Volume XV. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  IS,  I89S. 

Number  769

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, JUNE  IS,  1898. 

Number 769

GOMMERCIHL  CREDIT  CO.,  LIMITED,

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REPORTS,  COLLECTIONS  AND 
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TRADE

THE  OLD  OLD  STO RY.

Another  Dealer  Who  is  Paying  Above 

the  Market.

The  three  letters  herewith  submitted 

are  self-explanatory:

F.  W.  brown,  Ithaca;  I  notice  in 
your  paper  each  week  what  you  have  to 
say  about  A.  C.  Hager.  Such  people 
ought  to  be  shown  up  and  I  am  heartily 
glad  that  there  is  one  trade  paper  in the 
country  which  has  the  courage  to expose 
irresponsible  and  fraudulent  dealers  for 
the  benefit  and  guidance  of  the  coun­
try  merchants  and  produce  shippers  of 
the  State.  Hager  bothered  me badly  all 
this  spring,  and  now  we  have  another 
such  a  snag  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  the 
person  of  A.  Suiter.  He has  been flood­
ing  the  country  with  circular  letters  for 
some  time,  offering  i@3c  more  for  eggs 
and  butter  than  they  are  worth.  He 
is 
offering  10'Ac  for  eggs  on  track  to  all 
my  customers  here,  which  made  it  bad 
for  me,  so  I  wrote  him  1  would  sell  him 
a  case  of  eggs  at  ioc  here.  He  accepted 
the offer and. I  shipped  160  cases,  billed 
to  F.  VV.  Brown,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
notify  Suiter.  That  was 
last  Satur­
day,  and  Monday  the  car  arrived  there 
and  he  wired  back,  asking  me  to  have 
the  railway  release  the  car  and  be would 
give  ioj£c  on  track  here  for  two  more 
cars. 
I  wired  him  that  he  would  find 
draft  at  the  bank  and  that  I  would  ship 
two  cars  more  at  his  price,  but  Tuesday 
the  bank  wired  our  bank  that  Suiter’s 
draft  was  refused,  so  I  ordered  the  car 
on  to  Philadelphia. 
I  thought  all  the 
time  it  was  a  fraud,  but  determined  to 
satisfy  myself  on  that  point.  Such  peo­
ple  ought  to  be  advertised  thoroughly. 
I  know  of  a  considerable  number  of 
people  who  have  shipped  him. 
I  sold 
him, 
f.  o.  b.  Ithaca,  case  count,  so  he 
had  no  reason  for  not  paying  for  the 
shipment,  especially  as  I  agreed  to  take 
Yzc  less  than  he  was  offering  to  pay 
in 
small  quantities.

io@i2c. 

A  well-known  Cleveland  dealer: 

I 
can  not  approve  of  Suiter’s  methods, 
because  I  do  not  consider  them  strictly 
within  the  lines  of  good  business.  He 
has  been  following  since  Jan.  i  a  cus­
tom  which  will  surely  require  a  balance 
sheet  to  be  made  and  I  am  very  much 
in  doubt  if  it  will  be  one  that  will  show 
very  much  profit.  Our  market  is  10Y 
@ nc  on  eggs.  Dairy  butter  in  jars 
fetches 
I  am  offering  to  pay 
shippers  within  a  certain  freight  rate 
limit  8j^c  on  track  for  country  butter, 
packed  in  tubs,  pails  or  barrels. 
I  give 
you  this  so  you  can  judge  which  is  the 
more  businesslike  and  which,  in  your 
judgment,  shows  the  more  profit. 
I 
have  my  butter  sold  ahead,  so  that  it 
will  show  a  profit,  while  he  is  putting 
his  in  storage  in  the  original  packages, 
just  as  it  comes  in.  He  is  getting  large 
quantities  of  eggs  at  this  time  and has a 
large  force  of  inexperienced  girls  who 
never  bandied  eggs  before  at  work, 
.transferring  them  from  the  shippers’ 
cases,  without  candling,  to  his  storage 
cases,  which  he  puts  into  storage.  You 
can 
imagine  the  result  this  fall,  espe­
cially  with  the  condition  of  the  weather 
we  are  having  at  the  present  time. 
I 
think  you  can  judge  from  what  I  say 
what  the  result  will  be  in  the  end.

A  large  dealer  at  an  Eastern  market: 
We  do  not  say  very  much 
in  regard  to 
other  people,  but  there  is  a  dealer  in 
Ohio  who  is  operating  on  the  same  plan 
as  A.  C.  Hager;  at  least,  that 
is  the 
general  opinion  on  the  street in our city. 
Some  of  his  goods  are  being  shipped 
here  and  are  selling  for  whatever  they 
will  bring,  while  he 
is  paying  high 
prices  in  the  West.  We  do  not  tell  you 
this  because  it  hurts  us  any,  as  it  does 
not,  but  it  will  probably  hurt  some  of 
his  shippers  in  Michigan  if  they  per­

sist  in  sending  him  goods.  We  under­
stand  this  man  is  offering  ioj£c  on track 
for  eggs.  We  have  also  received  sev 
eral  of  his  circulars  where  he is  offering 
I2j^c  for  packing  stock  in  Michigan. 
Packing  stock  is  only  worth 
lie  deliv­
ered  in  any  market  in  the  country.  He 
will  not  pay  any  drafts on consignments, 
but  so  far  as  our inforamtion  goes,  turns 
them  down.  We  think 
it  would  be  to 
the  interests  of  your  people  if you would 
look  up  this  matter.  Of  course,  we 
would  not  want  our  name  brought  into 
the  matter,  but  as  you  and  your  valu­
able  paper  represent  fully  95  per  cent, 
of  the  general  merchants  and  shippers 
of  Michigan,  and  they  depend  on  you 
to  look  out  for  their  interests,  it  strikes 
us  that  you  ought  to  investigate the mat­
ter  thoroughly  and  post  your  readers,  in 
case  the  investigation  discloses  the  ex­
istence  of  wrong  business  methods.

The  reports  of  the mercantile agencies 
disclose  the  fact  that  Suiter's  real  estate 
is  mortgaged  for  $5,500  and  that  the 
homestead  which  he  inherited  from  his 
wife  has  been  mortgaged  to  a  bank  as 
security  for  advances made  from time  to 
time.  He  refuses  to  make  a  statement 
of  his  assets  and 
liabilities  and  ali 
efforts  on  the  part  of  the  Tradesman  to 
secure  a  personal  statement  have proved 
futile.

In  the 

light  of  these  tacts,  and  in 
view  of  the  effort  he  is  making to secure 
shipments,  and  considering  that  he  re­
fuses  goods  when  they  are  shipped  C. 
O.  D .,  the  Tradesman  advises  due  cau­
tion  on  the  part  of  its  patrons  in  mak­
ing  shipments  to  Mr.  Suiter.

The  Grain  Market.

The  wheat  deal  has  suddenly  come  to 
an  end.  The  exceptionally  good  grow­
ing  weather  downed  the  would-be  wheat 
king  and  naturally  forced  prices  be­
yond  legitimate  market  values.  All  this 
worked  to  ruin  a  multi-millionaire,  who 
not  only  lost  his  large  gains,  but  prob­
ably  made  inroads 
into  his  millions. 
The  question  now  arises,  Who  will  be 
the  next  foolhardy  speculator  to  try  to 
corner  the  wheat  market?  This  corner­
ing  the  wheat  market  has  not  been  a 
success  with  any  one.  Leiter  would 
have  been  successful  had  he  not  ex­
tended 
it  into  the  new  crop  months. 
During  the  past  week  we  have  seen  a 
slump  not  only  in  the  wheat  market  but 
in  other  grains  as  well.  Cash  wheat 
has  dropped  fully  8c  per  bushel  since 
our  last,  while  active  futures  dropped 
considerably  more,  especially 
the 
Northwest.  The  exports  have  been  very 
heavy.  The  visible  decreased  double 
the  amount  expected  and  under ordinary 
conditions  would  have  been  considered 
quite  a  bullish  factor,  but  nothing  could 
stop  the  downward  movement.

in 

Corn,  owing  to  the  fine  weather, 

is 
also  weak,  while  oats  seem  to  be  a  little 
better  to-day,  owing  to  the  fact  that  the 
reports  are  not  very  favorable.

The  receipts  of  grain  during  the  past 
week  were  37  cars  of  wheat,  5  cars  of 
corn  and  1  car  of  oats.

Local  millers are paying 88c for wheat.

C.  G.  A.  V o ig t.

The  American  Jewelry  Co.  has  been 
organized  for  the  purpose  of  embarking 
in  the  wholesale  jewelry  business  at  80 
and  82  Canal  street,  third  floor.

Army  Life  As  It  Really  Is  at  Camp 

De  Soto.

Tampa,  Fla.,  June  10—To be a soldier 
and  march  off  to  war  sounds  patriotic 
and  noble,  but 
it  is  not  until  alter  one 
leaves  home  that  he  begins  to  realize 
that  army  life  is  full  of  hardships.

We  are  now  fairly  well  settled  and 
our  camp  presents  a  very  creditable  ap­
pearance,  as  compared  with 
the  2nd 
Georgia  and  5th  Ohio  regiments,  both 
neighbors  of  ours.

When  we  first  arrived  here  and  saw 
the  space  allotted  us  as  a  camp  ground 
we  were  not  a  little  discouraged,  as  the 
ground  was  completely  covered  with 
thick  scrub  palmetto,  commonly  called 
cabbage  palmetto. 
It  was  necessary  to 
clear  this  away  and  was  finally  accom­
plished  after  a  week’s  hard 
labor  with 
axe,  pick  and  spade,  assisted  occasion­
ally,  by  some  well-learned  Michigan 
slang  (?)  phrases. 
It  was  amusing  in 
the  extreme  to  see  the perspiration stand 
out  and  roll  from  the  faces  of  some  of 
our  boys  who  at  home  never  did  any­
thing  harder  than  walk  up  Canal  and 
Monroe  streets,  carrying  a  cane  and 
smoking  a  cigarette.  This  happened  to 
be  pastime  of  a  different  sort  entirely, 
but  the  boys  did  very  little  grumbling 
and  set  to  work  with  a  will.

is  very  warm  down  here  in  these 
regions,  but, 
it  does  not  get  any 
warmer,  I  am  sure  we  can  all  stand  it 
without  difficulty,  but  it  will  scarcely  be 
necessary  to  use  the  overcoats  which  we 
brought  with  us.  The  nights  here  are 
especially  cool  and  pleasant,  as  we  are 
favored  with  nice 
refreshing  Gulf 
It  is  just  cool  enough  at  night 
breezes. 
it  comfortable  to  sleep  under 
to  make 
cover.  Were 
it  not  for  this  fact  we 
certainly  would  suffer.

It 

if 

it 

We  drill  daily  from  four  to  five  hours 
is  for  the  most  part  extended 
and 
formation,  which 
is 
order  and  battle 
entirely  practical 
in  war  time.  We 
also  devote  much  time  to  firings,  only 
we  wish  we  had  some  real  live  Span­
It  would  be  more 
iards  to  practice  on. 
fun  and  make  it  all  the  more 
interest­
ing.

The  excellent  health  of  the  32nd  is 
shown  by  the  fact  that  there  are  only 
four  persons  in  the  hospital,  while  the 
Ohio  hospital  is  nearly  full.  Three  of 
our  cases  are  measles.

The  people  of  Michigan  have  a  per­
fect  right  to  be proud of her soldier boys, 
for  they  are  winning  honors  right  and 
left. 
People  from  Tampa,  and  other 
strangers  wishing  to  see  a  fine  dress 
parade,  make  for  the  Michigan  camp 
and  we  try  not  to  let  them  go  away  dis­
appointed.

We  appreciate  the  fact  that  Michigan 
has  sent  her  boys  so  well  equipped.  We 
make  a  strong  contrast  with  the  South­
ern  troops.  Yesterday  some  Ohio  troops 
were  stationed  on  guard  at  a  certain 
saloon  nearby  and 
inside  was  a  very 
disorderly  and  drunken  soldier.  The 
guard  either  did  not  know 
its  business 
or  else  was  lacking  in  nerve  to  tackle 
him.  Finally  the  crowd  grew  tired  of 
the  foolery  and  there  came  the  cry  from 
all  sides,  "L et the  Michigan  boys  get  at 
him—they  will  put  him  out.’ ’  This 
merely  goes  to  show  that  we  are  consid­
ered  good  soldiers  and  know  our  busi­
ness  as  military  men.

W m.  A.  A n so r g e.

The  President  is  so  very  busy  that  he 
really  has  no  time  to  receive  statesmen 
who  call  in  the  kindliest  manner  for  the 
purpose  of  telling  him  how  to  run  the 
Government,  and  he  is  also  obliged  to 
omit  reading  many  of  the  provincial 
newspapers  that  are  generally  well  sup­
plied  with  advice.

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D ry  Goods  _
Good  Samaritan  Work  for  a  Fellow 

Clerk.
W ritten f o r  the T r ad esm an.

Dave  Kennedy,  the  clerk  at  the  silk 
counter  at  Fisher  &  Rhoades’,  for  some 
reason  which  he  couldn't  account  for, 
found  himself  watching  Burt  Snyder,  a 
fellow  worker  at  the  linings  counter. 
They  had  been  working  within  sight  of 
each  other  for  months;  but  somehow, 
for  the  last  four  or  five  days,  there  was 
something  about  the  boy  which  seemed 
to  appeal  to  him.  He  hadn’t  noticed 
before  how  thin  and  long-drawn-out and 
overgrown  the fellow was.  Early in  their 
acquaintance,  he  had  looked  Burt  over 
and  put  him  down  as  a  gawk,  and  so 
far  had  seen  no  reason  for  changing  his 
opinion.  The  fellow  was  careless,  if 
not  sloveny,  about  bis  dress,  an  un­
pardonable  sin 
in  David's  eyes,  who 
saw  no  cause  for  that  even  if  a  fellow 
was  a  good  comparison  with  Job’s  tur­
key.  Soap  and  water  are  cheap  even 
in  times  like  these  and  a  pocketknife  is 
not  an  unattainable  luxury.

life  he  had 

That  period  of 

lived 
through  and  be  knew  what  he  was  talk­
ing  about.  A  dollar  a  week,  expended 
with  care,  would  clothe  fairly  well  any 
boy  who  stood  behind  the  counter.  And 
look  at  that  Snyder  this  blessed 
just 
minute! 
If  a  fraction  of  the  shine  on 
that  cheap  diagonal  were  deposited  on 
his  shoes  they  wouldn't  need  blacking 
again  for  a  week ;  and  if he should  clean 
with  a  little  benzine  the  lapels  of  his 
coat,  be  would  look  like  another  human 
being;  and  if  be  only  would  be  consid­
erate  enough  towards  his  fellow  clerks, 
to  say  nothing  about  his  customers,  to 
step  around  to  the  neckwear  department 
and  invest  a  dime  in  a new  necktie  it 
would  be an  occasion  for public  rejoic­
ing.

Neckties  were  objects  of  great  mo­
ment  with  young  Kennedy.  He  had 
thought  deeply  upon  the  important topic 
— years  ago,  it  must  in justice be stated, 
for  he  wasn’t  a  fop  nor  anything  like  a 
la-de-dah  at  this  period  of  bis  existence 
—and  he  had  reached  this  wise  con­
clusion :  A  necktie  is  the  only  place 
where  a  man  has  a  chance  to  display 
any 
individual  taste  in  his  dress;  the 
rest  is  conventional.  He  may,  indeed, 
exercise  his  judgment  as  to  quality  and 
cost  and  he  may  be  loud  or  subdued 
in 
regard  to  general  effect;  but  it  is  that 
little  spot  at  the  neck  that  does  or  does 
not  “ give  him  away,”   and  consequent­
ly  he  can  not  afford  to  be  indifferent  to 
it 
look  at  Snyder’s  tie  now!  A 
twenty-five  cent  made-up  thing  to  start 
with,  it  had  been  worn  until  it  was 
faded  and  ragged  and  soiled,  and  he 
had  got 
into  the  habit  of  letting  it  go 
loose  enough  to  display  a  sample  of  At­
tleborough  collar button,  which  did  not 
improve  the  general  effect.  How  could 
a  feliow  who  had  any  respect  for  him­
self  go  around  looking  like  that!

Just 

He  turned  his  observant  eyes  to  the 
fellow’s  face, 
to  see  if  he  could  find 
there  an  answer  to  his  questions,  won­
dering  how  it  had  happened  that  in  this 
neighborly  intercourse  of  months  he  had 
not  thought  of  it  before.  The  ten-cent 
haircut  of  a  month  ago  added  no  attrac­
tion  to  that  pale  thin  face  and  the  black 
hair,  tumbling  uncared-for  about  the 
white  forehead,  made  the  hollow  black 
eyes  look  almost  ghastly and  gave  great­
er  prominence  to  the  high  cheek  bones 
and  the  sunken  cheeks.  The  mouth 
was  pleasing;  but  what  attracted  and 
fixed  the  attention  of  the  face  reader

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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

Carpets

All  grades cut at wholesale.

You  Carry  Only  Samples

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

For One  Dollar

We  will  send  you a book of Carpet  Sam­
ples  containing  about  50  patterns—size 
qxi8 
inches.  These  samples  are  cut 
from the roll,  so you can guarantee every 
carpet as  represented— in  style, color and 
quality.  No  picture  scheme  or  Misrep­
resentation.  * Every  sample  is  finished, 
numbered and quality specified on ticket, 
so you can  make no  mistake when order­
ing.  We also make  up  books  as  above, 
18x18  in  , which we  will furnish
For  Three  Dollars
This  size  is  very  popular,  as  the  patterns show up beautifully. 
If you 
prefer large samples we  will  cut  them any length desired at the  price  of 
the goods per yard.  We have the  best-selling  goods  on  earth.  Don’t 
wait, order samples at once;  it  will be to  your  interest  and  we want  you 
to represent  us.

HENRY  NOEE  &  CO.,

SOUTHEAST  CORNER  MARKET  &  MONROE  S T S .,  CHICAGO.

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| was  an  expression  of  hopelessness,  ap- 
parently  beyond  all  cure.

Customers  began  to  crowd  about  his 
counter  and  Kennedy  was  soon  deeply 
engrossed  in  increasing his  list of  sales; 
but  that  face  over  there  kept  haunting 
him.  Strive  as  be  might,  be  found  him­
self  constantly  turning  his  eyes 
in  the 
direction  of  the 
linings  counter,  and 
wondering  why.  Burt  Snyder  was  noth­
ing  to  him,  but  still  be  kept  thinking 
about  him—his  white  face,  his 
longing 
eyes  and  the  something  akin  to  despair 
that  seemed  to  attend  every  movement 
he  made.  What  was  it?  He  looked  at 
bis  watch  and  found  it  read five minutes, 
to 
lunch  time.  That  may  have  given 
direction  to  his  thought—anyway,  he 
looked  over  towards  Snyder’s  counter  at 
the 
instant  that  Snyder,  attracted  by 
Dave’s  glance, 
looked  at  him  ;  and, 
hardly  knowing  what  he  was  doing  or 
why,  Kennedy  gave  a  good-natured  nod 
to  his  fellow  clerk,  and,  walking  over 
to  his  counter,  told  him  to  get  bis  hat 
and  come  along  with  him  to  luncheon.
I've  been 
watching  the  clock  for  the last half hour. 
I'm  hungry  as  a  dog  and  I  want  you  to 
come  along  and  help  me  do  myself  jus­
tice.  Never  can  eat  and  enjoy  it  unless 
I  have  somebody  with  me  to  kind  o’ 
encourage  me,  you  know!  Oh,  yes,  you 
are  going  with  me,  too,"  for  a  flush 
in 
the  thin  cheeks  announced  the  expected 
refusal. 
“ I  know  I  haven’t  been  es­
pecially  neighborly,  but  that’s  because 
it  always  takes  me  a  long  time  to  get 
‘ good  and  ready.'  Get  your  hat  and 
come  right  along  and  let  me  show  you 
how  a  Yankee  and  the  son  of  a  Yankee 
fills  himself  up  when  he’s  hungry.”

“ Come  along,  old  man! 

There  wasn’t  any  refusing  that  sort  of 
invitation  when  Dave  Kennedy  choose 
to  make  it.  The  other  fellows  had  re­
ceived  it  “ many a  time and  oft,”   and 
just  as often  bad  come back  to the  store 
to  sound  the  praises  of  the  dinner  and 
the  hospitality  and  good  fellowship  of 
the  general  favorite.  Burt  had  heard, 
and  wished,  and  wondered  if  and  why; 
but  things  wanted  never  came  his  way 
and  he  wasn't  the  kind  to  be  always 
standing  with  bis  dish  waiting  for  it  to 
rain  porridge.  When 
it  did  come,  it 
found  him  dishless  and,  worse than that, 
wholly  unprepared  to  lunch  with  any­
body,  especially  with  Dave  Kennedy, 
who  always  looked  as 
if  he  had  just 
stepped  out  of  a  bandbox.

“ Why,  Kennedy,  I  aint’  fit  to  go  with 

you— you  see— ”

“ Exactly. 

I  overslept  myself  this 
morning  and  had 
just  time  enough  to 
get  here  without  a  chance  at  touching 
soap  and  water,  let  alone  eating  my 
breakfast,  so  I’m  totally  demoralized, 
and  ahead  of  you  there.  We are  going 
over  to  the  Metropole,  however,  and 
will  have  a  whack  at  their  wash-room 
appliances. 
I  guess  we  shall  be  pre­
sentable  by  the  time  we  get  into  the 
dining  room.  It's  wonderful,  at  certain 
periods  in  a  man’s  life,  what  a  change 
it 
I'm  in 
that  condition  to-day  and  I  hope  you 
are.  ‘ One touch of nature, ’ you know, and 
‘ Blest  be  the  tie that binds ;'  and,  unless 
you  are  a  great  deal  better  off  than  I 
am,  it’s  a  pretty  dirty  necktie  that’ll  do 
the  business  for  us  to-day.”

is  to  him  to  wash  his  face! 

The  Metropole  is  famous  for  its  good 
luncheons  and  good  prices,  but  it  didn’t 
make  anything  out  of  two of  Fisher  & 
Rhoades'  clerks  that  noonday.  Kennedy 
made  a  bet  with  his  guest  that  he  would 
eat  the  more,  a  bet  which  was  promptly 
taken—and  lost.  Another  luncheon  was 
the  wager  to  be  paid,  when  both  felt 
like  it.

£  

Underwear 
that  Fits  —  

is  the  kind  we  sell. 
It  w ears  better,  is  more 
com fortable,  sells  better  and  costs  no  more 
than the poorly-m ade,  ill-fitting stuff some jo b ­
bers  sell. 
You  m ay  have  run  short  of  sum ­
in  position  to
m er  w eights; 

if  so,  we  are 

fill  all  kinds  of  orders.

VOIQT,  HERPOLSHEIMER  &  CO., 

WHOLESALE  DRY  OOODS, 

ORAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.  -

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When  both,  on  this  occasion,  had  set­
tled  down  to  business,  after  the  hunger 
pangs  had  been  removed,  Dave  found 
his  guest  amenable  to  his  advances  up­
on  topics  referring  to  personal  affairs 
and  almost  without  knowing  it  the  two 
were  soon  talking  of  ways  and  means  of 
getting  on  with  the  limited  income  they 
both  received.

“ It  isn’t  so  much  the  amount  a  fellow 
spends  as  it  is  the  manner,”   said  Ken­
nedy,  as  he  swung  himself  nimbly  and 
gracefully  into  the  saddle  of  his  hobby. 
“ I  wouldn't  ask  for  over  a  dollar  and  a 
half  a  week  to  keep  myself  well  clad— 
well  clad,  mind  you—and  that  without a 
single  twenty-five  cent  necktie  or  hand- 
me  down  article  of  clothing. 
I  can  do 
it— I  am  doing  it—and  so  can  every 
other  clerk  in  that  store  if  he  will. 
It 
takes  care  and  calculation,  but  a  fellow 
ought  to  be  willing  to  do  that  much  for 
himself.  I  don't  know  a  better  way  than 
that,  do  you?  There’s  that  Cranston— 
he’s  a  pig.  His  wages  are  more  than 
mine;  and  just  look  at  him!  He  spends 
all  he  gets,  and  more  if  he  can  get  any­
body  to  lend  him  any  money;  and  the 
rest  can  get  along  if  they  have  a  mind 
to.  Don't  you  think  so?”

I  needn’t  tell  you  that  I 

“ Why-er,  Kennedy,  I  have  an  idea 
that  they  can’t—always.  For  some  rea­
son  or  other,  I  feel  as  if  you  might 
mean  me;  and  for  the  first  time  in  my 
life,  I  am  prompted  to  tell  how  1  am 
I’m  getting,  perhaps  you  know, 
fixed: 
ten  dollars  a  week. 
If I  had  that  all  for 
myself 
it  would  be  easy  enough  for  me 
to  take  a  dollar and a  half  or  two  dollars 
for  clothes  and  have  something  left after 
paying  my  board;  but  I  can’t  do  that. 
I’m  the  oldest  of  five  children,  and 
father  died  five  years  ago.  Out  of  my 
ten  dollars  I  have  to  pay  house  rent  and 
keep  the  rest  of  the  family  in 
food  and 
clothes,  except Charlie,  who  is  earning 
three dollars a  week.  He  is twelve years
old  and  the  others  are  younger.  Mother 
does  what  she  can;  but  that  isn’t  much 
after  she  gets  through  with  her  house­
work. 
like 
good  things  just  as  well  as other fellows.
I  don’t  fancy  ready-made  clothes  and 
twenty-five  cent  neckties  any better  than 
you  do;  but  I’ve  got  to  wear 
'em  or 
have  the  folks  go  hungry;  and  I  can’t 
do  that.  These  things  are  not  pleasant 
to  talk  about,  and  perhaps  I  ought  not 
to  talk  about  them,  but  it  does  a  fellow 
good  sometimes  to  let  himself  out. 
If 
I  could  see  some 
chance  of  things 
brightening  I  should  be  all  right;  but  I 
don’t  and,  to  tell  you  the  plain  truth,  I 
feel 
I 
should,  if  it  wasn’t  for  mother—she  is 
worse  off  than  I  am,  and  she  doesn't 
know  what  ‘ give up’  means.  Your theory 
is  all  right,  Kennedy,  and  it  will  work 
practically 
in  most  cases;  but  it  does 
cost  more  to  support  six  than  it  does 
one,  and  with  an 
income  for  one  the 
outlook  for  the  others  isn’t  encouraging. 
But  perhaps  this  isn’t  going  to  last  for­
ever,  and  when  my  turn  comes  I  shall 
be  all  the  readier  for  it  for  having  had 
this  run  of  hard  luck.  Gee-whizz!  we’ve 
just  about  time  to  get  back  to  the  store 
— come  on;”   and  the  two  young  men 
went  back  to  their  work,  Snyder  with  a 
grateful  regard  for  the  kindness  he  had 
received,  and  Kennedy  somewhat  upset 
by  an  unexpected  application of a theory 
which  a  limited  experience  had  pro­
nounced  perfect. 
It set  him  to  thinking 
and  wondering  if  something  couldn’t  be 
done  for  a  fellow  clerk  whose  lines  had 
not  fallen  in  altogether  pleasant  places.

like  giving  up. 

sometimes 

R ic h ar d  Malco lm   St r o n g.

Women  kiss  each  other merely to keep 

in  practice.  They  don’t  mean  it.

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

trade 

Staple  Cottons— The 

is  very 
much  exercised  over  the expected cut  in 
4-4  bleached  cottons.  They acknowledge 
the  need  of  some  drastic  measures  to 
place  this  part  of  the  market  upon  a 
firm  basis,  but  many  believe  that  this 
could  be  much  better  secured by curtail­
ment  of  production,  or  by  the  sale  of 
goods 
in  the  gray  accompanied  by  the 
placing  of  bleached  goods  “ at  value.”  
Low prices,  they argue,  will  aid the mar­
ket  only  temporarily,  and  will  tempora­
rily  have  an  adverse  influence  upon  the 
price  position  of  brown  cottons  and 
print  cloths,  as  well  as  upon  other 
makes  of  bleached  goods.  Large  num­
bers  of  orders  are  undoubtedly  being 
held  back  by  buyers  until  some  definite 
action  is  taken  by  agents.  The demand 
may  be  sufficient  to  absorb  the  larger 
part  of  present  stocks,  but  many  fear 
that  if  a  low  price  is  once  named  it will 
be  difficult  to  reach  the  old  price  level 
again.

Dress  Goods—There 

is  no  good  rea­
son  to  doubt  that  the  fall  season  will  be 
a  good  one 
if  the  conditions  do  not 
change  except  in  such  directions  as 
seem  probable  now,  and  which  the  job­
bers  are  preparing  to  take  advantage of. 
Many  of  them  are  confident  that  the  fall 
trade  will  be  the  biggest  in  the  history 
of  the  business,  but  this  is  an  extremely 
sunny  view  to  take  of  the  situation,  and 
in  the  face  of  the  present  depression, 
shows,  first,  that  the  jobber  is  not  to  be 
held  down  by  any  ordinary  bad  luck, 
and  further  that  the  reasons  for  expect­
ing  this  great  increase  of  trade  must  be 
very  strong.  We  should  hardly  be  in 
dined  to  voice  such  optimistic  views  as 
many,  but  we  do  think  that  from  all 
existing  conditions,  it  is  the  only  wise 
thing  to  do  to  prepare  for  a 
large  vol­
ume  of  business  for  this  fall,  and  the 
chances  are  three  to  one  that  it  will  be 
a  great  increase  over  that  of  several 
years  past.

the 

Silks—The  feature  of  the  silk  market 
is  the  increased  demand  for  fabrics  and 
patterns  of  seasonable  character.  The 
slow  business of  the  last  two  months  left 
considerable  stocks  in  retailers’ and job­
bers’  hands,  hut  these  have  moved  very 
last  two  weeks 
rapidly  during 
through  special  sales. 
Business  has 
been  so  large  that  it  has  been  reflected 
in  the  primary  market,  and  buyers  have 
been  surprised  at  the  small  supplies  of 
best  selling 
lines  that  are  available. 
Low-priced  wash  silks  have  sold  at  re­
tail  with  especial  freedom,  and  are hard 
to  find 
in  the  primary  market.  High 
duties  have  restricted  importations  and 
supplies  are  smaller  than  ever  before. 
Plain  and  changeable  taffetas  are  also 
in  comparatively  small  supply,  and  are 
freely  at  very  full  prices,  con­
moving 
sidering 
the  period  of 
season. 
Printed  silks  of  nearly  all  kinds  are  big 
sellers  with  retailers. 
Indias,  chinas, 
and  twill  foulards  are  especially  active, 
but  are  held  in  such  large  supply,  not­
withstanding  a  more  limited  production 
than  usual,  that  prices  are  somewhat 
irregular.  The  supplementary  business 
that  has  been  accomplished  during  the 
last  two  weeks  was  rather  larger  than 
wholesalers  anticipated,  and,  owing  to 
the  fact  that  mills  are  now  all  employed 
upon  fall  goods,  some  good  sized  orders 
had  to  be  turned  down.  The  indications 
are  that  plain  and  staple  goods  will  be 
larger  sellers  this  fall  than  usual,  the 
leaders  being 
satin  duchesse,  gros- 
grains,  poplins,  armures,  bengalines, 
failles  and  peau  de  soie. 
In  fancies 
there  seems  to  be  no  doubt  about  the 
prominent  place  that  will  be  occupied

the 

by  stripes,  both  vertical  and  horizontal 
Bayaderes  are  a  prominent  feature  of 
every  line  of  fancies,  and  jacquard  bay­
aderes  and  corded  barres  are  almost 
sure  to  be  favorites.  Warp  prints  are 
being  pushed,  with  fair  prospects  of  be­
ing  popularized. 
and  warp- 
printed  ombers  are  the  striking  novel­
ties  of  the  season,  but  the  business  has 
not  progressed  far  enough  to  indicate 
the  position  they  may  hold.

These 

Carpets— Ingrain  manufacturers  have 
already  marked  down  prices  for  best 
extra  super  ingrains  2j^c  per  yard  from 
last  season’s  prices;  in  other  words,  to 
47^c  per  yard, 
instead  of  50c,  and 
other  grades  of  ingrains  in  proportion. 
While  this  price  is  no  doubt  in  part  due 
to  the  present  low  prices  at  which  tap­
estry  carpets  have  been  sold,  it  is  also 
caused  by  a  disposition  on  the  part  of 
retailers  this  season,  as  well  as  last,  to 
obtain  goods  as  near  as  possible  to  Wil­
son  tariff  prices.  Their  reason  for  such 
desire 
is  reflected,  they  claim,  by  the 
consumers  not  as  yet  being  in  a position 
to  pay  the  advance  asked,  due  to  the  in­
creased  cost  of  carpet  wool,  which  is 
not  grown 
in  America,  and,  as  carpet 
manufacturers  claimed,  was  too  high  to 
permit  them  to  do  a  satisfactory  busi­
ness.  The  change  from  regular  goods 
to  the  art  square  or  broad carpet has also 
made  less  business  for  the  regular  car­
pet,  and  the  demand  this  season  indi­
cates  a  continuation  of  the  popularity, 
not  only  of  the  art  square,  but  also  of 
I Smyrna,  all  wool  and  jute  rugs,  and  the 
increase  in  machinery  is  along this line. 
The  masses  of  the  people are continuing 
to practice  economy.  Some  very  choice 
lines  of  jute  Smyrna  are  offered  this 
season.  The  most  popular  shades  are 
olives,  blues,  terra  cotta  and  red  cen­

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large  sizes,  9x12,  7x10  and  6x9 
ters,  in 
from  $9.50  to 
feet,  selling  wholesale 
$10.50  each,  and  small  sizes,  30x60 
inches, 
from  $ii  to  $11.25  per  dozen, 
wholesale.  The  manufacturers  of  jute 
and  wool  rugs  look  forward  to  an  active 
season  on  their  lines.

Hammocks— Hammock  manufacturers 
are  anticipating  a  much  larger  demand 
this  season,  and  some  very  attractive 
goods  have  been  sold,  with  more  value 
offered  this  year  for  a  price  than  ever 
before. 
The  goods,  while  more  at­
tractive,  are  also  serviceable,  and  sharp 
competition  can  be  relied  upon  to  keep 
prices  within  the  buyers’  ability  to 
purchase  this  summer  luxury,  which  is 
now  used  in  the  country,  as  well  as  in 
the  city,  more  than  ever  before.

The  pin  is  mightier  than  the  sword— 

in  the  hands  of  a  woman.

JERSEY  CREAM

6 oz.

6 doz. in case

85c

9 oz.

4 doz. in case

$ 1.25

1  lb.

2  doz. in case

$ 2.00

0.  A. TURNEY, Mfgr.,

DETROIT,

MICH.

Ladies’ Neckwear Specialties

Made  to  order,  during  this season  of the year,  in  all  the  Up-to-Date 
Styles and  in  popular colors  in  Silks and Satins at  popular prices.

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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  1st. 
Our spring  and  summer  books  are  all  placed. 
Get your application  in early,  for  we  will  have 
a  larger  demand  for  our  books  than  we  can 
supply. 

Yours very truly,

Work  Bros.  &  Co.,

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

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Around  the  State
Movements  of  Merchants. 

Charlotte— H.  A.  Blackmar  has  sold 

his  drug  stock  to  James  Bryan.

Lansing— Arthur  Fry  has  purchased 

the  meat  market  of  Howard  &  Sons.

Battle  Creek—J.  S.  Kribs  has  opened 
a  grocery  store  at  146  Champion  street.
Flint- Chas.  H.  Wolverton,  of  Foote 
&  Wolverton,  hoot  and  shoe  dealers,  is 
dead.

Rives  Junction— Will  Byrun,  of  Onon­
daga,  has  opened  a  meat  market  at  this 
place.

Mt.  Clemens—S.  A.  Cleveland  has  en­
in  the  jewelry  business  at  this 

gaged 
place.

Bay  City—D.  J.  Lewis  succeeds
Pierce  &  Lewis  in  the cigar and tobacco 
business.

Jac-son—Cummins  &  Marvin  succeed 
Marvin  &  Wilson  in  the  boot  and  shoe 
business.

Ishpeming— Samuel  Collins  has  pur­
chased  the  meat  business  of  Oscar  Fors- 
berg  &  Co.

Belding—E.  Rutan  continues  the flour 
and  feed  business  formerly  conducted 
by  E.  Rutan  &  Co.

Richmond—Jarvis  &  Co.,  dealers  in 
general  merchandise,  have  made  an  as­
signment  to  C.  S.  Gilbert.

Delray—The  Delray  Hardware  Co. 
is  successor  to  E.  M.  Alexander  & 
Son  in  the  hardware  business.

Maple  City—O.  W.  Mix,  who  was  en­
gaged  in  the  drug  business at this place, 
died  last  week  of  consumption.

Brutus—John  P.  Dimling  &  Co.  suc­
ceed  Mrs.  John  P.  Dimling  &  Co.  in 
the  general  merchandise  business.

Ionia—G.  S.  Cooper  has  engaged 

the  produce  and  cold  storage  business 
under  the style  of  the  Ionia  Produce  Co.
Mt.  Pleasant— Fred  Vowels  &  Co.  is 
the  name  of  the  new  firm  which  has 
purchased  the  book  stock  of  Bert  Isbell.
Sault  Ste.  Marie—Lamontagne  & 
Lauzon,  grocers,  have  dissolved.  J.  E. 
Lamontagne  will  continue  the  business.
Ithaca—Will  Iseman  has  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  F.  L.  Convis,  who 
has  engaged  in  general  trade  at  Maple 
Rapids.

Flushing—Dillon  &  Passmore  have 
sold  their  mercantile  stock  to  Gilbert  & 
Sturtevant,  of  Sherman,  who will remove 
the  stock  to  that  place.

Otsego— J.  K.  Jackson  has  purchased 
the 
interest  of  his  partner,  H.  B.  Par- 
meley,  in  the  meat  business  and  will 
continue  the  business  alone.

Shelby—Geo.  Hume  &  Co.,  of  Mus- 
ekgon,  closed  the  doors  of  the  Tenney 
grocery  store  last  week.  The  stock  was 
purchased  by  H.  L.  Andrus.

Oxford—S.  A.  Kellam  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock 
to  Robert  and  Albert 
Marshall,  who  will continue the business 
under  the  style  of  Marshall  Bros.

Fennville—Geo. 

F.  Goodrich  has 
contracted  to  sell  bis  drug  stock  to  A.
S.  Lee,  of  Climax,  who  will  continue 
the  business  at  the  same  location.

Detroit—M.  Metzger,  who for  the  past 
twelve  years  has  been  in  the  crockery 
and  glassware  business  on  Gratiot 
avenue,  has  opened  a  grocery  store  at 
262  Gratiot  avenue.

Mt.  Pleasant— Morrison  & Dains  have 
purchased  the  stock  of  boots  and  shoes 
of  Walker  &  Peterson,  at  Ithaca,  and 
will  add  it  to  their general  merchandise 
stock  at  this  place.

Alma—C.  C.  Thompson  and  Otto 
Sanderhoff  have  formed  a  copartner­
ship,  under  the  style  of  Thompson  & 
Sanderhoff,  to  engage 
in  the  hardware 
and  implement  business.

St.  Ignace— Patrick  E.  Murray and P. 
J.  Murray  have  purchased  the 
interest 
of  M.  D.  Murray  in  the  grocery  firm  of 
Murray  Bros.,  and  will  continue  the 
business  under the same style.

Jackson— E.  L.  Webb  has  purchased 
the 
interest  of  his  late  partner,  John  P. 
Crandell,  in  the  firm  of  Webb  &  Cran- 
dell,  undertakers,  and  will  continue  the 
business  in  his own  name.

St.  Johns—The  copartnership  existing 
between  A.  A.  Chick  and  Willard Lyon, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Chick  &  Lyon, 
grocers  at  this  place,  has  been  dis­
solved.  Mr.  Chick  will  continue  the 
business  in  his  own  name.

West  Bay  City— Frank  C.  Warner,  for 
many  years  connected  with  the  drug 
in  this  city,  and  for  the  past  six 
trade 
months  traveling  representative 
for  a 
New  York  wholesale  drug 
firm,  has 
opened  a  pharmacy  at  107  South  Linn 
street.

Durand— Three  weeks  ago  the  shoe 
firm  of  Ash  &  Boyd  sold  their  stock  of 
goods  to  Oscar  Ismond,  of  Owosso.  He 
continued  the  business  until  last  Satur­
day,  when  Sheriff  Scongale  closed  the 
doors,  at  the  instance  of  the  Rodgers 
Shoe  Co.,  of  Toledo,  which  alleges  that 
the  sale  was  a  fraudulent  one.

Port  Huron—The  Port  Huron  Retail 
Grocers’  Association  has  elected  Charles 
Ellsworth,  President;  R.  M.  Sherwood, 
Vice-President;  S.  W.  Waters,  Secre­
tary,  and  C.  M.  Baumgarten,  Treasurer. 
Committees  have  been  appointed  to 
make  arrangements  for  the  annual  pic­
nic,  which  is  to  be  given  within  a  short 
time. 
is  customary  to  close  all  gro­
ceries  and  meat  markets  on  the  day  of 
the  annual  excursion.

It 

Manufacturing  Matters.

Pickford—Geo.  Walz  succeeds  Griffith 

&  Walz  in  the  flouring  mill  business.

Stanton—Oscar  Filkins  has  purchased 
the  feed  mill  of  J.  S.  Holcomb  &  Sons.
Mt.  Clemens -J.  A.  Weeks  has  been 
appointed  receiver  of  the  Mt.  Clemens 
Creamery  Co.

Niles—The  Griffith  Paper Co.  is erect­
ing  buildings  for  the  purpose  of  estab­
lishing  a  paper  bag  factory  here.

Sherman— F.  M.  Wheeler  expects  to 
transfer  his  lumbering  operations  from 
this  place  to  Mackinaw  in  a  short  time.
Lansing— W.  K.  Prudden  is removing 
the  branch  factory  of  the  Michigan 
Wheel  Co. 
from  Chicago  back  to  this 
place.

Orleans—The  Orleans  Creamery  As­
sociation  has  begun  operations.  E.  D. 
Lambertson  is  President  of  the  organi­
zation  and  John  Greenop  will  officiate 
as  manager.

Cadillac— A 

large  dry  kiln  is  being 
constructed  for  Mitchell  Bros,  at  their 
maple  flooring  factory  at  Jennings. 
It 
will  contain  more  than  half  a  mile  of 
steam  pipes.

Cheboygan— Pelton  &  Reid  are  re 
ported  to  have  bought  §100,000  worth  of 
Canada  logs,  cut  on  Spanish  River,  and 
which  will  be  rafted  to  Cheboygan  dur- 
ng  the  season.
Three  Rivers—Local  capitalists  are 
trying  to  secure  the  removal  of  the  Earl 
Ladder  Manufacturing  Co.,  located  at 
Schoolcraft,  to  this  city. 
It  is  a  stead- 
ly  growing  business.
Sidnaw—The  planing  mill  formerly 
operated  by  Corbin  &  Mead,  and  which 
was  destroyed  by  fire  some  time  ago,  is 
now  being  rebuilt  and  will  be  operated 
by  J.  C.  Corbin  alone.

Bay  City—The  E.  J.  Vance  Box  Co. 
will  rebuild  its  factory  on  the  site of  the 
one  destroyed  by  fire  about  a month ago. 
The  buildings  will  be  one  story  high 
and  cover a  space of  128x140  feet.

Union  City—The  Portland  Cement 
Works  have  been  sold  to  an  English 
syndicate,  which  will 
increase  the  ca­
pacity  of  the  works  to  1,000  barrels. 
The  price  is  said  to  have  been §600,000.
Detroit—The  Detroit  Paper  Bag  Co. 
has  decided  to  go  out  of  business  and 
has  petitioned  the  Council  to  relieve 
it 
of  the  1898  assessment  on  §1,600  worth 
of  stock,  which 
it  agrees  to  get  rid  of 
in  six  weeks.

Waters— St.  Helens,  formerly  a  lively 
burg,  on  account  of  the  operation  of  the 
sawmills  of  Henry  Stephens  &  Co.,  at 
that  point,  is  said  to  have  been  entire­
ly  depopulated  by  the  removal  of  the 
mill  plant  to  this  place.

Arcadia— A  veneer  and  basket  fac­
tory,  to  cost  §10,000,  is  beii g  erected 
here,  which  will  be  in  operation  about 
July  15.  A  Port  Washington,  Wis., 
furniture  concern  purposes  to  erect  a 
furniture  factory  at  this  place.

Grayling—The  Michigan  Central  has 
begun  the  work  of  building  what  is 
known  as  the  Clear  Lake  branch  of  the 
Mackinaw  division,  which  will  tap  a 
large  tract  of  timber  in  Otsego  county 
owned  by  Sailing.  Hanson  &  Co.,  of 
this  place.

Thompsonville-----The 
International
incorporated 
Chemical  Co  has  been 
with  a  capital  stock  of  §10.000  to  en­
gage 
the  manufacture  of  wood 
alcohol,  the  product  of  smoke  from  the 
new  charcoal  kilns  here.  Traverse  City 
capital  is  interested  in  the  company.

in 

West  Branch— The  Gale  Lumber  Co. 
is  cut- j 

has  started  its  new  sawmill  and 
ting  50,000  feet  of  hemlock  and  hard 
wood  daily.  This  concern  bought  the] 
timber  on  several  thousand  acres of land 
in  Ogemaw  county  of  D.  Wright  &  Co. 
last  season  and  during  the  winter  built 
a  mill.

Essexviile-The  work  of  rebuilding 
the  shingle  mill  of  De  Courval  &  Co., 
which  burned  the  other  day,  is  being 
rushed  and  the  new  mill  will  be  run­
ning  some  time  next  month.  The  con­
cern  has  enough  business  in  sight  to 
keep  the  plant  running  overtime  the  re­
mainder  of  the  season.

Detroit— The  Dearing  Water  Tube 
Boiler  Co.  has  filed  articles  of 
incorpo­
ration,  with  a  capital  stock  of  §25,800, 
the  whole  amount  of  which  is  paid 
in. 
The business  of  the  company  is  to  make 
and  sell  water  tube  boilers  under  the  A. 
C.  Dearing  patent,  and  to  deal  in  steam 
engines,  boilers  and  heating  apparatus. 
The  incorporators  are  Jacob  Siegel,  An­
son  C.  Dearing,  Arthur  MacBean,  Jo­
seph  Siegel  and  Charles  W.  Moore.

Bank  Notes.

Capac—The  Capac  Savings  Bank  has 
been  organized  here  with  a  capital  of 
§20,000.  John  W.  Porter,  of  Port  Huron, 
is  the  chief  promoter.

Mulliken— The  safe  and  furniture  for 
the  bank  have  arrived  and  been  placed 
in  Reed  &  Webster’s  store,  where  the 
bank  will  be  located  for  the  present.

Scottville—A.  J.  McPbail,  a  Detroit 
banker,  has  secured  option  on  property 
here  on  which  he  proposes  to  erect  a 
bank  building.  J.  W.  Perkins,  of  Lud- 
ington,  also  proposes  to  benefit 
this 
vicinity  by  putting  in  a  telephone  line 
from  the  east  through  to  Ludington  via 
Custer  and  this  place.

Traverse  City—The  directors  of  the 
First  National  Bank  have  secured  the 
services  of  Frank  Welton,  of  Benton 
for  Assistant  Cashier.  Mr. 
Harbor, 
Welton 
is  a  man  of  experience  and 
comes  here  highly  recommended.

The  less  hair  a  woman  has  the  more 

time  it  takes  her  to  do  it  up.

Wants a Cold  Storage  Plant and  Prod­

uce  Buyer.

Otsego,  June  13— I  write  you  for  some 
information.  Do  you  not  know  some 
good  party  that  wants  to  put  up  a  cold 
storage  plant  and  buy  produce  here? 
If 
such  a  party  would  come  here,  he  would 
have  the  support  of  the  whole  town.  He 
could  buy  bananas,  oranges,  meats  and 
ffuit  that  has  to  be  brought  in  here,  and 
supply  the  stores  here,  where  there  is  a 
good  trade,  and  he  could  buy  to  ship 
away  butter  and  eggs,  as  the  market 
here  takes  care  of  only  a  part of the sup­
ply.  This 
is  also  a  great  potato  and 
apple  country,  as  well  as  a  wool  coun­
try.  if  you  know  of  some  one  and would 
have  him  come  here,  I  believe  we  can 
make  it  for  his  interest  to 
locate  here. 
The  Otsego  Improvement  Association, 
which  comprises  all  the  business  men, 
will  give  the  right  hand  of  fellowship  to 
any  one  who  would  come  well  recom­
mended. 

G e o.  E  B a r d e e n ,  Pres.

A  Desperate  Game.

From the Ohio  Merchant.

The  Michigan  Tradesman  has  done 
yeoman  service  for  the  reputable  trade 
in  that  State  by  exposing  numerous 
fake  commission  houses,  which  start  out 
with  much  blow  and  bluster,  offer  more 
than  the  market  warrants  for  supplies 
and  wind  up  by  going  up  in  the  air 
higher  than  Gilderoy’s  kite ever went.

It  is  a  desperate game,  this fake com­
mission  business, where  a  man  is  always 
playing  for  suckers  by  offering  prices 
which  the  market  will  not  justify  for 
goods,  and  then  appearing 
in  big  ad­
vertisements  offering  to  sell  those  same 
goods  for  less  money  than  other  whole­
sale  commission  men  can  sell  for.

The  St.  Louis  Potato  Market.

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  June  13—Receipts  of 
new  potatoes  have 
lately  been  heavy 
and,  in  consequence,  they  have  fallen 
in  price.  The  first  of  'the  week  they 
sold  for §1.05  per  bushel,but  closed  this 
evening  at  75c  per  bushel. 
If  arrivals 
continue  heavy,  they  will  go  still  lower. 
Old  potatoes  still  continue  in  fair  de­
mand,  receipts  being  light.  Prices  con­
tinue  about  the  same,  but,  if  new  pota­
toes  keep  going  down,  they  will  un­
doubtedly  carry  old  ones  down  with 
them.  We  quote  to-day’s  range  of 
prices  from  4o@68c,  as  to  variety,  qual­
ity  and  condition.  Burbanks  bring  the 
top  price.  M il l e r   &  T e a s d a l e   C o.

Should  Keep  Firm  Secrets.

Junior  Partner—We  must  discharge 
that  traveler  of  ours.  He  told  one of  our 
customers  that  I  was  a  fool.

Senior  Partner— I'll  see  him  at  once 
insist  upon  his  keeping  the  firm’s 

and 
secrets.

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We have  a  large  line  o f  new 
goods 
fancy  shapes  and 
unique  designs,  w hich  w e  are 
offering at right prices.  Samples 
cheerfully  sent  on  application.

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June  Weddings at

Are now on tap.  W e  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.

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar-Refiners  report  a  firm  market 
at  full  but  unchanged  prices,  with  some 
oversales.  A  steady  increase  in  the  de­
mand  is  looked  for  this  week.

Tea—Jobbers  have  advanced 

their 
quotations  3@ioc,  on  account  of  the 
new  duty,  and  stocks  are  rapidly  being 
depleted  on  account  of  the  rush  by  re­
tailers  to  secure  supplies  before  the 
full  duty 
is  added  to  the  staple.  The 
importers  estimate  that  we  will  import 
this  year  about  a  hundred  million 
pounds of  tea,  Japan  sending  us 43,000, - 
000,  China  27,000,000,  Formosa  18,000,- 
000,  and  India  and  Ceylon  12,000,000. 
Last  year  the  import  was  113,000,000 
pounds,  an  increase  of  nearly  20,000,000 
over  the  1896  import,  despite  the  fact 
tbgt  a  new  law  had  gone 
into  effect, 
shutting  out  of  the  country  millions  of 
pounds  of  tea  below  a  fixed  standard. 
The average  cost  abroad  of  the  tea  im­
ported  here 
last  year  was  13  cents  a 
pound.  The  import  of  coffee  was  738,- 
000,000  pounds,  the  average  value  being 
a  trifle  more  than  11  cents  a  pound.

Coffee—There  was  a  great  deal  of 
buying  in  a  speculative  way when prices 
were  very 
low,  and  much  of  this  stock 
in  retailers’  hands  is  still  to  be  moved. 
Not  a  little  is  also  reported  to have gone 
into  consumers’  hands  in  a  speculative 
way.  However,  prices  are  not  likely  to 
soon  go 
the  low  point  recently 
reached,  although  there  is  no  condition 
in  the  market  to  justify  the  expectation 
that  very  high  prices  will prevail during 
this  crop  year.  There  is  an  exceeding­
ly  large  crop  of  Brazil  coffee  to  come  to 
market,  and  prices  must  be  governed 
accordingly.

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Dried  Fruits—Prunes  are 

very 
small  demand and prices are unchanged. 
Stocks  are  not  very heavy.  Peaches  are 
also 
light  demand  at  unchanged 
prices.  Currants  are  dead  and  the price 
is  unchanged.  Raisins  are  selling 
slowly  and  the  price  is  unchanged.  A 
few  seeded  raisins  comprise  the  only 
sales.  Apricots  are  dull  and  unchanged.
Canned  Goods—Tomatoes  are  selling 
only  from  hand  to  mouth  and  the  price 
is  unchanged.  Spot  corn  is  dull,  at  no 
change  since  last  week.  There is  a  fair 
trade 
in  new  peas  on  spot.  The  crop 
will  likely  be  rather  short,  especially  on 
standards  and  the  grades  above.  Sec­
onds,  however,  will  probably  make  up 
the  deficiency.  Prices  so  far  made  are 
the  same  as  last  year.  The  demand  for 
peaches 
is  very  limited,  with  an  oc­
casional  call 
for  seconds  of  Eastern 
pack.  Future  California  peaches  are 
offered,  and  the  sales  of  them  have been 
quite  large.

Rolled  Oats—All  grades  of  rolled  oats 

and  wheat  grits  have  declined.

Rice— Prices  of  new 

Spices—About  everything  on  the  list 
is  held  at  full  prices  so  that  there  is  a 
firm  market  generally  speaking.
crop 

Japan 
grades  are  about 
ij^c  higher  than  the 
opening  of  the  season  last  year,  while 
the  report  is  of  a  light  crop.  Domestic 
stocks  are  scarce,  although  the  acreage 
of  present  crops  is  reported  to  be  con­
siderably  larger  than  that  of  last  year.

Sauces— It 

in  jobbers’  hands. 

is  now  impossible  to  buy 
any  of  the  Lee  &  Perrin Worcester sauce 
except  that 
The 
Government  refuses  to  permit  the  im­
porters  to  take  their  goods  out  of  the 
custom  house  until  they  shall  give  the 
recipe,  so  that  duty  may  be  figured  on 
it.  This  the  importers  refuse  to  do.

Fish—Mackerel  is  in  better demand,

grown.

with  prices  unchanged.  No  change 
is 
expected  in  the  next  few  days.  Cod  is 
like  a 
moving  fairly,  but  with  nothing 
Lake 
boom.  Prices  are  unchanged. 
fish  are  very  scarce  and  the  market 
is 
well  cleaned  up.  There  has  been  an 
advance  of  25c  per  half  barrel.  Sar­
dines  have declined,  because  of  the  de­
sire  to  unload  their  remnants  before  the 
syndicate  takes  hold.

Tobacco— Prices  of  all  grades  have 
been  advanced  3@6c,  on  account  of  the 
new  war  tax.

The  Produce  Market.

Asparagus—2o@25c  per  doz.  for  home 

Bananas—There  is  report  of  scarcity 
and  higher  prices  at  Southern  receiving 
points,  which  makes  the  market  firm 
here.  The  movement  is  large.
Beet  Greens—25@300  per  bu.
Beets—New,  30c  per  doz.  bunches.
Butter—All  grades  are  a little stronger 
Factory  creamery  com­
fancy  dairy  11 @ 13c 

and  higher. 
mands  15^150^2, 
and  packing  stock  g@ioc.

Cabbage— Home  grown,  60c  per  doz.
Carrots—30c  per  doz.  bunches.
Cherries—$1  per  crate  of  16 qts.  for 

red  or black.

Cocoanuts—4@5c.
Cucumbers—40@Soc  per  doz.  forborne 

grown;  25@30C  for  Southern  stock.

Eggs— The  market  is  a  little  stronger 
than  a  week  ago,  local  dealers  paying 
8c  on  track,  case  count.

Green  Onions— 12@I5C  per  doz.  for 

silver  skins.

grown.

Green  Peas— 75c  per  bu. 

for  home 

Honey— Dark 

ranges 

from  g@ioc. 

Light  stock  commands  12c.

is  on 

Lemons—The  market  is  very 

lively, 
Messinas  having  advanced  sharply,  and 
Californias  considerably.  The  demand 
is  good  and 
the  increase,  the 
weather  favoring  a  good  movement.

Lettuce— 30c  per  bu.  for  head.
Onions— Dry  stock  from  Mississippi 
commands  $2.25  per  sack ;  California, 
$2.50  per  sack.

Pieplant—30@40C  per  package  of 

about  50  lbs.
doz.

Pineapples— Floridas,  $i-75@2  25  per 

Pop  Corn-  50c  per  bu.
Potatoes  -Old  stock  is  a  trifle  weaker 
and  a  little  lower,  commanding  60c  per 
bu.  New  stock  fetches  $2.75@3  per  bbl.

Radishes— ioc  per  doz.  bunches.
Spinach—25c  per  bu.
Strawberries— Home  grown  is  in  mar­
velous  supply  at  6o@65c  per 16 qt.  crate. 
The  fruit  is  large  in  size  and  beautiful 
in  appearance,  but 
flavor 
incident  to  warm  weather  and  plenty  of 
sunshine. 
If  the  present  cool  spell  con­
tinues,  prices  are  likely  to  go  higher.

lacks  the 

Tomatoes—$1  per  4  basket  crate.
Wax  Beans—$1  per  bu.

Two  Dollars  to  Detroit  and  Return.
The  Michigan  Central  will,  on  Sat­
urday,  June  18,  run  another  one  of  those 
popular  week-end  excursions  to  Detroit. 
Special  train  will  leave  Union  Station 
at  8  a.  m.,  arriving  at  Detroit  at  1 
o’clock  p.  m.  Tickets  will  be  good  to 
return  on  regular  trains  up  to  and  in­
cluding  the  morning  train  on  Monday, 
June  20.  Chair  car  will  be  attached  at 
the  usual  seat  rates.  Bicycles  carried 
free. 

W. C.  Bl a k e ,

City Ticket Agent.

Georgia  Watermelons.

A  carload  of  very  fine  melons  has  just 
been  received  by  F.  J.  Dettenthaler, 
Grand  Rapids.  Get  your  order  in  quick 
if  you  want  to  be  the  first  in  your  mar­
ket  to  offer  them.

Warnock  &  McBain  have  embarked 
in  the  grocery  business  at  McBain.  The 
Worden  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  stock.

Mrs.  A.  Sanford  has removed her drug 
stock  from  the  corner  of  Fourth  and 
Stocking  streets  to  175  Stocking  street.

Miss  Lareine  Van  Wetinga  has  taken 
the  position  of  assistant  book-keeper 
j with  Nelson  Morris  &  Co.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

WAR  TAXES.

How  They  Affect  the  Banks  and  Their 

Customers.

is  given 

least  not 

luxury  war 

The  war  revenue  bill  is  now  a  law, 
having  been  signed  immediately  upon 
its  passage  by  President  McKinley 
Monday.  The  measure 
im­
mediate  effect,  but  not  until  July  1 
will  it  be  applied  in  all  its  provisions; 
and  then  the  present  generation  will  ap­
preciate  what  a 
is.  The 
provisions  of  the  new  law,  as  they  re­
late  to  the  banks,  are  not  particularly 
onerous—at 
in  comparison 
with  the  taxes  imposed  upon  the  banks 
during  the  rebellion.  The  tax  bill  of 
thirty  odd  years  ago  hit  pretty  nearly 
everything  in  sight,  but  the  Spanish  war 
taxes  will  not  prove unduly burdensome, 
nor  will  their  collection  be  difficult  or 
complicated. 
is  probable  that  the 
customers  and  patrons  of  the  hanks  will 
do  more  protesting  than 
the  banks 
is  something  that 
themselves—but  that 
may  be  expected,  at 
least  until  the 
business  world  has  become  accustomed 
to  the  new  order  of  things.

It 

*  *  *

Banks  with  $25,000  capital,  surplus 
included,  will  pay  a  special  tax  of  $50, 
and  on  each  additional  $1,000  capital 
$2.  Under  this  clause  the  Grand  Rapids 
banks  will  pay  approximately  the  fol­
lowing  amounts:  Old  National,  $2,050; 
National  City,  $1,225;  Grand  Rapids 
National,  $1,290;  Fourth National,  $700; 
Fifth  National,  $225;  Grand  Rapids 
Savings,$385 ;  Kent  Savings,  $220;  Peo­
ple’s  Savings,  $250;  State, $360;  Michi­
gan  Trust  Company,  $610 and  the  Pen­
insular  Trust,  $235—a  total  of  about 
$7,500.  This  tax  will  be  paid'by  the 
banks  direct  and 
is  a  tax  that  can 
not  be  shifted.

it 

*  *  *

shifted  upon 

Some  of  the  stamp  taxes  undoubted­
the  cus­
ly  will  be 
tomers,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  in­
stead  of  being  borne  by  the  banks,  but 
the  banks  can  not  dodge  them  all, 
even 
if  so  disposed.  Ordinarily,  the 
banks  would  have  to  pay  for  the  stamps 
on  drafts  and  bills  of  exchange,  but 
this  burden  can  be  shifted  by  advanc­
ing  the  rates.  Certificates  of  deposit 
will  have  to  be  stamped  by  the  banks 
and  whether  the  bank  or  the  depositor 
pays  will  probably  be  arranged  by 
agreement  among  the  banks.  The  tax 
on  dividend  checks  will  be  paid  by  the 
banks.  The  tax  on  express  packages 
will  hit  the  money  sent  by  express.  The 
banks  do  considerable  out  of  town  tele­
phoning  and  telegraphing  and  the  tax 
will  increase  expenses  to  some  extent, 
but  it  may  be  remarked that the Govern­
ment  will  not  receive  nearly  as  much 
revenue  from  this  source  as  it  would 
have  were  there  not  competition.  The 
taxes  on  deeds,  mortgages,  leases,  pro­
test  notices,  checks,  notes  and  most  of 
the  other  papers  that  enter  into  busi­
ness  will  be  borne  by  the  customers.

*  *  *

Fully  two-thirds  of  the  business trans­
acted  is  by  check  or  draft  and  the  tax 
will  produce  a  great  deal  of  revenue.  It 
is  probable,  however,  that  the  necessity 
of  affixing  a  pretty  two  cent  stamp  to 
each  check  drawn  will  have  the  effect 
of  curtailing 
their  use,  especially  for 
small  amounts.  The  man  with  a  17 
cent  bill  to  pay  will  pay  it  in  cash  or 
postage  stamps,  instead  of  drawing  his 
check  for the  amount.  Pay  rolls  will  be 
paid  in  money,  as  most  of  them  are,  in­
stead  of  by  check,  as  is  done  in  a  few 
local  institutions.  The  Chicago  &  West 
Michigan  and  Detroit,  Grand  Rapid  & 
Northern 
systems  pay  employes  by

5

check  and  if  this  custom 
is  continued 
the  tax  will  increase  expenses  upwards 
of  $100  a  month.

*  *  *

two  kinds  of 

The  banks  will  be  ready  to  provide 
customers  with 
check 
books  by  the  time  the  law  goes  into 
effect  or  soon  after.  One  kind  will  have 
the  stamp  printed 
in  the  center  of  the 
blank  check,  and  these  will  be  sold 
in  books  of  100  for $2.  The  otl er  kind 
will  have  a  little  blank  square  up  in  the 
corner  where  the  stamp  is  to  be  affixed. 
These  check  books  will  be  given  away, 
but  with  the  understanding  that  the cus­
tomer  buys  his  own supply of stamps and 
does  bis  own  licking.

*  *  *

The  old  stamp 

tax  on  checks  was 
imposed  early  in  the  sixties,  when  the 
war  called  for  all  the  funds  procurable, 
it  continued  down  into  the  seven­
and 
ties.  Harvey  J.  Hollister 
is  the  only 
in  service  and,  in 
bank  cashier  now 
fact,  almost  the  only  bank  official 
in 
town,  who  had  a  personal  experience 
with  the  operations  of  the  old  law  from 
the  standpoint  of  the  banker.  J.  Fred­
erick  Baars,  now  Vice  President  of  the 
National  City  Bank,  E.  H.  Hunt,  As­
sistant  Cashier  of  the  National  City.and 
Henry  Post,  of  the  Old  National,  all 
had  experience  with  the 
law,  but  not 
from  the  first  enforcement  of  the  tax. 
There  was  much  grumbling  at  first,  but 
this  soon  died  away  and  the  business 
men  took  it  as  a  matter  of  course.  The 
tax  was  not  so  productive  in  those  days, 
however,  as  relating  to  checks,  because 
checks  were  not  used  to  nearly  the  ex­
tent  they  are  now.  There  was  general 
rejoicing  when  the  tax  was  removed 
and,  undoubtedly, 
the  removal  of  the 
Spanish  war  tax  will  give  far  more  sat­
isfaction  than  its  imposition.

*  *  *

Speaking  of  war  times,  Mr.  Hollister 
has  a  vivid  recollection of the objections 
that  greeted  the  old  greenbacks  and  es­
pecially  from  Democratic  sources.  The 
greenback  was  essentially  a  war  meas­
ure  and  was  adopted  as  a  dire necessity. 
Mr.  Hollister  remembers  how  scorn­
fully  John  Godfroy 
the 
paper  money  and  declared  that  before 
the  war  ended  the  stuff  wouldn’t  be 
worth  50  cents  a  peck.  Mr.  Godfroy 
would  have  been  right  had  be  referred 
to  the  Confederate  greenbacks,  but  he 
meant  Uncle  Sam’s make-believe money 
and  subsequent  events  have  proven  him 
wrong  in  his  judgment.
*  *  *

looked  upon 

The  Michigan  Trust  Company  has  a 
dual  existence.  It  is  essentially  a  Mich­
igan  affair,  but 
it  has  recently  become 
a  Nebraska  concern  as  well,  and  if  so 
disposed  can  open  a branch  office  in  the 
home  state  of  the  boy  orator  of  the 
Platte.  The  company  has  no 
intention 
to  branch  out  and  it becomes a Nebraska 
corporation  merely  to  meet  an  emer­
is  executor  of  the  estate  of 
gency. 
the 
late  John  \\.  Moon,  of  Muskegon. 
Mr.  Moon  owned  considerable  real  es­
tate  and  other  property 
in  Nebraska 
and  to  administer  the  Nebraska  portion 
of  the  estate 
it  was  necessary  under 
the  Nebraska 
law  for  the  Trust  Com­
pany  to  incorporate  in  that  State.  Arti­
cles  of  incorporation  were  filed  at  Lin­
coln,  Neb., 
last  week,  with  $20,000 
capital.

It 

Ladies’  waists  and  gentlemen’s 

laun- 
dried  shirts  at  $4.50  per  dozen  and  up­
wards. 

P.  St e k e t e e   &  Sons,

Jobbers,  Grand  Rapids.
Gillies’  New  York  teas.  All  kinds, 
grades  and  prices.  Phone  Visner,  800.
love  and  be 
loved,  and  she  fights  it  out  on  that  line.

Woman  was  born  to 

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Woman’s World

Sensible  Suggestions for the  Summer 

Campaign.

“ My  dear  child,”   said  Cholly  to  his 
little  cousin,  who  was  one  of  the  win­
ter’s  pretty  debutantes,  “ my  dear  child, 
have  you  decided  how  you  are  going  to 
conduct  your  summer  campaign?”

‘‘ How  I  am   going  to  conduct my sum ­
m er  cam p aig n ?”  she  repeated  after  him  
in  amazement.

A 

look  of  weariness  and  pain  swept 
across his  face. 
“ There,"  he  said,  de­
jectedly,  “  it’s  just  as I suspected.  Here 
you  are  about  to  plunge  into  a  red  hot 
campaign  without  a  particle  of  prepara­
tion.  You  don’t  even  know  what  line 
you  are  going  to  fight  it  out  on.  That’s 
the  most  distressing  thing  about women 
They  never  think  until  a  thing  is  over, 
and  then 
I  don’t  want 
to  discourage  you,  but  you  had  just  as 
well  make  up  your  mind beforehand that 
the  summer  resorts  this  season  are  go­
ing  to  be  well-nigh Adamless Edens  and 
the  girl  who  has  any  partners  at  the 
hops  or  invitations  to  moonlight  strolls 
is  going  to  need  to  know  all  the  points 
in  the  game  she  is  going  to  play.

is  too  late. 

it 

“ Now,  there  are  all  sorts  of  girls  and 
they  have  got  all  sorts  of  chances,  but 
you  want to  sort  of  classify  yourself  and 
in  which  type  you  will  be  most 
see 
effective. 
It  is  nothing  but  superhuman 
vanity  that  makes  a  woman  think  she 
can  be  everything  and  do  everything. 
In  one  role  she  is  effective. 
In  another 
she  is  absurd.  You  can’t  imagine  Julia 
Marlowe  doing  a  coon  song,  can  you,  or 
Della  Fox  thrilling  you  as  Lady  Mac­
beth?  There  never  was  a  more  mislead­
ing  fallacy  than  the  old 
theory  that 
woman  made  herself  fascinating  by  be­
ing  a  creature  of  whims  and  moods,  one 
thing  one  time  and  something  else  the 
next.  Nobody  in  these  days  has  got  the 
time  or  is  going  to  take  the  trouble  to 
be  always  chasing  around  after  a  living 
conundrum.

in  society. 

“ Now,  being  the  daughter  of  a  busi­
ness  man,  you  have  doubtless  heard  it 
said  that  nothing  succeeds  like  success. 
Nowhere  else  in  the  world  is  that  truer 
If  you  want  to  be  a 
than 
I 
belle,  and  be  admired,  act  like  one. 
have  known  provident  girls  who 
left 
orders  with  their  confectioners and  were 
pursued  by  boxes  of  bon  bons  wherever 
they  went. 
‘ So  extravagant  of  Tack,’ 
they  would  murmur  indifferently as they 
generously  passed  around  the  box,  and 
first  thing  you  knew  some  fellow  was 
ruining  himself  for  chocolate  creams  in 
an  effort  to  supplant  the  mythical  Jack. 
Now,  my  dear,  I  am  not  my  brother’s 
keeper,  nor  his  apologist,  I  simply state 
it  as  a  fact  that  no  man was ever known 
to  admire  a  girl  that  no  other  man  ad­
mired. 
I  don’t  know  whether  we  need 
each  other’s  opinion  to  brace  us  up  or 
what  it  is,  but  you  will  observe  that  in 
every  ballroom  there  are 
invariably  a 
half  dozen  men  falling  over  each  other 
to  dance  with  one  girl,  while  another, 
just  as  pretty,  just  as  desirable,  just  as 
good  a  dancer,  sits  neglected  by  the 
wall.

“ Never  dance  with  another  girl.  It  is 
a  public  announcement  that  you  were 
overlooked  by  the  men  present,  and  an­
other  preferred  before  you,  and  so  far  is 
an  admission  of  failure.  You  may  not 
dance  because  you  are  tired  or  the 
weather 
is  hot  or  for  any  other  excuse 
that  appears  reasonably  plausible,  and 
still  retire  from  the  ballroom  floor  with 
honor  and  the  air  of  a  victor,  but to 
dance  with  another  girl  is  a  mortifying

confession  of defeat.  This does not ap­
ply  to  long  walks  and  talks  with  other 
girls.  The  woman  who  is  not  beloved 
by  her  own  sex,  who  does  not  have  girl 
friends,  and 
like  girls’  society,  is  al­
ways  regarded  with  suspicion  by  men. 
Cultivate  the  society  of  other  girls.  Be 
nice  to  them  and  generous  with  them. 
Many  a  homely  girl  has  got  nice  broth­
ers,  so  shall  the  angel  food  you  cast 
upon  the  waters  return  to you after many 
days.

Kicking 

“ Another  thing,  don’t  be  too  hard  to 
please. 
is  a  distinctively 
masculine  \ rerogative.  A  disgruntled, 
dissatisfied,  fretful  woman  is  something 
hat  strikes  terror  to  the  boldest  heart, 
and  the  heroes  have  all  gone  off  to  the 
war  this  summer.  Don’t  always  be 
drawing  comparisons. 
If,  with  infinite 
trouble,  some  young  man  manages  to 
hire  the  solitary  buckboard  or  the dilap­
idated  carry-all  of  the  summer  hotel 
don't  enliven  the  occasion  with  remin­
iscences  of  the  time  you  went  on  some­
body’s four-in-hand  and  bad  such  a  love 
of  a  time. 
If  somebody  gets  up  a  sand­
wich  and  beer  supper  and  invites  you 
don’t  turn  up  your  nose  and  say  you 
can’t  eat  anything  but  birds  and  cham­
pagne.  There 
feminine 
charm  equal  to  adaptability.  The  girl 
who can  stand  anything,  who is ready for 
anything,  who 
is  willing  to  be  pleased 
with  everything  that  comes  along,  can 
give  the  spoilt  beauty  odds  in  the  game 
and  beat  her  every  time.  She  is  the  one 
who  is  never  left  out  when  the  bay  rides 
and  fishing  excursions  and  tenpin  par­
ties  are  made  up.

is  no  other 

“ As  regards 

the  athletic business,  I 
would  counsel  a  happy  medium.  Be 
athletic,  but  not  too  athletic.  The  time 
has  gone,  heaven  be  praised,  when 
it 
was  considered  interesting  for  a  woman 
to  be  unable  to  walk  a  quarter  of  a 
mile,  and  for  her  to  have  to  be  dragged 
up  every  hill,  but  the  modern  girl  is  in 
danger  of  overdoing  things  on  the  op­
posite  side  of  the  question.  The  girl 
who  has  to  be  always  doing  something 
fatiguing,  who  can’t  be  happy  unless 
she  is  jumping  around  in  the  heat  after 
a  tennis  ball  or  scorching  somewhere  on 
her  wheel,  is  a  terror  beside  whom  the 
lackadaisical  sister  of  the  past  was  a 
peach.  As  you  are  strong,  be  merciful. 
Be  ready  to go  on  short  excursions when 
you  are  asked,  but  don’t  develop  a 
mania  for  flagging  the  mountain  or  ex­
ploring  the  country  or  bunting 
for 
grubby  and  buggy  little  plants,  and  ex­
pect  any  man  to  go  with  you.  If  you  do 
you  are  liable  to  find  yourself  deserted 
for  the  discreet  damsel  who  stays  on  the 
veranda  of  the  hotel  and  keeps  her  hair 
in  curl.  Also,  bear  in  mind  that  the 
bicycle  is  fatal  to  beauty.  The’  Venus 
de  Milo  would  come  off  of  a  five-mile 
run  looking  like  a  red-faced  Irish  wash­
woman 
Still,  you  have  always  this 
consolation— an 
that  with­
stands  a  wheeling  trip  is  built  on  the 
rock  of  ages  and  nothing  else  in 
life  is 
liable  to  even  jar  it.

affection 

‘ Everything  is  fair  in  love  and  war 
and  at  summer  resorts, ’  has  long  been  a 
favorite  motto  with  the  girl  who  thinks 
it  knowing  to  try  to  monopolize  every 
man  who  comes  along.  She  takes  him 
off  for  long  solitary  walks  and  inveigles 
him  into  tete-a-tetes,  and  wild  horses 
couldn’t  drag  her  into  introducing  him 
is  a  fatal  mistake. 
to  another  girl. 
He  sets  her  down  as  selfish  and 
jealous 
and,  worse  than  all.  she  bores  him  to 
death.  My  dear  child,  no  one  person 
is  the  whole  show  in  life.  Two  stran­
gers  can  have  little  to  say  to  each  other, 
whereas  the 
introduction  of  others  into

It 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

jTwemy Years a Leader!

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IN  U N O C C U P I E D   T E R R I T O R Y .

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12  W.  B R ID G E S T ., 

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conversation  makes  everything 
the 
is  better  to  be  one 
smooth  sailing. 
of  a  charming  group  than  a  solitary 
bore.  Never  keep  a  man  with  you after 
he  begins  to  get  tired.  Get  tired  your­
self  first.  Anticipate  the  being  bored 
feeling  and  send  him  off,  and 
the 
chances  are  he  will  bunt  you up the next 
opportunity  because  he will not be afraid 
of getting  caught  and  having  to  stay.

“ D on’t  hint.  T he  poor  sum m er  resort 
young  man  is  seldom  a  disguised  mil-J 
lionaire.  He 
is  only  an  impecunious 
wretch  who  has  all  he  can  do  to  buy  a 
few  pairs  of  white  duck  trousers  and  a 
handful  of  neckties  and  give  himself  a 
couple  of  weeks  off  somewhere.  Learn 
to  pass  the  seductive  soda  water  counter 
without  a  yearning  glance.  Cultivate 
a  distaste  for  ice  cream ;  and  don’t  im­
itate  those  young  women  of  diabolical 
ingenuity  who  spend  the  summer  get­
ting  up  something  that  costs  money  for 
the  heathen.  Charity  begins  at  home in 
not 
fleecing  the  poor,  down-trodden 
young  men  who  do  their  humble  best  in 
daqcing  at  parties  all  the  season  and 
helping  out  at  teas.  And  remember  that 
blessed 
is  she  who  is  not  getting  up  a 
souvenir  collection  of  any kind whatever 
and  who  leaves  a  man  in  peaceful  pos­
session  of  his  neckties  and  fancy  bat- 
bands  and  stick  pins  and  belt  buckles 
and  buttons. ’ ’

Cholly  paused  and  lighted a  cigarette.
“ Is  that  all?”   enquired  the 
little 

cousin.

“ All?”   he  echoed. 

“ Heavens! 

I 
It’s  just  a  few  sug­

should  say  not! 
gestions  from  the  board  of  strategy.”

“ Cholly,”   she  said  demurely,  “ don’t 
you  worry.  I’ll  be  able  to  run  that  cam­
paign  by  myself  after  I  get  there.”

D o roth y  D ix .

His  Explanation  of  a  Rush.
Mexican— Big  earthquake  to-day.
American  Tourist— was  there  one? 

I 

didn’t  notice  it.

Mexican— Not  you  see  zee  people 

rush  out  from  zee  churches?

Tourist—Ob,  yes,  I  saw  that;  but  I 
thought  maybe  the  contribution  box  was 
going  'round.

Got  his  Shoulder  Straps  Soon. 

” Fuddy— You  know  Tom  enlisted  last 
month?  Well,  he  has  got  his  shoulder 
straps  already.

Duddy—You  don’t  mean  it!  The  idea 

of  Tom  being  an  officer!

Fuddy—Oh,  he 

shoulder-straps  help  him 
his  barrow  when  doing  police  duty.

isn’t  an  officer.  The 
in  wheeling 

This 

is  a  tough  world  for  women  at 
best.  They  must  either  marry  or  be­
come  old  maids.

An  echo  is  the  only  thing  that  can 
flimflam  a  woman  out  of  the  last  word.

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  June  11— The  coffee  mar­
ket  during  the  latter  part  of  the  week 
was  very  dull.  In  invoices  scarcely  any­
thing  was  done  and  jobbers  generally 
reported  orders  for  small  amounts.  The 
nominal  quotation  of  Rio  No.  7  remains 
at  6j^c.  T he  future  is  not  w ithout  some 
considerable  encouragement,  however, 
and  holders  do  not  seem  to  be  at  all 
disappointed  at  the  turn  of  affairs  dur­
ing  the  past  three  davs.  Some  of  our 
large  operators  profess  to  see  an  excel­
lent  opportunity  just  now  to  advise  gro­
cers  to  take  on  liberal  supplies.  Total 
amount  in  store  and  afloat,  914,316 bags, 
against  746,357  bags  at  the  same  time 
last  year.  Mild  grades  have  moved 
with  a  degree  of  dulness  “ deplorable  to 
behold.”   Good  Cucuta,  8f£c.  Sellers 
and  buyers  both  seem  to  be  holding  off 
and  the  wait  may  last  for  some  time.

The  probability  of  a  10  cent  tax  on 
tea  bad  the  effect  of  giving  animation 
to  the  market  and  orders  have  come 
in 
with  greater  frequency  than  for  a  long 
time.  As  a  rule,  these  orders  were  not 
for  very  large  amounts,  but  their  fre­
quency  made  the  aggregate  very  re­
spectable. 
Interior  dealers  are  taking 
considerable  quantities  and  seem  to  be 
in  a  hurry  for  it,  too.  The  sugar  situa­
is  unsatisfactory.  The  volume  of 
tion 
is  not  nearly  as  large  as  last 
business 
season,  or  as  it  generally  is  at  this  time 
of  year.  One  theory 
is  that  supplies 
from  independent  refineries  will soon  be 
coming 
in  and  that  a  consequent  de­
moralization  of  prices  will  follow.  But 
they  may  miss  the  mark  if  such 
is  the 
belief.  Granulated  still  held  at  5f£c. 
Raw  sugars  have  been  rather  irregular, 
but  upon  the  whole  the  tone  of  the  mar­
ket  is  somewhat  firmer.  Stocks  are  not 
large  and  dealers  seem  to  think  there  is 
no  necessity  for  urging  buyers  to  take 
hold.  On  the  other  hand  buyers  seem 
to  be 
in  no  hurry  to  make  purchases 
beyond  current  wants.  Stocks  are  not 
large  and  future  arrivals  of  foreign  are 
said  to  be  largely  sold  ahead.

Cloves  have  shown  a  degree  of  activ­
ity,  sellers  holding  for  8c.  The  spice 
market  generally  is  quiet  and  orders 
coming  are 
for  sorting-up  purposes. 
There  has  been  no  change  in  prices 
worthy  of  mention.

Molasses  stocks  are  light,  hence  there 
is  no  pressure  to  sell,  although  from 
general  appearances  it  would  require  a 
good  deal  of  pressure  to  make  buyers 
take  hold  with  any  degree  of  interest. 
During  the  week  the  situation  has  been 
very  dull  and  featureless,  such  sales  as 
were  made  being 
for  the  smallest 
amounts. 
Syrups  have  ruled  rather 
steady  and  the  general  outlook  is  as  sat­
isfactory  as  might  be  looked  for  at  this 
season  of  the  year.

Business  in  canned  goods  has  been 
very  active.  With  Uncle  Sam  so  good 
a  customer,  there  seems  to  be  a  good 
chance  of  the  new  crop  of  goods  com­
ing  onto  a  market  more closely  sold  up 
than  for  many  a  day.  Prices  are  firm.

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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 01 
the  Seymour 

particular  people,  keep 
Cracker. 

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is  “ important 

although by shopping around  some good 
bargains  can  be  picked  up.  The  very 
latest  from  Baltimore  reports  that  the 
pea  pack  will  be  50  per  cent,  short  of 
an  average,  which 
if 
true,”   and  it  is  said  to  be  the statement 
of  one  of  the  best  posted  men  on  the 
market.  Early  Junes  range  all  the  way 
from  75c@g1.50.  New samples  show  an 
excellent  quality  of  goods.  The  demand 
for  corn 
is  rather  slow,  but  prices  are 
quite  firmly  adhered to,  and  sellers  seem 
to  be  confident.  New  York  State,  spot, 
70@75c.
Dried  fruits  are  meeting  with  a pretty 
good  call  and  the  outlook  is  better  than 
for  some  time.  Evaporated  apples  are 
meeting  with  good  request 
for  fine 
goods,  and  especially  for  fruit  in  car­
tons,  which  seems  to  be  in  the  lead.

Ail  things  considered,  dealers  say  the 
butter  market  is  in  pretty  good  shape. 
Some large  transactions have taken place 
at  a  figure  not  less  than  i6j^c,  although 
the  general  rate  is  16c  for fancy Western 
creamery.  State  dairy 
is  in  light  sup­

ply.  Western  creamery  firsts,  I5^@i6c; 
seconds,  14j^@i 5c ;  Western 
imitation 
creamery,  extras,  14c;  firsts,  I2j^@i3c; 
Western  factory,  extras,  i2 ^ c ;  firsts,  12 
@I2%C.

The  cheese  situation  shows  some  im­
provement  over  last  week,  as  exporters 
have  been  manifesting  some  desire  to 
make  consignments.  Quotations  show 
the  chief  call  being  for 
an  advance, 
large  size  full  cream.  For  such  goods 
is  paid  for  new  and  S j^ @ g c   fo r 
6^c 
old.
is  quiet,  although 
strictly  desirable  stock 
is  easily  dis­
posed  of  at  I2j£@i3c  for  nearby.  Ar­
rivals  show  the  effects  of  the  heat  and  a 
good  deal  of  loss  has  been  sustained.

The  egg  market 

The  bean  market  has  been  very  dull 
and  prices  ter.d  lower.  Choice  marrow, 
$1.67>£@i.70;  choice  meiium,  $1.37^ 
@1.40;  choice  pea,  $1.35.

A  woman  can  stick  fifty  pins 

in  her 
dress  while  a  man  is  getting  one  under 
his  thumb  nail.

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efficacy, cleanliness, endurance and  cheapness.
This  is why the sale of Tanglefoot increases yearly.

To  increase your sales of Tanglefoot 
let  your customers see it in actual  use 
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They will follow your example.
Every customer to whom you sell a box of 
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WEDNESDAY,  •  •  •  JUNE IS, 1898.

DISGRUNTLED  GERMANY.

Much  surprise  has  been  expressed, 
since  the  war  with  Spain  began,  at  the 
attitude  which  Germany  has  taken  to­
wards  the  United  States.  France,  sore 
over  the  bond  question  and  fearful  of 
Sbylock’s  “ loss  upon  loss”   which  is  to 
be  the  inevitable  result  of a war between 
Spain  and  the  United  States,  is  expect­
ed  to  show  considerable  opposition  to 
this  country.  Austria,  through  her  re­
lationship  to  the  Queen  Regent,  is  in 
duty  bound  to  show  where  her 
interests 
lie. 
Italy,  just  now,  is  especially  sen­
sitive  over  a  contagion  to  which  she  is 
peculiarly  exposed  and  Russia  has  a 
natural  right,  absolute  monarch  as  she 
is,  to  growl  angrily,  like  the  bear  sbe  is 
conceded  to  be.  But  Germany,  who 
seems  to  have  every  reason  for  thinking 
well  of  us,  as  if  her  action  and  opinion 
were  of  the  greatest  moment  growls  sur­
lily,  and  grudgingly  affirms  that,  on 
the  whole,  she  may  decide  to  remain 
neutral.

in 

This  sort  of  performance  began  some 
years  ago.  Germany  awoke  one morning 
to  find  that  her  breakfast  of  American 
pork  did  not  agree  with  her.  There 
were  trichinae 
it,  she  knew  there 
were;  and,  although  not  a  single  por- 
cine  wiggler  could  be  found  on  the 
closest  microscopical  examination,  and 
not  a  single  death  occurred  in  her  ex­
tensive  bologna-eating 
the 
American animal-product was proscribed 
and 
is  seen  no  more  upon  the  German 
table.  Has  the  Spanish  aversion  to  the 
American  pig  found  its  counterpart  in 
the  nation  bordering  upon  the  Rhine?

family, 

Nothing 

With  the  commendable  desire  of  ex­
tending  trade,  the  American  exporter 
shipped  to  Germany  a  cargo  of  apples. 
They  were  from  the  best  orchards  of  the 
New  World  and  something  a  little  finer 
than  the  beer  drinker  of  the  Fatherland 
had  seen.  They  met  with  the  heartiest 
too  extravagant 
reception. 
could  be  said 
in  praise  of  the  Ameri­
can-  fruit  until  one  sorrowful  day  when 
the  American  apple  was  pronounced 
wormy  and  absolutely  dangerous  to  the 
German  stomach.  That,  also,  was  pro­
scribed  and  appleless  Germany  growls 
and  goes  without  the  finest  fruit  she  has 
ever  seen. 
Is  it  possible  that  from  the 
ignominious  apple  mankind  is  to  suffer 
again  the  untold  woes  of  Eden?

From  the  earliest  beginning  of  our 
life,  the  German  has  been 
National 
found  among  us.  No 
immigrant  has 
been  so  welcome  as  he.  Honest,  indus­
trious, 
and 
thoroughly  in  earnest,  he came to  stay,

painstaking 

frugal, 

and  induced  his  brothers  and  sisters  to 
join  him,  until  to-day  there  are  hun­
dreds  of  thousands  of  German  residents 
in  the  United  States,  who  constitute  as 
loyal  and  patriotic  a  class  of  citizens  as 
any  within  our  borders,  and  who  have 
always  inspired  a  feeling  of  friendship 
and  respect  for  the  nation  from  which 
they  have  come.  Is  there  anything  here 
to  account  for  the  feeling  of  hostility 
which  to-day  exists  in  Germany towards 
this  Government?

There  is,  and  always  has  been,  among 
the  Germans  upon  both  sides  of  the  At 
lantic,  a  conviction  that  the  United 
States,  in  some  unaccountable  way,owes 
her  marvelous  prosperity  to  German 
citizenship.  The  German  has  come  to 
this  country.  He 
is  found  in  all  parts 
of  it.  Where  he 
is  he  and  his  affairs 
flourish  His  qualities,  always  good 
have  been  copied  by  the  natives  wher 
ever  he  lives  and  works.  This  condi 
tion  of  things  has  been  going  on  un 
questioned  for  years,  and  for  years  Ger 
many,  never  too  ready  to  give  up  an 
opinion  once  formed,  has  considered 
that  matter  settled.  But  recent  years, 
with  their thickly-crowding  events,  have 
awakened  doubts  in  the  German  mind 
in  regard  to  the  United  States. 
It  is  proving  not 
nation  of  surprises. 
It  is  surpass 
an  equal  but  a  superior. 
ing  her 
Its  manufactures 
are,  in  quantity  and  quality,equal  to  her 
own,  with  alarming  prospects  of  getting 
ahead. 
In  every  form  of  commercial 
development  America  is  forging  to  the 
first  place.

in  trade. 

It  is 

This  is  not  a ll:  When  the  time  came 
to  put  a  stop  to  the  inhumanity  going 
on 
in  Cuba,  this  country,  with  an  in­
significant  navy  and  a  handful  of  men 
called  an  army,  and  with  an  utter  in 
difference  for  the  opinion  of  Europe, 
Germany  included,  went  at  it  as 
if  she 
knew  how,  keeps  at  it  as  if  she  still 
knows  how  and  is  really  acting  as  if any 
interference  on  the  part  of  the  Old 
World  would  be  looked  upon  as  an 
im­
pertinence  and  resented  as  such.

Last,  but  not  least,  the  very  existence 
of  this  Republic 
is  a  menace  to  mon- 
arcbial  Europe.  For  over  a  century  it 
has  been  a  practical 
illustration  that 
men  can rule themselves  What is worse, 
the  Republican 
idea  has  reached  the 
Old  World  and  has  come  to  stay.  Spain 
is 
last  throes  of  feudal  power. 
Italy  has  been  for  years  pressing  hope­
fully  towards  the  same  end.  France 
is 
a  republican 
fact— and  Germany  may 
profit  by  these  examples.

in  the 

then, 

No  wonder, 

that  Germany  is 
looking  at  this  country  with  menacing 
looks  and  words.  Sbe  is  finding  out  that 
she  has  been  wholly  mistaken.  The 
United  States  does  not  owe  her  prosper­
ity,  or  anything  else,  to  the  Germans.
In  extent  of  territory,  in  wealth  of  re­
sources, 
in 
progressiveness of  thought,  in  the  power 
and  determination  to  act,  this  country 
has  no  equal  and  as  a  leader  in  modern 
ideas  stands  at  the  head  of  the  line—a 
head,  be 
it  remembered,  unadorned  by 
a  crown.  Poor  old  disgruntled  Ger­
many !

in  commercial  endeavor, 

Cold  storage  ships  for  carrying  pro­
visions  will  go  with 
the  transports. 
Whales  that  give  milk  may  finally  be 
trained  to  follow  battle-ships.

The  beginning  of  the  end  is  at  hand, 
so  far  as  the  war  is  concerned,  and  the 
end  of  the  beginning  must  be  lying 
about  somewhere.

This  war  will  wipe  away  many  illu­
sions.  It  will  knock  down  the  castles  in 
Spain, 

_

DAWN  OF  A  NEW  ERA.

Delegations  of  British  merchants  who 
have  commercial  and  other  important 
investments 
in  Manila  and  the  Island 
of  Luzon  have  waited  on  United  States 
Ambassador  Hay, 
in  London,  urging 
that  the  United  States  shall  retain  con­
trol  of  the  Philippine  Islands  at  the 
close  of  the  war.

Those  gentlemen  declared  their  belief 
that,  under  a  stable  and  enlightened 
government,  the  natives  would  prove 
entirely  peaceable  and  tractable,  while 
the  islands  are  rich  in  natural  resources 
and  susceptible  of  the  highest  develop 
ment. 
In  no  country  are  the  opportuni 
ties  greater  for  capital  and  enterprise, 
provided  the  islands  were  under  a  wise 
and  intelligent  government.

The  gentlemen  know  from  experience 
that  Spanish  rule  is  one  which  discour 
ages  business  enterprises and repels cap 
ital,  and  that  the 
legitimate  profits  o 
their  business  are  mostly  absorbed  by 
direct  and 
indirect  bribes  to  Spanish 
officials.  Without 
largesses  to 
secure  the  favor  of the  ruling  class,these 
gentlemen  tell  the  Ambassador  that  no 
business  operations  can  be  conducted 
under  the  regime  of  Spain.

liberal 

They  represented  that  the  position  of 
the  Philippine  capitalists  is  one  which 
prevents  them  ftom  making  a  public 
declaration  of  their  wishes. 
Should 
the  islands  remain  under  Spanish  sov 
ereignty,  that  government  might  make 
conditions  burdensome 
for  business 
men  who  were  on  record  as  desiring  a 
change  and  who  had  made  revelations 
about  Spanish  misrule.  They  can  make 
known  their  desires  only  through  secret 
diplomatic  channels,  as  they  have  done.
The  Philippines  are  entirely  in a state 
of  nature,  save  in  the  immediate  vicin- 
ty  of  the  towns.  The  Spanish  govern 
ment  has  always  pursued  the  policy  of 
levying  the  most  burdensome  exactions 
upon 
its  colonies,  so  that  there  is  little 
or  ro  inducement  to  develop  the  coun 
try,  if  even  the  means  were  at  hand.

industry. 

Under  the  control  of  the  United States 
the 
islands  would  be  made  to  blossom 
with  improved  agriculture  and  to  yield 
up  their  wealth  as  a  reward  of  enter­
prise  and 
is  much 
high  and  mountainous  country,  where 
the  climate 
is  said  to  be  healthful. 
There  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  a 
new  era  has  dawned  for  those  Asiatic 
slands,  as it  has  for  the  Great  Republic 
of  the  West.

There 

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION. 
With  the  exception  of  the  decline 

in 
wheat,  amounting  to  a  collapse  of  the 
peculative  features  of  the  trade,  con- 
inuai  dulness  in  cloth  manufacture  and 
some  slackening  of 
industries  on  ac­
count  of  shutting  down  of  work  for  an­
nual  repairs,  the  week  has  been  one  of 
continued  activity,  with  strengthening 
prices  in  all  important  cases.  The gen­
eral  improvement  is  reflected  in advanc­
ing  stock  markets  and  continued  heavy 
transactions  in  clearing  bouses.

The  factor  which  seems  to  have  taken 
life  out  of  the  wheat 
the  speculative 
market 
is  the  report  of  unprecedented 
crops  from  all  parts  of the country.  For­
eign  demand  and  export  movement  con­
tinue  with  such  volume  that  the  selling 
end  of  the  market  would  seem  to  favor 
the  high  prices  which  have  been  pre­
vailing,  but  the  report  of  heavy  yields 
from  an 
increased  acreage,  with  most 
other  crops  in  an  equally  favorable  con­
dition,  is  too  much  for  the  buying  end.
Conditions  of  demand  on  account  of 
the  prosperous  outlook 
for  agriculture 
still  keep the  moveraeot  of  the  indus

tries  concerned  up  to  the  highest  vol­
ume  ever  known  in  this  country.  Sales 
of  agricultural 
implements  are  only 
limited  by  the  supplies  in  many  locali­
ties.  The 
iron  trade,  on  this  account, 
and  because  of  the  war  stimulus,  is  still 
exceeding  all  records  of  output,  and  es­
pecially  at  this  season.  The  exceptions 
are  those  noted  on  account  of  need 
for 
repairs.

The  stimulation  of  the  cloth 

industry 
on  account  of  the  war  demand  still  con­
tinues  as  a  factor  in  the  woolen  goods 
situation,  but  the  discouraging  outlook 
in  the  cotton  goods  trade  seems  to  have 
no  mitigation.  Low  prices  and  small 
demand  with  heavy  stocks  give  suffi­
ciently  dubious  prospects.  Demand  for 
wool  goods  continues  good  and  works 
are  generally  busy.

Sales  of  boots  and  shoes  continue  to 
break  records  and  there  is  a correspond­
ing  strength 
in  hide  and  leather  mar­
kets.

for 

Bank  clearings 

last  week  were 
§1,324,766,412,  exceeding  the  report  for 
the  corresponding  week  in  many  years. 
Failures  were  221,  about  the  normal, 
although  an  increase  of  43  over  the  re­
markably  small  report  for  the  preced­
ing  week.

EA R N IN G S  O F  T H E   R A ILW A YS. 
The  Interstate  Commerce  Commission 
has  added  to  the  valuable  statistics  col­
lected  by  it  a  report  of  the 
incomes  01 
earnings  of  the  railroads  of  the  United 
States  for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1897, 
which  may  be  summarized  as  follows: 

§314,859,516  was 

The  total  gross  earnings  of  the  rail­
ways,  operating  180,027.65  miles  of 
line,  were  §1,116,613,254.  Of 
this 
amount, 
earnings 
from  the  passenger  service,  embracing 
passenger  revenue,  mail,  express  and 
miscellaneous 
items;  §773,598,253  was 
earnings  from  the  freight  service,  em­
bracing  freight  revenue,  stock  yards, 
elevators  and  miscellaneous  items.  The 
other  earnings  connected with operation, 
such  as  car  mileage,  switching  charges, 
rents  and  earnings  from  other  sources, 
were  §27,925,360.  A  small  portion  of 
earnings,  amounting  to  §230,125,  was 
not  classified.

The  operating  expenses  for  the  year 
were  $747.562,398,  so  that  the  income 
from  operation  was  §369,050,856.

that 

The 

show 

figures 

the  net 
earnings  were  something over §5,000,000 
less  for  1897  than  for the preceding year. 
The  total  amount  of  dividends  declared 
by  all  of  the  railway  companies  for  the 
year  ending  June  30,  1897,  was$57,290,- 
579.  the  dividends  of  the  operated  lines 
ranging  about  §30,000,000 a  year.  The 
total  amount  of  taxes  reported  by  the 
operating  companies  embraced  in  this 
statement  was  §40.979,933.  The  rail­
roads  employ  over  800,000  men  in  their 
various  departments  of  operation.

Of  course,  there  are  individual  lines 
that  do  not  pay  any  dividends,  because 
they  were  built  through  regions  that  do 
not  furnish  sufficient  business.  There 
are  others  that  were  built  under  condi­
tions  of  extreme  improvidence  and  ex­
travagance,  but  these  are  being  weeded 
out  by  passing  through  bankruptcy,  and 
the  day  will  come  when  the  entire  rail­
road 
interests  of  the  country  will  be 
placed  on  a  solid  basis  and  pay  under 
good  management.  As 
it  is,  many  of 
in  excellent  condi- 
the  companies  are 
on,  and  the  roads 
in  the  aggregate 
handling  more  than  a  thousand  million 
dollars  a  year  show  what  a  vast 
interest 
they  are.

Spaniards  at  Manila  have  been  give 
rope  enough  and  thev  will  succeed  i 

i-  hanging  t bens selves,

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN 

9

ANGLO-SAXON  ALLIANCE.

Although  nothing  except  mere  discus­
sion and comment have resulted from Mr. 
speech  advocating  an 
Chamberlain’s 
Anglo-Saxon  alliance, 
there  is  not  the 
least  doubt  that  the  great  preponderance 
of  sentiment 
in  both  this  country  and 
Europe 
favorable  to  some  sort  of 
amicable  understanding  between the two 
great  English-speaking  countries.

is 

■ While  public  opinion  is  very  general­
ly  disposed  to  favor  the  idea  of  an  alli­
ance,  it 
is  fully  realized  that  there  are 
many  practical difficulties  which a  form­
al  alliance  would  present.  An'  offen­
sive  and  defensive  alliance  such  as  is 
quite  commonly  proposed  would  imply 
that  this  country  would  have  to  keep  its 
army  and  navy  up  to  a  standard  much 
higher  than  has  been  the  custom  here­
tofore.  Thus,  for  instance,  there  would 
have  to.  be  a  larger  standing  army  and 
a  larger  navy. 
It  would  also  be  neces­
sary  for  this  country  to  have  supplies  in 
readiness  for  promptly  equipping  a con­
siderable  force  of  volunteers. 
It  would 
be  unreasonable  to  expect  Great  Britain 
to  be  prepared  to  take  up  our  quarrels 
if  we  were  not  prepared  on  our  part  to 
render  her  valuable  assistance  in  case 
of  need.

Although  nothing  tangible  has  yet 
been  discussed,  there  can  be  no  deny­
ing  that  the  agitation 
in  favor  of  an 
understanding  has  created  a very friend­
ly  feeling  both 
in  this  country  and  in 
England.  One  of  the  first  symptoms  of 
this  better  feeling  has  been  the  satis­
factory  solution  of  the  Behring  Sea 
problem,  which  has  so  long  been  the 
cause  of  serious  friction.

It 

is  understood  that,  as  the  result  of 
an  agreement  recently 
concluded  at 
Washington,  the  Behring  Sea  question 
will  be  adjusted  and  finally  settled  by 
the  complete  termination  of  pelagic 
sealing.  The  point  was  brought  out  in 
the  course  of  the  negotiations  recently 
conducted  between  the  representatives 
of  the  Dominion  government  and  those 
of  the  United  States  that  the  pelagic 
sealing  industry  is  no 
longer  profitable 
to  any  considerable  number  of  Cana­
dians.  This  change  from  the  conditions 
of  a  time  when  Canadian  sealers  went 
to  Behring  Sea  by  the  hundred  has  ren­
dered 
it  easier  for  the  Dominion  gov­
ernment  to  meet  the  United  States  on  a 
common  ground,  since,  according  to  the 
best  information  attainable,  the 
indus­
try  has  dwindled  to  insignificant  pro­
portions.

This  better  understanding  on  so  vex­
atious  a  question  is  the  first  fruit  of  the 
agitation  in  favor  of  an  alliance.  The 
next  result  will  doubtless  be  a  formal 
recognition  of  the  Monroe  doctrine  on 
the  part  of  Great  Britain,  followed  by 
an  agreement  on  the  part  of  this country 
to  give  Great  Britain  moral  and  mate­
rial  support  in  preventing  the  dismem­
berment  of  the  Chinese  Empire,  a  mat­
ter  in  which  this  country  is  greatly  in­
terested,  as  our  trade  interests  in  China 
are  very  great.  Should  we  decide  to 
retain  the  Philippine  Islands as a  result 
of  the  war  with  Spain,  there  will  be  an 
additional  incentive  to  come  to  a  satis­
factory  understanding  with  England 
with  respect  to  the  Far  East.

THE  NICARAGUA  CANAL.

Even  the  most  prejudicial  opponents 
of  the  Nicaragua  Canal  have  come  to 
acknowledge 
its  early  construction  as  a 
necessity.

It  is  true  that  the  opposition  to  it  has 
never  been  based  on  sense  and  reason, 
but  on  selfish  schemes  and  interests con­
nected  with  railways.  The  trans-con­

tinental  and 
trans-isthmian  railways 
have  fought  most  bitterly  the  piercing 
for  a  ship  canal  of  the  American  isth­
mus,  because  they  thought 
it  would 
draw  trade  from  the  railroads;  but  they 
gave  not  the  least  consideration  to  the 
necessities  of  the  public  defense.  That 
has  at 
last  come  to  be  a  matter  of  the 
first 
importance  after  having  been  for 
so  many  years  wholly  neglected.  It  was 
only  realized,  after  the  country  had 
been  most 
rashly  and  unpreparedly 
plunged  into  war,  that  it  is  an  absolute 
necessity  that  there  should  be  some 
shorter  route  of  communication for ships 
between  the  East  and  West  coasts  of 
the  United  States  than  around  the Horn. 
A  most  striking  object  lesson  was  pre­
sented  to  the  world  in  the  voyage  of  the 
United  States  warship  Oregon.

But  the  voyage  of  the  Oregon was only 
one  of  the  items  in  the  overwhelming 
argument  in  favor  of  the  canal.  At this 
moment  the  Government  is  in  the  direst 
extremity  of  need 
for  ships  to  carry 
troops  and  military  stores 
from  San 
Francisco  to  Manila.  The  ships  can  not 
be  obtained  on  the  Pacific  coast,  and 
it 
is  entirely  probable  that  they  will  have 
to  be  sent  on  a  perilous  voyage of  18,000 
miles  around  the  entire  continent  from 
some  of  the  North  Atlantic  ports.  For 
the  lack  of  these  ships,  the  most  serious 
consequences  may  occur  in  the  Philip­
pines.

The  necessity  of  the  canal  for  the 
National  defense  is  plain  enough  now, 
it  is  even  more  necessary  for  the 
but 
purposes  of  American  commerce. 
If 
the  Philippines  are  to  be  permanently 
retained  as  American  colonies,  a  ship 
canal  will  be  indispensable. 
It  will,  in 
the  opinion  of  Mr.  Colquohoun,  a  dis­
tinguished  English  engineer  who  has 
spent  much  time  in  the  Pacific  waters 
and  countries,  render  greater  service  to 
the  New  World  than  the  Suez  Canal 
does  to  the  Old. 
It  will  bring  Japan, 
Northern  China,  Australasia  and  part 
of  Malaysia  nearer  to  the  Atlantic cities 
of  the  United  States  than  they  are  to 
England. 
It  will  thus  benefit  America 
in  an  infinitely  greater  degree  than  it 
will  Europe,  which  will  only  use  the 
canal  in  trading  with  the  Pacific  littoral 
of  the^two  Americas,  the  South  Sea  Is­
It 
lands,  and  possibly  New  Zealand. 
will,  moreover,  give  an 
immense 
im­
pulse  to  American  manufactures,  espe­
cially  cotton  and  iron,  and  will  greatly 
stimulate  the  shipbuilding  industry  and 
the  development  of  the  naval  power  of 
the  United  States.  The  §150,000,000 or 
§200,000,000  which 
it  is  likely  to  cost 
will  be  a  fleabite  to its enormous yield  in 
financial  and  material  advantages  of 
every  sort.

As  to  the  trans  continental  railroads, 
it  will  increase  their  business,  because 
it  will  vastly  develop commerce with the 
Far  East,  and  the  railroads  will  carry 
all  the  passengers,  mails  and 
light 
traffic,  which  will  be  multiplied  a  thou­
sandfold. 
Even  the  railroads,  which 
have  been  the  worst  enemies  of  the 
canal,  should  now  favor  it.

Eugene  Debs  had  the  chance  of  his 
life  to  be  a  useful  citizen  and  a  patriot 
by  raising  a  regiment  for  the  war  from 
among  hjs  walking  delegates.  Like  all 
men  of  his ilk,  however,  he  would  rather 
bide  bis  time  and  indulge  his  passion 
for  leadership  in  conducting  an  unlaw­
ful,  murderous  and  property-destroying 
labor  strike  than  in  assisting  the  Gov­
ernment  in  times  like  these.

Our  modern  Sampson  batters  down 
walls  as  easily  as  the  old  strong  man 
destroyed  temples.

BANKING  REFORM.

Review  of  the  Present  and  Proposed 

Systems.

The  system  of  issuing credit  notes  up­
on  commercial  assets  is  not  only  sup­
ported  by  economic  theory  and  abstract 
reasoning,  but  has  proved  successful 
wherever  tried  under  rational  regula­
tions,  to  the  extent  to  which  it  has  been 
logically  divorced  from  governmental 
interference. 
The  experience  of  the 
Bank  of  England  has  demonstrated  the 
futility  of  regulations  tying  credit  notes 
to  a  government  debt.  Since  the  pas­
sage  of  the  Bank  Act  of  1844,the  British 
government  has  been  forced,  on  several 
occasions,  to  suspend  that  Act  in  order 
to  enable  that  gigantic  banking  institu­
tion  to  meet  emergencies  by  having  re­
course  to  its  entire  commercial  assets, 
the  great  safety  valve  through  which 
the  continuity  of  its  business  upon  a 
solvent  basis  has  been  made possible.  It 
is  a  wonder  the  British  government  has 
not  placed  that  Bank’s  credits  perma­
nently  upon  commercial  assets,  which 
form  the  basis  of  the  credit  notes  of  all 
the  leading  banks  in  Europe.

in 

the  stability  of 

The  Bank  .of  France  has  over  250 
branches  and  its  note circulation  is  lim­
ited  to  one  billion  dollars,  the  largest 
circulation  of  any  single  bank 
in  the 
world.  It  is  not  required  by  law  to  hold 
evidences of the public debt nor any other 
specific  security  for  its  credit  notes,  but 
they  are  a  first  lien  upon  the  mass  of  its 
available  assets.  No  country 
in  the 
world  can,  under  anything  approaching 
equal  conditions,  excel  the  record  of 
France 
credits. 
With  her  capital  and  ruler  in  the  hands 
of  an  invading  enemy,  her  government 
in  the  hands  of  a  revolutionary  com­
mittee,  her  people  subjected  to  the  levy 
of  a  tribute  equal  to  §25  for  every  man, 
woman  and  child 
in  the  country,  the 
Bank  of  France  maintained  its  paper 
within  2l/t  per  cent,  of  par,  and  this 
premium  on  gold  never  lasted  beyond  a 
short  period  of  time.  What  a  contrast 
with 
the  Government  paper  of  the 
United  States  from  1862  to  1865,  when 
the  premium  on  gold  ran  as  high  as  160 
per  cent.  !  And  how  much  greater 
it 
would  have  been 
if  the  United  States 
had  been 
in  the  captive  position  of 
France,  for  during  almost  fifteen  years 
after  our  civil  war  the  premium  on  gold 
was  greater than  it  was  in  France  dur­
ing  their  most  critical  years.  How  sig­
nificant  the  declaration  of  that  eminent 
French  financier,  Thiers:  “ The  bank 
saved  us  because  it  was  not  a  bank  of 
state.”   Truer  words  were  never spoken. 
In  the  event  of  the  overthrow  of  a  gov­
ernment,  all  prior  public  obligations are 
repudiated  by  the  victors,  and  the  value 
of  credit  notes  based  on such obligations 
disappears  with  the  vanquished govern 
meut.  Credit  notes  based  on  commer­
cial  assets  do  not  depend  upon  the  fate 
of  governments,  for  under  the  rules  of 
civilized  warfare  no  government  seeks 
to  destroy  or  confiscate  the  individual 
property  of  a  conquered  people;  it  is 
only  the  public  wealth  that  is so treated. 
This  is  the  real  reason  why  the  Bank  of 
France  was  enabled  to  maintain 
its 
notes  at  or  near  a parity  during the  time 
the  government  was  practically  in  the 
hands  of  a  foreign  nation. 
Its  notes 
were  backed  by  the  wealth  of 
individ­
uals  and  were  not  affected  by  fluctua­
ting  values  of  government  obligations, 
nor  would  they  have  been  materially 
affected 
if  the  government  obligations 
had  been  entirely  repudiated.  While 
there  is  little  probability  of the conquest 
of  the  United  States  by  any  nation  or

combination  of  nations,  it  must  be  ad­
mitted  that  a  credit  system  which  is 
affected  but  little by such extreme shocks 
as  wars  produce  would  be  a  decided  im­
provement  on  our  existing  system.  It  is 
possible  for  a  business  asset  system  to 
outlive  many  changes  of  government 
without serious  damage  to  trade  or  com­
merce.  .

The  Imperial  Bank  of  Germany  is not 
required  to  hold  evidences  of  the  public 
debt  as  a  basis  for  its  note  circulation, 
but  it  must  cover  one-third  of  its  notes 
with  cash,  and  the  remaining  two-thirds 
is  based  upon  commercial  paper  ma­
turing 
in  not  more  than  three  months, 
and  bearing  not  less  than  two  solvent 
names.  There  are  evidences  of  a  grow­
ing  feeling  in  Germany  for  a  more  lib­
eral  power  of  note  issuance,  as  present 
regulations  have  proved embarrassing  to 
their  growing  trade  and  commerce.

is 

the  balance 

The  Austro  Hungarian  Bank  also  pro­
tects  a  portion  of  its  credits  with  a  coin 
resetve,  and 
issued 
against  commercial  paper  and  other 
marketable  securities.  Bills of  exchange 
drawn  upon  foreign  places  are  a  favor­
ite  security  with  this  and  many  other 
European  banks,  because  they  are  read­
ily  convertible 
into  gold  and  are  not 
affected  by  changes 
the  domestic 
market.

in 

The  laws  governing  the  circulation  of 
the  National  Bank  of  Belgium  are  sim­
ple,  but  they  embody  much  good  sense 
in  a  few  words,  namely:  “ The  amount 
of  bills  in  circulation  shall  be  repre­
sented  by  easily  negotiable  securities.”  
The  philosophy  of  sound  credits  can 
not  be  better  expressed  than  in  these 
words.

The  note  issues  of  the  Bank  of  the 
Netherlands  are  based  substantially  up­
on 
its  commercial  assets  and  are  not 
confined  within  fixed  limits,  but  it  has 
to  keep  a  metallic  reserve  equal  to  40 
per  cent,  of  the  aggregate  of  notes  and 
deposits.

These  banks  are  monopolies  in  the 
matter  of  note  issues  in  their  respective 
countries,  but  their  experiences  have 
shown  that  even  under  monopolistic 
powers  the  commercial  asset  basis  is 
thoroughly  safe.  The  American  people 
do  not  want  the  monopoly  features  of 
these  systems,  but  are  entitled  to  the 
benefits  of  the  elasticity  attendant  upon 
banking  upon  business  assets.

A n d r e w   F y f e .

Spain  will  have  to  pay  the  United 
States  many  millions  of  dollars  to  settle 
the  war  obligations,  and  with  no  chance 
to  squeeze  more  blood  money  from Cuba 
or  the  Philippine 
islands,  she  may  be 
obliged  to  pledge  her  diamonds  and  sell 
her  household  furniture;  but  it  can  be 
said  now  that  there  is  no  money  in  the 
throne,  unless  it  can  be  disposed  of  to 
relic  hunters.

There 

is  no  law  to  prevent  people 
from  cooking  strawberries,-  but  there 
ought  to  be.  The  man  or  woman  who 
degrades  that  delicate  fruit  by  exposing 
it  to  artificial  heat 
in  the  making  of 
pie,  pudding  or  tart 
is  guilty  of  a  mis­
demeanor  against  the  world  of fragrance 
and  sunshine.

If  a  man  can  not  do  a  blessed  thing 
on  earth  of  any 
importance  or  value 
that  others  can  not  do  better,  he can still 
keep  himself  conspicuous  by 
finding 
fault  with  those  who  are  doing  good 
deeds.

People  who  want  to  “ rally  around  the 
flag”   should  first  rally  around  the  re­
cruiting  office  and  offer  to  serve  their 
country  as  private  soldiers.

IO
Shoes  and  Leather

“ Elevators”  to  Lengthen  Little  Peo­

p le-T reatin g  Not  Popular.

If  the  expectations  of  a  Boston  con­
cern  are  realized  the  first  question  a 
shoe  clerk  will  ask  a  prospective  cus­
tomer  will  be,  "W ith  or  without  ele­
vators?"  Of  course,the  tall  or  fairly  tall 
customers  probably  won’t  be 
interro­
gated  thusly,  but  the  short  dumpy  little 
ladies,  and  the  sawed-off  and hammered 
down  men  will  be  the  targets  for  the 
superior  retail  shoe  clerk  to  shoot  his 
queries  at.  Truly  science  is  wonderful, 
and 
little  did  our  grandfathers  think 
that  this  country  would  ever  see  the 
house  of  a  company  organized  for  the 
purpose  of  making  short people tall  (and 
I  came  nearly  saying  long people short). 
Nevertheless  such  a  company  has  been 
formed  in  Boston.  In  the  announcement 
which  the  firm  makes  they  say,  " In ­
crease  your  height  from  one  to  four 
inches,  without  detection,  by  using  our 
new  invisible  elevators.  Can  be  worn  in 
any  shoe,  etc."

If  this  be  true  think  for  a  minute  of 
the  possibilities 
it  brings  forth.  No 
longer  will  you  see  the small hen-pecked 
husband  looking  meekly  up  at  his  bet­
ter  half,  but  with  elevators  in  his  shoes 
he  can  be  as  big  as  she  and  will  stand 
a  fair  show.  You  go  down  town  to  see 
a  parade  and  if  you  are  at  the  back  of 
the  crowd  all  you  have  to  do  is  to  work 
your  elevators,  and  presto  change—you 
are  the  tallest  man  in  the  crowd.  Just 
imagine  some  of  our  respected  citizens 
going  down  town 
in  the  morning  five 
feet  and  a  half  tall  and  coming  back  at 
night  a  six-footer!

What  will  come  next  I  wonder.  Per­
haps  we  may  yet  have  some  system 
where  tall  men  may  be  made  shorter,  or 
thin  men  fat.  Strange things  have  hap­
pened 
this  era  of  progress  and 
stranger  things  may happen  in  the  years 
to  come.

in 

*  

*  

*

in  the 

The  bored  and  languid  looking  young 
man 
ladies’  high  shoe  depart­
ment  of  one  of  our  leading  shoe  stores 
was  approached  the  other  day  by  a 
plainly  dressed 
lady  who  asked  to  be 
shown  some  shoes.  The  young  salesman 
seated  her  and  lazily  brought  out  a  pair 
of  dark  tan  shoes.

" I   should  prefer  something  a  little 
quieter  and  more  serviceable,”   suggest­
ed  the  customer.

He  gave  her  a  long look which seemed 
to  take  in  every  detail  of  her  toilet,  and 
then,  with  the  same 
languid  air  that 
characterized  bis 
first  movements, 
brought  down  a  pair  of  black  sheepskin 
boots  that  had  been 
in  stock  eight  or 
nine  months.  Bringing  one  of  these  to 
her,  he  turned  it  gently  around  to  show 
it  while  he  remarked :

" I   know  just  what  you  want.  One  of 
these  will  be  good  for  any  occasion— 
and  will  be  very  serviceable  too.”

"Oh,  thanks,"  murmured the custom­
er,  and  enquiring  the  price  she  paid for 
the  shoes  and  waited  for  her  parcel  and 
change.

"N ice  weather  we  are  having,”   said 
the  young  man  condescendingly,  as  he 
restored  his  shoes  to  order.

" I ’m  so  glad  you  like  it,"   said  his 
customer,  gazing  wistfully into vacancy.
Before  he  could  be  sure  that  no  sar­
casm  was  meant,  the  package  came,  and 
he  counted  the  change  into  the  custom­
er's  band  with  a  shade  more  of  alacrity 
than  he  had  seemed  equal  to  before. 
Then  she  got  back  at  him.

" I   am  so  glad  to  have  met  you,"  she

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said  as  she  got  up. 
" I t   is  such  a  com­
fort  to  find  some  one  who  knows  just 
what  you  want.  Now,  when  I  came  in­
to  the  store,  I  expected  to  buy  a  pair 
of  patent  calf  boots  that  would  have cost 
me  seven  or  eight  dollars,  to  wear  to  a 
wedding  I  shall attend to-night.  But  you 
knew  what  I  wanted  and  have  sold  me 
a  pair  of  boots  for  one  dollar,  a  great 
saving  for  me,  too. 
I  thought  I  wanted 
the  other,  but  you  knew  I  didn’t. 
Thanks,  and  good  bye."

She  walked  out,  and  the  young  man 
into  a  carriage  and  drive 
saw  her  get 
off.  He  is  busy  hoping  now  that  she 
doesn’t know his  employer,  and  no  more 
does  he  try  to  make  selections  for  pur­
chasers,  but  is  willing  to 
let  every  cus­
tomer  choose  for  himself.

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"I)o   you  want  to  see  some  fun?"  en­
quired  an  Olive  street  shoe  dealer  of  me 
one  day  as  we  stood  together  in  front  of 
"W ell,”   he  went  on,  "you 
his  store. 
just  watch  that  beggar  over  there.”  
I 
watched,  and  this 
is  what  I  saw.  The 
beggar,  a  tall  raw-boned  fellow,  stoodjon 
the  curb  of  the  opposite  side  of  the 
street.  Pretty  soon  I  saw  him  drop 
what  appeared  to  be  half  a  loaf  of  stale 
bread 
into  the  gutter  and  saunter  off 
down  the  street.  He  went  about  half  a 
block  and  disappeared  into  an  alley.

"N o w ,”   said  my  friend,  "you  watch 
that  alley  down  there  and  you  will  soon 
see  him  come  again."

in  an 

Sure  enough  he  appeared  a  few  min­
utes  later  coming  out  of  this  alley  and, 
turning,  he  came  toward  us,  stopping 
once  or  twice  to  beg  a  penny  from  some 
one.  He  soon  came  within  a  few  feet 
of  where  he  had  been  standing  and  all 
at  once  he  made  a  dive  for  the  piece  of 
stale  bread  he  had  dropped 
into  the 
gutter  a  few  minutes  before.  At  the 
same 
instant  a  small,  scraggy  dog 
jumped  for  the  same  piece  of  bread, 
and 
instant  man  and  dog  were 
rolling  in  the  dirt  fighting  savagely  for 
possession  of  the  bread. 
In  less  time 
than 
it  takes  to  tell  it  the  street  was 
blockaded  with  people,  and  when  the 
dog  finally  got  away  with  the  bread, 
small  coin  was  shelled  out  generously  to 
a  supposed  starving  man  who  shed copi­
ous  tears  of  gratitude.  The  dog  was 
lost  in  the  shuffle,  but  he  rejoined  his 
owner  later,for  my  friend  said  that  the 
same  scene  had  been  repeated  three 
times  within  ten  days,  by  the  same  man 
and  dog.

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Some  people  would  kick  if  they  were 
going  to  fall  heir  to  a  fortune.  I  recent­
ly  went  into  a  retailer’s  store  and  he  no 
sooner  saw  me  than  he  began  to  kick 
first  about  the  weather,  then  because 
trade  was  poor,  and  because  wholesalers

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We  are  still  making  the 
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Oil  Grain  and Satin;  also 
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were  late  in  shipping  goods.  Now  I 
personally  know  that  this  particular  re­
tail  dealer  is  doing  a  splendid business. 
He  has  a  nice  store,  employs  several 
clerks  and  they  are  generally  busy  all 
the  time.  But  he  has  fallen  into  a  habit 
of  kicking  and  seems  to  be  unable  to 
get  out  of  it.  His  store  was  full  of peo­
ple  the  day  I  was  in  there  and  some  of 
his  customers  must  have  heard  some  of 
his  complaints  and  such  things  do  not 
have  a  good  effect  on  trade. 
It  gives 
the 
impression  that  you  are  not  pros­
perous  and  up-to-date.  Trade  is  fickle, 
and 
if  they  once  get  this  into  their 
heads,all you  can  do  won’t  be  enough  to 
hold  them.  So  I  say  to  retailers  quit 
your  everlasting  kicking  and  complain­
ing.  You  only  make  yourself  feel  bad 
and  drive  away  what  trade  you  have. 
Put  on  a  smile  as  broad  as  your  face, 
and  take things a  little.easier.  It  doesn't 
help  you  to  think  any  to  worry.

*  *  *

Away  out  in  an  enterprising  little city 
of  Eastern  Kansas  there  is  a  shoe  store 
that  is  run  and  controlled  by  two  Ger­
mans.  They  are  brothers, 
these  two, 
and  think  more  of  each  other  than  is 
usual  even  for  brothers,  but to the  casual 
observer  they  seem  to  get  along  about 
as  well  together  as  the  traditional  cat 
and  dog.  They  are  always  quarreling 
back  and  forth  when 
in  the  store  to­
gether,  but when one is out  and gone,  the 
other  is  always  trying  to  do  something 
to  please  him.

The  first  time  I  ever  went  into  their 
store,  (and  they  have  a  nice  store),  I 
first  met  the  older  brother,  Claus. 
I 
introduced  myself  and  told  him  I  was  a 
newspaper  man  and  wanted 
to  write 
them  up,  along  with  other  people  in  his 
city.  Claus 
immediately  agreed,  and 
began  to  give  roe  data,  when  up  comes 
Otto  and  shouts  at  Claus  to  know  what 
he  was  doing,  anyhow.  Claus explained, 
but  Otto  didn’t  take  to  the  idea,  and 
for  full  thirty  minutes  they  quarreled 
about  it.  At  the  end  of  that  time  Claus 
went  out  disgusted, 
in 
language  that  would  hardly  do  to  repeat 
that  he  was  a  fool.

telling  Otto 

He  was  hardly  outside  of  the  door  be­
fore  Otto  came  up  to  me  and  began tell­
ing  me  about  what  I  wanted,  giving 
Claus  all  the  credit  for  their  success, 
and  before  Claus  came  back  I  was 
pretty  well  acquainted  with  the  particu­
lars.  Since  then  I  have  become  well 
acquainted  with  both  brothers.  But  no 
matter  how  often  I  go  out  there,  they al­
ways  have the same fight over something.

*  *  *

A  shoe  salesman  who  travels  for  an 
Eastern  manufacturer,  the  house  sales­
man  for  a  local jobbing concern,  and  the 
writer  were  all  sitting  together  in  the

in 

lobby  of  a  down  town  hotel  the  other 
day,  and  something  turned  the  conver 
sation  to  the  subject  of  treating  trade.  I 
asked  the  Eastern  man  if  it  were  not 
true  that  the  practice  was  dying  out 
among  salesmen. 
“ Yes,  it  is, ”   he  re­
plied,  “ in  the  cities  and  in  the  Eastern 
States,  but  out  here 
the  wild  and 
woolly  West  it  has  simply  taken  another 
form.  Years  ago  every  time  a  salesman 
went  to  see  the  retailer  he  was  expected 
to  set  up  the  drinks  and  cigars  as  often 
as  the  merchant  could  be  induced  to 
take  them.  He  was  expected  to  treat 
the  clerks  all  around  and  take  some  of 
them  out  for a  time.  Or,  if  he  was  there 
over  Sunday  he  must  invite his customer 
and  his  wife  (for  you  always  met  his 
wife  or  daughter)  to  take  dinner  at  the 
hotel  with  him.

That  kind  of  thing  is  no  go  anywhere 
now.  But  in  its  place  has  come  the 
habit  of  giving  the  dealer  extra  dis­
counts,  or  extra  dating,  and 
if  he  is 
married,  giving  his  wile  a  fancy  pair of 
shoes.  You  are  asked  by  the  clerks  to 
buy  tickets  to  church  sociables,  and 
chances  on  raffles  and  numberless  other 
such  things.  So  you  see,  while  it  is  all 
done  in  a  quieter^way,  it  amounts  to the 
same  thing. ”

*  *  *

When  the  war 

is  over  and  Cuba  is 
free,  and  Uncle  Sam  has  taken  posses­
sion  of  Porto  Rico  and  the  Philippines,
I  am  going  to  one  of  the  three  places I 
and  start  a  shoe  store,"  remarked  a 
young  fellow  in  one  of  the  wholesale 
houses  here  to  me. 
“ 1  think  it  is  the 
finest  kind  of  a  chance,”   he  continued. 
“ I  am  rather  of  the  opinion  that  the 
Philippines  would  be  the  best  place 
if 
it  was  not  so  far  away.  You  would  have 
a  good  deal 
less  of  competition  there 
in  Havana  or  San  Juan,  and  I  am 
than 
rather  of  the  opinion  that  money  will  be 
more  plentiful  there  than 
in  the  West 
Indies.  At  any  rate  I  think  it’s  a  good 
scheme,  and  if  I  can  get  money enough, 
and  some  one  to  go  with  me,  I  shall 
try  it."

This young gentleman  might  make  an 
agreement  with  a  clerk  in  a  retail  store 
down  town  who is  trying  to  get  some one 
to  go  to  Japan  with  him  and  start  an 
American  shoe  store 
in  Tokio.  He 
figures  that  a  big  business could  be done 
with  the  foreign  residents 
in  Tokio 
alone,  besides  which  he  says  that  a 
great  many  of  the  Japs  are  wearing 
American  or  European  made  boots  and 
shoes.  He  says  that  the  man  first  in 
the  field  will  get  the  biggest  plum  and 
is  trying  hatd  to  get  some  jobber  or 
manufacturer  to  back  him.

So  it  seems  as  if  tht ss  two  young  fel­
lows  might  possibly  form  a  partnership. 
There  seems  to  be  no  good  reason  why 
either  of  them  should  not  be  right  in 
their  ideas.  They  are  both  hard  work­
ers,  and  both  are  shrewd,  quick-think­
ing  Americans.  Here  is  a  chance  for 
some  enterprising  manufacturer  to  ex­
tend  his 
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The  Hen  and  the  Cow.

Sin g ho for the brindle dairy cow,
Sin g hi for the little brown h en :

Such a couple  was never on earth  below 

T o feather the nest of  men;

W ith  the golden products of good Queen Bess 

No udder can compare,

W hile the snowy fruit of the  cackling “ bate”  

B rings a solace for every care.

Men risk their lives for the shining  ore 

Deep laid in a frozen clime,

W hen these  faithful servants bring them more, 

And peace at the self-sam e time;

W ith  pasture in plenty and bugs galore,

T hey never w ill lack for feed;

Their stock is at par at the grocery store 

F or things that the farmers  need.

Then,  three times three for  the  bovine  “  she,”  

A nd three for the female fow l!

A t the farmer’s door w hich they  feed  before 

N o w olf has a chanee to howl.

N o poet’s dream ever hatched a  theme 

M ore worthy a poet's  pen 

Than the kindly queen of the  pastures green 

A nd the busy, cackling hen.

Proper  Way  to  Prepare  Pineapples 

and  Bananas

it  for  future  reference. 

When  one  has  lived  where  the  pines 
grow 
it  always  seems  a  shameful  sight 
to  look  upon  the  butchery  which  over­
takes  the  pineapple  before 
it  gets  to 
the  tables  of  those  who  do  not  know how 
to  eat  the  fruit. 
Its  rind  is  backed  off, 
the  eyes  are  gouged  out,  and  the  meat 
is  cut  in  slices,  the  juice  runs  away 
and 
is  lost,  the  flesh  is  fibrous  and  the 
core 
is  always  left  as  an  unpleasant 
central fact.  And  all  this  ill  treatment 
of a delicious fruit because the  rind  and 
the  eye  in  particular can sting the mouth 
like  a  nettle,  although  like  the  nettle 
they  are  perfectly  harmless 
if  properly 
handled.  There  is  but  one  proper  way 
to  deal  with  the  pine,  and  this  is  it:
Select  one  from  small  to  medium  in 
size,  for  in  these  the  flavor  is  best,  and 
never take  one  which  has  not  both  stem 
and  crown.  Remove  the  stem  and  throw 
it  away,but  after  twisting  out  the  crown 
keep 
In  the 
shallow  pit  from  which  the  crown  has 
been  twisted  drive  two  strong  skewers 
down  through  the  central  core until  they 
just  come  through  at  the  bottom.  Then 
pull  the  skewers  apart,  and 
it  will  be 
found  that  the  pine  is split asunder from 
crown  to  stem.  Then  it  is  a  simple 
matter  to  split  the  core,  so  as  to  divide 
again  each  half  of  the  fruit.  A  little 
experience  will  bring  the  knack  of  thus 
dismembering  a  pine  without  squeez­
ing  out  a  tablespoonful  of  its  juice.  Put 
the  pieces  together  in  their  natural  po­
sition,  tie  with  a  narrow  ribbon,  fasten 
the  crown  where  it  belongs  and  the pine 
is  ready  to  serve  by  simply  untying  the 
bow  of  ribbon.  It  is  eaten  by  separating 
each  of  the  little  squares  of  the  rind 
from  the  rest  and  ripping  the  flesh  to 
the  core.  By  this  means  no  juice  is 
lost,  the  fibre  splits  along 
its  natural 
line  of  cleavage,  and  the  dreaded  rind 
and  eye  serve  as  convenient  and  proper 
handles  for  conveying  the  fruit  to  the 
lips.  Those  who  wish  the  very  fifth 
essence  of  the  flavor  of  the  pine  claim 
the  crown  for  their  portion.  Pull  off  all 
the  leaves  carefully  to  the  very  heart 
and  there  will  be  found  two  dainty  soft 
white 
in  a  spike  about  half  an 
inch  long,  Dip  the  tender  morsel  in  a 
wee  drop  of  tabasco  and  the  flavor  of 
the  pine  will  linger  on  the  palate  for  a 
day.

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It  may  seem  the  easiest  thing  in  the 
world  to  eat  a  banana— just  peel  off  the 
rind,  eat  the  flesh,  and  rid  one’s  self  of 
the  outer  covering  either  by  throwing  it 
down  as  a  trap  for  the  pedestrian,  if  no 
policeman 
in  sight,  or  else  carrying 
it  to  some  receptacle  for  rubbish,  as 
the 
law  provides.  But  the  botanists 
have  named  the  banana  Musa  Sapien- 
tum,  by  way  of  a  bint  that  only  the wise 
know  how  to  get  the  best  out  of  the 
fruit.  Commonly  the  banana  eater strips 
off  the  rind  by  pulling  it  down 
in  rib­
bons  from  the  stem  end,  which  never 
fails  to  leave  several  strips  of  a  bitter 
fibre  closely  attached  to  the  inner  flesh, 
a  fibre  which  spoils  the  flavor  of  the 
fruit,  and  is  difficult  to  remove.  If  it  is 
held  necessary  by  a  disordered  taste  to 
peel  the  banana  in  strips,  one  should  at 
least  begin  at  the  bud  end,  when  it  will 
be  found  that  the  fibre  bands  come  off 
with  the  rind,  and  do  not  adhere  to  the 
flesh.  But  the  right  way  to  get  at  the

edible  portion  of  the  banana  is  to  begin 
in  the  middle.

Every  banana 

is  a  modified  triangle 
in  sections,  one  side,  the  inner  face  of 
the  curve,  being  nearly  flat.  Hold  the 
banana  with  the  stem  end  toward  you 
and  the  flat  side  uppermost.  With  the 
thumb  nail  make  a  little  cut 
in  the 
sharper  edge  at  the 
left  of  the  fruit 
about  its  middle,  a  cut  deep  enough  to 
secure  a  firm  hold.  Now  a  steady  pull 
will  rip  the  rind  from  bud  to  stem along 
the  edge,  and  continuing  the  pull  the 
rind  will  unwrap  itself  in  a  continuous 
piece  around  the  fruit,  carrying  with  it 
every  strip  of  inner  fibre  and  the  taste­
less  pitb  always  found  at  the  hud  end. 
There  will  be  no  difficulty  in  doing  this 
if  the  banana  is  at  the  right  stage  of 
ripeness  for  eating  as  a  band  fruit—that 
is,  when  the  fruit  has  become  yielding 
to  the  touch.

Bananas  to  be  cooked  must  be  taken 
at  an  earlier  stage 
If  they  are  to  be 
baked  they  should  be  taken  just  when 
the  green  color  is  beginning  to  change 
to  the  yellow  of  ripeness.  Remove  the 
rind  and  bake  in  a  quick  oven  on  but­
tered  pans.  For  frying  they  must  be  al­
lowed  to  ripen  until  the  rind  is  all  yel­
low,  but  the  flesh  is  still  hard.  Squeeze 
the  fruit  steadily  from  end  to  end  in 
the  whole  hand  until  something  is  felt 
to  give  evenly  inside.  Remove  the  rind 
and  the  fruit  can  be  separated  in  three 
longitudinal  segments.  Dip 
in  white 
of  egg  and  plunge  into  a  kettle  of  boil­
ing  olive oil.  This  is a  Philippine  re­
cipe  and  no  one  who  has  ever  tried  it 
will  be  content  with  a  banana  cut 
into 
disks  or  strips  and  fried  to  a  greasy 
mush  in  a  pan  with  butter.
Strawberries  Plenty  and  Cheap  at 

Gotham.

New  York,  June  13—The  fragrance  of 
the  strawberry  beds  of  Maryland  and 
is  wafted  into  the  streets  of 
Delaware 
the  city 
long  before  daybreak  now. 
Trains 
loaded  with  strawberries  are 
dumped  on  this  market  in  a  way  to 
make  the  eyes  of  the  oldest  veteran 
bulge.  There  never  was  anything  like 
it  heretofore,  dealers  say,  and  never 
were  the  strawberries  so  cheap  and  fine. 
Over  the  Jersey  Central  and  the  Penn­
sylvania  railroads  come  yearly  all  the 
large  shipments  to  this  city.  West! 
street,  even  for  hours  after  midnight,  is 
a  very 
that 
thoroughfare  go  the  drays  back  and  for­
ward  all  night  long  across  to  the  rail­
road  depots  and  to  the  ferries.  Wed­
nesday  of  last  week  was  accounted  the 
biggest  day  in  strawberries  thus  far. 
It 
is  estimated  that  250,000  crates  were 
disposed  of.  The  shipments  all 
this 
week  are  expected  to  be  very  large.

lively  place. 

Through 

it  is  now  understood, 

The  dealers  say  that  the  strawberry 
trade,  as 
is  of 
comparatively  recent  growth.  But  there 
is  every  prospect  that  the  fields of Mary­
land  and  Delaware  will  continue  to  fur­
nish  us  with  a  supply.  Cheap  railroad 
transportation  has  had  a  great  deal  to 
do  with  bringing  the  strawberry  beds  of 
Maryland  and  Delaware  so  near  to  this 
city.  One  of  the  largest  dealers  in  this 
market  said :

“ This  city  supplies,  within  a  radius 
of  100  miles,  everybody  with  strawber­
ries.  Each  day  s  sales  are  gotten  rid  of 
as  they  are  sent  in.  Never  have  straw­
berries  been  so  cheap  and  so  fine  as 
they  have  been  this  season. 
In  order 
that  the  poorest  might  buy,  boxes  of 
strawberries  were  sold  at  a  cent.  They 
were  the  same  kind  as  sold  at  a  higher 
price,  only  there  were  not  so  many  of 
them.

“ Now  the  berries  nearer  home  will 
come  in,  and,  of  course,  will  be  a  very 
much  superior  article  to  those  that  are 
picked  hours  previously  and  packed and 
shipped  hundreds  of  miles.  But  the 
strawberries  now  put  on 
the  market 
these  days  from  Delaware  and Maryland 
are  very  fine  and  very choice.  The  ber­
ries  from  nearby  Jersey  strawberry  beds 
are  very  luscious.  We  never  before  got 
anything  like  them.”

Time  can  not  heal  a  woman’s  grief— 

if  the  grief  happens  to  be  a  wrinkle.

It’s  hard  for  a  man  to  keep  still,  but 

for  a  woman  it’s  simply  impossible.

For  fine  retail  trade,  in  the 
only  Air Tight  Fibre  Pack­
ages of  i,  2  3  or  5  pounds. 
Creamery  Market  Prices.

Maynard  &  Goon.  Grand  Rapids. Mich.

N.  WOHLFELDER  & CO.,

COM M ISSION   M E R C H A N T S

3 9 9 - 4 0 3   HIGH  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.

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

Butter  and  Eggs

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

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

Watermelons  from Georgia

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Strawberries,  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,  flich.

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

ALFRED  J.  BROWN  SEED  CO.

24  and  26  North  Division  Street,

SEEDS WE  ARE  IN  POSITION  TO  FILL  YOUR  OR­

DERS  FOR  FIELD   S E E D S   BOTH  IN  QUAL­
ITY  AND  PR ICE  THAT  SHOULD  WARRANT 
YOU  IN  DEALING  WITH  US.

M o s e l e y   B r o s.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Jobbera*Seeil*Be«os-Potatoe8*Prodiice

2 6 - 2 8 - 3 0 - 3 2   O TTAW A  S T .
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BERRIES 

Cheese  as  an  Army  Ration.

Should 

Watertown,  N.  Y.,  June  13—There 

is 
a  movement  on  foot  among  the  makers 
of  cheese  in  Northern  and  Central  New 
York  and  the  cheese  boards  of  which 
they  are  members  to  secure the adoption 
by  the  War  Department  of  cheese  as  an 
army  ration.  The  county  of  Jefferson 
alone  produces  10,000,000  pounds  of 
cheese  every  season,  and  other  counties 
of  the  State  have  an  output  nearly  as 
large. 
the  War  Department 
adopt  cheese  as  a  ration  for  the  stand­
ing  army  it  would  mean  the  payment  to 
the  farmers  of  New  York  State  of  hun­
dreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  annually. 
The  strongest  cheese  board  in  the  State 
is  the  Watertown  Produce  Exchange. 
The  Secretary,  A.  W.  Munk,  believes 
that  if  those  at  the  head  of  the  Com­
missary  Department  of  the  army  had 
their  attention  properly  called  to  the 
question,  it  would  be  considered,  and 
probably  in  a  favorable  way.  He  says 
there  is  no  element  of  a soldier's  rations 
now 
is  equal  to  cheese  in 
nutrition.  He  lived  on  salt  pork  and 
hardtack  for  three  years  in  the  South, 
when 
in  the  regular  army,  and  so  he 
has  some  experience on  which  to  base 
his  opinion.

issued  that 

“ To-day,”   says  Mr.  Munk,  “ the 
soldier’s  ration 
is  one  of  study  in  the 
Commissary  Department.  The  constant­
ly  increasing  production  of  cheese with­
out  a  compensative  increase  in  the  de­
mand  is the  cause  for  the  low  prices 
realized  for  the  past  few  years. 
If 
cheese  to-day  were an  army  ration,  in­
stead  of  salesmen  being  offered  6  cents 
a  pound  they  would  be  getting  8  to  10 
cents  a  pound  for  good,  solid-boring, 
shipping  cheese,  this  being  the  stock 
that  would  be  required  by  the  army. 
Just  see  what  an enormous increase there 
would  be  in  the  consumption  of  cheese 
if  it  were  an  army  ration."
The  Watertown  Produce  Exchange 
has  adopted  resolutions  favoring 
the 
use  of  cheese  in  the  arm y,  w hich  will be 
laid  before  C.  A.  Chickering,  the  rep­
resentative  from  this  district  in  Con­
gress,  by  Mr.  Munk  and  Charles  S. 
Kellogg,  State  Dairy  Inspector.  Similar 
resolutions  will  be  adopted  by  other 
cheese  boards  throughout  the State.  The 
members  of  the  New  York  State  Grange 
have  taken  steps  along  the  same  line. 
Pomona  Grange  of  Jefferson  county, rep­
resenting  4,000  farmers,  has  resolutions 
relative  to  the  matter.

Utica,  N.  Y.,  June  13—At  the  last 
meeting  of  the  Utica  Dairy  Board  of 
Trade,  George  McAdam  stated  that  at 
Watertown  there  had  been  a  discussion 
in  regard  to  making  cheese  an  army 
ration.  A  set  of  resolutions  had  been 
drawn  and  adopted  there,  asking  the 
congressmen  from  this  State  to  take 
some  action  toward  making  cheese  a 
ration  in  the  army.  He  moved  that  the 
chair  appoint  a  committee  to  draft  suit­
able  resolutions  on  the  subject.

in  the  army 

President  Wright  said  he  had  thought 
of 
introducing  this  subject  himself,  if 
no  one  else  bad  made  a  motion.  He 
served 
in  the  Civil  War 
and  could  say  from  personal  experience 
that  cheese  was  one  of  the  most  sought 
for  articles  of  dieting  among  the 
soldiers.  They  had  to  buy  it  themselves 
then  and  pay  50c  a  pound  for  it,  but 
they  always  went  for  it  when  they  could 
get 
it.  He  nominated  for  the  com­
mittee  Messrs.  McAdam,  Porter  and 
Merry,  to  which  number  the  Secretary 
was  added  on  motion  of  Mr.  Merry.

How  Hay  Is  Handled in  Gotham. 

From the New York Sun.

Almost  all  the  hay  sold  in  this  city 
nowadays  is  baled ;  only  the  very  small 
fraction  of  1  per  cent,  of it  is  loose  hay; 
and  a  load  of  loose  hay  carried  through 
the  city’s  streets  would  attract attention.
The  old  style  and  long  familiar  hay 
bale,  weighing  usually  from  180  to  210 
pounds,  was  packed 
in  a  hand  press, 
two  or  three  men  pulling  on  the  lever. 
This  bale  was  put  up  with  sticks  run­
ning 
lengthwise  of  the  package  at  the 
corners.  Bales  of  bay  put  up  like  this 
come  now  from Long  Island only ;  a bale 
of  the  same  style  that  is  put  up  with  a 
single  stick  comes  from  up  the  North 
River;  but  by  far  the  greater  part  of the 
hay  brought  to  this  market  nowadays

comes 
in  bales  much  more'compact  in 
form,  occupying  not  much-more  than 
half  the  space  of  the  old  bales,  put  up 
in  presses  operated  by  horse  or by steam 
power,  and  tied  with  wire.  The  sources 
of  supply  are  now  New  York  State  and 
other  states  as  far  west  as  Kansas.

is  put  up 

Baled  hay  put  up  in  power  presses 

is 
packed 
in  third  bales,  weighing  from 
ninety  to  a  hundred  pounds;  half  bales, 
weighing  from  no  to  140  pounds,  and 
full  bales,  containing  from  200  to  225 
pounds;  but  of  all  the  hay  thus  packed, 
two-thirds 
in  bales  of  the 
smallest  size,  which  stow  with tbe great­
est  economy  of  space  in  shipment,  are 
the  most  easily  handled  and  most  satis­
factorily  supply  the  various  demands. 
The  large  bales  bring  $1  more  a  ton. 
The  hay  in  them  opens  long,  and,  as  a 
rule,  the  most  expensive  grades  of  hay 
are  put  up  in  large  bales.

American  hay  is  exported 

in  consid­
erable  quantities  to  South  America,  and 
in 
large  quantities  to  Mexico,  and  un­
der  ordinary  conditions  to  Cuba  and  to 
many  other  of  the  West  Indian 
islands; 
and  it  is  sent  in  large quantities to Eng­
land.  Almost  all  the  bay  exported  is  in 
bales  of  the  smallest  size.  In  some  trop­
ical  countries  the  little  tightly  packed 
bales  may  be  carried  away  from  the 
port  where  they  are  bought,  and  off 
up  the  mountains  by  mules,  a  mule 
carrying  two  bales,  one  on  either  side.

Can’t  Call  Oleo  Pure.

Registration  has  been  refused  in  the 
Patent  Office  to  the  use  of  the  word 
“ purity”   as  a  trade-mark  for oleomar­
garine,  for  which  application  was  made 
by  the  Capital  City  Dairy  Co. 
It  was 
rejected  on  two  counts:  First,  as  a 
trade-mark  for  oleomargarine,  as  it  be­
longs  to  a class of  words  which  are  de­
scriptive  or  advertising 
in  character, 
and  are,  therefore,  not  registrable  as 
trade-marks;  also,  for the  further reason 
that,  while  it  is  not  adjective  in  form, 
and  may  not  be  commonly  employed  to 
describe  a  quality,  nevertheless  it  can 
not  be  successfully  denied  that  it  has  a 
suggestive  meaning;  and 
is 
claimed  by  tbe  applicant,  the  word  was 
used 
it  cer­
tainly  has  a  tendency  to  deceive  the 
ordinary  buyer;  nine  housewives  out  of 
ten,  on  seeing  an  article  of  food  marked 
*  purity”   would  conclude  that  the  word 
was  used  to  indicate  a  quality  claimed 
to  be  possessed  by  the  article.
Canning  Season  Opened 

in  a  fanciful  sense,  then 

in  New 

if,  as 

Jersey.

The  great  canning  industry of  South­
ern  New  Jersey  has  begun  operations for 
the  summer  season,  and  while  the  pros­
pects  are  not  particularly  bright  for  a 
big  season  with  tomato  canners,  yet  the 
farmers  assure  the  canning  firms  that 
the  tomato  crop  will  probably  be  large 
enough  to  supply 
the  demand.  Al­
ready  a  great  many  contracts  have  been 
made  for  tomatoes  at  $7  per  ton,  which 
is  somewhat  higher  than 
last  year’s 
price.

The  woman  with  a  baby  and the wom­
an  without  a  baby  are  always  sorry  for 
each  other.

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or Cheese factory.  All  sup­
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prices.  Correspondence so­
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R.  E.  Sturgis,  Allegan,  Mich.

Contractor and Builder of Butter 
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in  Supplies.

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We have  the  best  location  in  Grand  Rapids  for 
receiving  and  shipping  promptly,  and  at  the 
least  expense,  all  seasonable  Fruits,  Vegetables, 
Berries,  etc.,  home  grown  and  imported.  Our 
customers  profit by  it  in  getting the  freshest  and 
cheapest.  A  trial  order  will  convince  you.

  VINKEMULDER COMPANY,  grand  rapids. 

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Manufacturers and Jobbers  of  Spices,  Baking  Pow- 
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Est.  185a.

C. M. Drake.

W. R. Brice & Co.

Philadelphia’s 
Leading  H ustling 
Com m ission  M erchants

R E F E R E N C E S :

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

Corn  Exchange  National  Bank,  Philadelphia.

Western  National  Bank,  Philadelphia.

Fourth  National  Bank,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D.  C.  Oakes,  Coopersville,  Mich.

E.  A.  Stowe,  Michigan  Tradesman.

PR O FIT   AND  L O S S .

To our  Friends and Shippers  in  Michigan:  While  we had our branch 
house in  Grand  Rapids  many of the country  merchants  did  not  sell  us. 
Why?  Because  some other people quoted higher prices.  Did they get 
their money?  Nit!  A bout  all they received was  quotations.  We  have 
been here  in this same store  for  nearly  fifty  years,  have  always  paid  a 
hundred cents on the  dollar  and  shall  do  the  same  for  the  next  fifty 
years.  We want your Butter and Eggs every week  on commission, and you 
can  rest assured of  quick  sales and  prompt  returns at full  market value.
Eggs are selling here this week at  12  cents.  Dairy  Butter,  packed 
in clean sugar barrels,  is selling at  ioJi@i2 cents, and  we  can handle all 
you can ship.  Fancy Creamery Butter is selling here  to-day at  iS@i6^ 
cents, with prospects of  higher  prices  all  along  the  line.  Let  us  have 
your shipments every week.

Yours for solid business methods,

W.  R.  BRICE  &  CO.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Buffalo Gold Storage Go.,

Buffalo,  N.  Y.

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“ Was—was I singing?”  he questioned 

shame-facedly.

“ You  were  making  a  horrible noise!’ 
she  replied,  tartly.  Then  he  laughed  u 
wholesome  honest  guffaw,  and 
leaned 
forward  confidentially.

joke’s  on  me,”   he  owned 
“ Tell  the  truth,  my  baby  has  just  cut  i 
tooth,  and—and  I  was  thinking  how 
cunning  the  little  chap  would  look when 
he  grinned J"

“ The 

The  war  light  faded  in  the  woman 

eyes,  and  a  smile  touched  the  corners 
of  her  mouth  as  she  beamed  on  the 
young  father and  questioned  with  deep 
interest:

“ Upper  or  under?”

Foreign  Oranges  Sold  as  Californias
The  fraudulent  use  of  California 
orange 
labels  practiced  by  European 
shippers  has  been  going  on  for  a  long 
time.  There 
is  said  to  be  a  consider 
able  quantity  of  these  now  on  the  mar 
ket.  These  oranges  are  from  an  im 
mense  consignment  sold  May  10th  ?in 
Montreal,  Can.  They  came  from  Sor 
rento,  Italy,  and  Catania,  Sicily.  On 
the  end  of  the  box  is  the  foreign  brand 
and  the  name  of  “ Joseph  Maresca  & 
Sons,”   but  stenciled  clear  across  the 
top  are  the  words,  in  big  letters,  “ Cali 
fornia—Sunflower  Brand.”   The follow­
ing  other  brands,  “ Belle  of  Santa  Bar­
bara,”  
“ Golden  Rod,”   “ Riverside 
Belle,”   “ Excelsior”   and  “ Messina 
were  fraudulently  used.  The  oranges 
were  sold  at  Montreal  with  the  aid  of 
these  reliable  brands  and  are  not  fit  to 
eat.  They  are  frozen  and  badly  infested 
with  the  dangerous  purple  scale.
Ignore  the  Law  Prohibiting  the  Sale 

of Oleo.

During  the  past  four  or  five  months 
complaints  have  been  made  to  the  New 
York  State  Board  of  Health  that  oleo­
margarine 
is  being  sold  as  butter,  and 
it  was  stated  last  week  that  there  have 
been  no 
less  'than  ioo  prosecutions  for 
this  offense 
in  New  York  City  and 
vicinity  since  January  last.  The  selling 
of  bogus  butter  in  New  York  is  a  mis­
demeanor.  It  is  not  the small restaurant- 
keepers,  as  a  rule,  who  violate  the  law, 
but  the  proprietors  of  big  hotels  and 
restaurants.  The  offense  is  punishable 
by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  $25  nor  more 
less 
than  S200,  or  imprisonment  of  not 
than  one  month  or  more 
than  six 
months,  or  both  fine  and  imprisonment 
for  the  first  offense,  and  by  six  "months’ 
imprisonment  for  the  second  one.

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

MUSKEGON
SUNDAY
TRAINS

50  CENTS 
ROUND 
TRIP.

Six  women  can  talk  at  once and  get 
along  all  right—but  no  two  men  can  do 
it.

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Prevailing  Topic  of the  Time  Among 

Advertisers.

in 

The  war  has  been  quite  as  prominent 
a  feature  of  the  advertising  columns  of 
newspapers  all  over  the  country  as  of 
It  isn’t  strange,  for 
the  news  pages. 
advertisement  writers  keep 
touch 
with  the  predominant news  topics  of  the 
day,  which  furnish  the  best  material  for 
the  exercise  of  their  ingenuity.  When 
the  Klondike  was  discovered,  “ gold,”  
‘ ‘ nuggets,”   “ rich  strikes,”   and  similar 
words  and  phrases  headed  the  advertis­
ing  columns  as  well  as  the  news  stories, 
but  these  are  all  dropped  now  for  the 
up-to-date  war  expressions.

The  most  common  phrases  are  “ Wa 
on  prices,”   “ Victory  over  our  competi 
tors,”   and  “ Wanted,  ten  thousand  vol 
unteers—to buy  our goods, ’ ’  the last four 
words  being 
in  small  type,  of  course. 
“ Manila  has  fallen,  and  so  have  our 
prices,”   is  another.  About  in  the  same 
class  are  these:  “ War  is  not  a  new  ex 
perience  for  us;  for  forty  years  we  have 
been  fighting  the  makers  and  dealers 
in  cheap  and  worthless  goods,”   and 
"T h e  latest  bulletin  from  the  seat  of 
is  absorbing  the  attention  of  the 
war 
people 
just  now,  and  while  you  are 
waiting  for  the  next,  cast  your  eye  over 
these  prices.”   “ We  are  not  going  to 
war at present, ’ ’ frankly adm its one firm, 
“ but  will  remain  at  the  old  stand.”  
“ Bombarding  Havana  will  be  an  easy 
matter,”   says  another,  “ but  we  are  put­
ting  up  batteries 
in  the  way  of  large 
stock  and  low  prices  that  make  our  po­
sition  impregnable.”

“ Remember  the  Maine!”   has  been 

favorite  headline, 
and  “ The  Maine 
question  is  where  to  buy  the  best  goods 
for  the  least  money,”   has  been  much 
used.

Dewey’s  victory  brought  out  a  new 
series.  This  is  one:  “ Dewey  cleaned 
’em  out. 
It  was  such  a  glorious  victory 
that  we  would  like  to  name  one  of  our 
stoves  The  Dewey,  but  we  have so many 
good  ones,  it  is  hard  to  choose  the  most 
appropriate.”   And 
is  another: 
“ The  Maine  has  been  remembered  at 
Manila,  and  your  Uncle  Sam  is  in  a  lit­
tle  better  mood.  Merit  always  wins. 
Therefore  the  unbounded  success  of  our 
goods. ”

this 

One  of  the  simplest  but  best  achieve­
ments  in  this  line  is  this,  from  an  op­
tician :  “ Spain  will  be  driven  from 
Cuba  without  a  doubt.  From  now  on 
you  will  read  every  line  of  war  news. 
Will  your  eyes  stand 
it?  A  pair  of 
glasses  fitted  by  us  will  prevent  perma­
nent  injury.”
What  Saved  the  Only  Man  on  the 

Train.

He  was  the  only  man  on  the  train who 
was  not  glowering  with  black  looks  over 
the  pacific  news  in  the  morning  papers. 
He  did  not  even  unfold  the  sheet  in  his 
hand,  nor  as  much  as  glance  at  the 
double-column  head  as  it  lay  face  up­
ward  on  his  knee. 
Instead  he  gazed 
with  unseeing  eyes  out  of  the  window 
and  whistled  softly, with  the time broken 
now  and  then  by  a  smile  that  crossed 
his  bearded  lips.
The  girl  directly  opposite thought him 
handsome,  and  ascribed  his preoccupied 
air  to  romantic  reasons.  And  the  older 
woman  who  sat  with  her glanced sharply 
across  from  time  to  time  to  see  what 
the young man meant by rudely whistling 
in  a  public  conveyance.  But  the  looks 
of  youth  and  age  were  alike  lost on him, 
and  after  a  while  be  turned  his  face 
toward  the 
light  and  sang  with  such 
hearty  untunefulness  that  his  spectacled 
neighbor  felt  bound  to  remonstrate.
you  hired  this  car  for  your  own  use?”

“ Youngman,“ she  said,grimly,  “ have 
He  stared  at  her  blankly  a  minute and 

then  flushed  to  the  roots  of  his  hair.

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Low  Insurance.

Liberal  Advances.

W arehouse “B ”

Capacity 500,000 cubic feet.
Poultry,  Cheese,  Fruit 
and  Miscellaneous 
Storage.
Don’t  try  experiments. 

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

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them.  They solicit consignments  of  Butter,  Eggs,  Poultry,  Beans  and  ^  
Produce generally,  assuring prompt sales and  immediate  returns.  They 
y —  are a branch of the  Grand  Rapids  house  of  the  same  name,  which  has 
been  established  eleven  years.  They  refer  Michigan  shippers  to the 
y -   Fourth  National  Bank,  Grand  Rapids  Savings  Bank  and  Michigan 
Tradesman, all of which are  familiar with their standing and  acquainted 
y —  with  their  methods and will cheerfully answer  any'enquiries which  may 
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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

Ce d a r   S p r in g s ,  M ic h .

1

The  Food  Commissioner

has begun an aggressive crusade against  cheap vinegars which 
are not up to the legal standard. 
It  w ill  be  w ell  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 alw ays up to the standard established by the Legislature and 
that it is guaranteed not to contain any deleterious acids or an y­
thing that is not  produced from the apple.  One hundred dollars 
in  cash  stands  back  of  this  guaranty.  A sk  your  jobber  for 
Robinson’s vinegar and  insist on having no other.  I f your job ­
ber w ill not get  it for you,  order direct from  the  manufacturer,

a   ROBINSON  CIDER  &  VINEGAR  CO.,  Benton  Harbor,  Mich,  m 
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B U R G E   D.  C A TLIN

Lansing & Catlin

Wholesale Dealers in

Butter  and  Eggs

44  W.  Market  St.
103 Michigan  St.

We  have  a  good  demand  for  Dairy  Butter,  especially  that  which 
is  of  uniform  color,  packed  in  tubs.  Eggs  are  firmer,  and  good  stock 
is  selling  freely.

Buffalo,  N.  Y.

EARLY FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES

Will please your customers and  make  you  money.
Popular prices prevail.  Ask  for quotations.

F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R ,

11T-119  M O N RO E  S T R E E T .  G RA N D   R A P ID S .  M ICH .

W ATERCRESS  FOR  MARKET.

How  a  Regularly  Organized  Industry 

Is Carried  on.

It 

is  not  generally  known 

that  the 
raising  of  watercress  for  the  city  mar­
kets  is  a  regularly  organized  industry, 
carried  on  all  the  year  around  and  pos­
sessing  many  interesting  and  peculiar 
features  which  distinguish 
it  entirely 
from  ordinary  market  gardening.  Most 
people  are  familiar  with  the  herb  only 
as  it  appears  upon  their  tables  to  gar­
nish  meats  or  other  dishes,  as  a  salad 
or 
If  they 
have  ever  given  a  thought  as  to  how  it 
grows,  they  doubtless  believe  that  it  has 
been  gathered  from  some  country stream 
where 
it  runs  wild,  brought  to  market 
and  sold  to  the  grocers  and  other  deal­
ers.  A   small  portion  of  it  may  arrive 
in  this  way,  but  by  far  the  greater  part 
comes  from  watercress  ponds  or  beds, 
where  the  ground  is  prepared  and  kept 
especially  for the  raising  of  the  plant.

in  watercress  sandwiches. 

slight 

in  running  water, 

incline  or  out  upon 

There  are  so  many  considerations  to 
be  borne  in  mind  when  choosing  a  lo­
cation  for  planting  watercress  that  after 
a  few  of  them  are  mentioned 
it  will 
easily  be  seen  why  the  patches  are  nec­
essarily  small  and 
scattered  over  a 
wide  extent  of  country.  Since  it  is  a 
sub­
plant  which  grows  only  when 
merged 
the 
first 
requisite  for  starting  a  bed  is  a  good 
unfailing  spring. 
This  spring  must 
be  so  situated  that  it  flows  gently  down 
a 
level 
ground, covering  a  reasonably  wide  bed. 
It  is  often  possible  to  turn  it  in  the  de­
sired  direction,  and 
to  excavate  the 
ground  somewhat  so  as  to  widen  the 
natural  bed.  Swift,  rushing  mountain 
streams,  tumbling  over  rocks  or  flowing 
down  steep 
inclines,  are  entirely  un­
suitable.  The  temperature  of  the  water 
should  be  about  50  or  52  degrees,  and  it 
has  been  found  that  water  containing 
lime  is  better  suited  than  any  other  for 
the  favorable  growth  of  the plant.  This 
is  one  reason  for  the  establishment  of 
in  Southern  Pennsylvania, 
the  beds 
Maryland 
and  Virginia,  where  the 
ground  consists  of  limestone formations, 
and  has  an  abundance  of  these  moder­
ately  warm  springs,  the  temperature  of 
which  never  falls  throughout  the  entire 
year,  no  matter  how  cold  the  weather.

It  is  a  curious  fact  that  some  streams 
which  have apparently  no  peculiarities 
to  distinguish  them  from  others  never­
theless  will  not  raise  watercress.  There 
is  a  certain  stream 
in  Western  Penn­
sylvania  that  seemed  in every way favor­
able,  but  after  a  short  time 
it  was  no­
ticed  that  the  watercress  planted  there 
was  dying.  The  owner  was  surprised, 
but  thought  the  trouble  was  with  the

plants,and  substituted  others  of  a differ­
ent  stock.  The  same  result  followed, 
and  after  trying  five  varieties  from  as 
many  different  states  he  gave  the  mys­
terious  spring  up  in  despair.

from 

It  is  not  customary  to  plant  the  cress 
from  seed,  because  in  that  case  it  takes 
a  year  or  more  before  it  is ready to yield 
for  the  market.  So young  plants  are  set 
out,  and  these  are  ready  to  be  cut  in 
from  three  to  six  months.  The  rapidity 
with  which  the  watercress  spreads  as 
it 
the 
grows  may  be  appreciated 
statement  that  a  square  yard  of  the 
plants  as  they  are  first  set  out  will  have 
developed  by  the  time  they  are  ready 
for  cutting  into  from  five  to eight square 
yards.  After  it  is  planted  the  water­
cress  needs  a  certain  amount  of  care,  in 
order  to  keep  weeds  or  other  foreign 
matter  from  clogging  up  the  stream  and 
preventing  the  even,  gentle  flow  of  the 
water  over  the  growing plants.  Freshets 
must  be  guarded  against,  also,  especial­
ly 
in  the  spring,  and  the  ever-present 
muskrat  adds  a  third  destructive  ele­
ment 
from  which  the  ponds  must  be 
protected.  The  damage  that  he  does 
is  chiefly  in  the  way  of  digging  holes 
and  undermining  the  banks  and  beds  of 
the  streams,  thereby letting the water out 
and  leaving  the  plants  uncovered.  The 
amount  of  the  watercress  that  he  eats 
does  not amount  to  anything.  Often two 
hundred  dollars  a  year  is  spent  in trying 
to  exterminate  the  muskrats  from 
a 
pond.

A watercress  pond  in  the midst of win­
ter  affords  a  peculiarly  attractive  sight. 
With  the  thermometer  far  below  the 
freezing  point,  and  with  deep  snow 
covering  the  ground  and  the  branches of 
the  trees,  the  patch  of  watercress  stands 
out  in  striking  contrast—a  spot  of  vivid 
green  at  the  surface  of  the  pond.  That 
the  plants  are  able  to grow  and  flourish 
under  such  apparently  impossible  con­
ditions  of  weather  is  due  entirely  to  the 
warm  springs  which  feed  the  pond. 
It 
should  be  mentioned  here  that  these 
springs  are  much  larger  than  any  seen 
in  this  part  of  the  country,  the  water 
welling  forth  from  some  of  them  as  if  it 
were  pouring  from  a  barrel.  When  a 
few  such  streams  as  this  chance  to  be 
situated  near  each  other  they  afford  a 
location  for  an  unusually  large  water­
cress  pond.

In  the  winter  the  water  loses  its  heat 
quickly  after  it  comes  to  the  surface,  so 
that  it  is  necessary  to  confine  the  water­
cress  plants  within  a  small  area  around 
the  mouth  of  the  spring.  As  long  as 
the  water  at  about  50  degrees  covers 
every  part  of  them 
they  thrive;  but 
those  which  are  on  the  outskirts  of  the 
patch  frequently  get  the  water  when  it

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G a r f ie l d ,  O hio.

W e began  in  1894. using  the  Butter  Packages  now 

made  by  the  Michigan  Package  Company.  W e have 

paid  them  since  that  time  over  One  Thousand,  One 

Hundred and  F ifty  Dollars.  W e are  very  well  pleased 

with  them and  shall  continue  to  use  them  and  recom­

mend them  to others.

G A R F IE L D   C R E A M E R Y   CO .

C.  H.  H a l l ,  Sec’y.

Paraffined,  ParchmenFLined  Butter  Packages
for  1, 2,  3  or  5  lbs.;  only  up-to-date  package  for  butter.

MICHIGAN  PACKAGE  CO.,

Owosso,  flieh.

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

THE ALBERT LflHDRETH 60., MOWOC, WiS.

Worden  Grocer Co., Wholesale  Agents.

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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   St  O O .,  M F R S „

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

d® jxm®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®! 
All  Grocers—

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

L E R O U X ’S  P U R E  C ID ER  V IN EG A R

“ Red  S ta r  B rand .*'  A  trial  order  w ill 
convince you of the  merits  of  these  goods, 
and a guarantee bond goes to every purchas - 
er protecting him in the sale of our vinegar.

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

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best  Vanilla  Beans,  and  such  extracts
have  a  richer,  darker  appearance  than  the  extracts of other manufacturers,  which 
are lighter colored  because  adulterated  with Vanillin, a powder much  like  quinine, 
and  we thiuk  unsuited  for delicate, wholesome flavoring of food.

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QRAND  RAPIDS,  fllCH.

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and  Box Labels and Cigar Box Labels our specialties.  Ask or write  us for  prices.

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New

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.

MUSSELMAN  GROCER CO.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Canned

Goods

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has  become  lowered  by  the  temperature 
of  the  air  to  45  degrees.  At that  they 
refuse  to  grow  well  and  below  it  they 
will  die.  The  top  leaves  of  the  plants 
in  the  winter  come  just  to  the  surface of 
the  water,  but  if  they  shoot  up  above  it 
they  are  sure  to  be  nipped  in the coldest 
weather.

Since  watercress 

is  perishable  stuff 
and  has  to  be  sent  fresh  to  market  every 
day,  it  must  be  cut  regularly,  in  spite 
of  cold  or  storms.  Men  often  work  in 
the  ponds  when  the  thermometer  stands 
at  zero,  for  even  in  the  latitudes  where 
the  beds  are,  the  cold,  owing  to  the 
height  of  the  ground, 
is  unbearable. 
In  such  weather  it  is  possible  to  work 
only  two  or  three  hours  in  the  middle  of 
the  day,  so  that  a  man  who  in  fine 
weather  could  cut  three barrels  of water­
cress  in  a  day  can  cut  only  one-third  of 
that  quantity  at  a  zero  temperature.

It 

is 

He  wades  into  the  pond,  wearing high 
boots  and  heavy  gloves,  and  cuts  the 
stems  under  the  water  with  a  sharp 
knife. 
impossible  to  keep  his 
sleeves  from  getting  wet,  and  in  a  few 
minutes  his  arms,  from  wrist  to  elbow, 
are  encased  in  sheets  of  ice.  The  bar­
rels  in  which  the  plants  are to be packed 
are  made  ready  while  the  men are work­
ing  in  the  ponds,  and  the  watercress 
is 
transferred  to  them  as  quickly  as  pos­
sible  to  keep 
freezing  as  it 
comes  into  contact  with  the  air.  Under 
such  conditions 
is  no  wonder  that 
there 
is  often  a  scarcity  of  watercress 
in  winter,  for  a  certain  amount  of  it  is 
unavoidably  lost  on  account  of  the  cold. 
Throughout  December,  January,  Feb­
ruary  and  most  of  March  it  is  cut  under 
water  in  this  way.  During  the  rest  of 
the  year  the  work 
is  much  easier,  for 
the  tops  of  the  plants  are  above  the  sur­
face.

it  from 

it 

The  shipping  is  done  in  the same way 
at  all  seasons.  The  cress  is  made  up  in­
to  small  bunches,  just  as  it  is  ordinarily 
seen  in  the  markets,  and  these  bunches 
are  packed  into  barrels,  between  layers 
of  ice,  and  shipped  in  the  evening  to 
New  York.  Here  the  barrels  are  at  once 
put  into  cold  storage;  it  is  a  peculiarity 
of the watercress handling in the city that 
all of  it  is done at  night.  At about 7  or  8 
p.  m.  the  barrels are  brought  out,  loaded 
upon  wagons  and  delivered  to  the  "jo b ­
bers,”   who  in  turn  dispose  of the water­
cress 
in  large  or  small  quantities  to  the 
grocers  and  the  retail  trade  in  general. 
The  "producers,”   as  the  people  who 
raise  the  watercress  and  bring  it  to  the 
city  are  known,  are  through  with  their 
night's  work  by  1  or  2  o’clock  in  the 
morning,  for  the  cress  must  be  on  the 
stands  of  the  jobbers  by  3  or  4  o’clock, 
in  order  to  be  ready  for  the  retail  deal­

ers,  who  come  at  that  early  hour  to 
make their  purchases.

The  best  season 

for  the  watercress 
trade  is  the  winter.  The  demand  for  it 
falls  off  in  the  summer,  because  people 
are  out  of  town  and  the  grocers'  do  not 
care  to  handle  the  plant  in  hot  weather. 
The  hotels  and  restaurants,  however, 
continue  to  use  large  quantities  all  the 
year  around.  A  barrel  of  watercress, 
containing  on  an  average  300  or  350 
bunches,  brings  $6  or  $7  to  the  pro­
ducer— or  about  two cents a bunch.  fcTbe 
jobbers  sell 
it  for  three  or  four  cents  a 
bunch  to  the  retailers,  who 
in  turn 
charge  their  customers  different  prices, 
according  to  their  notion  of  the  proper 
profit  to  be  made.  The  price  of  water­
cress  never  varies  greatly. 
It  can  not 
fall  very 
low,  as  that  of  some  other 
vegetables  does,  because  of  the  expense 
of  raising  it  and  bringing  it  to  market.

New  Route  to  Chicago.

Commencing  May  15,  1898,  a  through 
line  will  be  established  between 
car 
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 
iine  between  Chicago  and  Grand  Rap­
ids  are  Valparaiso,  South  Bend,  Mish­
awaka, 
Ind.,  Cassopolis,  Macellus, 
Schoolcraft,  Vicksburg,  Kalamazoo  and 
Plainwell,  Mich.

The  equipment used  in providing  this 
service  will  consist  of  new  standard 
vestibuled  day  coaches.  Pullman buffet 
parlor  cars  and  the  latest  designs  of 
Pullman  wide  vestibuled,  gaslighted, 
twelve  section  drawing  room  sleeping 
cars. 
It  is  believed  that  the  character 
of  this  equipment  and  the  convenience 
of  the  schedules  will  be  such  as to merit 
a  liberal  patronage  by the traveling pub­
lic.

The following is a condensed schedule:
Daily.
L v   Grand  Rapids.............. 7:10am  2 ; 10pm  11:35pm
A r C h ic a g o ...................... 2:00pm  9:10pm 
6:30am
3:02pm 
I-v C h icago......................... 
11:45pm
A r  Grand  R apids.............  
9:30pm  7:25am

General  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent.

C.  L.  L ockw ood,

The  up-to-date  metropolitan  hotels 
now  have  employes  known  as  “ hotels 
valets,”   whose  duty 
it  is  to  pack  and 
unpack  trunks  and  press  clothes  belong­
ing  to  the  guests.  No  charge  is  made 
for  the  service,  but  liberal  tips  greatly 
increase  the  wages  of  the  men  who  per­
form  these  functions.

BOURS
COFFEES
MAKE  BUSINESS

Importers  of China  and__ _______

Japan  Teas

Our  “ Royal  Garden”  tea  has  been  famous  in 
Michigan  for  ten  years  and  now  is  a  Staple  with 
many  grocers,  who  have tested its  selling qualities 
alongside  of various  competition.

The  J.  M.  Bour  Co.,

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

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

President, J ohn A .  H offm an, Kalamazoo; Secre- 
tarv, J.  C.  Sau n d e r s,  Lansing;  Treasurer, C h as. 
McN o l t y, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  C.  C.  Sn e d e k e r,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C. W.  Al l e n   Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Grand  Counselor, J. J.  Evans,  Bay City;  Grand 
Secretary, G  S. V alm o r e, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
urer, W . S. W e s t, Jackson.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­
President,  J.  B otd  Pa n t u n d ,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, G eo.  P.  Ow en,  Grand 
Rapids.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President,  W.  C.  B row n,  Marquette;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, A . P.  W ixson,  Marquette.

dent Association.

Incidents  of  Army  Life  at  Tampa 

Bay.

Capt.  Jas.  N.  Bradford  (Olney  & Jud- 
son  Grocer  Co.)  favors  the  Tradesman 
with  a  recent  letter  from  his son,  James, 
who  is  with  the  32nd  Michigan  Infantry 
at  Tampa,  from  which  the  following ex­
tracts  are  taken ;

During  this  part  of  the  month  the tide 
in  very  high,  so  we  do  quite  a 
comes 
bit  of  swimming.  This  afternoon  we 
went 
in  while  the  water  was  over  our 
heads.  We  had  to  paddle  all  the  time 
or  under  we  went.  Great  exercise,  that!
I  am  getting  awfully  lazy  down  here 
and  hardly  have  ambition  enough to eat. 
Everybody  else,  including  the  officers, 
are  in  the  same  boat,  so  I’m  no  excep­
tion.  The  monotony  is  great,  broken 
only  by  the  arrival  of  the  mail,  mess  or 
drill.  From  8  a.  m.  until  5  p.  ra.  we 
have  nothing  to  do.  At  12  o’clock  we 
eat  if  we  feel  like  it.  Quite  often  some 
of  the  boys  go  without  their  meals  for 
two  days,  for  no  other  reason  than  that 
they  don’t  like  beans  and  punk.  Our 
beef  and  potatoes  are  a  thing  of  the 
past,  as  the  stove  is  busy  all  the  time 
baking  bread. 
I  understand  we  are  to 
move  somewhere  very  soon  and  that  the 
bread  is  for  our  rations  on  the  trip. 
I 
don’t  know  where  we  are  going,  and 
hardly  anyone  else  does,  either.  If  I  did 
know  I  would  not  dare  tell  it  in  my  let­
ters,  for  Captain  says  that  all  mail  from 
camp  is  opened  before  leaving  Tampa. 
This  is  to  prevent  information  useful  to 
the  Spaniards  from  being  published 
in 
the  newspapers.

One  of  my  tent  mates,  called  Maud, 
and  myself  were  walking  about  the 
grounds  this  evening.  At  one  of  the 
numerous  soft  drink  booths  Maud  asked 
the  man  in  charge  if  he  kept  Bull  Dur­
ham.  “ No,”   was  the  reply,  “ but  we 
have  ham  sandwiches.’ ’  Close,  wasn’t 
it?
“ iWe  were  paid  off  Sunday,  so  have 
plenty  of  money.  The  men  who  have 
lemonade  stands  about  here  are  making 
all  kinds  of  money  everyday.  Just after 
we  were  paid,  many  of  the  men  went 
down  to  Tampa  and  proceeded  to  blow 
in  a  good  share  of  their  month’s  wages. 
Great  daggers  and  knives  were  some  of 
the  novelties  invested  in,  and  one  man, 
the  wagoner,  returned  from  the  city 
with  a  big  44-caliber  horse  pistol. 
I 
guess  he  expects  to  carry  it,  but  I  don’t 
think  I  would.  All  of  our  sergeants 
have  been  provided  with  Colt’s  army 
revolvers  and  the  officers  with  Spanish 
machetes.

For  a  few  nights  after  the  big  rain  I 
slept  on  a  small  bill.  We  had  fixed  the 
inside  of  the  tent  so  that  the  high  part 
in  the  middle  and  from  there  the 
was 
ground  sloped  away. 
lots  of 
trouble  to  keep  from  rolling  out  of  the 
tent 
in  my  sleep.  The  next  day  I  dug 
a  shallow  hole  as  long  as  my  body,since 
which time  I  have  slept  like  a  log  every 
night.

I  had 

We  were  issued  new  guns  of  the  1880 
model  Springfield.  They  are  not  as 
good  as  the  repeating  rifles,  but  they’ll 
do.

All  of  the  boys  you  know are well and, 
apparently,  happy.  The  one  who  salutes 
officers  and  washes  dishes  is  not  well, 
but  he's  always  jolly.  There hasn’t  been 
much  kicking  from  our  company,  but

we  live  better  than  the  rest.  The  other 
companies  haven’t  company  funds  with 
which  to  buy  potatoes,  etc.,  while  we 
have. 
like  kicking;  in 
fact,  I  feel  pretty  well  treated  when  I 
see  the  69th  New  York  regiment.  They 
were  on  the  road  for  nearly  eight  days 
with  only  two  days’  rations.

I  don’t 

feel 

Movements of Lake Superior Travelers
Marquette,  July  13—The  latest  addi­
tions  to  membership  of  the  Lake  Su­
perior  Commercial  Travelers’  Club  are 
as  follows:

A.  W.  Smith,  Cleveland,  representing 

Wm.  Edwards  &  Co.,  Cleveland.

L.  C.  Johnson,  Winona,  representing 

L.  Gould  &  Co.,  Chicago.

J.  R.  O’ Neil,  Detroit,  representing 

C.  P.  Collins  &  Co.

O.  D.  Hutchinson,  Minneapolis,  rep­
J.  P.  Carling,  Cleveland,  repesenting 

resenting  Consolidated  Milling  Co.
I.  T.  &  G.  H.  Bowman  &  Co.

H.  B.  Auger,  Detroit,  representing 

James  Walker  &  Son.

J.  G.  Steward,  Green  Bay,  represent­
ing  Wm.  Frankfurth  Hardware  Co., 
Milwaukee.

L.  H.  Richardson,  Hancock,  repre­
senting  Steele,  Wedeles & Co.,  Chicago.
H.  M.  Jordan, Marquette, representing 

Morrison,  Plummer  &  Co.,  Chicago.

R.  G.  Coleman,  Marquette,  repre­
senting  A.  Harvey’s  Sons  Manufactur­
ing  Co.,  Detroit.

Geo.  T.  Gallagher,  Escanaba,  repre­
senting  Pemberthy,  Cook  &  Co., 
Menominee.
F.  F.  Lewis,  Evanston,  111.,  repre­
senting  Joseph  Beifeld  &  Co.,  Chicago.
B.  C.  Barrett,  Milwaukee,  represent­
ing  Berger  Bedding  Co.

The  club  has  now  a  total  membership 

of  184.

J.  C.  Buckland  (Cudahy  Packing Co.) 

did  Marquette  Saturday.

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

was  with  us  a  week  ago.

E.  L.  Griggs  (Peerless Manufacturing 

Co.)  is  doing  business  in  our  midst.

S.  D.  Rogers  (B.  T.  Hoskins &  Bro.) 

is  doing  the  iron  country  this  week.

R.  G.  Quinn  (Taylor  &  Parrot)  was 

in  the  Green  Bay  country  last  week.

H.  F.  B.  Wendelstein.the  sweet  singer 
from  Green  Bay,  was  in  the  iron  coun­
try  last  week.

The  hoisting  of  a  United  States  flag 
over  every  school  house  is  a  good thing. 
An  hour  each  week  spent  in  military 
drill  would  teach  the  scholars  the  rudi­
ments  of  tactics,  so  that  they  would 
know  their  hay  foot  from  their  straw 
foot  when  they  grew  up.  Let  military 
drill  become  a  part  of  school  work. 
It 
would  be  much  better  than  so  much 
stress  put  upon  foot  ball,  base  ball,  etc.

Ouix.

It  is  not  generally  known  that  soldiers 
and  sailors  in  active service can  forward 
letters  to  their  friends  at  home  without 
postage  stamps.  Letters  go  to  the  chap­
lain,  surgeon  or  commanding  officer, 
who  writes  his  name  and  rank  across 
the  corner,  and  adds  soldier’s,  sailor’s 
or  marine’s  letter.  This 
is  then  for­
warded  to  the  address  given,  and  the 
in  any 
postage  collected ;  so  it  is  not 
sense  a  franked  letter. 
is  simply  a 
courtesy  extended  to  the  men  who  may 
not  be  in  a  position  to  buy  postage 
stamps.  The  postal  service  has  repre­
sentatives  with  every  regiment,  one 
man  being  detailed  to  take  charge  of 
letters,  and  in  large  camps  there 
is  a 
postal  agent  to  take  charge  of  affairs. 
The  Government  takes  pains  to  see 
“ that  the  tie  that  binds  when  circum­
stances  part, 
feeling 
stretched  from  heart  to  heart”   is  not 
broken

the  nerve  of 

It 

It 

is  rumored  that  Madame  Rumor 
has  a  thousand  tongues.  They  are  all 
working  in  war  times.

The  most  curious  thing  in  the  world 

is  a  woman  who  is  not  curious.

If  a  man  loves  truth,let  him  tell  it  to 

everybody.

Traveling  Men  Invited  to  Celebrate 

at  Otsego.

Geo.  F.  Owen  is  in  receipt  of  the  fol­
lowing  cordial  letter  from  Geo.  E.  Bar­
deen,  the  Otsego  Poo  Bah :

I  don’t  know  whether  you  are  to  have 
a  celebration  in  Grand  Rapids  or  not. 
If  you  are,  of  course  that  is  your  first 
love,  but,  if  not,  as  President  of  this 
village,  and  as  there  are  only  a  few  of 
us  left,  we should all  hang  together.  We 
propose  to  hold  an  old-fashioned  cele­
bration  on  July  4,  with  the  salutes  and 
so  on in the morning ; and following after 
the  trains  come  in  with  a  procession  of 
antiques,  horribles, calipbotbiaphicahns, 
not  skipping  the  more  refined  organi­
zations,  such  as  the  Grand  Rapids  and 
Kalamazoo  Knights  of  the  Grip.  We 
have  asked  them  to  join  us  and  without 
doubt  they  will  be  well  represented  here 
on  that  day.

If  you  could  come  down  here  with  a 
party  of  Knights  of  the  Grip,  while  you 
know  this 
is  a  small  town  and  we  can 
not  do  much  toward  entertaining  you, 
more  than  making  it  a  nice,  agreeable 
4tb  of  July, 
in  which  we  give  free  a 
good  deal  of  entertainment  to  you,  I  be­
lieve  you  would  feel  fully  repaid,  be­
cause you wouid  have  the  freedom  of  the 
town  and  its  suburbs.  We shall  have  an 
ektra  amount  of  root  beer  here  which 
you  can  drink  moderately.  The  girls 
will  be  in  from  the  country,  and  you 
have  no  idea  what  pretty  girls  the  coun­
try  affords.  We  will  have  the  usual 
races, 
tugs  of  war,  swimming  races, 
greased  poles,  greased  pigs,  probably  a 
balloon  ascension,  tight  rope  walking, 
bowery  dances,  and  I  would  say  right 
here 
in  relation  to  the  bowery  dances 
that  every  Knight  can  dance  as  many 
times as  he  pleases,  providing  he  enter­
tains  his  partner  in  such  a  way  that  she 
insists  on  sticking  by  him.

We  can  arrange  to  have  the  trains 
leave  here  at  any  hour  that  will  be  ac­
ceptable  to  those  living  and  dead.

A  special  meeting  of  Post  E  will  be 
held  at  Sweet's  Hotel  Saturday  evening 
to  consider  the 
invitation.  Mr.  Bar­
deen 
is  expected  to  be  present  for  the 
purpose  of  explaining  what  a  calipho- 
thiaphicabns  is.

Third  Meeting  of  Michigan  Hardware 

Dealers.

Eaton  Rapids,  June  7—The  third  an­
nual  meeting  of  the  Michigan  Hard­
ware  Association  will  be  held  at  the 
Hotel  Cadillac,  Detroit,  July  13  and  14. 
All  retail  hardware  merchants  are cor­
dially  invited  to  attend.  Judging  from 
the  fact  that  our  membership  has  nearly 
doubled  during  the  past  year,  and  all 
signify  their  intention  to  be  present,  we 
predict  that  this  will  be  the  largest  and 
most 
enthusiastic  meeting  that  the 
Michigan  Hardware  Association  has 
ever  held.

H e n r y   C.  M i n n i e ,  Sec’y.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Geo.  F.  Schumm  and  W.  A.  Drury 
are  now  on  the  road  for  Geo.  F.  Owen 
&  Co.

Wm.  B.  Collins,  formerly  on  the  road 
for  H.  Leonard  &  Sons,  has  returned 
from  California  and  taken  the  manage­
ment  of  the  newly-organized  American 
Jewelry  Co.

Augustus  F.  Blanchard, 

traveling 
agent  for  the  Michigan  Wire  &  Iron 
Works,  died  of  apoplexy  Sunday  at  his 
residence 
in  Detroit.  Mr.  Blanchard 
was  53  years  old,  a  resident  of  Detroit 
for  twenty-eight  years,  a  Mason,  a mem­
ber  of  the  Royal  Arcanum,  the  Order  of 
Chosen  Friends,  and 
the  Maccabees. 
He  leaves  a  widow  and  two  sons—C lif­
ford,  of  the  firm  of Blanchard  &  French, 
and  Levaine,  traveling  agent  for  John 
J.  Bagley  &  Co.

Indianapolis  News:  A  traveling  man 
recently  related  an  incident  to  show  the 
inconvenience  to  the  drummers  of  the

17

interchangeable  mileage 
thirty-dollar 
book.  He  says  that  at  a  small  station 
on  the  Evansville  &  Terre  Haute,  a  few 
mornings  ago,  there  were  twenty  pas­
sengers  with  mileage  books.  The  agent 
had  to  perform  all  the  work  about  the 
station,as well as  make  out  the  exchange 
tickets,  the  mileage  books  not  being 
good  on  the  train.  When  the  conductor 
was  about  to  start,  the  traveling  men 
notified  him  that  if  be  pulled  out  with­
out  them,  they  would  bring  suit  against 
the  company  for  damages,  and  was  told 
to  wait  until  the  passengers  got  their 
exchange  tickets.  The  train  was  held 
at  the  station  for  twenty-three  minutes.

Lost  Her  Pet  Hog.

The  following  notice 
is  tacked  to  a 
roadside  tree  in  Maine:
Straid  or  Swiped—A  young  hog  shote 
with  the  left  ear  cropt  and  tale  gone. 
Also  black  spot  on 
left  hind  hip  and 
hole  in  other  ear.  Said  hog  shote  dis­
appeared  from  premisis  of  the  under- 
cined  ouner  at  nite  under  sircumstansis 
pointing  to  him  being  stole,  said  hog 
shote  being  a  pet  and  not  apt  to  go  off 
of  his  own  accord. 
Said  hog  shote 
answers  to  the  name  of  Nellie  and  he 
will  eat  from  the  hand  and  can  stand  on 
his  hind 
is  of 
effeckshunate  nature.  Any  one  return­
ing  said  hog  shote  or  letting  me  know 
where  he  is  at  will  confer  a  benefit  on  a 
invalid 
lady  whose  pet  said  hog  shote 
was.

like  a  dog,  and 

legs 

If  it  be  true,  as  reported, that  England 
and  Japan  have  reached  a  cordial  un­
derstanding,  not  only  in  respect  to  the 
future  of  China,  but  also  in  respect  to 
the  developments  of  our war with  Spain, 
it  is  a  great  point  gained  for  the United 
States.  The  understanding  is  a  benev­
olent  one  as  regards  our  interest. 
is 
a  good  thing  for  Japan,  which  country 
has  aggressive  Russia  for  a  neighbor, 
to  have  two  such  powers  as  the  United 
States  and  England  to  assist  in  main­
taining  the  balance  of  power  in  that 
quarter  of  the  world. 
It  is  also  a  good 
thing  for  us,  in  case  we  decide  to  retain 
the  Philippine 
islands  as  a  help  to 
trade  with  China,  to  have  behind  us 
until  our  navy 
is  stronger  the  ample 
naval  resources  of  England  and  Japan.

It 

A  remarkable  illustration  of  the  scope 
of  Mr.  Gladstone’s  power  as  a 
linguist 
was  given  many  years  ago  when  he  ad­
dressed  an  assembly  on  the  island  of 
Corfu 
in  modern  Greek,  a  little  later 
spoke  to  an  assembly 
in  Florence  in 
Italian,  a  few  days  later  conversed  with 
in  German  with  Bismarck,  soon 
ease 
in  fluent  French  to  a 
after  responded 
toast  at  a  banquet 
in  Paris,  and  then 
crossed  the  channel  to  deliver  a  five- 
hours’  speech  in  parliament  on  the  bud-
m •  *
get’ 

Spain  would  not  appreciate  peace  at 
this  time.  She  has  not  been  whipped 
enough.

The  bottle  has  been  shattered;  but 
the  cork  and  Cervera  still  seem  to  be  in 
it.

THE  C H A R L E S T O N

Only first-class house in  M A SO N ,  M ic h .  E ve ry ­
thing new.  E very room heated.  Large and well- 
lighted sample rooms. 
Send your mail care  of  the 
Charleston,  where the boys stop.  C H A R L E S   A . 
C A L D W E L L ,  formerly of Donnelly  House,  Prop.

MANY LAKES AND STREAMS

D elightful  Pastime.  Special  attention and rates for 
such  parties.  W rite to  Mears  Hotel.

Wm  Cherry man, Prop.

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

I.  n .  BROWN,  Proprietor.  Rates  $1.00  and 
upward.  N ew ly  furnished  and  refitted  through­
out.  Office and dining room on first floor. 
W ashington A ve.  and  Kalamazoo St.,  L A N S IN G .

HOTEL WHITCOMB

ST. JOSEPH, MICH.

A. VINCENT, Prop.

$ 2   PER  DAY. 

FREE  BUS.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

“   ‘ It  means  a  good  deal  to  me. 

that,  and  when  we  went  together  to  look 
at  samples  I  saw  he  was  very  particu­
lar,  and  in  reply  to  my  enquiry  he  said : 
I 
must  have  paper  on  the  wall  that  I  can 
twist  into  fanciful combinations.  I  must 
have  figures  in  it  that  will  count  just  so 
much 
in  my  calculations.  There  must 
be  outlines  which  I  can  form  into  faces 
that  I  like. 
If  the  paper  did  not  con­
tain  such  figures,  I  could  never  go  to 
sleep ;  I  would  worry  about  my  failure 
to  see  wbat  would  be  agreeable, and  that 
would  keep  me  awake.’
“ He  bad  not  found  what  he  wanted 

when  I  left  him. ”

Just  the  Tune.

“ I 

took  out  a 

living  picture  show 
once,”   said 
the  theatrical  manager, 
“ and  I  had  several  queer  experiences.
“ We  always  bad  trouble  getting  suit­
able  music,  for  one  thing. 
I  remember 
that  we  struck  a  certain  town  where  the 
music  was  furnished  by  a seedy,freckle­
faced  young  man,  who  officiated  at  one 
of  those  bangety-bang  pianos. 
1  asked 
him  if  he  could  think  of  music  suitable 
to  each  picture  as  it  was  displayed.

“ Oh,  yes,  certainly  he  could,  and 

do  it  impromptu.’

“ The  performance  opened.  He  was 
seated  at  the piano,  and be turned to look 
at  the  first  picture. 
‘ Adam  and 
Eve  in  the  Garden  of  Eden. ’
“ He  didn't  hesitate  an  instant.  Like 
a  flash  he  turned  and  began  pounding 
out, 
‘ There’s  Only  One  Girl  in  This 
World  for  Me. ’  ”

It  was 

Any  woman  can  sharpen  a  lead  pencil 
— if  you  give  her  plenty  of  time  and 
plenty  of  pencils.

S P A IN
WILL
S E T T L E

t

Dwight’s  Liquid  Bluing 

never  settles.

The  Drug  Market.

There  are  few  changes  to  note  this 

week.

Opium— Is  steady  at  previous  prices.
Morphine— Is  unchanged.
Quinine—Has  declined  twice 

in  the 
past  week.  P.  &  W.  is  now  29c  in  5  oz. 
cans,  34c  in  1  oz.  bottles.  German 
is 
22c  in  100 oz.  tins.

Glycerine— Is  very  firm  on  account  of 

high  prices  for  crude  abroad.

Balsams— Copaiba  is  a  little easier,  on 
accounfof  arrivals  of  large stock.  Tolu 
has  declined.

Essential  Oils—Lemon,  orange  and 
bergamot  are  higher  abroad,  but  un­
changed  here  as  yet.

Linseed  Oil—There  is  pressure  to  sell 
by  the  crushers,  and  prices  have  de­
clined.

Up-to-date  Methods.

A  man  might  be  a  scholar  most  pro­
found  and  a  graduate  of  schools in every 
clime,  but if he'd  try  to  run  a  drug  store 
that  wasn  t  up-to-date 
in  every  way  he 
might  as  well  throw  his  learning  to  the 
dogs.  Nowadays  a  man  must  cater  to 
It’s  necessary  to  have 
appearances. 
something  solid  in  the  way  of 
learning 
to  back  up  the  looks,  but  looks  there 
must  be,  and  good  ones,  too, 
if  one 
wishes  to  dine  at  regular  intervals.  Let 
us  have  more  of  this  logic.

J o s e p h   H o s t e l l e y .

Never  Took  the  Hint.

Jackson—Well,  what  did  your wife say 
to  you  when  you  got  home  so  late  last 
night?  You  know  you  were  afraid  she’d 
scold.

Farleigb— My  wife’s  a 

She 
didn't  scold  a  bit. 
In  fact,  she  didn't 
even  ask  me  where  I  had  been  or  what 
had  delayed  m e;  but,  late  as  it  was,  she 
sat  down  at  the  piano  and  began  to play 
and  sing. 
I  tell  you  she’s  one  in  ten 
thousand.

jewel. 

Jackson—What  did  she  sing?
Fairleigh—“ Tell  Me  the  Old,  Old 

Story.’ ’
Figures  and  Outlines  That  Put  One 

Man  to  Sleep.

Told  by  a  real  estate  agent:
“ I  have  learned  of  a  cure  for  insom­
nia.  That  is,  I  have  heard  what  cures 
one  man.  He  was  here  enquiring  for  a 
house  to  rent. 
I  went  with  him  to  look 
at  several.  One  on  the  list  suited  him 
with  the  exception  that  the  walls  of  the 
bedrooms  were  not  papered. 
I  finally 
agreed  to  paper  them.  Then  he  said 
he  must  select  the  paper. 
I  agreed  to

D rugs—Chem icals
MICHIGAN  STATE  BOARD  OP  PHARMACY.
Term expires
Dec. 31,1898
-  Dec. 31,1899 
Dec. 31,1900
-  Dec. 31,1901
-  Dec. 31,1902

F. W .  R. P k r r t , Detroit 
A. C. Sch u m ach er,  Ann  Arbor 
Gro. G u n d r u m ,  Ionia  - 
L. E. R e y n o l d s, St.  Joseph 
- 
- 
He n r y  H e im , Saginaw  - 

■------  

- 

President, F . W .  R.  P e r r y , Detroit.
Secretary, G eo. G u nd rum , Ionia.
Treasurer, A. C. Sch u m ach er, Ann Arbor.

Examination  Sessions.
Star Island—June 27 and 28.
Marquette—About Sept. 1.
Lansing—Nov.  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 e b b e r , Cadillac. 
Secretary—C h a s.  Ma n n , Detroit. 
Treasurer—J ohn  D.  M u ir , Grand Rapids.

Formula  for  “Castoria.”

The  expiration  of  the  patent  on  cas­
toria,  and  the  decision  of  the  courts 
that  the  name  “ Castoria”   can  not  be 
appropriated  as  a  trade-mark,  has  led  to 
a  general  enquiry  as  to  the  composition 
of  the  preparation.  The  patent  on  the 
formula  for  castoria  was  granted  to  Dr. 
Samuel  Pitcher,  under  date  of  May  12, 
1868.  The  specific  declaration  as  em­
bodied  in  the  letters  patent  was  as  fol­
lows :
The 

ingredients  of  the  composition 
are  senna 
leaves,  bicarbonate  of  soda, 
extract  of  taraxacum,  essence  of  win- 
tergreen,  and  sugar. 
To  make  the 
composition,  take  20  pounds  of  senna 
leaves,  2  ounces  of  the  bicarbonate  of 
soda,  5  pounds  of  the  essence  of  winter- 
green,  1  pound  of  the  extract  of  taraxa­
cum,  50  pounds  of  sugar,  and  10  gallons 
of  water.  The  process  of  compounding 
such 
ingredients  may  be  thus  set  forth 
First,  raise  the  temperature  of  the  water 
to  the  boiling  point,  and  then  add  the 
bicarbonate  of  soda.  Next,  add  the  sen­
na  leaves,  and  allow  the  temperature  of 
the  liquid  to  fall  to  150 deg.  Fahrenheit, 
or  thereabouts,  and  keep  it  at  or  about 
such  temperature  for  about  two  hours 
Next,  strain  the  liquid,  or  remove  from 
it  the  solid  matters,  after  which  they 
are  to  be  pressed  in  a  powerful  press, 
and  the 
them 
should  be  added  to  the  rest of the liquid, 
or  that  strained  out  of  them.  Next 
add  to the  liquid  the  sugar,  keeping  the 
temperature  of  the  liquid  at  about  150 
deg.  Fahrenheit.  Next,  add  the  extract 
of  taraxacum. 
is  well 
known  in  commerce,  it  being  commonly 
sold  by  druggists,  who  prepare  it  in  ac 
cordance  with  a  well-understood  for 
mula,  which 
is  set  forth  in  the  United 
States  Dispensatory,  which  is  a  pub 
lished  or  printed  work  in  general  use 
After the sugar shall have been thorough 
ly  dissolved, 
the  temperature  of  the 
liquid  should  be  reduced  to  that  of  the 
surrounding  atmosphere,  after  which 
the  essence  of wintergreen may or should 
be  added.  The  whole  should  be  stirred 
so  as  to  thoroughly  incorporate  the  in 
gredients.  The  result  is a  sirupy  com 
pound,  which  has  all  the  advantages  of 
castor  oil,  besides  useful  properties  not 
incident  thereto.
Rules  fo r  th e  P re scrip tio n   C o u n ter.
Detroit,  June  10—The  following  rules, 
neatly  typewritten,  occupy  a  prominent 
position  over  the  prescription  counter 
of  my  pharmacy  in  this  city:

liquid  expelled 

This  extract 

1.  Keep the prescription scales clean 
and  when  they  are  not  in  use  keep  them 
covered.

from 

2.  Keep  the  dispensing  bottles  well 

filled  and  always  perfectly clean.

3.  Keep  everything 

in 

its  proper 

place.

4.  After  using  a  utensil,  or  a  dis 
pensing  bottle,  do  not  leave 
it  on  the 
prescription  counter,  but  place  it  back 
where  it  belongs.

5.  When  compounding  prescriptions 
do_not  carry  on  a  conversation  with  any 
one.

6.  Keep  customers  out  from  behind 

the  prescription  case.

7.  Label  every  package  of  drugs sent 
out,  and  when  a  poison,  be  sure  and

ive the  antidote.
8.  When  compounding  prescriptions 
do  not  let  your  mind  wander off to some­
thing  else,  but  remember  that  you  hold
n  your  hands  the life  of a human  being, 
and  act  accordingly.

pharmaceutical  sieve. 

9.  Always  charge  prescriptions,  or
any  other  goods,  before  wrapping  them 
up. 

F.  W.  R.  P e r r y .
Improved  Pharmaceutical Sieve. 
Professor  Remington  each year awards 
gold  medal  to  the  student  of  the  grad­
uating  class  of  the  Philadelphia  college 
who  invents  the  most  useful  contrivance 
or  device  for  pharmaceutical  purposes. 
This  year  the  medal  was  awarded  to 
Jacob  F.  Strawinski  for  the  invention  of 
The  points 
in  favor 
which  Mr.  Strawinski  claims 
of  bis 
invention  are  less  liability  to 
contamination,  utility, 
compactness, 
urability,  accuracy  and  cleanliness. 
The  main  point  of  difference  between 
the  apparatus  and  the  ordinary  sieve 
is 
that  it  consists  of  a  single  frame  with  a 
number 
of  detachable  sieve-plates, 
whereas  ordinarily  a  nest  of  sieves  is 
required  for  the  powders  of  various  de­
grees  of  fineness  directed  by  the  Phar­
macopoeia.  The  apparatus  may  be  de­
scribed  as  follows :  The  frame  or  body 
of  the  sieve  is  made  of  brass  lined  with 
At  its  base  is  a  worm  or  coarse 
threading,  over  which  a  collar  contain- 
ng  a  sieve-plate  is  screwed.  The  ex­
terior  of  the  collar  is  furnished  with five 
finger  holds,  which  enables  the  operator 
to  screw  it  on  firmlv.  The  adjustment 
s  quite  simple,  which  merely  consists 
n  placing  a  sieve-plate  of  the  desired 
mesh  within  the  collar  and  attaching 
the  latter  as  above  described.

Fable  of Two  Pharmacists.

bag-like, 

learned  of  Yankees  that 

In  a  Certain  Town  two  druggists  did 
Business.  At  least  they  lived  there—one 
of  them  did  Business.  Meeting  one 
Fine  Day,  the  One  said  to  the  Other: 
“ Why  is  it  that  your  Wife  has  to 
in­
sert  a  V  in  the  Back  of  your  Vest,  and 
eke  the  Front  of  your Trousers, while my 
Clothes  hang, 
about  my 
Body?”   The  More  Favored  One,  hav­
ing 
it  was  a 
Part  of  Wisdom  to  ask  Questions  and 
not  to  answer  them, 
thus  responded: 
“ Why  is  it  that  you,  my  Friend,  furnish 
a  roosting-place  for  Flies,  lament  the 
Decadence  of  Pharmacy,  and  decry  the 
Methods  of  the  Manufacturers,  while 
the  Musical  Drip-a-drip-drip  of 
the 
Tinctures  percolating  puts  me  at  Peace 
with  my  Fellows?”   The  Original  Inter­
rogator  having  taken  a  Sudden  Depart­
ure,  the  Colloquy  ended  as  quickly  as  it 
bad  begun.
A  M uscle  Tonic  for  Wheel-women.
A 

lotion  of  cologne  and  quinine 
sulphate  is  said  to be a  most  efficacious 
panacea  for  aching  muscles—an  excel­
lent  tonic  for  strengthening  weak  mem­
bers  suddenly  called  upon  to  do  un­
wonted  duty.  The  lotion  may  be  made 
by  dissolving  sixteen  grains  of  quinine 
sulphate  in  eight  ounces  of  cologne. 
It 
should  be  applied  with  brisk  rubbing 
directly  after  the  bath.  This  will  serve 
as  a  preventive  of  cold,  a  pain  allevi­
ator  and  a  tonic.

The  discovery  of  tartar  emetic  and 
antimony  had  a  curious  origin.  The 
story  was  that  a  monk  was  very  fond  of 
chemistry,  but  the  other  monks  were 
otherwise  inclined,  and  objected  to  his 
following  the  pursuit.  He  worked  a 
beautiful  cup,  and  presented 
it  to  bis 
brethren  as  a  peace-offering.  The  cup 
was  used  for  beer  and  wine,  but  those 
who  drank  out  of  it  were  sickened,  the 
acid  of  the  liquid  dissolving  the  anti­
mony  of  which  the  cup  was  made  and 
forming  tartar  emetic.

Mail  is  quickly  conveyed  through  the 
unpopulous  sections  of  India  by  means 
of  a  relay  system.  Each  letter  carrier 
has  a  run  of  six  miles,  at  the  end  of 
which  stretch  he  is  relieved  by  another 
carrier,  who at once begins his  run.

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.

T H E   A M E R I C A N   P L A Y I N G   C A R D   C O .,

KALAM AZOO,  M ICH .

EMGPAVlPS

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@

Morphia, S.P.& W...  2 45® 2 70 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C. Co....................  2 45® 2 70
Moschus Canton__  @  40
Myristica, No. 1...... 
65®.  80
Nux Vomica...po.20  @ 
10
15®  18
Os  Sepia................. 
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D. Co....................
@  1  00
Picis Liq. N.N.Mgal.
doz........................
2  00 
Picis Liq., quarts__
1  00 85 
Picis Liq., pints......
Pil Hydrarg... po.  80 
50 
Piper Nigra. ..po.  22
18 
Piper Alba__po.  35
30
Piix  Burgun...........
Plumbi  Acet...........
Pyrethrum, boxesH. 
& P. D. Co., doz...
Pyrethrum,  pv........
Quassiæ..................
Quinia, S. P. & W .. 
Quinia, S. German..
Quinia, N.Y...  ___
Rubia Tinctorum... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Sanguis Draconis. 
Sapo,  W...............
Sapo, G...............
Siedlitz  Mixture.

Slnapls....................
@  18 
Slnapls, opt............
@  30
Snuff, Maccaboy.De
Voes.....................
@  34
Snuff, Scotch, DeVo’s
@  34
Soda Boras..............  _  _
9  @ 
11
Soda Boras, po.......   9  @  11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb............  
2
lyj® 
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
3® 
5
Soda, Ash...............   3M@ 
4
<a 
Soda, Sulphas.........  
2
Spts. Cologne.........
@ 2  60 
Spts. Ether  Co......
50®  55
Spt.  Myrcia Dom..
@ 0 00 
Spts. Vlni Reet. bbl 
@ 2 48
Spts. Vini Rect-Mbbl
10® 12 Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal
© 2 56
1  10®  1  20 Spts. Vlni Rect.  5gal
© 2 59
@  1  25 Strychnia, Crystal... 1  40® 145
25® 30 Sulphur,  SubI  .......
3M@ 4M
8® 10 Sulphur,  Roil........
3M@ 4
29® 31 Tamarinds..............
8© 10
22® 32 Terebenth Venice...
28® 30
29® 34 Theobromse............
40,a
42
12© 14 Vanilla..................
9 00®16 00
18® 20 Zinci  Sulph............
7® 8
3 00®  3  10
40® 50
Oils
12® 14
10® 12 Whale, winter.........
@ 15 Lard,  extra............
20  @ 22 Lard, No.  1..............

Less 5c gal. cash 10 dars.

BBL.
70
40
35

GtAL.
70
45
40

fcs 

19

45
47
70
40

Linseed, pure  raw.. 
42 
Linseed,  boiled......   44 
Neatsfoot, winter str 
65 
Spirits Turpentine.. 
33 
Paints  B B L. 

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

LB
1M 2  ©2 
1%  2  ©4 
2  @.3 
2M  2M@3 
2M  2M@3
13®  15
70®  75
16M®  20M 
13®  16
5M@ 
6
5M® 
6
@  70
@  30
@ 1 00
@  1  40 
1  00®  1  15

Varnishes

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

P

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced-
Decllned—

50® 60

Conlum  Mac........... 
35®  50
Copaiba...................  i  is©  i  25
Cubebae....................  90®  1  00
Exechthitos...........  1  00®  1  10
Erigeron.................  1  00®  1  10
Gaultheria..............  1  50®  1  60
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
75
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
Hedeoma.................  1  on®  1  10
Junipera..................  1  50® 2 00
Lavendula.............. 
go® 2 00
1,1 moms...................  1  30®  1  50
Mentha Piper.........  1  60© 2 20
Mentha Verid.........   1  50®  1  60
Morrhuse,  gal.........   l  lo@  1  25
Myreia.....................  4 00® 4  50
O live...... .............  
75® 3 00
10®  12
Plcis  Liquida.........  
Plcls Liquida, gal... 
Ricina.................... 
99® 1 10
Rosmarini...............   @100
Rosae,  ounce...........  6 50® 8 50
Succinl...................  40®  45
Sabina................... 
go®  1  00
Santal......................  2 50® 7 00
Sassafras.................  55©  60
Slnapls, ess., ounce. 
Tlglfl.......................  1  70®  1  80
Thyme....................  40®  50
Thyme,  opt............  
©  1  60
Theobromas........... 
15©  20
Potassium
Bi-Carb.................... 
ig
15© 
13® 
Bichromate............  
15
Bromide..................   50®  55
Garb.......................  
12®  15
Chlorate..po. 17@19c 
Cyanide..................   35©  40
Iodide......................  2 60® 2 65
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
28@ 30
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
@ 15
Potass Nitras, opt...
10® 12
Potass Nitras...........
10© 11
20@ 25
15® 18

Radix

@ 35

@ 65

16® 18

25®  1 40

00® 2 25

50® 3 00

Acldnm

Aceticum...... ..........I  6@* 
-
Benzolcum, German  70®  75
Boracic....................   @ 
15
Carbollcum............   29®  41
42®  44
Cltricnm................. 
3®
Hvdrochlor............. 
Nltrocum...............  
8®  10
12® 
Oxalicum...............  
14
® 
Phosphor! um,  dll... 
15
Salicylicum............. 
60®  65
Salphurictun..........  
IX®
Tannicum..............  1 
Tartaricum.............. 
38®  40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg........... 
Aqua, 20 deg........... 
Carbonas................. 
Chloridum.............. 
Aniline

4®
6®
12®  14
12®  14

Black.......................  2 
Brown....................  80®  1  00
B ed.........................  45®  50
Yellow....................  2 
Cubesee.......... po. 18  13®  15
Juniperus................  AC
Xanthoxylum.........   25®  30

Baccse.

BaUamum
Copaiba................... 
55®  60
® 2  75
Peru......................... 
Terabin, Canada....  46®  50
Tolutan...................  
50®  55
Cortex
Abies, Canadian.... 
Cassias....................  
Cinchona Flaya...... 
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrlca Cerlfera, po. 
Primus Virgin!.......  
Quillala,  gr'd.........  
Sassafras........po. 18 
Ulmus-.-po.  15,  gr’d 
Bxtractnm 
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra.  24®  25
Glycyrrhlza, po...... 
28®  30
11®  12
Haematox, 15 lb box. 
Hsematox, I s ........... 
13®  14
Hsematox, Ms.........  
14®  15
Haematox, Ms.........  
16®  17

18
12
18
30
20
12
14
12
15

Althae__
Anchusa 
Arum po.
Gentiana........po.  15
Glychrrhlza.. .pv. 15 
Hydrastis Canaden. 
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po..

Maranta,  Ms......
Podophyllum, po.
Rhel, cut. 
Rhel, pv..
Sanguinaria... po. 15
Senega............
Stmilax,officinalis H
Smilax, M..............
Scillae............ .po.35
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po.................
Valeriana,Eng. po.30 
Valeriana,  German 
Zingiber a .........

a

20® 25
22® 25
10® 12
25
20® 40
12® 15
16® 18
@ 60
@ 65
18® 20
15® 20
80® 3 00
35® 40
25® 30
@ 35
22© 25
75®  1  00
@  1  25
75®  1  35
35® 38
@ 18
.30® 35
40® 45
@ 40
@ 25
10® 12
@ 25
@ 25
15® 20
12® 16
25® 27

Semen
Anisum..........po.  15
@ 12
Aplum  (graveleons)
13® 15
Bird, Is...........  ...
4® 6
Carul...................po. is
10® 12
Cardamon...............
25®  1 75
Corlandrum.........
8® 10
4©  414
Cannabis  Sativa.'.. 
Cydonium................  
75® 100
Chenopodium........ 
io@ 
12
Dipterix  Odorate...  2 00® 2 20 
Fceniculum
10 
~  
Fcenugreek, po................ w 
7®
9

„31l Si

Lobelia.................  —  
-
35®  40
Pharlaris  Canarian
4®  4M 
Rapa............ .........
5 
4M®
SinaplsAlbu........
10 
Slnapls  Nigra.........  
li®
12
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  go® 2  10
Spt- Vini Gain........  1  75® 6 50
Vlni Oporto............   1  25® 2 00
Vlni Alba...............   x  25® 2 00
Sponge»
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  .............. 
©  1  00
Hard, for slate use..  @ 7 5
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............  @  1  40

Syrups
Acacia.................... 
©  50
Auranti Cortes........  @  50
Zingiber..................  @  50
Ipecac.................... 
©  60
Peril Iod................. 
©  50
©  50
Rhel Arom.............. 
Smilax Officinalis...  50®  60
Senega....................  
©  50
Belli».......  ...  _  .. 
@ 5 0

Perm

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

15
2 25
75
40
15

50
7

Flora

Folia

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

Barosma..................  
23®  28
Cassia Acutifol, Tin*
neyelly................. 
18®  25
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.  25®  30
Salvia officinalis, Mb
and Ms................. 
12®  20
Ura Ursi................... 
8® 
10
Gumml
®  65
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
Acacia,  2d  picked..  @ 4 5
@  35
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
@  28
Acacia, sifted sorts. 
Acacia, po...............  
60®  80
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20 
12®  14
Aloe, Cape__po. 15 
@  12
Aloe, SocotrL.po. 40  @  30
Ammoniac..............  56®  60
Assafcstlda__po. 30  25®  28
Benzolnnm............   50®  55
Catechu, Is..............  @  13
Catechu, Ms............   @  14
Catechu, Mb............ 
©  16
Camphor».............. 
40®  43
Bupnorblum..po.  35  @ 1 0
Galbanum...............   @100
Gamboge  po........... 
65®  70
Guaiacum......po. 25  @  30
Kino...........po. S3.u0  @ 3 00
Mastio....................  @  60
Myrrh............ po.  45  @ 4 0
Opii...po. (5.00®5.20 3 75®  3  0
Shellac....................  25®  35
Shellac, bleached... 
40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®  80

Herba

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

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

Oleum

Absinthium............   3 25®  3 50
Amygdalae, Dulc....  30®  50
Amygdalae, Amarse .  8 00®  8 25
Anisl.......................  2  1C®  2 20
Auranti  Cortex......   2 25®  2 40
Bergamii.................  2 40®  2 50
Cajlputi...................  80®  85
Carvophylll............   75®  80
nedar.......................  35®  65
Chenopadll..............  @ 2 75
Cinnamonli.............  loOO®  1  70
Curooella.  .............  450  50

>115

@  50
@  50
@  50

Scillas Co.................
Tolutan...................
Prunus virg............
Tinctures 
Aconltum N a pel 1 is R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafcstlda............
Atrope  Belladonna
Auranti  Cortex......
Benzoin...................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
Cantharides...........
Capsicum............ .
Cardamon...............
Cardamon  Co.........
Castor......................
Catechu...................
Cinchona.... ............
Cinchona Co...........
Columba 
.............
Cubeba....................
Cassia Acutifol......
C*ssr  «cutifolCo  .
i>jgi.n>l,S 
........
Ergot.......................
Ferri Chloridu  ■>
Gentian...................
Gentian Co.........
Guiaca..................
Guiaca ammon........
Hyoscyamus.........
Iodine......................
Iodine, colorless.  ..
Kino......................
Lobelia...............  ’
Myrrh......................
Nux Vomica...........
Opll.........................
Opii, camphorated.
Opll,  deodorized__
Quassia..................
Rhatany.........
Rhei.....................I.’
Sanguinaria...........
Serpentaria.  .........
Stromonium...........
Tolutan...................
Valerian.................
Veratrum Veride. ! ! 
Zingiber..................
niscellaneo 
Æther, Spts. Nit. 3F 
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F
Alumen, gro’d
po. 7
A nnatto.................
Antimoni,  p o .......
Antimoni etPotassT
Antipyrin..............
Antirebrin.........
Argenti Nitras, oz ”
Arsenicum..............
Balm Gilead  Bud  ! !
Bismuth  S. N.........
Calcium Chlor.,  is 
Calcium Chlor., Ms 
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms 
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsici  Fructus, af 
Capsici Fructus, po 
Capsici FructusB,po 
CaryophylluB..po.  15 
Carmine, No. 40 
Cera Alba, S. & F. 1 ’
Cera Flava............ .
Coccus.................‘
Cassia Fructus .. ' ' ’.
Centraria.................
Cetaceum.............
Chloroform..........
Chloroform, squibbs 
Chloral Hyd Crst....
Cinchonidine.P.* W 
Cinchonidine, Germ
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 
Creosotum....
Creta.............bbl. 75
Creta, prep............
Creta, precip.....
Creta, Rubra........
Cudbear...............
Cupri Sulph.........
Dextrine............. ..'
Ether Sulph.........
Emery, ail  numbers
Emery, po......
Ergota............ po. 40
Galla.................
Gambier.  .........
Gelatin, Cooper.
G lassw are, flint, box
Less than  box__
Glue,  brown........

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 
I  50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
60 
60
50
50
20
30®
35
34® 38
2M@ 3
3® 4
40® 50
4® 5
40® 50
@ 80
@ 15
© 50
10® 12
38® 40
1  40® 50
@ 9
@ 10
@ 12
© 75
© 15
© 15
© 15
12® 14
@ 3 00
50® 55
40® 42
@ 40
© 33
© 10
© 45
60® 63
@  1 15
1  IS®  1  50
20® 25
25® 35
22® 30
3 30®  3 50
70
35
©
2
©
5
©
9© 11
8
©
18© 20
© 24
5® 6
10® 12
75® 90
@ 8
@ 6
30® 35
12® 15
© 23
8® 0
@ 60
35® 60
TO
60
9®
12
13® 25
15M® 22
Grana  Paradisi
© 15
25® 55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
@ 85
Hydraag Chlor Cor.
@ 75
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.
© 95
Hydraag Ammoniati  @  1  10 
HydraagUnguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.........  
®  70
Ichthyobolla, Am... 
65®  75
Indigo.....................  
75® 1  00
Iodine, Resubi........  3 60® 3 70
Iodoform.................  @ 4 20
Lupulin.  ................  @2 25
Lycopodium........... 
40®  45
Macis 
............  
65®  75
Liquor  Arse- et ¿y-
drarg Iod.............  @  25
LiquorPotassArsinlt 
10®  12 
2® 
Magnesia, Sulph.... 
3
Magnesia, Sulpb.bbl  @  1M 
Manilla, S. F ........... 
50®
a 2 75
Menthol.

POCKET  BOOKS

AND

PURSES

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and  well  assorted  line  of

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Ladies’  Purses

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Gentlemen’s  Purses

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Drug  Co.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

2 0

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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

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

AX LB  GREASB.
Aurora................. ..... 55
Castor O il........... ......60
Diamond............ ...... 50
Frazer’s .............. ...... 75
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75
nica, tin boxes... ...... 75
Paragon.............. .  ...55

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

BAKING  POWDER.
Absolute.
•, 'b cans doz...................
4  Id 3ans doz.........
lb can  doz........
Acme.

45 
85 
t  50
4  lb cans 3 doz.................  45
75
Ml lb cans 3 doz................. 
lb cans 1 doz................  1  00
1 
10
Bulk.................................... 
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........... 
85
4  lb cans per doz............. 
75
14 lb cans per doz  ...........  1  80
lb cans per doz............. 2  00
1 
35
4  lb cans 4 doz case.......  
14 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz c a se ......  
90

Arctic.
El Purity.

Home.

Our Leader.

Jersey Cream.

14 lb cans, 4 doz case......  
14 lb cans. 4 doz case------ 

A   TSiiiA mJP
45
85
lb cans. 2 doz case........  1  60
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............  1  25
85
6 oz. cans, per doz.............  
>4 lb cans..........................  
45
14 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............................... 78
English....................................80

BATH  brick.

Queen Flake.

Peerless.

BLUING.

COiSH^D

CATSUP.

BROO.OS.

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

CANDLES.

CANNED  OOODS. 
flan i to woe  Peas.
Lakeside Marrowfat.........  
95
Lakeside E.  J ....................   1  15
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng__1 20
Lakeside. Gem. Ex. Sifted.  1  45
Extra Sifted Early June... .1  75
2 no
pints......
Columbia, 
.1  25
Columbia, 4  "pints......
CHEESE
Ot 74
Acme......................
Amboy....................
8
(d
Butternut...............
at
8
Carson Citv.............
at
8
at
Emblem..................
74
at
Gem.........................
«4
Ideal.......................
at
74
Jersey  ....................
at
7*
Lenawee.................
at
7
Riverside.................
at
8
at
Springdale..............
Brick.......................
at 11
at 70
Edam.......................
at 17
Leiden....................
Limburger..............
at 12
Pineapple................ 50 at 85
at 17
Sap  Sago.................
Chicory.
Bulk  ..........................
5
Red 
CHOCOLATE. 
Walter Baker & Co.’s.
German Sweet...........
Premium................ .............
Breakfast Cocoa...........  ...

.

CLOTHES LINBS.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz......... 1 00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz.........1 20
Cotton, 68 ft, per  doz.........1 40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz......... 1 60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz......... 1 80
Jute, 60 ft.  per  doz.............  80
Jute. W ft.  per  doz.............   95
COCOA SHELLS.
214
201b  bags.......................  
Less quantity................. 
3
Pound  packages............  
4
CRBAn  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes..30-35

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

Santos.

F air........  ................................?
Good........................................10
Prim e......................................11
Golden  ...................................12
Peaberry  ................................13
Fair  ......................................-12
Good  ......................................J3
Prim e......................................1’
Peaberry  ................................I5
Fair  ........................................Ijj
Good  ......................................J"

Mexican  and  Guatemala.

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Prim e......  
Milled......................................20

...........................
Java.

Interior...................................10
Private  Growth...................... 20
Mandeb ling............................ 21
Im itation............................... 20
Arabian  .................................“
Roasted.
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue......  
...........29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha— 29
Wells’ Mocha and Java......24
Weils’ Perfection  Java......24
Sancaibo............................. 21
Breakfast  B1end.................  18
Valley City Maracaibo. 
... 1SV6
Ideal  Blend.........................11
Leader Blend......................12

Package.

jia z h U n ’t   X X Y Y .

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 %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
McLaughlin’s XXXX  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Extract.
75
Valley City (4 gross 
1  16
Felix 14 gross................ 
Hummel’s foil 14 gross 
86
Hummel’s tin 4   gross 
*  4?
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes...........................40
4  doz in case.
Gail Borden  Eagle..................6 75
Crown................................. 6 25
Daisy........................... 
Champion................................4 50
Magnolia 
........................  
4 25
Challenge..................................3 35
Dime 
............................. * ®

CONDENSED  MILK

 

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 
.11  50
1.000 books, 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 
20 books.........................   1  00
50 books..........................   2 00
lOObooks  .........................  3  00
250 books..........................   C 25
500 books...........................10 00
1000 books................  
17  50

denomination from 810 down.

Coupon Pass Books,

 

Universal Grade.

Apples.

Credit Checks.

California Frulta.

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
2900, any one denom’n ...... 8 00
Steel punch......................  75
DRIED  FRUITS—DOnESTIC 
Sundrled.......................   © 5
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @  8 
Apricots.....................   @84
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................  ©  ~4
Peaches.......................  64© 74
Pears..........................   8  © 74
Pitted Cherries...........
Prnnnelles..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes.........   ©
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   © 54
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  @ 54
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   ©  'X
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........  @ 74
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 Prunes.

Raisins.

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

1  45 
2 00

Raisins.

FOREIGN 
Currants 
Patras bbls 
Vostizzas 50 lb cases
Cleaned, bulk  ......
Cleaned, packages  .
Peel.
Citron American 10 lb  bx  @13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx  @12 
Orange American 101b bx  @12 
On dura 28 ir  boxes......8  @  a4
Sultana  1 Crown.........  ©
Sultana  2Crown 
...  @
Sultana  Crown.........   @ 74
Sultana  » (>o w . ........  @
CblHana  a C“ w« 
5».
Snltana 6 Crown 
.  .  .  <7512
Sultana package.........   @14
FARINACEOUS OOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages...............1  65
Bulk, per f00 lbs.............. 4*0
Walsb-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Farina.

Grits.

3%

Peas.

Beans.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

24 2 lb. packages...............2 25
100 lb. kegs....................... 3 60
200 lb. barrels.................. 6 90
Barrels  ............................2 50
Flake, 50 lb.  drams.........1  00
5 75
Dried L im a....................  
Medium Hand Picked__1  30
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box........  60
Imported,  25 lb. box........2 50
Common...........................  2 00
Chester............................  2 25
Empire  ............................  3 00
Green,  bu.........................  95
Split,  per lb...................... 
24
Rolled Avena,  bbl.  ......4  15
Monarch,  bbl.................. 4 00
Monarch,  4   bbl..............2  13
Monarch, 90 lb sacks.......1  90
Quaker, cases................  3 20
Huron, cases....................175
Sago.
German............................ 
4
34
East  India 
....................  
Flake..............................  
34
Pearl................................ 
3%
Anchor, 40 1 lb. pkges__  
5
Cracked, balk................... 
34
24 2 lbpackages...............2 50

Rolled  Oats.

Tapioca.

Wheat.

Salt  Fish.

Cod.

H erring .

rinckerel.

Georges cured............  © 5
Georges genuine.......   ©  54
Georges selected.......   © 6
Strips or bricks.......   6  @9
Holland white hoops, bbl. 
Holland white hoop 4  bbl 
35
Holland white hoop, keg. 
Holland white hoop mchs 
80
Norwegian.................. 
  11 0u
Round 100 lbs..................   2 75
Round  40 lbs...................  1  30
Scaled............................... 
13
...  16 31
Mess 100 lbs........ 
Mess  40 lbs......................  6 90
Mess  10 lbs...................... 
t  82
Mess  8 lbs......................  1 48
No. 1100 lbs......................  14 50
No. 1  40 lb 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
95
No. 2  8 lbs...................... 
No. 1100 lbs....................  
5 50
2 50
No. 1  40 lbs...............   . 
No. 1  10 lbs...................... 
70
No. 1  8 lbs...................... 
59
No. 1  No. 2  Fam
100 lbs............  625  575 
IT?
40 lbs  ____  2 80  2 60  1 00
10 lbs............ 
73 
33
8 lbs............  
29
61 
FLAV0R1NQ  EXTRACTS.

Wbltaflzh.

Trout.

78 
85 

Jenninga’.

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

D. C. Lemon
2 oz.......   75
3 oz....... 1  00
4 oz....... 1 40
6oz.2 00
No.  8. . 2 40
No. 10. . 4 00
No. 2 T.  80
No. 3 T.l  25
No.  4 T.1  50
¡¡^; Lem  Van 
120
1 90
2 00
2 25

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

Sonderà*.

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, 10case lots....  2 40

OUNPOWDER. 
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Kegs 
...........................
Half Kegs............................
Quarter Kegs.......................
1 lb. cabs.............................
4  lb. cans............................
Choke Bore—Dupont’s.
Kegs  ...................................
Half Kegs...........................
Quarter Kegs.......................
1  lb. cans.............................
Eagle Duck—Dupont's.
Kegs.....................................
Half Kegs............................
Quarter Kegs......................
1 lb. cans.............................

4 00 
2 25
1  25 
30 
18

4  25
2  40
1  35 
34

8  00 
4  25
2 25 
45

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

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

HERBS.

INDIGO.

JELLY.

151b  palls..........................
30 lb  pails..........................

LYE.
Condensed, 2 doz  ............
Condensed. 4  doz.. 
......
LICORICE.

Pare....................................
Calabria.............................
Sicily..................................
Root....................................

1  20 
2 25

MINCB MEAT.

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

nATCHBS.

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

nOLASSBS.
New Orleans.

11
Black................................  
F air..................................  
14
Good................................. 
20
24
Fancy  ............................ 
Open Kettle...................... 25@35

Half-barrels 2c extra. 

MUSTARD.

...1  75
Horse Radish, 1 doz......
...3 50
Horse Radish, 2 doz......
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz..  . ..  1  75
..  1  70
Clay, No.  216.................
65
Clay, T. D. full count...
.. 
85
Cob, No. 3......................

PIPES.

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s.......................
Penna Salt  Co.’s...........

PICKLES.
riedium.

Barrels, 1,200 count......
Half bbls, 600 count......
Barrels, 2,400 count......
Half bbls  1,200count...

Small.

RICB.

Domestic.

. .  4 00
.  8 no

. .  5 25
..  3  13
.  6 35
..  3 75

Carolina bead................ ...  64
..  6
Carolina  No. 1  ............
..  4
Carolina  No. 2..............
Broken..........................
..  34
Japan,  No. 1................. ...  6%
..  6
Japan.  No. 2.................
Java, fancy head......... ...  6
Java, No. 1".................... ...  54

Imported.

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In  box.

Church’s ....................... ...3  3C
Del and18 ....................... ....3  15
Dwight’s ....................... ....3 30
...3 00
Taylor’s.........................

SAL SODA.

Granulated, bbls...........
.  75
Granulated,  100 lb cases..  90
Lump, bbls........................  75
Lamp, 1451b kegs................  85

SBBDS.

A nise...............................  
9
34
Canary, Smyrna................ 
Caraway..........................  
8
Cardamon,  Malabar  ........  60
Celery.................................  11
Hemp,  Russian.............. 
34
Mixed  Bird...................... 
44
Mustard,  white................  5
Poppy  ..............................  10
Rape................................. 
44
Cuttle Bone........................  20

SNUPP.

Scotch, in bladders.............  3’.
Maccaboy, In jars................  35
French Rappee, In  Jars......   48

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 lbbags  2 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............  55
100 3 lbsacks......................... 1 90
60 5-lb sacks.........................1 75
28 10-lb sacks.......................1 60
Worcester.
50  4 
lb. cartons.................. 3 25
115  241b.  sacks......................4 00
60  5 
lb. sacks..................... 3 75
2214 
lb. sacks......................3 50
30 10 
lb. sacks......................3 50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................   60
Bulk in barrels.................... 2 50
56-lb dairy in drill bags......   30
28-lb dairy in drill bags......   15
56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 
56-lb dairy in linen sacks...  60 
56-lb  sacks..........................   <4
Granulated Fine.................   75
Medium  Fine......................  75

Solar Rock.
Common.

Ashton.
Higgins.

Warsaw.

SOAP.

JA X O N
JAS.  8.  KIRK  5 CO.’S BRANDS.

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

American Family, wrp’d... .2 66
Dome.................................... 2 75
Cabinet.................................2  20
Savon....................................2  50
White Russian.....................2 35
White Cloud,  laundry.... ..6  x5
White Cloud,  toilet.............3 50
Dusky Diamond. 50 6 oz__2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8  oz__3 00
Blue India, 100 4  lb.............3 00
Kirkoline............................. 3 50
Eos.......................................2 50

Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. 

Single box................................2 80
5 
box lots.............................2 75
10 box lots.................................2 70
25 box lots.................................2 60
Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars  . .2  75
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars__ 3  75
Uno, 100 Si-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars............ 2 05
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 do z......2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz...........2 40
Boxes  .................................  54
Kegs. English......................4%

Sconring.

SODA.

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Pure Ground In Bnlk.

Allspice  ............................   13
Cassia, China in mats..........12
Cassia, Batavia in bund__25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........ 32
Cloves, Amboyna................ 14
Cloves, Zanzibar..................12
Mace,  Batavia.....................55
Nutmegs, fancy................... 60
Nutmegs, No.  1................... 50
Nutmegs, No.  2................... 45
Pepper, Singapore, black.. .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@b0
Pepper, Sing , black............12
Pepper, Sing., white........... 20
Pepper, Cayenne..................20
Sage...............................1... 15

SYRUPS
Corn.

Barrels............................  
18
Half  bbls...................... 
20
Fair  ...............................  
16
Good...............................  
80
Choice..............................  85

Pure Cano.

STARCH.

Klngsford’s  Corn.

10 l-lb packages..................   e
20 1 lb packages..................   6)4

Klngsford’s  Sliver  Gloss.

40 X-lb packages...................6*4
6-lb boxes  ........................   7

Diamond.

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

40 1 lb. packages.  ..............

Common  Corn.
20 1 lb. packages.............

..  5

Common Gloss.

l-lb  packages.................. • •  *%
3-lb  packages.................. ..  4*
6-lb  packages.................. ..  4%
40 and 50 lb boxes............ ..  3)4
Barrels  ...............
3

STOVE POLISH.

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

SUOAR.

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino....................................5 88
Cut  Loaf.................................. 5 88
Crushed....................................5 88
Cubes.......................................5 63
Powdered  ...........................5 63
XXXX  Powdered.................... 5 69
Granulated in bbls...................5 38
Granulated in  bags..................5 38
Pine Granulated......................5 38
Extra Fine Granulated.......5 51)
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 50
Mould  A.................................. 5 63
Diamond Confec.  A........... 5 38
Confec. Standard A.............5  25
................... 5 00
No.
1....
...................5  00
2....
No
................... 5 00
No. 3....
................... 5 00
No. 4  ...
................... 4  94
No. 5__
...................4  88
No. 6....
...................4  81
No. 7 ...
...................4  75
No. 8....
...................4  63
No. 9....
No. 10....
...................4  63
No. 11....
................... 4  63
..  ............   4 50
No. 12.  .
No. 13....
................... 4  44
................... 4  38
No. 14...
No. 15.  ..
................... 4  31
No. 16....
................... 4  25

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

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

H. A P. Drug Co.’s brand. 

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

G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

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

.  .............33 00

Michigan Cigar Co.’s brand.

Ure Unkle

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

Ruhe Bros Co.’s 

Brands.

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

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

TABLe  SAUCES.

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

bbls.  pails
654®  7
654® 7
6  @ 8
@ 8J4
cases
@654
@854
@

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

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

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

Washing Powder.

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

WICKING.
No. 0, per gross............
No. 1, per gross............
No. 2, per gross............
No. 3, per gross  ...........

25
.  30
.  40
.  75

Fish and  Oysters

Fresh Fish.

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

Oysters in Cans

F. H. Counts...... ,..
@ 40
F. J. D. Selects........ @ 30

Shell Goods.

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

@ 654
@ 7
@ 754
@ 754
@ 854
@ 8*
n   ru
@8
@854
@ st4
@16
@12

@ 854
@  9
@14
a i l
a  6
a  8
q
g  9

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

ago
@50
@60
a 60
¡¡¡Ti
@30
@75
@50
@50
@50
@59
q k
a 50
ggo
Creams.........   60  @90
@90

Lemon Drops.........  
Sour  Drops............  
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate Drops__ 
H.M. Choc. Drops.. 
Gum  Drops.........  
Licorice Drops........ 
A. B. Licorice Drops 
Lozenges,  plain__ 
Lozenges,  printed.. 
Imperials................ 
Mottoes................... 
Cream Bar........... 
Molasses Bar  ........ 
Hand Made Creams.  80  @1  00
Decorated Creams.. 
String Rock............
Burnt Almonds...... 1  25  @
Wintergreen Berries 
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes................... 
No. 1 wrapped, 3  lb.
Mboj e s .............. 
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes ..............

2^35
  @50

@60

Fruits.
Oranges.

Cal. Seedlings. 
Medt Sweets...

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

@2 50 
@3 00

@4  75
@4  50
@5  uo
@5  50
@5  50

@
@
@  J4
@
@ 13
@654

Duluth Imperial,  54s............... 5 75
Dulutb Imperial, 54s ............... 5 65
Duluth Imperial, 54s..............  5 55
Lemon A Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 54s.......................  5 75
Gold Medal 54s.........................5 65
Gold Medal 54s........................ 5 55
Parisian, 54s...........................  5 75
Parisian, 54s............................. 5 65
Parisian. 54s...........................   5 55

Olney A Judson’s Brand.

Ceresota, 54s ......................  5 75
Ceresota, 54s......................  5 65
Ceresota, 54s......................  5 55
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, 54s.........................
Laurel, 54s ...................
Laurel, 54s .........................

Meal.

Bolted..................................... 2 00
Granulated......................   2 25

Feed and Millstuffe.

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

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

Car  lots............................. 32
Carlots, clipped.................  35
Less than  car lots............ 37

Corn.

Oats.

Hay.

N<vl Timothy  arlots........  9 00
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots.... 10 00

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

Carcass................... •  6&@ 7)4
Fore quarters.........
-  594®  6)4
Hind  quarters........ ■ •  8)4® 9
Loins  No.  3............ ..  9  @12
Ribs.........................
.  9  @12
Rounds  .................. ..  7  @ 8
Chucks....................
6  @ 7
Plates  .................... ..  3)4@ 4

Pork.

Dressed......................  454® 454
L oins.........................  @754
Shoulders...................  @ 6
Leaf Lard...................  654@

Mutton.

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

Veal.

Carcass  ....................  654® 8

Oysters, per  100  ........1  25@1  50
Ofiff/  nr
.’»ms 

inn

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

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

Hides.

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

@ 9 
@ 8 mo 
@  9 
@  9)4 
@ 8 
@11 
@  9%

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Figs.

Choice, 101b boxes.. 
Extra  choice,  14  lb
boxes.................... 
Fancy, 12 lb boxes.. 
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes...............  
Pulled, 6 lb boxes... 
Naturals,  in  bags.. 
Dates.

Fards in 10 lb  boxes  @ 8
Fards in  60 lb cases  @  6
Persians, G. M’s...... 
@ 5
@ 6
lb cases, new........ 
Sairs,  601b cases__ 
@ 454

Pelts.

Pelts,  each...............
Tallow.
No. 1..........................
No. 2.........................

>0@1  00

@ 3
@ 2

Wool.

Washed, fine  ...........
@18
Washed, medium.....
@23
Unwashed, fine........ 11 @13
Unwashed, medium . 16 @18

Oils.
Barrels.
Eocene  ....................
@11)4
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
®  8%.
W W Michigan.........
@ 8)4
Diamond White.......
@ 7)4
D., S. Gas..................
@ 8)4
Deo. N aptha............
@ 7
Cylinder.................. 25 @34
..
Engine  . 
11 @21
B  «rk  winter
@  «

Nuts.

Almonds, Tarragona..  @13
Almonds, Ivaca.........   @11
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled............   @13
Brazils new...............   @8
Filberts  ....................  @u
Walnuts, Grenobles..  @13
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.  @10
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif.......................  @
Table Nuts,  fancy__  @10
Table Nuts,  choice...  @ 9
Pecans, Med...............  @8
Pecans, Ex. Large__  @10
Pecans, Jumbos........  @12
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio, new...............   @1  60
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks  @4  00

Peanuts.

Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns.  @754
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Flags
Roasted...................  @754
Choice, H. P., Extras.  @454
Choice. H. P..  Extras 
...  ......  
554

Roasted 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Grains and Feedstuffs

Wheat.

Wheat................................  88

Winter  Wheat  Flour. 

Local Brands.

Patents............................. 5  95
Second  Patent..................   5 45
Straight............................  5 35
Clear................................  4 50
Graham  ............................5  00
Buckwheat.......................  4 00
R ye..................................   4 00
Subject  to  nsual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond, 54s....................... 5 50
Diamond, >|s....................... 5 50
Diamond, 54s....................... 5 50
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker, 54s........................
Quaker, 54s........................
Quaker,  54s........................
Spring  Wheat  Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s Best 54s...........  5 75
Pillsbury’s Best 54s...........  5  65
Pillsbury’s Best 54s...........  5 55
Pillsbury’s Best 54s paper .  5 55 
Pillsbuiy’s Best 54s paper..  5 55
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand.

Provisions.

Swift  A  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled Pork.

514

654

13«

7
654
654

! ’  io@i3

54
%
94
%
%
1
154

Smoked  fleats.

Mess  .............................   12 50
Rack  ..............................  13 00
Clear back.....................   12  75
Shortcut................. 
12 50
Pig..................................  16 00
Bean 
--........................   11  0J
Family  ..........................  12 uo
Dry Sait  Meats.
Bellies..........................  
Briskets  ......................... 
Extra shorts................... 
Hams, 12 lb  average  __ 
9
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
854
Hams, 161b  average...... 
854
Hams, 20 lb  average...... 
854
Ham dried beef........ 
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  . 
e2
Bacon,  clear................8  @9
California hams....... 
Boneless hams...............  
9
Cooked  ham........... 
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound..................
Kettle.......................... ;;
55 lb Tubs.......... advance 
80 lb Tubs.......... advance 
jj® R* T ins.......... advance 
1J> Pails.......... advance 
*0 Jb Pails.......... advance 
* }P Pfti{s.......... advance 
3lb Pails......... advance 
Sausages.
Bologna........... 
Liver..........................
Frankfort__
Blood  ....................  
Tongue................. 9
Head  cheese............  
„ 
Beef.
Extra  Mess.........  
a   25
Boneless  ...................... !i4  00
Rump..............................13  50
_ .  
Pigs’ Feet.
Kits, 15 lbs...............  
70
H  bbls, 40lbs.... 
1 40
54  bbis, so lbs...........2 
<50
Tripe.
Kits. 15 lbs...  ................ 
70
54  bbls, 40 lbs..................  1 so
54  bbls, 80 lbs..................  2 60
P ork............................... 
16
Beef  rounds................... 
4
Beef  middles......... . 
jj
Sheep  ....................................go
Butterine.
Rolls,  dairy.............. 
m
Solid, d a iry ............ "... 
914
Rolls,  creamery.........  
14
Solid,  creamery............  
13^4
Canned  Meats.
Corned  beef,  2 l b __   2  75
Corned  beef, 14  lb...........43 00
Roast  beef,  2 lb............ 2 50
Potted  bam,  54s.........   70
Potted  ham,  54s__ 
.  |   jo
Deviled ham,  54s......  
70
Deviled ham,  54s..........   1 10
Potted  tongue 54s........ 
70
Potted  tongue 54s...........  1 10

Casings.

g**

.

Crackers.

The  National  Biscuit  1 

quotes as follows:
Butter.
Seymour XXX.  ...
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton
Family XXX...............
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton
Salted XXX.......................
Salted XXX, 3 lb carton...
Soda  XXX  ....................
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton.
Soda,  City.................
Zephyrette...........................10
Long Island  Wafers.........  11
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12

Soda.

Oyster.

Square Oyster, XXX.........   7
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1  lb carton.  8
Farina Oyster,  XXX.........   7
SWEET  OOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  1054
Bent’s Cold Water.........   .  14
Belle Rose.........................  8
Cocoanut Taffy..................  12
Coffee Cakes.......................  in
Frosted Honey...................  1254
Graham Crackers  ..............  8
Ginge r Snaps, XXX round.  754 
Ginger Snaps, XXX  city...  754 
Gin. Sups,XXX home made  754 
Gin. Snps,XXX scalloped..  754
Ginger Gems.......................   8
Imperials............................   8
Jimmies,  Honey...............   1154
Molasses Cakes...................  8
Marshmallow  ....................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......  16
Pretzels,  hand  made  ........  9
Pretzelettes, Little German  7
Sugar  Cake.........................  8
Sultanas............................  1254
Sears’Lunch........................  8
Sugar  Squares...................   9
Vanilla  Wafers.................  14
Pecan Wafers.......... .........  1554
Mixed Picnic....................  1154
Cream Jumbles.................  12
Boston Ginger Nuts..........   954
Pineapple Glace..................  16
Penny Cakes......................  854
Marshmallow  Walnuts__  16
Belle Isle Picnic................  1054

21

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON  STONEWARE. 

Butters.

54 gal., per doz..............
1 to 6 gal., per gal...........
8 gal., each...................
10 gal., each.....................
12 gal.,  eaen......................
15 gal. meat-tubs, each__
20 gal. meat-tubs, each__ 1
25 gal. meat-tubs, each__ 2
30 gal. meat-tubs, each__ 2

Churns.

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

Mllkpans.

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

85

45

60

Stew pan s.

54 gal. fireproof, ball, doz.  ao 
85
1 gal. fireproof, ball, doz.l  10 

Jugs.

54 gal., per doz..................  40
54 gal., per doz..................  42
1 to 5 gal., per gal............  
554

Tomato Jugs.

54 gal., per doz.................  42
1 gal., each...................... 
554
Corks for 54 gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
54 gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz. ..1  00 

Sealing Wax.

2  10

LAMP  BURNERS.

First  Quality.
wrapped and  labeled.
wrapped and  labeled..
wrapped and  labeled.

5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
No.  0 Sun..........................  
35
No.  1  Sun..........................   40
No. 2 Sun..........................  
60
Tubular.............................  
50
65
Security, No.  1............ .. ." 
Security, No. 2................... 
85
Nutmeg  ............................ 
50
Climax...............................  1  05
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common. 
_  
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun..........................  1  32
No.  1  Sun..........................   1  48
No.  2  Sun..........................  2  18
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 
XXX Flint.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No. 
1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 

top,
wrapped and  labeled....  2 55 
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..  2 75 
top,
wrapped and  labeled  ..  3 75 
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................  3 70
No  2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................  4  70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled............................  4  88
No. 2  Sun,  "Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamos............  
80

top,
top,
top,

2 25
3 25

La  Bastle.
 

Electric.

OIL  CANS. 

Pump  Cans.

No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  .......... 
1  25
No. 2 Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................   1  50
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.........   1  35
.  .  1  60 
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.. 
Rochester.
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)........4  00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........  4 70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ........ 4 00
No. 2, Flint  (8O0 doz).......  4 40
Doz.
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv iron with spout.  1  65
2 gal galv Iron with spout.  2 87
3 gal galv iron with spout.  3 50 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  4 75 
3 gal galv Iron with faucet  4 75 
5 gal galv iron with  faucet 5 25
5 gal Tilting cans..............  8  00
5 gal galv iron Nacefas....  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9 00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home Rule................10 50
5 gal Home Rule.....  ........12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King..............  9 50
No.  OTubular...................  4  25
No.  1 B  Tubular................6 50
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6 30
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__  7 00
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C
No.  3 Street  Lamp...........  3 75
LANTERN  OLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents...........
45
No. OTubular,  cases2 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
  70
Mammoth.......................... 

LANTERNS.

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Reasons  Why  Business  Organizations 

Frequently  Fail.

W r itte n   fo r th e  T r ad esm an.
-  There  can  be  no  organization  or  gov­
ernment  unless  the individuals amenable 
to  that  organization  or  government  sur­
render  every  individual  right  which  in 
any  way  conflicts  with  the  rights  which 
may  be  enjoyed  by  all.  There  must  be 
a  mutual  concession  of  individual rights 
for  the  benefit  and  protection  of  the 
whole,  or  the organization  or government 
will  fail.  When  any  important  propor­
tion  of  the  individuals  under  an  organ­
ization  or  government  fail  to  receive 
benefits  equivalent  to  the 
individual 
rights  they  have  surrendered,  they  will 
rebel  against  the  restraints 
imposed, 
and  unless  restrained  by  physical  force
will  overthrow  the  government  or  desert 
the  organization.  Loyalty  and  an  empty 
stomach  will  not  long  dwell  together. 
Business  and  profit  are  inseparable com­
panions  Activity  without  profit  is  not 
business,  alttnugh  it  sometimes  has that 
appearance.

Among  the  things  that  contribute  to 
local  business  organiza­

the  failure  of 
tions  are:

1.  Mutual  distrust  and  competitive 

jealousy.

2.  Lack  of  active  interest  on  the part 

of  all  but  a  few  leaders.

3.  Want  of  time  on  the  part  of  offi­
cers  and  members  to  push  the  work  ol 
the  organization  and  to 
look  after  its 
vital  interests.

4.  The 

limited  field  covered  by  a 
local  organization  can  not  always  pro­
duce  results  of  sufficient  value  to  hold 
the  membership  within  the  rules.

If 

5.  The  exasperating  conduct  of  the 
tricky  members  who  can  not  refrain 
from  cutting  a  corner  at  every  oppor­
tunity.
it 

is  proposed  to  form  a  local  or­
ganization  and  the  promoters  happen 
to  be  the  leading  and  most  prominent 
merchants,  the  smaller  dealers  at  once 
imagine  that  it  is  another scheme  of  the 
big  fellows  to  get  the  advantage  of  the 
little  ones;  and 
if,  by  reason  of  their 
prominence  and  acknowledged  ability, 
they  are  chosen  to  fill  the  offices,  then 
the  small  ones  are  sure  that  the  "b ig 
fish"  are  about  to  swallow  the  "little 
fish"  and  they 
immediately  scuttle  for 
shallow  wattr.  On  the  other  hand,  if 
the  scheme  originates  with  the  "small 
fry, "   the  laige  dealers  will have nothing 
If,  by  reason  of  a  more 
to  do  with 
than  usual 
endowment  of  Christian 
grace,  these  factions  are  brought  to­
gether  in  an  organization,  the  enthusi­
lasts  through  one  summer. 
asm  rarely 
incident  to 
After  the  first  excitement 
the  banle  for  reform  has  dissolved 
into 
temporary  victory  over  one  or  two  of the 
principal  obstacles  to  legitimate  busi­
ness  the  members  stay  away  from  the 
leave  the  conduct  of 
meetings  and 
affairs  to  a  few.  One 
instance  came  to 
my  notice  in  which,  at  the  annual  meet 
ing  for  ¡he  elec  in 1  of  officers,  nobody 
showed  up  but  the  preside! t,  ; nrl  he 
came  hoping 
to  see  somebody  else 
elected  in  his  stead.

it. 

The  want  of  time  to  spare  for  the 
work  of  the  organization 
is  the  usual 
excuse  and,  as  the  membership  fee  is 
generally  insufficient to produce mea  sto 
employ  competent  persons  to  attend  to 
it,  the  work  is  neglected  and  the  antici­
pated  benefits  promised  to  the  member­
ship  do  not  materialize;  consequently 
the  most  natural  thing  that  could  hap­
pen  is  the  failure  of  the  organization.

While  there  are  a  great  many  bene­
fits  to  be  derived  from  a 
local  organi­
zation  properly  and  enthusiastically con­
ducted,  its  scope  of  influence  is  too nar­
row  to  furnish  a  constant  and  tangible 
supply  of  pecuniary  benefits  which  are 
necessary  to*  keep  up  the  interest  and 
to  render  a  membership  too  valuable  to 
be  sacrificed  on  slight  occasion.  The 
reforms  capable  of  accomplishment  by 
a 
local  organization,  when  once  at­
tained,  are  too  apt  to  be  soon  forgotten ; 
and,  as  "Eternal  vigilance  is  the  price 
of  liberty,”   so  is  perpetual  interest  the 
life  of  an  organization.  But,  to  main­
tain  the  interest  there  must  be perpetual 
and  demonstrative 
for  the 
money  and  effort  expended.  The  only 
restraint  that  will  avail  to  hold  in check 
the  propensity  of  the  tricky  members  is 
the  intrinsic  and  practical  value  of  the 
membership.

returns 

The  only  hope  of  thorough  and  per­
manent  eradication  of  the  evils  that  be­
set  the  retail  trade  lies  in  state  and  Na­
tional  organization  embracing  a  com­
prehensive  system  that  shall  guarantee 
to  the  humblest  member  the  protection 
and  benefits  be  pays  for.  A  movement 
on  similar  lines,  I  believe,  was  started 
some  years  ago,  intended  to embrace the 
retail  dealers 
in  groceries  and  pro­
visions,  but 
it  does  not  seem  to  have 
made  much  progress;  presumably,  for 
one  reason  at  least,  that the  membership 
fee  was  too  small  to  even  pay  the  ex­
pense  of  calling  favorable  attention  to 
the  organization,  much  less  to  deliver 
the  proposed  benefits.  If  such  an  organ­
ization  is  capable  of  accomplishing  the 
reform  needed,  and  of  supplying  the 
benefits  that 
it  ought  to  furnish,  the 
members  can  well  afford  to  pay  a  rea­
sonable  membership  fee  to  cover  the 
legitimate  expenses  of  the  organization.
An  inadequate  membership  fee  natur­
ally 
indicates  that  not  much  is  to  be 
expected  in  return,  and  reminds  one  of 
the  old colored preacher’s text,  "  Bressed 
am  dey  dat  spects  nuffin,  kase  dey  ain’t 
er  gwine  ter  git  nuffin !’ ’

Most  retailers  who  have  had  experi­
ence  with 
local  organizations  express 
themselves  as  disgusted  with  them,  be­
cause  for  various  reasons  they  have 
failed  to  accomplish  the  things  prom 
ised  and  an  apathetic  spirit  seems  to 
have  settled  down  upon  the  trade  which 
will  eventually  prove 
its  ruin  unless 
is  an  early  awakening  to  a  recog­
there 
nition  of  the  only  avenue  yet  open  for 
relief,  namely,  practical,  thorough  and 
far  reaching  organization.

The  power  to  accomplish  this 

is  ap­
parently  beyond  the  unaided  reach  of 
the  retailers  themselves,  for  tbe  reason 
that  a  man  engaged  in  the  retail  trade 
has  no  time  to  spare  from  bis  business 
to  give  the  subject  tbe thought necessary 
to  plan  a  practical  organjz .tion,  much 
Ifss  to  conduct 
it  on  successful  lines. 
Organizing  is  a  business  of 
itself,  and 
demands  a  talent  peculiarly  its  own,  as 
well-  as  concentrated  thought,  a  great 
deal  of  hard  work  and  a  great  deal  of 
time.  No  o r g a n 'zation,  when completed, 
will  run  itself— its  managers  must  be  on 
duty  continually  to  secure  the  best  re­
sults  and  to  insure  its  perpetuity.  An 
organization  with  the  requisite  scope, 
practical  features  and  successfully  man­
aged  would  offer  a  membership  so  de­
sirable  and  intrinsically  valuable that no 
retailer  could  afford  to  remain  outside 
on  account  of  the  loss  of  money  it would 
mean  to  him.

Another  reason  for  the  failure  of  local 
organizations 
in  the  fact  that  any 
dispute  or  complaint  of  the  violation  of 
rules  must  be  adjudicated  immediately,  I

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interested 

and  without  appeal,  by  the  factions  di­
rectly 
in  the  case;  and 
whether  the  decision  is  just  or  unjust, 
the  breach  remains  open,  and  widens 
until 
finally  de­
stroyed.

the  organization 

is 

It  would  seem  that  the  most  practical 
results  could  be  secured  by  organizing 
each  branch  of  the  retail  trade  by itself, 
as  there  are  certain  trade  secrets  con­
nected  with  every  business  that  it  would 
not  be  desirable  to  discuss  in  a  mixed 
assembly,  and  each  particular 
trade 
“ has  troubles  of  its  own,"  as  it  were, 
that  no  “ cure-all”   nostrum  can  effec­
tively  reach. 
The  various  divisions 
could  then  co  operate  upon  matters  in 
which  all  are  more  or  less  interested.

The  greater  the  number  of individuals 
in  an  organization,  and  the 
embraced 
more diversified  their interests, the more 
difficult  it  is  to  handle  successfully,  and 
the  only  way  to  prevent  serious  dissen­
sions  is  to  keep  every  mind  irrevocably 
fixed  on  the  main  object  of  the  organi­
zation—and  that,  in  a business organiza­
tion,  is  dollars  and  cents.

I  anticipate  that 

it  will  not  be  very 
long  until  a  strong  combination  of  cap­
ital  will  be  formed  to  establish  large 
branch  stores 
in  the  nature  of  depart­
ment  stores,  throughout  the  country,  un­
der  one  general  management,  which 
will  effectually  kill  the  small retail busi­
ness. 
I am  aware  that  retailers  in  some 
lines  congratulate  themselves  that  their 
business  will  be  exempt  from 
interfer­
ence 
in  this  connection  on  account  of 
the  margins  being  too  small  to  offer  a 
temptation ;  but  it  must  be  remembered 
that  the  goods  usually  sold  on  small 
margins  are  invariably  the  necessaries 
of  life,  in  the  handling  of  which  capital 
can  be  turned  over  many  times  in  a 
year,  and  although  the  margins  are 
small,  the  per  annum  percentage  on  the 
larger  than  that 
actual 
enjoyed  by  a  great  many  heavy 
invest­
ors.  Most  of  this  margin  in  connection 
with  the  retail  business  is  now  paid  out 
for  expenses  which  a  combination  such 
as  mentioned  would  save  by  reason  of  a 
more  thorough  system  and  concentration 
of  effort;  besides,  a  syndicate  of  such 
stores,  covering 
the  entire  country, 
would  save  more 
in  buying  than  the 
average  net  profits  of  the  entire  retail 
trade,  as 
is  now  conducted.  The 
combination  could,  if  necessary,  operate 
its  own  factories  and  import  its  foreign 
goods  without  intervention. 
It  is  well 
to  remember,  in  this  connection,  that 
the  buying  public  has  a  tender  feeling 
for  the  concern  that  sells  the  cheapest 
and 
is  therefore  useless  to  look  for  a 
political  remedy  to  protect  a  class  who 
are 
in  the  minority  and  who  have  per­
mitted  their  opportunity  to  meet  the  ex­
igency  of  the  case  to  go  by  default.

investment  is 

Capital  is  said  to  be  supreme,  but  co­
its 

operation  is  its  master,  as  well  as 
savior,  in  many  cases.

it 

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J.  M. B a n k e r .

When  the  Use  of Acetyline  is  Danger­
From  the  Scientific  American.

ous.

There  is  real  danger  in  using  acety­
lene;  there 
is  real  danger  in  using 
dynamite;  there  is  real  danger  in  using 
any  combustible  gas.  But  the  danger 
in  using  acetylene is  one of pressure  and 
explosive  mixture. 
If  the  generator  is 
tight,  does  not  ieak,  does  not  get  hot 
enough  to  turn  the  water  into  steam, 
works  at  not  over  twenty  pounds  pres­
sure  (four  inches  of  water  being  suffi­
cient 
for  house  burners),  contains 
enough  water,  has  no  open  flame  near 
it  (light  should  come  through  a  pane  of 
glass  in  the  partition),  never  allow  the 
pressure  to  get  so  high  as  to  blow  out 
the  flame,  if  the  carbide  can  is  not  left 
standing  around  open  (a  lighted  cigar 
or  pipe  will  explode  acetylene  air  mix­
tures)  and  the  lime  removed  outside, 
we  think  there  is  no  danger.  Wet  gen­
erators  are  popular  in  Europe,  espe­
cially  for  large  plants.

REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

C.  E.  Case,  the  Benzonia  Merchant 

and Lumberman.

Cbas.  E.  Case  was  born  at  Gustavus, 
Ohio,  Dec.  6,  1853.  His  antecedents 
were  English,  although  his  father  and 
grandfather  were  both  born  in  Connec­
ticut.  When  he  was  6  years  of  age,  his 
parents  removed  to  Benzonia,  where, 
two years later,  his  father erected  a water 
power  sawmill,  which 
is  still  operated 
as  a  planing  mill  under  the  style  of  the 
Case  Bros.  Lumber  Co.  The  lad  began 
his  educational  career  in  the  district 
school,  where  he  made  such  progress  in 
his  studies  that  he  was  afterwards  sent 
to  Benzonia  College.  At  the  age  of  18 
he  left  college  and  went  to  Traverse 
City  to  work  in  a  planing  mill.  At 
the  end  of  two  years,  having  suffered 
left 
the  loss  of  all  of  the  fingers  on  his 
band,  he  returned 
to  Benzonia 
and 
opened  a  general  store  for  B.  C.  Hub- 
bell.  Six  months  later  be  purchased 
the  stock  of  his  employer  and  continued 
the  business 
in  his  own  name  for  two 
years,  when  Mr.  Hubbell,  in turn,  again 
became  owner  of  the  business.  He  then 
removed  to  Pierport  and  clerked  in  the 
general  store  of  C.  W.  Perry  for  three 
years.  After  severing  his  connection 
with  Mr.  Perry,  he  scaled  logs  winters 
and  worked  in  a  shingle  mill  summers. 
In  1881  he  embarked 
in  general  trade 
at  Benzonia,  when  G.  C.  Hopkins  pur­
chased  an  interest in the business,  which 
was  continued  for  two  years  under  the 
style  of  Case  &  Hopkins.  He  then  be­
came  sole  owner  of  the  business,  which 
he  subsequently  merged 
into  a  stock 
company  under  the  style  of  the  Case 
Bros.  Lumber  Co.  Two  years  later  the 
store  was  divorced  from  the  mill  and 
was  turned  over  to  a  new  corporation 
under  the  style  of  the  Case  Mercantile 
Co.

Mr.  Case  was  married  Aug.  15,  1882, 
to  Miss  Emily  Lambert  and  has  two 
children,  a  boy  and  a  girl.  He 
is  a 
member  of  the  Congregational church  of 
Benzonia,  which  he  has  served  as  trus­
tee.  He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order, 
having  filled  the position  of  Junior  War­
den.  He 
is  also  affiliated  with  the  I. 
O.  O.  F .,  having  held  every  office  in 
the  subordinate  lodge,  and  with  the  K. 
O.  T.  M.,  which  he  has  served  as  Com­
mander,  and  also  as  a  delegate  to  the 
bi-ennial  great  camp,  which  was  held 
at  Detroit  last  week.

Mr.  Case  is  Secretary  and  Treasurer 
(Honor),  Case 
of  the  A.  B.  Case  Co. 
Mercantile  Co. 
(Benzonia),  and  Case 
Bros.  Lumber  Co.  (Benzonia).  He  has 
served  Benzie  county  as  Treasurer  four 
years  and  was  also  Township  Treasurer 
two  years.  He  attributes  his  success 
to  hard  work  and  close  attention  to  de­
tails,  and  those  who  know  him  best 
and  appreciate  the  effort  he  has  made to 
get  to  the  front  insist  that  he  is  entitled 
to  a  great  deal  of  credit  for  the  record 
he  has  made  as  a  merchant  and  lumber­
man ;  that  his  dealings  with  others  have 
always  been  on 
live-and-let-live 
plan ; that  his  influence  in  the  commu­
nity  has  ever  been  thrown  on  the side of 
good  morals  and  good  fellowship.

the 

Paris Green Labels

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 follow s:

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

 

 

Labels  sent  postage  prepaid  where  cash 

accompanies order.

Tradesman Company,

Grand Rapids. Mich.

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M. B. WHEELER ELECTRIC CO., Manufacturers 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Show  Room,  No. 99 Ottawa  Street.

Bill Mum 60S 60.,  LIU.

J & c l c s o n ,   M i o H .

Mt.  Morris,  Mich., April  22, ’98.

T iie M ic h ig an  A c e t y i.en e G as C o.,  L td.,

G e n t s:— I  have used one  of  your  45 
light  machines  since  December  last and 
find  it  gives  entire  satisfaction,  being 
cheaper  than  cost  of  oil  and  chimneys; 
does  away  with  heat,  smoke  and  dirt; 
gives  a  better  light  than  coal  gas  and 
is  equal,  if  not  superior,  to  electricity, 
and can cheerfully  recommend  it.

Very resp’y,

M a n n ’ s  C a s h   S t o r e ,

Sproul  &  Mcüurrin,

General A gents  for  Western  Michigan.

DISPLAY  BOOMS,  184  E  FDLTOU  ST.,  GRAND BAPIDS, MICH.

Ruperoio Readu Koonna

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

H.  M.  R E Y N O L D S   &   SON ,

Detroit Office, foot of 3d Street. 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Pour  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.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY, Grand  Rapids.  e

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ELEC TIV E  BOARDS.

Wherein  They  Fail  to  Meet  Modern 

Requirements.

importance  to 

interests  placed 

There  are  no  other  matters  of  local 
importance  which  have  engaged  so 
much  public  attention  during  the  past 
ten  days  as  those  brought  to  notice  by 
the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Teach­
ers  at  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Education  of  this  city.  While  the  in­
terests  affected  by  that  report  are  too 
purely  of  local 
justify 
extended  discussion 
in  a  paper  of  the 
character  of  the  Tradesman,  there  is 
enough  involved  as  to  the  constitution 
of  school  boards  and  their  relations  to 
the 
in  their  charge  to 
warrant  the  attention  of all  interested  in 
the  welfare  of  the  schools  of  the  State.
Theoretically,  the  ideal  government  is 
an  absolutely  elective  one;  but  in  deal­
ing  wtth  personal  irresponsibility,  with 
the  charitable,  with  the  tire,  police  and 
educational  departments  of  cities, 
it 
has  been 
found  necessary  to  substitute 
for  direct  election  the  appointment  of 
boards. 
In  the  endeavor  to  adhere  as 
strictly  as  possible  to  the  more  demo­
cratic  principle  many  of  the  public 
schools  of  the  country  are  still  governed 
by  elective  boards.  Others,recognizing 
that  there  is  too  low  a  grade  of  intelli­
gence  in  some  classes  of  society,  or  too 
much  opportunity 
advance­
ment  of  unfit  characters  as  school  offi­
cials,  use  the  less  direct  method  of  ro­
tative  appointment  of  a  comparatively 
small  board.  That  the 
latter  method 
may  be  a  necessity  in  some  cases  would 
seem  to  be  fully  demonstrated  by  the 
present  contingency.

the 

for 

The  dangers  arising  from  purely  elec­
tive  school  boards  are  various.  Cor­
ruption  and  bribery  and  similar  abuses 
are  made  possible  by  the  system.  These 
are,  perhaps,  more  common  from  the 
fact  that  there  is  no  remuneration  pro­
vided  for  the  services  of  the  members, 
and  so 
it  is  natural,  for  too  many  who 
secure  places  on  such  boards,  that  they 
should  claim 
for  themselves  or  their 
friends  such  emoluments  and  prefer­
ments  as  may  accidentally come  in their 
w ay;  and  from  this  the  transition  to 
more  questionable  practices  is  easy.

itself 

There  is  another  danger  which  is con­
in  varying 
stantly  manifesting 
degree 
in  all  elective  school  boards 
which  has  become  apparent  to  an 
alarming  extent  in  our  city  board.  This 
is  the  tendency  on  the  part  of  presump 
tive  and  sensitive  ignorance  to  interfer­
ence  in  the  management  of  the  detail 
of school  matters.  This  tendency,  which 
has 
long  been  a  characteristic  of  the 
body  in  question,seems  to  have  been  in­
creasing  for  a  considerable  time  until  it 
culminated  in  the  interference 
in  high 
school  matters  which  created  a  consid­
er,d  !e  sensation  some  weeks  ago.  At 
that  t :me 
ii  was  deemed  necessary  for 
the  proper  con  mittee  of  the  Board  to 
ihe  programs  of  work,  for  the 
overhaul 
reason  that  certain  of 
the  members  of 
the  Board  had  state ,  tn.it  some  of  the 
teachers  were  not  doing  as  much  work 
as  should  be  required  of  them. 
In  the 
nature  of  thing-, 
i-  scarcely  to  he 
expected  that  a  committee  made  up  of 
ordinary  business  men  should  be  found 
competent  to  undertake  the  task  of .re 
vising  and  regulating  the  work  of  such 
an  institution  without  some  friction  re­
sulting,  so  it  is  not  strange  that  some  of 
the  more  sensitive  ones  on  the  com­
mittee  should  have  heard,  or  imagined, 
some  criticisms  of  their  awkward  at­
tempts  as  amateur  educators. 
That 
such  was  the  case,  and  that  the  offended 
members  of  the  Board  decided  to  bide

it 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

their  time  until  the  next  appointment 
of  teachers  should  be  made  to  admin­
ister  some  wholesome  discipline,  is  not 
only  inferred  from  the  report  of  the  ap­
pointing  committee,  but  is  so  stated  by 
the  chairman  himself.  When  the  re­
port  appeared  quite  a  number  of  the 
most  experienced  and  progressive  of 
the  high  school  force  had  been  dropped 
from  the  list  or were  degraded  to  work 
in  the  lower  schools.

Not  only  has  the  tendency  to  undue 
interference  with  school  detail long been 
characteristic  of  this  Board,  but  there 
has  developed  another tendency  which 
is  scarcely 
less  pernicious,  based  on 
the  same  kind  of  presumptive ignorance 
—the  arrogating  to  that  body  of  undue 
authority  over  the  teachers  and  other 
employes  of  the  city  schools. 
In  fact, 
it  would  seem  to  have  finally  come  to be 
accepted  that  these  are  employes  of  the 
Board.  Thus  it  is  that  we  hear  talk  of 
insubordination  toward  that  body  and 
there  must  need  be  discipline  and  a 
proper  recognition  of  authority.

The  talk  of  discipline  on  the  part  of 
the  Board,  or  its  committees  or  officials, 
is  an  unqualified  insult  to  every  teacher 
fit  to  hold  a  position  in  our  high school. 
If  there 
is  not  enough  of  professional 
standing  and  dignity  on  the  part  of  the 
faculty  of  that 
institution  to  place  its 
members  above  the  need  of  such  “ dis­
cipline”   then  there  are those who should 
be  dropped  from  its  membership.

Not  only  in  the  high  school  but  in  all 
other  departments  of  the  school  work  of 
the  city  there  is  this  undue  assumption 
of  authority  on  the  part  of  the  Board 
or  a  considerable  proportion  of its mem­
bership.  The  teachers  appear  to have i 
been 
instructed  that  their first  duty  is 
to  show  proper  deference  to  the  Board, 
and  trustees,  and they  have accepted  the 
situation  as  gracefully  as  possible  not­
innate  conviction 
withstanding 
their 
that  the  assumption 
is  unjust  and  un­
warranted.

The  members  of  the  Board  have  just 
as  much  right  to  authority  over  the 
teachers,  or  claim  of  recognition  from 
| them,  and  no  more  than  any  other  citi­
zen.  They  are  elected  to  perform  cer­
tain  duties 
in  the  management  of  the 
schools,  and  when  they  have  taken  their 
obligations  as  officials,  the  line  of  their 
proper  work 
is  clear-cut  and  definite. 
The  fact  that  they  work  without  remu- 
aeration  makes  no  difference.  It  is  their 
dutv  to  select  employes  of  the  city,  not 
of the  Board,according to the  proper and 
universal  rules  of  civil  service.  When 
an 
through 
“ standing 
in”   with  members  of  the 
Board  there  is  a  violation  of  the  spirit 
of  the  obligation  taken  by  the  officials 
concerned.

appointment 

is  made 

This  is  the  only  correct  position.  Any 
other  drives  out  the  independence  and 
c.  ndor  which  are  the  m^st  valuable 
qualifications  of  our best educators.  Any 
other  puts  a  premium  on  policy  and 
time-serving,  which  can  only  result 
in 
the  degradation  of  the  school  system.

The  teachers  dropped  from the faculty 
of  the  high  school  are  those  who  have 
shown  the  greatest  enterprise  in  secur­
ing  special  and  extended  training  for 
their  work.  Their  efforts  in  this  direc­
tion,  with  their  wide  experience  as edu­
cators, had  properly  placed  them  beyond 
the  chance  of  losing  their  places,  ex­
cept  at  their  own  volition. 
It  was  nat­
ural  that  such  teachers  should  be  un­
reserved  and  frank 
in  discussing  the 
action  of  members  of  the  Board  in  in­
terfering  with  the  school  work,  and  so, 
by  virtue  of  official  prestige, 
in  vio­
lation  of  all  rules  of  civil  service,  with­
out  consultation  with  the  proper  man­
agement  of 
the  schools,  and  against 
outraged  public  sentiment,  these  insub­
ordinates  are  expelled  from their places.

Flour  and  Feed.

Another  week  of  dragging  markets 
and  further  decline of  prices !  The  sen­
sational  collapse  of  the  Chicago  wheat 
deal  comes  like  a  clap  of  thunder  from 
a  clear  sky  and  operators,  for  the  time 
being,  seem  to  be  at  sea,  not  knowing 
whether  to  buy  or  sell.  Flour  at  once 
sympathizes  with  wheat,  but  the  offer­
ings  are  not  large,  because  the  supply 
of  wheat  has  become so nearly exhausted 
that  many  millers  are  simply  operating 
their  mills  a  few  hours  a  day  to  lake 
care  of  the  local  trade.  The  near  advent 
| of  harvest  makes  buyers  very  cautious, 
fear  still  lower  prices  as  soon  as 
who 
the  new  wheat  begins  to  move.  The 
situation  is  peculiar,  and  about  the  only 
safe  way 
is  to  purchase  from  day  to 
day a  sufficient  amount  for  the  current 
needs  of  business.

The  city  mills  have been running fair­
ly  steady  for  the  week,  but  next  week 
the  Model  mills  will  be  shut  down  for 
ten  days  to  install  a  new  water  tube 
boiler  and  for  other necessary  repairs.

Mil]stuffs  are  in  good  demand  and  at 
fair  prices  for  this  season  of  the  year. 
Feed  and  meal  are  a  trifle  lower,  but 
the  demand  has  been  very  good.

Wm.  N.  R o w e .

Increased  Acreage  of  Rice 

Carolina.

in  South 

The  South  Carolina  rice  crop  this 
year,  barring  ciestruction  by  storms, 
pro "rises  to  be  at 
least  30  per  cent, 
greater  than  the  crop 
just  marketed. 
The  outlook  is  that  the  receipts  from 
the  crop  of  1898  will  be  little  short  of 
400 000  bushels,  against  about  300,000 
from  the  crop  of  1897.

The  most  startling  claim  yet made  for 
the  Klondike  region  as  a  place  of  tem­
porary  residence  is  that  it  is  an 
infal­
lible  cure  for baldness. 
Intense  cold  is 
said  to  kill  all  germs  and  microbes  and 
to  stimulate  the  scalp,  while  nature  does 
the  rest.  Even  the  dogs  get  as  shaggy 
as  Shetland  ponies,  and  some  of  the  re­
formed  baldheads  who  have  tested  the 
climate  are  willing  to  make  affidavit 
that  the  country  needs barbers more than 
missionaries.

If  Spain's  honor  could  be  satisfied,  it 
would  not  be  necessary  to  fire  another 
gun  at  her.

W ANTS  COLUMN.

632

grocery  stock, 

invoicing  from   $4 030 

A d v ertisem en ts  w ill  be  in serted   under  th is 
bead  for  tw o   cen ts  a  w ord  th e   fir s t  insertion 
and  one  cen t  a  w ord  for  each  subsequen t  in­
sertion .  No ad vertisem en ts tak en  for le ss than 
25 ce n ts.  A d van ce  p aym en t.
______BUSINESS  CHANCE5.
O M A L L  DRUG s t o c k  f o r  s a l e ,  a d d r e s s
O   Drugs, care M ichigan  Tradesm an. 
f ’ OR  SALE—A  PROSPEROUS  DRUG  AND 

to 
$V000,  consisting  of  drugs,  groceries,  school 
books, w all  paper, ciockery, paints  and  oils and 
notions, in live tow n Carson C ity:  best  tow n  of 
its size  in  S tate;  brick  store  building  in   best 
locatiou  in 
town.  O utside  business  averages 
inside run n in g   expenses.  Reasons  fo r  selling, 
loss of p artn er and poor health.  Kelley  &  Cad- 
625
w ell in v ite inspection. 
AKGE  SODA  FOUNTAIN  FOR  SALE 
CHEAP.  A ddress3. H  Levin-on, Petoskev, 
630

Me r c h a n t s —d o   y o u   w is h   c a s h   q u ic k

fo r your stock of m erchandise,  or  any  part 

Mich.________________________  

of it? A ddress Jo h n  A.  W ade, C adillac,  Mich.
_______________________________ ___ _____628

tpOR SALE  CHEAP—TH E  BEST  EQ U IPPED  

cigar an d  new s  store  in  Lansing;  connected 
w ith  th e  H udson  H ouse: 
fixtures  and  every­
th in g   in   th e   room   are  cherry.  M.  Sternfield, 
Lansing, M ich. 
XXTa N T E ii—IMMEDIATELY,  PARTNER  IN 
” 1 
lig h t m anufacturing business, lady or gen­
tlem an,  w ith  8500  or  $1,010  cash;  governm ent 
co n tracts;  Investigate.  A ddress Lock Box  101, 
G rand R apids, M ich. 

624
i n   Mi c h i g a n   f o r   a
cold  storage  an d   general  produce  dealer. 
W rite to  th e  S ecretary  of  th e  Otsego  Im prove­
m ent A ssociation,  Otsego,  Mich 

Be s t   l o c a t io n  
■ A NTED—POSITION  IN   CLOTHING  OR 

general store by an   A1 salesm an.  A ddress 

F , care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

626

622

631

 

 

621

623

___________  

wood tim ber—Clean stock of shoes  invoicing 
about $4,000, in  one of the  best  tow ns  in  M ichi­
gan.  A ddress J   P., care  M ichigan  Tradesm an.

Fo r   s a l e   o r   e x c h a n g e   f o r   h a r d
1710R  SALE,  ON  ACCOUNT  OF  SICKNESS— 

-  W ell-selected stock  of  dry  goods,  notions, 
m en’s fu rnishings and  groceries,  in   one  o f  the 
best  tow ns  in   S outhern  M ichigan,  located  on 
M ichigan C entral  R ailroad.  Stock w ill invoice 
about  $8,000;  annual  sales,  $18,000;  store  rent, 
$180 per y ea r:  nearest com petition, six m iles;  a 
bonanza fo r th e one  th a t  m eans  business.  Ad­
dress No. 623, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

I''OR  SALE,  CASH  ONLY—CLEAN  STOcK 
groceries,  invoicing  ab o u t  $1,500.  R eason 
to r selling, death o f head m em ber o f firm.  Ad­
dress Jno.  W . L ott & Son, Petoskey.  Mich.  620 
X\J ILL  EXCHANGE —  IM PROVED  REAL 
V t  estate fo r boots  and shoes or  general  m er­
chandise valued f rom $8,000 to $10,000.  Property 
w ill ie n t fo r $75  per  m onth.  A ddress  A.  C.  E., 
care M ichigan  Tradesm an. 
H a v i n g   p u r c h a s e d   t h e   l u m b e r  a n d
Mich.,  form erly  ow ned  by  th e  R ittenhouse  & 
general  m erchandise  stock  a t  Norwood, 
Em bree Co., I  offer  th e   m erchandise  stock  for 
sale a t low price. 
I t is one of th e  best  places in 
M ichigan  for  general  m erchandise  business 
and the  han d lin g   of  fru it and o th er farm  p rod­
ucts.  T he  am ount  o f business done in th e last 
sixteen  years  has  averaged  about  $3,000  per 
m onth.  R eason fo r  selling,  wish  to  devote my 
w hole attention to lum bering.  Stock w ill Inven­
tory abont $7,500.  Term s, $5,000  cash.  W rite o r 
call on  L. J .  Nash.  Norwood,  Alicb. 
1TI.s K  OPPORTUNITY  FOR  EX PERIEN CED  
J   man w ith m eans to  engage in  the  g rist  m ill 
business in  L eelanau c o u n ty .  F ine w heat coun­
try.  A creage of w h eat th is year in   easy  access 
to m ill, S 00j acres.  No  opposition w ithin twen 
ty-six m iles.  Mill site  fu rn ish ed  free.  Best  of 
shipping facilities either by rail  or  w ater.  F o r 
fu rth e r particulars address E m pire Lum ber Co., 
Em pire, Leelanau  Co.,  M ich. 
r p H E   BEST  O PENIN G   IN  M ICHIGAN  !FOR 
JL  an active business m an  w ith  $'0.000  or  $  2,- 
OuO to step into a w ell-established, paying w hole­
sale business.  For particulars, address Business, 
care M ichigan  Tradesm an. 

616

60S

619

602

AY,  HAY  HAY!  FOR  SALE  AT  RIGHT 
.  prices.  C orrespond w ith M ichigan  Produce 

Go.,  Lansing, Mich. 

607

596

HAVE  SMALL  STOCK  OF  DRUGS  AND 
fixtures in  Ionia,  taken  on  m ortgage.  W ill 
sell cheap for cash o r  tra d e fo r  productive  real 
estate.  A nsw er  im m ediately.  Will  sell  soon. 
W. W.  H unt, U nder N ational  City  Bank,  G rand 
Rapids. 

KICK  STORE  FOR  KENT—BEST  LOCA- 
tion in c ity ;  w ill be le t fo r any business  ex­
cept dry  goods  and  clothing.  J .  H.  Levinson, 
Petoskey, Mich. 

in  Opera  House  block,  M ancelona,  M ich., 
best location in  to w n ;  best  tow n  in  State.  Ad 
dress Ju liu s H.  Levinson, Petoskey, Mich.  589

I TOR  REN T—DOUBLE  STORE  BUILDING 
I ¡'OR  SALE, EXCHANGE OR REN  1—LARGE 

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

6u0

575

; 

TOR  EXCHAEGE  FUR  GROCERY  OR  MER- 
chandise  stock—Choice  section  la n d   near 
Jam estow n,  N orth  D akota.  D akota  lands  in 
great  dem and  for  farm ing  or  stock  raising.
Carl Dice,  M onroe.  Mich._________________ 534
n p O   EXCHANGE—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY 
A  goods or shoes, very nice  w ell rented G rand 
Rapids property.  A ddress No.  552, care  M ichi­
gan T radesm an. 
552
n p O   EXCHANGE — FARMS  AND  OTHER 
A  property fo r dry  goods, clothing  and  shoes. 
A ddress P.  M edaiie,  M ancelona. M ich. 
553
TX T ANTED—A  PRACTICAL M ILL  MAN,
Tv  w ith  $1,000 capital, to  take  a  one-half  or 
fu ll  in terest  in  a  stave,  heading  and  planing 
m ill.  3,00J  contract,  w ith  stock  to fill it.  All 
goes.  F ive years’ c u t  in  s ig h t  Side  track  te  
m ill.  Good  reasons for selling.  A ddress  Stave 
Mill, care  M ichigan Tradesm an. 

546

BROOMS

only.  G rand R apids, M ich. 

•  grade  broom s  a t  all  prices,  for  retailers 

■   BOMERS,  M ANUFACTURER  OF  HIGH- 
I TOR SALE-M ODERN, W ELL-ESTABLISHED 

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

584

605

COUNTRY  PRODUCE

607

Co.. Lansing, Mich. 

try;  any quantities.  W rite  me.  O rrin  J . 

prices.  Correspond w ith M ichigan Produce 

H AY,  HAY,  HAY!  FOR  SALE  AT  RIGHT 
WANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS  AND  POUL- 
Stone, Kalam azoo,  Mich. 
T IT A N  TED — F IR S T -L A S S   BUTTER  FOR 
v* 
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond w ith 
C aulkett & Co.. T raverse City,  Mich. 
W ANTED—1,000  CASES  FRESH 
FIREPROOF  SAFES

EGGS,
daily.  W rite  fo r  prices.  K.  W.  Brow n, 

GT EO. M. SMITH,  NEW  AND  SECONDHAND 

I"  safes,  wood  and  brick  building  m over, 157 

O ttaw a street, G rand Rapids.______________613

Ithaca,  M ich. 

556

604

381

MISCELLANEOUS.

SITUATION W ANTED BY YOUNG M ARRIED 

m an,  registered  pharm acist;  excellent  re f­
erences; 
five  years’  experience  in  retail  and 
w holesale  stores.  A ddress  629,  care  M ichigan 
Tradesm an. 

■ ANTED—A  BUSINESS MAN  W ITH SOME 

capital to take  charge  of  a   fu rn itu re  fa c ­
I.  F rankford,  53 

tory, an old  established  line. 
W est B ridge St.  P h one 1236. 

629

617

CHICAGO

Travelers’ Time Tables.
DETROIT,0-4 r;.4,:““"

Lv.  6. Rapids...............8:45am  1:25pm  *ll:30pm
Ar.  Chicago.................. 3:10pm 6:50pm  6:40am
Lv.Chlcago................ 7:20am  5:15pm *U:30pm
Ar. G’d Rapids............1:25pm  10:35pm  * 8:20am
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv. G’d  Rapids.........................  7:30am  5:30pm
P arlor  and  Sleeping  Cars  on  afternoon  and 
n ig h t train s to  and from  Chicago.

Others week days only.

•Every  day. 

Chicago.

/VIA M l< s T F F   &  Northea8tern Ry-
1 ^ 1 0   1  JLtf L *   Best route to Manistee.

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V ia  C.  &   W .  M.  Railw ay.

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L v   Grand Rapids.................................7:00am 
A r   M anistee........................................ 12:05pm 
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L v   M anistee........................................  8:30am  4:10pm
A r  Grand  Rapids  ............................  1 .oopm  9:55pm

F o u r  R e a s o n s

T R A V E L

AND  8TEA M 8H IP   LIN ES 

F.  &  P  M.  R.  R.

TO  ALL  PO IN T8  IN  MICHIGAN

HOLLAND & CHICAGO LINE.

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

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........7:00am  1:35pm  5:35pm
Ar. Detroit................... 11:40am  5:45pm  10:21pm
Lv. Detroit....................8:00am  1:10pm  6:10pm
Ar.  Grand  Rapids.......12:55pm  5:20pm  10:55pm

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

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

Gxo.  D e H a v e n .  General Pass. Agent

GRAND Trank Railway System

Detroit and Milwaukee Div

(In effect May 15,-1898 )

EAST. 

Leave. 
•  A rrive,
t   6:45am. Sag.,  D etroit, Buffalo 4 N Y . t   9:55pm
+10:10am...........D etroit  and  E a st............+  5:27pm
+  3:20pm. .Sag.,  Det.,  N.  Y.  &  B oston..+12:45pm
*  8:00pm .. .D etroit.  East and C an a d a...*   6:35am
+10:45am.........  M ixed to D u ran d .............+ 3:15pm

WEST

* 8:35am ....G d.  H aven  and  Int.  P ts ....*   7:05pm 
+12:53pm.Gd.  Haven  and Interm ediate.+  3:12pm 
+  5:32pm..Gd. H aven and Intermediate.+10:05am
*  7:40pm .. .Gd.  H aven and C hicago......   8:15am
tl0:00pm .........Gd. H aven  and M il............  6:40am
E astw ard—No. 16 has W agner parlor car.  No. 
22  parlor  car.  W estw ard—No.  11  parlor  car. 
No.  17 W agner parlor car.

•D aily.  +Except Sunday.

E. H.  H u s h e s ,  A. G. P.  & T. A.
Ben.  F le tc h e r. Trav. Pass. A gt., 
C.  A.  Justin,  City  Pass.  Agent.
97  M onroe St."  M orton House.

GRAND Rapids  &  Indiana  Railway

Northern  Div.  Leave  Arrive 
Trav.C’y, Petoskey & Mack...* 7:45am  + 5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...+ 2:15pm  + 6:35am
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack..................¿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  Arrive
Cincinnati.............................. + 7:10am + 8:25pm
Ft. Wayne...............................+ 2:10pm  + 2:00pm
Cincinnati...............................* 7:00pm * 7:25am
7:10 a. m.  train  has parlor  car to  Cincinnati. 
2:10p. m.  train  has parlor  car  to Fort  Wayne. 
7:00 p. m. train  has  sleeping  car  to Cincinnati. 

Chicago Trains.

TO  CHICAGO.

FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. «rand Rapids...+7  10am  +2  l'>pm  *11  35pm 
Ar. Chicago............   2 Oipm  9  10pm 
6 30am
Lv. Chicago............................ +3 02pm  *11  45pm
Ar. Grand Rapids.........  .......   9 30pm 
7 25am
Train  leaving  Grand  Rapids  7.10  a.  m.  has 
buffet  narlor  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.

Muskegon Trains.

GOING  W EST.

Gome E AST.

LvG'd  Rapids............ +7:35am  +1:00pm +5:40pm
Ar Muskegon...............   9:00am  2:10pm  7:05pm
Lv Muskegon..............+8:10am  +11:45am  +4:0}pm
Ar G’d Rapids............ 9:30&m  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.

+Kxcept Sunday.  »Daily  ¿Saturday only.
C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 
W. C. BLAKE, 

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

DULUTH, Sooth Shore and Atlantic 

Railway.

W EST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I.)til :10pm  +7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City..................   7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St. Ignace...................... 
9:0oam  5:20pm
Ar. Sault Ste. Marie..............  18:20pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marquette..........................   2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestoria.............................   5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. Dnlnth.............................................  
8:30am

B A S T   BOUND.

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

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Connects at Holland  with  Chicago  &  West  M ichi­
gan  for  Grand  Rapids,  S agin aw ,Lan sin g,  Detroit, 
and all  Northern  points  on  the C.  &  W .  M .  R.  R., 
also with  C.  &  W .  M.  for  A llegan,  M arshall,  B at­
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 8 p.  m .: 
leave  Chicago  daily  at 
7 p.  m.,  making close connections  at  Holland in the 
morning with  the  Northern  and  East  bound  trains.
Round
5*oo3-5°
Through tickets can  be  purchased  at  all  stations 
on  the C.  &   W.  M.,  D.,  G.  R.  &  YV. and  D., T . & M. 
R ’vs.  C.  &  W.  M.  train  leaving  Grand  Rapids  at 
6.25  p.  m.  daily  makes  close  connection at Holland 
with steamers of this line for Chicago.

Fare,  Grand  Rapids to  Chicago 
Fare,  A llegan  to Chicago 
Fare,  Holland  to Chicago

Berth included.

$3-*5 3-15

Single 

Office,  No.  1  Statfe St.,

Chicago.

C h arles B.  Hopper, 

Gen’l F .  A   P.  Agt.

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