Volume  XV. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, JUNE  29,  1898. 

Number  771

PURITY AND  STRENGTH!

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

ABSOLUTELY  PURE

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

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

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Are  our  FREIGHT  ELEVATORS  of  any  capacity.
Our SCALE TRUCK  is an 800-lb scale  combined  with 
the regular warehouse truck.  We also  make  Engines,
Boilers,  Smokestacks,  Iron  and  Brass  Castings,  Steel 
Culvert  Pipe and  General  Machine Work.

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

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

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

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profit when  retailed  at  25c.-

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are Java and  Mocha popular  brands.

All  our  coffees  are  roasted  and  packed  on  day  of  shipment.

The  J.  M.  Bour  Co.,

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

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Commenced  Business  September  1,  1S93.

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W I L L I A M   C O N N O R   now  shows  a 
full  line  of  Fall and  Winter Clothing.  Has 
the  largest  line  of  Kersey  Overcoats  and 
Ulsters on  the  road;  best  $5.50  Kersey  all 
wool  overcoat  in  market,  all  manufactured 
by  K O L B   &   S O N ,   R o c h e s t e r ,  n .  y .
If you  wish  to  look  over  my  line,  write 
me,  Box  346,  Marshall,  Mich.,  or meet  me 
at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids,  Mich  , from 
Thursday,  July  14,  until  Monday  evening, 
July  18.  Expenses  allowed.  Noharm done 
if you don’t  buy.

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THE  FORGOTTEN  PAST

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

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

The  continued 

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION.
Aside  from  the  natural  conservatism 
of  trade  on  account  of  advancing  sum­
mer  there  seems  to  be  no  influence  ad­
verse  to  the  steady  tide  of  commercial 
movement. 
favorable 
outlook 
for  military  operations  still 
makes  the  stimulative  effect  of  the  war 
greater  than  all  its  causes  of  depression 
in  the  way  of  speculative  uncertainty 
and 
interference  with  trade.  Railway 
transportation  is  always  less  at  this  sea­
son,  so  there  is  no  cause  for  anxiety  on 
account  of  the  less  favorable  showing 
in  May,  although  this  has  had 
than 
effect 
in  a  slight  reaction  in  the  stock 
quotations,  which  had  been  steadily  ad­
vancing  since  the  favorable  war  outlook 
became  apparent.  Government  securi­
ties  continue 
in  good  demand,  with 
strengthening  quotations.

Conflicting  and  uncertain  crop rumors 
have  kept  the  oscillations  in  the  wheat 
prices  great  enough  to  make  it  interest­
ing  for  speculators,  but  the  change  in 
the  average  is  but  little.  There  seems 
to  be  a  feeling  that  there  will  be  suffi­
cient  lessening  of  the  expected  yield  to 
affect  prices,  but  there  is  no  fear  but 
that  there  will  be  enough  to  yield 
healthy  returns  to  producers,  thus  assur­
ing  the  continuance  of  the  present  un­
precedented  agricultural  demand  in gen­
eral  trade.

While  iron  prices  and  movement  are 
reported  less  favorable  near the seaboard 
than west of the Allegeanies,  the  demand 
continues  so  far  beyond all precedent for 
this  season  of  the  year  that,  although 
slightly  lower  prices  are  made  for  bars 
and  cut  nails  and 
for  Grey  Forge  at 
Pittsburg,  the  number  of  concerns  clos­
ing  for  repairs  or for  a  summer vacation 
seems  to  be  unusually  small.  The  Val­
ley  Bessem er  producers,  according  to 
agreement,  are  limiting  their  output  for 
one  month,  but  the  Western  and  espe­
cially  the  Chicago  works  appear  to  have 
all  the  business  they want.  Among  other 
sales  reported  are  some  of  rails  to  South 
Africa  and  Mexico,  with  expected  con­
tracts  for  7,000  more  cars,  several  large 
office  buildings  and  a  continuing  and 
enormous  demand  for  railway  and  agri­
cultural  implement  uses.  At  Pittsburg 
the  purchasing  of  locomotives  is  a  note­
worthy  feature  and  there  is  figuring  on 
an  Australian  contract  for  plates  for  the 
gold  fields  amounting  to  33,000  tons.

The  woolen  industry  has  at  this  time 
its  regular annual  period  of  uncertainty 
about  future  demand  for  goods  and  fu­
ture  prices  of  materials.  The  reduc­
tion  in  price  of  Clay  worsteds  is 
inter­
preted  as  a  rather  hopeful  sign,  in  view 
of  the  reported  change  of  terms  about 
dating  and  restriction  of  price  for  two 
months,  but  nevertheless  dampens  hope 
for  some  who  had  counted  on  an  ad­
vance  in  goods,  without  which  they  hold 
it  impossible  to  pay  prices  now  asked 
by  Western  growers  and  dealers,  about 
4  cents  higher  than  can  be  realized 
here.  Extreme  dulness  in  wool  is  nat­
ural  and  sales  have  been  only  11,695,300 
pounds  in  three  weeks,  against  29,585,- 
100  last  year  and  23,728,200  in  the  same 
weeks  of  1892,  and  the  purchases  would 
evidently  have  been  smaller  yet  had  not

the  mills  a  good  many  orders  still  un­
filled  for  which some additional material 
is  found  necessary.  The  boot  and  shoe 
makers  are  receiving  numerous  supple­
mentary  orders  at  the  recent  advance  in 
prices,  it 
is  claimed,  and  many  have 
business  ahead  for  several  months,  but 
the  striking  feature  is  still  the  number 
and  urgency  of  demands  for 
immediate 
delivery,  dealers  having  sold  out  sooner 
than  they  expected.

Japan 

is  now  building  a  great  steel 
plant.  The  work  will  cost  $10,000,000, 
and  will  be  put 
into  operation  within 
three  years.  The  product  of  the  plant 
for the  first  year  will  be  almost  exclu­
sively  steel  rails,  and  probably  some 
steel  plates  for  ships.  Boiler  plates, 
bar  steel  and  structural  iron  will  follow 
in  order.  This  steel  plant,  which  will 
be  situated  at  Yawatamura,  a  town  of 
about  10,000  inhabitants,  is  on  the  ex­
treme  northern  end  of  the 
island  of 
Kushiu.  This 
island,  according  to  re­
ports,  is  rich  in  coal.

President  Faure,  of  France,  was  a 
successful  business  man  before  he  en­
tered  politics.  He  therefore  carries 
business  methods  to  the  office  and  one 
of  the  secrets  of  his  success  is  his  un­
tiring  and  methodical  discharge  of  his 
duties.  One  of  his  rules  is  to  answer 
all  letters  the  day  they  are  received.

A Connecticut  merchant  deposited  $10 
—the  first  money  he  ever  earned— in  a 
New  London  savings  bank 
fifty-one 
years  ago.  A  few  days  ago  he  took  his 
book  to  the  bank  and  had  the  interest 
added  for  the  first  time.  He  was  some­
what  surprised  to  learn  that  the $10  had 
grown  to  $136,08.

Brazil  is  agitating  the  transformation 
into  a  state  monopoly  of  the  sale  of 
coffee,  rubber  and  tobacco,  and limiting 
their  export  to  the  demand  for  actual 
consumption, 
from 
speculative  demand.

as  distinguished 

A  German  scientist  claims  that  the 
memory  is  stronger  in  summer  than 
in 
winter.  He  says  that  among  the  worst 
foes  of  the  memory  are  too  much  food, 
too  much  physical  exercise  and 
too 
much  education.

Ladies  of  fashion  plates  have  the  ad­
vantage  over  other  women.  They  are 
made  to  fit  the  clothes  they  have  on. 
The  real  woman  must  take  chances  in 
having  clothes  fit  her.

Men  who  can  not  succeed 

in  politics 
are  those  who  talk  too  much  and  those 
who  can  not  talk  at  all.  The  mean 
average  gets  along  if  not  too  mean.

Every  man 

is  satisfied  that  there  is 
nothing 
like  rain  water  for  refreshing 
the  earth ;  but some men want  something 
stronger  to  refresh  themselves  with.

Perhaps,  after  all,  it  will  be  just  as 
well  if  the  yellow  journals allow  the  Na­
tional  administration  and  the  army  and 
navy  bureaus  to  conduct  the  war.

Patriotic  people  generally  will  com­
mend  the  payment  of  the  award made in 
the  Behring  Sea  case  to  the  British Am­
bassador. 
In  this  instance  the  decision 
of  the  international  tribunal  of  arbitra­
tion  was  against  the  United  States. 
It 
was  pronounced at Paris  some  years ago. 
While  that  decision  was  confined 
to 
principles,  it  made  us  liable  for  dam­
ages  done  to  Canadian  sealers  which 
were  unlawfully  seized.  A  commission 
of  Canadians  and  Americans  made  an 
enquiry 
into  the  facts  and  reported  in 
favor  of  an  award  of  a  little  more  than 
$473,000.  This  amount  was appropriated 
by  Congress  and  was  paid  over  the  day 
before  the  time 
limit  expired.  We 
should  have  been  greatly  mortified  if 
this  imperative  obligation  had  not  been 
promptly  met.  We  have  been subjected 
to  a  great  deal  of  English  criticism  for 
the  long  delay,  much  of  which,  how­
ever,  was  unjust.  England  was  very 
prompt 
in  payment  when  the  Geneva 
award  was  made,  setting  us  an  example 
which  we  can  not  afford  to  ignore.  It  is 
particularly  fortunate  that  the  Behring 
Sea  award  has  been  paid,  because  a 
further  delay  would  have interfered  with 
the  present  very  cordial  relations  be­
tween  the  two  countries.  We  can  now 
go  on  to  adjust  all  the  other  differences 
which  exist  between  the  Government  at 
Washington  and  Ottawa.  The  time  is 
ripe  and  most  auspicious  for  the  settle­
ment  of  these  controversies;  and  as 
neighbors  we  owe 
it  to  each  other  to 
bring  them  speedily  to  a  successful 
is­
sue.

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War  does  not  cancel  debts,  as  some 
would  seem  to  believe,  and  although  a 
Spanish  creditor  established 
this 
country  would  not  recover any debt  from 
an  American  debtor  during  the  war,  yet 
the  legal  right  to  claim   payment revives 
with  the  return  of  peace. 
In  one  word, 
it  must  be  thoroughly  understood that  in 
case  of  war  private  citizens  on  either 
side  are  not  fully  in  hostile  relations 
with  one  another,  but  merely  in  a  state 
of  non-intercourse.  Moreover,  accord­
ing  to  the  usage  of  war,  no  one can  fight 
without  the  sanction  of  his  government, 
and  is  liable  to  severe  punishment  if  he 
take  advantage  of  the  state  of  war  to 
damage  either  the  life  or  property  of 
citizens  subject  to  the  enemy’s  govern­
ment  who  may  be  living  in  his  country.

The railroads  of  the  United  States  ex­
pend  in  a  year  a  sum  more  than  $100,- 
000,000 
in  excess  of  the  total  expendi­
tures  of  the  United  States  Government, 
and  this  computation  does  not  include 
nearly  $250,000,000  paid  in  the  form  of 
interest  upon  railroad  bonds  or  guaran­
from  $80,000,000  to 
teed  stock  and 
$100,000,000  paid 
in  the  form  of  divi­
dends  to  stockholders.  The  railroads, 
indeed,  are  the  great  distributing  agen­
cies  of  the  country,  handling  never  less 
than  $1,000,000,000 
in  a  year  and  dis­
bursing 
it  all,  or  practically  all,  for 
railroads  as  a  rule  do  not  keep  large 
bank  accounts,  and  do  practically  cash 
business,  turning  money  rapidly.

You  will  note  that  the  weeds  selected 
by  young  widows  are  always  becoming.

War  will  tax  the  patience  and  the 

property  of  the  people.

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_  Dry  Goods

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple  Cottons— Brown  sheetings  and 
drills  have  moved  slowly  in  response  to 
new  orders  during  the  week 
just  past, 
as  was  naturally  expected  at  this  period 
of  the  year.  No  active  resumption  of 
trading  in  staple  fabrics  is  anticipated 
inventories  are  completed. 
until  after 
The  price  position  of 
low  grade  and 
light  weight  brown  sheetings  and  drills 
has  been  improving  during  the  last  few 
weeks,  and  they  are  now  upon  almost  as 
strong  a  price  basis  as  are  heavier 
goods.  Export  demand  has  been  limit­
ed  recently,  but  such  a  large  proportion 
of  the  production  of  these  goods  for  the 
next  four  to  six  months  is  under  con­
tract  that  there  can  be  no  material 
change  in  prices,  except  in  an  upward 
direction.  Duck  has  moved  actively 
during  the  week,  and  is  in  a  very  strong 
price  position.  Colored  cottons  have 
displayed  increased  activity  during  the 
last  few  days,  and  very  fair  orders  have 
been  placed  by  both  jobbers  and  cutters 
for  denims,  stripes,  checks  and  plaids. 
Cheviots  are  in  good  demand,  and fancy 
tickings  are  moving  more freely.  Prices 
of  leading  makes  are  firm,  but  some  ir­
regularity  exists  upon  low  grade  makes. 
Grain  bags  are  going  forward  in  large 
quantities  upon  old  contracts,  but  are 
not  in  immediate  large  request.

It 

Prints  and  Ginghams— The  progress 
that  has  already  been  made  in  the  mar­
keting  of  fall  lines  of  prints  has  demon­
strated  the  wisdom  of  the  comparative­
ly  early  opening  and  naming  of  prices 
for  these  goods. 
is  doubtful  if  such 
an  even  basis  of  prices  could  have  been 
assured  had  this  action  been  delayed, 
and  the  agents  who  led  this  movement 
deserve  great  praise  for their farsighted­
ness.  There  is  no  more  irregularity 
in 
prices  of  fanciers  than  is  usual  at  the 
opening  of  a  season,  and  much  less  than 
the  position  of  the  cloth  market  might 
appear  to  warrant.  The  extra  discount 
allowed  jobbers  and  the  protection  they 
receive  by  the  maintenance  of  the  old 
open  prices  have  done  the  trick  nicely. 
Mournings  continue  to  sell  freely,  but 
one  or  two  agents  declare  that  they  can 
not  accept  contracts  for  late  delivery  at 
present  prices.  It  is  doubtful,  however, 
if  there 
is  any  early  change  in  prices. 
Indigo  blues,  staples,  solids,  Turkey 
reds,  etc.,  have  been 
in  fair  demand, 
but  will  not  commence  to  move  actively 
until  next  month.  Draperies,  cretonnes, 
robes,  etc.,  are  moving  freely  and  at 
firm  prices.  Ginghams  continue  the 
most  active  fabric  in  the  market,  both 
for  fall  and  next  spring.

Serges—A  few  minor  lines  have  been 
practically  opened  at  prices  that  are 
about  io  per  cent,  above  opening  prices 
of  a  year  ago.  Whether  the  business 
in it  has  been  done  at  low  prices  is  to 
materially  affect  the  price  position  of 
the  market  for  the  coming  season  re­
mains  to  be  seen.  Goods  have  been 
liberally  offered  among  clothiers  at  the 
low  pricts  ruling  a  year  ago,  and  such 
action  has  certainly  not  strengthened 
the  seller's  position  for  the  coming  sea­
son.  The  market  has  not  been  irretriev­
ably  injured  by  the  business  so  far com­
pleted,  since  the  orders  taken  are  but  a 
drop 
in  the  backet  compared  with  the 
total  business  for  the  season.  The  tem­
porary  weakness  of  the  worsted  yarn 
market  has  enabled  manufacturers  to 
purchase  spot 
lots  of  yarn  at  very  low 
prices,  and  they  are  turning  this  into 
piece  goods  at  comparatively  low  prices I 
to  keep  their  looms  moving  until  the

season  formally  opens.  Cheap  wool  and 
yarn  are  being  rapidly  exhausted,  and 
no  manufacturer  can  continue  at  less 
than 
io  per  cent,  advance  except  at  a 
loss.  No  one  manufacturer  can  domi­
nate  the  market  for  any  length  of  time 
and  if  the  Washington  Miils,  as 
is  an­
ticipated,  should  name  very  low  prices 
upon  these  goods  its  production  would 
be  soon  covered  with  orders  and  the 
market  would  soon  advance  to  a  strong­
er  and  higher  price  basis.

Flannels—There 

is  but  little  new  to 
report  in  the  market  for  flannels  except 
the  blues,  which  have  been  taken  in 
such 
large  quantities  for  Government 
supplies,  both  for  shirtings  and  linings. 
There  has  been  some  slight  movement 
in  white  flannels,  but  not  enough  to  be 
of  consequence.

Blankets—There  seems  no  chance  of 
there  being  any  considerable  amount  of 
stock  left  on  hand  now,  since  the  Gov­
ernment  took  such  large  numbers.  This 
is  true  not  only  of  colored  goods,  but 
also  to  some  extent  of  white  goods  and 
medium  and  better  grades. 
It  has  been 
this  fact  that  has  awakened  the  trade  to 
the  fact  that  if  they  were  to  secure  any 
goods  this  sesaou,  they  had  better  be 
about  it;  for  a  man  who  waits  is 
liable 
to  lose  his  opportunity,  and  be  obliged 
to  take  something  that  is  not  quite  what 
he  wants.

Carpets—The  carpet  trade  with  some 
manufacturers  is  so  quiet  that  the  ques­
tion  of  shutting  down  during  the  month 
of  July  has  been  discussed,  especially by 
those  engaged  on  tapestry  and  velvet 
carpets.  Prices  of  body  Brussels  and 
Axminstersof  the  best  grades,  including 
the  Bigelow  and  Lowell,  have  not  been 
changed  since  Jan.  i.  The  Lowell  Ax- 
minsters  are  offered  wholesale  at  gi.50; 
Bigelow  axminsters,  gi.25.  Both  Low­
ell  and  Bigelow  five-frame,  body  Brus­
sels  carpets  are  quoted  at  $1.07^.  On 
jute  and  wool  rugs  and  art  squares man­
ufacturers  are  quite  well  employed,  and 
the  outlook  for  this  class  of  goods is bet­
ter  than  for  regular  carpets.

Curtains— The  call 

for  Nottingham 
lace  curtains  has  been  good  with  some 
jobbers,  who  sell  wholesale  from 40c  per 
pair  up  to  S3  50.  The  jobbers  are  an­
ticipating  a  big  trade  this  fall.  White 
has  been  the  prevailing  shade.  Ecru 
shades  are 
in  popularity, 
however.

increasing 

Didn’t  Want  the  Jug  Strained.

A  little  old  woman  with  a  sharp  nose 
and  sharper  tongue  was  in  the  country 
grocery  store  buying  supplies.  Among 
other  things  she  brought  in  from  her 
cart  was a  battle-scarred  jug,  which  she 
ordered  to  be  filled  with  molasses.

At  last, when  the  purchases  were  com­
pleted,  she  began  looking  over  the  ac­
count,  item  by  item,  before  paying.

What’s  this?”   she  exclaimed.  ‘ ‘ You 
have  charged  me  for  two  gallons  and  a 
half  of  molasses.”
“ Yes,  ma'am.”
‘ ‘ But  that  jug  holds only two gallons. ”
I  measured 
the  molasses  carefully,  and  it  took  two 
gallons  and  a  half  to  fill  it. ”

You  must  be  mistaken. 

“ Well,”   said  the  woman,  with a sigh, 
“ I  don't  so  much  mind  having  to  pay 
for  the  molasses,  but  I  do object  to  hav­
ing  the  jug  strained  by  your  putting 
in 
a  half  gallon  more  than  it  will  hold.”

Naval  Maneuvering.

The  Father— That  young  man  who 
used  to  call  on  you  and  stay  so  late is in 
the  navy,  now,  I  understand?

The  Daughter— Yes,  papa;  and  think 
of  it !  His  boat  has  been  disabled !  The 
last  time  I  saw  him  be  was  being  towed 
in.

“ Well,  don’t  let  me  see  him  around 
here  all  hours  of  the  night  or  you  will 
see  him  towed  out.”

MICHIGAN  TRADES MAN

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W e   have  a  good  stock to 
select  from :  Palm   L ea fs  in 
both cheap and good grades. 
Japanese  F old in g  Fans,  full size,  at  35c,  75c,  90c,  #1.25, 
$2.00  and  $2.25  per  dozen. 
T h e  “ T elesco p e”   at  90c, 
and  “ F atin itza”   at  $1.25  per  dozen,  are  both  good 
sellers.  M ail  orders  receive  prom pt  attention.
VOIGT,  HERPOLSHEIMER  &  CO.,

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

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

C a rp e ts

All grades cut at wholesale.

You  Carry Only  Samples

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

For One  Dollar

We will  send you a book of Carpet  Sam­
ples  containing  about  50  patterns—size 
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
tPhefpood^gn f.rmPHeS  w  WuH  cut.them any length  desired at the  price  of 
the goods per yard.  We have the  best-selling  goods  on  earth.  Don’t
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SOUTHEAST  CORNER  MARKET  &  MONROE  ST S.,  CHICAGO.

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LABELS 
FOR
GASOLINE 
DEALERS

The  Law  of  1889.

Every  druggist,  grocer  or  other 
person  who  shall  sell  and  deliver 
at  retail  any  gasoline,  benzine  or 
naphtha  without  having  the  true 
name thereof and the words “explo­
sive when  mixed  with  air”  plainly 
printed  upon  a  label  securely  at­
tached  to  the  can,  bottle  or  other 
vessel  containing  the  same  shall 
be punished by a fine not exceeding 
one hundred dollars.

to 

We  are  prepared 

furnish 
labels which enable dealers to com­
ply  with  this  law,  on  the  follow­
ing  basis:

•  M ............... 75c
5  M ............... 50c  per M
10 M ...............40c  per M
20 M ............... 35c  per M
50  M ............... 30c  per M

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Tradesman  Company,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

POOR  POLICY.

Forcing  Cheap  Truck  On  People Who 

Want  the  Best.
From the  Dry Goods Economist.

There 

is  no  question  that  the  whole 
retailing  interests  to-day  are  busy  sell­
ing  a  class  of  goods  which  is  anywhere 
from  25  to  50  per  cent,  lower  in  quality 
than  good  salesmanship  would  put 
into 
the  hands  of  the  same  customers  at  the 
same  counters.  This  sounds  absurd,but 
it  is absolutely true.  Every day  instances 
are  brought  to  light  which  show  that  the 
present  method  of  merchandising  all 
over  the  country 
in  which  a 
cheaper  article  is  sold  than  could  be 
gotten  into  consumption  if  effort,  inge­
nuity  and  good  work  were  used  in  so 
doing.

is  one 

The  worst  phase  of  this  is  not  alone 
that  the  business  is  concentrated  upon 
an  unprofitable class of merchandise,  but 
that  a  very  unsatisfactory  class  of  goods 
is,  as  a  rule,  put 
into  the  hands  of  peo­
ple  who  would  buy  the  right  thing  and 
pay  a  good  price  for  it.  What  the  con­
sumers  would  like,  though,  is  to  have 
goods  shown  to  them  by  people  who 
know  what  they  are  talking  about.

A  salesman  who  knows  his  goods  can 
easily  convince  the  average  person  that 
it 
is  far  better  to  take  something  at  a 
few  cents  more  in  which  there  is  merit 
than  to  simply  buy  at  a  catchy  bargain 
price.  The  person  most  frequently  vic­
timized 
is  the  “ good”   customer—the 
man  who  walks  into  a  store  and  asks 
for  what  he  wants  and  has  something 
foisted  upon  him  which  in  every  man­
ner  and  form  is  below  what  he  desires.
The  writer  had  an  experience recently 
which  goes  to  illustrate  the  point  more 
clearly  than  any  amount  of  mere  writ­
ing  and  talk  could  do.  Having  need  of 
a  collar  and  tie,  the  collar  of  the  turn­
over,  round-cornered  type,  he  entered  a 
well-known  furnishing  store  on  Broad­
way  and  requested  such  a  collar.  He  is 
a  well-dressed  man, wearing  very  decent 
clothes,  and  not  at  all  a  bargain  hunter 
either  in  appearance  or  manner.

it  was.  Not  asking 

The  clerk  pulled  down  a  box  and took 
out  a  collar—the  size  asked  for.  When 
if  it  was  the  latest  and  best  he 
asked 
replied  that 
the 
price,  the customer  passed  on  and  asked 
for  a  black  string  tie  with  broad  ends, 
something  new,  and  after  much  trouble 
succeeded 
finding  a  fairly  decent 
quality  of  silk.  He  used  his  own  taste 
and  knowledge  of  fabrics  to prevent  a 
cheap  silk  being  sold,  which  was  urged 
as  being 
just  as  good  and  plenty  good 
enough  in  these  days.

in 

When  the  check  was  made out the man 
found  he  bad  bought  a  10  cent  collar. 
He  remonstrated  and  wanted  to  know 
if  they  didn't  have  a  better collar.  The 
clerk  responded  that  that  was  as  good as 
any  collar,  but,  “ if  you  want  to  pay  25 
cents  for  something  which 
isn’t  any 
better  you  can  do  so.”

The  customer  showed  the  clerk  the 
defects  in  the  collar;  he  showed  him 
that  it  was  not  what  it  should  be;  that 
the  buttonholes  were  poorly  made  and 
that 
it  was  altogether , a  cheap  affair. 
The  clerk  shrugged  his  shoulders  and 
said,  “ There  are  few  instances  where 
this  collar  has  failed  to  please.”

The  next  thing  asked  for  after  this 
was  hosiery,  and  the  first  article  shown 
was  a  20  cent  thing,  and  the explanation 
in  the  mouth  of  the  salesman  was,  “ We 
have  cheaper  goods  if  you  want  them ;”  
not  “ We  have  better  ones,  and  it  will 
be  better  to  buy  them. ’ ’

This  sort  of  thing  on  Broadway,  where 
rents  are  very  high  and  where  anyone 
would  think 
that  a  casual  customer 
would  at  least  have  good  things  shown 
to  him  and  the  privilege  of  buying  bet­
ter  stuff.

This  condition  exists  through  the  en­
tire  trade.  There is  little or  no  tendency 
to  sell  best  goods  except  in  the  stores 
where  they  ask  100  or  200  per  cent, 
profit.
Have  the  Courage  of  Your  Convic­

tions.

Most  men,  it  seems  to  me,  are  too 
much  afraid  of  making  mistakes.  I  like 
men  who  make  mistakes,  who  have  the 
dash,  the  energy,  the  warm  blood 
in

their  veins  to  make  mistakes.  Every­
thing  in  life  is  more  or  less  of  a  gam­
ble.  Timidity  never  accomplished any­
thing  in  this  world.  Faith  is  the  main­
spring  of  enterprise.  Mistakes  make 
the  game  interesting.  They  lift  it  above 
the  dead 
level,  stimulate  imagination, 
and  keep  hope  young.

More  good  thoughts  have  perished 
than  have  ever  seen  the  light  of  day.  It 
is  the  easiest  thing  in  the  world  to  rea­
son  the  merit  all  out  of  a  new idea.  The 
man  who  “ gets  there”   is  the  man  who 
has  the  courage  to  make  the  plunge 
when  the  thought  is  fresh  in  bis  mind— 
to  strike  while  the  iron  is  hot. 
Ideas, 
like  time  and 
tide,  wait  for  nobody. 
They  must  be  taken  at  the  flood.  The 
man  who  attempts  to  argue  all  the  way 
to  the  finish  is  lost.  Difficulties  are  at 
their  worst 
the  perspective.  The 
plunge 
is  the  vital  thing,  the  begin­
ning,  the  life.  Faith  and  experience 
will  take  care  of  the  rest.  The  world’s 
real  benefactors  are  its  brave  men,  the 
men  who  have  the  soul  to  do  and  to 
dare,  to  risk  everything— fortune,  repu­
tation  and  life.

in 

in 

I  don’t  believe  at  all  in  thesure-thing 
theory;  I  don’t  believe  at  all  in  the 
theory  of  getting  something for  nothing. 
The  man  who  seeks  big  rewards  should 
take  big  chances,  should  give  up  an 
ample 
force, 
thought,  energy,  money,  for  everything 
he  gets.  The  man  who  rises  above  the 
surface  makes  no  end  of  mistakes;  the 
drone,  alone,  makes  no  mistakes.

equivalent 

brain 

legislation.  The 

One  of  the  worst  mistakes  the  world 
makes  is  its  horror  of  making  mistakes. 
This  very  thing  is  one  of  the  greatest 
possible  menaces  to  intelligent,  con­
scientious 
legislator 
is  so  trameled  by  the  feeling  that  he 
must  never  make  a  mistake,  that  he 
must  always  be  consistent,  that  a 
large 
percentage  of  his  value  to  the  state  is 
lost.  The  straight jacket  of  public  opin­
ion,  narrow,  unwise,  intolerant  public 
opinion,  that  does  not  allow  its  repre­
sentatives  the  freedom  of  the  man  of 
affairs,  blocks  the wheels of  progressive, 
business-like  legislation.  The 
lawyer 
and  the  doctor  and  the  business  man 
make  mistakes.  Why,  then,  shouldn’t 
the  legislator  make  mistakes?  Why 
shouldn’t  he  vote  to-morrow  to  repeal 
the  act  for  which  he  votes  to-day,  if  to­
morrow  brings  him  additional  light  up­
on  the  subject,  if  to-morrow’s  experi­
ence  demonstrates  to  him  that  his  rea­
soning  of  to-day  was  wrong? 
Imagina­
tion  does  not 
carry  with  unerring 
accuracy.  Experience  alone  determines 
whether a  thing  is  right  or  not.

There  are  certain  eternal  principles 
that  enter  into  the  wise  conduct  of  busi­
ness—certain  lines  that  must  win  out. 
Get  your  business  on  these  lines  and 
hold  strictly  to  them,  regardless  of  what 
this  one  or  that  one  may  say,  regardless 
of  wbat 
is  or  what  has  been,  and  hold 
to  them  with  the  faith  and  the  grasp 
that  know  no  weakening,  and  you  will 
win  out. 

F r a n k  A.  M u n sey.

To  Nashville,  Tenn.

The  Michigan  Central  Railroad  will 
sell  excursion  tickets  at  one  fare  for  the 
round  trip  on  July  2  to  5,  inclusive,  on 
account  of  the  Christian  Endeavor  In­
ternational  convention.  Return 
limit, 
July  15,  with  privilege  of  extension  to 
Aug.  1. 

W.  C.  B l a k e,

City  Ticket  Agent.

Common  Complaint.

Julia— Did  you  say  Maggie  is  trying 

to  get  into  business?

Jennie—Yes.
“ What  kind  of  business  does  she 

want  to  get  into?”
“ Everybody’s.”

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$ $ 9

SPAIN
W ILL
SETTLE

Dwight’s  Liquid  Bluing 

never  settles.

Manufactured  by

The  W olverine  Spice  Co.,  ^
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Grand  Rapids, Mich. 

The  Leader  of  all  Bond  Papers 

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Made from New Rag Stock,
F ree 
from  Adulteration, 
Perfectly Sized,  Long Fiber

Magna Charta 

Bond

A paper that will withstand 
the ravages of Time.

Carried  in  stock  in  all  the 
standard sizes and weights by
TRADESMAN  COMPANY

Manufacturer’* Agent, 

GRAND  R A PID S.

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To  Merchants:

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

Yours very  truly,

Work  Bros.  &  Co.,

Cor. Jackson and  Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111.

LADIE5’
AND  GENTS’
SUMMER
NECKWEAR.

latest 

Send  in  your  orders  for 
the 
also 
National  Colors  in  Bows, 
Clubs and Four-in-hands.

styles, 

ENTERPRISE 
NECKWEAR  CO.,

KORTLANDER
BLOCK,

i  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Around  the  State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Owosso---- Frank  J.  McDannel  has

opened  a  cigar  store.

Montague— J.  Reavey  has  opened  a 

feed  store  in  the  Downey  building.

Pontiac— Frank  Moreland,  merchant 

tailor,  has  sold  out  to  Peter  Betzing.

Hancock— Mrs.  M.  Gitzen,  of L ’Anse, 

has  opened  a  shoe  store  at  this  place.

Lake  Odessa— Wallace  Lovewell  has 
purchased  the  South  End  meat  market.
Jackson—Oleslager  &  Drake,  tinners, 
have  dissolved,  John  Oleslager  succeed­
ing.

W est  Bay  C ity— M.  H agarty  succeeds
the  Michigan  Baking  Co.  in  the  bakery 
business.

Benton  Harbor— G.  C.  Reuler,  of 
Kankakee,  111.,  has  engaged  in  general 
trade  here.

Waterford— Geo.  Howe  has  purchased 
the  drug  aud  grocery  stock  of  the  C.  A. 
Shafer  Co.

Gobleville—Cackler  &  Son  have  sold 
their  meat  market  to  Charles  Ivison,  of 
Pine  Grove.

Nashville— Frank  McDerby  has  pur­
chased  the  stock  of  boots  and  shoes  of 
W.  E.  Buei.

O vid-  L.  S.  Delavergne  &  Co.  suc­
ceed  Chas.  D.  Sherman  &  Co.  in  the 
shoe  business.

Flint—Geo.  D.  Flanders  has  retired 
from  the  firm  of  C.  B.  Flanders  &  Son, 
general  dealers.

Bay  City— Isaac  Kramer  succeeds 
Lena  (Mrs.  Isaac)  Kramer  in  the  dry 
goods  business.

Attica—Ridley  &  Holmes  succeed  W. 
trade  and  the 

in  general 

S.  Ridley 
produce  business.

Kalamazoo—H.  D.  Kools  will  shortly 
re-engage  in  the  cigar  and tobacco busi­
ness  on  West  Main  street.

Grand  Haven—Orrie  Kooiman  and 
in 

Gerrit  Zaagman  will  shortly  engage 
the  feed  and  grain  business.

Shelby —B.  J. Moore  has  sold  his  stock 
of  shoes  to  his  brother,  C.  C.  Moore, 
who  will  continue  the  business.

Detroit—Frank  W.  Baumgartner  suc­
the 

ceeds  Heidt  &  Baumgartner 
men’s  furnishing  goods  business.

in 

Jackson— V.  W.  DeSaffery,  of  New 
leased  a  store  building  and 

York,  has 
will  open  undertaking  rooms  July  i.

Cassopolis— Van  Antwerp  &  Johnson 
formerly 

continue  the  meat  business 
conducted  by  Van  Antwerp  &  Tase.

Caledonia— J.  A.  Crossman,  who  was 
engaged  in  the  jewelry  business  here, 
has  purchased  the  restaurant  of  F.  K. 
Swain.

Leonidas— Edwards  &  Fuller,  general 
dealers,  have  dissolved  partnership. 
The  business  will  be  continued  by  C. 
C.  Edwards.

Kalkaska—Skaritt  & 
Sack,  meat 
dealers,  have  purchased 
the  Swaverly 
&  Sherwood  meat  business  and will con­
solidate  the  two  markets.

Otsego— M.  V.  Hall  &  Co.,  boot  and 
shoe  dealers,  have  dissolved,  Miss 
Marcia  V.  Hall  having  purchased  the 
interest  of  her  partner,  G.  B.  Travis.
Ishpeming— I.  E.  Swift,  dealer 

in 
hardware 
and  mining  supplies,  has 
merged  his.business  into  a  stock  com­
pany  under  the  style  of  the  I.  E.  Swift 
Co.

Central  Lake— Dr.  G.  F.  Snyder  has 
purchased  the  drug  stock  of  W.  A.  Cary 
&  Co.  and  will  continue  the  business  at 
the  present  location.  Mr.  Cary  is  now 
owner  of  the  Potter  House,  having taken 
the  building  in  exchange  for  his  drug 
stock.

Grand  Haven—John  Boer,  who  has 
conducted  the  grocery  business  here  for 
several  years,  has  purchased  the  furni­
ture  stock  of  Jas.  Barnes,  who  will  re­
tire  from  trade.

remove 

their  shoe  stock 

Grand  Ledge—T.  B.  Inkley  &  Son 
will 
from 
Greenville  to  this  place  and  open  a shoe 
store  about  Aug.  i  in  the  building  for­
merly  occupied  by  the  A.  M.  Bacon 
shoe  stock.

West  Bay  City— The  merchants of  this 
city  have  undertaken  to  organize a Busi­
ness  Men’s  Association  for  the  purpose 
of  securing  the  enactment  of  protective 
ordinances  relative  to  street  peddlers 
and  fake  sale  concerns.

K alam azoo— J.  G um binsky  &  Co.,
dealers  in  tin,  glassware  and  rags,  and 
Moses  Sunstin,  dealer 
and 
hides,  have  consolidated 
their  stocks 
and  formed  a  copartnership  under  the 
style  of  Gumbinsky  &  Sunstin.

junk 

in 

Traverse  City—T.  J.  Host  will  re­
move  his  clothing  and  men’s  furnishing 
stock  to  Grand  Rapids  about  Aug.  15. 
The  store  building  he  now  occupies  has 
been  leased  by  Benda  &  Co.,  of  St.  Ig- 
nace,  who  will  engage  in  the  clothing 
business.

Lansing—Gottlieb  H.  Ziegler  has  be­
gun  the  construction  of  a  three-story 
brick  block,  36x55  feet  in  dimensions, 
at  the  corner  of  Grand  and  Saginaw 
streets,  which  will  be  used  for  storage 
and  buying  and  shipping  rooms  for 
hides,  pelts  and  leather.

Bellaire—Meyer  &  Flanelly,  hardware 
dealers,  have  discontinued  their  branch 
store  at  Alden,  having  sold  their  stock 
to  G.  A.  Meyer,  of  Ludiugton.  They 
will  enlarge  their  business  here,  having 
already  begun  the  erection  of  an  addi­
tion  to  their  store  building.

Port  Huron— R.  C.  Peterson,  the  Ann 
Arbor  gentleman  who  came  to  Port 
Huron  about  six  months  ago  and  estab­
lished a trad i ng stamp store, has closed out 
his stock and quit the  town,greatly  to  the 
disgust  of  hundreds  of  persons  who 
have  been  hoarding  stamps  for  months.
Detroit—Hurd  &  Gray,  druggists  at 
the  corner  of  Woodward  avenue  and 
Wilcox  street,  have  merged  their  busi­
ness 
into  a  corporation.  The  capital 
stock  is  $30,000,  fully  paid,  and  the  in­
corporators  are  John  E.  Hurd,  1,000 
shares;  John  W.  Gray,  1,000  shares; 
Willard  N.  Worcester,  1,000  shares.

Decatur— Frank  Potts 

is  erecting  a 
new  store  building,  30x84  feet  in  size 
and  two  stories  high,  on  the  site  of  the 
one  recently  burned,  which  he  will  oc­
cupy  with  a  grocery  stock.  He  will  also 
erect  a  building,  15x40 feet  in  size  and 
one  story  high,  on  the  north  side  of  bis 
grocery  store,  which  be  will  use  for a 
meat  market.

Ann  Arbor— Hon.  J.  T.  Jacobs  has 
filed  a  chattel  mortgage  to  the  amount 
of  $2,200 on  his  stock  of boots and shoes. 
The  stock  is  worth  $4,500.  The  store  is 
closed,  but  the  mortgagees  will  allow 
him  to  continue  the  business,  having 
implicit  faith  in  his  integrity.  Bad  real 
estate  investments  is  the  reason  for  his 
financial  embarrassment.  He 
is  en­
deavoring  to  secure  a  commission  as 
captain  in  the  army.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Flint— Bowman  &  Morse,  cigar  man­
ufacturers,  have  dissolved,  M.  C.  Bow­
man  succeeding.

Cheboygan —The  Whitehall  sawmill, 
which  has  been  leased  by Swift & Clark, 
has  started  up  with  a  full  crew.

Blissfield—The  New  Home  Canning 
Co.  has  leased  the  Rogers  factory build­
ing  for  this  season’s  operations.

Roscommon—J.  D.  Redhead,  of  A l­
pena,  is  fitting  up  the  Tolfree  shingle 
mill  and  will  start  it  for  the  season’s 
run  in  a  few  days.

Onaway— T.  J.  Armstrong  &  Co.  have 
purchased  a  location  on  which  they  will 
erect  a  shingle  mill,  with  a  capacity  of 
75,000  shingles  per  day.

Schoolcraft—T.  H.  Earl,  wholesale 
and  retail  lumber  dealer  and  manufac­
turer  of  woodenware  and  ladders,  has 
removed  to  Libertyville,  111.

Flushing— W.  P.  Cook,  of  Fenton, 
has  begun  the  erection  of  a  building, 
73x132  feet 
iu  dimensions,  which  will 
be  used  as  a  factory  tor  the manufacture 
of  whip  sockets.

Om er— The  new  flour  m ill  and  eleva­
tor  of  Gorrie  &  Kent  is  enclosed  and 
will  soon  be  ready  for  the  machinery. 
The  building  is  nearly  60  feet  high  and 
will  contain  the  latest  improvements.

Wayne—The  Prouty  &  Glass  Carriage 
Co.  has  lately  received  a  very  flattering 
offer  for  the  removal  of  its  plant  and 
factory  to  South  Bend,  Ind.  The  offer 
is  being  considered  by  the management.
Cadillac—Blodgett,  Cummer  &  Dig- 
gins  are  shipping  lumber  at  the  rate  of 
5,000,000  feet  a  month  and  the  planing 
mill  connected  with  the  plant  has  made 
extra  time  for  the  men  in  keeping  up 
with  orders.

Gladstone—A.  T.  Kelliher  has  leased 
a  factory  building  and  will  engage  in 
the  wood  working  trade.  He  will  begin 
by  making  clapboards  for  the  Eastern 
market  and  will  add  other  branches  of 
manufacture  as  soon  as  possible.

Metropolitan—The Metropolitan Lum­
ber  Co.  will  saw  out  at  this  point  this 
season,  and  the  mill  plant  will  be  dis­
posed  of  by  sale,  removal  or  disman­
tling.  The  company  has  about  9,000,000 
feet  of  logs  in  the  boom,  which  will  be 
sawed  by  November.

Detroit—The  Ray  Chemical  Co.  has 
filed  articles  of  association  with  the 
County  Clerk,  and  will  manufacture 
in 
this  city  on  a  capital  stock  of  $50,000, 
of  which  one-half  has  been  paid  in. 
Cornelius  W.  Ray  has  1,200  shares, 
Charles  H.  Little  1,000,  F.  B.  Sibley 
300,  Porter  A.  Tucker  5  and  Philip  T. 
Van  Zile  1  share.

Coldwater— Repoits  to  the  contrary 
notwithstanding, 
the  Coombs  flouring 
mills  will  continue  business  by  theWm. 
A.  Coombs  Estate.  Lester  E.  Rose  has 
been  appointed  special  administrator, 
Fred.  W.  Moore  will  continue  as  busi­
ness  manager  and  Harry  Lind  as  book­
keeper.  Under  their  careful  manage­
ment  the  replication  established  by  the 
Coombs  mills  will,  no  doubt,  be  main­
tained.

Saginaw—The  O’ Donnell,  Spencer  & 
Co.  planing  mill  plant  will  hardly  be 
operated  again.  The  trustees represent­
ing  the  unsecured  creditors have  bought 
in  the  property,  will  satisfy  the  pre­
ferred  creditors,  and  then  will  proceed 
to  convert  the  available  assets  into cash. 
The  mill  plant  is  offered  for  sale,  but  it 
is  believed  that  if  it  is  sold  it  will  be 
by  piece  for  just  what  it  will  bring,  and 
one  of  the  finest  plants  of  the  kind  in 
the  country  will  go  out  of  existence.

It 

No  Collar  and  Cuff  Trust.
is  said 

in  Troy  that  the  proposed 
combination  of  collar,  cuff  and  shirt 
factories  has  fallen  apart  and  that  nego­
tiations  are  at  an  end,  for  the  present at 
any  rate.  The  promoter  could  not come 
to  a  satisfactory  understanding 
in  a 
financial  way.  The  different  firms  put 
good  stiff  prices  on  their  plants  and  the 
aggregate  was  too  much.

It  never  improves  musty  opinions  to 

air  them.

MI CHI GAN  T R A DE S MA N

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Asso­

ciation.

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
held  at  the  office  of  the  Tradesman 
Company  on  Tuesday  evening,  June  27, 
President  Dyk  presided.

Two  new  members  applied  for  admis­
sion  and  were  accepted—Orra  Chad­
wick,  563  Cherry  street,  and  M.  H. 
Barber,  238  East  Fulton  street.

The  special Committee  on  Picnic  pre­
sented  a  further  report,  including  the 
proposition  of  the  Grand  Trunk  system 
to  take  the  excursion  to  Grand  Haven 
for  25  and  50  cents  for  children  and 
adults,  respectively,  and  that  of  the  C. 
&  W.  M.  to  perform  the  same  service 
for  35 and  65  cents.  T h e  matter was  d is­
cussed  in  all  its  bearings,  including  the 
desirability  of  going  via  the  C.  &  W. 
M.  in  order  to start  from  the  Union  de­
pot.

Ed.  Winchester  moved  that  the  invi­
tation  of  the  Grand  Haven  merchants 
to  hold  the  twelfth  annual  picnic  at  that 
place  be  accepted.

J.  Geo.  Lehman  moved  as  an  amend­
ment  that  the  invitation  be  accepted  in 
the  name  of  the  meat  dealers  as  well  as 
the  grocers.  The motion  was  thereupon 
adopted  as  amended,  and  President  Dyk 
urged  the  butchers  to  join  with  the  gro­
cers,  as  was  the  case  last  year,  to  the 
end  that  Aug.  4  may  be  a  universal  hol­
iday,  so  far  as  the  grocers  and  meat 
dealers  are  concerned.

Three  members  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Retail  Meat  Dealers’  Association  were 
present  by  invitation— President  Katz, 
Secretary  Hilber  and  Albert  Stein— and 
all  volunteered  to  make  a  canvass of  the 
situation  with  a  view  to  ascertaining 
the  sentiment  of  the  meat  trade  as  a 
whole  and  report  at  the  next  regular 
meeting  of  the  Association  next  Tues­
day  evening.  President  Katz  stated  that 
some  of  the  butchers  appeared  to  harbor 
the  belief  that  they  ought  to  keep  open 
a 
little  while  in  the  morning,  but  he 
thought  the  majority  of  the  butchers 
would  coincide  with  the  grocers  in  the 
belief  that  the  picnic  should  be  an  all­
day  event.

B.  S.  Harris  moved  that  the  proposi­
tion  of  the  C.  &  W.  M.  Railway  be  ac­
cepted,  providing  an  arrangement  was 
made  to  start  the  train  from  Leonard 
street,  stop  it  at  West  Bridge  street  and 
also make  some  other  minor  concessions 
which  had  been  suggested.

The  motion  was  adopted,  whereupon 
Mr.  Winchester  moved  that  the  Picnic 
Committee  be  requested 
to  negotiate 
with  the  transit  lines  at  Grand  Haven, 
with  a  view  to  providing  a  free  boat 
ride  for  the  excursionists,  if  possible.

It  has  been  customary  to  close  all  day 
July  4,  but  on  account  of  Independence 
Day  coming  on  Monday  this  year,  it 
was  thought  best  to  open  for  a  time  in 
the  morning  and,  on motion  of  Mr.  Leh­
man,  it  was  decided  to  close  all  the 
stores  not  later  than  12  o’clock.  Several 
grocers  stated  that  they  would  turn  their 
keys  at  10  o’clock,  while  the  Monroe 
street  grocers  served  notice  that  they 
would  not  be  open  at  all.

On  motion  of  J.  Geo.  Lehman,  the 
following  resolution  was  unanimously 
adopted:

Whereas—We  learn  with  regret  of  the 
retirement  of  our  honored  member  and 
frater,  H.  M.  Liesveld,  from  the  gro­
cery  business  to  engage  in  the  manufac­
turing  business,  therefore 

Resolved— That  we  hereby  tender  him 
our  sincere  regrets  over  his  retirement 
from  the  retail  trade  and  express  the 
hope  that  his  career  as  a  manufacturer 
may  be  as  successful  and  creditable  as 
his  record  as  a  grocer.

Secretary  Klap  enquired  if  any  of  the 
grocers  were  having  trouble  in  getting 
their  bakers  to  exchange  bread,  where­
upon  Mr.  Lehman  asserted  that  every 
grocer  should  run  his  own  business  and 
permit  the  bakers  to  do  the  same;  that 
if  any  grocer  can  make  a  private  agree­
ment  with  his  baker,  that  is  well  and 
good,  but  that  private  deals  of  any  kind 
ought  not  to  be  discussed  in  the  Asso­
ciation.  This  opinion  was  heartily  en­
dorsed  by  Ed.  Winchester,  and  the 
meeting  adjourned.

MICHIGAN  T RADE S MAN

Orand  Rapids  Oossip
John  Ruoff,  grocer  at  454  Second 
street,  has  closed  out  his  stock  and  re­
sumed  his  former  occupation  in  a rattan 
chair  factory.

Adrian  Brink  has  purchased  the  gro­
cery  stock  of  E.  C.  Morgan,  at  Reed’s 
Lake,  placing  the  business 
in  charge 
of  his  son,  John  A.  Brink.

Wm.  Brummeler  &  Sons  have 

leased 
the  store  building  at  the  corner  of  Pres­
cott  and  South  Ionia  streets,  which  they 
will  utilize  as  a  factory  for  the  manu­
facture  of  sheet 
iron  stoves  and  other 
specialties.

it 

quently  expend  10 cents  car  fare  for  20 
cents’  worth  of  trade 
late  in  the  day 
where 
is  found  that  the  grocer  has 
purchased  too  small  a  supply  of  baked 
goods  in  the  morning  to  met  his  day’s 
requirements. 
Such  being  the  case, 
there  would  appear  to  be  little  justice 
in  the  demands  of  the  grocers  that  the 
practice  of  exchanging  bread  be  con­
tinued,  especially  as  such  a  practice 
tends  to  overbuying  on  the  part  of  the 
grocer,  to  the  end  that  his  bread  supply 
may  be 
larger  than  he  can  reasonably 
expect  to  dispose  of.  The  Tradesman 
is 
that  the  exchanging  of 
bread  is  not  common  in  other  cities  of 
the  size  of  Grand  Rapids.

informed 

The  Produce  Market.

Geo.  H.  Remington  has  purchased  an 
interest  in  the  produce  and  commission 
house  of  Geo.  F.  Stevens  &  Co.,  who 
have  leased  the  double  store  at  5  and  7 
North  Ionia  street  and  will  continue  the 
business  at  that  location.

H.  M.  Liesveld  has  sold  his  grocery 
stock  at  563  Cherry  street  to  Orra  Chad­
wick,  who  has  clerked  several  years  for 
Harry  DeGraff, 
the  South  Division 
street  grocer.  Mr.  Liesveld  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  about  fifteen  years 
ago  with  practically  no  capital  to  start 
with  and  has  succeeded  to  an  unusual 
degree,  having  accumulated  a  compe­
tence  and  established  an  excellent  repu­
tation  as  a  business  man.  He  retires 
from  the  retail  business  in  order  to  de­
vote  his  entire  time  to  the  Globe  Knit­
ting  Co.,  in  which  he  is  interested  and 
which  he  has  managed 
several 
months.

for 

No  new  developments  in  the  Jacob 
Dykema  fake  commission  house  deal 
have  occurred  during  the  past  week  ex­
cept  that  the gentlemen  who  are  really 
conducting 
the  business  have  turned 
their  attention  from  the  country  mer­
chants  and  regular  shippers  to  the farm­
ers  contiguous  to  the  small towns around 
Grand  Rapids,whom  they  are  endeavor­
ing  to  attract  by  offering  prices 
largely 
in  excess  of  the  market  value  of  the 
goods.  One  dollar  a  bushel  for  old  po 
tatoes  and  $1  a bushel for country picked 
beans  have  been  repeatedly  offered  the 
farmers  in  the  vicinity of  Rockford,  and 
one  day  last  week  several  farmers  re­
paired  to  Rockford  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  the  standing  of  the  several 
gentlemen  composing  the  “ syndicate.”  
As  near  as  the  Tradesman  can  locate 
the  identity  of  the  individuals,  they  are 
Benj.  F.  Striding,  Henry  Pollie  and 
R.  S.  Kooistra,  all  of  whom  enjoy repu­
tations  more  or  less  shady,  having  been 
identified  with  undertakings  of  a  ques­
tionable  character  in  times  past.

is 

In  reducing  the  price  of  bread  from  6 
cents  to  5  cents  at  retail  and  from  5 
cents  to  4  cents  at  wholesale,  the  city 
bakers  have  adopted  a  resolution  agree­
ing  not  to  exchange  stale  bread  and 
cakes  hereafter.  The  bakers  take  the 
position  that  the  grocer  does  not  ask the 
grower  to  take  back  the  berries  which 
have  deteriorated  on  his  bands,  and  that 
it 
just  as  unreasonable  to  insist  on 
exchanging  stale  bread  for  fresh  as  it 
would  be  to  ask  the  grower  to  take  back 
stale  berries  in  exchange  for  fresh  fruit. 
While  it  is  true  that  the  baker  can  get 
some  salvage  from  his  stale  bread  by 
selling  it  at  a  reduced  price  to  restaur­
ants  and  hotels,  the  same  would  not 
apply  to  cakes,  which  are  of  little  value 
to  any  one  when  stale  and  will  not  sell 
for  anywhere  near  the  cost  price.  The 
bakers  assert  that  they  are  willing  to 
serve  the  grocers  faithfully  and  fre­

Bananas—The movement is very large, 
and  the  quality  of  stock  is  good.  The 
price  has  not  changed,  although 
it  is 
rather  higher  than  usual  for  this  season 
of  the  year.  This  is  caused  by  the  un­
usually  good  demand,  coupled  with  the 
fact  that  the  receipts  at  Southern  ports 
are  not  quite  as  large  as  they  are  nor­
mally.  This  is  undoubtedly  due  to  war 
difficulties.

Beets— New,  15c  per  doz.  bunches.
Butter— Creamery  is  in  ample  supply 
at  16c.  Choice  grades  of  dairy  are  get­
ting  scarce,  fancy  readily  commanding 
13c.  There  is  no  change  in  low  grades 
and  packing  stock.

large 

Cabbage— Home  grown 
supply  at  5o @ 6 o c  per  doz.
Celery—20c  per bunch.
Carrots—15c  per doz.  bunches.
Cherries—$1  per  bu. 

for  Red  or 
White.  The  crop  is  large and  the qual­
ity  is  fine.

Cocoanuts—4@5c.
Cucumbers—40c  per  doz.  for  home 

in 

is 

grown.

Eggs—Local  dealers  pay  8c  on  track, 
holding  case  count  at  9^c  and  candled 
at  10c. 
•
Gooseberries— Slow  sale  at  4o@5oc 

per  crate  of  16 qts.

Green  Onions— io@i2c  per  doz.  ac­

cording  to  size.
grown.

Green  Peas—75c  per  bu.  for  home 
Honey—Comb is out of stock.  Strained 
in  moderate  supply  and  limited  demand 
at  12c.

Lemons— Prices  have  advanced,  both 
on  Messinas  and  California  lemons,  ow­
ing  to  the  higher  temperature.  This  is 
a  season  for quick  movement  and 
large 
consumption of this fruit.  Best  Messinas 
are  selling  at  from  $5  to  $5.50  per  box.

Lettuce—30c  per  bu.  for  bead.
Oranges—The  market is very  firm,  al­
though  quotations  are unchanged.  Navel 
oranges  are  practically  out  of  the  mar­
ket, but the assortment  is  very  good  still, 
and  the  movement  is  large  for this  sea­
son  of  the  year.  Prices  are  not  likely  to 
go  lower  this  season.

Onions— Dry  stock  from  Mississippi 
commands  $2.25  per  sack;  California, 
$2.50  per  sack.

Pineapples— Floridas,  $1.25© 1.50  per 

doz.

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

is  pretty  well 
cleaned  up,  receipts  being  slow  sale  at 
50c.  New  stock  is  selling  at  80c,  but  is 
likely  to  go  higher,  owing  to  scarcity. 
The  Arkansas  crop  is  short,  on  account 
of  dry  weather  on  the  higher  lands  and 
floods  on  the  river  bottoms.  Arrivals are 
small  in  size  and  green,  and  the  crop  is 
about  at  an  end.  As  Louisville  stock  is 
not  expected  to  arrive  before  July  5, 
there  is  likely  to  be  a  dearth  of  avail­
able  stock  for  the  next  week.

Radishes— 10c  per  doz.  bunches.
Raspberies— Both  red  and  black  are 
selling  to-day  around  §1.25  for  16  qt. 
crate.  The  quality 
is  not  up  to  the 
standard  expected  a  week  or  ten  days 
ago,  the  cool,  damp  weather  having  had 
a  bad  effect  on  the  crop.

Tomatoes—$1  per  4  basket  crate.
Wax  Beans—$1  per  bu.
Watermelons—25c  apiece  for  choice 

Georgia  stock.

It  is  nothing  but  prejudice that makes 
people  think  that  a  baldheaded  man can 
have  more  sense  than  one  who  parts  his 
hair  in  the  middle.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The  consumptive  demand  for 
refined  sugar  is  gradually  increasing,  as 
is  customary  with  the  approach  of  the 
fruit  season,  but  sugar  authorities  say 
that  the  demand  at  present 
is  not  so 
good  as  usual.  The  sugar  market  at 
present  shows  no  speculative  influences.
Tea—The  price  of  teas  this  season 
will  be  about  as  last,  with  the  10c  duty 
added.  A  portion  of  this  advance  will 
be  borne  by  the  foreigner,  but  the great­
er  part  of  it  will  be  paid  by  the  con­
sumer.  The  volume  of  tea  used  in  this 
country  will  probably  be  considerably 
reduced,  not  only  because  of  this  ad­
vance,  but  because  of  the  fact  that  no
duty  is  laid  on  coffee  and  that  the  price 
of  this  commodity  is  so  low,and  is  like­
ly  to  be  so  for  the  coming  year.

Coffee—There 

is  no  change  in  the 
general  coffee  market. 
A  few  reports 
seem  to  give  color  to  a  prospect  for  a 
better  market,  in  that  the  Brazil  coffee 
crop  has  been  damaged  by  wet  weather. 
The  demand  is  still  light,  owing  to  the 
fact  that  retailers  have  not  yet  run 
through  with  the  stocks  of  cheap  coffees 
they  bought  at  the  low  prices.  The  de­
mand  then  was  larger  than  supposed,  as 
the  consumptive  de­
compared  with 
mand.  The  call 
is  steady,  although 
light,  on  both  bulk  and  package  goods, 
although  tending  to  the  latter.

for 

future  tomatoes 

Canned  Goods— The  tomato  market  is 
practically  unchanged.  There  has  been 
a  decline  of  15c  per  dozen  from  the 
highest  point,  and  the  market  is  not  too 
strong  even  at  the  present  low  point. 
A  better  trade,  however,  has  been  done 
in  tomatoes  during  the  past  week,  and 
if  the  Government  were  to  buy  largely 
the  price  would probably advance again. 
The  market 
is 
steady,  with  only  light  offerings.  Spot 
corn  is  selling  fairly  well,  although 
in 
no large quantity.  Prices are unchanged. 
Nothing  is  doing  in  future  corn.  The 
sale  of  peas  has  been  pretty good during 
the  week,  probably  on  the  assumption 
that  the  price  will  advance.  Beyond  the 
5C  mentioned  last  week  there  has  been 
no  further  advance  during 
the  past 
week.  Future  California  peaches  are 
selling  very  well,  although  on  lemon 
clings  the  packers  are  taking  orders  re­
luctantly,  on  account  of  the  short-pack 
in  spot 
prospects.  Nothing 
peaches,  except  a 
for 
lemon  clings.

is  doing 
few  enquiries 

Dried  Fruits— Prices  appear  to  be 
firm  on  all  items.  Reports  from  Cali­
fornia  are  to  the  effect  that  there will  be 
but  half  a  crop  of  prunes  this  season. 
The  Santa  Clara  Valley  crop  is  put  at 
30,000,000  pounds,  and  that  of  the  rest 
of  the State  at  20,000,000  pounds,  mak­
ing  a  total  for  the entire State of 50,000, - 
000  pounds,  or  just  half  that  of  a  year 
ago.  The  prediction 
is  that  the  aver­
age  California  prune  will  sell  at  nearer 
6c  than  3c,  the  last  year’s  price.

Rice— Prices  are  unchanged,  but  are 
high.  This  applies  to  both  foreign  and 
domestic  rice.  Prices  are  not  expected 
to  decline  at  all  until  the  market  shall 
get  the  new  crop  of  domestic,  which 
will  not  be  until  October  next.

Salt  Fish—-The  trade  for  mackerel has 
been  perceptibly  better during  the week, 
although  there  will  be  no  advance  in 
price  because  of  increasing  receipts.  A 
slight  decline  within  the  next  few  days 
is  not  unlikely,  for  the  reason  named. 
Cod  is  selling  fairly  well  at  unchanged 
prices.  Lake  fish  are  scarce  and  in  de­
mand  at  unchanged  prices.  Sardines 
in  small  demand.
are  steady  and  only 

5

Salmon  is  firm  and  in  better  demand. 
Government  purchases  will  mean  an  ad­
vance.

The  Grain  Market.

the 

Cash  wheat  made  a  small  gain  during 
the  past  week,  while 
futures  sold  off 
slightly  from  the  prevailing  prices  of 
one  week  ago. 
It  was  seesaw  and  a 
waiting  market.  News  as  to  the harvest­
ing  is  not  of  the  most  flattering  charac­
ter,  especially  as  the  wet  weather  is  in­
terrupting  this  work  to  a  great  extent 
and,  coming  with  the  late  heavy  winds, 
the  grain  has  been  lodged,  which  at 
this  time  deterioates  the  quality.  How­
ever,  with 
large  acreage  and  the 
general  good  stand,  we  think  this  will 
not  prove  to  be  such  a  great  loss  as  is 
claimed,  especially  as  the  complaints 
come  from  those  who  do  not  place  buy­
ing  orders. 
In  fact,  the  trading  in  fu­
tures  as  well  as  cash  wheat  is very  small 
indeed.  The  visible  decreased  1,864,000 
bushels,which  was  about  350,000  bushels 
more  than  was  anticipated,  and  in  or­
dinary  times  would  have  caused  an  ad­
vance,  especially  as  we  have  now  only
17.225.000  bushels  in  sight,  against  47,-
840.000  bushels  in  1896;  but  in  times 
like  these  the  above  conditions  do  not 
have  the  usual  effect  and 
it  will  take 
some  time  to  restore  confidence.

Corn  has  settled  down  about  2c  per 
bushel,  but  oats  remain  steady.  Trad­
ing  in  July  corn  and  oats  is  as  quiet  as 
in  wheat.

The  receipts  were  rather  moderate, 
having  been  37  cars  of  wheat,  7  cars  of 
corn  and  7  cars  of  oats.

Millers  are  paying  77c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  V o ig t.

Hides,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool. 

Hides  remain  firm  in  price.  The  de­
mand  is  good,  with  fair  supply.  Tan­
the  market  empty. 
ners’  needs  keep 
The  country  supply 
is  small.  While 
light  stock  shows a  weakening tendency, 
the  supply  is  extremely  light.

There  are  no  pelts  offering,  but  the 
demand  is  good.  Farmers  can  see  a  fu­
ture  in  sheep  and  do  not  care  to  dimin­
ish  their  flocks,  while  mutton  brings 
good  prices.

Tallow  is  lower,  with 

large  offerings 
of  greases  and  oils  for  soapers’  use. 
The  tendency 
is  for  lower  prices,  with 
nothing  to  stimulate  them.

Wools  remain  quiet,  with  Western 
prices  fully  up  to  those  at  Eastern  mar­
kets.  Lots  that  are  gathered 
in  are 
offered  for sale,  but  are  held  too  high  to 
attract  buyers.  Holders  show  no  weak­
ening,  as  the  future  holds  inducements 
for  higher  prices  which  must come some 
time.  There  is  no  profit  in  present  pur­
chases  at  prices  quoted  and manufactur­
ers  have  no  stimulus  on  their  goods  to 
pay  the  cost  of  wools.  Result,  no  sales.

We  Protect  Our  Patrons.

We  are  informed  that  a  representative 
of  the  Comstock  Law  and  Collection 
Agency  is  now  in  the  city  for  the  pur­
pose  of  enforcing  the  one-sided  con­
tracts  made  with  this  concern  by a num­
ber  of  Grand  Rapids  business  men.  We 
therefore  take  pleasure  in  repeating  the 
offer  we  made  several  months  ago, 
agreeing  to  defend,  free  of  charge,  any 
of  our  patrons  against  any  suit  which 
may  be  brought  to  enforce  payment  on 
these  contracts.

Co m m er c ia l  Cr e d it   Co.,  L t d .

Chas.  E.  Olney,  President  of  the  Ol- 
ney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.,  came  out 
from  Thompson,  Conn., 
last  week  to 
attend  the  annual  conclave  of  the  Whist 
Club.  He  left  for  Thompson  Monday.
Gillies  New  York  Teas  at  old  prices 
while  they  hold  out.  Phone  Visner,  800.

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MICHIGAN  TRADE S MAN

W om an’s World

Give  the  Girls  a  Chance.

interest  at  present 

In  thousands  of  homes  the  subject  of 
paramount 
is  the 
question  of  the  boys’  future.  Tom  has 
just  graduated  from  school  or  college 
and  everyone  realizes  that  he  should  be 
taught  some  trade  or  profession  in  order 
that  he  may  have  some  weapon  with 
which  to  fight  the  battle  of  life  and  so 
be  assured  of  winning  at  least  a  reason­
able  amount  of  happiness  and  prosper­
ity.  This 
is  without  reference  tc  what 
his  parents  may  be  able  to  bestow  upon 
him.  Riches  have  wings  that  are  most­
ly  used 
in  flying  from  us  and  we  feel 
that  the  boy  should  have  within  himself 
some  resource,  some  cultivated  ability 
on  which  he  can  rely  in  the  day  of  ad­
versity.

Curiously  enough,  no  one  seems  to  be 
concerning  themselves  about  the  girls' 
future.  Mary  has  also  graduated  from 
college.  She,  too,  is  scheduled to  live  in 
a  world  that 
is  full  of  ups  and  downs 
and  topsy-turvy  fortune  where  the  dead 
sure  thing  always  turns  out  a  failure, 
banks  break,  and 
the  millionairess  of 
yesterday  may  be  the  shop  girl  of  to­
day.  But  nobody  considers  it  necessary 
to  prepare  her  for  any  of  these  contin­
gencies.  Our  ideal  of  kindness  to  a  girl 
seems  to  be  to  send  her  forth  to  sail  the 
tempestuous  sea  of  life  without  chart  or 
compass  or  the  slightest  previous knowl­
edge  of  navigation.

Of  course,  the  excuse  for  this  is  that 
we  always  expect  a  girl  to  marry.  Now, 
marriage  is  not  the  end  of 
life,  neither 
is  it  an  illuminating  process  by  which 
one  becomes  suddenly  and  miraculously 
possessed  of  knowledge  that  they  ought 
to  have  had  beforehand.  The  girl  who 
didn’t  know  how  to  make  bread  or  sew 
on  a  patch  before  the  wedding  will  find 
out  she  still  has  these  things  to  learn 
and  that  the  mere  fact  of  getting  mar­
ried  has  no  more  fitted  her  to  wrestle 
with  the  complex  problems  of  house­
keeping than  it  would  fit  a  man  to  prac­
tice  law  or  medicine  or  any  other  pro­
fession  of  which  he  was  profoundly 
ignorant.

The  truth  of  the  matter  is  that  we  are 
never  able  to  take  a  sane  view  of  wom­
en.  We  either  approach  the subject  in 
a  spirit  of 
irresponsible  hopefulness 
or  irrational  despair.  In  one  we  cherish 
the  comfortable  and  amiable  theory  that 
when  a  woman  needs  any  information 
she  will  somehow  know  it  by  the  grace 
of  God,  without  being  taught. 
In  the 
other  we  go  on  the  equally false assump­
tion  that  a  woman 
is  never  going  to 
know  anything  practical,  anyway,  and 
there  isn't  any  use  in  trying  to  teach 
her,  and  between  these  two  opinions  lie 
the  Waterloos  of  uncounted  thousands  of 
women.
There 

is  no  use,  at  this  late  day,  to 
argue  the  relative  mental  ability  of  the 
sexes.  We  are  not  contrasting  the  men 
geniuses  and  the  women  fools.  There  is 
nothing  that  the  average  boy  can  be 
taught  that  the  average  girl  can  not 
learn  just  as  easily,  and  the  only  reason 
that  women  are  so  impractical  and  so 
helpless  when  thrown  on  their  own  re­
sources 
is  because  they  have never been 
taught  anything  of  the  slightest  prac­
tical  value.  They  have  had  no  ideals 
of  responsibility  for  their  future  held 
up  before  them. 
is  not  even  sug­
gested  to  them  that  it would be desirable 
to 
learn  the  rules  of  the  game  they  are 
going  to  play.  They  are  just  left  to  go 
it  alone  and  get  euchred  because  they

It 

didn’t  know  any  better.  Nobody  had 
taught  them  the  game.

One  of  the  things  to  which  men  in­
variably  point  when  they  want  to  prove 
women’s  unfitness  for  practical  affairs 
is  their  ignorance  about  money  matters. 
The  woman  who  buys  a  thing  she 
doesn’t  need  because  it has been marked 
down  from  $i  to  97  cents,  and  her  sister 
who  signs  a  check  Mrs.  John  Smith  one 
day,  and  Mrs.  Mary  Smith  the  next, 
and  Mrs.  Mayme  Smith  another,  have 
been  the  butt  of  the  cheap  wits  for gen­
erations.  And  when  we  hear  that  a 
woman  has  been  left  money,  even  those 
of  us  who  like  her  best  begin  speculat­
ing  as  to  whether  she  wiil  buy  gold 
bricks  with  it  or  lend  it  without  securi­
t y   to  the  pious  deacon  of  her  church. 
We  feel  sure  that  one  or  the  other  ca­
lamity  will  happen  and  we  groan  over 
the  helplessness  of  it.  It is  a  cruel  help­
lessness,  because 
is  so  unnecessary, 
and  such  a  woman  may  well ask  why she 
was  not  taught  something  of  the  man­
agement  of  money.

it 

Her brother  was  not  left  to  depend  on 
other  people’s  opinion  and 
advice. 
From  his  earliest  years  the  boy  has  had 
some  pocket  money  and  was  taught  at 
least  common  business  usages;  the  girl 
is  “ given”   what  she  needs,  she seldom 
handles  a  dollar,  nobody  ever  teaches 
is  the  business  end  of  a 
her  which 
if  she  ever  comes  into  any 
check,  and 
money  she 
is  the  victim  of  the  first 
sharper  who  gets  hold  of  her.  Every 
one  of  us  knows  penniless  women  who 
have  signed  away  fortunes,  not  knowing 
what  they  were  putting  their  names  to, 
and  who  have  'been  duped  by  schemes 
so  wild 
like  a  baby  might 
have  known  better.  One  can  but  mar­
vel  at  a  father  who  will  carefully  train 
his  son  for  business,  but  will  leave  his 
daughter  to  find  out  by  hitter  experi­
ence  the  things  she  should  have  been 
taught  for  her  own  protection.  There 
isn’t  anything  in  the  rudiments  of  busi­
ness  that  the  average  boy  can  learn  that 
his  sister  can’t  learn,  too.  She  may  not 
develop  into  a  Napoleon  of  finance,  but 
she  will  at 
least  know  better  than  to 
endorse  for  Cousin  James or buy stock  in 
the  Wild  Cat  Mines  of  Nowhere because 
a  glib-talking  promoter 
recommends 
them.

looked 

it 

If  we  are  to  hold  marriage  up  to  our 
girls  as  the  chief  career  in  life 
it  cer­
tainly  seems  only  fair  that  they  should 
be  fitted  to  fill  the  role.  We  teach  a  boy 
that  he  can  only  achieve  prosperity 
in 
his  chosen  occupation  by  his  having 
mastered  the  details,  by  good  manage­
ment,  and  to  that  end  he  must  serve  an 
apprenticeship,  but we  chuck  a  girl  into 
the  midst  of  the  most  exacting  profes­
sion  in  the  world  without  the  slightest 
training  of  any  sort  whatever,  and  ex­
pect  her  to  make  a  success  of  it.  Every 
day  we  bear  mothers say:  “ Oh,  I  don’t 
want  my  girls  to  be  burdened  with  any 
cares  and  I  haven’t  taught  them  to  sew 
or  cook  or  manage  a  house.  They’ll 
learn  it  when  they  have  to.”   Of course, 
in  time,  as  a  general  thing,  they  do 
learn,  but  at  the  expense  of  troubles 
and  trials  and  tears  and  domestic  mis­
ery  and  recriminations. 
is  about  as 
sensible  as  if  a  father  would  say:  “ Oh,
I  won’t  have  my  son  taught  any  busi­
ness  or  have  him  attend  a  medical  col­
lege.  By  the  time  he  has  made  an  as­
signment  two  or  three  times  or  killed 
a  lot  of  people  experimenting  on  them 
In the  girl’s  case  no­
he’ll  learn  how. ”  
body  stops  to  think 
that  everything 
might  have  gone  smoothly  from  the  first 
if  she  had  only  been  taught  her  busi­
ness.  A  mother  who  will  palm  off  on  an

It 

unsuspecting  bridegroom  a  girl  who 
doesn’t  know  bow  to keep house ought to 
be  liable  for  damages  for getting  rid  of 
her  under  false  pretenses.

It  is,  perhaps,  looking  forward  to  an 
impossible  millennium  to  hope  that  the 
day  is  not  far  distant  when  simple,  hu­
man 
justice  will  be  shown  to  girls  and 
they  will  be as carefully prepared for life 
as  boys  are. 
If  all  husbands  were  al­
ways  loving  and  generous,  if  they  were 
even  always  prosperous,  we  might  fall 
back  upon  matrimony  as  the  panacea 
for  the  difficulties  in  women’s  lives,  but I 
men  die,  they 
lose  their  money,  and 
many  a  woman who has ‘ ‘ married well, ”  
as  the  phrase goes,  finds herself widowed 
and  penniless,  or  that  through  some 
stroke  of  ill  luck  her  husband  is  unable 
to  provide  for  her.  Then  she  faces  the 
great  Bread and  Butter Problem,  that her 
inability  and  lack  of  fitness for anything 
turn  into  a  tragedy.  Nobody  has  pre­
pared  her  for  this.  Nobody  has  taught 
her  any  useful  thing  to  do,  nothing 
that  will  earn  money.  Yet  there  is  no 
girl  in  all  this  land  who  may  not  meet 
this  fate.  We  all  know  it,  but  we  do 
nothing  to  try  to  help  her.

We  take  nothing  for  granted  about  a 
boy’s  future.  We  try  to  arm  him  at 
every  point,  so  that  he  may  surmount 
difficulties  and  make  the  best  of  life, 
but  we  abandon  the  girl  to  blind  luck.
If  she  marries  well,  well  and  good. 
If 
she  doesn’t  she  must  struggle  along, 
hampered  with  all  sorts  of  drawbacks 
and 
lack  of  skill  and  knowledge  and 
starve along  as  best  she  can. 
It  is  time 
we  abandoned  the  old  theories  about 
women  and  came  down  to  facts.  They 
are  of the  same  clay  as  their  brothers. 
They  are  neither 
inspired  sibyls  nor 
fools.  Both  are  subject  to  the  same 
vicissitudes  of  life,  and  women  have  a |

right  to  ask  that  they  should  not  be  sent 
forth  to  meet  these  dangers  and  diffi­
culties  without some preparation  Teach 
the  girl  some  of  the  practical  affairs you 
teach  her  brother.  Give  her  a  chance.

D o r o th y  Dtx.

A  State  law  in  New  Hampshire,  en­
acted  a  few  years  ago,  requires  the 
trustees  of  savings  banks  and  savings 
institutions  to  call  in  the  books  of  de­
positors  every  third  year  for  examina­
tion  and  verification  by  some  person  or 
persons  other  than  the  bank’s  treasurer 
or  his  clerk.

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This  Desk,  30 inches  wide;  50 inches  deep;  50  inches  high. 
Made  of selected  oak,  of  choice  grain,  and  beautifully fin­
ished.  Has  every convenience  for  filing private  papers for 
handy reference.  Workmanship high grade in every partic­
ular.  B y closing  the roll  top  the  entire  desk,  including 
each  drawer,  is  locked  automatically.  W e would recom­
mend  dealers to  sell  the  above  desk  at  $iS  to  $20.  Our 
wholesale  price  to  you  is  $13.75.  Our  large  catalogue 
containing full  line mailed on  receipt of  4  one-cent  stamps. 

A D D R E S S   IN  F U L L

THE  WHOLESALE  FURNITURE  COMPANY, Grand  Rapids, Mi<

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7

Pertinent  Suggestions  Regarding  Ad­

vertising  Display.

W ritten fo r the T r a d esm a n.

The  branch  of  advertising  art  which 
has  had  the  most  attention  at  the  hands 
of  writers  on  publicity,  until  it  would 
seem  there  was  no  more  to  be  said  up­
on  it,  is  that  selected  as  the  subject  of 
the  present  dissertation.  That  there 
yet  something  to  say  upon  it  is  owing 
in 
to  the  fact  that  changing  conditions 
the  publishing 
introduced 
new  elements.

field  have 

As  long  as  the  reading  columns  of  the 
newspapers  were  filled  with  matter  set 
in  nearly  uniform  type  it  was  an  easy 
task  to  make  sufficiently  distinctive  dis­
play.  But  in  the  majority  of  news  pub­
lications  the  day  of  uniform  type  seems 
to  have  passed. 
It  must  probably  be 
accepted  that  this  is  an  incident  in  the 
evolution  of  the  ideal  newspaper,  for,  if 
otherwise,  it  has  obtained  to  an  extent 
which  would  argue  an  universal  retro­
gression—the  papers  which are  unaffect­
ed  by  the  fashion  are  few  indeed.

One  of the factors which has influenced 
the  problem  of  effective  eye-catching 
is  the  increasing  use  of  illustrations 
in 
news  columns.  To  be  sure,  the  adver­
tising  men  have  made  use  of  these  to  a 
greater  extent,  apparently  in  a  futile  at­
tempt  to  stem  the  loss  by  the  use of sim­
ilar  means;  but  the  result  is  confusion 
worse  confounded.  Glance  through  the 
pages  of  the  average  paper  and  it  is  an 
experienced  eye  which  can discriminate 
between  American  and  Spanish  officers 
and  Willis  J.  Starkey,  of  Dixie  Hollow, 
who  has  had  a  wonderful  rescue  from 
the  jaws  of  death.  Added  to  these,  the 
increasing  use  of  miscellaneous  illustra­
tions,  maps  and  diagrams,  and  the 
coarse  halftones  which  are  now  so  much 
in  vogue,  and  the  average  news  sheet 
transcends  the  loudest  circus  poster  of 
a  few  years  ago.

But  this  is  not  all  which  has  compli­
cated  the  subject  of  advertising display, 
if,  indeed,  it 
is  the  worst.  For  many 
years  past,  the  use  of  “ scare  heads”  
has  disfigured  news  columns,  and  the 
only  argument  that  they  are  of  value 
that  I  can  discover  is  their  continued 
use.  At  the  first,  they  were  confined  to 
two  or  three  lines  of  moderate  sized 
type,  without  much  spacing.  Naturally, 
when  there  was  news  of  unusual  im­
portance  the  room  given  to  this  sort  of 
display  was  correspondingly 
increased, 
but  for  a  long  time  the heading was con­
fined  to  a  single  column.  Then  when 
some  tremendous  event  was  heralded the 
single  column  would  not  suffice  and  the 
rule  was  “ broken,”   to  the  increased 
disfigurement  of  the  page.  And 
the 
craze  did  not  even  stop  here,  but  three, 
four  columns,  and  at 
last  the  whole 
width  of  the  page,  was  devoted  to  this 
senseless  use.

When  it  was  found  that  column  rules 
could  be  broken  for  the  purpose  of  ex­
tending  a  head  there  seemed  to  come  a 
mania  for  breaking  them  for  all  sorts of 
senseless  reasons.  Bulletins  and 
im­
portant  news  items  must  needs  have  a 
heavier  face  of  type  and  be  enclosed  in 
a  border  breaking  into  the  middle  of 
the  page.  I  suppose  it  is  to  be  accepted 
that  there  is  a  reason  for  this  fad  or 
it 
would  not  be  followed,  but  it  is  not  ap­
parent  to  the  ordinary  observer.  Double 
leading 
in  prominent  position  would 
serve  every  good  purpose and not detract 
from  the  good  taste  and  dignity  of  a 
periodical  nor  serve  to  obscure  and con­
fuse  all  other  contents  of  the  page.

The  newspaper  of  to-day  is  a  curious 
production.  The  jumble  of  scare  heads, 
war  cuts  and  displayed  news  makes  the

question  of  displaying  an  advertisement 
so  that  it  will  be  effective  so  hopeless  a 
task  that  it  seems  to  have  been given  up 
in  most  cases. 
Sometimes  the  guileful 
dealer  will  simulate  a  war  scare  head  to 
save  his  space  from  total  obscuration, 
but  generally  he  seems  to  have  given 
up  the  contest.  He  still  pays  for  the 
space,  and  no  doubt  hopes  that  it  will 
do  him  some  good,  but  if  there  is  any 
sense 
in  the  commonly-accepted  tenets 
of  advertising  it  must  be  very  little.

It  would  seem  as  though  the  climax 
of  newspaper  disfigurement  and  con­
fusion  must  be  nearly  reached. 
It  will 
not  be 
long  before  advertisers  will 
awaken  to  the  fact  that  space  in  such 
aggregations  of  chaos  is  of  little  value. 
They  will  then  demand  a  return  to  the 
more  sensible  and  correct  principles  of 
reading  and  display,  and there will come 
a  time  when  these  productions  will  be 
shown  as  curiosities  of  the  era  of idiotic 
vagaries  in  printing. 

N em o.

Mutual  Dependence  in  Business.
There  is  a'mutual dependence in busi­
ness  of  the  greatest  importance—name­
ly,  that  of  jobber  upon  retailer  and  re­
tailer  upon  jobber.  The  retail merchant 
depends  upon  the  jobber  for  his  supply 
of  goods  to  sell,  and  very  naturally  de­
mands  that  the  goods  shall  be  forth­
coming  promptly  when  they  are  needed, 
according  to  the  orders  placed  for them. 
On  the  other  hand  the  jobber  depends 
upon  the  retailer  for  such  remittances 
of  money 
in  payment  for  the  goods  as 
shall  replenish  his  coffers  and  enable 
him  to  continue  in  business.

The  jobber  has,  therefore,  the right  to 
demand of  the  retailer  the  same prompt­
ness 
in  remitting  for  goods  purchased 
as  the  retailer  has  to  demand  of  the job­
ber  in  shipping  the goods.  The  retailer, 
before  placing  orders,  examines into  the 
resources  of  the  jobber,  sometimes  in  a 
perfunctory  way,  but  nevertheless 
in 
such  a  manner as  to  satisfy  himself  that 
he  is  depending  upon  no  uncertain  sup­
port.  He  places  bis  orders  with  a  given 
jobber  only  when  he  has  the  assurance 
that  the  goods  will  be 
forthcoming. 
The  jobber  surely  has  the  same  right  to 
investigate  the  retailer, in  order  to  know 
that  the  corresponding  payments  will 
be  forthcoming  when  due.

The  only  plan  which  the  jobber  has 
for  his  investigation  of  the  retailer  that 
is  competent  to  secure  such  a  statement 
of  bis  affairs  as  is  appropriate  under 
the  circumstances  is  to  frankly  ask  the 
retailer  to  tell  him  the  whole truth about 
himself.  This  is  the  foundation  of  the 
request  for  a  property  statement  now  so 
common.

A  recent  writer,  treating  upon  this 
subject,  has  said:  “ The  giving  of  a 
statement  by  one  who  asks  credit  at  the 
hands  of  another  is  simply  exchanging 
an  honest  confession  for  the  influence of 
the  good  opinion,  the  confidence  and 
the  esteem  to  be  derived  therefrom.  To 
extend  credit  does  not  alone  imply  the 
trusting  out  of  a  sum  of  money. 
It  em­
braces  that  closer  communion  wherein 
men  seek  to  know  each  other  to  that  de­
gree  of  confidence  upon  which 
implicit 
trust 
is  built.  Giving  a  statement  of 
one’s  condition  implies  honesty  of  pur­
pose.  Giving  it  readily,  in  response  to 
the  request  of  the  credit  man,  lays  the 
initial  foundation  for  confidence,  and 
always  promotes a  healthy  condition and 
mutual 
interest  which  can  be  secured 
only  through  the  channel  of  honor.”  
W a lto n  D ay.

The  hardest  thing  for  a  woman  to  de­
cide  is  when  to  commence  the  thirtieth 
year.

Association Matters
Michigan  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J.WiSLBK, Maneelona ;  Secretary,  E. 
A .  Stow e,  Grand  Kapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F. 
T atm an, Clare.

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  Chas.  F.  B ock,  Battle  Creek;  Vice 
President,  H.  W.  W e b b e r ,  West  Bay  City 
Treasurer, He n r y C. Min n ie,  Eaton Rapids.

Poor
Economy

Detroit Retail Grocers' Association 

President, Joseph Knight;  Secretary, E. Mar ks 

221 Greenwood ave;  Treasurer, O. H. Frink.
Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’ Association 
K l a p  ;  Treasurer, J.  G eo.  L ehm an.

President,  F r a n k  J.  Dy k ;  Secretary,  H omer 

Saginaw Mercantile  Association 

President. P. F. T r e a n o r;  Vice-President, J ohn 
Mc Br a t n ie ;  Secretary,  W.  H.  L e w is ;  Treas­
urer,  L ou ie  S ch w erm er

Jackson  Retail Grocers’ Association

President, G eo.  E.  L ew is ; Secretary,  W.  H.  P or­

t e r ;  Treasurer,  L.  P elto n.

Lansing  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  F.  IS.  J o h n so n;  Secretary,  A.  M. 

Da r l in g ;  Treasurer,  L. A. G il k e y .

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President.  A.  C. C l a r k ;  Secretary, E.  F.  C le ve 

l a n d :  Treasurer,  Wai.  C.  K oehn.

Traverse City Business Men’s Association 
Ho l l y ;  Treasurer, C.  A .  Ham mond.

President,  T hos.  T .  Ba t e s ;  Secretary,  M.  B. 

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

President, A . D.  W h ip ple ; Secretary, G. T . C am p 

b e l l ;  Treasurer,  W. E.  C o llin s.

Alpena  Business Men’s Association

G il c h r is t;  Secretary,  C  L.

President,  F.  W 

P a r tr id g e

Grand  Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association
President, L. J. K a t z :  Secretary, P h ilip Hil b e r : 

Treasurer. S. J.  Hu fpo r d.

St. Johns Business  Men’s  Association. 

President, T hos  B r o m l e y;  Secretary,  F r a n k A. 

P e r c y ;  Treasurer. C l a r k   A .  P u tt.

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

“ Lily White’’ Flour

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

NOW.

Valley  City  Mi King  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Fourth of July

Nothing  is  more  appreciated 
on  a  hot  Fourth  of July  than 
a substantial Fan.  Especially 
is this true of country custom­
ers who come to town without 
providing themselves with  this  necessary 
adjunct  to  comfort.  We  have  a  large 
line  of  these  goods 
in  fancy  shapes 
and  unique  designs,  which  we  furnish, 
printed  and handled,  as follows:

too.......... ..........$3 00
200  ........ ..........  4 50
300......... ..........  5 75
400......... ..........  7 00
500......... ..........  8 00
1000......... .........   15 00

We can fill orders on two hours' notice, if necessary, so don't 
be afraid you  are too late to  provide yourself  with a supply,  yfy

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MiCH.

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MICHIGAN  TRADE S MAN

ing.  They  will  fall  in  one  of  the  most 
righteous  and  most  unselfish  causes  that 
ever 
inspired  human  action  and  their 
deaths  will  cast  a  new  halo  of  glory 
around  the  flag  they  followed.

We  need  not mourn these heroes, there­
fore,  as  we  would  grieve  over  their  loss 
under  other circumstances.  Their deaths 
in  the  cause  of  freedom  and  humanity, 
in  the  face  of  the  foe  and  upon  the  field 
of  battle,  are universally  regarded  as  the 
most  glorious  that  can  come  to  men, and 
as  they  disappear  from 
the  moving, 
breathing  ranks  of 
life,  a  proud  and 
grateful  Nation  will  enroll  their  names 
on  the  imperishable  lists  of  the  world’s 
benefactors  and  heroes.  Christ  himself 
taught  the  grandeur  and  the  godlike  in­
spiration  of  dying  for others.

TWICE  TO LD   TALE.

Two  years  ago  the  Tradesman  warned 
its  readers  against  any  house  which per­
sists 
in  paying  above  the  market  for 
produce,  in  the  following  words:

On  general  principles,  it  is never safe 
for  a  retail  dealer  or  shipper  to  entrust 
any  goods  to  a  house  which  persists  in 
paying  above  the  market  price,  unless 
the  house  has  undoubted  credit  and ade­
quate  capital  to  warrant  such  methods. 
The  merchant  who  sells  goods  so  cheap 
that  he  does  not  secure  a  living  margin 
must  necessarily  collapse,  unless  he 
has  a  comfortable  fortune  back  of  him, 
and  the  same  is  true  of  the  produce 
dealer  who  pursues  a  dog-in-the-manger 
policy  to  prevent  his  neighbors  in  trade 
from  making  a  living.  As  between  the 
two  fools—the  man  who  sells  too  cheap 
and  the  man  who  pays  too  much—the 
Tradesman  can  detect  very  little  differ­
ence.

Since  this  warning  note  was  sounded 
three  large  failures  have  occurred  as  the 
direct  result  of  paying  above  the  mar­
ket :  Chandler,  of  Chelsea;  Hager,  of 
Lake  Odessa ;  and  Suiter,  of Cleveland. 
These  failures  involved  liabilities  ag­
gregating  over  $200,000  and,  so  far  as 
the  Tradesman’s 
information  goes,  no 
debtor  has  yet  received  any  dividend  on 
his  claim.  Despite  a  possible  charge 
of 
the  Tradesman  again 
warns  its  readers  to  deal cautiously  with 
any  house  which  persists 
in  paying 
more  for  goods  than  they  are  worth  in 
the  consuming and  distributing  markets 
of  the  country.

repetition, 

BANKRUPTCY  LEGISLATION.
One  would  naturally  suppose  that  the 
present  is  hardly  a  good  time  for the en­
actment  of  miscellaneous 
legislation, 
owing  to  the  demands  upon  the  time  of 
Congress  made  by  the  legislation  inci­
dental  to  the  war.  Nevertheless,  it  is  a 
fact  that  considerable  work  on  general 
bills  not  connected  with  the  present  war 
has  been  accomplished.

A  sample  of  this  is  to  be  found  in  the 
progress  made  by  bankruptcy  legisla­
tion.  Congress  has  for  years  persistent­
ly  refused  to  pass  a  bankruptcy  bill 
when  there  was  no  thought  of  war.  Now 
it  is  announced  that  a  bankruptcy meas­
ure  has  been  practically  agreed  upon  in 
a  conference  committee.  The  measure 
is  said  to  be  a  comprehensive  one,  pro­
viding  both  for  voluntary  and 
involun­
tary  bankruptcy  and regulating  the  pro­
cedure  to  be 
insolvency 
cases.

followed 

in 

Under  the  bill,  persons  owing  debts, 
except  corporations,  are  entitled  to  its 
benefits  as  voluntary  bankrupts,  and  any 
naturalized  person,  except  a  wage- 
earner  or  person  engaged  chiefly 
in 
farming,  any  unincorporated  company, 
and  any  corporation  engaged 
in  manu­
facturing  or  mercantile  pursuits  owing 
Si.ooo  or  over,  may  be  adjudged  an  in­
voluntary  bankrupt  upon  default  or  an 
impartial  trial.  Private  bankers  may 
also  be  adjudged  involuntary  bankrupts. 
The  bill  will  not  affect  the  allowance  to 
bankrupts  of  exemptions  prescribed  by 
state  laws  in  force  immediately  preced­
ing  the  time  of  the  petition.  No  peti­
tion  for  voluntary  bankruptcy  can  be 
filed  within  one  month  after  the  passage 
of  the  bill,  and  no  petition  for  involun­
tary  bankruptcy  can  be  filed  within  four 
months  thereafter.  A  discharge  in bank­
ruptcy  under  the  bill  will  release  a 
bankrupt  from  all  his  provable  debts, 
except  such  as  are  due  as  taxes  levied 
by  the  United  States,  or  by  the  state, 
county  or  municipality 
in  which  the 
bankrupt  resides,  but  the  liability  of  a 
person  who  is  a  co-debtor  with  or  guar­
antor  or  surety  for  a  bankrupt  will  not 
be  altered  by  the  discharge  of  the latter.

While 
foreigners  are  seeking  invest­
ments  in  America,  thousands  of  weak- 
kneed  and  short-sighted  American  cap­
italists  seem  afraid  to  turn  loose  their 
money  and  prefer  to  hoard  it  in  vaults.

Life  in  the  Philippines  must  have  its 
attractions  and  some  of  the  customs  of 
the  country  would  undoubtedly  seem 
admirable  to  many  Americans. 
In 
Manila  no  one  ever  pays  for  anything 
be  buys  at  the  time  he  buys 
it,  for  the 
thin  white  suits  that  are  everywhere 
worn  are  not  made for transporting coin. 
Bank  notes  are  practically  out  of  cir­
culation,  and  heavy  Mexican  dollars 
stand  at  the  head  of  a  motley  family  of 
Spanish  pesetas  and 
50-cent  pieces. 
to  give  weight  rather 
huge  coppers, 
than  value  to  the  currency  system. 
If 
you  draw  the  first  prize  in  the  monthly 
lottery  run  for  the  benefit  of  the  govern­
ment,  your  $100,000  is  all  paid  to you  in 
silver “ cartwheels, ”  or subsidiary coins, 
and  you  really  feel  that  luck  is,  after 
all,  something  tangible  when  it  takes  a 
heavy  dray  or  two  to  haul  the  results  of 
your  winnings 
the  government 
office  to  the  bank.

from 

The  Rough  Riders  are  meeting  with 
rough  experiences,  but  they  are  meeting 
them  like  the  brave  men  that  they  are. 
Possibly  they  never  thought  in  the  be­
ginning  of  having  to  engage  in  bush 
fighting  on  foot,  but  they  sought  the 
post  of  danger  at  the  first  opportunity, 
and  have  covered  themselves with glory.

If  some  of  the  men  who  are  rushing 
into  print  with  abuses  of  their  country 
for  prosecuting  war  against  Spain,  and 
are  defending  and  praising  the  enemy, 
were  looked  after  by  Federal  grand 
juries  on  a  charge  of treason,  a practical 
lesson  in  patriotism might  be  taught  the 
public  at  large.

This  country  will  not  feel  that  the 
balance  sheet  is  correct  unless  for  every 
American  a  dozen  Spaniards  fall.  And 
yet  back  in  Spain  there  are  possibly  as 
loving  hearts  as  here  that  weep  over  the 
most  obscure  victim  of  the  war!

From  this  time  forward  we  may  ex­
pect  to  hear  from  Madrid  regularly  that 
yellow  fever  is  decimating  the  Ameri­
can  ranks 
in  Cuba.  This  is  the  only 
ally  Spain  now  hopes  for.

There  are  some  men  any  community 
would  be  willing  to  offer  up  on  the  altar 
of  their  country  if  it  were  not  for  the 
nuisance  of  having  tqo  much  bad  meat 
on  the  altar.

The  confidence  man  and  the scoundrel 
who  plans  to  swindle  the  confiding  al­
ways  have  the  best  letters  of  recommen­
dation  and  indorsements.

Blanco  ridiculed  a  bombardment,  and 
said  the  shells  killed  nothing  but  a 
mule.  Some  of  his  soldiers  have  been 
eating  that  mule  since.

Spanish  olives  are  no  longer  sold  in 
this  country,  and  will  not  be until Spain 
holds  out  the  olive  branch  of  peace.

An  insignificant  man  thinks  he  must 
use  big  words  and  loud  oaths  to  be  no­
ticed  among  men.

Unconfirmed  war news always confirms 
the  belief  that  the  originator of  it  is a 
fabricator.

The  supply  of  brigadier  generals  is 

comparatively  inexhaustible.

Spain  can  be  licked,  easy  enough; 

but  not  quick  enough.

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E.  A.  STOWE,  E d it o r .

WEDNESDAY,-----JUNE 29, 1898.

America  will  one  day  become 
what  England  is  to-day,  the  head 
steward  in  the  great  household  of 
the  world,  because  her  service  will 
be the  best  and  ablest.— Gladstone.

OUR  FALLEN  HEROES.

Up  to  Friday  of  last  week  the  losses 
in  battle  of  American  troops  or  sailors 
had  been  so  few  and  scattered  that  it 
was  almost  beginning  to  be  hoped  that 
this  would  be  virtually  a  bloodless  war, 
so  far  as  casualties  on  our  side  were 
concerned.  The  fighting  around  Santi­
ago  will  have  the  effect  of  rudely  cor­
recting  this  impression.

The  operations  of  the  army  in  Cuba 
will  mark  the  beginning,  in  all  human 
probability,  of  an 
imposing  death  list 
on  the  American  side,  and  the  Nation 
must  be  prepared  to  hear  of  the  slaugh­
ter  of  our  brave  soldiers,  along  with  the 
news  of  brilliant  victories.  No  war 
in 
these  latter  days  can  be  bloodless.  Of 
course,  the  people of  the  United  States 
recognize  this  when  they  stop  for  a  mo­
ment  to  reflect  upon  the  deadly  charac­
ter  of  modern  engines  of  war,  but  the 
shock  will  be  none  the  less  painful  as 
the  reports  chronicle  from  time  to  time 
the  results  of  the  fighting  in  Cuba  and 
Porto  Rico  and  possibly  in  the  Philip­
pines.

There  will be the  consolation  in Amer­
ica,  however,of  knowing  that  the  heroes 
who  fall  for  us  are  falling 
in  a  just 
struggle  for  right,  for humanity,  for  hu­
man  progress,  for  National  honor  and 
National  greatness.  True,  not  a  day 
passes  over  our  heads  but  hundreds  of 
brave  men  in  the  ordinary  walks  of  life 
are  falling  at  their  posts  in  the  cause  of 
civilization,  Christianity  and  humanity. 
Accidents  count  their  quota  of  victims; 
wear  and  tear,  climate,  the  exigencies 
of  the  hour,  are  constantly adding  to  the 
list.  But  the  world  stops  not  to  think 
of  these  obscure  heroes,  of  this  contin­
uous 
list  of  the  dead  and  wounded  in 
the  civil  paths  of  progress.  And  yet  the 
victims  of  war  only  fall  in  another  part 
of  the  field  of  civilization’s  ceaseless 
battle.  They  are  no  greater heroes  than 
thousands  of  others  who  perish  else­
where.  But  they  are  heroes  still,  and 
are  entitled  to  the  glory  which  is  due  to 
their  sacrifices.

That  those  who  go  down  before  the 
Spaniard  will  receive  the  grateful  re­
membrance  of  and  have  their names and 
deeds  honored  by  this  great  Nation  in  a 
conspicuous  manner  goes  without  say­

It  affords  the  Tradesman  much  pleas­
ure  to  be  able  to  present  to  its  friends 
of  the  drug  trade this week contributions 
from  the  pens  of  such  representative 
pharmacists  as  John  E.  Peck  and  Heber 
Walsh  relating  to  the  new  tax  law  and 
the  arbitrary  attitude  assumed  by  the 
manufacturers  of  proprietary  remedies. 
The  contributions  are  timely  and  perti­
nent  and  the  suggestions  therein  con­
tained  are  certainly  worthy  the  careful 
consideration  of  every  druggist 
in  the 
land.  The  Tradesman  solicits  further 
contributions  along  these  lines,  believ­
ing  that  a  thorough  discussion  of  the 
subject  will  result  in  concerted  action 
by  the  trade  and  lessen  the  oppressive 
burden  foisted  on  the  retail  dealer  by 
the  proprietary  manufacturer.

The  old  man  who  promised  to  move 
the  world 
if  given  a  place  on  which  to 
use  his  lever  is  not  in  it  with  the  Vesu­
vius,  which  can  skip  around  on  the 
water and  throw  earthquakes  and  move 
mountains.

Spain  has  no 

islands  and  no  land 
privileges  to  sell  now.  She  should  have 
made  deals  when  she  could  deliver 
goods. 

_____________

Debs  is  disgusted.  When  he  gets  up 
a  strike  his  dupes  join  the  army  and 
contribute  nothing  to  his  support.

FOREIGN  FAITH  IN  AMERICA.
It  must  greatly  strengthen  the  feeling 
of  business  confidence  in  this  country 
and 
inspire  a  broader  development  in 
all  parts  of  the  United  States  to  find 
that  not  only  is  our  National  credit  un­
disturbed  by  war,  but  that  foreign  capi­
tal  is  at  this  time  actively  seeking  large 
investments  within  our  borders.

Only  a  few  days  ago  we  were  told that 
there  was  a  feeling  of  disappointment 
in  foreign  financial  circles  that  they 
would  hardly  be  able  to  obtain  any  of 
our  new  war  loan  at  first hand.  Follow­
ing  that  statement  came  the  news  that 
an  English  syndicate  was  making  every 
effort  to  secure  control  of  the  Jellico 
coal  district  in  Tennessee,  comprising 
about  33,000  acres.  Recently  a  gentle­
man  who  is  one  of  the  promoters  of  an 
important  railroad  enterprise  for  Texas, 
which  is  to  be  accomplished through  the 
use  of  English  money,  said  that  it  was 
not  a  question  of  getting  the  money,  but 
of  the  promise  of  the  route  surveyed. 
The  Englishmen  had  declared  that  the 
war  with  Spain  had  nothing 
to  do 
with  it.

Cases  such  as  these  demonstrate  how 
strong 
is  the  foreign  faith  in  the  con­
tinued  growth  and  prosperity  of  the 
United  States  and  the  stability  of  our 
institutions  and 
internal  good  order. 
The  fact 
is  many  of  our  own  people 
display  practically  less confidence in our 
steady  development  than  do  outsiders.

its  organic  law. 

TH E  REIGN  OF  MEDIOCRITY.
It  has  been  remarked  that  the  recent 
elections  in  France have left the suprem­
acy  of  mediocrity  in  that  country  unre­
lieved.  A  sensitively  patriotic  French­
man  might  reply  that  his  native  land 
was  at  least  as  well  off 
in  that  respect 
as  the  United  States;  but  it  should  be 
remembered  that  the  demand  for  a  high 
order  of  statesmanship  just  now  is  even 
greater  in  France  than  in  this  country. 
Moreover,  no  evidence  of  failure  in  the 
experiment  of  self-government  on  the 
part  of  the  older  could  afford  a  reason­
able  ground  of  reassurance  to  the  citi 
zens  of  the  younger  republic. 
It  is uni­
versally  admitted 
that  the  statesmen 
who  inspired  the  policy  of  the  Govern­
ment of  the  United  States  in  the earlier 
years  of  its  history  were  men  not  only 
of  sincere  patriotism,  but  of  the  high­
est  order  of  ability.  The  student  of 
those  times  in  this  country  finds nothing 
more  remarakble  than  the  evident  pur­
pose  of  the  people  to  intrust  the  respon­
sibilities  of  office  and  of  political  lead­
ership  to  the  wisest  and  best-equipped 
men  among  them,  without  regard  to  any 
prejudice  of  class  or  of  caste. 
It  is  to 
this  same  prudent  temper  that  the  coun­
try  is  chiefly  indebted  for  the excellence 
of 
“ The  chief  cause 
of  the  superiority  of  the  Federal  con­
stitution, ”   says  De  Tocqueville,  “ lay 
in  the  character  of  the  legislators  who 
composed  it.  At  the  time  when  it  was 
formed  the  dangers  of  the  confederation 
were  imminent  and  its  ruin  seemed 
in­
evitable. 
In  this  extremity  the  people 
chose  the  men  who  most  deserved  the 
esteem,rather than those  who had  gained 
the  affections  of  the  country. 
I  have 
already  observed  that,  distinguished  as 
almost  all  the  legislators  of  the  Union 
were  for  their  intelligence,  they  were 
still  more  so  for  their  patriotism.  They 
had  all  been  nurtured  at  a  time  when 
the  spirit  of 
liberty  was  braced  by  a 
continual  struggle  against  a  powerful 
and  predominant  authority.  When  the 
contest  was  terminated,  while  the  ex­
cited  passions  of  the  populace  persisted 
in  warring  with  dangers  which  had 
ceased  to  threaten  them, 
these  men 
stopped  short  in  their  career;  they  cast 
a  calmer  and  more  penetrating  look  up- 
n  the  country  which  was  now  their 
own;  they  perceived  that  the  war of  in­
dependence  was  definitely  ended  and 
that  the  only  dangers  which  America 
had  to  fear  were  those  which  might  re­
sult  from  the  abuse  of  the  freedom  she 
had  won.  They  had  the  courage  to  say 
what  they  believed  to  be  true,  because 
they  were  animated  by  a  warm  and  sin­
cere  love  of  liberty;  and  they  ventured 
to  propose  restrictions,  because  they 
were  resolutely  opposed  to destruction. ’ ’
A  different  disposition  on  the  part  of 
the  people  might  very  easily  Jbave 
brought  to  wreck  and  ruin  the  whole 
fabric  of  free  government  in  this  coun­
try  within the  first  two  decades  of  its in­
dependence.  Never  in  any  country  was 
the  principle  of  the  sovereignty  of  the 
people  more  firmly  held ;  but  that  prin­
ciple  was  never,  during  the  period  re­
ferred  to  by  De  Tocqueville,  confused 
with  the  idea  that  the  judgment  of  the 
majority  furnishes  an  infallible  key  for 
the  solution  of  every  political  problem 
that  may  be  presented  for  solution  in 
the  history  of  a  free  people.  On  the 
contrary, 
the  people  had  a  profound 
sense  both  of  the  difficulties  in  the  way 
of  a  just  and  efficient  administration 
of  public  affairs  and  of  their  own  in­
adequacy  to  deal  with  them,  and,  there­
fore,  with  commendable  reasonableness, 
they  attempted,  at  least,  to  man the sev­

eral  departments  of  the  Government 
with  the  wisest  and  best  of  their  fellow- 
citizens.  They  made  mistakes  some­
times,  no  doubt;  but  they  made  very 
few  serious,  and  no  fatal,  mistakes. 
It 
may  be  said  that  the  modesty,  the  self­
distrust,  of  the  masses  in  those  days  of 
doubt  and  peril—when  the  whole  un­
dertaking  of  self-government  was  re­
garded  as  a  very  questionable  experi­
ment—was  the  brightest  harbinger  of 
hope  and  the  soundest  element  of  se­
curity  in  the  situation.

into  this  conviction 

Since  then,  and  now  for  a  long  time, 
the  people  have  been  taught  that  they 
know,  under  all  circumstances,  what  is 
best  for  them  and  how  to  get 
it.  But 
why  should  the  people  who  have  been 
flattered 
trouble 
themselves  to  look  for  great  leaders,  es­
pecially  as  there  are  so  many  who  de­
sire  nothing  more  than  to  discover  and 
champion  the  popular  will.  Great  men 
are  not  required  for  the  discharge  of  a 
task  of  that  sort—only  supple  men  who 
can  assume  any  attitude,  or  chameleon­
like  men  who  can  take  any  color,  at  a 
moment’s  notice.

It 

is  not  necessary  to  dwell  on  the 
precarious  condition  of  a  representative 
government  where  the  people  close their 
ears  to  instruction  and  turn  their  backs 
upon  every  statesman  who  will not aban­
don  all  pretense  of  leadership  and  sim­
ply  follow  the  majority  wherever  it  may 
desire  to  go.  The  tendency  in  that  d i­
rection  is  plain  enough  in  this  country. 
There  has  been  a  clear  decadence  in the 
standard  of  statesmanship,  a  distinct 
approach  to  the  rule  of  mediocrity,  in 
If  things  are  still 
the  United  States. 
worse  in  this  regard 
in  France,  it  is 
probably  because  of  essential  differ­
ences 
in  the  political  education  of  the 
people  of  that  country.  The  men  who 
made  the  constitution  of  the  United 
States  were  of  a  race  that  bad  been 
trained  through  centuries  for  the  com­
prehension  and  enjoyment  of  individual 
rights  and  personal 
idea 
that  the  freedom  of  any  form  of  govern­
ment  can  be  determined  by  the  power 
of  the  majority  to  do  as  it  wills  was 
never  entertained  by  the  men  who  made 
the  Government  of  the  United  States,  or 
by  those  who  established  the  muniments 
of  law  and 
in  Great  Britain. 
From  the  radical  republicans  point  of 
view  in  France,the majority is supreme; 
but  the 
individual  counts  for  almost 
nothing.  There 
is  no  reverence  for 
those  striking  traits  of individuality and 
originality  which  are  observable  in  all 
great 
leaders;  but  mediocrity,  with  its 
ready  conformity  to  the  will  of  the  ma­
jority,  is  at  a  premium.

liberty.  The 

liberty 

The 

increase  of  German  trade  with 
Belgium  at  the  expense  of  France  and 
Great  Britain  is  yearly  becoming  more 
notewothy. 
In  1897  Belgium  exported 
to  France  goods  to  the  value of 284,000, - 
000  marks,  while  her  exports to England 
amounted  to  266,000,000,  and  to  Ger­
many  to  no  less  than  310,000,000  marks. 
In  the  same  year  Belgium  imported 
from  France  goods  to  the  value  of  299,- 
000,000  marks,  from  England  to  the 
value  of  193,000,000  marks,  and  from 
Germany  to  the  value  of  200,000,000 
marks.  The  leaders  of  the  Flemish 
movement 
in  Belgium,  who  desire  to 
strengthen  the  relations  of  Belgium  and 
Holland  with  Germany,  have  founded 
a  periodical,  which will  appear  in  Brus­
sels,  under  the  title  of  Germania.  The 
chief  object  of  this  publication 
is  to 
emphasize  the  racial  kinship  of  “ the 
two  Netherlands  kingdoms"  with  the 
German  people.

MICHIGAN  TRADES MAN 

9

MILITARY  RANK  AND  HONOR.
A  favorable  report  comes  from  the 
House  Military Committee,  at  Washing­
ton,  which  recommends  there-establish­
ing 
in  the  army  of  the  official  grade  of 
Lieutenant  General,  which  lapsed  with 
the  death  of  Sheridan.

It 

is  not  known 

if  this  move  is  in­
tended  for  the  bestowal  of  higher  rank 
and  honor  and  pay  upon  some  political 
favorite  or  not,  but it  would  certainly  be 
very  bad  policy  to  start  out  on  such  a 
course  at  the  beginning  of  the  war. 
There  was  vastly  more  wisdom  in  Con­
gress  during  the  civil  war, for the grades 
of  General  and  Lieutenant  General  were 
not  conferred  until  after  the  close  of  the 
struggle,  and  they  were  given  as  re­
wards  for  eminent services.  When Grant 
received  the  surrender  of  Lee  and  Sher­
man  accepted  the  capitulation  of  Joseph 
E.  Johnston,  they  were  still  holding  the 
rank  of  Major  General. 
It  was  only 
after  the  struggle  had  entirely  ceased 
that  Grant  was  made  General,  and  Sher­
man  Lieutenant  General.

Those  grades  were  conferred  as  re­
wards  for  the  most  eminent and success­
ful  services  done.  Think  what  would 
have  been  the  state  of  affairs  if  those 
high  offices  had  been  given  to  the  va­
rious  political  favorites  who  were  called 
to  the  command  of the principal Federal 
armies,  only to  be  displaced  at  the  close 
of  an  unsuccessful  and  disastrous  cam­
paign.  But Congress  and  President  Lin­
coln  were  sagacious  enough  to  require 
that  each  promising  general  should  win 
his  spurs  and  earn  his  reward.  To  load 
some  political  favorite  beforehand  with 
honors  and  rank  which  he  has  never 
done  anything  to  gain,  and  which  he 
may  never  be  able  to  deserve,  would  be 
a  prostitution  of  rank  and  favor,  besides 
an  inexcusable  injusice  to  those  whose 
heroic  acts  and  great  achievements 
in 
the  service  of  the  country  should  merit 
proper  recognition.

Let  not  honors  be  made  mere  toys  to 
be  bestowed  on  the  creatures  of  official 
and  political  favor.  Honors  too  cheaply 
dispensed  degrade  the  giver,  disgrace 
the  public  service,  and  earn  for  the  fa­
vored  recipient  universal  distrust  and 
contempt.  They  should  be  reserved  for 
the  doers  of  great  deeds  in  the  service 
of  their  country.  To  such  alone  they 
are  due.

would  be  entirely  in  that  direction,  but 
the  blow  struck  in  the  Asiatic  archipel­
ago  of  the  Philippines  is  apparently  out 
of  harmony  with  such  a  notion  of  mani­
fest  destiny. 
The  ownership  of  the 
Philippines  by  the  United  States would, 
at  least,  give  opportunity  for  an  advan­
tageous  exchange  when  the  European 
nations  shall  find  it  necessary,  in  strip­
ping  for  the  great  struggle  for  suprem­
acy  in  the  East,  to  unload  their  Ameri­
can  provinces.

That  there  is  to  be  such  a  struggle 
seems  inevitable.  England,  France  and 
Germany  are  all  pushing  into  Africa. 
England  has  been  there  longest  and  has 
acquired  the  vastest  possessions,  but  the 
other  nations  are  persistently  at  work 
establishing  their  power,and  working  to 
secure  as 
large  portions  of  the  Black 
Continent  as  possible.  But,  above  all, 
they  will  confront  each  other  in  Asia, 
where  they  will  meet  Russia  in  their 
efforts  to  seize  upon  and  dismember  the 
decrepit  empires  and  kingdoms  of  that 
most  ancient  source  of  civilization  and 
learning.

It  will  be  in  Asia  and  Africa  that  the 
most  desperate  struggle  for  supremacy 
will  occur,  and  in  the  excitement  and 
stress  of  so  momentous  a  conflict  the 
great  powers  of  Europe  will  be  glad  to 
trade  off  their  American  possessions, 
making  the best bargains possible.  Thus 
it  may  come  about  that,  in  the  great 
tournament  of  the  nations  for  the  read­
justment  of  power and  dominion,  Amer­
ica  from  the  Arctic  Ocean  to Cape Horn 
may  come  into  the  possession  of  Amer­
icans,  all  interested  and  engaged  in  the 
one  great  object  of  working  together  for 
the  general  welfare  and  safety.

In  the  struggle  that  will  occur  in  the 
Far  East,  some nations  must  go  down  in 
defeat,  and  others  will  rise  up  supreme. 
Those  that  have  been  overpowered  and 
driven  out  from  Asia  may seek to recoup 
themselves  by  assaults  on  America,  or 
those  that  have  won 
in  the  mighty 
struggle,  the  bloody  and terrible tribunal 
of  war,  may  thirst  for  universal  domin­
ion.

At  any  rate,  there will  be  good  reason 
for  the  American  nations  to  stand  to­
gether  for  the  general  defense,  so  that 
America  for  Americans  may  be  assured 
and  established  against  any  and  all  on­
slaughts  from  the  outside.

MANIFEST  DESTINY.

if 

It  is  a  fact  so  remarkable  that  it looks 
as 
it  were  a  stroke  of  fate,  that  the 
very  first  and  the  only  decisive  blow 
struck  in  the  war  with  Spain  was  in  an 
Asiatic  domain.

into 

The 

develop 

gradually 

idea  has  always  been  that,  by 
working  under  the  Monroe  doctrine,  it 
would 
the 
maxim,  “ America  for  the  Americans," 
so  that,  in  the  course  of  time,  every 
European  power  would,  in  one  way  or 
another,  lose  or  voluntarily  relinquish 
its  American  possessions,and they would 
content  themselves  with  the  parceling 
out  of  the  Asiatic  and  African  conti­
nents  and  islands.

Russia  seems  to  have  been  most  pre­
scient  and  far-seeing  in  this  respect,  as 
was  evinced  in  the  getting  rid of Alaska 
to  the  United  States.  Russia  has  con­
stantly  been  devoted  to  the  policy  of 
absorbing  territory  contiguous  to  her 
possessions,  thus  securing  an  enormous 
but  compact  and  continuous  domain, 
with  no  seas  between.

Some  such  idèa  has  grown  up  con­
cerning  the  United  States,  and  Russian 
expression  to  that  effect has been repeat­
edly  made  public.  The  acquiring  of  the 
Spanish  West  Indies  in  the  present war

furniture, 

The  French  government  has  adopted 
a  measure  aimed  at  the  proper  regula­
tion  of  the  business  of  dealing  in  old 
furniture  and  curios,  so  extensively car­
ried  on  throughout  all  France.  The  law 
requires  that  each  broker  and  dealer  in 
old 
jewels,  books,  arms, 
drapings,  and  other  pieces  whose  chief 
value  depends  upon 
their  historical 
connections  and  age,  keep  an  official 
register,  signed  by  the  commissaire  of 
police  or  the  mayoi  of  the  town,  “ day 
by  day,  without  blanks  or  erasures,  the 
name,  surname,  character  and  dwelling 
of  those  with  whom  said  broker has con­
tracted ;  also,  the  nature,  quality  and 
price  of  all  said  meichandise;  and  said 
register  must  be 
forthcoming  on  de­
mand."  Penalties  are  prescribed  for 
violation  of  the  foregoing  provision,  the 
purpose  of  which  is  to  prevent  fraud  in 
the  exchange  of  old  and  second-hand 
goods,  especially  such  as  are  sought  by 
collectors.

It 

is  a  good  thing 

to  marry  some 
young  people  off  early.  Then  they  quit 
thinking  about  it  and  go  to  work.

After  a  man’s  eyes  begin  to  fail,  he 
no  longer  flippantly  refers  to  spectacles 
as  “ windows. ”

MICHIGAN  TRADES MAN
She  doesn’t 
if  she  is  not  going  to  be 
outdoors  all  the  time,  for  hob  nails  and 
polished  club-house  floors  do  not  agree, 
and  the  club  rules  prohibit  their  com­
ing  together.  The  regulation  high  golf 
shoe  has  heavy  brass eyelets—no hooks— 
and  are  extra  high  in  the  back.

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Shoes  and  Leather

Differences  of  Opinion  Relative  to  the 

Height  of  Shoes.

is  the  low  shoe. 

“ Yes,”   said  the  girl  with  small bones 
and  a  trim  little  round  ankle,  “ the  only 
comfortable  thing  to  wear  on  one’s  feet 
in  summer 
I  never 
think  of  wearing  anything 
for 
else 
tennis  or  cycling.  The 
walking,  golf, 
idea  of  its  making  one’s  ankles 
large! 
It’s  too  ridiculous  to  think  of.  Why,  1 
don’t  even  wear  high  boots  of  any  kind 
in  winter. ”

“ Low  shoes!"  said  the  girl  whose 
bones  were  cast 
in  a  different  mold. 
“ I  would  never  think  of  such  a  thing. 
It  is  almost  a  desperate  thing  for  a  girl 
who  has  any  regard  for  her  personal  ap­
pearance  to  think  of  wearing  low  shoes. 
One's  ankles  will  develop  two  inches  in 
a  summer  in  wearing  them.  No,  I thank 
you,  you  don’t  catch  me. 
I  wear  regu­
lar  walking  boots  always,  and  good 
high  boots  on 
the  bicycle.  They  are 
comfortable,  look  well,  and  another  ad­
vantage,  they  do  keep  one  free  from 
dust. ”

So  girls,  like  doctors,  disagree,  and 
each  girl  wears  exactly  what  she  thinks 
best,  but  there  is  no  question  but  there 
are  a  great  many  girls  who  are  buying, 
and  have  been  buying  for  some  time, 
high  boots  for  cycling.  For  last  year 
this  the  boots  have  been  better 
and 
shape. 
The  bootmakers  have  been 
learning  something,  and  they  know  now 
that  a  boot,  to  tit well,  should not only be 
rounded  out  at  the  calf  of  the  leg,  but 
that  part  of  the  fullness  should  come 
in 
the  front,  and  they  curve  the  boot  out  a 
little 
there,  with  the  admirable  result 
of  a  good  fit  and  boots  that  stay 
in 
piace.

lower  shoe 

Black  and  a  dark  chocolate  tan  the 
girls  are  wearing  a great  deal  more  than 
the 
in  the  lighter  shades, 
which  are  seldom  to  be  seen.  There  is 
a  boot  ten 
inches  high  that  has  been 
worn  on  the  wheel,  but  when  a  girl  goes 
in  for  high  boots  she  wants  the  full 
height  and  takes the fifteen-inch usually. 
Every  new  rider  does,  anyway.  There 
are  women  cyclists  who  are  learning  to 
ride  even  nowadays.  Strange  as  it  may 
seem,  all  the  world  has  not  taken  to  the 
wheel  yet.  There  is  a  little  more  room 
at  the  toe  of  the  boot  than  there  was  a 
year  ago,  and  the  frivolous  girl  who 
likes  to  have  her  foot  look  small  is  apt 
to  wear  a  Louis  Q uinze  heel. 
If  she 
doesn’t, 
she  may  wear  the  military 
straight  heel,  like  a  Cuban  heel,  which 
gives  her  foot  the  desirable  short  effect. 
There  are  the  low  common-sense  heels 
as  well,  and 
the  military 
heels,  have  a  small  piece  clipped  off  the 
inside  edge  to  prevent  catching.

they,  with 

The  sole  of  the  bicycle  boot  is  of  ox 
hide,  is  corrugated,  or  it  is  a  soft 
little 
turned  sole,  beautifully 
flexible,  but 
without  the  grip  for  holding  the  pedal, 
it  does  not  possess  the  altogether 
and 
businesslike  qualities  of  the  other  two. 
The  ox  hide  is  flexible  and  soft,  but 
it 
has  the  disadvantage  of  being easily wet 
through,  and  it  by  chance  the  botanist 
bicyclist  steps  into  a  marshy  place  for  a 
coveted  flower,  it  will  act  as  a  sponge 
and  absorb  a  wonderful  amount  of 
water,  which  every  motion  of  the  foot 
afterward  squeezes  up 
into  the  shoe. 
The  corrugated  sole  is  the better  for  ac­
tual  service.  These  various  soles  are  all 
to  be  found  in  the  oxford  tie  for  cycling 
for  the  girl  who  affects  the  low  shoe.

The  golf  girl  has  her  low  shoes  with  a 
rubber  disk  on  the  sole;  there  are  hob 
nails  put  in  for  her  if  she  prefers  them.

The  girl  who  tramps  wears  a  boot 
eight  or  ten  inches  high,  what  is  called 
a  rainy-day  boot,  heavy  and  service­
able.  These  boots  came  into  service 
almost  simultaneously  with  the  rainy- 
day  clubs,  perhaps  a  little  before,  a  cir­
cumstance  which  many  people  who 
are 
influenced  by  the  popular  sciences 
of  the  day  would  say  showed  the  move­
ments  of  the  cycle,  a  wave  showing  the 
advance  of  some  great  principle.  But 
whatever 
it  was  the  boots  came,  and 
some  of  them  are  really  boots  for  rainy 
weather 
in  that  they  are  waterproof. 
The  girl  who tramps does not wear these, 
and  the  rainy-day  woman  does  not  wear 
them  unless  she  is  going  to  breast  a  tor­
rent,  for  the  waterproof  qualities  have 
the  same  disadvantages  that  rubber  has 
—they  make  the  foot  air  proof  as  well 
as  waterproof,  and  they  are  very  hot. 
They  are  all  eight  and  ten  inches  high.
And  the  tenuis  shoe!  Tennis  is  not 
so  much 
in  evidence  of  late  years,  but 
there  are  still  tennis  players,  and  there 
are  tennis  shoes  in  tan,  white  and  black 
canvas  and  tan  and  black 
leather,  with 
rubber  soles.  But  all  so-called  tennis 
shoes  do  not  go  to  tennis  players.  They 
make  excellent  yachting  shoes,  the  rub­
ber  soles  preventing  slipping  on  a  wet 
deck.  The  girl  who  crosses  the  ocean 
very  frequently  has  a  tennis shoe sole,  or 
a  rubber  disk  put  on  the  heavy  boot  she 
wears  going  over,  for  the  same  purpose.
For  bicycling,  some  of  the  high  tops 
have  a  network  in  place  of  the  leather. 
It  is  cooler,  but  some  bicycling  girls 
declare  that  such  boots  lose  shape  so 
quickly  that  they  will  not  wear  them.

How  the  Clerk  Saved  a  Customer.
An 

extremely  well-dressed  young 
woman  came  into  one  of  the  large  down 
town  shoe  stores  on  a  very  busy  Satur­
day  not  long  ago  and  took  a  seat  in  the 
ladies’  high  shoe  department.  She  was 
unmistakably 
tailor  made  and  her 
scolding-locks  were  pinned  up  by  a 
coiled  snake  of 
turquoises.  Half  a 
dozen  times  she  tried  to  engage  the  at­
tention  of  the  nearest  salesman, who  had 
enough  customers  then  for  three  clerks. 
Every  time  the  salesman  responded, 
“ I  will  wait  on  you  in  just  a  minute,”  
and  went  on  waiting  on  some  one  else. 
The  well-dressed  young woman trembled 
with  impatience.
“ These  clerks  don’t  understand  their 
business  like  Chicago  clerks,”   she  said 
to  her  companion. 
“ A  Chicago  clerk 
can  wait  on  five  people  at  once.”

“ It’s  outrageous  having  to  wait  this 
way,”   said  her  companion,  who  wore  a 
big  “ picture  hat.”

“ It’s  shameful,”   said  the  first  young 

“ It’s  perfectly  h orrid,”   said  the  sec­

woman.

ond.

“ The  people  who  keep  this  store 
lesson,”   said  the 
ought  to  be  taught  a 
first  young  woman. 
“ I  have  a  great 
mind  to  go  somewhere  else,  so  I  h a v e.”
This  terrible  threat  seemed  to  move 

the  salesman.  He  came  over  to  her.

“ What  can  I  do  for  you?”   he  asked.
“ I  want  a  pair  of  tan  oxford 
laces,”  
said  the  well-dressed young woman—and 
everybody  heaved  a  sigh  of  relief.  The 
store  had  been  saved  the  loss  of  a  cus­
tomer—the  laces  were  3  cents.

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Review  of the  Present  and  Proposed 

Systems.

The  only  argument  that  can  be offered 
in  favor  of  a  Government  note  circula­
tion,  as  against  a  bank 
circulation 
equally  good,  is  that  the  former  saves 
part  of  the  interest  on  the  public  debt 
by  keeping  it  in  the  form  of  non-inter­
est-bearing  demand  notes.  This  argu­
ment  is  quite  taking  if  we  fail  to  con­
sider  the  interest  paid  upon  the  bonds 
issued  for  the  creation  and  maintenance 
of  the  gold  reserve,  the  cost  of 
issuing 
the  notes  and  the  interest  lost  upon  the 
gold  held 
in  the  reserve  fund.  When 
we  consider  these  items  of  expense  the 
savings  amount  to  but  little,  and  if  the 
Government  failed  to  maintain  the  pay­
ment  of 
its  obligations  in  gold  and  so 
precipitated  the  country to a depreciated 
basis,the loss  to  the  people  of  this  coun­
try 
in  a  single  year  would  more  than 
equal 
the  savings  on  our  non-interest- 
bearing  debt  for  a  century.  The  per­
petual 
upon 
notes  redeemable  by  the  Treasury  De­
partment  may 
injure  the  business  of 
this  country  more  during  one  panic 
than  we  can  save  in  interest  during  fifty 
years.

uncertainty  attendant 

Speaking  of  the  proposed  retirement 
of  the  greenbacks,  Robert  Taylor  says : 
“ Any  banking  system  which  will  se­
cure  to  the  people  an  adequate  supply 
of  notes  good  beyond  question,  and 
possessing  the  necessary  requisites  of 
elasticity  and  adaptability  to  the  wants 
of  trade,  will  answer  the purpose. ”   The 
proposed  bill  meets  these  conditions 
through  the  following  requirements: 
j. 
The  system  will  be  National.  This 
country  can  not  afford  to  return  to  any 
system  of  state  banks.  2.  The  notes 
will  be  placed  on  a  basis  much  more 
valuable  and  broader  than  that  now  re­
quired  for National  bank  notes.  All  the 
available  banking  resources  of the coun­
try  will  be  behind  them,  together  with 
the  duplicate 
lia b ility  of  stockholders. 
3.  The  notes  will  be  equally  acceptable 
and  current  in  all  parts  of  the  country, 
no  matter  where  or  by  what  bank  is­
sued,  as  each  bank  is  made  a  guarantor 
of  the  notes  of  every  other  bank  which 
fails  to  care  for  its  issue.  4.  The  sys­
tem  will  be  capable  of  a  general  and 
permanent  growth,  in  magnitude  neces 
sary  to  supply  the  people  with  all  the 
paper  money  required  by  our  growing 
exchanges.  5. 
It  will  have  a  capacity 
of  automatic  expansion  and  contraction 
in  the  volume  of  its  circulation  which 
will  automatically  adapt 
itself  to  the 
varying  needs  of  business  in  different 
seasons  and  places.  6. 
It  will  afford 
the  people  of  remote  and  thinly  settled 
sections  of  our  country  as  good  oppor­
tunities  in  the  way  of  banking  and  note 
issues,  according  to  their  wants,  as  are 
afforded  the  oldest  and  wealthiest  sec­
tions.  7. 
It  will  accomplish  all  these 
changes  gradually  and  without  disturb­
ance  to  business.

The  lack  of  capacity  to  issue  notes 
freely  is  the  greatest  defect  in  the  pres­
ent  system.  Under  it  the  banks  find 
it 
unprofitable  to  issue  more than one  third 
of  their  authorized  limit,  owing  to  the 
market  value  of  Government  bonds.

The  proposed  bill  gives  a  legal  foun­
dation  of  value  in  the  express  require­
ment  that  the  banks  shall  uphold  the 
standard  of  value,  so 
long  as  solvent, 
and  that  the  Government shall guarantee 
the  same  when  the  banks 
fail  to  do 
so. 
is  possible  for  a  government 
to  maintain  a  standard  when  the  banks 
have  failed  in  the effort,  this bill assures

If 

it 

MICHIGAN  TRADES MAN

its  maintenance. 
It  gives  a  business 
foundation  for  securing  the  obligations 
of  banks  thus  declared  by 
law,  consist­
ing  of  the  assets  of  the  banks  and  the 
Government  reserves 
in  the  issue  and 
redemption  department.  It separates  the 
banking  and  revenue  departments  of 
Government  and  makes  each  operative 
independent  of  the  other.  It provides  an 
easy,  practical  and  safe  solution  of  the 
problem  of  what  to  do  with  our  silver 
money. 
It  retires  our  greenbacks  with­
out  contracting  our  paper  money and re­
lieves  the  Government  of  the  work  of 
their  current  redemption,  by  gradually 
substituting  notes  redeemable  by  the 
banks. 
It  will  carry  us  out  of  the  pres­
ent  hazardous  situation  into  one  of  per­
manent  security  and  stability,  by a proc­
ess  so  smooth  and  graduated  that  it 
would  not  disturb  business  affairs  in  the 
least. 

A n d r e w   F y f e .

Character,  Capacity  and  Capital  the 

Component  Parts  of  Credit.

America’s  greatness  lies  largely 

in 
her  commercial  industry.  Her  natural 
resources  are  wonderful,  but  her  genius 
to  develop  is  greater.  Her  population 
is  enormous,but her  ability  to  employ  is 
still  vaster.  Her  trade 
is  prodigious, 
but  her  skill  to  supply  is  equal  to  more 
exacting  demands.  Commerce  has  been 
the  foundation  stone  upon  which  has 
rested  our  National  power,  and  upon 
which  still  vaster  greatness 
is  to  be 
If  our  foundation  stone  is  com­
built. 
merce.  the  superstructure  is  credit. 
If 
commerce  is  the  source  of  our  strength, 
its  consummating  medium. 
credit 
To  such  an 
infinitesimal  degree  does 
money  enter  into  trade  that  it  might  be 
said  with  seeming  propriety  that  our 
entire  business  intercourse  rests  upon 
credit.

is 

If  I  were  asked  to  name  the  first  im­
portant  basis  for  credit  I  should  em­
phatically  say  character. 
The  three 
component  parts  of  credit  are  character, 
capacity  and  capital—but  the  greatest 
of  these  is  character.  Capital  may  be 
borrowed  or  stolen.  Character,  never. 
Character  is  the  inherent  quality  which 
recognizes  and  enforces  the  right.  What 
our  business  world  needs  now,  and  al­
ways,  is  men— in  that  broader  and  more 
significant  sense 
in  which  man  means 
all  that  is  honorable  and  noble.

I  assert  that  credit  should  be  largely 
dependent  upon  the  financial  condition 
of  the  application  for  such  accommo­
dation.  This  knowledge  should  be  ac­
curate  and  detailed.  Estimation  and 
gossip  are  not  reliable  sources  of  infor­
mation.  A  debtor  is  the  only  one  who 
can  best  indicate  his  own  financial  con­
dition.  As  an  applicant  for  credit  it  is 
only  equitable  and  reasonable  that  he 
should  make  a  detailed  statement  of  his 
affairs,  and  as  a  bestower  of  credit  it  is 
only  businesslike  that  you  should  de­
mand  this  information.

The  best  thought  of  the  best  minds  is 
being  devoted  to  the  creation  of  that 
condition  when  honest  failures  will  be 
unnecessary  and  dishonest  ones  so  dan­
gerous  as  to  scarcely  warrant  the  risk. 
Why  should  an  honest  man  fail?  At 
present  largely  because  of  the 
jealousy 
and  fear  which  his  creditors  entertain 
of  each  other,  and  which  result 
the 
minute  the  debtor  gets  in  tight  circum­
stances  in  a  shrewd  competition  as  to 
which  one  will  be  the  first  to  secure  an 
attachment  and  secure  his  claim.  The 
conditions  which  operate 
in  bringing 
about  that  state  of  the  debtor's  affairs 
which  call  for  the  surgical  operation  of 
his  creditors  are  mainly  of  three  char­
acters :  Lack  of  capacity,  lack  of  cap-

it 

In  the  first 
ital  or  lack  of  patronage. 
is  possible  to  find  a  competent 
case 
manager  to  save  the  business; 
in  the 
second  case,  capital  can  be  supplied; 
in  the  third  case,  a  change  of  policy  or 
location  can  be  effected.  A proper spirit 
of  co-operation  existing  among  credit­
ors,  and  a  conscientious  desire  to  be 
fair  on  the  part  of  the  debtor,are all that 
are  essential 
to  save  our  records  from 
numerous  failures. 

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Detroit,  June  25— In  no  other  line  of 
effort 
is  the  onward  march  of  progress 
more  apparent  than  in  connection  with 
the 
improvement  of  varieties  by  the 
crossing  of  species  and  the  careful  se­
lection  of  individual  plants  in  growing 
fruits  and  garden  vegetables. 
small 
The  variety  which 
is  offered  to  the 
grower  from  which  to make his selection 
is  truly  remarkable  and  the  number  of 
new  and  meritorious  seedlings  making 
their  appearance  every  year  as  a  result 
of  painstaking  effort  on  the part of  nurs­
erymen  and  small  fruit  growers  is  le­
gion.  Still,  in  the  face  of  these  facts 
many  growers  are  content  to  plod  along 
in  the  same  old  ruts  year  after  year, 
rather  than  make  the  effort  required  to 
secure  new  and  more  desirable  varie­
ties.  They  seem  to  lose  sight  of  the 
fact  that  certain  individual varieties  are 
better  adapted  to  the  conditions  of  cli­
mate.  soil,  marketing  facilities  and  de­
mand,  which  unavoidably  must  control 
the  sum  total  of  annual  profits  from  the 
year's  work 
in  the  orchard  or  garden. 
It  costs  no  more  to  plant,  care  for  and 
gather  a  desirable  product  than  one  for 
which  the  public  has  no  earthly  use. 
There  will  always  be  enough  stock  of 
average  quality  to  glut  the  market  and 
he  only  can  hope  to  succeed  who  makes 
the  effort  to  raise something which every 
city  consumer  wants  and  which  not 
every  grower  has  had  the  forethought  to 
In  horticulture,  as  in  all  other 
secure. 
inven­
lines,  in  this  progressive  age  of 
tion  and  discovery,  only  those 
in  the 
front  rank  need  hope  for  success;  the 
rear  guard  will  always  he  crowded  with 
toilers  whose  obtuseness  and  faculty  for 
being  behind  the  times  is  only  equaled 
by  their  lack  of 
industry.  The  man 
who  has  the  ability  to  look  ahead  has 
a  most  decided  advantage  over  the  one 
whose  mind  is  given  only  to  melancholy 
after-thoughts  and  whose  only  oppor­
tunity 
self-congratulation  comes 
when  he  sits  himself  sadly  down  and 
remembers  the  fact  that,although  be was 
in  the  market  a  day  or  two  too  late,  he 
might,  after  all,  have  been  later.

for 

The  strawberry  season  is  now  practi­
cally  over  with  us  here  in  Detroit,  and 
it  may  not  be  out  of  place,  at  this  time, 
to  glance  reminiscently  over  the  trade 
of  the  past  few  weeks  and  indicate  to 
the  reader  some  of  the  facts  which  have 
characterized  the  local  traffic 
in  this 
important  edible  for the  year  1898:

In 

comes  out  ahead. 

this,  as  in  other  lines,  the  impor­
tance  of  knowing  what  is  wanted  makes 
itself  promptly  felt  when  the  profits  are 
figured  out  at  the  end  of  the  year.  The 
grower  who  has  a  good  home  market 
close  at  hand  which  will  take  all  of  his 
product  may  proceed  quite  differently 
from  the  one  who  must  seek  a  distant 
market.  For  a  nearby  market  a  soft, 
highly-flavored  berry  answers  the  pur­
pose,  but  for  shipment  the  solid  good- 
keeper 
Enquiry 
among  growers  who  frequent  the  market 
develops  a  set  of  facts  which,  when sup­
plemented  by  information  from  dealers 
and  consumers,  may  be  formulated  into 
a  rule  of  action  which  should  be  help 
ful  to  the  progressive  grower  who  de­
sires  to  raise  the  most  profitable  fruit. 
Last  year  and  this,  the  Bederwood  gave 
good  satisfaction  to the  dealers  and con­
sumers 
in  this  market,  and  the  same 
fact 
is  true  of  the  Warfield;  but  the 
grower  has  found  that  each  of these  ber­
ries  has  yielded  more  profit  to him when 
he  has  mixed  them,  as  they  ripen  well 
together  and  one  plant  Is  fertilized  by 
the  other.  The  Bederwood 
is  a  fairly 
early  variety,  a vigorous  grower,  a  large 
yielder,  not  too  firm  but  entirely  satis­
factory  when  brought  directly  from  the 
plantation  to  the  nearby  market.

The  Bubach  is  a  very  large  berry  and 
a  vigorous  grower 
in  rich  soil,  not  a 
poor-land  berry  by  any  means.  For such 
a  large  type  this  berry  has  an  excellent 
flavor  and  gives  good satisfaction among 
dealers.  The  Crescent  ripens  with  the 
Bubach  and  is  fully  as  good  a  yielder. 
Bright  scarlet  in  color,  with  an  elegant 
flavor,this berry  has  not  received  the  at­

it 

tention  which  it deserves from Michigan 
growers. 
It  can  not  be  called  a  desir­
able  berry  for  shipping  purposes,  but 
when  handled  quickly 
is  hard  to 
beat.

The  Downing,  although  an  old  vari­
It  has 
ety,  is  still  a  very  popular  one. 
is 
a  fine  flavor,  is  very  productive  and 
adapted  to  all  soils  and 
locations,  with 
the  single  exception  that  the  foliage 
rusts  slightly  in  some  sections.

The  Cumberland  is  also  a  very old and 
well-known  variety. 
Its  popularity  has 
not  suffered  with  the  flight  of  years  and 
he  who  eats  a  dish  of  these  berries  in 
the  flush  of  the  season  when  they  are  at 
their  best  will  be  almost  certain  to  ask 
the  name  of  the  variety,  so  well  pleased 
will  he  be  with  the  flavor.

The  Haverland  is  reported  by garden­
ers  to  be  a  vigorous  grower,  standing 
the  drouth  well  and  being  thoroughly 
adapted  to  our  Michigan  climate.  The 
berries  are  long,  cone  shaped,  large 
in 
size  and  of  a  light  scarlet  color.  The 
fruit  of  this  variety  continues  to  mature 
well  until  late  in  the  season.

The  old  standby  for  all  climates  and 
all  soils,  at  the  head  of  the  list  for  can­
ning  purposes  and  not  a  bad  berry  for 
eating,  is  the  Wilson.  Better  this  year 
than  for  several  years  past,  this  well- 
known  berry  has  outlived  hundreds  of 
other  varieties  which  at  the time of their 
first  appearance  threatened  to  supplant 
it in  public  favor.  Give  this  berry  rich 
soil  and  good  care,  and 
it  will  be  as 
profitable  as  any  variety  in  the  market. 
One  of  the  best  points  in  favor  of  the 
Wilson  is  the  sturdiness  of  the  species, 
it  holding  up  well  in  quality  and  pro­
ductiveness  from  year  to  year.

in  bearing 

in  this  State 

The  Parker  Earle  is,  comparatively 
speaking,  one  of  the  new  varieties  and 
for  the  length  of  time  which  this  berry 
has  been 
it 
gives 
conclusive  evidence  of  being 
thoroughly  adapted  to  our  soil  and  cli­
mate.  The  fruit  is  uniform  in  size,  of 
regular,  conical  shape  and  a  bright 
crimson  color. 
It  goes  to  market  in  the 
very  best  shape,  presenting  an  evenness 
in  appearance,  which  is  always a  winner 
with  the  grocery  trade,  who,  as  a  rule,  I 
buy  berries,  as  they  do  other  things,  on 
their  merits.

Lovett’s  Early,  a  cross  between  the 
Crescent  and  the  Wilson,  is  giving  good 
satisfaction  in  other  states  of  about  our 
latitude  and  should  do  well  here.

The  Enhance  has  pleased  well  in  this 
market  during  the  present  season,  al­
though  of  little  note  in  this 
locality  in 
other  years;  it  remains  to  be  seen  wbat 
this  variety  will  bring  forth  in  the  fu­
ture.

For  a  nearby  market  berrv,  in  fact, 
for  a  general-purpose  berry,  the  Gandy, 
as  it  ships  well,  has  taken  the  lead  of 
all  other  varieties  for  the  latter  part  of 
the  season  in  this  market.  There  is  no 
variety  growing  to-day  which gives  such 
universal  satisfaction 
in  hot  weather. 
The  delightful  aroma  given  off  by  this 
fruit  when  well-ripened  commends  it  to 
all  lovers  of  fruit  odors.  The  berry 
is 
uniform 
in  size  and  color  and  has  a 
most  delicious  flavor.  As  an  illustra­
tion  of  the  drouth-proof, 
late-bearing 
characteristics  of  this  berry  the  experi­
ence  of  a  local  grocer  in  the  year  1897, 
as  told  by  him  to  the  writer,  may  not 
be  without  interest  to  the  reader.  The 
dealer  referred  to  had  a  contract  with  a 
grower  of  the  last-mentioned  variety  to 
take  all  of  his  product  throughout  the 
season.  The  fruit  continued  to  come 
for  fully  ten  days  after  other  varieties 
had  become  almost  entirely  worthless 
and  no  change  in  quality  was  percep­
tible.  Orders  were  filled  by  this  dealer 
on  the  morning  of  July  4,  1897,  and  al­
though  the  berries  had  been  picked 
more  than  forty-eight  hours  before,  they 
were  perfectly  solid  and  the  flavor  was 
seemingly  better  than  at  any  preceding 
date  during  the season.  H.  H.  M a ck.

Both  Think.

“ How  does  your  husband  spend  his 

time  in  the  evening?”

schemes  to  make  money.”

“ He  stays  at  home  and  thinks  of 
“ And  what  do  you  do  with  yourself 

when  he  is  thus  occupied?”

“ Oh,  I think  of  schemes  to  spend  it.”

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13

M OLDY  BUTTER.

The  Trouble  Generally  Traced  to  the 

From  the  New  York  Produce  Review.

Tubs.

Last  year’s  experience  with  moldy 
butter  is  likely  to  be  repeated  this  sum­
mer  and  fall  unless  more  than  usual 
care  is  used  in  the  selection  of  the tubs, 
the  proper  treating  of  same,  the  adop­
tion  of  best  methods  of  lining  and pack­
ing  the  butter,  and  in  a  better  arrange­
ment  for  carrying  the  butter  until  it  is 
ready  for  shipment  to  the  Eastern  mar­
kets.

the 

involved 

Our  attention  has  been called to nearly 
a  dozen  different  lots  of  Western  cream­
ery  that  arrived  recently  in  a  more  or 
less  moldy  condition,  showing  that  this 
destructive  growth  had  already appeared 
and  that  if  unchecked 
it  would  cause 
serious  loss  to  creamerymen  and  ship­
pers,  as  well  as  to  the  merchants  in  this 
and  other  markets.  A  carload  of  Kansas 
creamery  that  had  been  contracted  by  a 
New  York  house  was  rejected  because 
of  the  seriously  moldy  condition  of  the 
butter.  On  careful  examination  about 
200  tubs  out  of  the  carload  had  to  be 
turned  out,  sides  and  bottom  scraped 
and  new  paper lining  and  new  tubs  put 
on.  This 
labor  and  expense 
which  no  merchant  would  undertake  to 
do  without  some  compensation.  Two 
other  cars  of  Kansas  stock  were  turned 
down  under  similar  conditions,  and  the 
lot  was  stripped  and  treated  as 
entire 
above. 
In  the  first  case  the  owner  of 
the  creamery  admitted  that  he  had  pur­
chased  a  lot  of  tubs  from  a  manufactur­
er  who  had  not  previously  supplied  him 
with  packages  and  that  the  number 
bought  corresponded  with  the  number 
that  were  found  to  be  in  a  moldy  con­
dition  on  arrival  here.  He  seemed  to 
fully  appreciate  the  situation,  and  said 
that  it  was  not  likely  to  occur  again.  In 
the  other  instance  the  origin  of the mold 
was  also  traced  to  the  tubs,  but  it  was 
conceded  by 
creameryman  who 
made  the  goods  that  the  growth  of  the 
mold  was  probably 
increased  by  im­
proper soaking  and  handling  of the tubs.
Another  lot  of  Elgin  creamery  showed 
spots  on  the  butter,  but  fortunately  they 
were  not  deep,  and  as  the  stock  was  in­
tended  for  immediate  consumption  no 
complaint  was  made.  One  of  the  well- 
known 
Iowa  creameries  was  moldy, 
both  inside  and  outside,  and  could  not 
be  sold  until  it  had  been  carefully  over­
hauled.  Several  other  lots  were  exam­
ined,  including  shipments  from  Iowa, 
Minnesota,  Nebraska and  South  Dakota, 
and  while  the  complaints  are  not  as  fre­
quent  as  a  year  ago,  they  cause the trade 
to  stop  and  think  what  may  occur,  espe­
cially  with  storage  butter,  if  the  trouble 
is  not  checked.  Last  year receivers  took 
the  goods 
into  their  stores  and  spent 
labor  and  money  in  an  effort  to 
much 
put  the  butter  in  marketable  shape.
"  With  this  danger  threatening,  how can 
it  be  avoided  or  at  least  reduced  to 
small  proportions?  Primarily the trouble 
the  tub. 
is 
in 
Improperly  seasoned 
wood 
is  not  unfrequently  worked  into 
the  pAkage  and  the  creameryman  is 
ignoraWof  its  presence  until  the fungus 
growth  appears.  Then 
it  seems  essen­
tial  to  treat  every tub as if  the mold were 
certain  to  develop. 
It  has  been  clearly 
demonstrated  that  soaking  alone  will 
not  always  do; 
the  tubs  should  be 
thoroughly  steamed. 
In  every  well- 
equipped  creamery  there  is  a  jet  of  live 
steam  over  which  a  tub  can  be  held  for 
two  or three  minutes.  This  will  destroy 
the  fungi  that  produce  the  mold  more 
quickly  and  surely  than  any  method  yet 
discovered  and  which 
is  practical  for 
use  in  the  average  creamery.  Soaking 
in  brine  after  the  steaming  is  good also. 
Then 
it  is  advisable  to  wet  the  paper 
lining  in  salt  water,  and  when  it  is  put 
in  the  tub  be  careful  to  press  the  paper 
closely  against  the  sides  so  that  there 
shall  be  no  air  passage  between  the 
paper and  the  wood.  So  many  butter- 
makers  do  not  like  the  bother  of putting 
in  the  lining  that  they  do  the  work  in  a 
shiftless,  haphazard  way  and  the  results 
are 
it 
might  as  well  be  fully  understood  that 
parchment 
for  butter  packages 
has  come  to  stay.  The  manifest  advan­
tages  resulting  from  its use  will  make  it

sometimes  unpleasant. 

lining 

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appear  still  more  necessary  as  time goes 
on;  the  fact  that  it  is  used,  however, 
does  not  remove  in  any  way  the positive 
necessity  for  just  as  rigid  treatment  of 
the  tub  as  though  the  paper  was  not 
used.  Linings  do  not  prevent  the  mold 
from  reaching  the  butter.

The  question  of  dry,  clean,  sweet 
boxes,  with  fairly  cool  temperature  for 
holding  the  butter until  shipping day,  is 
not  incidental,  but  of  vast  importance. 
It 
in  these  damp,  poorly-ventilated, 
make-shift  refrigerators  that  the  mold 
is  often  started.  A  merchant  who  re­
cently  returned  from  the  West  said  that 
in  more  than  one  instance  buttermakers 
admitted  that  the  tubs  were  moldy  be­
fore  the  butter  was  shipped,  but  they 
send  the  goods  along  hoping  that  they 
will  get  through  without  serious trouble.
If  all  the  details  alluded  to  are  fol­
lowed  closely  we  believe  that  there  will 
be  but  little  mold  this  year;  if  proper 
attention 
is  not  given  the  subject  at 
once  the  loss  of  thousands  of dollars will 
fall  on  the  farmers  and  creamerymen  of 
the  West.

Avoid  the  Appearance  of  Sameness.
An  exaggerated  idea  of  neatness  may 
work  positive 
injury  to  the  merchant. 
We  do  not  mean  that  it  is  possible to  be 
too  clean,  but  that  one  may  be  “ more 
nice  than  wise.”  
In  endeavoring  to 
have  the  stocks  in  such  scrupulous order 
during  business  hours,  and 
insisting 
upon  clerks  putting  away  goods 
imme­
diately  after  customers  are  gone,  is  not 
always  a  very  good  plan. 
It  makes  too 
much  sameness 
in  the t appearance  of 
the  store,  which  is  almost  as  undesir­
able  as  a  hullabaloo  caused  by  allowing 
too  many  goods  to  ¡accumulate  on  the 
counters.  Unvarying  order  may 
lead 
people  to  think  that  little  or  no  business 
is  being  done,  which  is  a  bad 
impres­
sion  to  give,  where  people  are  too  eas­
ily  prejudiced,  as  it 
in  being  over­
ready  to 
judge  by  appearances.  The 
idea  which  the  storekeeper  wishes  in­
variably  to  convey  to  people’s  minds 
is 
that  the  store  possesses  to  the  fullest 
possible  extent  the  qualifications  which 
entitle  it  to  the  largest  amount  of  trade. 
The  merchant  whose  range  of  vision 
is 
directed  habitually  toward  the  main 
chance  endeavors  to  unite  progressive­
ness  with  thrift,  strenuous endeavor with 
diplomacy,  and  a  due  regard for appear­
ances  with  consideration  for  others.

is, 

Canadian  Eggs  in  England.

From   the  E xporter.

A.  J.  Brice,  who  recently  returned 
from  a  trip  to  England,  is  said  to  have 
expressed  the  opinion  that  exports  of 
Canadian  eggs  to  England  will  shortly 
reach  proportions  beyond  the  expecta­
tion  of  our  dealers.  He  says  that  the 
British  consumers  fully  realize  the  su­
perior  quality  of  the  Canadian  eggs, 
imported 
compared  with 
from 
those 
Russia  and  elsewhere 
in  Europe,  the 
result  being  that  while  the  present  de­
mand  for  the  Canadian  article  is  quite 
large,  it  is  increasing  in  volume  every 
month. 
In  fact,  it  came  to  Mr.  Brice’s 
notice  a  few  days  ago  that English deal­
ers  had  contracted  with Canadian houses 
to  supply  from  50,000  to 60,000  cases  of 
limed  eggs  for  the  fall  delivery.  Sixty 
thousand 
1,800,000 
dozen,  which  at  14  cents  per  dozen  will 
give $252,000  to  be  placed  at  credit  of 
the  Canadian  hen.

represent 

cases 

trusted.

Spanish  Proverbs  on  Women.

candle  light.

Choose  neither  a  wife  nor  linen  by 
Women  and  weather  are  not  to  be 

No  season  is  as  brief  as  a  woman’s 

love.
never  to  lovers.

A  woman  may  be  loyal  to  love,  but 
Woman 
is  a  curious  creature  with 

long  hair  and  short  ideas.

A  girl's  hair  draws  more  than a ship’s 

Woman 

cable.
whose  tone  depends  upon  the  player.

is  a  guitar,  the  sweetness  of 

He  who  has  a  handsome  wife  or  a 
castle  on  the  frontier  is  never  without 
fear.

W. R. Brice.

Est.  185a.

C. M. Drake.

W. R. Brice & Co.

Philadelphia’s 
Leading  Hustling 
Commission  Merchants

R EFE R E N C ES:

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.

Take  an  Observation

Philadelphia  to-day 
is  the  leading  Butter  market  of  the 
United  States.  The  receipts  of  all  grades  of  Butter  are 
light  and  the  market  is  firm  and  active.

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L ad les......................................................... 
12 
c
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Gist  of  the  Oleo  Decisions  by  the 

Supreme  Court.

Washington,  June  21—The  Supreme 
Court  does  not  pass  upon  matters  not 
submitted  to 
it,  and  not  always  upon 
those.  The  recent  decisions  upon  the 
oleomargarine  laws of  Pennsylvania  and 
New  Hampshire  related  only  to  those 
statutes;  how  the  laws  of  other  states 
will  be  affected  can  only  be  told  when 
they  come  before  the  court  for  review. 
Two  points  were  made  in  support  of 
the  Pennsylvania  law:  First,  that  oleo­
margarine  was  not  a  recognized  article 
of commerce,  and  therefore  state  regula­
tion  or  restriction  of  its  trade  was  not, 
in  the  opinion  of  this  court,  a  contra­
vention  of  the  Congressional  right  to 
foreign  com­
regulate 
merce;  second,  that  “ original  pack­
ages”   of  the  condemned  article  admis­
sible  from  one  state  to  another  must  be 
such  as  are  suitable  for  the  wholesale 
trade  only,  not  for  the  retail.

interstate  and 

After  reviewing  the 

facts  and  the 
law,  the court, speaking  by  Justice  Peck- 
ham,  said  as  to  the  first  point:  “ We 
think  it apparent  that  oleomargarine has 
become  a  proper  subject  of  commerce 
among  the  States  and  with  foreign  na­
tions.  The  general  rule  to be  deducted 
from  the  decisions  of  this  court 
is  that 
a  lawful  article  of  commerce  can  not  be 
wholly  excluded  from  importation  into 
a  state  from  another  state  where  it  was 
manufactured  or  grown.  A  state  has 
power  to  regulate  the 
introduction  of 
any  article  including  a  food  product,  so 
as  to  insure  purity  of  the  article  im­
ported,  but  such  police  power  does  not 
include  the  total  exclusion  even  of  an 
inferior  article  of  food.

Upon  the  second  point, the  court  said : 
“ We  are  not  aware  of  any  such  dis­
tinction  as  is  attempted  to  be  drawn  by 
the  court  below  in  these  cases  between 
a  sale  at  wholesale  to  individuals  en­
gaged  in  the wholesale  trade,  or  one  at 
retail  to  a  consumer.  How  small  may 
be  an  original  package  it  is  not  neces­
sary  here  to  determine.  We  do  not  say 
that  a  sale  of  a  ten  pound  package  of 
oleomargarine  was  a valid sale,  although 
to  a  person  who  was  himself  a  consum­
er.  We  do  not  sav  or  intimate  that  this 
right  of  sale  extended  beyond  the  first 
sale  by  the 
its  arrival 
within  the  state.  The  importer  had  the 
right  to  sell  not  onlv  personally,  but  he 
had  the  right  to  employ  an  agent  to  sell 
for  him.  Otherwise  his  right 
to  sell 
would  be  substantially  valueless,  for  it 
can  not  he  supposed  that  he  would  be 
personally  engaged  in  the sale  of  every 
original  package  sent  to  the  different 
states  in  the  Union.  Having  the  right 
to  sell  through  his  agent,  a  sale  thus 
effected  is  valid.

importer  after 

“ The  right  of  the  importer  to  sell  can 
not  depend  upon  whether  or  not  the 
is  suitahle  for  retail 
original  package 
trade.  His  right  to  sell 
is  the  same, 
whether  to  consumers  or  to  wholesale 
dealers  in  the  article,  provided  he  sells 
them  in  original  packages.  The  state 
can  not,  for  the  purpose  of  preventing 
the 
introduction  of  an  impure  or  adul­
terated  article,  absolutely  prohibit  the 
introduction  of  that  which  is  pure  and 
wholesome.  The  act  of  the  Legislature 
of  Pennsylvania,  to  the  extent  that  it 
prohibits  the  introduction  of  oleomarga­
rine  from  another  state,  and  its  sale  in 
the  original  package,  is  invalid.”
_  From  this  opinion  and  judgment  Tus- 
tics  Harlan  and  Gray  dissented.  Thev 
quoted  the  decisions 
the  cases  of 
Powell  and  Plumley,"and  added:  “ It 
appears  to  us  that  each  state  may,  in 
the  exercise  of  its  police  power,  without 
violating  the  provisions  of  the  constitu­
tion  and  laws  of  the  United  States  con­
cerning interstate  commerce,  make  such 
regulations  relative  to  all  sales  of  oleo­
margarine  within  the  State,  even  in 
original  packages  brought  from  another 
state;  that  the  questions  of  danger to 
health  and  of 
likelihood  of  fraud  or 
deception  and  of  the  preventive  meas­
ures  required  for  the  protection  of  the 
people,  are  questions  of  fact  and  of 
public  policy, 
the  determination  of 
which  belongs  to  the  legislative  depart­
ment  and  not  to  the  judiciary,  and  that, 
if  the  Legislature  is  satisfied  that  oleo­
margarine  is  unwholesome,  and  that  the

in 

only  way  to  protect  the  people  against 
fraud  or  deception 
is  to 
absolutely  prohibit  its  sale,  it  is  within 
the  constitutional  power  of  the  Legisla­
ture  to  do  so."

in  the  other 

The  New  Hampshire  statute  prohibit­
ed  the  sale  of  oleomargarine  unless  it 
Justice  Peckham  
were  colored  pink. 
said:  “ The  statute 
is  in  its  practical 
effect  prohibition.  The  act  is  a  mere 
evasion  of  the  direct  prohibition  con­
tained  in  the  Pennsylvania  statute  and 
yet,  if  enforced,  the  result,  within  the 
state,  would  be  quite  as  positive  in  the 
total  suppression  of  the  article. 
If  the 
Legislature  have  the  power to direct that 
the  article  shall  be  colored  pink,  which 
can  only  be  accomplished  by  the  use  of 
some  foreign  substance  that  will  have 
that  effect,  we  do  not  know  upon  what 
principle 
it  should  be  confined  to  dis­
coloration,  or  why  a  provision  for  an 
offensive  odor  would  not  be  just as valid 
as  one  prescribing  the  particular  color. 
The  statute 
its  necessary  effect  is 
prohibitory,  and 
therefore,  upon  the 
principle recognized  in the  Pennsylvania 
cases,  it  is  invalid.”
further 

elaborating  their 
views,  Justices  Harlan  and  Gray  also 
dissented  from 
the 
the 
New  Hampshire  case.

judgment 

Without 

in 

in 

Pertinent  Pointers  on  the  Prevention 

of  Mold.

Boston,  Mass.,  June  25— As  there  has 
been  so  much  trouble  with  moldy  but­
ter,  I  feel  it  my  duty  to  give  the  ship­
pers  the  result  of  my  twenty-five  years’ 
experience  on  this  point  in the handling 
of  butter.

To  prepare  tubs  for  packing  butter, 
first,  rinse  out  the  dust,  as  dust  is  the 
main  source  of  the  trouble;  it  is  in  the 
particles  of  dust  left  in  the  tubs  or  on 
the  paper  lining  that  the  spores  or seeds 
of  the  mold  dwell.
Soak  the  tubs  for at  least  fifteen  hours 
in  fresh  water,  then  rub  salt  on  the 
in­
side  of  them,  just  before  packing;  or 
better  still,  throw  two  quarts  of  salt  into 
the  tub  and  when  still  wet  turn  the  tub 
around  on  its  side,  and whirl around  two 
or  three  times,then  turn  the  surplus  salt 
into  the  salt  barrel.  This  will 
leave  a 
layer  of  saH  on  the  inside  of  the 
thin 
tub. 
If  too  much  salt  sticks  to  the  tub 
rap 
it  over  the  salt  barrel  lightly,  and 
then  pack  the  butter at  once  before  the 
salt  dissolves  and  runs  down 
into  the 
bottom  of  the  tub.

If  you  paper  line  your tubs  soak  the 
paper  twenty-four hours  in  strong  brine 
before  using  it.  When  tubs  have been 
prepared  in  this  way,  I  have  never  had 
any  moldy  butter  in  all  these  years.

I  have  seen  print  butter  wrapped  in 
parchment  paper without  being  soaked 
that  was  moldy  in  five  days  after  being 
so  wrapped.  This  was  caused  by  the 
mold  spores  that  were  lodged  on  the 
paper  before  being  used,  which  grew 
and  showed  the  mold  as  soon  as  they 
came  in  contact  with  the  moist  butter. 
So  you  see  the  tub  had  nothing  to  do 
with  this.

Paper  lined  tubs  are  called  for,  so 

let 
us  have  them,  but  be  sure  and  soak  the 
paper  in  strong  brine  twenty  hours  be­
fore  using,  and  I  would  recommend 
paper  instead  of  cloth  on  the  top of  but­
ter.  Butter  will  not  grow  strong  with 
paper covering  as  quickly  as  with  cloth, 
for  the  reason  it  keeps  the  air  from  the 
butter.

Never buy  thin  parchment  paper. 

It 
is  best  to  use  good  paper  to  line  tubs, 
and  put  a  good  quality  of  paper  on  top 
of  the  butter.

Pile  tubs  bottom  side  up.  This  will 
prevent  the  hoops  from  dropping  off, 
and  also  prevent  dust  from  gathering  on 
the  inside  of  the  tubs.  Keep  the  covers 
piled  upside  down  to  prevent  dirt  from 
gathering  on  them,  so  they  will  not  look 
dirty  when  they  arrive.

Always  use  every  moldy  or  dirty  tub 
for  kindling  wood.  I  mean  the  tubs  that 
are  moldy  outside  as  well  as  inside,  for 
this  will  save  proprietors  of  creameries 
at  least  two  dollars  on  every  tub  of  but­
ter. 

o.  D o u glass.

The  value  of  the  Mexican  corn  crop 
for  1896  was  over  $77,000,000.  This  is 
ten  times  the  value  of  the  coffee  crop 
raised  in  Mexico.

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Season  Now  Open

Congdon’s Cider Saver and 
FRUIT  PRESERVATIVE  Compound

Had a big sale  in  1897 and all  stores must sell  it this year.  G uaranteed 
to keep  your  cider  and  fruits  pure  and  sweet  without  changing  their 
flavor or color.  No salicylic acid or ingredients injurious to the  health. 
Order of any first-class jobber or of the manufacturers.

J.  L,  CONGDON &  CO.,  Pentwater,  Mich.

All 

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

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

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

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

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The  Food  Commissioner

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

Robinson’s  Cider  Vinegar

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

ROBINSON  CIDER  &  VINEGAR  CO.,  Benton  Harbor,  Mich.
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Exclusively 

Butter and  Eggs

Rates  Reasonable.

Low   Insurance.

Liberal  Advances.

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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.

Correspondence  Solicited.

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

ALFRED  J.  BROWN  SEED  CO.

24  and  26  North  Division  Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

NEW  POTATOES

W e  are  receiving  New  Potatoes  in  carlots 
direct  from  growers.  We  solicit your orders.

MOSELEY  BROS., 26-28-30-32 OTTAWA  ST.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

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Cedar Springs;  any  Wholesale  Grocer in  Grand  Rapids.

Yours  for  business,

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in
Butter. 

The  Finest  Goods 

THE  FINEST  1-2-3 
OR  5-LB.  PACKAGE 

afford you a good profit.  W rite  us.
MAYNARD  &  COON,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
Watermelons  and  Cherries

Lemons,  Oranges,  Bananas  and  Tomatoes.

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

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Supplies.  Order  early  to  get  the  best.
Watermelons
In  any  quantities.

Cherries

Order now  for canning.
All  seasonable  Green Goods.

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News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  Market.

New  York,  June  23—There  is  a  sort 
of  m idsumm er  dulness 
in  the  general 
market  here,  hut  at  the  same  time  trade 
might  be  a  good  deal  duller  than 
it  is. 
Some  of  the 
jobbers  are  well 
satisfied  with  the  transactions  going  for­
ward  and  the  outlook  for  the  future  is 
full  of  promise.

leading 

Coffee  is  moving  about  as  slowly  as 
any  of  the  great  staples  and  orders, 
either  from  country  or  city,  have  been 
few and  for lots sufficient  for  sorting-up 
purposes.  The  market,  however,  may 
be  called  steady  and  prices  generally 
are  pretty  well  maintained.  There 
is 
no  buying  ahead. 
In  store  and  afloat 
there  are  858,675  bags,  against  717,596 
bags  at  the  same  time  last  year.  Rio 
No.  7  is  quotable  at  6^c.  Mild  grades 
are  steady,  but  the  demand  seems  to  be 
rather  light,  either  for  East  or  West 
India  sorts.

The  market  for  raw  sugars  is  at  an 
absolute  standstill.  Refiners seem  to  be 
determined  to  refrain  from  purchasing 
and  holders  will  make  no  concession. 
For  refined  sugar  the  jobbing  demand 
has  been  of  a  very  light  character.  The 
situation  is  just  at  the  moment  not filled 
with  cheer.  What  orders  have  come  to 
hand  have  been  for  the smallest amounts 
possible  to  get  along  with.  The  guar­
antee  against  lower prices for thirty days 
still  remains.  Quotations  are  practical­
ly  unchanged.

The  advance  of  from  6@ioc  on  teas 
has  been  sustained  and  the  market 
is 
firm.  The  volume  of  business 
is  not 
equal  to  that  of  last  week,  as  dealers 
generally  laid 
in  pretty  good  supplies. 
The  next  sale,  to  be  held  the  first  Wed­
nesday  in  July,  will  be  of  moderate  pro­
portions  and  will  not  be  apt  to  attract 
such  general  attention  as  did  the  last 
one.

The  demand  for  rice  is  not  large,  but 
the  market  is  strong  and  prices  are  very 
firm.  Holders  profess  great  confidence 
in  the  future  and  will  not  “ dicker”   at 
all.  Stocks  are  not  at  all  excessive  and 
foreign  advices  are  of  a  character  that 
give  strength  to  the  situation  here.  The 
present 
is,  perhaps,  as  good  a  time  as 
any  to  make  purchases.

Spices  are  firm.  Some  invoice  trad­
ing  has  been  done  at  previous  rates  and 
the  general  appearance  of  the  market  is 
satisfactory.  Singapore  black  pepper, 
9 X c ;  white,  17c;  Zanzibar  cloves,  77/&@ 
8c,  Amboyna,  io ‘4 @i 1 %c.
Molasses  prices  seem 

to  be  pretty 
firmly  adhered  to,  but  there  is  hardly  a 
breath  of  life  in  the  market.  Supplies 
are  not  excessive,  so  far  as  the  better 
grades  are 
is 
enough  to  go  around.  Good  to  prime 
open-kettle,  2g@32c.  Syrups  are  weak 
and  the  demand 
is  light.  Quotations 
seem  to  tend  to  a  lower  basis.  Good  to 
prime  sugar  syrups  are  held  at  I5@i8c 
in  fair-sized  quantities.  The  export 
trade  in  syrups  has  fallen  off  lately  un­
til  there  is  hardly  anything  doing.

concerned,  yet  there 

Canned  goods  are  waiting  to  see  what 
will  turn  up.  Sales  of  peas  seem  to have 
been  rather  disappointing,  so  far  as 
quantity  is  concerned,  yet it  would  seem 
as  though  there  ought  to  be  a  good  pur­
chase  at  the  rates  Baltimore  gives. 
Sixty-five  cents  per  dozen  for  marrow­
fats  ought  to  tempt plenty  of  buyers,  but 
they  do  not  crowd  each  other  to  take 
large  blocks.  Baltimore  reports  that  the 
season  will  be  nearly  completed  with 
this  week  and  the  pack 
is  said  to  be 
light.  Tomatoes  have  been  dull  and 
quotations irregular,  with  95c about right 
for  spot  Maryland  goods,  although  some 
ask  $1.  Maryland  reports  that  the pros­
pects  were  never  better  for  good  quality 
and  ample  quantity.  Eastern  peaches, 
No.  3  standards,  are  held at $ i . 2o@ i . 40.
The  dried  fruits  market  moves  along 
in  a  listless  manner.  Ample  supplies 
of  currants  are  due  here  next  month  and 
are  offered  at  5K @ 53^c.  Evaporated 
apples  of  desirable  quality  are well  held 
and  the  supply  is  hardly  large enough to 
go  around.

Lemons have declined.  Cooler weather
has  caused  less  enquiry  and  the  quality

of  a  good  deal  of  stock  here  is  not  up  to 
the  mark.  A decline  of  almost  $1  a  box 
has  taken  place.  Oranges  are  selling 
well  and  the  market  is  steady.  Bananas 
are  dull  and  easy.

The  butter  market  is  steady  for  the 
best  grades  and  the  supply  is  not  exces­
sive.  Seventeen  cents  for  extra  cream ­
ery  seems  to  be  about  the  established 
figure,  although,  perhaps,  a  little  con­
cession  would  be  made  therefrom.  Lit­
tle  trading  has  been  done  in  State  dairy 
and  the  market  is  weak,  save  for  the 
very  best.  On  Friday  receipts  of  but­
ter  aggregated  5,850  packages.  The 
range  of  prices 
is  about  as  follows: 
Western  creamery  extra, 
firsts, 
i6@i6j^c;  seconds,  I5@i5>ác;  thirds, 
13c;  Western  imitation creamery,extras, 
I4@i4^c; 
I2@ i2^c;  Western 
factory,  I2>á@i3c  for  extras  and  12}4 c 
for  firsts.
There 

in 
cheese,  but  trading  has  been  only  about 
of  an  average  character.  Large  size 
colored  fancy  stock,  7#c.  Grades  not 
up  to  the  mark  are  hard  to  dispose  of 
and  go  for  what  is  offered.  Little  has 
been  done  by  exporters.

is  a  little  better 

feeling 

firsts, 

17c; 

In  eggs,  desirable  goods  are  scarce 
and  the  market  is  firm.  Eggs  that  will 
grade  up  to  the  standard  sell  for  i2^c 
for  Northwestern  stock.  Selected  West­
ern 
for  storage,  at  mark,  iiy¿@ i2c; 
fresh  gathered,  loss  off,  I2@i2j^c.

In  beans,  quotations  have  taken  a 
tumble.  The demand has steadily dimin­
ished  and  marrows  are  scarcely  quot­
able  above  $1.50;  choice  pea,  $1.20; 
choice  red  kidney,  $2.

Status  of the  Cheese  Business  in  On­

tario.

John  W.  Wheaton  in Hoard’s  Dairyman.

The  make  of  cheese  is increasing very 
fast.  Full  grass  cheese  is  now  being 
made  in  all  the  factories,  and  dairymen 
are  looking  for  better  quality,  and  are 
hoping  for  better  prices  when  this  full 
grass  stuff  is  put  upon  the  market.  The 
quality  of  the  goods,  so  far,  has  been 
fine,  as  far  as  early  made  cheese  is  con­
cerned.  A  really  fine  quality  of  cheese 
is  not  looked  for  until  about  the  first  of 
June.  For  this  reason  dealers  are  always 
opposed  to  the  factories  opening  up  un­
til well  in May. 
In  connection  with this 
the  question  of  curtailing  the  supply  as 
much  as  possible,  in  order  to  lessen  the 
output,  is  important.

A  month  or  two  ago  it  was  fully  ex­
pected  that  before  the  new' full  grass 
cheese  would  be  ready  for  shipping, 
old  stocks  would  be  pretty  well  cleaned 
out,  and  that  good  prices  would  be  ob­
tainable for  new  goods,  but  the  situation 
has  not  developed  as  favorably  as  many 
expected 
it  would.  Old  stocks  have 
accumulated  very  fast  during  the  past 
month  in  Great  Britain  and  it  is  alto­
gether  likely  that  our  factorymen  will 
have to  be  satisfied  with  something 
in 
the  neighborhood  of  7  cents  per  pound 
for June  make.  Last  week  (June  4)  the 
ruling  prices at  the  factories  were  from 
6%@7  cents.  There  is  one  feature  of 
the  situation  that  should  not  be  over­
looked  and  that  is,  that  when  cheese 
is 
cheap  a  reaction 
is  sure  to  take  place 
later  on  that  will,  eventually,  bring  the 
price  up.

The  Butter  Was  Strong.

“  Here, ”   said  the  farmer,  as  he  ex­
hibited  a  broken  jar  to  the  manufactur­
er;  “ I  packed  this  jar  full  of  butter, 
and  the  jar  split  from  top  to bottom. 
Perhaps  you  can  explain  the  phenom­
enon.”

“ Oh,  yes, 

I  can,”   was  the  ready 
reply;”   the  butter  was  stronger than  the 
jar.”  

•  •  •

Fourth  of July  Excursions.

On  July  2,  3  and  4  the  Michigan  Cen­
tral  will  sell  excursion  tickets  at  greatly 
reduced  rates,  good  returning  July  5. 
Ask  the  ticket  agent  for  information.

W.  C.  B l a k e, 

City  Ticket Agent.

As  Usual.

She—Julie  and  Joe  are  engaged,  but 
they  have  decided  to  keep  their engage­
ment  a  secret;  Julie  told  me  so.

He—Yes;  I  know  it;  Joe  told  me.

VINKEMULDER  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids.

Manufacturers  and  Jobbers of Spices,  Baking  Powder 
and  Grocers’  and  Meat  Dealers’  Sundries.

MICHIGAN  T R A DE S MA N

16

MEN  O F  MARK.

M.  R.  Carrier,  the  Lansing  Manufac­

turer and  Jobber.
It  is  always  interesting  and 

inspiring 
to  watch  the  career  of  a  successful  man, 
but  it  is  the  man  who  has  attained,  by 
industry  and  patient  labor,  that  degree 
of  success  which  lies  within  the  scope 
of  his  own  ambition  and  possibilities 
that  receives  our  sincerest  admiration. 
We  may  stare  with  wonder  at  such  stu­
pendous  successes  as  Marshall Field and 
Philip  Armour,  but  when  we  want  a 
guide, 
is  not  toward  comets  and 
meteors  that  we  turn  our  gaze,  but, 
rather,  toward  the  steady  beam  of  the 
north  star. 
It  is  the  record  of  success 
as  written  by  the  lives  of  those about  us 
that  proves  the  truest standard.

it 

Such  an  example  we  have  the  pleas­
ure  of  presenting  to  our  readers  in  the 
person  of  Mr.  Merton  Ralph  Carrier,  of 
Lansing,  who  is  the  son  of  Edwin  B. 
and  Caroline  Root  Carrier.  He  was 
born  in  Calhoun  county,  February  20,

the 

life 
and 

1866,  and  on  tracing  his  ancestry  we 
find  him  a  direct and worthy descendant 
of  one  of  those  brave  men  who  sailed 
away  from  Plymouth,  England,  on  the 
itself  for  the 
Mayflower,  risking 
sake  of 
liberty, 
proph­
ecy  written  of  those  brave  Puritans, 
“ The  honor  shall  be  yours to the world’s 
end,”   is  indeed  fulfilled.  A  believer 
in  solar  biology  would  find  in  the  char­
acter  of  Mr.  Carrier  abundant  proof  of 
the  theory  of  solar  influence.  Being 
born  February  20  brings  his  life  under 
the  influence  of  the  sign  Pisces,  which 
lies  in  the  feet;  metaphysically  speak­
ing,  in  the  understanding.  Butler,  an 
authority  on  this  subject,  says  of  chil­
dren  born  on  this  day:  “ They  are  care­
ful  and  thoughtful.  They  have  a  love 
of  acquiring  scientific  knowledge  and 
seek 
from  every  available  source. 
They  are  modest,  just,  upright  and hon­
orable 
in  their  feelings  and  desire  to 
give  full  equivalent  for  all  they  re­
ceive;  are  faithful  and  persistent  in  ex­
ecuting  the  trusts  confided  to them,  and, 
as  we  depend  upon  our  feet  to  keep  us 
upright,  so  may  we  rely  on  persons born 
under  this  sign.”   Mr.  Carrier  has  more 
than  borne  out  these  prognostics— from 
the  thoughtful  studious  boy  in  the  coun­
try  school  to  the  earnest  worker 
in  the 
Lansing  high  school  and  the  ambitious 
young  man  at Albion College,  on through 
the  years  of  business  life,  until  to-day 
we  find  him  still  conscientiously  exe­
cuting  the  duties  that  come  to  him.

it 

After  leaving  college  Mr.  Carrier  en­
tered  the  dry  goods  store  of  his  father 
as  clerk.  A  year’s  probation  proved 
his  efficiency  and  he  was  made  mana­
ger,  a  position  he  held  until  the  firm 
went  out  of  trade  six  years  later.  His

“ What  does  your  wife  do  when  she 
gets  angry  with  you?  Threaten  to  re­
turn  to  her  parents?”

“ Oh,  no;  she  takes  revenge  by  re­
peating  the  fool  things  I  said  on  our 
wedding  trip. ”

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BERRY
CRATES

C H E A P   A T

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

furnished  at 

Theo.  B.  GoOSSEN’S  !  S  E-  Sturgis, Allegan,  Mich.
Contractor and Builder of Butter 
and  Cheese Factories, and Dealer

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Pack

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

MUSSELMAN  GROCER  CO.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Canned

BEWARE OF-

Goods

Impure  Extracts

and  avoid  the  Food  Commissioner’s  raid.  Our  Flavoring  Extracts 
are  pronounced  Absolutely  Pure  by  the  Michigan  State  Analyst.

De  Boe,  K in g   &  Co.,

^ COFFEES
COMPOUND.

Manufactured by
Woodbury
Charlotte. Atleti

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.
r i c h   d r i n k :

ingredients. 

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

W O O D B U R Y   5l  C O . ,   m f r s ..

CHARLOTTE.  MICH.

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

WM. BRUMMELER & SONS
T IN W A R E

Mfrs.  and Jobbers of

and HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

financial  manager. 

love  of  science  led  him  to  seek  some 
field  where  he  might  find  room  for  de­
velopment  along  this  line.  He  was  so 
fortunate  as  to  find  this opportunity with 
Robertson  &  Northrop,  manufacturing 
chemists  of  Lansing.  The  present  firm 
of  Robertson,  Northrop  &  Carrier  was 
organized,  with  Mr.  Carrier  as  business 
In  Lansing 
and 
politics  he  has  become  an 
important 
factor. 
In  the  spring  of  1895  he  was 
elected  alderman  from  the  fourth  ward, 
and 
is  now  acting  as  Mayor  pro  tem. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  school 
board.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America  and  is  State Clerk 
of  that  organization.  He  is  a  good 
blue  Presbyterian,  being  a  member  and 
officer  of  the  Franklin  Street  Presbyte­
rian  church of  Lansing.

A  few  years  ago  Mr.  Carrier  was  mar­
ried  to  Miss  Jennie  Cushman,  of  Lan­
sing,and  they  have  two  bright  children. 
His home,on  the  North Side, is one of  the 
most  charming  in  the  city  and  it  is here 
we  see  its  master at  his  very  best.

New  Route  to  Chicago.

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

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

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

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

The following is a condensed schedili
Lv  Grand  Rapids............7:10am  2:10pm  11:35
6:30
A r  C hicago..................... 2:00pm  9:10pm 
Uv Chicago......................  
3:02pm  11:45
A.r Grand  Rapids............ 
9:30pm  7:215
C.  L.  L o ckw ood, 
General  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agei

Acetylene  a  Cure  for  Cancer, 

rom Invention.
The  latest  development  of  the  use  of 
acetylene  is  on the  medical side. 
It has 
been  employed  in  the  treatment  of  the 
terrible  disease  known  as  cancer,  and, 
it  is  said,  with  results  which  have  not 
only  been  highly  satisfactory  so 
far, 
but  which  almost  seem  to  indicate  that 
an  actual  cure  for  the  complaint  has 
been  discovered.  The  importance of this 
can  not  be  overestimated.  There  ap­
pears  at  least  to  be  no  doubt  that  acety- 
ene  is  the  most  efficient  agent  against 
cancer  known  at  present.  The  method 
is  perfectly  sim ple: 
of  its  application 
The  cancerous  surface 
is  coated  with 
carbide  of  calcium  and  then  moistened 
all  over  with  water.  Acetylene  is  at 
once  evolved 
in  contact  with  the  dis­
eased  tissues.  The  application  can,  of 
course,  be  renewed  at  pleasure. 
A 
burning  sensation  is  felt  by  the  patient 
and 
immediately 
abated.  A  specific  for  cancer  would,  no 
time  one  of  our 
doubt,  stamp  out 
most  formidable  maladies,  and  there 
is 
at  least  hope  that  it  has now been found.

the  symptoms  are 

in 

N ew   illustrated  Catalogue  sent  to  dealers  if  they 

drop  us  a  card.  Every  dealer  should  have  it.

FOLDING  PAPER  BOXES Primed  and  plain  for  Patent 

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

G R A N D   R A P ID S   P A P E R   B O X   C O .

Saving  is  the  secret  of  wealth.

PHONE 8 5 0 .

81. 83 AND 85 CAMPALI ST..  GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.

Commerciai Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip. 

President, J ohn A. Hoffm an, Kalamazoo; Secre- 
tarv, J,  C. Sa u n d e r s, Lansing;  Treasurer, Chas. 
McN o l ty, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  C.  C.  Sn b d e k e r ,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C. W.  A lle n  Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan.

Grand Counselor, J. J.  E v a n s,  Bay City;  Grand 
Secretary, G.  S. V alm or e, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
urer, W. S. W e s t, Jackson.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci­
President,  J.  B o yd  P an tlin d,  Grand  Rapids; 
Secretary and Treasurer, G eo.  F.  Ow en,  Grand 
Rapids.

dent Association.

Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President,  W.  C.  B row n,  Marquette;  Secretary 
and Treasurer, A. F.  W esson,  Marquette.

The  Female  Drummer.
Have you  seen  tile  latest  comer 

When  you gaze  upon  her, know  your 

In  the field ?

Fate  is sealed!

It’s  no sort of use to throw  your- 

Self before her 
And implore her,
In your  weakness 
And  your meekness;
Nor to mutter 
You are  but a

Man,  and she a female drummer!

She will talk you  deaf and  dumber 

Tho* you know the goods she’s selling 

You give in— there’s  no repelling 

Than  a clam;

Are a sham,

Her invasion;
English,  Asian,
White or yellow,
Where’s  tne fellow 
That  is human,
Born of woman,

Can resist the  female  drummer ?

Be it  winter,  be  it  summer,

She will  drum;

On  her tours of devastation 

She will come;

And  your bump of approbation 

Can  but  dwindle 
A t the swindle 
You submit to;
W ife  will wit,  too,
T ill  you wonder 
W hy  in  thunder

Heaven  e’er made  the female  drummer!

Gripsack  Brigade.

Elliott  Cobb,  formerly  a  salesman  for 
O ’Donnell,  Spencer  &  Co.  (Saginaw), 
has  issued  a  foreign  attachment  against 
the  accounts  of  that  firm  in  Pittsburg 
to  recover  $600 salary,  which  he  claims 
to  be  due  him  for  his  services  while 
in 
their  employ.  The  company  has  an 
agency  in  Pittsburg.

Fred  T.  Smith,  aged  22,  traveling 
representative  for  Marshall  Field  & Co., 
Chicago,  met  his  death  Monday  after­
noon  by  drowning  in  Lake  Michigan, 
near  Benton  Harbor.  The  unfortunate 
man  was  accompanied  by  a  companion, 
Fred  J.  Howe,  of  the  house  of  Carson, 
Pirie,  Scott  &  Co.,  of  Chicago.  The 
man  went  down  within  sight  of  his 
mother and  younger  brother.  The  body 
was  taken  to  Chicago.

Fred  J.  Ephlin  and  wife  are rejoicing 
over  the advent  of  a  diminutive  speci­
men  of  humanity,  who has  already  been 
christened  Phillis  Loriane  Ephlin. 
Weight,  8  pounds.  Fred  says  he  ex­
pected  she’d  be  sunset  haired,  but  that 
the  young  lady  is a pronounced brunette, 
with  blue  eyes,  and  that,  if  she’d  been 
a  boy,  she  would  have  been  christened 
Dewey  Hobson  Ephlin.  He  says  she’s 
a  clipper  and  no  mistake.

Patrick  Walsh:  The  traveling  man 
is  a  generous  citizen.  So  far  as  his 
means  permit,  he  gives  to  the  widow 
and  orphan,  and  the  left  hand  rarely 
knows  what  the  right  hand  does.  Trav­
eling  men  are  law-abiding citizens;  you 
seldom  find  them  under  arrest  for  com ­
mitting  unlawful  acts,  although  some 
men  who  are  arrested  claim  they  are 
traveling  men  in  order to  conceal  their 
identity.  No  political  party  has  the 
traveling  man's  vote  in  his  pocket.  The 
traveling  man  thinks  and  votes  for him­

MICHIGAN  TRADES MAN

17

self ;  he  votes  for  what  he  considers  the 
happiness  and  prosperity  of  the  coun­
try,  because  he  realizes  that  the  welfare 
of  the  nation  is  his  welfare.

A.  E.  Standen,  a  converted  traveling 
salesman,  who  has  given  up  his  place 
in  order  to  do  religious  work,  has  raised 
about $30,000  in  order  to  carry  out  the 
ideas  of  the  Universal  Text  Display As­
sociation,  the  headquarters  of  which 
is 
in  Chicago.  The  idea  is  that  if  certain 
texts  of  the  Bible  are “ artistically”  dis­
played  on  billboards,  many  people  will 
thereby  be  converted.  The  aim  of  those 
behind  the  scheme  is  to  display  Bible 
texts  in  every  city  in  a  very  sensational 
way  without  transcending  the  limits  of 
propriety. 
is  done  they  think 
that  crowds  will  be  continually  standing 
in  front  of  the  Bible  billboards,  so  that 
in  time  stage  soubrettes  who  want  to 
gain  a  billboard  fame  will  stipulate that 
their  pictures  be  placed  “ next  to  pure 
reading  matter.”

If  this 

Some  of the  Uncertainties  of the  New 

Revenue  Law.

The  new  revenue  stamp  law  will  go 
into  effect  Friday  and  with  it  will  come 
a  realizing  sense  that  war 
is  a  high- 
priced  luxury.  The  new  law  has  been 
explained,  expounded  and  elucidated 
in  the  papers  since  its  enactment,  a 
couple  of  weeks  ago,  and  by  this  time 
its  provisions  must  be  fairly  well  un­
derstood. 
If  anybody  does  not  yet  un­
derstand  what  is  required,  it  would  be 
advisable  to  post  up  on  the subject with­
out  delay,  because  there  is  a  pretty pen­
alty attached  to violations,and  ignorance 
of  the  law  is  no  defense.  The  2  cent 
stamps  on  checks  and  drafts  will  be  the 
tax  that  will  come  home  to  the  business 
men  with  most  emphasis,  but  there  are 
still  other  provisions  that  will  hit  them 
almost  as  frequently.  Every  shipment 
of  freight  or  express  will  cost  a  cent 
stamp  and  to  send  a  telegram  will 
in­
volve  the  sticking  of  a  1  cent  paster. 
As  to  who  will  stand  the  stamp  on  bills 
of  lading  and  shipping  receipts  is  still 
in  doubt,  whether by  the  railroads  or by 
the  shipper. 
In  the  ordinary  course  of 
business  a  shipment  of  freight  calls  for 
a  receipt  and  a  duplicate  and  often  in 
addition  a  bill  of 
lading  is  issued  in 
exchange  for  the  original.  Under  the 
law  this  would  call  for  three  stamps, 
one  for  the  receipt,  one  for the duplicate 
and  one  for  the  bill  of  lading.  The 
Central  Traffic  Association  will  meet  in 
Chicago  Wednesday  of  this  week  to  dis­
cuss  the  situation  and  decide  on  an  uni­
form  policy.  The  railroads  would,  nat­
urally,  like  to  shift  the  entire  stamp 
burden  upon  the  shippers  and,  as  natur­
ally,  the  shippers  would  like  to get  out 
from  under. 
If  the  railroads  decide  to 
pay  for  the  stamp  on  the  original  re­
ceipt,  it 
is  possible  they  will  ask  the 
shipper  to  stand  the  expense  for  the 
duplicate  receipts  and  bills  of  lading. 
This  stamp  tax  will  be  an  important 
item  of  expense 
in  railroad  operating 
and 
is  estimated  that  this  city  alone 
will  yield  $100  a  day  or  more.

it 

*  *  *

The  new  law  also  requires  a  1  cent 
stamp  on  all  sleeping  and  chair  car 
tickets  and  this  burden  will  fall  on  the 
railroads.  The  tax  of  1  cent  on  tele­
grams  will  be  paid  by  the  sender,  and 
this  will  yield  $8  or  $10 a  day  on  the 
business  done  in  this  city.  How  the  tax 
will  be  collected  on  express  packages 
has  not  yet  been  determined,  but  it  is 
possible  the  tax  may  be  construed  into 
requiring  the  stamp  to be  placed  on  the 
package,  in  which  case  it  would  fall  on 
the  shipper.

There  are  several  provisions  in  the 
law  that  will  require  official 
interpreta­
tion,not  only  as they relate to freight and 
other  traffic,  but  also  to  bank  checks, 
drafts  and  similar  instruments. 
It  will 
take  some  time  to  arrive  at  a  clear  un­
derstanding  of  the  law,  and 
the 
meantime  the  safe  way  is  to  stick  on 
the  stamp  when  in  doubt  and  thus  save 
the  possibility  of  making  a  mistake.

in 

Profit  in  Sewing  Machines.

The  shares  of  the  Singer  Sewing  Ma­
chine  Company  are  attracting  consider­
able  attention  among  investors  at  pres­
ent,  particularly  since  April  1,  when 
dividends  were  increased to  40 per  cent, 
per  annum  (10  percent,  quarterly).  The 
company’s  assets  now  equal  $24,000,000, 
about  one-half  of  which  is  invested  in 
Government  bonds.  The  shares  at  pres­
ent  are  selling  around  410 on a par value 
of  100,  which  shows  an  advance  of  fully 
70  points  since  Jan.  1.  Thus  it  will  be 
seen  the  stock  nets  about  10  per  cent, 
on  the  investment.  The  stock  is  closely 
held,  and  by  investors  almost  entirely, 
the Clark  family,  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  be­
ing  the  largest  owners. 
The  Singer 
Sewing  Machine  Co.  is  the  largest  of  its 
kind  in  the  world,  their  sales  for  1897 
amounting  to  over  800,000  machines.

Freedom.

They  are slaves  who fear  to speak 
For the  fallen  and  the  weak;
They are slaves  who will not  choose 
Hatred,  scoffing’ and  abuse 
Rather than  in  silence shrink 
From  the  truth  they  needs  must  think; 
They are slaves  who  dare not  be 
In the  right with  two or three.

Is true freedom  but to break 
Fetters for our own  dear sake,
And  with  leathern  hearts  forget 
That  we owe mankind  a  debt?
No!  true freedom  is  to share 
All  the chains our  brothers  wear,
And  with  heart and  hand  to be 
Earnest to make others  free.

J a m e s   R u s s e l l   L o w e l l .

She  Doeth  What  She  Can.

She sits alone  in  the  window  seat,
W atching  the soldiers  who throng  the  street;
A  tear clings  fast  to her gentle  eye,
Her  bosom  heaves  w ith  a sudden  sigh,
And  her slender  fingers  that clutch  the sill 
W ave a  proud adieu  with  a royal  will;
But  her  mouth  in  its motion  never slacks 
O ’er  the  gum  she cheweth  to  pay  the  tax.

There are  women  who go to the  battle  front, 
Women  in  hospitals  bearing  the brunt;
Women  who  serve  ’neath  the  Red  Cross  sign, 
Women  whose  mission  seems  half divine;
But  Annabel sits at  the  window  high,
She can  not go where  the  bullets  My,
But steadily  onward  through  packs  and  packs 
She  cheweth  the  gum  to  pay  the  tax.

The  Dewey  Name.

“ Another  quarrel going on next door. ”  
“ What’s the  matter  this  time?”
“ She  wants  to  name  the  baby  Dewey 
and  he  wants  the  name  for  his  wheel.’ ’

“ Little  Jack  Horner 
Sat  in  a  corner,

Eating  Chicago bread ;

It  stuck  in  his  jaw,
Being  mostly  of  straw—

We  cannot  repeat  what  he  said.

MICHIGAN’S  POPULAR 
SUMMER  RESORT..

t THE

SEVEN
ISLANDS

CITY OF  GRAND  LEDGE.

Hotel  now  open. 
First- 
class.  at  reasonable  rates.

This Resort  is  conceded  to  be  the  great 
Central  Park  of  Michigan,  located  eleven 
miles from  Lansing,  on the  Detroit,  Grand 
Rapids  &   Western  R.  R.,  and  its  northern 
division  terminating  at  this  place  makes 
it easy  of access from any point  in the State.
One of the  linest  row  boat  liveries;  two 
splendid  steamers,  150-passenger  capacity; 
hotel and  grounds  thoroughly  illuminated 
by  electricity;  a  veritable paradise for those 
appreciating  rugged  rock  scenery,  beauti­
ful  islands,  groves and glens.  With  eleven 
years of  experience,  we  feel  competent  to 
meet the  various  wants  of  visitors,  tourists, 
excursionists,  picnicers,  etc.  Those  con­
templating a summer  vacation,  write me for 

I P.  S.  Owing  to  other  business.  I  offer 

this  magnificent  property  FOR  SALE, 
but don’t  burden  me with  letters  of  inquiry 
3   U nless Y ou  Have Money,  E nergy,  and 

5;  full  particulars.

5   Mean  Business.

J.  5.  nUDGE,

|   Owner and Proprietor.

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lighted  sample rooms.  Send your mail care  of  the 
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C A L D W E L L ,  formerly of Donnelly  House,  Prop.

Photographs

of

Samples,  Display Cards,  Etc.

It often  occurs  that traveling  salesmen  find  photo­
graphs  of  such  articles  as  are  too  large  to  carry 
a  great  convenience.  The  engraving  department 
of the Tradesman  Company  is  prepared  to  furnish 
such photographs of the best quality on  short notice.

MANY LAKES AND STREAMS afford  Fine  Fishingand
Wm. Cherry man, Prop.

Delightful  Pastime.  Special  attention and rates for 
such  parties.  Write  to  Mears  Hotel.

HOTEL WHITCOMB

ST. JOSEPH, MICH.

A. VINCENT, Prop.

$ 2   PER  DAY. 

FREE  BUS.

LIVE 
DEALERS

in  the  Hardware  and  Implement  Line 
who  want  to  make  good,  clean  money  and 
build  up  a  good  trade  on  a  reliable  and 
quick-selling line  of  Feed  Cutters  will  do 
well to investigate the

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The  line  is  large  and  complete  and  com­

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Write for complete Catalogue of the  best line  of above  class of machinery ever offered.

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Selling  Agent«  “ OHIO”  flachinerjr.

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Drugs—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.  Pe r r y ,  Detroit 
A. C. Schu m ach er, Ann  Arbor 
Geo. Gu n d r u m ,  Ionia  - 
L. E.  R e y n o l d s, St.  Joseph 
- 
He n r y  H eim ,  Saginaw  - 
- 

------- 

- 

President, F. W. R.  Perry, Detroit.
Secretary, G eo.  Gu n d r u m , 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. Muir, Grand Rapids.

Organization,  Legislation  and  Substi­

tution  as  Weapons.

Written fo r the T r a d esm a n.

“ Advance  in  price”   is  the  announce­
ment  that  has  flooded  the  desks  of 
job­
bing  houses  during  the  month.  With 
but  few  exceptions  proprietors  have 
raised  the  price  of  medicines  to  cover 
the  cost  of  stamps—and  in  some  cases 
have  lifted  prices  a  notch  higher,  an­
nouncing  stamps  an  extra  expense.

The  manifest  injustice  of  such  action 
is  directed  toward  the  long-suffering  re­
tailer,  because  prevailing  trade  condi­
tions  have  compelled  the  retailer  to  fol­
low  the  cut  in  the  retail  price,  in  order 
to  meet  the  prices  that  are  forced  upon 
him  by  the  department  stores  and  the 
advertising  cutter  who  desires to monop­
olize.

The  manufacturers  well  know  that  but 
few  retail  druggists  are  able  to maintain 
full  retail  prices  in  the  face  of  ruinous 
competition,  and  the  additional  price 
charged  for  stamps  must  be  paid  by  the 
retail  druggist,  who  can  not  advance 
his  prices  for  the  reason  that  the  delib­
erate  cutter  will  be  quite  willing  to  as­
sume  the  loss  entailed  by  the  higher 
cost,  rather  than  disturb  the  cut  that 
has  brought  to  him  a  concentration  of 
business.  He 
is  well  aware  that  his 
liquors  will  more  than  tide  over  his  di­
minished  profit,  to  sav  nothing  of  the 
large  number  of  people  who  visit  his 
store  and,  incidentally,  purchase  many 
articles  that  pay  a  profit.

The  remedy  against  the  increased cost 
is  organization.  The  remedy  against 
the  department  and  drv  goods  store  is 
also  organization. 
In  the  first  instance 
a  protest  would  receive  attention  and 
probable  compliance  with  a  demand up­
on  the  proper  presentation  of  the  case. 
Proprietors,  as  a  rule,  know  little  of  the 
difficulties  that  surround  the  retailer, 
their  dealings  being exclusively with the 
jobbers.

The  remedy  against  the  department 
and  dry  goods  store  is  a  simple  one: 
Let  one  retailer  he  selected  to  advertise 
at  a  lower  price  any  and  every  article 
advertised  by  the  department  and  dry 
goods  store,  the  loss  thus  occasioned  to 
be  paid  by  assessment  or  from  the treas­
ury  of  the  association. 
It  does  not  take 
a  very  long  time  to  discourage  the  dry 
goods  man  from  dabbling  in  medicines, 
for  when  he  is  finally  convinced  that his 
profits  will  be  entirely  removed,  he  will 
not  extend  his 
line  or  duplicate  his 
stock,  and  no  traveling  man  can  per­
suade  him  to  buy.  This  experiment 
has  been  tried  in  Grand  Rapids  and has 
proved  successful.

In  reference  to  organization,  it  will 
prove  ineffectual  unless  a  money  forfeit

MICHIGAN  T RADE S MAN

be  put  up  by  each  member,  to  be  paid 
into  the  treasury  in case of forgetfulness, 
mistakes  by  the  clerk,  etc.  Such  forfeit 
aids  the  memory  and  establishes  honor 
in  living  up  to  the  rules.

Regarding  the  prospect  of  again  re­
turning  to  full  prices,  let  no  one  delude 
himself  that  this  time  will  ever  come, 
especially  in  the  cities. 
In  the  smaller 
towns  full  prices  may  be  charged.  The 
department  and  dry  goods stores will op­
erate  against  them 
in  the  cities.  Be­
sides,the  public  has  been  educated  to 
paying  ieduced  prices,  and  every  dealer 
knows  how  difficult  it  is  to  raise  a  price 
after a  lower  price  has  been established.
My  idea  is  to  establish  a  schedule  of 
prices  as  follows:  20  cents  for  25  cent 
articles;  40  cents  for  a  50  cent  article; 
80  cents  for  a  $1  article,  etc.  These 
prices  will  pay  the  retailer  a  moderate 
profit.  They  likewise  remove,  to  a  great 
degree,  the  temptation  of  the  depart­
ment  and  dry  goods  stores  to  handle  the 
goods.

Nothing  can  be  accomplished  without 
organization,  with  a  forfeit  to  bind  con­
tracts,  and  even  the  department  and  dry 
goods  stores  must  be  combated  the  mo­
ment  they  advertise  at  a 
lower  price 
than  the  one  prevailing.  The  evil  of 
price  cutting  we  must  accept  as  we  find 
it,  and  relieve  it  of  its  ruinously  ob 
jectionable  features  by  brushing  away 
the  profit,  as  well  as  the  figures  of  the 
merciless  cutter,  whether  he  be  in  our 
own  ranks  or  those  of  the  grasping  de­
partment  store.  This  costs  some  money, 
but  the  remedy  is  effectual.

Of  course,  other measures may  be  pur­
sued  of  a  more  drastic  nature  in  the 
event  of  failure  to  induce  proprietors  to 
accede  to  the  just  demands  of  the  retail 
trade. 
It  is  a  singular  fact  that  none  of 
the  proprietors  appear  to  have  thought 
that  the  good  will  of  the  retailer  is  a 
controlling  factor  in  the  distribution  of 
their  goods.  Suppose  a  general  move­
ment  by  the  retailers in each state should 
be  made  to  secure  legislation  requiring 
the  formula  of  each  medicine  to  be 
printed  upon  the  bottle  or  package! 
It 
is  easy  to  see  that  ruin  would  ensue  to 
the  other 
the  manufacturers.  Or,  on 
hand,  suppose  a  book  of 
formulary 
should  be  prepared,  containing  the  re­
cipe  of  each  of  the  prominent  medi­
cines.  It  would  not  be  long  before  thou­
sands  of  druggists  would  have  the  same 
remedies,  put  up  under  their own  trade 
mark.  There  are  many  ways  of  retali­
ating,  but  there will  be no occasion  to  do 
so.

Proprietors  are  like  other  men.  They 
will  do  the  fair  thing,  even  if  against 
their  pecuniary  interest,  if  they  see  that 
iujustice  is  liable  to  be  met  with resent­
ment.  The  argument  that  it  costs  so 
much  to  advertise  does  not  apply,  be­
cause by  taxing  the  retail  druggist  with 
stamps  he 
is  compelled  to  indirectly 
pay  a  portion  of  the  advertising  bills.
John  E .  P e c k .

Quit  Business.

Quester—“ They  tell  me  that  your  sis­
ter  Emma  has  been  married  while  I 
have  been  away.”

Jester—“ Yes;  she married  Dobbins."
“ Dobbins?  Let  me  see.  What  busi­

ness  was  he  in?”

“ Well,  before  he  was  married  he  was 
an  embosser,  but  ever  since  Em  does 
the  bossing  herself.”

Partially Consoled.

Girl  with  the  pink  shirt  waist— So 
Jack  has  enlisted.  Don’t you hate  dread­
fully  to  see  him  go?

Girl  with  the  ice  cream hat— It  almost 
I don’t believe  I  could 
if  papa  hadn’t 

broke  my  heart. 
have  borne  up  at  all 
bought  me a  ’98  wheel.

The  Retail  Druggist  Pays  It  All.
Holland,  June  27—What  are  our  re­
tail  druggists  to  do  in  regard  to  the rev­
enue  stamp  act  and  the  uncalled-for 
advance  in  the  price  of  many  proprie­
tary  articles?  Shall  we  remain  perfect­
ly  passive  and  allow  the  proprietors  of 
this  class  of  goods  to  make  this  law  an 
excuse  to  advance  the  price  of  their 
preparations,  not  only  to  the  extent  of 
the  actual  cost  of  the  stamps,  but  in 
many  cases  five  times  as  much?  Who 
is  to  pay  this  advance—not  the  whole­
sale  dealer,  nor  the  consumer— who  else 
except  the  retail  druggist?  Now,  we 
have  the  reputation  of  being  food  pre- 
scribers;  why  can  not  we  prescribe 
something  to  cure,  or  at  least  to  allevi­
ate,  this  excessive  taxation?  For  my 
own  part  I  would  suggest  the  formation 
of  an  United  States  Association  of  the 
retail  druggists,  who  could  act  as  one 
person,  not  only  in  regard  to  this  stamp 
act,  but 
in  all  other  matters  affecting 
our  interests—among  others  the  selling 
of  proprietary  goods  to  department 
stores  and  cutters  generally.  To  accom­
plish  this  will  take  time,  and 
in  the 
meantime  I  think 
it  would  be  well  for 
us  all  to  at  once  protect  ourselves 
against  this  unjust  discrimination.  The 
first  thing  to  be  done  is  to  sell  all  pat­
ents  at  full  retail  price  and  in  all  cases 
of  an  advance  in  price  by  the proprietor 
to  over  two-thirds  the  retail  price,  we 
should  at  once  understand  that  we  are 
not  bound  by  bond  to  any  of  these  Shy- 
locks  who  are  after  our  heart's  blood. 
Let  us  stand  fast  by  our  friends  in  this 
line  of  business,  those  who  are  willing 
to 
let  live— in  other  words, 
help  those  manufacturers  who  do  not 
advance  their  figures  and  who  are  will­
ing  to  help  us;  but,  if  none of this latter 
class  can  be  found,  why  not  put  up  our 
own  prescriptions,  which  in  nine  cases 
out  of  ten  would  contain more real  merit 
than  the  great  majority  of  patents  now 
on  the  market?

live  and 

We  notice  some  of  these  preparations 
are  to  be  advanced  to  three-quarters  the 
retail  price  and  some  others  still  more. 
What  shall  we  do  with  these  articles? 
How  would 
it  do  for  us  to  advance  the 
retail  price,  say  on  $1  preparations  to 
Si.25?  How  long,  think  you,  before  the 
public  would  boycott  these  high  priced 
goods;  and  why  might  not  all  prepara­
tions  which  are  above  the  two-thirds 
in  the  same  way?  We 
rule  be  treated 
all  understand  that  the  actual  cost  of 
this  class  of  goods  does  not,  on  the  av­
erage,  cost  one-fifth  of  their  selling 
price,  the  expense  being  in  the  adver­
tising.  The  proprietors  of  these  goods 
should  know—and 
if  not,  should  be 
made  to  understand—that  they  should 
keep  in  touch  and  retain  the  good  will 
of  the  retail  druggist  if  they wish him to 
take  an  interest  in  their  preparations.

I  throw  out  these  few  suggestions  and 
wish  to  hear  the  views of  others  who  are 
affected  by  this  unjust  discrimination, 
not  only  by  Congress,  but  by  the  manu­
facturers  of  patent  medicines.  Brother

retail  druggists,  let  us  bear  from  you 
and  see  it  some  mutual  plan  can  not  be 
agreed  upon  to  protect  our  interests.

H e b e r   W a l s h .

The  Drug  Market.

As  this  is  the  dull  season  in  the  East­
ern  markets,  there 
is  no  speculative 
buying  or  selling  and  few  changes  to 
note  in  prices.

Opium—There  has  been  no  change 
during  the  week.  Prices  are  firm  and 
no  declines  are  looked  for.

Morphine  and  Quinine— Unchanged.
German  Chamomile  Flowers—Are  ad­
vancing,  on  account  of  short crop.  Still 
higher  prices  are  looked  for.

Saltpetre—Easier  under  better  sup­

plies.

Glycerine—Very  firm  at  the  late  ad­
looked  for 

vance  and  higher  prices  are 
in  the  immediate  future.

Linseed  Oil—Dull  and  weak.
Turpentine— Lower.

The  Chafing  Dish  Meal.

“ Waal,  girls,’ 

said  Uncle  Si  Low, 
who  was  visiting  his  nieces,  “ when  you 
come  down  to  the  farm  in  the  summer 
you  make  lots  uv  fun  uv  us  because  we 
eat  in  the  kitchen.  But  I  don’t  see  ez 
it  makes  much  difference  whether  you 
eat  in  the  kitchen  or  cook  in  the  dining 
room. ’ ’

He  Remembered.

He rose to  depart as the clock  sounded  e ig h t,

And,  getting  his  hat  and  his  cane,

His  wife  sweetly  murmured:  “   Now,  don’t  stay 

out late,

Dear  Charlie— ‘ Remember the  Maine!* **

With  that  somewhat  startling  injunction in  view, 

He  was back  home at ten  with  his  pet,

For should  he stay  later he  very  well knew 

What a great  blowing  up he  would  get.

JERSEY  CREAM

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Soda Boras..............  9  ®  11
Soda Boras, po........  9  ®  11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb..............  1M@ 
2
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
5
3® 
Soda, Ash...............   3M® 
4
Soda,‘Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
50®  55
Spt  Myrcia Dom...  @ • 00
Spts. Vmi Rect. bbl.  @ 2  48
Spts. Vini Rect-Mbbl  @2 53 
Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal  @ 2 56 
Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal 
© 2 53 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Subì.........  3M@  4M
Sulphur,  Roll........  3M@  4
Tamarinds.............. 
8®  10
Terehenth Venice... 
28®  30
Theobromae............   40®  42
Vanilla.................. .  9 00@16 00
Zincl  Sulph............  
8

Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. 

7® 

19

45
47
70
40

Linseed, pure  raw..  42 
Linseed,  boiled......  44 
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
Spirits Turpentine.. 
31 
Paints  B B L. 

LB
Red Venetian.........   1M  2  @2
Ochre, yellow Mars.  1M  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..  1M  2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  2M  2M@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2M  2M@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13®  15
70®  75
Vermilion, English. 
Green, Paris...........  18M@  22
13®  16
Green,  Peninsular.. 
Lead, Red...............   5M@ 
6
Lead, white............  5M® 
6
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting,  gilders’. . .  @ 
90
White, Paris Amer.. 
®  1  00
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................  @  1  40
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15

No. llTurpCoach...  1  10®  1  26
Extra  Turp............   1  60®  1  70
Coach Body............   2 75® 3 00
No. 1 Turp F um ....  1  00®  1  10 
Extra Turk Damar..  1  55®  1  60 
Jap. Dryer,No. lTurp  70®  75

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced-
Declined—

Acidum

® 

4® 
6
6® 
8
12®  14
12®  14

Aceticmn.................S  6@8  8
Benzoicum, German  70®  75
Boracie.................... 
15
Carbolicum............   29®  41
Citrlcum................. 
42®  44
5
3® 
Hydrochlor............  
Nitrocum...............  
8®  10
Oxallcum...............  
12® 
14
®  15
Pho8pborium,  dil... 
Salicylicum............. 
60®  65
Sulphuricum...........  1M@ 
5
Tannicum..............  1  25®  1  40
Tartaricnm.............  
38®  40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg........... 
Aqua, 20 deg........... 
Carbon as................. 
Chloridum.............. 
Aniline
Black.......................  2 00® 2 25
Brown.................... 
80®  1  00
R ed......................... 
45®  50
Yellow....................  2 50® 3 00
Baccse.
Cubeaee...........po. 18 
13®  15
Juniperus...............  
6® 
8
Xantnoxylum.........   25®  30
Balsamum
Copaiba................... 
Peru.  ...................... 
Terabin, Canada 
 
Tolutan...................  
Cortex
Abies,  Canadian__
Cassias....................
Cinchona Flava......
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgin!.......
Quill ala,  gr’d .........
Sassafras........po. 18
UlmuB..  po. 15,  gr'd 
Extractum
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra.  24®
Glycyrrhiza, po...... 
28®
Haematox, 15 lb box. 
11®
Hsematox, I s ........... 
13®
Hsematox, Ms.........  
14®
Hsematox, Ms.........  
10®

55®  60
© 2 75
45®
50®

25
30
12
14
15 
17

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

Arnica.................... 
Anthemis................ 
Matricaria.............. 

Folia

15 
2 25 
75 
40 
15

12®
18®
30®

Barosma..................  
23®
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly.................  
18©
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.  25® 
Salvia officinalis, Ms 
and Ms................. 
12®
Ura Ursi.
8®
Gummi
®  65
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
®  45
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
®  35
Acacia, sifted sorts. 
®  28
Acacia, po...............  
60®  80
Aloe, Barb. po.l8®20  12®  14
Aloe, Cape__po. 15  @  12
Aloe, SocotrL.po. 40 
®  30
Ammoniac..............  55®  60
Assafcetida__po. 30 
25®  28
50®  55
Benzolnum............  
Catechu, Is.............. 
®  13
®  14
Catechu, Ms..  ........ 
Catechu, Ms............   @  16
40®  43
Camphorse.............. 
Euphorbium..po.  35 
®  10
Galbanum...............  
©  1  00
Gamboge  po........... 
65®  70
Guaiacum......po. 25 
®  30
Kino...........po. J3.u0 
@3 00
M astic....................  @  60
Myrrh............ po.  45  @  40
Opii... po. *5.20@5.40 3  85® 3 95
Shellac....................  
25®  35
Shellac, bleached...  40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®  80

Herba

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
25

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorium .oz. pkg 
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majorum__oz. pkg 
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 
Mentha Yir..oz. pkg 
Rue...............oz. pkg 
TanacetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  Y. .oz. pkg 
ITagnesia.
Calcined, Pat........... 
55®  60
Carbonate, Pat........ 
20®  22
Carbonate, K. A M..  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings  35®  36

Oleum
Absinthium............
Amygdalae, Dulc__
Amygdalae, Amarae.
Anisi......................
Auranti  Cortex......
Bergamil.................
Cajiputi..................
Caryophylli............
Cedar......................
Chenopadil..............
Cinnamonii.............
Curunelia.  .............

3 25® 3 50 
30®  50
8 00®  8 25 
2  It®  2 20 
2 25® 2 40 
2 40® 2 50 
80®  85
15®  80
35®  65
® 2 75 
1  60®  1  70 
45®  50

75
50®  60

35®  50
Conium  Mac........... 
Copaiba..................   1  15®  1  25
90@ 
Cubebae......................  
00®  1 10
Exechthitos  ..........   1 
Erigeron.................  1 
00@  1 10
Gaultheria..............  1 
50®  1 60
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
Hedeoma.................  1 
on®  1 10
Junipera.................   1 
50® 2 00
Lavendula................   90® 
Limonis..................   l 
30®  1 50
Mentha  Piper.........  1  60® 2 20
Mentha Yerid.........   1  50®  1  60
Morrhuae,  gal.........   1  io@  1  25
Myrcia,....................  4 
00® 4 50
Olive.......................  
75®  3 00
10® 
Picis  Liquida......... 
12
Picls Liquida, gal...  @  35
R icina.................... 
9P@  1  10
Rosmarini...............  
®  1 00
Rosae,  ounce...........  6 50@ 8 50
Succini...................  40®  45
Sabina..................  
90®  1 00
Santal......................  2 
50® 7 00
Sassafras.................  55®  60
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce.  @  65
Tigli!.......................  1 
70®  1 80
40®  50
Thyme.................... 
Thyme,  opt............  
©  1 60
Theobromas........... 
15®  20
Potassium
Bl-Carb.................... 
15©
Bichromate............  
13®
Bromide..................   50®
Carb....................... 
12®
Chlorate., po. 17@19c  16®
Cyanide...................  35®
Iodide......................  2 60®
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28® 
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
©
Potass Nitras, opt...
10®
Potass Nitras...........
10®
Pressiate.................  2Ö®
Sulphate po  ..  ......  
15®  18

Radix

20®
Aconitvm........  ..... 
Althse...................... 
22©
Anchusa................. 
io@
Arum po..................   @
Calamus................. 
20®
Gentiana........po.  15
12®
Glychrrhiza...pv. 15 
16®
Hydrastis Canaden.
@
Hydrastis Can., po..
@18®
Hellebore, Alba, po..  __
Inula, po.................  
15®
Ipecac, po............... 2 80® 3 00
Iris plox....po35@38  35©  40
Jalapa, pr...............   25®  30
Maranta,  Ms......
©
Podophyllum, po.
22@
g£ei  .  ....................  
75®  100
Rhei, cut................  @  1  25
Rtei.pv...................  75®  1  35
Spigelia...................   35®
Sanguinaria... po. 15  @
Serpentaria............   30®
Senega....................  40®
Similax.officinalis H  @
Smilax, M............
©
10®
Scillse............ .po.35
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po.................
@  25
Valeriana,Eng. po 30 
@15@
Valeriana,  Germán
Zingibera...............  
Í2®
25®
Zlngiber j ................ 
Semen

Anisum
po.  15 
@13©
Apium  (graveleons) 
Bird, ls
4®
Carui..............po. 18 
„
10®
Cardamon...............   1  25®  1  75
Coriandrum............ 
8®
8® 10
4«»
Cannabis  Sativa...! 
4® 4M
Cvdonium...............
75®  1  00
Chenopodium...... .
10® 12
Dipterix  Odorate...
i 00® 2 20
Fceniculum............
® 10
Foenugreek, po__
7® 9
L ini............  .........
3M@ 4M
4®  4M
Lini,  grd  ...bbl. 3M 
Lobelia.....................  35@  40
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
4@  4M
........................ 4M® 5
Sinapis Albu........... 
9® 
10
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
n@ 
12
Spiritus

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

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

50 
50 
®
50 
@  60 
®  50
©  50
50®  60
@  50
®  50

®  1  40

1  00

2 00

miscellaneous 

Scillce Co............
®  50
Tolutan............
®  50
Prunus virg........
®  50
Tinctures 
Aconitum Napellis R 
60 
Aconitum Napellis F
50 
Aloes.......................
60 
Aloes and Myrrh__
60 
Arnica....................
50 
Assafcetida............
50 
Atrope  Belladonna.
60 
Auranti  Cortex......
50 
Benzoin...................
60 
Benzoin Co..............
50 
Barosma.................
50 
Cantharides...........
75 
Capsicum............ .
50 
Cardamon...............
75 
Cardamon  Co.........
75 
Castor......................
1  00 
Catechu...................
50 
Cinchona.................
50 
Cinchona Co...........
60 
Columba 
.............
50 
Cubeba.
50 
Cassia Acutifol......
50 
'''« s’-  «cutifolCo  .
50 
50 
is.gi  o L S ............
Ergot......................
50 
Ferri Chloridu  1
35 
Gentian..................
50 
Gentian Co.........
60 
Guiaca.................
50 
Guiaca ammon........
60 
Hyoscyamus...........
50 
Iodine......................
75 
Iodine, colorless....
75 
Kino.......................
50 
Lobelia................
50 
Myrrh......................
50 
Nux Vomica...........
50 
Opii.........................
75 
Opii, camphorated.
50 
Opii,  deodorized....
1  50 
Quassia...................
50 
Rhatany..............
50 
Rhei.......................;
50 
Sanguinaria  .  ........
50 
Serpentaria.........
50 
Stramonium...........
60 
Tolutan...................
60 
Valerian.................
50 
Veratrum Veride...
50 
Zingiber..................
20
-«Ether, Spts. Nit. 3F  30® 
35
■«Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®
38
Alumen...................  2M@
3
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
3®
4
Annatto................. 
40®
50
Antimoni,  po.........  
4®
5 
Antimoni et PotassT  40®
50 
Antipyrin..............  
@
80 
Antirebrin .  ...........  @
15 
Argenti Nitras, oz ..  @
50 
Arsenicum...........  
10®
12 
38®
Balm Gilead  Bud  .. 
40
Bismuth  S. N.........   1  40®
1  50 
CalciumChlor.,  is.. 
®
9 
10 
Calcium Chlor., Ms.  @
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms 
@
12 
Cantharides, Rus.po  @ 
75 
Capsiei  Fructus, af.  @
15 
15 
®
Capsici Fructus, po. 
Capsiei FructusB.po  @ 
15 
12®
Caryophyllus.. po.  15 
14 
Carmine, No. 40... 
@
3 00 
Cera Alba, S. & F .. 
50®
55 
Cera Flava........... 
40®
42 
Coccus....................  @
40 
Cassia F r u c t u s @
33 
Centrarla.................  @
10 
Cetaceum...............’ 
@
45 
Chloroform........... ’ 
60®
63 
Chloroform, squibbs  @ 
1  15 
Chloral HydCrst...  125®
1  50 
Chondrus................  
20®
25 
Cinchonidine,P.& W  25® 
35 
30 
Cinchonidine, Germ  22®
Cocaine..................   3 30®
3 50 
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
70 
Creosotum........ 
@
35 
Creta.............bbl. 75  ®
2
,@
Creta, prep.............. 
5 
Creta, precip...... . 
9®
11
Creta, Rubra......  
@
8
Crocus.................. [ 
18®
20
Cudbear.................  @
24
CupriSulph........5®
6 
Dextrine.................. 
10®
12 
Ether Sulph............ 
75®
90
Emery, all  numbers  @
8
Emery, po...............   @
Ergota...........po. 40  30®
35 
Flake  White........... 
12®
15 
Galla........................  @
23 
Gambier.........................8®
9 
Gelatin, Cooper..  ..  @
60 
Gelatin, French...... 
35®
60 
Glassware, flint, box
70 
Less  than  box__
60 
Glue,  brown........... 
9®
12 
Glue, white............  
13®
25
Glycerins..................15M®
Grana  Paradis!  __  @
¡5
Humulus................. 
25®
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
®  85
_  
Hydraag Chlor Cor. 
75 
Hyd raag Ox Rub’m .  @
95 
Hydraag Ammoniati  @ 
1  10 
55 
HydraagUnguentum  45®
Hydrargyrum.........  
@
70 
75 
Ichthyobolla, Am... 
65®
Indigo......................  75®
1  00
Iodine, Resubi........  3 60®
3 70
Iodoform.................  @
4 20 
®
Lupulin.  ................ 
2 25
Lycopodium........... 
40®
45
............. 
Macis 
65©
Liquor  Arse- et Hy-
drarg Iod..............  @
LiquorPotassArsinit  10®
Magnesia, Sulph__ 
2®
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl  @
Mannia, S. F ........... 
50®
Menthol................  
  ©

25 
12 
3 
1M 60 
2 75

Varnishes

Oils

B B L .  SA L .
Whale, winter......... 
70
70 
45
Lard,  extra.............  40 
Lard, No. 1.............. 
40
35 

POCKET BOOKS
PURSES

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Gentlemen’s  Pocket  Books 

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MICHIGAN  T RADE S MAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

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

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

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

Acme.

Absolute.

BAKING  POWDER.
*  'b cans doz................... 
& Id Jans doz................... 

45
85
lb can  doz...................1 50
M lb cans 3 doz................. 
45
75
H lb cans 3 doz................. 
lb cans 1 doz.................  1 00
1 
10
Bulk.................................... 
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........... 
85
ii lb cans per doz............. 
75
H lb cans per doz  ............  1  20
lb cans per doz............   2  00
1 
H lb cans 4 doz caBe........ 
35
K lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz case........ 
90

Arctic.
El Purity.

Home.

H lb cans, 4 doz case...... . 
54 lb cans, 4 doz case........ 

45
85
lb cans, 2 doz case........  1  60
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............  1  25
6 oz. cans, per doz................  %

Jersey Cream.

Our Leader.

85

Peerless.

Queen Flake,

45
75
lb cans..........................   1  50

H lb cans............................. 
54 lb cane............................. 
I 
1 lb. cans  ............................  
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..............................73
English.................................. 30
CONDENSED

BATH  BRICK.

BLUING.

BROO.TS.

Small, 3 doz.......................  
40
Large, 2 doz......................  75
So. 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..  ...........................s

CANDLES.

CATSUP.

CANNED  GOODS. 
Elanitowoc  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
Columbia, 
pints..............2 00
Columbia, 54 pints..............1  25
CHEESE
Acm e......................
© 754
Amboy.................... @ 8
Butternut...............
© 8
Carson Citv.............
© 714
Emblem................... @ 754
Gem.........................
© 8H
Ideal.......................
© 754
Jersey  ....................
© 7*
Lenawee................. @
Riverside.................
© 8
Springdale..............
©
Brick.......................
© 11
Edam.......................
© 70
Leiden.....................
© 17
Llmburger..............
© 12
Pineapple.................50 © 85
Sap  Sago.................
© 17
Chicory.
Bui* 
5
Red
7

............................
CHOCOLATB.
Walter Baker A  Co
German Sweet..............
...23
Premium......................
...34
Breakfast Cocoa.................... 45

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz.......1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz.......1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz.......1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz.......1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz.......1  80
Jute, 60 ft,  per  doz.............  80
Jute. 78 ft.  per doz..............  95
COCOA SHELLS.
201b  bags.......................  
2%
Less quantity.................  
3
Pound  packages............. 
4
CRBA11  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes..30-35

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

Santos.

P a ir.......................................... 9
Good........................................10
Prim e......................................11
Golden  ...................................12
Peaberry  ................................13
Pair  ................................
Good  ......................................13
Prim e......................................14
Peaberry  ................ 
15
Pair  .................... ..................1
Good  ................................ 
16
Fancy 
.................................. 1
Maracaibo.
Prim e......................................1
Milled......................................30

Mexican  and  Guatamala.

 

Java.

Interior...................................19
Private  Growth...................... 20
Mandebllng............................ 21

Mocha.

Roasted.

Im itation............................... 20
Arabian  .................................22
Clark- Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Pifth  Avenue......  
...........29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__29
Wells’ Mocha and Java..... 24
Weils’ Perfection Java..... 24
Sancaibo.............................21
Breakfast B'end...............   18
Valley City Maracaibo.......1854
Ideal  Blend........................14
Leader  Blend.....................12

Package.

.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffee 
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 
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the list 
is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price in full cases.
Arbnckle.......................  10 50
Jersey.............................   10 50
r>r  ^ughlln’s  XXVY. 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct to  W.  P.  McLaughlin  A 
Co., Chicago.
I  Valley City 54 gross... 
76
i  15
Felix 54 gross................. 
85
Hummel’s foil Vi gross  .. 
1  48
Hummel’s tin 54  gross  .. 
CLOTHES  PINS.
5 gross boxes.......................  40
4 doz in case.
Gall Borden  Eagle..................6 75
Crown................................. 6 25
Daisy...................................5 75
Champion...........................4 50
Magnolia 
.4  25
Challenge............................. 3 35
.................................3  35
Dime 
Tradesman Grade.

CONDENSED  MILK.

COUPON  BOOKS.

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

Extract.

Superior 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, any denom__ 20 00
50 books, any denom....  1  50
100 books, any denom__   2 50
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00
Can be made to represent any 
20 books...............................   1 00
50 books.................................2 00
100 books  .........................  3 00
250 books.................................C 25
500 books................................10 00
1000 books................................17 50

denomination from 810 down.

Coupon Pass Books,

Salt  Fish.

Cod.

13

Herring.

flackerel.

Georges cured............  @4
Georges genuine........  @5
Georges selected........  @ 514
Strips or bricks.........   6  @9
Holland white hoops, bbl. 
Holland white hoop 14bbl  2 75
Holland,  54  bbl................  1  30
Holland white hoop,  keg.  30
Holland white hoop mens 
85
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs...................  2  75
Round  40 lbs...................  1  30
Scaled........................  
Mess 100 lbs......................  15 00
Mess  40 lbs......................  6  30
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  65
Mess  8 lbs......................  1  35
No. 1 100 lbs......................  13  25
No. 1  40 lbs......................  5  60
No. 1  10 lbs......................  1  48
No. 1  8 lbs......................  1  20
No. 2 100 lbs......................  8  50
No. 2  40 lbs......................  3 70
No. 2  10 lbs...............   100
No. 2  8 lbs.
83
T rout.
No. 1100 lbs............
No. 1  40 lbs................
No. 1  10 lbs................
No. 1  8 lbs................
Whlteflzh.

2 40 
68 
57
Pam 
100 lbs.... ....  6 25
1  75 
40 lbs  ... ....  2 80
1 00 
10 lbs__ .... 
78
33 
29
8 lbs__ .... 
85
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

No. 1 No. 2
5 75
2 60
73
61

Jennings’.

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

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

Souders’.
Best  In  the  world 
money.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

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

Regular
Vanilla.

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

Tanglefoot, per box...........  30
Tanglefoot, c’se of 10 b’x’s 2 55
Tanglefoot, 5 case lots...... 2 50
Tanglefoot, 10 case lots.... 32 40

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Kegs.................................... 4 00
Half Kegs............................2 25
Quarter Kegs...................... 1  25
1 lb. cahs........ 
..................  30
54 lb. cans............................   18

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

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

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

Kegs.....................................8 00
Half Kegs............................4 25
Quarter Kegs...................... 2 25
lib. cans.............................  45

HERBS.

Sage. 
Hops .

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

15 lb  palls............................   35
30 lb  palls............................   65

INDIGO.

JELLY.

LYB.

Condensed, 2 doz  ..............1  20
Condensed. 4  doz  ..............2 25

LICORICE.

Pure......................................  80
Calabria.............................   25
Sicily..:...............................   14
Root.....................................   10

MINCE MEAT.

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

flATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9 sulphur.................... 1  85
Anchor  Parlor...................1  70
No. 2  Home....................... 1  10
Export  Parlor...................4  00

nOLASSES.
New Orleans.

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

Half-barrels 2c extra.
MUSTARD.

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

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216......................   1 70
Clay, T. D. full count........ 
6R
Cob, No. 3..........................  
85

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s.............................  4 00
PennaSalt  Co.’s.................  3 00

Barrels, 1,200 count............  5 00
Half bbls, 600 count...........  3 00

Barrels, 2,400 count.........   6 00
Half bbls  1,200 count........  3 50

PICKLBS.
riedlum.

Small.

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina bead............   .....  6 54
Carolina  No. 1  .................   5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................  354

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1......................  634
Japan.  No. 2......................  6
Java, fancy  head..............  6
Java, No. 1.........................  5 54
T ab le................................

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In  box.

Church’s .............................3 3C
Deland’s .............................3  15
Dwight’s .............................3 30
Taylor’s...............................3 00

SAL SODA.

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

SBBDS.

A nise...............................   9
Canary, Smyrna..............! 
sy.
g
Caraway........................... 
Cardamon,  M alabar......  60
Celery............................... 
jj
Hemp,  Russian................  314
¿u
Mixed  Bird...................... 
Mustard,  white.............. 
5
Poppy  ..............................  10
Rape.................................  454
Cuttle Bone......................  20

SNUFF.

Scotch, In bladders............   37
Maecaboy, In jars.................   35
French Rappee, in jars......   43

SALT.

Diamond  Crystal.

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. bulk.2 25 
Butter, barrels,2014 lbbags.2 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs............   25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............   56

Common Grades.

100 31b sacks.........................1 90
60 5-lb sacks.........................1 75
28 10-lb sacks.......................1 go

Worcester.

lb. cartons...............3 25
50  4 
115  2541b. Backs................... 4 00
lb. sacks...................3 75
60  5 
2214 
lb. sacks.................. 350
3010 
lb. sacks...................350
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................   60
Bulk In barrels.....................2 50

Warsaw.

56-lb dairy in drill bags......   30
“S-lb dairy in drill bags......  15

Ashton.

Higgins.

56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 

56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 

Solar Rock.

56-lb  sacks..........................   24

Common.

Granulated Fine........-........  70
Medium  Fine......................  70

SOAP.

JAXON

Single box.................................2 75
b ox lots, d elivered ........ 2  70
5 
10 box lots, delivered.........  2 65
tIAS.  S.  KIRK  S CO.’S BRANDS.
American Family, wrp’d....2 66
Dome.........................................2 75
Cabinet..................................... 2 20
Savon........................................ 2 50
White Russian......................... 2 35
White Cloud,  laundry.... ..6 25
White Cloud,  toilet................. 3 50
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz__ 2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8  oz__ 3 00
Blue India, 100 34 lb..................3 00
Kirkoline.................................. 3 50
Eos............................................2 50

Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

100 cakes, 75 lbs.

Single box............................ 2 80
5 box lots.............................2 75
10 box lots.............................2 70
25 box lots.............................2 60

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2 75
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars__ 3 75
TJno, 100 34-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 100 10-oz.  bars............ 2 05

Scouring.

Sapolio, kitchen, 3 d o z......2 40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz...........2 40

Boxes  .................................  554
Kegs, English......................  4%

Universal Grade.

Apple*.

Credit Checks.

California Fruits.

50 books, any denom....  1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1,000  books, any denom_20 00
500, any one denom’n ...... 3 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ......   8 00
Steel punch.......................   75
DRIED  FRUITS—DOnESTIC 
Snndrled.......................   @  5
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  @ 8
Apricots.....................  
$8 Vi
Blackberries...............
Nectarines........ ........  ©  7*
Peaches.......................  654©  754
Pears......   ................. 8  © 7 54
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnellea..................
Raspberries................
100-120 25 lb boxes.........  @
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   @  4&
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........  @
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   @
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........  @  55£
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........  ©  6%
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  ©  9
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........  @
14 cent less In 50 lb cases 

California Prunos.

Raisins.

London Layers 3 Crown. 
London Layers 4 Crown. 
Dehesi&s.......................
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 

1  45 
1 55
3-Si
414
5%

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Peel.

Raisins.

Patras bbls...................... @ 7j4
Vostizzas 50 lb cases........@ 714
Cleaned, bulk  .................@  8K
Cleaned, packages...........
Citron American 10 lb bx  @13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx @12 
Orange American 10 lb bx  @12 
Ondura 28 lb boxes......8  @ 814
Sultana  1 Crown.........   @
Sultana 2 Crown  ........   @
Sultana  3 Crown.........   @  714
Sultana 4 Crown.........   @
Sultana n Crown 
@
Sultana 6 C row n........  @12
Sultana package.........  @14
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages......... ...1  50
Bulk, per 100 lbs..............3 50
Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

Farina.

Grits.

Peas.

Beans.

Pearl Barley.

24 2 lb. packages......... ....2 25
100 lb. kegs.................
...3  60
200 lb. barrels.............. ....6 90
Hominy.
Barrels  ......................
...2 50
Flake, 501b.  drums...
...1  00
Dried Lima  ..................... 
3^
Medium Hand Picked__
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box........  60
Imported,  25 lb. box........2 50
Common...........................  1  75
Chester............................  2 00
Em pire............................  3 00
Green,  bu.........................  95
Split,  perlb......................  214
Rolled Avena,  bbl.........4 00
Monarch,  bbl......................3 85
Monarch,  14  bbl.................2 05
Monarch, 90 lb sacks.........1  85
Quaker, cases......................3 20
Huron, cases........................1 75
German....................
4
East  India................
314
Tapioca.
Flake........................
3«394
Pearl..........................
Anchor, 40 1 lb. pkges 
5
Cracked, bulk...................  354
24 2 lb packages...................2 50

Rolled  Oats.

Wheat.

Sago.

S P I C E S .
Whole Sifted.

Pure Oround In Bulk.

Allspice  ............................  13
Cassia, China in mats.........13
Cassia, Batavia in  band__35
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....................3 >
Cassia,  Saigon.................... 45
Cloves, Zanzibar..................14
Ginger,  African..................15
Ginger,  Cochin................... 13
Ginger,  Jamaica  ................21
Mace,  Batavia.................... ps
Mustard......................... 12@18
Nutmegs,...................... iu@60
Pepper, Sing , black............12
Pepper, Sing., white............20
Pepper, Cayenne..................20
Sage..................... 
15
Corn.

SYRUPS.

Barrels................................. 15
Half  bbls............................ 17
Pair  ................................   16
Good................................   20
Choice.............................   25

Pure Cane.

STARCH.

Klngiford’s  Corn.

40 1-lb packages...................  6
20 1 lb packages.................... 634

Klngsford’s Sliver  Gloss.

40 1-lb packages...................  oy,
Mb boxes..........................  7

Diamond.

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

Common Corn.

201 lb. packages.................   5
401 lb. packages..................  434

Common aloes.

1-lb  packages......................  4%
3-lb  packages......................  4t£
6-lb  packages......................  4%
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   3%
Barrels  ...............................  3

STOVE POLISH.

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

SUGAR.

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New  York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino................................5 88
Cut  Loaf.............................. 5 88
Crushed............................... 5 88
Cubes...................................5 63
Powdered  ...........................5 63
XXXX  Powdered................ 5 69
Granulated in bbls...............5 38
Granulated in  bags............. 5 38
Pine Granulated..................5 38
Extra Pine Granulated...... 5  50
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 50
Mould  A.............................. 5 63
Diamond Confec.  A............5 38
Confec. Standard A............. 5 25
No.  1...................................5 00
No  2................................... 5 00
No.  3................................... 5 00
No.  4................................... 5 00
No.  5................................... 4 94
No.  6................................... 4 88
No.  7................................... 4 81
No.  8................................... 4 75
No.  9................................... 4 63
No.  10..................... 
No.  11.............................     .4  63
No.  12................................... 4 50
No.  13....................................4 44
No.  14................................... 4 38
No.  15...................................4 31
No.  16....................................4 26

 

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

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

H. & P. Drug Co.’s brand. 

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

G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

bbls.  pails
Standard.................   6)4@ 7
Standard H.  H........  6J4@ 7
Standard Twist......   6  @ 8
Cut Loaf................. 
@  gj4
cases
Jumbo, 32 lb  ..........  
@ 6)4
Extra H .H .............. 
@854
Boston  Cream........ 
@

, 

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............. ’

@ 534
-  -
@
@ 7)4 
@ 7)4 
@ 8)4 
@ 8)4 
@  8)4 
@ 8 
@ 8)4 
@ 8)4 
@10 
@12

@ 8)4 
@  9 
@14 
@11 
@ 6 
@ 8 
@  9 
@ 9

Fancy- -In  5  lb.  Boxes.

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.
Plain  Creams........
Decorated Creams
String Rock............
Burnt Almonds...... l
Wintergreen Berries
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes...................
No. 1 wrapped, 3  ib.
boxes...................
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes..............

Fruits.
Orange*.
Medt Sweets........... 
Lemons.

@50
@50
@60
@60
@75
@30
@75
@50
@50
@50
@50
@55
@50
@50
80  @1  00
60  @90 
@90 
@60
25  @ 
@60

@35
@50

@3 00

Strictly choice 360s..  @5 00
Strictly choice 300s..  @5 00
Fancy 360s or 300s...  @5 50
Ex. Fancy 300s........ 
Ex. Fancy 360s........ 
Jumbo cases-Maioris  @6 50

@
@

Bananas.

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

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Figs.

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

Fards in 10 lb  boxes 
Fards  in  60 lb  cases 
Persians, G. M’s......  
lb cases, new........ 
Sairs,  601b cases__ 
Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds, Ivaca.........
Almonds,  California
soft shelled...........
Brazils new..............
Filberts  ..................
Walnuts, Grenoble* . 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1 
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif......................
Table Nuts,  fancy... 
Table Nuts,  choice..
Pecans, Med.......... .
Pecans, Ex. Large....
Pecans, Jumbos........
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio, new...............
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks

Peanut*.

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

@
@
@  14
@
@ 13
@ 6)4

@ g
@ 6
@ 5
@6
@ 414

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

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

@ 7)4
@ 7)4 
@ 4)4
5)4

3. C. W............................... 33 00

Michigan Cigar Co.'s brand

Ure Unkle

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

Ruhe Bros. Co. ’s Brands.

Double Eagles, 6 sizes.$55®70 00
Gen. Maceo, 5 sizes__  55@70 00
35 00
Mr. Thomas...............  
Cuban Hand  Made.... 
35 00
Crown  Five...............  
35 00
Sir  William...............  
35 00
35 00
Club Five................... 
35 00
Gens. Grant and Lee.. 
Little Peggy.............. 
35  00
Signal  Five...............  
35  (jo
Knights of Pythias__  
35  00
Key West Perfects, 2 sz 55Q60  00

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40 grain....  6
Malt White Wine, 80 grain__9
Pure Cider.............................10
Pure Cider,  Leroux.........i."!! 11
Pure Cider, Genessee.............11

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

Crackers.

Soda.

Oyster.

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Batter.
Seymour XXX................... 
fi
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  6)4
Family XXX......................  g
Family XXX, 31b  carton..  6)4
Salted XXX.........................  6
Salted XXX. 31b carton...  6)4 
Soda  XXX  .......................
Soda  XXX, 31b  carton__  7
Soda,  C ity....,................ ’  g
Zephyrette.................... . "   jo
Long Island  Wafers__!!!  11
L. I. Wafers, 1 lb carton  ..  12 
Square Oyster, XXX.........   6
Sq. Oys. XXX. 1  lb  carton.  7
Farina Oyster,  XXX.........   6
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  jgu
Bent’s Cold Water............   14
Belle Rose.........................  g
Cocoanut Taffy..................  12
Coffee Cakes............ ..........   iu
Frosted Honey...................  1234
Graham Crackers...............   g
Ginge r Snaps, XXX round.  7% 
Ginger Snaps,XXX  city...  7yt 
Gin. Sups,XXX home made  734 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  734
Ginger Gems.......................   8
Imperials............................   g
Jumbles,  Honey.................  1134
Molasses Cakes...................  g
Marshmallow  ....................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......   16
Pretzels,  hand  m ad e......  9
Pretzelettes, Little German  7
Sugar  Cake.........................  g
Sultanas.............................  1234
Sears’Lunch......................  734
Sugar  Squares....................  9
Vanilla  Wafers.................  14
Pecan Wafers.....................  1534
Mixed Picnic.....................   11*4
Cream Jumbles..................  12
Boston Ginger  Nuts..........   934
Pineapple Glace..................  16
Penny Cakes......................  8)4
Marshmallow  Walnuts__  16
Belle Isle Picnic  .. 
iot4
Oils.
Barrels.

4 63

Eocene.......................  @1134
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @ 8J$4
W W Michigan...........  @ 834
Diamond White.........  @734
D., S. Gas....................  @834
Deo. N aptha..............  @7
Cylinder................... 25  @34
Engine...................... Ji  @21
Black, winter.............  @ 8

Grains and Feedstuffs

Wheat.

Wheat................................  77

Winter Wheat Flour. 

Local Brands.

Patents............................  5  go
Second  Patent.............’!."  5 10
Straight............................  4  9u
Clear..................................  4  40
Graham  .....................           4  75
Buckwheat......... 4 
00
Bye  .................................. '  3 75
Subject 
to usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond, 34s........................ 5 00
Diamond, 34s........................ 5 00
Diamond, )4s......................5  to
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
4  75
Quaker, 54s.................. 
Quaker, 34s.................. 
4 75
Quaker, %a........................   4  75

Spring  Wheat Flour. 

Clark-Jewell Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s  Best 34s.........   5 25
Pillsbury’s  Best 34s...........  5  15
Pillsbury’s Best 14s...........  5  05
Pillsbury’s Best 34s paper..  5  05 
Pillsbnry's Best n s paper..  5 05
Ball Barnhart-Putman’s Brand.

Duluth Imperial, 34s...........5  25
Duluth Imperial, 34s ...........5  15
Duluth Imperial,  34s.........  5  05
Lemon & Wheeler Co. ’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 35s..................  5  25
Gold Medal 34s....................5  15
Gold Medal %a....................5  05
Parisian, 34s......................   5  25
Parisian, 34s.........................5  15
Parisian. 34s.......................  5  05

Olney <ft Judson’s Brand.

Ceresota, 34s......................   5  25
Ceresota, 34s......................  5  15
Ceresota, 34s......................  5  05
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, 34s.................
Laurel, 34s ................. __ 5  15
Laurel, 34s................

Meal.
Bolted..............
Granulated............

__ 2 00

Feed and Mlllstuff*.

St. Car Feed, screened__16 50
No. 1 Corn and  Oats..........15 50
Unbolted Corn Meal..........14 50
Winter Wheat  Bran..........1300
Winter Wheat Middlings. .14 50
Screenings......................... 15  00
Car  lots.....................   ....  36)4
Less than  car  lots............   40
Car  lots..............................32
Carlots, clipped...........!..  34
Less than  car lots............   37

Corn.

Oats.

Hay.

No. 1 Timothy  arlots......  9 00
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots__ 10  00
Fish and  Oysters

Fresh Fish.

Per lb.
Whitefish...............   @  g
T rout......................  @  g
Black Bass..............  g  @  10
H alibut...................  @  15
Ciscoes or Herring..  @  4
Bluefish..................   @  10
Live Lobster.........   @ 
ie
Boiled Lobster........  @ 
lg
Cod 
......................  @  10
Haddock.................  @  g
No.  1  Pickerel........  @  7
Pike.........................  @  6
Perch.......................  @  4
Smoked White........  @  8
Red Snapper...........  @  10
Col  River  Salmon..  @ 12
Mackerel...............   @  20

Oysters in Cans.

F. H. Counts...........  @  40

Shell Goods.

Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  50
Clams,  per  100.........   9o@i  00

MICHIGAN  TRADES MAN

Provisions.

Swift  &  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled Pork.
“ ess  
................................   12  00
Back  .............................   12 25
Clear back.............!!!. 
12 25
Shortcut.............. 
11  25
g i g ................................!!!!! 
15  00
Bean  .................... 
 
Family  ............
..........................  Li 50
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies.......................  
.......
Briskets  .............. 
Extra shorts..............." "   6)4
Smoked Heats.
Hams, 12 lb average  __ 
8)4
gw
Hams, 14 lb  average 
... 
Hams, 16 lb  average......  
834
Hams, 20 lb  average 
7
Ham dried beef............  "   4334
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).  '. 
6)4
Bacon,  clear..................73£@8
California hams........ 
gw
Boneless hams.............  
9
Cooked  ham................     io@i3

7

 

Sausages.

Pigs’ Feet.

Lards.  In Tierces.
Kettle..........................;;;
J  Tubs.............advance  w
tii 
advance 
%
on Ik i “ ? .............advance  %
inihPon8.............advance  %
1? jh Pails.............advance  %
? }P Palls.............advance  l
31b Pails............. advance  134
„  , 
Bologna......................... 
5)4
Liver....................  
(Jt.
7?/
Frankfort........  ............. 
p o rk ..................................... e%
Blood  ..................  
' 
g
Tongue...........9
Head  cheese......... . . . . . . 
6)4
Beef.
Extra  Mess......  
n   05
Boneless  ............... '-'. '. '.13 00
Run»P...................................13 00
Kits, 15 lbs......................  7n
34  bbls, 40 lbs............... .  1  35
34  bbls, 80 lbs............... .  2 50
Kits, 15 lbs...  .  .............  70
34  bbls, 40 lbs.............. 
1  25
H  bbls, 80 lbs................   2 25
Casings.
Pork
Beef  rounds............ 
Beef  middles... 
Sheep.................... ...!“  
_  „ 
Rolls, dairy....................  
Solid, d a iry ............... 
gy
Rolls,  creamery............   44
Solid,  creamery.........  
13)4
Canned  Meats.
3 25
Corned  beef,  2 lb  . 
Corned beef, 14  lb__ 
22 75
Roast  beef,  2 1b........!  325
)4s.........  79
Potted  ham, 
Potted  ham,  34s.........   1  49
Deviled ham,  34s 
79
Deviled ham,  34s....!!!  1  10
Potted  tongue 34s.........   70
Potted  tongue 34s.........   1  10
Fresh  Meats.

.  Butterlne.

15
4
11
go

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

Trine.

iq

Beef.

Carcass......................7  @734
Fore quarters............   5%@  634
Hmd  quarters...........  9  @10
Loins  No.  3...............   9  @12
Rlbs  -.........................  9  @12
R° ““ds  ••••.................  734® 834
Chucks...... ................   6  “
Plates

334@ 4

Pork.

Dressed.........
L oins............
Shoulders__
Leaf Lard...........

-  634@
Mutton.
Carcass...................
Spring Lambs......... . •  7  @ 8 
.  9  @12

.  4*@ 5
@  6 

Veal.

Carcass

7  @t 834
Hides  and  Pelts.
The Cappon A Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:

Hides.

Green No.  1................  @ 9
Green No. 2................   @ 8
Cured No. 1................   @10
Cured No. 2................  @9
Calfskins,  green No. 1  @  934
Calfskins, green No. 2  @8
Calfskins, cured No. 1  @11
Calfskins, cured No. 2  @9)4

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

Tallow.

N o .l .........................  @ 3
No. 2......................   @2

Pelts.

Wool.

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

21

Crockery and

Glassware.

AKRON STONEWARE. 

Butters.

a -k

34 gal., per doz...................  40
1 to 6 gal., per gal...........  5
8 gal., each.......................   38
10 gal., each.......................   48
12 gal.,  each.......................   57
15 gal. meat-tubs, each__   90
20 gal. meat-tubs, each.... 1  20
25 gal. meat-tubs, each__2 25
30 gal. meat-tubs, each__2 7j

Churns.

2 to 6 gal., per gal............   5
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85 
34 gal. fiat or rd. hot., doz.  45 
1 gal. fiat or rd. hot., each  454 

MUkpans.

Fine Glazed Milkpans.

34 gal. flat or rd. hot., doz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each  534 

Stewpans.

Jugs.

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

Tomato Jugs.

Sealing Wax.

top,
top,
top,

First  Quality.

LAMP  BURNERS.

5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
No.  0 Sun.............................  35
No.  1  Sun.............................  49
No.  2 Sun............................. 
60
Tubular............................  59
Security, No.  1.......... !...'! 
60
Security, No. 2.....................   80
Nutmeg  ...............................  50
Climax..................................  j 25
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common. 
„  
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0 Sun.........................  1  39
No.  1  Sun........................ !  1  4g
No.  2 Sun.............................  2 i8
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 
XXX Plint.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No.  1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 

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

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 
No. 2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled...............................  4 70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled.......................  
4 gg
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamps............. 
80
No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  .................................  99
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................   1  15
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz......... 1  60

La  Bastlo.

Rochester.

Electric.

OIL CANS. 

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 no
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)........4 40
Doz.
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv Iron with spout.  1 55
2 gal galv iron with spout.  2 75
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 co
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.  0 Tabular...................4  20
No.  1 B  Tubular..............6  25
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6 50
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__  7 00
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C 
No.  3 Street  Lamp...........3 75

Pump  Cans.

LANTBRNS.

LANTERN GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
No.  0 Tabular,  cases 2 doz.
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls 5 doz.
No. 0 Tubular,  ball’s  eye, 

each, box 10 cents...........  45
each, box 15  cents..........  45
each, bbl 35’.......................  35
cases 1 doz. each.........  1 25

LAMP  WICKS.

No. Opergross..................... 
15
No. 1 per gross......................  21
No. 2 per gross........ ...........   30
No. 3 per gross.....................   48
Mammoth............................ 
  70

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MICHIGAN  T RADE S MAN

Qark=Rutka=Jewell  Qo.  %.

Ionia  Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Opposite  Union  Depot.

New  Wholesale

Hardware  House

Clark=Rutka=Jewell  Co.

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

I Xovelly Blue Flame Oil Sloves I

&

than  Gasoline. 

Superior  to  and  safer 
The 
Novelty  is  conceded  by  every  one  to  be  the 
best one now on the market.  We sell  it at factory 
price.  Write for circular.

ing  played  across  my  heart-strings,  and 
as  I  climbed  disconsolately  to  my  own 
piazza,  the  old  house-cat,  dozing  con­
tentedly 
in  the  slanting  beams  of  the 
sun,  suddenly became  an  object  of  aver­
sion  and  violently  shifted  her  position 
to  the  farthest  corner  of  the  structure  as 
though  she  had  come  in  contact  with  a 
swiftly  moving  body.  (I have  wondered 
since  if  it  could  have  been  my  foot—the 
poison  had  doubtless  entered  my  system 
and  the  dreaded  disease  was  fastening 
its  hateful  fangs  upon  my  vitals.)

I  did  not  see  anything  of  Siedate 

for 
several  days  after  this,  and  was  won­
if  he  could  be  out  of  town  or 
dering 
purposely  avoiding  me. 
I  felt  a  little 
strange  and  diffident  about  going  to  his 
house  since  our  last  interview—some­
way  he  seemed  to  have  removed  to  a 
different  class  and  it  made  me  feel  un­
comfortable  to  dwell  on  the 
idea.  F i­
nally,  I  happened  to  see  the doctor leav­
I  hailed  him  with  ap­
ing  the  bouse. 
prehension. 
“ Anybody 
over 
there?”   I  enquired.

sick 

“ No — not —  particularly, ’ ’  answered 

the  doctor,  cautiously.

“ You  needn’t  hestiate  to  tell  me,”  
“ Siedate  is  an  intimate  friend 
said  I. 
of  mine  and  had  I  known  that  there was 
anything  the  matter  over  there,  1  should 
certainly  have  called  before  this.”

“ Well,  I’ll  tell  you,”   said  the doctor, 
confidentially,  “ but  Siedate  doesn’t 
want  the  neighbors 
to  know.”   He 
looked  around  and  then  he  whispered, 
“ He  had  a  fall  from  his  wheel  and  hurt 
himself  a  bit,  but  he'll  be  all  right 
again  in  a  week  or  so.”

“ A  week  or  so !"  I  repeated, 

in 
immediately  went  over  to 

alarm,  and 
his  bouse.

Mrs  Siedate  met  me  at  the  door,  in 
fatigue costume  and  a  tired  expression 
mingled with a look of surprise.  Through 
the  half-open  doorway  a  suspicious  odor 
of  arnica  pleaded  for  recognition.

Not  wishing  to  give  the  doctor  away, 
I  said,  “ Mrs.  Siedate,  I  just  noticed  the 
doctor  leaving  your  house  and  I  called 
to  know  if  any  of  your family are sick?”
“ Mr.  Siedate  has  not  been  feeling 
very  well  for  several  days,  but  the  doc­
tor assures  us  that  there  is  no  cause  for 
alarm,”   she  answered,  in  true  diplo­
matic  form.

*

“ Is  he  too  ill  to  be  seen?”   I  asked.
“ I  think  not,”   she  replied;  “ I'll see 

if  be  is  awake. ”

22

Hardware

How  the  Bicycle  Craze  Affects  Some 

Idiots.
Written for the T k a d e s x a n .

Neighbor  Siedate  and  I  have  always 
regarded  the  bicycle  as  a  sort  of  inevi­
table  nuisance,to  be  endured  like  a  car­
buncle  or  a  street  improvement  tax— 
with  the  exception  that  a  personal  con­
tact  with  the  wheel 
is  more  easily 
evaded,  unless  one  happens  to  be  over­
taken  by  a  “ scorcher”   or  has  the  dis­
astrous  misfortune  to  meet  a  “ green”  
rider.

My  neighbor  and  I  have  always  taken 
considerable  pains  to  conduct  ourselves 
in  a  dignified  and  conservative  manner 
upon  every  occasion,  regardless  of  pop­
ular  excitement. 
It  has  been  spitefully 
insinuated  that  we  ought  to  secure  ap­
pointment  on  a  “ board  of  claims”   with 
the  Government  or  some  other  concern, 
where 
our  methodical  conservatism 
would  be  in  harmony  with  the prevailng 
practice 
in  that  connection.  But  we 
pursue  the  even  tenor  of  our  established 
ways  undisturbed  by  the  frivolous  ob­
servations  of  the  “ fad”   promoters.

The  wheel  epidemic  has  raged  with 
unabated  ferocity  all  about  us  for  years, 
but  we  have  escaped  the  contagion  thus 
far  wonderfully  well  not  to  have  been 
inoculated  as  a  protection 
especially 
against 
the  members  of  both 
families have  had  it  in  its  most  virulent 
form,  but  they  have  managed  to  survive 
it— with  the  assistance  of  the family sur­
geon  and  the  bicycle  repairer.

it.  All 

But  alas 

in  an  unguarded  moment 
poor  Siedate  was  stricken  with  the  dis­
ease.  The  attack  was  of  an  acute  and 
up-to-date  type  and  cost  him,  upon  its 
inception,  fully  $100,  exclusive  of  the 
express  charges. 
(He  employs  his  doc­
tor  by  the  year.)  My  friend  Siedate 
never  does  things  by  halves;  it  is  the 
whole  pie  or  nothing  with  him  when  he 
once  makes  up  bis  mind,  and  nothing 
cheap  or  low-grade  goes  on  his  plate, 
either.  He  has  also  acquired  the  thrifty 
habit  of  buying  at  “ first  hands,”   so  as 
to  save  the  middlemen's  profits;  this  is 
why  his  wheel  came  direct  from the fac­
tory,  by  express. 
I  suspicion  that  the 
middleman  often  gets  bis  commission 
in  the  deal 
just  the  same,  but  I  know 
better  than  to  argue  with  my  neighbor 
about 
it.  After  the  express  delivery 
bad  driven  away,  Siedate  called  me 
over,  and  when  he  had  shown  me  the 
new  wheel  and  told  me  what  he  had 
done,  I  was  speechless  with  astonish­
ment  and 
leaned  against  the  corner  of 
the  house  in  a  sort  of  daze.  Finally, 
with  effort  I  managed to gasp,  “ Siedate, 
I  am  surprised  at  you!”  
(He  and  I are 
neither  of  us  as  young  as  we  used  to  be, 
by  several  years.)

He  looked  a  little  foolish and replied : 
" I   couldn’t  help 
it,  Staid;  all  of  my 
family  ride  wheels,  my  wife  is  a  mem­
ber  of  the  Wild  Rose  Cycling  Club  and 
all  the  old  fools  in  town  except  you  an’ 
me  have  got 
’em—an'  you’ll  have  to 
come  to  it  yet.  When  I  have  learned  to 
ride,”   he  continued,  by  way  of  concil­
iation,  “ I’ll  teach  you;  then  you  can 
get  a  wheel  and  we  can  go  out  together 
in  the  country  for  a  spin  once 
in  a 
while,  where  we  can  once  more  breathe 
the  pure  oxygen,  mingled  with  the  odor 
of  clover  blossoms,  to  remind  us  of  our 
boyhood  days!”

This  enthusiastic  attempt  at  hygienic 
sentiment  surprised  me.  And,  some 
way  or  other,  as  I  crossed  over to  my 
own  bouse  the  world  seemed  different  to 
me.  A  sort  of  lonely,  dissatisfied  feel­

Just  then  a  weak  voice  which  I  recog­
nized  as  that  of  my  neighbor,  although 
its  usual  business  volume  seemed 
to 
have  missed  the  clearing  house,  called 
from  the  interior,  “ Is  that  you,  Staid? 
Come  in. ”

Mrs.  Siedate 

led  the  way  to  a  side 
room  where  I  was  shocked  to  see  my 
friend,  pale  and  somewhat  less  rotund 
than  usual,  stretched  upon  a  couch.

“ What’s  the  trouble?”   I  asked,  again 

strategically  protecting  the  doctor.
“ Had  a  little  tumble,  that’s  all.”
“ Hurt  you  much?”
“ Only  broken  nose,  cracked  rib, 
sprained  ankle  and  some  brusies, ”   he 
rattled  off  with  a  flippant  depreciation 
which  seemed  out  of  harmony  with  the 
surroundings.
“ How  did 

it  happen?”   I  asked,  ap­
proaching  the  facts  as  respectfully  and 
considerately  as  I  knew  how.

“ The  coroner’s 

jury  didn’t  get  a 
chance  to  find  out,”   he  answered,  eva­
sively.

This  exhibition  of  a lack of confidence 
on  his  part  nettled  me  a  little  and  I 
came  to  the  point  at  once,  although  pre­
tending  to  venture  an  innocent  guess:

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Hardware  Price  Current.

AUGURS AND  BITS

Snell’s..................................  .................... 
70
Jennings’, genuine  ..  ............ .............25&10
Jennings’, imitation ...  .  ......................  . ! 60*10

AXES

First Quality, S. B. Bronze........... 
5  no
First quality, D. B. Bronze............  
........  950
5 an
First quality, S. B. 8. Steel.............. 
First quality, D. B. Steel....................... ...  10 50

BARROWS

Railroad.............................................*12 00  14 00
Garden.................................................  net  30 00

Carnage new list..
Plow

BOLTS
...............................  70 to 75
50
BUCKETS

Well,  plain..................................................... 3 25

BUTTS,  CAST

Cast Loose Pin, figured............................  70&10
Wrought Narrow................................!.!.!.70*10

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

BLOCKS

“  Did  the  new  wheel  have  anything  to 
do  with  it?”

He  gave  me  a  searching  glance  and 
said: 
‘ I  never  lied  to  you  yet,  Staid, 
and  I’ll  not  begin  now—it  was  the 
wheel!  But  don’t  say  anything  about  it 
arid  I’ll  promise  to  keep  mum  while you 
learn  to  ride.”   This  with  a  wink  that 
brought  his  hand  to  his  sore  nose.

I  shuddered  and  shook  my  head  in  a 
solemn  and  determined  manner,  not  to 
deny  bis  request  but  to  signify  my aver­
sion  to  the  proposition  coupled  with  it.
I  happened  to  be  out  of  town  the  next 
ten  days,  and  upon  my  return,  as I came 
up  the  street,  I  recognized  the  familiar 
globe-like  form  of  my  friend  Siedate, 
bearing  toward  me  on  his  wheel,  his 
eyes  crossed  and  riveted  upon  the  patch 
on  his  convalescent  nose,  the  whole  out­
fit  performing  a  series  of  serpentine 
evolutions  as  brilliant  and  bewildering 
as  a  streak  of  lightning,  and  equally 
irregular.

“ Getoutoftheway !!!”   he  hollered;  “ I 

can’t  steer  the  dum  thing !”

Without  further  examination  of  his 
anatomy,  and  without  a  particle  of  con­
sideration  for  the undignified spectacle I 
might  present  for  the  edification  of  the 
small  boys  standing  on  the  corner  and 
ready  to  hoot,  I  scudded  for  the  fence 
surrounding  a  vacant  lot,  and  just  had 
time  to  reach  the  top  when  the  crash 
came  which  carried  the  panel  on  which 
I  was  perched  into  the  middle  of the en­
closure  and  piled  everything  in  a  heap 
along  with  Siedate  and  his  wheel.

We  both  struggled  to  the surface about 

the  same  time.

“ What  did  you  do  that  for?”   I  de­

manded  in  an  injured  tone.

“ Dummed  if  I  know, ”  he perspiring- 
ly  replied,  as he pulled himself together.
“ There’s  no  fool  like  an  old  fool, ”  
said  I,  tartly,  for  I  couldn’t  help  feel­
ing  annoyed  at  his  seeming  indifference 
at  our  narrow  escape.

That  may be true, ”  said he.  * * But, ’ ’ 
he continued,airily,  “ you’ve no idea how 
young  it  makes  a  man  to  ride  a  wheel -  
better  try  it,  old  man!”

I  looked  at  him  sharply  to  detect if  he 
meant  to 
insinuate  anything  personal, 
but  his  face  was  as  bland  and  expres­
sionless  as  a  baby’s—barring  the  patch 
on  his  nose,  which  was  merely  a  record 
of  past  vicissitudes  and  no  indicator  of 
present  intentions.

He  shouldered  his  wreck  of  a  wheel 
and  trudged  jauntily  off  toward  the  re­
pair  shop,  whistling  “ Hot  Tim e”  
like 
a  ten-year-old.

There  seems  to  be  something  fasci­
nating  about  the  whole  thing,  after  all— 
and 
if  I  could  get  away  from  home  in 
some  secluded  spot  free  from  the  inves­
tigative  propensities  of  a  curious  world 
where  I  could  learn  it  on  the  sly,  so  as 
to  surprise 
’em  all,  hanged  if  I  don’t 
believe  I’d  do  it—old  as  I  am.

J.  M.  Ba n k e r.

Sawmill  Run  on  Wind.

The  only  sawmill  in  the  world  where 
is  operated  by  com­
the  machinery 
is  located  in  Oronto,  Me., 
pressed  air 
and  the  water  wheel  and  the  air  com­
pressor  are  below  the  floor  of  the  mill, 
with 
large  storage  tanks.  Pipes  lead 
the  air  to  the  various  machines,  which, 
technically,  are  known  as  the  carriage, 
nigger,  log-loader,  log  flipper,  band-log 
saw  and  cut-off  saws.

His  Language  Was  Strong.

Mother— What  did  your  father  say 

when  he  saw  his  broken  pipe?

Innocent—Shall  I  ieave out the wicked 

words,  mamma?

Mother—Certainly.
Innocent— Then  I  don't b’lieve there 

is anything  to tell  you,  mamma.

The  Question  of  Indemnity.

In  modern  times 

it  is  the  custom  to 
require  the  defeated  nation  in  war  to 
pay  to  the  victorious  nation,  either 
in 
territory  or  money,  something  to  in­
demnify  the  victor  for  the  expenses  of 
the  conflict. 
It  is  like  a  party  defeated 
in  a  lawsuit,  he  must  pay  the  costs.

As  a  result  of  the  American  war  with 
Mexico, 
the  United  States  got  about 
half  the  territory  of  the  defeated  nation, 
but  paid  §15,000,000  to  Mexico  as  a  sort 
of  sweetener.  The  gold  and  silver  that 
came  out  of  California,  Colorado,  New 
Mexico,  Nevada,  Utah  and  Arizona 
amounted  to  thousands  of  millions  of 
dollars,  in  addition  to  the  other  prod­
ucts.  France  was  forced  to  pay  to  the 
victorious  Germany  a  considerable  slice 
of  territory  and  a  large  sum  of  money. 
Japan  got  territory  and  money  after  the 
war  with  China,  and  it  is  not  to  be  ex­
pected  that  the  United  States  will  be 
more 
than  with 
Mexico.

lenient  with  Spain 

But  the  Spanish  territory  must  be  first 
occupied  and  conquered.  Whatever  con­
cessions  are  made  in  war  are  made  un­
der  compulsion  only. 
If  the  independ­
ence  of  Cuba  should  be  granted  by 
Spain  before  we  can  occupy and capture 
Spanish 
territory,  we  will  have  no 
means  of  exacting  an  indemnity,  be­
cause  we  will  have  no  excuse  for  carry­
ing  out  the  war.  But  for  the  overween- 
ing  pride  of  the  Spaniards,  they  would, 
long  before  this,  have  surrendered  Cuba 
to  the  Cubans,  and  put  an  end  to  the 
war,  with  great  pecuniary  cost  to  the 
United  States,  with  no  corresponding 
advantage  and,  indeed,  no  advantage  at 
all.

His  Ambition.

The person  to  be envied  most 

In  this  eventful  life

Is  not  the  one  who counts  his gains 

Afar from  storm  and  strife;

Nor yet  the potentate  who wears 

A crown upon  his  brow—

It  is  the man who stands  around 

And tells  the others how.

And  if the  project finds  success,

And  if it fail,  he’ll  simply say 

The  benefit  ne’11  share;
*Twas  none of his a ffa ir;

He joins  the  triumph  every time 

And  dodges  every row—

The man  who simply stands around 

And  tells  the others  how.

I  would  not  be a  warrior great 

Nor hold a sceptred sway;

I  would  not  be a bard to  wake 

Emotions grave or gay;

If fate would graciously consent 

My  choosing to allow,

I’d  be  the  man  who stands  around 

Aud  tells the others how!

He  Was  an  Apt  Pupil.

Old  Clerk—Just  watch  me  wait on this 
lady,  and  you’ll  get  an  idea  how  it  is 
done. 
Is  there  anything  I  can  do  for 
you  to-day,  madam?

Lady— Have  you  any  canned  peas?
Old  Clerk—Certainly,  madam  (taking 
down  a  can),  and  they  have  the  flavor 
and  freshness of  the  pea  from the vine.

Lady— I  will  take  three  cans.
Old  Clerk—You  see  how  it’s  done; 
now  here  comes  a  lady,  and  I'll  let  you 
wait  on  her.

Lady—Have  you  any  pickled  pigs’ 

feet?

New  Clerk—Certainly,  madam  (tak­
ing  down  a  can),  and  they  have  the  fla­
vor  and  freshness  of  the  pig  right  from 
the  pen.

A  writer  who  undoubtedly knows says: 
“ The  man  who  never  lived  in  the coun­
try  when  a  boy,  made  cider,  milked 
cows,  kissed  the  girls  at  the  husking 
bees,  stacked  hay  in  the  wind,  swal­
lowed  quinine  in  scraped  apple,  drank 
castor  oil  in  cold  coffee,  ate  molasses 
and  drank  red  sassafras  tea  for  three 
months 
in  spring  to  purify  the  blood, 
has  lived  in  vain. ”

Some women  are both  good  and  true 
-but  most  of  them  are too good  to  be 

true.

Cast Steel.

CROW  BARS

CAPS
Ely’s  1-10...................................... 
Hick’s C. F ....................... 
G. D. 
Musket.

CARTRIDGES

Rim  Fire__
Central  Fire.

■ per lb

pej.
p
per m 
per m 
per m 

65
35
60

• 50& 5 
.25* 5

CHISELS

Socket Firmer... 
Socket Framing. 
Socket Comer... 
Socket  Slicks__

80
80
80
80
Morse’s Bit Stocks................. 
60
...........50&  5
Taper and Straight Shank........... 
Morse’s Taper Shank.......................... "  ” ’.'so* 5

DRILLS

Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
Corrugated. 
Adjustable.

ELBOWS
50
.................................. 
1  25
..................................... dis 40*10

EXPANSIVE  BITS
Clark’s small, $18;  large,  $26....... 
Ives’, 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, $30..................... 

30*10
25

FILES—New  List

New American.
Nicholson’s......................................................... 70
Heller’s Horse Rasps.............!!.'.!!.'.!! .’.’.eC&iO

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

13 

14 

Discount, 15 to 75-10

15 
GAUGES

KNOBS- New List

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

MATTOCKS

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

28
17

70
80

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

NAILS

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

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  W

Steel nails, base.....................................
Wirenails, base......... 
20 to 60 advance..............................".!!.!.!
10 to 16 advance..........................
8 advance......................................
6 advance..................................... . . . . . . "
4 advance.....................................!" .!!!" !
3 advance................................   .! ..!..! !.
2 advance..................................... .! I!.'".!!!
Fine 3 advance................................! .! .!
Casing 10 advance..........................
Casing  8 advance........................
Casing  6 advance..........................
Finish 10 advance..............................
Finish  8 advance................... ....!!!!!!!!..
Finish  6 advance.........................  .
'  ^
Barrel % advance.........................,.*.*“ *¡*.1

ire.
1  60 
1  65 
Base 
05 
10 
20 
30 
45 
70 
50

MILLS

Coffee, Parkers Co.’s .......................
Coffee, P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleabies!!.
Coffee, Landers. Ferry * Clark’s...............
Coffee, Enterprise............................... ....’[.

MOLASSES  GATES

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

PLANES

Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy................................   @50
Sciota Bench................................................ 
go
  @50
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy...................  
Bench, firstquality......................................   «50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood.......... 
60
Fry, Acme..............................................60*10*10
Common, polished..................... . 
70*  5
Iron and  Tinned........................................  
60
60
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 

RIVETS

PANS

PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

“A”  Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9 20 

Broken packages He per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

Maydole *  Co.’s, new  list........... 
...... dis  3Sj$
25
Kip’s  ......................................................dis 
Yerkes & Plumb’s...................................dis 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 30c list 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c 11**40*18

23

HOUSE FURNISHING  GOODS

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

HOLLOW  WARE

£°tB: ............................................................. 60*1
Spiders  ........................................................60*10

HINGES

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

WIRE  GOODS

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

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dis 

LEVELS

go
an
80

70

ROPBS

H u a .lncl1 and la;r5er;;;;;; 
SQUARES

;;  ;• •;

Steel and Iron................... 
Try and Bevels.......................... 
......  
* “ *•.........................................   ..........."."! 

70*10
$
50

SHEET  IRON

com. smooth,  com.
«r 
Nos. 10 to 14..................................12 70 
|2 40
0 an
Nos. 15 to 17......................... 
9 vn 
Nos. 18 to 21........
S s
3 80
f rr
Nos. 22 to 24............
3 no
*   DO2 65
Nos. 25 to 26.........
3  10
No.  27.................
3 9.0
over  30 inches
wide not less than 2-10 extra.

All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter, 

List  acct. 19, ’86...................................... dis 

50

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

SAND  PAPER

SASH  WEIGHTS

TRAPS

Steel, Game..................................... 
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s 
Oneida Community, Hawley *  Norton’s 70*10
Mouse, choker............................per doz 
Mouse, delusion........................ per doz 

60*10
50
15
1  2£

WIRE
Bright Market.............................  
75
Annealed  Market................  
is
Coppered Market............... . " .....................70*10
Tinned Market.............................................‘  Sfy
Coppered Spring  Steel.............. 
m
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ............... ’ ’ ’ 
'  9 ns
Barbed  Fence,  painted............... ’  f 75

 

HORSE  NAILS

,jj8 

Au Sable..................................................dis40*lC
Putnam....................... 
=
Northwestern........................   ! 
!.'! !dis 10*10
WRENCHES

Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled........ 
30
Coe’s Genuine......................................            
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought  .......... 
an
gg
Coe’s Patent, malleable....................... ‘ ” ” 
MISCELLANEOUS
Bird  Cages.................................. 
so
Pumps, Cistern.......................... 
80
Screws, New List.
85
Casters, Bed and  Plate..................   .."  50*10*10
Dampers, American............................... 
59
__ 
600 pound casks................................. 
Perpound.......................... .......... ..*"*“ *' 

METALS-ZInc

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SOLDER

.12*
The prices of the many other qualities of soldi» 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  varv 
according to composition.

TIN—Melyn Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal..................  
14x20 IC, Charcoal........................       
20x14 IX, Charcoal............................... 
Each additional X on this grade, $1.25!

 

■  c
  5  *
7  qq

TIN—Allaway Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal......................... 
4
14x201C, Charcoal...............  
 
4  59
10x14 IX, Charcoal.................... ..'!.    .......   £ 2n
14x20 IX, Charcoal.............................  
5 59

Each additional X on this grade, 81.5a’

 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean....................... 
4  50
5  so
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean..........!.!..!! 
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean............................   9  qq
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..!..!!.  4  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... !!  5 00
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade...... .!  8 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   10 00

BOILER SIZB TIN PLATB 

14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
14x56 IX, for  No.  9  Boilers, f Per Pound  • 

9

Paris Green babels

1 he  Paris  Green  season  is  at  hand  and
■
 
those  dealers  who  break  bulk  must  label
•  
■
their packages  according  to  law.  We  are
 
•   prepared  to furnish  labels  which  meet  the
■

  requirements of the  law,  as  follows:

100...............................  25 cents.
...............................  40 cents.
S°°...............................  75 cents.
1000...........................$1  00.

mm 
q   accompanies  order.

Labels  sent  postage  prepaid  where  cash 

Tradesman  Company,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

, 

24

BANK  NOTES.

How  a  Country  Cashier Balanced  His 

Books.

is  even  more 

Some  of  the  bankers  can  tell  interest­
ing  stories  as  to  how  they  “ got  into  the 
business.”   President YVm.  H.  Anderson, 
of  the  Fourth  National,  likes  to  relate 
how  he  developed  from  a  Sparta  town­
ship  farmer  boy  and  rose  by  easy  al­
though  rapid  stages  to  his  present  posi­
tion, but  the story that Charles B.  Kelsey, 
Cashier  of  the  People’s  Savings  Bank, 
tells 
interesting.  Mr. 
Kelsey  was  a  clerk  in  the  Grand  Rap­
ids  &  Indiana  freight  depot  a  dozen 
years  ago.  The  office  was  finally  abol­
ished  and  the  shake-up  left  him  out, 
although  he  was  temporarily  cared  for 
in  another  department.  He  heard  that 
a  new  bank  was  to  be  started  and  with 
a  letter  of  introduction  from  Wm.  Alden 
Smith,  almost  the  only  man  in  town out­
side  of  his  railroad  circle  that  he  knew, 
he  applied  for  the  position  of  book­
keeper.  There  were  several  other  can­
didates  for  the  place,  but  he  pulled 
down  the  plum,  and,  with  j.  A.  S.  Ver- 
dier  as  Cashier,  went  into  the  Kent 
County  Savings  Bank  as  its  first  book­
keeper. 
“ I  didn’t  know  the  first  thing 
about  book-keeping  when  I  went  into 
the  bank,”   says  Mr.  Kelsey  now,  as  he 
looks  back  upon  those  early  days  in  his 
“ I  didn’t  even  know  on  which 
career. 
side  of  the  book  to  post  the 
items,  and 
Mr.  Verdier  didn’t  know  much  more 
than  I  did.  The  first  serious  undertak 
ing  I  had  to  encounter  was  to  open a  set 
of  books  and  I  accomplished  this  by 
carefully  observing  the  sample  blanks 
sent  in  by  dealers  who  wanted  to supply 
us  with  books,  and  by  studying  a  book 
on  book-keeping,  which  I  invested 
in 
as  soon  as  I  became  sure  of  the  place.
It  was  hard  work  and  I  worried  a  good 
deal  at  first,  but  I  made  no  mistakes— 
at  least  none  that  cost  the  Bank  any­
thing—and 
in  time  I  got  the  hang  of 
things.  Mr.  Verdier  and  myself  con­
stituted  the  entire  working  force  in  the 
Bank  until  the  deposits  had  reached 
something 
like  a  quarter  of  a  million 
and  then  a  second  clerk  was  put  in,  but 
by  that  time  I  had  learned  the  ropes.”

Speaking  of  banks  and  banking meth­
ods,  a 
local  attorney  who,  as  receiver, 
wound  up  a  broken  National  bank  in 
this  county  a  few  years  ago,  tells  of  the 
unique  plan  adopted  in  that 
institution 
to  balance  the  books  each  day.  The 
cashier  did  not  know  much  about  bank 
ing  and  when  he  figured  up  the  day’s 
business  at  the  closing  hour,  if  he  found 
a  surplus  of  money  on  hand  that  he 
could  not  readily  account for,  he  calmly 
put  the  surplus  into  a  cigar  box  which 
he  kept  for  the  purpose—and  the  books 
were  balanced  to  his  entire  satisfaction. 
When  the  funds  showed  a  deficit  the 
cigar  box  was  drawn  upon  to  make  up 
the  shortage,  and  the  faithful  cashier 
was  not  delayed  in  going  to  the  Sunday 
School  picnic.  The  method  was  easy, 
simple  and  expeditious  and  the  Presi­
dent  of  the  bank, in  explaining  its work­
ings  to  the  receiver,  seemed  to  take  as 
much  pride  in  it  as  the  cashier.  The 
receptacle  of  the  funds  was  called  the 
cabbage  box,”   and  it  was  figured  that 
the  surpluses  and  shortages  in the course 
of  a  year  just  about  balanced,  and  when 
the  receiver  first  examined 
it,  it  was 
ahead  of  the  game  to  a  considerable 
amount.

♦  *  *

The  heavy  drafts  upon  local  funds  to 
buy  Government  bonds  do  not  seem  to 
have  any  debilitating  effect  upon  the

savings  accounts  in  the  savings  banks. 
None  of  them  show  any  decrease,  but 
on  the  contrary  the  savings  deposits 
have  been  steadily  growing  even  during 
the  war  period.  The  certificates  of  de 
posit  will  show  some  falling  off  as  a  re 
suit  of  the  investments  and  it  is  prob 
able  the  teapots  and  stockings  will,  i 
the  truth  could  be  known,  show  a  de 
pletion  when  the  bonds  are  paid  for.

*  *  *

The  arrival  of  the  semi-annual  divi 
dend-paying  period,  with  the  payment 
of  the  municipal  taxes  coming  soon 
after,  renews  the  talk  of  a  reduction  in 
the  capital  of  some  of  the banks.  Busi 
ness  is  much  better  than  it  was  early  in 
the  year,  but  there  is  still  a  surplus  of 
funds  on  hand,  greater  than  the  law  de 
mands.  With  smaller  capital  as  much 
business  could  be  done  by  some  of  the 
banks  as  with  the  present  capitalization 
and  with  a  substantial  saving 
in  taxes 
and  the  amount  to  be  disbursed  in  divi­
dends,  to  say  nothing  of  the  new  war 
tax,  it  would  be  possible  to  accumulate 
a  surplus. 
Instead  of  laying  up  fat  sur­
pluses  most  of  the  banks  in  town  are 
just  about  playing  even.  The  proposed 
reduction 
laid  on 
the  shelf  at  present,  is  bound  to  again 
come  to  the  surface  for  consideration.

in  capital,  although 

Undertaking  to  Reach Transient Trad­

ers.

Saginaw,  June  27— The  Retail  Mer­
chants’  Association  has  caused  to  be  in­
troduced  in  the  Common  Council  a  new 
ordinance  governing 
transient  trades 
which  contains  some  important  provi­
sions  which  were  not 
included  in  the 
original  ordinance.  The  trouble  with 
the  other  ordinance  was  that  it  might 
have  been  made  to  apply  to  almost  any 
sort  of  a  merchnat.  The  new  ordinance 
specifies  that  it  applies  only  to  those 
who  have  no  fixed  place  of  business  and 
wander  about  the  country,  without  any 
intention  of  remaining 
in  one  city. 
This  must  be  proved  before  they  can 
be  prosecuted  under  the  ordinance.

Section  1  of  the  ordinance  provides 
that  all  such  merchants  shall  pay  a 
license  fee  of  $5  for  each  and  every  day 
in  business.  The  ordinance 
they  are 
shall  apply  to  those  who  deal 
in  wood 
or any  product  of  the  farm  or  dairy.

The  second  section  provides  that  the 
failure  to  pay  the  fee  shall  render  the 
offender  liable  to  a  fine  not  exceeding 
$25  or  imprisonment  in  the  county 
jail 
not  exceeding  a  term  of  90 days and also 
that  each  day  on  which  goods  are  sold 
shall  constitute  a  separate  and  distinct 
offense.

The  subscriptions  for  the  war  loan 
sent  in  by  and  through  the  banks in  this 
city  exceed  a  million  dollars  up  to date, 
and  the  subscriptions  do  not  close  until 
July  14,  leaving  two  weeks  yet  in  which 
orders  may  be  placed.  The Grand  Rap­
ids  National  and  the  Peninsular  Trust 
have  both  sent  in  subscriptions,  but  the 
amounts  are  not  yet  definitely  known. 
The  other  banks  are  approximately  as 
follows:
Old  National...................
National  City.  ...............
Fourth  National..............
Fifth  National.................
Grand  Rapids  Savings... 
Kent County S avings....,
People’s Savings............ .
State  Bank of  M ichigan.. 
Michigan  Trust...............

*35°,000
100.000 
So, 000
5.000
20.000 
60,000 
55,000
5,000
400.000

These 

include 

subscriptions 

$1,075,000
the 
amounts  askecl  for  by  the  banks  them­
selves.  The  Old  National  stands  at  the 
head  of  the  bank  subscriptions,  asking 
for  a  cool  quarter  of  a  million.  Some 
of  the  banks  have  not  yet  placed  their 
own  orders,  preferring  to  wait  to  see 
if 
there  will  be  any  chance  of getting  any 
of  the  securities  after  the  small  sub­
scribers  are  supplied.  The  subscrip­
tions  range  all  the  way  from  §20 up­
wards  and  included  many  of $500.  The 
highest  order  put  in  thus  far  aside  from 
the  bank  orders  was  one  of  §50,000.  All 
subscriptions  of  §500  and  less  will  be 
awarded,  and  above §500  the  bonds  will 
probably  be  distributed  pro  rata,  with 
the  prospects  good  for a  material  reduc­
tion 
in  the  amounts  asked  for.  The 
postoffice  and  express  offices  have  also 
been  open  to  receive  subscriptions,  but 
they  have  not  as  yet  compiled  any  fig­
ures.  Many  blank  applications  have 
been  given  out  by  the  banks  and  other 
distributing  agencies  and  it  is  possible 
a  considerable  amount  of  the  bonds 
have  been  subscribed  for  direct 
instead 
of  through  the  agencies.

Port  Huron  Grocers  Invited  to  Sag­

inaw.

Saginaw,  June  22—At  the  meeting  of 
the  Retail  Merchants’  Association  last 
night  action  was  taken  toward 
inviting 
the  Port  Huron  grocers  to  this  city AugT 
12  on  the  occasion  of  their  annua’l  out­
ing,  and  it  was  the  sentiment  that  they 
ought  to  and  would  be  entertained  by 
Saginaw  merchants  in  a hospitable man­
ner.

Status  of the  Suiter  Failure.

if  he  does,  he  will 

Cleveland,  Ohio,  June  25— It  is  sur 
prising  the  great  number of Suiter’s vie 
tims  that  have  been  showing  up  thi 
week.  There  have  been  several  attach 
ments  gotten  out  on  goods  and  I  am  in 
formed  by  the  assignee  that  it  will  be  ; 
year  before  the  rights  of  property  ii 
settled  on  those  attachments. 
I  under 
stand  R.  Suiter,  the  oldest  son,  is  get 
ting  stationery  printed  to  open  up  busi 
ness,  and, 
likely 
continue  to  harass  the  legitimate  trade, 
as  he 
is  a  chip  off  the  old  block  and 
will  not  likely  adopt  any  new  methods 
of  business. 
I  think  had  I  been  one  of 
the creditors I should have made an  effort 
to  get  as  many  together  as  possible  and 
had  the  whole  crowd  arrested,  including 
the  Bank  with  which  he  did  business, 
as  it  does  seem  as  though  there  must  be 
some  way  to  reach  such  transactions 
criminally. 
I  have  seen  a  number  of 
letters  from  the  Bank,  written  not  more 
than  a  week  before  the  failure,  recom­
mending  Suiter  as  being  a  successful 
man  and  perfectly  honest  and  trust­
It  seems  to  me  that  a  bank 
worthy. 
recommending  a  man 
in  this  way  as­
sumes 
responsibility 
that  could  be 
reached  by  iaw.

A  doctor  says  that  the  growth  of  chil­
dren  takes  place  entirely  when  they  are 
asleep.  This  accounts  for  the  sleepy 
messenger  hoys  who  have  not  yet  at­
tained  their 
They  are 
growing  at  the  expense  of  the  company 
employing  them.

full  growth. 

WANTS  COLUMN.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

(J42

™ >R  SALE-MY  STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS 
P   and groceries;  or will trade  for  good  land. 
G. B.  Hosley, Oak Grove, Mich. 
""po  EXCHANGE—1  HAVE  A  GOOD  FARM 
A  to trade for  a  stock  of  goods.  Large  croo 
on the ground-  Soil  very  good  One-half  mile 
from fine village.  Address No.  639,  care  Michi- 
gan Tradesman. 
939
T^OR SALE  CHEAP—THE  BEST  EQUIPPED
wnhlgth.a itd Sews ?,tore 
Lansing;  connected 
with  the  Hudson  House:  fixtures  and  every-
LanSng“ Michro°m 
Bten,^ d*
"C'OR  SALE,  CASH  ONLY—CLEAN  STOCK 
X   groceries,  invoicing  about  $1,500.  Reason 
for selling, death of head member of firm.  Ad- 
dress Jno. W. Lott & Son. Petoskey, Mich.  620
MrM i-Dl.ATELY,  PA RTN ER ^ 
V v 
light manufacturing business, lady or gen­
tleman,  with  $500  or  $1,000  cash;  government
rs-aifn »S; 
Address Lock Box  103,
Grand Rapids, Mich. 
624
TTESI  LOCATION  IN  MICHIGAN  FOR  A 
At..Oja  storage  and  general  produce  dealer. 
Z H S3.to th e  Secretary  of  the  Otsego  Improve- 
ment Association. Otsego. Mich. 
W  
BUSINESS MAN WITH SOME
,71  caP»tal  to take  charge  of a  furniture  fac- 
‘P.tT. «•“ old  established  line. 
I.  Frankford.  53 
West Bridge St.  Phone 1236. 

617

631

MICHIGAN  TRADE S MAN

630

(!OQ

TXT ANTED—CLEAN  GENERAL  STOCK  IN 
f  f   growing Michigan  town  in  exchange  for 
cas-h and 13 acres of land in the suburbs of Grand 
Rapids which will surely double  in value inside 
of live years.  Will  sell  land  at its  cash  value. 
No old stock  desired.  No  poor  towns  need  ap­
ply.  Address  No.  633,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
I   AKGE  SODA  FOUNTAIN  FOR  SALE 
X-i  CHEAP.  Address J. H. Levinson, Petoskey, 
Mlch-_____________  

for your stock of merchandise,  or any  part 

MercH a n ts—00 you w ish cash  q u ic k

of it?  Address John A. Wade, Cadillac, Mich.
628
I j'OR  SALE—ONLY  FIRST-CLASS  BOOK- 
X  store in hustling  town  of  3,000  population. 
Address F.  C.  Wallingtou,  Mt.  Pleasant,  Mich.
_____________________ ______________ 636
U'OR  SALE—A  PROSPEROUS  DRUG  AND 
X  grocery  stock, 
invoicing  from  $4,000  to 
| d,000,  consisting  of  drugs,  groceries,  school 
books, wall paper, crockery, paints  and oils and 
notions, in live town Carson City;  best  town  of 
its size  in  State;  brick  store  building  in  best 
location  in  town.  Outside  business  averages 
inside running  expenses.  Reasons  for  selling, 
loss of partner and poor health.  Kelley  & Cad- 
well invite inspection. 
SALE,  ON  ACCOUNT  OF  SICKNESS— 
y  ell-selected stock  of  dry  goods,  notions, 
men's furnishings and  groceries,  in  one  of  the 
best  towns  in  Southern  Michigan,  located  on 
Michigan Central Railroad.  Stock will invoice 
about  $8,000;  annual  sales,  $18,000;  store  rent 
$180 per year;  nearest competition, six miles;  a 
bonanza for the one  that  means  business.  Ad- 
dress No. 623, care Michigan Tradesman. 
rT'HE  BEST  OPENING  IN  MICHIGAN  FOR 
X  an active business man  with  $'0,000 or  $12,- 
000 to step into a well-established, paying whole­
sale business.  For particulars, address Business, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
606  ’
hxtures in  Ionia,  taken  on  mortgage.  Will 
sell cneap for cash or  trade for  productive  real 
estate.  Answer  immediately.  Will  sell  soon 
\V. W. Hunt, Under National  City  Bank,  Grand 
Rapids. 

I  HAVE  SMALL  STOCK  OF  DRUGS  AND 

59B

(¡35

623

t pOR  RENT—DOUBLE  STORE  BUILDING 

in  Opera  House  block,  Mancelona,  Mich., 
best location in town;  best  town  in  State.  Ad 
dress Julius li. Levinson, Petoskey. Mich.  580
j^OR  SALE, EXCHANGE OR RENT—LARGE 
-  
two-story  store  and  residence  building  in 
town of 1,000  population  in  Northern  Indiana; 
stone basement, 120 feet  in  dimensions.  Inves­
tigate.  Address No. 575, care  Michigan  Trades 
man.____  
5-5
rPO   EXCHANGE—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY 
X  goods or shoes, very nice  well rented Grand 
Rapids property.  Address No.  552, care  Michi- 
gan Tradesman.
n p o   EXCHANGE — FARMS  AND  OTHER 
X  property for dry  goods, clothing  and  shoes. 
Address P.  Medaiie, Mancelona, Mich. 
W A N T ED —A  PRACTICAL  MILL  MAN, 
» »  . with *1.000 capital, to  take  a  one-half  or 
full  interest  in  a  stave,  heading  and  planing 
mill.  3,000  contract,  with  stock  to fill it.  All 
goes.  Five years’ cut  in  sight.  Side  track  to 
mill.  Good reasons for selling.  Address  Stave 
Mill, care Michigan Tradesman. 

55.3 

546

BROOMS

■  BOMERS,  MANUFACTURER  OF  HIGH- 
I|H)R SALE-MODERN, WELL-ESTABLISHED 

•  grade  brooms  at  all  prices,  for  retailers 
only.  Grand Rapids, Mich. 
605
and equipped broom factory and good trade. 

Other  business  commands  our  attention.  Ad- 
ress No. 584, care Michigan Tradesman.  584

COUNTRY  PRODUCE

WANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS  AND  POUL- 
try:  any quantities.  Write  me.  Orrin  J. 
604
Stone, Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
W  ANTED — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
Canlkett <fe Co.. Traverse City, Mich. 
381
W ANTED—1,000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS, 
daily.  Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown 
Ithaca,  Mich. 

555

FIREPROOF  SAFES

GKO  M. SMITH,  NEW  AND  SECONDHAND 

safes,  wood  and  brick  building mover, 157 
Ottawa street, Grand Rapids.__________  613

SHIRTS.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Ha v e  1 ours  m a d e  t o y our m e a su r e.
Send  for  measurement  blanks.  Frank  T. 
Collver, 103 Washtenaw St. E., Lansing, Mich. 635
WANTED-MAN  OF  EXPERIENCE  TO 
work in grocery and  meat  market.  Must 
be well recommended.  Address E. B. Huntoon, 
g41
Carson City, Mich. 
TXTANTED — POSITION  BY  REGISTERED 
v T  pharmacist;  eight  years’  experience  in 
general  drug business  and  with  soda fountain; 
best  references.  Address  P.,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
640
WANTED—POSITION  BY  REGISTERED 
assistant pharmacist of  five  years’  experi­
ence.  Good references.  Address C. M., care E. 
Cox, 106 Fourth St., Grand Rapids. 
638
TX7ANTED—POSITION  BY  ¡A  COMPETENT 
y T  book-keeper who  will soon be  out  of  em­
ployment.  Best  of  references  furnished.  Ad­
dress  Book-keeper,  care  Michigan  Tradesman.
634
1TUATION WANTED BY YOUNG MARRIED 
man,  registered  pharmacist;  excellent  ref- 
erences:  five  years’  experience  in  retail  and 
wholesale  stores.  Address  629,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
ANTED—POSITION  IN  CLOTHING  OR 
general store by an A1 salesman.  Address 

629

f  , care Michigan Tradesman. 

622

MANIAT F F  & Northea8tern Ry-
* * 
I  M C C   Best route to Manistee.
Via  C.  &   W .  M.  Railwji

L v   G rand  R a p id s__
Ar  Manistee............
L v  Manistee............
A r Grand  Rapids

..........
7:00am 
12:05 pm 
.............
$ :30am  4:10pm 
1:00pm  g :55pm

N.  E.  A. 

5~5F-> dETiElb din d S  ¿ S  5.5H S5

EXCURSION

TO

WASHINGTON. 0.0.

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THE  HilGHIGHN  CENTRAL

S19.50

Are  You 

Anxious

To  increase  your  trade?
Are you anxious to  secure 
the  better  patronage  of 
your  community? 
If  so, 
our  advice  to  you  is  to 
handle  the  best 
line  of 
spices,  baking  powders 
and extracts.  Of course, we ' 
refer  to  goods  manufac­
tured by the leading house 
in  that  line  in  Michigan.

Northrop,  Robertson  &  Carrier, 

Lansing,  Mich.

U R E   U N K L E

A  10  cent  cigar 

retailing 
for '5  cents.

Dates  of  sale  July  3,  4,
5  and  6.  Return  limit  jfl 
July  15th,  subject  to  an  [H 
extension  until  Aug.  31st
on  payment  of  50  cents. 
Choice  of  several  routes 

m

MICHIGAN
CIGAR
Co.,

BIG  RAPIDS, 
MICH.

m  offered.

W.  C.  BLAKE,

CITY  TICKET  AGENT.

J
HOLLAND  &  CHICAGO  LINE.

+ 2:00p^

Travelers’  Tim e  Tables.

CH ICA G O and West  Michigan R‘y 

June 19, 189$.

Chicago.

Lv.  G. Rapids............... 7:30am 3:40pm  * 3.15aT
A.r.  Chicago.................. 3:10pm  9:f5pm  7 31' m
Lv. Chicago 
............  7:20am  4 :15pm  * 8 45  m
At . G’dRapids........... 1:25pm  10:30pm  * 2  15  m
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
IiV. G’d  Rapids.............2:15am  8:05am  2:10pm
Parlor  and  Sleeping  Cars  on  afternoon  and 
night trains to and from Chicago.

♦Every  day. 

Others week days only.

n P T P n i T   Grand  Rapids  4  Western. 
U C  1 Iv U l 1 t 

June 19. 1898.

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........7:00am  1:35pm  5:3>i’
Ar. Detroit  ...............   11:40am  5:45pm  lfl:05rP
Lv. Detroit 
.................8:00am  1:10pm  6:l<ii m
Ar.  Grand  Rapids......12:55pm  5:20pm  10 55im

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Lv. G R 7:0 (am 4:20pm  Ar. G R 12:20pm  9:30i>' 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Gbo.  De Ha v b n ,  General Pass. Agent
(11? A N il TrBnk Hallway  System 
vI I aA I 1 LP  Detroit and Milwaukee D i

(In effect May 15,1898 )

WEST

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t  6:45am  Sag.,  Detroit, Buffalo J iN T .t  9:55pm
tl0:10am.........Detroit  aud  East..........t 5:27pm
t  3:20pm..Sag.,  Det., N.  Y.  &  Boston..tl2:45pm
* 8:00pm.  .Detroit. East and Canada.. .♦ 6:35am
tlO:45am........  Mixed to Durand..........13:15pm
* 8:35am__Gd. Haven  and  lut. Pts....* 7:05»m
+12:53pm.Gd. Haven  and lntermediate.t 3:12pm 
t 5:32pm..Gd. Haven and Intermediate. +10:05am
* 7:40pm..  Gd. Haven and Chicago.....   8:15am
tlO.-OOpm........Gd. Haven  and Mil..........  6:40am
Eastward—No. 16 has Wagner parlor car.  No. 
22  parlor  car.  Westward—No  11  parlor  car. 
No. 17 Wagner parlor car.
♦Daily.  tExcept Sunday.

E. H.  H ushes, A. G. P. & T. A. 
Bee. F letcher. Trav. Pass. Agt., 
C. A.  J ustin,  City  Pass.  Agent.
97 Monroe St.  Morton House.
GRAND  Rapids  &  Indiana  Railway

Northern  Div.  Leave 

A tn vt 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...* 7:45am  + 5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey* Mack...+ 2:15pm  t 6:35am
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack..................¿10:50pm
Cadillac  ..................................+ 5:25pm +11:15am
Train leaving at 7:45 a. m. has  parlor car, and 
train  leaving  at  2:15  p.  m.  has  sleeping  car  to 
Mackinaw.
Southern  Div.  Leave  Arriv
Cincinnati................................+ 7:10am +  8:25pi-
Ft. Wayne................................ + 2:10pm 
Cincinnati................................ * 7 :00pm *  7:25*.
7:10 a.m.  train  has parlor  car to  Cincinnati 
8:10 p. 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. Grand Rapids...+7  10am  +2  10pm  *11  35pm 
Ar. Chicago............   2 00pm  9  10pm
6 30am
•Lv. Chicago............................+3 02pm
*11 45pm 
Ar. Grand Rapids...................  9 30pm
25am
Train  leaving  Grand  Rapids  7.10  a.  m.  has 
buffet  parlor  car  to  Chicago.  Train  leaving 
Grand Rapids 11 35 p. m. has coach and Pullman 
sleeping car to Chicago.
Train leaving  Chicago  3.02  p.  m.  has  buffet 
parlor  car  to  Grand  Rapids.  Train  leaving 
Chicago  11.45  p.  m.  has  coach  and  Pullman 
sleeping car to Grand Rapids.

Muskegon Trains.

G O IN S  W E S T .

so ars bast.

Lv G’d  Rapids............. +7:35am  +1:00pm +5:40pir
Ar Muskegon...............   9:00am  2:10pm  7:05pm
LvMnskegon...............+8:10am  +11:45am +4:0Jpn
ArG'd Rapids............. 9:30am  12:55pm  5:20pm
Sunday trains leave  Grand  Rapids  9.00  a.  m. 
and 7.00 p. m.  Leave  Muskegon  8.35  a.  m.  and
6.35 p. m.

+Except Sunday.  «Dally.  ^Saturday only.
C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 
W. C. BLAKE, 

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

DULUTH,

W E S T   B O U N D .

Lv. G rand R apids  (G. R. & I.)+ll:10pm   +7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City..................   7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St. Ignace...........................  9:00am  5:20pm
Ar. Sault Ste. Marie..............   12:90pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marquette..........................   2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestoria.............................   5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. Duluth.............................................  
8:30am

■AST  BOUND.

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

Connects  at  Holland  with  Chicago  &   W est  Michi­
gan  for  Grand  Rapids,  Saginaw,  Lansing,  Detroit, 
and  all  Northern  points  on  the  C.  &   W .  M.  R.  R., 
also  with  C.  &   W.  M.  for  Allegan,  Marshall,  Bat­
tle  Creek  and Toledo,  via  C.  &   W.  M.  and  D.,  T .  &  
M .  railroads.

The  elegant and  fast steamers  of  this  line  leave 
Holland  d a ily at S  p.  m.;  leave  Chicago  daily  at 
7  p.  m.,  making close connections at  Holland in the 
morning with the  Northern and  East-bound  trains.
Single  Round
$5.00
$3.15 
5.00
3.15 
2.25 
3.50

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

Berth  included.

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

Office,  No.  1  State St., 

Chicago. 

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

TRAVEL

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AND  S TEA M S H IP  LINKS 

T O   ALL  POINT8  IN  MIOHIQAN

H.  F.  MOELLER,  a .  g .  p .  a .

THE  KOPF 
ACETYLENE 
GAS  MACHINE

The best and most economical 
machine  made  for  residence 
and  store lighting.
PUT  AWAY  YOUR  KERO­
SENE  LAMPS  AND  HAVE 
YOUR  OWN  GAS  PLANT.
Your  inquiries  will  have  our 
prompt attention.

M.  B. WHEELER ELECTRIC CO., Manufacturers 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Show Room,  No. 99 Ottawa Street.

F our  R e a s o n sO

why  grocers  should  sell  a  brand  of  Stove  Polish  which,  above 
all  others,  consumers  want,  and  for  which  grocers  can  offer 
no substitute  without  injury  to  their  trade.

Enameiine
The Modem STOVE POLISH

First:  It  is  Superior  to  all  others  in  Quality. 

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

M ;

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WE  PAVE  IT  FOB  TBII

The  Spring  Balance  Automatic  Scale  we  now  offer  the 
public  is  the  best  that  brains  and  money  can  produce. 
Our  long  successful  career  as  the  Pioneer  Manufac­
turers  of  M oney-W eight  Scales  is  a  sufficient  guarantee 
that  anything  in  this  line  we  may  offer  you is a “ Success,” 
A  scale  that  shows  the  selling  price  in  money.  One 
operation  to  obtain  results.  Shows  both  weight  and 
value  of  the  article  weighed.  Has  two  separate  and 
distinct  dials.  The  front,  or weight and value dial,  shows 
money-value  and  weight  of  the  article  being  weighed.

gives

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alone.

THE  COMPUTING  SCALE  CO.,  Makers,  Dayton,  Ohio,  U.  S.  A.

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