Volume XV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, MAY  18,1898.

Number 765

Wall  Paper and  Paints

Our  Stock  of

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Every Wall  Paper  Design  is of  1898 make.

Picture  Frames made to order.

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are not up to the legal standard. 
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recognized purity and strength,  and  we  beg  leave  to  call  the 
attention of the trade to the fact that

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F .  L.  Greenleaf,  Chairman. 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  18,1898.

Number 765

COLONIZATION  AND  CONQUEST.
The  aggressive  movements  by  the 
United  States  against  the  West  Indian 
and  East  Indian  possessions  of  Spain 
are  about  to  mark  the  launching  forth of 
this  country  upon  a  career  of  foreign 
conquest  and  of  colonization.

This  republic  has  never  had  a  colony 
and 
its  public  men  have  no  practical 
knowledge  of  the  management  of  such 
possessions.  The  vast  regions  acquired 
from  France, 
from  Spain  and  from 
Mexico  all  adjoined  the  territory  of  the 
United  States,  and  as  soon  as  those  ad­
ditions  to  the  republic  had become suffi­
ciently  filled  up  with  a  civilized  popu­
lation  they  were  subdivided  into  states, 
and  these  were  admitted  into  the galaxy 
of  the  Union.

The  extensive  region  purchased 

from 
Russia  has  been  of  little  value  to  the 
Union  until  the  recent  discovery  of 
rich  gold  deposits  have  brought 
into 
sudden  importance.  As  it  is  in  no  way 
fitted  to  become  a  state  of  the  Union, 
and  is  separated  by  long  distances  from 
the  main  body  of  the  Union,  it  will 
probably  have  to  be  treated  for a  long 
time  to  come  as  a  far-away  colony.

it 

The  conquest  by  the  arms  of  the 
j United  States  of  the  Spanish  posses­
sions,  in  both  the  West  and East Indies, 
promises  to  force  upon  this  country  ex­
tensive  experiments  in  colonizing,  and 
it  will  behoove  our  statesmen  to  con­
sider  what  are  the  proper  objects  to  be 
carried  out 
the 
planting  and  maintenance  of  colonies, 
and  what  are  the  best  uses  to  be  got  out 
of  them.

in  the  processes  of 

into 

important 

There  are  two  methods  of  getting 
profits  out of  colonies.  One  is  to  plun­
der and  pillage;  the  other  is  to  develop 
them 
factors  of  com­
merce.  The  Romans  conquered  and 
robbed.  To  secure  new  countries  and 
prey  upon  them  was  the  sum  of  Roman 
foreign policy.  It was faithfully imitated 
by  Spain,  with 
the  result  that  the 
wronged  and  oppressed  colonists  were 
always  in  rebellion  and  gained  their  in­
dependence  whenever  they  could.  Eng­
land  started  out on  the Roman plan ;  but 
her  disastrous 
experience  with  the 
American  colonies  taught  her much wis- 
| om,  and  she  changed  her  policy  to  the 
Phoenician  or  commercial  system,  so 
that  to-day  a  new  British  colony  means 
a  new 
in  British  commercial 
power  and  pre-eminence.

factor 

The  two  nations,  with  their  two  dia­
metrically  opposite  methods  of  man­
aging  colonies,  present  examples  which 
statesmanship  and  philanthropy  can 
well  take  to  heart.  Spain,  starting  in 
the  beginning  of  the  fifteenth  century, 
accomplished  the  conquest  of  the  great­
er  part  of  the  Western  Hemisphere.  By 
the  end  of  the  nineteenth  she  will  have 
lost  the  last  of  her  possessions  in  Amer­
ica  and  Asia.  England,  on  the  other 
hand,  starting  with  the  dawn  of  the 
seventeenth  century  on  a  career  of  for­
eign  conquest and colonization,  has built 
in  every  part  of  the  world  an  em­
up 
pire  on  which,  it 
is  proudly  boasted, 
the  sun  never  sets.  Spain's  colonies 
were  used  only  to  be  ravaged  of  all 
their  wealth  as  fast  as  it  was  produced.

The  British  colonies  are  fostered  and 
developed  to  furnish  new  markets  and 
bases  of  commercial  power.

Despotic  nations  and  those  that  oper­
ate  upon  the  Roman  plan  can  not  suc­
cessfully  maintain  colonial  possessions. 
To  a  people  thoroughly  imbued  with  a 
spirit  of 
liberty  and  free  institutions 
only  is  any  proper  system  of  colonizing 
possible.  The  surplus  population  of the 
British  Isles,  when  it  overflows  the  nar­
row  limits  of  the  fatherland,  emigrates 
to  distant  British  colonies,  there  to  de­
velop  and  build  up,  under  free 
institu­
tions  and  home  rule,  new  and  powerful 
appendages  of  the  empire.  When  the 
Germans, 
the  Italians, 
Austrians  and  other  peoples  of  the  con­
tinent  of  Europe  emigrate,  they  hasten 
to  countries  where  there  are  already  es 
tablished  free  institutions  and  constitu­
tional  governments,  to  escape  from  the 
despotisms  they 
left  behind.  As  for 
the  French,  they  seidom  leave  their  na­
tive  country,  where,  apparently,  there 
is  no  surplus  population,  since  the  birth 
rate  is  scarcely  greater  than  the  mortal­
ity.

the  Russians, 

Germany,  after  centuries  of 

indiffer­
ence  to  foreign  discoveries  and  coloni 
zation,  has,  under  the  autocratic 
influ­
ences  exerted  by  the  present  despotic 
ruler,  developed  a  sudden  activity  and 
is  seizing  on  territory 
in  China  and 
Africa.  The  same  sort  of  activity  is 
also  manifested  by  France.  Do  they 
want  to  establish  commercial  colonies 
or are  they  only  seeking  new  opportuni­
ties  for  plunder  and  rapine?  Are  they 
proposing  at  this  late  day  to  adopt  the 
Spanish  system  or the  English  methods 
in  colonizing  foreign  countries?

The  same  questions  may  be asked  of 
the  United  States.  With  the 
fate  of 
Spain  and  the  example  of  England  be­
fore  them,  there  should  be  no  trouble  in 
answering  the  question 
Some  races 
are  fitted 
for  certain  sorts  of  work  and 
not  for  others.  France,  in  the  past, 
neglected  the  colonies  she  had,  and  lost 
some  in  war  and  others  she  sold  for  a 
song.  Germany  has  no  experience,  and 
it  is  much  to  be  doubted 
if  either  na­
tion  can  prosper  with  foreign  posses­
sions.

interests 

Russia  seems  bent  on  the  absorption 
of  all  the  territory  adjacent  to  her  vast 
dominions,  and  is  wonderfully  success­
ful  in  dealing  with  the  Asiatics,  and ap­
parently  has  no 
in  common 
with  France  and  Germany,  except  to 
use  them.  The  appetite  for  conquest 
grows  by  what 
it  feeds  on.  Now  that 
the  Republic  of  the  West  has  tasted 
blood,  who  can  say  what  will  be  the 
end  of  the  course  upon  which  it  has 
launched?

A  baking  powder  bill  has  been  favor­
ably  reported  by  a New York  Legislative 
Committee.  The  bill  provides  that  the 
baking  powder  shall  contain  not  more 
than  30  per  cent  of  flour  and  not  less 
than  14  per  cent,  of  carbonic  acid  gas.

Once  it  was  Bunker  Hill  Now 

it  is 
the  coal  bunker  that  inspires  steam  for 
war. 

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Manila  was  a  pudding  before  Dewey 

knocked  it  into  pi.

throughout 

There  is  a  sect  known  as  the  “ Even­
In­
ing  Light"  scattered 
diana,  Ohio and  Michigan.  The families 
are  not  isolated,  but  form  communities. 
No  one  is  really  leader,  but  in  each 
community  there  always  is  a  man  who 
is  looked  up  to.  Although  nearly  all 
are  well-to-do,  no  attempt  at  display 
is 
ever  made.  The  homes are  in  one-story 
houses,  built  about  a  house  where  the 
sect  meet  on  Sundays.  This  sect  wears 
peculiar  clothing.  The  women  make  all 
the  men’s  clothes.  When  the  baby  boy’s 
dresses  are  taken  from  him  he is clothed 
in  the  garb  he  is  to  wear  for  life.  They 
wear  trousers  reaching  to  their  ankles 
and  boots  to  their  knees.  There  are  no 
barbers  in  the  community.  The  hair  is 
allowed  to  grow.  These  people  never 
take  part  in  politics,  never  go  to  coart 
and  don’t  have  photographs 
taken. 
They  never  insure  their  property,  and  if 
lose  his,  the  others  start 
one  should 
him  anew. 
the 
children  as  soon  as  they  are  born,  and 
they  are  brought  up 
in  each  other’s 
company,  and  are  made  to  understand 
that  they  are  to  marry  and  always  live 
together  after  they  leave  their  homes.  ‘

The  parents  match 

Wisconsin  proposes  to  take  care  of 
the  relatives  of  the boys  who  go  to  the 
front  and  lose  their  lives  for  their  coun­
try 
insurance  Commissioner  Fricke 
has  made  arrangements  with  Adjutant 
General  Boardman  to  distribute  blanks 
to  every  man  enquiring  as  to the amount 
of  life  insurance  he  carries  and  in  what 
company  it  is  placed.  The  State  pro­
poses  to  see  to  it  that  the  policies  are 
not  allowed  to  lapse  while  the  men  are 
at  the  front,and  also  that  the  companies 
will  not  unexpectedly  cancel the policies 
on  the  men.  The  department  will  also, 
in  the  case  of  death,  look  after the  col­
lection  of  the  insurance  for the  benefici­
aries  of  the  deceased.  This  move  on 
the  part  of  the  State  meets  with  great 
favor  in  the  rank  and  file  of  the  guard, 
as  it  guarantees  to  their  families  ample 
protection  in  case  the  worst should come 
and  they  should  be  killed. 
It  is  also 
proposed,  if  arrangements  to  that  effect 
can  be  made,  to insure  the  lives  of  those 
who  do  not carry  any  life insurance.

is  quoted  as  saying: 

According  to the Chicago Inter-Ocean, 
General  Lew  Wallace  will  not  go  to 
war.  He 
“ I  am 
very  much  afraid  that  I  am  entirely  of 
the  past. 
I  offered  the  other  day  to  en­
list  and  carry  a  gun  in  the  ranks,  but 
was  confronted  with  the  statement  that, 
being  over  45  years  of  age,  there  was  no 
chance  for  me.  I  tried  it a  second  time, 
and  went  so  far  as  to  offer $100  for  a 
place  as  private,  and  endeavored  to pre­
vail  on  the officers  to  throw  their  scru­
ples  aside  and  accept  me.  They  de­
In  addition  to  the  argument  of 
clined. 
age  against  me,  it 
is  my  misfortune 
now  to  have  been  a  major  general. ”

Trouble  not  others  with  your  own 
complaints,  but  rather  sympathize  with 
them  over  theirs.  Do  this  and  all  com­
plaints  will  soon  disappear.

The  tin  soldier  makes  more  noise and 
show  when  on  parade ;  but the real thing 
can  be  depended  upon  in  action.

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D ry   Goods

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple  Cottons—Heavy  staple  cottons, 
such  as  sheetings,  drills  and  ducks,  are 
the  most  active  articles  in  the  market, 
and  they  are  assuming  a  firmer  price 
tone  every  day.  The  duck  mills  are  all 
very  busy,  most  of  them  upon  Govern­
ment  contract  work.  Ten  and  twelve 
ounce  tent  duck  that  is  anywhere  near 
Government  standard  is  all  cleaned  up 
and  new  orders can  not  be  filled  for  sev­
eral  weeks.  Up  to  date  the  Government 
has  secured  goods  at  low  prices,but it  is 
likely  to  pay  advanced  rates  for  all  con­
tracts  placed  now.  Four yard and lighter 
grades  of  sheetings  and  drills  are  in  a 
much  stronger  position  than  was  the 
case  two  weeks  ago;  stocks  are  decreas­
ing  and  concessions  that  were  obtain­
able  then  are  being  gradually  cut  off,  as 
sellers  assume  a  more  independent posi­
tion  Osnaburgs  are 
in  fair  demand 
and  prices  are  generally  firm.  Colored 
cottons  of  heavy  weight  are  being  taken 
with  considerable  freedom  by  the  cut- 
ting-up  trade,  denims,  tickings,  stripes 
and  checks  proving  the  best  sellers  at 
present.  Cheviots  and  jeans  are  selling 
more  freely,  and  many  lines  are  sold  far 
ahead ;  the  price  position  of  these  and 
other  heavy  colored  goods  is  increasing 
in  strength  nearly  every  day.  Fancy 
lines  of  colored  goods  are  in  better  de­
mand  than  are  staple  patterns  and  are 
stronger 
in  price.  Low  grade  checks, 
stripes  and  plaids  are  well  sold  ahead 
and  are  pretty  firm  in  price.

Dress  Goods—There  is  very 

little,  if 
anything,  being  accomplished  in  spring 
lines  at  the  present  time,  a  number  of 
the  mills  having  sold  up  to  such  an  ex­
tent  that  they  will  not  take  any  more, 
while  others  say  that  the  conditions  for 
these  goods  have  been  so  unsatisfactory 
that  they  do  not  care  to  offer  any  more, 
and  have  made  no  effort  to  do  business 
with  them.  There 
is  no  demand  from 
the  retailers,  the  weather  having  been 
decidedly  against  retail  trade,  and  the 
jobbers  having  bad  sufficient  stocks  to 
meet  any  and  all  requirements. 
It  is 
merely  a  question  of  weather  at  the 
present  time  whether  more  spring  dress 
goods  will  be  sold  or  not.

Hosiery—Buyers  are  taking  hold  fair­
ly  well,  largely  for  fancies  and  certain 
staples,  of which  they  are  short.  Various 
lines  of  staple  plain  goods are,  however, 
in  the  best  position,  and 
it  is  safe  to 
say  that  fancies  have  lost  ground  slight­
ly  for  summer  wear. 
In  golf  hosiery, 
however,  sales  are  very  satisfactory,  and 
but  little  trouble  is  found 
in  disposing 
of  almost  any  quantities.  A  new  stock­
ing,  shown  this 
last  week,  is  a  fine, 
seamless  cotton  and  cassimere  hose,  and 
is  made  on  a  new  machine  which  is 
patented. 
It  makes  a  rib  on  the  stock­
ing  automatically  from  the  leg  down  the 
front  of  the  foot,  while  the  sole  at  the 
same  time  is  being knitted plain.  These 
machines,  it 
is  claimed,  are  the  only 
devices  whereby  this  can  be  done.

soon  indeed.  Clothiers  seem  to  be a  lit­
tle  stronger  in  their  feeling  that  a  good 
business  this  fall  may  yet  be  the  out­
come,  because  already  they  are  receiv­
ing  about  the  usual  number and  volume 
of  orders  from  the  men  who  have  thus 
far  started  out.  The  weakness  of  the 
situation  lies,  however,  in  the  fact  that 
no  one  can  yet  tell  what  proportion  of 
these  orders  will  “ stick.”

I

Men  Critics of Millinery.

The  man  whose  wife  buys his neckties 
supervising  her 
is  what  a  Chicago 

revenges  himself  by 
summer  hat.  Here 
milliner  says  of  him :

it 

like 

“ Hardly  a  day  passes,”   she  said, 
“ that  one  of  my  customers  does  not 
come  back  to  me  with a  perfectly  lovely 
hat  that  she  has  carefully  picked  out 
and  had  made  herself,  after  long  delib­
eration,  to  have  me  alter  it,  because  her 
husband  doesn’t 
I  could  just 
shake  the  women  who  do  this,  so  I 
could!  The 
idea  of  their  permitting 
their  judgment  about  such  a  thing  as  a 
bat  for  their  own  heads  to  be  overruled 
by  their  husbands!  What  do  men  know 
about  women’s  bats,  anyhow?  Yet,  the 
poor little disappointed,tyrannized wom­
an comes in  hereto  me,  saying,  ‘ I  think 
the  hat 
is  perfectly  beautiful  myself, 
and  I  certainly  would  like  to  keep  it, 
but  my  husband  pooh-poohs  it,  and  says 
it’s  “ dinky,”   and  a  color  mess,  and an 
outrage  on  art,  and  437  years  too  young 
for  me,  anyhow,  and  so  I ’ ll  have  to 
change 
it  for  something  more  staid.’ 
‘ Too  young 
for  you’—that's  what  the 
husbands  are  all  saying  now  about  the 
bats  their  wives  are  selecting  for  them­
selves. 
It’s  too  exasperating,  so  it  is! 
Do  these  husbands  want their fresh  look­
ing,  youthful-looking wives  to  get  them­
selves  up  like  occupants  of  a  home  for 
superannuated ladies? Do they want them 
to  appear  on  the  streets  in  bundly  little 
black  toques,  with  bunches  of  cherries 
sticking  up  at  the  back,and  with  Paisley 
shawls  thrown  over  their 
shoulders? 
The  idea!
“ And  the  big  way  these  men  talk  of 
colors,  too—as  if  any  of  them  knew  the 
difference  between  cerise  and  burnt  or­
ange!  Why,  a  man  came  in  here  with 
his  wife  the  other  day  to  see  that  she 
changed  a  hat  she  had  had  me  make  for 
her  a  few  days  before.  The  hat  was  as 
pretty  a  thing  as  any  of  my  girls  ever 
made,  trimmed  with  a  delicate  shade 
It  certainly  was 
of  heliotrope  chiffon. 
not 
it  certainly  was  not  too 
young  for  the  lady,  who  was  not  more 
than  35,  and  as  pretty  as  a peach.  Well, 
the  way  that  man  bossed  around !  And 
do  you  know  that  all  the  time  he  was 
talking  about  women’s  loudly  trimmed 
hats  he  was  wearing  a  green  and  yellow 
necktie  himself—positively! 
If  these 
crazy  men  are  so afraid  of  their  wives 
looking  pretty  and  attractive,  why  don’t 
they  immure  them  in  convents,  or  make 
them  wear  those  blankets,  with  eye­
holes,  that  oriental  women  wear?”

loud,  and 

Clothing—While 

Carpets—The  effect  of  the  backward 
spring  on  carpets  and  upholstery  sales 
has  been  quite  marked,  as  the  average 
housewife  does  not  care  to  refurnish 
until  the  weather  becomes  more  settled.
the  clothing  trade 
have  not  been  buyers  of  woolens  to  any 
extent  during  the  past  week,  still  there 
has  been  considerable  enquiry  for  cer­
tain  lines  of  goods,  which  seems  to  in­
dicate  that  the clothing  trade,  or some 
portions  of  it,  are  beginning  to  realize 
that  they  must  augment  the  quantity  of 
their  fall  piece  goods,  and  that  very

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Percales  and  new  plaid  cotton  Dress  Goods. 
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We have a sample book  that  we  will 
furnish  without charge  express  prepaid  to  any 
good  merchant  who  wishes  to  take  orders  for 
single  suits, either  ready  to  wear  or  made  to 
order.  We manufacture all our  own  Clothing, 
and  do  not  sell  through  agents.  We  sell  to 
merchants  only.  We  furnish  them  the  best 
book  in the market, and are so well  known that 
we do not need  to  sail  under  false  colors  like 
the  Empire  Tailors,  or  Royal  Black  Snake 
Manufacturers of Clothing,  or  American  Mon- 
gul  Tailor,  or  the  Black  Horse  Tailors,  etc. 
We have been established twenty-five years, and 
our firm  is well and favorably known.  Can you 
use  a  book  of  samples  to  advantage? 
If  so, 
send  in your  application  and we will  send  you 
our  next  book  which  will  be  ready  July  1st. 
Our spring  and  summer  books  are  all  placed. 
Get your application  in  early,  for  we  will  have 
a  larger  demand  for  our  books  than  we  can 
supply. 

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Strawberries  Are  Coming

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Send  us  your  standing  order  for  daily  shipment.
Will always  bill  as low  as  possible.

The  Vinkemulder  Company,  =  Grand  Rapids,  flich.

The Question  of Honesty.

If  there  is  one  thing  of  which  women 
boast  themselves  more  than  another,  it 
is  of  their  superior  moral  sense. 
It  is 
the  one qualification  that,  in  their  eyes, 
fits  them  for  careers  and  positions  for 
which  otherwise  they  are  totally  un­
qualified.  Of  course,  we  have  no  busi­
ness  training,  they  will  admit,  but  con­
sider  how  honest  we  are!  Who  ever 
heard  of  an  absconding  woman  cashier? 
Who  can  point  to  a  woman  senator  who 
has  been  bribed?  Who  knows  a  default­
ing  woman  bank  president?

To  those  who  cherish  this  rosy  theory 
of  woman’s  honesty,  it 
is  a  little  dis­
concerting  to  find  out  that  many of those 
who  have  dealings  with  the  sex  boldly 
declare  that  women  are  less  honest  than 
men,  and  that  the  extent  of  their  steal­
ing  is  measured  by  their  opportunities. 
In  proof  of  this  it  is  urged  that  shop­
lifting  is  a  crime  almost  entirely  con­
fined  to  women,  and  that what we polite­
ly  call  kleptomania  is  a  disease  that  at­
tacks  women  of  the  rich  class  with 
alarming  frequency,but from  which  rich 
men  seem  to  be  almost  immune.

Hotel-keepers are also among the scep­
tical  critics  of  women’s  honesty.  They 
say  that  well-to-do  and  apparently  re­
spectable  women  who  occupy  good  po­
sitions  at  home  consider  hotel  towels 
and  glassware,  bureau  scarfs  and  such 
like  their 
legitimate  prey,  and  that  it 
takes  a 
large  yearly  outlay  to  supply 
these  purloined  articles.  Furthermore, 
that  women  have  no  shame  about  tak­
ing  them,  but  beast  of  collections  that 
they  have  accumulated  under  the  spe­
cious  title  of  “ souvenirs.”

is  the  same 

Happily,  such  women  are  far  from 
representing  the  larger  part  of  woman­
kind,  and  here,  as  elsewhere,  it  is 
idle 
to  draw  comparisons  between  the  sexes. 
Human  nature 
in  both. 
There are  honest  women  and  dishonest 
women,  just as  there are  honest and dis­
honest  men—the  only  difference  is  that 
women’s  lack  of  principle  manifests  it­
self 
in  pilfering,  while  a  man's  may 
take  the  form  of  street  franchise gob­
bling  or  railroad  wrecking,  and  in  time 
come  to  be  celebrated  as  financiering.

There  is,  however,  one  form  of  dis­
honesty  among  women  that 
is  far  too 
prevalent  and  that  is  the  dishonesty that 
springs  from  extravagance. 
Stripped 
of all  the  verbiage  and  sophistries  with 
which  women  clothe  the  ugly  fact,  buy­
ing  what  one has  not  the  money  to  pay 
for  is  nothing  but  plain,  everyday  steal­
ing.  Unjust  as  this  is  to  the  merchant, 
it  is  far  worse  when  its  victim  is  some 
poor  seamstress  or  dressmaker,  whose 
needle 
is  the  frail  weapon  with  which 
she  fights  her hard  battle  against  fate. 
It  is  almost  incredible  what  hardships 
many  of  these  are  made  to  suffer.  They 
last  cent  for 
are  beaten  down  to  the 
which  they  will  work,  and 
in  many 
cases  when  they  take  home  the  dresses 
they  have  spent  such  toil  upon,  they  are 
told 
isn’t  convenient  to  pay  then, 
and  to  come  again.  Time  and  again 
the  weary  dressmaker  plods  her  way  to 
her  patron’s  house,  often  walking  the 
long  distance  because  she  can  not 
afford  even  car  fare,  while  the  rich 
woman  who  owes  her 
indulges  in  an­
other  luxury  with  the  money  that  should 
have paid  a  just  debt.  Say what one  will 
about  thoughtlessness,  make  what  ex­
is  blood 
cuse  you  can,  such  money 
money—stolen  from  one  who  can 
least 
afford  to  lose  it,  and  the  time  will  come 
when  it  will  cry to heaven  for restitu 
tion.  Let  no  woman  who  owes  her 
dressmaker or  her servants  account  her­
If  she  spends  on  self-in-
self  honest. 

it 

dulgence  what 
is  due  them,  and  keeps 
them  pathetically  waiting  for their hard- 
earned  wages,  she  is  as  dishonest  as 
if 
she  looted  a  bank  or  burglarized  her 
neighbor’s  house.

Advantages  o f  Ledge  Displays. 

W ritten for the T radesman.

The  overhead  or  ledge  display  in  a 
dry  goods  store  is  a  valuable  adjunct  as 
an  advertising  medium.  By  overhead 
display  I  mean  thé  space  between  the 
top  of  the  shelves  and  the  ceiling.  A 
great  many  merchants  realize  the  value 
of  this  space  for  display  purposes,  but 
there  are  also  a  great  many  who  do 
business  day  after  day,  spending 
liber­
ally  for  newspaper  advertisements,  but 
who  have  never  discovered  that  right  in 
their  own  stores  they  have  square  yards 
of  unused  space  for  advertising  which 
costs  them  absolutely  nothing.

Now,  there 

is  not  a  man  among  this 
class  of  merchants  who  would  think  of 
keeping  his  show  windows  without  a 
display  of  goods  in  them,  and  they  are 
willing  to  believe  that  a  good  window 
display  pays;  but,  when  you  begin  to 
talk  “ overhead  display”   to  them,  they 
stoutly  declare  that  it  is  a  great  deal  of 
trouble  to  put  it  up  and  that  it  doesn’t 
pay.

To  be  sure,  it  doesn’t  pay  the  man 
who  finds 
it  a  trouble  to  put  up  a  trim 
of  this  sort,  for  the  simple  reason  that, 
when  he  once  gets  it  up,  it  is  alloweo 
to  remain  anywhere  from  three  to  six 
months. 
ledge 
displays  so  covered  with  dust  that 
it 
was  difficult  to  tell  the  color  of  the 
goods.  This  kind  of  overhead  display 
naturally  does  not  pay.

I  have  frequently  seen 

But  just  try  changing  this  ledge  trim 
every  week,  or  as  often  as  your  window 
trim  is  changed.  If  your  store  is  a  large 
one  each  department  will  have  its  own 
goods  displayed. 
In  a  smaller  store  the 
combination  trim,  such  as  silks,  wool 
dress  goods,  laces,  ribbons,  etc.,  is very 
effective. 
is  surprising  to  see  what 
improvement  this  overhead  display 
an 
in  the  store ;  besides,  by  means 
makes 
of 
it  you  show  up  goods  that  would 
otherwise  be  on  the  shelves.

It 

For  a  number  of  years  I  worked  in  a 
large  Eastern  store  where  the  overhead 
display  was  changed  every  week.  The 
proprietors  gave  special  attention  to 
these  ledge  trims,  always  insisting  that 
they be  put  up  with  care  and  taste,  so 
that  the  best  effects  could  be had.  This 
store  came  to  have  the  reputation  of  be­
ing  the  most  attractive  in  the  city;  and 
this  attractiveness  was,  in  a  large  meas 
ured,  due  to  the  interior display.

M a c   A l l a n .

A  portfolio, 

The  American  Navy,  Cuba  and  Hawaii.
in  ten  parts,  sixteen 
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Cuba  and  Hawaii  has  just  been  issued  ‘ 
by  a  Chicago  publishing  house.

The  Michigan  Central  has  made  ar­
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benefit  of 
its  patrons,  and  a  specimen 
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 
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In  view  of  the  present 
excitement  regarding  Cuba,  these  pic 
tures  are  very  timely.  Call  at  the  ticket 
office and  see  them.—765.

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Rapids,  manufacturer  and  wholesaler 
umbrellas  and  parasols.  Also covers  and 
repairs  them.  Orders  are  filled  the same 
day as  received.

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who  differ  from  you.

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Around  the State

Movements  o f  Merchants.

Memphis—Streeter  &  Co.  have  em­

barked  in  general  trade.

Flint—Mrs.  A.  L.  Gay  has  opened  a 

grocery  store  at  713  Chippewa  St.

Marcellus—Edward  P.  Castner  has 

sold  his  grocery  stock  to  J.  Wilcox.

Gladwin—Horace  E.  Blodgett,  hard­

ware  dealer,  has  removed  to  Gaylord.

Lansing—E.  L.  &  M.  J.  Howard  suc­
ceed  W.  E.  Sear  in  the  meat  business.
in 
charge  of  tbe  drug  store  of  H.  K.  Glea­
son.

Wayland—W. 

J.  Mills 

is  now 

Lansing—Cyril  Blatt  has  sold  his 
confectionery  stock  at  201  Washington 
street  to  J.  S.  Wilson.

Kalamazoo—Glass  &  Son  have  moved 
their  drug  stock  from  106  Portage  street 
to  151  South  Burdick  street.

Kalamazoo — The  Kalamazoo  Drug 
Co  ,  Dr.  C.  P.  Sayles,  manager,  will 
shortly  occupy  106  Portage  street.

Kalamazoo—Wirt  C.  Henry,  who  con­
ducts  a  grocery  store  here  and  at  Bat­
tle  Creek,  has  removed  to  Tekonsha.

Calumet—F.  C.  Glocke  &  Co.,  of 
in  the 

Marquette,  will  shortly  engage 
wholesale  and  retail  tobacco  business.

Cheboygan—Wm.  E.  Allair  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  E.  J.  James 
&  Co.  and  will  also  deal  in  provisions.
Adrian—Baker,  Shattuck  &  Co.,  pork 
packers  and  wholesale  cheese  dealers, 
have  changed  their  style  to  the  River­
side  Co.

Charlevoix—R.  P.  McDermott  has 
sold  his  confectionery  stock  to  C.  J. 
Long,  of  Chicago,  who  will  take  pos­
session  June  15.

Traverse  City——Hendrick  &  Co., 
wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  confec­
tionery  and  ice  cream,  have  removed  to 
this  place  from  Ann  Arbor.

Saginaw—Sydney  R.  Qua,  of  Detroit, 
has  taken  the  management  of  the  men’s 
furnishing  goods  department  of  the Sag­
inaw  Dry  Goods  &  Carpet  Co.

Watervliet—W.  L.  Garrett  has sold bis 
drug  stock  to  R.  W.  Cochrane,  former­
ly  from  Kalamazoo,  who  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

Fenton—Judge  Wisner has  granted the 
petition  cf  creditors  of  the  defunct State 
Bank  of  Fenton  for a  hearing  in  regard 
to  their  claims,  and  has  set 
it  for 
May  23.

Fenton—H.  S.  Beaumont  and  G.  E. 
Beadle  constitute  the  new  firm,  under 
the  style  of  the  Star  Shoe  &  Clothing 
Co.,  which  succeeds  A.  Forbes, 
thej 
clothier.

Greenville—B.  Haskell,  of  Cadillac,  j 
has  rented  a  store  building  at  this  place 
and  will  begin  business  Aug. 1  with  a 
line  of  dry  goods,  clothing  and  boots 
and  shoes.

Whitehall —S.  P.  Van  Zant  has  em­
barked 
in  the  meat  and  farm  produce 
business.  Charles  and  Joseph  Watkins 
and  A.  E.  Van  Zant  will  represent  the 
firm  on  the  road.

Homer—John  A.  Barnum  has  retired 
from  the  shoe  firm  of  Shear  &  Barnum. 
The business will be continued by the  re­
maining  partner  under  the 
style  of 
Harmon  E.  Shear.

Homer—Geo.  W.  Feighner,  who  has 
for  some  time  been 
in  the  employ  of 
Harmon  &  Allen,  has  purchased  their 
stock  of  boots  and  shoes  and  will  con­
tinue  the  business.

Lapeer—Wm.  Carr, 

for  a  long  time 
head  clerk  for  L.  J.  Haddrill  and 
later 
with  the  Lapeer  Mercantile  Co.,  has 
embarked  in  the  grocery  and  provision 
business  on  his  own  account.

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

Kalamazoo—Hall  Brothers  are  fitting 
up  a  very  fine drug  store  at  141  South 
Burdick  street,  moving  the  stock  of  E. 
M.  Kennedy,  which  they  have  pur­
chased,  from  157  South  Burdick.

Saginaw—Simon  Sheyer,  dealer 

in 
clothing  and  boots  and  shoes,  and  T illie 
( Mrs.  N. )  Sheyer,  also  engaged 
in  the 
same  line  of  trade,  have  merged  their 
stocks  under the  style  of  Sheyer  Bros.

Petoskey---- Jacob  Spearqw,  of  La
Grange,  Ind.,  has  purchased  the  feed 
store  of  Frank  Merchant.  Mr.  Merchant 
retains  the  feed  mill  and  will  devote 
his  attention  to  his  real  estate  and  saw­
mill  business.

Saginaw—The  market  committee  of 
the  Retail  Merchants’  Association,  con­
sisting  of  David  Swinton,  Louis  Mout- 
ner,  J.  H.  Moore,  A.  Robertson  and  T. 
J.  Norris,  have  undertaken  the  work  of 
securing  the  establishment  of  a  regular 
city  market.

Kalamazoo—John  Richmond  is  under­
taking  to  interest  the  meat  dealers  of 
this  city  in  the  organization  of  a  Retail 
Meat  Dealers’  Association,  similar  in 
scope  and  purport  to  the  Grand  Rapids 
Retail  Meat  Dealers'  Association.  He 
is  meeting  with  flattering  success.

Gaylord—Róbt.  H.  Russell  has  sold 
his  drug  stock  to  Arthur  E.  Morrish  and 
Mark  S.  Brown,  who  will  continue  the 
business  under  the  style  of  A.  E.  Mor­
rish  &  Co.  Mr.  Morrish  has  been  em­
ployed  for  several  years 
in  the  drug 
store  of  his  brother,  N.  D.  Morrish,  of 
Sault  Ste.  Marie.

St.  Johns—Foerch  &  Danley,  dealers 
feed,  hides  and  furs,  have 
in  grain, 
dissolved.  Geo. 
J.  Foerch  will  con­
tinue  the  business  at  the  old  stand,  and 
Byron  Danley  will  remove  into  another 
building  and  combine  the  purchase  of 
chickens,  hides,  etc.,  with  the  agri cui- j 
turai  implement business.

St.  Joseph—Four  large  fishing  firms 
which 
left  here  two  months  ago  and 
went  to  Michigan  City,  Ind.,  on account | 
of  the  stringent  Michigan  fish 
laws, 
have  been  driven  back  here  by  the scar­
city  of fish  in  those  waters.  They  will 
lay  up  their  boats  and  not fish  at  all 
until  the  laws  of  Michigan  are  changed.
Detroit—The  J.  C.  Ayer  Co.,  Lowell, 
Mass.,  is  sending  circulars  through  this 
State  warning  druggists  and  general 
dealers  against  a  man  who  represents 
himself  to  be  an  agent  of  the  company 
and  who  goes  under  the  names  of  Bur­
rows  and  Smith.  They  say  he 
is  a 
swindler.  His  method  of  operation, is 
to  try  to  obtain  cash  for  a  small  draft on 
the  J.  C.  Ayer  Co.,  or  to  sell  goods  pur­
porting  to  come  from  them  and  collect 
for  the  same.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Marion—The  Marion  Cheese  Co. ’s 

new  factory  began  operations  May  10.

New  Baltimore—The  New  Baltimore 
Creamery  Co. ’s new plant  is nearly ready 
to  begin  operations.

Onaway—Brooks  &  Sterling  will  put 
in  a  shingle  mill  plant  here  at  an  early 
date,  with  a  capacity  of  75,000  shingles 
per  day.

Harrisville—A  cheese  factory  is  to  be 
established  here  by  the Michigan Cheese 
Co.  Farmers  are  asked  to  give  a  bonus 
of $1.50 for  each  cow.

Mt.  Pleasant—The  Deerfield  cheese 
factory  has  begun  operations  with  a 
good  supply of milk. 
John  A.  Gardham 
is  manager  of  the  enterprise.

Detroit—The  Avery  Preserving  Co. 
has  been 
incorporated  with  a  paid-up 
capital  of  $25,000.  The  incorporators 
are:  Darius  N.  Avery,  1,250  shares; 
John  H.  Avery,  625 
George  E.  and 
shares  each.

Battle  Creek—L.  J.  Davis,  of  Olivet, 
has  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  mop 
bandies  and  the  Davis  coat  hanger.

Greenville---- The  Greenvilie  Buggy
Co.,  composed  of  Dell  Moore  and  L.  B. 
Wright,  has  begun  business  at  this 
place.

Gagetown—A.  Frutchey,  of  Cass  City, 
has  purchased  the  grain  elevator  of  R. 
Klein.  Mr.  Klein  will  devote  his  entire 
attention  to  bis  mercantile  interests.

Escanaba—The  new  railroad  to  open 
a  new  territory  between  here  and  Re­
public  is  an  assured  fact.  Work  on  the 
necessary  construction  camps  has  been 
begun.

Houghton —The 

St.  Mary’s  Canal 
Mineral  Land  Co.  has  sold  to  the  Tam­
arack  Mining  Co.  the  timber  on  twenty 
square  miles  of  land  between  Houghton 
and  Ontonagon  for $90,000.

Petoskey—F.  D.  Merchant  has  pur­
chased  the  Bain  &  Chapman  sawmill. 
He  will  convert  it  into  a  hardwood  and 
hemlock  mill,  putting  in  a  side  track  so 
as  to  draw  logs  from  the  North.

Manistee—J.  O.  Nessen  has  shipped 
his  machinery,  boiler  and  engine  to 
Burdickville,  where  he  will  erect  and 
equip  a  sawmill.  The  capacity  of  the 
mill  will  be  between  12,000  and 
15,000 
feet  per  day.

Manistee—The  loss  on  the  Sands  salt 
block  was  adjusted  last  week,  and  men 
and  teams  are  busy  at  work  clearing 
away  the  debris,  and  a  new  block  will 
be 
in  operation  there  within  60  days. 
The  mills  can  not  start  until  the  salt 
block 
is  ready,  so  they  do  not  want 
much  delay.

Newaygo— Hemily  &  Kennicott  is  the 
name  of  a  new  copartnership  which  has 
been  formed  at  this  place.  They  have 
purchased  the  planing  mill  and  machin­
ery  of the  Converse  Manufacturing  Co., 
which  they  will  remove  to  a tract of land 
purchased  by  them,  and  will  conduct  a 
lumber  yard  and  deal 
in  all  kinds  of 
building  material.

Saginaw—J.  W.  McGraw  owns  a  tract 
of  timber  on  the  Bagley  branch  of  the 
Mackinaw  division  which  is  estimated 
to  cut  250,000,000  feet  of  soft  and  hard­
wood  timber.  The  Michigan  Central 
has  a  contract  for  hauling  several  mil­
lion  feet  of  logs  annually  from  this tract 
to  this  river.  E.  Bennet  built  a shingle 
mill  on  this  branch  which  has  been 
cutting  shingles  for  McGraw,  and  the 
latter  has  about  closed  a  deal  for  the 
purchase  of  the  mill  which 
is  located 
at  a  new  lumber  hamlet  called  New  To­
ledo,  and  McGraw  is  also  closing  a deal 
with  Moore  &  McMorris,  of Arthurville, 
also  on  the  Bagley  branch,  for  the  pur­
chase  of  their  stave mill,  which has been 
cutting  timber  for  McGraw  under  con­
tract.

Bay  City—It  will  be about three weeks 
before  any 
logs  can  be  expected  from 
Canada,  and  mill  owners  who  are  wait­
ing  for  stock  are  getting  rather  impa­
tient  for  the  sawing  season  to  begin,  in 
view  of  the  good  prices  at  which  lum­
ber  is  selling.  Sawmills  not 
in  oper­
ation  have  been  placed  in  readiness  for 
active  work  as  soon  as logs are received, 
and  when  the 
logs  do  come  the  mills 
will  be  crowded  the  remainder  of  the 
season. 
Smalleys  &  Woodworth  are 
running  day  and  night.  The  lumber 
market 
is  a  little  tame  just  now,  and 
only  a  few  transactions  have been noted. 
Box  lumber  has  been  sold  up  closely 
and  there  is  very  little  of  it  on  the  mar­
ket  either  on  this  river  or  the  Lake 
Huron  shore.  A  large  portion  of  the 
output  of  the  mills  here  goes 
into  the 
Eastern  market,  and  as  trade  there  is 
dull  the  effect  of  it  is  felt  here.

Nashville—W.  E.  Shields  has  pur­
chased  the  Powles’  property  and  will 
convert  the  old  woolen  mills  into a wood 
working  plant,  thus  affording  room  for 
more  machinery.

Saginaw—Lumber is  not accumulating 
very  fast  here,  for  the  reason  that  few 
mills  are  being  operated.  Merrill  & 
Co.  have  not  started  their  mill  and  have 
less  than  6,000,000  feet  of  logs  in  the 
mill  boom.  C.  K.  Eddy  &  Son  have 
not  started  their  mill.  They  have been 
figuring  on  some 
logs,  but  the  deal 
hangs  fire  and  it  is  not  known  when  the 
mill  plant  will  be  put  into  operation.

Cheboygan—There  was  a large amount 
of  logs  and  timber  put  in  last  winter  on 
the  northern  extension  of  the  Detroit  & 
Mackinac  Railroad,  in  the  vicinity  of 
Onaway,  and  it  is  expected  that  it  will 
take  until  July  to  haul  it  to  points  oi 
manufacture,  and  as  soon  as  this  is  out 
of  the  way  it  is  understood  the  work  of 
extending  this  road  to  this  city  will  be 
started.  There remains only twenty miles 
of  road  to  be  built. 
It  opens  up  one of 
the  most  extensive  timber  tracts  in  the 
State.

Hides,  Pelts,  Furs,  Tallow  and  Wool.
Hides  are  strong  at  advanced  prices, 
with  no  accumulations.  No  one  seems 
to  know  what  they  are  worth,  but  asks  a 
price, in  advance,  and  some  one  seems 
to  take  them.  They  are  worth  what  one 
has  the  cheek  to  ask  and  someone’s 
wants  oblige  them  to  pay.  Light  stock 
has  advanced,  with  the  demand  equal 
to  the  supply,  although  some  tanners 
refuse  to  buy.

Pelts  are  not  quotable,  there  not be­

ing  enough  offered  to  make  a  price.

There  are  no  more  offerings  in furs.
Tallow  is  some  higher  for  fresh stock, 
while  all  grades  show  a  slight  advance, 
in  sympathy  with  meat  products.  Old 
stocks  are  sought  after  particularly.

Wool  shows  some  more  activity,  es­
in  the  West  where  new  wools 
pecially 
offer.  Western  buyers  are  paying  more 
than  Eastern  markets  warrant.  They 
seem  to  think  that  wool  is  good property 
for  the  future.  Eastern  buyers  are  in 
the  field 
looking,  but  so  far  prices  are 
above  their  views.  The  new  clip,  judg­
ing  by  present  indications,  will  not  be 
loaded  on  cars  below  16c  for fine and 
20c  for  medium  unwashed,  which 
is 
fully  up  to  selling  prices  East.

W m .  T .  H e s s .

The  St.  Louis  Potato  Market.
St.  Louis,  May  17—Our  market  for 
the  past  week  has  been  very  strong,  all 
varieties  selling  at  top  quotations.  A l­
though  Chicago  and  other  Eastern  mar­
kets  eased  off,  on  account  of  heavy  ar­
rivals,  our  market  continued  to  hold  up, 
on  account  of  very 
light  receipts  for 
some  weeks  back.  As  our  market  has 
been  slightly  under  the  quotations  of 
Chicago  and  the  East,  they  have  caught 
all  the  shipments,  while  we  have been 
living  hand-to-mouth.  Had  it  not  been 
for  Colorado  potatoes,  there  is  no  doubt 
our  market  would  have  gone  to  the  dol­
lar  mark.  Old  potatoes  may  ease  off 
slightly  here  the  coming  week,  but  we 
do  not  look  for  a  very  heavy  decrease 
in  prices,  as  we  are  still  very  short  on 
old  potatoes.  And  Burbanks  are  es­
pecially  desired.

M i l l e r   &   T e a s d a l e   C o .

His  Stock  in  Trade.

B lack:  Brown 

is  always  borrowing 

trouble.

Russet:  That  isn't  the  worst  of  it.
B lack:  What  then?

,  Russet:  He 
sharing  the  loan  with  him.

insists  on  everybody 

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

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  capital  stock  of  the  G.  J.  Johnson 
from 

increased 

Cigar  Co.  has  been 
$10,000 to  $30,000.

Geo.  W.  Van  Brunt  has  opened  a  gro­
cery  store  at  Slocum’s  Grove.  The  Wor­
den  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

G.  S.  Baker,  of  Utica,  N.  Y .,  and 
E.  F.  Kirkpatrick,  of  this  place,  have 
opened  an  undertaking  establishment  at 
178  East  Fulton  street,  under  the  style 
of  Baker  &  Kirkpatrick.

Chas.  Bough  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  450  South  Division  street.  The 
stock  was  furnished  by  the  Ball-Barn- 
hart-Putman  Co.  Mr. 
Bough  has 
clerked  for  Philip  Graham  for  several 
years.

The  Ideal  Clothing  Co.  has  leased 
the second,  third  and  fourth  floors  of  the 
Kennedy  block,  corner  Waterloo  and 
Louis  streets,  and  is  removing  its  man­
ufacturing  and  shipping  departments  to 
that  location.

The  Produce  Market.

Asparagus—25c  per  doz. 

for  home 

grown.

Bananas—The  demand  is  steady,  with 
prices  rather  higher  than  good  for  the 
best  movement  of  fruit.  The  expecta­
tion  was  a  few  weeks  ago  that  by  this 
time  the  supplies  would  be  cut short  be­
cause  of  the  war,  and  the  market  would 
be  abnormally  high.  Such  has  not  been 
the  case.  The  supplies  are  still  ample 
and  promise  to  be  so  for  some time  to 
come.

Beans—The  market 

is  stronger  and 
higher,  due 
large  degree  to  the 
enormous  purchases  of  the  Government 
for  the  use  of  the  army  and  navy.  Lo­
cal  dealers  hold  city  picked  'at  $1.30 
per bu.  in  carlots  and  $1.35 
in’ smaller 
quantity,  including  bags.

Beets—New,  30c  per  doz.  bunches.
Butter—Dairy commands q@ i ic,  rang­
ing  from  choice  to  fancy,  and  factory 
creamery  is in moderate request at 15 j£c. 
Receipts  are  ample  to  meet  the  con­
sumptive  demands  of  the market.
'Cabbage—75@85c  per  doz.
"‘ Carrots—3o@35c  per  doz.  bunches.

in  a 

Cocoanuts—4@5c.
Cucumbers—6o@75c  per  doz.

in 

“   Eggs—The  market  has  taken  a  drop, 
due  to  the  withdrawal  of  the  cold  stor­
age  buyers  and  the  collapse  of  the  Lake 
Odessa  bubble.  Local  buyers  are  offer­
ing  to  pay  8c  on  track  and  in  some 
cases  are  offering  to  return  cases  free  of 
freight,  especially 
localities  where 
the  eggs  are  unusually  fine  in  quality 
large  in  size.  Brice  &  Co.  have 
and 
pulled  out  of  the  local  field, 
largely 
because  they  could  not  meet  the  crazy 
quotations  sent  out  by  the  Lake  Odessa 
mushroom  and  get  out  whole—on  the 
basis  of  the  present  market  in  the  East­
ern  cities.  The demoralization  incident 
to  the  massing  of  several  carloads  of 
stock  at  Lake  Odessa  will  have  a  ad 
effect on the  Michigan market  forsevtral 
days,  after  which  the  warm  weather  and 
the  consequent  deterioration  in  quality 
will  probably  take  a  hand 
in  forcing 
the  price  down  still  lower.

Green  Onions—8c  per  doz.
Green  Peas—$1.20  for  bu.  crate.
Honey—Dark  ranges 

from  g@ioc. 

Light  stock  commands  12c.

Lemons—The  demand 

is  increasing 
as  the  season  advances,  but  the  weather 
thus  far  has  been  rather  cooler  than 
usual,  and  so  has  checked  the  call. 
But  Messinas  are  advanced  a  little, 
while  Californias  are  steady  at  former 
figures.
'   Lettuce—8c  per  lb.
"O n ion s—Dry  stock  from  Mississippi 
commands  $1  per  bu.  Bermudas  fetch 
$2.25  per  crate.
Oranges—The  market  is  a trifle  firmer 
on  navels,  and  the  movement  continues 
good.  The  demand  on  the  whole  list 
continues  good.  There  are  few,  if  any, 
more  navels  to  arrive,  but  they  are  yet 
the  best  sought  for  orange  on  the  mar­

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

grown.

ket. 
- The  receipts  of  Mediterranean 
sweets  and  Malta  bloods  are  increasing 
and  are  of  fine  quality.  Seedlings  are 
selling  at  fairly  low  prices,  but  are  of 
fine  quality  in  general.

Parsley—20c  per  doz.  bunches.
Pieplant—J^@ ic  per 

lb. 

for  home 

Pineapples—Medium  Bermudas  com­
Floridas 

mand  $i.5o@ i.75  per  doz. 
are  in  good  demand  at  $i.75@2.

Pop  Corn—50c  per  bu.
Potatoes—The  market  for  old  stock 
has  every  appearance  of  being  on  the 
verge  of  a  last  grand  rally.  Local  deal­
ers  are  paying  6o@70c  and  holding  at 
7o@ 8 oc.  New  stock  commands  $1.25 
for  red  and  $1.35  for  white.

Radishes—$1  per box  or 20c  per  doz. 
is  arriving 

bunches.  Excellent  stock 
now  from  Canada.

Seeds—Timothy,  prime,  $ i .4 5 @ i .5 o ; 
Medium  clover,  $^@3.25;  Mammoth 
clover, 
$3. i5@ 3.4o;  Crimson  clover, 
$2.35;  Red Top,  $ i @ i . i o ;  Alfalfa, $3.75 
@4.50;  Alsyke,  $4.5o@4.65 ;  Orchard 
grass,  $1.60;  Kentucky  bluegrass,  $1.30 
@1.50.

Spinach—30c  per bu.
Strawberries—Arrivals are about equal­
ly  divided  between Tennessee,  Arkansas 
and  Illinois  fruit.  Prices  range  from 
$2@2.75  per  24  qt.  case,  according  to 
size  and  quality.

Tomatoes—$3  per 6  basket  crate.
Vegetable  Oysters—15c  per  doz.
Wax  Beans—$1.25  per  %  bu.  crate.

Comparative  Statement of the  Banking 

Situation.

98,410 

Increase........................... 

Increase............................  

The  statements  showing  the  condition 
of  the  banks  May  5,  just  published,  are 
very  encouraging. 
In  spite  of  war  and 
rumors  of  war  and  the  consequent  un­
settlement  of  business,  the  reports  show 
a  decided  improvement  over  the  condi­
tions  of  Feb. 
18—a  greater  improve­
ment,  in  fact,  than  the  reports  of  Feb. 
18  were  better  than  those  of  Dec.  15 
preceding.  From  a  consolidated  state­
five  National  and 
ment  of  the 
four 
State  banks 
in  this  city,  omitting  the 
two  trust  companies,  the  following  in-
teresting  figures  are  gleaned :
Commercial deposits Feb.  iS...$2,967,074 
93
Commercial deposits  May 5....  3,178,265 
92
99
211,190 
Savings deposits and certificates Feb.  18 6,508,810 35
Savings deposits and certificates  May  5 6,697,220 96
61
The  commercial  deposits  in  the  Nat­
ional  banks  increased  $291,654.50,  and 
in  the  savings  banks  decreased  $80,- 
463.51.  The  saving  and  certificate  de­
posits,  bearing 
interest  in  the  National 
banks,  decreased  $52,286.92  and  in  the 
savings  banks 
increased  $150,697.52. 
The  net 
in  commercial  ‘and 
savings  deposits  was  $390,065.11,  as 
compared  with  Feb.  18  and  $662,272.22, 
as  compared  with  Dec. 
15.  The  total 
deposits  decreased  $10,955.94,  due  to 
heavy  withdrawals  by  out-of-town  banks 
carrying  deposits  and  reserve  here.
Loan? and discounts Feb.  18................... $8,060,149 56
Loans and discounts May 5 ................ • •  S,984,230  23
924,080 67
Bonds and mortgages  Feb.  iS...............   1,804,925 SS
Bonds and mortgages  May 5- • •..............   1,763,701 93
11,223 95
increased  their 
loans  and  discounts  by  $633,505.41  and 
the  savings  banks  by  $290,574.26.  The 
increase 
loans  and  discounts  since 
Dec.  15  was  $1,417,577.38.
v ................$3»S°6>423  9$
Cash  resources  Feb.  iS 
Cash resources  May 5.........*...................2,745,604  64
760,819  34
Of  the  decrease  in  the  available  funds 
the  National  banks  have $621,635.38  and 
the  State  banks  $139,183  96.  The  total 
reduction  since  Dec.  15  was $1,034,943. - 
28,  and  at  this  rate  the  complaint  of 
having  too  much  capital  on  too  heavy 
a  reserve  will  soon  disappear.

The  National  banks 

Decrease............................................ 

Increase............................................ 

Decrease...........................................  

increase 

in 

An  encouraging  feature 

about  the 
statements 
is  that  they  show  that  the 
improvement  is  not  confined  to  any  one 
bank,  but  affects  all  of  them.  All  have 
increased  loans  and  discounts;  all  but 
two  have  increased  deposits,  and  all but 
two have  reduced  their  idle  funds.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—Refined  grades  are  firm,  with 
a  good  many  grades  oversold.  The 
grades  oversold  include crushed,  X X X X  
powdered,  powdered,  mould  A,  stand­
ard  granulated,  diamond  A,  confection­
1,  4  and  5,  and 
ers’  powdered,  Nos. 
Nos.  13  to  16 
inclusive.  Other  grades 
are  in  light  supply.

incident  thereto. 

Tea—Expectations  that  the  new  crop 
of  Japan  teas,  purchases  of  which  are 
now  being  made',  would  be  available  at 
lower  prices  than 
last  year  have  not 
yet  been  realized.  The  new-crop  prices 
are  fully  as  high  as  last  season,  when 
they  were  considered  unduly  high  be­
cause  of  the  duty  expectations  and  the 
Prices 
speculation 
have  not  changed  during 
the  week, 
and  the  future  is  uncertain.
.  Coffee—There 
in  the 
market,  the  feature  of  the  week  being 
the  difficulty  in  getting  bulk  and  pack­
age  coffees  fast  enough  to  fill  orders. 
Another  feature  of  the  trade  is  the  large 
amount  that  has  gone  into  consumption. 
In  spite  of  the  unusually large volume of 
coffees  sent  out  to  retailers,  the  average 
retailer  has  still  very  small  stocks,  and 
is  calling  for  more  so  rapidly  that  the 
jobbers  and  roasters  are  not  able  to  fill 
the  demand.

is  no  change 

is 

in 

Canned  Goods—Baltimore  advices  are 
to  the  effect  that  the  purchase  of  25,000 
cases  of  tomatoes  by  the  Government 
for  the  use  of  the  army  and  navy  has 
completely  cleaned  up  the  spot  stock  at 
Baltimore,  Philadelphia  and  New  York. 
Spot  corn 
fair  demand  at  un­
changed prices.  Nothing  is  being  done 
in  Harford  county  futures,  but  some 
New  York  and  Maine  futures  are  sell­
ing.  Baltimore  packers  are  asking  5c 
a  dozen  advance 
for  seconds  yellow 
peaches,  on  account  of  the  scarcity  on 
spot  and 
the  probability  of  a  small 
pac'--.  Some  peaches  can  be  gotten  from 
second  hands  for  less  than  the  packers’ 
price.  California  futures  are  not  offered 
to  any  extent,  and  spot  goods  are  not  in 
much  enquiry.  Small  sales  of  peas  are 
reported.  Nothing  is  doing  in  futures

Rice—A  healthy  condition  of  trade  is 
still  reported  in  the  rice  market.  Busi­
ness  is  perhaps  less  active  than  hereto­
fore,  but  there  is  considerable  trading 
going  on  in  a  comparatively  small  way 
which  makes  a  good  aggregation  of 
sales.  Firm  reports  continue  to  come 
from  primary  markets  at  home  and 
abroad.

fancy  stock 

Syrups  and  Molasses—Molasses  has 
been  especially  active,  this  condition 
being  largely  produced  by  the  scarcity. 
The  market  has  advanced  at  least  ic 
per  gallon  during  the  past  week,  and 
may  go  even  higher.  Porto  Rico  mo­
lasses  has  ceased  to  come  to  American 
ports,  on  account  of  the  war  complica­
tions.  There  will  be  comparatively  lit­
tle  business  done 
in  syrup  from  now 
on,  owing  to  the  warm  weather.  There 
are  no  low  or  medium  grades  of  sugar 
syrup,  and  the 
is  being 
taken for  export.  Prices are  unchanged.
Dried  Fruits—Not  much  change  is 
noted  in  the  market,  except  that  prunes 
are  still  tending  to  higher  prices  be­
yond  the  advance  recently  noted.  There 
is  a  stronger  feeling  in  fancy  raisins, 
but  no  changes  are  to  be  noted  this 
week  in  quotations.  The  stocks  of 
low 
grade  and  second  picking  raisins  are 
being  disposed  of  to  other  sources  than 
through  the  trade,  some  going  to  the 
wineries,  and  some  to  the  feeding  of 
stock,  a  use that  is  sometimes  resorted 
to  with  currants  when  the  grade  is 
low, 
with  the stocks  heavy.  There are  so  few 
evaporated  or  dried  apples  in  the  mar­

the  year. 

5
ket  as  to  cut  but  little  figure  in  the 
course  of  trade.  Prices  are  high,  as  they 
have  been  all 
The  high 
prices  on  apricots  have  tended  to  a 
slackening  of  demand  for  them,  and  the 
movement  is  light.  Peaches  are  scarce 
and  are  reported  to  show  a stronger feel­
ing.  Reports  from  the  coast  say  that 
Southern  California  is  well  cleaned  up 
on  prunes,  and  buyers  are  going  to 
northern  coast  states  for  stocks.  The 
use  of  California  prunes 
in  Germany 
the  past  year  has  grown  wonderfully, 
and  this  class  of  fruit  has  come  to  be  a 
staple  stock  in  the  leading  cities  of  that 
empire.  The  foreign  demand  has  been 
the  salvation  of  the  prune  market,  and 
promises  to  continue  a 
large  factor  in 
the  market  for  a  considerable  time  to 
come.  There  is  no  change  in  the  mar­
ket  on  berries,  and  the  movement  is 
comparatively  light  in  this  market.

Figs—A 

firm  of  well-known  fig  im­
porters  in  New  York  City  has received  a 
letter  from  Smyrna  which  conveys  the 
information  that  the  male  fig  trees,  be­
ing  rather  deiicate,  were  hurt  by  the 
cold  winter,  and  from  present  prospects 
the  crop  will  be  short  about  30  per  cent. 
The  correspondent  predicts  high  prices 
for  figs,and  states  that  in  his  opinion  it 
will  be a  risky  proceeding  to  make  con­
tracts  for  future  delivery,  as  in  all  prob­
ability  prices  will  be  considerably high­
er,  and  it  will  be  difficult  to  make  de­
liveries.

Prices 

Provisions—Export  trade  for  English 
and  Continental  markets  has  been  the 
leading  feature  during  the  past  week, 
but  even  for  this  the  trade  has  been 
comparatively  slow. 
for  the
home  trade  are  about  steady,  but  there 
is  no  special  activity 
in  the  market. 
Family  and  short  cut  pork  are  the  firm­
est  on  the  list.  There  is  also  a  decided­
ly  firmer  feeling  and  good  demand  on 
bellies  and  bacon. 
Lard  continues
very  firm  and  prices  are  still  advan­
cing.  The  prospects  for  the  entire  list 
are  for  higher  prices.

fleet  have 

Salt  Fish—John  Pew  &  Son  (Glouces­
ter)  write  the  Tradesman  as  follows: 
The  receipts  of  fish  kinds  at  this  port 
for  April  was  5,041,606 pounds,  or  near­
ly  four  and  one-half  million  pounds  less 
than  in  March.  The  total  receipts  for 
the  four  months  of  this  year  to  May 
1 
was  rising  thirty  million  pounds.  The 
Southern  mackerel 
landed 
only  eight  fares  of  fresh  mackerel  at 
New  York  and  Philadelphia,  and  the 
catch  has  been  a failure,  owing  to  the 
stormy  weather.  The  vessels  are  re­
turning  home  and  will  fit  for  the  catch 
off  the  Cape  Shore  coast. 
In  codfish 
kinds  there  is  a  firmer  undertone  to  the 
market,  and  already  the  prices  for  fresh 
fish  for  splitting  have  advanced  this 
week 
10  per  cent,  or  more  over  last 
week’s  prices.  At  present  some  diffi­
culty  is  experienced  in  getting  crews  to 
man  our  vessels,  as  275  fishermen  have 
already  enlisted 
in  the  navy  and  the 
vacancy  has  not  been  filled  as  yet. 
Gloucester  thus  far  has  sent 
into the 
navy  and  army  one-seventy-fifth  of  its 
population. 
If  the  whole  country  does 
the  same 
it  would  take  950,000  men 
out  of  the  ordinary  pursuits  for  sailors 
and  soldiers.  Probably  no  city  or  town 
in  the  United  States  feels  the  war  at 
present  as  Gloucester. 
In  the  present 
condition  of  affairs  we  do  not  see  any 
cause  to  make  lower  prices  for  codfish 
kinds.  When  Cuba  is  restored  to  free­
dom  and  a  wise  government,  that  fair 
island  will  blossom  and  bloom  like  the 
rose;  this  country  will  receive  much 
business  from  there,  and  our  city  will 
be  likely  to  receive  a  large  demand  for 
fish.

6

M ODERN  ADVERTISING .

Strength and Weakness of the  Present 

System.
Written for the Tradesman.

One  of  the  most  elusive,  as  well  as  il­
lusive,  problems  which  pester  the  wak­
ing  hours  of  the  commercial  promoter, 
and  one  which,  if given  the opportunity, 
will  absorb  a  large  share  of  his  profits 
without  affording  him  any  adequate  re­
turn,  is  the  problem  of  advertising.

Almost  every  business  man  thinks  he 
knows  how  to  advertise  his  own  busi­
ness,  but  the  millions  of  money  wasted 
every  year  in  fruitless  advertising  ought 
to  awaken  a  suspicion  at 
least  that 
somebody 
is  making  mistakes  in  this 
connection.  One  of  the  elusive  features 
of  advertising 
is  the  difficulty  of  ac­
curately  tracing  results  so  as  to  place 
the  credit  where 
it  belongs.  This  is 
even  more  difficult  in  connection  with 
local  retail  advertising  than  in  a  whole­
sale  or  mail  order business.

If  a  system  of  advertising  could  be 
devised  that  could  guarantee  to  the  ad­
vertiser  a  certain  number  of  enquiries 
or  opportunities  to  accomplish  the thing 
aimed  at  in  the  advertisement,  then  the 
advertising  business  would  be  placed 
upon  a  practical rather than a theoretical 
basis  as  at  present.  Gut  so  many  factors 
enter 
into  the  problem  of  success  or 
failure,  in  connection  with  advertising, 
and  so  long  as  the  responsibility  in  this 
connection  is  divided  and  uncertain  of 
satisfactory  demonstration,  more  or 'less 
dissatisfaction  will  continue  to  exist. 
Under  the  present  system  no  seller  of 
advertising  space  can  guarantee  bis 
patrons  anything  in  the  way  of  results— 
he  simply  farms  out  so  much  space  in 
a  certain  position  and  the  advertiser 
must  take  his  chances  of  securing  a 
harvest  from 
In  many—we  might
safely  say  in  a  majority—of  cases  the 
advertiser  does  not  even  know  bow 
much  space  he 
is  paying  for,  and  the 
circulation  of  the  medium 
is  an  un­
known  quastity  to  him.  An  advertiser 
is  certainly  entitled  to  know  positively 
just  how  many 
inches  of  space  he  is 
paying  for  and  the  approximate  number 
and  grade  of  prospective  customers  he 
is  reaching  through  it.  After  he  has 
possessed  himself  of  th:s  necessary  in­
formation  the  success  of  his  investment 
will  depend  upon  his  own  tact and judg­
ment.

it. 

Experts differ as to  details,  but  there 
are 
certain  well-grounded  principles 
which  are  largely  self-evident  and  may 
be  stated  as  follows :

1.  The  best  advertisement  is  the  one 

that  brings  the  best  results.

2.  The  medium  which  has the largest 
circulation  among  the  class  the  adver­
tiser  desires  to  reach  is  the  most  valu­
able  for his  purpose.

3.  The  first  requisite  of  an advertise­
is  to  attract  favorable  attention 
ment 
and  the  second 
is  to  bring  the  adver­
tiser  and  his  prospective  customer  to­
gether.

4.  The  more  exclusive  and  direct 
the  communication  between  the  adver­
tiser  and  bis  prospective  customer  the 
better  for  the  advertiser.

5.  To  be  continuously  effective  the 
advertisement  must  be  sustained  by  the 
facts  or  its  field  of  usefulness  shifted  to 
catch  fresh  victims.

6.  The  subject  advertised  must  meet 
or  create  a  want  either  actual  or  imagi­
nary. 
(But  imaginary  wants  are  apt  to 
react  upon  the  advertiser.)

7.  Honest  goods  honesty  and  intelli­
gently  advertised  by  an  honest  adver­
tiser 
in  an  honest  medium  will  bring 
the  most  satisfactory  and  lasting  results

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

“ We  get 

meant,  he  smiled  and  said: 
“ The 
goods  sell  faster  that  way.”   “ But  don’t 
you  have  to  sacrifice  on  the  price?”  
was  asked. 
just  the  same 
price  and  often  sell  to  a  customer a yard 
or  two  more  than  we  would  otherwise, 
because  we  are  not  expected  to  cut  a 
remnant,”   was  the  reply;  which  goes 
to  show  that an 
innocent  fad,  although 
ridiculous  in  itself,  if  well  catered  to, 
may  be  the  keynote  to  success after  all.
We  are  fast  developing  into  a  nation 
of  bargain-hunters,  and  the  advertiser 
is  largely  to  blame  for  it. 
“ Something 
is  the  watchword  and  we 
for  nothing,”  
literally  fall  over  one  another 
in  our 
mad  rush  to  embrace  a fake,  while  legi­
in 
timate  business,  with 
empty  pockets, 
in  helpless 
amazement.  The  poor  dear  public  will 
probably  never  learn  that  the  law  of 
compensation  is  inexorable  and  that,  if 
one  of 
its  number  gets  the  advantage 
in  one  point,  there  must  sooner or  later 
come  a  reaction  which  will  pay  back  in 
losses 
in  some  other  way,  to  balance 
the  account.

idle  hands 

looks  on 

Local  newspaper  advertising  seems  to 
be  the  most  popular  with  the  retail 
merchants  just  now,  and  probably  justly 
so  Where  there  are  several  local  papers 
published,the  merchant  is  usually  under 
tribute  to  all  of  them  and  the  chances 
are  that  he  is  unable  to  justy  determine 
which  of  the  several  mediums  is  of  the 
most  value  to  him.  He  pays  the  same 
rate  probably  to  each,  and  kicks  with 
out  discrimination  when  the  bills  are 
presented.  A  house  that  employs  a 
practical  advertising  man 
is  nearer  to 
being  on  a  scientific  basis  with  regard 
to  advertising  than  are  the  indiscrim­
inate  patrons  of  the  a rt;  but  it  is  only 
the  large  houses  that  can  afford  to  em­
ploy  a  specialist  in  that  line.

As  newspaper  advertising  seems  to 
have  the  preference,  I  would  like  to
suggest  a  co-operative  scheme  embra­
cing  the  newspapers  and  their  patrons. 
The  value  of  advertising  space  is  based 
usually  on  circulation,  and  circulation 
is  necessary  to  secure  advertising  pa­
tronage.  The  circulation  of  any  given 
newspaper  extends  only  to  a 
limited 
percentage  of  the  population,  as  a  great 
many  people  in  every  community  who 
buy  the  necessaries  and  sometimes  the 
luxuries  of  life  do  not  feel  that  they  can 
afford  to  subscribe  and  pay  for  all  the 
local  papers,  and  a  great  majority  who

and  cover  the  whole  ground  of  legiti­
mate  advertising.

Every  advertiser  should  cultivate  an 
individuality  in  his  advertising  in  har­
mony  with  the  individuality  of  his busi­
ness—in  other  words,  talk  through  the 
advertisement  the  same  as  to  a customer 
face  to  face.  Then  when  the  two  meet 
no  formal  introduction  is  necessary,  but 
they  meet  as  old  acquaintances  and  the 
customer  is  at  ease,  free  from  restraint. 
If  otherwise,  the  customer,  after reading 
an  advertisement,  calls  in  answer  to 
it 
and  the  unfamiliar  reception  he  meets 
with  causes  him  to  feel  that be has made 
a  mistake  and  got  into  the  wrong  place 
and  the  resuTtant  embarrassment  is like­
ly  to  defeat  the  good  work  of  the  adver­
tisement.

The 

illusive  features  of  advertising 
may  be  fitly  symbolized  by  a  two-edged 
sword.  Such  advertising  is  apt  to 
in­
jure  both  the  advertiser  and  those  who 
answer  to  its  blandishments. 
It  is  said 
that  figures  do  not  lie,  that  2  and  2  al­
ways  make  4 ;  but  we all  remember  to 
have  seen  them  arranged  so as  to  make 
22,  which  proves  that  even  a  statement 
of  fact  may  have  a  double  meaning.

Many  an  honest  merchant  is  forced  to 
pursue  methods  in  his  business  which 
he  had  rather  not  have  mentioned,  but 
he  must  meet  competition  or go  out  of 
business.  Our  competitive  system  has 
certainly  gotten  us  into  a  nice  predica­
ment  when  an  honest  man,  in  order  to 
pay  his  honest  debts, 
to 
swindle  somebody  else  in  order  to  get 
it  with.  But,  as  a 
the  money  to  do 
Western  attorney 
is  quoted  as  para­
phrasing  or  modernizing  Benjamin 
Franklin’s  motto,  “ Honesty  is  the  best 
policy,”   “ It  pays  to  be  pretty  nearly 
honest. ”

is  obliged 

The  modern  fad  of  bargain  advertis­
ing  so  extensively  engaged 
in  by  the 
leading  retailers  has  its  ridiculous  fea­
tures  and 
is  certainly  demoralizing  to 
legitimate  business,  as  well  as  con­
fessedly  unsatisfactory 
in  general  re­
sults.  The  public  is  being  educated  to 
become  a  horde  of  desultory  shoppers, 
instead  of  reliable  and  steady  custom­
ers,  while  the  advertiser  manages  to 
take  in  just  about  enough  cash  on  spe­
cial  sales  to  pay  for  the  advertising  and 
the  cost  of  the  goods  sold.  He  has  a 
crowd  on  bargain  days,  but,  “ don’t  you 
forget  it,”   so has  his  competitor.  Prob­
ably  a  few  more  goods  are sold  than 
would  have  been  by  the  ordinary  meth­
od,  but  neither  of  them  has  a  cent  more 
profit  to  show  for  it  than  if  the  special 
sale  had  not  been  held.  Neither  of 
them  has  won  a  steady  customer,  but 
lost  a  few  through 
each  has  probably 
dissatisfaction 
in  the  shoddy  or  shop­
worn  goods  worked  off  on  them  through 
the  bargain  sale.  Everybody  connected 
with  the  store  is  overworked  one  or  two 
davs  in  the  six  and  the  rest  of  the  time 
has  little  to  do.  But  it  looks  like  busi­
ness  while 
lasts,  and  will  end  only 
when  it  has  run  its  course  and  every­
body  gets  sick  and  tired  of  it,  or  until 
a  new  fad  is  sprung  to  fill  another  long- 
felt  want  for  free  entertainment  at  the 
expense  of  the  obliging  merchant. 
It 
is  probably  one  of  the  phases  in  the 
process  of  evolution  succeeding 
the 
remnant  counter  fad,  which  used  to  be 
extensively  advertised  as  the  star  per­
former  to  attract  the  crowd.

it 

The  writer  remembers  a  circumstance 
in  point,  some  years  ago:  On  entering 
a 
large  general  store,  the  clerk  at  the 
dry  goods  counter  was  noticed  cutting 
up  whole  pieces  of  new  goods,  rolling 
them  up  and  placing  them  on  the  rem­
nant  counter.  Upon  being  asked  what  it

do  take  them  regularly  do  not  pay  cash 
in  advance.  Merchants  who  advertise 
get  the  greatest  benefits  from  the  wid­
est  circulation  and  are,  therefore,  inter­
increasing  the  circulation  of 
ested 
the  papers 
in  which  they  advertise. 
The  advertising  patronage  of  a  news­
paper 
largest  and  most  reliable 
source  of  income.

its 

in 

is 

Few  people  refuse  to  take  something 
they  can  get  for  nothing.  A  great  many 
merchants  are  continually  giving  away 
prizes  of  one  thing  and  another  to  their 
customers  for  which  they  are  paying 
some  outside  concern  a  royalty  on  their 
entire  trade,-  in  addition  to  the  money 
they  are  obliged  to  expend  for  news­
paper  advertising  with  a  limited  circu­
lation.
Now 

let  us  suppose  that  the  news­
paper  publisher  and  his  advertising 
patrons  get  together  on  the  following 
co-operative  plan:  The  publisher  to 
provide  coupon  books  containing  cou­
pons  representing  one  month’s subscrip­
tion  to  his  publication ;  he  will  present 
to  each  cash  subscriber  coupons,  the 
face  value  of  which  is  equivalent  to  the 
amount  of  cash  paid.  These  coupons 
to  be  redeemed  at  their  face  value  by 
the  merchants  who  are  in  the  plan,  in 
the  proportion,  we  will  say,  of  5  per 
cent,  of  the  amount  purchased  for  cash 
at  their  places  of  business  by  the  hold­
ers  of  the  coupons.  The  coupons,  hav­
ing  been  thus  redeemed,  may  be  de­
stroyed,  or  an  arrangement  might  be 
made  whereby  the  publisher would allow 
a  part  or all  of  the  value  of  the  coupons 
to  the  advertiser  on  bis  advertising  con­
tract.

increase 

The  plan  would  result 

Not  a  family  but  would  take  a  news­
paper  on  these  terms,  which  in  most  in­
its  circulation 
stances  would 
fourfold. 
in 
cash  transactions  all  around.  The  ad­
vertiser  would  have  a  double  pull on 
the  public—one  through  his  regular  ad­
vertisement 
in  the  publication,  which 
would  be  four  times  more  valuable  by 
reason  of  its  increased  circulation,  and 
second,  he  would  get  the  advantage  of 
t^e  cash  trade  of  the  coupon  holders, 
who  would  be  obliged  to  patronize  him 
in  order  to  get  their  money  back  from 
the  newspaper  subscription.
While  the  war  excitement  is  high  and 
everybody  wants  the  news,  and  as  every 
family 
to  patronize  some 
merchant  and  would,  of  course, go  where 
the  coupons  were  good,  this  scheme 
ought  to  take  like  hot  cakes.

is  obliged 

J.  M. Banker.

Grocers’

RolFTop

Refrigerators

Made in Oak,  Polish  Finish, packed with 
Mineral  Wool  and  Charcoal  Sheathing. 
Fight walls to save the Ice.  Upper cabinet 
for  small  Cheeses, Yeast,  Butter  in  Rolls, 
Etc.  Cold storage  below.  Ice put in from 
either  end.  Made  in  two, three, four  and 
five  rolls.  The  larger  sizes  have  a  place 
tor  scales  just  over  the  central  rolls.  A 
most elegant fixture  at  a  price  which  will 
soon pay  for  itself  in  increased  sales  and 
saving of ice.

NET  PRICE8

2  Roll.................... $ 60.00
3  Roll.................... $ 65.00
4  Roll.................... $ 75.00
5  Roll..................   $ 85.00

Special Refrigerators  for  Butchers,  Ho­
tels,  Ice Cream Dealers,  Etc., constantly on 
hand or made to order.  Send for catalogue.

Grand  Rapids 
Refrigerator  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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W6 Are «Q u arters lor war Novelties

Souvenirs,  Buttons,  Patriotic  Neckwear,  Ribbons,  etc.  Our  line  comprises  all  the  popular  fast-selling  novel­
ties  that  are  being  manufactured  to supply  the  present  enormous  demand.  Put  in  a stock  at  once.  Our  line 
is  guaranteed  to be  the  best  sellers.  Prices  always  right.  Order  your  supply at once.  Be sure  and order  by 
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D E W E Y 'S   P IL L S   F O R  

S P A N IA R D S .

Flag enameled in  colors.  Bul­
let  pendant.
£ er  doz.................................. $   35
Per gross.............................. 4  00

No.  115—Crossed  American  and  Cuban  flags,  in 
lias 

beautiful  colors,  very  appropriate  button. 
patent pin-back.
Price,  per  dozen................................................... $
Price, per gross.................................................... 
i  50
No.  117 —A  small, neat design of the flag  of  Cuba, 
in colors.  A very handsome button.  Has patent 
pin-back.

Price, per  dozen....................................................$
Price, per gross.................................. ..................  1

No.  140 

No.  142

No.  140—“ Old Glory”  in colors, a neat design.
15
Price,  per dozen..................................................... .$ 
Price, per gross....................................................... 1  50
No,  14a—The  American Flag in colors, dark  back­
Price,  per  dozen....................................................$ 
15
Price, per gross........................................... ..........  1  50

ground, making a beautiful effect.

stick  pin.  Engraving is exact size.

No.  147—Extra  large  American  Flag  bow,  with 
Price,  per  dozen................................ ................... $  ye
Price,  per  gross.....................................................   8  50

P A T R IO T IC   B E L T S .

No.  152—Large American flag, 
enamel finished in  colors.
Per doz................................ $  30
Per  gross.............................. 3  00

Red, white  and  blue  stripes,  width 

inch,  kid 
covered  buckle,  metal  eyelets,  belt  gtass  cloth 
lined.  A  very popular article.
Price,  per  dozen.................................................... $2  00
EN A M ELED   M ETA L  P A T R IO T IC  P IN S

No.  1000---- Cellu­
loid Flag, in colors, 
on a stick  pin  pole, 
with ball  top.
Per doz...........$  30
Per gross....... 3  50

safety-pin back.

No.  1004—Medium  size,  height  2  inches,  with 
Price,  per dozen................................................... $  35
Price,  per gross....................................................3  75
1005—Large  size,  height  2%  inches,  with 
No. 
Price,  per  doz.........................................................$  65
Price,  per gross....................■...................................7  50

safety-pin back.

No.  114

The  “ Maine”   is  in 
handsome c o lo r s . 
Button  has  patent 
pin-back.
Price per  doz..8  30
Price, per gro..3 oo

No.  121

Uncle  Sam  on  the 
run to Cuba.  This 
is a tremendous sell­
ing  design—in  ap­
propriate colors. 
Price, per doz.$  30 
Price, per gro.  3  00

No.  150—Flag of Cuba,  solid  metal,  Roman  gold 

finish, enameled in colors.  One each on a card.
Price,  per  dozen................................................... $  30
Price,  per gross.....................................................  3  00
No.  151—Metal combination U. S  and Cuban flags, 
Price,  per dozen................................................... $  30
Price,  per  gross.....................................................  3  00

enamel inlaid in  colors.

No.  120—Button or  pin-hack—“ Old Glory”  tied in 
a beautiful  bow.  Pin-back  will  be  sent  unless
otherwise ordered.
Price,  per  dozen....... ................................  . . . . .   $  35
Price, per gross.........................................   4 00

P A T R IO T IC   P E R F U M E S .

No-  1003—American  Eagle  Pin,  U.  S.  Flag,  drop 
design of “ Maine”  in colors on celluloid pendant.
Price,  per  dozen............ ....................................... $  65
Price, per gross.....................................................   7  50

U N C L E  S A M   B O U N D   F O R   C U B A . 

Made of embossed metal,  finished in  National  col­
ors, one each  on  a  card.  Without  question  the 
most popular patriotic pin ever put on the market. 
Sold  in  extensive  quantities.  We  handle  it  in 
two sizes.

No.  1002—Maine  Sailor, 
with a U,  S.  silk  flag as
Price,  per  dozen 
.........
ice,  per gross..................

mainel  inlaid  in  colors 
i  background. 
.................................$  65

No.  313

Put  up on  7x8  inch 
cards, with  Ameri­
can  Flag  embossed 
and flnished  in  col­
ors.  Supplied with 
a  i-oz.  bottle  of B i­
cycle Extracts.  A s­
sorted 
in  various 
odors.
Price,  per doz.$  70

bow with American and Cuban  flags.

No.  IOOI—Made  of  No.  <  silk  gros  grain  ribbon 
Price,  per  dozen.................................................... $  35
Price, per gross......................................................  3  75

No  137—Pin-hack only.  One half of the bow con­
sists of the Cuban  Flag  and  the  other  half  the
American.
Price,  per  dozen....................................................8  35
Price,  per gross......................................................4  00

No.  314

flnished 

Size  of  card,  7x8 
i n c h ,   handsomely 
embossed in  Amer- 
i c a n   a n d C u b a n  
flags, 
in 
colors.  Each  card 
supplied  with  one 
bottle  of  1  oz.  B i­
cycle Extracts.  A s ­
sorted 
in  popular 
odors.
Price,  per doz. $  70

Cuban  Insurgent—A   very  patriotic  and  popular 
selling  article,  companion  to  the  Maine  Sailor. 
Made in  National colors,  representing  Cuban In­
surgent  in center with Cuban flag.
Price,  per  dozen....................................................$  65
Price,  per  gross......... ..  ....................................   7  00

Maine  Sailor—Made  in  National  colors,  repre­
senting one of our martyred  Maine  Sailors  in the
center.
Price,  per doz......................................................... $  65
Price, per gross......................................................  7  00

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WEDNESDAY,------MAY  18,  1898.

THE  FIRE  WASTE.

The  statistics  giving  the  fire  losses 
for  the  first  four  months of  the  present 
year  continue  to  show  a  steady  decrease 
in  the  waste  from  conflagrations  in  the 
United  States. 
It  has  been  manifest for 
some  time  that  the  underwriting  busi­
ness  has  been  quite  profitable,  but  the 
figures  now  available  prove  more  con­
clusively  than  mere  reports  of  profits  of 
individual  companies  that  the insurance 
business  is  again  very  prosperous.

controlling  rates 

Journal  of  Commerce, 

According to  the  New  York  Journal  of 
Commerce,  the  accepted  authority  on 
the  subject,  the  total  fire 
loss  for  the 
first  four  months  of  the  year  has  been 
$37.958,000,  as  compared  with  $42,032,- 
000  last  year  and  $47,620,000  in  1896. 
Most  people  would 
imagine  that  this 
decrease  in  the  fire  waste would be cause 
for  congratulation,  but  apparently  the 
Journal  of  Commerce  does  not  think  so. 
Our  contemporary  fears  that  the  large 
profits  made  by  some  of  the  companies 
will  lead  to  rate  cutting  and  to  the  rup­
ture  of the compacts existing between the 
companies  and 
in 
nearly  all  parts  of  the  country. 
“ Look­
ing  at  the  matter  from  the  standpoint 
of  the  future  of  the  fire  underwriters," 
says  the 
“ it 
would  seem  that  the  temporary  profits 
now  being  made  are  an  injury  rather 
than  a  gain,  because  there  is  so  much 
dissatisfaction  and  disloyalty  in  the  va­
rious  rating  associations  that  a  contin­
uation  of  moderate  fire  loss  means  an 
encouragement  to  plunge  into  rate  wars 
in  at  present  profitable  sections.  A 
series  of  heavy  fires  at  this  time  would 
in  the  direction  of  restraining 
operate 
combative  minds,  and 
is  probable 
that  an  increase  of,  say,  50  per  cent,  in 
May,  June  and  July aggregates this year, 
as  against  1897,  would  be to the ultimate 
advantage  of  the  fire  insurance  compan­
ies.  At  present,  too,  many  of  them  are 
flushed  with  the  profits  of  1896 and  1897, 
and  their  managers  are  eager  to  engage 
in  rate  fights,  evidently  regarding  sur­
plus  as  ammunition 
for  the  manage­
ment,  rather  than  treasure  for  the stock­
holders. ”

it 

Looking  at  the  matter  from  the  stand­
point  of  the  insured,  however,  there  can 
be  no  doubt  that  the  profits  of  the insur­
ance  business  entitle  him to some reduc­
tion  in  the  rates  he  is  compelled  to  pay 
for  insurance.  For  several  years  back 
most  people  have  been  compelled  to 
pay  enhanced  premiums  to  offset  the 
losses  suffered  by  the companies through 
insurers  and  the
dishonesty  of  some 

in  properly 
neglect  of  the  companies 
examining  risks.  Now 
that  a  more 
healthy  state  of  affairs  has  been  brought 
about,  it  is  but  right  that  the  great mass 
of  insurers  should  share 
in  the  greater 
prosperity  of  the  underwriters.

The  causes  assigned  for  the  great  re­
duction  in  the  fire  waste  are greater care 
on  the  part  of  underwriters  in  examin­
ing  risks,  more  conservative  methods 
employed  by  the companies in accepting 
improvements 
business,  and  the  many 
which  have  been  made 
in  building 
methods  and  in installing electric plants. 
The  moral  hazard  is  not  complained  of 
so  much  as  formerly,  which  would  seem 
to 
indicate  that  it  played  a  less  promi­
nent  figure  in  increasing  the  losses  than 
was  imagined.

The  bombardment  of  any  part  of  the 
American  coast,  arising  because  of  an 
inadequate  naval  force  for  its  protec­
tion,  would  fire  this  Nation  and  result 
in  the  creation  of  one  of  the  biggest and 
best  navies  on  the  seas.  We  are  slow 
to  anticipate  trouble,  but  we  can  al­
is 
ways  learn  a  lesson  when  experience 
the  teacher.  With  the  concentration 
in 
Cuban  waters  of  the  limited  navy  we 
now  have,  15,000  miles  of  the  richest 
coast  line  in  the  world 
is  wholly  ex­
posed  to  the  assaults  of  a  hostile  fleet! 
Was  fate  ever  so  recklessly  tempted  by 
a  wealthy  and  intelligent  nation  before?

Unless  Spanish  naval  officers  are  fool­
hardy  they  will  hesitate  a  long  time  be­
fore  going  against  Sampson’s 
fleet, 
when  there  are  a  score  of  our  small gun­
boats  surrounding  Cuba  that  could  be 
picked  off one  at  a  time.  We  have only 
two  fighting  ships,  the  New  York  and 
Brooklyn,that could catch one  of  Spain’s 
armored  cruisers,  did  the  latter  deter­
mine  upon  a  guerilla  warfare 
in  the 
gulf. 

_________________

A  Massachusetts  bank  defaulter  who 
decamped  the  other day  left  a  detailed 
statement  of  his  shortcomings  to  be 
handed  to  the  bank  officials. 
Such 
thoughtful  consideration  of  his  employ­
ers’  convenience  was  admirable  and 
touching  in  the  extreme.

It 

is  estimated  that  the  wealth  of  the 
Untied  States  now  exceeds  the wealth  of 
the  whole  world  at  any  period  prior  to 
the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century. 
And 
increasing  through  de­
velopment.  We  shall  soon  be  too  proud 
to  speak  to  Spain.

is  still 

it 

Spain  counts  on  Cuba  being  too  un­
healthy  for  United  States  soldiers.  She 
will  find  that  our  soldiers  will  hurry 
up,  steal  a  march  on  the  fever,  and 
make  the  country  entirely  too  unhealthy 
for  Spanish  Blanco  soliders.

It  is  funny  to  see  the  men  who  are not 
strong  enough  to  volunteer  for  the  army 
stand  in  the  rain  and  watch  the  bulletin 
boards 
in  spite  of  the  pneumonia  and 
kindred  diseases.

In  the  civil  war,  except 

in  a  few 
cases,  the  officers  of  the  army  gained 
the  grand  honors.  Now  the  navy  has 
sailed  away  with  the  glories  of  protec­
ting  Old  Glory.

If  Spain  had  a  Christopher  Columbus 
to-day,  she  would  send  him  out  to  dis­
cover  some  place  where  the  Spanish 
navy,  army  and  government  would  be 
safe.

The  man  who  has  a  theory  that  war 
can  be  carried  on  without  loss  of  life 
should  take  his  theory  out and  shoot  it.

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION.
The  generally  favorable  outlook  in the 
war  situation  has  been  such  as  to  re­
move  all  apprehension  as  to  industrial 
disturbance  on  account  of  the  serious­
ness  of  the  task undertaken,  so that there 
remain  only  the  depression  and  disturb­
ance  to  be attributed  to  the  natural  dis­
traction  of  public  attention  from  usual 
pursuits,  which  is  much  more  than com­
pensated  by  the  stimulus  of  military 
preparation ;  so  that,  contrary  to  all  ex­
pectation,  the  progress  of  the  war  is 
marked  by  a  strengthening  tendency 
in 
increase 
nearly  all  prices  with  a  steady 
in  volume  of  business.  This  latter 
is 
especially  indicated  in  the  earnings  of 
railroads, which continue  to show marked 
gains  in  nearly  all  quarters.  The  earn­
ings  for  April  of  those  roads  which have 
been  compared  with  the  same  month 
last  year  show  an 
increase  of  over  13 
per  cent.  As  a  consequence  of  this  ac­
tivity  there  is  to  be  considered  the  cor­
responding  increase  in  the  demand  for 
rolling  stock  and  railway  betterments. 
The  upward  movement  of  the  general 
stock  market  with  its  activity  has  been 
checked  by  speculative  sensitiveness 
pending  the  expectation  of an  important 
naval  battle,  but  money  rates  have  con­
tinued  to  grow  easier and  ,in  spite  of 
high  sterling  exchange,gold continues to 
come  in  in  considerable  quantities.

The 

speculative  climax 

in  wheat 
which  marked  the  beginning  of  last 
week  was  followed  by  a  much  smaller 
reaction  than  was  expected  and  since 
the  rally  again  prices  are  steadily  ad­
vancing,  apparently  based  on  the  gen­
eral  strength  of  the  situation. 
The 
prices  ruling  for  the week have exceeded 
those  of  any  time 
in  over  twenty-five 
¡years  past.  And  it  is  remarkable  that 
| with  these  high  prices  the  movement 
j continues  unabated. 
In  sympathy  with 
wheat  corn  and  other grains,  as  w ell  as 
provisions  of  all  kinds,  have  advanced 
in  prices  and  with  heavy  trade  move­
ment. 
importance  of  our 
thus  laying  the  rest  of  the  world  under 
tribute  for their  food  supplies  at  such 
rates  can  hardly  be  overestimated.  For 
breadstuffs  alone  the  bill 
for  April 
against  the  outside  world  was  $27,427,- 
195.

Indeed,  the 

Notwithstanding the enormous produc­
tion  of 
iron,  the  situation  shows  such 
strength  that  what  changes  have  oc­
curred  in  prices  have  been  towards  ad­
vance.  Of  course,  the  war demands have 
had  their 
influence,  but  the  enormous 
sales of farm products at high prices have 
created  a  tremendous  demand  for  agri­
cultural  implements  and  fencing.  Then 
the strength  in  the  railway  situation,  al­
ready  noted,  is  having  a  decided 
influ­
ence,  so^ that  the  unprecedented  output 
seems  tcTbe  nearly  or quite absorbed.

indicate 

In  textiles  cotton  prints  are  still  at 
the  point  of 
lowest  record—$1.87; 
but  mills  have  purchased cotton  in quan­
tities  which 
increased  confi­
dence  for  the  future.  Wool  enquiries 
are  somewhat  more  encouraging,  al­
though  the  complaint  of  cancellation 
is 
still  heard. 
In  boots  and  shoes  the 
heaviest  orders  ever  known  for  the  sea­
son  had  been  booked  before  May  1, 
and  more  are  constantly  coming.  Ship­
ments  from  the  East  this  year to  date 
have  been  72,000  cases  larger  than  for 
the  corresponding  period  of  any  preced­
ing  year.  Leather  is  stronger,  with  in­
creased  sales,  and  bides  have  advanced 
at  Chicago  about  4  per  cent.

The  generally  improving  conditions 
are  again  coming  to  be  reflected  by  the 
volume  of  bank  exchanges.  The  clear­
ings  for  the  week  were $1,378,000,000,

an  increase  of  17  per  cent,  over  preced­
ing  week  and  the  largest  reported  for 
the  corresponding  week  of  any  year. 
Failures  were  250,  an  increase  of  ten.

GRATIFYING  CONDITIONS.

The 

latest  reports  from  the  leading 
commercial  agencies 
indicate  that the 
business  alarm  which  existed  prior  to 
the  commencement  of  hostilities  has  not 
only  given  away  to  a  feeling  of  confi­
dence  in  the  situation,  but  business  in  a 
majority  of  lines  has  been quickened  by 
the  war.

The  call  for  troops  and  able-bodied 
seamen  was  responded  to  by  ail  classes 
of  young  men  throughout  the  country. 
Not  only  those  out  of  work,  but  far 
more,  possibly,  of  those  with  good  po­
sitions  volunteered ‘  promptly. 
Thou­
sands  of  vacancies have thus been  made, 
to  be  filled  by  those  who  are  in  need  of 
employment.  Certain 
lines  of  industry 
have  been  taxed  to  their  utmost  capac­
ity  for  war  supplies  of  every  descrip­
tion.  Prices  of  some  food  crops  have 
gone  up  and  money  has  been  to  an  un­
usual  extent  turned  loose  in  nearly  all 
parts  of  the  country.

While  these 

favoring  circumstances 
have  existed,  there  has  been  nothing  to 
create  alarm—no  fear  of  an  invasion, 
no  possibility  of  blockade,  no  chance 
for  the  enemy  to  stop  the  process  of 
domestic  production  or the  wheels  of in­
dustry  and  commerce.

This  spectacle  of  commercial,  indus­
trial,  agricultural  and  business  activity 
and  confidence  while  a  foreign  war 
is 
in  progress,  with  its  vast  expenditures 
and  uncertainties,  ought  to  impress  our 
public  at  home  as  well  as  outsiders  with 
the  greatness  of  this  Nation.  To  Amer­
icans  such 
can  but  be 
peculiarly  gratifying  and  encouraging.

conditions 

Instead  of  touring  Spain  this summer, 
New  York  snobs  should  hunt  for  board 
up  among  the  green  hills  of  Vermont, 
where  Dewey  came  from.

It  is  not  enough  for  men to be freezing 
to  death  in  A laska;  bridges  of  ice  must 
be  falling  down  on  people  and  killing 
them.

It  may  reconcile  us  to  the  smaller loaf 
to  remember  that  we  are  at  war  for  a 
people  who  can’t  get  bread  for  love  or 
money.

The  new  United-  States  battle-ships 
are  generous  with  their  ammunition. 
They  are  ready  to  shell  out at  any  mo­
ment.

No  matter  what  Sampson  may  do, 
Dewey  has  shown  that  the trouble  is  not 
in  our  ships  nor guns.

English-speaking  people  must  do  the 
talking  among  the  civilized  govern­
ments  of  this  world.

Chicago  has  a schoolboy who describes 
an  island  as  a  body  of  land  surrounded 
by  Sampson’s  fleet.

The  wonder 

is,  how  long  Spain  will 
stand  on  the  defense  before  she  knows 
she  is  whipped.

The  powerful  navy  we  have  will  be 
able  to  create  a  big  floating  debt  for  the 
United  States.

To  be  courted  by  a  soldier  makes  a 
girl  feel  like  undergoing  a  court mar­
tial.

Poets  remember  the  Maine. 

It  has 
been  for a  few  weeks  their  Maine  stay.
The  United  States  will.have  islands 

to  burn  if  she  keeps  what  she  takes.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

9

THE  RIOTS  IN  ITALY.

The  serious  disturbances  which  have 
broken  out  in  Italy  indicate  very  clearly 
a  condition  of  affairs  which  thinking 
people  can  but  regard  as  presaging 
an  upheaval  threatening  not  only  the 
Italian  dynasty,  but  even  the  integrity 
of  the  country  itself.  Although  the  dis­
turbances  are  called  riots,  there  can  be 
no  disguising  the  fact  that  they  are  de­
cidedly  revolutionary  in  character.

At  Naples,  Milan  and  Turin  there 
have  been  very  grave  disturbances,  it 
being  found  necessary  for  the  troops  to 
fire  upon  the  mob,  killing  many  people. 
Entire  provinces  have  been  placed  un­
der  martial  law,  and,  at  the  rate  that 
troops  are  being  asked  for,  the  entire 
country  will  soon  wear  the  appearance 
of  being  in  a  state  of  war.

The  ostensible  cause  of  the  trouble  is 
the  high  price  of  food,  and  the 
indus­
trial  depression prevailing,  coupled with 
the  bankrupt  condition  of  the  country, 
high  taxation  and  the  like;  but  behind 
all  these  natural  and  just  causes  of  dis­
content  there  exists  undoubtedly  a  revo­
lutionary  propaganda  which  is  prepared 
to  take  advantage  of  any  favorable  cir­
cumstance  which  may  present  itself  in 
order  to  overthrow  the  present  govern­
ment  and  the  monarchy.

it 

the 

comprises 

It  is  not  easy  to  understand  what  the 
ultimate  aims  of  the  revolutionists  can 
be.  While  it  is  known  that  there  exists 
a  considerable  sentiment  in  Italy  favor­
able  to  a  republic,  it  can  not  be  said 
that 
substantial 
classes.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  repub­
lican  sentiment 
is  largely  anarchistic. 
It  must  not  be  supposed,  however,  that 
the  discontent  in  Italy  is  limited  to  the 
socialists  and  anarchists.  This 
is  by 
no  means  the  case.  There  is,  for  in­
stance,  the  large  and  influential  church 
party,  which  has  for  years  remained 
sullen  and  unforgiving  under  the  exist­
ing  regime.  While  the  adherents  of  this 
faction  might  hesitate  at  precipitating 
a  revolution,  they  would  not  fail  to  take 
advantage  of  any  disturbances  which 
might  arise,  from  whatever  cause. 
In 
any  event,  the  government  could  not 
look  for  any  aid  or  comfort  from  the 
church  party;  but,  on  the  contrary, 
would  have  to  count  its  rich  and 
influ­
ential  adherents  among  its  opponents.
The  troubles  in  Italy  are  a  companion 
picture  to  those  now 
in 
Spain.  The  Iberian  peninsula  is  really 
in  the  throes  of  revolution  at  home,  as 
well  as  involved  in  a  war  abroad.  D is­
content  with 
the  government  and 
dynasty,  as  well  as  exasperation  at 
ruinous  taxes  and  industrial  depression, 
has  frenzied  the  Spanish  masses  and 
made  them  difficult  for  the  authorities 
to  handle.  The  south  of  Europe  is  evi­
dently 
in  anything  but a  happy  frame 
of  mind  at  the  present  time,  and  grave 
events  may  be  looked  for  there  in  the 
near  future.

in  progress 

to 

father 

is  perhaps  the 

rives,”   is his confident declaration.  The 
wish 
the 
thought.  At  any  rate,  we  don’t  believe 
that  the  Spaniards,  whatever  their faults 
may  be,  will  accept as  their  ruler  a  man 
who  has  shown  himself  to  be  a  selfish 
egotist,  a  miser  and  an  all-around  cur. 
If  they  do  they  will  deserve  whatever 
may  befall  them.

The  patriotic  spirit  has  made  itself 
felt  in  the  musical  world.  Songs  of  war 
and  liberty  are  issuing  rapidly  from  the 
presses,  and  music  store  windows  are 
being  filled  with  sheet  music  printed  in 
the  national  colors. 
If  the  heat  of  war 
lasts  for  two  years,  patriotic  songs  will 
receive  a  great  stimulus.  At present we 
have  no  national  hymn  which  will  bear 
comparison  with  those  of  either  Ger­
many  or  France.  The  best  known  and 
most  popular  patriotic  song,  “ Amer­
ica,”   has  the  music  of  “ God  Save  the 
Queen,”   and  none  of  the many patriotic 
songs  has  stood  the  test  of  years.  Musi­
cians  say  we  may  expect  permanent 
good  from  this  new  stir of  national  life 
and  feeling.  They  predict  that  if  the 
present  production  of  patriotic  music 
keeps  up  there  will  come  at  least  one 
song  which  will  be  strong  enough  to 
stand  as  a  hymn  of  both  battle  and 
peace  for  the  Great  Republic.

The  best  material  of  which  to  make 
fighting  soldiers  is  found  in  boys  from 
16  to 21.  This  is  the  expression  of  old 
commanders.  There  were  many  cap­
tains  in  the  civil  war  who  were  under 
20  years  of  age.  There  were  brigadier- 
generals  only  21  years  old.  General 
Grant  was  under  40  when  he  entered the 
war.  Stonewall  Jackson  had  won  im­
mortal  fame  at  38  and  died at  39.  Gen­
eral  Sheridan  was  a  general  at  30.  Fitz- 
hugb  Lee  was  a  major  general  at  29 
Alexander  had  conquered  the  world 
before  he  was  33.  Napoleon  became 
master  of  Egypt,  crossed  the  Alps  and 
fought  the  battle  of  Marengo  at  30. 
Young  men  make  the  best  soldiers.  The 
civil  war  was  fought  by  young  men  and 
boys.  There  are  living  veterans  of  that 
war  who  are  now  only  50  years  of  ag e ; 
yet  that  war  began  thirty-seven  years 
ago. 

_________________

The  steamer  Illinois  is  being  fitted 
out as  a  refrigerator  ship,  under the  di­
lection  of  the  Paymaster  General  of  the 
navy,  who  has  charge  of  furnishing pro­
visions  to  the  vessels  of  the  service. 
The  Illinois  will  have  a  complete  re­
frigerating  apparatus and  several  cold 
storage  compartments.  For 
the  first 
time 
in  the  history  of  naval  warfare 
officers  and  men'of  a squadron operating 
in  the  tropics  will  have  fresh  meat  and 
other  frozen  supplies,  with  plenty  of 
ice.  Contracts  have  been  placed  by 
Paymaster  General  Stewart  for  securing 
100,000  pounds  of  fresh  beef  to be stored 
on  the  Illinois.

Don  Carlos  continues  to 

justify  the 
unfavorable  opinion  that  was  formed  of 
him  at  the  beginning  of  the  war. 
Ensconced 
in  a  comfortable  hotel  at 
Brussels,  he  chuckles  over  the  dissen­
sions  which  have  arisen  in  Spain  and 
sees 
in  the  battle  of  Manila  only  a  fa­
vorable  augury  for  bis  designs  upon  the 
throne.  Although  be  is  enormously  rich, 
he  has  not,  so  far as  known,  contributed 
a  peseta  toward  the  Spanish  war  fund. 
Indeed,  it  is  evident  that  his  hopes  lie 
in  the  defeat  of  Spain.  And  yet  he  pre­
tends  to  believe  that  the  Spanish  people 
will  welcome  him  to  Madrid  when  the 
war  is  over. 
“ I  shall  be  found  ready 
to  ascend  the  throne  when  the  time  ar­

Spain  has  the  same  right  to  be  a 
peaceful, 
that 
France  has;  but  her  leading  politicians 
all  want  to  be  dictators  or  kings.

respectable 

republic 

Spanish  olives  are  a  drug 

in  the 
patriotic  market,  and  they  are  now  be­
ing  sold  as  cocktail  olives. 
By  any 
other name  they  are  as  puckery.

Spain  feels  that  she 

is  being  bom­
barded  somewhere;  but  is  so  uncertain 
of  everything  now  that  she  can not place 
her  hand  on  the  spot.

If  the  young  king  of  Spain  wants  to 
be  baptized  in  blood,  he  can  show  him­
self  at  home  where  the  rioters  are.

BANKING  REFORM.

Review  of the  Present  and  Proposed 

Systems.

The  soundness  of  the  principle  of 
banking  upon  business  assets  has  been 
demonstrated  in  every  country  where 
it 
has  been  given  a  fair  trial  and  where 
the  laws have made necessary the prompt 
redemption  of  credit  notes  in  the  coin 
standard.  Redemption  on  demand 
is 
the  great  safety  valve  by  which  credit 
notes  are  constantly  maintained  at  a 
parity  with  the  standard  of  value,  and 
this  requirement  as  to  redemption  will 
at  all  times  keep  their  volume  within 
the 
limit  fixed  by  the actual  needs  of 
business.  An  issuance  beyond  the  de­
mands  of  exchanges  would  carry  with 
it  the  swift  and  sure  penalty  of  a  maxi­
mum  of  redemption,  for  an  excess  of 
issuance 
is  always  followed  by  an  ab­
normal  demand  for  redemption  and  the 
hoarding  of  coin ;  and  the  work  of  re­
demption  being transferred to the banks, 
under  the  proposed 
law,  it  would  be 
monumental  folly  on  their  part  to  pre­
cipitate  a  condition  that  would  tend  to 
for  credit  notes 
curtail  the  demand 
while  thus 
increasing  the  demand  for 
coin.  The  Canadian  banking  system  is 
very  similar  to  that  proposed  for  our 
country  and  their  experience,  as  well  as 
that of  every other country  under  a  simi­
lar system, has shown that no danger of an 
excess  of  issuance  of  credits  is  attend­
ant  upon  the  system  of  issuing  them 
upon  business  assets;  in  fact, 
it  has 
been  demonstrated  that  a  liberal  power 
of  note  issuance  leads  gradually  to  the 
development  of  a  greater  use  of  current 
accounts,  through 
checks  and  other 
forms  of  transfers,  and  to  a  minimum 
of  bank  notes,  when  compared  with  the 
actual  volume  of  exchanges.  The  vol­
ume  of  any  one 
form  of  money  or 
credits  that  will  circulate  is  always  de­
termined  in  a  measure  by  the  available 
volume  of  the  more  convenient  forms in 
use,  if  all  are  of  equal  value. 
It  is 
through  the  operation  of  this  principle 
that  credit  notes,  properly  safeguarded, 
will 
largely  take  the  place  of  coin  in 
effecting  the  ordinary  transactions.

law 

Another 

important  factor  in  prevent­
ing  an  over-issuance  of  notes 
is  found 
in  the  fact  that  a  plethora  of  credit  or 
token  money 
in  this  country,  as  com­
pared  with other gold standard countries, 
always  results 
in  the  export  of  gold. 
Were  such  a  condition  produced, 
it 
would  not  only  bring  large  redemptions 
upon  the  banks,  but  also  tend  to  reduce 
the  available  supply  of  gold  at  a  time 
when  their  greatest  need  for  it  exists. 
There  need  be  no  apprehension  of  an 
excessive  credit  note 
issue  if  the  pro­
posed 
is  enacted.  The  volume  of 
credits  allowable  are  as  thbrougbly safe­
guarded  as  possible  through  statutory 
enactments;  and  the operation of the sys­
tem  itself,  with  the  work of maintaining 
the  parity  with  all 
forms  of  money 
through  redemption  by  the  banks,  is  a 
sufficient  guaranty  that  they  will  not 
pursue  such  a  suicidal  course.  The 
dangers  and  drawbacks  inherent  in  the 
present  system  are  tenfold  more  dam­
aging  to  the  business  of  our  country and 
the  stability  of  our  finances  than  would 
be  the  case  under  the  proposed  law.  So 
long  as  our  Government  interferes  with 
our  credit  system  we  will  be  humiliated 
and  our  prosperity  threatened  from time 
to  time  with  attempts  to  make the credit 
system  responsive  to  the  necessities  of 
the  Government,  rather  than  the  needs 
of  commerce.  At  the  present  moment 
we  are  threatened  with  an  attempt  to 
meet  the  temporary  necessities  of  the

Government  with  a  permanent  addition 
to  our greenbacks.  What  excuse  can  be 
given  for  such  a  proposition? 
Is  there 
not  enough  money  in  our  country  for  all 
needs?  There  is  an  abundance  of  cur­
rency  and  gold  in  the  banks  to  meet  all 
demands,  but  the  Government  tempo­
rarily  needs  a  larger  share  of  it  than  it 
possesses  at  present.  Then  why  not 
supply  this  one need  of  borrowing  and 
using  by  offering  security  for  the  loan 
it  from  the  present 
and  thus  attract 
abundant  supply,  just  as  an 
individual 
has  to  do  under  similar  conditions? 
The  business  of  the  people  does  not  call 
for  more  credit  notes,  and  no  rational- 
minded  man  will  sanction their inflation 
beyond  the  needs  of  trade  and  up  to 
the  limit  of  the  passing  necessities  of 
war.  There  are  dangerous  possibilities 
in  such  a  false  course  We  might  be­
come  involved  in  war  to  such  an  extent 
that  several  hundred  million  dollars  an­
nually  would  be  required  over and above 
our  revenues.  This  requirement  would 
not  remove  any  considerable  amount  of 
money  from  the  ordinary  channels  in 
which 
it  circulates,  but  it  would  make 
the  accumulation  and  diffusion  of  it 
more  intense  and  rapid  than  inordinary 
business  transactions. 
Then  all  the 
Government  needs  is  the power to quick­
ly  gather  and  distribute  money.  When 
war  is  over  it  is  safe  to  say  that  our  ex­
changes  will  call 
for  but  little  money 
in  addition  to  that  utilized  prior  to  its 
commencement. 
inflate 
the  credits  by  untold  millions,  bow  will 
they  then  be  employed  and  what  will 
prevent  their  depreciation  unless  re­
deemed  at  once—an 
impossible  act? 
The  volume  of  business  is  not  greatly 
increased  during  war. 
It  merely  be­
comes  centered  and  intense  at  certain 
points,  with a  corresponding  diminution 
at  other  points,  and  under  a  proper 
banking  system  credits  will  act  auto­
matically  with 
business 
changes,  seeking  their  natural 
level 
again  with  the  passing  of  abnormal con­
ditions  at  certain  points.  Not  so  with 
credits  based  on  the  power  of  taxation, 
for  they  must  await  their  cancellation 
until  the  industry  of  the  land  has  been 
overtaxed  enough  to  care  for  them 
in 
addition  to  current  burdens.

If  so,  and  we 

such 

all 

The  solvency  of  nations  has  been  an­
nihilated  time  and  again  through  the 
suicidal  policy  of  regulating  credits  by 
the  varying  necessities  of  government 
in  utter  disregard  of  the  needs  of 
and 
trade. 
Thoughtless  politicians  have, 
by  drifting  from  the  safe  anchorage  of 
basing  credits  on  business  necessities 
and  attempting  to  adjust  them  to  the 
necessities  of  governments,  done  more 
to 
impoverish  nations  than  has  any 
other one  cause. 

A n d r e w   F y f e .

It 

An  automatic  machine, 

ingeniously 
constructed  and  very  effective,  is  now 
being  employed 
in  the  manufacture  of 
boxes. 
is  fed  from  four  sides  with 
boards  first  cut  of  the  desired  size,  and 
a  box  is  turned  out  at  great  rapidity  at 
every  revolution  of  the  machine.  A 
single  operator  can  thus  work  off 
i.ooo 
boxes  per  hour,  the  work  of  the  attend­
ant  being 
simply  to  feed  the  press 
with  wood,  the  mechanism  for  adjust­
ment  requiring  but  a  few  minutes  for 
producing  a  box  of  any  size  within  rea­
sonable 
limits,  from  cigar  boxes  up­
ward.  On  the  machine  being  once 
started,  its  action 
is  automatic,  a  box 
being  shot  out  at  every  revolution,  with 
great  velocity.  Thus  turned  out,  the 
box  is  complete,  with  the  exception  of 
the  lid.  Lock  corner  boxes  are  as  read­
ily  bandied  as  the  straight-edged  sort, 
the  hammers  used  in nailing them being 
taken  off  and  plates  substituted  which 
squeeze  the  parts  together  instead  of 
nail  them.

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Fruits and  Produce.
How  Co-operative  Creameries  are 

Conducted  in  Iowa.

in  the 

There  are  three  kinds  of  creameries 
in  successful  operation  in  Iowa,  the  in­
dividual  creamery,  the  stock  company, 
and  the  co-operative.  The  individual 
creamery  and  the  co-operative  are  now 
clearly 
lead.  For  some  reason 
the  stock  company  is  losing  ground.  A 
probable  explanation 
is  that  many  of 
them  were  inaugurated  by  professional 
“ creamery  promoters,”   and were placed 
where  the  dairy  advancement  was  in­
adequate.  When  town  people  take  stock 
in  a  creamery  there  are  many  farmers 
who  imagine  the  object  is  to bletd  them 
and  they  give  but  a  h a lf-h e a rte d   sup­
port,  and  many  of  them  keep  making 
remarks  calculated 
to  arouse  suspi­
cion.  As  a  rule  such  creameries  were 
built  at  an  expense  out  of  proportion 
to  the  real  worth  and  it  has  been  found 
difficult,  often 
impossible,  to  declare  a 
paying  dividend  and  at  the  same  time 
pay  good  prices  for  milk.

The 

individual  creameryman  needs 
no  suggestions,  as  he  looks  the situation 
over  from  a  business  point  of  view  and 
satisfies  himself  whether  a  creamery 
investment,  and  if  he 
will  be  a  good 
concludes  to 
invest  he  goes  at  it  in  a 
strictly  business  w ay;  but  there  are 
many  places  where  the 
co-operative 
is  desired  and  the  milk  pro­
creamery 
ducers  are  anxious  to 
learu  how  they 
are  built  and  operated.

Strange  as  it  may  seem,  many  of  the 
most  successful  of  these  co-operative 
creameries  are  conducted  on  the  loosest 
methods.  A 
loose  method  gives  elas­
ticity  and  adapts  itself  to  changing con­
ditions,  and  possibly  this  overbalances 
the  disadvantages,  although 
in­
clined  to  question  this  and  attribute  the 
success  to  the  fact  that  they  are  located 
in  good  dairy  localities.  Given  a  good 
dairy  locality,  and  the  creamery  busi­
ness  naturally  flourishes 
like  a  green 
bay  tree.  But  if  green  bay  trees  are too 
thick  they  will  not  flourish,  and  this 
is 
also  true  of  creameries.

I  am 

it  an 

The  co-operative  creameries 

in  this 
part  of  Iowa  were  built  without  advanc­
ing  a  dollar  of  cash.  No  stock  was  sold. 
No  money  was  asked  of  any  who  were 
solicited  to  go  in.  Many  of  them  were 
built  close  to  individual  creameries  and 
the  only  hope  of  success  lay  in  causing 
the  failure  of  the  individual  creamery. 
This  seemed  like  a  heartless  plan,  and 
individual  creameryman  who  had 
the 
in  the  work  and  had 
been  the  pioneer 
educated  the  farmers 
in  the  business 
felt 
injustice  that  his  property 
should  be  made  worthless  in  this  way. 
In  some  cases  the 
individual  creamery 
has  been  purchased,  in  other  cases,  and 
the  majority,  no attention  was  paid  to 
it  and  it  had  to  prove  its  right  to  live. 
Where  the 
is  an 
up-to-date  establishment,  and 
is  run 
with  the  patrons'  needs  constantly  in 
mind,  there  has  generally  been 
little 
trouble  in  satisfactorily  adjusting  mat­
ters,  for  such  a  creamery  can  do  justice 
by  the  patrons,  and  if  they  insist  that  it 
is  better  for  them  to  own  the  creamery 
themselves  they  will  buy  it.  But  if  the 
machinery 
is  old  and  poor  and  the 
building 
inconvenient,  the  farmers  will 
not buy  it,  for  it  would  be  as  unsatis­
factory  in  their  hands  as  before.

individual  creamery 

The  usual  plan  of  starting  is  to  call  a 
meeting  of  those 
interested  and  see  if 
enough  wish  to  go  into  the  business  to 
warrant  the  erection  or  purchase  of  a 
creamery. 
is  decided  upon  a 
is  drawn  up  (this  is  a  joint
“ bond”  

If  this 

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

note),  and  the  farmers  sign  it.  Those 
who  sign  the  bond  hold  a  meeting, 
elect  their  officers,  appoint a  committee, 
and  the  committee  proceeds  to  build 
and  equip  the  creamery.  The  usual 
form  of  the  bond  is  this:

We,  the  undersigned,  agree  to  pay  a 
sum  not  exceeding  $...........for  the  pur­
poses  hereinafter  named,  viz.,  buying 
land,  building  a  creamery and  furnish­
ing  the  same  with  the  necessary  fixtures 
and  machinery,  for  which  we  bind  our­
selves,  our  heirs,  executors  and  admin­
istrators  in  the  sum  pro  rata  according 
to  the  number  of  cows  subscribed  by
us,  said  creamery  to  be  located  at.........
............ Signed  this............. day  of.............

No.  of  Cows.

Name  of  Patron. 
Besides  electing  the  officers  it  is  de­
cided  at  the  meeting  of  those  interested 
as  to  the  amount  that  shall  be 
invested 
in  the aggregate,  and  the  style  of cream­
ery  that  is  to  be  built,  and  the  commit­
tee  makes  the  best  terms  available  with 
supply  houses, and a  constitution  and  set 
of  by-laws  are  adopted.  The  constitu­
tion  and  by-iaws  describe 
the  usual 
duties  of  the  several  officers  and  fix  the 
detail  of  work  or  empower  the  officers 
to  do  so.

For  instance,  the  debt  must  be  paid. 
The  directors  are,  therefore,  empowered 
to  levy  upon  all  milk  furnished  a  cer­
tain  rate  or  per  cent.  The  usual  amount 
levied  is  five  cents  upon  each  hundred 
of  milk 
furnished  the  creamery,  and 
this  is  taken  from  the  patrons’  checks 
until  all  debts  are  paid,  and  in  practice 
for  much  of  the  time  afterwards,  as  im­
provements  have  to  be  made  constantly 
to  keep  things  strictly  up  to-date.

The  directors  are  authorized  to  act  as 
a  board  of  arbitration  to  settle  any  diffi­
culties  arising  among  the  patrons,  and 
all  other  matters  ptriaining  to  the  busi­
ness  are  also  referred  to  them.

A  provision 

is  made  by  which  each 
patron 
is  pledged  for  the  payment  of 
any  indebtedness  or  loss  by  fire  or  other 
means,  the 
liability  being  pro  rata  ac­
cording  to  the  number  of  cows  fur­
nished  by  each  patron.

Fines  are  fixed  for  skimming  or adul­
terating,  for  sending  bloody  milk,  etc., 
the  usual  amount  being  five  to  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  the  first  offense,  ten  to 
thirty  for  the  second  offense,  and a  third 
offense  foifeits  all  rights  and 
interest 
in  the  company.

It  will  be  observed  that  all  the  pro­
visions  are  plain  and  simple,  that  no 
man  gets  one  dollar  profit  from  the  op­
eration  of  the  creamery  except  as  he 
gets  it  in  the  form  of  milk  checks  and 
gets  the  profit  by  producing  the  milk  at 
a  profit.  No  man  advances  a  dollar,  no 
man  has  any  advantage  over  another. 
All  have  to  conform  to  the  rules  which 
they  as  a  body  have  made  and  the  ma­
jority  must  be  satisfied,  for  when  they 
change  their  minds  they  change  the 
rules  to  agree  with  their present desires. 
Such  individual  creameries  as  continue 
to  operate 
in  the  vicinity  of  the  co­
operatives  become  themselves  virtually 
co-opeiative  in  their  work  and  do  not 
fix  any  price  which  will  be  paid  for 
milk,  but  at  the  end  of  the  month  pay 
the  usual  price  which  patrons  of  the  co­
operative  creameries  receive.  There  is 
little  essential  difference  except  in  case 
of  sale  the  individual  proprietor  would 
in  case  of  fire 
have  the  money  and 
would  have  to  stand  the 
loss.  As  a 
matter  of  fact  the  success  or  the  failure 
of  a  modern  creamery  is  in  the  patrons' 
If  they  will  furnish  plenty  of 
hands. 
good  milk 
is  practicable  to  find  a 
buttermaker  competent  to  do  the  rest.
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W. R. Brice. 

Est.  185a. 

C. M.  Drake.

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.

We  have  closed  our  branch  house  in  Grand  Rapids  and 
will  not  buy  any  more  eggs  this  season,  but  want  your  Butter 
and  Eggs  now  at  our  main  house  in  Philadelphia  on  commis­
sion  and  you can  rest  assured  that  we  will  watch  your  inter­
ests  carefully,  make  you  prompt  sales  and  prompt  returns, 
and  you  can  be  assured  of  the  best  service  to  be  had  in  our 
city. 

W.  R.  B R IC E   &  CO.

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56  W e st  M arket  Street.

C.  N.  RAPP &  CO.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.

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them.  They solicit consignments  of  Butter,  Eggs,  Poultry,  Beans  and 
Produce generally,  assuring  prompt sales and  immediate ret ¡ms.  They 
S£Z  are a branch of the  Grand  Rapids  house  of  the  same  name,  which  has 
been  established  eleven  years.  They  refer  Michigan  shippers  to the 
^   Fourth  National  Bank,  Grand  Rapids  Savings  Bank  and  Michigan 
Tradesman, all of which are  familiar with their standing and  acquainted 
with  their  methods and will cheerfully answer  any  enquiries which  may 
be made in  regarifto them. 

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STRAWBERRIES

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

A ll  Green  Vegetables—Tomatoes,  Green  Onions,  Radishes,  Cu­
cumbers,  Spinach,  Asparagus,  Pie  Plant. 
Oranges,  Lemons,  Bananas.
BUNTING  &  CO., 
Jobbers,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
When  You  Begin  to  See  Anything  Green

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

A  woman  is  not  in  it  now  unless  she 

is  begging  some one  not  to  go  to  war.

The  Vinkemulder Company,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Rough  Handling  Unavoidable 

Fruit Shipments.

Chicago,  May  14— The  average  ship­
idea  how  often  his  fruit  is 
per  has  no 
bandied  and  moved  about  before 
it 
reaches  the  consumer,  and  therefore  the 
importance  of  the  most  careful  packing 
can  not  be  lost  sight  of.  To 
illustrate, 
let  us  review  the  scene  on  the  arrival 
of  the  fruit  runs  from the South—the two 
main  runs  arriving  about  the  same  time 
in  the  morning  (6:30  to  7:30).
On  arrival  of  trains  at  tbe  Union  De 
pot,  the  Southern  and  Pacific  Express 
Companies  back  up  their  wagons  to  th 
express  cars  as  soon  as  the  doors  are 
open.  A  few  expressmen,  assisted  by 
some  of  the  commission  men,  or  thei 
employes,  enter  the  car  and  commence 
passing  out  the goods  to  the drivers.  A 
dozen  or  more  firms  are  represented  and 
all  are 
in  a  hurry  and  anxious  to  get 
off  with  the  fruit,  for  their  customers 
are  at  their  stores  up  town  waiting,  and 
they  do  not  want  to  miss  the early  sales 
—always  the  best.  Therefore,  handling 
each  package  carefully  or laying it down 
easily  is  out  of  the  question  where 
many  have  to  be  handled  in  the  very 
short  time  in  which  it  has  to  be  done. 
In  this  car  is  fruit  from  perhaps  twenty 
different  shipping  points,  and  from  100 
different  shippers,  intended  possibly  for 
seventy-five  different  firms,  for this  car 
may  have  shipments  for  the  various 
towns 
in  Illinois,  Indiana,  Iowa,  Mis­
souri,  Kansas,  Nebraska,  etc.  The  out­
going  trains  will  soon  be  ready  and  all 
this  fruit  must  be  transferred,  checked 
off  and  re-billed  for  its  various  desti­
in 
nations. 
The  express  employes, 
their  anxiety  to  keep  these  various 
lots 
from  getting  left,  add  to  the  confusion 
and  prolong  the  delivery  to  local  re­
ceivers.  All  must  be  separated  for  the 
various  parties  and  numerous  firms  here 
and  elsewhere.  Consequently rapid  and 
occasionally  rough  handling  seems  un­
avoidable.  When  tbe  wagons  are  loaded 
they  drive  across  the  track  to  the  ex­
press  buildings  and  platforms,  where 
the  fruit  is  separated  once  more  for  the 
many  firms  whose  wagons  form  a  solid 
wreath  around  the  platforms. 
is 
lifted  again  and  passed  into  all  these 
wagons,  receipted  for  and  driven  off 
rapidly,  and  on  reaching  the  commis­
sion  houses  the  fruit  has  to  be separated 
once  more  and  credited  up  to  the  re­
spective Owners  and  shippers.  After  be­
ing  thus  hurriedly  bandied  half  a  dozen 
times  it  is  ready  for  the  purchaser’s  in­
spection.  He  throws  it  into  his  wagon 
once  more  with  similar  baste  and 
is 
hurried  off  over  the  streets  again  and 
set  down  again  for  tbe  inspection  of  the 
consumer;  and 
it  is  safe  to  say  it could 
not  be  recognized  now  by  the  original 
owner—apart  from  his  marks—unless 
the  packing  was  of  the  best  at  the  start.
These  are  some  of  the  features  of  the 
business  that  should  be  calmly  consid 
ered  by  tbe  shipper, who  too  often jumps 
at  the  conclusion  that  he  was  robbed— 
that  his  fruit  was  first-class,  and  must 
have  opened  up  fine.

It 

it 

Large  shipments  or  carload  lots  do 
not,  however,  suffer  to  this  extent,  for 
such  are  usually  loaded  into  tbe  re­
ceiver’s  wagon  and  hauled  direct  to  his 
store,  or the  express  company’s  wagons 
will  do  tbe  same  when 
the  amount 
reaches  something  near  a  load.  Time 
and  re-handling  of fruit are thus saved  to 
the  large  shipper.

Fruit  Dealers  Opposed  to  a  Tax  on 

Bananas.

From  the New Y o rk  Commercial.

in  fruit  circles. 

The  proposition  to  tax  bananas  has 
stirred  up  a  hornet’s  nest  in  some  quar­
ters,  and  discussions  upon  the  subject 
are  waxing  warm 
It 
would  seem  to  the  casual  observer  that, 
in  view  of  the  fact  that  there  are 6,500,- 
000  bunches  of  bananas 
imported  an­
nually  into  this  country,  the  imposition 
of  a  tax  would  have  a 
far-reaching 
effect.  However, 
friends  of  the 
proposition  claim  that  tbe  producers 
would  pay  the  tax,  and  they  cite  tbe 
fact  that  tbe 
increase  in  the  duty  on 
other  fruits  has  not  affected  the  price  to 
consumers.  There  are  many  interestirg 
phases  to  tbe  subject,  made  plain by the 
following  interviews:

the 

I.  Cadmus,  of  the  American  Fruit 
Company,  said  yesterday: 
“ The  im ­
position  of  a  tax  will  kill  the  business. 
Fruits  of  all  kinds  reach  the  poorer 
classes. 
is  that  true  of 
bananas.  The  tax  will  thus  have  to  be 
shouldered  by  the  laboring  people.  The 
business  is  overdone  at  present  and  im­
porters  can  hardly  get  their  money  back 
at  present  prices.’ ’

Especially 

is 

about 

Cuneo  &  Co.,  of  No.  85  Park  Place, 
handle 
1,000,000  bunches  of 
bananas  yearly.  Nicholas  Cuneo,  the 
head  of  the  house,  is  known  throughout 
the  trade  as  the  “ Banana  K in g ." 
It 
was  he  who  first  introduced  the  system 
in  New  York  of  selling  bananas  at  auc­
Joseph  Cuneo,  of  the 
tion  on  the  dock. 
“ It  makes  no par­
firm, said  yesterday: 
ticular  difference  to  us  whether  the  tax 
If  it  is  prices  will 
is  imposed  or  not. 
be  higher,  as  a  natural  result. 
I  think 
there  would  be  just  as  many  brought 
in 
as 
if  they  were  admitted  free.  This 
in  the  interests  of  California 
move 
fruits. 
It  would  be  just  as  sensible  to 
compel  the  cutting  down  of  apple  trees 
to  help  their  business.  Bananas  are  not 
a  fruit 
luxury—on  the  contrary,  they 
are  food.  Many  people  live  upon  them 
to  a  large  extent.  Dealers  depend  en­
tirely  upon  the  poorer  classes  for  their 
is  more  nourishment  in 
trade.  There 
in  any  other  fruit. 
the  banana  than 
Bananas  must  be  cut  as  they  grow. 
I 
large  and  small  bunches  paid  the  sami 
duty  we  should  have  to  continue  taking 
them  as  they  come.  Cuba  formerly  sup­
plied  much  of  this  fruit,  but  none  has 
come  from  there  in  two  years.”

Edward  Ruhlman,  the  well-known 
Washington  street  dealer,  said: 
“ 1 
have  received  notification  that  I  have 
been  made  chairman  of  the  National 
Committee  which  has  the  matter  of  tax­
ing  bananas  in  charge.  California  asks 
for  a  tax  of  25  cents  per  bunch  on 
bananas,  but  I  am  inclined  to  the  he 
lief  that  15  cents  would  be  about  right. 
There 
is  every  reason  why  bananas 
should  be  taxed.  They  interfere  greatly 
with  the  sale  of  domestic  oranges,  and, 
in  fact,  are  the  only  fruit  not  taxed. 
The  Government  needs  money  for  war 
expenses  and  bananas  should  be 
levied 
upon  at  once. ”

F.  R.  Franke,  of  Schott  &  Franke, 
No.  280  Washington  street,  said:  “ The 
matter  of  taxing  bananas  was thoroughly 
discussed  a  year  ago when those engaged 
in  tbe  fruit  trade  interested  themselves 
in  securing  a  sensible  and  reasonable 
duty  on  oranges  and  lemons.  At  that 
time  some  of  the  people  who  are  now 
antagonistic  to  a  duty  on  bananas  urged 
tbe  imposition  of  a  tax  on  bananas  and 
lessening  of  the  duty  on  oranges  and 
lemons.  There  is  no  valid  reason  why 
there  should  not  be  a  tax  on  bananas. 
We are  taxing  all  the  other  fruits. ”

Canned  Goods  Law  Repealed.

fined 

cannedgoods 

The  Maryland 

law 
which  required  the  actual  name  and  ad­
dress  of  the  packer  to  appear  on  every 
can,  and  under  which  two  Baltimore 
canners  were 
for  putting  up 
peaches  under  fictitious  California  la­
bels,  has  been  repealed  by  the  Legisla­
ture,  but a  check  to  the  illicit  employ­
ment of  territorial  titles  as  trade-marks 
has  been  given  by  the  United  States 
Circuit  Court  of  Appeals 
in  Illinois, 
where  the  decision  of  Judge  Showalter 
declining  an  injunction  against  the  use 
of  the  words  “ Minneapolis  Mills”   on 
flour  by  millers  in  other  locations  has 
been  reversed  and 
the  objectionable 
practice  enjoined.

Florida’s Sugar Cane  Output.

Florida 

last  year,  resulting 

There  were  8,000  acres  of  cane  grown 
in  the 
manufacture  of  61.000  barrels  of  syrup 
and 
1,150000  pounds  of  s ;gar,  of  tbe 
aggregate  value  of  $ 7 10 ,0 0 0 ,  or  $88.62 
per  acre,  which  is  a  good  thing,  inas­
much  as  it  is  no  more  work  and  not  as 
much  expense  to  grow  an  acre  of  sugar 
cane  as  it  is  an  acre  of  corn,  as  it  takes 
much  less  fertilizer  to  grow  the  cane.

CHIG AN  TRADESMAN

EARLY FRUITS 
AND VECETABLES

Will  please your customers and make  you  money.
Popular prices prevail.  Ask for quotations.
F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R ,

117-119  MONROE  STREET,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

E S T A B L IS H E D   1 8 9 3

T.  L.  BRUNDAGE,

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  MERCHANT

54 and 56 Central Ave.,  Cleveland,  Ohio.

Exclusive  Butter  and  Egg  House  in  tbe  City

Want to correspond  with those who have butter and 

eggs to ship.  Can  handle large quantities.

J.  WILLARD  LANGING 
BURGE  D.  CATLIN

Lansing &  Catlin

Wholesale  Dealers in

Butter  and  Eggs

44  W.  Market St.
103 Michigan  St.

We deal  E X C L U S IV E L Y  in Butter  and  Eggs.  Watch  for  our  Card  here  each 
week and  try  BUFFALO   markets  with  us.  Write  us  or  Michigan  Tradesman 
for references.

Buffalo,  N.  Y.

N.  WOHLFELDER  &  CO.,

C O M M IS S IO N   M E R C H A N T S

3 9 9 -4 0 3   HIGH  ST.,  EAST  SIDE,

DETROIT,  MICH.

Ship  to  us your  Butter,  Eggs,  Cheese  and  Potatoes  and  get 

Full  Market  Prices.

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station.  Also  Butter.  Quote  us  prices.

HERMANN C. NAUMANN &  CO., Detroit, Mich.,

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■Main Office, 33 Woodbridge St.,  -  Branch Store, 353 Russell St., op  Eastern Market,  in
Butter and Eggs for Cash

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

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

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

HARRIS &  FRUTCHEY,  Detroit

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Rye  Flour  Mills  in  our  market,  or  9  
will buy the same on the basis of cash*  3

At  Whatcom,  Wash.,  a  woman  work­
ing  for  an  evaporating  company  peeled 
15,491  potatoes 
in  twenty  days  and 
earned  by  her  wor*  $20.

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G O THA M   GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

the  Market.

Special  Correspondence.

New  York,  May  14—There  is  a  good 
volume  of  business being transacted here 
among 
jobbers,  and  dealers  express 
themselves  fully  satisfied  with  the  out­
look.  They  argue  that, with  the advanc­
ing  prices  for  farm  products,  the  inter­
ior  small  dealers  in  every  part  of  the 
country  will  have  a  regular  boom  this 
fall  and,  naturally,  the  effects  must  be 
felt  here.  Prices  all  along  seem  to  be 
very  firm  and  the  tendency  is  toward  a 
higher  plane.  An  officer  of  the  sugar 
trust  is said to have remarked that within 
sixty days the clashing  interests will have 
become  harmonious  with  everything 
running smoothly.  Of  course,  the  war 
has  some  influence  in  disturbing certain 
lines,  but  the  casual  visi’or  would  not 
know  that  anything  unusual  was  going 
on  save  from  the  number  of  flags.

A 

light  trade  is  generally  looked  for 
in  coffee  at  this  season  and  this  year 
proves  no  exception  to  the rule.  Orders 
have  been  rather  light  and  the  market 
for  the  moment  lacks  animation.  Little 
was  done  in  an  invoice  way  and  jobbers 
seemed  to  “ fight  shy’ ’  of  the  market. 
Rio  No.  7  is  held  at  6^ c.  The  amount 
in  store  and  afloat  aggregates  1,062,802 
bags,  against  734,588  bags  at  the  same 
time  last  year.  There  has  been  some 
enquiry  for  the  better  grades  of  mild 
coffees,  but  no  appreciable  advance  has 
been  made 
Padang 
coffees  are  worth from 24@30c.the latter, 
of  course,  for  fancy  stock.

in  quotations. 

The  tone  of  the  sugar  market  is  firm, 
but  orders  have  not been numerous.  The 
strength  seems  to  be  owing  to  the  very 
firm  situation  of  raw  sugars  abroad,  and 
which  strength  is  likely  soon  to  be  re­
flected  here,  although as yet  buyers  seem 
determined  not  to  give  the asking price. 
Granulated  is  still  held  at  5^ c.

fcr 

Teas  are  quiet.  The  amount  of  teas 
placed  at  auction  the  other  day  seems 
to  have  met  all  requirements  and  the 
orders  coming  to  hand  have  been  small­
er  than  for  some  time  Prices  generally 
are  well  held  and  few  concessions  are 
made.  There 
improve­
ment  and  dealers  hope  to  see  it  mani­
fest  soon.

is  room 

The  rice  market  is  closely  cleaned  up 
and,  with  stronger  advices 
from  the 
South,  the  situation  is  very  encouraging 
for  holders.  Foreign  sorts  are 
freely 
taken  and  full  rates  paid.  The  supply 
of  these  is  likewise  moderate.
is  espe­
cially  firm  and  it  is  hard  to  pick  up 
any  black  Singapore  below  8|^c.

Spices  are  steady.  Pepper 

Molasses  is  firm.  The market is  pretty 
closely  sold  up  and  quotations  are  made 
without  concessions.  Above  relates  to 
grocery  grades.  For  lower  grades  the 
supply  seems  to  be  ample  and  is  sold  in 
some  cases  down  to  gc.  Good  to  prime 
centrifugal 
Syrups  are  firm 
and  some  pretty  good  orders  have  come 
from  exporters.  The  supply  of  desirable 
stock  is  not  excessive.

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in 

the 

General  trade  in  canned  goods  is  ex­
cellent.  There 
is  an  especially  active 
demand  for  tomatoes  and  corn  and  peas 
are  not  far  behind.  Since  the  beginning 
of  the  year  orders  for  futures  have  been 
freely  placed  and  jobbers  express  great 
confidence 
future.  Hitherto 
prices  have  been  so  low  that  to  buy 
canned  goods  seemed  like  picking  up 
money,  and  indeed  some  who  made pur­
chases  have  found  them  to  be  “ as  good 
as  a  bank. ’ ’

There  has  been  a  substantial  improve­
ment 
in  dried  fruits,  and  evaporated 
apples  have  advanced  to  10c  and  seem 
to  be  selling  readily  at  this  figure. 
Raspberries  and  other  small  fruits  are 
firm  and  dealers  are  confident  as  to  the 
future.
Lemons  and  oranges  have  been  mov­
ing  with  about  the  usual  dispatch. 
Prices  are  practically  unchanged.  Ban­
anas  are  firm  and  the  outlook  seems  to 
favor  holders.
Beans are rather quiet,  with  the  mar­
ket  well  supplied.  Choice  marrOws are 
held  at $ 1 . 7 5 ;  choice  pea,  $ i .4 o@ i  4 5 ; 
choice  medium,  $1.45^1.50.
Old  potatoes  are  worth  from $2.75@

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

i6)£c. 

3  25  per  bbl.  New fprime  Bermudas, 
$3.5o@5.
Butter  supplies  have  become  larger 
than  can  be  readily  taken  care  of  and 
quotations  have  reacted,  so  that  now  the 
finest  Western  creamery  will  not  fetch 
over 
The  demand  has  been 
pretty  good,  but,  notwithstanding  this, 
the  quantity  coming  to  hand  is  suffi­
cient  to  cause  some  accumulation  and 
it 
likely  we  may  see  a  still  further 
decline.  Some  very  good  butter  was 
purchased  at  16c  and  more  not  so  desir­
able  at  I4^@ i5c,  the  latter  for  Western 
imitation  creamery.  Best  Western  fac­
tory,  13c.

is 

Dulness  characterizes  the  cheese  mar­
ket.  While receipts  of  new  cheese  have 
not  been  excessive, 
the  demand  has 
fallen  short  and  the  immediate  outlook 
is  not  altogether encouraging.  Not much 
old  cheese  is  left  and  lots  that  are  worth 
having  seem  to  move  very  slowly,  witb- 
I  in  a  range  of  7%@<)C.  For  new  cheese, 
7%@8c  is  asked.

Eggs  which  will  grade  up  to  the 
highest  standard  are  selling  at  12c.  The 
is  not  overstocked  with  such 
market 
goods  and 
the  price  seems  very  low. 
For  other  than  the  best  the  demand  is 
limited  and  choice  to  fancy 
extremely 
Western  will  not  bring  over 
ioJ^@ nc.
Growing  Market for Evaporated Vege­

tables.

A  recent  dispatch  from  Tacoma  says: 
Evaporated onions are precious. 
Every 
Klondiker  wants  five  or  ten  pounds  in 
bis  outfit,  but the  suprly  is  running  very 
low  and  the  price  has  risen  to  50  cents 
a  pound.  Green  onions  are  scarcely 
obtainab'e  at  any  price  in  Washington 
and  Oregon.  Tacoma  firms  have  cabled 
to  Germany  for  a  sample  shipment  of 
500  pounds  of  evaporated  onions 
If 
they  are  satisfactory  several  tons  will  be 
cabled  for.  Fifteen  vegetable  evapo­
rators  are  at  work  on  the  Puget  Sound. 
Together  they  are  turning  out  daily  ten 
tons  of  evaporated  potatoes,  carrots, 
soup  mixtures,  squash,  pumpkin  and 
parsnips  One  vegetable  drier 
in  the 
Santa  Clara  Valley  alone  has  worked  up 
something  like  200  tons  of  green  onions 
since  December  1.  Prior  to that  date 
it  had  evaporated  300  tons  of  potatoes, 
besides  other  vegetables,  such as squash, 
pumpkins  and  carrots.  The  price  of 
onions 
in  the  Santa  Clara  Valley  has 
steadily  risen  through  the  fall  and  win­
ter,  and  was  recently  quoted  at  $2.50  a 
hundred  pounds,  and  at  this  writing 
is 
still  higher.

Proctor &   Gamble  Defeated.

Judge  Barr,  of  the  Federal  Court  at 
Louisville,  has  handed  down  his  opin­
ion 
in  the  case  of  Proctor  &  Gamble, 
of  Cincinnati,  against  the  Globe  Refin­
ing  Co.,  of  Louisville.  The  plaintiffs 
desired  to  enjoin  the  defendants  from 
using  the  name  “ Everybody’s”   on  the 
wrapper  of  a  brand  of  soap  they  have 
on  the  market.  This  motion  Judge  Barr 
overruled  on  the  ground  that  the  use  of 
the  name  was  not  an  infringement  on 
the  Proctor &  Gamble  soap.  When Proc­
tor  &  Gamble  first  brought  suit  against 
the  Globe  Refining  Co.  they  charged 
that  the  similarity  of  the wrapper to that 
on  their  soap  which 
is  called  “ Every 
D ay,“   had  been  the  means  of  causing 
great 
loss  to  them  by  a  dwindling  in 
their  sales,  as  grocers  often  substitute 
defendants’  s^ap  for  theirs.  The  Globe 
people  granted  that  the  wrapper  was 
similar  and  agreed  to  change  theirs, 
which  was  done.  But  the  Proctor  & 
Gamble  folks  then  charged  that  the 
name  was  an 
infringement  on  theirs, 
and  brought  suit  to  enjoin  its  use,  with 
the  result  as  stated  above.

When  a  deputy  sheriff  who  wanted  to 
arrest  a  negro  near  Tallahassee,  Fla., 
had  searched  vainly  all  about  the  man’s 
house  and  yard,  he  kicked  a  barrel,  just 
for  spite,  as  he  was  on  bis  way  to  the 
gate,  and  out  came  the  negro.

Feeling her little dog  tugging  at  the 
back  of  her  dress,  a  Waukegan,  111., 
woman  turned  around  to drive him away 
and  found  that her dress  was  afire.  A 
tub of  water was near at hand,  and  she 
jumped  in and  escaped  barm.

Buffalo,  N.  Y

Warehouse “A

Capacity 600,000 cubic feet.

Warehouse “B

Capacity  500,000 cubic feet.

Exclusively 

Butter and  Eggs

Rates  Reasonable.

Low  Insurance.

Liberal  Advances

Poultry,  Cheese,  Fruit 
and  Miscellaneous 
Storage.
Don’t  try

experiments, 

Store
where  you  know  your  goods  will 
be properly cared for.

Correspondence  Solicited

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The  best  are  the  cheapest
and  these  we  can  always
supply.

24  and  26  North  Division  Street,

Jobbers-Seed-Beans-Potatoes-Produce 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

WE  ARE  IN  P O S IT IO N   TO  FILL  YOUR  OR­
D E R S  FOR  FIE LD   S E E D S   BOTH  IN  QUAL­
ITY  AND  PR IC E  THAT  SHOULD  WARRANT 
YOU  IN  DEALING  WITH  U S.

M o s e l e y   B ros.

2 6 -2 8 -3 0 -3 2   OTTAWA  ST. 
GRAND  RAPIDS  MICH.

WM.  SMITH— ----- --

Manufacturer  of

EQU  C ASES,  FARM ERS’ 
C A SE S, EOQ C ASE FILLERS 
ODORLESS FILLERS 
AND  EXCELSIOR.

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

BEANS  AND  POTATOES

EATON  RAPIDS  niCH.

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

MILLER  & TEASDALE CO.,

S T .  LO U IS,

M ISSO U R I

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13

Advantages  of  a  Bankruptcy  Law 

Retailers.

to 

The  indifference  of  the  average  re­
tail  merchant  to  bankruptcy 
legislation 
has  always  been  to  me  a  matter  of  great 
It  is  only  another  illustration 
surprise. 
of  the  fact  that  men  take  very  little 
in­
terest  in  affairs  in  which  they  are  vital­
ly  interested,  except  when  such  affairs 
are  brought  home  to  them  by  a  direct 
demand  upon  their  pockets.  As  a  fact, 
no  class  of  citizens  is  so  vitally  inter­
ested  in  the  passage  of  an  equitable  and 
just  bankruptcy  law as are the merchants 
in  the  smaller  towns.  Although  this 
class  of  citizens,  by  reason  of  its  great 
number,has  within  it  the  power to bring 
enough  influence  to  bear  upon  Congress 
to  cause  it  to  pass  the  law,  yet  no  class, 
as  a  class,  has  displayed  so  little 
inter­
est  in  the  measure.

Every  merchant,  particularly  those 
in  the  smaller  towns, 
doing  business 
every  credit  man,  every 
jobber  and 
every  manufacturer  knows  that one of 
the  greatest  evils  with  which  the  retail­
er  of  to-day  has  to  contend  is  the  ras­
cally  dealer  who  leaves  his  conscience 
behind  him  when  he  goes  into  business. 
A  man  of  this  sort  starts  in  with  the 
idea  that  he  is  going  to  make money out 
of  his  venture  by  hook  or crook,  and 
proposes  to  feather  his  nest  by 
illegiti­
mate  as well  as by  legitimate means.  He 
commences  by  underselling  his  neigh­
bor  at  prices  against  which  no  legiti­
mate  competition  could  exist.  He  does 
this  knowingly,  and  under  the  existing 
laws  of  most  states  he  has  more  than 
ample  opportunity  to  reap  a  rich  har­
vest,  regardless  of  the  price  at  which  he 
sells.

Finally  the 

inevitable  crash  comes, 
and  with  it  the  foreordained preferences 
to  members  of  his  family.  With  these 
preferences  he  can  easily  manipulate 
the  destiny  of  the  stock  that  remains, 
and  he  can  also  obtain  settlement,  if  be 
so  elects.  Accordingly,  in  a  very  short 
time,  he 
launched  upon  his 
career  of  dishonest  competition  with the 
man  who  is  trying  to  earn  a  living  and 
pay  his  debts  in  full.  Under a  Federal 
law,  which  would  put  such  rascals  to 
the  rack,  the  possibility  of  competition 
of  this  character  would  be  entirely 
wiped  out.

is  again 

Another  reason  why  the  retailer  is  in­
terested  in  the  passage  of  an  equitable 
and  just  bankruptcy  law  is  that  no man, 
however  strong  financially  to-day,  is  se­
cure  against  the  unforeseen  which  may 
occur  to-morrow.  Under  an  equitable 
Federal  bankruptcy  law  the  honest  re­
tailer  overtaken  by  misfortune  will 
have  a  speedy  and  honorable  method  of 
returning  to  business  and continuing  bis 
efforts  in  the  community.

It  is  a  well-known  fact  that  in  assign­
ment  cases  it  usually  happens  that  there 
are  one  or  more  rapacious  creditors, 
who,  under  existing  laws,  succeed,  when 
they  so  desire,  in  keeping  a  man  out  of 
business,  no  matter  how  honest  the 
debtor  may*  have  been. 
In  any  event 
they  are able  to  put  upon  him the stigma 
of  forcing  him  to  do  business  in  the 
itself 
name  of  somebody  else.  This  of 
handicaps  his  credit,  and 
indirectly 
forces  him  to  pay  more  for  his  goods 
than  he  should.  These  are  only  a  few 
of  the  many  reasons  that  could  be  cited 
why  the  retailer ought  to  favor  the  pas­
sage  of  a  just  bankruptcy  bill.

The  Torrey  bill,  which  is  now  being 
urged  for  passage  in  Congress,  is  a  bill 
that  has  received  the  approval  of  the 
broadest-minded  men of the country who 
have given  the  matter  of  bankruptcy the 
attention  which 
It  is  just

it  deserves. 

and  equitable  to  the  last  degree.  Those 
who  are  entitled  to  the  benefits  of  its 
provisions  will  secure  them,  while  those 
who  are  unworthy  and  dishonest  will  be 
checked. 
Its  provisions  have  been 
very  aptly  summed  up  in  a  trite phrase: 
It  is  a  "square  deal”   all  round.  The 
retailer,  therefore,  can  do  himself  no 
greater  service  than  to  promptly write to 
the  Congressman  for  his  district  and 
to  the  Senators  for  his  State,  urging  the 
early  passage  of  the  Torrey  bill.

H e n r y   J.  G l e i c k .

Foreign  Eggs in  London.

Australian  eggs  now  sell  in  London 
in  large  quantities.  The  problem 
for" 
retaining  their freshness  has  been solved 
so  satisfactorily  that  they  sell  as  "new- 
laid  eggs”   after  their  journey  from  the 
end  of  the  earth.  The  eggs,  while  still 
perfectly  fresh,  are  forwarded  by  the 
Australian  poultry-keepers  to  the  cold 
store,  and  are  shipped  to  England  at 
the  time  when  eggs  are  scarce,  and, 
consequently,  at  their  dearest.  Many 
thousands  of  dozens,  packed 
in  boxes 
with  cardboard  divisions,  filled  up  with 
dry  pea  husks  are  now  forwarded  to  this 
country  from  November  to  January. 
In 
a  recent  consignment  the  local  price  of 
eggs  at  the  time  of  the  shipping  was 
fivepence  halfpenny  per  dozen, 
the 
freight  and  packing  cost  threepence  per 
dozen,  and  they  realized  one  shilling 
and  sixpence  per  dozen  retail  on  ar­
rival  at  this  side  of  the  world.  Enor­
mous  quantities  of  eggs  are  imported 
into  England,  and 
is  only  recently 
that  Americans  have  had  any  interest 
in  this  trade,  some  3,000 cases  having 
been  shipped  there  last  month  from  the 
United  States.

it 

In  addition  to  the  mineral  wealth 
discovered  in  Alaska,  reports  have been 
received  stating  that  petroleum 
is  also 
found  there.  Analyses  and  tests  show 
that  the  oil  is  of  as  high  grade  as  any 
from  the  Pennsylvania  wells.  The  oil 
was  found 
in  a  large  lake  close  to  the 
ocean,  while  the  surrounding  mountains 
are  full  of  coal. 
It  was  fed  by  springs, 
and  there  was  every  evidence  of  a  large 
supply.

WANTED

To furnish  Western dealers for  their  Eastern 
trade for season  of 1898; cold storage in quantit­
ies to suit up to  15,000 cases  of eggs and  30  cars 
butter;  moderate rates and  liberal  advances  to 
reliable parties; modernly equipped  plant;  me­
chanical  refrigeration, with an improved system 
of perfectly dry circulation and change of air in 
rooms;  intermittent and continuous  circulation, 
also gravity system;  these systems are the  latest 
and best known  in  cold  storage  practices;  our 
eggs are said to be the finest on the Philadelphia 
market this past s°ason; fine distributing point: 
only 2*4 hours to Pittsburg, and quick transit by 
both  Penn  Centra] and  B.  &  O.  to  New  York 
Philadelphia.  Baltimore  and  Washington;  we 
are authorized  to  purchase  for  our  local  cus 
tomers 5 0 >0 cases finely candled eggs  for  April 
and May deliveries:  also several  cars  creamery 
butter;correspondence solicited.  Address Hyge- 
ia Crystal Ice & Cold Storage Co.,Uniontown,  Pa.

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gate our plans  and  visit  our
factories  if  you  are  contem-
plating building  a  Creamery
or Cheese factory.  All  sup-
plies 
lowest
prices.  Correspondence so­
licited.

furnished  at 

R.  E.  Sturgis,  Allegan,  Mich.

Contractor and Builder of Butter 
and  Cheese Factories, and Dealer

■  in Supplies.

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ï NEW WBÏ TO HANDLE BUTTER

Instead  of  packing  in  heavy 
stone  crocks  or  wooden  tubs, 
put  it  in  our

Paraffined 
Parchment-Lined 
Butter  Packages

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They  are  light,  strong  and  neat.
Michigan  Package Co., owosso, Mich.
Butter  and  Eggs

Any quantity at any station  gets 
highest cash  prices from  me.

R.  Hirt,  Jr.,  36  Market  St.,  Detroit,  Mich.

IRW IN   S .  S C R IM G E R ,  De t r o it . 

f .  H.  P E A S E ,  y p s i l a n t i.  m ic h .

E S T A B L IS H E D   1892.

IRWIN  S.  SCRIMGER  &  CO.,

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS

PRODUCE,  BUTTER  AND  EGOS. 

SOUTHERN  FRUITS  OF  ALL  KINDS  A  SPECIALTY.
R E F E R E N C E S :

City  Savings  Bank. 

Bradstreet’s  and  Dun’s  Commercial  Agencies.

43-45  West  Woòdbridge  Street,

Detroit,  flieh.

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who desire to give their customers the  best 
Vinegar on the market, will buy

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

L E R O U X ’S   P U R E   C I D E R   V I N E G A R

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

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COMPOUND.lii1Manufactured bii w i,
Woodbury Mofi[Motte. Mich.jf¡R IC H   D R IN K

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

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rULUIIlU  rHlCn  DuALU  Medicines,Extracts.Cereals,

  Crackers  and  Sweet  Goods,
Candy,  Cough  Drops,  Tobacco  Clippings,  Condition  Powders,  Etc.  Bottle 
and Box  Labels and Cigar Box  Labels our specialties.  Ask or write us for  prices.

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

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

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P H O N E   8 5 0 . 

81, 83  A N D  85  C A M P A L I  S T ..  G R A N D   R A P I D S ,  M IC H .

Awnings and Tents

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

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

11  PEARL  STREET

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“ nineteentbly”  

14
Shoes and  Leather
Helps and  Hindrances  of Trade.
The  various  aids  and  obstacles  met 
with 
in  the  course  of  business  are  so 
numerous  and  many  of  them  so complex 
as  to  furnish  a  text  for  some  prolix  par­
son  which  would  enable  him  to  reach, 
at 
in  dealing 
with  it.  There  are  those  general  rules 
which  have  passed  into  platitudes  and 
which  are 
indiscriminately  applicable 
to  the  trade  at  large;  and  then  there  are 
many  special  rules  that  must  be  applied 
with individual dealers to their particular 
trade.  Passing  the  well-known  require 
ments  of  modern  times 
the  shoe 
trade,  such  as  a  handsomely-appointed 
store,  cleanly  and  well-stocked  with 
up-to-date  footwear,  there  are  many 
minor 
to  success,  among 
which  must  take  first  rank  that  corner­
stone  of  a  stable  and  profitable  business 
—truthfulness.  Of  course,  infinite  pa­
tience,  charity  and  unremitting  courtesy 
with  a  diversified  and  sometimes  pro­
voking  run  of  customers  go before truth­
ful  representations  in  the  natural  order 
of  business;  but  the  latter  must  find 
its 
place  before  the  sale  is consummated,  if 
cordial  relations  are  to  be  cemented  for 
the  future.

requisites 

in 

in  you 

A  truth  withheld  from  a  customer  de­
frauds  him  of  his  whole  rights  from 
you.  A  half-truth  is  a  greater  sin,  be­
cause 
it  furnishes  an  insecure  founda­
tion  on  which  a  confiding  patron  rests 
temporarily  and  which  must  give  way 
later on,  with  the  result  that  his  con­
fidence 
is  destroyed.  Misrep­
resentation  of  the  goods  sold  is  a  crimi­
nal  methods  of  doing  business.  The 
self-respect  of  an  honest  dealer  leads 
naturally  to  respect  for  his  customers 
and  he  practices  it  always  in  his  deal­
ings  with  them.  He 
is 
in  a 
laying 
solid,  lasting  foundation 
for  trade  that 
is  worth  having.  The  value  that  this 
sort  of  dealer  puts  upon  a  satisfactory 
trade  is  the  highest  that  exists  between 
man  and  bis  fellows.  By  fair  dealing, 
truthful  representations  and  uniform 
courtesy  he  reaches  a  standard  of  busi­
ness  prosperity  which  is unattainable  by 
less  worthy  methods.

The  honorable  retailer  is  never  know­
ingly  a  party  to  an  unscrupulous  manu­
facturer  of questionable products,labeled 
falsely.  This  sort  of  thing,  happily  for 
the  honor  of  the  craft,  is not very largely 
practiced;  still  the  cases  that  exist  hurt 
the  trade  and  are  a  menace  to  honest 
producers  in  the  general  harmfulness  of 
the  results.  There 
is  too  much  of  this 
fraudulent  “ hand-made”   stamping  of 
machine-made  shoes.  To  make  a  liar 
of  an 
innocent  shoe,  an  honest,  ma­
chine-sewed  article  that  has  no  need  of 
false  pretenses  to  make  it  better,  is  a 
pitiable  method  of  deception  and  de­
serves  the  open  reprobation  of  every 
honest  dealer.

Among  the  most  fascinating  decep­
tions  used  upon  the  public  in  the  mat­
ter  of  clothing  and  many  other  manu­
factured  articles  is  that  of  stamping 
it 
with  the  mark  of  some  foreign  country 
supposed  to  have  an  exceptionally  high 
reputation  for  artisanship  in  some  spe­
cial  products.  This 
is,  of  course,  un­
necessary 
in  the  matter  of  shoes.  No 
factitious  “ bush”   is  needed on products 
in  which  we excel,  and  which  are  ac­
knowledged  the  world  over  to  be  supe­
rior  in  excellence  to  those  of other coun­
tries.  As  a  nation,  our  footwear  is  our 
glory,  and  we  make  and design our own, 
and  even  spare  some  of  it  for  less  fa­

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vored  people  who 
mand  it.

admire  and  de­

in 

in 

labeled 

still  have 

True,  we 

that  clothes 
inconsiderable 
sycophant  among  us 
numbers  -the  worshiper  of 
foreign 
clothes;  but  his  race  is  gradually  dying 
out.  Speaking  of  those  miserable  hu­
man 
imitators  of  foreign  dress,  who 
think  the  summit  of  excellence  is  at­
tained  when  they  have  their  duds made 
and 
foreign  lands,  a  writer 
“ Heaven  help  us  as  a  na­
observes: 
tion 
if  proselytes  to  this  silly  creed 
shall  become  numerous !  Not  necessar­
ily 
in  the  nation's  pecuniary  loss,  but 
in  the  shame  of  fostering  ungrateful and 
ungracious  natives,  who  will  thus  lose 
the  respect  of  every right-minded Amer­
ican  by  such  a  curse,  and  who  also  be­
come  the 
laughing  stock  of  the  very 
foreigners  whose  dress  or  manners  they 
try  to  ape. ’ ’

We  have  often  heard  how  much  a man 
like  his  shoes.  Perahps  this  is  the 
is 
if  there  were  no  other,  why 
reason, 
Americans  should  wear  home  products 
if  they  wish  to  have 
loyal  self-respect. 
Perhaps  the  dude  in  his  foreign-made 
footgear 
just  like  the  nation  he 
imitating,  but  then  a  man  is  no  bet­
is 
ter  than  he  thinks,  so  he  feels  himself 
something 
like  those  shoes.  But,  as 
inconsiderable  as  are  the  number  of 
these  shoe  wearers,  they  constitute  one 
of  the  hindrances  to  the  trade.

is  not 

The  ordinary  possibilities  of  a  trade, 
so called,  may  be  foreseen  and,  there­
fore,  met  by  the  thoughtful  and  experi­
enced  dealer.  But  these  are,  after  all, 
more  in  the  nature  of  probabilities,  be­
cause  they  are  not  unlooked  for.  The 
contingencies  of  trade,  however, 
the 
unexpected  things  that  may  happen,  are 
not  so  easily  met  by  the 
inexperienced 
man, or  the  one whose  nature  is  mercur­
ial  and  who  loses  his  bead  when  some 
thing  out  of  the  ordinary  occurs 
in  the 
course  of  business.  To the  level-headed, 
resourceful  dealer  these  happenings are 
usually 
are 
checkmated  or  rendered,  at  most,  but 
slightly  disastrous  to  bis  trade  or  to  his 
peace  of  mind.

calmly  and 

confronted 

its 

There 

is  no  such  thing  as  a  set  for­
mula  by  which  a  business  can  be  kept 
in  perfect  running  order;  therefore,  the 
dealer  must  be  alert  for  new  develop­
ments,  for  eccentric  movements  in  the 
mechanism  of  trade;  quick 
to  note 
every  apparent  deviation  from  courses 
marked  out  on  his  mental  chart,  and 
prompt  to  act  when such  things  happen.
Perhaps  one  of  the  greatest  helps  of 
is  the  present  high  stage  of 
the  trade 
inevitable 
the  shoemaking  art,  and 
result  in  inciting  greater  consumption 
of 
its  products  per  capita  than  ever 
before.  This  greater prodigality of con­
sumption 
is  due,  not  only  to  advanced 
hygienic  education  on  this  point,  by 
which  frequent  changes  of  footwear  are 
advocated,  but 
is  largely  due  to  the 
fact  that  people  have  come  to  regard 
the  feet  as  of  considerable  importance 
in  the  tout  ensemble  of  the  dressed 
body.  To  say  that  the  output  of  shoes 
has  been  trebled  within  a  very  few 
years  by  this  course  alone  would  be 
within  the  bounds  of  truth.  Many  per­
sons  who  formerly  regarded  the  permis­
sion  of  two  pairs  of  shoes  a  luxurious 
indulgence  now  have  a  collection  of 
from  four  to  six  pairs  to  draw  from,  and 
from  this  number  the  indulgence  leads 
up  to  a  dozen  or  more  pairs  of  foot  cov­
erings  to  an  individual  at  one  time.

A  hindrance  to  the  modern dealer may 
be  found  in  the  overgrown  and constant­
ly-growing  assortment  of  styles  in  the 
store.  But  to  offset  this  temptation  and

it 

So,  as  a  compromise, 

cause  of 
indecision  to  the  patron  the 
dealer  frequently  sells  two  pairs  of  the 
differing  coveted  articles  to  the  per­
plexed  person,  who  declares  to  herself 
that  she  could  be  happy  with  either  if 
the  other dear  charmer  were  not  in  evi­
dence. 
she 
stretches  her  purse  a  little,  denies  her­
self  some  other  precious 
trifle,  and 
takes  two  shares  of  the dealer’s  stock 
when  she  had  intended  to  take  but  one. 
Usually  she  does  not  regret  it,  either, 
for  these  modern  accessories  to  the  fem­
inine  toilet  are  simply  great,  and  the 
woman  knows  it  well.

is  helped  materially: 

And  the  generous  press,  perhaps  un­
wittingly,  has  contributed  considerable 
towards  the  shoe  dealer's  welfare;  and 
whatever  promotes his  welfare  of  course 
helps  the  manufacturer.  By these  gratu­
itous  contributions  from  the  press 
is 
meant  type  matter  apart  #from  the  ad­
vertising  columns;  hints,  advice  and 
shoe  literature  from  the  minds  of  va­
rious  persons.  When  the  following  ad­
vice  is  acted  upon  by  a  large  number of 
the  readers  of  a  leading  newspaper,  the 
trade 
“ Get  a 
good  pair  of  shoes  made  of  pliable 
leather,  with  flexible  soles  of  medium 
weight.  Wear  these  shoes  on  Monday, 
rain  or  shine.  Have  another  similar 
pair  for  Tuesday.  Have  another  pair 
for  Wednesday. 
Then  on  Thursday 
wear  the  first  pair  again ;  on  Friday  the 
second  pair  and  on  Saturday  the  third 
pair,  and  then  begin  all  over  again. ’ ’ 
A 
longer  rest  for  the  shoes  than  this 
plan  allows  is  advocated  by  another foot 
and  shoe  expert,  who  advises  a  pair  for 
each  day  of  the  week,  the  whole  line  of 
seven  pairs  to  be  reversed  each  week  in 
the  order  of  their  wearing.  This  is  all 
right.  The  more  the  merrier  for  the 
trade.

It 

But  to  sum  up,  shoes  themselves  in 
these  times  are  the  greatest  help  to 
the  trade. 
is  said  that  “ money  will 
talk;’ ’  so  will  these  modern  shoes;  at 
least  they  speak  for  themselves.  Shoes 
that  are  comfortable,  as  well  as  hand­
some,  are  the  rule  now;  they  used  to  be 
the  exception.  The shapes of  lasts  have 
changed,  and  are  modeled  more  closely 
after  the  natural  foot. 
It  is  really  only 
feet  that  are  malformed  which  need  be 
subjected  to  the  pain  of  “ breaking  in”  
their  shoes.  So  the  modern  shoe,  by  its 
beauty,  its  comfortable  fit  and  its  re­
markably  low  price,  almost  sells 
itself, 
and  thus  helps  the  trade  it  represents.
E. A.  Bo y d e n .

Window  Dressing  for  Shoe  Dealers.
A  window  should  be  so  dressed  that 
every  shoe  stands  by  itself,  and  stands 
alone,  so  that a  person  walking  by  the 
store  window  can  not  fail  to  have  his 
eye  arrested  by  some  particular  shoe. 
And  it  is  this  end  that  window  dressers 
should  strive  for.  A  window  that  sim­
ply  strikes  passersby  as  a  window  full 
of  shoes,  and 
impresses  on  their  mind 
no  particular  shoe,  does  not  accomplish 
what  it  should  in  attracting  trade.  For 
few  people  except  those  who  are  im­
pelled  by 
idle  curiosity  will  stop  and 
look  at  a  window  unless  their  attention 
can  be  attracted  at  a  single  glance.

in  a  window. 

To  attain  this  end  several  things  are 
necessary.  First and foremost  is the  fact 
that  a  good  window  dresser  must  never 
think  of  mixing  up  all  classes  of  boots 
and  shoes 
If  you  put 
cheap  shoes  in  your window  let  them  all 
be  cheap  shoes,  and  all  of  one  price 
if 
possible,  or 
if  they  are  fine  shoes  fill 
your  window  with fine shoes only.  Then, 
to  catch  the  attention  of  people  more 
than  once,  your windows must  be varied ;

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

Flags,  bunting 

this  one. 
and  red, 
white  and  blue  colors  of  all  description 
are  used.  Some  very  clever  cartoons  are 
in  some  of  the  store  windows 
in  use 
that  are  made  by  means  of 
lay  figures. 
One  store  has  taken  an  idea from Christ­
mas  and  has  a  very  lively  copy  of Uncle 
Sam 
in  the  window,  pasting  bulletins 
which  they  receive  by  telephone  from 
one  of  their  local  papers. 
It  is  useless 
to  say  that  they  always  have  a  crowd, 
and  they  manage  to  advertise  them­
selves  by  posting  a  bulletin  about  some 
of  their  goods  once  in  a  while.

A  German  mathematician  has  calcu­
lated  that  three  tons of  sea  water  hold 
about  a  cent’s  worth  of  gold,  and  that  if 
all  the  gold  in  the  oceans  of  the  globe 
could  be  collected 
it  would  make  a 
solid  cube  measuring  718  meters  on 
each  side  and  worth  about  $1,450,000,- 
000,000,000.

and  I  make  no  mistake  when  I  say 
that  varied  windows  are  within  the 
reach  of  every  window  trimmer. 
If you 
use  window  fixtures,  change  the  shape 
of  the 
fixtures  as  often  as  you  can. 
Then  sometimes  take  the  fixtures  out 
entirely,  and  build  one  of  your own.  A 
little  ingenuity  and  study  will  build  fix­
tures  that  will  surprise  and  delight  the 
public.  The  majority  of  windows  are 
dressed  too  much  alike. 
I  am  abso­
lutely  certain  that  I  have  seen  the  same 
shoes 
in  some  windows  for  weeks  in 
succession,  and  I  want  to  tell  you  that 
this  kind  of  business  gives  people  the 
impression  that  your  stock  is  small  and 
the  number  of  your  styles 
limited. 
Avoid  all  sameness  and  do  not  copy 
your  neighbors  too  often,  but 
invent 
distinct  styles  for  yourself.  Have  at 
least  two  distinct  sets  of  price  cards and 
once 
in  a  while  get  an  entire  new  set 
as  different  from  the  old  ones  as  pos­
sible.  Adopt  a  style  that 
is  all  your 
own  and  one  that  has  never  been  seen 
before  in  your  community.  All  this  will 
help  you  catch  the  eye  of  that  kind  of 
trade  that  goes  hurrying  by  your  store 
without  having  the  slightest 
idea  as  to 
what  your  windows  contain.

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Shoes  that  are  Money
Winners.  The  most  of 
them  sold  at  Bill  Price. 
We  are  still  making  the 
Men’ s  Heavy  Shoes  in 
Oil  Grain  and Satin;  also 
carry  Snedicor  &  Hatha 
way’s  Shoes  at  Factory 
Price in  Men’s,  Boys’ and 
Youths’ .  Lycoming  and 
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best.  See  our  Salesmen 
or  send  mail  orders.

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The  most  striking  window  I  ever  saw 
was  a  spring  trim  put  in  by  a  clerk  in 
a  small  city  in  the  interior  of  Illinois. 
This  clerk  was  a  genius  at  window 
dressing  and  some  of  his  windows  have 
been  widely  copied.  The  colors  he  used 
were  white  and  green.  His  entire  win­
dow  was  draped  in  white  cheesecloth  in 
such  a  manner  that he  had  every  other 
bit  of  color  in  the  window  covered  up. 
In  the  front  corners  he  had  two  small 
palms  placed  and  he  had  them  set  in 
green 
jardinieres  he  borrowed  from  a 
near  by  china  store.

Back  of  these  be  placed  two  others 
slightly  larger.  These  two  he  placed  a 
trifle  nearer  to  each  other.

large  ones  placed. 

Then  at  the  rear  of  the  window he had 
two  very 
These 
were  only  about  three  feet apart.  Down 
in  front  of  these  two  palms,  in  about 
the  center  of  the  window,  he  placed 
three  pedestals,  setting 
them  so  they 
formed  a  perfect  triangle.  The  two 
in 
front  were  about  fourteen  inches  high 
and  nine  inches  one  way  by  twelve  the 
other.  The  one  in  the  rear  was  eighteen 
inches  high.  They  were  all  entirely 
covered  with  white  cheese  cloth.  At  the 
base  of  each  pedestal  the  cheese cloth 
was  puffed  out  so  as  to  make  it look like 
the  base  of  a  monument,  and  about 
two-thirds  of  the  way to  the  top  he  had 
narrow  green  ribbon  tied  around  them, 
and  fastened  to  the  bow  in  front  was a 
miniature  wreath.  Down  in  front of the 
triangle  be  built  a  small  flight  of  steps, 
so  that  it  appeared  as  if  they  led  up  to 
a  group  of  monuments.  On  each pedes­
tal  he  placed  a  single  pair  of  spring 
shoes.

This  window  with 

its  three  pairs  of 
shoes  attracted  wide  attention  and  was 
given  notice 
in  several  of  the  papers. 
That  it  sold  shoes  for  the  firm  is  an  un­
doubted  fact,  for  one  member  told  me 
after  that  they  sold  more  of  those  three 
particular  styles  than  of  any  other  three 
they  carried.

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Patriotism  is  the  order,  even  in  shoe 
stores,  and  some  of  the  windows  make 
me  think  of  the  Fourth  of  July  and  hot 
weather.  All  the  same  they  attract  the 
attention  of  the  people,  who  are  so  in­
tensely  interested  in  our  war. 
It  is  not 
often  that  the  retailers  throughout  the 
country  get  a  chance  to  use an  inter­
national  dispute  as  a  subject for window 
trims  and  they  are  making  the  most  of

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and  Children’ s

F in e   S h o es

Salesmen  now  on  the  road  and  will  call  soon,  in plenty of time 

for  Fall  Orders  or  for  sorting  up  of  summer  trade.
Michigan  Shoe  Company,

81*83 Jefferson Ave.,

Detroit, Michigan

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527 and  528 
Widdicomb  Building, 
Brand  Rapids,  Mich.

C.  U.  C L A R K ,

President. 

W.  D.  W ADE,

Vice-President. 

M.  M.  C l a k k ,

Secy  and  Treas.

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Woman’s World

The  New Attitude  Towards  Children.
To  people  who  still  cherish  the  effete 
theory  that  children  should  be  made  to 
behave,  there 
is  balm  and  comfort  in 
the  announcement  that  a  man  out  in 
Denver  has 
invented  a  spanking  ma­
is  to  carry  repentance  and 
chine  that 
reformation 
in 
its  wake.  Heretofore 
there  has  been  nothing  the  matter  with 
the  old-fashioned  hand-made  spank,  ex­
cept  that  there  hasn’t  been  enough  of 
the  brand  to  go  around,  and  if  it  can 
be  eked  out  with  the  manufactured  ar­
ticle,  it  will  be  cause for general thanks­
giving  and  gratitude.

look 

I  am  quite  aware  that  this  is  heresy 
of  the  rankest  sort  and  that  the  Denver 
man  will 
in  vain  for  recognition 
and  encouragement  of  his  labor-saving 
device  from  the  Mothers’ Congress.  To 
be  sure,  Solomon  would  have  certified 
that 
it  met  a  long-felt  want  in  every 
community,  but  Solomon  is  a  back num­
ber  when 
it  comes  to  the  advanced 
theorists  about  child  study.  There isn’t 
a  one  of  them  who  wouldn’t  feel  quali­
fied  to  give  him  points  on  how  to  bring 
up  a  baby  and  train 
it  in  the  way  it 
should  go.

It  is  altogether  out of  the fashion now­
adays  to  make  a  child  behave.  He  is 
no  longer  forced 
into  the  straight  and 
narrow  path  and  made  to  stay  there. 
He 
is  beguiled  into  the  ways  of  right­
eousness  and  politeness  and  civility, 
and 
if  he  condescends  to  walk  in  that 
direction,  everybody  breathes  a  sigh  of 
relief  and  is  thankful  for  small  favors. 
if  he  behaves  it  is  simply  a  matter 
But 
of  grace.  Nobody 
is  rash  enough  to 
try  to  make him.

To  every  thinking  person  it 

is  pain­
fully apparent that  we  take  an  entirely 
different  attitude  towards  children  now 
from  that  occupied  by  people 
in  the 
past.  There didn’ t  seem  to be  any  par­
ticular  difficulty  or  flurry 
in  raising 
in  the  days  when  most of  us 
children 
were  brought  up. 
It  was  a  perfectly 
plain  and  simple  proposition,  without 
any  sterilized  milk  or sterilized  philos­
ophizing  about 
it.  We  were  dressed 
simply,  reared  plainly,  spanked  when 
we  were  bad,  kissed  when  we  reformed, 
taught  obedience  to  our  parents,  respect 
for  our  elders  and  had  the  fact  forcibly 
impressed  on  your  youthful  understand­
ing  that  children  were  to  be  seen  and 
not  heard.

How  is  it  to-day?  Children’s  parties 
less  elaborate  than 
are  only  a  degree 
their  elders’  and  the 
little  guests  are 
keen  critics  of  the  price  of  decorations. 
By  the  time  a  little  girl  has 
learned  to 
talk  she 
is  competent  to  discourse  on 
fashions  and  has already learned to value 
her  acquaintances  by  their  clothes.  At 
hotels  where  I  have  trembled  under  the 
august  patronage  of  the  head  waiter,  I 
have  seen  children  order  a  meal  from 
the  carte  with  a  perfect  sang  froid  that 
I  envied,  but  could  not  emulate,  choos­
ing  an  assorted  diet  of  sweets  and  ices 
that  must  have  played  havoc  with  their 
little  insides,  but  with  which  their  ad­
miring  parents  did  not attempt  to  inter­
fere.

As  for  the  seen  but  not  heard  theory 
that  has  fallen  into  utter  desuetude  so 
far  as  the  modern  child  is  concerned. 
After  the  first  baby  is  born  into  a  fam­
ily,  even  the  most  optomistic  abandon 
hope  of  getting any rational conversation 
out of  either  parent  for  the  next  twenty 
years.  It  is  always  what  Tommy  thinks, 
what  Jacks  says,  or  the  clever  thing 
Sallie  did  that  is  the  staple  of  talk,  re­

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

enforced  by  corrections  and  emenda­
tions  from  the  author. 
‘ ‘ No,  mamma,  I 
it  that  w ay;  I  said  so and 
didn't  say 
so;”   ‘ ‘ Papa,  tell  the  lady  what  I  did ,”  
and  so  on.  No  effort 
is  made  to  sup­
press  these  infant  terrors.  On  the  con­
trary  they  are  dragged  to  the  front  and 
kept  there.  Once  upon  a  time,  in  an­
other  city,  I  was 
invited  to  spend  an 
evening  with  a  number  of  charming 
people,  among  whom  was  a  noted  trav­
eler,  scarcely  less  famous  as  a  raconteur 
than  he  was  for  his  adventures. 
I  am 
sure  that  all  the  other guests,  as  well  as 
myself,  went  expecting  to  sit 
in  ab­
sorbed  silence, 
listening  to  the  great 
man,  but,  alas  for  our  hopes,  early  in 
the  evening  the  young  son  of  the  house 
brought  forth  a  copy  of  the  American 
Boy’s  Hand  Book  of Sports,  and  insisted 
on  reading  aloud  how  to  build  an  ice 
boat.  For  one  solid  hour  we  writhed  in 
silence  while  he  droned  along  with  all 
the  fascinating  elocutionary  effects  pe­
culiar  to  inexperienced  youth.  Nobody 
dared  put  their  impulse  into  execution 
and  gag  him,  and  at  the  end  his  mis­
guided  mother  turned  on  her  outraged 
guests  and  beamingly  asked  us  if  we 
didn’t  think  Charley  read  remarkably 
well  for  a  child  of  that  age?  I  trust  that 
was  an  extreme  case,  but  do  you  know 
a  house  in  which  there  are  children, 
that  they  are  not  the  eternal  subject  of 
all  conversation?  There,  there,  beloved, 
don’t  ransack  your  memory  any  more. 
You  don’t.  Neither  do  I. 
I  don’t  be­
lieve  in  suppressing children altogether, 
or even  too  much,  but  I  do  think  it  is  a 
rank  injustice  to  any  child  to  raise  him 
up  to  think  that  be  is  of  supreme  and 
paramount 
that  the 
world  is  waiting  breathlessly  to  hear  his 
opinion. 
is  going  to  be  a  bitter  day 
for  him  when  he  finds  out  he  is  not  the 
only  pebble  on  the  beach,  and  he  will 
get  many  a  hard  lick  before  life  knocks 
the  inflated  self-esteem  out  of  him  and 
reduces  him  to  the  proper  size  for  the 
little  bit  of  a  place  he  is  going  to  fill  in 
the  world.

importance  and 

It 

Another  cherished  theory  is  that  you 
mustn't  force  a  child  to  do  anything. 
Lead  him,  entice  him.  Always  present 
duty  with  a  halo  around  it,agd  the  right 
thing  in  an  alluring  and attractive light. 
It  is  a  lovely  idea.  The  only  trouble  is 
It 
that  life  contradicts  it at  every  turn. 
is  very,  very  seldom 
that  duty 
is 
wreathed  with  roses. 
It  is  part  of  the 
temptation  and  deceitfulness  of  sin  that 
the  wrong  thing  is  always  the  attractive 
thing.  Any  parent  who  teaches  a  child 
that  it  is  pleasant  and  easy  to  do  right 
has  given  him  a  broken  reed  to  lean  on 
in  his  hour  of  need. 
It  is  not  easy  to 
always  do  right;  duty 
is  not  always 
It  is  bitter,  hard  and  cruel  as 
pleasant. 
it  is  always  dead 
death  at  times,  and 
easy  to  do  wrong. 
“ I  never give  my 
childern  any  duties  to  do  at  home, ”  
says  one  woman,  triumphantly  exploit­
ing  her  theory,  ‘ ‘ as  duties,  because  that 
would  be  distasteful  to them,  but  I make 
a  game  of  it,  and  they  never  discover 
that  it  is  anything  but  play.”   Yes,  but 
how  about  the  day  when  that  child— 
grown 
into  a  man  or  woman—faces  the 
work  that  is  stripped  of 
its  tinsel  and 
disguise,  and  that  is  nothing  but a hard, 
unromantic, 
job? 
The  chances  are  that  if  it  is  a  boy  he 
will  throw  it  up  and  go  and  loaf  on  his 
kinsfolk,  or 
it  is  a  girl  that  she  will 
marry  for  a  home,  and  swell  the  ranks 
of  the  dissatisfied,  complaining,  spite­
ful  women.

twelve-hour  a  day 

if 

it 

if 

cover there’s  a  bitter  pill 
inside.  The 
sweet  always  rubs  off  at  the  critical  mo­
ment.  Better  cultivate  enough  back­
bone  to  make  him  strong  enough  to 
choose  the  right,  even 
is  hard. 
When  anyone  has 
learned  to  do  what 
they  have  to  do  without  fuss  or  com­
plaint,  when  they  have 
learned  to  take 
their  pill  without  making  faces—they 
have  conquered 
fate.  Don’t  buoy  any 
child  up  with  the  hope  that  things  are 
going  to  be  made  smooth  and  pleasant 
for  him  in  life.  They  are  not;  and  re­
member  that  it  is  the  things  we  learn  in 
childhood,  the  prayer  we  learn  at  our 
mother’s  knee,  the old  song  we  heard  on 
our  nurse’s  bosom,  the habits  we  formed 
then  that  stick  to  us  through life.  They 
are  the  thousand  gossamer  threads  that 
are  woven 
into  character,  and  if  they 
are  weak,  some  day  the  cable  that 
should  bind  us  fast  to  goodness  and 
truth  breaks  and  we  are  blown  out  to 
sea.

it 

In  the  new  attitude  towards  children 
is  held  that  obedience  is  desirable, 
it 
but  that 
is  tvrannical  and  brutal  to 
enforce  it.  You  must  never  say  “ must”  
to  a  child,  but 
instead  insinuate  your 
desires 
in  a  diplomatic  way  that  will 
leave  you  a  chance  to  crawfish with  dig­
nity  if  he  doesn’t  see  fit  to  accept  your 
ultimatum.  Could  anything  be  more 
ridiculous?  A  parent  who  never  com­
mands,  and  who  never  enforces  obedi­
ence  with  brute  strength,  if  necessary, 
has  no  authority.  Suppose  a  general  on 
the  eve  of  battle  should  say  to  his troops 
that  he  would  be  gratified  if  they  would 
advance,  and  hoped  that  those  who  felt 
like  it  would  charge  the enemy.  Would 
anybody  be  wild  enough  to  predict  any­
thing  but  disaster? 
is  the  sharp, 
stern  command,  the  habit  of  obedience 
that  does the  work. 
It  may  seem a mat­
ter  of  very  small  moment  whether  Sally 
comes  in  off  the  sidewalk  when  you  call 
her,  or Johnny  stays  away  from  the  ball 
game  when  you  forbid  him  to  go,  but 
what  about  the  day  when  Sally imagines 
herself  in  love  with  some  drunken  beast 
whose  acquaintance  she  has  picked  up

It 

somewhere,  or  Johnny  takes  to  running 
with  hoodlums  and  staying out of nights? 
You  can’t  control  them then.  You never 
enforced  obedience  and  you  are  respon­
sible  here  and  hereafter  for  a  wrecked 
life.

The  greatest  misfortune  that  has  be­
fallen  the  human  race  since  the  Eden 
episode  was  the  discovery  that  a  child 
was  a  problem.  Up  to  that  time  we 
hadn’t  been  pestered  and  confused  with 
theories. 
If  a  child  was  disobedient  he 
was  punished  for  it  and  refrained  from 
repeating  the  offense. 
In  the  mercy  of 
heaven 
it  had  not  occurred  to  anybody 
that  there  was  danger  of  cowing  him 
by  making  him  behave.  If  be  disturbed 
an  entire  neighborhood  with  yells  and 
howls  that  were  nothing  but  temper, 
some  humane  person  turned  him  across 
their  knee,  and  administered  a  spank­
ing  that  created  a  beaming  pacifico  in 
a  few  minutes.  Inspired  wisdom  hadn't 
discovered  then  that 
likely  to 
break  a  proud  spirit. 
is  probable 
that  Mrs.  Washington  and  Mrs.  Jeffer­
son,  and  Mrs  Grant,  and  a  thousand 
other  energetic  and  determined  women 
who  brought  up  sons  who  were  a  credit 
to  themselves  and  an  honor  to  the  na­
tion  never once  suspected  that  in 
little 
George,  or  Thomas,  or  Ulysses  they 
were  confronting  a  problem.  They  were 
just  human  boys,  and  they  dealt  with 
them  on  that  platform.

it  was 

It 

Children  are 

just  as  adorable  now  as 
ever.  They  are  still  the  sunshine  and 
the  perfume  of 
life,  but  for  their  own 
sakes  we  need  to  get  back  into  a  saner 
attitude  towards  them.  They  need  to  be 
relegated  to  the  rear a  while,  and  not 
brought  perpetually  to  the  front.  They 
need  to  be  taught  obedience  that  they 
may  be  fitted  some  day  to  command. 
They  need  to  be  strengthened  to  meet 
the  stern  requirements  of destiny,  not 
taught  that  they  may  shirk  its  responsi­
bilities,  for  childhood 
is  the  school  of 
life,  and  as  we  learn  its  lessons  so  shall 
we  stand  or  fall. 

D o r o t h y   D i x .

Never  set  another  doing  what  you 

would  not  do  yourself.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan  Knights of the Grip. 

President, J ohn A.  Hoffman, Kalamazoo : Secre­
tary, J .  C.  Saunders,  Lansing;  Treasurer, Chas. 
McNolty, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  C.  C.  Snbdbkeb,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C. W. Allen  Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan.

Grand  Counselor,  F.  L.  Day,  Jackson:  Grand 
Secretary, G.  S. Valmore, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
urer,  Geo.  A.  Reynolds, Saginaw.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­

dent Association.

President,  J .  B oyd  Pantlxnd,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer,  Geo.  P.  Owen,  Grand 
Rapids.

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

Gripsack  Brigade.

W.  L.  Clippinger  has  resigned  his 
position  with  R.  B.  Shank  &  Co. 
(Lansing),  to  take  the  position  of  city 
salesman  for  Hodge  &  Hoagland.

(Saginaw)  as  book-keeper 

A.  R.  Gray,  who  has  been  connected 
with  the  Swinton,  Reynolds  &  Cooper 
Co. 
for  a 
number  of  years,  has  resigned  to  accept 
a  position  as  traveling  salesman 
for 
Paige,  Chope  &  Co.,  wholesale  paper 
dealers  of  Detroit.

Rhine  Osting,  who  has represented the 
Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company  among  the 
city  trade  for  several  years,  has  taken 
the  position  of  Western  Michigan  sales­
man  for  the  Detroit  Soap  Co.  He  is 
succeeded  by  Mina  A.  Tuinstra,  who 
formerly  conducted  a  retail grocery store 
in  the  city,  but  for  the  past  two  years 
has  traveled  on  the  road  for  Scofield, 
Shurmer  &  Teagle.

The  next  Board  meeting  of  the  Mich­
igan  Knights  of  the  Grip  will  be  held 
at  Kalamazoo  on  Saturday,  June  4,  at 
which  time  the  train  gates  of  the  Heald 
system  will  come  up  for  discussion  and 
action. 
In  order  that  the  Board  may 
act  understandingly  in  the  matter,  it 
is 
requested  that  all  traveling  men  who 
have  “ views”   on  the  subject  communi­
cate  them  to  President Hoffman between 
now  and  the  date  of  the  meeting,  to  the 
end  that  a  fair  conclusion  may  be 
reached  and  definite  action  taken  in  the 
premises.

President  Hoffman,  of  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  makes  a  very  sen­
sible  suggestion  in  relation  to  the future 
of  the  organization—the  creation  of a 
surplus  fund  of  $5,000,  to  be  invested  in 
Government  bonds  or  other  securities  of 
an  unquestioned  character,  to  be  raised 
by  a  special  assessment  of  50  cents  a 
year on each member  of the organization. 
The  suggestion  is  certainly  a  very perti­
nent  one,  because  there  may  come  a 
time  when  the  organization  will  feel  the 
need  of  a  special  fund  on  which  to draw 
in  the  event  of  there  being  an  unusual 
death  loss  as  the  result  of  an  epidemic 
or  railway  holocaust.  On  the  basis  of 
the  present  membership,  a  special  as­
sessment  of  50  cents  a  year  would create 
a  fund  of  about $800,  so  that  it  would 
take  only  about  six  years  to  accumulate 
a  reserve  fund  ample  in  amount to place 
the  organization  beyond  the  possibility 
of  disaster 
in  the  event  of  any  unusual 
or  unexpected  number  of  deaths.
Movements of Lake Superior Travelers
Eugene  Murphy  (Zenith  Paper  Co.) 
may  become  a  soldier  boy.  He  has 
signed  the  roll  of  volunteers  at  Han­
cock.

L.  B.  Young,  who  has  covered  this 
territory  for  a  long  time  for  the  Michi­
gan  Stove  Co.,  goes  into  the  works,  and 
R.  B.  Waddell  takes  his  place.  Mr. 
Waddell  has  been 
located  for  years  at 
the  Soo.

E.  S.  Mather  (Fletcher  Hardware 
Co.)  has  resigned  his  position  to  enter 
the  coal  business  at  Bay  City.  This 
is 
Mr.  Mather's  first  break 
in  the  hard­
ware  line  for  about  fifteen  years.  He  is 
long-distance  hardware  traveler  of 
the 
this  State;  that 
is,  he  was  engaged  by 
the  Fletcher  Hardware  Co.  while 
in 
Naples,  Italy,  and  came  on  to  take  the 
grip.  Success  to  Ed.

Hotel  Superior,  Marquette,  will  no 
doubt  be  the  place  where  the  annual 
ball  and  reception  of  the  Lake  Superior 
Commercial  Travelers’  Club will be held 
Aug.  12. 
It  is  an  ideal  place  for  such 
an  affair  and,  with  the  present  large 
membership  of  the  Club,  a  pleasant 
time  is  assured.

It  is  really  too  bad  that  Congress  has 
neglected  to  create  the  much-talked-of 
cabinet  office,  Secretary  of  Commerce. 
Had  it  been  done  President  McKinley 
would  now  be  able to have the valued  (?) 
advice  of  a  Chicago  traveler  who  covers 
the  Upper  Peninsula,  whose  ability  (?) 
is  not  confined  to  such  a  small sphere  as 
the  knowledge  of  his  own  business.  He 
knows  all  about  war,  finance  and  more 
about  other  people’s  business  than  any 
other  hog  in  the  rut.  He  claims to have 
spent  ‘ ‘ three  years  six  months  and  four 
in  Uncle  Sam’s  service  in  ’6 1” — 
days 
really  a 
long  time  to  put  into  twelve 
months.  The  patriotism  he  exhibits  at 
every  occasion  is  seasoned  with  bluster. 
He  delights 
in  calling  other  travelers 
cowards  and  yet  not  a  syllable  of  his 
indicates  anything  American. 
name 
The  only  thing  that  prevents  him  from 
being  obliged  to  wear  a  number 
hat 
and  a  tin  ear  is  his  age.

The  Grain  Market.

There  were  never  before  such  wide 
fluctuations  in  the  wheat  market as  have 
prevailed  since  our  last.  On  Tuesday 
last,  Chicago  closed  $1.85,  that  being 
the  pinnacle.  New  York  touched $1.91, 
Detroit  went  to  $1.60  and  closed  at 
$1.56.  The  closing  prices 
I Monday) 
were:  Chicago, 
$1.50;  New  York, 
$1.56;  Detroit,  $1.38  for  red  and  $1.28 
for  white.  All  of  the above  prices  are 
for  May  wheat.  During  the  week  prices 
have  been  15c  per  bushel 
lower.  The 
receipts  have  been  the  largest  this  year, 
both  in  the  Northwest  and  in  the  winter 
wheat  states,  they  have  been  for  years 
at  this  season  and  the  exports  have  kept 
pace  with  them.  Our  visible  showed  a 
decrease  of  only  534,000 bushels,  against 
2,124,000 bushels  during  the correspond­
ing  week  last  year,  so  it  will  be  readily 
seen  that  our stocks  of wheat are melting 
away  by  degrees,  and  it  is  no  wonder 
when  our  exports  in  wheat  and  flour  are 
51,000,000  bushels  larger  than  for  the 
corresponding  time  last  year.  However, 
as  the  month  of  May  is  drawing  to  a 
close,  we  may  expect  to  see  prices  gov­
erned  by  the  supply  and  demand,  but 
any  one  who  expects  to  see  them  recede 
to  where  they  started  from will  probably 
be  mistaken. 
that 
prices  will  remain  about  where  July 
wheat  is  new.

is  our  opinion 

It 

The  demand  for  flour  has  been  only 
fair,  but good  enough  to  keep  the  mills 
running  right  along.  Mill  feed  keeps 
up  remarkably  well  for  this  time  of  the 
year and  prices  remain  firm.

Corn  and  oats  have  been  very  steady.
The  receipts  during  the  week  were  as 
follows :  wheat,  65  cars ;  corn,  18  cars ; 
oats,  11  cars.

Local  millers  are  paying  $1.20  for 

wheat. 

C.  G.  A.  V oigt.

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. 

MUSKEGON
SUNDAY
TRAINS

50  CENTS 
ROUND 
TRIP.

Detroit Grocers  Seek  Protection  from 

Peddlers.

Detroit,  May  14—At  the  last  regular 
meeting  of  the  Detroit  Retail  Grocers 
and  Butchers’  Protective  Association 
nearly  the  entire  session  was  taken  up 
with  a  discussion  of  the  report  made  by 
the  Ordinance  Committee,  giving  the 
results of recent investigation concerning 
the  present status of the peddlers’  license 
ordinance.  The Committee reported  that 
very  little  information  could be obtained 
from  official  sources  as  to  the  cause  of 
the  recent  postponement  of  the  hearing 
of  the  test  case 
in  the  Supreme  Court. 
They  also  expressed  the  opinion that the 
present  condition  of  things  had  been 
brought  about  by  the  rankest  official 
negligence  and  recommended  that  the 
Association  employ  an  attorney,  at  its | 
own  expense,  to  investigate  and  ascer-  ' 
tain, if possible,the  real  facts  in  the case I 
and  determine  upon  some  definite  plan 
of  action  by  which  existing  evils  could 
be  remedied.  The  Association  passed 
a  resolution  instructing  the  Ordinance 
Committee  to  take  any  steps  which  it 
deemed  necessary  to  bring  the  matter  to 
a  definite  issue  and  authorizing  them  to 
employ  an  attorney.

looking  up  matters  a 
it  was  deemed  best  by 

little 
After 
the 
further, 
Committee  to  open  the  matter  again 
in 
the  Common  Council  and,  if  possible, 
get  through  another  ordinance  which 
would  be  acceptable  to  all  concerned. 
On  Tuesday  evening,  May  10,  a  new or­
dinance  was  brought  before  the Council,  I 
advanced  to  the  second  reading  and  re­
ferred  to  the  Committee  on  Ordinances 
of  the  Common  Council.  The  changes 
made 
in  the  provisions  of  the  new  or­
dinance  include  the  reduction  of  the  li­
cense  on  handcarts  from  $25  to $15  and 
making  the  amount  to  be  charged  for 
double  and  single  teams  the  same—$25.
It  will  require  prompt  action  on the part 
of  the  Council  and  the  Mayor  to  get this 
ordinance  into  successful  operation  be­
fore  the  beginning  of  the  fiscal  year. 
The  battle  royal  will  probably  occur  at 
the  next  meeting  of  the  Common  Coun­
cil  when 
it  is  expected  that  the  cheap 
peddler gang  will  be  out  in  force  pre­
pared  to  make  every  possible  effort  to 
defeat  a  measure  which  they  regard  as 
opposed  to  their  interests.

Another  question,  upon  which  the  re­
tail  grocers  of  Detroit  propose  to  make 
a  determined  fight  this  year  is  the  prin­
ciple  of  making  grocerymen  pay  the 
same 
license  for  selling  milk  as  is  re­
quired  of  wagon  peddlers  of  this  com­
modity. 
In  the  spring  of  1897  an  ordi­
nance  was  passed  by  the  Common Coun­
cil  which  embodied  the  principle  re­
ferred  to  above.  The  attempts  to  en­
force  this  ordinance  met  with  a  more  or 
less  determined  resistance  on  the  part 
of  the  retail  trade  of  the  city,  but  even-

! tually  nearly  all  fell  into  line.  This 
year  an  effort  will  be  made  to  have  the 
ordinance  amended  so  as  to  limit  the 
collecting  of  licenses  to  milk  dealers 
who  sell  from  wagons,  the  assumption 
being  that  men  who  pay  taxes  regularly 
should  be  exempt  from  such  special 
license  provisions.

Prospect  for  Mint.

From  the Kalam azoo News.

Those  mint  growers  who  will  have  a 
crop  this  year  are  congratulating  them­
selves,  for  the  price  will  undoubtedly 
be  good.  The  acreage  is  estimated  by 
some  to  be  but  half  that  of  an  average 
year.  There  are  two  reasons  for  this. 
The  dry  spell  last  fall  killed  out  many 
old  beds.  The  winter  following  was  an 
unusually  easy  one  for  mint,  but  much 
of  it  was  so  poor  it  could  not  stand  any 
unfavorable  weather.  Less  acreage  of 
new  mint  was  set  out  than  usual,  many 
not  wanting  to  bother  with  it  at  the  low 
prices  that  have  prevailed  for  the  past 
few  years.  Much  of  last  year’s  crop  is 
still  being  held,  but  will  probably  all 
be  cleaned  up  when  the  new  crop  is 
marketed,  if  not  before.
Summer Schedule on the Grand Trunk.
The  Grand  Trunk  Railway  System, 
Detroit  &  Milwaukee  Division,  has 
opened  up  the  summer  season  by  pla­
cing  in  service  five  trains  daily,  except 
Sunday,  each  way  between  Grand  Rap­
ids  &  Grand  Haven,  and  two  each  way 
on  Sundays.  Excursion  tickets  will  be 
sold  same  as  last  year:  Grand  Haven 
and  return  on  Sunday,  50  cents.  For 
particulars,  call  at  D.  &  M.  city  office, 
Morton  House,  or  at  depot.—665.

C.  A.  J u s t i n ,  City  Pass.  Agt.

Proper  for  the  Pig.

fit  for  a  pig  to  eat,  madam.

Boarder  (savagely)—This  food 
isn’t 
Boarding  house  keeper  (sarcastically) 
—Then  no  wonder  you  are  dissatisfied 
with  it.

Giving  a  man  advice  and  throwing 
stones  at  a  dog  have  about  the  same 
effect.

Union  Bunting,  twenty-eight  inches 
wide,  solid  colors,  red  white  and  blue, 
at  7 l/ic  per  yard.  P.  Steketee  &  Sons, 
Jobbers,  Grand  Rapids.

T H E   W H IT N E Y   HOUSE

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

Chas. E. Whitney, Prop., Plalnwell, Mich.
HOTEL WHITCOMB

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH.

A. VINCENT, Prop.

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Repair work done in any  part  of  the  State.  You 
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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

P. W.  R.  Pekby,  Detroit 
A. C. Schumacher,  Ann  Arbor 
Geo. Gcndrcm.  Ionia  - 
L.  E.  Reynolds, St.  Joseph 
Henrt Heim, Saginaw  - 

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

Examination  Sessions.
Star Island—Ju n e 27 and 28.
Marquette—About Sept. 1.
Lansing— Nov.  1 and 2.

A ll meetings w ill  begin  at  9  o’clock  a. m. ex ­
cept the Star Island  meeting,  which  begins  at 8 
o’clock p. m.

MICHIGAN  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

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

Medical  Supplies  for the  United  States

Army.

laboratory 

in  the  army 

~ Medical  supplies  for  the  U.  S.  Army 
are  all  purchased  on  bids  submitted 
in 
response  to  circular  letters  sent  out  by 
the  medical  supply  depots,  the principal 
ones  of  which  are  located  in  New  York 
City  and  St.  Louis,  although  smaller 
supply  depots  are  also  situated  in Wash­
ington  and  San  Francisco,  and  the  sam­
ples  of  the  supplies  submitted  are  all 
examined 
in 
Washington. 
In  times  of  peace,  bids 
are  solicited  semi-annually,  and  the  last 
regular  series  of  bids  have  just been 
awarded  and  the  goods  delivered.  All 
supplies  other  than  simply  medical, 
pharmaceutical  and  surgical  are  fur­
nished  through  either  the  quartermas­
ter’s  or  commissary  department  of  the 
army,and  are  also  purchased  on  bids ex­
cept  in  cases of emergency such as exists 
at  the  present  time  when  a  hundred  and 
seventy-five  thousand  men  are  to  be 
added  to  the  army  at  one  time.

Pharmacists  are  not 

recognized  as 
such  in  the  army  until  they  get  down  to 
the  grade  of  non-commissioned  officers, 
when  they  are  termed  “ hospital  stew­
ards.”   The  purchase  of  medical  and 
surgical  supplies,  the  examination  of 
the  samples  submitted  and  of  the  goods 
purchased,  all  of  which  are  purely phar­
maceutical  functions,  are  in  the  United 
States  Army  (and  navy  also)  performed 
by  members  of  the  medical  staff.  As 
has  frequently  been  pointed  out  in  these 
columns,  these  duties  are  performed  by 
expert  pharmacists  in  the  military  serv­
ice  of  all  the  European  nations,  except 
England  alone,  and,  being  charged with 
the  performance  of  such 
important 
in  other coun­
duties,  the  pharmacists 
tries  are  given  commissioned  rank. 
In 
view  of  the  fact  that the whole of Europe 
is  an  armed  camp,  it  would  seem  that 
the  experience  of  European  powers 
should  be  utilized  by  the  United  States 
and  their  example  followed 
in  placing 
the  entire  pharmaceutical department  of 
the  army  under  the  charge  of  pharma­
cists  and  giving  them  adequate  rank 
and  remuneration.

Trials of  a  Druggist.

The  druggist  gazed  wearily  out  into 
the  street.  He  had  labored  hard  all 
day,  and  evening  was  now 
coming 
apace.  The  lights  began twinkling  from 
other  windows,  but  he  saw  them  not. 
He  was  thinking  of  his 
trials  and 
troubles  and  night  offered  little  solace. 
From  early  morn  his  feet  kept  moving, 
waiting  on  customers,  yet  as  be  thought 
of  the  lack  of  profits he  heaved  a  bitter 
sigh.  True,  the  coin  bad  passed  over 
the  counter,  but  it  had  all  been  for  one 
article,  one  only—postage  stamps.  Now 
there  is  as  much  profit  in  selling stamps

is 

as  there 
in  dollar  bills,  and  selling 
stamps  doesn't  pay  rent,  gas  and  other 
expenses.  So 
the  whereofness  of  the 
druggist’s  sigh.  Thus  he  soliloquized 
as  the  time  came  lor  him  to  go  to  his 
supper.  The  boy  who -  was  to  relieve 
him  hadn’t  arrived,  and  the  druggist 
awaited  the brief  respite  he  enjoyed  at 
his  own  fi  eside.  But  his  rhapsody  was 
rudely  broken  in  two,  as  a  woman  cus­
tomer  with  a  firm  tread  walked  over  the 
linoleum  floor. 
The  pill-roller  woke 
UP-
enquired.

“ Have  you  any  stamps?”   she  coolly 

“ Yes,  ma’am ,”   came  the  faint  re­

sponse.

It 

received 

“ Well,  gimme  a  dime’s  worth.”
Then  the  man  who  keeps  stamps  for 
accommodation  filled  her  order.  He 
produced  ten  cents’  worth  of  Uncle 
Sam’s  passwords,  and 
the 
dime.  The  woman  looked  surprised. 
In  fact  she  glared  at  the  poor  man. 
“ And  don’t  you  give  a  trading  stamp 
with  every  dime’s  purchase?”   she  ques­
tioned.

is  effeminate  in  a  man  to  break 
down  as the druggist did,  but  then  we all 
have  times  when  we  are  fain  to  cross 
that  Rubicon.  The  druggist,  too,  had 
worked  bard  that  day,  and  probably 
was  worn  out.  Luckily,  his  boy  arrived 
at  the  right  time,  and  by  the  aid  of  re­
storatives  brought  his  employer  to.
Speaking  of  druggists  and  stamps, 
there 
is  another  druggist  in  this  city 
who  has  tried  to  combat  the  stamp  evil. 
In  his  store  he  has  posted  a  sign,  which 
reads:

“ We  sell  stamps.  Don’t  ask  us  to 

The  other  day,  a  smart  boy  added 

charge  them. ”

these  words:

“ Nor  lick  them,  nor  stick  them.”

New  Route  to  Chicago.

Commencing  May  15,  1898,  a  through 
car  line  will  be  established  between 
Chicago  and  Grand  Rapids,  operated by 
the  Grand  Trunk  Railway  system  and 
the  Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Railway, 
via  Vicksburg.

Trains  will  arrive  at  and  depart  from 
Dearborn  station,  Chicago.  This  sta­
tion  is  on  Polk  street,between  State  and 
Clark  streets,  is  only  three  blocks  south 
of  the  postoffice.and near the  down  town 
business  and  hotel  districts.  Other 
railroads  using  this 
station  are  the 
Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe,  Wabash, 
Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois,  Chicago, 
Indianapolis  &  Louisville,  and  Erie. 
No  transfer  will,  therefore,  be  neces­
sary  for  passengers  to  or  from  the above 
mentioned  lines.

Important  stations  on  this  through car 
line between  Chicago  and  Grand  Rap­
ids  are  Valparaiso,  South  Bend,  Mish­
awaka, 
Ind.,  Cassopolis,  Macellus, 
Schoolcraft,  Vicksburg,  Kalamazoo  and 
Plainwell,  Mich.

The  equipment used  in providing  this 
service  will  consist  of  new  standard 
vestibuled  day  coaches.  Pullman buffet 
parlor  cars  and  the  latest  designs  of 
Pullman  wide  vestibuled,  gaslighted, 
twelve  section  drawing  room  sleeping 
cars. 
It  is  believed  that  the  character 
of  this  equipment  and  the  convenience 
of  the  schedules  will  be  such  as to merit 
a  liberal  patronage  by the traveling pub­
lic.
The following is a condensed schedule :
Daily.
L v Grand Rapids.............7.10am  2:10pm 
11:35pm
Ar C h ica g o ..................... 2:00pm  9:10pm 
6:30am.
Lv Chicago........................ 
3:02pm 
1 1 :45pm
A r Grand  Rapids............. 
9:30pm  7:25am

General  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent.

C.  L .  L o c k w o o d ,

Profitless  and  Wearing.

Mrs.  Russet:  No, 

I  never  quarrel 
with  my  husband.  I  can’t get  any  satis­
faction  out  of  it.

Mrs.  Tanner :  Why  so?  Won’t he let 

you  have the  last  word?

Mrs.  Russet:  Oh,  it  isn’t  that.  He 
just  sits  there  like  a  dummy  and  never 
says  a  word.  One  might  as  well  try  to 
argue  with  a  fence  post. 
It’s  awfully 
wearing,  I  assure  you.

Do  not  buy  because  it  is  cheap;  al­
though  cheap  for  some  houses,  for  you 
it  might  prove  high  priced.

label. 

Want  Individual  Revenue  Stamps.
Many  manufacturers  of  proprietary 
medicines  are  eager  to  have  included  in 
the  schedule  of  the  proposed  revenue 
bill  which  provides  for  the  taxing  of 
such  articles a  clause  according  to  man­
ufacturers  the  privilege  of  having  their 
own 
individual  revenue  stamps  of  spe­
cial  design.  This  privilege  was  granted 
them  under  the  old  Stamp  Tax  Act,  and 
every  reader  will  remember  many  de­
signs  of  such  special  stamps,  each  bear­
ing  the  trademark  or other  significant 
device  adopted  by  the  individual  pro­
prietor  as  a  distinctive 
The 
manufacturers,  many  of  them,  are  not 
only  willing,  but eager,  that  a  stamp  tax 
on  proprietary  medicine  should  be 
im­
posed,  and  maintained  indefinitely,  but 
they  hold  that 
it  is  only  right  that  the 
Government  should  grant  them  the priv­
ilege  of  the  special  stamps. 
It  would 
cost  no  more  to  the Government,  as each 
proprietor  would  pay  for  his  own  die 
and  for  printing.  The  advantage  to  the 
manufacturer 
in  having  such  a  stamp 
is  that  it  is  the  best safeguard and surest 
protection  as  yet  devised  in  this  coun­
try  against  counterfeits  and  bogus 
imi­
tations  of  his  goods.  Several  of  the 
manufacturers believe  that  unless  such  a 
provision 
included  in  the  stamp  tax 
bill,  it  will  be  a  difficult  matter,  if  not 
an  impossibility,  to  secure  the privilege 
after  the  tax  becomes  operative.

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The  Drue  Market.

Opium  and  Morphine—Are  firm  at re 

steady 

at  unchanged 

cent  advances.
Quinine—Is 

prices.

Citric  Acid—Manufacturers  have  ad­
vanced  their  price  2c  per  lb.  and  there 
is  an  active  demand.

Alcohol —Has  advanced  2c  per  gal. 

since  our  last  issue.

Antipyrine—Price  has  been  reduced 
by  the  agents,  on  account  of  the  patent 
having  expired.  The  decline  amounts 
to 60c  per  oz.

Mercury—Has  advanced  again  and  all 

mercurials  are  higher.

Crude  Brimstone—Is  again  advanced 
and  the  market  for  rolled  and  flour  is 
again  advancing.

Essential  Oils—Anise 

easier. 
lower.  Cloves  are  advan-

is 

is 

Gulden 

Seal  Roi t—Is  scarce  and 

C-jipi.t 
l  Ihg.

higher.

Linseed  Oil—Has  advanced  2c  per 
gal  ,  on  account  of  high  price  for  seed.

For  Sale  by  Leading  Jobbers.
JER SEY  CREAM

6 oz.

6 doz. in case

85c 

9 oz.

4 doz. in case

$1.25

I  lb .

2 doz. in case

$ 2.00

0.  A. TURNEY, Mfgr.,

DETROIT.

MICH.

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Morphia,S.P.& W...  2 45® 2 70 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  Co....................  2 45® 2 70
Moschus Canton__  @  40
65®  80
Myristica, No. 1 ...... 
Nux Vomica...po.20  @ 
10
Os  Sepia................. 
15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
„D   Co....................  @  1  00
Picis Liq. N.N.V4 gal.
doz........................ 
@200
Picis Liq., quarts....  @  1  00
Picis Liq., pints......  @  85
Pil Hydrarg... po.  80  @  50
Piper Nigra... po.  22  @ 1 8
Piper Alba....po.  35  @  30
Pilx  Burgun  .........   @ 
7
Plumbi  Acet........... 
10®  12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  10®  1  20 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
& P. D. Co., doz...  @  1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv........ 
25®  30
8®  10
Quassia..................  
35®  40
Quinia, S. P. & W .. 
30®  38
Quinia, S. German.. 
QUinia, N.Y............  
31®  38
Rubia Tinctorum... 
12® 
14
SaccharumLactis pv  18®  20
Salacin.................... 3 00® 3  10
Sanguis Draconis... 
40®  50
Sapo,  W................... 
12® 
14
Sapo, M.................... 
10® 
12
Sapo, G.................... 
® 
15
Siedlitz  Mixture__ 20  @ 
22

Voes.....................   @ 

Sinapis....................  @ 
is
Sinapis, opt............   @  30
Snuff, Maecaboy, De
34
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s  @  34
Soda Boras..............  9  @  11
Soda Boras, po........  9  @ 
11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  1 V4@ 
2
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda,  Ash...............   3V4@  4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
50®  55
Spts. Ether Co........ 
Spt  Myrcia Dom... 
@ ® 00
@ 2 46
Spts. Vini Reet. bbl. 
Spts. Vini Rect.V4bbl  @2 51 
Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal 
@ 2 54
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal 
@ 2 56
Strychnia, Crystal... 
1 40® 1 45
Sulphur,  Subl.........   4V4® 5V4
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
4H@  5
8® 
Tamarinds.............. 
10
Terebenth Venice...  28®  30
Theobromse............  
40©  42
Vanilla..................   9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph............  
7® 
8

Less 5c gal.  cash 10 days. 

Oils

 

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

B B L.  8A L.
70
45
40

19
47
49
70
40

44
46
65
34

BBL.
LB
ix   2 @ï
IX  2 @4
IX  2 @3
2*  2V4@3
2V4  2X@3
13® 15
70® 75
16V4®  20V4
13® 16
5V4@ 6
5V4® 6
@ 70
@ 10
@  1  00
@  1 40
1  00®  1 15

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

Red Venetian.........
Ochre, yellow Mars. 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. 
Putty, commercial.. 
Putty, strictly  pure. 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............
Vermilion, English.
Green, Paris...........
Green,  Peninsular..
Lead, Red...............
Lead, white............
Whiting, white Span 
Whiting,  gilders’... 
White, Paris Amer.. 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................
Universal Prepared.
Varnishes

No.  1 Turp  Fum.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Declined—Antipyrine,  Oil  Cajiput.

. Cj!ric ,Ac»<i.  Aïcohol,  Mercury,  Brimstone,  Linseed  Oil. 

Acldum

Acetlcum................. t   6@t  8
Benzoicum, German  70®  75
Boracic....................   @ 
15
Carbolicum............   29®  41
Cltricnm................. 
12®  44
Hydrochlor............  
3® 
5
Nltrocum.......................8®  10
12®  14
Oxalicum................ 
®  15
Phosphorium,  dll... 
Sallcylieum............. 
00®  65
Sulphurlcum...........  1^® 
5
Tannlcnm...............  1 25® 1  40
Tartaricum.............. 
38®  40
Ammonia
Aqna, 16 deg........... 
Aqua, 20 deg........... 
Carbonas................. 
Chloridum.............. 
Aniline
Black........................  2 00® 2  25
Brown.................... 
80®  1  00
R ed.........................  45®  50
Yellow.....................  2 50® 3  00

4® 
6
6® 
8
13®  14
12®  14

6® 

60®  65
® 2  75
45®  50
60®  65

Baccse.
Cubetee..........po. 18  13®  15
Junlperns...............  
8
Xantnoxylum.........   25®  30
Balsam um
Copaiba...................  
Pern......................... 
Terabln, Canada__ 
Tolntan...................  
Cortex
Abies, Canadian__ 
C assis.................... 
Cinch ana Flava...... 
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po. 
Prunus Virglni.......  
Quillaia,  gr’d .........  
Sassafras.......po. 18 
Ulmns.. .po.  15,  gr’d 
Extractum
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhlza, po...... 
Haematox, 15 lb box. 
Haematox, I s ........... 
Haematox, Vis.........  
Haematox, Us......... 

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

18
12
18
30
20
12
14
12
15

24® 25

Perm

Carbonate Precip... 
Citrate and Quinia.. 
Citrate Soluble__
Ferrocyanidum Sol. 
Solnt.  Chloride...... 
Sulphate, com’l ...... 
Sulphate,  com'l,  by
bbl, per cwt......... 
Sulphate, pure  ..... 

15
2 25
40
15
2
50
7

Flora

Folia

12®  14
Arnica  ................... 
Anthemis...............  
18®  25
Matricaria..............  30®  35

Barosma..................  
23®  28
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly................. 
18@  25
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.  25®  30
Salvia officinalis, Vis
and  Vis................. 
12®  20
Ura Ursi..............  .. 
8®  10
Gumml
®  65
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
®  45
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
®  35
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
Acacia, sifted sorts. 
®  28
Acacia, po...............  
60®  80
Aloe, Barb. po.l8®20  12®  14
Aloe, Cape__po. 15 
®  12
®  30
Aloe, Socotri  .po. 40 
Ammoniac.............. 
55®  60
Assafoetlda__po. 30 
25®  28
50®  55
Benzolnum............  
Catechu, Is.............. 
®  13
Catechu, Vis............ 
®  14
Catechu, V4s............  
®  16
Camphors  ............. 
40®  43
Ruphorbium..po.  35  @ 1 0
Galbanum...............   @100
Gamboge  po........... 
65®  70
Gnaiacum......po. 25  @  30
Kino...........po. C3.u0  @ 3 00
M astic....................  @  60
Myrrh............ po.  45  @ 4 0
Opii.. .po. 65.00@5.20 3 75®  3  0
Shellac.................... 
25®  35
Shellac, bleached...  40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®  80

Herba

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

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

Oleum
Absinthium............
Amygdals, Dulc__
Amygdalae, Amars .
Anisi.......................
Aurantl  Cortex......
Bergamil.................
Cajiputl..................
Caryophylli............
c*edar.......................
Chenopadli.............
Cinnaraonii.............
m onella...............

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

10® 

Conium  Mac........... 
35®  50
Copaiba..................   1  15®  1  25
Cubebae....................  90®  1 00
Exechthitos............  1  00®  l  10
Erigeron..................  1 oo@  1  10
Gaultheria...............  1  50®  1  60
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
75
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma..................  1  on®  1  10
Junípera...................  1  50® 2 00
Lavendula..............  90® 2 00
Limonis....................  1  30®  1  50
Mentha Piper.........  1  60@ 2 20
Mentha Yerid...........  1  50®  1  60
Morrhus,  gal.........   1  10®  1  25
Myrcia,.....................  4 00® 4 50
Olive  .... 
...........   75® 3 00
Piéis  Liquida.........  
12
Picis Liquida, gal...  @  35
g lcin a....................  99®  1  10
Rosmanni...............   @  1  00
Ross,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succini..................   40®  45
90®  1  00
Sabina..................  
Santal......................  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras................. 
55®  60
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce.  @  65
Tiglii.......................  1  70®  1 80
40®  50
Thyme.................... 
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
BICarb.................... 
is® 
18
13® 
Bichromate............  
15
Bromide..................   50®  55
Garb....................... 
12®  15
Chlorate..po. 17@19c  16@  18
Cyanide..................  
35®  40
Iodide......................  2 60® 2 65
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28©  30
Potassa, Bitart,  com  @ 
15
10® 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
12
Potass Nitras........... 
io@ 
11
Prussiate................. 
20®  25
Sulphate po  ........... 
15®  18

Radix

Aconitvm...............  
20®  25
22®  25
AUa®.....................  
Anchusa................. 
io@ 
12
Arum po..................   @  25
Calamus................. 
20®  40
Gentiana........ po  15 
12®  15
Glychrrhiza... pv. 15  16®  18
Hydrastis Canaden .  @  55
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  60 
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
18®  20
Inula, po................. 
is®  20
Ipecac, po............... 2 80® 3 on
Iris plox.... po35@38  35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............   25®  30
Maranta,  14s...........  @  35
Podophyllum, po__ 
22@  25
gj>e}  .......................  
75®  1  00
Bhei, cut.................  @125
75®  1  35
Rhei, pv................... 
Spigelia...................  
35®  38
Sanguinaria... po. 15 
18
Serpentaria............   30®  35
Senega.................... 
40®  45
Similax,officinalis H  @ 4 0
Smilax, M...............   @  25
Scillae..............po.35 
10®  12
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po.................  @  25
Valeriana, Eng.po. 30  @  25
15®  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a...............  
12®  16
Zingiber j ...............  
25®  27
Semen

© 

....  . 

Anisum.......... po.  15  @  12
13® 
Apium  (graveleons) 
15
Bfrd.ls.................... 
4® 
6
Garni.............. po.  18 
10®  12
Cardamon...............   1  25®  1  75
Coriandrum............ 
8® 
10
4®  414
Cannabis  Sativa__ 
Cydonium............... 
75®  1  00
Chenopodium  ........ 
10® 
12
Diptenx  Odorate...  2 00® 2 20
Fceniculum............   @ 
10
Fcehugreek, po........ 
7® 
9
....  3V6@  4V4 
L in l... 
Lini,  grd....bbl. 3j< 
4®  4V4
Lobelia.................. 
35©  40
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
4®  4V4
R.aPa :•••••-............   4V4® 
5
Sinapis Albu........... 
7® 
g
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
li® 
12
Spiritus

Frumenti, W.  D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00® 2 25
Frum enti............... 1  25©  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T..  1  65@ 2 00
Juniperis Co...........  l  75® 3 50
Saacharum N. E__  1  90® 2  10
Spt. Vini Galli........  1  75® 6 50
Vinl Oporto............   1  25® 2 00
Vini  Alba...............   1  25® 3 00

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

Syrups

Acacia....................  @  50
Auranti Cortes........  @  50
Zingiber..................  
©  50
Ipecac. 
@  60
.........  
Ferri Iod......   .......   @  50
Rhei Arom.............. 
®  50
Smilax Officinalis... 
50®  60
Senega.................... 
®  50
Scllla......................   @  50

 

1

niscellaneous

Scilla Co.................   @
Tolutan...................  @
Prunus virg............   @
Tinctures 
Aconitum N apellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafoetlda............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex......
Benzoin...................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
Cantharides...........
Capsicum...................
Cardamon.......... !..
Cardamon  Co.........
Castor...................... 
Catechu...................
Cinchona.................
Cinchona Co...........
Columba 
............
Cubeba....................
Cassia  Acutifol......
** “ s--  »cutifolCo  .
*-• gl  0,1,8___  .
Ferri Chioridu  »  ’ !
Gentian...................  »
Gentian Co.........
Guiaca..................*,
Guiaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus...........
Iodine...................
Iodine, colorless__
Kino.......................
Lobelia................'
Myrrh......................
Nux  Vomica........... 
50
Opii......................... 
75
50
Opii, camphorated. 
1  50
Opii,  deodorized.... 
Quassia................... 
50
Rhatany.................." 
50
Rhei.........................................50
Sanguinaria  . 
. 
50
Serpentaria............  
50
Stramonium........... 
60
Tolutan.................... ’ 
go
Valerian................. 
50
Veratrum Veride. ! 
50
Zingiber.................. 
20
Æther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30®  35
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34©  38
Alumen..................   2 Vi® 
3
Alumen,gro’d..po.7 
3® 
4
A nnatto.................  40®  50
Antimoni,  po...... 
4® 
5
Antimoni etPotassT  40®  50
Antipyrin.............. 
@  80
Antifebrin..............  @ 
15
Argent! Nitras, oz ..  @  50
Arsenicum............. 
10® 
12
Balm Gilead  Bud  ..  38®  40
Bismuth  S. N........ 
1  40®  1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  Is 
@ 9  
Calcium Chlor., V£s 
@ 
10
Calcium Chlor.,  vis 
19
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsici  Fructus. at
apsici  Fructus, af 
15
Capsici Fructus,  po 
Capsici FructusB.po 
Caryophyllus. .po. 15 
Carmine, No. 40 
Cera Alba. S. & F  ..
Cera Flava..............
Coccus............... ’ ‘ ’
Cassia Fructus
Centraria.................
Cetaceum.........................w
@
Chloroform..........  
60®
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  15 
Chloral HydCrst....  1  25®  1  50
Chondrus............... 
20®  25
Cinchonidine,P.& W  25®  35
Cinchonidlne, Germ  22®  30
Cocaine..................   3 30® 3 50
70
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 
Creosotum.... 
@ 3 5
2
Greta...............bbi.'re  @ 
Creta, prep............  
@ 
5
Creta, precip........... 
9® 
11
Creta, Rubra......  
@ 
8
18®  20
Crocus.................... 
@  24
Cudbear................ 
CupriSulph......... ” 
5® 
0
Dextrine.................. 
10®  12
Ether Sulph.........  
75®  90
Emery, ail  numbers  @ 
8
Emery, po...............   @ 
6
Ergota............ po. 40 
30®  35
Flake  White........... 
12®  15
Galla........................  @  23
8® 
Gambier..................  
9
Gelatin, Cooper..  ..  @ 6 0
Gelatin, French...... 
35®  60
70
Glassware, flint, box 
60
Less  than  box... 
Glue,  brown........... 
9®  12
Glue, white............  
13®  25
Glycerina................ 
14®  20
Grana  Paradisi  __  @  15
Humulus................. 
25®  55
Hvdraag Chlor  Mite  @  80
Hydraag Chlor Cor.  @  70
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.  @  90 
Hydraag Ammoniati  @  1  00 
HydraagUnguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.........   @  68
Ichthyobolla, Am... 
65®  75
Indigo...................... 
75®  1  00
Iodine, Resubi........  3 60® 3 70
Iodoform.................  @420
@225
Lupulin.  .. 
Lycopodium...........  40®  45
.........  
Macis 
65®  75
Liquor  Arsen et Hy-
drarg Iod.............   @  25
LiquorPotassArsinit  10®  12
Magnesia, Sulph__ 
3
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl  @  1V4 
Mannia, S. F  .........  
Menthol,
O 2 75

2® 
50®

®
12®

 

 

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M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

Q R O C 5R 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.

AXLB  UREASE.

doz.  gross
Aurora......................... 55  6 00
Castor Oil.................... 60  7 00
Diamond......................50  4 00
Frazer’s ...........  
.75 
9 00
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 
9 00
rtlca, tin boxes............ 75  9 00
Paragon....................... 55  6 00

Acme.

Absolute.

BAKING  POWDER.
A 'b cans doz................... 
14 lb Jans doz................... 

45
85
lb can  doz...................1  50
45
75
lb cans 1 doz.................  1  00
10
85
75
lb cans per d o z ...........  1  30
lb cans per doz............ 2  00
35
55
90

54 lb cans 3 doz................. 
H lb cans 3 doz................. 
1 
Bulk.................................... 
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........... 
54 lb cans per doz............  
1 
44 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
14 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
lb cans 2 doz case........ 

Arctic.
El Purity.

Home.

JAXQN

Peerless.

Our Leader.

Queen Plake.

Jersey Cream.

54 lb cans, 4 doz case......  
45
85
54 lb cans, 4 doz case........ 
lb cans, 2 doz case........  1  60
1 
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............  1  25
6 oz. cans, per doz............. 
85
54 lb cans..........................  
45
54 lb cans.......................... 
75
lb cans....................  ...  1  50
1 
1 lb. cans  ......................... 
85
3 oz., 6 doz. case................   2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. case  .................3 20
9 oz., 4 doz. case.....................   4 80
1 lb., 2 doz. case....................... 4 00
5 lb., 1 doz. case....................... 9 00
American............................... 70
"English....................................80

BLUINQ.Cpsi™

BATH  BRICK.

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz  .......1 20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz 
...... 1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  dot  .......1  60
Cotton. SO ft, per  doz  .......1  80
......  80
Jute, 60 ft.  per  do*   
Jnte. 72 ft.  pe,  do*...  ___  05
COCOA SHELLS.
20 lb  bags.......................  
254
Less quantity................. 
3
Pound  packages............  
4
CRBA11  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes..30-35

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

 

Mexican  and  Guatemala.

Fair  .......................................9
Good....................................... 10
Prim e......................................11
Golden  .................................. 12
............................ 13
Peaberry 
Santos.
Fair  ....................... 
12
Good  ......................................13
Prim e......................................I1
Peaberry 
............................ 15
F a i r ...................................... 1
Good  ....................................  16
Fancy 
.................................1
Maracaibo.
Prime  .................................... 19
Milled.................... ............  ..30
Interior...................................19
Private  Growth...................... 20
Mandehllng............................ 21
Im itation............................... 20
Arabian  .................................22
Roasted.
Clark - Jewell - Wells Co. ’s B rands
Fifth  Avenue......  
........28
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__28
Wells’ Mocha and Java......24
Wells’ Perfection Java......24
Sancaibo............................. 22
Breakfast  Blend...............   18
Valley City Maracaibo........1854
Ideal  Blend.........................14
Leader  Blend......................12

Mocha.

Java.

Package.

Below  are  given  New  York 

prices  on package  coffees,  to
which 
the  wholesale  dea' 
adds  the  local  freight  fr 
New  York  to  your  shipp 
point, giving you credit  on 
invoice 
for  the  amount 
freight  buyer  pays  from  1

BROOflS.

Small, 3 doz.......................  
40
Large, 2 doz.......................  
75
No. 1 Carpet.......................   1  90
No. 2 Carpet.........................1  75
No. 3 Carpet.......................   1  50
No. 4 Carpet.......................   1  15
Parlor Gem............................  2 00
Common Whisk.................   70
Fancy Whisk...................... 
80
Warehouse............................... 2 25
8s.......................................... 7
16s......................................... 8
Paraffine  .............................. 8

CANDLES.

CANNED GOODS, 
flan 1 to woe  Peas.

CATSUP.

Lakeside Marrowfat.........   %
Lakeside B. J ....................  115
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng....  1  20 
Lakeside, Gem. Ex. Sifted.  1  45
Extra Sifted Early June__1  75
Colombia, 
pints...................2 00
Colombia, 54 pints................... 1 25
CHEESE
Acme....................
- 
©  
Amboy...................
©
.  @ 
Byron....................
Elsie......................
©  © 
Emblem.................
Gem.......................
© 
Gold  Medal...........
©  
Ideal......................
© 
Jersey  ...................
©
Lenawee................
■  ©
Riverside...............
©
Springdale.............
. 
©  
Brick.....................
©
Edam.....................
.  © 
Leiden................
.  © 
Limburger.............
.  © 
Pineapple...............
.50  @
Sap  Sago................
Chicory
B u lk ..............
Red

854
8549
10 
954 9
9549
9
854
11
70
17
1285
17
5
7

CHOCOLATB.

Wetter Baker A  Co.’s.

German Sweet....................    .23
Premium.................................. 34
Breakfast  Cocoa................ ,..45

weight  or  package,  also \c. 
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the 1 
is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price in full cases.
Arbnckle.......................
ncLaughlln’s  XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  A 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City 54 gross__
Felix 54 gross............. .
Hummel’s foil 54 gross.. 
Hummel’s tin 54  gross  . 
CLOTHES  PINS.
5 gross boxes.................
COUGH  DROPS.
C. B. Brand.

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

75 
1  15 
85

Extract.

40

CONDENSED  MILK.

4 doz in case.
Gall Borden  E agle............ 6 75
Crown.................................. 6 25
Daisy..................'............... 5 75
Champion............................4 50
Magnolia 
...........................4 25
Challenge..............................3 35
Dime.....................................3 -6

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.

50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom.... 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00
50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom....  2 50 
500 books  any denom__11  50
1.000 books, any denom....20 00

Economic Grade.

Universal Grade.

Superior Grade.

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from tlOdown.

50 books, any denom__   1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom.... 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00
50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__2 50
500 books, any denom.... 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__20 00
Can be made to represent any 
20 books.........................  1  00
50 books.................................2 00
100 books................................3 00
250books..........................   C  ¡S
500 books................................10 00
1000 books..................  
17 50
Credit Checks.
500, any one denom’n ...... 3 00
1000, any one denom’n ......  5 00
2000, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
Steel punch..................... 
75
DRIED  FRUITS—DOllESTIC 
Snndrled.......................   © 5
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  ©  8 
Apricots.....................  7  ©8
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................  © 744
Peaches.......................  654© 754
Pears......   .................   8  © 754
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnellee..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes.........   ©  454
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   ©  5
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  @554
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   @ a
60 -{70 25 lb boxes.........   @7
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........  ©
-40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........   @ 854
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........   ©
54 cent less in 50 lb cases 

California Prunes.

California  Fruits.

Apples.

Raisins.

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

1  45 
2  00
3% 
454
554

Peel.

Raisins.

FOREIGN.
Currants.
Patras bbls...................
..© 7H
Vostizzas 50 lb cases...
..@744
Cleaned, bulk  ............. ...©  8Q
Cleaned, packages...... .. .© 8%
Citron American 10 lb  bx  @13
Lemon American 10 lb bx  @12
Orange American to lb bx  @12
Ondura 28 lb boxes...... 5  ©  844
Sultana  1 Crown......... ©
Sultana 2 Crow n........ ©
Saltana 3 Crown......... ©  744
Sultana 4 Crown......... ©
Sultan»  5 Omwn  . .
a
Sultana 6 Crown......... @12
Sultana package......... @14
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages.........
..1  65
Bulk, ner 100 lbs.........
..4  00

Farina.

Grits.

Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’3.

Peas.

Beans.

Hominy.

24 2 lb. packages.!........ ...2 75
..4  13
100 lb. kegs...................
Barrels  .......................
..2 50
Flake, 50 lb.  drums__ ..1  00
Dried Lima  ................
3ii
Medium Hand Picked.
..1  30
Macearon! and Vermicelli.
..  60
Domestic,  10 lb. box...
Imported,  25 lb. box..
..2 50
Pearl Barley.
Common......................
..  2 00
Chester.......................
..  2 25
..  3 00
Empire  .......................
..  95
Green,  bu....................
Split,  per lb.................
-■ 
Rolled  Oats.
Rolled Avena,  bbl__ ...4 60
Monarch,  bbl..............
.4  40
Monarch.  44  bbl.........
..2 35
..2  10
Monarch, 90 lb sacks...
Quaker, cases..............
. .3 20
Huron, cases................
..1  75
German.......................
4
East  India................
344
Tapioca.
Flake...........................
344
Pearl............................. -  
354
Anchor, 40 1 lb. pkges..
5
Cracked, bulk..............
344
24 2 lb packages............ ..2 50

Wheat.

Sago.

244

Fish.
Cod.

 

Herring.

Georges cured............  @5
Georges genuine.......   @554
Georges selected........  @6
Strips or bricks.........  6  ©  9
Holland white hoops, bbl.  :0 25 
Holland white hoop 54 bbl  5 50 
75 
Holland white hoop, keg. 
Holland white hoop mens 
35 
Norwegian... 
11 on
Round 100 lbs  ...................  2 75
Round  40 lbs........................  1 30
Scaled........................  
13
rtackerei.
Mess 100 lbs........ 
...  16 3'
Mess  40 lbs......................  6  90
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  82
Mess  8 lbs......................  1  48
No. 1100 lbs....................   14  50
No. 1  40 lbs....................  
6  lit
No. 1  10 lbs....................  
1  60
No. 1  8 lbs......................  1  30
No. 3 100 lbs......................  10  00
No. 2  40 lbs......................  4  30
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1  15
No. 2  8 lbs...................... 
95
5 50
No. 1100 ios. 
No. 1  40 l b s ....................  
2 50
No. 1  l l b s ...................... 
70
No. 1  8 lbs...................... 
59
No. 1  No. 2  Fam
100 ins...........  6 75  5 75  2 25
1  20
•hi lbs 
..  3 00  2 
10 lbs........... 
58
8 lbs........... 
33
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Wbltaflsn.

Trout.

73 
61 

83 
69 

. 

Jennings'.

D. C. Vanina
2 oz.......1  20
3 oz.......1  50
4 oz.......2 00
6 oz.......3 00
No.  8  4 00
No.  10.  .6 00
No.  2 T.l  25
No.  3 T.2 00
No  4 T.2 40

D. C. Lemon
2 oz..
75
3 oz.
. . . 1 00
4 OZ. ....1 40
2 00
6 oz..
No. 8.  2 40
No.  10  . .4 00
No. 2T. 80
No 3 T.l 25
No 4 T 1 50
Northrop Brand.
Lem Van.
2 oz. Taper Panel.
1 20
75
2 oz. Oval............
1 »0
75
2 00
3 oz. Taper Panel.. 1  35
4 oz. Taper Panel..1  60
2 25
Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

in  the  world 

Souders’.

for 

Best 
money.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

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

45" _
S ouder:
fckEGANr 
F lavoring  j pi 

,

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz —   .1  20 
4 oz.......2 40

v v   _  

.

..

L 2 H 4
IL

f i o : ........3 00
xvxanQtïr,de
2 oz. 
.1  75 
4 oz.
.3 50
FLY  PAPER.

DAYT0N.0,

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

GUNPOWDER. 
Rifle—Dupont’s.

.......................... .
Kegs 
Half Kegs............................
Quarter Kegs......... .............
1 lb. cahs...........................
54 lb. cans............................
Choke Bore—Dupont’s.
Kegs  ...................................
Half Kegs............................
Quarter Kegs.......................
1 lb. cans.............................
Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.
Kegs.....................................
Half Kegs............................
Quarter Kegs......................
1 lb. cans.............................

4  00 
2  25 
1  25 
30 
18

4  25 
2  40 
1  35 
34

8  00 
4  25

Sage.....................................
Hops..................................

HERBS.

INDIGO.

Madras,'5  lb  boxes............
3. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes__
15 lb  pails..........................
30 lb  pails........

JELLY.

LYE.
Condensed, 2 doz 
Condensed. 4  do*

.. 

1  20
2  25

Pure......
Calabria 
Sicily.... 
Root......

MINCE MEAT.

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

llATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.

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

CIOLASSES.
New Orleans.

Black................................  
11
P air............................... 
¡4
Good...............................  
20
Fancy  ..........................  
?4
Open Kettle...................... 25@35
Half-barrels 2c extra. 

MUSTARD.

Horse Radish, 1 doz..................1 75
Horse Radish, 2 doz.................3 50
Bayle’s Celery. 1 doz............1  75
Clay, No.  216......................  1  7
Clay, T. D. full count......  
»■
85
Cob, No. 8..........................  

PIPES.  -

. 
48 cans in case.

POTASH.

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

PICKLES
{tedium.

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

Small.

Domestic.

RICB.
Carolina head__ 
Carolina  No. 1  .................  5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................  3\
Japan,  No. 1................... 
654
Japan,  No. 2............ . 
6
. 
Java, fancy  head..............  6
Java, No. 1................. 
 
554
Table..................................
SALERATUS.
Packed 60 lbs. in  box.

Imported.

t.44

 

 

Church’s .................................. 3 3C
Deland’B.................................. 3 15
Dwight’s .................................. 3 30
Taylor’s.................................... 3 00
Granulated, bbls........... 
75
Granulated,  100 lb cases..  90
Lump, bbls.........................  75-
t-5
Lump. 1451b kegs 

SAL SODA.

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

SEEDS.

A nise............................  
9
Canary, Smyrna..................  
354
8
Caraway..........................  
Cardamon,  Malabar  ___  
6
Ce!ery................................. 
11
344
Hemp,  Russian............  
Mixed  Bird.........................  
Mustard,  white..................  
5
Poppy  ...............................   10
Rape.................................  454
Cuttle Bone........................  20
Scotch, in bladders..............   37
Maccabov, in jars.................   35
French Rappee, In  Jars......   43

SNUFP.

y,

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Worcester.

Common Grades.

Table, cases, 24 3-lb  boxes.  1  50 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb bags.2 75 
Table, barrels,  40 7 lb bags.2 40 
Butter, barrels, 280lb. bnlk.2 25 
Butter, barrels, 2014 lb bags. 2 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............  55
100 3 lb sacks......................... 1 gy
60 5-lb sacks....................... 1  75
28 10-lb sacks....................... 1 60
lb. cartons.............3  25
50  4 
115  2541b.  sacks................4  00
60  5 
lb. sacks................3  75
22 14 
lb. sacks..............  3 go
3010 
lb. sacks................350
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................   60
Bulk in barrels.....................2 50
56-lb dairy in drill bags......   30
28-lb dairy in drill bags......  15
56-lb dairy in linen  sacks.  .  60 
60 
56-lb dairy in linen  sacks 
56-lb  sacks......................... 
21
Granulated Fine.................  75
Medium  Fine.................  
75

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.
Common.

Warsaw.

SOAP.

JAXON

Single box.................................2 75
5 box lots, delivered...........2 70
10 box lots, delivered.........  2 65
JUS. 8.  KIRK  «CO.'SBRANDS.
American Family, wrp'd....2 66
Dome.........................................2 75
Cabinet..................................... 2 20
Savon........................................ 2 50
White Russian......................... 2 35
White Cloud,  laundry........ 6  z5
White Cloud,  toilet................. 3 50
Dusky Diamond. 50 6  oz__ 2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz__ 3 00
Blue India, 100 % lb...........  3 00
Kirkoline...........................   3  50
Eos.......................................2 50

Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.MILE100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Single  box................................ 2 80
5 box lots................................ 2 75
IV QUA 1ULS........................
25 box lots......................... .  2 60
Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars.. .  3  75
Uno, 100 -Si-lb. bars........... ..2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars......... .  2 05
Sapolio, kltcben, 3 doz  ... ..2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz........ .  2 40
Boxes  ..............................
544
Kegs. English
4%

Scouring.

SODA.

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.
Allspice  ......................
13
Cassia, China in mats......
18
Cassia. Batavia in bund.. .  '¿5
Cassia, Saigon in rolls__ ..84
Cloves, Amboyna...........
.  14
Cloves, Zanzibar.............. .  12
Mace,  Batavia.....................55
Nutmegs, fancy................... 60
Nutmegs, No.  1...................50
Nutmegs, No.  2.......... 
  45
Pepper, Singapore, black... 11 
Pepper, Singapore, w hite... 12
Pepper,  shot......   ...............12
Allspice  .............................. 15
Cassia, Batavia................... 30
Cassia,  Saigon.....................40
Cloves, Zanzibar..................14
Ginger,  African..  ............. 15
Ginger,  Cochin................... 18
Ginger,  Jamaica................. 23
Mace,  Batavia.....................65
Mustard..........................12@18
Nutmegs,...................... 40@-o
Pepper, Sing , black............12
Pepper, Sing., white........... 20
Pepper, Cayenne..................20
S ag e.................. 
15
Corn.

Pure Ground In Bulk.

SYRUPS.

Barrels...............................   18
Half  bbls.........................  20
Pure Cano.
Fair  .................................  16
Good.......................  
  20
Choice..............................  25

 

TABLE  SAUCES.

Lea & Perrin’s,  large. 
Lea & Perrin’s, small.
Halford,  large...........
Halford small.
Salad Dressing, large. 
Salad Dressing, small.

4  75
2 75
3 75 
.2 25 
.4  55 
.2 65

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40 grain.. 
Malt White Wine,80grain..
Pure Cider..........................
Pure Cider,  Leroux............

Washing Powder.

STARCH.

Klnggford’s  Corn.

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

Kingsford’s  Silver  aioas.

40 1-lb packages.........  
8-lb boxes.................7

«14

Diamond.

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

Common  Corn.

Common Gloss.

201 lb. packages.................   5
401 lb. packages............4%
1-lb  packages.....................   4u
3-lb  packages.....................   4%
6-lb  packages.....................   45/
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   314
Barrels 

............................3

STOVE POLISH.

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

SUOAR.

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New  York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases tohisshipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino................ ..............5 88
Cut  Loaf.............. ..............5 88
Crushed............... ..............5 88
Cubes.................. ..............5 63
Powdered  ...........
XXXX  Powdered.................5 69
Granulated in bbls...............5 44
Granulated in  bags..............5 44
Fine Granulated.................. 5 38
Extra Fine Granulated........5 50
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 50
Mould  A...............................5 63
Diamond  Confec.  A............ 5 38
Confec. Standard A..............5 25
No. 
1 ...........  ..
......... !...5 06
No  2................
................5  06
No.  3...............
No.  4  ..............
............... 4 94
No.  5...............
............... 4  94
No.  6...............
................4  88
No.  7...............
................4 81
No.  8...............
............... 4  75
No.  9...............
............... 4  69
No.  10................
................4 63
No.  11...............
............... 4 63
No.  12...............
............   4 50
No.  13...............
..............4  44
No.  14...............
............... 4  38
No.  15...............
4  SI
No.  16...............
................4 25

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

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

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. 

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

S. C. W.................. 

33  00

Michigan Cigar Co.’s brand.

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

Ure Unkle
Ruhe Bros Co.’s 

Brands.

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

00 12 oz pkgs.

3 50

WICKING.

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

Fish  and  Oysters

„ 

Fresh  Fish.
__ 
Per lb
Whitensh........  @ 
g
T rout..............  @ 
g
Black Bass..............10  @  n
Halibut...........  @ 
12
<&  4
Ciscoes or Herring.. 
Blueflsh.............. ...  @  in
Live Lobster........ 
@
18
Boiled Lobster.....  
@
20
......................  @
Cod 
10
Haddock..........  @
8
No.  1  Pickerel...... 
@
6
« k e ................   ©
Perch...............   @
2548
@
Smoked White...... 
Red Snapper......... 
@
10
Col  River Salmon..  @
Mackerel 
0»
.............. 

Oysters in Cans.

F. H. Counts...........
F. J. D. Selects........
Selects....................
F. J. D. Standards.. 

Oysters  in  Bulk

F. H. Counts.........
Extra Selects........
Anchor Standards. 
Clams....................

1

@2  00 
@1  50 
@1 10 @

Shell  Goods.

Oysters, per  100.
TiW I  nor  »00

. .1  25@1  50

Hides  and  Pelts.

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

Hides.

Green No.  1................  @854
Green No. 2................   @  754
Cured No. 1................   @  954
Cured No. 2 ..............  @  854
Calfskins,  green No. 1  @854
Calfskins, green No. 2  @ 7
Calfskins, cured No. 1  @10
Calfskins, cured No. 2  @854

Pelts.

Pelts,  each.................  50@1  00

Ta'low.

No  1...........................  © 2?i
No. 2...........................  @ 2

Wool.

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

Oils.

Barrels.

Eocene.....................   @1154
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @ 8&
W W Michigan...........  @ 8m
Diamond White.........  @ 734
D., S. Gas.  .................  @854
Deo. N aptha..............  @ 7
Cylinder................... 25  @34
Engine...  ................ 11  @21
B  *nk.  w inter___, . . . .  
@ 8

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

bbls.  pails
Standard.................  654©  7
Standard H.  H 
654©
Standard Twist 
6  ©  8 
Cut Loaf.........
@ 854 
cases 
Jumbo, 321b  ...
© 654 
Extra H. H......
© 854
Boston  Cream.

Mixed Candy.

Competition............
Standard.................
Conserve.. .7.........
Royal......................
Ribbon.........
Broken................
Cut Loaf............
English Rock.____
Kindergarten______
French  Cream........
Dandy Pan.............
Valley Cream.........

© 654 @  7 
@ 744 
@ 7H @ 8 44 
@  854 
@  854 
© 8 
©  854 
© 854 
@10 
@12

Fancy—In Bulk.

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

@  9 
© 9 
@14 
@11 
@ 6 
@ 8 
@  9 
@ 9
¡ago
@50
@60
@60
(&75
@30
iravs
@50
@50
@50
@50
@55
@50
@50
80  @1  00 
60  @90 
@90 
@60 
25  @ 
@60

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

Lemon Drops....... 
Sour  Drops............  
Peppermint Drops.. 
nh<5?°,lalte Drops.... 
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
Gum  Drops............  
Licorice Drops........ 
A. B. Licorice Drops
Lozenges,  plain__
Lozenges,  printed..
Imperials........
Mottoes............
Cream Bar.........
Molasses B a r.........
Hand Made Creams
Plain  Creams......
Decorated Creams.
String Rock............
Burnt Almonds.... 
Wintergreen Berries
Caramels. 
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes ...................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  ib.
boxes  ..................
No. 2 wrapped, 2  ib. 
boxes...........

Fruits.
Oranges.
Cal. Seedlings......
Fancy Navels 112  ..
126 to 216.................
Choice............... ..."
Medt Sweets........
Lemons. 
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s.. 
Fancy 360s or 300s...
Ex.Fancy  300s........
Ex.Fancy 360s........
California 300s.  ...
Bananas.

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

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Figs.

@  12
ja
1»  iz
© 13 
@ 654

@ 8 
© 6 
@ 5 
© 6 
© 454

Choice, 101b boxes.. 
Extra  choice,  14  lb
boxes.................... 
Fancy, 12 lb  boxes.. 
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes...............
Pulled, 61b boxes...
Naturals,  in  bags...
Dates.
Fards i n 10 lb  boxes 
Fards  in  60 lb  cases
Persians, G. M’s......
lb cases, new........
Sairs,  601b cases__
Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona..
@13
Almonds, Ivaca.........  @n
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............   @13
Brazils new................  @8
Filberts  ....................  @10
Walnuts, Grenobles ..  —
@13
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1. 
@10
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif.......................
@  9 
Table Nuts,  fancy..!.
@10 
Table Nuts,  choice...
@ 9 
Pecans, Med.........  ...
© 8 
Pecans, Ex. Large__
@10
Pecans, Jumbos........
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio, new...............
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks
Peanuts.
Fancy,  H. P.,  Suns. @  7
Fancy,  H.
P.,  Flags 
Roasted 
P., Extras. @ 7 
Choice, H.
@ 4M
Choice, H. P.,  Extras,
Roasted
5

@1  60

drains and Feedstuffs

Wheat.

No. 1  White............... 
No. 2 Red...................1  20
Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

1  20

Local Brands.

 

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

Patents..........................  
7  75
Second  Patent. . . . ” ................7 25
Straight............................... 7 05
Ltear..................................  6 50
Graham 
g 50
Buckwheat........ 
4
Rye  ...........................!!.!!'  4 50
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
F lo u r  in   b b ls., 25c p e r b b l. a d ­
d itio n a l.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond, 54s............................7 25
Diamond, Ms............ 7 i
Diamond,54s.....................7  5
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker, 54s........................  7 50
Quaker, Ms........................  7 50
Quaker, 54s........................   7 50

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s  Best 54s...........  7 50
Pillsbury’s  Best Ms...........7 40
Pillsbury's Best Ms...........  7 30
Pillsbury’s Best 54s paper..  7 30 
Pillsbury’s Best Ms paper..  7 30
Ball Barnhart-Putman’s Brand.

@35
@50

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

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

@1  50 
@2  00 

Duluth Imperial, 54s.
Duluth  Imperial, Ms.
Duluth  Imperial,  34s.
Lemon A Wheeler Co
Gold Medal 54s.........
Gold Medal Ms.....................
Gold Medal 54s.................".  7 40
Parisian,  54s......................   7 go
Parisian, Ms.....................!! 7 50
Parisian. 54s.......................  7 40

Olney A Judson’s Brand.

Cere80ta, 54s......................   7 53
Ceresota, Ms.....................” 7 40
Ceresota, 54s...................!** 7 30
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, 54s ..............................  7 50
Laurel, Ms.............. 
  7  40
Laurel, 54s..................!!” !  7 30

 

Meal.

Bolted.................... 
  2 S
Granulated...................    ” 2 50

 

Feed and Millstuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened__ 19 00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats..........is 00
Unbolted Corn Meal..........17 00
Winter Wheat  Bran..........17 00
Winter Wheat Middlings, .is  00 
Screenings..............................ig 00

New Corn.
Car  lots.................... 
.....4i
Less than  car lots...... ” ”  43

Oats.

Car  lots............................. 35
Carlots, clipped................   33
Less than  car lots. 
........40
Hay.

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

Beef.

, Carcass......................  6M@ 754
Fore quarters............   5M@  6m
Hind  quarters...........  854@ 9
Loins  No.  3...............   9  @12
g lbs  v...........................  854@1254
Rounds......................  7  @8
Chucks................. 
6  @ 654
Plates  ....................... 
^ 4

Pork.
Dressed......................5  00@5 25
Loins
..............  @854
Leaf Lard...............
Mutton.

644©
Carcass...............
Spring Lambs........... 7  @ 8 
.  8  @ 9
Veal.
Carcass  ...............

654@ 8

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

21

Provisions.

Swift  &  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Crockery  and 
___  Glassware.

Barreled Pork.

Mess  ...................
Back  ....................
Clear  back__ls  ta
short cut.................;;;;; 
Pig.............................
Bean  .......................
Family  ...........] ’ *

12 50
13 00 
12  75
i2 &o
16 00 
11  00 
12  00

Dry Salt  Meats

Smoked  fleats.

Bellies.......................
Briskets  ...........
Extra shorts..............
H am s,  12 lb   av e ra g e  
H am s,  14 lb   a v e ra g e  
H am s,  16 I d  a v e ra g e .
Hams, 20 lb  average 
Ham dried beef 
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut)''
Bacon,  clear................
California hams.....
Boneless hams. . . ” !” ”
Cooked  ham..............." io@is>
Compound..............
Kettle....................
55 lb Tubs..........advance
801b Tubs..........advance
“01l>  Tins..........advance
f0 lb Pails..........advance
10 lb Pails..........advance
5  b Pails...........advance 
3 lb Pails...........advance 

Lards.  In Tierces.

1
13

8548
14
6J4
@9
6549

 

Sausages.
Bologna................. 
51
Liver.........................g,
Frankfort....  
7?
 
P ork........... 
.............. 
*1
Blood  ...........;;;;..........  
2*
Tongue............ 9
Head  cheese............
654
_ 
Beef.
Extra  Mess.........
10 00 
Boneless  .........
12 00 
Rump............,*'” j
12 00
Pigs’ Feet.
Kits, 15 lbs...
70
M  bbls, 40 lbs’..” ........
1  35
54  bbls, 80 lbs........
2 40
Tripe.
Kits, 15 lbs...
70 
M  bbls, 40 lbs.................
1  35
54  bbls, 80 lbs..............”  2 40
Pork
15
Beef  rounds.
Beef  middles
10
Sheep.............................  

Casings.

...... 

gg

10
914
14
13^4

Butterine.
f®1,1! ’ 
lry..................  
Solid,  dairy  ................... 
Rolls,  creamery............  
Solid,  creamery........ 
Canned  Meats.
Corned  beef,  2 lb  .....   2  50
Corned  bqef,  14  lb........16 50
g 0Ss‘  beef, 
2 lb.......  2 50
Potted  ham,  ws.. 
70
Potted  ham,  54s 
1  10 
Deviled ham,  Ms 
70 
Deviled ham,  54s 
1  10 
Potted  tongue Ms.
70 
Potted  tongue 54s
1  10

AKRON STONEWARE.

Butters.

Churns.

% gal., per doz................   50
1 to 6 gal., per gal........ 
544
8 gal., per g a l.................  654
10 gal., per gal..................  654
12 gal., per gal..................   giz
la gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
20 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  8 
25 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 
30 gal. meat-tubs, per gal..  10 
2 to 6 gal., per gal............  
5*4
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 
% gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each 
Fine Glazed Milkpans.

60
554
54 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  65 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  554 
54 gal. fireproof, ball, do*.  85 
1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.l  10 
M gal., per doz.................   40
54 gal., per doz..................  son
1 to 5 gal., per gal............  
ojj

Stewpans.

Milkpans.

Jugs.

Tomato Jugs.

 

Sealing Wax.

54 gal., per doz.................   70
1 gal., each...................... 
7
Corks for 54 gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
54 gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz...l  00 
5 lbs. In package, per lb... 
2
LAMP  BURNERS.
No.  0 Sun...................... 
45
No.  1  Sun........... 
sn
 
«
no.  2  sun..............;;■■;■■■ 
Tubular.................  
go
«5
Security, No. 1 ___ ” *....... 
Security, No. 2..............” "  85
Nutmeg  ............................ 
50
Climax...............................  j  50
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common.
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  1  Sun..........! ....! ! ." ’  1  as
No.  2  Sun.......................!!  2 70
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No. 
1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 
XXX Flint.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No. 
1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 

top,
wrapped and labeled....
2 55
top,
.  2 75 
wrapped and  labeled. 
top,
wrapped and  labeled...  3 75 
CHIMNEYS  Pearl  Top.
No.  1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..........................   3 70
No. 2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled........................  
 
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled...................... 
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Buib,”
for Globe Lames............  

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

First  Quality.

top,
top,
top,

Crackers.

Soda.

Oyster.

The  National  Biscuit  Co 

quotes as follows:
Butter.
Seymour XXX.........  
7
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  754
Family XXX......................  7
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  754
Salted XXX.......................  7
Salted XXX. 3 lb carton...  754
Soda  XXX  .......................   71/
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__  8  *
Soda,  City....................
854
Zephyrette............ 1
Long Island  Wafers.........   12
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  13
Square Oyster, XXX.........   7
Sq. Oys. XXX, 1  Ib  carton.  8
Farina Oyster,  XXX.........   7
SWEET  OOODS— Boxes.
Animals.......................  
ijlz
Bent’s Cold Water__"  
15
Belle Rose.................. 
  354
Cocoanut Taffy...............’’  13
Coffee Cakes................   ” ’  11
Frosted Honey..................  13U
Graham Crackers  .............’  854
Ginger Snaps, XXX round.  8 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...  8 
Gin. Snps,XXX home made  8 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  8
Ginger Gems......................  854
Imperials..........................   854
Jurn Dies,  Honey...............   1254
Molasses  Cakes.................  854
Marshmallow  ..................  16
Marshmallow  Creams...!! 17
Pretzels,  hand  made  ......   954
Pretzelettes, Little German  754
Sugar  Cake.......................  854
Sultanas............................  13^
Sears’Lunch...............” !”  8m
Sugar  Squares..................    914
Vanilla  Wafers............  15
Pecan Wafers....................  1654
Mixed Picnic....................   1254
Cream Jumbles...............!.  13
Boston Ginger Nuts..........  10
Pineapple Glace............   17
Penny Cakes......................  9
Marshmallow  Walnuts....  17 
Belle Isle Picnic................  1154

La  Bastle.

 

Electric.

Rochester.

OIL CANS. 

Pump  Cans,

doz  ..................................  1 25
d o z ......................... 

No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
No. 2 Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
No. 1 Crimp, per doz...!!.!  1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz......... 1  60
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c do*)........4  06
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........4 70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ......   4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)........4  40
Doz.
1 gal tin cans with  spout ..  1  25
1 gal galv iron with spout.  1  65
2 gal galv iron with  spout.  2 87
3 gal galv Iron with spout.  3 50 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  4 75 
3 gal galv iron with faucet  4 75 
5 gal galv Iron with  fancet 5 25
5 gal Tilting cans..............  8  00
5 gal galv Iron Nacefss....  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9  00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule................to  50
5 gal Home Rule................J3 00
5 gal Pirate  King..............  9 go
No.  0 Tubular..................   4  25
No.  1 B  Tubular..............6 50
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 8 30
No.  1 Tub., glass fount....  7 00 
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C
No.  3 Street  Lamp...........  3 75
LANTERN GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents........... 
45
No. 0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
each, box 15 cents.........   45
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls 5 doz.
each, bbl 35!....................   40
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,
cases 1 doz. each...... . 
1 25
LAMP  WICKS.
No. Opergross................ 
20
No. 1 per gross................... 
25
No. 2 per gross.................  
38
......   . • . • 
No. 3 per gross..
58
DO
Mammoth........................... 
78

LANTBRNS.

■ — r — 

 

  4 70
4 gg
go

1 50

22____________ . 

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

Hardware

Best  Way  to  Cripple  the  Department 

Stores.

Ante Lucem  in American Artisan.

The  liquor  business  is  by  a  large  per­
centage  of  our  people  and  the  world 
looked  upon  as  an  immoral  and  illegiti­
mate  business and  the  retail  part  of 
it 
is  run  under  police  regulations  in  the 
larger  cities  and  towns,  while  some  sort 
is  placed  over  it  almost 
of  restriction 
everywhere 
in  this  country,  and  the 
wholesale  part  of  the  work  is  conducted 
under  strict  governmental  laws,  but  the 
business,  as  a  business,  has  never  yet 
been  the  subject  of  state 
investigation.
In  all  business,  and  among  all lines of 
business 
in  this  country,  it  remains  a 
fact  that  the  department  store  business 
is  the  only  business  that  has  been  sub­
jected  to  state  legislative  investigation. 
Not  another  single  line  of  commercial 
trading  has  been  brought  before  the  bar 
of  a  state  legislature  in  this  country  but 
the  department  store.

Several  states  have  been  called  upon 
to  look 
into  this  particular  class  of 
trading;  several  more  states  will  again 
consider  it.  Why  and  what  lor?  Be­
cause  it  is  considered  an  evil and  reme­
dies  are  sought to correct it.  They  would 
have  been  measurably  corrected  ere  this 
but  for  the  highly  paid  lobbies  working 
against  the  reforms.  Who  paid  the  lob­
byists  and  was  the  price  obtained 
from 
the  margins  of  legitimate  gain?  If  these 
institutions  are  selling  goods  at  legiti­
mate  profits  and  for  less  than  the  regu­
lar  and  smaller  dealer,  where  come  the 
thousands  raised  to  bribe  legislators?  Is 
there  any  other  legitimate  business 
in 
our  country  that  would  try  to  evade  an 
honest  investigation?  Not  in  over  one 
hundred  years  has  any  other  class  of 
commercial  trading  in  this  country been 
investigated  by  a  state  legislature.

like 

last  week. 

outside  factories  was  suddenly  and—to 
buyers  of  glass—sorrowfully  brought  to 
a  close 
It  appears' that  a 
“ gentlemen’s  agreement,”   or  an  un­
derstanding  of 
import,  has  been 
fixed  up  by  the  rival-producing  inter­
ests,  and,  for  the  present  at  least,  for­
mer  enemies  are  sworn  friends—and  in­
cidentally  plate  glass  sells  at  about  100 
per  cent,  more  than  it  did  a  week  ago. 
The  last  week  has  been  a  record  break­
er,  for  no  such  single  advance  has  ever 
been  previously  recorded  in  the  history 
of  the  business.  Indeed,  the  most  star­
tling  feature  of  the  price  movement  was 
an  advance  of  100  per  cent,  on  one  day, 
its  withdrawal  on  the  next,  and  the  for­
mer  advance  restored  on  the  third.  A 
Chicago 
jobber  of  a  quarter  of  a  cen­
tury’s  standing  stated  that  such  marked 
fluctuations  are  simply  bewildering, 
and  challenge  the  admiration  of  Leiter, 
Armour  and  other lightning-change mar­
ket  manipulators.  By  way  of  explana­
tion,  it  may  be  said that the deal seemed 
well  under  way  when  the  advance  was 
first  made,  a  hitch  was  encountered  and 
the  advance  withdrawn,  and  latterly  the 
deal  was  perfected  and  the  advance  re­
stored.  So  it  appears  that  the plate glass 
magnates  were  not  “ playing  horse”  
with  the  trade—but  simply  getting  to­
gether  as  best  they  could  in  order  to 
make  a  little  money !

to 

jobbers  with 

The  cessation  of  hostilities  between 
the  plate  glass  belligerents 
inaugurates 
an  era  of  high  prices—high  when  com­
pared  with  recent  sales  at  90 and  5,  and 
90  and  10 off  the  list,  but  very  moderate 
when  contrasted  with  values  two  and 
three  years  ago. 
It  means  that  all  the 
factories  will  reap  large  profits  on  their 
output  instead  of  keeping  even  or losing 
money.  The  restoration  of  peace  acts 
as  a  windfall 
large 
stocks  and  good  contracts  with  produc­
ers,  for  the  value  of  their  holdings  was 
in  a  night.  They  are 
about  doubled 
happy.  Contractors  who  had  closed 
in 
on  work  in  which  plate  glass  was  fig­
ured  at  the  old  price  and  will  now  have 
to  pay  the  new  are  the  ones  hard  hit. 
They  are  unhappy;  also  the  miscel­
laneous  buyers  who  could  just  as  well 
have  made  their  purchases  a  week  or 
ten  days  ago  as  now,  but  didn’t.  They 
could  have  bought $1,000  worth  of plate, 
list  price,  at  $95  then;  they  must  now 
pay  $190,  the  difference  between  90  and 
5  off,  and  80  and  5  off  list  price.

The  comments 

in  the  trade  on  the 
events  of  the  week are interesting.  One 
prophesies  that  the  agreement  is  but  the 
entering  wedge  which  will 
lead  to  a 
consolidation  of  all  the  producing  inter­
ests.  Another  thinks 
it  will  have  an 
opposite 
influence,  aiding  the  indepe- 
dents’  cause.

When  a  woman  has  nothing  else  to 

do,  she  fixes  her  hair.

E A D Y

Ru b e r o i d

OOFING

All  ready  to  lay.  Needs 
no painting for two years.

Is odorless, absolutely  waterproof,  will 

resist fire and  the action of acids.
roofs, or is suitable for flat roofs.
much cheaper.

Can  be  used  over  shingles  of  steep 
Will  outlast  tin  or  iron  and  is  very 

Try our pure

ASPHALT  PAINT

For coating tin, iron or ready 
roofs.  Write for prices.

H. M. REYNOLDS & SON,

Grand Rapids Office, Louis and Campau Sts. 
Detroit Office, Foot of Third St.

The  State  of  Louisiana  for  a  number 
of  years  ran  a  State  lottery.  There  grew 
up  much  public  clamor, with prosecutors 
oil  the  one  side  and  defenders  on  the 
other.  The  State  would  not  suppress  it 
as  an  evil,  because  of 
large  pecuniary 
gain  therefrom.  Public  opinion  at  last 
called  the  strong  arm  of  the  Govern­
ment,  and  despite  the  offer  on  the  part 
of  the  lottery  company  to  pay  the  en 
tire  National  debt,  it  had  to  go  as  an 
intolerable  evil.

Thus  it  was  that a  man  did  not  have 
the  right  to  do  what  he  would  with  his 
own  money  and  pay  it  into  a  swindling 
combine,  even  sanctioned  by  a  state 
grant.  The  poorer  people,  those  easily 
led  by 
lying  advertising,  were  daily 
swindled  out  of  their  earnings,  and 
the  general  Government  put  a  stop  to it. 
It 
is  not  the  stores  as  stores,  but  their 
methods  and  the  manner  in  which  the 
business  is  conducted. 
is  too  much 
lottery  plan  and  not  enough  of 
on  the 
open  honest  conduct.

It 

I  am  in  favor  of a  law  regulating  all 
advertising  that  will  prevent  the depart­
ment  store,  catalogue  house,  every  mer­
and  manufacturer  from  gain 
chant 
through 
lying  advertising,  vide  an  in­
vestigation  which  advertised 
certain 
goods  were  from  a  bankrupt  stock,  for­
mer  dealer’s  price  $1.50,  our  price  79 
cents,  and  the  goods  were  never  owned 
and  never  formed  a  part  of  the  said 
bankrupt  stock.  Moreover,  the  same 
class  of  goods  were  on  sale  at a  regular 
dealer’s  store  six  blocks  away  at  35 
cents.

It  is  less  than  two  years  since  an 

in­
junction  was  served  upon  a Minneapolis 
newspaper  and  one  of  its  advertising 
patrons  preventing  the  utterance  of  a 
lying  advertisement.  VVe  want  some 
law,some  sort  of a police regulation,  that 
will  correct  these  evils,  that  will  pre­
vent  this  lying  and  scheming.  With  all 
their  schemes  and  frauds  eliminated, 
they  can  not  run  full  page advertise­
ments  with  three and  four  page  Sunday 
advertisements,  because  they  will  not 
be  able  to  hoodwink  the  gullible.

The  Ending of the Window  Glass  War. 
From the Paint, Oil and Drug Review.

The  two  years’  contest  between  the 
so-called  plate  glass  combine  and  the

pnrrT'O'TTirrrnrrrnrrr^
FISHING  TACKLE

To regular dealers in  this  class of  goods  we  are  al­
ways  glad  to send our catalogue  and discount sheet.

Foster,  Stevens  &  Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
,
-OJUULOJUUUULOJUUUUUULSjC'

Clark=Rutka=Jewell  Co.

Ionia  Street, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich
Opposite  Union  Depot.

New  Wholesale

Hardware House

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

Clark=Rutka-JewelI  Co.

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

23

win  Mild fins Co.,  1

J a c k s o n ,   M  i o l i .

The following  letter  from  a  noted  pa­

tent expert is self explanatory:

Detroit,  April  2 0 -I  have  just  returned  from 
Washington,  and  while  there  in  connection  with 
inv patents,  I had occasion  to  go  through  the  files 
and examine  patents  pertaining  to  the  generation 
and control  of  Acetylene  Gas.  With  me was  an 
expert from  the  office  of  It.  G.  Dyer  *   Co ,  late 
commissioner  of  patents. 
It  may be  a  source  of 
some  satisfaction  to  you  lo  know  that  he  pro 
nounced the “ Buffington”  generator the  best  thing 
of the kind on  the  market,  and  we  examined  over 
a  dozen  different  generators  pertaining  to  this 
industry. 

E.  C.  N o k r i s ,   Electrician.

Sproul  &   McGurrin,

General Agents  for Western  Michigan.

DISPLAY ROOMS,  184  8  FULTON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

We  Are  the  People

Our new  Acetylene  Gas  Generator,  which 
has been  before the  Board  of  Underwriters 
for several weeks, has received the approval 
of that organization  and  we  are  now  pre­
pared to execute orders for all sizes prompt­
ly.  We  claim  for  our  generator  superior 
strength,  simplicity  of  construction,  dura­
bility,  economy in operation and elasticity of 
capacity,  and  candidly  believe  that  an  in­
spection of  our  machine  and  a  comparison 
with  the generators of other  manufacturers 
will result in the selection of our generator. 
Illustrated catalogues and price list furnished 
on  application.  All  enquiries  promptly 
and carefully answered.

M. B. Wheeler Electric Co,

Grand  Rapids.

RULE  OR  RUIN.

Arbitrary  Policy  Adopted  by  the Car­

bide  Combination.

carbide  anywhere 

The  Union  Carbide  Co.,  which  is only 
another  name  for  the  trust  organized 
by  the  four  manufacturers  of  calcium 
carbide  in  this  c  untry,  has  devised  and 
put  into  execution  a  plan  which  will 
seriously  handicap  the  manufacturers 
and  users  of  acetylene  gas  generators  in 
procuring 
in  the 
United  States. 
I his  has  been  done  by 
placing  the  general  sales  agency  in  the 
hands  of  A.  H.  Mulliken,  of  Chicago, 
who 
locating  sales  agents  in  each 
state  with  even  more  complicated  con­
ditions  than  at  present  prevail  in  Illi­
nois  and  Wisconsin.  This  move 
is 
in  the  interest  of  the  Eagle  ma­
made 
chine,  which 
is  manufactured  by  the 
“ powers  that  be.”

is 

A 

local  manufacturer 

ceived  the  following 
from  Mr.  Mulliken:

recently  re­
letter  of  warning 

.  rators 

We  have  been  advised  that  you  have 
been  shipping  carbide  with  your  gene- 
into  territory  which  is  reserved. 
The  following  is  territory  in  which  the 
exclusive  carbide  rights  have  been sold 
States  of  Illinois  and  Wisconsin,  Dis 
trict  of  Columbia ;  counties  of  Marion, 
Hamilton,  Madison,  Tipton,  Boone, 
Montgomery,  Clinton, 
Tippecanoe, 
Grant,  Adams,  Cass,  Howard,  Miami, 
Wabash,  Jay,  Allen,  Blackford,  DeKalb, 
Delaware,  Noble  and  Wells  in  the  State 
of  Indiana;  counties  of  Allen,  Auglaize 
and  Mercer 
in  the  State  of  Ohio,  and 
county  of  Shawnee  in  the  State  of  Kan­
sas.  We  are  advised  that  you  shipped 
some  generators  and  carbide  a  day  or 
two  ago  into  Wisconsin.  Kindly  advise 
us  by  return  mail  if  you  will  agree  not 
to  send  any  more  carbide  into  the  ter­
ritory  reserved,  especially  Wisconsin 
and  Illinois.  YVe  will  hold  your  order 
and  draft  until  we  hear  from  you.

Simultaneous  with  this 

letter  came 
another  letter  from  W.  J.  Buckley,  who 
acts  as  sales  agent  for  the  Eagle  gener­
ator :

Our  representative  in  whose  territory 
Berlin,  Wis.,  is  situated  writes  that  you 
have  placed  a  generator  in  his  territory 
and  have  quoted  prices  to  a  number  of 
concerns  at  Berlin,  YVis.  We  beg  to 
state  that  the  Wisconsin  Acetylene  Co. 
owns  and  controls  the  exclusive  rights 
for  the  sale  of  carbide  in  the  State  of 
Wisconsin,  whose  output we control.  We 
will not furnish  any  carbide  in  the  State 
of  Wisconsin 
for  any  other  generator 
except  the  Eagle.  The  selling  of  your 
generator  in  YVisconsin,  therefore,  is  not 
illegal,  butt  the  furnishing  of  any  car­
bide  for  your generator  or  the  use of any 
in  your  generator  in  the  State 
carbide 
of  Wisconsin 
is  illegal.  YVe  therefore 
take 
it  for  granted  that  any  business 
done  in  your  generator  in  Wisconsin has 
been  due  to 
information  on 
your  part.  This 
information  we  now 
give  you,  and  ask  that  you  withdraw  all

lack  of 

generators  and  all  propositions  made  in 
the  State  of  Wisconsin.

As  a  further  reason  why  this should be 
done,  we  beg  to  state  that  the  Michi­
gan  Light  Co.,  which  we  control,  has 
been  appointed  sole  distributor  of  car­
bide  in Michigan  for  the  Union Carbide 
Co.,  and  we  would  be  pleased  to furnish 
you  all  the  carbide  you  may  require,  at 
the  market  rate,  provided  you  do  not at­
tempt  to  do  business  in  reserved  terri­
tory ;  but 
if  you  continue  to  do  any 
business  or  make  any  prices  in  Wiscon­
sin,  we  will  not  furnish you any carbide, 
nor  permit  any  other  purchaser  of  car­
bide  to  furnish  you  with  same.  YVe  do 
not  wish  to  be arbitrary,  but simply pro­
pose  to  protect  what  carbide  rights  we 
have  in  Wisconsin.

The  unfairness  of  this  position  is  ap­
parent  to  all,  and,  unless  the  present 
plan  of  selling  carbide  is  abandoned, 
some  of  the  competing  manufacturers, 
who  are  thus  placed  at  a  disadvantage, 
announce  that  they  will  undertake  to 
erect  and  equip  a  factory  for  the  manu­
facture  of  carbide  on  plans  altogether 
different  from  those  used  by  the  four 
manufacturers  in  the  combination.  The 
only  objection  to  this  plan  is  that  it  in­
volves  the  expenditure  of  about  $100,000 
for a  new  plant,  but  those  who  have  in 
vestigated  the  proposed  system  claim 
that  the  product 
is  fully  equal  to  that 
manufactured  by  the  YVilson  patents 
and  that  the  process  of  manufacture 
no  way 
vice.

infringes  on  Mr.  Wilson’s  de­

It 

It 

The  price  of  carbide  has  been  fixed 
at $75  a  ton  in  Chicago  or $82.50 a ton  if 
purchased  from  the  State  agents.  This 
price  does  not  apply  to  Chicago,  where 
$ 10 0   a  ton  is  asked,  because  the  sale  of 
carbide  in  Chicago  is  controlled  by  the 
gas  trust,  which  paid  $400,000  for  the 
exclusive  right  to  sell  carbide  in  that 
city. 
is  claimed  that  the  agents  of 
the  Eagle  generator are  offering to make 
five  year  contracts  for  carbide  at  $60 per 
ton,  providing  the  Eagle  generator  is 
adopted. 
is  also  asserted  that  the 
carbide  furnished  those  using  the  Eagle 
is  vastly  superior  to  the  car­
machine 
bide 
rival  manufacturers, 
which  places  the  latter  at  a  decided dis­
advantage 
in  exploiting  their  genera­
tors.  The  unfairness  of  the  present  plan 
is  so  manifest  that  it  can  not  long  sur 
vive,  as  a  combination  of  the  fourteen 
manufacturers  making  generators  which 
have  been  approved  by  the  Underwrit­
ers’  Association  will  surely  result  in  the 
organization  of  a  competing  carbide 
factory  or  the 
importation  of  Canadian 
carbide,  which  is  now  subject  to  a  duty 
of  25  per  cent.

supplied 

Stop  all  leaks  in  your  business.  Not 
with  wax,  for  the  first  rays  of  sun  will 
melt  the  wax  and  the  leaks  will  be 
worse  than  ever.

BICYCLE  RIDING

Is  made  a  pleasure  by  the  use  of a

BERKEY  ADJUSTABLE  SPRING  SEAT  POST

A  seat  post  especially  adapted  to  gentlemen’s  and  ladies’  wheels 
Overcomes  the jar  and  sudden  shocks  caused  in  running  over  rough 
roads,  car  tracks,  etc.  Saves  strain  on  wheel  and  saves  enough  in 
repairs  to pay for  itself a  dozen  times  over  in  a  season.  Adjustable 
to  any  wheel,  any  saddle  or  any  weight  rider  and  to  all  wear.  No 
wabbling. 
It  is  not  unlike  an  ordinary  post  in  appearance  and  can 
be  taken  off or  put  on  with  an  ordinary  bicycle  wrench.  Have  your 
bicycle or  hardware  dealer put one  on  your  wheel  for a few days’  trial, 
or have him  send  for  a  sample  post. 
If  not  satisfactory  we  will  re­
fund  your  money. 
In  ordering  send  exact  size  of seat  post  hole  and 
your  weight.

BERKEY  SPRING  SEAT  POST  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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PAPER  PRO TESTED.

Logical  Outcome  of  Illegitimate  Busi­

ness  Methods.

is  that  the 

The  Tradesman  has  frequently  had 
occasion  to  warn 
its  patrons  against 
having  any  dealings  with  A.  C.  Hager, 
the  Lake  Odessa  egg  buyer,  principally 
on  account  of  the  fact  that  he  has  con­
ducted  his  business  so  recklessly  that 
nothing  but  a  National  bank  back  of 
him  could  prevent  his  ultimately  meet­
ing  with  disaster.  He  began  business 
in  Lake  Odessa  about  six  years  ago,  but 
cut  very  little  figure  in  the  egg  market 
until  the  season  of  1897,  when  he  de 
moralized  the  market  for  several  weeks 
by  reason  of  his  paying  from  one-half 
cent  to  one  cent  above  the  market. 
It 
was  understood  at  that  time  that  he  was 
backed  by  the  officers  of  the  Lake 
Odessa  Savings  Bank,  and  the general 
understanding 
loss  at  the 
end  of  the  season  was  found  to  be  sev­
eral  thousand  dollars.  Notwithstanding 
this  experience,  Hager  started  in  again 
this  season  to  bull  the  market,  offering 
9  cents  when  eggs  were  actually  worth 
only  8  cents—on  a  parity  with  Eastern 
markets—and  subsequently  paying 
10 
cents  when 
it  was  not  possible  to  ship 
the  eggs  to  the  Eastern  markets,  pay the 
freight  and  commission  and  get  out 
whole  on  the  basis  of  such  a  paying 
price. 
that  Hager  has 
frequently  asserted  that  he  would  drive 
every  oSier  egg  dealer  out  of  the  field 
and 
if  this  was  his  intention,  he  sue 
ceeded  to  some  extent,  although  buyers 
with  ample  nerve  and  ampler  bank  ac 
counts  stayed 
in  the  field  and  met  h 
prices,  at  the  same  time  protesting  that 
such  a  policy  was  ruinous  and must ulti­
mately  result  in the failure of Mr.  Hager 
or  the  embarrassment  of  the  bank  or 
whatever  financial 
influence  stood  be 
hind  him.  On  Monday  morning  of 
this  week,  Mr.  Hager  uttered  a  chattel 
mortgage  for  $800  to  W.  J.  Percival, 
Cashier  of  the  Lake  Odessa  Savings 
Bank,  covering  the  following  described 
properties:

is  claimed 

It 

Three  thousand  five  hundred wood egg 
cases  and  8,000  set  of  egg  cases  filled ; 
also  650  mineral  wool  egg  cases,  the 
same  being  all  the  egg  cases  and  fillers 
now  used  by  him.  Also one  black  mare 
6  years  old,  also  one  lumber  wagon  pur­
chased  of  Arthur  Tolies,  also  one  spring 
egg  wagon  purchased  of  M.  R.  Alden, 
also  one  single  top  carriage  purchased 
of  O.  A.  Lapo,  also  one  light  road 
wagon  purchased  of  H.  C.  Carpenter  & 
Son,  also  3  set  of  light  single  harnesses 
and  one  set  of  light  double  harness,  be­
ing  all  the  harnesses  owned  by him,  also 
one  fire-proof  safe.

it 

large,  and 

Owing  to  the  retirement  of  most  of 
the  cold  storage  buyers  from  the  field, 
the  receipts  of  eggs  at  Lake  Odessa  last 
week  were  very 
instead  of 
assorting  the  eggs  and  repacking  them 
in  his  own  cases, 
is  asserted  that 
Hager  dumped  the  receipts,  cases  and 
all,  into  cars  as  fast  as  they  arrived  and 
shipped  them  East  by fast  freight.  How 
many  cars  left  Lake  Odessa  during  the 
week  the  Tradesman  has  been  unable 
to  ascertain,  but  it  is  probable  that  not 
less  than  five  or  six  cars  were  hurriedly 
sent  out 
in  this  way.  Monday  after­
noon,  Hager 
left  on  the  Eastbound 
train,  ostensibly  for  Philadelphia,  and 
it  is  asserted  that  he  informed  some  of 
his  friends  that  he  would  return  in a few 
days  and  square  accounts.  In  the  mean­
time,his  checks  have  been  going  to pro­
test  for  several  days,  and  from  present 
appearances,  shippers  who  sent  him 
eggs  during  the 
last  week  or  ten  days 
prior  to  Monday  of  this  week  will  be 
compelled  to  wait  a  long  time  for  their 
pay.  The  eggs  which  reached  Lake

Odessa  subsequent  to  the  filing  of  the 
chattel  mortgage  were  held  by  the  local 
agent  of  the  D .,  G.  R.  &  W.  Railway, 
who 
immediately  notified  the  General 
Freight  Agent  at  Grand  Rapids,  who, 
in  turn,  notified  the  shippers  that  their 
eggs  were  held  at  Lake  Odessa  subject 
to  their  orders.  At  the  same  time  Mr. 
Davis  notified  all  of  the  local  agents  on 
the  line  of  the  Heald  system  not  to  ac­
cept  any  more  shipments  from  Hager 
for good  and  sufficient  reasons.

The 

large. 

is  Martin  Datema, 

So  far  as  Hager’s  indebtedness is con 
cerned,  it  is  estimated  all  the  way  from 
$7,000  to  $20,000. 
It  is  pretty  well  scat 
tered  over  the  Western  portion  of  the 
State,  and  it is  not  thought  that  many 
the  amounts  are 
largest 
creditor  the  Tradesman  has  knowledg 
of 
120  Jennette 
street,  Grand  Rapids,  whose  claim 
$861.  The  next  largest  claim  is  that  of 
Thos.  Condra,  of  Grand  Rapids,  whose 
interest  amounts  to  $300.  Local  credi 
ors  have  sent  attorneys  to  Lake  Odessa 
to 
look  up  the  matter,  but  between  the 
bank  and  Hager  there  appears  to  be 
nothing  left  on  which  either  attachment 
or  execution  could  rest.

The  Tradesman  had  never  had  any 
confidence  in  Mr.  Hager’s  business  ca 
pacity  because  of  the  reckless  manner 
in  which  he  conducted  his  business 
That  this  opinion  is  shared  by  the  mer 
cantile  agencies 
is  shown  by  the  poor 
ratings  accorded  him  in  their  reference 
books.  April  14,  1897,  he  made a state 
ment  to  R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.  that  he  had 
$5,000  in  cash,  $2,000  in  real  estate  and 
in  personal  property,  and  that 
$ i, ioo 
his  entire 
indebtedness  was  only  $285 
making  his  net  worth  $7,815.  Notwith 
standing  this  statement,  Dun & Co.  con 
tinued  to  rate  him  blank,  evidently  in 
the  belief  that  the  statement  was  not  en­
titled  to  credence.

After  the  horse  is  stolen  it  is  a  poor 
time  to  lock  the  barn,  yet  the  Trades 
man  can  not  resist  the  temptation  to 
again  remind  the  country  merchants 
and  produce  shippers  of  the  State  that 
t  is  not  good  policy  in  the  long  run  to 
deal  with  a  man  who  has  not  a  satisfac­
tory  business  rating  with  the  mercan- 
ile  agencies,  especially  if  he 
is  given 
to  splurges  and  wild  periods  of  specu- 
ation,  which  can  not  fail  to  result  in 
disaster  to  all  concerned.  Mr.  Hager 
had  a  good 
location  and  his  expenses 
need  not  have  been  heavy,  because  he 
did  business  in  a  comparatively 
inex­
pensive  building  and 
employ 
whatever  help  he  needed  at  reasonable 
prices. 
If  he  had  been  content  to  do  a 
small  business  and  keep  within safe  and 
conservative  limits,  he  would  probably 
be 
in  business  to-day,  besides  being 
able  to  look  every  man  in  the  face  and 
100  cents  on  the  dollar.  The  am- j 
pay 
large  business  and  to 
ition  to  do  a 
crowd  every  other  buyer 
in  the  same 
"ne  off  the  track  led  him  into  excessive 
buying  on  the  basis  of  a  higher range  of 
alues  than  the  market  warranted,  ulti­
mately  resulting 
in  failure  for  himself 
and  a  serious  loss  for  his  shippers.

could 

is 

How  far  the  Lake  Odessa  Savings 
interested  in  Mr.  Hager,  the 
Bank 
Tradesman  has  no  means  of  ascertain- 
n g ;  but  the  Bank  permitted  Mr.  Hager 
to  use 
its  name  as  reference  and. fre­
quently  answered  letters  of  enquiry from 
country  shippers,  recommending  him  as 
trustworthy.  How  far  the  Bank  ought 
be  held  responsible,  under  such  cir­
cumstances,  for  the  claims  of the credit­
is  entirely  a  matter  of  conjecture, 
ors 
but  the  Tradesman  has  no  hesitation 
in 
asserting  that  such  a  practice  ought  to 
be  stopped  and  that  this  is  a  good  time

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

It 

is  entirely  too  easy 
to  call  a  halt. 
for a  man  with 
limited  capital  to  se­
cure  the  permission  of  his  local  bank  to 
refer  his  customers  thereto,  yet  in  the 
event  of  liquidation,  the  bank  scoops  in 
all  the  available  assets  and  the  creditor 
gets  out his  letter  from  the  bank,  recom­
mending  the  liquidator  as  reliable,  and 
no  longer  wonders  why  it  is  that  banks 
are  so  willing  to  recommend 
irrespon­
sible  dealers  when  they  have  a  prior 
claim  on  everything  the  dealers  own. 
This 
is  sometimes  referred  to  as  the 
“ divine  right  of  the  banks, ”   but  the 
man  who  has  suffered  loss  as  the  result 
of  this  practice 
is  unwilling  to  look 
upon  the  transaction  as  bordering  on 
the  divine,  insisting  that  it  has  a  closer 
connection  with  the  land  of  sulphur  and 
brimstone.

Later—Since  writing  the  above,  the 
Tradesman 
is  in  receipt  of  a  telephone 
message  from  its  special  representative 
which 
it  sent  to  Lake  Odessa,  stating 
that  the amount  of  eggs  on  track  at  that 
place  aggregates  about  seven  carloads. 
Mr.  Percival,  the  Cashier  of  the  Lake 
Odessa  Savings  Bank, 
informed  him 
that  the  amount  of  checks  which  have 
already  gone  to  protest  is  about  $5,000, 
and  it  is  estimated  that  this  represents 
about  one-third  of  his  actual 
indebted­
ness  to  country  shippers.  Mr.  Percival 
states  that  Mr.  Hager  has  10,000  cases 
of  eggs 
in  cold  storage  at  Pottstown, 
Pa.,  on which  it  is  expected  that  he  will 
be  able  to  realize  a  profit,  in  case  the 
eggs  are  held  until  fall. 
If  they  are 
closed  out  now  at  forced  sale,  the  result 
will  be  a  considerable  loss.  What  in 
terest  the  Bank  has  in  the  stock  stored 
at  Pottstown 
is  not  disclosed,  but  it 
must  be  in  the  vicinity  of  $30,000,  un­
less  Hager  has  an  equity  in  the  stock 
or  advances  have  been  made  thereon  by 
the  cold  storage  warehousemen.  The 
general  opinion  at  Lake  Odessa  appears 
to  be  that  Mr.  Hager  will  return  and 
square  himself,  so  far  as  it  is  possible 
for  him  to  do  so.  This  expression  of 
opinion 
is  certainly  .creditable  to  Mr. 
Hager,  whose  operations  have  been  of 
great  value  to  the  town  because  he  has 
employed  an  average  of  twenty-two  per­
in  his  warehouse  during  the  egg 
sons 
season. 
in  Lake 
Odessa  that  the  crash  would  not  have 
occurred  had  Mr.  Percival  continued  to 
furnish  the  capital  on  which  to  swing 
the  business,  as  be  was  doing  up  to  the 
latter  part  of  last  week,  when  the  Pres­
ident  of  the  Bank  came  over  from  Ionia 
and  put  an  embargo  on  the  Bank's mak- 
'ng  further  advances.  The  uncertainty 
i  to  how  much  the  bank  may  be  inter­
ested 
in  Mr.  Hager  naturally  causes 
considerable  unfavorable  comment  on 
he  part  of  the  customers  of  the  institu- 
ion,  and  under  the  circumstances,  it  is > 
thought  that  the  officers  of  the  Bank 
will  shortly  make  a  statement  to  the 
public,  to  the  end  that the  customers  of 
the  Bank  may  rest  assured  that  it  is  not 
embarrassed  by  the  speculation.

There  are  rumors 

W ANTS  COLUMN.

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

_______ BUS INES S   CHANCES.

IjllNE  OPPORTUNITY  FOR  EXPERIENCED 

man with means to engage in the  grist  mill 
pusiness in Leelanau county.  Fine wheat coun- 
Jry*  ..^reage of wheat this year in  easy  access 
to mill, 8 00„ acres.  No  opposition within twen 
ty-six miles.  Mill site  furnished free.  Best  of 
shipping facilities either by rail  or  water.  For 
further particulars address Empire Lumber Co. 
Empire, LetTanau  Co., Mich. 
ggg
CVJK  .SALK— RUG  STOCK  IN  GOOD  RAIL- 
X   road  town  of  800  inhabitants.  Only  drug 
and wall  paper  stock  in  town;  part  cash  re­
mainder on easy terms.  Good  reasons  for 'sell­
ing.  Address Otis Jones, New Buffalo, Mich.
601
XpOR  RENT—LARGE  DESIRABLE  STORE 
x   on  best  Street.  Address  Mrs.  B.  Brewer 
Owosso, Mlch. 
571  •

TA°R  SALE-THE WELL-KNOWN  BUSINESS 
X  of the  Detroit  Pharmacal  Oo.  A  splendid 
chance to buy  an  established  drug  trade  Ad­
dress Geo.  R.  Angell, 149  Griswold  St., Detroit 
Mich. 
595  ’
T  “HAVE  SMALL  STOCK  OF  DRUGS  AND 
X   fixtures in  Ionia,  taken  on  mortgage  Will 
sell cheap for cash or  trade for  productive  real 
estate.  Answer  Immediately.  Will  sell  soon. 
W. W. Hunt, Under National  City  Bank,  Grand 
Rapids.  _______  
RICK  STORE  FOR  RENT—BEST  LOCA- 
tion in city;  will be let for any business  ex­
cept dry  goods  and  clothing.  J.  H.  Levinson 
Petoshey, Mich. 
qqq

595

Mich._______ 

IjV)R  SALE—GENERAL  STOCK;~STORE  TO 

rent;  good location,  good  trade.  Will  sell 
cheap for  cash.  Royce  &  Rolison,  Hamburg,
59915’
WK  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—STOCK  OF 
drugs and fixtures;  furniture  of  gum wood 
finely  finished;  elegant  soda  fountain  and 
charging  apparatus  complete;  located  on  cor­
ner  of  two  best  principal  streets  in  city  of 
Muskegon,  Mich.  Can  be  moved  if  desired 
Stock and fixtures invoiced April 1 about $4,800 
"J exchange for productive real estate timber 
land or  something  similar,  located  most  any 
where.  Drugs are out of  my  line  of  business. 
W ill give someone a great bargain. Call on or ad 
dress D. S. Hopkins, Grand Rapids, Mich.  593 
SALE—I have two complete  drug  stocks 
in  Miadleville.  Will sell one and move other 
away,  or  will  sell  one-half  interest  in  either
stock—one to be moved into an  other location_
to reliable man.  Dr. Nelson A bbott, Middleville 
Mich. 
591  ’
residences  near  Normal  College, Ypsilantl 
to exchange for merchandise.  Address 202 Con- 
gress St., Ypsilantl. 

IHVO  WELL - LOCATED,  WELL-RENTED 
IpOR  KENT-DOUBLE  STORE  BUILDING 

533
in  Opera  House  block,  Mancelona,  Mich 
best location in town;  best  town  in  State.  Ad- 
dress Julius II. Levinson, Petoskey, Mich.  580
I^ or  s a l e —b a k in g ,  co n fec t io n er y',
X   cigar stock  and  ice  cream  business,  with 
good fixtures.  Address  No. 579,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

579

575

f M)K  SALE, EXCHANGE OR RENT—LARGE 

two-story  store  and  residence  building  in 
town of 1,000  population  in  Northern  Indiana; 
stone basement, 120 feet  in  dimensions.  Inves­
tigate.  Address No. 575, care  Michigan  Trades­
m an___________ 
¥jH>R  KENT—T 1 IE   FIRST  AND  SECOND 
floors and basements of the  brick  building 
X  
numbered 12 and 14 Lyon  street,  recently occu­
pied by Hirth, Krause & Co.;  suitable  for  mer­
cantile  or  manufacturing  purposes.  Also  the 
large hall on the third floor  over 8 and 10  Lyon 
street,  especially arranged  for  fraternal  socie­
ties.  Apply to Wm.  McBain,  Agent  Estate  of 
Jas. W. Converse, 433 Michigan  Trust  Building 
Grand Rapids. 

tjX)R SALE-FIRST-CLASS GROCEKY, MEAT 

market and crockery  stock,  located  in  one 
of the best towns in Michigan;  best  location  in 
the  city.  Good  reasons  for  selling;  a  bargain 
for the right  person.  Will  sell  for  cash  only. 
Address No. 568, care Michigan Tradesman. 568 
OK  SALE —BUILDING  AND  GENERAL 
stock;  best  farming  section  in  Michigan. 

578

534

No trades.  W. H, Pardee, Freeport, Mich.  500

i pOK  EX OH A EG K  FOR  GROCERY  OR  MER- 

chandise  stock—Choice  section  land  near 
Jamestown,  North  Dakota.  Dakota  lands  in 
great  demand  for  farming  or  stock  raising. 
Carl Dice,  Monroe. Mich. 
rFO   EXCHANGE—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY 
X   goods or shoes, very nice  well rented Grand 
Rapids property.  Address No.  552, care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
THO  EXCHANGE — FARMS  AND  OTHER 
X   property for dry  goods, clothing  and  shoes. 
Address P. Medalie,  Mancelona. Mich. 
553
W ANTED—A  PRACTICAL  MILL  MAN, 
with $1,000 capital, to  take  a  ene-half  or 
full  interest  in  a  stave,  heading  and  planing 
mill.  3,000  contract,  with  stock  to fill it.  All 
goes.  Five years’ cut  in  sight.  Side  track  te 
mill.  Good reasons for selling.  Address  Stave 
Mill, care Michigan Tradesman. 

546

552

BROOMS

■   BOMERS,  MANUFACTURER  OF  HIGH- 
Ij^OR SALE-MODERN, WELL-ESTABLISHED 

■  grade  brooms  at  all  prices,  for  retailers 
only.  Grand Rapids, Mich. 
605
and equipped broom factory and good trade. 
Other  business  commands  our  attention.  Ad- 
dress No. 584. care Michigan Tradesman.  584

COUNTRY  PRODUCE

WANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS  AND  POUL- 
try;  any quantities.  Write  me.  Orrin  J. 
604
Stone, Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
WANTED — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
381
Caulkett & Co.. Traverse City, Mich. 
WANTED—1,000  CASES  FRESÏÏ 
ÉCJGS,
daily.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
Ithaca,  Mich. 
556
PATENT  SOLICITORS.

IriREE—OUR  NEW  HANDBOOK  ON  PAT- 

ents.  Cillev  &  Allgier,  Patent  Attorneys, 

Grand Rapids, Mich. 

339

MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED — EXPERIENCED  GROCERY 

salesman.  State  experience  and  salary 
expected.  If you wish to  improve your present 
position, address No. 603, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
Wa n t e d  —  r e g is t e r e d   a ssista n t
pharmacist,  single  man.  Must  furnish 
good references as to  character,  etc.;  one  from 
the count™  preferred.  Address  No.  697,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
TE7 ANTED—POSITION 
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127.  Frank Bentley, Ludiugton, Mich. 

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CHICAGO ■”,w“ ",fcT R>

Chicago.

»  S ',Rapids...............8:45am  1:85pm  *11:30pm
Chicago..................3:10pm  6:50pm  6:40ano
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............. 7:20am  5:15pm *ll:30pn?
Ar.Gd Rapids............1:25pm  10:35pm  * 8:20arr
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv. G d  Rapids........................   7:30am  5:30pm
Parlor  and  Sleeping  Cars  on  afternoon  and 
night trains to and from Chicago.

♦Every  day. 

Others week days only.

DETROIT, Grand Rapids & Western.

Detroit.

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

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

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

Gao.  D e Ha v e n ,  General Pass. Agent.

( I D A   \ i n   Trunk Railway System

Detroit and Milwaukee Div

(In effect May 15,1898 )

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive.
+ 6:45am  Sag.,  Detroit, Buffalo & N Y  .t 9:55pm
tl0:10am.........Detroit  and  East...........t 5:27pm
t  3:20pm  .Sag.,  Det., N.  Y.  & Boston..+12:45pm
* 8:00pm.  .Detroit, East and Canada.. .* 6:35am
tl0:45am........  Mixed to Durand...........+ 3:15pm
* 8:35am....Gd. Haven  and  Int. Pts....* 7:05pm 
tl2:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate.t 3:12pm 
t  5:32pm..Gd. Haven and Intermediate. +10:05am
* 7:40pm... Gd. Haven and Chicago.....   8:15am
+10:00pm........Gd. Haven  and MU..........  6:40am
Eastward—No. 16 has Wagner parlor car.  No. 
22  parlor  car.  Westward—No.  11  parlor  car. 
No. 17 Wagner parlor car.
»Dally.  +Except Sunday.

WEST

E. H. Hushes, A. G. P. & T. A.
Ben.  Fletcher, Trav. Pass. Agt.,
C.  A.  J u st in ,  City  Pass.  Agent.

97 Monroe St.  Morton House.
GRAND Rapids  &  Indiana Railway

Northern  Div,  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...+ 7:45am  + 5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...+ 2:15pm  + 6:35am
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack..................il0:50pm
Cadillac.................................. + 5:25pm +11:15am
Train leaving at 7:46 a. m. has  parlor car, and 
train  leaving  at  2:15  p.  m.  has  sleeping  car  to 
Mackinaw.
Southern  Div.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati................................t 7:10am + 8:25pm
Ft. Wayne................................ + 2:10pm  + 2:00pm
Cincinnati...............  
*  7:00pm * 7:25am
7:10 a. m.  train  has parlor  car to  Cincinnati. 
2:10 p. m.  train  has parlor  car  to Fort  Wayne. 
7:00 p. m. train  has  sleeping  car  to Cincinnati. 

 

Muskegon Trains.

SO INS WEST.

LvG’d  Rapids.............. t7:35am +1:00pm +5:40pm
Ar Muskegon.................  9:00am  2:!0pm  7:05pm
Lv M uskegon.............+8:10am  +U:45am +4:00pm
ArG’d Rapids............9:30am  12:56pm  5:20pm
+Bxcept Sunday.  *DaUy.  ^Saturday only.
C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 

s o n s  HAST.

Gen’l Passr. and Ticket Agent.

DULUTH, ^ b“

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W IS T   BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & L)+11:10pm  +7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City..................   7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St. Ignace..........................   9:00am  5:20pm
Ar. Sanlt Ste. Marie.................  12:20pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marquette..........................  2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestorla.............................   5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. D uluth...........................................  8:30am

BAST  BOUND.

Lv. Duluth.............................................  +6:30pm
Ar. Nestoria.......................... +11:15am 
2:45am
Ar. Marquette.......................  
1:30pm  4:30am
Lv. Sault Ste. Marie..............  3:30pm 
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Ar. Mackinaw City...............  8:40pm  11:00am
G. W. Hibbabd, Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. 
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids

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H.  F.  M O ELLER,  a .  a.  p.  a .

MONEY  IN

It  pays  any dealer  to have  the  reputa- 

tion  of  keeping  pure  goods.

It pays  any  dealer to keep the Seymour 

Cracker.

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

For  this  class  of  people  the  Seymour 

Cracker is  made.

Discriminating  housewives  recognize 

its  superior 

FLAVOR,  PURITY, 
DELICIOUSNESS 

and  will  have  it.

If you,  Mr.  Dealer,  want  the  trade  or 
particular  people,  keep  the  Seymour 
Cracker. 

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BARLOW  BROS.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Is carried by the merchant whan 
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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It  is  poor  economy  to
handle  cheap  flour. 
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  .  .  .

DEALERS IN

ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING

OILS

NAPHTHA  AND  GASOLINES

Office and  Works,  BUTTERWORTH AVE., 

dRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

Highest Price  Paid  for  Empty  Carbon  and  Gasoline  Barrels.

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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

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Unloading 
Baby  Cabs

We are quoting JO BBERS’ PRICES 
to MICHIGAN  MERCHANTS  on  50 
S T Y L E S   of Cabs.

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

Large  Catalogue  sent  on  applica­

tion.

GRAND RAPIDS 

WHOLESALE FURNITURE CO.

BRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

