Volume  XV,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, JUNE  8,  1898.

Number  768

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A  Big  Lift  In  Business

Are  our  FREIGHT  ELEVATORS  of  any  capacity.
Our SC A LE TRUCK is and 8oo-lb scale combined with 
the regular warehouse truck.  We also  make  Engines,
Boilers,  Smokestacks,  Iron  and  Brass  Castings,  Steel 
Culvert  Pipe and General  Machine Work.

Repairs  done  in  any  part  of  the  state.  Reach  us 

any hour, day or night, by long distance phone.

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BICYCLE  SUNDRIES

One of the largest stocks in  Michigan.  Prices  right.  Service  prompt. 
W rite for our ’q8 catalogue with dealers’ net price sheet.

ADAMS  &  HART,

QRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

P U R IT Y  A N D   S T R E N G T H !

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

ABSOLUTELY  PURE

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

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Grand  Rapids Agenry,  26  Fountain  St.

FLEISCHMANN  &  CO.

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Four  Kinds  of  Coupon  Books

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

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“MR.  THOMAS”

The Most  Popular  Nickel  Cigar on  Earth

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

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F.  E.  Bushman,  Representative,

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

Mail  Orders  Solicited.

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Our  Coffees  not  only  help  to  retain 
old  customers,  but  make  new  ones  as
well.  They  build  business  on  a  solid
foundation.

The  J.  M.  Bour  Co.,

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

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Is  made  a  pleasure  by  the  use of  a _ _ _ _ _ _

BERKEY  ADJUSTABLE  SPRING  SEAT  POST

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

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BERKEY  SPRING  SEAT  POST  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids.  Mich.

TANGLEFOOT

S e a le d   s i i c k u   f lu   P a p e r

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 yearh

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.

YOUR

WHOLESALER

SELLS

TANGLEFOOT.

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League.  Members of this league guarantee the  Absolute  Purity  of  their  Flour  by  a  sworn  {n 
statement and a Bond of One  Thousand  Dollars.  Belying  thereupon  The  Anti-Adulteration  FlJ 
League guarantees  that the  Flour  made  by  this  mill  is  Free  from  Adulteration  of  any  “1 
kind, and engages to collect from its owners, managers or proprietors the  sum  of  $1,000  upon  In 

receipt of proof to the contrary.  Signed, 

The  Executive  Committee  Anti-Adulteration  League. 

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Proprietors of

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Wholesale and  Retail  Dealers in

Flour,  Feed  and  Grain

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Pack

We  are  now  offering  our  1898  pack  of 
Canned  Goods  for  future  delivery.  Com­
pare  our  new  prices  with  prices  of  spot 
stock and you will buy.

M U S S E L M A N   G R O C E R   CO .,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Canned

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PREFERRED  BANKERS 

LIFE  ASSURANCE  COMPANY

OF  DETROIT,  MICHIGAN. 

Commenced Business September i,  1893.

Insurance in  force..................................$2,746,000.00
Net Increase during  1S97 ...................... 
104,000.00
32,738.49
Net Assets....................................... 
 
None
Losses Adjusted and  Unpaid............... 
Other  Liabilities................................... 
None
Total  Death Losses Paid to Date........ 
40,061.00
Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben­
eficiaries.............................................. 
812.00
Death Losses Paid During  1897.......... 
17,000.00
Death Rate for 1897...............................  
6.31
Cost per 1,000 at age 30 during 1897__  
8.25
FRA N K E. ROBSON,  Pres.

TRUMAN  B. GOODSPEED, S e c ’ y .

COMMERCIAL  CREDIT  (¡0.,  LIMITED.

of Grand  Rapids.  Mich.

Private  Credit  Advices,  Collections 
and Commercial Litigation.  References 
furnished on application.

L. J. STEVENSON, Manager and  Notary.

R. J. CLELAN D, Attorney.
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T he  M ercantile  A gency

Established 1S41.

R .  Q.  DUN  &   CO.

Widdicomb Bld'g, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Books arranged with trade classification of names. 
Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. 

L. P. WITZLEBEN.  flanager.

Rare  Chance for  Small  Capital.
A plant equipped for planing, resawing, turning, 
inside finishing,  etc.,  costing  originally  over $10,- 
000, offered for about  one-third  that.  Good condi­
tion.  Now  in  operation.  Just  taken  on  debt by 
present owners  who  have  other  business.  Grow”- 
fng  city,  8,000  population. 
Fine  surrounding 
country.  Good opening for lumber yard.  Certain - 
ly  a  s n a p .  Easy  terms.  Lock  Box  7,  Traverse 
City,  Mich.
Save Trouble 
Save Losses 
Save Dollar

Improved Condition of the  Banks— Mu­

nicipal  Financiering.

The  condition  of  the  banks,  as  shown 
by  the  May  statements,  indicates  that 
there  will  be  no  blanks  in  the  semi-an­
nual  drawings  of  dividends  in  July. 
There  is  not  a  bank  in town that  has  not 
undivided  profit  sufficient  for  a  substan­
tial  dividend,  and  in  another  month  up­
wards  of  §100,000 will be released among 
the  stockholders.  The  dividends will not 
be  extravagant,  but  it  may  be  remarked 
that  the  condition 
is  very  unlike  that 
within  the  memory  of  man  when  any 
kind  of  a  dividend  would  have  been  an 
extravagance.  The  fact 
is,  the  banks 
are 
in  a  better,  more  solid  and  more 
satisfactory  condition  to-day  than  they 
have  been 
in  recent  years.  The  five 
years  of  business  depression,  while hard 
to  endure  and  painful  to  remember, 
have  not  been  without  their  profitable 
lessons. 
is  needless  to  recount  what 
these  lessons  have  been,  for  there  is  not 
a  banker 
in  town  who  does  not  know 
wbat  they  are  and  what  they  have  cost. 

It 

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During  the  years  of  hard  times  the 
banks  have  been  writing  off  bad  assets 
and  now,  when  the  business  prospects 
are  favorable  for  the  future,  they  find 
the  decks  nearly  free  of  “ dead  boss.’ ’ 
is  stated  that  one  bank  has  in  five 
It 
years  written  nearly  §100,000 
in  bad 
assets,  and  this  writing  off  process  has 
been  done  out  of  the  profits  of  the  busi­
ness.  Another  bank,  it  is  said,  has im­
proved 
its  assets  to  a  similar  amount 
and 
is  safe  to  say  that  others  have 
it 
been  doing  the  same  good  work  to  an 
extent  that  would  astonish  that  part  of 
the  world  which  imagines  that  banking 
is  all  profit.  The  exact  amount  that  has 
been  written  off  by  the  banks  in  the  last 
five  years  can  not  be  ascertained,  but  it 
is  probable  that  half  a  million  dollars 
would  be  nearer  the  amount  than  a 
quarter  of  a  million.  The statements  of 
May  4,  1893,  showed  the  total  undivided 
profits  and  surpluses  of  the  five  national 
and  four  savings  banks  to  have  been 
§806,339.38.  The  statements  of  May  5, 
1898,  just  five  years  later,  made  this  ac­
count  §715,956.90,  or  §90,382.48 
less. 
These  figures  are  significant,  as  show­
ing  the  extent  of  the  losses  sustained 
and  the  rigidity  with  which  the  losses 
have  been  written  off,  especially  as  it 
will  be  recalled  that  during  the  five 
years  the  payment  of  dividends  has  not 
been  kept  up  by  nearly  all  the  banks.

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In 

A  statement  showing  the  net  earnings 
of  one  of  the  banks  for  the  last  six 
years  was  interesting  as  a  barometer  of 
how  business  has  been.  The  figures  will 
not  be  given,  but  the  net  earnings  of 
1892  will  be  represented  by 
100  per 
cent. 
1893,  the  year  of  the  panic, 
when  the  banks  sought  how to keep their 
heads  above  water  rather than  to  make 
any  money,  the  net  earnings  dropped  to 
about  60  per  cent. 
1894  there  was  a 
rally  to  about  80  per  cent. 
In  1895  the 
earnings  were  10  per  cent,  greater  than 
in  1892,  or  no  per  cent.  The  year  1896 
was  the  year  of  the  free  silver campaign 
and  the  earnings  dropped  to  about  70 
per  cent.  Last  year  they  rallied 
to 
indications
about  90  per  cent,  and  the 

In 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  8,1898,

for  the  first  six  months  of  1898  are  that 
this  year  will  show  a  very  material 
im­
provement  over  any  of  the  preceding 
years.

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its  payment. 

in 
in  what 

funds,  the  money 

interest  of  the  municipality. 

The  munic ipal  financiering  is  some­
thing  wonderful.  The  city  has  a  bal­
ance  of  §482,909  in  the  city  depository 
and  this  will  be  increased  to  approxi­
mately  three-quarters  of a  million  by the 
payment  of  the  city  taxes 
in  July.  Of 
the  depository  nearly 
the  amount 
§200,000 
is 
is  known  as  the 
sinking  fund.  The  sinking  fund  was 
originated  during  the  aldermanic  career 
of  Hon.  O.  A.  Ball,  and  created  by 
raising  §25,000  by  taxation  each  year, 
its  purpose  being  to  pay  the  city’s 
bonded  indebtedness—or  at  least  to  pro­
vide  for 
In  other  cities 
having  sinking 
is 
placed  in  the  hands  of a commission  ap­
pointed  to  handle  it  in  a  manner  to  the 
best 
In 
this  city  the  fund  is  under  the  control of 
the  Common  Council  and  it  is  a  fund 
from  which  the  Council  feels  entirely  at 
liberty  to  borrow  to make up deficiencies 
in  other  funds.  The  money,  instead  of 
being 
invested  separately,  is  deposited 
in  the  city  depository  with  the  other 
municipal  funds  and  the  small 
interest 
paid  on 
it  goes  into  the  general  fund, 
instead  of  being  credited  to  the  sinking 
fund,  as  it  should  be  The  poor  finan­
ciering  in  the  aldermanic  management 
of  the  sinking  fund  is  shown  in  the  sale 
this  week  of  §200,000  5  per  cent,  street 
improvement  bonds. 
bonds 
brought  a  premium  of  §7,063,  making 
them  net  about  4J2  per  cent.,  and  were 
sold  to  an  outside  investment  firm.  Had 
the bonds  been  purchased  with  the 
idle 
in  the  sinking  fund,  the  city 
money 
would  have  had  a  good  investment  and 
§200,000  would  not  be  dumped  into  the 
market  to  unsettle  things.

These 

in 

civilization 

Japan’s  advauce 

is 
marked  by  the  proposition  of  the  gov­
ernment  to  increase  the number of voters 
five-fold.  This  means  that  the  people 
are  becoming  better  able  to  govern 
themselves,  and  are,  therefore,  fit  to  he 
intrusted  with  the  ballot  to  a  greater 
extent  than  has  been  considered prudent 
It  also  seems  to  mean  that 
heretofore. 
the  government  has  great  confidence 
in 
the  people,  as  otherwise  it  would  not  be 
so  ready  to  call  them  to  its  aid  and  set 
them  to  work  governing  themselves.

Bathing  suits  will  be  of  National  col­
ors  this  season,  and  a  fair  show  bather 
at  the  seaside  will  look  like  a  goddess 
of  liberty  when  she  washes  herself  fcr 
public  entertainment.

Missouri 

is  now  producing  one  mil­
lion  pounds  of  lead  each  week.  Some 
of  this  should  be  led  into  the  interior  of 
the  Spaniards,  who  ought  to  remember 
the  Maine.

The  strength  of  a  man’s  patriotism 
does  not  depend  upon  the  size  of  bis 
commission.

Number  768

A  Fair  Report.

As  the end of the fiscal year approaches 
and  it  is  found  possible  to  give  an  esti­
mate  of  what  has  been  done in  the  busi­
ness  world  for  the  twelve  months  almost 
completed,  the result  is more  than  pleas­
ing,  when  for  the 
last  ten  months  the 
balance  of  trade  in  our  favor  foots  up  to 
more  than  §514,000,000.  With  the  end 
of  the  year  so  near,  it  is  safe  to  fore­
cast  a 
little  of  the  financial  result  and 
June  30  will  give  an  excess  of  exports 
over  imports,  exceeding  §600,000,000. 
To  this  enormous  amount  add  the  cur­
rency  of  the  country  and  the  result  will 
furnish a  pretty  fair  report  of the present 
finances  of  the  United  States.

A 

little  comparison  of  the  present 
condition  of  things  with  other  years will 
not  be  found  discouraging.  The largest 
favorable  trade  baiance  this  country had 
ever  known  was  in  1897.  Then  the  total 
amounted  to §357,000.000,  with  rates  of 
money  in  New  York  and  Chicago so  low 
that  millions  of  American  dollars  was 
in 
invested 
the  money  centers  of 
Europe. 
In  1896,  this  same  trade  bal­
ance  was  §324,000,000;  so  that  in  three 
years  this  country  has  gained 
from 
abroad  the  sum  of  §1,381,000,000,  an 
amount  that  would  wipe  from  the  books 
our  National  debt  and  leave  something 
over.  The  account,  satisfactory as  it  is, 
income  from  the 
does  not  include  the 
crops.  They  are  promising. 
If  they 
are  only  fair 
in  other  countries  where 
trade  stuffs  are  grown,  the  report  will 
continue  to  be  cheering ;  but  the  pros­
pect  suggest  that  much  more  can  be 
counted  on  to  swell  the  already  gratify­
ing  sum.
Under 

favorable  conditions 
there  can  be  hut  one result:  Enterprise 
will  take  a  start 
in  every  direction. 
Railroad  interests  will  revive.  Mining 
will 
increase.  Manufacturing  of  all 
kinds,  with  renewed  life,  will  go  on  all 
over  the  country  and  the  traditional 
waste  places  will  be  made  to  biossom 
like  the  rose.  Every 
indication  shows 
that  the  country  is  at  the  beginning  of 
unparalleled  prosperity,  the  Golden  Age 
of  modern  times,  it  is  to  be  hoped,  and 
a  fitting  close  to  the  eventful  Nineteenth 
Century.

these 

General  Ray  Stone,  the  apostle  of 
good  roads,  estimates  that  the  farmers 
of  the  United  States,  in  marketing  the 
produce  of  their  farms,  haul  500,000,000 
tons  of  freight  yearly  over  1,500,000,000 
miles  of  public  roads.  As  a  rule  the 
roads  are  had  roads.  General  Ray  Stone 
estimates  that  the  loss  because  of  the 
difficulty  of  transportation 
is  not  less 
than  §600,000,000 per  year,  and  that  this 
yearly  loss  would  pay  the  interest  at  3 
per  cent,  upon  the  outlay  of money suffi­
cient  to  rebuild  all  the  bad  roads  and 
maintain  them 
in  proper  repair  after­
ward.

A man  who  says  a  bright  thing  simply 
makes  himself  uncomfortable.  His 
friends  brag  about  it  and  expect  him  to 
say  another.

A  woman  is  a  great  deal  better  than 
her  neighbor,  and  she  always  knows  it, 
too.

Cervera  may  point  with  pride  to  him­
self  and  say  that  he  is  not  running away 
from  the  enemy.

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Dry  Goods

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple  Cottons—Light-weight  brown 
goods,  while  selling  more  freely  than 
bleached,  have  been  quiet  for  the  last 
few  days,  and  other  lines  of  staples  are 
without  featuie  worthy  of  special  note. 
Denims are particularly quiet.  Ticks in 
low  grades  have  sold  tairly  well,  but 
better  grades  are  quiet.

Prints  and  Ginghams—Fancies  have 
been  irregular  in  all  lines,  some  depart­
ments  reporting  quite  good  sales.  There 
have  been  some  lines  of  daik  fancy  cal­
ico  shown,  but  prices  have  not  been 
made  public, 
the  general  idea  is  tb.it 
prices,  when  they  are  named,  will  be 
lower  than  have  been  quoted 
in  any 
previous  season.

Hosiery—The  only  points  of 

interest 
in  the  hosiery  market  are  with  the fancy- 
styles  of  half  hose and  golf  stockings. 
for  the  latter  is  still  tor 
The  demand 
legs  with  fancy  tops,  as 
plain 
it  has 
been 
for  several  months.  Medium 
prices  rule.  In  the  former,  business  has 
been  chiefly  confined  to 
lines 
intended 
to  retail  at  from  25@500  a  pair.

is, 

Knit  Goods—The  knit  goods  market 
has  been  comparatively  free  from  can­
cellations ;  that 
free  as  compared 
with  the  woolen  and  other  markets.  Yet 
there  has  been  some  of  this,  principally 
on  account  of  non-delivery  and  irreg­
ularity.  The  manufacturers  had enough 
business,  however,  to  keep  them  mov­
ing,  and  were  not  particularly  worried 
over  this.  They  are  busy  now  on  fall 
goods,  and  the  majority  of  them  do  not 
care.  Mills  are  preparing  to  make  de­
liveries  on  fall  goods  in  a  more satisfac­
tory  manner  and  will  probably  accom­
plish  their  object.

Blankets—Large  quantities  of  colored 
blankets  have  been  removed  from  the 
stocks  which  were  on  hand  in  various 
places,  both  all  wool  and  some  cotton 
mixed  goods.  The  general  conditions 
of  the  market  are  brighter  than  last 
week,  and 
there  are  a  considerable 
number  of  enquiries  from  buyers,  who 
are  beginning  to  feel  that  they  may  not 
get  what  they  want  unless  they  hurry.
Carpets—The  manufacturers  of 

in­
grains  are  hopeful  of  a 
larger  demand 
this  season  as  compared  with  last,  as 
the 
industrial  condition  of  the  country 
is  improving  all  the  time.  A  line  of  in­
grains,  with  Brussels  effects,  is  having 
a  good  run.  Manufacturers  have  also 
completed  their  samples 
in  C.  C.  and 
union  ingrains.  The 
jobbers  come  to 
the  market,and  are  placing  some  initial 
orders.

than 

Draperies—Summer  draperies  are  re­
ceiving  a  large  share of attention—much 
more 
formerly—and  the  manu­
facturers  have  produced  many  varied 
and  attractive  designs  at  reasonable 
prices.  Silkaline  yarn  has  been  used  in 
producing  some  very  nice  effects 
in 
light  and  dark  shades,  with  stripes  of 
red,  yellow  and  blue.  Striped  muslins 
with  lace  trimmings  are  also  very  pop­
ular,  with  designs  of  moss  rosebuds; 
also  pink  roses  and  lilies  of  the  valley.
Clothing—Reports  from  every  section 
of  the  country  indicate  that  the  retail­
ers  seem  satisfied  that  the  spring  and 
summer  season  will  terminate  more  fa­
it  has  begun,  provided 
vorably  than 
they 
seasonable 
weather.  They  also  seem  to  have  a 
greater  degree  of  confidence  in  the com­
ing  fall  season  than  was  anticipated,  for 
they  are  placing  their  usual  orders  for 
fall  and  winter goods  with  the  travelers, 
who  are  now  visiting  them. 
In  fact,

are  blessed  with 

fabrics,  tailors 

many  of  them  have  placed  larger  orders 
than  they  did  a  year  ago,  basing  their 
action  on  their  opinion,  which  has  a 
good  deal  of  foundation 
in  fact,  that 
prices  will  be  considerably  advanced 
likely  to  be  the 
later.  This 
is  very 
into  consideration 
case,  as,  not  taking 
in  the  price  of 
the  probable  increase 
woolen 
in  all  clothing 
manufacturing  centers  are  restive  as 
the  usual  strike 
season  approaches. 
They  have  been  murmuring  recently | 
about  the  pay  which  they  are  receiving, 
and  it  is  quite  probable  that  manufac­
turers  in  every  clothing  manufacturing 
market  in  the  United  States  may  in  the 
near  future  be  forced  to  pay  a  pretty- 
large  advance 
in  the  price  of  labor. 
Should 
ihe  weather  be  very  hot  during 
June  a  scarcity  of  summer  clothing  will 
certainly  occur,  as  the  manufacturers 
have  not  made  very  extensive  prepara­
tions,  so  that  even  a  moderately  large 
demand  would  rapidly  exhaust  the  vis­
ible  supply,  especially  of  black  alpacas, 
Sicilliennes,  brilliantines,  “ skeleton”  
serges,  etc.  Fancy  washable  vests  are 
also  in  excellent demand,  although  plain 
white  ducks  seem  to  be  most  popular.

Far-reaching  Effect  of  Price  Cutting.

The  merchant  who  has  failed  to  keep 
in  the  van  of  or  in  pace  with  his  com­
petitors  and  resorts  to  price  cutting  as 
a  last  resort  commits  mercantile  hara- 
kiri.  Price  cutting  is  a  trade  evil  for 
which  there  is  rarely  any  excuse.  Even 
if  your  rival  practices  it  there  is  no jus­
tification  in  similar action  on  your part, 
merely  to  get  even.  To  indulge 
it 
is  to  “ cut  off  one’s  nose  to  spite  one’s 
face.”   There  is  never  any  profit 
in 
selling  goods  at  a  loss,  regardless  of  th_ 
fact  that  it  may  seem  wise  and  justified 
by  the  exigencies  of  the  occasion.

in 

line  of  goods,  say  at 

One  of  the  most  pernicious  things 
it  pro 
If  the  mer 

about  this  practice  is  the  effect 
duces  upon  the  customer. 
chant  sells  a 
cents  a  yard,  when  it  is  known  that  he 
and  all  the  trade  as  well  have  always 
sold  the  same  thing  at  $1  a  yard,  he  has 
set  a  price  which  will  be  looked  for 
the  future. 
the  occasion 
which  he  thought  warranted  his  action 
has  passed,  he  tries  to  bolster  up  th 
price  to  a  legitimate  level,  be  will  find 
it  mighty  difficult  to  get  his  customers 
to  pay  it.

If,  when 

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This  isn’t  strange;  it  is  perfectly  nat 
ural.  The  customer  reasons  that  if  the 
merchant  sold  the  goods  at  one  time  fo 
75  cents  he  can  do  so to-day.  She  know; 
that  he 
in  the  business  to  maki 
money,  and  when  he  asserts  that  he  sold 
the  goods  below  cost,  she simply  duesn 
believe  him,  and  sooner  than  pay  the 
old  price  she  makes  her  purchases  else 
where,  rather than,  as  she  looks  upon  it, 
be  imposed  upon.

Still  Going.

Mrs.  Bingley—George,  I  wish  you’d 

put  an  advertisement  in  the  paper  for 
girl.

Mr.  Bingley—Why?  Where’s Hannah?
Mrs.  Bingley—Oh,  she  left  this  morn­
ing,  without  as  much as saying  good-by.
I  wonder 
what  made  her  do  it?

Mr.  Bingley—That’s  nice. 
Mrs.  Bingley—The  oil  can.

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We have a large  line  of  new 
goods 
fancy  shapes  and 
unique  designs,  which  we  are 
offering at right prices.  Samples 
cheerfully  sent  on  application.

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

Carpets j

All  grades cut at wholesale.

You  Carry  Only  Samples 

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For One  Dollar 

We  carry the stock.  When  you  make  a  dfsn 
sale,  send  us  the  pattern  number,  size  wUi 
of  room  or  quantity  wanted  and  we will 
ship your order the same day as received  0/$ 
—sewed  if desired. 
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from  the  roll,  so you can guarantee every  08s 
carpet as represented—in style, color and 
quality.  No  picture  scheme  or  Misrep-  fckffl 
resentation.  Every  sample  is  finished, 
numbered and quality specified on ticket,  !Mj 
so you can make no  mistake when order-  «an 
Ing.  We also make  up  books  as  above,  08s 
18x18  in.,  which we will furnish 
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SOUTHEAST  CORNER  MARKET  &  MONROE  S T S.,  CHICAGO.

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is  the  kind  we sell. 
It  wears  better,  is  more 
comfortable,  sells  better  and  costs  no  more 
than the poorly-made, ill-fitting stuff some job­
bers sell. 
You  may  have  run short of sum­
mer  weights;  if  so,  we  are  in  position  to

fill  all kinds of orders.

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VOIGT,  HERPOLSHEIMER  &  CO., 

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WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS, 

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Ladies’ waists 
Gents’  Laundried Shirts

$4 50  per dozen  and  upwards.

Sell  on  Sigh t.

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS,  Jobbers, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Personal  Popularity  Essential  to  Busi­

Written fo r the Tradesman.

ness  Success.

The  question 

is  often  asked,  by  in­
dividuals  about  to  engage 
in  retail 
trade,  “ What  is  most  essential  to  suc­
cess  in  retail  business  lines?”

is  an 

Location 

A  good  location  is  often  designated, 
by  those  attempting  to  answer  this 
im­
portant  question,  as  the one  thing  upon 
which  the  success  of  the  retailer  must 
depend. 
important 
thing,as  the  dealer  will  soon  find  who  is 
shortsighted  enough  to  settle  in  an  out- 
of-the-way  place,  simply  for  the  reason 
that  a  few  dollars  in  rent  can  thus  be 
saved.  A good  location  is  always  cheap 
at  any  price,  as  a  site  upon  which  to 
build  a  thriving  retail  trade;  a  poor  lo 
cation  should  never  be  considered  for  i 
moment.

Others  attempting  to  answer  the  ques 
tion  referred  to  will  urge  that  an  ade 
quate  cash  capital  is  the  most 
impor 
tant  requisite  to  the  permanent  estab­
lishment  of  any  business  in  which  rock- 
bottom  buying 
is  the  foundation  upon 
which  success  mainly  depends.  A 
lib­
eral  supply  of  ready  money  is  an  im­
portant  thing,  as  the 
incautious  will 
soon  find  who  bunches  out  in  an  exten­
sive  retail  business  without  sufficient 
capital  or gilt-edge collateral with which 
to  turn  himself  readily  when  occasion 
demands.  An  extensive  credit  is  indis­
pensable  to  success  in  such  a  line and to 
begin  business  without  funds  is to invite 
defeat  at  the  very  outset.

But,  after  all,  of  what  use  are  loca­
tion,  cash  or  credit  without  a  liberal 
patronage? 
I  maintain,  therefore,  that 
the  thing  which  the  retailer  needs  most, 
and  for  which  he  should  work  most 
in­
dustriously,  is  a  long  list  of  substantial, 
permanent,  cash  customers.  * But  how 
shall  such  a 
list  of  customers  be  se­
cured  and  retained?  As  a  disinterested 
observer  of  the  ups  and  downs  in  com­
mercial  life,  I  firmly  believe  that  suc­
cess  can  not  be  achieved,  in  this  im­
portant  undertaking,  unless  the  founda­
tion  policy  is  an  outgrowth  of  the strict­
est  practical  observance  of  the  moral 
code.  There  can  be  no  rule  of  action 
laid  down  for  men  to  follow  in  business 
life  which  quite equals  the Golden  Rule. 
The  average  American  woman  who 
does  her  own  shopping  is  a  close  stu­
dent  of  human  nature.  She  reads  with 
an  unerring  accuracy  the 
life  of  the 
tradesman  with  whom  she  deals  and  un­
consciously  forms  ap  estimate  of  bis 
character,  from  which  she  draws  con­
clusions  which  control  future  action.  A 
well-satisfied  customer  is  a  walking  ad­
vertisement,  a  sign-board  always  point­
ing  to  your  store.  A  dissatisfied  cus­
tomer  is  a  thorn  in  the  flesh  and  no  es­
timate  can  be  made  of  the  injury  which 
may  be  brought  about  by  one  or two 
such  persons 
in  a  community,  and  es­
pecially  if  they  be  influential.

individual  customer. 

The  wholesaler,  as  a  rule,  is  more 
anxious  than  the  average  retailer to bold 
each 
I  do  not 
wish  to  imply  that  this  carelessness  on 
the  part  of  the  retailer  is,  by any means, 
universal,  but  that  it  is  far  too  common 
can  not  be  denied.  The  retailer,  when 
this  subject  is  mentioned,  argues  about 
‘ ‘ There is  no  need  of  trying 
as  follows: 
to  please  everybody.  Their  trade 
is 
not  worth  so  very  much  after  all.  Let 
them  go.”   On  general  principles,  the 
wholesaler argues  differently. 
It  is  not 
hard  for  him  to  see  that  the  loss  of  a 
regular  customer  means  something  and 
he  does  everything  in  his  power  to  hold 
his  confidence  and  his  trade. 
It  must 
be  conceded  that  the  retailer  who argues 
as  above  has  many  important  reasons 
for so doing.  Still,  the  thoughtful,  can­
did  man  must  admit  that  the  results  of 
an  upright,  uniform  business  policy 
which  has  for  its  chief  end  and  aim  the 
satisfaction  of  the  buying  public,  re­

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

gardless  of  immediate  profits  or  present 
inconvenience,  is  of  much  more  im­
portance  to  the  retail  dealer  than  to  his 
neighbor  in  the  wholesale  business. 
In 
the  first  place,  the  direct  effects  of  such 
a  policy  must  be  essentially  different 
when  brought  to  bear  upon  two  classes 
of  patrons  so  radically  different  in  their 
habits  of  thought  and  action.  The  buy­
er  at  wholesale,  as  a  rule,  keeps  his  own 
counsel.  Not  so  with  the  retail  buyer. 
The  retailer 
is  often  entirely  at  the 
mercy  of  the gossips  of  the  community 
from  which  he  receives  his  trade,  with 
ro  chance  of  getting  even  in  this world. 
The  merchant  who,  under  all  circum­
stances,  treats  his  customers  squarely 
will  have  his  patience  sorely  tried,  but 
retaliation 
is  out  of  the  question.  He 
will  come  in  contact  with  the  most  base 
and  thankless 
ingratitude.  He  will 
meet  with  surprises  which will well-nigh 
destroy  his  confidence  in  human  nature. 
He  will  feel 
like  asking  the question, 
Has  the  entire  community  joined  the 
dead-beat  contingent?  Notwithstand­
ing  all  of  these  discouraging  condi­
tions,  the  high-minded  man  can  well 
afford  to  “ bottle  his  wrath”   and  bide 
bis  time,  relying  for  comfort  upon  the 
assurance  that,  in  the  end,  the  policy 
which  he  has  adopted  must  win  out.

is  of 

Experience  teaches  that  one  of  the 
most  important  essentials  to  success 
in 
commercial  lines  is  a  large personal fol­
lowing.  The  man  who 
is  immensely 
popular  in  the  community  at  large  can 
hardly  fail  of  success  when  he  asks  for 
the  patronage  of  that  community.  Still, 
there  are  those  who argue that a persona) 
following 
little  account.  They 
urge  that  the  public  expects  to  be  hum­
bugged,  and  would  be  greatly  disap­
pointed  if  its expectations were not  real­
ized  in  any  particular  case.  Be  this  as 
it  may,  one  thing  is  certain,  a  man  who 
endeavors  to  build  up  an  extensive  and 
lucrative  business  by  resorting  to  sharp 
practices  and  flim-flam  tactics  will  find 
that  the  long-suffering  public  at  last  re 
fuse  to  nibble  at  that  kind  of  bait.  The 
writer  has 
in  mind  a  peculiar  case 
which,  while  it  happened  outside  of  the 
retail 
line,  serves  well  as  an  illustra­
tion  of  the  importance  of  an  extensive 
personal  following  as  an  essential  to 
complete  business  success.  A  wealthy 
young  man,  falling  heir  to  a  large block 
of  stock 
in  a  wholesale  business,  was 
duly  elected  president  and  manager  of 
the  same.  Although  almost  entirely 
without  previous  experience,  he began 
immediately  to  introduce certain radical 
reforms  in  the  management.  The  firm 
had  in  its  employ  a  man  of mature years 
and  sound  business  judgment  whe  had 
charge  of  the  buying.  The  new  mana­
ger  immediately  began  to  criticise  the 
policy  of  the  veteran  buyer,  intimating 
that  if  changes  in  policy  were  not  im­
mediately  made  be  would  transfer  him 
to  another  branch  of  the  business  and 
undertake  to  do  the  buying  himself. 
“ But,”   said  the  veteran,  “ many  of 
these  men  are  my  personal  friends  and 
I  can  handle  them  better  than you can.”
“  That  is  just  where  you fail, ”  answered 
his  egotistical  young  critic. 
“ If  you 
had  fewer  friends  among  these  men  you 
would  be  able  to  give  better  satisfaction 
to  your  employers.”   The  result  was  the 
old  man  had  to  go  and  the  young  man 
undertook  the  work.  Although  without 
experience,  at  the  very  outset,  he  be­
came  one  of  the  best  judges  in  the  mar­
ket  of  the  commodity  in  which  he  was 
dealing. 
In  this  respect  he  was  a 
prodigy  and  at  the  end  of  six  months 
from  the  time  he  first  entered  the  mar­
ket  he  was  at  the  head  of  the  list  as  far 
as  technical  knowledge  was  concerned. 
But  as  much  could  not  be said  for  the 
business  policy  which  he  introduced. 
His  sharp  practices  were  not  relished 
by  the  patrons  of  the  market  and  it soon 
became  painfully  apparent  that  the  firm 
which  he  represented  was  rapidly losing 
prestige.  One  year  of  this  sort  of  thing 
sufficed  to  demonstrate  to 
the  other 
members  of  the  firm  the  utter  inutility 
of  the  reform  attempted and  the old buy­
er  was  again  placed  in  charge—a  com­
plete  and  unanswerable  vindication  of 
the  alleged 
importance  of  a  large  per­
sonal  following  and  a  uniform  and 
equitable  business  policy.

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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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It  pays  any dealer  to have  the  reputa­

tion  of keeping pure  goods.

It  pays  any dealer to keep the Seymour 

Cracker.

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

For  this  class  of  people  the  Seymour 

Cracker is  made.

Discriminating  housewives  recognize 

its  superior

FLAVOR,  PURITY, 
DELICIOUSNESS

and will have  it.

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

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M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

Around  the  State
Movements  of  Merchants. 

Ferry—Bernice  Archer  has  engaged 

in  the  furniture  business.

Fremont—F.  E.  Holt  has  added a line 

of  drugs  to  his  grocery  stock.

Delray—H.  Orth  has  opened  a  gro 

eery  and  provision  store  here.

Chesaning—A.  C.  Christian  has  em 

barked  in  the  grocery  business.

Columbia—Stone  &  Thompson  sue 

ceed  C.  C.  Brack  in  general  trade.

Flint—Wm.  Ronald  has purchased  th 

meat  business  of  Knowles  &  Teeters.

Northville—Woodman  &  Crary 

sue 
ceed  Jacob  Miller  in  the  meat  business 
Clio—E.  O.  Knapp  has  sold  his  meat 

market  to  Charles  Thayer  and  Guy  Fu 
ler.

Cadillac—Gleason 

Paquette succeed
Fred  H.  Hutchinson  in  the  meat  busi 
ness.

Tbompsonville—C.  O.  Smith  has  pu 
chased  the  furniture  stock  of  G.  I 
Erdle.

Escanaba—The  grocery  store  of  N 
C.  Gallagher  has  been  closed  unde 
chattel  mortgage.

Adrian—R.  W.  Boyd now  occupies  h 
handsome  new  grocery  and  meat  mar 
ket  on  South  Main  street.

Petoskey—F.  W.  Hillier  has  take 
charge  of  the  People’s  Pharmacy.  Mr 
H illier  hails  from  Detroit.

Ypsilanti—W.  A.  Fox,  a  former  mer 
chant,  has  opened  a  general  store  here, 
which  will  be  known  as  the  Fair.

Ludington—Czapran  Bros.,  who  con 
ducted  a  grocery  store  and  meat  market 
here,  will  locate  in  Massachusetts.

Bay  City—Geo.  Gougeon  has  added 

stock  of  bazaar  goods  and  tinware  to 
the  department  store  on  North  Henry 
street.

South  Boardman—Dr.  S.  Neihardt 
who  conducts  a  drug  store  at  this  place, 
has  established  a  general  merchandise 
store at  Lodi.

Stetson—M.  Cafry  has  removed  hi 
meat  market  to  Carr  settlement,  which 
he  will  conduct 
in  connection  with  a 
small  grocery.

Lansing—Chas.  S.  Loomis  has  pur 
chased  the  stock  of  groceries  of  C 
Goodnoe,  at  the  corner  of  Michigan 
avenue  and  Cedar  street.

Boyne—A.  B.  Steele,  general  dealer 
at  Advance,  has  embarked  in  general 
trade  at  this  place,  and  will  divide  his 
time  between  the  two  stores.

Wacousta—J.  C.  Oding,  of  Riley,  has 
purchased  a  store  building  and  stock  of 
general  merchandise  and  will  shortly 
embark  in  business  at  this  place.

Chesaning—The  style  of  the  Babcock 
Columbian  Bazaar  Co.,  of  which  A.  G. 
Babcock  was  proprietor,  has  been 
changed  to  the  Babcock  Mercantile  Co.
Jackson—Frank  H.  Saxton,  for  many 
years  junior  member  of  the  firm  of  Har­
ris  &  Saxton,  has  associated  himself 
with  the  clothing  bouse  of  C.  B.  Farn- 
ham.

Niles—John  Henkel,  of  the  firm  of 
Henkel  &  Son,  dry  goods  merchants, 
and  one  of  the  substantial  residents  of 
Berrien  county,  died  last  week,  aged  60 
years.

Berrien  Springs—A.  E.  Wilson  has 
sold  his  grocery  stock  to  Geo.  Eidson 
and  Jule  Pennell,  who  will  continue  the 
business  under  the  style  of  Eidson  & 
Pennell.

Clyde—W.  W.  Baker  has  sold  his  in­
terest  in  the general  store  of  Baker  & 
McColl  to  his  partner,  Ira  McColl,  and 
w ill  devote  h is  attention  to  h is  elevator 
business.

,  Kalamazoo—E.  M.  Kennedy,  who  re­
cently  sold  his  drug  stock  on  South 
Burdick  street  to  Hall  Bros.  &  Co.,  has 
purchased  the  W.  J.  &  L.  L.  Holloway 
drug  stock.

Benton  Harbor—C.  W.  Teetzel  has 
purchased  the 
interest  of  his  partner, 
Wm.  Haydon,  Jr.,  in  the  jewelry firm  of 
Teetzel  &  Haydon.  Mr.  Haydon  retires 
on  account  of  poor  health.

Cadillac—Ben  Haskell,  who  has  been 
engaged  with  the  Boston  store  as  clerk 
for  some  time,  has 
leased  a  store  at 
Greenville  and  will  embark  in  business 
on  his  own  account  sometime  in  Au­
gust.

Saranac—Edwin  Walliugton,  who  has 
been  in  the  employ  of  S.  A.  Watt,  gen­
eral  dealer,  for  the  past  twelve  years, 
has  formed  a  copartnership  with  his 
employer  under  the  firm  name  of  S.  A. 
Watt.

Maple  Rapids—Frank  L.  Conviss,  of 
Ithaca,  and  L.  H.  Hayt,  of  Alma,  have 
purchased  the  general  stock  of  the 
late 
Wm.  L.  Aldrich  and  will  continue  the 
business  under  the  style  of  Convis  & 
Hayt.

Alma—Caple  &  Hall  will  erect  an  ad 
dition  to  their  hardware  building,  ex 
tending  back  about  32  feet.  They  in 
tend  putting 
in  a  line  of  buggies  am 
wagons  in  connectlion  with  their  hard 
ware  stock.

Marion—A.  J.  Conway  has  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  E.  J.  Hall  and  will 
continue  the  business  at  the  same 
loca 
ion.  Mr.  Hall  will  remove  to  his  new 
store,  as  soon  as  completed,  putting 
in 
a  new  line  of  goods.

Saginaw—Cash.  Stewart  has  accepted 
the  position  of  manager  of  the  Grant 
Union  tea  store,  made  vacant by the res 
ignation  of  Edward  Champion,  who  re 
sumes  bis  old  position  as  manager  of 
the  stationery  business  of  the late  W.  t 
Twelvetrees.

Traverse  City—A.  V.  Friedrich  will 
erect  a  three-story  building  adjoining 
the  Friedrich  block  on  the  site  now  oc 
cupied  by  the 
jewelry  store  of  L.  M 
Bennett  and  the  millinery  store  of  Miss 
Tackaberry,  which  will  be  leased  by the 
furniture  dealer,  J.  W.  Slater.

Honor—The  A.  B.  Case  Co.  has  been 
organized  with  a  capital  stock  of  §5,000 
to  engage  in  general  trade  at  this  place. 
The  officers  of  the  corporation  are  as 
follows:  President,  W.  N.  Case,  Jack- 
son ;  Vice-President,  W.  L.  Case,  Ben- 
zonia;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  C.  E. 
Case,  Benzonia;  Manager,  A.  B.  Case, 
Honor.

Ionia—The  hardware  stock  of  M.  J. 
oung  was  levied  on  last  Thursday  by 
irtue  of  a  judgment  for  $2,000,  held  by 
R.  D.  Cain,  who  obtained  the  judg­
ment 
Inasmuch  as  the  stock 
was  already  covered  by  a  mortgage  held 
by  Buhl,  Sons  &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  litiga- 
likely  to  follow  as  the  result  of 

1892. 

on 

in 

is 

the  execution.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Wells—The  Escanaba  River  Co.  has 
incorporated,  with  a  capital  stock 

been 
of  $200,000.

Marquette—J.  M.  Longyear  has  em­
barked  in  the  hemlock  bark  and  hard­
wood  log  business.

Menominee—The  Girard  Lumber  Co. 
has  received  orders  for  1,500,000  feet  of 
shop  lumber  to  go  by  rail.

Greenland—Penegor  Bros. ’  saw  and 
lingle  mill,  which  burned  on  May 
6,  will  be  rebuilt  at  once.
Wolverine—S.  Simon  &  Co.’s  shingle 
ill  at  Pigeon  River  is  cutting  40,000 
lingles  daily,  being  operated  both  day 

and  night.

Pickford—Frank  Taylor  has 

leased 
the  Pickford  creamery  and  will  operate 
the  plant  to  its  full  capacity.

North  Lansing—Lawrence Klenn,  for­
merly  of  Texas,  has  formed  a  copart­
nership  with  A.  D.  Hughes  to  conduct 
the  Hart  flouring  mills.

Cheboygan—Pelton  &  Reid are receiv­
ing  twenty  carloads  of logs  at St.  Ignace 
daily,  from  which  point  they  are  rafted 
to  the  firm’s  mill  at  this  place.

Hastings—Geo.  S.  Tomlinson,  who 
for  many  years  was  closely  connected 
with  the  lumber business in this city,  has 
opened  a  lumber  yard  in  Sunfield.

Saginaw—The  Saginaw  Lumber  & 
Salt  Co.  is  talking  of  putting  on  a  night 
crew. 
The  plant  has  been  running 
twelve  hours  daily  to  keep  up  with  its 
orders.

Detroit—The  County  Clerk  has  been 
notified  that  the  Fee  &  Brown  Co.  has 
ended  its legal  existence  and transferred 
its  property  and  assets  to the  Avery Pre­
serving  Co.

Bay  City—The  DeCourvall  shingle 
mill,  which  was  recently 
totally  de­
stroyed  by  fire,  will  be  rebuilt  at  once 
on  larger  and  more  modern  plans. 
It 
will  be  operated  by  Geo.  Penniman, 
Jr.,  who  conducted  the  old  mill.

Saunders—The  Buckeye  Stave  Co.  has 
purchased  the  necessary  site  and  soon 
will  begin  the  erection  of  a  large  stave 
factory  at  this  place. 
It will  be  fully  as 
large  as  the  factory  at  Iron  River.

Falmouth—Wagner  &  Robbins,  who 
operate  a  saw  and  shingle  mill  at  this 
place,  have  also  established  a  general 
store,  which  they  will  conduct  in  con­
nection  with  their  lumber business.

Bay  City—The  mill  of  the  South  End 
last  week 
Salt  &  Lumber  Co.  started 
and  is  cutting  Canada  logs,  turning  out 
some  fine  stock,  the  logs  running 
large 
and  many  of  them  averaging  1,000  feet 
The  mill  is  running  eighty  hands.

Edmore—The  new  shingle  mill  of 
John  Dallavo  will  begin  operations  next 
week,  employing  about  twenty-five  men 
A  side  track  is  being  put  in  a  mile  and 
a  half  this  side  of  Riverdale,  where  the 
product  of  the  mill  will  be delivered.

Ludington—Albert  Vogel  has  about 
5,000,000  feet  of  hardwood  lumber  scat 
tered  around  through  Mason  county,  all 
of  which  has  been  sold. 
It  is  being 
hauled  to  Ludington  for  shipment.  He 
has  shipped  more  than  600,000  feet  this 
spring  to  Wisconsin  points.

Ecorse. 

The  warehouse 

Detroit—The  Tecumseh  Salt  Co. 

is 
erecting  a  large  warehouse  on  its*dock 
is  made 
necessary  by  the  continued  increase  in 
the  salt  trade.  This 
is  the  fourth  salt 
company  along  the  river  that  has  had 
to  enlarge 
its  storage  capacity  since 
January  1.

Detroit—Articles  have  been  filed  in­
corporating  the  Ives-Rapp  Manufactur­
ing  Co.  for  the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
bicycles,  with  a  paid  up  capital  of 
$8,000.  Following  are  the  stockholders: 
M.  G.  Ives,  Dearborn,  400 shares;  Sam­
uel  H.  Rapp,  Detroit, 
100;  Orrin  P. 
Gulley,  Dearborn,  100;  Wm.  Ives,  De­
troit,  100;  Mary  Ives  Cowlam  and  Ellen 
Esther  Ives,  Detroit,  50 shares  each.

East  Tawas—The  mill  plant  of  the 
Tawas  Bay  Lumber  Co.  is  ready  for 
business,  having  undergone  repairs  to 
the  extent  of $5,000.  The  company  will 
saw  10,000,000  feet  of  logs  for  the  Span­
ish  River  Lumber  Co.  and  expects  to 
saw  about  the  same  quantity  for  Hale  & 
Booth,  the  Canadian  firm  which,  with 
that  of  Booth  & Gordon,  expects  to  send 
40,000,000  feet  of 
logs  over  from  Geor­
gian  Bay  this  season.

Sold  Out  on  Short  Notice.

It 

Shelby,  June  7—Sam  Rosenberg,  who 
has  been  conducting  a  small  clothing, 
dry  goods  and  notions  business  here  for 
the  past  year  and  who  recently branched 
out 
in  a  more  pretentious  manner,  has 
sold  his  stock  to  Rosen  Bros.,  of  Mus­
kegon  and  Montague,  the bill of  sale  be­
ing  filed  at  11  p.  m.,  last  night,  the 
town  clerk  being  called  out  o f bed  to 
officiate. 
is  claimed  that  creditors 
are 
interested  in  the  transfer  to  the  ex­
tent  of  $2,000,  but  it  is  not  likely  they 
will  realize  anything  on  their  claims, 
Rosenberg  having  left  on  the  afternoon 
train  to-day  for  Chicago. 
Israel  Ham­
burger,  of  Ludington,  who  was  here 
trying  to  collect  an 
installment  on  a 
$1,200  obligation  which  Rosenberg owed 
him,  upon 
learning  the  situation  at­
tacked  Rosenberg  on  the  street.  He  was 
arrested 
for  assault  and  battery  and 
paid  $13.80  fines  and  cost.

Can  Handle  Butter in  Barrels,  Pails  or 

Tubs.

Cleveland,  Ohio,  June  7—I  am  in  the 
market  now  to  buy  dairy  butter  packed 
in  sugar  barrels,  pails  or  tubs  and  will 
make  price  on  track  to  country  mer­
chants  of  your  State  that  have  this  class 
of  goods  to  ship.  My  outlet  for  it  is  un­
limited,  as  I  have  orders  from  exporters 
who  handle  this  class  of  goods  in 
large 
quantities. 

T .  L .  B r u n d a g e .

June  W eddings «¿e
Are now on tap.  We  make 
a specialty of wedding invita­
tions,  both  printed  and  en­
graved on copper, and cheer­
fully  submit  samples  and 
quote prices on  application.
TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Detroit—The  E.  A.  Bresler  Co.,  for 
buying,  selling  and  manufactuing  man­
tels,  grates,  tiling,mosaic  and ganolitbic 
work,  etc.,  has  been  incorporated.  The 
capital  stock 
is  $10,000,  all  paid  in. 
The  stockholders  are  Joseph  M.  Bresler,
50  shares;  Belle  Tootill  Bresler,  125; 
Peter  E.  Park,  250;  Eugene  A.  Bresler, 
475  shares.

Saginaw—The  Briggs-Cooper  Co., 
successors  to  Briggs  &  Cooper,  have 
filed  articles  of  incorporation  with  the 
County  Clerk.  The  concern  will  engage 
the  buying  and  selling  of  timber, 
logs,  bark, 
lumber,  lath  and  shingles. 
The  capital  stock  is  $25,000,  all paid  in, 
'ivided  into  2,500  shares  of  $10  each. 
The  officers  of  the  company  are  Jas. 
Cooper,  President;  D.  W.  Briggs,  Vice- 
President,and  Charles  W.  Kuehl,  Secre­
tary.

I W A N T E D j

1000  Cases  Eggs each week.
5000  Pounds  Butter, highest 
market price.  Remember 
your  interest  to  sell  eggs 
where you can market your 
butter all the year around. 
Also  Hides,  Pelts  and 
Poultry.  Reference:  Any 
wholesale Grocer in Grand 
Rapids.

EX  M .  S M I T H

C e d a r   S p r i n g s ,  M ic h .

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

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Grocery  Market.

is 

Sugar—It  was  announced  Monday  by 
the  American  Sugar  Refining  Company 
that 
it  would  guarantee  buyers  of  re­
fined  sugar  against 
lower  prices  from 
those  now  quoted  during  the  balance  of 
June.  The  new  equality  or  factor  plan 
of  selling  sugar  agreed  on  at  New  York 
between  the  refiners  and  the  Western 
jobbers 
in  working  order,  the  new 
rate  books  having  been  sent  out  Mon­
day.  The  States  affected  by  the  new 
schedule  are  Illinois,  Indiana,  Michi­
gan,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  North  Da­
kota,  South  Dakota, 
Iowa,  Nebraska, 
Kansas,  Missouri,  Kentucky  and  Ohio. 
Jobbers  of  these  States  agree  to  sell 
sugar  at  a  smaller  profit,  %c  per  pound 
instead  of  3-16C  as  heretofore,  and  the 
American  Sugar  Refining  Company 
agrees  to back  them  up  in  maintaining 
prices  and  the  factor  plan,  and violators 
of  the  plan  will  be  put  under  the  ban  of 
the  refining  company,  who  will  refuse 
to  sell  them  sugars.

tea 

Coffee—The  demand 

Tea—The  passage  by  the  Senate  of 
the  bill  providing  an  import  tax  of  10 
cents  per  pound  on 
is  regarded 
with  favor  by  those concerns which  have 
tea  on  hand,  and 
it  is  inducing  some 
buying  by  retailers  who  are  counting  on 
the  law  being  made  operative  by  July 1.
is  still  largely 
on  package  goods,  notwithstanding  the 
fact  that  the  run  on  these  coffees  has 
filled  the  demand  from  any  retailers  for 
some  time  to  come.  The  extremely  low 
price  of  coffees  has  certainly 
increased 
the  consumption  to a remarkable degree. 
The  general  market  is  dull  and  no  good 
prospect  is  now  discernible  for  a  better­
ment  so  long  as  the  crop  to  come  and 
the  present  surplus  are  so  large. 
It  is  a 
possibility  that  the  Brazilian  govern­
ment  will  place  an  export  duty  on 
coffee,  but  it 
is  thought  that  this  will 
have  an  effect  only  on  the  reproducers 
to  cut  their  profits  without  increasing 
the  price  abroad. 
is  very  apparent 
that  the  supply  is  too  large  for  the  de­
mand,  great  as  the  demand  is.

It 

countries, 

Rice—The  estimated  shortage  of  the 
crop  in  Japan  is  17  per  cent.  To  make 
up  this  deficiency  Japan  has  had  to  re­
sort  to 
importing  rice  from  Burmah. 
The  usual  exports  to  all  countries  in av­
erage  Japan  crop  is  only  4  per  cent,  of 
the  entire  crop  of  rough.  Exports  from 
Japan  to  May  1  show  a  falling  off  of  73 
per  cent.,  compared  with  last  year,  and 
to  all 
including  Europe, 
Canada,  United  States  and  Australia, 
the  exports  were 
14,780  tons,  against 
61,871  tons  last  year.  Exports  of  rough 
to  America, 
including  Canada,  were 
5,141  tons,  against  10,217  last  year.  Of 
this  year’s 
exports  3,750  tons  were 
shipped  to  New  York  to  May  1.  The 
main  shortage  has  been  in  the  amount 
shipped  to  Europe.  The  amount  of 
rough  thus  shipped  was  7,544  tons, 
against  49,584  tons 
last  year,  and  of 
polished, 
142  tons  Ibis  year,  against 
7,188  tons  last  year.

Dried  Fruits—Apricots have advanced 
and  are  scarce at  that.  Opening  prices 
will  be  comparatively  high,  for  frosts 
have  cut  down  the  crop,  and the  demand 
for  fresh  and  canned  fruits  will  take  a 
considerable  portion  of  the  crop.  The 
spot  stocks  of  peaches  are  also  very low. 
Prunes  are  very  firm  at  the  last  advance 
named.  Raisins  are  also  firm  at  the 
advance  noted  last  week.  The  move­
ment  of  dried  fruits  is  but  ordinary,  but 
there  will  be  a  much  better  movement 
in  the  course  of  a  month  or  two,  if  the

season 
is  a  normal  one.  The  call  for 
foreign  dried  fruits  is  comparatively 
light.  Late  advices  from  the  coast  re­
port  loose  muscatel  raisins  of  sound 
quality  and  first  crop  to  be  very  scarce, 
but they  seem  to  be  wanted  only 
in 
a  small  way.  The  rain-damaged  second 
crop  is  being  moved  off  in  many  ways 
at  from  $18  a  ton  upward.  The  pros­
pects  for  the growing  crop  are  reported 
to  be  very  good.

Fruit  Jars—The  retailer,  as  well  as 
the 
jobber,  is  buying  glass  fruit  jars 
with  unusual  liberality.  The  advance 
of  $3.50  per  gross  on  the  prices  prevail­
ing  at  the  opening  of  the  season,and the 
fear  of  another  advance  of  $1  soon,  are 
the  chief  causes  of  the  demand.  All  in­
terests  are  counting  on  a  big  season  for 
fruit,  and  are  preparing  for 
it.  The 
available  supply  has  been  seriously  de­
pleted  by  three  large  fires  this  season, 
and  production  will  entirely  cease  at 
the  end  of  the  present  month.  The 
market  for  coffee  is  firm,  although  dull.

The  Produce  Market.

Asparagus—2o@3oc  per  doz.  for  home 

grown.

the 

Bananas—The  stocks  are  ample  and 
the  market  is  firm,  with  comparatively 
good  prices.  The  demand is steady,  both 
with  the  shipping  and  the  city  trade.

consumptive  demand, 

Beet  Greens—25@35c  per  bu.
Beets—New,  25@35c per doz.  bunches.
Butter—Dairy 
is  without  material 
change,  receipts  being  much larger  than 
the 
in  conse­
quence  of  which  an  outlet  is  sought  in 
Prices  range  from 
Eastern  markets. 
5@i2c, 
fancy. 
Creamery 
is  weaker  and  lower,  being 
held  at  I4@ i4^c.

for  extra 

Cabbage—Mississippi,  $2.25@2.50 per 
crate;  Baltimore,  $ i .5o@ i. 75 ;  Cairo,
$I@ I.25.

latter 

Carrots—25c  per  doz.  bunches.
Cocoanuts—4@5c.
Cucumbers—4o@5oc  per  doz.  for home 

Eggs—The  market 

grown ;  25@3oc  for  Southern  stock.
is  stronger  and 
firmer 
in  the  East,  but *the  advent  of 
warm  weather  in  Michigan  is  likely  to 
hammer  down  the  price  somewhat,  ow­
ing  to  the 
increasing  deterioration  of 
receipts.  Local  dealers  pay  7J£@8c  on 
track,  holding  at  8Kc,  case  count,  and 
9@ioc  for  candled,  according  to  the 
closeness  with  which  the  selection 
is 
made.

Green  Onions—I2@i5c  per  doz.  for 

silver  skins.

grown.

Green  Peas—$1.25  per  bu.  for  home 
Honey—Dark  ranges 
from  g@ioc. 

Light  stock  commands  12c.

Lemons—The  market  is  very  firm  at 
the quotations  given  last  week.  There 
is  a free  movement  now  and  a better  one 
is  expected  as  the  weather  grows  warm­
er.  Fair  stocks  are  reported  both  of 
Messinas  and  Californias.

Lettuce—8c  per  lb.
Onions—Dry  stock  from  Mississippi 
commands  $1.50  per  bu.  ;  California, 
$2.50  per  \yi  bu.  sack.

Oranges—The  market  has  advanced 
outside  prices  on  navels,  but  other  va­
rieties  are  unchanged 
in  price.  The 
demand  on  the  entire  list  is  good  and 
stocks  are  yet  ample,  but  the  receipts 
from  the  coast  will  soon  cease.

Pieplant—3o@4oc  per  package  of 

about  50  lbs.

doz.

Pineapples—Floridas,  $ i.75@ 2.25  per 

Pop  Corn—50c  per  bu.
Potatoes—Old  stock 

is  higher,  com­
manding  6o@65c  per  bu.  Dealers  con­
fidently  predict  a  75c  market  before  the 
end  of  the  week.  New  stock 
is  strong 
and  without  change,  ranging about $1.40 
for  red,  and  $1.50  for  white  stock.
Radishes—ioc  per  doz.  bunches.
Spinach—15c  per  bu.
Strawberries-----Benton  Harbor  and
home  grown  are  in  ample  supply,  com­
manding  $i-35@ i.5o  per  crate  of  16 qts. 
Benton  Harbor  stock  is  large  in size and 
fine  in  quality.  The  home  grown  crop 
has  been  saved  by  the  copious  rains  of 
June  7  and  8,  which  came  just  in  time 
to  prevent  the  crop  from  drying  up.

Tomatoes—$2.50  per  4  basket  crate.
Wax  Beans—$ 1.25@1.75  per  bu,

The  Epicurean  Squab  as  Seen  Near 

Grand  Rapids.

W ritten  for the Tradesman.

The  squab  is  not  seen  on  the  Grand 
Rapids  dinner  table  as  often  as  roast 
beef—in  fact,  it 
is  possible  a  great 
many  good  citizens  would  not  know 
what  a  squab  is  without  consulting  the 
dictionary.  For  the  benefit of the  unen­
lightened  it  may  be  said  that  a  squab  is 
a  young  pigeon  or  dove  and,  properly 
dressed  and  cooked,  is  esteemed  a  great 
delicacy 
in  epicurean  and  midnight 
lunch  circles.

A  few  years  ago,  to  procure  a  mess  of 
squabs,  all  that  had  to be  done  was  to 
go  into the  woods  north  of  town  with  a 
bag,  club  and  butterfly  net.  That  was 
before  the  wild  pigeons  had  been  exter­
minated  and  when  they  were  as  thick, 
in  spots,  as  the  leaves  of  the  forest  in 
which  they  dwelt.  For  several  seasons 
there  was  a  pigeon  “ roost”   a  few  miles 
northwest  of  town  and  when  the  birds 
had  become  fairly  settled  in their house­
keeping  arrangements  the  hunter  for 
squabs  could  bring  them  fluttering down 
by  the  bushel,  just  by hitting with a club 
the  trees  in  which  the  nests  were  built, 
or by  giving  them  a  sharp  shake.  The 
pot  hunters  pursued  the  pigeons  so 
fiercely  and  relentlessly  that  the  birds 
no  longer  visit  Michigan.  They  not 
only  raided  the  roosts  for  squabs,  but 
shot  the  old  birds  and  caught  them  in 
nets  and  snares,  regardless  of  season  or 
other  conditions,  and,  ' so  far  as  this 
State  is  concerned,  they  are  now  prac­
tically  exterminated.

The  squab  of  to  day  is  an  artificial 
product.  They  are  procured,  not  from 
the  forest,  but  from  the  dovecots,  and, 
to  supply  the  market,  squab  farms  have 
been  established.  So  far  as known,  there 
is  only  one  squab  farm  in  Michigan, 
and  Grand  Rapids  has  it.  The  farm  is 
located  on  the  Clyde  Park  avenue  road 
about  three  miles  south  of  the  city,  and 
F.  J.  Bernreuther,  for  several  years floor 
walker  in  Voigt,  Herpolsheimer & Co.’s 
store,  is  its  proprietor.  The  farm  is  not 
an  expensive  affair—there  is  nothing  of 
the  broad  fields  about  it,  but  merely  a 
big  wire  cage,  in  which  the  doves  are 
kept.  The  cage 
is  80x120  feet  in  area 
and  about  20  feet  high,  the  wire  netting 
on  the  sides  and  above  being  supported 
on  poles.  On  the  north  side  of  the  big 
cage  is  the  building  where  the  doves 
do  their  housekeeping.  The  roof  slants, 
to  give  a  southern  exposure,  and  the 
boards  are  extended  up  to  break  the 
It  gives  the  doves  a  place  to sun 
wind. 
themselves;  and 
it  is  a  pretty  sight  to 
see  them  enjoying  the  warmth  of  these 
June  days.  The  building 
is  not  very 
high. 
is  divided  by  partitions  into 
little  rooms  about  ten  feet  square.  The 
“ rooms”   are  banked  upon  all  sides 
with  boxes  about  a  foot  square,  and  it 
is 
in  these  boxes  that  the  doves  make 
their  nests.  Above  the  eaves  the  build­
is  open  the  entire  length,  and  this 
ing 
open  space 
is  equipped  with  poles  for 
the  doves  to  roost  on.

It 

Mr.  Bernreuther  has  300 pairs of doves 
and,  while  they  constitute  one  big  fam­
ily,  in  their  domestic  habits  they  are 
models  in  their  morals  and  family  life. 
When  the  doves  mate  it  is  for  life  and, 
once  mated,  a 
“ handsomer  man”  
seems  to  have  no  attraction  for  the  lady 
bird.  They  share  together  the  work  of 
building  the  nest.  Two  white  eggs  are 
laid  and  the  twenty-one  days  of  incu­
bation  are  days  of  anxious  waiting  for 
both  the  male  and  the  female.  When 
the  young  birds  com e  from   the  shell  the 
work  of  feeding  them  is  performed  by 
both  parents.  Four  weeks  after  batch­

look  a t;  but 

5
ing,  the  young  bird  becomes  a  squab 
and  a  merchantable  article. 
Its  feathers 
are grown  and  it  is  pretty  and  soft  and 
innocent  to 
it  is  not  yet 
able  to  fly—and,  alas,  never  will  be. 
When 
it  becomes  a  squab  the  dove  is 
put  into  a  box  and,  as  a  prelude  to  go­
ing  to  the  dove  heaven,  is  deprived  of 
food  for  twenty-four  hours,  to  clear  its 
crop  of  foreign  matter.  A  sharp  knife 
point  opens  a  vein  under  the  tongue 
and,  rapidly  bleeding  to  death,  a  few 
flutters  end  the  brief  existence  of  the 
pretty  creature.  The  drama  closes  with 
plucking  of the  feathers,  washing out the 
crop  and  putting  the  remains  in  a  tub 
of  water  to  cool.  The  next  day  the 
squabs  are  packed 
in  ice  and  shipped 
to  the  New  York  market.

Homing  pigeons  are  the  best 

for 
squab  raising—not because  cf  any  par­
ticular  delicacy  of  the  flesh,  but because 
the  old  birds  are  diligent  in  hatching 
their  eggs  and  are  the  best  providers for 
the  young,  keeping  their  little  crops 
constantly  filled.  But  fancy  breeds  are 
not  cultivated  by  the  squab farmer—just 
plain  doves  are  good  enough,  and  they 
are  great  breeders.  A  pair  of  doves  will 
bring  out  anywhere 
from  six  to  ten 
broods 
in  the  course  of  a  year,  each 
brood  containing  a  pair.  Often  eggs 
for  a  fresh  setting  are  in  the  nest  before 
the  offspring  of  the  previous  setting  are 
out  of  it.  Such  birds  are  profitable  and 
are  prized.  But  not  all  doves  are  so 
industrious  in  welldoing.  The  breed­
ing  season  covers  about  ten  months  in 
the  year,  with  two  months  of  rest;  but, 
as  the  doves  do  not all  rest  at  the  same 
time,  the  supply  of  squabs  is  continu­
ous.  The  capacity  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
squab  farm  averages  about  three  dozen 
a  week  and  the  squabs  bring  from  S i.50 
to  $3.50 a  dozen. 
In  the  East  there  are 
farms  much  larger  than  the  farm  here, 
with 
1,500  pairs  of  old  birds; 
but  the  method  of  doing  business  is  the 
same.  Success  in  the  business 
is  at­
tained  only  after  long  study  and  obser­
vation—and  even  then  discouraging  ac­
cidents  will  happen.

1,000  to 

Flour  and  Feed.

The  past  week  has  been  another  very 
quiet  one,  so  far  as  flour  sales  are  con­
cerned.  With  harvest  now  only  about 
four  weeks  ahead  and  wheat  gradually 
declining,  only  a  hand-to-mouth  busi­
ness  can  be  expected  until  the  new  crop 
begins  to  move  and  values  have  become 
more  settled.  A  bountiful  harvest 
is 
expected  and  the  trade  very  generally 
believes  in  lower  prices.  It  must  not  be 
forgotten,  however,  that  central  storage 
points  are  practically  bare  of  wheat  and 
that  stocks  at country points in the hands 
of  millers,  grain  dealers  and  farmers 
are  much  smaller  than  usual.  The  con­
servative  buying  of  flour  for  two  months 
or  more  prior  to  harvest  will  also  re­
duce  flour  stocks  to  a  very  low  point.  It 
would  be  natural,  therefore,  considering 
all  the  conditions  and  the  fact  that  a 
state  of  war  exists,  to  expect  a  good  de­
mand  for  both wheat  and  flour as soon  as 
the  new  crop  begins  to  move,  and  at 
good,  fair  prices,  for  the bidding will be 
strong  and  spirited  until  central  storage 
points  again  begin  to  show  a  large  sur­
plus.

The  city  mills  are 

jogging  along 
steadily,expecting to  make  some  needed 
repairs  the  latter  half  of  the  month.

Feed  and  meal  are  in  rather  light  de­
mand,  with  prices  tending lower.  Mill- 
stuffs  are 
in  very  good  demand,  with 
prices a shade easier.  Wm.  N.  R owe.

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

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6
Woman’s World

Her  Shopping  Bag.
’Tis made of lustrous velveteen 
Drawn tight with silken strings,
But I am sure you couldn’t guess 
What very curious things

It has to hold from day to day,
You’ll find they range from  pins and lace 

So I will name a few—
Quite to an oyster  stew:

A leg of lamb, a slice of ham,
A Charlotte russe, a cafe mousse,

Bon-bons and patty-pans,
Lamp wicks and paper fans.

Love letters, cards and  hateful bills, 
I do declare it is enough 

Quail, sausage and grape fruit—
To strike a brave man mute;

And many books, and locks, and hooks, 
Like scent-bags, pills and banjo strings, 

With small things two or three,
Cough drops and Oolong tea.

And, when from weekday duties free,
Enshrining in its ample folds 

On Sunday it goes hence,
Prayer book and Peter pence:
On birthdays and on holidays 
The things it’s made to hold 
Would turn a miser pale with greed 
And make a pirate bold.

’Tis made of lustrous velveteen 
This magic bag—this shopping bag— 

Drawn tight with silken strings—
That holds such curious things.

A n n a   M.  F o w l e r .

The  Sweet  Girl  Graduate  and  Her 

Mission.

You  have  been  telling  me  that  you 
are about  to  graduate  in  all  the  ologies 
and  isms  and  a  perfect  love  of  a  ruffled 
organdy,  anu 
I  feel  my  heart  thrill  in 
sympathy  with  so  much  youth  and  en­
thusiasm.  Dear,  dear,  how  sweet  it  all 
is!  How  lovely  a  class  of  young  girls al 
ways 
their  commencement 
frocks,  like  a  bed  of  tall  lilies  in  the 
sun,  and  how  the  old  phrase  about 
where the brook and river meet”  comes 
back  to  one  at  such  a  time,  because  the 
very  heart  of  truth 
imbedded  in  its 
amber.

look 

in 

is 

Everybody  feels  privileged  to  give 
travelers  who  are  starting  forth  on  a 
long 
journey  a  lot  of  counsel  that they 
don’t  want  and  that  they  are  sure  to 
throw  overboard  as  soon  as  they  are  out 
of  sight.  You will  have  advice  to  burn. 
Your  teachers  will  tell  you  to  join  uni­
versity  extension  courses  and  take  up 
systematic  reading  and  keep  up  your 
studies.  Learned  orators  will  try  to  en­
lighten  you  as  to  woman's  sphere and 
discourse  on  woman’s  influence  and  all 
the  time-honored  platitudes  of  the  oc­
casion,  and  everything  will  be  delight­
fully  vague  and  far  off.  There  won’t 
seem  any  hurry  about  the  most  of  the 
advice  you  get.  You  can  take  it  any 
time  in  the  next  thirty  years,  when  you 
happen  to  feel 
like  it,  but  there  are  a 
few  things  near  at  hand  that  are  worth 
your  immediate  consideration:

it 

is  that  it 

illusion.  There 

For  one  thing,  don’t  know  too  much. 
This  probably  seems  an  impossibility 
to  one  who  belongs  to  the  awe-inspiring 
class  of  college  girls.  You  know  it  all.
\ ou  feel  that  you  do  and  that an anxious 
world  is  waiting  to  have  you  set it right. 
This  is  an 
is  a  deep 
and  ineradicable prejudice against wom­
en  who  know  too  much,  and  the  worst 
part  of 
is  just.  Women 
haven’t  learned  how  to  conceal  informa­
tion  yet  and  you  can't  form  any  idea  of 
how  formidable  knowledge  can  become 
until  a  woman  gets  possession  of  it.  A 
woman  can  make  you  more  tired  with 
one  single,  solitary  fact  than  a  man  can 
with  a  whole  encyclopedia  of 
informa­
tion.  You  have  seen  men  who  had  de­
grees  conferred  on  them  by 
foreign 
universities  for  great 
learning  or  pro­
ficiency  in  dead  languages  or  marvelous 
scientific  discoveries  and  who  were  still 
as  simple  and  unpretentious  as  a  little

child ;  but  the  moment  a  woman 
learns 
a  right  angle  triangle  from  a meat chop 
per  or  masters  the  first  Greek  letter,  sh< 
can’t  keep  from  dangling  it  over  yom 
head  to  save  her  life.  And  it  keeps  you 
in  a  cold  shiver  of apprehension because 
you  never  know  when  she  is  going  to let 
it  loose  and  devour  you.  By  all  means 
learn  all  you  can,  but  keep  it  to  your 
self  until  it  is  called  for.

is  a 

Don't  overestimate  your  talents  unti 
you  try  them.  We  all  know  girls  who, 
like  Charles  Lamb's  hero,  could  be 
anything  if  they  had  a  mind  to.  They 
give  us  to  understand  that  the  only  rea­
son  that  they  are  not  Maria  Mitchells 
or  George  Eliots  or  Helena  Modjeskas 
is  because  they  don’t  care  about 
it. 
There 
lot  of  difference  between 
theory  and  practice.  You  may  have ob­
served  that  the  college  man  is  never  as 
mposing  a  creature  as  the  college  girl. 
One  reason 
is  that  just  as  soon  as  he 
s  out  of  college  he  has  to  bring  his 
school  knowledge  into  competition  with 
the  knowlegde  of  people  who  are  al­
ready  doing  things,  and  he  emerges 
from  that  experience  with  a  chastened 
and  humble  spirit. 
It  would  do  everv 
girl  good  to  run  up  against  just  such 
cold,  hard  facts,  and  find  out  how  little 
she  really  does  know.  You  may  have 
been  the  shining  light  in  your  higher 
mathematics  class,  but 
it  takes  the 
whole  side  o.f  a  piece  of wrapping paper 
to  figure  out  how  much  a  muslin  dress 
comes  to  at  i6 ^ c  a  yard,  while the little 
hop  girl  can  do  the  sum  in  her  head 
without  winking. 
Your  compositions 
were  probably  the  pride  of  the  school, 
but  you  couldn't  sell  them  to  any  editor 
iving  for 
ioc  a  dozen.  You  have  a 
medal  for  elocution  as  big  as  a  breast­
plate,  but  an  actor  would  tell  you  that 
you  didn’t  know  how  to  even  pronounce 
your  words.  Don't  brag  about  your  tal­
ents  until  you  have  some  better  author- 
ty  for 
it  than  the  opinion  of  your 
schoolmates.

Don’t  take  yourself  too  seriously.  Of 
course,  you  feel  you have a mission now. 
Everybody  does  when  they  are  young. 
You  don’t  know  what  it  is  exactly,  but 
t 
is  something  great  and  solemn  and 
noble  and  has  to  do  with  the  reforming 
of  the  universe.  You  feel  you  have  a 
duty  to  the  world. 
It  is  very  lovely  and 
deal,  but,  my  dear  child,  it  won’t  last. 
After  you  have  gotten  older,  and  have 
made  mistakes  and  repented  them,  and 
strayed  from  the  path  you  meant  to 
tread,  and  got  lost  and  only  found  your 
way  back  after  you  have  torn your hands 
on  the  briars  and  stumbled  and  fell  and 
hurt  yourself,  then you  will  feel  that  .you 
have  about  all  you  can  do  to  take  care 
of  yourself  and  keep  yourself  out  of 
trouble.  You  won’t  be  so  anxious  then 
to  undertake  to  reform  other  people  or 
engage  in  the  mission  work  on  general 
rinciples.
Don’t  be  too  contemptuous  of  those 
isters  who  have  never  had  the  advan­
tages  of  the higher education for women. 
There  are  other  sources  of  information 
besides  text  books  and 
the  day  will 
surely  come,  when  you  are  married  and 
n  a  home  of  your  own  and  Adolphus 
Augustus  makes  scathing  remarks  about 
the  food,  that  you  would  be  glad  to  ex­
change  your  degree 
in  chemistry  for 
some  reliable  information  about  how  to 
make  bread  raise  and  when  you  will 
lamentations 
that  a  complete  course  in  political econ­
omy  hasn’t  fitted  you  to  cope  with  the 
butcher  bills  and  the  ice  man.

scover  with 

tears  and 

Don’t  run  off  with  the  career craze.  It 
the  greatest  misfortune  that  besets 
course,  you

womankind  to-day.  Of 

and  your  chum  have  been  indulging 
in 
heroic  dreams  where  you  scorned  the 
ordinary  domestic 
lot  of  women  and 
agreed  that  it  would  be  a  shame  for  two 
such  transcendent  geniuses  to  be  lost  to 
the  world  by  marrying  and  becoming 
merely  housekeepers.  You  have  thought 
that  you  would 
like  a  flat,  where  you 
could  live  girl  bachelor  fashion,  with  a 
latch  kev  and  a  chafing  dish  and  other 
Bohemian  and  dyspeptic appurtenances, 
and  be  famous  and  all  the  rest  of  it,that 
is  so  dead  easy  in  romance  and  so  hard 
and  heartbreaking  in  reality.  My  dear 
girl,  if  you  have  the  necessity  of  earn­
ing  your  living,  go  forth  as  bravely  and 
earnestly as you  may,  and  God  help  you, 
but 
if  you  have  a  good  home  and  a 
father  able  and  willing  to  support  you, 
for  goodness’  sake  stay  in  it  and  behave 
Every  woman  who  has  a 
yourself. 
it  with  youth  and  i 

career”   pays  for 

it 

lone­
health  and  strength  and  tears  and 
liness,  and 
isn't  worth  the  price. 
Don  t  worry  about  knowing  too  much  or 
think  that  your  fine  education  will  be 
wasted.  You  are  liable  to  need  all  that | 
you  know,and  a  little  more,  just  in com­
mon  everyday  life.

the  worlds either 

Don’t  snub  your  parents. 

In  spite  of 
is  said  to  the  contrary,  those 
all  that 
who  are  nearest  and  dearest  to  us  do 
not always  appear  surrounded  by  a halo. 
Your  mother  may  seem  to  you  a  very 
ordinary  woman,  with  old-fashioned 
deas  and  an  execrable  taste  in  dress I 
and  household  decoration. 
There’s I 
nothing  in  the  least  romantic  looking  to 
you  about  her  and  you  have  never 
dreamed  of  classing  her  with  those 
heroines  which, 
in  your  youthful  en­
thusiasm.  you  have  worshipped  from 
ime  to  time.  Sit  down  quietly  a  mo­
ment  and  think  if  you  know  of anything 
in  history  or  ro­
mance.  which  gives  any  finer  example 
of  periect  self-sacrifice  and  self-abnega- 
ion  th in  that  of  a  woman  who  deliber- 
itely  educates  and  raises  her  children 
above  herself.  She  knows  how  it  will 
be.  She  never  deceives  herself  about  it. 
She  knows  that  she  is  opening gates that 
were  closed  to  her  and  that  where  her 
children  go  she  may  not  follow.  She 
knows  that  she  will  be  no  longer  an 
authority  to  them ;  that  they  will  out­
grow  her  and 
leave  her  in  time;  per­
haps,  God  help  her,  be  ashamed  of  her, 
but  she  never  falters 
in  her  purpose. 
The  country  is  full  of  mothers  who  are 
slaving  over  cooking  stoves  and  toiling 
over  sewing  machines  that  Sallie  may 
not  only  he  educated  in  some  fine  col­
lege,  but  that  she  may  have  the  college 
colors  and  the  college  ring  and  the class 
pin  and  do  as  other girls. 
It  is  always 
is  to  be 
the  same  story.  Everything 
right  when  Sallie  comes  home  to 
diffuse 
light  and  knowledge  and  be  a 
comfort  and  stay and pleasure.  But alas ! 
how  often 
is  Sallie  a  disappointment 
Her  poor,  foolish  head  has  been  turned. 
Nothing  suits  her.  She  corrects  the 
family  manners  and  revises-  the  family 
pronunciation  and  sets  the  house  by  the

ears.  She  doesn’t  consider 
it  worth 
while  to  take  any  trouble  to  please  her 
parents.  Her  father  may  have  spent 
thousands  of  dollars  on  her  musical  ed­
ucation,  but  she  won’t  even  play  him  a 
ballad  in  the  twilight.  She  may  have 
had  the  best  masters  in  elocution,  but 
she  won’t  read  him  a  column 
in  the 
daily  papers.  Many  a  man  must  have 
looked  at  his  daughter  as  she  came from 
school  and  thought  he  got  precious little 
for  his  investment.  My  dear  girl,  just 
as  a  matter  of  common  honesty  and 
gratitude,  spend  a 
little  of  your  time 
and  attention  and  enthusiasm  on  your 
parents.

Finally,  beloved,  remember  all  that 
you  have  learned  only  fits  you  to  enter 
the  kindergarten  class  of  life.  You  are 
going  to  matriculate  now  in  the  big 
univtrsity  of  experience,  where  there 
are  no  text  books  and  conflicting  rules 
and  you  must each work out your own lit 
tie problem by yourselves.  You will make 
many  mistakes. 
Your  slate  will  be 
blurred  with 
tears  many  and  many  a 
time  and  the  hard  schoolmaster  will 
scourge  you  for  being  too  late  and  for 
| talking  in  school  and  for  making  wrong 
answers.  Don’t  get  discouraged.  Keep 
trying,  and  keep  a  brave  heart.  As  the 
years  go  by  you  will  learn  many  things 
that  are  new  and  strange  and  unlearn 
many  things  that  you  used  to  know. 
You  won’t  feel  so  sure  about  knowing 
things,  or  so  anxious  to  speak  up  and 
answer  the  bard  questions  of  life. 
It  is 
in  the  day’s  lesson,  but  remember 
all 
this,  no  brilliancy  or  cleverness 
in  a 
woman  ever  made  up  for  the  lack  of 
womanly  gentleness  and  sweetness  and 
tenderness.  Don’t  cultivate  vour  head 
at  the  expense  of  your  heart.  A  kiss  is 
better  than  repartee  on  a  woman’s 
lips 
and  love  can  make  all  other  knowledge 
seem  foolishness.  Try  it.

D o r o t h y  D ix .

Acetylene 

is  now  used  in  place  of 
candles  for  lighting  the  coal  mines  at 
Carmaux,  in  France.  New South  Wales 
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GENERAL  TRADE  SITU A TIO N .
As 

it  becomes  more  manifest  that 
there  will  be  no  serious  complications 
to  affect  business  or  credit  on  account 
of  the  unpleasantness  with  Spain,  the 
principal  significance  of  the  war  be­
comes  narrowed  down  to  the stimulation 
which  serves  to  accentuate  the  output  of 
most  of  the  leading  industries.  The 
effect  on  cereals  and  provisions has been 
to  encourage  the  greatest  activity 
in 
all  agricultural 
lines  and  in  all  the  in­
dustries  dependent  upon  them.  Sales  of 
implements  have  been  limited  only  by 
the  ability  to  supply  the  dealers.  R ail­
way  rolling  stock  has  been  largely  in­
creased. 
Iron  manufacture,  not  only  in 
the  lines  affected  by  the  implement  de­
mand,  railway  supplies,  etc.,  but  in 
building  and 
fencing  materials  and 
similar  lines,  has  received  a  decided 
impetus.  Of  course,  the  favorable  con­
dition  of  the  agricultural  outlook  would 
have  had  a  decided  effect  without  the 
influence  of  the  war  stimulation,  but the 
activity  of  movement  and  realizing  on 
sales  has  been  no  doubt  largely  the  re­
sult  of  the  natural  tendency  to  provide 
for  contingencies  made  possible  by  hos­
tilities.

With  the  quieting  down  of  the  specu­
lative  fever  consequent  upon  the  May 
wheat  deals  there are an  increased move­
ment  and  a  more  healthy  tone  to  the 
market.  Prices  of  the  cereal  are  still 
continuing  to  shrink,  but  there  seems  to 
be 
little  danger  that  they  will  go  below 
the  natural  level.  The  crop  outlook  is 
excellent  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  not 
only  in  wheat,  but  corn  and  other  prod­
ucts,  but  the  condition  of  foreign  de­
mand  seems  to  warrant  the  prediction 
that  prices  will  remain  above  the 
level 
which  assures  profitable  returns  to  the 
producer.

With  unprecedented  production 

in 
most  lines  of  iron  and  steel  manufac­
ture,  the  demand  has  been  such  as  to 
cause  an  advance  in  many  prices.  The 
lines  affected  by  agriculture,  already 
referred  to,  structural  forms  and  ship 
plates  make  the  most favorable showing. 
The  only  dulness 
in  bars,  in  the 
Eastern  markets.

is 

While  there  has  been  a  slight  decline 
in  cotton,  the  textile  situation  is  more 
encouraging.  The  price  of  print  cloths 
has  again  advanced  and  the  demand 
both  for  cotton  and  woolen  goods  is 
much  improved.  The  mills  which  have 
secured  the  Government  contracts  are 
crowded  to  utmost  capacity  and  in some 
cases  are  having  trouble  to  secure  sup­
plies  of  wool.

have  that  now,  and  their  future,  so  far 
as  fame  and  glory  are  concerned,  must 
depend  on  themselves.

THE  C O ST  OF  A  NAVAL  F IC H T.
The  bombardment  of  Porto  Rico  and 
Santiago  by  our  ships,  and  the  liberal 
expenditure  of  ammunition  by  Admiral 
in  destroying  the  Spanish  fleet 
Dewey 
at  Manila,  have  called  general  attention 
to  the  great  expense  involved  in  the 
consumption  of  ammunition  in  a  mod­
ern  sea  fight.  All  modern  ammunition 
is  costly,  even  the  small  one-pounder 
and  six-pounder rapid-fire guns  using up 
shells  at  a  rate  which  runs  the  cost  up 
to  a  high^figure  within  a  very  few  min­
utes.

Take  the  cost  of  the  smallest  size  am­
munition  used  in  the  guns  of  a  modern 
warship,  namely,  the  one-pound  shells. 
These  shells  cost  at  least  $1.50 each.  As 
the  small  guns  fire  with  great  rapidity, 
the  value  of  the  ammunition  expeuded 
in  a  very  few  minutes 
is  considerable. 
It  is  estimated  that  the  cost of one round 
from  the  large  13-inch  guns  of  the  bat­
tle  ships  of  our  fleet  is  approximately 
$350.  At  that  rate  the  expense  of  a  very 
short  engagement 
in  which  big  guns 
are  brought  into  play  would  run  far  into 
the  thousands  of  dollars  for  ammuni­
tion  alone.

In  his  last  annual  report,  the  Secre­
tary  of  the  Navy  stated  that  “ the  cost 
of  materials  for  a  complete  supply  of 
ammunition  to  once  refill  all  the  vessels 
of  the  navy, including  the five unfinished 
battle-ships,  would  be  $6,521,986. ”  .Ac­
cording  to  the  same  authority,  the  total 
cost  of  the  ammunition  of  a  large  bat­
tle-ship  is $383,197.

It 

is  generally  held  that  a  battle-ship 
would  expend  ail  her  ammunition  in 
about  two  hours  were  she  to  keep  up  a 
constant  fire  from  all  her guns  for  that 
period;  hence  a  fierce  fight  would  be 
liable  to  cost  in  ammunition  alone,  to 
the 
ships  engaged,  $383,000  apiece. 
This  enormous 
cost  of  ammunition 
makes  war  a  very  expensive  luxury,  and 
poor  nations  can  not  be  expected  to  en­
gage  in  it  with  any  show  of  success,  for 
the  reason  that  the  training  of  their 
gunners  requires  in  time  of  peace  an 
expenditure  of  costly  ammunition which 
can  not  be  afforded.  Without  this  prac­
tice,  warships  are  worthless  in  time  of 
war,  as  modern  guns  require  experi­
enced  gunners,  the  men  behind  the guns 
being  quite  as  essential  factors  in  de­
ciding  a  combat  to-day  as  ever  they 
were.

Theories are  good  as  far  as  they  go  in 
prosecuting  a  w ar;  but  theorists  must 
have  men  to  do  their  fighting  for  them, 
and  the  fighting  men  seem  to  do  best 
when  they  can  cut  loose  and  carry  out 
their  own  ideas.

Brigadier  generals  are  luxuries  that 
can  only  be  indulged  in  in  time  of  war. 
Colonels  of  the  regular  army  can  do  all 
the  post  and  brigade  commanding  that 
is  necessary.

People  who  are  remembering  the 
Maine  are  not  waving  the  bloody  shirt 
of  the 
late  civil  war.  That  is  a  back 
number  now.

Spain  wants  peace;  but  she 

is  too 
proud  to  put  down  her  guns  for fear that 
other  weak  nations  will  laugh  at  her.

Much  has  been  said  of  Spain's  totter­
It  does  not  matter.  Any 

ing  throne. 
old  throne  will  do  to  put  a  boy  on.

Live  men,  engaged  in  a  new  war,  are 
making  history  so  fast  that  the back 
numbers  will  soon  be  forgotten.

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

The  boot  and  shoe  trade  still  shows 
lines. 
unexpected  activity  in  nearly  all 
immediate  and  fall 
Demand,  both  for 
is  crowding  many  factories 
delivery, 
beyond  expectation.  The 
leather  and 
hide  situation  shows  increasing  strength 
and  there  are  yet  no  signs  manifest  that 
a  slackening  tendency  should  be  antic­
ipated.

from 

May  bank  clearings  reflect  the  per­
ceptible  revival 
in  trade  following  the 
actual  outbreak  of hostilities with Spain, 
in  a  total  aggregate  of  clearings  in  sev­
enty-seven  cities  of  the  United  States 
of  $5>33°>00°>ooo»  a  gain  of  7  per  cent, 
over  April,  28  per  cent,  over May  a  year 
ago  and  a  decrease  of  only 
10.7  per 
January’s  record-breaking 
cent, 
totai.  The  total 
for  May  has  been  ex­
ceeded  only  once  in  that month,  viz.,  in 
1890,  the  total  for  May  in  that  year  be- 
,nff  9  5  per  cent,  larger  than  the  total  in 
May  this  year,  but  the gain  as compared 
with  May, 
is  26  per  cent.,  and 
over  May,  1894,  37  per  cent.  Clearings 
for  last  week  show 
little  effect  of  the 
holiday,  the  total being $ i, 188,000,000,  3 
per  cent  smaller  than  the  week  before, 
but  30  per  cent,  larger  than  a  year  ago.
Failures  show  a  sharp  falling  off,  to 

1896, 

i/Sj  against  231  for  preceding  week.

OFFICIAL  PRECEDENCE.

It  is  not  a  pleasing  or  seemly  specta­
cle  now  presented  to  the  people  of  the 
United  States  of  a  squabble  between  the 
friends  and  partisans  of  Admiral  Samp­
son  and  Commodore  Schley  over  a 
question  of  precedence.

It 

is  claimed  that  Schley  stood  two 
numbers  on  the  official  list  of  commo­
dores  above  Sampson,  when  the  Presi­
dent  appointed  the  junior  officer  a  rear 
left  the  senior  a  commo­
admiral  and 
dore,  and  this 
is  made  the  subject  of 
loud  complaint  by  the  friends  of  the lat­
ter.

it 

There  is  no  information  that  Commo­
in  the 
dore  Schley  is  taking  any  part 
controversy,  and 
is  earnestly  hoped 
that  he  neither  does  nor  will,  for  noth­
ing  could  be  more  foolish.  They  have 
both  been  given  opportunities  to  per­
form  great  services  for  their  country, 
and  to  earn  great  distinction 
So  far, 
neither  has  accomplished  anything  of 
note,  and  there 
is  nothing  to  dispute 
over  in  the  matter  of  honors  earned. 
It 
will  be  wise  for  their  friends  to  exer­
cise  a  reasonable  amount  of  prudence 
until  there  shall  be  something  to  quarrel 
about.

DISASTRO US  C O M P E T ITIO N .
The  following  letter  from  a reputable, 
old-established  Detroit commission mer­
chant  is  suggestive  of  the  situation  now 
prevailing  in  the  Michigan  market:

I  note  with  pleasure  the  strong  stand 
the  Tradesman  has  taken  on  the  subject 
of  the  collapse  of  A.  C.  Hager  and  the 
relation  of  the  Lake  Odessa  Savings 
It  has  been  a  try­
Bank  to  the  failure. 
ing  time  for  the  dealer  who  aims  to 
conduct  his  business 
legitimately  and 
conservatively,and  almost  impossible  to 
play  even.  The  country  dealers  have 
been  paid  as  high  prices  for  their  stock 
as  we  were  able  to  get  here  in  the  city. 
We  experienced  the  same  difficulty  last 
season  by  reason  of  the  crusades  under­
taken  by  Chandler,  of  Chelsea,  and 
Blackwell,  of  Bad  Axe,  who  likewise 
undertook  to  control  the  market  and,  in 
consequence,  met  with  disaster.  I  rather 
for  something  similar  to  turn 
looked 
up  this  spring,  but  I  bad  no 
idea  that 
a  man  with  as  little  capital  as  Hager 
possessed  could  “ do”   the  merchants  of 
Michigan  to  the  extent  of  $40,000  or 
$50,000. 
I  noted  the  warnings  of  the 
Tradesman  from  time  to  time  and  real­
ized  that  Hager  was  the  chap  you  had 
in  mind  when  you  advised  caution  in 
making  shipments  to  dealers who persist 
in  paying  above  the  market  price.  How 
any  one  who  reads  the  Tradesman  could 
be  caught  by  Hager  to  the  extent  of 
more  than  one  shipment  is  more  than  I 
can  understand,  but  I  realize  now,  as  I 
review  the  situation  carefully,  that  the 
delay  in  protesting  the  checks had much 
to  do  with  increasing  the  indebtedness. 
Chandler  is  now  doing  business  in  his 
wife’s  name  and  bolds  his  head  just  as 
high  as  he  did  before  be  involved  so 
many  merchants  in  loss,  and  I  expect 
to 
long  that  Hager  has 
taken  advantage  of  the  same  subterfuge 
and  has  resumed  business  in  the  name 
of  his  wife  or  some  other  female  rela­
tive.

learn  before 

Notwithstanding  the  fiascos  of  Chand­
ler  and  Blackwell  last  year  and  the  very 
disastrous  experiences  of  Hager  this 
year,  a  Cleveland  house  is  now  flooding 
the  State  with 
circulars,  offering  at 
least  a  cent  more  for  eggs  and  two  cents 
more  for  butter  than  the  market  war­
rants. 
In  all  probability,  there  will  be 
found  plenty  of  merchants  who are cred­
ulous  enough to take the bait  thus thrown 
out,  but  the  Tradesman  believes  that 
few  of  its  readers  will  be  caught  a  sec­
ond  time  by  such  methods.

Admiral  Cervera  ought  to  tell  his  em­
ployers  where  he  is  at.  A  great  many 
people  are  looking  for  him.

Of  one  thing  all  may  be  assured,  and 
that  is  that  when  either  of  those officers, 
or  any  of  the  other  officers  of  the  army 
or  navy,  shall  accomplish  any  gallant 
and  glorious  achievement,  the  people 
will  see  to 
it  that  he  or  they  shall  re­
ceive  due  credit  and  honor.  The  Amer­
ican  people  are  exceedingly  exacting, 
and  demand  a  great  deal  of  their  m ili­
tary  favorites.  They  are  ready  enough 
to  set  up  a  hero;  but  they  require  that 
he  shall  come  up  to  the  standard  they 
set  for  him.

The  experiences  with  the  military 
commanders  of  the  Union  army  during 
the  Civil  War  should  teach  ambitious 
soldiers  and  sailors  and  their  too zealous 
friends  many  valuable 
lessons.  One 
after  another 
in  that  war  officers  were 
elevated  to  high  commands  and  great 
responsibilities,  only 
to  be  dragged 
down  after  their  first  failure  or  mishap. 
The  people  are  terribly  fickle,  as  well 
as  extremely  exacting,  and nothing short 
of  decisive and  brilliant  success will  es­
tablish  a  bold  upon  popular  favor.

Any  officer  who  makes  it  a  business to 
grumble  and  sulk  because  he  thinks  his 
particular  merits  have  been  overlooked 
is  in  a  poor  way  to  do  any  real  service 
for  his  country.  Such  a  man  is  tempted 
to  slur  his  duty  so  as  not  to  contribute 
to  the  success  and  the  consequent  ad­
vancement  and  honor of  the  person  who 
has  excited  his  jealousy  or  dislike,  and 
in  so  doing  fails 
in  his  obligation  to 
his  country  and  to  his  own  honor.

Every  officer  who  is  placed  in  a  posi­
tion  of  high  command  and  responsibil­
ity  in  the  naval  or  army  service  of  the 
country  in  this  war  with  Spain  will  find 
himself 
in  a  most  difficult  situation. 
The  most  brilliant  deeds  and  splendid 
successes  will  be  demanded,  and  failure 
will  be  followed  by  a  speedy  condemna­
tion  and  displacement.  That  is  the  rule 
with  the  American  people.  They  en­
forced 
it  mercilessly  in  the  Civil  War, 
and  thev  will  do  it  in  this.

is 

in 

The  Tradesman  does  rot  believe  that 
taking 
either  Sampson  or  Schley 
any  part 
the  squabble  that  their 
friends  are  said  to  be  making  over  the 
promotion  of  the  former  two  naval  com­
manders. 
It  gives  them  credit  for too 
much  sense  to  engage  in  such  a  foolish 
and  childish  controversy  as  is  a  squab­
ble  over  respective  official  positions. 
All  they  can  properly  ask  is  for  an  op­
portunity  to  show  their  abilities.  They

GROW TH  OF  CENTRAL  POWER. 
1832,  De  Tocqueville  wrote  that, 
In 
“ If  the  sovereignty  of  the  Union  were 
to  engage  in  a  struggle  with  that  of  the 
States  at  the  present  day,  its  defeat may 
be  confidently  predicted ;  and  it  is  not 
probable  that  such  a  struggle  would  be 
seriously  undertaken.  As  often  as steady 
resistance  is  offered  to  the  Federal  Gov­
ernment,  it  will  be  found  to  yield. ”  

Commenting  on  this  view,  sixty  years 
later,  Henry  Loomis  Nelson  wrote: 
“ The  history  of  the  Federal  Govern­
ment  is  one  of  growing  strength  and  in­
fluence.  The  difference  between  the  in­
tention  of  the  founders  of the system and 
the  existing  fact  is  nearly  as  great 
as  that  between  the  opinions  of  Jeffer­
son  and  moderate  Federalists.  From  the 
first  organization  of  the  Government  to 
the  present  time  there  has been  a  steady 
advance  towards  centralization.  This 
advance  has  been  both  aided  and  re­
tarded  by  the  Supreme  Court;  but in the 
legislative  branch  of  the  Government 
and 
in  the  popular  mind  the  propor­
tions  of  the  Federal  Government  have 
constantly  grown  larger.”

into 

the  territories 

Mr.  Loomis  accounts  for  the  growth 
of  the  influence  of  the  central  power 
in 
the  Union  and  the  gradual  extension  of 
its  authority  largely  by  the  fact  that  the 
people  of  the  territories  were  trained  in 
the  habit  of  dependence  upon  the  Fed­
eral  Government  and  of  obedience  to 
it 
and  preserved  that  habit  after  the  ad­
mission  of 
the 
Union.  Mr.  Garfield,  he  says,  used  tc 
speak  of  this  fact  to  account  for  the 
greater  reverence 
felt  for  the  Federal 
power  in  the  Western  than  in  the  East­
ern  States.  The  Federal  Government 
was,  at  the  beginning  of 
its  history, 
created  by  the  states;  but  the  states 
subsequently  admitted to the Union owed 
to  that  Government  the  establishment 
and  recognition  of  their  statehood.  Be­
fore  their  admission  they  had  been  gov­
erned  by  Federal  laws,  under  executive 
and 
judicial  officers  appointed  by  the 
President,  and  so,  as  Mr.  Loomis  re­
the  Federal  Government 
marks, 
im­
pressed 
itself  very  strongly  upon  the 
imaginations  of  the  people  of  the  new 
states,  “ and  came  to  be  regarded  both 
by  Americans  upon  whom 
it  bad  con­
ferred  the  dignity  and  power  of  state­
hood  and  by  the  swarms  of  foreigners 
who  subsequently  made  their  way  to  the 
West  from  the  monarchies of continental 
Europe  as  the  source  of  all  power  in  the 
United  States,  and  as  the beneficent dis­
tributor  of  all  public  blessings.”

This  theory 

is  plausible  enough  and 
in  some  degree  for 
no  doubt  accounts 
the  fact  under  consideration ;  but  there 
were  from  the  first  certain  political  and 
commercial  considerations  which  would 
of  themselves  have  sufficed  to  confirm 
the  tendency  to  accord  superior  dignity 
and,  in  any  case  of  conflict,  paramount 
authority  to  the  Federal  Government. 
That  Government  offered  to  the  ambi­
tious  posts  of  higher  distinction  and  a 
wider  field  than  can  the  several  state 
governments.  But  the  most  potent  in­
fluence  probably  was  wielded  by  those 
great  material  interests  which  depended 
for  their  existence,  or  for  their  pros­
perity,  upon  the  protection  and  bounty 
afforded  by  the  General  Government. 
In  the  first  place,  there  was  the  demand 
for  internal 
improvements.  Ohio  was 
admitted  to  the  Union  in  1802,  and  four 
years  later  Congress  passed  a  law  for 
the  construction 
of  the  Cumberland 
Road,  to  connect  the  new  State  with 
Maryland. 
Jefferson  favored  the  road, 
but 
insisted  that  the  consent  of  the 
States  through which it was to run  should

internal 

be  obtained  before  its  construction  was 
begun.  The  bill  was  for  many  years  be­
fore  Congress  and  there  grew  up  a 
im­
powerful  opposition  to 
provements,  eventually 
led  by  Martin 
Van  Burén,  who,  however,  finally  mod­
ified  his  views  so  far as  to  vote  for  a 
bill  appropriating  money  for  toll-gates 
on  the  Cumberland  Road—a  bill  which 
was  vetoed  by  President  Monroe  en­
tirely  on  constitutional  grounds.  The 
constitutional  objection  was  almost  the 
sole  ground  of  opposition  to  internal 
improvements  by  Federal  aid  in  those 
days;  but  notwithstanding  the great  re­
spect  then  cherished  for  the  constitu­
tion,  Federal  grants  to  roads  and  canals 
became  more  numerous  until  at  last  ap­
propriations  were  regularly  made  for 
streams  that  could  not  on  any  account 
be  regarded  as  of  National  importance.
These  reflections  may  appear  perti­
is 
nent  in  anticipation  of  an  event  that 
now,  perhaps,  neither 
improbable  nor 
distant—the  annexation  of  the  Philip­
pine  Islands.  The  constitution  of  the 
United  States  has  been  in  actual  oper­
ation  for  some  eleven  decades,  and  this 
brief  review  has  partially 
indicated 
some  of  the  causes  which  have  led  to  a 
departure  from  the  strict  and 
intended 
construction  of  its provisions;  but,  upon 
the  whole, when one considers  what  great 
changes  have  occurred 
in  the  organic 
law  of  nearly  all  the  leading  powers  of 
the  Old  World,  it  is  remarkable  that  the 
Federal  constitution  has  been  so  little 
least  as  its  most  es­
altered,  so  far  at 
But 
sential 
it  has  un­
hitherto,  whatever  changes 
dergone  have  been  due  to 
internal 
causes.  This  country  has,  indeed,  taken 
into  its  body  politic  and  assimilated  a 
very  considerable  foreign  element;  but 
it  has  never  before  seriously  contem­
plated  the  possibility  of  assuming  the 
absolute  political  control  of  millions  of 
people  living  in  a  remote  quarter  of  the 
world,  and  not  yet  sufficiently  advanced 
in  civilization  to  be  trusted  with  the 
responsibilities  of  American  citizen­
ship.  Those  islands,  once  added  to  the 
territorial  domain  of  the  United  States, 
must  be  directly  governed  by  Federal 
appointees,  under  the  supervision  of 
Congress.  Their  accession  will  greatly 
increase  the  power  of  the  Federal  Gov­
ernment  relatively  to  that  of  the  sev­
eral  states.  And,  of  course,  a  contin­
uance 
in  the  policy  of  annexation  will 
indefinitely  enhance  that  effect. 
It  re­
mains  to  be  seen  how  the  exercise  of 
unlimited  power  abroad—unlimited  so 
far  as  the  Philippine  people  are  con­
cerned—will  react  upon  the  ways  and 
means  of  free  government  at home.

features  are  concerned. 

life 

A  war  cuts  away  a  lot  of  deadwood 
and  sham  prominence. 
It  strips  off 
many  epaulettes  and  dims  parade  stars. 
In  political 
it  deals  more  gruffly 
incompetence  than  peace  ever 
with 
does. 
it  tests  its  re­
In  all  respects 
sources,  both  in  men  and  material,  and 
it  demands  merit.  Out  of  the  new  con­
ditions  that  this  procedure  creates  new 
men  are  bound  to  rise,  and  the  whole 
result  will  be  fresher  vigor,  better  blood 
and  more  progress.  When  the  necessi­
ties  of  the  nation  call  for  the  best,  the 
poor  and  commonplace  must  step  aside, 
it 
and 
is  a  matter  of  general  comment 
that 
just  now  we  need  our  good  men, 
not  only  at  the  front,  but  in  the  politi­
cal 
It  may  thus 
come  about  that  the  next  Congress  will 
be  a  much  abler  one than  the  present 
body,  and  it  will  be  well  for  the  coun­
try,  since  this  war  has  raised  questions 
that  demand  statesmanship  and  not  the 
intellectual  equipments  of  representa­
tives  whose  limit  of  action 
is  office­
getting.

life  at  Washington. 

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

A  NEEDLESS  SURPRISE.

Surprise  has  been  felt  and  manifested 
in  certain  quarters  that  the  natives  of 
the  Philippine  Islands  are  showing  an 
inclination  to  slaughter  the  Spaniards. 
Why?  Human  nature 
is  the  same  the 
world  over and  it  is  the  only  thing  that 
the  centuries  can  not  change.  For  four 
hundred  years  the  Spaniard  has  op­
pressed  and  tortured  with  every  kind 
of  cruelty  these  same  Philippinian  na­
tives.  What  wonder, 
then,  now  that 
they  have  a  chance,  if  the  villainy  the 
Spaniard  has  taught  them  they  will exe­
if,  Shylock-like,  they  better 
cute,  or 
the 
instruction?  Whatever  the  native 
had  was  taxed.  The  cocoanut  tree,  his 
principal  means  of  support,  if  not  the 
only  one,  was  taxed  to  death.  Not  a 
drop  of  cocoanut  juice  could  he  extract 
from  his  own  trees  without  a  license. 
He  must  visit  the  tax  gatherer  before he 
can  kill  his  own  pig  for  his  own  eating. 
After  every  reason  which 
interest  can 
furnish  for  a  tax  has  been  given,  a 
head  tax  all  the  way  from  $1.50  to  §25 
a  year  must  be  paid  and  a  man  too  poor 
to  pay  the  minimum  tax  is  compelled 
to  work  for  the government  from  fifteen 
to  twenty  days;  and  for  these  exactions 
there 
is  no  return.  Not  a  road,  not  a 
bridge,  not  an 
improvement  of  any 
kind  is  known  outside  of  the  towns, and 
the taxes  which  should  pay  for  these  is 
sent  to  Spain  or  stays  in  the  pockets  of 
officials.

a 

received 

A  notable  instance  is  at  hand:  Wey- 
ler,  the  notorious,  was  for  three  years 
the  governor-general  of  the  Philippine 
Islands.  He 
salary  of 
$40,000;  and,  if  the  reports  are to be be­
lieved,  at  the  end  of  his  term  of  office 
he  carried  home  with  him  three  or  four 
million  dollars  which  he  had  extorted 
from  the  natives  by  a  system  of  cruelty 
known  only  to  himself. 
Is  it  to  be  sup­
posed  that  that  cruelty  has  been  so  soon 
forgotten  and  that,  now  that  the  oppor­
tunity  presents  itself  for  retaliation,  it 
will  not  be  improved?

in  his  possession 

It  would  be  fair  to  infer  that  in  these 
modern  days  the  old-time  methods  of 
punishment  would  be  done  away  with. 
Not  so.  Torture  made  use  of  centuries 
ago 
is  still  resorted  to  in  the  Philip­
pines.  The  peasant  guilty  of  offense  is 
treated  to  the  thumb  screws.  A  gun 
found 
is  a  misde­
meanor.  For  him  to  be  in  possession 
of  gunpowder  is  a  crime.  Death  is  the 
penalty  of  rebellion. 
It  is  the  old  story 
repeated  again  and  again  of  men  de­
termined  to  be  free—a  determination 
reached  only  after  years  of  oppression 
and  untold  suffering.  Spain  is  repeat­
ing  in  Cuba,  in  the  Philippines  and 
in 
the  home  peninsula  the  dreadful  days 
of  the  French  Revolution  and  the  time 
has  come  for  the  down-trodden  to  sub­
mit  no  longer.  The end of  Spanish  rule 
has  come.  The  hour  is  struck  and,  now 
that  the  time  for  retaliation  has  come, 
it  will  not  be  surprising  if  the  Spanish 
reaps  the  whirlwind  he  has  for centuries 
been  sowing.  It  is  a  lesson  which  might 
otherwise  have  been  learned;  but, 
if 
Spain 
is  determined  to  learn  it  only  by 
experience,  she has only  herself  to  thank 
for  the  instruction.

CO LONIAL  EXPANSION.

There  is  a  weak  kneed element among 
the  American  people  that  never  ceases 
to  advocate  compromise  and  delay  in 
connection  with  the  war  with  Spain. 
These  people  now  hint  that  it  would  be 
better  to  compromise  with  Spain  on  the 
basis  of  a  surrender  of  Cuba,  she  being 
allowed  to  retain  Porto  Rico  and  the 
Philippines.  Such  advice  should  not  be

9
listened  to  for  a  moment.  The  Trades­
man  did  not  favor  war  and  still  holds 
the  opinion  that,  but  for  the  jingoes 
in 
both  the  Republican  and  Democratic 
parties,  President  McKinley  would 
have  accomplished  the  independence  of 
Cuba  without  resort  to  war;  but,  since 
we  have  declared  war,  it  is  the  part  of 
wisdom,  as  well  as  of  self-interest,  to 
prosecute 
it  vigorously  to  a  successful 
conclusion,  and  to  realize  all  the  profits 
possible  both 
in  the  way  of  territory 
and  trade  advantages.

Were  we  now  to  accept  peace  on  the 
basis  of  a  surrender  of  Cuba  alone,  this 
country  would  have  no  means  of  com­
pelling  the  payment  of  indemnity.  VVe 
recognition  of 
are  committed  to  the 
Cuban  independence,  although  it 
is  to 
be  admitted  that  the  pledge  to  that 
effect  can  not  be  considered  very  bind­
ing ;  but  logically  we  can  not  hold  Cuba 
as  a  guarantee  for  a  war  indemnity. 
Spain's  ability  to  pay  an  indemnity  is 
very  seriously  questioned :  and,  unless 
we  capture  and  annex  some  of  her  terri­
tory,  we  are 
likely  to  squander  many 
hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars  in  war 
without  return  of  any  kind.

If  we  take  Cuba  by  invasion,  and 
afterwards  grant 
it  self  government,  it 
should  be  under  a protectorate.  If  Spain 
is  incapable of governing  Cuba,  she  is 
equally 
incapable  of  governing  Porto 
R ico;  hence  she  should  be  driven  from 
that  possession. 
In  fact,  it  should  be 
our  fixed  policy  to  acquire  by  right  of 
conquest  all  of  Spain’s  colonial  posses­
sions,  including  the  Philippine  Islands.
When  we  declared  war  against  Spain, 
this  country  abandoned  forever  its  old- 
time  policy  of  isolation  and  non-inter­
ference  in  international affairs.  Having 
taken  this  step  and  placed  ourselves 
side  by  side 
in  the  race  for  territorial 
aggrandizement  with  the  great  nations 
of  Europe,  we  must  play  our  part  with 
spirit  ard  success.  We  must  have  not 
only  Cuba  arid  Porto  Rico,  but  the 
Philippine  Islands  and  the  Hawaiian 
Islands.  The  reasons  which  were  urged 
by  the  Tradesman  against  the  annex­
ation  of  Hawaii  were  sound  and  logical 
before  we  adopted  the  policy  of  colonial 
expansion ;  but  now  that  we  have  de­
termined 
the  Philippines, 
Hawaii  becomes  a  necessity  as  a  coal­
ing  station  for  our  fleets.

to  hold 

Colonial  expansion  means  the  neces­
sity  for  a  great  fleet  and  a 
larger  army 
than  we  have  maintained  heretofore. 
These  are  costly  luxuries;  but they must 
be  had 
if  colonies  are  to  be  protected 
and  the  vast  trade  possibilities  which 
the  possession  of  Cuba,  Porto  Rico  and 
the  Philippines  open  up  are  to  be 
im­
proved. 
is,  therefore,  decidedly  out 
of  place  to  talk  of  conceding  anything 
until  we  have  taken  possession  by  con­
quest  of  Spain’s  colonial  possessions. 
The  people  demand  some  return  for  the 
vast  expense  they  have  been  put  to  by 
the  present  war.

It 

The  consumption  of  cement has grown 
enormously  all  the  world  over. 
In  1890 
the  United  States  had  only  sixteen 
cement  factories,  while  there  are  now 
thirty.  England  was  at  one  time  the 
home  of  Portland  cement,  but 
is  now 
second  to  Germany.

History  will  have  trouble. 

People 
who  note  the  difference  of  time 
in 
different  longitudes  find  that  the  cap­
ture of  Manila  was  made  on Saturday  at 
Manila,  although 
is  claimed  as  a 
Sunday  battle.

it 

Every  man  who 

is  the  father  of  a 
bright  son  is  a  firm  believer in heredity.

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Shoes  and  Leather

The  Song  of  the  Shoe.
’Twas an ancient shoe of dusky hue 
And it reeked in the morning sun;
In a bed of dirt it lay inert;
The work of its lire was done.

Tatter’d and torn, it had late been worn 
By a tramp of the lowest grade,
But by him had at last aside been cast 
When its utmost use had been made.

Yet a time had been when  the  shoe  had seen 
When ’twas handled with care and kept to wear 

A gloss on its shapely toe,
On occasions of stately show.

And a time had been when the tramp was clean 
He could yet recall when his lite was all 

And his clothes were latest  style:
A holiday dream for a while.

Competency,  Accuracy  and  System 

Essentials  to  Success.

Enough  might  be  said  on  the  subject 
of  competency  to  fill  this  entire  issue 
of  the  Tradesman,  yet  I  have  purposely 
passed  it  over,  not,  however,  because  it 
was  deemed  of  minor 
importance.  On 
the  contrary,  “ competency’ ’  is  the  one 
word  which  stands  for  every  qualifica­
tion  necessary  on  the  part  of  a  success­
ful  business  man. 
It  is  the  structure 
itself,  and  all  the  other  qualities  out­
lined  are  merely  its  constituent  parts. 
The  term  “ competency“   is  broader  in 
its  scope  than  the  common  conception 
among  business  men  would  seem  to  in­
dicate.  We  often  hear,  in  business  cir­
cles,  such  and  such  a  man  referred  to 
as  being  entirely  “ competent”   for  the 
work  he  has  in  hand,  but  his  failure  to 
make  a  success  of  it  is  attributed  to  his 
“ loose”   habits  and  inattention  to  busi­
ness.  Now  the  trouble  is,  such  a  man 
is  not  competent. 
If  he  were  he  would 
possess  the  necessary  constituent  qual- 
ties  to  achieve  success.  No  man 
is 
wilfully  indifferent  to  success;  and,  al­
though  there 
is  apparent  wilful  negli­
gence  in  some  cases,  each  is  trying,  in 
his  own  way,  to  capture  the  coveted 
prize,  and  where  one  fails  it  is  owing 
to  incompetency  somewhere.

At 

first 

sight 

“ accuracy”  

and 
“ method”   may  appear  to  be  small  mat­
ters ;  and  yet  they  are  of  essential  im­
portance  to  the  happiness  and  well-be­
ing  of  every  business  man.  Too  little 
attention  is  paid  to  this  highly  impor­
tant  quality  of  accuracy. 
In  business 
affairs  it  is  the  manner  in  which  a  man 
transacts  even  small  matters  that  often 
decides  men  for  or  against  him.  The 
strictest 
integrity  and  the  most  exem­
plary  conduct  in  other  respects  will  not 
excuse  the  man  who  is  habitually  in­
accurate. 
Such  a  man  can  not  be 
trusted;  his  work  has  to  be  gone  over 
again;  and  he  thus  causes  an  infinity  of 
annoyance,  vexation  and  trouble. 
“ Be 
sure  you  are  right  and  then  go  ahead,”  
is  somewhat  aged,  yet  it  is  much  safer 
than  Josh Billings’ advice to disconsolate 
bachelors: 
“ Shut  up  both  eyes,  grab 
hard,  and  trust  in  the  Lord.”

Several  years  ago,  while  visiting  a 
neighboring  town,  I  took  occasion  to 
call  at  the  grocery  store  of  an  old  friend 
who  had  recently  left  the  farm.  Being 
out  of  the  “ weed,”   and,  noticing  my 
faovrite  brand,  I  called  for  a  5  cent cut. 
He  threw  down  a  dime’s  worth.  Call­
ing  his  attention  to  it,  he  said  that  was 
all  right—that  was  the  way  he  sold  it. 
He  persisted  that he  was  right,  and  not 
until  I  had  persuaded  him  to  produce 
the  invoice  could  I  convince  him  that 
he  was  selling  that  tobacco  for  less  than 
cost.  He  had  disposed  of  several “ cad­
dies”   at  a  loss  of  13  cents  per  pound. 
This  man  entered  business  with  ample 
capital,  possessing  many  business  qual­
ities  to  a  marked  degree.  He  was  hon­
est,  attentive,  economical,  presevering

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

and  even  methodical—yet  for  the  lack 
of  accuracy  be  failed  to  achieve  suc­
cess  and  is,  to-day,  a  poor  man.

A  successful  business  man  is  a  cal­
culating  man.  Every  move  he  makes  is 
the  result  of  a  calculation;  and  the  suc­
cess  of  the  movement  or act  depends 
altogether  on  the  accuracy  of  the  calcu­
lation.  He  must  treat  all  comers  alike 
and,  therefore,  he  must  do  a  little  fine 
calculating  in  marking  the  selling  price 
on  bis  goods.  To  the  invoice  price must 
be  added 
freight,  cartage  and  other 
incidentals,  in  order  to  find  the  true 
cost. 
In  fixing  his  selling  price,  he 
cannot  adopt  a  uniform  percentage rate ; 
lines  will  stand  50,  some  3314, 
some 
while 
in  some  rubber  lines  it  may  be 
necessary  to  mark  as  low  as  10  percent. 
In  this 
important  work  the  prosperous 
man  of  business  does  not  use  his  pencil 
in  a  haphazard  way—it  is  guided  by  an 
accurately  calculating  mind.  He  has 
computed  his  running  ex-, 
carefully 
penses—clerk-hire, 
store  ex­
penses, 
etc.  ;  estimated  his  average 
daily  sales  on  a  basis  of  past experience 
future  prospects,  and  secured  a 
and 
reasonable  margin  of  profit  over all. 
In 
addition  to  all  this,  he  must  be  guided, 
more  or  less,  by  the  tactics  adopted  by 
his  competitors,  and  other emergencies 
over  which  he  has  no  control.  When 
he  takes  an  inventory  of  his  stock,  bills 
receivable  and  personal  accounts,  he 
knows  just  how  he  stands  financially. 
He  has 
inventoried  everything  at  its 
true  value,  making  all  due  allowances 
and  reductions;  and  when  completed, 
the  balance-sheet  tells  a  true  story  that 
can  be  relied  upon  as  a  basis  for  future 
operations,  for  the  simple  reason  that  it 
is  accurate.

rent, 

law 

“ Order 

is  the  first  law  of  heaven,”  
and  “ method”   should  be  the  first  and 
fundamental 
in  every  retail  estab­
lishment.  A  retail  store  without  method 
and  system  is  “ confusion  worse  con­
founded, ”   and 
it  would  be  as  reason­
able  to  look  for potency  in  an  army  des­
titute  of  discipline  as  to  look  for  pros­
perity  in  such  a  store.  Where  there 
is 
method,  a  larger amount  of  work  can  be 
“ Meth­
got  through  with  satisfaction. 
od,”   said  Lord  Burleigh, 
“ is 
like 
packing  things  in  a  box;  a  good  packer 
will  get  in  half  as  much  again  as  a  bad 
one.”   His  favorite  maxim  was,  “ The 
shortest  way  to  do  many  things  is  to  do 
only  one  thing  at  once.”

During  my  perambulations  among 
the  trade,  I  have  visited  many  stores 
where  the  goddess  of  confusion  reigned 
supreme. 
In  some  of  them  double  the 
force  was  employed  than  was  necessary 
to  take  care  of  the  business;  yet,  owing 
lack  of  method  and  system,  many
to  a 

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Tan  Vici Bals,  coin  toe,  Vesting1 top................................................................... 
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2*7c
Dark Tan  Vici Bals, Vesting top, coin toe...................................... 
2
’ * * ’ * *‘ 7/....1. <0  and  1.75
A Iso the most popular line of Black  Vicis a t 

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Above goods are of good value and very desirable.
A complete stock of Ladies’ fine shoes in Tan and  Black for prompt delivery.
THE RODGERS SHOE CO., Toledo, Ohio.

To  Deliver  at  Once 

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

details  were  entirely  neglected,  while 
the  bulk  of  the  business  done  was  per­
formed  in  a  slipshod  and  unnecessarily 
laborious  manner.  Clerks  would  jostle 
against  each  other 
in  a  frantic  effort 
to  find  some  one  who  knew  whether 
there  was  a  y/2,  double  E,  Oxford  in 
stock,  while  a 
lady  customer  was  pa­
tiently  waiting.  After  a  wild  search  the 
customer  would  be  informed  that  “ We 
are  just  out  of  them,’ ’  and  immediately 
after  she  takes  her  departure  someone 
discovers  a  pair  among  the  misses’  goat 
shoes.  After  this  two  clerks  get  into  a 
wrangle  as  to  which  one  will  go  to  din­
ner  first,  during  which,  of  course,  there 
is  a  general  suspension  of  business. 
Ask  one  of  these  clerks  how  he  likes his 
place,  and  the  reply  will  be,  invariably, 
“ Oh, 
is  a  ‘ bully’ 
good  fellow;  we  do  just  as  we  please.’ ’
Did  you  ever  hear  a  clerk  talk  like 
this? 
I  have,  times  without  number. 
But,  whenever  I  hear  it,  I  am more than 
ever  convinced  that  the  “ bully”   good 
fellows  are  not  the  ones who make  a  suc­
cess  of  business.

tiptop;  the  boss 

Every  pair  of  shoes  brought 

into  the 
salesroom  should  have  a  place 
in  its 
own  department,  and  where  the  busi­
ness 
is  not  sufficiently  large  to  warrant 
sales  departments,  each  assistant  should 
be  required  to  familiarize  himself  with 
the  entire  stock.  He  should  be  made 
to  know 
just  where  to  place  bis  hand 
upon  whatever  is  called  for,  if  in  stock, 
and  if  not  in  stock,  he  should  be  aware 
of  the  fact.

“ Time  is  money.”   A  waste  of  time 
is  a  waste  of  money.  No  business  can 
prosper  whose  working  cash  capital  is 
needlessly  wasted;  neither  will  prosper­
ity  be  found  where  there  is  a  needless 
waste  of  time.  Without  method,  time 
will  eat  the  vitality  out  of  the  strongest 
business 
just  as  surely  as  will  a  con­
stant  drain  of  hard  cash  undermine  it. 
Put  method  in  your  business  and  con­
quer time. 

E .  A.  O w e n .

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  arid  the  convenience 
ol  the  schedules  will  be  such  as to merit 
a  libera!  patronage  by the traveling pub­
lic.

The following is a condensed schedule :
Daily.
Lv Grand Rapids........... 7.10am  2.10pm 
11:35pm
Ar Chicago................... 2:00pm  9:10pm 
6:30am
Lv  Chicago.................... 
3:02pm 
11:45pm
9.30pm  7:25am
Ar Grand  Rapids...........  
General  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent.

C.  L .  L o ck w o o d,

Flatter  a  woman  and  she  will  love 

you.  Pity  her  and  she  will  hate  you.

BANKING  REFORM.

Review  of  the  Present  and  Proposed 

Systems.

The  adoption  of  the  system  of  issuing 
Government  paper  money  and  making 
it  redeemable  directly  by  the  Treasury, 
which  we  have  followed  for  the  past 
thirty-five  years,  was  a  natural  step  for 
our  people  to  take  in  working  out  the 
problem  of  a  satisfactory  banking  sys­
tem.  Like  all  other  branches  of  the 
science  of  government,  it  was  developed 
largely  out  of  conditions  existing  at  the 
time  of  and 
immediately  prior  to  its 
adoption.  The  so-called  wild-cat  sys­
tem  was  fragmentary  and  quite  gener­
ally  lacking  in  the necessary  safeguards 
of  sound  banking.  The  banks  of  some 
states  were  so  poorly  regulated that their 
notes  fluctuated 
in  value  from  day  to 
day  and were always passed  from  hand to 
hand  at  a  large  discount  and  never  car­
ried  with  them  any  degree  of  confidence 
In  the  busi­
in  the  banks  issuing  them. 
ness  world,  the  profits  represented 
in 
the  money  received  for  one  day’s  sales 
were  often  turned  into  a  loss  by  changes 
in  values  of  some  of  the  bank  notes  be­
fore  the  close  of  the following day.  Such 
experiences  were  enough  to  cause  the 
people  to  welcome  the adoption  of  al­
most  any  system  of  currency  and  bank­
ing  by  which  credit  notes  promised 
some  degree  of  stability  of  vahie  from 
day  to  day.  The  placing  of  our  bank­
ing  system  upon  the  basis  of  a  depreci­
ating  public  debt  was  a  hazardous  un­
dertaking  at  that  time,  but  it  was  the 
lesser  of  two  evils,  and  the  gradual 
strengthening  of  the  public  credit  after 
its  adoption  made  possible  the good  re­
sults  attendant  upon 
it  in  later  years. 
If  the  present  system  had supplanted the 
old  one  ten  years  before  the  war,  it 
would  have  proved  much  more  satisfac­
tory  than 
it  did  during  its  first  years, 
but  the  effort  to  give  the  country  a  bet­
ter  system  was  begun  when  the  credits 
of  the  Government  were  at  a  large  dis­
count  by  reason  of  the  stupendous  bur­
dens  of  the  civil  war.  One of  its  points 
of  excellence 
is  the  uniform  value  of 
credit  notes  so  generally  lacking  under 
the  old  system.  Were  uniformity  of 
value  in  credit  notes  the  only  object  of 
a  banking  system,  the present  one  would 
meet  that  requirement,  but  they  must 
have  elasticity,  and  this  quality  is  as 
impossible  on  the  National  bond  basis 
of  the  present  system  as  it  was  on  the 
state  bond  basis  required  in  many states 
under  the  old  system.

it 

Under  the  proposed  law,  the  uniform­
ity  of  value  in  credit  notes 
is  assured 
by  strict  requirements  as  to  their  re­
demption  in  coin  by  the  banks.  This 
is  the  purpose  of  the  note  redemption 
fund,  to  which  all  banks must  contribute 
alike  and  which  they  must  keep  intact 
after 
is  established  by  the  payment 
of  a  pro  rated  amount  not  exceeding 
i 
In  the  case  of  a 
per  cent,  each  year. 
failed  bank,  this  fund 
is  drawn  upon 
and 
its  notes  are  paid  without  delay. 
The  entire  assets  of  the  bank  are  then 
available  for  the  purpose  of  re-paying 
this  fund. 
If  not  sufficient,  the  dupli­
cate 
liability  of  stockholders  becomes 
operative  and,  if  this  does  not  provide 
the  required  funds,  the  remaining  short­
age 
is  made  up  at  once  by  the  other 
If  the  funds  thus  realized  are 
banks. 
is  re­
more  than  sufficient,  the  residue 
turned  to  the  failed  bank 
Inasmuch  as 
it  takes  upward  of  five  years to  close  the 
business  of  a  failed  hank,  this provision 
obviates  all  delay  in  the  cancellation  of 
its  credit  notes  and  removes  all  pos­
sibilities  of  their  falling  below  par  by 
reason  of  the  failure.  A n drew   F v f e.

T Y T T T Y r r i r n r r n r T r ^

THE JOSEPHINE

$1.50

Women’s  Black  Vici  Counter  fox.  Coin  Toe,
Patent  Leather or Stock  Tips.  Lace or  Button.
C,  I),  E  and  E E   width;  or  same  shoe  lace  with 
Vesting  tops  and  stock  Tips.  The  best  and 
cleanest shoe  in  the  market.  Send  for  sample.

MICHIGAN  SHOE  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich.

81  and  83  Jefferson  Avenue.

JUUUUULOJUUUUUUUUUUL

Michigan  Bark  &  Lumber  Co.,

527 and  528 
Widdicomb  Building, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

C.  U.  C L A 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. 
Cor­
respondence  solicited.

►  We  Pay  HIGHEST  MARKET  PRICES  in  SPOT  CASH  and  m easure  Bark  When  Loaded.  4  
' 
*'

Correspondence  Solicited. 

I.  A.  MURPHY, General Manager. 

Tile nan mercantile agency

FLOWERS,  MAY  &  MOLONEY, 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

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.

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Fruits  and  Produce.
Expected  Results  From  Experimental 

Butter  Exports.

in  concentrated  form. 

The  present  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
is  very  much  in  earnest  in  his  efforts  to 
extend  the  markets  for  American  farm 
products  in  foreign  countries,  and  he 
fully  believes  in  the  wisdom  of  sending 
the  products  of  our  farmers  to  foreign 
consumers 
In­
stead  of  exporting  so  much  grain,  cot­
ton-seed  and  oil  cake  for  foreigners  to 
feed  at  a  profit,  he  wants  to  see  our 
farmers  convert  these  materials  at  home 
and  produce  meats,  butter and  cheese  to 
be  exported.  Hence  the  active  work 
of  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
in 
improving  the  facilities  for  transport­
ing 
live  animals  by  land  and  sea,  in 
the  inspection  and  certification  of  fresh 
and  packed  meats,  and  in  securing  jus­
tice  to  American  provisions  sold 
in 
Europe.

Coming  from  the  great  butter-produ­
cing  State  of  the  Union  and  a section  of 
the  country  where  the  extension  of  the 
creamery  system 
is  rapidly  increasing 
the  output  of  butter  and  improving  its 
average  quality,  while  the  home  market 
has  been  steadily  declining  for  years, 
Secretary  Wilson  very  naturally  and 
properly  seeks  relief  for  the  butter  pro­
ducer  by  finding  new  outlets 
for  his 
product.

It 

is  well  known  that  the  export  of 
butter  from  this  country,  although  prac­
ticed  for  a  century  and  at  times  consid­
erable 
in  volume,  has  been  irregular, 
speculative,  dependent upon a temporary 
surplus  at  home  or 
special  scarcity 
abroad,  and  embracing  as  a  rule  butter 
of  low  grade.  The  trial  shipments  by 
the  Department  have  been  confined  to 
creamery  butter  of  extra grade  and  have 
had  in  view  two  main  objects:  First, 
to  convince  merchants  and  consumers 
in  the  markets  where  placed  that  but­
from  the  United 
ter  can  be  obtained 
States  as  fine 
in  quality  as  the  supply 
from  any  other  source,  at  all  times  of 
year and  delivered  in  prime  condition, 
if  it  is  wanted  at  our  prices 
Second, 
to  make  more  generally  known  at  home, 
among  our  producers  and  merchants, 
the  facts  as  to  the  consuming  capacities 
of  foreign  countries,  the  character  of 
butter they  demand  and  the  possibility 
of  successfully  competing  with  their 
present  sources  of  supply.

There  has  been  no  thought  of the-Gov- 
ernment  “ going 
into  the  butter  busi­
ness,”   or  advertising  any  particular 
producing  establishments  or  districts. 
Creamery  butter  was  adopted  as  the 
standard  for  export  because  that  repre­
sents  (and  increasingly  so)  the  bulk  of 
high  grade  butter 
in  this  country  and 
the  supply  from  which  exports  of  fine 
quality  must  be  taken.  But  although 
purchases  have  been  made 
in  twelve 
states  and  from  numerous  creameries, 
all  have been  marked  and  sold  alike  as 
“ Selected  Creamery  Butter,  made in  the 
United  States.”   Most  of  the  butter  thus 
exported  has  been  made  under  special 
instructions,  but  in  order  not  to  set  too 
high  a  standard,  which  could  not  be 
commercially  maintained,  lots  of  butter 
have  been  bought  on  the  open  market 
in  New  York  and  made  part  of  the  con­
signments,  for  purposes  of  comparison. 
Butter  has  been  sent  to  London  and 
Manchester  and  the  present  season  the 
markets  of  Hamburg  and  Paris  are  to 
be  tried,  also.  Not  more  than  two  or 
three 
lots  have  gone  to  any  one  mer­
chant;  the  butter  has  been  intentionally 
scattered  about,  in  accordance  with  the

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

In  a 

few 

objects  stated. 
instances, 
merchants  and  consumers  have  been  in­
terested  to  know  exactly  where  and  how 
the  butter  they  received  was  made,  and 
they  have  been  put  in  direct  communi­
cation  with  the  producing  creameries. 
This  has  resulted,  so  far  as known,  in 
but  one  direct  shipment  of  butter  from 
a  creamery  to  a  British  merchant ;  and 
in  this  case  the  returns  to  the  creamery 
were 
less  than  the  ruling  price  at  its 
own  door  at  time  of  shipment.  While 
the  Department  has  made  no  attempt  to 
establish  a  business,  it  has  hoped  that 
its  efforts  would  stimulate  tiade  and  as­
sist  in  obtaining  and  making  known the 
conditions  under  which  such  trade could 
be  successfully  conducted.  But  the  fact 
has  been  recognized  that  business 
itself 
must  be  done  by  business  men,  under 
business  methods,  and  especially  with 
quantity, 
regularity, 
such  as  has  been 
impracticable  with 
these  periodical  experiments.

frequency 

and 

The  United  States  Department  of  A g­
is  primarily  a  big  bureau  of 
riculture 
information. 
Its  main  duty  is  to  gather 
and  diffuse  information  of  value  to  the 
industries  which 
it  represents.  These 
butter  exports  by  the  Department  have 
therefore  been  truly  experimental,  for 
the  purpose  of  ascertaining  facts  which 
might  be  of  use  to  many,  and  which,  so 
far as  known  at  all  in  this  country,  were 
the  private  property  of  a  few.  Besides 
the  leading  objects  mentioned,  numer­
ous  points  of  more  or 
less  practical 
value  connected  with  the  subject  have 
received  attention.  Routes  of  trans­
portation  have  been  examined  to  learn 
how  distance  and  time  could  be  best  re­
duced  or  provided  for,  and  to  deter­
mine  the  places  and circumstances tend­
injure  the  butter  and  needing 
ing  to 
preventive  attention. 
Packages  and 
packing  have  been  studied,  with  rela­
tion  to  preventing  deterioration  of  qual­
ity 
in  transit;  this  line  of  enquiry  has 
included  shape,  size  and  kind  of  pack­
age,  special  preparation  and  linings,  as 
well  as  the  best  percentage  of  water  or 
brine,  and  the  effects  of  pasteurizing 
milk  or cream. 
(The  question  of  pre­
servatives  other  than  salt  has  been  ig­
nored  as  being  a  form  of  adulteration 
unworthy  of  consideration  by  producers 
and  merchants  in  this  country).  Exist­
ing  prejudices  against  American  prod­
ucts  have  been  considered  and  means 
taken  to  ascertain whether the objections 
made  had  reasonable  foundation  in fact. 
Critical  comparisons  have  been  made, 
including  many  chemical  analyses,  be­
tween  the  best States butter  and  the  best 
butter  from  other  countries  found  in 
British  markets.  For example:  although 
our  English  cousins  have  constantly

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|  Elgin  System  " 
|  of Creameries

n 

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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 

R.  E.  Sturgis,  Allegan,  Mich.

Contractor and Builder of Butter 
and  Cheese Factories, a i H Dealer 
in  Supplies.
ESH5H5ESESE5S.'S H S E S E S e ^ l

4 s

N.  W O H LFELD ER   &   CO.,

COMMISSION MERCHANTS

3 9 9 - 4 - 0 3   H IG H   S T . ,   E A S T   S ID E ,

DETROIT,  MICH.

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

Full  Market  Prices.

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.

HARRIS  &  FRUTCHEY,  Detroit

We  want  to  exchange  our CASH  for  your

B U TTER  a*  EGGS

any quantity, at your station.  Write us be­
fore shipping elsewhere.

MEkflANN C.  NAUHANN & CO , Detroit,  Hich.

Main Office, 33 W. Woodbridge  St. 

Branch  Store, 353  Russell  S t, op.  Eastern  Market.

ESTABLISHED  1893

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 largt quantities.

EARLY FRUITS
AND VECETABI

LES

Will  please your customers and make  you  money. 
Popular prices prevail.  Ask  for quotations.
F.  J.  DETTENTHALER,

117 -1 1 9   M O N R O E   S T R E E T ,  

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

J.  WILLARD  L A N S IN G  
B U R G E   D.  CATLIN

Lansing  &  Catlin

Wholesale  Dealers in

Butter  and  Eggs

44  W.  M arket  St.
103 Michigan  St.

Buffalo,  N.  Y.

CAUTION!  During the hot months of June,  July  and  August,  Eggs  should  be 
kept in a cool, dry place, (no cellars, on account of dampness) and bought as cheaply 
as possible, as demand  is slower and the loss off is heavy. 
If goods are  not bought 
rign  commission  men cannot make you money.

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

13

complained  of  lack  of  body  in  our  but­
ter,  and  “ too  much  liquor,”   it  has  been 
clearly  established  that  our  fine  butter 
is  drier  than  that  ordinarily  coming  to 
London  from  other  sources,  an  instance 
of  fact  vs.  prejudice.

accommodations 

Incidentally,  the  Secretary 

is  giving 
much  attention  to  the  needed  increase 
in  refrigerated 
for 
carrying  perishable  products  of all kinds 
on  ocean  steamers.  The  commercial 
refrigerators  are  too  few  in  number,  in­
frequently  available  and  are  singly  too 
large 
for  convenience  and  economy. 
The  influence  of  the  Department  is  be­
induce  ship  owners  to 
ing  exerted  to 
provide  more 
cold 
compartments, 
smaller  or  arranged  in  sections,  to  ac­
commodate  a  variable  demand.  To  de­
velop  foreign  trade 
in  dairy  products 
and  other  perishables,  better  transporta­
tion  facilities  are  needed,  not  only  from 
our  principal  shipping  points  on  the 
Atlantic,  but  also  from  ports  on  the 
Gulf  and  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Secre­
tary  Wilson  contemplates  the  extension 
of  his experimental  shipments  from  new 
points,  over  new  lines  of  export,  and  to 
include  all  kinds  of  perishable  farm 
products,  as  fast  as the  necessary  facil­
ities  for  transportation  become  avail­
able. 

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

Is  the  Tub  to  be  Supplanted  by  the 

Print?
From the Creamery Journal.

it 

There 

is  not 

For  the  last  six  years  there has  been 
a  steady  pressure  in  favor  of  prints,  and 
yet  there  are  strong  objections  to  that 
form  which  have  been  hard  to  over­
come.  The  standard  creamery  tub  has 
friends  because  of  undeniable  merits, 
is  true  that  butter as  it  reaches 
but 
the  consumer 
in  a  sixty  pound 
tub.  The  tub  is  handy  for  shipment,  it 
is  handy  for  bolding,  it  is  handy  for  in­
spection,  it  is  good for storage purposes. 
It  is  a  standard  package  because  mer­
cantile  requirements  are  favored  by 
it.
is  another  objection  to  print 
butter  that  strenuous  efforts  are  being 
in 
made  to  overcome. 
prints  will  not  keep  well. 
It  is  hard 
enough  to  prevent  butter  from  going  off 
at  best,  and  when  any  particular  form 
encourages  rapid  deterioration 
it  is  a 
condemnation  of  that  form.  At some  of 
our  fairs  and  conventions  it  has  been 
found  that  butter  from  the  same  churn­
ing  has  scored  different,  and  a  critical 
study  has  shown,  when  part  was  put 
in  sixty  pound  tubs  and  part 
in  ten 
pound  tubs,  that  the  probabilities  for  a 
high  score  were  with  the  sixty  pound 
tub.  And  when  part  was  in  tubs  and 
part  in  prints  the  probabilities  were  al­
together  in  favor  of  the  better  body  and 
better  flavor  in  the  tub  butter  from  the 
same  churning.

It  is  that  butter 

Now 

if  print  butter  were  as  easy  to 
put  up  as  tub  butter,  and  if  it  were  as 
easy  to  ship  as  tub  butter,  and 
if  it 
could  be  held  in  its  best  state  as  well  as 
tub  butter,  the  practice  would  have 
more  to  commend 
it  than  it  now  has. 
The  demand  from  consumers  is  tending 
towards  prints,  but  knowing  the  ob­
stacles 
it  in  good  order, 
the  trade  has  not  catered  to  this demand 
as  fast  as  it  otherwise  would.

in  furnishing 

in 

The 

is  enough  of  promise 

latest  move  in  this  direction  is 
now  undergoing  trial. 
It  combines  the 
advantages  of  both  methods  somewhat, 
but  the  outcome  can  not  yet  be  foretold. 
There 
it to 
warrant  thorough  trial,  and  if  it  proves 
the  fittest  way  it  will  survive,  otherwise 
it  will  die.
Iowa  creameries  with  a name for mak­
ing  good  butter  have  some  of  them  re­
ceived  proposals  to  ship  butter  in  bar­
rels.  This  at  first  looks  like  retrograd­
It  has  been  thought  that  the  day 
ing. 
of  barrel  butter 
forever  gone,  but 
there  are  now  creameries  barreling  but­
ter  and  shipping 
this  condition. 
Sugar  barrels  are  used,parchment  lined. 
The  butter 
in  these  barrels 
direct  from  the  churn.

is  packed 

This  has one  advantage  over tub pack­
In  follow­

ing,  the  package  is  cheaper. 

in 

is 

it 

it 

ing  this  butter  to  the  consumer  we  find 
that 
is  subsequently  printed  for  the 
retail  trade.  This  gives  the  advantage 
of  holding 
in  the  large  package  so 
it  must  be  held  and  printing 
long  as 
as  fast  as  the  consumption  demands 
and  no  faster.  The  prints  are  “ fresh”  
in  appearance,  they  are  not  mussed  by 
transportation,  as  they  are  not  printed 
before  shipping.  They  run  but  small 
chance  to  get  stale, because  they  are  not 
printed  much  in  advance  of  sale  to  the 
consumer,  and  the  printing  can  be  done 
more  economically 
in  this  wholesale 
way  by  those  who  have  that  job  as  a 
specialty.
In  the  creamery,  other business  is  apt 
to  suffer  if  the  buttermaker  has  to print. 
The  one  man 
in  a  creamery,  or  the 
other  man  and  his  helper,  can  more 
easily  become  expert  in  his  business  if 
be  does  not  have  too  many  irons  in  the 
fire.  A  hand  may  be  an  expert  printer 
and  yet  not  be  able  to  temper  cream  or 
run  an  engine.

So  it  is  possible  that  this  new  venture 
may  increase  the  printing  of  butter. 
It 
certainly  has  merits.  Time  only  will 
tell  whether  in  practice  its  advantages 
will  outweigh  the  advantages  from  the 
use of  the  standard  creamery  tub.

Proposes  Process  Butter  Shall  be 

Properly  Branded.

Levi  Wells,  Dairy  and  Food  Commis­
sioner  of  Pennsylvania,  has promulgated 
the  following  ruling  relative 
the 
branding  of  so-called  process  butter:

to 

Butter  placed  upon  the  market  that  is 
produced  by  taking  original  packing 
stock  and  other butter and  melting  the 
same,  so  that  the  butter  oil  can  be 
drawn  off,  mixed  with  skim  milk  and 
rechurned,  or  if  by  any  similar  process 
there 
is  commonly 
known  as  “  Boiled”   or  “  Process”   but­
ter,  the same,before  being  offered  or  ex­
posed  for  sale,  shall  be  plainly  labeled 
‘ ‘ Renovated  butter. ’ ’

is  produced  what 

If  packed 

If  sold  in prints or rolls,  this label shall 
in  conspicuous  let­
be  plainly  printed 
ters  on  the  wrappers. 
in 
tubs,  the  brand  shall  be  printed  in  one 
inch  letters  on  the  top  and  sides  of  the 
package.
If  exposed  for  sale,  uncovered,  a  pla­
card  containing  the 
label  shall  be  at­
tached  to  the  mass  in  a  manner  making 
it  prominent  and  plain  to  the purchaser.
The  Tradesman  heartily  commends 
this  ruling  to  the  State  Food  Commis­
sioner  of  Michigan,  with  the  suggestion 
that  be  promulgate  a  similar  ruling  in 
case  there  is  anything  in  our  food 
laws 
which  justifies  him  in  taking  such  ac­
tion.  While  there  is  probably  nothing 
in  the  manufacture  of 
unwholesome 
process  butter, 
imitation 
creamery  under  some  name  suggestive 
of  purling  brooks  and  green  pastures 
tends  to  deceive  the  consumer,  who  is 
naturally  led  to  believe  that  he 
is  buy­
ing  genuine  factory  creamery  instead 
of  the  bogus  article.  While 
is  true 
little  process  butter  is  prob­
that  very 
ably  sold 
in  Michigan,  considerable 
quantities  of  the  article  are  manufac­
tured  in  this  State  and,  in  order  to  pro­
tect  the  reputation  of  the  genuine  arti­
cle,  it  would  appear  to  be  desirable that 
the  Commissioner  act  promptly  in  the 
matter,  in  case  there  is  any  warrant  in 
the  law  for  his  doing  so.

its  sale  as 

it 

WANTED

To furnish  Western dealers for  their  Eastern 
trade for season of 1898; cold storage in quantit­
ies to suit up to 15,000 cases  of eggs and  30  cars 
butter:  moderate rates and  liberal  advances  to 
reliable parties; modernly equipped  plant;  me­
chanical  iefrigeration, 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 severa1  cars  creamery 
butter;correspondence solicited.  Address Hyge- 
ia Crystal Ice & Cold Storage Co.,Uniontown, Pa.

Jobberg-Seed-Beans-Potatoes-Produce 

WE  ARE  IN  P O S I T I O N   TO  FILL  YOUR  OR­
D ER S  FOR  FIELD  S E E D S   BOTH  IN  Q U A L ­
ITY  AND  P R I C E   THAT  SHOULD  WARRANT 
YOU  IN  DEALING  WITH  U S.

Moseley  Bros.

2 6 - 2 8 - 3 0 - 3 2   O T T A W A   S T . 
G R A N D   R A P ID S   M IC H .

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

ALFRED  J.  BROWN  SEED  CO.

24  and  26  North  Division  Street,

HARVEY  P.  MILLER.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

EVERETT  P.  TEASDALE.

M ILLER  &  TEASDALE  CO.

WHOLESALE  BROKERAGE  AND  COMMISSION.

F R U IT S ,  N U T S ,  P R O D U C E

NEW  POTATOES A SPECIALTY.

83s  NORTH  THIRD  ST., 
830 NORTH FOURTH ST.,

ST.  LOUIS,  no.

R IP E   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, Wax  Beans.

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

^JUUUUUUUUIJLOJULSLJLSUUUUUUI^

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.,

3 
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© r in n n n rin n n n n n n rin n n o n n n r^ ^

27 Farmer Street,  Detroit, Mich,

WM. SMITH 
Manufacturer  of

~

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

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

EATON  RAPIDS,  HICH.

!   Eggs  Bring  High  Prices  in  Buffalo  3

^  

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

Correspond with your old friend, 

_^
^

56  W e st  M arket  Street.

y -   Buffalo  Produce  Exchange quotations sent free  daily  to  all  who  request  ^ 5  

them.  They solicit consignments  of  Butter-,  Eggs,  Poultry,  Beans  and 
Produce generally,  assuring prompt sales and  immediate returns.  They  —g  

2 Z  are a branch of the  Grand  Rapids  house  of  the  same  name,  which  has 
» -   been  established  eleven  years.  They  refer  Michigan  shippers  to the 
Fourth  National  Bank,  Grand  Rapids  Savings  Bank  and  Michigan 
y -   Tradesman, all of which are  familiar with their standing and  acquainted 
with  their  methods and will cheerfully answer  any  enquiries which  may 

y -   be made in  regard to them. 
3 ^
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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

All  r;-‘r^ Q-c’ 

1

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

LEROUX’S  PURE CIDER VINEGAR

■ 

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

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

R I C H   D R I N K

ingredients. 

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

Far  superior 

W O O D B U R Y   S i  O O ..  M F R S . .

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

^ 2 H5 E5 HSH5 H5 H5 H5 H5 SHH5 E5 HSPJ5SHSH5 H5 a 5 HSH5 H5 H5 a S 55^

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

is always up to the standard established by the Legislature and 
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,

^   ROBINSON  CIDER  &  VINEGAR  CO.,  Benton  Harbor,  M ic h .j
^ S H S H s e s H S H s a s H S E S H s a s E s a s s s iiiiH s a s H s a s a s s s a s a H a s a ^

Buffalo,  N.  Y

D.  E.  Knowlton,  Pres,  and  Gen’l  Mgr

immediate  future 

Choice  marrow,  $1.70;  choice 
$ 1.4 0 ^ 1.4 2 ^ ;  choice  pea, 

firm. 
medium, 
$1  32M@>-35-
Thursday  the  butter  market  began  to 
grow  weaker  and  the  tone  has  shown  no 
improvement  since.  The  export  trade 
has  been  almost  nil  and  with  increasing 
supplies  the 
is  for 
lower  prices  yet.  Fancy  Western  might 
have  brought 
16c  Friday  morning,  but 
this  was  top,  and  as  the  day  passed  the 
figure  was  I5K C.  possibly 
less.  West­
ern  creamery  seconds, 
;  West­
ern  imitation  creamery,  I2j£@i4c.
is  pretty  well 
The  cheese  market 
cleaned  up  and  there  seems  to  be a firm­
er  feeling  all  around  Quotations  are 
low,  however,  and  the  best  quotation 
that  can  be  made  is 6>£@7C  for  small 
size  full  cream  cheese.  Old  cheese, 
8j^@gc  for  large  size  full  cream.
Fancy  Michigan,  Northern  Ohio  and 
Northern 
Indiana  eggs  are  worth  10% 
@ 1 ic.  Supplies  seem  to  be  sufficient 
to  meet  all  demands,  although  of  strict 
ly  desirable  goods  there 
is  no  over­
abundance.  Some  stock  from  storage  is 
said  to  have  sold  at  11c.
Plea  for  the  Use  of  Standard  Pack­

ages

Grand  Rapids, 

June  6—1  wish  the 
Tradesman  could  start  a  discussion  rel­
ative  to  the  desirability  of  using  only 
30  dozen  cases.  The  egg  business  is  a 
perplexing  one  at  best,  because  of  the 
elements  of  uncertainty  which  enter 
in­
to  the  business,  but  much  of  the  dissat­
isfaction  which  now  results  therefrom 
could  be  obviated  by  discarding  the  un­
wieldy  36  dozen  case  and  using  nothing 
but  uniform  packages. 
It  is  not  an  un­
usual  thing  for  us  to  find  30  dozen  eggs 
in  a  36  dozen  case,  and  I  am  assured 
that  the  same 
is  true  of  other  dealers, 
not  only  at  this  market  but  at  other  re­
ceiving  points,  both  East  and  West.  A 
New  York  commission  merchant  recent­
ly 
informed  me  that  he  received  one 
consignment  this  spring  which  showed 
a  discrepancy  of  over  200  dozen eggs be­
tween  the  shippers’  count  and  his  own 
inspection,  due  to  the  carelessness  of 
the  packers  in  not  filling  the  lower layer 
of  fillers.  Tt  is  our  experience,  also, 
that  more  breakage  occurs  in  a  36  dozen 
crate  than  with  the  standard  package, 
and  1  sincerely  hope  that  the matter will 
receive  due  consideration  at  the  hands 
of  Michigan  shippers,  to  the  end  that 
greater  uniformity  may  be  secured.

E g g   D e a l e r .

Studying  to  Please.

New  Customer—I ’ll  drop  in next week 

and  pay  this  bill.

Clerk—I  wouldn’t  put  you  to  that 
I ’ll just  send 

trouble  for  the  world,  sir. 
the goods  C.  O.  D.

14

G O THA M   GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

the  Market.

Special  Correspondence.

jobbing  grocers 

New  York,  June  4—It  has  been a good 
week  among 
in  this 
city.  The  volume  of  trade  keeps  up  to 
a  high  level,  many  buyers  are  here,  and 
the  tide  of  summer  business  sweeps 
strong.  Prices  are  firmly  adhered  to 
and 
in  hardly  anything  is  there  weak­
ness.

While  the  volume  of  trade  in  coffee  is 
not  large,  the  quotations  are  held  with 
firmness.  There  are  no  large  supplies 
that  need  be  sold  immediately and  there 
seems  to  be  a  waiting  policy  on  both 
sides.  Rio No.  7 is worth nominally 6j^c. 
In  store  and afloat there are 945,761 bags, 
against  780,265  bags  at  the  same  time 
last  year.  Estimates  of  the  new  crop 
vary  from  8,000,000  to  11,000,000 bags. 
Mild  coffees  are  steady,  and,  while 
stocks  are  fairly  large,  there  is  no  dis­
position  to  make  any  concession.  Good 
Cucuta  is  held  at  S^ c.  East  India  sorts 
had  some  sale  in  a 
jobbing  way  and 
remain  steady.  Mochas  are  held  at  16^  
@ 2 IC.

The  big  sale  of  teas  at  auction  has 
knocked  business  on  the  market  into 
smithereens  and  orders  for  twenty-five 
or  fifty  chests  are  considered  large.  The 
situation  is  not  especially  encouraging, 
although  it  might  be  worse.  The  dis­
tribution  of  some  33,000  packages  at 
auction  will  affect  the  market  for  some 
time  to  come.

is  still  room 

There  has  been  a  little  more  activity 
apparent  in  sugar  during  the  past  three 
for  im­
days,  but  there 
provement.  Dealers  show  no  disposi­
tion  to  stock  up  ahead  of  current  wants, 
as 
they  have  been  somewhat  disap­
pointed  at  the  turn  of  the  market. 
Stocks  must  be  rather  low,  but  no  haste 
is  displayed  to  replenish.

Spot  stocks  of  rice  are  light  and  the 
situation 
is  very  encouraging  for  the 
seller.  Japan  is  said  to  have a deficiency 
that  will  require  many  million bags,  and 
they  have  already  imported  an  amount 
equal  to  twenty  times  an  average  crop 
for  the  entire  United  States.  We  don’t 
use  rice  here,  comparatively  speaking.
Spices  are  less  active.  Pepper,  which 
for  several  weeks  has been  “ making  it­
self  felt,”   seems  to  have  fallen  off.  The 
demand  generally 
is  for  small  lots  to 
keep  up  the  assortment  and  altogether 
there  is  little  to  be  said.

for  something  better 

Molasses  is  in  light  demand,  as might 
be  expected  at  this  season.  Supplies  are 
pretty  well  under  control,  however,  and 
the  outlook  is  not  discouraging.  Prime 
grades  of  open  kettle  are  meeting  with 
pretty  good  enquiry  and  the  quotations 
of  last  week  are  unaltered.
Syrups  are  in  moderate  request,  with 
neither  buyers  nor  sellers  showing  any 
anxiety  to  do  business,  but  apparently 
waiting 
in  the 
future.
Canned  goods  are  firm  and  the  recent 
advance  in  many  lines  seems  to be firm­
ly  sustained.  Packers  of  corn  and  to­
matoes  are  turning  down  orders  and 
numerous  dispatches  have  been received 
that  the’   pack  has  been  entirely  sold. 
Some  packers  have  been  troubled  to  get 
seed.  Four  enquiries  were  received  by 
a  Camden  packer  for  seed  corn.  To­
matoes  have  received  some 
injury  in 
New  jersey  and  corn  is  being planted  in 
place  thereof.  Still,  it  won’t  do  to  bet 
on  a  small  outturn  of  tomatoes.  They 
come  up  smiling 
later  on.  Tomatoes 
are  firm  at  $1.10   for  spot  No.  3,  less 
percent.  Some sales were made at $1  15. 
New  York  State  corn 
is  firm  at  70© 
75c.  Early  June  peas  command  75@90c.
Dried  fruits  are  quiet.  Evaporated 
apples  are  well  held,  however,  as  the 
supply  is  not  excessive,  roc  being  about 
the  ruling  rate  for  desirable  goods.

interest 

In  oranges  and  lemons  buyers  seem  to 
be  taking  more 
in  the  situa­
tion,  as  the  weather  has  improved,  and 
quotations  are  firm.  Lemons have  shown 
considerable  activity,  fancy  Sicily  sell­
ing  at  $4  per  box.  California  oranges 
command  $2.5o@4—the  latter  for  fancy 
navels.

TheTdemand  for  beans  has  fallen  off 
somewhat,  but  the  market  generally  is

Established 1780.

Walter Baker & Go. na

Dorchester, Mass.
The Oldest and 

Largest Manufacturers of

miraDE
COCOAS
CHOCOLATES

AND

on this Continent.

their manufactures.

No  Chemicals  are  used  in 
Trade-Mark, 
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  id  good  to 
eat and good to  drink.  It is  palatable, nutri­
tious, and  healthful;  a  great  favorite  with 
children.
Buyers should ask for and be Bure that they 
get the genuine goods. The above trade-mark 
is on every package.
W alter Baker &   Co.  Ltd.

Dorchester,  Mass.

Warehouse “A

Capacity 600,000 cubic feet.

Exclusively

Butter and  Eggs

Rates  Reasonable.

Low  Insurance.

Liberal  Advances

Warehouse “B

Capacity  500,000 cubic feet.

Poultry,  Cheese,  Fru it 
and  Miscellaneous 
Storage.

Don’t  try  experiments. 

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

Correspondence  Solicited

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15

W OMAN  AS  SHE  SHC'PS.

Things  Done  by  Merchants  in  Efforts 

to  Please  Their Customers.

From the New York Sun.

“ It  seems  to  me  sometimes,“   re­
marked  a  superintendent  off  duty,  “ that 
our  big  department  stores  are  run  pri­
marily  for  the  convenience  of  shopping 
women,  and, 
the 
firm  gets  a  little  profit,  if  it  may.  Cer­
tainly  the  shopping  women  do  not  hesi­
tate  to  demand  the  most  extraordinary 
concessions.

in  the  background, 

“ A  woman  came  into  the  carpet  de­
partment  the  other  day  to  look  at  floor 
coverings.  She  was  extremely  hard  to 
please,  and 
finally  the  salesman  said 
he  would  send  home  to  her  a  roll  of  car­
pet, that  she  might  spread  it  on  the  floor 
and  see  if  it  harmonized  with  her  hang­
ings  and  furnishings,  it  being,  she  ex­
plained,  very  difficult  for  her  to  carry 
their  coloring 
in  her  eye.  This  was 
done,  and  a  second  visit  from  the  cus­
tomer  followed.  She  wasn’t  quite  sure 
that  the  shade  was  quite  right,  and 
would  we  mind  sending  up  another  roll 
which  showed  a 
little  darker  design? 
This  was  done,  and  the  day  after  she 
came  in  enthusiastic.  The  carpet  was 
perfectly  suitable  in  every  way,  and  we 
might  go  ahead  and  make  it  up.

“  It  was  a  handsome  moquette  carpet, 
and  the  room  was  large,  with  several 
deviations  from  regularity.  Measures 
were  taken  and  the  order  finished  at  the 
prescribed  time. 
It  left  the  house  one 
Thursday  morning  and  was  put  down 
before  night.  On  Friday  she  appeared 
at  the  store. 
In  a  few  moments  the 
salesman  who  had  conducted  the  pro­
ceedings  thus  far  sent  for  me. 
I  found 
the  woman  in  one  of  the  most  difficult 
moods  we  encounter  in  customers.  She 
threw  herself  absolutely  on  our  mercy. 
She  said  that  we  had  done  everything 
in our power,  and  she  had  supposed  that 
the 
carpet  was  a  perfect  success; 
‘ but,’  she  said,  ‘ it  is  absolutely  intoler­
able.  On  the  floor  made  up  it  looks 
very  different  from  wbat  it  did  on  the 
It  cheapens  every­
floor  spread  out. 
thing  I ’ve  got 
in  the  room,  takes  the 
color  out  of  some  things  and  gives  to 
others  a  most unaccountable glare.  Why, 
when  I  enter  that  room  a 
feeling  of 
I  can  not  de­
nausea  comes  over  me. 
scribe  it,  but  I  can  not 
live  with  that 
carpet.  Now,  what will you  do  about  it?’
“ The  question  was  rather  a  poser  to 
me,  for  she  was  a  good  customer  and 
I 
knew  that  the  firm  would  want  to  do 
I  suggested  that 
everything  possible. 
it  would  be  cheaper  to  have  an 
inex­
pensive  new  papering  put  on  the  walls, 
which  was  possibly  the  cause  of  this 
aesthetic  disturbance.  But  no,  she  had 
just  had  new  paper  put  on;  that  could 
not  be  changed.  The  carpet  must  come 
up  and  she  would  never  have  another 
one down  there.  She  would  have  a hard­
wood  floor. 
I  suggested  that  we  would 
like  to  furnish  her estimates on the hard­
wood  floor,  but  this  she  would  not  listen 
to  until  we  could  do  something  with  the 
carpet,  as  she  could  not  afford  two  floor 
coverings.  Well,  in  the  end  I  sent  for 
the  carpet.  I  agreed  to  deduct  the  value 
of  the  laying  and  making  from  the  bill, 
and  the  carpet  I  would  attempt  to  sell. 
We  did  make  an  effort,  showing 
it  to 
several  persons,  but  the  fact  that  it  had 
been  a  misfit  aroused  everybody’s  sus­
picion,  and  we  could  not  dispose  of 
it. 
Finally  we  sent  it  to  an  auction  room, 
getting  about  half  of  the  selling  price. 
On  referring  the  matter  to  the  firm,  it 
was  decided  that  half  of  the  loss  should 
be  borne  by  the  house  in  order  to  hold 
the  customer,  although  there  was  not the 
slightest  blame  on  our  side  and  we  bad 
done  more  than  we  were  really  expected 
to  do  in  an  effort  to  please  the  woman.
in  the  silk  depart­
ment  bought  a  dress  one afternoon,  after 
pulling  over  sixteen  or  twenty  pieces 
and  discussing  with  the  friend  who  was 
with  her  every  possible  phase  of  silk, 
from  the  time  the  cocoon  began  to  un­
fold  until  the  material  left  the  loom.  In 
two  days  she  was  back.  She 
laid  the 
parcel  on  the  counter  and  asked  for  the 
bead  of  the  department.  When  be  came 
she  told  him  that  it  was  true  that  she 
had  bought  the  silk  in  all  fairness  and

“ Another  woman 

that  it  was  probably  a  good  silk,  but she 
had  decided  that  it  was  not  a  gray  silk 
alter  all  that  she  wanted,  but  a  black 
one.  She  said  it  might  seem  a  trifle  to 
him,  but  that  a  silk  dress  to  her  meant 
a  good  deal,  and  she  had  concluded that 
it  was  very  poor  economy  for  her  to  get 
that  she  had 
a  gray  one.  She  said 
really  had  no 
idea  of  buying  on  the 
afternoon  that  she  did,  but  the  clerk 
was 
and  persuasive,  and 
insistent 
against  her  better 
judgment  she  had 
yielded  to  him.

“   ‘ Now,’  she  said,  putting 

it  as  a 
clinching  argument,  ‘ am  .1  to  suffer  all 
the  time  that  I  wear  one  silk  dress  for 
being  overpersuaded?’

it 

On  the  face  of 

it this  transaction 
seems  absurd,  and  yet  the  bouse  de­
cided  that  she  could  return  the  silk  and 
choose  a  black  one,  but  the  salesman 
was  instructed  not  to  open  his  lips  ex­
cept  to  give  her  the  price  of  the  differ­
ent  pieces  as  he  showed  them  to  her.

“ These  actual  cases  may  seem  almost 
unreal,  but  they  give  a  little  idea  of  the 
concessions  we  make  to  the  shopping 
public.  Of  course,  we  exchange  things 
constantly  and  re-exchange  them  and 
take  back  anything  when  any  claim  is 
made  that 
is  not  up  to  the  warrant, 
but  these  are  cases  where  the  house  was 
perfectly  blameless.

“ A  woman  came  to  me  the  other  day 
and  returned  three  shirts  that  she  said 
she  had  had  four  weeks. 
They  had 
washed  poorly,  she  said,  and she showed 
me  where  the  linen  was  all  fretted  away 
around  the  neck  bands.  Now  it  is  very 
probable  that  her  laundress  uses  some 
very  powerful  acid. 
I  suggested  this  to 
her,  but  the  suggestion  was  at  once  re­
jected  as  being  impossible.  The  end  of 
the  matter  was  that  we  had  three  new 
bosoms  put  in  those  three  shirts  in  our 
workroom,  and  they  were  duly  returned 
to  her.  These  are  only  two  or  three  late 
cases. 
I  could  give  scores  more,  all 
tending  to  prove  that  most  shopping 
women  think  that  there  are  absolutely 
no  obligations  on  their  side  which  they 
are  bound  to  respect.”

Fighting  on  a  Full  Stomach.

From the London Chronicle.

Admiral  Dewey’s  interruption  of  the 
battle  of  Manila  Bay  to  give  his  crews 
the  opportunity  of  breaking  their  fast 
recalls  our own  glorious  victory  of  June 
i,  when  Earl  Howe,  before  he  gave  the 
French  such  a  hammering  off  Usbant, 
hove  to  for  an  hour  before  attacking 
to 
permit  of  his  men  fortifying  themselves 
for  the  coming  fight  with  a  good  meal— 
a  pause  which  caused  much  conjecture 
in  the  minds  of  the  astonished  French. 
It  has  ever  been  the  Anglo-Saxon  way 
to  fight,  if  possible,  on  a  full  stomach. 
Wellington  once  said  that 
if  ever  he 
wanted  an  Irish  or  a  Scotch  regiment 
to  reach  a  particular  point  by  a  certain 
hour,  all  be  had  to  do  was  to  promise 
the  former  a  drink  on  getting  to  its  des­
tination,  the  latter  its  pay,  but  that  the 
corresponding  bait  to  an  English battal­
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A  woman  can  sharpen  a  pencil  about 
as  quick  as  a  man  can  thread  a  needle.

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Selling  Supplies  to  the  Government 

Not  Always  Profitable.

From  the New  York  Commercial.

While  the  opinion  seems  to  be  quite 
general  that  dealers  and  merchants  who 
have  contracts  to  supply  the  Govern­
ment  with  various  kinds  of  materials 
make  snug  fortunes  when  prices  are 
high,  the  opposite  seems  to  be  true  in 
the  case  of  .provisions  at  least.  Con­
tracts  for  flour,  canned  goods,  etc.,  have 
not  in  all  cases  brought  profit  to the sell­
ers,  but  rather  a  heavy 
loss,  as  will 
be  seen  from  the  following  interviews 
with  some  of  the  leading  wholesale  gro­
cers  in  this  c ity :

“ There  is  not  a  mint  of  money at  any 
time  in  filling  Government.contracts  for 
provisions,  etc.,  since  the  Government 
buys  at  as 
low  a  figure  as  possible, ”  
said  E.  H,  Sayre,  of  the  firm  of  R.  C. 
Williams  &  Co. 
“ I  know  of  some  con­
cerns  who  made  contracts  with  the  Gov­
ernment  for  flour,  but  took  the  precau­
tion  to  cover  themselves  for  an  advance 
in  the  market  price  of  wheat.  They  did 
this  by  making  proper  arrangements 
with  the  mills. 
If  any  firms  failed  to 
cover  themselves  for any such emergency 
there’s  no  doubt  at  all  that  they  are 
heavy  losers.”

It  not 

Speaking  of  the  subject,  a  represent­
ative  of  Francis  H.  Leggett  &  Co. 
said: 
“ When  a  firm  or  dealer  bids  for 
a  contract  to  supply  the  Government 
with  provisions,  about  the  first  question 
.asked  is,  How  soon  can  you  deliver the 
goods?’ 
infrequently  happens 
that  such  goods  are  required  immediate­
ly  or  at  least  a  few  hours  after  the  or­
der  has  been  placed.  The  Government 
supposes  that  the  bidder  has  the  goods 
on  hand  or  the  refusal  of goods sufficient 
to  meet  the  contract. 
In  the  case  of 
immediate  deliveries,  I  don’t  believe 
there  would  be  any  loss;  but  where  bids 
for  contracts  have  been  made  on  goods 
not  in  hand  or  in  sight,  the  chances  are 
that  such  dealers  have  suffered.  Take 
flour,  for  instance.  Wheat  rose  so  rapid­
ly  that  in  a  few  moments  after  a bid had 
been  accepted  at  a  certain  figure  the 
market  price  may  have  jumped  several 
points  higher. 
The  merchant,  how­
ever,  by  that  time  was  under  a  contract 
which  he  was  bound  to  fulfill  at contract 
price. ”

loss  to  the  seller 

“ As  a  rule,  in  making  contracts  with 
the  Government  for  provisions,  etc.,”  
said  a  representative  of  a 
large  whole­
sale  grocery  house,  “ shrewd  dealers  bid 
for  orders  only  when  they  either  have 
the  goods  on  hand  or  at  least  the  refusal 
of  them.  Regarding  flour,  there  is  not 
the 
least  doubt  that  there  have  been 
heavy  losses,  except  where  bids  were 
made  under  the  above  conditions.  The 
wheat  market  was  so  extremely  active 
at  the  time  the  Government  called  for 
bids,  and  wheat  was  taking  such  big 
jumps,  that  one  couldn’t  get  a  refusal 
even  for  ten  minutes. 
It  stands  to  rea­
son, therefore,  that  many  contracts  made 
even  for  prompt  delivery  were  filled  at 
a 
if  he  hadn't  the 
flour  on  hand.  We  would  be  making 
more  money  to-day  had  we  kept  goods 
sold  to  the  Government  and  disposed  of 
them  at  present  market  prices.  As  it  is 
now,  the  Government  is  practically  get­
ting  the  profit,  since  the  contracts  were 
let  at  rock  bottom  figures,  as  usual. 
The  recent  drop 
in  the  price  of  flour, 
however,  will  help  some  bidders  out.”
Another  class  of  dealers  who  have  no 
doubt  been  pinched  as  a  result  of  their 
zeal  to  make  “ big  money”   out of  Gov­
ernment  contracts  are  the  speculative 
class,  or  rather  those  who  have  but  little 
sound  standing,  but  who  have been  at­
tracted  by  the  rise  in  prices  to  dabble 
in  such  contracts. 
is  understood  on 
reliable  authority  that  some  of  these 
dealers  were  awarded  contracts  on  their 
low  bids  before  they  had  even  secured 
the  refusal  of  the  goods  they  were  to 
furnish  to  the  Government.  Prices  ad­
vanced  beyond  their  bids  and  their  sup­
position  that  they  could 
easily  get 
goods  at  figures  sufficiently  low  to  cover 
themselves  proved  to  be  an  expensive 
theory.

It 

An  Odorless  Onion.

From the Milwaukee Journal.

The  latest  product  of  scientific  propa­
Just  how

gation  is  the  odorless  onion. 

an  onion  can  be  odorless  and  still  re­
main  an  onion 
is  not  explained.  To 
most  people  the  odor  is  all  there  is  ot 
an  onion,  and  that  is  enough.  The elim­
ination  of  the  characteristic  feature  of  a 
vegetable  of  such  long  and  strong stand­
ing 
in  natural  history  ought  to  be 
reckoned  among  the  proudest  achieve­
ments  of  man.  But an onion  deprived  of 
that  delicious  tang  and  the  penetrating 
scent  which  goes  with  it  can  hardly  be 
an  onion. 
loves 
onions  will  not  recognize  it;  calling  a 
whitened, 
insipid,  plated 
bulb  an  onion  will  not  make  it  one.

The  palate  which 

innocuous, 

No  true  lover  of  onions  will  hail  this 
new  invasion  of  science.  He  eats  his 
onion  at  dead  of  night,  in  silence  and 
in solitude.  He  rejoices  in  it  and  sleeps 
upon  it.  The  incense  of  his  praise  fills 
the  room  and  soothes  him  to  delicious 
sleep.  He  rises  in  the  morning  after  his 
sacrifice  to  pass  the  day  in  purification, 
to  see  no  one  until  the  sun  bath  sunk. 
It  is  a  luxury  and  a  worship.  Shall  be 
yield  all  this  delight  for  an  odorless 
bulb?  Let  others  do  as  they  will,  he 
will  not.  An  onion  without 
its  odor 
would  be  ashamed  of  itself.

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Columbia  was  organized. 
It  was  the 
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but  had  been  done  away  with  by  all 
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It
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Rapids.

Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club.

President,  W.  C.  Brown,  Marquette;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. P.  Wesson, Marquette.

Q u arterly  M eetin g  o f   the  B o a rd   o f 

D ire cto rs,  K .  o f  G .

L a n sin g , 

Ju ne  6—T h e  regular  quar­
terly  m eeting  of  the  Board  of  D irectors 
of  the  M ich igan   K n ig h ts  of  the  G rip  
w as  held  at  K alam azoo  on  Saturday, 
Ju n e  4,  all  the  m em bers  b eing  present.
from   S.  H .  Row , 
L a n sin g,  D uff  Jen nin gs,  D etroit,  and 
M rs.  C.  E .  M aynard,  D etroit,  were  re­
ceived   and  ordered  placed  on  file.

Com m unications 

R eports  w ere  received 

from  the  fo l­
low ing  com m ittees: 
R ailro ad ,  Hotel 
and  Em ploym ent  and  R e lie f.  On  mo­
tion  the  reports  were  received ,  adopted 
and  placed  on  file  and  a  vote  of  thanks 
w as  extended  to the different com m ittees 
for  the  good  work  accom plished.

Secretary  Saunders  presented  h is  re­
port  for  the  second  quarter,  as  follow s :
Death fund receipts.....................................$2,706 00
General fund  receipts................................. 
100 00
Deposit fund receipts..................................  
67  00
...$2,873  00
for 

T h e  report  of  T reasu rer  M cN olty 

Total............................ 

 

the  second  quarter  was  as  fo llo w s:
General fund receipts......................................$322 24
General fund disbursements..........................   220 97
Balance on  hand............................ $101  27
Death fund  receipts 
................................. $3,489 59 !
Death  fund  disbursements  .......................  2,000 00

Balance  on  hand............................... $1,489 59!

On  m otion, 

Deposit fund  receipts............................  ... .$204 00
Deposit fund disbursements..........................   152 00
Balance on  hand.............................. $52  00
in­
structed  to  transfer  back  to  the  general 
fund 
the  death  fund  $600,  which 
w as  borrowed  from   the  death  fund at the 
Jan u ary  m eeting.

the  T reasu rer  was 

from  

T h e  Secretary  was  requested  to  report 
all  m em bers  in  arrears  for  1898 dues and 
subsequent 
the  next 
m eeting  of  the  Board.

assessm ents 

T h e  Secretary  was  instructed  to strik e 
off  the  nam es  of  all  m em bers  delinquent 
p rio r  to  Jan .  1.

at 

A ssessm ent  No.  2  was  ordered 

issued 

Ju ly   1.

T h e  P resident  was  directed  to appoint 
a  com m ittee  of  three,  to  consist  of  the 
P resid en t, 
D irecto r 
Scbram ,  to  draft  a  circu la r  letter  to  be 
sent  out  with  the  next  assessm ent.

Secretary 

and 

T h e  follow ing  b ills  w ere  allow ed  and 

ordered  paid  :
C. McNolty,  salary.............................. ...$ 6 5   12
J. C. Saunders,  postage and supplies...........   80  00
160 30
J. C. Saunders,  salary............................. 
Ray Printing Co., printing...........................   59  50
F.  M. T yler, attendance Board meeting........ 
3 96
B.  D.  Palmer, attendance Board meeting......  6 36
6 60 
Chas. L. Stevens, attendance Board meeting. 
5  47 
E.  M. Converse, attendance Board meeting. 
J.  W. Schram, attendance Board meeting.... 
7  76 
Chas. II. Smith, attendance Board  meeting. 
7  86 
Chas.  McNolty, attendance Board meeting.. 
5  47 
J. C. Saunders, attendance Board meeting...  0  26
Proofs  of  death  of  E d w in   H udson,  A. 
H .  Bruen,  Wm.  Bougbton  and  H enry 
E m p e y   w ere  presented  and  approved 
and  the  Secretary  was  d irected   to  draw 
orders  on  the  T reasu rer  for  the  am ounts 
due.

T h e  Board  then  adjourned  to  meet 

Y p sila n ti  the  first  Saturday 
ber. 

J.  C .  S a u n d e r s ,  S e c ’y.

in 
in  Septem ­

Gripsack  Brigade.

Alderman  Cbas.  H.  Phillips  is  again 
identified  with  the  Wolverine Spice Co., 
this  time 
in  the  capacity  of  general 
salesman.  He  is  spending  a  few  weeks 
with  the  city  trade.

John  Osting,  who  has  covered  a  por­
tion  of  the  city  trade  for  the  Lemon  & 
Wheeler  Company  for  the  past  dozen 
years,  has  been  compelled  to  retire  on 
account  of  ill  health.  He 
is  succeeded 
by  O.  D.  Price,  who  was  formerly  en­
gaged 
in  the  retail  grocery  business  on 
Plainfield  avenue.

in 

in  that  State: 

Albertus  Winfield  Peck, 

A  traveling  salesman,  just  back  from 
Mississippi,  says  that  this  is  a  copy  of 
letter-head  used  by  a  merchant  in  a 
a 
small  town 
“ Blank  & 
Co.,  dealers 
furniture,  hardware, 
groceries,  drugs,  coffins,  tobacco,  snuff, 
fruits,  dry  goods,  saddles,  nails,  can­
dles,  soaps,  cider,  vinegar,  groceries, 
needles  and  thread,  clothing,  hats,  caps, 
boots  and  shoes ;  country produce bought 
and  sold;  agents  for  th e -----Life  In­
surance  Co.  ;  will  also  take  your  meas­
ure  for  tailor-made  suits;  livery  stable 
in  connection.’ ’  And  then 
in  paren­
“ Mrs.  Blank  takes  boarders.”
thesis: 
the  well- 
known  dispenser  of  Beecham’s  pills, 
and  Charles  Beaconsfield  Fear, 
the 
statesman  from  Upper  Paris,  have  ob­
tained  the  control  of  a  patent  ventilated 
bicycle  seat  to  be  known  as  the  Bay 
View. 
It  is  made  at  Petoskey  and  Bert 
claims  that  it 
is  the  best  thing  in  the 
market  and  especially  adapted  for  hill 
climbing  Bert  has  dabbled  in  bicycles 
and  all  the  accessories  thereto  for  some 
years,  having  at  one  time  advertised 
his  “ comings”   on  a  bicycle  propelled 
by  gasoline.  The  boys  are  pushing  the 
new  patent  to  a  great  extent  and  expect 
good  results,  especially  among  the  re­
sort  trade  at  the  Northern  Michigan  re­
sorts.

True  Inwardness  o f  the  Niles  Tele­

phone  Deal.

Niles,  June  7—If  the  Michigan  (Bell) 
Telephone  Co.  finds  it  necessary  to  re­
sort  to  as  much  falsehood  to  bolster  up 
its  decaying  business  elsewhere  in  the 
State  as 
it does  in  Niles,  Ananias  will 
have  to  take  a  back  seat  as  the  prince 
of  prevaricators.  The State  manager  of 
the  Bell 
institution  was  here  last  week 
and  paid  two  prices  for the  competing 
telephone  system,  whereupon  he  caused 
the  announcement  to  be  made  that  the 
Bell  concern  had  forced the independent 
company  out  of  existence.  As  a  matter 
of  fact,  the 
independent  system  was 
owned  by  non-residents,  who  announced 
their  intention  of  abandoning  the  field. 
Banker  Lee  and  other  capitalists  looked 
over  the  plant  and  offered  S i,500  for  it, 
with  a  view  to  rebuilding  and  recon­
structing 
it  on  modern  lines,  so  as  to 
make  the  system  superior  to  that  of  the 
Bell.  The  offer  was  declined,  although 
the  proposed  purchasers  were 
informed 
that  they  could  have  the  property  for  an 
even  $2,000. 
In  the  meantime  a  repre­
sentative  of  the  Bell  concern  put 
in 
an  appearance  and  offered  $2,500,  with­
out  taking  the  trouble  to  learn  that  it 
could  be had  for  $500 less. 
It  is  need­
less  to  remark  that  the  offer  was  ac­
cepted  without  debate.  The  gentlemen 
who  contemplate  putting 
in  a  modern 
system  will  shortly  secure  a  franchise 
and  enter  upon  the  work  of  construction 
and  equipment.  If  the  Bell  concern  can 
get  any  glory  out  of  the  purchase  of  an 
obsolete  plant  at  twice  its  value,  it  is 
welcome  to  the  satisfaction,  but  those 
who  are  familiar  with  the  deal  and  real­
ize  how  easily  the  State  manager  of  the 
Bell  was  bamboozled  naturally  wonder 
how  many  more  such  deals  will  be  per­
mitted  by  the  real  owners  of  the  Bell 
Co.—the  bondholders.

is  said  that  gold 
is  so  malleable 
it  can  be  beaten  as  thin  as  a  ham 

It 
that 
in  a  railway  sandwich.

It  was  Hobson's  choice  to  sink  the 
in  the  entrance  of  Santiago 

Merrimac 
harbor,  and  it  was also  his  glory.

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

Grand  Rapids  Grocers  to  Picnic  on 

August 4

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  at  Retail  Grocers'  Hall  on  Tues­
day  evening, 
June  7,  President  Dyk 
presided.

Wm.  Irwin,  grocer  at  113  South  Di­
vision  street,  applied  for  admission  to 
the  Association  and  was  unanimously 
accepted.

Chairman  Brink,  of  the  Executive 
Committee,  reported  that  the  present 
quarters  would  cost  $15  a  month  here­
after,  and 
it  was  therefore  decided  to 
seek  another  location.  Pending  the  se­
lection  of  a  new  hall,  the  Association 
invitation  of  the  Michi­
accepted  the 
gan  Tradesman  to  hold  its  meetings 
in 
the  office  of  the  Tradesman  Company.

Chairman  Wagner,  of  the  Committee 
on  Licenses,  reported  that  the  huckster 
license  would  be  $26  this  year,  annual 
licenses  only  to  be 
issued,  and  each 
huckster  to  furnish  a  $50  bond  with  two 
sureties,  the  same  as  heretofore.  The 
report  was  accepted  and  the  Committee 
discharged,  with  thanks.

Fred  W.  Fuller  stated  that  he  was  in­
formed  by  a  member  of  the  Market 
Committee  that  hucksters  who undertook 
to  sell  goods  on  the  market  hereafter 
would  be  compelled  to  rent  stalls,  the 
same  as  the  growers are compelled to do.
J.  J.  Wagner  moved  that  the  annual 
picnic  of  the  Association  be  held  as 
usual  this  year,  which  was  adopted.

Homer  Klap  moved  that  a  committee 
of  three  be  appointed  to  investigate  the 
various  places  available  for  holding  a 
picnic  and  report  at  the  next  meeting. 
The  motion  was  adopted  and  the  Chair­
man  named  as  such  committee,  J.  J. 
Wagner,  C.  W.  Payne  and  Homer Klap.
A.  O.  Hasse  moved  that  the  picnic  be 
held  on  Thursday,  Aug.  4,  which  was 
adopted.

Homer  Klap  offered  the  following res­

olution,  which  was  adopted :

Whereas,  The  sale  of  the  package 
to  both 

with  the  fruit 
health  and  convenience;  therefore

is  conducive 

Resolved—That  we  reaffirm  our  belief 
in  the  rule  adopted  by  the  Association 
several  years  ago,  and  reaffirmed  every 
year  since,  prohibiting  the  return  of 
berry  packages  to  growers.

J.  Geo.  Lehman  offered  the  following 
unanimously 

resolution,  which  was 
adopted :

Whereas,  the  card  price  on  flour  has 
in  the  city  for 

in  operation 

now  been 
several  months ;  and

Whereas,  the  system  has  worked  to 
the  decided  advantage  of  the retail deal­
ers  hy  enabling  them  to  secure  uniform 
prices ;  therefore

Resolved —That  the  hearty  thanks  of 
the  retail  grocery  trade  in  this  city  are 
hereby  tendered  the  city  millers  for 
in­
troducing  and  maintaining  the  card 
price.

Resolved—That  we  show  our  appre­
ciation  of  this  effort 
in  our  behalf  by 
pushing  the  sale  of  city  brands  in  every 
way  possible.

The  Treasurer  reported  a  balance  on 
hand  of  $239.98,  and  the  meeting  ad­
journed.

Echoes  From the  Lake Odess a Failure.
Grand  Rapids  attorneys  hold  claims 
against  Hager  and  the Lake Odessa Sav­
ings  Bnak  aggregating  about  $10,000. 
Several  claims  have  been  sent  to  the 
Tradesman,  but 
in  no  case  has  the 
Tradesman  undertaken  to  effect  collec­
tion,  because 
it  does  not  wish  to  have 
in  the  failure  or 
any  financial 
interest 
the 
litigation  which 
is  likely  to  ensue 
therefrom.  Whatever  it  has  said,  or  may 
have  occasion  to  say  hereafter,  is  in­
spired  solely  by  a  desire  to  see  the 
creditors  realize  as  much  as  possible 
from  the  unfortunate  fiasco.

3|c 

sfc  3k

While  the  Tradesman  does  not  wish to 
handle  any  claims,  it  desires  to  collect 
other  information  bearing  on  the  failure 
and  therefore  asks  its  readers  to  send  in 
any  recent  quotations  or  letters they may 
have  received  from  Hager  subsequent

17
letters  they  may 
to  May 
have  received  from  the  Lake  Odessa 
Savings  Bank  pertaining  to  the  respon­
sibility  of  Hager.

10;  also  any 

*   * 

*

Wesley  H.  Mains,  a  Lake  Odessa  at­
following 

torney, 
printed  letter  to  Hager’s  creditors:

is  sending  out  the 

I 

think 

I  can  collect  your  account 

I  am  on  the ground  and 
against  Hager. 
in  possession  of  the  facts. 
In  case  you 
place  your account  with  me,  I  will  make 
no  charge  unless  I  succeed  in collecting. 
I  will  have  a  proposition  within  thirty 
days,  if  your  account  is  with  me,  which 
I  would  submit  to  you.

As  Mr.  Mains  is  evidently  acting 

in 
the  interest  of  Mr.  Hager,  it  would  be 
well,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Tradesman, 
for  the  creditors  to  defer  sending  him 
their  claims  until  he  sees  fit  to  disclose 
the  details  of  the offer  he  contemplates 
making.

Hides,  Tallow  and  Wool.

The  hide  market  is  demoralized.  No 
one  knows  what  to  ask  or  what  to  pay. 
It  is  a  quesiton  with  the dealer how high 
he  shall  ask  and  with  the  tanner  how 
high  he  shall  pay.  There  is  no  accumu­
lation.  The 
leather  market  is  cleaned 
out  and  new supplies are desired.  Prices 
are  extremely  high  all  around.

is 

Tallow 

in  good  supply,  but  weak 
and  low  in  price,  with  quantities  of oils 
to  take  its  place  for  soapers’  use.

Wool 

is  no  higher  East,  but  there  is 
more  looking  around  and  more  selling. 
Prices  West  are  fully  as  high  as  East­
ern  prices  and,  in  some  towns,  higher 
prices  are  being  paid.  The  speculative 
turn  seems  to  be  strong,  with the outlook 
for  future  profit  well  assured,  and,  while 
none  ran  predict  when  it  will  be  real­
ized,  it  must  surely  come  sometime.

W m.  T .  H e s s .

Gala  Day  For  Saginaw.
Saginaw,  June  7—The  plan  to 

invite 
grocers  from  the  various  nearby  cities 
to  come  to  Saginaw  this  season,  instead 
of  the  Saginaw  grocers  going  away,  is 
meeting  with  a  great  deal  of  favor,  both 
here  and 
in  other  places.  The  Port 
Huron  grocers  have  signified  their  in­
tention  of  coming  here  in  a  body  Aug. 
4,  and  on  that  day  excursions  will  prob­
ably  be  arranged  from  such  other  places 
as  the  grocers  may  decide. 
It  will  be  a 
great  day  for  the grocers  of  this  part  of 
Michigan. 
The  Port  Huron  delega­
tion  will  include  the  butchers  as  well  as 
the  grocers.

Amos  S.  Musselman,  President  of  the 
Michigan  Wholesale  Grocers’  Associa­
tion,  is  at  Niagara  Falls,  attending  the 
annual  convention  of  the  New  York. 
Wholesale  Grocers'  Association.

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

I.  n .  BROWN,  Proprietor.  Rates  $1.00  and 
upward.  Newly  furnished  and refitted  through­
out.  Office and dining room on first floor. 
Washington Ave. and Kalamazoo St.,  LANSING.

TH E  W H ITN EY  HOUSE

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

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

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH.

A. VINCENT, Prop.

$ 2   P ER   DAY. 

F R E E   B U S .

MEARS  HOTEL,  Whitehall, Mich.

Newly furnished  and  renovated  throughout.  E s­
pecial  pains  taken  to  please  Commercial  Men. 
Brass and string band in connection.  Rates reason­
able.  Carriage at trains and boats.

Wm. Cherry man, Prop.
THE  CHARLESTON

Only first-class house in  MASON,  M i c h .  Every­
thing new.  Every room heated.  Large and well- 
lighted sample rooms.  Send your mail care of  the 
Charleston, where the boys stop.  CHARLES  A. 
CALDW ELL, formerly of Donnelly House,  Prop.

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Drugs-=Chemicals

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

------- 
F.  W. R. Per r y, Detroit 
- 
A. C. Schumacher,  Ann  Arbor 
Gko. Gun drum,  Ionia  - 
L. E. R eynolds, St.  Joseph 
- 
H enry H eim,[.Saginaw  - 

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

Examination  Sessions.
Star Island—June 27 and 28.
Marquette—About Sept. 1.
Lansing—N ot.  1 and 2.

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

MICHIGAN  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

President—A. H. W ebber, Cadillac.
Secretary—Chas.  Mann, Detroit.
Treasurer—J ohn D. Mu ir, Grand Rapids.

Must  Pharmacists  Invade  the  Field  of 

Medicine?

The  drug  trade  in  many  localities has 
practically  lost  the  sale of perfumes and 
fancy  goods.  The  patent  medicine  busi­
ness 
is  so  cut  to  pieces  that  there  is  no 
longer  much  profit  in  it.  Many  physi­
cians  are  carrying  their  own  medicines 
to  such  an  extent  that  the  prescription 
trade  has  fallen  off  very  greatly,  and  the 
question  presents,  How  is  the  druggist 
to  live  if  things  continue  this  way?  He 
has 
follow ed  many  w ill-’o-the-wisp 
plans  to  regain  the  patent  medicine 
trade,  only  to  have  each  and  all  elude 
his  grasp.  He  has  tried  to  offset  the 
loss of the trade  in  sundries by  putting 
in  all  manner  of  side  lines,with  varying 
degrees  of  success.  But  how  to  save  the 
prescription  patronage 
is  the  difficult 
problem.

The  pharmacist  skilled  in  the  prepa­
ration  and  dispensing  of  medicines  has 
indeed  fallen  upon  evil  days. 
It  is  this 
division  of  his  calling  which  furnishes 
the  reason  for  his  existence  and  classi­
fication  as  a  professional  man. 
If  pre­
scriptions  are  no  longer  to  come  to him, 
he  no  longer 
in  claiming 
professional  recognition,  and  must  not 
assume  special  privileges.

justified 

is 

It  is  undeniable  that  the  prescription 
trade  has  sadly  dwindled.  Stores which 
formerly  averaged  75  to  100  a  day  are 
now  reduced  to  a  beggarly  dozen  or  so, 
perhaps  at  cut  prices,  too.  This  de­
crease  is  attributed  to  numerous  causes, 
the  chief  being  the  practice  of  physi­
cians  carrying  their  own  medicines. 
If 
these  physicians  bought  their  supplies 
from  the  druggists  there  would  be  some 
consolation 
in  that,  but  they  do  not. 
Physicians’  supply  houses  and  some 
manufacturers  supply  the  doctors  direct 
with  all  they  need,  and  often  at  lower 
prices  than  the  druggists  can  quote. 
It 
is  made  an  object  to  the  doctor  to  dis­
regard  the  druggist.  Besides,  the finan­
cial  gain  to  themselves,  which  they  do 
not  mention,  doctors  argue  that  by  car­
rying  their  own  medicines  they  save 
their  patients  a  great  deal  of  money. 
Some  doctors  charge  that  druggists  are 
substitutors,  and  claim 
that  they  are 
forced 
in  self-defense  and  for  the  pro­
tection  of  their  patients  to  do  their  own 
dispensing.  These  are  but  a  few  of  the 
arguments,  but 
it  any  wonder there 
is  friction  between  the  two  professions, 
and  that  counter-prescribing  and  doc- 
tors-dispensing  are  rampant?

is 

What,  then,  shall  the  druggist  do? 
There  has  been  growing 
in  the  drug 
trade  during  a  few  years  past  a  senti­
ment  that  a  policy  of  retaliation 
is  ad­
visable,  that  druggists  should  become 
doctors,  regularly  qualified,  and  prac­

This 

tice  medicine  in  connection  with  phar­
macy. 
is  not  all  talk,  either. 
There  are  already  not  a  few  drug stores, 
especially  in  the  large  cities,  where  this 
combination  is  at  work.  The  druggist 
says  that  by  becoming  a  doctor  himself, 
or  by  hiring  a  clerk  who  is  a  doctor, 
or  by  engaging  a  regular  practitioner, 
he  can  give  free  medical  advice,  can 
save  his  patients  heavy  doctor  bills, 
can  do  all  the  compounding  of  the  med­
icines,  and  the  public 
is  thereby  put 
way  ahead  of the  game,  while  he  is  also 
enabled  to  make  money.

to 

Without  posing  as  alarmists,  we  do 
discern  enough  of  serious  menace  in 
sentiment  and  tendency  among 
this 
pharmacists 
constitute  emphatic 
warning  to  our  medical  brethren.  Will 
they  heed 
it?  Doctors  should  pause 
and  consider  very  carefully  what  would 
be  the  effect  upon  themselves  if  this 
movement  among  druggists  were  to  be­
come  at  all  general  and  widespread.

We  do  not  believe  the  way  out  of  the 
woods  for  druggists  is  to become doc­
tors,  but,  on  the  other  hand,  we are  con­
fident  that  salvation  lies  only  in  the  es­
tablishment  of  such  relations  between 
the  two  professions,  or the  restoration  of 
such  former  relations,  that  Caesar  shall 
be  rendered  those  things  which  be 
Caesar’s,  that  to  the  doctor  shall  be 
limited  the  giving  of  advice  and  the 
writing  of  prescriptions,  and  to  the 
dru ggist  the  com pounding  and  dispens­
ing  of  them.  The  slightest  intrusion  of 
either  upon  the  other's  province  revives 
the  old  feeling  of  irritation  and  brings 
back  the  very  condition  of  which  we 
now  complain.

It  is  not  the  leaders  and  better  men  in 
either  profession  who  are responsible for 
the  woes  we  suffer. 
The  high-class 
physician  does  not  compound.  He does 
not  want  to.  He  never  will.  He  has  no 
time  for  this  sort  of  thing.  The  com­
petent,  reliable  pharmacist 
is  not  a 
prescriber,  for  the  very  same  reasons. 
It  is  the  great  rank  and  file  of  both  pro­
fessions  who  are  constantly  treading  up­
on  one  another’s  toes  and  calling  back 
and  forth  “  You're another. ”   Yet among 
these  is  it  not  possible  to  bring  about  a 
better  feeling  and  condition? 
It  is  not 
going  to  help  matters  one  bit  to  con­
tinue  trying  to  steal  one  another’s  busi­
ness. 
If  druggists  become  doctors,  it 
means  simply  that  there  will  be  no  in­
crease 
in  the  amount  of  business  to  be 
secured,  but  that  there  will  be  a  largely 
increased  multitude chasing after it,  and 
it  will  consequently  be  much  harder  to 
catch.

Still,  if  physicians  keep  on  in  their 
present  ways,  ignoring  the  druggist  and 
stealing  that  which  belongs  to  him  by 
rights,  there 
is  sure  to  be  a  fight  to  the 
finish.  Druggists  are  not  going  to  see 
their  very  sustenance  shut  off  at  the 
fountain  head  and  remain  quiescent  un­
der  the  wrong.  The  medical  profession 
should  give  good  heed  to  the  signs  of 
the  times,  and  meet  halfway  the  honest 
effort  of  the  better  element  among  phar­
macists  to  avert  the  catastrophe  which 
is  already  more  than  dimly  foreshad­
owed.

Pharmacists  as  a  class  do  not  want  to 
invade  the  field  of  medicine,  but  they 
do  want  that  which  is  justly  their  own.

Continuing  the  Trouble.

He—The  trouble  with  too  many  peo­
ple  in  this  world  is  that  they don’t know 
enough  to  quit  when  they  are  ahead  of 
the  game.

She—I  know  it. 

I  ought  to  have  quit 
when  I  got  your  engagement  ring,  but  I 
went  ahead  and  married  you.

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

SU C C ESSFU L  SALESMEN.

M.  S.  Brown,  Representing  Hazeltine 

&   Perkins  Drug  Co.

Mark  S.  Brown  was  born  on  a  farm 
near  Hadley,  Lapeer  county,  July  4, 
1866,  his  ancestors  for  four  generations 
having  been  American  born.  He  was 
the  youngest  of  four  children,  all  boys. 
His  next  older  brother,  Wm.  E.  Brown, 
has  been  the  Prosecuting  Attorney  of 
Lapeer  county  for  the  past  four  years. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  at  Had­
ley  until  17  years  of  age,  when he  taught 
school  two  years  at  Columbiaville.  Con­
ceiving  a  liking  for  the  drug  business, 
he  entered  the  retail  drug  store  of  Chas. 
Moorland,  at Hadley,  where he remained 
three  years.  He  then  went  on  the  road 
for  Lambert  &  Lowman,  of  Detroit, 
with  whom  he  remained  five  years,  cov­
ering  the  retail  trade  of  Eastern  and

Northern  Michigan.  On  the  retirement 
of  that  house,  he  engaged  to  travel 
for 
the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co., 
with  whom  he has remained  five  years, 
covering  the  northeastern  portion  of the 
Lower  Peninsula  and  the  eastern portion 
of  the  Upper  Peninsula.

Mr.  Brown  was  married  Aug.  6,  1891, 
to  Miss  Mary  B.  Palmerlee,  who  was 
born  at  Hadley  but  who  had  removed  to 
California,  where  she  graduated 
from 
the  State  Normal  School.  Mr.  Brown 
started  for  California  to  attend  the  wed­
ding,  but  was  recalled  by  a  telegram 
from  his  house  on  account  of  his  being 
needed  in  court  to  testify  in  an 
impor­
tant 
lawsuit  and,  as  a  result,  the  Cali­
fornia  wedding  was  postponed,  and  the 
bride-elect  came  to  Michigan  to  cele­
brate  the  nuptials.  The  family  reside 
at  Saginaw  and  enjoy  the  companion­
ship  of  a  2  year-old  boy.  Mr.  Brown  is 
a  member  of  the  Knights  of  the  Grip, 
II.  C.  T.,  Masonic  order,  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  K.  O.  T.  M.

He  attributes  his  success to the friends 
he  has  made  and  to  bis  ability  to  hold 
his  friends  and  keep  their  patronage. 
He  speaks  very  highly  of  his  former 
employer  at  Hadley,  who  not  only  en­

couraged  him  when  he  started  out  as  a 
traveling  man  by  giving  him  bis  own 
influenced  ten  or  fifteen 
business,  but 
other  druggists 
in  Lapeer  county  to 
throw  the  bulk  of  their  business  to  the 
young  salesman.  Mr.  Brown 
inter­
ested  in  five  retail  drug  stores,  situated 
in  different  parts  of  the  State,  and  is 
very  generally  regarded  as  one  of  the 
shrewdest  salesmen  and  most  successful 
business  men  among  the  boys  on  the 
road.

is 

Personally,  Mr.  Brown 

is  one  of  the 
most  companionable  of  men.  He  is  the 
prince  of  good  nature,  seldom  display­
ing  any  temper,  although 
it  is  under­
stood  that  he  has  an  abundance  of  that 
commodity  on  tap  whenever  it  is  neces­
sary  to  use  it.  He  is  an  expert  hunts­
man,  spending  from  two to  four  weeks 
each  fall 
in 
search  of  game,  bear  and  deer  included.

in  the  Upper  Peninsula 

The  picture  herewith  presented  serves 
to  illustrate  an  incident which happened 
on  the  occasion  of  one  of  his  bunting 
expeditions  a  couple  of  years ago,  in 
which  he  came  out  victor,  owing  to  bis 
superior  fleetness  and  the  alacrity  with 
which  he  climbed  a  tree.  Generous 
in 
his  treatment  of  his  friends,  business­
like 
in  his  attitude  toward  bis  trade, 
possessing  a  good  position  and  enjoy­
ing  the  confidence  and  respect  of  all 
with  whom  he  comes 
in  contact,  Mr. 
Brown  certainly  has  every  reason  to  re­
joice  over the prosperity he has achieved 
and  to  regard  the  future  with  that  com­
placency  which  characterizes  the  suc­
cessful  salesman.

The  Drug  Market.

There  are  few  changes  in  prices  this 

week.

Opium—Is  quiet at  unchanged  prices.
Quinine—Domestic  brands  have  de­
clined  twice  within  the  past  week  and 
are  now  as  low  as  foreign.  Lower prices 
are  looked  for.

Glycerine—Is  steadily  advancing,  on 
account  of  higher  prices  for  the  crude 
abroad.

Seed—California  mustard  is  very  firm 

and  has  advanced.

Roots—Licorice  has  advanced  abroad 

and  higher  prices  rule.

Linseed  Oil—The  market  is unsettled, 

but  is  tending  lov/er.

A m e r i c a n   P l a y i n g   C a r d s

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.

THE AMERICAN  PLAYING  CARD  CO.,

KALAMAZOO,  MICH.

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Sinapis....................  @ 
18
Sinapis, opt............   @ 
30
Snuff, Maccaboy,De
Voes.....................   @ 
34
Snuff,Scotch.De Vo’s  @ 
34
Soda Boras..............  9  @  11
Soda Boras, po........  9  @ 
11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb.............. 
im@ 
2
Soda, Bi-Carb......... 
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3M@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2  60
50®  55
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
Spt  Myrcia Dom...  @  0 00 
@2 48
Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. 
Spts. ViniRect.Mbbl 
@ 2 53
Spts. Vini Rect.lOga] 
@2 56
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal  @ 2 58 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Sub!.........   3M@  4M
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
Tamarinds.............. 
8® 
10
Terebenth Venice...  28®  30
Theobromae............  
40®  42
Vanilla..................   9 00@16 00
Zinc!  Sulph............  
7® 
8

Less 5c gal.  cash 10 days. 

3W@  4

Oils

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

BBL.  SAL.
70
45
40

46 
Linseed, pure  raw.. 
Linseed,  boiled......  48 
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
Spirits Turpentine.. 
34 

19

49
51
70
40

Paints  BBL. 

LB
Red Venetian......... 
154  2  @8
1M  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow Mars. 
Ilf  2  @3 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. 
Putty, commercial..  2M  2M@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2M  2%@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13® 
15
70® 
Vermilion, English. 
75
Green, Paris...........  16M@  20M
13®  16
Green,  Peninsular.. 
Lead, Red...............   5M@ 
6
Lead, white............  5M@ 
6
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting,  gilders’. . .  @ 
10
White, Paris Amer..  @  1  00 
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................  @  1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15

Varnishes

No. l'Turp Coach...  1  10®  1  28
Extra  Turp............   1  60®  1  70
Coach Body............   2 75® 3 00
No. 1 Turp Fum __  1  00®  l  10
Extra Turk Damar..  1  55®  1  60 
Jap. Dryer, No.lTurp  70®  75

M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
Morphia, S.P. AW ...  2 45® 2 70 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.A
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. A P.
D. Co....................  @  1  00
Picis Liq. N.N. M gal.
doz........................ 
@ 200
Picis Liq., quarts....  @  1  00
Picis Liq., pints......  @  85
Pil Hydrarg... po.  80  @  50
Piper Nigra... po.  22  @  18
Piper Alba....po.  35  @  30
Piix  Burgun...........  @ 
7
Plumbi  Acet........... 
io@ 
12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opil  1  10®  1  20 
Pyrethrum, boxes H.
A P. D. Co., doz . ..  @  1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv........ 
25®  30
8®  10
Quassia..................  
31®  36
Quinia, S. P. A W .. 
24®  34
Quinia, S.German.. 
Quinia, N.Y............  
31®  36
Rubia Tinctorum... 
12® 
14
SaccharumLactis pv  18® 
20
Salacin....................  3 00® 3  10
Sanguis Draconls... 
40®  50
Sapo,  W................... 
12®  14
Sapo, M.................... 
io@  12
Sapo, G....................   @  15
Sledlltz  Mixture__  20  @  22

Scillse Co.................   @
Tolutan................... 
©
Prunus virg............  
@
Tinctures 
Aconi turn Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafcetlda............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex......
Benzoin...................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
Cantharides...........
Capsicum..............
Cardamon.............
Cardamon  Co.........
Castor......................
Catechn...................
Cinchona.... ............
Cinchona Co...........
Columba 
............
Cubeba....................
Cassia A'iutlfol......
C-ssv  »cutifolCo  .
—gi  o.bs 
........
Ergot.......................
Ferri Chloridu  •<
Gentian...................
Gentian Co..............
Guiaca....................
Guiaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus...........
Iodine......................
Iodine, colorless.  ..
Kino.......................
Lobelia..................
Myrrh......................
Nux Vomica...........
Opii.........................
Opli, camphorated.
Opli,  deodorized__
Quassia............ ......
Kh&tany............
Rhei....................... ;
Sanguinaria...........
Serpentarla............
Stramonium...........
Tolutan...................
Valerian...............
Veratrum Veride.. ! 
Zingiber..................

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

Advanced- 
Decllned—

Acldum

Aceticum................... I 
0@| 8
Benzoicum, German  70@  75
Boraclc....................   @  15
Carbolicum............   39®  41
42®  44
Citricnm................. 
HydrBchlor............  
3® 
5
Nitrocum...............  
8®  10
Oxalicum...............  
13®  14
®  15
Phosphorium,  dll... 
Salicylicum............. 
60®  65
Sulphuricum..........   1M@ 
5
Tannicum..............  1  25®  1  40
Tartaricum.............. 
38®  40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg........... 
Aqua, 30 deg........... 
Carbonas................. 
Chloridum.............. 
c Aniline
Black.......................  2  00® 2 25
Brown.................... 
80®  1  00
B ed.........................  45®  50
Yellow......................3 50® 3 00

4® 
6
6® 
8
19®  14
13®  14

Baccae.
Cube see...........po. 18  13®  15
Juniperus................ 
6® 
8
Xantnoxylum.........  
25®  30
Balsamum
Copaiba...................  
60®  65
Peru.........................  @ 2  75
Terabin, Canada__ 
45®  50
Tolutan...................  
60®  65
Cortex
Abies, Canadian.... 
CasBise  ....................  
Cinchona Flava...... 
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerlfera, po. 
Prunus Virgin!........ 
Quillala,  gr’d .........  
Sassafras........po. 18 
tJlmus...po. 15,  gr’d 
Extractum
GlycjTThiza Glabra. 
Glycyrrhlza, po...... 
Hsematox, 15 lb box. 
Hsematox, I s . 
13® 
Hsematox, Ms.........  
Hsematox, Ms.........  

18
12
18
30
20
12
14
12
15
34®  25
28®  30
11®  12
14
14®  15
16®  17

Ferro

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

Flora

15
2 25
75
40
15
2
50
7

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

Folia

Barosma..................  
23®  28
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly................. 
18®  25
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.  25®  30
Salvia officinalis, Ms
and Ms................. 
12®  20
Ura Ursi................... 
8®  10
Gummi
@  65
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
®  45
Acacia, 2d  picked.. 
®  35
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
Acacia, sifted sorts. 
®  28
Acacia, po...............  
60®  80
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20  12®  14
Aloe, Cape__po. 15 
®  12
®  30
Aloe, Socotri..po. 40 
Ammoniac.............. 
55®  60
Assafcetlda__po. 30 
25®  28
Benzoinum............  
50®  55
Catechu, Is..............  @  13
Catechu, Ms. ■..........  @  14
Catechu, Ms............  @  16
Camphor»  ............  
40®  43
Bupnorblnm..po.  35 
®  10
Galbanum...............   @  1  00
Gamboge  po........... 
65®  70
®  30
Gualacum...... po. 25 
Kino...........po. 83.U0  @ 3 00
M astic.................... 
®  60
Myrrh............ po.  45  @ 4 0
Opli.. .po. 85.00@5.20 3 75®  3 10
Shellac.................... 
25®  35
Shellac, bleached...  40®  45
50®  80
Tragacanth............  

Herbs

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

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

Oleum

Absinthium............   3 25® 3 50
Amygdalse, Dulc....  30®  50
Amygdalae, Amarse .  8 00®  8 25
AnisF.......................  2  1C® 2 20
Auranti  Cortex......   2 25® 2 40
Bergamii.................  2 40® 2 60
Cajfpnti................... 
80®  85
Caryophylll.... .......  
75®  8j
"edar....................... 
35®  65
Chenopadii..............  @275
Cinnamonii.............  I  60®  1 70
lcroaeUa.  ............. 
45®  30

Radix

35®  50
Coninm  Mac........... 
Copaiba...................1  lg®  1  25
Cubebse.................... 
90®  1  00
Exeehthitos...........  1  00®  1  10
Erigeron......................  1  00®  1 10
Gaultheria.....................1  50® 1 60
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
75
Gossippii, Sem. gal..  50®  60
Hedeoma......   ........  1  on®  1  10
Junipera..................  1 50® 2  00
Lavendula.............. 
90® 2 00
Limonis...................  1 30®  1  50
Mentha Piper.........   1  60® 2 20
Mentha Verid.........   1  50®  1  60
Morrhuse,  gal.........   1  10®  1  25
Myrcia,......................4 00® 4  50
Olive.......................  
75® 3 00
Picls  Liquida.........  
10®  12
Picis Liquida, gal...  @  35
Bicina.................... 
99®  1  10
Rosmarini...............   @  1  00
Rosse,  ounce...........  6 50@ 8 50
Succlni................... 
40®  45
90®  1  00
Sabina................... 
Santal......................  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras................. 
55®  60
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce.  @  65
Tiglii.......................   1 70®  1  80
Thyme.................... 
40®  50
Thyme,  opt............   @  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15@ 
20
Potassium
15® 
Bi-Carb.................  . 
18
Bichromate............  
13® 
15
Bromide..................  
50®  55
Carb.......................  
12® 
15
Chlorate..po. 17@19c  16@  18
Cyanide................... 
35®  40
Iodide......................  2 60® 2  65
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28©  30
Potassa, Bitart,  com  @ 
15
10®  12
Potass Ultras, opt... 
Potass Nitras........... 
io@ 
tl
Prussiate................. 
20®  25
15®  18
Sulphate po  ........... 
Aconitvm...............  
20®  25
Althse...................... 
22®  25
Anchusa................. 
io@ 
12
Arum po..................   @  25
20®  40
Calamus................. 
Gentiana........po  15 
12®  15
Glychrrhiza... pv. 15  16® 
18
Hydrastis Canaden .  @  60
Hydrastis Can., po..  @  65 
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
18®  20
Inula, po................. 
15®  20
Ipecac, po............... 2 go® 3 00
Iris plox--- po35@38 
35®  40
Jalapa, pr...............  
25®  30
Maranta,  Ms...........  @ 
35
Podophyllum, po.... 
22®  25
g h e i....................... 
75®  1  00
Rhel, cut.................  @ 125
Rhei.pv................... 
75®  1  35
Spigena...................  
35®  38
Sanguinaria. ..po. 15  @  13
Serpentarla............  
30® 
35
Senega.................... 
40®  45
Slmllax,officinalis H  @ 4 0
Smllax, M...............   @  ¿5
Scillae.............. po.35  10®  12
Symplocarpus, Poeti-
dus,  po.................  @  25
Valeriana,Eng.po.30  @  25
15@  20
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a.............  
12@  16
Zingiber j ...............  
25®  27
Semen
Anisum
po.  15  @ 1 2
Apium  (graveleons) 
13® 
15 
Bird, Is.................... 
4®
6 
Carni..............po.  18 
„
"  
H 
10®
12
Cardamon...............   1  25®  1  75
Coriandrum............ 
10
8® 
Cannabis  Sativa__ 
4©  4M
Cydonium...............  
75®  1  00
io@ 
Chenopodium  ........ 
12
Diptenx  Odorate...  2 00® 2 20
Fcenlculum............  
® 
10
Poenugreek, po........ 
7® 
9
  3M@  4«
L ini.................... 
4®  4M
Lini,  grd— bbl. 3M 
Lobelia.................  —
40 
Pharlaris  Canarian
4®  4M
Rapa.................
4M©
Sinapis Albu...........
9®
Sinapis Nigra.........  
u@
Splrltus

' 

 

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............   1  25® 2 00
Vini Alba...............   1  25® 2 00

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

@  1 40

niscellaneous 

10®

H   ..  . 

Æther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30® 
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
Alumen...................  2M@
Alumefl, gro’d .. po. 7
A nnatto.................
40®
Antimoni,  po.......
4®
40®
Antimoni etPotassT
Antipyrin..............
Antirebrin..............
Argenti Nitras, oz ! !
Arsenicum..............
Balm Gilead  Bud
Bismuth  S. N.........   1  40®  1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  Is..  @ 
9
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms.  @ 
10 
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms.  @ 
12
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsid  Fructus, af.  @  15
Capsici Fructus, po  @ 1 5
Capsici FructusB,po  @  15
Caryophyllus..po.  15 
12®  14
Carmine, No. 4 0 __   @ 3 00
Cera Alba, S. A F  .. 
50®  55
Cera Flava.............. 
40®  42
Coccus....................  @  40
Cassia Fructus........  @  33
Centraria.................  @ 
10
Cetaceum...............  
  @  45
Chloroform.......... . 
60®  63
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  15 
Chloral HydCrst... 
1  25®  1  50
Chondrus................ 
20®  25
Cinchonidine.P.A W  25®  35 
Cinchonidine, Germ  22®  30 
Cocaine.................  3 30® 3 50
to
Corks, list, dls.pr.ct.
Creosotum...........  
@
35 
Creta.............bbl. 75  @
2
Creta, prep..............  @
5 
Creta, precip__ 
9®
11
Creta, Itubra........... 
@
8 
Crocus.................... 
is®
20
Cudbear.................  @
24
5®
CuprtSnlph............  
6 
Dextrine.................. 
10®
12 
Ether Sulph.........  
75®
90
Emery, all  numbers  @
8 6 
Emery, po....... ........  @
Ergota...........po. 40  30®
35 
12®
Flake  White........... 
15 
Galla........................  @
23 
8®
Gambier..................' 
9 
Gelatin, Cooper..  ..  @
60 
Gelatin, French...... 
35®
60 
Glassware, flint, box 
70 
Less than  box...
60 
Glue,  brown........... 
9®
1225 
Glue,  white............  
13®
15®
Glycerina.............. 
20 
Grana  Paradisi  ....  @
15 
Humulus................. 
25®
55 
85 
HydraagChlor  Mite  @
Hydraag Chlor Cor.  @
75 
<a
Hydraag Ox Rub’m. 
95
Hydraag Ammoniatl 
1  10 
45®
55 
HydraagUnguentum
Hydrargyrum.........
70 
@65®
75
Ichthyobolla, Am...
io\Çÿ,  1  uu
................................  
Iodine, Resubi........  3 60® 3 70
Iodoform.................
@ 4 20
Lupulin...................
@ 2 25
40@.  45
@ 50 Lycopodium...........
@ 50 Macis
65®  75
@ 50 Liquor  Arser. et hr-
drarg Iod.............
@ 60
@  25
It® 
@ 50 LiquofPotassArsinit
12
@ 50 Magnesia, Sulph__
2® 
3
50® 60 Magnesia, Sulph,bbl
@  1M
50®  60
@ 50 Mannia, S. F  .-  ....
9  276
......
9

60 Menthol. 

20

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

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

AXLB  GREASE.
Aurora........................ 55 
Castor Oil................... 60 
Diamond.....................50 
Frazer’s ......................75 
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 
rtlca, tin boxes........... 75 
Paragon...................... 55 

doz.  gross
6 00
7 00
4  00
9 00
9 00
9 00
600

Acme.

Absolute.

BAKING  POWDER.
*  'b cans doz..................  
14 In 3ans doz................... 

45
85
lb can  doz...................t 50
M lb cans 3 doz.................  
45
14 lb cans 3 doz.................  75
1 
lb cans 1 doz................  1  00
10
Bulk.................................... 
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........... 
85
lb cans per doz............  
75
Vi lb cans per doz  ...........  1  20
lb cans per doz........... 2 00
1 
35
V4 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
Vi lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz c a se...... 
90

Arctic.
El Purity.

Home.

Our Leader.

Jersey Cream.

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

BATH  BRICK.

Queen Flake.

Peerless.

BLUING.

CONDENSED

CATSUP.

BROOflS.

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

Small, 3 doz.................
Large, 2 doz.................
No. 1 Carpet.................
No. 2 Carpet.................
No. 3 Carpet.................
No. 4 Carpet.................
Parlor Gem.................
Common Whisk...........
Fancy Whisk.. 
.........
Warehouse...................
CANDLES.
8s.................................
16s  ...............................
Paraffine.......................
CANNED  GOODS.
flanitowoc  Peas.
95
Lakeside Marrowfat...
Lakeside E.  J ..............
1  15
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng.... 1  20
Lakeside. Gem. Ex. Sifted. 1  45
Extra Sifted Early June... .1  75
Colombia. 
pints......
.2 00
Colombia. 14 pints......
.1  25
CHEESE
Acme...................... @ 8
Amboy...................
@ 8
Butternut...............
@ 8
Byron............   ....... @ 8
Carson Citv.............
8
(*
Elsie.......................
@ 8H
Emblem..................
@ 8
Gem......................... @
Gold  Medal............
@
Ideal....................... @ 8
Jersey  .................... @ 8
Lenawee.................
Oft
Riverside................. @ 8
Springdale.............. @
Brick....................... @ 11
Edam....................... @ 70
@ 17
Leiden....................
Limburger.............. @ 12
Pineapple................ 50 @ 85
Sap  Sago................. @ 17
Bulk 
6
Red
7

..........................
CHOCOLATE.

Chicory.

714

Walter Baker & Co.’«.
German Sweet.....................
Premium..............................
Breakfast Cocoa......... ..

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz..........1 00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz  ........ 1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz..........1  40
Cotton, 70 ft. per  doz..........1  60
Cotton. 80 ft. per  do*..........1  80
Jute, 60 ft  per  do*............   80
Jute. 72 ft.  rw-  do*..............  95
COCOA SHELLS.
2Vi
201b  bags.......................  
Less quantity................. 
3
Pound  packages............  
4
CREAn  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes..30-35

COFFEE.

Qreen.
Rio.

Pair  .........................................•
Good........................................Jy
Prim e...................................... Jl
Golden  ................................... J*
Peaberry  ................................13
Fair  .......................................
Good  ......................................If
Prim e......................................J*

Santos.

Mexican  and  Guatemala.
Fair  .......................................
Good  ......................................1®
Fancy 
...................................17
Prim e......................................¿9

Maracaibo.

Java.

Mocha.

Roasted.

Package.

Interior..................................
Private  Growth...................... M
Mandehling.............................21
Im itation...............................
Arabian  ................................. *•-
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue..................... -29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha —  29
Wells’ Mocha and Java.......24
Wells’ Perfection  Java.......24
Sancaibo.................... -........*1
Breakfast Blend...............   18
Valley City Maracaibo........ 18V4
! Ideal  Blend..........................¡4
Leader Blend...................... 1“
!  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 5S£c  a 
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the list 
is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price in full cases.
Arbuckle.......................   10 50
Jersey..:.........................  10 50
rtrl-raftiNn’a  t» v * .
McLaughlin’s XXX X  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  A 
Co., Chicago.
Extract
Valley City W gross
Felix 14  gross...............
Humme”s foil 14 gross
Hummel’s Mo 14  rms-
5 gross boxes

75
85
:  4>
40
4 doz in case.
.  6  75
Gail Borden  Eagle.......
6 25
Crown...........................
.  5 75
Daisy..............................
.  4 50
Champion....................
4 25
Magnolia 
Challenge........................ ...3 35
............ ............... 3  35
Dime 

CONDENSED  MIL K

CLOTHES  PINS.

...........

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.

Economic  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 —  II  50
1.000 bonks,  anv 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 
denomination from 110 down.
20 books.........................   1 00
50 books...........................200
100 books  .........................  3 00
250 books...............................  C 25
500 books................................10 00
1000 books........  ................ 17 50

Coupon Pass Books,

Universal Grade.

Applet.

Credit Checks.

California Fruits.

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 
500, any one denom’n ...... 3 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ......   8 00
Steel punch.................... - • 
75
DRIED  FRUITS—DOnBSTIC 
Sundried.......................   @  5
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @  8 
Apricots.....................  @8V4
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................  © 7V4
Peaches.......................  6V4© 7V4
Pears. 
.................   8  © 7V4
Pitted Cherries...........
r’runnelles..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes.........   ©
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   © 5>4
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  @ 55i
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   ©
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........   @ 7V4
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........  @8
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  @9
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........   ©
>4 cent less In 50 lb cases 

California Prnnas.

 

Raisins.

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

1  45 
2 00
3%
4V4
5V4

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Peel.

Raisins.

Patras bbls.......................@  7Vi
Vostizzas 50 lb cases........@  714
Cleaned, bulk  ................. ©  854
Cleaned, packages...........©  834
Citron American 10 lb bx  @13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx  @12 
Orange American 101b bx  @12 
Oudura 28 lb boxes......8  @  814
Sultana  1 Crown.........   @
Sultana 2 Crown.........  @
Sultana  f. Crown.........   © 714
Sultana  4 Crown.........   @
Unltans  5 Crown 
@
Su ¡tana 6 Crown.........   @12
Sultana package.........   @14
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages..............1  65
Bulk, per 100 lbs..............4  00
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

Farina.

Grits.

Peas.

Beans.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

24 2 lb. packages..............2 75
100 lb. kegs...................... 4  13
Barrels  ............................2 50
Flake, 50 lb.  drams........ 1 00
Dried Lima  ..................... 
334
Medium Hand  Picked.... 1  30 
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  101b. box........  60
Imported,  25 lb. box.......2 50
Common...........................  2 00
Chester............................  2 25
Empire  ............................  3 00
Green,  bu.........................  95
Split,  per lb...................... 
Rolled Avena,  bbl....... 4 55
Monarch,  bbl..................4  40
Monarch,  V4  bbl.............2 35
Monarch, 90 lb sacks.......2  10
Quaker, cases.  ................3 20
Huron, cases................... 1 75
German............................   4
East  India........................ 
Flake.............................. 
Pearl................................ 
Anchor, 40 1 lb. pkges__ 
Cracked, bulk................... 
24 2 lb.packages.............. 2 50

Rolled  Oats.

314
3J£
3%
5
334

Tapioca.

Wheat.

Sago.

2V4

Salt  Fish.

Cod.

Herring.

nackerel.

Georges cured............  @5
Georges genuine........  @ 5V4
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 00
Round 100 lbs...................  2 75
Round  40 lbs...................  1  30
Scaled...............................  
13
Mess 100 lbs......................  16 30
Mess  40 lbs......................  6  90
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  82
Mess  8 lbs......................  1  48
No. 1100 lbs......................  14  50
No. 1  40 l b s . . . ................  6  10
No. 1 
10 lbs....................  160
No. 1 
8 lbs....................  130
No. 2 100 lbs......................  10 00
No. 2  40 lbs......................  4  30
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1  15
No. 2 
95
5 50
No. 1100 lbs. 
2 50
No. 1  40 lbs................... 
No. 1  101bB.................... 
70
No. 1 
59
8108.................... 
Whltaflsh.
No. 1  No. 2  Fam
100 lbs  .........  6 25  5 75  1 85
........  2  80  2 63  1  05
40 lbs 
10 lbs........... 
33
8 lbs........... 
30
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

8 lbs.................... 

Trout.

73 
61 

78 
85 

Jennings’ .

No. 10 

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

D. C. Lemon
2 oz-----   75
3 oz___ 1  00
4 oz....... 1  40
6 oz.......2 00
No. 8..  2 40
4  00
No.  2 T.  80 
No. 3 T.l  25
No.  * T.l  50
Northrop Brand.Lem  Van. 
1 20
1 90
2 00
2 25

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

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

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’z.

..............................4  00

Kegs 
Half Kegs................................. 2 25
Quarter Kegs............................ 1 25
1 lb. cahs..............................  30
V4 lb. cans............................   18

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

Kegs  ....................................4  25
Half Kegs................................. 2 40
Quarter Kegs............................ 1 35
1 lb. cans..............................  34

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

Kegs..........................................8 00
Half Kegs__ . ' .........................4 25
Quarter Kegs........................... 2 25
lib. c a n s ............................  45

Sage.....................................   15
Hops....................................  15

Madras, 5  lb  boxes............   55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes__  50

15 lb  palls............................  85
30 lb pails............................  65

HBRBS.

INDIGO.

JELLY.

LYE.

Condensed, 2 doz  ..............1  20
Condensed. 4  do*  .............. 2 26

LICORICB.

Pure..................... 
30
Calabria  .............................   25
Sicily....................................  14
Boot......................................  10

 

MINCB MEAT.

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

nATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9 suhihur...................... 1  65
Anchor Parlor...................... '..1 70
No. 2  Home..........................1  10
Export  Parlor......................... 4 00

noL  ASSES.
New Orleans.

Black................................  
11
14
F air..................................  
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......................  17,
Clay, T. D. full count........ 
65
Cob, No. 3..........................  
85

PIPBS.

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s...............................  4 00
Penna Salt  Co.’s............   8 00

PICKLES.
fledlnm.

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

Small.

RICE.

Domestic.

Imported.

Carolina head....................  «. 14
Carolina  No. 1  .................  5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................  35£
Japan,  No. 1................... 
6?i
Japan.  No. 2  . 
6
Java, fancy  head................  6
Java, No. 1.........................  55i
Table..................................
Packed 60 lbs. In  box.

SALERATUS.

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..  93
Lump, bbls.........................  75
Lump, 1451b kegs............... 
85

SEEDS.

A nise......................... _. 
9
854
Canary, Smyrna................ 
Caraway............................  
8
6 ’
Cardamon,  Malabar  .... 
Celery.................................  11
3V4
Hemp,  Russian.............. 
Mixed  Bird...................... 
4*
5
Mustard,  white..................  
Poppy  ................................  10
Rape................................. 
54
Cattle Bone........................  20

SNUFF.

Scotch, In bladders............   3.
M accaboy, In Jars...............   35
French Rappee, in  Jars......  43

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

Common Grades.

Table, cases, 24 3-lb  boxes. .1  50 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb bags.2 75 
Table, barrels,  40 7 lb bags.2 40 
Butter, barrels, 2801b. bnlk.2 25 
Butter, barrels, 2014 lb bags.2 SO
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............  55
100 3 lb sacks.............................1 90
60 5-lb sacks.............................1 75
28 10-lb sacks........................... 1 60
Worcester.
50  4 
lb. cartons...............3 25
115  2V41b.  sacks..................4 00
lb. sacks..................3 75
60  5 
2214 
lb. sacks..................3 50
3010 
lb. sacks..................3 50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................  60
Bulk In barrels.........................2 50
56-lb dairy in drill bags......   30
28-lb dairy In drill bags......   15
56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 
58-lb dairy in linen  sacks...  60 
56-lb  sacks...........................  24
Granulated Fine.................   75
Medium  Fine......................  75

Solar  Rock.
Common.

Ashton.
Higgins.

Warsaw.

SOAP.

JAXON

Single box............................ 2 75
5 
box lots, delivered...... 2 70
10 box lots, delivered.........  2 65
JA8.  8.  KIRK  5 CO.'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 25
White Cloud,  toilet.............3 50
Dnsky Diamond, 50 6  oz__2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8  oz__3  00
Blue India, 100 % lb.............3 00
Kirkoline..............................3 50
Eos.......................................2 50

Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

[

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

 

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, 601-lb. bars__3  75
Uno, 100 3£-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars............ 2 05
Sapolio. kitchen, 3 d o z......2 40
Sapolio, hand. 3 doz...........2 40
Boxes  .................................5V4
Keen. English 
4%

Scouring.

SODA.

......  

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.
 

 

Pure Ground In Balk.

Allspice  ............ 
13
Cassia, China in mats......  12
Cassia, Batavia in  bund__25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls....... 3?
Cloves, Amboyna..............  14
Cloves, Zanzibar................  12
Mace,  Batavia...................  55
Nutmegs, fancy................  60
Nutmegs, No.  1................... 50
Nutmegs, No.  2................... 45
Pepper, Singapore, black... 11 
Pepper, Singapore, white.. .12
Pepper,  shot......   ...............12
Allspice  ...............................15
Cassia, Batavia........  ......   30
Cassia,  Saigon..  ................ 40
Cloves, Zanzibar..................14
Ginger,  African..................15
Ginger,  Cochin....................18
Ginger,  Jamaica................. 23
Mace,  Batavia.....................65
Mustard..........................12@18
Nutmegs,...................... 40@r0
Pepper, Sing , black...........12
Pepper, Sing., white...........20
Pepper, Cayenne.
Sage  ..........................

SYRUPS
Corn.

Barrels......................
Half  bbls...................
Pure Cano.
Fair  ..........................
Good...........................
Choice......................

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN
Grains and Feedstufls

Ruhe Bros Co.’s 

Brands.

Mr. Thomas........................ 35 00
Sir  Will,am........................ 35 00
Club Fine........................... 35 60
Generals Grant and Lee... .35 00
Spanish Hand Made........... 35 00
Crown Fine........................ 35 00

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40 grain__  6
Malt White Wine, 80 grain__9
Pure Cider.............................10
Pure Cider,  Leroux.............. 11

Washing Powder.

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

WICKINa.

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

Fish and Oysters

Fresh Fish.
Per lb.
Whiteflsh................
@ 8
_
T rout...................... 
@ 8
Black Bass..............  8  @  10
@ 10
Halibut.................
@ 12
Ciscoes or Herring.
@ 4
Bluefish.................
© 10
Live Lobster.........
@ 16
Boiled Lobster......
@ 18
Cod 
....................
@ 10
Haddock...............
@ 8
No.  1  Pickerel......
@ 7
_
Pike.......................  
@ 6
Perch.......................  @  ¿14
@ 234
“
Smoked White......  
@ 8
Red Snapper.........
@ 10
Col  River  Salmon.
@ 12
Mackerel 
.............
@ 20

Oysters in Cans.

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

@ 40
@ 30

Candies.
Mick  Candy.

Standard................. 
Standard H.  H........ 
Standard Twist......  
Cut Loaf................. 
Jumbo, 321b  ..........  
Extra H .H.............. 
Boston  Cream........ 

bbls.  pails
634@  7
6%@  7
6  @ 8
@  814
cases
@614
@814
@

Mixed Candy.

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

Fancy—In Bulk.

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

@  614@ 7 
@ 714 
@ 714 
@ 814 
@ 814 
@  814 @ 8 
@ 814 
@ 814 
@10 
@12

@ 814 
@  9 
@14 
@11 
@  6 
@  8
@ 9

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon Drops.........  
@50
Sour  Drops............  
@50
Peppermint Drops.. 
@60
Chocolate Drops__ 
@60
H.  M. Choc. Drops..  @75
Gum  Drops............  
@30
Licorice Drops........ 
@75
A. B. Licorice Drops 
@50
Lozenges,  plain__ 
@50
Lozenges,  printed.. 
@50
Imperials...............  
@50
@55
Mottoes.................... 
Cream  Bar.............. 
@50
Molasses B a r.........  
@50
Hand Made Creams.  80  @1  00
Plain  Creams.........   60  @90
Decorated Creams.. 
@90
String Rock............  
@60
Burnt Almonds......125  @
Wintergreen Berries 
@60
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes................... 
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
„boxes................... 
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 

@35
@50

boxes..............

Fruits.
Oranges.

Cal. Seedlings . 
Medt Sweets...

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

&2 50 
13  00

@4  uo

@4 00
@4 25
@5 00
@5 to

Shell  Goods.
Oysters, per  100 
™8mi 
o-»r  inn

.1  25@1  50 

on?*

Bananas.

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

Wheat.

Wheat................................
Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

Local Brands.

Patents.............................   3 35
Second  Patent..................   5 85
Straight............................  5 60
Clear..................................  5 00
Graham  ............................  5 50
Buckwheat....................... 4 uo
R ye..................................  4 00
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond, %s.......................6 25
Diamond, j|s .......................6 25
Diamond, 34s.......................6 25
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker, 34s........................
Quaker, 34s........................
Quaker, 34s........................
Spring  Wheat  Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s Best 34s...........  6 85
Pillsbury’s Best 34s...........  6 75
Pillsbury’s Best Hs...........  6 65
Pillsbury’s Best 34s paper .  6 65 
Pillsbury’s Best 3«s paper..  6 65
Ball-Bamhart-Putman’s Brand.

Duluth Imperial, 34s...........6 50
Duluth Imperial, 34s...........6 40
Duluth Imperial,  34s.........   6 30
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 34s..................   6 65
Gold Medal 34s.................... 6 55
Gold Medal 34s.................... 6 45
Parisian,  34s......................   6 65
Parisian, Qs.........................6 55
Parisian. 34s.......................  6 45

Olney A Judson’s Brand.

Ceresota, 34s.................  
  6 65
Ceresota, 34s......................   6 55
Ceresota, 34s......................   6 45
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, 34s.........................
Laurel, 34s .......................
Laurel, 34s......................

Meal.

Bolted...............................  2  10
Granulated.......................  2 35

Feed and Millstuffs.

STARCH.

Kingsford’s  Coro.

40 1-lb packages. 
20 1 lb packages.

Kingsford’s  Silver  Gloss.

40 1-lb packages...................  654
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..................  \ \

Common Gloss.

1-lb  packages......................  454
3-lb  packages......................  454
6-lb  packages.....................   4%
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   354
Parrels  ............................ 

3

STOVE POLISH.

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  hags................. 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 63
No.  10........ 
No.  11....................................... 4 63
No.  12.......................................4 50
No.  13....................................... 4 44
No.  14.......................................4 38
No.  15.......................................4 31
No.  16....................................... 4 25

4  63

 

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

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

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. 

Quintette............................... 35 00

G. 

J. JohnsonCigarCo.’sbrand.

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

Hides.
Green No.  1..............
@ 9
Green No. 2.............
@  8
Cured No. 1..............
@10
Cured No. 2..............
@  9
Calfskins,  green No. 1  @ 934
Calfskins,  green  No. 2  @ 8
Calfskins, cured No. 1 
(ail
Calfskins, cured No. 2  @934

■  50@1  00

Pelts.
Pelts,  each .*............
Tallow.
No.  1..........................
No. 2........................
Wool.
Washed, fine  ..........
@18
Washed, medium....
@23
: 11  @13
Unwashed, fine.......
Unwashed, medium .16  @18

@ 3
.  @ 2

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Figs.

Corn.

32 
35 
37

@ 8 
@ 6 
(fit 5 
@  6 
@ 4*4

Car  lots.................... 
.....  37
Less than  car lots............   39

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

@
@
@  14
@
@  13
,  @ 6*4

Oats.
Car  lots..................
Carlots, clipped......
Less than  car lots.
Hay.

St. Car Feed, screened__17 so
No. 1 Corn and  Oats......  .16 50
Unbolted Corn Meal..........15 50
Winter Wheat  Bran..........13 00
Winter Wheat Middlings. .15 00 
Screenings..........................15 00

Choice, 101b boxes.. 
Extra  choice,  14  lb
boxes.................... 
Fancy, 12 lb boxes.. 
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes...............  
Pulled, 61b boxes... 
Naturals,  in  bags.. 
Dates.
Fards in 10 lb  boxes 
Fards  in  60 lb  cases
Persians, G. M’s......
lb cases, new........
Sairs,  601b cases__
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__
@10 
Table Nuts,  choice.
I  9
Pecans, Med...............
@ 8 
Pecans, Ex. Large__
@10 
Pecans, Jumbos........
@12
Hickory  Nuts per bu„
Dressed....................
Ohio, new...............
@1  60 L oins......................
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks @4  00 Shoulders.................
Leaf Lard.................
Mutton.
Carcass.................... 7 @  8
Spring Lambs...........
.  8 @  9

Carcass......................  694® 734
Fore quarters............   5fc@  634
Hind  quarters...........  834® 9
Loins  No.  3................  9  @12
Ribs.........................  .  9  @12
Rounds......................  7  @8
Plates  ....................
@  4
Pork.

Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns. @ 734
Fancy,  H.  P„  Flags
Roasted..................
@ 734 
Choice, H. P., Extras. 
@ 434
Choice. H. P„  Extras

Fresh  Meats.

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

Peanuts.

Veal.

Beef.

•  6î>

@  5

534 Carcass  ................... .  634@ 8

RossUvl

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

Michigan Cigar Co.'s brand.

Ure Unkle

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

Oils.
Barrels.

Eocene......................  @1114
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @ 8«
W W Michigan...........  @814
Diamond  White.........  @ 7%
D., S. Gas....................  @814
Deo. N aptha..............  @ 7
Cylinder................... 25  @34
Engine...................... 11  @21
B ’ ck. w in ter...........  @8

65

Provisions.

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled  Pork.

7
691
634

Sausages.

Lards.  In Tierces.

Mess  .............................  
12  50
13 00
Back  .............................  
Clear back.....................   12  75
Shortcut....................  
12  e0
Pig..................................  16 ot
Bean  .............................  u   ou
Family  .......................... 
12 00
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies............................ 
Briskets  ............... ...!!. 
Extra shorts..............!! 
Smoked  Heats.
Hams, 12 lb  average  __ 
9
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
894
Hams, 161b  average...... 
834
Hams, 20 lb  average...... 
834
Ham dried b e e f...... 
14
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
654
Bacon,  clear............... 8  @9
California hams............  
534
Boneless hams................... 
9
Cooked ham...............!!i034@!3
Compound...................  
a-,-
Kettle..........................  
73?
55 lb Tubs........... advance 
u
80 lb Tubs........... advance  %
50 lb T ins........... advance  %
20 lb Pails........... advance 
34
10 lb Pails........... advance  %
5 lb Pails........... advance 
1
3 lb Pails........... advance 
114
5^
Bologna.............. 
Liver..................................... 6u
Frankfort........ 
<-,¡1
p o rk ......................................¿34
Blood  ..........................  
g
Tongue.....................' ‘' 
9
Headcheese................. "  
034
Extra  Mess...............  
j j   05
Boneless  ........ 
14  oa
 
Rump................... :.:::::i4  oo
Pigs’ Feet.
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
70
34  bbls, 40 lbs........... 
1  40
34  bbls, 80 lbs......................  2 6)
_ _  
Kits, 15 lbs...................... 
70
34  bbls, 40 lbs......................  j go
34  bbls, 80 lbs................"  2 60
d  a. 
P ork............................... 
|e
Beef  rounds................... 
4
Beef  middles......... 
¡1
Sheep.........................!.'.! 
00
Butterine.
m
Rolls, dairy.............. 
Solid,  dairy...........................9 -
Rolls,  creamery............  
14
Solid,  creamery.......  
13.4
Canned  Meats.
2 75
Corned  beef,  2 lb  .. 
Corned  beef, 14  lb.... 
13 00
Roast  beef,  2 lb.........   2 50
Potted  ham, 
.. 
70
Potted  ham, 
1 m
70
Deviled ham, 
Deviled ham,  34s.........  1  10
Potted  tongue 34s.........  
70
Potted  tongue 34s ..............   1 10

34s 
34s.. 
34s 

Casings.

Tripe.

Beef.

Crackers.

Soda.

Oyster.

The  National  Biscuit  Co 

quotes as follows:
Butter.
Seymour XXX...................  7
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  734
Family XXX......................  7
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton. 
734
Salted XXX.......................  7
Salted XXX, 3 lb carton...  734
Soda  XXX  .......................   71/
8  *
Soda XXX, 3 lb  carton... 
Soda,  City................. 
gu
Zephyrette.................... 
n
Long Island  Wafers....!!]  12 
L. I.  Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  13
Square Oyster, XXX.........  7
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1  lb carton.  8 
Farina Oyster,  XXX.........   7
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals.......................  
toy
Bent's Cold Water__!!!!!  t4
Belle Rose.........................  s
Coco&nut Taffy.................  12
Coffee Cakes.................. ..  1 ¡j
Frosted Honey..................   3234
Graham Crackers  ............   734
Ginge r Snaps, XXX round.  7 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...  7 
Gin. Sups,XXX home made  7 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  7
Ginger Gems......................  744
Imperials..........................   7y2
JumDles,  Honey...............   1134
Molasses Cakes.................  734
Marshmallow  ..................   15
Marshmallow  Creams......  16
Pretzels,  hand  made  ......  834
Pretzelettes, Little German  634
Sugar  Cake.......................  734
Sultanas............................  1234
Sears’Lunch......................  734
Sugar  Squares................. 
834
Vanilla  Wafers...............   14
Pecan Wafers....................  1534
Mixed Picnic....................  1134
Cream Jumbles.................  12
Boston Ginger Nuts..........   9
Pineapple Glace................   16
Penny Cakes.....................   8
Marshmallow  Walnuts__  16
Belle Isle Picnic................  1034

2 1

Crockery and

Glassware.

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

Butters.

34 gal., per doz.............. 
41
1 to 6 gal., per gal........... 
4?.£
8 gal., each.................... 
3g
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__3 7j

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

2 
5
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 

Churn 3.

Milkpans.

34 gal. flat or rd. hot., doz.  45 
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each  494 

Fine Glazed Milkpans.
34 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each 

534 

Stewpans.

Jugs.

34 gal. fireproof, ball, doz.  85 
1 gal. fireproof, ball, doz.l  10 
34 gal., per doz.................   40
34 gal., per doz..................  42
1 to 5 gal., per gal............  
534
34 gal., per doz.................   42
1 gal., each...................... 
534
Corks for 34 gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
34 gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz. ..1  00 

Tomato Jugs.

Sealing Wax.

 

2

5 lbs. in package, per lb... 
LAMP  BURNERS.
No.  0 Sun............................. 
35
No.  1  Sun.........................!!  40
No.  2  Sun.......................... !  60
Tubular................................ 
50
Security, No.  1 .................. 
Security, No. 2.....................  
85
Nutmeg  ..............................  
50
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

Sun, crimp top,
top,
Sun, crimp top,

0 
1 Sun, 
2 

First  Quality.

crimp 

XXX Flint.

crimp 

-........  

Electric.

Rochester.

OIL  CANS. 

No. 
No. 
No. 

0 
1 Sun, 
2 

La  Bastie.
 

Sun, crimp top,
wrapped and  labeled__  2 55
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
Sun, crimp 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  gg
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamas............  
80
No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
1  2b
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
do*  .................................  l  50
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz......... 1  60
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........3 50
No. 2,  Lime  (70c doz)____  4 00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........  4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ......   4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)____  4 40
Doz.
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv Iron with  spout.  1  65
2 gal galv Iron with  spout.  2 87
3 gal galv iron with spout.  3 50 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  4  75 
3 gal galv Iron with faucet  4  75 
5 gal galv iron with  faucet 5 25
5 gal Tilting cans..............  s 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.  1 B  Tubular...!. 
...  6  50
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... e 30
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__  7 00
No.  12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C
No.  3 Street  Lamp...........  3 75
LANTERN  GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents........... 
45
No. 0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
each, box 15  cents.........  
45
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls 5 doz.
each, bbl 35....................  
35
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,
cases 1 doz. each.............  1 25
LAMP  WICKS.
No. 0 per gross................ 
15
No. 1 per gross................... 
21
No. 2 per gross  .................  
30
No. 3 per gross...................  48
Mammoth........................... 
70

Pump  Cans.

22

Hardware

Rendering  Unto  Caesar  the  Things 

that  Are  Caesar’s.
Ante  Lucem  In  American  Artisan.

President  Charles  S.  Prizer’s  address 
before  the  National  Association  of Stove 
Manufacturers  was  very  much  like  ren­
dering  unto  Caesar  the  things  that  are 
Caesar’s.  As  the  old  lady  said,  “ It  was 
just  almost 
like  speaking  right  out  in 
meetin’. ’ ’  President  Prizer  belongs  to 
a  different  school  of students from that of 
the  pioneer  presidents  of  this  Associa­
tion,  Jno.  S.  Perry,  Sherman  S. 
Jewett 
and  Jno.  F.  Ratbbone.  They  were  all 
good  men  of  ripe  business energy,  capa­
ble  to  cope  with  the  business  questions 
of  their  day,  and  believed  in  the  good 
substantial  things  of 
life,  as  viewed 
from  the  standpoint  of  their  time.

changed 

A  quarter  of  a  century  added  to  the 
world’s  age,  a  quarter  of  a  century  of 
progress,  has 
the  material 
things  and  old  conventional 
ideas  and 
thought.  Things  new  have  become  old, 
and  the  old  have  passed  away  and  been 
forgotten.  Life,  like  the  sands  of  the 
sea,  is  ever  changing.  So  also  are  the 
material  things  of 
The  years, 
cycles  and  periods  come  upon  us  and 
fritter  away,  and  our children’s children 
are 
left 
in  wonderment  at  the  things 
that  were.

life. 

A 

lady  once  asked  me  why  they  put 
figures  of  men,  women,  cherubs,  beasts, 
birds  and  reptiles  upon  stoves  as  orna­
ments,  and  I  answered  for  the  same rea­
son  women  adorn  their  hats  and  bonnets 
with  birds  and 
insects,  and  that  the 
Egyptian  builded  hideous  looking  ob­
jects  called  gods;  they  know  not  better. 
No  doubt  this  scrabbling  will  go  on  and 
on,  and  as  the  fertile  brain  of  some 
Rococoite  conceives  a  new  design  from 
the  savage  sculpture,  as  depicted 
in 
profane  history,  new  things  will  he 
given  us,  and  the  push  being  so  largely 
imitators,  we  may  expect  to  see  more 
of  it  before  we  see  less.
But  to  return  to  Mr.  Prizer  and  his 
address.  The  address  may  have  been  a 
little  long  for a  stove  convention,  but  it 
contained  much  good  solid  meat  and 
was  produced  without  that  labored  effort 
of  some  of  his  predecessors  to  produce 
the  most  prosy  things.  There  are  those 
living  who  remember  the  labored  efforts 
of  one  or  two  of  the  ex-presidents  to 
say  something  through  a  repetitional 
essay  that  had  neither  thought,  argu­
ment  nor 
language.  President  Prizer 
can  be  complimented  on  the thought and 
candor  with  which  he  treated the  several 
points  touched  upon.  There  was  not 
an  idea  brought  out  by  the  address  but 
from  which  some  lessons  may be learned 
yielding  a  good  return  from  their  care­
ful  study.  Material  and  general  things 
enter 
into  the  business  the  same  as  all 
other business  and  can  not  be too lightly 
considered.

The  law  of  supply  and  demand,  over 
production  or  under  consumption are the 
material  things  that  enter  most  largely 
into  the  question  and  demand  the  most 
careful  consideration  of  the  general  law 
of  economics;  subjects,  like  the  conju­
gation  of  Latin  verbs,  may  seem  some­
what  sterile,  but  a  more  careful  study 
and  a  closer  tacking towards their teach­
ings  would  have  brought  a  measure  of 
relief  ere  this.  Manufacturers  com­
plain  of  the  unprofitability  of  stove­
making. 
If  unprofitable  to  the  maker, 
what  has  been  the  case  of  the  retailer, 
particularly  those  who  have  carried  par­
tial  stocks  over  from  year  to  year,  pil­
ing 
interest  for  five  and 
six  years,  in  the  end  having  a  lot  of 
obsoletes,  worth  half  price,  to  show  for 
the  business.

interest  upon 

fault,  which 

This  the  manufacturer  will  say  is  his 
(the  dealer's) 
is  in  part 
true  and  part  untrue.  Had  the  dealer 
adhered  closely  to  the  law  and  cleaned 
out  each  season’s  purchases  before  buy­
ing  new  stock ;  bad  he  anticipated noth­
ing  until  actual  day  of  want,  the  man­
ufacturer 
in  many  cases  would  have 
held  his  rococo  stock  until  another  sea­
son,  and then himself have been rococoed 
by  some other  fellow  who  had  rococoed 
upon  his  rococo.

is,  the  traveling  salesman  has

As 

it 

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

rococoed  upon  the  dealer  by  the  per­
suasion  that  this  new  ingenious 
inven­
tion  (which  gives  no  better  general  re­
sults  than  the  old) 
is  the  thing  of  all 
if  he  wants  to  be  an 
other  things,  and 
up-to-dater  he  must  have 
it.  Again,  if 
he  wants  to  meet  his competition,  which 
is  supplied  with  Jenks  and. Peasley’s 
scrabble  (a  very  good  thing),  but  no­
where  up  to  the  sample  of  ours,  he must 
buy.
I  once  called  upon  a  dealer  and  found 
an  agent  in  advance,  whereupon  I  with­
drew  until  the  coast  was  clear.  When 
it  came  my  turn  the  dealer  told  me  he 
“ positively  could  not  buy a single stov*-,
Mr.  S-----was  just  here. 
I  have  always
bought  largely,  and  at  times  exclusive­
ly, 
from  his  bouse.  He  showed  me 
photos  of  a  new  base  burner and  1 dread 
fully  wanted  to  buy  five  or  six  of  them, 
but  with  151  stoves  on  hand,  not  a  few 
of  them  in  the  depot  warehouses,  where 
they  have  been  two  or  three  years,  and 
that  I ’ve  not  seen,  it  was  absolutely  out 
of  the  question  my  buying  another  stove 
until  some  sales  are  made. ”   This  was 
three  years  ago,  and  while  the  dealer 
is  now  selling  another  line,  there  is  not 
the  slightest  question  but  that  be  has 
some  of  the  original 
15 1  stoves  on 
hand.  This 
is  a  case  where  the  new 
scrabble  did  not  scrabble,  but  as  a  rule 
you  can  bet  your  last  shekel  the  stove 
salesman 
is 
in  it.

is  plugging  for  all  there 

President  Prizer,on salesmen's  success 
or  non-success,  thought  it largely the  re­
sult  of  non-training  or  educating,  and 
for  training  schools  or  educa­
argued 
tional  work 
for  the  salesmen,  all  of 
which  is  most  important  and worth care­
ful  consideration. 
Then  comes  the 
question  of  instruction,  line  of work  and 
procedure.  The  school  that  will  instruct 
a  salesman  as  to  his  own  goods,  their 
construction,  make  up,  excellence,  etc  , 
every  favorable  point  as  well  as  the  cir­
cumstances  and  conditions  upon  which 
his  house 
is  willing  to  part  company 
with  them  for  A.  B.  &  Co. ’s  cash  or 
credit,  etc.,  should  be  thoroughly  un­
derstood  by  the  traveling  salesman,  and 
he  should  know,  and  know  well,  that the 
parting  of  the  goods  to  A.  B.  &  Co.  is 
like  so  much  clean  cash,  and  that  upon 
a  promise  to  pay  or  return  a  stipulated 
amount  of  cash  depends  the  perpetuity 
of  his  bouse,  as  well  as  support  and 
maintenance  of  its  corps  of  laborers.
The  goods  in  a  large  measure  repre­
sent  the  productions  of  so  much  bard 
labor  from  his  fellow  men,  whose  future 
may  perhaps 
largely  depend  upon  the 
success  of  his  house,  which  always  and 
under  all  circumstances  is  entitled  to  a 
fair  marginal  profit  for  investments  and 
time.

You  can  not,  however,  school  travel­
ing  salesmen  how  to  read  human  na 
ture,  how  to  approach  a  hundred  differ 
ent  temperaments  and  dispositions  upon 
a  hundred  different  occasions  under  a 
hundred  different  circumstances  and  do 
it  successfully.  These  acquirements  are 
the  gifts  of  our  natures,  and  while  the\ 
may  be 
improved  upon  by  schooling, 
that  schooling  comes  from  the every-dj> 
life  and  contact.  No  profession  can 
take  you  into  the  lecture  room  or  pri­
vate  office  and  teach  you  a  mastery  of 
these  things.  Under  a  buoyant  expand 
ing  market  salesmen  of  minor  tact  are 
often  successful,  while  under  depression 
and  close 
investments  the  most astute 
are  not  always  rewarded  by  remunera­
tive  orders.

The  inexorable  law  of  supply  and  de­
mand  always  cuts  a  figure  with  all sales­
men,  the  conceptive,  the  educated  and 
uneducated  alike. 
is  generally  be­
lieved  there  are  now  a  few  (private) 
schools  of  this  character.  Some  five  or
six  years  ago  I  called  upon  Mr.  K -----,
who  told  me  of  a  recent  visit  from  a 
pupil  of  one  of  these  schools,  and  a part 
of  his  lecture  was  upon new patterns and 
the  enormous  expense  his  bouse  had 
gone  to  that  year  to  produce  an  entirely 
new  line  of  goods.  Seventy-five  thou­
sand  dollars  alone  would  be  expended 
for  patterns.  No  other  house  could 
produce  the  same  results  in  five  years. 
Besides  all  this,  $20,000  more  would  go 
for  advertising,  while  vast  sums  for 
other  embellishments  would  figure in the 
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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Opposite  Union  Depot.

New  Wholesale

Hardware House

New  House,  New  Goods,  New  Prices.
Call  and  see  us  when  in  the  city.
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Now,  Mr.  K —  is  a  methodical  fellow, 
and  he  fell  to  a  mental  calculation  ot 
rcjuits.  Seventy  five  new  stove  patterns, 
$1,000  each.  Counting  two  changes  for 
each  stove  or  range  square  and  reser­
voir,  square  range  with  high  shelf,  high 
closet,  etc.,  reservoir  the  same, 
the 
seventy-five  under  changes  and  modifi­
cations  would  make  a  line  of  150  stoves 
and  ranges.  Ten  stoves  of  each,  or 
1,500  would  cost,  patterns  $5  each,  ad­
vertising  $2  each,  dividing  again  the 
amounts  would  read  $2.50  and  $1.  Al­
lowing  his  company  was  able  to  make 
75,000  stoves  (a  most  unwarranted  al­
lowance),  and 
it  would  cost  for  each 
stove  pattern  $1,  advertising  40  cents,
all  of  which  to  Mr.  K ---- looked  like
heap  big  moonshine.

Now,  the  regular  and 

legitimate  ex­
penses,  such as taxes,  rentals,  insurance, 
investment,  etc.,  had  not 
interest  on 
Suppose  the  sales 
been  considered. 
man  had  added  to  his 
lecture  the 
clause: 
“ Anyone  can  float an  old  stick 
down  stream,  but  it  takes  a  smart fellow 
with  a  Websterian  head  to  float,  one  up 
stream ."  What  would  have  been  Mr.
K -----'s  consternation?  Of  course,  all
dealers  do  not  know  how  much  of  the 
old  frames,  oven  plates,  tops,  bottoms, 
flue  strips,  etc.,  etc.,  can  be  used  in 
new  constructions,  and  pattern  costs 
minimized.

When  a  manufacturer  advertises  he  is 
expending  fifty  thousand  dollars  for new 
patterns,  and  another  who  buys  large 
portions  of  his  products  advertises  his 
for  the  year  cost  fifty 
new  patterns 
little  thinks  how  it  looks 
thousand,  he 
when  analyzed. 
like  the 
shooting  carloads  annually  dumped  in 
the  State  of  Texas.  Wash  goods  are 
good  goods  if  not  so  showy.

It’s  much 

It  militates  against  the  traveling  man 
to  go  out  and  rehearse  these  wind  ar­
guments  of  the  lecture  room.  Another 
thing  that  hurts  the  traveler,  the  man­
ufacturer  and  his business is the vitriolic 
letters  to  them  and  the  trade. 
It  would 
seem  as  though  some  of  the  correspond­
ing  clerks  not  only  steeped  their pens  in 
vitriol  but  rolled  them  in  red  pepper, 
and  to  this  can  some  bouses  charge  the 
loss  of  trade.  The  managers  of 
large 
houses  don’t  want  to  flatter  themselves 
that  there  is  never  a comparison of notes 
among  their  travelers  and  that  all  his 
little  by-play  is  never  found  out.

A  salesman  can  not  well  talk  horse, 
politics,  yachting  and  shop  and  have  it 
work  well  with  business.  Not  once  in  a 
hundred  times  do  you  see  the  stove 
salesman  strike  town  and  enter  upon 
anything  else  than  his  regular  legiti­
mate  work.

The  manufacturer  might  help  himself 
and  at  the  same  time  do  no  harm  but 
good  to  the  dealer  by  cutting  down  the 
time  datings.  It is  no  good  to  the  dealer 
to  ship  him  goods  February  and  March 
dated  September  1,  four  months,  5  per 
cent.  October  1.  Better  make  him  a 
cash  discount,  bringing  cash  May  i  or 
June  1.  Such  deals  are  injurious  to  the 
house  and  all  kindred  business. 
It  is 
not honest  competition. 
It  is  not  fair 
competition. 
It  is  unworthy  good  busi­
ness  tact.  Time  and  discounts  could  be 
improved  upon  by  making  a special dis­
count  for  spot  cash.  All  classes  of  trade 
can  be  much  improved  by  working  to­
ward  an  exclusive  cash  dealing.

Wanted  to  Sue  the  Widow.

A  man  came  into  the  office  of a young 
lawyer  in  a  Western  city,  and  stated  his 
case  as  follows:

“ I  was  walking  along  the  street,  and 
I  had  with  me  a  dog—a  very  valuable 
dog  he  was,  very.  Oh,  he  was  a  beauty 
—thoroughbred,  you  see.  Well,  sir,  one 
of  these  here  linemen  was  up  on  a  tele­
graph  pole,  and,  do  you  know,  the feller 
got  careless,  and 
let  go,  an*  down  he 
come,  and by jinks,  sir,  he killed that air 
dog.”

“ Was  the  man  himself  killed?”
“ Well, 

I  should  say  he  was.  Now 
what  I  want  to  know,  young  man,  is, 
does  the 
remedy 
against  that  air  feller's  widder  for  the 
value  of  the  dog?”

law  give  me  any 

Women  are  like  cats;  both  are  grace­
are  domestic—and  both 

both 

ful, 
scratch.

Senate  Action  on  the  Tax  on  Proprie­

tary Articles.

important 

Two  of  the  most 

final 
amendments  to  the  war  revenue bill pas­
sed  by  the  Senate  Saturday  are  Senator 
Chilton’s  and  Senator  Mason’s.  Senator 
Chilton’s  amendment  reads:

For  and  upon  every  packet,  box,  bot­
tle,  pot,  phial,  or  other  inclosure  con­
taining any articles,  substances,  prepara­
tions,or compounds,except  food products 
and  preparations  otherwise  provided  tor 
in  this  act,  that  are  made  and  sold  or 
removed  for  sale  under  patent  right, 
trade  mark,  or  any  name  or  designation 
not  open  to  general  use,  where  such 
packet,  box,  bottle,  pot,  phial,  or  other 
inclosure,  with 
its  contents,  shall  not 
exceed,  at  the  retail  price  or  value,  the 
sum  of  5  cents,  X   cent.
Where  such  packet,  box,  bottle,  pot, 
phial,  or  other  inclosure,  with 
its  con­
tents,  shall  exceed  the  retail  price  or 
value  of  5  cents  and  shall  not  exceed,  at 
the  retail  price  or  value,  the  sum  of  to 
cents,  X   cent.

Song  of  the  Shirt.

The  most  destructive  laundry  in  the 
United  States 
is  the  one  that  washes 
for  the  —-—  house.  One  day  recently  a 
commercial  traveler  sent  a  shirt down  to 
the  office  of  the  hotel,  with  a  paper 
pinned  to 
it  upon  which  the  following 
lines  were  written :
I pray you,  Mr.  Laundry man,  wash  this  shirt with 
You can see it’s very tender and easy to tear;
And may I be so bold as to express the  hope 
That you'li not use  sulphuric  acid,  but  plain  old- 
fashioned soap?
It's not the dirtiest shirt that you have  ever seen, 
So wash it  with  your  hands,  sir,  and  not  with  a 
I  wouldn't  be  so  bold  now  as  to  ask  this  favor 
But, so help me goodness gracious, of  shirts I have 

care;

machine;
of you,
but  two!

When  Women  Fight.

“ In  making  up  that  supply  train, ”  
said  the  attendant,  “ your  majesty  for­
gets  that  you  now  have  two  regiments  of 
women  in  the  field.”
the  king.

“ What  have  I  neglected?”   demanded 

“ In  addition  to  the  provisions,  arms 
and  ammunition  your  majesty  should 
forward  to  them  at  least  three  carloads 
of  pins. ”

As  a  result  of  a  council  of  war  hastily 
called  they  forwarded  one  carload  of  or­
dinary  pins,  one carload  of  hairpins  and 
one  carload  of  safety  pins.

Bold  Amateur  Detectives.

Sweet  girl—Pa,  the  house  next  door 

was  robbed  last  night.

Pa—Mercy !  Next  door !
Sweet  girl—Yes,  and the burglars have 
in  two  or  three  houses  on  this 

been 
street  within  a  week.

I  know  it. 

rible !  But  what  can  we  do?

It’s  ter­
Pa-  I  know  it. 
Sweet  girl—I  was  thinking  it  might 
be  a  good  plan  for  Mr.  Nicefellow  and 
me  to  sit  up  a  few  nights  and  watch  for 
them.

Vouched  for  by  His  Banker.

From  the Boston Journal.

The  frankness  of  Texas  is  one  of 

its 
charms.  A  Boston  merchant  received 
the  other  day  a  letter  from  a  Texan  in 
which  he  excused  himself  for  slowness 
in  paying  up  by  describing  the  hard 
times  in  his  town.  He  closed 
thus: 
“ Confirming what  I  have  written  above,
I  enclose  a  letter  from  the  President  of 
the  bank  in  which  for  several  years  I 
have  kept  my  overdraft.”

P a ris   G re e n   L a b e ls

The  Paris  Green  season  is  at  hand  and 
those  dealers  who  break  bulk  must  label 
their packages  according  to  law.  We  are 
prepared to furnish  labels  which  meet  the 
requirements of the law, as follows:

100................................  25  cents.
200  ..............................  40 cents.
500..................................75  cents.
1000................ ...............$1  00.

Labels  sent  postage  prepaid  where  cash 

accompanies order.

Tradesm an  Com pany,

Grand Rapids.  Mich.

H i p  

flcelylene  60s  Co., 

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

lit

Mt.  Morris, Mich., April 22,  98.

T hf.  M ic h ig a n   A c e t y l e n e   G a s  C o.,  L t d .,

G en  s :— I  have  used  one  of  your  45 
light  m achines  since  D ecem ber  last and 
find  it  gives  entire  satisfaction,  being 
cheaper  than  cost  of  oil  and  chim neys; 
does  aw ay  with  heat,  sm oke  and  dirt; 
gives  a  better  light  than  coal  gas  and 
is  equal, 
if  not  superior,  to  electricity, 
and  can  cheerfully  recom m end  it.

Very  resp’y,

M a n n’s Cash  St o r e,

Sproul  &  McGurrin,

General Agents  for  Western  Michigan.

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

We  Are  the  People

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

M. B. Wheeler Electric Co.

Grand  Rapids.

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is never sung by retailers who  offer

Queen  Flake Baking Powder and 
Northrop  Flavoring  Extracts.
Sold at good  profit  and  low  prices, 
quality  considered,  and guaranteed 
to give entire satisfaction.  Manu­
factured only by

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Robertson 
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ART  OF  TH E   PACKER.

Remarkable  Growth  of  the  Canned 

Goods  Business.
From  the New York Commercial.

The  present  year  promises  to  be  an 
exceptionally  good  one  for  the  canned 
goods 
industry  of  the  United  States. 
This  has  now  reached  tremendous  pro­
portions,  the  yearly  output  being  esti 
mated  at  1,500,000,000  cans  of  all  kinds 
of  vegetables, 
fruits  and  meats.  The 
native  product  of  to-day  has  reached  a 
degree  of  excellence  which  admits  of  no 
superior  the  world  over. 
It  has  taken 
many  years  and  much  labor  and  money 
to  reach  the  present  high  plane  of  per 
fection.

Time  was,  so  the  experts  say,  when 
cheapness,  not  quality,  was  the  object 
sought  for  by  the  packer.  This  has  been 
completely  changed  about.  To-day 
it 
is  quality  that  ensures  success.  Year 
after  year  packers  have  been engaged  in 
improving  every  process  of  putting  up 
goods.  The  farmer  was  first  dragged 
over  the  coals  and  put  through  a  course 
of  sprouts.  Everything  connected  with 
the  planting,  cultivating  and  ripenin 
of  vegetables  and  fruits  was 
incorpora­
ted  in  iron-bound  rules  which  the  farm­
er  had  to  follow  or  lose  the  sale  of  his 
stuff.  Next,  improvement  in  the  man­
ner  of  handling  the  raw  product  and 
in 
cooking 
it  was  brought  about.  Hand 
made  tins  were  supplanted  by  a  ma­
chine  made  article;  tin  cans  were  put 
aside  in  many  cases  and  glass  used,  for 
reasons  of  health  and  appearance. 
Great  care 
in  keeping  clean 
every  portion  of  the  canning  factory. 
There  is  one  of  the  largest  concerns 
in 
the  business  which  employs  over  a thou­
sand  girls.  Each  one  of  these  has  a 
special  uniform  which  is  worn  while  at 
work  in  the  factory.  This 
is  required 
to  be  kept  in  the  neatest  condition  pos­
sible.  Every  Saturday  three  and  four 
barrels  of  soft  soap  are  required  in  the 
scrubbing  and  cleaning  of  the  floors and 
woodwork.  Similar  conditions  obtain 
in  all  the  establishments  which  have  a 
reputation 
for  turning  out  the  better 
grade  of  goods.

is  used 

It  is  said  that  tomatoes  put  up  in  tin 
cans  have  been  known  to  eat  through 
the  tin  in  the  course  of  time.  This  has 
caused  glass  jars  to  be  looked upon  with 
increasing  favor  by  those putting up this 
In  fact 
particular  kind  of  vegetable. 
glass 
jars  are  coming  more 
into  use 
every  day.  The  English  trade  is  decid­
edly  fastidious  in  its  requirements  and 
goods  put  up  for  export  to  the  English 
market  meet  with  the  best  success  when 
canned  in  glass  jars  with  care  as  to  the 
appearance  of  the  goods  when  placed on 
exhibition  in  stores.  The  same  is true 
of  the  better  class  of  trade  in  this  coun­
try.  Canned  peas  have  been  brought 
to  a  point  of  flavor,  size,  color  and  ten­
derness  outrivaling  the  French  article. 
Imports  from  France  have been  decreas­
ing  at a  rapid  rate  for  a  number of years 
almost  in  the  same  ratio  with  which  the 
native  product  has  been  growing 
in 
popular  favor.  While  the  canning  in­
dustry  will  be  found 
in  many  of  the 
states  of  the  Union,  there  are  a  few 
which  have  become  famous  in  this  par­
ticular.  Among  them  are  Maine,  New 
York,  Maryland,  California, 
Illinois, 
Iowa,  Wisconsin,Michigan  and  Oregon. 
One 
is  celebrated  for  corn,  another  for 
peas,  another  for  fruit  and  so  on.

follows: 

labels  are  as 

The  big  wholesalers  and 

jobbers  of 
canned  goods  now  have  a  label  which 
they  put  on  all  goods  handled  by  them 
and  which  stands  as  a  guarantee  of  ex­
cellence  and  quality.  Some  of the  well- 
known 
“ Pre­
m ier,”   “ Royal  Scarlet,”   “ Sunbeam,”  
“ Wbiterose, ”   and  “ Big  Tree.”   These 
labels  are  sent  to  the  packers  from 
whom  the  goods  are  purchased  and  are 
put  on 
instead  of  the  regular  packers’ 
label.  As  a  general  rule  the  firms  who 
have  these  special  brands  secure  the 
best  stock 
in  the  market.  There  has 
been  a  tendency  of  late  years  for  pack­
ers  to  contract  for  the  future  delivery  of 
goods. 
is  said  that  this  year  some 
of  the  packers  have  held  back  for  bet­
ter  prices  and  this  method  of  disposing 
of  the  output  of  a  factory  has  not  there­
fore been  so  widespread.
Side  by  side  with  the  canning  factory

It 

has  grown  up  the  glass  jar  industry. 
There  have  been  in  the  last ten or fifteen 
years  scores  of  inventors  who  claimed 
to  have  discovered  the  only  perfect jar. 
No  doubt  there  are  many  excellent  pat­
terns  on  the  market  at  the  present 
time. 
is  estimated  that  the  house­
wives  of  the  country  consume  one  mil­
lion  gross  of  jars  for  domestic  use  ex­
clusively.  The  science  of  the  packer 
stops  at  nothing  and  the  list  of  articles 
preserved  for  the  table  would  fill  a small 
sized  volume.

It 

The  Grain  Market.

It  seems  the  bears  have  been  out  gun­
ning  for  the  wheat  bulls  and  met  with 
excellent  success,  as they  scattered  them 
to  the  four  winds  of  the  globe.  Those 
who  showed  any  signs  of  fight  were 
killed  and  the  bears  took  their  hides 
and  horns  as  trophies.  Chicago  Sep 
tember  wheat  was  $2%c  one  week  ago 
and  Tuesday  morning  it  opened  at  75c 
per  bushel,  and  cash  wheat  in  that  mar­
ket  was  about  §1.24  per  bushel,  while 
it  is $1.06.  The  market  on  De­
to-day 
troit  red  wheat  opened  at  gi. 18 
last 
week  and  to-day  at  $1.04  per  bushel  for 
cash,  so  the  decline  was  as  violent  as 
the  rise.  The  causes  for  the  decline are 
as  follows:  large  increase  in  the acreage 
in  both  spring  and  winter  wheat  sec­
tions;  spendid  weather  for  the  growing 
crop,  which  will  undoubtedly  make  a 
large  yield,  and  the  large  receipts.  The 
fact  that  new  wheat  has  made 
its  ap­
pearance  in  St.  Louis also  helped  to  de­
press  prices. 
ten 
months  were  exceptionally 
large,  hav­
ing  been  nearly  200,000,000  bushels. 
Owing  to  the  high  prices,  the  receipts 
have  been  simply  enormous.  Our  vis­
1,000,000 
ible  decreased  more 
bushels,  leaving  22,587,000  bushels 
in 
sight,  against  24,450,000 bushels  at  the 
same  time  last  year.  We  shall  probably 
see  a  still  further  decrease  before  the 
new  crop  moves.  As  has  been  expected, 
wheat 
is  getting  very  scarce  in  this  lo­
cality.  However,  the  mills  seem  to  take 
the  situation  very  philosophically  and 
are  not  fretting  about  the  matter,  as 
there  will  be  enough  wheat.

The  exports 

than 

for 

Coarse  grains  also  dropped,  although 
not  as  much  as  wheat—about  2c  per 
bushel.  However,  should  this  weather 
continue,  we  may  see  them  go  consid­
erably  lower.  Oats may  hold  their  own, 
as  there  are  not  as  many  in  sight  as 
there  were  last  year  at  this  time.

Rye  also  surprised  the  dealers,  as 

it 
dropped  about  20c  from  the  high  point. 
We  do  not  see  why  farmers  want  to 
raise  rye  when  it  sells  at  about  35c.

The  receipts  were  very moderate,  bav- 
ng  been  30 cars of wheat, 16 cars  of  corn 
and  5  cars  of  oats.

M illers  are  p ayin g   95c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A .  V o ig t .

When  the  Druggists  Will  Meet.

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Michigan 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association  will 
be  held  at  Port  Huron  Aug.  2,  3  and  4. 
No  advertising  will  appear  in  the  pro­
gramme  this  year,  those  who  have  pat­
ronized  the  programme  heretofore  being 
requested  to  donate  prizes  for  the  sev­
eral  contests.  H.  C.  Knill,  Jr.,  is  chair­
man  of  the  Committee  on  Prizes.

Dr.  Chas.  S.  Hazeltine,  President  of 
the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug Co.,  is 
spending  the  week  in  Chicago,  assisting 
his  son,  M.  B.  Hazeltine,  in  the  work 
of  familiarizing  himself  with  his  new 
duties  with  the  firm  of  Geo.  H.  Connor 
&  Co.

One  can  never  judge  of  the  length  of 
a  woman’s  tongue  by  the  size  of  her 
mouth.

CARGO  OF  TOBACCO
ARRIVED  AT  GRAND  RAPIDS  C U S­

TO M   HOUSE  LAST SATURDAY.

DUTY  AMOUNTS TO $9,749.50
BIG  CHANGE  IN  PRACTICE  BY  LO­

CAL  IM PORTERS.

The  G.  J.  Johnson  Cigar  Co.  Will
Its  Tobacco 

Hereafter  Bring  All 

Purchases to the  Grand  Rapids 

Customs  House.  Collect­

or  of  Customs  Coye 

Works  Up  Business.

in  cigars,  or 

People  generally  have  a  very  faint 
idea  what  an  amount  of  money  is  con­
sumed  annually 
even 
daily  so  far  as  that  is concerned.  When 
a  man  throws  a  nickel  on  the  show  case 
of  a cigar  store in payment for a cigar—a 
cheap  cigar,  as  he  calls  it—he  does  not 
cast  a  thought  on  the  subject  of  how 
many  of  those  nickels  are  spent 
in  the 
same  way  every  day  or  how  much  they 
toot  up  in  the  aggregate.

Some 

idea  may  be  gained  from  the 
facts  concerning  a  cargo  of  tobacco 
which  was  received  June  4  by  the  G. 
J. 
Johnson  Cigar  Co.  There  were  31 
bales,  each  weighing  on  an  average  170 
pounds,  which  would  make  the  whole 
cargo  a  total  weight  of  5,270  pounds. 
This  tobacco  is  to  be  used  entirely  for 
wrappers  for  cigars.  Mr.  Johnson’s  fac­
tory 
is  now  turning  out  on  an  average 
20,000  of  his  famous  five-cent‘  S.  C. 
W. ”   cigars  daily.  At  that  rate,  he  says 
that  the  cargo  of  tobacco  in  question 
will  last  him  less  than  six  months.

Under  the  new  tariff  laws  the  duty  on 
this  cargo  amounts  to  $1.85  per  pound. 
The duty  on  the  entire  cargo  at that rate 
amounts  to  nearly  $10,000,  the  exact 
figures  being  $9,749  50.  The  tobacco 
duty  about  equals 
first  purchase 
price.

its 

same 

importance  to 

This  one  item  alone  is a matter of con­
siderable 
the  customs 
house  of  this  district,  to  say  nothing 
about  what  will  come  hereafter  from 
this 
source.  Heretofore  Mr. 
Johnson  has  been  clearing  all  of  his 
goods  through the  customs  house  at  Chi­
cago,  for  the  simple  reason  that  he  did 
not  know  that  there  was  a  suitable  place 
here  to  keep  the  goods.  The  United 
States  allows  three  years 
in  which  to 
take  tobacco  goods  from  its  warehouses, 
and  this  rule  allows  the  shippers  to  take 
the  goods  out  as  fast  as  they  use  them.
This  cargo  of  tobacco  is  of  an  espe­
cially  fine  grade,  enabling  the  manufac­
turers  undoubtedly  to  give  the  “ S.  C. 
W. ”   another  big  boost 
in  popularity. 
The  product  is  taken  from  the  island  of 
Sumatra  to  Amsterdam,  Holland,  and 
there  sold  at  auction,  the  highest  bid­
der  taking  the  prize.  '  Germany 
is  a 
close  competitor  for  the  weed,  but  as  a 
rule  the  American  buyers  get  the  choic­
est  of  the  production.

Chas.  E.  Mahan,  the  Elk  Rapids 
druggist,  was  in  town  last  week  on  his 
wav  home  fro m   Alma,  where  he  spent 
eight  weeks  in  the  sanitarium,  taking 
treatment  for  neuralgia.  His  recovery  is 
complete  and  he  confidently  expects  it 
will  be  permanent.

WANTS  COLUMN.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

T IT  ANTED—POSITION  IN  CLOTHING  OR 
T f  general store by an  At salesman.  Address 
P. care Michigan Tradesman. 
622
I f  OR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE  FOR  HARD 
«-  wood land—Clean stock of  shoes  invoicing 
about $4,000, in one of the  best  towns  in  Michi­
gan.  Address.I  P., care  Michigan  Tradesman.
621
f iTOR  SALE,  ON  ACCOUNT  OF  SICKNESS— 
Well-selected stock  of  dry  goods,  notions, 
men's furnishings and  groceries,  in  one  of  the 
best  towns  in  Southern  Michigan,  located  on 
Michigan Central Railroad 
Stock will invoice 
about  $8,000;  annual  sales,  $18,000;  store  rent, 
$180 per year;  nearest competition, six miles;  a 
bonanza for the one  that  means  business.  Ad­
dress No. 623, care Michigan Tradesman. 

623

602

I  TOR  SALE,  CASH  ONLY—CLEAN  STO^K 
groceries,  invoicing  about  $1,500.  Reason 
for selling, death of head member of firm.  Ad- 
dress Jno. W. Lott & Son. Petoskey. Mich.  620
W ILL  EXCHANGE —  IMPROVED  REAL 
estate for boots and shoes or  general  mer­
chandise valued from $8,000 to $10,000.  Property 
will rent for $75  per  month.  Address  A.  C.  E., 
619
care Michigan  Tradesman. 
Ha v in g  pu r c h a s e d  t h e  l u m b er and
general  merchandise  stock  at  Norwood, 
Mich.,  formerly  owned  by  the  Rittenhouse  & 
Embree Co., I offer  the  merchandise  stock  for 
sale at low price.  It is one of the  best  places In 
Michigan  for  general  merchandise  business 
and the  handling  of  fruit and other farm prod­
ucts.  The  amount of business done in the last 
sixteen  years  has  averaged  about  $3,000  per 
month.  Reason for selling, wish  to  devote my 
whole attention to lumbering.  Stock will inven­
tory about $7,500.  Terms, $5,000  cash.  Write or 
call on  L. J. Nash. Norwood, Mich. 
616
J TOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  DRUGS,  GROCER- 
ies, hardware, crockery,  dry goods, notions, 
etc., invoicing about $3,600";  a great  bargain  for 
cash;  large building;  well located in a thriving 
Northern village.  Address No.  615, care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
615
i TOR  SALE—DRUG  AND  GROCERY  STOCK 
in best  town  in  Southern  Michigan:  good 
trade, good reasons for selling.  Address No. 610, 
care Michigan Tradesman 
*90
ITMNE OPPORTUNITY  FOR  EXPERIENCED 
X1  man with means to engage in the  grist  mill 
business in Leelanau county.  Fine wheat coun­
try.  Acreage of wheat this year in  easy  access 
to mill, 8 00j acres.  No  opposition within twen 
ty six miles.  Mill site  furnished free.  Best  of 
shipping facilities either by rail  or  water.  For 
further particulars address Empire Lumber Co., 
Empire, Leelanau Co., Mich. 
rpH E   BEST  OPENING  IN  MICHIGAN  FOR 
X   an active business man  with  $!0,000 or $  2,- 
060 to step into a well-established, paying whole­
sale business.  For particulars, address Business, 
care Michigan  Tradesman. 
60S
HAY,  HAY  HAY!  FOB SALE  AT  BIGHT 
prices.  Correspond with Michigan Produce 
6U7
Co., Lansing, Mich. 
ITOR  SALE-A  DESIRABLE  CORNER  DRUG 
store, hardwood modern fixtures.  Price low, 
terms  easy.  Address  Opportunity,  care  Mich­
612
igan  Tradesman. 
I-  HAVE  SMALL  STOCK  OF  DRUGS  AND 
fixtures in  Ionia,  taken  on  mortgage.  Will 
sell cneap for cash or  trade for  productive  real 
estate.  Answer  immediately.  Will  sell  soon. 
W. W. Hunt, Urfder National  City  Bank,  Grand 
Rapids. 
598
B rick  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  clothing.  J.  H.  Levinson, 
Petoskey, Mich. 
I TOR  RENT—DOUBLE  STORE  BUILDING 
in  Opera  House  block,  Mancelona,  Mich., 
best location in town;  best  town  in  State.  Ad 
dress Julius H. Levinson, Petoskey, Mich.  580
FTOR  SALE, EXCHANGE OR REN 1—LARGE 

two-story  store  and  residence  building  in 
town of l,COO  population  in  Northern  Indiana; 
stone basement, 120  feet  in  dimensions.  Inves­
tigate.  Address No. 575, care  Michigan  Trades 
man. 
I TOR  SALE —BUILDING  AND  GENERAL 
stock;  best  farming  section  in  Michigan. 
No trades.  W  H. Pardee, Freeport, Micb.  500
f TOR  EXCH A EG E  FOR  GROCER Y  OR  M ER- 
chandise  stock—Choice  section  land  near 
Jamestown,  North  Dakota.  Dakota  lands  in 
great  demand  for  farming  or  stock  raising. 
534
Carl Dice,  Monroe, Mich. 
'T'O  EXCHANGE—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY 
X  goods or shoes, very nice  well rented Grand 
Rapids property.  Address No.  552, care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
qX>  EXCHANGE — FARMS  AND  OTHER 
-L  property for dry  goods, clothing  and  shoes. 
Address P. Medalie, Mancelona. Mich. 
553
W~“  ANTED—A “ PRACTICAL  MILL  MAN, 
with $1,000 capital, to  take  a  one-half  or 
full  interest  in  a  stave,  heading  and  planing 
mill.  3,000  contract,  with  stock  to fill it.  All 
goes.  Five years’ cut  in  sight.  Side  track  te 
mill.  Good reasons for selling.  Address  Stave 
Mill, care Michigan Tradesman. 

552

600

546

575

BROOMS

A  BOMERS,  MANUFACTURER  OF  HIGH 
grade  brooms  at  all  prices,  for  retailers 
only.  Grand Rapids, Mich. 
605
I  ¡TOR SALE-MODERN, WELL-ESTABLISHED 
and equipped broom factory and good trade. 
Other  business  commands  our  attention.  Ad­
dress No. 584, care Michigan Tradesman.  584

COUNTRY  PRODUCE

HAY,  HAY,  HAY!  FOR  SALE  AT  RIGHT 
prices.  Correspond with Michigan Produce 
607
Co.. Lansing, Mich. 
WANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS  AND  POUL- 
try;  any quantities.  Write  me.  Orrin  J. 
604
Stone, Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
WANTED — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
381
Canlkett & Co., Traverse City, Mich. 
WANTED—1,000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS, 
556

daily.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 

Ithaca,  Mich. 

FIREPROOF  S A F E S

EO.  M. SMITH,  NEW  AND  SECONDHAND 
V  safes,  wood  and  brick  building mover, 157 

Ottawa street, Grand Rapids. 

613

MISCELLANEOUS.

"YX7ANTED—A  BUSINESS MAN WITH SOME 
tv  capital to take  charge  of a  furniture  fac­
I.  Frankford,  53
tory, an old  established  line. 
West Bridge St.  Phone 1236.____________ 617
ANTED—POSITION 
IN  GROCERY.  1 
make a specialty of teas  and  coffees ;  age, 

27.  Frank Bentley, Ludington, Mich. 

598

Travelers’ Time  Tables.

C H IC A G O

Chicago.

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

♦ Every  day. 

Others week days only.

DETROITQrand Rapid8 & We8tern-

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........7:00am  1:35pm  5 35pn
Ar. Detroit..................11:40am  5:45pm  10:2 )po
Lv. Detroit..................8:00am  1:10pm  8:10pir
Ar.  Grand  Rapids...... 12:55pm  5:20pm  10:55pir

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

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

Gao.  DeHa vbn,  General Pass. Agent.

A H   i  V T ¥\  Trank Railway System

a J   Detroit and Milwaukee Div

(In effect May 15,1898 )

WEST

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t 6:45am.Sag.,  Detroit, Buffalo & N Y  .t  9:55pm
+10:10am-------Detroit  and  East..........+ 5:27pm
+ 3:20pm..Sag.,  Det., N.  Y.  &  Boston..+12:45pm
* 8:00pm.. .Detroit, East and Canada.. .* 6:35am
+10:45am........  Mixed to Durand..........+ 3:15pm
* 8:35am__ Gd. Haven  and  Int. Pts....* 7:05pm
+12:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate. + 3:12pm 
+ 5:32pm. .Gd. Haven and Intermediate. +10:05am
* 7:40pm .. .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.
♦Daily.  tExcept Sunday

E. H. Hughes. A. G. P. &T. A.
Ben. Fletcher. Trav. Pass. Agt., 
C. A.  J u s t i n ,  City  Pass.  Agent.
97 Monroe St.  Morton House.
GRAND  Rapids  &  Indiana Railway
».  Northern  Div.  Leave  At 

Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...* 7:45am  + 5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack  .  + 2:15pm  t 6 35am
Trav. C’y, Petoskey <& Mack..................¿10:50pm
Cadillac..................................+ 5:25pm *11:15am
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  Arrlvt
Cincinnati................................t 7:10am t *:25pn
Ft. Wayne................................ + 2:10pm t 2  00pn
Cincinnati................................* 7-(K>pro «  7:25an
7:10 a.m.  train  has parlor  car to  (Mucinnatl 
2:10 p. m.  train  has parlor  car  to Fort  Wayne. 
7:00 p. m. train  has  sleeping  car  to Cincinnati. 

M   A   W K T P P   &  Northea8tern  Ry-
* * * * » * ^ » A ^ M   m -jlj  Best route to Manistee.

Via  C. &  W.  M.  Railway.

Lv Giand Rapids...................................7:00am ............
Ar  Manistee..................................... 12:05pm ............
L v   M anistee.............. 
8:30am  4:10pm
Ar Grand  Rapids  .........................  1 .oopm  9:55 pm

 

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Connects at Holland with Chicago  &  We>t  Michi­
gan for Grand Rapids, Saginaw,  Lansing,  Detroit, 
and all  Northern points on the C. & W.  M.  R.  R., 
also with C. & W.  M. for  Allegan,  Marshall,  Bat­
tle Creek and Toiedo, via C. &  W.  M. and D., T.  & 
M. railroads.
The elegant and fast steamers  of  this  line  leave 
Holland daily at S  p.  rn.;  leave  Chicago  daily  at 
7 p. m., making close connections at Holland in the 
morning with the  Northern and  East  bound trains.
Round

Fare, Grand Rapids to Chicago 
Fare, Allegan to Chicago 
Fare,  Holland to Chicago

Berth included.

3-50
Through tickets can be  purchased  at  all  stations 
on the C. & W.  M., D., G.  R. & W. and D., T. & M. 
R ’ys.  C. & W.  M.  train  leaving  Grand  Rapids  at 
6.25 p. in.  daily  makes  close connection at Holland 
with steamers of this line for Chicago.

Single
$.*•15 
3- *5

Office,  No.  I  State St., 

Chicago.

Charles B*  Hopper, 
Gen’l F. & P. Agt.

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DEALERS IN

ILLUMINATING  AND LUBRICATING

OILS

NAPHTHA  AND  GASOLINES

Office and  Works,  BUTTERWORTH  AVE., 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Bulk  works, at (¡rand  Rapids,  Muskegon,  Manistee, Cadillac,  Big Rap­
ids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse  City,  Ludington, Allegan, 
Howard  City,  Petoskey,  Reed  City.  Fremont.  Hart, 
Whitehall, Holland and Fennvllle

Highest  Price  Paid  for  Empty  Carbon  and  Gasoline  Barrels.

A N D   S T E A M S H I P   L I N E S  

T O   A L L   P O I N T S   IN  M IC H IG A N

H.  F .  M O E L L E R ,  a .  g .  p .  a .

THE  FORGOTTEN  PAST

Which we read about can never  be 
forgotten by tbe 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.

TR A D ESM A N   COMPANY,

QRAND  RAPID5 .

BUSINESS  MAN’S   FRIEND

Size: 30 inches wide;  50 inches deep;  50 inches high.  Made 
of selected  oak,  of  choice  grain,  and  beautifully  finished. 
Has  every  convenience  for  filing  private papers  for handy 
reference.  The workmanship is high grade in every partic­
ular.  By closing  the roll  top  the  entire  desk,  including 
each  drawer,  is  locked  automatically.  We would recom­
mend dealers to  sell  the  above  desk  -at  $18  to  $20.  Our 
wholesale  price  to  you  is  $13.75.  Our  large  catalogue 
containing full line mailed on receipt of 4  one-cent  stamps.

THE  WHOLESALE  FURNITURE  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Chicago Trains.

TO CHICAGO.

FROM CHICAGO.

Lv. Grand Rapids...+7  10am  +2 lflpm  *11  35pm
Ar. Chicago............   2  0- pm  9 10pm 
6 30am
Lv. Chicago..............................+3 02pm 
Ar. 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.

*11 45pm
7 25am

Muskegon Trains.

G O IN G   W E S T .

some east.

LvG’d  Rapids............+7:35am  tl:0Upm +5:40pn
Ar Muskegon...............  9:00am  2:10pm  7:05nm
LvMnskegon..............+8:10am  +11:45am +4:00pn>
Ar G’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.

tExcept Sunday.  *Daily  ¿Saturday only.
C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 
W. C. BLAKE, 

Gen’l Passr. and Ticket Agent. 
Ticket Agent Union Station.
DULUTH, Soath Shore and Atlantic 

Railway.

W E S T   B O U K D .

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

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Lv. Duluth................................................  +6 :30pm
Ar. Nestorla................................+U:15am  2:45am
1:30pm  4:30am
Ar.  Marquette..........................  
3:30pm 
Lv. Sault Ste. Marie...............  
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8:40pm  11:00am
Ar. Mackinaw City................ 
G.  W .  Hi b b a r d ,  Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. 
E. C. Oviatt, Trav.  Pass.  Agt., GrandRapids

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their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell  —S  
you  that  they  are  only  trying  to  get  you  to  aid  their  —^  
new  article. 

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Is  it  not  the 
public?  The  manufacturers,  by  constant and  judi- 
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose  —g  
very  presence  creates  a  demand  for other  articles.

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A PROPOSAL

You  are a progressive  business  man,  in  busi­
ness for profit;  willing  to  make  more  money 
without  constant  watching  and  worry.  W e 
have a system that will  enable you to do  this.

IT  IS  THE  GREAT  MONEY  WEIGHT  SYSTEM

Over 45,000 merchants have taken  advantage 
of  this  money  saving  system,  and  our  prop­
osition is that you place yourself in  communi­
cation  with  The  Computing  Scale  Co., 
Dayton, Ohio, or their general  selling  agents 
in your territory,  and  learn  all  about  our  sys­
tem  for  avoiding  over  weights  and  losses  in 
weighing goods.

THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.,  Dayton,  Ohio

Little  Qiant Sprayer

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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 
Small  Fruit  Trees,  Vines  and Plants.  Throws a  mist with such force  as 
o  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.

Everything  in  the  Plumbing  Line 
Everything  in  the  Heating  Line

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

WEATHERLY  &  PULTE, 99  Pearl  St., Grand  Rapids

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FLY  BUTTONS
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FOR  THE  TRADE 

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A scientifically compounded,non-cathartic poison,
killing  flies  or  ants  quickly.  6  thick 
inch

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

5 cents per doz. off.  It pays to push for coupons.

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

gross Fly Buttons, delivered.

ORDER  FROM  JOBBERS.

THE  FLY  BUTTON  CO.,

¡MAUMEE,  OHIO.

Our Stock of

Wall  Paper and  Paints

Is  New  and  Fresh  from  the  Factory.

Every Wall  Paper Design  is of  1898 make.

Picture  F rames made to order.

C.  L.  Harvey & Company,

59 Monroe S t., Grand  Rapids.

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

