Volume  XV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  25,  1898.

Number  766

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Detroit.  April  20—I  have  just  returned  from 
Washington,  and  while  there  in  connection  with 
my  patents,  I had  occasion  to  go  through  the  files 
and  examine  patents  pertaining  to  the  generation 
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expert  from  the  office  of  It.  G.  Dyer  &  Co  ,  late 
commissioner  of  patents. 
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General Agents  for Western  Michigan.

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PREFERRED  BANKERS 

LIFE  ASSURANCE  COMPANY

O F   D E T RO IT .  MIC HIGAN.

Commenced  Business  September  i,  1893.

Insurance  in  force...................................$2,746,000.00
N et Increase  during  1S97......................  
104,000.00
32,738.49
N et  A ssets.............................................. 
None
Losses Adjusted and  Unpaid...............  
Other  Liabilities...................................  
None
Total  Death  Losses  Paid  to  Date.............................. 40.061.00
Total  Guarantee  Deposits  Paid to  Ben­
eficiaries...............................................  
Death  Losses  Paid  During  1897..........  
Death  Rate for  1897................................  
Cost  per  1,000 at age 30 during  1897__  
F R A N K  E.  R O B SO N ,  P res.

812.00
17,000.00
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T R U M A N   B .  G O O D S P E E D ,  S e c ’y .

Hager’s  Creditors  Grow 
and  Amount.

in  Number 

Two  classes  of  dealers  cause  irrepara­
ble  damage 
in  any  community—the 
man  who  sells  goods  too  close  to  cost 
and  the  man  who  persistently  pays  more 
for  a  staple  commodity  than  be  is  war­
ranted  in  paying  on  a  parity  with  other 
markets.  Both  men  are  hailed  as  bene­
factors  by  unthinking  people  who  do not 
realize  that  the  basis  of  all  business 
is 
profit  and  that  the  man  who  attempts 
to  carry  on  a  business  contrary  to  the 
established  laws  of  trade  must  necessa­
rily  face  disaster  in  the  end.  The  un­
fortunate  feature  of  the  matter  is  that 
the  disaster  is  too  frequently  shared  by 
a  large  circle  of  victims  who  find,  too 
late,  that  things  are  not  what they seem, 
that  bank  recommendations  are  not  al-

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something  from  the  sale  of  them,  the 
amount  would  be  so  small,  in  compari­
son  with  the  total  amount  he  owes,  that 
the  creditors  would  not  receive  any  con 
siderable  percentage  on  their  claims, 
even  although  he  were  disposed  to  turn 
over  the  total  proceeds  to  them  and  dis­
tribute  it  pro  rata.

The  facsimile  letter  will  bear  careful 
perusal,  especially  the  confession  which 
Mr.  Hager  makes  that  he  has  “ been 
doing  a 
losing  business  for  the  past 
year.”   This  was  known  to  everyone 
who  was  at  all  familiar  with  the  egg 
market,  because  it  was  universally  cou 
ceded  that  he  was  paying  above  the 
market  and  that  his  reckless  methods 
would,  sooner  or  later,  land  him  or  his 
financial  backer,  or both,  in  bankruptcy. 
The  Tradesman  has  repeatedly  warned 
its  readers  to  beware  of dealers who offer 
more  for  goods  than  the  market  war-

Lake Odessa,  Mich., May  16th,  1898.

Number  766

but  Mr.  Hager’s  statement  that  he  will 
return  to  Lake  Odessa  and  re-engage  in 
business  is  certainly  premature,  because 
a  man  who  has  made  such  a record as he 
has  should  not  he  permitted  to  engage 
in  trade  anywhere,  least  of  all  in  the 
town  he  has  disgraced  by  one  of  the 
most  gigantic  swindles  which  has  ever 
been  perpetrated  upon  the  merchants 
of  Michigan.

The  Grain  Market.
is  nothing  new 

There 

in  the  wheat 
market  and  prices  remain  the  same. 
Mixed  and  No.  1  white  dropped  from 
$1.27  to  $1.20 and  No.  2  red  advanced 
from  $1.39  to  S i.47,  so  by  taking  an 
average  of  the  two  it  will  be  seen  that 
prices  remain  about  the  same.  The  re­
ceipts  have  been  enormous  during  the 
past  week  and  the  visible 
increased 
1,093,000  bushels,  notwithstanding  a  de­
crease  would  have  been  in  order.  The 
same  week 
last  year  the  visible  de­
creased  1,446,000  bushels.  The  fact  is, 
any  one  who  bad  a  bushel  of  wheat  on 
hand  has  made  haste  to  sell  it before the 
market  goes  lower,  as  many wanted  only 
$1  per  bushel,  and  some  sold  at  that, 
while  others  are  holding  for  $2.  The 
majority,  however,  are  selling.  We have 
certainly  received  more  wheat 
in  the 
Northwest  than  the  most  rabid  bear 
ever  thought  there  was  to  come  in. 
It 
looks  now  as  though  the  race  was  over. 
In  this  State  the  wheat  has  certainly 
been  picked  up  very  closely,  and  the 
question  arises,  Where  will  the  wheat 
come  from  until  the  new  crop  is  suit­
able  for  milling  purposes?

Corn  has  held  its own remarkably well, 
as 
it  has  been  so  wet  that  seeding  has 
been  retarded.  Oats  have  receded  about 
Flour,  remains  quite 
3c  per  bushel. 
stationary.  Mill  feed 
in  good  de­
mand,  but  prices  have  been  dropped  $1 
per  ton  on  both  bran  and  middlings.

The  receipts  during  the  week  were 
only  fair,  having  been  53  cars  of  wheat, 
9  cars  of  corn  and  5  cars  of  oats.  We 
would  also  mention  that  the  growing 
crop  is  looking  excellent.

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The  mills  are  paying  $1.20  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  V oigt.
Hides,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool. 
Hides  remain  high,  but  not  so  firm  in 
price,  concessions  having  been  made 
to  effect  sales.  The  demand  is  strong, 
as  all  tanners  desire  leather  to  supply 
the  Government  demand,  which calls  for 
large  amounts,  taking  every  grade.

Pelts  are  firm  at  a  decline  in  price, 
few  sales  made  to  clean  out. 

with 
There  are  few  offerings.

Tallow  shows  a  weakness  at  the  late 
Fresh  stock  is,  however,  in 

advance. 
good  demand.

is 

Wool 

in  better  demand.  Higher 
prices  are  talked  of  East,whilelbe  West 
keeps  the  advance  and  crowds  higher. 
As  the  clip  moves,some one West  wishes 
it  at  full  quotations  of  sales East.  There 
will  be  no  low-priced  wool  the  coming 
season,  as  compared  with  the  past  four 
years. 

Wm.  T.  H ess.

As  the  snow  melts  before  the  sun  so 
does  the  number  of  your  customers  be­
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Dear Sir:-

I regret to inform you that I  have been compelled,  temporarily to stop  busi­
ness.  For the past year I have l>een doing  aj  losing  business,  but  hoped  to  keep  things 
moving until I could receive returns from this season’s business, some  time  next  winter.— 
But this I have found impossible.  To those to whom I am indebted  let  mo  ss v  that- the 
moment I receive returns from  my eggs which  I have placed in the east in cold storage, that 
moment will you receive your pay. 
I intend in the  near  fu­
ture  to hand to those interested, a statement  of my financial affaire,  in order that they may 
know that I am covering up nothing. 
If you will but be patient for a short  time  you  will 
get your pay.

I cannot do better than that. 

Sincerely yours,

A.  C. HAGER.

ways  to  be  relied  upon  and  that  the 
dealer  who  conducts  a  conservative 
business 
is  too  often  forsaken  for  the 
upstart  who  operates  on  wind  and  ficti­
tious  credit.

In  announcing  the  failure  of  A.  C. 
Hager,  the  Lake  Odessa  egg  dealer,  last 
week,  the  Tradesman  intimated that  the 
liabilities  might  reach  $20,000.  Recent 
developments  indicate  that  this estimate 
was  too  small  by  at  least  $10,000,  and 
those  who  are  familiar  with  the  failure 
and  the  circumstances  which  precip­
itated  the  liquidation  insist  that  the  in­
debtedness 
is  nearer  $40,000  than  it  is 
$30,000.  So  far  as  the  circumstances 
surrounding  the  failure  have  developed, 
it  is  quite  evident  that  Mr.  Hager  has 
no  available  assets  with  which  he  can 
pay  any  considerable  portion  of  this 
amount. 
In  a  circular  letter  which  he 
issued  to  his  creditors  under  date  of 
May  16—facsimile  of  which  is published 
in  connection  herewith—be  stated  that 
as  soon  as  he  received  returns  from  bis 
eggs  in  cold  storage,  that  moment  his 
creditors  would  receive their  pay.  As  a 
matter  of  fact,  the  owners  of  the  storage 
warehouse  at  Pottstown,  Pa.,  have  tel­
egraphed  an  attorney 
in  this  city  that 
Mr.  Hager  has  no  equity  in  the  goods 
stored  there;  on  the  contrary,  he  is 
in­
debted  to  the  warehouse  to  a  consider­
able  amount.  While 
it  is  possible  that 
Hager may have shipped several carloads 
of  eggs  direct  to  market  and  realized

rants,  and 
invariably  made  the  caution 
so  pointed  that  anyone  with  half  an  eye 
could  see  that  Hager  was  the  man  re­
ferred  to;  yet,  notwithstanding  these 
warnings frequently and emphatically ut­
tered  through  the  columns of the Trades­
man,  hundreds  of  Michigan  merchants 
and  shippers  have  been  caught 
in  the 
meshes  of  the  failure  with  claims  ran­
ging  from  $16 to $1,600.

The  Tradesman  is  assured  by  several 
business  men  of  Lake  Odessa  that  they 
frequently  remonstrated  with  Mr.  Hager 
against  his  policy  of  bidding  above  the 
market  for  eggs,  assuring  him  that  dis­
aster  would  surely  overtake  him  unless 
he  left  a  convenient  margin  between the 
paying  and  the  selling  price.  They 
were 
invariably  told  that  Mr.  Hager 
understood  his  business  and  that  he  did 
not  care  to  be  burdened  with  the  advice 
of  men  who  were  less  familiar  with  the 
egg  business  than  he  claimed  to  be.

Mr.  Hager  returned  to  Lake  Odessa 
last  Saturday  evening  and  remained 
there  over  Sunday  and  until  the  after­
noon  train  Monday,  when  he  left  for  the 
East,  ostensibly  headed  for  Buffalo. 
It 
is  not  thought  by  some  that  he  will  ever 
return,  as  one  legal  gentleman  insists 
that  be  will  cause  his  arrest  on  a  capias 
for  having 
issued  checks  against  the 
Lake  Odessa  Savings  Bank  after  having 
been  notified  by  the  Bank  net  to  do  so. 
Whether  this  is  sufficient  cause  for  his 
arrest  the  Tradesman  is  unable  to  say,

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The  Dry  Goods  Market.

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in 

lines  of 

Staple  Cottons—The  past  week  has 
witnessed  advances 
fine 
brown  and  bleached  sheetings,  and  a 
general  strengthening  of  the  price  po­
sition  of  brown  sheetings  and  drills. 
Print  cloths  have  worked  up  close  to  2c 
for  64-square  extras,  but  business  has 
been  temporarily  blocked by the tenacity 
with  which  sellers  hold  for  advanced 
prices.  Perhaps  the  most  marked 
im­
provement  in  business  has  been  seen  in 
seasonable  goods  of  all  kinds,  but  espe­
cially  in  thin  cotton  fabrics.  The  duck 
market 
is  nearly  bare  of  spot  goods  of 
all  kinds,  and  sales  are  made  at  prices 
20  per  cent,  above  those  ruling  two 
weeks  ago.  Many  mills  are  unable  to 
make  deliveries  upon  regular  ounce  and 
export  grades  inside  of  a  month,  being 
employed 
full  upon  Government 
contracts.  The  market  has  long  been 
bare  of  the  latter  goods.  Bleached goods 
have  shown  some 
improvement  during 
the  week,  but  this  has  been  largely  con­
fined  to  fine  counts  of  sheetings  and 
shiitings.  One  line  has  been  advanced 
about  ic  and  a  few  other  lines  occupy­
ing  a  similar  exceptional  position  must 
soon  be  marked  up.  Of  other  goods 
than  fine  sheetings  there  are  consider­
able  stocks  accumulated,  and  early  ad­
vances  in  prices  are  out  of  the question. 
Colored  cottons  of  heavy  weight  have 
moved  fairly  well  during  the  last  few 
days  and  are  firm  in  price.  Low  grade 
light-weight  goods  are  somewhat  irreg­
ular  in  price,  owing  to  large  stocks  and 
comparatively 
Low 
priced  fancy  domets  are  very  good  sell­
ers  and  advances 
in  prices  of  some 
leading  lines  do  not  hinder  business.
Prints—Some  good  sized  sales  of 

limited  demand. 

low 
and  medium  priced  sheer  prints  have 
been  made  in  the  primary  market  dur­
ing  the  week  just  past,  but  all  sales  of 
prints  of  a  seasonable  character  have 
been  made  at  very  low  prices.  Wash 
prints  are  hard  to  move  at  any  price, 
and  so  are  lappets.  Some  of  the  most 
desirable  lines  of  oigandies,  lawns  and 
similar  sheer  goods  have  brought  close 
to  full  prices,  but  such  instances  are 
rare.  Very little  has  been  accomplished 
in  the  more  staple  lines  of  prints,  out­
side  of  staple  fancies,  cretonnes,  dra­
peries,  etc.  Some  new  lines  of  the  lat­
ter  goods  are  upon  the  market  and  have 
attracted  some  attention.

Woolen  Goods— A  careful  survey  of 
the  men’s  wear  v/oolen  goods  situation 
brings  to  the  surface  many  facts  which 
are  responsible  for  the  present  almost 
general  stagnation.  There 
is  no ques­
tion  but  that’  notwithstanding  the  aval­
anche  of  cancellations  which  the  woolen 
manufacturers  have  received, 
the  net 
amount  of  business  still  standing  on 
their  books  is  considerably 
larger  than 
it  was  a  year  ago.  The  whole  trouble 
has  been  that  when  fall  goods  were 
ready  to  be  shown  there  seemed  to  pre­
vail  (and  with  some  cause)  among  the 
clothing  trade  the  opinion  that  goods 
would  never  be  so  cheap  again,  not­
withstanding  their  advanced  price,  in 
which  belief  they  were  encouraged  by 
the  manufacturers  and 
their  selling 
agents  themselves.  This  belief  brought 
about  almost  a  scramble  on  the  part  of 
the 
to  protect  themselves 
against  future  advances  by buying really 
more  goods  than  they  could  have  dis­
posed  of  had  we  had  no  war  and  con­
ditions  continued  to  be  as  good  as  they 
promised.

clothiers 

Cloakings— Cloak  manufacturers  do

The 

The 

I not  seem  to  be  disposed  to  make  up 
stock  until  the  present  unsettled  condi­
tions  are  adjusted. 
indications 
are  that  the  short  jacket  will be in vogue 
next  season,  and  if  this  turns  out  to  be 
the  fact,  then  there  will  be  no  great 
cloaking  business  done  at  all,  as  short 
jackets  mean  smaller  consumption  of 
woolens. 
largest  houses  (cloak 
manufacturers)  do  not  seem  to  be  able 
to  set  the  fashions  and  the  pace  for 
business  as  in  past  seasons.  The  spring 
cloak  trade  has  turned  out  much  better, 
however,  than  was  anticipated,  and  has 
proven  that 
is  difficult  to  forecast 
correctly  how  the  most  discouraging 
early  symptoms  may  terminate.  The 
cloak  bouses  are  all  making  up  large 
sample  lines  for  fall,  and 
if  the  retail j 
trade  will  only  place  orders  early 
enough,  a  fair  cloaking  season  may  yet 
result.

it 

Blankets----Blankets  are 

firm  and
strong,  thanks  to  Uncle  Sam’s  necessi­
ties.

Dress  Goods—There 

is  quite  a  de­
mand  for  all  black  matalasses  and fancy 
weaves 
in  woolen  dress  goods,  while 
brilliant  color  combinations  are  also 
well  thought  of.

Underwear— Linen  mesh  underwear 
has  created  a  favorable  impression,  and 
the  original  high-priced  lines  have  se­
cured  excellent  business.  There  have, 
however,  been  several  excellent  imita­
tions  made  which  combine  all  of  the 
good  qualities  of  the  higher  priced 
lines,  and  which  can  be  sold  at  a  much 
more  popular  price,  say,  $2.50  to  $3  a 
garment.  Union underwear  for  men,for 
both  summer  and  winter,  is  growing 
in 
popularity,  and  in  some  places  is  find­
ing 
large  sales,  and  some  excellent 
goods  at  popular  prices  are  being 
shown,  in  both  cotton  and  wool.

Hosiery— Buyers  have  turned  their  at­
tention  largely  to  fancy  grades,  partial­
ly  on  account  of  the  better  styles  which 
they  can  find,  and  which  the  public  are 
demanding.  As  there  seems  to  be  no 
let-up  as  yet  in  the  demand  by  the  con­
sumers  for  good  fancy  hosiery,  even  the 
brightest 
colorings  are  being  worn. 
Much  of  it  is  decidedly  questionable  in 
taste,  but  that  is  not  a  matter  which 
concerns  the  retailer  or  the  manufac­
turer.  Sales  of  more  staple  lines  of  fast 
black  and  some  colored  hosiery  retain 
their  average  sales,  and  have  not  fallen 
behind  to  any  great  extent  on  account of 
the  popularity  of 
it 
seeming  to  be  necessary  to  have  about 
an  equal  stock  of  both  on  hand. 
It  was 
predicted,  when  fancy  hosiery  began  to 
be  an  important  factor 
in  the  market, 
that  staple  lines  would  sufler,  and  re­
tailers  hesitated  about  placing  orders 
for  the  latter,  but  they  soon  after started 
ahead,  and  have  now  found  themselves 
with  good  stocks  of  both.  Prices  are 
well  maintained  by  them  in  this  coun­
try  and  abroad,  and  orders  for  fancy 
styles  are  well  ahead  of  the  supply.

fancy  varieties, 

Upholstery—The 

jobbers  continue  to 
report  a  very  unsatisfactory  business,  as 
buyers  purchase 
in  small  amounts  to 
cover  pressing  requirements,  and  even 
then  of  the  cheaper  grades,  more  espe­
cially  the  velours  and  cotton  tapestry. 
Manufacturers  are  running  only  a  por­
tion  of  their  capacity,  as  they  do  not 
feel 
in  making  up  stock  to 
carry.  A  few  mills  have  done very fairly 
of  late  on  cheaper  grades  of  bunting, 
made  from  common  and  %-blood  wool. 
Some  who  have  never  made  this  line 
before  have  experimented  of  late,  glad 
to  find  something  that  will  permit  them 
to  run  some  of  their  idle  machinery.

justified 

Don’t  despise  the  opinions  of  your 

employes.

alarm Olcatber Coming

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Also  new  arrivals  in  summer  Wash  Goods. 
Organdy  from  5c  to  20c.  Dimity from \%c to 
15c.  Lawns,  Lappetts,  Ducks,  White  Goods, 
Percales  and  new  plaid  cotton  Dress  Goods. 
Full  standard  prints,  fancies,  blues,  madders 
and  staples,  4c.  New 
lines  of  Belts,  Belt 
Buckles,  Belt  Pins.  Write for samples.

P .   S ic k e tc e   $   S o n s ,  J o b b e r s ,

Grand Rapids.

If in Doubt J

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

Carpets

All grades cut at wholesale.

You  Carry  Only  Samples

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

For One  Dollar

We will  send  you a book of Carpet  Sam­
ples  containing  about  50  patterns—size 
9x18 
inches.  These  samples  are  cut 
from the  roll,  so you can guarantee every 
carpet as  represented— in style, color and 
quality.  No  picture  scheme  or  Misrep­
resentation.  Every  sample  is  finished, 
numbered and quality specified on ticket, 
so you can  make no  mistake when order­
ing.  We also make  up  books  as  above, 
18x18 in.,  which we will furnish
For  Three  Dollars
This  size  is  very  popular,  as  the  patterns show up beautifully. 
If you 
prefer large samples we will cut them any  length desired at the  price  of 
t  e goods per yard.  We have the  best-selling  goods  on  earth.  Don’t 
wait, order samples at once;  it will be to  your  interest  and  we want  you 
to represent  us.

HENRY  NOEE  &  CO.,

SOUTHEAST  CORNER  MARKET  &  MONROE  STS.,  CHICAGO.

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

M ICH IGAN   TR A D ESM A N

BANKING  REFORM.

Review  of  the  Present  and  Proposed 

Systems.

A  reader  asks  the  question :  “ What 
will  prevent  the  bankers  from  contract­
ing  the  volume  of  credit  n. tes  when­
ever  they  deem  it  desirable  to  do  so,  if 
the  proposed  law  is  adopted?’ ’

We  might,  if  so  disposed,  answer  this 
question  by  asking another,  “ What  pre­
vents  them  from  doing  so  now?”

However,  at  the  expense  of  deviating 
a  little  from  the  question  under  consid­
eration,  we  will  give  some  reasons  why 
this  should  not  deter  our  efforts  at  re­
form. 
If  such  fears  are  based  on  fact, 
they  would  furnish  justification  for  laws 
to  prohibit  all  powers  to  issue  credits 
whatsoever  and  the  utter  abolition  of 
banks. 
It  seems  to  us  that  such  ques­
tions  originate  largely  with  people  who 
do  not  comprehend  the  nature  of  bank­
ing,  or  at 
least  seem  to  forget  that 
bankers,  like  other  people,  have  a  great 
deal  of  human  nature in their make-ups, 
and  by  reason  of  this  latter  quality  are 
prone  to  refrain  from  doing  things  that 
will  cause  themselves  avoidable  injury. 
What  sense  would  there  be  in  bankers 
injuring  the  banking  business  by  re­
fusing  to  supply  credits  to  purchasers 
willing  and  able  to  pay  for  them  and  to 
secure  the  debts  until  they  are  paid  for? 
If  it  pays  the  shoe  dealer  to  encourage 
his  customers  to  purchase  all  the  shoes 
they  can  use  and  pay  for,  why  will  it 
not  pay  the  banker  to  do  likewise  with 
his  goods—credits?  An  answer  to  the 
shoe  proposition  will  fit  the  credit prop­
osition  equally  well.  Each  is  supply­
ing  a  need  of  civilized  society.  The 
difference  between  the  two  seems  to  be 
that  shoes  are  wealth 
in  themselves, 
while  credits  are  but  certificates  of 
wealth.  The  fact  that  one  transaction 
involves  the  physical  passing  of  the 
wealth  while  the  other  but  represents 
wealth,  alienated  from  the  transaction 
for  the  sake  of  convenience,  does  not 
change  the  line  of  operation  necessary 
to  success  in  each  case.  Each  desires to 
sell  all  the  goods  he  can  dispose  of  with 
a  reasonable  expectation  of  payment. 
Bankers  will  not  deem  it  desirable  to 
contract  the  volume  of  credit  notes  un­
less  the  securities  offered  for  the  use  of 
such  notes  become  of  questionable value 
by  reason  of  undue  speculation,  or  other 
panic-breeding  tendencies.  Under  such 
conditions  credits  will  always  be  cur­
tailed,  in  obedience  to  the  demands  of 
an  enlightened  self-interest,  regardless 
of  statutory  enactments.  A  speculative 
boom 
intensified  by  unre­
strained  credit accommodations,  and the 
more  intense  the  boom  the  more ruinous 
the 
inevitable  collapse.  When  such 
conditions  prevail  the  interests  of  soci­
ety  at  large,  bankers  included,  are  best 
served  by  contracting  credits  as  a check 
against  the  over  stimulation  of  specu­
lative  transactions,  and  who  can  judge 
of  these  tendencies  better  than the bank­
ers,  who  are  at  all  times  in  touch  with 
industrial  activities?  Under  the  oper­
ation  of  the  laws  of  trade  an 
industrial 
drunk 
is -as  certain  to  end  in  collapse 
as  an  individual  drunk  is,  by  reason  of 
the  laws  of  our  physical  organism.  G iv­
ing  more  credits 
in  one  case  would 
operate  the  same  as  would  the  giving  of 
more  whisky  in  the  other. 
is  folly 
to  think  that  we  can  legislate  an  even 
issuance  of  credits  under  varying indus­
trial  conditions,  and  when  we,  as  a  peo­
ple,  recognize  the  fact  that  the  acts  of 
borrowing  and  loaning  money,  goods  or 
credits  are 
individual  acts  and  inde­
pendent  of  governmental  interference, 
we  will  have  made  a  large  advance  in

is  always 

It 

the  way  of  solving  the  credit  question.
To  think  that  bankers  can  thrive  by 
pursuing  a  policy  that  will  minimize 
exchanges 
is  thoroughly  unreasonable 
and  the  cheapest  sort  of cheap campaign 
talk,  calculated  to  influence  only  weak 
and  unreasoning  minds.  Every  busi­
ness  enterprise  in  Christendom  is  a  suc­
cess  only  to  the  degree  in  which 
it  at­
tracts  and  supplies  man's  wants ;  and 
the  banking  business  succeeds  only  in 
so  far  as  it  fosters  and  encourages  the 
greatest  volume  of  exchanges  consistent 
with  the  actual  needs  of  society.  The 
acceptibility  of  the  credits  offered  is de­
pendent  upon  our  confidence  in  those 
offering  them  having  the  actual  owner­
ship  of  the  wealth  they  are  alleged  to 
represent.  This,  coupled  with  the  gen­
eral  need  for  them,  by reason  of the  con­
veniences  they  bring  into  play  in  ex­
changes  and  production,  justifies society 
in  requiring  strict  regulations  for  the 
security  of  every  dollar’s  worth  offered 
to  the  people.  So  long  as  it  is,  by  law, 
made  impossible  for  bankers to circulate 
more  credits  than  their  assets  will  jus­
tify  there  is  little  to  fear  under any sys­
tem  of  banking.  The  danger  to  society 
is  not  that  bankers  would  issue  too  few 
credits,  as  compared  with  their  assets, 
if  left  unfettered  by  strict  regulations, 
but  - rather  that  they  would,  in  the  ab­
sence  of  such  regulations,  be  tempted  at 
issue  more  than  their  assets 
times  to 
would  secure.  This  danger 
is  amply 
the  provisions  of 
guarded  against 
the  proposed  law.

in 

in 

its 

During  the  panic  period  we  have 
become  accustomed  to  thoughtless  talk 
about  a  contraction  of  the  currency  be­
ing  its  cause.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  there 
was  an  over-abundance  of  money  prior 
to  the  panic  of  1893.  Exchanges  were 
intense  and  when  the  re­
abnormally 
action  came,  with 
inevitable  col­
lapse  of  values,  it  needed  nothing  more 
little  human  nature  to  prompt 
than  a 
those  who  bad 
loaned  money  to  make 
every  effort  to  have 
it  repaid,  rather 
than  take  the  alternative  of  the  col­
lapsed  values  represented 
the  se­
curity.  On  the  other  hand  the  prudent 
man  with  money  in  hand  became  per­
haps  overly  cautious  about  loaning  it  on 
the  receding  values  of  securities.  The 
initial  collapses  of  a  panic  period  al­
ways  stimulate  a  hoarding  of  money  by 
those  who  possess  it  or  the  wealth  with 
which  to  command  it,  regardless  of  cur­
laws,  banking  systems  or  other 
rency 
statutory  enactments. 
This  hoarding, 
in  turn,  intensifies  the  conditions  which 
prompt 
it  and,  by  thus  acting  and  re­
acting  on  each  other,  these  forces  tend 
to  make  things  move  from  bad to worse, 
until  the  bed  rock  of  depression 
is 
reached.  We  emerge  from  this  condi­
tion  only  when  the  natural  forces,  in 
their  own  sweet  time  and  ways,  produce 
settled  conditions  on  which  to  base  a 
new  era  of  prosperity.  Our  unscientific 
currency  system  was  a  great  factor  in 
aggravating  panic  conditions,  the  Gov­
ernment  being  put  to  the  test  of  maxi­
mum  redemption,  through  the  endless 
chain  operation,  in  fulfilling  its  duty  of 
maintaining  all  forms  of  currency  at  a 
parity  with  gold.  Had  the  proposed 
bill  for  the  reform  of  our  banking  sys­
tem  been  in  operation,  the  banks  would 
have  assumed  this  aggravating  duty  of 
redeeming  credit  notes  and  the  issuance 
of  millions  of  dollars  of  Government 
bonds  would  have  been  averted.  This 
bill 
is  now  before  Congress  and  every 
business  man  should  write  his  Con­
gressman,  urging  him to  aid  in  securing 
its  passage  at  the  present  session.  Any­
one  desiring  a  copy  of  the  proposed 
bill,  or  literature  bearing  on  the  ques­
tion  of  banking  reform,  will  be  sup­
plied  upon  application  to  the  under­
signed  at  Grand  Rapids.

A n d r e w   F y f e .

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the  sh. •kels which  w ill  cau:se  his wallet  to  bulge like  a
pollyw og’s stomach. So  is the  inerchant  who  handles
a line  c>f SPICES manuifact ured by us, because he knows
that  he:is 1 ife from  ;prosecution  Ivjr  the  Food  Comm is­
sioner, or the critici sm  of  1lis customers.  W e may  not
he  abl<2  to giv e  as rmeh  f<>r the  nloney as  some  houses
which mix inferior produlets  with  their  output,  but

when  it  connes to  do ,vnright value and honest goods, we

can  satisfy the-  aver,igv  merchant ninety-nine  times out

of a  lieindred. We  ssolicit  !i  trial order,  confident  that
you  wiill  be»  soi  well pleasecl  with our line that  you  will
contin.le  to hainelle  it indetti litely.

NORTHROP,  ROBERTSON  &  CARRIER.  Lansing,  Michigan.

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To  Merchants:

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  ist. 
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. 

Yours very  truly,

Work  Bros.  & Co.,

Cor. Jackson and Fifth Ave., Chicago, III.

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Around  the  State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Middleton—C.  F.  Hardy  has  sold  his 

meat  business  to  John  Rock.

Escanaba—August  Olinger  has  em­

barked  in  the  meat  business.

Melvin—Jas.  Regan,  of  Concord,  will 

shortly  open  a  drug  store  here.

Cadillac— E.  G.  Rice  &  Co.  will  em­

bark  in  the  shoe  business  June  i.

Brown  City— Ferguson  &  Thomas 

have  retired  from  toe  meat  business.

Saranac— O.  J.  Bretz  has  removed  his 
bazaar  stock  into  his  new  store  build­
ing.

Athens—Lynn  Doty  has  purchased  an 
interest  in  the  hardware  stock  of YVisner 
Bros.

Delray— E.  M.  Alexander  &  Son have 
sold  their  hardware  stock  to  A.  Har- 
sbaw.

Dundee—Odell  &  Son,  furniture  deal­
ers  and  undertakers,  have  removed  to 
Howell.

Hudson—M.  L.  Squires,  dealer 

in 
notions  at  this  place,  has  removed  to 
Toledo.

Durand—Ash  &  Boyd  have  sold  their 
Ismond,  of 

shoe  stock  to  Oscar  O. 
Owosso.

Big  Rapids—E.  G.  Hopkins  succeeds 
H.  A.  Peters  &  Co.  in the confectionery 
business.

Reed  City— Homer  J.  Crocker  has 
purchased  the  lumber  and  coal  business 
of  A .  G .  T a y lo r.

Cheboygan—The  F.  A.  Kramer  Co. 
succeeds  F.  A.  Kramer  &  Co.  in  the 
clothing  business.

Petoskey—A.  Dosie  has  purchased the 
interest  of  his  partner,  D.  Glazier,  in 
the  shoe  business.

Escanaba-----Peter  Bloomstrom  and
Ernest  Scherin  have  opened  a  jewelry 
store  at  this  place.

Detroit—A  receiver  has  been appoint­
ed  for  the  Jas.  Graham  Co.,  wholesale 
dealer  in  coal  and  wood.

Saginaw—J.  M.  Mertens &  Co.  have 
purchased  tbe'clotbing  stock  of  the  late 
firm  of  Seeley  &  Parsons.

Keeler—Taylor  &  Gustine,  general 
dealers,  have  dissolved.  The  business 
will  be  continued  by  A.  W.  Gustine.

Durand— A.  G.  Frey  and  Amos  Jones, 
under  the  style  of  Frey  &  Jones,  have 
purchased  the  meat  market  of  E.  C. 
Barlow.

Cadillac—J.  E.  Gleason,  of  Lake 
City,  has  formed  a  copartnership  with 
Ed.  Paquette  and  embarked  in  the  meat 
business.

Boyne  City—A.  B.  Steele  is  refitting 
a  store  building  which  he  will  occupy 
with  his  general  stock  as  soon  as  the  re­
pairs  are  completed.

Traverse  City— Bert  Johnson,  formerly 
salesman  in  the  grocery  store  of  W.  W. 
Miller,  has  purchased  the  confectionery 
stock  of  George  Ash.

Saginaw—The  Saginaw  Fruit  &  Prod­
uce  Co.,  of  which  W.  A.  O’Donnell 
was  manager,  is  succeeded  by  W.  A. 
O’Donnell,  Jr.,  &  Co.

East  Jordan— Gordon  Beall  has  pur­
chased  a  store  building  which  he  will 
occupy  with  his  drug  stock  as  soon  as 
necessary  repairs  can  be  made.

Lansing—O.  N.  Stone  &  Co.  have 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  Wm. 
Stoll  and  removed 
it  to  their  store 
building  on  Washington  avenue.

Traverse  City—J.  J.  Ash  &  Co.  is  the 
name  of  a  new  firm  organized  to  con­
tinue  the  bakery  business  of  Jacob  Cul- 
man.  Geo.  Ash,  who  recently  disposed 
of  his  confectioney stock  to  Bert  John­
son,  is  a  partner  in  the  enterprise.

MICHIGAN  TRA D ESM A N

Alma— Bivens  &  Rhodes  have  re­
moved  their  drug  stock 
into  a  store 
building  which  has  been  remodeled  and | 
fitted  up  especially  for  their  use.

Yale-—The  copartnership  existing  un­
der  the  name  of  Losey  &  Doelle,  jewel­
ers  and  stationers,  has  been  mutually 
dissolved,  Herman J.  Doelle succeeding.
Mt.  Pleasant— Morrison  &  Davis  have 
purchased 
the  Peterson  &  Walker 
stock  of  boots  and  shoes  on  chattel 
mortgage  sale  at  52  cents  on  the  dollar.
Vicksburg— Prof.  E.  Keeler,  of  Port­
land,  has  purchased  the  drug  and  gro­
cery  stock  of  John  Long  and  will  con­
tinue  the  business  at  the  same  location.
Onaway—J.  D.  Alpern,  general  deal­
er  at  Atlanta,  will  probably  remove  his 
general  stock  to  this  place  as  loon  as  a 
store  building  can  be  erected  for  his 
use.

Ann  Arbor—Jas.  Quarry  will  occupy 
a  new  store  building  now  in  process  of 
erection  at  the  corner  of  North  Univer­
sity  and  State  streets  with  a  stock  of 
drugs  Aug.  1.

Norwood—The  Rittenhouse &  Embree 
Co.,  of  Chicago,  which  has  conducted 
a  general  store  here  for several  years, 
has  closed  out  the  stock  and  discon­
tinued  business.

Ed more— F.  H.  Geiger  has  formed  a 
partnership  with  his  son,  F.  W.  Geiger, 
and  purchased  a  brick  store  building 
which  they  will  occupy  with  their  hard­
ware  stock  June  1.

Cold water—A.  Bidelman  has  pur­
chased  an  interest  in  the firm  of Milnes, 
Miller  &  Moore,  and  will  have  entire 
charge  of  the  carriage  and  horse  fur­
nishings  department.

Charlotte-  The  R.  L.  Carl  Furniture 
Co.,  composed  of  R.  L.  Carl  and  W. 
G.  Wisner,  of  Edmore,  has  been  or­
ganized  to  conduct  the  furniture and un­
dertaking  business  at  this  place.

Hudson—J.  E.  Walker  will  open  a 
new  grocery  store  here  about  June  1. 
Joseph  McKenna, 
for  many  years  a 
faithful  employe  at  S.  E.  Lawrence’s 
grocery, will have the  management  of the 
new'  enterprise.

Belding—The  Hustler  grocery  store, 
conducted  by  Johnson  &  Wheeler,  of 
Detroit,  has  been  closed,  on  account  of 
the  failure  of  the  firm  a  few  weeks  ago. 
The  other  branch  stores  of  the  house 
have  also been  closed.

Escanaba—Thos.  Farrell  has  retired 
from  the  grocery  firm  of  Arnold  &  Far­
rell.  His 
interest  has  been  purchased 
by  V.  F.  Masbek,  of  Chicago,  a  former 
partner  of  Mr.  Arnold.  The  firm  name 
has  not  yet been  decided  upon.

Yale—The  chattel  mortgage  on  the 
Colwell  stock  of  goods  has been  fore­
closed  by  Burnham,  Stoepel  &  Co.,  De­
troit,  and  the  stock  will  be  shipped  to 
Marine  City. 
The  vacated  building 
will  be  occupied  by  the  hardware  stock 
of  John  Hutton.

Holly—Burt  Requa  has  sold  his men’s 
furnishing  goods  and  boot  and  shoe 
stock  to  C.  R .  Richardson  and  S.  P. 
Wilkie,  both  of  Detroit.  Mr.  Richard­
son  also  conducts  a  store  at  Detroit  and 
will  give  only  a  portion  of  his  time to 
the  enterprise  here.  Mr.  Wilkie  will 
devote  his  entire  attention  to  the  busi­
ness.

Ravenna— W.  E.  Patterson  and  Frank 
E.  Thatcher,  who  have  been  doing 
business  under  the  firm  name  of  Patter­
son  &  Thatcher,  have  decided  to  dis­
solve  partnership.  Thatcher  will  con­
duct  a  general  drug  business  in the store 
he  has  recently  purchased  of  O.  F.  & 
W.  P.  Conklin,  and  Patterson  will 
handle  dry  goods  and  groceries  at  the 
old  stand.

Owosso— M.  D.  Roth  and  J.  B.  Sulli­
van  have  purchased  the  tailoring  estab­
lishment  of  P.  M.  Roth,  M.  D.  Roth 
having  been  connected  with  the  man­
agement  of  the  business  for  several 
years.  The  firm  will  add  a  line  of men’s 
furnishing  goods.

grocery 

Saginaw— Melze,  Smart  &  Co.  have 
added  a patent  medicine  department  to 
their  wholesale 
business. 
Fred.  Plessner,  who  formerly  conducted 
a  drug  store  on  Gratiot  street,  and  who 
has  had  experience  as  a  manufacturing 
druggist,  is 
in  charge  of  the  new  de­
partment.

Ann  Arbor— The  Chas.  A.  Maynard 
grocery  stock  has  been  purchased  by 
Fred.  Lamb  and  Louis  M.  Spencer,  who 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
jocation  under  the  style  of  Lamb  & 
Spencer.  Quite  a  coincidence  lies  in 
the  fact  that  the  firm  of  Lamb  &  Spen­
cer,  grocers  at  Charlotte,  are  respective­
ly  brothers  of  the  new  Ann  Arbor  firm.
Saginaw—Owing  to  the  illness  of  J. 
M.  Drysdale,  J.  M.  Drysdale  &  Co. 
have  dissolved  partnership  and  Mr. 
Drysdale  will  seek  another  climate  in 
the  hope  of  regaining  his  health.  He 
has  been  engaged  in  the  commission 
business  here  for  twelve  years,  having 
formerly  been  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Borden,  Drysdale  &  Co.  The  business 
may  be  continued  by  his  partners,  F. 
J.  Crowley,  C.  A.  Swartz,  with  J.  F. 
Winkler,  Jr.,  who  has  been  employed  as 
traveling  salesman  for  the  firm.
Manufacturing  M atters.

Buchanan—The  Sprague  Cutlery  Co. 

succeeds  the  Michigan  Cutlery  Co.

Millerburg— The  Dowel  Pin  Manufac­
turing  Co.,  of  Norwalk,  Ohio,  will  re­
move  its  plant  to  this  place.

Hart—A  large  addition  has  just  been 
completed  to  the  canning  factory  ware­
house  here  and  preparations  are  being 
made  for  a  large  business  this  season.

Hart—The  creamery  at  this  place  will 
shortly  begin  operations  under  the  man­
agement  of  H.  Anderson,-  of  Wisconsin. 
He  intends  to  manufacture  cheese  the 
fore  part  of  the  season.

Brown  City—Jas.  Todd  has  purchased 
the  interest  of  E.  Hewett  in  the  Eureka 
flouring  mills.  Mr.  Hewett  has  removed 
to  Milwaukee,  where  he  has  secured  a 
position  as  clerk  in  Hotel  Phistee.

Gooding—The  True Dairy  Supply  Co. 
has  contracted 
to  erect  and  equip  a 
S3,650  butter  factory  for  the  Gooding 
Creamery  Co.  The  contract  calls  for 
the  completion  of  the  plant  by  July  1.

Eaton  Rapids—W.  Vaughan  &  Son 
have  leased  the  Michigan  Central  eleva­
tor  for  ten  years.  The  capacity  of  the 
building  will  be 
imlarged,  a  grain 
cleaner  added  to  the  equipment  and 
other  improvements  made.

Barryton—Geo.  Belcher,  of  South 
Orient,  who  has  been  running  his  shin­
gle  mill  to  its  fullest  capacity,  has  sold 
the  output  to  Dr.  Barry.  He  is  deliver­
ing  his  shingles  at  this  place at  the  rate 
of  30,000  to  40,000  per  dav.

Byron  Center— Mrs.  Alice  Green  has 
sold  her  grist  mill  to  M.  M.  Robson,  the 
veteran  Berlin  merchant,  who  will  take 
possession  of  the  property  at  once and 
begin  grinding  grain  under  the personal 
supervision  of  his  son,  Jay  J.  Robson. 
The  senior  Robson  will  also  take  up  his 
residence  at  this  place,  removing  his 
general  stock  to  this  place  unless  he 
finds a  purchaser  for  it  at  Berlin.

He  Died.

Doctor,  where  did  you  get  that 

beautiful  scarf  pin?”

‘ ‘ From  my  first  patient.”
“ Inheritance."

SU C C ESSFU L  SALESMEN.

Fred. L. Grote,  Representing the J.  M.

Bour  Co.

Frederick  L.  Grote  was  born  at 
Wyandotte,  Mich.,  Nov.  6,  1862,  his 
father  and  mother  both  being  Germans, 
natives  of  Prussia.  His  parents  died 
soon  after  his  birth  and  he  was  con­
signed  to  the  care  of his  paternal grand­
parents,  who  resided  on  a  farm  near 
Wyandotte.  He  attended  the  public 
school  at  Wyandotte  and  at  the  age  of 
14  sought  and  was  given  employment  in 
the  store  of  Wm.  Farnsworth,  at  that 
time  the  leading  groceryman  of  that 
place.  He  began  as  delivery  boy,  but 
was  promoted  from  time  to  time  until 
he  reached  the  position  of  head  clerk, 
in  which  capacity  he  served  his  em­
ployer  faithfully  for  six  or  seven  years. 
Yearning  for  larger  opportunities  and 
a  wider  field  of  usefulness,  he  secured 
a  position  as  clerk  with  J.  A.  &  J.  Q. 
Williams,  wholesale  and  retail  grocers 
at  42  Michigan  avenue,  Detroit.  At  the 
five  years  he  engaged 
end  of  four  or 
with  Feilback  &  Co., 
jobbers  of  gro­
ceries  at  Toledo,  to  visit  the  city  trade, 
which  he  covered  for  two  years,  when 
he  accepted  a  position  with  Armstrong 
&  Clark,  retail  grocers  of Toledo,  whom 
he  served  as  clerk  and  fruit  and  veg­
etable  buyer.  He  also  bad  charge  of 
their  liquor  department.  He  remained 
with  this  firm  four  years,  when  he  de­
cided  to  make  a  change  and  secured  a 
position  as  traveling  representative  for 
the  Dunham  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  St. 
Lou is, covering  the  retail  trade  of  Mich­
igan,  Ohio  and  Indiana  three  times  a 
year.  Four  years’  steady  employment 
with  this  house,  during  which  time  he 
came  to know every  retail  dealer  in  the 
three  States named,  caused  him  to  reach 
the  conclusion  that  he  could  do  better 
work  where  he  could  see  his  customers 
more  frequently,  so  as  to  get  thoroughly 
acquainted  with  them  and  come to know 
them  more  intimately.  An  opportunity 
was  afforded  him  to  fill  a  vacancy  with 
the  well-known  coffee  and  spice  house 
of  the  J.  M.  Bour  Co.,  of  Toledo,  and 
he  embraced  the  opportunity  and  now 
has  the  satisfaction  of  shaking  his  cus­
tomers  by  the  hand  every  five  weeks. 
His  territory  embraces  Southern  and 
Western  Michigan  and  a  few  desirable 
towns  in  Northern  Indiana.

Mr.  Grote 

is  a  member  of  Nasby 
Council,  No.  41,  National  Union,  and 
the  Toledo  Traveling  Men’s  Associa­
tion.  Unlike  most  of  the  Toledo trav­
elers,  he 
is  not  much  of  a  ” jiner, ” 
and  it  is  a  matter  of common knowledge 
among  his  associates  that  his  mind  is 
centered  on  a  pleasant  home  at  535 
Acklen  avenue  (Toledo),  which  he  has 
only  recently  purchased,  and  which  is 
occupied  by  a  happy  wife  whom  he 
married  eleven  years  ago,  and  by  a 
bright  and 
interesting  daughter,  who 
came  to  grace  the  family  circle seven 
years  ago.

Mr.  Grote  attributes  his  success  as a 
salesman  to  hard  work,  fidelity  to  his 
employer  and  in  never  misrepresenting 
his  goods  to  the"trade,  so  that  he  is  al­
ways  a  welcome  visitor,  no  matter  how 
often  he  comes  or  how  long  be  stays. 
When  he  left  the  staff  of  the  Durham 
Manufacturing  Co.,  he  was  informed 
that  he held  the  record  of  having  sold 
the  most  cocoanut 
in  one  week  of  any 
man  who  had  ever  traveled  in  his  ter­
ritory  and  that  a  place  with  the  house 
was  always  open  to  him.  Surely  no  or­
dinary  salesman  could  make  such  a 
record  or  have  a  standing  offer of  this 
character.

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MICHIGAN  TRA D ESM A N

grown.

for  home 

Half  Holiday.

Asparagus—20c  per  doz. 

Bananas—$i.25@i. 50  per  bunch. 

selecting  a  location  may  also  be  men- 
ioned  in  the  same  connection.
The  Produce  Market.

Van  Liew  &  Vivian  have  opened  a 
grocery  store  at  Belding.  The  stock  was 
furnished  by  the  Lemon  &  Wheeler  Co.
Eli  Lyons,  general  dealer  at  Borland, 
line  of  hardware.  The 
furnished  the 

Grand  Rapids  Gossip in  buying  goods,  extending  credits  and  Local  Banks  to  Introduce  the  Saturday 
Three  years  ago,  following  the  enact­
Tiefenthal  &  Nicolai  have  opened  a 
ment  by  the  State  Legislature  of  a  law 
grocery  store  at  Hopkins  Station.  The 
making  Saturday  afternoon  an  optional 
Worden  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.
half  holiday,  a  movement  was  started  to 
take  advantage  of  the  law  during  the 
summer  months  by  the  banks.  Two  of 
the  banks  refused  to  come  into  it,  how­
ever,  and  this  blocked  the  movement. 
In  the  two  succeeding  summers,  with 
the  business  depression  bearing  down 
hard,  the  Saturday  half  holiday  was  not 
even  mentioned,  but  this  spring  interest 
in  it  revived,  and  last  week,  by a  unan­
imous  vote,  it  was  decided  to  close  the 
banks  at  1  o’clock  Saturday  afternoons 
from  June  4  to  September  3,  inclusive. 
This  will  give  the  bank  officers  and 
clerks  opportunities 
recreation, 
which  they  will  undoubtedly  thoroughly 
appreciate,  especially  those  who  are 
fond  of  outdoor  sports.
*  *  *

In 
spite  of  the  expectation  that  the  war 
would  cut  short  the  supply  of  bananas, 
there  seems  to  be  but  little advance  in 
the  price  or  shortage  in  the supply.  The 
price  is  now  about  as  high  as  will  per­
mit  of  free  movement,  and  there  is  a 
steady  demand.

Beet  Greens— 40c  per  bu.
Beets— New,  30c  per  doz.  bunches.
Butter— Dairy commands  5@ioc,  ran­
ging  from  fair  to  fancy,  and  factory 
creamery 
in  moderate  request  at 
H % c .

is  weaker  and 
lower  than  a  week  ago;  local  dealers 
bold  city  picked  at  $1.10  per  bu.  in 
carlots  and  $1.15 
in  smaller quantity, 
including  bags.

Geo.  E.  Edwards  has  opened  a  hard­
ware  store  at  South  Frankfort.  The 
stock  was  furnished by  the Clark-Rutka- 
Jewell  Co.

A.  E.  Curtis,  general  dealer  at  Ed- 
more,  has  added  a  line  of  hardware. 
The  Clark-Rutka-Jewell  Co.  furnished 
the  stock.

has  added  a 
Clark  Rutka-Jewell  Co. 
stock.

Beans—The  market 

for 

is 

Beers  Bros., 

general  dealers  at 
Moorland,  have  added  a  line  of  hard­
ware.  The  stock  was  furnished  by  the 
Clark-Rutka-Jewell  Co.

A.  Ekkens  has  opened  a grocery  store 
at  the  corner  of  West  Bridge  and  Fre­
mont  streets. 
The  Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Thomasma  Bros.,  who  conduct  one 
meat  market  at  the  corner  of Broadway 
and  Leonard  streets,  and  another  at  the 
corner  of Sixth and Scribner streets,have 
opened  a  market  in  the  old  Bleak build­
ing,  at  the  corner  of  East  Fulton  and 
Lagrave  streets.

Grand  Rapids  affords  an  excellent 
opening  for  an  exclusive  wholesale  but­
ter  and  egg  house,  and  a  man  who  has 
$10,000  in  cash,  necessary  experience, 
good  business  qualifications  and  a  fair 
degree of  honesty  could  work  up  a  large 
and  lucrative  business  in  these  lines 
in 
a  short  time.

E. 

L.  Boyd,  formerly  engaged  in  the 

grocery  business  on  Wealthy  avenue, 
has  opened  a  grocery  store  at  Bruns­
wick,  a  new  postoffice  on  the  Big  Rap­
ids  division  of  the  C.  &  W.  M.  Rail­
way,  formerly  known  as  County  Line. 
The  stock  was  furnished  by  the  Lemon 
&  Wheeler  Co.

The  Vinkemulder  Company has leased 
the  double  store  at  14  and  16 Ottawa 
street,  formerly  occupied  by  the  Grand 
Rapids  Packing  and  Provision  Co., 
and  will  occupy  it  as  a  warehouse  and 
shipping  headquarters  for  its  fruit  and 
vegetable  business.  The  baking  powder 
and  grocers’  sundries  departments  will 
also  be  removed  to  that  location.

street 

to  the  amount 

M.  C.”  Goossen,  who  has  been  iden­
tified  with  the  retail  grocery  business 
of  this  city  for  nearly  twenty  years,  has 
finally  succumbed  to  the inevitable,  hav­
ing  uttered  chattel  mortgages  on  his 
stock  and  fixtures  at  19  and  21  South 
of 
Division 
$10,732.64.  C.  O.  Smedley 
is  made 
trustee  of  the  mortgage,  which 
is  com­
posed  of  two  classes  of  creditors—Class 
It  is  thought  that,  with 
A  and  Class  B. 
skillful  handling,  the  creditors 
in  the 
first  class  ought  to  get  75  or  80  per  cent, 
of  their  claims,  but  those  creditors  who 
are  so  unfortunate  as  to  be  “ secured” 
in  class  B  will  probably  never  realize  a 
penny  on  their  claims.  The 
failure 
may  be  attributed 
to  a  number  of 
causes,  but  the*  primary  cause  of  the 
collapse  is  the  attempt  to  do  too  large  a 
business  on  too  small  a  capital.  Lack 
pf  business  capacity  and  poor  judgment

5

Much  has  been  done  in  late  years  to 
curtail  the  hours  of  those  who  toil  at
the desks  and behind the counters.  Many 
who  are  still  young  can  remember  when 
retail  stores  kept  open  every  night  un­
til  10  o’clock  except  Saturday  and  on 
Saturday  night 
it  was  midnight  before 
the  lights  were  put  out.  The  agitation 
for  6  o’clock  closing  was  long  and  not 
without  some  bitterness,  but  it  was  ac­
last  and  now  nobody 
complished  at 
would  have 
if  he  could. 
The  early  closing  was  an  inconvenience 
to  the  shoppers  at  first,  but  they  got 
the  hang  of  the  thing  in  time  and  no 
trouble 
is  experienced  now  and  the 
amount  of  business  done  is  just  as  great 
as  it  was  when  the  late  hours  were kept. 
It  would,  doubtless,  be  the  same  with 
the  Saturday  half  holiday,  but  it  will 
take  time  and  agitation  to  make  the  re­
tail  merchants  see  it.

it  otherwise 

Flour  and  Feed.

Following  a  period  of  great  activity 
and  several  sharp  advances 
in  price, 
the  past  fortnight  has  been  quiet  and 
rather  depressed,  as  compared  with  the 
fancy  prices  which  could  be  obtained 
for  grade  wheat  in  Chicago,  Toledo  or 
New  York.  So great  a  disparity  between 
the  relative  price  of  wheat  and  flour  can 
not  exist  very 
is 
unique  and  different  in  many  respects 
from  anything  on  record.

long.  The  situation 

As  to  the  trend  of  prices  for  the  next 
sixty  or  ninety  days,  there  are  good 
arguments  on  both  sides. 
It  is  a  very 
dangerous  market  to  be  on  either  side 
of to any  extent,  and  the  judicious,  con­
servative  miller  or  flour  buyer  will  pur­
chase  only  for  his  immediate  needs  un­
til  after  the  new  crop  has  been  secured 
and  the  market 
is  again  in  a  normal 
condition.

Feed  and  meal  have  kept  up  remark­
ably  well  for  this  season  of  the  year;  in 
fact,  the  demand  has  been unusual.  The 
same  may  be  said  regarding  millstuffs, 
which  are  always 
influenced  more  or 
less  by  the  price  of  corn  and  oats.  Dur­
ing  the  past  week,  however,  the  de­
mand  for  millstuffs  has  not  been  so 
great  and  the  local  price  has  declined 
about  $1  per  ton. 

W m .  N.  R o w e .

The  St.  Louis  Potato  Market.

St.  Louis,  May  23—The  market  for 
old  stock  opened 
last  week  with  fair 
demand  and  closed  very  weak.  We 
think  this  was  due,  in  a  great  measure, 
to  the  heavy  arrivals  of  new  potatoes 
from  the  South.  The  arrivals  of  old 
have  been  light,  but  still  there  has  been 
more  than  enough  to  supply  the  de­
mand. 
It  seems  to  us,  taking  into  con­
sideration  the  light  arrivals  and 
the 
small  amount  of  old  potatoes  on  hand, 
that  the  demand  ought  to  be  better  and 
we  think  that  when  the  outside 
local 
shipping  demand  commences  for  new 
potatoes,  the  old  will  recover  some  of 
their  lost  strength,  as  we  generally  have 
a  demand  for  old  potatoes  up  to  July  15.
is  also 
unsatisfactory.  The  prices  have  been 
so  fluctuating  that  you  could  not  assure 
yourself  a  profit  at  night  on  what  you 
bought  in  the  morning.  Summing  up 
the  conditions  generally,  we  can  not 
express  ourselves  better  than  by  saying 
unsettled  market  at  present,  but  with an 
outlook 
for  more  favorable  conditions 
in  the  near  future  for  both  old  and  new 
potatoes.  Prices  ranged  last  week  from 
50  to  75  cents  per  bushel,  as  to  quality 
and  condition;  new  potatoes  from  85 
to  $1.15  per  bushel  for  Peerless  and  $1 
to  $1.30  for  Turnips.  Stock  generally 
is  in  good condition  and  fair  in  quality.

The  market  on  new  potatoes 

M i l l e r   &   T e a s d a l e   Co.

Gillies’  New  York  teas.  All  kinds, 
grades  and  prices.  Phone  Visner,  800.
Locate  the  Spanish  fleet,  and  it  will 

be  easy  to  locate  the  next  fight.

Cabbage—75c  per  doz.
Carrots—25c  per  doz.  bunches.
Cocoanuts— 4@5C.
Cucumbers—40@6oc  per  doz.
Eggs—The  market 

is 

lower,  due  to 
in  quality  and  the 
the  depreciation 
cold  storage  buyers. 
withdrawal  of 
Local  dealers  pay 
on  track  case
count,  but  as  the  proportion  of  poor 
eggs  ranges  from  one  to  two  a  dozen 
per  case,  it  is  probable  that  this  is  the 
last  week  that  case  count  transactions 
will  rule.

Green^Onions— 8c  per  doz.
Green  Peas—$1  per  bu.
Honey— Dark 
ranges 

Light  stock  commands  12c.

from  o@ioc. 

Lemons—The  market 

is  advanced  a 
little  on  California  and  Messina  stock, 
and  the  movement  is  growing gradually. 
The  coo!  weather  thus  far  has  had  a 
tendency  to  check  trade.
Lettuce—8@ioc  per  lb.
Onions—Dry  stock  from  Mississippi 
commands $1.50  perbu.  Bermudas fetch 
$2.50  per  crate.

Oranges— The  market  has  advanced 
on  some 
lines  this  week  25c  per  box. 
There  is  a  good  demand  for  all  varie­
ties,  although  navels  are  now  growing 
scarce.  The  Mediterranean  sweets  are 
of  especially  fine  flavor,  and  the  keep­
ing  qualities  of  the  fruit  are  reasonably 
good.

Parsley—25c  per  doz.  bunches.
Pieplant— ic  per  lb.  for  home  grown.
Pineapples— Medium  Bermudas  com­
mand  $1.50  per  doz.  Floridas  are  in 
good  demand  at  $2.

Pop  Corn--5oc  per  bu.
Potatoes—Old 
stock 

lower  and 
weaker,  commanding  55@6oc  per  bu. 
New  stock  commands  $1.25  for  red  and 
i $1.35  for  white.

is 

Radishes— ioc  per  doz.  bunches.
Seeds—Timothy,  prime,  $i.45@i.So ; 
Medium  clover,  $3@3  25;  Mammoth 
clover,  $3. iS@3-40;  Crimson 
clover, 
$2.35;  Red  Top,  $ i @ i . 10;  Alfalfa, 
$4.5o@4.65 ;
$3.75  @4  50;  Alsyke, 
Orchard  grass,  $1.60;  Kentucky  blue- 
grass,  $i.30@i-5o.

Spinach—25c  per  bu.
Strawberries—Tennessee stock  is about 
played  out. 
fruit  commands 
$2@2.50  per  crate  and  Ohio  fetches 
$2.5o@3-

Illinois 

Tomatoes—$3  per  6  basket  crate.
Vegetable  Oysters—25c  per  doz.
Wax  Beans—$1.25  per  %  bu.  crate.

Politics  or  Pure  Food?

From the Owosso  Press.

Hon.  E.  O.  Grosvenor,  State  Dairy 
and  Food  Commissioner,  spent  a  few 
hours 
in  the  city  on  Friday  last.  Mr. 
Grosvenor 
is  credited  with  being  the 
finest  worker  in  Gov.  Pingree’scabinet, 
and  is  making  an  active  canvass  for his 
re-nomination.

A  man  in  Georgia  lost  a  gold  collar- 
button  two  years  ago,  and  recently  the 
missing  jewelry  was  found  in  the  fat  of 
the  digestive  organs  of  a  slaughtered 
cow.  How  the  cow  got  under  the  bureau 
in  the  bedroom,  where  a  detached  col­
lar-button always rolls,  is an inexplicable 
mystery.

A.  G.  Hodenpyl,  Henry  Idema  and 
L  H.  Withey  are  fond  of  wheeling  and 
the  half  holiday  will  give  them  the  op­
portunity  to  take  spins  into  the country. 
Mr.  Hodenpyl  also  plays  golf.  Mr. 
Idema  fishes  and  Mr.  Withey  knows 
something  about  base  ball.

Wm.  H.  Anderson  rides  a  bicycle, 
but  prefers  to  do  his  spinning  behind  a 
2 .40  horse.

Charles  B.  Kelsey  is  one  of  the  crack 
shots  in  town  and  his  half  holidays  will 
be  spent  on  the  range,  shooting  at  clay 
birds.

Charles  W.  Garfield  is  an  enthusiastic 
wheelman  and  the  country  roads  have 
great  charms  for  him.

Clay  H.  Hollister  is  a  bicyclist,  a 
golfer  and  a  fan,  and  his  Saturday  half 
holidays  will  not  hang  heavily  on  his 
hands—unless  it  rains.

Marsh  H.  Sorrick will  revel  in picnics 

and  short  excursions  to  the  resorts.

Frank  Davis  admires  the  National 
game  and  music  and  also  has  a  predi­
lection  for  Lake  Michigan  breezes.

George  E.  Hardy  visited  every  town­
last 
in  which 
it,  will  this  summer  seek  new 

ship  in  Kent  county  on  his  wheel 
summer  and,  with  more  time 
to  do 
fields  to  explore.

Dan’l  McCoy  thinks  a  good  horse  as 
good  a  companion  for  a  good  man  as 
anything  on  earth  and  will  jog  into  the 
country,  with  an  occasional  stop-off  at 
the  base  ball  park.

William  J.  Shinkman  will  visit  the 
city  parks  and  nearby  resorts  for  his 
half  holidays.

J.  R.  Wylie  rides  a  “ bike,”   fishes 

and  ‘ ' roots. ’ ’

John  Seymour  will  engage  a  reserved 
Saturday  seat  for  the  season  at  Recrea­
tion  Park.

The  others  will  find  amusement, recre­
in  various 
ation  and  renewed  health 
ways—some  wheeling,  some  watching 
the  base  ball  games,  some  golfing,  some 
resorting  and  some  in  the quiet  of  their 
homes—and  all  will  enjoy  the  half  holi­
day.

*  

*  

*

The  action  of  the  banks  in  closing 
Saturday  afternoons  will have a tendency 
to  lead  others  to  do  likewise,  but  the 
half  holiday  will  hardly  become  general 
this  summer,  although  it  may  in  time. 
Most  of  the  professional  men  will  take 
the  half  day  off.  The  jobbing  houses, 
as  a  rule,  will  suspend  at  3  o’clock  or 
earlier.  The  retail  houses  will  probably 
all  keep  open,  as  usual. 
In  New  York 
and  Chicago  nobody  pretends  to  do 
business  Saturday  afternoons  during  the 
summer,  but  Grand  Rapids  has  not  yet 
reached  the  metropolitan  standard.

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

It 

6
Woman’s World
Advantages  of  a  Trouble  Exchange.
is  a  truism  with  which  we  are  all 
perfectly  familiar  that  worry  kills  more 
people  than  work,  and  a  scientist  has 
recently  been  explaining,  in  language 
that  the  unscientific  mind  can  compre­
hend,  how  it  is  that  fretting  is  able  to 
get 
its  deadly  work.  He  says  that 
people  who  worry  become  possessed  of 
one  idea ;  that  they  brood  on  one  train 
of  thought  and  that  the  continual  use  of 
the  same  set  of  brain  cells  finally breaks 
them  down  and  wears  them  out.  Every­
one  who  worries 
is  more  or  less  of  a 
monomaniac,  and  the  only  way  to  keep 
from  going  crazy  or  killing  yourself 
is 
to  quit  worrying,  or  get  a  new  worry, 
and  put  another  set  of  brain  cells  to 
work.

in 

It 

Everybody’s  experience  will  furnish 
abundant  proof  of  the  truth  of 
this 
theory.  We  all  know  how  small  and  in­
significant  a  worry  can  become 
in  the 
presence  of  a  great  sorrow  and  how 
quickly  we  can  lose  sight  of  an  annoy­
ance  when  we  confront  some  heart­
breaking  catastrophe.  We  may  have 
let  a  child’s  peculiarities,  a  servant’s 
carelessness,  the  very  appearance  of  the 
house  next  door  fret  us  until  it  spoiled 
all  the  sweetness  of  life,  and  then  some­
thing  happened  that  dwarfed  it  into  the 
nothingness 
it  really  was  and  we  won­
dered  how  we  could  have  been  so  fool­
ish  as  to  let  such  a  trifle  mar  our  peace.
is  part  of  the  egotism  of  life  that 
we  all  believe  our  troubles  to  be  the 
greatest  on  earth  and  that  fate  deliber­
ately  singled  us  out  as  a  receptacle  for 
all  the 
job-lot  of  afflictions  she  hap­
pened  to  have  on  hand  at  the  time  we 
were  born.  We  are  convinced  that  we 
could  bear  our  neighbor's  troubles  with 
a  fortitude  and  Christian  grace  that 
would  make  us  an  example  to  the  com­
munity— it  is  only  our  own  worries  that 
are  unendurable.  We  can’t  understand, 
for  the 
life  of  us,  why  other  people 
should  make  such  a  fuss  about  every 
little  thing  that  goes  wrong  when  they 
have  so  much  to  be  grateful  for.  We 
can  see  the  silver  lining  to  everv  cloud 
except  our  own.

Such  being  the  case,  it  is  evident  that 
the  difficulty  is  not  so  much  that  there 
are  too  many  troubles,  or  even  an  over- 
supply  of  afflictions,  but  that  the  wrong 
people  have  gotten  hold  of  them  and 
is  suffering  from  a  bad 
that  humanity 
case  of  misfit  worries. 
I  was  thinking 
of  this  the  other  day  and  wondering 
bow 
it  could  be  remedied,  when  I  fell 
asleep  and  had  a  curious  dream.

I 

dreamed  that  I  had  gone  into  busi­

ness  and  established  a trouble exchange, 
where  people  could  come  and  trade  off 
the  worry  or  grief  they  found  so  hard  to 
bear  for  somebody  else’s  affliction. 
It 
was  rather  a  largish  place,  much  like 
any  other  broker’s  office,  with  a 
few 
sample  boxes  of  assorted woes set around 
to  give  a  businesslike  air. 
I  was  read­
ing  over,  with  a  complacent  smile,  the 
eloquent  circular  with  which  I  adver­
tised  the  project,  when  I  heard  a  step  at 
the  door  and  my  first  patron  arrived.

She  was  trim  and  neat  and  altogether 
prepossessing 
looking,  in  spite  of  the 
cross  and  fretful  lines  about  her  mouth, 
that  came,  I  thought,  from  perpetual 
scolding.

“ Is  this  the  Trouble  Exchange?’ ’  she 

asked.

Yes,”   I  responded. 

“ Have  you  a 

worry  you  would  like  to  dispose  of?”  

“ Have  I  a  worry?”  
I  should  say  I have. 

she  snapped.
I am worried half

out  of  my  life.  Anybody  may  say  what 
they 
like,  but  it  is  lots  easier  to  bear  a 
great  big  sorrow  than  the  little  things 
that  just  aggravate  you  day  after  day.”  
“ What  is  your  particular  trouble?”   I 

enquired,  with  a  business  air.

“ It’s  the  way  my  children  clutter  up 
the  house,”   she  returned. 
“ You  never 
saw  anything  like  it.  I  sweep and sweep 
and  pick  up  and  pick  up  after  them 
and  yet  it  always  looks  like  we  had  just 
passed  through  a  cyclone.  You  can’t 
walk  through  the  hall  without  stepping 
on a ball  or  top,  or sit  in  a  chair without 
danger  of  encountering  a  piece  of  bread 
and  butter.  Only  yesterday  Georgie 
ruined  my  best  table  cover  pasting .a 
kite,  and  Tommy  split  open  the  music- 
box  to  see  where  the  tunes  came  from. 
I  have  just  been  worried  to  that  degree 
that  I  can’t  stand  it  any  longer,  and 
if 
you’ve  got  anything  that’s  nice  and 
quiet  and  easy  you  could  let  me  have 
in  place  of  it  I— ”

1 ’ I  should 

like  to  exchange  with  the 
lady”   said  a  quiet  voice  that  made  us 
start.  We  looked  around and saw  a  sad­
little  woman,  who  went 
faced,  gentle 
on:  “ I’ve  got  a 
trouble,  too,  and  I 
think  we  should  both  be  happier  and 
better  off  for  the  trade. 
I  should  like 
to  exchange  my  loneliness  for  her  wor­
ries  with  her  children. 
I  never  had  but 
one  child  and  he  died.  My  house  is  a 
pattern  of  orderliness.  A  book  is  never 
moved,  an  ornament  is  never  broken, 
there  is  never  a  scratch  on  the  stair  rail 
or  a  gay  patter  of  feet  across  the  hall  or 
a  childish  voice  breaking  the  stillness. 
Often  and  often  I  think  I  would  give 
everything  I  possess  for  just  such a clut­
ter  and  litter  as  worries  this  other  wom­
an.  Quick,  make  out  the  papers,  and 
give  me  her  worries, 
for  my  heart 
aches. ”

“ It  is  a  fair  offer,”   I  said  judicially, 
turning  to  the  first  woman.  “ You’d bet­
ter  take  it. ”

“ But—but— I  didn't  think—the  still­
ness—the  lonely  house—the  children  all 
gone— ”   she  began.

“ Quick,  quick,  make out the papers, ” 
cried  the  little  woman,  but the  other  one 
turned  without  a  word  and  went  swiftly 
out  the  door.  The  next  two  customers 
entered  at  the  same  moment.  One  was 
a  working  woman,  the  other the  finely- 
dressed  wife  of  a  rich  man.

then,”   said  the  rich  woman  eagerly.

The  working  woman  stared.
“ Oh,  you  needn’t  look  like  that,”   re­
sponded  the  other;  “ I  tell  you  many  a 
woman  whom  the  shop  girl  envies  is 
envying  her.  There’s  many  a  rich 
man's  wife  who  has  never  a  penny  to 
bless  herself  with.  She  can  buy  fine 
clothes,  because  that  reflects  credit  on 
her  husband.  She  belongs  to  him  and 
he  wants  to  dress  her  up  and  show  her 
off,  but  he  never  gives  her  a  cent  to  do 
as  she  likes  with,  and  she  envies  the 
girl  who  earns  her  own living and knows 
the  joys  of  independence.”

“ Now’s  your  chance,”   I  said  insinu­
atingly  to  the  working  girl. 
“ You’ll 
be  supported,  you’ll  have  luxuries,  and 
you  won’t  have  to  work,  and— ”

“ And  beg  somebody  for  every  cent  I 
have?  Not  much!”   cried  the  working 
woman. 
“ I  wouldn’t  do  it  if  she  gave 
me  a  million  to  b o o t a n d   so that trade 
fell  through,  too.

Hardly  had  the  door  closed  upon  her 
when  a  woman  with  glasses  on  and  a 
roll  of  manuscript  in  her  hand  entered 
with  a  brisk  and  determined  step.

“ You  are  the  manager  of  the  Trouble 

Exchange?”   she  enquired.

I  bowed.
“ Well,”   she  said,  “ I  should  like  to 
see  what  sort  of  arrangement  I  could 
make  for disposing  of  some  very serious 
domestic  grievances. 
I  find  that  I  have 
made  a  mistake  in  marrying.  My  bus- 
band  is  a  thoroughly  good  man,  but  he 
is  not  er—er—well,  not  exactly  my 
ideal,  you  know.  The  fact  is,  I  am  not 
fitted  for  domestic  life.  My  soul  soars 
far  above  the  petty  details  of  seeing 
about  a  house  and  providing  the  neces­
sary  food  and  clothing  for  my  family.  I 
should  have  kept  myself  free  to  follow 
some  glorious  career,  where  I could  hear 
the  plaudits  of  the  world,  instead  of  an 
eternal  cry  for  ‘ Mother. ’ 
I  should  have 
written  books,  painted  great  pictures, 
wedded  art,  instead  of  a  man  who  loves 
me,  to  be  sure,  but  what  is  love  to  one 
who  sighs  for  fame? 
I  have  a  good 
home,  and  plenty,  but  what  is  home  to 
a  woman  who  yearns  for  the  ineffable? 
No,  la m   quite  sure  I  am  wasted  in  my 
present  environment,  and  I  want  to  be 
free  to  follow  my  aspirations  after  the— 
er—er,  well,  after  whatever  it is.  Come, 
I'll  give  you  a  good  trade.  I’ll  take  any 
kind  of  a  trouble  in  place  of  mine,  just

it 

so 
domestic  cares. ”

leaves  me  free  from  these  sordid 

A  woman  who  had  been  twirling  a 
key,  and  listening,  looked  up.  “ I  have 
all  that  you  crave, ”   she  said,  “ and  I 
will  be  glad  to  exchange  with  you. 
[ 
am  one  of  the  emancipated women  who 
have  achieved  the 
latchkey.  Here 
take  it,  but remember  that  even  freedom 
has  its  price.  There 
is  the  joy  of  be­
ing  able  to  do  absolutely  as  you  please 
and  of  being  able  to  go  when  and  where 
you  will,  and  there  is  the  desolation  of 
knowing  that  no  human  being  cares 
whether  you  ever  come  back  or  not,  no 
eye  watches  for  your  coming,  and  grows 
brighter  when  you 
come,  no  heart 
grieves  over  your  absence.  Here,  give 
me  your  foolish  little  dreams  and  take 
my  loneliness  instead,  and  be  content."
But  the  other  woman  drew  back  with 
“ I  will  come  again, 
sudden  alarm. 
and  see  about 
it  another  day,”   she 
said,  as  women  do  when  they  equivo­
cate,  and  then  she  left.  The  bachelor 
woman  smiled  drearily. 
“ No  woman 
would  make  the  exchange  if  she  knew 
what  she  was  getting  beforehand,"  she 
said.

the  crowd 

So,  all  day, 

streamed 
through 
the  Trouble  Exchange,  and 
when  a  woman  looked  upon  the  face of 
another  woman's  affliction  she  hugged 
her  own  to  her  bosom  and  went  out 
without  making  an  exchange,  and at  last 
night  came  and  the  doors  were  shut. 
And  then  it  seemed  to  me  that  the  walls 
of  the  Exchange  broadened  out  until  it 
was  as  big  as  the  wide,  wide  world  and 
one  had  only  to  go  and  see  their  neigh­
bor’s  burden 
learn  patience  and 
courage  and  fortitude.

to 

D o r o t h y   D i x .

The Fashion in Lamps.

The  new  lamps  of  the  season  of  1898 
are  darker  in  metal  and  background, 
heavier  in  decoration  and  more  solid  in 
construction  than  in  any  previous  year. 
The  bases  are  heavier  and  more  squat 
in  metal  construction,  and  so  far  as 
glass  lamps  are  concerned  this  season’s 
fashion  is  decidedly  against  them,  since 
the  broad  bases  require  such  a  large 
gathering  of  glass  that  there  must  of 
necessity  be  light  shoulders  and  conse­
quent  weak  spots  in  glass  base  lamps. 
This  year’s  styles  are  decidedly  in  fa­
vor  of  all  metal  lamps,  and  their  broad 
surfaces  will  give  decorators  a  fine 
chance  to  swing  themselves.

It  was  never 

“ I  am  tired  of  the  grind  of  my  life,” 
cried  the  working  woman  discontented­
ly. 
It  s  a  shame  for  any  woman  to 
have  to  work.  They  ought  to  be  sup­
ported. 
for 
women  to  work.  Here  I  have  to  be  at 
my  desk  at  8  o’clock  in  the  morning, 
and  pound  away  all  day  on  a typewriter, 
and  what  do  I  get  out  of 
it?  A  mere 
living! 
I’m  tired  of  it  and  I  want  to 
swap  it  off— ”

intended 

“ You  have  your  wages?”   asked  the 

rich  woman.

“ Assuredly. ”

And  you  can  do  just  as  you  please 
with  what  you  earn?”   she  enquired. 
'You  never  have  to  give  an  account  of 
what  you  do  with  every  penny? 
If  you 
were  to  spend  some  money  foolishly  no 
one  would  reproach  you? 
If  you  had 
somebody—a  sister  or  a  brother— who— 
who  had  been  unfortunate,  and  you 
wanted  to  deny  yourself  and  send  them 
some  money  to  tide  over  a  bad  place 
you  could  do  it,  and  no  one  would  make 
cruel  remarks  that  would  cut  you  to  the 
heart  about  them?”

“ Well,I’d  just  like  to  see  anybody  try 
it!”   returned  the  working  woman  sav­
agely.

“ I ’ll  trade  your  trouble 

for  mine,

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containing  full  line mailed on receipt  of  4  one-cent  stamps.

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List  of  Creditors  of  the  Cedarine 

Manufacturing  Co.

P.  T.  Colgrove,  assignee  of  the Cedar­
ine Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Hastings,  fa­
vors  the  Tradesman  with  a  list  of  the 
creditors  of  that  institution,  as  follows:

Geo.  H.  Allen,  Hastings............................ $3,
Milwaukee Sander  Co.,  Green  Bay,  W is..
Columbus  Varn.  Co.,  Columbus,  O hio__
Moore  Carving  Mach.  Co.,  Minneapolis,
Minn.......................................................

Johnson  &  Anderson,  Cadillac..................   2,
Hood &  Wright,  Big  Rapids......................
The  Jas.  Bayne  Co.,  Grand  Rapids............
I. T .  Williams &   Sons,  New  \ ork...  __
J.  Rayner,  N ew  Y o rk.................................
Isaac  I.  Cole &  Son,  New  York..................
Hastings  Eng.  &  Iron  Works,  Hastings... 
Westmoreland  Mai.  Iron  Co.,  Westmore­
land,  N .  Y ..............................................
Wm.  E.  Barrett &  Co.,  Grand  Rapids.......
Grand  Rapids Veneer Wks., Grand  Rapids  1. 
Dean  Printing &   Pub.  Co., Grand  Rapids.
J.  T . Wing  &   Co.,  Detroit...........................
Hollis &   Duncan,  Chicago.........................
Harris  Paper Co.,  Grand  Rapids...............
Armour Glue  Works,  Chicago....................
Swift &   Co.,  Chicago..................................
Viscosity Oil  Co.,  Chicago.........................
Herkimer  Manfg.  Co.,  Herkimer,  N.  Y .  .
Alfred  M.  Butz,  Philadelphia....................
Goshen  Veneer  Works,  Goshen,  Ind........
Am. Wood Working Mach. Co.,  New  York
Green  &   King,  Hastings............................

500  00

550  00
*93  «3 
9S  94 
702  13 
100  31 
3SS  86 
115  7 2

50  42 
697  82 
,000  00
4*5  *5 
92  90 
55  91 
54 20 
182  7S
*47
35  62 
15  8s 
34 02 
107  28 
379  23 
117  39

OPEN  ACCOUNTS.

Geo. H.  Allen,  Hastings..............................
Geo.  H. Allen,  Hastings..............................
Foster,  Stevens &  Co.,  Grand  llapids.......
Goodyear  Bros.,  Hastings.................  .......
Devoe &   Reynolds  Co.,  New  York...........
A .  D.  Scovel,  Clinton,  N .  Y .......................
Chicago  Wood  Fin.  Co.,  Chicago.............
W .  H.  Goodyear,  Hastings.........................
W.  H.  Goodyear,  Hastings.........................
Gronberg  &  Bondy,  Grand  Rapids............
The Jas.  Bayne Co.,  Grand  Rapids............
Record  Manfg.  Co., Conneant,  Ohio..........
Herman  Behr &   Co.,  Chicago....................
Detroit  White  Lead  Works,  Detroit..........
Palmer,  Parker &   Co.,  Boston....................
F.  W.  Thurston  &  Co.,  Chicago.................
Jas.  M.  Wilkins,  Agent,  Hastings.............
Berry Bros.,  Detroit.....................................
American  Varnish  Co.,  Chicago.................
Moller &  Schuman,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y ............
Win.  Lindeman  &  Co.,  Philadelphia..........
Columbus  Varnish  Co,  Columbus,  Ohio...
Reardon  Glue  Co.,  St.  Louis......................
Hollis  &   Duncan,  Chicago.........................
Grand  Rapids  Veneer Wks.,  Grand Rapids
Standard  Varnish  Wks  ,  New  York..........
Howarth  &   Ballard,  Utica,  N.  Y ..............
Moore Carving  Mach.  Co,  Minneapolis...
Balch  Bros.  &   West,  Utica,  N.  Y ...................
Forest  City  Linseed  Oil  Co.,  Cleveland...
Harris Paper Co.,  Grand  Rapids.................
Harvey  &  Heystek Co., Grand  Rapids......
Morley  Bros.,  Saginaw................................
Westmoreland  Mai.  Iron  Co.,  Westmore­

land,  N .  Y .......... ............................. .

Grand Rapids Wood Fin. Co.,Grand  Rapids 
The  Binghamton  Glass  Co.,  Binghamton,
N .  Y ............... .................. .....................
Queen  City  Varnish  Co.,  Cincinnati..........
L.  Sergent,  Kalamazoo................................
Evening  Press,  Grand Rapids. 
...............
Stephenson  Manfg.  Co.,  South  Bend,  Ind.
Morris  Wood  &   Son,  Chicago............   .....
Standard  Oil Co.,  Utica,  N.  Y ....................
Hams  &   Van  Arman,  Hastings........ ........
Weissert  Bros.,  Hastings..........  ...............
Huffman  Bros.,  Hastings...........................
Fred  L .  Heath,  Hastings...........................
F.  H.  Barlow &   Co.,  H a stin g s.................
The Watts  De Golyer  Co.,  Chicago.........
L.  E.  Stauffer,  Hastings............................
The Strong  Veneer Co.,  Gerry,  N .  Y ........
Swift  &   Co.,  Chicago.......  ........................
Standard  Oil Co.,  Detroit... 
.....................
American  Wood  Wkg.  Mach.  Co.,  N .  Y ...
Studley &  Barclay,  Grand  Rapids.............
Chase,  Roberts &   Co.,  Long Island  City..
Union  Sand  Paper Co.,  Chicago.................
Goshen  Veneer Co.,  Goshen, Ind...............
Wadsworth  &   Howland,  Chicago.............
J.  M.  Hayden  &  Co.,  Grand  R a p id s..........
Groskopf  Bros.,  Grand  Rapids.................
Jaenecke  Bros.  &   S.,  N ew   York.................
E. J.  Evans,  Hastings..................................
Battle Creek  Steam Pump Co., Battle Creek
Lane  Bodley  Co., Cincinnati..................
The Armour Glue  Works,  Chicago............
Dodge &   Olcott,  N ew   York.......................
Hastings  Banner,  Hastings........................
Hastings  Herald,  Hastings........................
Adams & .  Elting,  Chicago...........................
Archie M cC oy,H astings............................
F.  S. Webster &   Co.,  Chicago....................
Crew - Lev ick &  Co.,  N ew  York.................
H.  B.  Sykes,  Clinton,  N .  Y .......................
C.  B.  Clark,  Grand  Rapids.........................
F.  L.  Reed,  Hastings..................................
The  Heller &   Merz.  Co.,  New  York..........
Dickenson  Bros.,  Grand  Rapids.  ................
II. J.  Christmas,  Hastings.........................
Hastings  Eng.  &  Iron  Wks.,  Hastings----
Jno. Bessmer, Hastings................................
Grand  Rapids  Eng.  Co.,  Grand  Rapids----
Newman.Clock Co.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y ........
H.  C.  Collier,  Binghamton,  N .  Y . 
----
E .Y   .  Hogle,  Hastings..........................
Lawrence  Publishing  Co.,  Cleveland........
Grand  Rapids  Wood  Filling  Co.,  Grand
Rapids.....................................................
E.  B.  Silliman,  Utica,  N .  Y . ......................
Stirling,  Crawford & Co.,  Hastings............
Lyon,  Beecher,  Kymer  &   Palmer  Co.,
Grand  Rapids........................................
Hastings Table  Co.,  H astings..................
Lawton  &   Radell,  Utica,  N .  Y . . ...............
F.  I.  Nichols &   Co.,  Grand  Rapids............
W.  E.  Barrett  &  Co., Grand  Rapids..........
W.  D.  Messenger &   Co.,  Chicago..............
Bentley  Rider  Co.,  Hastings......................
Thos.  Doyle,  H astings................................
Hastings  Elec.  Light  Co.,  H astings........
Geo.  H.  Tinkler,  H astings.........................

205  26 
286  72 
745  0 6  
235  65
17  68 
*55 01 
62  89
1  65
57  *5
10  00 
23  32 
2883 
32  5o
615  10 
403  7s 
209  77 
433  68 
29  25 
182  60 
*05  38 
39  3o 
561  60 
67  68 
45  2o 
453  S3 
406  40 
5  4°
2  46
11  50 
22  47
2  50 
•35  58 
35
18  40

296  67 
39  00 
394  °3 
23

1  00 
46

239 06
353  28
26  84 
93  06

S  04 
132  09 
9  3S 
29  85 
3  25 
74  3* 
60

66  39 
8  55 
25  66 
13 5°

4  4° 
3  00 
3*  4°

2  10 
90  59 
3°9  «7 
74  69 
22  1$ 
4  85 
7  $5

Will  Montgomery,  Hastings......................  
Watson  Drug  Co.,  Clinton,  N.  Y .............  
Jas.  Shay,  Hastings.....................................  
L. Patton,  Hastings.....................................  
W.  Ream,  Hastings.....................................  
Frank  Collins,  Hastings............................. 
W.  M  Stebbins,  Hastings........................... 
J.  M.  Taylor,  Hastings................................  
M iss  E.  I).  Hunter,  Clinton,  N .  Y ............ 
Henry Thomas,  Clinton,  N .  Y ..................  
H.  N.  Fainberg,  Hastings.........................  

1  95
2  97
4  25
50
63
14  00
7  5°
37  5°
9  50
66  00
48  70
Tbe  assets  have  been  appraised  at 
$17,000,  and  as  tbe  liabilities  are only  a 
little  in  excess  of  $20,000,  it would seem 
as  though  tbe  creditors  ought  to  receive 
50  cents  on  the  dollar.

The  Pedigree  of the  Dollars.

Ten  good  one-dollar  bills  one  day 
Within  a good  man’s  wallet  lay.

And  he resolved  (so good  was  he) 
To trace each  dollar's  pedigree;

And not  to spend  a single  bill 
That bore a stain  of  wrong  or  ill.

So like a  sleuth  he  followed  back 
Each  dollar  bill  upon  its  track.

Bill  Number One  he found  was made 
In a  dishonest  jockey  trade;

And  Tw o a grocer made of  late 
By overcharge and  underweight;

And Three was made through watered milk, 
And  Four  by  selling  damaged  silk;

And  Number  Five a sweater  made 
Through  starving  women  underpaid;

And  Six  was  made  in  dens  of  shame,
And  Seven  in  a gambling game;

And  Number  Eight  he found  to  be 
The  price of wretched  perjury;

And  Nine was  from a robber's  clan;
Ten  stolen from a  murdered  man.

Our  good  man  would  not spend  again 
This  money  dark  with  many  a stain,

And  so he yielded  up  his breath 
And  with  his  money  starved  to  death.

Ten  good  one-dollar bills  that  day 
Within  that dead  man’s  wallet  lay.

They’d  never found  a man, ah  me! 
W ho’d  used  them  half as  ill as  he.

S a m   W a l t e r   F c

P o o r
E c o n o m y

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

“ Lily White” Flour

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

NOW.

Valley  City  Milling  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Patriotic  Neckwear

for ladies and gentlemen.  Good variety of up-to date  styles.
Send  us  a  trial  order,  and  if  not  satisfactory  in  any  way, 
you may return all or any portion.

ENTERPRISE NECKWEAR CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Chas.  A.  Coye

, 

M anufacturer of and  wholesale 
and  retail  dealer in

FLAGS,  AWNINGS, TENTS, 
SEAT  SHADES  AND 
LARGE  UHBRELLAS

11  Pearl  Street, 

Grand  Rapids,  flich.

Everything  in  the  Plumbing  Line
Everything  in  the  Heating  Line

ftW M W iW w »  

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

WEATHERLY  &  PULTE, 99  Pearl  St., Grand  Rapids

wm

Building Paper. Rooting Material

We are jobbers of these goods, among which are

35  ¡¡r

Rosin Sized Sheathing, W. C. Oiled Sheathing, 
Tarred Felt, Roofing Pitch, Coal Tar,
Rosin, Asphalt Paints, Elastic Cement,
Ready Roofing, Carpet Lining, Mineral Wool.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS & SON, Grand  Rapids,  Hich.

Detroit  Office,  Foot  of  3d  Street.

Little Giant Sprayer

An improvement over all others.  Does work that no  other  Sprayer  can,  as 
it  throws a spray either up or down.  Just the thing for spraying all kinds of 
5 mall  Fruit  Trees,  Vines  and Plants.  Throws a  mist with such  force  as 
to reach every part of the tree or plant  with one action.  Very  economical, 
as it saves enough compound  in  one  day  to  pay  for  itself. 
Tank  holds 
enough  to  spray  600  to  800 hills of potatoes.  Full directions and formulas 
for using furnished  with each  sprayer.  Manufactured  only by

Wm.  Brummeler & Sons,

260 S.  Ionia  St., 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Four Kinds ot GouDoo  books

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

TRADESM AN  COM PANY,  Grand  Rapid s

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Published at the New Blodgett Building, 

Grand Rapids, by the

TRADESM AN   COMPANY

ONE  DOLLAR  A  YEAR,  Payable  In  Advance.

ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION.

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

Entered at the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office  as 

Second Class mail matter.

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

E .  A.  STOW E,  E d it o r .
WEDNESDAY,----- MAY 25, 1898.

NAPOLEONS  OF  FINANCE.

There  are  elements  in  the  recent  fail­
ure  at  Lake  Odessa  which  seem  to  re­
move 
it  from  the  class  of  undertakings 
to  defraud  creditors  projected  and  car­
ried  on  by  deliberate  intention  into  the 
less  numerous  one  in  which  the  enter­
prise  is  the  manifestation  of  the  vaga­
ries  of  a  monomaniac  or  of  one  lacking 
in  intellectual  strength.  Not  that  there 
are  hard  and  fast  lines  making  the  di­
vision  into  such  classes,  for  character­
istics  of  the  latter  are  always to be found 
in  the  former,  but  there  seems  to be 
sufficient  distinction 
to  warrant  the 
classification.

iteration. 

It  is  owing  to  a  peculiarity  of  the  hu­
man  mind  that  unceasing  application 
in  one  direction  will  eventually  create 
what 
is  termed  monomania;  that  is,  a 
loss  of  mental  balance  in  the  direction 
in  question.  Sometimes  this  tendency 
may  be  kept  within  bounds  and  even 
serve  a  good  purpose 
in  securing  a 
proper  degree  of  application  for  the  ac­
complishment  of  a  special  object.  But 
in  greater  degree  there  is  a  loss of judg­
ment  and  other  restraining  qualities  un­
is  the  development  of  the 
til  there 
maniac’s  persistency  and 
It 
is  not  strange  that  in  the  great  aggre­
gate  of  the  world  of  business  there 
should  be  frequent  manifestations of this 
tendency, even  in  its  more  serious  forms.
To  those  who  have  given  the  matter 
observation  there  will  recur  numerous 
examples  of  those  who  seem to have thus 
lost  reason  in  the  pursuit  of  some  busi­
ness  bobby,  or  else  have manifested  nat­
ural  tendencies  in  places of  business  re­
sponsibility  which  make  them  no  better 
than  maniacs.  A  prominent  example 
may  be  recalled 
in  the  career  of  the 
partner  of  General  Grant  and  his  son 
Fred  in  the  firm  of  Grant  &  Ward. 
In 
that 
instance  Ward  was  the  managing 
partner  and  the  other  members  of  the 
firm  trusted  the  business,  of  which  they 
understood  nothing,  entirely  to  him. 
It 
was  found,  upon  the  collapse,  that  Ward 
had  not  profited  by  his  apparent  rascal­
ity.  Even  bis  extravagant  personal  ex­
penditures  were  without  method—he 
would  buy  costly  presents  and  never 
know  where  he  had  given  them. 
In  the 
examination  of  the  accounts  of  the  firm 
it  was  found  that  he  had  several  mys­
terious  auxiliary  books  in  which  the  en­
tries  were  made 
in  cabalistic  signs, 
which,  it  transpired,  neither  he  nor  any 
one  else  could  decipher.  There  was 
sufficient  evidence  to  have  shown,  inor­
dinary  cases,  that  the  man  was  not

mentally  responsible,  yet  his  standing 
and  the  peculiar  circumstances  led  to 
his 
incarceration  as  a  criminal.  The 
matter  for  regret  is  that  intelligent  men 
should  entrust  such  interests  to  persons 
of  this  character  and  let  their  vagaries 
run  until  the  result  is  disaster.

It  is  perhaps  a  more  frequent  occur­
rence  that  the  enterprises  which,  after 
phenomenal  growth,  are  wrecked  by 
mania  or  foolishness  are  carried  on  by 
individuals  alone.  Often  these  will 
manifest  a  remarkable  ability  in  the 
building  up  of  the  enterprise.  From 
small  beginnings  the  growth  will  be 
rapid  and  apparently  substantial.  A 
large  force  will  be  employed  in  the 
prosecution  of  the  work  and  the  con­
fidence  of  the  community  will  be  won 
to  an  extent  which  will  secure  credit 
and  business  standing.  Indeed,  it  often 
occurs  that  such  men  gain great prestige 
on  account  of  the  benefits  accruing  to 
the  community  through  their operations.
But,  when  the  collapse  finally  comes, 
it  is  discovered  that  some  well-known 
laws  of  business  have  been  ignored  or 
set  at  defiance,  in  a  way  to  indicate  a 
lack  of  knowledge  of  such  laws,  or  a 
warping  of  the  judgment  by  the  form 
of  mania  already  described,  to  a  de­
gree  which  may  account  for  the  rapid 
growth  as  well  as  for  the  inevitable  dis­
aster.  Often,  as 
in  the  case  at  Lake 
O.iessa,  the  peculiar  characteristic  may 
be  pointed  out  and  apparently  well 
known  and  yet  the  enterprise  will  go  on 
and  receive  the  support  of  the  com- j 
in I 
munity  and  of  financial 
spite  of  cautions  and  warnings. 
In  this 
case  the  secret  of  success  was  simply | 
the  fact  that  the  operator  would  pay 
more  than  the  market  price  for  the  spe­
in  which  he  essayed  to  pose  as 
cialty 
this  fact  exten­
a  king.  Advertising 
sively,  he  had  no  trouble 
in  procuring 
all  the  eggs  he  could  desire.  When  it 
came  to  the  matter of  disposing  of  his 
goods  there  was  the  difficulty  that  the 
transaction  ended  in  loss,  so  that,  as 
is 
ingeniously 
in  his  circular, 
the  balance  for  the  year  is  on  the  wrong 
side. 
If  creditors  will  only  wait  until 
he  can  make  more  profitable  sales  all 
will  be  right

institutions 

indicated 

sense. 

There 

There  seems  to  be  a  spirit  of  candor 
in­
in  the  attitude  of  Mr.  Hager  which 
dicates  that 
in  bis  case  there  is  either 
a  lack  of  judgment resulting from mono- 
mania,  or  he  is  woefully  deficient  in 
business  common 
is, 
therefore,  not  so  much  reason  for  aston­
ishment 
in  the  fact  of  his  persistence 
in  the  face  of  inevitable  failure  as  that 
his  vagaries  should  so  long  receive  the 
support  of  business  men  throughout  the 
State.  As  already 
intimated,  this  is  a 
very  common  phenomenon,  which  is  to 
be  accounted  for  by  our  proneness  to
believe  that  which  we  wish  to  be  true_
the  explanation  of  the  common  occur­
rence  of  sending  good  money  to  save 
bad  investments.

The  disposition  to  form  a  combined 
hostile  sentiment 
in  Europe  against 
young  Joe  Leiter  is  said  to  be  very  pro­
nounced.  His  wheat  corner  has  not 
strengthened  any  thrones  in that quarter.

The  month  of  April  showed  a  gain  of 
in  exports  from  this  coun­
§22,000,000 
try  over  the  corresponding  month 
last 
year.  That’s  the  way  war  is  affecting 
our  foreign  trade!

Spanish  official  dispatches 

indicate 
that  a  grim,  cruel  people  can  have  a 
fine  vein  of  humor.

Hawaii  appears  to  be  still  willing  to 

take  us  for  better  or  for  worse.

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN
BAD  BANKING.

The  Lake  Odessa  Savings  Bank  is  an 
institution,  chartered  by  the 
organized 
State  and  capitalized  at  §25,000. 
Its 
stockholders  are  well-to-do  Ionia  busi­
its  President  is  H.  R. 
ness  men  and 
Wager,  who 
is  also  President  of  the 
Ionia  County  Savings  Bank  and  is  very 
generally  regarded  as  one  of the shrewd­
est  bankers  in  the  State.  The  Cashier 
is  W.  J.  Percival,  who  was  identified 
with  a  bank  at  Stanton  prior  to  the  or­
ganization  of  the  Lake  Odessa  Savings 
Bank, 
is 
claimed  to  be  about  $5,500,  the  loans 
and  discounts  are  $97,000 and  the  de­
posits  aggregate  $57,000.  So  far  as  the 
Tradesman’s  information  goes,the  Bank 
has  been  conducted  on  safe  and  con­
servative  methods  until  the  Hager  fail­
ure  disclosed  a  condition  of  affairs 
which  merits 
the  condemnation  of 
friends  of  good  banking  generally.

The  surplus  of  the  bank 

is 

It  is  the  universal  custom  with  banks, 
on  receipt  of  a  check  uttered  by  a  cus­
tomer  of  the  bank  to an outside creditor, 
to  either  remit  the  proceeds  thereof  or 
protest  the  check  at  the  close  of  the 
bank  the  day  the  check 
is  received. 
Notwithstanding  this  custom,  which  is a 
part  of  the  common  law  of  the  land, 
having  been  banded  down  to  us  from 
England  generations  ago,  Cashier  Per­
cival  held  a  large  number  of  the  Hager 
checks  several  days  before  protesting 
them. 
In  one  case  with  which  the 
Tradesman 
familiar,  a  check  was 
held  from  four  to  six  days,  and  it  is 
claimed  by  attorneys  who  have  under­
taken  the  collection  of  this  class  of 
checks  that  the  case  in  question 
is  by 
no  means  an  isolated  example.  Unless 
the  Tradesman  is  misinformed  on  this 
point—and  advice  has  been  sought  from 
several  gentlemen  eminent  in  legal  cir­
cles,  including  the  attorney  of  one  of 
the  largest  banking  institutions  in  the 
State—the  Lake  Odessa  Savings  Bank 
can  be  made  to  pay  every  check  which 
was  allowed  to  remain  in  the  Bank  be­
yond  the  hour  of  closing  the  day  the 
check  was  received  by  the  Bank. 
If 
is  a  fact,  the  surplus  of  the  Lake 
this 
Odessa  Savings  Bank  and  several  thou­
sand  dollars  in  addition  thereto  may  be 
required  to  meet  this  unusual  demand. 
Mr.  Percival  admits  that  the  checks 
were  not  protested  promptly,  but  insists 
that  they  came  in  so  rapidly that  be was 
not  able  to  attend  to  the  protesting  of 
the  checks  the  same  day  they  arrived, 
yet  he  admits  that, while  he  was  protest­
ing  checks  from  outside  parties,  he  was 
still  paying  checks  issued  to  local  peo­
ple.  This 
is  a  very  serious  disclosure 
and  the  admission  of  such  wrong  doing 
on  his  part  would  probably  wreck  the 
Bank  but  for  the  fact  that  the  institu­
tion 
is  strongly  grounded  by  reason  of 
the  exceptional  responsibility  of  the 
stockholders.

Nor  is  this  the  most  serious  feature 
of  the  situation.  By  reason  of  the 
checks  not  being  protested  promptly, 
Mr.  Hager  was  given  a  fictitious  credit 
for  several  days,  so  that  a  large  number 
of  additional  shipments  were  made  to 
him  by  the  same  persons  who  bad  al­
ready  received  his  checks,  had  de­
posited  them 
in  their  banks  in  good 
faith  and  supposed  that  they  had  been 
paid  because  they  were  not  protested 
within  the  proper  time.  The  general 
legal  fraternity 
impression  among  the 
is  that  Mr.  Percival  held  the  checks 
in 
order  that  Hager  might  get  in  more 
eggs  or 
to  secure  additional  returns 
from  the  East  for  eggs  already  shipped, 
to  enable  Hager  to  square  his  indebted­
ness  to  the  Bank.  Others  insist  that

it  could 

Mr.  Percival  must  have  sustained  the 
relation  of  partner  to  Hager,  and  that 
he  took  this  course  to  enable  the  firm  to 
realize  all 
in  advance  of  the 
failure,  knowing,  as  he  must  have 
known,  that  it  could  not  postpone  liqui­
dation  very  much  longer.  Whatever  was 
the  underlying  cause  which  actuated 
Mr.  Percival  in  holding  the  checks,  in­
stead  of  protesting  them,  as  was  his 
plain  duty,  it 
is  very  evident  that  by 
this  action  he  has  possibly  rendered  the 
Bank  liable  for a  considerable  number 
of  damage  suits 
for  eggs  shipped  to 
Hager  and  diverted  by  him  to  his  own 
use,  which would  not  have  been  the  case 
had  the  checks  been  protested according 
to  law.

With  a  view  to  ascertaining  the  exact 
the  editor  of  the 
facts  of  the  case, 
last 
Tradesman  visited  Lake  Odessa 
Saturday  for  the  purpose  of 
interview­
ing  the  officers  of  the  Bank  relative  to 
the  situation.  Mr.  Percival  frankly  ad­
mitted  that  be  had  not  protested  the 
checks  according  to 
law  and  clearly 
showed  by  bis  conversation  and  actions 
that  he  was  suffering  from  a severe men­
tal  strain  which  might  result  disastrous­
ly  in  the  case  of  a  less  resolute  man. 
President  Wager  left  Lake Odessa on the 
same  train  on  which  the  editor  arrived, 
but  a  letter  was  immediately  dispatched 
to  his  address  at  Ionia,  inviting  him  to 
call  at  the  office  of  the  Tradesman  for 
consultation  in  regard  to  the matter with 
as  little  delay  as  possible.  Mr.  Wager 
failed  to  respond  to  the  invitation,  nor 
has  any  word  been  received  from  him 
up  to  the  hour  of  publication. 
It  was 
deemed  no  more  than  fair  that he should 
be  consulted  in  the  matter,  in  the  hope 
that  he  might  be  able  to  explain  away 
some  of  the  serious  charges  which  the 
Tradesman  feels  compelled  to  bring 
against  the  Bank  and  its management in 
this  connection.

it  remained 

In  the  light  of  the  above  disclosures, 
the  Tradesman 
suggests  that  every 
shipper  who  has  a  protested  check  in 
bis  possession  carefully  trace  its  his­
tory,  with  a  view  to  learning  definitely 
whether 
in  Lake  Odessa 
longer  than  the  law  prescribes. 
If  such 
is  the  case,  it  is  possible  that  he  can 
collect 
the  Bank, 
whether  Mr.  Hager  has  a  balance  there 
or  not;  and 
in  the  meantime,  he 
shipped  in  any  additional  eggs,  as  the 
result  of  the 
fictitious  credit  given 
Hager  by  the  action  of  the  Bank,  it  is 
possible  that  he  has  also  a  case  against 
the  Bank  for  damages.

check 

from 

the 

if, 

It  is  said  the  army  for Cuban  invasion 
is  waiting  for  soldiers’  hammocks  to  be 
It  is  possible  these 
issued  to  the  men. 
will  be  swung  on  the  ground,  as 
in 
many  places  there  will  not  be  trees 
enough  found  for  the  use  of  the  officers.

A  bad  boy  leaves  a  good  home  be­
cause  he  wants  to  be  his  own  master. 
When  he  becomes  a  tramp,  and  master 
of  himself,  it 
is  apparent  that  a  good 
boss  would  do  him  good.

England  has  no  grand  old  man  now, 
and  no  one  thinks  to  speak  of  the Queen 
as  a  grand  old  woman,  although  she 
is 
many  times  a  grandmother.

There  are  not  unenlisted  privates 
enough  to  make  colonels  of  all  the 
patriots  who  are  willing  to  serve  their 
country  with  eagles  on  their  shoulders.

Troops  are  not  being  rushed  to  Cuba. 
The  rush  operator  is  absent  on  a picnic.

Considerable  raising  of 

flags,  and 

raising  other  things,  is  now  going  on.

MODERN  PATRIOTISM.

In  the  course  of  a  recent  debate  in 
the  Cortes,  an  opposition 
leader  re­
marked  that  the  Spanish  government 
had,  for  many  years,  pursued  a  ruinous 
policy  of  isolation.  Spain,  he  declared, 
had  been  deliberately separated from the 
great 
family  of  European  nations. 
Spanish  statesmen,  while  avoiding  the 
obligations,  had  foregone  the  benefits 
that  might  have  accrued  from  foreign 
alliances.  The  consequence  was  that 
Spain,  in  her  hour  of  need,  was  left 
without  any  external  aid  more  substan­
tial  than  an expression  of  platonic  sym­
it  was  re­
pathy.  To  this  criticism 
plied,  simply,  that  this 
is  an  age  of 
positivism;  that  foreign  alliances  can 
not  be  secured  without  a  quid  pro  quo, 
and  that 
if  Spain  was  compelled  to 
fight  single-handed,  it  was  only  because 
she  had  not  been  able  to  offer  an  equiv­
alent  for  the  substantial  aid  of  any  of 
the  great  powers  of  Europe.  This  at­
tempt  to  account  for  the  unbefriended 
condition  of  Spain  by  the  positive  tend­
ency  of  the  practical  philosophy  of  the 
age  was  a  sad  reflection  upon  the  char­
acter  of  contemporary  civilization. 
It 
may  be  regarded  as  remarkable  that  a 
Spanish  statesman  should  call  attention 
to  the  absence  of  generous  sentiment  as 
a  decisive 
influence  over  the  foreign 
policy  of  other  nations,  after  his  own 
had  lost  its  hold  upon  world-wide  pos­
sessions  by  a  persistent  course  of 
illib­
eral ity  and  arbitrary  oppressiveness. 
It 
is  true  that  Spain  has 
invariably  dealt 
with  her  colonies  as  though  they  had  no 
rights  which  should  be  regarded  as  a 
check  upon  the  demands  either of  her 
necessities  or  of  her  greed.  For  all 
that  there  is  evidently  lingering  in  the 
national  life  of  Spain  not  a  little  of  that 
devoted  patriotism 
in  which  the  ro­
mance  and  chivalry  of  the  land  found 
their  final  expression  after  the  collapse 
of  the  feudalism  of  the  Middle  Ages 
and  the  unification  of  Castile  and  Ar- 
ragon  under  one  central  government. 
The  conservative  spirit  has  always  been 
than  in  any  other 
intenser 
European 
The  traditional 
policy  of  the  government  has  been  un­
favorable  to  popular  education  and  the 
diffusion  of  mcdern  ideas. 
In  many  re­
spects,  Spain  is  more  than  a  century be­
hind  Great  Britain,  France  and  Ger­
many ;  but  the arrest  of  its  national  de­
velopment  has  at 
it 
possible  to  cherish  there,  even  at  this 
late  day,  the 
influence  of  poetic  senti­
ment  as  a  controlling  national  force. 
English  and  American  school  boys  were 
made  familiar,  a  generation  ago,  with 
Edmund  Burke’s 
lament  over  the  de­
parture  of  chivalry  from  France  upon 
the  establishment  of  the  French  Repub­
lic,  in  which  he  declared  that  the  age 
of  calculators  and  political  economists 
had  provided  no  place  for  the  generous 
sentiments  of  the  past.  Another  century 
is  drawing  to  its  close,  and  Spain  has 
not  yet  been  given  over  to  the  rule  of 
arithmeticians  and  the  professors  of  the 
so-called  “ gloomy  science”   of  political 
economy,  and  naturally  enough, 
in  this 
hour of  supreme  trial,  she  feels  the  bit­
ter  consequences  of  her 
isolation,  al­
though 
is  the  inevitable  result  of  an 
unprogressive  and  reactionary  policy.

in  Spain 
country. 

rendered 

least 

it 

But  is  it  true,  even  under  the  altered 
conditions  of  national  life  at  the  pres­
is  no 
ent  age,  that  simple  sentiment 
longer  a  potent  political 
If 
this  is,  indeed,  an  age  of  positivism— 
that 
is  to  say,  if  it  is  an  age  in  which 
the  governing  motive  of  the  conduct  of 
men  and  of  nations 
is  self-interest, 
measured  by  the  standard  of  material

influence? 

M ICHIGAN  TRA D ESM A N

in 

its  neighbors. 

prosperity— it  may well be asked whether 
that  patriotism  which  is still everywhere 
professed  has  not  lost  the  better  part  of 
its  old  meaning.  The  great  nations  of 
Europe  maintain 
immense  armaments 
by  land  and  sea.  They  keep  a  constant 
watch  on  each  other.  They  exchange 
frequent  assurances  of  good  will,  and 
they  all  profess  an  earnest  desire  for 
peace;  but  no  one  of  them  reposes  en­
the  disinterested 
tire  confidence 
benevolence  of 
If  this 
invariable  attitude  of  jealousy  and  sus­
picion  is  really  justified  by  the  facts  in 
the  case,  if  the  peace  of  Europe  is  pre­
served  by  the  respect  which  the  powers 
have  for  each  other's  military  strength 
rather  than  for each  other’s  rights,  what 
must  be  the  character  of  the 
individual 
factors  of  public  opinion  in  the  several 
European  States? 
Supposing  public 
policy  to  reflect  the  average  standard  of 
right  in  the  sphere  of  private  business 
and  individual  enterprise,  it  is 
impos­
sible  to  avoid  the  inference  that  the 
security  of  property  in  that  quarter  of 
the  world  is  mainly  dependent  upon  the 
the 
vigilance  of 
prompt  execution  of  the 
in  the 
criminal  courts. 
In  a  society  thus  con­
stituted  it  would  seem  absurd  to  expect 
any  general  manifestation  of  a  sincere 
and  disinterested  patriotism, 
for  how 
could  any  man  be  greatly  concerned  for 
the  honor  and  prosperity  of  the  state 
while  he  is  devoid  of  personal  integrity 
and  wholly  indifferent  to  the  rights  and 
interests  of  bis immediate neighbors and 
fellow-citizens?

the  constable  and 

law 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  however,  in  all 
the  more  enlightened  countries  of  the 
modern  world,  society  is  controlled  by 
a  public  opinion  which  usually demands 
a  strict  observance  of  personal  obliga­
tions  in  business  and  in  social 
inter­
course.  The  safety  of  civilization  in 
any  country  depends  upon  the  predom­
inance  of  the  better elements  of  its  pop­
ulation  in  the  formation  of  public  opin­
ion.  And 
it  is  the  ascendancy  of  those 
elements  which  keeps  alive  the  roots 
of  patriotic  sentiment,  even 
in  those 
lands  whose  rulers  still  cherish  the  tra­
ditions  of  a  cynical  and  sinister  for­
eign  policy. 
That  the  old-fashioned 
sentiment  of  patriotism  Js  generally 
prevalent  and  vigorous  in  this  country 
has  been  made  already  abundantly  evi­
dent  by  its  war  with  Spain.  Those  who 
are  opposed  to  the  war  are  equally  con­
cerned  with  those  who  favored  it  for  the 
triumph  of  American  arms,  and  this 
feeling 
is  shared,  without  distinction, 
by  men  of  all  sections  and  of all parties. 
Similar  demonstrations  of  devotion 
were  less  remarkable 
the  earlier 
stages  of  American  history,  when  the 
territorial  domain  of  the  nation  was 
smaller,  when  the  population  was  more 
homogeneous  and  far  less  numerous, and 
before  a  conflict  of  ideas  and 
interests 
between  opposite sections  had embroiled 
the 
in  civil  war.  When  one  re­
flects  what  a  strange  mixture  of  hetero­
geneous  elements 
is,  the  unity,  the 
solidarity  of  this  nation  is  something 
wonderful. 
long  a  question 
whether  the  people  of  the  United  States 
could  be  said,  with  strict 
technical 
accuracy,  to  constitute  a  nation;  but 
their  nationality  consists  in  the  ties  of 
a  common  public  life,  with  its attendant 
sympathies  and  aspirations,  unimpaired 
by  diversity  of  origin  or  by  the  pecul­
iarities  of  a  complex  political  system. 
American  citizenship  confers  a  proud 
distinction  and  unites  in  common  pat­
riotic  bonds  all  who  share  its  honor  and 
protection;  but  the  profoundest  and 
noblest  expression  of  American  public

It  was 

land 

in 

it 

spirit  is  more  than  patriotic,  it  is  phil­
anthropic.  It  invites  to  these  shores  the 
oppressed  of  all  lands,  and,  with  a  hos­
pitality  which  is  somewhat  rashly  gen­
erous,  it  admits  the  stranger  to  a  par­
ticipation 
in  the  tasks  of  government 
and  the  distinctions  of  office  on  even 
terms  with  the  native-born.  Meanwhile 
the  great  example  of  self-government 
exerts  an 
incalculable  influence  every­
where,  and  the  confederation  of  the sev­
eral  states  presents  a  model  which  may 
be  adopted,  perhaps,  upon  a  still broad­
er  scale  under  an  ideal  civilization  in 
some  far-distant  future.  No  other  form 
of  conquest  is  desirable  in  the  contem­
plation  of  the  wise  American  patriot.

figures 

in  Spanish 

Spanish  ministers  of  finance  do  not 
make  it  easy  to  learn  just  what  the  gov­
ernment  owes.  Particulars  in  the  Offi­
cial  Gazette  indicate  a  floating  debt  of 
than  $100,000,000. 
considerably  more 
The  government 
owes  the  Bank  of 
Spain  $240,000,000,  part  of  which  may 
be  included 
in  the  admitted  floating 
debt.  It  is  known,  too,  that  a  large  part 
of  the  cost  of  military  operations  in 
Cuba 
reports  as 
Cuban  debt,  But,  blind  the  statements 
as  they  may,  the  Spanish  ministers  can 
not  hide  the  fact  that  the  government 
has  been  running  behind  to  the  extent 
of  many  millions  every  year.  The  state­
ments  of  acutal  and  estimated  income 
and  expenditure  since 1890 show a deficit 
of  $65,000,000,  and  the  figures  do not in­
clude  the  cost  of  the  Cuban  war.  The 
Cuban  budget  for  the  present  year  is 
$20,000,000.  Without  the  Cuban  trouble, 
Spain  has  had  forty  four  years of deficits 
and  only  one  year—that  of  1896-97—of 
surplus.  The  total  foots  up  but  little 
short  of  three-quarters  of  a  billion  dol­
lars.

The  Latin  nations  have  never  taken 
naturally  to  sea  fighting.  Their  record 
of  naval  achievements 
is  not  a  bright 
one.  France  supports  a  tine  navy,  but 
what  sea  victories  has  France  won  to 
which 
it  can  point  with  particular 
pride?  Portugal,  Italy  and  Spain  have 
furnished  some  daring  navigators,  but 
what  great  triumphs 
in  war  have  they 
gained  with  ships?  While  the  Latin 
race  has  been  weak  upon  the  sea,  the 
Anglo-Saxon  race  has  been  especially 
strong  there.  The  naval  annals  of  Great 
Britain  and  the  United  States  are  more 
glorious  than  those  of  any  other  nation 
of  ancient  or  modern  times.

Everywhere  surprise  has  been  ex­
pressed  at  the  rigid  physical  examina­
tions  the  volunteer  soldiery  has  bad  to 
undergo.  An  army  surgeon  explains this 
by  saying  that  any  man  accepted  as  a 
volunteer  has  a  certificate 
the 
United  States  Government  that  he  is 
physically  sound.  If,  after  the  war,  any 
volunteer  should  apply  for  a  pension, 
and  show  some  ailment,  it  would  have 
to  be  assumed  that  the  ailment  was  due 
to  his  service  in  the  army,  whether  the 
assumption  was  correct  or  not.  The 
Government  can  not  go  behind  its  own 
certificate  of  good  health.

from 

The  worst  thing  that  can  happen  to 
private  soldiers  is  to  be  under  the  com­
mand  of  officers  who  do  not  know  their 
business,  and  will  not  stand  up  for  the 
rights  of  the  soldier  in  rests and rations, 
and  see  that  duties  are  equally  divided.

The  German  Emperor  needs  but  little 
sleep  himself,  and  extracts  long  hours 
from  every  one  in  attendance.  Four  or 
five  hours’  rest  is  all  that  he  cares  for. 
and  the  physicians  say  that  he  is  burn­
ing  the  candle  at  both  ends.

9

Although  the railroad passenger agents 
are  groping  around  in  search  of  an  ex­
planation  for  the  collapse  of  the  Klon­
dike  boom,  the  reason  appears  very 
simple. 
In  the  first  place,  the  antici­
pated  rush  was  overestimated.  Next, 
the  output  of  the  Yukon  region  has  not 
been  up  to  expectation  and—greatest 
factor  of  all—the  war  has  had  greater 
attractions  for  thousands  of  adventurous 
spirits  than  has  the  northern  E l  Dorado. 
The  result  is  that  the  current  of  human­
ity  headed  for  Dawson  City  has  grad­
ually  sunk  until  it  has  practically  dried 
up  altogether.  And  a  good  thing,  too. 
The  comparatively  small  number  of 
gold-seekers  will  have  some  prospect 
of  success,  while  99  per  cent,  of  the 
original  army  would  have  been  doomed 
to  disappointment.  The  changed  con­
ditions  ought  to  prove  satisfactory  to 
everyone,  save  the  owners  of  transpor­
tation  lines,  who  will  have  many  idle 
vessels  on  their  bands.

The  custom  of  having  warships  sail 
“ under  sealed  orders’ ’  has  arisen  from 
the  desire  of  maritime  powers  to  pre­
vent  their  plans  from  becoming  known 
to  the  enemy. 
In  the  American  navy 
such  orders  come  from  the  President 
and  are  delivered  to  a  commander  of  a 
ship  or  squadron  by  a  confidential  mes­
senger,  who  knows  nothing  of  their 
contents.  Sometimes  they  are  in  cipher, 
but  they  are  always  sealed  with  the 
official  seal  of  the  navy  department,  and 
the  package  can  not  be  opened  until  the 
time  marked  on  it,  which  is usually sev­
eral  hours  after  the  hour of  leaving  port. 
By  this  precaution  the  newspapers  are 
prevented  from  disclosing  prematurely 
movements  which  may  be  of  the  great­
est 
importance,  and  the  spies  of  the 
enemy  are  rendered  useless  so  far  as 
their  ability  to  discover  the  secret  of 
such  movements  is  concerned.

A  New  York  marine  insurance  agent 
says  that  the  loss  of  many  of  the  mer­
chant  vessels  captured  by  American 
warships  will  not  fall  on  Spaniards,  but 
on  British  underwriters.  While  such 
ships  as  the  Catalina,  Jevez,  Pedro, 
Panama  and  Guido  sailed  under  the 
Spanish  flag,  they  were  really  owned  by 
a  Liverpool  firm.  Owing  to  many  ad­
vantages given  them  that  they  would  not 
otherwise  obtain  ships  engaged  in  the 
West  India  trade  have  been  accustomed 
to  sail  under  the  Spanish  flag,  and  the 
law  required  their  being  manned  by  a 
certain  number  of  Spanish  seamen. 
It 
would  seem,  however,  that  the  owners 
and  insurers  of  the  vessels  captured  bad 
ample  time  to  shift  their  colors  and 
crews,  or  order  them  out  of  dangerous 
waters. 

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the  applicant  on 

The  chaplain  is a regular  Government 
officer.  To  enter  the  Navy  he  must  file 
bis  application  with  the  department  in 
the  same  manner  as  would«a  man  look­
ing  for  a  postmastership.  The  Govern­
ment  accepts 
the 
strength  of  bis  record  as  a  minister  and 
as  a  man  with  noteworthy  qualifications 
for  his  position,  regardless  of  creed  or 
dogma.  A  high-church  Episcopalian 
naval  chaplain  makes 
the  statement 
that  as  a  rule  Roman  Catholic  priests 
make  the  most  acceptable  chaplains. 
They  are  perfectly  in  touch  with  naval 
life  for  some  reason.  They  are  men  of 
the world.  Moreover,  they are celibates, 
with  no  home  ties  to  bind  them.

There  are  no  sea  serpents  seen  from 
Atlantic  coast  watering  places  now. 
The  scares  all  come  from  Spanish  war 
vessels. 

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Wheat  is  so  high 

in  Italy  that  poor 
people  can  not  afford  to  eat  bread  on 
their  butter.

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Shoes  and  Leather

Little  Shoe  in  the  Corner.

Yes,  Faith  is  a goodly anchor,

W hen  skies are  sweet as  a  psalm;

A t  the  bows it  holds  so stalwart 
In  bluff broad-shouldered  calm.

And  when  over  breakers to  leeward 

The tattered  surges are  hurled,

It  may  keep our  head  to the  tempest, 

W ith  its  grip  on  the base of  the  world.

But,  after the shipwreck,  tell  me,

What  help  in  its  iron  thews,
Still  true  to  the  broken  hawser,

Deep  down  among  seaweed and  ooze;

In  the  breaking gulfs  of  sorrow,

When  the helpless  feet  stretch  out,

And  find  in  the  deeps  of darkness 

N o footing so solid  as  doubt?

Then  better  one  star of  1

One broken  plank  of  the  past,

That our  human  hearts may  cling to, 

Though  hopeless  of  shore  at  last.

To  the  spirit  its  spiendid  conjectures, 

To  the  flesh  its  sweet  despair,

Its  tears o'er  the  thin  worn  locket 

W ith  its  beauty  of deathless  hair!

Im m ortal! 

I  fe e l  it  and  k n o w   it:
W ho doubts  it  of such  as  she?

But  that  is  the  pang’s  very  secret—  

Immortal  away  from  me!

There’s  a  narrow  ridge  in  the  graveva 
Would  scarce stay  a child  in  his  rac
But  to  me and  my  thoughts  it  is  wider
Thin 1  the star-so \vn  va;grie of space.

Your 1oçic.  mv  fri«2nd,  is perfect.
Youir  mora.Is  fflO iit  drearilv  true,
But  thie  eartl1  that Stops  1mv  darliiur’s  ears

M;ik es  mirle  ¡use

too.

’ Tis  ;a  well -mean t alms of  breath;

Consol e,  if yiou  will:  I  can  bear  it:
Mut no t all  tlle  pre:id lin g ; since  Adam
Has made Death other than  Death.
Co minianion in  spi i-it!  F orgive  me,

Would

But  iL  who am  earthlv  :ind  weak
For 1her ro:se-lea if palm 011  mv  cheek!

all  miv  incoirues  from  dre;imland

That  iittle  siioe  in the corner

So  worn  arid  wri nkled and  brown—

Its molrionles;s  hoikOYV  COIifutes  vou
And argues  your wisdom  down.

J.»O IK S   1fiU S S E t.L   LOW'ELL.
noving  Oil and Grease  Spots from

Colored  Leather.

One  of  the  most  annoying  things  in 
shoemaking 
is  grease  spots  on  colored 
leather,  and  the  numerous  enquiries  as 
to  how  to  remove  them  show  that  they 
occur  only  too  often.  We,  therefore, 
believe  the  trade  will  learn  with  interest 
that,  after 
innumerable  experiments, 
costing  much  time  and  money,  a  means 
has  been  found  for  removing  grease 
spots  from  leather  without  changing 
its 
color. 

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Anyone  who  has  tried  to  clean  spotted 
leather  by  known  processes  will  have 
become  convinced  that  they  are  all  de­
fective.  The  use  of  chalk  is  compli­
cated,  and  requires  a  great  deal  of 
time.  Spirits of  wine  injures  the  color; 
benzine  does  the  same,  with  the  addi­
tion  that  it  attacks  at  the  same  time  the 
fatty  substance  necessary  to  preserve 
leather,  thus  being 
the 
doubly 
iron 
over  the  grease  spot,  after  covering  it 
with  blotting  paper,  offers no sure result. 
So  other  means  had  to  be  sought  for. 
Thus 
it  was  that  finally  a  solution  of 
gutta  percha  was  tried,  with  results  sur­
prising.

injurious.  Applying  hot 

fibre  of  the 

It 

is  true  that  at  first  some  failures 
were  recorded,  but these  were  due  to  the 
employment  of  benzine  as  a  solvent. 
There  was  no  doubt  that  the  solution  of 
gutta  percha  in  benzine  would  remove 
the  grease,  hot  all  around 
the  place 
where  the  mixture  had  been  applied  a 
dark  circle  still  remained  to  show  tbe 
spot.

Finally,  a  solution  of  gutta  percha 
was  prepared  by  pouring  carbon  bi­
sulphide 
into  a  bottle of  suitable  size, 
containing  the  non-vulcanized  gum,  and 
it  to  stand  about  twenty-four 
allowing 
hours. 
The 
is  moderately 
liquid,  and,  after  shaking  it  actively 
several  times  more  rubber  is  gradually

solution 

added,  until  the  solution  becomes  of 
gelatinous  consistency. 
The  mixture 
was  applied 
in  suitable  quantity  to 
colored  leather  which  had  been  smeared 
in  fish  oil,  and  allowed  to  dry  two  or 
three  hours.  The  subsequent  operation 
consists  merely  in  removing  the  coat  of 
gum 
from  the  surface  of  the  leather— 
that  is,  rubbing  it  with  the  fingers  and 
rolling  it  off  the surface.

The  color  is  not  injured  in  the  least 
by  the  sulphuret  of  carbon;  only  those 
leathers  on  which  a  dressing  containing 
starch  has  been  used  look  a  little lighter 
in  color,  but  the  better  class  of  leathers 
are  not  so  dressed.  As  to  the  dried 
gum,  it  can  be  redissolved  in  sulphuret 
of  carbon  and  used  oves  again.

The  new  process  consists,  then,simply 
the  application  of  a  very  stiff  solu­
tion  of  gutta  percha 
in  carbon  bisul­
phide,  forming  a  coating  of  from  one- 
fourth  to  one-half  centimetre  thick  over 
the  grease  spot,  leaving 
it  to  dry,  and 
afterward  removing  it.  As  the  gum  can 
be  used  over  and  over  again,  and  only 
the  carbon  bisulphide  has  to  be  sup­
plied,  the  process  is  very  economical.

Treating  Patent  Leather.

Charles  M.  Johnson,  of  London,  Eng., 
has  patented  an 
invention  relating 
firstly,  to  a  method  of  treating  patent 
leather  and  other  impervious  materials 
in  such  manner  that  tbe  material  shall 
have  a  certain  and  desirable  amount  of 
porosity,  and,  secondly, 
in  relation  to 
means  for  effecting  same.
The  invention  consists 

in  producing 
in  patent  leather  and  other  impervious 
materials  a  number  of  minute  boles  or 
pores,  which  the  inventor  claims  do  not 
detract  in  any  way  from  the  appear­
ance  of  the  leather  or  the 
like.  The 
holes  may  be  made  from  either  side  of 
tbe  material  or  from  both  sides,  and 
further  they  may  go  right  through  or 
only  partly  through.  They  may  be  made 
previous  to  the  finishing  of  the  patent 
leather  or  the like,  or  they  may  be  made 
after  the  manufacture  thereof.

Mr.  Johnson  says  his  invention 

A  suitable  means  for  effecting  the  in­
vention  consists  in  providing  a  roller  or 
plate  with  a  number  of  fine  points,  and 
the 
leather  or  other  material  is  either 
passed  under  tbe  roller,  or  the  plate 
with  the  points  is  caused  to  descend  on 
tbe  material  to  be  treated,  thereby  mak­
ing  the  artificial  pores.
is  of 
special  utility  for  treating,  fur  instance, 
patent  leather  for  boots  and  shoes  and 
the  like,  because  such  articles  being 
generally  practically  impervious  to  air 
do  not  allow  of  proper  ventilation.  The 
result 
leather  in  time  be­
comes  perished,  whereas  if  a  number  of 
minute  holes  be  made 
in  the  boot  or 
shoe  there 
is  sufficient  ventilation  to 
prevent  the  rapid  destruction  of  the 
leather.
leather  being 
provided  with  minute  holes  or  pores,  it 
is  practicable,  tbe 
inventor  claims,  to 
leather  soft  and  pliable  by 
keep  the 
applying  a  dressing  which 
is  absorbed 
through  the  holes  aforesaid.
MUSKEGON
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invention,  the 

is  that  the 

By  his 

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

50  CEN TS 
ROUND 
TRIP.

Don’t  talk  shoes  in  general,  and  don’t 
advertise  your  shoes  that  way. 
Just 
pick  out  some  particular  shoe  for  each 
day,  and  tell  the  people  about  it,  and- 
put  it  in  your  window.  Always  have  a 
leader,  and  the  leader  will  sell,  and 
will  lead  on  to  regular  sales.

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BABIES’  SOFT  SOLES

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VESTING  TOPS

lake every mother’s heart glad.

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HEADQUARTERS  FOR  CHILDREN’S 

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1898 and  1899.

We are agents for the  Boston  and  Bay  State  Rubbers— 
the best wearing  goods  made—a n d   we  solicit  your  busi­
ness for the same.  Our terms and discounts are as liberal 
as those of any firm  selling the above lines.

Rindge,  Kalmbach,  Logie  &  Co.

12,  14  and  16  Pearl  Street, 
Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

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with  us,  avoiding  the  rush  and  advance  in 
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Michigan Shoe Company

81-83  Jefferson  Ave.,
Detroit,  Michigan.

We  take  this  means  of  announcing  to the  trade the 
death  of  our  honored  President  and  co-worker,
Wm.  A.  McGraw.

The  business  established  by  the  deceased  will  be 
continued  by  his  associates  under  the  same  style, 
pursuing the  same  lines  which  rendered  the  house  so 
deservedly  popular  under  his  management.

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MICHIGAN  TRA D ESM A N

GONE  BEYOND.

Wm.  A.  McGraw,  President  of  the 

Michigan  Shoe  Co.

Wm.  A.  McGraw,  President  of  the 
Michigan  Shoe  Co.,  died  at  his  home 
at  Grosse  Isle  last  Monday  as  the  result 
of  an  operation  for  appendicitus.  The 
funeral  was  held  Thursday,  the  inter­
ment  being  made  in  Detroit,  in  which 
city  the  deceased  was  born  and 
lived 
all  his  life.

B IO G R A P H IC A L.

in 

When,  on  January  12,  1857,  Wm.  A. 
McGraw  was  placed 
the  father’s 
arms,  a  resolve  was  made  that  all  that 
abundant  means  and  worthiness  of  pur­
pose  could  accomplish  should  be  done 
to  make— not  a  professional  man,  but  a 
broad-gauged,  well-educated  merchant, 
to  rest  upon  the  foundation  the  father 
had  then  begun  to  lay  with  so  much 
care.

It  was  training  indeed.  The  best 

in 
the  line  of  instruction  was  not  thought 
too  good ;  and  when  the  educational  ad­
vantages  of  the  New  World  were  ex­
hausted,  the  doors  of  learning 
in  the 
Old  World  swung  open  and  let  him  in. 
Germany  enrolled  him  as  a  student,  un­
til  the  difficult  speech  of  the  Teuton 
was  as  familiar  as  his  mother  tongue. 
With  this  preparation 
for  a  ground­
work,  Mr.  McGraw  returned  to  America 
and  began  his 
life  work,  entering  the 
employ  of  the  old-established shoe house 
of  A.  C.  McGraw  &  Co.,  which  had 
been  founded  and  was  still  managed  by 
his  father.  The  house  was  then  located 
at  the  corner  of  Woodward  avenue  and 
Lamed  street,  where  Swan’s  restaurant 
now  stands.  While  engaged  in  master­
ing  the  rudiments  of  the  business,  Mr. 
McGraw  conceived  a  strong 
liking  for 
the  rubber  department  and  he  deter­
mined  to  know  the  business  “ from  the 
cellar  up,”   and,  with  a  zeal  worthy  of 
his  Scotch  ancestry,  he  bent  to  the  task 
he  had  set  himself.  Choosing  the  work 
because  he  loved  it,  the  enthusiast  be­
gan  with  the  gum.  He  made  it  a  study. 
He  familiarized  himself  with  the  facts 
concerning  it,  from  the  time  it  is  taken 
from  the  tree  in  South America,together 
with  the  methods  of  obtaining  it,  until 
it  is  manufactured  into  boots  and  shoes. 
The 
is,  his  determination  “ to 
know  all  about  it”   made  him  an  expert 
in  whatever  pertains  to  rubber.  He 
was,  without  doubt,  one  of  the  best 
posted  men  in  his  line  of  business  to  be 
found ;  and  those  who  know  what  they 
are  talking  about  concede  that  Mr.  Mc­
Graw  was  a  hustler on general principles 
and  a  King  in  the  rubber  business,  with 
a  capital  K.

fact 

Noting  his  partiality  for  the  rubber 
business,  bis  partners  naturally  insisted 
that  he  take  entire  charge  of  that  de­
partment,  which  became,  under his  en­
ergetic  management,  the  banner  depart­
ment  of  the  establishment.  His  famil­
iarity  with  the  business  and his intimate 
knowledge  of  details  caused  him  to  be 
consulted  by  the  manufacturers  on  mat­
ters  of  moment  to  the  trade,  such  as  the 
probable  selling  quality  of  new  patterns 
and  the  prices  which  new  styles  would 
bear.  No  one  connected  with  the  trade 
enjoyed  the  confidence  of  the  manufac­
turers  to  a  greater  extent  than  Mr.  Mc­
Graw.

interest 

Devotion  to  duty  soon  rewarded  Mr. 
McGraw  with  a  partnership 
in 
the  business,  which  was  continued  until 
Sept.  1,  1895,  when  the  old  firm  of  A. 
C.  McGraw  &  Co.  was  dissolved  by 
mutual  consent,  W.  A.  McGraw  taking 
the  rubber  portion  of  the  business, 
which  be  continued  at  80,  82  and  84

Jefferson  avenue  under  the  style  of  W. 
A.  McGraw  &  Co.  He  subsequently  ad­
mitted  a  number  of  valued  associates  to 
partnership 
in  the  business,  at  which 
time  the  style  of  the  house  was  changed 
to  the  Michigan  Shoe  Co.,  after  which 
a  more  commodious  location  was  taken 
across  the  street,  81  and  83  Jefferson 
avenue.

At  intervals  during  his  busy  business 
career  Mr.  McGraw  took  time  to  see 
more  of  the  world  and  its  people  than 
can  be  viewed  from  the  narrow  confines 
of  a  counting  room.  The  German  songs 
the  boy  had  learned 
in  the  schools  of 
Berlin  had  a  deeper  meaning as the man 
of  business  hummed  them  on  his  jour­
ney  down  the  castle-guarded  Rhine.  He 
learned  by  experience  the  pleasures  and 
dangers  of Alpine travel.  His  own  eyes 
saw  the  magnificence  of  the  Austrian 
capital,  looked  at  the  wonders  which 
Iltay  had  been  gathering  for  centuries. 
He  rode  along  the  Champs  Elysee  and 
ransacked  the British Isles to learn some­
thing  of  the  home  of  his  Scotch  ances­
tors.  Nor  was  this 
travel  to 
take  the  place  of  journeying  at  home. 
He  learned  its  geography  by  seeing 
it 
from  the  woods  of  Maine  to  Cuba  and 
the  Gulf,over, the  Rockies  to  the  Golden 
Gate.  Across  the  Pacific  sea, 
twice 
traversed,  Mr.  McGraw  journeyed  and, 
with  an  interest  not  common,  he  made 
himself  familiar  with  Japan,  her  people 
and  her  history,  and  was  one  of  the  best 
posted  men  on  Japan—her  history,  her 
resources  and  her  future—an  authority, 
in  fact,  on  whatever  pertains  to  the 
Flowery  Kingdom. 
Indeed,  what study 
and  intelligent  travel  could  do  to  widen 
a  man’s  world  was  made  the  most  of  in 
this  instance.

foreign 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Merchants  and 
Manufacturers’  Exchange,  held  Wed­
nesday,  the  following  resolutions  were 
adopted  on  the death of  W.  A.  McGraw :
We,the  members  of  the Merchants and 
Manufacturers'  Exchange  of  Detroit, 
meeting  together  to  take  action  on  the 
death  of  our  brother  member,  the  late 
Mr.  W.  A.  McGraw,  President  of  the 
Michigan  Shoe  Co.,  do  adopt  the  fol­
lowing  resolutions:

That  we  greatly  deplore  the  loss  of  so 
active,  enterprising  and  valuable  a  cit­
izen  'and  business  man,  whose  entire 
life  has  been  spent  in  this  city  of  his 
birth.  His  high  standard  of  integrity 
and  moral  worth  have  been  constantly 
recognized  and  appreciated  by  all  his 
business  associates.

That  we  tender  our  sincere  sympathy 
to  his  family  and  relatives  in their great 
bereavement.
That  these  resolutions  be  placed  on 
our  records  and  a  copy  signed  by  our 
President  and  actuary  be  forwarded  to 
his  family.

lard, 

flour, 

The  chem ical  examination  of  foods 
according  to  scientific  rule 
is  one  of 
the  municipal  regulations  in  the  city  of 
Berlin.  This  examination  in  the  month 
of  September  last  included  202  samples 
of  edibles  and  drinkables,  and  of  these 
57  were  rejected  as  not  up  to  the  legal 
requirements.  There  were  among  the 
articles  thus  proving  unfit,  milk,  but­
ter, 
fresh  eggs,  sweet  oil, 
lemon  oil,  chocolate,  green  tea,  “ me­
dicinal”   Hungarian  wines,  and  denat­
uralized  alcohol.  Remarkable 
in  par­
ticular  was  the 
large  number  of  the 
butler  samples  which  were  found  to  be 
objectionable;  that 
is,  among  twenty 
five  of  these,  two  were  pure  margarine, 
twelve  were  mixed  butter  containing 
from  25  to  75  per  centum  of  margarine, 
and  two  were  doubtful.  The  milk  con­
trol  extended  over  nearly  1,500  stores 
and 
led  to  the  detection  of  89  cases  of 
adulteration,  etc.

Leave  at  home  the  troubles  that  be­
long  there.  Don’t  carry  them  out  to  the 
worid,  for  you  will  be  only  laughed  at 
for  you;  pains.

The  Rodgers  Shoe  Co.,

Toledo,  Ohio

Made  to  Order  Shoes

We have the best  line of gl.oo Creoles,  Pedros and Satin goods  in 
the market, but  we pride ourselves on our high grade goods  in  Men’s 
and  Women’s.  We excel all for style, quality and price.

If our agent does not call on  you drop us a postal.

THE  RODGERS  SHOE  CO.

Michigan  Bark  &  Lumber  Co.,

527 and  528 
Widdicomb  Building, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

C.  U.  CLA R K ,

President. 

W.  D.  W ADE,

Vice-President. 

M.  M.  C l a r k ,

Secy  and Treas.

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

GEO.  H.  REEDER  & CO.,

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

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M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

poor,  mixed  Southwestern  were  a  drug 
at  ioc,  and  many  shippers  were  writing 
to  their  agents  here  to  know  “ what  they 
must  do”   to  get  the  higher  quotations. 
Had  case  count  sales  continued,  this 
difference  would  undoubtedly  have  in­
creased  to  a  point  which  would  have 
compelled  a  grading.

Under  the  loss  off  system  there  is  lit­
tle  incentive  to  grading  in  the 
interior 
and  freight  is  paid  on  thousands  upon 
thousands  of  cases  of  worthless  eggs. 
Case  count  selling  would  create  a  de­
mand  for  selection  which  could  not  be 
resisted  and  within  a  month  we  would 
be  getting  eggs  worthy  of  the  system.

How  much  better  would  it  be  for  re­
ceivers  if  they  could  thus  work  the  egg 
trade  into  a  condition  which  would  re­
move  the  continued  wrangle  with  buy­
ers  and  shippers  alike.  How much  bet­
ter  for  the  shipper,  who  could  operate 
with  some  certainty  of  knowledge  as  to 
the  actual  value  of  bis  goods.

The  matter  should  be  taken  up  by  our 
Exchange  and  united  effort  would  un­
doubtedly  suffice  to  make  successful 
this  change,  which,  we  believe,  would 
be  the  most  important  advance  ever  ac­
complished  for  the  egg  industry.

Butter  and  Eggs

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

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

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

Butter and  Eggs  for Cash

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

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

J.  WILLARD LANSING 
BURGE D.  CATLIN 

HARRIS &  FRUTCHEY,  Detroit
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Wholesale Dealers in

Butter  and  Eggs

44  W.  M arket St.
103 Michigan  St.

Buffalo,  N.  Y.

Cold Storage season is nearly  over.  However,  we  have  orders  for  several  cars 
yet  of  fancy  eggs,  so  can  use  liberal  shipments  for  the next two weeks.  Ship  us 
your eggs and we will guarantee you satisfaction.

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T.  L.  BRUNDAGE,

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  MERCHANT

54  and  56  Central  Ave.,  Cleveland,  Ohio.

Only  Exclusive  Butter  and  Egg  House  in  the  City

Want to correspond  with those who have butter and 

eggs to ship.  Can handle large quantities.

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F.  J.  D ET T EN T H A LER ,

Will  please your customers and make  you  money.

Popular prices prevail.  Ask for quotations.

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

56  W est  Market.Street. 

Correspond  with your old  friend, 

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Buffalo  Produce  Exchange quotations sent free  daily  to  all  who  request 
them.  They solicit consignments of  Butter,  Eggs,  Poultry,  Beans  and 
Produce generally,  assuring  prompt sales and  immediate  ret  rns.  They  ^  
are a branch of the  Grand  Rapids  house  of  the  same  name,  which  has  _ 3  
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 

g —  be made in regard to them.
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Fruits  and  Produce.
Needed  Change  in  the  Rules  Govern­

ing  Egg Sales.

From the New  York  Produce  Review.

various 

According  to  the  usual  custom  when 
a  considerable  part  of  the  receipts  of 
eggs  begins  to  show  more  or  less  loss, 
the  rule  of  sales  has  now  been  changed 
to  a  “ loss  off”   basis  in  this  market  ex­
cept  where  special  agreement  is  made 
to  the  contrary.  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
judging  from  previous  experience,  sales 
will  be  made  upon 
terms. 
Goods  which  are  closely  selected  before 
shipment  and  which  obtain  a  deserved 
reputation  for  fine  quality  will  often,  if 
not  usually,  be  salable  at  mark  or  with 
a  fixed  average  loss,  which  amounts  to 
the  same  thing  as  far  as  the  principle  is 
concerned ;  goods  which  are  so  poor  as 
to  be  unsuitable  to  the  uses  of  the  better 
class  of  trade  will  generally  be  sold  to 
cheap  customers  by  the  case;  goods 
which  contain  enough  fine  eggs  to  at­
tract  the  better  class  of  trade under their 
own  assortment,  but  which  are  not 
graded  closely  and  contain  an  irregular 
amoufit  of 
inferior or  bad  eggs,  will  be 
sold  loss  off.  Probably  this  latter  class 
will,  during  most  of  the  summer  and 
fall  season,  be  found  to  include  the  ma­
jority  of  our  receipts.

The  season  of  change  from  case  count 
sales  to  loss  off  affords  a  good  oppor­
tunity  to  contrast  the  two  systems.  Of 
course,  the  quality  of  stock  arriving this 
week 
is  not  materially  different  from 
that  received  last  week ;  now  variations 
in  quality  are  partly  compensated  by 
loss  allowances;  then they were  adjusted 
by  differences 
in  price.  The  question 
is,  which  method  is  better.

We  hold,  and  have  contended for some 
time,  that  differences  in  quality  may  be 
fully  and  fairly  adjusted  by  differences 
in  price  and  that  the  result  of  doing  all 
business 
in  eggs  case  count  would  be 
greatly  favorable  in the end to  all  classes 
of  egg  trade.  We find also  that  this  view 
is  gradually  gaining  bead wav among  re­
ceivers  of  eggs  in  New  York  ;  some who 
were  formerly  of  opinion  that  loss  off 
sales  were  inevitable  are  now  outspoken 
in  the  belief  that  case  count  sales  would 
be  more  advantageous  and  that  it  would 
be  entirely  practical  to  change  our  sys­
tem  to  that  basis

The  effects  of  an  insistence  upon  case 
count  sales  from  first  hands  would  un­
doubtedly  be  to  force  a  closer  grading 
of  eggs  at  primary  points,  give  us  bet­
ter  and  more  reliable  eggs,  and  elimi­
nate  an  enormous  loss  now  sustained  by 
the  shipment  of  worthless  goods.

Under  a  loss  off  system  a  very  large 
part  of  the  stock  now  usually  received 
during  the  summer  is  accepted  by  the 
better  class  of  egg  dealers  only  because 
they  can,  by  close  grading  before  their 
own  candles,  get  a  reasonable  amount of 
good,  useful  eggs  out  of  them.  They 
can  even  make  them  better  than  goods 
which  are  graded  before 
shipment. 
The  system  places  honesty  at  a  dis­
count.  Many  of  our  egg  dealers  are 
undoubtedly  as  honorable  and  reliable 
as  any  class  of  merchants,  but where  the 
selection  of  stock  to  be  paid  for 
is 
thrown  entirely  in  the  hands  of  the 
buyer  the  opportunity 
for  dishonest 
dealing  dearly exists,  and the scrupulous 
dealer  who  candles  with  an  eye  which 
sees  his  own 
interest  no  more  than  his 
neighbor's 
is  certainly  at  a  disadvan­
tage  in  competition  with  those who  grab 
all  they  can  get.

Therefore,  we  believe  the  honest deal­
er  would  be  benefited  by  a  case  count 
system  because  his  skill  in  judging  of 
qualities,  his  knowledge  of  brands  and 
his  general  ability  in  purchasing  would 
be  the  basis  of  his  competition  with 
other  dealers. 
If  case  count  were  the 
rule  these  dealers  who  serve  a  good  and 
fine  class  of  trade  would,  under  ordi­
nary  circumstances  of  supply  and  de­
mand,  refuse  to  buy  the  mixed  and  ir­
regular  qualities  which  they now accept. 
The  demand  would  be  for  selected eggs, 
comparatively  free  from  loss,  and  the 
premium  paid  for  these  would  induce 
shippers  to  send  such  and  keep  the 
worthless  eggs  at  home.  This  was  clear­
ly  shown  list  week,  when  n c  was  easily 
obtained  for  fancy  selected  eggs,  while

New  Rule  for  Case  Count  Sales.
New  York,  May  21 —At  last  the  Egg 
Rules  of  the  New  York  Mercantile  E x­
change  describe  definitely  a  quality  of 
eggs  which  shall  be  sold  “ case  count" 
notwithstanding  the  general  rules  pro­
vide  for  loss  allowance.

It  happened  rather  by  accident,  how­
ever.  Last  winter  when  the  committee 
were  working  over  the  rules  to  improve 
them,  suggestions  were  called  for  and 
among  others  was  a  proposition to create 
a  superlative  grade  to  be  called  extras, 
which  should  be  sold  at  mark  at  all  sea­
sons.  This  proposition  was  voted  down 
on  the  ground  that  the  quality deserving 
of  mark  sales  could  not  be  produced 
here.  But  a  new  grade  was  instituted 
called  “ Western  firsts  packed  for  stor­
age,”   which  described  a  quality  such as 
buyers  for cold  storage  would  be  willing 
to  bid  for.  Now  when  the  rule  was 
changed  to  “ loss  off”  
it  was  seen  at 
once  that  it  would  not  do  to  sell  loss  off 
such  eggs  as  were  described  under  the 
rule  for  “ storage  packed, ”   and 
that 
goods  not  deserving  to  be  sold  at  mark 
would  not  do  for  storage  buyers.  Con­
sequently  a  rule  was  passed  last Monday 
that  all  eggs  sold  under  the  rule  as 
“ packed  for  storage”   shall  be  of  such 
quality  as  will  grade  firsts  at  mark.

Therefore,  there  is  now  a  definite  de­
scription  in  our  Exchange  rules  which, 
if  complied  with,  will  enable  a  seller  to 
place  goods  at  mark  if  they  conform  to 
it.  The  requirements  are  as  follows:

All  small  and  dirties  must  be  culled 

out

Eighty-five  per  cent,  must  be  prime, 

full  sweet  eggs.

White  wood  cases.
No.  1  or  medium  fillers.
Excelsior  or  cork  packing  under  the 

bottom  flat  and  over  the  top  fiat.

No  more  than  one dozen cracked  eggs, 
and  loss  must  not  exceed  15  eggs  to  36 
dozen,  or  12  eggs  to  30 dozen  case.
The Truth, and  Nothing But the Truth.
Two  rival  commercial  travelers  were 
trying  to  sell  a  merchant  a  fire-proof 
safe.

The  first  said  to  the  merchant:
“ A  cat  was  put  in  one  of  our  safes, 
and  the  safe  was  put  in  the  middle  of  a 
fire  for  twenty-four  hours,and afterwards 
the  cat  came  out  alive. ”

Said  the  second :
“ We  put  a  cat  in  one  of  our  safes and 
piled  a  fire  around 
it  for  a  week  and 
when  we  opened  it  the  cat  was  dead.”
“ Ah,  I  thought  so,”   said  the  rival 

traveler.

“ Yes,”   replied  the  traveler,  “ he  was 

frozen  to  death!”

$1.90  to  Jackson  and  Return.

The  Michigan  Central  will  on  Mon­
day,  May  30,  sell  excursion  tickets  to 
Jackson at  Si.go  for  the  round  trip,  good 
going  only  on  the  morning  train  leav­
ing  the  Union  station  at  7  a.  m.  and  re­
turning  on  the  evening  train  same  day.
W.  C.  B lake, 

City  Ticket  Agent.

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BEANS  and  POTATOES

CARLOTS  ONLY.

M ILLER  &  T EA S D A LE  CO.,

ST.  LO U IS,  M ISSO UR I.

Why  Lard  and  Other  Hog  Products 

are  High.

The  rapid  advance  in  prices  of 

lard 
and  cottonseed  oil  recently has surprised 
and  confounded  some  speculators  who 
are  not  close  watchers  of  current events; 
but  the  advance  is  easily  explained.

Lard  rose  in  company  with  other  hog 
products  under  the 
influence  of  Euro­
pean  demands  about  the  beginning  of 
the  year.  A  great  deficiency  existed 
abroad  and  at  Christmas  pork  cost twice 
as  much  as  the  year  before.  Then  came 
the  prospect  of  trouble  with  Spain,  and 
as  the  unanimous  opinion  of  Europe 
was  that  Spain  was  much stronger on the 
water  than  we  were and  reverses  for  us 
were  to  be  expected  at  first,  Europe 
bought  largely  to  guard  against  possible 
scarcity. 
large  pur­
chases  by  the  Government  and  prices 
went  so  high  that  the  European  demand 
ceased  almost  completely,  although  the 
Hamburg  market  was  a  buyer  to  some 
extent,  against 
its  will,  on  account  of 
the  failure  of  a  large  operator.

followed 

Then 

Owing  to  the  enormous  receipts  at  a 
time  of  the  year  when  the  demand  is 
not  over  heavy,  I  scarcely  think  that  the 
present  market  will  be  sustained  unless 
through  speculation.  Farmers  are  get­
ting  big  prices  for  hogs,  but  the  present 
price  of  lard  seems  high  enough.  With 
the  autumn  demand  usually  the  heavi­
est,  I  shall  not  be  surprised to  see  prices 
then  fully  as  high  as  now  on 
legitimate 
grounds.  If the  general  public  continues 
to  buy  for  speculation  as  frantically  as 
during  the  last  few  weeks  we  may  see 
still  higher  prices.

Substitutes  for  lard,  such  as  lard  com­
pound,  composed  chiefly  of  cottonseed 
oil,  can  now  be  sold  2c  per  pound 
cheaper  than 
lard,  and  they  prove  at­
tractive  to  many  consumers.  Prices  of 
these  substitutes  are  strengthening  in 
consequence,  and  at  the  same  time 
acting  as  a  check  on  the  lard  market.

Cottonseed  oil  would  seem  to  have  a 
good  future. 
It  started  the  season  with 
a  bare  market,  as  last  year’s  crop  was 
small,  with  poor  prices. 
This  year’s 
crop  is  large,  with  good  prices.  Stocks,
I  think,  are  fair,  and 
large  quantities 
have  been  marketed,  owing  to  a  bona 
fide  demand  of  extraordinary  propor­
tions.  At  this  season  of  the  year  stocks 
are  in  the  hands  of  people  abundantly 
able  to  carry  them,  and  there  can  be  no 
anxiety  about  the  future. 
It  seems  to 
me  that  there  is  still  plenty  of  room  at 
the  top  until  the  new  oil  comes  to  mar­
ket  in  October.

The  statistical  position  of  cotton oil  is 
stronger  than  at  any  time  since  1891. 
While  the  United  States  can  use  all  of 
the  cottonseed  oil  produced  here,  there 
is  a 
large  and  growing  European  de­
mand.  The  English  manufactures  are 
90  per  cent,  soap  oils  and  scarcely  any 
edible  oils.—Carl  Dreier  in  N.  Y.  Com­
mercial.  ____  
Plain  Living  the  Basis  of  Health  and 

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Strength.

into  the 

indiscriminating  eating  has  been  a  race 
of  dyspeptics,  and  we  are  only  now 
light, 
slowly  struggling  up 
where  we  find  out  that 
it  is  a  matter 
of  the  utmost  importance,here and  here­
after,  that  we  should  know  what,  and 
when,  and  how  to  eat.  On  the  state  of 
one’s  digestion,  and  not  the  condition 
of  one’s  heart,  as  we  romantically  sup­
pose,  depends  one’s  physical,  mental 
and  moral  welfare. 
Soggy  bread  for 
breakfast  would  sour  the  temper  of  an 
angel,  gloomy  theologies  have  had  their 
origin 
in  dyspepsia  and  not  divine 
revelation,  and  workers 
in  the  slums 
tell  us  that 
it  is  the  poor  cooking  and 
the  consequent  lack  of  nourishment  that 
drives  the  very  poor  to  drink.

it 

Considering  the 

is  wonderful  how 

importance  of  the 
subject, 
little 
thought  we  give  to  this  matter  of  what 
we  eat,  and  how  careless  the  average 
woman  is  about  what  she  sets  before  her 
family.  The  recent  deaths  of  Henry 
George  and  Anton  Seidl,  both  of  whom 
died  suddenly  a  few  hours  after  inju­
dicious  eating,  are  an  example  of  how 
reckless  even  the  most  intelligent  can 
b e ;  but  we  do  not  have  to  go  so  far  for 
examples  of  people  who  are  victims  to 
their  own  ignorance 
in  the  matter.  It 
is  not  a  question  of  over-eating  by  any 
means,  either. 
Just  as  many  people 
die  from  being  under  nourished  as  do 
from  gormandizing. 

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It 

is  hardly  too  much  to  say  that  the 
success  and  happiness  of  life  depend 
on  what  one  eats.  Aside  from  the  hor­
rors  of  dyspepsia,  there 
is  the  ability 
or  inability  to  work  that  means  success 
or  failure  in  our  undertakings.  A  suc­
cessful  speculator,  a  king  of  finance, 
is  on  record  as  saying  that  when  he  was 
going  to  engineer  a  big  deal  that  re­
quired  clear  judgment,  iron  nerve  and 
enormous  physical  endurance  he  went 
into  training  for  it  almost  as  a  pugil­
ist  does  for  a  fight.  He  cut  his  food 
down  to  rare  beef  and  a  few  simple 
vegetables,  just  such  things  as  would 
give  him  the  most  nourishment  and 
were  the  easiest  digested.  He  further­
more  said  that  'be  had  known  a  single 
spell  of  indigestion  and  consequent  de­
pression  and  blues  make  a  man 
lose 
courage  and  break  down  when  another 
day  would  have  tided  him  into  success 
and  fortune.

When  one  remembers  that  beauty  is 
simply  a  question  of  health,  it  is  amaz­
ing  to  see  how  reckless  mothers  are 
about  the  food  of  their  little  daughters. 
Who  does  not  see,  every  day,  thin, 
scrawny,  sallow 
little  girls  drinking 
strong  coffee,  eating  indigestible  pastry 
and  cakes  and  nibbling  candy  between 
meals—foredestined 
into 
ugly  women,  when  they  might  as  well 
be  pretty?  In 
its  real  essence,  beauty 
is  a  matter  of  clear  skin,  of  gracious 
curves,  of  strength  and  vitality,  'and 
they  must  all  spring  from 
the  good 
digestion  that  waits  on  good  food  prop­
erly  prepared. 
To  the  woman  who  has 
interests  of  her  family  really  at 
the 
heart  there 
is  no  other  subject  of  such 
vital  importance  as  what  they  eat.

to  grow  up 

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8 3 0   N.  FO U R TH   S T .

N.  W OHLFELDER  &   CO..

COMMISSION  M ERCHAN TS

3 9 9 - 4 0 3   HIGH  S T ..  E A S T   S ID E .

D E T R O IT ,  M ICH.

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

Full  Market  Prices.

Ripe  Strawberries

at consumers’ prices.  Pineapples,  Bananas,  Oranges, 
Lemons,  Tomatoes,  Green  Onions,  Radishes,  Cu­
cumbers, Spinach, Asparagus,  Pie  Plant,  New  Pota­
toes,  New Cabbage,  Beets,  Peas,  New  Dry  Onions, 
Turnips, Carrots, Squash.

BUNTING  &   CO.,  Jobbers,  Grand  Rapids,  flieh.

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WANTED To represent a  first-class  Roller  and 

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

Detroit Commission  &  Manufacturing  Co., 

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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.

W’estern  National  Bank,  Philadelphia.

Fourth  National  Bank,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D.  C.  Oakes,  Coopersville,  Mich.

E.  A.  Stowe,  Michigan  Tradesman.

The  processes  of  evolution  in  nature 
are  hardly  slower  than  the length of time 
it  takes  us  to  shake  off  old  ideas.  For 
generations  we  have  been  taught  that  it 
was  a  weakness  to  pay  any  particular 
attention  to  what  we  ate. 
Plain  living 
and  high  thinking  have  been  inculcated 
as  the  highest  philosophical  ideal,  and 
to  eat  what  is  set  before  you  and  ask  no 
questions  the  very  quintessence  of  ami­
ability  and  desirability  in  one’s  family. 
Time  spent 
toothsome 
dainties  has  been  universally  regarded 
as  sinful  waste  of  opportunities.

in  preparing 

The  result  of  all  this  unthinking  and

WANTED

To furnish  Western dealers for  their  Eastern 
trade for season of 1896; 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  tefrigeration, with an improved system 
of perfectly dry circulation and change of air in 
rooms; intermittent and continuous  circulation, 
also gravity system;  these systems are the  latest 
and best known  in  cold  storage  practices;  our 
eggs are said to be the finest on the Philadelphia 
market this past season; fine distributing point; 
only 254 hours to Pittsburg, and quick transit by 
both Penn  Central and B.  &  O.  to  New  York, 
Philadelphia  Baltimore  and  Washington;  we 
are authorized  to purchase  for  our  local  cus 
tomers 5,000 cases finely candled eggs  for  April 
and May deliveries;  also several  cars  creamery 
butter;correspondence solicited.  Address Hyge- 
ia Crystal Ice & Cold Storage Co.,Cniontown, Pa.

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.  BR ICE  &  CO.

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Diversion  of  the  Grain  Trade  From 

New  York.

The  Interstate  Commerce  Commission 
has  recently  rendered  a  decision  which 
is  of  great  interest  to  all  the  ports  of the 
country.  The  case  before  the  commis­
sion  was  the  complaint  of  the  New 
York  Produce  Exchange  versus  the  Bal­
timore &'Qbio Railroad.  The Exchange, 
representing  the  commercial 
interests 
of  the  port  of  New  York,  maintained 
that  the  railroad  company  prevented  the 
metropolis  from  securing  her  rightful 
share  of  the  country’s  foreign  trade  by 
unfair  differentials 
favor  of  other 
Atlantic  ports,  and  particularly  Balti­
more,  Boston  and  Philadelphia.

in 

New  York  has  for  some  time  been 
greatly  worried  at  the  steady  loss  she 
in  her  grain  trade.  Her 
has  suffered 
instead  of  admitting  that 
merchants, 
this  diversion  of  trade  was  due 
to 
changed  conditions,  claimed  that  it  re­
sulted  solely  from  the  action  of  the  rail­
roads 
in  discriminating  against  her  in 
favor  of  other  ports.  The  argument 
made  before  the  Interstate  Commerce 
Commission  sought,  to  show  that  New 
York,  by  virtue  of  her  facilities  and 
long  custom,  was  entitled  naturally  to 
the  lion’s  share  of  the  business.

The  Interstate  Commerce  Commis­
sion,  after  a  careful  and  thorough  re­
view  of  the  case,  dismissed  the  com­
plaint.  The  Commission  held  that  it 
had  not  been  proven  that  the  railroad 
had  discriminated  against  New  York. 
It  also  held  that  New  York,  by  virtue  of 
its  position,  had  no  special  claim  on 
the  grain  trade,  and  that  the  gradual 
loss  of  this  trade  was  due,  not  to  dis­
crimination,  but  to  the  legitimate  and 
natural  competition  of  other  ports.  The 
contention  that  New  York  had  a  special 
claim  on  the  foreign  trade  was  brushed 
aside. 
In  this  connection  the  Commis­
sion  says:

It  would  be 

in  accordance  neither 
with  the  theory  of  our  institutions  nor 
with  the  history  of  the  development  of 
our  nation  to  permit  any  one  port  upon 
our  vast  extent  of  seacoast to monopolize 
the  trade  with  foreign  nations.

Within  recent  years  the  United  States 
Government  has  expended  in  improving 
navigation  to  and  at  the  port  of  Phila­
delphia  about  $9,500,000;  at  Baltimore, 
$3,600,000:  at  Galveston,  $8.500,000, 
and  at  New  Orleans  or  upon  the  Mis­
sissippi  River,  of  which  New  Orleans 
takes 
the  benefit,  about  $8.000,000. 
These  vast  sums  have  not  been  ap­
propriated  and  expended  certainly  upon 
the  theory  that  it  was  desirable  for  the 
foreign  trade  of  this  country  to  flow 
through  the  port  of  New  York  alone. 
Rather  does  this  recognize  it  as  the  pol­
icy  of  our  Government  that 
its  foreign 
commerce  should  be distributed between 
various  ports.

The  claim  of  New  York  to  being  the 
natural  outlet  for  the  grain  trade 
is 
disposed  of  with  equal  clearness.  The 
Commission  points out that geographical 
position  and  competition 
from  rival 
carriers  control  the  movement  of  grain 
and  every  other  commodity.  The  Com­
mission,  in  its  decision,  says:

The  distance  from  Chicago  to  New 
York 
is  about  the  same  as  to  New 
Orleans,  and  the  water  communication 
between  Chicago  and  New  York  will, 
during  certain  seasons  of  the  year  at 
least,  give  New York  an  advantage  as  to 
traffic  which  fairly  originates  at  Chi­
cago.  But  a  glance  at  the  map  of  the 
United  States  shows  that  the  grain-pro­
ducing  territory,  much  of 
it,  lies  be­
tween  New  Orleans  upon  the  South  and 
Chicago  upon  the  North,  and  is  most  of 
it  nearer  New  Orleans  than  New  York. 
When  this  export  corn  moves  to  Chi­
cago  it  moves  away  from  New  Orleans, 
or  at  least  not  towards  it,  and  the  same 
thing 
is  true  of  much  of  the  export 
wheat.  The  distance  from  Kansas  City

M ICHIGAN  TR A D ES M A N

and  St.  Louis  to  New  Orleans  is  less 
than  two-thirds  that  to  New  York.  The 
Mississippi  River  and 
its  tributaries 
give  access  to  all  this  region.

As  an  evidence  of  the  facility  with 
which  the  grain  trade  has  been  diverted 
from  New  York,  and  as  exemplifying 
the  cause  for  this  diversion,  the  Com­
mission  devotes  the  following paragraph 
to  the  facilities  of  New  Orleans:

A  year  ago  the  Commission  inspected 
facilities  of 
the  terminal  and  harbor 
New  Orleans. 
Its  docks  are  already  ex­
tensive  and  are  capable  of  almost  un­
limited  extension.  There 
is  no  place 
in  the  United  States,  with  possibly  one 
exception,  where  grain  can  be  trans­
ferred  from  the  car  to  the  vessel  more j 
cheaply  than  here.  The  grade  from  the 
grain  fields  to  these  ( levators  is  an  easy 
one.  The  corporations  which  operate 
these  lines  of  railway  leading  to  them 
are  strong  and  aggressive.  They  will 
undoubtedly  demand  a  larger  portion  of 
that  traffic  which  is  tributary  to  them, 
and  will  gradually  acquire  more  and 
more  of 
its  turn  will 
bring  to  New  Orleans  a  certain  amount 
of  those  importations  which  now  reach 
New  York.  The  same  thing  is  and  will 
be  true  of  Galveston  and  other  ports. 
New  York  can  not  expect,  therefore,  to 
occupy  the  same  relative  position  of 
supremacy  with  reference  to  our  foreign 
commerce 
in  the  future  that  it  has  in 
the  past.

it,  and  this 

in 

It  is  evident  from  this  decision  of  the
Interstate  Commerce  Commission  that 
New  York  can  not  hope  to  regain  her 
lost  trade  by  bringing  pressure  on  the 
railroads,  except  it  can  be  done  through 
the  manipulations  of  Wall  street.  There 
are  many  railroads  now  operating  to 
Southern 
and  South  Atlantic  ports 
which  are  powerful  enough  to  be  inde­
pendent  of  Wall  street  pressure,  and  it 
is  this  fact  that  is  so  seriously  troubling 
our  New  York  friends.

Decoration  Day  Excursion.

On  Monday,  May  30,  the  Michigan 
Central  will  sell  excursion  tickets  to 
Jackson  and  return  at  the  very  low  rate 
of  Si.90  for  the  round  trip,  good  going 
only  on  the  morning  train  leaving  the 
Union  station  at  7  a.  m.  and  returning 
on  the  evening  train  same  day.

W.  C.  B lake, 

City  Ticket  Agent.

Has  a  Chance.

“ The  boy  King  of  Spain  has  thirty- 

seven  titles. ”
“  Is  that  so? 

If  he  can  hang  on  for  a 
few  years  he  may  be  able  to  pay  off 
Spain’s debts  by marrying  an  American 
heiress."

W M .  S M I T H ------

Manufacturer of

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

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

EATON RAPIDS,  fllCH.

WE  ARE  IN  POSITION  TO  FILL  YOUR  OR­
DERS  FOR  F IE LD   S E E D S   BOTH  IN  Q U A L­
ITY  AND  P R IC E   THAT SHOULD WARRANT 
YOU  IN  DEALING  WITH  US.

Moseley  Bros.

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G RA N D   R A P ID S   M ICH.

Jobbers-Seed-Beans-Potatoes-Produce 

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ALFRED  J.  BROWN  SEED  CO.

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

24  and  26  North  Division  Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

M  Ship Your 

...........

Butter,  Eggs  and  Produce

to us.  Our motto:  “Quick  sales, highest market 
prices, prompt and  honest returns.”

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

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Buffalo,  N.  Y

Sure  Test.

key?”

“ How  do  you  tell  the  age  of  a  tur­
“  By  the  teeth. ”
“ A  turkey  hasn't  teeth.”
“ N o;  but  I  have. ”

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Elgin  Systeni
of Creameries

It will  pay  you  to  investi­
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 

Ü  R.  E.  Sturgis, Allegan,  Mich.
a

Contractor and Builder of Butter 
and Cheese Factories, and Dealer 
in Supplies.
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Warehouse “A Warehouse “B”

Capacity 600,000 cubic feet.

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

M ICHIGAN  TR A D ES M A N

15

How to Succeed in Groceries.

My  theme  this  week  is  the  dishonest 
grocer. 
If  I  could  dip  my  pen  in  sul­
phuric  acid  and  write on asbestos paper,
I  could  not  then  express  half  the  con­
tempt  and  hatred  which  I  cherish  for 
the  grocer  who  gives  short  weights  and 
measures,  makes 
low  prices  to  attract 
trade,  and  steals  customers  away  from 
a  rival  in  business.  Some  people  may 
think  that  I  have  suffered  directly  by 
such  methods  as  these,  which  makes 
me  so  bitter  against  them,  but  this  is 
not  true.  However,  I  sympathize  with 
the  honest  grocer  who  is  forced  to  meet 
such  competition  as  this,  and  sees  his 
trade  gradually  going  toward  the  dis­
honest  grocer.

The  dishonest  grocer  does  not  exist, 

you  say?  He  does,  beyond  a  doubt.

He  will  never  win  out 

in  the  long 
run,  because  honesty  will  succeed  as 
sure  as  the  sun  rises  and  sets.  Why, 
then,  are  grocers  dishonest?  The  most 
patent  cause  in  making  grocers  dishon­
est 
is  selling  goods  at  too  close  a  mar­
gin,  or  at  no  margin  at  all.  The  temp­
tation  to  make  both  ends  meet  by  giv­
ing  short  count  and  short  measure  is 
too  great  in  times  of  close  competition, 
and  the  man  who  is  at  all  weak  will 
finally  fall. 
“ Honor  and  fame  from  no 
conditions  rise;  act  well  your  part— 
there  all  the  honor  lies.”

Is  it  honorable  for  a  merchant  to  ad­
vertise  twenty  pounds  of  sugar  for  a 
dollar,  and  give  only  eighteen? 
Is  it 
honorable  for him  to  sell thirteen  ounces 
for  a  pound,  and  forty-five  pounds  of 
flour  for  a  quarter  barrel,  which  should 
be  forty-nine  pounds?  Is  it  honorable  to 
overcharge  on  one  article  and  under­
charge  on  another? 
Is  it  honorable  to 
go  to  your  neighbor’s  customers  and 
quote  prices  far below  what  you  would 
to  your  own  trade?  What man  who  sells 
sixteen  ounces  to  the  pound  and  twelve 
to  the  dozen  can  compete  with  these 
sharks  and  pirates?  They  degrade  the 
profession,  and  make  all  classes  of 
customers  suspicious  of  all  dealers.

is  a  blessing  to  feel  that  they  will 
and 

sometimes  overstep 
perish  through  their  own  dishonesty.

themselves 

It 

Shakespeare  says:  “ Who  steals  my 
purse steals trash,  but  he that filches from 
me my good  name  robs  me of  that  which 
not enriches  him,  and makes me poor  in­
deed. ”   The  pirates  who  are  engaged 
in  these  reprehensible  practices  will 
find  some  day  that  they  are  known  in 
their  true  light,  and  all  the  perfumes 
of  Araby  will  not  suffice  to  make  their 
name  sweet  to  the  public  again.  They 
will  be  shunned 
like  a  pestilence,  de­
spite  their  air  of  respectability.  Unfor­
tunately  this  class  of  grocers  is  far  too 
numerous.  They  advertise  largely  in the 
the 
daily  papers,  and  hide  behind 
shield  of  a  great  name.  Once 
in  a 
while  an extraordinarily clever shark will 
succeed,  but  for  the  most  part  failure 
is  their  portion.  Let  all  young  grocers 
take  the  advice  of  one  who  has seen gro­
cers  rise  and  fall,  and  who  has  studied 
the  causes  of  success  and  failure,  and 
shun  all dishonest and crooked practices. 
— Store-keeper.
Changed  Conditions  of the  Century.
The  map  of  trade  is  changing  faster 
than  most  of  us  appreciate,  and 
in  di­
plomacy  or  commerce  the  statesman  or 
the  merchant  must  be  no  laggard  who 
keeps  step  to  the  music  of  the  times. 
No  country  in  the  world  has  such a com­
mand  of  the  forces  that  now  control  the 
world—steam,  electricity  and  machin­
ery—as  the  United  States.  No  country 
has  such  resources  in  raw  material  or

in  the  facilities  for  converting  that  ma­
terial  into  finished  products;  no  country 
has  such  an 
ingenious  and  energetic 
population.  With  76,000,000  of  popula­
tion  we  can  produce  more than  150,000,- 
000  can  consume,  and  hence  the  neces­
sity  for  widening  our  markets.

The  great  field  for  future development 
is  with  the  countries  bordering  on  the 
Pacific  ocean  which  contain  two-thirds 
of  the  population  of  the  globe.  The 
events,  therefore,  which  have  recently 
taken  place 
in  the  Far  East  are  of  the 
utmost  significance  to  American  trade 
and  commerce.

For  many  years  I  believed  that  the 
United  States  should  confine  itseiftothe 
development  of  our  own  unequaled  re­
sources  and  home  market;  but  my  ob­
servations 
in  a  trip  around  the  world, 
and  my  experience  when  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Foreign  Commerce  of 
the  New  York  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
widened  my  views,  and  I  now  believe 
that  far-sighted  statesmanship  demands 
the  careful  consideration  of  a  broader 
policy. 
logic  of  recent  events 
points  to  the  acquirement  or  control  of 
Spanish  colonial  possessions  in  both  the 
Pacific  and  the  Atlantic,  together  with 
the  acquirement  of the Hawaiian Islands 
and  the  construction  *of  the  Nicaragua 
Canal.

The 

I  believe  we  have  at  the  head  of  our 
Government  men  who  appreciate  the 
changed  and  changing  conditions  of  the 
century,  and  that 
the  United  States, 
whether  it  will  or  no,  is  obliged  to  be 
one  of  the  leading  nations  in  the  march 
of  progress  which  steam,  electricity 
and  machinery  have  forced  upon the hu­
man  race.  The  time  has  gone  by  when 
a  statesman  can  ask,  “ What  have  we  to 
do  with  Europe?”   or,“ Why  do  we  need 
a  navy,  or  a  commercial  marine,  or  an 
improved  consular  service,  or  a  depart­
ment  of  commerce  and  manufactures?”  
We  can  not  stand  still  if  we  would,  and 
the  United  States  ought  to be at the head 
¡of  the  procession.

F rank  B.  T h u r se r.

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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
6:30am
A t Chicago  ....................2:00pm  9:10pm 
3:02pm  11:45pm
L v   Chicago...................... 
A r  Grand  Rapids............ 
9.30pm  7:25am

C.  L.  Lockwood,

General  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent.
is 
It  is  as  bad  to  be  a  hypocrite  as  it 

to  be a  highwayman.

ew  Quarters

We  take  pleasure  in  informing  the  trade 
that we have leased the  two-story  and  base­
ment  building  at  14  and  16  Ottawa  street 
(corner  Fèrry),  formerly  occupied  by  the 
Grand  Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co., 
which we will take possession of at once with 
our lines of  Fruits,  Vegetables,  Spices,  Bak­
ing  Powder and  Grocers’ and  Meat  Dealers’
Sundries.  With  a  more  central 
location 
convenient  to  the depot and jobbing houses, 
ample  room  in  all  departments,  and  side­
tracks in the  rear of our store,  we shall be in 
better  shape  than  ever  to  fill  your  orders 
promptly and  meet the  requirements  of  our 
customers.  Thanking  you  for  past  patron­
age and assuring you that we shall endeavor 
to merit a continuance of same, we are,

Yours truly,

•Vipkepiuldef  Copipapy

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The  Food  Commissioner

has  begun  an  aggressive crusade  against  cheap vinegars which 
are  not  up to  the legal standard. 
It  will  be  well  for  the  retail 
trade  to  prepare  for  the  wrath  to come  by  putting  in  goods of 
recognized  purity and  strength,  and  we  beg  leave  to  call  the 
attention of  the trade  to  the fact  that

Robinson’s  Cider  Vinegar

‘gislature and 
is always up to  the standard  established  by the  i 
that it  is  guaranteed  not  to contain  any deleterious acids or any* 
thing  that  is  not  produced  from the apple.  One hundred dollars 
in  cash  stands  back  of  this  guaranty.  Ask  your  jobber  for 
Robinson’s  vinegar and  insist on  having  no other.  If your job­
ber will  not get  it  for you,  order direct  from  the  manufacturer,

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GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis—Index  to 
Special Correspondence.

the  Market.

is 

in  the  grocery  trade 

New  York,  May  21—The  general  situ­
ation 
is  encoura­
ging.  Jobbers almost  without  exception 
are  doing  an  excellent  summer  trade 
and  the  future  seems  very  bright  in­
deed,  unless  Congress  yields  to  the  elo­
quence  of  such  men  asTurpie,  who seek 
to  place  the 
financial  rating  of  the 
United  States  far  below  that  of  Spain. 
Orders  for  goods  have  come  from  every 
quarter  and  frequently  for  very  respect­
able  amounts.  Prices  are  steady  and, 
with  very  few  exceptions,  there  is  no 
weakness.

The  week  has  hardly  been  up  to  the 
standard  of 
its  predecessors,  so  far  as 
coffee  is  concerned,  and  interior  deal­
ers  are  apparently  pretty  well  supplied 
for  the  present.  Stocks  are  not  exces­
in  the  hands  of  jobbers  and  the 
sive 
general  appearance 
The 
quotation  on  Rio  No.  7  is  6^c.  Little 
has  been  done  in 
In 
store  and  afloat  there  are  1,053,516 bags, 
against  712,658  bags  at  the  same  time 
last  year.  Mild  sorts  of  ccffee  have 
been 
in  very  light  request  and  what 
orders  have  been  sent  in  have  called  for 
the  lower  grades.

invoice  trading. 

steady. 

The  tea market might be called steady, 
but  there  has  been  very  little  business 
going  forward—hardly  enough,  in  fact, 
to  give  an  indication  of  the  true  condi­
tion  of  affairs.  Sales  made  were  at 
practically  unchanged  rates,  but  some 
shading  might  be  made,  if  necessary. 
In  invoice  trade,  nothing  was  done.

In  sugar,  the  week  started 

in  with 
very  light  trading.  Later,  matters  be­
gan  to  mend  and  at  the  close  are  quite 
satisfactory.  With  warmer  weather  the 
trade  will  be  sure  to  pick  up  and  a  rush 
demand  may  ensue.  Granulated  was 
reduced  on  Thursday  i - i 6c ,  making  it 
5f6c.  A 
lot  of  sugar  was  on  a  pier 
which  collapsed  at  one  of  the  refineries 
and,  of  course,  was  a  total  loss. 
It  was 
raw  sugar 
in  bags,  some  400  of  these 
having  gone  to  mix  with  the  water  of 
East  River.
Supplies  of  rice  are  light and,  in  fact, 
hardly  sufficient 
to  make  a  market. 
Quotations  are  very  firm  and  this  is true 
both  for  foreign  and  domestic. 
For 
prime  to  choice  domestic  the  range  is 
from  6}£@6?4C.  Orders 
foreign 
were  in  many  cases  for  future  delivery, 
as  they  could  not  be  filled  ¿from  spot 
stock.

steady. 

Spices  are 

Jobbers  have 
been  doing  a  satisfactory  trade  and, 
while  they  might  do  more  if  they  bad 
they  are  quite  well  pleased. 
orders, 
Prices  are  steady,  especially  for  pep­
Invoice  trading  was 
per  and  cloves. 
nil,  buyers  seemingly  waiting 
to  see 
what  the  future  has  in  store.

for 

Grocery  grades  of  molasses  are  firm, 
with  supplies  none  too  large  to  over­
stock  the  market. 
In  fact,  the  latter  is 
well  cleaned  up  and  at  the  moment  one 
seeking  to  fill  a  good-sized  order  might 
have 
to  do  considerable  shopping. 
i6@25c ; 
Good  to  prime  centrifugal, 
open-kettle,  2g@3ic. 
in 
light  supply  and  quotations  are  firmly 
adhered  to.

Syrups  are 

in  corn, 

In  canned  goods,  some  large  transac­
tions  have  been  reported  in  futures,  es 
pecially 
tomatoes  and  peas. 
Prices  are  firm  for  spot  goods  and  al­
together  the  situation 
is  encouraging. 
It  is  said  that  the  pack  of  peas  will  be 
smaller  than  usual 
in  Maryland  this 
year,  as  so  many  were  packed  last  sea­
son  that  there  are  yet  a  good  many  left, 
and  profits  in  the  pack  now  will  be  nil. 
But  you  can’t  always  tell  by  what 
“ someone  says, “ and 
it  is  likely  that 
the  usual  supply  will  be  forthcoming. 
Corn  New  York  spot  standard,  65@70C.
Dried  fruits  are  well  held  and  the 
market  situation  has  improved,  espe­
cially  for  evaporated  apples  of  really 
desirable  stock.  Small 
fruits  are  in 
about  the  usual  request.

Lemons  are  lower,  but  the  hot  weather 
will  soon  cause  another  turn.  Oranges 
are  in  about  the  usual  request.  Bananas 
are  steady.  Pineapples  are  quiet.

The  bean  market  presents  few  if  any 
new  features  and  the  situation  is  pretty

M ICH IGAN   TR A D ES M A N

15c; 

much  as  reported 
last  week.  Choice 
marrow  are  worth  $1.75;  choice  pea, 
$1.40.

Bermuda  potatoes  are  worth  $2.75© 
4.25,  the  former  for  seconds.  Western 
olds,  $2.5o@2.87.

For  desirable  sorts  of  butter  there  is  a 
steady  demand,  but  nothing  to  brag  of. 
Western  extra  creamery, 
firsts, 
14y2c ;  seconds,  14c;  thirds,  13@13.ii2c; 
imitation  creamery  extras,  13 J^c ;  firsts, 
i2j^c;  best  factory,  I2j^c.

The  demand  for  cheese  is  not  very 
active,  and  yet  the  supply  is  not  ex­
cessive.  For  really  fancy  goods  the  en­
quiry  has  been  rather  more  active  than 
the  preceding  week. 
for  new 
cheese.  Old  stock  seems  somewhat  un­
settled  and  prices  show  quite  a  varia­
tion.  Large  new 
full  cream,  choice, 
7%@7%c;  full  cream  fancy,  large,  8j4 
@gc ;  small  size,  8^@gc.

is  being  consigned 

In  eggs  the  supply  ot  really  desirable 
is  not  large  and  a  good  deal  of 
stock 
stock  arriving 
to 
cold  storage.  Prices  are  about  the  same 
as  last  week—near-by  fancy  stock,  12c ; 
Western  selected  for  storage,  at  mark, 
11c;  fresh  ungraded,  io^@ io^c.  The 
hot  wave  will  probably  cause  a  large 
portion  of  arrivals  during  the  next  few 
days  to  show  deterioration.

This 

A  fakir 

in  New  York  has  hit  on  a 
scheme  for  drawing  money  from sympa­
thetic  people  that  he  worked  more  than 
once  to  good  advantage.  He  has  a 
smart  dog  for  a  confederate,  and  the 
only  other  “ properties”   are  a  few  bits 
of  stale  bread.  The  fakir  will  go  along 
a  crowded  street,  and  will  all  at  once 
make  a  dive  for a  piece  of  bread  that 
he  has  himself  thrown 
in  the  gutter. 
The  next  minute  he  and  the  canine  will 
be  rolling  in  the  dirt,  fighting  savagely 
for  possession  of  the  bread.  The  crowd 
that  is  attracted  will  shell out small coin 
generously  to  a  supposed  starving  man, 
who  sheds  copious  tears  of  gratitude. 
The  dog 
lost  in  the  shuffle,  but  he 
rejoins  his  owner  ere  long,  and  the  two 
go  off  to  another  quarter  to  repeat  their 
game.

is 

Serious  trouble  is  noted  in  the  lacing 
hooks 
in  silk  vesting  top  footwear  for 
men  finished  with lace stays,owing to the 
fact  that  there 
is  not  enough  leather 
used  as  a  stay  into  which  to  insert  the 
lacing  books.  These  come  out  in  some 
cases  in  short  order. 
It  shows  that  no 
shoe  should  be  made  on  this  style  with­
out  the  leather  lace  stay  down  the  front, 
to give  the  necessary  strength,  or  when 
the  shoe  is  finished  all  silk  vesting  tops 
without  stays,  only  plain  eyelets  should 
be  used,  as  there  is  not  enough  body  to 
sustain  the  lacing  books.

It  takes  more  courage  to  endure  than 

to  act.

for fine retail trade, in the only 

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of  1, 2,  3 or 5  lb.
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MAYNARD  &  COON,  Qrand  Rapids,  Michigan.

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convince you of the  merits  of  these  goods, 
and a guarantee bond goes to every purchas­
er protecting him  in  the sale of our vinegar.

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

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wholesome 
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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bottles  and guaranteed  to  give  satisfaction. 
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us a sample order and  be convinced.

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16  and  18  South  Ionia  Street.

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Size  43  inches  long  by  43  inches  deep  by  57  inches  high. 
Only  two  left  of  our  i8g7  Grocers’  Butter  Refrigerators. 
They will be sold at a  bargain,  viz.,  $25.00  each.  This  is 
your chance to get a good  article  cheap.  Mention  this  ad­
vertisement when writing or calling.  You will  have  to  pay 
$50.00  for  our  new  roll  top  and  you  may  like  this  better. 
We have two roll tops in Ash  instead of Oak  at  $45.00  each.

Poisoned  Ice Cream can  be  avoided  and  Cream  Saved  by 
using our Porcelain Lined Storage Cans.  Easily removed 
for filling or cleaning. 
Ice never exposed to the air.  Eight 
walls to save  the  ice.  Cases  copper  lined.  Extra  quality. 
Solid  Ash.  Antique finish.

No. 84, 
two  8 quart cans.......... Price, $14.00.
No. 86, 
two 20 quart  cans..........Price,  20.50.
No. 87, three 20 quart cans..........Price,  27.35.

W e  also make a cheaper grade of zinc  lined  cases.  Write for catalogue.

GRAND RAPIDS REFRIGERATOR CO.  grand rapids, mich.

Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

President, J ohn A. Hoffman, Kalamazoo; Secre 
tary, J.  C.  Saunders, Lansing;  Treasurer, C has 
McNolty, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association.
President,  C.  C.  Sn e d b k e r ,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C.  W.  Allen  Detroit.

dent Association.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Grand Counselor, J. .1.  Evans,  Bay City:  Grand 
Secretary, G.  S. V almorb, Detroit;  Grand Treas 
urer, W.  S. West, Jackson.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Accl 
President,  J.  Boyd  Pantlind,  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.
Annual  Meeting  of  Michigan  Grand 

Council,  U.  C . T.

Jackson,  May  21— The  annual  conven­
tion  of  the  Grand  Council,  United  Com­
mercial  Travelers,  which  was  held  here 
yesterday  and  to-day,  was well  attended. 
■   The  first  on  the  programme  was  the 
grand  parade,  which 
took  place  at  1 
o’clock  yesterday.  The  delegates  were 
all  in  line,  each  carrying  a  white  um­
brella  and  a  United  States  flag.  The 
Jackson  members  were  all  dressed  in 
white  and  presented  a handsome appear­
ance  as  they  brought  up  the  rear.  The 
members  of  the  Detroit  Council  were  at 
the  head  of  the  procession  Each wore, 
besides the badge  presented  by  the  Jack- 
son  Council,  a  handsome  badge  bearing 
the  inscription,  “ Detroit,  1898.  Detroit 
Council  No.  9.“   Ladies  in  carriages 
followed  the  marchers.  As  the  parade 
passed  under  the  large  flag  in  front  of 
the  courthouse  the  men  removed  their 
hats  and  saluted  it,  and  after  passing  it 
halted  and  gave  three  cheers  and  a tiger 
for  the  Stars  and  Stripes.
"  On  returning  to  the  hall  the  business 
meeting  was  called  to  order by  Grand 
Counsellor  F.  L.  Day,  of  Jackson,  who 
read  his  annual  address,  as  follows

Another  year  in  the  history  of  our  fra­
is  now  closing,  and 
ternal  association 
we  are  again  in  session  at  the  fifth  an­
nual  meeting  of  the Grand  Council  of 
Michigan,  to  review  the  records  of  the 
past  year  and  to  submit  to  the  members 
of  the  order,  through  their  representa­
tives,  the  condition  of  affairs  through­
out  this  grand  jurisdiction,  and  as  far 
as  we  can  throughout  the  jurisdiction  of 
is  the 
the  Supreme  Council,  which 
United  States  of  America,  the  members 
of  which  are  an  indispensable  factor 
in 
the  population  of  our  Nation,  for  they 
are  the  representatives  of the commerce, 
internal  and 
international.  They  are 
the  recognized  representatives  at  the 
commercial  courts  of  all  nations.

At last annual meeting  you appointed a 
committee  with  instructions  to  report  at 
this  session  some  plan  and  by-laws  for 
the  conduct  and  preservation  of  the 
in­
terests  of this Grand Council  and  its sub­
ordinates.  When  your  committee  reports 
give 
it  careful  consideration,  always 
bearing  in  mind  that  quality  in  law  and 
legislation  is  preferable  to  quantity.

As  your  chief  executive  officer  you 
are  entitled  to  an  accounting  of  my 
stewardship,  and 
it  is  with  a  degree  of 
pleasure  that  I  can  present  for  your 
consideration  the  following  facts  and 
figures  that  will  show  the  numerical  and 
financial  strength  of  the  order,  and  I 
recommend  that  each  subordinate  coun­
cil  put  the  same  in  convenient  form  for 
distribution  among  our  commercial  as­
sociates,  in  order  that  they  may  be  in­
duced  to  become  members  of  our  grand 
commercial  army,  and  thereby  be  en­
titled  to  receive  the  benefits  of  fraternal 
protection  at  a  minimum  cost.

Peace,  harmony  and  prosperity  have 
prevailed  in  this  grand  jurisdiction dur­
ing  the  year  now  closing.  We  have 
added  to  our  roll  of  councils  one,  Hills­
dale  Council  No.  116,  which  was  organ­
ized  December  16,  1897,  with  thirteen 
charter  members.

The  membership  of  the  grand 

juris­
diction  one  year  ago  was  270.  There 
have  been  added  during  the  year  as  fol­
lows;  To  Detroit  Council  No.  9,  40;

Flint  No.  29,  7;  Saginaw-!  No.“43,  5 ; 
Bay  No.  51,  6;  Jackson  No.  57,  20; 
Hillsdale  No.  113,  20.  There  have  been 
eight  deaths,  three  have  removed  and 
seventeen  have  been  suspended,  making 
the  total  membership  to-day  340.  This 
jurisdiction  has  contributed  to  the  in­
demnity  fund  of  the  order  during  the 
year  $2,560,  and  has  received  in  pay­
ment  of 
indemnity  claims  of  members 
$2,414.25,  which  was  distributed  among 
the  councils  as 
follows:  Detroit, 
$646.41  ¡Flint,  $471.42;  Saginaw,$1,100; 
Bay,  $128.57;  Jackson,  $67.85,  leaving 
a  balance  to  the  credit  of  this 
jurisdic­
tion  of  $145.75.

A  year  ago  there  were  9 grand  and  96 
subordinate  councils  with  a  total  mem­
bership  of 6,577-  There have been added 
during  the  year  1  grand  and  30  subordi­
nate  councils,  with  an  additional  mem­
bership  of  2,000,  making  a  grand  total 
of  126  subordinate  councils, with  a mem­
bership  of  8,5157,  and  these  contribute 
annually  about  $68,000  for the protection 
and  benefit  of  their  needy  and  unfor­
tunate  brothers, 
their  widows  and 
orphans,

In  conclusion,  Mr.  Day  congratulated 
the  members  upon  the  prosperity  of  the 
order  and  urged  the  utmost  care  and 
fidelity  in  the  conduct  of  its  business. 
He  closed  by  returning  thanks  to  his 
official  associates  and  the  members  of 
the  order  for  their  uniform kindness and 
assistance  and  urged  for  his  successor 
the  same  favorable  consideration.

During  the  business  meeting  of  the 
Grand  Council  the  ladies  were  taken  for 
a  drive  about  the  city  and  a  visit  to  the 
prison,  and  the  underwear  and  corset 
factories, 
they  were 
given  a  reception  at  the  Jackson  City 
club  rooms.

following  which 

At  6:30  the  guests  were  conducted  to 
Company  D  armory,  where  an  elaborate 
banquet  had  been  prepared  by the ladies 
of  the  Jackson  Associated  Charities. 
The  ball  was  elaborately  decorated  with 
white  and  yellow  bunting,  National 
colors  and  flowers  and  presented  a beau­
tiful  appearance.  Plates  were  laid  for 
550,  and  every  seat  was  occupied.  Fol­
lowing  the  banquet  came  an  interesting 
programme  of  toasts  and  responses,  as 
follows,  Dr.  O.  J.  R.  Hanna  officiating 
as  master  of  ceremonies:  Music,  or­
chestra.  Address  of  welcome,  Charles
E.  Townsend.  Response,  F.  L.  Day, 
Grand  Counselor.  Solo,  Master  Fred 
Daley,  Michigan’s boy  soprano. 
“ The 
Ladies,”   George  H.  Randall,  Bay  City. 
Music,  orchestra 
“ The  Baby  Coun-
¡1, ”   F.  M.  Thompson,  Hillsdale. 
Why  Are  We  Traveling  Men?”   O.  C. 
Gould,  Saginaw. 
Cornet  solo,  Mrs. 
“ The 
Anna  Berger-Lynch,  Jackson. 
Employer,”   H.  S.  Griggs,  Jackson. 
Music,  orchestra. 
“ The  Order,”   H. 
M.  Sperry,  Flint.  Music,  orchestra. 
“ The  Traveling  Man  as  a  Citizen,”   P. 
Walch,  Detroit. 
“ The  Star  Spangled 
Banner. ’ ’

At  the  conclusion  of  this  feature  the 
hall  was  cleared  and  dancing  was  in­
dulged  in  until  a  late  hour.

Detroit  was  selected  as  the  next  place 

of  meeting.

This  morning  the  work  of considering 
the  new  by-laws  presented  yesterday 
was.taken  up,  and  after  some  discussion 
the  by-laws  were  adopted,  as  were  also 
the  rules  of  the  Supreme  Council.

Considerable  interest  was  manifested 
n  the  election  of officers,  which resulted 
as  follows:  Grand  Counselor,  J.  J. 
Evans,  of Bay City;  Grand Junior Coun­
selor,  John  A.  Murray,  Detroit;  Past 
Grand  Counselor,  F.  L.  Day,  Jackson ; 
secretary,  G.  S.  Valmore,  Detroit; 
treasurer,  W.  S.  West,  Jackson;  con­
ductor,  M.  Jay  Moore,  Jackson ;  page,
H.  E.  Bartlett,  Flint;  sentinel,  F.  A. 
Sault,  Bay  C ity;  alternate  delegates  to 
the  Supreme  Council,  George  A.  Rey- 
iolds.  Saginaw;  M.  J.  Matthews,  De- 
roit;  executive  committee,  two  years,
F.  D.  Page,  Jackson,  C.  J.  Lewis, 
Flint.
The  secretary  was  instructed  to  pro­
cure  a  suitable  diamond  to  be  presented 
to  Geo.  A.  Reynolds,  of  Saginaw, 
in 
appreciation  of  bis  work  as  grand 
treasurer  for  the  past  five  yea:s,  and  the 
usual  resolutions  of  thanks  to  Jackson 
Council  and  the  people  for  their  hospi­
tality  were  passed.

MICHIGAN  TRA D ESM A N
Gripsack  Brigade

E.  M.  Vosberg,  who  has  been  serious­
ill  at  the  Downey  House  (Lansing) 
is  considerably  im­

ly 
for  several  days, 
proved.

Edward  D.  Hutchinson,  from  Fargo, 
Dakota,  is  now  covering  Michigan  for 
Edward  R.  Rice,  jobber  of  the Banigan 
rubber  shoe  line  at  Buffalo.  This  is  his 
twelfth  year  with  the  same  house.

E.  A.  McDougal  is  spending  several 
months  in  Michigan  cities  in  behalf  of 
the  O’Donohue  Coffee  Co.,  of  New 
York.  He  and  his  wife  make  their 
home  at  the  Hotel  Butler,  Lansing.

Charles  A.  Caldwell,  formerly  mana­
ger  of  the  Donnelly  House  (Mason),  has 
opened  the  Charleston,  one  of  the  model 
hotels  of  Michigan.  The  commercial 
travelers  particularly  enjoy  his  hos­
pitality.

J.  D.  Busse,  for  several  months  Sec­
retary  of  the  Farmers’  Handy  Wagon 
Co.  (Saginaw),  has  severed  his  connec­
tion  with  that  concern  to  accept  a  posi­
tion  on  the  road  with  Aultman,  Miller 
&  Co.,  of  Akron,  Ohio.

Geo.  H.  Mitchell,  the  well-known 
traveling  salesman  of  Hillsdale,  died 
last  Thursday  and  was  buried  Saturday. 
He  was  a  member  of  Hillsdale  Council, 
U.  T.  C.,  and  was  universally  respected 
by  all  who  enjoyed  his  acquaintance.

The  Jackson  Citizen,  in  noting  the 
presence  of  Ed  P.  Waldron  in  that 
city,  states  that  he  is  prominently  men­
tioned  in  connection  with  the  Republi­
can  nomination  for  Congressman  in  the 
Eighth  district.  Mr.  Waldron  denies 
the  charge,  insisting that  he  is  not  seek­
ing  political  preferment  at  this time and 
is  quite  well  satisfied  to  hold  onto  his 
present  job.

Kalamazoo Telegraph : George Ay ling, 
of  Lacota,  a  traveling  man,  stopped  at 
the  Downey  House  Thursday  night. 
He  hung  his  trousers,  in  a  pocket  of 
which  was  carefully  kept  $35  in  money, 
on  a  hook  quite  near  the  transom.  This 
morning  he  awoke  to  find  the  money 
gone,  but  the  pocketbook  had  been 
left 
behind.  He  reported 
the  matter  to 
Chief  Rasor.

Lansing  Republican:  J.  V.  Peck, 
who  for  the  past  six  months  has  repre­
sented  E.  Bement’s  Sons  in  New  York, 
has  resigned  his  position  to  accept a po­
sition  as  traveling  salesman 
for  the 
Michigan  Stove  Co.,  with  New  York, 
Massachusetts  and  Pennsylvania  as  his 
territory.  He  will  start  on  his  first  trip 
June  1.  Mrs.  Peck  will  reside  here  un- 
il  fall,  when  they  will  make  their  home 
n  New  York  City.
Director  Tyler,  of 

the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  approves  of  Presi­
dent  Hoffman’s  suggestion  relative  to 
the  creation  of  a  surplus fund,  but would 
recommend  making  the  extra  assess­
ment 
levied  for  that  purpose  $1,  in­
stead  of  5°  cents,  as  suggested  by  Mr, 
Hoffman. 
It  is  not  impossible  that  the 
matter  may  come  up  for  discussion  at 
the  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  D i­
rectors,  which  will  be held at Kalamazoo 
on  June  4.

Eleven  salesmen  in  the  employ  of  the 
N .  K.  Fairbank  Co.  have  formed  a  co­
partnership  with  H.  C.  Bannard  on  a 
profit-sharing  basis  and  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  washing  powder  at Chi­
cago  under  the  style  of the Liberty  Man­
ufacturing  Co.  Mr.  Bannard  will  be 
remembered  as  the  former  manager  of 
the  Fairbank  Co.,  having  been  mainly 
responsible  for  the  marvelous  growth 
of  that  corporation  up  to  a  few  years 
ago.  Among  the  gentlemen  associated 
is  Fred  H.  Ball,  of 
with  Mr.  Bannard 
this  city,  who  has  been  assigned  the

jobbing  trade  of  Michigan,  Indiana  and 
Kentucky.  Robt.  Hanna  has  also  re­
signed  with  the  Fairbank  Co.  and  will 
cover  the  trade  of  Wisconsin  and  the 
Upper  Peninsula  for  the  new  house.
Movements of Lake Superior Travelers
Marquette,  May  22—Selden  F.  White 
(H.  W.  King  &  Co.)  will  make  Isb- 
peming  headquarters  part  of  the  sum­
mer. 
It  was  the  former  home  of  Mrs. 
White.

is 

Will  C.  Brown  (Lake  Superior  Knit­
ting  Co.) 
in  Appleton,  Wis.,  this 
week  inspecting  the  work  at  the factory.
C.  A.  Laurier  (F.  C.  Glockie)  will 
manage  the  wholesale  and  retail  busi­
ness  at  Calumet.  Mr.  Laurier  has  the 
distinction  of  being 
the  brother  of 
Canada’s  Premier.

Five  Comanche  Indians,  alias  com­
mercial  travelers, gave  a  warwhoop  last 
Wednesday  night  upon  entering  the new 
Iroquois  Hotel  at  the  Soo.  The  hotel 
was  thrown  open  for  dinner  Wednesday. 
The  boys  were  not  full,  merely  elated.
Alex  Stevenson  (Buhl,  Sons  &  Co.) 
visited  the  Soo  last  week.

in 

T.  G.  Truscott  (Burnham,  Stoepel  & 
Co.)  is  in  the  copper  country this week.
M.  S.  Brown  (Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug  Co.)  gave 
the 
game  of  Smear  to  willing  novices  and 
sold  a  few  pills  on  the  side  last  week. 
Non-professionals  will  steer  clear  of 
him.

instructions 

Chas.  Doty  (Edson, Moore  &  Co.)  has 
returned  to  bis  territory.  Paid  Detroit 
a  visit  last  week.

W.  C.  Mannes  will  represent  Pem- 
berthy,  Cook  &  Co. 
in  the  Lake  Su­
perior  territory.  Mr.  Mannes  is  an  old 
traveler.  He  represented  Roundy,  Peck- 
ham  &  Co.  several  years  ago.

Co.)  is  with  us.

E.  L.  Griggs (Peerless Manufacturing 
W.  C.  Monroe  has  taken  up  his 
’steentb  annual  residence  at  Marquette. 
Nobody  really  knows  where  his  perma­
nent  residence  is,  but  when  the landlady 
at  Marquette  tries  to  collect  rent  he 
moves  to  Flint,  and  vice  versa.

W.  M.  Porter  (Atwood  &  Steele)  is 
with  us  and  gives  hygienic  lectures  on 
the  side.

W.  R.  Smith  sells  a  lot  of  baby  car­
riages  to  his  trade.  Don’t  sell  ’em  all, 
Billy.

The  following  committees  have  been 
named  by  President  Brown  to  act  at  the 
annual  party  and  reception  to  be  given 
for 
the  Lake  Superior  Commercial 
Travelers’  Club,  Aug.  12,  at  Hotel  Su­
perior,  Marquette:
Arrangement—T.  G.  Gregory,  D.  P. 
Baldwin,  J.  J.  Bogue,  M.  R.  Manhard, 
J.  D.  Mangum,  H.  O.  McMain,  E.  R. 
Morrison.

Reception—Alex  Stevenson,  W.  J. 
Crane,  Harry  Brilling,  F.  C.  Comstock, 
Chas.  Doty,  H.  E.  Gilmore,  Tbos. 
Ryan,  Willis  Peake,  John  Power,  W.  G. 
Carah.

Floor— R.  G.  Quinn,  W.  R.  Smith 
H.  C.  Work,  A.  P.  Simpson,  H.  I. 
Telling,  S.  F.  White,  J.  W.  Gray,  W. 
C.  Monroe. 

Ouix.

Many  a  girl  who  has  a  pretty  face 
in  the 

can’t  get  her  dress  to  look  well 
back.

$ 2   P E R   D A Y.

TH E  C H A R LE S T O N

FREE  BUS.

Only first-class house in  M A S O N ,  M i c h .  Every-
hing new.  Every room  heated.  Large and  well- 
lighted  sample rooms.  Send  your mail  care  of  the 
Charleston,  where the boys  stop.  C H A R L E S   A . 
C A L D W E L L ,  formerly of  Donnelly  House,  Prop.

H O T E L   B U T L E R .

I.  n.  BROWN,  Proprietor.  Rates  $1.00  and 
upward.  N ewly  furnished  and  refitted  through­
out.  Office and diningroom  on  first floor. 
Washington  Ave.  and  Kalamazoo  St.,  L A N S IN G .

THE  WHITNEY  HOUSE

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

Chas. B. Whitney, Prop., Plainwell, Mich.
HOTEL WHITCOMB

A. VINCENT, Prop.

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH.

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Drugs—Chemicals

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. Pe r r y, Detroit 
A. C. Schumacher, Ann  Arbor 
Geo. Gundrum,  Ionia  - 
L. E. Reynolds, St.  Joseph 
Henry Heim,‘Saginaw  - 
- 

------- 

President, P. W. R.  Pe r k y, Detroit.
Secretary, Geo.  Gundrum, Ionia.

•  Treasurer, A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor.

- 

Examination  Sessions.
Star Island—June 27 and 28.
Marquette—About Sept. 1.
Lansing—Not.  1 and 2.

All meetings will  begin  at  9  o'clock  a. m. ex­
cept the Star Island meeting,  which  begins  at 8 
o’clock p. m.

MICHIGAN STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

President—A. H. Webber, Cadillac.
Secretary— C h a s .  Mann, Detroit.
Treasurer—John D.  Muir, Grand Rapids.

Unjust  Features  of the  Proposed War 

Tax.

The  proprietary  medicine  business  is 
not  in  a  particularly  healthy  condition. 
is  estimated  that  6o  per  cent,  of  a 
It 
druggist’s  sales  are 
in  proprietary  ar­
ticles,  and  the  retailer’s  profit  on  these 
goods  has  been  very  materially  reduced 
in  late  years,  many  of  the  staple  goods 
being  sold  on  less  than  5  per  cent,  mar­
gin. 
The  manufacturers  have  also 
suffered  severely  from  competition,  and 
it  is  a  recognized  fact  that  a  very 
large 
number  of  proprietary  manufacturers 
are  not  advertising  their  goods  to  the 
public  because  they  find  such  invest­
ments  unprofitable.  While  the  original 
cost  of  the  goods  may  be  small,  the  ex­
pense  of 
is  exceedingly 
heavy,and  where  one  is  a  success dozens 
of  these  remedies  are  financial  failures.
There  is  no  good  reason  why  medi­
cines  and  those  who prepare them should 
be  specially  singled  out  to  pay  the  pro­
posed  war  tax.  Medicines  are  in  no 
sense  a 
luxury.  As  a  rule  they  are 
largely  bought  by  those  who  can  not 
afford  to  pay  doctors’  bills,  and  with 
nearly  equal 
justice  a  tax  might  be 
placed  upon  hospitals  and charitable  in- j 
stitutions.

introduction 

We  object  to  Schedule  B  because 

it 
is  neither  flesh  nor  fowl  and  is  capable 
of  three distinct  interpretations,  accord­
ing  to  the  wisdom of the presiding judge 
and  the  eloquence  of  the  pleaders. 
It 
is  possible  to 
interpret  it  as  applying 
only  to  proprietary  medicines and toilet 
preparations. 
In  a  broader  sense  “ and 
all  preparations  or  compositions  what­
soever’ ’  could  be 
interpreted  to  cover 
all  package  goods  sold  by  retailers.  Un­
der  still-  more  liberal 
interpretation, 
“ which  are  prepared,  uttered,  vended 
or  exposed  for  sale  under  letters  patent, 
or  trademark,”   could  be  made  to  cover 
everything  manufactured 
from  armor 
plate  to  pins,  from  a  hogshead  of  sugar 
to  a  yeast  cake,  from  a  locomotive  to  a 
toy  top,  from  a  case  of  sheeting  to  a 
spool  of  thread;  in  fact,  it  would  be 
difficult  to  find  any  manufactured  goods 
in  the  production  of  which  no  patented 
machine  or  tool  or  process  is  not  em­
ployed.

As  this  schedule  now  stands  it  is  a 
it  would  be 

patched  up  measure,  and 
the  cause  for  endless  litigation.
The  rate  of  the  proposed  tax 

is  alto­
gether  too  high.  Four  per  cent,  on  the 
retail  price  of  articles  is  fully  equal  to 
6  per  cent,  on  the  manufacturer’s  job­
bing  prices.  A  manufacturer  who  sells 
$100,000  worth  of  goods  would  have  to 
pay  a  tax  of  $6,000,  which,  in  many 
cases,  is equal  to  his  entire  profit.  Man­
ufacturers  must  raise  their^  jobbing

rates,  and the  expense  would  largely  fall 
upon  the  small  retail  dealers.

There  are  other  commercial  streams 
which  can  be  tapped  for  this  revenue 
with  much  less 
interference  to  estab­
lished  business  customs  than  by  putting 
a  tax  on  proprietary  goods. 
If,  how­
ever,  we  are  going  to tax any proprietary 
goods  we  should  tax  them  all,  and  not 
single  out  one  or  two  branches  of  trade 
to  carry  this  burden.  The  measure  as 
it  now  stands  is  a  distinct  bid  for cheap 
goods,  and,  if  enacted,  will  seriously  re­
flect  upon  the  high  quality  which  Amer­
ican  goods  have  attained.  Competition 
in  many 
lines  would  soon  prohibit  a 
manufacturer  from  paying  6  per  cent, 
for  the  privilege  of  stamping  his  trade­
mark  or  bis  name  upon  his  goods. 
These  marks  of  identification  would  be 
omitted,  and  the  quality  of  the  goods 
would  rapidly  degenerate.  This  is  an 
extremely  dangerous  and  vicious  legis­
lation,  and  would  be  a  blow  at  the qual­
ity  of  American  goods  which  it  would 
take  many  years  to  recover.

Some  few  manufacturers  are 

inclined 
to  the  opinion  that  a  revenue  stamp 
would  be  a  protection  to  their goods,  for 
which  they  could  afford  to  pay. 
If  the 
is  to  require  a  stamp  on 
Government 
proprietary  goods,  reduce  the  tax  to  1 
percent.,  issue  to  each  manufacturer 
who  so  desires  a  private  design  stamp, 
and  issue  these  stamps  on  the  decimal 
system,  so  that  the  tax  can  be  easily  ad­
justed  to  the  retail  value  of  the  goods. 
Such  a  law  as  this  would  afford  an  im­
mense  revenue,  but  the  law  should  dis­
tinctly  state  what  goods  are  to  be  taxed, 
and 
it  should  not  be  confined  to  a  few 
lines,  but  extended  to  all  lines  of  pro­
prietary goods.— New York Commercial.
The Sulphur Scare Has Run its Course. 
From  the New  York  Commercial.

In  view  of  the  general  newspaper  ex­
ploitation  of 
the  sulphur  situation, 
knowledge  that  the  great  bulk  of  this 
article  is 
imported  from  Sicily  has  be­
come  common  property.  What  little  is 
produced  in  Louisiana  and  Utah  forms 
too  small  a  part  of  the  entire  supply  to 
receive  any  great  attention.  The  addi­
tional  intelligence  that  sulphur  is  large­
ly  used  in  the  manufacture  of  paper  has 
also  ^beeu  somewhat  widely  dissemi­
nated.  The  paper  mills  take  more  than 
50  per  cent,  of  the  total  imports.

The  “ sulphur  scare,”   as  the  recent 
agitation  on  this subject has been called, 
appears  to  have  run  its  course.  One  of 
the  best  posted  men  in  the  paper  busi­
ness  said  on  Saturday  that  the whole sit­
uation  had  been  much  exaggerated. 
If 
worst  came  to  worst,  and  it  was  impos­
sible  for  sulphur  shipments  from  Sicily 
to  continue,  pyrites,  which  is  found 
in 
abundance 
in  the  United  States,  could 
be  used  as  a  substitute.  Careful  stu­
dents  of  the  situation  were  of  the  opin­
ion,  however,  that  there  would  be  no 
interruption 
the  Sicilian  traffic. 
Spain  could  not  afford  to  antagonize 
Italy  by  raising  a  fuss  over  a  purely 
technical  point;  while  England  was  not 
likely  to  pay  much  attention  to  Spain’s 
protest 
the  bringing  of 
sulphur  through  Canada.  Furthermore, 
it  was  hinted  that  the  supplies  in  the 
country  to-day  are  of  fairly  good  quan­
tity,  in  spite  of  all  reports  to  the  con­
trary.

regarding 

in 

The  demand  for  sulphur  on  the  part 
of  manufacturers  of  paper  is  found 
in 
the  requirement  of  sulphuric  acid  for 
producing  sulphite  pulp.  There  are 
three  kinds  of  wood  pulp  used :  Sulph­
ite,  soda,  and  ground  wood. 
The 
sulphite pulp  is made  from spruce  wood, 
is  cut  up  into  chips  by  a  special 
which 
into  a 
machine.  These  chips  are  put 
digestor—a 
arrangement 
about  10  feet  or  more  in  diameter and 
30  or  more  feet  high.  The solvent,called 
sulphite of  lime,  is then added—sulphite 
of  lime  being  the  component  requiring 
the  use  of  sulphuric  acid  obtained  from 
crude  brimstone.

boiler-like 

Time  was  when  the  wood  pulps  were 
entirely  made  by  special  plants,  which 
sold  their  products  to  the  paper  mills. 
To-day  most  of  the  paper  mills  have 
their  own  sulphite mills,  thus combining 
all  the  different  processes  of  manufac­
ture  under  one  roof.  At  the  present 
time  the  price  situation  of  sulphur 
is 
badly  muddled.  Consumers  have  re­
covered  from  the  scare,  and  with  the 
knowledge  that  supplies  are  not  likely 
to  be  materially  reduced,  are  a  little 
in  paying  advanced  quota­
backward 
tions  for  goods. 
If  the  importer  goes 
out  looking  for  business  he  finds  that  he 
is  obliged  to  come  down  on  prices  in 
order  to  make  sales,  while  if  a  consum­
er  wants  sulphur  and  starts  out  to  buy 
a  lot  he  is  confronted  by  stiff  rates  from 
the  importer,  who  feels  that  the  buyer 
is  badly  in  need  of  supplies  and  will, 
therefore,  be  willing  to  pay  a  good 
price.  But  a  short  time  more  and  the 
entire 
to  be 
cleared  from  the  clouds  of  uncertainty 
now  banging  over  it.

is  expected 

situation 

The  Drue  Market.

There  are  few  changes  to  note  this 

week.

firm.

Opium and  Morphine—Unchanged but 

Quinine— Is  a  trifle  weaker  and  for­
American 

eign  bulk  has  declined. 
brands  are  unchanged.

Glycerine—An 

active  demand  has 
caused  an  advance.  The  present  cost 
from  manufacturers  is  above  the  job­
bers’  selling  price.  The  outlook 
is 
strong  and  a  further  advance  is  quite 
possible.

Sulphur  and  Brimstone—On  account 
of  receipts  of  crude, the  market  is easier 
and  the  price  lower.

Aicobol—Has  advanced  2c  since  our 

last  issue.

Linseed  Oil—On  account  of  the  high 
price  for  flaxseed,  oil  has  advanced 
and  authorities  in  Chicago  say  that  the 
price  will  probably  reach  60c.

Groceries  in  South Africa.

With  the  exception  of  the  large  towns 
in  Cape  Colony,  the  Orange  Free  State 
and  Rhodesia  there  are  no  retail grocers 
such  as  we  are  accustomed  to  see  at 
home.  The  trade  of  the  retail  grocers 
is  absorbed  in  what  are  called  stores,  in 
which  anything  and  everything  is  ob­
tained,  and  even  in  the  large  towns  the 
grocers  are  not  tradesmen  of  very  con­
Scotchmen  are 
siderable 
importance. 
the  principal  grocery 
traders.  As  to 
grocers'  associations,  they  are  compara­
tively  unknown,  although  in  Cape  Town 
some  of  the  grocers  are  seriously  think­
ing  of  combining  together  for  trade pur­
pose.

A  father  scolded  his  son  for  his  nu­
merous  youthful errors :  “ Really,  father, 
you  were  once  young.  Did  you  never 
frolic?”  
father 
with  a  melancholy  sigh;  “ when  I  was 
young  I  had  no  money,  and  when  I  be­
came  rich  it  was  too  late.”

“ Never,”   said 

the 

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Best  Value  for  the  Money.

Quality and  price put together are sure to win, and 
we have got them.  No other line of  playing cards 
offers  the  inducements that the American does.

Rover Playing Cards are the cheapest enameled 
card  on  the  market,  and at  the  price are without 
a competitor.  Send for samples and  prices.

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WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Â £ i f nCî dT C|îriC ,Acid>  Aicohol,  Mercury,  Brimstone,  Li 
Declined—Antipyrine,  OU  Cajìput.

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.
Co.................... 
©  1  00
Picis Llq. N.N.M gal.
doz........................ 
@200
Picis Llq., quarts__  @  1  00
Picis Liq., pints...... 
©  85
PilHydrarg  .  po.  80 
©  50
Pi per Nigra... po.  22  @ 1 8
Piper Alba  ...po.  35  @  30
Piix  Burgun...........  @ 
7
Plumb!  Acet........... 
10®  12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  io®  1  20 
Pyrethrum, boxesH.
& P. D. Co., doz...  @
Pyrethrum,  pv........ 
25©
8®
Quassias.................  
35®
Quinia, S. P. & W .. 
25©
Quinia, S. German.. 
Quinia, N.Y............  
33®
Rubia Tinctorum... 
12®
SaccharumLactis pv  18®
Salacin....................   3 00®
Sanguis Draconis... 
40®
Sapo,  W................... 
12®
Sapo, M.................... 
10®

© 

is
Sinapis.................... 
Sinapis, opt............   @  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes.....................   @  34
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s  @  34
Soda Boras..............  9  @ 
11
Soda Boras, po........  9  @ 
11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Garb.............. 
im@ 
2
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3M@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether Co........ 
50®  55
Spt  Myreia Dom...  @ 9 00
Spts. Vini Beet, bbl.  @ 2 48
Spts. Vini Rect.Mbbl  @2 53
Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal  @ 2 56
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal  @ 2 58 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40©  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl.........   3M@  4M
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
8® 
Tamarinds.............. 
10
Terebenth Venice...  28®  30
Theobrom*............  
40®  42
Vanilla....................  9 00© 16 00
Zincl  Sulph............  
7® 
8

Less 5c gal.  cash 10 days. 

3M@  4

Oils

Whale, winter.........  
Lard,  extra............. 
Lard, No. 1.............. 

BBL.  SAL.
70
70 
45
40 
35 
40

48 
51 
65 
34 

Linseed, pure  raw 
Linseed, boiled......  
Neatsfoot, winter str 
Spirits Turpentine.. 

50
52
70
40
Paints  BBL.  LB
1*  2  m
IX  2  ©4 
Hi  2  @3 
2M  2M@3 
2*  2*@3
13®  15
70®  75
16M® 20M 
13®  16
5M@ 
6
5M@ 
6
@  70
@  30
@  1 00
@  1  40 
1  00®  1  15

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 Coach...  1  10®  1  20
Extra  Turp............   1  60®  1  70
Coach Body............   2 75® 3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn__  1  00®  1  10
Extra Turk Damar..  1  55®  1  60 
Jap. Dryer,No.lTurp  70®  75

Acidutn

Aceticum...................I  6@| 
s
Benzoicum, German  70®  75
Boracic....................  @ 
15
Carbolicnm............   29@  41
Citricum................. 
42®  44
Hydrochlor............  
3® 
5
8®  10
Nitrocum...............  
12®  14
Oxalieum...............  
Phosphorium,  d ll...  @ 
15
Salicylicum............. 
60®  65
Sulphuricum...........  H£@ 
5
Tannlcum..............   1 25®  1 40
Tartaricum.............. 
38®  40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg........... 
Aqua, 20 deg........... 
Carbonas................. 
Chlorldum.............. 
Aniline

4® 
6
6® 
8
13®  14
12®  14

® 2 

13®  15
6® 
8
25®  30

60®  65
45® 
60®

Black........................  2 00® 2 25
Brown....................  80®  1  00
Red  .  ...................... 
45®  50
Yellow....................  2  50® 3 00
Baccze.
Cubesee...........po. 18 
Junlperus...............  
Xanthoxy lum......... 
Balsamum
Copaiba................... 
Peru.
Terabln, Canada__
Tolutan...................
Cortex
Abies, Canadian__
C assi»....................
Cinchona Piava......
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgin!........
Quillaia,  gr’d .........
Sassafras........po. 18
Ulmus...po.  15,  gr’d 
Extractum 
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhlza, po...... 
Hæmatox, 15 lb box. 
Hæmatox, Is .
Hæmatox, Ms.........  
Haematox, Ms.

24®
28®
11® 
13®
14®
16®

18
12
18
30
20
12
14 
12
15

25
30
12
14
15 
1

Perm

15 
2 25 
75 
40 
15 
2

12® 14
18© 25
30® 35

23® 28
18© 25
25© 30
12© 20
8® 10

Carbonate  Precip... 
Citrate and Quinia..
Citrate Soluble........
Ferrocyanidum Sol..
Solut.  Chloride......
Sulphate, com’l ......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........
Sulphate, pure  ......
Flora
Arnica....................
Anthémis...............
Matricaria..............
Folia
Barosma.................
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly.................
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.
Salvia officinalis, Ms
and Ms.................
Ura Ursi.  ...........  ..
Gummi
@ 65
Acacia,  1st picked..
@ 45
Acacia,  2d  picked..
Acacia,  3d  picked..
@ 35
@ 28
Acacia, sifted sorts.
60® 80
Acacia, po...............
12® 14
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20
@ 12
Aloe, Cape__po. 15
© 30
Aloe, Socotri.. po. 40
55® GO
Ammoniac..............
25© 28
Assafcetida__po. 30
50® 55
Benzoinum............
@ 13
Catechu, Is..............
@ 14
Catechu, Ms............
© 16
Catechu, Ms............
40© 43
Camphor»  ............
@ 10
Euphorblum..po.  35 
Gafbanum...............
@  1  00
5®  70
Gamboge  po...........
Guaiacum......po. 25
@  30
@ 3 00 
Kino...........po. 83.uO
M astic................. ..
®  60 
Myrrh............ po.  45
@  40
Opii .. .po. *5.00©5.20 3 75®  3  fO
Shellac.................... 
25®  35
45 
Shellac, bleached
40®
Tragacanth............  
80
50®
Herba
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatori urn .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 
riagnesia.
Calcined, Pat........... 
Carbonate, Pat........ 
Carbonate, K. A M.. 
Carbonate, Jennings 

55®  60
20®  22
20®  25
35®  36

Oleum
Absinthium............   3 25® 3 50
Amygdalae, Dulc.... 
30®  50
Amygdalae, Amane .  8 00®  8 ä>
Anisi.......................2  10®  2 20
Auranti  Cortex......   2 25®  2 40
Bergami!.................  2 40®  2 50
Cajlputi................... 
80®  85
Caryophylli............   75®  80
nedar....................... 
35®  65
® 275
Chenopadii.............. 
Cinnamoni!.............  1 60®  1  70
monella.  ..  ..  ... 
45®  .50

35®  50
Comum  Mac........... 
Copaiba..................   1  15®  1  25
Cubebae.  ................. 
90®  1  00
Exechthitos...........  1  00®  1  10
Erigeron.................  1 00®  1  10
Gaulthena..............  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
Limonto.................  1  30®  1  50
Mentha  Piper.........   l  60® 2 20
Mentha Verid.........   1  50®  1  60
Morrhuae,  gal.........   l  10@  1  25
Myreia,....................  4 00© 4 50
ni y® V i" V»........... 
75® 3 00
Picis  Liquida.........  
io® 
12
Picis Liquida, gal... 
©  35
gtema  ....................   90®  1  10
Rosmarini...............   @ 100
Rosae,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succini..................  
40®  45
Sabina..................  
90©  1  00
Santa]......................  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras................. 
55@  60
<a  65
Sinapis, ess., ounce. 
TIglii.......................  1 70®  1  80
40©  50
Thyme.................... 
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
Theo bromas........... 
15© 
¡JO
Potassium
BI-Carb.................... 
is©
13®
Bichromate............  
Bromide..................   50©
Garb....................... 
12©
Chlorate.po. 17@19c 
16®
Cyanide..................   35®
Iodide......................  2 60®
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28@ 
Potassa, Bitart,  com  @ 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
10®
Potass Nitras........... 
io@
Prussiate.................  20©
Sulphate po  ........... 
15©

Radix

Aconttvm...............   20®
Altbae......................  22©
Anchusa.................  X0@
©
Arum po..................  
Calamus................. 
20®
Gentiana.......po  15 
12®
Glychrrhlza... pv. 15  16®
Hydrastis Canaden.  @
Hydrastis Can., po..  @
18®  „
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
Inula, po................. 
is©  20
Ipecac, po............... 2 80® 3 00
Iris plox —  po35@38  35©  40
Jalapa, pr...............  
25®  30
Maranta,  Ms...........  @  35
Podophyllum, po__  22®  25
75®  1  00
g£ei  . .  ................... 
75®  1  35
Rhei,pv................... 
Spigelia...................  
35®  38
Sanguinaria... po. 15  @  13
Serpentaria............   3o@  35
Senega....................  40©  45
Simiiax,officinalis H  @ 4 0
Smilax, M...............
Scillae............ -jpo.35
Symplocarpus, Fceti-
dus,  po.................
Valeriana,Eng. po. 30 
Valeriana,  German.
Zingiber a ...............  
Zingiber j ...............  
Semen
Anisum
PO.  15
@ 12
Apium  (graveleons)
13® 15
Bird, Is.................. .
4© 6
Garui..............po. Ì8
10® 12
Cardamon...............
25®  1 75
Coriandrum............
8® 10
Cannabis  Sativa...!
4© 4*
Cvdonium.....................
75®  1  00
Chenopodium. 
io®
10® 12
Dipterlx  Odorate 
------
00® 2 20
Foenlculum............
@ 10
Foenugreek, po___ 
7®
7® 9
Id n i...................  ...  3^©
4®
Lini,  grd....bbl. 3M 
Lobelia........... 
35©
4®
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
gaP® 
............   4M@
Sinapis Albu......... 
7©
Sinapis  Nigra.. 
Splritus

15©
12®
25®

@
10®

n©

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

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............   2 50® 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage........   @ 
2 00
Velvet extra sheeps’ 
wool, carriage.....
1  25
Extra yellow sheeps’
@  1 00 
wool,  carriage__
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............
@  1  00
Hard, for slate use..
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............
Syrups
Acacia....................
Auranti Cortes........
Zingiber..................
Ipecac. 
.........
Ferri Iod......   .......
Rhei Arom..............
Smilax Officinalis...
Senega.... ...............
Scillae.........................

50®

1  40

@  50
60
50
60
60
50
50
60
50
60
50
50
75

»eutifolCo

niscellaneous 

Scillæ Co.................
Tolutan............   ...
Prunus virg............
Tinctures 
Aconltum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafcetida........!
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex......
Benzoin...................
Benzoin Co.............
Barosma.................
Cantharides...........
Capsicum..............
Cardamon...............
Cardamon  Co........
Castor 
Catechu 
Cinchona.
Cinchona l 
Columba 
Cu beba.
Cassia  Acutifol
i~gl  a
Ergot
Ferri Chloridu
Gentian.  ......
Gentian Co
Guiaca...........
Guiaca ammon 
Hyoscyamus..
Iodine
Iodine, colorless 
Kino.
Lobelia 
Myrrh
Nux  Vomica
Opii.....................
Opii, camphorated 
Opii,  deodorized..
Quassia................
Rhatany........
Rhei............ 
"
Sanguinaria 
Serpentaria.
Stramonium
Tolutan...................
Valerian.............."
Veratrum Veride . ! !
Zingiber..................
Æther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30® 
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
Alumen..................   2M@
Alumen, gro’d .. po.
Annatto  ...
Antimoni,  po 
Antimoni etPotassT
Antipyrin..............
Antifebrin......... ”
Argenti Nitras, oz . .
Arsenicum.............
Balm Gilead  Bud 
Bismuth
Calcium Chlor.,  is 
Calcium Chlor., Ms 
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsici  Fructus, af.
Capsici Fructus, po 
„
Capsici FructusB.po 
Cary ophyllus ..po. 15  12®  14
Carmine, No. 40......  @ 3 00
Cera Alba, S. & F .. 
50®  55
Cera Flava..............  40®
Coccus...........
Cassia Fructus
Centraría.......
Cetaceum................  
Chloroform......!” ’ 
Chloroform, squibbs 
Chloral HydCrst....  1  25®  1  50
Chondrus................ 
20®  25
Cinchonidine,P.& W  25®  35 
Cinchonidine, Germ  22®  30
Cocaine..................   3 30® 3 50
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
Creosotum....
Creta..............bbi.’rë
Creta, prep..............
Creta, precip........! !
Creta, Rubra...... . .
Crocus.............. 
]
Cudbear......... ....’
Cupri Sulph........
Dextrine............"
Ether Sulph......... '[
Emery, all  numbers
Emery, po............
Ergota.............po.40
Flake  White 
Galla 
Gambler.
Gelatin, Cooper..  .
Gelatin, French__ !
Glassware, flint, box 
Less  than  box...
Glue,  brown...........

m
60®
I 

^  

Grana  Paradisi  ....’
Humulus.................
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
Hydraag Chlor Cor. 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m. 
Hydraag Ammoniati 
HydraagUnguentum
Hydrargyrum.........
Ichthyobolla, Am...
Indigo......................
Iodine, Resubi..!...  3
Iodoform.................
Lupulin...................
Lycopodium...........
Macis 
Liquor  Arsen et ¿ /-
drarg Iod.............
LiquorPotassArsinit
Magnesia, Sulph__
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
Mannia, S. F ...........
Menthol...............

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

o  8 75

20

MICHIGAN TRA D ESM A N

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

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

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

doz.  gross
6 00
7 00
4 00
9 00
9 00
9 00
6 00

Acme.

Absolute.

BAKING  POWDER.
*  'b cans doz................... 
45
14 Id Jans doz...................  %
lb can  doz...................1  50
M lb cans 3 doz................. 
45
75
14 lb cans 3 doz................. 
lb cans 1 doz.................  1 00
1 
10
Bulk.................................... 
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........... 
85
14 lb cans per doz............. 
75
14 lb cans per doz  ...........  1  20
1 
lb cans per doz............ 2  00
14 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
35
14 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz case  ......  
90

Arctic.
El Purity.

Home.

 
 

Our Leader.

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

BATH  BRICK.

Queen Flake.

Peerless.

 

BLUINd.

BROOOS.

CANDLES.

40
  75
..  1  90
..  1  75
..  1  50
..  1  15
..  2 00
70
80
..  2 25
....7
....8
....8

c g m m D
^ P E A R T > ;
& L u i f s i £
Small, 3 doz.......................  
Large, 2 doz....................... 
.Vo. 1 Carpet...................
No. 2 Carpet...................
No. 3 Carpet..................
No. 4 Carpet..................
Parlor Gem...................
Common Whisk............
Fancy WMsk.. 
...........
Warehouse...............   ..
8s..................................
I0S  .................................
Paraffine........................
CANNED  OOODS. 
rtanitowoc  Peas.
Lakeside Marrowfat.........  
95
Lakeside E.  J ....................   1  15
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng....  1  20 
Lakeside. Gem. Ex. Sifted.  1  45
Extra Sifted Early Jane__1  75
Columbia, 
pints..............2 00
Columbia, 14 pints..............1  25
Acme...... ..............   @  814
Amboy....................   ©  814
Byron......................  @  9
Elsie.......................   @  10
Emblem................... 
9
Gem.........................  @.  9
Gold  Medal............   ©
Ideal.......................   @  9
Jersey  ....................  ©  83i
Lenawee.................  ©  8
Riverside.................  ©  814
Springdale..............  ©
Brick.......................  ©  li
Edam.......................  @  to
Leiden....................   ©  17
Llmburger..............  ©  12
Pineapple.................50  ©  85
Sap  Sago.................  ©  17
Bulk 
5
Red 
7

CHEESE

CATSUP.

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

Chicory

CHOCOLATE.

Walter Baker A Co.'s.

German Sweet...................... 23
Premium................................ 84
Breakfast Cocoa...........  .......45

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz.........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz  ........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz  ........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz.........I  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz  ........1  80
Jute, 60 ft.  per  doz  ...........  80
Jnte. 72 ft.  tie* dot.............   «5
COCOA SHELLS.
20 lb  bags.......................  
214
Less quantity................. 
3
Pound packages............  
4
CRBAfl  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes..30-35

COFFEE.

Oreen.
Rio.

 

Santos.

Mexican  and Guatamala.

Fair..............................  
9
Good....................................... 10
Prime......................................11
Golden  ...................................12
Peaberry  ................................13
Fair  ........................................12
Good  ......................................13
Prime......................................1*
Peaberry  ................................15
Fair  ....................................... 15
Good  ......................................16
Fancy 
...................................lr
Maracaibo.
Prime......................................19
Milled......................................20
Interior.................................. 19
Private  Growth......................20
Mandehllng............................ 21
Im itation..............................20
Arabian  ................................ 22
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue....................29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha —  29
Wells’ Mocha and Java..... 24
Wells’ Perfection  Java..... 24
Sancalbo............................ 21
Breakfast  Blend...............   18
Valley City Maracaibo.......1814
Ideal  Blend........................14
Leader  Blend.....................12

Roasted.

Mocha.

Java.

Package.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
invoice 
for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market in  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point, including 
weight  of  package,  also 34c  a 
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the list 
is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price In full cases.
Arbnckle.......................   10 50
Jersey.............................   10 50
f l c l .a u g h l l n ’s  XXXV..........
McLaughlin’s XXXX  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City *4 gross__ 
75
Felix K gross........  ....... 
1  15
Hummel’s foil 14 gross... 
85
Hummel’s tin 14  gross 
l  43
CLOTHES  PINS.
5 gross boxes...........................40
COUGH  DROPS.

Extract.

C. B. Brand.

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

CONDENSED  MILK

4 
Gail Borden  Eagle 
.  .  6 75
Crown  .  ..............................6 25
Daisy.................................  5 75
Champion..........................4 50
Magnolia 
.......................... 4 25
Challenge............................3 35
Dime 
.................................3 85

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.

 

 

Credit Checks.

Coupon Pass Books,

denomination from 810 down.

50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom.... 11  50
1.000 books, any.denom 
20 00
Superior 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
Can be made to represent any 
20 books.........................  1  00
50 books...........................  2 00
100 books  ............ 
3  00
250 books...........................  0 25
500 books............................10 00
1000 books............................17 50
500, any one denom’n ...... 3 00
1000, any one denom'n......  5 00
2000, any one denom’n ......   8 00
Steel punch.......................  
75
DRIED  PRUITS—DOITESTIC 
Sundrled.......................   © 5
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  ©  8 
Apricots.....................  ©8V4
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................  @  7h
Peaches.......................6V4@  7%
Pears..........................   8  ©  ?V4
Pitted Cherries...........
Prnnnelles..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes.........  @
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   ©  5V4
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........   @5%
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   &
60 -J70 25 lb boxes.........   @ 7bi
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........  @8
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  © 9
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........  ©
14 cent less in 50 lb cases 

California Prnnoa.

California Fruits.

Apples.

Raisins.

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

FOREIGN.
Currants.

35£
4V4
514

Peel.

Raisins.

Patras bbls...................... © 7R
Vostizzas 50 lb cases........ ©  ~v.
Cleaned, bnlk  ................. ©  814
Cleaned, packages................. © 834
Citron American 10 lb bx  ©13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx  ©12 
Orange American 10 lb bx  ©12 
Ondura 28 lb boxes......8  © 814
Sultana  1 Crown.........  ©
Sultana 2 Crown  ........   ©
Sultana  3 Crown..........  © 714
Snltana 4 Crown.........   ©
Snlfana R Crown.........   ©
Sultana 6 Crown.........   ©12
Sultana package.........   @14
FARINACEOUS  OOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages..............1  65
Bulk, per 100 lbs................... 4 00

Parina.

Grits.

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s.

344

Peas.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

Beans.
doz in case. 

24 2 lb. packages....................2 75
100 lb. kegs............................ 4 13
Barrels  ............................ 2 50
Flake, 50 lb.  drums..........1  00
Dried Lima  ..................... 
Medium Hand Picked__ 1  30
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb.  box......  60
Imported,  25 lb. box........ 2 50
Common...........................  2 00
Chester............................  2 25
E m pire............................  3 00
Green,  bu...........................  95
Split,  per lb...................... 
214
Rolled Avena,  bbl.........4 60
Monarch,  bbl........................4 40
Monarch,  14  bbl...................2 35
Monarch, 901b sacks........ 2  10
Quaker,  cases.  ................3 20
Huron, cases..........................1 75
German.................. .........   4
314
East  India.......................  
Flake.............................. 
354
Pearl................................  
3%
Anchor, 40 1 lb. pkges__ 
5
Cracked, balk................... 
3W
24 2 lb packages.....................2 50

Rolled  Oats.

Tapioca.

Wheat.

Sago.

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

Fish.
Cod.

Herring.

Georges cured............  ©  5
Georges genuine........  ©  514
Georges selected........  @  6
Strips or bricks.........  6  ©  9
Holland white hoops, bbl. 
Holland white hoop 14 bbl 
Holland white hoop, keg. 
35
Holland white hoop mchs 
80
Norwegian.......................  U OH
Round 100 lbs....................   2 75
Round  40 lbs...................  1  30
Scaled...............................  
13
nackerel.
Mess 100 lbs.............. 
...  16 30
Mess  40 lbs......................  6  90
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  82
Mess  8 lbs......................  1  48
No. 1100 lbs....................   14  50
No. 1  40 lbs......................  6  10
No. 1  10 lbs....................  
160
No. 1  8 lbs......................  1  30
No. 2 100 lbs......................  10 00
No. 2  40 l b s ....................   4  30
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1  15
No. 2  8 lbs...................... 
95
Trout.
5 50
No. llOOlbe. 
No. 1  H 
2 50
....................  
. • ic...................... 
No.  1 
i 
70
No. 1 
r IDs...................... 
59
Wniufitk.
No. 1  No. 2  Pam
5  75  2  25
100 IDs........6 25 
..  2 80  2 6j  1  20
40 lbs 
10 lbs........... 
¿8
8 lbs  ............ 
33
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

78 
85 

73 
61 

. 

Jennings’.

D. C. Vanilia 
2oz.......1  20 
3 oz....... 1  50 
4 oz.......2 00 
6oz.......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 o z ........1 40
6oz....... 2 00
No. 8.  .2 40
4  00
No.  10 
No.  2 T.  80 
No.  3 T.l 25
No.  4 T.l 50
Lem  Van. 
1 20
1 9o
2 00
2 25

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

Souders’.

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

in  the  world 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

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

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz....... 1  20
4 oz....... 2 40

GUNPOWDER. 
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Kegs 
............................
Half Kegs............................
Quarter Kegs.......................
1  lb. cahs...  .......................
V4 lb. cans............................
Choke Bore—Dupont’s.
Kegs  ...................................
Half Kegs............................
Quarter Kegs.......................
1 lb. cans.............................
Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.
Kegsr...................................
Half Kegs............................
Quarter Kegs......................
1 lb. cans.............................

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

Madras, 5  lb  boxes...........
S.  F., 2, 3 and 5 lb  boxes 

15 lb  palls..................
30 lb  pails........................ .

HERBS.

INDIGO.

JELLY.

Condensed, 2  doz 
Condensed.  4  doz

LICORICE.

Pure......
Calabria
Sicily__
Root......

4  25 
2 40 
1  35 
34

8  00 
4  25

1  20
2 25

MINCE MB AT.

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

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
1  65
  1  10

1TATCHBS.
No. 9 sulphur.............  
Anchor  Parlor..........................1 70
No. 2  Home..............  
Export  Parlor...................... 4 00
riOLASSES.
New Orleans.

Black................................ 
11
Good....................... 
20
 
Fancy  ......................  . 
24
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........ 
fis-
Cob, No. 3..........................  
85

PIPES.

4  w
3 00

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s...................... 
Penna Salt  Co.’s......  
PICKLES.
riedium.

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

Small.

RICE.

Domestic.

t %

Imported.

Carolina head.................... 
Carolina  No. 1  .................  5
Carolina  No. 2..................  4
Broken...............................
Japan,  No. 1................... 
6it
Japan.  No. 2..................  
6
Java, fancy  head..............  6
Java, No. 1................. 
55a
 
Table  ....... ........................
SALERATUS.
Packed 60  lbs. in  box.

Church’s ............................. 3  3t
Deland’s ............................. 3  15
Dwight’s ............................. 3  30
Taylor’s .............................   3 00

SAL SODA.

Granulated, bbls..............  75
Granulated,  100 lb cases..  9J
Lump, bbls............... .......  75
Lump, 145i b kegs............  
85

SEEDS.

A nise............................ 
9
Canary, Smyrna............  
314
8
Caraway......................... 
6
Cardamon,  Malabar  . . .  
Celery.................................  11
Hemp,  Russian............  
3%
Mixed  Bird......................
Mustard,  white...............  
5
Poppy  ...............................  
10
Rape.................................  ^¡4
Cuttle Bone......................  20

SNUPP.

Scotch, in bladders..............   S‘,
Maccaboy, In jars.................   35
French Rappee, In Jars......   43

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Warsaw.

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, 280 lb. bulk.2 25 
Butter, barrels, 2014 lbbags.2 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............  55
100 3 lb sacks........................1  99
60 5-lb sacks........................1  75
28 10-lb sacks............   ...... 1  go
50  4 
lb. cartons.............3 25
115  2541b.  sacks................ 4  00
lb. sacks................3  75
60  5 
2214 
lb. sacks............... 350
30 10 
lb. sacks................ 3  50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................  60
Bulk in barrels.................... 2 50
56-lb dairy in drill bags......  30
28-lb dairy in  drill bags.....  15
Ashton.
sacks.  .  60
56-lb dairy in  linen 
Higgins.
sacks 60
56-lb dairy in  linen 
Solar Rock.
56-lb  sacks......................... 
21
Common.
Granulated Fine.................   75
Medium  Fine...................■. 
75
J A X O N
Single box............................ 2 75
5 
box lots, delivered......2 70
10 box lots, delivered.........  2 65
A S .  KIRK S GO'S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d....2 66
Dome.................................... 2 75
Cabinet.................................2 20
Savon....................................2 50
White Russian.....................2  35
White Cloud,  laundry........6  ;-5
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

SOAP.

Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

YDESDALE

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

 

Scouring.

box lots.........  

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. 

Single  box........................... 2 80
5 
2  75
10 box lots............................2  70
25 box lots............................ 2  60
Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2 75
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars__3  75
Uno, 100-Ji-lb. bars.............. 2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars.............2  05
Sapolio. kitchen, 3 d o z__  2  4<i
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz...........2 40
SODA.
Boxes  ................... 
.........   5H
4%
.  . 
Kesrs. Enalish 
SPICES.
Whole Sifted.
Allspice  ...................... 
13
Cassia, China in mats__  U
Cassia, Batavia in bund...•£>
Cassia, Saigon in rolls...... 32
Cloves, Amboyna..............  14
Cloves, Zanzibar................  12
Mace,  Batavia......... .........  55
Nutmegs, fancy................  60
Nutmegs, No.  1...................50
Nutmegs, No.  2................... 45
Pepper, Singapore, black... i 1 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 12
Pepper,  shot........................12
Allspice  .............................. 15
Cassia, Batavia.................  30
Cassia,  Saigon...................  40
Cloves, Zanzibar..................14
Ginger,  African................  15
Ginger,  Cochin................... 18
Ginger,  Jamaica  ................23
Mace,  Batavia..................„65
Mustard..........................12@18
Nutmegs........................40© 0
Pepper, Sing , black............12
Pepper, Sing., white........... 20
Pepper, Cayenne..................20
Sage
15

Pure Ground in Bulk.

SYRUPS.

Corn

Barrels. 
Half  bbls.
Fair
Good
Choice.............................   25

Pure Crnie.

M ICHIGAN  TRA D ESM A N
Grains and Feedstulfs

Candies.
Stick Candy.

STARCH.

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

VINEGAR.

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

Washing Powder.

Klngsford’s  Corn.

40 1-lb packages...................  6
20 1 lb packages.................... 6(4

Klngsford’s Silver  Gloss.
40 1-lb packages...................  6%
6-lb boxes.......................... 7

Diamond.

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

Common  Corn.

201 lb. packages.................   5
40 1 lb. packages..................  434

Common Glosa.

1-lb  packages......................  4(¡¡
3-lb  packages.....................   4(£
6-lb  packages.....................
40 and 50 lb boxes...............
Barrels 

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

STOVE POLISH.

00 12 oz pkgs

WICKING.

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

Fish and  Oysters

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

SUGAR.

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino................................5 88
Cut  Loaf...............................5 88
Crushed................................5 88
Cubes...................................5 63
Powdered  ...........................5  63
XXXX  Powdered.................5 69
Granulated in bbls............... 5 38
Granulated in  bags..............5 38
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 00
No  2................................... 5 00
No.  3................................... 5 00
No.  4................................... 5 00
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 31
No.  16................................... 4 25

 

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

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

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. 

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

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

Fresh Fish.

Per lb.

Whitefish...............   @  8
T rout.....................   ©  8
Black Bass..............  8  @  10
Halibut..................   @  12
Ciscoes or Herring..  @  4
Bluefish..................   ©  10
Live Lobster.........   @ 16
Boiled Lobster........  @  18
Cod 
......................  @  10
Haddock.................  @  s
No.  1  Pickerel........  @  7
Pike.........................  @  6
Perch......................   @  2(4
Smoked White........  ©  8
Red Snapper...........  @  10
Col  River Salmon..  @ 
]2
Mackerel 
..............  @  20

Oysters in Cans.

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

Oysters  in Bulk

F. H. Counts...........  @2  00
Extra Selects.........   ©1  50
Anchor Standards..  @110
Clams......................  ©

Shell Goods.

Oysters, per  100......... 1  25©l  50
-'-e

tie r  TOO 

»m s 

. 

Hides  and  Pelts.

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

Hides.
Green No. 1..............
@ 8(4
Green No. 2.............
@ 7(4
Cured No. 1...............
@ 9(4
Cured No. 2..............
@. 8(4
Calfskins,  green No.
@ 8(4
Calfskins, green No. 2 @ 7
Calfskins, cured No.
@10
Calfskins, cured No. 2 @  8(4

Pelts.

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

0@1  00

Tallow.
No. 1........................... @ 3
No. 2.........................
@ 2

Wool.

Washed, fine  ...........
@18
Washed, medium....... @23
il @13
Unwashed, fine........
Unwashed, medium . 16 @18

O i l s .

Barrels.
Eocene  ....................
@11(4
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
@ 83¿
W W Michigan.........
@ 8(4
Diamond White.......
@ 7J4
D.,S. Gas..................
@ 8(4
Deo. Naptha............
@ 7
Cylinder.................. 25 @34
Engine...................... 11 @21
©  f>
B'ack. winter...........

bbls.  pails
Standard.................  6(4©  7
Standard H.  H........ 
6(4© 7
Standard Twist......  6  © 8
Cut Loaf................. 
© 814
cases
Jumbo, 321b  .......... 
@ 6(4
Extra H. H.............. 
@ 8)4
Boston  Cream........ 
©

Mixed Candy.

Competition............ 
Standard................. 
Conserve................. 
Royal...................... 

Fancy—In Bulk.

Cut Loaf.................  
English Rock.........  
Kindergarten.........  
French  Cream........ 
Dandy Pan.............  
Valley Cream.........  

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

@ 6(4
@ 7
© 714
© 7%

@ 8(4
© 8
© 8(4
©  8V4
@10
@12

©  9
© 9
@14
@11
@ g
@8
@ 9
© g

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon Drops.........  
@50
Sour  Drops............  
©50
Peppermint Drops.. 
@60
Chocolate Drops__ 
@gu
H.M. Choc. Drops.. 
@75
Gum  Drops............  
@30
Licorice Drops........ 
@75
A. B. Licorice Drops  @50
Lozenges,  plain.... 
@50
Lozenges,  printed.. 
@50
Imperials...............  
@50
Mottoes..................  
@55
Cream Bar.............. 
©50
Molasses B a r.........  
@50
Hand Made Creams.  80  @1  00
Plain  Creams.........   60  @90
Decorated Creams.. 
@90
String Rock............  
@90
Burnt Almonds......1  25  @
Wintergreen Berries 
@60
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
„boxes................... 
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes................... 
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes..............

©35
@50

Fruits.
Oranges.
Cal. Seedlings........ 
Fancy Navels 112... 
126 to 216................. 
Choice.................... 
Medt Sweets........... 
Lemons.
Strictly choice 360s..  @3 50
Strictly choice 300s.. 
@3 50
Fancy 360s or 300s... 
@4 (JO
Ex.Faucy 300s__   . 
@4 go
Ex. Fancy 360s........ 
@4 50
Bananas.

@
@3  01
@3 50
©
@2 75

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

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Figs.

Choice, 10 lb boxes.. 
Extra  choice,  14  lb
boxes.................... 
Fancy, 12 lb boxes.. 
imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes...............  
Pulled, 6lb boxes... 
Naturals,  in  bags.. 
Dates.

©
@
@  14
@
@  13
@  6(4

Fards in 10 lb  boxes  @ 8
©  6
Fards  in  60 lb  cases 
Persians, G. M’s...... 
@  5
lb cases, new........ 
@8
Sairs,  601b cases__ 
@ 414

Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds, Ivaca........
Almonds,  California
soft shelled...........
Brazils new..............
Filberts  ...................
Walnuts, Grenobles . 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1 
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif......................
Table Nuts,  fancy... 
Table Nuts,  choice..
Pecans, Med.............
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos.......
Hickory  Nuts per bu.
Ohio, new...............
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks 
Peanuts.

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

Roasted

@13
@11
@13 
@   8 
@11 
@13 
@10

@10 
@ 9 
@ 8 
@ 10 
@12
@1  60 
@4 00

@ 7 
@  4(4

Provisions.

Wheat.

No. 1 White.......................   1  20
No. 2 Red...........................  1 20

Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

Local Brands.

Patents.............................   7  75
Second  Patent..................   7 25
Straight  ..........................   7 05
Clear..................................  e 50
Graham  ........................... 6 50
Buckwheat....................... 4 00
R ye..................................  4 50
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond, (4s...................... 7 00
Diamond, (4s...................... 7 00
Diamond, (4s...................... 7 00
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  (4s ........................  7 50
Quaker, (4s........................  7 50
Quaker, (4s........................   7 50

Spring Wheat Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s Best (4s...........  7 75
Pillsbury’s Best (is...........  7 65
Pillsbury’s Best (4s...........  7 55
Pillsbury’s Best (4s paper..  7 55 
Pillsbury’s Best « s paper..  7 55
Bali-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand.

Lemon &  Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal (4s...................  7 50
Gold Medal (|s.....................7 4u
Gold Medal (4s.....................7 30
Parisian, (4s.......................  7 50
Parisian, (is..........................7 40
Parisian. (4s..................   ..  7 30

Olney <S Judson’s Brand.

Ceresota, (4s.......................   8 03
Ceresota, (is.......................  7 90
Ceresota, (4s.......................  7 80
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, (4s..........................  7 65
Laurel, (is..........................  7 55
Laurel, (4s..........................   7 45

Meal.

Bolted................................  2 25
Granulated........................  2 50

Feed and Mlllstuffg.

St. Car Feed, screened___18 50
No. 1 Coni and  Oats...........17 50
Unbolted Corn Meal...........16 50
Winter Wheat  Bran...........14 00
Winter Wheat Middlings.. 15  00
Screenings...........................15 00

New Corn.

Car  lots............................... 40
Less than  car  lots...........   43

Oats.

Car  lots............................... 34
Carlots, clipped................   36
Less than  car  lots..........   38

Hay.

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

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

Carcass......................  854© 7(4
Forequarters............   5(£@  6(i
Hind  quarters...........  8(4®  9
Loins  No.  3...............   9  @12
Ribs............................  9  @12
Rounds......................  7  @8
Chucks.......................  6(4© 7
Plates  .......................  ©  4

Pork.

Dressed......................  @5(4
L oins.........................  @8(4
Shoulders...................  @6
Leaf Lard..................   6(4@

Mutton.

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

Veal.

Carcass  ....................  6(4@ 8

Swift  &  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled Pork.

Mess  .............................   12 50
Back  .............................   13 00
Clear back......................  12  75
Shortcut.........................  12 to
Pig..................................   16 00
Bean  ...  .......................  11  00
Family  ..........................  12 UO

Dry Salt Meats.

Sausages.

Lards.  In Tierces.

Bellies...............................  
7
Briskets  ............................... ¿34
Extra shorts..................  
6(4
Smoked neats.
Hams, 12 lb  average  _ 
9
Hams, 14 lb average 
... 
854
Hams, 161b  average....  
8(4
8(i
Hams, 20 lb  average....  
Ham dried beef  ............  
14
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
6(4
Bacon,  clear............... 8  @9
California hams............  
6(4
Boneless hams................... 
9
Cooked ham..................io@l2(4
Compound...................  
4«
Kettle....................................75
55 lb Tubs...........advance 
(4
80 lb Tubs...........advance  %
50 lb T ins...........advance  %
20 lb Pails........... advance  %
10 lb Pails........... advance  %
lb Pails.......advance 
1
5 
lb Pails.......advance 
3 
1(4
Bologna......................... 
5%
Liver............................... 
6(4
7 y
Frankfort........... 
P ork..................................... 6(4
Blood  ..........................  
6
Tongue.......................... 
9
Head  cheese................. 
six
Extra  Mess.....................a
Boneless  ........................44
Rump....................... ..II14
Kits, 15 lbs......................
(4  bbls, 40 lbs__ 
1
(4  bbls, 80 lbs..............]  2
Tripe.
Kits, 15 lbs...  .  .............
54  bbls, 40 lbs.................  1
(4  bbls, 80 lbs........  ......   2
P ork.............................
Beef  rounds__.... ’ ’ ’ ’ ’
Beef  middles..............
Sheep.......................
Butterine.
Rolls,  dairy..................
Solid, dairy  ............ .
Rolls,  creamery........
Solid,  creamery............
Canned  Meats. 
2 1b ...  2
Corned  beef, 
Corned  beef,  14  lb....  19
Roast  beef, 
2 lb.  2
Potted  bam,  54s.........
(4s. 
Potted  ham, 
1
Deviled ham,  54s......
Deviled ham, 
(4s.  1
Potted  tongue 54s.........
Potted  tongue (4s .........   1

70
50
60
15
4
10
60

Pigs’ Feet.

10
9(4
14
13(4

Casings.

Beef.

Crackers.

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Butter.
Seymour XXX.............. 
7
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  7(4
Family XXX......................  7
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  7(4
Salted XXX  ......................  7
Salted XXX, 31b carton...  7(4 
Soda  XXX  .......................   7(x
Soda  XXX, 3 lb carton__  8
Soda,  City.........................  8(4
Zephyrette.........................  jj
Long Island  Wafers.........   12
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  13

Soda.

Oyster.

Square Oyster, XXX.........   7
Sq. Oys. XXX. I  lb carton.  8 
Farina Oyster,  XXX.........   7
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  1154
Bent’s Cold Water............   15
Belle Rose..........................  8(4
Cocoanut Taffy.................  13
Coffee Cakes.....................   11
Frosted Honey..................   131,4
Graham Crackers  ............   8(4
Glnge r Snaps, XXX round.  8 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...  8 
Gin. Sups,XXX home made  8 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  8
Ginger Gems.......................   8(4
Imperials............................   8(4
JumDles,  Honey................   12(4
Molasses Cakes...................  8(4
Marshmallow  ...................  16
Marshmallow  Creams......  17
Pretzels,  hand  made  ........  ¿(4
Pretzelettes, Little German  7(4
Sugar  Cake.........................  8(4
Sultanas.............................  1354
Sears’Lunch.......................   8(4
Sugar  Squares....................   9(4
Vanilla  Wafers................  15
Pecan Wafers.....................   16(4
Mixed Picnic.....................   12(4
Cream Jumbles.................  13
Boston Ginger N uts..........   10
Pineapple Glace................   17
Penny Cakes.......................   9 -
Marshmallow  Walnuts__  17
Belle Isle Picnic.................  1154

21

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON STONEWARE. 

Butters.

4“£

(4 gal., per doz.................  40
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
8 gal., each......................  38
10 gal., each.....................   48
12 gal.,  each...................... 
7
15 gal. meat-tubs, each__  90
20 gal. meat-tubs, each__ 1  20
25 gal. meat-tubs, each__ 2 25
30 gal. meat-tubs, each__ 2 7 >

Churns.

to 6 gal., per gal......... 

2 
5
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 

Milkpans.

(4 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  45 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  4% 

Fine Glazed Milkpans.
(4 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz. 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  0(4 

to 

Stewpans.

(4 gal. fireproof, ball, doz.  85 
1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.l  10 

Jugs.

Tomato Jugs.

H gab. per doz.................   40
(4 gal., per doz..................  42
1 to 5 gal., per gal............  
5(4
(4 gal., per doz.................  42
1 gal., each...................... 
5(4
Corks for (4 gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
(4 gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz...]  00 

Sealing Wax.

2
35
40
60
50
65
85
  50

a lbs. in package, per lb... 
LAMP  BURNERS.
No.  0 Sun.......................... 
No.  1  Sun..........................  
No.  2 Sun............................. 
Tubular................................ 
Security, No. 1.................1 
Security, No. 2.....................  
Nutmeg  ............................. 
Climax...............................  1 25
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common.
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun..........................  1 32
No.  1  Sun..........................  1 48
No.  2 Sun......................  2 18
No. 
No. 
No. 

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

0 Sun, 
1 Sun, 
2 Sun, 

Plrst  Quality.

top,
top,
top,

crimp 
crimp 
crimp 
XXX Flint.
crimp 
crimp 
crimp 

No. 
No. 
No. 

0 Sun, 
1 Sun, 
2 Sun, 

top,
wrapped and  labeled....  2 55 
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled__  3 75
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................3  70
No.  2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................  4 70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled..............................4 88
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamns............  
80
No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ........  ......................  1  25
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................   1  50
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.. 
.  .  1  60 
Rochester.

La  Bastle.

No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c do*)........  4 00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ......  4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80o doz)........4 40

Electric.

 

OIL CANS. 

Pump  Cans,

Doz. 
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv Iron with spout.  1  65
2 gal galv iron with  spout.  2 87
3 gal galv Iron with spout.  3 50 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  4 75 
3 gal galv iron with faucet 4 75 
5 gal galv Iron with  faucet 5 25
5 gal Tilting cans..............  8 00
5 gal galv Iron  Nacefas  ...  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9 00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3  gal Home Rule. 
10  50
5 gal Home Rule................ 12  00
5 gal  Pirate  King..............  9  50
LANTERNS.
No.  0 Tubular...................  4  25
No.  IB   Tubular......  
...  6 50
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6  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.
No. 0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls 5 doz.
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,

each, box 10 cents...........  45
each, box 15 cents.........   45
each, bbl 35!....................   35
cases 1 doz. each............   1  25
LAMP  WICKS.
15
No. 0 per gross................ 
No. 1 per gross...................  21
No. 2 per gross  ........  
 
  30
No. 3 per gross...................  48
Mammoth..........  ..............   70

M ICHIGAN  TR A D ESM A N

22

hardware
The  Hardware  Market.

General  trade  continues  of  good  vol­
ume  and  country  dealers  are  having  a 
good  trade.  This 
is  especially  so  on 
seasonable  goods  and  in  many  lines  on 
which  it  is  quite  difficult  to  get  prompt 
shipments.  This  is  particularly  the case 
with  planters  for  both potatoes and  corn, 
as  manufacturers  find  great  difficulty  in 
getting  castings  in  sufficient  quantity  to 
supply  their  orders  for  made-up  goods. 
The  outlook  for  a  good  trade  for  the  re­
mainder  of  May  and  well  into  June  is 
remarkably  bright  and 
is  believed 
that  general  values  will  not  decline  and 
that 
in  many  lines  advances  will  be 
made.

it 

Wire  Nails—The  demand 

Barbed  and  Plain  Wire—The  market 
is quite  firm  in  this  line,  as  the  facto­
ries  are,  almost  without  exception,  at 
least  one  month  behind  on  their  orders, 
as  the  demand  for  plain  and  galvanized 
wire  has  been something unprecedented ; 
and  while  most  of  the  mills  are  running 
night  and  day,  it  has  been 
impossible 
to  keep  up  with  their  orders.  While 
there  has  been  no advance  made,  it  is 
believed  there  will  be  at  an  early  date.
for  wire 
nails  still  continues 
large 
stocks  are  accumulated  in  all  milis,  ow­
ing  to  which  prices  on  wire  nails  are 
not  as  firm  as  we  might  wish.  No  lower 
prices,  however,  are  being  made,  but  if 
large  buyers  were  in  the  market,  there 
is  no  doubt  but  the  price  could  be 
shaded;  but,  as  everybody  already  has 
large  stocks  on  hand,  the  large  buyers 
do  not  materialize.  Prices  remain  the 
same  as  reported  in  our  last  market  re­
port.

light  and 

is 

is 

Window  Glass—Although  glass  facto­
ries  are  running  to  their  full  capacity, 
it 
impossible  for  them  to  fill  orders 
with  any  degree  of  promptness,  as  the 
demand 
far  beyond  anything  that 
might  have  been  expected  at  this  time 
of  the  year.  As there is only  about  thirty 
days  more  in  which  the  glass  factories 
will  run,  prices  remain  firm,  with  every 
prospect  of  another  advance.  Quota­
tions  at  present  are  80  and  20  by  the 
box  and  80 and  10  by  the  light.

Rope— Both  sisal  and  Manila  rope 
continue  to  advance  and  the  present 
prices  in  this  market  are  8^c  for  sisal 
and  g'4 c  for  Manila  in  full  coils,  with 
an  advance  of  >£c  per  lb.  when  cut  to 
length. 
In  sympathy  with  rope,  lath 
tie  and  fodder  yarn  have  had  a  material 
advance.

Reports  from  other  markets  are as fol­

lows :

Chicago:  Shelf  hardware  jobbers  re­
port  a  fair trade  in  all  kinds  of  goods, 
except  wire  nails,  which  are  still  mov­
ing  slowly.

St.  Louis:  The  jobbing  trade  have 
no  reason  to  complain,  so  far  as  the  de­
mand 
is  concerned,  with  the  possible 
exception  of  a  few  lines.

Philadelphia:  From  all appearances, 
there  will  be  quite  an  active  trade  for 
thirty  days  to  come.

Boston:  The  whole  community 

is 
economizing  and,  while  orders  cover 
full  lines,  they  are  small  in  volume.
San  Francisco:  The  demand 
slightly 

building  hardware  has 
proved.

for 
im­

Louisville:  While  the  market  feels 
rather an  even  tenor,  it  is  not  altogether 
without  signs  of  healthier  demand  and 
animation.

Cleveland :  Business,  so  far  in  May, 

has  shown  no  perceptible  falling  off.

New  Orleans:  Business  has  been

somewhat  quiet  during  the  past  two 
weeks  and  there  is  no 
indication  of 
much  improvement  until  later  on.

Omaha:  For  the  most  part  trade  has 
moved  along  in  the  ordinary  channel 
and  there  is  no  perceptible  change, 
either  for  better  or  for  worse.

Portland:  Since  our  last  report  trade 
has  been  fair,  showing  considerable  im­
provement  over  April.

St.  Paul:  Prices  have  been  fairly 
well  maintained  and  there  is  but  little 
complaint  of  excessive  cuts.

Be  Specific  in  Billing.

Written for the T radesman.

The  tendency  to  terseness  and  brevity 
in  business  transactions  and  phraseoloy 
is  doubtless  a  commendable  one.  The 
careful  study  of  a  habit  of  concise 
clearness  is  a  most  essential  part  of  the 
training  of  the  successful  business  man. 
But  that  this  quality  shall  be  of  value, 
it  is  necessary  that  it  be  genuine— it 
is 
a  quality  whose  affectation  is  a  sham.

Genuine  business  brevity  is  acquired 
only  by  the  most careful and painstaking 
study;  and 
in  this  study  clearness  and 
completeness  must  be  constantly  con­
sidered.  The  brevity  which  omits  that 
which 
is  necessary  to  a  complete  and 
ready  comprehension  of  the  entire  mat­
ter  under  consideration 
is  worse  than 
the  opposite  error—too  much  verbiage.
Perhaps  as  forcible  an  illustration  of 
the  injurious  effects  of  the  carrying  of 
this  tendency  to  an  undue  degree  may 
be  found  in  the  specifications 
in  mak­
ing 
invoices  of  sales  or  manufacture 
Often  the  habit,  or  affectation,  of  brev­
ity 
leads  not  only  to  the  use  of  the 
smallest  possible  number  of  words  in 
the  description,  but  to  the  employment 
of  so  many  arbitrary  abbreviations,  that 
only  the  most  carefully  and fully  initia­
ted  can  make  out  the  complete  mean­
ing.  There.may  be  something  of  com­
pliment  to  the  intelligence  of  the  recip­
ients  of  such  bills,  but  this  is  not  worth 
the  annoyance  and  uncertainty  likely  to 
result  from  the  lack  of  complete  speci­
fication,  especially  where  all  degrees  of 
intelligence—or  time  for  solving  puz­
zles—are  to  be  dealt  with.

the  account  concerned 

The  prime  object  to  be  considered  in 
invoice  is  the  put­
the  making  of  an 
ting  of 
into 
shape  for  the earliest possible collection. 
Thus  the  rendering  of  such  invoice  is 
not  a  matter  simply  for  the  convenience 
of  the  customer.  Any 
lack  of  clear­
ness,  even  if  it  does  not  lead  to  corres­
pondence  for  its  elucidation,  and  conse­
quent  waste  of  time,  is  likely  to  hinder 
in  the  checking  up  and  preparation  foi 
settlement.

less 

As  a  rule,  no  abbreviations  or  obscure 
terms  should  be  employed  in 
itemizing 
which  will  not  be  clear  and  complete  to 
any  one  reasonably  familiar  with  the 
line  of  trade,  whether  it  be  known  that 
the  recipient  will  understand  it  or  not. 
Circumstances  may  make  it  necessary 
for  those 
familiar  to  audit  the 
It  is  not  well  to  let  any  business 
items. 
matter  depend  exclusively  upon 
the 
technical  knowledge  of  any  one— some­
time 
it  will  be  apt  to  cause  confusion 
and  loss.

Then,  in  billing,  care should  be  taken 
that  all  variations  in  charges  should  be 
made  perfectly  clear.  Any  unusual  cir­
cumstance  which 
increases  the  price 
should  be  explained  in  sufficient  detail 
to  be  fully  comprehended,  and  should 
be  put  in  terms  to  gain  favorable  con­
sideration. 
It should be  constantly  kept 
in  mind  that  the  object  of  the  invoice is 
to  do  all  possible  to  prepare  the  way  for 
the  collection.  To  do  this  it  is  as  de­
sirable  to  explain  a  variation  which 
lessens  a  price  as  well  as  one  which  in­
creases  it,  for  it  is  as  bad  to  cause  sus­
picion 
in  regard  to  the  previous  in­
voices  as  to  create  distrust  as  to  the 
current  one. 

R o s e n s t e i n .

Ionia  Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Opposite  Union  Depot.

New  Wholesale

Hardware  House

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

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Clark=Rtitka=Jewell  Co.

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FISHING  TACKLE

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

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M ICHIGAN  TR A D ESM A N

Enforced  Curtailment  of  Bicycle  Ad­
vertising.
Written for the T r a d e s m a n .

lavishness 

In  the  days  when  the  margin  between 
the  cost  of  manufacturing  bicycles  and 
their  selling  price  was  much  greater 
is  now  it  was  possible  to  spend 
than  it 
money  with  considerable 
in 
the  work  of  securing  sales.  Thus  not 
only  were  the  columns  of  the  large 
list 
of  wheel  papers  well  filled  with  wheel 
announcements,  but 
large  space  was 
taken  in  the  daily  press  and  in  all  sorts 
of  magazines  and  general  publications. 
In  the  same  spirit  the  expenditures  in 
the  preparation  of  catalogues  and  other 
advertising  matter  were  almost  without 
limit,  the  different  manufacturers  vying 
in  costly  productions,  if  not 
in  those 
showing  the  finest  art  and  taste.  At 
that  time  the  harvest  for  the  advertising 
periodicals  was  a  consideration  of  ma­
terial  importance,  giving  great  promise 
for  the  future,  and  the  work  of  making 
fine  wheel  catalogues  was  made  a  spe­
cialty  by  many  firms,  who  fancied  that 
they  had  found  in  it their El Dorado.
.  But,  while  the  making  of  wheels  has 
gone  on  apace,  until  the  number  in  use 
is  coming  to  fully  meet  the  most  san­
guine  expectations,  the advance  in  pros­
perity  has  not  been  shared  by  the  ma­
chinery  of  publicity.  The  reason  for 
this  change  in  the  situation  is  owing  to 
several  causes,  prominent  among  which 
is  the  great  reduction 
in  margin.  On 
account  of  the  exacting  requirements  in 
wheel  manufacture,  caused  by  the  con­
tinual  raising  of  the  standard  of  me­
chanical  precision,  the  cost  of  manufac­
ture  has  not  decreased  in  the  better 
grades  of  wheels,  while  the  selling  price 
is  greatly 
lessened.  The  bringing" of 
margins  to  a  more  natural business basis 
has  so  greatly  lessened  the  allowances 
for  advertising  purposes that great havoc 
has  been  wrought  in  the  ranks  of  wheel 
publications  and  there  are  found  to  be 
very  positive  limits  to  the  expenditures 
for  printed  matter.

The  unwarranted  stimulation 

in  the 
manufacture,  especially  as  to  the  num­
ber  of  factories,  which  resulted 
from 
theoretically  large  profits,  has  been  fol­
lowed  by  a  reaction,  which  has  had  a 
serious  effect  upon  bicycle  advertising. 
The  more  reckless  of  the  new  concerns 
were  naturally  the  most  lavish  in  adver­
tising expenditure,and  it  is  among  these 
that  there  has  been  the  greatest business 
mortality.  For  this  reason  the  losses  in 
advertising  accounts  have  been  tremen­
dous  and  have  had  a  material  influence 
in 
lessening  the  number  of  bicycle 
periodicals,  either  by  failure  or  by  con­
solidation.

The  mania  for  lavish  expenditure  in 
wheel  catalogues  had  a  material  influ­
ence 
in  the  great  departure  in  artistic 
catalogue  work  which  has  characterized 
the  productions  of  recent  years.  But  in 
this  branch  of  wheel  publicity  the  day 
of  unlimited  lavishness  is  past.  Even 
the  great  houses  are  contenting  them­
selves  with  more  modest  productions 
and  the  many  failures  among  the  rest 
have  materially  lessened  the  number  of 
catalogues  produced.

During  the  halcyon  days  of  the  wheel 
trade  a  number  of  printing  houses,  act­
ing  on  the  supposition  that the favorable 
conditions  must  be  permanent,  made 
special  preparations  for  that  particular 
work,  put  agents 
into  the  field  and 
built  up  a  large and  expensive business. 
These  have  suffered,  not  only  on  ac­
count  of  the  lessening  in  the demand for 
such  work—on  account  of  building  up 
a  large  trade  on  a  failing  foundation— 
but  the  business  catastropbies  which

have  lessened 
the  number  of  wheel- 
makers  have  necessauly  caused  heavy 
losses  in  unpaid  bills.

lived 

The  changes  that  have  marked  the 
last  year  or  two  in  the  wheel  trade  do 
not  mean  the  discontinuance  of  bicycle 
advertising—they  only  mean  the  cutting 
off  of  unwarranted  and  unprofitable  ex­
penditure  and  a  reduction  to  the  correct 
business  basis.  Many  of  the  papers 
which  helped  to  absorb  the  lavish  out­
lay  of  former  years  were  fakes  pure  and 
simple  and  their  failure  was  the  natural 
outcome  of  such  enterprises.  Many  of 
them 
long  enough  to  serve  the 
purpose  of  the  owners.  There  is  no 
significance 
in  their  careers  as  to  the 
value  of  advertising  in  the  wheel  trade. 
The  leading  houses,  which  are  main­
taining their  places  with ever-increasing 
output,  are  those  which  are  advertising 
most  judiciously  and  extensively.  The 
number  of  advertisers 
is  less  and  the 
expenditure  is  more  carefully regulated, 
but 
is  a  recognized  necessity  in  all 
bicycle  trade,  whether 
in  manufacture 
or  dealing. 
In  the  latter  especially  the 
main  dependence  must  continue  to  be 
upon  printers’  ink  rather  than  in  diiert 
canvassing  or  other  means  of  effecting 
sales. 
Wherein  Train  Gates  are  an  Advan­

N a t e.

it 

tage.

it  had  started  and 

Detroit,  May  16—I  recently  picked 
up  an  old 
issue  of  the  Tradesman  in 
which  I  read  several  interesting  articles 
on  train  gates.  When  I  first  saw  these 
gates,  I  thought  they  were  an  unneces­
sary  nuisance,  but  1  changed  my  mind 
after  seeing  a  lady  step  off  a  D.,  L.  & 
N.  train  at  Lyons,  about a  month  ago, 
after 
just  as  the 
brakeman  had  finished  helping  on  a 
lot 
of  passengers.  She  stepped  across  from 
one  platform  to  the  other  and  off  the 
train  before  anyone  could  stop  her.  She 
fell  and  seemed  to  hurt  herself. 
If  the 
train  gates  had  been  on  that  train  this 
would  not  have  happened.  She  was  a 
passenger  on  that  train  and  intended  to 
get  off  at  Lyons,  but  did  not  leave  her 
seat  to  get  off  until  the  passengers  start­
ed  to  get  on.  Again,about a week later, 
was  on  the  train  going  from  Grand 
Ledge  to  Howell  when  a  man  got  on  the 
train  at  Lansing  to  say  good-bye  to  a 
lady  friend  and  did  not  get  off  until  the 
train  had  passed  Michigan  avenue, 
when  he  jumped  off  and  fell. 
I  asked 
the  conductor 
if  he  bad  many  people 
to  get  on  and  off  the  trains  when  going 
and  be  said  he  did  at  nearly  every  sta­
tion  and  brakemen  could  not  stop  them. 
Sometimes  they 
fell  and  hurt  them­
selves,  but  mostly  got  off  without  fall­
ing. 
I  really  think  the  gates  are  good 
protection  to  keep  careless  people  from 
hurting  themselves  and  I  don’t  believe 
any  reasonable  traveling  man would  find 
fault  with  them.  The  agent  told  me  that 
the  woman  who  fell  off  at  Lyons  put  ia 
a  claim  against  the  road  and  was  paid 
something.  .  I  am  sure  you  want  to  be 
fair  and  will  print  this  in  your  next 
paper, 
for,  although  I  am  a  traveling 
man,  I  believe  in  being  fair  and  showi­
ng  up  both  sides.  E d w a r d  T r a v is.
The  Omaha  Exposition  of  1898.

Beats  the  Centennial  Exposition  which 
occurred  in  Philadelphia  in  1876  away 
out  of  sight  and  is  next  to  the  World’s 
Fair  at  Chicago 
in  importance  to  the 
whole  country.  All  of  the  states  in  the 
Trans-Mississippi  region  are  interested, 
and  our  Eastern  friends  will  enjoy  a 
isit  to  Omaha  during  the  continuance 
of  the  Exposition,  from June  to October, 
nclusive.
Buy  your  excursion  tickets  over  the 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Rail­
way.  An 
illustrated  folder  descriptive 
of  the  Exposition  will  be  sent  you  on 
receipt  of  2-cent  stamp 
for  postage. 
Address Harry Mercer, Michigan Passen­
ger  Agent,  Detroit,  Mich.

Concede  to  others  all  that  you  ask  for 

yourself.

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUOURS AND  BITS

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

. ’. 

AXES

First Quality, S. B. Bronze....................... 
5 no
1* irst (Quality, D. B. Bronze.........  
9 50
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel...... ..................  550
First Quality, D. B. Steel......................." '  l0 50

¡toilioad.............................................. «12 00 14 00

BARROWS

Stove............   ...... .■..............................  
60*10
Carriage new list....................................  70 to 75

BOLTS

BUCKBTS

Well,  plain.................................  
BUTTS.  CAST

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

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

#325

70&10
‘ 70&10

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

BLOCKS

79

CROW  BARS

Cast steel.............................. 
CAPS

G. D. 
Musket..

1r<° w............................................per m  65
35
60

......................... perm 
......................... perjn 

Rim  Fire........................................... 

50* 5

CARTRIDGES

CHISELS

an
go
so
80

Socket Firmer.......................................... 
Socket Framing......................!!!.'!  !]]... 
Socket Comer. 
Socket  Slicks.

..........................m rni 
.................................. 
DRILLS

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

ELBOWS
Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
50
Corrugated.............................  
j  gc
Adjustable..............................................,'dis 40*10

EXPANSIVE  BITS

Clark’s small, *18;  large, #26 ...........  
Ives’, 1, #18; 2, *24; 3, #30  .................... . .'.‘. 

30*10
25

PILES—New  List

New American............................................. 70*10
Nicholson s................................................ 
7Q
Heller’s Horse Rasps............ . . . . . . . . . .. . . .  oc&iO

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

GALVANIZED  IRON
16 

13 

14 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

15 
GAUGES

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s......................60*10

KNOBS-  New List

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

70
go

28
17

MATTOCKS

Adze Eye.....................................#16 00, dis  60*10
Hunt Eye.................................... *15 00, dis 60*10
Hunt’s.........................................#18 50, dis 20*10

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  W
Steel nails, base...........................................
Wire nails, base...................................!".!.!!
20 to 60 advance..................................
10 to 16 advance.................................
8 advance..........................................
¿advance.........................................
4 
advance.............................................. ’
3 advance.................................................. "
2 advance...........................................     * |
Fine 3 advance................................... ..  ..V
Casing 10 advance................................. .
Casing  8advance.................... 
."
Casing  6 advance................................. ” ‘ ’
Finish 10 advance  .................................
Finish  8 advance....................................
Finish  6 advance..................................
Barrel % advance................................ .111..

ire.
1  60
Base
05
1020
30
45
70
50
15
25
35
25
35

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

MOLASSES  GATES

Stebbin’8 Pattern.......................................... 60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine............. 
60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring.......................  
30

MILLS

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co. ’s,  fancy................................   @50
Sclota Bench................................................ 
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.......................   @50
Bench, first quality......................................   @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood 
cn
Stfl.nlftv  R n lft fl.nrl 
P n   wnn/i 
PANS
Fry, Acme............................
Common, polished.................
RIVETS
Iron and  Tinned  ........................................ 
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 

60*10*10 
70*  5
60
60

PATENT PLANISHED  IRON 

“A”  Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 2> to 27  9 20 

Broken packages V4c per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

Maydole *  Co.’s, new  list........... 
...... dis  35?»
25
Kip’s  .....................................................dU 
Yerkes & Plumb’s...................................di* ul&io
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 30c llsi 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c 11« .40*19

23

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin Ware......................... new iisi 75*10
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 20*10
Granite Iron  Ware......................... new iist 40*10

HOLLOW  WARE

£?‘8: ..............................................................60*1
f eiile s ......................................................... 60*10
Spiders  ..........................................  
60*10

HINGES

Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3.......................................... dis 60*10
state— ....................................perdoz.net  2  50

WIRE  GOODS

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

LEVELS
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s
ROPES
Sisal, % inch and  larger........
Manilla....................

SQUARES 

Steel and Iron.........
Try and Bevels..............
M itre.......................

on
an
80
80

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

....... dis 

70

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

8H
*7»

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

70. VIO
60

SHEET IRON

per lb 4
»T 
«2 70 
Nos. 10 to 14..................  
n o s.  i5 to  17......................................*   n
 
Nos. 18 to 21.....................................  2 80 
N°8-22t°24 ..................................  3 00 
Nos. 25 to 26....................................   3 10 
No.  27............................................   3 20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.

com. smooth,  com.
n ili
2  «
2 45
2 55
2 65
275
All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

List  acct. 19, ’86............

SAND  PAPER

SASH  WEIQHTS

.dis 

50

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

TRAPS

Steel, Game...............
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s . 
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s
Mouse, choker.................... 
per doz
Mouse, delusion..................  
per doz
WIRE
Blight Market...............
Annealed  Market...............  
Coppered  Market..............
Tinned Market..................
Coppered Spring  Steel...........
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  .................
Barbed  Fence,  painted__

HORSE NAILS 

An Sable.........................
Putnam.........................
Northwestern..........................

70*10

60A10
50
15 
1  JC

-=
.  .70*10
50 
...  2 05 
....  1  75

. 

dis 40&1C 
dis 
5 
dis 10*10

WRENCHES 
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.. 
Coe’s Genuine.
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought 
Coe’s Patent, malleable....................

30 
50 
80 
80
Bird  Cages...........................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern................................................... gg
§5
Screws, New List..................................‘ 
Casters, Bed and  Plate........................... 50* 10*10
Dampers, American............................... 
go

MISCELLANEOUS

600 pound casks.................................... 
gw
Perpound..........................................................g£

METALS—Zinc

SOLDER

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

i2 u
The prices of the many otherqualitles of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to  composition.

TIN—Melyn Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal.....................  
* 5  75
5  »
14x20 IC, Charcoal.......................‘ ' 
20x14 IX, Charcoal......................................   7 go

Each additional X on this grade, 11.25.

TIN—Allaway Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal.....................................  
4 50
14x20 IC, Charcoal...............................] 
10x14 IX, Charcoal.... ............................  
14x20 IX, Charcoal..........................................5  gg
Each additional X on this grade, *1.50.

4 gg

5 50

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  4  gg
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean...................... 
''  g gg
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean............................. 
e 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..............  4 00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..............  5 00
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..............   8 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..............  10 00

BOILER  SIZE TIN  PLATE 

14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I m  
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers! \ P«* Pound.  . 

.

9

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

•   THE  FORGOTTEN  PAST
B 
•  
•  
• 
•  
■  
5   t r a d e s m a n   c o m p a n y ,
•  

GRAND  RAPIDS.

2 4

M ICHIGAN  TR A D ES M A N

GENERAL  TRADE  S IT U A T IO N . 
W hile  some  lines  are  com plaining  of 
is  considerable  talk 
dulness  and  there 
of  the  evil  effects  of  the  war  in  busi­
ness,  a  careful  canvass  of  the  situation 
brings  the  conviction  that,  even  with 
the  distraction  of  public  attention,  there 
is  not  so  much  dulness  as would natural­
ly  be  the  case  at  this  season  of  the year. 
Combined  with  the  unprecedented  crop 
movement  at  high  values,  the  prospects 
of  even  greater  yields  in  nearly  all lines 
stimulate  railroad  eqi^pment  and^  agri­
cultural 
implement  trade  to  an  extent 
which  keeps  up  an  activity  beyond  an­
ticipation.  The  effect  of  this  upon 
railway  stock  values  is  apparent  in  ad­
vanced  quotations  and  greater  strength. 
The  only  crops which have been reported 
unfavorably  are  corn,  in  some  locali­
ties,  and  cotton. 
In  the  case  of  the 
former  there  has  been  too  much cold wet 
weather  for  good  planting  and  the  same 
conditions  have  affected  the  cotton  re­
ports.  The  acreage  of  corn,  on  account 
of  the  high  price,  will  he  very  large 
and  the  fact  that  its  value  as  a  food 
product  is  coming  to  be  more  appre­
ciated  promises  well  for  its  standing  at 
a  higher  average  than  for  years  past.

flour 

Wheat  receipts  at  the  West  do  not  fall 
off,  in  three  weeks  amounting  to  14,- 
581,002  bushels,against  5,952,602  for  the 
same  weeks  last  year,  and  the 
increase 
is  even  larger  than  the  great  increase 
in  exports,  which  for  the  same  three 
weeks  for  both  coasts  were  10,661,150 
bushels,  flour  included,  against  6,639,- 
Including  the  final  offi­
059  last  year. 
cial  report  for  nine  months,  and 
the 
preliminary  report  for  April,  with  these 
current  returns  for  three  weeks  of  May, 
the  exports  for  the  crop  year  have  been 
192,168,612  bushels  wheat, 
in­
cluded,  against  135,553,313  last  year, 
and  183,890,357  bushels  corn,  against 
i^6»337i i5°  tast  year,  when  the  outgo  of 
corn  ran  beyond  all  precedent.  Appar­
ently,  the  wheat  exports  will  fall  a  little 
below  the  maximum,  but  of  both  grains 
taken  together the  exports  since  July  1 
have  already  far  exceeded  those  of  any 
previous  full  year.  In spite  of  the  heavy 
receipts,  wheat  again  advanced  21% 
cents 
to  $1.66'^,  after 
falling  15  cents  the  week  before,  and 
rising  41 y2  cents  the  preceding  week. 
Another  reaction 
in  evidence  this 
week  which  has  cost a  considerable  part 
of  the  last  advance.  Corn  remains  more 
steady,  but  has  advanced  another  cent.
iron  trade  continues 
without  abatement.  The  only  tendency 
to  reaction  in  prices  seems  to  be in steel 
billets,  while  there  has  been  a  positive 
advance  in  Bessemer  pig  iron.  North­
ern  pig  iron  furnaces  are  reported  to  be 
sold  ahead  to  the  end  of  the  year.

in  New  York, 

Activity  in  the 

is 

in 

Textiles 

show  better 

feeling  all 
around,  although  a  few  shut-downs  are 
reported 
the  wool  trade.  These, 
however,  are  much  more  than  offset  by 
the  Government  demands,  which  are 
crowding  a  number  of  factories  to  the 
utmost.  The  price  of  cotton  prints  has 
advanced  from  the  low  point  at  which it 
has  remained  for  several  weeks,  and 
although  the  change 
is 
enough  to 
indicate  a  healthier  tone. 
The  boot  and  shoe  trade  still  continues 
to  exceed  all  expectation  and  prices  of 
hides  and  leather  are  still  advancing.

is  slight, 

it 

Locally, 

there  has  been  a  degree  of 
dulness  in  some  of  the  furniture  facto­
ries  which  has  caused  many  comments 
on  the 
ill  effects  of  the  war,  but  others 
with  more  push  in  sales  departments are 
crowded  to  full  capacity.  The  dulness 
may  be  somewhat  increased  by  the  war 
situation,  but  it  but  little  exceeds  what

might  be  expected  at  the  season,  after 
so  long  a  period  of  unusual activity.

Comparatively  small  imports  with  un­
precedentedly  heavy  exports  continue  to 
keep  the  balance  in  favor  of  this  coun­
try  so  heavy  that  there  is  still  a  con­
siderable  inflow  of gold under conditions 
which  would  ordinarily  preclude  such  a 
movement.  Bank clearings—of  $1,325,- 
691,000—are  unusually  heavy 
for  this 
season  of  the  year.  Failures  have  fallen 
off  39  from  preceding  week,  to  211.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The  market  is  strong,  so  far 
as  the  refineries  are  concerned,  but  the 
jobbers  are  still  at  sea  in  some  parts 
of  the  country,  owing  to  the  cutting  in 
prices  persisted 
in  by  some  represen­
tatives  of  the  trade.

Tea—Samples  of  new  Japans  are  due 
the  latter  part  of  this  week  or  the  fore 
part  of  next  week.  Trading  in  old  teas 
is  slow,  although  the  tone  of  the  mar­
ket  shows  steadiness.

Canned  Goods—The  most  sensational 
advance  which  has  overtaken  the tomato 
long  time  occurred  last 
market  for  a 
week,  when  spot  canned 
tomatoes  at 
Baltimore  jumped  from  92^  cents  in  a 
large  way  to  $1.12%  per  dozen.  The 
direct  cause  of  this  is  the large contracts 
which  the  United  States  Government 
is 
placing  for  canned  goods,  and  espe­
cially  tomatoes.  Already  100,000  cases 
have  been  ordered,  and  this  is  intended 
to 
last  only  about  one  month.  Orders 
are  being  placed  at  Baltimore,  Chi­
cago,  New  York  and  St.  Louis. 
It  is 
estimated  that,  if  the  war  lasts  from  two 
to  three  months  longer,  canned  tomatoes 
will  go  to $1.50  to  $1.75.  These  figures 
are  based  on  first  hands’  sales  in  a large 
way.  Retailers  would  probably  have  to 
pay  $2  per  dozen  at least for  three-pound 
goods.  This  is  a  wholesale  cost  of  16% 
cents  per  can,  which  would  mean  from 
20  to  22  cents  to  the  consumer  for  toma­
toes  he  could  purchase  for  10  cents  a 
few  months  ago. 
It  is  doubtful  if  even 
at  the  high  prices  the  supply  will  last 
until  the  new  pack  will  be  available. 
Before  the  Government  took  a  case  the 
supply  was  considered  small,  and  unless 
some  holders  have  stock  up  their sleeves 
there  can  hardly  fail  to  be  a  shortage. 
The  phenomenal  advance  of  canned 
meats,  which  are  packed  every  day  and 
can  hardly  be  exhausted,  would  seem  to 
imply  even  heavier  advances  for  toma­
toes,  which  depend  entirely  on  seasons. 
If  tomatoes  reach  the  point 
indicated, 
the  consumption  will  be  interfered  with 
very  greatly,  as  they  will  be  out of many 
people’s  reach.  The  Government,  how­
ever,  will  buy  them,  no  matter  what  the 
price.  Corn  is  receiving  more  attention 
on  account  of  the  high  price  of  toma­
toes,  and  values  of  this  article  are  also 
inclining  to  an  advance. 
California 
canned  fruits  are  strong, under  the  influ­
ence  of  light  supplies.  Latest  advices 
from  the  coast  state  that  the  growers  are 
demanding  from  $40  to  $50  per  ton  for 
apricots  for  canning  purposes.  Lemon 
cling  peaches  will  be  very  scarce  this 
season,  according  to  all  the  recent  ad­
vices  from  California.  Buyers  are  be­
ginning 
to  enquire  more  freely  for 
canned  salmon,  owing  to  the  high  price 
of  corned  beef,  and  salmon  is  enjoying 
a  fair  jobbing  demand.

Dried  Fruits— Prunes  are 

stronger 
and  higher.  The  consumption  of  this 
fruit  seems  to  continue  in  spite  of  the 
advent  of  green 
fruit,  and  the  foreign 
demand  continues  to  be  larger  than ever 
known  at  this  season  of  the  year.  Large 
fruit 
in  the  East,  while  the 
reports  from  the  coast  show  that  the

is  scarce 

stock  in  holders’  hands  there  is unusual­
ly  light,  being  not  over  half  the  amount 
on  hand  a  year  ago.  The  prospects  are 
for  a  light  crop  of  larger  sizes  the  com­
ing  year  because  of  the  dry  weather 
in 
California. 
It  will  be  June  1  belore  a 
very 
intelligent  estimate  of  the  coming 
prune  crop  can  be  made.  The  raisin 
situation  on  the  coast  is  reported  to  be 
more  promising. 
The  low  grade  rai­
sins,  that  could  not  be  handled  by  the 
trade,  are  being  disposed  of  to  the  win­
eries  and  are  being  fed  to  stock,  so  that 
it 
is  believed  the  market  will  be  well 
cleaned  up  by  the  time  new  raisins  are 
on  the  market.  There  is  a  little  better 
enquiry  for  sound  stock.

Rice— The  rice  market  is  very strong, 
with  spot  stock  very  scarce,  and  it  is 
difficult  to  get  goods  from  the  other 
side.  Buyers  continue  to  take  stock 
liberally,  and  the  market  at  all  points 
and  in  all  positions 
is  an  exceedingly 
strong  one.

Tobacco— The  proposed  combination 
of  the  plug  factories,  under  the  style  of 
the  Continental  Tobacco  Co.,  has  been 
declared  off,  owing  to  the  refusal  of 
some  of  the  large  manufacturers  to  go 
into  the  deal.

An  Interesting  Discovery.

A  young  man  who  has  an  office  in  the 
Trust  building  has  just  made  the  de 
lightful  discovery  that  his  fiancee  is also 
a 
financier.  The  young  man’s  sweet­
heart  resides  on  the  West  Side  and  for 
several  months  past  he  has  called  upon 
her  regularly  thrice  a  week.  When  he 
first  met  the  girl, 
two  years  ago,  he 
was,  of  course,  extremely  anxious  to 
make  a  good  impression  and he lavished 
many  presents  upon  her.

little 

The  girl's  parents  are  quite  well  to 
do,  but  she  disapproves  of  any  sort  of 
display  or  prodigality,  and  when,  in  the 
natural  course  of  events,  the  young  man 
proposed  and  was  accepted,  she  felt 
it 
to  he  her  privilege  and  her  duty  to  read 
him  a 
lecture  on  “ Economy.” 
She  called  his  attention  to  the  fact  that 
every  time  he  called  he  had  been  in  the 
habit  of  bringing  flowers  and  candy  to 
the  value  of  a  dollar  or  two.  She  sug­
gested  that  in  the  future  he  should  dis­
continue  the  presents,  handing  over  a 
silver  dollar  instead  whenever  he  came 
to  see  her.  He  laughed,  for  he  thought 
she  was  joking,  but  she  speedily assured 
him  that  she  was  very  much  in  earnest. 
So  he  paid  his  dollar  regularly  and 
finally  came  to  the  conclusion  that  the 
money  was  being  devoted  to  charity. 
The  wedding  day  was  set 
for  next 
month,  and  an  extended  trip  was  con­
templated.  Unfortunately, 
the  young 
man  recently  met  a  loss  as  the  result  of 
an  unexpected  failure  and  dropped  so 
much  money  that  he  had  to  notify  his 
fiancee  that  their  wedding  trip  must  be 
dispensed  with.  The  dear girl  laughed 
at  him,  and,  leaving  the  room  fora  mo­
ment,  presently  returned  with  a  satchel 
containing  256  silver  dollars 
Their 
plans  will  not  he  changed.

W A N T S   C O L U M N .

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.

BUSINESS^ CHANCES"

IpOR  SALE—DRUG  AND  GROCERY  STOCK 
in best  town  in  Southern  Michigan:  good 
trade. good reasons for selling.  Address No. *'10, 
care Michigan Tradesman______  
*qo
I? I V E OPPORTUNITYFOR  EXPERIENCED 
man with ni“ans to engage in the  grist  mill 
business in Leelanau county.  Pine wheat coun­
try.  Acreage of wheat this year iu  easy  access 
to mill, 8 01  acres.  No  opposition within twen 
tys x mil -s.  Mill site  furnished free.  Best  of 
shipping facilities either by rail  or  water.  For 
further particulars address Empire Lumber Co., 
Empire, Leelanau  Co., Mich. 

I V)R  RENT—LARGE  DESIRABLE  STORE 

on  best  street.  Address  Mrs.  B.  Brewer, 
571

Owosso, Mich. 

602

609

gjg

IpOR  SALE—ORUG  STOCK  IN  GOOD  RAIL- 
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
,T'HE  BEST  OPENING  IN  MICHIGAN  FOR 
A  an active business man  with  $ 0,000 (r  «  9 
OuO to step into a well-established, paying whole- 
sale business.  For particulars, address Business, 
gQg
care Michigan  Tradesman. 
T^UR SALE—DRUG STOCK;  OR WILL TAKE 
A  Partner with small capital.  Address No  609,
care Michigan Tradesman._____  
AY,  HAY  1IAY!  FOR  SALE  AT  RIGHT 
prices.  Correspond with Michigan 1 roduce 
Co., Lansing, Mich. 
607
P O R   SALE—A  L ESIKABLE  CORNER  ''RUG 
A  store, hardwood m< dern fixtures.  Price low 
terms  easy.  Address  Opportunity,  care  Mich.1 
igan  Tradesman. 
IN  WEXFORD 
I  county,  35  acres  Improved,  to  trade  for 
small  stock  of  hardware.  Address  Box  149 
^11  ’
Charlevoix,  Mich. 
fixtures in  Ionia,  taken  on  mortgage.  Will 
sell cueap for cash or trade for  productive  real 
estate.  Answer  immediately.  Will  sell  soon. 
W. W.  Hunt, Under National  City  Bank,  Grand 
Rapids.______  
59g
Brick  sto re  fo r  r e n t—b est  loca-
tion in city;  will be let for any business  ex­
cept dry  goods  and  cloth'ng.  J.  H.  Levinson, 
600
Petoskey, Mich: 
IpOR  SALE—GENERAL STOCK;  STORE  TO 

■J.OOD  60  ACRE  FARM 
J  HAVE  SMALL  STOCK  OF  DRUGS  AND 

rent;  good location,  good  trade.  Will  sell 
cheap for  cash.  Royce  &  Rolison,  Hamburg,
Mich.____________ 
599
lilOK  SALE—1 have two complete  drug  stocks 
in Middleville.  Will sell one and move other 
away,  or  w.ll  sell  one half  interest  in  either 
stock—one to be moved into an  other location— 
to reliable man.  Dr. Nelson Abbott, Middleville, 
Mich. 
TT'OR  RENT-DOUBLE  STORE  BUILDING 
.T  in  Opera  House  block,  Mancelona,  Mich., 
be.-t location in town;  best  town  in  State.  Ad­
dress Julius H. Levinson, Petoskey. Mich.  580 
ip o R   SALE, EXCHANGE OR REN i —LARGE 
-T  two-story  store  and  residence  building  in 
town of  1,000  population  in  Northern  Indiana; 
stone basement, 120  feet  in  dimensions.  Inves­
tigate.  Aduress No. 575, care  Michigan  Trades 
man. 
575

591

 

 

578

tpOK  REN I—THE  FIRST  AND  SECOND 

floors and basements of the  brick  building 
numbered 12 and 14  Lyon  street,  recently occu­
pied by Hirtb, Krause A Co.;  suitable  for  mer­
cantile  or  manufacturing  purposes.  Also  the 
large hall on the third floor  over 8 and 10  Lyon 
sireet,  especially arranged  for  fraternal  socie­
ties.  Apply to Wm.  McBain,  Agent  Estate  of 
Jas.  W. Converse, 433 Michigan  Trust  Building, 
Grand Rapids. 

ti*OR SALE —FIRi-T-CLASS GROCERY, MEAT 

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

JpOR  SALE —BUILDING  AND  GENERAL 

stock;  lest  farming  section  in  Michigan. 
No trades.  W  H. Pardee, Freeport,  Mich.  500 
LpOR  EX( IIAEGE  FOR  GROCERY  OR  MER-
J.  chandise  stock—Choice  section  land  near 
Jamestown,  North  Dakota.  Dakota  lands  in 
great  demand  for  farming  or  stock  raising. 
Ca-1 Dice.  Monroe, M'ch. 
HUD  EXCHANGE—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY 
A  goods or shoes, very nice  well rented Grand 
Rapids property.  Address No.  552, care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
'T'O  EXCHANGE — F\RMS  AND  OTHER 
A  property for dry  goods, clothing  and  shoes. 
Address P.  Medaiie, Mancelona. Mich 
\ \ T  ANTED—A  PRACTICAL  M ILL  MAN, 
vv  with $1,000 capital, to  take  a  one-half  or 
full  interest  in  a  stave,  heading  and  planing 
mill.  3,00)  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

553

552

534

605

BROOMS

•  grade  brooms  at  all  prices,  for  retailers 
only.  Grand Rapids, Mich. 

K BOMERS,  MANUFACTURER  OF  HIGH- 
FjlOR SALE-MODERN, WELL-ESTA BLISHED 

and equipped broom factory and good trade. 
Other  business  commands  our  attention.  Ad- 
dress No. 584, care Michigan Tradesman.  584
____  COUNTRY  PRODUCE
W ANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS  AND  POUL- 
try;  any quantities.  Write  me.  Orrin  J. 
Stone, Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
W ANTED — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
Caulkett & Co., Traverse City, Mich. 
W ANTED—1,000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS, 
dally.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
Ithaca,  Mich.__________________ 

604

381

556

PATENT  SOLICITORS^

ETREE—OUR  NEW  HANDBOOK  ON  PAT- 

ents.  Ciiley  &  Allgier,  Patent  Attorneys, 
Grand Rapids. Mich.___________________339

FIREPROOF  SAFES

GVEO. M. SMITH,  NEW  AND  SECONDHAND 

I  safes,  wood  and  brick  building mover, 157 

Ottawa street, Grand Rapids. 

613

MISCELLANEOUS.

IiEGISTERED  PHARMACIST  W1SHE8  S1T- 
w

l>  uation  In  Michigan;  twelve  years’  experi­
ence:  best  references.  Address  L.  J.  Shafer,
31 Calkins Ave , Grand Rapids, Mich._____ 608
ANTED—POSITION 
I 
IN  GROCERY. 
make a specialty of teas  and  coffees;  age, 
598
Frank Bentley, Ludington, Mich. 

Travelers’  Time  Tables.
CHICAGO *“ w^M,lcí r Rí

Chicago.

.................. 3:10pm 6:50pm 

„   „  
t 
«> Rapids............... 8:45am  1:25pm *ll:30pm
6:40nrr
r r'
Chicago................7:20am  5:15pm *11:30pm
Ar. G dRapids..........  1:25pm  10:35pm  * 6:2Qatr
r 
Lv.G’d  Rapids.........................  7:30am  5:30pm
Parlor  and  Sleeping  Cars  on  afternoon  and 
night trains to and from Chicago.

.C,tT-  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.

•Bvery  day. 

Others week days only.

DETROIT, Grand Rapids & Western

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids...... 7:00am  1:35pm  5:35pm
Ar. 2®iroi*.................. 11:40am  5:45pm  10:20pm
Ly. Detroit. 
. . . . .........8:00am  1:10pm  8:10pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids...... 12:55pm  5:20pm  10:55pm

Saginaw, Alma and  areenvllle. 

L^ ;G,R7:10am4:20Pm  Ar. G R 12:20pm  9:30pm 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Qao.  DbHavbn,  General Pass. Agent.

GRAND Trank Railway System

Detroit and Milwaukee l>>

(In effect May 15,1898 )

EAST. 

heave. 
Arrive,
t  6:45am  Sag.,  Detroit, Buffalo & N T  .t  9:55pm
tl0:10am.........Detroit  and  East.......... t  5:27pm
+ 3:20pm..Sag.,  Det., N.  Y.  &  Boston..tl2:45pm
* 8:00pm  .  Detroit, East and Canada.. .* 6:35aui
+10:45am.......   Mixed to Durand.......... + 3:15pm
* 8:35am —  Gd. Haven  and  Int. Pts__ * 7:05<>m
+12:53pm.Gd.  Haven  and Intermediate.+ 3:12pm 
+ 5:32pm..Gd. Haven and Intermediate.+10:05am
*  ?:40pm...Gd.  Haven and Chicago.....   8:15am
+10:00pm........Gd. Haven  and Mil..........  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. H u s h e s , A. G. P. & T. A.
Ben. F l e t c h e r .  Trav. Pass. Agt., 
C.  A.  Justin,  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 A Mack...+ 2:15pm  t  6:35am
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack..................il0:50pm
Cadillac  ..................................+ 5:25pm til :15am
Train leaving at 7:45 a. m. has  parlor car, and 
train  leaving  at 2:15  p.  m.  has  sleeping  car  to 
Mackinaw.
Southern  Div.  Leave  Arrive
Cincinnati...............................+ 7:10am  + 8:25pm
Ft. Wayne................................+ 2:10pm  + 2:00pm
Cincinnati............................... * 7:00pm  * 7:25am
1:10 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. 

Chicago Trains.

FROM  CHICAGO

TO CHICAGO.
Lv. Grand Rapids...+7  10am  +2 10pm  *11  35pm
Ar. Chicago............  2  0  pm 
9 10pm 
6 30am
Lv. Chicago.............................+3  02pm 
At. Grand Rapids...................   9 ?0pm 
Train  leaving  Grand  Rapids  7.10  a.  m.  has 
buffet  parlor  car  to  Chicago.  Train  leaving 
Grand Rapids 11 35 p. m. has coach and Pullman 
sleeping car to Chicago.
Train leaving  Chicago  3.02  p.  m.  has  buffet 
parlor  car  to  Grand  Rapids.  Train  leaving 
Chicago  11.45  p.  m.  has  coach  and  Pullman 
sleeping car to Grand Rapids.
GOING  W EST.

Muskegon Trains.

LvG’d  Rapids..............+7:35am  tl :00pm +5:40pr-
Ar Muskegon...............   9:00am  2:10pm  7:05cm
LvMnskegon...............+8:10am  tll:45am +4:0ilpu
ArG’d Rapids...............9:30am  12:55pm  5:20pm
Sunday trains leave  Grand  Rapids  9.00  a.  m. 
and 7.00 p. m.  Leave  Muskegon  8.35  a.  m.  and 
6.35 p. m.

GOING  BAST.

tExcept Sunday.  »Dally 

iSaturday only.
C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 
W. C. BLAKE, 

Gen’l Passr. and Ticket Agent. 
Ticket Agent Union Station.

DULUTH, ^  * £ £ * * *

W EST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I.)+11:10pm  +7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City..................  7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St. Ignace..........................   9:00am  5:20pm
Ar. Sault Ste. Marie..............  12:90pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marquette  .......................   2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestorla.............................   5:20pm  12:45am
8:30am
Ar. Dulnth............................................. 

EA ST  BOUND.

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

*11 45pm
7 25am

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

G e o .  D e H avej?,  Gen’l  Passenger Agent.

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with  our  FREIGHT  ELEVATORS.  Another  great  *§* 
thing  in  Store or Warehouse  is  our  SCALE  TRUCK:  *§•
an  8oo-lh.  Scale  in connection  with the  legular ware-
house truck.  We also make  Engines, Boilers, Smoke-  •§• 
stacks,  Iron  and  Brass  Castings,  Steel  Culvert  Pipe  2 , 
and General  Machine Work. 
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Repair work  done in any  part  of  the  State.  You 
can reach us any hour, day or night,  by  long  distance 
phone. 

Lansing  Boiler  &  Engine  Works,  Lansing,  Mich

«£•

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

TUe  (migan  mercantila m eg

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

Special  Reports.

Law  and  Collections.

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

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

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

E s ta b lis h e d   1780.

Largest Manufacturers oi

Dorchester, Mass.
The Oldest and 

Walter  Baker  & Go. tm
COCOAS
C H O C O LATES

PURE,HIGH GRADE

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on this Continent.

their manufactures.

No  Chemicals  are  used  in 
Their  Breakfast  Cocoa  is  absolutely  pure, 
delicious, nutritious,  and  costs  less  than  one 
cent a cup.
Their Premium  No.  1  Chocolate, put  up in 
Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the  best 
plain chocolate in the market for family use.
Their  German  Sweet  Chocolate  L  good  to 
eat and good to drink.  It  is palatable, nutrì 
tioas, and  healthful ;  a  great  favorite  with 
children.
Buyers should ask for and be sure  that  they 
get the genuine goods. The above trade-mark 
is on every package.
Walter Baker &  Co.  L td .

D o r c h e s te r ,  M a ss.

A  HEAVY  LOAD

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immediately 

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

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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“It’s as good as  Sapolio,” when  they  try to sell you 
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell 
you  that they are only  trying to get you  to  aid  their
new article. 
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Is it not  the 

Who  urges you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

public?  The  manufacturers,  by constant and judi- —2  
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose —2  
very  presence creates  a  demand  for other articles. 

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ONE  OF  THE  MOST  PROFITABLE  THINGS  YOU  SELL.

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

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

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

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which  only  demonstrates  their  extremely 
fine  quality  over  and  above all others.
Our  Coffees  not  alone  increase  your  sales 
instantly,  but  pay  you  a  profit.
Give  them  a  thirty  day  trial  now.  Don’t 
wait— now  is  the  opportune  time.

The  J.  M.  Bour  Co.,

113* 115*117  Ontario  St.,  Toledo,  Ohio.
129  Jefferson  Avenue,  Detroit,  Mich.

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