Volume  XV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  4,1898.

Number  763

DEALERS IN

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Office and  Works,  BUTTERWORTH AVE.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Bulk works at G rand  Rapids,  Muskegon,  M anistee, Cadillac,  Big R ap­
ids,  G rand  H aven,  T raverse  City,  L udington, A llegan, 
H oward  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City,  Frem ont,  Hart, 
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Everything  in  the  Heating  Line

Be it Steam,  Hot Water  or Hot Air.  Mantels, Grates and 
Tiling.  Galvanized  Work  of  Every  Description.  Largest 
Concern  in the  State.

WEATHERLY  &  PULTE, 99  Pearl  St.,  Grand  Rapids

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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. 
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If  you,  Mr.  Dealer,  want  the  trade  or 
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We  are  the  only  wholesalers in  the  State.  Write  us

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To learn the  real  value of a trade  or class paper 
is to find out how  the  men  in whose interest it  is  ¡2^ 
published value  it.  Ask the merchants of  Mich- 
igan what they think of the .  .  .

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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Our Stock of 

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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 St., Grand  Rapids.

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

Yankee
Deutscher

VS.

For  several  years  the  Tradesman 
Company  has  handled  lines  of  fans 
and  picture  cards  manufactured  in 
Germany.  This year we have added 
to  our  assortment  a  line  of  goods 
made  in  this  country,  and  a  com­
parison  of  the  two  lines  demon­
strates  that  the  Yankee  has  dis­
tanced  the  Deutscher  in  point  of 
originality  and  artistic  execution. 
W e  sell  the  American  goods  at  the 
same prices as the German and shall 
be pleased  to  send samples of either 
or both to contemplating purchasers.

Tradesman  Company,  Grand  Rapids.

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Special  Reports.

Law  and  Collections.

SACRIFICE  SALE!

PLANT  OF  THE** 
LANSING  LUMBER  CO.

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of  its  kind  in  the  State. 

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

Horace  Lapham,  or  Chas.  C.  Longstreet,

Lansing,  Michigan.

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No o th er L ine offers a panoram a o f 460 
Four T rips  per W eek  Between

Toledo, Detroit and Mackinac
PETOSKEY,  “THE SOO  »  MARQUETTE 

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LOW RATES to  P icturesque M ackinac 
and R eturn, including Meals and B erth s. 
A pproxim ate  C ost  from  Cleveland, $ 17; 
from  Toledo, $ 14;  from  D etro it, $ 12.50.

m iles o f equal variety  an d  in te re s t 
Day ano  Night Service B etween

DETROIT  AND  CLEVELAND

F are,  $ 1 . 5 0   Each  D irection.
B erth s,  75c .,  S i.  S tateroom , $ 1.75. 
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E arliest T rains for all points East, South 
and  Southw est,  a n d   a t  D etroit  for  all 
points N orth a n d  N orthw est.
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  4,1898.

Number 763

DESMAN

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lected  by  our  representatives  in  the  United 
States  and  C a n ad a when  claims are  receipted 
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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  1807......................  
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SELLING  BY  SAMPLE.

How  Furniture  Orders  Were  Secured 

Thirty  Years  Ago.

The  furniture  salesman  on  the  road 
does  not  have  a  lot  of  sample  cases  to 
worry  about  and  the  demands  of  the 
baggage  master  for  excess  charges  have 
no  terrors  for  him.  He  travels  "ligh t”  
and  can  carry  all  his  "samples”   in  a 
small  bundle  under  his  arm,  although 
he  usually  has  a  neat  leather  case  for 
them.  The  furniture  salesman’s  "sam ­
ples”   are  not  the  real  things.  He  does 
not  tote  around  with  him  a  $500  bed­
room  suit  or  a  $300  outfit  for  a  dining­
room  to  show  his  customers.  He  does 
better.  He  has  all  the  furniture  that 
his  house  has  to  sell  carefully  repro­
duced  with  the aid of the photographer’s 
camera  and  can  carry  a  hundred  or  a 
thousand  of  them  around  the  country 
less  trouble  than  be  could  handle 
with 
a  single  chiffonier  life  size.  A 
large 
proportion  of  the  furniture  sold  >s  sold 
by  photograph ;  and  what  is  true  of  fur­
niture 
is  equally  true  of  coffins,  baby 
carriages,  willow  ware,  some  kinds  of 
machinery  and  various  other  lines.  The 
clothing,  dry  goods,  shoe  and  grocery 
salesmen  must  go  armed  with  samples 
and  sample  cases  and  their  progress 
through  the  country 
is  marked  with 
physical  and  moral  wreckage,  but  the 
furniture  salesman 
is  fully  equipped 
for  business  when  he  has bis photograph 
album  under  his  arm.

The  use  of  the  photograph  in  selling 
goods  is  a  modern  development.  Who 
first  thought  of  it  is  not  recorded  in his­
tory,  but  its  history  dates  back  scarcely 
thirty  years.  When  the  Grand  Rapids 
manufacturers  sought  distant  markets 
for 
their  wares  after  the  war,  they 
loaded  a  couple  of  freight  cars  with fur­
niture  and  sent  them  out  in  charge  of  a 
salesman.  The  dealers  along  the  route 
to  be  taken  were  notified  when  the  cars 
would  reach  them  and  they  were  ex­
pected  to  come  down  to  the  sidetrack 
where the  cars  were  located  to  look  over 
the  stock.  The  buyers  selected  such 
stock  as  they  wanted  and  then  the  cars 
were  hitched  to  the  next  passing  freight 
train,  to  be  taken  to  the  next  stopping 
place.  Several  times  a boat  was  loaded 
with  furniture  in the same way and made 
the  round  of  the  lake  ports. 
In  the 
early  days  considerable  furniture  was 
sold  in  this  manner  in  Milwaukee,  Chi­
cago  and  other  points  This  method  of 
doing  business  was  slow,  cumbersome 
and  unsatisfactory,  but  it  was  the  best, 
if  not  the  only  way,  to  do  it  in  the early 
days  of the furniture industry.  One other 
way  was  practiced  on  a  small  scale,  and 
that  was  to  make  up  the  goods  in  min­
iature  and  carry  the  "baby”  sets around 
as  samples,  but  this  was  almost  as  un­
satisfactory  as  the  freight  train  process, 
although  not  so  cumbersome  or  slow.

One  of  the  Grand  Rapids  furniture 
salesmen— it  is  said  to  have  been  Julius 
Berkey—was  off  on  a  trip  about  thirty 
years  ago  and,  having  to  wait  at  some 
railroad  station 
connections,  he 
chatted  with  the  representative  of  a 
baby  carriage  bouse.  The  baby  car­
riage  man  had  solved  the  sample  prob­
lem.  He  had  photographs  of  his  goods

for 

and  proudly  showed  how convenient and 
efficient  they  were  for  the  purposes 
in­
tended.  Mr.  Berkey  returned  home  and 
it  is  said  he  put  in  several  days  of  hard 
hinking  and  then  he  had  some  furni­
ture  photographed.  The  result  was  v e r y  
satisfactory  and  from  that  day  to  this 
furniture  has  been  sold  by  photograph. 
It  took  study  and  time  to  bring  the  fur­
niture  photographs  up  to  the  required 
degree  of  excellency,  but  the  difficul­
ties  were  speedily  surmounted.  The 
gloss  of  the  finished  goods  spoiled  the 
first  efforts  and  this  was  overcome  by 
photographing 
the 
trouble  of  getting  a  satisfactory  picture 
of  the  mirror  was  avoided  by  leaving 
the  mirror  out.

in  the  white,  and 

0 .  W,  Horton  was  the  first  furniture 
photographer  in  the  city,  and  he  did  it 
as  a  side 
issue  to  his  regular  photo­
graphic  business.  About  twenty-three 
years  ago  James  Bayne  began  doing 
furniture  photographing 
in  connection 
with  his  business  and  he  moved  his 
gallery  to  the  fiist  floor  of  a  block  on 
Fountain  street  to  save  the  trouble  and 
difficulty  of  carrying  the  goods  up­
stairs  to  be  "taken .”   Mr.  Bayne  con­
tinued making  furniture  a  side  issue for 
several  years,  but  the  furniture  business 
increased  to  such  an  extent that he final­
ly  decided  to  make  a  specialty  of  it, 
and  for  this  purpose  erected  a  gallery 
on  North  Front  street.

Three  or  four  of  the  furniture  manu­
facturers  have  their  own  galleries  and 
operators  and  do  their  own  work  in  this 
line.  Several  have  galleries,  but  when 
there  is  work  to  be  done  call  in  an  ex­
perienced  operator  to  do 
it.  Many j 
manufacturers  send  their  goods  to  the 
gallery  to  be  operated  upon.  Tbe  skill I 
of  the  Grand  Rapids  artists  has  become 
so  widely  known  that  goods  are  shipped 
here  from  a  dozen  different  states  hun­
dreds  of  miles  away.  The  qualities 
of  a good  photograph  are  its clearness of 
detail  and  the  lights  and  shadows,  and j 
the  difference  of  a  fraction  of  a  second 
in  the  exposure  may  make  all the differ­
ence 
in  the  world  in  the  excellency  of 
the  work.

For  many' years  wood  cuts  were  used 
exclusively 
in  catalogue  work  and  the 
Grand  Rapids  wood  engravers  won  a 
high  reputation  for  their  talent 
in  this 
line.  Various  processes  were  tried  for 
reproducing  the  photographs  and exper­
iments  were  tried  with  zinc  etchings, 
but  for  catalogue  work  wood  cuts  held 
their  own  against  all  competitors  until 
the  halftone  process  was  discovered 
To-day  halftones  are 
and  applied. 
used  very 
largely,  although  both  wood 
and  zinc  engravings  still  occupy  a  con­
siderable  place,  and  high  grade  work 
in  halftone 
is  only  a  little  inferior  to 
the  photographs  themselves.  The  half­
tones  or  other  kinds  of  engraving,  how­
ever,  do  not  displace  the  photographs, 
but  increase  the  demand  for  the  latter. 
As  many  photographs  are'  printed  as 
before  the  halftones  were  invented  and 
many  pieces  which  were  not  photo­
graphed  before  are  now  placed  before 
tbe  camera,  that  tbe  halftones  may  be 
made  later.

■   F.xamine  yourself  and  you  won’t 
boast.  Brag  indicates  shallowness.

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Advantages  of  Frequent  Buying.
Some  merchants  make  a  practice  of 
buying  goods 
large  quantities,  and 
with  the  exception  of  "sorting  up,”   do 
not  buy  oftener  than  two  or  three  times 
a  year.  The  merchant  who  follows  this 
plan  of  buying  does  so  because  he  con­
siders 
it  the  most  expedient,  arguing 
freights  and  secures 
that  he  saves 
better  services  on  account  of  buying 
in 
large  quantities.  Good  argument,  but 
every  question  has  at  least  two  sides. 
Tbe  merchant  who  buys  in  large  quan­
tities  at  long  intervals  is  as  certain  to 
have  stale  goods  on  band  as  the  day  of 
is  to  arrive—excepting,  of 
payment 
course, 
in 
the  most  staple  articles. 
Large  bills are  harder  to  pay  than  small 
ones,  and  tbe  cash  discount  will  be  less 
frequently  taken  advantage  of.

The  merchant  who  buys  often  and  in 
smaller  lots has  the  advantage  of  always 
having  fresh  goods  in  stock.  He  is  able 
to  have  the  latest.  His  stock  looks  in­
viting,  and this of  itself is  a  great  factor 
in  selling  goods;  fresh  goods  sell  read­
ily  at  a  margin where  shop-worn articles 
go  begging  for  buyers,  although  offered 
at  cost  or  less.  The  bills  are  smaller, 
and  the  wide-awake  merchant,  such 
as  the  one  just  described,  will  take  the 
cash  discount  on  each  bill.

Another  feature  of  frequent  buying  is 
that  it  is  a  good  advertisement.  To  be 
unpacking  new  goods  every  week  im­
presses  people  with  the  idea  that  you 
are  doing  a  good  business,  and  they 
will  trade  with  you.  There  is  no  scrip­
that  which,  as 
ture  more  true  than 
quoted  by  a  certain  old 
lady,  says: 
"Them   as  has,  gits."  People  do  not 
as  a  rule  spend  much  time  hunting  for 
a  store  where  few  other  people  trade, 
in  order  to  make  their  purchases  undis­
turbed  by  the  crowd,  or  as  a  matter of 
charily  to  assist  some  antediluvian  to 
remain  in  business.  When people  want 
moss  they  go  to  the  woods  for  i t ;  when 
they  buys  goods  they  want  the  latest, 
and  they  follow  tbe  crowds.

The  merchant  that  buys  often  and 
pays  the  cash,  even  although  individual 
orders  are  small,  will  buy  more  goods, 
and  sell more  during  the  year  than  if  he 
bought  in  large  quantities  at  longer,  in­
tervals.  His  trade  will  be  sought  after 
by  the  wholesaler,  and 
it’s  dollars  to 
doughnuts  that  he  will  get  as  good  or 
better  prices  than  his  neighbor  who 
buys  but  three  or  four  times  a  year.

Tbe  Spanish  moss  hanging  to  trees 
in  this  country  for  existence  seems  to 
be  a  little  more  drooping  than  usual.

An  army  officer  on  dress  parade  is  a 
into 

thing  of  beauty;  but  when  he  goes 
battle  he  is  dressed  to  kill.

Spain  will  not  issue  lettes  of  marque 
immediately.  She  does  not  know  where 
to  make  her  mark.

The  Spanish  fleet  has  sailed  so  often 
from  Cape  Verde islands  that  it  must be 
nearly  worn  out.

After  people  have  grown  old 

they 
commence  to  hunt  ways  and  means  for 
keeping  young.

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hardware

Prosperous  Outlook 
Trade.

for 

the  Retail 

for  staples  and 

The  business  outlook  at  present  is 
most  encouraging.  Not  since 
'92  has 
the  spring  trade  opened  up  with  so 
large  a  volume,  and  so  variegated  a 
demand 
specialties. 
Things  in  other  trade  channels,  cognate 
and  non-cognate  to  ours,  are  not  gener­
ally  satisfactory,  probably  due  to  the 
unusually  mild  winter,  but  as  regards 
the  hardware  trade  there  is  no  room  for 
complaint.

M rCH lGAN  TRADESMAN

heart,  1  am  also  prepared  for  them. 
My  line  of  fly  nets  and  screens 
is  now 
complete.  Buy  early,  and  avoid  the 
flies. ”

Here's  another:  "D on't  be  a  tool  in 
another’s  hand.  Own  your  tools,  be 
they  garden  tools  or  field  tools.  We 
shall  make 
it  an  object  to  you  to  own 
them,  if  the  money  problem  stands  in 
the  way. ”

in 

¡¡Sidings,  ceiling,  roof, 

A  dealer  who  specializes  corrugated 
iron  ware  has  his  window  transformed 
interior  aspect  of  a  miniature 
into  an 
storeroom. 
in 
fact,  every  evolution  of  the 
line  had 
been  employed 
the  construction. 
Colored  prints,  showing  the  picturesque 
and  artistic  effects  which  may  be  ob­
tained  by  using  this  material  were  scat 
tered  about.  Simple  as  it  was,  the  dis­
play  was  the  wonderment  of  thousands.  |
too: 
This 
coming  war  with  Spain  will 
“ The 
create  war  prices 
in  powder,  ammu­
nition  and  arms.  Having  a  large  stock 
on  hand,  we  are  yet  enabled  to  quote 
old  prices.  Remember, 
the  sporting 
season 
isn’t  far  off,  and  the  money 
saved  in  buying  now  may  pay  your  way 
home  in  a  palace  car.”

advertisement, 

an 

is 

The  opening  of navigation will further 
influence  activity  at  all  the  great  lake 
centers,  from  Chicago  down  to  Buffalo. 
If  present  rates  are  a  criterion,  then 
we  shall  certainly  have  a  busy  naviga­
tion  season.  The  war  scare,  or  war 
possibilities,  may  place  a  temporary 
transactions;  at 
embargo  on  certain 
least,  such 
is  the  attitude  now.  But 
there  cannot  be a depression,  conditions 
now  developing  in  the  market  preclud 
ing  such  a  contingency.  Country  mer­
chants  are  buying  freely  in  anticipation 
of  big  crops  at  good  prices.  Farmers 
are  very  confident,  and  the  war  contin­
gency  is  only  strengthening this feeling.
The  bicycle  trade  is opening brightly. 
Shipments  made  thus  far  are  25  per 
cent,  larger  than  for  the  same  period 
last  year.  Both  the  $50 and  $75  grades 
are  well  represented  in  these shipments. 
The  only  bad  feature  is  the  surplus  of 
old-style wheels with which many dealers 
loaded  down,  and  to  move  which 
are 
ruinous 
sometimes 
made.  Not  until  these  wheels  are  well 
bought  up  will  there  be  a  marked  de­
mand  for  ’98  makes.

concessions  are 

Dealers  report  an  unusual  demand  for 
painters'  materials.  This  augurs  w ell; 
the 
incipient  demand  being  so  pro­
nounced,  only  the  best  of  results  may 
be  anticipated,  the  season  once  being 
well  advanced.  There  has  been  a  lull 
in  this  line  for  years,  and  country  deal­
ers  have,  therefore,  bought  sparingly. 
Such  a  casualty  is  therefore  remote  this 
season.

The  windows  of  up-to-date  dealers 
are  now  filled  with  the  season’s  goods. 
Such  displays  include  everything,  from 
the  carpet  stretcher  to  the  lawn  mower, 
from  the  household  refrigerator  to  the 
“ bike.”  
In  fact,  this  is  the  season  for 
variegated  and  effective  displays,  and 
every  dealer  ought  to  be  intent  upon 
bringing  out  the  best  results.  A  unique 
display  coming  to my notice embraced a 
window  transformed  into  a 
lawn.  Soil 
bad-  been  spread  and  this  had  been 
sown  to  grass.  The  grass,  which  had 
grown  a  foot  high,  bad  been  cut  one 
width  of  the  mower,  and  it  was  a  clean 
cut,  to  be  sure.  Any  prospective  mower 
buyer  would  have  certainly  preferred 
this  make  to  any  other.  The  mower 
was  the  background  attraction  of  this 
improvised  lawn ;  the  catcher  attached 
it  was  yet  filled  with  the  mown 
to 
grass.  A  notice 
in  the  window  guar­
limited  quantity  of  the  seed 
anteed  a 
from  which  the  “ display”   grass  had 
been  grown,  gratis  to  any  buyer  of  the 
mower.  The  mower  was decorated with 
a  banner,  inscribed  with 
text, 
“ Don’t  be  cruel  to  the  grass';  it  looks 
so  green  and  fresh.”

the 

Here’s  how  an  enterprising  country 
dealer  words  his  announcement:  “ A 
mild  winter 
is  generally  productive of 
a  busy  fly  season,  and,  according  to 
old  farmers, 
this 
year. 
I  am  prepared  for it,  and  having 
the  welfare  of  my  fellow  citizens  at

that’s  the  outlook 

the 

Efforts  tending  to  organization  of  re­
tail  hardwaremen’s  associations  are  be­
ing  made  everywhere.  Most  cities  al­
ready  have  such  associations.  County 
associations,  embracing 
country 
merchants,  are  the  object  of  the  latest 
efforts.  These  are  a  great desideratum, 
for  they  will  aid  in  educating  the  coun­
try  trade  and  acquaint  them  with  the 
progressive 
features  of  the 
age,  to  a  degree,  for  discussion  of  mu­
tual  interests  will  always  lead  to  good. 
Besides,  the  former  dead-beat  list  has 
grown  so  large  that  organization  seems 
the  only  solution.— J.  B.  Rindfleisch  in 
Hardware. 

ideas  and 

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German  Millionaires. 
F ro m  th e W ilm ington M orning N ew s.

* 

The  differences  in  the  unit  of  money 
in  different  countries  make  a  consider­
able  difference  in  the  practical  meaning 
of  the  word  “ millionaire. ”   Webster’s 
Dictionary  defines  a  millionaire as “ one 
whose  wealth  is  counted  by  millions.”  
In  popular  use  one  who  has  a  million 
is  regarded  as  a  millionaire. 
In  the 
United  States 
it  would  be  §1,000,000.
In  England  it  would  be  ¿1,000,000. 
But  as  the  pound  sterling  is  worth  $4.86 
and  a  fraction  of  our  money,  the  Eng­
lishman  would  require  nearly  five  times 
as  much  actual  capital  as  the  Ameri­
can  before  the  Englishman  could  take 
rank 
in  the  noble  army  of  martyrs 
known  as  “ millionaires.”
In  Germany,  where  the  unit  of  value 
is  worth  23  cents 
is  the  mark,  which 
and  a  fraction  in  our  money,  much  less 
is  required  to  make  a 
actual  capital 
man  a  millionaire  than 
in  the  United 
States. 
I  had  this  fact  impressed  upon 
me  by  reading  in  a  German  uewspaper 
that,  according  to  the  Statistical  Year 
Book  of  Berlin,  that  city  of  over  1,000,- 
000  inhabitants  contains  2,092  million­
aires— “ each  person  who  has  an  income 
of  more 
than  36,000  marks  being 
reckoned  as  a  millionaire.”   Thirty- 
six  thousand  marks  is  less than  $9,000— 
and  $9,000  a  year  seemed  to  me  to  be  a 
rather  small  “ millionaire”  
I 
found,  however,  by  a  rapid  computa­
tion,  that  36,000  marks  is  a  little  more 
than  3yz  per  centum  on  i,000,000  marks 
(about  $240,000)—and  there  you  have 
your  millionaire  according  to  the  Ger­
man  unit  value.  According  to  the  same 
authority  there  are  477  “ thaler  million 
aires”  
in  Berlin  a  thaler  being  three 
marks,  so  that  each  of  this  variety  of 
millionaire  has  a  capital  of  3,000,000 
marks,  or  about  $720,000.  The  wealth­
iest  man 
in  Berlin  has  an  income  of 
1,720,000  marks,  or,  roughly,  $400,000. 
Only  seven  Berliners  have  an  income of 
more  than  1,000,000  marks—$240,000.

income. 

Clark=Rutka=Jewell

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.

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Clark=Rutka=JewelI  Co

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.

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We  flre tee  People

Our  new  Acetylene 
Gas Generator, which 
has  been  before  the 
Board  of  Underwrit­
ers  for  several  weeks, 
has  received  the  ap­
proval  of  that  organ­
ization  and  we  are 
now  prepared  to  exe­
cute  orders 
for  all 
sizes  promptly.  W e 
claim  for  our  genera­
tor  superior  strength, 
simplicity of construc­
tion,  durability, econ­
omy  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. 
Illustrated  catalogue  and  price  list  fur­
nished  on  application.  All  enquiries  promptly  and  carefully 
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M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

Rapid  Introduction  of  Acetylene  Gas 

Appliances.

In 

In  the  great  majority  of  the towns and 
villages  of  the  country  there  is  almost 
an 
imperative  demand  for  an  illumi­
nating  medium  which  shall  rescue  the 
average  stores,  hotels  and  other  places 
of  business  and  manufacture  from  the 
to 
unpleasant  and  depressing  gloom 
in  all 
which  they  are  now  condemned 
but  daylight  hours. 
such 
towns 
there  has  been  no  adequate  means  of 
lighting  procurable  at  any  cost.  Even 
in  those 
localities  among  the  smaller 
towns  where  electric  plants  are  main­
tained  for  lighting,  the  service 
is  dis­
tressingly  poor— the  incandescent  bulbs 
might  about  as  well  be  supplied  with 
fireflies  and  the  flickering  and  sputter­
ing  arcs  are  of  little  more  efficiency. 
in  a  vast  number  of  business 
Thus 
places  there  was,  and 
is,  the  impera­
tive  need  of  some  medium which should 
furnish  sufficient  illumination at reason­
able  cost.

Since  the  discovery  of  the  illumina­
ting  power  and  quality  of  acetylene 
gas  a  vast  amount  of  effort  has  been  ex­
pended  in  devising  means  for  its  utili­
zation.  At 
the  first,  attempts  were 
made  to  handle  the  liquefied  substance, 
but  it  soon  became  demonstrated  that 
it  was  practically  impossible  to  do  this 
and  guard  against  the  formation  of  ex­
plosive  mixtures  with  air,  and  so it  was 
not  long  before  the material was decided 
to  be  too  dangerous  for  practical  use. 
The  great  number  of  accidents  at­
tending  the  use  of  this  form  finally 
created  a  prejudice  against  it,  which 
has  been  hard  to  overcome.

It 

feasible 

inert  and 

The  practical  use  of  acetylene seemed 
possible  and  easy  as  soon  as  its  manu­
facture  in  the  form of carbide  was found 
Experiment  demon­
to  be 
strated  that  this  substance 
is  among 
indestructible  as 
the  most 
long  as  it  is  kept  from  moisture. 
is 
a  material  twice  as  heavy  as  soft  coal, 
and  considerably  heavier  than  the  hard­
est,  and  is  so  refractory  that  it  requires 
the  strongest  crushing  machinery  to  re­
duce  it  to  a  suitable  fineness  for  trans­
portation  and  use.  At  the  first  when this 
form  made 
its  appearance,  the  prob­
lem  of  its  use  seemed  sufficiently  easy. 
It  was  only  necessary  to  construct  an 
apparatus  which  should  bring  enough 
moisture  into  contact  with  the  material 
to  generate  the  gas  and  then  collect  and 
burn  the  latter;  but  in  actual  practice 
this  was  not  found  to  be  so  easy  after 
all.  At  the  first  the  efforts  were  fail­
ures,  because  the  burners  used  were  not 
suitable. 
It  was  a  considerable  time 
before 
it  was  found  that  the  gas  must 
be  burned  in  exceedingly  small  quanti­
ties  to  secure  proper  combustion,  and  a 
suitable  burner  was  constructed  which 
has  an  orifice  which  is  a  small  fraction 
of  that  used  in  an  ordinary  gas  burner.
improvement  had  been 
made  it  was  found  that,  while  the  sim­
ple  and  crude  apparatus  so  easily  de­
vised  by  almost  any  tinsmith  would 
produce  the  light,  and  possibly  answer 
the  purpose  of 
lantern  exhibitions  or 
other  temporary  uses,  there  were  diffi­
culties  which  at  one  time seemed almost 
insurmountable  in  the  way  of  making  a 
permanently  effective  generator.  The 
continued  use  of  such  apparatus  would 
clog  and  get  it  out  of  order  and  the  gas 
would  be  saturated  with  moisture  to  an 
extent  which  nearly  destroyed  its  light­
giving  value.  The  outcome  of  such  ex­
periments  was  discouraging,  and  it  was 
not  until  the  problem  was  undertaken 
scientifically  that 
its  promise  of  prac­
ticality  showed  signs  of  realization.

After 

this 

Recently  there  have  been  a  number 
of  generators,  or gas  machines,  devised 
which  meet  all the requirements of prac­
ticality  and  durability,  with  little  tax 
upon  attention.  While the  best  of  these 
are  comparatively  simple,  there  are  yet 
enough  of  scientific  problems 
involved 
to  require  the  most  careful  work  of  the 
inventor.  The  fact  that  the  material 
had  been  given  so bad  a  name,  on  ac­
count  of  the  attempts  to  utilize  it  in  the 
wrong  forms,  or  to  employ  unsuitable 
appliances,  made  the  insurance  under­
writers  especially  careful  about  grant­
ing  the  permits  for  such  machines, 
and  only  those  which  conform  to  the 
most  rigid  standards  and  stand  the most 
exacting  tests  are  thus  favored.

Stimulated  by  the  desire  to  secure  a 
portion  of  the  orders  which  are  being 
placed  for  generators,  numerous  tin­
smiths 
in  country  towns  have  under­
taken  the  manufacture  of  machines, 
without  the  necessary  experience,  ma­
terial  or  tools  to  produce  satisfactory 
results.  Aside  from  the  menace  these 
generators  are  to  the  users  by  invalidat­
ing  their 
insurance  policies,  they  are 
also  dangerous  by  reason  of  their liabil­
ity  to  explode  and  thus  cause  loss  of 
life  as  well  as  destruction  of  prop­
erty.

Since  perfected  generators  have  be­
come  available,  the  demand 
is  shown 
by  the  fact  that  they  are  “ going  like 
hot  cakes.’ ’  The  manufacturers  of  the 
approved  machines  report  that  they  are 
not  able  to  keep  up  with  the  demand, 
and  that  orders  are  coming  not  only 
from  towns  where  there 
is  no  public 
lighting,  but  also  from  many  supposed 
to  be  well  provided 
in  this  regard. 
There 
is  also  a  considerable  demand 
from  summer  resorts  and  from  the  bet­
ter  class  of  farm  dwellings  and  other 
country  residences.  The  rate  of 
in­
crease 
in  the  use  of  such  machines  is 
such  as  to  show  that  it  is  only  begin­
It  is  interesting  to  conjecture  to 
ning. 
what  proportions 
it  will  grow.  The 
material  for  the  lights  in  the  form  of 
calcium  carbide  is  now  so  cheap  that 
it  competes  with  any  other  form  of  ar­
tificial  light;  but  if  the ratio of  increase 
in  its  use  continues  very  long  there 
is 
little  doubt  that 
it  will  result  in  in­
creased  cheapness.

Heated  Hatracks.

In  England  heated  hat  racks  have 
been  installed  in  several  schools.  This 
is  a  heated  hat  and  coat  rack  for  public 
buildings,  and  is  particularly  valuable 
for  schools  attended  by  small  children. 
The  device 
is  made  entirely  of  iron 
tubing,  the  hoizontal  bars  supporting 
the  hat  and  coat  pegs,  while the  upright 
tubes  are  connected  with  a  supply  of 
hot  air  which 
is  allowed  to  circulate 
through  the  tubing.  The  advantage  of 
this  apparatus 
is  app. rent,  as  »in  wet 
days  the  clothes  are  dried  as  they  are 
hanging  on  1 he  pegs,  and  the  heat  from 
the  tubes  also  warms  the  cloak  room 
in 
which  the  stand 
is  placed.  When  the 
weather  is  dry  or  there  is  no  necessity 
for  the  heat  the  supply  can  be  cut  off 
as  in  any  other  heater.

Profit  Sharing  in  Sioux  City.

A  profit-sharing  plan  has  been  de­
cided  upon  by  the  firm  of  Davidson 
Brothers,  Sioux  City, 
Iowa,  and  they 
will  proceed  to  reorganize  their  busi­
ness  at  once.  The  plan 
is  to  form  a 
stock  company,  with  a  capital  of  $150,- 
000,  of  which  ¿80,000  will  be  retained 
by  the  firm,  $20,000  for  the  employes, 
and  $50,000  will  be  offered  to  the public 
in  $100  shares,  not  more  than  one  share 
being  sold  to  each  family.  This 
latter 
stock  will  be  a preferred  claim  upon  all 
company  property,  it  will  diaw  6  per 
cent,  interest,  and  if  the  holder  is  dis­
satisfied 
it  will  be  bought  in  by  the 
company  after  twelve  months.

J a o k e o n ,   I V t i o h .

The following  letter  from  a  noted  pa­

tent expert  is self explanatory:

Detroit,  A|i ril  2 0 -I  have  j list  returned  from
Washington,  ;mil  while  there in  connection  with
mv  patents,  I  1lad  occasion  to  g 0  through  the  files
and  examine  |latents  pertaining to  the  generation
and  control  of Acetylene  Gas. With  me  was  an
liver  &  t  o  ,  late
expert  from  tl:ie  office  of  It.  G.
It  imay he  a  source  of
commissioner of  patents. 
some  satisfac lion  to  you  to mow  that  he  pro
noil need  tlie  “ Buffington-’  generator the  beet  tiling 
of  the  kind  oil  the  market,  and  we  examined  over 
a  dozen  different  generators  pertaining  to  this 
industry. 

E„  C.  N*ok ins,  Electrician.

Sproul  &  McGurrin,

General Agents  for  Western  Michigan.

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

HCETYLEHE  GRS  GENERATOR

Around  the  State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Morenci—G.  A.  Acker  has  opened  a 

dry  goods  store.

Empire— R.  Gidley  has  sold  his  drug 

stock  to  Dr.  Burke.

Crystal  City— Fitts  &  Rotger  succeed 

C.  B.  Fitts  in  general  trade.

Woodland— Leonard  &  Warner  suc­
ceed  F.  A.  Ferris  in  the  meat business.
Borland— Eli  Lyons,  of  Altona,  will 
open  his  new  general  store  here  May  5.
Hillsdale— E.  T.  Beckhard  has  sold 
his  grocery  stock  to  L.  F.  Beckhard  & 
Co.

Crystal—J.  H.  Orcutt  &  Co.  have 
sold  their  meat  business  to  Nighbaum 
&  Finney.

Ferry— P.  F.  Ernst  has  sold  his  drug 
stock  to  J.  E.  Converse,  who  will  con­
tinue  the  business.

Lansing— L.  A.  Driscoll  &  Co.,  cigar 
dealers,  have  dissolved.  L.  A.  Driscoll 
continues  the  business.

Hopkins  Station— W.  Tiefenthal  and 
W.  Nicbolai  will  shortly  open  a  general 
store  at  this  place.

Battle  Creek—Hodge &  Hoagland sue 
ceed  Hodge  &  McCoy  in  the  wholesale 
fruit  and  produce  business.

Saugatuck— Russell  Taylor  has  pur 
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  W.  L.  Di 
and  added  same  to  bis  general  stock.

Dexter—C.  L.  Bowman  has  pur 
chased  a  building  which  will  be  refitted 
and  used  for  a  bean  and  wheat elevator.
Hopkins  Station— Fred  Rockwell, 
meat  dealer,  has  commenced  the  stone 
foundation  for  his  new brick store build
ing.

Muskegon—S.  Cohen  &  Co.  are  pre 
paring  to  open  a  new  dry  goods  and 
clothing  store  next  door  to  Christie 
grocery.

Advance— A.  B.  Steele  has  purchased 
the  general  stock  of  the  estate of the late 
Wm,  Gardner,  of  Boyne  City,  and  will 
remove  to  that  place.

Charlotte— R.  L.  Carl,  furniture  deal 
er  and undertaker at Edmore, will shortly 
open  a  furniture  store  at  this  place, 
with  W.  G.  Wisner  in  charge.

Big  Rapids— The J.  H.  Megarglegro 
eery  stock  has  been  purchased  by  C  
H.  Mynering  &  Co.,  who  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

Battle  Creek— The  meat  firm  of  L.  A 
Woods  &  Co.  has  been  dissolved.  The 
business  will  hereafter  be  conducted 
under  the  management of W.  A.  Cowles 
Traverse  City— E.  G.  Cherry man,  for­
merly  engaged  in  the  undertaking  busi­
ness  at  Grand  Rapids,  has  opened  a 
gentral  store  on  North  Manitou  Island.
Manton—M.  J.  Compton  and  Rey­
nold  Swanson  have  formed  a  copartner­
ship  and  will  engage  in  general  trade 
under  the  style  of  Compton  &  Swanson.
Cadillac— The  meat  market  firm  of 
Gardner  &  Wagar  has  been  succeeded 
by  Ruehmann  &  Wagar,  Mr.  Ruehmann 
having  purchased  the  interest  of  J.  B. 
Gardner.

St.  Johns—C.  A.  Putt  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  to  Jos.  Simmons.  Guy 
Longcor,  who  has  been  an  efficient 
clerk  for  Mr.  Putt,  will  continue  with 
Mr.  Simmons.

North  Lansing—John  Eichle  has  sold 
his  stock  of  groceries  to  the  Banner 
Grocery  Co.  and  the 
latter  will  take 
possession  of  Mr.  Eichle’s  old  stand 
about  May  10.

Freeport—Geo.  Simpson  is  now  pro­
prietor  of  the  Freeport  meat  market, 
having  purchased  the  interest of Messrs. 
Whitford  and  Kelley 
in  the  firm  of 
Kelley,  Simpson  &  Co.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

luicb  Lake— Messrs.  Van  Ailsourg 
and  Beckman  have  merged  their  meat 
marktts 
into  one  and  will  hereafter 
continue  the  business  under  the  style  of 
Van  Allsburg  &  Beckman.

Delray— The  Delray  Hardware  Co. 

succeeds  E.  M.  Alexander  &  Son 
the  hardware  business.  A.  Harsha 
for  the  past  twenty  five  years  a  hard 
ware  merchant  of  Alpena,  will  manage 
the  store.

Bad  Axe—The  copartnership  existing 
between  Byron  E.  Butler  and  Mrs 
Frances  E.  Carpenter,  under  the  styl 
of  B.  E.  Butler  &  Co.,  has  been  di 
solved.  The  general  store  will  be  con 
turned  by  Mr.  Butler.

Hillsdale—C.  H.  Chapman  and  W 

W.  Chapman,  who  have  conducted 
shoe  store  at  this  place  under  the  style 
of  C.  H.  Chapman  &  Co.,  have  di 
solved  partnership.  C.  H.  Chapman 
will  continue  the  business.

filed  articles  of 

Detroit—The  Standard  Clothing  Co 
has 
incorporation. 
The  capital  stock 
is  $5,000,  of  which 
$1,000  is  paid  in.  The.shareholders  are 
David  King,  89  shares;  Jacob  King, 
shares;  William  Wolffsky,  6  shares.

Caison  City— Frank  A.  Rockafellow 
has  acquired  the  grain  elevators former­
ly  owned  by  the  F.  A.  Rockafellow 
Mercantile  Co.  and  will  continue  the 
business  under  the  style  of  the  Rocka­
fellow  Grain  Co.,  Limited.

Detroit—The  Wheel  Trueing  Brake 
Shoe  Co.  has  been  organized  with  a 
capital  stock  of  $60,000,  all  paid 
in. 
The  object  of  the  new  company  is  the 
manufacture  of  a  patent  brake  shoe, 
which  is  used  for  the  purpose  of trueing 
up  flat  wheels,  a  test  of  which  was  re­
cently  made  by  the  Rapid  Railway  and 
found  to  be  entirely  successful  in  re­
moving  all  flat  surfaces  from  the  car 
wheels  while  the  cars  were  in  actual 
use.  The  new  shoe will be manufactured 
in  Detroit.

Upper  Peninsula  Patriotism. 

interested  than 

Marquette,  May  2—In  no  part  of  this 
great  country  of  ours  is  it  possible  for 
the  people  to  be  more  patriotic  and 
deeply 
in  this  Penin­
sula.  Although  the  population  is mixed, 
nearly  all  nationalities  being  repre­
in  the  present  crisis  they 
sented,  yet 
are  as  one—all  true  and 
loyal  Ameri­
cans,  willing  to  face  the  worst,  if  need 
be,  to  uphold  the  dignity  of  the  nation 
and  protect  the  flag.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Leland—Wilbur  F.  Gill  has  been  ap 
pointed  receiver  of  the  Leland  Lumber 
Co.

Kalamazoo—W.  L.  Root  is  now  the 
the  Kalamazoo  Electrii 

of 

owner 
Soap  Co.

Sylvan— Manley  &  Raymond are ship 
ping  their  stock  of  lumber  to  Saginaw 
and  their  sawmill  will  be  started  tb 
week.

Bay  City—Campbell  &  Brown  have 
contracted  for  a  large  quantity  of  hard 
wood 
logs  and  their  sawmill  will  be 
fairly  supplied.

Benton  Harbor— Manager  Portman 
of  the  Bangor  box  and  basket  factory, 
has  leased  a  building  and  opened  a 
fruit  package  depot.

Roscommon—The  Hodgman  Manu 
facturing  Co.’s  plant  was  sold  last week 
for  the  sum  of  $8,000 and  was  bid  in 
for  the  bondholders.

Saginaw—A.  E.  Robertson  &  Co., 
vho  recently  embarked  in  the  manufac­
ture  of  waists  and  skirts,  are  now  em­
ploying  thirty-five  bands.
.»Clare  Wm.  Callam,  of  Saginaw,  has 
entered 
into  an  agreement  to  have a 
seventy  barrel  flouring  mill  in operation 
here  inside  of  ninety  days.

Sault  Ste.  Marie— G.  J.  Griffith,  of 
Pickford,  is  erecting  a  woolen  mill  at 
this  place,  which  he  expects  to  have  in 
peration  sometime  in  June.
White  Pigeon—The  White  Pigeon 
Creamery  Co.,  which  is  oyned  by forty- 
igbt  citizens  of  this  place  and  vicin- 
ty,  began  operations  May  2.
Marquette— The  Marquette  County 
Telephone  Co.  has  begun  the  work  of 
extending 
its  line  to  Humboldt,  Re­
public,  Champion  and  Michigamme.
Mears—J.  W.  Jipson  has  purchased  a 
third 
in  the  furniture  manu­
facturing  establishment  of  Riddell  & 
Bennett.  The  new  firm  will be  known as 

interest 

.  W.  Riddell  &  Co.
Saginaw—The  O’Donnell,  Spencer  & 
Co.  planing  mill  concern 
is  going 
through  the  process  cf  reorganization 
and  there  is  a  reasonable  prospect  that 
the  industry  will  be  continued  in  oper­
ation.

Delray— W.  F.  Hurd  and  P.  A.  Wag- 
nitz  have  formed  a  copartnership  under 
the  style  of  the  W.  F.  Hurd  Co.  for  the 
purpose  of  continuing  the  planing  mill 
business  heretofore  conducted  by  the 
Delta  Lumber  Co.

information. 

in  quest  of 

left  the  Upper  Peninsula 

Around  the  bulletin  boards  gather  all 
classes,  all  ages  and  both  sexes.  Mar­
bles  and  base  ball  are  of  secondary 
in­
terest  to  the  school  boy,  who,  with 
books  in  hand,  on  his  way  to  school, 
vill  stop  to  read  the  latest  news.  Be- 
ide  him  can  be  seen  the  tottering  old 
man,  devouring  the  reports  and  living 
again  the  stirring  times  of  ’61.  Politi­
cal  and 
industrial  strife  are  lost  sight 
of.  All  parties  and  creeds  elbow  each 
other 
All 
thoughts  are  centered  at  Washington 
and  all  wishes  are  for  a  speedy  settle­
ment  of  the  difficulty—one  that  will  be 
an  everlasting  honor  to  our  country, 
freedom  to  the  Cubans  and  deserved 
chastisement  to  the  most  barbarous  and 
cruel  kingdom  on  the  face  of  the  globe.
it  was 
War  is  a  terrible  thing  and 
brought  home  to  the  people 
in 
full 
force  when  six  companies  of  State 
militia 
to 
rendezvous  at  Island  Lake.  When  the 
me  came  for  the  boys  to  leave  their 
home  towns,  business  was  suspended 
and  everybody  turned  out  en  masse  to 
Lid  the  boys  good-bye. 
’ Mid  the  mar- 
al  music  and  the  cheers  of  the  people 
:  was  agonizing  to  see—and  with  misty 
eyes  at  that—fond  parents,  sweethearts, 
wives  and  children  taking  farewell  of 
their  loved  ones,  knowing  full  well  that 
all  the  boys  will  never  return.  The 
boys  choked  down  the  lumps  that  arose 
in  their  throats  and,  with a forced smile 
waved  a  parting  adieu  as  the  trains 
steamed  away,  leaving  those  behind  to 
the  full  realization  of  an  important  role 
in  life’s  drama—that  of  soldier—and  in 
future  years  to  be  haunted  by  the  last 
scene 
in  the  play  ” A  Soldier’s  Fare­
well. 
From  the  time  the  brave  boys 
go  to  the  front  the  anxiety  of  those  at 
home  will  be  increased,  and  to  whose 
lot  shall  fall  the  sorrow  caused  by  the 
death  of  those  near  and  dear  while 
in 
the  service  of  their  country.  Consola­
tion  must  come  from  the  fact  that  the 
loved  ones  who  answer  the  final  call 
helped  to  shatter  the  sceptre  of  a  most 
yrannical  government,  helped  to  break 
the  Spanish  shackles  that  have  been 
fastened  upon  Cuba  for  many  a  gener­
ation  and  helped  to 
liberate  an  op­
pressed  people  who  will  find  life  worth 
living  and  whose  last  prayers  will  be 
for  the  brave  American  boys  who  re­
sponded  to  our  country’s  call  to  arms.
Ouix.

____ ____  
On  Its  Last  Legs

is  finding 

Albion,  May  3—The  trading  stamp 
swindle 
it  up-hill  business 
trying  to  secure  another  lease  of  life  in 
this  vicinity.  The  merchants  do  not
there  ^   ‘¡Th*0  d'V'de what litt,e P '°at 
have'™ bi'”g  S

  ”" ,h  <**■ •

S

Claims  He  Was  Not  Violating the  Law 

Knowingly.

Allegan,  April  29— In  regard  to 

iht 
in  the  Tradesman  relative  to  rny 
item 
arrest  for  handling 
impure  goods  will
S?yi»be-v,E £tra  H.oney  UriPs  purchased 
of  W.  M.  Hoyt  Co.  we  handle  in  gallon 
and  half  gallon  cans.  The  cases 
in 
which  they  were  shipped  were  properly 
labeled.  Soon  alter  we  received  the 
syrup  one  of  the  Food  Inspectors  called 
on  us  and  he  said  to  u s:  “ If  you  mark 
the  cans  Glucose'  with  a  pencil,  that 
will  be  all  that  is  necessary,’ ’  which  we 
did  at  once.  On  March  4  another  In­
spector  called  and,  after  looking  over 
my  stock  of  goods,  said  he  would  like a
sample  of  the  syrup, which  he  claimed
was  not  properly  labeled,  although  we 
had  carried  out  the  instructions  of  the 
other  Inspector.  The  analysis  of  the 
sample  is  the  one  you  refer  to 
in  your 
item.

During  my  conversation  with  the  in­
spector  we  mentioned  French  peas  and 
he  said  he  would  like  a  can  to  send 
in 
to  Lansing  to  have  analyzed,  which  I 
was  perfeclty  willing  he  should  do.  He 
gave  me  a  receipt  for  both  the  syrup 
and  the  can  of  peas,  showing  that  he 
purchased  them  for  that  purpose.  On 
April  9  I  received  notice from them that 
the  peas  were  colored  with  copper  salts 
and  that  to  expose  or  offer  for  sale 
would  be  considered  a  violation  of  the 
law.  As  soon  as  I  read  the  notice,  we 
went  through  our  canned  goods  and 
packed  up  every  can  that  could  be 
found  and  did  not  expose  or  offer  for 
sale  a  can  after  receiving  their  notice 
and  had  not  the  slighest  intention  of 
ever  selling  another  can.  On  April  13 
the  State  Commissioner,  with  Inspector, 
came  here  and  got  out  a  warrant  for 
me  for  selling  the  Inspector  the  can  of 
peas  which  we  let  him  have  on  March  4 
to  be  analyzed.

I  have  always  tiied  to  comply  with 
every 
law  and  have  never  broken  a  law 
in  my  life  knowingly  and  this  is  the 
first  warrant  1  ever  had  served  on  me 
and  I  can  not  understand  why  they 
should  do  as  they  have  done,  as  I  think 
there 
is  not  a  grocer  in  Michigan  who 
would  not  be  subject  to  perhaps  a dozen 
warrants  on  as  good  a ground  as  the  one 
they 
issued  for  me,  as  I  had  not  the 
slighest  thought  that  the  peas  were  col­
ored  with  copper. 
So  far  as  the 

low  grade  corn  syrup 
purchased  of  the  W.  M.  Hoyt  Co.  is 
concerned,  the  Tradesman  has  already 
expressed  its  opinion.  The  goods  were 
not  properly 
labeled—according  to  the 
rules  of 
the  Department—and  the 
analysis  disclosed  the  fact  that  they 
were  a  miserable  mixture  so  labeled  as 
to  deceive  the  public 
into  believing 
that  they  were  getting  something  be­
sides  a  compound  containing  only  a 
small  percentage  of  cane  syrup.

F.  H.  G reen.

Mr.  Green’s  contention  that  he  did 
not  know  that  French  peas  were  colored 
with  copper  salts  does  not  comport  with 
his  intelligence  and  business  acumen. 
He  is  very  generally  regarded  as  one 
of  the  shrewdest  merchants  in  the  State 
and  has  made  money—and  plenty  of 
it 
— where  others  have  failed  to  succeed. 
When  the  food  laws  went  into  effect,  it 
was  conceded  by  all  who  are  familiar 
with  the  subject  that  French  peas  must 
be  banished  from  the  shelves  of  retail 
grocers.  Grand  Rapids  grocers  either 
shipped  the  goods  in  stock  back  to  the 
house  from  which  they  were  purchased 
or  transferred  them  to  their  own  homes 
for  their  own  consumption.  The  Bul­
letin  of  the  Department  has  uttered  fre­
quent  warnings  and 
inspector 
ever  put  in  the  field  by  the  Department 
that  the  sale  of 
has  warned  grocers 
French  peas 
is  a  violation  of  the  law. 
How  Mr.  Green  can  reconcile  his  as­
sumption  of 
ignorance 
with  these  facts  is more than the Trades­
man  can  understand.

innocence  or 

every 

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

Be  botfTsmart  and  steady  if  you  can, 

but  be  steady  anyhow.

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Grand  Rapids  Gossip
C.  H.  Weeks  succeeds  Weeks  & 
Lawrence  in  the  flour  and  feed  business 
at  194  Stocking  street.

M.  E.  Scott  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  127  Canal  street.  The  Lemon 
¿Sc  Wheleer  Company 
the 
stock.

furnished 

The  report  that  VanderVeen  Bros., 
grocers  at  500  West  Leonard street,  have 
dissolved  partnership,  is  denied by both 
partners  constituting  the  firm.

Sidney  F.  Stevens  (Foster,  Stevens & 
Co.)  and  wife  have  returned  from  a  ten 
days’  absence  at  Old  Point  Comfort and 
Washington,  where  they  met  Commo­
dore  Schley,  Senator  Hanna,  President 
McKinley  and  other  noted  Government 
officials  and  statesmen.

W.  D.  Reynolds  has  engaged 

in  the 
grocery  business  at  Coopersville.  The 
stock  was  furnished  by the Clark-Jewell- 
Wells  Co.  Mr.  Reynolds  has  conducted 
grocery  stores  at  Coopersville,  Lake 
Odessa,  Ionia  and  Greenville,  and  now 
returns  to  the  town  where  he  scored  his 
first  success  as  a  merchant.

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Michigan 
Wholesale  Grocers’  Association  will  be 
held  at  Detroit  next  week,  the  initial 
session  opening  at  2  o’clock  Tuesday 
afternoon. 
It  is  expected  that  the  pro­
ceedings  will  occupy  two  or  three  days, 
as  matters  of  vital 
importance  to  the 
members  are  coming  up  for  discussion 
and  action.

It 

The  new  book  of  the  Citizens  Tele­
phone  Co.  shows  total  telephone  con­
nections  of  2,326,  being  1,600  business 
phones  and  726  residence  connections. 
Thirteen  hundred  and  seven  of  the 
patrons  of  the  Citizens  company  have 
no  other  telephone  service.  The  Bell 
exchange  has  now  about  1,150  phones, 
about  three-quarters  of  which  are  free 
and  the  other quarter  are  taken  at  any 
price  the  users  are  willing  to  pay,  there 
being  no  regular  schedule  observed  and 
all  sorts  of  inducements  and  conditions 
being  made  to  keep  the  phones  in  use.
is  expected  that  at  the  special 
meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Citi­
to  be  held  next 
zens  Telephone  Co., 
Thursday  evening, 
the  capital  stock 
will  be  increased  from  $100,000 to $200,- 
000;  that  the  surplus,  which  amounts  to 
about  $25,000,  will  be  divided  among 
the  present  stockholders  in  the  shape  of 
a  25  per  cent,  stock  dividend,  and  that 
additional  stock  will  be  sold  from  time 
to  time  as  the  necessities  of  the  com­
pany  require.  The  net  earnings  of  the 
company  are  not  only  sufficient  to  pay 
the  regular  2  per  cent,  quarterly  divi­
dend  on  the  present  capital  stock,  but 
also  on  the  increased  capital  now  under 
contemplation.

The  able  paper  on  Profit  Sharing, 
published  elsewhere  in  this  week’s 
is­
sue,  is  worthy  of  careful  perusal  by  all 
who  are interested  in economic subjects. 
The  writer,  Mr.  Wm.  Widdicomb, 
speaks  from  a  business  experience  of 
nearly  forty  years,  over  half  of  which 
time  was  devoted  to  manufacturing.  As 
the  President  of  the  Widdicomb  Furni- 
tiure  Co.  up  to  fifteen  years  ago,  Mr. 
Widdicomb  came  to  be  regarded  as  one 
of  the  ablest  authorities  in  the  country 
on  all  subjects  pertaining  to  the  manu­
facturing  business.  Having  given  es­
pecial  attention  to  the  study  of  profit 
sharing,  he  is  excellently  fitted  to  dis­
cuss  the  subject  understandingly ¡„and

all  who  take  pains  to  read  the  treatise 
will  agree  with  the  Tradesman  in  the 
statement  that  Mr.  Widdicomb  has  cov­
ered  the  ground  fully  and  fairly,  in  a 
masterly  manner.

The  Produce  Market.

Asparagus—75c@$i  per  doz. 

for 

Southern  stock.

Bananas—The  movement  of  this  fruit 
continues  to  be  large,  in  expectation  of 
an  advance  because  of  the  war.  Prices 
are  unchanged,  as  they  must  be  when 
so  large  stocks  are  coming.  They  are 
moving  out  very  well,  however.  No.  1 
stock  is  firm  at  $1.50©!.60.

Beans —Hand  picked  stock  advanced 
35c  in  ten  days,  but  declined  2c  Mon­
day.  The  advance  is  attributed  to  the 
rapid  advance  of  grain  and  potatoes 
and  to  the  increased  demand  incident 
to  the  war.  Local  dealers  hold  city 
picked  at  $1.20  per  bu.  in  carlots  and 
$1.30 
including 
bags

in  smaller  quantity, 

Beets—Old,  30c  per  bu.  New,  75c 

per  doz.  bunches.

Butter— Dairy  and  creamery  are  both 
weaker,  in  consequence  of  the increased 
supply. 
Fancy  dairy  commands  12c 
and  extra  fancy  fetches  13c.  Factory 
creamery  is  in  moderate  demand at  16c.
Cucumbers—$1.25  per  doz.  for  South­

ern  grown.

Eggs— Local  handlers  are  now paying 
9c  on  track,  having  paid  as  high  as  10c 
the  latter  part  of  last  week,  on  account 
of  strong  competition  on  the  part  of 
Michigan  buyers.  The  quality  of  the 
receip's 
is  excellent,  the  proportion  of 
spoiled  eggs  being  next  to  nothing.

Green  Onions— 10c  per  doz.
Green  Peas—$1.50  for  %  bu.  crate.
Honey  -Dark  ranges 

from  g@ioc. 

Light  stock  commands  12c.

Lemons— Prices  are  advanced  a  trifle 
on  Messina  stock  and  are  firmer  on Cal­
ifornia  fruit.  The  movement  is  good 
for  this  season  of  the  year.
Lettuce—8@ 10c  per  lb.
Onions— Dry  continue  to  advance, 
choice  stock  commanding  65@750  per 
bu.

Oranges— An  advance  of  25c  has  oc­
curred  and  the  market  is  strong  at  the 
advance.  This 
is  the  first  advance  in 
the  market  for  nearly  two  months,  al­
though  the  quotations  have  been  rather 
higher  than  ruling  prices,  especially  on 
fairly  large  lots.  The  movement  is  ex­
cellent.

Parsnips— 25c  per bu.
Pieplant—2C  per  lb.  for  home  grown.
Pineapples—Medium  Floridas  com­

mand  Sr.75  per  doz.

Potatoes—The  market  has  continued 
to  advance,  with  every 
indication  of 
the  price  going  to  $1  per  bu.  inside  of 
thirty  days.  Buyers  are  now offering 70 
@75c,  but  as  stocks  are  now  pretty  well 
concentrated  and  farmers  are  too  busy 
with  their  spring  work  to  stop  to  draw 
their  supplies  to  market,  it 
is  difficult 
to  obtain  any  considerable  quantity 
except  by  offering  a  price  above  the 
actual  market.  New  stock 
is  begin­
ning  to  arrive  and  is  sold  on  the  basis 
of $2.25  per  bu.

Seeds—Timothy,  prime,  $i.45@r.5o; 
Medium  clover,  $-$@3.25;  Mammoth 
c'over,  $3.15@3.40;  Crimson 
clover, 
$235;  Red  Top,  $ i @ i . 10;  Alfalfa, 
S3-75@4-50;  Alsyke,  $4.5o@4-65;  Or­
chard  grass,  $1.60;  Kentucky bluegrass, 
$1.30® 1.50.

Spinach—50c  per  bu.
Strawberries— Mississippi,  Louisiana 
and  Virginia  stock 
is  now  coming  in 
freely,  commanding  $2.40  for  24  pints 
and  $4.50  for  24  quarts.  Tennessee 
stock  was  expected  to  begin  to  arrive 
this  week,  but  none  has  yet  come  in.
Tomatoes—$3.50  per 6  basket  crate.
Vegetable  Oysters— 15c  per  doz.
Wax  Beans—$3  per  %   bu.  crate.

Popular  Week  End  Excursion  to  De­

troit.

The  Michigan  Central  Railroad  will 
run  a  special  train  to  Detroit  Saturday, 
Mav  7.leaving  Union  Station  at  8  a.  m. 
Tickets  only  $2,  good  for  return  on  reg­
ular  trains  up  to  and  including morning 
train 
leaving  Detroit  Monday,  May  9. 
Bicycles  carried  free.  Phone  606.

W.  C.  B l a k e ,  Ticket  Agt.

The  Grocery  Market.

is 

lifted. 

Sugar-The  market 

is  strong,  with 
every 
indication  of  a  higher  range  of 
values.  Refiners  are  still  heavily  over­
sold,  shipments  being  delayed  for  sev­
eral  days  on  nearly  all  grades. 
In  re­
viewing  the  sugar  situation  Czarnikow, 
MacDougall  &  Co.  say:  "V ery 
little 
has  been  said  so  far  about  best sowings, 
but  judging  from  the  strong  tone  in  the 
European  markets,  and  the  recent  ad­
vances  in  price,  and also  from  the  much 
higher  prices  now  obtainable  for wheat, 
it  seems  reasonable  to  suppose  that  the 
beet  sowings  this  year  will  show  a  fall­
ing  off  from  those  of  the  two  previous 
years.  Nearly  all  the  sugars  engaged 
for  shipment  from  Cuba,  whether  sold 
to  our  refiners  or  coming  on  consign­
ment,  were  shipped  before  the  block­
ading  of  the  ports,  and consequently the 
receipts  from  Cuba 
last  week  were 
again  large,  namely,  26,000  tons.  The 
receipts  from  same  quarter  will  not  be 
much  over  12,000  tons  this  week,  after 
which  none  can  be  expected  unless  the 
customary 
blockade 
cabled  advices  of  receipts  from  the 
in­
terior  and  of  exports  have  not  been  re­
ceived  from  Cuba,  but  approximately 
we  think  that  the  stocks  now  in  the 
is­
land  are  not  far  from  80,000  tons,  and 
as  some  of  the  estates are still grinding, 
the  total  amount  of  sugar  actually  in 
Cuba  by  the  end  of  May  will  not  be 
much  below  100,000  tons.  The  only 
open  ports  of  any  importance  are Sagua 
and  Caibarien.  The  latter  will  have  no 
stocks  of  sugar  after  the  clearing  of  a 
steamer  now  loading,  while  the  stock 
in  the  former  hardly  amounts  to  5,000 
tons,the  principal  stocks  being  held 
in 
Matanzas,  Cardenas  and  Cienfuegos,  all 
of  which  are  closed.  The  outcome  of 
the  present  Hispano-American  war 
in 
deciding  Cuba’s  fate  will  also  decide 
the  future  production  of  the  island.  On 
its  results  will  depend  whether  Cuba 
will  contribute  to  the  world  s  supply  of 
sugar  only  half  a  million  tons  per  an­
num,  or  whether 
its  contribution  will 
gradually  increase  to  three  million  tons 
per  annum,  a  quantity  which  it  is  quite 
capable  of  producing  under  favorable 
conditions. *'

The 

Tea— Prices  have  not  yet  had  time  to 
recede,  although  they  will  probably  do 
so  on  certain  grades 
in  a  short  time. 
All  grades  under  20c  per  pound  in  first 
hands  will  probably  ease  off  somewhat. 
Some  of  the  duty  adherents  still  claim 
to  expect  a  duty  if  the  war  with  Spain 
lasts  six  or  nine  months,  but  even  if 
that  comes,  it  can  not  affect  spot  stock.
Coffee— It  seems  that  with  the  advent 
of  the  war  the  coffee  war  is  about  to 
end.  Arbuckle  has  withdrawn 
from 
the  fight,  apparently,  and  the  other 
warring  concerns  seem  to  have  cooled 
off  in  their ardor  to  do  a  large  business 
for  the  pleasure  of  it.  The  demand  is 
still  large  for  package coffees and prices 
are  comparatively  low. 
is  the gen­
eral  opinion,also,that  the  war  will  have 
a  strong  effect  on  this  market,  will  cut 
off  supplies,  and  perhaps  tax  this  com­
modity  for  war  purposes.  For  this  rea­
son  the  market 
is  very  strong  in  the 
face  of  a  large  crop.

It 

Canned  Goods— Tomatoes  are  selling 
somewhat  better,  due  to  an  expectation 
that  they  will  be  higher.  No  advance 
has  occurred  as  yet.  Future  tomatoes 
have  also  advanced,  by  reason  of  the 
reluctance  of  the  packers  to  place  their 
goods  in  advance  The prospects are  for 
large  pack  of  tomatoes  next  season, 
a 
with  comparatively 
low  prices.  Corn 
is  very  quiet  at  unchanged  prices. 
Future  corn  still  hangs  fire.  Peas  are

selling  very  slowly  at  unchanged prices. 
California  peaches  on  spot  are  selling 
fairly  well,  although no futures are taken 
as  yet.

Dried  Fruits—The  effect  of  the  frost 
in  the  West  is  more  and  more  certain 
as  the  season  advances,  and  it  is  now 
certain  that  there  will  be but little short­
age,  if  any,  of  any  fruit  except  apri­
cots. 
If  the  export  demand  for  dried 
fruits  shall  be  lessened  at  all  because  of 
the  war 
it  may  have  an  effect  on  the 
market,  for  this  has  come  to  be  a  great 
item 
is 
very  quiet  for  this  season  of  the  year.
is  very  strong, 

in  the  market.  Trade  here 

Rice—The  market 

with  an  advancing  tendency.

the  advance 

Syrups  and  Molasses 

-   Compound 
syrups  have  advanced 
ic  during  the 
past  week  and  further  advances  ;tre 
probable.  One  cause 
is  the  extreme 
scarcity  and  high  prices  of  sugar 
syrup,  necessary  for  mixing.  Another 
is  the  advance  in  glucose,  con­
reason 
sequent  upon 
in  corn. 
Sugar  syrup 
is  no  more  abundant  than 
it  has  been.  Molasses  is  in  fairly  good 
Prices  keep  up  well,  and 
demand. 
are  getting  higher  all 
the  time,  al­
though  further  actual  advance  will 
hardly  come  at  so  unfavorable  a  season.
in  ocean 
freight  and 
the 
war,  will  make  a  difference  of  50c  a 
barrel  in  Holland  herring.  Of  course, 
all  other  imported  fish  will  be  advanced 
in  proportion. 
But  half  the  usual 
mackerel  fleet 
in  the  Southern  coast 
trade  has  gone  out  this  year  that  went 
out  last.  This 
is  partially  due  to  the 
war,  but  not  wholly.  However,  there 
has  been  a  large  draft  of  men  from  the 
fisheries  for  the  naval  service,  and  this 
will  make  help  short  all  the  season. 
The  trade  here  in  salt  fish  is  but  fair 
for  this  season  of  the  year.

Salt  Fish—The  advance 

insurance,  owing  to 

Provisions— The  provision  market has 
ruled  firm  during  the  week,  and  has 
made  advances  along  the  whole  line. 
This  is  probably  due  to  the  larger  home 
demand  for  war  purposes,  and  also  to 
the  better  export  demand. 
Barreled 
pork  has  made  the  most  advance,  and 
salted  meats  have  also  advanced  during 
the  week.
Hides,  Pelts,  Furs.  Tallow  and  Wool.
Hides  have  recovered  in  price  all  of 
the  late  decline.  They  are  a  scarce  ar­
ticle  and  the  demand  more  than  meets 
the  supply.  Prices  are  too  high  for  a 
tanner  to get  a  new dollar for an old one ; 
in  fact,  prices  are  at  a  danger  point 
and  where  tanners  will  decline  to  work 
only  as  absolutely  obliged  to  do  so. 
They  are  also  higher  than  the  leather 
market  will  warrant.

Pelts  do  not  move.  There  are  but 

few  to  move at  any  price.

Furs  do  not  change  and  simply  drag 
out  the  season,  as  the  few  which  come 
must  be  carried  over  by  someone.

Tallow 

is  low  and  in  light  demand, 

with  no  future  prospects  in  sight.

Wool  drags  in  Eastern  markets,  with 
not  enough  sales  to  make  prices  quot­
able.  The  clipping  has  begun  West  and 
some  wool  has  been  marketed  at  prices 
above  those  which  Eastern  markets  will 
warrant.  These  prices  have  weakened, 
however,  as  no  one  in  the  big  markets 
will  stand  behind  them. 
It  now  looks 
to  growers  like  last  year’s  prices,  while 
dealers  know  they  must  advance 
later, 
which  makes  a  speculative  price  en­
tirely. 

W m.  T.  H e s s.

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.

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in  any 
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at  tbeir  mercy,  as  they  are  under  pres­
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leath  for  irjothme ,  and paying  for  the
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the  wagon  box  cut  under  to  make  root: 
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lever  running  from  the  driver's  sea 
to  the  forward  truck.

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feminine  standpoint  until  seme  one  tell 
that  bis  name  was  in  yesterday' 
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paper.

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EUROPEAN  UNCERTAINTY.

The  only  uncertainty  about  this  war 
that 
is  calculated  to  give  the  United 
States  serious  concern 
is  the  possible 
action  of  other  European  powers  than 
Spam.  With  a  strict  and  honest  neu­
trality  on  the  part  of  England,  France, 
Germany,  Russia  and  Italy,  this country 
would  have  no  occasion  to  feel  nervous,
either as to  the running  developments
of  the struggle  or the  final  outcome.

The danger  of intervention  by  some
agg res;sive friend of  Spain  is  rather  re-
mote, hut it  is  a  ;possibi lily  that  threat-
ens  and  gives  to  the  war  its  real  grav- 
I tv,

What  does  Germany’s  silence  as  to 
neutrality  mean:  What  mean  the  naval 
preparations  in  France?  The  unusual j 
and  apparently  uncalled-for activity  in j

cut  deigns  re   a r c   offensive  power  and  : 
internai .ora.  crest .ce-  would 

it  not  be

g 'e  with  as  then  than  now '

.-.riseace  upon  | 
doubtedI y  bare  m u c h  
the 
jesaloosies  and  pre :«d rc ies  of the  ; 
aggressive  governments  of  Europe.  Iti 
vos id  not  be  matter  of  surprise  to  see |

From a   m enternary  standpo im   alone,
to  say noth ; rg of 
justice  and  pride,
socb  a policy would  be  woirth  untold
million:s  to  us  in  the  next  few decades.

one  or  more  of  them  recklessly  go  to 
the  aid  of  Spain.

There  are  two  restraining  considera­
tions,  however  There  are  still  animos­
ities  between  the  German  and  French 
people  that  might  give  us  a  friend  in 
either  did  the  other  lake  the 
initiative 
against  us,  and  there  is  the  possibility 
of  Great  Britain  assisting  us.  Were  we 
sure  of  the 
latter  aid  we  might  defy 
Europe,  but there  is  the  possibility  that 
England  might  still  stand  aloof.

There  is  need  for  shrewd  diplomacy 
and  statesmanship  at  Washington  at 
this  period.  The  country  would 
feel 
easier  with  a  great  man  in  the  State 
Department,  but  lacking  that  strength, 
we  can  only  await  developments,  plac­
ing  our  confidence  in  our  matchless  re­
sources  and  the  consciousness  that  we 
are  fighting  the  battle  of  freedom,  jus­
tice  and  humanity.

PROTECTION  OF  CITIZENSHIP.
The  universal  respect  for  the  British 
flag  and  the  confidence  among  British­
ers  that  the  whole  power  of  the  British 
government  will  be  used  for  the  protec­
tion  of  the  British  subject,  wherever  he 
may  be  on  the  globe,have  given  the lat­
ter  a  feeling  of  security  abroad  and  a 
national  pride  that  the  citizens  of  few 
other  nations  possess.

The  German  government  has  Utterly 
been  adopting  a  vigorous  policy  in  the 
matter  of  protection  of 
its  suhjects 
abroad,  that  can  only  result  in  good  to 
Germany,  both  in  the  increased  respect 
paid  to  the  German  flag  and  to  German 
commercial 
scattered 
over  the  globe.

establishments 

The  city  of  Havana  has just furnished 
another  instance  of  the  value of  British 
citizenship  in  a  time  of  trouble.  Cap­
tain  Milburn  of  the  English  ship  Myr- 
iledene  in  Havana  harbor  was  strolling 
ai»out  the  forts,  was  arrested  as  a  spy, 
thrown 
into  prison  and  sentenced  by  a 
drumhead  court  martial  within  an  hour
or  so  to  he  :shot.

Why  w2 it  an  hour?”   exclaimed  the
captain.
Shoot  me  now,  and  within
twenty-tour hours  Havana  will  be blown
up  by  a  Bri lish  squadron  ”   The nation-
aiity  of  Captain  Milburn  made  the
»or1k "  and  be  was  speed ilv  re-

.eased.

it

policy  so

in  protêt1trog 

As  said by another 

in comment on
incid ent.  c¡ere  was  aftorded  a  view
this 
universa lly
oi  a  nati ana]
known,  so well defined,  s0 
inexora!ble
and  so cerita Id  of  execution that  any  i.'ta­
tion  would  b e sitate  to  <question
il.
Whether aicnong civilized  people  or  s:IV-
ages,  the Britis;h  citizen is  ordinar iiv
safe  from mistTeatmer.t  because 
is
recognized inai England will  ni t  sitop
to count  trouhle or  dollars :rod  will 
1not
hesitate  t>3  use the  whole power of  1the
British  empire
ects
The  American  has  often  had  to  deny 
his country  and  blush  tor  his  flag  while 
he  was  made  the  victim  of  outrages 
in
iands.
other 
Petty  goverm rlents  and
more 
j:> retenti e us  states  have  insulted
and  ab?JSed  OUT citizens  repeat edly  with
;mpur, itv.  An A m erican  citi zen  ought
to  be
sate  on every  part  of  t his  globe.
and  it  1is  hoped that,  now  that we  have
moved to  aciiori  in  the  assert i<an  0!  our
rights a
3Si  wrongs,  a  ttew  sp irit
«  ! !  an :¡mate  ou r  policy  hereaf ter  in  the
protect:ion  of  on r  citizens  and our  in ter­
ests.

its  sì

id.

I  MUST  ESTABLISH  OUTPOSTS.

The  action  of  Great  Britain  in  mak­
ing  coal  contraband  of  war  will  be  fol­
lowed  in  all  likelihood  by  the  other  na­
tions  and  will  have  a  far-reaching effect 
in  shaping  the  policies  of  the  great 
maritime  powers 
in  the  future.  Coal 
has  become  as  great  a  necessity  for  a 
warship  as  guns,  and  not  to  be  in  reach 
of  fuel 
is  to  be  dangerously  crippled 
in  war.

In  any  war of  the  future  in  which  the 
United  States  would  be  likely  to  be­
come  a  party  we  should  need  to  send 
fleets  abroad.  A  simple  defense  of  our 
coasts  would  be  too  narrow  a  sphere 
in 
which  to  restrict  our  operations  and 
would  cause  none  of  that  destructive­
ness  of  an  enemy’s  interests  and  forces 
that  would  secure  us  an  honorable 
peace.  We  could  not,  in  other  words, 
fight  without  adopting  some  offensive 
measures.

But  to  act  offensively  with  our  navy 
we  should  need  coal  at  great  distances 
from  our  coasts  for  our  ships.  We  could 
not  buy  it  fiom  neutrals  and  we  could 
not  carry  it all  over  the world in colliers 
and  coal  at  sea.  There  is but  one  solu­
tion  of  the  problem—the  acquisition  of 
coaling  stations 
in  the  South  Atlantic 
and 
in  the  Far  East.  These  stations 
will  .have  to  be  strongly  fortified  and 
equipped  with  adequate  docks  and  re­
pair  shops.

This  necessity  is  forced  upon  us,  and 
upon  all  other  maritime  nations,  since 
coal  has  been  declared  contraband  of 
war.  Nor  can  this  necessity  be  trifled 
with  or  avoided.  So  long  as  we  have  a 
commerce  and  world-wide  interests  we 
must  have  a  navy  to  protect  them,  and 
so  long  as  we  have  a  navy  we  must 
have  coaling  stations  and  docking facil­
ities  far  from  our  coasts.

Such  an  expense  is  one  of  the  penal­
ties  of  greatness.  We  can  not  escape 
the  obligations  that  grow  upon  us  as  we 
become  more  and  more  a  factor  in  the 
world’s  piogress.  We  may  regret  the 
necessities  of  our  position  but  we  will 
be  compelled  to  meet  them.

strategic  stations  around 

All  the  other  first-class  powers  are 
better  provided 
in  the  premises  than 
the  United  States.  England  has  her 
strong 
the 
globe.  France  has  possessions  in  the 
j West  Indies,  on  the  southeast  coast  of 
I Africa,  and  in  the  Far  East  Germany 
j has  just  seized  a  station  in  China  and 
j Russia  has  its  Eastern  ports.
One  of  the  first  and  most 

imperative 
duties  of  the  hour,  therefore,  for  us  is 
to  obtain  distant  coaling  and  dock  sta­
tions.  Possibly  this  war  may  give  us 
one 
in  the  East  and  one  in  the  West 
| Indies  We  shall  need  one  in  the South 
!  Atlantic  and  another 
the  South 
:  Pacific.  And  the  sooner  these  outposts 
•are  acquired,  equipped  and  fortified  the 
better  for  us.

in 

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION.
The  most  remarkable  feature  of  the 
I trade  situation,  as  affected  by  the  prog- 
i ress  of  actual  hostilities, is that values  in 
| the  stock  market  have  shown  a  con- 
i slant  advance  ever  since  the  beginning, 
¡until  values  are  enhanced  to  the  amount 
i of  ÿ;  to  S3  on  the  average  The  fact 
¡that  the  slightest  "war  cloud"  or  rumor 
j of  possible  rupture  between  any  coun 
¡tries,  however  remote  or  improbable,al­
ways  hits  a  decided  effect  in  bearing 
j stocks  and  securities  makes  the  present 
j situation  phenomenal.  Of  course,  the 
¡explanation  is  to  be  sought  in  the  fact 
that  all  the  ill  effects  of  such  a  war  as 
j seemed  probable  were  fully  discounted 
1 before  the  actual  outbreak.

It 

is  not  only  in  speculative  circles 
that  there  has  seemed  to  be  a  revival 
of  confidence  with  the  progress  of  the 
war,  but  from  the  first  there  has  been 
but  little  business  anxiety  or  excite­
ment.  The  large  volume  of  trade  dis­
tribution 
in  the  Central  and  Western 
portions  of  the  country  has  gone  on  al­
most  without  abatement,  the  ill  effects 
being  confined  mostly  to seaboard points 
and  to  the  interruptions  caused  by  the 
war  excitement.  Of  course,  the  later 
reassuring  reports  of  the  success  of  the 
American  arms  are  sufficient  to  account 
for  the  increasing  upward  tendency  this 
week,  as  well  as  for  the  tendency  to  re­
action  in  such  values  as  were  increased 
by  probable  war  demands.

in 

The  most  marked  advances  during 
the  week  have  been  in  such  lines  as  are 
likely  toTte  affected  by  possible  export 
interruption  or 
lines  dependent  on 
these.  Wheat  scored  another  advance 
last  week,  but  the  favorable  war  re­
ports  are  causing  a  tendency  to  reac­
tion,  although  the  decline  is  yet  slight. 
The  advance  in  the  cereal  has  been  fol­
lowed  by  corn,  oats  and  flour,  and  by 
all  kinds  of  provisions.  Potatoes,  also, 
are  sharing  in  the  increase  and  promise 
to  continue  an  advance  to  break  records 
of  recent  years.

The  activity  in  the  iron  and  steel 

in­
dustry  continues without  abatement.  A 
feature  of 
importance  is  the  increased 
demand  for  plates  and  material  for 
shipbuilding,  consequent  upon  the  tak­
ing  of  the  ocean  liners  by  the  Govern­
ment  for  war  vessels.  The  tendeocy  of 
Bessemer prices and production has been 
toward  a  more  healthy  basis,  on account 
of  better  understanding  among  produc­
ers.

The 

textile 

situation  shows 

little 
change,  cotton  tending  to  decline  and 
its  manufactures  continuing  dull.  The 
woolen  situation  is  somewhat  improved 
by  the  war  demands  so  that  the  reports 
are  more  favorable  for  the  week.

The  favorable  conditions  of  foreign 
trade  continue  without  any  interruption 
on  war  account.  Exports  are  as  heavy 
as  is  possible  with  the  interruption  con­
sequent  upon  the  taking  of  so much ton­
nage  by  the  Government.  The  balance 
of  trade  keeps  so  heavily  in  our  favor 
that  the  inflow  of  gold  for  the  week  was 
Sb, 000,000.

Bank  clearings  were  slightly  below 
those  of  the  preceding  week,  being 
$ i, C03, oco,ooo. 
Failures  were  245, 
twenty-one  more  than  the  week  before.

The  Coxey  army  of  occupation,  that 
wanted  to  encamp  on  the  grass  of  the 
White  House  grounds,  has  not  been 
that  soldiers  are 
beard 
wanted.  The  tramp  and 
loafer  has  a 
horror  of  making  himself  useful.

front,  now 

Some  men  are  never  pleased.  Those 
who  would  not  go  to  the  Klondike  on 
account  ot  the  cold  are  hesitating  about 
going  to  Cuba  on  account  of  the  heat.

Only  unmarried  men  are  wanted  for 
soldiers.  The  bands  can  not  play  " The 
Wife  and  Child  I  Left  Behind  Me." 
They  onlv  know  "T h e  G irl."

English  speaking  people  must  rule 
the  world  in  the  course  of  time.  They 
will  do  the  talking  and  have  things 
their  own  way.

Prayers and  sympathy  are  not  contra- 
in  neutral  waters,  because  they 
to  the

| band 
give  no  real  aid  or  comfort 

Spain's  honor  is  thought  to  be .mostly

pride.

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

WHY  ENGLAND  IS  SUPREME.
The  causes  of  the  growth  and  decay 
of  national  greatness  afford  the  most 
attractive  subject  of  enquiry  to  thought­
ful  students  of  history.  Minds  of  a 
philosophic  cast  look  beyond  the  dra­
matic  interest  of  the  rise  and 
fall  of 
powerful  states  for  lessons  of  present 
application,  warnings  to  be heeded,  ex­
amples  to  be  followed,  and,  above  all, 
for  general  principles  and 
laws  that 
are 
immutable  because  they  are  in­
volved  in  the  constitution  of  human  na­
ture  itself.  Many  historians  are  espe­
cially  fond  of  drawing  parallels between 
existing  conditions 
in  some  modern 
states  and  those  they  have  discovered, 
imagined,  in  the  annals  of  this  or 
or 
that  ancient  nation. 
James  Anthony 
Froude,  for  instance,  in  his  “ Sketch  of 
Caesar,”   remarks:  “ To  the  student  of 
political  history,  and  to  the  English 
student  above  all  others,  the  conversion 
of  the  Roman  Republic  into  a  military 
empire  commands  a  peculiar  interest. 
Notwithstanding  many  differences,  the 
English  and  the  Romans  essentially  re­
semble  one  another  The  early  Romans 
possessed  the  faculty  of self-government 
beyond  any  people  of  whom  we  have 
historical  knowledge,  with  the  one  ex­
ception  of  ourselves. 
In  virtue  of  their 
the 
temporal  freedom, 
most  powerful  nation 
the  known 
world;  and  their  liberties  perished  only 
when  Rome  became  the  mistress  of 
conquered  races  to  whom  she  was  un­
able  or  unwilling  to  extend  her  priv­
ileges, 
If  England  was  similarly  su­
preme,  if  all  rival  powers  were eclipsed 
by  her  or  laid  under  her  feet,  the 
im­
perial  tendencies,  which  are  as  strongly 
marked 
love  of  liberty, 
lead  us  over  the  same  course  to 
might 
the  same  end. 
If  there  be  one  lesson 
which  history  clearly  teaches,  it  is  this, 
that  free  nations  can  not  govern  subject 
provinces. 
If  they  are  unable  or  un­
willing  to  admit  their  dependencies  to 
share  their  own  constitution,  the  con­
stitution 
itself  will  fall  in  pieces  from 
mere  incompetence  for  its  duties.”

in  us  as  our 

they  became 

in 

In  estimating  the  value  of  such  par­
allels  it  is  important to  remember  that 
civilization  has  undergone 
certain 
changes  which  render  a  complete  repe­
tition  of  ancient  history 
impossible. 
The  statesmen  of  the  ancient  world  had 
no  conception  of  a  balance  of  power, 
or,  if  they  had,  it  was  not  regarded  by 
them  as  a  desirable  consummation. 
The  Assyrian,  Median,  Persian,  Mace­
donian  and  Roman  empires  succeeded 
each  other by  force  of  arms  and  each  in 
its  turn  asserted  an  exclusive  authority. 
There  was  little  or  no  disposition  to 
effect  compromises  between  conflicting

involved 

international 

in  its  downfall. 

interests,  or  to  settle  disputed  questions 
of  right  by  diplomacy.  There  was  no 
well-recognized 
law,  no 
comity  or  good  neighborhood  between 
rival  states. 
In  continuous  pursuit  of 
one  consistent  policy  of  world-conquest 
the  Roman  power  at 
last  achieved  a 
supremacy  so  complete  that  all  civiliza­
tion  was 
It 
seems  now  extremely  improbable that so 
enormous  a  catastrophe  can  ever  occur 
again.  There  is  no  nation,  no  empire, 
with  so  extended  a  sway  over  the  world 
that  its  downfall  would  bend  and  break 
all  the  pillars  of  constituted  authority, 
overturn  all  the  muniments  of  law  and 
social  order,  wreck  and  ruin  the  empo­
riums  of  trade  or  demoralize  and  defeat 
the  general  organization  of  business. 
In  every  quarter  of  the  globe,  in  thou­
sands of libraries,  the  printer’s art,  “ the 
art  preservative  of  all  the  arts, ”   has 
treasured 
the  seeds  of  civilization, 
which,  wherever  they  are  sown,  will  re­
new  the  world’s  enterprise  and  restore 
its  wealth.

The  spirit  of  military  conquest  is  no 
longer  cherished  from  mere  pride  or 
lust  of  power.  Napoleon said that within 
a  comparatively  short  time  all  Europe 
would  be  either  “ Cossack  or  R ed;”   all 
under  the  dominion  of  Russia,  or  all 
under  some  form  either  of  socialism  or 
of  radical  democracy. 
But  Russia, 
notwithstanding  her  formidable military 
strength,  shows  no  disposition  to  under­
take  the  conquest  of  Europe.  She rather 
aspires  to  share  with  England  the  com­
mercial  conquest  of  the  East.  There  is 
probably  not  one  nation  in  Europe  that 
would  not  be  alarmed  at  the  prospect  of 
a  continental  war  under  existing  con­
ditions.  England  has  used  her  naval 
strength  to  extend  the  boundaries  other 
empire  and  to  promote  her  trade;  but 
she  has  learned  the  lesson  stated  in  that 
maxim  of  Froude’s,  “ Free  nations  can 
not  govern  subject  provinces” —or,  at 
all  events,  she  has 
learned  the  im­
portance  of  observing  it  where  British 
colonists  are  concerned.  She  will  never 
repeat  the  mistake  made  by  George  the 
Third  and  his  ministers  120  years  ago. 
Her  yoke 
is  lightly  worn  by  her  sub­
in  Canada,  Australia  and  New 
jects 
Zealand. 
Those  colonies  are  hardly 
more  than  nominally  governed  by  the 
mother  country.  They  maintain  their 
loyalty  to  the  crown  chiefly  through  the 
influence  of  sentiment,  the  ties  of  race, 
common  history,  law,  language  and  lit­
erature.  No  man  can 
foresee  what 
national  and  political  developments  the 
coming  years  may  witness;  but  there 
are  elements  of  permanence  in  British 
civilization  everywhere  which  neither 
wars  nor  revolutions  can destroy.  They

may  find  expression  under  new  names, 
or  in  new  embodiments  of  organic  law, 
but  they  will  endure  as  long  as  civiliza­
tion  reposes  upon  the  twin  columns  of 
law  and  liberty.

law  during 

international 

The  United  States  has  made  a  great 
deal  of 
its 
existence.  That 
is  because  we  have  a 
way  of  making  precedents  instead  of 
folllowing  them.  And  on  this  account 
the  best  treaties  on  international  law are 
based  upon  our  state  papers. 
It  is  also 
true  that  valuable  material  for the inter­
national  lawyer  is  found  in the decisions 
of  courts  of  arbitration.  The  United 
States  has  been  the  foremost  nation  for 
arbitration,  having 
submitted  more 
cases  to  that  tribunal  than  any  other 
sovereign  power  during  the  same  length 
of  time.  These  cases  have  been  of great 
service  to  the  international 
In 
time  of  peace  the  decisions  of  these 
tribunals  are  likely  to  form  the  basis 
of  future  decisions  by  other  tribunals, 
and  they  are  universally  cited  by  law­
yers  on  one  side  or  the  other  before 
boards  of  arbitration  as  justification  or 
extenuation.  Hence  whenever  any case 
arises  between  nations  that  can  be  re­
ferred  to  arbitration  the 
lawyers,  who 
compose  the  court,  are  likely  to  decide 
according  to  the  views  of  the  interpre­
ters  of  international  law.

lawyer. 

The  modest  but  notable  achieve­
ments  of  a  Connecticut  widow  on  a 
farm  put  to  shame  the  complaining 
farmers  who  assert  that  farming  in  New 
England  is  profitless,  and  who,  failing 
to  sell  the  farms  which  they  have  worn 
out,  abandon  them  and  enter  into  the 
fierce,competition  of  a  livelihood  in  the 
cities.  This  woman,  whose  story  is  told 
in  the  Hartford  Courant,  was  left  a 
widow  twelve  years  ago,  at  the  age  of 
50.  She  received  from  her  husband  a 
farm  of  165  acres,  having  upon 
it  one 
cow,  a  heifer,  two  horses  and  a  mort­
gage  of  $1,750.  She  now  has  a  herd  of 
cows  and  three  horses  and  has  paid 
$1/600 on  the  mortgage.  In  other  words, 
upon  a  165-acre  farm  the  woman  seems 
to  have  made  a  living  and  saved  about 
$150  a  year,  besides  current  interest  on 
the  mortgage. 
In  addition,  it  must  be 
infered  that  the  industry  and  business 
sense  which  accomplished  this  much 
also  improved  the  farm  and  thus 
in­
creased  its  cash  value.  Few  women  of 
50  years  could  do  more  in  any  occupa­
tion. 
Indeed,  the  majority  of  men  do 
less. 

^

Italy  says  Spain  has  no  right  to  de­
clare  sulphur  contraband  of  war.  This 
issue  will  raise  particular  brimstone 
in 
certain  regions.

9

it 

A  dispatch  from  Muncie,  Ind.,  says 
that  a  glass  firm  there  has  received  an 
order  for  500 glass  fence  posts,  to be  the 
usual  size  and  grooved for  the  reception 
of  wire. 
It  is  added :  “ The  order  has 
caused  some  speculation and  is probably 
an  introduction  of  an  important  article 
in  trade.”   Glass  is  used  for  many pur­
poses  and  its  increasing  cheapness  and 
improved  methods of working  are  likely 
to  bring 
into  still  wider  use.  No 
other  material  invented  by  man  can  be 
it  in  the  service  it  has 
compared  with 
rendered,  both  in  common  life  and 
in 
chemistry,  astronomy and other sciences. 
Pure  beyond  the  possibility  of  contam­
ination,  indestructible  by  any  chemical 
agency,  the  right  hand  of  science,  the 
foundation  of  the  telescope  and  the 
microscope,  the  material  for  thousands 
of  utensils  and  ornaments,  and  now  to 
be  utilized  for  fence  posts,  it  comes  as 
near  being  the  keystone  of  civilization 
as  anything  that  can  be  named.

The  United  States  Supreme  Court  has 
affirmed  the  constitutionality  of  the  act 
of  the  New  York  Legislature  of  1895, 
prohibiting  persons  who  have  been  con­
victed  of  and  punished  for  a crime from 
practicing  medicine  in  the  State.  The 
opinion  was  delivered 
by  Justice 
Brewer.  The  question  arose  in  the case 
of  Walker  vs.  the  State  of  New  York. 
Walker  had  served  ten  years 
in  the 
State  penitentiary  for  an  offense  com­
mitted  in  1878,  and  after  his  release  set 
up  as  a  physician,  and  at  the  time  the 
law  in  question  was  enacted  was  prac­
ticing  that  profession.  The  Court  held 
that  it  was  within  the  police  power  of 
the  State  to  enact  such  a  law.  Justice 
Harlan  delivered  a  dissenting  opinion, 
in  effect  added  to  the 
saying  the  law 
man’s  punishment  and  was 
ex-post 
facto. 

_____________

European  news  indicate  that  the  use 
is  be­
of  chloroform  as  an  anaesthetic 
is 
coming  less  frequent,  and  that  ether 
supplanting  it. 
In  German  and  French 
clinics  the  use  of  ether  is  on  the  in­
crease,  as  also  in  English  hospitals.  In 
the  London  hospital  during  1897  chloro­
form  was  administered  only  677  times 
out  of  a  total  of  6,657  cases  where  an 
anaesthetic  was  used.

The  Appeal  to  Reason,  a  populist 
paper  printed 
in  Girard,  Kan.,  refers 
to  the  American  flag  as  “ a  painted 
rag  on  a  stick,”   and  says  that  it  is 
“ ridiculous,  criminal  and  debasing  to 
little  children  to  bow  down  to 
teach 
it.”  
In  calling  attention  to  this 
item, 
the  Kansas  City  Journal  casually  ob­
serves  that  there 
is  a  nice  horse  pond 
in  Girard.

EVERY  MAN  LIKES

“ MR.  THOMAS”

The  Best  Nickel Cigar  in  the State.

Ruhe  Bros.  Co.,  Makers. 
Factory  956,1st  Dist.  Pa.

♦

♦

♦

F.  E.  Bushman,  Representative, 

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

IO
Shoes  and  Leather
How  Large  Shoe  Stores  Are  Con­

in  use 

ducted—Details  of  Management.
To  a casual  observer  there  seems to be 
is 
very  little  sense  to  the  red  tape  that 
in  use 
It 
in  our  big  city  shoe  stores. 
seems  as  if  everything  must  get  hope­
lessly  mixed  up,  yet  the  big  stores  can 
easier  trace  a  mistake  or  a  discrepancy 
than  the  ordinary  small  store  and  its 
manager  can  tell  you  every  morning 
just  where  his  establishment  stauds. 
And  perhaps 
in  a  description  of  the 
system 
in  some  of  the  stores 
where  there  are  sixty  or  seventy  em­
ployes,  and  anywhere  from  «¡150,000  to 
§300,000  worth  of  stock,  some  of  the 
smaller  stores  can  find  something  of  in­
terest  and  profit.  The  number  of  hands 
a  shce  must  go  through  from  the  time 
it  is  bought  to  the  time  it 
is  delivered 
to  the  customer  is  something  very  few 
people  know  anything  about.  To  under­
stand  first  the  general  lay  of  the land  is 
absolutely  necessary,  for  unless one does 
he  would  probably  know  no  more  at  the 
end  of  this  chapter  than  now.  So  a 
brief  mention  of  the  people  connected 
with  a  big  store  and  their  duties  will
make  a  beginning  for  my  story.

*  *

The  general  manager 

in  a  big  city- 
shoe  store 
is  the  most  important  man 
around  the  house.  He is  as  much  of  an 
autocrat  as  a  man  can  be  in this country 
of  ours.  His  word  is  law,  and  his  opin­
ion  is  asked  on  all  questions  of 
impor­
tance  pertaining  to  the  store.  He  must 
know  how  much  the  store  is  making  or 
losing,  how  much  goods  to buy,  and how 
many  clerks  to  hire.  He  must  be 
thoroughly  conversant  with 
the  shoe 
business  in  all  its  branches.  He  must 
know  every  portion  of  the  stock,  must 
be  able  to  shake  hands  and call by name 
all  the  influential  customers  of the house 
and  must  be  able  to  settle  all  disputes 
fairly,  alike  both  to  the  customer  and 
the  house.  In  short he has general super­
vision  over  all  branches  and  parts  of 
the  business,  and  must  understand  them 
all.

*  *  

*

Every  large  city  shoe  store  is  divided 
into  two  departments, 
the  men’s  de­
partment  and  the  women’s  department. 
Each  of  them  has  a  head  whose  par­
ticular  business  is  to  see that everything 
on  their  side  of  the  house  goes smoothly 
and  well.  They  must  understand  the 
arrangement  of  the  stock  and  must  be 
able  to  suggest  to  the  general  manager 
what  could  be  bought  with profit.  They 
work  under,  and  report  directly  to,  the 
general  manager.  Each  of  these  de­
partments 
is  subdivided  into  smaller 
departments,  and  each  of  these  sub­
divisions 
is  in  charge  of  a  head  clerk, 
whose  business  it  is  to see  that  the stock 
in  his  particular  division  is  kept  in  or­
der,  that  when  goods  are  sold  their 
places  are  filled  from  the  stock  room, 
and  that  all  customers  get  waited  on. 
He  must  watch  his  stock  and  when  he 
sees  some  particular  thing  that  does 
not  move,  he  must  call  the  attention  of 
his  department  manager  to  it,  and  sug­
gest  something  that  will  likely  make 
i 
move.  Under  him  are  the  balance  of 
the  clerks 
in  his  department.  Thei 
business  is  to  wait  on  customers,  keep 
the  stock  straight  and  clean,  take  sizes 
and  do  a  hundred  other  things  that  fall 
to  the  lot  of  the  ordinary  clerk.

*  *  *

One  of  the  most  important  clerks 

in 
the  house 
is  the  stock  clerk.  He  has 
charge  of  the  surplus  stock  and  must  be 
able  to  tell  the  state  of  the  entire  stock

of 
the  store.  He  receives  new  goods
from  the  porter,  when  they  come  in, 
checks  them  off  the  bill,  marks  them 
and  prepares  them  for  the  stock.

♦  

♦  

♦

in 

Then  there  is  the  mail  order  clerk. 
Most  of  our  large  stores  do  a  large  mail 
order  business  by  means  of  catalogues. 
When  the  orders  come 
they  are 
opened  by  the  general  manager and sent 
to  the  mail  order  clerk,  who  first  num­
bers  the  order,  then  copies  it  on  slips 
provided  for  the  purpose,  and  finally 
files  it  away  for  future  reference.  The 
slips  he  sends  to  the proper departments 
to  be  filled.  These  slips  contain  the 
number  of  the  order,  the  description  of 
the  article  wanted,  the  price  paid  and 
the  address  of  the  buyer.  When  the  or­
ders  have  been  filled  they  are  sent  back 
to  the  mail  order  clerk,  who  sees  that 
the  goods  are  properly  packed  and  sent
to  the  purchaser.

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it 

in  other  cases 

Sometimes  there  is  a  special  man  to 
look  after  the  advertising  department, 
and 
is  done  by  the 
general  manager. 
In  either  case,  how­
ever, 
the  advertisements  are  written 
by  the  managers  of  the  different  de­
partments,  and  sent  to  the  general  ad­
vertising  manager.  He  has  the right  to 
alter  these  in  any  way  he  thinks  neces­
sary.

*  *  *

Then  there  are  the  cashiers,  the  bun­
dle  wrappers,  the  delivery  clerk,  and 
the  porters,  all  of  whom  have  a  place  in 
the  system  that  helps  to make the wheels 
run  smoothly.

*  *  *

Rules  as  to  traveling  salesmen  vary 
in  our  big  stores. 
In  a  great  many 
stores  there 
is  a  small  sign  notifying 
salesmen  that  they  must  see  the  buyer 
in  the  forenoon  or 
before  10  o’clock 
after  5  o’clock  in  the  afternoon. 
In  all 
stores  salesmen  are  requested  not  to 
take  the  time  of  employes  during  busi­
ness  hours.  After  the  salesman  has 
made  his  engagement,  the  buyer,  who 
is  usually  the  general  manager,  will 
have  him  send  his  samples  to  the  sam­
ple  room  that  all  large  stores  are  pro­
vided  with  now.  When  the  salesman 
is  ready  for  him  he  will  look  over  the 
samples  and 
if  he  is  pleased  perhaps 
places  his  order.  Sometimes  he  relies 
entirely  on  his  own  judgment  as  to  the 
selection  of  styles,  and  sometimes  he  is 
assisted  by  the  department  managers.

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When  the  goods  come  in  they  are  re­
ceived  from  the  transfer  man  by  the 
porters,  who  count  the  number  of  cases, 
give  the  transfer  man  his  necessary  re­
ceipt,  and  take  the  goods  to  the  stock- 
room  where  they  are  received  by  the 
stock  clerk, who  again  counts  the  cases, 
then  opens  them  and  checks  the  sepa­
rate  items  off  the  bill.  They  are  now 
examined  by  the  buyer  to  see if they are 
up  to  sample. 
If  they  are  O.  K.  he  so 
instructs  the  stock  clerk,  who  proceeds 
to  mark  them.  On  each shoe  is  marked 
the  size  and  selling  price.  Different 
firms  put  other  marks  on 
their  shoes 
but  all  put  these  two  on.  When  they 
are  all  marked  as  required  they  are  en­
tered  on  the  stock  book.  This  book 
contains  first  a  complete  description  of 
the  shoe,  then  the  date  it  was  received, 
who  it  was  made  by,  the  cost  price,  the 
selling  price,  the  stock  number,  and 
all  other  marks  on  the  shoe,  besides  the 
complete 
and  widths. 
When  this  is  finished  one  or  two  pairs 
of  each  size  in  each  width are sent to the 
store  and  put 
in  their  places  on  the 
shelves,  and  are  ready  to  be  sold.  Each 
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the  clerks  in  the  store  and  sent  to  the
stock  room,  where  these sizes are picked 
out  and  sent  to  fill  the  places  of  those 
sold.  These  daily  takings  are  then  en­
tered 
in  the  stock  book  opposite  the 
proper  stock  number,  so  that  at  any 
time  the  manager  can  tell  just  the  state 
of  his  stock,  and  whether  he  must  re­
order  on  the  goods,  or  not.

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A  customer  comes  in  and  buys  a  pair 
of  shoes  and  they  are  sent  away  in  a 
carrier  basket  along  with  the customer’s 
money,  and  pretty  soon 
the  basket 
comes  back  with  the  shoes  in  a  nice 
bundle  and  his  correct  change.  But  in 
order  to  effect  all  this,  many  things 
were  necessary.  When  the  clerk  sold 
the  shoes  he  first  compared  the  shoes  to 
see  if  they  were  properly marked.  They 
must  have  had  plainly  marked  on  the 
bottom  of  each  shoe  the  size  and  price 
in  order  to  pass  the  wrapper.  Then  he 
makes  out  his  sale  check,  which  has  on 
it  the  date,  the  number  of  pairs  and 
description  of  the  shoes  sold,  the  price 
of  the  shoes,  the  amouut  of  money  re­
ceived  from  the  customer,  and 
the 
clerk’s  number.  This  check 
is  made 
in  duplicate,  and  he  tears  both  copies 
out  ot  his  book  and  sends  them  to  the 
wrapper’s  desk,  along  with  the  money 
and  the  shoes.  Then  he  enters  the 
amount  of  his  sale  on  the  slip  provided 
with  his  book  and  goes  on  to  the  next 
customer,  all  the  while  watching  for 
the  return  of  the  goods  so  that  he  may 
deliver  them  at  once  and  not  keep  his 
customer  waiting.  When 
the  basket 
with  the  goods  arrives  at  the  wrapping 
counter,  the  wrapper  takes  out  the shoes 
and  bill  and  compares  them  to  see  if 
they  are  all  correct. 
If  so,  he  stamps 
the  bill  with  a  rubber  stamp'containing 
his  number  and  the  date,  and  sends  the 
bill  and  the  money  off  to  the  cashier  for 
change  while  he  wraps  the  bundle.  The 
cashier  again  examines  the  bill 
for 
mistakes  and  stamps  it  O.  K.,returning 
one-half  of  it  to  the  customer  with  the 
change,  and  filing  the  other  half  away 
on  a  spindle.  The  half  sent  back  the 
customer  must  keep,  for  if  she  ever  re­
turns  the  goods  she  must  have  this  bill. 

*  *  *

If,  when  the  customer gets  the  goods 
home,  he  returns  them  and  wishes  to 
exchange  them,  the  clerk  who  serves 
him  must  show  the  shoes  to  the  depart­
ment  manager  and  get  from  him  an  ex­
change  slip  to  send  up  in  the  place  of 
money,  with  whatever  the  customer 
picks  out.

When  a  pair  of  shoes  "are  sold  and 
the  customer  wishes  to  wear  them  and 
have  his  old  ones  wrapped  up, 
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salesman  must  take  his  check  to  the 
manager and  have  him  O.  K.  it  before 
he  sends  it  up  to  the  wrappers.  Or,  if 
the  goods  are  to  be  charged  it  must  be 
O.  K.  in  the  same  way.  When  goods 
are  sold  to  be  delivered  C.  O.  D.  a 
small  deposit  is  frequently  required.  A 
delivery  slip  containing  the  address  of 
the  customer 
is  then  sent  up  with  the 
goods  and  when  they  are  wrapped  up 
is  pasted  to  the  outside  of  the 
the  slip 
bundle.  Then  the  address  and 
the 
value  of  the  bundle  is  entered  in  a  re­
ceipt  book  and  when  the  bundle  is  de­
livered  the  book  is  signed  by  whoever 
receives  it,  so  that  if  a  package  is 
lost 
in  any  way 
it  can  be  told  who  is  to 
blame  for  it.

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When  the  doors  of  a  big  store  are 
closed  at 6  p.  m.  the  day  is  nearly  over 
for  some  of  the  employes,  and  for  some 
it  has 
just  begun.  On  the  floor  the 
clerks  first  get everything  in  order,  then 
each  clerk  adds  up  his  day’s sales,  and 
hands  his  book 
in  to  his  department 
manager,  who  figures  the  totals  of  all 
the  books,  getting  in  a  few  minutes  the 
amount  of  business  done  in  his  depart­
ment  that  day.

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This  total  goes  to  the  cashier.  While 
he  has  been  doing  this  she  has  been 
figuring  up  his  cash,  and  in  a  few  min­
utes  her  books  are  balanced  unless there 
has  been  some  mistake  made  some­
where. 
In  that  case  it  must  be  hunted 
up  before  she  leaves.  Sometimes  it 
is 
a  long,  weary  job,  for  in  case  the  mis­
take  has  been  made  by  a  clerk  forget­
ting  to  put  down  his  sale,  the  checks 
filed  by  the  cashier  that  day  must  be 
carefully  compared  with  the  books  un­
til  the  mistake 
is  found.  However, 
mistakes  of  this  kind  are  seldom  made, 
for 
in  the  most  of  the  big  stores  a  sys­
tem  of  fines  keeps  the  clerks  in a whole­
some  dread  of  mistakes.
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While  the  cashier  has  been  getting  a 
balance,  up  in  the  stock  room  the  stock 
clerk  has  been  making  his  daily  entries 
in  the  stock  book.  When  he  has  this 
finished,  the  book 
is  sent  down  to  the 
general  manager's  office,  along  with 
such  other  reports  as  may  be  necessary. 
In  the  meantime  a  balance  sheet  with 
the  details  of  the  day’s  business  has  ar­
rived  from  the  cashier,  the  report  has 
come  in  from  the  mail  order  clerk,  and 
the  department  managers  have  all 
handed  in  their  reports,  so  that in a  few 
minutes  the  general  manager  has  the 
complete  results  of  the  day’s  business 
on  his  desk,  ready  for  his  examination.

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will  pass  by  to-morrow  stop  and  look. 
He  has  had  everything  prepared  as  tar 
as  possible 
in  his  own  work-room  be­
fore 6  o’clock,  and  is  now  rapidly  plac­
ing  them  in  position.  The  department j 
manager  has  told  him  what  kind  of 
shoes  he  wants  in  the  window,  and  the 
clerk  is  speedily  getting  them  ready  for 
him.

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About  this  time  the  porter  and  his 
assistants  take  possession,  and  for  the 
next  hour  or  two  cleaning  goes  merrily 
on.  All  exposed  goods  are  covered  with 
sheets,  then  the  carpets  and  rugs  come 
up  and  are  taken  out  and beaten.  While 
this 
is  being  done  women  have  been 
scrubbing  the  floors,  and  when  the  car­
pets  come  back  everything 
is  bright 
In  a  few  minutes  the  car­
and  clean. 
pets  are  back  in  place,  the  dusting 
is 
done,  brasses  and  bright  metal  parts 
have  been  polished  until  they  are  like 
mirrors,  cases  shine,  and  everything 
is 
in  readiness  for  the  next day  s business. 
—Shoe  and  Leather  Gazette.

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carry  Snedicor  &  Hatha 
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Keystone  Rubbers are the 
best.  See  our  Salesmen 
or  send  mail  orders.

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527  and  528 
Widdicomb  Building, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

President. 

C.  U.  CLARK,
W.  D.  WADE,
M.  M.  C l a k k ,

Vice-President. 
Sec’y and Treas.

By  this  time  all  the  clerks  have  gone 
except  one  clerk 
in  a  certain  depart­
ment  who  has  stayed  to  help  the  win­
dow  dresser.  That  gentleman 
is  hard 
at  work  now  putting  in  a  display  that 
will  make  the  thousands  of  people  who

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Detroit’s  Experience  With  a  Munici­

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Detroit,  May  2— In  a  recent  issue  of 
the  Tradesman  an  attempt  was  made  to 
describe  at  some 
length  the  workings 
of  the  $25  peddling  ordinance  in  De­
troit.  For  want  of  space  the  history  of 
the  court  proceedings 
connection 
with  the  ordinance  was  deferred  until 
the  present 
issue.  At  the  close  of  the 
preceding  article  the  narration, had  ar­
rived  at  the  point  where  the  matter  was 
being  pushed 
in  the  Recorder’s  Court 
with  some  show  of  earnestness;  the 
docket  was  tilled  to  overflowing  with 
complaints,  made  by  city patrolmen  un 
der  the  ordinance,  and  the 
judge  had 
hitherto  been  rendering  decisions  con­
spicuous  for  their  leniency,  evidenth 
hoping  that  the  offenders  would  desist 
without  making  it  necessary  to  impose 
heavier  tines  upon  a  class  who,  in  the 
main,  were  not  able  to  pay  them.  When 
it  became  apparent  that  the  peddlers 
would  not  comply  with  the  terms  of  the 
ordinance  without  a  determined  fight, 
and  that  to  trifle  with  the  matter  longer 
meant  only  to  consume  the  time  of  the 
court  officials  in  the preparation of these 
petty  cases,  to  the  exclusion of all others 
and  the  infinite  annoyance  of  the  couri 
itself,  a  fine  of  $io  was  imposed  in  the 
case,  entitled  “ City  of  Detroit  vs. 
Hotchkiss. ’ ’

On  the  date  on  which  the  above  case 
was  tried,  there  were  more  than  100 
others  of  exactly  the  same  nature  pend­
ing  and  awaiting  the  issue  in  this  test 
case.  The legal counsel which conducted 
the  case  for  the  defense  was  furnished 
by  the  peddlers’  union,  referred  to  in  a 
previous  article,  and  was  paid  out  of  a 
fund  raised  by 
levying  an  assessment 
on  each  of  the  members  of  that  organi­
zation.

The  fight  in  court  was  a stubborn one, 
in 
the  defense  never  denying  the  facts 
the  case,  but  rather  basing  its  conten­
tion entirely upon the unconstitutionally 
of  the  ordinance,  and  asking  that  the 
defendant  be  discharged,  not  because 
he  was  innocent,  but  because  the  ordi­
nance  under  which  he  was  being  tried 
was  unjust  and  at  variance  with  the 
spirit  of  the  charter  of  the  city  of  De­
troit.  The  attorneys 
for  the  defense 
urged  that,  while  the  city  charter  evi­
dently  delegated  power 
to  the  City 
Council  to  pass  an  ordinance  for  the 
purpose  of  licensing  and  regulating  the 
business  of  peddling,  it  did  not  con­
template  or  authorize  the  levying  of  a 
license  which  would  produce  a  revenue 
larger  than  that  which  would adequately 
meet 
the  additional  expense  which 
would  result  from  the  proper  enforce­
ment  of  the  ordinance  itself.  They  also 
held  that,  inasmuch  as  the  individuals 
who  ordinarily  engaged  in  the  business 
of  peddling  were  of  exceedingly  smail 
means,  the  payment  of  $25  for  so  mean 
and  unlucrative  a  privilege  must  be 
regarded  as  the 
infliction  of  a  burden 
entirely  unwarranted,  by  reason  of  any 
extra  expense  which  it  might  entail  up­
on  the  city  or  by  the  opportunity  which 
it  afforded  the  party  taking  out  the 
license  to  live  respectably  upon 
the 
profits  of  the  business.

judge, 

The  Corporation  Counsel,  who  repre­
sented  the  city,  simply  urged  that,  in­
asmuch  as  the  defendant  admitted  the 
facts 
in  the  case,  he  had  no  standing 
in  court  and  must  be  adjudged  guilty 
of  having  violated  a  city  ordinance. 
The 
taking  this  view  of  the 
case,  found  for  the  city,  and  imposed  a 
fine,  which  was  not  paid,  whereupon 
the  offending  peddler  was  committed 
until  such  time  as  the  fine  should  be 
paid. 
immediately 
taken  to  the  Circuit  Court,  asking  for 
a 
review  of  testimony,  which  was 
granted,  the  Circuit  judge ordering  that 
the  defendant  be  released  from  jail  un­
til  a  decision  was  rendered. 
In  the 
Circuit  Court  the  line  of  argument  pur­
sued  by  the  attorneys  for  the  defendant 
was  identical  with  that  which  bad  been 
offered 
in  the  Recorder’s  Court.  The 
Corporation  Counsel  simply  submitted 
the  case  with  the  statement  that,  in  his 
opinion,  it  was  not  the  province  of  the

An  appeal  was 

circuit  judge  to  decide  as  to  the  valid­
ity, of  the  ordinance,  but  rather  simply 
to  review  the  testimony  which  bad  been 
offered 
in  the  trial  of  the  case  by  the 
lower court  and  affirm  or  reverse  the  de­
cision  of  that  court.  The  judge  before 
whom  the  case  was  brought  evidently 
took  a  different  view  of  the  situation 
from  that  taken  by  the  Corporation 
Counsel,  and  rendered  a  decision  which 
not  only  reversed  the  finding  of 
the 
lower  court,  but  also  declared  the  or­
dinance 
invalid  and  unconstitutional. 
The  gist  of  this  decision,  as  it appeared 
in  the  court  news  of  a  local  daily  on 
the  morning  of  October  13,  1897,  is 
given  below:

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imposed 

“ A  victory  was  scored  yesterday  by 
the  peddlers,  who  had  combined  to fight 
ihe  ordinance  by  which  their  license 
had  been  raised  from  §5  to  §25.  Judge 
Hosmer  rendered  his  decision  in  the 
case  to  the  effect  that  the  ordinance  is 
invalid  and  unconstitutional,  and  or­
dered  that  all 
the 
Recorder’s  Court  be  remitted  and  all 
pending  proceedings  quashed. 
The 
judge  holds  that  the  object  of  the 
license  is  to  secure  the  names  and  ad­
dresses  of  the  peddlers  for  the  purpose 
of  regulating  the  trade,  which  could  be 
properly  done  at  the  old  rate.  There 
had  not  been  secured,  through  the  new 
ordinance,  any  better  inspection  of  the 
fruit  and  articles  peddled,  and  the  pub­
lic  had  not  been  benefited,  neither  had 
the  profits  of  the  peddlers  grown.  The 
increase,  therefore,  was  unjust  and  un­
reasonable,  amounting  to  burdensome 
taxation.  The  license  was  not  intended 
as  a  source  of  revenue  to  the  city,  and 
as  the  ordinance  was  passed  at  the  re­
quest  of  the  retail  grocers  and  their  at­
torneys,  the court  held  that the Council’s 
action  in  passing  the  same  was  unwar­
ranted. ’ ’

insult  a 

The ground  taken  by  the  judge  in  the 
above  opinion,  namely,  that  the  Com­
mon  Council  had  “ passed  the ordinance 
at  the  request  of 
local  retail  grocers 
and  their  attorneys,”   caused  great  sur­
prise  and  indignation  among  all  classes 
of  local  retail  tradesmen,  who  felt  that 
the  judge  had  defied  all  rules  and 
usages  of  court  etiquette  and  judicial 
dignity,  and  made  use  of  this  oppor­
tunity  to  deliberately 
large 
number  of  his  fellow  townsmen.  Noth­
ing 
in  any  way  similar  to  the  above 
procedure  had  ever  been  known 
in  the 
local  court  history,  and  it  is 
annals  of 
safe  to  say  that  the 
individuals  who 
took  exceptions  to  this  decision  at  the 
time  it  was  given,  although  at  the  time 
helpless  to  resist  the  attack  and  without 
any  immediate  means  by  which  to  re­
satisfaction 
taliate  or  to  obtain 
for 
this  covert 
judicial 
insult,  will  not 
fail  to  remember  the  hand  that  dealt the 
blow  nor  hesitate  to  take  advantage  of 
any  future  opportunity  which  they  may 
have  to  even  things  up.

It  will  be  noticed  upon  close 

inspec­
tion  that  the  above  decision  did  not 
claim  that  the  ordinance  was  contrary 
to  the  spirit  of  the  charter;  in  fact,  it 
would  seem  that  the  judge had studious­
ly  avoided  any  such  intimation;  and 
not  without  warrant  on  his  part, 
it 
would  seem,  for  surely never was a char­
ter  formed  which  was  more 
liberal,  in 
this  respect,  than  that  under  which  the 
city  of  Detroit  is  operating  at  present. 
The  charter  expressly  delegates  un­
limited  authority  to  the  Common  Coun­
cil  to  license  and  regulate  hawkers  and 
peddlers  and  to  prescribe  the  sum  of 
money  to  be  paid  for  these  privileges 
into  the  treasury  of  the  corporation.

WANTED

To furnish  W estern dealers for  th e ir  Eastern 
trade fo r season of 1898; cold storage in qu an tit­
ies to suit up to  15,000 cases  of eggs and  30  cars 
butter:  m oderate rates and  liberal  advances  to 
reliable parties; m odem ly equipped  p la n t;  m e­
chanical  lefrigeration, w ith an im proved system 
of perfectly dry circulation  and change of air in 
room s; interm ittent and continuous  circulation, 
also gravity system ;  these system s are the  latest 
and  Best know n  In  cold  storage  practices;  our 
eggs are said  to be the finest on the Philadelphia 
m arket th is past season;  fine d istrib u tin g  point: 
only 2V2 hours to P ittsburg, and quick tra n sit by 
both  Penn  Central and B.  &  O.  to  New  York, 
P hiladelphia.  Baltim ore  and  W ashington;  we 
are authorized  to  purchase  for  o u r  local  cus 
tom ers 5,030 cases finely candied eggs  fo r  A pril 
and May deliveries;  also several  ears  cream ery 
butter;correspondence solicited.  A ddress Hyge- 
ia C rystal Ice & Cold Storage Co.,U niontow n, Pa.

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Hermann  C.  Naumann  &  Co. 

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Will  buy  them  in  any  quantity  on  point  of 

shipment  or  delivered.

R .   H I R T .  J r .,

P R O D U C E   C O M M I S S I O N   M E R C H A N T .

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

Butter and  Eggs for  Cash

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

Correspond  with  us.  We do not  claim  to  be  the  oldest  and  largest  commission 
Spy  Main Office, 33 Woodbrldge St. 
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Butter,  Eggs,  Potatoes

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N.  W O H LF E LD E R   &  CO.

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 

399-401-403 High St.. E . Detroit.

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WANTED To represent  a  first-class  Roller  and 

Rye  Flour  Mills  in  our  market,  or 
will  buy  the same on the basis of cash.

Detroit Commission  &  Manufacturing  Co., 

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We  801,01  consignments  of  Butter,  Eggs,  Poultry,  Beans  and  ^  
f c   Produce generally,  assuring  prompt  sales  and  immediate  returns.  We  ^  

are a branch of the  Grand  Rapids  house  of  the  same  name, which  has 

^   been  established  eleven  years.  We  refer  Michigan  shippers  to  the  ^  
S -   P °urth  National  Bank,  Grand  Rapids  Savings  Bank  and  Michigan 
y —  Tradesman, all of which are  familiar with  our  standing  and  acquainted  —^  

with  our  methods  and will  cheerfully  answer  any  enquiries which  may 

^   be made in  regard to us.

As  previously  stated, 

the  Common 
Council  appealed  the  case  to  the  Su­
preme  Court,  hoping,  in  this  manner, 
to  obtain  information  which  would  en­
lighten  them  and  be  available  as  a 
guide  to  future  action  along  this 
line. 
When  the  first  communication  upon 
this  subject  was  written,  the  writer  sup­
posed  that  the  case  would  be  decided 
during  the  April  term,  but  for  some  un­
known  reason  the  bearing  has  been  de­
ferred  until  the  June  term  of  the  Su­
preme  Court,  a  fact  which  must,  of 
necessity,  greatly  embarrass 
local  offi­
cials,  as  the  fiscal  year  will  have  begun 
in  the  meantime;  and,  as  the  first  quar­
ter  includes  nearly  all  of  the  better  part 
of  the season,  it is  probable  that the  city 
will  be  again  deprived  of  a 
large  part 
of  the  usual 
income  from  this  source. 
In  the  meantime, 
the  streets  will  be 
thronged  as  usual  with  an  irresponsible 
horde  of  peddlers,  and  the  business  of 
the  legitimate  retailer  curtailed  and  a 
confiding  public  imposed  upon,  simply 
that  a  few  office-holding  politicians 
may  continue  to  discourse  sweet  music 
to  the  grand  stand. 

H.  H.  M a c k .

Coating Butter Tubs with  Liquid Glass.
I  recently  saw  some  butter  tubs  that 
inside  with  a  substance 
were  coated 
that  made  them 
look  as  if  they  were 
painted,  but  upon  closer  examination  I 
found  that  they  had  a  coating  of enamel 
on  them  which  made them perfectly  air­
inside  surface  of  the  tubs 
tight ;  the 
was  smooth  and  hard 
like  glass  and 
would  not  rub  off,  and  it  had  no  smell. 
If 
it  doesn’t  cost  too  much  it  would  be 
an  excellent  method  of  treating  tubs,  as 
there  could  be  no  shrinkage,  and  even 
if  the  tubs  were  moldy  the  mold  could 
not  get  through  to  the  butter.  Tubs 
coated  in  that  manner  would  not  need 
any  soaking 
in  water.  A  60  lb.  tub 
weighed  eleven  pounds.  The  covers 
were  coated  the  same  as  the  tubs, 
I 
found  out  afterwards  the  tubs  were 
coated  with  a  preparation  like  glass, 
and  the  material  was  put  on  while  it 
was  hot  and  in  a  liquid  state.  The  tubs 
I  saw  were  to  be  filled  and  put  in  cold 
storage  to  experiment  with  to  test  their 
keeping  qualities.  A  possible  difficulty 
with  them  may  be  that  such  tubs  might 
not  stand  rough  handling;  the  enamel 
might  get  broken  and  scale  off  and 
stick  to  the  butter,  but  if  it  doesn’t  do 
that  it  will  make  a  fine butter  package.

G .  B .  L a w s o n .

The  French  Oleo  Law.

France takes the lead  in the  stringency 
of  her  laws  regulating  the  sale  of  oleo­
margarine.  The  new  French  law  now 
coming  into  operation  prohibits  all  col­
oring  of  margarine,  requires  makers  of 
margarine  to  register,  subjects  their 
factories  to 
inspection,  and  requires 
them  to  specify  the  ingredients  of  their 
products.  No  margarine  may  be  sold 
which  contains  more  than  io  per  cent, 
of  butter,  whether  obtained  from  churn­
ing  with  milk  or  cream,  or  directly 
added  as  butter.  No  commodity  not 
exclusively  composed  of  the  constitu­
ents  of  milk  or  cream,  with  or  without 
salt  or  coloring  matter,  is  to  be  sold, 
imported  or  exported  under  the  name 
of  butter.  A  maker  of  butter  must  not 
keep margarine nor oleomargarine on his 
premises  and  these  two  commodities 
can  be  sold  in  only  the  special  portions 
of  markets  set  apart  for  them.

The  island  of  Porto  Rico  pays  Spain 
this  year  in  taxes  $4,374,874,  of  which 
only  $650,000  is  spent  for  the  benefit  of 
the  native  population.  Of  the  489,267 
whites  on  the 
island  only  96,867  can 
read  and  write.  The  illiterates  aggre­
gate  695,328.  The  Spaniards  supported 
by  the  Porto  Ricans  number  not  less 
than  35,000. 
is  a  true  picture  of 
Spanish  rule  in  America.

It 

When  a  man  finds  his clothes  are  too 
loose,  be  should  either change  tailors  or 
boarding  houses.

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

How  Olives  Are  Imported.

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being 

regions 

The  bulk  of  the  edible  olives  come 
from  Spain,  the  olives  raised  in  other 
Mediterranean 
used 
in  making  oil.  There  are  im­
chiefly 
ported 
into  the  United  States  about 
5,000  casks  of  Spanish  olives  annually. 
They  are  imported  in brine.  The  olives 
vary  in  size  from  about  210  to  the  kilo, 
which 
is  2  1-5  pounds,  up  to  olives  as 
large  as  60 or  70  to  the  kilo.

A  steamship  bringing  olives  to  this 
port 
likely  to  include  in  her  cargo 
almonds and  corkwood,  valuable freight. 
In  one  shipment  lately  received  here 
there  were  several  hundred  casks  of 
olives.  When  the  casks  have  been 
hoisted  out  they  are  rolled  along  on 
the  wharf,  a  cooper  starts  the  bung, 
and  a  number  of  olives  are  taken  from 
each  cask  for 
inspection.  The  olives 
are  taken  out  with  a  pair  of  tongs  a 
foot  or  more  long,  made  of  two  slender 
strips  of  wood,  which  operate  like  sugar 
tongs.

The  man  who  takes  the  samples  from 
in  one  hand  a  small 
the  casks  carries 
white  china  platter,  using  the 
tongs 
with  the  other  band.  He  trusts  the 
tongs  through  the  bunghole 
into  the 
cask  and.  nips  one  or  more  olives  at 
every  dip  until  he  has  a  platter  full.

These  sample  olives  are  inspected  on 
the  spot  by  the  representative  of  the 
importer,  who  sees  that  they  correspond 
with  the  invoice  and  that  the  brine 
is 
of  sufficient  strength 
to  keep  them. 
They  are  then  removed to the warerooms 
to  be  sold  in  the  original  packages  or 
packed  in  kegs  and  bottles.

The  Ohio  Food  Commissioner  Meets 

Defeat.

The  Ohio  Food  and  Hairy  Commis­
sioner  has  come  off  second  best 
in  an 
encounter  with  a  Cincinnati  grocer. 
One  of  his  deputies  took  a  sample  of 
flour  from  the  latter,  who  was  subse­
quently  arrested  and  brought  to  trial 
on  the  charge  of  selling flour adulterated 
with  20  per  cent,  of  corn  product.  The 
grocer  fortunately  took  immediately  a 
further  sample  from  the  package  from 
which  the  official  sample  was  drawn, 
and  had 
it  analyzed  by  a  chemist  of 
high  reputation,  who  certified  to  its  ab­
solute  purity,and  similar  testimony  was 
given  by  the  representative  of  a  promi­
nent  baking  concern  and  by  the  Cham­
ber  of  Commerce  flour 
inspector.  The 
original  package  was  also  produced 
sealed 
in  court,  when  a  remarkable 
difference  appeared  between 
its  con­
tents  and  the  sample  exhibited  by  the 
food  authority.  The  jury  decided  for 
the  defendant.

W.  R.  Brice. 

E st.  1852. 

C.  M.  D rake

W. R. Brice & Co.

Philadelphia’s 
Leading  Hustling 
Commission  Merchants

R E F E R E N C E S :

W. D.  Hayes,  Cashier  Hastings  National  Bank,  Hastings,  Mich. 

Corn  Exchange  National  Bank,  Philadelphia.

Western  National  Bank,  Philadelphia.

Fourth  National  Bank,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D.  C.  Oakes,  Coopersville,  Mich.

E.  A.  Stowe,  Michigan  Tradesman.

The talk of the countiy  is war—you  hear  it  on  all  sides.  We  have 
been  laying  in our stock of ammunition  the  past eight  weeks, and  in that 
time have purchased  more  EGGS than any one  house  in  Michigan;  but 
still we want more.  Write us and we will  give  you  our  prices  on  track 
at your station, eggs to be sent to our branch house in Grand  Rapids.

On Fancy  Creamery  Butter  our  Philadelphia  house  leads  the  pro­
cession and they can handle  your goods promptly with the best of  them. 
Bobbie  Jarrett,  the  Butter  Salesman,  knows  1 how  to  sell  goods”  and 
get the most  money out  of  them.  W.  R.  Brice  looks  after  the  poultry 
end of it and also the finances, while C.  M.  Drake  is  hustling  the  Mich­
igan hens for more  fine  Eggs.  No  idlers  in  this  concern.  Try  us  and 
you will continue your shipments every trip.

W. R.  BRICE  &  CO.

STRAWBERRIES

A ll  Green  V egetables

BUNTING  &  CO., 

from  the  South  are  now  cheap  and  within 
reach  of  everybody.
-Tomatoes,  Green  Onions,  Radishes,  Cu­
cumbers,  Spinach,  Asparagus,  Pie  Plant. 
Oranges,  Lemons,  Bananas.
Jobbers,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

States  Eggs  for  Britain.

It  is  possible  that  export  trade in eggs 
to  Havana,  which  will  be 
lost  by  the 
closing  of  the  latter  port  by  war,  may 
be 
compensated  by  a  movement  to 
Great  Britain.  During  the  period  when 
prices  at  this  point  were  at  about  the 
lowest  point  some  interest  in our market 
was  manifested  by  British 
importers 
and  a  number  of  orders  were  sent  here 
which  have  resulted 
in  the  export  of 
nearly  3,000  cases  since  the  first  of 
April.  Some  of  the  goods  went  forward 
as  late  as  last  Saturday,  but  late  cables 
indicate  that  the  recent  advance  here 
has  placed  our  market  a  little  above  a 
shipping  point. 
is  probable,  how­
ever,  that  further  movement  would  re­
sult  should  values  recede  a  little  before 
the  advent  of  warm  weather.

It 

Gave  Away  a  Family  Secret.

is  the  meaning  of 

Teacher  (of  juvenile  class)— In  the 
sentence,  “ It  is  greatly  to  bis  credit,” 
what 
the  word 
“ credit?”
of  Class— It’s  something 
Member 
you’ve  got  to  have  when  you  want  to 
buy  a  pound  of  butter  at  the  store.
Bad  Pennies  in  Circulation.

Secret  Service  officers  are  endeavor­
ing  to  run  to  earth  a counterfeiting gang 
is  flooding  the  country  with  bad 
that 
pennies.  The  Sub-Treasury 
in  New 
York  receives  more 
than  a  hundred 
counterfeit'pennies  daily.

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Irwin  S.  Scrimger  &  Co.,

43-45  W.  Woodbridge  St.,  Detroit. 

'E stablished  1892. 

WM.  SMITH

M anufacturer  of

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

C a p a c ity   one  carload  a  day.  P rom p t  shipm ent  on 
sh ort notice.  W ill  m ake  any  ca se  desired.  W rite   for 
price  list.  W e compete  w ith   all  oth er manufacturers.

EATON  RAPIDS,  fllCH.

BEANS  and  POTATOES

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

MILLER  &  TEASDALE  CO.,

ST.  LO U IS, 

M ISSO U R I.

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

14

PROFIT  SHARING.

Advantages  and  Disadvantages  of  the 

Co-operative  System.*

interest— manufacturing— for 

I  shall  confine  myself  to  that  phase 
of  this  question  which  is  nearest  to  our 
own 
the 
personal  issue  is  always  the  more  inter­
esting. 
Theories  are  excellent,  but 
misleading.

Profit-sharing  and  co-operation  ap­
pear  to  me  as  depending  for  success 
largely  upon  the  temperament  of  the 
people  who  are  to  adopt  them 
in  their 
business  relations,  for  the  possibilities 
of  either  of  these  methods,  in  the distri­
bution  of  the  shares,  capital  and  man­
agement  and 
labor  shall  receive  from 
the  net  returns  of  a  business  depend 
largely  upon  the  characteristics  of  the 
people  by  which  the 
is 
made.  In  this  I  mean  that  human  traits 
must  be  considered  first.

adjustment 

Chief  among  these 

There  are  in  the  Anglo-Saxon  charac­
ter  certain  elements  which  contribute 
much  to  the  failure  of  co-operation, 
while  the  same  traits  may  be  made  to 
serve  the  successful  operation  of  profit- 
sharing. 
is  the 
sturdy  dislike  of  being directed by one’s 
equal  or,  rather,  one  whom  we  have 
been  accustomed  to  associate  with  as 
an  equal;  and  perhaps  this  peculiarity 
is  the  more  marked  among  those  who 
have  had  the  least-opportunity  to  train 
themselves 
in  more  than  the  labor  of 
their  own  hands.  This  can  be  seen  in 
the  rapid  disintegration  of  co-operative 
attempts  where  the  co-operators  are 
workmen  who  have  been  associated  to­
gether  in  the  same  trade.

I  have  not  examined  into  this  to  the 
extent  I  could  wish,  yet,  up  to  a  recent 
date,  I  could  not  find  a  permanent  suc­
cess  in  co-operation,  while  the  wrecks 
within  my  own  limited  observation  are 
indeed many,  for where there  has  been  a 
seeming  success,  a  close  investigation 
discloses  that  the  original  idea  of  co­
operation  has  been  lost  and  the business 
is in the hands of  a few survivots  and has 
taken  to 
itself  all  the  elements  of  a 
partnership,  the  few  who  displayed  the 
higher  ability  or  most  persistency  hav­
ing  survived  and  secured  the  whole 
business  through  the  dissatisfaction  or 
inefficiency  of  the  great  majority  who 
dropped  out.  This  trait 
is  exception­
ally  strong  in  all  English  speaking peo­
ples  and  militates  much  against  success 
in  purely  co-operative  undertakings. 
This  trait  does  not  interfere  with  trad­
ing  or  mercantile  co-operation,  for there 
this  peculiarity  does  not  have  an oppor­
tunity  to  display  itself;  the co-operators 
are  not  brought 
into  the  close  contact 
that  must  be  had  where  a  body  of  men 
are  working  together,  as 
in  a  modern 
factory,  so  we  find  many  fine  examples 
in  co-operation  for  the  common  benefit 
in  societies,  mercantile  enterprises  and 
savings  associations,  where  the  asso­
ciated  members  delegate  their 
interest 
to  others  whom 
they  but  frequently 
meet,  giving  to  their  representatives  a 
respect  and  authority  which,  if  granted 
by  a  body  of  workmen  to  9  manage­
ment  of  their  own  selection,  would, 
doubtless,  make  it  endure  the  vicissi 
tudes  of  business  equally  as  well  as 
private  enterprise.

I  think  the  French  nation  is  the  re­
verse  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  in  this  pecul­
iarity,  so  we  see  in  France  successful 
co-operation  in  manufacturing  and  but 
little  successful  profit-sharing 
effort. 
The  French  are  of  a  temperament  more 
sociable  and  gregarious,  not  so  tena 
cious  of  their  own  ideas,  willing  to  give 
and  take  and,  at  the  same  time,  so 
thrifty  and  economical  that  they  can 
husband  their own  savings  without  the 
aid  of  co-operation.  The  French  are 
willing  to  waive  their  own 
individu­
ality  that  they  may  share  the  profit  of 
their 
themselves,  while 
they  do  not  need  the  common  aid  to  se­
cure  their  share  of  profit  from  their 
purchases  or  their  savings  that  their 
own  thrift  and  economy  can  secure  and 
keep.

labor  among 

The  Anglo-Saxon  will  not  waive  his 
individuality,  hence  will  not  submit  to 
the  orders  of  those  be  considers  his 
equals  only,  but  will  accept  the  assist-
*Paper read before U n ity Club  of  Grand  Rap­

ids by Mr.  ffm .  Widdicomb.

ance  of  others  in  cheapening  his  pur­
chases  and  securing  his  savings.  He 
respects  ability,  be 
it  either  mental  or 
physical,  and  will  accept  its  dictation, 
but  he  must  be  assured  by  something 
more  than  mere  assertion  that^the  abil 
ity  is  there  before  he  will  accord  to 
it 
the  respect  demanded  in  the  conduct  of 
modern  manufacturing  enterprise  and 
have  the  confidence  that  inspires him  to 
wait  through  much  weary  toil  for  his 
share  in  the  reward.  Human  selfishness 
does  not  admit  the  complete  self-abne­
gation  of  seeing  a 
fellow  workman 
placed 
in  authority.  Caprice  or  per­
sonal  popularity  may  have  influenced 
the  selection,  and  the  respect  for  such 
management 
is  not  given  which  would 
be  readily  accorded  to  the  persons  who 
have  shown  themselves  equal  to  the  de­
mands  of  the  position,  for  it  must  be 
conceded  that  the  judgment  and  choice 
of  the  whole  will  be  no  better  than  that 
of  each  individual;  and  business  judg­
ment 
in  a  day,  but 
rather  through  the  experience  of  years.
I  dwell  upon  this  because  I  think 
that  these  race  characteristics  have  a 
very 
important  bearing  upon  the  rela­
tive  success  of  profit-sharing  and  co­
operation.  The  ideal,  I  grant,  is  a  pure 
co-operation,  all  having  equal  share 
in  the  venture  and  actuated  by  the 
common  interest,  each  giving  his  best 
efforts  to  attain  the  success  every decent 
man  hopes  for,  but.  like  so  many  of  our 
ideals,  is  seemingly  very  Utopian  and 
difficult  to  secure.

is  not  acquired 

Profit-sharing  depends  upon  a  man­
agement  that  has,  through  past  success, 
shown  itself  equal  to  the  demands of the 
business.  This  management  must  be 
honorable  and  just  and  willing  to  share 
on  some  equitable  basis  a  portion  of 
the  profits  with  the  men  who  have  per­
formed  the  labor  through  which  the 
profits  were secured,and depends  equally 
upon  a  body  of  workmen  who  are  self- 
respecting,  industrious  and  honest,  who 
are  each  willing  to  do  faithful  work  for 
the  common  success.  The  existing  re­
lation  must  be  one  of  mutual  confi­
dence ;  the  management  must  respect 
the  men  employed,  and  the  men  must 
grant  that  confidence  to the management 
which  inspires  them  to  accept,  without 
question,  the  statements  as  to  the  con­
dition  of  the  business  and  amount  of 
profit  or  loss,  for 
it  is  apparent  to  all 
that  the  books  of  the  business  can  not 
be  open  to  the  examination  of  the work­
men.  There  are  certain  matters  in  all 
business  enterprises  that  must  be  held 
as  private.  The  more  able  the  manage­
ment  the  more 
it  may  have  depended 
upon  certain  methods  that  should  not 
be  uncovered.  There  may  be  valuable 
business  secrets  and  confidential  rela­
tions  with  customers  that  cannot be dis­
closed.  Many  reasons  can  be  advanced 
for  maintaining 
the  privacy  of  the 
management,  so  the  confidence  of  the 
men  must  he  of  an  unquestioning  char­
acter.  Profit-sharing  permits  all  to  have 
this  personal  interest in  the results with­
out  disturbance  in  the  management  or 
interference  in  the  relation  which  must 
exist  between  the  employer  and  work­
man—the  one  directing,  the  other  ac­
in  the  confident 
cepting  the  direction 
assurance  that  the 
interests  of  all  are 
being  conserved.

Giddings,  in  his 

little  pamphlet  on 
‘ ‘ The  Relation  of  Recent  Economic 
Theory  to  Profit-Sharing, ”   says:  “ It 
systematically  develops  whatever  abil­
ity  the  wages  class  may  have  to wait for 
future  rewards  while  working  for  fu­
ture  results;”   and  again  he  says: 
‘ ‘ As 
the  economic  well-being,  the  education 
and  thrift  of  the  laboring  classes  im­
prove,  their  ability  to  save 
increases, 
and  this  is  equivalent  to  ability  to  wait 
for  the  full  realization  of  the  results  of 
their  efforts. ”   But  profit-sharing  does 
not  oblige  or  enable  the  workman  to 
wait  for  the  whole  of  his  reward.

Why  should  profit-sharing  be granted?
I  would  exclude  all  altruism  from  the 
relation,  for 
it  should  be  commended 
from  the  simple  standpoint  of  a  busi­
ness  relation  only.  Profit-sharing  should 
govern  a  business  enterprise  because 
it 
pays,  because  through  its  influence  the 
profits  of  the  business  have  increased 
sufficiently  to  permit  this  share  of  the 
piofits  being  distributed without depriv­

ing  "the  capital  and  management  of  its 
equally  just  return.  Capital  must  have 
its  return  from  the  profits  of  a  business 
or  it  will  withdraw  from  the  enterprise. 
You  may  think 
it  can  not  retire  after 
once  incorporated  in  the  business.  Let 
me  assure  you that  no business can stand 
It  must  either  show  life  enough 
still. 
to  gather  in  a  profit  for  the  capital 
in­
vested  or,  because  of  its  inherently weak 
management,  be  weeded  out  by  compe­
tition.  The  “ survival  of  the  fittest”   is 
an  inexorable  business  law  from  which 
none  can  escape,  and  a business which 
can  not  pay  must  and  should die.  There 
is  no  reason  for  its  life.  Natural  law 
says  that  which  has  lost  its  usefulness 
shall  die,  and  a  business  that  lacks  the 
strength  to 
live  profitably  should  die, 
too.

establishment;”  

In  an  address  before  the  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
three  or  four  years  ago,  I  said,  “ The 
manager  holds  the  vital  position  in  a 
manufacturing 
and 
every  man  should  appreciate  that  fact, 
and  whether  the  manager  be  owner  or 
not,  his  share  in  the  returns  of  the busi­
ness  should  be  in  proportion  to  the  suc­
cess  he  attains.  That  the  prosperity  of 
the  business  depends  largely  upon  him 
can  not  be  disputed.  Evidence  of  this 
can  be  seen  every  day  and  everywhere. 
From  this it  follows  that  it  is  both  un­
just  and  unreasonable  to  assume  that 
the  managing  share  of  the  returns  from 
the  business  is  secured  by  depriving the 
workman  of  his  just  portion.  A  recent 
writer  has  said: 
“ A  good  manager 
benefits  the  workman  as  well as himself. 
The  attempt  to  get  along  without  him 
would  not  only  prevent  the  manager’s 
share  from  coming  into  being,  but  also 
a  portion  of  what  the  workman  himself 
is  accustomed  to  receive.”   Hence,  in 
considering  tbfc question  of  profit-shar­
ing,  the  workman  must  not  think  the 
seemingly  large  share  paid  to  the  man­
agement  is  excessive  or  taken  from  the 
portion  that  should  he  distributed  by 
profit-sharing.  The  profit  for  general 
sharing  is  that  remaining  after  the  cap­
ital  and  management  have  had  their 
just  reward.

its  advan­
Profit-sharing  must  snow 
in  busi­
tages  if  it  is  to  have  its  place 
ness. 
I  have  said  it  can  not  exist  if  it 
is  to  be  conducted  as  a  charity  or  even 
a  gift  from  capital  to  workman.  The 
men  should  have 
it  as  the  share  they 
have  made  through  the  opportunity  or 
inducement  profit-sharing  offers.

I  will  explain  some  of  the  points  that 
present  themselves  to  me  as  making  for 
profit-sharing:

Harmony  in  the  relation  between  cap­
labor.  The  antagonistic  ele­
ital  and 
is  eliminated.  Labor  gets  the 
ment 
share  to  which  it  is  entitled.  The 
in­
ducement  to  strike  is  gone,  as the  work­
man  will  have  his  share  in  proportion 
to  profit  earned  and,  knowing  that,  is 
ready  for  mutual  consideration  and  ad­
justment  of  disputed  points,  for  profit- 
sharing  will  not  bring  the  millennium 
and  differences  will  arise,  which  the 
friendly  relation  existing  assists 
in 
equitably  adjusting. 
In  support  of  my 
position,  1  shall  frequently  quote  from 
the  experiences  of  the  Bourne  Mills,  a 
large  cotton  corporation  at  Fall  River, 
which  has  conducted  its  business  upon 
the  profit  sharing  principle  for  the  past 
nine  years.

George  E.  Chace,  the  treasurer  and 
manager,  writes  me,  in  kindly  response 
to  my  letter  for  information,  that  where 
labor  unions  are  in  control  profit-shar­
ing  does  not  prevent  strikes,  but  it  has 
made  the  way  easy  for  the  equitable 
adjustment  of  all  differences 
in  their 
corporation

benefits. 

The  manly  self-respect  produced  by 
is  to  me  one  of  its  most 
profit-sharing 
important 
Self-respecting 
workmen  are  good  citizens,  good  hus­
bands,  fathers,  brothers,  and  not  only 
do  they  respect  themselves  but  each 
other.  Respect  for  themselves  means 
also  respect  for  the  employing  corpora­
its  management.  This  is  a 
tion  and 
most 
in  profitable 
manufacturing  and  should  not  be  ig­
nored. 
It  has  been  one  of  my  theories 
that  willing  labor  is  the  only  profitable 
labor,  and  harmonious relations between 
employer  and  workmen  are  essential  to 
success.  Men  with  self-respect  and  a

important  element 

it 
management  accorded  the 
deserves  produce 
just  the  willing  con­
ditions through which  a  maximum  profit 
can  be  had.

respect 

Again,  we  must  not  forget  that  the 
effect  of  all  this  is  to  produce  steady 
men,  men  who,  knowing  justice  is  done 
them,  have  no  inducement  or  desire  to 
roam  from  one  shop  to  another.  Whole 
families  can  be  found  in  one  establish­
ment. 
I  recall  an  instance  of  this  kind 
in  an  Eastern  factory,  which  was  a 
model  in  its  way,  with  two  generations 
of  successful  management  in  the  same 
family  that  shared  the  profits  by  en­
couraging  its  men  to  own  shares  of 
its 
stock,  where  grandfather, 
father  and 
grandson  were  working  on  the  same 
floor.  Many  families  were  represented 
by  two  or  three  members.  So  long  as 
all  of  us  must  earn  our  bread  by  the 
sweat  of  our  brows,  a  spectacle  like  this 
is  enough  to  encourage the  hope  that the 
millennium  is  not  fo  very  far  distant.

in 

is  the 

Another  advantage  in  the  profit  to  be 
shared  with  the  workmen 
lim i­
tation  of  the  item  of  waste.  No  person 
not 
immediate  contact  with  manu­
facturing  can  form  an  adequate  com­
prehension  of  the  magnitude  of  the 
waste  that  may  occur  in  the processes of 
manufacturing— waste  of  time  and  ma­
intentional,  but  the  waste 
terial—not 
that  has  its  source  in  lack  of 
interest, 
dissatisfaction 
in  the  wage  received, 
no 
living  desire  to  become  perfect  in 
the  part  the  workman  has  in  the  pro­
duction  of  the  whole.

lower  price 

Again  I  will  quote  from  the  Bourne 
Mills  report.  First,  let  me  explain  that 
the  product  of  this  mill 
is  the  print 
cloth  used  for  the  manufacture  of  cali­
coes  and  that  the  goods  must  be  of  a 
certain  well-defined  standard 
in  qual­
ity.  All  pieces  showing  defects  are 
graded  down  as  seconds  and  quoted  at 
a 
in  the  market,  and  you 
can  understand  the  effect  upon  profits 
if  the  proportion  of  these  seconds  is 
large.  Mr.  Chace  writes  me  that,  in 
his  report  to  the  shareholders  and  work­
men,  July  1,  1897,  he  called  attention 
to  the 
important  fact  that  the  seconds 
of  the  Bourne  Mills  in  1897  were  in  rel­
ative  quantity  to  the  whole  product, 
only  20  per  cent,  of  the  amount  of  the 
seconds 
in  the  product  of  1887.  He 
alludes  to  the universal industry prevail­
ing  in  the mills  and  says  the  looms were 
held  up  to  their  full  capacity;  and  also 
mentioned  that,  if  the  belts  of  a  cotton 
mill  are  on  the  loose  pulleys  only  three 
minutes  per  hour,  5  per  cent,  of  the 
productive  capacity  of  the  mill 
is  lost. 
A  little  fact  like  this  brought  home  to 
the  manufacturers  of  this  city will make 
them  realize  how  small  an  amount  of 
lost  time  can  sweep  away  the  present 
slight  margin  of  profit  they  have  in 
their  goods,  and  this  factor  of labor cost 
in  furniture  product 
is,  no  doubt,  the 
most  difficult  of  estimate  in  all  compu­
tations  that  enter  into  the  cost  of  goods. 
Not  long  ago,  the  principal  owner,  who 
was  also  the  manager,  of  a  large  busi­
ness,  said  to  me,  when  talking upon that 
subject,  that  labor  was  the  one  item  he 
could  never  compute  with 
certainty 
when  making  bids  for  large  contract 
work.  Could  this  employer  have  based 
his  estimate  of  cost  of  labor  upon  expe­
rience  with  a  body  of  men  of  the  char­
acter  this  Bourne  Mills corporation had, 
much  of  the  doubt  might  have  been 
eliminated  and  his  bids  for  contracts 
been  shorn  of  the  uncertainty  he  com­
plained  of.

The  standard  of  product 

is  greatly 
improved  under  the  profit-sharing  sys­
tem.  When  every  man  knows  his  share 
of  the  profit  is  increased  by  good  work­
manship  and  diminished  by  poor  work, 
not  only  is  he  vigilant  in  his  own  work, 
but  equally  watchful  in  the  work  done 
by  others.  This acts and  reacts  upon  the 
whole  force  until  the  highest  possible 
standard  is  attained,  for goods  of  per­
fect  quality  always  command  the  mar­
ket  and  secure  the  highest  prices.

Profit-sharing  increases  wages.  This 
incompatible  and  inconsist­
may  seem 
ent.  Again 
let  the  report  of  the Treas­
urer  of  Bourne  Mills  tell  the  story:  The 
Treasurer  says  when  profit-sharing  was 
inaugurated  about  ten  years  ago,  the 
average  wage  of  the  500  employes— 
men,  women  and  boys— was  $6  per

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sets  Handled Teas and  Saucers.........................
sets  Unhandled Teas and  Saucers......................
sets  Handled  Coffees  and  Saucers......................
sets  Unhandled  Coffees  and  Saucers................ .
sets  5 inch  Plates,  full  measure,  7%  inch..........
sets 6 inch  Plates,  full  measure,  S 
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sets  7 inch  Plates,  full  measure,  9 
sets S inch  Plates,  full measure,  10 
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2  doz  4 inch  Fruits,  full  measure,  5 
inch..........
doz.  Individual  Butters,  full measure  3  inch...
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Yz  doz.  5  inch  Round  Scallops,  full  measure,
*4  doz.  6 inch  Round  Scallops,  full  measure,  7>4 
Yu  doz.  7 inch  Round  Scallops,  full  measure,
%  doz.  S inch  Round  Scallops,  full  measure.
%  doz.  9 inch  Round  Scallops,  full  measure,  10\
full  measure,  11*4 
1  doz.  9 inch  Meat  Dishes,
1 
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full  measure,  1.P4. 
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full
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1  doz.  S inch  Bakers,  full  measure,  9  inches..
1 
doz.  9 inch  Bakers,  full  measure,  10 inches..
1-6  doz.  Sauce  Boats.............................................
1 -6  doz.  Pickle  Dishes.............................................
1-6  doz.  8 inch  Covered  Dishes...............................
1 -6  doz.  8 inch  Covered  Casseroles...............
1-6  doz.  Covered  Butters and  Drainers...............
J4  doz.  No.  42  Pitchers,  size,  1^   pint.................
Y%  doz.  N o.  36 Pitchers,  size,  2  pint  ...............
3^  doz  N o.  30  Pitchers,  size,  3  pint.................
34  doz.  N o.  24 Pitchers,  size,  4  pint  ...............
1-6  doz.  N o.  12 Pitchers,  size,  6  pint.................
34  doz.  Covered  Sugars........................................
Yz  doz.  No.  36 Bowls,  size,  1 
pint....................
Yz  doz.  No.  30 Bowls,  size,  1%  pint....................
J4  doz  No.  24 Bowls,  size,  234  pint....................
%  doz.  No.  30 Oyster  Bowls,  footed,  size,  1  pint
34  doz.  Large Covered Chambers..  ...................
34  doz.  Large  Washbowls and  Pitchers..............
Package.............. ...................................

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increase 

Still,  during  all 

week. 
In  1897,  the  full  force  of  work­
men  were  employed  at  an  average  of 
$7- S°- 
these  years 
there  has  been a  steady  decline in wages 
everywhere.  This 
in  wages 
could  be  paid  because  of  the  improved 
character  of  the  product  and  the  in­
creased  quantity  produced  per loom  and 
the  almost  absolute  elimination  of every 
kind  of  waste.  The  Treasurer  of  the 
company  holds  out  the  hope  that further 
in  the  wage  rate  may  be  ex­
advances 
pected,  for 
it  does  not  follow  that  the 
utmost  limit  has  been  reached.  Of 
course, 
this  company  has  a  body  of 
working  people  of  an  exceptionally 
high 
character—self-respecting  men 
and  women  who  have  educated  them­
selves  to  a  standard  much  beyond  the 
average. 
irregular 
men  have  been  pushed  aside  and  their 
places  taken  by  active,  skilled  work­
men  until,  as  mentioned  above, 
this 
exceptional  rate  of  wage  and  high 
character  of  product  over  ten  years  ago 
has  been  attained.

Intemperate  and 

I  must  mention  another  fact  quite  as 
amazing :  Through  these  profit-sharing 
years  these  mills  have  been  idle  but  3 
per  cent,  of  the  working  time,  yet,  dur­
ing  this  time  there  were  several  genetal 
strikes  and  the  idle  time  compelled  by 
cessation  of  trade  in  the  year  following 
the  panic.

Mr.  Chace,  in  one  of  his  dividend 
reports,  alluding  to  this  very  favorable 
condition,  before  his  assembled  work­
men,  very  pertinently  asks,  “ May  we 
not  attribute  our  exemption 
to  our 
profit-sharing?”   And  may  I not  ask  you 
the  same  question?

The  Bourne  Mills  have  made  seven­
teen  consecutive  profit-sharing  divi­
dends  to  their  workmen,  the  last  one 
Jan.  1 ,  18 9 8 ;  and  it  must  not  be  forgot­
ten  that  the  dividends  of  the  last  four 
years  have  been  made  in  the  face  of  a 
continued  depression  in  cotton spinning 
well  known  to  all  of  you,  a  depression 
terminating 
in  wage  reductions  and  a 
general  strike  now  disturbing  nearly  all 
the  New  England  States.  Yet,  in  the 
face  of  these  adverse  conditions, 
this 
manufacturing  corporation  has  contin­
ued  the  even  tenor  of 
its  way,  making 
reasonable  profits  for 
its  capital  and 
management  and  sharing  the  balance 
among 
its  workmen.  This  has  been 
maintained  through  the  harmony  exist­
ing  between  the  management  and  work­
men,  with  the  other  causes  I  have  men­
tioned.

I  said  then 

labor  question. 

I  took  the  position,  in  the  address  I 
made  before  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  that 
profit-sharing,  honestly and energetically 
worked  out,  would  prove  the  solution  of 
I  retain 
the  so-called 
that  opinion  still. 
that 
“ every  man  has  the  God-given  right 
to  toil  for  himse'f. ”  
I  can  realize  that 
this  is  not  practicable  for  all  men,  yet 
I  can  see,  through  a  sharing  of  the 
profits 
in  proportion  to  the  ability  of 
all  who  were engaged  in producing those 
profits,  we  should  approach  as  near  as 
practicable  to  the  condition  that  each 
man  was  toiling  for  himself,  in  that 
through  profit-sharing  he  was  to  receive 
his  share  in  the  results  of  his  labor.
We  are  not  of  equal  strength,  either 
mentally  or  physically.  The  conception 
that,  “ All  men  are  born 
free  and 
equal,”  
is  a  glittering  generality,  a 
misleading  declaration.  We  are  neither 
free  nor  equal,  and  must  be  content  to 
accept  such  of  this  world’s  opportuni­
ties  as  our  ability  can  wrest  from  the 
chance  that  falls  to  us.  Chance  or  for­
tuitous  circumstance  has  much  to  do 
with  the  share  we  receive  here  below. 
We  all  confidently  hope  and  encourage 
ourselves  that 
in  the  better  world  be­
yond  there  shall  be  a  more  equitable 
adjustment.

Realizing  that  these  inequalities  were 
inevitable  and  bore  so  heavily  upon  the 
many  who  could  not  attain  positions  of 
eminence,  I  could  see  in  profit-sharing 
a  partial  adjustment  of  this  inequality, 
for  the  man  of  exceptional  talent  or  pe­
culiar  ability  for certain positions would 
devote  part of his  efforts to  the  improve­
ment  of  the  share  of  him  who  was  not 
so  well  equipped  by  nature,  and  thus  a 
partial  solution  of  the  strained  relation 
that  seemingly  exists  between  capital 
and  labor  would  be  accomplished.

it 

If 

is  conceded  tbat"profit-sbaring 
produces  all  these good results,  the ques­
tion  naturally  arises,  Why  is  it  not  gen­
erally  adopted?  And  1  must  admit  that 
this  is  the  most  puzzling  feature  to  me 
In most  instances  where  it  has 
as  well. 
been  tried  in  this  country 
it  has  pro­
duced  ail  that  was  promised  for  it.  Oc­
casional  failures  have  occurred,  some 
through  the  generally  disastrous  condi­
tion  of  the  business,  as 
in  the  wool 
cloth  industry,  others  through  changes 
in  management.  It  can  not  be  promised 
for  profit-sharing  that  it  can  overcome 
all  obstacles. 
It  must  have  able  and 
intelligent  management—not  so  selfish 
as  to  demand  all  the  returns  the  busi­
ness  can  afford  above  and  beyond  the 
lowest  wage  that  can  be  forced  upon 
the  men.  Perhaps  I  might  say  that  its 
requisite  is  that  the  management  must 
have  a  thorough  technical  knowledge  of 
the  business.  Such  management  alone 
will  be 
into  the 
spirit  that  should  pervade  a  successful 
profit-sharing  business.

in  position  to  enter 

late  years 

Again,  it  has  to  be  granted  that  a 
business,  even  when  profit  sharing,  can 
not  exempt  itself from competition ;  and 
of 
in  this  country  much  of 
the  competition  has  been  of  an  un­
wholesome  and 
illegitimate  character. 
The  amazing  number  of  business  en­
terprises  that  have  been  projected  or 
fostered  from  some  other  motive  than 
that  there  was  a  place  in  the  business 
world  that 
to 
them  would lead  us  to  think  that  knowl­
edge,  experience  and  its  attendant  abil­
ity  were  no  longer  requisite.

legitimately  belonged 

If  some  persons  or  a  town  thought 
they  could  promote  their  individual  or 
general  prosperity  by  setting  up  a  fac­
tory  as  a  basis  for  booming  the  town  or 
selling  town  lots,  up  the  factory  would 
go,  whether  they  had  or  had  not  enough 
knowledge  to  even  decide  the  kind  of 
manufacturing  they  would  engage  in. 
Now,  this  kind  of  competition  is  dead­
ly  in  its  effects  on  legitimate  manufac­
turing.  Loss  or  failure  in  such  enter­
prises  is  made  good  by  appeals  to  local 
or  civic  pride  and  the  cut-throat  com­
petition  goes  on,  with  sometimes  even 
a  state  treasury  to  support  it.  Under 
such  conditions,  the  inducement  to  offer 
profit-sharing,  when  a  state 
is 
robbing  the  business  of  a  prospect  for 
profit,  requires  a  hopeful  temperament 
in  both  employers  and  workmen.

itself 

The  day 

is  not  far  distant  when  this 
kind  of  competition  will  be  extermi­
nated,  yet,  during  its  continuance,  the 
conditions  are  discouraging  for all. 
I 
am  compelled  to  make  the  foregoing 
disparaging  allusion,  for  profit  sharing 
is 
impossible  without  able  manage­
ment,  and  able  management  and  town 
lot  booming  are 
inconsistent  and  not 
found  combined  in  the  same  man.

Profit-sharing  not  only  requires  con­
sistent  and  continuous  management,  but 
needs  abundant  capital  to  support  the 
business  itself.  No  business  can  offer 
its  profits  when  it  has  debts, 
to  share 
for  such  liability should take precedence 
of  everything.  Payment  of  the  debt 
is 
preservation  of  the  business  life  and, 
at  the  present  date,  the  idea  that  con­
siders  a  national  debt  a  national  bless 
ing  is  not  confined  to  public  affairs.  So 
many  enterprises  aie  conceived  in debt, 
living  through  their  short  lives  strug 
gling  under  an  incubus  of  liability  that 
finally  crushes  them.

The  theory 

is  for  profit-sharing,  not 
loss-sharing.  We  can  realize  that  it  is 
difficult  to  pursuade  the  average  busi­
ness  man  that  he  can  share  his  profits 
with  others  and,  when  losses  come,  bear 
them  alone.

The workman  can  not  be  asked  or  ex­
pected  to  share  the  loss.  He  has  done 
his  part  and,  if  the  loss  comes,  should 
not  be  held  responsible;  and a degree of 
generosity  must  be  had  by  the  employer 
to  take  upon  himself  all  the  risk  of  the 
business  and  yet  share  his  profits  while 
assuming  all  the  losses,  although  the 
periods  of  loss  are  less  frequent  under 
profit-sharing  than  without 
it.  And 
just  here 
is  where  one  advantage  of 
profit-sharing,  as  compared  with  co­
operation,  appears, 
for  the  workman 
should  not  be  asked  to  risk  his  small 
savings  in  the  hazard  of  the  business. 
The  little  he gathers  from  his  wage  as

It 

protection  for  his  old  age  should  never 
be  exposed  to  any  risk. 
is  his  all 
and  as  such  should  be  protected,  for, 
with  advancing  years,  he  loses  his  skill 
and  strength  and  must  have  this  fund 
to  supplement  his  diminished  earnings.
I  have  mentioned  the  Bourne  Mills 
corporation  of  Fall  River,  yet  many 
others  can  be  given. 
I  selected  them 
as  they  are  exposed  to  a  very  severe 
competition,  just  such  competition  as 
our  own  manufacturing  has  to  meet, 
that  is,  except  that  from  the  boom  town 
and 
state  establishments;  yet  these 
Bourne  Mills  have  steadily  made  profits 
in  the  face  of  this  competition  and  de- 
piessed  business  conditions.

I  do  not  refer  to  Proctor  &  Gamble, 
although  they  are  the  finest  example  to 
be  cited.  That  establishment 
is  pro­
tected,  to  a  degree,  from  undue  compe­
tition  by  its  patterns  and  copyright 
in 
name  and  trade  marks,  although  any 
person  wishing  to  be  well 
informed  on 
this  subject  should  study  the  methods 
and  experiences  of  the  Proctor  &  Gam­
ble  Co.

seventeen 

Other  institutions  can  be  mentioned 
which  assist  their  workmen  to  purchase 
their  stock  and  allow  it  to  be  paid 
for 
out  of  dividends  from  the  profits.  I  can 
not  esteem  this  as  highly  as  direct 
profit-sharing,  for 
it  holds  the  work­
man’s  share  subject  to  the  vicissitudes 
of  the  business.
Now  appears  the  question.  What  pro­
portion  of  the  profit  shall  be  shared 
and  by  what  method?  No  universal 
practice  can  be  had.  Each  business 
and  each  management  must  adopt  that 
best  suited  to  the  exigences  of  the  par­
ticular  business.  The  division  is  gen­
erally  based  upon  the  total  wages  for 
each  workman  for  the  year.  After  cap­
ital  and  management  have  had  their 
reasonable  share,  the  capital  and  total 
wages  for  the  year  are  combined  and 
the  amount  set  apart  for  profit-shar­
ing  for  the  year  is  divided  equally  with 
each  dollar  of  the  gross  sum.  Under 
this  arrangement  the  Bourne  Mills  have 
made 
semi-annual  divi­
dends,  ranging  from  2%   to  7  per  cent.  ; 
that  is,  the  semi-annual  amount  of  each 
man’s  wages  has  been 
increased  by 
from  2%   to  7  per  cent.,  an  average  of  7 
per  cent,  per  annum,  or  upon  a  wage of 
Sio  per  week  a  dividend  would  be 
paid  of  70  cents  per  week—a  very  gen­
erous  increase,  conceded  by  the  mill  to 
be  gained  through  the  economy  and 
industry  of  the  workmen  themselves.
W m .  W i d d i c o m b .
More  Money  to  Spend  This  Year.
Your  customers  are,  no  doubt,  better 
fixed  financially  this  year  than 
they 
were  last.  They  are  spending  more 
money.  Now,  if  your  methods  and  your 
merchandise  had  improved  as  much  as 
your  sales,  you  would  probably  have 
made  many  more  new  customers  and 
your  sales  would  have  been  even larger.
Never  imagine  that  you  have  reached 
“ top  notch" 
in  sales  until  you  have 
achieved  perfection  in  merchandising, 
or  captured  every  customer within reach 
and  sold  them  all  they  could  or  would 
buy.

is 

Selling 

is  the  ajl-important  point  in 
its 

keeping  store.  Uood  buying 
twin  brother.  Do  you  buy  right?

How  are  your  styles  and  assortments? 
Do  you  see  evey  new  and  desirable 
line  that  comes  your  way?  Read  up, 
post  yourself;  you  will  then  anticipate 
the  newest 
lines  and  be  prepared  to 
pass  intelligent  opinion  upon  them.

Every  merchant  gets hold of the wrong 
thing  occasionally.  Put 
in  the  knife 
and  let  the  unfortunate  deal  out.  Hang­
ing  on  will  only  make  the  first  mistake 
more  serious.

Because  you  have  been  stuck,  don’t 
try  to  even  things  up  by  sticking  a  cus­
tomer.

The  successful  merchant  of  to-day 

is 
the  one  who  turns  his  stock  quickly. 
Sales  are  not  the  only  trade  barometer.

Unanswerable  Argument.

“ This  honey  doesn’t look to be pure, ’ ’ 

said  the  cautious  grocer.

“ But,  man,”   earnestly  replied  the 
You 
apiarist, 
wouldn’t  expect  a  man  in  the  bee  line 
to  be  crooked;  now,  would  you?”

‘  it  has  to  be  pure. 

Good  Character  More  Important than 

Capital.

issued  by 

Did  you  ever  examine  and  consider 
the  blank 
the  Mercantile 
Agency— R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.—for  the 
purpose  of  obtaining  information  as  to 
the  responsibility  of  merchants?  Do you 
know  the  nature  of  these  questions  and 
how  they  are  arranged?

The  first  questions  are  such  as  any 
one  would  ask  in prosecuting an enquiry 
of  the  kind 
indicated:  The  name  of 
the  firm,  the  nature  of  the  business,  the 
full  names  of  the  partners,  whether  they 
are  married  or  single,  their  ages,  how 
long  they  have  been 
in  the  business, 
whom  they  succeeded,  where  they  came 
from,  and  their  former  occupation.

After  this  routine  has  been  gone 
through  one  would  naturally  expect  that 
important  questions 
the  next  and  most 
would  be:  How  much  capital 
is  in­
vested?  How  much  of  it  is  borrowed? 
What  amount  of  stock  is  carried?  What 
is  the  amount  of  the  outstanding  ac­
counts?  Are  there  any  chattel mortgages 
or  judgments?  What  real estate is owned 
by  the  firm?  Whose  name  is  it  in?  And 
so  on.

But,  no.  The  first  question  asked 

is 
not  as  to  the  possessions  of  the  firm,  but 
as  to  the  character,  habits  and  ability 
of  its  members.  And  the  first  of  these 
is  character.  That 
is  to  say—before 
money,  before  ability^and  before  every­
thing  else,  this  mercantile  agency,  after 
years  of  experience  in  arriving  at  the 
assets  of  a  concern,  places  character. 
And  still  before  capital  comes  ability. 
Character  and  ability  are,  therefore,  de­
cided  by  the  best  judges  to  be  the  chief 
factors  in  a  merchant’s  success.

just  think,  “ It 

This  fact  should  offer  the  greatest  en­
couragement,  not  only  to  merchants  who 
may  be  fighting  a  hard  fight,  but  to  the 
clerk  who,  as  he  regards  his  weekly  sal­
ary,  is  apt  to  feel  it  impossible  that  he 
shall  ever  get  into  a  position  where  he 
can  have  a  business  of  his  own.  But  let 
him 
is  not  so  much 
money,  it  is  not  so  much  ability  that  is 
necessary,  but  character,”   and  hope 
can  but  revive  in  his  faint  heart.  “ The 
acquisition  of  money  seems 
impos­
sible,”   he  can  say  to  himself. 
“ Abil­
ity?  Well,  I  have  my  share,  but  I  do 
not  believe  I  have  enough  of 
it  to  set 
the  world  on  fire.  But character  is  with­
in  my  grasp,  and  as 
it  appears  that 
character  is  the  first  essential  to  the  ob­
taining  of  credit,  why,  let  me  cultivate 
character. ’ '

And  he  will  find  if  he  cultivates char­
acter,  ability  will  come with  it,  for there 
is  no  man  of  character  who  is  not  dili­
gent  —  the 
sticking-everlastingly-at-it 
is, in  ninety-nine  cases  out of a hundred, 
equal  to  all  the  ability  in  the  world.

First  build  up  your  character.  That 
will  bring  you  ability;  and  ability  and 
character  will  bring  you  credit;  and  do 
not  forget  that  practically  all  the  great 
businesses  of  to-day  were  begun  on  the 
smallest  possible  scale  and  many  of 
them  with  borrowed  capital.

Special  Market  Reports.

Coffee  “ weak. ”
Onions  “ strong.”
Molasses  “ slow. ”
Eggs  “ dropped.”
Hops  “ fairly  active."
Cheese  “ much  animated.”
“ Rapid  rise”   in  baking  powders. 
Bread-stuffs  “ fell  two  points.”
“ A  stringent  market”   in  pickles. 
“ Tongues"  maintain  an  easy  tone.
Lead  “ exhibits  marked  heaviness."

The  successful  man  always  sticks  to 
one  thing  until  he  gets  there.  So  does 
the  postage  stamp.

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reason  why  their  surplus  and  undivided 
profits  should  not  be  taxed  in  the  same 
way  as  their  capital,  of  which  these 
are,  in  fact,  but  mere  subdivisions.

leveling  of 

The  greatest  innovation  proposed 

is 
that  of  allowing  national  banks  to  es­
tablish  branches  under  such  regulations 
as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury.  The benefits  to  be  de­
rived  from  this  provision  would  be 
many  fold. 
It  would  tend  to  the  estab­
lishment  of  branches in remote localities 
and  a  general 
interest 
charges. 
In  the  older  and  conservative 
localities,  where  the  annual  savings  of 
industry  exceed  the  new  enterprises, 
there  is  always  money  to  loan,  while  in 
the  young  and  progressive  sections, 
where  the  new  industries  exceed  their 
annual  savings,  there  are  always  large 
borrowers.  The  banks  of  one  section 
generally  have  no  direct communication 
with  or 
interest  in  those  of  other  sec­
tions  save  only  that  of settling balances, 
and  a  borrower  in  one  section 
is  gen­
to  do  business  through 
erally  forced 
some  broker  and  pay  two  profits 
in  or­
der to  obtain  a  loan  when  he  has to seek 
it  away  from  home.  A  central  bank 
with  many  branches  would  bring  every 
locality 
in  touch  with  each 
and  every  one  of  its  branches,  and  the 
borrowing  demand  in  one  locality  could 
be  met  with  the  loanable  capital  of  an­
other  locality.  The  bringing  of  the 
borrower  and  the  loaner  in  closer  touch 
with  each  other  can  but  work  to  the 
mutual  advantage  of  each.

it  reaches 

BANKING  REFORM.

Review  of the  Present  and  Proposed 

Systems.

The  national  reserve  notes  to  be  sub­
stituted  for  the  greenbacks  are  to  be  a 
legal  tender  and  will  possess  all  the 
functional  qualities  of  the  latter.  So 
far  as  their  general  use  is  concerned, 
they  will  be  but  greenbacks  with  an­
other  name.  So  long  as  we  have  to 
carry  a  public  debt  it  may  be  somewhat 
desirable  to 
incidentally  dovetail  that 
into  the  currency  system,  but  it 
debt 
should  be  done  only  on  condition 
that 
the  banks  be  made  to  do  the  work  of 
shielding  the  Government  reserves  so 
long  as  they  are  capable  of  doing  it. 
The  proposed 
law  will  ultimately  give 
us  but  three  kinds  of  credit  notes— 
national  reserve,  silver  certificates  and 
bank  notes—thus  simplifying  our  Cur­
rency,  which  is  now  made  up  of  green­
backs,  silver  certificates,  gold  certifi­
cates,  coin  certificates,  and  treasury  and 
national  bank  notes.  The  great  danger 
attendant  on  the  greenbacks  does  not 
attach  to  their  functions 
in  everyday 
transactions,  but  is  a  fundamental  one, 
reaching  beyond  small  transactions  and 
threatening  the  entire  monetary  system 
in  times  of  panic  or  other  emergencies 
by  placing  the  Government  at the mercy 
of  the  brokers  and 
international  clear­
ance  houses.  Under the  operation  of  the 
present 
law  the  banks  are  simply  the 
mediums  through  which  the  Govern­
ment 
is  compelled  to  do  the  work  of 
redeeming  all  the  credit  notes.  The 
proposed 
law  would  require  the  banks 
to  keep  their  redemption  fund  in  gold, 
and  this  fund  must  meet  all  demands 
for  redemption  save  only  where  a  bank 
has  passed  into  the  hands  of  a  receiver, 
in  which  case  the  Government  assumes 
the  burden.

No  note  redeemed 

in  gold  by  the 
Government  will  be  paid  out  again,  ex­
cept  for  gold,  unless  the  Secretary  of 
it  necessary  that 
the  Treasury  deems 
they  be  paid  out 
for  United  States 
bonds.  This  last  provision  is  calculated 
to  allow  the  substitution  of  non-interest 
bearing  obligations  for  those  bearing 
interest  whenever  an  opportunity  for 
such  an  exchange  arises.  Bonds  pur­
chased  in  exchange  for  such  notes  shall 
be  held  subject  to  use  by  the  depart­
ment  in  case  of  an  emergency.  When 
the  amount  of  national  reserve  notes 
outstanding  becomes  insufficient to meet 
the  demands  for  new  banks  and  in­
creased  circulation,  they  shall  cease  to 
be  required  as  a  basis  of  circulation.

Standard  silver  dollars  are  to  he  re­
in  gold,  but  silver  certificates 
in  standard

deemed 
are  to  be  redeemable  only 

silver  dollars.  This  provision  guaran­
tees  the  parity  of  the  two  metals,  but  it 
seems  like  whipping  Satan  around  the 
bush  to  make  the  silver  certificate  re­
deemable  only  in  standard  silver dollars 
while  such  dollars  are  redeemable  in 
gold.  Why  not  make  these  certificates 
directly  redeemable 
in  gold  and  avoid 
the  necessity  of  first  exchanging  them 
for  standard  silver  dollars  and  then  ex­
changing  such  dollars  for  gold?  This 
circuitous  method  may  tend  to  keep 
the  silver  certificates in circulation after 
they  are  once  used,  but  it  makes  them 
practically  redeemable 
in  gold.  The 
parity  of  silver  with  gold  is  to  be  se­
cured  by  a  gold  redemption  fund,  de­
posited 
in  the  Division  of  Issue  and 
Redemption,  equal  to  5  per  cent,  of  the 
amount  of  silver  which  has been coined. 
Inasmuch  as  but  a  small  portion  of  our 
coined  silver  can  be  kept  in  circulation 
at  any  time,  this  fund  will  probably 
equal  20  or  25  per  cent,  of  the  silver  in 
use  among  the  people;  and  so 
long  as 
the  Government  stands  ready  to  give 
gold  for  it,  there  is  but  little  likelihood 
of  any  large  portion  of  it  being  pre­
sented  for  redemption.  The 
inability 
of  the  Government  to  keep  any  consid­
erable  amount  of  silver 
in  circulation, 
even  by  paying  the  express  charges  for 
shipping  it,  has  demonstrated  the  ne­
cessity  of  utilizing  it  by  proxy.  This 
is  to  be  done  by  retiring  ail  other  forms 
of  paper  money  in  denominations below 
$10  and 
issuing  silver  certificates  only 
in  denominations  of  $1,  $2  and  S5.  As 
a  large  majority  of  our  daily  transac 
involve  an  average  of  less  than 
tions 
in  money,  this  arrangement  will 
S io  
make  the  silver  certificates  the  medium 
for  performing  fully  nine-tenths  of  our 
vast  retail  business  and  will  assure  the 
greatest  possible  utility  of  silver  within 
safe  limitations.

Another  commendable  provision  of 
the  proposed  law  is  that requiring banks 
to  pay  a  tax  of  one-eighth  of  1  per 
cent,  semi  annually  upon  their  capital, 
surplus  and  undivided  profits. 
The 
present  law  requires  them  to  pav  a  tax 
on  the  basis  of  their  note  circulation. 
This 
is  quite  unfair  in  its  bearing  on 
the  smaller  banks,  as  they  generally  is 
sue  a  greater  amount  of  notes  compared 
with  their  capital  than  the  larger  hanks 
do.  Some  of  the  largest  banks 
in  the 
country  issue  but few  notes  and  do busi­
ness  almost  entirely  upon  the  notes  of 
other  banks  coming  into  their  hands  as 
deposits. 
In  this  way  they  avoid  pay­
ment  of  a  just  share  of  taxes  and  throw 
that  burden  on  those  whose  notes  they 
freely  utilize.  The  change  will  place 
all  banks  on  the  same  basis  in  the  mat­
ter  of  taxation,  and  there  is  no  valid

JERSEY  CREAM

6 oz.

6 doz. in case

8 5 c

9   OZ.

4 doz. in case 

$ 1.2 5

I  lb .

2 doz. in case 

$2.00

0.  A.  TURNEY, Mfgr.,  DETR0£iCfi.

Poor
Economy

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

“ Lily White” Flour

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

NOW.

Valley  City  Milling  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A n d r e w   F y f e .

A  portfolio, 

The  American  Navy, Cuba and  Hawaii.
in  ten  parts,  sixteen 
views 
in  each  part,  of  the  finest  half­
tone  pictures  of  the  American  Navy, 
Cuba  and  Hawaii  has  just  been  issued 
by  a  Chicago  publishing  house.

The  Michigan  Central  has  made  ar­
rangements  for  a  special  edition  for  the 
its  patrons,  and  a  specimen 
benefit  of 
copy  can  be  seen  at  the  ticket  office 
in 
the  depot.  Single  parts  may  be  had  at 
ten  cents each ;  the  full  set,  one hundred 
and  sixty  pictures,  costs  but  one  dollar. 
Subscriptions  for  the  set  may  be  left 
with  the  agent. 
In  view  of  the  present 
excitement  regarding  Cuha,  these  pic­
tures  are  very  timely.  Call  at  the  ticket 
office  and  see  them.—765.

France  consumes  12,000,000 tons  more 
of  coal  than  she  is  able  to  produce,  and 
this  demand 
is  supplied  by  about
5.000.  000  tons  of  British,  5,000,000  tons 
of  Belgian  and  2,000,000  tons  of  Ger­
man  coal.  During  the  last  ten  years 
the  average  annual 
import  of  British 
coal  into  the  port  of  Rouen  has  been
4.000.  000  tons.  The  whole  of  Normandy 
and  Brittany  is  largely  dependent  upon 
British  coal  for  the  working  of 
in­
dustries  and  for  domestic  consumption. 
In  1897  the  imports  of  British  coal  into 
French  ports,  extending  from  Calais  to 
La  Rochelle,  reached  3,500,000  tons.

its 

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

THE  ALBERT  LRNDRETH  CO,  MOWOC,

Worden  Grocer Co.,  Wholesale  Agents.

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

19

Carrying  Leniency  to  Extremes  Means 

Loss.

Those  who  give  credit  ought  to  know 
that  they 
injure  both  themselves  and 
their  debtors  by  undue  leniency.  Ex­
act  fulfillment  of  the  contract  is  essen­
tial  to  the  well-being  of  both  parties. 
The  creditor  is  injured  by  delay,  for  it 
keeps  him  short  of  cash  and  makes  it 
necessary  to  pay  more  for  interest,  or  it 
causes  the  loss  of  what  could  be  made 
by  discounting  bills.  He  is  also  injured 
by  the  increased  and  constantly growing 
risk  which  delay  brings,  and,  further, 
by  the certain  and  costly  demoralization 
which  follows  as  the  consequence  of 
all  wrong  methods.  Business  demoral­
ization  is  nowhere  more  apparent  than 
in  connection  with  this  cause.

is 

The  debtor 

injured  by  the  false 
feeling  of  restfulness  and  confidence 
which  the  leniency  of  his  creditor  en­
genders.  By  this  leniency  he  is  taught 
to  rely  upon  using  what  really  belongs 
to  another,  but  which  has  been 
in 
bis  hands  through  a  mistaken  desire  to 
accommodate.  He 
is  wronged  by  the 
demoralization  which  comes  to  him 
through  false'training.'  Further,  he  is 
injured  by  the  temptation  which  is  thus 
presented  to  be  slack  in  pressing  his 
own  collections. 
Leniency  upon  his 
part  toward  debtors  increases  his  busi­
ness  losses.

left 

Many 

instances  are 

in  mind  where 
loans  and  discounts  have  been  refused 
simply  because  the  bank  has  perceived 
that  the  applicant,  instead  of  borrowing 
money,  should  push  his  collections. 
In 
some 
instances  the  would-be  borrower 
has  subsequently  expressed his gratitude 
fer the  refusal,  because  the lesson there­
by  taught  resulted  in  saving  of  money.
I  recall  an  instance  of  too  easy 
loaning 
by  a  bank  to  a  retail  butcher  which  re­
sulted  in  the  borrower  deliberately  per­
mitting  customers’  bills  to  grow  until 
they  became  so  large that  in  many 
in­
stances  the  temptation  to  default  was 
too  great  to  be  resisted.  The  end  was 
what  might  have  been  expected.  The 
butcher  lost  heavily  and  finally  failed. 
The  bank  lost  its  claim. 
It  bad  loaned 
thousands  where  hundreds  would  have 
been  a  reasonable  limit.  Had  it  loaned 
only  so  much  as  was  appropriate  there 
would  have  been  no  failure  upon  the 
part  of  the  butcher,  and  no  loss  to  the 
bank.  A  strong  and  firm  adherence  to 
contracts  is  essential  to  safety.  Carry­
ing  leniency  to  extremes  always  means 
loss,  and  in  many  cases  absolute  ruin.

E.  S.  C a m p b e l l .

Rapid  Development  of the  Trade 

Maple  Flooring.

in 

The  East  Jordan  Lumber  Co.  has  just 
shipped  two  carloads  of  maple  flooring 
to  England,  and  this 
is  but  one  of  a 
long  list  of  shipments  which  have  been 
made  to  the  same  market 
in  the  last 
two  or  three  years  from  East  Jordan, 
Harbor Springs,  Petoskey,  Traverse City 
and  other  Northern  points.  Maple  floor­
ing  is  a  modern  product,  aud  has  been 
known  in  the  markets  less  than  a  score 
of  years.  Pine  flooring  used  to  be  al­
most  the  only  flooring  known  and,  when 
something  better  was  demanded,  oak 
was  used.  About  twenty  years  ago  Mr. 
Wiltse,  of  Chicago,  discovered 
the 
merits  of  maple  for  flooring  purposes. 
He  began  manufacturing  on  a  small 
scale  and  for  a  decade  be  bad  almost  a 
monopoly  of  the  business.  Now  maple 
flooring 
is  produced  by  the  hundred 
million  feet  annually  and  scores  of 
mills,  big  and  little,  are  turning  it  out 
and  the  demand  is  equal  to  the  supply, 
and  both  demand  and  supply  are 
in­

is 

creasing.  Northers  Michigan 
the 
greatest  producer  of  maple  flooring,  and 
the  prediction  that  Hon.  Perry  Hannah 
was  laughed  at  a  dozen  years  ago  for 
making— that 
forests 
would  bring  more  wealth  into  Michigan 
than  pine  ever  did— is  being  verified.

the  hardwood 

its  moderate  cost. 

The  merits  of  maple  flooring 

that 
it  favor  are  the  hardness  of 
have  won 
its  freedom  from  splinters, 
the  wood, 
the  ease  with  which 
it  can  be  kept 
clean,  its  adaptability  to various finishes 
and 
It  goes  into  all 
the  big  business  and  office  blocks  now, 
where  pine  was  formerly  good  enough ; 
it 
is  a  favorite  for  store  floors;  it  has 
won  a  strong  place  in  the  affections  of 
those  who  build  houses  for  themselves 
to  live  in,  and  for  dance  floors  there 
is 
nothing  equal  to 
It  is  popular  in 
the  parlor,  because  it  can  be  stained  or 
is  nothing  like  it 
polished,  and  there 
for  the  kitchen,  because 
is  slow  to 
wear  out  and  can  be  mopped  or  swept 
without  developing  aggravating  splin­
ters.  From  Michigan  maple  flooring  is 
shipped  to  all  parts  of  this  country  and 
a  substantial  foreign 
is  being 
worked  up,  and  all  this  is  the  develop­
ment  of  the  last  dozen  years  or  so.

trade 

it. 

it 

is  six 
is 

Maple  flooring 

is  in  several  respects 
unlike 
its  pine  sister.  Both  are  used 
for  the  same  purpose  but  there  is  much 
difference  in  its  manufacture.  The  pine 
inches  in  width,  while 
flooring 
maple 
and  3#  inches  wide,  the 
former  more  common.  Both  are tongued 
and  grooved,  but  the  maple  flooring  has 
holes  bored 
into  the  tongue  side  for 
the  nails  at  intervals  of  four  inches  as  a 
precaution  against  splitting.  The  lower 
side  of  the  pine  flooring 
is  usually 
rough,  the  upper  surface  only  being 
planed.  The  maple  flooring  has  a“ hol­
low”   back—that 
is,  instead  of  a  plain 
surface  the  under  side  of  the  board  is 
gouged  out  to  a  depth  of  an  eighth  or  a 
quarter  of  an  inch  and  to  the  width  of 
\yi 
inches.  This  “ hollow”   back  ¡re­
duces  the  weight  and  the  freight  rates 
for  shipment  and 
it  has  a  further  ad­
vantage 
in  that  the  board  rests  on  two 
narrow  edges  and  always  lays  flat on  the 
joists  instead  of  developing  “ rocking”  
propensities  by  reason  of  unevenness  in 
the  board.  The  upper  surface  of  the 
pine  is  simply  planed,  while  the  maple 
is  polished.  These  are  the  most  im­
portant  differences,  except  in  the  price, 
but,  considering  the  durability  of  ma­
ple,  it  is  really  cheaper  than  pine  and 
it  has  certainly  come  to  stay.

The  Farmer  Made  It  Square. 

R ounder in  K alam azoo Telegraph.

I  stepped 

into  a  grocery  store  the 
other  day  and  accidentally  caused  or 
helped  the  proprietor  to  spill  a  box  of 
strawberries  on  the  floor.

“ Oh,  that’s  nothing’  ”   said  the good- 
natured  proprietor. 
“ But  say,  I  did 
have  a  funny  experience  several  years 
ago,  and  yet  it  wasn’t  very  funny  after 
all.  An old  farmer  came  into  the  store 
and  asked  me  if  I  wanted  any  turnips.
I  nodded  yes  and  he  brought 
in  a 
bushel.  As  he  started  to  take  them 
down  cellar  he  clumsily  opened 
the 
faucet  I  had  just  put  into  a  new  barrel 
of  Porto  Rico  molasses.  Of  course,  he 
didn’t  notice  it,  and  he  hung  about  the 
store  half  an  hour  talkin'  and  chattin’.
A  customer  came  in  and  asked  for some 
molasses  and  I  was  delighted  to  tell  her 
that  we  had  some  new,  just  in.

“ I  went  to  the  cellar  stairs and looked 
down.  There  all  over  the  floor  was  that 
It  was  the  stickiest,  nastiest 
molasses. 
’Course  1  wasn't  mad.
mess  I  ever  saw. 
I  called  the  farmer  back  and  showed 
him  the  mess  as  good-naturedly  as  pos­
sible.  His  reply  was: 
‘ Never  mind. 
I’ll  make  it  square. 
other  bushel  of  turnips. ’

I’ll  bring  you  an-  ' 

“ I  don’t  believe  that  molasses 

is  off 

that  cellar  floor  yet.’ ’

I THE  BOYS  AT  ISLAND  LAKE

%  Have  had  a  foretaste  of  war  during  the  past  ten  days

i*   and  many of them  have yearned for a place at the family 

table and a chance to partake  of  some  of  mother’s  bis­
cuits, made  from

QUEEN  FLAKE  BAKING  POWDER

C  which  is the favonte  brand  with  thousands  of  Michigan 
c   housewives and  is  used  and  recommended  by  hundreds 
>  of cooks and chefs. 
If you  do  not  carry  these  goods in 
C  stock, you are  making  a  serious  mistake,  both  from  the 
c   standpoint of your customers’ health and  your own  profit 
S   account.  Manufactured only by
> 
€ 

NORTHROP,  ROBERTSON  &  CARRIER

LANSING,  MICH.

“Ctick to us”

And we will  treat  you  right.  Remember 
that  we  have  the  largest  stock  of  station­
ery  in  the  State  and  are  able to  accord 
you  the  most  varied  assortment,  the  best 
equipment,  the  most  skillful  workman­
ship  and  prices  as  low  as  are  consistent 
with  good  work.  W e  solicit  an  inspec­
tion  of our lines and  a  comparison  of  our 
jjrices with  those  of our  competitors,  con­
fident  that  such  inspection  and  compari­
son will  result in  our receivingyour orders.

Tradesman  Company,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

2 0

Dry Goods

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

it  must  be 

Woolen  Goods—The  wholesale  cloth­
iers  appear  to  take  a  more  cheerful 
view  of  the  situation  than  the  woolen 
manufacturers  and  their  confidence 
in 
the  coining  season 
is  proven  by  their 
sending  out  their  salesmen  with  fall and 
winter  samples 
just  as  early  as  they 
would  have  done  had  there  been no war, 
and  most  of  them  anticipate  that  their 
men  will  do  a  good  business  from  the 
start.  The  retail  clothiers  have  all  en­
joyed  a  good  measure  of  business  this 
spring,  thus  far,  many  of  them  having 
duplicated,  and  even  triplicated,  their 
original  orders,  which  encourages  the 
wholesale  manufacturer 
in  his  belief 
that  just  because  of  the  war  the  entire 
In  this 
country  can  not  go  to  the  dogs. 
connection, 
remembered 
that  Americans  have  always  consumed 
all  of  the  woolen  fabrics  which  were 
manufactured  here,  as  none  of  them 
have  been  exported. 
Therefore,  they 
are  not  in  the  same  position  because  of 
this  war,as, for  instance,  England  would 
be,  who  has  a  large  export  trade  in 
woolen  and  worsted  fabrics.  There 
is 
no  indication  that  the  purchasing power 
of  the  people  of  this  country  will  be  at 
all  diminished  on  account  of  this  war, 
for  the  present,  at 
least,  and  there 
should  be  a  market  for  nearly,  if  not 
quite,  our  anticipated  quantity  of  wool­
ens,  and  therefore  clothing. 
In  view  of 
the  passive  attitude  of  the  clothing 
manufacturers  towards  the  woolen  men, 
it  seems  to be  good  policy  for  them  to 
stop  making  cloth,  unless  the  wholesale 
clothier  will  bind  himself  to  take  the 
goods  when  they  are  made.  As  it  is, 
the  clethiers  are  sending  their  men  on 
the  road  to  solicit  fall  and  winter  or­
ders,  and  many  of  them  are  unprepared 
to  fill  the  orders  which  they  will  get. 
They  will  have  to  buy  the  woolens later, 
unquestionably,  or  get  out  of  business. 
The  present  conditions  are  very  favor­
able  to  those  manufacturers  who  have 
courage,  means  and  discretion,  and  it 
goes  without  saying  that  they  will  reap 
all  the  benefit  to  which  their  strength 
entitles  them.

Knit  Goods—There  is  no  question,  in 
spite  of  the  gloomy  remarks  heard  fre­
quently  in  the  market,  that  the  knit 
goods  industry  is in a particularly strong 
position,  and  contrary  to  the  conditions 
of  the  woolen  goods  market  (which 
in 
past  years 
it  has  seemed  to  follow,  to 
some  extent),  there  have  been  few,  if 
any,  large  cancellations  of  underwear 
ordered  for  fall  delivery.  There  are  re­
ported  to  be  quite  a  number  of  small, 
and  rather 
insignificant,  cancellations, 
but  this,  of  course,  is  natural  in  any 
season,  and 
is  not  more  marked  now 
in  the  past.  There  have  been  at 
than 
the  same  time  a  number  of  revisions  of 
orders,  but  these  are  always  expected  to 
a  certain  extent,  and  have  not  been  ex­
tended  enough  to  cause  any  uneasiness.
Linens—The  manufacturers  of  towels 
and  table  covers  are  doing  a  moderate 
business,  and  will  increase  their  busi­
ness  as  they  find  facilities  more  con­
venient  for  bleaching  and 
finishing 
linen  goods.  In linen  suitings  and  dress 
goods, 
limited  business, 
which  will  increase  as  general  business 
conditions  improve.

there 

is  a 

Lace  Curtains—There  has  continued 
to  be  a  fair  business  done  in  this  line, 
and  while  not  so  active as was expected, 
there  has  been  a  very  fair  business. 
Each  season  finds  the  domestic  manu­
facturer  producing  much  finer  lines  of

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

goods,  which  are  fast  supplanting  the 
imported.

Prints  and  Print  Cloths—The  market, 
as  a  whole,  is  a  little  firmer than a week 
ago,  sellers  bolding  odds  for  future  de­
livery  at  a  slight  advance.  The  demand 
for  bunting  and  other  prints  in  which 
the  National  emblem  is  used  continues 
to  be  the  only  feature  of  the  market. 
Everything  in  this 
line,  from  2^c  up­
ward,  sells  rapidly.  There are  but  small 
flood 
stocks  at  present  but  printers  can 
the  market  with  such  goods 
two 
weeks.

in 

Staple  Cottons---- Manufacturers  of
bleached  goods  will  evidently  be  com­
pelled  to  curtail  production  for  a  short 
time. 
If  this  can  not  be  done,  there 
is  a  possibility  that  the  delayed demand 
that  must  soon  come  forward  will  be 
large  to  absorb  the  bulk  of 
sufficiently 
stocks  on  hand. 
It  is  certain,  however, 
that  these  goods  can  not  be  moved  at 
higher  prices  than  rule  to-day. 
In 
brown  and  colored  goods  a  far  different 
condition  of  things  exists.  There  are 
no  accumulations  of  consequence  to  be 
moved,  and  demand  is  steadily  increas­
ing.  There 
is  only  one  direction  for 
prices  to  move,  and  an  advance  may 
come  sooner  than  some  buyers  antici­
pate.

in  higher  priced 

Carpets—Manufacturers  of  the  finer 
grades  of  carpetings,  such  as  Brussels, 
Axminsters,  Wiltons,  velvets,  moquettes 
and  tapestries,  have  experienced  a 
most  unsatisfactory  season.  Overpro­
duction,  or  a  production  far  in excess of 
the  legitimate  demand  of  consumers  for 
this  class  of  goods,  is  the  cause  of  most 
of  the 
ills  that  this  part  of  the  mar­
ket  is  suffering  from.  Cheap  ingrains, 
tapestries,  rugs  and  mattings  have  se­
cured  the  bulk  of  the  business  that  has 
been  done  during  the 
last  two  years, 
and  this  has  been  at  the  expense  of 
trade 
lines  of  floor 
coverings.  Advances  that  were  made 
at  the  opening  of  the  present  season 
were  not  maintained,  and  this 
induced 
careful  buying  on  the  part  of  the  trade. 
Stocks 
in  the  hands  of  retailers  have 
been  greatly  depleted,  as  a  result  of 
their  conservative  purchasing,  and,  as  a 
result,  the 
trade  may  take  auction 
goods  at  much  better  prices  than  many 
anticipate.  Business  in  cheap tapestries 
and  ingrains  has  been  the  opposite  of 
that  experienced  in  fine  goods.  Prices 
have  not  been  all  that  could  be  desired 
by  sellers,  but  they  have  done  a  very 
large  business,  so  large,  in  fact,  that 
manufacturers  have  felt  warranted  in 
increasing  the  plants  and  putting  up 
many  new  tapestry  mills.

The  Lawyer  Met  His  Match.

in  cross-examination, 

An  eminent  lawyer,  noted  for  his  suc­
cess 
found  his 
match  at  a  recent  trial,  when  he  asked 
a  long-suffering  witness  how  long  be 
had  worked  at  his  business  of  tin  roof­
ing.  The answer was:  “  I have worked at 
it  off  and  on,  but  have  worked  at  it 
steady  for  the  past  twelve  years. ”

How  long  off  and  on  have  you 

worked  at  it?”

“ Sixty-five  years.”
“ How  old  are  you?”
“ Sixty-five. ”
“ Then  you  have  been  a  tin  roofer 

from  birth?”

“ No,  sir;  of  course  I  haven’t.”  
“ Then  why  do  you  say  that  you  have 
for  sixty-five 

trade 

worked  at  your 
years?”

Because  you  asked  how  long  off  and 
on  I  had  worked  at  it. 
I  have  worked 
at  it  off  and  on  sixty-five—twenty 'years 
on  and  forty-five  off.”

There  was  a  roar of  laughter  in  the 
court  room,  and  his  inquisitor,  in  great 
confusion,  hurriedly  finished  his  exam­
ination.

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

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Carpets |

All grades cut at wholesale. 

You  C a rry   O n ly  S am p les 

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sale,  send  us  the  pattern  number,  size  0(21 
of  room  or  quantity  wanted  and  we  will 
ship your order the same day as  received 
h(u[|
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OVER  3,000  D EA LER S  are  now  han-  jSSfl 
dling our carpets profitably.  Let us start 
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you to success. 
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We will  send you a book of Carpet  Sam-  gR  
pies  containing  about  50  patterns—size  jSJB 
qxi8  inches.  These  samples  are  cut  fern 
from the roll, so you can  guarantee every  KBa 
carpet as  represented— in style, color and  IrfiS 
quality.  No  picture  scheme  or  Misrep-  ggfl 
reservation.  Every  sample  is  finished,  SR 
numbered and quality specified on ticket,  ¡jnjffl 
so you can make no  mistake when order-  Ism 
-ing.  We also make  up  books  as  above,  $«8 
18x18  in.,  which we will furnish

For One  Dollar 

For  Three  Dollars 
This  size  is  very  popular,  as  the  patterns show up beautifully. 

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the goods per yard.  We have the  best-selling  goods  on  earth.  Don’t  ¡Ml 
fflj)  wait, order samples at once;  it will be to  your  interest  and we want  you  §83 
fifl  to represent  us.

H  SOUTHEAST  CORNER  MARKET  &  MONROE  STS.,  CHICAGO. 

HENRY  NOEE  &   CO., 

Complete  price  list  and  telegraph  code will  be sent with  samples. 

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Silesias,  Satine,  Black  back  Fancies, 
Taffetas  in  black  and  colored,  Perea- 
line,  Moreen,  Hair  Cloth,  Cambrics, 
Canvas,  Buckram;  also  a complete line 
of  Velveteen  and  Corduroy Dress Bind­
ing  all  colors  and  widths;  Feder’s 
Pompadour  Brush  binding.  W e  are 
headquarters  for  these  goods.  W rite 
for  samples.

P. STEKETEE  &  SONS, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

To Arms!  To Arms!

Your  supply  may  be  exhausted. 

Many thousands have responded  to the call, 
and in  their  honor  Old  Glory  ought  to  be 
unfurled from  every  housetop  in  the  land.
If  so, 
phone or write us.  We have a big stock and 
can furnish you with  any  size  from  three  to 
twenty feet  in  length. 
If  in  need  of  Tri­
color  Bunting,  or  Flags  by  the  dozen,  re­
member that we are headquarters.
Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.,

Wholesale Dry Goods. 

Grand  Rapids,  M ic h .^ «

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

The Gem union suit

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Special  Sales  Events  for  Country 

Stores.

As  soon  as  I  get  in  my  spring  and 
fall  goods,  I  arrange  them  as  attractive­
ly  as  possible  and  cover  the  country  for 
miles  around  with  bills  and  posters, 
announcing  Craig’s  opening  event,  and 
a  few  days  before  the  date  set  for  the 
commencement  of  the  event  I  bill  the 
town  even  more  thoroughly  than  the 
country.  This  sale 
lasts  a  week,  and 
always  proves  to  be  a  great  success  in 
point  of  attendance,  fianancial  profit, 
and  in  the  advertising  that  it  gives  my 
store.

I spare  no  pains  or reasonable expense 
to  make 
these  opening  sales  draw 
crowds.  The  goods  are  displayed  to 
the  greatest  advantage,  and  they  are 
priced  so  that  I  have  no  fear  of  com­
petition  from  stores  in  my  own  town  or 
in  neighboring  towns  and  cities. 
I 
provide  some  sort  of  an  entertainment 
in  the  way  of  music  to  make  things 
lively,  and,  as  an  additional  attraction,
I  serve 
light  refreshments,  usually  tea 
or  coffee  with  wafers  or  sandwiches. 
For  the  opening  that  I  am  now  prepar­
ing  for  I  have  a  new  scheme,  in  which 
I  have  great  confidence. 
I  shall  have 
the  minister  of  each  of the four churches 
appoint  two  young 
ladies  from  their 
respective  congregations  to  clerk  for 
me  during  that  week,  and  for  their  pay 
I will  divide  5  per  cent,  of  the  gross  re­
ceipts  of  the  sales  equally  among  the 
churches.

In  serving  the  refreshments  I  take oc­
casion  always  to  advertise  some  partic­
ular  brand  of  goods.  For 
instance,  at 
last  opening  I  served  a  well-known 
the 
brand  of  coffee,  which  I  handle 
largely 
and  advertised  it  as  such.

As  may  be 

I  believe 
imagined, 
thoroughly  in  special  sales. 
It  means 
lower  prices,  but  the  goods  are  sold  for 
cash,  and  small  profits  are  very  accept­
able 
in  view  of  the  fact  that  sales  are 
increased  many  fold,  and  much  good 
advertising  results  from  the  event.

It 

During  March  I  made  a  special  cut 
in  prices,  advertising 
it  heavily,  and 
the  results  were  surprising.  My  cash 
sales  were  far  ahead  of  the  same  month 
last  year.

is  extremely 

important  during 
these  sales,  as  well  as  at  all other times, 
that  strict  honesty  characterizes  all  ad­
vertising  announcements,  and that  every 
customer  be  given  entire  satisfaction, 
even  if  money  is  lost  on  that  particular 
transaction.  One  of  the  prime  motives 
of  a  special  sale  is  to  get  new  custom­
ers,  and  if  they  are  not  treated  in  away 
that  gains  their  confidence  and  holds 
their  trade,  the  sale  is  a  partial  failure 
I  believe  that  it  is  necessary
at  least. 

for  country  merchants 
to  adopt  the 
methods  of  city  merchants  so  far  as 
possible,  omitting  their  objectionable 
features.

I  am  enthusiastic  on  the  possibilities 
of  window  dressing,  and  I  give  my  dis­
play  windows  a  great  deal  of  attention. 
My  store  has  a  fine  plate  glass  front and 
the  windows  are  large  and  deep,  giving 
good  opportunity  for  display. 
I  am 
is  an  exceedingly 
convinced  that  this 
in 
valuable  form  of  advertising,  and 
our  case  makes  up  largely  for  the 
lack 
of  a  daily  paper. 

W.  H.  C raig,

White  Duck  Perferable to Dark Stripes 

for  Awnings.

W ritten for th e T radesman.

Let  me  say  right  here  that  I  am  not 
in  the  awning  business,  neither  are 
any  of  my  friends,  so  that  I  feel  that  I 
can  talk  awnings  without  being  sus­
pected  of  advertising  my  own  goods  or 
those  of  my  friends.

This 

is  the  season  of  the  year  when 
the  up-to-date  store-keeper  sees  to  his 
awnings.  You  don't  catch  him  waiting 
until  the  hot  sun  of  June  has  faded  his 
goods  and  caused  him  expense  enough 
to  have  bought  a  new  awning.

We  have,  for  several years,  been  using 
the  blue  and  drab  striped  awnings,  and 
many  are  the  complaints  we  have  heard 
from  our  customers  in regard to the poor 
light  in  our  store  when  these  same  awn­
ings  were  down.  Our  store  is  on  a  cor­
ner  and  we  have  as  many  side  windows 
as  we  have  front  ones.  As  a  conse­
quence,  we  get  the  sun  for  the  greater 
part  of  the  day.  By  reason  of  the  many 
complaints  about  the  poor  light  we  had 
upon  our  wool  goods  and  silks,  we  have 
been 
led  to  try  the  unbleached  duck 
awning  cloth,  and  so  far  the  result  has 
been  most  gratifying.  The  white  cloth 
serves  to  keep  the  bright  sunshine  off 
of  the  goods  displayed  in  the  windows 
and,  while  it  mellows  the 
inside 
the  store,  does  not  darken  it  as  the  old 
blue  and  drab  affairs  did.

light 

If  any  of  my  readers  are  thinking  of 
replacing  their  old  awnings  with  new 
ones,  let  me  urge  them  to  try  the  un­
bleached  duck. 

Mac  A llan.

What  Boys  Are  Good  For

Some  time  ago  a  gentleman,  in  ad­

dressing  a  company  of  boys,  said:

“ Can  any  one  of  you  tell  me  what  a 

boy  is  good  for?’ ’
gan  to  snap  his  fingers.

One  of  them  put  up  his  hand,  and  be­
Said  the  speaker,  “ What  is  it?’ ’
The  boy  replied,  “ A  boy  is  a  good 

thing  to  make  a  man  out  of.’ ’

More  good  will  be  sure  to  come  if  we 
are  grateful  for  the  good  that  has  al­
ready  come.

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.

GIOlK  hilling  Worts, 

Iran  Rapids.

AN OPPORTUNITY 'S.-S.TS,

4,000 agents  are now canvassing  with our line  of samples,  earning  from  $50 
to  $200 per month.  We  want 4,000 more active,  reliable  men to  take the  places 
not yet filled. 

Many concerns advertise themselves as  “ tailors  to  the  trade,”   but  we  are 
the  o r ig in a l and  o n ly   manufacturers on  a  la r g e   s c a le   of  “ready-to-wear” 
clothing exclusively for c o n s u m e rs .  W e  don’t  wholesale!  W e  don’t  retail! 
There  is  but  one  small  profit  between  the  first  cost  of  our  garments  and  the 
men  and  boys who  wear  them.  We  run  our  own  plant  ana  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,

r

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.

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

M e n ’ s S u its  # 4  t o   # 1 5 . 
We also operate one of the largest Custom  Departments  where garments are  a c t u a lly  cut 

M e n ’s T r o u s e r s   7 5 c  t o  # 4 .

B o y s ’ S u its   S 3   t o  !S9. 

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

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

W e furnish  our agents  with a fine line of samples  and  all  necessary  blanks  from  this  de­
partment  without charge.  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.  G.  R.

W H IT E   C IT Y   T A IL O R S .  2 2 2 - 2 2 6   A DA M S  S T R E E T ,  C H IC A G O .

Awnings and Tents

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

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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
ply  upon  the  widening appreciation  of  the superior quality  of  our  goods.  And  some  of 
our older competitors are cowardly  trying  to misrepresent  our goods when  they  have dis­
placed  their own.  Our new and  larger laboratory  and  salesrooms  at  16  and  iS  S.  Ionia 
street  welcome you  April 25th.

De  BOE,  KINO  &  CO.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

T A N G L E F O O T

Sealed sticky Ply Paper

ONE  OF  THE  MOST  PROFITABLE  THINGS  YOU  SELL.

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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W om an’s World

Modern  Progress  Due  to  Woman’s 

Love  of Change.

One  of  the  most  significant  phases  of 
the  woman  question  is  the  curious  un­
rest  that  seems  to  pervade  the  entire 
sex.  They  are  in  a  state  of  violent  evo­
lution  that  keeps  one  continually  guess­
ing  and  that  has  made  every  woman 
one  knows,  almost,  a  lightning  change 
artist,  with  as  many  different characters 
as  there  are  days 
in  the  week.  One 
looks  in  vain for the  quiet,  restful  wom­
an  of  the  past—the  woman  with  settled 
beliefs  and  convictions  that  were^just 
as  immovable  as  the  Rock  of Ages ;  who 
had  “ found  herself”   and  was  what  she 
was  and  what  she  expected  to  continue 
to  be.

That  species  seems  as  extinct  as  the 
Dodo.  What  a  woman  was  yesterday 
she  is  not  to-day.  What  she  will  be  to­
morrow  is  beyond  the  bounds  of  proph­
ecy  to  conjecture.  She 
is  continually 
striving  after  something  new  and differ­
in  herself  and  her  surroundings, 
ent 
and 
if  there 
is  very  little  rest  in  her, 
she  adds  immeasurably to the  interest  of 
life.  She  is  the  sauce  piquant  that  fla­
vors  commonplace  existence.

This  mania  for  change,  which  women 
call  progress,  is  a  distinctly  feminine 
trait.  With  rare  exceptions,  men  like 
old  things  and  old  customs  best,  which 
in  a  way  explains  why  it  has  taken  so 
many  hundreds  of  years  for  humanity to 
arrive  at 
its  present  degree  of  perfec­
If  the  world  had  been  composed 
tion. 
entirely  of  women, 
they  would  have 
tried  all  the  experiments  a  thousand 
years  ago  and  been  on  the  lookout  for 
something  new  long  before  now.  A  man 
grows  slowly  from  one  belief to another; 
leap  from  one  pro­
a  woman  takes  a 
found  conviction  to  another  and 
is  al­
ways  open  to  a  new  argument  if  she 
can  be  convinced  it  is  in the  line  of  ad­
vancement.

In  nothing  else 

is  the  difference  in 
character  between  men  and  women 
more  marked  than  in  this  attitude  to­
wards  new  things.  A  man  will  cling  to 
an  old  coat  until  it  is  shabby;  he  pre­
fers  the  old  battered  volume  where  his 
fingers  unconsciously  fit  themselves  to 
the  dog-eared 
leaves  to  an  edition  de 
luxe;  he  would  not  exchange  the  old 
chair  whose  very  faults  have grown dear 
through  association  and  habit  for  one 
ten  times  as  fine.

A  woman,  on  the  other  hand,  sees  no 
pathos 
in  parting  with  anything,  pro­
vided  she  gets  something  better  in  its 
place. 
It  is  no  uncommon  thing  to  see 
one  bundle  up  all  her  household  belong­
ings  and  send  them  off  to  the  auction 
room  to  make  place  for  fine  new  furni­
ture  for  her  new  house.  There  are  the 
things  she  bought  with  tremulous  hopes 
and  fears  when  as  a  bride  she  set  up 
her  first  household  altar;  there  is  the 
chair 
in  which  she  sat  as  she  rocked 
her  babies  to  sleep;  there  is  the  little 
bed  by  whose  side  she  taught  them  to 
lisp,  “ Our  Father;”   there  are  a  hun­
dred  articles  one  might  think  sacred 
with  associations. 
It  makes  no  differ­
ence.  She  parts  with  them  without  a 
pang,  that  she  may have an Empire par­
lor,  or  a  Chippendale  diningroom,  or 
be  altogether  Louis  Quinze,  or  consist­
ently  Early  English,  or  whatever  the 
furniture  fad  of  the  moment  happens  to 
be. 
is  a  step  up  in 
the  world  and  she  isn’t  going  to  let  any 
silly  sentimentality  stand  in  the way.

It  is  progress. 

Of  course,  the  furniture  marks  one 
phase  of  a  woman’s  progress  and  that

It 

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

period  when  the  plush  album  and  the 
etching fought for supremacy is so appar­
ent  that  she  who  runs  may  read,  but 
there  are  plenty  of  other  evidences  of 
its  being 
the  woman’s  hand  which 
guides  the  family  destiny  in  its  onward 
path,  instead  of  letting  things  stay  at  a 
standstill.

feminine. 

There  is  no  greater  marvel  than  the 
ease  with  which  a  woman  can  evolve 
into  a  butterfly  of  fashion  from  a  com­
mon,  hardworking  grub  or  fit  herself  to 
fortune  when  it  happens  to  be  in  the as­
cending  scale.  This  talent  is  also  es­
sentially 
It  takes  a  man 
years  to  adapt  himself  to  the  fortune  be 
makes  in  a  lucky  deal,  and  even  then 
is  apt  to  rattle  around,  a  perpetual 
be 
misfit 
in  his  big  position.  Not  so  his 
wife and  daughters.  Just give them  time 
to emigrate from the kitchen to the parlor 
and  they  can  forget  that  such  a  thing  as 
a  cooking  stove  ever  existed.  Who  can 
imagine  an  American  man  demeaning 
himself  with  grace  with  a  bought  title? 
Yet  a  dozen  American  girls  who  are 
miladys  and  duchesses  are  said  to  be 
far  more  exclusive  and  aristocratic than 
the  people  who  have  made  a  business 
of  being  aristocrats  for generations. 
In 
the  charming  comedy  of  “ The  Henri­
etta,”   Bertie,  after  studying  and  vain­
ly  trying  to 
imitate  the  vacuous  stare 
of  his  noble  British  relative,  exclaims 
with  despair,  “ We  can  never  learn  to 
do  this  sort  of  thing.”   No  girl  would 
ever  have  made  such  a  remark.  She 
would have  picked  up  the  trick  in about 
two  minutes  and  have  seen  the  British 
maiden  and  gone  her  one  better  at  her 
own  game.

it 

She 

is  forever  on 

This  readiness  to  change  for  anything 
and  everything  that  has  a  sound  of 
progress  about 
is  distinctive  of  the 
modern  woman  movement.  The  woman 
of  the  past  realized  her  limitations  and 
contended  herself  in  them.  She  recon­
ciled  herself  to  the  fact  that,  as  a  gen­
eral  thing,  she  was  neither  literary  nor 
artistic  or 
in  any  way  a  genius.  She 
believed  that  her  home  furnished  her 
sufficient  scope  for  her  talents;  that  her 
husband  was  an  incarnate  Solomon  and 
her  children  wonders,  and  that satisfied 
her. 
It  was  all  she  was  and  all  she ever 
•expected  to  be.  Not  so the modern wom­
an. 
the  onward 
march.  You  may  have  believed  that 
Mrs.  A.  was  a  simple,  untutored  soul 
whose  aspirations  never rose higher than 
her  yeast  cakes.  Heretofore  she  has 
confined  her  conversation  to  homely  do­
mestic  topics  and  you  have  only thought 
of  her  as  an  authority  on  onion  syrup 
for  croup  and  the  best  way  to  put  up 
figs.  To-day,  when  you  go  to  see  her, 
she  is  raving  over  Browning  and  Ibsen 
and  neck-deep  in  the  muddy  waters  of 
problem  novels.  You  are  not  sur­
prised.  She  has  simply  started  on  a 
kind  of  literary  evolution,  and  the  next 
thing  you  hear  she  will  be  reading 
papers  and  expounding  mysticism  to 
other  women  who  are  also  on  the  up­
grade,  intellectually  speaking,  and  who 
are  just  as  much  in  the  dark  as  she 
is.
The  woman  who  is  in  a  state of social 
evolution 
familiar  figure. 
We  have  all  known  her  and  watched 
with  awe  her  progress  through  the  vari­
ous  intermediate  states  that  lie  between 
a  three-story  back  in  a  boarding-house 
and  a  fine  house  on  the  avenue,  and 
how  at  each  step  she  rids  herself  of 
undesirable  acquaintances  and  friends. 
Generally  the  church  where  she  was  ac­
tive  in  religious  circles  marked  the first 
stratum.  Then  came  the  philanthropic, 
when  she  served  on  committees  and 
made  herself  useful  at  raffle  tables.  I

is  another 

Then  came  the  literary,  and  by  the  aid 
of  the  encyclopedia  and  her  bank  book 
she  graduated  into  society.

There 

is  at  least  a  breadth  of  view 
lack  of  conceit  that  should  bar 
and  a 
criticism 
in  the  way  in  which  women 
are  ready  to  seize  on  new  things  that 
they  believe  to  be  better  than  the  old. 
Take,  for 
instance,  the  matter  of  pro­
nunciation.  For  years  we  have  beard 
about  the  sharp  American  voice,  and 
the  dreadful  American  accent.  Amer­
ican  men  will  probably  go  along  talk­
ing  that  way  to  the  end,  but  just  ob­
serve  the  progressive  American  woman. 
She  is  in  the  act  of  changing.  She 
is 
acquiring  a  British  accent  that  is  the 
real  thing,  and  any  company  resounds 
now  with  “ arsk, ”   “ awnser, ”   “ arfter- 
noon,”   and  all  the  rest.  Of  course, 
every  now  and  then  a  sharp  American 
“ A ”   will  drop 
into  the  conversation 
and  in  times  of  agitation  her new pro­
nunciation  is  liable  to  fail  her,  but  this 
but  adds  to the  excitement  and  exhil­
aration  of  the  situation.  She knows very 
well  that  her  audience 
is  sympathetic. 
Life  is  full  of  pitfalls  and  none  of  us 
can  tell  when  our  vowels  are  going  to 
play  us  false.

We  have  all  laughed  at  the  girl  who 
has  gone  off  to  boarding  school  as  plain 
Marv  Jane  Smith  and  come  home  as 
Marie  Jeanne  Smythe. 
It  was  a  crude 
way  of  expressing  the  fact  that  she  had 
taken  a  step  in  advance  of  her  family, 
and  we  ail  know  what  happened  when 
she  got  home.  She  opened  up  the  shut- 
up  parlor,  and  hauled  down  the  hair 
flowers  and  tissue  paper  ornaments  and 
substituted  art  muslin  drapery 
for 
crocheted  tidies.  She  overhauled  her 
mother’s  gowns  and  scrubbed  her 
little 
brothers' 
faces  and  pompadoured  her 
sister’s  hair  and  generally moved things 
up  to  date.  She  bought  new  books  and 
subscribed  for  magazines  and  the  whole 
family  turned  over  a  new 
leaf.  She 
had  seen  new  things  and  better  things 
and  she  knew  them  when  she  saw  them 
and  appropriated  them  for  her  own.
largely 

in­
debted  to  women’s  love  of  change  for 
its  boasted  modern  progress. 
The 
woman  of  to-day,  with  her  brain  teem­
ing  with  new  ideas  and  theories,  may 
not  be  as  restful  as  the  woman  of  the 
past,  but  she  has  accomplished  more. 
Progress  is  never  restful. 
It  isn't  made 
that  way. 

In  reality  the  world 

Dorothy  D ix.
Something  to  Cure  the  Mopers.
“ The  worst  possible  thing  for  a  man 
to  do  when  cares  oppress  him, ”   says 
the  New  York  Sun,  “ is  to  mope;  to  sit 
down  and  think 
If  there  is< 
anything  on  earth  that  will  mildew  a 
man  and  make  him  good  for nothing, 
that’s  it.  What  he  wants  is  activity; 
to  keep  moving. 
If  he  can’t  work,  or 
thinks  he  can’t,  let  him  get  out  and 
take  a  walk  and  start  bis  circulation. 
It’s  amazing  what  a  little  fresh  air and 
exercise  will  do  for a  man.  Keep  mov­
ing  and  the  first  thing  you  know  you’ll 
find  yourself  whistling  or  humming  a 
tune,  and  then  you  laugh  to  yourself  a 
little  and  go back  and  go  to  work. ”

it  over. 

is 

All  the  Details.

Teacher—What  do  you  know  about 

Boys  and  Girls  in  the  Same  Family.
The  theory  of  co-education  is  one  of 
the  broad  ones  that  must  always  have 
its  fierce  partisans  and  bitter  oppo­
nents,  since  there  is so much  that can  be 
urged  on  both  sides  of  the question,  but 
there  can  be  no  debating  the  advantage 
it  is  t®  both  boys  and  girls to be brought 
up  together 
in  the  same  family.  We 
are  in  the  way  of  thinking  that  in  such 
cases  the  advantage  lies  chiefly with  the 
boys,  but 
is 
reared  without  brothers  is  more  unfor­
tunate  than  the  boy  who  never  has  the 
advantage  of  a  sister’s  influence.

in  reality  the  girl  who 

One  knows  at  a  glance  the  boy  who 
has  sisters.  The  one whose acquaintance 
with  girls  of  his  own  age  is  slight  is 
apt  to  be  awkward  and  self-conscious. 
He  knows  nothing  of  the  little  polite­
nesses  of  life  and  is  set  down  as  a  boor 
because  he  does  not  open  a  door  or 
pick  up  a  handkerchief,  when  in reality 
he  has  never  been  taught  such  things 
and,  never  having  breathed  a  feminine 
atmosphere,  is  simply 
ignorant  of  the 
niceties  of  the  occasion.  More  than 
that,  in  the  inevitable  family encounters 
of  wit  he  is  apt  to  have  his  opinion  of 
the  feminine 
strengthened. 
Mary  can  work  sums  that  he  can’t. 
Sally  helps  him  with  his  Latin.  Susie 
didn’t  cry  when  she  nearly  got  her  foot 
mashed  off.  These  are  object  lessons 
that  are  forced  upon  him  and  he  never 
makes  the  mistake  of  underrating  wom­
en,  because  he  knows  them.

intellect 

It 

On  the  other  hand,  the  girl  derives 
even  greater  benefit  from  the  associa­
tion. 
is  said  that  no  man  is  a  hero 
to  his  valet.  No  man  is  a  demi-god  to 
a  girl  who  has been raised with brothers. 
She  leaves  that  to  the  girl  who  can 
idealize  some  plain,  commonplace  fel­
low  into  a  romantic  hero.  She  knows 
isn’t  going  to  expect  the 
better.  She 
impossible  from  her  husband. 
She 
knows  that  a  man  can  be  tenderhearted 
and  sympathetic  and  generous  and  yet 
scatter  his  clothes  all  over  the  house 
and  not  want  to  be  interrupted  while  he 
is  reading  the  papers  or  to  have  any­
body  interfere  with  his  pipe.

It  is  the  girl  who  has  brothers  who  is 
wary  in  giving  her  photograph  to  men 
acquaintances  and 
in  writing  gushing 
letters.  She  sees  that  Tom,  good  fellow 
and  gentleman  that  be  is,  scatters  other 
girls’  pictures  and 
letters  all  over  the 
place,  and  she  reflects  how  she  would 
like  some  other  man’s  sisters,  and  his 
cousins,  and  his  aunts,  to say  nothing of 
his  masculine  friends,  to  sit  in  judg­
ment  on  her.  And  she  gets  a 
lot  of 
good  advice.  Sometimes  it  is  couched 
in  queer  language  that  little  befits a ser­
mon  and  is  no  more  than  a  slangy  word 
or  two,  but  the  girl  knows what it means 
and  heeds  it.  She  may  think  mother  is
old-fashioned,  and  father  behind  the 
times,  but  Tom  is  of  her  day  and  gen­
eration,  and  he  knows  what  the  men she 
wants  to  please  think.  A  girl  is  unfor­
tunate,  indeed,  to  whom  Providence  re­
fuses 
inestimable  blessing  of  a 
brother,  and  the  worst  part  of  it  is  she 
can  only  partially  make  good  her  de­
ficiency  by  being  a  sister  to  the  nicest 
fellow  she  knows.

the 

George  Washington?

Scholar— His 

me  die  in  peace. ”

last  words  were,  “ Let 

Teacher—Quite  right;  and  what  else 

do  you  know  about  him?

Scholar— He  married  a  widow.

Why  She  Loved  Him.

“ Do  you  suppose  Mrs.  Many wed 

really  loves  her lawyer admirer?”

“ In  a  way,  yes.  You  see,  he  secured 
all  her  divorces  for  her,  and  he’s  a  sort 
of  a  connecting  link  with  the  past.”

similar 

The  Pennsylvania  Railroad  officials 
are  experimenting  with  a  machine 
which  is  a  combination  of  a  telegraph 
instrument  and  a  typewriter. 
It  has  a 
keyboard 
to  the  Remington 
typewriter.  A  knowledge  of  telegraphy 
is  unnecessary  to  operate  it.  When  a 
key  is  touched  at  one  end  of  the  line 
it 
prints  the  letter  touched on  the  paper  in 
the  machine  at  the  other  end. 
It  is 
known  as  the  teletype.

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

23

making  money  on  Flags  is  now  at  hand.  W e  are  head 
prices  with  others  and  you  will  appreciate  the advantagi

COTTON  BUNTING— Warranted  Fast Colors.
laterial  is  strong and  well  suited  for the  purpose. 
It  is 
ives  prettily,  and  for decoration  is  superior  to anything 
as  low  a  price.  They  resemble  bunting  flags  when  in 
l  the  colors  are fast,  and  will stand rain.

Mounted  on  staffs

nmounted with  ornament

2  feet in  len g th ,  per  doz
3  fe e t  in  len g th ,  per  doz
4  feet  in  length,  per  doz,
5  feet  in  length,  per  doz.
6 feet  in  length,  per  doz,
7  feet  in  length,  per  doz
8 feet  in  length,  per  doz.
9 feet  in  length,  per doz

1  35
2  50
4  20
5  5°
7  50
8  73
15  00
21  00

1  50
2  75
4  5°
6  00
9  5°
12  75
20  00
24  00

1  MUSLIN FLAGS

I  stripes,  printed  union.  Canvas headings and 
munets.  Warranted  absolutely  fast  colors.

Length 
.4  feet............

* • • 

3  feet
6 feet...........
7  feet...........

Each  I 

35
8n
»  nn

The cheapest  sewed  Fla; 

flags  when  displayed.

Length 
S feet..
8 fppi

Width 
4 
x
6  x
x
6 
6 
x
...  2  40 
market,  that  resemble  silk

10 fpp^
12 fe e t..

SEW ED  MUSLIN  FLAGS 
ed  stars  and  stripes.  Stars sewed  on

FLAG  POLES

W ith wooden  trucks,  ball  and  halyards.

Length.
S-feet  Poles,  tapered, 
io-feet  Poles,  tapered 
12-feet Poles,  tapered 
14-feet  Poles,  tapered 
16-feet  Poles,  tapered

GALVANIZED  IRON

FLAG-STAFF

HOLDERS

Doz. 
For staffs  XA  inch  ...
. .$  50
For  staffs  ÿ4,  Inch  ...
75
For staffs  }\  inch  ... ■ • 9 0  

1

Doz. 
For staffs  i
.. $1  So
For staffs i>4  inch  .. .  2  40
For staffs i ;4  inch  .. ..  3  00

inch  ..

GALVANIZED  MALLEABLE 

IRON  BRACKETS

Will  not break.

Each.

inch  bore 
inch  bore

A .  2 
1.  i3/£  inch  bore  . 
2.  \Va  inch  bore  . 

Each.
inch  bore.$  75
60
cc

both  side

THE  AMERICAN  GALVANIZED 

very  handsome,  bright  in  colors,  sewed 
rime superior  manner  as  our  all  wool  bunt- 
11  suspended  can  hardly  be  detected  from 
I hey have canvas headings with grommets.
Each

These  Flags  ar 
throughout  in  the 
ing  flags,  and  wh 
genuine  silk flags. 
Width  Length
2 x 3   feet___
2*4  x 
4  feet......
3 x 5  feet......
4 x 6  f e e t __

Each 
-  55  I

Width  Length
14 feet.
9  x 
18 feet.
9  x 
15  feet.
10  x 
10  x 
16 feet.
10 
x 
18 feet.
x  20 feet
10 
x 
12 
iSfeet. 
x  20 feet
12 
22 feet
x 
12 
24 feet
x 
12 
x 
13 
25 feet
20 
x  30 feet
PRINTED  SILK  U.  S.  FLAGS

7 feet.
8 feet. 
S feet.
9 feet.
10 feet. 
12 feet. 
12 feet. 
15 feet.

Unmounted

x
x

3  inches,  per doz 
6 inches,  per doz 

Width Length
2  X
.
30
.
6c
4 
x
7  X 10 inches,  per doz...
75
8 
12  inches,  per doz...
I  00
12 
iS  inches,  per doz... ...  2  00
16  X 24 inches,  per d oz... ...  3  5°
24  X 36 inches,  per doz..  .
32  X 48  inches,  per doz
13  5°
36  X 60 inches,  per doz__ ..  21  00
•Is  X 72  inches,  per doz__...  42  00

- 

Mounted  0 
with  orna

staffs
tents

1  00
1  20
2  40
4  00
8  75
t -  nn
24  OO
4»  00

PRINTED  SILK  FLAGS  OF  FOREIGN  NATIONS 

O f th e follow ing N ations in stock:

China
Austria-! I u nga rv 
England

Italy  1 
N or w ay 
Scotland 
S w itzerlan d

Width  Length
12 
24 

x  
x 

18 inches,  e a ch .
36 inches, e a c h .

Cuba
Belgium
France
Holland
Japan
Portugal
Spain
T u rk e y

Denmark
Canada
Germany
Ireland
Mexico
Russia
Sweden

Mounted  1 
with  orn

1 staffs 
nents

IRON  FLAG-POLE 

BRACKET 

W ith  movable  arm.

Can  be set  at any angle.

inch  ho re,  for 16-foot  pole...............

No.  I.  2 
No.  3.  i^£  inch  bore,  for 14-foot  pole............... ................. 
No.  4.  I $3  inch  bore,  for 12-foot  pole............... .................  
No.  5.  \ i/2  inch  bore,  for io-foot p o le...............
No.  7.  I i n c h   bore,  for 8  foot  pole............... .................  

Each. 
.................$  85
80
7O
60
5*>

AMERICAN  SHIELDS 

W ith  m ottoes. 

“ W elco m e .”
“ Union  Forever.”
“ The  Day  W e Celebrate.”  
“ Union  is  Strength.”
“ God  Bless  Our Country.” 
“ Virtue,  Liberty  and  Inde­

pendence.”

“ Friendship,  Love and 

Truth.”

Size,  17x26 inches, as­

sorted .......Per Doz.  $  85

MOSS  PAPER  FESTOONING  FOR  DECORATING

I  For  decoratin; 
blue in  one  piece, 
or outdoors.  W ill 
30 feet.  Per  roll..

halls,  arches,  stands,  etc.  Red,  white  and 
V ery handsome  and  easily  put  up  in doors 
withstand  rain.  Put  up  in  rolls  of  about 
............. .................................. . 
12^

PA PER  W REATHS

14  inches  in  diameter,  in  all  colors of moss paper festoonings, 

and  in  combination  colors.  Per doz.............................

HORSE-HEAD  PLUMES  OF  MOSS  PA PER

CUBAN  FLAGS,  SILK

Very handsome.  Made in  all 

colors and  very effective.
Per doz..................................  73

iS  inches,  per doz. 
36  inches,  per doz..

DECORATION

BUNTINGS

In  roll  of  about  65  yards. 
Sold  only in  full  pieces.  Very 
cheap  and  effective  for  deco­
rating.  Best  in  the  market for 
the  price.
Per yard................................   03

Printed  Muslin,  mounted on sticks.  Full 

number  of stars.  Best  quality,  fast 

and  bright oil  colors.  Will 

stand  rain.

Wi

.nil. Longth.

Doz.

¡ross.

No.  I 
No.  2
No.  3
No.  4
No.  5

inches..........   .... ..
inches...............

vX x  6
4 /2 x  710  inches..................
x  9Î,2  inches...................
6
Tr
s X  If
ipches.................
No.  6
11
No.  7
x  18 inches.................
19
No.  7U 12 X  22
2 ?
inches 
........
x 24
No.  SA *4
2 C
inches..................
18 X 271£  inches,
No.  S
■ >c
No.  9
20 x 36
inches..................
.................... 
60
No.  10 27
inches
90
. 
x 43
No.  11 30 x 50 inches..................
....................  I  2 0
No.  11 % 36 X 56
inches..................
.................. 1 40
No.  12
tf> x 66
inches................... .................... 2  20
No.  12 H 40 x 7 2
inches...............
....................2  75

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

Printed  muslin,  mounted  on  sticks.  Best  quality,  f: 

FLAGS  OF  FOREIGN  NATIONS 

bright  oil colors.

In  sets o f 12  different nations.

Length.
23 inches...............

Per set. 
..................   25 
...................4s

In sets of 24 different nations. 

Per set. 

Length.
36 inches

.......70

Per  set.

10 inches...

inches...

;nglh.

iS inches. 
23 inches.

In sets of 42  different nations.

¿111.

Per set. 
23  inches  ....................   3  50 

Length. 
Per  set.
36  inches......................  4  5°

SEW ED  BUNTING  FLAGS 
S tan d a rd   g rad e.  All  wool.

These Bunting  Flags are superior to any in the market.  Sewed 
throughout  and  finished  in  a  first-class  manner,  the  best  of 
workmanship  guaranteed.  Small  sizes  with  canvas  heading 
and  grommets.  Large  sizes,  from  15  feet,  with  ropes  and 
strong canvas  heading.
Full  number of stars
Length. 
4 feet.........
4 feet.........
I  20  1
5 feet.  ...
6 feet.........
7 feet.........
1  55  1 
S feet.........
1  9°   I
9 feet......... 2  45
10 feet......... 2  So  1

U.  S.  ENSIGNS
Sewed  0n  both  sich:*s  on  all  except  the
two smallest  sizes.
Each.
Each.
60  I 11  feet... . ...  3  75
22  feet__ __II  5O
12  feet... __  3  So  11  24 feet..  . 
... 12  50 
j  25 feet....
.... 13  30
15 feet.  .
30 feet__ __17  75
|  36 feet..  ..... 24  CO
|  16 feet...
18 feet...
20 feet... -----S  50
---- 52  5°

:..  7  ac  \ 40 feet__

1inch.  I Length.

I  Length.

40 feet..

5  So

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GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

the  Market.

Special  Correspondence.

New  York,  April  30—Business  con­
ditions  are  interesting  in  this  city  now 
in  all 
lines  and  especially  so  in  grain 
and  provisions.  The  rise  in  wheat  has 
been  an  astonishing  performance.  Re­
tailers  are  selling  flour  at  57.40  and  no 
surprise  will - be  felt  now  it  it  goes  to 
$8.  General  trade  is  good.  Prices  all 
along  are  firm  and  everything  betokens 
prosperity,  notwithstanding  the  war.

The  coffee  market 

is  strong  in  tone 
interior  dealers  have 
and  orders  from 
total. 
aggregated  a  very  respectable 
Rio  No.  7 
is  worth  7c  on  the  spot, 
with  firm  quotations  from  Brazil.  No 
concessions  were  made  from  the  7c  rate 
and  buyers  did  not  stand  out.  Not 
much  was  done  in  futures  and  the  mar­
ket 
last  night  closed  5  points  lower. 
The  amount  afloat  aggregates  993,075 
bags,  against  682,100  bag*  at  the  same 
time  last  year.  There 
is  a  revival  of 
the  rumor  that  the Havemeyer-Arbuckle 
war  is  to  end  with  a  grand  combination 
scene,  each  principal 
falling  on  the 
neck  of  the  other  and  swearing  he  will 
never—or  at 
least  hardly  ever—enter 
the  war  path  again.  This  time  the  story 
is  said  to  be  “ on  good  authority.”

Sugar 

is  strong.  No  other  staple 
seems  so  firmly 
intrenched  as  sugar. 
The  refineries  are  largely  oversold,  it 
is  said,  and  everybody  seems  to  be  try­
ing  to  purchase  ahead  of  present  wants. 
Those  holders  of  raw  sugars  who  have 
supplies  in  store  are  tightening  their 
grip  and  are  indifferent  as  to  whether 
they  sell  or  not.  Orders  for  refined 
come  from  all  sections,  many  by  wire, 
and  the  scramble  is  general.  The  mar­
ket  so  rapidly  changes  that  quotations 
seem  almost  nominal.  From  Cuba  the 
receipts  of  raws  which  were  sent  before 
the  blockade  have  been  large,  reaching 
nearly  30,000  tons.

Business  has been comparatively slack 
in  the  tea  market.  What  orders  have 
been  received  have  been  for  small  lots 
and  invoice  trading  has  been  decidedly 
dull.  Large  quantities  will  be  sold  at 
auction  next  week.

Rice  is  active  and  firm.  Holders  are 
jubilant  and  buyers  do  not  ask  for  con­
cessions,  knowing 
it  will  be  useless. 
Primary  markets  are  firm  and  both  do­
mestic  and  foreign  here  are  well  held. 
Prime  to  choice  domestic,  5% @ 6% c ; 
head,  6j4 @ 7c ;  Java,  4X@;5X C-
is  very  active.  The 
whole  range  of  the  spice  market  is  firm 
and  likely  to remain  so.  Cloves  are  firm 
at 8c.

China  cassia 

A  fairly  satisfactory  trade  has  been 
done  during  the  week  in  molasses  and 
holders  are  firm 
in  their  views.  On 
Friday  morning  400  barrels  of  New 
Orleans  were  quickly  sold  at  full  value. 
Good  to  prime  New Orleans centrifugal,
13@22c.  Not  a  large  volume  of  business 
has  been  reported  in  syrups,  but  hold­
ers  are  firm  and  the  outlook  is  for  a 
steady  market  right  along.

Except  for  salmon,  of  which  there 
have  been^large  sales,  the  canned  goods

some 

market  Las  teen  rather  quiet.  Still  the 
tone  is  firm  and  prices  show  no  weak­
ness.  Purchasers,  however,  do  not  ap­
pear  to  be  willing  to  take  supplies 
ahead  of  current  wants,  evidently  be­
lieving  that  when  the  new  supply  ar­
rives  they  can  do  better  than  now.  Bal­
timore  reports  everything  in  good  shape 
and 
large  transactions  taking 
place.  Offerings  of  tomatoes  here  have 
been  light  and  rates  are  firm.

Dried  fruits  are  quiet  but,  in  sym­
pathy  with  everything else,  the situation 
is  firm  and  holders  are  confident  as  to 
the  future.

Oranges  and  lemons  and  other  green 
fruits  are  about  steady,  but  the  trade 
has  not  been  quite  as  active  as  last 
week.

Butter 

is  firm.  Buyers  are  keeping 
the  market  well  cleaned  up  and  the 
outlook  is  for  good  prices.  Extra  West­
i6@ \6% c  ; 
ern  creamery,  17c;  firsts, 
seconds, 
imitation  creamery,  . 
extras,  ¡$}£c;  firsts,  15c;  seconds,  I4@ 
H 'A c .

15X0; 

The  egg  market 

The  demand  for  cheese  is  moderate, 
but  holders  are  firm  in  their  views  and 
seem  to  think  they  are  not  warranted  in 
cutting  rates.  Large  size  full  cream 
State,  8X@9c;  small  size,  gc,  with 
perhaps  a  trifle  more  for  fancy  goods.
is  closely  sold  up. 
Arrivals  have  been  moderate  and  the 
demand  good.  Western  stock  of  really 
firmly  at 
desirable  character 
n X c — possibly 
Receipts  on 
Friday  were  only  about  10,000  cases, 
while  on  some  days  they  were  double 
this  amount.

The  bean  market  has  been  active  and 
choice  marrows  are  worth  $1.75;  fair 
to  good  do.,  $i.3o@i.7o ;  choice  pea, 
$i-45@i*5°.
First  Excursion  of the  Season  to  De­

is  held 

i i X c. 

troit  via  Detroit  &  Milwaukee  Di­

vision  Grand  Trunk  Railway 

System,  Sunday,  May 

8,  1898.

To  open  the  excursion  season  the  De­
troit  &  Milwaukee division of the Grand 
Trunk  Railway  System  on  above  date 
will  give  a  cheap  and  popular  excur­
sion  to  Detroit.  Fare  for  the  round 
trip,  $1.85.  Train  will 
leave  Grand 
Rapids  6:45  a.  m.,  arriving  at  Detroit 
at  1 1 :30  a.  m.  Returning, 
leave  De­
troit  6:30  p.  m.,  giving  seven  hours  in 
Detroit.  Bicycles  and  baby  carriages 
carried  free.  For  paritculars,  call  at 
D.  &  M.  city  office,  97  Monroe  St., 
Morton  House,  or at  D.  &  M.  depot.
C.  A.  J u s t i n ,  C.  P.  A.

Patriotic  Boston  Grocer.

A  Boston  grocer  displays  this  sign 

in 

his  store  window:

IN  GOD  WE  TRUST.

All  others  must  pay  cash  for  groceries,

Excepting  the  families  of  Marines, 

Sailors  and  Soldiers Serving un­

der the  American  Flag.

Many  a  man  who  claims  to  be 

look­
ing  for  work  wouldn’t  recognize  a  job if 
it  stepped  up  and  tapped  him  on  the 
shoulder.

Everything  new  and  strictly  first-class.  For  terms,  address  Egbert  T.
Osborn,  Charlevuix-the-Beautiful,  Mich.;  and  bear  in  mind  that  the Chicago 
& W est Michigan and  Detroit, Grand Rapids &  Western Railways are the 
only direct lines to Charlevoix, the  prettiest place in  Northern  Michigan.

G e o .  D e H a v e n ,  Gen’l  Passenger Agent.

W O R L D ’S   B E S T

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G. J . J O H N S O N   C I G A R  C O .

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RiiDiiroid  M u  Rooiinn

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

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

Detroit Office, foot of 3d Street. 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

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After  riding  a  Berkey  Adjustable  Spring 
Seat Post

Properly  Adjusted

You will be well  posted.
It  relieves  all  jar  or  vibration  caused  by 
rough roads and  car tracks.
It can be attached to any wheel  or any make 
of saddle.
All  posts  made  %  inch  in  diameter  and  a 
special  bushing  fits  it  to  any  wheel.  Send 
us sample order.  THEY WILL SELL.

Or if you will send  us your  weight,  and  si 
of seat post hole with $1.00 we will send y< 
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ADDRESS

Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

President, J ohn A. Hoffman, K alam azoo; Secre­
tary, J.  C. Saunders,  Lansing;  T reasurer, C hab. 
McNolty, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  G.  C.  Snbdbkbb,  D etroit;  Secretary 

and T reasurer, C.  W.  Allen  D etroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
G rand  Counselor,  F.  L.  Da y,  Jackson;  G rand 
Secretary, G.  S. V almore, D etroit;  G rand Treas­
urer, Geo.  A.  Reynolds, Saginaw.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­
President,  J.  Boyd  P antlind,  G rand  Rapids; 
Secretary an d  T reasurer,  Geo.  F.  Owen,  G rand 
Rapids.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President,  W.  C.  B rown,  M arquette;  Secretary 
and T reasurer, A.  F.  Wixson,  M arquette.

dent Association.

Gripsack  Brigade.

J.  H.  Camp,  of  Toledo,  is  out  on  a 
six  weeks’  trip  for  the  Leroux  Vinegar 
Co. 
through  Northern  Michigan  and 
will  go  as  far  as  Marinette,  Wis.

Fred  L.  Grote,  of  Toledo,  is  covering 
Southern  Michigan,  outside  of  Detroit, 
for  the  J.  M.  Bour  Co.,  H.  C.  Marshall 
giving  his  entire  attention  to  De­
troit. 
The  Detroit  branch,  recently 
opened  on  Jefferson  avenue  for  the  pur­
pose  of  catering  to  the  wants  of  De­
troit  dealers,  is  meeting  with  flattering 
success.

An  Albany  dispatch 

is  as  follows: 
Gov.  Black  has  signed  Senator  Krum’s 
It  provides  that 
Mileage  Book  bill. 
steamroads  now 
issuing  these  books 
shall  issue  $10 as well  as  $20  books,  and 
that  the  coupons  need  not  be  exchanged 
for  a  ticket,  but  shall  be  accepted  by 
the  train  conductor  in  lieu  thereof. 
It 
also  provides  that  the  member  of  a  firm 
or  family  of  the  bolder  cf  a  mileage 
book  or  a  salesman  of  such  firm  may 
use  the  book.

H.  H.  Stevens  and  Stanley  Otis,  rep­
resenting  the  Insurance  Department  of 
the  State,  were 
in  the  city  last  week 
and  made  a  thorough  investigation  of 
the  Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’ 
Mutual  Accident  Association,  at  the 
conclusion  of  which  it  was  announced 
that  the  investigation  was  entirely satis­
factory  and  that  the  company  is  in  ex­
cellent  shape,  financially  and otherwise. 
The  inspectors  heartily  commended  the 
manner  in  which  the  accounts  are  kept 
and  complimented  the  Secretary  on  the 
promptness  with  which 
losses  are  ad­
justed  and  all 
just  obligations  liqui­
dated.

insurance 

The  Travelers’  Protective Association 
has  won  a  case  which  will  be  of  great 
interest  to  the  fraternity. 
It  decides 
that  murder  is  not  an  accident.  Charles 
J.  Langholz,  a  traveler  for  a  St.  Louis 
grocery  house,  was  shot  and  killed  in 
June,  1895,  >n  Kane  county,  Texas.  He 
carried 
in  the  Travelers’ 
Protective  Association  for  $5,000.  His 
wife  asked  to  have  it  paid  to  her,  and 
the  Association  refused,  contending  that 
his  death  was  not  an  accident.  The 
United  States  Circuit  Court  in  Texas, 
in  a  suit  to  recover  the  amount,  gave 
the  plaintiff  a  verdict.  It  was  appealed 
to  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  of 
Appeals,  which  reversed  the  lower court 
and  decided  in  favor of the Association.
“ I  got  a  dispatch  from  the  house  one 
day  to  go  to  another  city  and  try  for  a 
big  order,”   said  the  glass  salesman. 
“ I  packed  my  collar-box  and  started 
for  the  scene  of  battle.  Somehow  I 
smelled  the  smoke  and  knew  what  was 
coming. 
I walked  into  the  office  as  big 
as  life.  As  I  went  in  I  caught  sight  of 
a   competitor  sitting  just  out  of  sight—

Movements of Lake Superior Travelers
Marquette,  May  2—As  a  story  teller, 
professional  exaggerator  and  pervari- 
cator  E.  R.  Morrison 
(Standard  Oil 
Co.)  takes  the  cheese.  He had  just  read 
of  the 
remarkable  coolheadedness  of 
one  of  our  navy  officers,  who  turned 
in 
when  he  saw  that  the  shots  from  the 
Spanish  forts  at  Cuba were falling short. 
Mr.  Morrison  said  that  was  equaled  by 
a  traveling  man  who  was  sleeping  in  a 
hotel  that  had  caught  fire.  The  travel­
er  got  up,  dressed,  put  on  bis  collar 
and  tie  and  shined  his  shoes  before 
putting  in  an  appearance.

Willis  Peake  (Gray,  Toynton  &  Fox) 

Sundayed  over  at  Marquette.

J.  D.  Brown 

(Smith,  Thorndyke, 
Brown  Co.)  is  again  on  his  territory. 
Family  illness  caused  him  to  layoff  two 
weeks.

C.  H.  Buckley  (W.  M.  Barrett  & 

Co.)  is  with  us.

J.  C.  Buckland  (Cudahy  Bros.  & Co.) 
is  selling  meats  and  drinking  package 
coffee  in  the  iron  country.

W.  A.  Draper,  formerly  with  Weg- 
genborn  Bros.,  cigar  manufacturers  at 
Watertown,  Wis.,  will  represent  Reid, 
Murdock  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  in  the  ter­
ritory  around  Menominee  &  Escanaba, 
which  was  for  years  covered  by  the  late 
Chas.  Lyon.  Mr.  Draper  is  no  novice. 
He 
is  well  acquainted  in  that  territory 
and  will  surely  succeed.

S.  A.  Erickson  (Edson,  Keith  &  Co.) 

will  work  the  iron  country  this  week.

G.  F.  Mack 

(Keith  Bros.  &  Co.) 

Sundayed  at  Escanaba.

A.  J.  Nessen  (H.  A.  Newland  & Co.) 

is  with  us.

A.  P.  Simpson  (Northern  Hardware 
Co.),  one  of  the  originators  of  the  L. 
S.  C.  T.  Club,  paid  Marquette  a  visit 
last  week.

G.  E.  Smith  (Wyman,  Partridge  & 
favoring  a  few 
Co.,  Minneapolis) 
friends  with  a  book  advertising  the con­
cern  he  represents.  The  book  gives  a 
few  photogravures  of  Minneapolis  as 
well  as  of  the  concern.  They  are  pretty 
souvenirs.

is 

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  I.ivery 
in  connection.  State  Line Telephone.

C h at. E. Whitney, P rop., P lalnw cll, Mich.

“ You  don’t  mean  that  you  turned 
canmhal!”  exclaimed  the  mother  of  a 
four-year-old  bov

“ Ah,  madam!  when  men  are  dying 
of  hunger  they  have  no  sentiment,”   re­
plied  the  drummer. 
"T he  last  of  the 
children  had  disappeared  when  we were 
rescued. 
I  am  sorry—deeply sorry— but 
I  feel  myself  blameless. 
I  had  eaten 
my  shoes,  gloves,  hat  and  the  velvet 
collar  of  my  overcoat  first. 
I  had  even 
tried  to  eat  the  plush-cover  of  the  seats, 
in  my  teeth 
but  the  stuff  got  tangled 
and  wouldn't  go  down. 
I  knew  that 
there  were  ten 
fat  children  aboard, 
ranging  in  age  from  one  to  seven  years, 
but  I  was  not  the  first  to propose  it.  No, 
believe  me,  I  was  not. 
I  had  intended 
to  keep  right  on  and  starve  to  death, but 
the  others  were  fierce  to  live,  and  live 
they  did.  The  first  child  selected  was 
a  beautiful  little  boy.  Ah!  I  remem­
ber— !”

The  drummer  wiped  tears  from  his 
eyes  with  his  knuckles  and  was  over­
come 
lor  a  moment.  When  he  could 
control  his  voice  again  he  said :

“ I  can  not go  on. 

I  refer  you  to  the 
papers  of  that  date  for  further  particu­
lars. 
I  brought  up  the  incident  for  its 
moral  effect  alone.  Always  remember, 
my  friends, 
that  no  matter  how  bad 
things  are  they  might  be  worse.”

*  *  *

It  was 

“ Should  you  ask  me,”   continued  the 
drummer  after  a  pause—"should  you 
ask  me  if  I  believe  in  ghosts  I  should 
promptly  answer 
in  the  affirmative. 
After  what happened  a  year  ago  1  can 
not  help  but  believe. 
in  In­
diana.  A  druggist  in  a  town  ten  miles 
from  Indianapolis  had  telephoned  me 
to  drive  over,  as  he  wanted  to  place  a 
large  order. 
I  engaged  an  outfit  for 
next  day  and  went  to  bed  happy  in  the 
thought  that  I  had  secured  a  new  and 
profitable  customer. 
It  was  about  mid­
night  when  I  was  awakened  by  a  cold 
hand  on  my  face,  and  as  I  roused  up  a 
voice  close  beside  me  whispered :
and  follow  m e!’

‘ If  you  would  not  be  too  late,  arise 

“ In  the  darkness  of  the  room  I  could 
make  out  a  faint  white  object,  and 
it 
is  needless  to  say  to  you  that  I  was  ter­
ribly  upset.  While  I  was  wondering  if 
I  had  heard  aright  the  voice  continued: 
‘ If  you  do  not  follow  me  you  must 

take  the  consequences!’

” 1  sprang  out  of  bed,  partly  dressed, 
and  followed  the  ghostly  object  as  it 
opened  my  door  and  passed  down  the 
hall. 
It  led  me  to  the  floor  above  and 
to  room  No.  28.  The  door swung  back, 
and  we  saw  a  man  asleep  in  the  bed.

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

25

as  he  thought. 
It  was  one  of  those 
offices  where  they  talk  to  you  through  a 
7x9  cubby-hole;  they  are  afraid  if  they 
let  you  inside  you  might  steal  the  safe. 
After  I  bad  been  waiting  a  while  the 
in  the  opening 
manager  put  his  face 
I 
and  asked  me  to quote  some  prices. 
was  hot,  and  suggested  that 
it  was 
hardly  the  proper  thing  to  quote  prices 
in  so  public  a  place.  He  assured  me 
it  would  be  all  right,  but  I  said  that  I 
would  not  give  him  a  single  price. 
I 
got  warmer  and  finally  told  him  I  did 
not  think  that  a  very  nice  way  of  doing 
business—to  ask  a  man  to  come  a  hun­
dred  miles  and  then  not  even  ask  him 
inside  to  take  a  seat. 
I  picked  up  my 
grips  and  started  out.  Well,  he  wrote 
the  house  and  so  did  I.  He  said  that 
I  was  no  gentleman,  that  I  abused  him, 
and  a  lot  of  more  stuff. 
I  told  a  pretty 
straight  story  of  what  happened,  and 
told  the  bouse  about  what  I  said.  They 
did  not  answer  my  letter,  but  sent  me 
a  copy  of  the  answer  they  wrote  him.  It 
was  a  corker.  They  told  Mr.  Man  that 
I  had  gone  to  their  place  on  telegraph 
orders  from  the  house,  and to  all  intents 
and  purposes  I  was  the  house  and  that 
they  did  not  consider  that  I  had  been 
used  fairly,  inasmuch  as  there  was  the 
agent  of  a competitor sitting right where 
he  could,  hear  every  word  that  passed 
between  us.  The  man  never  has  had 
any  use  for  me  since  then ; but  somehow 
I  continued  to  wonk  for  the  house.”

T H R E E   A D V E N T U R E S

G ra phically  T o ld   by  an  A m bassador 

M.  Quad in American Druggist.

o f  C om m erce.

We  were  snowed  in  for  ten  hours  on  a 
it  was  a 
railroad  train 
drug  drummer 
from  Chicago  who 
gathered  the  twenty  passengers  in  the 
car  about  him  and  began :

in  Iowa,  and 

Ladies  and  gentlemen:  This  is  a 
simple  incident  of  railroad  travel  in the 
winter. 
In  a  few  hours  we  shall  be 
steaming  on  our  way  again  and  this  de­
tention  will  he  remembered  only  as  a 
pleasant  adventure  Three  years  ago 
business  called  me  to  Manitoba. 
It be­
gan  snowing  one  day  and  in  the  course 
of  three  hours  our  train  had  come  to  a 
standstill.  We  were  caught  between  sta­
tions  twenty  miles  apart  and  within  ten 
hours  engine  and  cars  were  buried  out 
of  sight.  There  was  only  food  enough 
for  one  meal  and  by  noon  next  day  the 
fuel  bad  given  out.  We  were  over  a 
hundred  people  and  death  by  freezing 
and  starvation  stared  us  in  the  face.”
“ Seems  to  me  I  beard  of  that  inci­
dent,”   said  the  red-headed  man  from 
Omaha.

“ Of  course  you  did—of  course,”   re­
plied  the  drummer,  “ asthe  details  were 
published  far  and  wide.  We  were  in 
I  have  al­
that  drift  for  sixteen  days. 
ways  felt  sorrv  for  the  ten 
little  chil­
dren,  but  under  such  circumstances 
what  can  you  do? 
It  is  a  case  of  the 
survival  of  the  fittest.  Yes,  the  chil 
dren  had  to  go.  There  came  a  day 
when  we  had  eaten 
last  of  out 
shoes  and  gloves  and  we  had  to  begin 
on  the  children. ”

the 

‘ He 

The ghost pointed at him and whispered : 
is  traveling  for  a  St.  Louis 
drug  house.  He 
intends  to  get  up  at 
daylight  and  drive  over  to  Dodoville 
and  undersell  you  to  that  druggist.  He 
is 
in  your  power—do  with  him  as  you 
w ill!’  ”

“ And  what  did  you  do?”   asked  the 
man  from  Denver  as  the  drummer 
paused.

What  should  I  have  done  under  the 
circumstances?”   was  asked. 
“ That 
drummer  had  sneaked  into  town  like  a 
shadow.  He  had  planned  in  cold blood 
to  cheat  me  out  of  a  customer.  He  was 
going  to  cut  prices 
in  defiance  of  all 
agreements.  There  was  but  one  thing 
to  be  done. 
in  five 
minutes  and  I  returned  to  my  room  un­
suspected. ”

It  was  all  over 

“ You—you  killed  him !”   gasped  the 

woman  with  two  children.

“ But  I  did  it  as  gently  as  possible, 
madam,”  replied  the  drummer. 
” I 
don’t  think  he  suffered  over  a  minute. 
People  who  are  strangled  suffer  very 
little.  When  they  found  him  next  day 
his  face  wore  a  smile  and  the  coroner’s 
jury  said  he  died  of  heart  disease. 
I 
pitied  him,  but  he  shouldn’t  have 
planned to beat  me—he  really  shouldn’t. 
As  to  the  ghost,  I  saw 
it  no  more. 
When  its mission had been accomplished 
it  vanished. ”

Some  of  the  passengers  looked  hor­
rified,  and  some  tried  to  smile 
in  a 
doubtful  way,  and 
it  was  a  painful 
pause  as  the  drummer  hunted  in  his 
vest  pocket  for  a  troche.  As  he  dropped 
it  into  his  mouth  he  said :

“ I  tell  you  the  story  because  of  the 
moral  lesson  conveyed.  There  are  worse 
things  than  being  snowed  up  here.  For 
instance,  we  might  be  strangled  in  our 
beds.”

*  

*  

*

“ One  of  the  resolves  I  made  when  I 
first  started  on  the  road  was  to  speak 
the  truth  under  all circumstances,”  con­
tinued  the  drummer  when  pressed 
for 
another  story. 
“ That  should  be  the  re­
solve  of  every  man.  The  liar  may  get 
along  all  right  for  a  time,  but  sooner  or 
later  Truth  will  triumph  and  give  him 
the  throwdown. 
I  had  been  sticking 
close  to  the  truth  for  seven  long  years 
when  I  one  day  met  a  beautiful  heiress. 
She  fell  in  love  with  me  on  sight  and  I 
must  say  that  I  was  smitten  with  her. 
She  asked  me  if  I  was  a  married  man, 
and  alas! 
I  lied  to  her.  The  question 
was  followed  by  an  invitation  to  call  on 
her.  She  lived  in  the  suburbs  of  Cin­
cinnati  and  one  evening  I  started  out  to 
pay  the  call.  Conscience  was  upbraid­
ing  me  and  a  voice  kept  calling  ‘ Liar! 
Liar!’  in  my  ears.  It  thus  came  about 
that  I  took  a  wrong  turn  and  wandered 
afar,  and  as  I  plunged  ahead 
in  the 
into  an  old 
darkness  I  fell  head-first 
disused  well.”

“ I’m  glad  of 

the 
woman  with  eye-glasses  and  an  iron 
jaw.

it!”   exclaimed 

“ The  water at  the  bottom  of  the  well 
saved  me, ”   continued 
the  drummer 
with  a  bow  to  her,  “ but  I  was  a  pris­
oner. 
I  could  not  climb  out,  and  al­
though  I  shouted  until  I  was  hoarse, 
no  one  came  to  my  rescue.  To  be 
brief,  I  was 
in  that  well  for  five  days 
before  a  boy  happened  to  spy  me.  He 
brought  men  who  hauled  me  out,  and  I 
was  hardly  at  the  top  when  my  wife, 
who  had  grown  anxious  about  me  and 
come  on,  had  me  in  her  arms.  At  the 
same  moment  the  heiress  drove  up  in 
her  landeau  and  called  me  ’ Fred’  and 
cried  out  that  I  should  never,  never 
leave  her  side  again.  There  I  was,  you 
see,  and  what  could  I  do?”

“ And  what  did  you  do,  sir?”   de­
manded  the  woman  with the eye-glasses.
‘ ‘ Why,  there  was  but  one  way  to  do, 
as  I  saw  in  an  instant. 
I  pretended  to 
have  gone  crazy  and  ran  away  from 
both  of  them. 
In  so  doing  I  lost  my 
wife,  children  and  home,  and  also  the 
beautiful  heiress,  and  for  years  I  wan­
dered  about  like  a  lost  spirit  and  hour­
Excuse  these 
ly  regretted"  my  sin. 
tears,  but  they  will  come. 
I  want  no 
sympathy,  however. 
I  told  you  the 
story  for 
its  moral  lesson,  which  is  to 
stick  to  the  truth  although  the  heavens 
fall,”

The  best  manager  is the self manager.

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

he  can  do  this  with  more  intelligence, 
taste  and  profit  than  by  a  judicious 
round  of  displays  in  his  store  windows.
There  are  pharmacists  in  our own and 
other  cities  who  keep  their  store  win­
dows  severely  plain,  depending  rather 
on  reputation  and  an  established  busi­
ness  to  hold  their  own  against  compet­
itors. 
In  these,  perhaps,  the ' window 
once  seen  is  ever  afterwards  the  same,  I 
or 
it  may  be  that  occasionally  there 
will  be  a  slight  change  in  the  articles 
displayed  or 
in  their  arrangement;  it 
may  be  some  apparatus,  chemicals  or 
crude  drugs.  Others,  while 
just  as 
jealous  of  their  reputation  and  proud 
of  their  business,  are  more  awake  to  the 
fact  that  the  public  appreciate  the  taste 
displayed  and  the  innovations which the 
rush  of  the  present  period  demand, 
make  frequent  changes  and  place 
in 
their attractive  windows  pieces  of  bric- 
a-brac,  a  large  quantity  of  some  special 
article  of  merchandise,  medicinal  or 
otherwise,  and  follow  this  at  brief 
in­
tervals  with  other  equally  interesting 
displays.
There 

is  a  third  variety  of  window 
dressing  that  is  becoming  common 
too 
common.  This  consists  in  covering the 
glass  of  the  windows  with  tawdry  signs 
of  cheap  merchandise,  of  patent  medi­
cines,  while  within  the  windows  are 
displayed  articles  of  doubtful  merit, 
objectionable  goods,  or  show  cards'of 
theatres,  or popular actors or attractions. 
This  last  mentioned  feature  may  he  the 
weakness  of  good  nature,  but  is  in  very 
bad  taste  even  if  it  be  indulged  in  by 
some  very  prominent  stores.  We  call  to 
mind  some  examples  of  these  several 
styles  of  window  attractions.  A  promi­
nent  druggist  of  Philadelphia  once  de 
voted  one  of  bis  windows  to  a  series  of 
chemical  and  pharmaceutical  produc­
tions,  and  at  different  times  the  opera­
tion  of  distillation,  sublimation,  perco­
lation and  dialysis;  and other operations 
were  conducted  to  the  entertainment  of 
the  passer-by  and  to  his  pecuniary  ad­
vantage.

The  last  phase  of  window  display that j

26
Drugs—Chem icals

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

F.  W.  R.  Pe r r y,  D etroit 
A. C.  Schumacher.  A nn  A rbor 
Geo. Gundrum,  Ionia 
- 
L.  E.  Reynolds, St.  Joseph 
Henry Heim,  Saginaw   - 

--------  

- 

P resident,  F. W.  R.  Perry, D etroit.
Secretary, G eo.  Gundrum,  Ionia.
T reasurer, A. C.  Sc h u m a c h e r ,  A nn Arbor.

E xam ination  S essions.
S tar Islan d —J u n e  27 an d  28.
M arquette—A bout Sept.  1.
Lansing—Nov.  1 an d  2.

All m eetings w ill  begin  at  9  o’clock  a. m. ex ­
cept th e  S tar Island  m eeting,  w hich  begins  at 8 
o’clock p. m.

MICHIGAN  STA TE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

P resident—A.  H.  Webber,  C adillac. 
Secretary—Chas.  Mann,  D etroit. 
T reasurer—John D.  Muir, G rand Rapids.

The  Drue  Market.

The  past  week  has  been  one  of  the 
most  exciting 
in  the  drug  market  in 
many  months.  The  breaking  o u t  of 
hostilities  between  Spain and the United 
States  brought  about  a  rather  compli­
cated  condition  of  affairs  in  almost  all 
lines  of  business,  and  the  drug  trade 
was  no  exception  to  the  rule.  Each 
day  forced  new  surprises  on 
importers 
and  jobbers  and  there  is  still  a  general 
air  of uncertainty pervading ail branches 
of  th e   tr a d e ,  th e   f e a r   being  th a t 
th e  
shuffle  something  of  vital  interest  may 
be  overlooked.  With  the  declaration  of 
war  came  the  withdrawal  of practically 
all  of  the  American  steamers  from  the 
high  seas,  which  has  affected  the  rates 
of  freight  and  insurance  throughout  the 
world,  thus  adding  to  the  cost  of  future 
importations  and,  as 
the  case  of 
Mexican,  Central  American  and  some 
South  American  products,  practicably 
cutting  off  the  supplies  of  certain  ar­
ticles  for  some  time  to  come.

in 

in 

There  does  not  appear  to  be  any  rea­
son  to  expect  a  change  in  the  duties  of 
any  of  the  drugs,  at  least  for  some time. 
For  a  day  or  two  the  rumor  was  current 
that  10  per  cent,  would  be  levied  upon 
all  free  goods,  but  there  was  no  warrant 
for  such  an  assumption.  Opium  and 
quinine  have  led  the  list  of  advances, 
and  every  other  article  at  present affect­
ed  by  the  disturbed  conditions  has  fol­
lowed  in  their  wake.  Consumers  appear 
to  have  gone  mad,  judging  from  the 
bushels  of  telegrams, 
literally  speak­
ing, 
that  have  been  showered  upon 
jobbers  during  the  past  week.  Buyers 
who  have  been  considered  as  “ close-’ 
have  been  guilty  of  telegraphing  open 
orders  for  goods  for  fear  the price would 
advance  before  they  could  effect  their 
purchases  in  the  usual  way.  A  glance 
list  of  advances  sug­
at  the  following 
gests  a  regular  old-time  “ field  day”  
in 
the  market,  with  opium,  quinine  and 
morphine  heading  the  list.
Advanced.

Quinine,
Alcohol,
Sulp.hur,
Balsam  Copaiba, 
Quicksilver,
Croton  Oil,
Ipecac,

Opium, 
Morphine, 
Arrowioot, 
Cocoa  Butter, 
Balsam  Peru, 
Balsam  Tolu, 
Copaiba  Oil, 
Jamaica  Ginger,  Jalap,
Spanish  Saffron,  Sarsaparilla,
Senega, 
Mustardseed, 
Carawayseed, 
Black  Pepper, 
Strontia  Nitrate.
Opium— The  damage  to  growing  crop 
has  been  confirmed  and  prices  have 
advanced  rapidly  during  the  week.

Flaxseed,
Rapeseed, 
Saigon  Cassia,
Barium  Nitrate, 

Morphine— The  advance 

in  opium 
has  caused  an  advance  of  10c  in  this

article.  Another  advance  is  looked  for.
Codeine— Is  firm from  the same cause.
Quinine— The  market  opened  a  week 
ago  at  2ic  for  bulk.  Speculators  com­
menced  to  buy  all  they  could  get.  Man­
ufacturers  at  once  withdrew  and  ad­
vanced  their  prices,  selling  only  to  fa­
vored  customers  in  quantities  for  their 
natural  wants. 
Prices  May  2  had 
reached  30c  for  bulk.  Latest  prices  for 
P.  &  W.  are  as  follows:

P.  &   W .  I  oz.  vials............38c.
P.  &  W .  I  oz.  cans.............. 36c.
P. &  W . 5  oz.  cans.............. 33c.

Alcohol— Has  again  advanced,  on  ac­

count  of  higher  prices  for  corn.

Sulphur—Spain having declared brim­
stone  contraband  of  war,  and  it  being 
impossible  to  get  further  supplies,  man­
ufacturers  advanced  their  price  until 
to-day  brimstone  is  6j^c  by  thebbl.  and 
sulphur 6|£c.

Balsams—Peru  has  advanced  about 
25  per  cent.  Copaiba,  on  account  of 
the  difficulty  of  importation,  is  scarce 
and  advancing.  Tolu  has  been  in  ac­
tive  demand  and  prices  have  advanced.
jo o  
per  cent.  All  shipments  of  crude  from 
India  have  been  stopped  and  there  is 
no  telling where  the  price  will  go  to.

S a lt p e tr e — H a s   a d v a n c e d   n e a rly  

Carbolic  Acid—The  market 

is  very 
firm  and  a  decided  advance  is  looked 
for.

Glycerine— There  has  been  an  active 

demand  and  the  market  is  advanced.

Q u ic k s il v e r — H a s   b e e n   a d v a n c e d   3c 
per  pound.  All  mercurials  will  be 
higher.

Essential  Oils-  Anise  and  cassia  are 
dull  and  easy.  Clove  is  firm.  Copaiba 
is  higher,  in  sympathy  with  balsam. 
Cioton  has  been  advanced,  both  here 
and  abroad.

Roots—Ipecac  is  firm  and  advancing. 
is  scarce  and  higher. 

Jamaica  ginger 
Golden  seal  has  advanced.

Seeds— California  yellow  mustard  is 
scarce  and  tending  higher. 
is  re­
ported  there  will  be  a  very  small  crop. 
Flax  has  advanced.

Nitrates  of  Barium and Strontia— Both 
are  contrabands  of  war  and  have  ad­
vanced.

It 

On  account  of  higher  prices  for  flax 

seed,  linseed  oil  has  advanced.

There  are  no  declines.

P ro p e r  W indow   Display fo r   D rug gists.
Pharmacy  of  the  present  day  has 
different  classes  of  followers— those  who 
follow  it  with  the  professional  love  and 
regard,  and  whose  ambition  is  to  create 
and  maintain  a  reputation  for  that  ster­
ling  worth  and  integrity  which  are  de­
veloped 
in  making  dispensing  phar­
macy  the  chief  feature  of  their  busi­
ness,  and  with  whom  a  minor  key  is 
struck 
in  the  necessity  of  providing 
their  patrons  with  the  leading  necessi 
ties  in  the  line  of  druggists’  sundries, 
while  the  other  class  make  the  promts 
cuous  sale  of  all  other  goods  predomi­
nant  over  that  of  medicines.

Window  dressing 

Both  of  these  classes  can  and  do  need 
to  attract  to  their  stores  their  own  pa­
trons,  as  also  to  attract  their  patronage, 
and  to  this  end  the  eye  is  appealed  to 
by  various  methods  of  window  display.
is  really  a  fine  art 
in  the  way  of  tempting  the  purchaser, 
attracting  the  passer-by,  impressing  the 
locality  of  the  store  upon  the  memory, 
or 
introducing  some  new  or  desirable 
specialty  to  the  public. 
It  is not enough 
for  the  pharmacist  to  have  a  good  repu­
tation,  a  neat  store  and  well  appointed 
arrangement  to  facilitate  his  business ; 
he  should  make  the  exterior  speak  of 
the  merit,  taste  and  stock  which  he  has 
to  dispose  of,  and  there  is  no  way  that

we  will  allude  to  is  what  may  be  called 
the  degraded  tendency  of  competition 
when  placards  herald  ridiculously  low 
prices  and  the  shop  and  its  windows 
lose  the  integrity  of  what  should  be  the 
boast  of  modern  pharmacy,  the  place 
where  reliable  medicines  are  faithfully 
compounded,  and 
it  becomes  the  junk 
shop,  where  everything  that 
is  cheap 
and  nasty  is  peddled  out as promiscuous 
merchandise.

The  pharmacist  may 

accomplish 
much  by  the  utilization  of  his  windows 
either  for good  or  for  evil.  A  proper 
use  will  prove  vastly  beneficial  to trade, 
while  an  improper  one  may  prove  seri­
ously  detrimental.— American Druggist.

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brick,  and  then  wetted,  is  an  excellent 
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thing  to  put 
moist. 
its 
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tray  about  the  size of  a  cigar box.  For­
merly  he  used  an  ordinary  brick,  but 
found  it  too  bulky.

The  brick  absorbs  half 

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2M  2M@3 
2M  2M®3
13® 
15
75
70® 
16M®  20M 
16
13® 
5M@ 
6
5M@ 
6
®  
70
®  
10® 1 00
®   1  40 
1  00®  1  15

Red  V enetian ...........
Ochre, yellow  Mars. 
Ochre, yellow  B er.. 
Putty, com m ercial.. 
Putty, strictly  pure. 
V erm ilion,  P r i m e
A m erican................
V erm ilion,  E nglish.
Green, P a r is ............
G reen,  P eninsular..
Lead, R ed ..................
Lead, w h ite _______
W hiting, w hite Span 
W hiting,  gilders’... 
W hite, Paris A m er.. 
W hiting, Paris  Eng.
c liff.........................
Universal Prepared.
V arnishes

No.  1 T urp C oach..
E xtra  T u rp .............
Coach  Body.......*...
No.  1  Turp  F u rn ... 
E xtra T urk  Damar. 
Jap. D ryer,N o.lTurp

1  10®   1  20
1  60®  1  70
2  75®  3  00 
1  00®  1  10 
1  55®  1  60
70® 
75

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

A dvanced—Opium,  Quinir 
Declined—

Acidum
A cetlcum ....................t
Benzoicum,  G erman
Boracic.......................
C arbolicum ...............
C itricu m ....................
H yd ro ch lo r...............
N itro c u m ..................
O xalicum ..................
Phosphorium ,  d il...
Salicylicum ...............
Sulphuricum .............
Tannicum   . ...^ ........  1
........
T artaricum ..
A m m onia
Aqua, 16  d eg .............
Aqua, 20  d e g ............
C arbonas....................
C hlorldum ................
A niline

Black............................. 2
B ro w n .......................
R e d .............................
Y ellow ..........................2

.

Baccae.
Cubeaee............ po.  18
J u n lp e ru s..................
X anthoxylum
Balsam  um
C opaiba......................  
Peru.  ......................... 
T erabln, C anada.... 
T o lutan....................... 

C ortex
Abies,  C an ad ian __
C a s s ia ....................
Cinchona P lav a.......
E uonym us atropurp 
M yrica  C erifera, po.
Prunus V irglni.........
Q uillaia,  g r'd ...........
S assafras......... po. 18
U lm us...po.  15,  g r’d 
E xtractum  

G lycyrrhlza  G labra
G lycyrrhiza, p o ----
Hffimatox, 15 lb box
H am atox, I s ...........
Hffimatox, M s.........
H am atox,  Mb......... .
Ferro
C arbonate  P re c ip ...
C itrate and Q u in ia ..
C itrate Soluble.........
Ferrocyanidum   Sol.
Solut.  C hloride.......
Sulphate,  com ’l — . 
S ulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  cw t...........
Sulphate,  p u r e .......

Flora

A rnica 
......................
A nthem i s ..................
M a tric a ria ................
Folia

Barosma......................
Cassia A cutifol, Tin-
nevelly....................
Cassia A cutifol,A lx. 
Salvia officinalis, M,8
and  Ms....................
U ra Ursi.  ..................
Gumml 
A cacia,  1st picked 
Acacia,  2d  picked 
Acacia,  3d  picked 
A cacia, sifted  sorts
Acacia, po................
Aloe, Barb. po.l8®20
Aloe, C a p e __ po. 15
Aloe, Socotri. .po. 40
A m m oniac................
A ssafcetida__ po. 30
B en z o in u m ..............
C atechu, Is................
C atechu, Ms..............
C atechu, M8..............
Camphorse 
...............
R uphorbium . .po.  35
G albanum ..................
Gamboge  p o .............
G uaiacum ...... po. 25
K ino.............po.  S3.u0
M a s tic ........................
M yrrh..............po.  45
O pii.. .po. $4.60@4.80 3
S hellac.......................
Shellac,  b leached... 
T ragacanth  ..............
H erba

A bsinthium ..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium  .oz.  pkg
L obelia......... oz. pkg
M ajo ru m __ oz.  pkg
M entha Pip..oz.  pkg 
M entha V ir..oz.  pkg
R u e.................oz.  pkg
Tanacetum V  oz.  pkg 
Thym us,  V ..oz.  pkg 
riagnesla.
Calcined, P at.............
C arbonate, P a t-------
Carbonate, K.  &  M .. 
Carbonate, Jennings
Oleum

A bsinthium ...............  3
Amygdalae, D ulc___
Amygdalae,  A m arse.  8
A nisi..............................2
A uranti  C ortex....... 2
B ergam ii....................  2
C ajip u ti......................
C ary o p h y lli...............
° e d a r...........................
C henopadii................
C innam onli...............   l
C ltronella.  ..............

6@1
70®
29®

12®

25®  1 
38®

12®

00®   2 
80®  1 
45® 
50®  3

13®
fl@
25®

@ 2

60®

45®
60®

24®
28®11@
13@
14®
16®

12®18®
30®

23®
18®
25®
12®
8®

®  
60®
12®

55®
25®
50®
®

40®
®
®
65®

65®  3 
25@ 
40® 
50®

35

55®
20®
20®
35®

25®  3  50 
30® 
50
00®  8  25 
1 @ 2 20 
25®  2  40 
40®  2  50 
90
85® 
80
75® 
35® 
65
@  2  75 
60®  1  70 
50
45® 

90@ 

35® 

90® 

Conium   M ac............. 
50
C opaiba......................  i  is®   l 25
Cubebee..........................  
E x e c h th ito s .........   1  00©   1 10
E rlg e ro n .................  1  00®   1 10
G a u lth e ria .............  l 
50®  1 60
G eranium ,  o u n c e ... 
©  
75
60
Gossippii, Sem. g a l.. 
50® 
H edeom a.................  1 00®  
1 10
Ju n ip era..................  1 50® 
2 00
L av en d u la...................  
Lim onis......................  1  30©  1 50
M entha  P ip er...........  1  60® 2 20
M entha V erid ...........  1  50®  1 60
Morrhuae,  g a l...........  1  10©  1 25
M yrcia,.......................  4  00®   4 50
O live........................... 
75®  3  OO
10® 
Picis  L iquida........... 
12
@  35
Picis Líquida, g a l... 
R ic in a .......................  
99®   1  10
® 1 0 0
R osm arini.................. 
Bosae,  o u n ce.........  6 50® 
8 50
45
S u c c in i...................... 
40® 
90®  1  00
S a b in a ...................... 
S an ta l......................  2 50® 
7 00
S assafras.................... 
55® 
60
65
@ 
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce. 
70®  1 80
T iglfi........................  1 
T h y m e ....................... 
50
40® 
Thym e,  o p t............... 
@  1  60
T heo b ro m as............. 
15® 
20
Potassium
Bi-Carb....................  . 
B ichrom ate..............  
Brom ide.....................  
Carb...........................  
C hlorate..po. 17@19c 
C yanide...................... 
Iodide......................  2 60® 
Potassa, B itart, pure 
Potassa,  B itart,  com 
Potass N itras, o p t... 
Potass N itras............. 
P ru s s ia te .................. 
S ulphate  po  ............. 

15®  
13® 
50® 
la®  
16@ 
35® 
28@ 
@ 
10® 
10®  
20® 
15® 

18
15
55
15
18
40
3 65
30
15
12
11
25
18

Radix

25

A conitvm .......
20® 
22®
A lthse.........................  
A n c h u sa .................... 
io@
Arum po...................... 
@
C ala m u s.................... 
20®
G entiana.........po.  15 
12®
G lychrrhiza...pv. 15  *16® 
H ydrastis C a n a d en . 
@
60 
H ydrastis Can., p o .. 
@
18®
H ellebore,A lba, po.. 
20 
Inula, p o .................... 
15®
20 
80®
Ipecac,  p o .................2 
3 00 
35®
Iris plox.... po35@38 
40 
Jalapa,  p r..................  
35®
30 
M aranta,  % s............  
@
35 
25 
22®
Podophyllum , p o .... 
1 00 
75®
R h e i...........................  
Rhei, c u t.................... 
@
1  25 
Rhei, pv.  .................. 
75®
1  35 
35®
Spigelia....................... 
38 1S 
@
S anguinaria... po.  15 
Serpentari a ..............  
30®
35 
45 
S en eg a.......................  
40®
40 
Sim ilax, officinalis H 
@
Sm ilax,  M.................. 
@
25 
10®
Scili®...............po.35 
12
Symplocarpus, Fceti-
25
dus,  p o .................... 
@ 
25
®  
V aleriana,E ng. po. 30 
15®  20
V aleriana,  G erm an. 
Zingiber a .................. 
16
12@ 
Zingiber j .................. 
25® 
27

Sem en

A nisum ...........po.  15 
®  
12
13® 
15
Apium  (graveleons) 
Bird, Is...............  
4® 
 
6
10®  12
C arn i............... po.  18 
Cardam on...............  1 
25®  1 75
C oriandrum ..............  
8®  
10
Cannabis  S ativa__  
4®   414
75®  1  00
Cydonium .................. 
Chenopodium   ......... 
10®  
12
D ipterix  O dorate...  2 00®   2  20
F œ n icu lu m ............... 
@ 
10
Ftenngreek, p o ......... 
7®  
9
...  3M@  4M
Lini 
4®  4M
Lini,  g rd — bbl.  3M 
L o b e lia .....................  
40
35© 
P harlaris  C anarian. 
4®   4M
R a p a ...........................  4M® 
5
Sinapis A lbu............. 
7®  
g
Sinapis  N igra........... 
ll®  
12
Spi ri tu s

.. 

. 

F rum enti, W.  D. Co.  2 00®
F rum enti,  D.  F.  R ..  2 00®
F ru m e n ti..........    .......1  25®
Ju n ip eris Co.  O.  T ..  1 65@
Ju n ip eris C o.........   1 
75®
Saacharum   N. E .... 
1 90®
Spt.  V ini  Galli 
V ini O porto...
1  25® 
V ini  A lba.......
1  25®

Sponges 
F lorida sheeps’ wool
ca rriag e..................   2  50®
N assau sheeps  wool
carriag e..................  
@
Velvet ex tra  sheeps’
wool, carriage....... 
@
E x tra yellow sheeps’
wool,  ca rriag e__  
@
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
ca rriag e.................. 
@
®
H ard, for slate n s e .. 
Yellow  R e e f ,  for 
slate  u se................ 
®
S yrups
A c a c ia .......................
A uranti C ortes.........
Z ingiber.....................
Ipecac. 
...........
F erri Io d ....................
R hei A rom ................
Sm ilax O fficinalis...
Senega .......................
S cille..........................

@ 
@ 
@ 
®  
@ 
®  
50® 
®  
®  

2  50
1  50
2  00
3  50 2 10 
6  50 
2 00 
2  00

2  75
2  00
1  25
1  00
1 00 
75

50
50
50
60 
50
50
60
50
50

@
@
@

1 00

2 00

ScillffiCo.................... 
T o lu ta n ...................... 
P ru n u s v irg ............... 
T inctures 
A conitum  N apellis R 
A conitum  N apellis F
A loes...........................
Aloes and M yrrh__
A rn ic a .......................
A ssafcetid a..............
A trope  B elladonna.
A uranti  C ortex.......
B enzoin......................
Benzoin Co................
B aro sm a....................
C antharides............
C ap sicu m ................
C ardam on............... .
C ardam on  C o...........
C astor.........................
C atechu......................
C inchona....................
C inchona Co.............
Colum ba 
...............
Cubeba........................
Cassia  ¿?.utifoi.......
C *«s’ •  »cutifol Co  . 
l^.gi  «1.S 
.
E rg o t...........................
F erri C hloridu  '
G e n tia n .............
G entian Co...........
G u ia c a ......................
G uiaca am m on.........
H yoscyam us__ ___
Io d in e.........................
Iodine, colorless....
K ino...........................
L obelia.....................
M yrrh........................
N ux  V om ica............
O p ii.............................
Opii, cam phorated.
Opii,  deodorized__
Q u assia.....................
R hatany.....................
R hei...........................
S a n g u in a ria .............
S erp en taria..............
S tram o n iu m ............
T olutan......................
V a le ria n ..................
V eratrum  V erid e... 
Zingiber.....................

.. 

H lscellaneous 

 

 

■dSther, Spts.  Nit. 3 F  
30® 
.¿Ether, Spts.  Nit. 4 F  34®  
A lum en......................  2H&
3®
A lumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
A nnatto  ... 
40®
A ntim oni,  p o ........... 
4®
A ntim oni et PotassT 
40®
®
A n tip y rin ................. 
A n tife b rin ................  
@
@
A rgent! N itras, oz  .. 
A rsenicum ...............  
10®
38®
Balm G ilead  Bud  .. 
Bism uth  S. N ...........  I  40®
Calcium  Chlor.,  Is 
@
Calcium  C h lo r,  Ms. 
@
@
Calcium  Chlor.,  M®. 
@
Cantharides, Rus.po 
@
Capsici  F ructus, af. 
@
Capsici F ructus,  po. 
@
Capsici FructusB .po 
12®
C aryophyllus.. po.  15 
®
Carm ine, No. 40 
Cera Alba,  S.  & F   .. 
50®
Cera  F lav a................  
40®
C occus.......................  
®
@
Cassia F ru c tu s .. .   ”  
®
C entraria.................... 
Cetaceum ................... 
©
Chloroform ................ 
60®
@
Chloroform , squibbs 
Chloral H y d C rst....  1  25©
C hondrus................... 
20®
Cinchonidine,P.&  W 
25®
Cincbonidine, Germ  22®
C ocaine......................  3  30®
Corks, list, dls.pr.ct.
Creosotum .............  
@
Creta............... bbl. 75 
®
  @
Greta, prep  ......... 
Creta, precip.............  »  9®
Creta, R u b ra........... 
@
C ro cu s.......................  
18®
C u d b e a r.................... 
@
Cupri S ulph.............! 
5®
D extrine..................... 
10®
E ther S ulph..............
75®
Em ery, ail  num bers
@
Em ery, p o ..................
@
E rgota............ po. 40
30®
12®
F lake  W h ite ... . . . . .
G alla...........................
@
8®
G am bler...................  ]
G elatin, C ooper.. . .
G elatin, F re n c h ....... 
35®
G lassware, flint, box 
Glue,  bro w n ............  
Glue,  w h ite ..............  
G ly ce rin a..................  
G rana  Paradisi  __
Hum ulu s....................
H ydraag Chlor  Mite 
H ydraag Chlor  Cor. 
H ydraag Ox R ub’m . 
H ydraag Am m oniati 
45®
H ydraagU ngueutum
H ydrargyrum ...........
65®
Ichthyobolla, A m ...
75®
Indigo.........................  
___
Iodine, R esubi.........  3  60®
Iodoform .................... 
®
L u p u lin .....  
®
............. 
L ycopodium ............  
40®
65®
Macis 
L iquor  Arse:, et Ky-
®
d ra rg lo d ................ 
10®
LiquorPotassA rsinit
Magnesia,  S ulph__
M agnesia, Sulph,bbl
M aunia, S. F __ .. . .
M enthol,  -

Less  th a n   box  ..

9®
13®
14®
@
25®

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

50®
a

Morphia, S.P.& W ... 
Morphia.  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  C o.......................
Mosch ns C anton__
M yristica, No.  1.......
Nux V om ica..  po.20
Os  S epia....................
Pepsin Saac, H.  & P.
D.  C o.....................
Picis Liq. N.N.M gal.
doz............................
Picis Liq., q u a rts__
Picis Liq., pints.......
Pil H y d rarg ... po.  80 
Piper N ig ra .. .po.  22 
Piper  Alba  ... po.  35
Pi ix  Burgun  ...........
Plum bi  A cet...........
Pulvis Ipecac et Opi 
Pyrethrum , boxes II
& P.  D.  Co., doz.
Pyrethrum ,  p v __
Quassise...............
Q uinia,  S.  P. & W. 
Q uinia,  S. G erm an
Q uinia,  N .Y ...........
Itubia T inctorum . 
Saccharum Lactis pv
S alacin....................
Sanguis D raconis.
Sapo,  W ..................
Sapo,  M....................
Sapo. G..................
Siedlitz  M ixture..

2  35®  2  60
2 35®  2  60 
@ 
40
65® 
80
@ 
10 
15® 
18
®  t 00
@ 2 00 
® 1 00 
@ 
85
®  
50
®  
18 
30
@10® 12
1  10®   1  20
@  1  25 
25® 
30
8®  
10 
35® 
40
38
30® 
33® 
38
12® 
14
18®  20 
3 00©  3  10 
50
40® 
14
12® 
10®  
12
20  @

1  00 
50 
50 
60 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
35 
50 
60 
50 
00 
50 
75
50
50
50

50 
I  50 
50 
50 
50 
50 50 
60 
60 
50 
50 
20

35
3b
3
4 
50
5 
50
1  40 
15 
50 
12 
40 
1  50
9
10 
12 
75 
15 
15 
15
14 
3 00
42 
40 
33 
10 
45 
63 
1  15 
1  50 
25 
35 
30 
3  50 
70 
35 
2
5 
11
8
20
24
6 12 
90
8
6
35
15 
23
9
60
6070
60
12
25 
20 
15

1  00
3  70
4  20

12 
3 I 
1M ! 
60 
2  75

28

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 .

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

AXLE  GREASE.

doz.  gross
A urora..............................55  6 00
C astor O il........................60  7  00
D iam ond......................... 50  4  00
F razer’s .........................75 
9 00
tX.Ii G olden, tin  boxes 75 
9 00
n ic e, tin  boxes...............75  9 00
P aragon............................55  6 00

BAKING  POWDER.
'b  cans d o z ...................... 
4  Id  Jans d o z ...................... 
lb can  d o z......................t  50

A bsolute.

45
85

A rctic.

M lb cans 3 doz.................... 
45
75
H lb  cans 3 doz.................... 
lb cans 1 doz....................  1  00
1 
10
B ulk.......................................... 
6 oz. Eng. T um blers............  
85
14 lb  cans per d o z............... 
75
14 lb cans per doz  .............  1  20
lb  cans per d o z...............2  00
1 
14 lb cans 4 doz c a se......... 
35
14 lb cans 4 doz c a se......... 
55
lb cans 2 doz case  .......  
90

El P u rity .

Home.

Acme.

J A X t ) N

 
 

O ur Leader.

45
14 lb  cans, 4 doz c a se 
14 lb cans, 4 doz case 
85
1 
lb  cans, 2 doz case.........  1  60
Jersey  C ream .
1 lb. cans, per doz.................  2  00
9 oz. cans, per d oz................   1  25
6 oz. cans, per d oz...............  
85
14 lb cans............................... 
45
14 lb c a n s.............................. 
75
lb cans...............................  1  50
i 
1  lb. cans  ............................. 
85
3 oz., 6 doz. c a se..................  i  70
6 oz., 4 doz. case   
3  20
9 oz., 4 doz.  case.....................  4  80
1 lb., 2 doz. c a se..................4  00
5 lb., 1 doz. ca se..................9  00

Q ueen Flake.

P eerless.

 

BATH  BRICK.

^

A in erlcsn .....................................to
¿¡nglisK.......................................... 80

BLUING.CMEfflSD
i s g

  P E A R l   >

Sm all, 3 d o z ................
Large, 2 d o z................
BRO OnS.
So.  1 C arpet................
1  90 
So. 2 C a rp e t...........
1  75
1  50
So. 3 Carpet....................... 
So. 4 C arpet.. 
..................   i   15
Parlor G e m ...........................   2  00
Common W hisk....................  
70
Fancy W hisk.. 
80
................... 
W arehouse............................. 2 25
8s ..................................................7
1 6 s ................................................8
Paraffine......................................8

CANDLES.

CANNED  GOODS, 
rianitow oc  P eas.

Lakeside M arrow fat........... 
95
Lakeside B.  J ........................  1  15
Lakeside, Cham, of E ng__ 1  20
Lakeside. Gem. E x. Sifted.  I  45
E xtra Sifted E arly J a n e ___1  75
Colum bia. 
p in ts ...................... 2 00
Colum bia,  14 p in ts .......................1 25

CATSUP.

914
9
10
11914

914

CHEESE
A c m e ........................
@ 
. 
A m boy......................
@
.  @ 
B y ro n ........................
E ls ie .........................
® 
@ 
E m blem ....................
® 
G em ...........................
Gold  M edal.............
d
.  @ 
I d e a l.........................
J e r s e y .....................
@ 
L enaw ee..................
@ 
R iverside..................
@ 
® 
S pringdale...............
B ric k .........................
@
.  @
E dam .........................
® 
■ 
L e id e n ......................
L im b u rg er...............
®
. 
Pineapple.................
.50  @
Sap  S ago..................
@  18
Chicory 
B nlk 
5
Red 
7

CHOCOLATE.

W alter B aker & Co.’s .

G erm an S w e et............................23
Prem ium ........................................34
B reakfast  Cocoa.......  
............45

CLOTHES LINBS.

Cotton, 40 ft.  per  d o z.............1 00
Cotton, 50 ft,  per  doz  ..........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  d o z ............ 1 40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  do*.............1 80
Cotton, 80 ft. per  do*  ..........1  80
Ju te , 6Ö ft.  per  lo r 
Ju te. 7* ft.

COCOA SH ELLS.
20 lb   b ag s...........................  
Less q u a n tity .................... 
Pound  packages............... 
C R EA n  TARTAR.

214
3
4

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

COFFEE.

Q reen.
Rio.

F a i r ..............................................     9
G o o d ...................  
..10
P rim e ............................................ 11
G olden  .........................................12
Peaberry  ..................................... 13

 

S an to s.

F a ir  ...............................................12
Good  ............................................ 13
P rim e .........’.................................. I 1
P eaberry  ..................................... 15

M exican  and  G uatem ala.

F a ir  ............................. 
Good  ................................... 
F ancy 

15
..  16
......................................   17

M aracaibo.

P rim e ............................................ 19
M illed............................................ 20

In te rio r.........................................19
P rivate  G row th..........................20
M andehllng...............................  21

Im ita tio n .....................................£0
A rabian  .......................................22

Ja v a .

M ocha.

Roasted.

Clark-Jew ell-W ells Co.’s Brands
F ifth   A venue.......  
Jew ell’s A rabian Mocha 
W ells’ M ocha and Java.
W ells’  P erfection  Jav a.
S an caib o ...........................
B reakfast  B le n d ............
V alley City M aracaibo.
Ideal  B lend.....................
L eader  B lend....................... ’2

!84
’4

?»
.24

P ackage.

for 

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
w hich 
th e  w holesale  dealer 
adds  th e   local  freig h t 
from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  th e 
invoice 
th e  am ount  o f 
freig h t  buyer  pays  from   the 
m arket  in   w hich  he  purchases 
to his shipping point, including 
w eight  of  package,  also 2£c  a 
pound. 
In  60 lb.  cases th e list 
Is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price in  fu ll cases.
A rb u c k le ...........................   10 50
Je rse y ..................................   10 50
ricL au g h ltn ’a  XXXX.........  9  50

E x tract.

V alley City VS g ro s s ....... 
F elix  V4  gross.................... 
H um m el’s foil V4 gross... 
H um m el’s tin   4   gross... 

75
1  15
85
1 43

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross b oxes...........................  40

COUGH  DROPS.

C. B. B rand.

40 a cen t p a c k a g e s............   1  00

CONDENSED MILK.

4 doz in  case.
......... 6  75

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

COUPON  BOOKS.

T radesm an G rade.
50 books, any denom ...
1  50
100 books, any d enom ...
2  50
500 books, any d enom __ 11  50
1,000 books,  any denom __ 20  00

Econom ic  G rade.
50 books, any denom .
100 books, any denom .
500 books  any denom

..  1  50 
..  2 50 
..11  50
1,000 books, any d enom ... .20 00

U niversal G rade.

50 books, any denom __   1  50
100 books, any d enom __   2  50
500 books, any denom __ 11  50
1.000 books, any d en o m __ 20  00

S uperior G rade.

50 books, any d enom __   1  50
100 books,  any d enom __ 2  50
500 books, any d en o m __ 11  50
1.000 books, any d enom __ 20  00

Coupon P ass Books,

Can be m ade to represent any 

denom ination from  110 dow n.

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

C redit  Checks.

500.  any one denom ’n ....... 3  00
1000, any one denom ’n .......   5  00
2000, any one denom ’n ....... 8  00
Steel  p u n c h ........................... 
75
DRIED  PRUITS—D OnESTIC 
S u ndried ...........................   ®   5
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  ®   8 

Apples.

C alifornia  F ru its.

A pricots.........................  7  @8
B lackberries.................
N ectarin es....................  @ 7 4
Peaches........ ..................  6V4@  74
P ears.......   ....................   8  @  74
P itted  C herries.............
P runnelles.....................
R aspberries...................

C alifornia  P ru n es.

100-120 25 lb boxes...........  ®   3%
90-100 25 lb boxes...........  @  4 54
80 - 90 25 lb boxes...........  @  4*
70 - 80 25 lb  boxes...........  ®   5
60 -no 25 lb  boxes...........  @  5V4
50 - 60 25 lb boxes...........  @  7V4
40 - 50 25 lb boxes...........  @  8 Vi
30 - 40 25 lb  boxes...........  ®
4  cent less In 50 lb rases 

R aisin s.

Li-ndon Layers 3 Crown.
London Layers 4 Crown.
D eh esias.....................
Loose M uscatels 2 Crown 
Loose  M uscatels 3 Crown 
Loose  M uscatels 4 Crown 

FOREIGN.
C u rran ts.

R aisins.

Patras bbls...........................
Vostizzas 50 lb cases..........._
C leaned, bu lk   .....................®   84
C leaned, packages.............. @ 82£
C itron A m erican 10 lb  bx  @13 
Lemon A m erican 10 lb bx  @12 
Orange A m erican 101b bx  @12 
O ndura 28 lb boxes.......8  @  8V4
S ultana  1  C row n...........  @
S ultana  2 C row n...........  @
S ultana  3 C row n...........  @  74 |
Sultana  4 C row n...........   @
S ultana 5 C row n...........  ®
S ultana 6 C row n...........  @12
S ultana package...........  @14
FARINACE0U5 GOODS.
24 11b.  packages............ ...1  75
B ulk, per 100  lb s ...................... 3 50

F arina.

G rits.

W alsh-DeRoo  Co.’s.

3%

B eans.

H om iny.

24 2 lb. packages......... ........ 2 40
1001b.  keg s................................. 3 50
B arrels  ................................. 2 50
Flake, 50 lb.  d ru m s............1  00
D ried Lim a  ........................  
M edium  H and  P ick e d ___ 1  25
M accaroni and V erm icelli.
Dom estic,  10 lb.  b o x .........  60
Im ported,  25 lb.  b o x ..........2  50
P earl B arley.
C om m on.................   .....
C h e s te r.........................
E m p ir e ...........................
P eas.
Green,  b u ..................
Split,  per lb ............
Rolled  Avena, 
M onarch,  bbl.
M onarch.  4   bbl 
i>bl 
P rivate brands. 
priv a te brands,  4  bbl 
Q uaker,  cases
3  20
H uron, cases.......................1  75
G e rm a n ............................... 
E ast  In d ia ...........................  
C racked, b u lk ...................... 
24 2 lb packages..................2  50

2 co 
2  10 
2  60
8'’

Rolled  O ats.

34
3
34

4  40 
4  25

W heat.

¿a g o .

bbl 

Fish.
Cod.

H erring.

flackerel.

Georges cured..............  @ 5
Georges  genuine.........  @ 5 4
Georges selected .........  @ 6
S trips or  b ric k s...........  6  @ 9
H olland w hite hoops, bbl.  '. 0 25 
H olland w hite hoop 4  bbl  5  50 
75
H olland w hite  hoop, keg.' 
H olland w hite  hoop mchs 
35
11  on
N orw egian......................... 
R ound 100 lb s ......................  2  75
R ound  40 lb s......................  1  30
Scaled....................................  
13
Mess  100  lb s ............................16  31
Mess  40 lb s .........................   6  90
Mess  10  lb s .........................   1  82
Mess  8  lb s .........................   1  48
No.  1  100 lb s.........................  14  50
No. 1  40 lb s .........................   6  10
No. 1  10 lb s ........................ 
160
No.  1  8 lb s .........................   1  30
No. 2 100 lb s .........................   9  50
N o. 2  40 lb s .......................  
4  00
No. 2  10 lb s...................  
1  07
 
No. 2  8 lb s.........................  
88
5 50
No.  i  100 .im. 
2  50
No.  1  « -¿fc-.................... 
70
No.  1  1 1  os  ........................ 
No. 1  8 to-.......................... 
59
No. 1  No. 2  Fain 
2  75
100 lbs 
1  ,0
40 lbs 
10 lbs 
4>
......... 
8 lbs  ........... 
34
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

W d litlu u .
..  6 75 
.  3 00 
83 
69 

5  75 
2  6 ' 
73 
61 

T rout.

Jen n in g s’.

D.C. V aniila 

D. C.  Lemon
2 oz........   75
3 oz.........1  00
4 oz.........1  40
6 oz........ 2  00
No.  8  .  2 40 
No  10 
4  00
No.  2 T .  80 
No.  3 T .l  25 
No.  4 T .l  50

No.  2 T .l  25 
No.  3 T.2 00 
No  4 T.2  40

N orthrop B rand.
2 oz. Taper Panel . . 7 5  
2 oz. O val................  75 
3 oz.  T aper P an el. .1  35 
4 oz.  Taper P an el.. 1  60 

¿ouders*.

Oval bottle,  w ith  corkscrew . 
the 

th e  w orld 

fo r 

In 

Best 
money.

1 vo
2 00
2 25

GUNPOWDER. 
Rifle—D upont’s.
Kegs 
.....................................
H alf K egs.................................
Q uarter K egs..........................
1 lb. ca h s..................................
4  H>. c a n s.................................
Choke Bore—D upont’s.
Kegs  .........................................
H alf K egs.................................
Q uarter K egs...........................
1 lb.  ca n s..................................
Eagle D uck—D upont’s.
K egs......... ................................
H alf KegsT...............................
Q uarter K egs..........................
1  lb.  c a n s ..................................

4  00 
2  25
1  25 
30 
18

4  25
2  40
1  35 
34

8  00 
4  25
2  25 
45

HERBS.

INDIGO.

JELLY .

Sage...........................................
H o p s..........................................

M adras, 5  lb  boxes..............
S. F „ 2, 3 and 5 !b  boxes__

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

15 lfc  pails  .. 
30 lb  pails 

.
LYE.
Cuudensed,  2  doz  ................
(iondeuKOd  1  dos

LICORICE.

P u re.......
Calabria 
S icily .... 
R oot.......

MINCE  M EAT.

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

riATCHBS.

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

nO LA 3SE S.
New O rleans.
B lack........................... 
.... 
11
Pair 
 
14
G ood...................................... 
20
24
Fancy 
Open  K ettle.......................... 25@35

 
...................... 
Half-hi.rre'.s 2c extra.

M UStA RD .

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

PIPE S.

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

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

PICKLES
riedium .

Barrels,  1,200 co u n t...........  5  95
H alf bbls, 600 c o u n t.............  3  13

Sm all.

Barrels, 2,400 co u n t...........  6 35
H alf bbls  1,200 c o u n t.........  3  75

D om estic.

RICE.
C arolina h e a d __  
t 4
C arolina  No.  1  ....................  5
C arolina  No. 2......................  4
B roken....................................  33^

 

 

Im ported.

Japan,  No. 1.........................   64
Japan,  No. 2 ....................... 
6
Java, fancy  h e a d ................   6
Jav a, No.  1.............................  54
T a b le......................................

SALERATUS.

Packed  60  lbs. In  box.

C hurch’s ..................................3  31
D eland’s ..................................3  15
D w ight’s ..................................3  30
Taylor’s .................................... 3  OP

SAL SODA.

G ranulated, b b ls................   75
G ranulated,  100 lb c a se s..  9j
Lum p, b b ls.........................  
75
Lump, 1451b kegs
85

SBBDS.

Anise
9
Canary, S m yrna................  
34
C a ra w a y ............................... 
g
Cardam on,  M alabar 
6
C elery....................................   n
Hemp,  R ussian. 
M ixed  B ird. 
M ustard,  w hite.
„  
-  
...........  
Poppy  ..................................  
Rape............................   44
C uttle B one 

3 4  
■**
5
10
,..................  20

1  50
2  75 
2 40 
2  25
2  50 
25 
55

. ’  9J 
!  75 
.1  60

.3  25 
.4  00 
.3  75
3  50 
.3  50 
.  32 
.  60 
.2  50

SALT.

D iam ond  C rystal. 

Table, cases, 24 3-lb  b o x es.. 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb bags. 
Table, barrels.  40 7  lb bags. 
B utter,  barrels, 2801b. bulk. 
B utter, barrels, 2014 lb bags.
B utter, sacks, 28lb s ...............
B utter, sacks, 56 lb s..........

Comm on G rades.
100 3 lb sack s......................
60 5-lb sack s....................... [
28 10-lb sack s.........................

W orcester.
lb.  ca rto n s.......
50  4 
115  241b. sacks...........
80  5 
lb.  sack s...........
22 14 
lb. sack s...........
3010 
lb. sack s...........
28 lb.  linen sack s.........
56 lb. linen sack s.........
Bulk  in b arrels............

W arsaw .

A shton.
H iggins.

56-lb dairy In d rill b a g s ... 
28-lb dairy  In d rill bags  .. 
56 lb dairy in iinen  sacks 
53-lb dairy in linen  sacks 
53-lb  sack s...........................
G ranulated  F in e................
M edium  F in e ................

S olar  Rock.
Comm on.

SOAP.

JÀ X O N

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

JUS.  8.  KIRK  i  SO.’S BRANDS.

A m erican F am ily, w rp’d ___2 66
Dome........................................... 2 75
C abinet.......................................2 20
Savon.......................................... 2 50
W hite R u ssian .........................2 35
W hite Cloud,  la u n d ry ...........6 *5
W hite Cloud,  to ile t................3 50
D usky  Diam ond, 50  6  oz___ 2 10
D usky Diam ond, 50 8  o z___ 3 00
Bine India,  100 % lb................3 00
K irkoline....................................3 50
2  50
E o s ......................  

Schulte Soap Co.’s B rand.

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Single  b o x .................................2 80
5 box lots.-................................2 75
10 box lo ts ................................. 2 70
25 box lo ts...............................  2  60

A llen B. W risley’s Brands. 

Old Country, 80 1-lb.  bars  . .2  75
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb.  b ars__ 3  75
Uno,  100 3£-lb. b a rs................ 2  50
Doll,  100 10-oz.  b a rs ...............2  05
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 d o z ....... 2  411
Sapolio, h and, 3 d o z .............2  40
Boxes 
......................................   64
Kegs.  English 
4%

S couring.

SODA.

__  

SPICES.
W hole Sifted.

P u re G round In B ulk.

A llspice  .............................  
13
Cassia, C hina in m a ts.......   12
Cassia, B atavia in   b a n d ...  25
Cassia, Saigon in  ro lls....... 39
Cloves,  A m boyna.................  14
Cloves, Z anzibar..................   12
Mace,  B atav ia........................ 55
N utm egs, fa n c y ...................... 60
N utm egs. No.  1...................... 50
N utm egs, No.  2.......................45
Pepper, Singapore, b la ck ... 11 
Pepper, Singapore, w h ite .. .12
P epper,  s h o t............................ 12
A llspice  ...  ............................ 15
Cassia, B a ta v ia ...................... 30
Cassia,  S aigon........................ 40
Cloves, Z anzibar..................   14
G inger,  A frican ..................   15
G inger,  C ochin.......................18
G inger,  Jam aica  ...................23
Mace,  B atav ia........................f5  .
M ustard  ............................ 12@18
N u tm e g s,......................... 40@  U
Pepper, Sing , b la c k ..............12
Pepper, Sing., w h ite ..............20
Pepper, C ayenne.....................2u
S age.............................................15

SYRUPS.

Corn.

B arrels...................................  16
H alf  b b ls...............................  18
F air  .................. . J T ..........   16
G o o d .
C h o ic e ..................................   25

P u re Cane.

Lem  Van. 
1  20

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

T anglefoot, per b o x ............  
30
Tanglefoot, c’se of 10 b’x ’s  2  55
Tanglefoot, 5 case lo ts .......   2 50
T anglefoot, 10 case lo ts .... 12  40

SNUPP.

Scotch, in b la d d ers................. 
s\
M accabov, In ja rs ....................   35
F rench Rappee, In  ja r s .......   48

STARCH.

Kingsford’s  Cora.
40 1-lb packages.................
20 1 lb packages. ... . .. . . ..

Kingsford’s  Sliver  dlost.

40 1 -lb packages 
«14
e -ib b o x e s ..................; ; ;;; ;  7 *

 

Diamond.

64 10c  packages  .................5  00
128  5c  packages.................. .5 oo
32 10c an d  64 5c packages...5  00

Common  Cora.
201 lb. packages.............. 
40 1 lb. packages....................   4%

5

Common Gloss.

1-lb  packages.........................  4
3-lb  packages................... 
4
6-lb  packages....................Ü '
40 a nd 50 lb boxes..................  25«
Barrels  .....................  ■  . ’ ' ‘ '  gi-

STOVE POLISH.

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

SUGAR.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to   w hich  the 
w holesale dealer adds th e local 
freig h t from  New  York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  fo r  the 
am ount  o f  freig h t  buyer  pays 
from   the  m arket  in   w hich  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
w eight o f the barrel.
D om ino..........................................5 94
Cut  L o af................................... !!.'5 94
C rushed................................ ..5  94
C u b e s .....................................  5  69
Pow dered  ............................... 5  6s
XXXX  P ow dered....................  a 75
G ranulated in b b ls.............
.5  44 
G ranulated in  bag s...........
.5  44 
F ine G ran u lated ................
.5  44 
E x tra F ine G ran u lated ...
.5  56 
E x tra Coarse G ranulated.
.5  56 
M ould  A ...............................
.5  69 
D iam ond  Confec.  A .........
.5  44 
Confec. S tandard A ...........
.5  31 
No.
.5  13 
No  2 
.5  13 
No.  3 
.5  13 
No.  4 
.5  13 
No.  5 
.5  03 
No.  6 
.5 00 
No.  7 
.4  88 
No.  8 
.4  81 
No.  9 
.4  63 
No.  10 
.4  63 
No.  11 
.4  56 
No.  12 
4  44 
No.  13 
.4  38 
No.  14 
.4  31 
No.  15 
.4  25
No.  16

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

Clark-Jewell-W ells Co.’s brand. 
New  B rick..................  ....... 33  oo

H.  & P. D rug Co.’s brand. 

Q u in te tte ..............................35 00

G. J . Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

M ichigan Cigar Co.’s brand

UreUnkle

Ure  U n k le....................................35 00

Ruhe Bros Co.’s I 

TABLE  SAUCES.

Lea & P errin ’s,  la rg e........4  75
Lea & P errin ’s, sm all.... ^2  75
H alford,  la rg e..................   3 75
H alford sm all........... 
!a 25
Salad Dressing, la rg e........4  55
Salad Dressing, sm all........2  65

VINEGAR.

Malt W hite W ine, 40 g ra in ....  1 
M alt W hite  W ine, 80 grain 
<
P ure  C ider...........................u
Pure Cider,

L eroux.

Washing Powder.

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

WICKING.

No. 0, per gross__
No. 1, per gross__
No. 2, per gross__
No. 3, per gross__

Fish  and  Oysters

Per lb. 
@ 
9
@ 
8 
@  12 
@  12 
@ 
4
@   10 
@  18 
@  20 
@   10 
@ 
8

Fresh Fish.

W hiteflsh.........
T r o u t....................!'.
Black B ass...............
H a lib u t....................
Ciscoes or H erring.
Bluefish....................
Live  L obster__ ..!
Boiled L o b ste r...
Cod 
.......................;
H addock..................
No.  1  P ickerel.......
P ik e...........................
P erch .................. ,.!!
Smoked  W h ite...!!
Red S napper...........
Col  River  Salm on. 
M ackerel 
...............

Hides  and  Pelts.

The Cappon &  Bertscb  L eather 
Co., 100 C anal  Street, quotes  as 
follow s:

Hides.

Green No.  1.
Green No. 2.
Cured No.  1.
Cured No. 2. 
Calfskins,  green No.  1 
C alfskins,  green  No. 2 
C alfskins, cured No. 1 
C alfskins, cured No. 2

P elts.

@ 8 
@  7 
@ 8 
@ 8 
@ 8k 
@  7 
@10 
@  8k

50@1  00

Wool.
W ashed, fine  ...........
W ashed, m edium __
U nwashed, fine........
U nwashed, m edium

@20

O ils.

Barrels.

Brands.

Mr. T hom as.................................35 00
Sir  W illiam .................................35 00
Club  F in e .....................................35 00
G enerals G rant and Lee___35  00
Spanish H and M ade.............35  00
Crow n  F in e ................................. 35 00

@

E o c e n e .........................   @ llk
XXX W .W .M ich.Hdlt 
W  W M ichigan............   @  8k
Diam ond  W hite..........  @  7 k
D., S. Gas.  ....................  @ 8
Deo. N a p th a ................  @ 7
C y lin d e r...................... 25  @34
Engine  . 
................... 11  a g t
Blank, wints-........... 
<7 9

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

S tan d ard .............
S tandard H.  H .. 
S tandard Tw ist. 
Cut  L o a f.............
Jum bo, 321b 
.
E x tra  H .H .......
Boston  C ream .........

bbls.  pails 

6k@   7 
6k@   7 
6  @  8 
@ 8k 
cases 
@ 6k @ » y,

Mixed Candy.

C om petition..............
S tan d ard ................
Conserve................
R o y a l................
R ibbon........... .'!...
B ro k e n .............'*
Cut  L oaf....... .. ’
English R o ck!....*.’ 
K in dergarten..  . 
French  C ream ...
D andy P an ......... ......
Valley C ream ..  .

Fancy-In Bulk.

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

10

@  6 
@  7 
@ 7k 
@  ?y3 
@ 8k 
@  8k  
@  8k  
@ 8 
@  8k  
@  8k  
@10 
@12

@  8k  
@  S k  
@14 
@11 
@  6 
@ 8 
@ 8k 
@ 8k

Grains and Feedstuffs

Wheat.

W heat

Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

Local  Brands.

...

5  50 
5  OJ 
5 25 
4 00 
3  50 
dis
-5c  per bbl. dd

P a te n ts ...................... 
(
Second  P a te n t.! ! .! ...........  ■
S traight  ....................
C lear......................
G raham   ................
B uckw heat 
R y e ....................... ”  1
Subject  to  usual 
count.
F lo u r in  bbl 
ditioiial.
B all-Barnhart-Put m an’s Brand
D iam ond, k s ........................   5 71
D iam ond, 54s ......... 
5  71
Dian ond, k s .  ... 
" 5  7j

 

W orden  Grocer Co. V  Brand.
Q uaker,  k s  
5 7 ,
Q uaker,  tfs .......... !.'.............  5  7!
Q uaker,  k s ..................... . 
. .  b 7 i

. 

 

S pring  W heat  Flour. 

Clark-Jew ell  Wells Co.’s Brand.

29

Provisions.

fo llo w s *   ComPany  quote  as

Crockery  and

Glassware.

B arreled  P o rk .

..............
Mess 
..............
Back 
Clear  b ack __
S h o rtc u t__
P ig .................... 
Bean 
.............
Fam ily  ........... 

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

.

10  75
11  50 
11  50 
1U  7o 
14  00 
9 25
11  00

Dry Salt  Meats.

B ellie s..................
Briskets  .  .......
E xtra  s h o rts ...’. . ! ! ! ! ! '
Sm oked  H eats.

Hams.  12 lb  average 
Hams.  14 lb  average
Hams,  16 lb  average.......
Hams, 20 lb  av erag e..
Ham dried beef 
Shoulders  (N.  Y
cut)
Bacon,  cle a r__
C alifornia  ham s 
Boneless ham s.
Cooked  h am __

854
14
4@8k
6k
...........  10@kj,
In Tierces.
.............  
advance
advance
Ik  S1“ ? ............advance
m ik pa }!s ............advance
}b £a  8............advance
|  {P Pails ............advance
3 lb P alls............advance

Com pound.............
K ettle............... 
80 lb Tubs  ________

lb Tubs

Lards.

H

J

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

B utters,

k  gal.,  per d o z................ 
514
ov.
I  to 6 gal.,  per g a l....... . "  
u k
8 gal., per g a l .................... 
10 gal-, per g a l............. 
ey*
12 gal., per g a l.....................  
gk
1° sal- m eat-tubs, per gal..  8 
2o gal. m eat-tubs,  per gal., 
g 
®  gal. m eat-tubs,  per gal..  10 
30 gal. m eat-tubs, per gal..  10 

2 lo 6 gal.,  per g a l.............. 
Ch urn  Dashers, per doz... 

5y.
¡45 

C hurns.

M ilkpans.

k  gal.  flat or rd.  bot., doz.  60 
1  gal.  flat or rd.  bot., each 
Fine Glazed M ilkpans. 

k  gal.  flat or rd.  bot., doz.  65 
1 gal.  fiat or rd. bot., each 

5k  

5k  

Stew pans.

k  gal.  fireproof,  ball, do*.  85 
1 gal. fireproof,  bail, doz.l  10 

Ju g s.

M gal., per d oz...............  
k  gal.,  per d o z............ ..........  son
1  to 5 gal.,  per g al.................. 
g ^

40

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon  D rops......... 
Sour  Drops  .........  
P epperm int D rops.. 
TTh M °™ e D i? ps 
• • 
H.  M. Choc. D rops.. 
Gum  D rops......... 
Licorice D ro p s.... 
A. B. Licorice Drops 
Lozenges,  p la in ....
Lozenges,  p rin ted ..
Im p e ria ls..............
M ottoes..............
Cream   B a r.. ....
Molasses B ar  !!!..!!
H and Made Cream s.  80
P lain  C ream s...........  60
D ecorated Creams
String R ock...............
B u rn t A lm onds__ .1  25
W intergreen Berries
Caramels. 
No.  1 w rapped, 2  lb.
b o x e s ................
No.  1  w rapped, 3  ib.
boxes  ....................
No. 2 w rapped, 2  ib! 
b o x e s.......

«50
¡&50
0 m
@60
(»75
/»on
§ (£
@50
@50
@50
@50
@55
@50
@50
@ 1  05
@90
@90
@60
@@60

@35
@50

@2 50 
@3  00 
@3 50 
@
!  50@2  75

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

@1  50 
@2  00

@  12

@  15 
@  13 
@  6k

@  8
@  5 
@  fl 
@  4 k

@13
@11
@13 
@   8 
@10 
@13 
@10
@  9 
@10 
@  9 
@   8 
@10 
@12

@  7 
@  J k

Bananas.

M edium  b u n ch e s... 1  25 
Large bunches.........1  75

Foreign Dried  Fruits 

Figs.

Choice, 10lb boxes..
E x tra  choice,  14  lb
boxes....................
Fancy,  121b  boxes
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes..................
Pulled, 61b boxes.. 
N aturals,  in   bags.
Dates.
F ards in 10 lb  boxes 
F ards  In  60 lb  cases
Persians, G. M’s .......
lb cases,  new .......
Sairs,  601b  c a ses....

Nuts.
A lmonds, T a rrag o n a..
Almonds, Iv aca...........
A lmonds,  C alifornia,
soft  sh elled ..............
Brazils n ew ................
F ilberts  .............. ! . . ! ’
W alnuts, Grenobles .
W alnuts,  C alif No.  1 
W alnuts,  soft  shelled
C a lif...........................
Table N uts,  fan cy __
Table  Nuts,  choice..
Pecans, Med.................
Pecans,  Ex. L arg e__
Pecans,  Ju m b o s...
H ickory  N uts per bu.,
Gocoanuts,  full  sacks 

Peanuts.
Fancy,  H.  P„  Suns.
Fancy,  H.  P „  Flags
Choice, H.  P., E xtras 
Choice,  H. P„  Extras,

R oasted.........

Rr»ft

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

50
50

g5

50

|E S 1 3

P illsbury’s  Best  k s . . 
6  60 
P illsbury’s  Best 54s..
6  50 
P illsbury’s Best 4 s . ...........
6  40 
P illsbury’s Best  k s  paper .  u 
6  40 
P illsbury’s Best  h s paper..  6 
40
B all-B arnhart-Putm an’s Brand
D uluth  Im perial,  k s .
6  50 
D uluth  Im perial,  u s .
6  40 
D uluth Im perial,  k s .
6  30
Lemon &  W heeler Co.’s  B rand.
Gold  M edal  k s .........  
6  75
Gold M edal  m s...... 
............  « «=>
Gold M edal  k s ....... . . . . . V ' . l s b
P arisian,  k s .........................  
6 75
Parisian,  54s.........................!  6  65
P an sian .  k s ............................  g 55

Oiney <fc J u d s o n ’s B rand.

Ceresota,  k s ..........  
6  50
Ceresota,  k s ..........................  e  50
Ceresota, k s ............................ g
W orden Grocer Co.’s  B rand.
Laurel,  k s ................
Laurel, k s ....... ! ...................
Laurel, k s ......... ...................

Meal.
B o lte d .....................
G ranulated 

.......

Feed and  Millstuffs.

8t.  Car Feed,  screened 
No.  I  Corn and  Oats 
U nbolted Corn  Meal 
W inter W heat  Bran 
W inter W heat  M iddlings 
Screenings..........

New Corn.
Car  lo ts.......................
Less than  car  lo ts.......

O ats.

Car  lo ts.............................
Cariots, clip p ed ..............
Less than  car  lo ts .........

Hay.

No.  1 T im othy  a rlo ts .. 
No.  1 Tim othy, ton lots

17  00 
16  00 
15  no
14  ?0
15  50 
15  00

3ik41
32k35
36

9 00
.10 00

Fresh  Meats.

6«@ 7k 
C a rc a ss............
5fc@ 6k 
Fore q u a rte rs.. 
H ind  quarters. 
8k@   9 
Loins  No.  3.
9  @12
g ibs  -..........................  !  8k @12
Rounds 
8
chucks 
Plates 
.
@  4

4k@   5 k  

Pork.

D ressed .......................   4  75^5  00
Loins  ............................. 
Qi  7-vi*
S h o u ld e rs ......... 
@  g
Leaf L a rd ..................!.  5£@

... 

Mutton.

Carcass 
........................7  @ 8
Spring L am bs.............. 8  @ 9

Carcass 

Veal.

......................6k@   8

Sausages.

9  0j 
11  50 
11  00

Beef.

,  PiEs ’ Feet.

B o lo g n a ..................
L iv er..................
F ran k fo rt...........................
P o r k ..................  ..............
Blood 
........... ; ; ; ...............
T o n g u e __ !!!!!.!.;;
Head  cheese.
„  
E xtra  M ess.......
Boneless 
.........
R u m p ............!!!"■ "
uit. 
K its,  15  lbs.
k   bbls, 40 lb s ...................  1  k
k  bbis,soibs...!!.'!;;;;;  2  4]
Kits,  15  lb s......... 
-n
k   bbls, 40l b s ...! .............  1
.............  1  '**1
KKl.i  OA IL. 
k   bbls, 80 ibs
2  40
P o r k ...........C" ,nfi8-
Beef  ro u n d s...
Beef  m id d le s ...!!.' 
S h e e p ....................
t.  11 
„  B»tterine.
Rolls,  d a iry ...................
Solid,  d a i r y ...........
Rolls,  c re a m e ry __
Solid,  c re a m e ry .........

Tripe.

. 

Canned  Meats. 

Corned  beef,  2  lb 
Corned  beef,  14  lb 
R oast  beef,  2  1b...!! 
ks.* 
Potted  ham , 
k s .. 
P otted  ham , 
Deviled ham , 
k s ..!! 
D eviled ham , 
k s!!!!!! 
Potted  tongue k s .... 
P otted  tongue k s ....

» k
14
13k
.  2  50 
. 16  50 
2  50 
70 
1  lO 
70 
I  10 
70

B iscuit  Co.

6%

Crackers.

B u tter.

The  N ational 
quotes as follow!
Seym our XXX 
Seymour XXX. 3 lb.  carton
Fam ily X X X .........................
Fam ily  XXX, 3 lb  carton
Salted  X X X .........................
I  Salted  XXX, 3 lb c a rto n ..
Soda  XXX  ...
Soda  XXX, 3 ib 'carto n
Soda,  C ity.........
Z ephyrette.. . . . ! . . ! . ! ! ! ! .
Loug Island  W afers...........
L. 1.  W afers,  1 lb carton 

Soda.

O yster.

 

6

Square Oyster, X XX ...........
Sq.  Oys. XXX.  1  lb  carton.
F arina Oyster.  XXX...........
SW EET  GOODS— Bozet
A n im a ls........... 
..................
10k
B ent’s Cold  W a ter... 
14
 
Belle R o se......................... 
Cocoanut  Taffy....... !!.! 
12
Coffee C akes................
10
Frosted H oney__
12k
u
G rabs m Crackers 
! 
G inger Snaps, XXX round 
7
G inger Snaps, XXX  city. 
7
Gin. Snps,XXX hom e made  7 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped 
7
G inger  V anilla  ................. 
Im p e rials................................ 
Jnm oles,  H oney.................  
Molasses  C akes............ !. ’ "   8
M arshmallow  .......  
"45
M arshmallow  Cream s!!!!!  tg 
g%
Pretzels,  hand  m ade  . 
Pretzelettes, L ittle G erm an  6k
Sugar  C ake........................ 
g
S u lta n a s.........................”  ’'  4014
Sears’ L u n c h ...............!.!!!!!  s
V anilla  S quare__  
8k
V anilla  W a fe rs.......  
”  14
Pecan  W afers......... 
'  45^
M ixed  P ic n ic ......................!!  jo k
Cream J u m b le s ................ 
12
Boston G inger  N u ts.... . ...  8k
Ohimmie F a d d e n ...........  
10
Pineapple G lace.............. 
16
Penny C akes.........................  
M arshmallow  W a ln u ts....  16 
Belle Isle P icnic.................  11

g
g
12%

Tom ato Ju g s.

k  gal., per doz....................  70
1 gal., ea ch .........................  
7
Corks for k  gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1  gal.,  per doz..  30 
P reserve J a rs  and Covers, 
k  gal.,  stone cover, d o z ...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz.  .1  00 

Sealing W ax.

2

5 lbs.  in  package,  per lb ... 
LAMP  BURNERS.
No.  0  S u n .......................
No.  1  S un............................. 
 
No.  2  S un................!.'!!!" ' 
75
T u b u lar............  
 
 
Security.  No.  I 
Security.  No.  2.  . 
85
N utm eg  ................................ 
C lim ax....................................  j  50
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common.
„  
Fer box o f 6 doz.
No.  0  S u n ......... 
,  75
S°-  '  g u n ...........................!!  1  88

. . '! . '............ 

No. 
No. 
No. 

F irs t  Q uality.
crim p 
crim p 
crim p 

w rapped and  labeled  ...  2  10 
w rapped and  labeled..  .  2  25 
w rapped and  labeled 
3  25

0 Sun, 
1  Sun, 
2 sun, 

top
top
top,

^  
No. 
No. 
No. 

XXX F lin t.
crim p 
crim p 
crim p 

top,
w rapped and  labeled 
top,
w rapped and  labeled.  ..
top.
w rapped and  labeled  . 

0 Sun, 
1  Sun, 
2 Sun, 

2  55 
2 75
3  75

CHIMNEYS—P earl  Top.
No.  1  Sun,  w rapped  and
labeled.  .............................  3
No  2  Sun,  w rapped  and
labeled.......................  
No.  2 Hinge,  w rapped  and
lab eled .......................  
No. 2  Sun,  "Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lam ps............... 

4  7q
4

go

La  Bastie.

 

No.  1  Sun.  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ......... 
|  gg
 
No.  2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
|  50
doz  ............................... 
No.  1 Crimp, per d o z......... !!  1  35
.  .  l  60
No. 2 Crimp, per d o z .. 

R ochester.

No.  1, Lime  (65c d o z)...3  50
S °- o’  fe‘me  <70c d o z).. 
No. 2,  F lint  (80c  d o z).  4  70

.. 4  00

Electric.

No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  .......   4  00
No. 2, F lin t  (80c d o z)... 4  40

OIL  CANS.

Doz.
1  gal  tin cans w ith  spout 
1  25
1 gal galv iron w ith  spout.  1  65
2 gal galv  Iron w ith  spout  2  87
3 gal galv  iron w ith spout  3  50 
5 gal galv Iron w ith  spout.  4  75 
3 gal galv iron w ith faucet  4  75 
5 gal galv Iron w ith  fau cet  5  25
g
o gal  T ilting ca n s............. 
8  00
o gal galv iron  N acefas  ...  9  00

Pump  Cans.

5 gal  Rapid  steady stream .  9  00 
5 gal E ureka non overflow  10  50
3 gal  Home R ule.................. lo  50
5 gal Home R u le........... 
12  00
5 gal  P irate  K ing................   9  50

LANTERNS.
No.  0 T u b u lar.................. 
4  25
No.  IB   T u b u la r...!! 
.!!  6  50
No.  13 T ubular D ash...........6  30
No.  1 Tub., glass fo u n t__   7  00
No.  12  Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C
No.  3 S treet  L am p.............  3  75

LANTERN  GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents......... 
45
No.  0 Tubular,  cases2 doz.
each,  box  15  c e n ts ..  . 
45
No.  0 T ubular,  bbls  5 doz.
each, bbl 35...................... 
49
No. 0 T ubular,  b u ll’s  eye,
cases 1 doz. each__ . . . . .   1  25

LAMP  W ICKS.
No. 0 per gross................. 
No. 1 per gross.................. 
No. 2 per gross  ..................... 
No. 3 per gross...................  
M am m oth................................ 

20
  25
38
  58
79

g k

Oysters in Cans.

F.  H.  C ounts___
F. J. D. S elects..
Selects ........................
F. J. D.  S tandards.. 

Oysters  in  Bulk

F.  H. C ounts......... 
E x tra  Selects.........
A nchor Standards. 
C lam s......................

@  40

1

1
@2  0J 
@1  50 

@1 10 @

Shell  Goods.

Oysters,  per  100 
n  'm s  
" a ,  -on

.. 1  25@1  50
'VWJll  Of1

Fruits.
Oranges.

Cal. S eed lin g s___
F ancy N avels 112  . !
126 to  216............
C hoice..................
M edt Sw eets.

Lemons. 
Strictly choice  360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s . 
F ancy  360s or 300s... 
E x.P ancy  300s....
Ex. F ancy  360s.........
C alifornia 300s.  ...

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

30

L E G A L   S U P E R V IS IO N .

Regulating  the  Commission  Business 

by  Inspectors.

the 

Some  time  previous  to  the  meeting 
of  the  State  Horticultural  society  at 
Grand  Haven, 
local  horticultural 
society  at  Grand  Haven  adopted  resolu­
tions  calling  for  the  appointment  of  in­
spectors,  by  the  Federal  Government, 
whose  duty  should  be  to  investigate  the 
standing  and  methods  of  business  of 
produce  commission  merchants,  to  re­
ceive  and  report  upon  complaints  of 
unfair  or  unsatisfactory  treatment  of 
consignors,  and 
in  general  to  see  that 
commission  merchants  do  business  hon­
estly. 
It  proposed  that  these  inspectors 
should  “ look 
the 
farm  produce  commission  business  with 
the  same  care  and  object  in  view  that 
bank  examiners  do  in  their  several  dis­
tricts.’ ’  Following  the  reading  of  the 
resolutions, 
following  discussion 
took  place:

into  and  examine 

the 

Mr.  Hancock:  I  believe  that 

it  is 
the  experience  of  most  of  the  shippers 
of  fruit  that  some  such  regulation  is 
necessary. 
I  believe  that  every  honest 
commission  man  (and  I  think  most  of 
them  will  acknowledge  it)  can  find  no 
ground  for complaint  if  such  a  law shall 
be  passed  and  enforced. 
1  believe  that 
the  conditions  of  trade  demand  some­
thing  of  this  kind.  There  are,  I  under­
stand,  somewhere 
in  the  neighborhood 
of  10,000  commission  merchants  in  the 
United  States. 
I  do  not  know  as  to  the 
exact  figures,  but  I  believe  somewhere 
in  that  neighborhood.  The  producer 
ships  his  goods—they  are  at  no  time the 
goods  of  the  commission  man—and  I 
believe  that  he  should  have  an  oppor­
tunity  to  know  what  becomes  of  the 
fruit,  and  that  this  Government  should 
create  a  commission,  having  as  much 
authority  as  the  bank  examiners  have, 
and  those  examiners  should  be  author­
ized,  if  it  seems  desirable  in  any  case, 
to  go  to  a  commission  merchant  and 
ask  him  what  he  did  with  certain  con­
signments,  whom  he  sold  them  to,  what 
he  got  for  them. 
I  believe  it  is  simply 
a  matter  of 
I  do  not  believe 
there 
is  a  man  here  who  wishes  to  do 
another  man  an  injustice  in  this  partic­
is  what  the  resolution  calls 
ular.  That 
for,  and  we  should  be  entitled  to 
I 
will 
it  to  you,  gentlemen,  but  I 
think  it  should  require  very  little  argu­
ment  to  convince  you  that  such  a  reso­
lution  is  necessary,  and  I  believe  that 
this  society  should  endorse  this  resolu­
tion ;  it  should  do  all 
it  can  to  have 
such  an  act  passed  and have it enforced.
It  appears  to  me  that 
there  are  a  good  many  good  features  in

Mr.  Morrill: 

justice. 

leave 

it. 

this  matter.  The  State  Horticultural 
Society  are  asked  to  endorse  it.  The 
Society  are  usually  very  careful  as  to 
what  action  they  take  in  these  matters. 
legislative  committee  to 
They  have  a 
whom  is  referred  all  State 
legislation, 
is  simply  an  appeal  to  Con­
but  this 
gress,  if  I  understand  the  matter  right, 
because  it  is  something  that  State 
leg­
I  hope  we  will 
islation  can  not  reach. 
get  a  good  expression,  but  when 
it 
comes  to  a  vote  we  will  ask  that  only 
members  of  the* State  Society pledge the 
organization. 
is  something  we 
have  to  be  a  little  careful  about.

That 

letter 

I  helped 

Geo.  W.  Barnett 

(Chicago):  Mr. 
Pruim  made  an  assertion,  if  my  mem­
ory  serves  me  right,  that  the  produce 
commission  men  of  Chicago  and  the 
National  League  of  Commission  Men 
were  banded  together  against  the  inter­
ests  of  the  producer.  That  is  my  recol­
lection.  Reference  was  also  made  to 
a 
from  the  President  of  the 
National  League  of  Commission  Mer­
chants.  In  the  discussion  it was claimed 
that  that  letter  pledged that organization 
to  oppose  such  legislation;  at  least,  the 
construction  given  to  the  letter  was  that 
the  organization  would  work  against 
such  legislation.  Now  then,  in  the  ab­
sence  of  the  recognized  head,  I  cham­
pion  the  cause  of  the  National  League 
of  Commission  Merchants,  in  order  that 
no  stain  shall  rest  upon  250  men  who 
are  absent. 
in  the  organiza­
tion.  The  first  President  was  Walter 
Phelps,  of  New  York ;  the  second  Pres 
ident  1  had  the  honor  to  be.  Disability 
on  the  part  of  the  President  the  first 
year  made  me  practically  the  executive 
officer.  I  watched  it,  followed  its  course 
throughout,  and  1  say  to  you  that  not 
one  single  charge  of  dishonesty  has 
been  proved  against  a  single  member of 
the  organization.  We  stand  ready  to 
meet  every  charge  backed  up  with  rea­
sonable  proof,  and  any  man  who  can 
not  show  a  clean  record  is  shown  the 
door  so  quickly  that  he  doesn’t  know 
what  hit  him.  We  stand  on  that  plat­
form  to-day.  The  interests  of  the prod­
ucer  and  the  commission  merchant  are 
identical.  The  honest  commission  mer­
chant  must  live  by  the  shipments  that 
he  receives,  so  far  as  they  will  go. 
In 
this  day  and  age  of  the  world  we  must 
supplement 
that  by  merchandising. 
There  are  men  here  who  sell  by  the 
carload  to  commission  merchants,  and 
they  must  merchandise  during 
five 
months  of  the  year  or  they  would  starve 
to  death.  They  accumulate—this  is  the 
statement.  True  they  do.  A  man  who 
is  in  business  thirty  years  ought  to  ac­
cumulate  some  thousands;  but  I  say  to 
you  that 
is  not  profit

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The  Secretary:  Have  you  any  objec­

tion  to  stating  it?

commission  merchant 

enough  in  it  to  induce  a  man  to go  into 
the  commission  business  if  he  was  out 
of  it,  if  he  had  experience  and  knew 
just  what  there  is  in 
it.  The  peach 
crop  of  last  year  has  been  the  sore  spot, 
and 
justly  so,  with  the  men  who  grew 
it.  I  do  not  minimize  their  efforts,  I  do 
not  belittle  their  work,  I  do  not  slight 
the  endeavors  they  have  put  forth  to 
produce  something  that  shall bring them 
something  to  live  on  until  another crop; 
but  the  actual  money  received  by  the 
reputable 
for 
handling  that  crop  of  peaches  did  not 
pay  current  expenses.  While  the  re­
mark  may  be  made,  “ You  are  no  worse 
off  than  other  people,  because  we  didn’t 
get  anything, ”   still,  in  order  to  prop­
erly  handle  the  business,  we  must  se­
cure  expensive  locations,  we  must  hire 
expensive  help;  we  could  not  discharge 
those  men,  we  could  not  vacate  that 
store ; with a dropping off of the receipts, 
our  expenses  would  have  to  go  on,  and 
I  know  of  at  least  one  house,  and  I  be­
lieve  there  were  others,  last  year,  that 
were  handling  the  peach  and  apple 
crop,  which  was  so  disastrous  to  the 
State  of  Michigan,  who  lost  thousands 
of  dollars  in  the  simple  matter  of  ex­
penses.  Sell  apples  at  60  cents per bar­
rel—what  is  there  in  it?  Only  6  cents, 
io  per  cent,  com­
if  you  get  your  full 
mission.  That 
is  all,  and  you  can  not 
put  a  barrel  of  apples  into  the  bouse 
and  take  it  out  for 6  cents;  it  is  simply 
an  impossibility.  Nine  cents  per  bas­
ket  for  grapes!  Nine-tenths  of  a  cent, 
if  you  please.  Three  per  cent,  of  that, 
which 
is  the  invariable  rule,  I  believe, 
goes  to  local  agents  or  others  for rebates 
to  societies.  After  an  experience  of 
thirty  years  on  the  market  in  Chicago
1  do  not  know  of  ten  men  who  have  re­
tired  on  a  competence  who  have  had 
the  respect  of  the  community. 
The 
great  profits 
in  the  commission  busi­
ness  are  not  so  apparent.  I  have  known 
of  scores  dropping  out  by  the  way  who 
have  lost  from  five  to  ten  thousand  dol­
lars  that  they  put  into  the  business,  be­
cause  it  does  not  take  a  great  while  to 
1  have  stated  these 
eat  up  the  capital. 
facts  briefly,  but  I  have  tried  to  do 
it 
so  clearly  that  there  can  be  no  mistake 
I  am  only  speaking  of  the 
about  it. 
honest  commission  men, 
I  am  only 
speaking  of  those  who  do  their  duty.  It 
is  only  by  the  vast  amount  of  business 
done  and  by  looking  after  the  fractions, 
that  the  profit  is  made. 
I  have  the 
honor  of  being  at  the  head  of  a  pretty 
large  concern, but  the  net  income  we re­
ceive  from  our  business  is  so  small  that 
we  have  to  do  an  immense  business  to 
make  anything.  For  years our net profit, 
out  of  which  had  to come the sustenance 
of  my  brother  and  myself,  was  less than
2  per  cent,  of  the  amount  of  business 
we  did;  consequently  we  can  hardly  be 
accused  in  a  wholesale  way  of  being  so 
great  at  “ gouging” — I  know  no  other 
word  to  put  in.  Let  me  now  pay  my 
respects  to  the  dishonest  commission 
men—they  exist.  They  are  dishonest, 
we  know  it,  but  we  would  not  undertake 
to  prove  it. 
I  would  get  a  libel  suit  on 
lively  if  I  should  say, 
my  hands  right 
“ John  Brown  was  dishonest 
and 
swindled”   unless  I  had  it  in  black  and 
white  to  prove 
is  going  to 
prove  it?  The  National  League  of  Com­
mission  Merchants  say,  “ We  will  lend 
you  our  help.”   While  I  was  President 
of  that  organization  I  sat  in  my  office 
and  listened  to  charges  made  by  one  of 
the  best  attorneys  in  the  city  of Chicago 
against  a  firm  whose  name  for  obvious 
reasons  I  do  not  mention.  The  Secre­
tary,  however,  knows  it.

it.  Who 

Mr.  Barnett:  They  are  out  of  busi­
ness;  I  do  not  wish  to  mention  it unless 
is  necessary.  That  attorney  was  at 
it 
his  wits’  end.  Said  he,  “ Here 
it  is 
plaih  enough.  But  how  are  you  going 
to  prove  it?”  
I  detailed  a  man  whom 
I  was  paying  $2,000  per  year  (and  he 
was  earning  his  money),  told  him  what 
to  do,  where  to  go,  and  he  gathered  the 
evidence.  Shippers  came  in  and  said, 
“ Mr.  Barnett,  you  are  a  member  of  the 
National  League?”   “ Yes,sir.”   “ Well, 
So-and-So  robbed  me  out  cf  $500” — in 
“ Well” ,I  said,"I  am 
one case  $1,500. 
“ Well,  but  I  want  to 
sorry  for  you. ”  
get  my  money  back.”   “ Who 
is  your 
“ Do  you  have  to  hire  an 
attorney?”  
attorney?”  
‘ Yes,  I  can  not  appear 
in 
court,”   I said.  “ Gather your evidence; 
be  sure  you  are  right.”   He  started  his 
case,  and  those  cases  were  worked  up. 
One  man  received  back  through  the 
agency  of  the  National  League  of  Com­
mission  Merchants  $1,500,  and 
inside 
of  two  months  $3,800  was  paid  back  to 
shippers  through  this  institution  which 
was  vilified  yesterday.  Now  you  say, 
“ Why  do  you  not  do  it  all  around?”  
We  are  not  a  collection  agency. 
It  re­
mains  with  you,  gentlemen,  who  grow 
to 
the  fruit,  who  produce  the  fruit, 
crush  these  men  out,  and 
if  you  will 
not do it, then  what  can  you  expect  us  to 
do?  Suppose  John  Brown  is a dishonest 
man,  and  he  will  keep  25,  50  or  100  per 
cent,  of  the  proceeds—in  fact,  he  takes 
the  whole  business  without  saying  any­
thing  to  you  about  it.  He  has  had  the 
profit.  Now,  remember, all  honest  com­
mission  men  are  not 
in  this  organiza­
tion ;  we  do  not  claim  that.  We  said, 
“ Come  in  with  us,"  but  there  are  men 
who  stayed  outside  for  very  good  and 
sufficient  reasons,  by  themselves.  The 
dishonest  man  has  had  the  honest  pro­
ceeds.  Assuming  you  sell  him  a  thou­
sand  dollars’  worth  of  goods  and  he  is 
entitled  to  a  hundred  dollars  of  that, 
he  has  that  and  he  puts  that  in  his 
pocket,  and  with 
it  includes  from  two 
to  five  or  nine  hundred  dollars.  He has 
that  money  in  his  pocket.  What  does 
he  do?  He  says,  “ What  are  you  going 
to  do  about 
lan­
guage,  but  I  was  told  that  in  my  office 
by  an  attorney,  and  the  attorney  said, 
“ If  any  of  your  friends  are  in  trouble, 
why,  here  is  my  card.”   Well,  I  do  not 
need  his  card.  I  knew  where  to  find  his 
office. 
in­
sult,  and  that  man  I  know  is  hired  by 
the  year  to  keep  men  cut  of  trouble. 
Now,  our  local  organization  got  after 
this  concern  that  made  these  large resti­
tutions  of  which  I  spoke.  We  did  not 
dare  mention  the  name,  mind  you,  but 
we  sent  East  and  West,  North  and 
South,  broadcast,  to  all  of  our  corres­
pondents,  evidence  so  clean  and  so  di­
rect  that  by  and  by  they  “ squealed. ”  
Inside  of  two  weeks  1  had  a  telephone 
message  that  asked  for  me  personally.
I  answered  it. 
like 
to  meet  you  at  the  Briggs  House  at 
lunch." 
I  met  him,  and  we  sat  down 
at  a  table  together,  and  he  said,  “ You 
fellows  are  making 
it  terribly  hot  for 
1  said,  “ I  guess  you  have  made 
me.”  
it  hot  for  the  other 
fellow,  haven’t 
you?”   He  said  “ Yes,  but  I  can’t  stand 
this;  I  want  you  to  let  up.  Can  I 
join 
the  National  League?”   Said  I,  No, 
sir;  your  record  is  against  you.”   Al­
though  that  man  had  been  to  me  pre­
viously,  and  I  told  him  point-blank 
that  I  would  not  sell  him  a  dollar’s 
worth  of  goods  unless  he  put  up  the 
cash,  and  even  then  did  not  wish  to sell

I  considered  it  a  downright 

It  said,  “ I  would 

it?"  That 

is  plain 

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in  Chicago,  and 

him,  that  I  was  opposed  to  him  and  his 
practices,  in  two  weeks  after  that  I  had 
another  call,  and  again  be  begged  me 
I  said,  “ No,  sir;  restitution 
to  let  up. 
is  the  only  thing.’ ’ 
I  had  several  ac­
counts  sent  in,  where  they  had  slaugh­
tered  the  goods  in  order  to  get  rid  of 
them,  and  during  the  fall  they  had done 
the 
largest  fruit  and  produce  business 
of  any  firm 
in  two 
weeks  more  they  were  out  of  business, 
and  they  have  not  dared  go back]  That 
is the direct work of the National League.
Now,  gentlemen,  you  have  all  the 
evidence  and  all  the  opportunity  to  find 
honest  men,  but  how  do  you  treat them? 
I  think  Mr.  Thayer  said,  “ Find  your 
men  (I  have  no  question  but  he  looked 
them  up  first;  he  locked  the  stable  door 
before  the  horse  was  stolen),  and  when 
you  have  found  them  stay  by  them. ”  
Will  you  stay  by  anybody  to-day?  Will 
the  average  fruit  shipper  stay  by  any­
body?  Any  man  that  comes  and  offers 
you  something  for  nothing 
is  the  one 
that  gets  the  business. 
If  a  man  offers 
more  than  the  market  warrants,  then 
be  gets  the  business  without  any 
inves­
tigation.  Now,  you  should  be  very  care­
ful  right  here.  Our  market  slumps,  and 
before  you  accuse  a  man  of  stealing, 
you  would  better  find  out  what  the  mar­
ket  was.  What  can  you  expect  when you 
have  sixty  carloads  of  Michigan  berries 
in  one day,besides  about  five carloads of 
raspberries,  and  as  many  blackberries, 
dumped  on  the  Chicago  market  on  the 
wrong  day,  as  we  had  on  Tuesday?  We 
had  one  of  the  worst  storms,  lasting  un­
til  about  8  o’clock,  that  you  ever  heard 
of. 
things—we 
were  drenched.  What  can  you  do  under 
such  circumstances?  Of  course, 
the 
market  went  down. 
I  have  seen returns 
at  35  cents,  and  I  have  known  of  sales 
at  25,  and  I  question  whether  the  en­
tire  receipts  from  the  State  of Michigan 
averaged  40  cents  for  a  case  of  sixteen 
quarts.  Ruinous?  Of  course 
it  was 
ruinous.  We  did  not  pay  expenses  on 
it,  not  even  for  the  current  day.  What 
could  we  do?  The  next  day,  with  ten 
thousand  cases  less,  the  market  showed 
firmness,  scarcely  any  appieciable  rise 
in  values,  but  still there was a little rise. 
Be  honest  with  your  commission  man, 
the  man  that  you  pick  out.  Sell  all  the 
goods  you  can  at  home— I  have  no  fault 
to  find  with  that,  and  I  have  no  fault  to 
find,  as  a  commission  man,  with  this 
resolution.  We  can  stand  it,  but  I  will 
tell  you  this,  you  will  not  get  any  more 
honest  returns  after  you  have  it  than 
before.  Good  moral  character!  Why, 
in  the  State  of  Illinois,  a  saloonkeeper 
can  not  get  a 
license  unless  he  has  a 
good  moral  character.  But  it  does  not 
make  him  a n   honest  man.

just  fairly  shook 

It 

[continued  next  week.]

S aginaw   D ru g g ists  F ired  w ith   P a trio t­

ism .

Saginaw,  May  2—The  Saginaw  Phar­
maceutical  Society 
is  the  first  organi­
zation  in  the  city  to  take  advantage  of 
the  opportunity  to  contribute  a  regular 
monthly  amount  to  the  general  fund  for 
providing  for  the families of the soldiers 
and  sailors  in  the  city.  Every  druggist 
in  the  city  is  a  member  of  this  society, 
which  has  pledged  to  raise  $50  per 
month,  each  member  signing the follow­
ing  agreement:

We,  the  undersigned  members  of  the 
Saginaw  Pharmaceutical  Society,  here­
by  agree  to  give  the  sums  set  opposite 
our  names  every  month  until  the  close 
of  the  war  with  Spain,  or  until  we  shall 
give  notice  of  our  inability  to  continue 
payments,  to’  be  paid 
into  a  fund  for 
the  benefit  of  the  United  States  soldiers 
and  sailors  of  Saginaw, 
to  be  dis­
bursed  under  direction  of  a  committee 
appointed  by  the  citizens.

V a lid ity   o f  G uaranties.

Merchants  often  extend  credit  to  cus­
tomers  on  the  guaranty  of  third  parties. 
It  is  useful  and  desirable  knowledge  to 
possess,  in  gaining 
information  as  to 
what  real  value  — if  any— is  possessed 
by  such  guaranties.  According  to  a 
high  authority,  to determine the validity 
of  guaranties  in  all  cases  and  under  all 
circumstances  is  a  very  difficult task  for 
learned  and  experienced  lawyers.  Th 
ablest 
lawyers  may  find  their  opinion 
contradicted  by  the  decisions  of  the 
courts,  and 
in  turn  the  judgments  of 
these  may  be  reversed  by  superior 
tribunals.  Furthermore,  the  law  on  the 
subject 
is  not  the  same  in  all  states 
Some  hints  on  this  matter  may  prove 
interesting  to  dealers.

A  guaranty  by  word  of  mouth  has  no 
legal  value;  it  should  be  reduced  to 
writing  in  order  to  be  sustained  by  the 
courts,  if  it  should  prove  necessary. 
It 
is,  of  course,  generally  understood  that 
guaranties  given  by  people  under  age, 
by  persons  of  unsound  mind,  or  by 
in­
toxicated  people  are  invalid.  Remem 
ber  also  that  a  guaranty  by  a  firm  must 
be  concurred  in  by  all  the  partners.  A 
corporation  can  not  legally  guarantee  a 
debt  contracted  by  a  third  person,  nor 
enter 
into  an  agreement  of  indemnity 
for  others,  unless  it  is  a  regular  surety 
company.  Of  course,  if  a  firm  gives  a 
guaranty  and  is  subsequently  dissolved 
and  a  new  firm  is formed  to  carry on the 
business,  the  successors  are  not  held re­
sponsible  for  their  predecessors’  guar­
anty.  A  guaranty  given  to  a  particular 
person  is  not  valid  as  concerns  a  part­
nership  into  which  lie  may  enter.  And, 
similarly,  a  guaranty  of  a  person  does 
not  hold  good  as  regards  a  firm  which 
he  joins.  Any  change  in  the  personnel 
of  a  partnership  destroys  the  effective­
ness  of  a  guaranty  given  to  it  or  for 
it. 
A  guaranty  may  be  all  right  otherwise, 
and  may  be  invalid because not formally 
accepted.  For  example,  if  A  writes  a 
letter  to  B  at  the  request  of  C,  guaran­
teeing  C ’s  purchase  from  B,  it  is  B ’s 
duty  to  notify  A  that  his  guaranty  is 
accepted.

Guaranties  may  be  continuous  or 
It  is  rather 
limited  to  one transaction. 
to 
an  expensive  mistake  sometimes 
treat  the 
latter  as  continuous,  that  is, 
as  covering  the  unpaid  balance  of  a 
series  of  transactions.  There  are  guar­
anties  of  payment  and  guaranties  of 
collection.  By  the  latter  kind  of  guar­
anty  the  guarantor  becomes  responsible 
only  after  the  creditor  has  failed  to  col­
lect  by 
legal  proceedings  against  the 
debtor.

These  are  the  main  features  involved 
in  questions  of  guaranty.  Caution 
is 
advisable  in  the  matter  of  selling  goods 
to  guaranteed  persons. 
It  is  needless 
to  say  that  something  more  than  the 
financial  standing  of 
the  guarantor 
should  be  scrutinized.

T h e  G rain  M a rk e t.

As 

is  usual,  there  was  more  trading 
in  wheat  than  in  any  other  cereal  dur­
ing  the  past  week.  The  fluctuations 
were  very  sharp  and  the  market  varied 
4c  per  bushel  within  a  few  moments, 
and  to-day  the  market  is about 2c higher 
I7@ i 8c 
than  it  was  one  week  ago  and 
per  bushel  above  the  market  on  April  1 
—quite  a  large  advance  in  one  month. 
This,  of  course,  is  on  cash  wheat,  while 
July  advanced  only  11c  per  bushel. 
The  causes  for  the  advance  have  been 
often stated heretofore and many laughed 
when  told  that  wheat  would  go  to  a  dol­
lar  or  above.  The  prices  on  the  new 
crop  will  depend  entirely  on the amount

for  an  abundant  crop, 

offered,  and  as  the  outlook  at  present  is 
splendid 
the 
offerings  may  be  very 
free,  notw itb- 
standing  it  tvi' 1  take  considerable  to  fill 
the  depleted  gtanaries.  Offerings  may 
be  large  enough  to  break  prices  below 
the  present  quotations  on  futures.  * The 
exports  still  continue  very  large,  hav­
ing  been  g,000,000  bushels  on  passage 
during  the  past  week,  notwithstanding 
the  ocean  freight  rates  have  been  near­
ly  doubled.  Had  the  foreign  freight 
rates  t.ot  been  so  abnormally  high,  the 
exports  would  have  been  considerably 
larger.

Flour  has  been  advanced,  which  was 
the  uatural  outcome  when  wheat  ad­
vanced.

Mill  feed  is  very  firm.  Although  the 
city  mills  have  not  advanced  the  price, 
it  has  been  advanced  50c  per  ton  in 
outside  markets.

Corn  also  advanced, 

in  accordance 
with  the  advance 
in  wheat,  probably 
caused  by  the  large  decrease  in  the  vis­
ible,  which  was  4,605.000,  and  oats  de­
creased  557,000  bushels.  While  the  de­
crease  in  oats  was 
the  small 
amount 
in  sight  in  Chicago  caused  an 
advance  of  fully  4c  per  bushel.

limited, 

The  receipts  were  very  large,  having 
been  68  cars  of  wheat,  ig  cars  of  corn 
and  11  of  oats.  The  receipts  during 
the  month  of  April  were  2g7  cars  of 
wheat,  57  cars  of  corn  and  46 cars  of 
oats.

Local  millers  are  paying  §1.05  for 

wheat. 

C.  G.  A.  V oigt.

Believes  in  the  E fficacy  o f G uarantees.
In  conversation  the  other day  with  a 
manufacturer  of  staple  goods 
in  the 
grocery  line,  the  subject  of  the  change 
of  policy  by the State Food  Department, 
as  contemplated  in  Bulletin,31  was  dis­
cussed,  also  the  exception  thereto  taken 
in  the  Tradesman  by  W.  H.  Hawkins, 
the  Reed  City  grocer.  The  manufac­
turer  remarked :

“ For  my  part  I  do  not  object  to  it; 
in  fact,  I  think  it  the  only  way  for  the 
Department  to  do  the  most  good—pros­
ecute  the  party  who  has  the  unlawful 
goods  in  his  possession,  let  him  be  re­
tailer,  jobber  or  manufacturer.  All  will 
plead  ignorance,  even  the  manufactur­
jobber  need 
er,  but  the  retailer  and 
have  no  fear  of  prosecution  so 
long  as 
they  buy  their  goods  of  reputable  deal­
ers.  Let  every  jobber get  a  guarantee 
in  black  and  white  from  the  manufac­
turer  from  whom  he  buys his goods,and, 
n  turn,  guarantee  the  goods  to  the  re­
tailer.  Then  all  are  safe  except  the 
manufacturer,  and  if  his  goods  are  law­
ful,  he 
is  running  no  risk.  A  manu­
facturer  who  puts  a  lawful  product  on 
the  market  will  not  hesitate  to  guaran­
tee  such  product.

“ I  can  not  see  where  the  retailer  will 
suffer  by  the  proposed  change  of policy. 
It  will  make  Mr.  Hawkins  exercise 
more  care 
in  buying  from  a  reputable 
firm  who  will^tand  by  its  product,  and 
t  will  compeihis  competitor  to  keep 
lawful  goods  also  or  suffer  the  conse­
quences  of  buying  cheap,  adulterated 
goods  in  order  to  undersell.  Pleading 
gnorance  of  the  law  should  excuse  no 
one. ”

G.  R.  &  I.  trains  are now running be­
tween  Grand  Rapids  and  Muskegon 
every  Sunday.  Leave  Union  Station  9 
a.  m.,  returning,  leave  Muskegon  6:35 
p.  m.  An  inexpensive  Sunday  outing. 

M U S K E G O N
S U N D A Y
T R A IN S

5 0   C E N T S  
R O U N D  
T R IP ,

WANTS  COLUMN.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

IVOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—STOCK  OF 

drugs and  fixtures;  fu rn itu re  o f  gum  wood 
finely  finished;  elegant  soda 
fo u n ta in   and 
charging  ap p a ra tu s  com plete;  located  on  cor- 
ne  of  tw o  best  principal  streets  in  city  of 
Muskegon,  Mich.  Can  be  m oved 
if  desired. 
Stock and  fixtures invoiced  A pril  1  about $4,800. 
Will exchange for productive real estate tim ber 
land  or  som ething  sim ilar,  located’  m ost  any­
w here.  D rugs are out of  my  lin e  of  business. 
W ill give someone a g reat bargain. Call on o r ad- 
dress D.  S.  H opkins, G rand Rapids,  Mich, 

f 9:4

■

594

  F IR S T -C L A S S ,  W ELL-ESTABLISHED 
w all  paper  and  p ain t  business  for  sale 
cheap.  F o r  cash  only.  Schw ind  &  A lteu,  32 
W est Bridge S t., G rand  R apids, M ich. 
IV O R  SALE—I have tw o com plete  drug  stocks 
in  M iddleville.  W ill sell one and move other 
aw ay,  or  w ill  sell  one h a lf  interest  in  either 
stock—one to be m oved into an  o th er location— 
to reliable m an.  Dr. N elson Abbott, M iddleville, 
Mich. 
'■pO  EXCHANGE—320  acres  farm ing  lan d   in 
•JL  C raw ford  county,  M ich.,  title  perfect,  for 
stock m illinery or groceries.  A ddress Lock Box 
40  St.  Louis,  Mich.______  

588

59t

HAVE  SOME  GOOD  CITY  PROPERTY,
free and clear, to exchange  for stock of  m er­
chandise  W ould  assum e a  little  incum brance 
if   necessary.  W.  H.  G ilbert.  109.'O ttaw a  St.. 
G rand  Rapids,  Mich. 
rp W O   W ELL - LOCATED,  W E LL-R EN TE D  
JL  residences  n ea r  N orm al  College, Y psilanti, 
to exchange for m erchandise.  A ddress 202 Con­
gress St., Ypsilanti. 

5g0

582

' 

571

Owosso, Mich. 

on  best  street.  A ddress  Mrs.  B.  Brew er, 

in   O pera  H ouse  block,  M ancelona,  Mich., 
best location in to w n ;  best  tow n  in   State.  Ad- 
dress Ju liu s H.  Levinson,  Petoskey, Mich.  580

F o r   r e n t —l a r g e   d e s i r a b l e   s t o r e
IVOR  REN T—DOUBLE  STORE  BUILDING 
FOR  SA L E-B A K IN G ,  CONFECTIONERY, 
IVOR SALE-M ODERN, W ELL-ESTABLISHED 

cigar  stock  an d   ice  cream   business,  w ith 
good fixtures.  A ddress  No. 579,  care  M ichigan 
Tradesm an. 

and equipped  broom factory and good trade. 
O ther  business  com m ands  o u r  attention.  Ad- 
dress No. 584, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

579

584

Ni c e   b u i l d i n g   l o t   o n   o a k d a l e   a v e

nue, G rand Rapids, fo r sale or exchange for 
lum ber,  shingles,  brick,  m erchandise,  bicycles, 
or w hatever you  have  to  trade.  A ddress  Box 
101, Leslie,  Mich. 

___________________ 572

t f'OR  SALE,  EXCHANGE OR R EN T—LARGE 

two-story  store  and  residence  building  in 
tow n of 1,000  population  in   N orthern  Indiana; 
Inves­
stone basem ent, 120  feet  in  dim ensions. 
tigate.  A ddress No. 575,  care  M ichigan  T rades­
m an. 
575

If'OR  R EN T—T H E  F IR ST   AND  SECOND 

floors and basem ents o f the  brick  building 
num bered  12 and 14 Lyon  street,  recently occu­
pied by H irth,  K rause & Co. ;  suitable  fo r  m er­
cantile  or  m anufacturing  purposes.  Also  th e 
large hall on the th ird  floor  over 8 and  10  Lyon 
street,  especially arranged  fo r  fratern al  socie­
ties.  A pply to Wm.  M cBain,  A gent  E state  of 
Jas.  W.  Converse, 433 M ichigan  T ru st  B uilding, 
G rand Rapids._______________  

578

C aulkett & Co- T raverse City, Mich. 

ANTED -  FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
IpOR SA LE-FIRST-CLA SS GROCERY, MEAT 

m arket and crockery  stock,  located  in   one 
of th e best tow ns in  M ichigan;  best  location  in 
th e  city.  Good  reasons  for  selling;  a  bargain 
fo r th e rig h t  person.  W ill  sell  for  cash  only. 
A ddress No. 568, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 568

381

stock;  best  farm ing  section  in   M ichigan. 
No trades.  W.  H. P ardee, F reeport,  M ich.  500

Fo r   s a l e  — b u i l d i n g   a n d   g e n e r a l  
IVOR  EXCHAEGE  FOR  GROCERY  OR  MER- 

chandise  stock—Choice  section  land  near 
Jam estow n,  N orth  D akota.  D akota  lands  in 
great  dem and  for  farm ing  or  stock  raising. 
Carl Dice,  M onroe, Mich. 
r T '0   EXCHANGE—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY 
A   goods or shoes, very nice  w ell-rented G rand 
R apids property.  A ddiessN o.  552, care  M ichi­
gan T radesm an. 

552

534

556

Ithaca,  M ich. 

A ddress P.  M edalie,  M ancelona, M ich. 

property fo r dry  goods, clothing  and  shoes. 

FRESH  EGGS, 
daily.  W rite  fo r  prices.  F.  W.  Brow n, 

W ANTED—1,000  CASES 
TO  EXCHANGE — FARMS  AND  OTHER 
WANTED—A  PRACTICAL  MILL  MAN, 

w ith  $1,000 capital, to  take  a  ene-half  or 
fu ll  in terest  in   a  stave,  heading  and  planing 
m ill.  3,000  contract,  w ith   stock  to fill it.  All 
goes.  F ive years’ c u t  in   sight.  Side  track   te  
m ill.  Good reasons for selling.  A ddress  Stave 
M ill, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

546

553

PATENT  SOLICITORS.

IV R E E -O U R   NEW   HANDBOOK  ON  PAT- 

.  ents.  Cilley  &  A llgier,  P aten t  A ttorneys, 

G rand Rapids, Mich. 

339

MISCELLANEOUS.

at once.  M ust fu rn ish  good  references as 
to character.  J.  H. Chapm an,  Mears,  Mich.  592

W ANTED — REG ISTERED   PHARM ACIST 
W A NTED—SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED 

pharm acist of  tw enty  years’  experience. 
A ddress No. 589, care M ichigan T radesm an.  589

Travelers’  Time  Tables.

C H I C A G O “ 4™

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Chicago.

Lv.  G.  Rapids.................8:45am  1:25pm  *11:30pm
At  Chicago.....................3:10pm  6'50pm 
6:40am
Lv  C hicago...................7:20am  5:15pm  *ll:30pm
Ar  G ’d R apids............. 1:25pm  10:3.pm  *  a:20am
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.

Lv. G ’d  R apids............................   7:30am  5:30pm
P arlor  and  Sleeping  Cars  on  afternoon  and 

n ig h t train s to and from  Chicago.

♦Every  day. 

O thers week days only.

DETROIT, Grand Rapids & Western.

GREETING :

i  resident

i?f tl)c  Unitcii  States  of America,

To

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

Detroit.

Lv.  G rand  R ap id s...........7:00am 
l:35pm  5:35pm
At.  D etroit....................  11:40am  5:45pm  10:20pir
Lv.  D etro it.........................8:00am  1:10pm  6:10pm
Kr.  G rand  R apids.........12  55pm  5:20pm  10:55pm

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Lv  G R 7:10am 4:20pm  Ar.  G R 12:20pm  9:30pm 
P arlor cars on all tra in s  to  and  from   D etroit 
and Saginaw.  T rains ru n  week days only.

Gao.  D e I I a v e n ,  G eneral Pass.  Agent.

GRAND Trank Railway System

D etroit and M ilw aukee Div

(In effect April 11,1898.)

EAST. 

Leave. 
A rrive,
t   6:45am  Sag.,  D etroit, Buffalo 4 N Y . f   9:55pm
tl0:10am .......... D etroit  and  E a st............+  5:07pm
t  3:30pm ..Sag.,  Det., N.  Y.  &  Boston.,tl2:45pm  
*11:00pm.. .D etroit,  E ast and C an a d a...*   6:35am
711:10am.........  M ixed to D u ran d ............ + 3:15pm

W EST

*  7:00am ....G d.  H aven  and  Int.  Pts....*10:15nm  
tl2:53pm .G d. H aven  and Interm ediate. +  3:22pm
7 5:12pm— Gd. H aven and C h i.............. tl0:05am
710:00pm.........Gd. H aven  and Mil............  6:40am
E astw ard—No. 14 has W agner parlor car.  No. 
18  parlor  car.  W estw ard—No.  11  parlor  car. 
No.  15 W agner p arlor car.

•D aily.  7Except Sunday.

E. H.  H u s h e s ,  A. G. P.  & T. A.
Ben.  Fle tc h e r,  Trav. Pass. Agt., 
C.  A .  J u stin,  City  Pass.  Agent.
97  Monroe St.  M orton House.

m b

£

£

£

It  has  been  represented  to  us  in  our  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of
New  Jersey,  in  the  Third  Circuit,  on  the  part  of  the  ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,  Complainant 
that 
it  has  lately  exhibited  its  said  Bill  of  Complaint  in  our  said  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District 
of  New  Jersey,  against  you,  the  said  HENRY  KOCH,  Defendant,  to  be  relieved  touching  the  matters  therein 
complained  of,  and  that  the  said

ENOCH  MORGAN'S  SONS  COMPANY,

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

H o w ,   ï t j e r e f o r e , we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY

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

By  word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

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

GRAND Rapids  &  Indiana Railway

Dec. 5,  1897.

that  which 
false  or  misleading  manner.

is  not  Complainants  said  manufacture,  and  froir.  n  any  way  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO* 

m  any

The  honorable  M e l v il l e   W.  F u l l e r ,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  Sta*es  of  America,  at  the  City  of  Trenton, 
in  said  District  of  New 
Jersey,  this  16th  day  of  December, 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

[ se a l]

[signed]

Northern  D iv.  Leave 

Arrive 
T ra v .C ’y,P etoskey & M ack. ..7  7:45am  t   5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petosxey & M ack.. .7  2:15pm  t   6:35am
Trav.  C’y, Petoskey & M ack..................... $10:50pm
C adillac......................................... 7 5:25pm t l  1:15am
T rain leaving a t 7:45 a. m. has  parlor car, and 
tra in   leaving  a t 2:15  p.  m.  has  sleeping  car  to 
M ackinaw.
Southern  D iv.  Leave  Arrive
C incinnati...............................  
t   7:10am t  8:25pn:
Ft. W ayne...................................7  2:10pm 7 2:00pm
C incinnati..................................... *  7:00pm * 7:25am
7:10 a .m .  tra in   has parlor  car to  C incinnati. 
2:10 p .m .  tra in   has parlor  car  to  F ort  W ayne. 
7 :00 p. m  tra in   has  sleeping  car  to C incinnati. 

Muskegon Trains, 

s o is e  w e st.

L v G ’d  R apids..............77:35am  71:00pm  T5:40pir
Ar M uskegon.................   9:00am  2:10pm  7:05pm
LvM uskegon................ 78:10am  711:45am  74:00pm
A rG ’d R a p id s...............9:30am  12:55pm  5:20pm
^Saturday only.
C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 

7Except Sunday.  »Daily 

OOOIS BA ST.

G en’l Passr. and T icket Agent.

ROWLAND  COX,

Complainants  Solicitor

♦
X   W” I,|1W  m w " v 

1 

Owing  to  the

shortage  of  fruit  in  our  State

DULUTH, Sooth Shore sod Atlantic 

Railway.

WBST  BOUND.

Lv. G rand R apids  (G. R.  & I.) 711:10pm  77:45am
Lv.  M ackinaw C ity.....................   7:35am  4:20pm
Ar.  St.  Ig n ace...............................  9:00am  5:20pm
Ar. S ault Ste. M arie....................  12:20pm  9:50pm
Ar. M arquette..............................   2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. N estoria......................; .........  5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. D uluth..................................................... 
8:30am

BA ST  BOUND.

Lv. D uluth....................................................   76:30pm
Ar. N esto ria................................. 711:15am 
2:45am
Ar.  M arquette...........................  
4:30am
1:30pm 
3:30pm 
Lv.  Sault Ste. M arie................. 
.......
Ar. M ackinaw  C ity..................  
8:40pm  11:00am
G.  W. Ht b b a b d ,  G en. Pass. Agt. M arquette. 
E. C. O viatt, T rav.  Pass. Agt., G rand Rapids

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

of  Canned  Goods.

Iftu$$elman Grocer Company 

Grand Rapids, lllicb. 
Don’ t  let  your  stock  get  low. 

!
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Look out for higher prices on Tomatoes.  Ask our salesmen  about  X 
X
X
f
GUNNED  FISK 

GUNNED  MEATS 

those  Nunley,  Hines  &  Co.’ s 

Yellow  Peaches. 

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are m an ufactured b y  u s and  all  sold on  th e sam e  basis,  irresp ective 
o f  size,  sh a p e  or  denom ination. 
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TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  (¡rand  Rapids.

S.  D.  OLIPHANT.

Clerk

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

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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We are quoting JOBBERS’ PRICES 
to MICHIGAN  MERCHANTS  on  50 
STYLES  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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why  grocers  should  sell  a  brand  of  Stove  Polish  which,  above 
all  others,  consumers  want,  and  for  which  grocers  can  offer 
no substitute  without  injury  to  their  trade.

Enameiine
The Modem STOVE POLISH

First:  It  is  Superior  to  all  others  in  Quality. 

Second:  It 
gives  Perfect  Satisfaction  to  consumers.  Third:  It  is  Thor­
oughly  Advertised  and  sells  itself. 
Fourth:  No  other  Stove 
Polish  on  earth  Has  so  Large  a  Sale.

GRAND RAPIDS

WHOLESALE FURNITURECO.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

PURITY AND  STRENGTH!

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

ABSOLUTELY  PURE

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