GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JULY  13,  1898.

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Volume  XV.

ONLY  $13.75

This Desk,  30 inches wide;  50 inches deep;  50 inches  hig-h. 
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.  We would recom­
mend dealers to  sell  the  above  desk  at  $iS  to  $20.  Our 
wholesale  price  to  you  is  $ 13 .7 5 .  Our  large  catalogue 
containing full line mailed on receipt of 4  one-cent  stamps.

A D D R E SS  IN  F U L L

THE  WHOLESALE  FURNITURE  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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

FLEISCHMANN  &  CO.

Detroit  Agency,  118 Bates St.
Grand  Rapids Agency,  26 Fountain  St.

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Are  our  FREIGHT  ELEVATO RS  of  any  capacity, 
Our SC A LE 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,

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The  Most  Popular  Nickel  Cigar on  Earth

Ruhe  Bros. Co.,  Makers. 
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Kalamazoo,  Mich.

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ILLUMINATING  AND LUBRICATING

OILS

NAPHTHA  AND  GASOLINES

Office and  Works,  BUTTERWORTH  AVE., 

ORAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

Bulk works at Grand. Rapids,  Muskegon.  Manistee, Cadillac,  Big Bap- 
ids,  Grand  Haven,  Traverse  City.  Ludington, Allegan, 
Howard  City,  Petoskey,  Heed  City,  Fremont,  Hart, 
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Are you anxious to  secure 
the  better  patronage  of 
If  so, 
your  community? 
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.

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“ Royal  Duchess”  “ Hillside”

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.

TANGLEFOOT

Sealed sticky Pm Paper

ONE  OF  THE  MOST  PROFITABLE  THINGS  YOU  SELL.

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

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

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The  express  companies  still  array 
themselves  in  opposition  to  the  people. 
Congress,  the  Commissioner  of  Inter 
nal  Revenue  and  the  Assistant  Attorney 
General  of  the  United  States by refusing 
to  pay  the  tax  imposed  on  them  by  the 
new  Federal  tax  law.  Boards  of  trade 
and  mercantile  exchanges  in  all  parts of 
the  country  have  placed  themselves  on 
record  by  denouncing  the  unpatriotic 
attitude  assumed  by  the  companies,  and 
shippers  everywhere  are  showing  their 
disapproval  of  the  companies’  position 
by  diverting  shipments which ordinarily 
go  by  express  to  the  mails  and  fast 
freight  lines.  The  shippers  do  not  re­
gard  the  payment  of  the  penny  on  each 
receipt  as  being  the  point  at 
issue,  but 
it  is  the  principle.

The  Tradesman  has  instituted  a  test 
case  against  the  Adams  Express  Co.  in 
this  city,  which  it  proposes  to  follow  to 
the  court  of  highest  resort,  if  necessary, 
to  establish  the  soundness  of 
its  posi­
tion.

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PREFERRED  BANKERS 

LIFE  ASSURANCE  COMPANY

O F  D ET R O IT ,  M IC H IG A N .

Commenced Business September i,  1893.

Insurance in  force....................................$2,746,000.00
Net Increase during 1897....................... 
104,000.00
Net A sse t,...............................................
32.738.49
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Losses Adjusted and  Unpaid..............
Other  Liabilities....................................
None 
Total  Death  Losses Paid to Date.......
40.061.00
Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben
eficiaries.................................................
812.00
17.000.00
Death  Losses  Paid During  1S97...........
Death  Rate for 1S97.................................
6.31
Cost per 1,000 at age 30 during  1S97...
8.25
F R A N K  E.  ROBSO N,  P res.

T RU M A N   B.  GOODSPEED. Sec’y.

Cuba  and  there  was  always  a  possibility 
that  the  Spanish  ships  might  make  a 
raid  along  some  exposed  part  of  our 
coast 
line.  As  soon  as  Cervera  was 
cooped  up  in  Santiago,  we  were  free  to 
move  troops  at  will.

The  destruction  of  her  fleets  has  ren­
dered  Spain  powerless  to  re-enforce  her 
colonies  or  even  to  keep  them  supplied 
with  provisions  and  ammunition.  Had 
we  been  better  prepared  on  our own part 
for  the  work 
in  hand,  we  could  have 
landed  armies  simultaneously  at  many 
points  in  Cuba  and  Porto Rico,  and thus 
have  been  in  a  better  position  to dictate 
terms  when  the  moment  arrived  to  ne­
gotiate  peace.

So  generally  is  the  value  of  sea  power 
now  recognized  that  all  the great nations 
are actively  engaged 
in  strengthening 
their  fleets.  Our  own  Congress,  dull 
and  sluggish  as  it  has  always  been 
in 
preparing  for  the  public  defense,  is  now 
keenly  alive  to  the  importance  of  in­
creasing  the  fleet  and  maintaining  the 
navy  on  a  substantial  and  powerful 
footing.  If  our  contest  with  Spain  made 
it  necessary  to  put 
in  commission  as 
large  a  fleet  as  we  are  now  using,  how 
much  greater  would  be  the  strength 
needed  to  cope  with  a  really  first-class 
sea  power,  such  as  France,  Germany, 
Russia,  Italy  or  even  Japan.  Of  course, 
the  possibility  of  coping  with  Great 
Britain  at  sea  is  not  even  to  be  consid­
ered.

is  measurably 

One  of  the  principal  results  of  the 
present  war  will  undoubtedly  be  a  per­
manent  increase  in  our  naval  establish­
ment. 
In  order  to  make  this  increase 
effective,  it  will  be  necessary  to  greatly 
augment  the  strength  of  the  enlisted 
force.  Our ships,  as  a  rule,  are  under­
manned,  and,  consequently,  theireffect- 
veness 
impaired.  Our 
navy  is,  moreover,  very  seriously  under­
officered,  especially  the  battle-ships  and 
heavier  vessels.  The  number  of  officers 
of  all  grades should at once be increased. 
Of  course,  there 
is  the  old  prejudice 
against  officers  not  graduates  of  the 
Naval  Academy.  This  is to be regretted, 
as  it  tends  to  damage  the  navy  in  pop­
ular  estimation  and  make  it  unpopular 
with  the  merchantmarine,  which  is  the 
very  class  that  re-enforcements  must  be 
drawn  from 
It  would 
be  useless  to  suggest  any  plan  for  se­
curing  the  extra  officers  needed ;  but 
it 
is  evident  that  the  naval  authorities will 
have  to  study  the question  in  the  near 
future,  and it is  hoped  that  the  difficulty 
will  be  approached  in  a  broad-minded 
and  unprejudiced  spirit.

in  time  of  war. 

The  Austrians  have  recently  adopted 
in  their  army  a  shelter tent which,  when 
not  pitched,  is  separated  into  pieces  cut 
to  fold  over  and  form  strong  coats  for 
the  soldiers.  The  material  is  a  light, 
strong  waterproof  linen,  bound along the 
edges  with  wide  braid  and  provided 
with  cords  which  serve  the  double  pur­
pose  of  fastening  either  the  tent  or coat. 
Upon  halting  for  the  night,  the  soldiers 
remove  or  unpack  their  coats  in  pairs, 
tie  them  together  and  form  the tent  up­
on  their  two  rifles,  which,  with  bayonets 
fixed,  are  stuck  into  the  ground  to  form

One  effect  of  the new  revenue law will 
be  to  materially  cut  down  the  number 
of  common  articles  that  are  advertised 
as  possessing  medicinal  properties.  For 
instance,  if  a  manufacturer  scents  up  a 
lot  of  ham-rind  soap  and  then  claims 
for 
it  certain  virtues  of  benefit  to  the 
complexion,  he  must  put  a  proprietary 
stamp  on  the  cakes.  A  similar  tax  must 
be  paid  on  pepsin  soda  water,  anti- 
bilious  cottonseed  oil,  tonic  beer,  diges­
tion-aiding  cocktails,  or  any  other  sub­
stance  that 
is  advertised  as  having 
medicinal  properties.

An  Eastern  paper very pertinently and 
very 
justly  remarks  that  while  laurels 
are  being  woven  into wreaths  for  Dewey 
and  Hobson  and  Blue  and  the  lengthen­
ing  line  of  male  heroes,  it  should  not  be 
forgotten  that  the aged  Clara  Barton  is 
displaying  qualities  no  less  noble  and 
valuable.  And  many  pure  and  unselfish 
women  are  standing  bravely  by her side.

Spain  is  a  funny  country.  Montejo is 
to  be  court  martialed  for  having  fought 
his  ships  until  all  were  sunk !  Spain 
was  thus  prevented  from  having  any 
ground 
for  claiming  a  victory. 
Cervera  will  probably  be  shot  for  fail­
ing 
to 
Havana.

to  take  his  ships  overland 

left 

Life  is  a  continual  battle,  and  it  has 
been  and  will  be  found  that  nobody  can 
get  out  of  this  world  alive.  Any  phi­
losopher can  see  his  finish,  and  it  is  as 
grand  and  more  glorious  to  die  fighting 
for  one’s  country  as  to  pass  away  at 
home from a hopeless, torturing, lingering 
disease.

It 

is  about  time  for  effeminate  dopes 
who  dream  and  drivel  for  magazines  to 
let  up  on  the  degeneracy  of  American 
men.  The  youngsters  who  are  coming 
up—not the  dudes—and  who  go  to  the 
front 
in  times  of  danger  are  as  nervy 
and  brave  as  men  have  ever  been made.

The  facsimile  business  may  be  car­
ried  too  far  for  profit  all  along  the  line. 
The  Postoffice  Department  decides  that 
publications  printed  in  such  good 
imi­
tation  of  writing  that  it  is  difficult  to 
distinguish  them 
from  written  matter 
must  pay  letter  postage.

If  Spain  does  not  like  this  war,  she 
should  not  have  blown  up  the  Maine. 
She  has  not  yet  expressed any sorrow  for 
that  outrage,  and  it  is  necessary  to  give 
her  something 
in  Spanish  to  be  sorry 
about.

One  difference  between  a  lawyer  and 
is  that  the  lawyer  keeps  his  ad­
is  paid  for  it,  while  the 
is  giving  his  free  every  day  to  the 

a  fool 
vice  until  he 
fool 
Government,  thinking  be  is  wise.

Success  soon  palls.  The  joyous  time 
is  when  the  breeze  first  strikes  your 
sails  and  the  water  rustles  under  your 
bows.

A  hobby  is  an  idea  a  man  rides  when 
he  has  no  mind  of  his  own  with  which 
to  think  of  better  things.

If  a  man  thinks  more  of bis vices than 
of  bis  virtues,  it is  because  he  has  more 
of them.

THE  VALUE  OF  SEA  POWER.
The  present  war  has  amply  borne  out 
the  theories  of  Captain  Mahan  and other 
naval  authorities  that,  in  a  war  between 
countries  with  a  seacoast,  the  command 
of  the  sea  is  the  most  important  factor 
in  determining  victory.  All  recent  wars 
have  taught  this  very  plainly.

In  the  war  between  China  and  Japan, 
it  was  only  after  the  battle  of  the  Yalu, 
when  the  Chinese  fleet  suffered  so  heav­
ily  and 
it  was  demonstrated  that  the 
Japanese  were  vastly  superior  at  sea, 
that  it  became  apparent  that China must 
lose 
in  the  struggle.  With  her  fleet 
driven  from  the  high  seas  to  the  pro­
tection  of  her  naval  strongholds,  China 
was  unable  to  move  troops,  except  by 
tedious  overland  routes,  whereas  Japan 
was  at 
liberty  to  move  her armies  at 
will  so  as  to  strike  China  in  the  most 
vulnerable  places.

It  was  the  command  of  the  sea  that 
enabled  the  Chilian  insurgents  to  over­
throw  Balmaceda  and  his  government.
Balmaceda,  although 
the 
army  of  Chili  and  all  the  country’s  rev­
enues  and  resources,  was  defeated,  be­
cause  his  opponents  possessed  the  navy 
and  were  able  to  use  it  to  advantage 
in 
moving  and  protecting  the  landing  of 
troops.

possessing 

When  there  was  a  prospect  of  Ger­
many  helping  President  Kruger,  of  the 
Transvaal,  to  attack  the  British,  it  was 
the  practical demonstration of England’s 
naval  strength  and  Germany's  weakness 
in  the  matter  of  sea  power  that  re­
strained  Emperor  William’s  hand. 
It 
was  the 
learned  that  con­
vinced  the  Emperor  that  Germany  must 
increase  her  fleet at  any  cost  if  she  ex­
pected  to  hold  her  own  as  one  of  the 
arbiters  of  the  fate  of  Europe.

lesson  then 

To  come  down  to  our  own  war  with 
Spain,  the  value  of  sea  power  has  been 
most  thoroughly  vindicated.  As long  as
Cervera’s  fleet  was  roaming  the  sea,  it 1 ____,
was  not  deemed  safe  to send  troops  to I tent poles.

T he  M ercantile  A gency

Established  1S41.

R.  Q.  DUN  &  CO.

Widdicomb Bld’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

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

L. P. WITZLEBEN.  manager.

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of Grand Rapids,  Mich.

Michigan  Representatives The Furniture 
Commercial  Agency  Co.  “  Red  Book. ”  

Reports and Collections.

L .J . ST E V E N S O N , Managerand  Notary.

R. J.  C L E L A N D , Attorney.

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.

T R A D ESM A N   COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Carpets

All grades cut at wholesale.

You  Carry  Only  Samples

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

For One  Dollar

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

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

HENRY  NOEE  &  CO.,

DAILY  RECEIVING 

SOUTHEAST  CORNER  MARKET  &  MONROE  ST S.,  CHICAQO.

FALL  GOODS

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The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple  Cottons—As  with  other  depart­
ments  of  the  cotton  goods  business, 
staple  cottons  have  been  quiet  in  all  d i­
rections,  and  the  demand  has  been  for 
very  limited  quantities  to  fill  immediate 
requirements  only.  There  has  been  no 
pressure  brought  to  bear  by  holders  of 
any  stocks,  although  they  have  readily 
met  what  little  demand  there  has  been. 
Heavy-weight  brown 
sheetings  and 
drills  have  shared  in  this  condition,  al­
though  prices  remain  unchanged.  All 
the  leading  brands  are  firm  and  steady 
in  price.  Bleached  cottons  have  seen 
quite  decidedly  reduced  sales,  although 
prices  have  not  changed.  Denims  and 
other  coarse  colored  cottons  have  shown 
no  change  in  any  way.

Prints  and  Ginghams—The  print  and 
gingham  market  has  shown  somewhat 
more  activity  than  other lines of cottons, 
principally  in  the  dark  patterns for  fall
Underwear—There  has  been  a  tend­
ency  for  higher  prices  at  the  opening  of 
the  new  season, 
low, 
prices  very  steady  at  the  present  time, 
and  raw  material  and  wages  on  the  up­
ward  track.

for  stocks  are 

Upholstery—The 

jobbers  continue  to 
report  business  as  very  quiet. 
The 
limited  call  is  on  velours and  corduroys, 
with  occasional  small  saies  of  damask 
and  other  piece  fabrics.  The  summer 
curtain 
is  receiving  a  fair  share  of  at­
tention  among  the  retailers,  now  that 
the  warm  weather  has  set  in.  The  Bag­
dad  curtain,  selling  wholesale  at  S i.50 
per  pair,  is  in  good  demand.

Cloakings—So 

far  the  business 

in 
cloakings  has  been  confined  almost  en­
tirely  to  sample  pieces,  but  it  bids  fair 
to  be  the  biggest  kersey  season  that  has 
been  known,  provided  no  changes  take 
place  in  the  present conditions.  Follow­
ing  kersey  are  the  coverts,  which  are 
also  in  excellent  condition.  Venetians, 
which  promised  to  be  so  good  a  little 
earlier  in  the  season,  have  been  hurt  for 
the  belter  trade  by  the  many cheap lines 
that  have  been  placed  on  the  market.  A 
number  have  been  brought  out  as  low as 
Si  and  $1.25.  Boucles  have  also  been 
hurt  by  cheap  goods,  although  a  fairly 
large  quantity  of  them  has  been  sold; 
but  kerseys  seem  to  be  in  the  lead,  and 
a  number  of  mills  are  reported  as  well 
sold  up.

Woolen  Goods—The  woolen  goods 
manufacturers  are confronting a peculiar 
and  critical  situation.  Few  of  them 
have  any  considerable  volume  of  or­
ders  upon  their  books,  while  many  of 
them  have  comparatively  large  quanti­
ties  of  stock  goods  on  band.  The situa­
tion  of  the  clothing  trade  does  not  war­
rant  more  than  a  small  advance  upon 
prices  ruling  a  year  ago,  yet  the  posi­
tion  of  the  wool  market  demands  an  ad­
vance  of  more  than  20  per  cent.  From 
February,  1897,  to  February,  1898,  most 
grades  of  domestic  wool  advanced  40  to 
50  per  cent.  ;  the  goods  market 
in  the 
meantime  had  not  advanced  more  than 
20  per  cent  Since  then  there  has  been a 
in  both  markets  of  fully  5  per 
decline 
cent. 
Lightweight  and  heavyweight 
goods  have  been  freely  sold  during  the 
last  three  weeks  at  prices  based  upon 
free  wool  prices.  Most  of  the  goods  sold 
at  such  prices  were  from  stock,  but  or­
ders  for  the  coming  season  have  been 
accepted 
in  considerable  quantities  at 
prices  ruling  at  the  opening  of the light­
weight  season  a  year  ago;  or  at  prices 
not  more  than  10  per  cent,  above  a  free 
wool  basis.  The  anomaly,  therefore,

exists  to-day  of  wool  showing  a  35  to 
45  per  cent,  advance  being converted in 
to  piece  goods  and  sold  at  a  10  per 
cent,  advance  over  free  wool  values 
Manufacturers  rightly  claimed that there 
was 
little  or  no  profit  in  goods  sold  a 
year  ago,  and  that  being  even  partially 
true,  there  must  be a  very  large  loss  to 
many  manufacturers 
in  business  upon 
the  price  basis  of  to-day.  There  are 
undoubtedly  some 
large  manufacturers 
who  are  fairly  well  supplied  with  cheap 
wool  to-day,  and  who,  because  of  pres 
ent  exigencies,  are  willing  to  turn  thi: 
stock  into  goods  at  a  sacrifice  of  profits 
to  keep  their  1  oms  moving. 
It  is  prob 
ably  not  stating  it  too  broadly,  however, 
to  say  that  the majority of manufacturers 
are  not  carrying  cheap  wool,  and  that 
to  do  business  upon  the  present  price 
basis  means  a  serious  loss.  Manifestly 
there  must  be  a  marked  advance  in  the 
price  basis  of  the  goods  market  or a  de 
cline 
in  the  price  of  wool  to  prevent  a 
considerable  number  of  manufacturers 
from  becoming  financially  embarrassed 
Extremely  few  members  of  the  trade 
expect  the  top  prices  of  last  season  to 
be  reached  during  the  early  part  of  the 
lightweight  season.  The  majority  are 
not  hoping 
moderate  advance  over  opening  prices 
of  a  year  ago—an  advance  of  5  or  10 
per  cent.  This  would  still 
leave  the 
wool  market  20  to  30  per cent,  above  the 
average  level  of  the  goods market.  Such 
uneven  conditions  can  not  long  exist, 
but  until  they  are  changed  there can  not 
fail  to  be great  suffering  among  manu 
facturers.  None  but  the  best  equipped 
plants  and  those  that  are  financia 
strong  can  enter present competition and 
survive  under  such  embarrassing  con­
ditions.

for  anything  better  than 

Exaggeration  Is  Expensive.
From the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter.

These 

The  merchant  who 

is  willing  to  ex­
in  order  to  gain  a  temporary 
aggerate 
success 
is  building  bis  business  on  the 
sand.  Nothing  is  harder  to  gain  or  eas­
ier  to  lose  than  a  store  reputation  of  do­
ing  exactly  what  you  promise  to  do.

Lying  advertisements are  found  out  at 
the  store,  and  do  no  end  of  barm,  leav­
ing  out  the  moral  consideration,  “ Hon­
esty  is  the  best  policy.”

forcibly 

thoughts  were 

im 
pressed  upon  the  hints  man  twice  the 
past  week,  once  at  a  prominent  State 
street  dry  goods  store  where  a  crowd  of 
people  were  looking  at  mattings  which 
had" been  advertised  at big reductions  in 
the  Sunday  paper 
in  a  large  and  very 
extravagantly  worded  advertisement. 
People  were  disappointed  when  they 
followed  up  the advertisement,  and more 
than  one  customer  expressed  his  dis­
satisfaction  and  contempt  of  such  busi­
ness  methods 
in  the  few  minutes  the 
hints  man  happened  to  be  present.

The  second  instance  was  in  a  depart­
ment  store.  A  table  was  piled  with 
magazines  and  over 
it  hung  a  placaid 
with  the  legend,  “ July magazines  50  per 
cent,  off.”   The  largest  and  most prom- 
10-cent 
nent  pile  was  a  well-known 
magazine  of  the  June 
issue,  and  was 
marked  nine  cents —io  per  cent.  off. 
The  lie  was  plain  to  all.  Further  com­
ment  is  unnecessary.

Retribution  Coming.

“ John,”   she  said,  “ you  ought  to  pun- 
sb  that  boy. ’ '
“ What’s  the  matter  with  him?”   he 

asked.

‘ He’s  altogether  too dictatorial, ”   she 
replied.  “  He wants to rule  everything. ”
“ Oh,  w ell,”   be  said,  “ let  him  enjoy 
himself  while  he  may.  He’ll  marry 
sometime,  and  that’ll  end  it.”

As  the  supply  of  ivory  is  becoming 
short,  billiard  balls  of  cast  steel  are  be­
ing  made  in  Sweden.  By  making  them 
hollow  the  weight  is  made  to correspond 
with  that  of  ivory  balls.

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P retty  prints  attract  attention;  they  are,  in  fact, 
the  biggest  card  a  dry  goods  m erchant  has.  Our 
new 
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plete  a  line of  Underwear,  Kersey  Pants,  Duck  Coats,  Gloves,  Mittens 
and  Hosiery  as  this  season. 
In  m any  instances  our  prices  are 
ju st  a  little  below  those  quoted  by  others.

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3

She  Wasn’t  at  all  Particular.

A  few  days  ago  a  well-dressed  woman 
about  45,  more  or  less,  hurriedly entered 
insisted,  as  I  afterward 
our  store  and 
learned,  that  I  attend  to  her  wants. 
I 
was  feeling  in  excellent  mood,  with  pa­
tience  inexhaustible,  as  I  thought. 
Im­
mediately  I  was  informed  that  my  lady 
wanted  to  select  a  wall-paper  for  three 
rooms.

“ Now  I ’m  not  at  all  particular—any­
thing  will  do,  just  so  it’s  neat  and clean 
looking. 
I  want  to  repaper  a  rent 
house,  and  I  don’t  care  about  appear­
ances,  so  long  as  I  have  supplied  my 
renter’s  demands.  Of  course,  if I wanted 
it  for  my  own  use  I  should  buy  some­
thing  good.”

a 

After  exhibiting  about  ten  of  our  lat­
est  cheap  papers,  my  customer  decided 
that 
answer. 
“ About  five  rolls  of  any  style  will  do.  I 
don’t  care  if  it’s  last  year’s  stock—you 
see  I ’m  not  particular.”

“ remnant”   would 

Again  I  fished  out  pattern  after  pat­
tern,  until  finally  she  chose  one  for  the 
side  wall.  But  she  wanted  a  different 
one  for  the  ceiling.  From  her  vivid  and 
artistic 
imagination  she  described  the 
pattern  she  desired  for  this,  bo  again 
on  my  aching  knees 
I  renewed  the 
searcn,  displaying  as  best  I  could  the 
beauties  of  this  or  that  design.  When  I 
would  produce  a  pattern  she  would  sug­
gest,artistically,  how  this  or  that  change 
in  it  would  add  greatly  to  its  beauty.

“ I ’m  not  particular—not  a  bit—but  if 
this  ceiling  pattern  were  just  covered  a 
little more  it  would  be  just  what  I  want. 
You  know  the  flies  speck  a  ceiling  so, 
and  especially  in  a  rented  house. 
it 
were for  myself  I  wouldn’t  care a snap— 
that  pattern  would  be  just  right;  but,”  
she  added  sweetly,  “ I  know  you  have 
other  ceiling  patterns,  for  I  always  get 
what  I  want  here. ’ ’

If 

Flattered  by  this  last  statement,  but 
vexed  withal,  I  again  plunged  into  the 
search.  After displaying  about  five pat 
terns  I  was  delighted  to  have  her  at  last 
decide.  But  alas!  in  a  few  minutes  she 
“ I  guess  I  don’t 
changed  her  mind. 
like  that  sidew all  either. 
I ’m  not  very 
particular,  but  of  course  I  must  try  and 
suit  my  renters.  There,  I  wonder  how 
they  would  like  that?  But  pshaw! 
I 
wouldn’t 
live  in  a  house  papered  like 
that.  M y!  what  a  large  stock  of  papers. 
I  haven’t  seen  nearly  all,  have  I?”

“ Oh,  no,”   I  sarcastically  responded, 
but  began  to  unfoid  more paper,  without 
any  apparent  success.  Completely  dis­
gusted  finally,  I  turned  on  my  unpartic­
ular  customer  and  coolv  remarked,  “ I 
couldn’t  find  the  pattern  you  desire  if 
I  were  to  search  a  thousand  years.”

“ Well,  I ’ll 

just  inform  you  that  I'll 
not  be  here  in  a  thousand  years  looking 
for  paper,  or  for  you  either! 
I ’ll  go 
and  get  my  paper  where  they  keep  a 
good  stock,  and  where  the  clerks  are  at 
least  polite.”  

E d.  A.  H a n sk e.

Carrying  Leniency  to  Extremes.
Those  who  give  credit  ought  to  know 
that  they 
injure  both  themselves  and 
their  debtors  by  undue leniency.  Exact 
fulfillment  of  the  contract  is  essential  to 
the  well-being  of  both  parties.  The 
creditor  is  injured  by  delay,  for it  keeps 
him  short  of  cash,  and  makes  it  neces­
sary  to  pay  more  for 
it 
causes  the  loss  of  what  could  be  made 
by  discounting  bills.  He  is  also  injured 
by  the 
increased  and  constantly  grow­
ing  risk  which  delay brings,and further, 
by  the  certain  and  costly  demoralization 
which  follows  as  the  consequence  of  all 
wrong  methods.  Business  demoraliza­

interest,  or 

is 

tion  is  nowhere  more  apparent  than  in 
connection  with  this  cause.

The  debtor 

injured  by  the  false 
feeling  of  restfulness  and  confidence 
which  the 
leniency  of  his  creditor  en­
genders.  By  this  leniency  he  is  taught 
to  rely  upon  using  what  really  belongs 
to  another,  but  which  has  been  left  in 
his  hands  through  a  mistaken  desire  to 
accommodate.  He 
is  wronged  by  the 
demoralization  which  comes  to  him 
through  false  training.  Further,  he  is 
injured  by  the  temptation  which  is  thus 
presented  to  be  slack 
in  pressing  his 
own  collections.  Leniency upon  his  part 
toward  debtors 
increases  his  business 
losses.

Many 

instances  are 

in  mind  where 
loans  and  discounts  have  been  refused 
simply  because  the banker has perceived 
that  the  applicants,  instead of borrowing 
money,  should  push  his  collections. 
In 
some 
instances  the  would-be  borrower 
has  susbequently  expressed  his gratitude 
for the  refusal  because  the  lesson  there­
by  taught  resulted  in  saving  of  money. 
I  recall  an  instance  of  too  easy 
loaning 
by  a  bank  to  a  retail  butcher,  which  re­
sulted  in  the  borrower  deliberately  per­
mitting  customers’  bills  to  grow  until 
they  became  so  large  that  in  many 
in­
stances  the  temptation  to  default  was 
too  great  to  be  resisted.  The  end  was 
what  might  have  been  expected.  The 
lost  heavily  and  finally  falied. 
butcher 
The  bank  lost  its  claim. 
It  had  loaned 
thousands  where  hundreds  would  have 
been  a  reasonable  limit.  Had  it  loaned 
only  so  much  as  was  appropriate  there 
would  have  been  no  failure  upon  the 
part  of  the  butcher  and  no 
loss  to  the 
bank.  A  strong  and  firm  adherence  to 
contracts  is  essential  to safety.  Carrying 
leniency  to  extremes  always  means  loss, 
and  in  many  cases  absolute  ruin.

E .  S.  Ca m p b e l l.

Danger  Signal  From  Gotham. 
From the Minneapolis Commercial Bulletin.

Retailers  of  merchandise  should  ob­
serve  the  danger  signal  in the East.  The 
Siegel-Cooper  department  house  in  New 
York  has  made  a  radical  departure  by 
offering  free  delivery  of  ail purchases  of 
«$5  or  DCore  to  any  railroad  station  in 
Maine,  Massachusetts,  New Hampshire, 
Vermont,  New  Jersey,  Rhode  Island, 
Connecticut,  New  York  and  Pennsyl­
vania,  says  a  New  York  contemporary. 
By  this  step  the  retail  merchants  of  an 
enormous  expanse  of  territory  are  sub­
jected  to  an  urban  competition  as  keen 
as  that  which  many  city  dealers  are 
compelled  to  endure. 
It  does  not  seem 
fair  to  their  smaller  contemporaries, 
this  reaching  out  of  the  bazars  for  some 
of  the  best  cash  trade  in  Lonelyville,  N. 
Y.,  or  the  mosquito-haunted  shades  of 
Punkintown,  N.  J.  As  for  the  rural  do­
minions  of  King  Quay  of  Pennsylvania, 
they  will  receive  the  news  with  almost 
as  much  sorrow  as an announcement that 
a  new  “ company  store”   had  been 
opened 
In  Mas­
sachusetts,  or  to  be  more  explicit,  in 
Boston,  a  doubling  of  the  price  of beans 
could  hardly  cause  as  much  consterna­
tion,  and 
it’s  enough  to 
stop  the  flow . of  the  maple  sap  in  its 
season.
Here 

1898. 
New  methods  of  retailing  are  creeping 
in  and  no  one  should  make  prophecies 
for  the  distant  future.  The  country  re­
tailer  needs  to  be  wide  awake  if  he  in­
tends  to  meet  the  competition  that  is 
closing  in  upon  him.

is  the  danger  signal  of 

in  the  neighborhood. 

in  Vermont 

The  supply  houses  and  department 
store  catalogues  are  doing  their  work  on 
all  sides.  A  woman  who 
lives  in  a 
Minnesota  town  said  this  week  to  the 
writer;  “ I  buy  all  my  dress  goods  in 
Boston.”  
is  probably  true  that  she 
buys  a  better quality  of  goods  than  her 
home  merchants  could  provide  her with, 
but 
in  a  general  way  she  expressed  the 
new  tendency  of  buying.

It  will  probably  develop  that  many  of

It 

these  stores  furnish  their country patrons 
a  poor  quality  of goods.  Then  very  like­
ly  the  pendelum  may  swing  back  to  the 
country  retailer  again. 
It  is  not  the  in­
tention  to  sound  an  unnecessary  alarm 
here,  but  rather  to  suggest  the  tendency 
of  trade,  looking  ahead  possibly  twenty 
years.

The  fact  to  emphasize  here  is  that  re­
tailers  everywhere  must  be  wideawake 
if  they  would  hold  their  trade.

A  man  went 

Found  a  Way  to  Unload  the  Quarter.
into  a  postoffice  to 
change  a  $10  bill,  and  intended  to buy a 
few  postage  stamps.  He  received  the 
stamps  and  change  for  the  bill,  and 
found  among  the  silver  a  disreputable 
looking  quarter  that  looked  as though  it 
had  earned  a  well  merited  rest.  He 
objected  to  receiving 
it,  and  was  in­
formed  by  the  fairy  at  the  window  that 
it  was  perfectly  good  and  must  go. 
After  arguing  about 
it  for  some  time, 
and  facing  anger  on  the  part  of  the peo­
ple  waiting  in  line  behind  him,  a happy 
thought  struck  him.  Putting  on  one  of 
his  sweetest  smiles,  he  told  the  young 
lady  to  give  him  a  2  cent  stamp.  The 
result  was  that  the  quarter  remained 
in 
her  possession  and  the  man  retired  in 
triumph.

Making  Capital  of  the  War.

The  war 

is  furnishing  many  clever 
druggists  with 
ideas  for  catching  win­
dow  displays.  Divers  artistic  ways  of 
draping  the  National  flag and  making  it 
to  surround  some  line  of  goods  to  which 
it  is  desired  to  attract  attention  is  per­
haps  the  most  favorite  scheme.  But 
there  are  many  others.  One  ingenious 
druggist  in  an  Eastern  city  made  a  flag 
whose  stripes  were  composed  of  (red) 
bichromate  of  potassium  and  (white) 
alum,  with  a  field  of  blue  vitriol  and 
stars  of  (white)  alum.  Another  ob­
tained 
in  some  way  one  of  the  huge 
carving  knives  employed  by  the  Cu­
bans,  called  by  them  “ machetes,”   and 
conspicuously  hung  this  in  his  window, 
explaining  its  character  on  a  neat  pla­
card.

Above  His  Limit.

makes  in  a  year?”

“ I  wonder how  much  money  Billpiers 
“ About  ¡53,000.  At  least,  I  heard  him 
talking  very  eloquently  in  favor  of  put­
ting  a  war  tax  on  incomes  above  that 
amount. ”

John  Q.  Miller  &  Co.,

All  Wool  Clothing

Chicago, III.

I  shall be  at  Sweet’s  Hotel,  Room  82, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Friday  and  Sat­
urday, July  15  and  16, with  a  full  line  of 
Miller  &  Co.’s all wool  clothing.

S .  T.  BOWEN.

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latest 

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

ENTERPRISE 
NECKWEAR  CO.,

KORTLANDER
BLOCK,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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To  Merchants:

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

Yours very truly,

Work  Bros.  &  Co.,

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

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M IC H IG A N   TRADESM AN

Around  the State
Movements  of  Merchants.

Bad  A xe—Vizneau  &  Kerr  succeed  I. 

Vizneau  in  the  meat  business.

Brighton—Ira  W.  Case,  of  I.  W.  Case 

&  Sons,  general  dealers,  is  dead.

Kingston—W.  T.  English  has  sold  his 

drug  stock  to  F.  A.  Francis  &  Co.

Union  City—L.  D.  Johnson  has  sold 

his  grocery  stock  to  R.  F.  Watkins.

Alpena—O.  O.  Black  succeeds  O.  O. 

Black  &  Co.  in  the  jewelry  business.

Hudson—Walter  Odell  has  embarked 

in  the  bakery  and  restaurant  business.

St.  Ignace —John  Quame  succeeds  H. 
in  the  confectionery  busi­

B.  Cornell 
ness.

St.  Louis—J.  L.  Buck  &  Co.  have 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  Phillip 
A.  Throop

Benton  Harbor—Wm.  Stahl,  of  Bu­
chanan,  has  purchased  the  meat  market 
of  J.  J.  Miller.

Benton  Harbor—A.  L.  Smith  &  Co., 
furniture  dealers,  have  dissolved,  A.  L. 
Smith  succeeding.

Marcell us—J.  J.  Nash  &  Co.  succeed 
Goodrich  &  Nash  in  the  drug,  jewelry 
and  book  business.

Coloma—Mrs.  A.  W.  Willis  has  pur­
chased  the  restaurant  and  bakery  estab­
lishment  of  H.  R.  Pegg.

Three  Oaks—H.  Messerjmith has pur­
chased  the  bakery  and  restaurant  busi­
ness  of  Kubberness  &  Son.

Marshall—R.  A.  O’Brien,  the  hay 
dealer,  has  accepted  a  position  as  gen­
eral  manager,  with  an 
interest  in  the 
business,  for  the  firm  of  W.  C.  Bloom- 
ingdale  &  Co.,  New  York.

Ionia—The  Michigan 

(Bell)  Tele­
phone  Co.  has  reduced  the local resident 
service  to $6  per  year.  Business  bouses 
are  the  same  as  before,  $24,  with  one 
'phone  free  at  the  residence  of  each 
patron.

Hillsdale—F.  A.  Hodges  is  now  sole 
proprietor  of  the  drug  store  formerly 
conducted  under  the  name  of  F.  A. 
Hodges  &  Co.,  having purchased the in­
terest  of  his  partner,  B.  Van  Denberg, 
of  Detroit.

Linden—D.  H.  Power,  of  Pontiac, 
formerly  Cashier  of  the  State  Bank  of 
Johns,  and  B.  R.  Moore,  of  New 
St. 
Haven, 
the 
same  bank,  will  shortly  organize  a bank 
at  this  place.

formerly  book-keeper 

in 

Ypsilanti—F.  H.  Barnum 

is  closing 
out  his  jewelry  stock,  preparatory  to  re­
moving  to  Traverse  City  and  engaging 
in  the 
jewelry  business  with  his  for­
mer  partner,  F.  A.  Earle.  His  store 
building  will  be  occupied  Aug.  1  by 
Horner  Bros.,  shoe  dealers.

Delton—W.  B.  Eld red  has  purchased 
the  meat  market  of  Chas.  Hazel and  will 
continue  the  business  at  the  old  stand.
is  closing  his  dry 
goads  stock  at  this  place and will devote 
his  entire  attention  to  his  farming inter­
ests.

Boon—L.  Root 

Lyons—E.  N.  Thayer  has  sold  his 
drug  stock  to  Melvin  D.  Patterson,  who 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Allegan—H.  L.  Burton  has  purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  DeLano  &  Co.  and 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Memphis—The  general  stock  former­
ly  owned  by  Jarvis  &  Co.,  inventoried 
at  about  82,300,  will  be  sold  at  public 
auction  July  16.

Holland—The  Lokker  &  Rutgers  Co. 
succeeds  Lokker  &  Rutgers in the cloth­
ing,  men’s  furnishing  goods  and  boot 
and  shoe business.

Allegan —H.  Coykendall  has  sold  his 
stock  of crockery  and  bazar  goods  to  his 
brother,  James  Coykendall,  who  will  re­
move  the  stock  to  Bronson.

Coloma—Frank  W.  Bryant  has  dis­
posed  of  his  interest  in  the  Central bak­
ery  and  cafe  to  Mrs.  Paulina  Johnson, 
who  will  continue  the  business.

Lucas—Eppink  &  Taylcr,  general 
dealers,  are  erecting  a  24x50  foot  addi­
tion  to  their  store  building,  which  will 
be  used  as  a  dry  goods  departme nt.

Montague—Harvey  Morse  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of  his  partner  in  the 
drug  stock  of  Hoffman  &  Morse and will 
continue  the  business  at  the  same 
loca­
tion.

Saginaw-  Jas.  H.  Moore,  of  the  King 
&  Moore  Co.,  grocers,  has  withdrawn 
from  the  company  and  removed  to  Vas- 
sar,  where  he  wili  engage  in  the  manu­
facture  of  butter.

Flushing—Perry  Bros,  have  re-en­
gaged 
in  the  mercantile  business,  oc­
cupying their  own  store  building,  which 
was  recently  vacated  by  Dillon  &  Pass- 
more,  general  dealers.

Cass  City—A.  W.  Seed  has  sold  his 
drug  stock  to  Amos  Bond,  who  has  been 
engaged 
in  the  drug  business  at  Fair- 
grove  for  several  years.  Mr.  Bond  will 
also  become  local  manager  of  the Moore 
telephone  exchange  at  this  place.

Manufacturing  Matters. 

Algansee—Higby  & 

succeed 
Higby  Bros,  in  the  flouring  mill  busi­
ness.

Son 

Menominee—Lindsey  Bros,  have  es­
tablished  a  large  cedar  yard  at  this 
place.  They  expect  to  handle  at  least
10,000  poles  from  this  point  this  sum 
mer.

Ludington—J.  S.  Stearns  has  pur 
chased  2,000,000  feet  of lumber of the E. 
G.  Filer  stock  at  Washburn,  and 
is 
shipping 
it  to  his  yards  at  this  place. 
He  is  also  shipping  considerable  lum­
ber  from  his  mill  at  Odanah.

Alpena—Churchill  Bros,  have  pur­
chased  10,000,000  feet  of  logs  in  the 
Georgian  Bay  district.  The  price  paid 
is  supposed  to  be  in  the  neighborhood 
of  $10  a  thousand.  The  logs  will  be 
rafted  to  Alpena  to  be manufactured.

Manistee—Hemlock  lath,  which  have 
been  a  drug  on  the  market  for  the  past 
two  years,  are  now  in  excessive  demand 
and  short  supply. 
In  fact,  it  is  impos­
sible to  get  a  hemlock  lath  anywhere  in 
this  region  and  anyone  who  had  any  on 
hand  can  get  good  money  for  them.

Menominee—Raber  &  Watson,  of 
Chicago,  have  decided  to  establish  a 
lumber  yard  at  this  place  and  make  this 
city  their  business  headquarters.  This 
firm  bandies  a  million  and  a half of rail­
way  ties,  besides 
large  quantities  of 
posts,  poles,  etc.,  each  year.  A.  V. 
Freeman  will  manage  the  business.

Alpena—The  Alpena  Veneer  Works is 
the  title  of  another  new  manufacturing 
enterprise  which  will  soon  be  launched 
here,  under  the  personal  supervision  of 
the  owner,  J.  C.  Walker.  The  site  of 
the  new  plant  is  at  West  Alpena,  di­
rectly  across  the  Detroit  &  Mackinac 
Railroad  track  from  the  Alpena  Spool 
Works.

Ludington—Albert  Vogel  recently  be­
came  the  owner of  two  more  mills.  One 
of  these  is  being  operated  by  the  Barn­
hart  Bros. 
It  is  located  near  Walker- 
ville  and  is  cutting  about  35,000  cedar 
shingles  per  day.  The  product  is  all 
shipped  to  Ludington.  The  other  mill 
is  located  in  Eden  township  near  Fern. 
Dee  Baker  has  charge  of  this  mill, 
which  has  a  capactiy  of  about  30,000 
feet  a  day.

Bay  City-  -The  Michigan  Chicory  Co. 
has  contracted  with  farmers 
in  Bay, 
Tuscola,  Huron  and  Saginaw  counties 
1,500  acres  of 
for  chicory  root  from 
land,  to  be  delivered  this  fall. 
In  order 
to  handle  the  product,  the  factory  is  be­
ing  trebled  in  size.  The  new  tariff  has 
made  the  chicory  business  profitable.

Coldwater—G.  A.  Cornell  and  W.  H. 
Godfrey,  of  Colon,  have  made  the  busi­
ness  men  of  this  city  a  proposition  to 
organize  a  stock  company  for  the  pur­
pose  of  manufacturing  knit  goods.  A 
committee  was  appointed  to  investigate 
the  proposition  made  and  make  a report 
of  same  at  a  meeting  to  he  called  in  the 
near  future.

Chesaning—The  stockholders  of  the 
Stuart  Long  Co.  have  voted  to  extend 
the  corporate  existence  of  the  company 
ten  years  and  will  embark  more  exten­
sively  than  before  in  the  hoop,  stave, 
log  and  lumber  business.  The  capital 
stock  is $12,000,  equally divided between 
Henry  Stuart,  E.  T.  Long  and  F.  A. 
Greenfelder.

Great  Boon  for  the  Flour  Millers.
The  following  circular  letter  is  being 

received  by  Michigan  millers:

Greensboro,  N.  C.,  July  7—We  invite 
your  attention  to  our  mineraline,  which 
is  without  a  doubt  the  greatest  existing 
discovery.

There 

is  no  flour  mill  man  who  can 
afford  not  to  use  it,  for  several  reasons: 
flour  will  be  much  whiter  and 
Your 
It  does  not  injure  the  flour  in 
nicer. 
any  way,  is  not  at  all 
injurious  to  the 
health,  and  by  using  mineraline  you 
realize  a  margin  of  from  8400  to  $1,000 
on  each  carload  you  use.

To  secure  a  low  freight  rate,  we  mark 
it as  “ ship  stuff.’ ’  We  can  furnish  you 
mineraline  free  on  board  cars,  your 
station,  for  high  grade  flour  at  $20  per 
ton,  for  medium  grade  flour at  $16  per 
ton,  for  bread  meal  at  $12  per  ton  and 
for  feed  meal  at  $8  per  ton.

For  a  high  grade  flour  use  15 percent, 
mineraline,  for  medium  grade  use  12 
per  cent,  mineraline,  for bread  meal  use 
12 percent,  mineraline and  tor feed meal 
use  18  per  cent,  mineraline.  We  fur­
nish  all  our  customers  with  a  mixer free 
of  charge  This  machine  will  distribute 
completely  any  proportion  desired  and 
costs  nothing  to  attach.  All  you have  to 
do  is to  bore a hole in  your elevator pipe, 
clamp  on  the  machine,  attach  a  cord 
to  run  it,  fill  up  the  hopper  and  set  the 
feei  to  the  proportion  desired.
Enclosed  find  sample  of  our  miner­
al me  for  medium  grade  flour.
You  can  not  afford  to  let  your compet­
itor  beat  you  in  both  quality  and  mar­
gin.  We  would  be glad to bear from  you. 

Y o r k   M a n u f a c t u r i n g   C o .

Cogent  Reason  Why  the  Telegraph

Companies  Should  Pay  the  Tax.
Holland,  July g — I have read and agree 
with  your  sentiments  as  expressed  in 
editorial  in  issue  of  July  6  about  the  at­
tempted  evasion  of  the  stamp  tax by  the 
express  companies,  and  want  to  suggest 
that  at  the  same  time  vou  should  have 
touched  up  the  Western  Union  Tele­
graph  Co  ,  also.  Very  likely  the  Postal 
Telegraph  Co.  is  in  the  same  boat;  but 
I  do  not  know,  as  they  do  not  operate 
here. 
I  refer  to  the  present  attempt  of 
the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Co.  to 
make  the  senders  of  messages  pay  the 
tax.  There  is  no  question  but  that  the 
evident 
intent  of  the  law  was  that  the 
telegraph  companies  should  stand  this 
burden;  and  they  have  less  reason  to 
object  to 
it  than  either  railroad  com­
panies,  express  companies,  or  even  tel­
ephone  companies,  because  the  tele­
graph  companies  are  one  of  the  few  en­
terprises  which  have  been  directly  ben­
efited  by  the  war. 
I  refer  to  the  enor­
mous  increase  in  telegraph  tolls  earned 
by  the  telegraph  companies  in  trans­
mission  of  war  news.

C.  J.  De  R oo.

Gillies  New  York  Teas  at  old  prices 
while  they  hold  out.  Phone  Visner,  800.

MORE  MECHANICS  WANTED. 
An  Eastern  paper  remarked  the  othe 
day  that  the  statement “ more mechanics 
wanted”   is  heard  on  all  sides  among 
the  recruiting  officers.  The  situations 
and  exigencies  arising  in  the  campaign 
of  an  army,  particularly  on  foreign  ter­
ritory,  it  seems,  are  constantly  calling 
for  mechanical  knowledge  and  skill  on 
the  part  of  the  soldiers  in  the  ranks  as 
well  as  among  special  branches  of  the 
service.

is 

fighters 

The  point  of  greatest  interest,  how­
ever,  drawn  by  the  Eastern  exchange 
mentioned,  from  this  demand  for  me­
chanical  skill  even  in  the  matter  of  re­
cruiting 
the  widespread 
necessity  and  preponderating  demand 
in  all  directions 
in  these  latter  days 
for  men  with  some  practical  knowledge 
of  mechanics.  All  the  greatest  under­
takings  of  capital  in  the  way  of  world­
wide  development  are  of  such  a  ma­
terial  character as  to  require  the  great 
bulk  of  help  to  be  skilled  in  some  de­
partment  of  engineering and mechanics. 
This  is  an  age  of  action  rather  than  of 
reflection.  Manual  training 
is  called 
oftener  to  assist  in  the  work  of  progress 
than  mere  intellectual  accomplishment, 
except  as  the 
is  of  a  practical 
scientific  character.

latter 

It 

is  for  reasons  such  as  these  that 
the  parents  and  guardians  of  our  youth 
and  the  superintendents  of  public  in­
struction  should  begin  to  reform  their 
educational  methods,  leaving  the 
liter­
ary  and  classical  curriculum  more  and 
more  to  the  colleges  and  universities, 
and  substituting  industrial,  mechanical, 
manual  or  technical  training  more  and 
more 

in  the  common  school  systems.

The  events  now  transpiring  are  point­
ing  to  a  new  expansion  of  the  influence 
and  activities  of  the  United  States. 
Whether  this  new  development  shall 
take  the  form  of  a  great  territorial  ex­
tension  and  the  transplanting  of  our 
marvelous  American 
industry  and  ad­
vance  civilization  in  remote  corners  of 
the  globe,or  confine  itself  to  our  present 
territory  and  along  commercial  lines, 
certain 
is  that  the  next  quarter  of  a 
century  will  open  up  multiplied avenues 
of  prosperous  activity  and  numberless 
golden  opportunities  to  the  trained hand 
of  American  youth.

it 

While  we  hear  so  much  said  just  now 
of  having  the  Nation  get  out  of  the  old 
ruts  and  assert 
itself  as  one  of  the 
world’s  great  powers,  it is  well  to  recog­
nize  the  imperative  necessity  of shaping 
our  educational  systems  to  meet  the 
new  life  and  changing  conditions.

When  we come  to  discuss  the 

indem­
nity  question  with  Spain,  the  main  fac­
tors  in 
it  will  be  these:  The  length  of 
the  war  and  the  actual  amount  of  our 
military  and  naval  expenditures;  the 
amount  of  damage  directly  inflicted  up­
on  our  trade  and  commerce;  the  extent 
of  the  losses  of  life  on  our  side,  and, 
finally,  the  value  of  any  territory  which 
we  may 
insist  upon  taking  away  from 
Spain,  which,  according  to  precedents, 
will  have  to  be  treated  as  an  offset  to 
our  bill  of  costs.

The  Bankruptcy  Magazine  should 
its  title,  or  change  the  picture 
change 
on  its  title  page,  which  is  a  colored 
il­
lustration  of  our flag,the “ Star-Spangled 
Banner, 
a  National  emblem  which  in 
no  way  suggests  or 
is  suggested  by 
bankruptcy.

Remember  the  Maine!  Those  eleven 
hulks  in  Manila  harbor  and  the  remains 
°f  Cervera’s  proud  fleet  at  Santiago  are 
reminders  Spain  will  not  forget.

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

5

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Grocery  INAarxet.

Sugar—There  has  been  no  change 

in 
refined  sugars  since  May 25—a period  of 
seven  weeks—which  is  the  longest  time 
the  market  has  remained  stationary  for 
over  a  quarter of a  century.  The  mar­
ket 
is  strong,  because  the  refiners  are 
oversold  on  several  grades,  and  an  ad­
vance  within  the  next  few  days  would 
not  be  surprising.  There  will  hardly  be 
any  decline  in  any  event.

Tea—The  retail  trade  seems  to  be 
very  fairly  supplied  with  old  teas,  ex­
cept  the  low  price  goods.  They  were 
in  jobbers’ 
exhausted  some  time  ago 
hands,  and  persumably 
in 
retailers' 
bands.  The 
jobbers  here  are  about 
cleaned  out  of  At  grades  of  old  teas,  so 
that  the  movement  of  teas  is  limited  at 
the  present.  The  dangers  of  war  on  the 
commerce  of  the  seas  are  now  so  little 
that  the  increased  freights  and 
insur­
ance  will  cut  little  if  any  figure 
in  the 
price  of  the  season’s  teas.  Nothing  but 
the  new  revenue  tax  will  make  prices 
this  year  higher  than  last.

there 

Coffee—The  retail  trade  seems  not  yet 
it 
to  have  consumed  the  surplus  stocks 
took  in  before  the  advance,  and  with  no 
activity 
is  no 
in  the  market 
further 
inducement  to  buy  for  future 
needs.  The crop  of  Brazils  is  excessive, 
in  spite  of  recent  reports  of  a  shrinking 
of  the  crop.  Other  coffees  are  not  too 
ample  for  the  demand,  but  demand  for 
them  is  light  as  compared  with  Brazils.
Canned  Goods—Large  Government 
purchases  of  tomatoes  have  been  made 
and  these  have  advanced  the  market 
in 
the  West  to  about $1.20 per dozen.  The 
Eastern  market  has  not  responded  as 
yet,  and  is  fully  15c  under  the  Western 
price.  This  difference  can  hardly  con­
tinue. 
If  the  Government  continues  to 
purchase,  tomatoes  will  likely do  better. 
The  consuming  demand is fair.  Nothing 
is  doing  in  future  tomatoes,  which  rule 
at  unchanged  prices.  Spot  corn  con­
tinues  quiet,  with  the  demand  small. 
Buying  is  only  for 
immediate  necessi­
ties,  and  prices  are  unchanged.  Peas 
are  in  very  light  demand,  at  no  further 
advance.

Dried  Fruits—The  crop  of  apricots 
this  season 
is  not  to  be  large,  nor  are 
the  sizes  to  be  as  good  as  in  the  normal 
season.  Frost  and  drouth  have  done 
great  damage to  the  apricot  crop,  more 
comparatively,  than  to  any  other  item 
in  the  West  Coast  fruit  line.  This  is 
inactive  season  for  raisins,  but  the 
an 
price,  although  comparatively 
low,  is 
steady.  The  seeded  raisin  is  out of  the 
market  for  the  hot  weather,  it  being  a 
cold  weather  fruit.  The  demand  for 
dried  and  evaporated  apples  has  been 
steady  all  the  season,  although 
light 
because  of  the  high  price  of  the  fruit. 
Prunes  are  steady  at  former  quotations. 
There  is  no  change  in  the  price  of  for­
eign  dried  fruits.

Syrups  and  Molasses—From  all  ap­
pearances  the  grocery  trade  is  getting 
out  of  conceit  of  straight  sugar  syrup, 
because  there  is  much  less  of  this  used 
than  of  the  mixed  variety.  The  recent 
heavy 
importations  of  beet  sugar  will 
probably  make  lots  of  beety  syrup  soon. 
Very 
little  is  doing  in  molasses,  which 
rules  at  unchanged  prices.

Provisions—The  demand  for  smoked 
meats  is  improving,  although  prices  re­
main  unchanged.  Most  jobbers  are  sat­
isfied  with  present  conditions,  and  are 
not  anxious  to  make  changes  in  prices 
until  warranted  by  a  more active market 
The
than 

is  at  present  prevailing. 

in  the  list  at  present  is 
weakest  thing 
is  still  accumulating,  and 
lard,  which 
packers  are  anxious  to  move  it,  even 
to  the  extent  of  shading  prices.  There 
is  very  little  enquiry  for compound  lard, 
on  account  of  the  present  low  prices  of 
the  pure.

The 

Tobacco—The  revision  of  the  internal 
revenue 
law  has  made  it  necessary  to 
make  over  all  the  packages  of  tobacco 
to  smaller  sizes,  so  that  the  packages 
may  be  sold  at  the  price  of  the  old 
packages. 
two-ounce  package 
selling  at  5  cents  will  hereafter  contain 
1%  ounces,  and  the  four-ounce will  con- 
tain  3%  ounces.  The  plugs  will  have 
fewer  cuts  and  the  entire  packaging  of 
goods  will  have  to  be  made  over.  The 
old  packages  now  on  hand  will  soon  be 
sold  out,  but 
factories  will  be 
crowded  to  get  out  the  new  packages.
15 
Cereals—Rolled  oats  has  declined 
@2oc  per  barrel.  The  movement 
is 
very  fair.  No  other change  in  cereals  is 
reported.

the 

Famous  as  a  Fruit  Farmer.

Charles  W.  Garfield,  President  of  the 
Grand  Rapids  Savings  Bank,  is  a  farm­
er  as  well  as  a  financier,  and  as  between 
being  known  as  a  good  farmer  and  as  a 
good  banker, rather  takes  the  more pride 
in  the  former  reputation.  His  farm 
is 
on  the  other  side  of  Burton  avenue,  just 
beyond  the  city  line.  It comprises  about 
60 acres,  and  there  isn’t  an  acre  in  the 
lot  that  Mr.  Garfield  does  not  know  all 
about  and  that  he  hasn’t  trod  over.  He 
grows  a  full  line  of  vegetables,  but  bis 
specialty,  pride  and 
joy  is  fruit,  and 
his  fruit  is  of  all  kinds.  He  has  berries 
and  currants,  peaches,  pears,  apples 
and  cherries,  grapes,  mulberries  and 
chestnuts  and  there 
isn’t  a  vine,  bush 
or  tree  on  his  plantation  that  he  does 
not  personally  know.  He 
looks  after 
his  farm  himself,  superintends the  oper­
ation,and  directs  the  planting  and  reap­
ing,  but  the  hard  work  he  delegates  to 
hired  men.  The  farm  is  a  money  maker 
as well as a pleasant  recreation  and  in  its 
way 
is  a  model.  For  two  weeks  past 
Mr.  Garfield  has  been  gathering  his 
cherries.  He  has  a  nice  little  cherry 
orchard  down  toward  the  end  of  bis 
acres  and  it  will  yield  upwards  of  300 
bushels  when  the  last  of  the  trees  has 
been  picked.  When  visitors  have  called 
at  the  Garfield  mansion  they  have  been 
steered  toward  the  cherry  orchard  and 
all  that  they  have been  able  to  eat  has 
been  theirs.  One  little  patch  of  six 
acres  on  the  farm,  located  the  farthest 
from  the  house,  is  Mr.  Garfield’s  espe­
cial  pride. 
It  is  planted  to  forest trees 
and  all  varieties  are 
included.  The 
trees  are  still  young,  but  they  are  grow­
ing  rapidly,  and  the  forest  patch  is  a 
miniature  jungle  in  the  midst  of  civili­
zation. 
intended  to  let  the  trees 
grow  and  see  what  will  become  of  them 
and  how  they  will  develop.

is 

It 

No  diminution 

in  the  use  of  checks 
has  yet  been  noticed  at  the  banks  by 
reason  of  the  stamp  tax.  This  is  due, 
in  part,  perhaps,  to  the  patriotism  of 
check  drawers,  and  more  to  a  failure  to 
realize  what  the  stamp will  cost  in  the 
course  of  time.  For  many  years  checks 
have  been  used  with  the  utmost  free­
dom  and  it  is  like  breaking  away  from 
an  old 
friend  to  do  business  on  a  cash 
basis  now.  The  decline  in  the  use  of 
checks  for  the payment of small  amounts 
will  be  gradual,  but  in  banking  circles 
it 
is  figured  there  will  be  a  marked 
dropping  off  a  month  hence,  as  com­
pared  with  the  present  volume  of  check 
business.

Evidences  o f  Prosperity  Seen  on  the 

Market.

To  see  the  naturalness  with  which 
venders  and  buyers  adapt  themselves  to 
their  surroundings  on  the  island  market 
one  would  suppose  that  that 
institution 
had  had  an  existence  of  many  years  in­
stead  of  being  the  creation  of  barely 
one.  The  numbers  patronizing  it  have 
exceeded  by  a  considerable  the  attend­
ance  on  the  street  markets  of  the  early 
seasons 
in  the  past,  and  guarantee  the 
assertion  that  the  opening  of  the  more 
metropolitan  accommodations  marks  an 
era 
in  the  history  of  the  market  busi­
ness  of  the  city.

in 

While  the  architectural  features  of  the 
leave  much  to  be  desired, 
institution 
future  years, 
and  to  be  supplied 
there 
is  a  decided  improvement  over 
the  lack of  all  accommodation  in  the old 
street  markets  The hay  and  other  sheds 
were  found  sufficiently  commodious  for 
the  requirements  of  the  stormy  season 
and  they  afford  a  slight  suggestion  of 
protection 
chill  morning 
winds,  although  for  most  of  the  market 
the  effect  is  principally  confined  to  the 
imagination.

from 

the 

that 

Speaking  of  chill  reminds 

it 
is  unusual  to  see  the  venders  shivering 
in  wraps  on  a  mid-July  morning,  such 
as  Monday.  Many  of  the gardeners com­
plained  that  the  frost  had  materially  in­
terfered  with  their  plans,  although  the 
areas affected  were  limited and  confined 
to  the  lowest  lands.

is  a  decided 

A  stroll  through  the  market  will  im­
press  the  observer  with  the  fact  that 
is  taking  place  a  decided  im­
there 
provement 
in  the  degree  of  prosperity 
manifest  on  the  part  of  the  average 
country  vender. 
Ill  fed  horses  are  sel­
dom  seen  and,  while  some  of  the  vehi­
cles  are  not  yet  models  of  elegance, 
there 
improvement  over 
the  appearance  presented  on  the  street 
market  of  two  or  three  years  ago.  Of 
course,  the  explanation 
is  to  be  found 
in  the  general 
improved  conditions. 
The  earlier  year  named  was  yet  in  the 
depths  of  the  panic  depression  and  re­
turns  from  the  market  sales  were  dis­
tressingly  small.  The  year 
following 
was  a  year  of  abundant  harvests,  espe­
cially  of  fruit,  but  there  was  vet  so little 
money  in  circulation,with  so  much  con­
servatism  in  buying,  that  the  effect 
in 
appreciable  prosperity  was  small.  Last 
year  marked  a  material  advance,  which 
the  present  bids  fair  to  outstrip.  Sales 
are  more  general  and  more  liberal,  al­
though  at  times  many  prices are exceed­
ingly  sm all;  so on  the  whole  producers 
are  getting  sufficient  returns  to  enable 
them  to  improve  their  surroundings  and 
equipments  everywhere,  and  of  course 
this  in  turn  reflects  in  increased  trade 
all  around.  Changes  of  this  kind  are 
so  gradual  that  they  are  apt  to  pass  un­
noticed,  so  that  an  era  of  prosperity  is 
scarcely  recognized,  while 
its  opposite 
is  always  sufficiently  apparent.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples—75c  per 

l/3  bu.  crate  of  Illi­
nois.  Home  grown  command  about  $1 
per  bu.,  but  all  receipts  so 
far  have 
been  small,  green  and  otherwise 
infe­
rior.

Beets—New,  15c  per  doz.  bunches.
Blackberries—$1.25  per  crate  of  16 

qts.  for  borne  grown.
Butter—Creamery 

stronger  and 
higher,  local  dealers  having  advanced 
their  quotations  to  i6>£c.  Fancy  dairy 
is  very  scarce,  and  has  advanced  to  1 3 ®  
14c.  Packing  stock 
is  not  as  plentiful 
it  has  been,  but  the  price  is  no 
as 
higher.
large 

Cabbage—Home  grown 
supply  at  5o@6oc^per  doz.

in 

is 

is 

lor 

Celery—i 8@20c  per  bunch.
Carrots—io@i5c  per  doz.  bunches.
Cauliflower— $ 1.25  per  doz.  heads 

Illinois  stock.
Cheese—Michigan  makers  have  ad­
vanced  their  quotations  'A@ic,  in  con­
sequence  of  which  the  jobbers have been 
to  make 
compelled 
corresponding 
changes  in  their  prices.
Cherries—Red  are  so  plentiful  and 
cheap  that  the  market  is  glutted,  choice 
stock  going  at  7Sc@$i.25  per  bu.,  ac­
cording  to  quality.  White  and  Black 
are  in  only  moderate  supply,  command­
ing  $i.5o@2  per  bu.
Cocoanuts—4@5c.
Cucumbers—4o@45c per doz.  for home 
grown.  The  dry  weather  is  curtailing 
the growth  of  out  door  cukes  to that  ex­
tent  that  dealers are  depending  mainly 
on  hothouse  stock.

Eggs—Local  dealers  pay  careful  ship­
pers  9c  on  track,  holding  case  count  at 
toe  and  candled  at  11c.
crate  of  16 qts.
cording  to  size.
grown  Marrowfats.

Gooseberries—Slow  sale  at 4o@5oc per 
Green  Onions—io@i5c  per  doz.,  ac­
Green  Peas—7o@8oc  per  bu.  for  home 
Honey—Comb 
stock.
Strained  in  moderate  supply  and 
lim it­
ed  demand  at  12c.
Lemons—There 

is  no  change  in  the 
market  quotations,  although  prices  are 
very  firm.  The  Fourth  of  July  trade 
devoloped  very  large  on  lemons,  but  the 
supplies  of  both  Messinas  and  Califor- 
nias  were  ample,  and  the  movement 
for  the holiday  trade  was  very  large.

out 

of 

is 

Lettuce—40c  per  bu.  for  bead  and  25c 

per bu.  for  common.

Muskmelons—Little  Gems  command 
Si  per  basket  of  about  20.  Osage  fetch 
$1.50  per  crate  of  a  dozen.

Onions—Si  per  bu. 

for  Mississippi 

and  S i• 25  per  bu.  for  California.

Oranges—New 

late  Valencias  are  on 
the  market,  but  Tangerines are not to  be 
had.  The  movement  is  very  good,  hav­
ing  been  heavy  for  the  Fourth  of  July 
trade.  No  changes 
in  price  are  to  be 
noted.

Pineapples—Floridas,  Si@i-So  per 

doz.

Pop  Corn—50c  per  bu.
Potatoes  -Home  grown  stock  ¡scorn­
ing 
in  freely  and  in  quantities  nearly 
sufficient  to  meet  the  consumptive  and 
shipping  demands  of  this  market.  The 
price  hovers  around  80c,  but  will  prob­
ably  go 
lower  before  the  end  of  the 
week

Radishes—10c  per  doz.  bunches.
Raspberries—Black  fetch  5o@75c  per 
16 qt.  case.  Red  command  $1  for  12  qt. 
and  S i.25  for  16 qt.  case.
Tomatoes — 6o@70c  per  4  basket crate.
Wax  Beans—75c  per bu.
Watermelons----iS@2oc 
for

apiece 

choice  Georgia  stock.

Not  Bad  For  an  English  Joke 

From  the  Chemist  and  Druggist.

“ A  man  came  into  my  shop  the  ether 
I  charged 

day  for  a  pound  of  sulphur. 
him  a  shilling  for  it.”

‘ ‘ You  did. ”
“ I  should  think  I  did.  Do  you  know 

what  he  said?”

‘ ‘ What  did  he  say?”
‘ ‘ He  said  he  could  get  it  from  In­
man’s  for  twopence  a  ton.  Do  you  know 
what  I  said?”

‘  What  did  you  sav?”
“ I  told  him  to  go  to  the  place  where 

sulphur could  be  got  for  nothing.”

New  York  Pea  Pack  Deficient.

Reports  regarding  the  New York State 
pea  pack  are somewhat conflicting,  some 
stating  that  the  outlook 
is  very  good, 
while  others  are  to  the  effect  that  in 
consequence  of  unfavorable  weather  to 
the  present  time  the  pack  will  fall  con­
siderable  short  of  that of last year.  Some 
packers  estimate  the  decrease  at  25  per 
cent.,  and  others  state  that  the  ouptut 
will  be  at  least  one-tbird  short.

Ju st  Like  a  Boy.

“ We  told  little  Dick  he  could  choose 

his  own  birthday  present.”
‘ ‘ What  did  he  choose?”
‘ ‘ He  said  he  would  take  a  soda  foun­

tain  and  a  base  drum. ”

M IC H IG A N   TRADESM AN

6
Woman’s World

The  Homely  Woman  to  the  Front
To  the  homely  woman  who  has  not yet 
attained  to  the  spiritual  heights  where 
she  can  calmly  contemplate  another  be­
ing  preferred  before  her,  it  has  always 
appeared  that  entirely  too  much  of  a 
fetich  is  made  of  mere  beauty.  There 
are  other  things,  you  know,  and  it  has 
seemed  to  her  unjust  and  unkind  that 
good  looks  should  be  esteemed  the  most 
desirable  quality 
in  a  woman  and  be 
the  one  thing  she  can  invariably depend 
on  to  smooth  the  path  of  life  and excuse 
and  atone  for  all  other  lacks  and  shoit- 
comings.

Of  course,  there  are  those  who  will 
unthoughtedly  deny  this  assertion,  but 
the  slightest  observation  will  prove  its 
truth.  The  beauty  always  has  things  her 
wav  from  the  very  first.  She  never  has 
to  struggle  for  her  rights.  Privileges 
are  presented  to  her  on  a  silver  salver. 
She  reigns  a  queen  in  her  own  family 
and  men  make  the  most  invidious  dis­
tinctions  between  her  and  her  ugly  sis­
ters.  The  pretty  woman  who  enters  a 
crowded  car  never  has  to  wait far a seat. 
Some  man  jumps  up  and  gives  her  one 
with  alacrity. 
The  beautiful  woman 
might  have  a  dozen  if  she  chose,  and 
the  men  who  gave  them  to  her  would 
stand  and  ecstatically  beam  upon  her, 
but  let  a  hard-featured  lady  of uncertain 
age  come  in  and  she  either  clings  to  a 
strap  or  the  man  who  relinquishes  his 
seat  to  her  does  so  with  the  air  and  ex­
pression  of  one  of  the  early  Christian 
martyrs. 
In  business,  where  nothing 
but  ability  is  supposed  to  count,  it  is, 
nevertheless,  the  pretty  young  girls  who 
are 
in  demand  for  typewriters  and 
stenographers  and  clerks,  not  the  plain, 
middle-aged  women,  who,  one  might 
reasonably  suppose,  would  be  more  set 
tied  and  satisfactory. 
is  the  same 
thing  all  the  way  through.  The  uglv 
woman  who  weeps  is  told  not  to  make 
a  goose  of  herself,  but  a  man  never 
knows  how  sorry  he  can  feel  for  a  fel­
low-creature 
in  distress  until  he  sees  a 
pretty  woman  in  tears.

It 

The  truth  of  the  matter  is  that  women 
are  so  well  aware  of  this  they  simply 
don’t  dare  to  be  ugly. 
It  is  this  that 
makes  them  keep  up  the  pathetic  sem­
long  after  age  has 
blance  of  youth 
marked  them  for 
its  own. 
It  is  this 
that  makes  them  the  prey  of  the  com­
plexion  specialist,  the  hair  dye  artist 
and  the  beautifier  fakirs generally.  Talk 
about  men’s  rights!  There  is  no  other 
right  that  woman  envy  them  so  persist­
ently  and  entirely  and  sincerely  as  the 
right  to  be  as  ugly  as  nature  made  them 
and  to 
look  as  old  as  they  really  are. 
The  right  to  vote  sinks  into  innocuous 
desuetude  beside  the  blessed  privilege 
of  not  having  to  squeeze  a  28-inch  waist 
into  a  pair  of  23-inch  stays,  and  the  de­
lights  of  a  latch  key  would  be swallowed 
up  in  the  overwhelming  joy  of  throwing 
away  curling  tongs  and  crimping  pins 
and  wearing  the  straight 
locks  with 
it  pleased  an  Inscrutable  Provi­
which 
dence  to  afflict  her.

For  consider  that  the  natures  of  men 
and  women  are  materially  the  same. 
The  ugly  and  the  beautiful  are  endowed 
with  just  the  same  desire for society and 
pleasure  and  lovemaking.  The  girl  with 
pale  green  freckles  and  carroty  hair 
and  a  snub  nose  is  just  as  anxious  to  be 
amused  and  entertained  as  is  her  broth­
er  similarly  afflicted,  but  with 
this 
difference—no  man,  except  upon  com­
pulsion,  will 
invite  her  to  dance  with 
him  or  stroll  with  him,  while  her  broth­

for  some 

sylph-like 

for  scrawniness 

In  reality  we demand  the 

er  is  welcomed  with  effusion  at  parties 
and  picnics  and  hops  and  functions,and 
so  long  as  he  is  agreeable  his  looks  cut 
ice,  even  at  a  summer  resort.  Can 
no 
any  one 
imagine  a  woman  with  a  fat 
neck  and  a  bald  head  being  in  eager 
demand  as  a  partner  at balls?  Yet  we 
continually  see  the  undisguised  delight 
of  women 
in  such  men’s  society,  and 
rightly,  for  they  may  have  charms  of 
mind  and  heart  that  would  make  an 
Adonis  sink  into  insignificance. 
.Who 
ever  saw  a  middle-aged  man  being 
massaged  for  wrinkles  or  phvsical  cul­
tured 
in  order  that  be 
might  retain  the  affections  of  his  mid­
dle-aged  wife?  Nobody !  And  yet  there 
is nothing funnier nor more pathetic than 
the  sight  of  a  class  of  middle-aged mar­
ried  women  solemnly  hopping  around 
on  one  foot or  religiously  swaying  back 
ward  or  forward,  trying  to  keep  young 
and 
John  who 
doesn’t  care  a  rap  bow  he  looks to them.
impossible 
of  women.  We  expect  them  to be pretty 
whether  they  are  or  not,  and  so  the  poor 
creatures  pinch  and  pad  and  paint  and 
powder  and  martvrize  themselves,  and 
if  they  are  not  reasonably  successful  get 
laughed  at  for  their  efforts  after all their 
sufferings.  Then  think  what  mendacity 
ideal  of  good  looks  calls  for.  No 
this 
matter  what  else  a  woman  does,  she 
is 
bound  to  be  good  looking,  too.  Look  at 
the  ordinary 
sketch  of  a  woman’s 
achievements.  She  has  written  a  book 
or  painted  a  picture  or  been  elected 
president  of  a  railway,  or  saved  a  life 
—anything—but  she  is  always  bound  to 
be  young  and  beautiful  besides  in  the 
description.  No  biographer  would  dare 
to  leave  that  out,  although  we  know 
well  enough,  as  a  general  thing,  that 
it 
is  only  homely  women  who  do  things. 
Rut  we  are  bound  to  have  that  sop to the 
conventional 
idea  that  no  matter  what 
her  achievements,  a  woman  couldn't  be 
really  interesting  unless she  were pretty.
is  possible,  of  course,  that  in  time 
we  mav  outgrow this unreasonable theory 
that  all  the  petting  and  the  perquisites 
should  go  to  the  beautiful,  and 
the 
homely  woman  mav  yet  get  her  innings. 
A  straw  that  seems  to  indicate  that  the 
wind  is  setting  in  that  direction 
is  the 
fact  that  one  man,  with  Dewey  Hobson- 
like  courage,  has  come  out  and  cham­
pioned  the  cause  of  the  plain  woman.
It 
is  Ex-Senator  Nash,  of  Wisconsin, 
and  he  protests  against  a  young  and 
handsome  woman  being  selected  to 
christen  the  new  battleship  Wisconsin, 
now  nearing  completion.  He  says,  and 
he  sticks  to  it,  that  the  member  of  her 
sex  most  appropuate  for  doing  the  bot 
tie  act  at  the  briny  baptism  is  not  some 
feted  and  spoiled  beauty,  but  a  Wiscon­
sin  schoolmarm  with  freckled  face  and 
tip-tilted  nose,  who  has  warmed 
the 
jackets  of  some  of  the boys who will man 
the  new  battleship.

It 

is 

And  the  honorable  gentleman 

just 
dead  right.  It  is  not  the  beautiful  wom­
en  who  know  how  to  dress  exquisitely, 
who  can  spend  half  a  day  manicuring 
their  nails  and  whose  cheek  no  rude 
wind  must  touch,  who  have  helped  in 
the  upbuilding  of  the  new  states. 
It  is 
the  plain  girls  who  had  no  complexion 
that  required 
taking  care  of,  whose 
hands  were  not  too  soft  and  white  to  do 
an  honest  day’s  hard  work,  and  who 
hustled  out  and  taught  school  or  milked 
the  cows  or  drove  the  harvesters  when 
help  was  scarce  or  did whatever else was 
necessary  without  stopping  to  think 
about  their  looks;  and  it  is  time  a  few 
bouquets  were  thrown  their  way.

After  all,  although  we  don't  make  so

much  fuss  over  her,  it is  the plain  girl to 
whom  we  owe  the  more. 
It  is  to  her 
that  we  turn  in  times  of  trouble.  She 
always  knows  what  to  do  and  what to 
say.  The  beauty  is  too  much  absorbed 
in  contemplating  her own  perfections  to 
be  able  to  waste  much  sympathy  on 
others,  and  we  never  think  of  going  to 
her  with  our heartaches. 
It  is  the  plain 
girl  who  watches  by  our  sick  bed  with 
sodden  eyes  and  pallid  cheeks;  it is  she 
who,  if  necessary,  can  cook  a dinner,  or 
if  need  be,  and  when  losses  come  to  her 
family,  can  go  out 
into  the  world  and 
make  a  living;  it  is  she,  as  sweetheart 
or  wife,  who  can  be  depended  upon  to 
stand  by  a  man  through  thick  and  thin, 
doing  her  part,  and  never  complaining 
if  there  is  a  lack  of  luxuries  or  things 
don’t  come  her  way. 
In  a  word,  she  is 
just  the  plain,  everyday  woman  who  is 
not  too  good  for  human  nature  s  daily- 
food—the  kind  of  a  woman  we  know 
best  as  mother,  sister,  wife,  and  whose 
dear  face  is  never  plain  to  us,  because 
we  see  it  glorified  by  love.

D o roth y  D ix .

The  bog  may  be  a  squealer,  but  he 

never  gives  anything  away.

A  HEAVY  LOAD

is 

immediately 

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

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

26» South  Ionia Street, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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David Holmes,  Manager  Mitchell Bros.’ 

Store  at  Jennings.

David  Holmes  was  born  at  Syracuse, 
N.  Y .,  Sept.  20,  1854.  His  father  and 
mother  were  born  in  the  north  of  Ire­
land,  being  a  mixture  of  English  and 
Scotch  stock.  When  he  was  5  years  old 
his  parents  removed  from  Syracuse,  lo­
cating  at  Otisco,  N.  Y .,  where  David 
attended  school  until  13  years  of  age. 
Later  on  he  went  to  school  winters  and 
worked  at  truck  gardening  summers, 
subsequently  attending  the  academy  at 
Onondaga  Valley,  being  the  youngest 
academic  pupil  in  the  institution.  His 
first  employment  was  with  Francis Hen­
dricks,  of  Syracuse,  manufacturer  of 
picture  frames  and  photo  materials.  He 
remained  with  this  house  six  years, 
learning  the  business  and  working  in 
the  wholesale  department.  He  after­
wards  took  charge  of  the  retail  depart­
ment  and  then  went  on  the  road  for  a

While  not  a  member  of  any  church,  he 
has  always  been  a  persistent  supporter 
of  church  work,  and  while  at  Woodville 
assisted  very  materially  in  the  erection 
and  maintenance  of  the  Methodist Epis­
copal  Church  at  that  place.

Mr.  Holmes  attributes  his  success  to 
system  and  bard  work.  The  stores  of 
the  West  Michigan  Lumber  Co.,  while 
under  his  management,  were  models  of 
neatness  and  order,  and  it  was  a  com­
mon  remark  among  traveling  men  that 
they  could  tell  whether  Mr.  Holmes  was 
in  town  or  not by sticking their heads  in 
the  door.  He  takes  great  pride  in  his 
present  position,  believing that the  trade 
of  the  store  at  Jennings  is  capable of ex­
pansion  far  beyond  its  present scope and 
capacity.

Green  Vegetable  Display.

From the  New  York  Merchants'  Review.

The  problem  of  the  indoor  display  of 
fresh  vegetables  and  fruits  has been suc­
cessfully  solved  by  a  number  of  grocers 
with  ample show-window facilities.  One 
dealer  of  this  class,  who  has  a  corner 
store  with  a  window  on  the  main 
thoroughfare  at  least  a  dozen  feet  wide, 
has  his  display  of  green  stuff  arranged 
on  a  level  with  the  bottom  of  the  win­
dow,  inside,  the  counter  on  which  the 
goods  are  arranged  being  about  two  feet 
deep.  The  goods  can  be  seen  from  the 
sidewalk  as  plainly  as  though  they  were 
outside,  and can  be  reached  by  the  clerk 
or  customer  as  easily  as  in  the  old  way. 
The  store  front  gains  by  the  change, 
being  much  more  attractive  than  when 
covered  for  a  height  of  several  feet  with 
baskets  and  boxes of green stuff arranged 
in  tiers.  More  store  room  is  required, 
of  course,  than  when  the  vegetables  and 
fruits  are  exposed  to  the  outer  air,  or 
when  they  are  huddled  together  at  one 
end  of  the  store,  but  the  effect  is  so 
pleasing  that  we  believe  the  few  ex­
amples  will  be  followed  by  the  trade 
generally  before  very  long.

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Good  Florida  Orange  Crop.

The  drought  has  probably  cut  down 
the  Florida  orange  crop  one-third  to 
one-half  below  what  it  was  expected  the 
crop  would  be.  At  one  time  the  yield 
of  the  groves  this  year  was  estimated  at 
between  750,000  and 
1,000,000  boxes, 
but  the  long  continued  dry  weather 
caused  a  great  quantity  of  the  fruit  to 
is  now  believed  that  the 
drop,  and 
it 
crop  will  be 
in  the  neighborhood  of  a 
half  million  boxes.  Growers  expect 
fancy  prices,  though,  and  are  far  from 
being disheartened.  The Florida orange­
growing 
is  making  steady 
headway  again. 
It  will  be  a  decade  or 
more,  though,  before  the  crop  reaches 
the  magnitude  of  the  year  or two  just 
preceding the  great  freeze.  A  crop  of  a 
million  boxes,  though,  may  be  expected 
any  year  now,  with  fairly  good  weather 
conditions.

industry 

The  Missouri  Apple  Crop.

Apples  will  be  scarce  this  year,  says 
the  President  of  the  State  Horticultural 
Society  of  Missouri.  The  crop 
is  now 
gone  on  the  old  trees.  The  prospect  for 
apples  early 
in  the  season  was  good, 
with the exception  of  the  Ben  Davis  and 
Johnson  varieties.  These  varieties  bore 
beautifully  last  year  and  exhausted their 
nutriment.  They  did  not  bloom  this 
year.  At  the  time  the  fruit  buds  should 
have  formed 
last  year  it  was  very  dry 
and  the  trees 
lacked  vitality  to  form 
them.  Extreme cold  and  damp  weather 
this  spring  prevented  those  which  did 
form  from  maturing.  There  will  be  a 
larger  crop 
in  the  eastern  than  in  the 
western  part  of  the  State.  The  peach 
crop  will  be  spotted,  dependent  on  alti­
tude and  exposure.

Wanted  the  Programme Changed.
1  What's  the  matter,  little  Dick?”
“ Say,  Mr  Higby,  why  don’t  you 
bring  my  sister  more  candy  an’  not  so 
many  roses?”

Time  used  to  fly,  but  now  the  wheel­

men  make a  century  run.

year,  covering  New York,  Eastern Ohio, 
Pennsylvania  and  New  Jersey.  From 
this  position  be  was  promoted  to  the 
management  of  the  wholesale  depart­
ment,  which  he  held  two  years,  when 
his  health  broke  down  and  be  took  up 
his  residence  in  the  country  for  a  year. 
In  the  spring  of  1881  he  came  West, 
stopping  for  a  time  in  Detroit and after­
wards at McBride’s,  finding employment 
the  same  season  with  the  West  Michi­
gan  Lumber  Co.  at  Park  City.  He 
afterwards  had  charge  of  the  store  of 
Brewer  &  Brewer  at  West  Troy,  and  a 
year  later  took  a  clerkship  in  the  West 
Michigan  Lumber  Co.’s  store  at  Wood- 
ville.  He  remained  there  a  few  months, 
when  he  was  given  the  management  of 
the  company’s  Park  City  store.  The 
same  season  he  was  transferred  to  their 
Woodville  store,  and  one  year  later  was 
given  the  management  of  the company’s 
three  stores,  remaining  in  that  capacity 
for  ten  years.  On  the  retirement  of this 
company  from  trade  he  took  the  man­
agement  of  the  general  store  of  the  Elk 
Rapids  Iron  Co.,  where  he  remained 
four  years,  and  about  eighteen  months 
ago  he  took  charge  of  the  general  store 
of  Mitchell  Bros,  at 
Jennings,  which 
position  he  still  holds.

Mr.  Holmes  was  married  June  26, 
1894,  to  Mrs.  Sarah  McGregor,  of  Elk 
Rapids,  and 
is  the  happy  father  of  a 
daughter  2 l/2  years  old.  He  is  a  mem­
ber  of  all  of  the  Masonic bodies,  includ­
ing  the  Shrine,  and 
is  also  affiliated 
with  the  Elks,  I.  O.  O.  F.  and Foresters.

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WEDNESDAY.------JULY  13.  1898.

PROBLEM  OF  THE  PHILIPPINES.
When  the  negotiations  for  peace  com­
mence,  the  Philippines  will  loom 
into 
prominence  as  the  most serious  problem 
confronting  this  country.  What  to  do 
with  the  islands  is  a  most  embarrassing 
question,  and  yet 
it  is  a  question  that 
must  be  answered.and  it  would  be  much 
better  were 
it  answered  before  the  war 
terminates  and  the  European  powers de­
mand  a  voice  in  the  settlement.

it 

It  is  perfectly  clear  that  the  Philip­
pine  Islands  can  never  be  returned  to 
Spain,  and 
is  evident  that  it  would 
be 
impossible  for  her  to  again  govern 
them  without  the  adoption  of  repressive 
measures,  for  which  this  country  would 
not  care  to  be  even  indirectly  respon­
sible. 
It  is  equally  clear  that  the insur­
gents  can  not  be  permitted  to  retain 
control  of  the  islands,  as  they  are  utter­
ly incapable  of  self-government,  and life 
and  property  would  not  be  safe  under  a 
regime  controlled  by  them.

interested 

There  are  only  three  plans  open  for 
consideration :  One  is  the  retention and 
government  of  the  islands  by  this  coun­
try;  the  second  is  a  joint  administration 
by  the  powers 
in  the  Far 
East,  and,  thirdly,  the  sale  of  the  is­
lands  to  some  other  power.  Any  of 
these  plans  presents  formidable  difficul­
ties,  but  they  are  difficulties  which must 
be  faced. 
If  we  do  not  want  the  islands 
ourselves,  it would  be  better  to  sell  them 
to  Great  Britain  than  to  any  other 
power,  for  the  reason  that  she  is  better 
able  to  defend  the  purchase  than  any  of 
the  others,  and,  secondly,  because,  un­
der  British  control, 
trade  would  be 
practically,  if  not  actually,  free;  where­
as,  under  the  control  of  any  of the Euro­
pean  powers,  freedom  of  trade  would  be 
destroyed.

interfering 

The  reports  from  Washington  to  the 
effect  that  President  McKinley  contem­
plates  calling  a  conference  of the powers 
interested  in  the  Far  East,  for  the  pur­
pose  of  settling  satisfactorily the Philip­
pines  question,  are  calculated  to  do 
much  harm,  as they  will  give  these  pow-1 
ers  a  pretext  for 
in  our 
affairs. 
It  would  be  a  serious  mistake 
to  consult  any  of  the  powers  in  arran­
ging  a  settlement  of  our  dispute  with 
Spain. 
If  President  McKinley  asks  the 
powers  to  confer,  he  will  never  be  able 
to  get  rid  of  them,  and they  may  use  the 
Philippines  problem  as  an  entering 
wedge  to  bring  about  an  international 
conference  on  the  whole  question  of  the 
peace  settlement.

It 

is  announced  that  the  insurgents

It 

least 

proclaimed  a  republic  on  July  i and will 
ask  that  the  United  States  recognize this 
republic  and  assume  a  protectorate  over 
it. 
is  to  be  hoped  that  the  adminis­
tration  will  do nothing of the sort.  These 
natives  have  not  the 
idea  of  a 
free  government,  and  this  country  could 
not  possibly  assume  responsibility  for 
the  acts  of  any  such  administration  as 
the  insurgents  would  be  likely  to  estab 
lish. 
It  would  be  better  by  far to return 
the  islands  to  Spain  in  return  for  a  cash 
indemnity.  From  present  indications, 
it  looks  very  much  as  if  we  would  have 
to  discipline  the 
insurgents  when  we 
have  finished  with  Spain.

WE  WERE  JU S T   IN  TIME.

Since  the  United  States  has  tested 
the  mettle  of  the  Spanish  soldier  in 
Cuba  and  obtained  a  correct  insight into 
the strength  of  the Spanish positions,and 
the  weakness  and  starving  condition,  on 
the  other  hand,  of  the  Cubans,  it  is  very 
apparent  that 
it  would  have  been  im­
possible  for  the  insurgents  ever  to  win 
their  freedom  without  our  help.

We  were  all  deceived  by  reports  from 
Cuba  that  reached  us  before  the  war  be­
gan  and  are  forced  to  revise  our  con­
clusions  as  to  the  chances  that  then 
existed  for  Cuban 
success.  Garcia's 
straggling  soldiers  came  to  our  lines 
naked,  without  arms  and 
in  the  last 
stages  of  starvation.  It  is  fair to  assume 
that  Gomez’  troops  are 
in  the  same 
pitiable  plight,  and  efforts  ought  to  be 
at  once  made  to  assist  them  as  we  have 
assisted  those  around  Santiago.  The 
Spaniards  held  the  towns  in  force,  had 
access  to  the  sea  for  food  and  military 
supplies,  had  the  country  covered  with 
block  houses  that  the  Cubans  could 
never have  taken  and  were  in  a position 
to  maintain  their  hold  upon  the  island 
indefinitely.

That  the  stories  of  Cuban  successes 
over  such  troops  as  met  Sbafter's  des­
perate  fighters  at  Santiago  with  a  brav­
ery  and  stubbornness  that  have  chal­
lenged  our  admiration  were  baseless 
is 
now  easy  to  believe.  Only  an  unim­
portant  guerilla  skirmish  ever  furnished 
the  Cubans  with  a  victory—or  else  they 
outnumbered  their  opponents  four  or 
five  to  one.

Our  admiration 

for  the  Cubans  must 
rise  in  proportion  as  we  recognize  their 
then  desperate,  hopeless  situation  and 
their 
still  unflinching  determination 
never  to  surrender  or  quit  the  unequal 
combat  for  freedom !  Naked,  helpless, 
facing  slow  but  certain  starvation  and 
the  utter  annihilation  of  their  race,  they 
clung  to  the  chaparral 
thickets  and 
mountain  ravines  with  a  self-sacrificial 
patriotism  that  is  worthy  of  the  world’s 
praise.  They  may  be  cruel  and  igno­
rant  and  show  up  badly  by  the  side  of 
regularly  organized  armies,  but  they 
have  exhibited  much  of  the  stuff  of 
which  heroes  are  made.

in  the 

The  circumstances  as  now  disclosed 
demonstrate  the  fact  that  our  interfer­
ence 
interest  of  humanity  was 
none  too  soon.  The  Spaniards  were  by 
one  means  and  another  slowly  extermi­
nating  the  Cuban  race.  The  ruin  of  the 
fair  island  was  complete  and such crime 
was  in  progress  as  called  for  the 
inter­
position  of 
justice  and  civilization  to 
stop  it.  We  stepped  in  just  in  time  to 
prevent  the  Spaniard  from  counting  his 
victims  by  the  million  instead  of  by  the 
hundred  thousand !

It  is  to-day  a  proud  distinction  to  be 
an  American,  much  to  the  disgust  of 
American  snobs  abroad  who  are  trying 
to  imitate  worthless  characters  of  other 
nations.

WAR  A  MECHANICAL  SCIENCE.
Among  the  many  lessons  taught by the 
present  war  is  the  fact  that  the elements 
which  governed  success  in  former  days 
must  now  take  a  secondary  place  or  be 
discarded  by  the  modern  student of  mil­
itary  science.  Thus  in  the  Middle  Ages 
personal  dash  and 
individual  ferocity 
were  accounted  the  essential  and princi­
pal  qualifications  tor  successtul warfare. 
Growing  out  of  this  primitive  condi­
tion,  which  was  not  far  removed  from 
the  strategy  of  the  brute  creation,  came 
the  science  of  concerted  movements 
which  characterized  the  European  wars 
of  the 
last  and  the  beginning  of  this 
century.

In  the  present  struggle  one  of the  con­
testants  has  preserved  in  a  considerable 
degree  the  characteristics  of  the  early 
days  of  modern  warfare. 
In  the  dis­
cussion  as  to  the  seriousness  of  the  task 
we  were  undertaking  it  was  stated 
that 
Spain  was  a  nation  of  warriors,  with 
the  hereditary  courage  and  training  of 
many  centuries,  while  we  were  essen­
tially  a  people  of  peace,  principally 
gathered  from  the  “ shop”   people  of 
the  world ;  also  that,  in  accordance  with 
her 
inherited  traits  and  prestige,  she 
was  ready  to  bring  into  the  field  large 
forces  of  drilled  armies  and  vast  m ili­
tary,  and  especially  naval,  armaments. 
And,  as  these  comprised  the  most  mod­
ern  and  effective  types  of  weapons  that 
had  ever  been  employed  or  tried 
in 
warfare,  the  beginning  of  the  contest 
could  not  fail  to  bring  us  some  serious 
disasters,  especially  on  the, sea.

It 

is 

interesting  to  enquire  as  to  the 
these  predictions  have 
reasons  why 
It  has  been  suffi­
been  disappointed. 
ciently  shown  that  the  qualities  attribu­
ted  to  the  Spaniards  have  been  mani­
fested  in  an  eminent  degree. 
In  brav­
ery  and  the  traditional  fighting qualities 
they  have  met  every  expectation,  as  has 
been  abundantly  demonstrated  by  the 
terrible  destruction  to  which  they  have 
submitted  in  every  battle.  So  it  is  nec 
essary  to  look  elsewhere  for  the  explan­
ation  of  the  fact  that  the  most  phenom­
enal  success  has  attended  our  arms  from 
the  first,  and  that  in  all  naval  contests 
there  has  been  almost  no  loss  to  us.

from 

In  the  earlier  American  wars  it  has 
been  often  stated,  and  no  doubt  correct­
ly,  that  the  remarkable  success  attend 
ing  the  efforts  of  troops,  with  little  skill 
according  to  the  accepted  requirements, 
is  to  be  attributed  to the superior marks­
manship  resulting 
frontier  life. 
The  fact  that  in  the  small  development 
of  mechanical  industry  the  country  was 
almost  wholly  dependent  upon European 
workshops  for  arms  would  indicate  that 
the  efficiency  was  not  to  be  attributed to 
superiority  of  equipment;  but  there 
is 
little  doubt  that  there  was  early  pro­
duced  by  the  necessities  of  frontier  life 
and  Indian  warfare  a  degree  of mechan­
ical  skill  and  accuracy  greater  than that 
possessed  by  any  other  nation,  and  this 
skill  bad  much  to  do  with  the  creation 
of the  Yankee  ingenuity  which  has  been 
the  revolutionizing  factor  in  modern  in­
dustry.

A  higher  development  of  mechanical 
accuracy 
in  the  handling  of  weapons 
has been  the  remarkable  feature of every 
American  war,  and  upon  it  has  seemed 
to  turn  the  question  of  success  in  all 
cases  when  the  contests  were  with  other 
nations,  and  when  the  antagonism  was 
with  our  own  people, 
the  military 
science  of  the  world  was  the  most  com­
pletely  revolutionized.  Thus  from  time 
to  time  whenever  we  have  entered  the 
arena  of  strife  we  have  taken  occasion 
to  demonstrate  a  new  statement  of

military  science,  relegating  the  arms 
and  methods  of  other  nations  to  the  ob­
solete  past.

The  explanation,  then,  of  the  aston­
ishing  success  of  our  arms  in  the contest 
with  the  Spaniards,  with  the  phenome­
nal  immunity  from  injury  to  ourselves, 
is  to  be  attributed  to  our  higher  attain­
ment  in  mechanical  science.  While 
other  nations  have  maintained 
large 
armies  and  navies  and  have  perfected 
themselves  in  the  existing  military  sys­
tems,  we  have  been  training,  in  every 
workshop,  an  army  of  mechanics,  which 
on  occasion  turns  their  wisdom  to  fool­
ishness.  The  Spaniards  came  into  this 
conflict  with  a  formidable  navy,  pro­
vided  with  the  most  powerful  artillery 
and  protected  with  the  best  of  modern 
armor. 
Impartial  critics  of  the  situa­
tion,  especially  among  English  authori­
ties,  in  comparing the available strength 
of  the  two  nations,  could see nothing but 
failure  for  us  until  we  could  develop the 
requisite  naval,  and  military,  power.  It 
is  a  revelation  to  such  critics  to  see  the 
swift  destruction  of  the  Spanish Goliabs 
by  the  weapons  of the American Davids.
It  is  not  alone  that  the  American gun­
ners  have  proven  themselves  superior 
marksmen,but  it  is  the  mechanical  skill 
manifested 
in  all  parts  of  the  service. 
The  Spanish  vessels  were  provided "with 
the  most  powerful,  modern machinery, 
but  Spanish  warriors  could  not  be 
trained 
into  competent  engineers;  and 
mercenaries  of  other  nations,  when  they 
were  possessed  of  more  mechanical 
ability,  could  not  be  depended  upon 
when  the  need  came. 
In  the  handling 
of  the  American  vessels  and  machinery 
there  has  been  shown  the  highest  of 
trained  mechanical  skill.

The  engines  and  apparatus  were  kept 
in  such  condition  that  in  actual  use  the 
efficiency  and  quickness  came  very near 
the  best  experimental  and  theoretical 
service.  Auxiliary  apparatus,  steering 
machinery,  etc.,  were  all  made the most 
effective  by  the  same  means,  so  that 
when  a  signal  of  any  kind  was  given 
the  response  was  almost  equal  to  the 
quickness  of  thought.  The  same  me­
chanical  accuracy,  with  the  highest  at­
tainment 
in  projectile  science,  chara- 
terized  the  management  of  the  guns, 
and 
in  all  this  there  was  manifested  a 
development  of  skill  which  was  a  reve­
lation  to  the  world.  The  English  critics 
are  awakening  to  the  fact  that  their own 
naval  armament  has  become  obsolete, 
and  the  present  contest  seems  likely  to 
create  a  greater  change 
in  military 
science  than  any  which  has  preceded  it.
The  day  of  brute  force  and  blustering 
bravado 
in  war,  even  when  attended 
by  genuine  bravery,  is  past,  although  in 
the  new  regime  there  is  none  the  less 
call  for  courage.  The 
intellectual  de­
velopment  necessarily  attending  the  at­
tainment  of  so  great  scientific  ability 
assures  the  highest  type  of  real heroism, 
and  the  present  contest,  while  showing 
such  a  marvel  of  mechanical  efficiency, 
is  no  less  wonderful  in  the  great  num­
ber  of 
instances  of  personal  daring, 
which  will  form  the  theme  of  story  for 
years  to  come.

Spain  is  anxious  for  peace  if  she  can 
have 
it  on  her  own  terms.  After  what 
she  has  done,  she  should  consider  her­
self  lucky  if  allowed  to  live  as  a  nation.

More  terrible  than  war  for  the defense 
is  the  loss  of  hundreds  of 
intrusted  to  a  peaceful  steamer 

of  a  nation 
lives 
for  safe  carriage  across  the  ocean.

Heroes  are  becoming  so  grand  and 
popular  that  the  commanding  general 
of  the  army  wants  to  be  one.

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BANK  TAXATION.

in 

How  Financial  Interests  are  Discrimi­

At  the 

nated  Against.
institution  of  the  National 
1864  and  1865,  the 
banking  system 
rebellion  was  nearing 
its  end  and  the 
country  was  trying  to  look  its  far-reach­
in  the  face.  The  National 
ing  results 
debt  had  assumed 
immense  and  un­
wieldy  proportions.  The  demand  for 
founding  and  systematizing  it  was 
im­
perative.  Secretary  Chase  saw  in  the 
establishment  of  the  National  banking 
system  a  means  to  that  end  and  had 
been  working  incessantly  with  Congress 
for  more  than  two  years  for 
its  accom­
plishment.  The  great  inflation  of  values 
by  the  Government’s  immense  issue  of 
promises-to-pay  sometime  and  some­
how  caused  an  appearance  of great pros­
perity.  Enormous  taxes  were  being  lev­
ied 
in  every  direction  and  on  every­
thing  taxable.  For  the  most  part  they 
were  cheerfully  and  easily paid.  Bank­
ing,  with  the  great  volume  of  its  busi­
ness  and  the  high  rates  of 
interest,  was 
exceedingly  profitable.

The  National  banking  law  provided 
for  the  collection  of  1  per  cent,  per  an­
num  on  the  average circulation  of  banks 
and  for  one-half  of  1  per  cent,  on  de­
posits and  that  portion  of  capital  not in­
vested  in  United  States  bonds. 
In  1865, 
the  first  successful  year  of  the  system, 
the  receipts  from  National  banks  were 
about  two  millions,  and  they 
increased 
with  each  succeeding year until  in  1882, 
the  last  complete  one before  the  repeal 
of  the  last  two  items,  when  they  were 
more  than  nine  millions.  State  banks, 
under  the  internal  revenue  law,  paid 
the  same  rate  on  their  capital  and  de­
posits  as  National  banks. 
I  have  not 
the  receipts  from  this  source  by  years, 
but  the  total  for  the  entire  time,  1865  to 
1883,  was  about  sixty-nine  millions,  or 
about  one-half  the  amount received from 
National  banks  for  the  same  time.

The  National  bank  was  a  recent  ex­
perimental  creature  of  the  Government 
and 
in  every  way  a  successful  one  and 
the  tax  was  not  especially  burdensome 
or  inequitable.  It  became  so,  however, 
before  it  was  repealed.

The  ability  to  levy  and  collect  a  tax 
directly,  without a  protest  on  the  part  of 
the  payor,  must depend  first  on  its  fair­
ness  and  equity,  and  in  ordinary  times 
it  must  be  so  moderate  as  not  to  be  op­
pressive. 
I  am  speaking,  of  course,  of 
republican  conditions.  On  an  extraor­
dinary  occasion,  demanding  an  extraor­
dinary  tax,  its  need  must  be  such  as  to 
inspire  the  patriotic  instinct  which  en­
dures  all  things—nearly.  Such  was  the 
case  at  the  time  of  the  civil  war and 
such  is  the  case  to  a  great  extent  now.
The  theory  of  taxation  has  not,  like 
many  questions 
in  political  economy, 
been  reduced  to  a  science.  No  doubt 
there  is  a  right  and  a  wrong way  in  tax­
ation,  but  advocates  of  the  various 
theories—except,  perhaps,  as  relate  to 
protection 
free  trade—have  not 
reached  the  dignity  of  a  school.  The 
minister  of  finance  to  Louis  XIV.,when 
asked  for  his  method,  replied: 
‘ ‘ The 
art  of  taxation  consists  in  so  plucking 
the  goose  as  to  secure  the largest amount 
of  feathers  with  the  least  amount  of 
cackle.“   Bankers  are  not  noted  for  the 
unnecessary  noise  they  make  in  their 
vocation.  Perhaps 
if  they  were  more 
assertive  they  would  be  the  subject  of 
fewer  injustices,  and  I  sometimes  won­
der how  far  modern  methods  are  an  im­
provement  on  those  of  the  seventeenth 
century.  On  what  principle  in  politi­
cal  economy  is  the  most sensitive  of  all

and 

trades  selected  as  an  object  of  especial 
taxation,  at  a  time  when  everything  de­
pends  on  the  ability  of  the banker  to  do 
bis  part  well, except that  he  is  a  reticent 
fellow  who  just  saws  wood?

One  says: 

“ The  banker  is  a  servant 
of  the  people;  he waxes fat at  his  neigh­
bor’s  crib  and  should  pay  for  an  espe­
cial  privilege.”  
In  what  respect  is  the 
business  of  banking  an  especial  priv­
ilege?  The  methods  of  the  National 
bank  are  regulated  by  the  Nation,  and 
those of  the  state  bank  by  the state;  this 
regulation  gives  them  a  certain.credit— 
a  certain  prestige  they  might  not  other­
wise  have.  This  gives  the  patron  of  the 
bank  a  certain  assurance  for  the  safety 
of  his  money  he  might  not  otherwise 
have—safety  which  the  singling  of  a 
bank  for  especial  taxation,  or any  other 
method  of  persecution,  tends  to  destroy. 
There  is  nothing  in  the law  of Nation  or 
state  that  prevents  who  will  from  doing 
a  banking  business,  provided  be  have 
money  and  credit  or  some  other  means 
of  getting  the  confidence  of  his  fellows. 
There  is  nothing  in  the  law  to  prevent 
any  association  of  men  from  organizing 
a  state  or  National  bank,  if  they  can 
raise  the  capital  and  convince  the  Com­
missioner  or  Controller  of  the  honesty 
and  intelligence  of  their  purpose.  Some 
of  us,  no  doubt,  wish  banking  were  a 
little  less  free  and  unprincipled  compe­
little  less  sharp,  and  the  facts 
tition  a 
justify  us  in  it.  As  to  the  profits 
in 
these  days,  let  those  testify  who  know 
and  not  the  Kansas  farmer.

justice 

Another  says: 

“ Bank  deposits  and 
stocks,  on  account  of  the  ease  with 
which  they  are  sequestrated,  for  the 
most  part  escape  state  and 
local  taxa­
tion,  and  so  there  is  a  kind  of  retribu­
tive  or  poetic 
in  their  being 
reached  in  some  special  manner.”   As 
a  matter  of  fact,  bankers  know—and 
it 
seems  as  though  no  one  else  knows—the 
relentlessness  with  which  their  stocks 
are  taxed,  bow  impossible  it  is  for  them 
to  escape  the  assessor,  and  how  unfair 
he  is  when  he has  them.  They are,  I  be­
lieve,  the  one  kind  of  property  of  their 
class  that  can  not  be  hidden  and  that  is 
taxed  to  the  utmost  possible  limit. 
It 
seems  sometimes  as  though  there  were 
a  malignity  in  it  that  wanted  to  revenge 
itself  on  some  other  fellow  who  was  not 
so  easily  reached.  Punishment  by  sub­
stitution !

No  doubt  bank  deposits  do  to  a  con­
siderable  extent  escape  taxation ;  so  do 
all  kinds  of  personal  property. 
It  is 
not  for  me  to  apologize  for the deviation 
from  probity  which  this 
involves  or 
to  explain 
i t ;  but  whose  duty  is  it  to 
list  them?  Not  the  banker’s  surely. 
His  relation  to  them  is  that  of  a  ware­
houseman ;  a  storage  agent;  a  confiden­
tial  custodian,  if  that  sounds  better, 
who  recoups  himself,  nowadays,  mostly 
by 
inhaling  their  effluvia  as  they  lie 
rotting 
in  his  vaults,  with  their  accre­
tion  of  dirt  gathered  in  former  travels, 
the  Government  refusing  to  redeem  and 
replace  its  soiled  notes  with  clean  ones 
except  at  the  expense  of  the  sender. 
Bank  deposits  are  no  easier  hidden than 
other  property  of  their  class.  The  fact 
is,  morality  in  such  matters  is  at  a 
low 
ebb,  and  will  continue  so  until  a  higher 
idea  of  justice  and  equity  prevails  with 
the  makers  of  our  tax  laws—and  per­
haps  longer.

This  was  written  when the newspapers 
informed  the  writer  that  a  tax  of 
had 
one-quarter  of 
1  per  cent,  was  to  be 
levied,  payable  in monthly installments, 
on  the  deposits  of  banks,  by  the revenue 
bill  then  under  consideration ;  but  let  it 
alone.  Like  the  licking  inflicted  by  a

mother on  an  habitually recalcitrant son, 
it  will  do  for  some other time.  It  seems 
instead  that  our  legislators  concluded  to 
tax  the  capital  and  surplus  of  banks two 
dollars  a  thousand,  seeing  rightly  that 
the geese  could  be  as effectually plucked 
in  this  way,  and  that  it  would  be  im­
possible  to  vary  the  amount  or evade the 
payment,  as  might  have  been  the  case 
with  the  tax  on  deposits,  and  that  it 
would  be 
likely  to  produce  a  much 
smaller amount  of  cackle.

I 

have  jijst  come  into  possession of  an 

He  will  find  certainly,  in  your  collec­
tion,  ten  or a  dozen  unstamped  checks; 
perhaps,  notwithstanding 
the  utmost 
care  on  your  part,  he  will  find  a  hun­
dred.  These,  with  a  kind  of  ghoulish 
glee,  he  reports  to  your ghostly  father 
in  Washington.  You  will  get  a  long 
letter,  recounting  your  naughtiness  and 
the  penalty  therefor 
in  as  strong  lan­
guage as  the  English  language  affords, 
without  infringing  on  the  privileges  of 
the  preacher,  and  asking  that  he  bear 
from  you  by  return  mail.  You  reply 
that  you  are  very  sorry,  that  you  did  not 
mean  to  do  it,  and  that  you  will  try  not 
to  do 
it  again,  if  be  will  forgive  you 
this  time.  Then  another  shorter  moral 
lecture  from  Washington,  at  the  end  of 
which  you  find  your  conditional forgive­
ness  written  very  small. 
I  do  not  know 
how  many  times  the  offense  may  be  re­
peated  and  pardoned  before  more  cor­
rective  measures  are  used—the  limit 
was  never  reached  in  my  case,  and  it 
seems  now  as  though  the  number of  my 
reprimands  must  have  exceeded  seventy 
times  seven.

it  was 

Well,  we have  the  law,  and  it  is  ours 
to  obey,  honestly  and  loyally,  but  O, 
Lord,  how  long?  Do  you  remember  the 
history  of  the  repeal  of  the  war  taxes  of 
1861-65? 
1  can  not  give  you  the  exact 
dates—am  trusting  to  my  memory  most­
ly  for  them.  The  personal  income  tax, 
the  fairest  and  most  equitable  of  them 
all,  only  remained  two  or three  years. 
It  touched  everybody  with  an  income 
of  over  $600  and  so  of  course  every­
body  clamored  for  its  repeal,  and  what 
everybody  says  generally  goes  in  this 
country;  it 
is  the  minorities  that  have 
to  wait  and  endure.  Of the tax on  spirits 
and  the  like,  I  will  not  speak  because  I 
do  not  remember.  Your pocket  and  your 
stomach  are  your  great  memory joggers.
I  think 
in  1873  that  the  coun­
try  was  relieved  of  most  of  the  war  tax. 
The  tax  on  beer  and  spirits  was  re­
duced  somewhat  at  that  time,  was 
it 
not?  The  stamp  required  on  proprietary 
articles  was  removed  then.  The  same 
with  notes,  receipts  and  all  written  doc­
uments  except  bank  drafts  and  checks. 
They  modified  the  whisky  tax  then,  but 
bank  deposits  and  capital  still  paid  the 
war tax  of  1865,  and  the  stamp  was  still 
required  on  all  vouchers  received  or  is­
sued  by them.  Then  we  began  to  see the 
injustice  of  it  all  and  to  protest,  and 
it 
took  us ten  years  to  get  our  rights. 
In 
1883 the  tax  on  deposits  and  capital  was 
removed  and  the  check  stamp  law  re­
pealed.  Eighteen  years  after  the  close 
of  the  war!  And  here  it  comes  again- 
The  tax  on  circulation,  for  reasons  that 
found 
in  the  minds  of  our 
lawmakers,  has  been  continuous.

justification 

later 

In  the 

liquidate 

The  profits  of  banking  have  always 
been  overestimated. 
’60s 
and  earlier  ’70s,  banks  looked very pros­
perous,  even  to  stockholders.  They  paid 
big  dividends  and  piled  up  surplus  ac­
counts,  only  to  find  later,  at  the  twenty 
year  limit  of  their charters,  or when they 
were  compelled  to 
for  any 
other  reason,  that the gilt  edge  had  worn 
off  from  many  of  their  investments,  that 
their  assets  were  not all  their  fancy  had 
painted  them. 
I  do  not  believe  this 
would  be  the  case  to  so  great  an  extent 
to-day  as  then,  because  we have  learned 
by  the  past;  because  our  property  has 
been  so  recently  tried  as  by  fire;  and 
because,  with  the  lower  rates  of  interest 
and  smaller  profits generally,  banks  can 
not  afford  to  take  the  chances  they  once 
did.  For  these  reasons  they  are  much 
more  conservative  and consequently able 
to  show  cleaner  bills  of  health  than  was 
the  case  ten  or  fifteen  years  ago.  Now-

official  copy  of  the  law,  and,  opening 
at  the  index,  look  under  “ special  tax.”  
It 
includes  every  item  of  internal  rev­
enue  not  covered  by  the  stamp  sections. 
Listen  to  them :  they are banks,  brokers, 
manufacturers  of 
tobacco,  pawn  bro­
kers,  public  exhibitions,  circuses,  con­
cert  halls,  museums,  theaters and shows. 
is  known  by  the  company  be 
A  man 
keeps;  so  I  presume  with  a  bank. 
I 
have  always  had  an  intense  admiration 
of  the  clown  in  his  bedizened  costume, 
the  mouldy  chestnuts  he  offers  me as 
wit  give  me  sometimes  as  much  enjoy­
ment as  the  refined  comedy.  The  wom­
an  in  abbreviated  garments  who 
jumps 
through  a  hoop  from  the  back  of  a  gen­
tly  rocking  horse  has  still,  as  when  a 
boy,  my  approval.  And  yet, 
I  had 
come  someway  to  imagine  myself  and 
the  kind  of  institution  I  serve  as  some­
thing  better  than  the  acrobat  and  the 
circus. 
In  some  way  I  had  come  to  re­
gard  the  bank  as  the  keystone 
in  the 
economic  fabric. 
I  had  got  in  the  way 
of  thinking  myself,  in  my  public  ca­
pacity,  one  of  the  principal  pillars  that 
kept  the  sky  from  falling  on  my  little 
town. 
I  thank  my  most  exalted  and 
worshipful  representative 
in  Congress 
and  his  associates  for  showing  me  my 
place.

There 

is  another 

recurrence  that 

item  of  taxation 
which,  even  in the  time  of the rebellion, 
was  a  real  grievance,  not only  to  banks, 
who  had  to  bear  the greatest  burden  of 
it,  but  to  all  the  rest  of  the  commercial 
world—the  stamp  tax. 
It  was  a  griev­
ance,  not  alone  on  account  of  the  cost. 
By  the  tupenny  manner  in  which  it  was 
paid, 
immense  sum  was  hardly 
its 
It  was  hated  most,  because  it 
realized. 
was  such  a  nuisance. 
It  came  like  the 
hite  of  a  gnat,  with  such  continually  ir­
ritating 
it  damaged 
most 
in  the  lapses  of  temper  it  caused 
and 
its  destructive  effect  on  the  purity 
of  the  English  language.  Every  time 
one  bad  to  affix  one  of  the  things,  he 
said,  “ God  save  the  Queen,”   or  some­
thing  else  more  striking  and  less  patri­
otic.  Since  the  rebellion  and  the eight­
een  ensuing  years,  I  have  understood 
better  the  position  of  our  forefathers 
who  rebelled  at  the  stamp  tax  law.  Had 
I  been  there,  I  would  have  rebelled. 
Every  commercial  transaction  involving 
the  necessity  of  a  written  instrument 
demanded  a  stamp  costing  from  2  cents 
upward.  An  omission  to  affix  it did not 
in  most  cases  invalidate  the transaction, 
but 
it  to 
much  annoyance  in  getting the error cor­
rected,  and  the  issuer  of  the  paper  to  a 
severe  penalty.

it  subjected  the  parties  to 

Congress  has  seen  fit  in  its  wisdom  to 
re-enact  the  stamp  law  almost verbatim. 
In  some cases  it  ¡slighter;  for instance, 
the  stamp  required  for  a  promissory 
note 
is  but  2  instead  of  5  cents  a  hun­
dred  dollars  or a  fractional  part  thereof, 
but 
it  has  every  tantalizing  feature  of 
the  old  bill,  and,  as  I  remember,  some 
new  ones.  Soon  the  Bank  Examiner  on 
his  rounds  will  have  a  new  duty.  He 
must  go  through  your  check  files  and re­
port  omissions  to  comply  with  the  law.

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M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

adays  conservative  banks  are  but  just 
able  to  turn  over  and  hand  their  stock­
holders  6  or  8  per  cent.,  out  of  which 
they  must  pay  3  to  5  per  cent,  local  tax.
These  are  not  the  times  to  lay  fresh 
burdens  on  banks  and  at  the  same  time 
ask  them  to  assume  the  responsibilities 
to  the  Government  which  war  brings. 
Suppose,  to  offset  this  new  burden,  they 
were  to  make  one  or  two  of  the  conces­
sions  banks  have  been  asking  for  so 
long;  for 
instance,  give  them  circula­
tion  to  the  amount  of  the  par  value  of 
their  bonds.  This  could  be  done  under 
present  conditions  without 
loss  to  the 
Government  and  with  proper  collateral 
legislation  with  great  benefit.  That, 
coupled  with  the  opportunity  now  in 
prospect  of  getting  a  3  per  cent,  bond 
at  par,  might  make  investment  in circu­
lation 
little  more  attractive. 
Wholesome  bills  looking  this  way  have 
been  offered 
in  Congress  during  the 
present  session,  but  they  “ sleep  the 
sleep  that  knows  no  w aking."

look  a 

law  and 

We  have  the 

it  is  ours  to 
obey,  honestly  and 
loyally.  Still  we 
were  craven  did  we  not  protest.  The 
country  must  meet the financial demands 
of  a  great  war  and  it  is  not  for  us  to 
shirk  or  evade  the  particular  responsi­
bility  that  falls  on  our  shoulders,  heav­
ier  though  it  be  than  that  of  our  neigh­
is  not  in  the  payment  of  a  tax 
bor. 
only  that  the  duty  of  a  bank 
lies;  it  is 
for  us  to  do  again  what  the  banks  did  a 
generation  ago.  Without  them  army 
and  navy  were 
impossible,  and  given 
navy  and  army,  the  carnage  of  battle  in 
vain.

It 

Once, 

in  my  sailing  days,  on  the 
Georgian  Bay,  we  were  in  great  peril. 
We  had  been  taking  our  turns  at  the 
pumps  for  several  hours. 
I  asked  a 
shipmate,  an  old  colored  man,  what  he 
thought  of  the  situation. 
“ I'se  got 
nuffin’  to  say  now,  Massa  Stickney,  but 
you  jes’  wait  till  I  gets  asboah;  den  I ’ll 
blow.”   Let  us  wait  until  the  war  is 
it  not  be 
over,  then  let  us  blow.  May 
four  years  this  time  before 
‘ ‘ Johnny 
comes  marching  home, ”  and  may  it  not 
be  eighteen  years  before  the  last  vestige 
of  a  war tax  is  wiped  frcm  our  statutes 
for  ever  and  ever  and  ever!

Cashier  National  Bank  of Grand  Haven.

G e o .  S t i c k n e y ,

Felt  Called  Upon  to  Interfere.

No  one  knew  who  she  was.  She  was 
decidedly  handsome,  well  dressed  and 
seemed  to  have  plenty  of  money.  She 
was  buying  a  pair  of  bicycle  boots,  the 
kind  that  come  just  up  to  the  calf  of the 
leg.  She  had  a  pretty  foot  and  a  pretty 
ankle  and  she  didn’t care  who  knew 
it, 
and  moreover  her  foot  was  faultlessly 
clothed.  She  had  just  tried  on  one pair 
but  they  didn’t  fit  properly and the clerk 
had  gone  to  hunt  another  pair  when  an­
other  lady  came  in.  You  could  tell  at  a 
glance  that  she  didn’t  want  bicycle 
boots.  Tall  and  angular,  she 
looked 
around  with  an  expression  of  grim  de­
termination  on  her  face  and  stalked  to­
ward  the  nearest  clerk.

“ I  want  a  pair  of  shoes,”   she  jerked 
out  as  she  dropped  into  a  seat. 
Just 
then  her  eyes  happened  to  stray  over  to 
where  the  young 
lady  sat  with  her  bi­
cycle  boots.

The  clerk  was  just  pulling  off the boot 
be  had  put  on  at  first  and  was getting 
the  second  one  ready  to  put  on.
“ Does  that  man  intend  to 

lace  up 
those  shoes  on  that  girl?”   came  from 
lady  No.  2.

“ Certainly,  Madam,’’ 

replied  the

clerk.

The  young  lady  and  the  clerk who was

waiting  on  her  both  overheaid  this,  but 
neither  paid  any  attention,  although  the 
young  woman  blushed  rather  furiously. 
The  clerk  went  on  with  his  work.  He 
pulled  the  boot  on  and  after  getting  it 
straightened  out  he  began  to  lace  it  up. 
The  young  lady  pulled  up  her  skirts  to 
the  top  of  the  boot.  This  was  too  much 
for the  other  woman;  she  felt  called  up­
on  to  interfere. 
It  was  an  insult  to  her 
that  such  things  should  go  on  under  her 
very  eyes.  Turning  to  the  clerk  who 
was  waiting  on  her,  she  snapped  out:

“ Young  man,  you  go  and  send  the 

proprietor to  me  at  once.”

“ The  proprietor 

is  out  of  the  city, 
madam, ”   returned  the  clerk,  “ but  I 
will  call  the  manager  if  you  wish  to  see 
him, ’ ’ and,  turning,  be spoke to the man­
ager,  who  stood  close  by.  The manager 
stepped  up  and  asked  what  he  could  do 
for  her.  Then  she  began :  She  declared 
that  the  store  was  no  fit  place  for  any 
lady;  said  she  had  been  outrageously 
insulted  by  the  proceedings  that  bad 
been  going  on  in  her  sight,  and  a  great 
deal  more  of  that  sort  of  thing.  After 
she  had  gone  on  like  this  for about  two 
minutes  the  manager  stopped  her  and 
told  her  in  good,  plain English that they j 
fitted  bicycle  boots  to  many  of  the  best 
and  most  modest  ladies  in  the city;  that 
it  was  part  of  their  business,and  that  no 
one  who  was  not  looking  for  insults 
would  find  them.  They  always  had 
fitted  bicycle  boots  and  they  always  ex­
pected  to  as  long  as  they  were  worn.

The  old  maid  was  crushed  complete­
ly,  and  when  the  manager  turned  to  the 
young  lady  and  apologized  for  the 
in­
sult  that  had  been  offered  to  her,  she 
grew  livid  with  rage,  but  had  enough 
common  sense  to  leave  without  saying 
anything  more.
Short  Sayings  Pertinent  to  the  Shoe 

Trade.

Ladies’ 

low  cut  shoes  cut  very  much 

A  low  shoe  sale  in  the  lew  shoe  sea­

lower.

son.

’  In  truth  there 

is  strength. ’ '  The 
its 

strength  of  an  advertisement  lies  in 
truthfulness.

it 

In  striving  to  attract  attention  bear  in 
is  the  unusual  thing  that 
mind  that 
makes  people  look  twice.
One  good  turn  deserves  another  and 
one  good  advertisement  deserves  an­
other—keep  everlastingly  at  it.
Don’t  let your advertisement give your 
customers  the  “ icy  glance.”   Let 
it 
glow  with  the  warmth  of  a  true  friend­
ship.

“ Necessity 

“ A  straight  line  is  the  shortest  dis­
tance  between  two points. ”   The straight 
truth  in  your  advertisements is the short­
est  way  to  your  customers’  pocketbooks.
Don't  fret  and  fume  about  your  busi­
The 
ness—it  won’t  better  matters. 
wheels  won’t  go  around  unless  you  get 
right  down  to  work and keep a plugging.
is  the  mother  of  inven­
tion.”   Now,  who  on  earth  do  you  sup­
pose 
invented  advertising?  We’ll  bet 
honey  to a  bee’s  sting  that  a  run  down 
business  was  the  motber  of  the  first  ad­
vertisement.
Six  to  twelve  years  are  the  ages  when 
mothers  of  boys  have  most  trouble  to 
shoe  them  properly.  Both  mothers  and 
boys  will  be  pleased  with  our  stock! 
These  shoes  have  the  proper  style  nec­
essary  to  becomingly  dress  boys  of  this 
age.
Did  it  ever  occur  to  you  that  one-half 
of  the  oxfords  don’t  fit  correctly? 
is 
because  they  are  made  on  the  same lasts 
that  high  shoes  are  made  on.  That  is 
why  they  don’t  fit  snugly  around.the 
ankle.  Every  pair  of  our  oxfords  is 
made  on  oxford  lasts.

For  tired, 

tender  feet—we have  the 
shoes  to  give  them  comfort,  broad  in 
the  tread,  softest  leather  and  flexible 
soles.  Having  once  worn  a  pair  and 
realized  what  they  are  in  point  of  ease 
and  all  other  qualities  which  a  good 
shoe  should  possess,  you’ll  want  to  du­
plicate  them.

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Michigan  Retail Grocers' Association 

President, J. Wisl e r,  Mancelona;  Secretary,  E 
A.  Stowe,  Grand  Rapids;  Treasurer,  J.  F 
Tatman, Clare.

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Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President,  Chas.  F.  Bock,  Battle  Creek;  Vice 
President,  H.  W.  Webber,  West  Bay  City; 
Treasurer, Henry C.  Minn ie,  Eaton  Rapids.

Detroit  Retail Grocers' Association 

President, J oseph Kn ig ht:  Secretary. E.  Marks. 

221 Greenwood ave:  Treasurer, c. H  F rink.
Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’ Association 
K l a p;  Treasurer, J.  Geo.  L ehman.

President,  F rank  J.  Dyk;  Secretary,  H omes 

Saginaw Mercantile  Association 

President. P. F. T reanor;  Vice-President. Jons 
McBr a tn ie;  Secretary,  W.  H.  Le w is;  Treas­
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Jackson  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, Geo.  E.  Lew is : Secretary, W. H. Por 

t e r ;  Treasurer,  L. P elton.

Lansing Retail Grocers’ Association

President,  F .  B.  J ohnson;  Secretary,  A.  M. 

Darling;  Treasurer, L. A. G ilkey.

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President.  A. C. Cla r k;  Secretary, E. F.  Cleve­

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Traverse City Business Men’s Association 
Holly;  Treasurer, C. A. Hammond.

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

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association

President, A. D.  Whipple; Secretary,G. T.Camp 

bell;  Treasurer, W. E. Collins.

Alpena  Business Men’s Association 

President,  F.  W.  Gil c h r ist;  Secretary,  C  L. 

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Grand  Rapids Retail Meat  Dealers’  Association
President, L. J . K a tz:  Secretary, Ph il ip Hil b e b : 

Treasurer. S. J   Hit p o r u .

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Done  Effectively.

country 

Laster  laughed  a  good  deal  when  I 
told  him  that  I had  an  idea  of  trying the 
old 
road  advertising  signs 
again;  but  he  is  good-natured  asd  lets 
me  do  about  as  I  like  about  such  harm­
less  things,  and  I  have  been  at  work 
on  them  for quite  a  while  now.

Laster  has  been  selling  his  old  shoe 
packing  cases  to  a  candy  whDlesale  firm 
for  five  and  ten  cents  apiece  and  I 
stopped  that  and  the  little  junior  clerk 
to 
and  I  have  been  knocking  them 
pieces  as  fast  as  they  were  emptied. 
I 
used  to  go  to  all  sorts  of  pains  with  my 
country  signs,  having  the  boards exactly 
square,  building  them  up  to  a  special 
size  and  bracing  the  backs  with  infinite 
pains. 
Just  as  we 
happen  to  get  the  boards  out  of  the  box 
is  the  way  now  and  I  adapt  the  sign  to 
it.  End  boards  of  boot  boxes,  side 
boards  of  sixty-pair  cases,  top  boards— 
they  all  look  alike  to  the  little  junior 
clerk  and  me,  and  we  knock  out  ten  or 
twenty  a  day  and  not  half  try.

I  don’t  do  so  now. 

All  that  we  make  any  pretense  of  do­
is  to  give  them 
ing  with  the  boards 
smooth  edges.  Confidentially, 
I  pre­
sume  it  would  be  just  about  as  cheap  to 
buy 
lumber  and  saw  the  boards  as  we 
wanted  them ;  but  it  would  lack that ele­
ment  of  getting  something  for  nothing 
which  is  so  dear  to  the  true  economical 
advertiser  for  the  country  trade.

The  first  requisite  in  country  signs  is 
I  have  gotten  all 
to  have  good  paint. 
over  using  these  ready-mixed 
sorts. 
Good  lead  and  oil  are  the  only  things  to 
use,  and  good  thick  coats  at  that. 
I 
prefer  to  put  two  coats  of  white  on  first 
—one  very  thin  to  fill  the board and then 
another,  thickert  to  give  the  color.  We 
paint  our  boards  white,  black  and  blue, 
but  letter  only  in  white  and  black.

After  the  boards  are  given  a  good 
foundation  color,  putting on the lettering 
is  the  artistic  part. 
I  can  letter  pretty 
fairly,  but  the  kid,  who  is  only  fourteen 
years  old  now,  and  has  only  been  to 
school  six  years 
in  all  his  life  (don’t 
tell  the  truant  officer),  can  letter  as  ar­
tistically  as  one  of  Hote’s  big  railroad 
sign  painters.  Funny,  isn't  it,  how  it 
seems  to  come  naturally  for  some  men 
to 
letter  with  a  brush.  Men  who  can’t 
write  a  line so that it  can  be  read,  hard­
ly,  will  take  a  brush  and  paint  a  sign 
for  a  strawberry  festival  that  will 
look 
as  though  it  had  been  engraved.

Anybody  can  learn  to  do  a  pretty  fair 
job,  though,  and  don’t  you  believe  that 
you  can’t.  Practice,  after  someone  has 
given  you  a  copy  of  how  to  make  the 
letters,  will  fix  you 
different  styles  of 
out  all  right. 
I  bought  a  book  of  de­
signs,  the  “ Sign  Painter’s  Friend,’ ’  or 
something  like  that,  and  it  had  twenty 
full  alphabets  in.

We  have  great 

fun  getting  up  the 
wording.  Of  course,  it  isn't  every  firm 
where  you  can  say  anything  like  “ Last- 
er’s  Shoes  Are  Laster’s  Until  You  Buy 
Them,  and  Then  They  Are  Still  Last- 
ers. ’ ’

“ 3  Miles  to  Laster’s  Shoe  Store,  Last- 
erville, ’ ’  is  a  good  idea,  and  we  have 
got  one  every  mile  and  half-mile  on 
every  road  leading  out  of the town.  “ Do 
Those  Bicycle  Shoes  Hurt  You?  Try 
the  Kind  Laster  Sells.”   “ You  Remem­
ber,  Your  Wife  Told  You  to  Get  Some 
Shoes  for  the  Baby.  Goto  Laster’s .”

“ Can’t  you  remember  the  size  of  the 
shoes  for  the  baby?  Go  to  Laster’s ;  he 
has  a  table  that  tells. ”

“ I’ll  meet  you  at  Laster’s. 

I  buy  my

shoes  there. ’ ’

“ That’s  a  nice  pair of  shoes  you have

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

on.  You  must  have  got  them  at  Last­
er’s. ”

“ Have  you  seen  that  $2 shoe for ladies 

at  Laster’s?”

“ Have  you  corns?  Then  you  don’t 

wear  Laster’s  comfort  shoes.”

There's  no  use 

in  giving  samples. 
Those  are 
just  a  few  that  we  have  put 
out.  Of  course  we  have  a  lot  of  stock 
wordings.  Advertise  experts  will  say 
that  they  don’t  pay;  but  advertisement 
experts  are  not  good  authority outside of 
newspaper  advertising. 
The  country 
trade  that  reads  by  the  wayside  needs  a 
lot  of  dinging  at  or  they  will  forget  the 
firm  name  in  spite  of  you.

We  get  them  up  in  all  sorts  of  ways. 
Sometimes  we 
load  up  a  one  horse 
wagon  and  go  out  with  a  ladder  for  a 
day  of  it;  but  since  we  have  been  mak­
ing  them  of  such  light  weight  we  find 
that  the  bicycle  is  the  handy  thing.  A 
man  can  go  out  for  his  morning’s  spin 
with  half  a  dozen  signs  slung  on  his 
back  and  put  them  up  before  breakfast. 
I  can  stand  on  the  seat  of  my  bike  now 
and  reach  up  high  enough  on  a  tree  to 
give  a  sign  a  good  showing. 
It  doesn’t 
take  long  to  get  a  big  lot  of  signs out  in 
the  country  and  it  doesn’t  cost  a  great 
deal.

Last  year 

The  little  clerk  is  a  dandy  at painting 
fences.  He  takes  a  couple  of  bottles  of 
paint,  white  and  black,  with  two  or 
three  brushes,  and  away  he  goes  on  his 
bike.  Before  he  gets  back  he  will  have 
gone  fifty  miles  and  will  have  left  a 
trail  of  painted  signs  or fences,  rocks, 
trees  and  barns  that  are  great  things  to 
keep  the  firm  name  before  the  people.
I  worked  quite  a  big 
I  went  out  and  bought  the 
scheme. 
privilege,  for  a  pair  of  shoes  each,  of 
painting  signs  on  entire  barns  after  the 
manner  of  Hood’s  Sarsaparilla  and  I 
it  paid  first  rate,  because  it 
think  that 
looked  so  big. 
I  got  regular  house  and 
sign  painters  to  do  the  work  and  we 
painted  twenty-two  on  the  roads 
lead­
ing  into  the  village  and  by  the  side  of 
in  the  suburbs  of  the  vil­
the  railroad 
lage. 
it, 
but  it  paid  because  it  was  an  unusual 
thing  for  a  village  dealer  to  do.  People 
had  seen  such  things  from  big city deal­
ers  and 
from  the  patent  medicine 
houses,  but  it  made  things  look  big  for 
us  to  do  it.  We  had  no  trouble  to  get 
the barns.  A  good  many  of  the  own­
ers  were  glad  to  let  us  paint  them 
just 
for  the  sake  of  having  them  painted and 
a  pair  of  shoes  fixed  things  right  every 
time.

It  cost  quite  a  good  bit  to  do 

Another  dealer  from  over  the  way  has 
got  a  lead  on  us  in  working  the  country 
trade.  As  soon  as  it  got  nice  and  warm 
and  the  farmers  wouldn’t  come  into  the 
village  because  they  were  so  busy,  this 
sharp  dealer  put  a  horse  and  wagon  on 
the  road  with  an  assortment  of  sizes  of 
the  sort  of  goods  farmers  wear—plow 
shoes,  rubber  boots,  a  few  solid  shoes 
for  children,  some  of  the  medium  and 
cheaper  grades  of  women’s  shoes and 
slippers. 
It  was  wonderful  what  a  nice 
little  stock  he  was  able  to  get  in  a  one- 
horse  wagon. 
It  helped  out  the  sales, 
too,  I  understand, although  it  cost some­
thing  to  run  the  thing  and  be  could only 
.put  it  out  two  days  in  a  week.

I  think  I  am  going  to  get  a  lead  on 
him,  though.  I ’ve  made  a  deal  with  the 
grocery  house  that  send  out  a  wagon  in­
to  the  country  all  of  the summer, to carry 
a  line  of  our goods  on  commission  and 
I  think  that  the  scheme  is  going  to  be 
a  winner.—I.  Fitem  in  Boots  and  Shoes 
Weekly.

The  man  who  invests  in  green  goods 

must  want  money  bad.

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Fruits  and  Produce.

Time  For  Agreement.

Prom  the  New  York  Produce  Review.

We  are  pleased  to  see  some  agitation 
by  the  butter  trade  of  New  York  of  the 
so-called  premium  business.  No definite 
plans  have  been  formulated,  and  it  is 
doubtful  that  even 
if  a  satisfactory 
scheme  were  suggested  it  could  be  put 
in  operation  until  after  the  July  con­
tracts  have  expired.  But  the  fact  that 
possible  remedies  for  the  existing  evils 
are 
again  claiming  the  attention  of 
thoughtful  merchants  is  encouraging  to 
say  the 
least,  and  we  hope  that  out  of 
the  present  chaotic  condition  there  may 
come  a  means  of  solving  one of the  most 
perplex ing questions that have confronted 
the  trade.

That  the  time  has  come  for  a  change 
in  the  method  of  doing  business  is  ap­
parent  to  all.  This  destructive  compe­
tition  can  not  continue  without seriously 
affecting 
the  soundness  of  the  trade. 
And  there  is  no  earthly  reason  why  men 
should  invest  large  capital  in  the  busi­
ness,  assume  all  the  risk  incidental  to 
that  business,  and  after  working  h trd 
and  faithfully  to  protect  shippers’  inter­
ests  be  compelled  to  give  up  most of  the 
legitimate 
compensation  which  such 
services  usually  secure.  There is hut  lit­
tle  use  of  anv  house  in  the  trade  repre­
senting  that  they  can  get  the 
above 
quotation.  No  one  denies  that  there 
are  a  few  special  channels  into  which 
some  stock  can  be  worked  at  some  ad­
vance  over  the  general  market,  but  in 
comparison  with  the  total  receipts  that 
trade 
is  a  mere  bagatelle.  On  the  17c 
market  last  week  nine-tenths  of  the 
fancy  stock  that  was  sold  went  at  that 
price,  and  the  returns  at 
i7J£c  simply 
mean  that  one-half  cent  per  lb.,  or  30c 
a  tub,  came  out  of  the  5  per  cent,  com - 
mission,  leaving  21c  as a  net  compensa­
tion  for  the  labor  and  expense  incurred. 
The  competition  has  driven  so  many  in­
to  paying  the  premiums  that  it 
is  now 
quite  general,  and  no  one  has  any  ad- 
vanatge  that  was  not  equally  open  to 
them  before  the  premium  system  came 
into  vogue.

The  old  argument  holds  good  that 
when  sales  based  on  a  quotation  are 
guaranteed  the  receivers  become  buyers 
instead  of  commission  agents,  and  their 
efforts  must  naturally  be  used  in  the  di­
rection  of  getting  the  goods  as  cheaply 
as  possible.  The  incentive  to  keep  the 
market  up  is  gone.  We  believe  that 
it 
makes  a  great  deal  of  difference  to  the 
producers  which  way 
the  goods  are 
marketed.

But 

it  seems  useless  to  go  over  this 
well-beaten  path  again.  The  evils  at­
tending  this  method  of  doing  business, 
and  the  steps  that  have  led" up  to  the 
peculiar  conditions  as  they  exist  to  day 
are  thoroughly  understood  and  deeply 
deplored. 
It  now  rests  with  the  mer­
chants  themselves  to  correct  the  abuse. 
A  voluntary  abandonment of the practice 
would  be  the  most  mercantile  way  out. 
An  agreement  of  some  kind between  the 
members  of  the  trade,  most  of  whom 
belong  to  the  Mercantile  Exchange, 
might  be  effected,  and  there  ought  to  be 
honor  enough  to 
live  up  to  whatever 
pledges  are  made.

Canada’s  Share  o f  American  Dairy 

Exports.

Canada  and  the  United  States contrib­
uted  in  1897  no  less  than  82  8  per  cent, 
of  the  total  quantity  of  cheese  imoorted 
into  the  United  Kingdom  and  38.8  per 
cent,  of  the  total  consumption.  As  com­
pared  with  the  United  States,  Canada’s 
share  of  the  trade  amounted  to  76,351 
tons,  against  31,581  tons.  The  total  ex­
ports  of  all  countries  other  than  Canada 
to  Britain  amounted  to  59,811  tons,  or, 
in  other  words,  the  exports  from  the 
Dominion  exceeded  by  22,540  tons  the 
total  quantity  exported  to  British  mar­
kets  by  other  colonies  and 
foreign 
countries  These  statistics  give  Cana­
dians  sufficient  reason  to  feel  proud  of 
the  prominence  their  country  occupies 
in  dairy  product  markets.  But  unfortu­
nately  this  immense  turnover  of  cheese 
was  not 
followed  by  corresponding 
profits  to  those  engaged  in  the  trade.

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

When  the  values  fell  below  a  figure 
that  would  renumerate  makers,  the  pro­
duction  was  still  continued,  because 
most  Canadian  dairymen  were  solely 
cheese  producers.  The  market  was,  to 
a 
large  extent,  subject  to  control  bv 
Canadians  in  that  they  were  exporting 
the  bulk  of  the  supplies;  but few  facto­
ries,  however,  were  deterred  from  pro­
duction  on  account  of  the  depressed 
condition  of  values.

Butter,  although  not  realizing  at  all 
times  top  prices,  in  1807-98  brought  far 
more  satisfactory  returns.  The  market 
was  maintained  on  a  steady  basis,  and 
Canadian  creamery  owners  and  butter 
forwarders  made  modest  profits,  while 
in  the  cheese  trade  suffered  dis­
those 
astrously.  The  lesson 
is  apparent  to 
every  one.  All dairymen should  be  in  a 
position  to  alter  their  plant  within  a 
reasonably  short  lime,  to  take advantage 
of  the  chanping  markets  and  be  able  to 
make  milk  it to  either butter  or  cheese 
at  will.  An  effort  is  being  put  forth  to 
this  end,  and 
1897  Canada  was  sur­
passed  by  only  one  colony,  Victoria, 
in  the  quantity  of  butter  supplied  the 
mother country.  But  compared  with  the 
total  quantity  of  butter 
imported,  Can­
ada’s  contribution  was  a  mere  pittance.

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factor 

important 

Consolidation  of  Eleven  Dealers.
New  York,  July  11—The Jewish  but­
ter  and  egg  dealers  of  New  York  are  a 
very 
trade. 
There  are  many  of  them  and  their  busi­
ness  has  foe some  time  been  in  an  un­
satisfactory  condition,  owing  to 
the 
stress  of  competition,  which  has  cut 
down  profits  for  all.  To  remedy  this 
eleven  of  the  larger firms have organized 
a  wholesale  establishment  under  the 
name  “ Consolidated  Butter  and  Egg 
Company,”   with  a  down-town  establish­
ment  at  48  Harrison  street  and  an  up­
town  branch  at  Harlem  Market 
Indi­
vidual  members of the consolidat'on  will 
he  allowed  to  have  onlv  one  retail  store 
each  and  will  he  compelled  to  buy  their 
goods  from  the  consolidation, which  will 
make  a  business  of  supplying  retail 
trade  in  all  parts of the citv.  Represent 
atives  of  the  company  will  do  all  the 
buying  on  the  open  market,  and  it  is 
expected  to  have  representation  on  the 
New  York  Mercantile  Exchange.  The 
Company  will  have  at  the  start  thirty 
wagons  to  deliver  goods  to  retail  trade, 
and  expects  to  do  a  large  business much 
more  satisfactorily  to  its  members  than 
under  the  old  plan  of  “ Every  man  for 
himself,  and  divil  take  the  hindmost.”
for  Apple 
Standard  Measurements 

Barrels.

Boston,  Mass.,  July  1 1 —A  large  cron 
of  apples 
is  expected  this  season.  To 
realize  a  fair  price  we  will  necessarily 
export  a  large  amount  and,  as  we  shall 
have  to  compete  with  Canada,  we  must 
have  good  cooperage  and  a  standard 
barrel.  The  National  Apple  Shippers’ 
Association  and  the  National  League  of 
Commission  Merchants  have  already 
adopted  the  following  dimensions:

Head—17 ^   inches.
Stave—2854  inches.
Bulge—Not  less  than  64  inches  out­

side  circumference.

The  above  are  the  measurements  of 

the  Minneapolis  flour barrel.

Sec'y  National Apple Shippers’  Ass’n.

A .  W a r r e n   P a t c h ,

The  business  house  which  enforces 
prompt  payments  and  insists  upon  cus­
tomers  living  up  to  their  promises  or 
contracts  is  the  most  respected  and loses 
very 
little  trade  that  is  desirable,  be­
cause  of  it.  Of  course,  occasions  arise 
when  it  is  expedient to show forbearance 
to  a  dilatory  debtor,  and  the  creditor 
will  always  take  such  cases  into  consid- 
eration,  dealing  as  leniently  with  them 
as  is  necessary.  If,  however,  an  account 
is  continually  in  arrears,  cut  it off.  Col­
lect  what  is  due  you  and  let  the  longer 
time  concern  sell  him  bis  wants,  event­
ually  making  a  loss.

A  Boston  business  man  was  asked  re­
cently  by  a  firm  who  sold  him  quite  a 
large  bill  if  be  considered  himself  good 
for  that  amount. 
“ Good!”   echoed  the 
merchant,  “ l  ought  to  be  good ;  I  owe 
everybody!"

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J. WILLARD LANSINd.
BURGE  D.  CATLIN.

Lansing  &  Catlin

4 4  W. Market Street 
103  Michigan  Street

BUFFALO,  N.  Y.

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Eggs  Eggs  Eggs

Eggs are getting scarcer and  higher.  We  are  selling  at  i2% c  to  13c  and  Y 
can use liberal shipments.  Write for any information you may want.  Send  ♦  
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us your Eggs and we will get you full  market price and quick  returns. 

MEMBERS  BUFFALO  PRODUCE  EXCHANGE

Bean,  Coward  &  Chaddock

W H O L E S A L E   F R U IT   A N D   PR O D U C E  

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

Butter,  Eggs.  Apples.  Potatoes and  Small  Fruits

Michigan R efer en c es:

Traverse City Mate  Rank.

Shelbv  Bank, Shelby,  Mich.

M.  Oberlin,  Bingham,  Mich.

C A R   L O T S   O U R  S P E C IA L T Y .

Peoples Bank, Buffalo.

Bank of Batavia,  Batavia,  N. Y . 
Any large  Wholesale  Produce  Merchant 

Any  Mercantile Agency. 

in  New  England  States.

HARVEY  P.  MILLER.

EVERETT  P.  TEASDALE

M ILLER  &  TEASDALE  CO.

WHOLESALE  BROKERAGE  AND  COMMISSION.

FRUITS,  NUTS,  PRODUCE

W A T E R M E L O N S

835  NORTH  THIRD  ST., 
830 NORTH FOURTH ST.,

ST.  LOUIS,  n o.

N.  WOHLFELDER  &  CO.,

W H O L E S A L E   G R O C E R S   AND 
C O M M IS S IO N   M E R C H A N T S

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

DETROIT,  MICH.

We want your shipments of  Eggs,  Butter and Cheese and will  make liberal 

advances on same to reliable parties.

; HARRIS  &  FRUTCHEY

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Only  Exclusive  Wholesale  BUTTER  and  EGO
House in  Detroit.  Have  every  facility  for  han-
dling large or small quantities.  Will buy on track
at your  station  Butter  in  sugar  barrels,  crocks  or
tubs.  Also fresh gathered  Eggs.

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Butter Wanted

Cash  F.  O.  B.  Cars,  carload 
lots  or  less. 
Prices  quoted 
on  application.

H.  N.  RANDALL  PRODUCE  CO., Tekonsha,  Mich.

Special  Blanks  for  Produce  Dealers

We make a specialty of this class of work and solicit  correspondence 
with those who need anything in this line.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

-  Qrand  Rapids,  Mich.

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New  Potatoes  and  Watermelons

REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

E.  M.  Smith,  the  Cedar Springs  Mer­

chant  and  Produce  Dealer.

E.  M.  Smith  was  born  on  a  farm  two 
miles  northeast  of  Cedar  Springs  Jan. 
2,  1869.  He  lived  on  the  farm  until  16 
years  of  age,  when  he  went  to  work  as  a 
clerk 
in  the  general  store  of  Morley 
Bros.,  with  whom  he  remained  two 
years.  He  then  attended  a  Grand  Rap­
ids  business  college  six  months,  gradu­
ating  from  the  commercial  course  in 
September,  1888.  Returning  to  Cedar 
Springs,  he  purchased  the  grocery stock 
of  Morley.  Bros,  for  $1,232,  giving  his 
notes  therefor.  This 
indebtedness  he 
succeeded  in  liquidating  in  full  within 
thirteen  months 
from  the  date  of  pur­
chase.  Five  years  ago  he  erected  a store 
building  of  his  own  on  the  corner  oppo­
site  the  Morley  Bros,  building,  which 
he  used  as  a  warehouse  until  Nov.  1,

is  used  as  a  repository 

1897,  when  he  fitted  it  up  for  a  grocery 
store  and  moved  his  stock  across  the 
street. 
In  connection  with  the  grocery 
store  be  conducts  a  meat  market,  own­
ing  his  own  slaughter  house  and  twenty 
acres  of  land  just  east  of  the town.  His 
store 
is  24x70  feet  in  dimensions,  two 
stories  and  basement,  and  is  conceded 
to  be  one  of  the  neatest  and  best 
equipped  stores  on  the  line  of  the  G. 
R.  &  I.  Railway.  The  counters  are  of 
oak  and  the  shelving  is  finished  in  oak 
and  varnished.  The  second  story  of  his 
building 
for 
vehicles,  of  which  he  has  sold  a  consid­
erable  number  since  embarking 
in  the 
business  in  189 1.  He  was  the  agent  of 
the  Adams  Express  Co.  four  years,  lo­
cal  representative  of  the  Champion  Co. 
one  year  and  of  the  McCormick  Co.  two 
years.  During  the  past  two  years  he 
has  carried  on  the  livery  business,  in 
partnership  with  Levi  McDonald,  un­
der  the  style  of  McDonald  &  Smith,  but 
sold  his  interest  in  the  establishment  a 
few  days  ago.  He  has  always  been  par­
tial  to  the  fruit  and  produce  business, 
having  a  warehouse  on  the  G.  R.  &  I. 
in  dimensions,  which 
track  20x60  feet 
is  used  to  good  purpose. 
In  1896,  he 
handled  over  5,000 barrels of  apples  and 
during  the  past  three  years  has  handled 
large  quantities  of  butter  and  eggs,  hav­
ing  lately  extended  his  operations  to  a 
large  scope  of  country.  He  handles  hay 
and  straw  in  large  quantities,  having  a 
bay  press  of  his  own  in  the  country.

Mr.  Smith  was  married  June  2,  1891, 
to  Miss  Orpha  M.  Thomas,  who  was 
born  and  brought  up  near  Cedar Springs 
and  bad fitted  herself  for  a  school  teach­

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er.  They  have  one  son,  now  5  years 
old,  and  live  in  their  own  home.

Mr.  Smith  attributes  his  success  to 
the  systematic  methods  he 
learned  at 
the  business  college  and  to  the facts that 
he  can  work  sixteen  hours  a  day  and 
keep  down  his  expenses  to  an  unusual 
degree.  He  boasts  that  he  has  been  in 
business  ten  years  with  only  one  week’s 
vacation.  Those  who  know  him,  how­
ever,are frank to admit  that  he  possesses 
an  unusual  amount  of  shrewdness  and 
that  he  is  destined  to  become  a  man  of 
means.  His  friends insist that his proper 
sphere  is  the  city  and  that  he  must  ulti­
mately  seek  a  location 
in  Grand  Rap- 
dis  and  win  shekels  and  reputation  as 
a  produce  dealer,  especially  in  the  line 
of  butter  and  eggs,  with  which  he  is 
thoroughly  familiar  and  for  which  busi­
ness  he  has  always  had  a  peculiar  fond­
ness.

New  Route  to  Chicago.

Commencing  May  15,  1808,  a  through 
car 
line  will  be  established  between 
Chicago  and  Grand  Rapids,  operated by 
the  Grand  Trunk  Railway  system  and 
the  Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Railway, 
via  Vicksburg.

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

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

The  equipment used  in providing  this 
service  will  consist  of  new  standard 
vestibuled  day  coaches.  Pullman buffet 
parlor  cars  and  the  latest  designs  of 
Pullman  wide  vestibuled,  gaslighted, 
twelve  section  drawing  room  sleeping 
cars. 
It  is  believed  that  the  character 
of  this  equipment  and  the  convenience 
of  the  schedules  will  be  such  as to merit 
a  liberal  patronage  by the traveling pub­
lic.
The following is a condensed schedule:
Daily.
L v Grand Rapids.............7:10am  2:10pm 
11:35pm
A r C h ica g o ......................2:00pm  9:10pm  6:30am
I.v Chicago........................ 
3 :02pm 
1 1 :45 pm
9.30pm  7:25am
A r Grand  Rapids............. 
General  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent.

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

Store  Mottoes.

We  covet  for  our  goods  a  searching 

We  strive  to  have  no  vacancies  in  our 

examination.

assortments.

We  seek  profit  when  we  buy,  more 

than  when  we  sell.

Our  clerks  will  serve  you  without 

soliciting  a  purchase.

Our  store  does  not  fear  the  most strin­

gent  comparisons.

The  buyer  ought  not  to  give  us  his 

money  until  we  suit  him.

Look  leisurely;  we ask  no  sudden  nor 

thoughtless  purchase.

The  True  Definition.

“ Genius 

is  the  ability  to  say  clever 
things  which  haven’t  been  said,  isn’t 
it?”
is  the  ability  to  say 
clever  things  to  people  who  haven’t 
heard  them  already.”

“ No.  Genius 

Something  Ought  to  Be  Done. 

“ My  dog  is  almost  as  intelligent  as  I 

am ,”   remarked  Squildig.

“ Are  you  going  to  have  him  shot,  or 
will  you  try  to  give  him  away?”   asked 
McSwilligen.

The  man  who 

is  employed  by  his 
w ife’s  father  dones’t  worry  about  losing 
his  job.

Cherries,  Raspberries,  Lemons,  Oranges  and  Bananas.

HOME 
I  Cabl>age.  Beets,  Peas,  Celery,  Green  Onions,  Radishes, 
GROWN  I  Cucumbers,  Spinach,  Asparagus,  Pie  Plant,  New  Dry 
Onions,  Turnips,  Carrots,  Squash,  Wax  Beans, Tomatoes.

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

R.  HIRT,  Jr.,  Detroit,  Mich.

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34  and  36  Market  Street, 
435-437'439 Winder Street. 

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

ALFRED  J.  BROWN  SEED  CO.

24  and  26  Nôrth  Division  Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

NEW  POTATOES

We  are  receiving  New  Potatoes  in  carlots 
direct  from  growers.  We  solicit  your orders.
MOSELEY  BROS., 26-28-30 -32 OTTAWA ST.,

GRAND R A PID S,  MICH.

Ship us your,

BERRIES

,  and  get  highest  prices  and  quick  returns. 

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

Office, 33 Woodbridge  St., W. 

Branch  Store, 353 Russell  Street

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BUTTER and  EGGS

Car lots  or less. 
I  am  in  the  market  the  year  around, 
R e f e r e n c e ;  Any  Wholesale  Grocer  in  Grand  Rapids.

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GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis—Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  Market.

in 

sympathy,  perhaps, 

Raw  sugars  have  declined 

New  York,  July  9—During  the  week 
a  new  lease  of  life  seemed  to  be  given 
the  coffee  market  and  the general  situa­
tion  was  much  more  encouraging than  it 
had  presented  for  some  time. 
Invoice 
trading  took  quite  an  active  appearance 
and  prices  are  well  sustained-at  a  slight 
decline,  which,  possibly,  was  the  cause 
of  the  activity.  In  store  and  afloat  there 
are  857,153  bags,  against  652,776  bags 
at  the  same  time  last  year.  Mild  grades 
have, 
shown 
more  animation  and  the  leading  jobbers 
report  a  very  satisfactory  state of things. 
Quotations  for  Rio  No.  7,  6j/£c.
and the 
market  is  only  moderately  active. 
Im­
porters  were  not  extremely  anxious  to 
sell  at  the  decline,  but  there  appears  to 
be  nothing  else  to  do.  Refined have  sold 
in  the  most  leisurely  way 
imaginable, 
it  would  seem  that  everybody  has 
and 
enough  to  last  all  summer  if  he  takes  a 
“ barrel  or  two. ”   The  new  refinery 
in 
Brooklyn 
is  about  ready  to  do  business 
and  it  seems  to  be  the  opinion  that  the 
effort  will  be  made  to  put  up  a  large 
amount  of  granulated  sugar  in  packages 
as  usually  sold  by  the retailer—an excel­
lent  plan,  it  would  appear.  Prices  of 
granulated  are  still  guaranteed 
for  the 
next thirty  days.

Little  business 

in  tea  was  done  and 
the  general  market  is  very  quiet.  The 
next  sale  will  not  be  of  a  very  large 
amount.  Prices  in  the  street  are  pretty 
firm  and  certainly  no decline  has  been 
noted.

Trading 

Full  stocks  of  rice  of  foreign  growth 
are  said  to  be  held  here,  as  well  as  at 
Charleston,  New  Orleans  and  Chicago. 
This  fact,  in  connection  with  slow  de­
mand,  has  made  the  past  week  rather  of 
a  record-breaker—for  dulness. 
Still 
holders  are  not  without  hope  and  main­
tain  that  later  on  we  shall  see  a  rousing 
market  for  rice.  Prime  to  choice  do­
mestic,
In  spices,  little  that  is  of  interest  has 
transpired  during  the  week.  The  mar­
ket  is  quite  firm,  especially  for  pepper 
of  all  sorts. 
Jobbers  generally  report 
trade  as  only  fairly  active.  Cloves  said 
to  be  short  and  are  well  held.
in  molasses  is  at  a  low  ebb. 
Scarcely  any  interest  is  shown  and  the 
orders  coming  to  hand  are  for  the small­
est  amounts.  Low  grades  are  worth 
8@gc.  Fair  to  good,  I3@igc.
is  pretty  well 
cleaned  up  and  the  general  situation  is 
one  indicating  considerable  confidence.
Canned  goods  transactions  during  the 
week  have  not  been  large  and  the  mar­
It  is  still 
ket  is  practically  unchanged. 
maintained  that  the  peach  and  tomato 
crop  of  Maryland  will  be  very  light  and 
it 
is  said  that  the  pea  pack  is  only 
about  half  what  it  should  be.  Large  lots 
of  goods  have  been  taken  by  Govern­
ment  this  week  and  the  new  goods  will 
come  upon  nearly  empty  warehouses.
Lemons  and  oranges  have developed  a 
good  deal  of  strength  and  at  auction 
offerings  of  both  went  off  rapidly  at  sat­
isfactory  returns.  Bananas  are  quiet,  as 
are  pineapples,  with  rather  a  light stock 
of  the  latter to  select  from.

The  syrup  market 

Dried  fruits  have  moved  slowly.  The 
demand  is  for  very  small 
lots  and  the 
whole  market  is  simply  waiting  for  fall. 
The  weather  is  too hot  to think of  eating 
dried  fruits  and  dealers  are  lying  on 
their  oars.  Fancy  apples  are  worth g^c. 
Some  good  cherries  from the  South  have 
sold at about  10c.  Blackberries,  ’97 crop, 
gM @ ioc.

iS K c ;  Extra  Western~imitation  cream­
ery,  14c ;  firsts,  I2 j£ @ i3c;  Western  fac­
tory,  I2 ^ c   for  extras  and  I2 ^ c for firsts. 
“   Really  desirable  offerings  in  eggs  are 
in  light  supply,  and,  in  fact,  there  are 
not  enough  to  meet  the  demand.  The 
hot  weather  has  worked  havoc  in the egg 
market  and  a  large  part  of  the  arrivals 
are  decidedly  “ off.”   Fancy  New  York, 
Pennsylvania  and  Michigan  eggs  will 
bring 
for 
storage  at  mark,  i2j^c.

I3@i4c.  Western  selected 

There  is a  moderate  demand  only  for 
cheese.  Some  business  has  been  done 
in  an  export  way,  but  quotations  are 
low  and indicate  very  little profit to any­
body.  Large  size.  New  York  State  full 
cream  are  worth  6?£@ 7c;  small,  fancy, 
7c.

Not  Up  To  His  Part.

From the Chicago Chronicle.

“ Just  came  from  St.  Louis,”   re­
marked  a  well-known  commercial  trav­
eler,  as  he  alighted  from the train,  “ and 
had  one  of  the  funniest  experiences  of 
my  life  on  the  way  up.”

it,  and  be  quick,”   replied 
his  fellow  drummer,  who  was  about  to 
catch  a  train.

“ Relate 

“ Well,  vou  know  Mandlebaum,  the 
ticket  scalper,”   replied 
the  other. 
“ Just  as  I  was  about  to  board  the  train 
he  came  to  me  and  offered  to  sell a first- 
class  ticket  for  so  low a figure  that  I  was 
obliged  to  take 
it  for  strictlv  business 
reasons.  My  time  was 
limited  and  I 
neglected  to  look  at  the  name  of  the 
original  purchaser,  so  I  boarded  the 
train  and  took  possession  of  a  seat  in 
the  smoker.  First  came  a  cigar,  and 
then,  being  thirsty.  I  took  out  that  old 
flask  of  mine  from  the  satchel  and  pro­
ceeded  to  quench  my  thirst  in  good  old- 
fashioned  style.

“ All  the  while  the  conductor  kept  his 
eyes  on  me,  and  at  times  whispered  to 
the  brakeman.  who  was  sitting  quite 
clo=e  to  me.  They  were  both  strange 
on  the  run,  and  consequently,  I  did  not 
pay  much  attention  to  them. 
I then  got 
mixed  up 
in  a  hot  game  of  seven-up. 
and  told  one  or  two  stories  which  would 
not  pass  the  ordeal  of  press  censorship. 
Finally  the  conductor  came  around  and 
whispered  in  my  ear.  He  asked  me  how 
the  Sunday  School  was  getting  on,  and 
allowed  that  church  matters were brieht- 
enine  up  a  bit 
in  mv  section  of the 
country.  His  talk  was  all  Greek  to  me. 
but  T  managed  to  look  wise  until we had 
reached  Chicago.

“ The  whole  business  dawned  on  me 
then.  He  told  me  I  should  have  been 
more  circumspect  on the journey  up,and 
warned  me  against  one  of  mv  congrega­
tion.  He  said 
it  was  bad  form  for  a 
clergyman  to  smoke,  play  cards,  and 
drink  whisky  from  a  flask  in  full  view 
of  the  passengers  on  board  a  train. 
I 
if  he  knew  who  I  was,  and 
asked  him 
he  pulled  that  scalper’s  ticket  from  his 
pocket  and  informed  me  that I was Rev. 
Mr.  Phineas  Bascom,  of  Hannibal,  Mo.
“ I have made up mv mind  never to buy 
another  scalper’s  ticket  from  Mandle- 
baum. ”

Aging  Coffee.

It 

One  of  the  most  prominent  retailers 
in  New  York  makes  a practice of storing 
his  best  grades  of  coffee  for  two  years 
before  roasting. 
is  undeniable  that 
age 
improves  the  raw  bean  up  to  a 
period  of  five  years.  It tends  to  give  the 
bean  a  mellow flavor,  highly appreciated 
hv 
lovers  of  the  beverage.  To  carry 
Padang  Java  or  fine  Maracaibo  coffee 
two  years  adds  3  to  5  cents per  pound  to 
cost. 
is  for  this  reason  that  some 
firms  are  retailing  their  finest  marks  of 
coffee  at  38  to  40 cents  per  pound.

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Eggs  are  advancing  rapidly. 
We  can  do  you  some  good  on  Peaches, 
Plums  and  small  fruits  of  all  kinds. 

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We solicit consignments of Butter,  Eggs,  Poultry, Beans and  Produce generally,  assuring 
prompt sales and immediate returns.  We are a branch of the Grand Rapids house  of  the  - 3  
same name,  which  has been established eleven years.  We refer Michigan shippers to the 
Fourth  Xatlonal  Bank,  Grand  Rapids  Savings  Bank  and  Michigan  Tradesman,  all  of 
which  are familiar with our standing and acquainted with  our  methods  and  will  cheer-  ^ 5  
fully answer any enquiries which may be made in regard to us.

A  New  Cold  Storage 
Butter  Package

Is  the  Parafined  Parchment  Lined 
Package,  all  sizes. 
free 
sample  and  testimonials  from  users.

Send  for 

Michigan  Package  Co.,

Owosso, Mich.

Buffalo,  N.  Y.

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

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Warehouse “A”

Capacity 6oo,ooo cubic feet.

Warehouse “B” ]

Capacity 500,000 cubic feet.

Exclusively 

Butter and  Eggs

Rates  Reasonable.

Low  Insurance.

Liberal  Advances.

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

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

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Correspondence  Solicited.

The  bean  market  is  very  quiet,  with 
choice  marrows  held  at  $1.45(8) 1.50; 
choice  medium,  $1.22>£@ 1.25;  choice 
pea,  $1.20.

More  strength  has  been  shown  in  the 
butter  market  and,  while  prices  are 
practically  no  higher,  there  is  a  better 
feeling.  The  demand  has  kept  the  ac­
cumulation  pretty  closely  sold  up,  and 
some 
transactions  have  taken  place 
showing  best  Western  creamery  selling 
at  17c.  This  is  hardly  a  correct  figure, 
however,  and 
is  about  the 
proper  basis  to  figure  on.  Firsts,  1 5 ®

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California  Walnut  Crop  Large.

Advices  by  mail  from  California  are 
to the  effect  that  the  walnut  crop,  ac­
cording  to  present  indications,  will  be 
large.  Present  estimates  place  the  crop 
at  upwards  of  500 cars,  a  quantity large­
ly  in  excess  of  the  crop  of 
1897.  Lack 
of  rain  in  some  of  the  Southern  districts 
where  irrigation  could  not  be  resorted 
is  thought, 
to  will,  however,  it 
inter­
fere  with  the  quality  of  the  nuts.

The  lass  whose  lover  goes  to  sea sheds 

many a  private-tear.

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15

THE  NEW  LAW.

Summarized  Statement  of  the  Bank­

ruptcy  Act.

Commencing  with  the  last  sections,  as 
most  important  now,  it  is  provided  that 
the  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
upon 
its  passage—provided,  however, 
that  no petition  tor voluntary bankruptcy 
shall  be  hied  within  one  month  of  the 
passage  (approval)  thereof,  and  no  pe­
tition  for 
involuntary  bankruptcy  shall 
be  filed  within  tour  months  of  the  pass­
age  thereof,and proceedings  commenced 
under  state 
insolvency  laws  before  the 
passage  of  the  act  shall  not  be  affected 
by  it.
The  meaning  of  this  is  that  for  the 
purpose  of  providing  the  machinery 
for  carrying  it  on—that  is,  appointment 
of  the  referees  and  trustees,  prescribing 
rules,  etc.,  and  determining  the  ques­
tion  of  bankruptcy  and  acts  of  bank­
ruptcy—the  act 
is  to  go  into  effect  as 
soon  as  approved;  but  it  a  debtor  wants 
to  file  a  petition  to  be  declared  a  bank­
rupt  he  must  wait  one  month  after  the 
act  is  approved,  or  if  creditors  want  to 
proceed  against  a  debtor  to  have  him 
adjudged  a  bankrupt  they  must  wait 
four  months  after  the  approval  of  the 
act,  but  while  proceedings  under  state 
insurance  laws  (as,  for  instance,  attach­
ments  by  creditors  or  assignments  by 
debtors)  commenced  before  the  act  is 
approved  will  not  be  disturbed  or 
affected  by  the 
law,  yet  if  made  after 
the  act  is  approved they may be attacked 
and  set aside  if  the  debtor  files  a  peti­
tion  and 
is  adjudged  a  bankrupt,  or  if 
the  creditors  proceed  against  the  debtor 
four  months after  the  act  is  approved.

The  United  States  District  Courts  are 
made  the  courts  of  original  jurisdiction 
for  bankruptcy  proceedings,  and  may 
proceed  at  all  times  with  bankruptcy 
matters.  They  have 
full  and  entire 
charge  of  the  whole  matter.

WHAT  CONSTITUTES  BANKRU PTCY.
a.  Acts  of  bankruptcy  by  a  person 
shall  consist of his  having  (i)  conveyed, 
transferred,  concealed  or  removed,  or 
permitted  to  be  concealed  or  removed, 
any  part  of  his  property  with  intent  to 
hinder,  delay,  or  defraud  his  creditors, 
or  any  of  them ;  or (2)  transferred  while 
insolvent  any  portion  of  his  property  to 
one  or  more  of  his  creditors  with  intent 
to  prefer  such  crediotrs  over  his  other 
creditors;  or  (3)  suffered  or  permitted, 
while  insolvent,  any  creditor  to  obtain 
a  preference  through  legal  proceedings, 
and  not  having  at  least  five  days  before 
a  sale  or  final  disposition  of  any  prop­
erty  affected  by  such  preference;  or  (4) 
made  a  general  assignment  for the  ben­
efit  of  his  creditors;  or  (5)  admitted 
in 
writing  his 
inability  to  pay  his  debts 
and  his  willingness  to  be  adjudged  a 
bankrupt  on  that  ground.

b.  A  petition  may  be  filed  against  a 
person  who 
insolvent  and  who  has 
committed  an  act  of  bankruptcy  within 
four  (4)  months after  the  commission  of 
such  act.  Such  time  shall  not  expire 
until  four  months  after  (1)  the  date  of 
the  recording  or  registering  of  transfer 
or assignment  when  the  act  consists 
in 
having  made  a  transfer  of  any  of  bis 
property  with  intent  to  hinder,  delay  or 
defraud  his  creditors;  or  for the purpose 
of  giving  a  preference  as  hereinbefore 
provided,  or  a  general  assignment  for 
the  benefit  of  his  creditors,  if  by  law 
such  recording  or  registering is required 
or  permitted ;  or,  if  it  is  not,  from  the 
date  when  the  beneficiary  takes  notori­
ous,  exclusive  or  continuous  possession 
of  the  property,  unless  the  petitioning 
creditors  have  received  actual  notice  of 
such  transfer  or  assignment.
It  is  made a  complete  defense  to  pro­
ceedings  against  a  debtor  to  have  him 
adjudged  bankrupt  to  allege  and  prove 
that  he  was  not  insolvent.

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WHO  MAY  BECOM E  BANKRU PTS.

a.  Any  person  who  owes  debts,  ex­
cept  a  corporation,  may  have  the  benefit 
of  the act  as  a  voluntary  bankrupt.
b.  Any  natural  person,  except a wage 
earner  or  a  person  engaged  chiefly  in 
farming  or  the  tillage  of  the  soil,  any 
unincorporated  company  and  any corpo­
ration  engaged  principally  in  manufac­
turing  trading,  printing,  publishing  or

mercantile  pursuits,  owing  debts  to  the 
amount  of  §1,000  or  over,  may  be  ad­
judged  an  involuntary bankrupt.  *  *  * 
Private  bankers,  but not  National  banks 
or  banks 
incorporated  under  state  or 
territorial  laws,  may  be  adjudged  invol­
untary  bankrupts.  A  partnership  during 
the 
continuation  of  the  partnership 
business,  or  after  its  dissolution  and be­
fore  final  settlement  thereof,  may  bead- 
judged  a  bankrupt.

SOME  D EFIN IT IO N S.

“ Corporations”  

includes  and  means 
all  bodies  having  any  of  the  powers  and 
privileges  of  private  corporations  not 
possessed  by 
individuals  or  partner­
ships,  and  shall include  limited  or other 
partnership  associations  organized  un­
der  laws  making  the  capital  subscribed 
alone  responsible  for  the  debts  of  the 
association.  “ A  person  shall  be  deemed 
insolvent  wherever  the  aggregate  of  his 
property,  exclusive  of  any  property 
which  he  may  have  conveyed,  trans­
ferred,  concealed  or  removed,  or  per­
mitted  to  be  concealed  or  removed  with 
intent  to  defraud,  binder  or  delay  his 
creditors,  shall  not,  at  fair  valuation, 
be  sufficient 
in  amount  to  pay  his 
debts.

“ Persons”   shall  include corporations, 
except  when  otherwise  specified,  and 
officers,  partnerships,  and  women.

EXEM PTIONS.

This  act  shall  not  affect  the  allowance 
to  bankrupts  of  the  exemptions  which 
are  prescribed  by  the  state  laws  in force 
at  the  time  of  the  filing  of  the  petition 
in  the  state  wherein  they  have  had  their 
domicile  for  the  six  months or the great­
er  portion  thereof  immediately  preced­
ing  the  filing  of  the  petition.

Bankrupts  are  required  to  submit  to 
an  examination,  and 
if  about  to  leave 
their  home  or  fugitive  from  it,  may  be 
arrested  and  compelled  to  submit  to  ex­
amination.

O F F IC E R S   AND  F E E S .

Only  two officers  are  to  be  appointed, 
a  referee  and  a  trustee.  Both  are  ap­
pointed  for  term  of  two  years  by  the 
District  Court,  and  the  former  receives 
in  full  for  services  after  rendered  $10  in 
each  case  referred  to  him,  and  1  per 
cent,  commission  on  sums  to  be  paid  as 
dividends  and  commission,  and  one- 
half  of  1  per cent,  on  the amount  paid 
to  the  creditors  on  the  confirmation  of  a 
composition.
Trustees  receive  fee  of  $5  and  such 
sum  as  court  allows  on  dividends,  not 
exceeding  3  per  cent,  on  first §5,000 or 
less;  2  per  cent,  on  second  §5,000  or 
part  thereof,  and  1  per  cent,  on  sums  in 
excess  of  §10,000.
Penalties  are  very  severe,  and  any 
fraudulent  acts  defeat  a  discharge.

Old  Gentleman  (dictating  an  indig­
nant  letter)—“ S ir:  My  stenographer, 
being  a  lady,  can  not take  down  what  I 
think  of  you;  I,  being  a  gentleman,  can 
not  think 
it;  but  you,  being  neither, 
can  readily  divine  it.”

If  one-half  of  the  world  does  not know 
how  the  other  half  live,  it  is  not  the 
fault  of  the  female  sewing  societies.

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SETTLE

Dwight’s  Liquid  Bluing 

never  settles.

Manufactured  by

The W olverine  Spice  Co.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

W. R. Brice.

Est.  1852.

C. M. Drake.

W. R. Brice & Co,

Philadelphia’s 
Leading  Hustling 
Commission  Merchants

REFERENCES:

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

Corn  Exchange  National  Bank,  Philadelphia.

Western  National  Sank,  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.

Extra  Creameries  selling  at.................  
1 7 /4 c
Firsts  selling  at......................................i 6@ i 6 ^ c
Seconds  selling  a t....................................14(0)15  c
Fancy  Imitations.....................................14(0)15  c
Ladles....................................................... 
12  c
Packing  stock  in  barrels  or  tubs......... 11(0)12  c

Ship  your  Butter  to  a  Butter  house  and  be  happy,  knowing 
you  will  get  full  market  value  and  quick  returns.  We  solicit 
a  share  of  your  consignments  on  business  principles.

W .  R.  B R IC E   &  CO.

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Raspberries 

Cucumbers 

Egg  Plant  Tomatoes 

Celery 

Squash 

New  Potatoes 

New Cabbage

New Onions

You  can  not  place
your orders for any­
thing  in  the  above 
list  to  better advan­
tage  than  with  the

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Grand  Rapids.

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I   J.  L.  C O N G D O N   &   C O .,  p e n t w a t e r ,  m i c h .
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Affords dealer good profit selling at 25 cents.

Six years established.
Never has been equaled.

16

How  to  Make  the  Candy  Case  Pay.
Written for the T radesman.

These  suggestions  are  not 

for  the 
Gunthers  and  Huylers  of  the  business, 
nor  for  professional  confectioners  or 
proprietors  of  candy  kitchens,  nor  for 
any  one  in  places  large  enough  for  the 
candy  business  to  be  a  distinct  and  im­
portant  one.  They  are  directed  rather 
to  the  many  dealers  in  the  small  towns 
and  at  country  crossroads,  who  keep  a 
case  of  candy  as  a  matter  of  course,  one 
feature  of  varied  lines.

With  the  small  dealer  whose capital  is 
limited,  whose  running  expenses  are 
light  and  who 
is  well  satisfied  if  his 
business  yields  him  a  snug  and  com­
fortable 
income,  any 
branch  of 
it  that,  without  the  tying  up 
of  much  money,  can  be  made  to  yield 
a  profit  of  one  or two  hundred,  or  even 
seventy-five  or  fifty  dollars,  as  the  case 
may  be,  is  not  to  be  despised.

if  not  a 

large 

A  vigorous  pushing  of  candy  within 
practical 
limits  has  several  arguments 
in  its  favor:  The  needful investment  is 
small  and  the  money  can  be  turned  fre­
quently.  The  margin  of  profit  is  large. 
It  is  seldom  necessary  to  give  credit  on 
the  goods,  indeed  it  seems  to  be  natur­
ally  a  cash  business.  Many  customers 
who  ask  to  have  the  other  purchases 
charged  will  prefer  to  pay  for  the  five 
or  ten  cents’  worth  of  candy  for  the 
children.  Another  point  is  that a  good 
case  of  candy  properly  managed  is  one 
of  the  best  of  advertisers. 
It  sets  the 
little  folks  to  talking,  and  that  is  one  of 
the best  ways  to  gain  the  notice  of  par­
ents.  Besides,  their  frequent  purchases 
help  to give  the  store  a  busy  look.

The  show  case  so  commonly employed 
is  probably  the  most  practical  arrange­
ment  for  displaying  the  stock.  This 
case  should  be  a  good  one,  and  tight  so 
as  to  exclude  flies.  Then 
it  should  be 
fitted  up  with  glass  trays  of  uniform 
size.  Very  good  ones  can  now  be  ob­
tained  at  low  prices.  Glass  trays  seem 
to  be  the best  for  holding  penny  goods, 
imperials  and  anything  of 
iozenges, 
which 
it 
is  not  necessary  to  display  a 
large quantity.  For  the  mixed  candies, 
chocolate  drops  and  the  like,  large  tin 
trays  are  better,  for  these  goods  seem  to 
sell  better  when  quite  an  amount 
is  on 
display.

Study  to  have  the  case  neat  and  at­
tractive.  Keep  the  case  clean  and  the. 
trays  well  heaped  up.  Keep  the  flies 
out.  Give  the  candy  case  as  sightly  a 
spot  as  there  is  in  the  store.  Do  not  let 
the  sunshine  fall  directly  upon  it.

There  is  a  great  deal 

in  the  buying 
of  candy.  The  only  rule  that  is  of  much 
value  is  the  one  that  applies  to  the  buy­
ing  of  all  goods—study  the  require­
ments  of  your  customers.  For a  sum­
mer  resort  trade,  where  the  customers 
are  mainly  city  people  on  their  vaca­
tions,  a  very  different  stock  is  required 
from  that  which  can  be  handled  by  the 
class  of  dealers  to  whom  this  article  is 
especially  directed.  Where  the  children 
are  the  important  customers,  the  penny 
goods  are  the most attractive, with mixed 
candies,  lemon  drops,  not too  expensive 
chocolates  and  the  like,  to  sell  by  the 
pound,  half-pound  and  quarter.  The 
in  as 
usual  custom  of  buying  goods 
large  quantities  as  possible,  while 
it 
may  not be  reversed,  should  at  least  be 
greatly  modified  in  the  buying  of  candy 
for a  small  trade.  Buy  often  and  keep 
the  stock  fresh.  Of  a  slow-selling  kind, 
or  something  that  has  not  been  tried,  it 
is  often  better  to  take  a  five-pound  box 
than  a  thirty-pound  pail,  even  at  a 
slightly  higher  price 
for  the  smaller 
amount.  Be  on  the  lookout  for  new  and

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

Children 

attractive  things,  provided  they  are  the 
necessary  quantity  and  quality  for  the 
money. 
are  wonderfully 
shrewd  in  giving  their  preference  to  the 
kind  that  gives  them  a  generous  amount 
in  exchange  for 
of  fairly  good  quality 
the  cherished  penny. 
If  you  are  buy­
ing  your  candy  of  some  house  whose 
representative  comes month  after  month 
carrying  the  same  old  samples,  showing 
new  attractions  only  at  rare  intervals, 
it  is  safe  to  conclude  that  that  concern 
is  a  little  behind  the lighthouse  and  you 
should  transfer  your  patronage  to  some 
one  who  is  up  to  date.  Candy  at  whole­
sale,  as  well  as  at  retail,  is  sometimes 
handled  by  people  who  seem to  consider 
it  rather  too  small  potatoes  for  their  se­
rious  consideration. 
is  best  to  buy 
of  the  manufacturer  or  jobbing  house 
that  makes  a  strong  specialty  of  it.

It 

There  are  certain  small  economies 
that  it  is  necessary  to  practice:  Do  not 
buy  goods  that  will  become  unsightly 
and  unsalable  before  you  can  dispose  of 
them. 
In  warm  weather  especially  care 
is  necessary.  There  are  some  things 
that  melt  down  with  the  heat.  These 
should  be  avoided. 
Peanut  bar  and 
other  candies  composed  partly  of  nut 
meats  are  likely  to  become  wormy  dur­
ing  the  summer  months,  so  it  is  well  to 
run  lightly  on  these  until  the  miller sea­
son  is  over.  A  small  trustworthy  scale 
should  be  kept  near  the  candy  case, 
and  the  weighing  of  all  amounts  should 
be  done  accurately. 
If  a  practice  is 
made  of  selling  a  penny’s  worth  of  any 
kind  of  mixed  or  bulk  candy,  it  is  best 
to  weigh  out  a  small  quantity,  portion 
it out  in  little  paper  sacks  and  have 
it 
ready  for  sale. 
If  you  depend  upon 
guessing  at  the  right  amount  to  give  for 
one  cent,  you  are  pretty  certain  to 
lose 
on  the  transaction.  Odds  and  ends  can 
usually  be  put  in  the  mixed  candy. 
If 
a  box  of  penny  goods  does  not  move  as 
it  should,  it  can  often  be  worked  off  by 
giving  a  larger  amount  for  the  money. 
Keep  the  stock  “ picked  up'*  all  the 
time  so  that  a  lot  of  unsightly trash  does 
If proper care be taken 
not accumulate. 
in  buying,  very 
little  need  be  lost  in 
the  way  of  dead  stock  or  unsalable 
goods,  in  the  candy  business.  And  it  is 
not  necessary  to  get  more on one’s bands 
than  will  sell  at  the  regular  profit.

Of  course,  you  will  give  some  candy 
aw ay;  sometimes  to  the  children  who 
eye  the  tempting  dainties  so  wistfully 
because  coming  from  homes  where  even 
pennies  can  not go  for 
luxuries,  some­
times  for  pure  and  simple  business  rea­
sons  you  will  distribute  tocthsome sticks 
to  the  progeny  of  the  thrifty  farmer’s 
wife  who  brings  with  her  her  butter  and 
eggs  and  comes  to  your  store  to  trade. 
And  there  are  various  occasions in busi­
ness  where to  pass  a  little  good  candy is 
the  wise and  excellent thing  to  do.  But 
it 
is  not  well  to  allow  many  the  “ free 
run"  of  your  candy  case;  in  fact,  a 
lot 
of  “ friends"  who  are  on  a  footing  of 
undue  familiarity  are  a  nuisance  in  a 
store  anyway  and  a  source  of  untold  and 
untellable  loss.  Do  not  forget  yourself 
that  your  candy 
is  your  property  and 
costs  you  money 
just  the  same as  the 
rest  of  your  stock ;  and  by  a  little  tact, 
yet  without  giving  the 
impression  of 
any  stinginess,  you may  yet  make  it  im­
possible  for  your  friends  and  customers 
to  forget  this  important  fact.

It  is  not the  slovenly man whose candy 
case  is  filled  with  flies  and  whose  stock 
is  dirty  and  disorderly,  nor  the  slack 
man  who  does  not  keep  up  his  stock 
nor  look  after  trifling  yet  important  de­
tails,  nor  the  gruff,  disagreeable  man 
who  fails  to  give  a pleasant greeting and

courteous  treatment  to  the  tiny  custom­
er,  nor  the  lazy  man  who  is  unwilling 
to  take  a  few  steps  to  make  a  small 
sale,  who will make  a  success  of  running 
a  candy  case.  As  in  all  other  things,  it 
is  the  man  who  does 
it  a  little  more 
painstakingly  than  the  others,  a  little 
more  thoroughly,  with  a  little  more  at­
tention  to  details,  in  a  little  better  way 
all  around,  who  will  make  a  winner 
of  it. 

Q u i l l o .

MUSKEGON
SUNDAY
TRAINS

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

50  CENTS 
ROUND 
TRIP.

JERSEY  CREAM

6 oz.

6 doz. in case

8 5 c

9 o z .

4 doz. in case

$1 .2 5

i  lb.

2 doz. in case

$ 2.00

0.  A.  TURNEY, Mfgr.,  DETRO£ icH.

F U R N IT U R E  

W A T C H E S  

S IL V E R W A R E

HENRY  M.  GILLETT

MANUFACTURERS’  AGENTS

92  MONROE  STREET. 

Opposite Morton  House. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

STATE  AGENT  REGENT  M’F’G  CO.,  CHICAGO.

C L O C K S 

A D V E R T IS IN G   S P E C IA L T I E S  

P IC T U R E S

All

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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I 
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.,  Beaton  Harbor,  Micb.
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New

Pack

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

MUSSELMAN  GROCER CO.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Canned

Goods

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

17

Commercial Travelers

noted  for  the  great  stock  of  this  com­
modity  he  always  carries.

Michigan  Knights of the drip. 

President, J ohn A. H offman, Kalamazoo ; Secre- 
tary, J  C.  Saunders, Lansing;  Treasurer, Chas. 
McN olty, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  C.  C.  Snedeker,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C.  W. Allen  Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Grand  Counselor, J. J.  Evans,  Bay City;  Grand 
Secretary, G  S. Valmore, Detroit;  Grand Treas 
urer, W. S. W est, Jackson.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci 
President,  J.  Boyd  Pa n tu nd,  Grand  Rapids: 
Secretary and Treasurer, G eo.  P.  Owen,  Grand 
Rapids.

dent Association.

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

Weave  Golden  Threads  in  the  Warp 

and  Woof of  Business.

The  most  perfect  life,  like  the  fairest 
flower,  has  some  defects.  The  joys  of 
childhood  drift 
into  the  pleasures  of 
manhood  and  young  manhood to old age 
with  a  shadow  at  times  faintly  percep 
tible,  but  always  great  enough  to  tem 
per  the  glare  of  life’s  sunshine.

It  has  been  most  fittingly  said : 

“ We 
but  catch  at  the  skirt  of  the  thing  we 
would  be  and  fall  back  on  the  lap  of  a 
false  destiny;”   and 
in  our  endless 
reach  for  happiness,  we  are  like  the 
little  child  that  chases  the  golden  sun 
beam. 
In  the  life  of  a  traveling  man 
the  shadows  oftentimes  outnumber  the 
sunbeams,  and  even  the  roses  of  hap­
piness  bear  stinging thorns of separation 
and  loneliness.

Every  profession  and  business  has 
now  and  then  days  of  depression  and 
disappointment;  from  a  bitter  experi 
ence  we  have 
lesson,  and 
time  and  circumstances  have  reconciled 
us  to  the  inevitable.

learned  this 

There  are  burdens  that  are  necessary, 
and  burdens  sometimes  unnecessary  and 
cruel;  the  former  we  are  willing  to 
bear,  because  they  are  a  part  of  life ; 
the  latter are  imposed  upon us by others, 
who,  either  for  want  of  consideration  or 
pleasure  in  the  imposition,  never  fail  to 
increase  the  weight  and  darken  the 
shadow  about our path.  A  guard  of  Na­
poleon  once  ordered  an  old  man  who 
carried  a  heavy  burden  to  get  out  of  the 
way  as  the  emperor  approached.  The 
great  general  rebuked  him  sharply  and 
said : 
“ If  you  have  no  respect  for  the 
man,  then  you  should  respect the burden 
he  bears. ”   Let  us  be  careful  to  make 
others  happy,  and 
in  so  doing  our  re­
ward  will  be  great.

There  is  no  reason  why any one should 
violate  the  universal  rule  of  kindness 
and  of  right  in  the  case  of  the  traveling 
man.  Criticise  him  as  you  will,  trea 
him  as  you  may,  the verdict of the world 
has  given  him  credit  for  “ malice  to­
ward  none  and  charity  for  all.”   On 
the  public  thoroughfare,  in  shop  and 
store,  wherever  he  goes,  he  “ scatters 
the  sunshine;”   his  motto has ever  been, 
“ Bear  ye  one  another’s  burdens;”   he  is 
always  ready  to  resent  a  wrong  and  de­
fend  a  right.  These  facts  being  true, 
is  it  not  well  for you to consider our obli­
gations  to  him?

When  be  enters  your  store and politely 
introduces  himself  and  his  business, 
what  right  have  you  to  greet  him  with 
a  frown  and  a  snarl?  You  may  not 
want  his  goods;  but  his  good  will  is 
more  precious  than  gold  and  of  more 
value  to  you  than  rubies. 
It  would  con­
sume  but  a  few  moments  of  your  time 
to  exchange  the  compliments  of  the  day 
and  at  the  same  time  exchange  smiles 
sad  kind  words  with  the  man  who  is

The  time  may  come  when  you  will 
want  bis  goods  and  his  credit,  and  the 
time  will  surely  come  when  you  will 
need  his  friendship.

Let  me  admonish  you,  my  friendly 
merchant,  your  kindly 
treatment  to 
traveling  men  is  dollars  in  your  pocket 
better  that  you  bad  never  been born thai 
to 
ill  will  of  the  men  who 
would  be  your  best  friends  if  you  would 
only  permit  them  to  be  such.

incur  the 

“ I  don 

A  traveling  man  entered  a  store  and 
after  introducing  himself  was  informed 
by  the  uncouth  old  merchant  that  hi 
time  was  too  valuable  to  talk  to  him 
The  traveler  enquired,  “ How  much 
i 
it  worth  by  the  hour?”   The  merchant, 
with  an egotistic  air,said,  “ About  three 
dollars  an  hour.”  
“ Very  well,”   said 
the  drummer,  “ I  want just  fifteen  cents 
worth,”   and  then  proceeded  to  use  the 
time  to  the  best  advanatge. 
want  to  show  you  my  goods,”   said  the 
drummer,  “ but  for  the benefit of my  fel 
low  traveling  friends  who  shall  come 
after  me,  I  want  to  inform  you  that, 
while  we  are  only  drummers,  we have 
hearts  that  can  feel,  and  we  appreciate 
a  kindly  word  as  we  despise  an  ungen 
erous  act.  Our  burdens  are  sometimes 
heavy,  and  your  treatment  makes  them 
tenfold  greater. 
I  am  pleased  to  inform 
you  that  we  not  only  represent  our 
house, but  we  represent  a  home as sacred 
and  dear  to  our  hearts  as  yours;  and 
while  you  enjoy  the  pleasures  of  home 
is  only  now  and  then  we 
each  day,  it 
from 
hear  the  loving  words  of  welcome 
a  patient,  sacrificing  wife,  and 
listen 
to  the  prattling  tongues  of  our  little 
ones. 
If  you  have  no  respect  for  us, 
then  you  should  respect  the  burdens  we 
bear,  and  in  future  try  to  treat  the  trav­
eling  men  as  gentlemen.”

Drummers  are  not  traveling  for  their 
health.  Conditions  of  commerce  have 
made  it  necessary for men  to travel;  and 
t  is  as  great  a  convenience to  the  buyer 
as  to  the  seller.  Good  buying 
is  a 
greater  element  in  business  than  good 
selling.  The  old  snarl  who  snubs  the 
drummer  would  discharge  a  clerk  for 
similar  treatment  to  a  customer.

Kind  words are  the  essentials  of  hap­
piness. 
It  would  take  but  a  few  mo­
ments  to  weave  these golden threads into 
the  warp  and  woof of  business and make 
others  happy. 
is  strictly 
observed,  the  profits  will  be  greater, 
both  in  business  and  pleasure.

If  this  rule 

The  representatives of commerce of to­
day  are  also  representatives  of  the 
home and  those  principles  that  are  en­
nobling  and  uplifting  to  man.  They are 
not  only  distributing  articles  of  trade, 
but  in  their association  with  men  they 
‘ scatter the sunshine;”   they are not nar­
row  in  creed  nor  stingy  in soul.  In their 
hand  they  hold  the  torchlight  of  liberty 
nd  love,  and  as  the  rays  of  light  from 
the  “ Goddess  of  Liberty”   extend  far 
out  to  greet  the  storm-tossed  mariner 
nd  bid  him  welcome  home,  so the  light 
and  influence of the drummer are dispell- 
ng  the  shadows  and 
lightening  the 
urdens  of  a  sin-cursed  and  sorrowing 
world.  Let  us  observe  then  the  Golden 
Rule,  “ Do  unto  others  as  you  would 
have  others  do  unto  you. ”

H o m er  T .  Wil so n .

Didn’t  Believe  in  a  Meat  Diet.
Have  you  anything  to  say  before  we 
eat  you?”   asked  the  king  of  the  Can- 
~ 'bal  Isles  of  the  pale-faced  stranger.
“ I  should  like  to  address  a  few  words 
to  you  on  the  advantages  of  a  vegeta­
rian  diet,”   was  the  reply.

Detroit  Travelers  Indulge  in  a  Fishing 

Expedition.

Jr., 

Detroit,  July  u —The  annual  fishing 
trip  of  the  Boulevard  Traveling  Men’s 
Association  is  always  looked  forward  to 
with  pleasure  and  usually  takes  place 
during  Fourth  of  July  week.  This  year 
it  came  off  on  Saturday,  July  g,  and  will 
be  remembered 
for  many  years  by  all 
who  took  part.  The  Association  is  com 
posed  of  four  traveling  men  and  thei 
families—C.  W.  Allen,  J.  W.  Schram 
John  Smith  and  P.  Walsh.  Those  pres 
ent  this  year  were  C.  W.  Allen,  Charles 
Allen, 
J.  W.  Schram,  Robert 
Schram,  John  Smith  and  P.  Walsh.  The 
start  was  made  at  5  a.  m.  for  River 
Rouge,  where  boats  were  engaged  and  a 
start  made  for  Smith’s  coaling  dock  on 
the  Detroit  River,  down the River Rouge 
two  miles,  where  the  fishing  was  sup 
posed  to  be  good ;  but  whether  the  bai. 
was  no  good  or  there  were  no  fish  in that 
part  of  the  River  could  not  be  told. 
After  two  hours’  fishing  no  one  got  a 
bite,  so  Walsh  proposed  a  swim  in  the 
beautiful  Detroit  River.  The  only  ones 
accepting  the  challenge were John Smith 
and  Robert  Schram,  who  had  a  good 
bath,  when  a  proposal  was  made  to 
move  to  another  fishing  ground  for  bet­
ter  luck. 
Just  then  the  Kirby  boat  was 
lighted,coming  down  the  River  for Put- 
11-Bay.  Walsh  suggested  that  we  wait 
and  enjov  the  swells  from  the  Kirby  as 
she  passed,  and  great  was  the  swell 
thereof,  nearly  washing  over  the  old 
scow  on  which  the  boys  had  been  bath­
ing,  which  made  the  bathers  scramble 
for  their  clothes.  When  each  came  to 
claim  his  clothes,  there  was  nothing  for 
Walsh  but  a  straw  hat  and  a  linen  coat. 
The  remainder  had  been  washed  away 
by  the  Kirby's  swells,  which  he paraded 
around  in  for  some  time,  saying: 
“ If  I 
only  had  a  bagpipe,  what  a  natural 
Highlander  I  would  be.”   After  a  time 
his 
linen  pants  were  found  and,  after 
considerable  pulling,  they  were  got  on, 
but  were  real  high  water  pants,  so  by 
one  of  the  boys  dividing  shirts  with 
Walsh  he  was  able  to  get  away  from  the 
old  scow. 
it  had 
been  his  clothes  that  were  lost  it  would 
serve  him  right,  as  his  wife  told  him 
not  to go  in  swimming.  Schram  caught 
one  fish  with  a  silver  hook,  as  it  did  not 
look  well  to  come  home  without  fish. 
Walsh  is  afraid  some of  his  friends  may 
rind  bis  clothes  stamped  P.  Walsh,  and 
drag  the  river  for  him,  thinking  he  had 
committed  suicide.  The  Association 
has  agreed  to  make  no more trips fishing 
without  a  kodak,  as  the-members  think 
f  they  had  a  picture  of  Walsh  dressed 
n  a  straw  hat,  linen  coat  and  fish  pole, 
they  could  make  enough  to  charter  the 
Oregon  and  shoot  fish  next  year.

John  Smith  said 

if 

Gripsack  Brigade.

Wilbur  S.  Burns,  who  traveled  a  year 
for  Gowans  &  Sons,  but  has  carried 
rips  for  the  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer 
Co.  for  the  past  year,  has returned to the 
employ  of  Gowans  &  Sons,  having  been 
assigned  Michigan,  Indiana  and  Ohio 
as  his  territory.

All  Grand  Rapids  traveling  men  are 
expected  to  be  on  hand  at  Sweet’s Hotel 
Saturday  evening  of  this  week  for  the 
urpose  of  assisting  in  the  work  of  pre­
paring  for  the  annual  picnic  and  decid- 
ng  on  what  action  should  be  taken  in 
relation  to  the  obnoxious  train  gates.

Bay  City  Journal:  Frank  L.  Culver, 
who  has  been  with  Hammond,  Standish 
&  Co.,  of  this  city,  for  the  past  two 
years  or  more,  has  accepted  a  position 
th  G.  H.  Hammond  &  Co.,  of  Chi­
cago,  with  Michigan  and  Wisconsin  as 
territory.  His  specialty  will  be 
oleo,  but  he  will  for  the  present  fill  in 
ime  with  provisions. 
is  a 
ustler,  well  liked  by  all,  and  has  a 
host  of  friends  up  the  shore,  the  terri­
tory  he  formerly  traveled.

Frank 

Postmaster  General  Smith  has 

issued 
an  order changing  the  postal  regulations 
in  regard  to  sheet  music 
illegally  sent 
into  this  country.  Canadian  music  pub­
lishers  sometimes  pirate  music  copy­
righted 
in  the  United  States  and  then 
sent  it  through  the  mails  into the United 
States  for  sale.  When  such  music  has 
been  discovered  by the postal authorities 
it  has  been  held  for  three  months,  and 
if  the  owner of  the  copyright  did not  in­
stitute  proceedings  for  its  forfeiture  it 
was  returned  to  the  sender,  who general­
ly  again  sent  it  through  the  mails,  and, 
after  repeated  attempts,  often  succeeded 
in  putting  it  upon  the  market.  Under 
the  new order  issued,  the  music,  if  not 
claimed  by  the  holder  of  the  copyright, 
will  be  destroyed  at  the  end  of  three 
months.  This  order 
is  based  upon  an 
opinion  recently  given  by  the  attorney 
general.  Music  upon  which  a  duty 
should  be  paid  will  be  sent  to  the  near­
est  collector  of  customs.

imposes  and 

Man  proposes,  woman 
the  divorce  court  exposes.
R E M O D E L E D   HOTEL  BUTLER 
Rates,  $ 1 .. 

|.  M.  BROWN, PROP.

Washington  Ave.  and  Kalamazoo St.,  LA N SIN G .
HOTEL WHITCOMB

ST . JOSEPH,  MICH.

A. VINCENT. Prop.

SUMMER  RESORT..■  THE 

CITY OF  GRAND  LEDGE.

SEVEN 
ISLANDS

I   MICHIGAN’S  POPULAR 
1 

MANY LUKES AND STREAMS S ^ S ^ d
Delightful Pastime.  Special  attention and rates for 
such parties.  Write to  Mears  Hotel.

Wm. Cherrytnan, Prop.

$2   PER  DAY. 

TH E  C H A R LE S TO N

FREE  BUS.

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

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  finest  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 
full  particulars.

P.  S.  Owing  to  other  business,  I  offer 
this  magnificent  property  FOR  SALE, 
but don’t burden me with  letters  of  inquiry 
U nless Y ou H ave Money,  E nergy, a n d  
M ean  Business.

The  rich  man  may  be  too  old  and 
feeble  to  go  to  w ar;  but  he  can  stay  at 
home  and  lick  revenue  stamps  until  the 
war debt  is  paid,

J.  S.  riUDGE,

5  Owner and Proprietor.

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Drugs-=Chemicals

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

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

- 

President, Geo.  G undrum,  Ionia.
Secretary, A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor.
T reasurer, H enry  Heim , Saginaw.
Examination  Sessions.
Marquette—Aug. 30 and 31.
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.

M IC H IQ A N   S T A T E   P H A R M A C E U T IC A L  

A S S O C IA T IO N .

P resident—A.  H. Webber, Cadillac.
Secretary—Chas. Mann, D etroit.
Treasurer—John D. Muir, Grand Rapids.

Programme  for 

the  Pharmaceutical 

Convention.

The  following  programme  has  been 
prepared  for  the  sixteenth  annual  meet­
ing  of  the  Michigan  State  Pharmaceu­
tical  Association,  which  will  be  held 
at  Port  Huron,  Tuesday,  Wednesday 
and  Thursday,  Aug.  2,  3  and’ 4:

FIRST  SESSION.

Prayer—Rev. 
.

Huron. 

John  Munday,  Port 

Address  of  Welcome—Mayor  H.  W. 

Stevens,  Port  Huron.

Response—D.  E.  Prall,  E.  Saginaw.
President’ s  Address—Arthur  H.  Web­

prices.

ber,  Cadillac.
Detroit. 
Grand  Rapids.

Secretary’s  Report—Chas.  F.  Mann, 
Treasurer’s  Report—Jno.  D.  Muir, 

.

Report  Secretary  Board  of  Pharmacy 

—Geo.  Gundrum,  Ionia.
Receiving  of  delegates.

SECOND  SESSION.

Report of Executive Committee—Prof. 
A.  B.  Stevens,  Ann  Arbor,  Chairman.
Report  of  Trade  Interests  Committee 

—E.  F.  Phillips,  Armada,  Chairman.

Report  of  Pharmacy  and  Queries 
Committee—Prof.  A.  B.  Prescott,  Ann 
Arbor,  Chairman.

Report  of  Legislative  Committee—H. 

J.  Brown,  Ann  Arbor,  Chairman.

Report  of  Adulteration  Committee- 
Prof.  A.  B.  Stevens,  Ann  Arbor,  Chair 
man.
Report  of  Special  Committee  on  R e­
vision  of  Pharmacy  Law—F.  W.  R. 
Perry,  Detroit,  Chairman.

Report  of  Special  Committee  on  Mu­
tual  Manufacturing—C.  N.  Anderson, 
Detroit,  Chairman.

Illustrated  Paper  on  Tea  Culture— 

Prof.  J.  O.  Schlotterbeck,  Ann  Arbor.

THIRD  SESSION.

Reports  of  delegates.
General  business.
Reading  of  papers.

FOURTH  SESSION.

Election  of  officers.
Selecting  place  of  next  meeting.
General  business.
Reading  of  papers.
Trolley  ride  at  4  p.  m. 

Jolly  good 
tim e;  ride  to  the  summer  resorts  and 
the beautiful  Lake  Huron.

WEDNESDAY  EVENING.

Boat  ride by  moonlight  on  the  beauti­
ful  Lake  Huron  and  St.  Clair  River  to 
Stag  Island ;  reception  and  dancing.

FIFTH  SESSION.

Discussion  of  papers.
Consideration  of  reports.
Unfinished  business.

THURSDAY  AFTERNOON.

Games  and  athletic  sports  at  Pine 
Grove  Park  and  the  beautiful  pavilion 
which  lies  on  the  west bank  of  St.  Clair 
River,  just  south  of  Lake  Huron;  con­
tains  over  twenty  acres  of  beautiful 
ground.  From  this  park  is  obtained  a 
beautiful  view  of  Lake  Huron above and 
the  St.  Clair  River  to  the  east  and 
south,  with  the  city  of  Sarnia  lying  on 
the  Canadian  side  of  the  River,  about

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

two  miles  below 
its  mouth,  where  the 
river  widens  and  reaches  the  width  of 
over  three-fourths  of  a  mile.  Under the 
shade  of  the  beautiful  trees  that  abound 
in  this  park  you  can  pass  the  afternoon 
watching  the  large  steamers,  propellers 
and  the  magnificent  vessels  that  con­
stantly  pass  down  this 
great  water 
thoroughfare.

THURSDAY  EVENING.

Banquet  at Hotel  Harrington,  presided 
over  by  Henry  J.  Brown,  of  Ann  Arbor, 
who  will  call for the following responses:
City  of  Port  Huron—Major  N.  S. 
The  Wholesale  Druggist—James  E. 

Bovnton,  Port  Huron.

Davis,  Detroit.
rison,  Vassar.
velt.  G rand  R apids.

The  Country  Druggist—H.  E.  Har­
T he  T rav elin g   M an—F.  E .  W ester- 
What  We  Owe  the  Traveling  Man—J. 

J.  Sourwine,  Escanaba.

The  Ladies—C.  N.  Anderson,  Detroit.
The  Indispensables  of  a  Drug  Store— 
The  City  Druggist—Fred  A.  Cooke, 

E.  F.  Phillips,  Armada.

Detroit.

The  Drug  Market.

There  are  very  few  changes  to  note  in 

the  drug  line  this  week.

Opium—Is  slightly  lower,  on  account 
of  the  absence  of  demand  in the Eastern 
market.  Small  orders  can  be  filled  at 
less  price  than 
large  ones.  The  esti­
mate  of  the  crop  shows  a  less  number  of 
cases  than  former  reports.

Morphine—Is  unchanged.
Quinine—Is 

steady 

at  unchanged 

Citric  Acid—Manufacturers  advanced 

the  price  ic  last  week.

Alcohol—Is  steady  at the late advance. 
Distillers 
in  their  recent  combination 
have  full  control  and may again advance 
prices.

Cod  Liver  Oil—The  position  is  very 
strong.  The  catch  has  been  light  and 
high  prices  are  looked for  under  fall  de­
mand.

Spices—Cloves,  nutmegs  and  pepper 

have  all  advanced  and  are  very  firm.

Linseed  Oil—Is  dull  and  lower.

Napkins  at  the  Fountain.

If  using  napkins  at  the  fountain,  you 
might  utilize  them  as  a  direct  means  of 
calling  attention  to  a  requisite  of  the 
toilet,  in  this  wise:  Obtain  a  quantity 
of  white  or  cream-colored  tissue-paper 
cut 
in  the  size  of  small  napkins,  and 
have  printed  on  each  your  card  and  an 
announcement  that  the napkin  is scented 
with  a  certain  perfume  peculiar  to  your 
store.  Lay  them  for  a  time  in  a  closed 
receptacle  with  a  sponge  or  piece  of ab­
sorbent  cotton  that  has  previously  been 
soaked  with  the  extract  you  advertise. 
When  they  are  thoroughly  scented  they 
are  ready  for  service.  Japanese  napkins 
would  hardly  answer this  purpose,owing 
to  the  peculiar  and  distinctive  odor they 
carry  that  would 
interfere  with  the 
aroma  of  a  delicate  perfume.

J.  F.  H o s t e l l e y .

Odor  of  Hydrastis  and  Opium.

Prof.  Gerock  calls  attention  to  the  re­
markable  similarity  in  odor  existing be­
tween  extract  of  hydrastis  and  extract 
of  opium.  As  the  chemical  relationship 
between  hydrastis  and  narcotine  is  very 
close,  it  is  suggested that there is a sim i­
lar  relationship  between  other  constitu­
ents  of  the two substances,and especially 
in  the  volatile  oils.

Syrup  Iodide  Iron  With  Rock  Candy.
Prof.  Nixon  says  that  the  best  quality 
of  pure  rock  candy  should  be  used  in 
place  of  sugar,  as  the  product  is  more 
permanent.  The  so-called  rock  candy 
syrup  does  not  contain  any  rock  candy.

Patent  Medicines  to  Be  Stamped  Ac­

cording  to  Retail  Prices.

Washington, 

July  9—The 

Internal 
Revenue  Bureau  has  announced  the  fol­
lowing  decisions  in  regard  to  taxes  un­
der  Schedule  B  of the War Revenue b ill: 
Malt  extract 
is  liable  to  taxation,  and 
the  fact  that  a  tax  has  already  been 
paid  on  the  beer  from  which  the  extract 
is  made  has  no  bearing  on  the  question 
on  the  taxability  of  an  article  in  its new 
and  medicinal  form.

Patent  medicines  must  be stamped ac­
cording  to  the  regular  retail  price  as j 
fixed  by  the  manufacturer,  and  not at 
the  selling  price.  For 
instance,  if  the 
printed  retail  price  of  an  article is $1.50 
and  the  druggist  sells  it  at  95  cents,  it 
would  require  a  stamp  of  3 ^   cents. 
Chemical  preparations  and  prepared 
drugs,  like  phenacetine,  sulphonal,  an- 
tipyrine,  even  although  having  no  fixed 
or  retail  price,  and  not  sold  in  prepared 
packages  by  the  retailer,  are  held  to  be 
taxable.

In  regard  to  the  administration  of  the 
stamp  tax  on  bulk  goods  which  have  no 
fixed  or  advertised  retail  price, 
the 
bureau  decides  that  all  medicinal  prep­
arations  subject  to  the  stamp  tax,  and 
all  perfumeries  and  cosmetic  articles, 
are  equally  liable  to  the  stamp  tax  when 
sold  in  what  are  termed  bulk  packages, 
as  when  sold  in  retail  packages,  and  the 
value  of  the  stamps  to  be  affixed  must 
correspond  with  the  price  charged  for  a 
single  package  with  its  contents.  This 
decision  specially  applies  to 
imported 
bay  rum,  cologne  waters,  vaseline  and 
petroleum,  which are held to be cosmetic 
articles,  and  to  bitters  claimed  to  be 
medicinal  when  sold  in  kegs,  half  bar­
rels,  barrels,  etc.

Dealers  may  retail  directly  from  such 
bulk  packages  which have  been  proper­
ly  stamped  by  the  manufacturer  or 
im­
porter,  drawing  from  the  same  in  quan­
tities  to  suit  their  customers,  without 
any  additional  stamping,  but the  stamps 
attached  to  such  bulk  packages will only 
protect  the  original  articles  contained 
therein,  and only  protect those so  long  as 
they  are  kept within  such stamped pack­
ages.

If  bulk  packages  are  broken  and  their 
contents  drawn  off  into  smaller  vessels, 
thereby  ceasing  to  be  identified  with the 
stamped  package 
in  which  they  were 
put  up  by  the  manufacturer  or  sold  by 
the  importer,  such  contents  are  liable  to 
seizure 
if  stamps  are  not  affixed  to  the 
articles  thus  sold  or  offered  or  exposed 
for  sale.
Concentrated  extracts  of  witch  hazel 
or  hamamelis,  napier  compound licorice 
powder,  pardoe  seidlitz  powder  and 
napier  extract  of  witch  hazel  are taxable 
under  schedule  B,  because  they  are  all 
proprietary  medicinal  articles,  and  are 
put  up  in  a  manner  and  form  similar  to 
those  of  proprietary  articles  in  general, 
because  the  diseases  for  which  they  are 
a  remedy  are  placed  on  the  label  and 
because  special  claim 
is  made  as  to 
their  excellence  as  preparations.
lithia  waters  manufactured 
from  pure  distilled  water  by  adding 
lithia  bicarbonate and advertised as ben­
eficial  for  gout,  rheumatism,  etc  ,  are 
taxable  under  the 
first  paragraph  of 
schedule  B,  and the  stamp  must  be  fixed 
to  each  bottle  or  syphon,  in  accordance 
with  the  retail  price  or  value.

Artificial 

Some  Types  of  Pharmacists.

I  will  not  undertake  to  depict  the 
thorough  and  candid  happiness  of  the 
druggist  who  has  his  humble  home over

lovingly 

or behind his store and,  while conducting 
his  business,  can  remain  in  close  con­
tact  with  his  family.  He  has  his  loved 
ones  near  him  during  the  day;  the  gen­
tle  voice  of  his  companion  in  life  pours 
into  his  task  and  the  touch  of 
melody 
her  soft  hand  smooths 
the 
wrinkles  of  his  worried  brow.  Nor  will 
I  attempt  to  describe  the  pleasures  of 
the  pharmacist  who  finds  recreation  and 
satisfaction  in  reading  and  studying, 
and  who,  even  at  the  expense  of  his 
hours  of  rest,  imparts  by  his  writings 
the  love  of  his vocation  to  his  brethren.
I  will  not  dwell  further  on  the  odd  but 
charming  peculiarities  of the apothecary 
in  ripe  years  who  moves  about  his  old- 
fashioned  closets  and  shelves  like  a  liv­
ing  fixture,  with  a  glance  of  enthusiasm 
and 
inspiration,  who  loves  each  bottle 
and jar  as  his  dear  old  friend,  caressing 
them 
like  a  mother  her  child,  and  is 
moved  almost  to  tears  when  one  of them 
breaks  by  accident.  Nor  will  I  follow 
up  before  you  the  pharmacist  with  the 
fiery 
imagination,  to  whom  drugs  and 
chemicals  are  not  mere  pieces  of  vege­
table  growth  or  mineral  formation,  but 
living  messengers  from  far-off  countries 
and  seas,  from  snowclad  mountain-tops 
and  dark  mines,  from 
tribes 
and  nations,  and  who  thus  entertains  a 
lively  mental 
intercourse  with  all  the 
creation.

foreign 

I  have  known  all  these  types—I  know 
them  to-day.  And,  thank  heaven !  they 
still  live!  These  are  the  true  disciples 
and  exponents  of  pharmacy;  to  them 
their  daily  work 
is  not  drudgery ; they 
do  not  envy  their  brother  his  penny, 
but  welcome  him  to  their  modest  home; 
they  do  not  effuse  loud-mouthed,  ill-na­
tured  plaints  at  meetings  or  among 
neighbors;  their  thoughts  and  actions 
take  a  nobler  flight;  they  are  the  true 
working  representatives  of  our  profes­
sion,  on  whom  its  future  depends.

W m.  C.  A l p e r s .

Sell  What  Is  Wanted.

If  a  customer  asks  for  “ sweet  oil, ”  
don’t  label 
it  “ olive  oil’ ’  and  then- 
spend  five  minutes  trying  to  make  him 
believe  it  is  the  same  thing.  No  matter 
what  article  is  sold,  it  is  better  to  label 
it  by  the  name  it  was  called 
for,  being 
sure  to  spell  the  common  name  proper­
ly,  and  not  abbreviate  the  official  name. 
A  good  many  druggists  and  label  print­
ers  have  not  yet  discovered  that  it  is 
easier  and  better  to  spell  Epsom  salt 
with  only  one  s  in  salt.

Waterproof  Labels.

Labels  are  best  waterproofed  by  the 
application  of  a  solution of white shellac 
in  alcohol,  taking  care  that  the  shellac 
extends  a  quarter  of  an  inch  or  so  be­
yond  the  edge  of  the  label. 
If  desired, 
a  coating  of  paraffin  may  afterwards  be 
applied  by  simply  rubbing  a  lump  of 
paraffin  thoroughly  over  the  label.

You  will  always  get  a  truthful  answer 
if  you  ask  a  woman  her  age  and  she 
tells  you  it  is  noDe  of  your  business.

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

Best  Value for the Money.

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

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

V__

j  

THE  AMERICAN  PLAYING  CARD  CO.,

KALAMAZOO,  MICH.

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

WHOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced-
Declined—

Acldum
Aceticum.................* 
6@$  8
70©  75
Benzolcum, German 
Boraclc....................  @ 
15
Carbolicum............   29®  41
Citricum................. 
45©  48
3© 
Hydrochlor............. 
5
Nitrocum...............  
8@  10
12©  14
Oxallcum...............  
© 
Phosphorium,  dll... 
15
Salicylicum............. 
60©  65
Sulphuricum........... 
1%® 
5
Tannicum..............  1 25©  1  40
Tartaricum.............. 
38©  40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg........... 
4© 
6
Aqua, 20 deg........... 
6© 
8
Carbon as................. 
12© 
14
Chloridum.............. 
12©  14
Aniline
Black.......................  2 00© 2 25
Brown.................... 
80©  1 00
R ed......................... 
45©  50
Yellow....................  2 50© 3 00
Baccte.
Cubesee..........po. 18  13©  15
Juniperus...............  
6© 
8
25©  30
Xantnoxylum..  .... 
Balsam uni
Copaiba................... 
Peru.  ...................... 
Terabin, Canada__ 
Tolutan...................  
Cortex
Abies, Canadian.... 
C assia.................... 
Cinchona Flava..... 
Euonymus atropurp 
Myrica Cerifera, po. 
Prunns Virgin!.......  
Quillala,  gr’d .........  
Sassafras....... po. 18 
Ulmus...po. 15,  gr’d 
Extractum
Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 
Glycyrrhiza, po...... 
Hamatox, 15 lb box. 
Hamatox, I s ........... 
Hsematox, Vis.........  
Haematox, 14s.........  
Carbonate Precip... 
Citrate and Quinia.. 
Citrate Soluble.......  
Perrocyanidum Sol. 
Solut.  Chloride...... 
Sulphate, com’l ...... 
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........  
Sulphate, p u re ......  

24©  25
28©  30
11©  12
13©  14
14©  15
16©  17
15
2 25
75
40
15
2
50
7

55©  60
  © 2 75
45©  50
50©  55
18
12
18
30
20
12
14
12
15

Perru

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

Flora

Folia

Barosma..................  
23©  28
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly................. 
18©  25
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.  25©  30
Salvia officinalis, 34s
and He................. 
12©  20
UraUrsi..................  
8©  10
Qumml
©  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
Assafoetida__po. 30 
25©  28
Benzoinum............  
50©  55
Catechu, Is.............. 
©  13
Catechu, Hs............   @  14
Catecbu, He............   @  16
Camphor»  ............  
40©  43
Euphorbium.  po.  35 
©  10
Galbanum...............  
®  1  00
65©  70
Gamboge  po........... 
Guaiacum......po. 25  @  30
© 3 00
Kino...........po. *3.o0 
Mastic.................... 
©  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 Vir..oz. pkg 
Rue...............oz. pkg 
TanaeetumV oz. pkg 
Thymus,  V..oz. pkg 
flagnesia.
Calcined, Pat........... 
55©  60
Carbonate, Pat........ 
20©  22
20©  25
Carbonate, K. & M.. 
Carbonate, Jennings  35©  36

Oleum

Absinthium............   3 50© 3  75
Amygdal®, Dulc  ...  30©  50
Amygdal®, Amarse .  8 00©  8 25
Anisi.......................   2  1  © 2 20
Auranti  Cortex......   2 25© 2 40
Bergamii.................  2 50©  2 60
Cajiputl................... 
80©  85
Carvophylli............   To©  8J
nedar....................... 
35©  65
Chenopadii..............  @275
Cinnamonll.............  1  60©  1  70
Citronella.  ..  ........ 
45©  50

35©  50
Conium  Mac........... 
Copaiba...................  I  is©  l  25
Cubeba......................  
go© 1 00
Exechthitos  ............  1 
00®  1 10
Erigeron..................   1 
0o@  1 10
Gaultheria...............  1 
50©  1 60
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
75
50©  60
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
Hedeoma..................  1 
on©  1 10
Junipera...................  1 
50© 2 00
Lavendula................  
90© 2 00
Limonis...................  1  30©  1  50
Mentha Piper.........   1  60©  2 20
Mentha Verid.........   1  50©  1  60
Morrhua,  gal.........   1  10©  1  25
Myrcia.....................  4 00© 4  50
Olive.......................  
re© 3 00
10© 
Picis  Liquida......... 
12
Picis Liquida, gal...  @ 
35
R icina.................... 
9.© 1  10
Rosmarini...............  
<g&100
Rosa,  ounce...........  6 50© 8 50
Succini................... 
40©  45
Sabina................... 
90©  1  00
Santal......................  2 50© 7 00
Sassafras.................  55©  60
©  65
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce. 
Tiglii.......................  1  70©  1  80
40©  50
Thyme.................... 
Thyme,  opt............  
©  1  60
Tneobromas........... 
15@  go
Potassium
BiCarb.................... 
is© 
t8
Bichromate............  
13© 
15
Bromide..................  
50©  55
Carb.......................  
12© 
is
Chlorate..po. 17©19e  16©  18
35©  40
Cyanide..................  
Iodide......................  2 60@ 2 65
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
28@  30 
Potassa, Bitart,  com  @ 
15
10© 
Potass Nitras, opt... 
12
Potass Ultras........... 
10© 
11
Pressiate................. 
2u®  25
Sulphate po  ........... 
15©  18

10© 12

Radix

Aconitvm...............  
20©  25
22©  25
AJtlue...................... 
Anchusa................. 
10© 
12
©  25
Arj«n PO..................  
20©  40
Calamus................. 
Gentiana.........po  15 
12©  15
16©  18
Glychrrhiza..  pv.  15 
Hydrastis Canaden.  @  50
©  69 
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
is@  20
Inula, po................. 
15©  20
Ipecac, po...............   2 80© 3  on
Iris plox —  po35@38  35©  40
Jalapa, pr...............  
25©  30
Maranta,  J£s...........  @ 
35
Podophyllum, po__ 
22©  25
g£e?  ■ . ....................  
75@  1  00
© 125
Rhei, cut................. 
Rh,eI-PV................... 
75©  1  35
Spigelia...................  
35©  38
Sanguinaria...po. 15 
© 
14
Serpentaria..............   30© 
35
Senega.. 
.............. 
40@  45
Similax,officinalis H 
@ 4 0
Smtlax, M...............   @  25
Smllae..............po.35 
Symplocarpns, Fcetl-
dus,  po................. 
Valeriana, Eng.po. 30 
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a...............  
Zingiber 3...............  
Semen

©  25
©  25
15©  20
12©  16
25©  27

©  12
Anisum.......... po.  15 
13© 
Apium  (graveleons) 
15
Bird, Is.................... 
4@ 
6
10©  12
Carui.............. po.  18 
Cardamon.................  1 25©  1  75
Coriandrum............  
8@ 
to
Cannabis  Sativa__ 
4©  414
Cvdonium.............. 
75©  100
jg
io@ 
Cnenopodium  ........ 
Dipterix  Odorate...  2 00© 2 20
Fcenieulnm............  
© 
10
7© 
Fasnugreek, po........ 
9
...........  ...  334©  434
J^hL  grd— bbl. 334 
4©  434
35©  40
Lobelia................... 
4©  4y.
Pharlaris  Canarian. 
BaPa ........................  4H@ 
5
Sinapis Albu........... 
9© 
J0
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
11© 
12
Splritus

Frumenti, W.  D. Co.  2 00© 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00© 2 25
Frumenti 
...............1  25©  1  50
Jun  peris Co. O. T ..  1  65© 2 00
Juniperis Co...........  1  75@ 3 50
Saacharum  N. E__  1  90ifo 2  10
Spt  Vini G alli....:;  1 
1 80
Vini Oporto..............  1 25© 2 00
Vini Alba.................  1 25© 2 00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage...............   2 50© 2 75
Nassau sheeps  wool
© 2 00
carriage...............  
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage...... 
©  1  25
Extra yellow sheeps’ 
wool,  carriage.... 
@ 10 0
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage.............. 
©  1  00
Hard, for slate use.. 
© 
75
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use..............  @  1  40

Syrups
Acacia.................... 
Auranti Cortes........ 
Zingiber..................  
Ipecac. 
........... 
Ferri Iod......   .......   @ 
Rhei Arom.............. 
Smilax Officinalis... 
Senega..................... 
Scilla....................... 

© 
50
©  50
©  50
©  60
50
©  50
50©  60
©  50
©  50

. . . .

/Tiscellaneous 

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

@
ScillæCo............ 
Tolutan...................  @
Prunus vlrg............  
©
Tinctures 
Aconitum Napellis R 
Aconitum Napellis F
Aloes.......................
Aloes and Myrrh__
Arnica....................
Assafoetida............
Atrope  Belladonna.
Auranti  Cortex......
Benzoin...................
Benzoin Co..............
Barosma.................
Cantharides...........
Capsicum..............
Cardamon..........
Cardamon Co.........
Castor...................
Catechu...............
Cinchona..............
Cinchona Co........
Cc'umba 
.........
Cubeba.................
Cassia  ¿lutifol...
>'.çsy  Acutifol Co 
£.gi  ™l s  
Ferri Chioridu  ■»
Gentian............
Gentian Co.........
Guiaca.................
Guiaca ammon__
Hyoseyamus........
Iodine..................
Iodine, colorless!!
Kino......................
Lobelia................
Myrrh
Nux  Vomica
Opii.........................
Opii, camphorated.
Opii,  deodorized__
Quassia...................
Rhatany...........
Rhei.......................
Sanguinaria...........
Serpentaria............
Stromonium...........
Tolutan...................
Valerian...............
Veratrum Veride. ! ! 
Zingiber..................
Æther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30©
Æther, Spts. Nit. 4 F 
?4@
Alumen...................  234©
Alumen,gro’d..po.7 
3©
Annatto  ...  ........... 
40©
4©
Antimoni,  po...... 
Antimoni et PotassT  40©
Antipyrin.............. 
@
©
Antifebrin.............. 
©
Argenti Nitras, oz .. 
Arsenicum............... 
10@
Balm Gilead  Bud  .. 
38©
Bismuth  S. N.  ... 
1  40©
©
Calcium Chlor.,  Is. 
Calcium Chlor., 34s.  @
@
Calcium Chior.,  34s 
©
Cantharides, Rus.po 
Capsici  Fructus, af 
©
©
Capsici Fructus, po. 
Capsici FructusB.po  @
Caryophyllus.po.  15 
12©
Carmine, No. 40... 
@ ;
Cera Alba............  
50©
Cera Flava.
40©
Coccus....................
Cassia Fructus__
Centraria..............
Cetaceum.............. ”
Chloroform.........
Chloroform, squibbs
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  25©  1  50
Chondrus............... 
20©  25
Cinchonidine, P. & W  25©  35
Cinchonidine, Germ  22©  30
Cocaine..................   3 30© 3 50
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
@
Creosotum........ 
©
Creta.............bbl. 75 
Creta, prep............ 
@
Creta, precip........ 
9©
©
Creta, Rubra........ 
Crocus....................]  18©
Cudbear................ 
@
CupriSulph...........” 
5©
Dextrine.................. 
10©
Ether Sulph............    75©
Emery, all  numbers  @
Emery, po...............  
©
Ergota.......... po. 40  30©
Flake  White........... 
12©
Galla....................... 
©
8©
Gambier.  ...............* 
Gelatin, Cooper..  . 
©
Gelatin, French....! 
35© 
Glassware, flint, box
Less  than  box__
9©
Glue,  brown........... 
13©
Glue, white............  
Glycerina................  15%@
Grana  Paradisi  ....  @  15
Humulus...............  
25©  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
©  85 
©  75
Hydraag Chlor Cor. 
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.  @  95
Hydraag Ammoniati 
©  1  10 
HydraagUnguentum  45©  55
Hydrargyrum.........   @  70
Ichthyobolla, Am... 
65©  75
Indigo......................  75©  1  00
Iodine, Resnbi........  3 60© 3 70
Iodoform.................  @420
Lupulin.  ................  @2 25
Lycopodium...........  40©  45
65©  75
............  
Macis 
Liquor  Arsen et By-
©  25
drarg Iod.............. 
LiquorPotassArsinit  10©  12
Magnesia, Sulph__  
2© 
3!
©  1*4
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
Maunia, S. F ......... . 
50©  60
Menthol................... 
© 2 75

©60©

Morphia, S.P.& W ...  2 45© 
2 70
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C. Co....................   2 45©
2 70 
Moschus Canton__  @
40 
65©
Myristica, No. 1......  
80 
Nux Vomica.. ,po.20 
©
10 
Os  Sepia...  ...........  
lg©
18
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D. Co....................
©  1  00
Picis Liq. N.N.Hgal.
@  2  00 
©
doz........................  
@ 1 00 
Picis Liq., quarts....  @
Picis Liq., pints...... 
©
85 
Pil Hydrarg.. .po.  80  @
50 
Piper Nigra... po.  22 
©
18 
©
Piper Alba. ...po.  35 
30
Pi ix  Burgun...........  @
Plumbi  Acet........... 
io@
12 
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  10© 
Py rethrum, boxes H.
©
& P. D. Co., doz... 
25©
Pyrethrum,  pv........ 
8©
Quassia................... 
29©
Quinia, S. P. & W .. 
22©
Quinia, S. German.. 
Quinia, N.Y............  
29©
Knbia Tinetorum... 
12©
SaccharnmLactis pv 
18©
Salacin....................  3 00©
Sanguis Draconis... 
40©
Sapo,  W................... 
12©
Sapo, M.................... 
10©
Sapo, G....................  @
Siedlitz  Mixture  ...  20  ©

1  25
30 
1031
32 
34 14 
20
3  10 
50
14 
12
15
22j

1  20

Sinapis....................  @ 
is
Sinapis, opt............ 
© 
30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
Voes.....................   @ 
34
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s 
© 
34
Soda Boras..............  9  @  11
Soda Boras, po........  9  @ 
11
26©  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb.............. 
134© 
2
Soda, Bi-Carb.........  
3© 
5
Soda, Ash...............   334® 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........  
© 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2 60
Spts. Ether Co........  50©  55
Spt  Myrcia Dom... 
©  9 00 
© 2 48 
Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. 
Spts. Vini Rect. 34bbl  @ 2 53
Spts. Vini Rect.lOgal 
© 2 56 
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal  @ 2 53 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40©  1  45
Sulphur,  Sub!.........   354©  4%
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
8©  10
Tamarinds.............. 
Terebenth Venice...  28©  30
40©  42
Theobrom®............  
Vanilla....................  9 00©16 00
Zlnci Sulph............  
7© 
8

Less 5c gal. cash 10 days. 

3M©  4

Otis

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

BBL.  SAL.
70
45
40

19

43
45
70
40

Linseed, pure  raw..  40 
Linseed,  Dolled......   42 
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
Spirits Turpentine.. 
34 
Paints  BBL. 

LB
Red Venetian.........  
lit  2  @£
154  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow Mars. 
1 ^ 2   @3 
Ochre, yellow  Ber.. 
Putty, commercial..  2\ 234@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2%  2%@3 
Vermilion,  P rim e
American.............  
13©  15
70©  75
Vermilion, English. 
Green, Paris...........  1854©  22
13©  16
Green,  Peninsular.. 
Lead, Red...............   534© 
6
Lead, white............   534© 
6
Whiting, white Span  @  70
Whiting,  gilders’... 
©  X) 
White, Paris Amer..  @  1  00
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
cliff......................  @140
Universal Prepared.  1  00©  1  15

V a r n is h e s

No. l'TurpCoach...  1  10©  1  29
Extra  Turp............   1  60©  1  70
Coach Body............   2 75© 3 00
No. 1 Turp Fum ....  1  00©  l  10 
Extra Turk Damar..  1  55©  1  60 
Jap. Dryer,No.lTurp  70©  75

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AND

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M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

The  prices  quoted  in  this  list  are  for the trade only,  in such quantities as  are usually purchased  by retail 
It is im­
dealers.  They  are prepared  just before going to  press and  are an  accurate index of the  local  market. 
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our aim to make this feature of the  greatest possible use to dealers.

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

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

Acme.

Home.

Absolute.

Arctic.
El Purity.

BAKING  POWDER.
M ’b cans doz..................  
ft ID jans doz................... 

45
85
lb can  doz...................t  50
w lb cans 3 doz.................  45
K lb cans 3 doz................. 
75
lb cans 1 doz.................  1  00
1 
10
Bulk.................................... 
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers........... 
85
v  lb cans per doz............  
75
14 lb cans per doz  ...........   1  30
1 
lb cans per doz............   2  00
35
H lb cans 4 doz case........ 
lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz case  ......  
90

jaXon
1 ______M  I d cans, 4 doz case......  
54 lb cans, 4 doz case........ 

45
85
lb cans. 3 doz case........  1  60
1 lb. cans, per doz.............   2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz.............  1  25
6 oz. cans, per doz.............  %
K lb cans..........................  
45
£  lb cans..........................  
75
lb cans..........................   1 50
1 
1 lb. cans  ......................... 
85
3 
oz., 6 doz. case............  2 70
6 oz., 4 doz. case 
..............3 20
9 oz., 4 doz. case.................  4 80
1 lb., 2 doz. case.................4 00
5 lb., 1 doz. case.................  9 00
American................................70
English.................................... 80
Co n d e n s e d

BATH  BRICK.

Jersey Cream.

Queen Flake,

Our Leader.

BLUING.

Peerless.

BROOnS.

B L u i r f G
40
Small, 3 doz................... ... 
75
Large, 2 doz...................
No. 1 Carpet.................. ...  1  90
No. 2 Carpet................... ...  1  75
..  1  50
No. 3 Carpet...................
No. 4 Carpet................... ...  1  15
Parlor Gem................... ...  2 00
Common Whisk...........
... 
70
Fancy Wnisx.. 
80
...........
..  2 25
Warehouse....................
8s.......................................... 7
16s...........................................8
Paraffine................................ 8

CANDLES.

CHEESE

CANNED  GOODS. 
rUmitowoc  Peas.
Lakeside Marrowfat.........  
95
Lakeside E.  J ....................  115
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng....  1  20 
Lakeside. Gem, Ex. Sifted.  1  45
Extra Sifted Early June__1  75
Colombia, 
pints............. 2 00
Columbia, Vi pints.............1  25
Acme
Amboy..............
Butternut.........
Carson City.......
Emblem............
Gem...................
Ideal.................
Jersey  ..............
Lenawee...........
Riverside...........
Sparta...............
Springdale......
Brick................
Edam.................
Leiden...............
Limburger........
©
Pineapple................ 50  @
Sap  Sago.................  @
Bulk 
Rod

...... 
CHOCOLATB.

CATSUP.

Chicory.

........

©

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

CLOTHES LINB5.

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  dos........1 60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  dos........1  80
Jute. 60 ft.  per  dos.............  80
Jute. 78 ft,  per  dos.............   95
COCOA SHELLS.
20 lb  bags.......................  
2Vi
Less quantity................. 
3
Pound  packages............  
4
CRB An  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes..30-35

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

Santos.

P a ir.......................................... 9
Good....................................... JJ
Prim e......................................JJ
Golden  ...................................12
Peaberry  ................................13
Fair  ........................................12
Good  ......................................13
Prim e....................... -............J*
Peaberry  ................................1®
Fair  .........  
g
Good  ......................................J6
Fancy 
...................................1"
Maracaibo.
Prim e......................................JJJ
Milled......................................20

Mexican  and  Guatemala.

 

Java.

Mocha.

Interior...................................1®
Private  Growth...................... 20
Mandehling............................ 21
Im itation................................20
Arabian  ................................. 22
Roasted.
Clark Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue......  
........... 29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha— 29
Wells’ Mocha and Java.....24
Wells’ Perfection  Java..... 24
Sancaibo............................ 21
Breakfast Blend...............   18
Valley City Maracaibo.......1854
Ideal  Blend........................14
Leader  Blend.....................12

Package.

for 

Extract.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
invoice 
the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point, including 
■weight  of  package,  also 3£e  a 
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the list 
is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price in full cases.
Arbuckle.......................   10 50
Jersey.............................  
9 50
HcLaugbllfi’s  XXXX. 
.
McLaughlin’s XXXX  sold  to 
retailers only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City 54 gross...... 
75
Felix 54 gross................. 
115
86
Hummel ’b foil 54 gross... 
Hummel’s tin 54  gross 
1  43
CLOTHES  PINS.
5 gross boxes.......................   40
4 doz in case.
Gail Borden  Eagle............6 75
Crown................................6 25
Daisy................................. 5 75
Champion  .......................... 4 50
Magnolia 
........................... 425
Challenge........................... 3 35
.................................3 35
Dime 
Tradesman Grade.

CONDENSED  MILK.

COUPON  BOOKS. 

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__II  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 CIO down.

Coupon Pass Books,

Universal Grade.

Apples.

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 puneb.......................  
75
DRIBD  FRUITS—DOnESTIC 
Sundrled.......................   @1 5
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  ©  8
Apricots.....................  @854
Blackberries...............
Nectarines.................  ®  754
Peaches.......................654©
Pears..........................   8  ® 7V4
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelles..................
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..  .. @ 5*
50 - 60 25 lb boxes...... ..  @634
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  ©  9
30 - 40 25 lb boxes...... ..  ©
54 cent less In 50 lb cases 

California  Prnnaa.

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

1  45
1 55
3%
454
5%

Raisins.

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Peel.

Raisins.

Patras bbls...................... © 754
Vostizzas 50 lb cases.......© 754
Cleaned, bulk  ................. @ 854
Cleaned, packages..........© 8M
Citron American 10 lb bx  ©13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx ©12 
Orange American 10 lb bx  ©12 
Ondura 28 lb boxes......8  ©  854
Sultana  1 Crown.........   ©
Sultana 2 Crow n........  ©
Sultana 8 Crown.........   © 754
Sultana 4 Crown.........   @
Sultana 5 Omwn 
7h
Sultana 6 Crown  ........  ©12
Sultana package.........  ©14
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages.............1  50
Bulk, per 100  lbs.............3 50
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

Parins.

Grits.

3%

Peas.

Beans.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

24 2 lb. packages....................2 25
100 lb. kegs............................ 3 60
2001b. barrels........................ 6 90
Barrels  ............................ 2 50
Flake, 501b.  drums..........1  00
Dried Lima  ..................... 
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,  bn.........................  95
Split,  per lb...................... 
Rolled Avena,  bbl.........3 60
Monarch,  bbl........................3 40
Monarch,  54  bbl................... 1 80
Monarch, 90 lb sacks........ 1 60
Quaker, cases........................3 20
Huron, cases..........................1 75
German............................ 
4
East  India.......................  
354
Flake.............................. 
354
354
Pearl................................ 
5
Anchor, 40 1 lb. pkges.... 
Cracked, bulk................... 
354
24 2 lb packages.....................2 50

Rolled  Oats.

Tapioca.

Wheat.

5ago.

254

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

Granulated, bbls..............  75
Granulated,  100 lb cases..  90
Lump, bbls.......................   75
Lump, 1461b kegs..............  86

Salt  Fish.

Cod.

Herring.

riackerel.

Georges cured............  @4
Georges genuine........  © 5
Georges selected........  © 554
Strips or bricks.........   6  ©  9
Holland white hoops, bbl. 
Holland white hoop 54 bbl  2  75
Holland,  54  bbl................  1  30
Holland white hoop, keg. 
80
Holland white hoop mens  85
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs...................  2 75
Round  40 lbs...................  1  30
Scaled...............................  
13
Mess 100 lbs......................  15  03
Mess  40 lbs.  ...................  6 30
Mess  10 lbs......................  1  65
Mess  8 lbs......................  1  35
No. 1100 lbs......................  13  25
No. 1  40lb s....................  5 60
No. 1  10 lbs......................  148
No. 1  8 lbs......................   120
No. 2 100 lbs......................  8 50
No. 2  40 lbs......................  3 70
No. 2  10 lbs...................... 
ion
83
5 25
2  40
68
57
No. 1 No. 2 Fam
1  75
.  6 25
100 lbs........
1  0‘>
40 lbs.......
.  2 80
83
78
10 lbs........
29
85
8 lbs........
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

No. 1 100 lbs
No. 1  40 lbs
No. 1  10 lbs
No. 1  8 lbs

5 75
2 60
73
61

Whitehall.

T rout.

Jennings’.

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

D. C. Lemon
2 oz..
3 oz___.1  00
4 oz....... 1  40
6 oz....... 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
1  90
2 oz. Oval..............  75
3 oz. Taper Panel.  1  35
2  00 
2 25
4 oz. Taper Panel.. 1  60
Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the

Souders*.
in  the  world 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

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

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz......... 1 20
4 oz.........2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.

.1  50 
2 oz 
4 oz.
.3 00
XX Orade 
Vanilla.

.1  75 
.3 50

gOUDERs
**  G-EGANt-  MI
[^Flavoring

i s ©

.DAYT0N.0;

4 oz. 
FLY  PAPER.

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

K egs.........................................4 00
Half Kegs................................. 2 25
Quarter Kegs............................ 1 25
1 lb. cabs..............................  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
8. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb boxes  ...  50

JELLY.

15 lb  pails............................  35
30 lb  pails............................  65

Condensed, 2 dos  ...............1  20
Condensed. 4  dot  .............. 2  25

LICORICE.

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

MINCE MBAT.

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

riATCHBS.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9 sulphur......................1  65
Anchor Parlor.................... 1  70
No. 2  Home......................... 1  10
Export  Parlor.....t ............. 4  00

nOLASSBS.
New Orleans.

Black................................  
11
F a ir..................................  
14
20
Good................................. 
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........ 
65
Cob, No. 3..........................  
85

48 cans In case.

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

PICKLES.
riedium.

Barrels, 1,200 count...........  5  30
Half bbls, 600 count...........  3 00

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

RICB.

Domestic.

Carolina head....................  654
Carolina  No. 1  ...... ..........  5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................   3M

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1......................  654
Japan,  No. 2...........  . . . .  
6
Java, fancy head..............  6
Java, No. 1.........................  554
T ab le................................

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In  box.

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

SAL SODA.

SBBDS.

A nise.................................. 
9
Canary, Smyrna................ 
354
8
Caraway............................. 
Cardamon,  M alabar......   60
Celery................................. 
11
Hemp,  Russian................ 
354
Mixed  Bird...................... 
454
5
Mustard,  white................ 
Poppy  ...............................   10
Rape................................. 
454
Cuttle Bone........................  20

SNUFF.

Scotch, in bladders............   37
Maccaboy, 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............   %

Common Grades.

100 3 lb sacks.......................1  90
60 5-lb sacks.......................1  75
28 10-lb sacks..................... 1  60

Worcester.

50  4  lb. cartons...............3 25
115  2541b. sacks.................. 4 00
60  5  lb. sacks..................3  75
22 14  lb. sacks..................3 50
30 10  lb. sacks.................. 3 50
28 lb. linen sacks.................  32
56 lb. linen sacks.................  60
Bulk In barrels................... 2 50

56-lb dairy in drill bags......   30
28-lb dairy In drill bags......   15

56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60 

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

56-lb dairy in linen sacks. 

Solar Rock.

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

60 

f4

Common.

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

SOAP.

J A X O N
Single box............................ 2 75
box lots, delivered... .2 70
5 
10 box lots, delivered.........  2 65
JA 8.S.  KIRK  l 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 
lb.............3  00
Kirkoline.................•........... 3 50
Eos.......................................2 50

Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

YDESDALE

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. bare  . .2 75
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars__3 75
Uno, 100 %-lb. bare.............. 2 50
Doll, 10010-oz.  bars............ 2 05

Scouring.

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

SODA.

Boxes  .................................  614
Kegs, English......................  414

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN
Grains and Feedstuffs

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

Standard................. 
Standard H.  H........ 
Standard Twist......  
Cut Loaf...............

Jam bo, 32 lb  ..........

Extra H. H..............
Boston  Cream........

Mixed Candy.

Competition............
Standard.................
Conserve........
Royal......................
Ribbon...... .............
B roken...................
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...............

bbls. pails
6*40 7
6¡4® 7
6  @  8

Wheat.

W heat..................................... 
W inter  W heat  Flour. 

70

Local  Brands.

Subject  to  usual  cash 
dis­
Flour in  bbls., 25c  per bbl. ad­

P aten ts..................................   5 50
Second  Patent....................!  5  o<j
Straight.................................  4 80
C lear........................................  4 30
Graham  ................................   4 50
B u ck w h eat...........................  4 00
E y e .........................   ...........   3 50
count.
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond,  44s..........................4  50
Diamond, 44s.................. ........ 4 50
Diamond, 44s .......................... 4  50
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.

Quaker,  44s . ..........................  4 50
Quaker,  Ms............................  4 50
Quaker,  44s............................   4 50

Spring  W heat  Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-W ellsCo.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s  Best 44s.............  5  00
Pillsbury’s  Best Q s............   4  90
Pillsbury’s Best 44s............   4  80
Pillsbury’s Best 44s paper..  4  8 > 
Pillsbury’s Best  44s paper..  4  80
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand.

@  8)4 
cases 
@ 614 
@
O

@ 8)4 
@ 8)4 
@  8* 

@ 6)4 
O 7 
@  7)4 
@ 7*4 
@ 8)4 @ 8 
@ 844 
@10 
012

@ 6 

@  844 
O 9 
014 
@11 
@   8 
@ 9 
@ 9

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

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

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 B a r.........
Hand Made Creams.
Plain  Creams.........
Decorated Creams..
String Rock............
Burnt Almonds...... 1  25
W intergreen Berries
Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes..............
No. 1 wrapped, 3  ib.
boxes  .................
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes ...........

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.

4

s. C. W............................... 33  00

Michigan Cigar Co.’s brand.

Ure Unkle

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

Ruhe Bros. Co. ’s Brands.

Double Eagles, 6 sizes.855070 00
Gen. Maceo, 5 sizes__   55@70 00
35 00
Mr. Thomas................ 
Cuban Hand Made.... 
Crown  Five...............  
35 00
Sir  William...............  
35 00
35  uo
Club  Five................... 
Gens. Grant and Lee.. 
Little Peggy  .............. 
35  00
Signal  Five...............  
35 60
Knights of Pythias__  
35  00
Key West Perfects, 2 sz  55@60 00

35 00

35 00

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

VINEOAR.

Malt White Wine, 40 grain....  6 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain....  9
Pure  Cider........................  
10
Pure Cider,  Leroux................11
Pure Cider, Genesee............... 11
Pure Cider, Robinson.............ll
N o. 0, per gross....................   25
No. 1, pergross....................  30
No. 2, per gross....................  40
No. 3, per gross....................   75

W1CKINO.

 

 

 

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.
Allspice  ..................  
13
Cassia, China in mats..........12
Cassia, Batavia in  bund__ 25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........32
Cloves,  Amboyna................ 14
Cloves, Zanzibar.................12
Mace,  Batavia  . . . ....  
55
Nutmegs, fancy...................6j
Nutmegs, No.  1 ...................50
Nutmegs, No.  2...................45
Pepper, Singapore, black... 11 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 12
Pepper,  shot........................12
Allspice 
........................... 15
Cassia, Batavia  ................ ,3 j
Cassia,  Saigon...................411
Cloves, Zanzibar..................i4
Ginger,  African...............   to
Ginger,  Cochin................... 13
Ginger,  Jamaica  .................»1
Mace,  Batavia.....................*5
Mustard......................... 12@18
Nutmegs,...................... iu®sO
Pepper, Sing , black............12
Pepper, Sing., white___  ... 20
Pepper, Cayenne................. 20
Sage......................................15

Pare around In Bulk.

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels................................. 15
Half  bbls............................ 17
Pair  ................................. 
1«
Good................................   20
Choice.............................   25

Pure Cane.

STARCH.

Kingsford’s  Corn.

40 1-lb packages...................  8
20 1 lb packages.................... 654

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

Diamond.

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

Common Corn.

201 lb. packages..................5
401 lb. packages..................  43£

Common Qloss.

1-lb  packages......................  4%
3-lb  packages......................  4%
8-lb  packages......................  4%
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   3%
Barrels  ...............................  3

STOVE POLISH.

Provisions.

Swift  &  Company  quote  as 

follows:

12  00 
11  75 
U 75
15 U0 
9 75 
U 50

Barreled Pork.

Mess  ....................
Back  ..................
Clear back............
Short cut........
pig.......................
Bean  ............................
Family  ..............
Dry Salt  Meats.
Bellies..........................
Briskets  .......................
Extra  shorts.........
Smoked  Heats.
Hams, 12 lb  average  ...
Hams, 14 lb  average
Hams, 16 Id  average__
Hams, 20 lb  average....
Ham dried beef  ........
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut)
Bacon,  clear..............
California  hams............
Boneless hams...............  
Cooked ham................. 
Lards.  In Tierces.

744
1334
6)4
• 744@7?4

9

10@13

Beef.

jj
.  13

Compound......  
4«
Kettle.................... 
ga!
55 lb Tubs...........advance 
u
801 b Tubs...........advance  %
50 lb T ins...........advance  %
20 lb Pails...........advance  %
10 lb Pails...........advance  %
5 lb Pails..........advance
3 lb Pails..........advance
Sausages.
Bologna.................
Liver.....................
Frankfort........
P ork..............................
Blood  ......................
Tongue
Head  cheese..............
Extra  Mess................. 
Boneless  ............... 
Rump.....................!!..!! 14 1
Pigs’ Feet.
Kits, 15 lbs........
1  ;
44  bbls, 40lbs........ 
44  bbls, 80 lbs................"   2 i
__ 
Tripe.
Kits, 15 lbs......................
1  ■
44  bbls, 40 lbs........... 
44  bbls, 80 lbs..................  2 i
u  w 
Casings.
Beef  rounds.........
Beef  middles...........
Sheep.......................  ‘
Butterine.
Rolls,  dairy..................
Solid, dairy  ..................
Rolls,  creamery...........
Solid,  creamery............
Canned  Meats. 
2 lb  .. 
Corned  beef, 
3
Corned  beef,  14 lb....  22
Roast  beef, 
2 lb.......   2
Potted  ham,  44s__
Potted  bam,  44s........
Deviled ham,  44s...!
Devil ed bam,  44s___. ”
Potted  tongue 44s___. ’.
Potted  tongue 44s.........

Fresh  Meats.

Beef.

Carcass......................7  @ 8
Forequarters............   5%@  644
Hind  quarters...........  9  <aio
Loins  No.  3...............   9  (^12
g ibs  -.........................9  @12
Rounds......................  744© 8
Chucks.................. 
Plates  .......................  3  @ 4

6  @ 6)4

Pork.

Dressed......................  434© 5

■.......................   @ 744

Leaf Lard...................  644©

Mutton.

Carcass.....................   7  @8
Spring Lambs............ 9  @12

Veal.

Carcass  ................._  7  @  844
Hides  and  Pelts.
The Cappon & Bertscb  Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:

Hides.

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

Pelts.

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

Tallow.
No.  1........................
No. 2......................
Wool.
Washed, fine  ........
Washed, medium.......
Unwashed .fine..........11
Unwashed, medium ..16

@ 9 
@ 8 
@10 
@ 9 
@  9)4 
@  8 
@11 @  9)4

50@1  00

@3 
@ 2

@18
@23
@13
@18

2 1

Crockery  and

Glassware.

AKRON STONEWARE. 

Butters.
44 gal., per doz..............
1 to 6 gal., per gal.
8 gal., each...........
38
10 gal., each........
12 gal.,  each.....................   47
15 gal. meat-tubs, each 
  90
20 gal. meat-tubs, each.... 1  20 
25gal. meat tubs,each.. ..2 25
30 gal. meat-tubs, each__ 2 7 .

Churns.

2 to 6 gal., per gal............ 
5
Churn Dashers, per doz...  85
44 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  45 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  434 

Milkpans.

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

544 

Stewpans.

44 gal. fireproof, ball, do*.  85 
1 gal. fireproof, ball, doz.l  10 
H gal., per doz..................  40
44 gal., per doz..................  42
1 to 5 gal., per gal............  
544

Jugs.

Tomato Jugs.

Sealing Wax.

44 gal., per doz.................   42
1 gal., each...................... 
514
Corks for 44 gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
44 gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz. ..1  00 
5 lbs. in package, pePlb... 
2
LAMP  BURNERS.
No.  0 Sun............................. 
35
No.  1  Sun............................... 40
No.  2 Sun........................ ’ 
go
Tubular................................ 
50
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 32
No.  1  Sun........................ ;  1  48
No.  2 Sun..........................  2 18
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No. 
1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 
XXX Flint.
No.  0  Sun,  crimp 
No. 
1  Sun,  crimp 
No.  2  Sun,  crimp 

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 70
No.  2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled............................  4 70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled....................... 
4 88
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamas............
80

First  Quality.

top,
top,
top,

La  Bastie.

Electric.

90
1  15 
1  35 
1  60

OIL CANS. 

Pump  Cans.

No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................
No. 2 Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  .........................
No.  1 Crimp,per doz..
No. 2 Crimp, per doz..
Rochester.
No. 1, Lime  (65cdoz).
3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)___  „ uu
4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c  doz)...... 4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ....... 4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz)___  4  40
Doz. 
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv iron with spout.  1  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  00
5 gal galv Iron Nacefas....  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  9 00 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 56
3 gal Home Rule................10 50
5 gal Home Rule............... 12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King..............  9 50
No.  0 Tubular...................4  20
No.  1 B  Tubular..............6  25
No. 13 Tubular Dash......... 6 60
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__  7 00
No.  12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  0C
No.  3 Street  Lamp...........  3 75
LANTERN OLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents........... 
No. 0 Tubular,  cases 2 doz.
each, box 15  cents.........  
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls 5 doz.
each, bbl 35:....................  
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,
cases 1 doz. each...... . 
LAMP  WICKS.
No. 0 per gross................ 
15
21
No. 1 per gross................... 
No. 2 per gross  .................  
30
No. 3 per gross...................  48
Mammoth........................... 
710

45
45
35
1 25

LANTERNS.

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

Foreign Dried  Fruits.

Crackers.

Soda.

Oyster.

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Butter.
Seymour XXX...................  8
Seymour XXX. 3 lb.  carton  6)4
Family XXX  ....................   g
Family XXX, 3 lb  carton..  6)4
Salted XXX.......................   6
Salted XXX. 3 lb carton...  6V4 
Soda  XXX.........................  6W
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton....  7
Soda,  City.........................  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.........   <5
SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  iou
Bent's Cold Water......... ! .  14
Belle Hose..........................  s
Cocoanut Taffy..................   12
Coffee Cakes.......................  iu
Frosted Honey...................  12)4
Graham Crackers  ..............   8
Ginge r Snaps, XXX rou nd.  7)4 
Ginger Snaps,XXX  city...  7)4 
Gin. Snps.XXX home made  754 
Gin. Snps.XXX scalloped..  7%
Ginger Gems.......................   8
Imperials............................   8
Jumóles,  Honey.................  11%
Molasses Cakes...................  8
Marshmallow  ....................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......   16
Pretzels,  hand  m ad e......   9
Pretzelettes, Little German  7
Sugar  Cake.........................  8
Sultanas.............................  12)4
Sears’Lunch......................  7yt
Sugar  Squares.................... 
9
Vanilla  Wafers.................  14
Pecan Wafers.....................   15%
Mixed Picnic......................  1154
Cream Jumbles..................  12
Boston Ginger  Nuts..........  914
Pineapple Glace..................  16
Penny Cakes......................  854
Marshmallow  Walnuts__  16
Rftllfl TrIo 
10V4

Oils.
Barrels.
Eocene.....................
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt
W W Michigan..........
Diamond White.........
D., S. Gas....................
Deo. N aptha..............
Cylinder....................25
Engine.......................11
B  ack, winter............

@ 11%
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@8* @ 7a 
@   8H @ 7 
@34 
@21 
0 8

Fruits.
Oranges.

Medt Sweets__

Lemons.
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy 360s or 300s...
Ex.Fancy  300s__
Ex.Fancy 360s........
J umbo cases-Maioris
Bananas.

Figs.

Choice, 101b boxes..
Extra  choice,  14  lb
boxes....................
Fancy, 12 lb boxes..
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes...............
Pulled, 6 lb boxes...
Naturals,  in  bags...
Dates.
Fards in 10 lb  boxes
Fards  in  60 lb  cases
Persians, G. M’s ......
lb cases, new........
Sairs,  601b cases__
Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds, Ivaca........
Almonds,  California
soft shelled...........
Brazils new..............
Filberts  ...................
Walnuts, Grenobles. 
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1 
Walnuts,  soft shellet
Calif......................
Table Nuts,  fancy... 
Table Nuts,  choice..
Pecans, Med.........
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos.......
Hickory  Nuts per bu
Ohio, new...............
Cocoanuts,  full sacks

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

@35
@50

@3 00

@4 50
@4 50
@5 00
@5  5 i
@6 50

@
@
@  14
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©  13
@ 6)4

@ 8
@ 6
@ 5
@  6
@ 4)4

@13
@
@13 
@  744 
@11 
@13 
@10

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

@  744
@ 744 
@ 444
6%

Lemon  Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 44s.......................  5 00
Gold Medal 44s.........................4 90
Gold Medal 44s.........................4 so
Parisian,  44s...........................  5 00
Parisian, 44s.......................  4 9 .
Parisian. 44s...........................   4 80

Olney & Judson’s Brand.

Ceresota, 44s...........................  5 25
Ceresota, 44s...........................  5 15
Ceresota, 44s...........................  5 05
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel, 44s..............................  5 00
Laurel, 44s .............................   4 9j
Laurel, 44s..............................  4 80

Meal.

Bolted.................... 
j  go
Granulated..................... '  2  10

 

 

Feed and Millstuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened 
16 CO 
No. 1 Corn and  Oats..,
.15 00 
Unbolted Corn Meal  .
.14 50 
Winter Wheat  Bran........... _
.13 00
Winter Wheat Middlings.  J4 50
Screenings.............................. 15 00
Car  lots.............................   3g
Less than  car  lots...........  40

Corn.

Oats.

Hay.

Car  lots.............................   2844
Carlots, clipped.................  32
Less than  car  lots........... 34

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

Fresh Fish.

Per lb.
Whitefish...............   @  8
T rout...................... 
(@  8
Black Bass..............  8  @  10
Halibut...................  @  15
Ciscoes or Herring ..  @  4
Bluefish..................   ©  10
Live Lobster.........  @ 16
Boiled Lobster........  ©  18
......................  @  10
Cod 
Haddock.................  ©  g
No.  1  Pickerel........ 
<a  «
Pike.........................  © 
7
Perch......................   ©  4
Smoked White........  © 
a
Red Snapper...........  @ 
10
Col  River Salmon.  @  J2
Mackerel 
..............  @

Oysters in Cans.

F. H. Counts...........  ©  40

Shell Ooods.

Oysters, per  100......... 1  25ai  so

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

SUOAR.

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

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M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

B u c k e y e   P a in t   &   V a r n is h   C o .

PAINT,  COLOR  AND  VARNISH  M AKERS

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Hardware

Stove  Trade  and  Prices.

It  is  evident that  business  for  fall will 
soon  be,  if  indeed  it  is  not  already,  the 
leading  topic  among  stove  men.  Even 
now  orders  are  being  placed  quite  free­
ly  for  fall  shipment  by  some  dealers 
who  would  fain  be  some  of  the  early 
birds  who  catch  the 
fattest  worms. 
Apropos  of  the  discussion  in  regard  to 
the  improvement  in  the  country’s  finan­
cial  condition, 
the  stove  business  in 
many  cities  is  better  at  this  period  than 
at  the  corresponding period  of  last  year. 
In  some  cases  the  improvement has been 
so  marked  in  the  sales  that  much  good 
feeling  prevails  among  the  manufactur­
ers.  There 
is  every  reason  to  believe 
that  Western  retailers  will  share  to  a 
marked  degree  in  the  coming  fail trade, 
which  promises  to  be  very  good. 
It  is 
reported  from  reliable  sources  that  the 
stocks  of  stoves  in  the  hands  of  retailers 
are  very  light,  while  those  of  the  man­
ufacturers  are 
less  than  they  were  last 
year  at  this  time.

There  is  no  good  reason,  then,  why 
greater  profits  and  benefits  should  not 
accrue  from the stove business than  have 
hitherto  been  the  rule. 
If  people  have 
more  money  to  spend,  why  should  not 
in  for  a  larger 
the  stove  dealer  come 
share  of  it? 
Inasmuch  as  his  wares  are 
necessities  and  not luxuries,  an  advance 
in  price  on  such  staple  goods  should 
meet  with  no  disfavor  from  people  who 
are  in  a  position  to  pay  more  for  them. 
We  do  not believe  that  much  urging  on 
this  point  will  be  necessary,  yet  there 
must  be  some  union  in  the  attempt  to 
raise  prices,  else the  pioneer  in  the  ven­
ture  will  have  to  endure  as  many  hard­
ships  to  maintain  his  higher  prices  as 
Daniel  Boone  did  to  found  a  settlement 
in  Kentucky.

and  his  neighbor  ought  to  have  and 
which  they  know  is  essential  to  mutual 
safety  and  prosperity.  The  consump­
tion  of  any  kind  of  merchandise  is  not 
increased  by  such  methods.  Any  con­
cession  in  price  by  the retail dealer does 
not  thereby  add  to  the  quantity  con­
sumed.

The  wholesaler  or  manufacturer  may 
increase  the  volume  of  his  sales  by  con­
cessions  sufficient  to 
induce  the  retail 
dealer  to  buy  and  carry  the  stock  until 
required  for  consumption,  but  the  retail 
dealer  can  not  dispose  of  it  in like man­
ner.  He  must  carry 
it  until  it  is  ab­
sorbed  by  the  natural  demand.  To  do 
this  and  conduct  a  successful  business, 
he  must  be  guided  and  governed  by  the 
well-established  principle  that  a  certain 
percentage  over  cost 
is  an  absolute 
necessity.  The  question naturally arises, 
What  is  cost?  Opinions  may  differ,  but 
a  conservative  man  would  claim  it  is 
the  price  paid  for  stock,  together  with 
the  expense  of  rent,  fuel,  lights,  insur­
ance,  clerk  hire,  delivery,  interest  on 
capital,  advertising,  stationery and other 
small  incidental  items,  not  overlooking 
depreciation  on  buildings,  stock  and 
fixtures.  Prudence  would  increase  this 
sum  sufficiently  to  cover  the  average 
annual  loss 
in  bad  debts,  which  are  al­
most  inevitable  where  goods  are  sold  on 
credit.  This  will  determine  cost,  and 
the  desired  profit  must  be  over  and 
above  all  these 
if  any  financial  benefit 
is  to  accrue  to  him  whose  capital,  time 
and experience are  invested.  An  inflex­
ible  determination  by  all  to  accomplish 
this  purpose  will  be  to  the  advantage  of 
each,  and  deprive  the  purchaser  from 
securing «his  material  at  widely different 
prices  from  different  dealers. 
It  is  as­
sumed  that  we all pay substantially alike 
in  price  for  the  stock  we  buy,  and  gov­
erned  by  the  same  principle  in  deter- 
ming  cost,  the  selling  price  should  not 
be  devoid  of  uniformity.

C has.  H.  G e l t m a n .

When  money 

is  plentiful  it  is  a  nat­
ural  sequence  that  consumers  do  not 
feel  the  need  of  exercising  a  stringent 
economy.  They  usually  desire  to  pur-' 
chase  a  better  class  of  goods,  feel  no 
anxiety  in  paying  more  for them and are 
rather  proud  of  the  freedom  with  which 
they  can  spend  money.  Everywhere  on 
nearly  all  products  prices  are  advan­
cing.  Certainly  the  stove  dealer  should 
not  be  the  lagging  one  in  the  band ;  he 
should  rather  be  in  the  front  of  the  pro­
cession  and  obtain  some  benefit  with 
others.  Dealers  should  advise  people 
to  discard  cheap  worn  out  stoves  and 
buy  new  ones,  which  should  be  marked 
up  at  least  to  per  cent.

Relation  of  One  Retailer  to  Another.
In  the  first  place,  the  relation  should 
be  friendly,  neighborly  and  utterly  de­
void  of  a  spirit  of  antagonism  or  hostil­
ity,  but  characterized  by  good  feeling, 
mutual  understanding  and  a  desire  to 
achieve the  one  object  and  aim  of  con­
ducting  a  business—success;  to  make  a 
living  for  one’s  self  and  fam ily;  to  pro­
vide  something  for  the  charitable  and 
benevolent  objects  that  claim  support, 
and  to  acquire  a  surplus  to  sustain  the 
disability  and  feebleness  incident  to  old 
age.  This 
is  certainly  a  laudable  am­
bition  and  ought  to  be  achieved  when 
one  invests  his  capital,  devotes  bis time 
and  energy  and  employs  his  knowledge 
and  experience  in  the  prosecution  of  a 
legitimate  business.  How  can  it  be  ac­
complished?  Certainly  not by  a  feeling 
of 
jealousy  and  hostility  toward  one’s 
neighbor  and  a  determination  to  sell 
goods  at  a  lower  price  than  that  neigh­
bor asks  and  less  than  ought to  be  real­
insure  the  profit  which  both  he
ized  to 

Exaggerated  Economy.

Prom the Sto ves and Hardware Reporter.

It 

There 

is  nothing  more  repelling  to 
customers  than  a  suggestion  of  stingi­
in  the  appointments  or  manage­
ness 
ment  of  a  store. 
is  a  false  economy 
which  will  prompt  a  merchant  to  wait 
until  a  line  of  goods  is  sold  out  before 
he  will  order  more  of  the  same  kind ; 
yet  one  sees  this  quite  frequently. 
It 
not  only  results  in  a  loss  in  the  sale  of 
goods,  but  it  leaves a  bad  impression  in 
customers'  minds,  which  after  frequent 
indelibly  fixed 
repetition  becomes  so 
that  an  amendment 
in  the  future  will 
not  completely  eradicate  it.  There  are 
people  who  will  haggle  for  an  indefinite 
length  of  time  over  a  two-cent  stamp  or 
equally 
insignificant  matter,  without 
realizing  that  the  expenditure  in  time 
far  exceeds  the  small  saving  in  recov­
ering  some  article  worth but a few cents.
There  are  merchants  who  will  en­
deavor  to  sell  shop-worn  goods  at  full 
prices  rather  than  lose  a  cent  of  profit; 
but  more  offense 
is  given  in  this  way 
than  the  profit  could  possibly  cover. 
Then  people  sometimes  go  to  the other 
extreme  and  with  an  exaggerated 
idea 
about  the  value  of  their  time  will not do 
favors,  order anything  specially  for  cus­
tomers  or  inconvenience  themselves  in 
any  way.  There  is  only  one  result,  one 
ending  to  the  careers  of  such  people. 
They  see  only  the  small  things,  with  a 
microscopic 
range  of  vision;  conse­
quently  their  success  in  life  is  propor­
tionate  to their  aims and conduct.  There 
is  a  great  deal  of  difference  between 
thrift  and  parsimony.  The  former  is 
cautious and  careful  of  things  which  re­
quire  looking  after,  while  the 
latter 
characteristic  leads  the  possessor of  it 
to  continually  think  of 
insignificant 
matters  to  the  exclusion  of  everything 
else.

When  a  girl  reaches  the  age  of  25, 
she  loses  all  desire  for  birthday  parties.

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Tim-Jewell  Go.,

38  &  40  South  Ionia St.

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Opposite  Union  Depot.

Complete  stock  of  HARDWARE, 
TINWARE,  CUTLERY  and  every­
thing  usually  kept  in  a  first-class 
hardware  store.

STRICTLY  WHOLESALE 

All orders filled promptly at bottom 
ruling prices.  Mail orders solicited.

CLARK=RUTKA-JEWELL  CO.,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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Superior  to  and  safer  than  Gasoline. 
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.

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When  the  Dealer  Should  Send  Away 

for  Goods.

to 

the  people’s 

remunerative 

Another problem which confronts  deal­
ers 
in  small  stores  is  how  to  keep  the 
higher  class  of  patronage  at  home,  and 
thus  prevent 
its  going  to  larger  towns 
where  a  more  effective  attempt  is  made 
to  keep  a  higher  class  and  a  greater  va­
riety  of  goods  in  stock.  Many  people 
who  do  not  always make  the  trip person­
ally  to  buy  the  goods  out  of  town  will 
send  for  them  and  the  effect  on  home 
trade  is  about  the  same.  There  are  sev­
eral  reasons  why  people  do  this. 
In 
the  first  place  they  find  a  larger  stock  to 
select  from  or  else  they  save  a  few cents 
on  the  transaction,  and the  latter  consid­
eration  is  a  weighty  one  with  many  who 
desire  to  economize,  either  from  neces­
sity  or  parsimony. 
The  writer  has 
known  instances  where  this  occurred 
in 
small  towns,  and  observed  that  the  mer­
chant  did  not employ very skillful tactics 
in  putting  a  stop  to  it. 
Instead  of  pro­
ceeding  as  he  should,  he  assumed  an 
antagonistic  air,  grew  angry  with  his 
delinquent 
customers  and  wore  an 
offended,  repellent  manner,  preparing to 
stand  upon  his  dignity  in  bis  treatment 
of  them  rather  than  propitiate  them  by 
obliging  them 
in  ordering  any  desired 
goods  which  were  not 
in  his  stock. 
Among  the  many  other  things which  are 
not 
in  storekeeping  a 
standoffish,  dignified  manner  is  one.  A 
merchant  who  desires  to  win  trade  must 
cater 
idiosyncrasies 
rather  than  that they should cater  to  his. 
This 
is  one  of  the  relationships  which 
can  not  be  reversed.  The  man  who  has 
commodities  to  dispose  of  is  entirely 
dependent  for  his  livelihood  upon  the 
good  will  of  the  public,  while  it is  read­
ily  seen  that  the 
latter  is  in  no  way 
bound  to  conciliate  the  merchant,  for  if 
one  happens  to  be  disobliging,unfriend­
ly  and  obnoxious,  they  can  readily  find 
another  who  is  ready  to  receive  them 
with  open  arms.  In smaller places where 
a  dealer  wishes  to  be  particularly  in­
gratiating  he  offers  where  he  possibly 
can  to  sell  goods  at  the  same  prices 
quoted  by  city  stores.  This,  of  course, 
makes  a  telling'  advertisement,  which 
should have good  results.  Other  dealers 
who  wish  to  excel  in  showing  their 
in­
clination  to  please  will  gladly  offer  to 
order  goods  for  customers,  thus  saving 
them  time  and  trouble  as  well as uniting 
them 
in  a  stronger  bond  of  friendship 
and  unity.  If  such  a  practice  were  once 
started 
it  would  be  comparatively  easy 
to  keep  it  up,  when  necessary,  although 
we  know  people  feel  some  natural  hesi­
tation  in  requesting  the  home  dealer  to 
send  away  for  goods,  as  it  implies a dis­
satisfaction  with  his  stock.  Yet  it  is 
much  better  for  the  far-seeing  merchant
who  desires  to  retain  trade  to  swallow 
bis  pride  and  send  away  for  the  goods, 
for  by  so  doing  he  will  probably  sell 
something  at  the  same  time  from  his 
own  store  and  make  up  for  any  trouble 
it  may  cause.

Using  Barbed  Wire  in  War.

Spaniards  are  not given  to making  in­
novations,  but  their  proximity  to  Amer­
ica 
in  Cuba  has  led  them  to  introduce 
one  new  feature  into  warfare  in their so- 
called  trocba  defenses  of  barbed  wire. 
These  straggling  fences  that  have  been 
stretched  across  the 
island  at  various 
places  are  an  attempt  to  graft  the  mod­
ern  American  barbed  wire  fence  upon 
the  medieval  Chinese  wall  idea.  The  re­
sult  is  no  more  successful  than might  be 
expected  from  Spanish  hands.  All  the 
trochas  have  amounted  to  were  so  many 
imaginary  lines  dividing  the  Spanish 
sphere  of  operations  from  the  territory 
acknowledged  to  be  held  by  the 
insur­
the  Cubans  have
gents.  Whenever 

wished  to  cross  these  lines  they  have 
drawn  out  their  machetes  and  cut  their 
way  through 
in  a  few  moments.  The 
blockhouses  with  which  the  trochas  are 
studded  are  similarly  antiquated  and 
useless.  Now  the  Spaniards  have  forti­
fied  Santiago  with  an aggravated combi­
nation  of  these  defenses.  Four  lines  of 
thickly-set  barbed  wire  fence,  studded 
with  blockhouses,  are  stretched  around 
the  city,  and  the  intervening  space  be­
tween  the  fences  is  a  tangle  of  barbed 
formidable 
wire.  Behind  this  rather 
chevaux  de  frise  are  the  Spaniards' 
in- 
trenchments  and  rifle  pits.  From  these 
and  from  their  blockhouses  they 
intend 
to  pour  a  deadly  fire  with  their  Mausers 
and  machine  guns  upon  the  Americans 
while  the 
latter  are  struggling  in  the 
tangle  of  barbed  wire.  General  Shatter 
is  wise  in  keeping  the  hotheaded  Amer­
ican  heroes  from  rushing  too  eagerly 
upon  this  sort  of  trap  before  they  have 
the  siege  guns  at  hand  to  clear  the  way. 
He  evidently  intends  to  clear  the  Span­
iards  out  from  behind  the  fence  first, 
after  which 
it  will  be  comparatively 
easy  to  demonstrate  that  the  nation 
which  invented  the  barbed  wire can  also 
invent  a  way  to  get  through  it.

A  Little  Oil  a  Good  Investment.
Every  hardwareman  knows  full  well 
that  a little  oil  in  a  knife  not  only  gives 
the  blade  more  spring  and  allows  it  to 
be  opened  and  closed  more  easily,  but 
that  it  preserves  the  knife.

How  many  retail  hardwaremen  are 
there,  however,  who  ever  think  of  in­
structing,  in  this  particular,  customers 
who  are  buying  knives?  Very  few,  in­
deed.

Not only  should  a  knife be  oiled  when 
purchased,  but  a  little  lubricant  should 
be applied  every  three  or  four  months.
Of  course,  a  knife  that  is  well  taken 
care  of  in  this  way  will  wear longer than 
one  that  is  not,  and  it  seems,  therefore, 
to  be  contrary  to  the  interests  of  the 
hardwareman  to  enjoin  his  customers  to 
be  careful  along  this  line.

apparently 

But,  while 

it  may  be 
against  his  interests  to  do  so,  yet,  in 
reality,  the  results  in  the  long  run,  are 
in  bis  favor. 
In  the  first  place,  the 
knife  that  is  taken  care  of  wears  well, 
and,  naturally,  when  the  owner  wishes 
to  replace 
it  he  goes  to  the  store  at 
which  he  got  such  good  value  before. 
That  is  an  evidence  that  the  hardware- 
man  has  secured  that  person's  confi­
dence,  and  to  be  envied  is  the merchant 
who  has  the  confidence  of his customers.
A  hardwareman  should  never  allow  a 
pocket  knife  to  go  out  of  his  store  be­
fore  oiling  it.

The  oiling  of  a  pocket  knife  may  be 
a  little  thing,  but  it  is  a  good  paying 
thing.

Entirely  Free  to  Go.

“ What  is  your name?”   enquired  the 

last  ten

years.

officer  in  charge.
“ John  Smith.”
“ Your  age,  Mr.  Sm ith?"
“ Forty-three,  next  October."
“ Where  were  you  born?"
“ In  Indiana."
“ Do  you  reside  here?"
“ Yes,  sir;  have 
for  the 
“ Are  you  married  or  single?"
“ Married. ’ ’
“ Ah,  is  that  so?’ ’
“ Yes,  s ir ."
“ Well,  you  can’t  enlist.”
“ Why  not?”  
“ Because  you  are  married.”
“ What’s  that  got  to  do  with  it?"
“ Can’t  take  married  men 

service. ’ ’

into  the 

sunrise.

“ Why  not?  Hasn’t  a  married  man 
got  courage  enough?  Can’t  he  be  as 
good  a  patriot  as  a  bachelor?"

“ I  suppose  so,  but  we  can’t  take mar­
ried  men.  They  have  to  stay  at  home 
and  support  their  wives  and  fam ilies."
The  applicant’s  face  gleamed  like  a 

“ Oh,  that’s  all  right,”   he  laughed 
easily. 
“ You needn’t  worry  on  that  ac­
count;  my wife  keeps  a  boarding  house, 
and  has  ever  since  the  second  year  we 
were  married. ’ ’

Arbitration 

is  a  good  thing  for  a  na­
tion  that  has  no  guns  and  no  warships.

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUGURS AND  BITS

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

AXES

First quality, S. B. Bronze........................   5  00
First quality, D. B. Bronze....................... 
9  50
First quality. S. B. S. Steel...................... 
5  50
First quality, D. B. Steel............................  10 50

BARROWS

Railroad.............................................112 00  14 00
Garden.
............................  net  30 00
BOLTS

Carriage new list.......................
Plow.............................

Weil,  plain................

BUCKETS

BUTTS,  CAST
Cast Loose  Pin, figured.................
Wrought  Narrow..........................

Ordinary Tackle.........

BLOCKS

...  ..  70

.......... 1

.. per lb

CROW  BARS

Cast Steel...........................
CAPS
Elys  1 10............................
Hick'S C. F ......... 
. . ... 
a n  
U • U.........................................  

___
noi* m
...........................  m
pfìf IYI

60*10

&0

CARTRIDGES

Rim  Fire........................
Central  Fire.....................

CHISELS
Socket Firmer....................
Socket Framing....................
Socket Comer.................
Socket  Slicks..................

DRILLS

ELBOWS

Morse’s Bit Stocks......................................  
w
Taper and Straight Shank............ ......... ,50&”5
Morse’s Taper Shank..............................'. .50*   g

Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
50
Corrugated.........   ..................................  
j  <g
Adjustable............................................. dis 40*10

EXPANSIVE  BITS

Clark's small, $18;  large, #20................. 
Ives’, 1, #18; 2, #24; 3, #30....................... 25

30&10

PILES—New  List
New American.............................  
70&10
Nicholson’s......................................................... 70
Heller’s Horse Rasps.................................  .eC&IO

GALVANIZED  IRON

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

10........ 

14 

13 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

28
17

15 
GAUGES

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s...................... 0U&1O

KNOBS—New List

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

70
80

MATTOCKS

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

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base...........................................  
1  go
Wire nails,  base...........................................  
1  05
20 to 00 advance...........................................   Base
10 to 10 advance.......................................... 
05
8 advance.................................................... 
10
0 advance.................................................... 
20
4 advance.................................................... 
30
3 advance................................................... 
45
2 advance..............................................  
 
70
Fine 3 advance........................................... 
go
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
•  15
Casing  8 advance.......................................
Casing  6 advance.......................................  
35
Finish 10 advance..................................... 
35
Finish .8 advance........................................ 
35
Finish  6 advance........................................ 
45
Barrel  % advance.......................................... 
85
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s............................. 
 
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables... 
Coffee, Landers. Ferry & Clark’s...............  
Coffee, Enterprise........................................ 

MILLS

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  OATES

.

Stebbin’s Pattern.......................................... 00*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 00*10
Enterprise, self-measuring......................... 
30

PLANES

PANS

Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy................................   @50
Sciota Bench................................................ 
00
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.........................  @50
Bench, first quality......................................   @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
00
Fry, Acme...............................................60*10*10
70* 5
Common, polished..............................  . 
so
Iron and  T inned................................... 
 
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 
00
PATENT  PLANISHED  IRON 

RIVETS

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

Broken packages *c per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

Maydole *  Co.’s, new  list.......... 
...... dis  35*
Kip’s  ...................................................... dis 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s............................................. di« tO&lO
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. 30c list 
70
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c U«»40*lt

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

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

Pots.............................................................. 60*1
K ettles..................................................... ...60*10
Spiders......................................................... 60&10

HINGES

Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3......... ...................... dis 60&1C
“tate......................................... per doz. net  2 50

WIRE  GOODS

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

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.  ..

ROPES
Sisal, *  inch and  larger.................
Manilla...............................

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

an
80
80
80

70

10*
11*

70*10
0050

SHEET  IRON

_ 

com. smooth,  com.
#2 40
2 40
2 45
2 55
2 05
2 75
All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

„  
Nos. 10 to 14...................................#2 70 
Nos. 15 to 17...................................  2 70 
Nos. 18 to 21.........................  ...  .  2 80 
Nos. 22 to 24....................................3  00 
Nos. 25 to 20...................................  3 10 
No-  27.........................................  3 20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.

List  acct. 19, ’80...................................... dig 

SAND  PAPER

50

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

SASH  WEIGHTS

TRAPS

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

gO&lO
50
15
1  2E

WIRE
Bright Market.....................
Annealed  Market..............
Coppered  Market...............
Tinned Market..................
Coppered Spring  Steel.......
Barbed  Fence, galvanized 
Barbed  Fence,  painted___

75
.’.70*10
62*
50
.  2 05
.  1  75

HORSE  NAILS

Au Sable............................................................dis 40&IC
Putnam............................................................. dis 5
Northwestern....................................................dis 10*10

WRENCHES

Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
Coe’s Genuine..............................................  
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought  .........  
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
Bird  Cages............................................. 
50
Pumps, Cistern......................................  
80
Screws, New List...................................  
85
Casters, Bed and  Plate..........................  50*10*10
Dampers, American............................... 
go

MISCELLANEOUS

30
50
80
80

600 pound casks...........................................  
Per pound................................................... . 

METALS-Zinc

ou
g j

SOLDER

* @ * ...........................................................  
12*
The prices of themanyotherqualitiesof solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.

TIN—Melyn Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal.....................................  # 575
14x20 IC, Charcoal...........................................  5 75
20x14 IX. Charcoal...........................................   7 00

Each additional X on this grade, (1.25.

TIN—Allaway Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal...........................................   4 go
14x20 IC, Charcoal...................................  
4 53
10x14 IX, Charcoal...........................................   g go
14x20 IX, Charcoal...........................................   g 50

Each additional X on this grade, #1.50.

 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  4  50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean............................  5 go
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............................  9 00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   4  00
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   6  00
20x281C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   8 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade............   10 00

BOILER  SIZE TIN  PLATE

Paris Green Labels

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

100................................  25 cents.
200...............................   40 cents.
5° ° ............................ . .  75 cents.
1000................................$i  00.

Labels  sent  postage  prepaid  where  cash 

accompanies order.

Tradesman  Company,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

24

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

its  slackening 

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION.
In  many 

lines  the  summer  dulness, 
with 
in  volume,  is  be­
coming  decidedly  more  pronounced,  al­
though  all  depending  on  the  healthy  ag­
ricultural  situation  are  kept  booming  to 
an  extent  unusual  ior  the  season.  A gri­
implement  demand  continues 
cultural 
heavy,  as  well  as  materials 
for  car 
building  and  other  lines  affected  by  the 
long-continued  returns  from  products  at 
good  prices.

late 

that  the  issues  should  betaken with such 
eagerness.

In  the  local  furniture  market  the  July 
season  was 
in  opening,  as  many 
outside  exhibitors  were  behind  in  plac­
ing  their  lines.  Buyers  were  on  hand 
even  before  the  exhibits  were  ready, 
and  the  increasing  number  already  as­
sures  the  success  of  the  season.  Many 
local  factories  report  an  unex­
of  the 
pected  business  and 
the  assurance  of 
busy  months  to  come.

In  the  stock  market  variations 

in 
values  have  been  less  than  could  have 
been  expected  in  view  of the sensational 
war  news.  Prices  have  generally  tended 
upward,  with  good  foreign  interest,  but 
it  seems  to  be  so  thoroughly  demon­
strated  that  there  is  no  real  relation  be­
tween  the  contingencies  of  the  war  and 
the  credit  or  general  prosperity  of  the 
country  that  temporary  effects  are  be­
coming  greatly  lessened.

A  factor  which  has  probably  had more 
influence  in  increasing  the  present  dul­
ness  than  is  generally  considered  is  the 
attention  which  has  been  given  to  the 
operation  of  the  war  revenue  bill,  which 
took  effect  July  I.  Aside  from  the  ar­
rangement  of  details,  procuring  and 
affixing  of  stamps,  etc.,  there  has  been 
no 
little  controversy  as  to  who  should 
pay  the  tax  in  the  case  of  carriers,  tel­
egraph  companies,  etc.,  resulting 
in 
reference  to  authorities,  appeals  and 
legal  action.  Ail  this  has  taken  time 
and  has  been  a  source  of  distraction 
from  more  profitable  business  interests.
in  the  Eastern 
iron  markets  are  matters  of  complaint, 
but  in  the  West  where  agricultural 
in­
fluences  prevail  there 
is  scarcely  any 
effect  of  the  dull  season.  Closing  of 
works  for  repairs,  etc.,  has  been  reck­
oned  upon  to  put  a  healthy  check  upon 
production,  but  as  wage  scales  have 
been  adjusted  to  an  unusual  extent  the 
shut-downs  promise  to  be 
fewer  and 
shorter  than  usual.

Prices  and  demand 

The  week’s  course  in  wheat and  other 
grains  has  been  steady,  with  a  general 
tendency  downward,  especially  toward 
ihe  close. 
Export  demand  continues 
good,  but  uniformly  favorable  crop  re­
ports  seem  to  have  more  potent  influ­
ence.

The  textile  situation  continues 
in  cotton  and 

its 
feature  of  dulness 
its 
products,and  this  may  be  said  to  extend 
to  wool  to  as  great  a  degree  as 
in  sev­
eral  months.  Prices 
in  both  branches 
of  the  trade  continue  unsatisfactorily 
low  and  the  prospect  of  improvement 
seems  distant.  The  shipments  of  boots 
and  shoes  were  only  six  hundred  cases 
smaller  for  the  first  week  of  July  than 
for  the  same  week  last  year,  but  were 
larger than  for the  corresponding  week 
in  any  other  year.  The  controversies 
between  jobbers  and  manufacturers,  be­
tween  leather  producers  and  consumers, 
have  not  prevented  an  actual  output  at 
the  Eastern  works  larger  this  year  thus 
far  than  ever  before,  which  is  the  more 
surprising  because  this  manufacture  has 
been  rapidly  and 
largely  expanded  at 
the  West,  where  accounts  agree  that  the 
factories  are  crowded  with  orders,  with 
some  of  them  weeks  behind 
in  their 
deliveries.

A  significant  feature  of  the  money 
market  is  the  great  demand  for  the  new 
issue  of  Government  bonds.  There  is  a 
considerable  strife  among  the  banks  to 
secure  as  many  as  possible  as  a  basis 
for  circulation  and  employes  are  sub­
scribing 
in  many  cases  to  secure  more 
than  would  be  allowed  to  the  banks  di­
rect.  Considering  that  these  bonds  net 
less  'than  3  per  cent.,  it  is  remarkable

The  American  Idea  Will  Predominate. 
Written for the Tradesman.

The  press,  the world over,  is indulging 
largely  in  suggestions regarding the duty 
of  the  United  States  in  her pleasing  and 
at  the  same  time  embarrassing  relations 
with  foreign  powers 
John  Bull  in  the 
best  of  health  and  spirits  is  doing  his 
best  to  win  to  himself  the smiles and the 
more  substantial  favors of Columbia,and 
the  Russian  bear,  equally  vigorous  and 
persistent,  is  trying  to  show  his  appre- 
cation  of  the  same  goddess,  with  flitter 
ing  hopes  of  success.
The  Englishman 

in  his  tenderest 
tones  pleads  for  favor  on  the  grounds  of 
kinship  and  of  speech.  There  is  a  com­
mon  mission  which  the  Saxon  race  and 
tongue  have  been  appointed  to  accom­
plish,  and  there  is  no  better  time  to  en­
ter  upon 
it  than  now.  Together,  the 
two  foremost  nations  of  the  earth  have 
only  to  will  and  to  work  and  the  task 
is  done..  Civilization  can  realize 
its 
best  achievements  only  through  them. 
With  their  fortunes  united,  what  can  the 
future  refuse  them?  And  America,  lis­
tening  to  his  plea,  toys  with  her  fan and 
ponders.

in 

language  or 

The  Russian  presents  his  suit  with 
equal  fervor.  No  kinship  can  he  claim, 
but  he  remembers  a  time  when  America 
needed  a  friend  and  Russia,unsolicited,
stood  by  her  side  with  a  ready  right 
hand  resting  on  the  sword  hilt.  That 
should  not  be  so  soon  forgotten.  But  it 
is  not a ll:  Little  in  common  may  there 
be  between  the  eagle  and  the  bear,  and 
as  little  between  the  nations  they  repre­
sent 
in  race,  and  yet 
these  two  may  not  be  without  a  com­
mon  future. 
Joining  hands,  do  they 
not  almost  girdle  the  globe,  and  may 
they  not,  these  two  youngest  in  the fam 
ily  of  nations,  find  work  before  them 
which  only  their  hands  can  do? 
If  a 
better  civilization 
is  the  hope  and  aim 
of  both,  will  there  not be  a  higher  ideal 
realized,  and  a  wider  one, 
from  the 
combined  efforts  of  two  such  peoples 
and  two  such  countries?  Already,  the 
two  nations  have  found  common 
inter­
last  three 
ests 
years  this  has 
increased  three-fold,  a 
fact  which  shows  clearly  enough  that 
the  two  are  naturally  drawn  together, 
and,  what  is  of  the  greatest  importance 
to  America,  that  the  possibilities  of  her 
future  trade  expansion 
in  tbal  part  of 
the  world  are  practically  unlimited. 
Working  together,  can  they  not  control 
the  trade  and  commerce  of  almost  a 
third  of  the  population  of  the  earth? 
It 
is,  indeed,  a  population  that  is  rapidly 
becoming  more  civilized ;  but  this  day 
and  generation,  and  several  after  them, 
will  pass  before  this  people  can  manu­
facture for themselves,  and  in  the  mean­
time,  if  fitting  relations  are established, 
America,  besides  making  the  most  of 
present  financial  opportunities,  can  se­
cure  a  commercial 
foothold,  which  the 
other nations  combined can never break. 
And  America,  still  toying  with  her  fan, 
smiles  and  ponders.

in  trade.  During  the 

The  situation  is  interesting  alike  to 
the  suitors  and  the  rest  of  the  watching 
world.  America  is  more  than  ever  the

idea 

land  of  surprises,  and  with  an  anxiety 
which  can  not  be  concealed  the  Ameri­
can 
is  being  eagerly  waited  for. 
Will  the  sound  common  sense  for  which 
this  country  is  noted  be  taken  in  by  the 
sentimental  nonsense  of  England;  or 
will  the  arguments  of  Russia  be  found 
convincing? 
It  can  not  be  denied  that 
both  have  merits  which  call  for  consid­
it  be  affirmed  that 
eration,  nor  need 
both  will  be  duly  considered. 
The 
American 
idea,  however,  will  not be 
found  wholly  pleasing  to  either  suitor 
nor  to  the  world  at  large.  America’s  in­
terests  are  peculiarly  her  own.  The 
leading  republic  of  the  world,  and  the 
in  that  world’s 
best  exponent  so  far 
history  of  personal 
liberty  and  manly 
independence,  she  can  not  concur  with 
the  absolute  power  of  Russia  on  the  one 
hand  or  the  constitutional  monarchy  of 
England  on  the  other.  Hers  is  a  mid 
die  course,  and  all  that  remains  for  her 
to  do  is  to  take  of  the  best  that  the  two 
nations  offer  and,  without  fear  or  favor, 
so  to  republican 1 ze  the  best  of  both  that 
the  civilization  to  be  so  benefited  shall 
be  of  a  higher  type  than  has  so  far 
blessed  mankind.

R.  M.  St r e e t e r .

The  Grain  Market.

12,500,000  bushels.  This 

is  usual  at  the  end  of  the  season, 
As 
there 
is  a 
lull  in  grain  trade  which  is 
especially  noticeable  this  year.  Prices 
were  so  much  out  of  line  that  all  of  the 
old  wheat  was  moved 
from  farmers 
bands,  so  that  now  the  price  is  based 
on  new  wheat.  While  the  small  receipts 
and 
fair  exports  would  have  naturally 
advanced  prices,  the  splendid  weather 
was  a  bearish  factor  and prices receded. 
The  visible  made  a 
fair  decrease  of 
2,184,000  bushels,  leaving  the  amount 
in  sight 
is 
the  smallest  visible  recorded  in  many 
years,  with  the  exception  of  1891,  when 
the  amount  in  sight  was  the  same  as 
it 
is  now.  The  price  of  No.  2  red  on  July 
6,  1891,  was  92^4@940  and  September 
8713890,  while  on 
1898,  the 
price  of  No  2  red  was  75c  and  Septem­
in  Chicago  markets.  The 
ber  6 7jic 
Government  crop  report  of  July 
1891, 
showed  612,000,000  bushels,  while  the 
present  report 
indicates  that  the  yield 
will  be  625,000,000 bushels,  which,  we 
think,  is  very  conservative.  Harvesting 
has  been  nearly  completed  and  with  a 
few  days  more  good  weather  we  think 
we  will  have  one  of  the  finest  crops  of 
wheat,  both 
in  quality  and  quantity, 
that  we  have  had  for  years.  Threshing 
has  commenced  and  reports  are  very 
satisfactory.

July 

12, 

Corn  and  oats  are  unchanged  from 
one  week  ago  and  have  been 
very 
steady.  Frosts  have  been  reported  in 
some  sections,  but not  enough to  damage 
corn.

The  receipts  were  the  smallest  that 
far  as 
is  concerned:  wheat,  20  cars; 

they  have  been 
wheat 
oats;  5  cars;  corn,  17  cars.

in  years,  so 

Local  millers  are  paying  70c  for  new 

wheat. 

C.  G.  A.  VoiGT.

W ANTS  COLUMN.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

I  ¡'OK  SALE—FIRST-CLASS  MEAT  MARKET 
in  hustling town  of  1,700  population.  Ad­
650
dress No. 650, care Michigan Tradesman. 

Ma k e  us  a n  o f f e r ,  w e l l-s it u a t e d ,

good-paying  wall  paper, paint  and  picture 
framing business must be sold at once,  for cash 
only.  Sehwind  &  Alten,  32  West  Bridge  St., 
Grand Rapids,  Mich. 

654

 

 

6'1

619

____________  

i pOR SALE—ONE  18-FOOT  COUNTER, WITH 
giass doors in front and dust proof doors  in 
the back;  also three 6-foot  show  cases  made of 
bird’s-eye maple, all In good condition.  Will be 
sold  very  cheap.  Address  J.  C  West  &  Co., 
Grand Rapids.  Mich. 
I4 OR RENT OK  SALE—A  STORE  SUITABLE 
a-  for general merchandise, located  in  a  pros 
perous village in Berrien  county,  Mich.  Splen­
did  opportunity  for  a  live  man  to  establish  a 
paying business.  For particulars address  I.  W. 
Allen, St. Joseph, Mich. 
HPO  EXCHANGE-GOOD  uESIKABLE  CITY 
X  property for good clean drug stock.  Address 
J. J.,  150 South Jefferson St., Battle Creek, Mich.
617
Y*7ISH  TO  CORRESPOND  WITH  FIRST 
*  t  class dry goods or shoe  man;  object,  busi­
ness.  Wish  also  to  exchange  farming  land  in 
Michigan  for grocery or  millinery  stock.  Ad­
dress Lock Box 40, St. Louis, Mich. 
LXIK  SALE—ONE  SECONDHAND  FIVE- 
X1  barrel oil  tank;  one  double-door  safe;  one 
jeweler’s  safe.  H.  Leonard  &  Sons,  Grand 
Rapids.  Mich. 
IT'OK  SALE — GENERAL  MERCHANDISE 
X   stock in growing town  in  Southern  Michi­
gan.  Will bear investigation.  Address No. 644, 
ca-e Michigan Tradesman 
LOCATION  IN  MICHIGAN  FOR  A 
B l
cold  storage  aud  general  produce  dealer. 
Write to the  Secretary  of  the  Otsego  Improve- 
ment Association, Otsego, Mich. 
XXTANTED—CLEAN  GENERAL  STOCK  IN 
t T  growing Michigan  town  in  exchange  for 
cash aud 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. 

M er c h a n t s—do you w ish cash  q u ic k 

.  for your stock of merchandise,  or any  part 

644

646

643

631

>33

of it?  Address John A. Wade, Cadillac, Mich.
628
jfO R   SALE—A
PROSPEROUS  DRUG  AND 
grocery  stock,  invoicing  from  $4,030  to 
$■>,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 inspec ion. 
625
J HAVE  SMAlL  hTUCK  OF  DRUGS  AND 
fixtures in  Ionia,  taken  on  mortgage.  Will 
sell cueap for cash or  trade for  productive  real 
estate.  Answer  immediately.  Will  sell  soon. 
W. W. Hunt, Under National  City  Bank,  Grand 
Rapids. 
[T'Oli  SALE, EXCHANGE OR KEN*—LARGE 
X   two-story  store  and  residence  building  in 
town of 1,600  population  in  Northern  Indiana; 
stone basement, 120  feet in  dimensions.  Inves­
tigate.  Address No. 575, care  Michigan  Trades 
man. 
575
'P O   EXCHANGE—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY 
X  goods or shoes, very nice  well rented Graud 
Rapids property, 
Addiess No.  552, care  Mkhi-
gun Tradesman.
rPO  EXCHANGE — FARMS  AND  OTHER 
X  property for dry  goods, clothing  and  shoes. 
Address P.  Medaiie, Mancelona. Mich. 
YXT ANTE D—A  PRACTICAL  MILL  MAN, 
tv  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  t® 
mill.  Good reasons for selling.  Address  Stave 
Mill, care Michigan Tradesman. 

596

553

546

BROOMS

■  bo m eks,  m a n u fa c t u r e r  o f  h ig h -
•  grade  brooms  at  all  prices,  for  retailers 
605
inly.  Grand Rapids, Mich. 
I T'OR SALE-MODERN, WELL-ESTABLISHED 
and equipped broom factory and good trade. 
Ither  business  commands  our  attention.  Ad- 
dress No. 5s4, care Michigan Tradesman.  584

COUNTRY  PRODUCE

XXT ANTED — FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
tv  retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
iaulkett & Co.. Traverse City, Mich. 
XXT ANTED 
-1,000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS, 
tv  dailv.
Write  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
Mich. 

556

381

FIREPROOF  SA F E S

EU. M. SMITH,  hErt  AND  SECONDHAND 
W  safes,  wood  and  brick  building  mover, 157 

Ottawa street. Grand Rapids. 

613

SHIRTS.

H a v e  yours  m a1
E TO YOUR MEASURE, 
Send  for  measurement  blanks.  Frank  T.
ment  blanks.  Frank  T. 
Collver, 103 Washtenaw St. E . Lansing. Mich. 635

MISCELLANEOUS.

618

TXT ANTED—POSITION  BY  FIRST-CLASS 
tt  general  merchandise  clerk.  Good  stock- 
keeper,  first-class  salesman,  hustler  and  not 
afraid  of  work.  Very  best  references.  Four 
years’  experience  in  clothiug,  two  years’  ex­
perience as manager  of general  business  which 
did  $2 400  business  per  month.  Address  Lock 
Box 30, Portland, Mich. 
TXT ANTED —REGISTERED  PHARMACIST, 
t V  young man.  Address  Drugs,  106  Portage 
St., Kalamazoo, Mich. 
TXT ANTED —POSITION  BY  REGISTERED 
tt  pharmacist of ten years’ experience.  Can 
furnish  best  of  references.  Address  No.  652, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
TIT ANTED—A  REGISTERED  PHARMACIST 
tt  at once.  Address,  with  references,  M.  A. 
Barber, Petoskey, Mich. 
TXT ANTED—POSITION  IN  CLOTHING  OR 
tt  general store by an A1 salesman.  Address 
F, care Michigan Tradesman. 

652

622

645

653

Via  C. &  W.  M.  Railway.

Lv Grand Rapids................................. 7:00am 
___
A r  Manistee........................................12:05pm 
Lv  Manistee..^...................................  8:30am  4:10pm I
A r Grand  Rapids  ...........................  1 :00pm  9:55pm

..  ..

HOLLAND  &  CHICAGO  LINE

In effect June 25th.

Operating  the  elegant  and  fast  steamers  “ Soo 
City”  ana “ City of Holland”  between  Holland and 
Chicago,  connecting  at  Holland with  the C. &  W. 
M.  Railway  for  Grand  Rapids  and  all  points  east 
and north.  SUMMER  SCHEDULE.
Lv.  Holland, daily (except Sunday).............8:00 p.m.
Lv.  Holland, Sunday...............................................3:00 p.m.
Lv.  Holland, Saturday (special)............................6:30 a.m.
Lv.  Chicago, daily (except  Fri. and Sat.)..7:oo p.m.
Lv. Chicago,  Friday................................................4:00 p.m.
Lv. Chicago, Saturday.........9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
_ 
FARE. 
Single  Round
Between Holland and Chicago 
83.50
$2.25 
Between Grand Rapids and Chicago  3.15 
5.00

__ 

Berth included.

SPECIAL  RATES.

Chicago to  Holland  and  Resorts,  Friday  and  Sat­
urday, leaving Chicago  at  4  p.  m.  one  way,  $1.75: 
round 
leaving 
Chicago  and  Holland,  $1.00  each  way.  Above 
special rates for transportation only.

Saturday  morning, 

trip,  $2.50. 

Office,  No.  1  State St., 

Chicago. 

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

(J)iU U U U L S L S U U U ^ ^

US 1 1  MlK  Cords

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

til:15am

t  8:25p--
* 7:25*,

T R A V E L

V IA

F .  A   P   M .  R .  R .

AND  S T E A M S H IP   L IN E S  

TO   A LL  P O IN T S  IN  M ICHIGAN

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

*11 45pm
7 25am

MONEY  IN  IT

It  pays  any  dealer  to  have  the  reputa­

tion  of  keeping  pure  goods.

It  pays  any dealer  to keep the Seymour 

Cracker.

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

For  this  class  of  people  the  Seymour 

Cracker  is  made.

Discriminating  housewives  recognize 

its  superior

FLAVOR,  PURITY, 
DELICIOUSNESS

and  will  have  it.

National  Biscuit  Company,

If  you,  Mr.  Dealer,  want  the  trade  01 
particular  people,  keep  the  Seymour 
Cracker. 

Made  by

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

THE ONLY WAY...

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To learn the real  value of a trade  or class paper 
is to find out how  the  men in whose interest it is 
published value it.  Ask the merchants of Mich­
igan what they think of the .  .  .

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

We  are  willing  to  abide  by  their  decision.

Travelers*  Time  Tables.

M A N K T P P   &  Nortbeastern »y-
* "  »/m l  t 1 O  1  JL* ftw  Best route to Manistee.

Ch ic a g o

C hicago.

O-RapidB............... 7:30am  3:40pm  * 2:15aT
r r' JPiT,  a^°.................. 2:10pm  9:>5pm 
7 30» m
,  • “"JoagO _.............7:20am  4:15pm  * 8 45  m
Ar. G’d Rapids.......  
125pm  10:30pm  * 2'15  m
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Lv. G d  Rapids.............2:15am  8:C5am  2:10pm
Parlor  and  Sleeping  Cars  on  afternoon  and 
night trains to and from Chicago.

•Every  day. 

Others week days onlv

DETROIT, Grand Rapids & Western.

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids....... 7:00am  1:36pm 
i:3=>i
Ar. Detroit.................  11:40am  5:45pm 
r
Lv. Detroit.................. 8:00am  1:10pm  6:M. r
Kt.  Grand  Rapids.....12:55pm  5:20pm  10:55m 
Lv. G R 7:00am 4:20pm  Ar. G R 12:20pm  9:30» 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

G*o.  D e Ha v e n .  Genera] PasB. Agent

GRAND Trank  Railway System

Detroit and Milwaukee u>

(In effect May 15,1898 )

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t  6:45am  Sag.,  Detroit, Buffalo 4 N T . t  9:55pm
tl0:10am.........Detroit  and  East..........+ 5:27pm
t 3:20pm..Sag.,  Det., N.  Y.  &  Boston.. +12:45pm
* 8:00pm.  .Detroit. East and Canada. ..* 6:35am
tl0:45am........  Mixed to Durand...........13:15pm
* 8:35am— Gd. Haven  and  IuL Pts....* 7:05t>m 
tl2:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Intermediate.t 3:12pm 
+ 5:32pm..Gd. Haven and Intermediate.tl0:05am
* 7:40pm.  . Gd. Haven and Chicago.....   8:15am
tl0:00pm........Gd. Haven  and Mil..........  6:40am
Eastward—No. 16 has Wagner parlor car.  No 
22  parlor  car.  Westward—No  11  parlor  car. 
No.  17 Wagner parlor car.
tExcept Sunday.

♦Dally. 

WEST

E. H. H u s h e s, A. G. P. & T. A.
B n . F l e t c h e r , Trav. Pass. Agt.,
C.  A.  J u s t i n ,  City  Pass.  Agent.

97 Monroe St.  Morton House.

GRAND  Rapids  &  Indiana  kaiiwcy

Northern  Div.  Leave  Arrl 

Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack.. .* 7:45am  t  5:15pm 
Trav- C’y, Petoskey A Mack.,  t 2:15pm  t  6:35am
. Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack..................J10:50pm
Cadillac  „ .....................................t 5:25pm 
Train leaving at 7:46 a. m. has  parlor car, and 
train  leaving at 2:15  p.  m.  has  sleeping  car  to 
Mackinaw.
Southern  Div.  Leave  Am»>
Cincinnati..................................... t  7:10am 
Ft. Wayne.........................— t 2:10pm  + 2 00p
Cincinnati......................................* 7:00pm 
7:10 a.m.  train  has parlor  car to  CiUeiuu»t< 
2  10 p. m.  train  has parlor  car  to Fort  Wayne. 
7:00p. m  train  has  sleeping  car  to Cincinnati. 

Chicago Trains.

PRO M  CHICAGO.

TO CHICAGO.
t2 10pm  *11 35pm
Lv. Grand Rapids...f7  10am 
Ar. Chicago......  2 OOpm 
9 10pm 
6 30am
Lv. Chicago............................. +3 02pm 
Ar. Grand Rapids...................   9 30pm 
Train  leaving  Grand  Rapids  7.10  a.  m.  has 
buffet  parlor  car  to  Chicago.  Train  leaving 
Grand Rapids 11 35 p. in. has coach and Pullman 
sleeping car to Chicago.
Train leaving  Chicago  3.02  p.  m.  has  buffet 
parlor  car  to  Grand  Rapids.  Train  leaving 
Chicago  11.45  p.  m.  has  coach  and  Pullman 
sleeping car to Grand Rapids.
GOING  W EST.

Muskegon Trains.

LvG’d  Rapids............ t7:35am  tl :00pm t5:40pn
Ar Muskegon...............   9:00km  2:10pm  7:05pm
Lv Muskegon.........   ..+8:10am  tll:45am +4:00pi
Ar G’d Rapids.............9:30am  12:55pm  5:20pxr
Sunday trains leave  Grand  Rapids  9.00  a.  m. 
and 7.00 p. m.  Leave  Muskegon  8.35  a.  m.  and 
6.35 p. m.

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

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

(K)Qf€fr E A ST

DULUTH, ^

W EST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I.)til:10pm  t7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City..................   7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St. Ignace..........................   9:00am  5:20pm
Ar. 8ault Ste. Marie..............   12:20pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marquette..........................   2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestoria.............................   5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. Dolnth............... 
•  8:30am

B A S T   BOUND.

Lv. Dnluth................, .........................  
to :30pm
Ar. Nestoria................  
tll:15am  2:45am
Ar. Marquette.......................  
1:30pm  4:30am
Lv. Sault Ste. Marie..............  
..
3:30pm 
Ar. Mackinaw City................  8:40pm  11:00am
G. W.  H i b b a r d ,  Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. 
E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids

 

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“It’s as good  as  Sapolio,”  when  they try  to sell you
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell
you  that  they are only  trying to get you  to aid  their —S
new  article. 

Who  urges you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

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Is  it  not  the
public?  The  manufacturers,  by  constant and judi-
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose —■3
very  presence creates  a  demand  for other articles. 
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MANUFACTURED  BY

THE  KOPF 
ACETYLENE 
GAS  MACHINE

The best and most economical 
machine  made  for  residence 
and store lighting.
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Your  inquiries  will  have  our 
prompt attention.

M.  B.  WHEELER  ELECTRIC CO., Manufacturers 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Show  Room,  No. 99 Ottawa  Street.

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.line
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.

E V E R Y   B U T C H E R   SH O U L D   L A Y  

A S ID E   T H E   K N IF E   AN D  

C L E A V E R   LO N G   E N O U G H   TO  S T U D Y  

T H IS   A N N O U N C E M E N T

You  have  been  looking  for 
Spring-balance  “ Computing”

a  reliable,  Quick-acting, 
Scale.

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

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