for 
Manchester, where  be  at  once  called  up­
on  Mr.  Woodward,  giving  his  name  and 
the  circumstances  connected  with  his 
visit,  and  placing  in  his  hand  the  letter 
from  his  brothei  Perry.

leave 

to 

"T h is  letter  was  evidently  written  by 
your  brother,  as  the  superscription  and 
bis  own  private  seal  will  attest;  but 
it 
was  certainly  written  by  him  several 
months  ago—possibly  a  year  or  more,”  
said  Mr.  Woodward,  as  he  proceeded 
to  break  the  seal  and  read  the  contents.
The  next  moment  he  dropped  the  let­
ter  upon  the  table  and  gazed  excitedly 
in  the  face  of  his  visitor. 
“ My  dear 
sir,”   said  he,  "what  does  this  mean? 
You  bring  me  a  letter  evidently  in  the 
chirography  of  your  brother  Perry, 
sealed  with  his  own  private  signet  ring, 
and  dated  only  ten  days  ago!  Yet  it  is 
my  sad  duty  to  assure  you  that  your 
brother  Perry  died,  and  was  buried  in 
this  city,  nearly  two  months  ago!  And 
now  I  feel  that  I  shall  almost  require 
further  proof  that  you,  sir,are  not  Perry 
himself  who  sits  before  me  as  if  both 
brothers  were  here. 
I  could  not  tell 
one  from  the  other,  even  by  the  voice. ”
instantly  rose  to  his  feet,  his 
eyes  suffused  with  tears. 
” 0  sir!  do 
not  trifle  with  me  at  such  a  moment!”  
he  exclaimed. 
"You  must  be  mistaken 
in  the  man  who  died,  as  I  will  make 
oath  that  I  had  a  warm  handshake and a 
half  hour’s  talk  with  my  brother  on  the 
evening  of  the  date  of  that  letter.  And 
I  saw  him  write,  fold  and  seal  it!  If  he 
is  dead  to  the  world  he  is  yet  living  to 
me,  and  I  shall  be  responsible  to  him

Jerry 

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Makes  the  Best  Bread.
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Makes  the  Whitest  Bread.

Good  Hour  necessitates  the  use  of  good  baking 
powder  and  to  meet the demand for a high grade powder 
at  a  popular  price  we  have placed on the market a brand 
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PEERLESS

which  is  sold  in  pound  cans only  and  retails  at  io cents 
for  16  ounces  net.  This  powder  is  guaranteed  to  be 
made  from  pure  and  healthful  ingredients  and  to  make 
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II

for  the  property  left  in  my  possession.’
“ This  is  a  most  extraordinary  case,’ 
replied  Mr.  Woodward;  “ but,  as  the 
papers  you  bring  are  recognized  author 
ity.  I  shall  not  hesitate  to  deliver  the 
property.  Should  you  prefer  cash  to  the 
stock,  I  have  a  purchaser  for  you,  by 
deducting  io  per  cent,  from the  origina. 
invoices,  which  will  save  the  labor  and 
expense  of  removal.”&  *  *
Jerry  Lee  carried  home  with  him  a 
draft  for  $2,450,  instead  of  the  goods, 
but  has  never  seen  nor  heard  from  or  of 
his  brother  since.  But  how  did  he  ob­
tain  that  signed  and  sealed  letter,  so 
readily 
identified  by  Mr.  Woodward, 
even  to  the  signet  ring?  Was  the  attor­
ney  in  error  regarding Perry Lee’s death 
and  burial?  Or,  is  it  possible  that  Perry 
was  enabled  to  appear before bis brother 
after  death,  completely  materialized 
the  form,  and  converse  with  him?

These,  and  other  kindred  questions 
which  may  be  asked,  the  writer  will 
leave  for  others  to  answer.

F ra nk A.  H o w ig.

What  Constitutes  Business  Extrav­

agance.

All  expenses  are  relative.  What  in 
amount  is  extravagance  for  one  is  only 
reasonable  economy  for  another.  For  a 
small  business  to  be  saddled  with  the 
large  operation  would 
expenses  of  a 
bring  speedy  bankruptcy. 
the 
large  business  to  attempt  to  get  along 
with  the  insignificant  expenditure  ap 
propriate  for  the  small  enterprise  would 
not  only  be  foolish,  but  would  also 
work  a  retributive  disaster.

For 

Whether a  given  expenditure 

is  pru­
dent  or  extravagant  can  only  be  deter­
mined  by  a  careful  examination  into 
the  conditions  which  exist.  The  only 
rule  that  can  be  laid  down 
is  to  study 
conditions  and  make  comparisons  in­
telligently.  Other  things  being  equal, 
the 
larger  the  business  the  larger  may 
be  the  expense  account  without  reach­
ing  extravagant  outlay.  The  ratio,  how­
ever,  is not  fixed  and constant.  It  varies 
in  expenditure  for 
at  different  points 
different  purposes.  A  very  sm all  busi­
ness,  as  a  rule,  has  a  larger  percentage 
of  expenditure  upon  sales  than  the  very 
large  business,  but  this  is  compensated 
in  turn  by  the  close  oversight  of  the 
proprietor  and  his  intelligent  adminis­
tration  of  the  smallest  details. 
In  this 
he  saves  much  that  is  lost  in  the  large 
concern  that 
is  dependent  upon  the 
perfunctory  efforts  of  salaried employes.
What  apparently  is  extravagance,  in 
some  cases,  is  only  good  advertising, 
and  the  outlay,  large  though  it  may  ap­
pear  to  the  public,  is  very  frequently 
compensated  by  some  special  economy 
in  another  direction.  The  buying  pub­
lic  loves  a  liberal  merchant,  and  a  rep­
utation  for  liberality  has  been  secured 
before  now  by  what,  from  one  point  of 
view  at  least,  could  have  been  classed 
as  extravagance.  Inside  the  office,  how­
ever,  it  was  known  that  the  general  out­
lay  bad  not  been  increased  by  this  sud­
den  display  of  liberality.

Summed  up,  business  extravagance 
may  be  defined  as  including  all  unnec­
essary  and  unwise  expenditures.  Who­
ever  pays  more  for  an  article  or  a  serv­
ice  than  it 
is  worth  to  him  makes  an 
extravagant  or  foolish  outlay.  Whoever 
pays  no  more  than  what  an  article  or  a 
service  is  really  worth,  no  matter  how 
high  the  price,  makes  only'a  reasonable 
investment.  Nothing  but  a  study  of 
details  and  an  analytical  comparison  of 
results  with  their  cost  will  determine 
what 
is  economical  and  what  is  extrav­
agant  in  business  outlay.

W a lto n  D ay.

Advantages  and  Disadvantages 

Promiscuous  Buying.

of

The  retail  merchant  who  adheres 
strictly  to  one  grade  or  brand  of  goods, 
without  change  or  variation,  has  the  ad­
vantage  of  always  serving  his  customers 
with  the  same  known  quality.  He  has 
the  disadvantage,  however,  of  lack  of 
variety.  Sometimes,  by  strictly  adher­
ing  to  the  one  grade,  he  is  deprived  of 
the  very  best  articles  of  their  kind,  be­
cause  of  improvements  that  have  been 
made  in  the  goods  of  other  manufactur­
ers,  the  standard  of  those  from  whom 
he  has  been  buying  not  having  been 
correspondingly 
There  are, 
then,  before  the  retailer  two  well-de­
fined  paths between  which  to  choose— 
one  is,  sticking  to  a  single  source  of 
supply  and  building  up 
in  standard 
goods  a  reliable  and  satisfactory  trade; 
the  other 
in  various  mar­
kets,  and  thereby  always  having  some­
thing  new,  although  untried,  to  which 
to draw  the  attention  of  customers.

is,  buying 

raised. 

Promiscuous  buying,while having cer­
tain  apparent  advantages  has  also many 
disadvantages. 
It  is  risky  in  that  the 
goods  offered  by  unknown  houses  are 
sometimes  far  below  sample,  and  fall 
woefully  short  of  general  representa­
tions.  Accordingly,  to  be  disposed  of 
they  must  be  sold  at  a  loss.  Promis­
cuous  buying  is  also  a  disadvantage 
in 
that  the  merchant’s  accounts  are  there­
by  largely  scattered. 
Instead  of 
the 
merchant  keeping  his  business  well 
in 
hand,  as  is  the  rule  where  he  buys  reg­
ularly  of  the  same  houses,  he  finds  his 
liabilities  distributed  among  a 
large 
number  of  creditors,  the  majority  of 
whom  he  can  by  no  reason  claim  as 
friends  old  and  tried.

It  is  possible  to  suggest  a  third  path 
in  business  management,  and  that  is  a 
judicious  combination  of  the  two  al­
ready  referred  to.  Maintain 
the  old 
ine  of  goods,  tried  and  found  accept­
able  by  many  customers  through  long 
years  of  use.  Always  have  these  goods 
n  stock  as  a  backbone  of  strength  and 
satisfactory  service.  Then  judiciously 
sample  the  most  attractive  of  the  com­
petitive  articles  that  are  offered.  Un­
der  these  conditions,  when  the  customer 
calls  there  is  always  the  ability  to  serve 
him  with  that  which  has  pleased  him 
n  the  past,  and  also  the  chance  to  offer 
him  something  new  in  case  he  is  mind­
ed  to  try  an  experiment.

Promiscuous  buying,  in  the  wide  ap­
plication  of  the  term,  is 
inexpedient 
for  financial  reasons.  A  few  accounts, 
even  although  the  amounts  are  large, 
with  creditors  who  are 
friendly  are 
nfinitely  better 
than  numerous  ac­
counts,  although  small  in  amount,  wide­
ly  scattered  and  held  by  those  of  whose 
friendship  the  merchant  cannot  be  fully 
assured.  Standard  articles  as 
leaders 
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can  be  gathered  by  a  careful  search  of 
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Shoes and  Leather

The  Footgear  of  Our  Forefathers.
No  greater  difference may be noted be­
tween  the  cavalier  settlers  of  Virginia 
and  tbe  sturdy  New  England  Puritans 
than  in  their  foot  coverings.  Tbe  V ir­
ginians  wore  long,  nattily-fitting  boots, 
while  the  Puritans attended meeting  and 
plowed  their  fields  in  low  coarse  shoes, 
which  some  of  the  wealthier  of  their 
number  adorned  for  Sabbath  wear  with 
steel  or  silver  buckles. 
In  1628  “ four 
hundred  peare  of  sbues”   were  ordered 
for  the  one  hundred  settlers  of the Mass­
achusetts  Bay  colony.  These  were  made 
in  England,  and  during  the  next  few 
years 
large  quantities  of  best  bend 
leather  were  imported  from  the  mother 
country.  But  this  was  in  all  probabil­
ity  the  first  and  last  large  shipment  of 
shoes  ordered  by  the  Puritans.  A  great 
race  of  shoemakers—the  greatest  in  the 
world—early  sprang 
in 
New  England,  and  in 
little  more  than 
a  century  these  hardy  American  pio­
neers  were  leading  the  world  with rapid 
strides  toward  perfection  in  the  art  of 
shoemaking.

into  existence 

from 

The  rise  of  the  Yankee  shoemaker 

is 
one  of  the  most  interesting  features  of 
early  colonial  development.  His  occu­
pation  was  the  result  of  his  own  neces­
sity,  and  his  products  have  since  be­
come  a  necessity  to  the 
inhabitants  of 
three  continents.  The  more  wealthy  col­
onists  of  New  England 
imported  their 
clothing  and  shoes 
the  mother 
country,  but  to  the  poorer  farmer  this 
expense  was  severe,  and he  immediately j 
took  measures  to  supply  his  own  de­
mand.  The  women  made  his  clothing, 
and  the  men  set  themselves  to 
learning 
the  art  of  shoemaking. 
It  soon  became 
a  profession  to  them,  and  many  farm­
ers’  sons  journeyed  from  house  to  house 
during  the  winter  season  with their tools 
and  strips  of 
leather  on  their  backs. 
There  was  work 
in  plenty  awaiting 
them,  and  soon  the  young  men  found  it 
profitable  to  leave  the  plow  and  take  up 
the  new  trade  altogether.  The  more  ex­
pert  among  their  number  were  engaged 
by  neighboring  farmers  to  make  up  a 
stock  of  shoes  for  their  families  two  or 
three  times  a  year.  Leather  began  to 
be  imported  from  England  as  the  num­
ber  of  these  workers 
increased,  and 
shoemaking  was  thus  early  established 
as  a  permanent  and 
lucrative  vocation 
in  New  England.  In  Connecticut  leath­
er  tanning  and  shoemaking  quickly  be­
came 
In  1670  coarse 
shoes  with  straps  and  buckles were man­
ufactured 
in  Lynn,  Mass.  This  town 
made  great  strides  in  sboemaking  dur­
ing  tbe  next  century.

leading  trades. 

In  the  early  days,  shoes  were  always 
made  to  order,  the  buyer  often 
indicat­
ing  the  precise  material  and  style  he 
wished  to  have,  as  the  following  con­
tract  will  show:—“ Agreed  with  John 
Henson  to  make  eight  peare  of  wett 
neates  leather  shues  closed  on  the  out- 
sydes  with  a  seam ;  to  be  substancian 
good  over  leather  of  the  best  and  2 
soles,  the 
inner  sole  of  goode  neates 
leather,  and 
the  outer  of  tallowed 
backs. “

Brogues,  batts,  cockers,  startups,  clogs 
and  goloshes  were  the  favorite  styles 
during  the  first  century of American col­
onization.  A  brogue  was  a heavy,  coarse 
shoe  made  of  rawhide  and  originally  of 
a  single  upper  piece  of  untanned  hide 
sewed  on  a  heavy  sole. 
It  was  held  on 
the  foot  by  a  single  tie  lace,  and  was 
commonly  worn 
in  Maine  about  1640. 
Nineteen  pair  of  “ broags”   were  worth

“ brocaded, 

£,1  8s.  iod.  Batts  were  heavy  low  shoes, 
laced  in  front,  and  much  used  among 
the  poorer  classes,  while  cockers  (also 
spelled  cocurs,  cocrez  and  cokers)  was 
the  name  applied  to  high  laced  shoes 
or  half  boots.  Startups  were  also  a  sort 
of  buskin,  or  man's  half-boot,  common­
ly  worn  for  field  labor.  They  were  laced 
to  the  small  of  the  leg,  and  the  thick 
soles  displayed  numerous  wooden  pegs. 
Clogs  were  overshoes  made  of  various 
materials,  and 
leather­
eared,  leather-toed,  silk,  velvet-banded, 
worsted,  black  velvet,  white  damask, 
flowered  silk,  and  prunella  clogs”   were 
advertised  for  sale  during  the  Eigh­
teenth  Century.  The  stilted  soles  were 
of  wood  or  thick  leather,  and  the  upper 
bands  matched  the  shoes  or  slippers 
with  which  the  clogs  were  intended  to 
be  worn.  They  were  in  great  demand 
by  the  women,  whose  thinly-soled  shoes 
necessitated  the  use  of  these  more  sub­
stantial  overshoes. 
In  1717  common 
clogs  were  worth  15d.  a  pair,  and  in 
1764,  is.  6d.

Another  style  of  overshoe  was  the 
golosh,  or  “ galage, ”   “ which  had  noth­
ing  on  the  feet  but  a  latchet. ”   The 
golosh  consisted  of  a  thick  wooden  or 
leather  sole  which  was  fastened  to  the 
shoe  by  straps.  It  was  only  worn  in  bad 
weather,  and  was  an 
inadequate  pred­
ecessor  of  the  modern  rubber shoe.  Go 
loshes  were  used  at  an  early  dateinthis 
country,  for  in  1687 Judge Sewall writes 
‘ I  sent  my  mother’s  shoes  and  golow- 
shoes  to  carry  her,”   and  in  1736  Peter 
Faneuil,  of  Boston,  sent  to  England  for 
for  his  sister.  Pattens 
“ galoushoes" 
consisted  of 
four  or  five 
nches  in  diameter,  supporting  a  sole  of 
wood  which  was  fastened  to  the  foot 
with  leather  straps.  They  were  but  lit­
tle  used  in  this  country,  although  popu­
lar 
in  the  age  of  Queen 
Anne.

in  England 

iron  rings, 

All  the  early  New  England  colonists, 
however,  did  not  wear  shoes.  Many  of 
the  boys  and  young  men  performed 
their  farm  duties  barefooted,  and  the 
young  women  of  this  class  did  not  wear 
shoes  and  stockings  while  at  work  in 
the  kitchen  or  dairy.  But  if  their  chil­
dren  were  sparing  with  shoe  leather, 
the  same  cannot  be  said  of  the  fathers. 
The  shoes  of  the  elder  males  had  great 
square  toes,  were  exceedingly  heavy, 
and  many  of  them  measured  thirteen 
nches  in  length.  Assuredly  these  New 
Englanders  were  of  good  footing 
in 
their  colony.

Shoddy  shoes  made  their  appearance 
n  Connecticut  as  early  as  1647.  Many 
pairs  of  home  manufacture  proved  of 
poor  construction ;  the  thread  was  weak 
and  the  leather  of  bad  quality.  The  in­
censed  shoe  buyers  hauled  tbe  dealer— 
Meigs  by  name—before  the  magis­
trates,  whereupon  Meigs  promptly 
blamed  his workmen.  The latter brought 
witness  to  prove  that  Goodman  Meigs 
said 
to  Goodman  Gregory,  “ Flapp 
them together, they will do well enough, ’ ’ 
and  Gregory  flapped  them  accordingly, 
n  tbe  final  judgment  the  court reproved 
the  shoes  rather  than  Meigs.  It  said,  in 
part:  “ In  a  single  pair  of  shoes  sev­
eral  evils  appear :  such  as  contempt  of 
court,  continued  unrighteousness  and 
other  similar  evils ;  and how many shoes 
he  has  made  of  such  faulty  materials, 
and  so  loaded  with  evils  the  court  say 
they  know  not.”   Thus  were  those  evil 
nan ¡mates  reproved  by  the  Puritan 
magistrates.  As  tbe 
leather  did  not 
prove  to  be  of  the  quality  represented, 
the  court  decreed  that  every  shoemaker 
n  town  should  mark  all  shoes  be  made 
of  neat’s  leather  with  an  N  on  the  lap.

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G within,  and the  N  G  appearing  on  the 
finest  shoes  of  this  period  often  de­
noted  their  quality  with  greater  accu­
racy  than  their  doubtful  manufacturer 
could  wish.

'  at  the  present  time. 

Sizes  were  designated  by  numbers  as 
In  Boston  in  1651 
No.  ii  shoes  were  worth  4s.  6d.  a  pair, 
No.  12  shoes  4s.  8d.  a  pair,  and  No.  13 
shoes  4s.  iod. 
In  1672  a  law  was  pro­
posed  in  Boston  to  prevent  shoemakers 
from  charging  more  than  five  shillings 
for  sizes  11 andi2,  but this evidently  did 
not  go  into  effect.  Less  fortunate  were 
the  Connecticut  shoe  dealers. 
In  1676 
they  were  restricted  by  law  to  charge 
only  “ five  pence  half  penny  a  size  for 
all  playne  and  wooden  heeled shoes,  and 
seven  pence  half  penny  a  size  for  well 
wrought  French  falls. ”   These  French 
falls  were  in  vogue  at that period.  They 
were  commonly  worn 
in  Maryland  as 
early  as  1653,  and  were  advertised  as 
being  worn  by  a  runaway Indian servant 
from  Boston  in  1711.

low 

In  1723 

From  the  advertisements  for  runaway 
slaves  in  colonial  newspapers  we 
learn 
something  of  the  prevailing  styles  from 
the  descriptions  therein. 
In  1707  a  tru­
ant  servant  wore  “ round  to’d  shoes;”  
another  in  17x1  had  “ a  new  pair  of 
wooden  heeled  shoes, ”   and  another  in 
1712  wore  “ square  to’d  shoes  with  steel 
buckles.”  
leather  heels 
began  to  be  fashionable,  as  were  shoe 
buckles  of  steel,  brass  and  silver. 
In 
1764  Boston  servants  wore  very 
low 
heeled  shoes,  cut  from  coarse  neat’s 
leather.  Previous  to  the  Revolution  no 
hired  man  or  woman  wore  anything  so 
fine  as  calfskin ;  that  was  the  exclusive 
privilege  of  the  gentry.  Southern  slaves 
wore  what  was  known  as  “ Virginia 
shoes,”   and  these  were 
in  use  by  the 
field  servant  throughout  the  country  up 
to  the  present  century.

The  use  of  boots  as  a  commonly  worn 
and  fashionable  footgear  dates 
from 
the  Revolution.  They  early  went  under 
the  ban  of  Colonial  governments,  and 
this  undoubtedly  led  to  their  exclusion. 
In  1651,  no  man 
in  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony  worth  less  than  £200  was 
allowed  to  “ walk  in  great  boots.”   This 
law  was  framed  from  both  an  econom­
ical  and  religious  prejudice.  The  few 
boots  made  were  very  broad  at  the  tops, 
and  this  was  looked  upon  by  the  Puri­
tans  as  a  waste  of  a  valuable  commod­
ity—leather.  As  these  boots  were  also 
manufactured  with  a  view  of  lasting 
throughout  the  owner’s  lifetime,  they 
were  of  the  heaviest  and  clumsiest  de­
scription,  and  the  clatter  they  made 
in 
the  house  of  prayer  was  a  strong  argu­
ment 
in  favor  of  their  abolishment. 
Hence  the  law  against  them  and  the  ar­
rest  of  several  persons  who  wore  the 
obnoxious  articles  in  defiance  of  Puri­
tan  magistrates. 
is  curious  to  learn 
that  these  ponderous  boots  are  men­
tioned 
in  wills,  but  so  were  shoes  and 
numerous  other  articles  of  wearing  ap­
parel.

It 

Previously  to  1775,  then,  few  boots 
were  worn  except  those  of  lighter  ma­
terials  used  by  hostlers  and  sailors. 
In 
1715,  “ English  boots,  half  jack  and 
small,  tops  and  spurs,”   were  advertised 
for  sale 
in  Boston,  as  was  a  “ fresh 
hogshead  of  Half  Jack  English  Jockey 
Boots. ’ 1 
These,  however  were  only 
used  by  the  gentry  for  equestrian  pur­
poses.  The  first  boots  appearing  dur­
ing  the  Revolution  were  worn  with 
black  tops,  after  the  military  style,  and 
strapped  up 
in  union  with  the  knee 
buttons.  Light  tops  speedily  followed, 
and  soon  snowy  tops and  polished 
legs

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

slaves  of  fashion  as  their  great-grand­
daughters  of  1898,  so  aftei  undergoing 
the  agony  of  walking  on  tiptoe  for  a 
season,  they  finally  became  reconciled 
slippers,  each 
to  their  smooth-soled 
lady  discovering  her  own 
level,  doubt­
less  becoming  so  well  pleased  with  it 
that  she  demurred  on  beholding  the 
next  revolution  of  the  never-ceasing 
wheel  of  fashion.

Transparent  Leather.

According  to  a  recent  German  patent, 
in  order  to  make  hides  transparent  and 
hornlike  the  skin  is  heated  in  oil,  vase­
line  or  fat,  without  any  previous  tan- 
nage.  The  skin  thus  treated  assumes 
a  horny  structuie,  to  which  a  glassy  ap­
pearance  can  be  given  by  polishing. 
The  skin  becomes  thicker  during  the 
heating;  the  length  of  time  necessary 
for  the  heating  process  depends  upon 
the  structure  and  resistance  of  the  skin.
When  thus  treated  the  skin  is  pressed, 
dried  and  polished. 
It  is  almost  trans­
parent,  and any  degree  of  toughness can 
be  imparted  to  it;  it  can  be  shaped  in­
to  any  desired  form  and  treated  in  any 
convenient  manner  to  produce  articles 
of  commercial  value. 
It  is  almost  in­
combustible,  and  can  be  used  in  place 
of  celluloid,  horn  and  wire,  and  can  be 
used  in  electrical  work  to  replace  hard 
rubber,  being  cheaper  and  more  dura­
ble.

The  World’s  Copper  Product.

Of  the  387,207  tons  of  copper  which 
formed  in  1896  the  world’s  product,  the 
United  States  contributed  212,112  tons. 
The  total  product  of  1895  was  339,699 
tons,  of  which  the  United  States  fur­
nished  175,294  tons.  Of  the  6,280  tons 
of  nickel  produced  in  1896  the  United 
States  furnished  1,677  tons.

13

We  have  .  .

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$  

A  line  of  Men’s  and  Wo- 
men’s  Medium  P r i c e d
Shoes 
that  are  Money
Winners.  The  most  of 
them  sold  at  Bill  Price. 
We  are  still  making  the 
Men’s  Heavy  Shoes  in 
Oil  Grain  and  Satin;  also 
carry  Snedicor  &  Hatha 
way’s  Shoes  at  Factory 
Price in  Men’s,  Boys’  and 
Youths’.  Lycoming  and 
Keystone  Rubbers are the 
best.  See  our  Salesmen 
or  send  mail  orders.

G E O .  H .  R E E D E R   &  C O .,

19 S. Ionia  St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Display  Futures

We desire to call the attention  of mer­
chants to the  utility,  heauty,  durabil­
ity and cheapness  of  the  Acm e  W in ­
dow  Exhibiting  Rack. 
It  is  unnec­
essary  to  point  out  the  fact  that  the 
merchant  who has a constantly varied 
and  well-dressed  show  window  is  as 
well  advertised,  and  much  more 
cheaply  advertized,  than  the  store­
keeper  who  spends  large  sums  for 
newspaper  space  and  does  not  give 
much attention to his  show windows. 
W rite  the  ACME  MANUFACTUR­
ING CO  ,  Battle  Creek,  Mich  ,  for 
illustrated  catalogue,  showing  dis­
play fixtures that would  be  very  use­
ful  to you.

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were  demanded  by  the  elegant  beaux  of 
the  period.  These gentlemen  wore close- 
fitting 
leggings  of  buckskin,  which 
served  admirably  for  displaying  a  well- 
turned  leg.

in 

But  the  men  who  rendered  the  most 
courageous  duty  for  their  country  and 
were  risking  their  lives 
its  service 
gave  little  thought  to  white-topped  and 
polished  footgear. 
In  Colonel  Trum­
bull’s  painting  of  the  “ Declaration  of 
Independence,”  
the  gentlemen  as­
sembled  wear  small  clothes,  long  stock­
ings and low shoes fastened  with buckles. 
The  natty,  white-topped  Hessian  boots, 
the  Suwarrow,  and  the  tight  pantaloons 
were  unknown  in  the  forming  Republic 
at  that  period.  They  were  to  be 
intro­
duced  from  France  as  the  last  years  of 
the  Eighteenth  Century  rolled  away.

Little  is  known  of  women’s  footgear 
during  the  Seventeenth Century.  Doubt­
less  the  Puritan  dames  and maidens had 
their  shoes  patterned  after  and  of  the 
same  material  as  their husbands,  fathers 
and  brothers. 
is  to  be  hoped  that 
their  shoes  were  a  few  trifles 
less  than 
thirteen  iitches  in  length.

It 

In  1730  pointed  shoes  for women came 
into  style,  and  these, 
fashioned  after 
the  English  shoes,  were  of  thin  mater­
“ Mourning  shoes”   were  adver­
ial. 
tised 
in  Boston  in  1740,  and  two  years 
later  Mrs.  Nutraaker  proclaimed  that 
she  had  on  sale  at  the  Three  Sugar 
Loaves  and  Cannister,  “ women’s  fine 
silk,  flowered  russet,  white  callimanco, 
black  russet,  black  shammy  and  girls’ 
flowered  russet  shoes,  black 
velvet, 
white  damask  and  flowered  silk  clogs, 
women’s  black 
children’s  red 
morocco  shoes  and  pumps.”   Shortly 
after,  another  Boston  merchant  adver­
tised  “ the  greatest  variety  of  beautiful 
silk  shoes  as  has  been  imported  in many 
years;  russet  and  callimanco  shoes  52s. 
6d.  a  pair. ”

and 

Assuredly  such  a  pretty  array  must 
have  pleased  the most exacting feminine 
vanity,  as  their  prices  perturbed 
the 
good-natured  spouses  who  were  cajoled 
into  purchasing  them.

lasting. 

Women’s  shoes  were  also  made  of 
In  1751, 
damask,  cloth  and 
Avis  Binney  had  on  sale “ women's  best 
damask  worsted  shoes 
in  fashionable 
colors,  viz.  :  Saxon  blue,  green,  pink 
and  white. ”   Light  colored  shoes  were 
undoubtedly  in  fashion  at  that date. 
In 
1782  “ embroidered  shoe  vamps”   were 
on  sale 
in  Providence,  R.  I.,  as  were 
“ sattinet  patterns  for  ladies’  shoes,  of 
various  colors,  with  a  set  flower  in  the 
vamp.”   Observe  the  change  in  name. 
Previously  to  the Revolution,  “ women’s 
shoes”   were  in  vogue;  at  this period all 
the  fashionable  dealers  began  to  adver­
tise  “ ladies’  ’ ’  shoes.  All  these  vari­
colored  and  many-shaped  shoes  had  ex­
tremely  thin  soles. 
In  fact,  nearly  all 
women’s  footgear  of  the  Eighteenth 
Century  was  made  with  paper  soles, 
rendering  these  shoes  quite  unfit  for 
outdoor  wear  without  further  protec­
tion.  Hence  the  large  sales  of  clogs  and 
goloshes.

 

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Correspondence  Solicited. 

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Michigan  Bark  &  Lumber  Co.,

527 and  528 
Widdicomb  Building, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

leveling  spirit  of 

Previously  to  1793,  high  heeled  shoes 
were  fashionable  among  women,  but  at 
that  date  the 
the 
French  revolution  shaved  the  heels from 
the  fashionable  boot  as  thoroughly  and 
effectually  as  it  severed  the  heads  from 
the  bodies  of 
its  victims.  Low  heels 
gave  place  to  no  heels at all, and  sandal­
shaped  footgear  for  women  came  sud-  - 
denly  into  style.  Many  of  the  fashion­
able  dames  and maidens,  the  Bettys  and 
the  Dollys  of  a  century  ago,  found  this 
come-down  rather  sudden  and  a  trifle 
painful.  But  they  were  as  much  the

C.  U.  CLA R K ,

President. 
Vice-President. 

W.  D.  W ADE,
M.  M.  C l a r k ,

Sec’y  and Treas.

We  are  now ready  to  make 
contracts  for  bark  for  the 
season of 1898.  Correspond­
ence solicited.

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14
Fruits  and  Produce.
Poor  Cheese  and  Its  Effect  Upon  the 

Market.

As  near,  as  can  be  estimated,  abcut 
one-tenth  of  all  cheese  made  in  Michi­
gan  comes  under  this  head,  which,  for 
convenience,  I  will  divide 
into  two 
classes— poor  and  very  poor.  The  for­
loss, 
mer  causes  the  more  trouble  and 
it  has 
as  the  latter  is  so  very  poor  that 
no  effect  on  the  market  and 
is,  there­
fore,  a 
loss  only  to  the  manufacturers 
of 
it,  being  only  so  much  worthless 
stock ;  while  the  former  goes  upon  the 
market  in  various  shapes  and  forms  to 
take  the  place  of  good  cheese.  A  fair 
estimate  places  the  number  of  cheese 
made  annually  in  the  State  of  Michigan 
about  200,ooo boxes, or 8, ooo, ooo  pounds. 
I  believe  every  retailer  of  cheese  will 
agree  with  me  in  saying  that  one  pound 
of  poor  cheese  will  fill  the  place  of  at 
least  three  pounds  of  good,  and,  as  pre­
viously  stated,  one-tenth  or  800,000 
pounds  of  poor  cheese  is  being  manu­
factured  and  put  upon  the  market  in 
Michigan  annually,  which 
is  taking 
the  place  of  at  least  2,400,000  pounds  of 
good  cheese 
in  this  State  alone.  This 
should  not  be.  This  amount  of  poor 
cheese  eliminated 
from  our  market 
would  make  room  not  only  for  the  same 
amount  of  good cheese,  but about  1,600,-
000  pounds  additional  good  cheese,
which, 
figured  at  the  low  price  of  8 
cents  per  pound,  would  show  a 
loss  of 
the  enormous  sum  of  5128,000  annually 
to  the  producers  of  cheese  in  money,  to 
say  nothing  about  the  kicks  and  fault­
findings  of  the  retailers  and  consumers 
of  this  poor  stuff  that  is  put  upon  the 
market  every  year  and  must  sell  below 
the  market  price  of  good  stock  at  a  still 
further  loss  to  the  producer,  so  that 
dealers  will  buy  this  quality  of  cheese 
and  pay  full  price  for  i t ;  in  fact,  they 
do  not  want  to  buy  it  at  all,  if  they 
know  it. 

G.  D. Brown,

Seward, Ohio.

Opposed  to  the  Use  of  Preservatives 

in  Butter.

Washington,  D.  C.,  April  1—During 
last year  we  were  gratified  to  find  that, 
with  the  exception  of  Denmark,  this 
was  the  only  country  that  seemed  to  be 
free  from  the  practice  of  using  preser­
vatives  of  one  kind  or  another  in  but- 
er.  Canada  was  largely  free  from  the 
same  evil  and  the  practice  has  not  been 
common 
in  England,  but  the  butter 
from  Ireland,  France,  Australia  and 
Argentina  almost 
invariably  contains 
preservatives,  and  it  has  been  admitted 
in  England 
those 
sources  was  expected  to  be  pretty 
strongly  borated.

that  butter 

Up  to  a  very  recent  period  the  Brit­
ish  authorities  seem  to  have  made  no 
objection  to  this,  but  I  am  glad  to  see 
that they  are  now  turning  their attention 
in  that  direction.  This  should  prove a 
timely  warning  to  those  in  this  country 
who  are  making  butter for export.

from 

In  connection  with  the  experimental 
exports  by  this  Department  last  year, 
the  question  was  raised  as  to  whether  it 
would  not  be  desirable  to  use  preserva­
tives  in  a  portion  of  some  of  our  ship­
ments  for  the  sake  of  determining  the 
comparative  keeping  quality  of  butter 
thus treated, with  that  made  in  the  usual 
way.  Upon  fully  considering  the  matter 
it  was  decided  inexpedient  to  use  any 
preservatives  in  butter  sent  abroad  un­
der  the  auspices  of  our  Government, 
even  although  it  was  simply  in  an  ex­
perimental  way.  It  was  felt that it would 
be a  serious  matter  if any butter shipped 
from  this  country  under  the  Department 
endorsement  should  pass  out  of  our  con­
trol  and  get 
into  the  hands  of  some 
party  who  should  examine  it  and  find  it 
adulterated  in  any  degree  with  chemic­
als  for  preservation.  In  this  connection
1  was  very  sorry  to  learn  that  some  of

the  English  merchants  advised  Ameri­
can  exporters  to  use  borax  in  their .but­
ter  and  that  it was  done by some  piivate 
parties  who  made  considerable  exports 
last  year. 
It  seems  to  me  very  plain 
that  such  practices  will  eventually  be 
extremely  detrimental  to  the  reputation 
of  States  butter  and  consequently to  true 
dairy  interests  in  this  country.
In  connection  with  the  experimental 
exports  by  this  Department  the  present 
year,  we  shall  endeavor  to  be  on  the 
safe  side  and  not  only  avoid  all  use  of 
preservatives,  but  also 
insist  that  the 
butter  which  we  send  abroad  shall  not 
contain  aniline  coloring  matter— the lat­
ter  at  least  so  far as  concerns  butter  go­
ing  to  the  continent  of  Europe.  You 
know  very  well  how  closely  all  Ameri­
can  products  ate  being  watched  in  for­
eign  markets,  and  particularly  in  Ger­
many. 
It  would  be  very  unfortunate  if, 
in  the  early  efforts  to  introduce  our 
butter 
in  some  new  market,  the  ship­
ments  should  contain  any 
ingredient 
for  preservation  or  for  coloring,  no  mat­
ter  how  insignificant the quantity,  which 
could  be  asserted  to  be  prejudicial  to 
health.

Those  who  desire  to  extend  our  for­
in  butter  and  cheese  should 
eign  trade 
firmly unite  in  insisting  that  the  reputa­
tion  of  our  products  should  be  guarded 
in  every  way,  and  that  our 
interests 
should  not  be  prejudiced  by  the  use  of 
any  coloring  matter  or  preservative  to 
which  any  of  our foreign  customers  can 
possibly  object.

H e n r y   E.  A l v o r d .

coloring  of  margarine, 

Chief of Dairy Division.
The  Oleomargarine  Law  of  France.
France  takes  the  lead 
in  the  strin­
gency  of  her  laws  regulating  the  sale  of 
oleomargarine.  The  new  French 
law 
into  operation  prohibits 
now  coming 
all 
requires 
makers  of  margarine  to  register,  sub­
jects  their  factories  to 
inspection,  and 
requires  them  to  specify  the  ingredients 
of  their  products.  No  margarine  may 
be  sold  which  contains  more  than  10 
per  cent,  of  butter,  whether  obtained 
from  churning  with  milk  or  cream  or 
directly  added  as  butter.  No  commod­
ity  not  exclusively  composed  of thecon- 
stirutents  of  milk  or  cream,  with  or 
without  salt  or  coloring  matter,  is  to  be 
sold,  imported  or  exported  under  the 
name  of  butter.  A  maker  of butter  must 
not  keep  margarine  or  oleomargarine 
on  his  premises,  and  these  two  com­
modities  can  be  sold  in  only  the  special 
portions  of  markets  set  apart  for  them.

it 

Eggs  by  Weight  in  Massachusetts.
There 

is  a  bill  pending  in  the  Mas­
sachusetts  Legislature  making 
it  com­
pulsory  to  sell  eggs  by  weight.  There 
is  so  wide  a  difference  in  the  size  of 
'eggs  that 
is  clearly  the  fairest  way 
to  sell  them  by  the  pound  rather than 
by  the  dozen;  but  it  will  not  be  easy  to 
drive  our  people  out  of  the  eld  dozens, 
foots  and  yards  into  the  consistent  and 
convenient  metric  system,  and 
it  will 
probably  be  many  years  before  eggs  are 
sold  by  the  pound.  A  Bangor  dealer 
said  to  the  Commercial  of  that  city  that 
while 
‘ ‘ store  ”   eggs  were  weighing 
sixteen  to  seventeen  ounces  a  dozen, 
eggs  laid  by  his  own  hens,  of  which 
he  had  a  flock  of  fifteen,  would  weigh 
from  nineteen  to  twenty-two  ounces.

A  man  is  always  wanting  something 
he  can’t  get  and  is always getting some­
thing  he  does  not  want.

W ANTED

To furnish Western dealers for  their  Eastern 
trade for season of 1898; cold storage in quantit­
ies to suit up to 15,000 cases of eggs and  30  cars 
butter: moderate rates and  liberal  advances  to 
reliable parties; modernly equipped  plant;  me­
chanical refrigeration, with an improved system 
of perfectly dry circulation and change of air in 
rooms; intermittent and continuous circulation, 
also gravity system;  these systems are the  latest 
and best known  in  cold  storage  practices;  our 
eggs are said to be the finest on the Philadelphia 
market this past season; fine distributing point; 
only 214 hours to Pittsburg, and quick transit by 
both Penn  Central and B.  &  O.  to  New  York, 
Philadelphia,  Baltimore  and  Washington;  we 
are authorized  to  purchase  for  our  local  cus­
tomers 5,090 cases finely candled eggs  for  April 
and May deliveries; also several  cars  creamery 
butter; correspondence solicited.  Address Hyge- 
ia Crystal lee & Cold Storage Co.,Uniontown,  Pa.

Some  Wholesale  Grocers  claim  they  charge  no  1
commission on

Butter  and  Eggs

Neither do  we  when  you  give  us  an  opportunity 
to  buy  your  shipments  for  cash,  which  enables 
you  to  buy  your  groceries  where  you  can  get 
best  values  for the least money. 
It’s money that 
talks.  Write for prices.

Hermann  C.  Naumann  &  Co.

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

Detroit,  Mich.

Promptness is the essence of our success.
We will buy your

Butter and Eggs for Cash

Correspond with  us.  We do not  claim  to  be  the  oldest  and  largest  commission 

house in the country, but  in many respects one of the best.

HARRIS &  FRUTCHEY,  Detroit

T h e  best  are  the  cheapest 
and  these  we  can  alw ays 
supply,

ALFRED  J.  BROWN  SEED  CO.

24  and  26  North  Division  Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

WÌr

WM.  SMITH

Manufacturer  of

EGG  CASES,  FARMERS’ 
CASES, EGG CASE FILLERS 
ODORLESS FILLERS 
AND  EXCELSIOR.

Capacity  one  carload  a  day.  Prompt  shipment  on 
short notice.  W ill make  any  case  desired.  W rite  for 
price list.  We compete with all other manufacturers.

EATON  RAPIDS,  HICH.

w

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W anted  Creamery  and  Dairy  Butter

for  cash.  Correspond  with  us.  We 
have the trade on  Creamery.

Detroit Commission  &  Manufacturing  Co.,

27 Farmer Street, Detroit, Mich.

E S H 5 B 5 ra 5 H 5 E 5 E 5 H 5 2 5 E S H S B 5 H 5 E 5 H 5 H 5 H 5 E 5 H 5 H 5 E S H 5 E 5 £

BEANS  and  POTATOES

C A R L O T S   O N L Y .

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

ST.  LOUIS, 

MISSOURI.

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

15

STRAWBERRIES

CHEAP  JELLIES.

Apple Waste the  Principal  Ingredient— 

Wholesomeness  of  Glucose.

If  the  manufacturers  of  evapoated  ap­
ples  and  pie  bakers  were  all  like  the 
little  boy  who,  when  asked  for  the  rem­
nants  of  an  apple  he  was  greedily  de­
vouring,  said:  “ There  ain’t  goin'  to 
be  any  core,"  the  great  American  peo­
ple  could  not  have  cheap  jellies  and 
preserves 
Few 
business  men  and 
less  of  the  general 
public  know  what  an  important  part  the 
dried  cores  and  skins  ri  apples,  known 
to  the  trade  as  waste,play  in  the  domes­
tic  economy  of  the  nation.

in  such  abundance. 

The  output  of  waste  varies  greatly 
year  by  year,  according  to  the  size  cf 
the  apple  crop  and  the  proportion  of 
it 
evaporated. 
In  1896  the  apple  crop  was 
unusually  large,  and .so  much  fresh  fruit 
was  shipped  into  the  distributing  cen­
ters  that  the  markets  were  thoroughly 
demoralized. 
In  fact,  oltentimes  the 
return  of  sale  would  not  pay  the  cost  of 
picking,  packing  and  getting  the  fruit 
to  market. 
The  quantity  evaporated 
was  phenomenal  and  the  output of waste 
was  unusual. 
In  ordinary  years  the  to­
tal  amount  of  waste,  according  to  con­
servative  estimates,  averages  about  500 
cars,  but 
it  ran  up  to  between 
1,200 and  1,500  cars.

in  1896 

There 

is  a  mistaken 

The  principal  consumers  of  this prod 
uct  are  the  manufacturers  of  cheap 
jel­
lies  and  preserves,  of  which  there  are 
in  the  United  States  about  130,  with  an 
annual  capacity  of  between .  150,000,000 
and  200,000,000  pounds.  This  is  said 
to  be  a  conservative  estimate  of  the  ca­
pacity, and  refers  to  cheap  jellies  alone.
impression 
abroad,  due  to  the  unfounded  and  ill- 
considered  attacks  of  sensational  news­
papers  and  boards  of  health,  that  these 
cheap  jellies  are  unwholesome  and 
in­
jurious,  but  there 
in  their 
process  of  manufacture  or  composition 
to  warrant  such  a  belief.  The  principal 
constituents  of  the  jellies  and  jams  are, 
first  of  all,  the  juice  expressed  from  the 
is  taken  to  the  factories 
waste,  which 
from  the  evaporating  establishments 
in 
clean  bags  or  barrels;  second,  glucose, 
and  third,  other  pure  substances,  ac­
cording  to  the  nature  of  the  product: 
For  raspberry 
jam,  dried  raspberries; 
for  blackberry  jam,  dried  blackberries, 
etc.

is  nothing 

Glucose 

immediately  the 

“ Corn  syrup”   or 

is  a  word  that  sticks  in  the 
craw  of  many  people,  although  the  sub­
stance 
itself  passes  down  their  throats 
under  various  shapes  and  colors  without 
causing  any  trouble.  The  choice  of  the 
name  was  an  unfortunate  one,  as 
it 
brings  up 
thought, 
“ chemical,”   and  to  the  ordinary  mind 
a  chemical  is  bound  to  be  more  or  less 
injurious. 
“ corn 
sugar”   would  have  suggested  familiar 
objects,  and  by  those  names  no  one 
would  have  dared  to  claim  that  the  sub­
stance  caused  Bright's  disease, 
fatty 
degeneration  of  the  heart,  diabetes, 
rheumatism,  and  “ all  the  ills  that  flesh 
is  chemically 
is  heir  to.”   Glucose 
pure,  and  that  such 
is  the  case  was 
made  apparent  some  years  ago,  when 
the  National  Academy  of  Science,  at 
the  request  of  the  Department  of  Inter­
nal  Revenue,  made  an exhaustive exam­
ination  of  the  product.  The  report  of 
the  Academy  is  voluminous  and exhaus­
in  detail  the  methods 
tive,  and  gives 
followed 
in  making  the  examinations. 
It  concludes  as  follows:

Starch  sugar,  as  found  in  commerce, 
is  a  mixture,  in  varying  proportions,  of 
two  sugars,called  dextrose  and  maltose, 
and  of  dextrine  or  starch  gum.  Dex­

in  1811. 

in  grapes  by 
trose  was  discovered 
in  1792,  and  was  first  prepared 
Lowitz 
In 
from  starch  by  Kirchoff 
1819,  Braconnot  prepared  it  from  woody 
fiber.  Maltose  was  first  recognized  as 
a  distinct  sugar  by  Dubonnfaut,  in  1847, 
in  the  product  of  the  action  of  malt  on 
starch;  no  dextrose 
is  thus  produced 
according  to  O ’Sullivan.
Starch  sugar  represents  one  distinct 
class  of  sugars,  as  cane  sugar  does  the 
other—the  former  being  obtained  natur­
ally  from  the  grape,  as  the  latter  is 
the  beet.  Starch 
from  the  cane  and 
sugar,  which 
chemically 
synonymous  with  dextrose  and  glucose, 
when  pure,  has  about  two-thirds  the 
sweetening  power  of  cane  sugar.  By 
the action  of  the  dilute  acids,  both  cane 
sugar  and  starch  yield  dextrose  In  the 
case  of  starch,  however, „dextrose  con­
stitutes  the  sole  final  product.

is  a  term 

Of  mineral  or  inorganic  constituents, 
the  samples  of  starch  sugar  examined 
contained  only  minute  quantities.  The 
total  ash  formed  in  the  “ glucose”   was 
only  from  0.325  to  1.060  per  cent,  and 
in  the  “ grape  sugars”   only  from  0.335 
to 0.750  per  cent.  No  impurities,  either 
organic  or  inorganic  in  character,  other 
than  those  mentioned,  were  detected  in 
any  of  the  samples  examined.

fermentation,  representing 

The  elaborate  experiments  upon  the 
fermentation  of  starch  sugar would seem 
to  be  final  on  the  question  of  the health- 
tulness—not  only  oi  glucose 
itself,  but 
also  of  the  substances  produced  by  the 
action  of  a  ferment  upon 
it.  Large 
quantities  of  a concentrated extract from 
tne 
from 
one-third  to  one-half  a  pound  of  starch 
sugar,  were  taken  internally  by  the  ex­
perimenters,  and  this  repeatedly,  with­
out  the  slightest  observable  effect.  This 
result,  rigidly  applied,  holds,  of  course, 
only  for  those  sugars  which,  like  this, 
are  made  from  the  starch  of  Indian 
corn,  or  maize.

conclusion, 

then,  the  following 
facts  appear  as  the  result  of  the  present 
investigation :

In 

First—That  the  manufacture  of  sugar 
from  starch  is  a  long-established  indus­
try,  scientifically  valuable  and  commer­
cially  important.

Second—That  the  processes  which 

it 
employs  at  the  present  time  are  unob­
jectionable  in  their  character,  and  leave 
the  product  uncontaminated.

Third—That  the  starch  sugar  thus 
made  and  sent  into  commerce  is  of  ex­
ceptional  purity and  uniformity  of  com­
position,  and  contains  no  injurious  sub­
stances.

in  no  way 

And  Fourth—That,  although  having 
at  best  only  about  two-thirds  the  sweet­
ening  power  of  cane  sugar,  yet  starch 
sugar 
interior  to  cane 
sugar  in  healthfulness,  there  being  no 
evidence  before 
the  committee  that 
maize  starch  sugar,  either  in  its  normal 
condition  or  fermented,  has  any  dele­
terious  effect  upon  the  system,  even 
when  taken  in  large  quantities.”

is 

Dr.  Cyrus  Edson,  Commissioner  of 
Health  of  New  York  under  Mayor  Gil­
roy,  in  replying  to  a  question  by  the 
Mayor  relative  to  the  wholesomeness  of 
glucose  as  an  article  of  food,  said:

Glucose  may  be 

justly  called  pre­
digested  starch,  since,  as  I  have  said, 
it 
is  starch  in  the  exact  condition  that 
we  find  it  prepared  by  the  digestive  or­
gans  for  assimilation.  Glucose  is  pre­
eminently  a fat-forming,  heat-producing 
food.  Under  a  diet  of  glucose  a  man 
can  perform  more  muscular  work  than 
under  any  other  single  article  of  food. 
Glucose  not  only  is  not  injurious,  but  it 
is  an  essential  article  ol_food,  without 
which,  in  some  form,  man  cannot  enjoy 
life.

Chemistry  has  shown  man  how  to  im­
itate  exactly  the  products  of  nature. 
The  honey  of  the  flower  and  numerous 
other  products  of  nature’s 
laboratory 
can  nut  only  be  imitated  by  man,  but 
exactly  reproduced  by  him  through  the 
agency  of  chemistry. 
It  seems  a  pity 
that  we  should,  instead  of  welcoming 
such  glorious  results  of  science,  receive 
them  with  such  distrust  and  suspicion. 
— New  York  Commercial.

Bright  advertising  banishes 

times.

dull 

AH  Green  Vegetables— Tom atoes,  Green  Onions  R adishes,  C u­

from  the  South  will  soon  be  cheap  and 
within  reach  of  everybody.

cum bers,  Spinach,  etc.
O ranges,  Lem ons,  Bananas.
Jobbers,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

BUNTING  &  CO., 

WE  ARE  IN  P O S ITIO N   TO  FILL  YOUR  OR­
DERS  FOR  FIELD  SE E D S   BOTH  IN  QUAL­
ITY  AND  PRICE  THAT  SHOULD  WARRANT 
YOU  IN  DEALING  WITH  US.

Moseley  Bros.

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

Jobbers-Seed-Beang-Potatoes-Produce 

When  You  Begin  to  See  Anything  Green

Think  of Vinkemulder.  When you  need anything  Green  send 
your  order  to  Vinkemulder.  We  have  choice  Dry Onions,
Parsnips,  Bagas,  Carrots, Old and New Cabbage,  White  Beans,
Pop  Com,  Onion  Sets,  New  Lettuce,  Pie  Plant, Green  Onions,
Spinach,  Radishes,  Vegetable  Oysters,  Oranges,  Lemons and 
Bananas.  Will bill at our lowest  mail  order prices.

The  Vinkemulder  Company,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

E S TA B LIS H E D   1893 

..

T.  L.  BRUNDAQE,

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  MERCHANT

54  and  56 Central  Ave.,  Cleveland,  Ohio.

Only  Exclusive  Butter  and  Egg  House  in  the  City

Want to correspond V i th those who have butter and 

eggs to ship.  Can handle large quantities.

EARLY FRUITS
AND VECETABI

LES

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 ,

11T-119  M O N R O E   S T R E E T ,  G R A N D   R A P ID S , M IC H .

C. N. Rapp & Co.,

Commission  Merchants

56 West  Market  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.

solicit  consignments  of  Butter,  Eggs,  Poultry,  Beans 
and  Produce  generally,  assuring  prompt  sales  and  immediate 
returns.  We  are  a  branch  of  the  Grand  Rapids  house  of  the 
same  name,  which  has  been  established  eleven  years.  We 
w   refer  Michigan  shippers  to  the  Fourth  National  Bank,  Grand 
tfn  Rapids  Savings  Bank  and  Michigan  Tradesman,  all  of  which 
are familiar  with our standing and acquainted with our methods f 
and  will  cheerfully  answer  any  enquiries  which  may  be  rnade^ 

Jjjflin  regard  to  us.

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Tradesman Company 

Grand  Rapids.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

the  orders  will  go  to  other  countries. 
An  English  buyer  of  our  goods,  if  a 
preservative  has  been  put  in  the  stock 
be  has  received,  is  limited  in  his  out­
lets ;  he  can  not  sell  to  go  to  any  coun­
try  where  the  laws  against  it  exist,  he 
certainly  will  not  be  handicapped 
long 
with  American  butter,  but  will  supply 
his  needs  where  the  laws  of  the  country 
protect  his  purchases.

If  the  use  of  preservatives  was  so det­
rimental  to  the  dairy  interests  of  Den­
mark,  Germany  and  other  countries 
in 
the  northern  continent  as  to  force  them 
to  pass 
laws  against  their  use,  it  be­
hooves  us  to  study  the  subject  well  be­
fore  being  tempted  to  use  them.

its  kindred  acids 

The  presence  of  boracic  acid  or  any 
of 
in  butter,  even 
when  the  butter  contains  but  %  of  1  per 
cent.,  is  as  easily  detected  as  if  it  con­
tained  5  per  cent,  by  using  the  alcohol 
test,  which 
is  simple  and  inexpensive 
and  never  failing.

In  view of the  butter preservative laws 
existing 
in  so  many  of  the  countries 
where  our  goods  are  consumed,  and  the 
strong  probabilities  of  such  laws  being 
passed 
in  Great  Britain,  my  advice 
would  be  to  exclude  from  the  dairy 
product  of  the  United  States  all  forms 
of  preservatives.

W.  R. Brice.

C.  M. Drake.

Established in Philadelphia 1852.

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quantities of  Fine,  Fresh,  Selected 
Eggs delivered on board  cars  your 
station.  Write for prices.!

W .  R.  Brice &  Co.,

9 and  11  N.  Ionia St., 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

REFERENCES:

Corn  Exchange  National  Bank,  Philadelphia. 
Western  National  Bank,  Philadelphia.
W.  D.  Hayes,  Cashier  Hastings National Bank, 
Fourth  National  Bank, Grand  Rapids,  Mich
D. C. Oakes, Coopersville,  Mich.
E.  A. Stowe,  Michigan  Tradesman.

Hastings,  Mich.

The  “Humpty  Dumpty” 

Folding 
Egg 
Crate

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lots  oi  five  dozen  or  more,  free  of  charge.  Write  us  for  prices.

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16

Exports  of  American  Cheese  to  Eng­

land  Increasing.

Washington,  D.  C.,  April  2—From 
the  beginning  of  the  Nineteenth  Cen­
tury,  exports  of  cheese  from  the  United 
increased  year  alter 
States  to  Europe 
year,  with  no  fluctuation  of 
conse­
quence,  until  the  maximum  of  148.000,- 
000  pounds  was  reached  in  1881.  This 
was  more  than  halt  the  total  product  of 
the  country.  Nearly  all  of  these  ex­
ports  went  to  Great  Britain,  and  the 
quality  of  the  article  steadily  improved 
until  cheese  from  the  United  States 
stood  at  the  bead  in  the English market.
Beginning  between  1881  and  1885  a 
change  took  place,  and  cheese  exports 
trom  tne  United  States  to  the  United 
Kingdom  decreased  gradually  for fifteen 
years.  This  decline  was  accounted  for 
partly  by  a  remarkably  rapid  growth  in 
the  cheese  industry  of  Canada,  fostered 
by  extraordinary  aid  and  encourage­
ment  on  the  part  of  the  Dominion  Gov­
ernment,  and  partly  during  the 
later 
years  by  a  loss  of  reputation  sustained 
by  United  States  cheese,  owing  to  the 
exportation  from  this  conntry  by  un­
scrupulous  dealers  of  much  low-grade 
cheese  and  the  adulterated  or  counter­
feit  article  known  as  “ tilled  cheese. ”
The  evil  of  unidentified  filled  cheese 
became  so  great,  at  h  me  and  abroad, 
that  Congress  enacted  a  law  in  June, 
i8g6,  regulating  the  manufacture  and 
sale  of  the  article.  This  act  is  now  so 
well  enforced  that  the  output  of  filled 
cheese  has  been  greatly  reduced.  The 
product  is  well  identified,  and,  although 
some  is  still  exported,  it  leaves the ports 
of  the  United  States  under such  form 
and  markings  that  purchasers  can  not 
its  true  character. 
be  deceived  as  to 
What  becomes  of  it  later,  and  how  it 
is 
offered  to  consumers,  are  points  beyond 
the  control  of  the  exporting  country.

The  tilled-cheese  frauds  at  home  have 
been  practically 
terminated,  and  the 
reputation  of  genuine  cheese  from  the 
United  States  has  been  improving  of 
late.

According  to  British  official statistics, 
the  imports  of  cheese 
into  the  United 
Kingdom  from  Canada  and  the  United 
States  were  as  follows  during  the  calen­
dar  year  1896:  From  Canada,  138,241,- 
264  pounds,  valued  at  §12,600,822.32,  or 
9.12  cents  per  pound ;  from  the  United 
States,  65,092,944  pounds,  valued  at 
§6,005,441.06,  or  9.23  cents  per  pound, 
showing  that  the  quality  of  the  Ameri­
can  cheese  was  superior  to  that  of  Can­
ada.
Boracic  Acid 

in  Butter  Easily  De­
tected.

J- A. North in New York Produce Review.

The  English  trade  and  dairy  press 
are  again  vigorously  protesting  against 
the  use  of  boracic  acid  in  butter  as  a 
preservative,  and  demanding  the  pass­
age  of  laws  against  its  use.

Boracic  acid  is  seldom  offered  to  but- 
termakers.but  the  article is covered with 
fancy  terms  such  as  preservitas,  pre- 
servaline,  coraline  and  many  others. 
The  basis  of  all  is  boracic  acid  or  some 
other  of  the  antiseptic  acids. 
I  have 
no  knowledge  of  the  physical  results  of 
the  use  of  these  acids,  but  their  use 
is 
commercially  dangerous  in  the  extreme 
to  the  butter  interests  of  this  country, 
owing  to  the 
laws  against  preserved 
butter  in'countries  where  our  goods  are 
freely  taken.

in  butter.  About 

In  April  last  the  Danish  government 
laws  forbidding  the  use  of  pre­
passed 
servatives 
the  same 
time  Germany  followed  with  a  similar 
law.  Butter  containing  any  preserva­
tives  is  forbidden  entry  into any  of  the 
countries  on  the  east  coast  of  South 
America,  including  Brazil  and  Vene­
zuela.  At  Rio  de  Janeiro,  in  January, 
some  twenty  lots  of  butter  put  up  in 
foreign  countries  were 
seized,  along 
with  three 
lots  of  American,  and  con­
fiscated.  This  being  the  only  penalty 
under  their  law  the  owners  suffered  a 
total  loss.  One  of  the  American  lots 
contained  one-fourth  of  1  per  cent  of 
‘ •Preservitas.”   The  quantity  usually 
used 
is  from  1  to  3  per  cent.  From 
Great  Britain  we  are  being  asked  to 
guarantee  the  butter  offered  them  as 
tree  from  preservatives,  and  the  seller 
here  has  got  to  give  such  guarantee  or

The  Bungling  Poor.

Deacon in Furniture News.

There  are  poor  who  are  poor  because 
of  misfortunes  over  which  they  have  no 
control.  There  are  poor  who  are  poor 
because  of  appetites  over  which  they 
have  no  control.  But,  as  a  rule,  the 
poor  workingman  is  poor  because  he 
is 
a  poor  workman.

The  bungler  will  always  be poor.  He 
ought  to  be  poor.  If  he  could  make  a 
good  living  at  bungling,  what  incentive 
would  there  be  for  any  man  to  become 
skilled?  Any  attempt  to save  a  bungler 
from  his  poverty,  that  is  not  aimed  at 
saving  him  from  his  bungling,  is  so 
much  water  poured  into  leaky  buckets. 
You  only  encourage  him  in  his  bun­
gling.

I  have  had  some  recent  experience  in 
this  line. 
I  have  made  it  a  rule  never 
to  give  a  -poor  person  money  if  I  can 
help  him  to  the  earning  of  that  money. 
So it resulted  a few  weeks ago that,  when 
a  poor  widow  with  a  pitiful  story  and  a 
tear  in  her  eye  came  to  our  house  want­
ing  work,  we  gave  her  §3  worth  of plain 
sewing  to  do —work  that  would  have 
been  done  by  our  regular  dressmaker 
for  the  same  price.  This  she  was  to 
have  done  according  to  certain  direc­
tions,  and  to  have  returned  within  a 
week.  Nothing  was  heard  of  the  matter 
for a month, when  the  woman  came  back 
with  the  work  practically  ruined,  want­
ing  §4  for  her  work,  because  she  had 
had  the  neuralgia 
in  her  head.  She 
could  not  do  the  work  over  because  she 
was  packing  up  to  go  to  Chicago  that 
night.  When  told  that  she  had  not  done 
as  ordered,  had  not  finished  her  work, 
and  had  ruined  what  she  had  done,  she 
set  up  a  pitiful  whine,  telling  of  her 
woes,  and  pitying  herself,  until  we 
were  glad  to  get  rid  of  the  fraud  by 
giving  her  the §3.

Now,  if  such  a  piece  of  work  had 
come  back  from  our  regular  dressmaker 
in  such  a  condition,  or  in  any  kind  of 
unsatisfactory  condition,  we  could  have 
bad 
it  remade  as  we  wanted  it.  But 
what  satisfaction  can  you  get  from  a 
bungler  whining at your door—a creature 
without  responsibility  or  skill?

We  have  had  much  the  same  experi­
ence  with  a  poor  man  who  professes  to 
know  the  trade  of  an  electrician.  He 
wanted  to  wire  the  offices  for  elect! ic 
bells.  After  working  and  dallying  for 
two  weeks,  and  getting  an  advance  of 
several  dollars  for  materials,  he  left  the 
work  hopelessly  mixed,  and  we  paid  a 
man  for  tearing  out  the  wires  and  put­
ting 
in  everything  new  from  the  start. 
This  bungling  electrician  solicited  the 
work  because  he  was  out  of  work  and 
his  family  was  suffering.
Such  people  are  poor  because  they 
haven’t  the  grit  to  be  anything  else. 
It 
is  a  mistake  that  they  should live in any 
other state  than  that  of  pinching  pov­
erty,  until  by  their  own  volition  and 
effort  they  earn  their  deliverance  from 
that  state.

Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

President, J ohn A. H offman, Kalamazoo; Secre­
tary, J.  C. Saunders,  Lansing;  Treasurer, C has. 
McN olty, Jackson.
Micnigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  C.  C.  Sn edeker,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C. W. Allen  Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Grand  Counselor,  F.  L.  Day.  Jackson;  Grand 
Secretary, G. S. Valmorb, Detroit;  Grand Treas 
urer, Geo.  A.  Reynolds, Saginaw.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­
President,  J.  Boyd  Pantlind,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, Geo.  F.  Ow en,  Grand 
Rapids.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President,  W.  C.  B rown,  Marquette;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F. Wixson,  Marquette.

dent Association.

Gripsack  Brigade.

W.  C.  Hume  succeeds  Wm.  M.  Aver- 
ill  as  traveling  salesman  for  Hume  & 
Co.

John  Fell  has  resigned  his  position 
with  the  Bradley  &  Metcalf  Co.  (Mil­
waukee)  and  gone  on  the  road  for  Geo. 
F.  Owen  &  Co.

Jas.  A.  Morrison,  formerly  city  sales­
man  for  the  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer 
Co.,  has  been  elected  a  director  of  the 
Shi elds-Morley  Grocery  Co.  at  Colorado 
Springs,  Colo.

in  his  ear. 

“ Speaking  of  extraordinary  feats,’ ’ 
remarked  Col.  W.  P.  Curtis  the  other 
day,  “ reminds me of an amusing experi­
ence  I  met  with  in  Texas  about  thirty 
years  ago. 
I  was  traveling  for  a  to­
bacco  house  and  was  on  a  fifty-mile 
ride  by  stagecoach.  Opposite  me  sat 
a  mighty  pretty  girl  and  a  shaggy  man 
with  a  sombrero  and  a  small  arsenal  of 
pistols  in  full  sight.  We  had journeyed 
on  for  about  an  hour,  and  not  a  word 
had  been  exchanged  or  a  look  between 
my  fellow  travelers.  The girl  was  ever­
lastingly  pretty,  and,  finally,  catching 
her  eye,  I  was  tempted  to  wink  slight­
ly  as  a  sort  of preliminary toward break- j 
ice  and  having  some  pleasant 
ing  the 
conversation. 
Instantly,  to  my  horror, 
she  turned  to  the  human  arsenal  and 
whispered 
‘ Did  I  under­
stand  you,  stranger,  to  wink  at  this  here 
young  lady?’  Only  presence  of  mind, 
as  there  couldn’t  be  absence  of  body, 
‘ Yes, 
saved  me. 
sir,  but  let  me  explain. 
I  have  a  ner­
vous  disease  of  the  eyelids.  If  you  had 
noticed  me  before,  you  would  have  no­
ticed  that  I  winked  involuntarily  very 
frequently.  Honestly,  I  couldn't  help 
it.’  ‘ Your  explanation  is  extraordinary, 
stranger,  but  I  accept 
it  for  the  pres­
ent, ’  he  answered  gruffly,  and  from  that 
time  I  think  he  never  took  his  eyes  off 
me.  So,  to  keep  up  my  part,  every 
moment  or  two  I had  to  wink  one  eye  or 
the  other,  sometimes  both.  Hour  after 
hour  my  ocular  exercise  continued. 
I 
believe  I  am  the  only  man 
living  who 
ever  winked  to  save  his  life,and  I  wunk 
and  wank  for at  least  forty  miles,  until 
we  reached  our  destination.  How  was 
that  for  endurance?’ ’

I  replied  at  once. 

Sam  Jones,  the  Evangelist,  recently 
addressed  Post  B  of  Nashville  in  part 
as  follows: 
I  know  of  no  men  so  pe­
culiarly  endowed  or  so  equipped  to  do 
either  good  or  bad  as  you  commercial 
men. 
If  we  preachers  would  go  after 
the  sins  of  the  world  like  you  drummers 
go  after  trade,  we  would  soon  bring  the 
millennium  upon  us.  There  is  no  class 
of  men  with  whom  I  have  mingled more 
at  hotels,  on  trains  and  elsewhere  than 
with  commercial  travelers.  You  and  I 
are  very  much  alike. 
I  am  a  sort  of 
commercial  traveler  myself.  We  are

Greetings  from  Two  Presidents. 
John  A.  Hoffman  (Michigan  Knights 
of  the  Grip)  ;  At  our  last  State conven­
tion,  which  was  held in  the  city  of  Kal­
amazoo,  I  was  honored  by  being  unan­
imously  elected  President  of  the  Michi­
gan  Knights  of  the  Grip. 
I  have  the 
interest  of  the  Association  very  much 
at  heart  and  propose  to  do  all  in  my 
power  to  advance  it.  Your  Directors, 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  are  all  men  of 
wide  experience  and  active  workers 
in 
the  organization,  doing  everything  pos­
sible  for  its  success.  We  are  increasing 
in  numbers  and  growing  more  prosper­
ous  year  by  year,  yet  we  are  anxious 
that every worthy traveling man  in Mich­
igan  should  become  an  active  member. 
Will  you  consider  it  your  duty  to  help 
increase  our  numbers?  Let  each  of  us 
strive  to  add  at  least  one  new  member.
C.  C.  Snedeker  (Michigan  Commer­
cial  Travelers’ Association)  :  The Board 
of  Trustees,  knowing  it  to  be  the  desire 
of  every  member  of  the  Association  to 
show  an  increase  in  membership,  reali­
zing  the  fact  that  in  the  infusion of  new 
and  young  blood  depends  its  future  ex­
istence,  have,  in  the  hope  that 
it  may 
be  an  aid  to  its members in  securing ap­
plications, 
Printing 
Committee  to  prepare,and  have printed, 
information  which  should  be  in  the pos­
session  of  every  member,to  intelligently 
present  the  merits  of  the  Association  to 
persons  eligible  to  membership,  show­
ing  what  has  been  done  in  the  past,  our 
standing  at  the  present,  and  giving  an 
idea  of  our  stability  for  the  future;  also 
to  bring  out  prominently  some  of  the 
features  of  our  Association  but  little 
known  by  our  members  generally.  Tbe 
work  of  securing  applications  should 
not  be  confined  to  the  few  active  work­
ers,  but  every  member  should  be 
inter­
ested  in  tbe  growth  of  the  Association 
and  put  a  shoulder  to  the  wheel.  It  is 
the  one  important  thing  needed  to  per­
petuate  its  life  and  usefulness  and  keep 
it  on  a  sure  and  reliable  foundation. 
Surely  you  are  interested  in  this.  Your 
insurance  is  at  stake,  and  no  one  can  be 
more  interested
Movements of Lake Superior Travelers
Will  C.  Brown  broke  his  back  from 
too  much  order  writing  and  carried  it in 
a  sling  for  a  week,  but  is  much  better 
now.  He  can  get  out  of  bed  now  in 
fifteen  minutes  without  swearing  once 
nor  crawling  upon  all  fours.

instructed 

Alex  Stevenson  (Buhl  Sons  &  Co.)  is 

at  the  head  of  the  Lakes  this  week.

the 

J.  W.  Richards  (W.  Bingham  Co.) 
was  at  Marquette  Saturday,  trying  to 
work  a  flimflam  game  on  an 
innocent 
hardware  dealer  who  was  buried  up  in 
politics.  Dick  got  the  short  end  him- 
selt—5°  cents’  worth.

The  other  day  one  of  Marquette’s 
bright  four  year-old  girls  called  to  see  a 
commercial 
traveler’s  thiee-weeks  old 
baby.  When  the  little  one  got  home 
she  told  her  mother  that  the  new  baby 
was 
just  as  cute  as  cute  could  be 
But,  say,  Mama!’ ’  she  added  very 
earnestly;  “ what do you  think!  the  baby 
was  eating  its  own  mama!”

both  away  from  home  more  or  less.  A 
genuine  man  loves  his  home.  You  can't 
get  anything  else  except  a  dog  to  forget 
home.  A  man  who  does  not  want  to  go 
back  home  to  his  mother  and  loved ones 
when  he  is  away  is  no  better than a dog ; 
and 
if  you  would  give  him  some  hair 
and  a  tail,  he  would  make  a  good  coon 
dog.  Show  me  a  man  who  loves father, 
mother  and  home,  and  I  will  show  you 
a  man  who  has  some  foundation  for 
character-building.  1  love  to  see  a  man 
thorough  in  business,  with  energy,  en­
terprise,  push  and  vim,  and  I  don’t 
know  a  fellow  of  that  sdrt but  what’s 
getting  there  with  both  feet. 
If  you’ll 
get  a  live  fellow  turned  in  the  right  di­
rection  he’ll  show  you  some  speed. 
The  gait  that  a  fellow  strikes  deter­
mines  the  amount  of  obstacles  he’ll  find 
in  his  way.  That  is  the  way  it  is  with 
religion,  and  I  know  it  is  that  way  with 
is  very  easy  to  get  dis­
business 
heartened,  but 
if  you  start  out  with  the 
determination  to  make  the  landing  and 
keep  right  ahead,  you’ll  land.  It  is  that 
that  has  made  many  a drummer a whole­
sale  merchant  worth  a  million. 
I  want 
a  fellow  to  be  clean  in  his  mouth,  clean 
in  his  heart  and  clean  in  his  life. 
If  I 
was  a  drummer  I  wouldn’t  tell  a  lie  for 
any  house.  No  man  is  a  true  man  who 
does  not  think  more  of  his  character 
than  of  his  life. 
I  love  a  good  charac­
ter,  and  there  is  no  man  who  has  a  bet­
ter  opportunity  for  building  character 
than  a  business  man."

It 

jolly 

Then 

cards. 

living 

“ Wehave  tried  putting  women  on  the 
road,”   said  the  junior  partner  of a pros­
perous  New  York  house,  “ but  we  have 
given 
it  up.  They  talked  well,  and 
they  knew  their  goods;  but  we  found 
that  they  did  not  impress  the  trade  fa­
vorably,  particularly in  the  small  towns. 
Then, 
they’  couldn’t  stand  the  work. 
They  hadn't  the  strength  to  put  up  with 
the  life  as  men  do.  One  strikes  pretty 
rough 
in  some  little  places,  es­
pecially 
in  the  newer  section  of  the 
country,and  it  takes  an  ostrich  to digest 
the  food  and  a  pachyderm  to  sleep  in 
the  beds  at  some  of  the  hotels.  Of 
course,  there’s  a  good  deal  of  hard trav­
eling  on  poor  trains,  and  a  woman  feels 
that  more  than  a  man.  You  see,  she 
can’t  hunt  up  a 
fellow  in  the 
smoker  and  put  in  the  time  swapping 
yarns  and  playing 
it 
seems  to play  the  deuce  with  a  woman’s 
nerves 
to  be  everlastingly  catching 
trains.  Why,  there  was  one  nice  girl 
who  traveled  for  a  Chicago  house  two 
years  ago.  She  sold  lots  of  goods,  too. 
Her  employer  bragged  to  me  about  her 
when  he  was  down  here,  and  said  she 
was  worth  any  two  men  he  had  out 
This  winter  he  came  on  again,  and  one 
day  when  we  were  lunching  together  he 
asked  me 
if  I  remembered  about  the 
girl  who  traveled  for  him.  I  said  I  did, 
and  he  told  me  that  she  went  along  all 
right  for  nearly  a  year  and  never  com­
plained  about  anything;  said  she  liked 
tbe  work,  and  bad  her  salary  raised 
twice.  Then,  one  day  last  spring,  the 
firm  got  word  from  a  hotel  man  in  Den­
ver  that  she  was  very  ill  there  at  his 
hotel.  They  sent  her  sister  out  to  her, 
bu*,  do  you  know,  that  girl  had  gone 
completely  to  pieces  all  of  a  sudden. 
Her  mind  has  been  wrong  ever  since, 
and  the  queer  thing  about  it  is  that  she 
is  always  wild  about  catching  some 
She 
train  and  making 
doesn’t  rave  about  anything  else. 
I 
suppose  that  was  one  of  the  things  that 
wore  on  her  nerves  most,  and  it  stuck 
in  her  mind.  You  see,  that  story  goes 
to  prove  what  I've  been  saying—that 
women  haven’t  the  physical  endurance 
for  the  road  business. ’ ’

connection. 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

17

in 

A  young  Scotchman  has  made  a  min­
iature  train  which  is  only  twenty-nine 
feet 
length,  but  which  is  perfect  in 
every  particular.  He  never  had  any 
technical  training,  but  made  all  the 
patterns  and  the  castings,  and  put  them 
together  with  his  own  hands.  The  en­
gine  is  a  litttle  over  six  and  a  half  feet 
long  and  drags six cars,  in each of which 
two  children  can  be  comfortably  seated. 
Six  gallons  of  water 
in  a  tank  in  the 
tender  with  five  gallons  in  the  boiler  of 
the  engine  provide  enough  steam  to 
propel  this  miniature  train 
for  two 
hours,  while  a  small  electric  battery  be­
neath  the  engine  supplies  light  for  the 
various 
It  is  a 
brilliant  example  of  engineering  talent 
upon  the  part  of  its  maker.

in  place  of  oil. 

lamps 

Men  of  the  navy  are  always  given 
credit  for  showing  more  bravery  in  bat­
tle  than  men  of  the  army,  but  it  should 
be  remembered  that  when  a  battle-snip 
rounds  to  for  a  fight,  there  is  no  chance 
for  a  sailor  to  run  away,  no  tree  for  an 
officer  to  get  behind,  and  no  telling,  in 
torpedo  times,  which 
is  the  safest  part 
of  the  ship.  There  is  nothing  to  do  but 
fight._____ ____________________

HOTEL  WHITCOMB

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH.

A. VINCENT, Prop.
THE  WHITNEY  HOUSE

Kates  $i.oo  to  $1.25  Per  day.  Complete  Sanitary 
Improvements.  Electric  Lights.  Good  Livery 
in connection.  State Line Telephone.

Chas. E.  Whitney. Prop.,  Platnwell, Mich.

H oskins  &  Com pany
GRAIN, PROVISIONS and STOCK

COMMISSION  BROKERS.

176 Griswold Street,  Detroit, Mich.

Private wires:  N ew   York,  Chicago and  St.  Louis.

Hodges  Buildirur.

Must  Import  Pure  Tea.

The  motion  of  William  Crinkshank  & 
Co.  for  a  preliminary 
injunction  re­
straining  Collector  Bidwell,  of  New 
York,  from  destroying  condemned  teas, 
valued  at  §40,000,  imported  by  them, 
which  were  seized 
in  November  and 
December  last,  was  denied  last  week  by 
Judge  Lacomb,  in  the  United  States 
Circuit  Court.  Tea  condemned  by  tbe 
Board  of  Experts  that  does  not  come 
up to  the  legal  standard  is  burned  at the 
expiration  of  six  months  if  the 
import­
ers  do  not  take 
it  out  of  the  country. 
This  was  a  test  case.

Our  faults  attract  more  attention  than 

our  virtues.

A  R E M A R K A B L E   C A S E

Having" suffered  with  rheumatism  and  constipa­
tion for over twenty-five years, and my case having 
been  pronounced hopeless last  summer  by the  best 
medical skill,  when  I was given up to die,  I miracu­
lously had  my attention called  to F rye’s Quickstep, 
w hich saved  my  life, and  I am now  a  w ell  man. 
I 
have since recommended  this  remedy to my friends 
and  so many have ordered  it through me that I keep 
it  on  hand  for  humanity’s  sake.  Price,  $1.00  per 
bottle.  Nearly all M ichigan  people know me.  My 
home  address 
is  5406  Kimhark  A ve.,  Chicago. 
Grand  Rapids people  can  obtain  this  remedy from 
my customer, John  Benson,  the clothier.  26 Monroe 
St.,  upstairs. 

Stephen T.  Bowen.

I  will  be  in  Chicago  at  the  clothing 
factory of John  G.  Miller  &  Co.,  276  and 
278  Franklin  St.,  until  May  1,  to  look 
after my clothing_customers.

18
Drugs—Chemicals

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

F. W. R. Per r y, Detroit 
A. C. Schumacher,  Ann  Arbor 
Geo. Gundrum,  Ionia  - 
L. £ . R eynolds, St.  Joseph 
- 
H enry Heim ,.Saginaw  - 

-------- 

- 

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

Examination  Sessions.
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 ebber, Cadillac. 
Secretary—Chas. Mann, Detroit. 
Treasurer—J ohn D. Mu ir, Grand Rapids.

Patent  Medicine  Testimonials.

are, 

Such 

certificates 

It  is  a  popular  impression  that  testi­
monials  for  patent  medicines  and  sim­
ilar  articles  offered  for  sale  are  paid  for 
or  are  secured  by  other  inducements; 
and  in  many  cases  this  may  be true,  but 
the  advertising  manager  of  a  much-ad­
vertised  remedy  assures  me  that  thou­
sands  of  people  are  so  ambitious  to  see 
their  names  and  their  faces  in  print 
that  they  send  in  volunteer  certificates 
and  offer  their  photographs  to  be  used 
at  the  pleasure  of  the  manufacturer. 
Even  women  by  the  thousands court this 
terrible  notoriety.  Many  of  the  testi­
monials  are  genuine  and  conscientious 
and  come  from  people  who  believe  they 
have  been  cured,  and  not  only  want  to 
express  their  gratitude,  but  convince 
other  sufferers  of  the  efficacy  of  the 
remedy. 
of 
course,  highly  appreciated  and  are  filed 
away  for  public  or  private  use.  The 
testimonials  are  so  numerous that  nearly 
every  patent  medicine  manufacturer has 
his  department  to  attend  to  this  branch 
of  the  business. 
Several  clerks  are 
necessary,  who  first  assort  all  that  are 
received  and 
lay  those  which  seem  to 
be  genuine  before  experts for  examina­
tion.  Men  become  so  skilled  in  this 
inspection  that  they  can  detect 
the 
false  from  the  true  with  almost  un­
erring  accuracy.  Special  cases  are  in­
vestigated  either by  further  correspond­
ence  or  by  reference  to  the  nearest 
druggist  or  in  some  other  manner.  The 
fake  testimonials  are  packed  away  in 
chests  for  temporary  preservation,  but 
are  usually  destroyed  at  the  end  of  the 
year,  when  there  is  no  longer  any  pros­
pect  of  needing  them.  The  genuine 
ones  are  filed 
in  reference  cases  by 
states  and  counties,  and  indexed  so  that 
they  can  be  referred  to  without  any 
trouble.

evenings 

Twice  and  often  three  times  as  many 
testimonials  are received  in the winter as 
in  the  summer,  which  is  due-to  the  fact 
that  the  country  people  have  more  lei­
sure  to  think  and  write  and  use  more 
patent  medicines  in  the winter than they 
do 
in  the  summer.  They  spend  long 
winter 
talking  over  their 
pains  and  aches  and  the  different  rem­
edies  they  have  used,  and  the  natural 
result 
the 
manufacturer.  Many  of  the  writers  ask 
money  compensation  for  their  testimo­
nials  or  a  free  bottle  of  the  remedy. 
Others  offer  to  give  a  testimonial  if 
money  or  medicine 
is  sent  to  them. 
These  letters  are  never  replied  to,  but 
when  the 
inspectors  find  genuine  ex­
pressions  of  appreciation  they are usual­
ly  acknowledged  with  thanks  and  per­
mission  is  asked  to  us  them  in  their ad­

is  an  acknowledgment  to 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

vertisements.  Sometimes these volunteer 
witnesses  are  asked 
for  their  photo­
graphs.

The  Drug  Market.

Trade  in  this  line  is  in  much 

larger 
proportions  than  for  several  years  and 
the  prices  of  goods  show  very 
little 
change.

Opium— Is  very  firm  under  advices 
the  lay  down 
from  primary  markets, 
price 
in  Smyrna  not  being  far  from 
S3.30  per  lb.  This  market  is  lower  than 
any  other  in  the  world.  A  sharp  ad­
vance  would  not  surprise  the  trade.

Morphine— Is firm at unchanged prices 
and  an  advance  has  been  expected  for 
the  past  two  or  three  weeks.

Codeine—Price  has  been  reduced  10c 
per  oz.  There  is  an  increased  demand.
Quinine—Is  weak.  Auction  sales  of 
cinchona  bark  at  Amsterdam,  which 
came  off  Thursday,  were  at  a  lower 
price,  but  most  of  the  quinine  in  the 
bands  of  large  manufacturers  was  made 
from  high  priced  bark,  and  for that rea­
son  no  reduction 
in  price  is  expected 
for  a  short  time.

Cinchonidia— Is  dull  and  weak  and 

prices  are  unchanged.

Pyrogallic  Acid— Prices  have  been 

reduced  under  strong  competition.

Cocoa  Butter— Prices  have  been  re­

duced.

Cod  Liver  Oil—Is  advancing  steadily 
abroad,  due  to  short  catch.  This  mar­
ket  has  responded  somewhat  and  there 
has  been  an  advance  of  about  $1.50  per 
bbl.  of  30  gallons.

Insect  Powder—There are  large quan­
tities  of  cheap  and  unreliable  powder in 
the  market.  First-class  powder  can  not 
be  sold  under our quotations.

is 

is 

Barks— Soap 

Balsams—Copaiba 

in  active  de­
mand  and  prices  have  been  advanced. 
Tolu  is  very  firm  and  stocks  are  light.
in  a  very  firm  posi­
tion,  as  it  is  about  out  of  market.  The 
outlook  favors  higher  prices,  as  the 
bulk  of  stock  in  Chili  is  of  poor  quality 
and  will  not  come to this market.  Sassa­
fras  is  in  large  supply  and  lower.

Essential  Oils—The  market 
for  all  kinds.  Bergamot  and 
have  declined.  Sassafras 
easy.

is  dull 
lemon 
is  dull  and 

Flowers—German  chamomile is scarce 
and  higher  prices  are  asked  for  prime 
goods.

Gums—Arabic  and 

tragacanth  are 
back  to  old  prices.  The  Treasury  De­
partment  now  rules  that  they  come  in 
free  of  duty.

Roots— Sarsaparilla 

firm. 
Honduras  has  advanced  and  Mexican 
also.  Jamaica  ginger 
in  good  de­
mand  and  prices  are  steady.

very 

is 

is 

Seeds—Canary  and  hemp  are  firm. 
Celery  is  scarce  abroad,  but  quiet  here. 
California  mustard 
is  advancing,  ow­
ing  to  the  dry  weather.  Higher  prices 
must  be looked  for,  owing  to  short  crop.
easier. 

Spices—Cassia 

trifle 

is  a 

Cloves  have declined.

Avoiding  Gritty  Zinc  Ointment.

To  avoid  the  gritty  preparation  which 
frequently  results  in  making  zinc  oint­
ment,  even when the  zinc  oxide  is  sifted 
into  the  melted  benzoated  lard,  J.  H. 
Williams  (Connecticut  Pharmaceutical 
Association  Proceedings)  suggests  that 
10  per  cent,  of  the  lard  be replaced with 
castor  oil.  The  oxide  should  be  placed 
in  a  warm  mortar,  the  oil  added  hot, 
into  a  smooth 
and  the  whole  rubbed 
paste.  The  cold 
lard  should  then  be 
added  and  the  whole  mixed  without 
heating,  thus  avoiding  precipitation  of 
any  benzoinic  constituents,  and securing 
a  perfectly  smooth  product.

Essence  of  Ginger  Causes  Blindness.
Dr.  Thomson  (Medical  and  Surgical 
Reporter)  reports  the  peculiar  case  of  a 
sailor,  possessed  previously  of  good 
eyesight,  who  came  ashore  for  a  spree. 
He  was  unable  to  buy  whisky,  and  so 
resorted  to  commercial  “ Jamaica  Gin­
ger.”   During  two  days  he  drank  about 
a  quart  and  a  half  of  this,  taking  it 
with  water.  The  third  day  he  had 
nausea  and  headache ;  the fourth day his 
sight  began  to  fail  him ;  the  fifth  day he 
could  only  grope  his  way  about;  the 
sixth  day  light  perception  entirely  dis­
appeared. 
lasted  a 
week,  when  vision  slowly  returned,  but 
after  three  weeks  sight  began  perma­
nently  to  fail.

condition 

This 

Queen  Victoria  objects  both  to  elec­
tric  light  and  gas—that  is,  so  far as  her 
own  personal  use  is  concerned.  Oil 
is 
permitted  very  slightly,  but  candles  of 
an  extra  special  make  are  still  her  fa­
vorite  ilium inant.

PllttOr’ C  Cartolate 

UUllul  0  of  Iodine Pocket immer

IS  G UAR AN TEED  TO   CURE 

A ll druggists $1.

W.  H.  SMITH  &  CO.,  Props., 

Buffalo. N. Y.

For  Sale  by  Leading  Jobbers.

P | U p i   r Q   blackheads, boils, blotches,freck-  { 
riln lL C O  les.  eruptions  caused  by ingrow- f 
ins h iir, skin that is soft and wrinkly,  or rough  or f  
swarthy, in fact, all complexion  difficulties should  { 
be treated with SC H R O U D E R 'S  LOTION,  T
a  scientific  preparation  for  keeping  the  skin  f  
smooth, firm and clear—it produces and preserves r  
a healthy glow to the complexion : perfectly harm- T 
le  s.  At  drug  stores 25c per bottle; by mail 35c.  -
B.  Schrouder,  Pharmacist,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

While  William  Alden  Smith  was  in  suffering  Cuba  to  obtain  pure 
Havana  fillers  for  S.  C.  W.  cigars,  he  was  interfered  with  by  the 
Spaniards,  and  to  obtain  his  point  he displayed  the courage  of  Samson 
among  the  Philistines  with  a  jawbone.

Behold!  Michigan’s  Worthy  Congressman  slew  and  put  to  flight 
with  his  good  umbrella  1867  Spaniards.  The  rest  of  his  committee 
coming  to  his  assistance,  enough  fillers  were  secured  to  last  the  manu­
facturers  of  S.  C.  W.  cigars  until  the  bloody  war  will  be  over.

The  Cheapest  Enameled  Playing  Card

ON  TH E   M AR K ET  IS  TH E

NO.  2 0   R O V E R S

Has  a  handsome  assortment  of  set  designs  printed  in  different  colors—Red, 
Blue, Green 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 
in 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 wav. 
If you are handling  playing cards for profit get  our  sam­
ples and  prices before placing your order*  T hey may help you.

TH E  AM ERICAN   PLAYIN G  C A R D   C O ..

K A L A M A Z O O ,  MICH.

R IC H   D R IN K

ingredients. 

of  choice  coffee  with  palatable  cereals  and  other 
wholesome 
to  all 
“cereal” drinks.  A beautiful  Tea  and  Coffee  Pot 
Stand given with each 2  pound  package.  Retails 
for  13c  a  package,  affording  retailer  big  profit. 
Pleases  customers.  Order  trial case and  see how 
quickly it sells.

Far  superior 

W O O D B U R Y   St  O O . .   M F G R S .

use Tradesman Go. s poison Labels

C H A R L O T T E .  M IC H .

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Sinapis........................  @ is
Sinapis, opt............ 
®  30
Snuff, Maccaboy,De
Voes.....................  
®  34
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s  @ 
34
Soda Boras..............  9  @  11
Soda Boras, po........  9  @  n
Soda et Potass Tart.  26®  28
Soda,  Carb.............. 
i%@ 
2
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3%@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
50®  55
Spt.  MyrciaDom...  @  9 00
Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. 
© 2 42
Spts. Vini Rect. % bbl  @ 2  47
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal  @ 2  50
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal  @ 2 52
Less 5c gal. eash 10 days. 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2V6@ 
3
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
2@  2%
Tamarinds.............. 
8® 
10
Terebenth Venice...  28®  30
Theobromse............   40®  42
Vanilla....................  9 00@16 On
Zinci  Sulph............  
8

7® 

Oils

__ 
Whale, winter.........  
70 
Lard,  extra.............  40 
Lard, No. 1.............. 
35 

B B L .  S A L .

70
45
40

Morphia, S.P.&W... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  Co................
Moschus Canton__
Myristica, No. 1......
Nux Vomica...po.20
Os  Sepia.................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D. Co....................
Picis Liq. N-N.Hgal.
doz........................
Picis Liq., quarts__
Picis Liq., pints......
Pil Hydrarg...po.  80 
Piper Nigra... po.  22
Piper Alba__ po. 35
Pilx  Burgun...........
Plumb!  Acet...........
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Pyrethrum, boxesH.
& P. D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum, pv........
Quassiae..................
Quinia, S. P. & W .. 
Qulnia, S. German..
QUinia, N.Y............
Rubia Tinctorum... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin....................
Sangnis Draconis...
Sapo,  W...................
Sapo, M....................
Sapo, G....................
Siedlitz  Mixture__

2  15® 2 40
2  15® 2 40 
@  40
65®  80
® 
10 
15®  18
@  1  00
@ 2 00 
@ 1 00 
®  85
@  50
@  18 
®  30
@ 
7
12 
10®  
1  10®   1  20
1  25 
30 
10 34
29
__   30
29®  34
12®  14
_  20 
3 09® 3  10 
40®  50
12®  14
10® 
12 
®  15
20  @ 
22

& 

Linseed, pure  raw..  40 
Linseed,  boiled......   42 
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
Spirits Turpentine..  37 

43
45
70
45

Paints  B B L . 

LB
Red Venetian.........   1M  2  @8
Ochre, yellow Mars.  1%  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..  1%  2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  2M  2%©3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2%  2J£@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13® 
15
70®  75
Vermilion, English. 
Green, Paris...........  13H®  19
ie
Green,  Peninsular..  13® 
{^ad, Red  ..............  5*®  
6
Lead, white............  554® 
6
Whiting, white Span  @  70 
Whiting,  gilders’. . . 
90
'@ 
White, Paris Amer..  @100
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
............   @ 140
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15

cliff 

Varnishes]}

No. l’.Turp Coach...  1  10®  1  20
Extra  Tarp............   1  60®  1  70
Coach Body............   2 75®  3 00
No. 1 Turp P om ....  1  00®  1  10 
Extra Turk Damar..  1  55®  1  60 
Jap. Dryer,No. ITurp  70®  75

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We  have  added  the  following 
Cigars  and  solicit  a  trial  order

Advanced
Declined—Turpentine.

Acidum

Aceticum................ I  6@$ 
8
Benzoicum, German  70®  75
Boracic................... 
® 
is
Carbolicum............   28®  41
Citricum.................   40®  42
3® 
Hydrochlor............  
5
Nltrocum...............  
io
8® 
12®  14
Oxalicum................ 
® 
Phosphorium,  d ll... 
15
Salicylicum............ 
60@  65
lj£@
Snlphurlcum........... 
Tannicum..............   1 25®  1  40
Tartaricum.............. 
38®  40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg........... 
Aqua, 20 deg........... 
Carbonas................. 
Chloridum.............. 
Aniline
Black.......................  2 00® 2 25
Brown....................  
80®  1  00
R ed.........................  45®  50
Yellow....................  2 50® 3 00

4®
6®
12®  14
12® 
14

Baccae.
Cube see.......... po. 18  13®  15
Juniperus................ 
6® 
8
Xanthoxylum.........  
25®  30
Balsamum
Copaiba...................  
55®  60
Peru.........................  @ 240
Terabln, Canada__  
45®  50
Tolutan...................  
50®  60
Cortex
Abies, Canadian__
Cassias  ....................
Cinchona Klava......
Guonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgini........
Quillala,  gr’d .........
Sassafras........po. 18
Ulmus...po.  15,  gr’d 
Bxtractum
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhiza, po...... 
H&matox, 15 lb box. 
Haematox, I s ........... 
Haematox, *4s.........  
Haematox, Hs.........  

_
24©
28®
11®
13®
14®
16®

Perm
Carbonate Precip...
Citrate and Quinia..
Citrate Soluble........
Perrocyanidum Sol.
Solut.  Chloride......
Sulphate, com’l......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........
Sulphate, pure  ......
Flora

Arnica.................... 
Anthemis................ 
Matricaria.............. 

12®
18©
30®

@

23®  28
18®
26®

Folia
Barosma..................
Cassia Acutifol, Tln-
nevelly................. 
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.
Salvia officinalis, &s
and  %s.................
Ura Crsl..................
Gumml 
Acacia,  1st picked..
65 
Acacia,  2d  picked..
45 
Acacia,  3d  picked..
35 
Acacia, sifted sorts.
28 
Acacia, po...............
80 
12®
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20
14 
Aloe, Cape__po. 15
12 
_
Aloe, Socotrl.. po. 40 
30 
Ammoniac.............. 
55®
60 
Assafcetlda__po. 30 
25®
28 
Benzolnum............  
50®
55
Catechu, Is..............  @
13
Catechu, %a............
14 
Catechu, &s............
16 
Camphorse  ............
43 
40®
Euphorbium.  po.  35
10
Galbanum...............  
_
@  1  00 
Gamboge  po........... 
65®
70 
Guaiacum......po. 25
30
Kino...........po. S3.u0
@ 3 00 
Mastic....................
@  60
Myrrh............ po.  45
®  40
Opli.. .po. M.10®4.30 3 25®  3 35
Shellac....................  
25®  35
Shellac, bleached...  40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®  80
Herba

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium .oz. pkg 
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majorum .... oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vlr..oz. pkg 
Rue.............. oz. pkg 
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
riagnesia.
Calcined, Pat........... 
55®  60
Carbonate, Pat........ 
20®  22
20®  25
Carbonate, K. & M.. 
Carbonate, Jennings  35®  36

Oleum
Absinthium............   3 25® 3 50
Amygdalae, Dulc__  
30®  50
Amygdalae, Amarse .  8 00®  8 25
Anlsl.......................   o  15® 2 25
Auranti  Cortex......   2 25® 2 40
Bergamil.................   2 40® 2 50
Cajlputi................... 
85®  90
Caryophylli............  
gJ
75® 
Oedar.......................  35®  65
Chenopadii.............. 
® 2 75
Clnnamonii.............  1  65®  1  75
Oitronella.  .............  45®  90

@ 65

20@
ig@

16@ 18

35®  50
Conium  Mac........... 
Copaaba...................  1  10®  1  20
SUbef e : .................... 
90® 
Exechthitos...........  l  oo@  1  10
^ ‘Keron.................   1 00®  1  10
Gaultheria —  .* —   1  50®  1  60 
Geranium,  ounce... 
@ 75
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50® 60
Hedeoma.................  1  00®  l  10
Junipera................   i  50® 2 00
Lavendula................  
90® 
Liimonis...................  1  3(va  1  sn
Mentha  Piper.........   1  60® 2 »
Mentha Verid.........   1  50®  1  60
Morrhuas,  gal.........   1  00@  1  10
Mirela.....................  4 00®  4 50
Olive..;.. 
75® 3 00
...........  
10@ 
Picis  Liquida.........  
12
Picis Liquida, gal... 
© 35
gIcina  .................... 
99®  110
Kosmarini...............  
@100
Rosse,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succlni...................  40®  45
Sabina................... 
90®  1  00
| anta] ......................  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras................. 
55®  60
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce. 
Jiflii.......................  1  40©  1  50
40®  50
Thyme. 
............  
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
i5@  20
Potassium
gfCarb.................... 
is® 
i8
Bichromate........ 
1 k
i m  
Bromide.................! 
50®  55
Carb.......................  
12® 
is
Chlorate., po. 17®19e 
Cyanide................... 
35®  40
Iodide.. 
............   2 60@ 2 65
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
Potass Nitras, opt.
Potass Nitras........
Prussiate............
Sulphate po  ...... !" 
Radix
Aconitvm............
20®
Althae...............
22®
Anchusa........
10®
Arum po..............
@20®
Calamus..............
Gentiana........po.  is
12®
Glychrrhlza.. .pv. 15 
16®
Hydrastis Canaden.
®
Hydrasti s Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
18®
Inula, po................. 
15®  w
Ipecac, po............... 2 50® 2 60
Ins plox....po35@38 
35®  40
Jalapa, pr................  25®  30
Maranta,  Us.........  
35
22®  25
Podophyllum, po...'. 
Khei, cut.... ......... 
(fh  \  9£%
Rhei, pv
75®  1  35
Spigelia...................  
35©
Sanguinaria...po. Í5  @
Serpentaria........... 
30®
Senega....................  40®
Slmilax,officinalis H 
a
Smilax, M................ 
!»
fcillae.............po.35
10®
Symplocarpus, Pceti-
Valeriana,Eng. püáó 
Valeriana,  German
15®
Zingiber a ......................__
12®
Zingiber J...............  
25®
Semen
Anisum......... po.  15
Apium  (graveleons)
13®
Bird, Is...........  .
4®
Carui............... po. is 
  «
^
10®
Cardamon...............   1  25®  1  75
Coriandrum............  
g® 
i0
4®  414
Cannabis  Sativa... 
Cydonium,.............. 
7^   100
Chenopodium........ 
loja 
12
Dipterix  Odorate...  2 00® 2 20
Fceniculum............  
g»
7® 
Pcenugreek, po........ 
9
Llni  grd......... bbl. 3 
I®
Lobelia...................  35®
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
4®
Kapa.......................   4J 3?
Sinapis Albu........ 
7®
Sinapis Nigra.........  
11®
Spirit us

dus,  po............

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00@ 2 25
Frum enti............  
1  25®  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T..  1  65® 2 00
Juniperis Co...........  1  75® 3 50
Saacharum N.  E ....  1  90® 2  10
Spb-Vini Gall!........  1  75® 6 50
V n  Oporto............   1  25® 2 00
Vini Alba...............   1  25® 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............   2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage...............
@ 2 00 
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......
@  1  25
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool,  carriage__
1 00
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............
1  00 
Hard, for slate use..
75
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............  @  1  40

Syrups

Acacia....................  @  50
Auranti Cortes........  @  50
Zingiber..................  @  50
Ipecac. 
@  60
gerrU od.................  @  50
Rhei Arom..............  @  50
50®  60
Smilax Officinalis... 
Senega....................  @  50
Seill®................. 
so

........... 

® 

1

50
50
50
35
50
60
50
60
50
75
50 
50 
50 
50 
75 
50 
1  50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
60 
60 
50 
50 
'20

1  00

2 00

niscellaneous 

Set Use Co.................   @
Tolutan................... 
®
Prunus virg.............  @
Tinctures 
Aconltum Napellls R 
Aconitum Napellls F
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh.. ! !
Arnica....................
Assafcetlda............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex......
Benzoin...................
Benzoin Co......... ;
Barosma.................
Cantharides.........
Capsicum..............
Cardamon.............
Cardamon  Co....... *
Castor...................... 
Catechu................[[
Cinchona..............”
Cinchona C o ...." "
Columba.................
Cubeba................
Cassia  Acutifol__ ’
Cassia Acutifol Co..
Digitalis.................
Ergot................... .
Ferri Chloridum....
Gentian...................
Gentian Co......... .**
Guiaca.................
Guiaca ammon
Hyoscyamus......... *
Iodine................... t"
Iodine, colorless"!
Kino........................
Lobelia............. "
Myrrh................
Nux Vomica........"
Opii........................'
Opli, camphorated!.
Opii,  deodorized....
Quassia...................
Rhatany.__
Rhei...:......
Sanguinaria___!"
Serpentaria...........!
Stromonium........
Tolutan...................!
Valerian...............”
Veratrum Veride ! !
Zingiber..................
Æther, 8pts. Nit. 3 F  30® 
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
Alumen...............   
2U@
A1 umen, gro’d .. po. 7 
3®
Annatto...................  40®
4®
Antimoni,  no..  ! 
Antimoni etPotassf  40®
Antipyrin.............. 
®
Antifebrin...........!. 
®
@
Argentl Nitras, oz ! 
Arsenicum............. 
io®
Balm Gilead  Bud  ! ! 
38®
Bismuth  S. N......... 1  40®  1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  is 
9
Calcium Chlor., %s.
@ 
10 
Calcium Chlor.,  ws 
@  12 
Cantharides, Rus.pb 
@  75
Capsici  Fructus, af 
@  15
Capsici Frnctus, po.
®  15
Capsici FructnsB.po 
@  15
Caryophyllus..po. 15 
12®  14
Carmine, No. 40 
@ 3 00 
Cera Alba, S. A p "  '
50®  55
Cera Flava......... !"
42 
Coccus...........
40 
Cassia Fructus!! " "
33 
10@
Centrarla...........
Cetaceum__!! !!.!!!
@  45
60®
Chloroform....... 
63 
Chloroform, squibbs  @ 
1  15 
Chloral HydCrst....  125®
1  50 
Chondrus............. 
20®
25 
Cinchonidine.P.A W  25® 
35 
Cinchonidine, Germ  22®  „„ 
30
Cocaine..................   3 55® 3 75
Corks, list, dls.pr.ct 
Creosotum..
Creta.............bbi.75
Creta, prep..............
Creta, precip__
9®
Creta, Rubra__
Crocus...............  "   x8®
Cudbear......... !.!!"  @
Cuprl Sulph........g®
Dextrine.............    * * 
10®
Ether Sulph......... 
75®
Emery, all  numbers
Emery, po......
Ergota............. ¿¿.'40
Flake  White__
Gaiia...................;;;;
Gambier........!!!!!!!
Gelatin, Cooper.
Gelatin, French...!!  35® 
Glassware, flint, box 
Less  than  box....
Glue,  brown......  
9®
Glue, white............  
13®
13%®
Glycerine........... 
Grana  Paradisi  ..."  @
Humulus......  
25®
Hydraag Chlor' Mite  @ 
Hydraag Chlor Cor.  @ 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.  @ 
Hydraag Ammoniati  @ 
HydraagUnguentum  45®
Hydrargyrum.........   @
Ichthyobolla, Am...  65®
Indigo....................  
75®
Iodine, Resubi..!!!!  3 60®
Iodoform.................  @
Lupulin.  ........................®
Lycopodium........... !  40®
Macis.................... 
gST
Liquor Arse;, et £ /-
drarglod.............
LiquorPotassAreinlt
Magnesia, Sulph__
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl
Mannla, S. F ...........
Menthol...................

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the  price........................................ ...  
Send  us  a  sample  order.

$30.00

Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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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.

AXLB  GREASE.doz.  gross
Aurora......................... 55  6 00
Castor O il....................60  700
Diamond......................50  4 00
Frazer’s .......................75  9 00
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 
9 00
rtlca, tin boxes............75  9 00
Paragon.......................55  6 00

Acme.

Absolute.

BAKING  POWDER.
45
Ü lb cans doz................... 
4  lb cans doz................... 
85
lb cans doz...................  1  50
1 
45
M lb cans 3 doz................. 
14 lb cans 3 doz................. 
75
lb cans 1 doz.................  1  00
1 
10
Bulk.................................... 
85
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........... 
H lb cans per doz............. 
75
14 lb cans per doz  ...........  1  20
1 
lb cans per doz............ 2  00
14 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
35
16 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz case  ......  
90

El Parity.

Home.

Arctic.

Jersey Cream.

4  lb cans, 4 doz case......  
45
16 lb cans, 4 doz case...  ..  85
1 
lb cans, 8 doz case........  1 60
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz............  1  85
6 oz. cans, per doz............. 
85
14 lb cans.......................   45
16 lb cans.......................  75
1 
lb cans..........................   1  50
85
1 lb. cans  ......................... 

Oar Leader.

Peerless.

BATH  BRICK.

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

”

 BLUING.

c o p s m D
¡<rc¡RD 5
B ix m iC

Small, 3 doz.......................  
Large, 2 doz.......................  

40
75

BRoons.

So. 1 Carpet.......................   1 90
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.......................................... 7
16s.......................................... 8
Paraffine................................ 8

CANNED  GOODS.
flaultowoc  Peas.

CATSUP.

C H E E S E

Lakeside Marrowfat.........  
95
Lakeside E.  J ....................  1  15
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng 
1 20
Lakeside. Gem, Ex. Sifted.  1  45
Extra Sifted Early Jane__1  75
Columbia, 
pints.............2 00
Columbia, 16 pints............ 1  25
@ IO4@
© 114
© 12
© 104
@
© 11
© 11
© 11
@ 11
©
@ 114
@ 124
© 75
© 18
@ 10
43  @ 85
© 18
5
7

Acm e........
Amboy......
Byron.........
Elsie...........
Emblem....
Gem............
Gold  Medal
Ideal..........
Jersey  ........
Lenawee__
Riverside.... 
Springdale..
Brick..........
Edam..........
Leiden........
Limburger. 
Pineapple... 
Sap  Sago....
Chicory.
B ulk.......................
Red  .........................

CHOCOLATE. 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

German Sweet.................  . .  23
Premium................................. 84
Breakfast Cocoa....................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  d o t.........1  SO
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz............   80
Jute, 78 ft,  per  doz... 
.......  95

COCOA SHELLS.
201b  bags.......................  
Less quantity.................  
Pound packages............  
CREAI!  TARTAR.

216
3
4

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

COFFEE.

Green.
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  Guatemala.

Fair  ........................................16
Good  ...............................   ...17
Fancy 
...................................18
Prim e......... ............................ 20
Milled......................................21

Maracaibo.

Java.

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

Mocha.

Roasted.

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

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue.....................28
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__28
Wells’ Mocha and Java___24
Wells’ Perfection  Java......24
Sancaibo................  ........... 22
Breakfast Blend............ 
18
Valley City Maracaibo.......1816
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 14c a 
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the list 
Is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the
price In full cases.
Arbnckle.......................   10 00
Jersey..............................  10 50
rtcLaughlln’z  XXXX..........9  50
Valley City 16 gross...... 
75
Felix 16 gross................. 
1  15
Hummel’s foil 16 gross... 
85
1  43
Hummel’s tin 16  gross.. 
CLOTHES  PINS.
5 gross boxes 
40

Extract.

 

 
C. B. Brand.

COUGH  DROPS.

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
500books  any denom.... 11  50 
1,000 books, any denom....20 00 1

Economic  Grade.

Universal Grade.

Credit Checks.

Superior Grade.

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from CIO down.

50 books, any denom__   1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00
50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__2 50
500 books, any denom__11 50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00
Can be made to represent any 
20 books......................... 
l  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 
Snndrled.......................   @ 5
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @  8 
Apricots.....................  8  @6
Blackberries...............
DiBUKDBrnra............
Nectarines..............
@ 7W
Peaches................... • •  6H@ 74
Pears....................... ..  8 @  74
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelies..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes......... @ 3*
@ 4
90-100 25 lb boxes...
80 - 90 25 lb boxes__
@ 44
© 5
70 - 80 25 lb boxes...,
60-{7025 lb boxes..  .
© 54
50 - 60 25 lb boxes...,
© 74
40 - 50 25 lb boxes...
30 - 40 25 lb boxes__
©
14 cent less In 50 lb cases 
Raisins.

California  Fruits.

California  Pranas. 

Apples.

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

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Peel.

Grits.

Farina.

Raisins.

Hominy.

Patras bbls....................... @ 7}f
Vostizzas 50 lb cases.........@ 74
Cleaned, bulk  ..................@  84
Cleaned, packages............ @ 84
Citron American 10 lb bx  @13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx  @12 
Orange American 10 lb bx  @12 
Ondura 28 ib boxes......8  @  84
Sultana  1 Crown.........   @
Sultana 2 Crown____   @
Sultana 3 Crown..........  @  74
Sultana 4 Crown.........   @
Sultana  5 Crown.........   @
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__ 1  08
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box........  60
Imported,  25 lb. box........2 50
Common...........................  1  75
Chester............................  2 00
Empire  ............................  2 50
Green,  bn...........................  89
Split,  per lb........................  
2
Rolled Avena,  bbl.........3 90
Monarch,  bbl...............  
.3 75
Monarch,  4   bbl...............2 00
Private brands,  bbl......
Private brands, 4bbl......
Quaker, eases....................3 20
Huron, cases......................1 75
German............................  34
3
East  India.......................... 
Cracked, bulk................... 
34
24 2 lb packages.................2 50

Pearl Barley.

Rolled  Oats.

Wheat.

Beans.

Sago.

Peas.

  3

Jennings’.

D.C. Vanilla 
2oz.......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.  2 T.  80 
No.  3 T.l  25 
No.  4 T.l  50

Souders’ .

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

in  the  world 

for 

Best 
money.

Barrels, 1,200 count...........5 25
Half bbls, 600 count...........  3  13
Barrels, 2,400 count.........   6 35
Half bbls  1,200 count........  3 75

Small.

Herring.

riackerel.

Fish.
Cod.
Georges cured.........
@  5 
Georges  genuine....
@  5 4  @ 6 
Georges selected__
Strips or bricks......
@ 9
Halibut.
Chunks............................. 
94
Strips................................   84
Holland white hoops, bbl.  10 25 
Holland white hoop 4  bbl  5 50 
Holland white hoop, keg. 
75 
Holland white hoop mchs 
35
Norwegian.......................  11  00
Round 100 lbs..................   2 75
Round  40 lbs...................  1  30
Scaled...............................  
13
Mess 100 lbs......................  16 30
Mess  40 lbs.  ...................  6  90
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  82
Mess  8 lbs......................  1  48
No. 1 100 lbs......................  14  50
No. 1  40 lbs......................  6  10
No. 1  10 lbs......................  1  60
No. 1 
8 lbs.....................  130
No. 2 100 lbs......................  9 50
No. 2  40 lbs......................  4 00
No. 2  10 lbs....................  107
88
No. 2 
8 lbs..................... 
Russian kegs.................... 
55
No. 1100 lbs......................  5 50
No. 1 
2 50
No. 1 
No. 1

40 lbs.
10 lbs................
8 lbs................
Whltoflsb.

No. 1 No. 2 Fam
2 75
100 lbs.... —   6 75
1  40
40 lbs  ..
43
10 lbs__ .... 
83
8 lbs__ .... 
34
69
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

5 75
....  3 00 2 60
73
61

Aardinez.

Trout.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

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

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

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

2oz. 
4 oz.
FLY PAPER.

.1  75 
.3 50

Tanglefoot, per box..........   30
Tanglefoot, c’se of 10 b’x’s 2 55
Tanglefoot, 5 case lots...... 2 50
Tanglefoot, 10 case lots....  2 40

GUNPOWDER. 
Rifle—Dupont’s.

K egs...................... .............
Half Kegs...........................
Quarter Kegs.......................
1 lb. cahs.........  .................
4  lb. cans............................
Choke Bore—Dupont’s.
K egs...................................
Half Kegs............................
Quarter Kegs.......................
1 lb. cans.............................
Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.
Kegs.....................................
Half Kegs...... .....................
Quarter Kegs......................
1 lb. cans.............................
Sage.....................................
Hops....................................

HERBS.

4 00 
2 25 
1  25 
30 
18

4  25 
2 40 
1  35 
34
8 00 
4  25 
2 25 
45
15
15

lNDIdO.

JELLY.

KRAUT.

Madras, 5  lb  boxes............
55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes__
50
15 lb  palls............................
40
30 lb palls............................
73
Barrels................................. 3 50
Half barrels..........................2 00
LYB.
Condensed, 2  doz  ..............1  20
Condensed. 4  dns 
............ 2  25
Pure...................................  30
Calabria  .............................   25
Sicily....................................  14
Root...................................  10

LICORICB.

MINCE MEAT.

HATCHES.

Ideal, 3 doz. in case..............2 25
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9 sulphur...................... 1  65
Anchor  Parlor.....................1  70
No. 2  Home..........................1  10
Export  Parlor.....................4 00

HOLASSBS.
New Orleans.

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

 

Half-barrels 2c extra.
MU5TARD.

Horse Radish, 1 doz..................1 75
Horse Radish, 2 doz.................3 50
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz............I  75
Clay, No.  216......................  1  70
Clay, T. D. full count........ 
65
Cob, No. 3..........................  
85

PIPB5.

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s............................  4  00
Penna Salt  Co.’s...............   3  00

PICKLES.
riedlum.

RICE.

Domestic.

Imported.

Carolina head............   .....
Carolina  No. 1  .................
Carolina  No. 2...................
Broken...............................
Japan,  No. 1......................
Japan,  No. 2.... .................
Java, fancy head..............
Java, No. 1.........................
Table..................................
Packed 60 lbs. In  box.

SALERATUS. 

«45
44
34

5*
5*
65
54

Church’s .......................... .  3 SC
Deland’s .........................
..3  15
Dwight’s .......................... ..3 30
Taylor’s............................ ..3 00
Granulated, bbls.............. 75
Granulated,  100 lb cases.. 90
Lump, bbls.......................
75
Lump, 1451b kegs  ............
85

SAL SODA.

SEEDS.

A nise...............................
9
Canary, Smyrna...............
3
Caraway.........................
8
Cardamon,  M alabar......
61
Celery...............................
11
Hemp,  Russian..............
34
Mixed  Bird......................
Mustard,  white...............
5
Poppy  .............................
10
Rape................................
44
Cuttle Bone...................... 20
Scotch, in bladders......... ..  87
Maccabov, In jars............. ..  35
French Rappee, In Jars... ..  43

SNUFP.

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Worcester.

Common Grades.

Table, cases, 24 3-lb  boxes. .1  50 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb bags.2 75 
Table, barrels,  40 7 lb bags.2 40 
Butter, barrels, 2801b. bulk.2 25 
Butter, barrels, 2014 lbbags.2 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............  55
100 3 lb sacks......................... 1 90
60 5-lb sacks.........................i 75
28 10-lb sacks....................... 1 60
lb. cartons..............3 25
50  4 
115  241b.  sacks................. 4 00
60  5 
lb. sacks................. 3 75
22 14 
lb. sacks................. 3 50
30 10 
lb. sacks................. 3 50
28 lb. linen sacks................   32
56 lb. linen sacks.................  60
Bulk In barrels....................2 50
56-lb dairy in drill bags......   30
28-lb dairy In drill bags......  15
56-lb dairy in linen sacks...  60
56-lb dairy in linen sacks  ..  60 
56-lb  sacks..........................   21
Granulated Fine.................  79
Medium  Fine......................  85

Solar  Rock.

Common.

Warsaw.

Higgins.

Ashton.

SOAP.

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

JA3.S.  KIRK 8 CO.’S BRANDS.

American Family, wrp’d... .2 66
Dome.........................................2 75
Cabinet..................................... 2 20
Savon........................................ 2 50
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz__ 2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8  oz.... 3 00
Blue India, 100 4  lb..................3 00
Kirkoline.................................. 3 50
Eos.......................................2 50

Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Single box................................2 80
5 box lots.................................2 75
10box lo ts..................  
25 box lots.................................2 60

2 70

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. 

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2 75
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars__3 75
Uno, 100 4-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars............ 2 05
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 d oz...... 2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz...........2 40
Boxes  .................................  54
Kegs. English......................  4M

Scouring.

SODA.

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Pure Ground In Bulk.

Allspice  .............................. 13
Cassia, China in mats..........12
Cassia, Batavia in bund__ 25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........ 32
Cloves, Amboyna................ 14
Cloves, Zanzibar..................12
Mace,  Batavia.....................55
Nutmegs, fancy................... 60
Nutmegs, No.  1................... 50
Nutmegs, No.  2............ 
45
Pepper, Singapore, black.. .11 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 12
Pepper,  shot........................12
Allspice  .............................. 15
Cassia, Batavia................... 30
Cassia,  Saigon.....................40
Cloves, Zanzibar..................14
Ginger,  African..................15
Ginger,  Cochin................... 18
Ginger,  Jamaica................. 23
Mace,  Batavia.....................65
Mustard......................... 12@18
Nutmegs,...................... 40@S0
Pepper, Sing , black............12
Pepper, Sing., white........... 20
Pepper, Cayenne..................20
Sage...................................... 15

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels...............................   15
Half  bbls..........................   17
Fair  .................................  16
Good.................................  20
Choice.............................   25

Pure Cano.

STARCH.

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40grain....  6 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain 
.9
Pure  Cider.............................   9
Pure Cider,  Leroux...............11

Washing Powder.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Grains and Feedstuffs

Kingstord’s  Corn.

401-lb packages...................  g
20 1 Id packages............... ’.  gj¿

Diamond.

Ktngsford’s  Silver  (Uosa.
40 1-lb packages...................  gu
6-lb boxes.........................  ^
64 10c  packages  ............... 5 oo
128  5c  packages.................5 00
32 10c and 64 5c packages.. .5 00 
20 1 lb. packages.................   5
401 lb. packages.................   43^
1-lb  packages.....................   4
3-lb  packages......................  4
6-lb  packages.....................   4 4
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   2 %
Barrels 

Common (ilota.

Common  Corn.

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

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

WICKING.

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

STOVE POLISH.

Fish  and  Oysters

Fresh Fish.

Per lb.

_  
Whitefish...............   @  9
T rout......................  ©  9
Black Bass..............  ©  12
Halibut..................   @  12
Ciscoes or Herring..  ©  4
Bluefish..................   @  jo
Live Lobster.........   @ 18
Boiled Lobster........  @  20
Cod.........................  @  10
Haddock.................  @  g
No.  1  Pickerel........  ©  9
Pike.........................  ©  7
Perch.......................  ©  314
Smoked White........  @  g
Red Snapper...........  @  10
Col  River  Salmon..  @  10
Mackerel 
..............  ©  25

Oysters in Cans.

F. H. Counts...........  @  40
F. J. D. Selects.......   @  27
Selects....................  @  23
F. J. D. Standards..  @  20
Favorites................  ©

Oysters  in Bulk

F. H. Counts...........  @2 00
Extra Selects.........   @1  50
Selects....................   @1  25
Anchor Standards..  @110
C1ams......................  @1  25

Shell  Goods.

Oysters, per  100......... 1 25@l  50
.  .  Q0@1  OP

"PIS,  p<T  100 

Hides  and  Pelts.

Hides.

The Cappon & Bertscb Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows :
Green No.  1................
Green No. 2................
4 31
Cured No. 1................
Cured No. 2................
Calfskins,  green No. 1 
Calfskins, green No. 2 
Calfskins, cured No. 1 
Calfskins, cured No. 2

© 74 
© 64 
© 8*4 
@ 7*4 
© 8*4 @  7 
@10 
©  8*4

Furs.

Large Bear................1 00@15 00
Beaver......................   50© 6 00
Cat, W ild.................  
5©  25
Fisher....................... 1  00© 7 00
Red Fox...................   25©  1  50
Gray Fox..................  25©  70
Cross Fox  ...............  
5© 5 00
Lynx.........................  go© 2 00
Muskrats..................   2© 
15
Mink  ....... 
5©  1  20
Martin......................   25© 3 00
Otter..........................1  00© 9 00
Racoon..................... 
so
Black skunk.............   10©  1  00
Wolf.........................  20©  1 50

io@ 

 

Pelts.

Pelts,  each.........

50@1  00

No. 1......
No. 2......

Ta'low.

Wool.

Washed, fine  ............   @20
Washed, medium............  @25
Unwashed, fine........... 13  @15
Unwashed, medium ..18  @20

Oils.

Barrels.

Eocene  ......................  @11*4
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @ 8V
W W Michigan...........  @854
Diamond White.........  © 714
D., S. Gas.  .................  @8
Deo. N aptha..............  © 7 •
Cylinder....................25  @34
Engine.......................11  ©21
B  ack, winter............   ©  8

No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross..  4  50 
No. 6, 3 doz in case, gross.. 1 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.
Domino.................................... 5 69
Cut  Loaf.................................. 5 69
Crushed....................................5 69
Cubes.......................................5 44
Powdered  ...........................5 44
XXXX  Powdered.....................5 56
Granulated in bbls...................5 19
Granulated in  bags................. 5 19
Fine Granulated......................5 19
Extra Fine Granulated.......5 31
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 31
Mould  A.................................. 5 50
Diamond  Confec.  A........... 5  19
Confec. Standard A................. 5 06
No.
.4  94 
No 
.4 9l 
No.
.4  94 
No.
.4  88 
No.
.4 81 
No.
.4  75 
No.
.4 69 
No.
.4  63 
No.
.4  50 
No.  10 
.4 50 
No.  11
.4 44
No.  12..........................  
 
No.  13.......................................4 31
No.  14....................................... 4 25
No.  15...................................4  19
No.  16....................................... 4 13

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

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

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand.

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

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

Michigan Cigar Co.’s brand.

Ure Unkle
Ruhe Bros Co.’s 

Ure Unkle...............................35 00

Brands.

Mr. Thomas............................ 35 00
Sir  Will am............................ 35 00
Club  Fine............................... 35 00
Generals Grant aud Lee__ 35 00
Spanish Hand Made...........35 00
Crown  Fine  ...................... 35 00

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

bbls.  pails

Standard.................  64© 7
Standard H.  H........ 
6%@ 7
Standard Twist......   6
8
Cut Loaf...........
©  8*4 
cases
Jumbo,321b  ....
© 6*4
Extra H. H........
© 8*4
Boston  Cream..

© 6 
© 7 
© 7*4 

© 7*4t 8*4 
8*4 
@ 8*4 © 8 
© 8*4
© 8*4 
@10 
@12

© 8*4 
© 8*4 @14 
@11 
© 6 
© 8 
© 8*4 
© 8*4

Mixed Candv.

Competition............
Standard.................
Conserve.................
Royal....................
Ribbon..................
B roken...................
Cut Loaf.............,7
English Rock.........
Kindergarten.........
French  Cream........
Dandy Pan..............
Valley Cream.........

Fancy—In Bulk.

Lozenges, plain......
Lozenges,  printed..
Choc.  Drops...........  10
Choc.  Monumentals
Gum  Drops............
Moss  Drops............
Sour Drops............ .
Imperials...............
Fancy—In  5  lb.
Lemon Drops.........
Sour  Drops............
Peppermint Drops!.
Chocolate Drops__
H. M. Choc. Drops..
Gum  Drops............
Licorice Drops........
A. B. Licorice Drops
Lozenges,  plain__
Lozenges,  printed..
Imperials...............
Mottoes...................
Cream Bar........
Molasses Bar  ...7 7  
Hand Made Creams.
Plain  Creams.........
Decorated Creams..
String Rock............
Burnt Almonds...... 1  25
Wintergreen Berries
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes...................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  ib,
boxes......   .........
No. 2 wrapped, 2  ib! 
boxes ..............

Boxes.

©50
©50
@60
©60
@75
@30
@75
©50
©50
©50
©50
©55
@50
©50
80  ©1  00 
60  ©90 
@90 
@60 
© @60

©30
@45

Fruits.

Oranges.
Cal. Seedlings........
Fancy Navels 112...
126 to 216.................
Choice.................. 7
Lemons. 
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s.. 
Fancy 360s or 300s...
Ex.Fancy 300s........
Ex.Fancy 360s........
Bananas.

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

@2 25 
@2 75 
@3 00 
©

©3 25 
©3 25 
©3 50 
@3 75 
@3 75

@1  50 
©2  00

Foreign Dried  Fruits 

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.
Fards in 10 lb  boxes 
Fards  in  60 lb  cases
Persians, G. M’s......
lb cases, new........
Sairs,  601b cases__

Nuts.

@  13
©
@  14

© 64

@ 5 
© 6 
© 44

Almonds, Tarragona..  @13
Almonds, Ivaca.........   @11
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............   @13
Brazils new ........... 
„ 9
Filberts  ....................  @10
Walnuts, Grenobles ..
@12 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.
@10
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif.......................   © 9
Table N uts,  fancy...  —■—
@10 
Table Nuts,  choice..
© 9 
Pecans, Med.........
© 8 
Pecans, Ex. Large
@10
Pecans, Jumbos........   @L
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio, new..............   @160
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks  @4  50

Peanuts.

Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns.  ©  7
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flagg
1»  n
Roasted................... 
Choice, H. P., Extras.
© 44
Choice, H. P,,  Extras,
Roasted  .................

Provisions.

Wheat

Wheat.

Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

Local Brands.

Patents  .............................   5  50
Second  Patent.............. 
5 00
Straight........................... ’  4 80
C lear..............................   4  49
Graham  ............ 7 7 7 7  
4 75
Buckwheat......... 77.........3 50
Rye 
...............................’  3 00
buDject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker, *4s......................   4 75
Quaker,  4 s.................. 
4  75
Quaker, *4s........................   4  75

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.

__ 

*w‘vi

ÜÜ&Tl

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

10 75
11  00 
10 50 
10 50 
14 00
8  75 
10 50

 

9
...  84
84
74

follows:
Barreled Pork.
Mess  ......................
Back  ......................77
Clear back..................
Shortcut..............
Pig...........................7!
Bean  ..........................
Family  ...............
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies............................ 
6
Briskets  .......................7  34
Extra  shorts............... 
54
Smoked Heats.
Hams, 121b  average...... 
Hams, 14 lb  average 
Hams, 16 lb  average...... 
Hams, 20 lb  average...... 
Ham dried beef.........  
14
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  .  6
Bacon,  clear................ 7  @8
California hams........ 
6
Boneless hams.......... 
84
Cooked ham.................10@124
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound...................  
4
K ettle.........................7
64
55 lb Tubs.........advance
Tubs.......... advance 
„
50 lb T ins.......... advance 
4
20 lb Pails...........advance 
4
10 lb Pails...........advance 
%
o JJ* 
......... advance 
1
31b Pails...........advance 
14
Sausages.
Bologna........... 
Liver...........................7 ” 
Frankfort........... 

5
64
7

m

P  lsbury’s Best *4s...........  5 55
Pillsbury’s Best 4 s ...........  5 45
Pjllsbury’s Best 4 s...........  5 35
Pillsbury’s Best 4 s paper..  5  35 
Pxllsbuiy’s Best *43 paper..  5  35
Ball Bamhart-Putman's Brand.
Duluth Imperial, 4 s......... 5 50
Duluth Imperial, 4 s......... 5 40
Duluth Imperial, *4s.........   5 30
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 4 s ............  
5  45
Medal 4 s.............. 5  35
Gold Medal *|s__  
5
Parisian,  4 s........... .7.7.7  5 45
Parisian, 4 s.........................5 35
Parisian. 4 s.......................  g  25

Olney A Judson’s Brand.

Ceresota, 4 s......................   g  65
Ceresota, 4 s.........  
5 55
Ceresota, *|s........... 7777  5 45
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel,  4 s.........................  5 60
Laurel, 4 s .........................  5  go
Laurel, 4 s .........................  5 40

Meal.

Bolted
175
—v.« ,« ,...........................  
Granulated............ .'..!!!!  2 00

Feed and Milistuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened___ 15 25
No. 1 Com and  Oats 
14 25
Unbolted Corn M e a l 13 75
14 00
Winter Wheat  Bran... 
Winter Wheat Middlings. .15 00
Screenings................... 
13 00

New Corn.

Car  lots.
334
Less than  car lots......7 ..  36

Oats.

Car  lots............................... 304
Carlots, clipped................   32
Less than  car lots...... 77.  35

Hay.

No. 1 Timothy  arlots........  9 00
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots__10 00

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

Carcass......................  64© 74
Forequarters............   54©  64
Hind  quarters...........  8  ® 9
Loins  No.  3............... 9  @12
gibs.............................84@124
......................  64©  74
Chucks.......................  44© 54
Plates  .......................  @ 4

Pork.

Dressed......................4 50@4 75
Loins.......................  
^ 7
Shoulders................. 
©  5*
Leaf Lard...................54©

Mutton.

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

Veal.

Carcass  ....................   64© 74

9

an

Tripe.

Casings.

Pigs’ Feet.

64
9  on
12 25

Tongue....................... 
Head  cheese................777 
Beef.
Extra  Mess........... 
Boneless  ........ 
Romp............77777.13 00
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
4   bbls, 40 lbs......................   1 50
4   bbls, 80 lbs.....................   2 80
Kits, 15 lbs...  ................ 
7=
4   bbls, 40 lbs..............  '7 1 40
4   bbls, 80 lbs......................  2 75
P ork.............................  
Beef  rounds...............  
Beef  middles........  . 
Sheep............................ 7 
Buttertne.
Rolls,  dairy.............. 
m
Solid,  dairy..............m/
Rolls,  creamery............  
14
Solid, creamery............!.  134
Corned  beef,  2 l b ......  2 15
Corned  beef, 14 lb......   14 75
Roast  beef|  2 lb. 
2 15 
Potted  ham,  4 s. 
60 
Potted  ham,  4 s. 
1  00 
Deviled ham,  4 s. 
60 
Deviled ham,  4 s. 
1 00
„ ...............  00
Potted  tongue 4 s.
Potted  tongue yss .........   l  00

Canned  Meats.

,6
4
10

go

Crackers.

Oyster.

The  National  Biscuit  Co 

quotes as follows:
Butter.
Seymour XXX.  .........
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton
Family XXX......................
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton.
Salted XXX.......................
Salted XXX. 3 lb carton...
Soda.
Soda  XXX  ............
Soda  XXX, 3 lb carton
Soda,  City...............
Zephyrette..............7.777  10
Long Island  Wafers......7  11
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12 
Square Oyster, XXX.........   6
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1  lb  carton.  7
Farina Oyster,  XXY.........   0
SWEET  OOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  10*4
Bent’s Cold Water........ 
14
Belle Rose.................... 
[  8
Cocoanut Taffy......... . . 
12
Coffee Cakes...........7 7 77  10
Frosted Honey..................  124
Graham Crackers  ....... 
!  8
Ginger Snaps, XXX round.  7 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...  7 
Gin. Snps.XXX home made  7 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped. 
7
Ginger  Vanilla.................  8
Imperials..........................   8
Jumoles,  Honey...............   124
Molasses Cakes.................  8
Marshmallow  ...............77  15
Marshmallow  Creams......  16
Pretzels,  hand  made  __   84
Pretzelettes, Little German  64
Sugar  Cake.......................  8
Sultanas............................  X24
Sears’Lunch............... . 77  8
Vanilla  Square............ 7 
8V4
Vanilla  Wafers...............   14
Pecan Wafers...  ............ !  154
Mixed Picnic....................   104
Cream Jumbles...............   12
Boston Ginger Nuts..........   84
Chimmle Fadden..............  10
Pineapple Glace............... 
ie
Penny Cakes......................  84
Marshmallow  Walnuts....  16 
Belle Isle Picnic...............   11

2 1

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON STONEWARE. 

Butters.

4  gal., per doz.................  50
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
54
64
8 gal., per g a l.................... 
10 gal., per gal....................  
64
12 gal., per gal.....................  64
15 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
20 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
25 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 
30 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 

Churns.

2 to 6 gal., per gal......  ... 
54
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 

Milkpans.

4  gal. flat or rd. hot., doz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  54 

Fine Glazed Milkpans.

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

Stewpans.

4  gal. fireproof, ball, doz.  85 
1 gal. fireproof, ball, doz.l  10 
4  gal., per doz.................   40
4  gal., per doz..................  sod
1 to 5 gal., per gal.............  04

Jugs.

Tomato Jugs.

Sealing Wax.

4  gal., per doz.................   70
1 gal., each...................... 
7
Corks for 4  gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
% gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz. ..1  00 
5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
LAMP  BURNERS.
  45
No.  0 Sun....................... 
No.  1  Sun....................... ! 
50
No.  2 Sun.......................  
75
Tubular.............................. 
50
Security, No. 1..............7,..  65
Security, No. 2.............  
’  g>
Nutmeg  ........................ 
  50
Climax...............................  1  50
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common. 
„  
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun..........................   1  75
No.  1  Sun..........................   1  g8
No.  2 Sun.......................... ! g 70
No.  0  Sun, 
No. 
1  Sun, 
No.  2  Sun, 

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

crimp  top,
crimp  top,
crimp  top,

First  Quality.

........................................1 50

XXX Flint.

Electric.

Rochester.

La  Bastla.

OIL  CANS. 

doz  ................................   j  25

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

crimp  top,
wrapped and labeled....  2 55 
crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
crimp  top,
wrapped and  labeled....  3 76 
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  ana
labeled..............................3 70
No. 2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................  4 70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled............................4 88
No. 3  Sun,  “Small  Bnlb,”
for Globe Lanins............  
80
No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bnlb,  per
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.........   x  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz........... X  60
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)..........3  50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)..........4 00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)..........4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ........ 4  00
No. 2, Flint  (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 Nacef as....  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9 00 
5 gal Enreka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule___  ___ 10 50
5 gal Home Rule................12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King..............  9  50
No.  0 Tubular.................. 4  25
No.  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...........  3 75
LANTERN GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents...........  45
No. 0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
each, box 15  cents.........  
45
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls 5 doz.
each, bbl 35....................   40
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,
cases 1 doz. each............ 1  25
20
25
38
58
79

LAMP  WICKS.
No. 0 per gross................ 
No. 1 per gross................... 
No. 2 per g ross................. 
No. 3 per gross................... 
Mammoth............... 

Pump  Cana.

LANTERNS.

22

Hardware

Mission  of the Commercial  Traveler— 

Outcome  of  the  Associations.

Ante Lucem  in American Artisan.

How  can  we  secure  a  more  equitable 
division  of  trade  and  assure  to  every 
individual  retailer  a  just  proportion  of 
business,  granting  an  opportunity  for 
an  honest  livelihood?

The  commercial  traveler’s  position 
and  the 
important  functions  devolving 
upon  him  in  a  just  solution  of  the  prob­
lems  of  trade  carry  much  weight.  His 
mission  is  to  search  out  the  markets  for 
the  world’s  products  and  the  distribut­
ing  points  of  the  manufacturers’,  im­
In the 
porters’  and  wholesalers’  stocks. 
performance  of  such  work  is  his 
liveli­
hood,  the  rearing  and  education  of  his 
family,  and  the  hope  of  gain  that  will 
provide  reasonable  comforts  when  the 
sere  and  yellow  period  of life shall come 
and  he 
is  then  no  longer able  to  toil. 
In  the  prosecution  of  his  work  he  has 
but  one  master  (his  employer)  to  serve. 
His  bidding  is  a  duty  and  the  employe 
must  be 
loyal  to  the  charges  imposed.
While  discharging  the  duties  encum­
bent  upon  him  by  the  sale  of  his  labor, 
he  has  two  separate  and  distinct 
inter­
ests  to  conserve—those  of  employer  and 
patron—both 
In 
trade  the  commercial  traveler  becomes 
the  journal,  looking  forward  to  the  one 
interest  and  backward  to  the  other, 
thus  maintaining  the  business  balance. 
The  best 
interests  of  the  retail  mer­
chant  are  also  the  best  interests  of  his 
house,  and  when  he  fosters  and  pro­
tects  those  interests  he  serves  also  those 
of  his  employer.

important. 

equally 

Whatever  there  is  of  a  middle  ground 
the  commercial  traveler  stands  upon 
it 
and  holds  largely  the  commanding  po­
sition.  To  the  interests  he  serves  he  is 
as  important  to  the  one  as  to  the  other 
and  can  not  neglect  the  one  without  in­
jury  to  the  other.  Not  one  of  the  great 
army  but  what  knows  perfectly the trade 
conditions  and  the  causes  that  have  led 
up  to  the  present  ruinous  competition.

Every  one  is  sent  out  for business,  for 
orders,  and  he  carries  instructions  from 
his  house  and  must  proceed  along  the 
lines 
laid  down  by  the  management, 
and  he  is  a  peculiarly  constituted  sales­
man  who  can  resist  taking  an  order  or 
looking  for  an  order  under  instructions 
defined,  even  although  best  commercial 
interests  say,  do  not  do  it. 
It  often  be­
comes  a  case  of  positive  performance 
or  positive  disobedience,  and the loyalty 
of  a  traveling  man  to  bis  house 
is 
seldom  shaken,  hence,  whatever  may  be 
his 
instructions,  those  he  will  follow, 
making  the  best  of  th'e  situation  pos­
sible.

for 

traffic 

is  to  obey 

The  whole  duty  then  of  the  commer­
instructions, 
cial  traveler 
and,  as  the  journal  of  trade,  serve  both 
interests  to  the  limit  of  his instructions, 
if  the  greater  service  rendered  the  re­
tailer  is  also  a  greater  service  rendered 
instruc­
his  house;  but  if  his  positive 
tions  are  contrari-wise, 
then  he  must 
either  follow 
instructions  or  sever  his 
relations  and  seek  employment  else­
where.

Goods  are  manufactured 

sale. 
Wholesalers 
in  manufactured 
products  for  the  purpose  of  gain ;  their 
stocks  often  are  large,  varied,  covering 
innumerable  things  sold  in  all  the  var­
ied  business  houses  of  the  world.  For 
years  and  years  they  have  been  seeking 
trade  each  new  and  succeeding  year, 
branching  out,  adding  new  things  to 
their  multiplied  line  until  they  compass 
nearly  all  the  known  products,  and  one 
might  as  well  expect  to  pass  a four-inch 
hawser  through  the  eye  of  a  cambric 
needle  as  to  expect  the  represetnative 
of  such  a  house  or  the  house  itself  to  be 
always 
line  with  the  modern  inter­
pretation  of  legitimate  merchandising— 
selling  to  regular  line  dealers  only.

When  a  house  has  spent  years 

in  ac­
quiring  a  trade,  when  a  commercial 
traveler  has  spent  years  in  working up  a 
business,  cultivating  a  dealer's  patron­
age,  securing  his  orders,  it 
is  indeed 
hard  of  relinquishment  and  will  not 
come  without  a  struggle.  I  think  90  per 
cent,  of  the  traveling  salesmen  are

in 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

It 

throughly  aligned  with  the reform move­
ment,  but  under  the  conditions  of  busi­
ness  as  prosecuted  for  the  last  twelve  or 
fifteen  years  and  the  instructions  under 
which  they  labor  it  will  be  exceedingly 
difficult  for  all  to  follow  the  course  they 
would  most  willingly  pursue.

I  am  disposed  to  grant  some  latitude 
to  many  traveling  salesmen  and  their 
respective  houses,  but  not  an  indefinite 
tolerance.  There  is,  no  doubt,  a  dispo­
sition  on  the  part  of  trade  organizations 
to  be  conservative 
in  their  demands, 
granting  a  sufficient  time  for  retracing 
steps,but the  time  is  surely  coming that, 
no  matter  who  or  what  the  bouse,  they 
will  be  asked  to  conform  strictly  to  the 
letter  of  the  law  as  defined  by  the  sev­
eral  associations.

is  related  of  a  Wisconsin  dealer 
that,  after  a  continuous  dealing  of 
twenty-six  years,  he  turned  down  cold 
the  representative  of  a certain  house  be­
cause  not  in  line  with  the  association. 
A  Minnesota  dealer  told  me  that  he  was 
late  in  his  affiliations,  and  just  previous 
to  applying  for  membership  placed  sev­
eral  orders  for  various  kinds  of  goods. 
With  his  membership 
ticket  he  re­
ceived  the  listings  of  several  houses, 
with  two  of  which  he  had  lately  placed 
orders.  His  first  act  was  to  telegraph 
cancellation  of  orders.  One  house  wired 
back,  goods  packed  ready  for shipment, 
and  followed  up  the  telegram  with  a 
letter  urgently  asking 
immediate 
shipment,  getting  a  negative  answer, 
with  reason,  “ You  are  not  in  line  with 
our  association. ”   This  dealer  toid  me 
he  recently  placed  an  order  with  a 
Boston  house  because  Western  houses 
were  not  seemingly  harmonious.

for 

Another  dealer  told  me  he  had  passed 
up  near-by  houses  and  gone  way  south 
to  place an  order  with  a  house  that  pos­
itively  would  not  sell  a  department 
store.  That  is  loyalty  on  a  dealer’s  part 
that  speaks  volumes  lor  the  associations 
and  what  they  will  soon  accomplish  if 
all  their  membership  but  show  one-half 
as  loyal  a  spirit.  There  is  positively 
no  question  about  the  justice  of  the  as­
sociation’s  demands.  Loyalty  on  the 
part  of  manufacturers,  jobbers and  com­
mercial  travelers  would  very  soon  bring 
about  most  beneficial  changes.
traveling 

salesman 
visiting  any  town  where  all  the  dealers 
are  members  of  the  retail  hardware  as­
sociation  can  not  but  note  a  marked 
improvement  in  their  stores  and  busi­
ness.  The 
lines  of  home  competition 
are  easier,  a  spirit  of  thrift  is apparent, 
and  the  good  resulting  from  closer busi­
ness  relations  is  telling  its  own  story.

The  observant 

What  It  Costs  a  City  Retailer  to  Sell 

Goods.

According  to  a  practical  salesman’s 
estimate,  it  costs  the  average  city  retail 
grocer  14  per  cent,  on  sales  to  cover  the 
fixed  expenses  of  conducting  his  busi­
ness,  an  additional  5  per  cent,  loss  by 
bad  debts  when  a  credit  business  is 
done,  and  when  trading  stamps  are 
given  5  per  cent,  more  for  them.  This 
aggregates  24  per  cent.,  and 
leaves,  so 
he  says,  no  profit  for  the  retail  dealer. 
He  said  that  the  custom  of  soliciting 
orders  from  house  to  house  is  the  most 
expensive  innovation  of  late  years,  and 
that  each  solicitor  of  orders  costs  an 
average  of  $1,000  to  the  large  average 
retail  grocer, 
system  absorbing 
nearly  all  the  dealer’s  profits.

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G O THAM   GOSSIP.

News  from  the  M etropolis-Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  April  2— While  the  uncer­
tainty  in  regard  to  the  outcome  of pend­
ing  negotiations  between  the  United 
States  and  Spain  has  disturbed  specula­
tive  markets,  it  has  had  comparatively 
little  effect  upon  legitimate  trade,  and 
April  opens  with  general  business  in 
good  condition.  The  earnings  of  the 
railroads  have  been  well  maintained 
and  money  to  keep  the  wheels  of  trade 
and  commerce  moving  is  plenty.

afloat 

The  market  for  Brazil  coffee  closed 
firm  and  prices  have  advanced.  No.  7  
Rio  is  selling  at  s^c.  The  amount  in 
store  and 
is  1,208,674  bags, 
against  728,877  bags  at  the  same  time 
last  year.  Mild  grades  closed  steady, 
with  Padang  Interior  selling  at  23 
31c  as  to  grade  and  mark ;  Mocha,  17% 
@ig}£c;  Good  Cucuta,  8^c.

The  demand  for  refined  sugar  has 
been  quite  active,  refiners reporting  that 
they  have  been  oversold  on  all  grades 
excepting  granulated.  This  has  led  to 
an  advance  on  all  grades  of  refined, 
standard  granulated  selling  to-day  at 
5.18.  There  has  been  a  better  busi­
ness 
in  raws,  with  Centrifugals  96  test 
selling  at  4j^c  and  Muscovado  89  test 
selling  at  3^c.

The  tea  market  has  ruled steady, with­
out  change.  Invoice  trading  is  dull  and 
featureless,  the  trade  awaiting  the  next 
monthly  auction  sale  of  16,438  packages 
on  Wednesday.

There  has  been  a  firm  market  for  do­
mestic  grades  of  rice,  with  the  volume 
of  business  quite  equal  to  previous 
weeks.  Stocks  are  light  and  likely  to 
be  during  the  month.  There  is  a  steady 
movement  at  the  South  at  higher prices. 
Foreign  grades  are  quiet  ana  firm,  with 
stocks 
light,  the  quantity  afloat  being 
something 
like  350,000  bags  less  than 
at  the  same  date  last  year.

Trade  in  spices  has  been  slow,both  in 
jobbing  and  invoice  way.  There  are 
a 
few  quotable  changes 
in  prices  here. 
Cable  advices  report  a  firmer  market for 
Singapore  black  pepper,  with  rumors  of 
an  advance  in  price.  Cloves  are  dull. 
Nutmegs  and  ginger  are  steady.

Most  of  the  business for  canned  goods 
is  for  future  delivery.  Brokers  here  re­
port  a  heavy  business  during  the  first 
three  months  of  the  year.  Sales  have 
been made  of  New  Jersey standard No,  3 
tomatoes  for  future  delivery  at  75c  and 
on  the  spot at $¡@1.05.  New York State 
spct  corn  sold  at  90C@$i;  for  future 
delivery  at  6o@7oc.

is  very  little  demand  for  mo­
lasses,  but  values  have  been 
firmly 
maintained.  We  quote  New  Orleans 
I5@ 22c; 
centrifugal,  good  to  prime, 
New  Orleans  open  kettle,  good to prime, 
27@30C.  Syrups  are  firmly  held,  the 
demand 
from  exporters  being  good. 
Home  trade  is  light.

There 

Trade  in  dried  fruits  has  been 

light, 
holders  remaining  firm, 
in  sympathy 
with  advices  from  California.  Raisins 
are  dull  and  steady.  Currants  are  firm 
and  quiet.  Tarragona  almonds  have

advanced,  owing  to  the  prospects  of  a 
small  stock  from  California  this  year. 
Filberts  are  also  higher.  Brazil  nuts 
are  quiet  but  firm.  Green  fruits  are  in 
better  request.  Receipts  of  apples  are 
moderate  and  sales  of  strictly  choice 
goods  have  been  made  at  firm  prices. 
California  oranges  are  freely  offered  at 
$2@3  per  box 
for  choice  navels. 
Jamaica  oranges,  $2.25@4. 
Bananas 
are  in  good  demand  and are firmly held. 
Lemons  are  unchanged.  Reports  from 
different  sections  of  California  indicate 
damage  to  peaches  and  apricots.

Some 

improvement  was  felt  during 
the  latter  part  of  the  week  in  butter  and 
the  market  closes  at  this  writing  firm 
on  all  grades.  Sales  of  fancy  creamery 
have  been  made  on  the  basis  of  20c  and 
it  has  been  difficult  to  buy  anything  be­
I5@ i6c; 
low 
Western  factory  fresh,  15c  for  extra  and 
for  firsts.  Export  trade  is
light.

Imitation 

firsts, 

this. 

fancy 

The  market  for cheese  has  been  dull 
and  prices  favor  buyers  under  liberal 
supplies. 
cream 
cheese,  September,  8c ;  small  size,  fancy 
September,  8#@8jic.

Large 

There  is  a  good  demand  for fine  fresh 
eggs  and  the  market  has  ruled  firm. 
Western  firsts  are  quoted  at  io%c.  Re­
ceipts  yesterday  were  12,990  cases.

full 

The  Old,  Old  Story.

Two  complaints  reach  the  Tradesman 
this  week  concerning  the 
fraudulent 
Sprague’s  Collecting  Agency,  of  Cbi- 
cago—Welch  &  Russell,  of  Kalamazoo, 
and  the  Walsh-DeRoo  Milling  Co.,  of 
Holland.  Each  has  paid  the  swindling 
concern  $25  and never received anything 
in  return.

The  Tradesman  can  also  give  the 
name  of  a  house  within  a  stone's  throw 
of  the  Tradesman  office  which  was 
in­
veigled  into  giving  up  $95  by  methods 
which  would  put  the  three  card  monte 
shark  to  blush.  Why  conservative  busi­
ness  men  will  continue  to  listen  to  the 
fakirs  who  represent  this  concern  and 
contribute  to  the  support  of  an 
institu­
tion  which  never  had  any  standing  with 
the  mercantile  agencies  or  with  its  cus­
tomers  (victims) 
the 
Tradesman  can  understand.

is  more  than 

is 

The  following  correspondence 

in­
teresting  as  showing  the  indifference  of 
the  Sprague  concern  as  to  whether  the 
victim  ever  receives  any  returns  after 
the  membership  fee  is  once  safe 
its 
till:

in 

Holland,  March  25— We  are 

in  re­
ceipt  of  some  blotters  from  you,  which 
is  the  first  return  that  we  have  ever  re­
ceived  for  the  $25  which  we  paid  you 
as  membership  fee  some  time ago.  We 
sent  you  a  number  of  claims,  upon 
which  you  never  made  any  return  what­
ever,  either  in  the  shape  of  cash  or  re­
port  or  return  of  claim.  The  experi­
ence  of  some  other  people  in  Michigan 
has  also  been  extremely  unsatisfactory 
in  their  dealings  with  your concern,  and

we  are  inclined  to  think  that  it  is  near­
ly  time  for  business  men  to  report  ex­
periences  of  this  nature  for  each  other’s 
mutual  benefit  and  to  discourage  the ac­
ceptance  of  money  by  concerns 
like 
yourselves  whose 
interest  in  the  mem­
ber  apparently  ceases  after  having  ob­
tained  his  fee.  We  thank  you very much 
however,  for  the  blotters,  which  are  use­
ful,  although  more  expensive  than  we 
can  regularly  afford  to  use.

W a l sh -D e R oo  M il l in g   Co.

Chicago,  March  31— In  reply  to  your 
recent  favor,  would  say  we  have  been 
working  persistently  with  your  claims 
and  have  expected  to  hear  from  you  re­
porting  payments  received 
in  conse­
quence.  We  are  surprised  and  disap­
pointed  that  you  have  not  so  reported, 
and  we  do  not  know  how  to  account  for 
it,  unless  your  claims  are  even  a  harder 
lot  than  we  ordinarily  receive,  for  we 
are  getting  good  results  for  most  of  our 
members,  even  with 
less  expense  than 
has  been  put  upon  your  claims.

We  have  so  far  received  no  payments

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at_this  end  of  the  line,  which  fact  we 
heartily  regret;  still  we  had  not  thought 
it  remarkable,  since  debtors  usually  pay 
direct  to  members.

You  are  probably  aware  that  there 

is 
no  undertaking  so 
fruitful  of  disap­
pointment  as  that  of  collecting  bad 
debts;  nevertheless  it  is  true  that  many 
who  have  been  unsuccessful  in  collect­
ing  their  own  claims  are  prone  to  ex­
pect  unwarranted  and  too  speedy  re­
sults  and 
in  their  impatience  say  un­
kind  things  of  those  to  whom  they  en­
trust  their  claims.  We  will  make  a 
special  effort  at  once  to  bring  your 
debtors  to  time  and  trust  the  results will 
be  encouraging  to  both  you  and  our­
selves.

S pr a g u e’s  Co l l e c t in g   A g ency.

Some  men  remind  one  of  a  toy  bal­
loon ;  if  they  were  pricked  with  a  pin 
there  would  be  nothing  left  of  them.

Men  and  watches  are  judged  by  their 

works;  both  have  wheels.

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Tanglefoot is the most practical 
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The  Meanest Grocers  They  Ever  Saw. 
¡stroller in Grocery  World.

One  day  last  week  1  formed  one  of  a 
party  of  salesmen  who  were  passing 
away  an  hour  pending  the  arrival  of  the 
next  train  out  of  a  small  town  in  Center 
county,  Pa.  The  conversation  turned 
on  various  matters,  some  connected with 
the  grocery  business,  and  some  outside. 
There  were  four  salesmen  in  the  party 
outside  of  myself,  and  three  were  rep­
resenting  wholesale  grocery  houses,  two 
in  Philadelphia  and  one  in  New  York.
Finally,  the  conversation  shifted  to 
the  meanness  which  some  retail  grocers 
show.  < )ne  of  the  salesmen  present  de­
clared  that  he  had  seen  some  of  the 
meanest  men  the  Creator  ever  made  be­
hind  grocery  counters,  but  another one 
observed,  very  truly,  that  the  mean  men 
of  the  world  were  not  confined  to  the 
grocery  business  at  all,  and  that  doubt­
less  there  were  as  many  mean  hunks  in 
any  other  line  of  business  as  there  were 
in  the  retail  business.

Who  was  the  meanest  grocer  you 
ever  knew?”   1  asked  the  salesman  who 
had  made  the  first  observation.

“ Well,  let  me  see,”   he  said,  reflec­
tively,  ‘ ‘ I've  known  so  many.  Well,  I
guess  old  m an-----,  up here a t-----,  this
county,  is  about  the  smallest  I ever saw. 
Know  what  he  does?  Well I’ll tell  you.”
“ Draw  it  mild,  now,”   I  interjected.
“ Boys,”   he  said,  “ I ’ll  give  you  my 
is 
word  that  what  I’m  going  to  tell  you 
an  actual  fact. 
If  you  don't  believe 
me,  ask  the  fellow  himself the next time 
you  make  his  town.  He’ll  admit  it— 
thinks  it’s  great  business.

fellow;  narrow-chested 

“ W ell,"  he  continued,  “ this  grocer 
has  a  store  boy.  He’s  a  little  sickly- 
looking 
and 
thin. 
1  believe  he  does  his  errands  as
fast  as  he  c a n . -----pays  him  a mere
pittance,  anyhow,  because  he  isn’t  very 
strong.  And 
it’s  a  fact  that  when  the 
boy  starts  out  to  deliver  a  basketful  ot 
goods  the  old  man  estimates  how 
long, 
in  his  opinion,  it  ought  to  take  to go 
that  errand.  And  for  every  minute  over 
that  tune  he  docks  the  boy  a  cent. 
That’s  a  fact,  as  I’m  sitting  here! 
Why,  one  day  when  I  was  there  the  old 
man  actually  bragged  to  me  that  the 
boys  wages  for  that  week  would  only 
cost  him  something  like  75  cents.  The 
rest  had  gone  to  pay  for  the  docking  on 
account  of  not  getting  back  when  the 
old  man  thought  he  ought  to.”

“ That  certainly  is  pretty  mean,”   ob­
served  one  of  the  other  grocery  sales­
men,  “ but  I  knew  a  grocer a  year  or 
two  ago—he’s  dead  now— who  was  more 
ingenious 
in  his  meanness  than  that. 
I ’ve  forgotten  his  name;  think  it  was 
Morley ;  call 
it  that  anyhow.  Morley’s 
wife  had  money,  but  she  kept  it  in'-he'r 
own  name.  Still  she  and  her  husband 
fixed  up  a  scheme  that  she  was  to  pay 
so  much  toward  the  keep  of  the  family, 
and  one  of  the  expenses  which  Morley 
shrewdly  apportioned  to  her  share  was 
the  keeping  ot  the  table.  The  arrange­
ment  they  had  was  that  the  wife  should 
in  the  store  and  get  anything  she 
go 
wanted,  marking 
it  down  on  a  slate 
which  Morley  had  provided  for  the  pur­
pose.  Then  he  was  to  keep  an  account 
and  render  her  a  bill  every  week,  get­
ting  his  pay 
in  cash  from  the  wife’s 
funds.  The wife  didn't  smell  any  mouse 
to  start  with,  but  she  did  when  she  dis­
covered  that  Morley  was  charging  her 
for  everything  she  took  out  of  the  store 
at  the  regular  rate  he  charged  all  his 
customers. 
In  other  words,  he  was 
making  a  profit  out  of  his  own  wife. 
Great  scheme,  wasn’t 
the 
worst  of  it  was  that  Mrs.  Morley  hadn’t 
any  way  to  stop  it,  so  she  kept  on  for 
several  months  buying  stuff  of  her  own 
husband  and  paying  him  a  profit.  And 
the  best  of 
it  for  Morley  was  that  he 
could  always  collect  his  money.  That’s 
as  true  as  I  sit  here!”

it?  And 

“ Phew!”   said  one  of  the  other  sales­
men,  who  represented  a  bicycle  house, 
“ there  are  some  mean  men  in  the  gro­
cery  business,  aren’t  there? 
I’ll  give 
you  one  myself.  The  first  work  I  ever 
did  was  in  a  retail  grocery  store,  and  if 
there's  a  man  on  earth  meaner  than  the 
grocer  I  worked  for,  I  should  think  he 
could  easily  get  a  niche  in  some  mus­
eum.  This  fellow  was  not  only  mean, 
but  he  was  a  hypocrite.  He  was  a  great

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

church  m an,  and  played  a  good  deal  cn 
the  charitable  string.  He  pretended  to 
be  constantly  on  the 
lookout  to  help 
poor  people,  and  in  this  way  got  a  good 
deal  of  good  advertising.

“ As  a  matter  of  fact,  this  old  grocer 
did  give  a  good  deal  of  stuff  away,  but 
it  was  every  bit  of  it  bad  or  rotten,  and 
that’s  the  oniy  reason  why  he  gave  it 
away.  Nobody  ever  caught  old  Hainesy 
giving  away  anything  he  could sell.  For 
instance,  he  used  to  have eggs occasion­
ally  that  got  just  a  little  by  the  point 
where  they  could  be  called  good  eggs. 
He  couldn’t  sell 
’em,  so  he  gave  'em 
away,  with  a  great  show  of  brotherly 
kindness.  The  people  who  got 
’em 
didn’t 
like  to  raise  a  fuss,  as  they  got 
the  goods  for  nothing,  so  they  kept  still 
and  Hainesy  got  bis  advertising  out  of 
it  often  by  working  the  local  paper.

“ I  remember  we  had  a  lot  of  hams 
once  that  we’d  had  on  hand  for  a  good 
while,  and  they  got  full  of  worms.  We 
couldn't get  rid  of  ’em,  so  Hainesy  ad­
vertised  that  all  worthy  people  who  ap­
plied  at  his  store  within  two  days would 
be  given  a  slice  of  ham  free.  As  a 
matter  of  fact,  the  ham  wasn't  tit  to eat, 
but  we  scraped  out  the  most  of  the 
worms,  and 
if  you  didn’t  suspect  any­
it  didn’t  taste  bad.  But  do  you 
thing 
call  that  charity? 
I  call  it 
hypocrisy— imposing  on  the  poor.

I  don’t. 

“ Hainesy  certainly  did  get  a  remark­
able  amount  of  advertising  out  of  his 
skin  games.  You  see,  nobody  knew 
anything  about  the  meanness  of  his  sys­
tem  except  the  people  in  the  store,  and 
they  didn’t  say  anything.”

Here  are  three  grocers  who  certainly 
were  about  as  low  down  mean  as  you'll 
find  in  a  year’s  travel.

Each  one  of 

’em  will  easily  give 
cards  and  spades  to  the  grocer  in  that 
old  tale  who  carefully  brushed  off  the 
feet  of  the  flies  he  picked  from  his 
sugar  bins.

Evidently  Nipped  in  the  Bud.

Springfield,  Ohio,  April  4—The  rep­
utable  commission  merchants of Spring- 
field  feel  under  lasting  obligations  to 
the  Tradesman  for  the  efficient  work 
it 
has  done  in  curtailing  the  operations  of 
fiaudulent  DeWitt  Produce  Co. 
the 
This  concern 
is  absolutely  worthless 
and  the  banks  here  are  now  advising 
parties  by  telegram, as  soon  as they have 
any  knowledge  of  goods  being  shipped 
to  DeWitt,  to  prevent  him  from  obtain­
ing  possession  of  same.  Some consign­
ments  are  still  coming  in  from  Michi­
gan, 
from  which  we  infer  that  every 
.shipper  in  the  State  is  not  on  your  sub­
scription 
If  there  are  any  such, 
they  could  have  saved  dollars  by  invest­
ing  cents  in  your  paper.

list. 

It  has  been  several  years  since  this 
market  has  been  infested  by  a  fraudu­
lent  produce  dealer,  and  but  for  the 
timely  work  of  the  Tradesman  in  ex­
posing  the  shyster,  DeWitt  might  have 
done  an  incalculable  amount  of  damage 
to  this  market  and  caused  Michigan 
shippers  enormous  losses  in  the  aggre­
gate.  We  like  the  Tradesman  on  many 
accounts,  but  principally  because  of  the 
enemies  it  has  made—among  the  frauds 
and  humbugs  of  the  mercantile  world.

Insist  on  Having  Live  Fish.

From the New York Sun.

The  cod 

is  the  only  fish  that  is  sold 
alive  in  this  market,  and,  of  the  whole 
number  of  codfish  sold  here,  only  a 
small  proportion  are  sold  in  that  con­
dition,  and  those  chiefly  because  it hap­
pens  so.  There  are,  however,  buyers 
who  won’t  take  any  but  a  live  cod.

The  fishing  vessels  that  go  from  this 
port  for  cod  have  wells  in  which the fish 
are  brought  in  alive.  They  will  live  for 
twenty  minutes  or  half  an  hour  after 
they  have  been  taken  from  the  well. 
So  live  cod  may  often  be  seen 
in  Ful­
ton  market  brought  from  the  vessels  ly­
ing  in  the  slip  just  across  South  street.
The  buyer  of  a  live  cod  knows  that 
he  is  getting  a  fresh  fish.  As  a  matter 
of  fact  the  dressed  cod  may  be  perfectly 
fresh,  but  there  can  be  no  doubt about a 
live  one,  and  the  purchaser  has 
it 
is  still  able  to 
wrapped  up  while 
move  and  takes  it  home  and  dresses 
it 
himself.

it 

When  men  want-  to  abuse  a  woman, 
they  begin  on  the  corset  she  wears, 
claiming  that  no  savage  ever  tortured 
herself  in  such  a  manner.  Men  who  go 
into  the  crusade  carry  pictures  of  the 
stomach  squeezed  out  of  all  shape,  and 
physiologies,  compiled  by  men,  show 
the  female  stomach  so  mis-sbaped  by 
the  corset  that  you  wouldn’t  know  one if 
you  met  it  in  the  road.  Still,  statistics 
show  that  the  feminine  stomach  can  en 
dure  more  than  the  masculine;  a  wom­
indigestible  stuffs  at  all 
an  will  eat 
hours,  and  keep  well  on 
it,  while  a 
piece  of  cake  will  keep  a  man  in  tor­
ture  all  night.  Statistics  show 
that 
women  live  longer  than  men,  in  spite 
of  corsets.

Notice  was  served  recently  on  all  gro- 
cerymen  of  Fonca,  Oklahoma,  not  to 
sell  lemon  or  other  extracts  which  con­
tain  alcohol  to  any  Indian  or  to  any 
ward  of the Government who is now upon 
the  rolls  as  such.  Lemon  extract  has 
been  a  favorite  beverage  with  the  Ponca 
Indians,  and  they  can  get  a  good  drunk 
out  of  a  50  cent  bottle.  Often  when  they 
have  money  and  are  unable  to  get 
whisky  they  will  buy  nearly  all  the  ex­
tract  supply  in  town.

The  great  nutritive  properties of choc­
olate  are  now  so  generally  recognized 
that  it  has  been  adopted  for  campaign 
use  in  the  armies  and  navies  of  nearly 
every  European  government.  The 
in­
creased  consumption  in  Europe  within 
four  years 
is  35  per  cent.,  and,  al­
though  American  consumption  has ¡dur­
ing  the  same  period  increased  50  per 
cent  ,  France  alone  consumes 
seven 
times  the  quantity  used  in  the  United 
States.

In  England  much  interest  is  taken  by 
the  army  and  navy  authorities  in  a  new 
method  of  preserving  flour  by  means  of 
compression.  With  hydraulic  pressure 
apparatus  the  flour  is  squeezed  into  the 
form  of  bricks,  and  experiments  are  re­
ported  to  have  shown  that  the  pressure 
destroys  all  forms  of 
larval  life,  thus 
preserving  the  flour  from  the  ravages 
of 
is  equally  secure 
from  mold.

insects,  while 

it 

in  France 

In  the  absence  of  other  sources  of 
revenue 
it  is  now  proposed 
that  the  government  shall  add  to  its  in­
come  by  the  sale  of  genuine  titles  of 
nobility  on  a  fixed  scale  of  prices.  This 
seems  unrepublican,  but  as  the  titles 
might  be  useful  in  capturing  American 
heiresses,  they would  be  a  double  source 
of  wealth  to  France,  while  meeting  a 
long-felt  want  over  here.

At  the  recent  postal  congress,  com­
posed  of  representatives  of  all  the  na­
tions  belonging  to  the  postal  union,  it 
was  stated  that  two-thirds  of  all  the  let- 
ers  which  pass  through  the  post  offices 
are  written  in  English.

The  man  who  could  use  afterthough 
for  forethought  would  be  getting  away 
ahead  of  competititon.

Honest  men  need  honest  laws for their 

protection.

W ANTS  COLUMN.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES^

17'OR  SALE—50  FT.  LOT  WITH  STORE 
building and  small  dwelling,  on  principal 
business  street  In  Traverse  City.  Address  F. 
Brosch. 

566

56?

rf^YPEWRITER  SALE—$30  NEW  ODELL.  $8. 
JL  Circular  free.  Agents  wanted.  Novelty 
Typewriter Co., Detroit,  Mich. 
T7H >R S ALE -  FI RsT-CL ASS G ROCKRY,  MEAT 
JF  market and crockery  stock,  located  in  one 
of the best towns in  Michigan:  best  location  in 
the  city.  Good  reasons  for  selling;  a  bargain 
for the right  person.  Will  sell  for  cash  only. 
Address No. 508, care Michigan Tradesman. 508 
17'OR SALE—1  HAVE  FOR  SALE  CHEAP  A 
-F  complete  cigar  factory,  including  tables, 
chairs, moulds, presses, zinc lined  boxes, book­
keeper s writing  desk,  iron  safe  with  burglar 
proof chest, cigar boxes, labels  for  two  brands 
of  cigars  which  have  a  wide  reputation,  and 
everything ready  to  go  on  with  the  business. 
It is the factory formerly  known  as  the  United 
States  Cigar Co.  on Lyon street, Grand  Rapids, 
Michigan 
It must be sold  to  satisfy  creditors 
and will  be sold cheap.  The factory consists of 
three large rooms and can  be  rented  for $10 per 
month, 54 Lyon street.  For particulars, address 
C  O. Smedley, 15 and  16  New  Houseman  Bldg., 
Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
\X T ANTED—LOCATION FOR A SMALL  AND 
vv  well-assorted  new  stock  hardware.  Ad- 
dregs No. 504, care Michigan Tradesman.  564 
n p o   EXCHANGE — FARMS  AND  OTHER 
X   property for dry  goods, clothing  and  shoes. 
Address P.  Medalie,  Mancelona, Mich. 
(NO  TRADE)—ON E  OF  THE 
finest and best suburban drug  stores  in this 
city.  Satisfactory reasons for  desiring  to  sell. 
Address  Druggist,  1169  Wealthy  Ave.,  Grand
Rapids. Mich. 
T IT  ANTED—1.000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS, 
tt  daily.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
Ithaca,  Mich. 

I NOR  SALE 

558

559

550

551

’ 

best towns iu Michigan.  Will sell for cash ctily. 

17'OR  SALE—sTOCK  OF  STAPLE  AN  1 

fancy g-oi eries, crockery, etc., in one of the 
Stock will invoice about $2,500, average sales $75 
daily.  Located in one of  the  liveliest  towns  in 
Michiga n  For full particulars address  No. 558, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
17'OR  EXuHAEGE  FOR  GROCERY  OR  MER- 
X   chandise  stock—Choice  section  land  near 
Jamestown,  North  Dakota.  Dakota  lands  in 
great  demand  for  farming  or  stock  raising. 
Carl Dice,  Monroe. Mieh. 

558

534

tpOR  SALE—SECOND-HAND  MATHEWS’ 

soda fountain, six  syrups,  removable  glass 
cans, one 10 gallon copper tank, retinned in 1-97, 
1  five  foot  counter  slab  of  pink  Tennessee 
marble, six tumbler  holders.  Price  and  terms 
easy.  Write L. A. Phelps, Douglas, Micb.  541 
\ \ [  ANTED—RESPONSIBLE  AGENlS  TO 
v t  sell  the  celebrated  Buffington  Acetylene 
Gas Machine in Michigan and  Ohio.  Apply  to 
Sproir  <fc McGurrin  local  agents  for Kent,  Al­
legan and Ottawa counties, or Michigan  Acety-
lene Gas Company, Jackson, Mich.______   549
nno  EXCHANGE—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY 
A  goods or shoes, very nice  well rented Grand 
Rapids property.  Address No.  558, care  Michi­
gan Tradesman.__________________  
TT7ANTED—A  PRACTICAL MILL  MAN,
* ’  with $1,000 capital, to  take  a  ene-half  or 
full  interest  in  a  stave,  heading  and  planing 
mill.  3,OOj  contract,  with  stock  to fill it.  All 
goes.  Five years’ cut  in  sight.  Side  track  te 
mill.  Good reasons for selling.  Address  Stave 
Mill, care Michigan Tradesman.________   546

ceries and shoes.  Will sell or rent building. 
Reason  for  selling,  poor  health.  Address  L. 
Schrock, Clarksville, Mich. 

17'OR  SALE-STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS,  GRO- 
IN OK  SALE —BUILDING  AND  GENERAL 

stock;  best  farming  section  in  Michigan. 
No trades.  W  H. Pardee, Freeport, Mich.  500 
\A T  ANT  ALL  KINDS  OF  GRAIN  IN  CAR 
lots.  Name price or ask for bids.  Rhodes 
TV 
Co., Grain Brokers, Granger, Ind. 
T   HAVE  A PARTY WANTING GROCERY OR 
X  general  stock.  Must  be  a  bargain.  I  have 
buyers for any line of  merchandise.  W. H. Gil- 
bert, 109 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. 
X \T ANTED — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
v T  retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
Caulkett & Co.. Traverse City, Mich.______381

i ilOR  EXCHANGE-TWO  FINE  IMPROVED 

farms  for  stock  of  merchandise;  splendid 
location.  Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades­
m an____________________________ 
PATENT  SOLICITORS.

PATENT  ATTORNEYS,  20  YEARS’  PHAC- 
tice.  Ideas  developed.  Drawings  a  spec­
ialty.  Reasonable rates.  Dennis Rogers, Grand 
Rapids. 
f TREE-OUK  NEW  HANDBOOK  ON  PAT- 

ents.  Ciiley  &  Allgier,  Patent  Attorneys, 

440

479

554

493

Grand Rapids. Mich. 

339

MISCELLANEOUS.

570

\ \ T  ANTED—REGISTERED  PHARMACIST; 
Tv  good references required;  permanent  po­
sition offered.  Address No. 570,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
W A N T E D —SITUATION  AS  REGISTERED 
t t   pharmacist or location for physician.  Ad- 
dress No  569, care Michigan Tradesman.  569 
T IT  ANTED —  POSITION 
IN  GENERAL 
T t  store by one who  speaks  German  and  has 
had years of experience and is capable of taking 
charge of a  store.  Address  No.  560,  care  Mich-
igan  Tradesman._____________________ 560
\ \ T ANTED—POSITION  IN  HARDWARE OR 
T T  grocery and  dry  goods  store.  Large  ex­
perience  in  store  business.  References  furn­
ished if desired.  Address  No.  565,  care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
ITUATION WANTED-REG 1STEKHID PHAR 
macist, married, 27 years  of age,  registered 
8 years, country  and  city  experience.  Best  of 
references  given.  Address  F.  S.  Tuxbury,  Elk 
Rapids,  Mich. 
TX7ANTED—BY  MAN  OF  NINE  YEARS’ 
T T  experience,  position  as  manager  of  gen­
eral  store.  Have  had  experience  in  all  lines; 
can also do book-keeping of any kind and would 
do same with other work.  Address No. 519, care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

519

565

530

552

73

Travelers*  Time  Tables.

JERSEY  CREAM

C H IC A G O '"iWr M,

Chicago.

Lv.  G. Rapids............... 8:45am  1:25pm  »11:30pm
A.r.  Chicago.................. 3:10pm 6:50pm 
6:40am
Lv. Chicago................ 7:20am  5:15pm *11:30pm
Ar.G’dRapids............  1:25pm  10:35pm * 6:20am
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoakey.
Lv. G’d  Rapids............   .........   7:30am  5:30pm
Parlor  and  Sleeping  Cars  on  afternoon  and 
night trains to and from Chicago.

•Bvery  day. 

Others week days only.

DETROIT, Grand Rapid* & Western.

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........7:00am  1:35pm  5:35pm
Ar. Detroit.................  11:40am  5:45pm  10:20pm
Lv. Detroit.................. 8:00am  1:10pm  6:10pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids...... 12:55pm  5:20pm  10:55pm

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Lv. GR 7:10am 4:20pm  A r.G R 12:20pm  9:30pm 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and'Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Gao.  DkHavxn,  General Pass. Agent.

r i p   A  M H   Trank Railway System
^A EV /m l 1 1 /   Detroit and Milwaukee Div

(In effect January 19,1898 )

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t  6:45am. Sag.,  Detroit, Buffalo 4 N T , t  9:55pm
tl0:10am......... Detroit  and  East.........+ 5:07pm
t  3:30pm  .Sag.,  Det., N.  Y.  &  Boston..tl2:45pm 
*10:45pm.. .Detroit, East and Canada.. .* 6:35am
til :10am........  Mixed to Durand..........13:15pm
* 7:00am__Gd. Haven  and  Int. Pts....*10:15pm
tl2:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate.t 3:22pm
t  5:12pm— Gd. Haven Mil. and Chi__+10:05am
tl0:00pm........Gd. Haven and Mil........................
Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner parlor car.  No. 
18  parlor  car.  Westward—No.  11  parlor  car. 
No. 15 Wagner parlor car.
♦Dally.  tExeept Sunday.

WE8T

E. H. H ughnb, A. G. P. & T. A.
B en.  F le tc h e b,  Trav. Pass. Agt., 
C.  A.  J u stin,  City  Pass.  Agent.
No. 23 Monroe St.

6 oz.

6 doz. in case

8 5 c  

9 oz.

4 doz. in case 

$1.25

i  lb.

2 doz. in case

$2.00
0. A. TURNEY, Mfgr., DETRO£i

Photographs

of

Samples,  Display Cards,  Etc.

It often occurs that traveling  salesmen  find  photo­
graphs  of such  articles  as  are  too  large  to carry 
a  great  convenience.  The  engraving  department 
of the Tradesman Company  is  prepared to furnish 
such photographs of the best quality on short notice.

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|   We  are  the  Only Jobbers of 
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©,
WALL  PAPER  in  Michigan  *

We carry over  1,000,000 rolls  in  stock.  Our 
line is  very  complete.  Our  prices  the  low- 
est.  Samples on application. 

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HARVEY &  HEYSTEK  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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* FIRE  PROOF  ASPHALT 
PAINT  AND  VARNISH

A-
can reimh°fferinff l° the trade the 8enuine  article,  and  at a  price that  all  9 ’

Our paints are suitable for any use where a nice raven black is required. 
Contains no Coal Tar, and will not crack, blister or peel.  Sold in  quan­

tities to suit purchasers. 

4

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Drmtot

tl)c  United  States  of America,

To

H B J N R Y   K O C H ,   your  o l e r k s ,   attorneys,  ager.;
s a l e s m e n   and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  o 
holding  through  or  under  you,

GRAND

&  Indiana Railway
Dec. 5,  1897.

G R EETIN G ;

Northern  Div.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...t 7:45am  t 5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...+ 2:15pm t 6:35am
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack..................¿10:50pm
Cadillac.................................. t  5:25pm til:15am
Train leaving at 7:45 a. m. has  parlor car, and 
train  leaving at 2:15  p.  m.  has  sleeping  car  to 
Mackinaw.
Southern  Div.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati................................t 7:10am t  8:25pm
Pt. Wayne................................ t  2:10pm  t  2:00pm
Cincinnati................................* 7:03pm  * 7:25am
7:10 a.m.  train  has parlor  car to  Cincinnati. 
2:10 p.m .  train  has parlor  car  to Fort  Wayne. 
7:00 p. m  train  has  sleeping  car  to Cincinnati. 

Muskegon Trains.

GOINS W EST.

Lv G’d  Rapids..............t7:35am tl :00pm t5:40pm
Ar Muskegon................   9:00am 2:10pm  7:05pm
Lv Muskegon..............t8:10am  til :45am  t4:0Dpm
Ar G’d Rapids............ 9:30am  12:55pm  5:23pm
tExeept Sunday.  *Daily  ¿Saturday only.
C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 

GOING «AST.

Gen’l Passr. and Ticket Agent.

DULUTH  500111 Shore and AtIantlc

Railway.

* 

WEST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & L)tll:10pm  t7:45am
Lv. MackinawClty..................  7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St  Ignace...........  
9:00am  5:20pm
Ar. Sault Ste. M arie,........... .  12:20pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marquette  ........................  2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestoria.............................  5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. Duluth.............................................  
8:30am

 

 

■AST  BOUND.

t6:30pm
Lv. Duluth............................................. 
2:45am
Ar. Nestoria...........................til:15am 
Ar. Marquette.......................  
1:30pm  4:30am
Lv. Sault Ste. Marie..............  3:30pm 
.........
Ar. Mackinaw City................  8:40pm  11:00am
G. W.  Hib b a r d , Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. 
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids

T R A V E L

VIA

F.  A  P-  M.  R.  R.
TO   A LL  PO IN TS  IN  MICHIQAN

AND  S TEA M SH IP   LIN ES 

H.  F.  MOELLER,  a .  g .  p .  a .

tttyerms, It  has  been  represented  to  us  in  our  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  o

Ne:/  Je,rSef '  in J*?  l h\Td  Ci.rcuit’  on  the  Part  of  the  ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,  Complainant 
tha 
t  has  lately  exhibited  its  said  Bill  of  Complaint  in  our  said  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  Distrk

i X f T ’anTr, zrjsrsiid  henrv koch- »— ■<- - »• —-  « “■ . -  —  

ENOCH  MORGKN’S   SO N S  COM PANY,

Complainant,  is  entitled  to  the  exclusive  use  of  the  designation  “ SAPOLIO”  as  a  trade-mark  for  scouring  soap

Horn, therefore, we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENR'V

KOCH  y°ur  clerks  attorneys,  agents,  salesmen  and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or  holding  through  or  under  you 
4  *d-gLJhe_Pains  and  penalties  which  may  fall  upon  you  and  each  of  you  in  case  of  disobedience,  that  you  d 
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  manner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO,”  or  any  word  or  word, 
substantially  similar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  any  scourim 
soap  not  made  or  produced  by  or  for  the  Complainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly,

B y  word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  at

“ SAPOLIO,”  or  when  “ SAPOLIO”  is  asked  for,

that  which  is  not  Complainants  said  manufacture,  and  from  :n  any  way  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO"  in  am  
false  or  misleading  manner.

M u m ,

[seal]

ROWLAND  COX,

Complainants  Solicitor

The  honorable  Melville  W.  F uller,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  tb. 
United  States  of  America,  at  the  City  of  Trenton, 
in  said  District  of  Nev 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand 
Jersey,  this  16th  day  of  December, 
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

[signed]

S.  D.  ©LIPHANT,

O tri

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“ I here  is  a  tide  in  the  affairs  of  men,
\ \  hich,  taken  at  the  flood,  leads  on  to  fortune;
Omitted,  all  the  voyage  of  their  life
Is  bound  in  shallows  and  in  miseries "— Shakespeare.

W asting,  Losing===Lost

Is the song of the old pound 
and ounce method.

Keeping,  Saving===Saved

Is  the  song  of  the  Money 
Weight System.

You  can  join  hands  with  the  thousands  who  are  using  the 
M o n e y   W e ig h t   S y s t e m ,  and  be  successful  in  business  if 
you  only  will. 

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why  grocers  should  sell  a  brand  of  Stove  Polish  which,  above 
all  others,  consumers  want,  and  for  which  grocers  can  offer 
no substitute  without  injury  to  their  trade.

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The Modem STOVE POLISH

First:  It  is  Superior  to  all  others  in  Quality. 

Second:  It 
gives  Perfect  Satisfaction  to  consumers.  Third:  It  is  Thor­
oughly  Advertised  and  sells  itself. 
Fourth:  No  other  Stove 

* Polish  on  earth  Has  so  Large  a  Sale.

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MONEY  IN  IT

It  pays  any  dealer  to  have  the  reputa­

tion  of  keeping  pure  goods.

It  pays  any  dealer  to keep the Seymour 

Cracker.

There’s  a  large  and  growing  section  of 
the  public  who  will  have  the  best,  and 
with  whom  the  matter  of  a  cent  or  so  a 
pound  makes  no  impression. 
It’s  not 
H OW   C H E A P   with  them;  it’s  HOW  
GOOD.

For  this  class  of  people  the  Seymour 

Cracker  is  made.

Discriminating  housewives  recognize 

its  superior

FLAVOR,  PURITY, 
DELICIOUSNESS

and  will  have  it.

If  you,  Mr.  Dealer,  want  the  trade  of 
the  Seymour 

particular  people,  keep 
Cracker. 

Made  by

National  Biscuit  Company,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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