Volume  XV. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  27,1898. 

Number  762

Hip Acetylene Gos Go., ill

Sole owners of the Celebrated  Buffing­
ton  Acetylene Gas  Machine for the States 
of  Michigan  and  Ohio.  Jobbers  of  Cal­
cium  Carbide,  Acetylene,  Bicycle  and 
Table  Lamps, and a full line of Acetylene 
Apparatus.  Acetylene  Gas  is  the  best 
and  cheapest  light  in  the  world.  Esti­
mates  furnished  and  contracts  taken. 
Endorsed  by  the  Board  of  Underwriters. 
The  Buffington  Generator  is  the  most 
complete  and  simplest  in  the  market. 
Satisfaction guaranteed.  Write for further 
information  to the above  company,  or  to

Sproul  &  McGurrin,

General Agents  for  Western  Michigan.

DISPLAY  ROOMS,  ISf  E.  FULTON  ST.,  GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

We’re  Pretty  Green

Because we’ve just been  married,  but 
on one thing we are  agreed— we  shall 
use  only

Queen  Flake  Bakino  Powder

Because  his  mother  uses  that  brand 
and  her biscuits  are always  just  right.

Manufactured only by

NORTHROP,  ROBERTSON
&  CARRIER

LANSING,  MICH.

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

A B S O L U T E L Y   P U R E

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 S t.
Grand  Rapids Agency,  26  Fountain  S t.

FLEISCH MANN  &   CO.

FLY  BUTTONS

A  scientifically com pounded,n 
killing  flies  or  ants  quickly 
reen  paper,  with red  label, retail at  5 cents.

diameter sheets of

cathartic poison, 
5  thick  \XA  inch

FOR  THE  TRADE

30  cents  per  doz.,  in  fancy  counter  display 
boxes  of 3  doz.,  coupon  in  box,  which equals

5 cents  per doz.  off. 

It pays  to  push  for  coupons.

COUPON  PREMIUMS 

For  2  Coupons,  Rubber  Dating  Stamp,
worth 40 cents;  prints,  “ Paid,”  “ A ns’d,” 
“ Rec’d,”  “ A cp ’d,”   “ Ent’d,”  and dates  to  1903.  For 3 Coupons, Patent  Pneumatic 
Ink  Bottle worth  60  cents;  pressure  into funnel  top  brings  up ink  from  center  of 
bottle;  no thick  ink with  this.  For 6 Coupons,  %   gross  F ly  Buttons,  delivered.
TO  STATE  YOUR  TRADE  W e furnish through jobber, free
samples  for  your  customers. 
We are  the only  firm  doing  this;  it  increases  sales  500  per  cent.  Try it. 
If  your 
jobber don,t  fill  your order,  upon  receipt  of  price  we  ship  direct,  paying  charges.

O RDER  FROM   JO B B ER S .

THE  FLY  BUTTON  CO.,

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Look out for higher prices on Tomatoes.  Ask our salesmen  about 

those  Nunley,  Hines  & Co.’s 

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Four  Kinds  of  Coupon  Books

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

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Our Stock of

Is  New  and  Fresh  from  the  Factory.

Every Wall  Paper Design  is of  1898 make.

Picture  Frames made to order.

C.  L.  Harvey  &  Company,

59 Monroe S t.,  Grand  Rapids.

[W e are  not connected  with any other firm using our name.] 

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We  are  the  only  wholesalers  in  the  State.  Write  us

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for  samples.

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Best goods and  lowest  prices 
in  the State.  A ll  work guar­
anteed.  Send  for  prices.

C H A S .  A.  C O Y E ,

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For all kinds of  goods. 
Secondhand  show  cases 
on  hand  and  exchanged.........................................  

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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  M ajestic  Building,  Detroit,  Mich.

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

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DETROIT FLEXIBLE BOOB IBBTS

STANDARD  SIZES

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

Retail  for  $1.00  upwards.
A n y  dimension  to  order.

Made  of  Flat  W ire.  The L atest and  Best.

Supplied  by Foster, Stevens & Co. 
and  the mfrs.  Write for prices.

THE  DETROIT  SAFE COMPANY,

67-85  East Fort Street, Detroit, Mich.

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Walter Baker & Go.  lJ±

Dorchester, Mass.
The Oldest and 

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PUBE,HIGH GRADE
COCOAS
CHOCOLATES

on this Continent.

their m anufactures.

No  Chemicals  are  used  in 
Trade-Mark, 
Their  Breakfast  Cocoa  is  absolutely  pure, 
delicious,  nutritious,  and  costs  less  than  one 
cen t a  cup.
Their  Premium  No.  1  Chocolate,  p ut  up  in 
Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the  best 
plain chocolate in the m arket for fam ily use.
Th eir  German  Sweet  Chocolate  i j   good  to 
eat and good  to  drink.  I t   is  palatable, nutri­
tious, and  healthful  ;  a   great  favorite  with 
children.
Buyers should ask for and be  sure  th at  they 
g et the genuine goo d s. The above trade-mark 
is on every package.
Walter  Baker &  Co.  Ltd.

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“It’s  as  good  as  Sapolio,”  when  they  try  to sell  you 
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell  —S  
you  that  they  are  only  trying  to  got  you  to  aid  their —S
new  article. 

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Is  it  not  the 

public?  The  manufacturers,  by constant and judi-  ^ 3  
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose  g  
very  presence  creates  a  demand  for  other  articles.

Dorchester,  Mass.

TANGLEFOOT

Sealed sticky  Fly  Paper

O N E   O F   T H E   M O S T   P R O F IT A B L E   T H I N G S   Y O U   SFT T

Popular aversion to flies is growing, and 
Fly Destroyers are coming  into greater use.
Of all means for their  destruction 
Tanglefoot is the most practical 
and the best on account of its greater 
efficacy, cleanliness, endurance and  cheapness. 
This is why the sale of Tanglefoot increases yearly.

■ To increase your sales of Tanglefoot 
let  your customers see it in actual  use 
in your store,  in the  Holder;
They will follow your example.
• Every customer to whom  you sell a box of 
Tanglefoot will  remember  it with pleasure 
every day of the summer.

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PRICE,  30  CENTS  A  BOX.—$2.55  A  CASE.

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Rare  Chance for  Small  Capital.
A   plant  equipped for  planing-,  resawing,  turning, 
inside finishing,  etc.,  costing  originally  over  $io,- 
ooo, offered for about  one-third  that.  Good  condi­
tion.  Now  in  operation.  Just  taken  on  debt  by 
present owners  who  have  other  business.  Grow- 
m g  city,  8,ooo  population. 
Fine  surrounding 
country.  Good  opening for lumber yard.  Certain­
ly  a  sn a p.  Easy  terms.  Lock  Box  7,  Traverse 
City,  Mich.

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W e 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 ,  Manager and  Notary.

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our  Michigan  agent,  W illia m   C onnor, 
Box  346,  Marshall,  Mich.,  or  meet him at 
Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand  Rapids,  from  Thurs­
day,  M ay  12 to  Monday,  May  16 inclusive. 
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PREFERRED  BANKERS 

LIFE  ASSURANCE  COMPANY

O F   D E T R O IT ,  M IC H IG A N .

Commenced  Business  September  I,  1S93.

 

Insurance  in  force.............. 
N et Increase during  1S97...................... 
N et A ssets.............................................. 
Losses Adjusted  and  Unpaid...............  
Other  Liabilities.................................... 
Total  Death  Losses  Paid  to  Date........  
Total  Guarantee  Deposits  Paid to  Ben­
eficiaries...............................................  
Death  Losses  Paid  During  1897..........  
Death  Rate for  1S97................................  
Cost  per  1,000 at age 30 during  1S97----  
F R A N K   E.  R O B S O N ,  P res.

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104,000.00
32,7^8.49
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17,000.00
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  27,1898.

Number 762

D ISC O N TIN U E  DIVIDENDS.

Telephone  Topics—Bank  Notes—Fi­

nancial  News  Generally.

is 

is 

It 

It 

The  Imperial 

interest,  respectively. 

interest  tables,  com­
puted  by  Worth  W.  Preston  and  pub­
lished  in  this  city,  is  the  latest  candi­
date  for  banking  office  favor. 
in 
the  form  of  a  long  pocketbook  and  is 
divided  into  three  parts,  for  5,  6  and  7 
per  cent, 
is 
designed  to  show  the 
interest  on  any 
amount  up  to  $100,000  for  any  number 
of  days  up  to  one  year. 
Its  arrange­
ingenious  and,  when  the  sys­
ment 
tem  is  understood,  its  operation  is  sim­
ple  and  quick.  The  Old  National  Bank 
is  distributing  a  few  of  them  to  its 
larger  customers.
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The  Imperial 

*  
is  the  second  interest 
table  which  has  been  gotten  up  in  this 
city.  Charles  B.  Kelsey,  Cashier  of 
the  People’s  Savings  Bank, 
in  1890, 
when  he  was  teller  in  the  Kent  County 
Savings  Bank,  arranged  an 
interest 
table  on  a  card,  and  for  eight  years this 
card  has  had  a  place  in  every  hank  in 
town.  The  Kelsey  card  could  be  ma­
terially  improved,  but  it  has  served 
its 
purpose  very  well  thus 
far  and  will 
probably  continue  to  be  used because  of 
its  convenience.

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The  State  will 

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issue  bonds  to  the 
amount  of  $500,000  as  a  war  loan,  as 
authorized  by  the  recent  special  ses 
sion  of  the  Legislature.  The  bonds  will 
bear  4  per  cent,  interest,  but  the  de­
nominations  have  not  yet  been  decided 
on,  or  at  least  have  not been announced. 
Some  time  ago  when  the possibilities  of 
a  war  loan  first  became  apparent,  the 
Detroit  banks  agreed  to  take $200,000 
of  them.  The  Grand  Rapids  banks have 
not  yet  asked  for  any  of  them,  but 
when  the  bonds  are  issued  a  fair  pro­
portion  of  them  will,  undoubtedly,  come 
this  way.  The  State 
is  now  without  a 
bonded  indebtedness  of  any  kind,  un­
less  $10,992.83  of  the  old  five  million 
dollar  loan  bonds  issued  half  a  century 
ago  and  never  offered  for  redemption 
can  be  called  such.  The  interest  on  the 
old  bonds  long  ago  ceased.

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Detroit  has  twenty-two  banks,  with 
$6,600,000  capital,  and  the  stock  is  dis­
tributed  among  1,600  holders,  or  an 
average  of  over  $5,000  to  each  stock­
holder,  an  average  which 
is  nearly 
double  the  Grand  Rapids  average.  The 
largest  bank  stockholder 
in  Detroit  is 
Senator  James  McMillan,  with  a  total 
par  value  holdings  of  $163,200,  and  a 
market  value  of  $276,200,  and  which 
netted  him  $6,710 
last 
year. 
The  McMillan  family—James, 
Hugh  and  James  H.  McMillan—hold  a 
total  of  2,983  shares  of  bank  stock,  rep­
resenting  a  market  value  of  $494.195*

in  dividends 

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The  Trust  Company  interests  of  De­
troit  are  agitating  an  amendment  to  the 
trust  company 
law  by  the  next  Legis­
lature,  by  which  the  trust  companies  in 
Michigan  shall  have  a  wider  latitude  in 
which  to  do  business.  The  law  limits 
the  trust  companies  to  a  purely  trust 
business  and  forbids  anything  like com­

In  other  states  the  trust 
mercial  loans. 
companies  can  engage 
in  commercial 
business,  as  well  as  the  peculiar  work 
they  are  organized  to  do.  The  savings 
and  national  bank  interests  will  prob­
ably  oppose  the  proposed  change  in  the 
law.

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President  Anderson’s  front  office  in 
the  Fourth  National  Bank  has  for  a wall 
decoration  a  collection  of  silver  dollars 
which  attracts  much  attention. 
The 
coins  are  inserted  in  a  cardboard  and 
framed  like  a  picture  and  date  back  to 
the  earliest  United  States  coinage,  1795. 
The  coins  are 
in  excellent  condition 
and  are  worth  considerably  more  than 
their  face  value.

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Kalamazoo  will  vote  April  30  on  issu­
ing  $250,000  local  improvement  bonds. 
Yale,  St.  Clair  county,  has  voted 
$30,000  water  works  and  electric  light 
bonds.

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The  Jackson  Gas  Co.  has  declared  a 
dividend  of  Iy2  per  cent,  on  the  earn 
ings  for  the  first  year  under  the  present 
management.  The  People’s  Electric 
Light  Co.,  of  Flint,  has  declared  a 
quarterly  dividend  of  1 l/z  per  cent.

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The  Filth  National  Bank  has issued  a 
neat  circular  to 
its  stockholders  and 
others  interested,  showing  the  gratify­
ing 
improvement  that  has  taken  place 
in  its  condition  since  the  statement 
made  July  23,  1897. 
Its  loans  and  dis­
counts  then  were  $263.054  10,  and  on 
February  18,  the  date  of  the  last  state­
ment,  they  had  grown  to  $391,985.35. 
The  deposits  on  the  two  dates  were 
$250,320.92  and  $471,686.78,  respective­
ly.  Before  the  end  of  the  year  the  busi­
ness  of  the  bank  will  be  more  than 
doubled.

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At  a  meeting  of  the  directors  of  the 
Hastings  National  Bank,  held 
last 
Wednesday,  to  make  the  changes  on  the 
board  of  directors  and  officers  which 
was  necessitated  by the  death  of  the late 
Daniel  Striker, 
following  were 
elected:  John  T.  Lombard,  President; 
John  F.  Goodyear,  Vice-President; 
Harry  G.  Hayes,  Assistant  Cashier. 
Judge  Clement  Smith  was  elected  on 
the  board  of  directors.  Otherwise  the 
officers  and  directors  remain  the  same 
as  heretofore.

the 

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The  Arenac  Exchange  Bank 
name  of  the  new  bank  at  Omer. 
a  capital  of  $40,000.
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is  the 
It  has 

The  Grand  Rapids  Gas  Light  Co.  has 
declared  a  semi-annual  dividend  ol  21/2 
per  cent.,  payable  May  20.  Transfer 
books  close  May  10  and  re-open  May 
21.

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Bids  for  the  privilege  of  taking  care 
of  Detroit's  city  money  for  the  year 
beginning  July  1  next  show  either  that 
money  is  more  plentiful  than  last  year 
or  that  the  Detroit  banks  have  entered 
into  an  agreement  as  to  the  city  funds. 
Controller  Blades  opened  bids  for  the 
custody  of  the  city  money  Monday,  and 
the  First  National,  Detroit  National, 
Commercial  National  and  Peninsular 
Savings  Banks  offered  to  pay  2^  per

cent,  on  the  funds,  each  to  have  one- 
fourth  of  the  city  cash. 
The  Dime 
Savings  Bank  offered  to  give  2.55  per 
cent,  for  the  care  of  the  sinking  fund. 
Last  year  two  of  the  banks  paid  3  per 
cent.,  another  3]/2  and  a  third  3.91  per 
cent.

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The  Michigan  (Bell)  Telephone  Co. 
has  probably  paid 
its  last  dividend. 
The  suspension  of  dividends  is  thus 
announced  by  Secretary  H.  M.  Field  in 
a 
letter  to  the  stockholders,  bearing 
date  of  April  20:  “ A ta  meeting  of  the 
board  of  directors  it  was  decided  to dis­
continue  the  payment  of  dividends  for 
the  present  in  order to hold the resources 
of  the  company  to  enable  it  to  meet  the 
unremunerative 
rates  of  speculative 
competition,  and  at  the  same  time  to 
maintain  and  extend 
its  plant.  The 
volume  of  business  of  the  company 
shows  a  continuous  increase.”

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The  telephone  situation  is  peculiar, 
to  say  the  least.  The  local  independent 
companies  are  paying  8  and  10  per 
cent,  dividends  on  the  basis  of  rates 
about  half  what  the  Bell  charged  before 
the  advent  of  competition,  while  the 
Bell  Co.  is  unable  to  hold  its  own,  even 
with  the  extortionate  charges  exacted 
for  long-distance  service.  Even  where 
residence  telephones  aie  furnished  free 
and  business  telephones  are  put  in  at 
any  price  the  customer 
is  willing  to 
pay,  it  is  found  impossible  to  keep  the 
quota  of  Bell  connections  up  to  the  old 
number,  on  account  of  the  limited  num­
ber  of  business  houses  which  will  toler­
ate  the  inferior  and  limited  service  of 
the  Bell  exchanges  wherever  local  com­
petition  steps  in  and  accords  the  public 
improved  and  enlarged  service  at  lower 
rates.  The  action  of  the  directors  of  the 
Michigan  Telephone  Co.  in  discontinu­
ing  dividends  evidently  foreshadows the 
ultimate  retirement  of  the  corporation 
from  the  Michigan  field.

We  may  expect  to  hear  of  captures  on 
the  sea  by  the  Spanish  and  of a Spanish 
triumph  here  and  there.  No  nation  ever 
into  war  without  receiving  some 
went 
It 
hard  blows. 
is  more  than  probable 
that  Spain 
intends  to  fight  a  kind  of 
guerilla  warfare  on  the  ocean.

An  American  boy  can  fight  for  his 
country  with  much  more  ardor  and  en­
thusiasm  than  he  can  fight  for  the  Cu­
bans,  who are  not  our  brothers,  and  who 
have  never  loved  us  better  than  they 
have  loved  themselves.

In  time  of  war  prepare  for  peace. 
The  next  thing  to  know  will  be  to  know 
what  to  do with  Cuba,  and  how  to  make 
peaceful  citizens  of  insurgents,  some  of 
whom  want  the  spoils  they  expect  to 
come  with  liberty.

If  Spain 

is  able  to  put  up  a  fight 
against  this  country  for  as  long  as  six 
months,  it  will 
indicate  that  there  is 
practically  no 
limit  to  the  point  to 
which  credit  can be stretched  in Europe.

It  will  pay  us  to  remember,as  we pro­
gress  with  this  war,  that  this  country  is 
full  of  vivid  imaginations  and  that  they 
are  all  working  overtime.

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

D ry  G oods
The  Clothing  Situation.

The  clothing  trade,  although  pretty 
good,  is  not  anything  extra, 
for  not 
many  people  have  enough money now-a- 
days  to  buy  anything  but  a  very  reason­
able  priced  suit  of  clothes.  When  they 
do  purchase  anything,  it  is  with  the  in­
tention  of  availing  themselves  of  any 
bargains,  endeavoring  thereby  to  obtain 
as  good  a  quality  of  goods  as  possible 
for  a  small  amount  of  money.  The  call 
for  light  overcoats,  both  whipcords  and 
coverts,  has  been  very  good  this  season, 
and  fully  as  many  are  being  worn  as  at 
any  other  season.  Grays  and  browns, 
but  blues  principally,  will  be  used  a 
good  deal  this  year. 
I’rices  for  spriug 
and  summer  goods  are  somewhat  higher 
than  they  were,  hut  they  are  by  no 
means  as  high  as  they  will  be  this  fall.
Bicycle  clothing  of  all  kinds  will  sell 
very  well  this  season. 
In  the  better 
class  of  men's  wear,  the  costume  most 
worn  will  consist  of  a  blue  serge  jacket 
with  a  cap  and  trousers  of  some  rather 
striking  pattern  of  goods.  Large  and 
small  plaids,  as  well  as 
loud  and  quiet 
checks,  will  be  used very largely.  Whole 
suits  of  the  same  material,  will,  to  all 
probabilities,  be  used  by  the  general 
run  of  men  who  wear  bicycle  clothiug, 
as  the  most  ot  them  can  not  very  well 
aff.'rd  to  pay  tor  a  single  pair  ot  trou-
sers  what it would  cost  for  a whole  suit.
Go If  cloth 111g  will  SIill  pretty nearly  as
we11  as  the  bicyciie  goods, there  being
buit  very  1iule  difference  in the  make-
up ;  the  rt>d golf  j.tckets  are not  expect-
ed to  have much  cif  a  call. as  they  are
SO very  Lt<ut that  but  tew  petiple  care  to
wear  their

v'eckwear mamif;seturers  ;are  making
mo■ re  of  a >int  thati  usual  this  season
WIÎ:h  worn eti s   scaris.  and manv  new
ami  heautit ui  designs  are  being  shown I
lor this  tr;ade.  Sloe ks w i lb ascot  ties  15
inc bes 
loiug are  arnoug  the features  ot
tbis trade,  and will be  attractive  features 
tor  any  haberdasher’s stock,  considering 
the  fact  that  the  fair  sex  are  searching 
the  men's  wear  departments  for portions 
of  their  wearing  apparel,  and  do  not 
consider  themselves  up-to  date  unless 
they  are  wearing  something  that  has 
been  purchased  from  a  gentlemen's  fur­
nishing  store,  and  the  more  mannish, 
the  better,  for  some of  them.  It  is  well, 
however,  to  have  some  goods  made  up 
tor  them  especially,  tor  they  are  not  all 
so strong-mindedly  inclined.

grades  have  been  in  far  better  demand 
than  anything  else.

Hosiery-  The  demand  for  fancy  ho­
siery  has  in  no  way  abated,  and  the  re­
tail  trade  are  having  hard  work  to  se­
cure  all  that  will  be  wanted  for  the  sea­
son.  We  counsel  a  little  moderation  in 
this,  however,  for  the  time 
is,  in  the 
opinion  of  many  who  are  authorities 
on  this  subject,  not  very  far  distant 
when  the  plaids  will  begin  to  lose  their 
hold  on  the  consumers  and  they  will 
turn  their  attention  to  the  handsome 
strips  and  other  fancy  designs  that  are 
offered,  and  apparently neglected for the 
large  plaids  that  are 
in  the  market. 
Some  of  the  neat  Roman  stripes  are 
beauties,  and  will  command  the  atten­
tion  of  the  finer  trade  this  season,  un­
less  all  signs  fail.  Outside of the fancies 
mentioned,  fast  blacks are  the  interest­
ing  features  of  the  market,  and an enor­
mous  business  has  been  accomplished 
in  these  in  the  wholesale  and  retail  de­
partments  of  the  market.

Linings— Linings  are  experiencing 
just  about  the  same  call  this  season 
that  they  did  last,  there  being  but  very 
little improvement noticeable.  The tend­
ency 
is  for  goods  of  both  a  loud  and  a 
quiet  nature,  each  being  about  equally 
popular  with  the  general  class  of  pur­
chasers.  Brices  run  about  as  they  have 
been  for  some  time  past.  Stripes  have 
a  better  demand  than  the  plaids 
in 
fancy  goods,  and  some  very  attractive 
effects  are  being  used  this  season.

Trimmings—Trimmings 

are  going 
very  well  this  spring,  and  the  demand 
is  much  better  than  it has  been for some 
time.  All  classes  are  selling pretty well, 
although  spangled  goods  are  experi­
encing  the  best  call.  Mohair  and  wool 
braids  sell  well,  and  the  demand  for  all 
kinds  of  ruebing  is  very  good.

Ribbons—All  fancy  ribbons  are  sell­
ing  very  well,  for scarfs,  ties and  sashes, 
and  in  fact  almost  everything  that  rib­
bons  can  be  used  for.  The  fad  for  this 
class  of goods  is  pretty  sure  to  last  for 
some  time  yet;  Roman  stripes are about 
I the  best  sellers,  at  the  present  time,  in 
the  fancy  ribbon  line.  Fall  goods  are 
already  commencing  to  be  brought 
in, 
j although  as  yet  they  have  not  begun  to 
¡arrive  in  any great quantities.  On being 
i asked,  both  wholesalers  and  retailers 
say  that  it  is  really  very  surprising  bow 
and  where  the  ribbon  goes  to  in  such 
quantities;  more  and  more 
is  used  all 
the  time,  and  a  very  good  thing  about 
business  is  that  the  people  are  willing 
I to  pay  a  little  more, in  order  to  secure  a 
pretty  good  class  of  goods.

Give  the  Clerk  a  Chance.

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

No  man  has  a  monopoly  on  ideas;  no 
; store  has  a  corner  on  all  the  good 
things.  Sometimes  a  very  attractive 
in  a  store  that  makes I 
| display 
is  seen 
Tittle  pretension 
in  this  direction  and!

Stap!e  Cottons  Bri'Wa  cottons  are
scarce and  show great:  firmness. consu­
enng  t!be  circuuistances. Thisils  large-
iv  due to  the  ex;,v> r«  Aen;ta r.d ,  w h ic h   h a s
been  of good  vo lame. be;t  borne buyers
have  p>rrefcase-d very
ghtly. Denims
and  coarse  colored  cottons  have  bad  a 
few  days  of  somewhat  better  trade  and 
in  these  hues  are  generally  un­
prices 
altered. 
Bleached  goods  and  heavy- 
sheet ;ngs  are  quite  steady  cm  reputable 
goods,  and 
the  prices  remain  un­
charged.  The  prolonged  strike a*  New 
Bedford  has  kept  this  market  In  better 
condition.  It  is  lamentable  to  be caught 
r.  sack  a  had  condition  of  trade w:tb an l customed  place,  the  old  order  of  things
¡goes  on  and  the  dtsplavs 
in  window 
overload  of  goods.
and  department  remain  of  the  same 
j monotonous,  uninteresting  type.

Investigate  and  you  will  often  b e ! 
j surprised  to  find  that  the  artist  is  one { 
of  the  clerks  not  specially  employed  for 
the  purpose.  Some emergency  has  given i 
him  the  opportunity  to  show  what  he 
could  do.  and  he  has  peformed  the  work 
well.

It  would  be  well  for  that  store  if  the ! 
newly-discovered  talent  were  fostered j 
and  encouraged.  But 
it  usually  hap-  I 
pens  that,  having  filled  the  gap.  the j 
clerk  is quietly  allowed  to take  his  ac- I

M M  

Dress  Goods  Beth  staples  ard  fancy 
dress  goods  are  in  g&sd  demand  and the 
jobbers  are congratulating themselves on 
the  situation,  is  view  of  the  fact  that 
but  little  was  expected  ct  the  trade;  in 
tact, mac's  .ess  was  expected  than usual, 
and  the  spring  business  is never very 
fait.  Low
large,  compared  with  the 

Why  not  give  the  new  man  a  better I 
i chance?  Why  not  give all  the  clerks  a j
■ chance  to  show  what  they  can  do,  es-  I 
peciaily  those  who appear  to  have  taste j 
and  aptitude  for  the  work? 
If  it  did !
insure  variety,  j 
■ nothing  else  it  would 
and  real  artistic  ability  might  be  dis-
1 covered.

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

Carpets

All  grades cut at wholesale.

You  Carry  Only  Samples

VVe  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.
OX  ER  3,000  DEALERS  are  now  han­
dling our carpets profitably.  Let us start 
you to success.

For One  Dollar

’•Iff

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
I f  you  M 
m   This  size  is  very  popular,  as  the  patterns show up beautifully. 
say  prefer large samples  we will  cut them any length desired at the  price  of  ¡¡ft 
{¿KB  the goods per yard.  We have the  best-selling  goods  on  earth.  Don’t 
Wm  wait, order samples at once;  it  will  be to  your  interest  and we want  you  M 
||
Ip)  to represent  us. 

s i m

HENRY  NOEE  &  CO.,

j| |   SOUTHEAST  CORNER  MARKET  &   MONROE  S T S .,  CHICAGO.  ,‘|f

nplete price  list  and teleg rap h  code  will  be sent with  samples.

Here We Are 

I5

No time for argument,  if you  want to get  a  whack  at  them.  £ 
We  are  making a  little stir in the way of some low  prices on  J  
bleached and  unbleached 
i
J
very pretty designs,  with napkins  to  match,  if  desired. 
In  $ 
order to make  it  possible  for  customers  to  buy  several  de-  £ 
signs and  not overstock,  we have had  them put  up  in  demi-  5  
pieces.  We consider this a  rare opportunity.  Don’t miss it!  ^

T A B L E   D A M A SK S 

WHOLESALE 
DRY  GOODS, 
UNDERWEAR 
&  NOTIOiNS.

f   &  Nl

Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

‘
I

x r i n r r r n T ' r r r n r r n ^

Linings------

Silesias,  Satine,  Black  back  Fancies, 
Taffetas  in  black  and  colored,  Perea- 
line,  Moreen.  Hair  Cloth,  Cambrics, 
Canvas,  Buckram:  also  a complete line 
°f  V elveteen  and  Cordurov Dress Bind­
ing  all  colors  and  widths:  Feder’s 
Pompadour  Brush  binding.  We  are 
headquarters  tor  these  goods.  Write 
for  samples.

P. STEKETEE  &  SONS,  SSmSSoS  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

3

What  Really  Indicates  the  Successful 

Merchant.

The  successful  retailer  of  the  present 
day  does  not  secure  all  the  goods  he  re­
quires  for  the  several  seasons  through 
purchases  made  twice  a  year,  as  was 
the  custom  in  times  gone  by. 
Instead 
his  early  selections  are  largely  confined 
to  novelties  and  specialties  of  which 
only 
limited  quantities  are  manufac­
tured,  and  which  are  necessary  in  order 
to  present  choice  in  styles  and  designs. 
At  the  same  time,  he  buys  a  reasonable 
assortment  of  staples.  He  is  very  care­
ful  not  to  overload  in  any  line,  nor  to 
place  crders  for larger quantities than he 
is  sure  he  can  take  care  of  in  a  way  to 
avail  himself  of  the  most  favorable cash 
discounts.  With  this  foundation  stock 
on  band  he 
is  able  to  replenish  every 
week,  if  necessary.  As  a  good  mana­
ger  he  keeps  his  stock  so  well  in  hand 
that  he  is  always  in  position  to  take  ad­
vantage  of  any  favorable  offer  that  may 
be  m°de,  such  as  are  put  out  by various 
wholesale  houses  in  the  midst  of  every 
season.  Managing  bis  purchases  in  this 
way,  the  retailer  always  has  a  fresh line 
of  goods  to  show  his  customers.

By  frequent  buying  his  bills  are  so 
distributed  that  he  has  no  trouble  in 
meeting  them  promptly.  Neither  does 
he  have  cause  for  complaint  about  un­
seasonable  weather,  slack  trade,  and  the 
like,  when  his  purchases  are  made  in 
the  light  of  current  demand.  A retailer 
who  buys  in  this  general  way  becomes 
very  careful 
in  his  dealings.  He  has 
very  few  old  chestnuts  on  hand 
in  the 
way  of  goods,  but  maintains  a  stock that 
is  clean  and  one  that is oftentimes  worth 
twenty-five  per  cent,  more  than  that  of 
the  average  “ early  buyer.”

Dame  Fashion 

is  erratic,  and  styles 
change  so  rapidly  that  many  goods 
which  are  looked  upon  as  certain  win-' 
ners  early  in  the  season  fall flat later on. 
Therefore,  any  one  caught  with  large 
lines  of  them  in  stock  necessarily  sus­
tains  a  heavy  loss.  At  the  present  day 
a  thoroughly  assorted  stock  is  a  prime 
necessity  in  the  large  cities,  as  well  as 
plate-glass  windows 
and  up-to-date 
fixtures,  and they are also rapidly becom­
ing  a  necessity  in  the  smaller  towns. 
A  good  point  for  the  retail  merchant  to 
remember 
is  that  it  is  not  bow  large  a 
business  he  does,  but  how  many  times 
his  stock  is  turned  in  the  course  of  the 
year  that  really  indicates  the  successful 
merchant. 

C.  H.  A r n o l d .

The  Meaning  of  Co-Insurance.
Within  a  few  years  insurance  com­
panies  have,  by  unanimous  agreement, 
put  into  all  policies  covering  merchan­
dise  a  new  condition  known  as  the 
Co-Insurance
“ Eighty 

Cent. 

Per 

Clause."  This  clause  provides  that  in 
the  event  of  a  loss  the  adjustment  shall 
be  made  on  the  basis  of  there  being  an 
insurance  carried  and  in  force  equal  to 
80  per  cent,  of  the  value  of  the  property 
insured.  It  is  evident  from  various facts 
that  very  few  fully  understand  the  effect 
of  this  clause  or  have  taken  it  fairly  in­
to  mind 
in  deciding  on  the  amount  of 
insurance  that  they  should  carry.

It  may  help  to  an  understanding  of 
this  matter to  say  that  if  the  merchant 
has  an  insurance  equal  to  80 per cent,  of 
the  value  of  the  property 
insured,  then 
the  clause  has  absolutely  no  effect  in 
case  of  loss.  Or  if  the  property  insured 
is  absolutely  and  wholly  destroyed, 
leaving  no  value  whatever,  then  the 
clause  has  no  effect  whatever.

insured 

insurance  that 

On  the  other  hand,  if the merchant has 
a  partial  loss,  the  effect  is  very  differ­
ent. 
It  may  be  illustrated  as  follows: 
Assume  that  the  total  value  of  the  prop­
erty 
is  $40,000.  Then  80  per 
cent,  of  its  value  will  be $32,000,  which 
is  the  amount  of  insurance  that  should 
be  carried.  Assume  that  the  amount 
of 
is  actually  placed 
amounts  to  only  $25,000.  This,  it  will 
be  seen,  is  $7,000  short  of  the  proper 
amount.  Suppose  that  a  fire  occurs, 
resulting  in  a  loss  of  $10,000.  The 
in­
surance  being  $7,000  short,  the  $32,000 
proper  insurance  has  to  pay  the  $10,000 
loss, 
figuring  $312.50  to  each  $1,000. 
That  is  to  say,  the  insurance  companies 
pay  on  $25,000,  which 
is  the  amount 
of  their  policies, 
to  the  extent  of 
$7,812.50,  and  the  merchant,  who  is  a 
co-insurer  on  the  $7,000short insurance, 
pays  upon  that  basis  $2,187.50.  Thus 
the  merchant  receives  out  of  his $10,000 
loss  the  sum  of  $7,812.50.  He  is  obliged 
to  count  as  additional  loss  the  $2,187.50 
on  account  of  not  being  insured  up to 80 
per  cent,  of  the  value  of  his  stock.

Possibly  this  deficiency  in 

insurance 
has  occurred  from  a  desire  to  save  the 
premium  of  $10,000.  Let  us  examine 
into  the  real  economy  of  the  saving. 
Assume  that  the  average  rate  paid  by 
is  1%  per  cent.  Then  the 
merchants 
insurance  would 
premium  on  $7,000 
amount  to  $105  a  year. 
In  twenty  years 
it  would  amount  to  $2,100.  From  this 
it  will  be  seen  that  such  a  loss  as  is 
il­
lustrated 
in  the  example  would  more 
than  eat  up  the  saving  in  premiums  of 
twenty  years.  The 
importance  of  car­
rying  an  adequate  amount  of  fire  insur­
ance 
in  strictly  good  companies  and 
under  forms  of  policies  carefully  and 
properly  prepared  is  thus  made  appar­
ent. 

J.  R.  A i n s l e y .

The  man  who  believes  only  half  that 
he  hears  generally  gets  along  all  right 
if  he  happens  to  select  the  right  half.

^ 2  SH5 HSE5 E 52 £HSH5 2 S a 5 E5 HSHSH5 H5 HSH5 FSHSHS2 SH5 HSH5^

W e Are th e   People

Our new  Acetylene  Gas  Generator, which 
has been before the Board of Underwriters 
for  several  weeks,  has  received  the  ap­
proval of that organization and we are now 
prepared  to  execute  orders  for  all  sizes 
promptly.  We  claim  for  our  generator 
superior  strength,  simplicity  of  construc­
tion, durability, economy  in operation  and 
elasticity of capacity, and candidly believe 
that an  inspection  of  our  machine  and  a 
comparison  with  the  generators  of  other 
manufacturers,  will  result  in  the  selection 
of our generator.

M.  B.  WHEELER  ELECTRIC  CO.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mici

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR  MEN  WHO 

ARE  NOT  LAZY
now canvassing'  with our  line  of samples,  earning  from  $50 
We  want 4,000 more active,  reliable  men to  take  the  places

4,000 agents  ar 
to  $200 per month, 
not yet  Tilled.

Ms my  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   sca le  of  “ ready-to-wear** 
clothing exclusively for  co n su m ers.  We  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  anti  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.  Hence the low  prices we offer.  These goods bear the trade mark,

W HITE  H O R SE   BRAND.

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  i l l   to   $ 1 5 . 
We also operate  one  of the  largest  Custom  Departments  where garments are  a c tu a lly  cut 

M en ’s T ro u sers 75c  to   $ 4.

Boys*  S u its  $3   to   $ 9 . 

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

W HITE  CITY  BRAND.

W e furnish  our agents  with a  fine  line of samples  and  all  necessary  blanks  from  this  de­
partment  without charge.  The  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.  Write for  particulars  to  Dept.  (5.  R.

W HITE  CITY  T A IL O R S.  2 2 2 -2 2 6   ADAMS  STREET,  CHICAGO.

The Gem union Suit

is  the  only  combination  suit  in 
the  market  that  has  given  per­
fect satisfaction.  Being double 
breasted,  and  elastic  in  every 
portion,  it  affords  comfort  and 
convenience  to  wearer  that  are 
not obtained  in any other make. 
We  are  the  sole  manufacturers 
and  patentees  and are prepared 
to  supply  the  trade with a great 
variety  of  qualities  and  sizes.
Special  attention  given  to  mail  orders.

nie Kniiting Wortes,  m  m i

Spring  Seat  Post

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ADDRESS

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Around  the State
Movements  of  Merchants. 

Escanaba—Abner  Alley  has embarked 

in  the  meat  business.

Escanaba—Carl  Johnson  has  opened  a 

tin  and  plumbing  shop.

Alma— Bert  Hayes,  of  Stanton,  has 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  Fred 
Wright.

Kalkaska—A.  F.  Skarrett,  of Edmore, 
has  purchased  the  meat  market  of  A. 
H.  Sack.

Petersburg—Russell  & Grandolph  suc­
in  the  hardware 

ceed  H.  O.  Russell 
business.

Homer— Dorsey  &  Conger 

succeed 
H.  H.  &  M.  A.  Dorsey  in  the  millinery 
business.

Central  Lake—Gazlay  Bros,  will  erect 
a  machine  shop  and  bicycle  factory  at 
this  place.

Farwell— Maurice  A.  Herrick  has 
to  Brown  & 

sold  his  general  stock 
Honeywell.

Adrian —Beck  &  Eagan  have  opened 
a  furniture  and  crockery  store  on  North 
Main  street.

Harbor  Springs— Harry  Chamberlin 
has  purchased  the  meat  market  of  Fos­
ter  &  Burke.

Allegan—O.  W.  Bliss,  of Orleans,  has 
in  the  mercantile  business 

embarked 
at  this  place.

Black  Ri ver— Leon  G.  Ferris  has I 
purchased  the  drug  business  of  Frank 
P.  McCormick.

Coldwater— Mrs.  May  E.  Morgan  has 
opened  a  notion  and  bazaar  store  at  58 
West  Chicago  street.

Detroit—Bentley  &  Burbank  succeed 
the  Reed,  Bentley,  Burbank  Co.  in  the 
wall  paper  and  paint  business.

Stetson—Wm.  Fisher  &  Caplin  Bros., 
grocers  and  dry  goods  dealers,  have 
dissolved,  Mr.  Fisher  retiring.

Big  Rapids—Mrs.  A.  Phillips,  who 
conducts  a  fruit store,  has  purchased the 
grocery  stock  of  H.  E.  Frederick.

Ann  Arbor— The  hardware 

firm  of 
Meuhlig  &  Schmid  has  purchased  the 
stock  of  paints,  oils,  etc.,  belonging  to 
Hutzel  &  Co.

Detroit—The  C.  H.  Little  Co.,  dealer 
in  cement,  lime  and  builders’  supplies, 
has 
from 
$50,000  to  $75,000

its  _capital  stock 

increased 

Athens—M.  J.  Wood’s  Sons  and  Wm. 
Brokaw  have  purchased  the  stock  of 
boots  and  shoes  and  rubber  goods  of 
Lewis  &  Albertson.

Big  Rapids—John  Johnson,  who  re­
cently  purchased 
the  Arnold  meat 
market,  has  also  bought  out  the  market 
of  Takken  &  Pshea.

Montague—J.  H.  Crosby  has  sold  his 
grocery 
to  Mr.  Springer,  of 
Shelby,  who  will  continue  the  business 
at  the  same  location.

stock 

Scottville—C.  E.  Mustard  has  pur­
chased  a  half  interest  in  the  hardware 
and  agricultural 
implement  stock  of 
Frederick  J.  Reader.

Cheboygan—The  hardware  firm  of  J.
E.  Cueny  &  Co.  has  been  dissolved.  J.
E.  Cueny,  who  has  so 
long  managed 
the  business,  will  continue  it.

Hillsdale—A.  W.  Crane  has  sold  his 
stock  of  furniture  to  C.  E.  Singer  and 
will  probably 
in  the  West,  in 
hopes  of  improving  his  health.

locate 

Holland— Benj.  Sterken has purchased 
the  shoe  stock  of  Crozier  Bros.  Mr. 
Sterken  was 
formerly  employed  by 
Crozier  Bros,  at  Grand  Rapids.

Plainwell— Carl  Will iams  has  pur-1 

chased  the  stock  of  tinware  and  glass­
ware  of  W.  J.  Olds  and  moved 
into 
his  own  building  on  Main  street.

it 

Sparta- Chas.  M.  Hallack  and  J.  G. 
Humphrey  have  formed  a  copartner­
ship  and  embarked  in  the  clothing  and 
men’s  furnishing  goods  business.

Fife  Lake— Jos.  S.  Clark  and  Dent. 
Blue,  who  formerly  conducted  a  meat 
market  under  the  style  of  Clark &  Blue, 
have  dissolved. 
Each  wiil  continue 
the  meat  business  in  his  own  name.

Sears—Geo.  Lusk  is  closing  out  his 
business  at  this  place,  preparatory  to 
embarking  in  general  trade  at  Spencer, 
Kalkaska  county.  He  will  also  deal  in 
lumber.

Greenville— Bradley  &  Seaman,  gro­
cers,  have  dissolved.  D.  S.  Seaman 
will  continue  the  business  and  E.  D. 
Bradley  will  travel  for  the  Bradley 
Cigar  Co.

Owosso— H.  W.  Mann  has  purchased 
the  wall  paper  and  paint  stock  owned 
by  A.  Geeck  and  has  opened  a  branch 
store  at  that  location,  with  Ernest  Mann 
in  charge.

East  Jordan— Imerman  Bros.,  who 
have  been  operating  a  general  store  at 
Thompsonville  and  branch  stores  at 
other  places,  will  put 
in  a  stock  of 
goods  here.

Kalamazoo—W.  W.  Cushing,  who  has 
been  associated 
in  the  grocery  busi­
ness  with  his  brother,  H.  M.  Cushing, 
has  retired.  H.  M.  Cushing  will  con­
tinue  the  business.

Lansing— Roswell  Mott  has purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  A.  O.  Taylor,  at 
the  corner  of  Washington  avenue  and 
Kalamazoo  street,  placing  Joseph  Was­
son  in  charge  of  the  business.

Lansing—The  Michigan  Produce  Co. 
will  erect  a  new  warehouse  in  the  rear 
of  the  one  recently  constructed. 
It  will 
be  80x32  feet  and  20  feet  high,  with  a 
capacity  of  storing 
fifty  carloads  of 
baled  hay.

Norwood— Neil  Flannigan,  the  gen­
eral  dealer,  was  married  April  27  to 
Miss  Edna  Alden,  of  Clare.  Mr.  Flan­
nigan  will  remove  to  Chiacgo  this  fall 
to  continue  in  the  employ  of  the Ritten- 
house-Embree  Co.

Lake  Odessa— F.  L.  McArthur  has 
resigned  his  position 
in  the  clothing 
and  grocery  store  of  B.  Cohen  and 
formed  a  copartnership  with  L.  F. 
Pearson  for  the  purpose  of  embarking 
in  the  dry  goods  business.

Cadillac---- Nordstrom  &  Lofgren,
plumbers  and  agricultural  implements 
and  hardware  dealers,  have  dissolved, 
Nelson  P.  Nordstrom  continuing  the 
business.  Axel  Lofgren  will  continue 
as  foreman  of  the  plumbing  and  tin­
ware  department.

Alpena—Greenbaum  Bros.,  clothiers 
and  boot  and  shoe  dealers,  will  enlarge 
their  business  by  the  addition  of  a  dry 
goods  department.  Their  store  building 
has  been  remodeled  to  meet  the require­
ments  of  a  dry  goods  store.  Neil  Mc- 
Phee  will  be  placed 
in  charge  of  the 
new  department.

Carson  City—The  F.  A.  Rockafellow 
Mercantile  Co.  will  dissolve  May  2. 
The  general  store  will  be  continued  un­
der the  style  of  the  Carson  City Mercan­
tile  Co.,  and  the  elevator  and  produce 
business  will  be  conducted  by  F.  A. 
Rockafellow  or  by  a  company  to  be 
organized  by  him.

Hillsdale— Fred  Cozzens,  of  this  city, 
with  his  brothers  Frank,  of  Toledo,  and 
Louis,  of  Coldwater,  will  open  a  meat 
market 
in  the  Johnson  block.  Frank 
Woodworth,  who  now  occupies  the  store 
building  with  his  grocery  stock,  will 
remove 
into  the  building  occupied  by 
the  Hillsdale  Grocery  Co.,  which  will, 
in  turn,  remove 
into  the  building  re­
cently  vacated  by  them.

Jackson— \Y m.  N.  Crone,  who  for  the 
past  five  years  has  had  charge  of  the 
mechanical  works  of  the  Withington  & 
Cooley  Manufacturing  Co.,  has  resigned 
and,  in  company  with  John  McGraw, 
purchased  the  har-’ware  stock  of  J.  C. 
Bader.  The  new  firm  will  be  known  as 
McGraw  &  Crone.

Detroit— Edward  D.  Sloan  has 

re­
tired  from  the  produce  and  commission 
house  of  Hermann  C.  Naumann  &  Co., 
who  are  located  at 33 Woodbridge street, 
west,  with  a  branch  store  at  353  Rus­
sell  street.  The  business  will  be  con­
tinued  by  Hermann  C.  Naumann  and 
Fred  J.  Naumann  under  the  same  firm 
name  as  before.

Detroit—Case  number  16,713,  the City 
of  Detroit  vs.  Hotchkiss,  has  been 
stricken  from  the  docket  of  the  April 
term  of  the  Supreme  Court  and  will  not 
be  heard  until  the  June  term.  The case 
referred  to 
is  one  in  which  an  appeal 
was  taken  by'the  Common Council  from 
a  decision  given  by  Judge  Hosmer,  and 
was  the  result  of  an  alleged  violation 
of  the  $25  peddlers'  ordinance.  The 
objectjn  taking  the  appeal  was  a desire 
to  obtain  a  clear  understanding  of  the 
authority  of  the  Common  Counrii  in 
the  premises.

Manufacturing  Matters. 

Beaverton—Ross  Bros,  have  started 

their  shingle  mill  for  the  season 

Ready—The  Ready  Creamery Co.  has 
been  incorporated,  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $4,000.

Taymouih— A  $3,500 

been  erected  and 
bn  the  farm  of  Ezra  Frye.

creamery  has 
is  now  in  operation 

Howard  City—The  Howard  City
Table  Co.  finds 
it  necessary  to  run  its 
factory  day  and  night  in  order  to  keep 
pace  with  its  orders.

Wolverine— P.  E.  Hackett  has  started 
for  the  season.  He  has 
logs  to  manufacture, 

his  sawmill 
3,000.000  feet  of 
mostly  hardwood  and  hemlock.

is  erecting  a 

West  Branch—The  Gale  Lumber  Co., 
large  sawmill  at 
which 
this  place,  expects  the  plant  will  be 
ready  to  begin  operations  the  present 
month.

Stearns —Although  the  sawmill  of  I.
S.  Stearns  has  been  closed permanently, 
owing  to  the  transfer  of  the  Stearns’ 
business  to  Ludington,  the  shingle  mill 
and  box  factory  here  will  continue to  be 
operated.

Allegan—Guard,  Fairfield  &  Co.  have 
purchased  the  Reed  City  Valley  roller 
mills  from  G.  Vahue  and  have  com­
menced  remodeling  the  interior.  They 
will  put  in  two  or  three  new  cleaners,  a 
new  boiler  and  other  machinery.

Benton  Harbor— The Rouse  Ice Cream 
Co.  has 
leased  the  Mead  building  and 
will  equip  same  with  apparatus  for  the 
manufacture  of  ice  cream.  The  com­
pany  will  employ  the  Chicago  method 
of  manufacture  and  will  receive  cream 
direct  from  inspected  dairies.

Wayland—A  pickle  factory  will  short­
ly  be  established  at  this  place.  John 
A.  Barton,  of  Detroit,  representing 
Williams  Bros.  &  Charboneau,  assisted 
by  Dr.  E.  H.  Ryno,  has  secured  con­
tracts  in  this  vicinity  for  furnishing  the 
necessary  amount  of  cucumbers.

Middleville— M.  S.  Keeler,  who  has 
conducted  a  dry goods and clothing store 
here  for  tibout  sixteen  years,  has  sold 
his  stock  to  M.  C.  Hayward  and  W.  J. 
Hayward,  who  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  under  the  style  of  M.  C.  Hayward 
&  Son.  Mr.  Keeler  will  devote  his  en­
tire  attention  to  the  brass  factory, which 
is  operated  under  the  style  of  the  Keel­
er  Brass  Co.

Gaylord—S.  A.  Robinson 

intends  to 
erect  a  saw  and  shingle  mill  in  this 
vicinity.  He  has  an  option  on  1,400 
acres  of  land* near  this  place.

Ludington—Ed.  Woodruff  has  taken 
the  contract  to  superintend  the  cutting 
of  about  40,000,000  feet  of  pine 
in 
Mason  and  Oceana  counties  for  T.  R. 
Lyon,  agent  for  the  Ward  estate. 
It 
will  be  cut  during  the  summer  season, 
hauled  to  Ludington,  and  sawed  in  the 
Stearns  north  mill.
Detroit  Grocers  Encouraged  to  Go 

Further.

Detroit,  April  25—At  the  last  regular 
meeting  of  the  Detroit  Retail  Grocers 
and  Butchers'  Association,  held Wednes­
day  evening,  April  20,  the  question  of 
indiscriminate  retailing  by  wholsalers 
came  up -for  further  consideration.  The 
committee  having  the  matter  in  charge 
rrpoited  that  nearly  every  retailer  who 
had  been  interv iewed  by  them  had  ex­
pressed  the  determination, to  confine his 
future  patronage  to  members  of  the 
wholesale  trade  of  the  city  who signified 
their  intention  to  stop  retailing  by sign­
ing  an  agreement  to  that  effect,  which 
would  be  presented  to  them  in due time. 
is  evident  that  the  agitation  of  the 
It 
question 
is  having  some  effect  as  the 
Secretary  of  the  Association  read  a 
communication  from  the  Detroit  Prod­
uce  Exchange,  an  association  composed 
exclusively  of commission men, in which 
it  was  stated  that  at  a  recent  meeting 
the  members  of  that  body  had  voted 
unanimously  to  accede  to  the  demands 
made  by  the  grocers  and  that  a  resolu­
tion  had  been  passed  which  recom­
mended  that  -all  members  of  the  E x­
change  post  in  some  conspicuous  place 
in  their  stores  the 
following  notice, 
“ Positively  No  Goods  Sold  at  Retail.’ ’ 
The  communication  was  listened to with 
much  satisfaction  by  those  present,  as 
they  felt  that  the  action  which  had been 
taken  by  the  Exchange would  aid great­
ly  in  the  future  efforts  to  be  made  by 
the  committee 
in  connection  with  a 
tomplete  canvass  of  the  trade  of  the 
city,  which  it  is  deemed  best  to  make. 
Several  petitions  emanating  from 
local 
labor  unions  were  received,  asking  the 
members  of  the  Association  to  boycott 
certain  manufacturers  of  whom 
they 
were  at present  purchasing  goods,  all  of 
which  were  received  and 
laid  on  the 
table  with  a  promptness which indicates 
that  this  Association  has  come  to  that 
point 
its  history  when  it  does  not 
care  to  mix  up  in  matters  in  which 
it 
has  no  immediate  concern.  The  drift 
of  the  evening’s  discussion  showed  that 
the  lack  of  interest  in  the  work  which 
was  being  done  by  the  Association,  on 
the  part  of  many  of  the  members,  was 
the  most  alarming  feature  connected 
with  the  future  outlook  of  the  many 
and  important  enterprises  contemplated 
by  this  organization.  A  committee  was 
appointed  to  enquire  into  the  cause  of 
the  non-attendance  cf  some  of  the mem­
bers  and  to  devise  some means by which 
they  may  be  led  to  become  more active­
ly  interested  in  the  work.

in 

Frank  H.  Green,  the  Allegan  grocer, 
is  getting  some  pretty  hard  knocks 
nowadays  at  the  hands  of  the State Food 
Commissioner. 
The  March  Bulletin 
gave  him  credit  for  handling  “ Extra 
Honey  Drips,”   purchased  from’ the  W.
M.  Hoyt  Co.,  which 
is  almost  wholly 
low  grade  corn  syrup  and  should  be 
labeled 
Since 
then  the  Food  Commissioner  has caused 
for  selling  French  peas 
his  arrest 
greened  with  copper,  which 
is  strictly 
prohibited  by 
law.  Most  grocers  are 
satisfied  with  one  rebuke  from  the Com­
missioner,  and  Mr.  Green’s  friends  in­
sist  that  he 
is  getting  more  than  his 
share  of  notoriety.

“ Glucose  Mixture.”  

It  is  a  great  accomplishment  to  know 
it 

how  to  make  the  best  of 
comes.

life  as 

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

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Orand  Rapids  Gossip

Elmer  Smith  has opened  a  meat  mar­

ket  at  1165  Wealthy  avenue.

Jacob  Datema,  grocer  at  704  Madison 
avenue,  has  sold  his  stock  to  John  H. 
Drebel.

Richard  Mengs  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Holland.  The  Lemon  &  Wheel­
er  Company  furnished  the  stock.

Geo.  H.  Kirtland  has  sold  his  dry 
goods  stock  at  1159  South  Division 
street  to  Gerrit  J.  Boone,  late  of  Zee- 
land.

Vander  Veen  Bros.,  grocers  at  500 
West  Leonard  street,  have  dissolved. 
The  business  will  be  continued  by  J. 
Vander  Veen.

W.  H.  Thompson  &  Son  have  en­
gaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  Man- 
celona.  The  Worden  Grocer  Co.  fur­
nished  the  stock.

John W. Brubaker and Arthur Seymour, 
composing  the  Boston  Tea  Co.,  at  70 
Canal  street,  have  dissolved,  John  W. 
Brubaker  succeeding.

The  Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company  has 
to  C.  H. 
in  general 

sold  a  new  grocery  stock 
Bates,  who  will  embark 
trade  at  Baldwin  about  May  1.

John Sytsema,  of Noorman  &  Sytsema, 
grocers  at  36  Grandvilie avenue,has sold 
bis 
interest  to  Huizenga  Bros.  The 
business  will  be  continued  under  the 
style  of  Noorman  &  Huizenga  Bros.

The  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co. 
has  been  seriously  handicapped  by  the 
calling  out  of  the  State troops,the entire 
male  portion  of  the  office  force  having 
gone to Island Lake--Harry E. Fairchild, 
Ford  B.  Rogers  and  Roy  Youngs. 
Their  places  have  been  taken  by  Elon 
G.  Richards,  Will  Smith  and  Will 
Besancon,  who  entered  upon  the  duties 
of  their  new  positions  as  their  prede­
cessors  marched  off  to  the  music  of  fife 
and  drum.

The  prosecution  of  the  Worden  Gro­
cer  Co.  on  a  charge  of  selling  cider 
vinegar  deficient 
in  solids,  instituted 
by  State  Food Commissioner Grosvenor, 
resulted 
in  the  conviction  of  the  ac­
cused,  which  declined  to  put  in any evi­
in  advance  of 
dence,  having  decided 
the  hearing  of  the  case 
in  the  Police 
Court  to  take  an  appeal  to  the  Superior 
Court.  While  the  Worden  Grocer  Co. 
is  the  nominal  defendant,  the  real  de­
fendant 
is  Andrew  P.  Callahan,  pro­
prietor  of  the  Prussing  Vinegar  Co., 
who  has  indemnified  the  Worden  Gro­
cer  Co.  and  its  customers  against  any 
expense  which  they  may 
in  de­
fending  suits  brought  against  them  by 
the  Food  Department.  Rood  &  Hind­
man  represent  the  defendant  and  the 
Assistant  Prosecuting  Attorney  appears 
in  behalf  of  the  people.

incur 

The  Produce  Market.

Asparagus—Si@i.25  per  doz. 

for 

Southern  stock.

Bananas— Dealers  are  handling  this 
fruit  very  rapidly  now.  This is  because 
of  a  fear  that  war  will  cut  off  the  re­
ceipts.  Advices  from  New  Orleans  say 
that  boats  are  being  laid  off,  for  fear 
of  the  war,  and  that  prices  are  likely 
to  be  higher.  No.  1  stock  fetches  $1.35 
@1.60.

Beans—The  market  is  fully  10c  high­
er  than  a  week  ago.  Jobbers  have  ad­
vanced  their  paying  prices  to  8o@9oc 
for  country  picked,  holding  city  picked 
at  $1 
in  carlots  and  $1.10  in  smaller 
quantity,  including  bags.

Butter— Dairy  and  creamery  are  both 
weaker,  in  consequence  of  the increased 
supply.  Fancy  dairy  commands  14c 
and  extra  fancy  fetches  15c.  Factory 
creamery  is  in  moderate  demand at  17c.

Beets— 25  per  bu.
Carrots—25c  per  bu.
Cucumbers—$1.25  per  doz.  for  South­

ern  grown.

Eggs—Local  handlers  are  still  paying 
9c  on  track,  but 
intimate  that  a  few 
warm  days  will  tend  to  depreciate  the 
quality  to  that  extent  that  they  will  be 
compelled  to  reduce  their quotations  to 
8@8Kc.

Green  Onions— 10c  per  doz.
Green  Peas—g 1.25  for  %  bu.  crate.
Honey—Dark 

ranges  from  g@ioc. 

Light  stock  commands  12c.

Lemons—No  change  is  to  be  noted  in 
is  increas­
prices,  but  the  movement 
ing.  The  call 
is  very 
light,  and  were  it  not  for  an  old  senti­
ment  in  their  favor  the  trade 
in  these 
would  be  almost  nothing.

for  Messinas 

Lettuce—There  is  so  little  outside  de­
mand  that  local  growers  find  their prod­
uce  a  drug  on  the  market,although  they 
have  reduced  their quotations  from  10c 
to  8c  per  lb.

Onions-  Dry  stock 

is  stronger  and 
higher,  readily  commanding  65c  per 
bu.

Oranges—The  market  is  not  quotably 
higher  although  the  sentiment  of  firm­
ness on navels  is increasing.  The  move­
ment  of  fruit  is  large,  owing  to  the  fine 
quality  of  fruit  and  the  low  prices  pre­
vailing.

Pieplant—2c  per  lb.  for  home  grown.
Pineapples— Medium  Floridas  com­

mand  $2  per  doz.

indications  of 

Potatoes—The  market  is  still  stronger 
and  higher,  the price  having  further ad­
vanced  5c,  with 
still 
higher  prices  in  the  near  future.  Deal­
ers  pay  55c  and  hold  at  65 c.  Reports 
from  the  South  are  to  the  effect  that  the 
acreage  is  unusually  large,  but  that  the 
crop  will  be  from  tea days to  two  weeks 
later  than  usual,  on  account  of  the 
backward  spring.  This  will  naturally 
have  a  tendency  to  enhance  the  value 
of  old  potatoes,  so  that  local  dealers  are 
looking  forward  to  a  75c  market  in  the 
course  of  a  couple  of  weeks.
Seeds—Timothy,  prime,  $i.45@i.5o; 
Medium 
clover,  $3@3.25;  Mammoth 
clover,  $3.15@3.40;  Crimson  clover, 
S2.35;  Red  Top,  $i @i. 10;  Alfalfa, 
$3-75@4-50;  Alsyke,  $4*5o@4.65;  Or­
chard  grass,  $1.60;  Kentucky bluegrass, 
i.30@i.5o.

Spinach— 50c  per bu.
'Strawberries—Receipts are increasing. 
Florida  fruit  is  now  out  of  the  market 
fruit 
and  Mississippi  and  Louisiana 
rules.  Tennessee  stock  is  usually 
in 
market  by  the  middle  of  April,  but  will 
be  fully  two  weeks  late  this season.  The 
price  still  hovers  around  $2.25  for  24 
pints  and  S4  for  24  quarts.

Tomatoes—$3  per 6  basket  crate.
Vegetable  Oysters—20c  per  doz.
Wax  Beans—$3  per  %  bu.  crate.

is  somewhat 

Hides,  Pelts,  Furs,  Tallow  and  Wool.
Hides  are  firm  at  last week’s advance. 
The  quality 
improved. 
The  Government  demands  ensure  an 
increased  trade. 
Leather  men  have 
advanced  prices  on  upper  stock,  while 
sole  remains  steady  There 
is  no  in­
crease  in  quantity  of  hides  offered.
Tallow  shows  a  weakness,  with 

large 
stocks  held  in  many  places,  which  have 
deteriorated  by  age  and  are  only  suit­
is 
able  for  soapers  or  pressing.  There 
nothing 
to  advance 
prices.

the  outlook 

Wool  is  still  flat,  with  no  buyers  and 
no  sales,  each  side  waiting  for  some­
thing  to  turn  up.  The  shearing  of  the 
new  clip  has  begun  and 
is  well  ad­
vanced  in  some  parts  of  the  State,  with 
numerous  enquiries  as  to 
its  value. 
Eastern  buyers  do  not  want  it  at  any 
price,  so  far as  dealers  can  learn.  The 
advance 
in  the  rates  of  interest  East 
and  the  lack  of  demand  for  the  product 
make  buyers  hesitate,  especially  so  at 
prices  talked  last  month.

in 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar— The  market 

firm. 
Refiners  claim  to  be  oversold  on  all 
grades  and  are  accepting  orders  only 
subject  to  delay.

is  very 

Tea—Although  the  possibility  of  a 
dut£  on  tea  is  removed  for  the  present, 
the  market  is  still  very  firm,  with  every 
indication  of  a  higher  range  of  values.
Coffee—Although  it  is  now  very  gen­
erally  conceded  that  there  will  be  no 
duty  or  internal  tax  on  coffee,  the  mar­
ket  retains 
its  firm  features,  plainly 
demonstrating  the  inherent  strength  of 
the  staple.

situation 

Rice—The 

is  strong—so 
strong,  in  fact,  that  quotations  are  be­
ing  constantly  advanced.  Southern  and 
foreign  markets  are  keeping  pace  with 
the  higher  prices.
Spices—Despite 

the  statement  that 
there  is  to  be  no  duty  on  spices  for  the 
present,  the  market 
is  as  strong  as  at 
any  time  during  the  tariff  agitation. 
Large  holders  not  only  decline  to  shade 
their  quotations,  but  some  of  them  in­
sist  on  higher  prices.  On  the  basis  of 
supply  and  demand,  the  market  is  cer­
tainly  in  a  strong  position.

Canned  Goods  (New  York  Commer­
cial)—There  have  been  few  changes 
in 
the  market  as  far  as  prices  are  con­
cerned,  and  the  position  of  all  articles 
is  much  the  same.  The  only  new  fea­
ture 
in  the  general  situation  is  the  fact 
that  packers  have  been  bitten  by  the 
same  dog  that  bit  the  buyers,  and  a 
number  in  New  Jersey  and  New  York 
have  withdrawn  their  offers  of  future 
goods, partially  because  of  the war  scare 
and  partially  because  they  have  sold  as 
many  future  goods  as  they at  present 
think  it  safe  to  contract  to  deliver.  An­
other 
is  the  advance  of  5c  a 
dozen  in  the  price  of spot silver medium 
red  Alaska  salmon.

incident 

Dried  Fruits— The  reports  of  frost 
damage  on  the  coast  are  getting  into 
more  tangible  shape  as  the  season  ad­
vances.  It  is  certain  that  the  fruits  that 
were  in  bloom  during  the  March  frosts 
are  much  damaged.  This  is particularly 
the  case  with  apricots.  There will  be  a 
short  crop  of  these 
in  California  this 
season.  The  State 
large  and  long, 
is 
and  the  frosts  did  not  hurt  equally  all 
parts.  The  difference  in  elevation  and 
proximity  to  the  sea  also  have  much 
effect 
in  changing  temperature  condi­
tions,  so  that  where  one  part  of  the 
State  suffered  badly  by  the  frost  another 
did  not  suffer  so  severely.  There  will 
be  a  fair  crop  of  peaches,  although 
much  fruit  was  destroyecj. 
Cherries 
will  also  be  a  fair  crop.  There  is  no 
reason  to  think  that  the  frost  shortened 
to a  very  great  degree  any  other item  in 
the  fruits  of  the  coast  that  are  staple  in 
this  country.  Prunes  promise  to  be 
plentiful,  and  raisins  are  also seemingly 
unhurt.  The  dry  weather  promises  to 
be  a  worse  evil  in  California  than  the 
frost.  There  have  been  but  few  rains 
through  what  is  usually  a  rainy  season. 
These  causes  have  had  the  effect  to 
strengthen  the  holders  of  odds  and  ends 
of  dried  fruits  on  the  coast,  and  many 
have  withdrawn  from  market  some  of 
the  stocks  offered  heretofore.  Currants 
are  easier.  The  stocks  in  Greece  are 
reported  to  be 
light,  but  the  absence 
of  demand  and  the  higher  rate  of  ex­
change  have  had  the  effect  to  make  the 
market  easier.

Molasses  and  Syrups—The  New  Or­
leans  market 
is  exceedingly  strong, 
with  an  advancing  tendency,  with  the 
market  swept  almost  clean  of  available 
stock.  Syrups  are  strong  'and  advanc­
ing.

5

Tobacco—Prices  are  advancing  in  all 
lines,  owing  to  the  expectation  that  a 
war  tax  will  fall  early  on  tobacco,  this 
being  one  of  the  items  that  is  usually 
looked  to  to  furnish  revenue.  The  gift 
schemes  of  the  dealers  are  generally 
withdrawn  and  manufacturers  are  tele­
graphing  their  jobbing  agents,  and  job­
bers  are  writing  their  traveling  sales­
men,  to  contract  to  sell  no  tobacco  ex­
cept  at  prices  when  delivered.  The 
tobacconists  are  of  the  opinion  that  all 
their  tobacco  on  hand  will  be  subject  to 
a  revenue  tax  soon.

The  Grain  Market.

The  past  week  has  been  a  very  excit­
ing  one 
in  the  wheat  market.  Prices 
have  climbed  day  by  day  until  an  ad­
vance  of  loc  per  bushel  has  been  estab­
lished.  The  causes  of  the  advance  were 
smaller  Northwestern  receipts,  fair  ex­
ports,  and  foreigners  accepting  every­
thing  that  was  offered.  The  war  news 
also  contributed  to  the  strength  of  the 
market.  The  extraordinarily  large  de-  * 
crease  of  3,230,000  bushels  had  the 
greatest  effect  on  the  market,  especially 
as  a  decrease  of  about  1,000,000  bushels 
was  looked  for.  When  it  was  reported 
that  the  visible  had  decreased  three 
times  that  amount,  the  market  got  be­
yond  the  control  of  the  shorts,  who 
wanted  to  cover  but  found  no  wheat  for 
sale.  The  visible 
is  now  25,914,000 
bushels.  It  was  a  very  exciting  time  on 
all  the  boards  of  trade,  and  we  think 
it 
in  times  like 
time  to  call  a  halt,  but 
these 
for 
is  one  of  those  unaccount­
naught. 
able  freaks  which 
is  hard  to  explain, 
especially  as  the  growing  crop  never 
looked  better  than  it  does  at  present  all 
over the  winter  wheat  belt,  in this  coun­
try  as  well  as  in  Europe.  With  pres­
ent  prices  the  wheat  will  probably  all 
be  marketed,  so  that  farmers’  granaries 
will  be  swept  clean,  and  then new wheat 
will  find  a  ready  market  at  fair  prices.
Fleur  has  advanced  sharply,  although 
not  as  much 
in  outside 
points.  Buyers  who  were  slow  in  mak­
ing  up  their  minds  about  prices  and 
were  looking  for  lower  markets  wanted 
flour  and  had  to  pay  the  advance.

individual  opinion 

locally  as 

goes 

It 

Mill  feeds  have  been  advanced  $1  per 
ton  and  the  demand  is  very  good.  Corn 
meal  has  also  been  advanced,  owing  to 
the  advance  in  coarse  grains.  The  de­
crease 
in  corn  was  also  large,  being 
3,000.000  bushels,  and  oats 
followed 
with  a  decrease  of  900,000  bushels.  The 
former  advanced  3@4C  per bushel, while 
the  latter  advanced  2c  per  bushel.

The  receipts  of  wheat  at  this  point 
were  very  large,  being  81  cars  of  wheat 
(more  than  45,000 bushels)  ;  but  only  7 
cars  of  corn  and  10  cars  of  oats,  being 
very  moderate 
in  comparison  with  the 
amount  of  wheat.

Local  millers  are  paying  $1.02  for 

wheat  to  day. 
Dates  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical 

C.  G.  A.  V oigt.

Meeting.

At  a  meeting  of  the  officers  of  the 
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Asso­
ciation,  held  at  Detroit  last  week,  there 
were  present  Arthur  H.  Webber,  of 
Cadillac,  President  of  the  Association ; 
Local  Secretary  Ed.  J.  Rodgers,  of Port 
Huron;  Prof.  A.  B.  Stevens  and  E.  E. 
Calk ins, of  Ann  Arbor,  members  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  W.  D.  Church, 
of  Detroit;  Charles  F.  Mann,  of  De­
troit,  Secretary  of  the  Association. 
It 
was  decided  to  hold  the  annual  conven­
tion 
in  Port  Huron  on  August  2,  3  and 
4.  The  programme  has  not  yet  been 
fully  completed.

J.  P.  Platte,  58  Monroe  street,  Grand 
Rapids,  manufacturer  and  wholesaler 
umbrellas  and  parasols.  Also covers  and 
repairs  them.  Orders  are  filled  the  same 
day.as  received.

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

Advertising  One’s  Competitor.

for  high-priced 

No  doubt  every  retailer  is  tempted  at 
times  to  rap  a  competitor  over  the 
knuckles,  sc  to  speak,  when  the .latter 
makes  an  apparently  unbelievable state­
ment  in  an  advertisement.  The  spec­
tacle  of  one  dry  goods  store  making  fun 
of  another  at  the  cost  of  a  good  many 
dollars 
advertising 
space  has  recently  confronted  those  who 
peruse  the  bargain  columns  of  the  New 
York  dailies  and  the  same  thing  doubt­
less  happens  very  frequently  elsewhere.
Does  it  pay?  We  think  not.  People 
are  so  prone  to  doubt  the  motives which 
prompt  criticism of  a  competitor.  They 
think  “ Jones  must  have  been  hit  rather 
hard  if  be  takes  the  trouble  to  jump 
on  Smith 
in  his  advertisements. ”   A 
man  serves  his  business  best  by  appar­
ently  ignoring  his  competitors/  He  may 
do  all  he  can  to  down  him  by  buying 
better  and  selling  cheaper,  and  if  he 
does  the  crowd  soon  finds  it  out.

6

BUILDING   A  BUSINESS.

Much  Due  to  Singleness  of  Purpose.
Forty  years  ago  I  thought  that  the 
successful  business  man  was  the  pos­
sessor  of  some  mystic  power  that 
lifted 
him  above  the  rank  of  other  men.  For 
many  years  I  have been  aware  that there 
was  no  truth  in  my  boyish  fancy.  The 
successful  business  man  of  to-day  is  the 
painstaking,  earnest,  forceful  man  who 
goes  at  his  work  with a will,  who follows 
the 
little  things,  who  masters  the  field 
in  which  he  is  laboring.

Once  in  a  great  while  some  one  dis­
covers  a  gold  mine  and  so  becomes  rich 
with  a  rush.  Now  and  then  a  business 
man,  with  a  long  look  ahead,  gets  such 
control  of  some  phase  of  the market that 
he  makes  a  fortune  in  a  few  months  or 
a  few  days.  But  the  great  mass  of  busi­
ness  men  who  attain  success  grow  slow­
ly  and  so  healthily.  I have often  thought 
that  the  growth  of  character  in  a  man 
and  the  growth  of  ability  in  business 
are  very  much  alike,  and  that  both 
resemble  the  growth  of  coral  under  the 
sea.

When  I  advise  a  young  man  as  to  a 
business  career  I  say  to him,  “ What  are 
your  natural  leanings? 
In  what  direc­
tion  do  you  think  you  would  prefer  to 
grow?”   Very  few  young  men  can  tell 
me  with  any  definiteness  what lines they 
would  choose.  After  the  days  when  to 
be  a  circus  man  or  a  street  car  driver 
or a  pugilist  is  the  height  of  his  ambi­
tion  comes  a  time  of  great  uncertainty. 
As  a  young  man  sees  the  world  a 
little 
more  clearly,  he  begins  to  realize  that 
success  may  not  come  for  the  asking; 
that  there  must  be  effort  to  back  intelli 
gence,  and  that  deciding  upon  a  career 
is  one  of  the  most  momentous  events  in 
bis  life.

Perhaps  the 

inclination  of  a  young 
man  is  toward  any  one  of  several  call­
ings,  but,  however  many-headed  the 
choice  may  seem  to  be,  let  him  settle 
on  some  one  thing  that  he  is  willing  to 
make  his  life-work.  Then  let  him  set 
out  to  get  a  footing  in  that  line.  One 
mistake  that  most  young  men  make 
is 
to  expect  to  begin  somewhere  near  the 
top.  Only  the  rarest  fortune  or  the 
in­
fluence  of  powerful  friends  can  put  him 
in  such  a  place. 
It  is  better,  far  better 
for  most  of  them,  that  they  can  not 
jump  at  once  to 
leadership.  To  com­
mand  well  one  must  know  how  to  obey. 
To  fully  realize  the  responsibilities  and 
possibilities  of  headship  in  a  business a 
man  should  practically  know  every  fea­
ture  of  that  business.  The  earnest,  de­
termined  young  man  will  do  well,  when 
he  has  once  fixed  upon  his  choice,  to 
get  a  start  in  that  business  anywhere  he 
can  find  an  opening,  no  matter  how  low 
down  on  the  ladder  it  may  be.

it 

intelligently  and 

I  have  never  yet  known  a  young  man 
in  any  worthy  calling  and 
to  start  out 
earnestly 
follow 
without  making  a success of  it.  Whether 
it  is  banking or  blacksmithing  or teach­
ing  or  trading,  with  health  and  energy 
and  singleness  of  purpose  there  is  but 
one  result. 
“ Singleness  of  purpose”  
stands  for  a  great  deal.  Look  into  the 
causes  which  lead  to  most  of  the  busi­
ness  failures  and  you  will  find  that  out­
side  speculation  is  at  the  bottom  of  the 
trouble.

tendency 

As  a  boy  on  a  Northern  Pennsylvania 
farm,  I  was  impressed  with  the  almost 
to  shiftlessness 
invariable 
shown  by  farm  hands. 
In  those  days 
they  received  perhaps  twelve  dollars  a 
month  and  board.  There  really  was  no 
need  for  them  to  spend  much  beyond 
the  small  amount  needed  for  clothes.

Yet,  of  perhaps  fifty  of these  men  that  1 
knew  well  in  the  course  of  half  a  dozen 
years,  I  recall  but  one  who  saved  any­
thing.  Some  of  them  would  spend  more 
than  a  twentieth  of  an  entire  year’s 
earnings  for  a  horse  and  buggy  on  a 
single  holiday.  They  were  sure  to  re­
peat  the extravagance  at  every  opportu­
nity.  Many  of  these  men  I  know  now. 
As  a  rule  they  married  women  as  thrift­
less  as  themselves,  and  have  lived  in  a 
sort  of  hand-to-mouth  way  ever  since. 
The  one  exception  that  I  recall  was 
rather  the  butt  of  bis  associates.  Not 
over  bright  we  thought  him  then,  and  I 
am  sure  now  that  he  was  not  particu­
larly  brilliant  as  brightness  is  apt  to  be 
measured.  At  first  be  could  not  com­
mand  more  than  ten  dollars  a  month— 
two  dollars  less  than  the  standard.  But 
he  was  a  careful,  uncomplaining  work­
man,  and  while  I  was  still 
intimate 
with  him  he  had  saved  $500,  which  was 
working  for him  bringing thirty dollars I 
a  year,  for  be  was  content  with  a  cer­
tain  per  cent,  rather  than  venture  after 
an  uncertain  usurious  rate.  By this  time 
he  was  regarded  as  a  promising  man. 
Farmers  were  glad  to  pay  him  more 
than  the  ruling  rates,  because  he  was 
reliable  and  earnest,  and  took  the  same 
sensible 
in  his  employer’s 
affairs  that  he  always  took  in  bis  own.
More  than  thirty  years  slipped  by  be­
fore  I  got 
into  the  old  neighborhood 
again.  Some  of  the  men  1  had  known 
there  were  dead,  some  had  “ gone 
West,”   most  of  them  were  the  shiftless 
beads  of  shiftless  families,  and  still 
working  out,  or  farming  on  shares.  The 
wealthiest  man  for  miles  around,  the 
owner  of  most  farms,  and the recognized 
leader  in  general  business  affairs,  was 
the  one  we  had  all  regarded  as  not  over 
bright.  Looking  back  at  it  all,  I  can 
not  see  why  every  one  of  these  farm 
hands  had  not  at  least  an  equal  “ oppor­
tunity”   with  the  solitary  one  who  suc­
ceeded.

interest 

I  have  taken  about  the  least  promis­
ing  subject  for  this  illustration.  The 
principle  is  just  the  same  when  applied 
to  farmers’  sons  or  traders’ sons.  I  have 
seen  hundreds  of  illustrations.  I  seldom 
see  an  exception  to  the  ruie.  Earnest 
persistence  and  singleness  of  purpose 
will  win  every  time,  if  health  bolds.

What  I  have so far said mainly touches 
the  building  of  a  competency,  making 
and  saving,  thrift  and  growth  The  ac­
complishment  of  this  end  turns  on  the 
individual’s  fairness  and  firmness  with 
himself,  and—beyond  honesty  and 
in­
dustry— rather  incidentally  on  his  rela­
tions  with  others.  The  man  with  fair 
intelligence,  good  muscle  and  faithful­
ness  to  sell  can  find  a  purchaser  for 
it 
at  some  price  somewhere.  His  money 
will  draw 
interest  or buy  property  re­
gardless  of  personal characteristics.  His 
working  days  and  saving  ways  should 
bring  him  reasonable  wealth  before  he 
is  an  old  man.

But  this  is  not  “ building  a  business”  
in  the  full  sense  in  which  I  propose  to 
discuss  it.  The qualifications  that  make 
a  farm  hand  a  wealth-getter  are  im­
portant  for  the  business-builder  in  a 
broader  field.  But  he  must  have  more. 
The  great  success  of  a  business  comes 
from  so  conducting  it  that  public  sup­
port  is  assured.  That  can  only  be  bad 
by  appealing  to  the  self-interest  of  the 
public.

Taking  retail  stores  devoted  to  gen­
eral  merchandise  from  the 
illustration, 
it  will  be  found  that  where  equal  goods 
can  be  bad  for  the  least  money  most 
people  will  go. 
If  to  this can  be  added 
better  conveniences  and  more  liberal

treatment,  the  advantage  increases.

in 

Where  any  business  has  grown  phe­
nomenally,  it  will  be  found  that  some­
where 
its  management  is  a  person 
with  an  exceptional  force  of  character; 
some  one  who  saw  clearly  where  rivals 
groped  or guessed.  But  it  will  also  be 
found  that  his  method  of  doing  busi­
ness 
is  surprisingly  simple,  that  the 
only  “ secrets”   about  it  are  a little more 
common  sense  in  the  appeal  to  the  self- 
interest  of  his  possible  customers,  and 
a  little  more  solicitude  for  their  com­
fort.

I  can  name  at 

least  four  great  and 
prosperous  business  houses  in  leading 
Eastern  cities  whose  pedigrees 
run 
straight  back  to  push-carts  and  ped­
dlers’  outfits,  and  that,  too,  not  so  long 
ago.

John  Wanamaker  delivered  his  first 
order  in  a  wheelbarrow.  He  had 
just 
started  Oak  Hall  in  Philadelphia.  He 
and  his 
father  together  had  barely 
$4,000 capital.  There was  rent  to  pay  in 
advance.  There  were  goods  to  buy— 
cash  a  little,  credit  a  great deal.  There 
were help  to  hire  and  fitting  up  to  do. 
The  $4,000  was  stretched  to  its  utmost. 
When  the  first  order  came,  everyone 
was  on  edge  to  fill  it  the  best  possible, 
and  the  head  of  the  house  put  the  big 
in  a  barrow  and  wheeled  it  to 
bundle 
the  customer.  More  than 
that;  the 
thirty-four  dollars  he  received was taken 
to  a  printing  office  and  all  paid  for  an 
advertisement  for  the  new  firm.

In  a  country  town  of  perhaps  a  thou­
sand  people,  years  ago,  I  knew  a  trader 
whose  entire  stock  at  starting  did  not 
exceed  one  hundred  dollars  in  value. 
If  any  of  the  other dealers  noticed  him 
at  all,  it  was  only  to  laugh  at  him  and 
make  fun  at  his  expense.  But  what­
ever  he  bad  to  sell  was  good. 
If  he 
agreed  to  furnish  butter  or  apples  to  a 
customer  there  was  never  any  question 
as  to  quality  or  quantity.  The  butter 
was  fresh,  the  eggs  were  fresh,  the  ap­
ples  were  never  “  topped out. ”   Anyone 
who  had  been  served  by  him  once  was 
pretty  sure  to  go  again  and  advise 
others  to  go. 
In  a  year  or so  he  was 
doing  a  very  tidy  business,  and  other 
merchants  were  very  serious  when  they 
talked  of the  competition  he  gave them. 
Within  four  years  he  had  the  largest 
trade  of  any  store  in  all  that  section. 
He  simply  did  business  better  than  his 
rivals  were  doing 
it,  and  self-interest 
turned  the  people  to  him.

Again  I  say  that  the  “ genius”   that 
builds  a  business  is  singleness  of  pur­
pose,  tireless 
industry,  wise  economy, 
and  such  a  piesentation  as  will  appeal 
to  the  self-interest  of  the  public— if 
the  business 
is  one  that  depends  upon 
free-will  popular  support.

M a n l e y   M .  G i l l a m .

G  1‘n r p r g

A  REMARKABLE CASE

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 Frye’s Quickstep, 
which  saved  my-  life,  and  I  am  now  a  well  man. 
I 
have since  recommended  this  remedy  to my  friends 
and  so  many  have ordered  itthrough'me that  I  keep 
it  on  hand  for  humanity’s  sake.  Price,  $1.00  per 
bottle.  Nearly all  Michigan  people know  me.  My 
home  address 
is  5406  Kim bark  Ave.,  Chicago. 
Grand  Rapids  people  can  obtain  this  remedy  from 
my customer, John  Benson,  the clothier.  26  Monroe 
St.,  upstairs. 

Stephen T. Bowen.

I  will leave Chicago  May  i,  with  John 
G.  Miller  &  Co.’s  all  wool  line  clothing, 
fall and winter samples.  Shall  also have 
with me  what we have left of  our  Spring 
line to close out cheap.

who desire to give  their customers the 
Vineg-ar on the  market,  will  buy

L E R O U X ’S PU R E C ID E R  V IN E G A R

“ Red  Star  Brand."  A  trial  order  will 
convince you  of the  merits  of  these  goods,  “ 
and a guarantee bond goes to every purchas­
er  protecting  him  in  the sale of our vinegar.

THE  LEROUX CIDER  &  VINEGAR CO.,  Producers, Toledo, Ohio.

$ 50 0   R e w a r d !

To any  person  who can  find  any adulterations in our Pure  Flavoring  Extracts.

For over a year our  business  has grown  surprisingly,  with  slight  effort  of ours,  sim- 
p  y upon the  widening appreciation  of  the  superior quality  of  our  goods.  And  some  of 
gomPebtore are cowardly  trying to misrepresent  our goods when  they have  dis­
place)}  their own.  Our new and  larger laboratory  and  salesrooms  at  16  and  iS  S.  Ionia 
street  welcome you April 25th.

D e   b o e ,  K I N G   &   C O . ,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

7

H. LEONARD & SONS,

ORANO  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Grockeru, Glass, lamps and

House Furnishing Goods

Wholesale Bargain Counter Supplies

Did you  receive  our  new  Spring Catalogue 

No.  139?  If not  write for it.

W e are abreast of the times.  Our prices  are  from 
15  to  30  per  cent,  lower  than  those  of  many  firms 
handling  the  same  goods,  as  our  facilities  are  supe­
rior.  We show new and  reduced  prices on every  line 
of  HOUSEHOLD  NECESSITIES  and  NOVEL­
TIES, the  result  of  constant  hammering  to  get  our 
goods  before  the  people  lower  than  ever  before. 
Don’t  wait  for  agents.  We  can  save  you  money  on 
quick orders and  prompt shipments.

Ask  for  Crockery  and  Glassware

CATALOGUE

Importers  and  Jobbers  of 

All  grades,  all  kinds,  all  prices  of

Crockery,  Glass and  Stoneware.

Agency for

Alfred  Meakins  “ English  White Granite.” 
Johnson  Brothers “ English  Semi  Porcelain.” 
Knowles,  Taylor &  Knowles

Cut showing the new seven-story addition to our wholes?le  stores,  corner  Spring  and  Fulton  Streets,  on  the 
first floor of which our office  and  wholesale  sample  room  will  be  located.  Our  business  now  occupies  110,000 
square feet.  Two blocks from Union Depot.  Four elevators, steam  heat,  electric  lights  and  every  modern  im­
provement for the quick despatch of goods and convenience of customers.

Ghaiienoe Assortment
White Granite ware

Please Note the Special Price on our selected assortment 
of  White  Granite  Crockery,  on  which  we are having  a 
remarkably large sale.  Any dealer  will  readily see the 
advantage in buying  this  assortment as  it contains  only 
staple salable goods  in  small  quantities  that  are called 
for daily.  The  ware  is made  by  the  largest  and  oldest 
factory in the United States,  is of guaranteed  quality and warranted  never to  craze.  Every piece  black  stamped 
“ Warranted  Iron Stone China,”  which  is a guarantee of its excellence.  Shipped from factory and  sold only in this 
assortment at these  prices.  Don’t delay but drop us a postal for  one cask  “ Challenge Assortment.”  The invest­
ment is small and  is sure to bring  you a handsome profit.

A   Set  of Teas  consists of 6 Cups  and  6

Saucers.  A   Set of  Plates consists of 6  Plates

ARTICLES

Handled Teas and  Saucers................................
Unhandled Teas and  Saucers...........................
Handled  Coffees  and  Saucers.........................
Unhandled  Coffees  and  Saucers......................
5 inch  Plates,  full  measure,  7%  inch...............
inch...............
6 inch  Plates,  full  measure,  S 
7  inch  Plates,  full  measure,  9 
in c h ............
inch...............
S inch  Plates,  full measure,  10 
4 inch  Fruits,  full  measure,  5 
inch...............
Individual  Butters,  full  measure  3  inch.........
4 inch  Round  Scallops,  full  measure,  5*^...
5 inch  Round  Scallops,  full  measure,  6% ... 
f> inch  Round  Scallops,  full  measure,  734 • *
7 inch  Round  Scallops,  full  measure, 
• •
8 inch  Round  Scallops,  full  measure.  9% ...
9 inch  Round  Scallops,  full  measure,  16*^.. 
full  measure,  1134
9 inch  Meat  Dishes, 
full  measure,  1334... 
11  inch  Meat  Dishes, 
full  measure,  1534 . •: 
13  inch  Meat  Dishes, 
full  measure,  i/34*
15  inch  Meat  Dishes, 
7 inch  Bakers,  full  measure,  8  inches..........

Sauce Boats.................................................
Pickle  Dishes..............................................
8 inch  Covered  Dishes........................ .....
8 inch  Covered  C asseroles........................
Covered  Butters and  Drainers...............
N o.  42  Pitchers,  size, 
pint...................
N o.  36 Pitchers,  size,  2  pint...................
N o.  30  Pitchers,  size,  3  pint..................
N o.  24 Pitchers,  size,  4  pint  .................
N o.  12  Pitchers,  size, 6  pint..................
Covered  Sugars..........................................
No.  36 Bowls,  size,  1 
pint......................
No.  30 Bowls,  size,  1%   pint......................
No.  24 Bowls,  size,  234  pint......................
No. 30 Oyster  Bowls,  footed,  size,  1  pint.
Large  Covered Chambers.. . . . . ? ............
Large  Washbowls and  Pitchers...............
Package....................................................

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Cost
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per  set.
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3234  per  set.
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27
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72
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90 per doz.
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90 per doz.
1  62
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2  70 per doz.
3  78
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90
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I  08
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I  62
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1  O8 per doz.
4  32
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4  §6
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90
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2 1 6
61
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72
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432
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54 per  cent, or

Total
$2  24
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78
3  68
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$33  29

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$0  42  per  set.
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42  per  set.
25  per  set.
32  per  set.
38 per  set.
45  per  set.
45  per doz
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12 
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20 
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25 
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35 
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Total
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72
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$si  17
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$17  88

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D om estic  E a rth e n w a re.

225 Men  Employed  in  the Manufacture of Refrigerators.

e  L t u N A R D  
L E A N A B L E
IS  A   P E R F E C T
FRIGERATOR

Into  every  one 
of our  Refriger­
ators  we  put 
twenty  y e a r s ’ 
knowledge  and 
experience. 
That  m e a n s  
more  than  we 
can 
e x p la in  
here.  The enor­
mous success  of 
our  Refrigerat­
ors has  brought 
out many worth­
less 
imitations. 
Your only safety 
is to look for our 
trade  mark  and 
insist upon  hav­
ing  “ The 
Leonard 
Cleanable.”

We invite special attention to our  line of “MONARCH” 
Blue  Flame Oil Stoves and Gasoline Stoves.  Nothing 
has been spared to make this  line the  finest finished, 
most durable and best  operating  stoves in the world. 
Sure to  give  the  best  satisfaction.  We  carry  every­
thing  in thedine of stoves.  Write for catalogue.

8

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

[CHIGAÎÉIADESMAN

Devoted to the  Best Interests of  Business Men

Published at the New Blodgett Building, 

Grand Rapids, by the

TRADESM AN   COMPANY

ONE  DOLLAR  A  YEAR,  Payable  In  Advance

ADVERTISINQ RATES ON APPLICATION.

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

Entered at the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office  as 

Second Class mail matter.

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

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

WEDNESDAY,

APRIL  27,  1898.

GREAT  RESULTS  W ILL  FOLLOW
The  results  of  our  conflict  with  Spain 
are  likely  to  be  far-reaching  in  shaping 
the  future  policies  of  the  United  States 
VVe  have  asserted  ourselves  just  at  ; 
critical  stage  of  the  world’s  history  and 
have  acted  with  such  disregard  of  the 
wishes  or  criticism  of  Europe  that  we 
have  astonished  some  of  the  Old  World 
people.

The  moral  effect  of  our  conduct  will 
undoubtedly,  be  to  add  to  the  politica 
and  military  prestige  of  the  Nation,  ii 
case  we  give  a  good  account  of  our 
selves  in  battle  and  win  a  comparative­
ly  prompt  and  decisive  victory  over  our 
antagonist.  Europe  has  looked  upon us, 
as  Kipling  has 
intimated,  as  a  big, 
“ fat”   republic,  with  plenty  of  money 
but  little  martial  spirit,  and  almost 
defenseless  against  attack. 
It  has  been 
assumed  that  we  would  stand  more 
in­
sult  than  the  other  large  nations  except 
China,  and  that 
it  would  be  next  to 
impossible  to  arouse  us  to  a  war  point. 
This  has  unquestionably  been  the  pre­
vailing  opinion 
in  Europe,  outside  of 
England.

in 

Our  aggressive  action  towards  Spain, 
followed  by  an  exhibition  of  military 
and  naval  skill  and  prowess  and  a  dis­
play  of  our great  and  ready  resources, 
will  open  the  eyes  of  the  world  to  the 
realization  that  America  is  one  of  the 
big  powers,  in  war  as  well  as  in  peace. 
The  fact  will  command  for  us  greater 
respect  throughout  Europe  and  Asia 
than  we  have  heretofore  enjoyed  and 
result 
larger  safety  of  our  citizens 
and  our  interests  abroad.
The  physical  effects, 

likewise,  are 
certain  to  be  of  surpassing  importance. 
It  is  possible  that  we  may  at  least  add 
Porto  Rico  to  our  territory,  thus  giving 
us  a  strong  naval  station  in  the  West 
Indies and  increasing  our  defensive and 
offensive  strength,  both  as  regards  the 
Gulf  of  Mexico  and  Central  and  South 
America.  The  freedom  of  Cuba  and 
our  ownership  of  the rich island of  Porto 
Rico  will  add,  possibly,  §200,000,000 
to  our  shipping  trade  within a year after 
hostilities  have  closed  and  open  up  a 
commerce 
in  the  West  Indies  capable 
of  indefinite  expansion.

Nor  will  the  commercial  and political 
effects  stop  with  the  West  Indies. 
It 
seems  to  be  the  determination  to  seize 
for  “ war  purposes,”   and  the 
Hawaii 
suggestion 
is  advanced  that  we  shall 
take  and  hold  also  the  Philippine  Is­
lands.  This  would  add  another  hun-

dred  millions  or  so  to  our  shipping 
trade.  The  Philippines  are  rich  and 
contain  a  population  of  about 6,000,000, 
many  of  the  people,  however,  being 
only  savages.  Their  commerce  is  large, 
and  as  a  base  for  the  naval  and  com­
mercial  establishments  of  this  country 
the 
islands  would  place  us  in  a  com­
manding  position  for  controlling a great 
Eastern  trade  reaching  far 
into  the 
Asiatic  continent.

These  Pacific  possessions  would throw 
us  necessarily 
into  the  politics  of  the 
East,  and  compel  us  to  maintain a large 
navy,  and possibly to  join  with  England 
in  dominating  the  Orient.

The  prospects,  therefore,  for  our  com­
ing  out,  of  our  shell  of  isolation,  so  to 
speak,  and  taking  a  conspicuous  part 
in  the  future  political  and  commercial 
developments  of  the  world,  are  excel­
lent.  Our 
interests  are  becoming  too 
world-wide  and  momentous  to  perm 
of  our  longer  keeping  aloft  from  the 
great  “ game  of  nations.”  
It  is  pos 
sibly  our  manifest  “ destiny”   and  we 
could  not  hold  hack  if  we would !  There 
is  more 
in  this  war  than  the  freedom 
of  Cuba !

REFORM  IN  CONSULAR  SERVICE

The  events  of  the  past  year  or  two 

indicate  very  clearly  the  need  of 
“ school  of  diplomacy”   in  this  country, 
or  rather  for  this  country. 
In  the  pre 
liminaries  to  the  present  struggle  we 
have  been  almost  continuously  placed 
on  the  deiensive  by  the  Spanish govern- 
ei.t  and  outwitted  at  several  points  still 
fresh  in  the  public  mind.
Spain  has  succeeded 

in  placing  us 
before  the  great  body  of  foreign opinion 
the  unreasoning  aggressor,  bent  on 
innocent  victim.
Up  to  this  time  we  have  failed  to  put 
the  world 
in  possession  of  the  many 
strong  points  of  our  case  and  more  than 
two  thirds  of  Europe  imagines  that  we 
are  playing  the  role  of  a  robber.

war,  while  she  is  the 

In  all  the  European  countries  the 
diplomatic  corps 
is  a  non-partisan, 
civil  service  kind  of  branch  of  govern­
ment.  The  men  who  are  members  of 
the  diplomatic  staff  are  trained 
in  all 
the  laws  and  usages  pertaining  to  their 
calling.  They  begin  at  the  bottom  and 
are  promoted  from  time  to  time  until 
the 
they  become  familiar  with  all 
niceties  of  diplomatic 
intercourse. 
They  know  what  to  do  and  when  and 
how  to  do 
it,  under  any  emergency. 
They  can  estimate  exactly  the  mean- 
ng  and  force  of  diplomatic  language 
and  are  not  deceived  by  polite  noth- 
ngs.  As  a  rule,  they  are  scholarly  and 
polished  men  of  the  world.

representatives  at  home  and 
Our 
abroad 
in  the  diplomatic  and  consular 
service  are  “ green  hands,”   ordinarily. 
They  may  be  men  of  ability  and  force 
f  character,  but  they  go  to  their  post 
without  any  special  fitness  or  experi­
ence  for  the  work  before  them.  Di­
plomacy  is  a  science,  but  our  diplomats 
take  hold  of  it  with  main  strength  and 
wkwardness  Many  peaceful  triumphs 
might  be  won  hy  a  trained  body  of  rep­
resentatives  abroad  where  now  we  have 
only  politicians,  distinguished  for  noth- 
ng  save  their  party  service !
The  Nat ion  ought  to  agree  to  a  re­
form,  placing  our  consular  and  diplo­
matic  corps  under  civil  service  regu­
lations  and  providing  for  promotions, 
thus  enabling  scholarly  young  men  of 
the  Nation  to  adopt  diplomacy  as  a 
profession  or  career.  The  school  would 
be  experience  and  the  results  valuable 
f  our  diplomacy  were  taken  out  of 
party  politics.

GENERAL  TRADE  S ITU A TIO N .
The  fact  that  the  war  agitation  has 
been  a  disturbing  factor  more  on  ac­
count  of  the  general  distraction  and  un 
certainty  as  to 
its  imminence  than  on 
account  of  any  forebodings  as  to  even 
tual  effects  on  business  is  shown  in  the 
revival  in  most 
lines  dependent  upon 
speculative  confidence.  Thus  it  would 
seem  that  the  period  of  waiting,  with 
its  engrossing 
interest,  has  fully  dis 
counted  the  decline  to  be  expected  ii 
stocks,  and  the  declaration  of  hosti 1 i 
ties  is  followed  by  a  decided  recovery 
At  the  East  and  South  it  was  to  be  ex 
pected  that  the  crisis  would  be  attended 
with  the  most  serious trade disturbance 
but,  while  some 
lines  have  suffered 
there 
is  reported  especial  activity  ii 
many  others  and  the  dissipation  of  the 
uncertainty  so  long  prevailing  has  been 
followed  by  the  shaping  of  trade  condi 
tions  to  conform  to  the  new  order  o 
things.  With  these  changes  there  are 
necessarily  excited  markets  and 
ii 
some  lines  heavy  price  advances. 
In  ; 
less  degree  the  same  causes  have  oper 
ated  to  both  stimulate  and  depress,  in 
different 
in  other  parts  of  the 
country.  The  most  serious  actual  dis 
turbance  this  week  is  owing  to  public 
attention  being  engaged  in  the  sending 
out  of  militia  and volunteers in response 
to  the  call  of  the  Government.

lines, 

A  natural  effect  of  the  beginning  of 
hostilities 
is  the  heavy  buying  of  the 
leading  export  staples  in  foreign  mar 
kets  to  discount  any  interruption  in  ex 
port  movement.  The  consequence  of 
this 
is  a  heavy  advance  in  wheat  and 
other  grains,  provisions  and  a  consider­
in  the  prices  of  sugar, 
able 
coffee  and  cotton.  The  demand 
for 
ocean 
is  unpecedented  and 
rates  have  risen  to  nearly  double  those 
prevailing  a  year  ago.

increase 

freights 

for 

far 

from 

iron  and 

true,  the  contract 

A  noticeable  feature  of  the  situation 
is  the  fact  that  with  the  settlement  of 
the  question  of  war  there  is  a  consider 
able  placing  of  delayed  orders 
in  the 
ron  industry.  There  is,  in  fact,  a  re­
markable  demand 
its 
the  war  orders 
products  apart 
placed  by  the  Government. 
Indirectly, 
it
just  made  for
two  large  merchant  ships  at  a  Delaware 
yard  results  from  Government purchases 
of  the  ships  they  are  to  replace,  and  so 
many  more  of  the  same  sort  are  now an­
ticipated,  in  view  of  the  necessities  of 
transporting 
lines,  that  the  works  may 
not  see  the  end  of  such  orders  until  the 
century  has  closed,  but  by 
the 
greater  part  of  the  new  demaad  is  the 
fruit  of  progress 
in  the  arts  of  peace. 
Thus,  the  delayed  contract  for  40,000 
tons  of  rails  for  a  Russian  railway,
30.000  for  Siberia,  has  gone  to  the 
Maryland  Steel  Company,  and  another 
for  7,000  tons  to  Peru  goes  to a  central 
concern,  and  there  are  more  purchases 
of  products  for  Europe.  The  Chicago 
Postoffice  contract  has  been  placed  re­
quiring  9,000  tons  of  steel,  and the  Har­
risburg  Capitol 
contract-  requiring
,800,  and  one  for  the  Government 
building at  Portland,  Ore.,  have  gone to 
Chicago,  besides  one  for  3,700  tons  for 
track  elevation  there,  and  unusual  or­
ders  for  car-building  and  plates,  and 
galvanized  wire  for  fencing.  Pittsburg 
has  taken  an  order  for  3,000  tons  to 
tuild  coal  docks  at  Key  West,  and  pur­
chases  of  10,000  tons  of  pig  by one  pipe 
manufacturer 
indicate  a  growing  de­
mand,  while  others  are  reported  of
40.000  tons  of  Bessemer  at  Pittsburg.

The  textile  situation  is  perhaps  the
only  one  in  which  there  can  be  said  to 
be  real  depression,  and  in  this  the  best

In  knit  goods  there 

authorities  assert  that  the  reports  of 
cancellations  have  been  greatly  ex­
aggerated. 
The  true  explanation  of 
the  difficulty  seems  to  be  that  improv­
ing  conditions  were  too  far  discounted 
in  the  face  of  the  heavy  trade  supply  of 
last  year. 
is  re­
ported  unusual  activity  and  the  silk  in­
dustry  is  said  never  to  have been better. 
The  slightly  easier  quotations  on  boots 
and  shoes  do  not  seem  to  indicate  a 
lessening  demand,  for  the  movement 
in  all  markets  is  fully  maintained.  One 
of  the  curious  effects  of  the  war  excite­
ment 
in  the  market  for  print 
paper.  The  unprecedented  demand  for 
news  of  the  last  few  weeks  has  stimu­
lated  newspaper  circulation  to  an  enor­
mous  extent,  with a  famine  in  the  white 
fabric  as  the  result,  and  prices  have 
been  greatly advanced.  Many publishers 
are  in  a  serious  dilemma  as  to  the  ob­
taining  of  supply  for  current  needs.

is  seen 

Bank  clearings  show  an 

improve­
ment,  mainly  owing  to  increased  con­
fidence 
speculative  circles;  the 
amount  was  $1,113,000,000. 
Failures 
were  224,  against  215  last  week.

in 

P O LITIC S  AS  A  PROFESSION.
A  valued  correspondent  of the Trades­
man  points  out  the  unprofitableness  of 
a  political  career  under  our  American 
custom  of  changing  our  representatives 
and  officials  every  year  or  two,  and  il­
lustrates  his  conclusion  by  citing  the 
history  of  Hon.  John  Bingham,  of Ohio.
This  once  prominent  and  abie  man 
served  sixteen  years 
in  Congress  and 
then  was  appointed  Judge  Advocate 
with  the  rank  of  Major  by  President 
Lincoln.  Afterward  Lincoln  appointed 
him  United States Solicitor for the Court 
of  Claims.  Bingham  then  served  twelve 
years  as  Minister  to  Japan.  He  was 
recognized  as  a  man  of  superior  capac- 
ty  and  this  career,  as  indicated,  was, 
is  things  go 
in  politics,  an  unusually 
successful  one.  Yet  Mr.  Bingham,  at 
the  age  of  83,  is  now 
in  such  straits 
that  he 
is  glad  to  accept  a  pension  of 
$25  per  month!

This  is  an  exceptional  case,  it is true, 
but  it  is  only  one  of  many  that  readily 
suggest 
themselves  to  the  reflective 
mind.  Who  of  us  can  not  recall  in­
stances  of  a  practically  wasted  life  that 
has  been  devoted  to  politics,  where, 
fter  long  years  of  honorable  and  con­
spicuous  public  service, 
the  servant 
has  been  dismissed  without further hope 
of  preferment,  with  no  other  berth  in 
ight  and  no  accumulation  of  means  for 
successfully  meeting  the  requirements 
of  old  age?

talents  and 

Carried  away  by  a  thoughtless  love  of 
pplause  and  a  misdirected  ambition, 
splendid 
are 
often  withdrawn  from  channels  where 
ndependence  could  have  been  acquired 
only  to  be  frittered  away  in  the  noisy 
and  unsatisfactory  whirl  of  politics.

energies 

concern 

The  young  men  of  the  country  should 
not  neglect  politics  and  its better forms. 
Attention  to  public  affairs  is  a  duty  and 
ndifference  begets  bad  government. 
Every  good  citizen  should  take  an  ac- 
ve  interest  in  the  selection  of  first  rate 
men  for  office  and  good  men  should  be 
willing  to  take  office  and  manifest  the 
roper 
about  governmental 
measures,  but  politics  as  a  career  is 
dangerous  and  empty!  The same adroit­
ness,  tact,  ability  and  energy  required 
in  office,  under  the 
elective  system,  if  devoted  to  some  le- 
in 
this  business  and  materialistic  age, 
would  win 
fortune  and  power  a  dozen 
times  where  they  win  it  once  in  poli­
tics.

itimate  field  of  business  enterprise 

keep  a  man 

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

9

BANKING  r e f o r m .

Review  of  the  Present  and  Proposed 

Systems.

it 

If 

The  proposed  law  provides  that  with 
the  approval  ol  the  Comptroller  of  the 
Currency  a  National  bank  inay  issue, 
without  tax,  credit  notes  based  on  its 
general  assets  equal  to  60  per  cent,  of 
its  capital. 
issues  more  it  must 
pay  a  tax  of  2  per  cent,  on  the  excess 
up  to  80  per  cent.,  and  on  all  issues 
over  80 per  cent,  and  up  to  its  full  capi­
talization  it  must  pay  a  6  per  cent.  tax. 
This 
is  one  of  its  best  provisions  and 
will  allow  the  banks  to  meet  temporary 
emergencies  without  the  danger  of  un­
safe  inflation.  Under  normal  business 
conditions  the  untaxed  portion,  together 
with  the  National  reserve  notes,  will 
more  than  meet  every  requirement  for 
credits,  while  the  tax  on  all  issues  over 
the  60  per  cent,  limit  will  operate  to 
force  the  speedy  retirement  of  an  ex­
cess  of  credits  issued  to  meet  an  emer­
gency  when  the  emergency  has  passed. 
No  bank  will  circulate  taxed  notes 
in 
the  absence  of  an  unusual  demand,  but 
when  one  arises  it  can  be  met  without 
violating  the 
law,  as  the  New  York 
banks  were  compelled  to  do  when  they 
issued  clearance  certificates  as  an  act of 
self-preservation  during  the  panic  of 
1893.  The  requirement  of  a  monthly 
statement  of  outstanding  notes 
from 
each  bank  will  make  it  impossible  for 
a  bank  to  avoid  the  payment  of  this tax 
if 
it  exceeds  the  60  per  cent,  limit. 
Such  conditions  will  give  elasticity  to 
our  currency,  and  when  business  de 
mands  more  credits  they  will  be  forth­
coming.  The  rise  and  fall  of the volume 
of  credits  will  then  be  contemporaneous 
with  the  rise  and  fall  of  the  aggregate 
of  exchanges.  Our  currency  system  will 
have  a  liquid  character,  now  most  con­
spicuous  by 
its  absence,  owing  to  the 
fact  that  Government  bonds  are  so  cost­
ly  as  to  remove  all  profits  on  issues 
based  on  them.  At  present  the  banks 
in  bonds  for  the 
have  to 
privilege  of 
issuing  $90  in  notes  and 
this  tends  to  a  minimum  of  circulation 
and  a  rigid,  unresponsive  system.

invest  §120 

The  volume  of  ail  forms  of  wealth 

in 
exchange  determines  the  amount  of 
money  and  credits 
in  circulation  at  a 
given  time,  and,  so  long  as  the  credits 
are  based  on  actual  wealth  passing from 
hand  to  hand,  they  accomplish  every 
purpose  as  well  as  the  cash  itself,  and 
are  much  more  convenient.  The  real 
strength  and  usefulness  of  a  credit  sys­
tem  are  determined  by  the  value  of  the 
wealth  behind  the  credit  notes  and  the 
rapidity  with  which  such  wealth  can  be 
into  money.  A  check  on  a
converted 

is  desired 

if  redemption 

bank  is  just  as  good  as  cash  for  the  or­
dinary  transactions  of  business,  if  the 
cash  is  in  the  bank  to  meet  it.  This  is 
also  true  of  a  draft,  bill  of  exchange,  j 
mortgage,  promissory  note,  or  other evi­
dence  of  indebtedness,  so  long as the in­
strument  is  backed  by  some  form of real 
wealth  which  may  be  converted  into 
money, 
in 
money.  The  rapidity  with  which  the 
wealth  can  be  exchanged  for  money 
is 
an  essential  factor  and  this  fact  makes 
a  bill  of  exchange  covering  staple goods 
a  more  desirable  credit  instrument  than 
a  real  estate  mortgage,  as  the 
latter 
generally  carries  stated  and  deferred 
periods  for  redemption.  Bank  notes 
called  into  circulation  by  wealth  in  ex­
change,  issued under  careful  regulations 
and  made  a  paramount  lien  upon  the 
wealth  they  represent,  are  the  safest, 
most  convenient  and  most  repesentative 
forms  of  credit,  for  they  are  convertible 
into  any  of  the  forms  of  wealth  they 
represent  within  short  periods  of  time. 
The  present  system  seems  to  have  been 
established  without  regard  to  the  nature 
of  credits.

them, 

in 
the 

One  of  the  essentials  of  a  well  de­
veloped  credit  system  is  stability  in  the 
standard  of  value  by  which  they  are 
gauged.  Another  is  stability  of  govern­
ment,  through  which  men  are obliged by 
law  to  redeem  their  credits  if  they  have 
any  form  of  property  by  which  their 
obligations  can  be  met.  When  either  of 
these  essentials 
is  lacking  credits  are 
at  a  minimum  and  goods  are  sold  large­
ly  for  cash.  But  stability  of  standard 
and  government  will  not  of 
itself 
give  a  desirable  credit  system,  for,  al­
though  credits  are 
the  abstract 
founded  on 
superstrucure 
must  be  made  responsive  to  the  indi­
vidual  transactions,  so as  to  rise and fall 
with  the  ebb  and  flow  of  exchanges. 
In 
other  words,  the  degree  of  govermental 
stability  may  not  perceptibly  change  in 
a  given  time,  although  exchanges  may 
many  times  alternate  from  a  maximum 
to  a  minimum  during  the  same  period. 
This 
is  also  true  when  there  is  littie 
change  in  the aggregate of real money in 
use  throughout  a  given  period, 
if  the 
is  on  a  scientific  basis. 
credit  system 
There  never  was  real  money  enough 
in 
any  civilized  country  at  any  given  time 
with  which  to  transact  the  minimum  of 
its  exchanges  on  a  cash  basis.  Credits 
being  the  means  of  effecting  the  greater 
part  of  exchanges,  their  efficiency  is  of 
paramount 
importance  to  civilized  so­
ciety.

Under  the  proposed  law  the  notes  of 
a  failed  bank  are  to  be  met  out  of  the 
general assets  of the bank,  supplemented 
by  a  bank  note  guaranty  fund,  made  up

by  the  contribution,  in  gold  coin,  of  5 
per  cent,  of  the  entire  circulation  of 
the  banks  and  deposited  with  the  Issue 
and  Redemption  Branch  of the  Treasury 
Department.  This  fund  may  be  re­
plenished,  if  reduced  by the redemption 
of  the  notes  of  failed  banks,  by  calls 
upon  the  solvent  banks  to  the  extent  of 
1  per  cent,  of  their  circulation  during 
each  year,  in  addition  to  their  original 
deposit  of  5  per  cent.  This  note  guar­
anty  fund  is  more  than  ample  to  insure 
the  absolute  safety  of  the  credit  notes 
of  the  banks. 
It  makes  each  bank  the 
insurer  of  the  circulation  of  every  other 
bank,  and  at  a  cost  that  will  not  be  felt 
by  them.  Our  experience  during  the 
last  thirty  years  has  shown  that  the  as­
sets  of  failed  banks  would  have  been 
sufficient  to  take  care  of  their  credit 
notes  if  they  had  been  supplemented 
with  a  tax  of  1-60  of  1  per  cent,  on  the 
average  note  circulation  of  all 
the 
banks,had  there  not  been  a  Government 
bond  on  deposit. 
In  the  light  of  this 
experience,  what  possible  objection  can 
be  made  to  a  system  of  banking  upon 
business  assets?  As  a  matter  of 
fact, 
the  general  business  assets  of the banks, 
if  made  available  for  meeting 
their 
credit  notes,  would  furnish  a  basis  at 
least  fifteen  times  more  valuable  than 
that  now  furnished by the available Gov­
ernment  reserves.  Business  assets  are 
the  basis  of  the  credit  note  systems  of 
every  civilized  country  but  ours  Ours 
is  the  only  Government  that  attempts 
to  base  credits  on  Government  bonds.

Aside  from  the  rigid  nature  of  a 
bond  basis  for  credit  notes,  there  are 
other  reasons  why  we  should  abandon  it 
for  a  business  asset  basis.  When  we 
adopted  the  present  system  the  amount 
of  Government  bonds  outstanding  was 
large,  compared  with  the  aggregate  of 
exchanges,  but  conditions  have changed 
and  the  volume  of  exchanges  has  been 
steadily  enlarging,  while  the  supply  of 
available  bonds  has  steadily  decreased, 
save  only  such  increase  as  was  caused 
by  the  issuance  of  bonds  for gold during 
the  last  administration,  and  that  would 
have  been  avoided  had  the  proposed 
law  been  in  operation  at  that  time.  A 
is  one  of  the  penalties  of 
bonded  debt 
is  to  be  hoped  we  will  be 
war,  and 
it 
spared  any 
large 
that 
It  is  certainly  not  desirable that 
cause. 
our  bonded 
increase  as 
fast  as  the  volume  of  exchanges,  but 
such  an  increase  must  be  had  if  we  are 
to  avoid  contracting  the  base  as  we 
enlarge  the  superstructure.  The  fact  is 
that,  under  normal  conditions,  we  can 
not  continue the bon  1  hasis much longer, 
for  there  are $700,000,000  out  of  a  total 
of  $900,000,000  of  our  outstanding bonds

increase  from 

indebtedness 

maturing  and  becoming  payable  during 
the  next  nine  years.  The  payment  of 
these  obligations  would  practically  ob­
literate  the  present  basis  of  credits. 
This  fact  of  itself  will  compel  serious 
consideration  of  another  system  without 
delay.  The  change  must  come  about 
gradually,  but  the  law  should  be enacted 
at  once.  The  best  interests  of the Amer­
ican  people  call  for  the  gradual wiping 
out  of  our  National  debt  while  we  go 
on 
increasing  the  volume  of  business. 
The  first  can  not  be  done  if  we  are  to 
accomplish  the 
latter  with  the  piesent 
basis  of  credits  continued.  To  make 
the  necessities  of  our  credit  system  an 
excuse  for  continuing  our  bonded  in­
debtedness  beyond  the  time  when  we 
are  prepared  to  cancel  it  would  be  ex­
tremely  unjustifiable.

As  time  works  a  reduction  of  our 
pension  obligations,  our  ability to retire 
our  bonds  will  accelerate,  and  no  un­
necessary  impediments  should be placed 
in  the  way  of  retiring  them.  The  re­
duction  of  our  public  debt  must  not  be 
made  to  undermine  our  credit  system, 
for  under  a  wisely  constructed  system  it 
would  have  the  opposite  effect.  A  gov­
ernment  out  of  debt  is  a  safer  guarantor 
for  the  ultimate  redemption  of  credit 
notes  than  it  can  be  if  carrying  a  large 
debt.  As  bonds  become  scarcer  they 
carry  a  higher  premium.  The  higher 
the  premium,  the  greater  will  be  the 
I tendency  to  contract  the  issue  of  notes 
based  on  them.  As  the  business  of  our 
increases,  we  must  either  in­
country 
crease  our  bond 
issues,  contract  our 
credit  note  issues  or  abandon  the  bond 
basis.  Which  of  the  three  shall  we 
choose?  Common  sense  answers:  Aban­
don  the  bond  basis  for  the  safer,  more 
elastic  and  thoroughly  rational  system 
of  banking  upon  business  assets.  This 
will  place  the  United  States  banking 
and  currency  system  in  harmony  with 
the  best systems  in  the  world  of  finance. 
We 
in  many  lines  of 
production,  but  are  half  a  century  be­
hind  many  of  our  competitors  in  the 
matter  of  a  currency  and  banking  sys­
tem. 

lead  the  world 

A n d r e w   F y f e .

Albert  Noble,  the  man  who 

invented 
dynamite,  was  an  advocate  of  universal 
peace  and  sincerely  regretted  that  its 
invention  should  be  used  to  take  human 
life.  The  monument  erected  to  his 
memory  in  Hamburg  represents  a  wom­
an  with  a  mi Id,, but  earnest countenance 
holding  aloft  a  torch,  while  with  her 
foot  she  presses  down  a  bestial  male 
companion.

By 

jingo!  We  have  been  forced  to 
war  in  a  cause  that  is  freedom  for  other 
people  and  trouble  for  us.

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.

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

10
Fruits  and  Produce.
Liked  Bogus  Maple  Sugar  Better 

than  the  Genuine.

Boston,  April  23— That  patrons  of one 
of  the  largest  wholesale  and  retail  gro­
cery  houses  in  New  England  have  been 
buying  spurious  maple  sugar  for  years 
was  demonstrated  this  week  by  a  test 
made  in  this  city.

For  the  past  six  or  seven  years  the 
chief  buyer  for  this  firm  had  been  pur­
chasing  several  tons  of  maple  sugar 
from  one  man,  paying  a  fancy  price 
and  retailing  it  at  22  cents  per  pound. 
It  was  of  such  exquisite  and  delicate 
maple  flavor  that  the  patrons  of  the 
house  preferred  waiting  for 
it  rather 
than  accept  an  inferior  substitute.  Last 
summer  the  chief  buyer  for  the  bouse 
made  the  acquaintance  of  a  Vermont 
sugar  maker,  and  as  a  resuit  this  year’s 
consignment  of  sugar  was  bought  from 
him  at  a  rather  cheaper  price.  The 
sugar  to  be  consigned  was  warranted 
pure  maple  sugar,  and  the  buyer  had 
confidence  enough  in  the  maker  to  be­
lieve  him.

Two  weeks  ago  the  sugar  arrived  and 
was  put  on  sale.  It  was  somewhat  dark­
er  than  usual,  and  the  head  of  the  firm 
was  the  first  one  to  condemn  it.  His 
opinion  was  shared  by  the  customers, 
apparently, 
to 
pour  in,  and  finally  the  buyer  was  told 
that  the  consignment  was  a  failure.

for  complaints  began 

He  was  naturally  wroth,  and  at  once 
dictated  a  letter  couched  in strong terms 
to  the  consignor,  who  replied  briefly 
that  in  a  few  days  he  would  be  in  Bos­
ton  and  would  prove  that  his  was  gen­
uine  maple  sugar.

When  he  arrived,  he  told  the  buyer 
that  he  would  not  only  prove  that  his 
was  real  maple  sugar,  but  that  the 
other  which  the  firm  had  previously 
bought  was  bogus.  He  needed  a  fire 
and  a  kettle  for  “ sugaring  off”   his 
product,  so he and  the  buyer  went  to  the 
company’s  warehouse,  where these could 
be  had.  The firm  had  a  small  sample  of 
maple  syrup  which  tine  of  the  members 
had  seen  reduced  from  the  actual  sap, 
and  this  was  first  taken  by  the  Vermont 
sugar  expert  and  boiled  down  to  sugar. 
It  had  the  exact  flavor  and  color  of  the 
sugar  which  the  house  was  unable  to 
sell.

Then  the  Vermont  man  called  for  two 
pounds  of  granulated  sugar  and  a  sam­
ple  of  the  poorest  maple  syrup  they  had 
in  stock.  A  hunt  was  made  through 
the  warehouse,  and  a  condemned 
lot 
was  found,  thick,  black  as  molasses  and 
smoky  in  flavor.  The  expert  reduced 
the  granulated  sugar  to  syrup,  mixed 
it,  half  and  half,  with  the  black  syrup, 
and  “ sugared  off”   again.

I he  sample  of  maple  sugar  he  pro­
duced  was  the  exact  counterpart in color 
and  flavor  of  the  sugar  which  the  house 
had  been  selling  its  customers  for  seven 
years  at  a  fancy  price  as  the  only  genu­
ine  and  unmistakably  pure  article.

Another  sample  was  made  of  brown 
sugar,  and  the  three  were  taken  to  the 
head  of  the  firm.  He  sampled  each, 
and  at  once  pronounced  the  granulated 
mixture  the  genuine  article.  A  sugar 
expert  in  the  wholesale  district  also  had 
an  opportunity  to  distinguish  himself. 
He  did 
it  by  picking  out  the  genuine 
at  once.  Somebody  doubted  his  abil­
ity,  and  he  offered  to  try  again.  This 
time  be  picked  the  bogus  granulated, 
and  then  the  brown  sugar  mixture.

The  Vermont  sugar  man  had,  how­
ever,  made  his  point,  and  his  consign­
ment  was  pushed  at  once,  although  the 
firm  was  under  the somewhat embarrass­
ing  necessity  of  telling  its  customers 
that  for  several  years  they  had  been 
buying  bogus  sugar  for  the  real  article.

Necessity  of  Greater  Uniformity 

in 

Cranberry  Barrels 

From the New England  Grocer.

At  the  twenty-eighth  annual  meeting 
of  the  American Cranberry Growers’ As­
sociation,  held  in  Trenton,  N.  J.,  Mr. 
French  said:  “ We  want  to  adopt  some 
measures  to  bring  about  a  unifotm 
standard  for  Cape  Cod  and  New  Jersey. 
The  New  Jersey  law  calls  for  a  smaller 
barrel  than  the  Massachusetts  standard.

but  some  of  the  large  growers have been 
using  barrels  of  the  same  size.  The 
Cape  Cod  crates  are  more 
irregular 
than  the*Jersey  crates. ’ ’

Mr.  Rider  said  the  New  Jersey  law 
prescribes  a  certain  size  for  the  crate, 
but  not  for  the  barrel.  The  Massa­
chusetts 
law  prescribes  that  the  crate 
shall  hold  32  quarts.  This  accounts  for 
the  greater  regularity  of  the  New  Jersey 
crates.  The  original  New  Jersey  Stand­
ard  Measure  law  was  a  good  one  in  this 
respect:  it  prescribed  exact  sizes  for 
both  the  crate  and  barrel;  but  it  failed 
because  these  sizes  proved  too  large  to 
admit  of properly  tight  packing.  An  in­
vestigation  by  a  committee  of  retail 
grocers  revealed  the  fact  that  the  tight­
ly  packed  New  Jersey  barrel  contained 
105  quarts,  and 
the  crate  35  quarts. 
They  also  discovered  that  two  Cape Cod 
barrels  contained  97  and  99  quarts  re­
spectively.  This  led  to  the  prompt  re­
peal  of  the  New  Jersey  law  and  the  en­
actment  of  the  present law,  which speci­
fies  the  size  of  the  crate  only,  which  is 
7^x12x22  inches inside measure.  While 
this  was  thought  by  some  too  small,  a 
number  of  growers  have  ever  since 
guaranteed  this  crate  to  contain  32 
quarts,  and  I  have  yet  to  bear  of  a  com­
plaint  or  claim for shortage.  This would 
seem  to  establish  this  size  as  the correct 
one  for  crates.

Now,  as  to  the  barrel—there  seems  to 
be  a  general  desire  to  conform  to  the 
Massachusetts  standard  of  100  quarts. 
In  order  to  determine  that  the  size  in 
use  by  Mr.  Makepeace  and  the  large 
growers  of  the  Cape  was the correct one, 
a  number  of  tests  by  a  committee  of 
growers  were  made  and  measurements 
were  taken.  They  found  the  barrels  to 
contain  100  quarts,  and  the  size  as  fol­
lows:  Diameter  at  head,  16  inches;  at 
bilge,  17%  inches;  depth,  26^ 
inches, 
inside  measure.  Without  any  law,  the 
large  New  Jersey  growers  have  adopted 
this  size,  and  the  large  Cape  growers 
have  generally  adopted  the  sizes  pre­
scribed  for  the  New  Jersey  crate. 
If 
the  Wisconsin  Association  will  now 
procure  the  enactment  of  a 
law  pre­
scribing  these  cases,  with  a  penalty  for 
anything  smaller,  we  believe  that  both 
New  Jersey  and  Massachusetts will  fol­
low,  and,  with  the  endorsement  of  and 
the  co  operation  of  the  three  associa­
tions,  I  believe  the  same  can  be  made 
the  law 
in  other  states  where  berries 
are  sold.  Having given the  matter  much 
thought,  I  believe  this the only practical 
way 
secure  a  uniform  standard 
throughout  the  country.  This  would  do 
away  with  the  repacking  business,  and 
both  growers  and  all  honest  dealers 
would  be  benefited.

to 

EGGS WANTED

Will  buy  them  in  any  quantity  on  point  of 

shipment  or  delivered.

Ft.  HIRT, J r ..

P R O D U C E  C O M M ISSIO N   M ER C H A N T.

36  MARKET  ST. DETROIT.  MICH,

WM.  SMITH — -------

Manufacturer of

EGG  CASES,  FARM ERS’ 
CASES, EGG CASE FILLERS 
ODORLESS FILLERS 
AND  EXCELSIOR.

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

EATON  RAPIDS,  fllCH.

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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.

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and  these  we  can  always
supply.

24  and  26  North  Division  Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

California  Dried  Lima  Beans  Advanc­

ing.
From the Grocery World.

Speculation  has  taken  hold  of the Cal­
ifornia 
lima  bean  market  and  has 
forced  it  up  fully  ic  per  pound  during 
the  last  few  weeks.  Each  week  seems 
to  carry  the  market  up  a  notch  further, 
and  at  this  writing  prices  are.'^c higher 
than  a  week  ago.

There 

is  every 

indication  that  the 
coming  crop  of  lima  beans  will  be  seri­
ously  short,  on  account  of  the  dry 
weather  which  has  prevailed  in  Califor­
nia  this  season.  This  has  caused  a  por­
tion  of  the  speculation.

Another  feature,  which  will  be  apt  to 
have  a  depressing  effect  on  the  market, 
is  the  fact  that  considerable  lima  beans 
are  coming  back  from  Europe.  The 
stocks  sent  over  there  on  consignment 
proved  too  large,  and  re-exportations 
have  been  found  necessary.  The  lima- 
bean  growers  who  ship 
their  stocks 
abroad  virtually  get  four  months’  free 
storage,  besides  being  able  to  secure 
money  from  the  banks  on  bills  of 
lad­
ing.  Often  they  are  said  to  ship  lima 
beans  abroad  without  any  very  clear 
idea  that  they  will  be  sold.  All  told, 
some  200,000  bags  of  lima  beans—one- 
eighth  of  the  entire  crop— went  abroad 
this  year. 
If  20,000  bags  of  this  are 
brought  back  to  the  United States it will 
surely  have  a  depressing  effect  upon  the 
market,  and  possibly  discount  the  ad­
vance  which  has  already  occurred. 
Lima  beans  at  this  writing  are  ruling 
at  3c  per  pound  in  large quantities.

STRAWBERRIES

from  the  South  are  now  cheap  and  within 
reach  of everybody.

All  Green  Vegetables— Tomatoes,  Green  Onions,  Radishes,  Cu­
cumbers,  Spinach,  Asparagus,  Pie  Plant. 
Oranges,  Lemons,  Bananas.
Jobbers,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

BUNTING  &   CO., 

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For 

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A CASH

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F.  O.  B.  at  Your  Station  ^  

Also  Butter.  Quote  us  Prices.

Hermann  C.  Naumann  &  Co.

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Branch  Store, 353  Russell  St., op.  Eastern Market.

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M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

GOTHAM   GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

the  Market.

Special Correspondence.

.New  York  April  23—Everything  is 
given  over  to  the one absorbing question 
of  war.  From  5.000 to  20,000  men  may 
be  seen  standing  in  front  of  the  news­
paper  offices,  watching  the  changing 
inscriptions.  It  is  almost  as  exciting  as 
a  professional  ball  game.

The  impression  seems  to  be  quite 
general  that  it  will  not  be  necessary  to 
impose  an 
internal  revenue  tax  on 
coffee.  Be  this  as  it  may,  business  in 
the  coffee  market  has  been  fairly  satis 
factory and  from  the  country  has  come 
a  volume  of  orders  that  has  made  the 
week  one  of  far  greater  activity  than 
its  immediate  predecessors.  No.  7  Rio 
is  firmly  held  at  7c,  with  a  stock  here 
and  afloat  of  1,022,251  bags,  against 
703,025  bags  at  the  same  time  last  year. 
Mild  sorts  are  firm.  Good  Cucuta  is 
held  at  io%c.  East  India  growths  are 
firm  and  arrivals  are  quite 
about  50,000  mats  having  come  to  hand 
during  the  week

liberal 

Tea  is  firm.  Sales,  while  not  large  in 
any  particular  case,  aggregate  a  good 
round  total.  Little  was  done  in  an 
in­
voice  way.  A  thousand  packages  of 
Congous  changed  hands  at  full  value, 
which  constitued  the  bulk  of  the  trans­
actions.

The  war  talk  has  had  its  effect  on  the 
sugar  market  and  the  article  has  “ riz. ”  
It  is  said  that  independent  refiners  re­
fuse  to  accept  orders  for  lots  of over  100 
bbls.  There  has  been  a  good  volume 
of  business,  orders  coming  to  hand 
from  every  part  of  the  country.  All 
grades  have  been  marked  up,  the 
in­
crease  being  i - i 6c.  After  the  advance 
business  seemed  as  active as  before.
Z The  rice  market  is  generally  strong. 
A  fair  volume  of  business  has  been 
transacted  with  out-of-town  dealers  and 
prices  are  very  firmly  adhered  to  and 
no  concession 
is  made  to  effect  sales. 
Foreign  grades  as  well  as  domestic 
show  greater  strength,  Java  selling  at 
4$ @ 5c.  Patna,  5 %@5&c.
There  is  not  much  doing  in  spices, 
but  prices  are  firm  and  dealers  will  do 
no  talking.  They  do  not  seem  over­
anxious  to  make  sales  and  on  the  other 
band,  buyers  do  not  haggle  over  rates, 
but  pay  quoted  prices  without  a  mur­
mur. 
light 
trade.

Jobbers  report  rather  a 

The  molasses  market 

is  firm.  Both 
domestic  and  foreign  are  well  held  and 
full  prices  are  asked  and  received. 
Good  to  prime  New  Orleans  centrifugal 
I5@ 22c;  good  to  prime  open-kettle,  27 
@300;  fancy, 
32@33c;  Porto  Rico,! 
strong  at  27@33c.  Syrups  are  quiet,  the 
demand  from  local  dealers  being  quiet. 
What  trading  there  is  is  from exporters.
In  canned  goods  purchases  are  made 
for  present  wants  and  little  is  doing 
in 
the  way  of  providing  future  supplies. 
Prices  are  practically " unchanged  and 
certainly  no  lower.

Dried  fruits  are  rather quiet,  although 
some  large  transactions  have  been  re­
ported 
in  prunes.  Peaches  are  firm. 
California  raisins  are  selling  with  some 
freedom  but  there  is  still  room  for 
im­
provement. 
In  domestic  dried  fruits, 
a  little  better  feeling  has  developed  for 
evaporated  apples  and  really  desirable 
goods  are  held  frqm  8^@gj£c.

firsts, 

t4K@ i5c; 

The butter  market  is  quiet  but  a  con­
fident  feeling  prevails.  Extra  Western 
creamery is worth  18c ;  firsts,  i7@ i7Kc; 
seconds,  i6@i6j^c ;  imitation creamery,
firsts,  i5@ i5K c ;  Western 
extras,  16c ; 
factory, 
seconds, 
I4@ i5c.
A  moderate  volume  of  business  has 
been  done 
in  cheese  and  neither  the 
home  trade  nor  export  demand  has been 
all  that  might  be  wished.  Exporters 
are  picking  up  a  lot of low-priced stock, 
say  within  the  range  of  7@8c.  Fancy 
full  cream,  large  size,  are  worth  8Xc; 
small  size,  8^@ qc.

Arrivals  of  eggs  have  been  rather 
light,  but  so  has  the  demand,  and  the 
market  is  steady.  Lower rates  of  freight 
seem  to  be  anticipated  in  a  day  or  so, 
and 
is  thought  that  quite  large  sup­
plies  are being  held  for  the same to take

it 

effect.  Fancy  selected  Western  eggs  are 
worth 
fresh  gathered 
firsts,  i i @ i i # c .

i i K c ;  Western 

A  Farmer’s  Strategy  Brings Abundant 

Returns.

A  farmer  on  the  Fort  Rice  reserva­
tion,  about  ten  miles  below  Bismarck, 
N,  D.,  on  the  Missouri  River,  has  a 
liberal  supply  of  wild  geese,  both  dead 
and  alive,  as  a  result  of  an  experiment 
upon  which  he  has  been  pondering  for 
some  time,  and  which  worked  to  his 
entire  satisfaction  and  greatly  to  the 
disadvantage  of  the  geese.  The  sea­
son  for  the  flight  of  the  great  Canada 
geese  from  the  South  to  their  summer 
haunts 
in  the  North  has  begun,  and 
thousands  of  the  honkers  stop  at  differ­
ent  places  along  the  river  en route.  The 
sand  bars  in  the  morning  are black with 
the great  flocks  of  geese,  and  they make 
short  pilgrimages  from  the  bars  to  the 
fields  of  the  farmers  adjacent  to  the 
river  for  feed.  They  remain  several 
days 
in  the  locality  and  furnish  abun­
dant  amusement  for  sportsmen.
• At  the  farm  of  the  man  in  question 
there  is  a  huge  sand  bar  projecting 
in­
to  the  river,  but  so  far  from  the  shore 
that  no  hunter  can  steal  upon  the  geese 
which  congregate  there  near  enough  to 
get  a  shot.  Aware  of  their  immunity, 
large  flocks of the birds settle there every 
morning  and  sun  themselves  for  several 
hours,  and  then  migrate  to  the 
interior 
for  food.

Having  observed  the  movements  of 
the  geese  for  several  days,  the  farmer 
resolved  to  accomplish  by  strategy  what 
he  could  not  accomplish  by  stealth,  and 
eyery  morning  before  the  arrival  of  the 
birds  he  distributed  about a peck of corn 
about  the  bar.  Upon  the  return  of  the 
geese  this  would  be  speedily  devoured, 
and  the  process  was 
repeated  every 
morning  for  several  days,  greatly  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  geese.

Last  Saturday  night  the  farmer  came 
to  the  city  and  secured  a  quart  of  the 
best  alcohol,  which  he  said  would  be 
sufficient  to  saturate  a  peck  of  corn 
quite  thoroughly.  He  placed  the  corn 
in  the  alcohol  over  night,  so  that  it  was 
thoroughly  soaked,  and  in  the  morning 
at  the  usual  time  be  spread  it  over  the 
bar  and  concealed  himself  in  the  brush 
along  the  shore  of  the  river  and awaited 
the  coming  of  the  geese.

They  came  as  usual,  and  also  as  usual 
ate  up  the  com.  Soon after  there  was  a 
great  disturbance  manifest  among  the 
feathered  denizens  of  the  bar.  The 
alcohol  had  a  swift  effect  and  soon  the 
sprawling, 
bar  was 
covered  with 
waddling,  maudlin  geese 
in  all  stages 
of  intoxication.  Those  that  had  eaten 
most  freely  of  the  doctored  corn  were 
speedily  affected,  and  in  various  ways. 
Some  of  them  were 
immediately  over­
powered  and  lay  helpless  in  the  sand  in 
a  sort  of  drunken  stupor.  Others  at­
tempted  to  fly  and  were  unable  to do so, 
their  wings  refusing  to  perform  their 
usual  functions,  and  the  only  result  of 
their  efforts  being  an  aimless  flopping 
about  the  bar.  Others  staggered  off  like 
tipsy  men  and  finally  succumbed  to  the 
influence  of  the  liquor  and  lay  down 
in 
the  sun 
in  a  drunken  sleep.  A  few 
were  able  to  fly  and  soared  off  for  a  few 
moments,  but  the  alcohol  was  too  much 
for  them  and  they  were  forced  to  circle 
back  to  the  bar  and  settle  again  on  the 
sand.

After  waiting  for  the  liquor  to  have 
effect  the  farmer  emerged  from  his  hid­
ing  place  and  approached  the  drunken 
birds.  They  seemed  to  have  lost  their 
usual  fear  and  many  of  them  were 
in­
spired  with  a  remarkable  pugnacity, 
flying  at  him  and  endeavoring  to  beat 
him  with  their  wings. 
It  was  a  laugh­
able  sight  and  none  of the geese realized 
their  danger,  but  were  inspired  with  all 
the  drunken  courage  of  men  in the same 
situation.  The  farmer  knocked  over  a 
number  of  them  with  a  club  and  cap­
tured  as  many  as  were  totally  stupefied 
with  the  liquor,  alive,  for  decoys.

Cured  Him  in  One  Day. 
cured  my  husband  of 

“ I

fault  with  the  coffee.”

‘ How?”
‘ I  let  him  make  it  himself  one morn­

ing.”

W. R. Brice.

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C. M. Drake

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Established in Philadelphia 1852.

R. BRICE &  CO.
W H O L E S A L E  
C A S H   B U Y E R S  
O F   E G G S

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REFERENCES:

Corn  Exchange  National  Bank,  Philadelphia 
Western  National  Bank,  Philadelphia.
U .  D.  Hayes, Cashier  Hastings  National  Bank, 

Hastings,  Mich.

fourth  National  Bank,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich
D.  C.  Oakes,  Coopersville,  Mich.
E.  A.  Stowe,  Michigan  Tradesman.

Our mutual  friend,  Editor  Stowe,  says  we  have  had a  change  in 
politics  in  the  shape  of a new mayor, and  that we should  have a new 
advertisement.  We haven’t time to write  much, but here  is  what  we 
have to say:  We are here buying  Eggs for Cash, and want all  you  can 
ship  us f.  o.  b.  cars, your station.  We want  all  the  Roll  Butter  you 
can  ship.  Write for prices on  Eggs and  Butter.

W.  R.  BRICE  &  CO.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Our  Philadelphia house  is also badly  in  want  of  Fancy  Creamery 
Butter on Commission, and  it will  pay you  to ship all you possibly can. 
They have the best market  on  fine  Creamery  in  the  United  States. 
Sh'P sure. 

W.  R.  BRICE  &  CO.,

Philadelphia,  Pa.

p n r r i r r i r r m r r r r r r ^

TO GROCERR

'this  is  our  Five-Pound  Parafined  Parchment- 
Lined  Butter  Package.  Weighs  only 
three 
ounces.  These  Packages enable  Grocers to  handle 
butter  to advantage  where they  formerly  could  not.
Mat e  your advertisei neut on  the Packages. Sticure
cusl om ers you  vvoulc1  not  otherwise  get,  iand hold
their  trade.  Butter packed  in  packages beairing
you:r  nam e  cannot  \vell  sell  to  your  conipeti tors.
Thi:s  makes  the  che;apest  and  neatest  kiiid  0£  an
adv,ertising  plan. 
In shipping,  pack  in  bo;<  or bar-
rei, and  save  ioo  per  cent,  in  freight. N o loss
from  breakage and  unreturned  crocks.

MICHIGAN  PACKAGE  CO..  Owosso.  M ic h .

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W rite  or  Telephone  for  Prices. 

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M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

Cultivated  Ginseng  to  Become  a  Fac­

tor  of  Importance.

At 

the  upper  joint was stripped.  The wom­
an  stood  aghast.  She  pattered  out  to 
the  back  porch,  where  her  pies  were 
cooling,  and,  selecting  a  tempting  ap­
ple  pie,  set 
it  before  her  guest.  He 
put  it  to  one  side,  and  ti.rned  the  un­
touched  side  of  the  turkey  toward  him. 
He  cut  off  the  wing  and  the  leg.  The 
woman  saw  her  Sunday  dinner  disap­
pear  before  her  eyes

length,  having  exposed  all 

the 
large  fowl,  he  attacked 

bones  of  the 
the  pie  and  left  not  a  crumb.

The  woman  sank  in  a  chair  near  by. 
She  was  too  much  overcome  for  a  mo­
ment  to  speak.  Then  she  said :

“ You  seem  to  have  enjoyed  the  tur­
key.  There  is  not  so  much  left  as  I ex­
pected.”

She  could  say  no  more.  She  felt  that 
words'were  inadequate  to  the  occasion.
The  man  pushed  back  his  chair,  took 
out  his  quill  toothpick,  crossed  his  legs, 
and  sighed  with  satisfaction.  Then  he 
spoke:

Well,  madam,"  said  he,  “ a  turkey 

is  a  very  inconvenient  bird.”

He  fell  to  ruminating.  His  counte­
nance expressed  the benevolence which a 
good  dinner  is  apt  to  produce  in  a man.
The  woman  waited  for  him  to  ex 
plain,  but  he  was  silent.  Then  sbe- 
said :

“ Why  is  the  turkey  inconvenient?”
“ Well,  madam,  it  is  a  little  too  much 
for  one  and  not  quite  enough  for  two,”  
replied  her  guest.

The  woman  fainted.

April  in  American  History.

The  battle  of  Lexington,  in  the  Rev­
olutionary  War,  where  was  fired  the  shot 
beard  round  the  world,  was  fought  on 
April  19, 
1775.  The  battle  of  San
Jacinto,  Tex  ,  in  which  the  American 
forces  under  Gen.  Houston  defeated  the 
Mexicans  under  Santa  Anna,  was fought 
on  April  21,  1836  Lee  closed  the  civil 
war  by  his  surrender  at  Appomattox  on 
April  9,  1865.

indeed,  most 

April  has  been, 

im­
portant  in  American  history.  On  April 
25,  1846,  the  first  engagement  of  the 
Mexican  war  was  fought  ;  on  April  12, 
1861,  Sumter  was  fired  on ;  on  April  15, 
1861,  Lincoln's  first  call  for  troops  was 
published,  and  on  April  14,  1865,  Lin­
coln  was  assassinated.  Nor  does  this 
list  exhaust  the  number  of  national  an­
niversaries  occurring 
in  the  month  of 
April. 
It  was  on  April  24,  1862,  that 
Farragut’s  fleet  made  the  famous  pas­
sage  of  Forts  Jackson  and  St.  Philip, 
and 
it  was  on  April  16,  1863,  that  Ad­
miral  Porter  ran  the  blockade  of  the 
Confederate  batteries  at  Vicksburg. 
It 
was  on  April  2,  1865,  that  Richmond 
was  evacuated  by  the  Southern  troops, 
and  it  was  on  April  11,  1865,  that  Mont­
gomery,  the  subsequent  capital  of  the 
Confederate Government, was evacuated. 
The  attack  of  the  Sixth  Massachusetts 
Regiment,  passing  through  Baltimore, 
occurred  on  April  19,  1861,  and  John­
ston’s  army  surrendered 
to  Sherman, 
after  the  March  to  the  Sea,  on  April  26, 
1865.  Ulysses  S.  Grant  was  born  in 
April ;  the  battle  of  Fort  Pillow  was 
fought 
in  A p ril;  Farragut  captured 
New  Orleans 
in  April,  and  Thomas 
Jefferson,  Benjamin  Franklin,  Edward 
Everett,  Washington  Irving,  and  James 
Monroe,  whose  enunciation  of  the  Mon­
roe  doctrine  has  made  him  distin­
guished  among  American  Presidents, 
were  born 
in  that  month.  There  are 
many  reasons 
that  the 
month  of  April, 
1898,  will  not  pass 
without  some  substantial  addition  to  the 
number  of  memorable  events  in  the  his­
tory  of  the  United  States.
One  reason,  perhaps,  for  the  promi­
nence  of  April  in  the  historical  record 
of  the  United  States  is  the  fact  that 
it 
marks  the  beginning  of  the  spring  sea 
son,  when,  among  countries  within  the 
temperate  zone,  hostilities,  relaxed  dur­
ing  the  months  of  winter,  are  resumed. 
April,  in  the  meteorological  history  of 
the  United  States,  although  a  month  of 
frequent  show­
variable  weather,  with 
in­
ers  and  much  uncertainty,  is  never 
tensely  cold  nor  intolerably  watm. 
It 
is  a  month  especially  suitable,  it  would 
seem,  for  military  operations,  for 
long 
marches,  for manoeuvering,  and  for  the 
transportation  of  supplies  and  muni­
tions.

for  believing 

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The  “ Humpty  Dumpty”

Folding

E g g
Crate

No  Broken  Eggs!  No  Time  Wasted!  No  Disputed  Count!  A  con­
venient  Farmers’  Crate.  The  best  and  cheapest  egg  carrier 
in  the 
United  States.  A  first-class  advertising  novelty.  Made  in  sizes  to 
hold  6  and  12  dozen.  We  will  print  your  “ ad”  neatly  on  covers  in 
lots  of five  dozen  or  more,  free  of charge.  Write  us  for  prices.

P“  Feb  “   94 

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Geo. Stanton in New York Commercial.

to 

amounted 

The  traffic  in  American  ginseng  is  an 
old-established 
industry  dating  back  to 
the  year  1718,  when  it  was  first  exported 
from  Canada.  The  exports  from  the 
United  States  during  thirty-nine  years, 
1858-1896, 
13.738,415 
pounds,  at  a  value  of  §20,837,169,  aver­
aging  $1.52  per  pound.  The  price  in 
New  York  for  the  past  few  years  has 
ranged  from  $3  to  $4.50  per pound  The 
increasing  demand  and high  price  have 
stimulated  the  bunting  to  such  an  ex­
tent  that  the  supply  of  the  wild  root  is 
fast  becoming  exhausted.  Tons  of  this 
root  were  taken  out  of  Onon laga,  N. 
Y.,  and  adjoining  counties  150  years 
ago. 
is  rarely  found  now  in  paying 
quantities.  The  same  reports are  com­
from  all  parts  of  the  United 
ing 
States  and  Canada. 
is  unfortunate 
that  the  American  people  did  not  make 
an  earnest  effort  to  develop  the  cultiva­
tion  of  this  valuable  plant  fifteen  years 
ago,  while  the  wild  root  could  be  found 
to  start  with.

in 

It 

It 

in  nearly  every  state 

The  writer  has  endeavored  during  the 
past  six  years  to  educate  the  American 
people  to  the  importance  and  value  of 
this  industry,  and  I  am  gratified  to  note 
that  my  efforts  are  beginning  to  bear 
fruit.  Ginseng  plantations  are  being 
in  the 
started 
Union;  quite  a  number  are 
getting 
nicely  started.  Within  the  next  few 
years  cultivated  ginseng  will  become  a 
factor  of  some  importance  on  the  mar­
ket.  After  eleven  years’  practical oper­
ations  on  this 
line,  the  writer  has  at 
tained  the  following  very  gratifying  re­
sults:  We  have  at  this  time  in  garden 
about  twenty-four  square  rods  of  ground 
stocked  with  root,  about 100,000seedling 
roots  in  forest  nursery,  and  about  52,000 
seed  sown  last  fall  in  forest  to  produce 
plants  this  spring.  My  grounds,  up  to 
the  close  of  last  season,  had  produced 
126  pounds  of  dry,  marketable  roots, 
which  sold  for  $650,  the  product  of  6'/2 
square  rods  of  ground  in  eleven  years.

As  already  indicated,  the  best  way  to 
develop  ginseng  culture  is  to  gather and 
transplant  the  fresh  wild  roots;  in  this 
way  one  soon  gets  a  producing  seed 
in 
quantity.  A  few  thousand  roots  put  in 
each  season  for  a  few  years  would  soon 
place  the  business  on  a paying basis and 
furnish  a  seed  crop  from  which  it  could 
be  developed  quite  rapidly.  My  ex­
perience 
is  that  ginseng  can  be  culti­
vated  as  successfully  as  other  ordinary 
crops.  Of  course,  we  must 
learn  its 
habits  and  requirements  and meet them.
its  commer­
cial  value.  The  supply  is  not  equal  to 
the  demand  and  the  price  always  rules 
high—all  conditions  favorable  to  culti­
vation.  Culture  develops  a  quality  of 
root  superior  to  the  wild. 
1  sold  my 
cultivated  root 
for  $6  a 
last  season 
pound,  and  for  $5.50  the  two  previous 
seasons.
Too  Large  for  One  and  Too  Small 

I  have  clearly  indicated 

for  Two.
Prom the St. Louis Republic.

In  the  days  “ before  the war’ ’ a family 
of  hard-working  people  lived  in  a  bor 
der  county  of  Mississippi.  Tbeirhome 
was situated  upon  the “ big road, ’ '  which 
led  from  Alabama  northward  into  Miss­
issippi.  They  did  not  keep  a  tavern, 
but  they  often  fed  the  wayfarer.

One  Saturday  the  housewife  roasted  a 
large  turkey,  baked  a  batch  of  bread, 
and  made  a  number  of  pies.  She  was 
ready  for  her  Sunday  dinner,  and  ex­
pected  to  go  to  church  the  next  day. 
The  services  were  held  a  number  of 
miles  away

After  2  o’clock  that  Saturday  after­
noon  a  single  horseman  appeared.  He 
asked  for  a  dinner,  and  fed  his  horse 
in  the  ample  stable  of  the  farmer.  The 
housekeeper  was  busy  and  the  man 
in 
haste,  so  she  set  the  turkey  before  him, 
thinking  that  he  would  not  make  much 
of  an  impression  upon  it.

The  stranger  sat  down  in  front  of  the 
turkey  and  set  to  work.  He  cut  into 
the  breast  of  one  side  and ate  it all.  His 
appetite  was  only  whetted.  He  de­
molished  the  wing  and  then  cut  off  the 
leg.  The  drumstick  disappeared  and

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How  a  Love  of  Cats  Killed  a  Grocery 

Stroller in Grocery  World.

Business.

It 

It 

like  a 

is  astonishing,  when  you  think  of 
it,  what  apparently  insignificant  things 
often  swamp  us. 
is  a  fact  that  the 
business  failures  which  are  caused  by 
some  great  and  sudden  calamity  are 
the  few,  while  those  caused  by  a  slow 
and  steady  undercurrent  of  small  short­
comings  are  the  many. 
I  knew  a  gro­
cer  once  who  was  ruined  simply  by 
keeping  pet  animals 
in  his  store  and 
giving  them  the  free  run  of  the  place. 
Seems 
little  thing,  doesn't  it? 
That  was  the  cause,  I ’m  positive,  be­
cause 
in  other  things  the  man  was  a 
good  business  man,  and  he  did  a  good 
trade 
in  a  good  neighborhood.  My 
friend,  the  grocer,  whose first  name  was 
Andy,  and  who  mostly  went  by  that 
name,  was  a  young  fellow  of  a  taciturn 
nature.  He  had  no  very  close  human 
friends,  so  he  pinned  his  affection  on 
dumb  animals,  and  a  man  with  a  great­
er  passion  for  beasts  I  never  saw.  He 
bad  a  whole  army  of  cats  and  dogs  and 
two  or  three  parrots.  He  lived  over  and 
behind  the  store  and  he  gave  his  pets 
carte  blanche  to  go  wherever  and  do 
whatever  they  would. 
Consequently, 
they  were  mostly  in  the  store.

Andy  was  absolutely  devoid  of  any 
sense  of  delicacy  where  animals  were 
concerned.  He  thought  they  were  as 
clean  as  human  beings.  He  thought 
nothing  of  mauling  a  nasty  cat  around 
and  then  going  and  handling  cheese  or 
cakes.  He  would  just  as  soon  eat  after 
a  ca t;  why should anybody else hesitate? 
He  did  these  things  so  often,  in  fact, 
that  people,  especially  ladies,  began  to 
avoid  the  store.  Who  wants  cats  and 
cheese  mixed?  But  Andy  didn’t  seem 
to  notice  it  or,  if  he  did,  he  was  per­
fectly  indifferent  1  11 wager  he’d  rather 
fondle  his  cats  and 
let  the  tiresome 
trade  go.

Those  parrots  got  to  be  perfect  nui­
sances.  Andy  had  put  up  a  lot  of  sup­
ports  on  the  ceiling  of  his  store  to 
hang  things  on,  and 
these  parrots 
would  roost  there  all  day.  As  they 
weren’t  always  particular  to  see  what 
they  were  roosting  over,  there  were  oc­
casions  when 
these  parrots  wouldn't 
seem  exactly  cute.  Andy  wasn’t  asleep; 
he  realized  that  bis  birds  were  not  the 
cleanest  things  to  have  around,  but  he 
simply  didn’t  care  or  didn’t  seem  to. 
You  can  recognize  the  effect  such things 
would  have  upon  a  fastidious  lady  cus­
tomer.  Can  you  imagine  one  enduring 
such  at  thing  the  second  time  or  com­
ing  to  the  store  again ! 
I  will  say,  to 
Andy’s  credit,  that  he  often  tried  to 
drive  his  parrots 
from  over  the  coun 
ter,  but  they  wouldn’t  go  and,  rather 
than  hurt  their  feelings  by  using  vio­
lence,  he 
Incidentally, 
you  can’t  ignore  the  presence  of a good, 
healthy  parrot  roosting  in  one  place  all 
day.

let  them  stay. 

Both 

As  the  summer  season  approached, 
Andy’s  cats  and  dogs  got  to  be  the 
greatest  pests  on  earth. 
these 
animals  shed  their  hair  as  the  weather 
gets  warm,  and  they  shed  it  by  the bag­
ful  around  the  store.  Cat  hair  and  dog 
hair  mingled  here  and  there  in  every­
thing  and 
it  was  impossible  for  a  cus­
tomer  to  come  in  tbe  place  without  get­
ting  some  of  it  somewhere.  One  of  the 
cats  had  a  penchant  for  lying  on  the 
top  of.a  bag  of  prunes  and  she  couldn't 
be  driven  away  except  by  force,  which 
Andy  would  rather  sell  his  store  than 
use.
But  a  bag  of  moist  prunes  and  a hair- 
shedding  cat  together,  and  the  result 
will  be  prunes  with  full  beards.  I  know 
personally  that  Andy got complaint after 
complaint  from  the  people  he  sold those 
prunes  to  and  who  used  to  find 
little 
reminders  of  his  cat 
their  sauce 
dishes.  He  got  so  he  didn’t  try  to  sell 
those  prunes  any  more,  and,  of  course, 
they  were  a  total  loss.

The  only  one  of  Andy’s  animal  va­
garies  I  witnessed  personally,  although 
I  had  heard  a  good  deal  about  them, 
occurred  one  day  when  I  had  been  go­
ing  to  the  store  about  six  months  off 
and  on. 
in  the  place  one  day 
when  Andy  had  one  of  his  dogs  in  his 
arms.  Tbe  beast  had  been  drooling 
for  several  days  and  Andy  was  very

I  was 

in 

much  exercised  over  the  belief  that  he 
’At  the  time  l  speak 
had  a  sore  mouth. 
of  he  was  fishing 
in  the  dog’s  mouth 
with  his  fingers,  trying  to 
locate  the 
sore. 
It  wasn’t  a  very  appetizing  thing 
to  see,  and  I  should  think  a  less  appe­
tizing  thing  to  do;  still,  Andy  did  it, 
right  enough. 
the  dog 
didn't  have  the  kindness  to  suspend 
his  drooling  while  tbe  investigations 
were  in  progress.  While  he  was  fishing 
away  there  for  the  sore  a  lady  came 
in 
and  she  could  very  well  see  what  Andy 
was  doing. 
I  think  if  it  had  been  I,  I 
would  have  turned  around  and  gone  out 
again,  but  she  was  braver  and  asked for 
a  pound  of  water  crackers.

Incidentally, 

Andy  didn't  like  being disturbed.  He! 
was  having  a  good  time  slipping  and j 
sliding  around 
in  his  dog’s  mouth  and 
the  finding  of  that  sore  and  the  treating 
of  it  would  have  been  more  real  pleas­
ure  to  him  than  the  selling  of  a hundred 
pounds  of  crackers.  But  he  got  up  and 
may 
if  he  didn’t  go 
straight  to  the  cracker  barrel,  merely 
giving  his  hands  a  cursory  wipe  on  his 
apron.
The 

in  disgusted 

looked  on 

jiggered 

l  be 

lady 
amazement.

“ You  needn’t  mind  about  those  to­
day,  if  you  please,’ ’  she finally  said and 
went  out.  Andy  never  said  a  word,  al­
though  he  was  a  customer  less,  but  went 
back  to  bis  investigations  again.

This will  give  you  a  good  idea of what 
lacked 
I  mean  when  I  say  that  Andy 
all  delicacy  regarding  animals.  He 
would  let  his  dogs entertain their friends 
right  in  bis  store,  getting  under  every­
body’s  fett  and  becoming  the  most  out 
rageous  nuisances  to  customers,  without 
seeming  to  see  what  a  fool  he  was. 
Anybody  who  knows  anything  at  all 
about  dogs  knows  that  you  don’t  want 
to  entertain  a  horde  of  them  in  a  pub­
lic  place.

I  haven’t  been 

in  Andy’s  town  for 
two  years,  but  a  personal  correspondent 
of  whom  I  enquired  about  him  wrote 
me  just  the  other day  that  he  had  sold 
out  his  business  and 
left  town.  The 
correspondent  added  that  clean  people 
got  so  they  wouldn’t  go  near  his  store.

Telephones  for  Two  Languages. 

From the Milwaukee Telephone.

J  G.  Nolen,  who  is  an  old-timer 

in 
the  electrical 
construction  business, 
tells  a  story  on  ‘  Val”   Blatz,  the  mil­
lionaire  brewer  of  Milwaukee.

“ Our  company  had  had  some  cor­
respondence  with  Mr.  Blatz  regarding 
the  putting 
in  of  a  telephone  plant  in 
his  big  brewery  establishment  and  I 
was  sent  up  to  try  to  close  a  deal.

“ I  took  a  couple  of  our  ’phones  with 
me  in  order  to  make  a  practical demon­
stration  should  one  be  required,  and  1 
went.with  the 
intention  of  making  a 
sale.

“ I  got  to  talking  with  Mr.  Blatz  and 
showed  him  the  advantage  of  putting 
system 
in  our 
throughout  his  establishment.  He 
lis­
tened  attentively  and  finally  said  :

intercommunicative 

“   ‘ Yes,  that 

is  all  so;  very  true. 
But, ’  and  he  spoke  with  the  conviction 
of  one  who  was  putting  a  poser,  ’ but my 
men  down 
in  the  maltbouse  and  the 
warehouses  and  cold  storage  are  all 
Dutchmen.
“   ‘ I,  myself,  although  a  German  and 
a  graduate  of  Leipsic  and  Heidelberg, 
can  speak  English,  but what  would  your 
telephones  be  to  my  Dutch  workmen, 
who  can  not  talk  English  at  all?’

“ Well,  I  saw  how  the  land 

lay.  Old 
Val  could  not  get  it  through  his  head 
that  the  telephone  would  transmit  any­
thing  but  the  language  of  America. 
I 
was  bound  to  make  the  deal,  as  I  said 
before,  so  1  remarked  to  Mr.  Blatz:

“  ‘ I  can  put  on  some  German  receiv­
if  you  so  desire.  I  have  some  with 

ers 
me. ’

“ I  connected  up  tbe  'phones,  made  a 
show  of  changing  the  receivers,  and 
in 
half  an  hour  Mr.  Blatz  was  talking  to 
one  of  bis  Dutchmen  down  in  the  malt- 
house.  He  was  delighted.

“   ‘ You  may  put  them  in,’  he  said, 
‘ and  I  shall  want  one  German  one  in 
the  malthouse,  one  German  one  in  each 
warehouse,  English  ones 
in  my  office 
and  the  business  office  and  a  German 
one 

in  the  cold  storage  bouse. ’

“ We  closed  the  deal  and  Mr.  Blatz 
was  glad  to  pay  $2  extra  for  each  Ger­
man  enunciator  we  put  in.  When  the 
’phones  were  shipped  from  the  factory 
I  had  them  labelled  German  and  Eng­
lish,  respectively,  and  the  big  brewer 
was  perfectly  satisfied.

“ It  was  five  years  before  I  saw  Mr. 
Blatz again,“ concluded Mr.  Nolen.  “ He 
recognized  me  at  once,  and  said  with  a 
‘ You  are  the 
hearty  German 
accommodating  gentleman  who  put 
in 
the  German  and  English  telephones  for 
me.  Well,  you  area  good  one.’  ’ ’

laugh: 

The  man  who  confesses  his  ignorance 

is  on  the  road  to  wisdom.

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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 2V2 hours to Pittsburg, and quick transit by 
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Shoes  and  Leather
Limitation  of  Shoes  Impossible.
The  convenient  branch  of  our  highly 
civilized  Government  which  enacts  for 
us  laws,  either  for  beneficent  or  selfish 
purposes,  is  continually  appealed  to  in 
the  hope  that 
it  may  furnish  us  with 
facile  means  to  set  in  motion  some  new 
enterprise,  or to  clog  the  wheels  of  some 
pernicious  one  that  appears  to  forbode 
damage  to  human  interests—as  we  view 
it.  Leaving  out  entirely  the  great  field 
of 
in  which  the  ever- 
busy  bees  of  communism  are  working 
with  unprofitable  energy  and  often  hon­
est  devotion,  we  may,  nevertheless,  find 
ripe  minds  among  deep thinkers to-day, 
theorizing  upon  the  great  problem  of 
advancing  the  interests  of  the masses by 
checking the  too-soaring  progress  of  the 
few  who  are  gathering,  as  a  snowball 
gathers  in  its  simple act  of  rolling,  the 
most  of  the  desirable  things  in  the 
way.

leveling  reform 

Among  these  so-called  reforms  is 

, 

it 

It 

limitation  of  shoes. 

recent  one  looking  seriously  toward  the 
limitation  of  wealth. 
is  a  curious 
problem,  anyway.  Most  persons  don 
have  any  trouble  about  this  matter,  be 
cause  circumstances  manage  to  lira 
their  wealth  for  them ;  and  those  who 
become  a  little  bloated  with  this world 
goods  don’t  seem  to  chafe at  the  bur 
den,  so 
is  doubtful  whether  all  the 
legislators  in  the  land,  urged  on  by  the 
indefatigable  lobbyists  and  reformers, 
could  fix  a  boundary  line  which  money 
getters  would  not  be  able  to  break 
through.  Wealth,  even  in  moderation 
is  a  giant.
“And who shall place
. 
A limit to the giant’s unchained strength 
Or curb his swiftness in the forward race?”
Somebody  has  suggested,  in  view  of 
the  enormous  production  and  confusing 
variety,  a 
Tbi 
revolutionary  movement  was  to  be  in 
augurated  by  means  of  shoe  congresse 
composed  of  the  manufacturers,  who 
were  to  peacefully  bring  about  the  re 
suit by deciding, unanimously,  of course, 
on  only  one  style  of  last  to  last  a  season 
at  least;  whereas,  at  present,  so  rapid 
is  the  succession  of  styles,  and  so  close­
ly  do  they  tread  on  one  another’s  heels, 
that,  other things  being  equal,  the  lead­
ers  are tripped  by  their  followers,  and 
in  the  accumulating  heap  of 
go  down 
last  month’s  styles. 
It  will  be  a  new 
era,  indeed,  if  not  a  forerunner of  the 
millennium,  when  our army of  competi­
tive  manufacturers  agree,  unanimously, 
to  follow  one  line  of  last  for an  entire 
season,  and  to  refrain  from  the  indul­
gence  of  that  greatest  (after  profit)  of 
the  producer’s  joys,  the  creation  and 
dissemination  of  novelties 
in  models 
with  which  to  catch  the  public  eye  and 
foot.

There 

is  scarcely  a  manufacturer 
who  will  consent  to  any  limitations 
in 
styles by  himself.  Of course,  he  will  not 
object  to  such  a  movement  on  the  part 
of  his  competitors,  because  the  more 
they  limit  the  more  opportunity  it  will 
afford  him  for  successful  expansion, 
and  he  will  be  swift  to  avail  himself  of 
it.  Popular  tastes  have  been  so  sharp­
ened  by  the  modern  profusion  and  vari­
ety 
in  footwear  that  shoe  wearers  are 
now  constantly  on  the  watch  for  new 
things,  just  as  the  pampered  gourmand 
is  ever  on  the  alert  for  new  and  savory 
dishes.

The  public,  then,  can not be  depended 
upon  as  allies  to  the  promoters  of  lim i­
tation 
in  the  matter  of 
variety  and  frequent  changes.  The  be­
likely,
wildered  retailer  would,  very 

in  shoes,  even 

in  his  vote  for  the  measure  if  he 

drop 
were  eligible.  But  he  has  no  voice  i 
the  matter.  He  must  go  on  wearying 
himself  with  the  mental  task of discrim 
inating,  to  the  best  of  his  fallible  judg 
ment,  between  the  multitude  of  styles, 
in  order  to  have  on  hand  what  his  cus 
tomers  demand,  and  yet  avoiding  the 
risk  of  taking  too  great  chances  in  any 
one  new  thing  until 
it  has  been  well 
tested.

The  question  seems  to  narrow  itself 
down  to  the  will  of  the  shoe-wearing 
public.  The  producer  and  the  con 
sumer  must  settle it between themselves 
The  manufacturer 
is  in  business  for 
profit,  and  he  is  not  going  to  limit  shoe 
wearers  in  their  demands  for  his  prod 
ucts 
if  he  has  to  get  a  new  style  every 
month  to  please  his  patrons.  And  as 
shoes  under  our  modern  methods,  it 
the  hands  of skillful designers,  are capa 
ble  of  as  many  slight  but  distinct 
changes  as  are  letters  in  their  combina 
tions,  the  possibilities  are  almost  limit­
less  for  changes  in  styles  in  footwear.

Meanwhile  the  minor  limiters  are  not 
idle.  But  these  are  mostly  engaged  in 
petty  crusades  againt  some  particularly 
offensive  style,  as  they  view  it.  There 
was  a  Presbyterian  Assembly  out  in  In­
diana  which  took  cognizance  of  the 
toothpick  shoe  unfavorably.  At  least, 
one  of  the  good  brethren  said  he  re­
garded  this  type  of  graceful  footwear  as 
a  sort  of  moral  stumbling  block  to  the 
fair  members  of  the  congregation,  as 
it 
tended  to  discourage  contributions  to 
missions  and  other good  causes!  Now 
there  is  nothing  sound  in this argument, 
because  a  toothpick  toe  doesn’t  cost any 
more  than  a  Piccadilly  or a  square  one.
It  only  goes  to  prove  that  the  objector 
in  this  case  was  lamentably  ignorant  on 
the  subject  of  shoes  and  toes.  This 
was  a  mild  step  toward  limitation  in 
styles,  and  may  show  that  the  tendency 
toward  luxuriousness  and  profusion 
shoes 
church  seeks  to  remove.

is  a  modern  weakness  which  the 

But  the  peaked  toe  is  not  a  new  thing 
in  footwear.  It is  said  to have originated 
in  India,  and,  by  a  natural  orthograph- 
cal,  but  an  unnatural  geographical, 
transmission,  to  have  brought  up  in  In­
diana,  where  its  presence  was  resented 
by  a  native  pastor  in  the  Presbyterian 
Assembly.  The  church,  centuries  ago, 
saw  fit  to  frown  upon  it  and  to  openly 
anathematize  it;  and  yet  the  peaked  toe 
was  not 
it  was  tempo­
rarily  driven 
it  again 
showed 
front  even  more 
its 
pointedly  because  of  its  persecution.

into  seclusion, 
saucy 

limited;  or  if 

There  are  broad-minded  and  coura­
geous  retailers,  however,  who  are not in- 
midated  by  the  growing  multiplicity 
of  styles,  and  who  make  no  sign  of  dis­
approval.  When  a  certain  fashion  gets 
ittle  antiquated,  say  six  months  or  so 
n  the  rear  of  the  procession,  they  are 
'isposed  of  at  a  reduced  price  to  make 
room  for  their  "betters,”   so  called; 
just  as  eggs  that  have  lost  their  pristine 
freshness  are  no  longer  labeled "strictly 
fresh,”   and  are  sold  at  tempting  prices 
to  the  inexperienced  or  unwary  house­
keeper or  to  the  ultra  thrifty  customer.
those  strict  old 
Puritans,  essayed  to  limit  the  footwear 
of  our  grandmothers.  This  was  done 
less  through  the  curtailing  of  quantity 
than  of  vain  splendor  in  shoes.  The 
annoying  sumptuary  laws  aimed  at  per­
sonal  adornment  were  as  irksome  and 
disagreeable  to  those  worthy  people  as 
an  actual  limitation  in  the  number  of 
our  shoes  would  now  be  to  us,  and  to 
which  we  would  not  submit.

Our  ancestors,  too, 

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to  me,  so  'far  as  I  have  any  means  of 
judging,  that  you’d  have  a  boy  in  Jack 
that  would  soon  be pushing  up  the  line; 
and,  while I think  everything  of  Morris, 
I’m  convinced,  with  the  training  Jack 
will  get  at  the  foot  of  the  business  lad­
der,  he  will  be  ready,  one  of  these 
bright  days,  to  step  into  the  shoes  Will 
will  leave  in  the  office  for  somebody  to 
step  into.  You  think  I  may  send  the 
boy  around  to  you?”

“ Tell  him  to  come  in  the  morning.”  
Why  not  send  for  him  now  and  let 

him  go  to  work  in  the morning?”

And  the  next  morning,  when  the  man 
came  to  open  the  door  he  found  Jack 
waiting  to  go  to  work.

R ic h a r d   Ma lco lm  Str o n g.

If  a  man  were  able  to  do  just as  he 
pleased  all  the  time,  he  would  complain 
because  he  couldn’t  do  something  else.

W e   have  .  . 

“ How  do  you  know  what  he’s good 

for  or  what  he's  worth?”

“ If  you  thought  I  didn’t  know,  why 
did  you  ask  me?  You  store-keepers are 
a  fine  lot.  You  growl  at  and  find  fault 
with  your  help  and  think  it  about  kills 
you  to  break  a  new  man  in,  without 
ever  once  thinking  what  torment  the 
man  has  to go  through  with  by the  same 
process.  You  rather  give  all  the  way 
from  five  dollars  up  to  a  hundred  than 
have  a  new  man  come  into  the  store— 
that  s  what  you  say;  and  then  when  I 
give  you  just  the  man  you  need  you 
offer  him  5°  cents! 
I'll  tell  you  what 
you  do:  Advertise  for  a  boy,  and  throw 
down  the  broom  or  ‘any  old  thing,’  and 
the  applicant  who  picks  it  up  and  asks 
you  where  he  shall  hang  it  up  will  be 
the  good 
little  boy  who  will  take  your 
job  for  50  cents  a  day  and  earn  a  dollar 
and  a  half!  When  you  grocers  get  down 
to  what  you  call  business,  you  can’t 
bear  the  thought  of  letting  a nickel  slip 
through  your  fingers. 
Just  make  an 
exception 
in  this  boy’s  favor.  Give 
him  a  dollar a  day  for  a  week,  and if he 
doesn’t  earn 
it  ship  him  and  I’ll  pay 
you  the  six  dollars. ”

You  know  I  wouldn’t  make  such  a 
I  should  like  to  know, 
bargain  as  that. 
though,  how  you  came  to  be  acquainted 
with  a  boy  of  that  description  that  you 
can  swear  by?”

it 
carries  papers, 

“ That's  easy;  I’ll  tell you :  The boy’s 
teacher  told  me.  For  two  years  or  so 
he  has  taken  it  upon him  to  look  out  for 
in  good 
himself,  and  he’s  doing 
shape.  He 
for  one 
thing.  He’s  always 
looking  out  for  a 
job,  gets  it,  and  the  men  he  works  for 
keep  for  him  other  work  they may have. 
Better  than  all,  his  teacher  tells me he’s 
at  the  head  of  his  class,  a  fact  which 
shows  that  the  boy  isn’t  a  fool.  It seems

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low  who  insists  upon  bis  whole  gamut 
of  changes  in  athletic  shoes  for  various 
games  and  pastimes;  not  to  mention 
the  placid  dude  whose  peevishness 
would  be  provoked  if  he  were  deprived 
of  his  dancing  pumps,  his  set  of  dainty 
walking  shoes,  his  boudoir  slippers  and 
his  gorgeous  outing  things—not  to dwell 
upon  the  masculine  side  of  this  im­
portant  subject,  there 
is  the  modern 
woman,  who  will  not  be  limited  in  any­
thing  pertaining  to  dress,  especially 
in 
footwear,  which  has  come  to  take  its 
place,  deservedly,  as  the  highest  thing, 
under  foot,  that  contributes  to  feminine 
personal  adornment.  Her  tennis  shoes, 
her  bicycle  boots,  her  variety  of  street 
shoes,  her  outing  shoes,  her dainty house 
shoes  and  slippers  and  all the rest,  these 
have  now  become  almost  part  of  herself 
and  she  could  spare  none  of  them.  She 
would 
fact  rather  be  moderately 
limited 
in  the  matter  of  gloves  or  ice 
cream  than  be  stinted  in  the  number 
and  variety  of  her  shoes. 
It  will  never 
do  to  limit  shoes. 

It  is  too  late.

in 

There  is  a  good  hygienic  reason,  too, 
in  favor  of  the  non-limitation  of  foot­
wear  too  well  known  by  every  thought­
ful  shoe  wearer  to  be  discussed  here. 
And  yet  this  reason  alone  ought to plead 
powerfully 
in  favor  of  many  changes. 
Supposing  that  the  feet  of  most  people 
are  now  no  longer  used  as suffering shoe 
stretchers,  then  the  more  shoes  to  each 
person  the  better.  So  it  has  been  pretty 
conclusively  shown  that  limitation  in 
if  possible,  would  be  in­
shoes,  even 
judicious.  The  popular 
is 
against  it.  People  now  have  not  only 
abundance  of  shoes  to  wear,  but  some 
In  fact,  the  only 
have  shoes  to  burn. 
limit  placed  upon  them  by  wearers 
is 
the  purse  limit,  and  even  this  is  ready 
to  stretch  a  point  or  two  when  new 
temptations  in  the  very  latest  thing  out 
are  presented  to  their  admiring  gaze. 
“ Unlimited  footwear,  in numbers,  qual­
ity  and  splendor/’  say  the  people.  And 
the 
heartily, 
“ Amen!” — E.  A.  Boyden  in  Boots  and 
Shoes.

exclaims, 

producer 

verdict 

How  Did  the  Retailer  Feel?

From the Carpet Trade Review.

A  funny  thing  happened  at  Grand 
Rapids  not  long  ago.  A  prominent 
citizen  in  one  of  the  minor  towns of  an 
adjoining  state  had  built  a  handsome 
residence,  and  having  properly  mort­
gaged  and  otherwise  decorated 
it,  pro­
ceeded  to  look  out  for  furniture.

“ You,”   he  said  to  the  local  dealer, 
“ do  not  carry  the  goods  I  want.  Can’t 
I  buy  them  at  wholesale?  Give  me  one 
of  your  business  cards.  I’ll  be  the‘ Co. ’ 
in  your  firm  and  you  will  get  credit 
in 
Grand  Rapids  for  my  purchases.”

“ AH  right,’ ’  said  the  dealer,  who 
gave  him  the  cards  and  the  addresses 
of  several  manufacturers, 
to  each  of 
whom  he  immediately  wrote  that  Mr. 
So-and-So,  accompanied  by  his  wife, 
would  be  in  Grand  Rapids  shortly,  rep­
resenting  himself  to  be  a  member  of 
his  firm. 
is  not  so,’ ’  he  added. 
“ Please  protect  me,  as  I  want  to  make 
a  profit  on  the  goods. ’ ’

“ He 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  So  and-So,  on  reach­
ing  the  market,  stumbled  into  a  house 
which was  not  on  the  dealer’s list.  They 
found  what  they  wanted,  and  the  firm, 
having  found  the  country  dealer  rated 
-well  by  Dun  &  Co.,  sold  the 
’ Co.’  $800 
worth  of  goods.

Ever  since  the  local  dealer  has  been 
kicking  himself,  while  the  prominent 
citizen  has  no 
idea  of  the  amqunt  of 
money  he  saved  by  buying  where  he 
did.

Heard  in  the  Gallery. 

Customer— “ Do  you  suppose  you  can 

take  a  good  picture  of  me?”

Photographer—* ‘ I  shall have to answer 

you  in  the  negative,  sir.”

The  New  Boy  in the  Bostwick  Grocery. 
Written for the T radesman.

Wnen 

it  was  finally  fixed  that  Will 
Morris  was  going  to  give  up  his  place, 
it  became  a 
serious  question  who 
should  be  his  successor.  When  Mr. 
Bostwick called Lawrence Means into the 
office  and  asked  him 
if  he  thought 
likelihood  of  his  being 
there  was  any 
able  to  step 
into  Morris’  shoes  in  a 
month  or  so,  and  Lawrence  thought 
there  was,  one  question  was  settled. 
But  one  involving  much  more  annoy­
ance  at  once  presented  itself.  The  line 
of  clerks  would  all  be  moved  up  a  peg 
by  putting  Means 
in  the  office,  but 
there  was  the  vacancy  at  the  end  of  the 
line,  and  then  there  would  be  a  lot  of 
testing  and  discharging  until  the  right 
boy  should  be  found.

In  a  moment  of  something 

like  de­
jection  he  bailed  me  as  I  was  going  by 
his  establishment  and  I  sauntered  in  to 
hear  what  he  had  to  say.

“ I  hate  to  bother  you  about  such 
things,  and  it's  just  barely  possible  that 
you  won’t  have  to  be  bothered  at  all 
Do  you  happen  to  know  of  a  big  stout 
fisted  boy  of  eighteen  or  thereabout 
who  has  a  head  on  him  and  something 
in  it  resembling  brains,  who  will  come 
into  the  store  and  go  to  work? 
I  want 
him  to  begin  on  the  lowest  round  of  the 
ladder,  with  nothing  but  a  broomstick 
I  want  him  to  know 
to  climb  with. 
that  there 
in  the 
house  for  him  to  fall  into,  and  that  he’ll 
be  expected  to  work  like  the  Old  Nick 
from  morning  until  night. 
I  want  him 
to  have  a  fair  amount  of  schooling,  and
I  want  him  to  be  a  decent  fellow  to 
have  around.  Now  do  you  happen  to 
know  that  sort  of  human  being?”

‘ soft  snap’ 

isn’t  a 

“ Why  don’t  you  advertise?”  
“ Advertise  be  hanged! 

I’ve  gone 
through  with  that  too  often ;  and  don’t 
for  goodness’  sake  ask  me  to  go through 
with  that  racket  you  quill-drivers  are  so 
fond  of—about  taking  the  boy  that shuts 
the  door  after  him  quietly  when  he 
leaves  the  office;  or  picks  up  a  pin  that 
he  sees  on  the  carpet;  or  takes  off  his 
hat  and  stands  respectfully  before  you 
and  says,  ‘ Yes,  sir,’  or  ‘ No,  sir,’  when 
I  don’t  want  to  go 
he 
I 
through  with  any  of  that  nonsense. 
lon’t  care  whether  his  mother 
is  a 
is  her  only  support,  or 
ridow  and  he 
whether  she 
is  a  washerwoman  and  is 
supporting  him. 
I  want  the  sort  of 
fellow  I’ve  told  you  of.  You  shied  my 
question  and  I’ll  ask  you  again:  Do 
you  happen  to  know  that  sort  of  human 
being—yes  or  no?”

is  addressed. 

“  Yes. ”
‘ ‘ Who  is  he?”
“ A  boy  eighteen  years  old  named 
Jack  McIntosh.  I’ve  a  notion  he wants 
just  such  a  place.  What  are  you  willing 
to  give  him?”

“ Oh,  along  at  first,  u»til  I  see  what 
nd  of  a  boy  he  is  and  how  he  takes 
hold,  I  guess  $3  a  week  will  be  about
II  he’s  worth.”
“ Well,  unfortunately  for  you,  I  don’t 
happen  to  know  any  half-dollar-a-day 
boy.  You  won’t  get  Jack  McIntosh  for 
any  such  price  as  that,  I  can  tell  you. 
To  be  out  and  out  honest  with  you,  I 
don’t  feel  especially  flattered,  after I’ve 
told  you  what  I  have,  to  have  you  con­
clude  to  look  over  the  goods  and,  if  you 
find  that  they  are  what  I’ve  represented 
them  to  be,  you’ll  take  ’em.  Now,  if 
you  want  this  boy,  and  will  give  him 
dollar a  day  for  a  month  of  good  solid 
service,  all  right,  I’ll  send  him  over.  If 
he  isn’t  worth  that  he  isn’t  worth  any­
thing  and  I  don’t  want  him  to  come.”

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W om an’s World
Some  Objections  to  Marrying  a  Poor 

Man.

She  has  been  a  brilliant  and  conspic 
uous  figure  in  society  for  the  past  two 
seasons,  and  the  other  day  she  slipped 
around  in  the  quiet  dusk  to  tell  me  that 
she  was  going  to  be  married.

“ After  a ll,“   she  said  with  something 
that  was  between  a 
laugh  and  a  sob 
“ after  all,  I  am  not  making  what  the 
world  calls  a  brilliant  match. 
I  am 
marrying  a  man  who  has  his  fortune 
still  to  make,  and  the  most  I  can say for 
mother  is  that  she 
is  reconciled.  She 
isn’t  jubilant  like  she  was  when  Saili 
married  Colonel  Croesus  or  when  Mary 
married  Jack  Bonton.  Poor  mother 
I  am  awfully  sorry  for  her  and  it  almost 
broke  my  heart  to  disappoint  her  so, 
but  what  was  I  to  do?  There  was  Jim 
and  we  were 
in  love  with  each  other, 
and  bread  and  cheese  and kisses seemed 
better  to  me  with  him  than  truffles  and 
champagne  with  anybody  else.  But  you 
haven’t  any 
idea  what  I  went  through 
with  trying  to  make  mother  see  it  in 
any  other  light  than  a  case  of  premedi 
tated  suicide.

“ I  didn’t  blame  her. 

It  was  just  be 
love  for  me  and  her  mistaken  idea  of 
trying  to  save  me  from  every  hardship 
I  suppose  it’s 
inevitable,  perhaps,  that 
a  time  should  come  to  us  all  when  the 
luxuries  of  life  outweigh  its  sentiments 
— kind  of  a  you’ll-be-romantic-a-very 
little-while,butyou-can-be-comfortable- 
a-long-long-time 
feeling,  eh?  Only, 
you  know,  it  hasn't  come  to  me  yet,  and 
we  couldn't  see  things  from  the  same 
point  of  view.

in  the  world? 

“ Did  you  ever  think,”   the  girl  went 
on,  with  her  voice  a 
little  unsteady, 
“ that  sometimes  mother  love  can  be the 
crudest  thing 
It  isn’t 
often  that 
it  is  a  vulgar  love  of  money 
for  money’s  sake  that  makes  a  woman 
want  to  see  her  daughter  marry  a  rich 
man.  She  wants  to  shield  her  from 
work,  from  privations,  from  worry  and 
cares,  and  she  forgets  how  many  things 
money  won’t  buy. 
If  our mothers  could 
have  their  way,  they  would  put  us  all  in 
nice,  soft,  satin-lined  boxes,  and  pat 
us  on  the  head  and  say: 
‘ There,  there, 
dear,  you  are  so  nice  and  comfortable. 
You  have  everything  a  reasonable  wom­
an  can  want.  Now,  just  keep  still  and 
be  good.  Oh,  of  course  you  feel  a  bit 
smothery  and  you  want  to  get  out  and 
stretch  your  wings  and  take  your  part 
in  life;  but  you  will  get  over  that  feel­
ing  after a  while,  and  if  you  went  out 
in  the  world,  you  might  get  hurt.  Be­
lieve  me,  there  is  nothing  like  a  satin- 
lined  box  for  comfort,  and thank  heaven 
that 
it  gave  you  a  mother  who  didn’t 
let  you  have  your own  way,  but  insisted 
on  seeing  that  you  were  properly  pro­
vided  for. ’

‘ ' Of  course,  you  may  say  that  no  one 
can  make  a  girl  marry  any  one  but  the 
one  whom  she  prefers,  and  that  the 
good  old  days  are  past  when  a  daughter 
could  be  locked  up 
in  her  room  and 
fed  on  bread  and  water  until  she  was  in 
a  proper  frame  of  mind  to  accept  the 
suitor  her  parents  had  selected  for  her. 
Nobody  would  dream  of  doing  anything 
of  that  kind  now,  but  there  are  moral 
thumbscrews  that  are just as agonizingly 
effective  as  the  physical  ones  ever were, 
and 
it  takes  a  deal  of  courage  and  a 
backbone  like  a  telephone  post  to  brace 
up  a  girl  who  goes  against  her  family 
when  she  marries.

“ Take  the  case  of  the  girl  whose peo­
ple  belong  to a  good  family,  but  are  not

well  off 
in  this  world’s goods.  They 
have  made  sacrifices  to  eaucate  her  and 
dress  her  so  she  can  go  in  society.  She 
knows  of  all  the  pinching  economies 
hidden  from  the  public.  She  remem­
bers  how  often  her  mother’s  standby 
black  silk  has  been  made  over  in  order 
that  she  may  have  fresh  taffetas for  ger- 
mans.  She  knows  how  many  luxuries 
her  father  has  done  without  to  buy  her 
satin  slippers  for  parties. 
I  know  it  is 
the  fashion  to  speak  of  society  girls  as 
heartless  wretches  who  keep  their  fath­
ers  on  the  rack  to  pay  their  bills,  but 
it  is  not  true.  Often and often  it  is  none 
of  the  girl’s  doing. 
She  would  fa 
rather  live  simpler  and  not  attempt  to 
keep  the  pace  of  the  rich  and  fashion 
able,  but  her  mother  is  ambitious.  Per 
haps  the  girl  is  pretty  or  clever  or  has 
some  charm  that  makes her sought after. 
Nobody  puts 
into  words,  but  she 
knows  as  well  as  she  knows  anything 
that  she  is  expected  to  m arry  rich  and 
that  only  by  doing  so  can  she  repay  the 
family  for  what  they  have  sacrificed  for 
her.

it 

it 

“ D^n’t  think  that 

is  easy  for  a 
like  that  to  marry  a  poor  man,  no 
girl 
matter  how  much  she 
loves  him.  She 
sees  her  mother’s  face  with  the  tired, 
worn 
look  that  struggling  and  striving 
have  traced  there;  she  looks  at her fath­
er’s  bent  shoulders;  perhaps  she  has 
younger  sisters  that  would  benefit  by 
her  making  a  brilliant  match—sym­
pathy,  gratitude,  her  duty  to  others,  are 
all  urged  on  her,  openly  or  tacitly,  and 
she  knows  that  if  she  goes  her  own  way 
and makes her  own  choice  she  is  cruelly 
adding  another  sorrow  to  burdens  that 
were  already  crushing  before.  And  the 
strange  part  of  all  this  is  that  it is noth­
ing  but  ill-judged  love  that  makes  the 
mother  urge  her  on.  She  would  die  for 
the  girl,  but  the  more  she  has  struggled 
and  been  denied,  the  more  she 
is  de­
termined  that  her daughter shall have all 
the  physical  comforts  that  money  can 
buy. 
is  anything  beyond  or 
above  that  she  shuts  her  eyes  and  will 
not  look  at  it.

If  there 

if 

rich  people  were 

“ One  could  better  understand  a moth­
er’s  desire  for  her  daughter  to  marry 
rich 
invariably 
if 
happy,  or  to  make  a  brilliant  match 
brilliant  matches  always 
turned  out 
brilliantly.  But  they  don’t.  We  have 
all  known  of  brilliant  marriages,  the 
plendor  of  whose  details  was  tele­
graphed  all  over  the  country,  and  whose 
sequel  was  a  broken-hearted  woman 
coming  back  to  her own  people  after  a 
few  years  of  intolerable  misery.  We 
have  seen  young  girls  arrayed  in  bridal  I 
white  walk  up  the  church  aisle  with 
men  old  enough  to  be  their  fathers,  and 
heard  the  whispered  comments  of  how 
lucky  Lucy  Poorgir!  was  to  catch  that 
rich  railroad  president  and  how well her 
mother  had  managed  for  her  daughters; 
and,  later  on,  we  all  sat 
in  judgment 
on  the  poor  girl,  when  her  heart,  re­
belling  against  its  fate,  strayed  across 
the  borderland  of  conventionality  and 
found  its  own  mate.  We  have  every  one 
of  us  seen  riches  take  wings,  and  the 
girl  whose  wedding  was  celebrated  with 
a  pomp  befitting  royalty  almost  taking 
in  sewing  to  support  herself  and  her 
children.  One  wonders  if  the  mothers 
who  are  so  anxious  for  their  daughters 
to  make  fine  matches  never  think  of 
these  things.

“ Of  course,  l  am  not  advocating  a 
girl  being 
left  perfectly  free  and  un­
trammeled  in  making  her  selection  of  a 
husband.  Any  mother  is  justified  in  do­
ing  anything  she  can  to  prevent  a  girl
throwing  herself  away  on  a  man  who  is

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

idle  or  dissipated  or  worthless.  Any 
girl'  with  a  grain  of  sense  in  her  head 
knows  that  the  man  who  has  never  sup­
ported  himself  isn’t  going  to  be  able  to 
support  her,  and  that  kind  of  grinding 
poverty  would  kill  the  most  robust  case 
of  sentiment  that  ever  lived. 
If  a  man 
won’t  keep  from  drink  for  his  own  self- 
respect  and  manhood,  he  isn’t  going 
to  do  it  for  any  woman  who  ever  lived, 
and  the  quicker  she  listens  to  reason 
and 
lets  him  go  the  better  for  her. 
That  is  the  poverty  and  hard  times  that 
has  no  hope  to  gild  its  horizon  and  no 
self-respect  to  make  its  present  endur­
able.

“ But  there  is  another  kind,”   and  the 
society  girl’s  face  grew  rosy  red  and 
soft  and  tender as  a June rose,  ‘ ‘ where  a 
man  has  youth  and  health  and  ability 
and  has  already  gotten  a  foothold  in  the 
world.  He  is  still  poor.  With  the  best 
of  luck,  of  hard  work  and  self-denial, 
it  will  be  m any  years  before  he  will  be 
able  to  afford  his  wife  m any  luxuries, 
but  a  mother  ought  to  think a long time, 
and  be  very  sure,  before  she  tries  to 
keep  her  daughter  from  saying  ‘ yes’  to 
him.  Somehow  that  always  seems  to 
me  the  great  American  romance,  and  I 
never 
see  a  prosperous  middle-aged 
American  couple  together,  and  note  the 
man’s  fondness  for  his  wife  and  his  ad­
miration  for  her  and  his  reliance  on  her 
judgment, without  thinking  that  it  is the 
very  flower  and  perfume  of  our  hard 
working  commercial 
life.  They  have 
worked  together  and  struggled  together 
and  had  the  same  ideals  and  interests 
and  hopes  and  plans  and  have  grown 
into  a  oneness  that  people  never  know 
who  have  only  always  been  rich  and 
prosperous.

That  was  the  way  my  mother  and 
father  married,”   said  the  girl  with  a 
smile,  “ and  I  reminded  mother  of  it  in 
one  of  our  arguments.”

’And  what  did  she  say?”   I enquired. 
'She  said  I  needn’t  think  I  could 
hope  to  marry  such  a  man  as  my  father 
is,”   returned  the  girl. 
“ And  then  I 
knew  that  she  is  romantic  still.”

D o roth y  D ix .

, Our  Duty  to  Our  Neighbor.

When  women  think  of  doing  good  to 
their  fellows  they  think  at  once  of  the 
lame,  the  halt  and  the  blind,  and  these 
are  the  objects  of  their  benefactions. 
They  seldom  or  never  remember  how 
many  people  there  are—who  wear  silk- 
ined  gowns  and  fare  sumptuously every 
¿ay—who  are  every  whit  as  much  in 
need  of  their  good  offices  as  the  beggar 
at  the  gate.  Dives has  gone  away  many 
a  time  starving  for  the  bread  of  sym- 
pathy,  and  no  one  cast  him  so  much  as 
a  crumb  from  their  tables.

Prominently  in  this  great  question  of 
our  duty  to  our  neighbors  comes  up that 
little-considered  question  of  our  duty  to 
the  strange  woman  within  the  gates  of 
our  city.  Not  alone  the  working  wom­
an,  not  she  chiefly,  indeed,  for  she  is 
too  busy  to  be  lonesome,  but  the  well-

to-do  woman  whose  lot  is  suddenly  cast 
amongst  us,  and  who  has  no  friends  or 
acquaintances,  or  even  letters  of 
intro­
duction  to  pave  her  way  into  some  sort 
of companionship.  She is often a  woman 
who 
in  her  old  home  has  been  a  leader 
in  church  work,  has  belonged  to  clubs, 
has  occupied  a  good  position  and  been 
of  consequence.  Oftenest,  perhaps,  she 
is  a  bride— some  girl  from  a  little  town 
or  the  country,  who  has  been  admired, 
and  has  been  called 
“ Mamie”   or 
"S a llie ”   by  half  the  community.  Her 
husband  may  be  a  stranger,  too,  know­
ing  no  one  but  the  men  he  meets  in 
business,  and  then,  indeed,  her  lot 
is 
pitiable.

Women  who" have  always  lived  in  the 
same  city,  who  have  friends  and  rela­
tives  and  old  associations,  can  have 
no  realization  of  the  loneliness  of  the 
woman  who  goes,  a  perfect  stranger,  to 
a  strange  city.  Sometimes  for  weeks 
and  weeks  no  woman  will  darken  her 
doors,  no  woman’s  voice  speak  to  her, 
except  such  as  she  has  dealings  with  in 
the  shops. 
If  she  were  stranded  on  a 
barren  and  desert  isle  the  very  savages 
could  scarcely  be  less  inhospitable.

Not 

in  the  world. 

long  ago  a  charming  young 
woman, who  came  to town  as  a bride was 
relating  her  experiences. 
“ I  knew  ab­
solutely  no  one,”   she  said,  “ and  Jack, 
who  had  only  been  here  a  couple  of 
years,  knew  only  a  few  men.  They 
called  and  then  reigned  isolation. 
I 
sat  for  days  in  my  pretty  new  house  as 
absolutely  alone  as  if  I  were  the  only 
woman 
I  had  always 
heard  that  the  church  was  a  good  place 
to  get  acquainted,  but 
if  there’s  any­
thing  more  freezing  than  the  perfunc­
tory  and  professional  way  the  preacher 
and  the  visiting  committee  can  visit 
you,  it  must  be 
located  up  about  the 
Klondike.  Then  after  a  bit  I  came  to 
know  a  woman  or two—real  nice  wom­
en,  in  my  own  class,you know—and  I ’m 
sure  if  they  could  have  known  how  I al­
most  prayed  they  would  come  to  see  me 
it  would  have  touched  a  heart  of  stone.
I  used  to  often  think  they  wouldn’t  turn 
a  beggar  away  hungry  from  their  gates, 
yet  I  was  starving  for  companionship.
It  taught  me  one  lesson,  though.  When­
ever  now  I  meet  a  woman  who  says  she 
has  just  moved 
to  town  and  doesn’t 
know  anybody,  I  go  and  call  on  her  the 
next  day. 
I  don’t  go  in  much  for  mis­
sionary  work,  but  there’s  feeling  in  my 
visits.  I  have  been  all  along  there,  and 
I  know  how  it  is. ”

Losing  No  Time.

“ I  have  heard  a  good  deal  about  peo­
ple  who  borrow  trouble,  but  I  think  my 
wife  is  a  champion  in  that  line.”

“ Why,  I  thought  she  was  always 

cheerful  and  contented  with  her  lot.”  

“ She  was  until  our  baby  was  born  six 
weeks  ago.  Now  she 
is  worrying  be­
cause  he  may  marry  some  girl  that  we 
may  not  like. ”

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Drugs-=Chem icals
MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY
'   Term  expires
Dec. 31,1898
-  Dec. 31,1899 
Dec. 31,1900
-  Dec. 31,1901 
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Secretary, Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
Treasurer, A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor.

Examination  Sessions.
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Marquette—About Sept. 1.
Lansing—Nov.  1 and 2.

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ASSOCIATION.

President—A. H. Webber, Cadillac. 
Secretary—Chas. Mann, Detroit. 
Treasurer—J ohn D. Muir, Grand Rapids.

Drug  Store  Wrecked  by  an  Unusua 

Mixture.

low 

The  drug  store  of G.  F.  Quackenbush, 
703  Greenwich  street,  New  York,  was 
wrecked  from  end  to  end  on the evening 
of  April  6 by  the  explosion of  a  mixture 
composed  of  two  parts  potassium  chlor­
ate  and  one  part  of  sodium  salicylate, 
which  was  being  rubbed  up  with  fric­
tion  by  the  head  prescription  clerk, 
George  A.  Palmer,  who is  now  a  patient 
in  the  surgical  ward  of  St.  Vincent’s 
Hospital  as  a  result  of  the  explosion. 
Mr.  Quacknbush’s  pharmacy  is  a  long, 
narrow  store,  some  sixty  feet  in  length 
and 
in  ceiling.  The  prescription 
calling  for  a  mixture  of  potassium 
chlorate  and  sodium 
salicylate  was 
handed  to  Mr.  Quackenbush  by  a  wom­
an,  who  disappeared  about  the  time  the 
explosion  took  place. 
It  was  written 
with  a  pencil,  and  after  smoothing  out 
the  paper,  Mr.  Quackenbush  handed 
it 
to  Palmer,  who  weighed  out the chemic­
als  in  powder  form  and  proceeded  to 
mix  them 
in  a  new  No.  7  wedgwood 
mortar,  the unused  rough  sides  of  which 
probably  helped  to  bring  about  the  sud 
den  combustion.  Palmer  had  been  at 
work  but  a  few  moments  when  the 
substances  exploded  with  terrific  vio­
lence,  shivering 
a 
thousand  pieces,  and  hurling  Palmer 
back  in  a  diagonal  direction from where 
he  stood  to  the  base  of  the  sink,  behind 
the  dispensing  counter,  where  he  sank 
in  an  unconscious  state  with  a  big  gash 
in  his  cheek.  The  sleeves  of  his  coat 
were  torn  and  hung  in  shreds,  and  the 
fire  which  followed  the  explosion  had 
attacked  his  torn  clothes  before  Mr. 
Quackenbush  could  come  to  his  rescue. 
The  force  of  the  explosion,  curious  to 
relate,  expended 
in  a  lateral  di­
rection,  the  narrow  space 
in  front  of 
the  dispensing counter  being  uninjured, 
while  the  door  and  windows  to  the right 
and  left,  distances  of  some  forty  and 
twenty  feet  respectively,  were  blown 
out with  great  violence,  the  show  globes 
and  contents  of  the  front  window  being 
hurled  into  the  street.  The  fire  which 
followed  the  explosion was partially sub­
dued  by  the  proprietor of the  store,  who, 
with  great  presence  of  mind,  directed 
the  contents  of  every  siphon  of  carbon­
ated  water  in  his  possession  against 
it, 
and  the  firemen  had  comparatively  lit­
tle  work  to  do  when  they  arrived  on  the 
scene.

the  mortar 

itself 

into 

Morphine—The  market 

is  firm,  cn 
account  of  the  position  of  opium,  and 
another advance  is  expected  soon.

Quinine—The  demand  at  the  decline 
has  been  enormous  and,  while 
large 
quantities could  have been  bought  at  18c 
a  few  days  ago,  the  best  price 
it  can 
be  purchased  at  to-day  is  25c  in bulk.

Paris  Green— The  manufacturers hav 
for  the 

named  the  following  prices 
opening  of  the  season :

Arsenic kegs..................................$  16%
100 to 175 Id.  k e g s ..................................  
17
14-28-50  lb. kits.................................. 
iS
2 and 5 lb. paper boxes................... 
18
1 lb.  paper boxes............................  
i8J£
% lb. paper boxes..........................  
1914
lb. paper boxes..........................   30^

Terms  strictly  60  days  from  date  of 
invoice,  with  usual  discount  for  cash 
There  is  no  rebate  to  purchases  of 
less 
than  one  ton.

Beeswax— Is  scarce  and  prices  have 

been  advanced.

Chloroform—The  combined  manufac 
turers  have  reduced  the  price  ioc  per 
lb.  The  only  reason  given  for  this  de 
cline  is  stated  to  keep  out  foreign  com­
petition.

and 

Cocaine-----Competition 

large
stocks 
in  outside  dealers’  hands  have 
brought  about  a  reduction  of  25c  per oz.
Sulphur  and  Brimstone—Have  been 
advanced,  owing  to  scarcity.  The  re­
finers  in  New  York  will  not  accept  or­
ders  and  very  high  prices  are  looked 
for.

California  Mustard  Seed— Is  very 
scarce  and  has  advanced  about  50  per 
cent.
Denver  Druggists  Seeking  Relief from 

Monopoly.

license  fee 

is  then  doubled, 

Denver  druggists  and  other  small 
dealers  are  making  an  effort  to  destroy 
department  store  competition 
in  the 
same  manner  tried  with  unsuccess  in 
the  Illinois  Legislature  last  year.  Brief­
ly,  the  scheme 
is  this:  Every  line of 
business  is  first  placed  under  a  license. 
in 
The 
geometrical  progression, 
for  each  ad­
ditional  department  or  class of business. 
The  license  fee  is  one-eighth  of  1  per 
cent,  of  the  amount of  stock  in  any  one 
class  of  goods.  Suppose  $20,000  to  be 
invested  in  clothing.  The  license  fee 
If  in  addition 
would  be  $25  per  year. 
an  equal  amount  should  be  invested 
in 
hardware,  the  license  fee  therein  would 
If  still  another  equal  amount 
be  S50. 
be  invested 
in  crockery,  the license  fee 
therein  would  be  $ico.  Carry  this  cal­
culation  up  to  the tenth department,  and 
the  license  fee  for  a  department  carry­
ing  but  the  $20,000  stock  would  be  al­
most  prohibitory.  When  consideration 
s  taken  of  the  immense  amount  invest­
ed 
in  a  department  store,  and  of  the 
great  variety  of  business  represented,  it 
will  be  seen  that  the 
licensing  fees 
would  be  enormous.  This,  it  is  thought, 
would  prevent  department  stores  from 
adding  additional  lines,  since  the  cost 
would  be  tremendous.  Thus  the  little 
dealer,  whose  departments  are  few,  and 
whose 
is  small,  would  be 
protected  from  the  greed  of  the  depart­
ment  store  monster.

investment 

The  Substitution  Evil.

“ Is  there  no  balm  in  Gilead?”   cried 

the  preacher.

The  druggist  in  the  front  pew  moved 

uneasily  and  rubbed  bis  eyes.

“ All  out  of  it,  at  present,”   he  mur­
mured,_  gently;  “ but  I  can  give  you 
something  just  as good.”

Afterward  he  slept  more  peacefully.
Do  your  best  to-day  and  you  will  be 

able  to  do  better  to-morrow.

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wholesome 
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The  Drug  Market.

Opium— The  market 

is  steadily  ad­
vancing  under  the  reports  of  damage by 
It  would 
drouth  to  the  growing  crop. 
now  cost  about  $3.30  per  pound  to 
im­
in  New  York  ask 
port.  Some  holders 
$3.5o*in  case  lots.

D I M P |   C Q   blackheads, boils,blotches.(reck-  {
I  1IVII  LCO  les,  eruptions  caused  by ingrow- j  
ing hair, skin  that is soft and wrinkly,  or rough  or  f  
swarthy, in fact, all complexion  difficulties  should  } 
be treated with SCHBOUDER’S  LOTION, f 
a  scientific  preparation  for  keeping  the  skin  f  
smooth,  firm  and  clear— it produces and preserves  7 
a healthy glow to the complexion; perfectly harm-  T 
le's.  At  drug  stores 25c per bottle ;  by mail  3Ec.  f  
B.  Schrouder,  Pharmacist,  Grand  Rapids.  Mich.  7

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced -Opium, Quinii 
Declined—

Morphia, S.P.& W ... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C. Co....................
Moschus Canton__
Myrlstlca, No. 1......
Nux Vomica... po.20
Os  Sepia.................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D. Co....................
Picis Liq. N.N.)4 gal.
doz........................
Picis Liq., quarts__
Picis Liq., pints......
Pil Hydrarg... po.  80 
Piper Nigra.. .po.  22
Piper Alba__po.  35
Piix  Burgnn...........
Plumbi  Acet..........
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Pyrethrum, boxes H. 
& P. D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
Quassi®..................
Quinia, S. P. & W.. 
Quinia, 8. German.. 
Quinia, N.Y...  .  ... 
Rubia Tinctorum... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin....................
Sanguis Draconis...
Sapo,  W...................
Sapo, M....................
Sapo. G....................
Siedlitz  Mixture__

2 50 
40

2 25©
2 25© 
© 
65© 
© 
15©
©   1  00
© 2 00 
©  1  00 
©  85
©  50
©  18 
30© 
10© 
12
1  10©
1 20
1  25 
30 
10 
32 1 
30 
: 3 
14 
20 
3  10 
50
14 
12
15 
22

8© 
27® 
35© 
28© 
12© 
18® 
3 00© 
40© 
12© 
10© 
©20  ©

Sinapis....................  @  18
Sinapis, opt............  
©  30
Snuff, Maccaboy.De
Voes.....................  
©  34
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s  @  34
Soda Boras..............  9  © 
11
Soda Boras, po........  9  ©  11
26©  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  1)4© 
2
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
3© 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3)4© 
4
Soda. Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne........... 
© 2 60
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
50©  55
Spt  Myrcia Dom... 
©  0 00
Spts. Vini Reet. bbl.  @ 2 42 
Spts. ViniRect.*4bbl  @2 47
Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal  @2 50
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal 
© 2 52 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40©  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl.........   2y@  31/,
Sulphnr,  Roll........ 
2)4©  4  "
Tamarinds.............. 
8© 
10
Terebenth Venice...  28©  30
Theobrom®............  
40©  42
Vanilla....................  9 00@16 Oo
Zinc!  Sulph............  
7© 
8

Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. 

Oils

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

19
43
70
40

Linseed, pure  raw..
Linseed, boiled......
Neatsfoot, winterstr
Spirits Turpentine..

40
42
65
34
Paints BBL.

LB
Red Venetian.........   13i  2  @8
Ochre, yellow Mars.  13i  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. 
ljj  2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  2 \   2)4@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2)4  2%@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13©  15
70©  75
Vermilion, English. 
Green, Paris...........  16)4© 20)4
Green,  Peninsular.. 
13©  18
Lead, Red.................   5)4©  6
Lead, white.................
6
Whiting, white Span 
70 
©
Whiting,  gilders’... 
10 
White, Paris Amer.. 
©  1  00
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff.....................
©  1  40 
Universal Prepared.  1
©   1  15
Varnishes^

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

Acidum

Acetlcum................... * 
6©C 8
Benzolcum, German  70©  75
Boracic.................... 
©  15
Carbolicum............   29©  41
Citricum................. 
40©  42
3© 
Hydrochlor............  
5
Nitrocum...............  
8©  10
12©  14
Oxallcum...............  
©  15
Phosphorium,  dil... 
Salieylicum............. 
60©  65
Sulphuricum...........  14i© 
5
Tannicum..............  1  25®  1  40
Tartaricum.............. 
38©  40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg........... 
Aqua, 20 deg........... 
Carbonas................. 
Chlorldum.............. 
Aniline
Black......... .............   2 00© 2 25
Brown.................... 
80©  1  00
R ed.........................  45©  50
Yellow....................  2  50© 3 00

4© 
6
6© 
8
12©  14
12©  14

55®  60
© 2 40 
45©  50
50©  60

Baccm.
Cubesee.......... po. 18  13©  15
Juniperus...............  
6© 
8
25©  30
Xantnoxylum.........  
Balsamum
Copaiba................... 
Peru......................
Terabin, Canada..
Tolutan................
Cortex
Abies, Canadian__ 
Cassl®......______  
Cinchona Plava...... 
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po. 
Prunus Virgin!.......  
Quillala,  gr’d ......... 
Sassafras........po. 18 
Ulmus.-.po.  15,  gr’d 
Extractum
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.  24@  25
Glycyrrhiza, po...... 
28©  30
Hsematox, 15 lb box. 
11®  12
Haematoi, I s ..........  
13© 
14
Hsematox, V4s.........  
14©  15
Hsematox, Qs......... 
16©  17

18
12
18
30
20
12
14
12
15

Perru
Carbonate Precip. 
Citrate and Quinia.. 
Citrate Soluble.......  
Ferrocyanidum Sol. 
Solut.  Chloride...... 
Sulphate, com!...... 
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt......  . 
Sulphate, p u re ...... 

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

Flora

Folia

15
2 25
75
40
15
2
50
7

12© 
14
18©  25
30©  35

Barosma..................  
23©  28
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly................. 
18©  25
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.  25®  30
Salvia officinalis, 14s
and 54s................. 
12©  20
Ura Ursi..................  
S@  10
Gummi
®  65
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
®  45
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
©  35
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
©  28
Acacia, po...............  
60@  80
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20  12©  14
Aloe, Cape__po. 15  @  12
Aloe, Socotri..po. 40  @  30
Ammoniac.............. 
55©  60
Assafcetida__po. 30 
25©  28
Benzoinum............  
50©  55
Catechu, Is.............. 
®  13
©  14
Catechu, tfs............ 
©  16
Catechu, 3£s............ 
Camphor®............ 
40©  43
®  10
Buphorbium. .po.  35 
Galbanum............. 
@100
Gamboge  po......  
65©  70
Guaiacum......po. 25  @  30
Kino...........po. *3.u0 
© 3 00
M astic.................... 
©  60
Myrrh............ po.  45  @ 4 0
Opii... po. tl.49@4.60 3  41©  3 50
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 Vir. .oz.  pkg 
Rue...............oz.  pkg 
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V.. oz.  pkg 
flagnesia.
Calcined, Pat........... 
55©  60
Carbonate, Pat..  ... 
20©  22
Carbonate, K. A M..  20©  25
Carbonate, Jennings  35©  36

Oleum
Absinthium............
Amygdalae, Dulc__
Amygdalae, Amarse .
A n isi.........................
Auranti  Cortex
Bergami!.................
Cajiputi..................
Caryophylli............
fiedar.......................
Chenopadii..............
Cinnamoni i..............
Oltronella.

3 25® 3 50 
30©  50
8 00© 8 25 
2  1  © 2 20 
2 25© 2 40 
2 40© 2 50 
85©  90
75©  81
35©  65
© 2 75 
1  60©  1  70 
45©  50

90© 

90© 

Conium  Mac...........  35©  50
Copaiba.................  i  10©  1  20
Cubebse......................  
Exechthitos 
.........   1  00@  1  10
Erigeron.................   1  00©  1 10
Ganltheria..............   1  50©  1 60
Geranium,  ounce...  © 
75
Gossippii, Sem. gal..  50©  60
Hedeoma.................   1  on©  1 10
Junipera.............. 
  1  50©  2 00
Lavendula................  
Limonis...................   1  39© 1 50
Mentha  Piper..........  1  60© 2 20
Mentha Verid..........   1  50®  1 60
Morrhu®,  gal..........   1  io@  1 25
Myrcia,....................   4 00© 4 50
75© 3 00
Olive...... 
........... 
Picis  Liquids.........  
10®  12
©  35
Picis Liquids, gal... 
g lcin a.................... 
op©  !  i0
Rosmarini...............  
©  1  00
Ros®,  ounce...........  6 50© 8 50
Succini..................   40©  45
Sabina..................  
90©  1  00
Santal.......................  2 50© 7 00
Sassafras.................  55©  60
©  65
Sinapis, ess., ounce. 
Tiglii........................  1  40© 1 50
40©  50
Thyme.................... 
Thyme,  opt............  
©  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15©  20
Potassium
15©  18
gi-Carb.................... 
Bichromate............ 
13©  15
50©  55
Bromide............ 
Garb....................... 
12© 
15
Chlorate..po.47@19c 
16© 
18
Cyanide............. 
  35©  40
Iodide.....................   2 60©  2 65
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28©  30
© 
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
15
8@ 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
10
Potass Nitras
Prussiate.................  20©
Sulphate po  .........  —

 

 

© 

Radix

15©  18
20©  25
Aconitvm...............  
Althas.....................   22©  25
Anchusa..*............  
n® 
12
Arum po.................. 
©  ¿5
Calamus................. 
20©  40
Gentiana........po  15 
12©  15
Glychrrhiza..  pv. 15  16©  18
Hydrastis Canaden .  @  55
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  60
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
18©  20
Inula, po................. 
15©  20
Ipecac, po............... 2 50© 2 60
Iris plox.... po35©38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............  
25@  30
Maranta,  14s........... 
©  35
Podophyllum, po__  22@  25
g{!e!  ■ 
75®  1  00
Rhei, cut.... ............  
©  1  25
Rhei, pv..................  
75©  1  35
Spigelia..................     35©  38
Sanguinaria...po.  15 
r-i
Serpentaria............  
30©  35
Senega.................... 
40©  45
Similax,officinalis H  @ 40
Smilax, M...............  
©  25
10©  12
Scillae..............po.35 
Symploearpus, Fceti-
dus,  po................. 
©  25
©  25
v alenaua,Eng.po.30 
15©  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingibers............ . 
12@ 
16
Zingiber j ...............  
25©  27
Semen
Anisum
po.  15
Apium  (graveleons)
13©
Bird, Is.................. .
4©
Carui..............po. 18 
„ „
10©
Cardamon...............   1  25©  1
8@ 
Coriandrum............ 
10
cannabis  Saliva__ 
4©  414
Cydonium...............  
?5@  1  00
Ciienopodinm  .'......  
io@ 
12
Dipterix  Odorate...  2  00© 2 20
Fomiculum............  
® 
10
Fceiiugreek, po........ 
7® 
9
i4*4 — .......... 
3¡4©  4%
Lini,  grd........bbl. 3  4©  454
Lobelia..................  
35©  40
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
4©  414
Rapa.......................  4)4© 
5
Sinapis Albu........... 
g
7© 
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
11® 
12
Spirit us

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00© 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frumenti......  
....  1  25©  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T..  1  65© 2 00
Juniperis Co...........  1  75® 3 50
Saaeharum N. E ....  1  90© 2  10
Spt. Vini Galli........  l  75© 6 50
Vini Oporto............   1  25© 2 00
Vini Alba...............   1  25© 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage................. 2 5001 2  75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage...............
©  2 00 
velvet extra  sheeps’
wool, carriage......
©  1  25
Extra yellow sheeps’
woof,  carriage__
©  1  00 
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............
©  1  00
Hard, for slate use..
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............
Syrups
Acacia...................
Auranti Cortes.......
Zingiber..................
Ipecac. 
.........
Ferri Iod.................
Rhet Arom..............
Smilax Officinalis...
Senega....................
,,
Belli®.......... . 

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

1  40

.

.. 

1  00

2 00

niscellaneous 

©  50
©  50
©  50
60
50
60
60
50
50
60
50
60
go
75
go
75
1  00
go
50
60
go
50
go
50
50.
35
50
60
50

Scillæ Co  ................ 
Tolutan..................  
Prunus vlrg............  
Tinctures
Aconitum N ape] lis R 
Aconitum Napellis F 
Aloes....................... 
Aloes and Myrrh__ 
Arnica.................... 
Assafcetida............  
Atrope  Belladonna. 
Auranti  Cortex...... 
Benzoin................... 
Benzoin Co......
Barosma................. 
Cantharides........... 
Capsicum............ . 
Cardamon............... 
Cardamon  Co...
Castor...................... 
Catechu................... 
Cinchona................. 
Cinchona Co........... 
Columba 
............  
Cuneba....................  
Cassia  1: ?ut!fol...... 
»outifolCo 
* - s i   "Ls 
......................  
Ferri Chloridu  ' 
Gentian..................  
Gentian Co.........  
Guiaca..................  
Guiaca ammon..
Hyoscyamus__
Iodine...............
Iodine, colorless
Kino.....................  
go
Lobelia.................. 
50
Myrrh...................1. 
50
Nux  Vomica......... 
50
Opii.....................
50
Opii, camphorated. 
1  50
Opii,  deodorized.... 
Quassia..................  
50
Hhatany..................  
50
Rhei.....................” 
so
Sanguinaria........... 
50
Serpentaria............  
50
Stromonium........... 
60
Tolutan...................  
60
Valerian............... ." 
50
50
Veratrum Veride... 
Zingiber..................  
20
Æther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30© 
35
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  ?t@
38
Alnmen...................  2M@
3
4
Alumen, gro’d..po. 7 
3©
Annatto  .................  
40©
50
Antimoni,  po...... 
4©
5 
Antimoni et PotassT  40©
50
Antipyrtn.............. 
@
1  40 
Antirebrin 
@
........ 
15 
©
Argenti Nitras, oz .. 
50 
10©
Arsenicum.............  
12 40 
Balm Gilead  Bud 
38© 
Bismuth  S.  N.  ... 
1  40©
1  50 
9 
Calcium Chlor.,  Is..  @
Calcium Chlor., 54s 
©
10 
©
Calcium Chlor.,  Us. 
12 
75 
© 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsici  Fructus. af. 
©
15 
©
Capsici Fructus,  po 
15 
Capsici FructusB.po  @
15
Cary ophyll us.. po.  15 
12©
14 
®
Carmine, No. 40 
3 00
Cera Alba, S. & F  I  50©
55 
Cera Flava.............. 
40©
42 
Coccus.................... 
©
40 
Cassia Fructus.:...."  @
33 
Centrarla.................  @
10 
Cetaceum............. ”  @
45 
Chloroform........... j 
60©
63 
© 
Chloroform, squibbs 
1  15 
1  50 
Chloral H ydCrst...  1  25©
Chondrus............. 
20©
25 
35 
Cinchonidine,P.& W  25© 
Cinchonldine, Germ  22©
30 
Cocaine..................   3 30©
3 50 
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
70 
@
Creosotum.............. 
35 
Creta.............bbi. 75 
@
2
Creta, prep.............. 
©
5 
9©
Creta, precip...........
11
Creta, Rubra......... .
8
Crocus..................||
2024
Cudbear...............,|
Cupri Sulph.........
5©
6 
10©
Dextrine..............
12 90
Ether Sulph......... ||
©
Emery, all  numbers 
8
©
Emery, po...............  
6
Ergota...........po. 40  30©
35
Flake  White........... 
12©
15 
Galla........................  @
23
Gambler..................  
8©
9
Gelatin, Cooper..  ..  @
60
Gelatin, French...... 
35©
60
Glassware, flint, box
70
Less  than  box__
60
Glue,  brown........... 
9©
12
Glue, white............  
13©
25 
Glycerina................  13)4©
20 
Grana  Paradlsi  __  @
15 
Humulns................. 
25©
55 
© 
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
80 
© 
Hydraag Chlor Cor. 
70 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m. 
© 
90
© 
Hydraag Ammoniati 
1 00 
55 
HydraagUnguentum  45©
Hydrargyrum.........  
©
65
65©  75
Ichthyobolla, Am... 
75©  1  00
Indigo...................... 
Iodine, Resubl........  3 60© 3 70
Iodoform.................  @420
Lupulin...................  @225
Lycopodium...........  40©  45
65©  75
............  
Macis 
Liquor  Arse- et Hy-
drarg Iod.............  
©
25 
LiquorPotassArsinit  10©
12 
Magnesia, Sulph__ 
2©
3 
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl  @
1)4 60 
50©
Mannia, S. F ........... 
Menthol. 
  ©
......... 
2 75

POCKET  BOOKS

AND

PURSES

We  shall  sample in  a  few  days  a  large 

and  well  assorted  line of

Ladies’  Pocket  Books 

Ladies’  Purses 

Gentlemen’s  Pocket  Books 

Gentlemen’s  Purses 

And  invite your inspection  and order.

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Drug  Co.

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M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

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

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

The  Pr[ces  Qu°ted  in  this  list  are  for the trade  only,  in  such  quantities  as  are usually purchased  by  retail 
dealers, 
It  is  im­
possible  to  give quotations suitable  for all  conditions of purchase,  and  those  below are  given as representing av­
erage prices  for average  conditions of purchase.  Cash  buyers or those  of strong credit  usually  buy closer  than 
those  who  have  poor  credit.  Subscribers are earnestly requested  to point  out  any errors or omissions  as it  is 
our aim to  make this  feature of the greatest possible use to  dealers.

AXLE  GREASE.
doz.
Aurora........................S5
Castor O il...................60
Diamond.....................50
Frazer’s ......................75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
nica, tin boxes...........75
Paragon...................... 55

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

Acme.

Absolute.

BAKING  POWDER.
^  'b cans doz................... 
*4 lb Jans doz................... 

45
85
lb can  doz...................1  50
W lb cans 3 doz................. 
45
lb cans 3 doz................. 
75
1 
lb cans 1 doz................  1 00
Bulk.................................... 
10
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........... 
85
14 lb cans per doz............. 
75
*4 lb cans per doz  ...........  1  20
lb cans per doz........... 2 00
1 
K lb cans 4 doz case........ 
35
*4 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz case  ......  
90

Arctic.
El Purity.

Home.

Our Leader.

Jersey Cream.

45
14 lb cans, 4 doz case......  
85
*4 lb cans, 4 doz case____ 
1 
lb cans, 2 doz case........  160
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............  1  25
85
6 oz. cans, per doz.............  
14 lb cans..........................  
45
14 lb cans..........................  
75
lb cans..........................   l  50
l 
1 lb. cans  ......................... 
85
3 oz., 6 doz. case................   2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. case  ............... 3 20
9 oz., 4 doz. case................   4 80
1 lb., 2 doz. case................. 4 00
5 lb., 1 doz. case................. 9 00
American............................... 70
English.................................... 80

BATH  BRICK.

Queen Flake.

Peerless.

BLUING.

c g s s is s E D

BROOflS.

Small, 3 doz.......................  
40
Large, 2 doz.......................   75
£0.1 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
8s ........................................7
16s........................................8
Paraffine............................   8

CANDLES.

CANNED  OOODS. 
flan I to woe Peas.

CATSUP.

CHEESE

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
Colombia, 
pints..............2 00
Columbia, *4 pints............  1  25
Acme......................  ©  10
Amboy....................  ©  95^
Byron......................  ©  10
Elsie.......................   ©  11 
Emblem.............
Gem...................
Gold  Medal...  .
Ideal.................
Jersey  ..............
Lenawee...........
Riverside...........
Springdale......
Brick..........................   @
Edam....................... 
Leiden.....................
Limburger..............
Pineapple.................50
Sap  Sago.................
Chicory.
B ulk..............
Red 

....
Walter Baker A Co.’s.

CHOCOLATE.

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  do«  ........1  80
Jute, 60 ft.  per  doz............   80
Jute. 72 ft.  per  doz..............  95
2*43
4

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

COCOA SHELLS.

CRBAfl  TARTAR.

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

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

F air........................................ 9
Good.......................................10
Prim e..................................... 11
Golden  .................................. 12
Peaberry  ...............................13

Santos.

Fair  .......................................12
Good  ............................... ......13
Prim e..................................... 14
Peaberry  ...............................15

Mexican  and  Guatemala.

Fair  .......................................15
Good  ....................................  16
.................................  17
Fancy 
Maracaibo.

Prime........  ...........................19
Milled....................................30

Interior.................................  19
Private  Growth......................20
Mandehling............................ 21

Im itation...............................£0
Arabian  ......... ...................... 22

Java.

Mocha.

Roasted.

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue.................... 28
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__28
Wells’ Mocha and Java......24
Wells’ Perfection Java......24
Sancaibo............................. 22
Breakfast  Blend...............   18
Valley City Maracaibo........18*4
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 
a 
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the list 
is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price In full cases.
Arbuckle.......................   10 50
Jersey.............................   10 50
ITcLaughlln’a  XXXX........  9  50
75
Valley City *4 gross...... 
Felix $4 gross................. 
1  15
85
Hummel’s foil H gross... 
Hnmmel’s tin *4  gross... 
1 43
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes...........................40
COUGH  DROPS.

Extract.

C. B. Brand.

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

CONDENSED  MILK.

4 doz in case.

Gail Borden  Eagle..................6 75
Crown......................................6 25
Daisy....................................... 5 75
Champion............................... 4 50
Magnolia 
Challenge..................................3 35
Dime.........................................8 35

......................  4 25

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COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.

50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__II  50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00
50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books  any denom__It  50
1.000 books, any denom....20 00

Economic  Grade.

Credit Checks.

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from 310 down.

Universal Grade.
50 books, any denom 
  150
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00
Superior Grade.
50 books, any denom 
  150
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom.... 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00
Can be made to represent any 
20 books.........................  1  00
50 books...........................  2 00
100 books  ...........................3 00
250 books...........................  C 25
500 books........................... 10 00
1000 books............................17 50
500, any one denom’n ......   3 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ......   8 00
Steel punch....................... 
75
DRIED  FRUITS—DOnESTIC 
Sundrled.........  .............  © 5
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  ©  8 
Apricots.....................  8  @9
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................  © 7J4
Peaches.......................  6*4© 7*4
Pears.......................... 8  ©7*4
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes.........  ©  3$£
90-100 25 lb boxes.........  @ 4*f
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  © 414
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   @5
60 470 25 lb boxes.........  ©5*4
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........  ©  7*4
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  @  8)4
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........  @
14 rent less in 50 lb cases 

California Prunaa.

California Fruits.

Apples.

Raisins.

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

1  45
2 00
35£
4*4
5*4

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Peel.

Grits.

Farina.

Raisins.

Hominy.

Patras bbls....................... © 7J4
Yostizzas 50 lb cases....... @  7*4
Cleaned, bulk  ................. © 854
Cleaned, packages.......... @ 834
Citron American 10 lb bx  ©13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx ©12 
Orange American 10 lb bx  ©12 
Ondnra 28 lb boxes......8  ©  8*4
Sultana  1 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 2 Crown.........  ©
Sultana  3 Crown.........   © 7*4
Sultana 4 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 5 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 6 Crown.........  ©12
Snltana package.........   ©14
FARINACEOUS  QOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages......... .  1  75
Bulk, per 100 lbs.............3 50
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s........ 2  15
Bulk in 100 lb. bags........ 3 53
Barrels  ............................2 50
Flake, 501b.  drums........ 1  00
Dried Lima  .....................  314
Medium Hand Picked__1  00
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box........  60
Imported,  25 lb. box....... 2 50
Common...... ....................   1  75
Chester............................  2 00
Em pire............................  2 50
Green,  bu...........................  81
Split,  perlb........................   2
Rolled Avena,  bbl........4 15
Monarch,  bbl.................. 4 on
Monarch,  *4  bbl..............2  13 
Private brands,  bbl......
Private brands, *4 bbl......
Quaker, cases.................. 3 20
Huron, cases....................1  75
S a p .
German.................  
  314
East  India..........................  3
Wheat.
Cracked, bulk...................  334
24 2 lb packages................2 50

Pearl Barley.

Rolled  Oats.

Beans.

Peas.

 

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Fish.
Cod.

Herring.

rtackerel.

Georges cured............  © 5
Georges  genuine.......   © 5*4
Georges selected.......   @6
Strips or bricks.........  6  @ 9
Holland white hoops, bbl.  ’0 25 
Holland white hoop 14 bbl  5 50 
75
Holland white hoop, keg. 
Holland white hoop mebs 
35
Norwegian...  .............. 
11 00
Round 100 lbs..................   2 75
Round  40 lbs...................  1  30
Scaled...............................  
13
Mess 100 lbs........................16 39
Mess  40 lbs......................  6  90
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  82
Mess  8 lbs......................  1  48
No. 1100 lbs......................  14 50
No. 1  40 lbs......................  6  10
No. 1  10 lbs......................  160
No. 1  8 lbs......................  1  30
No. 2 100 lbs....................  
9  50
No. 2  40 lbs.....................   4  tO
No. 2 
10 lbs...................  107
No. 2 
88
8 lbs...................  
No. 1100 i he  ....................   5 50
No. 1  A  lbs  ..............  ...  2 50
No. 1 
70
No. 1 
59
No. 1  No. 2  Fam
5 75  2 75
..  3 00  2 61  1  <0
73 
4.1
34
61 

100 ibs...........6 75 
40 lbs 
10 lbs  . . . . . .  
8 lbs  .........  
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

1« n « ................... 
8 lbs................... 
WuUefisB.

83 
69 

Tr

Jennings’.

D. C. Lemon
2 oz.......  75
3 oz.  __ 1  00
4 oz........1 40
6oz.......2 00
No.  8. .  2 40 
No.  10  .  4  00 
No.  2 T.  80 
No.  3 T.i  2' 
No.  4T1  50
Lem  Van. 

1 20
1 f>o
2 00
2 25

Northrop Brand.
2 oz. Taper Panel .  75 
2 oz. Oval................  75 
3 oz. Taper Panel.. 1  35 
4 oz. Taper Panel.. 1  60 

Souders*.

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

in  the  world 

for 

Best 
money.

t f l
ì Mi' L  M
\ (¡4
1

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz
2 oz........  75
4 oz....... 1  50
h  
Regular 
*   Vanilla.

Tanglefoot, per box..........   30
Tanglefoot, c’se of 10 b’x’s 2 55
Tanglefoot, 5 case lots......  2 50
Tanglefoot, 10 case lots.... 02 40

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

HERBS.

............................4
Kegs 
Half Kegs............................ 2
Quarter Kegs.......................1
1 lb. cahs.............................
*4 lb. cans............................
Choke Bore—Dupont’s.
Kegs  ....................................4
Half Kegs............................ 2
Quarter Kegs....................... 1
1 lb. cans.............................
Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.
Kegs.....................................8
Half Kegs............................4
Quarter Kegs.......................2
1 lb. cans.  ..  ......................
Sage.....................................
Hops....................................
Madras, 5  lb  boxes...........
3.  F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes... 
to lb  pails............................
30 lb  pails........... 
Barrels.................................3
50
Half b arrels......................  2
00
Condensed, 2  doz  ..............1
20
> ’ondnnsed.  4  dnz • 
2
25
LICORICE.
Pure.......................... ..........
.  30 
Calabria.................  .........
.  25 
Sicily.......................... .........
.  14
Root.....................................
.  10
.2 25
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.

MINCE MEAT.
Ideal, 3 doz. in case__
HATCHES.

KRAUT.

INDIGO.

JELLY.

.........

LYE.

No. 9 sulphur........................... I 65
Anchor Parlor..........................1 70
No. 2  Home.............................. 1 10
Export  Parlor..........................4 00

nOL ASSES.
New Orleans.

Black................................ 
11
F air...............................  
)4
Good................................  
20
24
Fancy  ..........................  
Open Kettle...................... 25©35
Half-barrels 2c extra. 

 

MUSTARD.

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

PIPES.

65
85

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

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

PICKLES.
rtedinm.

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.

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head....................   (*4
Carolina  No. 1  .................   5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................  354
Japan,  No. 1................... 
6*4
6
Japan.  No. 2 ..................  
Java, fancy  bead..............  5*4
Java, No. 1.......................  
5
Table....................................  5*4

Imported.

SALERATUS.

Packed 60  lbs. In  box.

Church’s .................................. 3 31
Deland’s ...................................3 15
Dwight’s ...................................3 30
Taylor’s .................................... 3 00

SAL SODA

Granulated, bbls................  75
Granulated,  100 lb cases..  9)
Lump, bbls.........................  75
Lump, 1451b kegs...............   85

SEEDS.

A nise...............................   9
Canary, Smyrna..................   3*4
Caraway..........................  
8
Cardamon,  M alabar......   6
Celery.................................  11
Hemp,  Russian.............. 
§¡4
Mixed  Bird......................
Mustard,  white.............. 
5
Poppy  ................................ 
to
Rape...................................  
i 4
Cuttle Bone........................  20

SNUFF.

Scotch, in bladdere..............   8’,
Maccaboy, in jars.................   35
French Rappee, In jars......  48

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal. 

Warsaw.

Worcester.

1  50
2 75 
2 40 
2 25 
2 50

Common Grades.

1  90
1  75 
1  60
3 25
4 00 
3 75 
3 50 
3 50
32
60
2 50
30
15
60
60
21
79
85

Table, cases, 24 3-lb  boxes. 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb bags 
Table, barrels,  40 7 lb bags 
Butter, barrels, 2801b. bnlk 
Butter, barrels, 2014 lbbags
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............
100 3 lb sacks.......................
60 5-lb sacks.... ..................
2810-lb sacks.....................
50  4  lb. cartons...............
115  2*41b. sacks..................
60  5  lb. sacks..................
22 14  lb. sacks..................
30 10  lb. sacks..................
28 lb. linen sacks................
56 lb. linen sacks................
Bulk in barrels....................
56-lb dairy in drill bags......
28-lb dairy in drill bags......
Ashton.
56-lb dairy In linen sacks.  . 
Higgins.
56-lb dairy in linen sacks 
Solar  Rock.
56-lb  sacks..........................
Common.
Granulated Fine......
Medium  Fine.........
SOAP.
JA X O N
Single box............................ 2 75
5 
box lots, delivered......2 70
10 box lots, delivered.........  2 65
JUS. S. KIRK g 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 34 lb.............3  00
Kirkoline.........................    .3 50
Eos.......................................2 50

Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.CLYDESDIL100 cakes, 75 lbs.

box lots.........  

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

 

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. 

SODA.

Scouring.

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2 75
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars__3 75
Uno, 100 5£-lb. bars.............. 2  50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars.............2  05
Sapollo, kitchen, 3 doz......2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz...........2 40
Boxes  .................................5*4
Kegs. English............
4k
SPICES.
Whole Sifted.
Allspice  ...................... 
13
Cassia, China in mats__  U
Cassia, Batavia in  bund..  ¿5
Cassia, Saigon in rolls......  bi’
Cloves, Amboyna..............  >4
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....................
Mustard..........................l ‘@18
Nutmegs,......................40© u
Pepper, Sing , black............12
Pepper, Sing., white........... 20
Pepper, Cayenne..................20
Sage................  
is

Pure Ground In Bulk.

SYRUPS.

Corn-

Barrels............................ 
15
Half  bbls...............  
17
 
Pure Cnne.
Fair  ............................... 
18
20
Good............................... 
Choice..............................  25

STARCH.

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

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN
Grains and Feedstufis

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

bbls.  pails
Standard................. 
g)$@  7
Standard H.  H____  6)4@  7
Standard Twist......  6  @  8
Cut Loaf................. 
@8)4
cases 
Jumbo, 32 lb  ...
@ 6)4 
Extra H. H......
@  8)4
Boston  Cream.

Mixed Candy.

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

Fancy—in Bulk.

Lozenges, plain......
Lozenges,  printed..
Choc.  Drops..........   10
Choc.  Monumentals
Gum  Drops............
Moss  Drops............
Sour Drops..............
Imperials............

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Bo;

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 B a r.........
Hand Made Creams.  80
Plain  Creams.........   go
Decorated Creams..
String Rock............
Burnt Almonds...... 1  25
Wintergreen Berries
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes..................
l{o. 1 wrapped, 3  ii>.
boxes ..................
No. 2 wrapped, 2  ib. 
boxes  ............

@ 6 
©  7 
@  7)4 
© 7*4
© m  
© 8% 
@ 8*4 
© 8 
© 814 
© 814 
©10 
©12

©  814 
© 814 
@14 
@11 
© 6 
© 8 
© 814 
© 814

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

©30
@45

Fruits.
Oranges.
Cal. Seedlings........
Fancy Navels 112  ..
126 to 216.................
Choice....................
Medt Sweets...........  2

Lemons. 
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s.. 
Fancy 360s or 300s...
Ex. Fancy  300s........
Ex. Fancy 360s........
California 300s.  ...
Bananas.

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

@2 50 
@2  75 
@3 25

@3 25 
@3 25 
@3 50 
@3 75 
@3 75 
@3 00

@i  50 
@2  00

Foreign Dried  Fruits 

Figs.

@  15 
@  13 
© 654

@   12

© 8 
@ 6 
@ 5 
@ 6 
© 454

Choice, 10 lb boxes..
Extra  choice,  14  lb
boxes....................
Fancy, 121b  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.
Almonds, Tarragona..
@13
Almonds, Ivaca.........
@11
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............   @13
Brazils new................  @8
Filberts  ....................  @10
Walnuts, Grenobles ..
@13
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.
@10
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif.......................
Table Nuts,  fancy__
Table Nuts,  choice...
9
Pecans, Med...............
8
Pecans, Ex. Large....
@10
Pecans, Jumbos........   @12
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks 

Ohio, new...............   @1  60
@4  00

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

@  7

© 454

Wheat.

Wheat................................1  02

Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

Local Brands.
Patents....................... 
5  75
Second -Patent......... . . . . . .  5 25
Straight............................
5 05
Clear...... ..............
4  75
Graham  ............ . . . . . . . . .
5 00 
Buckwheat..............
4 00 
R ye.......................
d 2o 
Subject  to  usuai  cash 
dis-
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond, J£s.......................5 40
Diamond, 
............... . . . . . 5 40
Diamond, %s................ . . . .5 40

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.

Quaker, %s............
Quaker,  a s ...............'
Quaker, %s...........

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.

Pillsbury’s  Best 54s...........  6 60
PiUsbury’s  Best Ms...........  6 50
Pillsbury’s Best Hs...........  6 40
Pillsbury’s Best 54* paper .  6  40 
Fillsbury’s Best 54s paper..  6 40
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand.
Duluth Imperial, 54s...........6  25
Dulutb  Imperial, 54s.  ____6  15
Duluth Imperial, 54s.........  6 15
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 54s..................  6  50
Gold Medal 54s.................... g 40
Gold Medal 54s............  
6 30
Parisian, 54s................... .’.  g 50
Parisian, 54s............... 
g  40
Parisian. 54s.........................g 30

Olney *  Judson’s Brand.

 

 

Ceresota, 54s......................   g 25
Ceresota, 54s.........  
g  15
Ceresota, 54s........................ 6 05
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, 54s...................
Laurel, 54s .................
Laurel, 54s .........................

Meal.

Bolted..........................  
Granulated...... 2 25

2 00

Feed and  Millstuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened  ...  17 00
No. 1 Com and  Oats.........lg 00
Unbolted Corn Meal__ 
15 00
Winter Wheat  Bran.........14  so
Winter Wheat Middlings.. 15 50 
Screenings..........................15  00

New Corn.

Car  lots.............................   331/
Less than  car lots.............  41

Oats.

Hay,

Car  lots............................... 32V
Carlots, clipped.................  34
Less than  car lots...........’.  36

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

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

Carcass  . 
.................  654© 754
Fore quarters............   554®  654
Loins  No.  3.........
Ribs...........
Rounds  __
Chucks...........
Plates  ............

■ ■  9  @12
■  8)4@12)4 
•  6)4©  7H 
4)4© 5)4 

@4

Pork.

Dressed............
L oins............
Shoulders................
Leaf Lard.........

.  4 50@4 75 
@7)4 
@6 

5)4©

Mutton.

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

Veal.

Carcass  .................. ■  6)4@ 8

Provisions.

Swift  &  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled Pork.
Mess  ....................
Back  ............... "  "  ”  "
Clear  back 
.....![
Shortcut___
pig.......................
Bean  .......................
Family  ...........

 

10
11  50 
11  00
10 7a 
14 00 
9 25
11  00

Dry Salt  Meats.

4

8m

Beef.

654
m

.......... 

Smoked  neats.

% 
%1
1)4
5
gi/
7
654

Bellies.......................
Briskets..............
Extra shorts.
5*4
Hams, 12 lb  average  __ 
9
ga*
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
Hams, 16 lb  average. 
7-^
Hams, 20 lb  average 
Ham dried beef  ...  ......  
14
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).” 
6
Bacon,  clear............... 7  @8
California hams......... 
6
gv
Boneless hams.........  
Cooked ham........... !io@12)<;
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound................ 
Kettle.................... 
 
}J? ™u^s..........advance 
80 lb Tubs..........advance
lb T ins..........advance
fb }b Fails..........advance
e }b Pails..........advance
j? Jb Palls..........advance
31b Palls..........advance
Sausages.
Bologna................. 
Liver..................  
Frankfort........ 
Pork............. ;;;;
Blood  .................
Tongue........
Head  cheese__. . . . . .
Extra  Mess....................  9 00
.Boneless  ........ 
12 25
Kump ..............::::::::::i2 oo
Kits, 15 lbs........................  
54  bbls, 40 lbs.................  i  so
54  bbls, 80 lbs.................  2 80
Kits, 15 lbs...  ...................  75
54  bbls, 40 lbs............ " "  i  40
54  bbls, 80 lbs..............”  2 75
_ 
P ork............................ 
16
Beef  rounds......................  
4
Beef  middles........ 
10
Sheep.................... ...1„ 
go
Butte rlne.
Rolls,  dairy.............  
jq
Solid,  dairy  ............91/
Rolls,  creamery__  ” 
44  a
13^
Solid,  creamery........... 
Canned  Meats.
Corned  beef,  2 1b .. 
2  15
Corned  beef, 14  lb.... 
14  75
Roast  beef,  2 lb.........   2 15
Potted  ham,  54s.........  
go
Potted  ham,  54$__ 
1  00
Deviled ham,  54s....!!!  go
Deviled ham,  54s......  
1  00
Potted  tongue 54s .....'!   go 
Potted  tongue 54s.........   1  00
__ Crackers.
The  National  Biscuit 

Pigs’ Feet.

Casings.

Tripe.

an

Co.

21

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

Butters.

Churns.

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

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

50
554
654
654
654
8
8
10
10
55485
54 gal. flat or rd. hot., doz.
60
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each 
554
Fine Glazed Milkpans 
54 gal. flat or rd. hot., doz.
65
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each 
554
54 gal. fireproof, ball, doz.  „
85
1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.l  10 

Stewpans.

Milkpans.

Jugs.

Tomato Jugs.

54 gal., per doz..................  40
54 gal., per doz..................  goo
1 to 5 gal., per gal............   654
54 gal., per doz.................  70
l gal., each......................  7
Corks for 54 gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
54 gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz. ..1  00 

Sealing Wax.

LAMP  BURNERS.

5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
No. 0  Sun..........................   45
No.  1  Sun.................... 
50
"   75
No.  2 Sun................. 
Tubular.............................  
go
Security, No. 1................ 
05
Security, No. 2................. 
85
Nutmeg  ............................  50
Climax................................   j 
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common. 
„   „ „  
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun...........................   j 
No.  1  Sun.........................]  1  gg
No.  2 Sun...........................   2 
No.  0 Sun, 
No. 
1 Sun, 
No.  2 Sun, 

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

First  Quality.
top,
crimp 
crimp 
top,
crimp  top,

2 55
2 75
3 75

XXX Flint.
crimp 
crimp 
crimp 

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

top,
wrapped and  labeled 
top,
wrapped and  labe ed.  ..
top,
wrapped and  labeled.... 
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No.  1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................3  70
No  2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................  4  70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled.......................
4 88 
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamns............
80

La  Bastie.

Soda.

Oyster.

quotes as follows:
Butter.
Seymour XXX.........  
g
Seymour XXX, 3 Ib.  carton  0
Family XXX........... 
g
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..'  0
Salted XXX.......................   g
Salted XXX, 3 lb carton...  6 
Soda  XXX  .......................   g
Soda  XXX, 3 lb carton.. 
7
Soda,  City........-.  ... 
g
Zephyrette............ 10
Long Island  Wafers.........   11
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12 
Square Oyster, XXX.........   g
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1  lb carton.  7
Farina Oyster,  XYY.........   g
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals
Bent’s Cold Water........
Belle Rose....................
Cocoanut Taffy........
Coffee Cakes....................
Frosted Honey...............
1254
Graham Crackers  __
8
Ginger Snaps, XXX round 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...  7
Gin. Sups,XXX home made  7 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped.  7
Ginger  Vanilla..................   y
Imperials............................   g
JumDles,  Honey...............  43v
Molasses  Cakes...................  g
Marshmallow  ............ ..""  15
Marshmallow  Creams...]!  16
Pretzels,  hand  made  ......  854
Pretzelettes, Little German  654
Sugar  Cake.........................  g
Sultanas.......................].]]  |W
Sears’ Lunch............... ] ] ] ]  g
Vanilla  Square..,.............'  854
Vanilla  Wafers...............   14
Pecan Wafers................. 
151,4
Mixed Picnic.........
105
Cream Jumbles......
Boston Ginger  Nuts,
Chimmie Fadden ..
Pineapple Glace.....
Penny Cakes...........
Marshmallow  Walnuts
Belle Isle Picnic..............  11

Electric.

OIL  CANS. 

Pump  Cans,

No. 1 Sun. plain'bulb,  per
doz  ................................
1  25
No. 2 Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
...................................1  50
ho. 1 Crimp, per doz.........   1  35
.  .  1  60 
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.. 
Rochester.
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  Nacefas  ...  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9 00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule............... 10 50
5 gal Home Rule............... 12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King..............  9 50
No.  0 Tubular..................   4 25
No.  1 B  Tubular..............g 50
No. 13 Tubular Dash.........g 30
No.  1 Tub., glass fount....  7 00 
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  Of
No.  3 Street  Lamp...........  3 75
LANTERN GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls 5 doz.
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,

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

LANTERNS.

.. 

, 

go

75
70

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40 grain....  6 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain 
9
Pure Cider............................  10
Pure Cider,  Leroux................11

Washing Powder.

00 12 oz pkgs.............
WICKING.
No. 0, per gross...........
No. 1, pergross...........
No. 3, per gross...........

9*.
......  30
......  75

Fish  and  Oysters

Kingsford’s  Corn.

40 1-lb packages...................  g
20 1 lb packages...............   .  g ^

Kinggford’s Silver  Oloas.
401 -lb packages..................   g^
6-lb boxes..........................7

Diamond.

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

Common  Corn.

201 lb. packages.................   5
401 lb. packages.................   4

Common Gloss.

1-lb  packages....................  4
3-lb  packages....................  4
6-lb  packages  ..................   4*4
40 and 50 lb boxes...........
Barrels

STOVE POLISH.

No. 4, 3'doz In case, gross. 
No. 6, 3 doz In case, gross.

SUGAR.

Fresh Fish.

Per lb.
Whitefish...........
@  9
T rout.................
©  8
Black Bass.........
©  12
Halibut..................
©  12
Ciscoes or Herring.. @  4
Bluefish............
@  10
Live  Lobster.........
©  18
Boiled Lobster........ @  20
Cod 
.................
©  10
Haddock..............
@  8
No.  1  Pickerel.......
@  8
Pike.................
©  7
Perch....’................
@  3*4
Smoked White......
(&  h
Red Snapper........
©  10
Col  River  Salmon..
©  30
Mackerel 
..............
©  25

Oysters in Cans.

wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New York t 
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  thé 
weight of the barrel.
Domino...............................5 88
Cut  Loaf............................  5 88
Crushed............... ...............5 88
Cubes..................................5 61
Powdered  ..........................5 61
XXXX  Powdered............... 5 69
Granulated in bbls..............5 38
Granulated in  bags.
..5 3j 
Pine Granulated..............
..5 38 
Extra Fine Granulated... 
. .5  5'j 
Extra Coarse Granulated.
. .5 80 
Mould  A..........................
.5 63 
Diamond Confec.  A........
.  5 38
Conf ec. Standard A__
No.  1...............................
: .5 06 
No 
2...........................
. .5 06 
No.
............
3 
. .5 06 
4 
............................................................
No.
. .5 06 
No.
. .5 00 
Shell Goods.
No.  6 
..4  91 
No.  7 
..4  88 
No.  8 
. .4  8t 
No.  9 
4 63 
No.  10 
4  63 
No.  11
4 50
No.  12.................................   4 44
No.  13.................................. 4  38
No.  14.................................. 4  31
No.  15.................................. 4  25
No.  16............................... 
4 25

Oysters, per  100 
Fms  tw  mo

Oysters  in  Bulk

F. H. Counts........... @  40
F. J. D. Selects.......
©  30
Selects..............
@  25
F. J. D. Standards..
©  22

F. H. Counts........... @2 00
Extra Selects.........
Anchor Standards.. @1  10
Clams.................

©

..  .1 25@1  50
■  nr

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.

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

Michigan Cigar Co.’s brand.

Ure  Unkle

lire Unkle...............................35 00

Ruhe Bros Co.’s 

Brands.

Mr. Thomas............................ 35 00
Sir  William............................ 35 00
Club  Pine............................... 35 00
Generals Grant and Lee__ 35 00
Spanish Hand Made...........35 00
Crown  Pine............................ 35 00

Hides  and  Pelts.

The Cappon & Bertscb Leather
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes  as
follows:

Hides.

Green No.  1................
© 7i4
Green No. 2................
© 6)4
Cured No. 1..........
@ 8)4
Cured No. 2................
Calfskins,  green No. 1 © 8)4
Calfskins, green No. 2 © 7
Calfskins, cured No. 1 @10
Calfskins, cured No. 2 ©  8)4

Pelts.

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

50@1  00

Tallow.
No. 1........................... @ %%
No. 2............ ; ............
@ 2

Wool.

Washed, fine  ............ @20
Washed, medium.......
©25
Unwashed, fine..........U @15
Unwashed, medium ..18 @20

Oils.

Barrels.  *

Eocene  ......................  @1114
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @ 8ii
WW Michigan...........  @ 834
Diamond White.........  @ 7v
D., S. Gas.  .................  @8
Deo. N aptha..............  @7
Cylinder................... 25  @34
E ngine.....................11  @21
.........   @9
B’sek, winter 

22

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

Hardware

Ringing  Resolutions Adopted  by Cleve­

land  Dealers.

The  Cleveland  Retail Hardware Asso­
ciation  has  adopted  the  following  reso­
lutions :

Whereas-----The  manufacturers  and
wholesale  dealers  in  general  hardware, 
stoves  and  tinware  persist  in  selling  to 
catalogue  supply  houses  and  depart­
ment  stores,  to our injury and detriment, 
placing  us  toward  our  customers  in  the 
light  of  extortioners,  causing  endless 
trouble ;  and
Whereas— The  system  of  protecting 
us  from  this  wrong  is  ineffective,  it 
is 
absolutely  necessary  to  perfect  such  a 
system  by  united  action,  which  will  re­
move  these  evils  from  which  we  have 
suffered  for  years.  Therefore  be  it

Resolved— That  the  members  of  this 
Association  confine  the  purchase  of 
hardware,  stoves  and  tinware  to  manu­
facturers  and  wholesale  dealers  who  sell 
goods  only  to  firms  that  are  regularly 
engaged  in  the  retail hardware business, 
as  defined  in  these  resolutions.

Resolved— That  it  is  the  sense  of  this 
convention  that  the  interpretation of  the 
term  “ retail  hardware  dealer,”   as  set 
forth  in  the  above  resolution,  to  entitle 
him  to  purchase  hardware,  stoves  and 
tinware,  be  construed  to  mean  any  per­
son  having  an  established  place  of busi­
ness  and  carrying  a  line  of  hardware, 
stoves  arid  tinware  and  such  goods  as 
are  usually  kept  in  a first-class hardware 
store ;  and 
in  cities  of  less  than  5,000 
population,  all  persons  carrying  a  gen­
eral  line  of hardware  in  connection with 
any  other kind  of  merchandise.

Resolved—That  it  is  not  the  intention 
of  the  above  resolutions  to  prevent  the 
interchange  of  goods mentioned between 
manufacturers  and  wholesale  dealers  in 
such  goods,  or  for  the  export  trade,  and 
the  interpretation  of  said  resolution 
is 
hereby  vested 
in  the  executive  com­
mittee,  with  power.  The  following  are 
exempt  from  these  resolutions:  The 
United  States Government,  state,  county 
and  city 
institutions,  railroads,  gas, 
water  and  electric  light  companies,  and 
such  manufacturing  industries and com­
panies  as  the  executive  committee  may 
approve,  for such goods  as  are  necessary 
for  their  respective  lines  of  business.

Resolved—That  any  manufacturer  or 
jobber 
in  hardware,  stoves  or  tinware 
furnishing  net  prices  or  any  discount 
from  list  prices  contrary  to  the  forego­
ing  resolutions,  either  by  themselves, 
employes  or  agents,  shall  be  considered 
as  disapproving  the above resolutions.
Resolved— That this Association shall, 
as  far  as  lies  in  its  power,  keep a record 
of  all  goods  sold,  and  by  whom  sold,  to 
catalogue  houses  and  department  stores, 
and  of  all  other  violations  of  these  res­
olutions.

Resolved—That  any  member purchas­
ing  goods  from  any manufacturer or job­
ber  who  has  been  listed by the executive 
committee as  disapproving  of  these  res­
olutions,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  or 
expulsion,  at 
the  discretion  of  the 
executive  committee.

Resolved— That  every  member  of  this 
Association 
is  constituted  a  committee 
of  one,  and  is  expected  to  report  to  the 
proper  officers  in  this  State  any  viola­
tion  of  these  resolutions.

Resolved— That  these  measures  are 
just  and  necessary  for  our  welfare,  and 
a  rigid  enforcement  is  demanded.

Resolved—That  this  Association  en­
dorses  the  above,  and  urges  its  officers 
to  use  their  best  efforts  to  bring  about 
the  formation  of  a  national  association, 
with  the  end  in  view  that  a uniform sys­
tem  of  protection  for  the  trade  will  pre­
vail  throughout  the  entire  country.

Growth  of  Glassmaking.

Plate  glass  affords  another  instance 
wherein  American  inventiveness,  enter­
prise and competition,  fostered  by  a pro­
into  com­
tective  tariff,  have  brought 
mon  use  an  article  which,  so  long  as 
it 
could  only  be  obtained  from  foreign 
manufacturers,  remained  a 
luxury  for 
the  rich  alone.  To  such  an  extent  have 
American  makers  improved  their  proc-

Q ark=R utka=Jew ell  (/>.

Ionia  Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Opposite  Union  Depot.
New  Wholesale

Hardware  House

New  House,  New  Goods,  New  Prices 
Call  and see  us  when  in  the  city.
Write  us  for prices.

Clark'Rutka=Jewell  Co.

w w m

esses  and  enlarged  their  plants  that, 
according  to  the  National Glass Budget, 
plate  glass 
is  now  offered  at  prices  as 
low  as  or  lower  than  those  asked  for  the 
larger  sizes  of  double-streffgth  blown 
cylinder  glass  for  glazing  purposes, 
which  it  will  displace  “ because  of  su­
perior  polish, 
finish,  temper,  trueness 
of  surface,  flawlessness  and  higher  bril­
liancy. ”   Not  only  this,  “ but 
it  will 
also  take  the  place  of  single-strength 
cylinder  glass 
in  all  medium  glazing 
sizes  where  quality  is  a  consideration, 
and  absolutely  displace  all  blown  glass 
in  picture  sizes,  coffin  fronts,  photo­
graphic  requirements,  vehicle  and car 
glazing,  and 
in  studio  and  office  glaz­
ing.”   Others  predict  the  total  disap­
pearance  of  blown  window  glass  from 
use.  This  may  well  be  looked  for  in 
view  of  several  announcements.  One 
of  these  is  that  the  window  glass  com­
bine,  making  the  old-fashioned  article, 
has  already  ordered  a large  reduction  of 
its  output,  through  inability  to  compete 
with  the  plate  glass  product  at  the pres­
ent  prices  of  the  latter.  Another is  that 
the 
leading  European  manufacturers 
are  now,  according  to  our  consular  re­
ports,  shipping  their  polished  plate  to 
this  country  “ at  prices  from  which  the 
Dingley  duty  seems  to  have  been  de­
ducted.”   That  they  are  able  to  do  this 
shows  that  there 
is  room  for  a  still 
greater  reduction  in  the  price  of  Amer­
ican  plate  glass.  But  the  laws  of  de­
velopment  are  kind  after  all. 
The 
concerns  which  have  been  making  com­
mon  glass  for  windows,  mirrors  and  the 
lack  a  market  for  their 
like  will  not 
glass  in  other  forms. 
It  is  discovered 
that  it  makes  excellent  fence  posts !  A 
Western  concern  has  lately  received  a 
large  order  for  substantial  glass  fence 
posts,  grooved  for  wires. 
Its  use  for 
roofs,  for  sidewalks  covering  areas,  for 
partitions  in  office  buildings,  for  outer 
walls  even,  is 
Indeed,  so 
multiform  are  the  uses  to  which  com­
mon  glass 
is  now  being  put  that  we 
may  be  said  to  have  entered  the  vesti­
bule  of  a  coming  “ glass  age.”

increasing. 

The  Sale  of  Bicyles.

When  spring  has  fairly  commenced, 
cycling  will  undoubtedly  receive a great 
deal  of  attention  from  men  and  women 
who  make  a  practice  of  riding,  while 
there  will  be  a  large  number  of  new  as­
pirants  to  this  form  of  pleasant  amuse­
ment  added  to  the  list.  They  will  nat­
urally  feel  a  deep  interest  in  the  wheels 
they  intend  to ride and their accessories. 
There  may  be  some  hardware merchants 
who  ride  the  wheel  and  find  it  as  amus­
ing  and  diverting  as  any  one  else^ 
However,  whether  a  merchant  rides  or 
not,  it  would  pay  him  well  to  give  the 
diffèrent  phases  of  the  bicycle  business 
sufficient  attention  to  extend  the  sale 
of  wheels.  While  giving  this  advice,  we 
intend  that  it  should  be  taken  seriously 
by  every  dealer  who  does  not  sell  bi­
cycles,  and  who  may  be  put  in  mind  of 
it by  these  suggestions.  Not  only should 
they  sell  the  wheels,  but  certain  of  the 
essential  sundries  as  well  which  come 
within  the  lines  of  a  complete  hardware 
stock.
Reopening  of 

the  Popular  Grand 

Haven  Route.

Exclusive  agents  for  Western  Michigan.

FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO.,  Grand  Rapids

in  service  their 

April  11  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway 
System  placed 
fast 
steamboat  train,  leaving  Grand  Rapids 
at  10  p.  m.,  arriving  at Grand Haven  11 
p.  m.,  making  close  connection  with 
Crosby  Transportation  Co.’s  steamers, 
arriving 
in  Milwaukee  at  6.30  a.  m. 
Connections  made  at  Milwaukee  for  all 
points  West  and  Northwest.  As  in  for­
mer  years,  this  train  will  have  attached 
an  elegant  Wagner  buffet  parlor  car. 
Rates  via  this  line  are  less  than  going 
all  rail.  Berths  on  steamers  are  free  to 
passengers  holding  first-class 
tickets. 
For 
information  apply  at  City  Ticket 
Office,  97  Monroe  street,  Morton  House, 
or  at  depot.

Liberia  is  the  only  civilized  country 
where  clocks  are  almost  entirely  dis­
pensed  with.  The  sun  rises  exactly  at 
6  a.  m.  and  sets  at 6  p.  m. 
throughout 
the  year,  and  is  vertically  overhead  at 
I noon.

Wm. Brummeler & Sons

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

New 
Illustrated  Catalogue 
sent to dealers if they drop us 
a card.  Every dealer  should 
have  it.

G A IN IN G   G R O U N D .

Increased  Demand  for  Grand  Rapids 

Furniture  in  London.

About  3,000 office  desks  were  shipped 
from  this  city  to  the  English  market 
last  year,  and  the  shipments  this  year 
will  exceed  last  year's  record  by consid­
erable. 
In  addition  to  office  desks, 
many  chairs  and  rockers  were sent over, 
a  few  office  chairs  and  a  fair  quantity 
of  miscellaneous  furniture.

For  about  ten  years  the  Grand  Rapids 
furniture  manufacturers  nave  been  try­
ing  to  gain  a  foothold  in  the  English 
market,  and  even  longer ago efforts were 
made  in  this  direction. 
Charles  R. 
Sligh  was  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the 
movement.  He,  with  John  Widdicomb, 
E.  H.  Foote  and  others,  opened a Grand 
Rapids  furniture  store  in  Birmingham 
and  stocked 
it  with  up-to-date  Grand 
Rapids  furniture.  After  a  year’s  trial 
this  first  effort  was  abandoned  and  a 
new  store  was  opened  in  Loudon  and 
everything  was  done  to  push  the  Ameri­
can  goods.  The  English, 
however, 
did  not  seem  to  crave  for  American 
furniture.  The  wooden  beds  would  not 
“ go”   because  the  English  use  metal 
beds,  brass  and 
iron  exclusively,  and 
have  used  them  for  half  a  century  or 
more,  and  prefer  them  to  any  other. 
The  bureaus,  chiffoniers,  cabinets  and 
other  goods  of  Grand  Rapids production 
were  attractive,  but  not  enough  demand 
for  them  couid  be  aroused  to  make  the I 
venture  successful.  The  styles  were 
different,  the  workmanship  was  unlike 
the  English  and  English  prejudices  did 
the  rest.  The  second  venture,  the  Grand 
Rapids  furniture  store  in  London,  was 
abandoned,  as  had  been  the store in Bir­
mingham.  The  experience  had  been 
valuable  to  the  manufacturers  and  it was 
not  so  very  expensive  either.

enterprise. 

When  the  other  stores  were abandoned 
Stickley  Bros.  &  Co.,  of  this  city,  took 
hold  of  the  foreign  furniture  store  proj­
ect  as  a  private 
They 
opened  a  store  in  London  about  a  year 
ago  and  stocked 
it  with  chairs  and 
rockers  of  their  own  manufacture  and 
with  office  desks  manufactured  here, 
and  also  carried  a  line  of  fancy  tables 
and cabinets.  Their store  has  now  been 
running  a  year  and 
it  has  just  about 
“ played  even.”   No  money  has  as  yet 
been  made,  but  the  foundation  has  been 
laid  for  future  success  and  the  experi­
ence  gained  will  materially  promote  the 
success.  One  of  the  chief  obstacles  to 
sending  American  goods  to  the  English 
market 
is  the  heavy  freight  rates.  By 
tbe  time  the  goods  are  laid  down  in 
London  the  goods  have  cost,  with  the 
freight  rates,  about tbe retail  price  here, 
and  to  this  price  must  be  added  the 
necessary  percentage  of  profits  for  the 
jobber  and  other 
incidentals.  By  the 
time  all  these  charges  have  been  made 
the  cheap  suit 
is  no  longer  cheap  and 
the  medium  priced  goods  have  become 
expensive.  This  matter  of  freights  is 
the  most  serious  obstacle  tc  selling 
American  furniture 
in  England,  but 
there  is  another  obstacle,  in  that  the 
American  case  work 
is  not  up  to  the 
English standards,  and a still  greater ob­
stacle is  the  English  prejudices  against 
foreign  made  goods.

When  Stickley  Bros.  & Co.  first  began 
shipping  chairs  to  tbe  London  store  the 
chairs  were  already  set  up,  finished  and 
ready  for  business.  The  chairs  are  now 
shipped  in  the  white,  knocked  down,  at 
a  material  reduction 
in  cost,  and  this 
method  will  be  followed  hereafter.

JThe  chairs  are  put  together  and finished 

by  English  workmen.  American  chairs

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

are  winning  a  place  for  themselves  in 
the  foreign  market  and  success 
in  this 
line  is  looked  for. 
It  takes  about  five 
years  to  acquire  a  hold  in  England,  and 
the  hold  is  being  acquired  as  rapidly  as 
possible.  The  same 
is  true  of  small 
tables  and  rockers,  the  trade  in these ar­
ticles  having  already  assumed  satisfac­
tory  proportions.

reduces 

Office  desks,  with  numerous  pigeon­
the 
holes,  drawers  and  recesses,  and 
roll  top  so  familiar 
in  the  American 
office  and  store,  were  first  introduced  in 
England  about  ten  years  ago,  and  since 
then  have  become  securely  established 
in  the  market. 
The  Grand  Rapids 
manufacturers  have  been shipping desks 
to  England  for  four  or five  years and  the 
trade  has  been  steadily  growing  in  pro­
portions.  Until  last  year  the  desks  were 
shipped  set  up  and  finished,  but  close 
competition  demanded  a  reduction  in 
the  expenses  and  one  of  the  manufac­
turers  here  began  shipping  in the white, 
knocked  down,  which 
the 
freight  charges  about  one-half,  and  the 
others  will  probably do  the  same  as soon 
as  they  can  make  the necessary arrange­
ments  at  tbe  other  end of  the  line.  The 
wood  is  carefully  machined  in the facto­
ries  here and  the  pieces  are  made  ready 
to  put  together,  and  then  the  material  is 
shipped  over  to  England  to  be  set  up 
and  finished.  The  American  desk  has 
become  a  welcome  addition  to  the  Eng­
lish  office,  now  that  the  novelty  of  the 
thing  has  worn  away.  Flat  table  desks 
were 
formerly  used  exclusively  and 
when  the  business  man  had  to  leave  bis 
desk  or  office  everything  had  to  be 
cleared  up  and  packed  away 
in  the 
vault.  With  the  American  roll  top  a 
pull  of  the  handy  curtain  covers  every­
thing,  and  not  only  locks  the  desk  but 
also  locks  all  the  drawers.  The  con­
venience  of  the  desk  is  what  has won for 
it  favor,  and  it is  rapidly finding its way 
all  over  the  world,  with  London  as  the 
great  distributing  point.

The  English  have  revolving  office 
chairs  but  the  “ revolving”  has  been  on 
a  swivel,  without  the  spring  and  the 
raising  and  lowering  screw  so  familiar 
in  tbe  American  office  chair. 
The 
English  have  taken  very  kindly  to  the 
American  chairs  and  a  substantial trade 
has  been  worked  up  in  them.  Two  of 
the  Grand  Rapids  desk  companies  are 
now  making  office  chairs  to  go  with  the 
desks  and  Stickley  Bros.  &  Co.  will 
also  put  out  a  line  of  them  in  connec­
tion  with  their  other  chairs.
Ignore  the  Note  and  Turn  Over  a 

New  Leaf.

Grand  Haven,  April  25— Last  year  a 
representative  of  the  Comstock  Law and 
Collecting  Agency  called  on  me  and— I 
am  ashamed  to  admit  it— induced  me 
to  sign  its  contract  to  make  some  col­
lections  for  me.  The  contract  now  turfis 
out  to  be  a  note,  the  agency  is bothering 
me  to  death  with 
letters  for  the  pay­
ment  of  same.  What  is  your  opinion  in 
regard  to  this  matter?  Do  you  think 
they  can  collect  this  note  by  law? 
I 
know  you  are  acquainted  with  others 
who  have  signed  the  same  contract.

J o h n   M.  C o o k .

The  Tradesman  has  had  occasion  to 
advise  several  of  its  patrons 
in  'this 
matter  and  has  invariably  urged  that  no 
attention  be  given  the  notes,  because 
they  are  manifestly  fraudulent  in  char­
acter  and  because  no  jury  could  be 
found  which  would  bring  in  a  verdict 
against  the  makers. 
In  no  case  have 
suits  been  begun  on  the  notes,  although 
in  several  cases  attorneys  holding  the 
notes  have  offered  to  compromise on  the 
basis  of  20  per  cent,  of  their  face value. 
The  Tradesman’s  advice  to  Mr.  Cook  is 
to 
ignore  the  note  and,  at  the  same 
time,  register  a  solemn  vow  that  here­
after  he  will  give  schemers  and  fakirs j 
and  the agents  of  fraudulent  collection 
agencies a  wide berth.

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUGURS  AND  BITS

Snell’s ..............
Jennings’, genuine  .........
.
Jennings’, imitation .  . 
AXES
First Quality, S. B. Bronze ... 
First Quality, D. B. Bronze. 
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel. 
First Quality. D. B. Steel...

Railroad........

BARROWS

BOLTS

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

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

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST

Cast Loose  Pin, figured__
Wrought Narrow.........

Ordinary Tackle__

BLOCKS

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

CROW  BARS 

70
..............60410

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

............ 70410

.. per lb 

CAPS

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

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

... per m 
... per m 
..............E T “  

4

65 
55
Ì.

CARTRIDGES

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

CHISELS

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

DRILLS
Morse’s Bit Stocks...............  
Taper and Straight Shank____
Morse’s Taper Shank....

ELBOWS

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

Clark's small. $18:  large, *2r,
Ives’, 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, $30  ....

FILES—New  List

............ 504  5
............ 254 5

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

80
80
80

at
............ 50&  5

doz. net  M 
1  25
......dis 40&10

............ 30410

New American...........
TOtbiO
Nicholson’s.........
Heller's Horse Hasps..............[[".".! !’.’.[[. .  .eC&iO

GALVANIZED  IRON
16

Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26;  27.  ... 
List  12 
Discount, 75 to 75-10

15 

13 

14 

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

GAUGES

KNOBS—New List

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.............. 
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings........... 
Adze Eye............................
Hunt Eye....................
Hunt’s.......................

MATTOCKS

NAILS

1  g>
1  75

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

Advance over base, on  both Steel  and  Wire.
Steel nails, base.........
VV ire nails, base.........
20 to 60 advance...............
10 to 16 advance.........
8 advance..................
6 advance....................
4 advance.......................
3 advance.......................
2 advance......................
Fine 3 sdvance.......................
Casing 10 advance..............
Casing  8 advance..............
Casing  6 advance.........
finish 10 advance............
Finish  8 advance............
Finish  6 advance........
Barrel  \  advance..................
MILLS

................... 
35
....................   85

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

10
20
30
70
50
15

....... 

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s ...................................  
40
4©
Coffee, P. S. 4  W.  Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables... 
40 '
Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark's...............  
Coffee, Enterprise.............................................. 30

MOLASSES  GATES

Stebbin’s Pattern..................  
60410
Stebbin’s Genuine................................. [ [[ [60410 i
Enterprise, self-measuring......................... 
30

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co.'s,  fancy................................  @50 j
Sciota Bench....   ........................................ 
go ;
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy........................   @50 !
Bench, first quality......................................   @50 ]
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............ 
60 1
Fry, Acme...............................................60&10&10
70A  5
Common, polished..................... . 
Iron and  Tinned  ........................................ 
go j
Copper Rivets and Burs...............................  
go

RIVETS

PANS

. 

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

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

Broken packages >4c per pound  extra. 
Maydole 4  Co.’s, new  list......................dig  35* J
Kip’s  .......................................................... dii 
25 !
Yerkes 4  Plumb’s ...................................... dl® vl&lO
Mason’s Solid Cast Steei.................... 30c Usi. 
70 j
Blacksmith's Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c Us .40418 I

HAMMERS

23

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin Ware.........................new list 75410
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................20*10
Granite Iron  Ware........................ new list 40410

HOLLOW  WARE
Pots................................................
K ettles.............................[[[[[[“
Spiders.............................

.6041
.60410
.60410

Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3. 
State............

HINGES

.................dis 60410
... per doz. net  2 50

WIRE  GOODS

Bright..................................... 
Screw Eves....................... 
Hook’s..................
Gate Hooks and Eyes......

LEVELS
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s
ROPES

Sisal, % Inch and  larger.........
Manilla.....................

SQUARES
Steel and Iron.........................
! ! [[
Try and Bevels............ 
M itre......................................

g0
an
80
30

.........  

........dls 

70

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

6*

SHEET  IRON

, 

com. smooth

com. 
12 40 
2-40 
2 45 
2 55 
2 65 
s  (o
2 75
All sheets  No.  18  and  lighter,  over  30  Inches 

•vr 
Nos. 10 to 14..................................12 70
Nos. 15 to 17............................ 
2 70
Nos. 18 to 21......................... 
2 80
Nos. 22 to 24..................................  3 00
Nos. 25 to 26..................................  3 10
No.  27.........................................   3 20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.

List  acct. 19, ’88...................................... dls 

50

Solid Eyes........................................per ton  20 00

SAND  PAPER

SASH  WEIGHTS

TRAPS

Steel, Game..................................... 
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ......... 
Oneida Community, Hawley 4 Norton’s 70410
Mouse, choker............................per doz 
Mouse, delusion........................ per doz 

6o&i©
50
15
1  2t

WIRE

Bright Market....................................... 
75
Annealed  Market...................[[.’.[.......... 
75
Coppered  Market........................................ 70A1 n
Tinned Market.................................................  " kolz
Coppered Spring  Steel.............[[[[[[[[’’ 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ...............        '  o j 5
Barbed  Fence,  painted...........................[“  { gg

HORSE  NAILS
An Sable..................................................dls 404It
Pntnam......................................  
5
Northwestern...................................[.'“ [dls 10410

dls 

WRENCHES

28

70
so

Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
Coe’s Genuine..................................... 
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought 
Coe’s Patent, malleable..................
MISCELLANEOUS
Bird  Cages  ....................................
Pumps, Cistern..........................
Screws, New List.....................   . . .
Casters, Bed and  Plate..............[ [ [
Dampers, American.........................

30
§q
80
80
50
.............. 
.............. 
80
85
.............. 
............ 50410410
............  
50

SOLDER

...........................................................   12«
The prices of the many otheTqualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to  composition.

TIN—Melyn Grade
10x14 1C, Charcoal...............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal....................[. [ ’
20x14 EX, Charcoal....................

Each additional X on this grade, |j.»[

TIN—Allaway Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal......................
14x20 IC, Charcoal.....................
10x14 IX, Charcoal..................   ......   ’
14x20 IX, Charcoal.......................

Each additional X on this grade, *1.50.

g2

5 75 
5  75 
7 00

5  00
5  00
6  00 
6  00

14x20 IC. 
14x20 IX 
20x28 IC. 
14x20 IC 
14x20 IX 
20x28 IC, 
30x28 IX

14x56 IX 
14x56 IX.

ROOFING  PLATES

Charcoal, Dean.............................  5  qo
Charcoal, D ean....................... 
g  qq
Charcoal, Dean............................  10 00
Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   4  50
Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   5 50
Charcoal, Ailaway Grade............   8 00
Charcoal, Allaway Grade...........[  11  00
BOILER  SIZE  TIN  PLATE 
for  No.  8  Boilers, 1
for  No.  9  Boilers, f ^  P°und. 

9

THE  FORGOTTEN  PAST

W hich we read about can never  be 
forgotten by the merchant who  be 
comes  familiar  with  our  coupon 
system.  The past to such is always 
a “nightmare."  The present  is  an 
era of pleasure and profit.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS.

..$16 00, dls 60410

METALS—Zinc
600 pound  casks.............................
Per pound................................  

24
Commercial Travelers
Preparations  for  the  State  U.  C.  T.

Meeting.

it 

Jackson,  April  26—The  annual  meet­
ing  of  the  Grand  Council  of  Michigan 
of  the  United  Commercial  Travelers 
will  be  held 
in  this  city  Friday,  May 
20,  when 
is  expected  that  several 
hundred  traveling  men,  many  of  thefti 
accompanied  by 
ladies,  will  be  pres­
ent.

The  meeting  will  be  held  at  Castle 
hall,  the  business  meeting  being  called 
for  9:30 a.  m.  The visitors  will  be  met 
at  the  trains  by  the  reception committee 
and  escorted  to  U.  C.  T.  hall,  where 
they  will  register  and  receive  souvenir 
books,  badges,  etc.

At  12 130 a  parade  will  be  formed 

in 
front  of  Castle  hall  and  march  through 
the  principal  streets,  carriages  being 
furnished  for  the  ladies.

Immediately  after  the  parade 

the 
ladies  will  be  entertained  by  a  drive 
about  the  city  and  a  visit  to  the  State 
prison,  underwear  and  corset  factories 
and  other  points  of  interest,  following 
which  a  reception  will  be tendered them 
at  the  Jackson  City  club.

At  2  p.  m.  the  business  session  of  the 

order  will  be  resumed.

At  6  p.  m.  a  complimentary  banquet 
will  be  tendered  the  visitors  at  Co.  D 
armory,  to  be  followed  by  an  interest­
ing  program  of  toasts  and  responses, 
interspersed  with  music.  Dr.  O.  J.  R. 
Hanna  will  serve  as  master  of  cere­
monies  and  the  program  will  be  as  fol­
lows :

Welcome—C.  E.  Townsend.
Response—Grand  Counsellor  F.  L. 

YVhy  Are  We  Traveling  Men?— O. 

Gould,  Saginaw.

The  Ladies—Geo.  H.  Randall,  Bay 

Hillsdale.

The  Baby  Council— Frank Thompson, 

The  Order—Flint  Council.
The  Employer— H.  S.  Griggs,  Jack- 

Day.

City.

son.

The  Traveling  Man  as  a  Citizen— P. 

Walsh,  Detroit.

This  will  be  followed  by  a  grand 
complimentary  ball,  for  which  two  full 
orchestras  have  been  provided  and  the 
dancing  will  be  continuous  until  the 
wee  sma’  hours.

The 

local  members  of  the  U.  C.  T. 
souvenir 
are  preparing  a  handsome 
book  to  be  presented  to  each  of  the 
visitors. 
It  will  contain  numerous half­
tone  views  of  Jackson streets,  residences 
and  public  buildings,  executed  by  the 
engraving  department  of the Tradesman 
Company,  and  will  also  state  facts  and 
figures  relative  to  the  commercial  and 
material condition of Jackson, which will 
do  much  towards  advertising  the  busi­
ness  and  social  advantages  of  this  city. 
They  have  used  this  means  for  raising 
funds  to  meet  the  expenses  of  the  gath­
ering  and  have  received liberal aid from 
the  business  men  of  the  city  in  the  way 
of  advertising,  for  which  they  return 
thanks.
Movements of Lake Superior Travelers
L.  P.  Murray  (Plankington  Packing 
Co.)  has  resigned  his  position  and gone 
to  Joliet,  Ills.,  to  join  a  company  of 
cavalry  to  go  to  the  front. 
If  Mr.  Mur­
ray  proves  to  be  as  effective  as  he  is 
enthusiastic,  he  will  make  his  mark.

Harry  Bribing  (A.  Kroleck &  Co.)  is 

with  us  again.

Lost—W.  C.  Monroe and Willis Peake. 
Last  seen 
in  these  parts  three  months 
ago.  Fears  for  their  safety  are  felt. 
Probably  they  have  been  annihilated  by 
Tom  Hilton.

O.  D.  Hutchinson  (Consolidated  Mill­

ing  Co.)  was  with  us  last  week.

H.  F.  B.  Wendels  (Bunte  Bros.  & 
Spoehr)  did  the  iron  country  last  week.
A.  B.  Wheeler  (Kewaunee Boiler Co.) 

worked  the  copper  country  last  week.

The  Lake  Superior  Commercial Trav­
elers’  Club  now  has  a  membership  of 
176.

Everybody  who  knows  Dell  Dane 
(Michigan  Stove  Co.) 
is  acquainted 
with  one  of  the  jolliest  representatives

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

of  the  craft.  He  missed  bis  calling. 
Although  he 
is  a  success,  A i,  in  the 
stove  trade,  he  would  have  been  a  hum­
mer  had  he  taken  the  stage  for  a  pro­
fession.  Dell  was  never  known  to  be 
at  a 
loss  for  a  word  but  once.  That 
happened  a  few  years  ago  upon  a  stage 
coach  between  Crosswell and Lexington. 
Dell  was  entertaining  the  passengers 
with  a  few  of  his  11,478  stories,  much 
to  their  enjoyment.  His  companion  in 
the  same  seat  nearly  went  into  convul­
sions,  whereupon  Dell  cracked  him  on 
the  back  and  said,  “ Old  boy,  what  line 
do  you  handle?”   When  his  companion 
replied,  “ Preaching,”   Dell  fell 
in  a 
faint  and  didn’t  come  to  for  sometime.

Ouix.

Gripsack  Brigade.

B.  F.  Parmenter  has  sold  his  farm 
near  Saugatuck  and  purchased  the  resi­
dence  of  Chas.  S.  Brooks  (Musselman 
Grocer  Co.)  at  16  Bradburn  street.  He 
will  return  to  Grand  Rapids  and  make 
this  city  his  home,  having  effected  a 
business  arrangement  with  a  local  job­
bing  house.

During  the  excitement  incident  to the 
military  parade  Tuesday,  an  explosion 
startled  the  people  assembled  at  the 
corner  of  Monroe  and  Ottawa  streets. 
The  first  thought  was  that  a  serious 
accident  bad  occurred,  but  subsequent 
investigation  disclosed  the  fact  that  the 
noise  was  caused  by  Cornelius Crawford 
kissing  his  wife,  on  leaving  her  to  take 
a  train.

A  Toledo  dispatch  notes  the  follow­
ing—The  Woolson  Spice  Co.  has  called 
all  its  traveling  salesmen  from  the  road 
and  for the  present,  at  least,  little  coffee 
will  be  placed  on  the  market  by  the 
company.  It  appears  that  the  Arbuckles 
have  stolen  a  march  on  the  Woolson 
and  by  purchasing  a  million  bags  have 
practically  cornered  the  market.  As  a 
result  of  this  manoeuvre  the  price of the 
green  product  has  advanced  2  cents  a 
pound. 
In  the  present  unsettled  state 
of  the  market  the  Woolson  people  are 
not  aggressive.

Austin  H.  Bruen,  a  well-known  com­
mercial  traveler,  died  at  Detroit  Tues­
day.  He  was  born  at  Penn  Yan,  N.  Y., 
sixty-four  years  ago,  learned  the  tin­
ner’s  trade  at  Toledo,  took  the  road 
when  15  years  old  and  had  been  travel­
ing  for  the  past  forty-nine  years,  sell­
ing  pressed 
tin  and  other  hardware. 
During  the  past  twenty-one  years  he 
lived  in  Detroit  and  covered  Michigan 
for  Sidney  Shepard  &  Co.,  of  Buffalo. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arca­
num,  Knights  of  Honor,  and  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip.  He 
leaves  a 
widow,  Mrs.  Marietta  Bruen,  also  three 
brothers  and  two  sisters.

The  will  of  the  late  Wm.  Boughton 
It  was  exe­
has  been  filed  for  probate. 
cuted 
last  August  and  names  Jas.  M. 
Dudley  and  Fred  E.  Rice  as  executors. 
The  estate  comprises  $3,000  life 
insur­
ance  and  $1,600  in  cash,  all  of  which, 
exclusive  of  funeral  expenses,  is  left  to 
the  sister  of the  deceased,  Mrs.  Frances 
A.  Cowdrey,  who  resides 
in  Bucks 
county,  England.  The  reason  why  the 
sister  was  made  the  sole  beneficiary  of 
the  deceased 
is  that  she  has  the  sole 
care  of  the  aged  mother of the deceased, 
who  had  contributed  to  her  support dur­
ing  his  lifetime,  and  probably  took  this 
means  of  assuring  her  a  support  during 
the  remainder  of  her days.  Mr.  Bough- 
ton  has  been  a  father  and  a  brother  to  a 
large  family  who  were  dependent  upon 
him  only  by  the  ties  of  marriage,  and 
his  death 
leaves  many  aching  hearts 
among  those  he  has  befriended,  as  well 
as  among 
those  who  cherished  his 
friendship.

to  perform  my 

A  well-known  traveling  man  writes 
the  Tradesman  as  follows:  “ I  was 
in 
South  Bend  again 
last  week  and,  for 
the  purpose  of  seeing  how  wretchedly  a 
hotel  could  be  run,  I  registered  for  din­
ner  at  the-Oliver  House.  Before  going 
into  the  dining  room  I  repaired  to  the 
washroom 
customary 
ablutions,  but  one  glance  at  the  towels 
was  sufficient  to  deter  me  from  so  do­
ing.  They  were  as  stiff as  boards  and 
as  black  as  a  silk  bat.  The  dinner 
was  the  worst  I  ever  saw—and  I  have 
seen  a  good  many  tough  dinners  in  a 
career  of  twenty  years  on  the  road. 
It 
was  a  combination  of  the  vilest  lot  of 
stuff  I  ever  saw  set  before  a  white  man: 
I  can  taste  it  yet,  and  had  I  had  time  I 
should  have  called  on  the  local  health 
officer  and suggested  that  he  investigate 
the  culinary  department  of  the  house, 
with  a  view  to  proceeding  against  the 
establishment  for  maintaining  a  nui­
sance  and  causing  sickness. 
I  believe 
that  diningroom  has  given  the  doctors 
and  nurses  more  business  than  all  the 
miasma  which  emanates  from  the  Kan­
kakee  marshes;  and  if  Boyd  Pantlind 
would  like  to  ascertain  how  badly  it 
is 
possible  to  run  a  hotel,  I suggest  that  he 
pay  a  visit  to  South  Bend,  register  at 
the  Oliver  House,  and  take a  glance  at 
those  towels  and  a  sniff  of  the  sickening 
cdors which prevail  in that diningroom. ”

Have  You  Paid  Assessment  No.  I?
Lansing,  April  25—Will  you  please 
notice 
in  the  Gripsack  column  of  the 
Tradesman  this  week  that  assessment 
No.  1  expires  May  1  and  should be paid 
on  or  before  that  date?  Some  of  the 
boys  are  likely  to  overlook  it  and  a  no­
tice 
in  the  Tradesman  will  act  as  a  re­
minder  to  them  and  save  us the expense 
of  sending  a  second  notice.

J.  C.  S a u n d er s,  Sec’y.

It 

One  of  the  most  significant 

incidents 
in  the  commercial  and  industrial  world 
at  this  time 
is  the  placing  with  the 
Pennsylvania  Steel  Company  of  large 
orders  for  steel  rails  by  the  Russian 
government.  These rails  are  to  be  used 
in  the construction of the Trans-Siberian 
Railroad,  and  it  is  understood  that  the 
contract  covers  the  metal  to  lay  about 
300  miles  of  track. 
is  to  be  noted 
that  while  deliveries  are  to  be  made 
here,  the  material 
is  to  be  shipped 
across  the  continent  and  over  seas  to 
Vladvostock,  the  Pacific  terminus  of  the 
great  Russian  road. 
It  is  fairly  pre­
sumable  that  not  only  the  rails  but  all 
the  plant  and  equipment  for  the  eastern 
section  of  one  of  the  greatest  transpor­
tation  systems  in  the  world  will  be  re­
quired  for  delivery  at  the  terminal port. 
Furthermore,  as  the  road  is  pushed  for­
ward,  it  will  open  up  a  new  region 
where  the  opportunities  for  trade,  al­
though  not  fully  known,  are  believed 
to  be  very  great.

WANTS  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 
2 5 cents.  Advance payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

Fo r sa l e—stock o f d r u g s, g r o c e r ie s,
hardware,  crockery,  dry  goods,  notions, 
etc.,  invoicing about 83,500:  a  great  bargain for 
cash; large building;  well located in a  thriving 
Nortben  v illage.  Address  No.  586, care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 

IpOR  SALE—STOCK  DRY  GOODS  AND 

'  clothing: established nine years;  best  loca­
tion.  Wilt take improved real estate as security 
for payment.  Address J. H. Levinson, Petoskey, 
Mich. 

f TOR  SALE—I have two complete drug  stocks 

in Middleville.  Will sell one and move other 
awav,  or  will  sell  one-half  interest  in  either 
stock—one to be moved into an  other location— 
to reliable man.  Dr. Nelson Abbott, Middleville, 
Mich. 

586

587

591

571

588

585

572

583

579

r|X>  EXCHANGE— ?20  acres  farming  land  in 
JL  Crawford  county,  Mich.,  title  perfect,  for 
stuck millinery or groceries.  Address Lock Box 
4it  St. Louis, Mich. 
I  HAVE  SOME  GOOD  CITY  PROPERTY, 

free and clear, to exchange  for stock of  mer­
chandise  Would  assume a little  incumbrance 
if  necessary.  W.  H.  Gilbert  109  Ottawa  St., 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
5g0
r p w o   WELL - LOCATED,  WELL-RENTED 
X   residences  near  Normal  College, Ypsilanti 
to exchange for merchandise.  Address 202 Con 
gress St., Ypsilanti. 
582
ware, one  set  tinner’s  tools  and  store  fix 
tures,  for  sale  cheap.  Good  schools  and  Al 
farming country.  Full description  on  applica 
lion.  Also  reasons  for  selling  Address  No 
58 '. care Michigan Tradesman. 
I/IOR  RENT-LARGE  DESIRABLE  STORE 
X   on  best  street.  Address  Mrs.  B.  Brewer 
Owosso, Mich. 

t p<)R  SALE—A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  HARD 

in  Opera  House  block,  Mancelona,  Mich, 
best location in town;  best  town  in  State.  Ad 
dress Julius H. Levinson, Petoskey, Mich.  580

t pOK  RENT—DOUBLE  STORE  BUILDING 
f pOR  SALE-BAKING,  CONFECTIONERY, 

cigar stock  and  ice  cream  business,  with 
good fixtures.  Address  No. 579,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
TT'OR SALE-MODERN, WELL-ESTABLISHED 
X1  and equipped broom factory and good trade. 
Other  business  commands  our  attention.  Ad­
dress No. 554, care Michigan Tradesman.  584

I pOR  SALE—STOCK  CLOTHING,  SHOES, 

dry goods and fixtures.  Leading store, good 
location.  For particulars  address  R,  Box  351, 
Montague, Mich. 
■\T1CE  BUILDING  LOT  ON  OAKDALE  AVE- 
-LN  nue, Grand Rapids, for sale or exchange for 
lumber,  shingles,  brick,  merchandise,  bicycles, 
or whatever you  have  to  trade.  Address  Box 
tul, Leslie. Mich. 

FpoK  SALE, EXCHANGE OR RENT—LARGE 

two-story  store  and  residence  building  in 
town of 1,600  population  in  Northern  Indiana; 
stone basement, 120  feet  in  dimensions.  Inves­
tigate.  Address No. 575, care  Micbigan  Trades­
man. 

t poR  RENT'—THE  FIRST  AND  SECOND 
floors and basements of the  brick  building 
numbered 12 and 14 Lyon  street,  recently occu­
pied by Hirth, Krause A Co.;  suitable  for  mer­
cantile  or  manufacturing  purposes.  Also  the 
large hall on the third floor  over 8 and 10  Lyon 
street,  especially arranged  for  fraternal  socie­
ties.  Apply to Wm.  McBain,  Agent  Estate  of 
Jas. W. Converse, 433 Michigan  Trust  Building, 
Grand Rapids. 
\* 7  AN TED — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
vv  retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
Caulkett & Co.. Traverse City, Mich.______381
t pOR SALE-FIRST-CLASS GROCERY, MEAT 

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. 568, care Michigan Tradesman. 568

stock;  best  farming  section  in  Michigan. 

No trades!  W  II. Pardee, Freeport, Mich.  500

IpOR  SALE —BUILDING  AND  GENERAL 
i pi)R  SALE—50  FT.  LOT  WITH  STORE 

building and  small  dwelling,  on  principal 
business  street  in  Traverse  City.  Address  F.
Brosch. 
______________566
pOR  EXCHAEGE FOR GROCERY  OR MER- 
1  chandise  stock—Choice  section  land  near 
Jamestown,  North  Dakota.  Dakota  lands  in 
great  demand  for  farming  or  stock  raising. 
Carl Dice.  Monroe, Mich. 
r p o   EXCHANGE—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY 
X  goods or shoes, very nice  well rented Grand 
Rapids property.  Address No.  552, care  Michl- 
gan Tradesman._________________ _____ 552
W ANTED—1,000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS, 
daily.  Write  for  prices.  K.  W.  Brown, 
Ithaca,  Mich. 
556
r p o   EXCHANGE — FARMS  AND  OTHER 
X  property for dry  goods, clothing  and  shoes. 
Address P.  Medaiie,  Manceiona, Mich. 
XXTANTED—A  PRACTICAL  MILL  MAN, 
TV  with $1,000capital, to  take  a  one-half  or 
full  interest  In  a  stave,  heading  and  planing 
mill.  3,000  contract,  with  stock  to fill it.  All 
goes.  Five years’ cut  in  sight.  Side  track  to 
mill.  Good'reasons for selling.  Address  Stave 
Mill, care Michigan Tradesman._________546
f tREE—OUR  NEW  HANDBOOK  ON  PAT- 

ents.  Cilley  &  Allgier,  Patent  Attorneys, 

PATENT  SOLICITORS.

578

534

553

575

Grand Rapids, Mich. 

339

MISCELLANEOUS.

\ \ T ANTED — REGISTERED  PHARMACIST; 
yV  good  references  required;  a  young  man 
preferred:  steady  position  and  fair  wages. _R- 
Gidley, Empire, Mich.__________ ______ 574
SITUATION WANTEÜ-REG1STKKED PHAR 
macist,  married. 27 years  of  age,  registered 
8 years, country  ana  city  experience.  Best  of 
references  given.  Address  No. 530,  care  Mich-
igan Tradesman.______________ _______ 530
T Ï7  ANTED — REGISTERED  PHARMACIST 
TV  at once.  Must furnish good  references as 
to character.  J.  H. Chapman,  Mears.  Mich.  592
w7ANTED—SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED
.  .  pharmacist of  twenty  years’  experience. 
Address No. 5£9, care Michigan Tradesman.  589
HOTEL WHITCOMB

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH. 

A. VINCENT. Prop.
THE  WHITNEY  HOUSE

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

Chas. E. Whitney. Prop., Plain well, Mich.

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CHICAGO

Chicago.

G. Rapids...............8:45am  1:25pm *11:30pm
At.  Chicago..................3:10pm 6:50pm  6:40am
Lt. Chicago..................7:20am  5:15pm *11:80pm
Ar.G’d Rapids.............1:25pm  10:35pm  * 0:20am
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv. G’d  Rapids........................   7:30am  5:30pm
Parlor  and  Sleeping  Cars  on  afternoon  and 
night trains to and from Chicago.

♦Every  day. 

Others week days only.

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Detroit.

Lt. Grand  Rapids.......... 7:00am  1:35pm  5:35pm
Ar. D etroit......................11:40am  5:45pm  10:20pm
Lt. Detroit.....................8:00am  1:10pm  0:10pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids........12:55pm  5:20pm  10:55pm

Saginaw, Alma and  Oreenvllle.

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

Geo.  DeHaven,  General Pass. Agent.

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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 
HOW   CH EAP  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  oi 
particular  people,  keep  the  Seymour 
Cracker. 

Made  by

National  Biscuit  Company,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

“Lily White” Flour

W e authorize  you to  do 
so. 
It makes good bread 
every  tim e.  One  sack 
sold  to-day  w ill  bring 
customers for tw o sacks 
later  on.  Order  some 

NOW.

■ Valley City Milling  Co.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

DEALERS  IN

ILLUMINATING  AND  LUBRICATING

OILS

N A P H T H A   A N D   G A SO L IN E S  $

Offics and Works, BUTTERWORTH AVE.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Bulk worksTat Grand  Rapids,  Muskegon,  ManiBtee, Cadillac,  Big Rap­
ids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse  City,  Ludington, Allegan,
Howard'  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City,  Fremont,  Hart!
Whitehall, Holland and Fennvllle

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EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t 6:45am.Sag.,  Detroit, Buffalo & N Y .t 9:55pm
tlO'.lOam.........Detroit  and  East.......... t 5:07pm
t 3:30pm..Sag.,  Det., N.  Y.  &  Boston..tl2:45pm 
*11:00pm.. .Detroit, East and Canada..  6:35am
til :10am........  Mixed to Durand...........t3:15pm
* 7:00am....Gd. Haven  and  Int. P ts....*10:15pm 
tl2:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate.t 3:22pm
t  5:12pm— Gd. Haven and Chi............ tlO:05am
tlO :00pm........Gd. Haven and Mil..........  6:40am
Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner parlor car.  No. 
18  parlor  car.  Westward—No.  11  parlor  car. 
No. 15 Wagner parlor car.
»Dally.  tExcept Sunday.

WEST

E. H. H u sh e s, A. G. P. & T. A.
Bee. Fletcher, Trav. Pass. Agt.,
C. A.  J u stin,  City  Pass.  Agent.
97 Monroe St.  Morton House

GRAND Rapids  &  Indiana  Railway

Dec. 5 ,  1897.

Northern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...t 7:45am t 5:15pm 
Trav. C’y,Petoskey*M ack...t 2:15pm t 6:35am
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack..................¿10:50pm
Cadillac................................... + 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
Ft. Wayne............................... t  2:10pm t  2:00pm
Cincinnati............................... * 7:00pm  * 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.

9 0 I N 9  W EST.

LvG’d  Rapids.............t7:35am  tl :00pm t5:40pm
Ar Muskegon................. 9:00am  2:10pm  7:05pm
LvMuskegon.........   ..t8:10am til:45am t4:00pm
ArG’dRapids............ 9:30am  12:55pm  5:20pm
tExcept Sunday.  *Dally.  ¿Saturday only.
C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 

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Gen’l Passr. and Ticket Agent.

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W EST  BOUND.

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

EAST  BOUND.

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

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Baby  Cabs

We are quoting JOBBERS’ PRICES
to MICHIGAN  MERCHANTS  on  50
ST Y L E S  of Cabs.

Every one is  High Grade.
Every one  is Low  Priced.
Every one is  Guaranteed.

Large  Catalogue  sent  on  applica-

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GRAND  RAPIDS

I S WHOLESALE FURNITURE CO.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

SACRIFICE  SALE!

PLAN T  OF  THE^e 
LANSING  LUMBER  CO-

of  its  kind  in  the  State. 

^7*H IS   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,

Horace  Lapham,  or  Chas.  C.  Longstreet,

Lansing,  Michigan.

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