Volume XV.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  17,  1898.

Number 778

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Howard City, June 22,  \?g^.

Geo.  F.  Owen  &  Co.,

Gentlemen— Previous  to  putting:  in 
the Owen Generator, we had tried differ­
ent  methods of lighting  for  our  ¡»tore—
Rochester  Burners  and  electric  lights 
W e were  never able to light  it  satisfac­
torily  until  we  put  in  your  generator.
It  gives  us  great  pleasure  to inform you 
that  w e  are more than  pleased  with  the 
work  your  machine  is  doing  for  us.
Our  store  is  how  lighted  for  the first 
time in  its history. 
It there is  any  bet­
ter method  of lighting it is yet to be dis­
covered. 

J.  A. C O L L IN S  &  BRO.

Geo. F. Owes & C". Grand  Rapids 

Michigan.

T his  Cutter  is  for  hand  use  only, 
and  is a  strong,  light-running  ma­
chine. 
It is adapted to cutting hay, 
straw  and corn  fodder, and  is  suit 
able for parties  keeping from one to 
four or five animals.  There is  only 
one size,  and  is  made  so  it  can  be 
knocked dow n and packed for ship 
ment,  thus  securing  lower  freight 
rate;  has 11 % inch knife, and by very 
simple changes makes  four  lengths 
of cut.  T his is only one of the oh 10 
fam ily of Feed and Ensilage Cutters 
and Shredders.  A  good agent wanted 
in every locality in M ichigan where 
w e  are  not  represented.  W rite  to-day  for  complete  Catalogue  and  prices  to  dealers.  JC

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Most  ktononiiy

Fire  Underwriters’
Endorsement  of  Safety.

Advantages  of  Double  Generator 
and  many  other  interesting  fea­
tures  of  the  Kopf  Acetylene  Gas 
Machine,  wherein  it  excels  freely 
given  you  if  you  will  drop  us 
a  postal.

M.  B.  Wheeler  Electric  Go..  Mirs.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Show  Room  at  No.  99  Ottawa  St.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  17,  1898,

PREFERRED  BANKERS 

LIFE  ASSURANCE  COMPANY

OF  DETROIT«  MICHIGAN.

Commenced  Business September  i,  1S93.

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Total  Death  Losses Paid  to  D ate.........
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GRAND  RAPIDS. 

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION.
The  burden  of  all  commercial  reports 
for  the  week  is  the  prospect  of  an  al­
most  unlimited 
increase  in  all  lines  of 
business,  consequent  upon  the  resump­
tion  of  peace,  which  seemed  only  to  be 
lacking  to  enable  the  universally  favor­
able  conditions  to  become  effective. 
Since  the  declaration  of  peace  there  has 
been  a  great  impulse  in  the  placing  of 
orders  and  in  the  projection  of  all  sorts 
of  business  enterprises.  The  general 
tendency  of  prices  has  been  toward  im­
provement,  although  changes in no cases 
have  been  especially  marked. 
It  seems 
to  be  recognized  that,  for  this  country 
to  take  its  place  in  the  markets  of  the 
world, 
lower  planes  of  prices—more 
moderate  wages  and  closer  margins 
of  profits—must  be  accepted  than  pre­
vailed 
in  the  more  insular  business  of 
former  periods  of  prosperity.

in  most  leading  products. 

The  greatest  factor  in  the  situation 
this  year,  as  last,  is  the  agricultural 
outlook.  The  season  is  now  far  enough 
advanced  to  give  assurance  as  to  abun­
dance 
In­
deed,  in  some,  as 
in  cotton,  the  abun 
dance  is  so  great  as  to  be  somewhat dis­
quieting  as  to  the  possibility  of  its  dis­
posal.  Wheat  reports  show  unusual 
abundance  and  the  prospects  of  other 
products  are  good.  The farmer  will,  no 
doubt,  be  a  little  more  independent  in 
his  selling,  but  having  largely  paid  off 
his  mortgages,  he  will  give  even  more 
attention  to  buying  for  both  house  and 
farm.

The  feature  of  the  week  in  iron  has 
been  generally  increasing  activity of de­
mand 
in  all  lines.  There  has  been  an 
effort  to  curtail  production  of  Bessemer 
pig 
in  the.  interest  of  better  prices, 
which  has  been  successful  in  some  de­
gree  in  both  lessening  output  and  im­
proving  prices.  But  the  pressure  of  de­
mand  is  too  great  to  permit  such  move­
ments  to  be  operative  long.

The  wheat  market  has continued quiet 
during  the  week,  the  small  variation  in 
prices  tending  downward.  The  facts 
that  stocks  were  closely  sold  and  that 
farmers  are  not  obliged  to  sell  are  suffi­
cient  to  account  for  the  conservatism  in 
the  trade.  The  aggregate  of  export  is 
considerable,  however,  nearly  equaling 
that  of  the  corresponding  period  of  last 
year.

The  improvement  in  demand  for  tex­
it  little  en­
tile  products  brings  with 
couragement  as  to  prices,  especially 
in 
cotton  goods,  on  account  of  the  abun­
dance  of  the  raw  product  reported.

is  said  to  exceed 

The  year  just  closing  has  brought  to 
light  no  less  than  n,ooo,ooo  bales,  and 
all  reports  unite 
in  pronouncing  the 
yield  for  this  year  still  greater.  As 
this  quantity 
the 
world’s  entire  consumption,  it  is  not 
strange  that  there  should  be  a  slight  de 
cline  in  price  to 6  cents.  But,  notwith­
standing  this  discouraging  feature,  de­
mand  for  goods  is  increasing  with  the 
general  impetus  of  business  and  works 
are  resuming  and  increasing  output  to 
a  considerable  degree.  The  improve­
ment 
is  still  more  pronounced  in  the 
better  grades  of  wool  products.

Railway  transportation  has  been  sub­
jected  to  some  anxiety  on  account  of

important  work—next  winter. 

rate  wars,  but  the  aggregate  of  earnings 
on  the  principal  lines  continues  heavy. 
That  there  is  a  steady  improvement 
in 
these  stocks  is  sufficiently  accounted  for 
in  the  fact  that  the  crop  outlook  assures 
a  profitable  traffic  for  the  vear  to  come
Congress  will  have  plenty  of  work— 
It 
and 
must  adopt  a  system  of  laws  and  gov­
ernment  for  Hawaii  and another code for 
Porto  Rico,  and  it  must  determine  what 
we  are  to  do  in  Cuba  and  with  Cuba. 
Then  there  will  be 
the  Philippine 
problem  in  some  form  or  other.  More­
over,  the  Nicaragua  canal  will  come 
in 
for  consideration,  and  work  on  its  con­
struction  may  possibly  be  ordered.  The 
army  and  navy  will  demand  attention. 
All  these  topics  will  grow  out  of  the 
war. 
In  addition  to  these  will  be  the 
report,  probably,  of  the  Canadian  com­
mission,  which  is  likely  to  raise  many 
questions  and  create  much  debate.  And 
ever  with  us,  until  it  shall  be  settled 
on  a  sound  basis,  is the  money  problem.

It  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  China 
is  a  backward  nation. 
In  China  men 
wear  skirts;  women  wear  trousers;  men 
wear  their  hair  long;  books  are  read 
backwards;  men  carry  on  dressmaking; 
compass  points  to  the  South;  launch 
their  vessels  sideways;  women  wear 
their  hair  short;  old  women  serve  as 
bridesmaids;  mount  their  borses  from 
the  off  side;  hands  of  clocks  are  im­
movable;  the  dial  revolves;  begin  their 
dinner  with  dessert;  end  with  soup  and 
in  white  at  funerals,  and  in 
fish;  dress 
mourning  at  weddings; 
the  spoken 
language  is  not  written,  and  the  written 
language  is  not  spoken.

The  number  of  railroad  men  dis­
charged  for  excessive  use  of  liquor  dur­
ing  the  past  twenty-two  years  has  de­
creased  from  20  to  i  per  cent.,  and  dur­
ing  the  past  twenty-five  years  the  pro­
portion  of  men  owning  their  homes  has 
increased  tenfold.

An  exposure  of  a  preacher  in  Iowa re­
vealed  the  fact  that  he  was  engaged  to 
fifteen  girls. 
It  may  have  been  his  way 
of  building  up  a  congregation.  Only 
those  who  know  how  to  throw  the  first 
stone,  sure  and  bard,  should  be  his  ac­
cusers.

It  will  be  well  for  this  Government  to 
remember  that  the  Sultan  of  Turkey  is 
one  of  those  men  from  whom  you  can 
only  get  money  by  a  direct  hold-up. 
Nearly  every  American  community  is 
familiar  with  the  type.

The  bulk  of  the  “ Remember  the 
Maine”   poetry  is  all  in  now,  though  a 
sample  occasionally  comes  from  some 
obscure  town  where  the  news  of  the  de­
struction  of  Spain’s  entire  fleet  has  not 
been  heard.

The  bicycle  in  war,  talked  about  in 
Europe,  is  a  failure  in  Cuba.  Soldiers 
will  persist  in  fighting  where  the  roads 
are  bad.  _____________

Number  778

The  board  of  directors  of the Westing- 
house  Air  Brake  Company,  at  the  gen­
eral  office  at  Wilmerding,  have declared 
a  stock  dividend  of 
ioo  per  cent., 
amounting  to  $5,000,000,  and transferred 
to  the  treasury  the  sum  of  $ 1,000,000  in 
stock  to  be  issued  by  the  directors  from 
time  to  time  for  the  purchase  of  prop­
erty  or  other  uses  as  may  be  deemed 
best  by  the  board.  This  enormous  div­
idend  is  in  addition  to  a  cash  dividend 
of  5°  per  cent.,  or  $2,500,000,  declared 
within  the  past  year.  America  is  full 
of  rich  men,  rich  corporations  and  com­
panies  that  make  tremendous  profits, 
but  no  corporation  or  firm  in  the  world 
has  ever  made  the  enormous proportion­
ate  profit  that  has  this  association  of 
men  during  the  past  twelve  months. 
The  net  earnings  of  the  company for the 
past  ten  years  are  stated  to  be  $17,500,- 
000,  of  which  the  cash  dividends  have 
been  $14,596,000.

Cold  storage 

is  solving  Australia's 
rabbit  problem.  Trappers  are  employed 
to  catch  rabbits  in  New  Zealand,  and 
one  exporter  gets  20,000  a  day.  The 
total  number  sent  to  London  this  sea­
is  estmiated  at  6,000,000.  The 
son 
dressed  rabbits  are  packed 
in  boxes, 
frozen  and  sent  to  England  in  that  con­
dition. 
If  the  industry  continues  to  de­
velop,  the  rabbit  plague,  which  has  so 
long  dismayed  Australia,  will  at  length 
be  solved.

Since  the  birth  of  Christ— which  was 
the  harbinger  of  peace  on  earth  and 
good  will  to  men —it  is  estimated  that 
4,000,000,000  men  have  been  slain  in 
battle.

There  is  this  to  be  said with reference 
to  the  European  war  clouds— it  can 
cloud  up  oftener  without  raining  over 
there  than 
in  any  other  part  of  the 
globe.

Hides,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool.

Hides are a scarce commodity through­
out  the  country,  with  prices  remaining 
firm.  The  price  to-day  admits  little 
margin  to  the  tanners,  but  they  keep 
them  cleared  up.  Tanners  expect  they 
will  decline.  The  dealers  look  at  it  as 
doubtful,  but  sell  as  fast  as  received  all 
the  same.

Pelts  are 

in  good  demand,  with  few 
offerings.  Farmers  do  not  like  to  de­
crease  their  flocks,  especially  as  they 
are  getting  good  money 
their 
crops.

from 

Tallow 

is  slow  and  sluggish  at  low 

value.

Wool  is  firm  and  strongly  held,  with 
increase  of  business  east  and  west. 
an 
The  volume  of  sales  is  far  below  other 
years  at  the  same  time,  but  so  much  of 
an 
increase  over  the  past  six  months 
that  holders  feel  hopeful  of  realizing  a 
good  margin  on  high  cost  wools.  The 
cost  of  all  holdings  is  fully  up to selling 
prices  east,  but  money  is  plenty  in  the 
country  towns  and  has  sought the invest­
ment. 

W m.  T.  Hess.

Spain’s  mind 

is  so  small  and  scat­
tered  that  it  takes  a  long  time  to  make 
it  up.

A.  Schwartz  &  Co.  have  opened  a 
grocery  store  at  Boon.  The  Lemon  & 
Wheeler  Company  furnished  the  stock.

2

D ry   G oods

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Staple  Cottons— Excepting  bleached 
cottons,  the price  position  of  the  market 
has  been  gradually  strengthening  dur­
ing  the  last  three  months,  yet  up  to  the 
present  time  there  has  been  no  increase 
in  demand.  Leading 
lines  of  brown 
sheetings,  shirtings,  drills,  duck  and, 
in  fact,  nearly  all  varieties  of  cotton 
goods,  were  never  upon  a  stronger price 
position.  Prices  are  to-day  lower  than 
at  any  time  in  the  history  of  the  trade. 
Conditions  are  so  changed  that  they  can 
never  recover  all  the  ground  that  has 
been  lost,  but  any  future  change  can  be 
only  in  an  upward  direction.  The  buy­
er  now  has  absolutely  nothing  to  deter 
him  from  making  liberal  purchases  an­
ticipatory  of  higher  prices  and  an  in­
creasing  consuming  demand.  The  price 
fluctuations  of  raw  material cut no figure 
whatever  in  the  market  to  day.  Prices 
are  already  based  upon  as  low  priced 
cotton  as  is  likely  to  be  bought  during 
the  year,  and  manufacturers  have 
worked  for  little  or  no  profit  for  so  long 
that  they  will  not  sacrifice  the  small  in­
creased  margin  between  the  sale  price 
and  cost  of  production  that  may  accrue 
from  lower  priced  cotton.

Prints  and  Ginghams—The  reorder 
demand  for  dark  fancy  calicoes,  both 
at  the  stores  and  by  mail,  has  improved 
considerably.  Jobbers  are  able  to  meet 
the  demands  readily  enough  in  nearly 
all  styles,  although  there  are  one  or  two 
said  to  be  somewhat  scarce.  Certain 
houses  handling  exceptionally  popular 
lines  are  well  along 
in  the  season's 
business  and  report  they  will  be obliged 
to  refuse  orders  before  the  natural  end 
of  the  season  if  the  present  rate of  busi­
ness  continues  for  a  while  longer. 
In 
staple  prints  there  is  but  little  change 
to  note 
in  the  situation.  The  demand 
for  indigoes,  turkey  reds,  etc.,  has  con­
tinued  at  about  the  average  volume  at 
prices  previously  quoted.  Chocolates, 
madders,  checks,  etc.,  are  dull  and 
slightly 
Staple 
ginghams  have  received  about  the  aver­
age  amount  of  attention  and  dress 
styles  are  receiving  a  good  amount  of 
business  and  napped  goods  of  all  de­
scriptions  are  in  good  condition.

in  price. 

irregular 

Dress  Goods—There  has  been  no  ma­
terial  change  to  be  noted  in  the  direc­
tion  of  styles  and  prices  in  goods,  and 
while  some  houses  report  fair  success, 
others  report  a  continued  dullness,  and 
a  dullness  that  is  hard  to  account  for; 
still,  in  spite  of  the  existing  conditions, 
the  tone  of  the  trade  is  healthful,  and 
is  no  sign  of  discouragement 
there 
among  the  selling  agents. 
It  is  merely 
a  condition  of 
impatience,  for  while 
they  know  that  there  must  be  business 
and  good  business,  before the  end  of  the 
season,  it 
is  merely  a  question  of  how 
soon  that  business  will  materialize.

Carpets—Some  western 

jobbers  have 
sold  tapestry,  velvet  and  axminster  car­
pets  since  the  auction  sales  for  a  less 
price  than  the manufacturers of the same 
goods  are  quoting  to  the  jobbers..  There 
has  been  a  strong  effort  made  by  some 
of  the  leading  mills  to  bring  about  an 
united  effort  to  advance  prices five cents 
per  yard  on  all  new  orders.  So  far, 
however,  we  have  not  beard  that  they 
have  met  with  any  success. 
It  is  an 
acknowledged  fact  by  those  conversant 
with  the  situation  that  sales  made  at 
present  prices  are  at  the  sacrifice  of 
capital 
invested,  and  no  profit  can  be 
expected  while  the  present  conditions 
is  about  time  the  buyers
continue. 

It 

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

realized  this  fact,  and  the  time  is  fast 
passing  away  when  the  manufacturers 
will  continue  to  sell  at  a  loss.  With  in­
dustrial  conditions  gradually  but  surely 
improving,  the  beneficial  effects  of  a 
larger distribution  of  money for labor  in 
the  great 
industrial  centers,  including 
the  iron  interests  of  Pennsylvania,  must 
bring  about  a  more  healthy  condition  to 
trade.

Lace Curtains— There  is  a  larger vari­
ety  of  goods  in  the  market  this  season, 
and  some  very  choice  lines  of  ruffled 
bobbinet  are  attracting  attention,  and 
merchants  are  increasing  their  samples. 
Among  other  choice  goods  offered  are 
Swiss,  Saxony  and  French  curtains,  and 
low  and  medium  priced  Brussels  cur­
tains,  also  Duchess and  imitation  Ren­
aissance.  American  manufacturers  are 
constantly 
improving  their  lines,  and 
have  a  very  large  selection  of  Notting- 
hams  at  prices  that  are  inducing  a  good 
trade.  There  are  also  some  very  choice 
offerings  by  the  domestic  makers  in fine 
lines.

She  Was  Out  of  Job  Lots.

Down 

in  one  of  our  Southern  cities 
there  lives  a  Hebrew  merchant,  Isaacs 
by  name,  who  does  an  immense  busi­
ness  supplying  peddlers  with  shoes  and 
slippers.  He  has  been  in  the  business 
for  twenty  odd  years  and  has  accumu­
lated  a  substantial  fortune.  He  and  his 
wife  have  worked  and  saved  until  they 
are  now  on  Easy  street  and  can afford  to 
take  things  easy.  The  old  gentleman 
runs  the  store,  and  the  old  lady  runs 
the  old  gentleman  as  well  as  the  bal­
ance  of  the  house.

They  have 

raised  three  daughters 
and  for  some  time  it  looked  as  if  the 
two  older  ones  were  liable  to become old 
maids  for  they  reached 
the  age  of 
twenty  and  then  twenty-one  before  they 
even  had  a  beau,  and  old  Isaacs  and  bis 
wife  began  to  fear  that  they  would  have 
to  support  them  all  their  life.  Of  course 
they  didn’t  object  to  this,  but  like  all 
parents  they  wanted  to see their children 
married  and 
in  a  home  of  their  own. 
Their  fears  were  groundless,  however. 
Among  Isaacs’  customers  was  a  young 
German  who  was  an  honest,  industrious 
sort  of  a  fellow  and  who  had  an  eye  to 
business.  He  had  long  thought  that  it 
would  be  a  pleasant  way  to  get  set  up 
in  business  to  marry  one  of  Isaacs’ 
daughters  and  go  in  with  the  old  man. 
So  one  day  when  be  was  in  the  city  he 
braced  himself  up  and  asked  the  old 
lady  tor  Rebecca,  the  oldest  one.  She 
told  him  she  liked  him  pretty  well  and 
that  if  he  could  make  a  living  he  could 
have  her.  So  the  marriage  took  place 
the  following  month.

This 

Now  the  German  had  a  brother  in  the 
peddling  business,  and 
this  brother 
acted  as  best  man  at  the  wedding  and 
there  met  the  second  girl.  He  was  very 
envious  of  his  brother’s  good 
luck  and 
soon  decided  to  try  for  himself.  So  for 
two  months  he assiduously cultivated the 
acquaintance  of  both  Mrs.  Isaacs  and 
her  daughter  Ruth,  and  at  the  end  of 
that 
lime  asked  the  old  lady  for  Ruth. 
Mrs.  Isaacs  at  first  refused,  saving  she 
didn’t  want  brothers  in  the  family,  but 
finally  consented  and  the  wedding  was 
celebrated  in  great  style.

left  but  the youngest,  a  girl  of 
nineteen,  and  for  her  Mrs.  Isaacs  had 
high  aspirations.  She  said  that  Mary 
should  never  marry  a  peddler.  But  all 
the  same  one  of  the  young  fellows  who 
traded  around  the  country  soon  saw 
Mary  and  wanted  to  marry  her 
So  he 
went  to  her  mother  and  told  her  he 
loved  Mary  and  wanted  to  have  her  for 
his  wife.

“ You  vant  my  Mary,’ ’  cried  Mrs. 
Isaacs,  “ young  man,  mein  job  lots  vas 
all  gone,  and  you  haven’t  got  the  price 
for  mein  regular  goods.”

It  is  said  that  the  young  man went his 
way  and  never  said  any  more  about  the 
regular  goods.

A  young  man  never  understands a  girl 
until  he  knows  enough  to  kiss  her  when 
she  says  he  mustn’t.

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M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

3

The  Danger  of  Overstocking.

In  discussing  the  question  of  selling 
goods,  a  prominent  hardware  dealer  re­
marked  that  most  salesmen  were  “ too 
anxious  to  sell  large  orders.”   He  con­
sidered  that  many  of  the  failures  could 
be  traced  directly  to  the  fact  that  the 
retailer  had  been 
loaded  up  with  too 
large  a  stock,  which  he  had  to  carry 
long  after  it  was  paid  for,  or worse  still, 
perhaps,  had  found  it  necessary  to  set­
tle  for  with  notes,  which  fell  due  before 
the  stock  was  turned  over.

There  can  be  no  question  regarding 
the  salesman’s  feeling  on  the  subject. 
His  object  is  to  sell  quantity  and  make 
a  showing  at  the  end  of  the  year.  His 
position  depends  entirely  upon  results. 
If  he  is  a  salaried  man and  the  profit  on 
his  yearly  business  does  not  warrant  the 
is  cut  down  or  his 
expense  his  salary 
services  dispensed  with. 
If  he  is  on 
commission  and  does  not  earn  a  fair 
living  he  makes  other  arrangements 
himself.  Therefore  he  goes 
forth  to 
make  big  sales  and  gain  the sweet smile 
and  gladsome  hand  of  the  head  of  the 
house  upon  his  return.  His  instructions 
all  bear  on  the  same  point  The fact  is 
impressed  upon  him  by  bis  employers 
that  he  must  push  sales,  and  probably 
the  only  question  he  encounters  from 
his  house  is:  “ Do  you  consider  this 
man  good  for  the  amount  of  the order?”
The  query  as  to  whether  the  buyer’s 
business  warrants  the  quantity  or  the 
quality  of  the  line  ordered  is  of  second­
ary,  or,  more  often,  no 
importance. 
“ Why,”   argues  the  manufacturer or  the 
jobber,  “ should  we  constitute  ourselves 
judges  of  another  man’s  business?  Let 
him  be  the  sole  judge  of  what  he  re­
quires.  He 
is  the  one  who  must  pay, 
and  he  would  very  properly  regard  any 
interference  on  our  part  as  an  imperti­
nence. ”   All  this  is  true  in  part,  but 
there  is  another  side  to  be considered.

In  the  first  place,  a  far-sighted  busi­
ness  man  should  not  be  satisfied  with 
the  sales  of  to-day.  He  must  build  up­
on  the  future,  and having  secured  a  cus­
tomer,  he  should  seek  to  foster  his  trade 
by  protecting  his 
interests  at  every 
point  as  jealously  as  be  would  guard 
his  own.  This is  not  from  any  humani­
tarian  standpoint,  but  is  simpiy  and 
purely  good  business  policy.  What 
stronger  claim  can  be  put  forth  to  ob­
tain—and 
retain— a  retailer’s  custom 
than  the  knowledge  of  the  fact  by  him 
that  his  interests  are  safe  in  the  bands 
of  his  jobber?  Cut  prices  can  always  be 
met.  Excellence  in  goods  may  always 
be  equalled.  Friendship  in  business  is 
a  slender  reed  at  best.  But  when  this 
friendship  is  fortified  by  the  feeling  of 
identity  of  interests  in  which  each  par­
ticipant  receives  equal  consideration, 
the  shock  must  be  profound 
indeed 
which  will  sever  such  relations.

In  the  second  place,  the  wholesaler  is 
in  a  better  position  to  see  the  general 
trend  of  affairs  and  to  discount  future 
depression.  His  business  is  on  a  broad­
er  basis;  he  comes  in  contact with trade 
from  a  more  general  standpoint  and  he 
has  means  and  ways  of  obtaining  infor­
mation  and  thereby  forming  accurate 
conclusions  in  regard  to  future  business 
that  are  usually  denied 
the  retailer. 
That  the  latter  should  in  all  cases  re­
ceive  the  benefit  of  the  greater  oppor­
tunities  of  the  former there  can  be  no 
question. 
If  the  retailer,  over-per­
suaded  by  the  plausible salesman,  shows 
an  inclination  to  stock  up  too  freely  on 
any  one  line,  or  displays  a  desire  to 
put  in  too  many  goods  that  are naturally 
slow  sellers,  would 
it  not  be  better  to 
ship  part  of  the  order and  bold  the  bal­

ance  for  a 
little,  than  to  load  him  up 
with  a  stock  which  will  remain  on  his 
shelves  until  the 
interest  eats  up  his 
profit?

If  he  runs  short  he  will  not  be  long 
in  announcing  the  fact,  while  if  he  dis­
covers  that  his  wants  are  sufficiently 
supplied  by  the  partial  order,  he  will 
ask  that  the  remainder  be held  indefi­
nitely.  Some  will  be  inclined  to  argue 
that  this 
is  a  dead  loss  to  the  supply 
house.  That  is  where  the  mistake  is 
made.  Had  the  retailer  received  his 
whole  order  and  found  that  the  goods 
.did  not  sell  as  quickly  as  he  expected, 
be  would  be  very  likely  to  conceive  a 
prejudice  against  a  good  line,  and  this 
feeling  would  soon  be  transferred  to  the 
house  selling  them. 
If  he  had  paid  for 
them  he  would  feel  that  he  had  suffered 
a  loss. 
If  he  had not  yet  paid  for  them 
his  inclination  will  be  to  put  the  matter 
off;  and  the  wholesaler  would  probably 
get  his  second  order  and  the  money  for 
it,  as  quickly  as  he  would  get  paid  for 
the  first.

Some  jobbers  may  argue  that  during 
the  past  few  years  of  depression  the 
trouble  has  all  been  on  the  other  foot; 
that  instead  of  over-stocking,  the  retail­
er  could  not  be  induced  to  buy  enough. 
This 
is  also  misleading.  At  no  time 
do  the  arguments  of  this  article  apply 
more  strongly  than  in  dull  times.  As 
an  example  of  this,  the  merchant  re­
ferred  to  at  the  beginning  instanced  the 
action  of  his  house  at  that  time  of  po­
litical  uncertainty  some  few  years  ago. 
The  dealers  of  a  certain  section,  feeling 
an  over-confidence 
in  the  result  of  a 
general  election,  were  inclined  to  order 
more  freely  than 
the  conditions  war­
ranted 
in  the  opinion  of  the  whole­
saler.  Orders  were  cut  in  two  by  him, 
and  the  retailers  notified  that  the  bal­
ance  would  be  held  until  required. 
It 
was  not  long  before  the  wisdom  of  this 
was  seen  by  the  retailers,  who  wrote  in­
structing  the  balance  to  be  held 
indefi­
nitely.  The  result  was  that  the  whole­
saler  made  many  friends,  and  his  opin­
ion  and  advice  carried  weight  in the fu­
ture.  The  retailers  found  that  instead
of  having  their  shelves  filled  with  slow- 
selling  goods,  and  the  inevitable  big 
bills  therefor, 
large 
enough  for  the  demand  and  their  bills, 
correspondingly  small,  could  be  met 
promptly.

their  stock  was 

The  whole  question  resolves  itself  in­
to  one  of  self-interest.  The  wholesaler 
who  looks  into  the  future  and  seeks  to 
build  thereon  will  seek  in  every  way  to 
foster  the  interests  and  good  will  of  his 
customers,  and  bv  so  doing  build  up  a 
constituency  that  in  time  becomes  the 
most  valuable  asset  the  firm  possesses. 
— Hardware.

Woman’s  New  Point  of  View.

To  the 

intelligent  observer  of  social 
developments  no  phase  of  the  new wom­
an  problem 
is  more  curious  than  the 
fact  that  the  difference between men and 
women,  so  far  as  character and  thought 
and  opinions  go,  is  growing  daily  less 
and  less  marked.  This  has,  of  course, 
been  prophesied  by  them  of  old,  and 
we  were  told  from  the  beginning  that 
when  women  went  out  into  the  world  to 
compete  with  men  they  would  be  coars­
ened  and  hardened,  and  that  we  should 
be  treated  to  the  daily  spectacle  of  a 
short-haired,  shrieking  sisterhood  who 
stood  about  with  their  hands  in  their 
pockets  and  smoked  cigarettes  on  the 
street  corners.

Nothing  of  the  kind  has  occurred,  but 
in  a 
the  prophecy  has  been  fulfilled 
different  way  that  leads  one  to  believe

that  after  all  human  nature  is  pretty 
much  the  same  in  man  and  woman,  and 
that  the  same  training  and  environment 
will  foster  the  same  virtues  and  the 
same  faults 
in  both.  Woman  may  not 
“ be  undeveloped  man,  but  diverse,”  as 
the  poets  affirm,  but put  her  in  the  same 
position  and  she  very  soon  finds  out that 
she  has  very  similar  needs  and  tastes  to 
her  brother.

Take  the  matter  of  home,  for  in­
stance.  To  the  general  woman  who  has 
never  known  anything  else  but  living 
under  her  own  roof-tree,  there  seems 
something  almost  absurd  in  the  fetich 
that  a  man  makes  of  the  idea  of  having 
a  home  of  his  own.  Above  all,  she 
can’t  understand  why  he  should  be  so 
upset  when  he  comes  home  and  finds 
that  the  cook  has  gone,  and  the  dinner 
is  poor,or  any  other  little  domestic  con­
tretemps  has  occurred.  But  to  the  work­
ing  woman  who  is  away  from  her  home 
all  day  the  matter  is  perfectly  clear. 
She  knows  how the  man,  tried  to  the ut­
termost  all  day  by  the  stupidity  of  em­
ployes  or  the  injustice  of  an  .employer, 
looks  forward  to  the  clean  swept  hearth, 
the 
loving  welcome  and  the  peace  of 
home  as  a  place  where  burdens  can  be 
laid  down  and  a  respite  taken  from  the 
cares of life.  And that to be disappointed 
in  this  is  sometimes  just  the  last  crush­
ing  blow  to  overwrought  nerves  and  ex­
hausted  strength.

Many  of  the  faults  that  are  regarded 
as  being  essentially  feminine  are  sim­
ply  the  result  of 
ignorance  and  sur­
roundings.  Women are  accused  of  never 
being  on  time,  of  dilly  dallying  and 
not  knowing  their  own  minds  and  of 
lack  of  system  in managing their affairs. 
It  is  true,  but  how  should  one  cultivate 
promptness  when  it  doesn’t  matter  half 
the  time  whether  a  thing  is  done  to-day 
or  next  week,  or  how  should  any  one 
gain  decision  of  character  when  some­
body  else  does  all  the  deciding  anyway? 
Who  can  wonder  that  women  fall  vic­
tims  to  bargain-counter  frauds  or  buy 
stock 
in  wild-cat  companies  when  no 
one  has  ever  taught them anything about 
the  handling  of  money?  But  let  them

get  a  glimpse 
into  the  busy,  working 
world,  and  find  out  the  value  of prompt­
ness  and  they  make  shrewd  financiers 
and  out  Herod  Herod  in  their  ability  to 
run  things  on  schedule  time.

In  a 

Another noticeable  thing  in  which  the 
working  woman  comes  to  resemble  her 
brother  is  in  her  avoidance  of  petty gos­
little  while  it  seems  to  her 
sip. 
that  life 
is  too  big  a  thing,  with  too 
many 
interests  and  too  much  to  learn 
and  do  to  make  it  worth  while  to  de­
vote  one’s  time  to  a  discussion  of 
whether  the  neighbors  have  steak  for 
breakfast  or  have  hash,  or  whether  their 
new  piano  is  bought  or  only rented.  She 
learns  to  keep  her  own  counsel,  to make 
a  new  fight  if  the  old  one  goes  against 
her,  to  be  just,  and  that  there  is  a high­
er  way  of 
judging  things  than  by  her 
own  feelings.  For  all  these  things  she 
is  indebted  to  a  closer  association  with 
men  in  the  business  world.  His  needs 
are  her  needs,  and  out  of  the  new  con­
ditions  have  grown  a  truer  knowledge 
and  a  closer  sympathy.

I.  W .  L A M B ,  o rig in a l  in ven to r 
o f th e   La m b   K n ittin g   M a c h in e , 
P res id en t and S u p erin ten d e n t.

The  Lamb Glove  &  Mitten Go..

of PERRY,  MICH.,
large  number  of  the  latest 
It 

controls  a 
and  best 
is  making  a  very  desirable  line  of 

inventions  of  Mr.  Lamb. 
KNIT  HAND  WEAR 

T he  trade  is  assured  that  its  interests 
w ill be promoted  by handling these goods.

PORTRAIT  CALENDARS

We have lately placed on  the  market  a  line 
of portrait calendars  which  we  think  supe­
rior in  many respects  to  the  colored  calen­
dars so long in use, in that the customer who 
hangs  up  a  calendar  with  the  merchant’s 
portrait  thereon  w ill  think  of him and his 
establishment  every time  he glances  at the 
calendar.  This  line  of  calendars  is  7x11 
inches in size,  printed on heavy 8-ply coated 
litho.  cardboard,  with  portrait o f merchant, 
or his  clerks, or his  fam ily  at  top  of  card 
and 
large  monthly  calendar  pads  wire 
stitched  to  lower  portion  of  card,  samples
of which  w ill cheerfully be sent on applica­
tion.  W e  can  make  calendars  in  any  size 
desired, printed either from engraved  plates 
or from type,  with  monthly  pad,  in  one  or 
two colois of ink.
We also have on  hand  a large line of  fancy 
colored  calendars,  which  we  can  furnish 
on exceptionally  favorable  terms. 
In  case 
you  conclude to  favor  us  with  your  order 
for anything  in  the  calendar  line,  you  can 
rest  assured  that  your  order  w ill  receive 
painstaking attention  by experienced  w ork­
men  from start  to  finish.

TR A D E S M A N   C O M P A N Y ,

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

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Around  the State

Movements  o f  Merchants.

Conklin—J.  H.  Bunton  succeeds  John 

VV.  Merrick  in  the  grocery  business.

Petoskey— DeGuiselle  &  Fisher  suc­

ceed  Foster  H.  Geyer,  novelty  dealer.

Delray—Joseph  Miller  &  Co.  succeed 
Frank  T.  Hopfhauer  in  general  trade.
Albion— Henry Young succeeds Baugh­
man  &  Young  in  the hardware business.
Port  Huron—W.  Sylvester  succeeds 
the  drug  firm  of  E.  Brunesseaux  &  Co.
Son,  grocers, 
have  dissolved,  L.  R.  Grossell  succeed­
ing.

Vassar—Grossell  & 

Ovid—Gardner  Stanton  will  shortly 
open  a  grocery  store  in the Bowen build­
ing.

Alma— Mrs.  Wm.  Wixon 

succeeds 
Anna  (Mrs.  M .)  Scallan in the millinery 
business.

Oscoda—VV.  D.  Hammond 

is  sue 
ceeded  by  H.  J.  Markham  in  the  drug 
business.

Cassopolis—Van  Antwerp  &  Johnson 
are  succeeded  in  the  meat  business  by 
Geo.  M cCabe.

Saginaw — H.  &  M.  R ich  

succeed 
in  the  clothing  and  boot 

Joseph  Rich 
and  shoe  business.

Lansing— L.  S.  Hudson  has  opened  a 
drug  store  on  Washington  avenue.  O. 
F.  Burgess  will  act  as  manager.

Vernon—W  D.  &  A.  Garrison  suc­
ceed  Wm.  D.  Garrison  in  general  trade 
and  the  flouring  mill  and  banking  busi­
ness.

P o r t  Huron— C h a r le s   B a e r   w il l  r e t ir e  
from  the  grocery  business.  Mr.  Baer 
is  the  pioneer  groceryman 
of  Port 
Huron.

Edmore—John  Lewis  and  James  Mc­
Namara  have  opened  a  meat  market  at 
the  stand  recently  vacated  by  Sparks  & 
VanAuken.

Ludington—S.  W.  Mendelson  has 
opened  a  new  shoe  store,  which  he  will 
conduct  under  the  style  of  the  Milwau­
kee  Shoe  Co.

Lansing— M.  H.  &  H.  M.  Sherman 
have  opened  a  new  drug  and  grocery 
store  at  the  corner of Washington avenue 
and  Franklin  street.

Saginaw—The  Crystal  Oil  Refining 
Co.,  of  Cleveland,  has  opened  a  branch 
house  at  123  North  Tilden  street.  John 
O’Donnell  is  in  charge  of  the  branch.
Lapeer—Crawford  & Wright,  of Flint, 
have  purchased  the  C.  A.  Mapes  cloth­
ing  stock  and  will  continue  the business 
as  a  branch  of their Flint establishment.
LeRoy—John  Glerum  is  building  an 
addition  to  his  hardware  store,  24x60 
feet  in  dimensions.  The  new  building 
will  be  two  stories,  with  basement  and 
elevator.

Rapid  River—Jerry  Madden,  dealer 
in  general  merchandise  and  cedar,  has 
merged  his  business  into  a  stock  com­
pany,  under  the  name  of  the  Jerry  Mad­
den  Shingle  Co.

Traverse  City— Mrs.  E.  S.  Jones  has 
purchased  of  Mr.  Mills  the  stock  and 
leased  the  building  used  as  a  grocery 
on  the  corner  of  Randolph  street  and 
Elmwood  avenue.

Lansing— The  Simons  Dry  Goods  Co. 
has  purchased  the  corsets,  hosiery  and 
underwear  stock  of  Mrs.  V.  O’ Bryan. 
Mrs.  O’ Bryan  will  continue  in  business, 
but  will  not  handle  this  line  of goods 
hereafter.

Owosso—The  Dodge  Outfitting  Co.  is 
the  name  of  the  firm  succeeding  to  the 
business  of  J.  Dodge  &  Sons.  The 
business  in  future  will  be  conducted  on 
a  cash  basis,  the  contract  system  being 
discontinued.

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

Mancelona— Jess  Wislerhas purchased 
the  Young  bazaar  stock  and  will  prob­
ably  continue the business.  Mr.  Wisler’s 
new  store  building,  which  is  about  com­
pleted,  will  be  the  finest  business  struc­
ture  in  the  place.

Ishpeming—William  Malmborg,  who 
in  the  wholesale  and  retail 
engaged 
bakery  business  in  Marquette  a  couple 
of  years  ago,  will  return  to  Ishpeming. 
He 
is  having  an  oven  installed  at  his 
place  on  East  Cleveland  avenue.

Jackson—C.  A.  Maynard,  late  travel­
ing  salesman  for  Lee  &  Cadv,  of  De­
troit,  will  soon  open  a  retail  grocery 
store  at  the  corner  of  Mechanic  and 
Cortland  streets.  The  store  is being  re­
fitted  throughout,including  a  plate glass 
front.

Kalamazoo— Gilmore  Bros,  have  pur­
chased  the  Merrill  block  on  South  Bur­
dick  street,  and  will  tear  it  down  and 
erect  a  fine  three-story  building,  to  be 
entirely  devoted  to  their dry  goods busi­
ness  next  spring. 
It  will  be  the  largest 
store  of 
its  kind  in  the  city— all  three 
floors  are  to  be  used.

Ionia—Geo.  J.  Cutler  has  purchased 
the 
interest  of  Geo.  F.  Lauster  in  the 
boot  and  shoe  firm  of  Cutler  &  Lauster, 
which  will  be  continued  by  Geo.  Cutler 
and  Geo.  J.  Cutler  under  the  style  of 
Geo.  Cutler  &  Son.  Mr.  Lauster has not 
decided  on  his  future  business  venture 
as  yet,  but  it  is  hoped  he  will  remain 
in  Ionia.  His  health  has  been  rather 
poor  recently,  and  he  will  first  take  a 
good  rest,  commencing  with  an  outing 
of  tw o   m o n th s   on  the  inland  lakes  near 
Traverse  City,  where  he  will  take  his 
family  within  a  few  days.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Hancock— Peter  H.  Brustmaker  has 
purchased  ‘ ‘ The  Leader”   cigar  factory 
and  will  continue the  business.

North  Lansing— Hughes  &  Klemm, 
flowing  mill  proprietors,  have dissolved, 
A.  D.  Hughes  continuing  the  business.
Negaunee— F.  Braastad  and  S.  John­
son,  of  Ishpeming,  are  organizing  a 
stock  company  to  operate  the  old  plant 
of  the  Negaunee  Sash  &  Donr  Co.,  and 
expect  to  have  it  in  operation  shortly.

Saginaw—The  shingle  product  this 
year 
in  Eastern  Michigan  is  going  to 
be  very  short  and  shingles  are  taken  as 
fast  as  they  come  from  the  machines. 
Manufacturers  did  not  have  good  luck 
last  winter  in  securing  stock  and a short 
crop  is  the  result.

Marquette---- George  Tux worth,  of
Manistee,  and  D.  Russell,  of  Munising, 
will  build  a  saw,  shingle  and  hoop  mill 
near  Carlshend,  on  the  line  of  the  Mun­
ising  Railway.  The  mill 
is  proposed 
to  have  a  capacity  of  100,000  shingles 
or  30,000  feet  of  lumber  a  day.

Ypsilanti— The  Scharf  Tag,  Label 
and  Box  Co.  has  bought  out  the  Metal 
Rimmed  Tag  Co.,  of  Chicago,  and  will 
move  the  stock  and  machinery  to  this 
city  this  week.  This  means  a  good  deal 
to  Ypsilanti,  as 
it  will  necessitate  the 
employment  of  at  least  fifteen more peo­
ple.

Flint—The  Flint  Dash  Co. 

is  the 
name  of a  new manufacturing concern of 
which  H.  G.  Newcombe  is  the promoter 
and  owner.  He  has  bought  the  build­
ing  of  the  Flint  Mattress  Co.  on  West 
Kearsley  street  adjoining  the  Stewart 
plant  and  by  September  1  will  have  the 
needed  machinery  in  position  and ready 
to  begin  operations.  The  plant  will  be 
fitted  with  the  latest  improved  machin­
ery  and  appliances  and  the  output  for 
the  first  year  will  be  50,000  buggy 
dashes.

S T O C K S   AND  BONDS.

News  and  Gossip  Pertaining  to  Local 

Finances.

The  war  tax  on  checks  and  drafts 
may  curtail  their  use  Somewhat,  but  lo­
cal  bankers  agree  that the curtailment  is 
so  small  as  not  to  be  noticed.  Small 
checks,  perhaps,  are  not  quite 
so 
numerous,  but  in  the  general  course  of 
business  they  seem  to  be  as  freely  used 
as  ever.  The  return  of  prosperity  has 
largely  increased  the  volume of  business 
and  it  is  possible  this  has  prevented  the 
curtailment  of  checks  being  noticed. 
The  objections  to  the  stamps  are  not 
pronounced  among  the  business  men, 
but,  on  the  contrary,  everybody  seems 
to  have  accepted  the  infliction  as a mat­
ter  of  course  and  the 
is 
growing  that  it  will  be  many  a  long  day 
before  this  method  of  raising  revenue 
will  be  abolished.

impression 

*  *  *

The  Old  National  has  reduced  its 

in­
terest  rate  on  certificates  of  deposit  to 
2y2  per  cent,  on  six  months  and  3  per 
cent,  on  a  full  year,  and  other  banks 
will  probably  do  the  same.  There  is  no 
uniform ity  in  the  interest  rates  among 
the  banks.  The  rates  in  different  insti­
tutions  range  from  1%  per  cent,  on  six 
months  to  4  per  cent,  on  three  months, 
each  bank  setting  its  own  pace,  regard­
less  of  what  the  others  may  do.  The 
tendency,  however,  is  toward  the 
lower 
rate,  because  money 
is  abundant  and 
its  earnings  capacity  is  not  what  it was. 
Money 
local  market  used  to 
command  7  and  8  per  cent,  and  it  was 
easy  to  get  this  interest  as  it  is  to  get  5 
and  6  per  cent.  now.  In  addition  to  the 
reduced  earnings,  the  banks  have  in­
creased  burdens  to  bear  in  the  way  of 
war taxes.  The  war  tax  is  not  burden­
some,  exactly,  but 
it  cuts  into  the  net 
profits.

in  the 

*  *  *

A  local  savings  bank  cashier  relates  a 
story  of  his  experience.  Several  years 
ago  two  girls  came  in  to torrow  $600. 
They  were  sisters,  employed  as  domes­
tics,  and  between  them  had saved some­
thing  like  $400.  They  bad  purchased  a 
bouse  and 
lot,  their  joint  savings  was 
to be  the  first  payment  and  they  wanted 
the  $600  to  complete  the  transaction. 
The  money  was  loaned  them  on  a  mort­
gage  with  the  permission  to  pay  an 
in­
stallment  of  $50  whenever  they  had  the 
money.  They  paid  the  money  in  due 
time  and  not  long  after  they  came  in  to 
borrow  a  few  hundred  dollars  to  buy an­
other  house  and  lot.  This  second  loan 
was  repaid  and  the  girls  are  now  pay­
ing  up  a  third  loan.  They  own  three 
houses,  each  of  which  rents  readily  for 
$10 to $12  per  month,  and  the  girls  are 
getting  rich.

*  *  *

Mortgages  are  scarce  in  the local mar­
ket  and  the  capitalist  who  wants  to  buy 
one  as  an 
investment  is  liable  to  dis­
appointment.  More  mortgages  are  be­
ing  paid  off  than  made,  and  this  is  es­
pecially  true  in  farm  mortgages.  When 
new  mortgages  are  made  the  rate 
is 
more  often  6  per  cent,  than  7,  if  the  se­
curity  is  desirable,  and  large  mortgages 
for  long  periods  on  gilt edged city  prop­
erty  are  negotiated  at  considerably  less.

*  *  *

The  last  of  the  State  war  bonds  were 
last  week  at  a  premium  of  1  per 
sold 
cent.  The  bonds  bear  3  per  cent,  in­
terest  and,  without  any  special  adver­
tising,  the  subscriptions  for  the  last  in­
stallment  of  $100,000  considerably  ex­
ceeded  the  amount  available.  Michi­
gan’s  credit  in  the  bond  market  ought 
to  be  good,  for  the  State  has  no  other

bonded  indebtedness  than  the  latest  war 
issue,  except  a  few  thousand  of  the  old 
$5,000,000  loan  of  sixty  years  ago,  upon 
which  the 
interest  has  long  since  been 
stopped  and  which  have  probably  been 
lost.

*  *  *

This  successful 

issue  of  3  per  cent, 
bonds  at  par,  simultaneously  with  the 
Government’s  issue,  speaks  volumes  for 
the  credit  of  the  State,  especially  when 
comparison 
is  made  of  the  two  issues 
from  an  investor’s  standpoint.  Leaving 
out  of  consideration  the  fact  that  on  the 
one  hand  the  bond  is  the  obligation  of 
but  a  single  state,  while  on  the  other 
are  pledged  the  combined  faith  and 
credit  of  all  the  states  of  the  Union,  the 
further  made 
Government  bonds  are 
more  desirable 
investors  because 
they  have  double  the  period  to  run, 
bearing  interest  payable  quarterly,  are 
payable  in  coin  and  are  specifically  ex­
empt  from  all  taxation.
*  *  *

for 

Each  citizen  of  Michigan  who  made 
in  accordance 
application  for  bonds 
issued  by  the  State 
with  the  circulars 
least  a 
Treasurer  this  year  received  at 
portion  of  the  amount  subscribed  for. 
All  subscriptions  for  $1,000  or  less  were 
allotted  in  full,  the  policy  having  been 
adopted  of  giving  the  smaller  subscrib­
ers  preference  over  the  larger  ones  in 
the  matter  of  allotment.
*  *  *

It 

is  understood  that  Cbas.  E.  Olney 
is  already  about  $25,000 ahead on his in­
vestment 
in  the  stock  of  the  glucose 
trust,  which  was  organized  less  than  two 
years  ago,  when 
subscribers  to  the 
stock  received  140  shares  of  common  as 
a  bonus  with  each  100  shares  of  pre­
ferred.  The  preferred  stock 
is  now 
worth  about  112  and  the  common  is  sell­
ing  at  65,  so  that  an 
investment  of 
$1,000  in  preferred  stock  at  the  incep­
tion  of  the  enterprise  would  yield $2,030 
on  the  basis  of  the  present  market. 
In 
the  meantime  dividends  have  been paid 
on  the  preferred  at  the  rate  of  7  per 
cent,  and  the  surplus  has  accumulated 
so  rapidly  that  it  is confidently expected 
that  a  dividend  will  be  paid  on  the 
common  stock  in  November.

*  *  *

National  Biscuit  Co.  stock  has  scored 
a  new  record during  the  past  week,  pre­
ferred  having  advanced  to  gg  and  com­
mon  to  35.  Grand  Rapids 
investors 
have 
lately  purchased  considerable  of 
the  common  on  the  basis  of  30  and  31 
and  confidently  expect  to  see  the  stock 
go  to  60  or  65  before  the  end  of  the 
year.

*  *  *

A  Delray  correspondent  writes: 

‘ ‘ A. 
H.  Phinney,  of  the  banking  firm  of 
Pbinney  &  Whittemore,  Tawas  City, 
was  in  Delray  last  Tuesday 
interview­
ing  our  business  men  with  regard  to 
starting  a  bank.  The  result  of  his  in­
vestigation  was  highlv  satisfactory,  so 
much  S3  that  he  will  open  a  bank  in 
Delray  on  Saturday,  October  1.”

*  *  *
correspondent  writes: 
“ John  O’ Brien  has  been  elected  mana­
ger  of  the  People’s  National  Bank. 
When  President  Root  passed  away  Mr. 
Reynolds  was  chosen  President,  but  his 
somewhat 
impaired  health  and  many 
other  business  interests  made  it  impos­
sible  for  him  to  assume  the  active  man­
agement  of  the  Bank  but  temporarily. 
The  directors  have  therefore created  the 
new  office  of  manager  and  chosen  Mr. 
O ’Brien  to  fill  the  responsible  position. 

Jackson 

A 

*  *  *

The  State  Bank  of  Midland  and  the 
Midland  County  Savings  Bank  have 
been  consolidated,  with  Stewart  B.  Gor­
don  as  President,  Maxon  Anderson  and 
Chas.  Brown  as  Vice-Presidents  and 
F.  E.  Barbour  Treasurer.

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

5

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Asso­

ciation.

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Association held 
at  the  Tradesman  office  Tuesday  even­
ing,  Aug.  16,  Vice-President  Wagner 
presided.

Final  reports  from  the  Picnic  Com­
mittee  were  received  and  accepted, 
showing  a  handsome  balance  on  the 
right  side  of  the  ledger.

The  following  communication  was  re­

ceived  from  B.  S.  Harris:

I 

beg  leave  to  call  your  attention  to  a 

trade  evil  which  has  never, 
to  my 
knowledge,  been  brought  up  or  dis­
cussed  by  the  Association  and  one  that 
looking  after  for  the  interest  of 
needs 
each  and  every  member. 
It  looks  like 
a  small  matter,  but  it  is  not  so  by  any 
means,  as  perhaps  some  of  you  may 
have  already  found  out

I  refer  to  the  practice  of  outside  firms 
selling  teas,  coffee  and  spices  by  chil­
dren  solicitors.  These  people,  by  this 
means,  put  their  goods  directly  in  the 
hands  of  consumers  at  practically  no 
cost  to  them,  as  these  children  are  paid 
in  premiums  according  to the  sales  they 
make. 
Their  mother,  their  relatives 
and  neighbors  buy  of  them  to  help them 
get  these  premiums,  and  oftentimes  not 
only  buy,  but  help  them  select.  They 
can  sell  adulterated  goods  by  this  meth 
od  and  not  be  amenable  to  the  pure 
food  law of  the State,  while the inspector 
can  find  you  at  any  time.
They  pay  no  salaries,  except,  per­
haps,  a  man  to  deliver;  they  pay  no 
tribute  to  the  city  in  any  way.  At  the 
same  time  they  are  quietly  but  surely 
stealing  away  from  you  the  trade  on  the 
very  goods  that  pay  you  the  best  profit; 
and,  like  Jones,  you  ‘ ‘ pay  the  freight,”  
for  you  are  taxed  to  keep  up  the  city.

I  would  suggest,  as  a  remedy,  that 
in­
each  member  consider  himself  an 
dividual  committee  to  counteract  this 
evil  and  start  in  this way—get  some  one 
to  give  one  of  the  children  an  order  for 
spices,  get  the  name  and  address  of  the 
firm  they  come  from, 
the  address  of 
the  party  delivering,  deliver  the  goods 
so  procured  to  the  Secretary  of  the  As­
sociation,to  be  forwarded  to  Lansing for 
analysis 
If  the  result  is  that  the  goods 
are  found  to  be  impure,  give  the  State 
Agent  this  ground  to  work  on  and  re­
quest  him  to  do  the  rest  and  fully  pub­
lish  the  result.  This  remedy  I  merely 
suggest,  and  would  like  the  matter  fully 
discussed,  as  there  might  be  a  better 
plan  and  one  that  may  be  the  means  of 
heading  off  an  evil  to  the  trade,  that  in 
my  opinion  needs  the  urgent  effort  of 
every  member,  not  only  for  the  good  of 
the  Association,  but for  the  protection of 
their  own  business.
The  suggestion  was  discussed  at  some 
length  and  made  the  special  feature  for 
consideration  at  the  next  meeting.

The  following  resolutions  were  unani­

mously  adopted :
Resolved,  That  the  hearty  thanks  of 
the  Association  are  hereby  tendered  the 
retail  merchants  of  Grand  Haven for the 
splendid  entertainment  accorded  our 
members  and  their  guests  on  the  occa­
sion  of  our  twelfth  annual  picnic.  No 
feature  which  could  contribute  to  our 
enjoyment  was  overlooked  or  omitted 
and  we  shall  ever  recall  the  day  as  one 
of  the  most  enjoyable  of  our  lives.

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  As­
sociation  are  due  the  H.  J.  Heinz  Co. 
for  the  usual  complement  of  badges.

Resolved,  That  our  thanks  be  ten­
dered  the  National  Biscuit  Co.  for  the 
liberal  donation  of  circulars  for  distri­
bution  among  our  customers.

Resolved,  That  our  thanks  be  ten­
dered  the  C.  &  W.  M.  Railway  for  the 
excellent  train  service  accorded  us.

Resolved,  That  our  hearty  thanks  be 
tendered  the  patrons  of  our  programme 
for  their  liberal  patronage.

Resolved,  That  our  thanks  be  ten­
dered  our  Picnic  Committee  for  the  en­
ergetic  manner  in  which  they  exploited 
the  event  and  carried  out  the  work 
in­
cident  to  the  anniversary.

On  account  of  the  time  required  to 
close  up  the  details  connected  with  the

picnic,  it  was  decided  to  defer  the elec­
tion  of  officers  until  the  next  meeting, 
which  will  be  held  on  the  evening  of 
September  6.

The  Produce  Market.

Apples— Reecipts  are  large  and  the 
prices  are  lower  in  consequence. 
Eat­
ing  varieties,  such  as  Astrachans,  com­
mand  $1.25  per  bbl.  Duchess  fetch 
$i.5o@i.75  and  Sweet  Boughs  about 
$1.50.  Pippins  and  other  cooking  va­
rieties  command  $1  per  bbl.

Beets—25c  per  bu.
Butter—-Fancy  dairy  is  scarce  at  16c 
and  separator  creamery  is  firm  at  18c. 
The  market  has  not  been  quite  so  ac­
tive  during  the  past  week.  The  receipts 
have  not  increased  to  any  great  extent, 
but  the  demand  is  quiet.  The  prevail­
ing  weather  and  rains  have  increased 
the  make  considerably,  and  the  general 
feeling  is  accordingly  not  so  firm.  Sell­
ers  are  anxious  to  keep  stocks  moving 
and  shade  prices 
in  order  to  do  so. 
There  will  probably  be  a  larger  supply 
of  butter 
if  the  pastures  remain  good 
until  the  time  of  heavy  frost,  which will 
cut  off  the  make  to  some  extent.  The 
trade  do  not  look  for  very  high  prices.
for 

Cabbage—$3@4  per  100  heads 

home  grown.

Carrrots—30c  per  bu.
Cauliflower— $1  per  doz. 

for  home 

grown.

Cocoanuts—4@5c.
Corn—Green,  8@ioc  per  doz.  ears. 

The  quality  continues  to  improve.

Cucumbers— toe  per  doz.
Eggs— Dealers  pay  10c  and  hold  at 
n c.  The  receipts  of  fresh  eggs  have 
been  very 
light  during  the  past  week, 
due  to  shippers’  reluctance  to  ship  on 
account  of  the  warm  weather.  The  out­
look  is  for  somewhat  higher  prices.

G r e e n   O n io n s — 8 @ io c   p e r   d o z.
Honey— Fine  new  comb  commands  12 

@I3C.

Muskmelons—Cantaloups  fetch  $1  per 
doz.  Little  Gems  command  75c  per 
basket  of  about  20.  Osage  fetch  $1  per 
crate.

Onions-----Home 

grown 

command

$2@2.25  per  bbl.  for  yellow  or  red.

is 

large 

Peaches— Hale’s  Early  are  coming  in 
very  freely,  commanding  5o@75c  per 
bu.  Early  Micbigans  will  begin  to 
in  the  latter  part  of  the  week. 
come 
The  crop 
in  amount  and  the 
is  fine.  The  variety  known  as 
quality 
Louise  will  also  be 
in  market  next 
week.

Pears—Clapp’s  Favorite  are  in  ample 
supply  at  75c@$i  per  bu.  Sugar  fetch 
about  50c.

is  nearing  their 
Plums—Abundance 
end,  but  the  quality 
is  superb,  readily 
commanding  Si  for  choice  selections. 
Bradshaws  and  Guyos  fetch  about  75c 
and  Arctics  about  50c.  The  crop  was 
never  so  large  or  the  quality  so  fine  as 
this  season.

Pop  Corn—50c  per  bu.
Potatoes— Home  grown  stock 

ample  supply  at  4o@45c.

Radishes— 5 @ 6 c  per  doz.  bunches.
Tomatoes---- Home  grown  command
S i.25  per  bu.,  but^he  price  will  grad­
ually  drop  to  a  lower  level.  The  late 
rains  have  helped  the  crop  wonder­
fully.

Wax  Beans—75c  per  bu.  and  scarce  at 

is 

in 

Watermelons— 12c  for  Missouri  and 

18c  for  Sweethearts.

that.

The  Columbian  Transfer  Co.  has 
leased  the  cold  storage  warehouse  for­
merly  conducted  by  the  Valley  City 
Storage  Co.,  and  will  take  possession  of 
the  property  early  in  September.  The 
lessees  will  maintain  separate  apart­
ments  for  butter,  eggs  and  fruit,  and, 
in  case  the  business  develops  as  they 
expect  it  will  under their  management, 
the  system  of  refrigeration  will  be 
changed  from  ice  to  chemical.

Amos  S.  Musselman  and  Wm.  Judson 
leave  Saturday  for  New  York,  whither 
they  go  to  attend  a  meeting  of  the  E x­
ecutive  Committee  of  the  various  state 
wholesale  grocers’  associations.

ON  THE  MARKET.

It 

is  worth 

How  a  City  is  Fed  and  Who  Feeds  It.
losing  that  ‘ ‘ best  nap  of 
all”   some  bright  summer  morning  to 
visit  the  city  market.  The  market  is 
down  on  the  Island,  below  Fulton  street 
bridge,  and  is  reached  by  way of Water­
loo  street.  During  the  day  it  is,  in  gen­
eral  aspect,  about  as  dreary  a  place  as 
can  be 
imagined.  The  wide  expanse 
of  rolled  gravel  is  broken  by  a  double 
line  of  sidewalks,  extending  north  and 
south  through  the  middle,  and  from  the 
center  walks  shorter  walks  extend  east 
and  west  to  the  market 
limit,  which 
on  one  side  is  the  river  and  on the other 
the  old  steamboat  channel.  Around  the 
north  end  of  the  market  is  a  fringe  of 
sheds  and  a  restaurant,  which  may  an­
swer  the  purpose 
it  was 
erected,  but 
is  not  particularly  pictur­
esque.

for  which 

In  the  early  morning  the  appearance 
of  the  place 
is  far  different  than  the 
midday  visitor  will  find  it.  The  side­
walks,  both  main  and  lateral,  are  lined 
with  farm ers’  wagons,  and  the  wagons 
are  loaded  with  farm  truck  of  all  sorts. 
The  walks  and  even  the  drive  ways  are 
thronged  with  buyers  and  sellers;  and 
while  the  scene  is  never  noisy,  it  is  al­
ways animated.

in  bunches,  and 

The  farmers  begin  arriving  at  the 
market  as  early  as  2  o’clock 
in  the 
morning,  and  the  early  comers,  after 
taking  a  location,  blanket the horses  and 
often  curl  up  on  the  w a g o n   seat  o r   un­
der  it  for  a  nap  before  business  begins. 
Along  about  4  o’clock  the  farmers  are 
arriving 
form  a  long 
procession  as  they  file  through  the  gate 
from  the  street.  They  keep  coming  un­
til  5  or 6  o’clock,  but  most  of  them  are 
in  place  by  5,  and  at  this  season  of  the 
year  they  occupy  most  of  the  available 
space.  The  number  of  teams  will  range 
from  300  to  700  each  market  morning 
and  when 
is  at  its 
height,  which  will  be  soon,  the  number 
some  m ornings  will  reach  nearly  1,000. 
This  aggregation  represents the farming 
interests  of  the  country  within  a  radius 
of  15  miles  of  the  city,  and  often  will 
be  seen  farmers  who  have  come  20  and 
even  25  miles.

fruit  season 

the 

The  farmers are of all descriptions and 
of  every  degree  of  prosperity  and thrift, 
and  their  character  and  worldly  condi­
tion  can  be  sized  up  pretty  accurately 
by  their  outfit  The  prosperous  farmer 
will  be  seen  with  sleek,  well-groomed 
horses,  a  substantial,  even  handsome, 
wagon  and  the  farm  products  put  up 
in 
a  manner  to  attract  favorable  attention. 
The  man  or  boy  in  charge  has  a  well- 
bred  appearance  and  talks  and  acts  as 
though  he  had  money  in  his  pocket  and 
didn’t  care  particularly  if  he  sold out  or 
not.  His  stock  is  high  grade  and  he  has 
no  trouble 
in  unloading  at  top  prices. 
The  prosperous  farmer  usually  has  a 
season  ticket  and  a  fixed  location on  the 
market  and*will  always  be  found  in  the 
same  place.

lands 

All  the  farmers  are  not of  the  well-fed 
kind,and  the  visitor  will  find  all grades, 
down  to  the  shiftless  worker  of  a  few 
acres  of  grub 
in  some  forsaken 
corner  of  the  country,  who  appears  on 
the  scene  with  a  back-number  horse,  a 
dilapidated  wagon,  poor  quality  of 
product  and  takes  such  a  place  on  the 
market  as  be  can  get  and  accepts  such 
a  price  for  his  stuff  as  may  be  offered. 
The  “ poor”   farmer  may  be  as  horny 
handed  as  his  prosperous  neighbor,  may 
work  as  bard  and  as 
steadily,  but 
whether  from  lack  of  capital  or  lack  of

gumption,  it  is  writ  all  over  him  that, 
as  a  farmer,  he  is  not  a  success.

Whether  by  rule  of  the  market  man­
the 
agement  or  by  common  consent, 
market 
is  divided.  On  the  west  side 
are  the  fruit  growers,  while  east  of  the 
main  drive  are  the growers of vegetables 
and  truck.  The  early  morning  visitor 
will  draw  the  conclusion,  if  he  observes 
closely,  that  fruit  growing  is  largely  a 
Yankee 
industry,  while  the  Dutch  are 
in  for  onions,  cabbages,  potatoes  and 
similar  products  The  truck  side  of  the 
market  has  a 
larger  representation  of 
the  Holland  nationality  than  any  other, 
although,  of 
course,  Germans  and 
Americans  are  among  them,  while  the 
Americans  largely  predominate  on  the 
fruit  side.

The  grocers  begin  arriving  on  the 
market  about  5  o’clock  in  the  morning 
and  continue  to  come  until  6  or 6 *.30 
o’clock.  The  grocers  have  free  access 
to  the  market  with  their  wagons,  and 
as  soon  as  they  appear the traffic begins. 
There 
is  no  shouting  of  wares  and  no 
pulling  of  coat  tails.  The  farmers  stand 
at  the  end  of  their  wagons  waiting  for 
purchasers  to  come.  The  grocers  pass 
around,  picking  up  such  stuff as  they 
may  need  to  supply  the  daily  wants  of 
their  customers.  The  small  grocers,  and 
some  of  the  others  as  well,  load  what 
they  buy 
into  their  own  delivery  carts 
and  drive  off  when  they  have  enough, 
while  often 
is  mutually  agreed  that 
the  farmers  shall  deliver  the  purchase 
at  the  store.  At  this  season,  when  the 
fruit 
is  coming  in,  among  the  grocers 
are  commission  men,  well  dressed  and 
suave,  who  pay  special  attention  to  the 
fruit  side  of  the  market  and  make  their 
purchases  by  the  wagon  load,  the  de­
livery  to  be  made  at  a  warehouse  or  de­
pot.  There  are  several  outside  fruit- 
buyers  now  in  the  market  and more  will 
be  here  when  the  better  grades  of  fruit 
are  marketed.

it 

into  service. 

About  6 o’clock  another  element  be­
gins  to  arrive  on  the  scene. 
It  is  the 
housekeepers,  boarding  house  keepers 
and  the  men  with  fam ilies  in  search  of 
fruit  and  vegetable  bargains. 
They 
come  with  baskets  on  their arms to carry 
home  their  purchases  and  sometimes 
have  small  carts  and  baby  cabs  are even 
pressed 
These  visitors 
buy  in  small  lots,  to  supply  the  house­
hold  wants  for  a  day,  and usually  depart 
heavy  laden.  Some  of  the  truck  grow­
ers  cater  to  this  trade  and  make  a  spe­
cialty  of  selling  in  lots  to  suit  at  prices 
that  net  them  more  than  they would ob­
tain  if  sold  in  the  usual  way.  There  is 
one  little  German  woman  who  does  a 
big  business  in  this  line.  She  is  always 
in  the  same  place,  is  always  brimming 
over  with  good  nature  and  never  goes 
home  with  stock  unsold.

The  market  closes  about  8  o’clock, 
but  usually  most  of  the  wagons  have  de­
parted  before  that  time.  The  farmer 
who  has  not  succeeded 
in  selling  out 
will  take  bis  stuff  home  with  him  or sell 
it  in  town  from  house  to  bouse,  if  be  is 
unable  to  find  a  grocer  to  relieve  him 
of  his  burden.

A  visit  to  the  market  is  interesting 
and  at  this  season  especially 
is  well 
worth  the  exertion  of  turning  out  at  5  or 
6  o’clock  in  the  morning.  Not  only  is 
it  interesting,  but  it  is  instructive,  for 
it  gives  an  idea  of  hew  a  great  city  is 
fed  and  who  feeds  it.

Ferdinand  Starr  has  purchased  the 
meat  market  of  Walz  &  Co.,  at  63  West 
Leonard  street.

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

6

Shoes  and  Leather

Proper  Profits  and  How  to  Maintain 

Them.

1.  What  is  the  cause  of  the  preva­
lence  of  close  margins  for  the  retail 
merchant?

it 

From  what  I  have  observed, 

is 
principally  due  to  where  merchant  No. 
I,  finding  that  merchant  No.  2  has  a 
line  of  shoes  similar  to  his  in  style, 
quality  and  price,  in  order  to  try  and 
get  some  of  his  trade,  will  reduce  said 
line  five  or  ten  cents lower and advertise 
the  fact.  Merchant  No.  2,  finding  such 
to  be  the  case,  will  go  his  competitor 
one  better  by  reducing  his  line  still 
lower.  Merchant  No.  1  will  cut  again. 
Merchants  No.  3,  No.  4,  No.  5,  as  the 
case  may  be,  will  be  forced  to  fall  in 
line;  and  this  will  be  kept  up,  not  only 
with  one  line,  but  with  others,  until  the 
profits  are  reduced  to  almost  nothing. 
After  cutting  their own  throats  by  such 
practices,  and 
in  order  to  save  them­
selves,  they  will  replace  the  former 
lines  with 
lower-priced 
goods.

inferior  and 

2. 

In  which  is  there  the  most  money 

—a  general  or  special  line?

It 

is  my  opinion  that  there  is  more 
money  in  a  general  line.  Families  pre­
fer  trading  where  they  can  purchase 
everything  under  one  roof,  instead  of 
having  to  go  to  a  men  and  boys’  shoe 
store  for  that  part  of  their  trading  and 
to  an  exclusive  ladies  and  children’s 
shoe  store  for  the  other  part  of  their 
trading,  thereby  saving  much  time.

3.  How  can  the  manufacturer  aid 
in  securing  a  reasonable 

the  dealer 
profit?

First:  By  reducing  the  number  of 
styles  and  not  changing  the  same  so 
often.  Second:  By  uniting  to  not  sell 
to  any  dealer  who  makes  it  a  practice 
to  cut  prices  on  staple  lines  of  shoes. 
The  dealer  who  has  a  mania  for  cutting 
prices  not  only  injures himself and com­
petitors,  but  also  the  manufacturers.

4.  How  does 

the  multiplicity  of 

styles  affect  the  item  of  profit?

The  multiplicity  of  styles  during  the 
last  nine  years  has  proven  to  be  the 
greatest  curse  that  has  ever  afflicted  the 
shoe  trade.  If  what  I  have  learned  from 
traveling  men 
is  true,  it  has  been  the 
cause  of  driving  more  merchants  into 
bankruptcy  than  any  other  cause.  The 
manufacturers  are  as  much  to  blame  for 
this  state  of  affairs  on  the  one  hand  as 
the  merchant  who  cuts  prices  on  the 
other.

The  result  from  changing  or  adding 
new  styles  every  six  months  can  be 
plainly  seen  in  every  shoe  department. 
They  are  over  stocked  with  out-of-date 
styles  to  such  an  extent  that  the  mer­
chant  is  forced  to  sell  them  at  slaugh­
tered  prices.  Does  this  not  affect  the 
item  of  profit?

Furthermore  it  is  educating  the  ma­
jority  of  the  people  up  to  the  practice 
of  buying  only  shoes  that  are  being  sold 
at  a  slaughtered  price,  leaving  the  up- 
to-date  lines  lay  on  the  shelf  until  an­
other  change  of  style  comes around,  and 
they  too  become  out  of  date.

I  might  ask  what  is  the  cause  of  the 
multiplicity  of  styles? 
Is  it  not  due  to 
the  multiplicity  of  manufacturers,  each 
one  trying  to  outdo  the  other  by  adding 
another  style? 
I  cannot  see  how  the 
manufacturer  can  aid 
the  merchant 
while  this  state  of  affairs  exists.

It 

is  my  opinion  that  the  sooner  the 
number  of  manufacturers  become  re­
duced  and 
the  sooner  they  become 
united  and  adopt  a  limit~to  the  number

of  styles,  the  better 
merchant.

it  will  be  for  the 

I  have  known  merchants  who,  thirty 
years  ago,  had  only  two  styles,  retire 
from  business  in  a  short  time  wealthy, 
and  I  have  known  others  who  became 
wealthy  in  the  same  manner,  continued 
in  business  until  the  rapid  changes  in 
styles  soon  swamped  them,  and  I  can 
see  merchants  to  day  who  are  having 
clearance  sales,struggling  to  save  them­
selves.

5.  How  can  the  competition  of  the 
department  store  best  be  met  and  its in­
fluence  overcome?

It 

is  my  serious  conviction  that  the 
competition  and 
influence  of  the  de­
partment  store  cannot  be  overcome. 
People  who  pay  cash will trade wherever 
they  can  receive  the  best  accommoda­
tions. 
It  is  an  undisputed  fact  that  the 
department  store  is  equipped  to  a  much 
better advantage  than  is  possible for  the 
exclusive  dealers.  The  exclusive  deal­
er,  with  bis  two  or  three  prices,  has also 
done  a  great  deal  toward  building  up 
the 
influence  of  the  department  mer­
chants  who  start  out  with  one  price  and 
stick  to  it.

I  have  conversed  with  a  great  many 
people  who  prefer  trading  with  the  de­
partment  store  on  account  of  the  one 
price  system  alone.  They  will  say  that 
where  they  can  talk  a  man  down  two  or 
four  bits  on  a  pair  of  shoes  they  even 
then  don’t  know  whether  they  are  pay­
ing  a  legitimate  price  or  not.

Again  I  believe  many  people  prefer 
trading  with  the  department  store  be­
cause  they  can  do  all  their  trading  un­
der  one  roof,  and  not  have  to  run  from 
one  store  to  another,  which  is  very  dis­
agreeable  during  extremely  hot  or  cold 
weather.

I  also  find  the  department  store  very 
convenient  for  country  people,  who  or­
der  by  mail  from  the  catalogue. 
In­
stead  of  writing  to  four,  five  or  six 
different  stores,  as  the  case  may  be, 
and  having  the  same  number  of  ship­
ments  made,  he  writes  only  one  letter 
with  one  money  order  to  the  department 
store,  and  has  all  his different purchases 
put  up 
in  one  shipment,  saving  much 
time  and  expense.

6.  Would 

it  be  feasible,  at  least  in 
smaller  cities  and  towns,  for  the  dealers 
to  come  to  an  understanding  by  which 
profits  should  not  be  sacrificed  to  obtain 
trade?

Yes,  but  not  until  the  dealers  have 
either  sold  out  or  given  away  all  unde 
sirable  stock  and 
the  manufacturers 
come  to  an  understanding  as  to  the 
limiting  of  styles.

After  bringing  my  thoughts  together 
and  writing  them  out  the  best  I  know 
how  on  the  foregoing  subject,  I  will 
stop,  think  again  and  ask  myself  what 
is  the  sequel  to  all  those  contentions 
which  seem  to  have  been  brought  about 
as 
if  by  unseen  hands  during  the  last 
twenty  years.

Can 

it  not  be  compared  with  a  storm 
of  rain  that  comes  at  a  sAson  of  the 
year  when  few  are  injured  and many are 
benefited?

The  multiplicity  of  manufacturers 
and  the  multiplicity  of  styles  naturally 
gives  employment  to  thousands  more 
people,  putting  that  much  more  money 
in  circulation.

The  merchant  becomes  overstocked 
with  out-of-date  styles  and  is  forced  to 
slaughter  them, 
large 
numbers  of  poor  people  (who  are  also 
accumulating) opportunities  of  purchas­
ing  good  shoes  for  little  money.

thereby  giving 

Last  but  not  least, 

the  department 
stores  come  into  existence,  reaching  far

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out  beyond  the  confines  of  the  exclusive 
dealer,  although  injuring  few,  they  are, 
as  I  have  shown,  benefiting  many.

I  do  not  wish  to  be  understood  as  be­
ing  partial  to  the  department  store. 
The  exclusive  dealer  has  the  same  op­
portunities  only  on  a  smaller  scale,  and 
if  he  will  only  exercise  them  in  a  judi­
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heeler  and  soler,  too,  in  this  part  of  the 
country,  if  I  have  to  say  so  myself,”   is 
the  way  a  cobbler  in  West  Philadelphia 
gets  up  his  business  card.

A  woman's  husband  is  never as  dear 

to  her as  her  husband’s  wife.

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Too Thrifty  by  Half.

W ritten  for the T r ad esm an.

Ned  Aldrich  had  been  in  the  employ 
of  Wingate  &  Co.  for  something  over 
five  years.  He  had  come  to  the  firm 
with  the  best  of  recommendations.  He 
was  industrious  and  honest.  He  wasn’t 
afraid  to  work  over  time  occasionally 
without  charging  it  up  to  the  company. 
He  was  neat  in  his  habits.  He  was 
good  looking—a  stout,  well-made  young 
fellow,  with  as  good  a  disposition  as 
could  be  asked  for.  Above  all,  espe­
cially 
in  the  eyes  of  his  employes,  he 
was  saving,  and 
it  was  supposed  by 
those  who  had  the  means  of  knowing 
that  Ned  had  a  comfortable  balance  to 
his  credit  at  the  Second  National  Bank.
For  some  reason  or  other  this  was  a 
sore  subject  for  his  fellow  clerks. 
It 
was  always  coming  up  for  discussion, 
always  called  forth  the  bitterest,  most 
uncharitable  expressions  and  invariably 
ended  in  the  hope  that  the  fellow  would 
get  hold  of  the  hot  end  of  the  poker  one 
ot  these  days.  “ Oh,it’s  all  well  enough 
for  a  fellow  to be  looking  out  fora rainy 
day.  Nobody  is  finding  fault  with  the 
fact  that  every  day  should  find  some­
thing  of  the  day’s  wages  put  by.  A 
clerk  with  three  dollars  a  day  can’t 
afford' to  smoke  too  many  ten-cent 
cigars,  unless  somebody  else  pays  for 
them,  and beer  and  billiards  are  awfully 
expensive  unless  a  man  has  a  good  grip 
on  himself.  That’s  one  thing;  but  in 
my  mind  the  other  way  is  just  as  bad  if 
not  worse. 
I've  seen  Ned  Aldrich  wear 
things  that  I  wouldn’t  wear  and  eat 
things  that  I  wouldn't  eat;  and I'll  give 
any  one  of  you  a  handful  of  ten-cent­
ers,  straight,  if  you  will  take  your  oath 
that  you've  smoked  a  cigar  of  any  sort 
that  Ned  Aldrich  ever  paid  for.  Talk 
about  pinching  the  eagle  on  a  quarter 
till 
fellow  would 
pinch  the  bird  out  of  existence and  then 
charge  the  Government  with  circulating 
counterfeit  money.  The  fact  is,  he  is 
stingy,  and  that  kind  of  man  I  don’t 
want  around  me. ”

it  squawks!  That 

The  firm  treasurer  had  looked  upon 
these  things  in a different light.  A  strict 
adherence  to  business  and  an  utter  ab­
sence  of  the  qualities  of  the  spendthrift 
strengthened 
the  growing  regard  of 
Wingate  &  Co.,  composed  of  father  and 
son,  and  both  were  giving  more  than  a 
passing  thought  to  the  possibility  of 
having 
just  such  an  enterprising,  go- 
ahead  fellow  in  the  firm  whenever  the 
senior  member  should  make  up  his 
mind  to  take  things  more  easily—an 
event  which  was  growing  nearer  every 
day.

For  certain  reasons  which  need not  be 
stated  here,  Sam  Wingate,  the 
junior 
firm  member,  decided  to  take  his  vaca­
tion  in  June,  the  whole  month.  He  had 
been  wanting  for  a  good  while  to  go  to 
Washington;  be  had  some  little  busi­
ness  to  attend  to  in  Baltimore  and  he 
wanted  to  get  back  before  the  summer 
heat  set 
in;home,  in  his  mind  being 
the  only  place  where  be  could  be  com­
fortable  during  the  heated  season.

inclined 

Among  the 

limited  weaknesses  of 
young  Wingate,  was  an  intense  liking 
for  the  wheel.  Strongly 
to 
athletic  sports,  he bad  found  a  combina­
tion  of  pleasure  and  profit  in  the  exer­
cise  the  wheel  afforded  him  and derived 
much  benefit  therefrom. 
It  will  be  no 
surpise, 
learn  that  Mr. 
to 
Wingate’s  wheel  was  a  “ James-dandy”  
and  strictly  up  to  date.  Money  in  this 
line  was  no  object  and  all  that  was  val­
uable 
in  wheel  virtues  was  sure  to^be 
found  a  part  of  this  paragon  of  wheels.
When  the  vacation  had  been  fixed

therefore, 

upon,  the first  momentous question  to  be 
decided  was  what  was  to  be  done  with 
his  wheel. 
It  never  would  do  to  let  the 
thing  stand  unused  for  an  entire  month. 
it  stand 
A  wheel  is  like  a  horse.  Let 
in  the  stable  for  a  week  unused  and 
it 
would  be  sure  to  have  the  wheel  floun­
ders  and  require  no  end  of  doctoring. 
Like  a  horse  it  needed  daily  cleaning, 
a  piece  of  work  by  no  means  to  be  en­
trusted  to  hired  bands.  He  wanted  to 
leave  it  with  somebody  who  would  use 
it  as  Ike  Walton,  the  old fisherman,  used 
the  fly  be 
impaled,  as  if  he  loved  it; 
and  the  only  man  he  could  think  of who 
would  be  faithful  to  his  trust  was  Ned 
Aldrich.  He  would  do  this  because  it 
was  a  part  of  his  make-up  in  the  first 
place  and,  what  set  Wingate’s  heart 
aglow  at  the  thought,  because  Ned  liked 
him.  So  the  evening  before  he  went 
away,  Sam  had  Aldrich  to  dinner  and 
then  spent  the  evening 
in  telling  his 
friend  about  the  peculiarities  of  the 
machine  and  how  he  wanted  it  taken 
care  of.

For  a  day  or two  after  the  departure 
of  the  owner  the  wheel,  the  object  of 
little 
less  than  awe,  stood  untouched, 
save  the  daily  careful  wiping  in  Ned 
Aldrich’s  bedroom.  In  due  time  human 
nature  asserted  itself  and  the  guardian 
began  to  wonder  if  the  machine  was, 
after  all,  so  much  better  than  any other. 
He  began  to  have  doubts about that kind 
of  saddle  and  whether  a man wasn’t tak­
ing  his  life in  bis hands  in  using  it.  He 
didn’t  believe  be  liked  the  gearing  and 
while  that  sort  of  chain  might  be  what 
Sam  cracked 
it  up  to  be,  he  had  the 
gravest  doubts.  Still,  he  promised  to 
take  good  care  of  it  and  he  would.  He 
went  to  the  store  on  it  the  fifth  morning 
after  Sam  went  away,  and  he  mounted 
the  machine,  convinced  that  it  would 
prove  to  be  like  the  rest,  a  very  good 
article  but  only  as  wheels  go.

There  are  a  class  of  people  in  this 
world,  and  Ned  Aldrich  is  one  of  them, 
who  have  no  faith  in  the  cussedness  of 
inanimate  objects  To  him  the 
idea 
was  absurd  that  a  wheel  can  assume  at 
pleasure  the  attributes  of  humanity  and 
the  fact  that  Sam’s  machine  had  de­
signs  against  him  was  an  idea  which 
never  entered  his  brain.  The  wheel, 
however,  had  a  plan. 
It  was  on  its 
good  behavior  that  morning.  It  adapted 
itself  at  once  to  its  new  rider  and  in 
every  way  completely  charmed  him. 
After  that  the  two  were  constantly  to­
In  season  and  out  of  season,  in 
gether. 
in  storm—a  fact  to  lift 
sunshine  and 
Sam  Wingate’s  hair  had  he  known 
it— 
that  fine  wheel  was  on  duty,  and  after 
the  first  few  days,  the  care  it  received 
It 
was  noticeable  only  by  its  absence. 
It  was 
wasn’t  wiped. 
It  wasn’t  oiled. 
left  at  the  curb  and  fell  over. 
It  was 
out  over  night,  got  wet  and  became 
rusty.  Ned  was  a  reckless  rider  and 
was  constantly  running,  or  run,  into, 
and  at  last  walked  home  one  day  with  a 
crippled  wheel,  an  accident  which  hap 
pened  the  last  week  of  Sam’s  vacation.
“ What  you  going  to  do  now?”   asked 
one  of  the  evil  prophesying  and  hoping 
fellow-clerks.

“ Do,”   was  the  reply,  why  there  is 
only  one  thing  to  be  done. 
I’m  not  re­
sponsible  for  the  accident.  The  wheel’s 
at  the  repair  shop  and  Sam  will  get  it 
when  he  gets  home;  it’ll be done by that 
time. ”

“ Yes,  but  it’ll  cost  like  thunder to re­

pair  a  damage  like  that.”

“ All  right. 

’Taint  my  wheel.  Sam 
told  me  to  use  it  and  I  did. 
It  got 
crippled.  That’s  a  part  of  the  risk  and 
he’ll  have  to  take  it.  You  don’t  sup­

pose,  do  you,  that  I  smashed  the  thing 
a  purpose?  Well  then,  I  can’t  be  held 
responsible 
I’d  have  a  wheel  of  my 
own 
it  wasn’t  for  the  expense  of 
keeping  the  thing  in  repair.  Never  you 
mind.  The  wheel  will  come  out  all 
right.”

if 

It  did. 

In  due  time  the  wheel  came 
home  and  some  weeks  after  a  collector 
presented  Sam  with  a  bill  which,  he 
said,  Aldrich  had  refused  to  pay  be­
cause  the  wheel  didn’t  belong  to  him. 
He 
left  after  receipting  the  bill  with 
Sam  muttering  something  wicked.

On  the  first  of  September,  after  busi­
ness  hours,  the  clerks  came  down  to  the 
store,  opened  a  box  of  choice  cigars, 
the  result  of  a  liberal  chipping 
in  and 
with  a  delight  which  they  didn't  try  to 
express—they  couldn’t—celebrated  the 
discharge  of  Ned  Aldrich  which  took 
effect  that  day. 
It  took  a  long  time  to 
“ tell  all  about  i t ;”  there wasn’t  a  cigar 
left  when  they  get  through,  and  the 
seance  wound  up  with  a  hearty  “ that's 
so,”   when  Jim  Sterling  remarked  as  he

7

threw  away  his  last  cigar  stump:  “ It’s 
just  what  I  have  always  said,  boys.  It’s 
all  right  for  a  fellow  to  be  prudent  and 
saving,  but  when  he  gets  so  stingy  and 
mean  as  to  cheat  himself  out  of  the  best 
position  a  man  ever  had,  I  for  one  am 
mighty  glad  of  it I”

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You have  something  to  sell  to  the  merchants. 
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the  money  and  freight  rates  do  not  interfere 
with the delivery of the goods.  You only  want 
to get  before  a  prosperous  people—those  who 
have money with which to buy—in a direct and 
forcible way,  with  an  argument  that  will  turn 
their dollars into your pocket. 
Isn’t  that true ? 
Well, just here is where  the

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strange if it didn’t pay you also ?

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WEDNESDAY.------AUGUST  17,  1898.

THE  RETURN  OF  PEACE.

Not  only  the  people  of  the  United 
States  and  the  masses  of  Spain,  but  the 
nations  of  Europe  also,  will  hail  the 
cessation  of  hostilities between America 
and  Spain  with  more  than  satisfaction. 
Short  as  has  been  the  struggle,  it  has 
lasted 
long  enough  to  develop  many  of j 
war’s  horrors,  to  cost  hundreds  of  mil­
lions  of  dollars,  and  hundreds  of  lives 
far  more  precious  than  the  money  ex­
pended.

Peace  will  be  greeted  with  immense I 
satisfaction  by 
this  country  because 
everything  has  been  obtained  for  which 
the  war  was  undertaken  and  in  an  in­
credibly  short  time.  We  have  been  sur­
prised  at  our  own  successes,  for  we  nat­
urally  anticipated  a  more  stubborn  and 
costly  resistance.  The  Spanish  masses, 
ignorant  though  they  are,  will  accept 
the  peace  as  the  termination  of  a  hope­
less  fight  on  Spain’s  part  and  as  the 
harbinger  of  better  days,  in  many  re­
spects,  than  they  have  enjoyed  for  some 
years  past  while  their  ranks  and  re­
sources  were  being  depleted  to  main­
tain  military  operations  abroad.  The 
continental  nations  will  welcome  the 
peace  as  the  restoration of national trade 
conditions  and  the  removal  of  a danger­
ous  situation  that  at  any  moment  might 
become  intensely  critical.
is 

Now  that  the  war 

finally  con­
cluded,  it  can  be  said,  without  fear  of 
intelligent  contradiction, 
it  has 
been  worth  to  us  all  it  has  c o s t.  The 
territorial  prizes  are  of  themselves  an 
offset  to  the  money  cost,  while  the  pres­
tige  which  our  victories  have  given  us, 
the 
international  standing  secured  for 
this  country,  the  revival  of  National 
spirit  and  the  removal of many sectional 
prejudices  constitute  a  rich  compensa­
tion  for  the  other  sacrifices  that  have 
been  made  from  a  National  standpoint.
Nothing  can  ever  completely  heal  the 
sorrow  that  has  been  caused  in scores  of 
is  softened  by 
homes,  but  this  sorrow 
the  reflection  that  the  precious 
lives 
which  were  offered  up were  given  in  a 
noble  cause  and  for  the  glory,  the  honor 
and  the  upbuilding  of  the  Nation.

that 

Wars  are  not  always  unmixed  evils.
In  the  present  constitution  of human  so­
ciety  and  under  the  present  develop­
ment  of  human  nature,  wars  are  yet 
necessary to advance liberty and progress 
and  beat  down 
ignorance,  selfishness 
and  tyranny.  The world  moves  forward 
through  conflicts  such  as  that  just  fin­
ished. 
It  is  the  nation  that  is  prepared 
to  assert  itself  with  force  that  yet  com­

mands  the  respect  of  the  world.  We 
may  wish  that  it  were  otherwise,  but the 
millenium  is  still  in  the  dim  distance.
In  the  chivalry  of  our  interference, 
the  exhibition  of  the  vitality  of  the  rul­
ing  force  of  the  new  world  and  the  ac­
tual  results  and  assured  consequences, 
few  wars 
in  this  or  any  other  century 
have  done  more  for  the  cause  of  human 
advancement  than  the  Spanisb-Ameri- 
can  conflict. 
It  furnishes  us  every  oc­
casion  for  pride  and  satisfaction,  but  as 
a  peace-loving  people  we  will  rejoice 
that  it   is  at  last  ended.

SO UTH   AFRICAN  M UDDLE.

imperial 

The  British  Empire  is  now  engaged 
in  watching  with  interest the progress  of 
a  political  contest  in  one  of  its  im­
portant  autonomous  colonies  which  may 
turn  out  of  such  proportions  as  to neces­
sitate 
interference  as  a  final 
culmination.  Since  the  defeat  of  the 
Ministry,  Cape  Colony  has  been  in  the 
throes  of  a  campaign  preceding  a  gen­
eral  election  made  necessary  by  the  dis 
missal  of  the  Colonial  Parliament  and 
the  appeal  of  the  Ministers  to  the  elec­
tors.

The  fight  in  progress 

is  not  merely 
one  of  parties,  hut  it  is  the  most  dan­
gerous  of  all  contests,  namely,  a  race 
conflict.  The  Africander 
interests  in 
the  colony,  which  are  important  outside 
of  the  towns,  assisted  by  the  moral  and 
material  support  of  the  Boers  of  Trans­
vaal  and  the  Orange  Free  State,  are  en­
the  assistance  of  a I 
deavoring,  with 
small  section  of  anti-ministerialists,  to 
secure  control  of  the  government,  and 
at  the  beginning  of  the  campaign  there 
was  some  danger  of  their  succeeding.

More  recently,  however,  the  British 
sentiment  among  the  masses  has  been 
[rekindled,  and  Cecil  Rhodes,  the  pow­
erful  politician  who  was 
into 
temporary  retirement  by  the  ill  fated 
Jamison  raid,  has  entered  actively 
into 
the  fight,  so  that  the  prospects  are  now 
bright  for  the  success  of  the  Imperial­
ists.

forced 

It  is  not  the  numerical  strength  of  the 
Africanders  in  Cape  Colony  which  ren­
ders  them  so  formidable,  but  the  num­
ber  of  seats  in  the  Parliament  they  are 
able  to  control.  Their  strength  is  main­
ly 
in  the  rural  districts,  and,  as  the 
rural  constituencies  have  a  representa­
tion  out  of  all  proportion  to  their  popu­
lation,  compared  with 
the  town  dis­
tricts,  the  Boers  are  thus  able  to  con 
trol  a  larger  vote  in  the  Assembly  than 
they  are  properly  entitled  to.

in 

The  contest  becomes 

important  be­
cause  of  the  active  agitation  which  the 
Boers  of  the  Transvaal  Republic  have 
carried  on  against  British  influence  in 
South  Africa.  Should  the  Africanders 
succeed  at  the  elections and gain control 
of  the  Government  of  the  Cape,  they 
would  undoubtedly  lend  all  the  aid  and 
comfort 
their  power  to  President 
Kruger  in  his  attempts  to  shake  off  the 
restraining  honds  of  British  suzerainty.
As  far  as  the  Africanders  are  con­
cerned,  their  efforts  are  undoubtedly 
disloyal,  and  little  short  of  treasonable. 
Of  course 
it  cannot  be  imagined  for  a 
moment  that  Great  Britain  would  per­
mit  any  open  exhibition  of  disaffection 
in  so  important  a  colony,  but  the  polit­
ical  triumph  of  the  anti-British  ele­
ments  would  be  embarrassing and might 
precipitate  complications  which  would 
give  trouble  while  so  many  important 
international  problems  claimed  the  at­
tention  of  the  London  Government.

It 

is  not  true  that  men  who  stay  at 
home  know  more  about  a  war than  those 
engaged  in  i t ;  but  they  think  they  do.

EFFEC TS OF  PEACE ON  B U SIN E SS 
influences  of  the 

While  the  adverse 

largely  antic 

improvements 

war  with  Spain  were  so 
pated  as  to  prevent  serious  financia. 
disturbance,  there  was  yet  an  undoubted 
hindrance  to  the  tide  of  returning  in 
dustrial  prosperity. 
This  was  most 
manifest  in  the  Atlantic  coast  cities,  i 
which  municipal 
and 
new  business  undertakings  were  largely 
suspended.  Then 
in  the  general  dis 
traction  of  public  attention  there  was 
decided  conservative  influence  affecting 
all  parts  of  the  country.  So,  although 
it  is  a  matter  of  astonishment  that  the 
injurious  effects  were  so  little  in  evi 
dence,  there  was  no question  that  there 
was  restrictive  power  which  materially 
affected  the  general  result.

The  ending  of  the  war  means  the  re 
movai  of  this  adverse  influence and.  the 
opening  of  the  flood  gates  of  business 
prosperity  which  was  manifestly  so  im 
minent  prior  to  its commencement;  and 
the  flood  which  has  been  hindered  not 
only  appears  to  have  increased 
in  vol 
ume  during  the  interval,  on  account  of 
the  pre-existing 
conditions,  but  the 
effect  of  the  conflict  has  been  to  intro­
duce  many  new  elements  and  factors 
which  promise  to  greatly  augment  the 
tide.

Perhaps  the  factor  which  will  have 
most  influence  is  the  general  feeling  of 
expectation  which  seems  to  permeate 
all  ranks  of  the  business  world. 
It  is 
readily  recalled  that  during  the  years  of 
panic  and  depression  the  most  serious 
hindrance  to  the  return  of  better  times 
seemed  to  be  the  universal  feeling  of 
misgiving  and  apprehension,  which 
made  the  business  world  abnormally 
sensitive  to  all  depressing  influences. 
Thus  the  pendency  of  tariff  bills  and 
the  discussion  of  other  financial  and 
economic  policies  were  enough  to  in­
tensify  the  general  stagnation  to  an  as­
tonishing  degree.  It  is  fair  to  presume, 
and  observation  confirms  the  presump­
tion,  that  the  wide  feeling  of  confidence 
which  now  prevails  will  have  an  equal 
in  sustaining  the  prosperity 
influence 
now  opening  so  auspiciously. 
is 
largely  by  reason  of  this  feeling  of  con­
fidence  that  disturbing  political  ques­
tions  have  been  put  so  effectually  in  the 
background.  Another  manifest  effect 
of  this  confidence  is  the  opening  of  the 
coffers  of  capital  to  any legitimate  busi­
ness  enterprises.

It 

The  war  was  a  surprise  on  account  of 
in­
its  slight  influence  in  the  values  of 
vestment  and 
indu  trial  stocks.  The 
slight  reaction  attending  the  opening 
was  followed  by  quick  recovery  and  the 
months  since  have  shown  an  almost uni­
form  improvement,  manifestly  depend­
ing  upon  the  steady  strengthening of the 
financial  and 
industrial  situation.  So 
the  declaration  of  peace  is  followed  by 
no 
radical  changes,  only  a  general 
strengthening  all  along  the  line,  until 
the  average  of  quotations  has  reached  a 
point  higher  than  since  the  months  pre- j 
ceding  the  panic.  And  it  is  to  be  noted 
that  the  buying  is  very  largely  foreign 
as  well  as  domestic,  a  fact  which  shows 
that  the  outcome  of  the  war  has  been 
such  as  to  command  the  confidence  of 
Old  World  capital.

in 

A  still  more  specific  effect  will  be 
found  in  the  improved  status  of  Ameri­
can  products 
the  markets  of  the 
world.  The  prestige  won  for  American 
mechanical  genius  in  military  utensils 
and  science  will  have  a  corresponding 
effect  in  other  manufactures.  Thus  the 
name  American  will  have  a  trade  value 
greater  than 
that  possessed  by  Ger­
many,  England  or  any  other  nation.

This  will  undoubtedly  create  an 
im­
mense  demand  for  our  manufactured 
products,  and  it  only  remains  to  be  seen 
whether  we  shall  adopt  a  policy  of  en­
couragement  to  our  merchant  marine 
which  will  enable  us  to  reap  the benefit.
Already  our  iron  and  machinery  man­
ufacture  has  received  a  tremendous  im­
petus  from  the  declaration  of  peace, 
ron  prices  have  finally  been  compelled 
to advance  and  the  deluge  of  orders  for 
machinery  is  said  to  be  without  prece­
dent. 
jobbing  and  wholesale  trade 
there  has  been  a  rapid  increase  for  the 
last  two  weeks  and  the  final  announce­
ment  of  peace  gives  a  still  greater  im­
pulse  to  the  movement.  Mills  are  start­
ing  which  have 
long  been  idle,  and 
thousands  who  have  long  been  on  the 
verge  of  poverty  are  being  given  em­
ployment.

In 

The  political  changes  attending  the 
outcome  of  the  war  are  opening  wide 
avenues  for  the  movement  of  American 
products.  Old  lines  of  steamships  have 
been  restored  and  new  are  projected ; 
and  the  effect  in  the  general  markets  of 
the  world  will  be  tenfold  that  of  the 
opening  of  trade  with  our  colonial  pos­
sessions.

Freaks  of  patriotism  are  everywhere 
noticeable.  There  is  no  more  Spanish 
in  New  York,  but  Cuban 
mackerel 
mackerel 
is  served  at  the  restaurants. 
The  dressmakers  have dropped the name 
of  Spanish  flounce,  though  they  retain 
the  graceful  style.  At  the  Anglo-Amer- 
can  dinner  recently  held  in  London, 
the  bill  of  far  was  printed  entirely Eng- 
ish,  because  of  the  French  sympathy 
with  Spain.  These  are  only  straws,  but 
they  show  bow  the  wind  blows  the  Star 
Spangled  Banner.

One  result  of  the  war  with  Spain  will 
be  to  enhance  the  value  of  American 
itizenship 
in  the  eyes  of  the  world. 
Hereafter  the  American  flag  and  the 
American 
citizen  will  be  respected 
abroad  as  they  have  never  been  before. 
Among  all  but  the  best  educated  and 
most  traveled  classes  we  have  always 
had  the  reputation  of  being  a  nation  of 
shopkeepers,  shrewd,  boastful,  vulgar, 
but  of  little  account  outside  of  commer­
cial  transactions. 
They  know  better 
now

formed 

Spain  was  originally 

from 
fourteen  kingdoms,  and  has  an  area  cl 
96,173  square  miles  and  a  population 
of  17,000,000. 
If  Spain  ever  tackles 
America  again  she  will  not  have  king­
dom  enough  left  for  a  small  boy  king  tc 
have  the  measles  in.

It  is  hoped  a  healthy  place  will  bese 
lected  for  the  next  war.  Madrid,  01 
Cadiz,  or  Barcelona,  or  any  Spanish 
town,  none  which  have  been  touched, 
will  do  for  carrying  on  a  war with Spain 
islands  tbai 

ithout  borrowing  old 

Spain  does  not  own.

When  Spain  becomes  able  to  figbl 
again  she  will  not  be  handicapped  by 
islands  and  things  that  have  been  hei 
ruin.  She  will  go  direct  to  Boston  and 
other  approachable  towns  and  do  ben 
bombarding  and  looting  before  she  does 
her  talking.

is  tb< 
Shafter,  Schley  and  Sampson 
S.  S.  S. ”   remedy  that  Spain  has  beei 
forced  to  swallow.  The  patient  is  rest 
ing  quietly  now.

The  only  thing  Spain  has  done  in  th 
war  worthy  of  note,  was  blowing  up  th 
Maine.  At  that  time  she  had  no  oppo 
sition.

MICHIGAN 

IK A U h S M AN

Ou

THE  SCEPTER  OF  DOMINION.
There 

is  a  phrase,  current  among 
public  political  speakers,  that  “ Trade 
follows  the  flag,”   meaning  that  con­
quest,  or  the  planting  of  the  flag  on 
some  foreign  shore,  is  the  first  step 
in 
increasing  commerce.

The  pharse  quoted  expresses  some­
thing  that  is  not  true  as  to  a  whole,  but 
is  only  partially  so.  Commerce  always 
seeks  the  cheapest  markets  in  which  to 
buy  and  the  highest 
in  which  to  sell. 
Wherever  these  are  to  be  found  there 
trade  will  go.  This  is  no  longer  an  age 
of  conquest  by  arms  and  force;  but  the 
victories  of  commerce  are  victories  of 
peace.  The  American  republic  is  one 
of  the  great  commercial  nations  of  the 
earth,  but  until  very  lately  its  flag  has 
not  floated  over a square foot of National 
territory  that 
is  beyond  seas.  All  its 
vast  trade  has  been  the  result  of  being 
able  to  furnish  to  the  nations  of  the 
earth a  good  market  to  buy  goods in  and 
to  sell  in.

The  history  of  commerce  shows  that 
the  scepter  of  dominion  in  international 
trade  has  been  shifted  from  one  nation 
to  another  until  it  has  been  wielded  by 
many  different  peoples.  It was long  held 
by  nations  bordering  on  the  Mediter­
ranean  Sea,  and  although 
it  was  at 
different  times  shifted  from  one  to  an­
other,  it  was  always  held  there  until  the 
discovery  by  Vasco  da  Gama,  in  1497, 
of  the  ocean  route  to  India around  the 
Cape  of  Good  Hope.  Up  to  that  time 
the  trade  had  been  carried  overland 
from 
the  East  to  the  Mediterranean, 
where  it  took  ship  for  its  final  destina­
tion ; but  the  opening  of  marine transit 
from  India  to  Europe  changed  every­
thing  and  resulted 
in  dwarfing  the 
power  of  all  the  Mediterranean  coun­
tries.

Another  common  expression  among 
writers  and  speakers  on  political  econ­
omy  is  that  the  richest  trade  moves  on 
north  and  south 
lines.  The  proper 
statement  of  the  case  would  be,  that  the 
richest  trade  is  always  from  southern  to 
northern  countries,  and 
reciprocally 
from  northern  to  southern.  The  reason 
for  this  is  very  simple.  Countries in  the 
same 
latitude  commonly  produce  the 
same  or  like  articles,  but countries vary­
ing  greatly  in  latitude  and  climate need 
to  exchange  their  products.  The  coun­
tries  that  control  the  handling  of  these 
exchanges  are  always  at  the  head  of 
commerce.

The  respective  positions  of  the  prin­
cipal  nations  in  commercial  importance 
are  taken  from  the  Antwerp  Journal  of 
Marine  Interests  and  embodied  in  a  re­
port  to  the  State  Department  of  the 
United  States  by  Consul  Morris,  at 
Ghent. 
It  gives  the  official  figures  of 
the  export  trade  of  the  leading  nations 
of  the  world  for  1896,  as  compared  with 
1872,  tabulated  as  follows :

Am ount of Exports 
1896
1872 

Countries 

430,583,000 
559,700,000 
726,066,000 
270,586,000 
250,900,000 
163,000,000 

England 
United States................. 
G erm any.  ..................... 
France 
..........................  
R u s s ia ............................  
A ustria-H ungary.........  
Belgium ...........................  

...................... $1,235,200,000  $1,422,000,000
1,050,692,000
994,156,000
656,393,000
513,908,000
369,016,000
283,324,000
The  following  gives  the  amount  of 
increase  in  trade  as  shown  in  the figures 
above,  and 
the  relative  commercial 
rank  of  the  several  nations  in  the  years 
mentioned:

Relative Rank
1896

1872

...

Countries

Increase
E n glan d.........  
$207.475.000
United S t a t e s ............... .  620,109,000
...................... •  384.456,000
Germany 
P ranee............................. .  *60,675.000
R ussia..............................
261,322,000
A ustria-H ungary......... .  118,116,000
B elgium ..........................
..  90,324,000

I
4
3
2
s
6
7
♦ Decrease.
The  most  remarkable  feature  of

2
3
4
5
6
7
this
is  the decrease  in the  trade

statement 

of  France,  which  has  fallen  from second 
to  fourth  place.  The  trade  of  the United 
States,  on  the  contrary,  increased  more 
rapidly  than  that  of  any  other  country, 
or  nearly  150  per  cent,  in  the  twenty- 
five  years.
Besides 

the  countries  mentioned, 
Japan,  Australia  and  the  East  Indies 
have, 
in­
creased  their  exports.  France  alone 
sees  its  trade  gradually  declining  in  the 
volume  of  the  world’s  commerce.

in  greater  or 

less  degree, 

This 

importance 

commercial 

is  the  age  of  railways,  of  iron 
and  steel  ships,  bridges,  bouses  and 
machinery,  and 
it  has  come  to  be  held 
that  the  position  of  a  nation  in  the 
scale  of 
is 
gauged  by  the  amount  of  iron  it  pro­
duces  and 
consumes.  Mr.  Brooks 
Adams, 
in  a  philosophical  article  in 
the  August  Forum,  gives  some  figures 
on  the  relative  production  of  iron  by 
several  of  the  principal  nations.  He 
sets  forth  that,  in  the  middle  of  the  last 
century,  the  eighteenth,  France 
led  in 
the  production  of  pig  iron;  England 
and  Germany  were  nearly  equal;  while 
America  produced  but  little.  The  pig 
iron  produced  in  1740  was  as  follows: 
France,  26,000  tons;  Great  Britain, 
20,000;  Germany, 
18,000;  America, 
1,000  tons.

During  the  next  hundred  years  Eng­
land  distanced  France;  France  gained 
relatively  on  Germany,  and  America 
increased  her  product  from  one-twen­
tieth  to  more  than  one-fifth  of  that  of 
the  United  Kingdom.  The  following 
was  the  product  of  pig 
iron  in  1840: 
Great  Britian,  1,390,000  tons ;  France, 
350,00c;  United  States,  290,000;  Ger­
many,  170,000 tons.

After  1870 the  movement  became  ac­
celerated.  Between  1880  and  1896  the 
German  output  grew  from  2,729,038  to 
6,372,816  tons;  while  that  of  France, 
which  had  been  1,725,293  tons  in  1880, 
was  only  2,333,702  in  1896.  But  if  Ger­
many  has  outstripped  France,  the  activ­
ity  of  America  has  been  even  gretaer. 
In  1840  the  United  States  had  not  en­
tered  the  field  of  international  compe­
tition ;  in  1897  she  undersold  the  Eng­
lish  in  London,  and her product  for  1898 
promises  nearly  to  equal  that  of  Great 
Britain  and  France  combined.

in 

In  Great  Britain  the  production  of 
pig  iron  in  1880  was  7,749,233  tons;  in 
1896,  8,563,209,  and 
1897,  about 
8,700,000  tons.  Her  exports  of  the  same 
In  1880,  1,632,343  tons;  in  1896, 
were: 
1,059,796,  and 
in  1897,  1,200,746  tons. 
Thus  it  would  appear  that  the  English 
iron 
is  relatively  stationary. 
The  United  States,  on  the  other  hand, 
in  1870  produced  1,665,179  tons  of  pig 
iron;  in  1880,  3,835,191,  and 
in  1897, 
9,652,680  tons;  while  for  the  present 
year  the  estimates  reach  a  million  tons 
a  month.

industry 

These  figures,  allowing  that  they  are 
correct,  as  doubtless  they  are,  show  how 
closely  pre  eminence 
in  commerce  is 
connected  with  national  power  and  do­
minion.  This  is  essentially  a  commer­
cial  age.  The  highest  efforts  of  states­
manship  are  devoted  to  the extending of 
a  nation's  trade,  and  among  the  most 
intelligent  peoples  war  is  only  made  for 
self-protection  and  in  defense  of  trade 
rights  and  advantages.  For  a  nation  to 
lose  trade  heavily  is  to  fall  into  decay, 
but  greatly  to  increase  its  commerce 
is 
to  rise  in  the  scale  of  national  power. 
The  statesmen  of  the  United  States,  in 
seeking  to  solve  the  problems  growing 
out  of  the  war  with  Spain,  must  on  no 
account  neglect  to  gain  for  their  conu- 
try  all  the  commercial  benefits  possible 
out  of  the  situation.

ALMIGHTY  DOLLAR.

How  the  Scramble  for  Wealth  Unfits 

Us  for  Pleasure.

W ritten  fo r the T r ad esm an.

Nothing 

impresses  a  foreigner  more 
than  the  difficulty  the  American  men 
find  in  resting  and  enjoying themselves. 
It  matters  not  in  what country in Europe 
one  travels,  each  nation  expresses  the 
same opinion.  “ The Americans are very 
practical.  They  can  wait  for  nothing, 
but  all  must  come immediately.”   How 
has  the  United  States  earned  such a rep­
utation?

its  first 

It  hears 

No  one  can  spend  five  minutes  on  our 
soil  without  feeling  the  spirit  of  unrest 
in  the  atmosphere,  and  being  imbued 
with  the 
idea  of  working  and  getting 
rich. 
It  is  born  and  bred  in  the  bone. 
A child  is  not  out  of  the  cradle before  it 
lessons  in  political  econ­
gets 
omy. 
its  father  and  mother 
talking  together  about  getting  this  com­
fort  or  that 
luxury  and  how  they  can 
meet  the  obligations.  How  common 
are  conversations  of  this  style.  Mrs. 
Smith  has  been  to  call  on  Mrs.  Brown, 
her  next  door  neighbor.  When  her  hus­
band  comes  home 
in  the  evening  the 
first  words  from  her  mouth  are,  “ Did 
you  know  Mrs.  Brown  has  bought  a  new 
parlor  suit  at  Berkey  &  Gay’s. 
It  was 
beautiful  and  so  cheap,  too,  only  $100.”  
Then  Mr.  Smith  (for  he 
is  like  all 
other  American  men,  the  best  husbands 
in  the  world)  remarks,  “ Why  don’t  you 
get  one,  too? 
I  have  noticed  lately  how 
shabby  our  chairs  are,  and  you  remem­
ber  when  we  married  we  had  so  many 
things  to  buy  we  thought  we  could  save 
better  on  our  parlor  furniture  than  on 
some  other things.  No  we  cannot  very 
well  afford  them  now  either,  but  then 
we  must  keep  up  appearances.  Well,  I 
the  harder  and  make 
must  work  all 
more  money. 
I  have  good  credit,  so 
we  do  not  need  to  pay  all  the  money 
cash  down,  so  I  guess  we  can  manage 
the  matter  all  right.”   Then  Mrs.  Smith 
chimes  in,  “ Oh,  yes,  we can  manage all 
right.  Pauline  is  not  giving  satisfac­
tion,  and  I  have  wished  to  change  girls 
for  some  time.  Now  I  will  give  her  a 
week’s  notice  and  do  my  own  work  for 
a  spell.  Yes,  and  I  think  I  can  man­
age  to  make  the  children’s  clothes  and 
I  have  heard  only  to-day  of  a  good 
dressmaker  who  comes  to  the  bouse,  so 
I  need  not  pay  Miss  Teal’s  prices  for 
my  new  dresses.”

The  children  at  two  and  three  years 
old  are  paid  in  money  for  being  good ; 
and  by  the  time  a  little  boy  is  eight  or 
nine  years  old,  he 
is  eager  to  get  a 
newspaper  route.  Already  he  is  plan­
ning  what  he  will  do  when  he  gets to  be 
a  man.  When  children  see  their  par­
ents  bending  all  their  energies  toward 
making  money,  is  it  strange  they  wish 
to  do  the  same  thing? 
In  a  country 
where  all  people  are  equal  before  the 
law,  they  wish  to  appear  equal  from  a 
worldly  point  of  view.  What  is  the  re­
sult?

There are  no  people  in  the  world  so 
well  housed,  so  well  clothed,  so  well  fed 
as  the  Americans.  Do  you  ever  find  a 
naturalized  American  wishing  to  return 
to  his  native  land  to live.  He may speak 
lovingly  of  his  boyhood  home  and  even 
declare  certain  things  are  made  better 
there,  but  he  is  sure  to  add,  “ America 
is  the  place  for  the  poor  man.  He  has 
a  chance  here.”   How  many  men  have 
come  over  steerage  from the  old  country 
and  without  five  dollars  to  their  names, 
and  scarcely  clothes  to  cover  them­
selves. 
Yet  within  five  or  ten  yea  s 
they  have  paid  for  excellent  farms  or 
earned  for  themselves  good  positions  in

the  business  world.  They  cross  the 
ocean  second  class  for  their  brides  and 
bring  them  back  to  comfortable  and  at­
tractive  homes.  Their  children,  very 
likely,  will  have  the  advantages  in  edu­
cation  and  the  culture  of  the  nobility 
in  Europe,  and  would  not  think  of 
traveling  any  way  except  first  class.

Yet 

in  spite  of  ail  this,  it  is  safe  to 
say  there  are  no  people  equal  to  the 
Americans  in  lacking  the  ability  to  en­
joy.  Every  bit  of  nerve  and  muscle  are 
consumed  in  getting  on  in  the  world.

The  Americans  are  veritable  para­
doxes.  They  invent  the  greatest  ma­
chines  for  saving  labor  and  time,  yet 
who  work  harder  and  have  less  time. 
No  problem 
is  too  vast  for  them  to 
solve.  They can  create  in  three  months 
a  navy  to  compete  with  the world.  They 
can  collect,  equip  and  train  an  army  in 
the  same  length  of  time  which  will 
make  the  Europeans  shake 
their 
boots.  The  American  eagle  conquers 
every  time.  Even  the  nations  who  are 
most  imbued  with  the  ideas  of  warfare, 
and  exhaust  their  treasuries  and  con­
sume  their  best  manhood  to  keep  up  an 
immense  standing  army  are  beginning 
to  question  the  expediency  of  such  a 
course.  But 
it  would  be  well  for  such 
nations  to  weigh  the  conditions  before 
attempting  any  radical  change.

in 

go 

through 

In  the  first  place  all  food  stuffs,  in 
fact  all  creature  comforts,  are  expensive 
in  Europe,  and,  as  a  result,  the  com­
mon  people  must  suffer 
the  conse­
quences,  and 
life  half 
starved  and 
Is  a  race  horse 
kept  on  a  diet  of  straw,  and  is  a  limited 
express  engine  made  to  go  on  half  the 
necessary  amount  of  fuel? 
Is  it  a  won­
der  the  laboring  people  do  not  work 
swiftly,  but  must  plod  along  at  a  raw- 
boned,  wheezy  pace?

illy  fed. 

I  remember  meeting  ex-Minister  Uhl 
soon  after  bis  arrival  in  Berlin  and  of 
his  inviting  me  to  to  call  on  his family. 
To  the  question  as  to  where  he  was 
stopping  he  replied,  “ Oh,  we are still  at 
the  Kaiserhof,  but  we  are  getting  very 
tired  of  hotel  life,  and  want  to  get  set­
tled  as  soon  as  possible.  We have rented 
a  beautiful  apartment  on  Thiergarten 
Strasse,  and  our  furniture  has  been  here 
at  least  two  weeks,  but  the  officials  are 
slow  about  getting 
through  business 
and  there  is  so  much  red  tape  to  be 
gone  through,  I  do  not  know  when  we 
shall  be  able  to  get  our  belongings.”

Slowness  and  red  tape  are  the  gilding 
of  the  throne.  They  add  grace  and  dig­
nity  to  a  kingdom,  and  cast  a  glamour 
over  the  ignorant  and  unthinking  mass 
of  the  population  In  that  lies the power 
of  a  kingdom  or  an  empire.  Did  not 
Rome  seek  during 
its  decline  to  keep 
the  rebellious  people  quiet  by  means  of 
gifts  and  shows.

There  is  an  even  more vital reason for 
not  ensuring  success  to  a  monarchy  in 
such  an  undertaking.  There is  a  lack  of 
motive  force.  In a  kingdom  the  soldiers 
are  servants  forced  to  service. 
If  they 
are  successful  in  battle  the  king,  living 
bis  life  of  luxury  in  his  palace,  receives 
all  the  credit  of  the  victory and disposes 
of  honors  and  rewards  as  pleases  His 
Highness.  If  they  are  unsuccessful  they 
have  nothing  to  lose  and  possibly  the 
new  conditions  will  be  even  more  bear­
able. 
In  such  a  republic  as  ours  the 
country  belongs  to  the  people  and  it  is 
for them  to  preserve  or  lose  their  native 
land.  Their  highest  obligations  belong 
to  their  country. 
If  they  win  in  battle 
it 
is  not  President  McKinley  who  gets 
the  credit,  but  the  armv.  If  they  lose  it 
is  the  people  of  the  United  States  who 
must  bear  the  ignominy.  Is  it  a  wonder

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that  the  Americans  with  such  responsi­
bilities  must  feel  the  earnestness,  the 
realness  of 
life,  and  never  be  able  to 
relax  enough  to  enjoy  a  joke,  or  to  lose 
consciousness  of  the  continuous  warfare 
of  life  for  life.

long  periods 

How  do  they  spend  their  lives?  Our 
most  successful  men  in  business  in  the 
professions,  nay,  even  the  President 
himself,  have  during  their 
lifetime 
spent 
in  working  during 
the  day  and  burned  the  midnight  oil  in 
study.  The  Americans  are  a  remark­
ably  versatile  people.  A boy  beginning 
work  does  what  he  can  do,  no  matter 
how  simple,  how  laborious,  bow  little 
to  his  taste.  But 
if  he  has  the  proper 
spirit  he  does  not  stay  in  such  a  place 
long.  He  makes  himself  too  valuable 
and  gets  a  promotion. 
If  one  kind  of 
work  does  not  suit  him,  he 
is  on  the 
lookout  for  another  position  more  to  his 
taste.  But,  while  he  is  in  the  wrong 
place,  he  does  not  play  the  martyr  and 
wear  an  abused,  dissatisfied  expression. 
He  puts  his  heart  in  his  work  for  the 
time  being,  and  makes  or  finds  what  be 
wants.

Of  course,  there  is  a  time  in  his 

life 
when  he  is  scrupulous,  over  nice  in  his 
clothes,cultivates  the  graces  of  the  light 
fantastic  toe,  never  seems  tired  of  the 
theatre  and  accepts  every  invitation  to 
parties  he  receives.  But  such  a  dude­
like  existence  does  not  satisfy  him  long 
and  be  is  generally  eager  at  a  compara­
tively  early  age  to  embrace  the  respon­
sibilities  of  a  home.  His  pleasures  ever 
after  center  at  the  hearthstone  with  bis 
wife  and  children.  He  may  pursue  his 
studies  further  after his  marriage,  and 
sometimes  even  studies  for a profession, 
but  by  middle  life  the  storm  and  stress 
period  of  his  life  is  over,  and  when  his 
day’s  work 
is  over  he  is  glad  to  get 
home  as  soon  as  possible  and  rest.  He 
is  loath  to  dress  for  a  reception  or  the 
opera,  and  much  prefers  to  read  his 
newspaper  and  go  to  bed  early. 
If  he 
is  persuaded  to  make  a  call  he  gets  off 
in  a  corner  with  a  friend  and talks busi­
ness  as  though  his  life  depended  upon 
it.  Holidays  he  does  not  know  what  to 
do  with  himself  and  generally  goes  to 
the  store  for  the  morning  to  read  over 
bis  letters  and  do  some  odd  jobs. 
It  is 
the  same  Sunday.  He  leaves  religion 
to  the  women  of  his  household and seeks 
the  consolation  of  his  office. 
In  the 
afternoon  he  possibly  makes  a  call  or 
two  but  generally  dozes  over  the  news­
paper  and  longs  for  M onday  morning. 
How  is  it  with  his  wife?

It 

She,  perhaps,  earned  her living before 
her  marriage  and  has  learned  thorough­
ness  and  business  methods.  She  is  not 
content  to  be  a  housewife  and  nothing 
else  as  in  the  olden  time.  She  realizes 
the  necessity  to-day  of  making  a  pro­
fession  of  home-keeping  and  mother­
hood.  She  puts  her  heart  and  soul  into 
her  work,  but  she  has  no  competition 
in  trade  to  fight  against  as  does  her 
husband  and  so  her  best  energy  goes  to 
study. 
is  the  women  who  become 
cultured,  who  read  the  books,  who  en­
joy  the  graces  of  society,  who  belong  to 
clubs,  who  travel, 
in  short,  who  have 
a  taste  for  the  polite  arts.  How  long 
are  husband  and  wife  to  be  companions 
when  they  have  absolutely  no  tastes  in 
common. 
it  a  wonder  there  are  di 
vorces  on  account  of  incompatability? 
How  many  wives  really  love  their  hus­
bands,  but  become  satiated  with  the 
practical  humdrum,  bread  and  butter 
existence  and  find  an  excuse  to  go  to 
Europe  on  the  plea  of  educating  the 
children.  Why,  Dresden  and  Florence 
are  full  of  just  such  women,  and  for­

Is 

eigners  say,  “ The  American  ladies  cer­
tainly  cannot 
love  their  husbands  or 
else  they  would  not  spend  all  their time 
over  here  away  from  them.”

I  have  not  forgotten  various  conver­
sations  I  overheard  while  I  was 
in 
Dresden.  One  case  especially impressed 
me.  A  lady  was  saying  good-bye  to her 
friend. 
“ Yes,  I  must  go.  My  husband 
has  sent  for  me,  and  says  he  just  must 
see  the  children. 
It  is  a  perfect  shame 
that  I  must  go.  To  think  of  having  to 
give  up  our  cozv  little  flat,  where  we 
have  been  so  comfortable  and  happy 
fairly  makes  me  cry.  The  children  are 
broken  hearted  over  leaving.  They have 
become  very  deeply  attached  here  dur­
ing  the  two  years  and  a  half  we  have 
remained. 
I  really  do  not  know  what  I 
shall  do  with  them  when  I  get  them 
home. 
They  have  made  wonderful 
progress  in  music  and speak  French and 
German  better  than  English.  We  all 
shall  be  quite  lost  without  the  Art  Gal­
lery  and  the  divine  operas  every  even­
ing,  Well,  of  course  I  must  go,  but  I 
hope 
it  will  not  be  long  before  I  can 
manage  to  get  back  here. ’ ’

This  condition  of  affairs  is  all  wrong. 
How  long  shall  we  be  able to sustain  our 
ideal  of  a  republic  if  the  mothers prefer 
the  pomp  and  pageantry  of  court  life 
and  the  children  receive  an  European 
education.  America  may  well  rejoice  in 
her  youthful  strength  and  spirits,  still 
she  can  profit  as  does  the  pretty  maiden 
lessons  from  her 
who  learns  valuable 
mother,  relation  and 
friends  of  wider 
experience.

In  America,  we  measure  a  man’s 
brains  by  the  kind  of  work  he  does, 
simply  because  his  business  consumes 
all  his  energy.  We  decide  whether  a 
man 
is  a  gentleman  or  not  by  the  size 
of  check  he  can  make  out,  for  money 
buys  everything  in  the  United  States.

is  an 

As  much  cannot  be  said  for  the  Euro­
pean.  Birth 
important  factor. 
To-day  the  different  classes  of  society 
are almost  as  strongly  marked  as  before 
the  time  of  the  republic. 
In  no  coun­
try  except  England 
is  a  man  liable  to 
rise  from  one  class  of  society  to  an­
other.  The  government,  nay  even  pub­
lic  sentiment  many  times,  is  against 
such  a  change.  Therefore,  if  a  man  is 
endowed  with  more  ability  than  is  nec­
essary  to  succeed  in  his  trade,  he  seeks 
either  the  freedom  of  America  or  else 
he  consumes  his  surplus 
time  and 
strength 
in  culture.  An  American  is 
dum bfounded  to  see  bow  people  plying 
the  humblest  crafts  can  still  have  the 
most  refined  tastes  for  music,  art  and 
literature  and  can  be  most 
just  critics. 
is  no  nation  which  shows  this 
There 
tendency  stronger  than  the  Germans. 
They  really  enjoy  the  best  advantages 
in  education,  and, 
if  they  had  more 
chance,  they  would  not  need  to  come  to 
the  United  States  to  reap  brilliant  suc­
cesses.  But  to  illustrate  their  culture. 
Two  years  ago  I  was  at  Eisenach  to 
visit  some  of  the  haunts  of  Martin 
I lost  the  key  to  my  little  hand 
Luther. 
b  g  and  it  was  necessary  to  replace 
it.
I  was  directed  to  the  nearest  locksmith, 
who  had  the  humblest  of  shops  fronting 
on  an  alley  in  the  outskirts  of  the  vil­
lage.  The  little  parlor  of  the  bouse  bore 
strong  imprints  of  poverty  and  depriva­
tions,  yet  that  room  was  rich  in  art 
treasures.  There  were  plaster  casts  of 
several  of  Michael  Angelo’s  immortal 
statues,  and  a  number  of  photographs  of 
masterpieces  in  art.  As  I  gazed  enrap­
tured  about  the  room,  a 
little  old, 
wrinkled,  weather-beaten  man  entered 
the  door  and  asked  me  what  I  wished.
I  could  scarcely  explain 
to  him  my

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

needs  before  I  exclaimed  over  bis  pos­
sessions.  His  face  was  illuminated  and 
almost  transfigured  as  he  told  me  how 
much  he  loved  these  things.  Then  he 
brought  out  several  books  of  valuable 
engravings  over  which  his  face  glowed 
and  enthused  That man could not travel 
and  see  many  of  the  originals.  What 
was  just  as  likely  be  would  go  to  bed 
hungry  many  nights,  his  clothes  might 
be  too  thin  and  threadbare  to  keep  him 
warm,  yet  could  a  king  boast  of  a  more 
refined  taste.

But  the  art  in  which  the  Germans  ex­
cel  is  music.  Everybody  has  the  talent 
more  or 
less  developed,  and  nobody 
lacks  the  power  of  appreciating  the 
most  difficult  or  the  most 
classical 
music. 
It  seems  to  be  a  heaven-born 
gift  to  the  Germans  just  as  religion  was 
given  to  the  Hebrews.  Even  the  little 
street  urchins  can  whistle,  and  whistle 
correctly,  snatches  from  the  heavy  Ger­
man  operas.  The  rough,  uncouth  youth 
from  the 
country,  the  kitchen-maid, 
the  busy  housewife  who  plods  through 
her  duties  each  day,  the  skilled  work­
man  who  revels  in  sausage,  sauerkraut 
and  beer,  all  may  wear  habitually  the 
most  heavy,  silent  and  stolid  expres­
sions,  yet  when  the  word  music  is  men 
tioned  their  faces  brighten  up  and  their 
tongues  seem  to  be 
loosened  at  each 
end.  They  have  heard  the  best  concerts 
and  operas  and  seen  many  of  the  great 
artists. 
their 
cheeks  become  rosy  as  they  dilate  on 
their  past  experiences.  They  hum  over 
their  favorite  parts,  they  tell  how  this 
artist 
the  part,  how  that 
artist.  They  are  as  familiar  with  the 
best  music  as  the  American  school-boy 
is  with  his  a  b  c.  Music  is  a  necessity 
with  the  Germans,  and  they  are  not  sat-

Their  eyes 

interpreted 

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Annie  wants  me  to  stay  all  week, 
but  I  don’t  feel  satisfied  away  from 
you  and  baby  so  long,  dearest,  and  will 
come  home  Wednesday.  It  seems  to  me 
like  a  year  since  I  saw you,  love,  though 
it  was  only  yesterday  evening,  so  now 
you  see  how  much  I  love  you  and  can­
not  bear  to  be  away  from  you  at  all.  O, 
if  you  should  die,  or  anything  should 
happen  while  I  am  away!  On  thinking 
it  over  I  shall  come  home  Tuesday  < n 
the  first  morning  train,  this  being  Mon­
day  night.  Tell  the  girl  to  warm  up  the 
roast  from  Sunday,  or  else  cut  it  down 
real  thin  with  chili  sauce  to  eat  over  it, 
and  to  see  that  the  bread  does  not  get 
musty 
in  the  pantry,  and  to  keep  the 
ants  out  of  the  sugar  box  above  all. 
Kiss  baby  for  mama,  and  I  send  a  hun­
dred 
for  yourself.  From  your  loving 
little  wife, 

S u s i e   B r o w n .

Gathering  together  the  piles  of  sheets 
filled  with  the message,  she banded them 
to  the  clerk.  He  read 
the  telegram 
while  she  stood  there  and  blushed.
shyly.

‘  How  much  will 
“ Twenty-five  cents,  madam. 

it  be?”   she  asked 
You 
see,  we  can  shorten  it  by  leaving  out  a 
few  of  the  unnecessary  words,  and  save 
you  money.”

“ Oh,  thank  you, ”  she  said,  beaming ; 
“ but  be  sure  not  to  leave  out  any  of  the 
necessary  words, ”   and  away  she  went 
as  happy  as  a  lark.
The  operator  picked  up  the blank  and 

hurriedly  dashed  off:

Charles  Brown—Will  he  home  Tues­

day  morning  by  first  train.

He  was  a  married  man  himself.

S u s i e   B r o w n .

How  He  Had  Lost  Time.

“ Time 
minister.

is  precious,”   remarked  the 

“ It  is,  indeed, ”   replied  thé  man  of 
business,  “ and  I’ve  wasted  lots  of  it.”
“ By  indulging  in  foolish  pleasures, 
I  suppose,”   said  the  good  man.

“ No,”   replied  the  other;  “ I  lost  it 
by_  being  punctual  in  keeping  my  ap­
pointments  with  others.”

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Association Matters

Michigan  Retail Grocers' Association 

President, J .W is l e r ,  M ancelona;  Secretary,  E. 

A .  Stow e, Grand Rapids.

Michigan  Hardware  Association 

President.  C.  G.  J kw ett,  H ow ell;  Secretary, 

IIb n r t C.  Min n ie,  Eaton  Rapids.

Detroit  Retail  Grocers' Association 

President, J oseph K n ig h t;  Secretary,  E.  Ma r k s, 

221  Greenwood av e ;  Treasurer,  O. H.  F r in k.
Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  F r an k  J.  D y k ;  Secretary,  Homer 

K l a p ;  Treasurer, J.  G eo.  L ehm an.

Saginaw  Mercantile  Association 

President.  P.  F.  T r ban o r;  Vice-President, J ohn 

McB r a t n ie ;  Secretary,  W.  H.  L e w is.

Jackson  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, G eo.  E.  Le w is ;  Secretary,  W.  H.  P or­

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

Lansing Retail  Grocers’ Association 

President,  F .  B.  J oh nson;  Secretary,  A.  M. 

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

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  A.  C.  C l a r k ;  Secretary,  E.  F .  C l e v e­

l a n d ;  Treasurer,  W m.  C.  K oehn.
Traverse City Business Men’s Association
Ho l l y ;  Treasurer, C. A .  Ham mond.

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

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

b e l l ;  Treasurer,  W.  E.  C ollin s.

Alpena  Business Men’s Association

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

P a r t r id g e.

Grand  Rapids RetaH Meat  Dealers’  Association 
President, L. J.  K a t z :  Secretary, Ph il ip Hil b e r ; 

Treasurer, S. J.  Hu ppo r d.

St. Johns  Business  Men’s  Association. 

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

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

Perry Business Men’s Association 

President.  H.  W.  W a l l a c e ;  Secretary,  T ,  E . 

H e d d l e,
Grand  Haven  Retail  Merchants’ Association
President, F. D. V os ; Secretary, J. W, V e r Ho e k s.

isfied  with  anything  less  than  the  best, 
yet  the  prices  are  low  enough  to  admit 
even  the  poorer  classes  of  people. 
In 
each  town  there  is  a  theatre  and  an 
opera  bouse.  To  them  is  attached  the 
necessary  corps  of  actors  or  musicians 
just  as  certainly  as  a  minister  to  a 
church.  Most  companies  can  boast  of 
several  artists.  It  is  only  the  artists  who 
ever  travel  and  they  exchange  as  min­
isters  do  pulpits.  When  a  new  opera 
it  is  first  tried  in  Leipsig. 
comes  out 
If 
is  successful,  it  is 
then  put  on  the  stage  in  Berlin,  Dres­
den,  Munich  and  in  the lesser towns and 
villages,  so  that  all  the  people  in  Ger­
many  are  able  to  enjoy  the  same  things 
at  the  same  time.

its  presentation 

Why  is  not  such  a  condition  possible 
In  a  few  of  the  largest 
in  America? 
cities  here  it  is  possible  if  one 
is  rich 
to  enjoy  fine  opportunities,  but  the 
mass  of  the  population  must  go  unfed 
except  by  husks.  There  are  plenty  of 
millionaires  to  found  a  university  or  to 
endow  a  hospital,  but  how  many  men 
realize  the  importance  of  making  pro­
vision  for  the  leisure  of  the  working 
classes.  More  people  suffer  from  mis­
use  of  their  leisure  than  from  overwork. 
If  a  taste  for  culture  and  refinement 
is 
cultivated,  then  the  lower  tastes  and  de­
sires  must  die  a  natural  death  very 
much  as  the  savages  disappear  in  the 
presence  of  civilization.

There 

is  nothing  like  music  to  rest 
tired  nerves  and  relax  over-strung  ones. 
Every  year  physicians  realize  more  and 
more  the  necessity  of  music  as  a  nerve 
tonic  and  introduce  it  freely  into  sani­
tariums  and  even 
It 
cannot  cure  insanity  but  it  is a sedative, 
and  in  less  extreme  cases  it  often  com­
pletes  important  cures,  bringing  about 
harmony  in  the  nervous  organization.

insane  asylums. 

There 

is  nothing  which  takes  a  man 
out  of  himself  and  makes  him  forget his 
business  cares  and  responsibility  more 
than an opera or a drama to bis taste.  It is 
a  pity  the  Americans  do  not  develop  as 
refined  tastes  for  music  and  acting  as 
for  coffee  and  beefsteak.  But  it  takes 
time,  and,  before  such  a  condition  can 
be  brought  about  there  is  yet  another 
lesson  to  learn  from  the  Germans,  viz., 
to  begin  the  hours  of  amusement  earlier 
in  the  evening. 
In  Germany  the  play, 
opera  or  concert  begins  at  six  or  seven 
in  the  evening  and  is  always  through  at 
ten  o’clock,  so  that  people  can  be  ready 
to  go  to  bed  at  io ¡30  and so  have  proper 
rest  before  morning.  Husbands  meet 
their  wives  and  children  at  the  place  of 
entertainment.  There  is  always  a  res­
taurant  in  the  building,  sa  it  is  possible 
to  have  a  hot  supper  or  a  cold  lunch 
without  any  loss  of  time.  Many  peo­
ple  bring 
lunches  and  serve  picnic 
style.  Under  such  conditions  there  is 
little  dressing  for  the  occasion.  People 
go  there  for  enjoying  and  learning,  and 
go  home  rested  and  refreshed.

The  same  can  be  said  of  art  galleries 
and  museums.  These  are  open  several 
hours  each  Sunday  and  holiday  and they 
are  always  crowded.  All  sons  and  con­
ditions  of  men  visit  them  and  revel 
in 
their  glories.

Why  do  people  retain  their  old  super­
stition  for  Sunday  and  church?  Whether 
people  believe  it  to  be  wicked  to  work 
on  Sunday  or  not,  statistics  prove  that 
people  remain  in  better  health  and  live 
longer 
if  they  rest  and  have  a  complete 
change  one  day 
in  every  seven.  But 
what  an  uncomfortable  day  Sunday  is  to 
many  people  anyway. 
If  they  do  not  go 
to  church  they  are  at  quite  a  loss  to 
know  how  to  occupy  themselves.  Then 
there  is  always  a  better  dinner  on  that

day  when  it  is  needed  less.  By  evening 
everybody  is  so  tired,  irritable  and 
ill- 
natured  it  seems  sometimes  as  though 
there  was  more  real  Christian  grace  on 
week  days

If  people  enjoy  church  they  ought  to 
go  and  have  as  much  help  as  they  can 
get,  but 
it  is  becoming  evident  that 
church  appeals  to  fewer  people  as  time 
goes  on. 
In  the  older  time  the  church 
was  the  center  of  society.  It represented 
all 
learning,  all  education,  all  social 
functions,  all  charitable  undertakings. 
If  a  man  did  not  belong  to  some  church 
he  was  tabooed  and  had  no  chance  in 
the  world.  Then  there  was  no  trouble 
to  raise  money  or  to  get  people  to work, 
for  the  church  demanded  the  best 
in  a 
To-day  the  conditions 
man's  nature. 
are  entirely  different. 
Cheap  news­
papers,  cheap  books,  libraries,  lodges, 
clubs,  public  education  and  charitable 
institutions  do  the  work  which  was 
earlier  undertaken  by  the  churches.  A 
minister  must  now  be  a  scholar  and  a 
man  of  wide  experience  in  order  to  be 
a  help  to  his  congregation.  A  church 
dies  a  natural  death  if  it  does  not  real­
ize  these  facts.

Now  for  the  people  who  do  not  care 
for  church,  why  is  not  there  something 
else  to  take  its  place.  Why  is  there  not 
a  movement  to  have  fine  lectures,  clubs, 
concerts,  art  galleries,  etc.  Then  peo­
ple  would  have  wider  interests  and need 
not  wear  out  so  soon.  Those  men  who 
have  amassed  a  sufficient  fortune  need 
not  continue  the  treadmill  of  business 
on  the  excuse  of  not  knowing  what  to 
do  with  themselves  outside  of  that  par­
ticular  grinding.  Leisure  would  mean 
opportunity,  and  the  busy  man  would 
look  forward  to  the  time  when  he  would 
be  able  to  retire  and  enjoy  study  and 
travel. 

Z a i d a   U d e l l .

He  Had  Some  Regard  for Other Ben­

edicts.

She  was  as  sweet  a  little  woman  as 
ever  wore  a  tailor-made  suit  and  jaunty 
hat  that  made  every  fellow  who  passed 
her  straighten  his  tie  and  look  bis  pret­
tiest.  She  walked 
into  the  telegraph 
office  and  timdly  inquired  of  the  clerk : 
"Can  I  send  a  telegram  to  my  husband 
here?”

“ Yes’m, ”   responded  the  hollow  eyed 
functionary,  brightening  up  a  little  and 
banding  her  a  blank  with  a  pen  and 
ink

” 1  guess  it  will  go  all  right  if  I  put 
the  street number,  won’t  it?”   she  asked 
again.

‘ ‘ Y e s’m ,”  

laconically 

the 
clerk  with  a  sad,  anticipatory  sm ile. 
She  frowned  a  little  while  collecting 
her  thoughts,  and  then  wrote :

replied 

“ Dear  Charlie—You  don’t  know  how 
much  I  miss  you  while  away 
from 
home,  though  auntie  is  very  kind,  and 
we  have  been  shopping  all  afternoon.  I 
have  bought  some  of  the  loveliest  swiss 
to  go  over  my  green  dress  and  three 
pairs  of  French  kid  gloves  because  they 
were  very  cheap,  but  I  know  you  won’t 
care,  will  you,  dearest? 
I  think  of  you 
always  and  wish  you  were  here  with  me 
to  see  the  cute  baby  carriages  and 
cradles  and  table  chairs  for  little  Mary. 
I  was  tempted  to  buy  all  three  of  them, 
but  only  took  the  carriage.  Be  sure  to 
scald  bottle  every  meal  and  that  the 
milk  is  fresh  before  it  is warmed for  the 
baby.  Bless  her  little  heart!  She  is 
her  mama’s  darling  dear,  so  she  is,  and 
when  she  cries  it  may  be  a  pin  sticking 
her  and  not  the  colic  at  all  remember. 
Give  her  a  drop  of  camphor  on  a  nice 
big  lump  of  sugar  if  that  cough  returns, 
and  two  drops  of  peppermint  or  pare­
in  sugar  and  water  in  a  teaspoon 
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if  she  has  a  cram p 
in  her  poor  little 
stomach.  The  key  to  the  cake  box  is 
under  the  corner  of  the  mat  in  the  front 
hall,  and  if  the  icing  sticks to  the  knife 
butter  it,  and  don’t  give  the  baby  any, 
besides,  be  sure  to  crumble  the  crackers 
well  in  her gruel.

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Only  Exclusive  Wholesale  BUTTER  and  EGG 
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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Experimental  Export  of  Eggs  by 
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Department  of  Agriculture.

shipping  quantities,  the  proportion  ad­
vised  would  be  2  brown,  6  mixed  and  2 
white.  The  patent  cases  are  not  of 
practical  use  here;  grocers  do  not  want 
to  keep  eggs  longer  than  a  week.”

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freshness  and  flavor  all  right.”

‘ ‘ A  firm  who  have  a  select  egg  trade 
For  the  purpose  of  testing  the  merits 
took  two  boxes  of  brown  eggs  in  patent j 
cases  at  6s.  6d.  per  to  dozen.  They  re­
of  American  eggs  in  English  markets, 
tailed  them  at  i  shilling  per  dozen,  the
Board man  Brothers,  of  Nevada,  Iowa,
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selected  and  packed  for  the  Department I 
partner  took  some  of  these  eggs home  to :
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lots  of  fresh  eggs,  240 j test  them  in  h.s own family and reported
in  April,  three 
dozen 
lot.  These  were  sorted 
in  each 
carefully,  so  that  one  lot  (B)  contained 
only  dark  brown  eggs,  one  lot  (W)  only 
pure  white  eggs  and  one  lot  (M)  was 
mixed  as  to  color,  as  usual  in  our  do­
mestic  wholesale  markets. 
In  order  to 
test  the  risk  of  breakage  in  transit,  half 
of  each  lot  were  packed  in  ordinary  egg ! transit. 
In 
cases  bolding  30  dozen  each  and  the j thought  the
other  half  in  patent  cases  with  mineral  protected  bv  mineral  woof,  came 
wool  packing  and  holding  only  18  dozen  rather  fresher.  The  concensus  of  op
each.  The 
latter mode  of  packing  was 
also  claimed  to  add  materially  to  the 
keeping  quality  of  the  eggs.

The  patent  cases  seem  to  have beer 
no  advantage  over  those in ordinary use 
indeed,  more  broken  eggs  were  found 
in  the  former  than  in  the fatter.although 
it  was  evident  that  they had been broken 
in  the  process  cf  packing  and  not  in

ion  was  decidedly  against  the  patent 
case  and  packing.

These  eggs 

left  Iowa  April  23  and 
were  exported  via  Philadelphia,  arriv 
ing  at  Liverpool  May  13,  and  at  Man 
Chester  the  next  day.

The  eggs, 

together  with  a 

lot  of 
creamery  butter  from  the  United  States, 
were  placed  for  sale 
in  the  hands  of 
Dowdall  Brothers,  of  Manchester,  who 
have  long  conducted  a  large  and  high 
class  business 
in  this  line.  A  specia 
agent  of  the  Department  was  present 
and  reported  the  facts  in  full.

In  the  Manchester  market,  10 dozen 
is  the  unit  for  quotation  and  trade  in 
eggs,  and  the  standard  weight  of  this 
quantity 
is  15  pounds.  The  American 
eggs,  upon  first  examinaion,  were  com­
pared  with  others  on  sale  as  follows:

United  States,  I.ot  B . .
United  States,  Lot W 
United States,  Lot  M ..
Irish,  re  selected.........
Irish,  special  packing.
Irish,  ordinary.............
Hungarian, re-selected
The  final  report 

Price and  weï ght  per dozen.
.............6 s.  od.
14 lbs.  12 ozs.
......... 6s.  od.
15 lb s.  0 ozs.
.............6 s.  od.
I^  lbs.  4 ozs.
.............6 s.  2d.
15  Jbs.  8 ozs.
........... 6s. od.
15   lb s .  0  07.S.
Ss.  6d.
14  Ills.  12  OZS.
14 lbs.  S ozs.
1............ 5s *  °d *
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as  follows:
Cases sold. 

Prices  pe-  ro doz.

S .................................................................... .5s. 6d.
5  ....................  
6s. od.
»3..................................................................... 6s. id.
4..................................................................... 6s. 6d.
3° .................................................A v . ,6s.  2%d.
The  average  for  the  United  States 
eggs  was,  therefore,  a  little  more  than 
the  highest  rate  for  the  British domestic 
product,  and  some  of  ours  sold  as  high 
as  6s.  6d.  The  average  was  about  15 
cents  per  dozen.

Including 

The  selected  brown  and  white  eggs 
cost  12  cents  per  dozen  f.  o.  b.  in  Iowa, 
and  the  mixed 
lot  10  cents;  average, 
u  'A  cents.  The  items  of  cost  in  export 
and  sale  were  $41.34  or  about  s34   cents 
per  dozen. 
all  expenses 
(excepting  the  patent  cases),  the  eggs 
cost  a  little  over  17  cents  per  dozen  in 
Manchester  and  sold  for  15  cents  net,  a 
loss  of  rather  more  than  2  cents  per 
dozen.  There  are  several  reasons,  how­
ever,  why  this  transaction  cannot  be  re­
garded  as  upon  a  correct  commercial 
basis.  Upon a large scale and with  closer 
management, 
the  expenses  of  export 
and  sale  might  be  reduced  2  cents  per 
dozen  and  perhaps  more.

In  regard  to  the  quality  of  the  eggs 
and  the  satisfaction  they  gave,  two  ex­
tracts  from  numerous  reports  received, 
tell  the  story  as  well  as  more:

“ Respecting  eggs,  we  can  also,  we 
are  glad  to  say,  give  unqualified  praise 
for  the  style  of  packing  and  for  the 
freshness  and  condition  of  the  eggs  in 
every  respect.  The prices  returned  show 
how  well  they  stood  relatively  in  the 
market.  The  brown  eggs  take  the  high­
est  place  and  after  them  the  mixed ;  it 
would  be  difficult  to  place  large  quan 
tities  of  the  browns,  however,  and  the 
white  would  be  in 
In

least  request. 

Upon  the  whole,  this  trial  was  emi­
nently  satisfactory  so  far  as  it  proved 
the  possibility  of  sending  eggs  from  the 
United  States  to  Great  Britain  capable 
of  competing  with  the  best  in  English 
markets  as  to  size,  quality  and  fresh­
ness;  but  the  trade  conditions  at  the 
time  of  this  experiment  allowed no mar­
gin  for  profit  in  the  transaction.

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

Chief  of  Dairy  Division.

California  Will  Try  To  Crowd  Out 

Foreign  Walnuts.

There  have  been  two  reasons  wbv Cal­
ifornia  walnuts—by  which  is  meant  the 
variety  of  walnuts  commonly  called 
“ English  walnuts” — have  never  been 
able  to  compete  to  any  extent  with  the 
foreign  walnuts  of  the  same  sort.  One 
reason 
is  that  the  California  nuts  have 
always  been  quoted  at  a  higher  price 
than  the  foreign,  and  the  second  reason 
is  the  fact  that  the  quality  of  the 
latter 
was  always  better.  This  anomaly  was 
thoroughly  in  conformity  with  the  usual 
absurd  California  policy  of  competing 
with  foreign  goods  by  asking  more 
money  for  poorer  goods.

The  poor  quality  of  the  California 
walnuts  has  been  especially  a  stumbling 
block.  Heretofore  the  domestic  nuts 
have  been  graded  and  bleached  by indi­
vidual  growers,  each  of  whom  had  a 
different  method.  By  this  process  a  car 
of  uniformly-graded  nuts  was  almost  an 
impossibility.  Careless  grading  has  al­
ways  been  the  standing  complaint  made 
of  California  walnuts  by  nut  handlers 
all  over  the  country.

This  year  the California growers claim 
to  have  fixed  this  difficulty  by  forming 
an  association  whose  members  have 
erected  a  co-operative  factory  and  will 
bleach  all  of  their output  by  the  same 
process.  This  will  allow  greater  uni­
formity  and  improve  the  quality.

The  price  difficulty  has  been  met  by 
in  the  price  of  the 
a  heavy  reduction 
new-crop  walnuts.  Last  year  the  Cali­
fornia  people  asked  9  cents  per  pound 
for  their  walnuts.  This  allowed  the  for­
eign  nut  shippers  to  undersell  the  Cali­
fornia  nuts  in  American  markets,  even 
after  paying  the  duty  of  1  cent  per 
pound.  As  the  foreign  nuts  were  better, 
they  bad  the  call,  and  the  California 
nuts  were  neglected.

This  year,  if  all  their  promises  are 
realized,  the  California  nuts  ought  to 
have  a  good  sale.

There  s  a  screw 

somewhere 
when  a  minister  gets  the  princely  salary 
of  $400  per  year,  and  a  baseball  player 
only  gets $4,000.

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BUTTER,  EGGS 
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is  quoted  by 

Pontiac,  Aug.  12—A  sells  car  of  ap­
ples,  to  be  delivered  at  a  distant  point, 
orders  a  refrigerator  car  for  that  point 
through  B  and  ships,  but  no  through 
rate 
initial  line  B,  and 
rate  to  destination  consists  of  joint  rate 
to  the  Ohio  River,  plus  a  joint  rate 
Ohio  River  to  destination,  less  differ­
ential  allowed.  Apples  arrive  at  desti­
nation  badly  damaged  by  frost.  A  re­
fuses  to  receive  as  car  has  been  trans 
ferred  en  route.  A  enters  claim  with  B 
for  value  of  apples,  papers  are  lost  and 
A  supplies  duplicates.  After a  year  or 
two  of 
investigation  claim  is  declined 
with  report  that  weather  was  warm  all 
the  way  through  and  damage  was  before 
shipment.  A  gets  Government  report 
of  weather,  which  shows severe blizzard, 
with  temperature  below  zero.  A  asks 
B  for  papers  so  as  to  show  where  trans­
ferred  and  why,  but is  refused  them,  be­
cause  not  customary  by  railroads  to  part 
with  such  papers.  B  in  the  meantime 
has  gone  into  receiver’s  hands  and been 
sold,  also  several  other 
the 
th rough  route.

lines  in 

From  the  investigation  I  learn  from 
inference  (but  have  no  proof  that  would 
be  admitted  in  a  court)  that  ihe  apples 
were  transferred  at  New  Orleans  from 
the  refrigerator  car  in  which  they  were 
thoroughly  packed  in  straw  for  protec­
tion  when  shipped,  into  a  ventilated 
car 
in  order  to  save  mileage.  At  Fort 
Worth  the  weather  being  severely  cold 
they  were  retransferred  into  a  refrigera­
tor  car,  but  without  any  packing  for 
protection ;  value  of  property  was  about 
$300;  have  submitted  the  papers  to  sev­
eral  attorneys,  but  none  of  them  are 
able  to  tell  against  whom  or  where  to 
begin  suit.  If commenced against initial 
road  they  would  simply  show  that  they 
quoted  no  through  rate  or  made  through 
contract,  and  that  no  damage  occurred 
on  their  line.

Who  is  responsible,  and  is  A  helpless 
to  recover?  Can  suit  be  brought  against 
initial  line  as  agent  of  whichever  inter­
mediate  line  transferred  the  car?

To  the  enquiry  the  New  York  Com­

mercial  replies  as  follows:

It  is  apparent  that  the  case  is  one  of 
great  difficulty  by  reason of the obstacles 
placed  in  the  way  by  the  railroad  com­
pany  to  an  ascertainment  of  the  facts. 
As  we  cannot  undertake  to  investigate 
facts  for  our  subscribers  we  can  only 
answer  the  question  on  the  basis  of  the 
assumption  that  the  results  of  your 
in­
vestigation  are  correct.

An  initial  carrier  is  liable  only  to  the 
extent  of  its  line  under  the usual bills  of 
lading,  unless  there 
is  a  state  statute 
making  it  primarily  liable  in  all  cases. 
Not  knowing  the  location  of  the 
initial 
carrier  we  cannot  consider  the  statutory 
law,  but  as 
in  most  states  there  is  no 
such  statute  we  assume  there  is  none 
applicable  to  this  case.

The  carrier  in  whose  custody  the  ap­
ples  were  at  the  time  they  were  frozen 
is  the  company  responsible  to  you. 
This  company  seems  to  be  the  one 
which  transferred  the  apples  from  the 
in  which  they  were 
refrigerator  car 
originally  shipped 
into  the  ventilator 
car  and  again  from  the  ventilator  car 
into  the  refrigerator  car.  in  which  they 
were  not  properly  packed.  This  con­
necting  carrier  was  bound  to  furnish 
proper  cars,  and 
it  is  apparent  that  it 
failed  to  do  so,  and  it  is  therefore  liable 
for  the  damages  which  resulted.

is  the  responsible  road. 

We  would  advise  you  to  employ  an 
attorney  at  Fort  Worth  and  sue  this  car­
rier;  if,  by  reason  of  any  mistake  in 
your  facts,  you  do  not  succeed  in  the 
suit  you  are  almost  sure  to  learn  from 
it  which 
In 
prosecuting  this  suit  it  will  only  be nec­
essary  for  you  to  show  that  the  goods 
were  delivered  to  that  line  in  good  or­
der,  and  when  delivered  over  by 
it 
were  damaged.  Thereupon  the  burden 
will  fall  upon  defendant  of  accounting 
for  the  injury  to  the  fruit,  and  you  can 
hold  in  reserve  your  information  about 
the  transfer  from  the  well  packed  car  to 
the  ventilator car  and  from  the  ventila­
tor  car  to  the  badly  packed  car.
_ Our  advice  to  sue  is  upon the assump­
tion  that  the  carrier  making  the  trans­

fer 
is  not  one  of  those  which  has  gone 
into  the  hands  of  a  receiver and  been 
foreclosed  under  a  mortgage. 
If  such 
has  been  the  case  and  the  road  did  not 
bring  the  amount  of  the  mortgage  (as 
is  usually  true)  then  you  are  without 
remedy.

You  cannot  sue  B  on  the  ground  that 
it  was  the  agent  for  the  connecting line. 
In  the  first  place  B  was  not  the  agent  of 
the  connecting 
line,  but  was  the  agent 
of  A  to  deliver  the  goods  to  that  line, 
besides  this,  other  insurmountable  ob­
stacles  to  the  suit  exist.

How  the  Potato  Crop  Looks  in  Min­

nesota.

From  the  M inneapolis C om m ercia'  Bulletin.

Potatoes  are  in  good  supply  this  fall, 
and  low  prices  may be  looked  for  unless 
some  dire  and  widespread  calamity  be­
falls  the  potato  now  in  the  hill.  S.  H. 
Hall,  the 
leading  potato  authority  of 
his  market,  and  of  the  northwest,  says 
regarding  the  present  condition  of  the 
crop  and  of  the  prospects  for  the  year’s 
product :  “ The  trade  starts  out  slowly 
with  a  limited  demand.  The  range  of 
prices  is  much 
lower  than  that  of  the 
corresponding  period  a  year  ago.  The 
market  is  30  cents  on  track  Minneapolis 
now.  With  good  weather conditions  the 
balance  of  the  season  Minnesota  should 
produce  20,000,000  bushels  of  potatoes 
this  year.  This  would  be  the  largest 
crop  the  state  ever  raised  except  the 
bumper  crop  of  1885,  when  we  had 
25,000,000  bushels. 
In  their  proportion 
the  Dakotas  promise  as  well  as  this 
state,  and  Wisconsin  with  good  condi­
tions  is  likely to produce from 22,000,000 
to  23,000,000  bushels.  The  Michigan 
crop  has  been  damaged  by  drouth  and 
frost,  so  much  so  that  with  fair  weather 
conditions  the  product  there  is  not  like­
ly  to  exceed  20,000,000  bushels,  though 
this 
is  a  very  fair  crop  for  that  state. 
The  early  New  York  crop  was  very poor 
but  the  late  crop  promises  well.  They 
have  had  abundant  rain  for  the  late 
crop,  the 
item  the  early  crop  lacked. 
Unless  there  shall  be  blight  because  of 
too  much  rain,  the  state  will  have  a 
good  crop  The  New  England  acreage 
is  unusually 
if  there  is  no 
blight  because  of  late  excessive  rains, 
that  section  will  also  have  a  large  crop. 
The  price  to  farmers  of  potatoes  this 
in  this  market  I  do  not  anticipate 
fall 
will  be  above  25  cents  on  track 
in  this 
city. 
I  believe  that  the  demand  will 
be  fairly  good,  however,  exceeding  the 
demand  for  1895  and  1896,  the  great 
crop  years.”

large,  and 

American Apples  Regarded with  Favor 

in  France.

11— During 

Washington,  Aug. 

the 
past  year  upward  of  12,000  barrels  of 
dried  apples  were  received  by  the  mer­
chants  of  Nantes.  These  apples  are 
chopped 
into  slices  just  as  they  come 
from  the  trees,  including  stems,  seeds 
and  skins.  After  being  dried  or  evapo­
rated  they  are  packed  into  barrels  ready 
for  shipment.  They  are  used  for  mak­
ing  cider.  The  apples  are  soaked  in 
water,  to  which  a  little  sugar  is  added. 
They  retail  for a  little  more  than 7 cents 
In  nearly  every  grocery  in 
a  pound. 
Nantes  one  can 
find  these  American 
dried  apples  for  sale.  Owing  to  the 
light  crop  in  France  last  year  there  was 
a  special  demand  for  the  foreign  prod­
uct,  but  from  present  indications  there 
will  not  be  more  than  half  a  crop  there 
this  season.  Apples 
from  Germany, 
which  are  also  used  in  making  cider, 
are  very  inferior  to  the  American  prod­
uct,  which  is  much  preferred.  The mer­
chants  of  the  United  States  can  make 
shipments 
lots  direct  to  St. 
Nazaire  and  Nantes,  which  would  place 
the goods  on  the  market  at a much lower 
price  than  by  sending  them  to  Havre 
and  having  them  reshipped.

in  cargo 

Cider-Selling  Jobbers  Taxed.

Wholesale  grocers  at  Atlanta,  Ga., 
who  sell  cider  have  been  assessed by the 
local  customs  collector  on  the  grounds 
that  they  are  liquor  dealers,  and  must 
pay  the  regular  war  revenue  tax  now  in 
effect,  which  applies  to  liquor  dealers.

Estimate  of  the  Apple  Crop.

Buffalo,  N.  Y .,  Aug.  12—The  pros­
pect  for  the  apple  crop  for  the  ensuing 
year 
is  not  very  flattering  in  the  east, 
and  the  highest  estimate  that  I  have 
heard  the  last  two  days  is  that there will 
not  be  over  one-third  of  a  crop  of  ap­
ples  through  New  York,  Ohio,  Pennsyl­
vania  and 
the  New  England  states. 
There  will  be  a  fairly  good  crop  in 
different  sections  of  Canada,  but  the 
duty  will  be  so  high  that  there  will  not 
be  very  many  imported  without  prices 
getting  quite  high  in  the  United  States. 
The  prospects  now are that  there  will  be 
very 
little  fancy  fruit  that  will  stand 
cold  storage,  but  there  will  be  a  good 
share  of  the  apples  in  New  York  state 
evaporated,  as  it  is  expected  that  dried 
fruits  will  be  quite  high.

J.  W .  S t e v e n s .

About  the  only  man  who  dies  for  love 
is  the  one  who  starves  to  death  after  be­
ing  refused  by  an  heiress.

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REFERENCES

Corn  Exchange  National  Bank,  Philadelphia,  Pa.
W .  D.  Haves,  Cashier  Hastings  National  Bank, Hastings,  Mich. 
Fourth  National  Bank,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
D.  C.  Oakes,  Banker,  Coopersville,  Mich.

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PEACHES - PLUMS - PEARS

INDIANA SWEETHEART  WATERMELONS,  the 
Order  now  and 
“cream”  of  all  Melons. 
get  the  B est  and  Freshest. 
Just  arrived.

ANY  FRUITS  and  VEGETABLES  are  furnished 
to the  best  advantage  by  the

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QUARTER  HUNDRED.

Different  Varieties  of Cheese,  Foreign 

and  Domestic.

Excepting  as  condensed  milk,  cheese 
gives  the  only  form  in  which  milk  may 
be  transported  indefinitely. 
In  looking 
for  a  better  outlet  we  must  turn  our  at­
tention  to  a  better  form.

Standard  American  factory  full  cream 
cheese  may  be  considered  with the Eng­
lish  cheddar,  which  it closely  resembles. 
Both  are  made  from  whole  milk  of 
standard  quality  and  with  rennet,  and 
belong  to  the  class  known  as  hard.

The  great  bulk  of  the  American  out­
put 
is  of  this  well-known  round  flat 
cheese.  The  cheddar  takes  its  name 
from  the  parish  in  Somersetshire  where 
it  was  first  made;  has  been  known  in 
commerce  under  this  name  through  two 
centuries.  The  perfect  cheese  has  a 
clear  flavor,  mild  and  sweet  with  nutty 
taste,  and  has  a  firm  and  solid  and  at 
the  s a m e   t im e   e l a s t ic   t e x t u r e .  A   s m a ll 
piece  r u b b e d   b e t w e e n  
th u m b   a n d  
t h e  
finger  becomes  oleaginous. 
In England 
it  is  not  put  upon  the  market  until  rip 
ened—self-digested  and  wholesome.  On 
is 
this  market  it  is  placed  too  soon  and 
too  green;  our  market  calls 
for  the 
greener  article.  The  component  parts 
are  water,  casein,  fat,  ash and salt.  The 
sugar  of  milk  is  not  desired  in  cheese 
and  escapes  in  the  whey.  In  this  cheese 
all  the  cream  of  the  milk  should  be 
used.  Full  cream  means  not  skimmed. 
The  cheese  is  colored ;  would  be  nearly 
white  otherwise.  The  English  market 
calls  for  a  white  cheese.  In  butter  there 
is  no  curd;  in  cheese  it  is  all  curd.

In  making  cheddar  the  refuse 

is  the 
In  this  there  is  albumen,  sugar 
whey. 
and  ash.  Albumen  does  not  curdle  with 
rennet.  The  cheddar,  roughly  speak­
ing,  is  one-third  water,  one-third  fat, 
one-fourth  casein  and  one-twelfth  sugar 
and  ash. 
is  nitrogenous  and  flesh 
forming;  too  concentrated  to  eat  alone; 
with  crackers  or  bread  it  is  a  well  bal­
anced  ration.

It 

The  English  dairy  cheese  is  about 
four  inches  thick  and  is  known  as  flats. 
A  smaller  cheese  is  made  that  is  richer 
in  fat.  A  New  York  cow  owner  started 
a  cheese  factory,  using  enriched  milk, 
making  a  specialty  of  rich  cheese  of 
small  size,  ten  or  twelve  pounds,  and  is 
getting  14  cents  instead  of  the  market  8 
cents;  he  cannot  begin  to  supply  the 
demand.

The  English  Stilton  cheese is of cows’ 
milk,  either  whole  rich  milk  or  average 
milk  enriched;  is made with  rennet,  not 
much  pressed;  is 
in  form  of  a  small 
cylinder,  6  to  8  pounds;  has  a  drab  col­
ored,  wrinkled 
skin;  blue  mold  runs 
through  it;  flavor  is  a  combination  of 
mold  and  fermentation.  This  mold 
is 
cultivated  on  wooden  sticks  and  the 
cheese 
is  punctured  with  these.  The 
mold  is  a  necessary  part  of  the  Stilton 
and  is  a  local  production.  This  cheese 
does  not  come  to  us  in  any  large  quan­
tity.  An  imitation  is  made  in  this coun­
try,  but  instead  of  the  long  time  curing 
that 
is  part  of  the  English  process, 
quicker  methods  are  adopted  with  only 
fair  success.

Edam 

is  a  round  cheese  made 

in 
North  Holland  of  partly  skimmed  milk. 
The  sweet  curd  is  worked  dry  and  col­
ored  artificially  inside  and  out;  is high­
ly  digestible  because  well  ripened ;  has 
about  %  per  cent,  of  fat. 
It is  made  in 
wooden  molds  and 
is  not  sold  until  a 
year  or  more  old.  Will keep  indefinite­
ly.  Like  a  watermelon  you  can't  tell 
about  it  till  you  open  it. 
Is imitated  in

this  country, 
the  second  rate  imported.

the  best  made  equaling 

The  Gouda,  also  a  Dutch  cheese,  is 
made  of  richer  milk  and  is  not  quite 
so  hard.

Emmenthaler 

little  more  than  a  camp  outfit. 

is  made  in  the  moun­
tains of Switzerland,the “ factory”   being 
but 
Is 
of  cows’  milk,  with  rennet;  crushed, 
but  not  very  hard ;  smells  louder  than  it 
tastes;  is  of  elastic  yet  firm  texture. 
The  peculiarity 
is  the  spherical  holes 
made  by  the  formation  of  gas  while  the 
cheese  is  curing.  These  should  be  uni­
form  in size and evenly distributed.  The 
inner  surface  of  these  holes  is  highly 
polished;  sometimes a  drop  of  brine  re­
mains  in  them.  The  flavor  is  peculiar, 
and  said  to  be  due  to  the  grasses  of  the 
pasture.  Some  have  herbs  added.  The 
making 
for  skill  rather  than 
science.  They  are  in  the  millstone  or 
cartwheel  shape,  from  two  to  four  feet 
in  diameter,  and  not  very  thick ;  weigh 
from  60  to  120  lbs.
T h e   A m e r ic a n  

im it a t io n   c o m e s   v e r y  
near,  but  just  misses  the  flavor,  which 
leads  to  the  belief  that 
feeding  has 
something  to  do  with  it.  The  Califor­
nia  make  is  in  more  convenient  shape, 
being  like  bars  of  soap,  about  24  inches 
long  and  2  by  4  thick.  The  American 
product 
is  made  by  Swiss  colonies,  in 
New  York,  Ohio,  Wisconsin  and  Cali-1 
fornia.  These  use  half  new  and  half 
skim  milk.

calls 

The 

Italian 

or  Parmesan  cheese 
must  be  cut  with  a  saw;  is  used  mainly 
in  cooking  and  grated.  The  best  are 
to  be  found  in  Italian  stores.  The  Ital­
ians  know  a  good  cheese.  It  is  made  of 
cows’  milk,  although  some  say  to  the 
contrary. 
Is  a  skim  cheese,  the  fat  be­
ing  below  20  per  cent.  The  three  local 
names  of  it  mean  the  different  stages  of 
the  first,  second  or 
ripeness,  namely, 
third  year. 
It  should  be  at  least  three 
years  old,  so  that  the  casein  may  be 
broken  down  when  the  flavor 
is  pleas­
ant.  That  four  years’ old  is  best.

Another  kind, 

the  Romano,  used 
largely  by  Italian  laborers,  is  said  to  be 
made  of  the  milk  of  a  sort  of  buffalo, 
which  is  without  cream.  The  compo­
sition  of  the  Parmesan  is  30  per  cent, 
water,  33  casein  and  20  fat. 
It  is  a 
food  cheese;  one  could  live  on  it  for  a 
long  time

The  pineapple  cheese 

is  American 
and  comes  from  Wyoming  county,  New 
York.  The  marking  is  made  by  the net­
work  in  which  it  is  hung  to  dry. 
It  is 
of  cows’  milk,  with  16  per  cent,  of 
cream  added,  the  curd  formed  by  ren­
net.  All  of  this  cheese  is  made  during 
the  grazing  season.

The  sapsago  or green  cheese  is  made 
in  Switzerland  of  cows’  milk. 
Isa  sour 
curd  cheese,  and  one of the oldest known 
varieties.  Put 
into  a  warm  and  moist 
it  will  empty  a  house  of  the  in­
place 
mates. 
Is  colored  with  dried  and  pul­
verized  herbs  of  a  species  natural  to 
Switzerland.  Ripens 
in  six  to  eight 
months.

Limburger 

is  a  sweet  curd  cheese, 
made  of  half  whole  and  half  skim milk.
Is  strongest  smelling  of  all  the  cheeses. 
Can  be  made  here  as  well  as  abroad.

it 

Pot  cheese 

is  made  ordinarily  from 
skim  milk,  strained  and  dried. 
It  can 
be  made  from  cream  and  gives  an  out­
let  for  the  milk,  but  the  richer  the  milk 
of  which 
is  made  the  better.  The 
venders  sell  all  they  can  get  of  it  and 
want  more.  The  coagulation  is  by  beat. 
One  can  get  more  money  for  skim  milk 
in  pot  cheese  than  for  full  milk  in  the 
market.

Neufchatel  is  a  rich  pot  cheese,  made 
It  is  of  whole

in  the  country. 

largely 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

milk  enriched,  curdled  by  rennet;  con­
tains  15  per  cent,  of  curd  and  25  per 
cent,  of  fa t;  is  cured  in  from  two  days 
to  two  weeks.  The  French  do  not  con­
sider  it  good  under  eight  or  ten  weeks. 
These  people  cure  it  in  caves  to  get  the 
white  mold.

Another  still  richer  cream  cheese  is 
the  Philadelphia,  so  named  because 
its 
first  market  was  there.  It was  first  made 
in  Orange  county,  N.  Y.

DeBrie  is  best  known  and  most  popu­
lar  of  the  French  soft  cheese.  This  is 
made  of  cows’  milk  and  rennet;  should 
be  loud  in  tone  when  in  its  best  estate. 
The  mold  of  it  is  at  first  white,  then be­
comes  reddish  yellow.  This  cheese 
is 
cured  in  willow  mats,  the  willow  being 
the  host  of  the  mold. 
It  is  shipped 
with  cushions  at  both  sides  on  mats  or 
straw.  The  French  find 
it  best  when 
the  interior  is  broken  down.

D'lsigny  is  the  American  Brie,  and 

is  made  by  Swiss  in  Orange  county.

Roquefort  cannot  be  made  success­
fully  out  of  France.  This  was  at  first 
made  of  sheeps’  milk,  then  with  goats’ 
milk  added,  but  now  is  of  cows’  milk ; 
is  cured 
limestone  caves,  with  un­
varying  conditions  of  temperature  and 
moisture.  The  proportions  are  35  of 
fat.  25  of  casein  and  30  of  water.  The 
mold  peculiar  to 
it  is  cultivated  upon 
stale  bread  and  worked  into  the  cheese 
as  a  starter.

The  Gorgonzola  or  Italian  Roquefort 
is  made  in  Lombardy.  The  curing  re­
quires  six  months  or  more. 
is  of 
cows’  milk  and  is  drained  rather  than 
pressed. 
It  is  ripened  in  caves  and  its 
mold  is  white.

in 

It 

The  prepared  cheese,  as the Imperial, 
American  Club  House 
and  Meadow 
Sweet,  are  all  of  cheddar,  with  a  little 
butter  or  other  oleaginous  substance  to 
make  a  homogeneous  mass,  and  flavored 
with  sherry,  brandy  or  something  of  the 
sort.

The  American  cheese  food  has  the 
sugar  lost  in  the  whey  reincorporated. 
This  is  done  by  boiling  the  whey  until 
it  is  a  syrup  and  then  working  it in.

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

Poor
Economy

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

“Lily White” Flour

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

NOW.

Valley  City Milling  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Pull  Strength,

Full  Flavored, 

Standard, 

Every  Barrel

Uniform.

Made from

Apples Only.

T he

Silver  Brand 
Cider Vinegar
G enesee  F ru it C o ,

Made by

Lansing,  Mich.

Every Qrocer should sell It.

^   The finest sweet cider, prepared to  keep sweet. 
♦   Furnished October to  (larch,  inclusive.

^   56  W.  Market St.,

Buffalo, n. y. i

Do  not  be  deceived  by  unreliable  concerns  and 
promises;  we  will  advance you  liberally  on  your 
shipments.  W rite  for  our  daily  price  list  and 
instructions  for  shipping  all  perishable  fruits  to 
insure  good  condition  on  arrival. 

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M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

15

GOTHAM  GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  to 

the  Market.

S p ecial Correspondence.

largely  augmented. 

New  York,  Aug.  13—The  volume  of 
business  among  jobbers  is  steadily  eri 
larging  and,  with  the  reduced  railroad 
rates,  the  number  of  visiting  buyers  has 
been 
Prices  are 
well  adhered  to  and  in  some  lines  there 
is  every  likelihood  of  an  early  advance. 
Especially  is  this  true  of  some  kinds  of 
canned  products.  The  early  ending  of 
the  war  gives  cheer  and,  altogether, 
New  York  is  in  fine  trim for any amount 
of  business.

is 

The  coffee  market 

is  practically  un­
changed,  although,  perhaps,  there  has 
been  a  trifle  more  activity  in  the  de 
mand  from  small  roasters  and  interior 
dealers.  Jobbers  are  quite  confident  as 
to  the  future  and  show  no anxiety to dis­
pose  of  holdings  except  at  full  quota 
tions.  The  quotation  for  Rio  No.  7  is 
nominally  6%c.  Stocks here seem  to  be 
ample  to  meet  the  demand  for  some 
time.  In  store,  and  afloat  there  are  946.- 
411  bags,  against  741,067  bags  at tfe 
same  time  last  year.  There  is  a  little 
more  speculation  in  futures  than  prev­
iously,  but  at  reduced  prices.  Mild 
coffees  are  pretty  well  cleaned  up  and 
the  market  generally 
firm,  Good 
Cucuta  being  quotable  at  q@g%c.
is 
small,  but  there  is  shown  a  little  im­
provement  over  last  week.  Prices  are 
firm  and  holders  are  determined 
to 
make  no  concessions.  Nothing  was 
done 
invoice  lines,  as  buyers  seem 
to  be  waiting  for  future  developments. 
A  prominent  dealer  says  exports  will 
fall  off  10,000,000  pounds  by  next  year.
Raw  sugars  are  firm.  The  Trust  and 
independent  refineries  were  both  seek­
ers  after  supplies  and,  as a result,  st  cks 
are  pretty  well  cleaned  up.  The  sales 
have  been  the  largest  for  a  long  time 
favorable 
and 
for  a 
steady  fall  business  Refined  sugar  is 
also  firm  and  the  demand  is  good.

The  volume  of  the  tea  business 

indications  are 

Rice  is  firm.  The  demand  from  the 
interior  has  been  quite  satisfactory  and 
sales  made  were  at  steady  prices.
Southern,  prime  to  choice,  6y$@6%c \ 
Japan.  5^c.
Nothing  of  interest  has  transpired 
in 
spices  during  the  week.  The  demand 
is  hardly  as  active  as  previously,  but 
prices  are  very  firm  and  holders  will 
make  no  concessions.  Singapore  pep­
in  an  invoice  way  is  steady  at  q l/i 
per 
@9%c.

in 

Good 

Grocery  grades  of  molasses  are  firm, 
but  there  is  scarcely  any  business  go­
ing  forward. 
Low  grades  are  moving 
slowly  and,  altogether,  the  market at the 
present  time  is  not  especially  encoura­
ging. 
to  prime  centrifugal, 
i 6@ 26c .

The  syrup  market 

is  firm.  Stocks 
are 
light  anil  holders  are  disposed  to 
bold  on  until  their  figures  are  obtained. 
Prime  to  fancy  sugar  syrups,  i 6@ 2o c . 
In  canned  goods,  salmon  has  been  the 
center  of  interest  among  dealers. 
It  is 
said  that  the  Columbia  River  pack  will 
be  100,000  cases  short.  Against  this  is 
the  fait  that  the  pack  for  several  prev­
ious  years  was  very  large—larger  than 
could  be  taken  care  of—and  there  are 
large  stocks  in  warehouse,  both  in  this 
country  and  England.  The  light  pack 
this  year  will  necessitate  bringing  this 
forward  and  the  probabilities  are  that 
we  shall  see  a  very  firm  market  for  sal­
mon  during  the  coming  twelve  months. 
The  tomato  prospect  in  Maryland  has 
improved,  but  there  is  no  likelihood  of 
an  excessive  pack.  Peas  are  firm  at 
8o@90C  for  desirable  grades. 
There 
has  been  a  very  light  enquiry  for  corn, 
with  fancy New York State steady at 70c. 
Peaches  have  advanced  and  the  situa­
tion  is  firm.

All  lines  of dried fruits have remained 
rather  quiet.  There  has  been  rather 
more  enquiry  for  nice  evaporated  ap­
ples,  which  are  worth  from  9^@ioc. 
Pacific  Coast  fruits  are  rather  quiet  at 
the  moment,  but  all  are  looking  to  a 
better  condition  soon.

As  arrivals  of  fancy  creamery  have 
been  rather  light  and  the  demand  good, 
the  feeling  in  the  butter  market  is  firm, 
satisfied.
yet  dealers  are  not  quite 

While  the  best  stock 
is  worth  igc,  it 
must  bear  close  inspection  and  much  of 
it  will  not  come  up  to  the  standard. 
Lower  grades  are  in  about  the  usual  re­
quest.  The  range  is  about  as  follows: 
Western  creamery,  firsts, 
i7K@ i8j£c; 
seconds, 
i6@ 17c ;  thirds,  I4>l@i5cj^ ; 
I extra  Western  Junes,  19c.  Western  imi­
creamery, 
tation 
i5J£@i6c ; 
firsts, 
I4X @ H K c.  Western  factory, 
June  extras,  14c; 
13c;  current 
make,  13c  for  desirable  goods.

extras, 

firsts, 

for  meeting 

Cheese  receipts  are  moderate  and  yet 
sufficient 
the  demand, 
which  has  been  decidedly  light.  Large 
size  State  cheese,  full  cream,  is  quot­
able  at  7^c.  Fancy  small  size,  7%c.

Best  Western  eggs  are  firm  at  14c. 
is  not  much  activity  to 
However,  there 
the  market  and 
it  is  said  that  quite  a 
quantity  is  being  put  into  cold  storage, 
owing  to  lack  of  huyers.  There  is  the 
usual  supply  of 
inferior  stock,  which 
sells  for  what  it  will  bring.

How  to  Keep  the  Store  Attractive  in 

Summer.
From  the  American  Grocer.

Keep 

It  s h o u ld   b e   a b s o lu t e ly   c le a n ,  refresh- 
ing,  cool,  inviting  in  appearance,  free 
from  flies,  and  always  in  order.  The 
display  should  bring 
into  prominence 
seasonable  goods,  and  be  so arranged  as 
to  be  attractive  to  outing  parties,  ex­
cursionists,  or  whoever  must  carry  food 
out  o f  doors.

in  the  background  the  goods 
that  sell  best  in  winter,  and  so  display 
summer  specialties  as  to  invite  buyers 
to  inspect the store.  There  is a wonder­
ful  power  in handsome ferns,  palms,  and 
decorative  plants  to  win  customers—a 
charm  and  grace  that  are  irresistible— 
and,  besides,  they  help  give  a  cool  and 
neat  appearance  to  the  store.  Do  not 
think  that  it  is  necessary  to  make  a 
flower  shop  of  the  display  windows  or 
to  crowd  the  counters  with  blooming 
plants.  Art  in  display  is  quite  as  effect­
ive  as  art  in  advertising  or  any  other 
feature  of  store  life.

If  fresh  vegetables  are  kept  in  stock, 
don’t  put  them  all  along  the  sidewalk 
in  front  of  the  windows,  exposed  to 
dust,  dirt, 
insects,  and  depradations, 
but  have  them  in  a  shady,  cool  place, 
neatly  arranged,  and  so  that  beautiful 
color  effects  are  produced.  This  latter 
feature  is  very  easy  to  one  who  has  an 
eye  for  color. 
If  deficient,  it  is  easy  to 
find  some  one  that  can  bring  the  red, 
green,  yellow,  white,  orange, 
lemon, 
and  other  colors  of  fruits  and  vegetables 
into  bewitching  relation  to  each  other, 
and  make  a  veritable  picture which  will 
appeal  to  the  appetite  and  awaken  de­
sire  for  possession 
Such  a  display will 
make  talk  and  advertise  the  store.  The 
point 
is  to  get  consumers  to  visit  the 
store,  provided  it  is  so  beguiling  in  ap­
pearance  that 
it  invites  all  comers  to 
linger and  look.  Said  one  customer  to 
a  fellow  who  kept  that  sort  of  a  store: 
“ I  always  like  to come  in  here,  because 
there  is  something  new  to  see. ”  
It was 
always  new  to  the  visitor,  because  the 
dealer  was  continually rearranging stock 
and  bringing  some  new thing into prom­
inence  every  few  days.

Attention  to  ventilation  is  of  the  ut­
most  importance  if  the  store  is  to  have 
a  pleasing  smell 
in  summer.  During 
the  dog-days,  or  whenever  general  hu­
midity  gets 
its  fine  work,  the  store 
will  have  an  unpleasant  and  heavy  odor 
unless  it  is  properly  ventilated  at night. 
The  transom  over  the  front  door  should 
be  open,  and  a  draft  of  cool  air  kept 
circulating.  We  have  entered  stores  in 
the  early  morning  where  the  air  was 
fairly  suffocating  by  reason  of  its  foul­
ness.  The  thousand  and  one  things  in 
the  store  had  been  steaming  all night  in 
a  high  temperature,  so  that  means  veg­
etables, 
and 
dried  fish  had  each  been  contributing to 
the  conglomeration  of  flavors  that  was 
noticeable.  This 
is  ruinous  to  all  ar­
ticles  sensitive  to  foreign  flavor,  such 
as  salt  or  butter.

fruits,  dairy  products, 

in 

Matches  are  made  in  heaven.  The 

fire  never  goes  out  in  the  other  place.

If  men  were  serpents  the  woods  would 

be  full  of  female  snake  charmers.

Use  of  Trade  Checks  Prohibited.
Solicitor  Maurice  D.  O’Connell,  of 
the  United  States  Treasury,  has  ren­
dered  a  decision  in  which  he  holds  that 
the  manufacture  and  distribution  of 
aluminum  and  brass  trade  checks  con­
stitutes  a  violation  of the statute enacted 
Feb.  10,  1891,  which  prohibits the man­
ufacture  of  a  metal  or  its  compound, 
in  color,  design  or  inscription 
which 
the  Government. 
resembles  coin  of 
These  trade  checks  distributed 
largely 
by  extensive  business  houses  have  at­
tained  such  a  circulation  among  the 
small  towns  and  logging  camps  of  W is ­
consin,  Minnesota  and  Michigan  that  it 
is  difficult  to  secure  real  money. 
In 
fact,  it  is  said  at  the  Treasury  that  con­
tractors  at  logging  camps  who  own  the 
stores  at  which  the  inhabitants  secure 
the  necessaries  of  life  have  inaugurated 
the  system  of  paying  their  employes 
with  these  checks  to  the  exclusion  of 
Government  money.  Federal  inspectors 
in  these  districts  will  be  instructed  to 
seize  all  illegal  coins  and  warn  distrib­
utors  against  manufacturing  the  “ trade 
checks.”  
I f  they  persist  in  m a n u f a c ­
turing  a n d   distributing  them  they  will 
be  vigorously  prosecuted.

It  may  not  be  proper  to  precede  the 
father  of  your best  girl  down  the stairs— 
but  sometimes  you  have  to.

E stablished 1180.

Walter Baker & Go.

Dorchester, Mass.
The O ldest and 

L a rg est M anufacturers o f

PURE.HIGH GRADE

COCOAS
CHOCOLATES

A N D

on this Continent.

th eir m anufactures.

No  Chemicals  are  used  in 
T h eir  Breakfast  Cocoa  is  absolu tely  pure, 
delicious,  n utritious,  an d   costs  less  th an   one 
cen t a  cup.
T h eir  Premium  No.  1  Chocolate, put up in 
Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the best 
p lain  chocolate in  the m arket fo r fam ily  use.
T h e ir  German  Sweet  Chocolate ij  good  to 
ea t an d  good  to   d rin k .  I t   is  palatable, n u tri­
tions, and  health ful  ;  a  g rea t  fav o rite  w ith  
children.
B uyers should ask fo r  and be  sure  th a t  th ey 
g e t th e genuine g o o d s. T he above trade-mark 
is on ev ery package.
W alter  B aker &  Co.  Ltd.

Dorchester,  Mass.

PEACHES  AND  MELONS

BETTER  AND  CHEAPER.

Pears,  Plums,  Apples.
Lemons,  Oranges  and  Bananas.
Home  Grown  New  Potatoes,  Cabbage,  Celery,  Tomatoes,
Green  Onions,  New Dry  Onions,  Turnips,  Carrot,  Squash.

BUNTING  &  CO. 

-  Jobbers  =  Grand  Rapids, M ich.

A LL  KINDS  FIE LD   S E E D S

O R D E R S   S O L I C I T E D

A T   M A R K E T   V A L U E

MOSELEY  BROS.

2 6 - 2 8 - 3 0 - 3 2   O T T A W A   S T .

EST.  1876.

G R A N D   R A P I D S ,   MI CH .

■  The  best  are  the  cheapest 

and  these  we  can  always 
supply.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

ALFRED  J.  BROWN  SEED  CO.

24  and  26  North  Division  Street,

B E   U P   TO  D A T E «

and  have in  stock

CONGDON’S CIDER  SAVER 
and FRUIT PRESERVATIVE 
COMPOUND

Contains no Salicylic A c id .  Affords dealer 
good protit selling at 25 cents.

\faluatits ttscoveryl
Of Inestimable Value to Formers and ] 
Others Manufacturing  or Handling 
Cider  Canned  Fruits  and  Veget­

ables * if tfov  u  ion

J.  L. Congdon  &  Co.,

Pentwater,  Mich.

FREE SflPlPLE TO LllfE PIEHBHBHTS

Our  new  Parchment-Lined,  Odorless 
Butter  Packages.  Light  as  paper.
The  only  way  to  deliver  Butter 
to  your  customers.

G em  F ibre  P ackage Co.,  Detroit.
Tradesman Company 

Grand  Rapids.

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

1 6

W o m a n ’s  W orld

The  Troubles  of the  Good.

in  any  particular  line. 

Next  to  a  bad  reputatioirtbere is noth­
ing 
in  the  world  so  uncomfortable  and 
inconvenient  as  a  good one.  If  you  want 
to  live  in  peace  and happiness and  com­
fort,  and  avoid  wrinkles  and  troubles, 
you  must  never  establish a reputation for 
excellence 
If 
you  do  you  are  its  bond  slave  for  life. 
You  cannot  run  away  from  it or  leave  it 
behind.  Go  where  you  will  it  will  fol­
low  you,  and  you  can  no  more  rid  your­
self  of  it  than  the  hero  of  the story could 
rid  himself  of  the  Tinted  Venus  that 
made  his  life  a  burden.  You  may  think 
you  have 
it  or  lived  it  down,  but 
just  as  you  get  ready  to  enjoy  yourself 
somebody 
is  sure  to  come  along  who 
knows  your  record  for  superior goodness 
or  self-sacrifice  or  whatever  it  is,  and 
so  rivets  your  chains  on  you  again.

lost 

In  one  of  his  poems  Saxe  has  told  the 
sad  story  of  a  man  who  had  the  misfor­
tune  to  have  a  reputation  as  a  wit. 
Wherever  he  went  he  was  expected  to 
dazzle  every  company.  When  he  was 
invited  out  he  was  expected  to  pay  for 
his  dinner  with  bon  mots  and  his 
lodg­
If  he  was  ever 
ings  with  funny  stories. 
serious  people  felt  defrauded,  and  if  he 
was  dull  and  melancholy  they  regarded 
him  as  nothing  short  of  a  rank  impostor 
and  fraud.  His  friends  demanded  that 
he  keep  them 
in  a  state  of  hilarious 
merriment,  and  the price he  paid  for  his 
reputation  as  a  wit  was  to  be  kept  for­
ever  on  the  rack  trying  to  invent  new 
jokes.

In  a  similar,  if  a  very  minor,  way, 
every  one  of  us  who  has  a reputation  for 
anything  has  to  pay  for  it.  The  beauty 
must  take  much  more  care  of  her  ap­
pearance  than  the  homely  woman.  She 
must  dress  with  more  elaborateness  and 
taste  than  the  woman  who  has  no  repu­
tation  for  good  looks to maintain.  Peo­
ple  expect  it  of  her,  and  we  are  quick 
to  notice  the  least  falling  off  in  beauty 
and  the  first  sign  of  approaching  age  in 
her,  whereas  the  plain  woman  can  go 
through  all  the  gradations  from  youth  to 
middle 
life  without  anybody  being  the 
wiser.  It  is  one  of  the ineffable compen­
sations  for  never  having  had  a  reputa­
tion  as  a  beauty  that  no  one  will  ever 
remark  on  how  you  have  faded.

in 

for 

let  herself 

One  doesn’t  have  to  look  far  about 
them  in  life  to  become  convinced  that 
there  is  no  other  folly  equal to acquiring 
a  reputation  for  conspicuous  goodness 
in  any  particular  line. 
It  establishes  a 
precedent  that  you  have  to  live  up  to, 
and,  in  consequence,  you  make  yourself 
a  shining  mark  for  criticism.  Take  the 
woman,  for  instance,  who  has  a  reputa­
tion  as  a  notable  housekeeper.  Hasn’t 
she  just 
life-long 
drudgery?  Other housekeepers may  have 
a  picked-up  dinner;  other  women  may 
draw  a  blind down  hastily  to  hide where j 
the  housemaid  neglected  to sweep  under 
the  bed;  other  people’s  cake  may  be 
sad  now  and  then,  or  their  bread  heavy, 
and  we  think  nothing  of it.  But  no  such 
blessed  privilege 
If  every­
thing  in  her  bouse  isn’t  just  on  time  to 
the  minute  and  spick  and  span,  we  say: 
“ We  don’t  know  what  people  can  see 
in  Mary  Jones’  housekeeping  to  be  al­
ways  talking  about.  Of  all  the  heavy, 
indigestible  stuff  we  ever  ate 
in  our 
lives  that  Sally  Lunn  of hers,’ ’ etc.  And 
poor  Mary  Jones  knows 
it  and  she 
works  herself  to  death  trying  to  live  up 
to  the  blue-ribbon-prize  style  of  house­
keeping  she  has  inaugurated.

is  hers. 

It  is  very  sad  to  think  that  we have  to

guard  against  our  most  amiable 
im­
pulses,  if  we  wish  to  live  in  reasonable 
peace,  but  it  is  a  fact  nevertheless, 
isn’t  anybody  with  _ 
presume  there 
in  them  as  big  as  a  nickel  who 
heart 
doesn’t  love 
little  children,  but  if  you 
are  once  rash  enough  to  make  an  undu 
parade  of  this,  and  get  a  reputation  for 
it  your  life  will  be  made  a  martyrdom. 
Every  time  your  neighbor  gets  busy 
making  a  dress  or  wants  to go  off to play 
progressive  euchre  all  the  afternoon  she 
bundles  her  nursery 
“ Of 
course  I  wouldn’t  do  this  with  anybody 
else, 
she  says,  “ but  I  know  how  fond 
you  are  of  children.”  
Fond!  Bah 
When  you  had  planned  a  nice  qui 
afternoon  with  a  novel  and  a  fan  and 
are  feeling  like  a  female  Herod!  But 
you  can’t  say  anything. 
It's  your  fatal 
reputation.

in  on  you. 

Of  course,  everyone  likes  to  enterta 

their  friends,  but  once  get  a  reputation 
for  hospitality  and  you  had  as well hang 
up  a  sign  of  free  entertainment  for  man 
and  beast.  People  you  never  heard  of 
write  and  tell  you  they  are  coming  to 
see  you;  people  you  have  met  at  sum 
mer  resorts  and  on  railroad  trains  de 
scend  upon  you  at unexpected moments , 
distant  relatives  who  had  forgotten  your 
existence  until  they  happened  to  see 
chance  to  shirk  a  hotel  bill,  look  you  up 
when  they  come  to  your  town.  They 
come  with  queer 
trunks  and  nobby 
bundles  and  they  stay  and  stay and stay. 
Goodness  gracious!  haven’t  we  all  slept 
on  the  dining-room  sofa  while  ourcous 
n  Sally  and  the  twins  occupied  ou 
bed,  and  eaten  the  scraps  after  six  un 
expected  guests  had  dropped  in  to  din 
ner?  “ You  see  I  am  perfectly  uncere 
monious  with  you,”  say  these  uninvited 
deadbeats, 
‘.‘ because  everyone  knows 
bow  hospitable  you  are.”   And  there 
you  are.  Who  has  the  courage  to  stand 
up  and  deny  the  good  reputation  that  i 
sure  to  land  them  in  the  poorhouse?

There 

is  positively  no  other  such 
drawback  to  charity  as  the  danger  of 
getting  a  reputation  in  that  line.  Once 
give  to  a  poor  family  and  you  have  es 
tablisbed  a  precedent  that  you can never 
live  down.  Nine  times  out  of  ten  they 
expect  you  to  support  them  the  balance 
of  their  lives,  and  send  the  boys  to  col 
lege  and  give  the  girls  a  debut  party. 
You  can’t  give  what  you  can  afford  and 
then  stop;  you  can’t  listen  to  a  tale  of 
woe  and  weep  with  the narrator and then 
enjoy  yourself.  If  you  once  start  there’s 
no  limit,  and  nobody  can  see  the  finish. 
You  are  the  perpetual  repository  of  all 
the  woes  of  the  community.  A  young 
man 
in  this  city  whose  mother  has  a 
reputation  as  being  very  charitable  said 
not  long  ago  that  if  he  should  go  home 
and  not  find  an  object  of  charity  with  a 
baby  and  a  basket  occupying  the  hall 
settee,  and  his  mother  crying  with  some 
in  the  dining-room,  he  would 
woman 
know  he  had  gotten 
into  the  wrong 
house.  She 
is  the  victim  of  the  good 
she  has  done,  and  is  made  to  bear  the 
burdens  of  all  the  shiftless  and lazy  and 
unfortunate  around  her.

A  funny  phase  of  this  question  is  that 
after  one  once  acquires  a  reputation  for 
doing  a  thing  nobody  ever  gives  them 
the  slightest  credit  for  any  virtue in  do­
ing  it.  They  seem  to  think  that  self- 
sacrifice  and  hard  work  and  self-denial 
just  come  natural  to  you  and  you  enjoy 
it. 
I  once  knew  a  woman  to  whose care 
fell  six  orphan  children.  The moderate 
income  that  had  been  sufficient  for  her 
own  wants  and  had  enabled  her  to 
live 
in  great  comfort,  was,  of  course,  the 
barest  pittance  when  divided  among 
seven.  There  were  no more pretty frocks

for  her,  no  more  jaunts  abroad,  but  she 
bravely  took  up  the  burden  and  worked 
early  and 
late,  denying  herself  every­
thing  that  the  children  might  be  edu­
cated  and  given  a  start  in  life,  and  not 
a  one  of  them  ever  seemed  to  have  the 
slightest  appreciation  of 
it,  or  thank 
her  for  it,  but they  went  into fits of grati­
tude  when  another  aunt  now  and  then 
would  send  them  an  old  party  dress  or 
a  pair  of  75-cent  mousquetaire  gloves. 
There’s  the  difference  between  the  one 
who  had  established  her  reputation  for 
self-sacrifice  so  that 
it  was  taken  for 
granted  and  the  other  of  whom  nothing 
was  expected  so  that  what  she  did  came 
as  a  kind  of  surprise.

Just  the  same  thing  happens  all  along 
through  life. 
If  you  have  a  reputation 
of  being  kind  to  the  sick  you  may  go 
and  sit  up  with  a  person  at  night  and 
nurse  her  until  you  are  ready  to  drop, 
you  may  stand  over  the  stove  cooking 
jellies  or  making  broth  until  you  are 
burnt  to  a  cinder,  and  she  takes  it  as  a 
matter  of  course;  but  let  some  woman 
who  never  sacrifices  herself for anything 
in  the  world  come  by  and  leave  a  card 
inquiries”   penciled  on  it 
with  “ kind 
and  she  will  brag  about 
for  six 
months. 
“ So  sweet  of  her.  Did  you 
ever  hear  of  anything  so  kind?”   But 
grateful  to  you?  She  never  thinks  of 
such  a 
for 
nursing  the  sick  has  gone  before  you, 
and  she  probably  thinks  the whole affair 
has  been  a  kind  of  picnic  to  you.

thing.  Your 

reputation 

it 

Who  hasn’t  had  experience  of  this 
kind  of  thing?  Who  hasn’t  had  some­
body  they  didn’t  want  come  and  stay 
months  with  them  without  manifesting 
the  slightest  appreciation  of  the  hospi­
tality  shown  them,  and then  see  them  go 
nto  ecstacies  of  delight  because  some 
other  friend  or  relative—on  whom  they 
'  ad 
just  the  same  claim— invited  them 
to  tea?  Who  hasn’t  paid  for  the  fuel  for 
some  poor  family  all  the  winter  with­
out  one  word  of  thanks  and  then  heard 
them  overwhelm  somebody  else  with 
gratitude  because  they  had  given  them 
dinky  little  hat  or a  feather  boa?  Of 
course  we  ought  not  to  care  for  these 
things,  but  we  do.  We  don’t  want  any­
body  to  go  before  us  sounding  our 
praises  on  a  brazen  trumpet,  but  we  do 
ke  to  feel  that  when  we  make  a  sac- 
ifice  it  is  at  least  understood  and  ap­
preciated.

After  all 

it  comes  back  to  the  same 
point. 
If  we  once  get  a  reputation  for 
'oing  things  we  have  got  to  keep  on 
doing  them,  and  the  only  safe  and  com­
fortable  way  is  to  avoid establishing any 
precedents.  There  is  no  fame,  but  great 
safety,  in  mediocrity.

D o r o t h y   D i x .

The  report  that  Peru 

is  purchasing 
some  warships  in  Europe,  and  is  sbow- 
ng  a  disposition  to  have  a  racket  with 
s  country  on  account  of  some  alleged 
grievance,  indicates  that  Peru  has  not 
kept  up  with  the  news  since  the  war 
with  Spain  began.

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LABELS 
FOR
GASOLINE 
DEALERS

The Law of  1889.

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

We  are  prepared 

furnish 
labels which enable dealers to com" 
pj  ply  with  this  law,  on  the  follow­

to 

ing  basis:

1  M ................... 75C
5 M ................. 50c per M

............. 40c per M

20 M................. 35c per M
50 M................. 30c per M
T radesm an  C om pany,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

SHSa5H5H5H5H5H5H5H5H5Hi

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Building paper. Rooting Material

We are jobbers o f these goods, am ong w h ich  are

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

H.  M .  REYNOLDS & SO N, G rand  Rapids,  ilic h .

Detroit  Office,  Foot  of  3d  Street.

M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

17

Commercial Travelers

Michigan  Knights of the Grip. 

President, J ohn  a .  H offm an,  K alam azoo;  Secre- 
tary, J   C.  Sau n d e rs,  Lansing;  Treasurer, C h as. 
McNo l ty, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association. 
President,  C.  C.  Sn e d e k e r .  Detroit;  Secretary 

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

United Commercial  Travelers of Michigan. 
G rand  Counselor, J. J.  Ev a n s,  B ay C ity;  Grand 
Secretary,  G  S.  V alm o r e, D etroit;  Grand T reas­
urer,  W.  S.  W e s t, Jackson.
Michigan  Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Accl 

dent Association.

President,  J.  B oyd  P a n tlin d ,  G rand  R apids 
Secretary and  Treasurer,  G eo.  F.  Ow en,  Grand 
Rapids.
Lake  Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. 
President,  W.  C.  B rown,  M arquette;  Secretary 
and  Treasurer,  A.  F.  W ixson,  Marquette.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Wagers^are  being  made  among  the 
traveling  men  that  the  train gates on  the 
Heald  system  will  be  off  by  Sept.  i.

Geo.  H.  Jewett, 

formerly  with  L. 
Perrigo  &  Co.,  of  Allegan,  has engaged 
to  cover the  citv  trade  for  DeBoe,  King 
&  Co.

The  report  that  the  Heald  system  will 
run  freight  trains  only  three  times  a 
week  so  long  as  the  gates  remain  on  the 
is  probably  a  canard.
passenger  trains 
Jas.  N.  Bradford  (Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer  Co  )  is  seriously  ill  with  pneu­
monia  and  grave  fears  are  entertained 
as  to  his  recovery.  He  was  taken  ill 
while  witnessing  the  ball  game  last  Sat­
urday.  His  son  Jamie,  has  been  sum­
moned  here  from  Fernandina,  Florida, 
where  he  was  stationed  as  a  member  of 
the  32d  Michigan  volunteers.

A  Houghton  correspondent  writes: 
The  business  men  of  the  copper  country 
will  learn  with  deep  regret  of  the death, 
at  his  home 
in  Chicago,  of  Simon  P. 
McIntyre,  one  of  the  best  known and re­
spected  salesmen  who  ever  visited  this 
section.  Mr.  McIntyre  sold  boots  and 
shoes 
in  this  territory  the  past  twenty- 
five  years  or  more,  and  was  here  less 
than  two  months  ago.  He  was  employed 
by  the  M.  D.  Wells  Shoe  Co.,  and  was 
born  in  New  York  State  fifty-five  years 
ago.  Mr.  McIntyre leaves  a  widow  and 
one  son,  Moses,  a  recent  graduate  of 
the  University  of  Chicago.

“ You  may  talk  about  your  baggage 
smashers,’ ’  remarked  a  grocery  drum­
mer  the  other  day,  “ but  I  had  an  ex­
perience  which  shows a  great  amount  of 
carefulness  on  the  part  of  a  number  of 
people  concerned.  While  in  Kalamazoo 
last  week  I  received  from  a  friend  a 
folder  advertising  a  certain resort  hotel. 
Being  busy,  I  laid 
it  down  on  top  of 
my  sample  case,  had  it  taken  down  to 
the  depot  by  a  drayman  and 
there 
checked  by  him  to  Sturgis.  When  I 
called  for  the  grip  the  next  day,  I found 
the  folder  still  lying  on  top  of  the  case, 
just  as  I  bad  left  it  in  the  store  at  Kal­
amazoo. ’ ’

Said  a  prominent  traveling  man  to  a 
group  of  boys  at  the  Morton  House  last 
Saturday  night:  “ I have always  stopped 
at  (naming  certain  hotels  in towns),  but 
I  have  made  up  my  mind  to  quit  them 
cold  and  patronize  dollar-a  day  houses, 
restaurants  or  private boarding bouses  if 
I  can’t  find  a  better  house.  The  fare 
these  hotels  give  you  is  simply  worse 
than  that  set  out  by  a  io  cent  restaurant 
and  I  am  not  going  to  give  up  $2  a  day 
for  such  rotten  fare.  The  chuck  they 
set  out  for  us  to  eat  couldn’t  be  worse. 
I  hate  so  to  change  from  one  hotel  to 
another  that  I  have  always  stood  it,  but 
have  made  up  my  mind  that I have been 
a  fool,  and  won’t  be  any  longer.’ ’

“ When  I 

The  annual  picnic  of  the  Grand  Rap­
ids  traveling  men,  which  will  be  held 
at  Reed's  Lake  Aug.  27,  promises  to  be 
the  most  enjoyable  event  of  the  kind 
ever  held  by  the  fraternity.  B.  S.  Dav­
enport  has  been  designated  as  chairman 
of  the  Committee  on  Athletics,  in  place 
of  Fred  Epblin,  who  is  temporarily  out 
of  the  city,  but  will  return  in  time  to 
attend  the  picnic  in  his  usual  disguise 
of  Uncle  Rube.  At  the  request  of  John 
A.  Hoffman,  President  of  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  the  boys  will 
im 
prove  this  opportunity  to  select  a  mem­
ber  of  the  Board  of  Directors  in  place 
of  Frank  M.  Tyler,  who  has  removed  to 
Boston.  Chas.  M.  Heald,  President  of 
the  Heald  system,  will  be  present  by 
invitation  and  address  the  boys  on  the 
subject  of  the  train  gates,  which  have 
been  discussed  at  rare 
intervals  and 
with  great  moderation  by  the  boys  dur­
ing  the  past  six  months.  Perhaps  some 
of  the  boys  have  never  beard of the train 
gates,  in  which  case  Mr.  Heald’s  ad 
dress  will  be  of  a  didactic  character.
first  started  out  on 

the 
road,"  remarked  a  well-known traveling 
man,”   I  was 
induced  by  the  prospect 
of  adding  a  few  shekels to my exchequer 
to  take  as  a  side  line  the  catalogue  of 
an  extensive  company  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  coffins  and 
caskets. 
Armed  with  my  price  list  and  book  of 
illustrations,  I  boldly  entered  the  ware- 
room  of  the  leading  undertaking  estab­
lishment 
in  Detroit  and  was  kindly 
greeted  by  the  proprietor,  as  my  bouse 
was  a  favorite  one  with  the  trade.  I was 
told  that  many  solicitors  had  presented 
themselves,  but  as  they  were  only carry­
ing  the  goods  as  a  side  line  he  did  not 
patronize  them.  Having  convinced  him 
that  I  was  straight goods,  he  proceeded 
to  show  me  the  stock,  on  which  I  com­
mented  favorably.  After  visiting  the 
different  departments,  he  proceeded toa 
lower  floor  and  conducted  me  to  a  dark 
room,  from  which  emanated  a  peculiar 
odor. 
In  the  center  of  the  apartment 
was  a  table,  and  on  it  what  appeared  to 
be  a  bundle  of  clothing;  withdrawing  a 
sheet,  he  exposed  to  view  a  corpse. 
I 
nearly  fainted  at  the  unexpected  sight, 
but  partially  recovered,  when  be  said: 
‘ What  do  you  think  of  that for first-class 
embalming?  Feel  the  flesh ;  it’s  as  firm 
as  a  rock. ’ 
I  tremblingly  acquiesced, 
and  felt  the  cold  perspiration  oozing 
from  my  brow.  The  atmosphere  was 
getting  too  close,  so  on  asking  if  he 
ever  indulged,  and  he  replying  that  he 
generally  did  about  that  time,  we  re­
paired  to  a  neighboring 
laboratory, 
when  I  obliterated  the  recollections,  as 
well  as  I  could,  of  that  grewsome  sight.
I  sold  that  man  goods for three years  be­
fore  he 
through  a  loquacious 
brother  drummer  that  I  was  only  a side- 
liner. ”

learned 

Movements of Lake Superior Travelers
Marquette,  Aug.  15--Friday  evening, 
Aug.  igtb,  is  the  date  of  the  second  an­
nual  reception  given  by  the  Lake  Su 
perior  Commercial  Travelers’  Club  at 
Hotel  Superior,  Marquette.  The  boys 
have  spared  no  pains  to  make  it  an  en­
joyable  affair  and  a 
large  number of 
travelers,  their  wives  and  sweethearts 
will  participate.  The  Club  is  flourish­
ing  at  present,  having  a  membership  of 
i8 g.

H.  W.  Bradley 

(H.  W.  Bradley  & 

is  doing  the  east  end  of 

Bro.,  Romeo) 
the  Peninsula.

M.  A.  Dunning  (Morley  Bros.) was  in 

the  copper  country  last  week.

Charles  Doty  (Edson,  Moore  &  Co.) 
is  in  disguise.  He  shaved off  his  mous 
tache  with  a  view  to  humbugging  inno­
cent  maidens  into  the  belief  that  he 
is 
lad.  He  is  not.  He  is  quite
a  young 

in  knowledge  of  the  ways  of  the 

old 
world.

S.  A.  Erickson  (Edson,  Keith  & Co.) 
is  with  us  again  or,  rather,  with  the 
ladies.  He  sells  millinery.

T.  G.  Gregory  is  representing  Steele, 
Weddles  &  Co.  (Chicago)  in  this  terri­
tory  now.  Tim  is  a  hustler  and  an  all­
round  good 
fellow  and  has  a  host  of 
friends  who  will  be  pleased  to  know  he 
will  remain  with  us.

T.  L.  Hilton  (Forman-Bassell-Hatch 
Co.)  did  the  copper  country  last  week. 
He  had  his  bass  voice  with  him.

Arthur  McMillan  (Johnson  Electrical 
Service  Co.)  is  in  the  copper  country, 
letting  his  lights  shine.

H.  F.  Nickerson  (I.  E.  Swift)  will 
soon  remove  from  Isbpeming  to  Hough­
ton.  Nick  cleans  up  an  extensive  busi­
in  the  copper  country  and  finds  it 
ness 
necessary  to 
live  there  so  as  to  be  on 
hand  at  a  moment’s  notice.

S.  D.  Oppenheimer (McCauley & Co.) 

is  in  the  east  end  of  the  Peninsula.

Alex.  Stevenson  (Buhl  Sons  &  Co.) 
will  be  missed  from  this  territory.  Alex 
has  traveled  here  for  fifteen  years  and 
no  traveler  ever  visited  the  Peninsula 
who  had  more  friends  or  sold  more 
hardware  than  he.  He  did  business  al­
ways 
in  a  straightforward  manner  and 
no  competitor  was  ever  heard  to  com­
plain  of  unfair  treatment  at  A lex.’s 
hands.  Success  to  him  in  his  business 
venture,  as  resident  partner  of  Buhl 
Sons  &  Co.’s  branch  store  at  Menomi­
nee ! 
Courteous  Request  to  Withdraw  the 

Ouix.

Train  Gates.

The  following  courteous  request  to 
discard  the  train  gates  was  recently pre­
sented  to  General  Manager  Heald :

We,  the  undersigned  wholesale  deal­
ers  of  Grand  Rapids,  respectfully  re­
quest  you  to  discard  the  train  gates  now 
in  use  on  some  of  the  passenger  trains 
of  your  system.

We  make  this  request  in  behalf  of  our 
traveling  salesmen,  who  maintain  that 
the  train  gates  inteifere  very  seriously 
with  their  work  on  the  road  and  prevent 
their  making  as  good  time  as  they  were 
able  to  make  prior  to  the  introduction 
of  the  gates.

We  expressly  disclaim  any  intention 
or  inclination  to  dictate  to  you  in  the 
matter,  believing  that  a  courteous  re­
quest  from  your  townsmen  and  business 
associates  will  receive  due  attention 
and  careful  consideration.

The  names  attached  to  the  petition 

were  as  follows:

Olney  &  Judson  Grocer Co.,  Hazeltine 
&  Perkins  Drug  Co.,  Voigt,  Herpol- 
sheimer  &  Co.,  Jennings  & Smith,  Her- 
old-Bertsch  Shoe  Co.,  Foster  Stevens  & 
Co.,  Ball-Barnbart-Putman  Co  ,  H. 
Leonard  &  Sons,  Worden  Grocer  Co., 
The  Putnam  Candy  Co.,  Lemon  & 
Wheeler  Company,  Musselman  Grocer 
Co  ,  Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.,  Clark-
Rutka-Jewell  Co  ,  Steketee  &  Sons, 
Wilhelm  &  Co.,  Rindge,  Kalmbach, 
Logie  &  Co.,  Valley  City  Milling  Co., 
Hirth,  Krause  &  Co.

Mr.  Heald  received  the  gentleman 
who  presented  the  petition  courteously, 
promised  to  give  the  request  due  atten­
tion  and  acquaint  the  petitioners  with 
his  decision 
in  the  matter  at  an  early 
date.

The  Morning  Market.

The  increase  in  the  offerings  of  early 
fall  fruits  has  been  steady  in  all 
lines, 
culminating  in  the  largest  of  the  season 
thus  far  on  Tuesday  morning. 
The 
heavy  rain  of  last  night  and  the  fact 
that  Wednesday  is  always  a  lighter  day 
than  Tuesday  are  sufficient  to  account 
for  a  material  lessening  of  attendance 
this  morning. 
is  now  the  height  of 
the  season  for  Hale’s  early  and  other 
leading  early  varieties  of  peaches  and 
the  offerings  aggregate  several  thousand 
bushels.

It 

Considerable  comment  is  heard  on the 
market  as  to  the  prevalence  of  yellows 
is,
in  the  tributary  district,  which 

doubtless,  caused—the  comment,  not the 
disease—by  the  increased  thoroughness 
of 
inspection.  Notes  are  compared 
among  the  growers  as  to  the  number  of 
trees  each  has  been  compelled  to  offer 
up  in  ashes,  and  while  some  have  found 
the  sacrifice  unpleasantly  heavy,  most 
of  them  seem  to  recognize  the  proposi­
tion  that  there  is  in  the  ravages  of  this 
mysterious  disease  nothing  more  than 
one  of  several  fortunate  checks  upon the 
abundance  of  the  peach  which  serve  to 
increase  its  value  and  so  keep  the  mar­
ket  in  a  healthy  condition. 
It  does  not 
work  a  serious  hardship  to those who are 
thorough 
in  fighting  these  checks  and 
in  renewing  with  healthy  stock,  while 
the  more  negligent  are  not  to  be  pitied 
if  their  carelessness  serves  to  reduce  an 
undue  aggregate.

It 

Apples,  pears  and  plums  are  in  un­
usual  ahundance  for  the  season,  but 
prices  keep  at  points  which  make  the 
work  of  the  producer  reasonably  profit­
able. 
is  noticeable  that  an  unusual 
difference  in  qualities,  especially  in  ap­
ples  and  peaches, 
in 
prices, 
the  choicer  qualities,  which 
seem  the  most  abundant,  commanding 
several  times  the  price  of  the  poorer.

is  recognized 

is  too 

In  the  first  place,  there 

There  might  be  apprehension  as  to 
whether  suitable  prices  can  be  main­
tained  when  the  market  season  reaches 
its  height,  but  a  study  of  the  conditions 
seems  to  give  assurance  as  to  the  pros­
pect. 
is  not 
likely  to  be  an  unlimited  abundance  of 
either  apples  or  peaches.  The  yield, 
while  quite  general,  is not  unduly  heavy 
anywhere,  and  in  many  cases  with  some 
leading  varieties 
light  to  be 
pleasant  for  the  grower.  Then  the  con­
ditions  of  the  market  are  unusually  re­
assuring.  The  demand  from  Southern 
and  Eastern 
localities  promises  to  be 
much  above  the  average,  both  on  ac­
count  of  the  lack  of  other  supplies  and 
the  abundance  of  money  with  which  to 
buy. 
these  conditions, 
buyers  and  commission  men  have  made 
unusual  preparation  for  the  handling  of 
the  crops  and  transportation  companies 
are  ready  for their share of  the  work  and 
profit.

Recognizing 

The  same  conditions  apply  with equal 
force  to  the  outlook  for  the  potato  crop. 
The  yield  was  checked  by  the  unfavor­
able  conditions  of  the  early  season  and 
yet  there  is  likely  to  be  a  healthy  sup­
ply,  while  the  market  conditions  in  the 
regions  to  be  supplied  promise  demand 
for  all  that  can  be  offered.  The  contrast 
between  the  present  realization  of  35  to 
50  cents  per  bushel  is  in  marked  con­
trast  with  that  of  10  cents  or  nothing 
which  was  so  frequently  the  experience 
of  recent  years.  The difference  is  suffi­
cient  to  account  for  much  of  the  change 
in  general  local  trade.

Only iirst*class house in  M ASON  j MiCH.  E ve ry ­

TH E  C H A R LE S TO N

It  always  takes  two  to  make  a quarrel.

thing new.  E very room  heated.  Large and well- 
lighted sample rooms. 
Send your mail care  of  the 
Charleston,  where the boys stop.  C H A R L E S   A . 
C A L D W E L L , formerly of Donnelly  House,  Prop.
REM O D ELE D   H O T E L   B U T L E R  
Rates,  $1. 

I.  M.  BROWN, PROP.

$ 2   PER  DAY. 

FREE  BUS.

W ashington A ve.  and  Kalamazoo St.,  L A N S IN G .

HOTEL  W HITCOMB

ST. JOSEPH,  MICH. 

A. VINCENT, Prop.

MANY LAKES AND STREAMS afford  Fine  Fishing and
Wm. Cherryman, Prop.

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

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18
Drugs—Chemicals

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

P. W. R.  P e r b t ,  Detroit 
A. C. Sch u m ach er.  Ann  Arbor 
G eo.  Gc n d r u m ,  Ionia  - 
- 
L .  E.  R e y n o l d s, St.  Joseph 
H e n r y H eim ,  Saginaw  .
.
.

-------- 

- 

President, G eo.  G u xd r u m ,  Ionia.
Secretary, A. C. Sch u m ach er, Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, He n r y  H e im , 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.

MICHIGAN STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 

ASSOCIATION.

President—J. J. Sou r w in e,  Escanaba. 
Secretary, C h a s.  P.  Man n, Detroit 
Treasurer  J ohn D.  Mu ir , Grand Rapids.

Practicability of Volumetric Testing for 

Pharmacists.

For  more  than  fifteen years volumetric 
tests  of  an  unusually  practical  character 
have  been  a  distinguishing  feature  of 
the  Pharmacopoeias  of  1880 and  1890, 
and  yet  how  rare  is  it  to  find  a  pharma­
cist  who  makes  actual  use  of  these  in 
his  daily  work?  These  tests  are  pre- 
eminently  practical  and commercial and 
require  so  little  apparatus  and  time  in 
actual  use  that  a  very  urgent  cause must 
exist  for  this  condition  of  affairs.

In  seeking  reasons  from  practicing 
pharmacists  I  found  that  many  seemed 
to  think  a  high  knowledge  of  chemistry 
was  an  essential  requisite  to  an  un­
derstanding  of  the  volumetric  solutions, 
and,  secondly,  that  the  processes  were 
apparently  intricate.

As  to  the  knowledge  of  chemistry  re­
quired  it  may  be  said  that  in  many  of 
the  large  chemical  works  in this country 
work  of  this  nature  is  done  hundreds  of 
times  per  day  by  men  who  are  little 
more  than  ordinary 
laborers  and  who 
could not differentiate between morphine 
sulphate  and  absorbent  cotton,  and  the 
pharmacist  accustomed  to  the  prepara­
tion  and  dispensing  of  drugs  and  galen­
icals  can  quickly  attain  the  skill  re­
quired  if  he  desires  to  do  so.

The  Pharmacopoeia  is  blamable  for 
idea  of  complexity  and  intricacy 
the 
in  the  operations 
indicated.  The  al­
phabetical  arrangement  of  volumetric 
solutions  seems  at  first  sight  eminently 
is 
proper,  but  in  this  particular  case  it 
the  cause  of  all  the  trouble. 
It  happens 
that  the  two  solutions  heading  the  list 
are  used  with  difficulty  even  by  those 
in  this  work,  and, 
who  are  experts 
furthermore,  having 
an  exceedingly 
limited  application,  they  are  the  veriest 
errors  in  practice  and  would  hardly  be 
missed,  though  useful  enough 
to  the 
practicing  chemist,  but  the  Pharmaco­
poeia  is  not  intended  for  chemists,  but 
for  pharmacists.  The  remainder  of  the 
solutions  are  easily  prepared  and  still 
more  easily  used.

If  the  following  order  is  followed  in 
the  preparation  of  these  valuable  ad­
juncts  to  the  practicing  pharmacist  and 
the  tests  practiced  on  the  substances 
named,  the  work  will  be  one  of  pleasure 
and  profit  from  every  possible  stand­
point.

First  prepare  normal  oxalic  acid 
volumetric  solution ;  from  this  prepare 
normal  potassium  hydroxide  solution, 
and  then  test  various  acids.  Next  pre­
pare  normal  sulphuric  acid  solution 
with  the  aid  of  the  potassium  hydroxide 
solution  and  test  ammonia  water,  salts 
of  ammonium,  lithium,  sodium  and  po­
tassium,  such  as carbonates,  hydroxides, 
ignited  organic  acid  salts  with  alkali 
metals,  etc.

Next prepare decinormal sodium hypo- 
sulphate  volumetric  solution  and  with 
this  test  tinctures  of  iodine  and  of 
iron 
chloride,  lime  chloride  and  various  iron 
salts  and  solutions.  Now  prepare  deci­
normal  potassium  permanganate  volu­
metric  solution  by  the  second  process, 
which  gives  good  enough  results  and 
is 
not  as  intricate  as  the first process;  with 
this  test  hydrogen  peroxide,  hypo- 
phosphites,  etc.  Finally  prepare  deci­
normal  silver  nitrate  solution,  and  then 
test  chlorides,  bromides,  iodides,  etc.

The  other  volumetric  test  solutions  of 
the  Pharmacopoeia  may  be  tried  if time 
is  abundant,  and  the  work  will  be  found 
interesting.  Their  preparation,  how­
ever,  is  not  really  necessary.

The  time  required  to  make  a  test 
is  prepared  is  only  a 
after  a  solution 
few  minutes  and  the  result  a  necessity 
for  the  up-to-date  pharmacist.  As  to 
cost,  the  only  apparatus  required,  in  ad­
dition  to  that  owned  by  every  pharma­
cist,  is  a  burette,  a  burette  holder  and a 
measuring  flask,  costing  not  over  three 
dollars,  and,  with  care,  lasting  forever.
The  chemicals  needed,  not  usually 
found  in  drug  stores,  would  be  about  2 
ounces  of  chemically  pure  oxalic  acid, 
the  same  quantity  of  chemically  pure 
sodium  hyposulphite,  and  very  small 
quantities,  say  one-eighth  ounce  each 
or  even 
less,  of  the  important  indica­
tors,  such  as  phenolptbalein,  methyl  or­
ange,  rosolic  acid,  etc.,  the  total  cost  of 
chemicals  being  about  50  cents.  I would 
recommend  a  pill  tile  as  an  excellent 
base  to  place beakers  or  graduates  on  to 
note  coior  changes  and  end  reactions. 
Prof.  J.  U.  Lloyd  has  suggested  to  me 
the  use  of  a  capillary  glass  tube  as  an 
excellent  method  to  note  color  changes; 
he  says  he  has  found  that  by  the  use  of 
this  method  duplicate  tests  can  be made 
to  exactly  equal  each  other.  The  sug­
gestion  is  well  worth  a  trial.

If  a  few  pharmacists 

in  the  same 
town  would  meet  once  or  twice  a  month 
for  two  or  three  hours,  they  could,  with 
a 
little  outside  aid,  or  even  unaided, 
learn  sufficient  of  volumetric  quantita­
tive  analysis  in six  or  eight  lessons to be 
of  great  value  in  many  directions.

Jo s e p h   F e i l .

The  Drug  Market.

Opium— Is  in  a  strong  position  at  un­

changed  prices.

Morphine— Is  steady.
Quinine— Is 
prices are  firm.

in  good  demand  and 

Citric  Acid-----Manufacturers  have
again  advanced  the  price.  There  is  a 
good  demand  and  the  market  is  firm.

Cocaine— The  price  continues  firm, 

with  prospects  of  an  early  advance.

and 

Coca  Butter— Has  advanced  abroad 
in  this  country,  owing  to  scarcity.
Oil  Cloves— Is  very  firm,  owing  to  the 
advance  in  the  spice,  and  is  advancing.
advanced  at

Canary  Seed-----Has 

Smyrna  and  is  higher  here.

Spices—Are  all  very  firm. 

Cloves 

have  advanced.

Linseed  Oil—Is  very 

irregular,  the 
National  Co.’s  price  being  2@)$c  above 
is  almost  impos­
outside  crushers. 
sible  to  name  a  price 
for  different 
brands.

It 

For  Lime  in  the Eye.

In  cases  where 

lime  is  accidentally 
introduced  into  the  eye  the  use  of  water 
should  be  avoided.  The  best  thing  for 
washing  out  the  eye 
is  a  pure  heavy 
petroleum  oil.  The  use  of  a  few  drops 
of  syrup  has  also  been  recommended, 
the  object  being  to  form  a  soluble  com­
pound  with  the  remaining  particles  of 
lime.

Missouri  Druggists  Take  Summary 

Action.

Sedalia,  Mo.,  Aug.  10—At  a  meeting 
of  the  Pettis  County,  Missouri,  Retail 
Druggists’  Association,  the 
following 
resolutions  were  adopted  and  a  com­
mittee  instructed  to send copies through­
out  the  State  to  retail  druggists  and 
drug  trade  journals,  requesting  their  co­
operation 
in  resisting  the  demands  of 
such  manufacturers  of  patent  medicines 
as  have  advanced  their  prices  on  ac­
count  of  the  war  revenue  tax :

Fearing  that  an  overwhelming  calam­
ity 
is  threatening  the  retail  druggists, 
unless  a  united  action  be  taken  at  once 
to  counteract  the  influence,  wealth  and 
mercantile  prestige  of  the  manufactur­
ers  of  patent  medicines  and  proprietary 
articles,  the  following  is  submitted :

Whereas,  Many  manufacturers  of  pat­
ent  medicines  have  advanced  the  price 
of  their  products,  not  only  to  the  ex­
tent  of  the  war  revenue  tax,  but  demand 
a  profit  of  from  100 to  200  per  cent,  for 
their  investment 
the  stamps,  and 
forced  upon  the  retailer  more  than  his 
share  of  the  war  tax  burden ;  therefore, 
be  it

in 

Resolved,  That we feel that  such  man­
ufacturers  are  the  natural  enemy  and  by 
their  action  have  incurred  the  contempt 
of  the  retail  druggists  throughout  the 
land.  That  other  manufacturers  have  as 
striking  contrast  shown  commendable 
liberality  and  good  business  policy  by 
assuming  the  cost  of  the  revenue stamp, 
thereby  proving  their  friendship  to  the 
retail  dealer  and  consumer.

We,  the  undersigned,  retail  druggists 
of  Sedalia  and  Pettis  County,  Missouri, 
promise  and  agree  on  our word of honor, 
that  after  August  25,  1898,  we  will  dis­
continue  to  carry  in  stock,  or  in any way 
handle  the  medicines  or  advertising 
matter  of  such  concern  whose  list  price 
does  not  afford  the  retail  druggist  a  de­
cent  profit.  Recommending  that  such 
preparations  as  are  sold  or  listed  above 
the  following  schedule  be  returned  to 
the  jobber  and  not  to  be  carried  in 
stock,  under  a  forfeiture  of  fifty  dollars 
for violation  of  this  agreement:

$  75  Per dozen  for................  
1  10 per  dozen  for  ..............  
2  00 per dozen fo r................ 
4  00 per dozen  fo r. . . .  
6  00 per dozen fo r................ 
8  00 per dozen fo r .............$1  00 goods.

10 
15 
25 

... 

75 

50 cent goods.

cent  goods.
cent goods.
cent goods.

cent goods.

We 

invite  the  co-operation  of  all  lo­
cal,  county,  state  and  other  organiza­
tions,  and  suggest  that  they  hold  special 
meetings  to  act  upon  the  matter  and 
make  an  active  fight  for  our  rights 
against  the  avarice  and  greed  of  the 
manufacturer,  and  request  drug  trade 
journals  to  give  publicity  of  the  action 
of  all  individuals  and  organizations who 
are  striving  to  maintain  the  rights  of 
40,000  or  more  retail  druggists  in  the 
United  States  whose  business and liveli­
hood  are  in  jeopardy.

A  Meal  in  a  Capsule.
From the Army  and Navy Journal.

received  by 

The  samples  of  various things devised 
for  the  comfort  of  soldiers  and 
the 
models  of 
implements  to  be  used  in 
warfare 
the  President 
would,  if  placed  on  exhibition,  eclipse 
the  sights  in  the National  Museum.  The 
Secretary  of  the  Navy  is  also  deluged 
with  all  sorts  of  contrivances  and  de­
vices,  as  well  as  samples  of  improved 
methods 
In 
one  of  the  rooms  of  the  Navv  Depart 
ment  are  shown  some  of  these  “ sup 
plies,’ ’ and  they  are  more  interesting 
to  see  than  the  famous  Hotel  Cluny 
in

in  cooking  and  clothing. 

in  connection  with 

Paris.  One  man  has  actually  “ bouillon 
capsules”   that  you  swallow  at  one  bolt, 
then  drink  some  water,  and  lo  and  be­
hold !  your  stomach  is  full  of  soup.  An­
other  genius  has  sent  to  the  department 
specimen  bottles  of  prepared  castor  oil 
to  be  used 
the 
edibles.  A  benevolent  old gentleman of 
Pennsylvania  sent  a  recipe—there are  16 
pages  of 
it— for  preparing  all  kinds  of 
food  for  soldiers  sans  teeth  who  have 
only  their  gums  to  depend  upon  and 
who  must  either  swallow  soup  or  starve. 
In  the  War  Department  the  same  story 
is  told.  One  bright  genius  has  put  up 
specially  prepared  packages  of  paris 
green  and  wants  Secretary  Alger  to  re­
quire  every  soldier  to  carry  one  in  his 
knapsack.  The  idea  is  that  all  the  bugs 
of  Cuba  will  thus  be  kept  at  bay—as 
if 
the  troops  were  tomato  plants.  Some 
of  the  patent  medicine  men  have 
evolved  “ yellow  pills,”   which  are  war­
ranted  a  sure  cure 
for  yellow  fever. 
Then  there  are  patent  splints  fqr setting 
limbs,  which  almost  ¿dispense 
broken 
litters  on  wheels. 
with  a  doctor,  and 
is  the  woik  of  a 
This 
last  invention 
well-known  artist—Mr.  Remington. 
It 
is nothing more nor less than the ordinary 
bicycle  wheel,  carrying  the  framework 
for  a  cot,  upon  which  the  wounded  is 
placed  and  pushed  to  the hospital.  An­
other  curious  invention  offered  tbe Gov­
ernment  is an  apparatus  for peering into 
to  hunt  for 
the  depths  of 
cables  and  keep  a  sharp  lookout 
for 
submerged  mines  and  torpedoes.  The 
invention  is  called  an  “ aquascope. ”

the  ocean 

The  Tartar  Emetic  Case.

A  Canadian  case  which  has  attracted 
in  tbe  Dominion  was 
much  attention 
argued  before  the  Judicial  Committee 
of  the  Privy  Council  in  London  on  July 
12,  and  decided  on  Tuesday  last. 
It 
was  a  suit  by  a  Dr.  England,  in  behalf 
for  himself  and  his  infant  son,  against 
one  Kerry  and  others,  composing  a  firm 
of  wholesale  druggists  in  Montreal,  for 
damages  resulting  from  the  death  of Dr. 
England’s  wife. 
It  appeared  that  the 
doctor  ordered  some  bismuth 
from  a 
druggist  named  Dart,  who  furnished  a 
substance  which  he  had  purchased  as 
bismuth  from  Kerry’s  firm;  that  the 
drug  was  administered  to  Mrs.  Eng­
land,  who  shortly  afterward  died,  and 
that  it  was  in  fact  tartar  emetic  instead 
of  bismuth.  Upon  the  trial  a  Montreal 
jury  found  that  he  lady’s  death  was  due 
to  previous  disease,  “ but  was  acceler­
ated  by  the  tartar  emetic,  though  not  to 
any  appreciable  extent,”   and  thev  ren­
dered  a  verdict  of  a  thousand  dollars  in 
favor  of  the  infant  son.  Neither  side 
was  satisfied  with  the  result.  Dr.  Eng­
land  contended  that  the  award  was  ut­
terly 
inadequate,  while  the  defendants 
insisted  that  the  tartar  emetic  had  noth­
ing  to  do  with  Mrs.  England’s  decease. 
The  telegraphic  announcement  of  the 
decision  from  London,  however,  indi­
cates  that  the  judgment  rendered  in  the 
trial  court  has  been  in  all  respects  sus­
tained.

Operations  to  Order.

Young  Doctor— Patient  out  here wants 
to  be  operated  on  for  appendicitis,  but 
I  don’t  believe  he  can  stand  it.

Old  Doctor—Well,  I  suppose  we  can 
operate  on  him  for  something  cheaper.

Woman  is  a  delusion  and  a  snare;  yet 
man,  poor  man,  loves  to  be  snared  by  a 
delusion.

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.

TH E  AMERICAN  PLAYING  CARD  CO.,

J  

KALAMAZOO,-MICH.

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40
42
70
40

Linseed, pure  raw.. 
37 
Linseed,  boiled......  39 
Neatsfoot, winter str 
65 
34 
Spirits Turpentine.. 
Paints  B B L . 

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

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No.  1 Turp Coach.
Extra  Turp.........
Coach Body.........
No.  1 Turp Fum.. 
Extra Turk Damar.. 
Jap. Dryer,No.lTurp

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2 75® 3 00 
1  00® 1  10 
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M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

Morphia, S.P.& W... 
Morphia,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C.  Co.................
Moschus Canton 
Myristica, No. 1. 
Nux Vomica... po.20
Os  Sepia.... ............
Pepsin Saac, H. A P
D. Co...................
Picis Liq. N.N.V4 gal
doz.......................
Picis Liq.,quarts 
Picis Liq., pints.
Pil Hydrarg... po.  80 
Piper Nigra... po.  22
Piper Alba__po.  35
Piix  Burgun__
Plumbi  Acet...........
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 
Pv rethrum, boxes H
A P. D. Co., doz.
Pyrethrum,  pv__
Quassi® ...................
Quinla, S. P. A W. 
Quinia, S. German
Qqinia, N.Y.........
Rubia Tinctorum... 
SaccharumLactis pv
Salacin.................
Sanguis Draconis
Sapo,  W..............
Sapo, M...............
Sapo, G................
Sfedlltz  Mixture

2 55®
2 45® 
@ 
65® 
@ 15®
@
@

@ 
10® 
1  10®

25® 
8® 
29® 
22© 
29® 
12® 
18® 
3 00® 
40® 
12® 
10® 
®
20  @

2 80
2 70 
40 
80 
10 
18
1  00
2  00 
1  00 
85 
50 
18 
30
12 
1  20
1  25
30 
10
31
32 
34 
14 
20
3  10 
50
14 
12
15 
22

Voes................  

Sinapis...................  @  18
Sinapis, opt............ 
®  30
Snuff, Maccaboy, De
  ®  34
Snuff,Scotch,DeVo’s  @  34
Soda Boras..............  9  @  11
Soda Boras, po........  9  ®  11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
2
Soda,  Carb..............  114® 
5
Soda, Bi-Carb......... 
3® 
Soda, Ash...............   3¡4© 
4
Soda. Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Cologne...........  @ 2  60
Spts. Ether  Co........ 
50®  55
Spt.  Myrcia Dom...  @ « 00 
Spts. Vini Rect. bbl.  @ 2 52
Spts. ViniRect.V4bbl  @2  57 
Spts. Vini Rect. lOgal  @ 2 60 
Spts. Vini Rect.  5gal  @ 2 62 
Strychnia, Crystal...  1  40®  1  45
Sulphur,  Subl.........   314®  4V4
3M@  4
Sulphur,  Roll........ 
8®  10
Tamarinds.............. 
Terebenth Venice... 
28®  30
Theobrom*............  
46®  48
Vanilla..................   9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph............  
7® 
8

Less 5c gal.  cash 10 days. 

Oils

B B L .  SA L.
Whale, winter......... 
70
70 
60
Lard,  extra.............  50 
Lard, No. 1.............. 
45
40 

W HOLESALE  PRICE  CURRENT.

Advanced—
Declined—

Acidum

4®
6®
12®
12®

18
12
18
30
20
12
12
12
15

24® 25
28® 30
11® 12
13© 14
14© 15
16© 17

13® 15
6@ 8
25® 30
52® 58
@ 2 iR
45© 50
50® 5s.

Aceticum.................i  8@$
Benzoicum, German  70®
Boraclc....................   @
Carbolicum............   29®
Citrleum................. 
48®
3®
Hydrochlor............  
Nltrocum...............  
8@
12®
Oxalicum...............  
Phosphorium,  dll... 
®
Salicylicum............. 
60®
Sulpnurlcum...........  Hi®
Tannieum..............  1  25®  1
Tartaricum.............. 
38®
Ammonia
Aqua, 16  deg........... 
Aqua, 20 deg........... 
Carbonas................. 
Chloridum.............. 
Aniline
Black.................  ...  2 00® 2
Brown.................... 
80®  1
R ed......................... 
45®
Yellow....................  2 50® 3
Baccae.
Cubeaee...........po. 18
Juniperus...............
Xanthoxylum.........
Balsamum
Copaiba...................
Peru........................
Terabin, Canada__
Tolutan...................
Cortex
Abies, Canadian__
C assi»....................
Cinchona Flava......
Euonymus atropurp
Myrica Cerifera, po.
Prunus Virgin!.......
Quillaia,  gr'd.........
Sassafras___ .po. 18
Ulmus.. .po.  15,  gr’d
Extractum
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhiza, po......
Hæmatox, 15 lb box.
Hæmatox, l s ...........
Hæmatox, X s.........
Hæmatox, Qs.........
Perru
Carbonate Precip...
Citrate and Quinla..
Citrate Soluble.......
Ferrocyanldum Sol.
Solut.  Chloride......
Sulphate, com’l......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per cwt.........
Sulphate,  pure  ......
Flora
Arnica....................
AnthemlB...............
Matricaria..............
Folia
Barosma..................
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nevelly.................
Cassia Acutifol,Alx.
Salvia officinalis, Xs
and  V4s.................
Ora Ursi..................  
Gummi
®  65
Acacia,  1st picked.. 
®  45
Acacia,  2d  picked.. 
Acacia,  3d  picked.. 
®  35
Acacia, sifted sorts. 
®  28
Acacia, po...............   60®  80
Aloe, Barb. po.l8®20  12®  14
Aloe, Cape__po. 15  @  12
Aloe, SocotrL.po. 40 
®  30
Ammoniac.............. 
55®  60
Assafoetida__po. 30 
¿5®  28
Benzoinum............  
50®  55
Catechu, Is.............. 
®  13
Catechu, Hs..  ........  @  14
®  16
Catechu, >48............ 
Cam phor»............  
38®  42
Euphorbium.. po.  35 
® 
10
Gal ban um...............   @  1  00
Gamboge  po........... 
65@  70
Guaiacum...... po. 25 
®  30
Kino...........po. C3.u0  @ 3 00
Mastic.................... 
®  60
Myrrh............ po.  45  @ 4 0
Opii.. .po. S5.20@5.40 3  90® 4  00
Shellac.................... 
25®  35
Shellac, bleached...  40®  45
Tragacanth............  
50®  80

23© 28
18© 25
25© 30
12© 20
8®  10

15
2 25
75
40
15
2
50
7

12® 14
18® 25
30© 35

Herba

25
20
25
28
23
25
39
22
26

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

Oleum
Absinthium............   3 50® 3 75
Amygdala, Dulc.... 
30®  50
Amygdalae, Amarae .  8 00®  8 25
Anisi.......................  2  1(@  2 
Auranti  Cortex......   2 25®  2 40
Bergamii.................  3 00®  3 20
80®  85
Cajiputi................... 
Caryophylli............   8 ®   8j
cedar....................... 
35®  65
Chenopadli..............  @ 2 75
Clnnaraonii.............  l  60®  1 70
Ctronella 
45®  50

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

35®
Conium  Mac........... 
Copaiba...................  1  15®
Cubebae.................... 
90®
Exechthitos...........  1  00®
Erigeron.................  1  00®
Gaultheria..............  l  50®
Geranium,  ounce...  @ 
Gossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50®
Hedeoma.................  l  on®
Junipera..................  l  50®
Lavendula.............. 
so®
Limonis...................  1  30®
Mentha Piper.........  1  60®
Mentha Verid.........   1  50®
Morrhuse,  gal.........   1  lo@
Myrcia,...................   4 00®
Olive.......................  
75®
10®
Picis  Liquida.........  
Picis Liquida, gal...  @
R icina.................... 
9.®
Rosmarini...............   @
Rosae,  ounce...........  6 50®
Succini................... 
40®
Sabina................... 
90®
Santal......................  2  50®
Sassafras.................  55®
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce.  @
Tigln.......................  1  70®
40®
Thyme.................... 
Thyme,  opt.............  @
Theobromas........... 
15®
Potassium
BiCarb.................... 
15®
Bichromate  ........... 
13@
Bromide...................  50®
Carb.......................  
12®
Chlorate..po. 17@19c •  16®
Cyanide...................  35®
Iodide......................  2 60®
Potassa, Bitart, pure  28®
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
@ 
Potass Nitras, opt...
10®
Potass Nitras.
Prussiate  ........  . . . ’ 
2u@
Sulphate  p o ........... 
15®

50
1  25 
1  00 
1  10 
1  10 
1  60
75 
60 
1  10
2 00 
2  00
1  50
2  20 
1  60 
1  25 
4 50 
3 00
12 
35 
1 10 
1  00 
8 50 
45 
1  00 
7 00 
80 
65 
1  80 
50 
1  60 
20

18 
15 
55 
15 
18 
40 
2 65 
30 
15 
12
25
18

25 
25 
12 
25 
40 
15 
18 
50 
60 
20 
20 
3 0O 
40 
30 
35 
25 
1  00 1  25 
1  35 
38 
14 
35 
45 
@  40
@  25
12
@  25
15®  
20
t
l6 
27

Radix

10®  

20®
Aconitvm............... 
22®
Althae...................... 
to®
Anchusa................. 
Arum po...................  @
Calamus................. 
20®
Gentiana........po  15 
12®
Glychrrhiza..  pv. 15 
16®
Hydrastis Canaden.  @
Hydrastis Can., po..  @
Hellebore, Alba, po.. 
18®
Inula, po.................  
is®
Ipecac, po............... 2 80®
Iris plox —  po35@38  35®
25®
Jalapa, pr................ 
Maranta,  Jis........... 
(fh
Podophyllum, po.
22®
Rhei  ...............
75®
Rhel, cut...........
Rhei. pv...........
75®
Spigelia.................;;  35®
Sanguinaria.  . po.  15  @
Serpentaria............  
30®
Senega.................... 
40®
Stmilax,officinalis H
Smilax,  M...............
Scillae.............  jpo.35
Symploearpus, Foeti-
dus,  po.................
Valeriana,Eng. po.30 
Valeriana,  German.
Zingiber a ...............
Zingiber ] ...............
Sem en
Anisum......... po.  15
@
Apium  (gravefeons)
gird, Is.................... 
4®
Carni..............po. 18 
10®
Cardamon...............   1  25®
Corlandrum. 
“
Cannabis  Sativa__
4®
Cvdonium...............
Cnenopodium___
Diptenx  Odorate...
Foenlculum............
Poenugreek, po........
L int......... 
........
Lini,  grd....bbl. 3}<
Lobelia..................
Pharlaris  Canarian .
Rapa.......................
Sinapis Albu..........
Sinapis  Nigra.........  
S p irit us
Prumenti, W.  D. Co.  2
Frumenti,  D. P. R
Prum enti..............
Juniperis Co. O. T.
Juniperis Co.........
Saacharum N. E..
Spt. Vini Galli......
Vini Oporto...........
Vini  Alba............

1  80® 
® 7® 
3K@ 4® 
35® 
4® 
4*@ 
9®
1

2 00® 
1  25® 
1  65® 
I  75® 
1  90® 
1  75® 
1  25® 
1  25®

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage............... 2 50®
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage................  @
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage...... 
@
Extra yellow sheeps'
wool,  carriage__  @
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage...............  @
Hard, for slate use..  @
Yellow  R eef,  for 
slate  use.............. 
<a
Syrups
Acacia....................
Auranti Cortes........
Zingiber..................
Ipecac 
Perrilod.................
Rhei Arom..............
Smilax Officinalis...
Senega ....................
8ctn«s...... .............

........

20

12 
15 
6 
12 
1  75 
10 
414 
1  00 
12
1  90 
10 
9
4V4
4*440
4145
10
12

2 50
2 25
1  50
2 00
3 50 
2  10 
6 50 
2  00 
2  00

2 75
2 00
1  25
1  00
1  00 75

@  50
@  50
@  50
@  60 
@  50
@  50
50®  60
@  50
a   ko

 

 
 

niscellaneous

...........  @ 

Scillae Co.................  @  50
Tolutan...................  @  50
@  50
Prunus virg............  
Tinctures
Aconitum NapellisR 
60
50
Aconitum NapellisF 
Aloes....................... 
60
60
Aloes and Myrrh__ 
Arnica....................  
50
Assafoetida............  
50
60
Atrope  Belladonna. 
Auranti  Cortex...... 
50
Benzoin................... 
60
Benzoin Co.............. 
50
Barosma...... .......... 
50
Cantharides........... 
75
Capsicum.............. 
50
Cardamon............. 
75
Cardamon  Co.........  
75
1  00
Castor...................... 
Catechu................... 
50
Cinchona................  
50
Cinchona Co........... 
60
Columba 
............. 
50
Cubeba....................  
50
50
Cassia Acutifol...... 
50
•'.es-  »outifolCo  . 
50
i^gi  ..Ls 
. . . .  
Ergot....................... 
50
Ferri Chloridu  ■> 
35
Gentian.  ................ 
50
Gentian Co.............. 
60
Guiaca.................... 
50
Guiacaammon........ 
60
50
Hyoscyamus........... 
Iodine...................... 
75
Iodine, colorless__ 
75
Kino....................... 
50
Lobelia.................  
50
Myrrh...................... 
50
Nux  Vomica........... 
50
Opii......................... 
75
50
Opii, camphorated. 
1  50
Opii,  deodorized.... 
Quassia................... 
50
Rhatany..................  
50
Rhei......................... 
50
Sanguinaria........... 
50
Serpentaria............  
no
Stromonium........... 
60
Tolutan...................  
60
Valerian................. 
50
Veratrum Veride... 
50
Zingiber.................. 
20
.Ether, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30®  35
.Ether, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34®  38
Alumen...................  2M@ 
3
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
4
3® 
A nnatto................. 
40®  50
Antimoni,  po.........  
4® 
5
Antimoni et PotassT  40®  50
Antipyrin.............. 
@  35
Antifebrin 
15
Argenti Nitras, oz ..  @  50
Arsenicum..............  
10®  12
Balm Gilead  Bud  . .  38®  40
Bismuth  8. N.........   1  40®  1  50
Calcium Chlor.,  ls. 
®  9
®  10
Calcium Chlor., Hs. 
®  12
Calcium Chlor.,  Qs. 
®  75
Cantharides, Rus.po 
@  15
Capsici  Fructus. af. 
@  16
Capsid Fructus,  po. 
Capsici FructusB.po 
®  15
12®  14
Caryophyllus.po.  15 
Carmine, No. 40......  @ 3 00
Cera Alba............ 
50®  55
Cera Flava..............
Coccus....................
Cassia Fructus......
Centrarla.................
Cetaceum................
Chloroform.............
Chloroform, squibbs 
Chloral HydCrst....  1  65®
Chondrus................ 
20®
Cinchoaidlne,P.<& W  25® 
Cinchonidine, Germ  22®
Cocaine..................   3 30®
Corks, list, di8.pr.ct.
Creosotum........ 
@
®
Creta.............bbl. 75 
®
Creta, prep  ............  
Creta, precip........... 
9®
Creta, Rubra........... 
@
Crocus.................... 
18®
Cudbear.................  @
5®
Cupri Sulph............  
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__
Glue,  brown........... 
9®
Glue, white............  
13®
Glycerina................  ’514®
Grana  Paradisi  __   @
Humulus................. 
25®
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
@  85
Hydraag Chlor Cor.  @  75
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.  @  95
Hydraag Ammoniatl  @  1  10 
HydraagUnguentum  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.........   @  70
Ichthyobolla, Am...  65®  75
Indigo.  ...................  75®  1  00
Iodine, Resubi........  3 60® 3 70
Iodoform.................  @420
Lupulin.  ........;.... 
@2 25
Lycopodium........... 
40®  45
Macis 
............  
65®  75
Liquor  Arser; et Hy­
dra rg Iod.............   @  25
LiquorPotassArsinit  10®  12 
3
Magnesia, Sulph.... 
2® 
®  114
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
Mannia, S. F ........... 
50®  60
Menthol 
@275

.  . . 

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M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

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

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

AXLE GREASE.

doz.  gross
Aurora......................... 55  6  00
Castor Oil....................60  7  00
Diamond......................50  4  00
Frazer’s .......................75  9  00
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75  9  00
flica, tin boxes............75  9  00
Paragon....................... 55  6  00

Acme.

Home.

Absolute.

Arctic.
El Purity.

BAK1NQ  POWDER.
’b cans doz................... 
45
85
¡4 Id jans doz................... 
lb can  doz...................1  50
>4 lb cans 3 doz................. 
45
14 lb cans 3 doz................. 
75
1 
lb cans 1 doz.................  1 00
Bulk.................................... 
10
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers...........  ©
14 lb cans per doz............. 
75
14 lb cans per doz  ...........  1  20
lb cans per doz.............2  00
1 
!4 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
35
14 lb cans 4 doz case........ 
55
lb cans 2 doz case......  
90
I
14 lb cans, 4 doz case......  
14 lb cans, 4 doz case........ 

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

BATH  BRICK.

Jersey Cream.

Queen Flake.

Our Leader.

Peerless.

BLUING.

B R O O n S .

Ü L u i t f C s

CATSUP.

CANDLES.

Small, 3 doz.......................  
40
Large, 2 doz.......................  
73
So. 1 Carpet.......................   1 90
No. 2 Carpet.......................  1 75
No. 3 Carpet.......................   1 50
No. 4 Carpet.......................  1 15
Parlor Gem.......................   2 00
Common Whisk.................  
70
ìt w: 
Fancy Wnlsk..
SO 
Warehouse
2 25
8s.
168
Paraffine.............................
CANNED  GOODS, 
rtanltowoc  Peas.
Lakeside Marrowfat.........
Lakeside E.  J ....................
Lakeside, Cham, of Eng.... 
Lakeside. Gem. Ex. Sifted. 
Extra Sifted Early June... 
Colombia, 
pints..............
Columbia, 14 pints............
Acme......................  @
Amboy....................   ©
Butternut...............   ©
Carson City.............  @
Emblem...................  @
Gem.........................  ©
Ideal.......................   @
Jersey  ....................   ©
Lenawee.................  @
Riverside.................  @
Sparta......................  ©
Springdale..............  ©
Brick.......................  @
Edam.......................  ©
Leiden....................   @
Limburger..............  @
Pineapple................ 50  ©
Sap  Sago.................  @
Bulk
Red

95 
1  15 
1  201  45 
.1  75
2 00
I  25
10
9*9
e
10
1014
10
914
8
10
814
II 
70 
17 
12 
85 
17

CHEESE

Chicory.

CHOCOLATE. 
Walter Baker & Co.’s.
German S w eet..............
Premium..............................
Breakfast Cocoa...............

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz  ........1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  doz......... 1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz......... 1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  doz......... 1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  do*......... 1  80
Jute, 60 ft.  per  doz.............  80
Jnte. 72 *».  w   do»...  ......  96
COCOA SHBLLS.
201b  bags.......................  
214
Less quantity.................  
3
Pound  packages............. 
4
CRBA11  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes..30-35

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

Santos.

F a ir.......................................... 9
Good........................................10
Prim e......................................11
Golden  ................................... 12
Peaberry  ................................13
Fair  ........................................12
Good  ......................................13
Prim e............ 
14
Peaberry  ................................15
Fair  ............................  
15
Good  ......................................16
Fancy 
.................................. f
Prim e......  
........................... 19
Milled......................................20

Mexican  and  Guatamala.

Maracaibo.

 

 

Java.

Mocha.

Interior.................................. 19
Private  Growth......................20
Mandehllng............................ 21
Im itation............................... 20
Arabian  .................................22
Roasted.
Clark-Jewell-WellsCo.’s Brands
Fifth  Avenue......  
...........29
Jewell’s Arabian Mocha__29
Wells’ Mocha and Java-----24
Wells’ Perfection  Java......24
Sancalbo.............................21
Breakfast Blend...............   18
Valley City Maracaibo.----18)4
Ideal  Blend........................ 14
Leader  Blend..................... 12

Package.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
which 
the  wholesale  dealer 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
invoice 
for  the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point, including 
weight  of  package,  also 
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
Telj>ugh'ln*s  XXV* 
McLaughlin’s XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mail  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.
Valley City ’4 gross__ 
Felix Mi gross................. 
Humxnei’e foil $4 gross... 
Hummel’s tin H  gross 
CLOTHES PINS.
 
5 gross boxes 

7F
i  If
Hf 
1  4?
40
4 doz in case.
Gail Borden  Eagle...........  6 75
Crown......................................6 25
Daisy....................................... 5 75
Champion................................4 50
Magnolia 
Challenge..................................3 35
Dime 

CON DENSED  M ILK.

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

4 25
8  35

Extract.

........... 

 

 

COUPON  BOOKS.

Tradesman Grade.

Superior Grade.

Economic Grade.

50 books, any denom__   1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__ 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00
50 books, any denom__   1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books  any denom__ 11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00
50 books, any denom....  1  50
100 books, any denom__   2 50
500 books, any denom....11  50
1.000 books, any denom__ 20 00
Can be made to represent any 
20 books.........................   1  00
56 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.

Apple*.

Credit Check*.

California Fruit*.

50 books, any denom__  1  50
100 books, any denom__  2 50
500 books, any denom__11  50
1,000 books, any denom__ 20 00
500, any one denom’n ...... 3 00
1000, any one denom’n ...... 5 00
2000, any one denom’n ......   8 00
Steel punch.......................   75
DRIED  FRUITS—DOnBSTIC 
Sundrled.......................   @5
Evaporated 50 lb boxes.  ©  8 
Apricots.....................   ©8)4
Blackberries..............
Nectarines........ ........  ®  7 H
Peaches.......................6)4© 7%
Pears..........................   8  ©  7)4
Pitted Cherries...........
Prunnelle*..................
Raspberries.......... .....
100-120 25 lb boxes.........  ©
90-100 25 lb boxes.........   © 5
80 - 90 25 lb boxes.........   ©
70 - 80 25 lb boxes.........   ©
60 - 70 25 lb boxes.........   © 54i
50 - 60 25 lb boxes.........   © 6%
40 - 50 25 lb boxes.........  @9
30 - 40 25 lb boxes.........   ©
14 cent less In 50 lb cases 

California Pruna*.

Raialna.

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

1  45 
1 55
3%
4V4
534

FOREIGN.
Currants.

Peel.

Raisins.

Patras bbls...................... @ 7i£
Vostizzas 50 lb cases........ @ 7H
Cleaned, bulk  ..................©  8M
Cleaned, packages........... ©  854
Citron American 10 lb bx  ©13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx  ©12 
Orange American 101b bx  ©12 
Ondura 28 ib boxes......8  ©  8V4
Sultana  ’ Crown.........   ©
Sultana 2Crow n........  ©
Sultana ? Crown..........  ©  7V4
Sultana  4 Crown..........  ©
Sultans  K Crown  . 
©
Sultana 6 Crown......   .  ©12
Sultana package.........   ©»4
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages..............t'RO
Bulk, per 100 lbs................... 3 50

Parlna.

Grits.

Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

 

354

Peas.

Beans.

Hominy.

Pearl Barley.

24 2 lb. packages................. 2 00
100 lb. kegs..........................3 00
200 lb. barrels......................5 75
Barrels  ............................ 2 50
Flake, 501b.  drums..........1  00
Dried Lima  ..................... 
Medium Hand Picked__
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  101b. box____  60
Imported,  25 lb. box........ 2 50
Common.....  ........  
190
Chester............................  2 25
Em pire............................  3 00
Green,  bu.........................  95
Split,  perlb...................... 
Rolled Avena,  bbl.........4 25
Monarch,  bbl......................3 80
Monarch,  54  bbl.................2 05
Monarch, 90 lb sacks........ 1  85
Quaker, cases......................3 20
Huron, cases........................1 75
German............................   4
354
East  India........................ 
Flake..............................  
354
354
Pearl................................  
5
Anchor, 401 lb. pkges__ 
Cracked, bulk................... 
354
24 2 lb packages...................2 50

Rolled  Oats.

Tapioca.

Wheat.

Sago.

2V4

OUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.
.................................. 4 00
Kegs 
Half Kegs.................................2 25
Quarter Kegs......... ..............1  25
1 lb. cahs.............................   30
)4 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
1 lb. cans.............................   45

JELLY.

151b  palls............................  35
30 lb  pails..........................  
65

LYB.

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

LICORICE.

Pure......
Calabria 
Sicily.... 
Root......

S a lt  F ish .

Cod.

Georges cured............  @4
Georges genuine........  © 5
Georges selected........  © 554
Strips or  bricks.........   6  © 9

Herring.

Holland white hoops, bbl. 
Holland white hoop 54bbl  2 75
Holland,  54  bbl...............   1  30
Holland white hoop, keg. 
30
Holland white hoop mens 
85
Norwegian.......................
Round 100 lbs...................  2 75
Round  40 lbs...................  1  30
Scaled............................... 
13

riackerel.

Mess 100 lbs......................  15 00
Mess  40 lbs......................  6 30
Mess  10 lbs...................... 
t  65
Mess  8 lbs......................  1  35
No. 1 100 lbs......................  13  25
No. 1  40 lbs......................  5 60
No. 1  10 lbs......................  1  48
No. 1 
8 lbs....................  120
No. 2 100 lbs......................  8 50
No. 2  40 lbs......................  3 70
No. 2  10 lbs......................  1 00
No. 2 
83

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

Trout.
No. llOOlba. 
No. 1  40 lbs.........  
No. 1 10 lbs... 
No. 1 

............  
8 lbs...................  
Whltaflsh.

5 25
2  40
68
57

No. 1  No. 2  Fam
100 lbs...........  6 65 
2 25
40 l b s .........   3 00 
1  20
10 lbs........... 
81 
38
8 lbs...........  88 
33
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

SBBDS.

354

A nise...............................   9
Canary, Smyrna................ 
Caraway..........................   8
Cardamon,  Malabar  ......   60
Celery...............................  n
Hemp,  Russian.............. 
3v4
Mixed  Bird...................... 
4^
Mustard,  white................ 
5
Poppy  ..............................  10
Rape................................. 
4)4
Cuttle Bone......................  20

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, 280 ib. bnlk.2 25 
Butter, barrels. 2014 lbbags.2 50
Batter, sacks, 28 lbs.............  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs............   55

Common Grades.

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

Worcester.

lb. cartons............  3 25
50  4 
115  2541b.  sacks................ 400
lb. sacks................ 3 75
60  5 
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
“8-lb dairy in drill bags......   15

56-lb dairy in linen sacks...  60 

56-lb dairy in linen  sacks...  60 

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

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

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

Solar  Rock.

Common.

SOAP.

Gast it Pulte’s Brands. 

White Rose, 100 bars, 7- lbs.2 75
White Rose,  5 box lot........ 2 60
White Rose, 10 b  x lot........ 2 5ft
G. it P.’s Leader, 160 bars.. .2 f0 
G. & P.’s Leader,  5 box lot.2 40 
G. & P.’s Leader. 10 box lot.2 30

j a i k o n
Single box.................................2 th
5 
box lots, delivered.......2 70
10 box lots,  d elivered .............2 65
JAS.  8.  KIRK  l CO.’S
American Family, wrp’d__ 2 66
Dome.........................................2 75
Cabinet..................................... 2 20
Savon........................................ 2 50
White Russian......................... 2 35
White Cloud,  laundry........ 6  25
W hite C lou d,  to ile t..................... 3 50
Dusky Diamond. 50 6 oz__ 2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8  oz__ 3  00
Blue India, 100 % lb..................3 00
Kirkollne..................................3 50
Bos........................................... 2 50

Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand.

E

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. Wrlsley’s Brands.

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  ..2 75 
Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars... .3 75
lino, 100 3£-lb. bars..............2 50
Doll, 10010-oz.  bars.............2 05

Scouring.

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

SODA.

Boxes  .........
Kegs, English

•  5)4 
4*

MINCB MEAT.

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

HATCHES.

Diamond Match Co.’s brands.

No. 9  sulphur...........................1 65
Anchor  Parlor..........................1 70
No. 2  Home.............................. 1 10
Export  Parlor......................... 4 00

nOLAASBS.
New Orleans.

Black................................  
11
14
...............................  
Fair 
Good................................. 
20
Fancy  ........... 
24
 
Open Kettle...................... 25©35

 

Half-barrels 2c extra.
MUSTARD.

Hor«e 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........ 
Cob, No.  3........................  

65
85

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

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

PICKLES.
fledium.

Small.

Barrels, 2,400 count.........   6 00
Half bbls  1.200 count........  3 to

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head....................   6 Yt
Carolina  No. 1  .................   5
Carolina  No. 2...................  4
Broken...............................  3%

Imported.

Japan,  No. 1......................  6%
Japan.  No. 2......................  6
Java, fancy  bead..............  6
Java, No. 1.........................  554
Table..................................

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in  box.

Church’s ..............................8 30
Deland’s ..............................3  15
Dwight’s ..............................3 30
Taylor’s................................3 00
60  lb.

SODIO

*3-15

SAL SODA.

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

SNUPP.

Scotch, in bladders............  
is
Maccaboy, In Jars................  3i
French Rappee, In Jars......   4?

Jennings’.

D.C. Vanilla
2 oz........1  20
3 oz........1  50
4 oz........2 00
6 oz........3 U0
No.  8  4 00
No. 10.  .6 00 
No.  2 T.l 25 
No.  3 T.2 00 
No  4 T.2 40

D. C. Lemon
2 oz.......  75
3 oz........1  00
4 oz........1  40
6 oz.......2 00
No.  8.. .2 40 
No. 10.. .4  00 
No.  2T.  80 
No.  3 T.l  25 
No.  4 T.l  50

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

Lem .  Van. 
1 20
1 *0
2 00
2 25

Souder*’.

Oval bottie,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

in  the  world 

for 

Best 
money.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon, 

doa
2 oz........  75
4 oz........1  50

Regular
Vanilla.

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

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

2 oz. 
4 oz.

.1  75 
.3 50

Sage.....................................   1&
Hops....................................  15

INDIGO.

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

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN
Grains and Feedstuffs

Candies.
.Stick  Candy.

Wheat.

Wheat................................  65

Winter Wheat  Flour. 

Local Brands.

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

Patents............................. 4  50
Second  Patent..................   4 00
Straight............................  3 80
Clear..................................  3 30
Graham  ............................  3 75
Buckwheat.......................  4 00
R ye.................................   3 50
count.
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond, 54s...................... 4  00
Diamond, k£s...................... 4  00
Diamond, 54s...................... 4  00
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker, 54s........................  3 90
Quaker,  54s........................  3 90
Quaker, 54s........................   3 90

Spring Wheat Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbury’s Best 54s...........  4 90
Pillsbury’s  Best 54s...........  4 80
PUlsbury’s Best Qs...........  4 70
Pillsbury’s Best 54s paper..  4 70 
Pillsbury’s Best 54s paper..  4  70
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand.

bbls.  pails
Standard.................   654 @  7
654@  7
Standard H.  H........ 
Standard Twist......   6  @ 8
Cut Loaf................. 
@  8J4
cases
Jumbo, 321b  ..........  
@654
@854
Extra H. H.............. 
Boston  Cream........ 
@

Mixed Candy.

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

@ g
@ 654
@ 7
@754
@ 754
@ 854
@854
@  854
@  g
@854
@ 854
@10
@12

Fancy—In Bulk.

Lozenges, plain......  
@ 854
Lozenges,  printed..  @ 9
Choc.  Drops........... 
@14
Choc.  Monumentals  @11
Gum  Drops............  
@ g
Moss  Drops............  
@8
Sour Drops.............. 
(@9
Imperials...............  
@9

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon  Drops.........  
@50
Sour  Drops............  
@50
@60
Peppermint Drops.. 
@60
Chocolate Drops__ 
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
@75
Gum  Drops............  
@30
Licorice Drops........ 
@75
A. B. Licorice Drops  @50
Lozenges,  plain__ 
@50
@50
Lozenges,  printed.. 
Imperials...............  
@50
Mottoes................... 
@55
Cream  Bar.............. 
@¿0
Molasses B a r.........  
@50
Hand Made Creams.  80  @1  00
Plain  Creams.........   60  @90
Decorated Creams.. 
@90
String Rock............  
<^60
Burnt Almonds......125  @
Wintergreen Berries  @60

Caramels.
No. 1 wrapped, 2  lb.
boxes................... 
No. 1  wrapped, 3  lb.
boxes..................  
No. 2 wrapped, 2  Jb. 
boxes  .................
F ru its.
Oranges.
Medt Sweets...........
Late Valencias  ......
Lemons. 
Strictly choice 360s.. 
Strictly choice 300s.. 
Fancy 360s or 300s...
Ex. Fancy  300s........
Ex. Fancy  360s........
Bananas.

Medium  bunches 
Large bunches...

@35
@50

@3 00 
@3 50

@5 00 
@5 00 
@5 50 
@6  0 
@6  00

Foreign Dried  Fruits. 

Figs.

Choice, 10 lb boxes.. 
Extra  choice,  14  lb
boxes.................... 
Fancy, 12 1b  boxes.. 
Imperial Mikados, 18
lb boxes...............  
Pulled, 61b boxes... 
Naturals,  in  bags... 
Dates.

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

 

Pure Qround In Bulk.

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.
Allspice  ................. 
13
Cassia, China In mats..........12
Cassia, Batavia In  bund__25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........ 8;
Cloves, Amboyna................14
Cloves, Zanzibar..................12
Mace,  Batavia.................... 55
Nutmegs, fancy...............   ,8o
Nutmegs, No.  1...................50
Nutmegs, No.  2................... 45
Pepper, Singapore, black... 11 
Pepper, Singapore, white... 12
Pepper,  shot........................12
Allspice  ..............................15
Cassia, Batavia 
................3;
Cassia,  Saigon 
................40
Cloves, Zanzibar..................14
Ginger,  A frican.................io
Ginger,  Cochin  ..................18
Ginger,  Jamaica  ................a
Mace,  Batavia.....................<-'5
Mustard  ........................12@18
Nutmegs,......................40©: 0
Pepper, Sing , black............12
Pepper, Sing., white........... 20
Pepper, Cayenne..................20
Sage. 
15

 
SYRUPS
Corn.
Barrels...............................  15
Half  bbls.............. 
17
Pure Cane.
Pair  ................................   16
Good................................   20
Choice....  
26

 

 
STARCH.

Kingsford’s  Corn.

40 1-lb packages...................  6
20 1 lb packages...................  614

Kingsford’s  Silver Gloss.

40 1-lb packages................... 654
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..................  4%

Common Gloss.

l-lb  packages......................  454
3-lb  packages......................  4%
6-lb  packages......................  4%
40 and 50 lb boxes...............   354
B arrels.............................   3

STOVE POLISH.

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

SUGAR.

Below  are given  New  York 
prices on sugars,  to  which  the 
wholesale dealer adds the local 
freight from New  York to your 
shipping  point,  giving  you 
credit  on  the  invoice  for  the 
amount  of  freight  buyer  pays 
from  the  market  in  which  he 
purchases to his shipping point, 
including  20  pounds  for  the 
weight of the barrel.
Domino....................................5 88
Cut  Loaf...................................5 88
Crushed....................................5 88
Cubes....................................... 5 63
Powdered  ...........................5 63
XXXX  Powdered.................... 5 69
Granulated in bbls................... 5 38
Granulated in  bags.............5 38
Fine Granulated......................5 38
Extra Fine Granulated...... 5 50
Extra Coarse Granulated.. .5 50
Mould  A.................................. 5 63
Diamond  Confec.  A........... 5 38
Confec. Standard A..................a 25
No.  1....................................... 5 06
No  2....................................... 5 06
No.  3....................................... 5 06
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

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.

»• u.  w ............................... 33  00

Ruhe Bros. Co.’s Brands.

Double Eagles. 6 sizes.$.=>5^70 00
Gen. Maceo, 5 sizes__  55@7u  00
Mr. Thomas...............  
35  uu
Cuban Hand  Made.... 
35 00
Crown  Five...............  
35 00
35 00
Sir  William................ 
Club  Five................... 
35 ix)
35 00
Gens. Grant and Lee.. 
Little Peggy  .............. 
35  00
Signal  Five...............  
35 tO
Knights of Pythias__  
35  00
Key West Perfects, 2 sz 55@60 00

TABLE  SAUCE5.

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

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40 grain.  ..  6
Malt White Wine, 80 grain 
9
Pure Cider............................. ..
Pure Cider,  Leroux................11
Pure Cider, Genesee........... i  n
Pure Cider, Robinson.............11

wicKiba.

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

Crackers.

The  National  Biscuit  Co. 

quotes as follows:
Butter.

Seymour XXX.............  
5%/
Seymour XXX, 3 lb.  carton  6«
Family XXX  ......  
5?
Salted  XXX  ............   ’  "
New  York XXX...........
Wolverine.............. 
 
Boston............  

«3
rjf

 

Soda.

Soda  XXX  .......................   6m
Soda  XXX, 3 lb carton__
g
Soda,  City 
Long Island  Wafers..!.!!!  11 
L. I.  Wafers,  1 lb carton  ..  12 
  10
Zephyrette................... 

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

Oyster.

Saltine Wafer....................  5«
Saliine Wafer, 1 lb  carton  6?i
Farina Oy-ter....................   53?
Extra Farina Oyster...!!!!  6M

SWEET  GOODS—Boxes.
Animals............................  jou
Bent’s Water..................      15
Cocoanut Tatty  ......... !.’!.’  10
Coffee Cake, Java..............  to
Coffee Cake,  Iced..............  10
Oracknells.........................  1514
Cubans  .........................!  uj*
Frosted  Cream............ . . . .  9
Ginger Gem s......... ..........   8
Ginger Snaps, XXX...........  754
Graham Crackers  ...........  8
Graham Wafers.................  10
Grand Ma Cakes.................  9
Imperials..........................   g
Jumbles,  Honey................  1154
Marshmallow  ...................  15
Marshmallow  Creams......   16
Marshmallow  Walnuts.. 
16
Mich. Frosted Honey__  1254
Molasses  Cakes.................  8
Newton.............................   12
Nic Nacs............................  8
Orange Gems.....................  8
Penny Assorted Cakes......  854
Pretzels,  hand  made  ......   8
Sears’Lunch......................  754
Sugar  Cake.......................   8
Sugar  Squares.................   9
Vanilla  Wafers  ..............  14
Sultanas............................  1254
______ Oils._______

Barrels.

Eocene  ......................  @11«
XXX W.W.Mich.Hdlt  @  9M
@  83i
W  W M ich igan ............. 
Diamond  W h ite........... 
@  1 %
D., S. Gas.  .................   © 9
Deo. N aptha..............  @7
Cylinder....................25  @34
Engine  .. 
  ............. 11  @21
B -cS  w W r 
ft  9

Provisions.

Swift  &  Company  quote  as 

follows:

Barreled Pork.

4

£
g

8 14

Sausages.

Mess  ..............................  9 75
Back  .......................... .!  n   00
Clear back.......................   10 76
Shortcut...........................  10 50
Pig....................................  14 50
Bean  .............................  9  50
Family  ............................  10 &u
Dry Salt Meats.
Bellies........‘..............
Briskets  .......................! 
Extra shorts..................  
Smoked Heats.
Hams, 12 lb  average  .
Hams, 14 lb  average 
Hams, 181b  average..
Hams, 20 lb  average..
Ham dried b e e f........
Shoulders  (N. Y. cut).
Bacon,  clear.................7J4@854
California hams................ 
6
Boneless hams................... 
9
Cooked  ham..............!!’  io@l3
Lards.  In Tierces.
Compound......................... 
Kettle........................... !!
55 lb Tubs..........advance
80 lb Tubs..........advance
50 lb T ins..........advance
20 lb Pails..........advance
10 lb Pails..........advance
5 lb Pails..........advance
31b Pails......... advance
Bologna.......................
Liver.......................!.!!
Frankfort........
P ork....................  ........
Blood  .......................;;;;
Tongue...............!!!!!!!
Head  cheese.  ........!
Extra  Mess...............  
9
Boneless  .................!! .  13
Rump......... ............... 14
_ 
Kits, 15 lbs__
54  bbls, 40lbs.... !!!!!!!  1
54  bbls, 80 lbs...............  2
Kits, 15 lbs.....................
54  bbls, 40 lbs...............  1
54  bbls, 80 lbs...............  2
P ork...............................
Beef  rounds......... . . . . . .
Beef  middles...........
Sheep....................... !!'t!
Butterine.
Rolls,  dairy..................
Solid,  d a iry ............ !__’
Rolls,  creamery.........
Solid,  creamery............
Canned  Meats. 
Corned  beef,  2 lb  ... 
2
Corned  beef, 14 lb 
18
 
Roast  beef,  2  lb.........  2
Potted  bam,  54s........
Potted  ham,  54s__
Deviled ham,  54s__
Deviled ham,  54s...... . .
Potted  tongue 54a__’
Potted  tongue 54s.........

11
354
10
60
10
95414
1354

Pigs’ Feet.

Casings.

Tripe.

Beef.

Fresh  M eats.

•  4%@ 5
@ 6

•

Mutton.

Veal.

Carcass...........
Spring Lambs........... .  7  @  8 
.  9  @11
7  <a 8
H ides  and  P elts.
The Cappon A Bertscb Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:

Hides.

Green No.  1................  @854
Green No. 2................   @754
Cured No. 1
I « -   - 
@954
Cured No. 2................
@ 854 
Calfskins,  green No. 1 
@  9 
Calfskins, green No. 2 
@  754 
Calfskins, cured No. 1
@1054
Calfskins, cured N 0. 2  @9

Pelts.

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

Tallow.
No. 1........................
No. 2.........................
Wool.

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

21

Crockery  and

G lassw are.

AKRON  STO N E W A R E .

Butters.

544

Jugs.

Churns.

Milkpans.

Stewpans.

Tomato Jugs.

Fine Glazed Milkpans.

54 gal., per doz............... .  40
1 to 6 gal., per gal.........
5
8 gal., each.................... .  38
10 gal., each........ 
........ .  48
12 gal.,  each...................
15 gal. meat-tubs, each... .  90
20 gal. meat-tubs, each... .1  20
25 gal. meat-tubs, each... .2 25
30 gal. meat-tubs, each... .2 70
2 to 6 gal., per gal......  ..
5
Churn Dashers, per doz..
.  85
Fruit Jars.
Pint...  ...............
..  5 50
Quart.......................
..  5 75
54  gal  .............................
. 7  15
Covers................................  %  00
Rubbers..........................
54 gal. flat or rd. Dot., doz.  45 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  434 
54 gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.  60 
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each  554 
54 gal. fireproof, ball, doz.  85 
1 gal. fireproof, bail, doz.l  10 
54 gal., per doz.................   40
54 gal., per doz..................  42
1 to 5 gal., per gal............  
54 gal., per doz.................   42
1 gal., each...................... 
554
Corks for 54 gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
54 gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz. ..1  00 
5 lbs. in package, per lb...  2
No.  0 Sun..........................  
35
No.  1  Sun..........................   40
No. 2  Sun..........................  
58
No. 3  Sun.........................   1 00
Tubular.............................  
50
Security, No.  1................... 
60
Security, No. 2................... 
go
Nutmeg  ............................ 
50
LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Common.
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0  Sun.........................   i 32
No.  1  Sun.........................   1 48
No.  2  Sun.........................  2 IS
No. 
No. 
No. 

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

LAMP  BURNERS.

Plrst  Quality.
0 Sun,  crimp 
1 Sun,  crimp 
2 Sun,  crimp 
XXX Flint.
0 Sun,  crimp 
1 Sun,  crimp 
2 Sun,  crimp 

Sealing Wax.

top,
top,
top,

OIL  CANS. 

No. 
No. 
No. 

top,
wrapped and  labeled__
top,
wrapped and  labeled.  ..
top,
wrapped and  labeled. 
CHIMNEYS—Pearl  Top.
No.  1  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................3  70
No  2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................4  70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled............................  4  gg
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lamns............  
80
No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................   90
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ................................   1  15
No. 1 Crimp, per doz.........   1  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz......... 1  go
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz)........3 50
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)..  ...  4  00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz)........4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  ........ 4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80e doz)........440
Doz. 
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv Iron with spout.  1  55
2 gal galv Iron with  spout.  2 15
3 gal galv iron with spout.  3  5u 
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.  IB  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  GLOBES.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases2doz.
No. 0 Tubular,  bbls 5 doz.
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye,

each, box 10 cents...........  45
each, box 15 cents.........   45
each, bbl 35....................   35
cases 1 doz. each...... . 
1  25
LAMP  WICKS.
15
No. 0 per gross.................. 
No. 1 per gross...................  21
No. 2 per gross  .................  
30
No. 3 per gross................... 
48
Mammoth..........................   78

Pump  Cana.

LANTERNS.

Rochester.

La  Bastle.

Electric.

3 75

2 55

Lemon <S Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal 54s..................  4  75
Gold Medal 54s.................... 4  65
Gold Medal 54s....................4  55
Parisian,  54a ......................  4  75
Parisian, 54s.........................4  ¿5
Parisian. 54s.......................  4  55

Olney & Judson’s Brand.

Ceresota, 54s...............  
5 00
Ceresota, 54s......................  4  90
Ceresota, 54s......................  4  so
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Laurel,  54s.........................  5  jn
Laurel, 54s .......................!  5 00
Laurel, 54s .........................  4  90

Meal.

1  25  @1  50 
1  75  @2 00

Bolted......
Granulated

1 90
2  10

Carcass......................  654® 754
Fore quarters............   5  @  g
Hind  quarters...........  8  @  9
Loins  No.  3...............   9  @12
g ibs  -............................. 8  @12
Rounds......................  7*@  8
.......................  6  @654
Plates  .........................   3  @ 4

Beef.

Pork.

Feed and Millstuffs.

St. Car Feed, screened___17 CO
No. 1 Corn and  Oats......   .16 5 j
Unbolted Com Meal...........15 50
Winter Wheat  Bran...........14 00
Winter Wheat Middlings. .15 50
15 50
Screenings.......................... 16 00
16 00 Dressed .. 
L oins......
Car  lots....................
39*
Shoulders. 
Less than  car lots...... ."!!!  4u
4ü
Leaf Lard

Corn.

@
@
@  15
@
@
@654

Oats.

Car  lots....................
Carlots, clipped...... ..........
29
Less than  car lots.  ......... 33
32
9 00 On maps

No. 1 Timothy carlots.......  9 00
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots  ... 10 00
Fish  and  O ysters

Hay.

Almonds, Tarragona..  @13
Almonds, Ivaca.........   @
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled...........  @13
Brazils new...............   @754
Filberts  ....................  @11
Walnuts, Grenobles ..  @13
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.  @10
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
Calif.......................  @
Table Nuts,  fancy__  @10
Table Nuts,  choice...  @ 9
Pecans, Med...............  @8
Pecans, Ex. Large__  @10
Pecans, Jumbos........   @12
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio, new...............   @160
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks  @3 50

Peanuts.

Fancy,  H.  P.,  Suns.  @ 7
Fancy,  H.  P„  Flags
Roasted..................   @ 7
Choice, H. P., Extras.  @ 454
Obn'cc, F. p.,  Extras,

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 
Cod 
......................
@  10 
Haddock.................
@  8 
No.  1  Pickerel........
@  8 
Pike.........................
@  7
Perch.......................
@  4
Smoked White........
Red Snapper...........
@  10 
Col  River Salmon..
@  J2 
Mackerel 
..............
@  18
F. H. Counts...........  @  40

Oysters in Cans.

Shell Goods.

Oysters, per  100......... 1  2F@1  GO
nieMD 
1»

inn 

2 2

MILLIONS  IN  MINES.

Graphic  Glimpse  at  the  Prosperity  of 

the  Copper  Country.

Houghton,  Aug.  13— Last  week  was  a 
red  letter  one  in  the  history of this town, 
made  so  by  the  fourth  annual  tourna­
ment  of  the Upper Peninsular Firemen's 
Association.  Standing  room  was  at  a 
premium.  Visitors had  to  overflow  into 
Hancock,  across  the  narrow  Portage 
Lake;  and  the 
two 
towns,  built  on  a  side  hill,  made  it  nec­
essary 
for  people  to  promenade  one 
street  principally,  which  made  the  jam 
more  noticeable.

location  of  the 

Three  months  ago  Houghton  was  an 
ordinary  Lake  Superior  town  void of un­
due  restrictions. 
Somebody  put  the 
sheriff’s  cow  in  pound  and,  to  retaliate, 
he  ordered  every  saloon  closed  accord­
ing  to  law.  Several  found,  to  their  sor­
row,  that  for  a  time  drinks  out  of  hours 
were  at  a  premium,  but  with  the  advent 
of  the  firemen,  all  was  changed.  For  a 
week  all  the  fakirs  known  to  man  were 
at  hand.  One  could  run  up  against  any 
known  gambling  game. 
In  one  saloon 
building  were  three  bars  where the vari­
ous  drinks  were  dispensed  to  the  music 
produced  by  two  colored  “ professors.”  
The  accompaniment  was  one  roulette 
table,  three  crap  tables  and  others  in 
sight  that  your  ignorant  scribe  cannot 
name.  All  saloons  were  open  day  and 
night  and  a  hilarious  time  was 
in­
dulged  in.  A  “ midway”   was  estab­
lished,  where  the  tented 
frauds  held 
sway.

The  next  annual  ‘  let  loose”   conven­
tion  will  be  held  at  Marquette.  It  is  as­
sured  all  visitors  that  a  glorious  time 
will  be  had  then  without  fear  of  being 
run 
in,  as  a  movement  is  already  on 
foot  to  send  to  Klondike  the  gentlemen 
of  Marquette  who  make  it  their  busi­
ness  to  watch  all  doors  of  saloons  when­
ever  a  Sunday  excursion  comes  to  town.
The  committee  in  charge  of  the  tour­
nament  at  Houghton  compiled  a  lot  of 
interesting  facts  about  Houghton  county 
in  the  program  they 
issued,  a  few  of 
which  I  reproduce  as  follows :

If  in  September,  1893,  you bad bought 
Calumet  &  Hecla  stock  at  $247,  you 
could  now  sell  it  at  $575.  and  clean  up a 
profit  of  133  per  cent,  on the investment, 
besides  having  received  12  per cent,  in­
terest  by  way  of  dividends  paid  in  the 
meantime.

If  you  had  bought  Tamarack  stock  at 
$64  per  share,  you  might  sell  it  new  at 
$157.

If  you  had  bought  Quincy  stock  for 
$80 you  would  have  since  received  an­
other  share  for  $25  and  could  sell  the 
two  shares  for  $115  each  for  what  cost 
$105,  besides  having  dividends  of  from 
10  to  20  per  cent,  per  annum  on  the 
money  invested.

Osceola  stock  sold  for  $20 a  share 

in 
September,  1893,  and  is  now  worth  $50.
Atlantic  stock  was  $7  a  share  five 
It  is  now  worth  four  times 

years  ago. 
as  much.

Wolverine  stock  was  worth  75  cents  a 
share  five  years  ago.  An  assessment  of 
one  dollar  per  share  has  since been  paid 
and  the  shares  are  now  worth  over  $24, 
a  profit  of  1,400  per  cent,  to  those  who 
bought  then  and  still  hold  the  stock.

Allouez  stock  sold  at  50  cents  last 
year.  People  are  now  paying  $4  for  it.
Arnold  stock  sold  at  $1.50  last  year.
It  is  now  $15.

is  now  worth  seven  times  as  much.

Centennial  sold  for $2.50  last  year.  It 
People  who  thought  Baltic  too  high  at 
$7  last  winter  have  since  paid $24 for  it.
Humbolt  stock  was  15  cents  last  year.
It 
is  now  $4  75—an 
increase  of  3,500 
per cent,  in  one  year.

The  world’s  production  of  copper  in 
1896  was  373.208  net  tons,  of  which  the 
furnished  203,893  tons; 
United  States 
Spain,  53>325  tons;  Chili,  23,500  tons ; 
Japan,21,000 tons; Germany, 19,065 tons ; 
Australia,  11,000  tons;  Mexico,  10,150 
tons.  Of  the  United  States  production, 
Montana  made  93.276  tons;  Lake  Su­
perior,  64,669  tons;  Arizona,  31,548 
tons.

The  largest  mass of native copper ever 
found  came  from  the  Minnesota  mine, 
Ontonagon  Point. 
It  took  three  years 
to  cut  it  up  under ground. 
It  weighed 
one  million  pounds.

DeBeers  consolidated  diamond  mines 
are  worth  $106.650,000.  The  company 
has  earned  profits  of  $7,500,000 
in  a 
single  year.

The  Consolidated  California  &  Vir­
ginia  Mining  Co.,  which  controls  the 
celebrated  Comstock 
lode,  has  paid 
$77,608,800  in  dividends  and  levied  as­
sessments  of  $5,156.130.

The  Calumet  &  Hecla  mine  is  worth 
S57.5°°.000  and  has  paid  dividends  of 
$53,800,000  to  date.
The  Annaconda  copper  mine,  of 
Butte,  Montana,  has  paid  dividends  of 
$6,750,000  and  is  worth  $30,000,000.

The  production  of  the  Lake  Superior 

copper  mines  in  1897  was  as  follows:

A tla n tic........................
Q u in cv......................
Fran klin .......................
Calumet &  H ecla  __
T am arack.....................
Osceola Consolidated.
W olverine.....................
Centennial....................
Central..........................
National.. 
.............
M assachusetts............
R id g e ..........................
M innesota....................
Adventure....................
B e lt ..............................
H ilto n ..........................

Pounds 
5,109,663 
16,924,61b 
2,908,384 
.86,809,206 
20,222,559 
11,201,103 
2,400,000 
IOO, ooo 
614,891 
39,250
33,760 
31,490
28,040
•S.3'6
6,603
*.5*3
T o ta l................. 146,447,532
Copper  mine  dividends  paid  to  Aug. 

1  were  as  follows:
A t la n t ic ............
Calum et.............
C entral...............
C liff.....................
Copper  F a lls ...,
F ra n k lin .........
Kearsage 
........
M innesota..........
N a tio n a l...........
O sc e o la .............
P ew abic.............
Ph oen ix..............
Quincy................ .
R id g e ..................
T am arack ..........

$ 
7So,ooo 
53,35°,°oo
1.970.000 
2,5 *8,630
100.000
1.250.000
160.000
1.820.000 
359,255
2,263,500
460.000 
20,000
10.120.000
100.000
5.550.000

T o ta l.................$Si, 351,385
The  Atlantic  mine  is  worth  a  million 
and  a  quarter  dollars  and  employs  500 
men.

The  Baltic  opened  last  year,  employs 
is  worth  $2,000,000,  al­

150  men  and 
though  not  yet  producing  copper.

The  Quincy  mine  is  worth  $11,000,- 

000 and  employs  1,100  men.

The  A read ian  mine  is  worth  $2,000,- 

000  and  employs  300  men. 

•

The  Isle  Royale  Consolidated  mine 
employs  150 men and  is worth $2,250,000.
is 
worth  $5,000,000 and employs  1,000 men.
The  Calumet  &  Hecla  is  worth  $57,- 

The  Osceola  Consolidated  mine 

500,000  and  employs  4,000  men.

The  Tamarack 

is  worth  $10,000,000 

and  employs  1,600  men.

The  Franklin  is  worth  $600,000  and 

employs  350  men.
The  Centennial 

and  employs  200  men.

is  worth  $1,500,000 

and  employs  225  men.

The  Wolverine 
is  worth  $1,500,000 
Ten  million  dollars’  worth  of  stock  in 
the  mines 
in  Houghton 
county.  A  drayman  at  Calumet  owns 
$350,000  worth  of  Calumet  &  Hecla 
stock  and 
is  just  as  anxious  to  earn  a 
quarter  by  hauling  your  trunk  as  any 
other  man.

is  owned 

The  Winona,  Arnold,  Isle  Royale, 
Arcadia,  Humbolt  and  Ashbed  mines 
are  being  reopened. 
The  Mattapan 
and  other  old  mines  will  soon  be  re­
opened.  These  mines  are  already  em­
ploying  nearly  1,000  men.

The  Arnold  and  Atlantic  mines  are 

each  building  railways.

The  Arcadian  and  Franklin,  Jr.,  will 
in  building  a  ten  mile  railway 

join 
line.

The  Osceola  and  Franklin  are  each 

building  a  new  stamp  mill.

The  Arcadian  and  Quincy  will  each 

build  a  new  stamp  mill.
road.

The  Isle  Royale  will  build  a  new rail­

The  Tamarack-Osceola companies  are 
building  a  50,000  ton  coal  shed  at  Dol­
lar  Bay.

The  Calumet  &  Hecla  has  just  com­
pleted  a  150,000  ton  all  steel  coal  shed 
at  Lake  Linden.

The  stamp  mills  of  the  Calumet  & 
Hecla  at  Lake  Linden  are  the  greatest 
in  the  world,  having  twenty-two  steam 
stamps,  each  stamp  having  a  capacity 
°f  3°° tons  of  rock  in  twenty-four hours. 
The  pumping  engine  “ Michigan”   of

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trough.  Your  felloes  will  become  impervious 
to  water  and  consequently  your  Tires  will  not 
loosen.  Cost  of one  saved  many  times  in one 
season.  For  sale  by

FOSTER,  STEV E N S  &  CO.,  Grand  Rapids.

Clrrk Rutkh-Jewell  Go.,
38  &  40  South  Ionia St.

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.

I Buckeye  Paint  &   Varnish  Co.

PAINT,  COLOR  AND  VARNISH  MAKERS

1  Mixed

P a in ts

W h ite 

Lead

1  V arn ish es

S h in g le

S ta in s

W ood

Fillers

Jap an s

^Manufacturers  CRYSTAL-ROCK  FINISH  ^ ' " ^ Ä ' ü a e  

TOLEDO, OHIO.

M IC H IG AN   TRADESMAN

23

the  Calumet  &  Hecla  at  Lake  Linden 
is  the  largest 
in  the  world,  having  a 
daily  capacity  of  60,000,000  gallons.
The  Osceola  has  just  placed  an  order 
for  a  40,000,000  gallon  pump,  the second 
largest  in  the  world.  The  next  largest 
in  the  United  States  is  in  Philadelphia, 
which  has  a  daily  capacity  of 24,000,000 
gallons.

In  Houghton  county  thirty-four  lang­

uages  are  spoken.

The  Red  Jacket  shaft  of  the  Calumet 
&  Hecla  at  Calumet  is  the  deepest  in 
the  world,  having  a  vertical  depth  of 
4,900  feet.

No.  5,  a  vertical  shaft  of  the  Tam­
arack  mine,  now  sinking,  will  eventual­
ly  be  the  deepest  in  the  world—a  full 
mile  straight  down 
It 
was  begun  in  1895  and  will  be  finished 
in  1901.

into  the  earth. 

The  “ Jumbo”   engine  of  the  Calumet 
&  Hecla,  at  Calumet,  has  4,700  horse 
power.

The  Red  Jacket  shaft  of  the  Calumet 
&  Hecla,  at  Calumet,  has  ten  boilers  of 
1,000  horse  power  each. 
Its  double 
hoisting  engine  has  8,000  horse  power.
The  temperature  at  the  bottom  of  the 
is  87  6-10  degrees 

Red  Jacket  shaft 
Fahrenheit.

The  hoisting  drum  at  No.  3  shaft, 
in  diam­

Tamarack  mine,  is 36^  feet 
eter.

Calumet  build  more  houses  in  1897 
than  Grand  Rapids  and  nearly  as  many 
as  Detroit.

Part  of  the  Quincy  copper  is  smelted 
electrolytically  to  save  the silver,  which 
runs  as  high  as  28  oz.  to  the  ton  of  cop­
per.

Taking  all  in  all,  one  must  visit  this 
wonderful  country  and  spend  the  neces­
sary  time  in  inspection  to  fully  realize 
the  magnitude. 
Are  Hardware  Dealers  Thoroughly 

Ouix.

Honest? *

There 

is,  first,  a 

legal  honesty—that 
is,  an  honesty  which 
is  just  honest 
enough  to  keep  out  of  the  hands  of  the 
law.  To  this  class  belongs  the  closed 
front  door  of  the  saloon,  while  the  alley 
door 
is  wide  open ;  the  one-quarter  off 
sale  that  is  not  a  quarter-off  sale  and 
whose  figures,  from  which  a  customer  is 
to  get  the  25  per  cent,  reduction,  are  a 
lie  and  a  cheat;  the  misfit  clothing  in 
which  the  only  thing  misfit  is  the  name 
and  which  has  never  been  any  nearer 
to  a  custom  tailor  store  than  the  ordi­
nary  politician  comes  to  telling  the 
truth ;  the  bankrupt  sale 
in  which  the 
only  bankruptcy  that  has  occurred  is  in 
the  truth-telling  capacity  of  the  so- 
called  agent  or  trustee.

Do  we  as  a  body  live  up  to this stand­
ard— low  as  it 
is?  When  this  subject 
was  first  assigned  to  me  I  asked  our 
worthy  and  well-posted  Secretary  if  any 
of  our  members  had  ever  been  in  jailor 
the  house  of  correction,  to  which  he  re­
plied  on  his  honor as  a  gentleman  that 
he  had  never  heard  of  a  bardwareman 
in  his  life  who  had  ever  been  detained 
a  single  minute  as  an  inmate  of  such  a 
place.  This  question, 
therefore,  it  is 
needless  to  argue.  Seriously,  however, 
if  you  will  look  around  you  in  whatever 
city  or  town  you  chance  to  be  in,  you 
will  see  far  less  of  this  deceitful  style 
of  business  among  the  hardware  stores 
than  in  any  other  line  of  business.

I  once  heard 

that  principle 

There  is,  second,  the  man  who  is  hon­
est  because  that  is  the  best  policy.  Of 
this  class  Bishop  Whately said :  “ Hon­
esty  is  the  best  policy,  but  he  who  acts 
is  not  an  honest 
on 
man.”  
the  Rev.  Dr. 
Reid,  of  the  Southern  Methodist church, 
say  with  an  emphasis  I  shall  never  for­
get :  “ Policy—that  catch  word  of  the 
devil  to 
lure  his  victims  to  their  de­
struction.”
The  merchant  who  will  not  misrepre­
sent  his  goods  to  a  wealthy or influential 
customer  because  of  his  influence,  but 
who  will  tell  a  poor  man  anything  to 
make  a  sale,  belongs  to  this  class,  and 
I  shall  leave  it  to  you without arguments 
as  to  whether  he  is  an  honest  man.

Do  we  as  a body live  up  to  this  stand­
ard  of  honesty?  Candidly,  I  believe  that 
there  is  less  misrepresentation—or  over
»Paper read by J  L.  Capen  of  Detroit,  at  an­
nual convention of  the  Michigan  Hardware 
Association.

is  than 

representation— in  our 
line  than  in  al­
most  any  other;  that  there  are  more  in­
structions  given  to  clerks  by  hardware 
merchants  to  tell  a  customer  exactly 
what  a  thing 
in  most  of  the 
other  lines. 
Is  not  that  your  experi­
ence?

Passing  over  various  other  definitions 
or  grades  of  honesty,  we  come  to  good, 
sturdy  honesty—that  kind  that  is  honest 
for  honesty’s  sake ;  that  kind  that  does 
not  feel  like  going  out  of  the  back  door 
when  some  deceived  customer  comes  in 
at  the  front  door;  that  kind  that  meets 
looks  him  squarely  in 
a  customer  and 
the  face;  that  kind 
that  goes  home 
pleasant  and  cheerful  at  night  knowing 
if  business  has  gone  wrong  there 
that 
are  at 
least  no  sins  of  deceit  at  his 
door;  that  Mr.  Jones  has  not  been  told 
that  the  pocket  knife  he  has  bought 
from  the  25-cent  case  is  a  genuine  Wos- 
tenholm ;  that  Mr.  Brown  has  not  been 
assured  that  the 50-cent square he bought 
is  correct  and  accurate,  or  that  the 
coffee-pot  which  Mrs.  Thomas  insisted 
on  buying  as  cheap  from  you  as  from 
your  curbstone  neighbor  has  not  been 
deceived  in  thinking  that  she got  a  first 
and  not  a  half-dipped  cull.

Are  we,  as  a  body,  sturdily  honest?  I 
take  my  answer  from  some  of  the  for­
eign  letters  which  it  has  been  the  pleas­
ure  of  our  firm  to  receive,  in  which  our 
correspondents  say  that  they  know  when 
they  get  an  engine,  a  machine,  an  ag­
ricultural  implement,  an  electrical 
in­
vention  or  a  tool  of  American  make, 
they  know  that  it  is  honestly  made  and 
will  do  the  work  for  which 
it  is  in­
tended ;  they  also  knoyv  that  if  there 
should  be  a  defect  it  will  be  remedied 
without  a  growl  or  a  kick.  They,  there­
fore,  pay  more  for  tools  and  implements 
of  American  manufacture  than  for  those 
of  other  makes,  feeling  sure  that  after 
all  they  are  not  paying  too  dearly  for 
I  might  also 
wbat  they  actually  get. 
take  m y.  answer  from 
the  honorable 
roster  of  hardwaremen—the  Ducharmes, 
the  Buhls,  the  Fosters,  the  Standarts, 
the  Morleys,  the  Blacks,  the  Bocks—but 
I  might  keep  this  up  indefinitely  and 
not  name  one  the  history  of  whose  suc­
cess  was  not  epitomized 
in  that  one 
word  “ Honesty.”
He Wanted the Slippers Made to  Hurt.
A  young  man  entered  a  shoe  store 
hastily,  after  having  glanced  cautiously 
around  to  see  that no one was about.  He 
hurried  past  the  assistant  to  the  farther 
end  of  the  shop,  where  be  produced  a 
small  brown  paper  parcel  from  under 
bis  coat.

“ I 

“ See  these  slippers?”   he  asked. 
want  a  good  pair  of  heels  put  on. ”

“ But— er—these  are  very  old slippers, 
very  much  worn,”   objected  the  man. 
“ They  will  hardly  stand  heeling.”

“ I  only  want  them  for  one occasion,”  
“ Only  for  a 
replied  the  young  man. 
minute  or  two.  But  I  want a  good  sond 
pair  of  heels,  hard  leather.”

“ They  will  hardly  be  a  creditable 
pair,”   continued  the  assistant,  “ even 
if  you  only  wear  them  for  a  few  min­
utes.  Certainly  a  cheap  new  pair  would 
be— ” ;

“ I’m  not  going  to  spend  money  on  a 
new  pair  for  that,”   said  the  owner, 
doggedly. 
“ I  want  some  good,  thick, 
big,  hard  heels  on  these—you  can  make 
them  of  iron,  or  stone,  or  anything  you 
like,  so  long  as  they  are  hard.”
The  man  stared  at  him, 

in  doubt 
whether  his  customer  was  in  full  pos­
session  of  his  senses.

“ You  don’t  catch  on,”   said  the  cus­
looking  round  the  shop  and 
tomer, 
“ I’ll  tell  you 
speaking  in  a  low  voice. 
what  I  want  ’em  for. 
I  was  courting  a 
pretty  girl,  and  Black  cut  me  out. 
They  are  to  be  married  to-morrow,  and 
I’m  going  to  throw  a  pair  of  old  slip­
pers  at  him—for  luck,  you  know—and 
if  I  don’t  give  him  something  to  re­
member  his  wedding  day  by you  can  set 
me  down  as  a  heathen  Chinee.”
An  Honest  Confession.

“ What  do  you  find  the  most  difficult 

task?”   asked  the  idle  friend.

“ The  hardest  thing  about  my  job,”  
the  all-round  clerk  replied,  “ is  going 
on  with  my  work when  I  have drawn  my 
pay  in  advance. ”

Hardware  Price  Current,

AUaURS AND  BITS
Snell’s..............................................
.......................
Jennings’, genuine 
Jennings’, imitation ...  .................
Axes

First Quality, S. B. Bronze............
First Quality, D. B. Bronze............
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel............
First Quality, D. B. Steel...............

BARROWS
R a ilr o a d .......................................
Garden....................................
BOLTS

70
.25*10
60*10

5 00 
9 50 
5 50 
10 50

*12 00  14 00 
net  30 00

60*10
Stove....................................................... 
Carriage new list...................................   70 to 75
Plow........................................................ 
50

Well,  plain...................................................I 3  2>

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

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

Cast Steel............................................per lb 

BUCKETS

BUTTS.  CAST

BLOCKS

CROW  BARS

CAPS

70

4

65
55
35
60

CHISELS

DRILLS

ELBOWS

Ely’s  1-10............................................perm 
Hick’s C. F ...... .................................. per m 
G. D....................................................per m 
Musket............................................... perm 

CARTRIDGES

Rim Fire........................................................50& 5
Central  Fire..................................................25*  5

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

so
80
  80
80

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

 

Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
50
Corrugated..............................................  
1  25
Adjustable.............................................. dis 40*10

EXPANSIVE  BITS

Clark’s small, *18;  large, *26........................30*10
Ives’, 1, *18; 2, *24; 3, $30.............................  
25

FILES—New  List

New American............................................. 70*10
Nicholson’s................................................... 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................60*10

GALVANIZED  IRON

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

13 

14 

28
17

Discount, 75 to 75—10

15 
GAUGES

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

KNOBS—New List

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

70
80

MATTOCKS

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

NAILS

Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

Steel nails, base...........................................   155
Wire nails, base...........................................   1  e0
80 to 60 advance...........................................   Base
05
10 to 16 advance..........................................  
8 advance................................................... 
10
6 advance.................................................... 
20
4 advance..............  
30
3 advance...................................................  
45
70
2 advance...................................................  
Fine 3 advance........................................... 
50
Casing 10 advance.......................................  
15
Casing  8 advance.......................................  
25
35
Casing  6 advance........................................ 
Finish 10 advance..................................... 
25
Finish  8 advance........................................ 
35
Finish  ¿advance........................................ 
45
Barrel % advance..........................................  85

 

 

 

MILLS

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

 

40
40
40
30

MOLASSES  GATES

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

PLANES

Ohio Tool Col’s,  fancy................................   @50
Sciota Bench.....  ........................................  
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy.........................  @50
Bench, firstquality.......................................  @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood............  
60
Fry, Acme...............................................60*10*10
Common, polished..................... .......... . 
70* 5
60
Iron and  T inned........................................  
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 
60

RIVETS

PANS

PATBNT PLANISHED  IRON 

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

Broken packages 44c per pound  extra. 

HAMMERS

Maydole *  Co.’s, new  list.....................dis  3S4*
Kip’s  ......................................................dit 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s...................................di«  vo&io
Mason's Solid Cast Steel.................. 30c list. 
70
Blacksmith’« Solid Cast Steel  Hand Vc 'is-<0*18

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin Ware.........................new list 75&10
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................20&IO
Granite Iron  Ware........................ new list 40*10
Pots__
Kettles
Spiders

.....................................60*1
.....................................60*10
......................  ............ 60*10
HINGES

HOLLOW  WAKE

Gate, Clark’! 
State...........

1, 2,3................................dis 60*10
........................... per doz. net  2 50

WIRE  GOODS

 

TRAPS

SQUARES

SHEET  IRON

LEVELS
ROPES

All sheets  No. 18  and  lighter, 
SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

Bright.......................
80
Screw Eyes...............
80
Hook’s........................
80
Gate Hooks and Eyes.
80
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.................dis 
70
Sisal, 44 inch and  larger.............................   10V4
Manilla.........................................................
Steel and Iron...........................................   70*10
Try and Bevels.................  ....................!. 
60
M itre.................................... 
50
com. smooth. com.
<2 40
2 40
2 45
2 55
2 65
2 75
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 26................................. .  3 10
No.  27........................................ .  3 20
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86...................................... dis 
50
Solid Eyes........................................per ton  20 00
Steel, Game............................................  
60*10
50
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ......... 
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 70*10
Mouse, choker........................... per doz 
15
Mouse, delusion.........................per doz 
1  25
Bright Market............................................. 
75
Annealed  Market........................................  
75
Coppered Market..........................................70*10
Tinned Market...........................................   6244
Coppered Spring Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.........................  2 CO
Barbed  Fence,  painted...............................  1  70
Au Sable.................................................. dis 40&1C
Putnam................................................... dis 
5
Northwestern.......................................... dis 10*10
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s Genuine.............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought  .........  
80
Coe’s Patent, malleable............................... 
80
MISCELLANEOUS
Bird  Cages.....................................
50
Pumps, Cistern..............................
80
Screws, New List............................
85
Casters, Bed and  Plate..................
50*10*10
Dampers, American.......................
50
600 pound casks.............................
6*
Per pound.......................................
6«
44@44...........................................................   1244
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................... *5 75
14x20 IC, Charcoal.......................................   5 7b
20x14 IX, Charcoal.......................................   7 00

TIN—Melyn Grade

HORSE NAILS

WRENCHES

M E T A L S — Zinc

Each additional X on this grade, *1.25.

SOLDER

WIRE

TIN—Allaway Grade

10x14 IC, Charcoal.......................................   4 50
14x20 IC, Charcoal........................................  4 50
10x14 IX, Charcoal........................................  5 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal.......................................   5 50

Each additional X on this grade, *1.50. 

ROOFING  PLATES

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean..............................   4 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean...........  ..............  5  50
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean............................ 
9  00
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade.............   4 U0
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade.............   5 00
20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade........... 
8  00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade.............  10 00

BOILER  SIZE TIN  PLATE 

14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
14x56 IX, for No.  9  Boilers, f per P°unG  • 

,  

„
“

Picture  cams  lor 
Country  Fairs^

Nothing takes so well with 
the visitors at fairs  as  pic­
ture cards, which are care­
fully preserved, while ordi­
nary  cards,  circulars  and 
pamphlets  are  largely  de­
stroyed and  wasted.  We 
have  a  fine line of  Picture 
Cards,  varying 
in  price 
from $3 to $6 per  i.ooo,  in­
cluding  printing  on  back. 
Samples  mailed  on  appli­
cation.

TRADESMAN COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

M IC H IG A N   TRADESMAN

2 4

BELL  BOYCOTT.

Peculiar  Tactics  of the  Michigan Tele 

phone  Co.

long-promised  Bell 
telephone 
is  being  built  on  the  corner  of 

The 
block 
Fountain  and  Ionia  streets.

For five or  more years  the promise  was 
held  out  that  a  six  story  building  would 
be  erected.  Soon  after  the  Citizens  Co. 
took  the  field,  the  building  shrunk  to 
five  stories.  The  Bell  Co.  finally  bought 
a  lot,  4 0 x 9 7 ft.,  but  before  the  plans 
could  be  com pleted  (over  a  year’s  job !) 
the  building  shrunk,  both  horizontally 
and  perpendicularly,  so  that  the  pres­
ent  structure  is  40x70  feet  and  only  two 
stories  high !  The  foundation  is  a  brick 
wall,  amply  sufficient  to  carry  so  large 
a  structure,  and 
inasmuch  as  the  com­
pany  has  decided  it  will  in  future  need 
no  larger  building,  it  would  be  a  need­
less  expense  to  put  in a stone foundation 
for  a  structure  similar  to  what  local  en­
terprise  has  heretofore  built,  and  prob­
ably  in  future  will  continue  to  build,  in 
our  city.

*  *  *

The  new  block—“ exclusively  for  the 
Bell  Co.” — is  to  cost  $16,000.  The 
lot 
cost  $12,000,  so  that,  while  it  formerly 
had  over  $60.000  per  year  profit  in  this 
city,  it  now  proposes  to  invest  in  this 
city  nearly  six  months  of 
its  former 
earnings,  or,  rather,  of  the  $750,000  re­
cently  realized  on  its  blanket  mortgage. 
Inasm uch  as  all  supplies  (other  than 
directories)  are  purchased  elsewhere— 
even  to  brooms  and  stationery— it  is 
with  feelings  of  gratitude  that  our  citi­
zens  can  behold  six  months’  earnings 
in  a  permanent  structure  in  the  heart  of 
the  city !  The  stockholders  of  the  local 
company  need  fear  nothing  from  a com­
pany  that  builds  in  such  a  manner,  nor 
one  that  sends  $1  bills  on  July  1  to  all 
its  former  free  resident  phone  users  and 
on  August  1  another $1  bill  for  August 
to  all  who  paid  the  July  bill and to those 
who  would  not  pay,  gave  free  service ! 
The  same  is  true  of  all  offices.  When 
the  phone 
is  not  paid  for,  it  is  left  in 
free.

♦  * 

:Je

In  preparing  for  its  new  structure,  the 
Bell  Co.  continued  a  policy  which  a 
free  people  do  not  admire  and  which 
should  react  against  it.  No  bids  were 
allowed  to  be  made  except  by  users  of 
Bell  telephones,  and  some  were  told, 
“ Your  bid  will  be  considered  if  you 
will  put  in  a  Bell  telephone,  otherwise 
not.”   Contractors  were  required  not  to 
sublet  any  part  of  the  contract  except 
to  a  user  of  the  Bell  telephone.  The 
company  dictated  from  whom  material 
was  to  be  purchased  when  two  or  more 
in  the  same  business  used  the  Bell  tele­
phone. 
In  other  words,  a  boycott  was 
placed  on  all  who  did  not  use  the  Bell 
telephone  and  an  unfair  discrimination 
was  made  among  users  of  the  Bell  in­
struments.  This  same  policy  has  been 
urged  by  the  company  upon  some  of  its 
“ free  phone”   patrons,  to  the  detriment 
of  certain  grocers  and  meat  merchants 
who  refused  to  put  in  Bell  telephones— 
some  Bell  patrons  refused  to  permit  a 
Citizens  merchants’  delivery  wagon  to 
call  at  their  houses!  The  failure  of  the 
Citizens  Co.  to  secure  the  Bridge  Street 
House  telephone  is  owing to the fact that 
the  Bell  Co.  has  its  tall  line  crew  stop 
there  frequently  and  has  notified  the 
landlord  that  if a Citizens telephone goes 
in  the  Bell  business  goes  out!

*  *  *

When  one  recalls  that  the  Bell  Co.  is 
a  foreign  corporation,  doing  business  in 
our  city  without  a  franchise  and  with no 
guarantees;  that  for  over  ten  years  it

to 

least, 

did  not  hesitate  to  rob  our businessmen 
by  extortionate  rates  for  service;  that 
the  Citizens  Co.  is  entirely  local;  that 
it  has  a  franchise,  limiting  rates;  that 
it 
is  giving  a  better  average  service 
than  the  Bell  Co.  gave— with  these  facts 
in  mind,  it  is  a  grave  question  whether 
the  business  men  should  not  resort  to 
extreme  measures  to  drive  out  the  Bell 
Company,  or,  at 
inspire 
those  of  our  citizens  who  have,  unwit­
tingly,  taken  free  Bell  telephones,  to 
show 
loyalty  to  the  com m unity’s  best 
interest  by  refusing  to  continue  to  aid 
the  Bell  Co.  in 
futile  attempt  to 
crush  the 
local  company,  even  by  this 
subtle  proposition  of  a  “ free”   phone. 
Fortunately  the  great  majority  of  our 
business  men  understand  and  have 
thrown  their 
influence  against  the  un­
certain  for  the  certain—against  high 
rates  for  guaranteed  reasonable  rates— 
against  the  Bell  and  in  favor  of  the 
lo­
cal  company.

its 

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The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar— The  market  is  strong,  with  a 
firm  undertone.  There  seems  to  be  no 
doubt  that  the  Doscher  Refinery  has  re­
ceived  several  thousand  bags  of  sugar. 
It 
is  supposed  that  this  refinery  will 
soon  begin  to  melt  sugar  experimental­
ly.  Perhaps  the  Doscher  people  will 
have  sugars  on  the  market  early  in  Oc­
tober. 
If  they  do,  they  will  be  more 
fortunate  than  the  trade  expected,  for 
it  has  been  generally  supposed 
that 
they  would  not  get  in  thorough  working 
order  much  before  the  end  of  the  year.
Tea—The  general  movement  of teas  is 
very  small,  for  there  is  but  little  in  the 
market,  and  exceedingly  little  that  can 
be  sold  at  a  low  price.  The new second- 
picking  teas  are  not  yet  in  this  market, 
though  the  movement  on  first-pickings 
is  good  for  this  class  of  high-priced 
teas.

Coffee—The  receipts 

from  Rio  and 
Santos  have  thus  far  this crop year—that 
is.  since  the  first  of  July—been  but 
about  two-thirds  of  those  of  the  corres­
ponding  period  of  last  year.  The  re­
ports  are  that  the  drought  has  damaged 
the  coming  crop  to  a  considerable  ex­
tent.  These  conditions  and  reports  give 
a  strength  to  the  market  that  it  has  not 
had  for  some  time.  There  is  no  reason 
to  believe  that  prices  can  be  high  on 
Rios  and  Santos  coffee  the  coming 
week,  because  the  crop  is  certain  to  be 
large  and  the  supply  in  sight  is  also 
large,  but  conditions  seem 
favor 
rather  better  prices  than  those  now  pre­
vailing.

to 

Spices—Mail  advices  report  cloves 
very  strong  at  primary  points  and  the 
spot  market  for  cloves  is  firm,  with  a 
rising 
tendency,  although  prices  are 
without  material  change.

Canned  Goods—Spot  tomatoes  have 
declined,  both  for  the  old  pack  and  the 
new  Baltimore  goods  The  quality  of 
the  latter  does  not  compare  with  that  of 
the  old.  There 
is  nothing  doing  in 
corn,  which  rules  at  unchanged  prices. 
Peas  are  also  dull  and  prices  are  un­
changed.  But  little  is  doing  in peaches. 
Eastern  packers  have  not  named  prices 
yet,  but  the  expectation  is  that  the  new 
pack  will  command  a  higher  price  than 
the  old,  because of  the  scarcity  of  stock. 
California  peaches  are  unchanged  in 
price,  and  very  few  are  offered.

Dried  Fruits— There 

is  a  very  good 
supply  of  prunes  and  peaches,  although 
the  market  is  very  strong  on  both.  The 
raisin  market  alone  of  all  is  weak,  with 
too  much  medium  grade  and  inferior 
fruit  on  the  market  for the  good  of  the 
better  grades,  which  are  really  not  ex­

cessive.  The  expectations  of  the  grow­
ers  that  a  pool  might  be  forme!  for  the 
handling  of  the  coming  crop  are  likely 
to  be  dashed.  Though  it  was  reported 
that  80  per  cent,  of  the  production  was 
represented 
in  the  subscription  to  the 
pool,  yet  it  is  feared  that  the  movement 
will  not  be  a  success.  With  the  largest 
crop  of  raisin  grapes  ever  raised  now 
in  prospect,  and  sales  on  the  every  man 
for  himself  plan,  there  is  nothing  in 
low  market  for  raisins  for 
sight  but  a 
the  entire 
the  com ing  year.  N early 
crop  of  dried  apricots  on  the  coast 
is 
reported  already  sold.  Comparatively 
few  new  peaches  have  gone  to the driers 
on  the  coast  this  season,  the  canners 
paying  too  high  prices  to  permit  the 
driers  to  handle  them  at  a  profit.  The 
California  crop  of  prunes  will  be  un­
doubtedly  light  and  run  to  small  sizes. 
Owing  to  the  scarcity  of  apricots  the 
peach  supply  will  undoubtedly be drawn 
on  more  heavily  than  usual.

Syrups  and  Molasses— Syrups and mo­
lasses  show  some  improvement  over that 
of  the  preceding  week.  Usually  at  this 
season  the  market  is  very  dull  and  list­
less,  but  the  fall  awakening  seems  to  be 
coming  rather  earlier  than  usual.  Prob­
ably  the  cause  is  the  universal  lightness 
of  the  stocks  and  the  fact  that  buying 
has  been  from  hand  to  mouth.  There  is 
a 
little  better  demand  for  compound 
syrup,  which  rules  at  unchanged  prices, 
although  the  market  is  very  firm.  Sugar 
syrup  of  good  flavor  has  advanced  be­
cause  of  scarcity.  The  export  demand 
large  during  the 
has  been  especially 
past  week;  the  general 
line  of  sugar 
syrup  is  well  cleaned  up  in  first  hands. 
Molasses 
is  rather  dull  at  unchanged 
prices.

Salt  Fish— There  has  been  a  good  de­
mand  for  mackerel  during 
the  past 
week,  and  prices  show  a  gradual  "hard­
ening  tendency.  The  domestic  catch  is 
still  very  discouraging.  Cod  and 
lake 
fish  are  moving  out  fairly  at  unchanged 
prices.  Salmon  is  firm  and  advancing, 
on  account  of  reports  of  a  short  pack  of 
all  varieties.  The  sardine  market  is 
quiet  and  dull.

673

P  yi  g  business.  Finest  locality 

Fo r sa l e  a good b u sin ess t h a t w ill
average $8,030 to $10,000 a year.  Terms, cash. 
Addres- Lock Box  No,  1,  Thompsouville,  Mich.
67 7
TX7"ANTED—A  CHEE-E  FACTORY.  STATE 
vv  capacity and lowest cash price.  Cliff Bios., 
68 E. Randolph St.. Chicago. 
678
IpoR  SALE—ELEGANT  GROCERY  STORE.
Busy 
town.  Snap.  Andress  No.  681,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
681
I7»OR  SALE—DRUG,  BOOK  AND  STATION- 
ery  stock,  invoicing  $4.503,  and  fixtures 
invoic ng $300,  which  include show cases, shelv­
ing  and  bottles.  Dailv  cash  sales  in  1891,  $2  • 
892. $30;  1893. $31;  1894, $84.65:  1895,  $25;  1893,’ 
$21.20, and  1897,124 13  Located in manufactur­
ing town.  No cut prices.  Rent reasonable, $29 
per month.  Living rooms in connection.  Ad­
dress Ne. 668, care Michigan Tradesman.  668
ITiOR SALE—FURNITURE AND UNDERTAK- 
ing business  In the  most enterprising  town 
in  °outh western Michigan.  Best location in the 
city.  Add-ess No. 673,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man, for particulars. 
IJ'OR  SALE  CHEAP  FOR  CASH—WELL  IM- 
proved farm, good buildings, SO acres choice 
land, located in Ionia  county. 
J.  H.  Putn»m
Custer, Mich.__________  
663  ’
poit  SALE—A  *lu,0U0  STO  K  (7F  DRY 
goods;  doing  a  goed  business.  Will  take 
some  unincumbered  real  estate.  Address  G.. 
Lansing, Mlcb. 
661
ipOK  SALE—HARDWARE  STOCK  INVOIO- 
ing about $2.20j and bu  lding and lot valued 
at about $800 in a good live town of 1,500.  Coun­
try  is  being  rapidly  settled  with  farms.  One 
good factory  employing 100 men.  Good reasons 
for selling.  The only  hardware  store  in town. 
Must  be  cash.  Address  No. 655,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
i pOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS  AND 
groceries.  Will  sell  cheap  for  cash.  Ad- 
656
dress  Box I,  Montgomery. Mich. 
fpOR SALE  DRUG  STORE IN BEST CITY IN 
Michigan.  Average  daily  sales,  $2';  per 
cent,  profits.  50  per  cent.  Monthly  ex­
penses, $60.  These are fact*--. 
Investigate.  Ad­
dress No. 659, care Michigan Tradesman.  659 
¡4 OR KENT OR  SALK—A  STORE  SUITABLE 
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. 
EST  LOCATION  IN  MICHIGAN  FOR  A 
cold  storage  and  general  produce  dealer. 
Write to the Secretary  of  tue  Otsego  Improve- 
ment Association, Otsego. Mich. 
631
Me r c h a n t s — d o   y o u   w i s h  c a s h   q u i c k
for your stock of merchandise,  or any  part 
of it?  Address John A. Wade, Cadillac, Mich.
_____   628
IpOR  SALE—A  PROSPEROUS  DRUG  AND 
invoicing  from  $4 030  to 
-  „ grocery  stock, 
$5,000,  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- 
v ell invite inspec ion. 
?TH)  EXCHANGE—FOR  CLOTHING,  DRY 
X   goods or shoes, very nice  well rented Graud 
Rapids property.  Address No.  552, care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
O  EXCHANGE — F \RMS  AND  OTHER 
property for dry  goods, clothing  and  sho. s. 

Address P.  Medaiie,  Manceluna, Mich. 

649

625

553

552

655

W A N T S  COLUMN.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

I  HAVE ABOUT *4000 STOCK OP  GENERAL 
merchancTse  and  a  new  brick  store  2 x60, 
two stories,  which  I  will  sell  or  exchange  for 
good  re°l  estate.  Store  bui’dirg  is  worth 
$2,500.  A  Rood  chance  for  some one.  Address 
P. Salisbury. Middleton. Mich. 
680
TiK)R S \LE CHEAP—AN OLD  ES 1 ABLISHED 
1  confectionery  business  In  Jackson,  Mi  h. 
Wr te or call on  L  C  Townsend. Room 18, Brink 
689
Bio  k. .Jackson, M’cb. 
I ¡»OR  SALE—A  FIRST-CLASS  STOCK  OP 
hardware, tinware, stoves, cutlery and build­
er’s  hardware;  also  tin  shop  and  full  set  of 
tools, in a tbwn of 100,000, situated in a desirab e 
locality.  Low  rent  for  bnildir g.  Business 
averages  about  $25X00 per annum  Reason for 
selling,  I  have other  business  which  demands 
all  my  attention.  Stock  will  invoice  between 
$5.000and $6.000.  Suitable terms can  he made if 
it's   not  convenient  to  pay  all  cash.  Address 
Other Business care Michigan Tr .desman.  679
IjAOR  s'tLB—NEW  GENERAL  &TOCK  A 
’  splendid farming country.  No trades.  Ad­
680
dress No. 6-0, care Michigan Tradesman 
WANTEl>—BANK  LOCATION.  OR  WILL 
as  1st local parties in organizing.  Address 
682
No. 682  care Michigan Trad  sman, 
ENTRALLY  LOCATED  DRUG  STORE,  DO- 
ing a  good  business  in  the  city,  for  sale. 
Good  reasons  for  selling.  Address  I.  Prank- 
ford,  Fire  Insurance  and  Real  Estate  Agent, 
Phone  1236,  53  West  Bridge  Street,  Grand 
Rapids. 
EXCHANGE  FOR  A  STOCK  OP  t»EN- 
.  era!  merchandise  or  shoe  stock—gnod  80- 
acre farm  all  improved,  three  miles  north  of 
Coopersvflle, Mich  Also a  sawmi 1  and  edger 
with  20X00  capacity  per  day  Address  R.  D. 
McNaughton  Coopersville,  Mich. 
FOR SALE—PATENTS  COVERING  TRAVIS 
Adjustable  Blackboard  Eraser.  Also  ma­
chines and all stock on band.  A  rare  opportu 
nity for right party.  An  article  upon  which  1«0 
per cent, profit may be realized.  Must be sold at 
once.  Address Box 222, Clinton, Mich. 
675
I ¡»OR RENT OR SALE—FACTORY  AND TWO
warehouses,  belonging  to  Michigan  Fire 
Ladder and Engine Company, on D., G. R. &  W. 
R.R.,  near East  street  crossing.  Call upon or 
address The Michigan Trust Company. 

667

671

672

BROOMS

IJ'OKSALE-MODERN, WELL-ESTABLISHED 
A  and equipped broom factory and good trade. 
Other  business  commands  our  attentiou.  Ad- 
dress No. 5-4, care Michigan Tradesman.  584

COUNTRY  PRODUCE

ANTED —FIRST-CLASS  BUTTER  FOR 
retail trade.  Cash paid.  Correspond with 
CanHrett & Co.. Trave-se City. Mich. 
381
W  V,NTE0—1-000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS,
*v  daily.  Write  for  prices.  K.  VV.  Brown 
Ithaca,  Mich._________________ 

FIREPROOF  SA FES

J.EO. M. SMITH,  NEW  AND  SECONDHAND 
M  s-tfes,  wood  and  brick  building  mover, 157 

Ottawa street, Grand Rapids. 
SHIRTS.

613

MISCELLANEOUS.

HA VE  YOURS  MA  E TO YOUR MEASURE.
Send  for  measurement  blanks.  Frank  T. 
Coliver, 103 Washtenaw St. E . Lansing, Mich. 635
I ¡'XPERT  BOOK-KEEPER—s.  H.  SHERMAN 
-i  will  make  examina'i^ns and  adjustmerts 
of accounts  or  do other  expert  work  in  or nut 
of the city.  Address  382 Lyon  st. 
ANTED—SITUATION  IN  A  CLOTHING 
or general  store  by  an  A  No.  1  salesman. 
Address No. 685, care Michigan Trade-man.  685 
goods  and  grocery  clerk,  Address  No. 
OSITION  WANTED  BY  A  SINGLE  MAN! 
Larue  experience  in  general  merchandise, 
can give good references.  Address No. 604. care 
Michigan Tradesman_______  

OS1TION  WANTED—BY DRUG,  DRY
681

684, care Michigan Tradesman. 

683

664

REED CITY SANITARIUM

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M. D., Resident Physician, with  consulting  phy­
sicians  and  surgeons,  and  professional  nurses. 
The cheapest Sanitarium in the world; a place for 
the poor and middle class.  Are you sick and dis­
couraged?  We give one  month’s treatment  FREE by 
mail.  Send for question list, prices and journals.

556

M   A  J V I Q T F F   &  Northeastern  Ry.
* * 
Lrf  Best route to Manistee.

1 A O   A 

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

L v  Grand Rapids...............................   7:00am 
A r   M anistee............*......................... 12:05pm 
L v   Manistee..^...................................   8:30am  4:10pm
A r  Grand  Rapids  ..................... ....  j :00pm  9:55pm

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

T R A V E L

V IA

F.  &  P.  M.  R.  R.

AND  8 T E A M 8 H IP   LINES 

TO  ALL  PO IN TS  IN  M ICHIGAN

H.  F .   M O E L L E R ,   a .  g .  p .  a .
HOLLAND  &  CHICAGO  LINE

ELEVATING

DEAD  E A S Y !

J  

are  our  FREIGHT  ELEVATORS  of  all 
capacities, and they are easy in price.
Our 800-lb SCALE TRUCK is indispen­
sable as a regular  warehouse  truck.
We  also  make  Engines,  Boilers, 
Smokestacks,  Iron  and  Brass  Cast­
ings,  Steel  Culvert  Pipe  and  Gen­
eral  Machine  Work.
Repairs  done 
in  any  part  of  the 
State.  Rea$h  us  any  hour, day or 
night, by  long distance  phone.

LANSING  BOILER 
& ENGINE WORKS

L A N S IN G ,  M IC H .

T ravelers’  T im e  T ab les.

C H IC A G O '™ ™

Chicago.

Lv.  G. Rapids............... 7:30am  3:40pm  * 2:15ar
At.  Chicago................. 2:10pm 9:C5pm  7:3mrc
Lv. Chicago................   7:20am  4:15pm  * 8 45pr
Ar. G’d Rapids............  1:25pm  10:30pm  * 2:15%*
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
Ly. G’d  Rapids............2:15am  8:05am  2:10pm
Parlor  and  Sleeping  Cars  on  afternoon  and 

night trains to and f^oin Chicago.

♦ Every  day. 

Others week days only.

DETROIT, Grand Rapids & Western.

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids........ 7:00am  1:35pm  5:35pr
Ar. Detroit....................11:40am  5:45pm 10:05pi-
Lv. Detroit.................... 8:00am  1:10pm  8:10pn
Ar.  Grand  Rapids....... 12:55pm  5:20pm 10:55pu
Lv. G R 7:00am 4:20pm  Ar. G R 12:20pm  9:30pr.
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Saginaw, Alma and  Greenville.

Gao.  De H a v k n ,  General Pass. Agent.

GRAND Trank Railwny System

Detroit and Milwaukee Dlv

(In effect May 15,1898 )

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t  6:45am.Sag.,  Detroit, Buffalo 4 H T .t  9:55pm
tl0:10am.........Detroit  and  East..........t  5:27pm
t  3:20pm..Sag.,  Det., N.  Y.  &  Boston..112:45pm
* 8:00pm.. .Detroit. East and Canada...* 6:35am
fl0:45am........  Mixed to Durand..........13:15pm
* 8:35am....Gd. Haven  and  Int. Pts....* 7:05nm 
f 12:53pm  Gd. Haven  and Intermediate.t 3:12pm 
t 5:32pm..Gd. Haven and Intermediate.+10:05am
* 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. Hughes, A. G.  P.  & T.  A.
B e 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  Railway

Northern  Dlv.  Leave  Arrltt 
Trav.C’y,Petoskey & Mack...* 7:45am  t 5:15pm 
Trav. C’y, Petoskey <fc Mack..  t 2:15pm  t  6 35am
Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack..................110:50pm
Cadillac.........................................t  5:25pm 
Train leaving at 7:45 a. m. has  parlor car, and 
train  leaving at 2:15  p.  m.  has  sleeping  car  to 
Mackinaw.
Cincinnati..................................... t 7:10am 
Ft. Wayne......................................t 2:10pm 
Cincinnati.....................................* 7:00pm 
7:10 a.m.  train  has parlor  car to  Clncinn«?' 
2:10 p. m.  train  has perlor  car  to Fort  Wayne. 
7:00 p. m  train  has  sleeping  car  toCincinuati. 

.Southern  Dlv.  Leave  Arn>

Chicago Trains,

FROM  CHICAGO.

TO  CHICAGO.
t2 10pm  *11 35pm
Lv. Grand Rapids...t7  10am 
Ar. Chicago...........  2  O' pm  9 10pm 
6 30am
Lv. Chicago............................. +3 02pm  *11 45pm
Ar. Grand Rapids...................   9 30pm 
7 25am
Train  leaving  Grand  Rapids  7.10  a.  m.  has 
buffet  parlor  car  to  Chicago.  Train  leaving 
Grand Rapids 1135 p. m. has coach and Pullman 
sleeping car to Chicago.
Train leaving  Chicago  3.02  p.  m.  has  buffet 
parlor  car  to  Grand  Rapids.  Train  leaving 
Chicago  11.45  p.  m.  has  coach  and  Pullman 
sleeping car to Grand Rapids.

Muskegon Trains.

GOING  W EST.

som e east.

LvG’d  Rapids............t7:35am  tl:00pm t5:40p
ArXnskegon...............  9:00am  2:10pm  7:05pm
Lv Muskegon.............t8:10am  til :45am  t4:00p>
ArG’dRapids............9:30am  12:55pm  5:30pp
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.  »Dally.  ¿Saturday only.
C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 
W. C. BLAKE, 

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

DULUTH,

W EST  BOUND.

Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. & I.)til :10pm  t7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City..................   7:35am  4:20pm
Ar. St. Ignace..........................   9:09am  5:20pm
Ar. Sanlt Ste. Marie.................  12:20pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marquette..........................   2:50pm  10:40pm
At. Nestoria.............................  5:20pm  12:45am
Ar. Duluth....... *.................................... 
8:30am

BAST  BOUND.

t6:30pm
Lv. Dnlnth............................................. 
Ar. Nestoria.............................tll:15am  2:45am
Ar.  Marquette.......................  
1:30pm  4:30am
Lv. Sanlt Ste. Marie..............  
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3:80pm 
Ar. Mackinaw City...'...........  8:40pm  11:00am
G.  W.  Hib b a r d ,  Gen. Pass. Agt. Marquette. 
E. C. Ovlatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

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Itemized  L edgers

SIZE—8 1-2 x 14.
THREE COLUMNS.

2 Quires,  160 pages............ $2  00
3 Quires,  240 pages.............  2  50
4 Quires, 320 p ages.............  3  00
5 Quires,  400  pages.............  3  50
6 Quires, 480 p ages............   4  00

INVOICE  RECORD  OR  BILL  BOOK

80 double  pages,  registers  2,880 
invoices  ............................... $2  00

T radesm an  C om pany

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

• M M m t M M M M M M a M

In effect June 25th.

Operating  the  elegant  and  fast  steamers  “ Soo 
City*  and  “ C ity  of  Holland’’  between  Holland and 
^..licago,  connecting  at  Holland  with  the C.  &   W . 
M.  Railw ay  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,  F rid ay................................................. 4:00 p.m.
L v.  Chicago,  Saturday......... 9:00 a.m.  and 4:00 p.m.
Single  Round
*3-5°
$2.25
.00

FARE. 
Between  Holland and Chicago 
Between  Grand  Rapids and  Chicago  3.15 

Berth  included.

SPECIAL  RATES.

trip,  $2.50. 

Chicago to  Holland  and  Resorts,  Friday 
ad  Sat-
urday, leaving Chicago  at  4  p.  m.  one  w ay,  $1.75 
round 
leaving 
Chicago  and  Holland,  $1.00  each  way.  A bove 
special rates for transportation only.

Office,  No.  1  State S t ,  Charles  B. Hopper, 
Gen’l  F . &   P.  A gt.

Saturday  morning, 

Chicago. 

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JESS

♦ 
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I  TOBACCO*"1

Is  the  Biggest  and  Best  plug of Tobacco 
on  the  market  to-day. 
Your  competi­
tor  has  it  for  sale.

J E S S   T O B A C C O

F O R   S A L E   O N L Y   B Y

M USSELM A N GROCER CO.

GRA*ND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

OUR

♦ 
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I  LEADER 

,

Everything  in  the  Plumbing  Line 
Everything  in  the  Heating  Line

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

WEATHERLY  &  PULTE, 99  Pearl  St., Grand  Rapids

W O R L D ’ S   B E S T

S O .   C I G A R .   A L L   J O B B E R S   A N D

G. J. JOHNSON CIG AR CO

G R A N D   R A P I D S .   CDIOH.

PORT  HURON, ait the foot  of  Lake  Hu­

ron,  55  miles  northeast 
of  Detroit,  is  one  of  the  most  prosperous  cities  in 
Michigan.  Population 20,000.

The  elegant  building  shown  in  this  cut  has  been 
fitted  up  for  a  Department  Store,  sections  of  which 
will be rented  separately, or  the  first  floor  and  base­
ment, with such space on upper floors  as  may  be  de­
sired, will  be rented as a whole.  Fixed rental or com­
mission  to  those  occupying  departments 
to  suit. 
Splendid  opening  for  Dry  Goods  in  all  branches, 
Clothing,  Hats  and  Caps,  Boots  and  Shoes,  Carpets 
and  House  Furnishings,  Millinery,  Groceries,  etc. 
Departments  can  be  operated  and  locked  up  sepa­
rately.  Best opening for parties  seeking  location  for 
any line of mercantile business.  Address or call upon 

L.  A.  SHERMAN, Port  Huron, Mich.

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Those  old  scales  of yours  can’t  be  trusted  any  more  than  w e 
Americans  can  trust
a  sneaking  “ Greaser  ’” 
D on’t  take  your  eyes 
off  of  them. 
Keep 
your  mind  on  them, 
Now  isn’t  that  a  nice 
feeling to  have?  Who 
wants  to  run  a  busi- 
ness  and  feel  that  he 
constantly  being 
robbed  of  his  profits? 
The  Money  Weight 
System 
the  only
honest  method  of <ret-
ting  every  penny  of piofit  from  your  merchandise.

is 

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T T T T T T T ir n n r r r ir n n f^ ^

We  Realize

That  to  keep  our  coffees  upon  your  shelves
in  spite  of  competition  more  or  less  strong 

*

Our  Coffees  and  Teas

Must  excel  in  Flavor  and  Strength  and  be 
constant  Trade  Winners.

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129 Jefferson  Avenue,  Detroit,  Mich.
I  1 I C   « !•  I T l .  D U U T   W U M  113-115-117 Ontario St., Toledo, Ohio.

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right  prices.  Every  piece guaranteed  to be  perfect.

260  South  Ionia  Street,

