Volume  XVI.

GRAND  RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY  II, 1899.

Number  799

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S M O K E

Banquet Hall Little Gioars

These goods  are  packed  very 
tastefully 
in  decorated  tin 
boxes which can  be carried in 
the vest pocket, 
io cigars in 
a box  retail  at  10 cents.
They  are  a  winner  and  we 
are sole agents.

MUSSELMftN  GROCER  GO..  Grand  Rapids.  MlGtl.

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PURITY AND  STRENGTH!

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

A B S O L U T E L Y   P U R E

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

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a.  Facsimile Signature

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Detroit  Agency,  118 Bates S t.
Grand  Rapids  A g e n t  y ,   26 Fountain  S t.

F L E IS C H M A N N   &  CO.

l  i ^ o ;   w A  DESK  FOR YOUR  OFFICE

VVe don’t claim  to sell “ direct  from  the  factory” 

but  do claim that  we can sell you at

Less than the  Manufacturer’s Cost

and can substantiate our claim.  We  sell  you  sam­
ples at about  the  cost  of  material  and  guarantee 
our goods to be  better made and better finished than 
the stpck that goes to the furniture  dealers.

Our  No.  ftt  Antique  Oak  Sample  Desk  has  a 
lock  and  center  drawer.  Raised 
combination 
panels  all  around,  heavy  pilasters,  round  corners 
and made of  thoroughly  kiln  dried  oak.  Writing 
bed made of 3-ply built-up stock.  Desk  is  castered 
with ball-bearing casters  and  has  a strictly  dust- 
proof curtain.  Our special price to  readers  ot  the 
Tradesman  $ 2 0 .  Write for  our  illustrated  cat­
alogue and  mention this  paper when you  do so.

SA M PLE  FURN ITURE  CO.

JOBBERS  OF  SAMPLE  FURNITURE.

PEARL  AND  OTTAWA  STS. 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

A  GOOD SELLER

T h e   E c o n o m y   F a r m e r ’s  
B o iler  a n d   F eed   C o o k er

The  Kettle  is  of  smooth,  heavy cast- 
iron.  The furnace or jacket is of heavy, 
cold  rolled steel, and very durable.  We 
guarantee this  Feed  Cooker  never  to 
buckle  or  warp  from  the  heat. 
It  is 
designed  to set on the ground, or stone 
foundation,  and  is  especially  adapted 
for cooking feed, trying  out lard,  mak­
ing soap,  scalding  hogs  and  poultry, 
and all work  of  this  nature.  Made  in 
four sizes—40,  60,  70 and  100 gallon.
ADAMS  &  HART,  Jobbers,  Grand  Rapids.

I  Four  Kinds  of  Coupon  Books

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

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  Qrand  Rapids,  filch.

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Mfrs. ot  a full line of

HANDMADE 
HARNESS 
FOR  THE 
WHOLSALE 
TRADE

Jobbers in

SADDLERY,
HARDWARE,
ROBES,
BLANKETS,
HORSE
COLLARS,
WHIPS, ETC.

Orders  by  mail  given  prompt 

attention.

THE ONLY  WAY...

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

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

W e  are  willing  to  abide  by  their  decision.

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Why the Trade  Increases

Our spice trade continues to  increase  faster and faster.
Who handles them?  All  sorts and  conditions  of  mer­
chants.  They  use  them  because  thev  are  good—not 
because they are cheap. 
I he  dealer  who  doesn’t  sell 
our  spices  is  losing  a  large,  growing  a>  d  profitable 
trade.  The chances are  he  isn’t selling  the  right  kind 
of spices  and  isn’t  giving  his  customers  satisfaction.
He  isn’t building up the spice trade he ought to have and 
might  have—isn’t  making  the money he ought to make.
Our  traveling  representatives  want  to  tell  you  all 
about  it—why our spices are the  best  in  the world  and 
how  and  why  there’s  money  in  them  for  you.
Northrop,  Robertson  &  Carrier,

SYRUP AND SUGAR MAKERS'  SUPPLIES

W e  make

everything.

¥ 9

Write  for  prices.

¥ 9

S H O W   C A S E S   O P   A L L   S T Y L E S

Until  Nov. 

i  we  will  furnish  these  b'guly  finished  show  cases  with  inlaid  wood 

comers at the following low prices f o b   Bryan:

Cases are 15  inches high, well  finished, all double thick  glass,  mirror lined panel 
doors in rear.  Guaranteed satisfactory in every  respect.  Cases  17  inches  high  10 
cents extra per foot.  Write us for circulars and catalogue of our Combination Cases

3 feet........$4.50 
4 feet........6.25 

5 feet.........$7.25 
6 feet.........  S.15 

7 feet......... $9.25 
8 feet........   10.50 

9 feet..........$12.25
10 feet.........  1325

THE  BRYAN  SHOW CASE  WORKS,  Bryan,  Ohio.

This Showcase only $4.00 per foot.

With  Beveled  Edge  Plate Glass top $5.00 per foot.

The maxim  “ Best work is always  the  cheapest”  applies  especially  to 
engraving:, 
in  placing  his goods before  the  public,  the  producer  ("an 
afford  to  use  only  the  best  illustrations,  and  this  cannot  be  accom­
plished unless the  printing  plate,  whether made by  zinc-etching,  half­
tone, wood-engraving or any other  process,  is  perfect  in  every  detail. 
Many manufacturers pay too little attention to this important feature of 
their  business  and,  when  the  illustration  does  not  do  justice  to  the 
original article,  blame the printer when  the  fault  is  their  own.  They 
may  have  been  influenced* by  false  motives  of  economy  to  give  their 
order for the printing plates to the  lowest bidder at so much a “ square 
inch ”   They did not  take  into  consideration  that  printing  from  poor 
plates costs as much as from good ones (and sometimes more);  that the 
postage bill for mailing the  printed  matter  is  the  same,  and  that  by 
showing their products to a disadvantage, owing to cheap  engravings, 
they lose in profits many times over what they  thought  they  saved  by 
patronizing the lowest bidder.  Our house was  one  of  the  first  in  the 
West to engage in the production of printing plates, and during an ex­
perience covering fifteen years  we  have  kept  pace with  the  times, in­
creased our facilities annually, and ar» to  day equipped to  make  plates 
by every process  known  to  modern  art.  Our  services  are  at  the  dis­
posal of all who appreciate that best work is always cheapest in the end.

TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand  RadldS.

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Volume  XVI.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JANUARY  11,  1899.

The  Grocery  M arket.

frequent  and 

importers  are 

“Sugars—The  sales  of  raw  sugars  have 
shown  no  change  during  the  week,  al­
though 
inclined  to  ask 
i - i 6 c  over  last  sales,  which  were  made 
on  a  basis  of  $4.31  for 96  deg.  test,  and 
refiners  are  willing  to  buy  at  this figure. 
Contrary  to  expectations,  the  American 
Sugar  Refining  Co.  did  not  meet  the 
i-i6c  cut  made by Arbuckle and Doscber 
last  week,  but  has  maintained 
its  5c 
list.  As  a  consequence,  the  independ­
ents  have  made  large  oversales  and 
have advanced  their  prices  to  the  5c 
basis.  The  difference  between  raws  and 
refined 
is  now  but  41c  per  100  pounds 
and,  with  an  advancing  tendency  in  the 
raw  market,  an  advance 
in  refined 
would  be  probable  under  ordinary  con­
ditions.  Conditions  at  present,  how­
ever,  are  not  ordinary  and  no  fore­
casting  of  the  refined  market  is  pos­
sible,  except  for  a  few  hours,  or  at 
most  a  few  days, 
in  advance.  As  an 
Eastern  authority  says,  ‘  The  year  upon 
which  we  are  now  entering  promises  to 
be  one  of 
important 
changes 
in  both  directions,  requiring 
the  utmost  care  and  vigilance  on  the 
part  of  operators  to  keep  fully  posted 
upon  the  very  latest  prevailing  condi­
tions.  The  Howell  refineries  started  up 
again  Monday,  after  a  shut  down  of 
nearly  four  weeks,  and  will  be  offering 
sugars  in  a  few  days.  The  annual  fig­
ures  of  the  sugar  trade  of  the  United 
States,  as  given  by  the  Sugar  Trade 
Journal,  show  an  apparent  decrease  in 
the  consumption  for  1898,  as  compared 
with  1897,  of  24.069  tons,  or  i.i6 p er 
cent.  This  at  first  glance  seems  sur­
prising,  as  the generally  improved  trade 
conditions  during  the  year  led  to  the 
impression  that  the 
consumption  of 
sugars  would  show  a 
large  increase. 
When  the  conditions  of  the  market  for 
the  two  years  are  compared,  however, 
the  apparent  shortage 
is  easily  ex­
plained :  The  figures  compiled  by  the 
Journal  are  taken  from  the  deliveries  as 
made  by  the  refiners.  During  the  last 
three  months  of  1897  the  market  was 
advancing  and  at  the  close  of  the  year 
the  country  was  full  of  sugar.  While 
this  would  show  as  having  been  con­
sumed,  the  sugar  was  still  in  the  bands 
of  dealers  and  was  carried  over  into 
1898.  The  conditions  for  the  last  three 
months  of  1898  were  entirely  different; 
owing  to the prospect of a sugar fight and 
a  consequent  declining  market,  trade 
was  quiet  and  dealers  ran  their  stocks 
as  low  as  possible  and  the  stocks  in  the 
country  at  the  close  of  the year  were  un 
doubtedly  light.

Tea— The  movement  continues  to  av­
erage  failry  well,  considering  all  of 
discouraging  features  to  the  situation.
is  a 
trifle  duller  than  it  was  two  weeks  ago. 
No  change  in  prices  is  announced  this 
week.

Coffee—The  market  on  coffees 

Canned  Goods—The  demand  for  spot 
canned  goods  of  nearly  all  kinds  is  only 
moderate,  as 
is  usual  at  the  beginning 
of  the  year,  and  there  is  no  change  to 
note  in  price.  Future  offerings  of  toma­
toes  and  corn  are  being  made  by  pack­
ers  and  some  large  sales  are  reported, 
some  packers  having  already  sold  all

figures  showing  that  the 

that  they  care  to  contract  for.  Peas  are 
steady  at  previous  quotations.  Stocks 
are  not  large  and  the  market  will,  un­
doubtedly,  improve  with  increasing  de­
mand.  The  American  Grocer  has  com­
piled 
1898 
pack  of  tomatoes  was 5,797,806 cases,  an 
increase  of  1,648,365  cases  over the pack 
of  1897.  While  we  are  inclined  to  doubt 
the  absolute  correctness  of  these  figures, 
is  no  question  but  what  the  pack 
there 
was 
in  excess  of  1897,  but  not  to  such 
a  large  extent  as  their  figures  would  in 
dicate.  Notwithstanding  the  increased 
pack,  there  are  very  few  tomatoes  left 
in  the  packers’  hands  and  a  great  many 
of  these  are  goods  that  would  not  pass 
for  a  strictly  standard  grade.  Good 
standard  brands  are-  being  held  at  an 
advance  of  from  5@ioc  as  compared 
with  the  prices  of  a  month  ago.

in  the 

in  the 

Dried  Fruits— There  is  more  enquiry 
for  nearly  everything 
list,  al­
though  there  are  no  changes  to  note  in 
prices.  The  next  four  months  are  large 
consuming  months  for 
this  class  of 
goods  and,  with  the  light  stocks  of  al­
most  everything 
line,  present 
prices  would  appear  perfectly  safe.  We 
think  that  peaches,  prunes  and  apples 
are  the  best  purchases,as stocks  of  these 
are  not  excessive.  There 
is  some  im­
provement 
in  the  demand  for  currants 
and  the  Eastern  market  shows  a  slight 
advance,  as  importers  are  reluctant  to 
sell  at  present  figures,  which  show  a 
loss.  The  Greek  market  is  unchanged 
and  will  probably  remain  so  until  the 
result  of  the  treaty  negotiations  with 
Russia  is made  known.  The  stocks  of 
Sultana  raisins  are  light,  but,  owing  to 
the  high  prices  at  which  they  have  been 
held,  the  demand  has  been  slow  and  a 
slight  reduction 
in  prices  has  been 
made.  The  arrivals  of  dates  are  large, 
but  holders  are  not  disposed  to  reduce 
prices,  being  encouraged  by  the  good 
demand  and  exceptionally  satisfactory 
quality  of  the  fruit,which  is  considered 
better  than  any  preceding  crop  for  sev­
eral  years  back.  California  raisins  are 
steadily  going 
into  consumption,  the 
demand  being  principally  for  the  Pa­
cific  grades,  which  are  showing  very 
satisfactory  quality.  The  stocks  remain­
ing  in  first  hands  are  only moderate  and 
will  probably  be  cleared  before  new 
crop.

Cereals— Package  oatmeal  is  moving 
well  at  the  advance  noted  some  two 
weeks  ago.  The  reports  this  season  in­
dicate  that  the  movement  has  been 
much  heavier  than  a  year  ago,  and  all 
factories,including  the  new  ones  started 
in  the  year,  are  meeting  with  a 
earlier 
ready 
sale 
their  output.  Old, 
well-known  factories  still  continue  be­
hind  with  their  orders.

for 

Tobacco—The  Continental  Tobacco 
Co.  announces  that  St.  Louis  and  New 
York  will  be  the  centers  of  the  busi­
ness,  500  salesmen  traveling  from  New 
York  and  300  from  St.  Louis.  Col. 
Frank  H.  Ray  says  that  the  company 
will  control  125,000,000  pounds  of  the 
160,000,000  pounds  which  represent  the 
total  output  in  this  country.

Business  covers  a  multitude  of  trans­
actions  just  out  of the  reach  of  the  law.

FIGURE  NOW  on  Improving’ your office 
system for next  year.  Write  for  sample 
leaf of our T i n e  BOOK and PAY ROLL.

BARLOW  BROS.,  Grand  Rapids.

PREFERRED  BANKERS 

LIFE  ASSURANCE  COMPANY

O F  D ETR O IT.  M ICHIGAN.

Commenced Business September  i,  1893.

Insurance In  force...................................$3,746,000.00
Net Increase during  1807............. 
104,000.00
 
32.738.49
Net Assets.............................................. 
Losses Adjusted and  Unpaid...............  
None
Other  Liabilities.................................... 
None
Total  Death Losses Paid to Date........  
40,061.00
Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben­
eficiaries...............................................  
812.00
17,000.00
Death Losses Paid During  18ct]............ 
Death  Rate for 1S97................................  
6.31
Cost  per  1,000 at age 30 during  1S97__ 
8.25
F R A N K  E. ROBSON, P res.

TR U M A N   B.  GOODSPEED, Sec’y.

|  SPRIN G  LIN E 1899  ♦ 
♦ 

NOW  R EA D Y

T   Herringbones  and  every  style  pattern  in 
J   market 
Largest  line  of  Clay  and  Fancy 
2   Worsted  Spring  Overcoats  and Suits, $3.50 
2   up, all manufactured by

KOLB  &   SON

WHOLESALE  CLOTHIERS 

Rochester, N. Y.

▼
  Write our traveler,  Wm.  Connor,  Box  346,
▼
  Marshall,  Mich  ,  to  call,  or  meet  him  at 
2   Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand  Rapids, Jan.  14 and 
2   >7»  also Jan.  26-31.  Winter  Overcoats and
▼
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  Ulsters still  on hand. 

Reporting  and  collecting  for  Banks, 
Trust  Companies,  Manufacturers,  Job­
bers,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Merchants, 
Professional Menand Private Individuals. 
Ask  for  particulars,  testimonials  and 
references.

Prompt, Conservative, Safe.

•  T.W.Champlin, Pres.  W. F red McBaik, Sec. ■

The  M er c a n t ile  A gency

Established  1841.

R. a.  DUN & CO.

Widdicomb Bld’g, Grand Rapids. Mich. 

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

L. P. WITZLEBEN  Hanager.

Save  Trouble. 
Save  Money. 
Save Time.  _

Number 799

Purely  Personal.

Wm.  E.  Barrett  and  Norman  F. 
Tucker  will  shortly  take  a  trip  through 
the  South,  taking 
in  Cuba  and  Puerto 
Rico  on  their  way  home.
•  G.  J.  Johnson,  President  of  the  G.  J. 
Johnson  Cigar  Co  ,  is  spending  a  few 
days  in  Grand  Rapids,  pending  his  re­
turn  to  Denver  until  spring

Samuel  I.  Harrison, 

formerly  en­
gaged  in  the  wholesale  notion  business 
on  Crescent  avenue,  has  engaged  in  the 
clothing  and  men’s 
furnishing  goods 
business  at  Mt.  Pleasant.

Edward  Telfer,  formerly  engaged 

in 
the  spice  business  here  under  the  style 
of  the  Telfer  Spice  Co.,  but  for  the  past 
five  years 
in  charge  of  the  coffee  de­
partment  of  W.  J.  Gould  &  Co.,  at  De­
troit,  has  severed  his  connection  with 
that  bouse  and  engaged  in  the  life  in­
surance  business.

Having  succeeded  in  re-electing  Sen­
ator  Burrows,  S.  M.  Lemon  now  asserts 
that  he  is  out  of  politics,  so  far  as  city 
and  county  politics  are 
concerned. 
Such  a  prediction  was  made some weeks 
ago  by  a  Detroit  daily,  but  this 
is  the 
first  time  Mr.  Lemon  has  authorized  a 
statement  to  that  effect.

Friends  of  Wm.  H.  Hoops,  who  was 
a  resident  of  Grand  Rapids  for  nearly 
twenty  years  prior  to  1892,  successively, 
occupying the position of traveling sales­
man,  wholesale  grocer  and  lumber  man­
learn  that  he 
ufacturer,  will  regret  to 
has  been 
compelled 
to 
leave  his 
home  in  Chicago  and  seek  rest  and 
health  in  the  pine  forests  of  North  Car­
olina.

Cbas.  C  Kritzer  has  taken  the  posi­
tion  of  general  office  manager  of  Wm. 
H.  White  &  Co.  and  the  Guerin  Lum­
ber  Co.,  at  Boyne  Falls,  combined  with 
the  position  of  acting  treasurer  of  the 
Boyne  City  and  Southeastern  Railway. 
Mr.  Kritzer  has  had  an  excellent  train­
ing  for  his  present  duties  in  the  offices 
of  Butterwortb  &  Lowe  and  Studley  & 
Barclay,  and  his  numerous  friends  are 
confident  that  he  will  make  his  mark 
in  his  new  connection.

the 

C.  C.  Bunting  has  returned 

from 
Hamburg,  N.  Y.,  whither  he  was  sum­
moned  to  attend 
funeral  of  bis 
brother,  Hon.  Thomas  L.  Bunting. 
The  deceased  was  comparatively  a 
young  man,  having  been  born 
in  1844, 
He  was  prominently  identified  with  va­
rious  trade  organizations  and  served  as 
President  of  the  New  York  State  Pack­
ers’  Association,  President  of  the  Na­
tional  Packers’  Association,  President 
of  the  Hamburg  Water  and  Electric 
Light  Co.  and  Investment  and  Improve­
ment  Co.,  Vice-President  of  the  Bank 
of  Hamburg,  and  Manager  of  the  Ham­
burg  Canning  Co.,  and  was  also 
inter­
ested  in  farming  and  stock raising.  Mr. 
Bunting  was  a  fluent  and  convincing 
speaker,  and  took  quite  a  prominent 
position  during  his  service  in  Congress. 
He  was  an  honest,  capable  man,  of 
great 
industrial  force  and  executive 
ability,  who  commanded  the  respect  of 
his  associates  in  business,  politics,  and 
neighbors.

The  paving  material  of  hell  consists 
of  good  intentions  and  unpaid  election 
bets.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

2

Dry Goods

T he  Dry  G oods  M arket.

Staple  Cottons— In  place  of  the  great 
activity  which  was  characteristic  of  the 
cotton  goods  market  during  the  entire 
first  part  of  December,  the 
last  week 
was  very  quiet.  The  first  week  of  the 
year  usually  is  a  quiet  one,  but this time 
it  was  more  marked  than  usual;  first, 
on  account  of  the  unusual  activity  pre­
ceding 
it,  and  next  on  account  of  a 
more  than  usual  quietness  which  pre­
vailed. 
It  seemed  as  though  the  mar­
ket  were  taking  a  brertb  after  its  great 
exertion,  catching  its  second  wind  a» it 
were  before  its  next  and possibly greater 
effort  The  action  of  the  “ committee”  
in  Fall  River 
in  regard  to  reducing 
stocks  and  augmenting  prices  has  been 
so  successful  that  toe  Southern  mills are 
exhibiting  some  anxiety  as  to  the  final 
effect  on  their  interests.  This  week,  as 
was  expected,  business  has  again  as­
sumed  a  condition  that  is  more  nearly 
normal,  and  prices  are  still  advancing 
on  certiin  lines.

Prints  and  Ginghams— Business 

in 
printed  fabrics  has  been 
fairly  well 
maintlined  and  prices  are  hardening. 
In  fact, when  comparing  conditions w.tb 
those  of  last  year,business  at  first  hands 
is  in  excellent  shape.  This  week  marks 
the  opening  of  spring  goods  in  the  job­
bing  houses  and  for  some  time  there has 
in  the  wash  goods 
been  great  activity 
departments,  particularly 
in  preparing 
for  t ie  time.

Dress Goods—Domestic manufacturers 
report  that  their  traveling  men  have 
been  part  cular  to  find  out  the  condition 
of  stocks  in  the  country,  and  to  the  best 
of  their  belief  there  are  no  paiticuiarly 
large  quant  t  es,  ne t  enough  to  menace 
the  fall  season  of  1899.  and  it  is  ceitiin 
that  there  are  very  few mills which  have 
much  of  anything  on  hand.  The  mills 
have  cuitailed  production  so  much  that 
the  country  is  in  bttter condition for the 
opening  of  the  new  season 
lor 
many  years  past.

than 

Underwear-----Spring 

formerly  wanted  only 
invariably  asking 

reorders  have
turned  out  fairly  well  thus  far  and  are 
improving  as  the  time  for  delivery  ap­
proaches.  Sales  of  the  better  class  of 
goods  have  been  most  gratify ing,  peo­
low 
ple  who 
grades  almost 
for 
medium 
to  high  grades  this  season. 
This,  it  is  confidently  expected  by  near­
ly  all 
jobbers,  will  be  the  trend  of  the 
market  on  the  opening  of  the  fall  sea­
son,  many  predicting  that  we  shall  see 
the  largest  high  grade  underwear  busi­
ness  booked  on  heavy-weight  goods  that 
has  ever  been  known.  Trade  aspects 
generally  will  help  to  bear out this state­
ment,  in  conjunction  with  the  showing 
in  spring  bookings,  which,  as 
made 
every  one  knows,  were 
largely  high 
grade.  The  market  will  be  fairly  under 
way  by  the  15th,  and  possibly  earlier, 
but  no  baste  will  be  made,  as  there  ap­
pears  to  be  no  necessity  for  it  with  the 
present  business  ahead.

Hosiery—The  situation  in  hosiery 

is 
practically  the  same  as  that  of  under­
wear.  The  outlook  for  domestic  goods 
is  better  than  ever,  now  that  American 
manufacturers  can  successfully  compete 
with  foreign  houses 
in  high  grades  of 
goods,  and  it  is  expected  that  bookings 
for  American-made  hosiery  will  largely 
exceed  those  of  any  season  thus  far. 
The  position  of  fancy  hosiery  is  con­
cerning  jobbers  for  the  next  season,  and 
conservative  buying  will  probably  pre­
vail  until  their  exact  status  in  the  mar­
ket  is  ascertained.

in  order  to 

Carpets—The  salesmen  on  the  road 
continue  to  send  in  some  fair  orders  for 
tapestry,  velvet, 
ingrain  and  special 
lines  of  Brussels,  velvets,  wiltons,  and 
axminsters. 
Some  manufacturers  on 
lines  have  receievd  very  good 
special 
orders,  and  quite  a 
large  number  of 
looms  are  running.  The  average  all 
wool,  best  extra  super  manufacturer 
wants  45c  for  bis  goods  He should have 
more,  but  is  content  with  even  this 
low 
price, 
induce  business. 
When  we  say  best  extra  super,  we  do 
not  mean  some  of  the  goods  that  have 
been  reduced 
in  quality  of  stock  and 
fabrication  with  a  less  number  of  ends. 
We  have  been  shown  a  so-called  extra 
super 
ingraiD,  made  outside  of  Phila­
delphia,  which  had  964  ends,  instead  of 
1,080,  which 
is  necessary  to  produce  a 
carpet  as  heretofore,  which  is  the  regu­
lar  standard.  The  goods  of  reduced 
number of  ends  have been offered whole­
sale  at  40c.  There  is  a  tair average 
in 
picks.  The  beaid  weave  is  still  used  by 
many  ingrain  manufacturers. 
looks 
nice  on  the  face,  but  does  not  reverse 
satisfactorily. 
just  as  well 
for  manufacturers  not  to  load  up  with 
low  prices,  as  it  would 
orders  at  the 
mean  deterioration, 
injury  of 
manufacturers,  who  will  find  it  all  the 
harder  to  advance  prices  on  good  car 
pets  as  trade  improves.  Art  squares  and 
Smyrna  rugs  continue  active,  but  while 
the  retailers  loaded  up  heavily  for  the 
holidays,  the 
small  merchants  have 
been  disappointed 
in  having  so  many 
left  over,  although  they  are  a  staple  line 
to  carry,  and  often  a  customer  can  be 
induced  to  purchase  a  rug  or  art  square 
when  be  will  pass  by  a  carpet.  The 
large  department  stores  always  carry 
a very  full  line  of  rugs  in  both large and 
small  sizes;  and  while  the  regular  car­
pet  business  has  continued  quiet,  good 
sales  were  made  during  the  holidays, 
and  it  is  expected  that shortly  there will 
be  increased  sales  of  regular  carpets.

It  may  be 

to  the 

It 

New  York  M odels  for  Boston  Wax

From the  Boston Journal.

Figures.

The  best  wax  figures  in  the  world  are 
made  in  New  York.  One  tirm  here  has 
two  to  show  in  its  store.  Each  of  these 
figures  cost  $200.  They  are  made  en­
tirely  of  wax,  and are  the  exact  counter­
parts  of  two  famous  New  York  models. 
The  first  figure  was  sculptured  after  a 
French  girl  Almost  the  only  difference 
between  the  little  French  model  and  the 
petite,  dainty  figure  in  wax  is  that  the 
girl  of  flesh  and  blood  has  dark hair and 
the  hair  of  the  wax  figure is yellow.  The 
second  figure 
is  that  of  an  American 
woman.  Her  figure  and  the  soft  pink 
flush  of  the  skin  seem  almost  perfect. 
The  woman  who  stood  for  the  model  of 
this  one  was  said  to  have  the  best 
American  figure  in  New  York.
How  to  Be  Known.

From the Carriage Monthly.

known. 

A  party  who  has  been  continuously 
advertising  more  than  thirty  years  said 
to  me  recently:  “ I  advertise  to  be 
employ 
I 
known—to  keep 
salesmen  to  sell  my  goods. 
I  do  not 
want  my  representatives  to  enter  a  fac­
tory 
in  any  of  the  states  where  1  send 
them,  and  on  presenting  a  card  be  met 
with  the  query: 
‘ I  never  beard  of  your 
bouse;  how  long  have  you  been  in  busi­
ness?’  We  recognize  that  publicity  is 
capital,  and  we  spend  thousands  of  dol­
lars  to  keep  our  house  before the public, 
and  our  salesmen  have  a  great  advan­
tage  over  rivals  who  do  not seethe value 
of  publicity.”

T he  Usual  Question.

The  Medium— The  spirit  of  your  hus­
is  here,  if  you  wish  to  ask  him 

The  Widow—I want  to ask  him  where 

band 
any  question.

he  has  been.

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Mich., Jan. 4,  1S99.

White City Tailors,  Chicago, 111. :

Dear Sirs:  In reply to your letter of 31  ult  asking me to  give  you  my 
experience in handling your line of goods, will say that I am a dealer in general  merchandise, 
and am located in  a  small  town  in  Michigan.  For  three  years  previous  to  189S  I  carried  a 
stock  of  ready-made  clothing  amounting  to  about  $i,oco.  My  sales  did  not  exceed  $1,000 
in any vear.  About one year ago I disposed of my clothing stock and  startt d with  your  sam­
ple  outfit, which  you  furnished  me  free,  and  I  began  selling  clothing  by your method.  My 
sales for  i8q8 amoir  ted to $662.50, upon  which I made a clear  profit  of  over  $125,  without  the 
investment  of a dollar, as my goods were all sold before sending orders  to  you.  My  clothing 
department, which  heretofore  had been  conducted  at  a  loss,  considering  the  interest  on  m^ 
investment and the shrinkage in value by reason of change in  styles  and  seasons, now  brings 
me more than enough profit to pav my store rent.  My customers are better pleased  than  ever 
before,  because I furnish them with  new, fashionable goods of the  proper sizes at lower  prices 
than  I formerly sold them from my stock.
If I had adopted this method three years ago  I would  have  been  considerably  better  off 
financially  than  I  am  at  present.  Please  send  me  your  new  spring  samples  when  ready.

Wishing you success in your business, I remain, 

Yours very truly,

Read the above  letter  from  one  of  our  agents who  has  given  his  first 

year’s experience, then write us for our new prospectus.

I   WHITE  CITY  TAILORS,  222  226 Adams Street.  Chicago,  III.  |

Our new  line of Wash  Fabrics will  be  ready 

for inspection  about January 5th.

Oxford,  Madras,  Ginghams, Prints  in  Simp­
sons,  Hamiltons,  Pacific,  Allens,  Cocheco  and 
other leading brands.

500  pieces  of  new  Percales,  32  and  36 inch 

goods,  all  new patterns.

in  new colors and styles.

orders.

Dress Goods  from 8,  10,  12^,  15c up to 37^c 

Be  sure  and  look  us  over  before  placing 

P.  Steketee  &  Sons,  ÏÏST&ÏZSS?

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in

SMYRNA RUGS

A t  $1.00  and  $1.25.  Just  the  thing  to  wake them  up 
as a  starter.  Ask  our  salesmen  about  them.

VOIGT,  H ERPO LSH EIM ER   &  CO .

W H O LESALE DRY GOODS,  GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

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Cleaned
Currants

If you want nice, fresh, new 
stock,  buy  Dwight’s. 
If 
you want cheap trash, don’t 
look  for  it  in  our  pack­
ages.  All  Grand  Rapids 
jobbers sell them.

W o lv e r in e  S p ic e  C o .,

Grand Rapids.

Tradesman

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

VALUE  OF  CANNED  MEATS.

More  Nutriment  in  1 hem.  Pound  for 

Pound,  Than  in  Fresh.

“ It 

Washington,  Jan.  io—In  view  of  the 
loose 
statements  which  have  gained 
wide  circulation  regarding  the  nutritive 
value  ot  American  canned  meats  tend­
ing  to  injure  foreign  and domestic trade 
in  these  goods,  Secretary  Wilson  has 
called  upon  the  director  of  the office  ot 
experiment  stations  for  a  statement  of 
the  conclusions  of  scientific  experts  on 
this  matter.  This  statement  has  been 
received  and  is as  follows:

is  unfortunate  that  the  public  at 
large  has  so 
little  appreciation  of  the 
nutritive  value  of  canned  meats.  They 
are  really  cooked  meats  divested  of  the 
inedible  portions,  bone,  gristle,  etc., 
which  are  found  in  fresh  meats. 
In  the 
cooking  and  canning,  which 
is  of  the 
nature  of  boiling  rather  than  roasting, 
is  exptlied,  but  the  amount  of 
water 
nutritive  material 
is  very 
small;  indeed,  a  pound  of  ordinary 
canned  meat  has,  on  the  average,  much 
more  nutriment  than  the  samewe  gbt  of 
the  fresh  meat  from  which  it  is  pre­
pared.  The  removal  of  the  bone  and 
part  of  the  water,  while  so  little  nutri­
ment  is  taken  away,  leaves  the  meat  in 
less  bulky  and  more  concentrated 
a 
form,  so  that  pound 
for  pouno  the 
canned  meat  has  a  higher  nutritive 
value  than  the  fresh  meat.

removed 

“ In  a 

ingredients 

large  number  of  analyses  of 
fresh  and  canned  meats,  collected  at 
Chicago  during  the  World’s  Fair,  and 
in  other  parts  of  the  country  before  and 
since  that  time,  and  analyzed  under  my 
direction,  the  proportions  of  the  nutri­
tive 
in  the  canned  meats 
have  been  found  to  be  large  than in  the 
ordinary  fresh  meats.  This  is  especial 
ly  true  of  the  protein  compounds,  which 
are  used  by  the  body  to  build  up  its 
nitrogenous  materials,  as blood,  muscle 
and  bone.  Among  the  analyses  referred 
to,  some  of  the 
largest  proportions  of 
protein  were  found  in  the  boiled  meats. 
Such  prepared  meats,  made  of  good 
material  and  properly  canned  or other­
wise  preserved,  are  worthy  of  the  very- 
high  esteem 
in  which  they  have  long 
been  held. ”

Meat 

The  charge  of  inferior nutritive value, 
when  applied  to  properly  canned  boiled 
meats,  needs  only 
investigation  for  its 
refutation.  The  experience  of  almost 
every  family  has  shown  that  such  aiti- 
cles  are  satisfactory  foods.  Man  re­
quires  four  classes  of  food  ingredients 
tor the  proper  maintenance  of  life:  (i) 
Protein  or  nitrogenous  matter,  as 
is 
found  in  the  lean  of  meat,  casein  (curd) 
of  milk,  gluten  of  wheat;  (2)  carho 
hydrates,  as  sugar,  starch  and  allied 
substances;  (3) 
fat,  as  butter,  fat  of 
meats,  etc.,  and  (4)  mineral  matter, 
such  as  phosphates  and  other  salts.
is  one  of  the  chief  sources  of 
protein  in  the  daily  food.  As  shown  bv 
chemical  analysis,  it 
is  composed  of 
water,  protein  or  nitrogenous  matter, 
fat  and  a  small  percentage  of  mineral 
matter.  The  nitrogenous  matter  is  made 
up  very  largely  of  myosin,  the  basis  of 
muscle.  Meat  contains  also  a  small  per­
centage  of  albumen,  which  is  extracted 
by  cold  water,  but 
is  coagulated  by 
beat.  This  and  a  small  proportion  of 
other  nitrogenous  substance  and mineral 
matters  are  practically  all  which  can  be 
extracted  by  water. 
If  meat  is  plunged 
into  boiling  water  when  cooked,  as  is 
commonly  done 
in  canning,  extremely 
little  can  be  extracted.
In  preparing  the  meat  for  canning, 
large  pieces  are  put  in  vats  of  boiling 
water and  thus  cooked.  This  softens  the 
meat,  makes  it  more  tender  and  facili­
tates  the  separation  of  bone aud  gristle. 
After  these  are  removed  the  meat  is  cut 
into  pieces  of  proper  size  for  the  can 
The  top  is then  soldered  on  the can,  but 
a  small  hole 
is  left  through  which  air 
and  steam  escape  in  the  heating  of  the 
can  which  follows.  This  heating  also 
kills  the  bacteria.  The  hole 
is  then 
closed  by  a  drop  of  melted  solder,  and 
the  can  is  hermetically  sealed.

The  cans  are then tested to see whether 
this  handling  has  been  done  so  as  to 
protect  the  meat  from  deterioration.  To 
this  end  they  are  kept  in  a  warm  room 
If  the  bacteria
for  a  number  of  days. 

have  not  been  killed,  the  meat  will  de­
compose,  gases  will  be  produced,  and 
the  cans  will  swell.  The  number  of 
cans  that  swell  and  thus  indicate  im­
perfect  handling  is  said to average about 
one-fourth  of  1  per  cent.  The  meat  in 
them  is  thrown  into  the waste  heap with 
the  intestines  and  other  meat refuse  and 
made  into  fertilizers.

By  this  common  manufacturing  proc­
ess 
it  would  be  impossible  to  remove 
from the  meat  which  goes  into  the  cans 
any  considerable  part  of  the  actual  nu­
triment.
The  chief  difference between the meat 
as  prepared  in  this  way  and  that  ordi­
narily  cooked 
in  the  household  is  that 
the  canned  meat  does  not  contain  the 
bone  and  gristle,  which  are  not  edible.
The averages of  the  analyses of Amer­
ican  meat  products  now  available  give 
percentages  of  protein 
in  fresh  beef, 
rump,  14.6  per  cent.  ;  tenderloin,  15  6 
per  cent.,  and  other  cuts  not  far  from 
the  same  amount.  The  averages  for 
canned  beef  are: 
Boiled  beef,  24 
per  cent.,  and  corned  beef,  26  per  cent. 
The  proportion  of  fat 
in  the  canned 
meats  analyzed  was  relatively  smaller, 
doubtless  because  the  leaner  meat  was 
used  for  canning.

The  value of  meat  as  of  other food  for 
nourishment  depends  upon  its  digesti­
bility ;  that 
is,  upon  the  proportion  of 
nutritive  material  that  is  absorbed  from 
the  digestive  tract  during  its  passage 
through  the  body.  Numerous  tests  have 
been  made  of  the  digestibility  ,of  fresh 
meats  as  ordinarily  cooked  for  eating. 
The  number  of  experiments  made  with 
canned  meats  is  smaller,  but  there  is  no 
reason 
to  assume  any  considerable 
difference  between  the  two.  Nearly  all 
the  protein  of  beef  as  it  is  ordinarily 
eaten 
is  digested,  and  assimilated  by 
the  system.  The  high  nutritive  value 
of  properly  cooked 
is 
therefore  well  settled  by  accurate  ex­
periment.

canned  meat 

In  the  great  stockyards  in  Chicago, 
Kansas  City 
and  elsewhere,  where 
nearly  all  ot  the  canned  meat  is  put  up, 
all  the  meat 
inspected  on  the  boot 
and  at  the  time  of  slaughtering  by  Gov­
ernment  experts  who  are  on  the  ground 
all  the  time,  and  without  whose  exami 
nation  not  an  animal  is  killed  and  no 
shipment  of  meat  can  be  made  without 
violation  of  Government  regulations. 
This  is  the  guarantee  for  the  quality  of 
the  meat,  whether  fresh  or  canned.

is 

Som e  U ses  for  Tin.

“ An  ordinary  political  campaign," 
said  a  novelty  manufacturer,  “ is  not  an 
unmitigated  evil  to  all  branches  ot 
trade.  Among  those  that  profit  by  it 
are  the  tin  can  manufacturers.  Most  ot 
the  campaign  buttons  are  made  of  tin ; 
aud  when  a  big  political  struggle  is  ex­
pected 
the  makers  send  out  agents 
through  the  tin  factories  of  the  South  to 
ouy  up  all  the  waste  tin  and  useless 
cans  they  can  find  to  make their  buttons 
with.  Most  of  the  campaign  buttons  are 
made  in  Newark  and  the  amount  paid 
by  the  makers  to  the  can  factories,  par­
ticularly  those  of Baltimore,  is consider­
able,  even  although  the  tin  is  waste,  it 
anything  can  be  called  waste  nowadays.
is  the  tin  waste  useless,  even 
when  no  political  excitement  is  on.  1 
know  a  man  who  visits Baltimore at reg- 
ularcintervals  and  buys  all  the  scrap  tin 
he  can  find  and  sells  it  to  the  button 
makers. 
It  is  used  for  the  backing  of 
ordinary  buttons.  Any  day,  in  parts  of 
Brooklyn,  you  can  see  wagons  loaded 
with  scrap  tin  and  old  cans.  The  great 
er  part  ot  this  goes  to  the  places  where 
buttons,  toys  and  gew  gaws  of  various 
kinds  are  made. ”

“ Nor 

An  Old  Them e.

Father  (calling  from  the  head  of  the 

stairs  at  1 ‘.30 a.  m .)—Fannie!

Fannie—Yes,  papa,  what  is  it?
Father— I  wish  you  would  ask  that 
young  man  where  he  would  like  to  have 
his  trunk  put  when  he  comes.

Taking  Too  Big  a  C ontract.

From the Boston Budget.

There  are  comparatively 

few  men 
who  can  successfully  conduct  very  large 
enterprises.  Even 
if  they  do,  sickness 
and  ultimate  death  will  remove  them 
from  their  supervision.  Still  fewer  of 
the  children  of  the  very  wealthy  who 
have  gained 
large  fortunes  have  the 
-ability  to  keep  what  their  parent  has 
earned.  Most  of  the  managers  of  the 
world’s  great  enterprises  to-day  were 
poor  boys  in  their  youth.  It  is  probable 
that  their  grandchildren  or  greatgrand­
children  will  return  to  something  like 
the  poverty  from  which  their  ancestor 
escaped. 
It will  probably  always  be  so. 
There 
is  always  a  tendency,  while  a 
man  continues  to  enjoy  great  success, 
for  him  to  push  bis  enterprises  farther 
and  farther  each  year  until  they  finally 
become  greater  than  he  can  manage, 
and 
in  his  failure  all,  and  often  more 
than  all,  he  has  gained 
lost.  When 
the 
individual  has  thus  failed,  all  the 
advantage  of  bis  great  enterprise  has 
been  to  the  public  and  to  the  world 
rather  than  to  himself.

is 

Activity  in  the  Shoe  T rade.

From the Shoe and Leather Reporter.

A  Lynn  cut  sole  manufacturer who  re­
cently  returned  from  the  West  is  very 
much  encouraged  concerning  business. 
He  stated  that  he  found  five  large  shoe 
manufacturing  houses  which  stated  that 
their  full  capacity  would  be  taxed  until 
April  1  next  on  orders  already  booked. 
He  hardly  found  a  discordant chord dur 
ing  the  whole  trip,  and  he  returns  a 
much  bigger  bull  than  he  was  ever 
credited  with  being  in  trade.  He  stated 
that  be  made  the  trip  with  more  of  a 
view  to  ascertaining  fora fact regarding 
the  existing  condition  of  business  than 
tor the  purpose  of  working up trade,  and 
ne  feels  that  his  time  and  money  were 
well  spent  on  account  of  the  encourage- 
mei t tiat  be received.  Regarding styles 
in  soles  tor  the  coming  season,  he  found 
that  there  would  ne t  be  much  of  anv 
change.  He  noticed,  however, 
thet 
shoes  will  be  sboiter.  and  that  they  will 
be  wider,  an 
increased  swing  being 
given  to  many  of  the  lasts  in  the  West 
ern  country.

Was  a  Patron  o f  Art.

order,  don't  you?

Mrs.  Fatpurse— You  paint  pictures  to
Great  Artist—Yes,  madam.
"W ell,  I  want  a  landscape,  with  lots 
of  deers,  and  ducks,  and  quails,  and 
patridges,  and  peasants,  and  cattle,  and 
sheep,  and  pigs,  and  so  on,  you  know, 
and  put  a  lake  and  an  ocean  in— fresh 
and  salt  water,  you  know;  and  be  sure 
to  have  plenty  of  fish swimming around, 
because  it’s  for  the  dining  room.”

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Around the State

Movements  of  M erchants.

Strasburg—Wm.  F.  Knapp  succeeds 

Knapp  &  Wei pert  in  general  trade.

Hillsdale— L.  K.  Hewitt  will  shortly 

open  a  shoe  store  on  Broad  street.

Coldwater— Wm.  Marsh  has  purchased 

the  bazaar  stock  of  Geo.  Greenwood.

Belding— E.  E.  Fales  has  sold  his 
flour  and  feed  stock  to  O.  F.  Webster.
Hillsdale— S.  S.  Woodruff  succeeds 
Woodruff  &  Moore  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Benton  Harbor— H.  A.  Hamilton  has 
purchased  the  Teetzel &  Haydon jewelry 
stock.

Detroit—Amelia 

¡Waldemar) 
Gepp  has  sold  her  jewelry  stock  to  Otto 
Simon.

(Mrs. 

Alpena—Chas.  E.  Wilcox  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  Frank  C. 
Holmes.

Lapeer— Ewen  MacLennan  has  pur 
chased  the  general  stock  of  Alex.  Mac­
Lennan.

Metamora—Wilder  Bros,  succeed  to 
the  general  merchandise  business of Jas. 
H.  Baker.

Richland— Bresee  &  Knappen  suc­
in  the  meat 

ceed  Herbert  C.  Bresee 
business.

Durand—M.  Shulein  has  removed  his 
clothing  and  men's  furnishing  goods 
stock  to  Owosso.

Dimondale—H.  F.  Miller  has  pur­
chased  the  agricultural  implement stock 
of  Whitmore  Bros.

Eaton  Rapids—G.  F.  Putnam  suc­
ceeds  Strong  &  Putnam  in  the  jewelry 
and  book  business.

Elsie— Frank  L. 

succeeds 
Payne  &  Weinberg  in  the  furniture  and 
undertaking  business.

Payne 

Ionia— H.  M.  Weed,  of  Eaton  Rap­
ids,  has  purchased  the  hardware  stock 
of  T.  P.  Morten  &  Co.

Horton— Tripp  Bros,  succeed  W.  J. 
implement 

Cavenaw  in  the  agricultural 
and  bay  and  straw  business.

Smyrna—Geo.  Hoppough,  druggist 
and  dry  goods  merchant,  has  been  ap­
pointed  township  supervisor.

Coldwater— F.  A.  Fairbanks  and  A. 
W.  Grice  have  purchased  the  stock  of 
goods  owned  by  Betts  &  Huff.

Jackson— The  grocers  of  this  place 
have  decided  to  bold  their  annual  mid­
winter  entertainment  January  26.

Charlotte— Munger  &  Jennings,  hard­
ware  dealers,  have  dissolved.  The  busi­
ness  is  continued  by  J.  W.  Munger.

Vicksburg— Major  &  Ramsdell  con­
tinue  the  clothing,  furnishing  goods  and 
shoe  business  of  C.  L.  Major  &  Co.

Marlette— Wm.  Hoist,  undertaker  and 
furniture  dealer  at  this  place,  has  sold 
his  furniture  stock  to  Mrs.  A.  Stork.

Flint—The  dry  goods  firm  of  Palmer 
&  Shannon  has  been  dissolved  by  mu­
tual  consent,  A.  J.  Palmer  succeeding.
Owosso— Duff  &  Detwiler  have  dis­
solved  partnershp.  The  latter  will  con­
tinue  the  grocery  business  at  the  same 
location.

Lansing— Herrick  Bros,  have  turned 
their  grocery  stock  over  to Robson  Bros, 
and  both  partners  will  engage 
in  other 
business.

Jackson—The  Jackson  retail  grocers 
were  banqueted  by  the  jobbers and man­
ufacturers  of  the  city  on  Monday  even­
ing,  Jan.  9.

Jackson— Leonard Durant has resigned 
his  position  in  the  wholesale and  retail 
dry  goods  establishment  of  L.  H.  Field 
and,  in  company  with  Andrew  Meade, 
will  open  a  stock  of  men's  furnishing 
goods  about  Feb.  15.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Cadillac—A.  F.  Anderson  has  sold 
his  shoe  stock  to  C.  A.  Olsen  and  will 
devote  his  entire  attention  to  his 
lum­
ber  interests.

Lansing— Frank  T.  Albright  has  pur­
chase  from  John  Everett  the  grocery 
stock  at  the  corner  of  Lenawee  and 
Chestnut  streets.

Hastings— Burnam  &  Powers,  bakers 
and  confectioners,  have  been  compelled 
to  discontinue  business,  on  account  of 
too  much  competition.

Charlotte— Fred  H.  Loveland  has  re­
tired  from  the  dry  goods  firm  of  Geo.  J. 
Barney  &  Co.  Geo.  J.  Barney  will  con­
tinue  the  business  alone.

Fremont— L.  C.  Addison  and  W.  R. 
Minnick,  agricultural 
implement  deal­
ers,  have  formed  a  copartnership  under 
the  style  of  Addison  &  Minnick.

Benton  Harbor—.L.  M.  Barnett  has 
sold  bis  clothing  stock  to  Martin’s  Pal­
ace  of  Trade,  of  St.  Joseph,  and  the 
stock  has  been  removed  to  that  place.

Sturgis—The  dry  goods  stores  at  this 
place  now close  at 6  p.  m.  and  will  con­
tinue  to  do  so,  with  the  exception  of 
Saturday  evening  of  each  week,  until 
May  1.

Bay  City— Chas.  E.  Munn,  one  of  the 
best  known  pharmacists in  the  city,died 
last  week  of  pneumonia.  He  was  en­
gaged 
in  the  drug  store  of  Frank 
Kellogg.

Wayland—J.  M.  Burpee,  general  deal­
er  at  this  place,  has  sold  his  stock  to 
John  Snyder,  of  Grand  Rapids,  who 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Charlotte— Howard  A.  Blackmar,  for­
merly  engaged  in  the  drug  business  at 
this  place,  has  purchased  a  drug  stock 
at  Owosso,  and  will  shortly  remove  to 
that  place.

Bentm  Harbor—A  new  harness  store 
will  be  opened  at  this  place  about  Feb. 
1,  with  Louis  Milbourne,  formerly  fore 
man 
in  the  harness  store  of  W.  C. 
Hovey,  as  proprietor.

Thompsonville-----Will  Imerman  has
purchased  the 
interest  of  his  brother, 
Alex,  in  the  general  stock  of  Imerman 
Bros,  and  will  hereafter  conduct  the 
business  in  his  own  name.

Jackson—Chas.  V.  Jenks  and  bis 
brother-in-law,  Chas  R.  Picket  of  A l­
bion, have  purchased  the  hardware  stock 
of  O.  H.  McConnell,  who  retires  from 
business  on  account  of  poor  health.

Jackson—Frisbie  &  Kinyon  have  sold 
their  grocery  stock  to  C.  H.  Sayles, 
who  for  many  years  was  engaged  as 
clerk  for  the  above  firm,  and  later  pur­
chased  the  variety  stock,  which  he  sold 
recently.

St.  Johns—Lyman  and  Henry  Parr,  of 
Essex,  have  embarked 
in  the  grocery 
business  at  this  place,  occupying  the 
store  building  recently  vacated  by  L.  J, 
Calkins.  The  new  firm  will  be  known 
as  Parr  Bros.

Manistique—The  clothing,  dry  goods 
and  boot  and  shoe  firm  of  Blumrosen 
Bros,  has  been  dissolved.  M.  Blum­
rosen,  the  resident  partner  of  the  former 
firm,  wiil  continue  the  business  here, 
while  B.  Blumrosen  will  conduct  the 
Soo  store.

Bay  City—The  meat  dealers  of the 
city  having  agreed  to  discontinue  the 
use  of  Bell  phones,  the local  manager  of 
the  would  be  monopoly 
is  .reported  to 
have  stated  that  the  Bell  company  will 
put 
line of  opposition  n^eat  mar­
kets  and  sell  meats  at  cut  prices.

in  a 

Ypsilanti—E.  M.  Comstock,  senior 
member  of  the  dry  goods  firm  of  E.  M. 
Comstock  &  Co.,  announces  bis  speedy 
retirement  from  business,  on  account 
of  advancing  years.  Bert  H.  Comstock

and  Frank  McKinstry,  the  other  mem­
bers  of  the  firm,  will  continue  the  busi­
ness.

St.  Johns—Arthur  E.  Wilson  has  sev­
ered  his  connection  with  the  St  Johns 
National  Bank  as  savings  teller and dis­
count  clerk  and  purchased  the  interest 
of  his  father’s  estate  in  the clothing firm 
of  Wilson  &  Son.  The  new  firm  will 
be  known  as  Wilson  Bros.,  the  other 
member  being  E.  H.  Wilson

M anufacturing  M atters.

Sebewaing— E.  O.  Ruppert  has  got­

ten  out  an  acetylene  gas  generator.

Detroit—Wm.  Munroe  has  merged  his 
into  the  Wm. 

planing  mill  business 
Munroe  Co.

Alpena—The  Fletcher  Paper  Co.  suc­
ceeds  the  Alpena  Sulphite  Fibre  Co., 
not  incorporated.

Saginaw— The  style  of  the  tannery 
firm  of  F.  W.  Carlisle  &  Son  has  been 
changed  to  F.  W.  &  F  Carlisle.

Coldwater—The  Wm.  A.  Coombs 
Milling  Co.  succeeds  the  estate  of  the 
late  Wm.  A.  Coombs 
in  the  flouring 
miil  business.

Cheboygan— Swift  &  Clark  have  se­
cured  enough  stock  to  supply  one  of 
their  sawmills  next  season,  and  they 
expect  to  be  able  to  get  enough  more  to 
enable  them  to  run  the  other  mill.

Bay  Port—J.  J.  Gillingham,  who  op­
erated a  sawmill and conducted a general 
store  in  connection  therewith  at  this 
place  and  Caseville,  have  dissolved 
partnership.  The  business  will  be  con­
tinued  by  John  E.  Gillingham.

Eaton  Rapids—Strong  &  Putnam, 
jewelers,  have  dissolved,  Geo.  H.  Put­
nam  succeeding.  N.  A.  Strong  has 
taken  a  position  with  Wm.  Smith,  saw­
mill  operator,  and  will  go  north  in  a 
few  days  to  assume  his  new  duties.

Saginaw— The  sawmills  at  this  end  of 
Saginaw  River  manufactured  approxi­
mately  75,000,000  feet  of  lumber  last 
season.  Eight  million  feet  was  shippeo 
out  by  water,  22,000,000  feet  came  here 
by  water,  and  a  large  quantity  came  in 
by  rail.  •

Detroit---Articles  of 

incorporation

have  been  filed  by  the  American  Nov­
elty  Co.,  whose  capital  stock  is $10 000, 
fully  paid 
in ;  incorporators,  Julia  J. 
Dodge,  245  shares;  Albert  D.  Dodge,  5 
shares;  G.  L.  Mitchell,  F.  M.  Taggett, 
250  shares  each.

Benton  Harbor---- The  Columbian
Cigar  Co.  has  merged  its  business 
into 
a  stock  company  under  the  same  style. 
P.  E.  Witherspoon  has  been  elected 
President  and  M.  A.  Price  will  serve 
the  corporation  in  the  capacity  of  Sec­
retary  and  Treasurer.  W.  J.  Harper 
has  been  engaged  to  manage  the  man­
ufacturing  and  business  departments.

Saginaw—There 

Bay  City—The Michigan Shade Roller 
Co.  is  a  new 
industry  added  to  this 
community.  The company is  capitalized 
at  $50,000,  and  the  business  will  be  op­
erated  in  connection  with  the  Michigan 
Box  Co.  The  company  will  manufac­
ture  wood  and  metal  shade  rollers.  A. 
E.  F.  White  is  President,  W.  D.  Janes 
Secretary,and M.  J.  Beardsley Treasurer.
is  a  movement  on 
foot  to  reorganize  the  O'Donnell-Spen- 
cer  Co. 
lumber  yard  and  door and  box 
plant  which  promises  early  fulfillment. 
Three  is  an  opportunity  in  this  deal  for 
a  first-class  planing  mill  man  to  obtain 
an  interest  and  have  immediate  charge 
of  a  business  that  should  be  a  prosper­
ous  one.  The  plant  is  a  good  one  and 
only  needs  first-class  management  to 
make  it  profitable.

Lansing—Judge  Person  has  signed  a 
in  the  case  of  the  Hammell

decree 

is 

Cigar  Co.  against  the  Michigan  Drug 
Co.  The  defendant 
insolvent  and 
indebted  to  -the  plaintiff  in  the  sum  of 
$375,80,  and  to  the  Queen  Bee  Cigar 
Co.  to  the  amount  of  $157.12.  Fred  N. 
Rounsville  was  found  to  be  owing  the 
defendant  company  $91.10  unpaid  stock 
and  Elijah  C.  Park  owed  $200  on  his 
stock.  Both  were  ordered  to  pay  the 
sums  to  the  register  of  the  court  within 
It  was  found  the  other  stock­
40 days. 
holders  bad  paid  for  their  stock 
in  the 
drug  company.

Bay  City— The  mills  at  this  end  of 
the  Saginaw  River  produced  approxi­
mately  225,000,000  feet  of 
lumber  the 
last  season,  which  makes  the  output  of 
the  river  about  300,000,000  feet.  This 
shows  that  the  Saginaw  River  is  not  yet 
out  of  the  swim  as  a  lumber  producer, 
although  there  has  been  a  tremendous 
slump  since  1882,  when  the  enormous 
total  of  1,011,000,000  feet  of  pine 
lum­
ber  was  produced  by  the  mills  on  this 
river.  Had  the  sawmills  on  the  river 
been  equipped  with  band  mills  twenty- 
jfive  years  ago  and  the  pine  resources 
tributary  to  this  river  been  husbanded 
there  would  have  been  sawing 
for 
twenty  years 
longer  than  will  be  the 
case.  The  settlement  of  this  region 
made  the  cutting  of  the  pine  necessary 
in  the  absence  of methods for preserving 
the  timber  from  the  ravages  of  forest 
fires.  As 
is,  however,  we  have  a 
large  area  of  hemlock  and  hardwood 
still  available,  and  this,  with  the  tim­
ber  that  will  be  brought  here  from  other 
localities,  will  make  this  river  a  man­
ufacturing  center 
to 
come.

for  some  years 

it 

The Grain  M arket.

The  past  week  has  been  very  quiet  in 
the  wheat  market,  with  a  declining 
tendency.  Weakness  seemed  to  be  the 
feature  and,  without  any  cause, 
the 
longs  took  what  margins  they  bad  and 
left  the  market  without  support  from 
local  talent.  The  outside  buyers  held 
off,  awaiting  a  more  favorable  time  for 
investing.  Liverpool  cables  came 
in 
with  no  material  change  either  way,  al­
though  heavy  rains  were  reported  from 
the  Argentine,  where  the  harvest 
ft 
about  over,  but  they  do  not  seem  to  be 
heavy  sellers,  which  goes  to  show  that 
their  wheat  is  not  as  abundant  for  ship­
ment  as  was  anticipated.  Foreigners 
still  keep  buying  and  our  exports  have 
been  very  heavy;  in  fact,  much  more 
than  was  counted  on  in  the  early  part 
of  the  season.  Movements  from  first 
hands  were  large,  as  the  visible  showed 
an 
increase  of  465,000  bushels,  when  a 
decrease  was  expected.  As  the  holiday 
quietness  had  not  worn  off  yet,  dulness 
could  be  expected.

for 

Corn, 

reasons  unknown,  also 
shared  in  dulness,with  drooping  prices. 
The  main  reason  probably  is  that  new 
corn  is  too  soft  for  market  yet,  owing  to 
the  unpropitious  weather,  and  a  decline 
of  ic  is  noted.

The  contrary  is  the  case  with  oats,  as 
in  that  cereal  is  well  sus­

the  market 
tained,  showing  no  loss.

is 

Rye 

inclined  to  easier  prices  and 
the  demand 
is  lagging  and  prices  are 
about  ic  off.  Owing  to  the  small  stock 
of  flour 
in  dealers'  hands,  the  demand 
is  fair  and  enquiry  is  also  good.

Mill  feed,  bran  and  middlings  are  in 
from  the  dairies  and 

good  demand 
prices  are  well  sustained.

Receipts  during  the week have been as 
follows:  Wheat,  56  cars ;  corn,  14  cars; 
oats,  6  cars.

The  mills  are  paying  64c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

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SUDDEN  SUM M ONS.

Accidental  Death  of  Mr.  Adelbert  E.

W orden.

A.  E.  Worden,  President  of  the  Wor­
den  Grocer  Co.,  was 
instantly  killed 
this  (Wednesday)  morning  while  as­
cending  the  freight  elevator  to  obtain 
tea  samples.  He  had  been  under  the 
weather  for  several  days  and  the  sup­
position  is  that  be  fainted  while  the ele­
vator  was 
in  motion,  falling  in  such  a 
manner  that  his  head  and  chest  were 
crushed  between  the  platform  of the ele­
vator  and  the  floor  it  was  approaching.
As  the  accident  happened  just  as  the 
last  forms  of  the  Tradesman  were  being 
prepared  for  the  press,  it 
is  thought 
best  to  reproduce  portions  of  a  bio­
graphical  sketch  of  the  deceased  which 
appeared  in  the  Tradesman  July 3,  1895, 
as  follows:

It  was  not  far  from  Grand  Rapids 
where  this  boy  was  born.  On  a  farm  to 
the  east  of  the  town  he  first  saw  the sun­
shine,  something  over  forty  years  ago. 
His  stay  among  the  apple  orchards  was 
not  a  lengthy  one,  and  he  left  the  farm 
in  his  thirteenth  year.  He  went,  of 
course,  to  the public school—childhood’s 
birthright 
in  the  United  States—and 
when  that  was  secured,  he  was  enrolled 
as  a  student  at  the  Academy 
in  Grand 
Rapids,  then  under  the  charge  of  Prof 
Franklin  Everett.

I  want  to  tarry  a  little  here. 

I  want 
to  say  simply,  but  earnestly,  that  some­
where  in  these  early  years  an 
influence 
was  brought  to  bear  upon  this boy which 
shaped  the  whole  of  his  after  life  and 
widened  that 
life  until  its  horizon  en­
compassed  the  world.  He  learned  not 
only  to  read,  but  to  love  to  read,  and 
that  love  has  grown  with  the  years  and 
strengthened  with  them.  Whether  the 
farm  home  was  the  schoolroom—and  I 
think  it  was—with  the  mother  for teach­
er,  or  whether  the  country  school,  by 
some  strange  accident,  was  taught  by  a 
teacher  who  knew  her  duty  and  did 
it, 
or  whether  the  Academy—the  word  sug 
gests  the  thought— warmed  into  life  the 
germ  which  has  borne  such  wholesome 
fruit,  I  can  not  tell. 
I  only  know  that 
if  the  young  men  who  read  these  lines 
and  care  to  profit  by  them  will  do  what 
this  man  has  done  all  his life,  there  will 
be  brighter  prospects  for  the  rainy  day 
than  there  are  now  and  greater  promise 
of  a 
life  devoted  to  something  better 
than  the  mere  making  of  money.

When  his  school  days  were  over,  he 
entered  the  dry  goods  bouse  of  Talford 
&  Boyce,  with  whom  he  remained  until 
he  enlisted  in  the  Tenth  Michigan  Cav­
alry  for  the  war.  The  rebellion  over,  he 
went  to  New  York  to  learn the dry goods 
business,  where,  for  a  year,  he  held  a 
responsible  position  in  a  leading  house. 
Returning  then  to  Grand  Rapids,  he 
joined  forces  witfa  Tyler  &  Graham 
in 
starting  the  first  jobbing  bouse  in men’s 
furnishings  and  notions.  After 
ten 
years  he  bought  out  the  others  and 
formed,  with  Henry  Fralick,  the  firm  of 
A.  E.  Worden  &  Co.  After  three  years 
Mr.  Fralick’s  health  became 
impaired 
and  be  withdrew  from  business.  What 
pleasing  relations  existed  between  the 
members  of  this  firm  can  be  readily  in 
ferred  when 
the  surviving  member, 
looking  backward  across  the  years,  de­
lights  to  recall  the  harmony  that  never 
was  broken  and  the  mutual  regard  that 
has  become  a  most  sacred  memory.

For  the  next  ten  years  the  Worden 
Furniture  Co.  lived  and  prospered;  and 
then  came  disaster.  Fire  burned  up  the 
labor  of  years. 
is  to  be  observed, 
however—and  the  youthful  reader can

It 

in  early 

not  keep  the  fact  too  strongly  in  mind— 
that  grit  is  the  poorest  material 
in  the 
world  to  burn ;  and  when  the  flames  bad 
done  their  worst and nothing  was left but 
grit,  there  was  found  on  hand  not  only 
the  unusual  amount  the  boy  had  started 
with 
life,  but  the  accumula­
tions,  also,  of  a  number  of  decades; 
and  while  the  smoke  was  waving  its 
sombre  plumes  over  the  funeral  pyre  of 
his  earthly  possessions,  he  leveled  the 
ashes  and,  with  them  for  a  plant-bed, 
began  the  sale  of  lumber. 
It was  a  suc­
cess ;  and,  when,  a  few  months  ago,  the 
Worden  Grocer  Co.  was  formed,  the 
latest  chapter  in  this  life  story  was  be 
gun,  to  end,  let  us  hope,  in  a  prosper­
ity  as  unlimited  as  that  invulnerable 
material  to  which  reference  has  just 
been  made.

With  the  record  finished  and  success 
secured,  the  admirers  of  both  are  eager

throughout  his  busy  life  to  round  as best 
he  could  by  self-culture  what  he  be­
lieved  he  lacked.  The  corners  of  time, 
which  young  men  do  not  often  notice, 
he  filled  with  study  and  with  books.  He 
read  the  history  of  bis  own  country. 
It 
led  the  way  to  English  historv  and  he 
gladly  followed.  The  English  is  only 
one  of  a  family  of  nations  and  be  be­
came  acquainted  with  the  history  of 
each.  He  soon  saw  that  history  is  but 
one  form  of 
intellectual  development 
and  be  has  done  what  he  could  to  know 
the  others.  When  the  business  of  the 
day  was  over,  leaving  at  the  office  its 
troubles  and 
its  cares,  he  entered  the 
I charmed  circle  of  his  books  and  gave 
himself  up  to  their  genial  influence.

What  that 

influence  has  been 

it  is 
needless  here  to  state.  We  can  only 
say  to  those  who  are  anxious  to  make 
the  most  of  these  “ Men  of  Mark”   that,

to  know  what  they  must  do  to obtain  the 
same  rewards.  Let  us  read  a  little  be 
tween  the  lines. 
In  all  the  undertak­
ings  which  have  been  written down,  has 
there  been  a  single  failure?  Not  one. 
In  his  business 
life  has  there  been  a 
hint  or  a  suspicion  of  anything  unfair? 
In  business  or  out 
Not  even  a  breath. 
of  business 
is  there  a  man  anywhere 
who  can  say  with  truth  that  ever  in 
public  or  private 
it  has  been  hard  to 
find,  from  what  Mr.  Worden  says,  ex­
actly  what  be  means?  Let  him  who 
thinks  so  try  it.  Has  bis  citizenship 
been  ever  called  into  question?  There 
is  bis  soldier  record ;  read  it:  and  yet, 
the  best  remains  to  be  told—the  love  of 
reading  has  been  with  him  all  these 
years.

With  a  regret  that  he  did  not  take  a 
liberal  course  of  study  when  it  might 
it  has  been  his  aim
have  been  his, 

while  moneymaking  narrows  and  belit­
tles  and  makes  men  mean,  the  compan­
ionship  of  books  broadens,  elevates  and 
ennobles.  He  who  keeps-company  with 
Motley  and  Prescott,  with  Buckle  and 
Adam  Smith  will  not  be  found  unkempt 
in  person  nor  uncouth  in  speech.  As 
time  goes  by,  the  value  of  the  dollar  is 
recognized,  but  it  is  taught  to  know  and 
keep  its  place. 
is  the  means  of  liv­
ing,  not  the  end  of  life.  At  best  a  ser­
vant  only, when  it  has  laid  the  table  and 
lighted  the  library  fire  its  work  is done; 
it  may  go  to  bed.  This  is  the  lesson 
which  such  lives  teach :  “  It is  the  mind 
that  makes  the  body  rich.”   There  is 
the  world’s  real  wealth;  and  the  boy, 
be  he  farm  born  or  city  bred,  a  clerk  or 
a  hod  carrier,  can,  if  he  will,  get  what 
he  will  of  these  real  riches,  and  so stand 
unabashed  in  the  presence  of a  king.

It 

Has there been— is there—any one idea

that,  like  the  leaven 
secure  for  another  similar  results?

in  the  meal,  will 

One  can  not  read—certainly  can  not 
study—a 
life  like  this  without  seeing 
soon  bow  free  it  is  from  chance.  Every 
move 
is  so  much  thought-work.  The 
whole  journey  was  thought  out  in  detail 
before  buying  the  ticket,  and  the  rest 
followed  with  the  certainty  of  sunrise. 
System—that 
is  the  word.  Dry  goods 
was  to  be  the  business.  He  knew  little 
or  nothing  of  business  and  settled  that 
point  first.  The  practical  day’s  work 
did  something,  but  the  practical  night's 
reading  did  as  much  more.  There  was 
a  settled  system  everywhere—and  some­
thing  else:  a  distinct  understanding 
with  himself  that  he  who  bad  thrown 
system 
into  the  work  was  the  only  man 
to  be  depended  on  to  carry  it  out;  and 
with  a  will  as  unbending  as  tempered 
steel  he  carried 
it  out!  There  is  the 
leading 
thought  which  controls  the 
whole;  and  whether  we  watch  its  de­
velopment  in  the  world  of  business or in 
the  scholarly  pursuits  which  have  been 
a  pleasure  to  him  always,  there  will  be 
found  the  open  secret  of  this  man's  suc­
cess.  Ponder  it,  you  who  are  studying 
the  chances  of  the  world;  and  when 
you,  too,  have  gained  the  heights,  may 
your  life  say,as  this  one  says  so plainly, 
“ Do  your  own  thinking,  boys;  carry 
out  your  own  plans,  and  fill  up  your 
empty  time-corners  with  the  elevating 
and  refining  companionship  of  books.”
It  would  be  unjust  to  this  Man  of 
Mark,  whose portrait  I  have  been  trying 
to  paint,  not  to  say  that  little  beside  the 
date  of  bis  birth  and  the  matter-of-fact 
changes  of  business  have  come  to  me 
from  him. 
It  was  only  when  the  hope 
of  saying  something  for  the  benefit  of 
others  was  suggested  that  he  was  in­
duced  to  speak  at  all,  and  then  for 
their  benefit  he  spoke  of  what  young 
if  they  would;  of  what 
men  could  do 
honesty,  and 
industry,  and  firmness  of 
purpose,  and  purity  of  life  can  accom­
plish,  if  they  have  the  chance,  and  of 
his  regret  that  be  did  not  see  soon 
enough  the  advantage  to  be  gained  by 
a  business  man  from  a  college  course.  I 
said  to  myself,  “ Thy  speech  betrayeth 
thee;”   and  I  have 
the 
“ speech”   with  the  facts  which,  without 
the  speech,  would  have  furnished  a  too 
unvarnished  tale.

interwoven 

Richard  Malcolm  Strong.

Hides,  Pelts,  Furs  and  Wool.

Hides  are  in  good  demand  at  an  ad­
vanced  price.  The  quality 
is  poor, 
but  the quantity  is  lacking.  Leather  is 
strong,  with  an  apparent  advance  to 
cover  the  increased  cost  of  hides.

Pelts  cut  but  little  figure,  as  few  are 

offered.

Furs  are 

in  good  demand  at  prices 
quoted.  Offerings  at  London  sales  are 
small,  as  compared  to  last  year  The 
home  demand 
is  still  good,  as  sales 
prior  to  the  holidays  were  good.

Wools  are  selling  freely  at  prices  but 
a  fraction  above  the  past  sales.  The 
market 
firm,  with  no  weak  spots. 
There  is  little  moving  in  the  State.

is 

W m.  T .  H e s s.

Dr.  W.  H.  Ross  has  purchased  the 
drug  stock  of  Mrs.  Maria  S.  Wilson  at 
251  Jefferson  avenue.

Anchor  brand  oysters  are  the  best  in 
the  land.  Sold  only  by  F.  J.  Detten- 
thaler.

For  Gillies  N.  Y. 

tea,  all  kinds, 

grades  and  prices,  phone  Visner,  800.

Every  dog  has  bis  day—but  the  cat 

has  a  monopoly  of  nights.

6
Woman’s World

The  W oman  Who  Laughs.

The  announcement,  recently  made 

in 
a  society  journal,  that  a  class  bad  been 
formed  in  New  York  for  the  purpose  of 
studying  the  art  of  laughing,  will  sug­
gest  to  many  people  of  refined sensibili­
ties  that  a  long-felt  want  is  about  to  be 
filled,  and  they  will  cherish  a 
lively 
hope  that 
it  will  find  many  imitators 
throughout  the  length and  breadth  of the 
country.  We  are  often  told  that  God’s 
crowning  gift  to mankind was the ability 
to 
laugh,  but  when  we  hear  the  shrill, 
mirthless  cackle  or  the  boorish  guffaw 
is  so  often  made  to  do  duty  for 
that 
laughter,  we  can  but  wonder 
if  we 
shouldn’t  have  been  as  well  off,  and  a 
deal  more  peaceful, 
if  mankind  had 
been 
left  on  the  same  plane  with  the 
other  animals  in  this  respect.

It 

Yet  how  we  should  miss  it  if  we  bad 
no  laughter? 
is  the  music  to  which 
the  world  dances,  and  above  all,  in  man 
or  w om an,  is  the one  undistinguishable, 
betraying  characteristic  touch  of  nature 
they  can  never  hide. 
If  a  man  mav 
"sm ile  and  smile  and bea villain still," 
a  woman’s  smile  is  even  more  decep­
tive.  No  sensible  person  would  ever 
attempt  to  judge  a  woman  by  her smile. 
It  may  mean  anything  or  nothing. 
It 
may  be  her  quick  appreciation  of  an 
amusing  incident  or  the bright herald  of 
a  joyous  thought  or  merely  a  mask  she 
bolds  up  between  herself  and  the  world 
and  behind  which  she  sits  impenetrabl) 
concealed.  Many  a  woman  has  smiled 
to  hide  a  broken  heart,  but  she  has 
never  laughed.  Laughter  does  not  lend 
itself  to  deceit.  It  must  bubble  up  from 
a  spring  of  mirth  or  else  it  is a  fraud  so 
palpable  that  even  a  child  can  tell  it.

In  the expressive  slang  of  the  day  our 
is  " a   dead  give  away,  ’  and 
laughter 
this 
is  even  more  true  of  women  than 
men.  No  doubt  one  reason  of  tb  s  is 
because  women,  as  a  rule,  laugh  far less 
than  men.  When  men  get  together  they 
tell  good  stories  and  jokes.  Women  sit 
solemnly  around  and  discuss  their 
clothes  and  ailments.  Men’s  love  of  a 
laugh  even  goes  to  the  extent  of playing 
idiotic  practical 
jokes  on  each  other; 
but  no  worn in  would  expect  to  find  any 
comedy  in  a  practical  joke  of  which an­
other  woman  was  the  victim. 
Instead, 
she  knows  well  enough 
it  would  be 
nothing  but  tragedy  from  start  to  finish 
and  that  she  would  have  made an enemy 
for  life.

Any  one  who  is  rash  enough  to  try  to 
tell  the  average  woman  a  funny  story 
knows  it  is  one  of  the most discouraging 
things  in  life.  One-half  the  time  she 
doesn’t  see  the  point,  and  the  other  half 
she  looks  at  you  with  a weary expression 
that  seems  to  say,  "Oh,  I  see  what  you 
are  driving  at,  and  it  makes  me  very, 
very  tired.”   Mark  Twain  used  to  say 
that  he  tried  all  his  new  jokes  on  his 
wife,  and  that  when  one  of  them  made 
her  smile  be  knew  it  was  funny  enough 
to  convulse  the  rest  of  the  world,  and  it 
will  be  generally  found,  I  think,  that 
anything  that  makes  a  woman  laugh 
is 
genuinely  unroariously  amusing.

Perhaps  this  is  why  women’s  laughter 
is  apt  to  be  so  characteristic.  Person­
ally,  I  have  a  theory  that  there  is  no 
other  thing  that  is  quite  so  good  a  key 
to  a  woman’s  real  nature  as  her  laugh. 
Just  take,  for 
instance,  the  woman  who 
laughs  merrily  and  easily  and  heartily. 
You  may  depend  on  her  every  time  for 
being  a  satisfactory  friend,  true,  loyal, 
honest,  considerate,  such  a  one  as  it 
is 
a  comfort  to  know  and  a  pleasure  to

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

live  with.  She  always  sees  the  funny 
side  of  things,  and  you  couldn't  put  her 
in  such  adverse  circumstances  that  she 
couldn’t  extract  a  gleam  of  amusement 
out  of  it,  and  a  ray  of  sunshine  for  her­
self  and  others.  Go  on  a  journey  with 
her  and  she  doesn’t 
leave  a  trail  of 
lamentations  as  long  as  the  railroad 
schedule  behind  her  because  the  porter 
didn't  devote  his  time  exclusively  to 
her  or  she  couldn’t  regulate  the  hotels 
where  she  stopped.  Get  caught  in  a 
rain  with  her  and  she  doejsn't  scowl  at 
you  like you  were  personally responsible 
for  ruining  her  best  skirt. 
Instead,  she 
in  watching  people 
finds  amusement 
crossing  the  street  or her own  bedrag 
gled  condition  appeals  to  her  mirth  and 
her  infectious  good  humor  is  like  a  rift 
in  the  storm.  A  bad  cook  or  an  incom­
petent  servant  doesn't  reduce  her to pes­
simism  and  tears.  On  the  other hand, 
her  amusing  anecdotes  of  their  short 
comings  almost  atone  for overdone steak 
and  underdone  bread.

life 

looking  at 

As  a  wife,  she  is  incomparable. 

If  I 
were a  man  contemplating  matrimony  I 
shouldn't  ask  to  see  a  girl's  church 
let­
ter  or  her  diploma  from  the  cooking 
school. 
I  should  simply  listen  to  her 
laugh,  and  if  she  could  do  that honestly, 
heartily,  infectiously,  I  should  embrace 
the  opportunity  and  take  the  chances  on 
her other  faults. 
I  should  know  that 
she  had  too  keen  a  sense  of  humor  to 
run  off  with  cranks  and  fads  and  too 
much  perception  of  the  ridiculous to ex­
pect  a  plain  business  man  to  go  about 
in  stained  glass  attitudes  like 
posing 
absurd  heroes  in  novels. 
'I  should  also 
know  that  she  would  be  capable,  upon 
occasion,  of 
from  a 
man’s  point  of  view  and  sympathizing 
with 
it,  and  that  she  was  a  feminine 
philosopher  who  would  make  the  best  of 
everything,  me included.  All the  schools 
in  the  world  can’t  teach  that  kind  of 
woman  anything  about  the  art  of  laugh­
ing ;  but 
if  they  can  teach  others  that 
accomplishment  the  world  will  have 
reason  to  rise  up  and  call  them  blessed.
is  not  to  be 
confounded  with  giggling.  The  woman 
who  giggles  is  the  greatest  bore  in  the 
world.  She  is  silly  and  shallow,  and  is 
the  kind  of  friend  who  wears  your affec­
tion  out  by  her  unreasonable  demands, 
and  who,  when  she  finally  gets  married, 
leaves  off  giggling  and  goes  to  whining 
about 
that  goes  wrong. 
There is neither mirth  nor intelligence in 
a  giggle.  Tell  a  «ornan  afflicted  with 
this  malady  something  funny  and  she 
giggles.  Tell  her  something  sad  and 
It  is  all  the  same  to 
she  giggles  again. 
her.  She  only  does 
it  because  some­
body  has  been  crazy  enough  to  say  she 
had  pretty  teeth  or  she  has  an  idea  that 
fascinating  and  vivacious, 
it 
when 
in  reality  it  is  a  ghastly  travesty 
of  mirth  that  makes  the  most  hardened 
shudder.

This  kind  of 

everything 

laughing 

seems 

it. 

The  woman  who  “ snickers”   is  of  an­
other type.  This  kind  of  laughter  may 
not  be  catalogued  in  the  dictionary,  but 
every  woman  knows 
It  is  a  little 
flicker  of  sound  and  it  generally belongs 
to  a  woman  with  steely-looking  eyes 
and  thin 
lips  and  a  general  ability  to 
‘ * get  there. ’ ’  She never laughs outright. 
She  never  laughs  with  people,  but  al­
ways  at  them.  The  things  that  strike 
her  as  amusing  are  always  the  little  pe­
culiarities  of  others,  and  her 
laugh 
stings  like  a  blow  in  the  face.  We  all 
know  her  and  fear  her. 
The  sweet 
young  matron with  no  pretensions  to  be 
literary,  but  who 
is  doing  her  honest 
best  to  make  her  club  a  success,  looks 
up  from  the  paper  she  is  reading  and,

catching 
the  wintry  gleam  of  that 
"snicker,”   falters  and  grows  miserable 
with  dread.  The  young  girl  who has 
only  a  fresh,  untrained  voice,  but  who 
is  singing  some  homely  ballad  with  all 
her  heart,  bears  the  ghost  of  that  laugh 
and  stops  suddenly,  her  pleasure  all 
spoiled  and  her 
innocent  enjoyment 
gone.  At  a crowded reception the hostess 
has  only  to  hear  one  note  of  that  mali­
cious,  hateful  sound  to  know  that  her 
tefreshments  are  being  dissected  and 
her  decorations  shredded.  Beware  of 
making  friends  with  a  woman  whose 
laugh  is  a  snicker.  The day  will  surely 
come  when  she  will  turn  upon  you  and 
rend  you.

it 

The  woman  whose  laugh  is  cold  and 
mirthless  is  generally  insincere. 
It  is a 
shallow  little  sound  with  no  brightening 
of  the  eyes  to  bear  it  company.  She 
laughs  because  she  thinks 
is  the 
proper  thing  to  do,  and  by  the  same 
token  she  chooses  her  friends 
in  the 
same  way,  and  with  an  eye  single  to 
what  they  can  do  to  advance  her 
inter­
ests.  When  she  courts  you,  reflect  on 
what  she  expects of  you  by  way  of  re­
turn.  You  can  count  on  her  belonging 
to  the  fashionable  thing  in  the  way  oi 
societies,  that  she  will  patronize  the 
most  fashionable  church,  and  that  her 
theories  will  do  credit  to an angel.  But 
you  will  seldom  find  her giving  alms  to 
the  beggar at  her  back  door  or  helping 
the  poor  creature  who,  all  unworthy  as 
she  may  be,  is  still  hungry  and  cold and 
of  one  clay  with  us  all.  You  can  count 
on  that  part  of  the  role  being  filled  by 
some  woman  whose  laughter and  tears 
lie  so  close  together  she  finds  no  diffi­
culty  in  rejoicing  and  weeping  with  all 
who  are  happy  or  oppressed.

It  is  often  said  that  a  woman's  great 
est  weapon  is  her  tears.  I  don’t  believe 
it. 
In  a  little  while  we  grow  everlast 
ingly  weary  of  complaints  and  mourn­
ing,  and  the  person  who  continually 
weeps  is,  as  Mr.  Martalini  used  to  say, 
"such  a  demd  damp,  moist,  un­
pleasant  body”   that  we  flee  from  her; 
but  we  never  grow  tired  of  brightness, 
of  a  brave,  cheerful  spirit  that,  however 
the  world  goes,  still  turns  a  gay  face  up 
to  the  sunshine  and  finds  something  to 
laugh  about.  No  other  charm  equals 
that;  no  other  spell  can  be  laid  upon  us 
so  potent;  and  in  all  sober  earnestness, 
there  is  nothing  better  worth  a  woman’s 
studying  than  the  art  of  learning  how 
to  laugh. 
Dorothy  Dix.  /

T he  Scolding  Woman.

The  fact  that  a  woman  has  been  re­
cently  sent  to  jail  in  Maryland  for  be­
ing  a  common  scold  looks  like  a  hope­
ful  return  to  the  simple  and  forcible 
days  when  they  had  a  punishment  to 
fit  the  crime  and  an  angry  woman  must 
either  control  her  tongue  or  incur  the 
penalty. 
In  certain  parts  of  our  own 
country  the  ducking  stool  was  once 
found  to  be  a  potent  promoter of  ami­
ability,  while 
in  Scotland  travelers  are 
shown,  among  other  curiosities,  a  kind

of  gag  called  the  "scold’s  bridle,”  
which  must  have  effectually  stemmed 
the  tide  of  a  heated  argument.

Nowadays  we  are  supposed  to be suffi­
to  need  no  such  re­
ciently  civilized 
straints,  but,  unfortunately, 
fact  does 
not  always  keep  pace  with  theory,  and 
in  doing  away  with  the  remedy  we 
have  been 
left  with  the  disease.  The 
scolding  woman  is  still  with  us.  Evo­
lution  has  not  deprived  her  of  her  tem­
per, or  shortened her tongue,  or abridged 
the  virulence  of  her  complaints.  She  is 
as 
irritating  as  of  old,  with  the  same 
power to  set  a  community  by  the  ears 
and  make  her  home  a  bedlam,  and,  like 
the  brook,  she  "go es  on  and  on  for­
ever.”   To  appeal  to  such  a  person  by 
any  consideration  of  other  people’s 
rights  is  always  a  waste  of  words,  and 
it  seems  a  pity  that  they  can  not  be 
made  to  behave,  just  as  one  makes  a 
fractious  and  unreasonable  child,  by 
actual  physical  force,  if  gentle  means 
fail.

is 

Since,  however,  this 

impossible, 
and  no  restraints,  except  such  as  she 
chooses  to  lay  on herself,can  be in.pcsed 
on  the  scolding  woman,  it 
is  strange 
that  she  does  not  recognize  oitener  the 
folly  of  her  course.  There  is  no  more 
deluded  mortal  than  she  who  fancies 
that  much 
is  to  be  gained  by  nagging 
and  scolding.  At  fiist  she  may  seem  to 
have  things  her  own  way,  as  we  will  do 
many  things  for  the  sake  of  peace,  but 
in  a  little  while  her  influence 
is  gone. 
She  arouses 
Even  the  worm  will  turn 
all  the  combative  instincts  in  even  the 
meekest  of  us,  and  we  take  a  malicious 
pleasure  in  thwarting  her.  We may  put 
up  with  rank  tyranny,  provided 
it  is 
agreeably  and  pleasantly  administered, 
but deep  down  in  the  human  heart  is  an 
instinct  that  rebels,  above  everything 
else  in  the  world,  at  being  "badgered”  
into  doing  things.

The  scolding  woman’s  servants  are 
always  the  worst.  They  are  indifferent, 
knowing  they  will  get  the  same  torrent 
of  fretful  abuse  whether  a  thing  is  well 
done  or  ill.  Her  children  become  hard­
ened  to  it  in  a  little  time,  and 
its  only 
is  to  associate  their 
effect  on  them 
mother  with  something  that 
is  always 
disagreeable.  Her  husband  never  dares 
to  be  frank  and  honest  with  her,  as  she 
can  torture  even  the  slightest  mistake 
or  fault  into  cause  for  never-ending  re­
proaches.  Certainly  these  should  be  ar­
guments  that  should  appeal  to  any  sen­
sible  woman,  and  that  should  be  as 
effective  in  stopping  her 
tirades  of 
abuse  as  the barbarous  scold’s  bridle.
Cora  Sto w ell.

The  Sam e  Thing.

Sole:  I  want  to  get  a  private  message 
to  Benidick  about  our  stag  racket  to­
morrow  night. 
I’ll  just  drop  him  a  let­
ter  marking  it  “ Personal  and  Private.”  
Kidder :  Why  don’t you  address  it  to 

Mrs.  Benidick  and  be  done  with  it?

A  turtle  may  he  slow,  but  he  usually 

gets  there  in  time  for  the  soup.

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T H E   O L D   B E L L -C O W .

When  I  was  but  a  boy,  I  loved  so  happily  to  roam 
Through  every  nook  and  corner  of  the  dear  old  country  home;
At  dewy  morn  to  pasture  I  would  drive  the  cows,  and  when 
The  shades  of  eventide  drew  on  I  drove  them  home  again.
And  one  among  their  number  I  remember  very  well—
It  seems  but  yesterday  I  saw  the  cow  that  wore  the  bell;
She  was  not  fairer  than  the  rest,  nor  any  finer breed,
Yet  all  the  others  followed  her  wherever  she  might  lead ;
And  in  my  youthful  mind  I  used  to  wonder  why  and  how 
It  was  that  all  the  cattle  tagged  the  old bell-cow.
Strange  years  of  shadow  and  of  shine  have  passed  away  since  then, 
And  now  I  mingle  daily  with  the  hosts  of  busy  men;
And  still  I  muse  more  earnestly  than  what  I  used  to  do,
For  men,  I  find,  are  likewise  quite  peculiar  creatures,  too.
And  some  have  natures  made  of  gold,  without  a  speck  or  flaw, 
While  some are  only  gilded  forms  all  padded  out  with  straw;
And  while  the  modest,  worthy  roan  the  world  is  slow  to  heed,
The  counterfeit,  who  loudly  brags,  steps  in  and  takes  the  lead.
The  one  who  makes  the  noise  is  sure  to  catch  the  crowd ;  and  now 
I  know  why  all  the  cattle  tagged  the  old  bell-cow.

Insist on  Prom ptitude  in  Payments.
Three  essential  facts  to be  considered 
in  credit  giving  are  honesty,  responsi­
bility  and  promptness.  Promptness 
is 
the  experience  record  after  honesty  and 
responsibility have been vouched for and 
the  credit  has  been  extended.  Concern­
ing  honesty  and  responsibility,  how  best 
can  the  average  customer  be 
influenced 
to  be  prompt?

The  wholesale  dealer  tries  to  do  it  by 
prominently  and  persistently  keeping 
before  the  customer  to  whom  he  has  ex­
tended  credit  the  terms  upon  which  the 
goods  were  sold. 
In  the  first  place  the 
terms  are  plainly  stated  on  each  and 
every  invoice.  Then the  monthly  state­
ment  also  displays  the  terms  in  an  un­
mist lkable  form.  Every  effort  is  made 
to  impress  upon  the  mind  of  the  debtor 
that  he 
is  delinquent  if  the  bill  is  not 
paid  as  agreed.  This  method  prevails 
among  jobbers  and  wholesalers,  and also 
prevails  among  the  best,  most  progress­
ive  and  most  successful  retail  dealers. 
There  are  very  many  small  retailers, 
however,  who,  while  having  a care about 
trusting  only  honest  and 
responsible 
people,  have  no  system  with  respect  to 
terms  and  have  no  good  methods  of  col 
lecting.  Goods  are  put  out  on  credit 
with  no  well-defined  and  clearly-under­
stood  terms  as  to  when  payment  is  ex­
pected.

is 

It  is  a  great  mistake  to  manage  busi­
ness  upon  this  plan.  No account  can 
be  said  to  be  past  due  unless  the  debtor 
has  bad  full  notice  of  the  terms  upon
which  the  credit  was  extended.  All 
credit 
limited  as  to  t  me,  and  the 
time  limit  should  be  as  thoroughly  un­
derstood  and  agreed  upon  as  the  price. 
Whtther  the  purchaser  trades  with  the 
baker,  the  grocer,  the  dry  goods  dealer 
or  the  milliner,  the  time  for  which  the 
is  given  should  be  stated  at  the 
credit 
time  the  sale 
is  made.  To  those  who 
are  net  now  making  a  practice  of  stat­
ing  the  time 
limit  to  all  who  buy  of 
them  on  credit,  I  submit  the  following 
suggestions:

Have  printed  plainly  on 

the  bill 
rendered  something  like  the  following: 
“ This  bill  is  due  and  payable  the  first 
of  the  month  following  the  date  of  pur­
chase, ”   or,  “ This  bill 
is  due and  pay 
able  the  15th  of  the  month  following 
the  date  of  purchase,”   or,  “ Terms 
thirty  days,”   or,  “ Terms  sixty  days,”  
according  to  the  basis  upon  which  you 
are  doing  business.

Between 

the  1st  and  10th  of  each 
month,  send  out  to  every  one  who  has 
an  account  with  you,  whether due  or  not 
due,  a  monthly  statement,  upon  which 
is  clearly  printed  the  terms  of  sale. 
It 
will  take  some  time  and  trouble  to  do

sist 
in  promoting  his  collections  and 
will  greatly  lessen his past-due accounts.

G e o .  H .  H o v e y .

Sold  Rubber  Boots  to  His  Neighbors. 
From the Boots and  Shoes  Weekly.

Mr.  W  ,  a  prosperous  shoe  dealer  in 
Greater  New  York,  is  also  the  owner  of 
a  residence  out 
in  one  of  the  many 
small  villages  on  Long  Island,  which, 
with  his  family,  he  occupies  during  the 
summer.  Knowing  that  he  was  a  shoe 
merchant  in  the  city,  those  of his neigh 
bors 
in  the  country  that  wore  rubber 
boots  conceived  the  idea  that they  could 
get  their  boots  of  him  at  much  lower 
prices  than  from  the  local  dealers,  who 
they  thought  were  charging  very  high 
prices.  A  spokesman  approached  Mr. 
W.  and  told  him  their  wants,  and  that 
they  had  talked  the  matter over,  and 
bad  come  to  the  conclusion  that  they 
could  buy  their  rubber  boots  of  him  and 
make  quite  a  saving,  as  be  supposed 
that  city  dealers  get  less  profit  than  the 
merchants 
in  country  towns  do.  Mr. 
W.  assured  them  that  their  conclusions 
were  correct.  They  named  the  kind  of 
boot  and  asked  the  price.
impression  that  it 
wouldn’t  be  wise  to quote  the  price,  so 
be  told  them  that  he  had  not  unpacked 
his  boots,  as  it  was  early  in  the  season, 
and  had  not  decided  on  the  price,  but 
he  would  do  so  at  once.  As  he  was  rid­
ing  through  the  village  he  sent  his  man 
into  each  of  the  stores  to  price  their 
rubber  boots.  He  returned  with  82  75 
as  the  price,  but  he  thought  his  man 
mistaken,  so  had  him  buy  a  pair;  and, 
to  bis  surprise,  they  were  the  very  ar­
ticle  wanted.  He  was 
in  a  dilemma. 
His  bad  cost  $2  60,  and  here  the  deal­
ers  were  selling  them  for 82.75.  He  had 
assured  the  people  that  they  could  buy 
cheaper  of  him,  and  be  must  keep  his 
word.  How  was  he  to  extricate  him­
self?  He  finally  decided,  as  they  would 
want  but  a  few  pair,  he  would  make the 
price  82.50.

Mr.  W.  had  an 

In  a  tew  days  the  man  called again  to 
see  if  he  bad  decided  on  the  price. 
In 
an  offhand  way  he  quoted  82  50,  so  as  to 
give  the  impression  that  was  the regular 
price. 
“ All  right,"  replied  his  neigh­
bor,  “ I  will  let  you  know  in  a  few  days 
the  number  and  sizes."  In  about a week 
the  order  was  sent  to  his  house  and 
called  for  thirty  two  pairs.  It  was filled. 
Mr.  W.  says  that  not  only were the boots 
shipped  at  a  loss  of  ten  cents  a  pair  be­
side  handling,  but  that  eight  of  the  men 
forgot  to  pay  for  the  boots.  Mr.  W.  de 
dares  that  he  has  not  an exalted opinion 
of  a  man's  business  capacity  that  buys 
rubbers  at  82.60  and  retails  them  at 
82  75,  and  still  less  of  one  who,  to  keep 
up  an  illusion,  buys  at  82.60  and sells  at 
82  50.

A  few  weeks  later  Mr.  W.  met  one  of

7

the  village  shoe  dealers,  who  seemed 
very  social,  and after a few minutes’ talk 
said  to  Mr.  W.  :  " I   want  to  ask  you 
where  you  buy  your  rubber  boc ts.  I  buy
mine  a t -----and  pay  cash;  tney  cost
me  82  60,  and  I  put  the  price  at  82.75, 
which  hardly  gives  me  my  money  back, 
and  yet  our  townsmen  buy  of  you  for 
82  50. ’ ’

Mr.  W.,  with  all  the  dignity  he  could 
assume,  assured  him  that  it  was  a  busi­
ness  secret  that  he  could  not  under  any 
circumstances  divulge.  Mr.  VV.  declares 
that 
in  future  he  shall  not  be  anxious 
for  country  trade  on  rubber  boots.

The  Leather  M arket.

In  speaking  of  the  leather market,  the 

Shoe  and  Leather  Repoiter  says:
The  traffic  is  limited  closelv  to  the re­
quirements  for  consumption,  and  taey 
are  not  pressing,  so  to; t  the  sales  are 
not  up  to  the  average  There  seems  to 
be  a  unanimity  of  purpose  among  buy­
ers  to  purchase  as  sparingly  as possible, 
leaving  the  question  of  future  values  to 
be  determined 
in  accordance  with  the 
law  of  supply  and  demand.  Holders, 
of  course,  would be  obliged  to  acquiesce 
in  this  policy  whtther  they  were  or were 
net  satisfied  with  it.  Bet  the  majority 
of  them  are  evidently  of  the  opinion 
that  the  course  which  is  being  pursued 
is  likely  to  prove  beneficial  t 
in­
terests 
It  certainly  will 
tend  to  relieve  the  industry  of  the  bur­
den  of  the  inequalities  of  prices  which 
weighs  upon  it  so  heavily.

in  the  end. 

their 

Resolve  to  keep  all  the  trade  you 
have,  and  to  obtain  much  more  trade, 
by  keeping  just  what  your  trade  wants, 
not  too  much,  and  never  too  little.

A LW A YS  A  WINNER!

$35.00  per M.

H. VAN TONGEREN,  Holland, Mich.

this,  but  do  it  all  the  same,  because 
will  pay.

it 

This  plan,  carefully  followed  up,  will 
materially  help  your  collections  and 
avoid  some  of  the  evils  of  doing  a 
credit  business  without  method  or  sys­
tem.  Credit  in  this  theory  is  ideal.  Its 
abuse  lies  in  the  assumption  that,  like 
rubber,  it  will  stretch  to  meet  the  con­
dition  or  whim  of  the  mechanic,  or 
farmer,  or  banker  who  fails  to  meet  his 
obligations  as  agreed.

Keep  your  terms  of  credit to the front. 
In  a  certain  sense  every  one  who  grants 
credit  is  in  partnership  with  the debtor, 
to  the  extent  of  the  amount 
involved. 
The  creditor's  profits  on  the  bill  are  a 
known  factor,  provided  the  bill  is  paid 
promptly.  Otherwise  the  transaction 
takes  on  the  nature  of  a  loan  of  money 
or  merchandise  under  a  forced  condi­
tion  which 
is  not  in  harmony  with  the 
original  contract.  In  this  case the profits 
necessarily  wait  on  the  settlement  date, 
and  they  become  a diminishing quantity 
as  the  months  rdl  by.

Uncertainty  is  the  bane,  just  as  punc­
tuality  is  the  blessing,  of  the  credit  sys­
tem.  Let  the  retail  dealer,  if  he  must 
do  a  credit  business,  strive  to  create  a 
sentiment in favor of promptness  in  pay­
ments.  This  be  can  do  by  plainly  stat­
ing  his  terms  verbally  when  the  sale 
is 
made,  on  the 
invoice  when  the  bill  is 
rendered,  and  on  the  statement  as  often 
as 
it  goes  out.  Such  a  course  will  as­

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“It’s  as good as  Sapolio,”  when  they  tiy  to sell  you 
their  experiments.  Your  own  good  sense  will  tell  —2  
you  that they  are  only  trying  to  get  you  to  aid  their —g  
new  article. 
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W ho  urges you  to  keep  Sapolio? 

:
Is  it  not  the 

public?  The  manufacturers,  by  constant and judi-  —2  
cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose  —g  
very  presence  creates  a  demand  for other articles.

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WEDNESDAY,----- JANUARY 11. 1899.

GENERAL  TRADE  SITUATION.
The  business  of  the  new  year  opens 
with  such  a  rush  for  investment  at  the 
great  trading  centers  that  the  appear­
ances  seem  to  resemble  a  great  specula­
tive  mania.  The  trading  on  Monday 
of  this  week  broke  all  records  of  trans­
actions  since  reports  began  to  be  made. 
That this  differs  from  previous  banner 
days  on  the  Exchange,  in  that  there  is 
less  of  the  gambling  and  speculative 
mania  and  more  of  the  pressure  for  the 
profitable  employment  of  the  dividend 
proceeds  of  the  year and  general  con­
fidence  in  the  situation,  is shown  by  the 
fact  that  the  greatest  share  of  the  trad­
ing  was  on  outside  orders.  While  a  few 
prices  declined,  the  general  tendency, 
as  for  weeks  past,  was  upward.  The 
advance  for  last  week  on  the  average 
was  78  cents  for  railways  and  Si.04  for 
trusts.

industrial 

The  principal  characteristic 
situation 
in 

in  the 
is  the 
general 
strengthening  of  demand 
finished 
products.  This  is  resulting  in  a  steady, 
although  slow,  strengthening  of  prices, 
which  seems  to  assure  the  continuance 
of  profitable  operations  without  the dan­
ger of  an  inflation  which  will eventually 
cut  off  demand.

In  the 

iron  and  steel  trades  there  is 
more  of  an  appearance  of  increasing 
prices  than  for  a  long  time  past;  but 
this  is  more  in  appearance  than  other­
wise.  Thus  the  fact  that  rails are quoted 
at  an  advance  of  $2  in  the  West 
is  ac­
companied  by  the  statement  that  the 
Illinois  Steel  Co.  has  sold  its  entire  ca­
pacity  for  a  year  ahead.  And  so  in 
many  other  cases the  small  increase 
in 
is  accompanied  by  the  ex­
quotations 
planation  that 
is  a  result  of  orders 
which  will  occupy  the  works  for  a  long 
time.  Especially  heavy  and  significant 
orders  have  been  placed  for material  for 
agricultural 
implements  and  for  car 
building,  as  well  as  for  rails  and  other 
transportation  material.

it 

While  the  cotton  situation  continues 
to  show  improvement  in  both  the  price 
of  raw  staple  and  finished  product, 
there 
is  a  much  less  favorable  feeling 
in  all  branches  of  woolen  trade,  reduc­
lines. 
tions  being  recorded 
Leather  and  hides  are  still  held 
so 
is  a  holding  back  in 
high  that  there 
shoe  manufacture

in  most 

While  the  grain  price  movement  has 
shown  a  slight  decline  for  the  week,  it 
should  be  ncted  that  it  is  only  the  mod­
erate  and  healthy  reaction  from  the long 
steady  rise  which  had  preceded.  The

change  in  price  is  only  slight  and  there 
is  confidence  that  there  will be  return  to 
better  prices  before  a  greater  downward 
movement.

in  exports,  with 
increase 

The  favorable  condition  of  foreign 
trade  shows  no  change  except  a  steady 
increase 
the  corres­
ponding 
in  the  trade  balance 
in  our  favor.  Gold  imports  are  becom­
ing  the  rule.  Bank  clearings,  which 
broke  all  records  for  December,  show 
an  increase  so  far  this  month.  Locally 
the  gain  in  clearings  exceeded  that  of 
any  other  citv  in  the  United  States.

CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION FAILS
The  Central  American  Union,  or 
Greater  Republic  of  Central  America, 
as  it  was  at  one  time  called,  is no  more, 
as  each  of  the  states  composing  the 
union  has  agreed  to  resume  its  inde­
pendence  and  regulate 
its  own  affairs 
for  the  future.

This  dissolution  of  the  compact  be­
tween  the 
little  Central  American  re­
publics  will  cause  no  surprise,  as  it  is 
just  what  everybody  expected  would 
happen.  The  same  sort  of  federation 
has  been  attempted  before  with  equally 
poor  success. 
In  times  past  one  or  the 
other  of  the  Central  American  republics 
has  sought  to  compel  the  others  to  enter 
into  a  compact,  the  controlling  motive 
underlying  such  a  scheme  being  an  am­
bitious  desire  on  the  part  of  some ag­
gressive  public  man  to  rule  the whole  of 
Central  America.

The 

latest  failure  at  securing  union 
in  Central  America  proves  that  there 
is  no  cohesiveness  in  the  Central  Amer­
ican  system.  The  scheme  by  which  the 
center  of  power  was transferred from one 
Central  American  capital  to  the  other 
was,  of  course,  impracticable,  and  na­
tional 
jealousies  soon  undermined  the 
very  flimsy  fabric  upon which  the  union 
was  based.  The  central  power  endeav­
ored  to  check  revolutionary  tendencies 
and  regulate  methods  of  electing  to 
office,  which  was  too  great  an  innova­
tion 
in  Central  American  affairs  to  be 
acceptable.

The  five  States  will  now  resume  their 
old  methods  of  dictatorial  rule  and  con­
stant  revolution.  Schemes for the  indus­
trial  development  of  Central  America, 
based  upon  more  stable  government  and 
greater  respect  for  law,  will  have  to  be 
given  up,  and  the  exploiting  of  that  re­
gion 
for 
whom  revolutionary  methods  and  an  un 
stable  state  of  society  have  no  terrors.

left  to  adventurous 

spirits 

An 

inconvenient  feature  of  the  dis­
solution  of  the  Central  American  Union 
is  the  necessity  which  will  now exist  for 
this  Government  to  reopen  diplomatic 
relations  with  each  of  the  little  repub­
lics, 
instead  of  accrediting  a  single 
Minister  to  them  all.

The  experiences  connected  with  the 
republics  of  Central 
Latin-American 
America  do  not  encourage  the 
idea  of 
forming  a  Cuban  republic.  No  Latin 
government  short  of  an  absolute  despo­
tism  could  maintain  order  in  Central 
America,  and 
it  would  be  as  bad  in 
Cuba  under  Cuban  rule.

In  the  death  of  Adelbert  E.  Worden, 
the  wholesale  trade  of  Grand  Rapids 
loses  one  of  its  brightest and most enter­
prising  exponents.  Always  courteous  in 
manner  and  considerate  of  the  feelings 
of  others,  Mr.  Worden  won  the  respect 
and  friendship  of  all  with  whom  he 
came 
contact,  and  his  untimely 
death  will  cause  general  regret.

in 

It  is  easier  for  one  woman  to  pick an­
it 

other  woman's  bonnet  to  pieces  than 
is  for  her  to  trim  her  own  bonnet

For 

SCIENTIFIC  PRO GRESS  IN  1898.
Although  there  was  no  conspicuous 
scientific  achievement  during  1898 
there  were  some  practical  successes 
worthy  of  note. 
instance,  there 
was  considerable  experimenting  in  the 
line  of  obtaining  cheaper  and  more  effi­
cient  lights.  The  most  satisfactory  re­
sults  were  secured  from  tests  with  mag­
nesium,  aluminum  and  other  minerals 
heated  to  brilliancy  by  electricity,  thus 
dispensing  with  vacuum  tubes.

Wireless  telegraphy  was 

in  service 
between  the  Isle  of  Wight  and 
the 
mainland,  but  it  appears  to  be  still 
in 
an  elemental  stage  of  development.  Of 
great  commercial  importance,  however, 
was  the  system  perfected  by  Professor 
Rowland  of  Johns  Hopkins  University, 
whereby  twelve  or  sixteen  messages  can 
be  sent  simultaneously  over  one  wire.

The  continuance of the bubonic plague 
in  India  gave  opportunitv  to  demon­
strate  the  efficacy  of  Hoffkine’s  pro 
tective  serum.  The  danger  attending 
the  preparation  of  the  serum  was  also 
demonstrated by  the  death  of  two  physi­
cians 
in  Vienna,  who  were  engaged  in 
the  cultivation  of  the  plague  bacillus 
The  application  of  the  antitoxin  ot 
tetanus  directly  to  the  brain  tissue  was 
shown  to  be  marvelously  swift  and  po 
tent  in  cases  of  lockjaw.  The  value  of 
Sanarelli's  antitoxin  for  yellow  fever 
was  not  established,  and  the  discovery 
of  a  genuine  microbe  orthe  disease  is 
even  doubted.

During  the  year  Ramsey  and  Crookes 
discovered  four  new  chemical  elements. 
It  was  claimed  that  the  distinctive  ele­
ment  of  the  solar  corona  had  been found 
in  the  volcanic  gases  of  Vesuvius,  but 
the  discovery  was  not verified.  Neither 
was  there  verification  of  the alleged dis­
covery  in  the  atmosphere  of  a  gas  many 
thousand  times  lighter  than  hydrogen. 
There  was  during  the  year  a remarkable 
mechanical  achievement  in  condensing 
air  to  a  liquid,  and  the  curious  experi­
ments  with  the  same  opened  up  many 
possibilities  of  usefulness.

Among  the astronomical achievements 
of  1898  were  very  successful  observa­
tions  of  the  total  eclipse  of  the  sun. 
The  sensational  event  of  the  year,  how­
ever,  was  the  discovery  of  a  tiny  planet 
whose  orbit  overlaps  that  of  Mars  to 
such  an  extent  that  the  little  globe  may 
at  times  approach  within  twenty million 
miles  of  the  earth.  Michelson’s  inven­
tion  of  a  spectroscope of high dispersive 
power  was  something  of  interest  to  both 
chemists  and  astronomers.

torpedo  boat. 

Among  the  novelties  of  the  year  was 
the  Lake  boat,  intended  for  operations 
on  the  bottom  of  harbors  and  rivers. 
The  war  with  Spain  brought  out  the 
Holland  submarine 
It 
also 
illustrated  anew  the  value of  fire­
proof  construction  on  ships  and  of water 
tube  boilers. 
It  inspired  Gatling  to de­
vise  a  process  for  the  manufacture  of  a 
gun  in  one-sixth  the  time  formerly  re­
quired.  A  recent  test  of  the gun,  how­
ever,  was  very  unsatisfactory.

During 

1898  numerous  expeditions 
were  organized  to  bunt  for  Andree,  but 
all  of  them  failed.  Peary  left  for  the 
North  to  carry  out  his  scheme  of  reach­
ing  the  pole  by  easy  stages.  Borch- 
grevink’s  expedition  sailed  for  the  Ant­
arctic.  No  news  came  from  the  Belgian 
expedition.

ENGLAND  AND  FRANCE.

Although  the  trouble  growing  out  of 
the  Fashoda  incident,  which at  one time 
threatened  to  precipitate  war  between 
France  and  England,  has  subsided,  it 
has  left  the  relations  bet ween .the  two

is 

countries  in  a  decidedly  strained  condi­
tion.  New  causes  of  irritition  are  crop­
ping  out  daily,  and  even  conservative 
people  are  beginning  to  fear  that,  soon­
er  or  later,  war  must  come.  On  the  side 
of  France  there  is  a  disposition  shown 
to  resort  to  all  sorts  of petty annoyances. 
interests  are  threatened 
Thus,  British 
in  China,  British  trade 
injured  in 
Madagascar,  and the  French  shore  ques­
tion  in  Newfoundland  is  brought  up 
in 
a  most  exasperating  way.  On  her  side, 
Great  Britain  has  displayed  a  remark­
able  degree  of  irritation  and  has  shown 
a  growing  disposition  to  resent  with 
unmistakable  emphasis  every  slight. 
The  British  people  and  government  ap­
pear  to  have  made  up  their  minds  that 
war  is  inevitable  and  that  it  could  not 
come  at  a  more  opportune  time  for 
British  interests  than  now.

There  can  be  no  overlooking  the  fact 
that  England  was  prepared  to  go  to  war 
over  the  Fashoda  matter  had  France  re­
fused  to  recall  Major  Marchaud.  and 
it 
is  equally  patent  that  preparations  for 
war  are  going  on  without  intermission 
even  yet 
in  the  British  arsenals  and 
dockyards.  Although  France  bas  re­
ceded  from  her  position  at  Fashoda,  she 
stili  smarting  under  the  setback 
is 
which  she  then  received,  and  she 
is 
manifesting  her  displeasure  by  antago­
nizing  British 
interests  wherever  they 
can  be  touched.  This  system  of  pin­
pricks  has  proven  excessively  irritating 
to  the  British  masses,  and  even  Lord 
Salisbury  has  lost  patience  and  has 
finally  publicly  notified  France that such 
actions  must  cease,  as  they  are  not  in 
keeping  with  the  line  of  conduct  which 
should  be 
followed  by  a  professedly 
friendly  nation  and  are  in  violation  of 
international  custom.  A  blue  book  has 
been 
issued  setting  forth  the  damage 
done  to  British  trade  and  British  resi­
dents  in  Madagascar,  and  it  is the show­
induced  Lord 
ing  therein  made  that 
Salisbury  to  depart 
from  his  former 
conciliating  tone  and  to  indulge  in what 
must  be  looked  upon  as  nothing  less 
than  a  threat.

The  many  accumulating 

evidences 
that  England  is  preparing  to  throw  off 
the  mask 
in  Egypt,  and  the  practical 
assertion  of  complete sovereignity  in the 
Soudan,  are  likely  to  prove  new  causes 
of  irritation,France’s  sensitiveness  over 
the 
in  Egypt  being  well 
known.

situation 

Another  probable  cause  of  trouble  is 
the  revival  of  the  dispute  over  what  is 
known  as  the  French  shore  of  New­
foundland.  France  has  certain  fishing 
rights,  the  exercise  of  which  is  a  source 
of  constant 
irritation  to  the  people  of 
Newfoundland.  This same  problem  has 
nearly  precipitated  trouble  before,  and 
is  doubly  dangerous  now,  owing  to  the 
existing  state  of  popular  feeling  both  in 
France  and  in  the  British  Empire.

The  most  significant  and  alarming 
symptom  in  the  situation  between  Eng­
land  and  France  is  the  evidence that the 
British  people  feel  that  war  is  inevi­
table,  and  that  they  are  better  prepared 
for 
it  now  than  they  might  be  at  some 
future  time,  hence  are  disposed  to  force 
France  to  a  settlement of  all differences.

One  trouble  about  a  bore  is  that  he 
can  not bore  himself.  He  must  hold  up 
somebody  else  and  steal  time  that  does 
not  belong  to  him

A  crank 

is  a  man  who  has  wheels  in 
his  bead  without  knowing  which  way 
they  will  turn.

A  man  with  a theory should be allowed 

to  keep  it

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

9

During  1898  a  decided 

RAILWAY  CON STRUCTION  IN  ’98.
For  several  years  previous  to  the  one 
just  closed,  railroad  building  was  at  a 
low  ebb.  This  was  the  result  of  the 
over-building  during  the  years  preced­
ing  the  great  financial  panic  of  1893. 
Much  of  the  road  built  under  the stimu­
lus  of  railway  expansion  proved  un­
profitable  and  was  thrown  into the bands 
of  the  courts.  The  natural  result  has 
been  a  restriction  of  railroad  building.
improvement 
is  shown  in  the  amount  of  railway  track 
constructed.  According  to  the  Railway 
Age,  an  authority  on  the  subject,  not 
less  than  3,018  miles  of  road  was  con­
structed 
in  1898,  on  222  lines,  in  45 
states and  territories.  The new  mileage 
of  the  past  year  is,  therefore,  greater 
than 
in  any  previous  year  since  1892. 
In  order  to  show  at  a  glance the  charac­
ter  of  railroad  building  from  year to 
year,  for quite  a  time  past,  the  Rail­
way  Age  publishes the following figures:
Year. 
Miles. Year.
Miles.
18S7.. 
ia.953 >893............ ............2,635
2,io6 1894....
18S8  .
............1.949
1^89..
5.23°
ri>9S .......... .......... 1,803
1590.. 
5.670 1896............ ............1,848
4,291
iS gl..
•897............ ............1,880
1892..
4,192
1898............ ............3,018
A  study  of  the  details  of  the  railway 
building  for the  year  makes  an  interest­
ing  showing.  According to  the  authority 
named,  there  are  but five  states  in  the 
Union  that  have built  no  new  road  dur­
ing  the  year—New  Hampshire,  Massa­
chusetts,  Rhode  Island,  Kansas  and  Ne 
vada,  although 
is  probable  that  the 
latter  two  may  be  represented  when  the 
final  returns  are  in.  Three  States—Del­
aware,  New  Jersey  and  Vermont—have 
built  but  a  mile  each,  while  Nebraska 
has  added  less  than  one  mile,  on  a  ter­
minal  line  at  Omaha.  Thirteen  states 
have  built  more  than  too  miles  each, 
Minnesota  beading  the  list  with  250 
miles,  of  which  146 miles  was  built  by 
the  Great  Northern.  The  other  twelve 
States,  with  their  mileage,  are:  Texas, 
183  miles;  New  Mexico,  163  miles; 
Louisiana,  158  miles;  Arkansas,  157 
miles;  Alabama,  154  miles;  Oklahoma 
Territorv,  147  miles;  Maine,  124  miles; 
North  Carolina,  122  m iles;  Missouri, 
120  miles;  California,  118  miles;  Geor­
gia,  112  miles,  and  Pennsylvania,  105 
miles.  These  thirteen  States  have built 
over  1,900 miles  of  road,  and  if  we 
in­
clude  Arizona,  which  has  added  99 4 
miles,  it  will  be  seen  that  nearly  two- 
thirds  of  the  new  mileage  of  the  coun­
try  has  been  constructed 
in  fourteen 
states. 
_____________

it 

ANOTHER  STORM   CENTER.

The  peace  of  Europe  is  likely  to  be 
disturbed  'again  at  any  time  by  the 
trouble  which  is  brewing  in  the  Trans­
vaal,  the  Boer  republic  in  South Africa. 
Not  until  the  conditions  are  radically 
changed  there  will  the  danger  of  rebel­
lion  followed  by  English  intervention 
be  removed.

There  is  hardly  a  despotism  on  earth 
more  pronounced  than  that  the  Trans 
vaal  or  Boer  government  exercises  over 
the  Uitlanders,  or  “ outsiders.”   The 
latter  comprise  thousands  of  English 
and  Americans  and  other  foreigners, 
mostly 
living  at  Johannesburg.  They 
own  millions  of  dollars’  worth  of  prop­
erty,  chiefly  the  rich  gold  fields,  and 
are  made  to  contribute  heavily  to  the 
expenses  of  the  republic,  so-called,  but 
are  denied  any  participation  whatever 
in  the  government.  They  are  refused 
citizenship  by  the  Boer oligarchy,  which 
is  as  insolent  as  it  is  tyrannical. 
It  is 
a  case of  taxation  and  absolute  control 
of  the  richest  and  most  intelligent  resi­
dents  of  the  country  without  representa­
tion.

Such  narrow  policy  on  the  part  of  the 
Boers  has  very  naturally  occasioned 
ceaseless  murmuring  and  agitation  by 
the  Uitlanders,but  their  efforts  to obtain 
the  political  rights  to  which  they  are 
entitled  have  so  far  proved abortive.  As 
the  majority  of  them  are  Anglo-Saxons, 
however,  it.  is  evident  that  revolution 
will  be  the 
inevitable  result  and  that 
only  a  bloody  struggle  will  settle  the 
troubles,  unless,  as  does not  seem likely, 
the  Boers adopt  a  broader  policy.

Revolution  will  mean  the intervention 
of  England,  almost  naturally  and  nec­
essarily,  and  from  that  circumstance 
may  come  a  clash  between  Germany 
and  Great  Britain. 
It  was  the  Kaiser’s 
warm  congratulations  to  the  Boer  Presi­
dent  upon  the  suppression  of  the  Jame­
son  raid  and  threatened  uprising  at 
Johannesburg  that  came  so  near  bring­
ing  England  and  Germany  to  blows  a 
comparatively  short  time  ago.  There 
has  been  undisguised  ill-feeling between 
the  Germans  and  British  since  that 
event  and  it  would  take  but  a  spark  to 
kindle  a  great  conflagration.

America 

is  deeply  interested  also  in 
these  brewing  conflicts  in  South  Africa, 
for among  the  Uitlanders  are large num­
bers  of  Americans  who  have 
important 
property  interests  in  Johannesburg  and 
vicinity.  The  Uitlanders  are  a  class  of 
people  who  will never submit to political 
slavery—they  come  from  a  race  that 
never  rests nor quits until  it enjoys polit­
ical  freedom,  no  matter  what  the  clime 
or time.  _____________
THE  SO U TH   AFRICAN  TROUBLE.
It  is  just  two  years  since  the  Jameson 
into  the  Transvaal  mtt  with  such 
raid 
disastrous  defeat. 
It  will  be  recalled 
that  the  raid  in  question  was an attempt 
well  planned,  but  badly  executed,  to 
overthrow  the  Boer  authority 
the 
Transvaal.  The  motive  underlying  the 
movement  was  a  desire  on  the  part  of 
certain  South  African  leaders  to  extend 
the  British  control all over South Africa ; 
but  its  main  support  was  derived  from 
the  foreign  population  of  the Transvaal, 
who  are  ground  down  and  oppressed  by 
the  unprogressive  Boers,  who  resent  all 
industrial  development.

in 

Although  the  Jameson  raid  has  passed 
into  history,  the  circumstances  which 
gained  it  support  in  the  Transvaal  still 
continue  to  cause  trouble. 
Instead  of 
improving  their condition,  the  effect  of 
the  Jameson  fiasco  was  hurtful  to  the 
population  of  the  Transvaal  other  than 
the  Boers.  The  people  of Johannesburg, 
the  principal  center,  are  loud  in  their 
denunciations  of  the  Boers,  who  resort 
to  all  sorts  of  oppressive  legislation, 
and  although  collecting  the  great  bulk 
of  the  taxes  from  these  foreigners,  ac­
cord  them  no  voice  in  the  government.
is  such  in  the 
Transvaal  that  a  clash  may  be  expected 
almost  at  any  time.  Profiting  by  the 
Jameson  experience,  the  foreign  resi­
dents  of  the  Transvaal  will  lay  their 
plans  more  cautiously  and  be  fully  pre­
pared  to  succeed,  should  they  decide  to 
attempt  a  coup  de  main.

The  state  of  feeling 

According  to  a  story  ttlegrapbed from 
Berlin  to  London,  Emperor William  has 
refused  an  offer  of  $5,000  from  a  New 
York  publisher  for  an  article  giving 
his  version  on  the  Spanish-American 
war.  The  offer  was  made  by  sending  a 
check  for the  amount  along with  the  let­
ter  asking  for the  article,  and  the  check 
is  said  to  have  been  returned  through 
the  German  embassy  at  Washington.

Trouble  is about  the  only  thing  some 

people  can  borrow  without  security.

THE  THEORY  OF  EDUCATION.
When,  having  at 

last  completed  the 
prescribed  course  of  study,  the  student 
receives  his  diploma,  he  is  reminded 
that  his  education  is  not  thereby  ended, 
but  is  rather  just  beginning.  This  does 
not  mean  that  his  labors  have  been  so 
far  fruitless,  but  only  that  the  college, 
being  unable  to  teach  anything  exhaust­
ively,  has  simply  attempted  to  furnish 
him  with  the 
indispensable  keys  of 
learning.  The  graduate  has  acquired, 
it  may  be  presumed,  the  power  of  con­
centration  and  the  habit  of  patient  re­
search,  essential  to  the  successful  pur­
suit  of  knowledge. 
It  may  be  also  that 
his  taste  has  been  refined  and  his  appe- 
t.te  for  learning  stimulated  by  the  col­
legiate  course  of  study  and  by  contact 
with  the  highly  cultivated  minds  of  his 
preceptors.  But,  in  addition  to  these 
things,  he  has  been  made  more  or  less 
familiar  with  the  fundamental  princi­
ples  of  the  sciences  to  which  bis  study 
has  been  devoted  and  to  those  general 
methods  of 
investigation  upon  which 
their  successful  prosecution  depends.

These  things  are  the  real  keys  of 
learning,  and  if  the graduate  finds  him­
self  in  secure  possession  of  them  at  the 
end  of  three  or  four  years of college life, 
he  may  congratulate  himself  that  his 
time  has  not  been  thrown  away.  There 
is,  perhaps,  a  disposition  on  the  pan 
of  some  people  to  be  too  exacting  in  re­
gard  to  college  work.  Here  and  there 
a  parent  or  guardian,  it  may  be,  im 
agines  that  the  college  course,  indus­
triously  followed,  should  make  of  the 
young  student  a  thorough  chemist,  with 
general  physics  at  bis  fingers’  ends;  a 
practical  astronomer,  perfectly  at  home 
in  every  department  of 
the  higher 
mathematics;  a  philologist,  acquainted 
with  the  classical  tongues  of  antiquity, 
able  to  read  at  sight  the  most  obscure 
passages  of  any  Greek  or  Latin  author, 
conversant  also  with  two  or  three  mod­
ern 
languages  besides  his  own,  and, 
finally,  a  metaphysician,  who  has  found 
his  way  through  all  the  intricacies  of 
Greek  and  German  speculative  pbilos 
ophy.  Sometimes  the  student  himself 
goes  to  college  with  some  such large ex­
pectation,  although  his  fall  is  somewhat 
broken  when  he  learns* that  no  one 
hopes 
in  this  advanced  age  to  acquire 
the  thoroughness  of  a  specialist  in every 
branch  of  human  learning.

But  while the  amount  of  actual  learn 
ing  acquired  in  college  may  seem  very 
small  when  measured  by  the  standards 
of  high  scholarships  or  when  compared 
with  the  attainments  of  specialists,  it 
does  represent  a  substantial  advance, 
and  be  who  earns  his  diploma nowadays 
is  far  more  deeply  and  correctly  in­
formed 
in  regard  to  many  important 
questions  of  science  than  were  the  most 
eminent  savants  of  one  hundred  years 
ago. 
Indeed,  within  fifty  years  nearly 
all  the  sciences  have  been  almost  com­
pletely  revolutionized.  But  the  main 
point 
is  that  the  graduate  has  learned 
at  college  those  things  which  present 
the  greatest  difficulty  without  the  aids 
supplied  by  collegiate  instruction.  The 
trained  athlete  should  not  be  ungrateful 
for  those  earliest  lessons  in  the  art  of 
walking;  for  be  who  can  now  walk  a 
tight  rope  at  a  great  elevation  bad  first 
to  learn  how  to  balance  himself  on  the 
level  floor.  The  student  at  college  is 
taught  generally  bow  to  use  his  mind, 
and  particularly  where  to  begin  in  any 
investigation  that  he  may  desire  to  pur­
sue. 
If  bis  knowledge  is  small,  it  is, 
nevertheless,  a  key,  and  for  that  reason 
it  is  supremely  valuable. 
It  seems  sad, 
but  it  is  true,  that  the  hardest  things  to

There 

table? 

learn  are  usually  the  things  that  must 
be  learned  first  of  all.  Whose  patience 
has  not  been  exhausted  by  the alphabet? 
Whose  head  has  not  ached  over  the mul­
tiplication 
learning— 
book-learning—began  away  back  yon­
in  the  distant  past;  but  there  it 
der 
must  begin  to  day,  and  the 
lapse  of 
time  and  the  whole  onward movement of 
history  have  made  the  task  no  easier. 
And  certainly  no  modern  invention  sur­
importance  the  alphabet  and 
passes 
the  multiplication  table. 
But  every 
science  has 
its  own  alphabet,  which 
must  be  mastered  before  the  mystery  of 
its  lore  can  be  spelled  out  by  the  eager 
student.

in 

It 

involves 

is  true  that  children  pick  up,  as 
the  phrase  goes,  knowledge  outside  of 
the  schoolroom  and  without  the  aid  of 
books.  All  the  world 
is  new  and  at­
tractive  to  the child,  and  he  is  a  student 
both  by  inclination  and  by  necessity  all 
day 
long.  He  begins  where  the  race 
began  in  prehistoric  ages,  at d  his  edu­
cation  is  in  itself  an  epitome  of  the  en­
tire  history  of  civilization.  As  a  whole, 
it 
just  the  three  things  that 
constitute  the  functions  of  the  univer­
sity  proper:  instruction,  discovery  and 
culture. 
In  the  child’s  education  dis­
covery  plays,  perhaps,  the  leading  part, 
although  his  discoveries  are  not  com­
monly  what  is  called  original  His first 
instructors  are  naturally  his  father  and 
learning  he  gets  from 
mother,  and  the 
those  authorities  is  none  the  less 
intel­
ligible  and  memorable  to  him  because 
it  is  not  imparted  in  formal  and  color­
less  terms,  but  in  the  glowing  words  of 
household  teachers  who  are  in  love  and 
in  sympathy  with  their  pupil.  But  this 
learning  out-of-doors 
is  of  an  encyclo- 
pediacal  range,  and 
the  time  comes 
when  attention  must  be  confined,  for 
some hours  of  the  day  at  least, to  a  more 
limited  curriculum. 
“ The  three  R ’s”  
are  taught  because  they  are  considered 
absolutely 
indispensable.  One  must 
learn  to  read,  write,  and  to  perform  the 
arithmetical  operations  required  in  the 
discharge  of  ordinary  business.  There 
is  very 
little  attempt  to  disguise  the 
strictly  utilitarian  aspect  of  the  instruc­
tion  given  to  the  youngest  children  in 
the  schoolroom.  But  a  little  later  on  a 
is  made  in  the  opposite  direc­
mistake 
tion.  Possibly 
it  grows  out  of  the  no­
tion  that  as  the  majority  of  school  chil­
dren  will  never  be  sent  to  college  they 
should  be  taught  as  much  as  possible 
before  they  leave  school.  At all  events, 
boys  and  girls  come  home  with  an  arm­
ful  of  books,  and  a  good  part  of  their 
playtime  must  be  spent  in  conning  to­
morrow’s  lessons,  or  they  will 
incur 
the  penalties  of  failure,  and  possibly 
lose  their  chance  of  getting  into  a  high­
er  grade  next  session.

Precisely  how  much  should  be  taught, 
or,  rather,  how  many  different  studies 
should  be  taken  up  in  schools  below  the 
rank  of  the  high  school,  or  of  the  col­
lege,  is  an  extremely  difficult  question. 
Probably  no  great  charge  in  the  college 
curriculum  need  be  expected  for  many 
years  to  come.  Elective  courses  are 
permitted  now  where  they were formerly 
prohibited  ;  but  the  old  four-year  course 
was  founded  in  reason,  and seems  likely 
to  hold  its  ground  despite  a  vast  deal  of 
adverse  cnt  cism.  No  one  can  hope  to 
acquire  the  learning  of  a  specialist 
in 
more  than  one  or  two  studies;  but  the 
student  who  avails  himself  of  his  op­
portunities  at  anv  respectable  college 
will  at  least  learn  the  main  results of in­
vestigation,  and  arrive  at  a  clear com­
prehension  of  the  most  important  scien­
tific  theories  of  his  time,  although  he 
may  not  be  able  to  estímale  the  relative 
value  of  the  evidence  upon  which  the 
exponents  of  those  theories  rely.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

10

Fruits  and  Produce.
Increasing  Scarcity  o f  O ysters. 

From  the New  York Commercial.

Dealers  in  this  market  are  much  con­
cerned  over  the  increasing  scarcity  of 
good  oysters,  the  more  so as  just  at  this 
time  an  unusual  demand  has  set  in from 
all  parts  of  the  country. 
It  has  been 
usual  at  this  particular  season  of  the 
year  for  distributors  in  the  West  to  shut 
off  their  standing  orders  with  the  large 
Eastern  suppliers,  but  since  the  begin 
ning  of  the  holidays  dealers  have  re­
ceived  notice  to  continue  sending  the 
daily  supplies.  These  alone  were  suffi 
cient  to absorb  all  the  good  stock  as fast 
as  the  bivalves  were  received  from  the 
grounds,  and  the  fresh  orders  coming  in 
have  embarrassed  the  market  consider­
ably.

Shipments  to  the  Western  dealers  are 
chiefly  made  from  the  West  Tenth street 
oyster  market  in  this  city,  and  since  the 
new  demand  set 
in  shipments  have 
averaged  from  15  to  25  per  cent,  heav- 
ter  than  during  the  middle  of  Decem­
ber.

Until  quite  recently,  the  Texas  mar­
ket  was  not  considered  a  factor  by  the 
New  York  dealers,  but  along  with  the 
heavier  demand  from  other  sections  of 
the  country  Texas  consumers  have made 
large  demands  upon  the  dealers.  This 
is  due  to  the  fact  that  the  oyster  crop  of 
that  State  has  turned  out  to be  a  fail 
ure,  and 
instead  of  having  bivalves  to 
send  out  of  the  State,  as in former years, 
there  is  net  enough  to  supply  borne con­
sumption.  Heretofore,  too, 
in  seasons 
of  scarcity  Western  distributors  were 
more  or  less  well  supplied  by  Norfolk 
and  Baltimore  oyster  bouses,  but  this 
year  there  is  a  remarkable  scarcity  of 
the  product  there,  and  this  is  held  ac­
countable  for  the  greatly  increased  de­
mand  on  the  New  York  market.  The 
failure  of  the  Southern  oyster  market  to 
supply  the  demand 
is  attributed  to  a 
light  crop  of  the  bivalves  in  the  Chesa­
peake  Bay. 
In  Norfolk  and  Baltimore, 
as  is  the  case  here,  the  price  of  oysters 
has  gone  up  several  points. 
In  Balti 
more,  the  price  ranges  from  80c  to  85c 
per  gallon,  and  from  80c  to 95c  per  gal­
lon  here.

Comparatively  few  oysters  are  canned 
in  New  York,  owing  to  the  fact  that  the 
demand  usually  absorbs  the  supply  in  a 
fresh  state.  While  the  demand  is  now 
very 
large,  it  will  take  only  the  good 
stock,  and  there  is  therefore  no  chance 
to  work  off  the  poor  oysters,  even  at 
much  reduced  rates.  The  poor  quality 
of  the  oysters  here  is  causing  consider­
able  worry  on  the  part  of  the  planters. 
For  several  weeks  there  has  been  a 
steady  deterioration.  Some  of  the  plant 
ers  attribute  the  decline  in  quality  to 
the  heavy  easterly weather that prevailed 
during  the  early  patt  of  December,  and 
to  an  enormous  growth  of  sea  plants and 
fungi 
in  upon  the  planted 
grounds at  that  time.

that 

set 

Increase  of  Fancy  C heese  Production 

in Wisconsin.
From  the Milwaukee Sentinel.

The  cheesemaking  season  for 1898  has 
closed,  and  until  next  April  and  May 
nothing  will  be  done  aside  from  curing 
and  shipping  the  product  of  the  season, 
arranging  for  new  contracts  and  com­
puting  the  profits  or  losses.  Prices  have 
ruled  rather  low  up  to  this  time.  They 
show  some  signs  of  improvement  now 
and  the  stock  on  hand  is  likely  to  yield 
greater  profits  than  that  already  sold.

The  quantity  has  been  greater  and 
quality  better  this  season  than  the  aver­
age.  The  weather  has  been  most  favor­
able  for  the  growth  of  good  grass  in 
pastures  and  meadows,  and consequently 
the  yield  of  milk  was  abundant  and  of 
good  quality.  The  comoiled 
list  of 
cheese  factories  in  this  (Greene)  county 
shows  198,  nearly  all  of  which  make  the 
foreign  or  fancy  kinds  of  cheese,  the 
large,  round  Swiss,  weighing  from  70 to 
250  pounds each,  taking the lead ;  block, 
brick,  and  Limburger  follow  closely 
next

As  to  the  amount  of  cheese  made  at 
these  factories  or  cheeseries,  as  they 
are  beginning  to  be  called,  after  the

for  1898 

information  there 

German  term  kaseri.it  is  difficult  to get 
absolutely  correct  figures  of  the  total 
yield.  The  product  as  given  by  the 
assessors’  statistics 
is  about 
6 000,000,  but  these  figures  are  not  cor­
rect.  At  the  time  when  the  assessor  is 
after 
little 
cheese  in  the  cheeseries,  which  are  very 
frequently  operated  by  different  persons 
from 
in  the  previous  season.  These 
have  not  the  books  nor  figures  of  their 
predecessors  to  refer  to ;  besides,  the 
prevailing  reluctance  to  give  full  infor­
mation  to  assessors  extends to  those  who 
operate  cheese  factories.
Enorm ous  Growth  o f  California  Cel­

is  but 

ery  C rop.

Los  Angeles,  Jan.  6—The  celery  crop 
of  Southern  California  has  within  a 
year  or  two  grown  so  large  as  to  cut  an 
important  figure  in  the  State’s  exports. 
From  Westminster,  which  is  the  center 
of  the  principal  celery  regiob,  about  ten 
carloads  a  day  are  now  being  sent  out. 
The  harvest  will  continue  until  March, 
and  the  crop is est  mated at 700 carloads. 
Each  car  is  valued  at  about  $800,  so 
that  the  crop 
is  now  worth  more  than 
$500,000.

Kansas  City  and  Chicago  are  the  two 
principal  distributing  points,  and  this 
vear  both  of  these  cities are  getting  a 
large  portion  of  their celery  from South­
ern  California,  by  reason  of  the  failure 
of  the  Michigan  crop.  The  celery  for 
export 
is  grown  almost  entirely  on  re­
claimed  peat  lands,  similar  to  the  peat 
bogs  of 
They  have  been 
drained  and  cultivated,  and  proved  to 
be  peculiarly  suited  to  the  culture  of 
celery.  Grown  on  this  land  the  vege­
table  has  a  particularly  fine  flavor  and 
tenderness.  About  700  acres  of  the  peat 
land  belt has alreadv been  thus  utilized.

Ireland. 

is  pushing 

Soja  Beans as a Coffee Substitute.
A  Florida  paper 

soja 
beans,  a  Florida  product,  as  a  coffte 
substitute.  Here 
is  what  it  says  in  a 
recent  issue:  “  The principal  objection 
to  coffee  substitutes  is  their  high  price. 
They  are  composed  mainly  of  barley, 
wheat,  bran  and  soja  beans  or  peas, 
with  perhaps  a  little  chicory  to  give  it 
flavor,  all  browned  and  ground  for  15 
cents  a  package.  With  good  Jersey 
cream  and  plenty  of  sugar  it  makes  a 
fairly  good  nutritious  drink,  with  no 
effects  of 
indigestion  following,  as  in 
the  use  of  real  coffee.  But  why  pay  7 
to  10  cents  a  pound  even,  when  soja 
beans  or  velvet  beans  can  be  bought  for 
$2  per  bustiel  that  will  make  just  as 
good  bogus  coffee?”

W onderful  Butterm aker.

There  is  being  shown  in  New  York  a 
wonderful  new  buttermaker. 
It  is  noth­
ing  more  or  less than  a  butter separator, 
which  not  only  produces  butter  in  from 
three  to  five  minutes,  but 
leaves  the 
just  as  sweet  as  it  was 
milk  or  cream 
before  being  churned. 
It  is  a  perfect 
marvel  of  scientific  and  inventive  skill, 
and  like  all  valuable  inventions,  simple 
in  construction  and  can  be  operated  by 
any  child.  The  wonderful  simplicity  of 
the  machine  and  its  construction  war­
rants  its  production  at  an  extremely  low 
cost  compared  to  its  worth. 
Its  retail 
price  varies  from  $5  to $35,  according 
to  capacity.

Another  Schem e to  Preserve  Eggs.
It  is  stated  that  an  entirely  new  proc­
ess  has been  recently  discovered  by  a 
New  York  man  for  arresting  the  deteri­
oration  of  eggs.  The  method  employed 
is  very  simple  and  inexpensive and con­
sists  of  heating  the  inner  lining  of  an 
egg  by  chemical  vapor through the pores 
of  the  shell,  rendering  it  perfectly  air­
tight.  At  the  age  of  even  ten  months  it 
is  claimed  that  no  egg  tester or  candler 
can  detect  eggs  so  treated  from  fresh 
laid,  either  in  appearance  or  by  using, 
no  matter  what  tests  may  be  used.
M arket  for  Peach  Stones.

From the  Ph  ladelphia  Record.

Peach  stones  find  a  ready  market  in 
New  York  City,  where  perfumes,  flavor­
ing  extracts  and  prussic  acid  are  dis­
tilled  from  the  kernels.

M OSELEY  BROS.

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24  and  26  North  Division  Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Extra Fancy Navel Oranges

Car  lots  or  less.  Prices  lowest.

Maynard  &  Reed,

54  South  Ionia Street, 

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

HARVEY  P.  MILLER.

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i l

GOTHAM  G O SSIP.

News  from   the  M etropolis—Index  to 

Special Correspondence.

the  M arket.

New  York,  Jan.  7— AH  markets  are 
firm.  The  year  starts 
in  with  the  ut­
most  confidence  expressed  by  people  in 
every  line  of  trade  and,  unless  all  signs 
fail,  we  shall  have  every  week  a  record 
of  increasing  prosperity.

Coffee  is  steady  and  both  brokers  and 
jobbers  express  themselves  as  very  well 
satisfied  with  the  outlook.  Orders  from 
both  country  and  city  have  come 
in  at 
a  very  satisfactory  rate  and  values  have 
held  with  a  degree  of  firmness.  While 
crop  movement  continues  fairly 
the 
large, 
the  December  report  of  the 
world’s  visible  supply  shows  a  decrease 
of  some  368,000  bags,  which  is  a  de­
cidedly  larger  decrease  than  was  antici­
pated. 
in  the  principal  ports 
In  store 
and  afloat  there  are  752,826  bags.  Rio 
is  worth  6 %c.  Mild  sorts  have 
No.  7 
been  in  better  movement  and  the  mar­
ket  is  generally  satisfactory.  Prices  are 
practically  unchanged,  with  Good  Cu- 
cuta  held  at  8&c.  East  India  sorts  are 
in  slow  movement,  but 
in  sympathy 
with  other  kinds  the  tone  of  the  market 
is  firmer.

interesting  than 

Refined  sugars  have  been  in  moder­
ately  active  demand  and  the situation  is 
not 
it  has  been. 
The  Mollenbauer  refinery,  it  is  stated, 
will  shut  down,  as  prices  have  been 
forced  down  to  a  point  that  no  longer 
affords  them  a  profit.  It  is  also said  that 
Havemever 
is  getting  ready  to  make 
the  fur  fly  and  proposes  to  show  “ some 
body"  that  they  can  not  build  sugar  re­
fineries  for  the  purpose  of  selling  the 
same  to  the  Trust,  and  that  those  who 
try  this  game  will  have  a  bard  row  to 
hoe.  While  granulated  is  listed  at  5c, 
independent refiners report some enquiry 
at  4.94c.

The  tea  market,  while  showing  a 
slight  improvement,  is  in  no  condition 
to  brag  about.  Orders  are  for  small 
quantities.

less 

Domestic  grades  of  rice  have  met 
with  a  very  satisfactory  demand  from 
some  of the  larger  grocers  and  the  mar­
ket  for  such  is  in  very  good  shape,  and 
the  feeling  is  intensified  by  reports  still 
coming  of  a  big  falling  off  in  the  crop 
of  Burmab.  Foreign grades  here  are  in 
moderate  request,  but  sales  made  are  at 
full  value  Prime  to  choice  Southern 
is  quotable  at  5%@6X c.  Japan, 
rice 
5@5#c.
doing  in  other  lines 
pepper  is  worth  io^|@ioXc.

Pepper  is  firm,  with  little  if  anything 
Singapore  black 

The  molasses  market  shows  consider­
able  strength,  especially  for  the  better 
grades  of  grocery  stock,  and  buyers 
seem  willing  to  pay  full  rates,  realizing 
that  they  will  not  save  anything  by 
“ shopping.”   Good  to  prime  centrif­
ugals  are  held  from  i 6@ 26c.  Open ket­
tle,  32@36c.  Molasses  from  cane  that 
is  considerably  in 
has  been  frostbitten 
evidence. 
It is  not  desirable  and  is  apt 
to  turn  sour.  Syrups  are  quiet,  with 
prices  practically  unchanged.

Oranges  have  met  with  fair  request. 
On  Thursday  all  cars  were  sold  of  Cali- 
fornias,  mostly  navels,  at  satisfactory 
rates,  fancy  stock  bringing  $2  8o@3.40; 
common,  $2.20^2.65.  Floridas  are 
in 
light  demand. 
repacked, 
meet  with  ready  sale  at  $5@5  50  per 
bbl.  Bananas  are  quiet  at  goc@$i  per 
bunch  for  firsts.

Jamaicas, 

The  volume  of  the  canned  goods busi­
ness  this  week  has  not  been  so  large, 
but  the  whole  tone  of  the  market  is  firm 
—decidedly 
Prices,  while  not 
notably  higher,  are  well  held,  and  the 
outlook  is  most  satisfactory.

if  any  change  is  to  be 
noted  in  the butter  market.  The  volume 
of  receipts  is not  large  and  yet  seems  to 
be  sufficient  to  meet  the  demand.  Most 
is  for  the  very  choicest  stock, 
enquiry 
and  for  fancy  Western  creamery  21c 
is 
Imitation  creamery, 
about  top  rate. 
I4K @ '5K c ; 
finest, 
firsts, 
Western  factory,  June  extras,  I4@i4>£c.
Little  interest  is  displayed  in  cheese, 
either  by  exporters  or  home  traders. 
Fancy,  large  size,  full  cream  State  is 
worth  io^c.  Small  size,  11c.
for  eggs  shows  some

The  demand 

i6 J4 @ i7c ; 

Very 

little 

so. 

falling  off,  but arrivals are  moderate  and 
prices  are  generally  well  maintained. 
Best  Western,  27c;  fair to good,  26@27c.
Dried  fruits are quiet,  with evaporated 
apples  worth  q>£@ io c ;  choice,  8& @  
9#c.

Fancy  greening  apples are worth $5@6 
per  b b l;  Baldwins,  $4@4.50.  Cranber­
ries,  Cape  Cod,  per  bbl., 
fancy, 
*7@7-5o.

For  “ Me  and  Frank.”

Years  ago,  when  Frank  Parmelee  was 
running  bis  'bus  line  in Chicago,  he had 
a  driver  named  “ Bob,"  and  he  bad  bis 
suspicions  that  be  wasn't  getting  all  the 
fares  be  was  entitled  to. 
“ Bob"  bad  a 
habit  of  talking  to  himself,  and  one 
night  Parmelee  caught  him  in the stable 
reckoning  up  the  day’s  proceeds.  He 
had  emptied  his  buckskin  bag  out  on  a 
sack  of  oats,  and  was  stacking  up  silver 
dollars  in  two  piles. 
“  Here's  a  dollar 
for  me,  and  here’s  a  dollar  for  Frank,”  
he  said,  “ and  a  dollar  for  me  and  a 
dollar  for  Frank  ”   He  kept  on  this  way 
until  be  bad  all  the  money  equally 
divided,  with  a  dollar  over.  Parmelee 
kept  still  and  waited  to  see what “ Bob" 
would  do  with  that  dollar. 
“ Bob" 
looked  at  it  and  weighed  it  in  his band. 
“ Shall  I  keep  it?"  he  says  to  himself. 
“ No,  I ’ll 
it.  He  has 
to  feed  the  horses.”   Parmelee  broke 
in  on  him  then,  and  gathered  in  the 
whole  pot.  Next  he  proceeded  to  talk 
kindly  but  firmly  to  his  driver. 
“ It's  a 
good  thing  you  bad  some  glimmerings 
of  conscience  remaining,  you  infernal 
old  scoundrel!"  be  said.  “ If you hadn’t 
turned  over  that  odd  dollar,  I'd  have 
fired  you,  sure.”

let  Frank  have 

The  Peasant  and  His  Son.

One  day  a  peasant  carried  a  basket  of 
potatoes  to  the  field  and  dug  holes  in 
the  soil  and  planted  them.  His  young 
son  watched  operations  for  a  time  and 
then  enquired: 
“ Daddy,  why  do  you 
put  those  taters  in  the ground?”
“ By  so  doing  each  one  will  bring  me 
back  ten,  my  son,"  replied  the  father.
The  boy  went  away,  and  when  his 
father  came  up  to  dinner  he  found  him 
digging  in  the  yard  and  asked:

“ Sonny,  wbat  are  you  seeking?”  
“ Why,  daddy,  I  have  planted  the 
clock,  two  umbrellas,  the  teapot,  your 
Sunday  bat,  ma’s  boots  and a tablecloth, 
and  each  one  will  bring  me  back  ten."
“ You  young  idiot,  come  here  and  be 
skelped!’ ’  shouted  the  father,  and  he 
tanned  the  boy  up  and  down,  crossways 
and  sideways,  until  he  was  tired.

“ Daddy  planted  taters  to  get  back 
ten," mused  the  boy  as  he  sat  down  un­
der  the  cow  shed  to  think. 
“ But  I 
planted  clocks  and  bats and  boots  to grt 
a  licking. 
It  must  be  the  difference  in 
the  soil. ”
Decrease 

in  the  Connecticut  Oyster 

Industry.

New  Haven.  Jan  6—The  report  of  the 
Connecticut  Shell  Fish  Commissioners, 
issued,  gives  a  discouraging  ac­
just 
count  of 
last  year’s  oyster  industry  in 
this  State.  A  quarter  of  a  million  dol­
lars has  been  lost  through  heavy  storms 
and  the  star  fish,  and  there  has  been 
practically  no  dealing  in  seed.

“ Where  hundreds  of 

thousands  of 
bushels  of  seed  were  sold  last  year  from 
says  the  report, 
the  natural  beds,”  
‘ hundreds,  or  even 
less,  would  this 
year  represent  the  catch  ’ ’

In  regard  to  next  year’s  crop,  the  re­
port  says:  “ A  glance  at  the  amounts 
of  shells,  sand  and  gravel and  other  ma­
terial  spread  by  the  planters  on  their 
grounds  this  year  for  the  reception  of 
the 
‘ set’  will  show  an  outlay  in  monev 
and  labor  that  has  been  almost  a  dead 
loss  in  every  case  It  is  safe  to  say  that 
the  loss  will  be  $250.000  in  money.”

O therwise.

Benedict  Holmes:  My  wife  has 

joined  a  sewing  society.

Freeman  Bachelor  (simulating 

inter­

est) :  Is  that  so?

Benedict  Holmes:  No,  it  isn’t  sew; 

it’s  talk.  ____  

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Illinois  to  Have  Pure  Food  Laws.
Peoria,  111  ,  Jan.  3—I  take  pleasure 
in  handing  you  herewith  copy  of  the 
suggestions  made  by  the manufacturing, 
jobbing  and  retail  interests  of  this  city 
to  the  gentlemen  who  are  drafting  a 
pure  food  bill  to  be  presented  to  the 
next  General  Assembly  of  Illinois.  You 
will  pardon  my  using  one  paragraph 
from  your 
letter  of  Dec.  17,  addressed 
to  William 
it  touched  the 
fudson,  but 
exact  spot.  We  are  endeavoring  to  have 
a  pure  food  bill  drafted  which  will  be 
protection  to  the  consumer,  and  at  the 
same  time  a  reasonable  measure  under 
which  manufactured  articles  must  all 
he  made  of  non-injurious 
ingredients. 
We  do  not  believe  that  the  consumer 
wants  absolutely  pure  goods  in  all  prod­
ucts,  but  that  he  does  want  to  know  that 
the  mixtures,  compounds  or  blends  con­
tain  ingredents  not  injurious  to  health.

F.  C.  Jones.

Manufacturers of

and Jobbers of

Pearl Brand Oysters

In Cans or Bulk.

Consignments of Poultry and Game 

Solicited.

How  It  Happened.

43 E. Bridge St.

Grand  Rapids.

Sympathetic  Visitor  (to  prisoner)  : 
My  good  man,  what  brought  you  here?
Facetious Prisoner: Borrowing money.
Sympathetic  Visitor:  But  they  don’t 
for  borrowing 

in  prison 

put  people 
money!

Facetious  Prisoner:  Yes,  I  know;  but 
I  had  to  knock  the  man  down  three  or 
four  times  before  he  would  lend  it  to 
me.

It  Didn’t  S urprise  the  Janitor.

Cornetist : 

Janitor:  You’ll  have  to  stop  practi­
cing  on  that  cornet—we  can’t  stand  it.
I'm  sorry  that  music  has 
no  charms  for  you.  You  know  Orpheus 
moved  inanimate  objects  by  bis  music.
Janitor:  Is  that  his  cornet  you’ve get?

Bound  to  Bring  Him  to  Time.

Attorney:  You  can  sue  him  for breach 
of  promise,  madam,  bet  it  seems  to  me 
preposterous  to  claim  $250,000 damages.
Fair  Client: 
I  want  to  get  so  heavy 
judgment  against  him  that  he’ll  just 

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Some  Facts  About  the  Grocery  Busi­

ness of Gotham.

instances  where 

goods,  provisions, 

is  fell  tne  wide  world  over. 

New  York,  Jan.  9 —The  wholesale 
grocery  district  of  New  York, 
that 
bustling  locality  on  the  lower  West  Side 
in  tne  vicinity  of  Franklin  and  Hudson 
streets,  contains  within 
its  boundaries 
business  bouses  which  are  known  all 
through  the  country.  The  yearly  trans­
actions  are  on  a  tremendous  scale,  and 
the  far-reachir.g  influence  of  the  opera­
tions 
In 
this  line  New  York  buys  in almost every 
part  of  the  globe,  and  the  principal 
centers  of  Europe  give  homes  to  the 
American  representatives  of  these  fa­
mous  dealers  in  the  good  things  of  life, 
as  well  as  the  necessities.  The  annual 
business  of  the  sixty 
leading  grocery 
houses  of  this  city  is  over $250,000.000 
a  year.  During  the  present  season  the 
war  with  Spain  created  a  new  field  for 
sales,  and  many  a 
local  bid  was  ac­
cepted  by  the  Government  in  the  way 
of  canned 
flour, 
sugar  and  coffee.  While  in  the  major­
ity  of  cases  the  army  contracts gave  an 
added  zest  to  business,  there  were  not  a 
few 
losses  were  in­
curred.  This  came  about  to  a  large  de­
gree  through  a  rise  in  flour during  the 
first  weeks  of  the  struggle.  Of  the  aver­
age  total  annual  business  there are seven 
grocery  houses  which,  combined,  do  at 
least  $100,000,000.
is  an  air  of  activity  in  and 
around  the  grocery  district  which  can 
not  fail  to  interest  the  casual  observer. 
Huge  vans  rumble  through  the  streets 
weighted  down  with  boxes  and  bags. 
Some  are  for  loading  and  others  for  un­
loading  at  the  warehouses.  Shipping 
cierks  bustle  to  and  fro,  checking  off 
bills  of  lading  and  hurrying  the  drivers 
in  order  to  have  them  catch  the  next 
freight  train  or  steamboat. 
In  the  ca­
pacious  salesrooms  the  goods  are  dis­
played  in  a  manner  calculated  to  tempt 
even  the  most  hardened  buyer.  Sales­
men  who  know  every  article  of  the  bun 
dreds  for  sale  and  the  price  of  each,  on 
more  than  a  dozen  different kinds of dis­
count,  are  taking  hourly  orders  the  size 
of  which  would  make  the  quiet  little 
keeper  of  a  country  store  doubt  his 
senses.  The  whole  trade  in  all  parts  of 
the  metropolis,  and  with  its  hundreds  of 
ramifications,  is  said  to  give  employ­
ment  to  forty  or  fifty  thousand  bands.

There 

inhabitants  with 

Three-quarters  of  the  immense  supply 
of  coffee  which  comes  into  the  United 
States  is  distributed  by  the  grocers  and 
importers  of  New  York.  The  price  of 
coffee,  as  well  as  all  other  staples,  is 
fixed  and  determined  here.  Of  the 
100  000,000  pounds  of  tea  which  comes 
irito  the  country  fully  three  fifths 
is 
handled 
in  this  city,  despite  the  fact 
that  quite  a  large  portion  comes  by  the 
way  of  San  Francisco  and  the  overland 
route.
The  wholesalers  of  New  York,  to  be­
gin  with,  have  an  exceptional  field  to 
operate 
in  right  here  at  home.  There 
are  about  ten  thousand  retail  groceries 
in  the  present  New  York,  which  supply 
the  3,500.000 
their 
daily  requirements.  One  of  the  features 
of  the  growth  of  the  business  during  the 
last  few  years  is  the  quantity  of  canned 
goods  handled.  This  department  has 
grown  to  unusual  size.  Many  firms  have j 
factories  and 
their  own 
individual 
brands.  The  business  as 
it  has  both 
enlarged  and  concentrated  has  required 
greater  administrative  skill  and  finer 
trade  tactics. 
The  $25  000,000  gross 
transactions  alluded  to  only  yield  an  es­
timated  return  of  1  per  cent.  net.  Great 
bouses  doing  a  $5  000,000  business  a 
year,  with  perhaps  $500.000  or  $600,000 
capital  invested,  will  have  at  the  end 
of  the  year  no  more  than  $500.000  net 
for  the  risks  and  keen  work  that  have 
been  used 
in  juggling  with  their  cap­
ital,  laid  out  in  cargoes  and  trainloads 
of  groceries,  subject  to  conditions  that 
the  wisest  trader  can  only  guess at.

The  wholesale  grocer,  who  used  to 
limited  line  of  staples, 
handle  only  a 
has  become  the  purveyor  of  prepared 
foods.  He 
is  the  vehicle  whereby  the 
manufacturer  of  things  to  eat  and  of 
many  household  conveniences  finds  a 
market.  The  principal  business  and 
the  principal  profits  of  a  wholesaler  are 
in  sugar,  coffee,  tea,  dried  fruits,
not 

cured  meats  and  cheese,  but  in prepared 
table  articles.  The  wholesale  grocer  is 
for  the  factory  as  against  the  kitchen.

The  Boy  and  the  Limburger  Cheese.
Ma  sent  me  to  pay  a  bill  at  the  gro­
cer  s  last  Saturday.  The  boss  behind 
the  counter  made  me  a  present  of some­
thing  wrapped 
in  a  piece  of  silver 
paper,  which  he  told  me  was  a  piece  ol 
Limburger  cheese.  When  I  got  outside 
the  shop  I  opened  the  paper,  and  when 
I  smelt  what  was  inside  I  felt  tired. 
1 
t jok  it  home  and  put  it  in the coal shed. 
In  the  morning  I  went  to  it  again. 
It 
was  still  there.  Nobody  bad  taken  it.
I  wondered  what  I  could  do  with  it. 
Father  and  mother  were  getting ready to 
go  to  church.  I  put  a  piece  in  the  back 
pocket  of  father’s  pants,  and  another 
piece  in  the  lining  of  ma's  muff. 
1 
walked  behind  when  we  started  for 
church. 
It  was  beginning  to  get  warm. 
When  we  got  in  church,  father  looked 
anxious  and  mother  looked  as  if  some­
thing  bad  happened.  After  the 
first 
hymn,  mother  told 
father  not  to  sing 
again,  but  to  keep  bis  mouth  shut  and 
breathe  through  his  nose.  After  the 
prayer,  perspiration  stood  on  father’s 
face,  and  the  people 
in  the  next  pew 
to  ours  got  up  and  went  out.  After  the 
next  hymn,  father  whispered  to  mother 
that  he  thought  she  had  better go  out 
and  air  herself.  After the  second 
les­
son,  some  of  the church  wardens  came 
round  to  see  if  there  were  any  stray  rat;- 
in  the church 
Some  more  people  near 
our  pew  got  up  and  went  out,  putting 
their  handkerchiefs  to  their  noses  as 
they  went.  The  parson  said  they  had 
better  close  the  service,  and  hold  a 
meeting  outside  to  discuss  the  sanitary 
condition  of  the  church.  Father told 
mother  they  had  better go  home  one  at 
a  time.  Mother  told  father  to  go  the 
nearest  way  home  .  nd  disinfect  himself 
before she  came.  When  they  got  home, 
they  both  went  into  the  front  room,  but 
did  not  speak  for  some  time.  Mother 
spoke  first,  and  told  father  to  put  the 
cat  out  of  the  room,  as  she  thought  it 
was  going  to  be  sick.  It was  sick  before 
it  out.  Mother  then 
father  could  get 
turned 
that  the 
canary  was  dead.  Mother told  father  not 
to  sit  so  near to  the  fire  as  it  made  mat 
ters  worse.  Father  told  mother  to  go 
and  smother  herself.  Mother  said  she 
thought  she  was  smothered already  Jusi 
then  the  servant  came  in,  and  asked 
if 
she  should  open  the  windows,  as  the 
room  felt  very  close.  Father  went  up­
stairs  and  changed  bis  clothes,  and  bad 
a  hot  hath.  Mother  took  father's  clothes 
and  offered  them  to  a  tramp,  who  said, 
“ Thanks,  kind  lady,  they  are  a  bit  too 
high  for  m e.’ ’  Mother  threw  them  over 
the  back  fence  into  the  canal 
Father 
was  summoned  afterwards  for  poisoning 
the  fish.  Mother  wer t  to  bed.  Father 
asked  her  it  she  had  been  fumigated 
Just  then  father  had  a  note  sent  him. 
Father  came  to  wish  me  “ Good  night’ ’ 
at  10  o'clock  in  the  evening,  with a note 
in  one  hand  and  a  razor strap  in  the 
other. 
I  got  under  the  bpd.  The  peo­
ple  next  door  thought  we  were  beating 
carpets 
I  can  not  sit 
down  comfortably  yet.  I  have given  my 
little  sister  what  I  had  left  of  that  Lim 
burger  cheese. 
it  a  pity  to 
waste  it.

round,  and  noticed 

in  the  bouse. 

I  thought 

T h e   O rig in   of th e   M en u .

in  foreign  languages. 

Americans  have  become  accustomed 
to  an  eating  programme, 
in  which 
dishes  for  the  table,  like  doctors’  pre­
scriptions  of  medicine  for  the  stomach, 
are  written 
In 
fact,  many  eaters  never  know  what  they 
are  eating  unless  the  dishes  of  hash 
and  things  mixed  generally  are  pre­
pared  by  a  French  cook,  and  printed  in 
the  French  language.  Then  they  know 
all  about  it.  Cheap  restaurants  are  also 
onto  the  snap  of  putting  up  a  big  bill 
of  fare;  but  when  a  customer  selects 
something  aside  from  the  three  or  four 
standard  dishes  of  liver,  bacon,  greens, 
bam,  potatoes  and  eggs, 
the  waiter 
must  say,  “ We  are  just  out.”

Few  people  are  probably  aware  of  the

origin  of  the  menu  or  bill  of  fare,  that 
important  feature  of  all  banquets  and 
dinners. 
It  was  in  1498,  at  the  German 
imperial  diet,  held  in  Regensburg,  un­
der  Emperor  Maximilian  I.  The  prin­
ces  of  the  states  were  assembled  to 
discuss  the  affairs  of  the  nation,  and 
particularly  measures  for  upholding  the 
“ general 
interstate  peace treaty”   that 
had  been  agreed  upon  at  the  diet  of 
Worms. 
It  included  the  establishment 
of a  kind  of  supreme  couit  of  arbitra­
tion  for  the  whole  empire, an institution 
which  became  extinct  only  in  1806,  with 
the  dissolution  of  the  old  German  em­
pire.  For,  as 
in  our  own  days,  there 
was  much  talk  of  peace  and treaties,and 
still  more  banqueting  and  feasting.  A 
great  dinner  was  arranged  at  the  mag­
nificent  town  ball.  During  the  banquet, 
Count  Hugo  von  Montfort  noticed  that 
the  duke  of  Brunswick,  William  II., 
would  from  time  to  time consult  a  scroll 
of  parchment  that  lay  beside  his  plate. 
Wondering  what  it  might  contain  and, 
perhaps,  believing  the  witty  prince  was 
looking  over  his  notes  for  an  after-din­
ner  speech,  he  found  upon  enquiring  of 
the  mighty  warrior  that  it  was a copy  of 
the  cook's  programme,  or  bill  of  fare. 
The  valiant  duke  was  quite  an  epicure 
and,  as  he  stated  to the  count,  simply 
wanted  to  know  the  succession of plates, 
so  that  be  might  be  sure to  preserve 
sufficient  appetite for his favorite dishes 
The  duke's  gastronomic  method  soon 
became  known,  and ever  since  the  menu 
forms  part  of  great  public  banquets. 
By  this  feeding  programme a  man  may 
know  of  what be  will  fill  up  on,  and  be 
enabled  to  choose the  cause  of  bis  dys­
pepsia.

People  who 

live 

should  not  throw  glasses.

in  stone  houses 

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BUCKWHEAT

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That is PURE  is  the  kind 
we  offer you at prices that 
are reasonable.

We  sell  buckwheat  that 
has the good old-fashioned 
buckwheat  taste.  We  do 
not  adulterate  it  in  any 
way, shape or manner.  We 
believe  that  when  people 
ask  for  buckwheat  they 
want buckwheat,  and  it  is 
for the class of people who 
know what they  want  that 
we make this buckwheat.

We  believe  that  it  will 
please  any  lover  of  the 
genuine article.

We  would  like  to  have 
your order  and  shall  take 
pleasure  in  quoting  you a 
close price on any quantity.

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VALLEY  CITY 
MILLING  CO.

GRAND RAPIDS.

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Sole manufacturers of  “ LILY WHITE 
‘'The flour the beet cooks  usewe.” 

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Creameries Paying 

like 
a  good  creamery  in  your community write  to  us  for  particulars.

creameries 
prom ote  prosperity. 
W e   build  the  kind 
that  pay. 
If  you 
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A M O D EL C R EA M ER Y.

Our Creamery buildings are erected after the most approved Elgin model. 
We equip  them  with  new  machinery of  the  very  latest  and  best  type.
Creamery  Package M T  g  Co.,

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ish  slashing  of  price,  making  a  gain 
with  every  transaction,  is  sure  to  win 
out  at  the  finish.

I  would  say  to  any  one  who  would  be 
a  leader:  Work  with  only  one  object in 
view,  the  approval  of  the  public.  Map 
out  for yourself  a  straightforward,  busi­
nesslike  course,  and  then  stick  to  it. 
This  course  must  of  necessity  be  along 
the  route marked out by public demands, 
because  the  money  of  the  public  pays 
for  the  race,  and  they  dictate  what 
course 
is  to  be  run,  where  the  finish 
must  come,  and  in  a  large  measure  the 
tools  to be  used ;  and the  approval  of the 
public  alone  can  make  possible  a  pay­
ing  race  of  any  description.

It 

is  often  the  case  that  some  little 
store  around  the  corner  is  the  popular 
mart  of  town,  where  the  people  go  for 
the  newest and  best  of  everything,  and 
get  i t ;  but  slowly  do  they  flock  with 
approval  where  cheap—cheap—cheap  is 
everywhere  apparent,  and  seemingly  the 
only  store  maxim.  Cheap  prices  means 
cheap  goods,  usually  dispensed  over 
cheap  fixtures,  with  cheaper  light  and 
accommodations,  by  the  cheapest  help 
obtainable.  This  line  seldom  is  a  win­
ner;  but  he  who  builds  up  a  trade  by 
sticking  to  the  motto,  “ The  best  of 
everything,  or  nothing  at  all,  for  my 
trade,”   secures  a  permanency and  is the 
victor.  The  best  of  everything  means 
best  store  room,  best  light,  best  fixtures, 
best  goods,  best  service.  This  combi­
nation  will  meet  the  public  approval, 
which  won,  confidence  can  be  main­
tained,  and  a  foremost  place  be  assured 
him  who  sticks  to  his  plan,  giving  little 
or  no  heed  to  competitors,  but  always 
maintaining  the  claim  to leadership  by 
sticking  to  the  store  motto,  "T h eb est,”  
not  even  falling 
into  the  too  common 
habit  of  considering  that  when  the  best 
of  everything  else  has  been  provided 
the  public  will  put  up  with  the  poorest 
available help. 

L.  A.  E l y .

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MERCANTILE  ASSOCIATIONS

Michigan Business Men’s Association 

President,  C.  L.  Whitnet,  Traverse  City;  Sec 

retary, E  A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, J. Wisi.sk.  Mancelona;  Secretary,  E. 

A.  Stowe, Grand Rapids.

Michlgun  Hardware  Association 

President,  C.  G.  J aw ett,  Howe 1;  Secretary, 

Henrt C.  Minnie,  Eaton  Rapids.

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association 

President, Joseph Knight;  Secretary, E. Marks, 

221 Greenwood ave;  Treasurer, vj. H. F rink.
Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association

President,  F rank  J.  Dy k ;  Secretary,  Homer 

Kla p;  Treasurer, J.  Geo.  Lehman.

Saginaw Mercantile Association 

President, P.  F.  Treanok;  Vice-President, John 

McBkatnib;  Secretary,  W.  H.  Lewis.

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association

President, Geo.  E.  Lewis ; Secretary,  W.  H. Por­

t e r;  Treasurer,  L. Pslton.

Adrian  Retail Grocers’ Association

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

land;  Treasurer,  Wm.  C.  Koehn.

Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association 

President,  M.  L.  DeBa t s;  Sec’y,  S.  W.  Waters.

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

President,  Thob.  T.  Ba tes;  Secretary,  M.  B. 

Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association 

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

bell;  Treasurer, W.  E.  Collins.

Alpena Business Men’s Association

President,  F.  W.  Gilchrist;  Secretary,  C.  L. 

P a r t r i d g e .

Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association 
President, L. J. Katz;  Secretary, Philip Hilber; 

Treasurer, S. J.  Huppord.

St. Johns Business  Men’s Association. 

President, Thob  Bromley:  Secretary,  Frank A. 

Percy ;  Treasurer, Clark A. Putt.

Perry Business Men’s Association

President,  H. W. Wallace;  Sec’y, T. E. Heddle.
Grand Haven Retail  Merchants’ Association
President  F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W. V erHoeks.

Yale Bnslness Men’s Association

President, Chas. Rounds;  Sec y. F rank Putney.

LEADERS  IN  BUSINESS.

Who  Properly  Belong  in  That  C ate­

gory.

W ritten for the T radesman.

Id  response  to  a  number  of  enquiries 
from  those  who  read  my  article  in  a  re 
cent 
issue  of  the  Tradesman  in  regard 
to  who  may  be  considered  the  leader 
among  the  merchants  of  a  town,  city  or 
village,  and  whether  all  might  not  ac­
quire  that  distinction  if  the  same  line 
were  followed,  I  again drop into a  poetic 
strain  for  answer:

is  leader. 

leader,  he 

There can be but one winning horse in a race,
Nor more than two leading merchants in a  place.
imitate  and  come  very 
Others  may 
close,  but  he  who  leads  must  come  in  at 
the  finish  a  clean  first.  Not  even  neck 
and  neck  can  apply  here,  and  we  can 
safely  state  that  he  whom  the  people 
proclaim 
This 
proclamation  comes  from  actions  rather 
than  words,  and  is  demonstrable  in  the 
fact  that  to  such  an  one  as  the  popular 
choice  falls  on  the  people  look  for  new 
things  at  seasonable  times,  good  things 
all  the  time,  courteous  treatment  as  a 
matter  of  course,  and  store  service  un­
questionably  up  to  date,  and  are  not 
disappointed  therein.  Another  identify­
is  that  others  will  “ follow 
ing  mark 
the  leader;’ *  and,  when 
imitators  oi 
your  acts,  plans,  trims,  advertisements 
or  any  other  individuality  of  yours  say 
more  plainly  than  words  would  express 
the  thought,  “ Lead  thou  us  on—we  arc 
followers,”   fly  not 
into  a  passion,  but 
it  as  evidence  that  you  are th» 
take 
leader. 
Imitation  is  always  thé  sincer 
est  flattery  The  very  act  is  admittanc* 
that  you  are  looked  on  as  a  leader  by 
some  if  not  by  all.

arms, 

instead  of  keeping  his  eye  on  the  track 
ahead,  with  the  inexplainable  result  of 
his  wheel  suddenly  sheering  off  to  the 
right,  causing  him  to  loose  his  hold  an 
instant,  when  his  wheel  “ lay  suddenly 
down  to  restand  get  ready  for  repairs.”  
Falling,  be saw bis  danger and  stretched 
his  hands  ahead,  hoping 
thereby  to 
have  crossed  the  line.  But  this  was  be­
yond  reach,  and  in  an  instant  the  ones 
following  were  all  in  an  indescribable 
heap  of  humanity—wheels,  pneumatics, 
wires, 
legs,  sweaters,  curses, 
groans  and  broken  hopes.  The  catas­
trophe  was  utterly  unavoidable,  because 
the  field  was  so  bunched  that,  with  eyes 
on  the  leader,  they  bad  no  time  to  stop 
or  turn  aside,  resulting 
in  one  of  the 
most  complete  pile-ups  on  record.
But  what  was  this  solitary 

figure 
crowding  the  outer  wall,coming  on  with 
head  erect  and  colors  flying?  Only  he 
who  was  far enough  behind  to  keep  his 
eye  on  the  track,  bis hand  on  the  guid­
ing  bar,  bis  foot  on  the  pedal,  himself 
on  his  seat,  and  who  kept  right on push­
ing  all  the  while,  but  guided  his  wheel 
safely  around  and  beyond the indiscrim­
inate  mass  of  struggling  humanity  and 
reached  and  passed  the  line  ahead  of 
all  others,  thus  winning  the  race 
in 
which  at  the  start  he  had  no  visible 
chance  of  winning,  and  at  the  finish  re­
ceiving  the  hearty  applause  of the  pub­
lic  whose  money  had  been  paid  to  see 
the  winner  and  who  bestowed  their  ap­
proval  without  previously-formed  preju- 
1ice.  As  this  figure  swept  silently  past 
the  grand  stand  the  cheers  completely 
IrowDed  the  groans  from  those  fallen 
on  the  field  before  the  glory  thereof  had 
been  won.

I  would  make,  as 

illustration  to  my 
idea  of  leadership  among  the retail mer 
chants  of  any  place,  a  comparison  witt 
a  bicycle  race  I  once  bad  the  pleasure 
of  witnessing  from  a  seat  in  safety  ofl 
the  track :

, 

In  this  race  were  numerous  entries, 
many  of  whom were more than amateurs, 
some  semi-professionals,  a  couple  ol 
experts  and  there  was  one  solitary  ridei 
who  had  never  won  distinction  on  the 
cinder  path.  The  handicapping  was. 
therefore,  not  a  feature  where  figure* 
in  the  finish  so  he 
could  place  him 
would  be 
in  sight  of  those  who  led  at 
this  exciting  time;  but  be  was  given  i 
good  start,  secured  a  fair  send-off,  anr 
for  a  few  rods  actually  led  the race.  But 
the  people  were  not  deceived  by  his  ap 
parent  leadership;  they  had  no  cheers 
for  one  who  did  not  win  bis  position  b\ 
sturdy  pushing  and  reserved  applause
for  those  who  were  first  in  passing  thost- 
wbom  the  handicap  placed  in  advance
This  solitary  rider  did  not  have  on  a 
special  bicycle  suit,  only  a  commor 
everyday  outfit,  and  he  worked  in  his 
shirt  sleeves,  which  left  him  a  conspic­
uous  mark  among  his  opponents.  As  be 
gradually  fell  behind  all  the  others 
there  was  no  one  to  even  watch  his 
movements,  the  spectators  thinking  of 
course  he  would  be  distanced.  And  it 
really  looked  like  it  when,  on  reaching 
the  final  home  stretch,  the  others  were 
rods  ahead  of  him,  mostly  in  a  compact 
bunch,with  the  two  experts  complacent­
in  the  lead  by  a  sufficient  space  to 
ly 
justify  them 
in  anticipating  their  easy 
victory,  when  one  just  behind  them 
made  a  spurt  and  came  so  close  up  that 
the  experts  had  to  exert  themselves  to 
keep  in  the  lead.

But  just  here  their  inattention to busi­
ness  changed  the  entire  field  outlook, 
in  the 
and  the  future  of  some  lives 
crowd  closely  following, 
for  the  one 
leading  watched  the  ones  close  behind,

This  solitary  rider  we  wiil  compare to 
one  who  enters  the  mercantile  race  with 
a  business  education  which  places  him 
naturally  at  the  head,  and who  is backed 
by  a  determinaion  to  keep  right  on 
lushing  along  bis  own  line,  bis  band 
guiding,  his  eye  on  the  course ahead, in­
stead  of  on  those  in  competition.  He 
who  steers  clear  of  the  debris  of  broken 
fortunes  and  keeps  bis  eye,  band  and 
head  on  bis  own  business  career  is  able 
to  guide  the  same  along  the  safe,  out­
side  course,  clearing  all  the  dangers  of 
his  path  by  passing  around,  rather  thaD 
stopping  to  clean  out  of  his  way  those 
who  have  an  apparent 
lead,  always 
oushing  ahead  towards  the  object  of  bis 
search,  a  competence,  and  finally  re 
ceives the merited  plaudits of the public, 
whose  money  pays  for  the  race  and 
whose  sympathy  is  always  with  the  win­
ner.

In  the  business  race  be  who  has  an 
apparent  lead  and  stops  to  watch  those 
close behind,  with  perhaps  a  too  com- 
olacent  spirit  not  unmixed  with  jeal­
ousy,  and  does  not  watch the route ahead 
may  come  to  grief 
in  bis  career  and 
carry  down  others  who  are  following. 
This  man  represents  him  who,  having 
a  good  trade,  bends  his  entire  energies 
to  beat  bis  competitor.  Sometimes  this 
is done  with  cut  prices,  coupled  with 
personal  attacks  on  competitors;  other 
times  by  various  ways,  among  which  we 
will  mention  only  one—having  outside 
business,  pleasures,  sports,  etc.,  to  draw 
attention  off the  track  ahead,  when,  like 
the  wheel  bereft  of  human guidance,  the 
business  comes  to a  disastrous  end,  and 
all  too  often  drags down with it competi­
tors  who  have  been  following  him  so 
closely  their  ventures  are  thrown  into 
the  crash  of  final  ruin;  while  he  who, 
in  plain  everyday  clothes,  is  located  far 
enough  away  to stick  to  his  own  busi­
ness,  pushing  and  guiding  it  to  the  end 
of  winning^and  keeping  ouCof  the  fool-

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Shoes  and  Leather

Every  Man  to  Hi*  Trade.

There 

is  a  dubious  phrase  about  the 
"higher criticism ,"  whatever  that  may 
be,  which  many  self-sufficient  men  are 
pleased  to  think  they  are  fully  compe­
tent  to  handle  on  almost  any  subject.

Whether  in  war  or  in  peace,  this  con­
fident,  self-deluded  mortal  will  furnish 
the  highest  military  authorities  with 
strategic  advice  and  point  out  to  them, 
through  the  safe  ambuscade of the press, 
the  time and  the  manner  in  which  a  de­
cisive  blow  should  be  delivered ;  or he 
will,  gratuitously,  pour  valuable  counsel 
into  the  astonished  ear  of  an  expert me­
chanic  upon  a  subject  of  which  he,  the 
self-contained  amateur,  knows  next  to 
nothing.

The  mental  activity  of  this  man  is 
exceeded  only  by  his  anxiety  to  force 
his  valueless  opinions  upon  others  who 
are  trained  and  disciplined  to  their 
work  by  active  service  and  long  experi­
ence.

If our  generals  and  admirals  can  get 
no  valuable  points  from  this  anxious, 
well-meaning  citizen,  neither  can  the 
expert  mechanic  nor  the  successful  vet­
eran  manufacturer  gain  useful  knowl­
edge  from 
the  visionary  and  untried 
theorist.

The  men  who  are  full  of bumptious 
criticism,  always  on  tap,  are  always  to 
be  found,  as  disturbing  elements,  both 
in  civil  and  military  life,  and  their 
social  rating  is  low.

In  the  useful  arts  of  the  world  per­
haps  no  cautionary  advice 
is  more 
commendable  than  that  of  the  title  of 
this  article,  "E very  man  to  his  trade.”
The  time  has  long  since  passed  when 
a  man  can  drop  his  yardstick  or  his pen 
and  rush  with  impunity  into  the  com­
plex  labyrinth  of  modern  shoe  manufac­
turing.

It  is  at  least  two  score  years  too  late 
for  a  man  with  some  ingenuity  and 
pluck  to  start  a  shoemaking  plant  with 
a  few  sides  of  sole  leather,  a  dozen 
skins,  a  "jou r”   or  two  and  an  appren­
tice  as  bis  stock  in  trade and  his  work­
ing .staff.

The  world  has  moved,  and  with  it  our 

trade.

The  small  fish  have been  swallowed 
by  the  leviathans  of  the  craft,  and  the 
latter have  been  nourished  by the former 
and  have  increased  in  proportions  and 
power  and  are  better  fitted  in  every  way 
to  meet  the  enormous  and  varied  de­
mands  of  these  times.

It  matters  not  what  a  man’s trade may 
be,  if  he  has  adopted  it  and  followed  it 
intelligently  for  many  years  he  is  better 
fitted  to give  an  opinion  upon  that  par­
ticular  calling  than  on  any  other.

The  term  "trade”   is  used  here  with 
the  utmost  latitude  of  meaning,  and 
is 
intended  to  cover  any  pursuit  on  the 
face  of  the  earth  that  a  man  may  have 
pinned  his  faith  to and  in  which  he has 
invested  money,  time,  care and  thought.
The  man  who  has  any  trade  at  all  has 
grown  to  i t ;  he  was  not  born  to 
it,  ex­
cept  so  far as  an  inherent  capacity  may 
have  seemed  to  fit  him  to  follow  i t ; 
and  the  modern  way  of  pursuing  the 
trade  of  shoemaking  on  a  large  scale,  so 
far from  being  an  exception  to  the  rule 
of  growing 
it,  is one  of  the  most 
exacting  callings  among  the  useful  arts, 
in  which,  by  reason  of  the  enormous 
competition  existing,  very  narrow  mar­
gins  of  profit  are  the  rule;  and  even 
these  are  obtainable  only  under  the 
closest  scrutiny  and  excellent  manage­
ment  on  the  part  of  the  principal.

into 

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

"B ut  any  man  of  average  intelligence 
and  business  ideas  can  run  a  shoe  store, 
and  sell 
shoes  profitably,”   says  the 
self-assured  citizen.

Perhaps,  when  brogans,  hip  boots  and 
two  or  three  plain  sorts  of  dress  shoes 
comprised  the  assortment  of  the  shoe 
dealer,  it  was  just  possible  for  the  dry 
goods  man,  or  even  the blacksmith,  to 
swap  his  trade  for  the  shoe  dealer’s and 
come  out  even.

The  untrained  man  now  who  tries  to 
run  an  up-to-date  shoe  store  is  like  the 
novice  on  the  bicycle  who  has  side  sup­
port  to  keep  him  up.

It 

is  slow,  however,  and  there  is  no 

fun  in  it.

Besides,  his  side  support  may fail him 
at  a  critical  moment,and  down  he  goes.
The  would-be  bicyclist  may  be  a cow­
boy,  and  he  may  have  ridden  success­
fully  a  bucking  broncho;  but  the  wheel 
is  different  and  bucks  in  its  own  pecul­
iar  way.

The  dry  goods  man  may  have  con­
ducted  a  successful  business 
that 
line,  and  have  stuck  on  for  many  years, 
but  without  some  previous  training  for 
the  new  venture  the  modern  shoe  busi­
ness  will  throw  him.

in 

If,  like  Rip  van  Winkle,  an  old-timer 
in  the  shoe  trade  were  to  be  thrust  sud­
denly 
into  a  well-equipped  shoe  store 
to-day,  bis  amazement  and  confusion 
would  be  as  great  and  genuine  as  that 
of  the 
long-sleeping  Dutchman  at  the 
changes  that  time  has  wrought.

The  old-timer  would  be  totally  unfit 
for the  emergency,  and  would  lose  cus­
tomers,  right  and  left.

Our  styles  would  be  Greek  to  his  an­
cient  lore,  and  their  variety  and  enor­
mous  profusion  would  strike  him dumb; 
while  the  glare  of  modern  colors,  with 
the  electric  searchlights  turned on them, 
would  probably strike  him  irrecoverably 
blind.

And  what  would  an  alien  to  our  craft 
in  the  midst  of  this,  to  him,  chaos 

do 
of  footwear?

Weeks,  nay  months,  would  have  to  be 
spent  by  him  in  bringing  order  to  his 
confused  mentality;  in learning  the  first 
or  kindergarten  elements  of  shoes,  just 
by  daily  object  lessons.
And  then  the  names!
Hebrew  or  Sanscrit  would  be  no  more 
unintelligible  to  his  intellect  the  latter 
part  of  his  lessons.

Soon,  too,  he  would  be  obliged  to 
master  the  perplexing  shibboleth  of  toe 
jargon,  and 
if  he  were  ever competent 
to  distinguish  between  a  bulldog  and  a 
Piccadilly,  a  coin  and  a  razor,  be  would 
then  have  laid  a  temporary  foundation 
of  knowledge  upon  which  be  must  con­
tinually  build  up  with  the  shifting  and 
elusive  newcomers  which  put  in  an  ap­
pearance about  once  a  month.

in 

the 

With  a  civil  service  examination  suc­
cessfully  passed 
foregoing 
branches  he  would  now  be  ready  for  the 
rudiments  of  that  occult  science  recent­
ly  introduced  into  the  shoe  dealer’s cur­
riculum,  as  an 
indispensable  accom­
plishment  to  meet  the  exigencies  of 
feminine  prejudice 
in  the  vital  matter 
of  the  size  of  their  footwear.

The  unintelligible  cipher dispatches 
would  form  no  easy  task  for  his  mental 
training 
in  the  art  of  selling  shoes  to 
fair  patrons  whose  old-time  No.  3s  have 
failed  to  develop,  laterally  or  longitudi 
nally,  proportionately  to  the  progress  of 
the  feet;  but  which  are  still  demanded, 
just  the  same,  in  order  to  satisfy  con­
servative  predilections  for  former  con­
ditions.

The  unhappy  alien  to  our  craft  is  ex­
pected  to  master  this  new  branch  of

ethics,  and  to be able to  translate  these 
ciphers  offhand.— E.  A.  Boyden 
in 
Boots  and  Shoes  Weekly.

Reason  It  Out  Yourself.
You  ask  why  he  is successful.
Did  you  ever  see  him  playing  bil­

liards  during  business  hours?

Isn’t  be  always  there  when  you  call 

at  his  place  of  business?

Did  you  ever  hear  of  him  neglecting 

his business  for  a  baseball  game?

When  he 

is  engaged  at  bis  desk,  is 
he  writing  business  letters  or  is  he at­
tending  to a questionable  social  corres­
pondence?

business  in  the  morning?

Isn’t  he  the  first  one  at  his  place  of 
1  don’t  know,  son,  why  this  man  is 
successful,  but  I  do  know  of  a  good 
many  reasons  why  he 
is  deserving  of 
credit.

The  young  widow  is  not  always  as 

mournful  as  she  is  dressed.

Qeo.  H.  Reeder  & Co.,

19 South  Ionia Street, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Agents  for  LYCOMING  and 
KEYSTO N E  RUBBERS.  Our 
stock  is  complete  so we  can  fill 
your orders at once.  Also a line 
of U.  S.  Rubber Co.  Combina­
tions. 
Send  us  your  orders 
and  get  the  best  goods  made.
Our line of Spring Shoes are now 
on  the  road  with  our  travelers.
Be  sure  and  see  them  before 
placing your  orders  as we  have 
some “hot stuff” in them.

HEROLD -B ER T SC H   SH O E  CO.

M A N U FA C T U R E RS  AND  JO B B E R S  

R ELIA B LE  FOOTW EAR

O F

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“win"  with  us.— When  in  the  city  see  our  spread.— Agents 
for  Wales  Goodyear  Rubbers.

5  a n d   7  P E A R L  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

* * ** * & * & * * & &

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12,14 and  16  Pearl Street,

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Manufacturers uud Jobbers of

Boots and Shoes

Agents  Boston  Rubber  Shoe  Company.

A   full  line  of  Felt  Boots  and  Lumbermen’s  Socks. 

We  have  an  elegant  line  of spring  samples to show you. 

Be  sure  and  see  them  before  placing  your  order.

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s   W ool  Soles 

Over  Gaiters 
Leggings

Women’s extra fine, per dor__$2.00  Retail at 25c
Misses’ extra fine, per doz........   1.70  Retail at 20c
Child’s extra fine, per doz..........  1.50  Retail at 20c
Men’s extra fine, per doz...........   2.7s  Retail at 35c
Women’s No.  1, per doz............  1.75  Retail at 20c
Misses’  No. I, per doz.................  1.50 
Child’s No.  1, per doz.................   1.35 
Men’s No.  1,  per doz.................   2.50  Retail at 30c

Retail at 18c
Retail at 18c

Above are long, fine Fleece.

Women’s old style binding, short wool, per doz.S1.25 
Misses’ old style binding, short wool, per doz.  1.10 
Child’s old style binding, short wool,  per doz..  1.00 
Men’s old style binding, short wool,  per doz...  2.00

Women’s  10 button, Felt, per doz.....................C2.50
Women’s  10 button. Trilby, per doz.................   3.00
Women’s 10 button, Empress, per doz..............  4.50
Women's 10 button, Victoria, per doz.............6.00
Women's  7 button, Josephine, per  doz...........   4.00
Men's  10 button, Storm King, per doz.............   6.00
Men’s  10 button, Blizzard, per doz....................  8.00
Women’s all wool Leggings, above knee.......

Per doz................... $10.50
Women’s mixed  wool  Leggings,  above  knee
Per doz...................  9.00
Sox for Rubber  Boots,  per doz.................$1.25

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scale.  The  present  output  of  the  Cana­
dian  works  at  St.  Catharines  is  three 
and  one-half  tons  per  day,  and  that  of 
the  Niagara  and  “ Soo”   works  fifteen 
tons  per  day.

These  are  the  only  carbide  works 

in 
commercial  operation 
in  this  country, 
the  latter  two  being  operated  by  the 
Union  Carbide  Co.,  the  only  American 
licensee  under  the  patents  of  the  Elec­
tro  Gas  Co.,  of  New  York,  whose  stock­
holders  own  the  controlling  interest  in 
the  company.

The  Electro  Gas  Co.  not  only  controls 
all  patents 
in  the  Wilson  process,  but 
has  absorbed  all  the  available  patents 
covering  not  only  the  manufacture  of 
crystalline  calcium  carbide,  but  the 
use,  also,  of  acetylene  in  almost  every 
form,  even  to  bringing  carbide  in  con­
tact  with  water  for  the  making of  acety­
lene  gas  and  the  burning  of the gas  in  a 
burner.

The  best  legal  talent  obtainable  has 
passed 
favorably  upon  the  validity  and 
strength  of  these  patents,  and,  what  is 
equally  important,  the  Electro  Gas  Co. 
has  ample  funds  for offensive and  de­
fensive  purposes.  It  is,  therefore,  prob­
able  that  the  Electro  Gas  Co.  will  con­
trol  the  sale  and  use  of  calcium  carbide 
in  this  country.

When  acetylene  was  first  brought  out, 
it  was  thought by  enthusiastic  support­
ers  that  it  would  revolutionize  the light­
ing  field.  This  has  not  been  the  case. 
Liquefied  acetylene  has  been  the  cause 
of  almost  all  accidents  due  to  acetylene 
explosions,  and  the  impracticability  of 
handling  acetylene  in  that form.couplqd 
with  the  fact  that  the  insurance  com­
panies  of  the  country  refuse  to  indorse 
the  use  of 
liquefied  acetylene  in  any 
shape,  has and  will  prevent  its  use.

first  amount  of  the investment,  it follows 
that  acetylene  will  supersede  the  very 
small  electric-lighting  plants  in  a  great 
many  cases.

Carbide  cannot be  profitably manufac­
tured  except  under  exacting  condi­
tions—a  5,000  horse  power equipment  is 
probably  the  smallest  plant  it  would 
pay  to  operate.  The  ordinary  electric- 
lighting  apparatus  is  not  adapted  to  its 
manufacture,  so  that  the  utilization  of 
the  day  load  of  such  a  plant  is  imprac­
ticable.

it 

Power  is  but  one  of  the  factors  in 
making  carbide.  A  pure  coke  is  re­
quired ;  a  quality  of  lime  showing  less 
than  3  per  cent,  of  magnesia,  and  fa­
vorable  freight  rates  and  shipping  fa­
cilities  are  equally  important.  A  com­
bination  of  these  requisites  is  found 
in 
in  the  United  States, 
but  few  places 
is  safe  to  say  there  are  not  half 
and 
a  dozen  points 
in  the  country  that  are 
available  for the manufacture of carbide.
That  a  profit  is  made  in  selling  car­
bide  at  present  prices  seems  reasonably 
certain,  as the Union Carbide Co.,  whose 
stockholders  are  almost  all  conservative 
gas  men,  prominent 
in  the  control  of 
some  of  the  largest  gas  works  in  the 
country,  would  hardly  offer  their  prod­
uct  at  the  price  now  asked.  That  the 
existing  price  will  not  be  raised  is  a 
simple  business  proposition. 
it  vyas 
raised  to  any  extent,  acetylene  gas  in 
the  economy  of  its  use  would  not  com­
pete  with  other 
its 
employment  would  be  restricted  to  an 
output  too  small  to  pay  to  manufacture.
As  the  cost  of  carbide  depends  par 
ticularly  on  the output  of  the  works,  it 
inevitable  that  increased  production 
is 
will 
lessen  the  price.  Assuming  even 
that 
it  requires  an  amount  of  $100,000 
or  more  to build  carbide  works  of  a  ca-

illuminants,  and 

If 

pacity  to  profitably  manufacture  the 
product,  and  that  the  patents  of  the 
Electro  Gas  Co.  are  likely  to  be  held 
good,  the  growing  demand  and  pro­
spective  profits  of  the  sale  of  carbide 
will  attract  and  tempt 
investment  of 
ample  capital  to  throw  down  the  gaunt­
let  to  the  Union  Carbide  Co.,  unless 
that  company  controls  the  manufacture 
and  sale  of  carbide  through  making and 
selling  it  at  competitive  prices,  on  lines 
similar  to  those  followed  by  the  Stand­
ard  Oil  Company.

for 

from 

We  can,  therefore,  safely  predict  that 
acetylene  will  be  a  competitor  of  elec­
tric  lighting,  of  constantly  growing  im­
portance.  We  know  that  in  the  State  of 
Wisconsin, 
instance,  over  seven 
hundred  stores  and  houses  are  now 
lighted  with  acetylene 
isolated 
generators 
installed  during  the  past 
year ;  in  fact,  the  present  development 
of  acetylene 
is  almost  confined  to  the 
Middle  States,  although  a  considerable 
business  in  acetylene  generators  is  done 
along  the  Pacific  coast  and  a  compara­
tively  small  amount  in  the  Eastern  and 
New  England  States.  The  main  cause 
of  this  uneven  development 
in 
the  attitude  shown  by  the  different  in­
surance  boards of America in classifying 
acetylene  as  a  fire  hazard.

lies 

The  Western  Union  of  Fire  Under­
writers  and  the  Chicago  Underwriters’ 
Association  have  granted  permits  under 
certain  rules  for  the 
installation  of 
acetylene  generators  within  buildings, 
when  the  construction  and  operation  of 
the  generator  has  been  tested  and  prop­
erly  approved. 
Thirty-two  different 
makes  of  acetylene  generators have been 
passed  upon  by  these  two  insurance 
boards,  and  permits granted  for  the 
in­
stallation,  inside  of  buildings,  of  the 
generators  approved,  upon  application

Acetylene  Lighting

Rapid  Developm ent  o f  the  Acetylene 

Gas  Business.

When  “ T ip ”   Wilson  made  the  dis­
covery  that  crushed  lime  and  coke could 
be  fused  in  an  electric  furnace  in  quan 
tities  that  made  acetylene a  commercial 
product,  he  had  two  requisites  for  turn­
ing  his  discovery  into  money.  One was 
a  clear  idea  of  the  value  of  the  patents 
obtainable  on  the  process  of  making 
crystalline  calcium  carbide  and 
the 
other  was  a  very  decent  idea  of  the  ca­
pabilities  of  Tip  Wilson.

A  dozen  years  ago  Tip  used  to  work 
in  Woods’  arc-lamp  factory,  in  Brook­
lyn,  and  as  the  best 
ideas  frequently 
come  to  those  engaged  in  electrical pur­
suits,  so  Tip  stumbled  onto  the 
inven­
tion  that  has  made  him  a  fortune.

Even  at that  time he  was  too  good  an 
inventor 
to  prove  a  good  workman. 
Frequent  changes  of occupation  brought 
consequent  cycles  of  good  and  bad luck, 
so that  Tip  knew  the  pain  of  hunger  as 
well  as  the  pleasure  of  spending money.
When,  therefore,  he  brought  his  dis­
covery  to  the  notice  of  the  prominent 
gas  people  of  New  York,  and  asked  a 
million  dollars  for  what  be bad,  Tip was 
entitled  to  credit;  but  when  be  actually 
sold  the  rights  to  his  invention  for  a 
quarter of  a  million,  and  got  it,  he  was 
certainly  entitled  to  the  cash  as  well  as 
the  credit.  Being  a  Canadian  and  in­
heriting  a  bump  of  Scotch  caution,  he 
reserved  the  Canadian  rights  as  a  pos­
sible  means  of  controlling  the  Canadian 
government,  and  giving  employment  to 
half  the  population  of  Canada.  At least 
that  is  the  way  Tip  explained  the  mat­
ter.

This  was  four  years  ago,  and  the  fact 
that  Tip  has  probably  spent  most  of  his 
money  simply  proves  him  a  young  man 
of  vast  ideas  and  that  his  discovery  was 
a  mere  incident  in  bis  career  as  an 
in­
ventor.

The  value  of  the  Wilson  process  lies 
in  the  fact  that  in  fusing  lime and coke, 
by  means  of  the  electric  current,  in 
nearly  equal  proportions,  into  calcium 
carbide,  from  the 
latter  acetylene  gas 
can  be  made  at  a  price  which  success 
fully  competes  with  other  ilium inants, 
because  of  the  cheapness  of  the  ma­
terials  employed  in  its  manufacture.

Carbide  was  made  sixty  years ago and 
has  since  been  in  constant  use  in 
labo­
ratory  work,  but  previous  to  Wilson's 
discovery  it  cost  probably  an  average  of 
$i  per  pound,  giving  an  equivalent 
in 
lighting  effect  equal  to  ordinary city gas 
at  the  rate  of  $20  per  1,000  feet.

The  present  price  of  American  car­
bide  is $70  per  ton  in  carlots,  and  the 
quality  runs  close  to  five  cubic  feet  of 
acetylene  per  pound  of  carbide,  which 
places  acetylene,  with  present  devices 
for  its  use,  on  the  basis  of  ordinary  gas 
at  Si  per  1,000  feet,  or  electric  light  at 
10  cents  per  1,000  watts,  or  yi  cent  per 
hour  per  16  candle-power 
incandescent 
lamp.

At  this  price  the  demand  exceeds  the 
present  supply,  which  is being increased 
as  rapidly  as  money  and  brains  can  do 
so.  Up  to  this  time  the  demand  for  cal­
cium  carbide  has  increased  faster  than 
it  has  been  taken  care  of.  When  the 
present 
increase  of  20,000  horse-power 
in  the  “ Soo”   works 
is  completed,  it 
looks  as  if  the  price  of  carbide  will  be 
reduced.

Up  to  this  time,  however,  no  one  can 
determine  exactly  at  what  price  carbide 
can  be  made,  as  it  has  never  yet  been 
manufactured  on  a  sufficienty 
large

Carbide  to-day  is  too expensive to dis­
place  the  larger  lighting  plants  with 
acetylene.  Where  a  good  Jgas  or  elec­
tric  light  service  is  given  at  reasonable 
rates,  the  existing  plant  will  not  be 
affected  by  competition  with  acetylene.
Electricity  and  gas  now  cover  two- 
fifths  and  kerosene  oil  and  gasoline 
three-fifths  of  the  total  lighting  field.

The  sale  of  the  devices  now  on  the 
market  for  lighting  with  acetylene  and 
the  use  of  carbide  at  present prices have 
already  demonstrated  that  acetylene  is 
destined  to  replace  two-thirds  of  the 
lighting  now  done  with  oil,  and  en-' 
croach  to  the  extent  of  probably  one- 
third  upon  the  existing  electric  and  gas 
lighting  field.

In  the  smaller  towns  of  3,000  popula­
tion  and  less,  acetylene  will  soon  re­
lighting  plants,  espe­
place  existing 
cially  where  the  present  plant 
is  too 
small  or  unprofitable  to  give  a  decent 
lighting  service.  The smallest  electric- 
lighting  plant  that  it  would  pay  to  erect 
costs  about  $8,000.  An  acetylene  plant 
giving  a  better  lighting  service  can  be 
built  for  $4,000 and  maintained  at a  less 
expense.

The  coming  year  will  see,  perhaps, 
two  hundred  acetylene  central  stations 
or  plants,  with  a  capacity  ranging  from 
300  to  1,000  lights  each,  the  gas being 
sold  through  meter  at  the  rate  of  from 
1 y2  to  2  cents  per  cubic  foot.  This  is 
equivalent  to  an  electric-light  rate  of  7 
to  10  cents  per  1,000  watts.

Carbide  averages  five  cubic  feet  of 
acetylene  to  the  pound,  and  the  plant 
will  require  the  services  of  one  man  for 
two  hours  per  day,  so  it  can  readily  be 
seen  that  a  plant  of 
less  than  1,000' 
lights  can  be  operated  and  maintained 
for  much 
than  electric-lighting 
plants  of  the  same  capacity.

less 

Taking 

into  consideration,  then,  the

T H E

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A C E T Y L E N E   G A S   IN  T H E   M A R K E T . 

A BSO LU TELY   AUTO M A TIC.

To  get  Pure  Gas  you  must  have  a  Perfect 
Cooler and a  Perfect Purifying  Apparatus.  We 
have them both and the best made.  The Owen 
does  perfect  work  all  the  time.  Over  200  in 
active operation in  Michigan.

Write for Catalogue and  particulars to

GEO . F. OWEN  <&  CO .,

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The Best of Reasons why you  should be 
prejudiced  in  favor of

1.  The generating chamber is large, and a  full  charge  of 
carbide  is  only  two  inches  deep,  thus  avoiding  heating 
while generating.

а.  The spiral spray distributes the water evenly  over  the 
carbide, giving it quick action,  quick  action  avoids  exces­
sive water feed and over production.

3.  There are no valves to be opened  or  closed  by  forks, 

ratchets or levers.  It is extremely simple and is sure.

4.  Our Gasometer has no labor to perform, thus  insuring 

at all times the same even pressure.

5.  A ll pipes are self-draining to the  condens­

ing chamber.

б.  Our Gasometers  for  same  rated  capacity 
are the largest on the  market,  and  wiU  hold  a 
large supply.  It saves.

•j.  The Bruce Generator, when left  to  do  its 

own work,  will not blow off or waste the gas.

8.  Not least, but greatest.  Our Purifier takes 
out all moisture and  impurities  from  the  gas, 
making it impossible for pipes to clog up or the 
burners to choke up and smoke.
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to  any  of  the  insurance  companies  rep­
resented. 
The  first  generator  passed 
upon  was  approved  less  than  two  years 
ago. 
It  is  but  six  months  since  the  Pa­
cific  Association  began  to issue permits, 
while  the  Southern  Tariff  Association 
only  accepted  acetylene  business  within 
the  past  quarter.

Rules  for  the  placing  of  acetylene 
generators  were  formulated  by  the East­
ern  and  New  England  Insurance  boards 
two  years  ago,  and  while  considerably 
altered  and  modified,  are  not  as 
liberal 
nor  as  helpful  to  the  growth  of  the 
acetylene  business  as  those  adopted  by 
the  Western  Union  of  Underwriters. 
However,  it  is  a  question  of  less  than  ¡a 
year's  time  when  all 
insurance  bodies 
of  this  country  will  accept  acetylene  as 
a  risk  under  some  set  of  rules  govern­
ing  the  installation  and  operation  of  the 
plant.  This  will  be a natural  result  aris 
ing  from  the  fact  that  there  has  not  yet 
been  any  large  fire  loss  caused  by acety 
lene,  even  although  imperfect  devices 
and  the  carelessness  which  accompanies 
the  inexperience  in  handling  a  new  gas 
have  offered  their full  quota  of  fire  haz­
ards,  and  also  from  the  reports  of  fire 
causes  recorded  by  the  Western  Union,
which  show  a  surprisingly  small  per 
cent,  of  blazes  arising  from  acetylene 
gas.

Just  as  the  acetylene  bicycle  lamp 

is 
far  from  being  satisfactory,  a  practical 
and  perfect  acetylene  burner  for  cook 
ing  and  heating  has  not yet  been  placed 
on  the  market,  but  there  are  a  few  good 
economical  and  satisfactory  acetylene 
generators  that  will  give  a lighting serv­
ice  destined  to  replace  the small electric 
lighting  plants  as  surely  as  kerosene 
displaced  tallow  dips. 

C.  E.  L a k e .

T rue  to  Life.
From the  New  England  Grocer.

We  beard  a  pretty  good  story  of  a 
woman  who  spent  nearly  all  of  last Sun 
day  in  reading  the  department  store  ad­
vertisements,  and  on  Monday  went  in to 
see  what  bargains  she  could  get.  She 
hired  a  girl  to  come  in  and  tend  her 
baby,  and  started  off  for  the  Hub.  She 
spent  all  the  forenoon  looking  'round, 
and  when  she  was  quite  tired  out  went 
home.  She  found  the  baby  had  been 
about  choked  during  her  absence  and 
that  the  cat  had  eaten  up  her  valuable 
canary.  But  she  brought  home  her  bar­
gain,  a  two-cent  bunch  of  envelopes! 
This  is  a  fair  sample  of what the women 
frequently  accomplish  when  they  start 
out  bargain  hunting.

BUSINESS CORRESPO N D EN CE

Elem ents  to  Be  C onsidered 
rect  L etter  Writing.

in  C or­

is 

The 

is;  nor 

letter,  conveying 

letter  a  person  writes  is  not  an 
infallible  indicator  of  the  kind  of  per­
son  he 
it  safe  to  judge  a 
business  establishment  entirely  by  its 
correspondence.  Some  men  of  great 
force  of  character  write  weak,  childish 
letters.  This  is apt  to  be  the  case  with 
those  who  lack  the advantage  of  early 
education.  On  the  other  hand  there 
is 
occasionally  a  man,  the  perfect  acme  of 
inefficiency,  who  writes  a  handsome, 
well-worded 
clearly 
and  unmistakably  the  ideas  intended. 
Despite  many  such  exceptional  cases, 
the  correspondence  going  out  from  any 
business  bouse,  large  or  small,  is  one 
of  the  factors  from  which  our  impres­
sion  of  that  house  is  made  up.  Every 
letter  that  is  sent  carries  with  it  an  im­
pression  of  the  character  and  business 
methods  of  the  sender  as  well  as  its  im­
mediate  message,  and  so  is  an  adver­
tisement  as  well  as  a  means  of  commu­
nication.  Serving  this  double  purpose, 
it 
letters  should  be 
gotten  up  in  the best  manner  possible.
The  stationery  used  should  be  of  good 
quality  and  the  printed  headings  neat 
in  good  style.  Anything  florid  or 
and 
loud  is  especially  bad  taste 
in  station­
ery.  One  would  not  don  a  smoking 
jacket  or  a  fancy  ball  costume  and  go 
and  make  a  business  call— it  is  equally 
bad  form  to  use  high  colored  paper  or  a 
heading  of  odd  or  conspicuous  design.
is  better  for  busi­
ness  purposes  than  any  handwriting, 
ind  surer  of  being  correctly  read  by 
the  recipient.  But  when  the  work  is 
done  by  an  amateur  and  erasures  have 
to  be  made  and  omitted 
letters  and 
words  put 
in  “ by  hand,”   the  effect  is 
painful  to  a  degree.  Good  plain  hand­
writing  is  far  preferable.

Good  typewriting 

important  that 

is 

let 

As 

to  chirography,  whether 

it  be 
Spencerian  or  vertical  or  backhand  or 
my  old  pothook system, let  it  be legible. 
Remember,  you  are  writing  what 
is  to 
be  read;  then 
it  be  readable  at 
sacrifice  of  ornamental( ?) 
whatever 
flourishes. 
It  is  highly  desirable  to  be 
able  to  write  rapidly,  yet  speed  is  not 
the  chief  consideration.  You would  not 
talk  so  fast  as  not  to  be  readily  under­
stood,  just  for  the  sake  of  saving  a little 
time. 
In  order  to  save  yourself  two  or 
three  minutes  on  the  writing  of a  letter, 
it  is  hardly  fair to  the  one  who  will  re­
ceive  the  letter  to  send  something  that 
must  be  laboriously  deciphered.  Be­
sides, not every  one  will  take  the  trouble 
to  make  out  an  almost  illegible  manu­
script.  Let  the  signature  especially  be

plain—one  can  guess  at  the  body  of a 
letter  much  better  than  at  a  proper 
name.

So  far as  lieth  in  you  spell  correctly. 
Spellers,  like  poets,  are born; net  made. 
The  mastery  of  the  orthographic  intri­
cacies  of  the  English  language  seems  to 
be  an  innate  ability  with  some  people; 
others  find 
it  difficult  or  impossible  to 
acquire.  The  vocabulary  needed  for 
ordinary  business  correspondence  is  so 
it  would  seem  that  any  one 
small  that 
could  master 
little 
trouble. 
If  you  can  not  do  this,  better 
let  someone  else  do  the  writing.  Noth­
ing  looks  more  innocent  and unsophisti­
cated  than  a  poorly-spelled  page. 
It 
would  seem  that  a  villain  never  could 
be  a  poor  speller.  While  we  can  not 
suspect  anything  base  of  the  bad  spell­
er,  we 
instinctively  distrust  the  work­
ings  of  his  headpiece.  The  effect of 
poor  spelling  is  even  worse than  that  of 
poor  writing.

it  by  taking  a 

The  ordinary  rules for  capitals,  punc­
tuation  and  paragraphing  should,  of 
course,  be  observed 
in  the  business 
letter;  and  it  should  be  free  from  blots 
and  untidy  blemishes.

The  great  desideratum,  the  sine  qua
non  of  business  composition,  is  definite­
ness.  Say  what  you  mean,  exactly  as 
you  mean  it;  say  it  so  no  one  can  twist 
from 
it  a  different  interpretation  from 
that  which  you  intended,  and  say  noth­
ing  but  what  you  do  mean.  A  potato 
dealer  bad 
located  a  young  man  in  a 
certain  section  to  buy  potatoes.  Owing 
to  a  sharp  decline  in  price  he doubted 
whether  any  had  been  purchased,  but 
wished  to  know  what  had  been  done, 
and  whether  cars  were  needed.  So  he 
telegraphed  the  young  man:  “ Wire  me 
how  many, 
if  any,  potatoes  you  have 
bought.”   He  received  the  brilliant 
reply:  "Doubtful  how  many  I  can 
get.”   A  good  many  letters  are  about  as 
much to  the  point  as  this  reply.  A  shoe 
dealer,  mayhap,  writes  in  to  his  manu­
facturer  or  jobber,  * * Send  me  a  case  of 
shoes.  Rush  the  goods  right  out,  for  I 
need them. ’ *  The wholesaler would only 
too  glady  rush  out  anything  he  has  in 
stock ;  but  whether  it  is  best  to  make  a 
wild  guess  and  send  something  or  write 
for  more  definite  instructions  is  a  prob­
lem.

The  answering  of  enquiries  is  often 
done  with  aggravating  indefiniteness. 
For 
instance,  a  dealer  writes  asking 
whether  certain  lines  of  hosiery  and  un­
derwear  such  as  he  purchased  a  few 
weeks  before  can  now  be  duplicated. 
He  states  styles,  prices  and  stock  num­
bers. 
In  due time  he  receives  a  letter, 
gotten  up  elegantly  as  to  appearance 
perhaps,  but  running  about  like  this:

Our  Dear  Mr.  Retailer:  Your  enquiry 
of  recent  date  received.  Would  say 
in 
reply  that  our  lines  of  hosiery  and  un­
derwear,  while 
somewhat  broken  by 
recent  heavy  sales,  are  still  measurably 
complete.  As  the  season  is  a  little ad­
vanced  we  have  reduced  prices,  and 
can  supply  you  with  goods  at  surpris­
ingly 
low  figures.  Hoping  to  receive 
your  valued  order,  we  remain,

Yours  very  truly,

B u y r ig h t ,  U n d e r s e l l   &  Co.

It 

This  is  all  very  nice,  but  when  be 
gets  it  the  retailer  wishes  that  some  one 
had  taken  a  piece  of  brown  wrapping 
paper  and  a  lead  pencil  and  given  him 
exactly  the  information  he  asked.

it  should  be  concise. 

Not  only  should  the  business  letter  be 
definite, 
is 
difficu  t  to  attain  these  two  objects  with 
our  language.  Almost  any  meaning  or 
shade  of  meaning  can  be  expressed  by 
the  English  tongue  if  enough  words  are 
sed ;  but  to  make  accurate  expressionu 
with  few  words  is  more  difficult  in  ours 
than 
lan­
guage.  However,  a  measure  of  con­
ciseness  can  be  obtained  by  a 
little 
is  especially  un­
effort  and  study. 
businesslike  to  be  “ longwinded. ”

in  a  more  highly  inflected 

It 

It 

indispensable 

Josh  Billings 

Last,but by  no  means  least  important, 
is 
comes  courtesy.  Unfailing  couttesy 
as 
in  correspondence  as 
in  any  other  form  of  business  inter­
course. 
says  wisely, 
“ What  can  not  be  secured  by  politeness 
can  only  be  gotten  with  a  club.”  
is 
often  necessary  to  state  plain  and  un­
varnished  facts,  and express  dissatisfac­
tion  by  letter;  but  it  is  useless  and fool­
ish  to  vituperate  through  the  mails. 
Sarcastic  remarks  lose  their  force  in  the 
process  of  transmission. 
Im portance  of  a  Business  Education.
Ignorance  is  the  rock  on  which  many 
a  business  has  been  wrecked.  This  is 
not  necessarily  want  of  knowledge  of 
the  specific  business  that  a  man  is  fol­
lowing,  although  too  often  the  young 
man  from  the  farm,  because  he  has 
capital,  thinks  he  can  become  a  grocer 
or a  dry  goods  merchant,  without  ever 
having  given  an  hour’s  thought  to,  or 
obtained  any  experience  whatever  in, 
these  lines.

Q u il l o .

But  the  man  experienced  in  bis  call­
ing  may  be  wanting  in  knowledge  of 
right  business  habits  and  business  man­
agement.  Commercial  records  show  that 
hundreds  of  businesses  go 
into  insol­
vency  each  year because  the  proprietors 
have  not  had  knowledge  of  the  correct 
keeping  of  accounts.  Whilst  a  business 
is  moving  on  prosperously,  and 
the 
money  flows  into  the  till  plentifully,  a 
merchant  may  think  he  is  succeeding, 
only  to  find  himself  drawn  up short after 
be  has  gone  a  certain  length.
We  hear  stories  of  men  who  have  car­
ried  on  extensive  business,  and  kept 
their  accounts 
in  their heads.  These 
men  do  not  live  in  the  present  day,  in 
the  midst  of  the  competition  that  is  ex­
tant  on  all  sides.

A  German  grocer  displaved  a  sign 
reading:  “ Eggs,  guaranteed,  sixteen 
fora  shilling.”   A  customer,  finding 
half  bis  purchase  unfit  for  use,  came 
back  to  complain. 
“ V eil,”   remarked 
the  proprietor,  blandly,  ” ve  guarantee 
dem  to  be  sixteen  eggs.  Dot  is  all.”

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President,  Oa a s.  S.  St e v e n s,  Ypsilauti;  Secre­
tary. J   C. Sa u n d e r s,  Lansing;  Treasurer,  O.  C. 
Gould. Saginaw,
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Association.
President,  James  E  Day,  Detroit;  Secretary 

and Treasurer, C. W.  Allen  Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. 
Grand Counselor, J. J.  Evans. Ann Arbor; Grand 
Secretary. G  S.  Valmore, Detroit;  Grand Treas­
urer,  W. S.  West, Jackson.
Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual  Acci* 
President,  J.  Boyd  Pantlind,  Grand  Kapids: 
Secretary and Treasurer, Geo.  F.  Owen,  Grand 
Rapids.
Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Clnb. 
President,  F. G. T ruscott, Marquette: Secretary 
and Treasurer.  A. F.  Wixson,  Marquette.

dent Association.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Wm.  Connor  (Michael  Kolb  &  Son) 
is  spending  the  week  in  Grand  Rapids 
and  will  remain  here  over  Sunday.

Cbas  Christopher,  formerly with  Rob­
son  Bros.,  will  represent  Northrop, 
Robertson  &  Carrier  in  Northern  Micb- 
igan.

S.  T.  Bowen  (John  G.  Miller  &  Co  ) 
is  off  on  a  three  weeks’  trip  through 
Northern  Michigan  and  the  Upper  Pen­
insula.

Bay City correspondent:  Joseph Glaza, 
formerly  with  J.  N.  McDonald  &  Son, 
has  taken  a  position  as  traveling  sales­
man  for  the  Northern  Baking  Co.,  of 
West  Bay  City.

A  B.  Hirtb  (Hirth,  Krause  &  Co.) 
joined  by  bis  wife  and  two 
has  been 
children  at  Mesa,  Arizona,  where  he 
is 
temporarily  sojourning  in  hopes  of  se­
curing  relief  from  symptoms  of  tuber­
culosis,

John  McLean  writes  the  Tradesman 
that 
it  was  he  who  made  the  motion  at 
the  Saginaw  convention,  requesting  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip  to  locate  the  next 
annual  convention  at  Bay  City.

Thomas  Tubbs,  book-keeper  for  the 
Owosso  Casket  Works,  has  taken  the 
position  of  traveling  representative  for 
Steinman  &  Sons,  furniture  manufac 
turers  of  Chicago.  He 
is  located  in 
Grand  Rapids  during  the  January  sales.
Jose  A.  Gonzalez  (Best  &  Russell Co.) 
has  finally  decided  to  accept  the  Gov­
ernment  appointment  tendered  him  in 
connection  with  the  establishment  of 
postoffices  in  Cuba, and  started  for  Cuba 
Monday.  His  successor  with  the  Best 
&  Russell  Co.  has  not  yet  been  an 
nounced.

Judd  E.  Houghton,  formerly  on  the 
road  for  the  Lemon  &  Wheeler  Com­
pany,  but  for  the  past  two  or  three  years 
located  in  Iowa  in  the  interest  of  W.  F. 
McLaughlin  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  has 
succeeded 
in  securing  a  transfer  to 
Michigan  territory  and  has  located  at 
East  Jordan, where  he  has become a free­
holder  by  the  purchase  of  a  comfortable 
home.

Geo,  W.  Miller,  traveling  representa­
tive  for  Michael  Kolb  &  Son  (Roches­
ter),  has  the  sympathy  of  the  trade  in 
the  death  of  his  wife,  from  pleurisy, 
which  occurred  at  Charlevoix  on  New 
Year’s  morning.  Mrs.  Miller  was  a 
most  exemplary  woman  and  was  held  in 
high  esteem  by  all  who  knew  her.  Two 
daughters, 15  and  17  years of age, are also 
left  to  mourn  her  loss.  The  family  re­
sides* at  Charlevoix,  but  spends  a  por­
tion  of  the  year  at  Traverse  City,  where 
the  daughters  attend  school.

Adrian  Tim es:  A big-hearted travel­
ing  man  entered  the  postoffice  the  other 
day,  and  noticing  nine  letters 
in  the 
window  marked  "H eld  for  postage,"

like  you  to  place  : 

the 

the 

answered 

said:  "W ill  you  do  me a favor, please?”  
"Certainly,”  
clerk. 
"W ell,  then,”   continued  the  pleasant 
stranger,  " I   should 
stamps  on  those  letters  and  have  tiem 
sent  to  their  addresses.  Will  it  be  per­
missible  for  me  to  buy  the  stamps?”  
He  was  told  it  would,  and  in  way  of  ex­
planation,  as 
clerk  affixed  the 
stamps,  be remarked :  "You see,  I  like 
to  get  letters  myself,  and  I  should  bate 
to  have  one  of  mine  held  for  postage."
R.  N.  Hull  in  Ohio  Merchant:  The 
relationship  between  the  commercial 
traveler  and  the  members  of  the  house 
employing  him  grow closer year by year. 
On  the  face  of  it,  as  a  strict  business 
proposition,  it  might  seem  that  when  a 
man  is  paid  bis  salary,  for  which  be 
is 
supposed  to  have 
rendered  adequate 
service,  all  considerations  cease,  and  no 
sentiment  need  be  waited.  Yet  there  is 
something  in  the  deal  that  goes  farther 
into the  ethics  of  commercial 
life,  and 
evolves  from 
it  a  fraternal  obligation 
unhampered  by  the  dollar  gauge  The 
sordid  pursuit  of  wealth  should  not  be 
the  only 
incentive  that  prompts  a  con­
cern  to  hoist  their  name  over  the  door 
of  their  business  place 
in  a  bid  for 
patronage.  The  commercial  traveler,  if 
he  has  the  right  spirit,  in  entering  into 
a  contract  with  the  people  he  proposes 
to  represent,  looks  beyond  the  mere 
stipend  agreed  on  as  a  basis  for  future 
preferment, 
if  not  congratulation  for 
duty  well  performed.  His  success  can 
not  for  a  time  be  measured  by  monetary 
reports.  He  labors  on,  sometimes  tar 
if  necessary,  to  bring 
into  the  night 
to  the  standard  he  has 
matters  up 
into 
planted ;  be  throws  his  whole  soul 
the  cause;  his  bright  young  nature 
is 
full  of  enthusiasm;  he  is  in  love  with 
his  calling  and  imbued  with  admiration 
of  the  business  heads  of  the  house  he 
represents;  hence,  prosperity  comes  his 
way  and  the  standing  of  the  honse 
rises  with  him. 
If  he  is  so  fortunate as 
to  have  allied  himself  with  noble  men 
whose  hearts  are  filled  with  the  senti­
ments  of  brotherly  love  and  the  milk  of 
human  kindness  has  not  curdled  in their 
systems,  when  adversity  comes  the  past 
is  not  forgotten,  but  comes  up  as  a 
blessing  to  guide  justice  in  seeking  a 
way  to  care  for him—the  reward  never 
to  be  forgotten  to  a  man  aDd  brother,  as 
he  hears  the  welcome  plaudit,  "W ell 
done,  good  and  faithful  servant."

The  new  2  cent  Canadian  postage 
stamp,  issued 
in  connection  with  the 
reduction  of  the  rate  between  certain 
British  colonies,to  one  penny,  is  finding 
its  way  into  the  United  States  on  mail 
matter  from  the  Dominion. 
Its  use  on 
letters  to  this  country  was made possible 
by  the  recent  reduction  by  Canada  of 
the  rate  to  the  United  States  from  3  to  2 
cents.  The  stamp  is  unique,  although 
far  from  being  artistic. 
It  bears  a  map 
of  the  world, with  the British possessions 
printed  in  red.  That the  mapping  does 
not  have  regard  for  proper  proportions 
is  shown  by  the  fact  that  the  portion 
allotted  to  Canada 
is  palpably  larger 
than  that  credited  to  the  United  States, 
although  the  area  of  the  latter  country, 
including  Alaska,  is  3,501,000  square 
miles, while  that  of  British North  Amer­
ica, 
is  less 
than  3,360,000  square  miles.  On  the 
stamp  are  the  words,  "W e  bold  a  vaster 
empire  than  has  been."  This  feature 
is  all  right,  but  the  addition  of "Xmas, 
1898, ”   is  not  particularly  pleasing  to 
admirers  of  good  English.

including  Newfoundland, 

Judging  from  the  size  of  our gas  bills, 
the  gas  meter  must  make  both  ends 
mete.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Movements of Lake Superior Travelers.
Marquette,  Jan.  10— M.  A.  Dunning 
has  left  this  territory  for  Murlev  Bros, 
and  gone  to  Duluth  to  manage  the house 
furnishing  goods  and  stove  department 
of  the  Marshall-Weils  Hardware  Co
T.  J.  Gregory  (Sprague,  Warner  & 
Co,)  takes  the  copper  country  territory 
recently  vacated  by  Mr.  Harlow.

Mr.  Harlow,  who  has  for  many  years 
represented  Thos.  Biglow 
(Sprague, 
Warner  &  Co.)  in  the  copper  country, 
has  transferred  his  allegiance  to  Steele, 
Wedels  &  Co.,  but  will  have  no  change 
of  territory.

F.  G.  Horton,  who  covered  a  portion 
of  the  Upper  Peninsula  for  several years 
in  the  grocery  line  up  to  a  year  ago  and 
then  went  to  his  home  in  Pennsylvania, 
has  recently  accepted  a  position  arid 
will  represent  Thos.  Biglow  (Sprague, 
Warner  &  Co  )  over  the  old  territory, 
wi'b  headquarters  at  Escanaba.

to  use 

it  with  him 

Geo.  I.  Walz  (W  W  Oliver,  Escana­
ba)  divides  bis  time  between  road  and 
store  duties.  Mr.  Walz  is  a  bustler  and 
is  corralling  a 
lot  of  business  in  the 
territory  surrounding  Escanaba.
M.  H.  Grover  (B»y  De  Nocque  Lum­
ber  Co.,  Garth)  exhibited  a 
little  ec 
centncity  at  an  Escanaba  hotel  during 
the  meeting  of  the  Northwestern  Cedar 
men’s  Association  Evidently  he  had 
been 
in  cities  before  where  the  lights 
went  out  at  12  p  m.  Grover  owns  a 
very  elegant  50  cent  brass  lantern  and 
carries 
in  such 
emergencies  and  his  roommate  was 
much  surprised 
in  the  morning  to  find 
the  lantern  had  been  used  in  the  room 
instead  of  the  electric  light  or  gas.
W.  M.  Porter  will  be  missed  from  this 
territory.  The  boys  will  particularly 
miss  the  hygienic  lectures.  Mr.  Porter 
lives 
in  Cleveland,  N.  Y .,  and  will 
have  a  territory  nearer  home.
Gene  Griggs  (Peerless  Manufacturing 
Co.)  is  with  us  again.
A.  F.  Wixson  (Fletcher  Hardware 
Co.)  was  at  Manistique  last  week,  pric 
ing  the  inventory  of  the  Chicago  Lnm 
her  Co.’s  hardware  stock,  of  which  A. 
M.  LeRoy  is  manager.  Mr.  LeRoy 
is 
an  "old-time,well-seasoned  and  tough”  
traveler,  having  represented  Jenness  & 
McCurdy  for  years  in  the  Lake Superior 
territory. 

_____

industry 

Sir  Thomas  Lipton  is fast establishing 
a  reputation  for  ubiquitv.  Among  the 
many  roles  which  he 
is  playing  and 
about  to  play  are  his  challenge  for  the 
America’s  cup,  his  offer  to  bolster  up 
the  sugar 
in  the  West  Indies 
and  the  establishment  of  cheap  restau­
rants  in  London.  His  very  latest  is  an 
offer  to  the  government  of  Victoria, 
Australia,  to  push  the  sales  of  the  wines 
of  that  colony  for  the  little  considera­
tion  of  §25,000  per  annum  for  eight 
years.  Sir  Thomas 
is  like  the  man  in 
Shakespeare—"h e  plays  many  parts.”

A  man  with  a  horse  shoe  over  his 
door,  a  rabbit’s  foot  in  his  pocket,  and 
sulphur 
in  his  shoes,  stands  a  living 
chance  of  escaping  la  grippe.

17

Prospectors  from  the United States are 
multiplying  in  Puerto  Rico.  They 
in­
clude  engineers  and  capitalists  who  are 
looking  for  opportunities  to  build  elec­
tric  or  other  railways,  and  commercial 
travelers  representing  machinery,  agri­
implements,  firearms,  bicycles 
cultural 
and  many  other  manufactures. 
The 
candles  used  plentifully  throughout  the 
island  have  heretofore  been  imported 
from  Spain  and  Belgium.

The  grip  might  as  well—to  make  it 
less  terrible—be  called  by  the  old-fash­
ioned  name  of  "  influenza, ”   that  flew 
into  a  patient’s  system  in  some  cold, 
unwelcome  way.

People  who  object  to  liquid  refresh­
ments  will  hesitate  about  using  the 
newly-discovered 
liquid  air  that  is  to 
be  the  life  and  health  and  power  of  the 
future.

Pride  is  a  big  thing;  but  a  deadbeat 

who  has  had  it  stifled  it  soon  enough.

AH  cities  are  full  of  promising  young 

men.  Thp  tailors  know  them.

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

F.  W.  R.  Pebby, Detroit 
A. C. Schumacher,  Ann  Arbor 
Gbo. Gundkl m,  Ionia  - 
L. E.  Reynolds, St.  Joseph 
Hehbt  Heim,  Saginaw  - 

- 

President, Gao.  Gundrum,  Ionia.
Secretary, A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor. 
Treasurer, Henry  Heim, Saginaw.
Examination  Sessions.

Detroit—Jan. 10 and 11.
Grand Rapids—March 7 and 8.
Star Island—June 2b and 27.
Houghton—Aug. 29 and 30.
Lansing—Not. 7 and 8.

STATB  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.
President—J. J. Soubwine,  Escanaba. 
Secretary, Chas.  F.  Mann. Detroit.
Treasurer  John D.  Muir, Grand Rapids.

How  Shall  Strophanthus  S eeds  Be 

Selected?

Since  the  introduction  of strophanthus 
into  the  materia  medica  the  seeds  ob­
tainable  in  commerce  have  varied  con­
siderably  in  appearance  and  in  quality, 
and,  as  a  consequence,  the  preparations 
made  from  them  have  also  differed  in 
strength 
therapeutic  action,  so 
much  so  that  many  physicians  have 
discontinued  the  use  of  this  drug.

and 

Four  samples  of  strophanthin  were 
recently  tested  at  the  pharmacological 
laboratory  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  three 
of  which  were  supposed  and  claimed  to 
he  chemically  pure  by  the  manufactur­
ers.  There  was  found  such  wide  varia­
tion 
in  activity  that  one  was  ninety 
times  as  fatal  to  animals  as  another; 
while  the  strength  of  the  remaining  two 
varied  between  these 
limits.  No  two 
samples  were  even  approximately  of  the 
same  strength.  What  a  chance  for  a 
sudden  fatal  determination  of  an  ap­
parently  improving  case  of  cardiac  dis­
ease!  According  to  some  of  the  best 
authorities,  the  maximum  dose  of  stro­
phanthin  is  three  times  as  poisonous  as 
the  maximum  medicinal  dose  of  atro­
pine,  eight  times  as  poisonous  as  that 
of  strychnine,  and  twelve  times  as  poi­
sonous  as  that  of  absolute  hydrocyanic 
is  no  reliable  chemical 
acid.  There 
test  for  strophanthin,  because 
it  is  of 
such  delicate  structure  that  it  is  decom­
posed 
in  the  process  of  chemical  ex­
traction ; 
it  therefore  devolves  upon 
physiological  testing  to  determine  the 
medicinal  value  of  the  seeds.

About  thirty  varieties  of  strophanbtus 
have  been  discovered,  but  only  six  of 
them  contain  strophanthin.  The  yield 
from  Strophanthus  Kombe  is  about  0,95 
per  cent.  ;  from  Strophanthus  hispidus, 
0.65  per  cent.  ;  and  from  Strophanthus 
glaber,  5  per  cent.  The  latter  species, 
because  of  the  high  yield,  is  very  poi­
sonous  and  has  been  excluded  from  all 
pharmacopoeias.  This  species  is  used 
by  natives  for  poisoning  arrows;  and 
this  was  the  means  of  discovering  the 
exceedingly  valuable  heart  tonic.
The  Pharmacopoeia  defines 

stro­
phanthus  as  ‘ ‘ the  seed  of  Strophanthus 
hispidus,  De  Candolle,  variety  Kombe, 
Oliver,  deprived  of 
long  awn.”  
There  seems  to  be  such  a  great  differ 
ence  in  authorities  on  strophanthus  that 
I  will  briefly  go  over  S.  hispidus  and  S. 
Kombe.

its 

The  limit  of  Strophanthus  hispidus, 
De  Candolle,  is  from  the Cayor  near  St. 
Louis  to  the  Gulf  of  Guinea,  near  the 
old  Calabar  River,  and  across  the  con­
tinent  to  the  Nyanza  region,  where  it 
seems  to  meet  with  the  Kombe.  The 
seed 
is  usually  lanceolate,  although  it 
varies  at  times  from  this  outline,  some 
being  relatively  broad  and  flat  in  com­
parison  with  their  length. 
It  varies  in

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size  from  10 to  17  Mm.  in  length,  by  2 
to  3  Mm.  in  breadth,  and  1  to  1.5  Mm. 
in  thickness.  The  hairs  on  the  seed  are 
very  numerous,  not  very  near  together, 
golden-brown, 
velvety,  and  running 
from  base  to  top.

Strophanthus  Kombe,  Oliver,  inhabits 
the  eastern  part  of  Africa,  from  the 
great  lake  region  to  the  coast;  that  is, 
the  basin  of  the  Zambesi  and  the  Shire. 
The  seeds  are  recognizable  from  their 
dense,  green  tomentum,  which  has  a 
silky 
in 
form,  from  n   to  22  Mm.  in  length,  by 
2.5  Mm.  in  breadth,  and  1  to  2  Mm.  in 
thickness.

lustre.  They  are  lanceolate 

shades;  so 

Strophanthus hispidus is characteristic 
of  the  western  coast  of  A frica;  S. 
Kombe,  of  the  east  coast. 
In  the  inter­
mediate  region  are  forms  which  bear 
seeds  varying  in  size  and  in  color  from 
cream-white  to  brown  or  green,  with  all 
intermediate 
that  many 
botanists  consider  the  Kombe  a  mere 
variety  of  S.  hispidus.  The  S.  Kombe 
as  found  upon  the  market  is  nearly  an 
equal  mixture  of  S.  Kombe  and  S.  his­
is  used  to  adulterate  the 
pidus,  which 
former.  From  a 
lot  of  strophanthus 
seeds  so  adulterated  a  series  of  speci­
mens  may  be  obtained,  varying  from 
typical  Kombe  to  typical  hispidus,  and 
showing  perfect inter  gradation  between 
the  two  in  size,  shape,  pubescence  and 
color.

It  is  reported  that  storphanthus  seeds 
are  frequently  adulterated  with the seeds 
of  the  apocynaceous  Kickxia  africana, 
a  caoutchouc-producing  plant  of Africa. 
Dr.  P.  Siedler  has  studied  compara­
tively  the  seeds  of  S.  hispidus,  S. 
Kombe,  and  Kickxia  africana.  The 
latter  are  spindle-shaped,  not  flattened, 
and  have  base  and  apex  tapered  off  in  a 
similar  manner;  they  are  not  hairy. 
The  strophanthus  seeds, on  the  contrary, 
show  at  least  the  remains  of  hair,  are 
pronouncedly  flattened 
form,  and 
have  a  rounded  base  and  a  sharp  apex. 
In  cross  section  the  Kickxia  seeds  are 
characterized  by  much-folded  cotyle­
dons;  while  those  of  strophanthus  lie 
parallelly  upon  one  another.  When 
treated  with 
concentrated  sulphuric 
acid,  sections  of  Kickxia  seeds  turn 
brown  at  first, 
then  cherry-red;  the 
strophanthus  seeds  turn  green 
in  color 
when  thus  treated.

in 

If  strophanthin 

Authorities  urgently  recommend  that 
strophanthus  seeds  should  be  purchased 
in  the  follicles  and tests for strophanthin 
applied,  which  would  also  exclude  the 
Kickxia  seeds  and  insure  the  manufac­
turer  that  no  time  is  wasted  on  useless 
is  present,  a 
seeds. 
physiological  test 
is  required  to  prove 
the  requisite  amount,  which  is  done  by 
comparing  a  solution  of  crude  drug with 
a  solution  of  known  strength,  using  the 
heart  of  a  frog,  the  actions  of  which 
are  recorded  by  the  kymograph.  For 
the  complete  satisfaction  of  the  doctor 
and  patient  and  for  the  safety  of  the 
pharmacist,  only  such  preparations  as 
have  been  physiologically  tested  should 
be  used  in  prescriptions.

F.  P.  T u th ill.

No  S p are  H ours.

Mr.  Cowhide  (arriving  at  city  hotel): 
I  s'pose  I  kin  hear  the  gong  here  when 
it  rings  for  dinner,  can’t  I?

Clerk ;  We  have  no  gong.  We  have 
breakfast  from  6 to  11,  dinner  from  12 
to 6,  supper  from  6  to  11.

Mr.  Cowhide:  Jehoshaphat!  How  am 

I  to git  time  to  see  the  city?
Not  a  Quiet  Spot.

Dollie:  Was 

you  kissed  Mollie?

it  a  quiet  spot  where 

Chollie:  No;  it  was  on  the  mouth.

Had  a  Definite  Plan  and  Diligently 

Pursued  It.

in 

is  engaged 

The  city  of  Bluffton,  Ind.,  is  a  fair 
example  of  several  hundred  other  towns 
of  5,000  population 
the  Middle 
States  and  the  advertising  principles 
laid ’down  and  carried  out  by Charles  C. 
Deam,  who 
in  the  retail 
drug  business  there,  may  be  of  benefit 
to  druggists  in  towns  of  that  size  or  less 
who  have  $200  a  year  to  expend  in 
printer’s  ink.  Mr.  Deam  started  in  the 
drug  business  ten  years  ago  with 
little 
more  capital  than  his  credit,  and  now 
owns  an  $8,000  stock,  together  with  a 
bank  balance  sufficient  to  pay  bis  ad­
vertising  bills  at  least.

From  the  start  Mr.  Deam  has  been  a 
constant  and  steady  advertiser.  First 
of all,  he  has  endeavored  to  secure  a 
monopoly  on  all  the  proprietary  reme­
dies  for  the  sake  of  the advertising. 
In 
the  Chronicle  and  Banner,the two  week­
ly  county  papers,  he  has  control  of  the 
Bucklen,  Chamberlain  and  E.  C.  De 
Witt  remedies.  There  are  sixteen  sep­
arate advertisements in each paper which 
end  with  the  phrase,  “ Sold  at  Deam’s 
Drug  Store.”   While  deriving  the  profit 
from  the  sale  of  these  medic ines,  he 
further  has  the  benefit  the  advertising 
does  his  business,  and  the  only  expense 
is  the  extra  quantity  be  must  purchase 
to  secure  an  advertising  appropriation.
In  addition  to  this,  Mr.  Deam  carries 
local  advertising 
about  twenty  lines  of 
in  both  papers,  separated 
into  two  or 
three  paragraphs,  for  which  he  pays  5 
cents  per  line.  These 
local  advertise­
ments  he  changes  regularly  each  week. 
Attention 
is  paid  to  the  season  of  the 
year  when  the  articles  advertised  are 
most  appropriate,  seeds  and  paints 
in 
the  spring,  cough  medicines 
in  the 
winter  and  spring,  blue  goggles  to  pro­
tect  the  eyes  during  the  threshing  sea­
son,  assafetida during a  whooping  cough 
epidemic,  a  hog  cholera  remedy  when  a 
scourge 
is  on,  sage  about  Thanksgiv­
ing,  spices  in  the  canning  months,  etc. 
read  Mr.  Deam’s  advertise­
People 
ments  because  they  are  new  each  week 
and  are  appropriate  to  their  needs 
Two  other  methods  are  employed 
to 
cover  the  country  districts:  Every  al 
manac,  calendar  or  pamphlet  issued  by 
proprietary  remedy  houses,  in fact  every 
piece  of  printed  matter,  has  the  name 
of  Mr.  Deam  printed  on  it  with  a  rub 
ber  stamp,  and  these  are  placed 
in  the 
farmers  in  the  alleys, 
wagons  of  the 
streets  and  feed  yards  every  Saturday. 
By  this  method  they  reach  the  farmers’ 
homes.

Fence  painting  is  not  indulged  in  by 
Mr.  Deam,  as  too  expensive.  He  has 
just  bad  painted  3,400  signs  on  muslin, 
seventeen  different  forms,  15x24  in size, 
at  a  cost  of  $38.  These  will  stand  the 
inclemencies  of  the  weather  for  three 
years,  and  are  easily  tacked  on  trees, 
convenient  fence  posts  and  buildings, 
and  are  more  conspicuous  than the fence 
signs  usually  resorted  to  by  the  average 
country  advertiser.

For  publicity 

in  Bluffton  Mr.  Deam 
uses  nothing  but  window  displays  and 
the  Evening  News,  the  one  being recip­
rocal  in  nature  to  the  other.  When  he 
receives  an  invoice  of  pipes,  one  of  his 
windows 
is  filled  with  these  articles, 
and  his  advertising  is  on  the  subject  of 
pipes.  Another day  it  may  be  wool  soap 
or  chamois  skins,  or trusses,  but  what­
ever  it  is  they  get  the  benefit  of  the ad­
vertising.  He also  attempts to catch the 
public  at  an  opportune  time.  For  in­
stance,  Buffalo  moths  made  their  ap­
pearance  through  Indiana  this  spring, 
and  were a  matter  of  general  comment.

In  the  News  appeared  the  following  ad­
vertisement :

inch 

introduced 

“ The  Buffalo  carpet  beetle 

is  sup­
into 
posed  to  have  been 
America  from  Europe  about  1876,  since 
when  it  has  spread  all  over  the  Eastern 
and  Central  States,  doing great  damage. 
The  adult  beetle 
is  about  a  quarter of 
an 
long,  black  with  white  spots, 
and  red  stripe  along  the  middle  of  the 
back.  They 
lay  their  eggs  in  the  car­
pets,  and  the  larvae  feed  upon  the  car­
pets.  They  are  so  small  they  can  ruin 
a  carpet  before  you  notice  them.  You 
want  to  examine  your  carpets  at  once, 
and 
if  you  do  have  them  a  little  pre­
ventive  will  not  hurt.  A  remedy  that 
will  kill  them  and  their  eggs  is  A.  B. 
C.  compound,  manufactured  by  Chas. 
C.  Deam. 
It  is  put  up  in  quart  bottles 
and  costs  only  25  cents.  Every  bottle  is 
guaranteed.’ ’

Mr.  Deam  devotes  his  advertisements 
to  timely  topics,  and  uses  nothing  but 
reading  notices  among  the  local  matter 
every  other  day,  and  no  advertisement 
runs  more  than  once.  His  advertising 
is  $i  a  week  in  each  of 
appropriation 
the  two  weeklies  and  about  the  same 
in 
the  daily.  His other advertising amounts 
to  in  the  neighborhood  of  $50.  With 
this  amount  of  money  expended  annual­
ly  Mr.  Deam  has  made  a  success  in  the 
same  location  where  two  other  drug­
gists  have  failed.

fact 

The 

A  year  ago  Mr.  Deam  took  out  the 
whisky  department  of  bis  prescription 
case,  and  handles  no  intoxicants  of  any 
description. 
is  generally 
known  that  he  is  the  only druggist in the 
city  who  does  not  sell  whisky.  There is 
no  diminution  of  receipts  from this  new 
departure,  which is  a  rarity  in  the  State 
of  Indiana,  and  perhaps 
is  one  of  his 
best advertisements.— W.  H.  Tribolet  in 
Printers’  Ink.

The  Drug  Market.

Opium— Is  very  weak  and  has  de­
clined.  There  seems  to  be  a  difference 
in  opinion  on  the  future  of  this  article, 
some  claiming 
it  will  go  25c  lower, 
while  others  insist  that  there  will  be  a 
reaction  soon.

Morphine— Is  steady  at  the  decline  of 

ioc  per  ounce.

Quinine— Is in  large  demand  and  firm 

at  last  week's  prices.

Boracic  Acid— Has  advanced,  in  sym­

pathy  with  borax.

Borax— Has  advanced  %c  per  pound.
Menthol—Stocks 
are  concentrated. 
from 
is  very 

On  account  of  higher  advices 
abroad,  it  has  advanced  and 
firm.

Essential  Oils—Lemon  has  advanced, 
with  prospects for higher prices.  Orange 
has  also  been  advanced.  Wormwood  is 
higher,  owing  to  scarcity.

Linseed  Oil— Is  very  firm  at  our  quo­
tations  and  prospects  are  for  higher 
prices  when  spring  demand commences.
T urpentine—Continues to  advance,  on 
account  of  small  receipts  at  primary 
market.

Som ew hat  Confusing.

“ It’s  all wrong,”  he said ;  “ all wrong, 

and  most  confusing  as  well.”

“ What  are  you  talking  about?”   they 

asked.

of  it?”

Why,  last  week,”   he  explained,  “ I 
had  a  cold  in  the  head  and  you  all  ad­
vised  me  to  soak  my  feet.”

“ Good  advice,"  they  said. 

“ What 

“ Last  night,  after  the  banquet,  when 
my  feet  were  somewhat  tangled,  you  all 
advised  me  to  soak  my  head, ”   he  re­
turned,  and  they  had  to  admit  that  it 
did  seem  as  if  there was a reverse action 
in  there  somewhere.

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Morphla,S.P.& W ...  2  30® 2 55 
Morphla,  S.N.Y.Q.&
C. Co......................  2 20®  2  45
Moschus Cantón__  
@  40
65®  80
Myristlca, No. 1....... 
Nux Vómica... po.20  @ 
10
18
Os  Sepia................... 
15® 
Pepsin Saac, H. & P.
D. Co...................... 
@  1  00
P lds LIq. N.N.Mgal.
doz..........................  
@ 200
Plcls Llq.,quarts__  
@  1  00
Picis Liq., pints....... 
®  85
Pli Hydrarg...po.  80  @  50
Piper N igra... po.  22  @ 
18
Piper Alba__ po.35 
@  30
Pilx  Burgun............ 
@ 
7
Plumbi  Acet............ 
10®  12
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii  1  10®  1  20 
Pyrethrum, boxesH.
@  1  25
&  P. D. Co., doz... 
Pyrethrum,  pv........  
25® 
30
8® 
Q uassie....................  
10
Quinta, S. P. & W .. 
31®  36
23®  3'
Quinta, S. G erm an.. 
33® 
Quinta, N.Y.............. 
35
Rubia Tinctorum ... 
12® 
14
I 00
1H@  20
SaccbarumLacti8 pv 
Salacin......................  3 00® 3  10
40®  50
Sanguis Draconls.. 
Sapo,  W....................  
12® 
14
Sapo, M...................... 
10® 
12
50
Sapo, G...................... 
@ 
15
Sledlitz  M ixture__   20  @  22

Sinapis...................... 
@ 
lb
Sinapis, opt.............. 
@  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy, De
@ 
Voes........................ 
34
Snuff, Scotch.DeVo’s 
@  34
Soda Boras...............  9  @ 
11
Soda Boras, po........   9  @  11
26®  28
Soda et Potass Tart. 
Soda,  Carb...............   1M@ 
2
5
3® 
Soda, Bi-Carb..........  
Soda,  Ash.................  8M@ 
4
2
Soda, Sulphas..........  
@ 
Spts. Cologne............ 
@  2  60
Spts.  Ether  Co........  
50®  55
Spt  Myreia Dom...  @*'00
Spts. Vlni Rect. bbl. 
@ 2 56
Spts. VinlRect-Mbbl  @ 2 61
Spts. Vlni Rect. lOgal  @ 2   64
Spts.  Vlni Rect.  5gal 
@ 2  66
Strychnia, Crystal..  1  40® 1  45
Sulphur,  Subl..........   2X@  4
Sulphur,  Roll.........
8® 
10
Tam arinds...............  
Tere'-enth  Venice... 
28®  30
48
46® 
Theobrom e.............. 
Vanilla....................   9 00@16 00
Zinc!  Sulph.............. 
7® 
8

Less 5c gal.  cash 10 days. 

OH*

Wuale, winter.......... 
Lard,  extra.............. 
Lard, No. 1...............  

BBL.  8A1.
70
70 
60
50 
45
40 

Linseed, pure  raw ..  42 
Linseed,  Dolled....... 
44 
Neatsfoot, winter str  65 
Spirits Turpentine..  52 

45
47
70
57

Paint*  bbl. 

lb
Red  Venetian.......... 
IX  2  @8
Ochre, yellow  Mars. 
IX  2  @4 
Ochre, yellow  Ber..  1X2  @3 
Putty, commercial..  2X  2M@3 
Putty, strictly  pure.  2M  2X@3 
Vermilion,  P r im e
American............... 
15
13® 
75
Vermilion,  English.  70® 
Green, P a ris ............  18M®  22
16
Green,  Peninsular..  13® 
Lead, Red  ...............  5X@  614
Lead, w hite..........  
5X@  6Q
@ 
Whiting, white Span 
,u 
V'hi ting,  gilders’... 
70
@ 
White, Paris Amer.. 
@  1  00
Whiting, Paris  Eng.
@  1  40
Cliff........................ 
Universal Prepared.  1  00®  1  15

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp Coach. 
1  10®  1  26
Extra  Turp............  1  60®  1  70
Coach Body............  2 75® 3 00
No  1 Turp Furn 
.  1  0u@  1  10 
Extra Turk  Damar.  1  55®  1  60 
Jap. Dryer, No.lTurp  70®  75

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Coniom  Mac............ 
35®  50
Copaiba....................   1  15®  1  25
Cubebæ.....................  
go®  l  oo
E xechthitos............  1  00® 1  10
Erlgeron...................  1  On® 1  10
Q anltheria...............   1  50® 1  60
Geranium,  ounce...  ®  
75
Qossippii, Sem. gal.. 
50®  60
Hedeoma..................   l  on® i  io
Junipers...................   1  50® 2 00
Lavendula............... 
go®  2 00
Limonis....................   1  40® 1  50
Mentba  Piper..........  1  6u@ 2  20
Mentha Verid..........   1  5n@ 1  60
Morrbuse,  gal..........   1  io® l  25
Myreia,......................  4  00® 4 50
Olive.......................... 
75®  3 00
Picis  Liquida.......... 
lo® 
12
@  35
Plcls Liquida, gal... 
R ie in a ...................... 
96®  i  06
Rosmarini................. 
@  1  00
Kosae,  ounce............  6 50®  8 50
S uccini....................  
40®  45
Sabina....................  
90®  1  00
Santal........................   2 50® 7 00
Sassafras..................  
55®  60
®  65
Sinapis, ess.,  ounce. 
Tigli!..........................  1 70® 1  g
Thyme 
40®  50
................... 
Thyme,  opt.............. 
@  i  60
Theobrom as............ 
15®  20
Potassium
Bi-Carb...................... 
ig
16® 
13® 
Bichromate.............  
15
Bromide....................  
50®  55
12® 
Carb.........................  
15
Chlorate..po. 17®19c 
16®  18
Cyanide....................  
35®   40
Iodide........................  2 4 )@  2 50
2»@  30
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
®  15
Potassa, Bitart,  com 
10®  12
Potass Nitras, opt... 
Potass Nitras............ 
n
10® 
2u®  25
Pressiate..................  
Sulphate p o ............ 
15®  
18

Radix

40®

Açonitvm................. 
20®  25
•fl«»».......................  
22®  25
A nchusa..................  
10® 
t
Arum po
®  25
C alam us............. 
20®  40
Gentiana........ po  15 
12® 
15
Glychrrhiza... pv. 15 
16® 
18
Hydrastis Canaden 
®  60 
Hydrastis Can., po.
65
~ 
Hellebore,Alba, po.
20 
18®
Inula, po................... 
is®  _
20
Ipecac, po................. 2 80® 3 0°
Iris plox —  po35®38  35®  40
Jalapa, p r................. 
25®   30
Maranta  Ms............ 
@  35
22®  25
Podophyllum, po.... 
S 5eì  .........................  
75®  100
®   1  25
Rhel, cut...  ............ 
Rhei.pv....................  
75®   1  35
Spigella..................... 
35®   3g
Sanguinaria... po. 15 
®   13
Serpentaria..............
Senega......................
Similax,officinalis H
Smllax,  M.................
Scili®............... po.35
Symplocarpus, Foeti-
dus,  po...................
Valeriana,Eng. po.30 
Valeriana,  German. 
Zingiber a ................. 
Z ingiber]................. 
Semen
Anlsum..........po.  15
12
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Apium  (graveleons)
13® 15
4®
6
C arni... I'.'.'.'.; pii.'is
10® 12
Cardamon..........................
25® 75
8®
Coriandrum.............  
8® 10
t —
Cannabis  Satira 
4M® 5
Cydonium................
75®  1  00
Chenopodi u r n ........ 
i(j@
10® 12
Dlpterix  O dorate...  ‘
40® 50
Fceniculum..............
O 10
Fcenngreek, po........
9
7®
L in i.................... ......
3M@ 4M
Lini,  grd.... bbl. 3>4
4® 4M
L obelia....................  
35®
35® 40
Pharlaris  Canarian
4® 4M
R apa........................
5
4M®
Sinapis Albu..........
9® 10
li®
Sinapis  Nigra..........  
11® 12
Spirito*

.. w
15®
12®
25®

Frum enti, W.  D. Co.  2 00® 2 50 
Frumenti,  D. F.  R..  2 00®  2 25
F rum enti................... 1  25®  1  50
Juniperis Co. O. T..  1  65® 2 00 
Junlperis C o.... ....  1  75® 3 50 
Saacharum N.  E ....  1  go® 2  10
Spt.  Vini G alli.........  1  75® 6 50
Vini Oporto..............  1  25® 2 00
Vini  Alba.................  1  25® 2  00

Sponge*
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage.................  2 50® 2  75
Nassau sheeps  wool
carriage.................  2 0C@ 2  25
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage.......
®   l  25
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool,  carriage__
@  l  00
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage.................
®  1 00 
Hard, for slate use..
®   75
Yellow  R e e f,  for 
slate  use...............
®   1  40
Syrup*
A cacia...................... 
Auranti Cortes........  
Zingiber....................  
Ipecac- 
........... 
Ferri Iod................... 
Rhei Arom...............  
Smilax Officinalis... 
Senega.....................  
sell'».....  

@ 
50
@  50
@  50
@  60
®   50
@  50
50®  60
®  50
a   sc

niacellaneou*

@  50
Scill® Co................... 
®  501
T olutan....................  
®  50 .
Prunus vlrg.............. 
I
Tincture* 
60 j
Aconitum NapellisR 
50  '
Aconitum Napellls F  
Aloes.........................  
60.
Aloes and Myrrh__  
60 :
50
A rnica...................... 
Assafcetida.............  
50
60
Atrope  Belladonna. 
50
Auranti  Cortex....... 
Benzoin....................  
60 1
50 {
Benzoin Co...............  
50
Barosm a................... 
Cantharides............ 
75
Capsicum ............ 
50
Cardamon........... . 
75
75
Cardamon  Co..........  
Castor............................... 
Catechu....................  
50 ;
50 i
Cinchona..................  
60 i
Cinchona Co............ 
Co'umba 
50
.............. 
Cubeba............................... 
50
Cassia  Acatifol....... 
50
Cassia A ;utifol Co 
50
Digitalis 
. . . .  
E rg o t.......................  
50
35
Fern Chloridcm 
G entian.............................  
60
Gentian Co.............. 
go
G niaca....................  
Guiacaammon........  
60
50
Hyoscyamus............ 
Iodine........................ 
75
Iodine, colorless__  
75
Kino........................... 
50
Lobelia.................... 
50
Myrrh........................  
50
50
Nux Vomica............ 
75
O pil...........................  
50
OdH, camphorated. 
I 50
Opil,  deodorised.... 
Q uassia....................  
50
R hatany.................... 
50
Rhel........................... 
50
Sanguinaria............ 
50
so
Serpentaria.............  
60
Strom onium ............ 
Tolutan..................... 
60
50
V alerian................... 
50
Veratrum V eride... 
Zingiber.................... 
20
Æ ther, Spts. Nit. 3 F  30®  35
? <@  38
Æ ther, Spts.  Nit. 4 F 
Alum en....................   2M& 
3
4
3® 
Alumen, gro’d .. po. 7 
A n n atto ................... 
40®  50
Antimoni,  po..........  
4® 
5
Antimoni et PotassT  40®  50
A ntlpyrin...............  
@  35
®  211
A ntirebrin............... 
@  50
Argenti Nitras, oz .. 
Arsenicum............. 
10® 
12
38®  40
Balm Gilead  Bud  . ! 
Bismuth  S. N.......... 1  40®  1  50
®  
Calcium Chlor.,  Is. 
9
@ 1 0
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms. 
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms. 
@  <3
Cantharides, Rus.po  @  75
15
Capsid  Fructus. a f. 
@ 
@ 1 5
Capslci Fructus, po. 
15
Capsid FructusB.po  @ 
12® 
Caryophyllus. .po.  15 
14
Carmine, No. 40__  
® 3 00
50®  55
Cera Alba................. 
Cera Flava...............  
40®  42
Coccus...................... 
@  40
Cassia Fructus........  
@  33
Centraria..................  
@ 
10
Cetaceum.................. 
®   45
Chloroform..............  
50®  53
Chloroform, squibbs  @  1  10 
Chloral H ydC rst....  1  65®  1  90
Chondrus.................. 
20®  25
Cinchonidlne.P.A W  25®  35
Cinchonldine, Germ  22®  30 
Cocaine............... 3 55®  a 75
70 
Corks, list, dis.pr.ct.
35 
Creosotum......... 
2
Creta..............bbl. 75 
Creta, prep............... 
5 
Creta, preelp............ 
11
8
Creta, Rubra............ 
Crocus............... 
20
C udbear............ 
24
Cupri Sulph....... 
6 
Dextrine............. 
12 
Ether Sulph......  
90
8 
Emery, all  numbers  @
Emery, po.......... 
6 
35 
Ergota...........po. 40  30®
Flake  W hite............ 
12®
15 
G alla................ .
23 
©
Gambler.  .........
9 
60 
Gelatin, Cooper 
.. 
_
60 
Gelatin. French....... 
35®
75 &  10 
Glassware, flint, box  ■ ■
Less  than  box....
70 
Glue,  brown............ 
9®
12
13®
Glue,  w hite.............. 
25 20 
Glycerina.................  
14®
@
Grana  Paradis!  __  
25 
Hum ulus................... 
25®
55 
85
HydraagChlor  Mite 
® 
Hydraag Chlor  Cor.
@  75
Hydraag Ox Rub’m.
@  95
®  1  10 
Hydraag Ammonlatl 
45®  55
HydraagUnguentum
@  70
Hydrargyrum..........
65®  75
Ichthyobolla, A m ...
75®  1  00
Indigo........................ 
Iodine, Resubi.........  3 60® 3  70
Iodoform..................  
@ 4  20
Lupulin..................... 
@ 2 25
Lycopodium............ 
40®  45
65®  75
.............  
Macis 
Liquor  Arsen et Hy
drarg Iod............... 
@  25
LiquorPotassArslnlt  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph....
Magnesia, Sulph,bbl 
Mannia, S. F ....

18®
@
5®
10®
75®
@

@
@
9®
@

a

®
50®
O  3 00

50

!

' 1

I

PAINT AND 
ARTIST’S

BRUSHES

Our stock  of  Brushes  for  the  season 
of  1899  is  complete  and  we  invite 
your  orders.  The  line  includes

Flat Wall bound  in rubber, 
Oval Paint  Round Paint 

brass and leather 

Oval Chisel Varnish

Oval Chisel Sash
White Wash Heads 

Kalsomlne

Round Sash 

Flat Varnish 
Square and Chisel

All  qualities  at  satisfactory  prices.

Camel  Hair Varnish 
Flowing

Mottlers 
Color
Badger Flowing,
single or double 

C. H. Pencils, etc.

H A Z E L T IN E   &   P E R K IN S  

D R U G   C O .,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY P R I C E   CURRENT.

th ey are prepared just  before going to press and  are an  accurate index of the local  market. 

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

AX LB  OREA5B.
Aurora................... ......55
Castor O il............ .......80
Diamond..............
Frazer’s ............... .......75
[XL Golden, tin boxes 75
nica, tin boxes... .......75
Paragon............... .  ...55

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

BARINO  POWDER.
m ’b cans d o s....................  
li Id Jans doz
lb can  dos.

Absolute.

45

Acuse.

Arctic.

u  lb cans 8 d o t.................. 
45
*  lb cans 8 do*................... 
75
1  lb cans 1 doz...................  100
Bulk........................................ 
10
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers............ 
85
H lb cans per doz.............. 
75
H lb cans per doz  ............   1  80
8  00
1 
H lb cans 4 doz case____ 
35
14 lb cans 4 doz case........  
55
lb cans 8 doz case  ....... 
90

lb cans per doz.......... 

El Purity.

Home.

J A J t O N

Our Leader.

Jersey Cream.

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

45
85
lb cans, 8 doz case.........  1  60
1 lb. cans, per doz...............  2 00
9 oz. cans, per doz..............   1  25
6 oz. cans, per doz..............  
85
M lb cans............................. 
It lb cans............................  

45
75
lb cans............................   I  50
85
1 lb. cans  ...........................  
3 oz., 6 doz. case..................  2  70
6 oz., 4 doz. case 
............3  20
9 oz., 4 doz. case.................. 4 80
1 lb., 8 doz. case.................. 4  00
5 lb., 1 doz. case...................9  00
BATH  BRICK.
A m erican....................... 
70
English........................................go

Queen Flake,

Peerless.

 

BLUING.

C 0 P 3 O T )
Stosici

CANNED  QOODS.

Small, 3 doz.........................  
40
Large, 2 doz.......................... 
75
BROOriS.
No. 1 Carpet..........................  2 10
No. 8 Carpet...........  
..........  1 95
No. 3 Carpet...........................  1 6i
No. 4 Carpet...........................  1 33
Parlor G em ...........................  2 25
Common W hisk...................  ho
Fancy Whisk........................  8j
Warehouse........................... 2 50
Tom atoes.....................  80®  90
Corn  .............................  80@1  00
Hom iny........................  so
Beans, Limas...............   70@1  30
Beans, W ax.................   75
Beans, string...............  70
Beans,  Baked.............   75@1  00
Beans, Red  K idney...  50
Succotash.....................  95@1  20
P e a s.^ ... 
................  50®  85
Peas, French................2 25
Pumpkin  .....................  75
M ushroom...................  15®   22
Peaches, P ie ...............   90
Peaches,  Fancy.......... l  40
Apples,  3-lb.................  95
Apples,  gallons.......... 2 25
Cherries  ......................  90
Pears.............................  70
Pineapple, grated.......2 40
Pineapple, sliced........2 25
Pineapple.  F a rren ....l  70
Strawberries................1  10
Blackberries...............  80
Raspberries.................  85
Oysters, 1-lb.................   85
Oysters, 2-lb................. 1  45
Salmon, W arren’s .... 1  4^@1  60
Salmon.  Alaska..........1  25
Salmon, Klondike.......  90
Lobsters, 1-lb. Star__ 3 20
Lobsters, 2-Ib. Star__ 3 90
M ac'erei.l lb Mustard  10 
Mackerel, 1-lb. Soused.1  75 
Mackerel,1-lb Tomato.i  75
Shrimps.........................2 00
8ardlnes, 14s domestic  3W@ 
Sardines, mstrd, dom.5>4@  7% 
Sardines.  French........8  @ 22

CANDLES.

.7
............ 8
Paraffine...................................8
Wicking.................................20

CATSUP.

Colombia, 
p in ts...............2  00
Columbia, ft pints  .............l  25

CHEESE
A cm e........................
Amboy......................
Emblem....................
Gold  Medal..............
Id e a l..........................
Jersey  ......................
Riverside...................
B rick.........................
Edam.........................
Leiden......................
Lim burger...............
Pineapple.................. 50
Sap  Sago...................
Chicory
Bulk 
Red 

®

. . . .  

1154
12
1 1 *
11
ilt f
lU i
UH
1270
17
13
75
17
6
7

CHOCOLATE.

W alter Baker ft Co.’s

German S w e e t........................23
Premium.  ................................35
Breakfast  Cocoa 
.  ..46

. 
CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft, per  doz........... 1  00
Cotton, 50 ft, per  d o z ..........1  20
Cotton, 60 ft, per  doz  ......... 1  40
Cotton, 70 ft, per  d o t...........1  60
Cotton, 80 ft, per  doz........... I  80
'   ' 
80 
Jute. 60 ft.  per  doz 
Jute. 72 ft.  ne-  in*.
95

‘ 

COCOA SHELLS
80 lb  bags........................
2H
Less quantity.................
Pound  packages.............. 
4
CRBAfl  TARTAR.
5 and 10 lb. wooden boxes......30
Bulk In sacks........................... 29

COFFEE.

Qreen.
Rio.

Santos.

Mexican  and  Guatemala.

F a ir........   ...................................9
Good........................................... 10
P rim e......................................... 11
Golden  ...................................... 12
Pea berry  ...................................13
Fair  ........................................... 12
Good  ......................................... 13
P rim e......................................... P
Peaberry  ...................................15
F air  ........................................... 15
Good  ..........................................16
......................................17
Fancy 
P rim e......................................... 19
Milled......................................... 20
In terio r......................................19
Private  Growth........................ 20
Mandehllng...............................21
Imitation 
im ita tio n ................................. 20 . 
Arabian  .......... ........................ 22

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

Clark-Jewell-WeUsCo.’sBrands
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*
Ideal  Blend...........................14
Leader  Blend............... ........12

Package.

for 

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices  on  package  coffees,  to 
the  wholesale  dealer 
which 
adds  the  local  freight  from 
New  York  to  your  shipping 
point, giving you credit  on  the 
invoice 
the  amount  of 
freight  buyer  pays  from  the 
market  in  which  he  purchases 
to his shipping point, including 
weight  of  package,  also 5£c  a 
pound.  In  60 lb.  cases the list 
Is  10c  per  100  lbs.  above  the 
price in full cases.
A rbuckle.........................  
It  00
Jersey..................................   10 50
lcLaaghlln’s  XXXX.
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.

Extract.

76
Valley City *  gross  . . . .  
1 16
Felix *   gross...................... 
Hummel’s foil *4 gross... 
86
Hnmmel’stin  *   gross... 
1  43
CLOTHES PINS.
6 gross boxes.......  ....................40

London Layers 2 C’own. 
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown.............  
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
L. M., Seeded, choice....... 
9i) I  L.  M , Seeded, fancy.......... 

FOREIGN.

150
1  65
2  00
5
6
7
8
9*

Citron.

Raisins.

Currants.

L eghorn............................©12
Corsican............................@13
Patras bbls........................ @ 6
Yostizzas 50 lb cases........®  6J4
Cleaned, bulk  ...................@ 7
Cleaned, packages...........@  7%
Citron American 101b bx  @13 
Lemon American 10 lb bx  ©  014 
Orange American 10 ib bx  @1014 
Ondnra 28 lb boxes......   ©
Sultana  1 Crown..........   @
Sultana  2 C ro w n .........  @
Sultana  3 Crown..........   @
•Sultana 4 Crown  .........  ©
Snltaiip  5 Ornwn 
©
Sultana 6 Crown 
...  .  ©
Sultana package..........  @
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
24 1 lb.  packages...........  .. 1  50
Bulk, per 100  lbs...............3  50
Walsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

Parina,

Grits.

24 2 lb. packages..................1 80
100 lb. kegs...........................2 70
200 lb. barrels...................... 5 10

CONDENSED  MIL&.

4 doz in case.
Gail Borden  Eagle............  6  75
C row n.....................................6 25
D aisy...................................... 5  75
Champion  .............................4 50
Magnolia 
4 25
Charlenge...............................3 35
Dime 
....................................3 85

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

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 booas, any denom__   2 50
500 books  any denom___11  50
1.000 bonks  anv 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 b o o k s...............................  1 00
50 books.................................   2 00
100 books  ...........................   3 00
250 books..................................  b 25
500 books.................................. 10 00
1000 books........  

denomination from HO down.

Coupon Pass Book«,

Apples.

Credit Checks.

Universal Grade.

California  Fruits.

.  17 50
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—DOHESTIC 
Sundrisd........................  ©“*
Evaporated 50 lb  boxes  ©9
Apricots....................... 
©
Blackberries................
Nectarines................... 
©
Peaches........................   9  ®10
Pears........ ....................   ©
Pitted Cherries............
Prunnelles....................
Raspberries..................
100-120 25 Id  ooxes.  -----  ©  4
90-100 25 lb boxes..........  ©  5
80 - 90 25 lb boxes..........  @  5*
70 - 80 25 lb boxes..........  ©  6)4
60 - 70 25 lb boxes..........  ©  614
50 - 60 25 lb boxes..........  @  8
40 - 50 25 ib boxes..........  © 10
30 - 40 25 lb boxes..........  ©
14 cent less In 50 lb cases 

California  Prunes.

Valsl'is-

Hominy.

Peas.

Beans.

Pearl Barley.

Barrels  .............................. 2 50
Flake, 501b.  drum s..........1  00
Dried Lima  ....................... 
4*4
Medium Hand Picked___   1 10
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic,  10 lb. box.........  60
Imported.  25 lb. box........ 2 50
Common..............................  2 25
C h ester...............................  2 50
E m p ire .........  ...................  3 00
Green, Wisconsin, bu......1  00
Green, Scotch, bn............1  10
Spilt, b n .................... ........2 50
Rolled Avena,  bbl........ 4 25
Monarch,  bbl....................3  75
Monarch,  *   bbl.............. 2 00
Monarch, 90 lb sacks........1  80
Quaker.  cases....................3 20
Huron, cases..................... 1  75
G erm an............................... 
4
East  India.........................  
3*
F lak e................................. 
314
Pearl................................... 
3*
5
Anchor, 401 lb. pkges__  
Cracked, bulk....................  
3J4
24 2 lb packages.................2 50
S alt  Fish.

Rolled  Oats.

Tapioca.

W heat.

Sago.

Cod.

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

Herring.

nackarei.

Holland white boops, bbl.  8  00 
Holland white hoop *bbl  4  50
Holland,  54  bbl.................  2  60
Holland white hoop, keg. 
65 
Holland white hoop mchs 
75
Norwegian..........................
Round 100 lbs....................   3  50
Round  40 lbs....................   1  75
Scaled..................................  
14
Mess 100 lbs.................... 
  15  00
Mess  40 lbs........................  6  30
Mess  10 lbs........................  1
Mess  8 lbs........................  1  35
No.  1 100 lbs........................  13  25
No. 1  40 lbs........................  5  6j
1  48
No. 1  10 lb s....................... 
No.  1  8 lbs  ......................  1  20
No. 2 100 l b s .................. 
  9  25
No. 2  40 lbs  ......................  4  00
No. 2  10 lbs........................  108
No. 2  8 lbs........................ 
89
Trout.
5 25
No. 1 100 lb« 
No. 1  40 lbs..........  
2  40
No. 1  10 lbs... 
68
No. 1  81b*... 
57
Wtsitattsii
No. 1  No. 2  F»rn
100 lbs............  7 CO 
2 75
1  40
40 lb s............  3 10 
10 lbs............ 
43
85 
37
8 lbs............ 
71 
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

. . .  

Jennings’.

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

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

Pure Brand.
2 oz. Taper Panel..  75 
2 oz. Oval...............   75 
3 oz. Taper Panel.  I S  
4 oz. Taper Panel.. 1  60 

Lem.  Van. 
1 38
1 ®0
2 00
2 25

Souders’.

in  the  world 

Oval bottle,  with  corkscrew. 
the 

Best 
money.
Sage.........................................  15
H ops.......................................   15

HBRBS.

for 

INDIGO.

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

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

................................ 4  00
Kegs 
Half Kegs............................... 2 25
Quarter Kegs..........................1  25
1 lb. cabs................................   30
*  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................................

JELLY.

15 lb  palls...............................  35
301b  pails..............................   65

LYB.

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

LICORICE.

P are.........................................  30
C alab ria................................   25
Sicily.......................................  14
Root.........................................  10

MINCE MEAT.

Ideal, 3 do*. In case...................2 25

SNUFF.

Scotch, in bladders.......  ...  S7
Maccaboy, In Jars.................  35
French Rappee, in  Jars.....  48

SBBDS.

A n ise ..................................  
9
Canary, Smyrna.................  
3*4
C araw ay............................. 
8
Cardamon,  M alab ar.......  60
Celery.................................. 
11
Hemp,  Russian...............  
4
Mixed  B ird........................ 
454
Mustard,  w hite.................  
5
Poppy  ................................  
10
R ap e.................................... 
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, 2801b. bnlk.2 25 
Butter, barrels, 2014 lbbags.8 50
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs..............  25
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs.............   55

Common Grade*.

100 31b sacks................................ 1 95
60 5-lb sacks................................1 80
2810-lb sacks..............................1 65

Worcester.

50  4 
lb. cartons.................8 25
115  2*lb. sacks..................... 4  00
lb. sacks.....................3  75
60  5 
2214 
lb. sacks.....................3 50
3010 
lb. sacks.....................350
28 lb.  linen sacks..................   32
56 lb. linen sacks...................  60
Bulk In barrels...................... 2 5

nATCHBS.

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

rtOLA5SBS.
New Orleans.

Black.  ................................ 
11
14
F a ir.....................................  
G ood.................................... 
20
24
Fancy  .............  
Open Kettle........................25@35

 
Half-barrels 2c extra.
MUSTARD.

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

P1PBS.

48 cans in case.

Clay, No.  216...............
Clay, T. i). full count.
Cob, No. 3....................
POTASH. 
Babbitt’s ......................
Penna Salt  Co.’s .........
PICKLES.
nedlnm.
Barrels, 1,200 count...
Half bbls, 600count...

Small.

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

....  1  70
.... 
66
.... 
85

....  4  00
....  8  00

....  3  75
....  2 38

...  4  75
....  2  88

RICE.

....  6*
....  5
....  4

Domestic.
Carolina h e a d ...........
Carolina  No. 1  ..........
Carolina  No. 2............
Broken.........................
Imported.
Japan,  No. 1..............
f*@  6
Japan,  No. 2
4*@ 5
Java, fancy  head........ 5  ©  5*
Java, No. 1...............
5  ©
Table............................
Ol
SALBRATUS.

3X

Packed 60  lbs. In  box.

Church’s ......................
.......3  8L
Deland’s  ...................... .......3  15
Dwight’s ......................
.......3  30
Taylor’s ......................
.......3 00
SAL SODA.

Granulated, bbls.......... .  .  75
Granulated,  100 lb case18..  9j
Lump, bbls...................
...  75
Lump, 1451b kegs........
...  85
SAUERKRAUT

Barrels........................... ...  4  00
*-Barrels............................  2 35

Warsaw.

56-lb dairy In drill bags.......  80
28-lb dairy In drill bags.......  15

Ashton.

56-lb dairy in linen sacks...  60

Higgins.

56-lb dairy In linen sacks...  60

Solar Rock.

56-lb  sacks.....................  ....  2i

Common.

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

SOAP.

J A X O N

Single box...............................2  ¡0
5 box lots, delivpred........... 2  45
10 box lots, delivered..........  2 40

JAS. S. KlflK 8 CO.’S BRANDS.

American Family, wrp’d....2  66
Dome........................................2 75
Cabinet....................................2  20
Savon.......................................2 50
White Russian.......................2  35
White Cloud,  laundry____ 6  25
White Cloud,  toilet..............3  50
Dusky Diamond. 50 6  oz__ 2  10
Dusky Diamond, 50 8  oz.... 3  00
Bine India, 100 3£ lb..............3  00
Klrkoline................................ 3  50
B os.......................................... 2 60

8C H  SOAP 00.'$ BRANDS

Clydesdale,  100 cakes, 75 lbs  . . . .  2  75
No-Tai, 100 cakes, (21-2 lbs___ 2  00
Familj,  75 cakes,  75 lbs..............2  50
German Mottled, 00 cakes, 00 lbs.. 1  75 
Cocoa Castile, 18 lbs., cat 1-4 & 1-2..1  80 

Chipped  Soap for Lanndriei.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country, 801-lb. bars  . .2  75 
Good Cheer, 601-lb. bars... .3  75
Uno, 100 8£-lb. bars................2 50
Doll, 10010-oz.  bars.............. 2  05

Scouring.

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

SODA.

Boxes  ....................................( u
Kegs. English........................  4^

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Orains and Feedstuffs

SPICES.
Whole Sifted.

Pjire Ground In Bulk.

A llsp ice.................................14
Cassia, China in m ats.......... 12
Cassia, Batavia in  b and— 25
Cassia, Saigon in rolls........ 82
Cloves,  Amboyna..................14
Cloves, Zanzibar................... 12
Mace,  Batavia.......................55
Nutmegs, fancy..................  .60
Nutmegs, No.  1.....................50
Nutmegs, No.  2.....................45
Pepper, Singapore, black... 13 
Pepper, Singapore, w hite... 16
Pepper,  shot.......................... 15
Allspice 
............................... 17
Cassia, B atavia.....................3u
Cassia,  Saigon  .....................40
Cloves, Zanzibar....................14
Ginger,  A frica n ..................15
Ginger,  Cochin.....................18
Ginger,  Jamaica  ................. 23
Mace,  Batavia.......................65
Mustard............................12@18
N utm egs,........................ 40@50
Pepper, Sing , black............15
Pepper, Sing., w hite............22
Pepper, Cayenne................... 20
Sage....................  
16

 

 

 

 

SYRUPS
Corn.
Barrels................. 
  17
 
H *'f  hbls........................  .  .19
1 doz  1 gallon cans................... 2 90
1  doz.  ft gallon cans......... 1  70
2  doz.  M gallon  cans  ........1  75
Pair  ....................................  16
G ood..........  ......................   20
C hoice................................   25

Pure Cane.

STARCH.

Kingsford’z  Corn.

401-lb packages....................   6
20 1 lb packages.....................6m

Kingsford’s  Silver  Gloss.

401-lb packages.....................  6ft
6-lb  boxes  ...........................7

Common  Corn.

201 lb. packages................... 5
401 lb. packages...................   44

Common Gloss.

1-lb  packages........................4M
3-lb  packages.......................   4*.
6-lb  packages........................  5
40 and 50 lb boxes.................  3
B arre ls.......... 
3

STOVE POLISH.

TOBACCOS.

Cigars.

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

H. A P. Drug Co.’s brand. 

Q uintette............................ 35  00

G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

S. C.  W.

.35  00

Ruhe Bros. Co.’s Brands. 

Double Eagles. 6 sizes.$55?*70 00 
Gen. Maceo, 5 sizes....  55@7o 00
Mr. Thomas................. 
35  00
Cuban Hand  M ade.... 
35 00
Crown  Five................. 
35  00
35 00
Sir  William................. 
35  00
Club  Five....................  
35 00
Gena Grant and Lee.. 
Little P eg g y ...............  
35  00
Signal  Five................. 
35  00
Knights of Pythias 
 
35  00
Key West Perfects, 2 sz  55@60 00

TABLE  SAUCES.

Lea & Perrin’s,  large...  4  75 
Lea A Perrin’s, sm all...  2 75
Halford,  laTge.................  3  75
Halford sm all.....................2  25
Salad Dressing, large.......4  55
Salad Dressing, sm all.......2  75

VINEGAR.

Malt White Wine, 40 grain__ 7
Malt White Wine, 80 grain....lo
Pure Cider, Red Star.............. 12
Pure Cider, Robinson.............11

W1CKING.

No. 0, per gross......................  20
No. 1, per gross......................  25
No. 2, per gross......................  35
No. 3, per gross......................  55

C r a c k e r s .

The  National  Biscuit Co.

quotes as follows:
Butter.

Seymour XXX....................
aft
Seymour XXX. 3 lb.  carton 6
Family XXX 
5ft
Salted XXX 
6
New  York XXX................... 6
W olverine.........................
6
Boston...............

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

Soda.

Soda  XXX  .........................
Soda  XXX, 3 lb  carton__ 6M
Soda,  City 
.....................
8
Long Island  W afers........
11
L.  1.  Wafers,  1  lb carton  .. 12
Zephyrette.........................
10

6

Oyster.

Saltine W afer......................
5M
SaltineWafer,  1 lb  carton. 6M
Farina Oy-ter...................
Extra Farina Oyster.........

6

SUGAR.

weight of the barrel.

Confec. Standard A ..............4

SWEET  GOODS—Boxea.

A nim als.............................. 10M
Bent’s W ater........................ 15
Cocoanut  Taffy..................
10
Coffee Cake, Java...............
lu
Coffee Cake,  Iced............... 10
Cracknells........................... 15M
Cubans  ................................ UM
Frosted  Cream....................
8
Ginger Gems  ...................... 8
Ginger Snaps, XXX............
7M
Graham Crackers  .............
8
Graham W afers................... 10
Grand Ma Cakes................. .  9
Im perials............................. 8
Jumoles,  Honey................. 11)4
Marshmallow  .................... 15
Marshmallow  Creams....... 16
Marshmallow  W alnuts...
16
Mich.  Frosted Honey__   12 M
Molasses  Cakes................... 8
Newton................................
12
Nie  Nacs.............................
8
Orange  Gems....................... 8
Penny Assorted Cakes......
8ft
Pretzels,  hand  m a d e ....... 8
Sears’ Lunch........................ 7
1  Sugar  Cake.........................
8
Sugar  Squares...................
9
1  Vanilla  W afers................. 14
Sultanas.............................
12M

 

No.  6.......................................4 44
No.  7 ...................................... 4 38
No.  8........................  
4  31
No.  9......., ..............................4 25
No.  10.......................................4 19
No.  11.......................................4 19
No.  12.......................................4 19
No.  13.......................................4 19
No.  14.........................  
.4  19
No.  15.......................................4 19
No.  16.... 

...................4  19

Oils.
Barrels.

©10

Eocene  ........................  @ 11)4
XXXW.W.Mich.Hdlt 
W W  Michigan............  @9)4
Diamond W hite..........  @  8)4
D., S. Gas......................  @10)4
Deo. N ap th a.............. 
@ 9
C ylinder..................... 29  @34
Engine  . 
..........   11  ©21
f-  J

vint*". 

Candies.
Stick  Candy.

Standard................... 
Standard H.  H ........  
Standard Twist....... 
Cut Loaf................... 
Jumbo, 32 lb  ...
Extra H. H .......
Boston  Cream.

bbls.  pails

6ft@  7
6M@  7
7H@  8
@ 8

© 8ft 
@10

Mixed Candy.

© 6
Grocers.....................  
@ 6ft
Competition.............  
Standard................... 
@ 7
Conserve................... 
@714
©  7M
Royal  ..  ................... 
@ »H
Ribbon...................... 
@
Broken  ....................  
@ 8
Cut Loaf................... 
English  Rock.......... 
@ 8
Kindergarten.......... 
@ 8ft
French  Cream........  
@ 9
Dandy Pan........  
@10
Hand  Made Cream mxd  @13

Fancy—In Bulk.

Lozenges, plain.......
Lozenges,  printed..
Choc.  Drops............
Choc.  Monumentals
Gum  Drops.............
Moss  Drops..............
Sour Drops...............
Im perials.................

@ 8ft
@  8*4@10)4 
@i2 
@  5 
@ 8 
©  8)4 
© 9

Fancy—In  5  lb.  Boxes.

Lemon  Drops..........
©50
Sour  Drops.............
©50
Peppermint Drops..
©80
Chocolate Drops__
©80
H. M. Choc. Drops..
@75
Gum  Drops..............
©30
Licorice Drops........
A. B. Licorice Drops 
@50 
Lozenges,  plain.... 
@50 
Lozenges,  printed..
@50 
Im perials.................
@50 
M ottoes.................
@55 
Cream  B ar............. .
©oO
Molasses Bar
_  
-  ..........  
@50
Hand Made Creams.  80  @  90
Plain  Creams..........  60  ©90
60  @90 
Decorated Creams..
@90 
String Rock
@60
Burnt Almonds.......125  @
Wintergreen Berries 
@60
Caramels. 
No.  1 wrapped, 2  lb.
b o x es....................
No.  1  wrapped, 3  lb,
boxes___ ______
No. 2 wrapped, 2  lb. 
boxes...................

@35
@50

Medium  bunches.  .1  00 @1  25
Large bunches........ 1  5u @1  75

Foreign Dried  Fruits.

Fruits.
Oranges. 
Mexicans  F l o r i d a
st'. le  box...............
Fancy Navels..........
Choice................ ....
Lemons.
Strictly choice 360s..
Strictly choice 300s..
Fancy  360s 
.............
Ex. Fancy  300s........
Ex. Fancy 360s........
Bananas.

Figs.

Californias  Fancy..
Choice, 10ib boxes..
Extra  choice,  10  lb
boxes new.............
Fancy,  i2 lb  boxes..
Imperial Mikados. 18
Pulled, 61b boxes...
Naturals,  in  bags...
Dates.
Fards in 10 lb  boxes
Fards  in  60  ib  cases
Persians, P H V .......
lb cases, new........
Sairs,  601b cases__
Nuts.
Almonds, Tarragona..
Almonds, Ivaca..........
Almonds,  California,
soft shelled.............
Brazils new .................
Filberts  ......................
Walnuts, Granobles..
Walnuts,  Calif No.  1.
Walnuts,  soft  shelled
C alif.........................
Table Nuts,  fancy__
Table Nuts,  choice...
Pecans,  Med................
Pecans, Ex. Large__
Pecans,  Jum bos.........
Hickory  Nuts per bu.,
Ohio, new.................
Cocoanuts,  full  sacks 
Chestnuts per b u ........
Peanuts.

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

@3 25
<&i  2)
©3 00

©3 50
@3 5u
@3  75
@4  uo
@4 00

@16
@15
©18
©22
@
©
©  7

@10
©  6
@  5M
©  6
©   5

©16
©14
@15
©  8
@10
©13
© li
@12
@11
@10
©  7ft
@ 9 
@12
@1  60 
@4 •« 
@4 00

©  8)4
©  6)4 
©  1)4
5*

Wheat.

64

W heat................................... 
Winter  Wheat Fleur. 

Locai Brands.

P a te n ts................................4  0”
Second  Patent....................   3  50
Straight  .............................  3  25
Clear.....................................   3  00
Graham 
.............................  3 50
B uckw heat.........................  4  25
R y e .....................................  3 25
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Daisy, Ms............................... 3 40
Daisy, Ms...............................3 40
Daisy, Ms............................... 3  40
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand.
Quaker,  Ms..........................  3  55
Quaker,  Ms..........................  3  55
Quaker, Ms...........................  3  55

Spring  Wheat  Flour. 

Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand.
Pillsbnry’s Best Ms............  4 50
Pillsbury's  Best Ms_____   4 40
Pillsbury’s Best Ms  ..........  4  30
Pillsbury's Best Ms paper  4  20 
Pillsbury’s Best  Ms paper..  4  20 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand.

Olney A Judson’s Brand.

Dulutb  Imperial. Ms.............4 10
Duluth Imperial,  Ms...........  4 00
Lemon A  Wheeler Co.’s  Brand.
Gold Medal Ms.....................  4 40
Gold Medal Ms.......................4 30
Gold Medal Ms.......................4 20
Parisian, Ms.........................  4 10
Parisian, Ms.........................   4 30
Parisian. Ms....................  ..  4  20
Ceresota, Ms........................   4  40
Ceresota, Ms........................   4  3
Ceresota. Ms........................  4  20
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand
Laurel,  Ms............................   4 30
Laurel, Ms............................  4 20
Laurel,  Ms............................  3 10
Meal.
B olted...................................  1 m
........................  2  10
Granulated 
St. Car Feed, screened__ 16  00
No. 1 Corn and  Oats..........1  50
Unbolted Corn Meal  ......... 15  00
Winter Wheat  B ran...  .  14  00
Winter Wheat Middlings. .15  00
Screenings.............................13 00
Old corn, car  lots............ 
41
New corn, car lots............. 38
Less than  car  lots.......... 
40
Car  lots................................31
Carlots, clipped..................  35M
Less than  car  lots............. 37
No. 1 Timothy carlots.__   8  50
No. 1 Timothy, ton lots 
. 9  50
Fish and  Oysters

Feed and  Millstuffs.

Corn.

Oats.

Hay.

Fresh Fish.

W hitefish.................
Trout  ........................
Black Bass...............  8
H alibut....................
Ciscoes or H erring..
Bluefish....................
Live  Lobster..........
Boiled Lobster........
Cod 
........................
Haddock..................
No.  1  Pickerel........
Pike...........................
Perch.........................
Smoked W hite........
Red Snapper............
Col  River  Salmon..
Mackerel 
...............
F. H. Counts............
F. J   D. Selects........
Selects....................
F. J. D. Standards.  .
A nchors...................
Standards.................
Favorites..................
Bulk.
Counts  ..........................
X  Selects.......................
Selects.............................
Anchor Standards........
Standards.....................
Clams.............................
Shell Goods.
Oysters, per  100..........1
Clams,  per  100..........

Oysters in Cans

Per lb. 
©  10 
©  9©  10 
@  15 
©  5
©  11 
©  20 ©  22 
©  10
@  9
@  8ft 
®  5 
©  8 
©  8 
©  J2 
©  18
©  35 
©  27 
©   25 
20
©  18 
©   16 
©   14 
gal. 
....  1  75 
....  1  60 
....  1  20 
....  1  10 
....  1  10 
....  1  25
25© 1  50 
@ 1  00

Swift  A  Company  quote  as

Barreled  Pork.

follows:
Mess  ...........................
10 00
Back  ........................10  50©
Clear  back...............10 25©t0  75
Shortcut...........................
10  50
13 75
P ig.....................................
Bean  ................................
9  75
Family 
...........................
11  0J
Dry Salt  Meats.
B ellies.................
Briskets  ...........................
5ft
Extra  shorts....................
tM
Smoked  neats.
Hams.  12 lb  average  __
8ft
Hams,  14 lb  average 
...
8M
Hams, 161b  average.......
7M
Hams, 20 lb  average.......
7ft
Ham dried beef  .............
11
Shoulders  (N. Y. cu t).  .
5M
Bacon,  clear.................. 7 @7M
California  hams.............
Boneless ham s.................
8M
Cooked  ham .................. 10@12M

Lards. 

In Tierces.

Sausages.

Pigs’ Feet.

Compound.....................
K ettle.........................
55 ib Tubs..........advance
80 lb Tubs..........advance
501 b T in s.......... advance
20 lb Pails..........advance
10 lb Pails.......... advance
5 lb Fails..........advance
3 lb Pails..........advance
B ologna........................
Liver........................
Frankfort...................
P o rk .......................
Blood  .................
Tongue  ....................
Head  cheese....................
Beef.
Extra  Mess...............
Boneless  ......................
R um p.......................

4
6ft
%
34
%
ft
%
1
IM
5ft
3ft
7ft
6ft
6
9
6ft
10  25
13  00
13 25
Kits, 15  lbs  ............
70
M  bbls, 40 lbs.................. 1  35
M  bbls, 80 lbs................... 2 50
Tripe.
Kits,  15 lbs...............
70
M  bbls, 40 lbs...................
ft  bbls, 80 lbs.................. 2  25
Casings.
P o rk .........................
20
Beef  rounds.................
3
Beef  middles.................
10
Sheep................................
60
Rolls,  dairy....................
9M
Solid,  dairy  ....... 
.......
9
Rolls,  creamery  ............
14
............
Solid,  creamery 
13ft
Canned  Meats.
Corned  beef,  2 l b .......
2  25
Corned beef, 14  lb .......... 15 00
Roast  beef,  2  lb .......... 2  15
Potted  ham,  Ms..........
50
Potted  ham,  Ms........
90
Deviled ham.  Ms........
50
Deviled ham.  Ms..........
90
Potted  tougue Ms..........
50
Potted  tongue Ms  _____
90
Fresh  Meats.

Butterine.

Beef.

Veal.

Pork.

Hides.

Mutton

@  6ft
©  5M

C arcass........................  6M@ 8
Forequarters..............5 @  6M
Hind  quarters............ 
yft
Loins  No.  3.................  9 @12
Ribs..............................   7 @12
R ounds.......................   7 ©  7ft
Chucks.......................   6 ©  6
Plates  .........................   4 ©
Dressed........................  4 ©
Lotus  ..  ......................
Shoulders....................
Leaf Lard....................   6 ©
C arcass......................  6 ©  7
Spring Lambs..............7M@  8M
Carcass 
...  7 a   7ft
Hides  and  Pelts.
The Cappon A Bertsch Leather 
Co., 100 Canal  Street, quotes  as 
follows:
Green No.  1.................   @  8
Green No. 2...............  .  @ 7
Cared No. 1..................  @ 9
Cured No. 2.................  ©   g
Calfskins,  green No.  1  @!u
Calfskins,  green No. 2  @  SM
Calfskins, cured No. 1  @11
Calfskins, cured No. 3  ©  9M
Pelts,  each...................  50@l  00
No. 1..............................  @ 3
No. 2.............................   © 2
Washed, fine  .............   @18
Washed, medium........  @23
Unwashed, fine.......... 11  @13
Unwashed, m^duim ..18  @18
Cat, W ild...................  20©  50
Cat, House  ...............  
5©  20
Deer Skins, per lb ....  12M
Fall  Muskrat............. 
12
3® 
Red Fox.................... 
25©  1  25
Grey F ox........... 
75
M ink..........................   2u@  1  40
Racoon.......................   20©  90
Skunk..........................  20©  1  20

Pelts.
Tallow.

Wool.

Furs.

27© 

21

AKRON  STONUWARB. 

Glassware.

Crockery and
1  to 6 gal., per gal..........

Butterà.

Churns.

Milkpans.

ft  gal., per doz.................
40
5
8 gal., each......................
40
10 gal., each......................
50
12 gal.,  each....................
.  60
15 gal.  meat-tubs, each... .1  10
20 gal. meat-tubs. each... .1  50
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.
P int.................................... ..  4  50
Q uart.........................
..  4  75
ft  gal  ................................
.  6 50
Covers............. .................
..  2 00
R ubbers............................ II 
25
ft gal.  fiat or rd.  bot., doz.
1 gal. flat or rd. bot., each 
Fine Glazed Milkpans 
M gal. flat or rd. bot., doz.
60
1 gal. flat or rd. bot, each 
5M
M gal. fireproof, ball, doz.
85
1 gal. fireproof, ball, doz.l  iO
M gal., per doz...........:___  40
ft gal.. per doz...................   42
1 to 5 gal., per gal.............. 
M gal., per doz...................  42
1 gal., each........................ 
5M
Corks for M gal., per doz..  20 
Corks for  1 gal., per doz..  30 
Preserve Jars and Covers.
M gal., stone cover, doz...  75 
1 gal., stone cover, doz...l  00 

Tomato Jugz.

Stawpnna.

Jugs.

5M

Sealing Wax.

2

Common

La  B as tie.

5 lbs. in package, per lb... 
LAMP  BURNERS.
No.  0 Sun............................. 
33
No.  1  Sun............................. 
34
46
No.  2  Sun.............................  
No. 3 Sun..............................  1  00
Tubular................................  
50
Security, No. 1..................... 
60
Security, No. 2..................... 
80
Nutmeg  ............................... 
50
LAMP CHIMNBYS—Seconds.
Per box of 6 doz.
No.  0  Sun.............................  1  33
No.  1  Son.............................  1  48
No.  2  Sun.............................  2  18
No. 0 Sun..............................  1  50
No. 1 Sun......................;....  1  60
No. 2 Sun..............................  2  45
No. 
No. 
No. 

top,
wrapped and  labeled__   2  10
top,
wrapped and  labeled__
15 
top,
wrapped and  labeled.
8  15

First  Quality.
0 Sun,  crimp 
1 Sun,  crimp 
2 Sun,  crimp 
XXX Flint.
0 Sun,  crimp 
f Sun,  crimp 
2 Sun,  crimp 

No. 
No. 
No. 

2 55 
2  75
8  75

wrapped and  labeled 
wrapped and  labeled.
wrapped and  labeled 

top,
top,
top,
CHIMNBYS—Pearl  Top.
No. 1  Sun,  wrapped  ana
labeled.  ........................... 3  70
No  2  Sun,  wrapped  and
labeled..............................   4  70
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped  and
labeled.......... ....................4  88
No. 2  Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”
for Globe Lambs.............. 
80
No.  1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per
doz  .................................... 
9
No. 2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per
doz  ...................................   1  15
No. 1 Crimp, per doz..........   l  35
No. 2 Crimp, per doz.......... 1  60
No. 1, Lime  (65c doz).........3  50
No. 2,  Lime  (70c doz).. 
..  4 00
No. 2, Flint (80c  doz).........4  70
No. 2, Lime  (70c doz)  .......  4 00
No. 2, Flint  (80c doz).........1  40
Doz. 
1 gal tin cans with  spout..  1  25
1 gal galv Iron with  spout.  1  48
2 gal galv Iron with  spout.  2  48
3 gal galv iron with spout.  3  32 
5 gal galv iron with  spout.  4  28 
3 gal galv iron with faucet  4  17 
5 gal galv iron with  faucet  4  67
5 gal Tilting cans............... 7  25
5 gal galv Iron  N&cefas....  9 00
5 gal Rapid steady stream.  7  80 
5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50
3 gal Home R ule/............... 10 50
5 gal Home Rule.................12 00
5 gal  Pirate  King...............  9 50
No.  OTubular side lift.. ..  4  00
No.  1 B  Tubular............... 6  25
No. 13 Tubular Dash.......... 6  50
No.  1 Tub., glass fount__   7 00
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14  OC
No.  3 Street  Lamp............  3  75
LANTERN  0L0BE5.
No.  0 Tubular,  cases 1 doz.
each, box 10 cents............ 
No.  OTubular,  cases2 doz.
each, box 15  cents..........  
No.  0 Tubular,  bbls  5 doz.
each, bbl 35|...................... 
No. 0 Tubular,  bull’s  eye, 
oases 1 do*, each... 

46
45
8
1  X

Pump  Cans.

LANTERNS.

OIL  CANS. 

Rochester.

Electric.

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Hardware

S heet  Iron  in  South  America.

increase 

Since  other  branches  of  the  iron  trade 
have  developed  so  appreciably,  it  is  to 
be  hoped  that  the  galvanized  sheet  iron 
for  export  will  do  the  same.  At  least 
merchants  who  deal  extensively  in  it are 
desirous  that 
it  should  increase  in  an 
equal  proportion. 
In  South  American 
countries  there  are  undoubtedly  oppor­
tunities  for  such  an 
in  the 
consumption  of  galvanized  iron,  and  it 
is  growing  greater  every  year.  An 
in­
crease  in  price  of  25  cents  per  hundred 
pounds  will  soon  be  made  in  England, 
it  is  said.  The  American  mills  will  be 
in  a  still  better  position  to  compete 
it 
such 
is  really  the  case.  Our  side  still 
has  the  advantage,  even  if  the  proposed 
advance  of  5  or  6  cents  per  hundred 
pounds  is  made  by  the  American  mills. 
On  account  of  heavy  freight  rates,  the 
product  of  the  latter has  been  at a  slight 
last  tew 
disadvantage  until  within  the 
months. 
longei 
exist,the  American  rate  from  New  York 
to  Buenos  Ayres  being  about  $6  per  ton 
and  10  p-r  cent,  primage,  while  tb< 
lowest English  quotation  from  Liverpool 
to  Buenos  Ayres  is  said  to  be $6.72  and 
10  per  cent,  primage  per  ton.  Tht 
American  manufacturers  have 
in  this 
respect  by  far  the  advantage,  as  will 
readily  be  seen.

These  conditions  no 

in 

importers 

Galvanized  iron  is  extensively used  in 
the  Argentine  Republic.  Only  recently 
have  the  American  mills  realized  the 
importance  of  this  trade.  In  this  partic­
ular  branch  of  trade  Great  Britain  has 
heretofore  enjoyed  a  monopoly.  Othei 
countries  which  have  striven  to  secure 
a  foothold  there  have  been  set  back  by 
England. 
In  the  competition  with  the 
latter,  German  mills  have  been  the  most 
persistent  in  the  competition. 
Impor 
tations  from  the  United  States  have 
heretofore  been  so  small  that  no  men­
tion 
is  made  of  them  by  merchants  in 
Buenos  Ayres— not  even 
considered 
competitors  with  the  British  product. 
It 
is  generally  believed  that  because 
English  capital  is  largely  interested  in 
Argentina, 
that  country 
give  the  preference  to  British  products, 
but  this  is  a  mistaken  idea.  Again  and 
again  these  merchants  have  evinced  a 
willingness  to  make  a  change  if  it could 
be  made  beneficial  in  any  way.  Several 
prominent  American merchants for some 
years  past  have  received  yearly  specifi­
cations  of  the  requirements  of  certain 
importers  at  Buenos  Ayres in galvanized 
sheet  iron.  No  orders  of 
importance 
have  been  obtained  by  American  mills. 
One  of  the  largest  shippers  to  Chili 
said  recently: 
“ If  galvanized  sheet 
ironmakers  would  realize  how important 
the  South  American  markets  were,  they 
would  follow  the  example  of  railmakers 
and  capture  the  entire  market.  As  it 
is  at  present,  the  British  will  make 
every  effort  to  retain  their  strong  foot­
hold,  and  it  is  believed  they  will  make 
reductions accordingly. 
It  is  argued  by 
those able  to  judge  that  the  American 
mills  can  turn  out  the  finished  product 
at  as  low  a  cost  as  the  English  and 
far 
lower  than  the other  competitors.”

From  the Farm  Implement News.

Selling  Direct  to  the  Retail  T rade. 
The  recent  announcement  by  a  well- 
known  firm  engaged  in  the manufacture 
and  sale  of  bicycles  and  sporting goods, 
that  hereafter they  would  dispense  with 
jobbers  and  place  their  goods  with  the 
retail  dealers  or  merchants  at  the  same 
prices  to  all  whether  purchases  were 
heavy  or  light,  has  stirred  up  the  hard­
ware  trade  considerably  and  occasioned 
much  discussion.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

On  the  one  side  it  is  contended  that 
by  the  adoption  of  this  policy both man­
ufacturer  and  dealer  are  benefited,  as 
the  manufacturer  retains  such  control  of 
his  business  that  he  can  prevent  cutting 
of  retail  prices,  and  saving  the  jobbers’ 
or  wholesalers’  profit  he  can  do  better 
by  the  dealer,  while  the  latter  gets  his 
goods  at  first  hand  and  at  lower  figures 
than  the 
jobber  could  afford  and  feels 
assured  that  cutting  of  prices  to  con­
sumers  will  be  diminished.

On  the  jobbers’  side  it  is  contended 
that  their  profit  or  commission  is  not 
saved,  nor  any  part  of  it,  by  the  manu­
facturer  in  selling  direct  to  retailers,  as 
the  cost  to  him  of  employing  and  main­
taining  canvassers  to  go  over the  coun­
try  and  place  his  one  line  would  be 
more  than  be  allows  the  jobbers  for 
placing  it  in  conjunction  with  the  other 
lines  bandied  by  them ;  and  also  that 
the  cutting  of  prices  to  consumers  will 
go  on  just  the  same. 
It  is  further  con­
tended  that  this  change—the  abandon­
ment  of  the  middleman  or  jobber  and 
going  direct  to  the  dealer— is  in  the  in ­
terest  of  the  catalogue  houses  and  de­
partment  stores,  as 
it  simplifies  and 
makes  more  direct  the dealings  between 
them  and  the  manufacturers;  and  it  is 
charged  that  the  manufacturers  who  fa­
vor  this  policy  have  been  selling  to  cat­
alogue  bouses  and  department stores and 
do  not  want  the  wholesaler  m  this  way.
We  are  noticing  this  discussion  as  a 
matter  of  news  and  not  for  the  purpose 
of  considering  the  new  policy  on  its 
merits. 
In  the  past  the  middleman  has 
been  an  ess&ntial  factor  in  trade,  and 
we  doubt  that  its  development  has  yet 
reached  a  point  where  he  can  be 
dropped.

Passing  o f the  Cut  Nail.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

in  Pittsburg 

Close  to  the  Oliver  Wire  Company’s 
wiremaking  plant 
is  an 
immense  mill  whose  operations  forcibly 
remind  one  of  the  passing  of  the  cut 
nail  of  a  decade  ago,  or  less.  At  that 
time  a  wire  nail  was  a  curiosity  and  an 
alien.  Now  the  reverse  is  the  case,  and 
there  are  so  few  cut  nails  that  the  sight 
of  one  attracts  attention  and  evokes 
comment.  The  big  machines,  each  fed 
by  a  man  armed  with  a 
long  gripping 
device  holding  the  bit  of  nail  plate  and 
rapidly  returning  this  as  the  machine 
cut  off  and  fashioned  the  nails  of  our 
forefather;,  have  long  departed  to  that 
ferruginous  mausoleum,  the  scrap-pile. 
In  its  place  there  reign  smaller,  quicker 
machines  whose  food 
is  wire  off  the 
reel,  and  which  spit  out  wire  nails  in  a 
steady  stream.  The  wire  nail  has  many 
and  well-known  points  of  superiority 
over  its  predecessor,  and  it  has evident­
ly  “ come  to  stay. ”  
In  one  huge  build­
ing  of  the  plant  referred  to  there are 254 
such  machines  at  work, and  in  the  pres­
ence  of  these  a  whisper  is  as  good  as 
the  loudest  yell  human  lungs  can  emit, 
for  each  is  overwhelmed  in  the  cataract 
of  racket.  These  remarkable  machines, 
at  one  time  and  in  the  twinkling  of  an 
eye,  cut  the  wire to  the  required length, 
forge  the  head  and  point  the  “ business 
end”   of  the  nail.  There  are  little  ma­
chines  whose  output 
is  hardly  bigger 
than  a  pin—three-fourths of an  inch long 
—and  the  largest  machines  thump  out 
great  nails  three-eighths  of  an 
inch 
thick  and  nine  inches  long.  While  yet 
warm  from  their  birthplace,  these  wife 
nails  are  tumbled  in  revolving  barrels, 
with  sawdust,  and  so  become  bright. 
The operations of keg-filling and carrying 
to the  cars  or  stack  sheds  are  carried  on 
with  extreme  rapidity.  Michigan  elm 
and  Maryland  pine  finally  meet  in  the 
nail  keg  and  this goes  out  io  the corners 
of  the  land  heavy  with  nails  that  were 
not  cut  from  a  sheet,  but  nipped 
from 
wire  and  fashioned  in  the  Iron  City.

A  woman  has  brought  suit  in  the  mu­
nicipal  court  of  Boston  to  recover  $300 
damages  from  a  baking  company  be­
cause  while  passiug  along  the  street  she 
was  struck  by  an  egg,  dropped  or 
thrown  from  the  building  of  the  defend­
ant,  and  bad  her  garments  destroyed.”  
She  further  alleges  that  the  “ egg  was 
set  in  motion  by  the  negligence  of  the 
defendant’s  servants  engaged  in  the dis­
charge  of  its  business.”

CLARK-RUTKA-JEWELL GO.

38 and 40 S. Ionia Street,

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OUR NEW OFFICE IS NEARLY 

COMPLETED

OPPOSITE UNION DEPOT

General Hardware Orders filled promptly at bottom 
ruling prices.  Mail orders  solicited.

O a tm a n ’ s  H a n d y   H o o p s

For  Tubs, 
Pails  or 

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3
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Inches wide.

Inches long.

No. to order by.

Patent applied for.

and rivets included.

Barrels
Put op in neat display box, 

WILLIAM REID

These hoops are flared,  with one end punched all ready  to  get  the  size  and  rivet  trgether 
by placing the tub bottom side up, and  putting the  hoop  around  with  the  punched  end Upped 
on the outside,  so that you can  mark for the two holes to be punched. 
I hese  hoops do away with the annoyance of pulling a bundle  of  hoop  iron  apart  to  gret  a 
few cents’  worth of hooping.  For sale oy 

|   FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  CO.,  «»and  rapids.

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$ 1.75
3.30
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Box of 25.

$3.00
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OIL.  WHITE LEAD. 

VARNISHES 
BRUSHES

POLISHED  PLATE 
WINDOW 
ORNAMENTAL

PAINT

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W e have  the  largest  and  most  complete stock of Glass and Paint Goods 
in  Western  Michigan.  Estimates furnished.  All orders filled promptly. 
Distributing  agents  for  Michigan  of  Harrison  Bros.  & Co.’s Oil Colors, 
Dry Colors, Mixed Paints,  Etc.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

23

BIG  BOOM  IN  CO PPER.

Electrical  Developm ent  Responsible 

For  It.

Over 

in  Boston  they  have  gone  daft 
over  copper.  Men  there  with  money  to 
invest  want  to  buy  copper  stocks  only. 
They  talk  copper  all  day,  think  about 
it  all  the  evening,  and  dream  about 
it 
all  night. 
It  may  be  that  not  all  those 
in  Boston  who  are  falling  over one  an­
other 
in  the  effort  to  acquire  copper 
stocks  are  wise  speculators.  There  are 
some,  perhaps,  who  would  say  that  the 
stock  of  a  copper  mine  which  was  put 
on  the  market  last  summer at $8  a  share 
and  which  is  quoted  to-day  at  about  $50 
a  share,  in  the  face  of  the  fact  that  the 
mine  has  net  produced  a  pound  of  cop­
per,  may  have  a  fictitious  value.  How 
ever  that  may  be.  it  is  true,  neverthe­
less,  that  there  has  not  been  a  time  in 
years  when  the  demand  for  copper  was 
so  large  as 
is  now,  and  those  who 
should  know  say  that  not  in  years  have 
the  visible  stocks  at  the  mines  been  so 
low.

it 

♦

The  reason  that  Boston  appears  to 
have  a  monopoly  in  the  trading  in  cop­
per  shares 
is  that  Boston  is  the  home 
market  of  the  United  States  for  copper. 
So  far  as  Eastern  capital  is  concerned, 
moneyed  men  in  Boston invested  in cop­
per  long  before  financiers  in  any  other 
Eastern  city  took  very  much  interest  in 
that  paiticular  metal.  The  result  is  that 
if  any  one  wants  to  trade  in  copper  be 
does 
it  through  the  Boston  Stock  Ex­
change.

The  chief  reason  for  the  increased 
demand for  copper  is  to  be  found  in  the 
increased  uses  to  which  electricity  has 
been  put  in  the  past  year  and  a  half  or 
two  years. 
It  is  impossible  to  use  elec­
tricity  commercially  without  using  cop­
per.  Copper  is  electricity’s  great  con­
ductor.  To  furnish electric  power,  heat 
or  light,  copper  wire  must  be  used  to 
transmit  the  current.  When 
is  re­
membered  that  within  the  last  two years 
the  demand  for  electricity  for  lighting, 
for  heating  and  for  power  has  been 
lit­
tle  short  of  marvelous,  some 
idea  may 
be  obtained  of  what  the demand,  during 
this  time,  has  been  for  copper.  Elec­
tricians  say,  and most  folk believe them, 
that  the  traffic  in  electricity  is yet  in  its 
infancy. 
It  may  be  inferred  naturally 
that  the  future  will  have  a  much  greater 
demand  for  copper  than  the  present.

it 

But  the 

increased  uses  of  electricity 
are  not  alone  responsible  for  the  in­
It  would 
creased  demand  for  copper. 
seem  that  whenever  the 
influence  of 
prosperity  is  felt,  in  almost  all  lines  of 
business,  then  there 
is  a  demand  for 
copper.  Great  activity  in  the  building 
trades,  for  instance,  increases  the  de­
mand  for  copper.  The  more  buildings 
that  are  put  up  the  more fixtures  will  be 
used,  and  whenever  there 
is  a  brass 
is  copper.  For  the  past 
fixture  there 
two  years  builders  all  over  the  country 
have  been  unusually  busy.  The  same  is 
ture  of  the  manufacturers  of  all  kinds 
of  machinery.  There  are  few  machines 
that  have  not  some  brass  about  them 
In  the  manufacture  of  every locomotive, 
for  instance,  it 
is  said  that  nearly  five 
tons  of  brass  is  used.  When  all  these 
things  are  remembered 
it  is  not  to  be 
wondered  at  that  a  great  boom  in copper 
is  on.

For  several  years  the  United  States 
has  controlled  the  copper  markets  of the 
world.  Outside  the  United  States  the 
principal  copper  fields  are  in  Chili  and 
in  Spain.  The  Chilian  copper  mines 
are  controlled  by  English  capitalists.  It 
was  the  practice  of  the  operators  of  the

mines  in  Chili  to  sell  their  product  for 
pounds  sterling  and  to  pay  the  workers 
in  the  mines  in  Chilian  money.  This 
worked  quite  satisfactorily  for  several 
years,  until the  miners  became  more  en­
lightened  by  association  with  English­
men  and  until  they  became  familiar 
with  the  English  ways  of  doing  busi­
ness.  Then  the  men  told  their  employ­
ers  that  the  kind  of  money  received  for 
the  sale  of  the  copper  was  quite  good 
enough  for  them  to  receive  in  payment 
for  their  work.  The  employers  tried  to 
convince  the  men  that  the  money  which 
they  bad  been  accustomed  to  receive  in 
payment  for  their  work  was  just  as good 
as  any  other  money.  The  men  couldn’t 
see  it  in  that  light  and  the  employers 
refused  to  pay  in  gold.  Therefore  the 
men  struck.  Up  to  that  time  the  owners 
of  the  Chilian  mines  had  made  enor­
mous  profits.  When  the  men  refused  to 
receive  their  pay  in  a  depreciated  cur­
rency  it  was  no  longer  possible  to  oper­
ate  the  mines at  a  profit,  and  since  then 
the  copper  industry  in  Chili  has  been 
comparatively  dead.

in  the  world. 

The  Spanish  copper  mines  are  great 
producers,  particularly  the  Rio  Tinto 
is  the  largest  producer  of 
mine,  which 
copper 
In  fact,  copper 
at  the  Rio  Tinto  is  really  a  by-product. 
The  copper  there  is  found  in  combina­
tion  with  sulphur,  which 
is  also  pro­
duced  in  great  quantities.  In  extracting 
the  sulphur by  fire  the  copper  is  left  as 
a  residue.

In  the  United  States  the  sources  of 
copper  are  the  mines  of  Montana  and 
Arizona  and  those  along  the  shores  of 
Lake  Superior.  The  Anaconda  mine 
in  Montana 
is  the  largest  producer of 
copper  in  the  United  States,  and,  with 
the  exception  of  the  Rio  Tinto,  the 
largest  producer in  the  world.  The  An­
aconda 
is  controlled  by  J.  B.  Haggin 
and  Marcus  Daly,  both  of  whom  are  as 
well  known  on  the  turf  as  they are in the 
copper  industry.  The  shares  of the mine 
not  held  nor  controlled  by  Haggin  and 
Daly  are  controlled  by  English  capital. 
Other  large  mines  in  Montana  are  the 
Boston  and  Montana  and  Butte  and 
Boston,  controlled by Albert  S.  Bigelow, 
of  Boston. 
is  the 
United  Verde  mine,  owned  by  William 
A.  Clark,  known  as  a  miner and  banker 
in  Montana  and  as  an  art  connoisseur 
and  collector  of  pictures  in  New  York. 
Other  mines  in  Arizona  are  the  Copper 
Queen, 
the  United 
Globe,  controlled  by  Phelps,  Dodge  & 
Co  ,  of  New  York.  All  the  copper  from 
the  Montana  and  Arizona mines must  be 
separated  from 
the  ore  by  chemical 
processes.

In  Arizona  there 

the  Detroit  and 

is  especially 
in  reference  to  the 
It 
way 
in  which  the  copper  is  obtained 
from  the  ore  that  the  Lake  Superior 
mines  differ  from  all  other  mines  in  the 
United  States.  The  copper  from  all  the 
Lake  Superior  mines  is  what  is  known 
as  pure  copper. 
In  other  words,  all 
that 
is  necessary  to  do  to  obtain  the 
copper  from  these  mines  is  to  crush  the 
ore  and  pick  out  the  copper.  Those 
who  should  know  say  that  the  copper 
obtained  from  the  Lake  Superior  mines 
is  the  best  copper  in  the  world,  because 
it  is  the  best  conductor  of electricity.  It 
is  for  this  reason,  it 
is  said,  that  the 
Lake  Superior  copper  brings  a  higher 
price  in  the  market than the copper from 
any  other  mines.— N.  Y.  Sun.

An  Infallible  Method.

Professor  (lecturing  on  precious  met­
als) :  What 
is  the  easiest  way  of  de­
termining  whether  an  object  consists  of 
gold  or  silver?

Student:  Try  to  pawn  it!

Hardware  Price  Current.

AUGURS AND BITS
...V. 

Snell’s ................................................................  
70
Jennings’, genuine.................. 
’ ..25*10
Jennings’, Im itation.......................................60*10
AXES
First Quality. S. B. Bronze 
First Quality, D. B. Bronze... 
First Quality. S. B. S. Steel
First Quality, D. B. Steel.......
BARROWS
R ailroad...................................
Garden...................................... '
BOLTS

.112 00  14 00 
net  30 00

5  00 
9  50 
5 50 
10 50

Stove..........................................
Carriage new list......................
Plow............................................
„   „ 
BUCKETS
Well,  plain..................................
BUTTS.  CAST
Cast Loose  Pin, figured.........
Wrought Narrow.........................
BLOCKS

CROW  BARS

Ordinary Tackle. 
Cast Steel.
CAPS
Ely’s  1-10.............................
Hick’s C. F ...........................  
"
g . d ................................................;
M usket.........................................
CARTRIDGES
Rim  Fire........................................
Central  Fire........................... 
.*
CHISELS
Socket Firmer...............................
Socket Fram ing........................
Socket Comer...............................
Socket  Slicks............................. . '

DRILLS

Morse’s Bit Stocks.....................
Taper and Straight Shank.......’. .
Morse’s Taper Shank...................

60*10 
70 to 75 
50
I  3 25
.70*10
.70*10

............ 
.. per lb 
..p erm  
..p erm  
. .per m 
..p erm  

70
4
65 
55 
35 
60

50*  5 
.25* 5

80
80
80
80

60
.50*  5 
50*  5

W1RB  GOODS

80
Bright.........................................................
Screw Eyes........................................................
80
Hook’s................................................................
80
Gate Hooks and Byes.....................................
80
LEVELS
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .................. dls
70
ROPES
Sisal, Vi inch and  larger.......
8 Vi
Manilla.....................................
9 Vi
SQUARES
Steel and Iron................................................  70*10
Try and Bevels  ...............................................  
60
M itre................... 
50
com. smooth,  com.

SHEBT  IRON

 

 

 

 

WIRE

TRAPS

SAND  PAPER
SASH  WEIGHTS

82 40
2 40
2 45
2 55
2 65
2 75
All sheets  No.  18  and  lighter,  over  30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14...................................... 82 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 .............................................   8  20 
wide not less than 2-10 extra.
List  acct. 19, ’86......................................... dls 
50
Solid Eyes............................................per ton  20  00
75*10
Steel, Game............................................. 
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .......... 
50
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...............................................  
62Vi
Coppered Spring  Steel.................................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized  ...........................  2 25
Barbed  Fence,  painted..................................  1  90
Au Sable.......................................................dis 40&1C
Putnam ........................................................ dls 
5
Northwestern..............................................dis 10*10
30
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
Coe’s Genuine..................................................  
50
Coe’s Patent  Agricultural, wrought  ..........  
80
80
Coe’s Patent, malleable.................................. 
60
Bird  Cages................................................. 
Pumps, Cistern.......................................... 
80
85
Screws, New List....................................... 
Casters, Bed and  Plate..............................50*10*10
50
Dampers, American................. 
600 pound casks...............................................  
74
7g
Per pound........................................................ 

MISCBLLANE0U5

METALS—Zinc

HORSE  NAILS

WRENCHES

 

 

SOLDBR

8 5  75 
5  75 
7 00

TIN—Melyn Grade

TIN—Allaway Grade

Vi©Vi.................................................................   12
The prices of the many other qualities of solder 
in the market indicated by  private  brands  vary 
according to  composition.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................
14x20 IC, C harcoal......................................
20x14 IX, Charcoal.....................................
Bach additional X on this grade, 81.25. 
10x14 IC, C harcoal.....................................
14x20 IC, C harcoal..................................... .
10x14 IX, C harcoal..................................... .
14x20 IX, C harcoal.....................................
Each additional X on this grade, 81.50. 
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean...........................
14x20 IX, Charcoal, D ean ......................... .
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean............................
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..........
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..........
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade..........
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade  ........
BOILER  SIZE TIN  PLATB 
14x56 IX, for  No.  8  Boilers, I 
_ound 
14x56 IX. for  No  9  Boilers, f P®r P°nna

ROOFINa  PLATES

10  00

4  50
5  50 
9  00
4  00
5  00 
8  00

4  50
4  50
5  50 
5 50

e

ELBOWS
Com. 4 piece, 6 In......................
Corrugated................................
Adjustable................................ .
EXPANSIVE  BITS
Clark’s small, 818;  large, 826......... 
Ives’, 1, 818; 2, 824; 3, 830  .................... ' 
PILES—New  List
New A m erican...................................................
Nicholson’s ........................................................ 
70
Heller’s Horse Rasps.............................**  ' “  qcaio

doz. net 
50
1  25
......... 
........ dis 40*10
30*10
25

GALVANIZED  IRON

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

13 

14 

18.  . .. .' 

Discount, 75 to 75-10

28
17

15 
GAUGES

Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’8........................ 60*10
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...................... 
Door, porcelain, jap. trim m ings............ 

KNOBS—New List

70
80

MATTOCKS

MILLS

Adze Eye................................ ........816 00, dls  60*10
Hunt Eye........................................ 815 00, dis  60*10
Hunt’s ....  ....................................  818 50, dls  20*10
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s .......................... 
40
40
Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleabies'.!' 
Coffee, Landers. Ferry *  Clark’s.................  
40
Coffee, Enterprise...........................................  
30
Stebbln’s Pattern.............................................. 60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine......................................!!!!eo*10
Enterprise, self-measuring................... 
30
Advance over base, on  both  Steel  and  Wire.

MOLASSES  GATBS

NAILS

’ 

 

8teel nails, base.....................................................  1 65
Wire nails, base.................................................  1 70
20 to 60 advance.............................................    Base
10 to 16 advance............................................. 
  06
8 advance......................................................... 
10
6 advance..........................................  
 
20
4 advance......................................... 
 
30
3 advance........................................................ 
45
2 advance........................................................ 
70
go
Fine 3 advance........................................   ..." 
Casing 10 advance...........................................  
15
25
Casing  8 advance...........................................  
Casing  6 advance...........................................  
35
Finish 10 advance.......................................... 
35
Finish  8 advance............................................ 
35
Finish  6 advance............................................ 
45
Barrel  \  advance.............................................. 
85
Ohio Tool Co.’s,  fancy....................................  a50
Sciota B ench....................................................  
60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,  fancy...........................  @50
Bench, first quality..........................................   @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood.............. 
60
Fry, A cm e....... 
60*10*10
70& 5
Common, polished......................................... 
60
Iron and  Tinned  ............................................ 
Copper Rivets and Burs.................................. 
60
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27  9  20 

PATBNT  PLANISHED  IRON 

PLANES

RIVETS

PANS

Broken packages tic per pound  extra. 

 

HAMMERS

Maydole *  Co.’s, new 
Kip’s  ............................................................dls 
Yerkes & Plumb’s..................................................dls 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel....................30c Hat 

list................................. dls as*

25
70
90«  ■«» . «OA**

QaIM n«c* Q*oo' 

HOUSE FURNISHING  GOODS

Stamped Tin Ware...........................new list 75*10
Japanned Tin W are........................................ 20*10
Granite Iron  W are...........................new list 40*10
HOLLOW  WARB
Pots....................................................
.60*1
K ettles.............................................
60*10
Spiders  ............................................
60*10
HINGBS
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3...............
..............  dls 60*10
State..........................................
per dos. net  2 50

I

24

The  Produce  M arket.

Apples— The  market  continues  weak 
and  unsettled,  except  for  extra  choice 
stock,  which  is  not  affected  so  much  by 
the  competition  of  oranges.  Dealers 
hold  ordinary  stock  at  $2@2.25  and 
fancy  at  $3@3-25.

Bananas— The  market  has  kept  well 
cleaned  up  and  values  are  on  a  firm 
basis,  with  a  tendency 
to  take  on 
strength  rather  than  show  any weakness. 
Heavier  supplies  will  soon  commence 
coming,  but  the  trade  will  also  show 
more  life.

Beans— Handlers  pay  5o@75c  for  un­
picked,  holding  city  picked  ^mediums 
at  $1.10.

Beets—25c  per  bu.
Butter— Factory  creamery  commands 
2o@2ic,  but  the  demand  is  by  no  means 
active.  Dairy  grades  are  coming 
in 
very  freely  and  the  price  has  a  down­
ward  tendency,  due  to  the  accumulation 
of  supplies.  Local  handlers  pay  io@ 
12c,  according  to  quality.
grown.

Cabbage—$4  per  100  beads  for  home 

Carrots—20c  per  bu.
Celery— 1 S@i8c  per  doz.  bunches  for 

White  Piume.

Cranberries—Cape  Cods,  $7.50  per 
and  Cherry, 

bbl.  ;  Wisconsin  Bell 
$6.50;  Jerseys,  $6.

Cucumbers -  Hi thouse 

mands  75c  per  doz.

stock 

com­

Eggs—The  market  is  lower  East  and 
in  Chicago,  but  the  local  market  holds 
up  well,  dealers  still  paying  2o@2ic  toi 
candled  stock.

Honey—Amber 

is  held  at  gc,  while 

white  is  slow  sale  at  11c.

Lemons—The  demand  continues  fair, 
with  values  holding  to  the  same  place 
as  a  week  ago.

Lettuce— 14@ 15c  per  pound.
Nuts— Hickory,  $i.5o@2.5o,  accord­
ing  to  size.  Walnuts  and  butternuts, 
60c.

Onions— Spanish  are  steady  at  gi  per 
crate.  Home  grown  are  higher,  com­
manding  38@42c  per  bu.

Oranges— Values  of  all  varieties  show 
a  decline  of  25c  from 
last  week.  The 
outside  demand  was  limited  last  week, 
but  has  since  developed  some additional 
tone.  Mexican  grades  continue  to  meet 
with  fair  demand.

Parsley—25@30C  per  doz.
Parsnips—50c  per  bu.
Pop  Corn—iK@2c  per  lb.  The  crop 
was  not  large  and  the supply  is undoubt­
edly  limited.

Potatoes— The  market  is  without  par­
ticular  change,  with  no  indication  of  an 
improvement  in  the  near  future.

Squash--75c@$ 1  per  100  lbs.
Sweet  Potatoes— Illinois Jerseys  are  in 

moderate  demand  at  $2.75.

The  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.

Portland—John  Hehl  has  severed  his 
connection  with  M.  J.  Dehn’s  store  and 
gone  to  Detroit  to  attend  a  business col­
lege.  After  a  course  there  he  expects 
to  go  to  Buffalo  to  engage  in  the  com­
mission  business.  Mr.  Hehl  carried 
away  with  him,  as  a  mark  of  his  em­
ployer’s  appreciation,  a  handsome  gold 
watch.

Hastings— L.  D.  Stevens  has  severed 
his  connection  with  Bessmer’s  jewelry 
store  and  returned  to  his  home  in Cold- 
water.

Charlotte—Lester  Newark,  for  a  num­
ber  of  years  clerk  in  Geo.  Foote’s  drug 
store  has  resigned  the  position.  Geo. 
Gibbons 
is  the  new  clerk  in  the  book 
and  stationery  department.

Central  Lake—Clarence  Doubis  has 
taken  a  position  in  the general  store  of 
Liken,  Brown  &  Co.

Saginaw— Fred  Zahner,  who  has 
clerked  in  the  hardware  store  of  Emil 
Jochen  the  past  seven  years,  has  sev­
ered  his  connection  with  him  and  taken 
a  position  with  the Valley Hardware Co.
Casnovia—Claude  Ballard  has  severed 
his  connection  with  J.  L.  Norris’  store 
and  returned  to his  home  in  Sparta.

Owosso---- Parker  Palmer  succeeds

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Thomas  Tubbs  as  book-keeper  for  the 
Owosso  Casket  Works.

Manton— R.  C.  Ballard  has  a  new 
salesman 
in  his  hardware  store  in  the 
person  of  John  L.  Perry,  who  was  for­
merly  identified  with  the  hardware  de­
partment  of  the  Hannah  &  Lay Mercan­
tile  Co.  at  Traverse  City.

Owosso—Albert  Norris,  who  has  been 
in  the  employ  of  A.  Garland,  the  South 
Washington  street  merchant  tailor,  will 
take  a  position 
in  Mr.  Garland’s  new 
store  in  Howell  about  February  1.

Muskegon— C.  H.  Slayton  has  taken 
in  Paul  Ostholm’s  grocery 

a  position 
store.

Lansing—Lon  D.  Colvin,  formerly  a 
well-known  drug  clerk  of  this  city,  died 
last  week  at  Umatilla,  Flordia,  of  con­
sumption.  Mr.  Colvin  had  been  in  poor 
health  for  some  time  and  spent last win­
ter  in  the  South,  returning 
last  spring 
somewhat 
in  health.  About 
one  month  ago  he  went  to  Florida  to 
spend  the  winter,  but  began  failing  al­
most  immediately  on  his  arrival  there. 
The  remains  were 
interred  at  Leslie, 
where  the  mother  of  the  deceased  re­
sides.

improved 

Springport—Richard  Gillett,  who  has 
been  working 
in  A.  M.  Johnson’s  bat 
and  shoe  store  for  the  past several years, 
resigned  bis  position  the  first  of  the 
year  in  order  to  finish  a  course  in  a cor­
respondence  school.  Cratie  Jewell  has 
been  engaged  to  take  his  place.

Eaton  Rapids— Frank  E.  Widger  has 
severed  his  connection  with  the  Knapp 
Grocery  Co.  to  take  a  clerkship  in  Mrs. 
Daniel's  dry  goods  store.

Owosso—John  Rose,  of  Lansing,  has 
in  F. 

taken  the  position  of  head  clerk 
E.  Mosely’s  new  grocery  store.

Ithaca—Arthur  Mulholland,  who  has 
acted as  prescription  clerk  for  Crawford 
Bros,  for  several  years,  has  resigned  to 
enSa8e 
in  the  drug  business  at  some 
location  not  yet  decided  upon.

Coldwater— Byron  Johnson  takes  the 
clerkship  in  the  Milnes  Supply Co.  ren­
dered  vacant  by  the  retirement  of  Harry 
Milnes  to  take  a  more  lucrative  posi­
tion  with  the  Jackson  Grocery  Co.

Flint— Geo.  Ryman  was  presented 
with  a  gold  chain  by  bis  associates  in 
the  hardware  store  of  Geo.  W.  Hubbard 
on 
leaving  for  Imlay  City  to  assume 
charge  of  a  hardware  store.
New  Schedule  of  Advertising  Rates.
A  new  rate  card  for  the  advertising 
department  of  the  Michigan  Tradesman 
went  into  effect  January  1,  being  an  av­
erage  advance  of  15  per  cent,  over  the 
former  schedule.  The  change  is  ren­
dered  necessary  by  the  gradual  increase 
in  the  circulation  of  the  Tradesman, 
whose  paid  subscription  list  is  now  the 
largest  of  any  journal  of  its  class  in  the 
United  States.

The  new  schedule  will  resemble  its 
predecessors 
in  one  respect,  in  that  it 
will  be  rock  bottom,  subject  to  no  devi­
ation  or  discount  under  any  circum­
stances.  Nor  will  any  orders  be  ac­
cepted  from  regular  advertising  agents 
except  on  the  basis  of  the  rate  card, 
with  agent’s  commission  added.

While  Hobson  has  kissed  his  way 
across  the  continent,  blazing bis  trail  by 
rosy 
lips,  the  memory  of  General  An­
drew  Jackson,  who  was  quite  as  great  a 
hero,  has  grown  dim,  like  a  faded  neg­
ative  in  a  photographer’s  dark  room.

C.  H  Libby  has  sold  his  grocery 
stock  at  g5  South  Division  street  to Cor­
nelius  Fox  and  Cornelius  Fox,  Jr., 
who  will  continue  the business under the 
style  of  C.  Fox  &  Son.

M aps  For  Ready  Reference.

The  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul 
Railway  Co.  has  just  issued  in  conven­
ient  form  for  household,  library  and 
school  reference  an  atlas  of 
seven 
colored  maps  of  the  world,  the  United 
States  and  our  new  possessions  in  the 
Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans,  together 
with  an  amount  of  valuable  information 
connected 
therewith—all  up  to  date. 
This  atlas  will  be  sent  free  to  any  ad­
dress  on  receipt  of  six  (6)  cents  in 
postage.

Apply  to  Geo.  H.  Heafford,  General 
Passenger  Agent,  Old  Colony  Building, 
Chicago,  or  to  Harry  Mercer,  Michigan 
Passenger  Agent,  Detroit,  Mich.
Pure  Food  Bill  in  Danger.
Washington,  Jan.  6 —Although 

the 
Brosius  pure  food  bill  has  been  before 
Congress  since  early 
last  session  and 
the  committee  on  Interstate and  Foreign 
Commerce  has  given  a  number  of  hear­
ings  on  it  this  session,  there  appears  to 
be  very  little  chance of  its  passage. 
It 
is  even  doubtful  it  it  will  be reported  to 
the  House  this  session.  The  main  fea­
ture  of  the  hill  is  to  provide  for a stand­
ard  of  purity  for all  foods,  liquors  and 
drugs,  but  bow  to  accomplish  this  is  a 
question  that  the  members  of  the  com­
mittee  have  not  ytt  succeeded 
in  solv­
ing-

It  is  gratifying  and  not  a 

little  sur­
prising  that  while  Paris  has  been,  ac­
cording  to  the  news  reports,  the  head 
center  of  all  the  experimentation  with 
and  exploitation  of  the  new  automobile 
vehicle,  and  while  America  has  seemed 
backward 
in  this  latest  craze,  Chicago 
has  quietly  secured  a  contract  for  fur­
nishing  Europe  with  50,000  electro­
automobiles  during  the  next  ten  years, 
the  money 
involved  being  something 
like  $5,000,000

WANTS  COLUMN

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

gog

821

^fe^kftft  BUYS  MEDICAL  PRACT  CE  OP  13 
q P v Jv l/  years, which averages $3 500 annually; 
ii-o office  fixtures  horse«, buggy,  cutter,  robes, 
etc  Address  Boy  175,  Vanderh It,  Mich.—the 
best t iwn in Northern  Michigan. 
W A N T E D —PARTNER IN THE  MANUFAC- 
TT 
ture  of  a  patented  household  article 
which  is  In  gem ral  demand.  A  good  oppor­
tunity to make a large profit  on  a  smalt invest­
ment.  Address A. C. McCutheon,  Sparta, Mich.
819
fi'OR  SALE  MY  STOCK  OP  DRUGS, GRO- 
ceries, flour,  feed. etc.,  locate 1  in  Kalama- 
zoo.  Mich., 927 East avenue.  Will  ell for $1,600. 
Wish  to  go  out  of  business.  Address  A  B. 
Trursdale. 9 7 East Ave., Kalamazoo 
820 "
T O   EXCHANGE—DESIRABLE  AND  CEX- 
1   traliy located  residence  propertv  in  Kala­
mazoo for general or grocery stock in’grod town 
in  Central  Michigan.  Will  sell  same  on  long 
ti  e.  Address Box 357.  Kalamszoo.  Mich.  811
I17ANTKD—LOCATION  FOR  DRY  GOODS 
Tv  or dry goods and shoe  store  combined  in 
town of 1,000 to 7,000  Will buy  stock  in  estab 
fished star d  if  for  sale.  Address  F.  W ,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
<D»1 A  AftA  FIRM’  MORTGAGE,  DRAWING 
® l V i U V V 7   percent.,  on  good  improved 
property, to exchange  for  stock  of  good«.  For 
particulars  address  No.  812,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
gjg
FOR  SALE—DRUG  AND  GROCERY  STORE. 
Good chance for a worker:  corner  location 
1 health of owner cause  for  selling.  Address 
gjg
W  S. Terrill  Muir, Mich 
IX>  EX*  HANGE—9  LOTS*  UNINCUMBERED 
.  on  Highland  avenue,  near  Madison,  for 
merchandise.  Will Hob omb, Plymouth.  814
I ^OB  SALE-SMALL  STOCK  OF  DRUGS 
and fixtures at a bargain.  H.izeltine  & Per- 
816
kins Drug Co . Grand Rapids  Mich. 
IjM>R  HAY,  STRAW  AND  OATS  IN  C iR 
lots  at  lowest  prices,  address  Wade  Bros., 
Cadillac or Traverse Citv.  Mich 
i rhjR  S  >LE  FINE  STOCK  GENERAL  MER- 
cna. dice  and  well  established  business; 
best point in State for general store; threey-ars’ 
lease of building,  with  chance  to  buv  reason­
able; located on two lines of railroad; fine ship 
ping facilities, etc  ; prospects bright forincrease 
IP  hum 1 ess.  Reason for selling  toomuch other 
business  Address Box 35. Eimdale  Mb h.  818 
TSINESS  CHANCE — FOR  SALE~  DRY 
goods,  cloth-ng  and  men’s  furnish ng 
goods business;  wefi  established  in  live  town 
Good reasons for selling.  Address H. T.  Crosby 
&»~o., C aytr.n,  Mich. 

FjVJK SAL  —STOCK OF JEW ELRY.  SiLVER- 

ware, books,  stationery  and  wall  paper  In 
for  selling.  Address  Books,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

gos

ggj

817

live town in Northern  Michigan  Good  reasous 

796

797

miles  from  Chicago  for  saie  or  trad 

FOR  SALE—GROCERY  AND  BAKERY 
stock, best in  city;  cash  business  of  $1,000 
to  $20.0i 0  year y;  good  location,  eh‘ ap  rent. 
Poor health  reason  f~r  selling  Address  Comb. 
803
Lock Box 8  6,  Eaton  ltapids. Mich. 
|i 1OR  SALE— WELL EsTAbLI  HEM  AND 
-T  good-paying  implement  and  harness  busi­
ness, located  in  small  town  surrounded  with 
good farming country.  Store  has  no  competi­
tion within radius of eight miles.  Address  No. 
806, care Michigan Tradesman. 
806
I  PAY  CAsH  QUCK.LY  AND  PROMPTLY 
for stocks of m  rchandise  of  any  kind  and 
size,  at  a  discount. 
Communications  held 
strictly  confidential.  Address  A.  E.  Poulsen, 
783
LaGrange,  ind. 
P HOTO  KAPH GALLERY TO RENT AFTER 
Jan.  1.  best location and oldest stand in the 
«Ity.  Write  Alpena  County  Savings  Bank,  Al­
pena, M ;ch 
P p o   EXCHANGE-$2,5 0  HARRISON  INDE- 
JL  pendent  Telephone,  stock  for  a   first-class 
meat market ai d  fixtures,  etc.,  or  general  mer­
chandise of equal amount.  Address Lock  Box 
33.  McBride's, Mich. 
fpOR SALE CHE AP—12  LIGHT  ACE IYLENE 
gas machine and fixtures.  Address Howard 
798
Price & Co.. Kalkaska, Mich. 
ANTED—A  STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
fv   chandise or hardware In small town.  Will 
pay  cash.  Address  No.  799,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman 
7S0
SIX  BEAUTIFUL  LOTS  IN  HARVEY,  TWO 
for 
farurng  land  or  city  property  In  Central  or 
South-rn  Mil higan.  The  above  lots  are  first- 
class, centrally located, taxes  low  and  paid  to 
date, title guar icteed. -;A fine investment in one 
of Chicago's most prosperous suburbs.  For par- 
ticulers write to  Box  No.  444,  Harbor  Springs, 
Mich. 
789
Î jM>R  POTATOES  IN  CAR  LOT-,  ADDRESS 
W ade  Bros.,  Cadillac  or  Traverse  CRy 
Mich_________________________  
793
1 9ft ACßE FARM. VALUED AT$4 OH), FRRE 
1 a "   and clear f  om encumbrance, 10 trade for 
merchandise ; also $10.000 worth  of  Grand  Rap­
ids property,  free  aud  clear,  to  exchange  for 
merchandise.  Address Wade Bros., Cadillac  or 
Traverse City.  Mich. 
IT'OR SALE—CL LAN sHOe. SLOCK IN GROW- 
X1 
ine  manufacturing  town  or  6,000,  county 
se it, surrounded by  good  farming  trade.  Will 
sell at a bargain  as  owner  has  o her  business 
which demands his attention.  Address No.  781, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
B E 'T   LOCATION  IN  MICHIGAN  FOR  A 
cold  storage  and  general  produce  dealer. 
Write tn the  Secretary  of  tne  Otsego  Improve­
ment Association  Otsego.  Mich  . 
JjHOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE —HOT  SODA 
apparatus,  silver,  mammoth,  up-to-date, 
'tufts’  pattern,  $225,  $0  per  month,  6  per  cent, 
interest  Also Soda Fountain  modern, eighteen 
syrups, two  sodas,  foil-  mineral  tubes,  magnifi­
cent  cherry  top.  Tufts’  pattern,  SI,100.  $10  per 
month,  6  per  cent.  Also  Fixtures,  drug  and 
jewelry:  three 8 ft.,  one  12-ft.  wall  cases,  plate 
glass;  21 ft. d  ug shelving, half glass;  four 8-ft. 
si¡ent  salesman  ca-es,  beveled  plate,  grand; 
$1,000, $10 per  month.  Is  per  cent.  Address  766, 
care  Michigan  I’rade  man____  
\ \ T ANTED — SHOES,  C L O T H IN G ,  D RY  
" v  goods.  Address R. B., Box 351,  Montague, 
Mich. 
egg
H a v e   s m a l l   g e n e r a l   s t o c k ,  a l so   a
stock of  musical  goods,  sewing  machines, 
bicycles, notions, etc., with wagons and teams— 
an established business.  Stock inventories from 
$2,000  to  $3.500,  as  may  be  desired.  Will  take 
free  and  clear  farm  in  good  location  of  equal 
value.  Address Lock Box 531, Howell, Mich. 
_________  
739

IT'OR  SALK—NEW  GENERAL  STOCK.  A 

splendid farming country.  No trades.  Ad­
680 
E'K.  H A M S—DO YOU  WISH CASH  QUICK 
for your stock of merchandise,  or  any  part 

dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman 

of It?  Address John A. Wade, Cadillac, Mich. 
628
__________  

766

784

792

631

COUNTRY  PRODUCE

ANTED—BUTTER,  FGGS  AND  POUt - 
try;  any  quantities  Write  me.  Orrin  J. 
Stone, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
gjo
W E PAY SPOT CASH ON TRA<’K  FOR BUT- 
It  will  pay  you  to  get  our 
prices and  particulars.  Stroup  &  Carmer  Per- 
rinton, Mich. 
W ANTS D-1.000  CASES  FRESH  EGGS, 

daily.  W rite  for  prices.  F.  W.  Brown, 
Ithaca,  Mich,_____  

ter and  eggs. 

771

556

FIREPROOF  SA FE S

G EO. M. SMITH,  NEW  AND  SECONDHAND 
safes,  wood  and  brick  building mover, 157 
613
Ottawa street. Grand Rapids. 

MISCELLANEOUS.

815

STORE.  Address  802, 
Tradesman. 

\K T  ANTED — POSITION  BY  DRUG,  DRY* 
*  g °°d ' and grocery c.erk.  Address R , care 
Mn-higan Tradesman. 
» OUNG  MAN  WANTED  FOR  COUNTRY 
care  Michigan 
om
W ANTED — PERMANENT  POSITION 
IN 
dry goods or shoe store,  by  young man  28 
years old;  12 years’  experience;  a I  ref  renc  s. 
Addre-s No. 819, c tre 
ichigan Tradesman.  809
SITUATION  WANTED—BY  REGISTERED 
pharmacist, 27 years  of  age,  registered  10 
years,  m arried.  Have had both city and coun- 
trip  experience  Am  good  prescriptionist and 
manager  Can give good references.  Am work­
ing now, but  desire  change.  Address  No.  794, 
care Michigan Tradesm  n. 
794
WANTED—A YOUNG  MAN  OF  GOOD  AD- 
dress  to  represent  unique  insurance  in 
State.  Good money for right man.  Address at 
once, Knights of America, Kalamazoo, Mich.
742

Travelers’ Time  Tables.
CHICAGO and West Michigan R’y 

Sept« 35,1898.

Chicago.

Lv.  G. Rapids.............   7:30am  12:00am *11:45pm
V.T.  Chicago.................2:10pm  9:15pm 
7:2<'am
' v  Chicago..  11:15am  6  5fl»m  4:15pm *11:50pm 
1 r,G’dRapids 5:00pm  1:25pm  10:30pm  * 6:20am 
Traverse  City,  Charlevoix and  Petoskey.
uv. G’d  Rapids..............7:30am  8:05am  5:30pm
Parlor cars on day trains and sleeping cars  on 
night trains to and from Chicago

*Bvery  day. 

Others week days only.

r t  C T D A I T   Grand Rapids & Western. 

Ut} I lyUI 1 9 

Sept.35,1898.

Detroit.

Lv. Grand  Rapids.......... 7:00am 1:35pm  5:35pm
Ar. D etroit......................11:40am 5:45pm  10:05pm
Lv. D etroit....................... 8:00am 1:10pm  6:10pm
At.  Grand  Rapids........ 12:55pm 5:20pm  10:55pm

Saginaw , Alma and  Graanvilla.

Lv. G R7:00am 5:10pm  Ar. G R 11:45am  9:30pm 
Parlor cars on all trains  to  and  from  Detroit 
and Saginaw.  Trains run week days only.

Geo.  DeHaven.  General Pass. Agent.

n n   A  M H   Trank Railway System 
v l l V / \ l   v mJ  Detroit and Milwaukee Dlv.

(In effect Nov.  13,  1898)

EAST. 

Leave. 
Arrive,
t   6:45am.Sag.,  Detroit, Buffalo i N Y . t   9:55pm
til): 10am.......... Detroit  and  E ast...........t  5:27pm
t   3:30pm__Saginaw, Detroit & East.. ..tl2:45pm
* 7:20pm  Buffalo, N. Y. & Boston....*10:15am
*10:10am__ Gd. Haven  and  Int. P ts....*   7:15pm
tl2:53pm.Gd. Haven  and Interm ediate.t 3:12pm 
t   5:30pm.. .Gd. Haven and Milwaukee.  5:27pm 
Eastward—No. 16 has Wagner parlor car.  No 
28  parlor  car.  Westward—Mo.  11  parlor  car. 
No. 17 Wagner parlor car.

W JfiST

•Daily. 

tExcept Sunday.

E. H. Hushes, A  G. P. & T. A. 
Be e. F letcher, Trav. Pass. A gt 
C.  A.  Justin,  City  Pass.  Agent.

97 Monroe St.  Morton House.

H D A M H  
\ J I \ A l l L J  

*  ‘B4**1111  Railway
Nov.  13,  1898.

Northern Dtv. 

Leave  Am

Trav.C’y,Petoskey & M ack...t 7:45am  t  5:15pm
Prav. City & Petoskey.............t   2.10pm  tlO:45pm
Cadillac accommodation........ * 5:25pm tlO 55am
Petoskey & Mackinaw City— tl’ :00pm t 6:35pm 
7:45am and 2:10pm  trains  have  parlor  cars; 
11:0.pm train has sleeping car.
Southern Div. 
C in c in n a ti 
F t  Wayne 
............................t   2-10pm  t  i  55
Cincinnati................................  
7 00pm 
6:30
For Vicksburg and Chicago. . *11:3.)pm 
9:10am
5:10  am  tram   ha-  panor  car  to  ClnclnnK  • 
and  parlor  car  ’o  Chicago:  2:10pm  train  has 
parlor  car  to  Ft.  Wayne;  7:<’0pm  train  has 
sleeping cars  to  Cincinnati;  11:30pm  train  has 
coach and sleeping car to -Cnicago.

‘ rrt ■
..........................*  7:10am   ♦  9  45pm

Leave 

Chicago Trains.

T O  C H IC A G O .

FRO M   C H IC A G O .

2  lopm  *11 30pm
Lv. Grand Rapids... 7 10am 
Ar. Chicago  ............  2 0  pm  9  10pm 
6 25am
Lv. Chicago...............................  3 02pm  *11 32pm
Ar  Grand Rapids.....................  9  45pm 
6 30am
Trai 
leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has parlor 
car;  11:30pm. coach and sleeping car.
Train leaving Chicago 3:02pm has  parlor  car; 
11:32pm, sleeping car.

Muskegon Train«.

«.,|No  WEST.

t7:35am  tl :00pm  ti:40pr
9:00am  2:tni»rr  7:05n®
Sunday  train  leaves  Grand  Rapids  9:15am; 

Lv G’d  Rapids. 
Ar Muskegon 
arrives Muskegon 10:35am.
LvMnskegon............. t8:IOam  til,45aa  *4.0Gp
ArG’d Rapids  .. 
Sunday  train  leaves  Muskegon  5:30pm;  a r­
rives Grand Rapids 6:50pm 
tRxcept Sunday.  *Daliy

GO IN G   E A S T .
9:30am 

I2:ft5p"  5 2 I|f

C.  L.  LOCKWOOD, 
W. C. BLAKE, 

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

W E S T   B O U N D .

DULUTH,
Lv. Grand Rapids (G. R. <& l.)tll :10pm  t7:45am
Lv. Mackinaw City...................  7:35am 
4:20pm
Ar. St  Ignace...........................   9:00am  5:20pm
Ar. Sanlt Ste. Marie...............   18:90pm  9:50pm
Ar. Marquette  ..........................  2:50pm  10:40pm
Ar. Nestoria.....................  
5:20pm - 12:45am
Ar. Dnlnth.................................................  
8:30am
Lv. Dnlnth...................................   ..........  
tfl :30pm
Ar. Nestoria............................. t il :15am 
2:45am
1:30pm  4:30am
Ar. Marquette.........................  
Lv. Sault Ste. Marie................ 
3:30pm 
..........
Ar. Mackinaw City................  
8:40pm  11:00am
G. W.  H i b b a r d , Gen. Peee. Agt. Marquette. 
B. C. Ovtatt. Trav. Pass.  Agt.. Grand Rapids

B A R   BOUND.

 

MANKTFF 4

1 * 1 /1 1 * 1 0  1 

Best route tö Manistee.

Via  C. &  W. M.  Railway.

Lv Grand Rapida........................   7:00am ........
Ar  Manistee......'.......................13:05pm ..........
Lv  Manistee..............................   8:30am 4:10pm
Ar Grand  Rapids  .....................  1:00pm  9:55pm

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TRADESMAN  COMPANY’S

C L A S S IF IE D   L IS T   O F

I POISONOUS  DRUGS

TH E  I^AW.

H.  S.  Sec.  Q J20.  Every  apothecary,  druggist or other person  who  shall  sell  and 
deliver at  retail any  arsenic,  corrosive  sublimate, prussic  acid  or  any  other  substance 
or liquid usually  denominated poisonous  without  having  the  word  ‘ poison  and  the 
true  name  thereof,  and the  name  o f some simple  antidote,  i f   any  is  known,  written  or 
printed upon  a  Label attached to  the  vial,  box  or  parcel  containing  the  same,  shall  be 
punished by  a fine  not  exceeding $  ioo.

To  enable  druggists  and  country  merchants  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  above  statute 
without  going  to  the  expense of  putting  in  a  large  assortment  of  labels,  we  have  compiled  and 
classified  a  list  of drugs  which  are  poisonous,  or  become  so  in  overdoses.

They  are  arranged  in  fourteen groups,  with  an  antidote for each  group;  that  is,  an  antidote  tor 

any of  these  poisons  will  be  found  in  some  one  of  these  fourteen  antidotes.

This  arrangement  will  save  you  monej’,  as  it  does  away  with  the  need  of  the  large  variety 
of antidote  labels  usually  necessary,  as  with  a  quantity  of  each  of  the  fourteen  forms  you  are 
equipped  for the  entire  list.

There  are  113  poisonous  drugs  which  must  all  be  labeled  as  such,  with  the  proper  antidote 
attached.  Any  label  house  will  charge  you  but  14  cents  for  250  labels,  the  smallest  amount 
sold.  Cheap enough,  at  a  glance,  but  did you  ever figure  it  out— 113  kinds at  14 cents— $15.82? 
With  our  system  you get  the  same  results,  with  less  detail  and for less  than  one-third the money.
By keeping  the labels  in  a  handsome  oak  case,  they never get mixed  up and they do not curl.
Price,  complete,  $4.  Order  direct  or  through  any  wholesale  house.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  w a n d   rapids.

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should  commend  them  to  the  up-to-date  grocer. 
They  never  become  stale,  for  even  the  very  old­
est  of  them,  by  a  little  warming  up,  become  as 
crisp  as  at  first.  This  isn’t  possible  in  ordinary 
crackers,  and  it’s  by  using  none  but  the choicest 
selected  ingredients,  and  being  mixed  and baked 
in  the  improved  way, 
the  SEYM OU R 
Cracker  retains  its  hold  upon  the  buyers  of pure 
Always  FRESH,  WHOLESOME. 
food  products. 
NUTRITIVE.  Has absorbing qualities far in excess 
of  all  other  crackers. 
Is  asked  for  most  by  par­
ticular  people,  and hence brings the most accept­
able  class  of customers  to  whoever  sells  it.

that 

Can  j'ou  afford  to  be  without  it?

Made  only  by

National  Biscuit Company

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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know  nothing  about,  brands  they 
do  not call  for,  the  quality  of  which 
is  inferior,  gives  them  dissatisfac- 
tion,  and  the  consequent  sale  of 
to  your 
which  brings  discredit 
store?  Your  best 
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m Once Upon a Tima There Lived a Man

88  And  that  man’s  son  is  living  to-day,  perhaps  in  some 
big  city  or  in  some  small  country  village.  No  matter 
||  where  he  lives,  we  are  going  to  find  him.  and  if  we  find 
m  him  running  a  grocery  store,  we are going to ask him how 
|g  he  is  flourishing.  We  aie  going  to  ask  him  if  he  uses

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PH  and  if  not.  we  want  to  know  why  not.
HI 
Perhaps  it  hasn’t  been  properly  explained  to  him; 
H   some  one  has  made  a  mistake,  and  from  our knowledge 
of  our  System,  we  are  inclined  to believe  some  one  has 
m   turned  a  deaf  ear  when  he  should  have  been  liszening. 
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No  man’s son  can  afford  to  be  without  the  Money 
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Mi: 

Scales  sold  on  easy  mpnthly  payments— without

interest.  Write  for  pointers.

The Gomputing scale 6o.

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